Current Affairs Quiz , 17 Sep 2019

1) ‘NIRVIK’ scheme is launched by

a) Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India
b) EXIM Bank
c) Niti Aayog
d) None of the above

Answer: a
• Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India (ECGC) has introduced ‘NIRVIK’ scheme to ease the lending process and enhance loan availability for exporters.

2) Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) which currently orbits moon is launched by

a) NASA
b) ISRO
c) ESA
d) None of the above

Answer: a
• ISRO is attempting to figure out what happened to Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram with the help of NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO).

3) United Nations International Conference to discuss the issues related to drug menace, HIV/AIDS problems will be conducted in

a) New Delhi
b) Manipur
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) None of the above

Answer: b
• Manipur will host the United Nations International Conference to discuss the issues related to drug menace, HIV/AIDS problems in the region from September 30 to October 1 next.

4) Which among the following is the oldest scientific department of the govt. of India?

a) Survey of India
b) BARC
c) DRDO
d) ISRO

Answer: a
• It is set up under the Department of Science & Technology in 1767

5) Banni grasslands are home to a pastoral community called the Maldhari. Where is it located?

a) Arunachal Pradesh
b) Gujarat
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Odisha

Answer: b
• The Banni grasslands in Kutch, Gujarat, span over 2,600 square kilometres (sq km). These grasslands are home to a pastoral community called the Maldhari. But in the 1960s, the government wanted to protect this region from salinity ingress from the Rann of Kutch and dropped millions of seeds of an exotic species called Prosopis Juliflora from helicopters.