Current Affairs Quiz , 29 Aug 2019

1) Arrange the following from East to West

1. Hong Kong
2. Taipei
3. Pyongyang

Choose the correct answer using the codes given below

a) 3 – 2 – 1
b) 1 – 2 – 3
c) 3 – 1 – 2
d) 1 – 3 – 3

Answer: a
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2) Which is the first country in the world to issue Biometric Seafarer Identity Document (BSID), capturing the facial bio-metric data of seafarers?

a) China
b) UK
c) USA
d) None of the above

Answer: d
• India has become the first country in the world to issue Biometric Seafarer Identity Document (BSID), capturing the facial bio-metric data of seafarers.

3) Gorewada International Zoo to be set up in

a) Telangana
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Karnataka
d) Maharashtra

Answer: d
• Gorewada International Zoo to be set up at Nagpur

4) Coprolites, recently seen in news, is associated with

a) Fossils
b) Drug resistant bacteria
c) Nanotechnology
d) None of the above

Answer: a
• Coprolites are the fossilised faeces of animals that lived millions of years ago. They are trace fossils, meaning not of the animal’s actual body

5) Indo-Pacific Chiefs of Defence conference 2019 is held in

a) India
b) Vietnam
c) Thailand
d) Sri Lanka

Answer: c
• Air Chief Marshal and Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee, Birender Singh Dhanoa will pay a three-day visit to Thailand beginning August 26 where he will attend the 2019 Indo Pacific Chiefs of Defence (CHOD) Conference in Bangkok.
• Chiefs of Defence of more than 33 countries are scheduled to attend the conference.