Current Affairs Quiz , 31 Aug 2019

1) Which of the following airline has announced the ban of single-use plastic aboard its flights?

a) Air India
b) Indigo
c) Vistara
d) None of the above

Answer: a
• Air India, India’s national airline, will ban the usage of single-use plastic aboard its flights from October 2, 2019. In the first phase, the ban will come into effect on all flights of Air India Express and Alliance Air flights. In the second phase, the ban will be implemented in all Air India flights.

2) Which among the following country has launched Space Command?

a) India
b) Russia
c) China
d) None of the above

Answer: d
• The US Space command will be the 11th combatant command, the first one to be created in more than a decade.

3) Which of the following states has separate State flag in India, at present?

a) Karnataka
b) Nagaland
c) Jammu & Kashmir
d) None of the above

Answer: d
• By scrapping special status of J&K, the state doesn’t have legal backing (Article 370) to have a separate flag. Karnataka dropped the idea. Flag of Nagaland in news is not official state flag.

4) Merging of the public sector banks will not help in

a) improving the professional standards
b) ending the unhealthy competition among public sector banks
c) diversify risk management
d) None of the above

Answer: d
• Finance Minister announced a major bank merger exercise. Post-this, ten public sector banks will be amalgamated to four taking the total number of public sector banks to 12 from 27 banks in 2017.

5) Uttarakhand Government has decided to for Special Tiger Force for

a) Rajaji Tiger Reserve
b) Kalagarh Tiger Reserve
c) Corbett Tiger Reserve
d) None of the above

Answer: c
• The Uttarakhand government has decided to form a Special Tiger Force for Corbett Tiger Reserve, a move which will help serve as the much needed second layer of protection for the big cat.