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Current Affairs Quiz , 30 Jan 2019
- February 1, 2019
- Posted by: DOTS ACADEMY
- Category: Quizes
1) National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP), to attract talent and strengthen higher agricultural education in the country, is an initiative of
a) Ministry of Human Resource Development
b) NITI Aayog
c) Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
d) Ministry of Skill Development
Answer: c
• ICAR has recently launched Rs 1100 crore ambitious National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP) to attract talent and strengthen higher agricultural education in the country. This project will be funded by the World Bank and the Indian Government on a 50:50 basis.
2) Global Corruption Index 2018 is released annually by
a) IMF
b) Transparency International
c) Economic Intelligence Unit
d) Financial Action Task Force
Answer: b
• India has improved its ranking on a global corruption index in 2018, while its neighbour China lagged far behind. India rose by three points to 78 in the list of 180 countries in the world, while China ranked 87 and Pakistan 117 in 2018, the Transparency International said in its Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2018.
3) India’s first Geographical Indication (GI) store has been recently launched in
a) New Delhi
b) Mumbai
c) Goa
d) Shillong
Answer: c
• Civil Aviation ministry launched the country’s first Geographical Indication (GI) store at Dabolim International Airport in Goa
4) George Fernandez, who recently passed away, was the union minister of
a) Home Affairs
b) Defence
c) Agriculture
d) Finance
Answer: b
• Former Union defence minister George Fernandes passed away at the age of 88 following a prolonged illness
• Fernandes held the defence ministry portfolio from 1998 to portfolio from 1998 to 2004 under the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA govt
5) NASA’s Parker Probe has recently begun its second orbit of the
a) Moon
b) Jupiter
c) Oumuamua
d) Sun
Answer: d
• NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has begun its second orbit of the Sun and is on track for its closest approach to our star, the U.S. space agency said. Just 161 days after its launch, the Parker probe completed its first orbit of the Sun on January 19.