Current Affairs Quiz , 19 Nov 2019

1) Za’ir-Al-Bahr (the Roar of the Sea) is the joint exercise between the Indian Navy &

a) Qatar
b) Oman
c) Iran
d) Malaysia

Answer: a
• Za’ir-Al-Bahr (the Roar of the Sea) is the Joint Exercise between the Qatari Emiri Navy and the Indian Navy

2) Who among the following are members of Gram Sabha?

a) Persons who are above 18 years of age.
b) Persons who are living in the village.
c) Persons whose names are included in the electoral rolls for the Panchayat at the village level.
d) All of the above

Answer: d
• The Haryana Cabinet has taken an in-principle decision to bring an amendment in Section 31 of the Haryana Panchayati Raj Act, 1994, allowing devolution of powers to the Gram Sabha to ban liquor within the local area of a Gram Panchayat.

3) Who is the present Kimberley Process (KP) Chair?

a) South Africa
b) India
c) Kenya
d) None of the above

Answer: b
• India is the present Kimberley Process (KP) Chair. The plenary is being hosted in New Delhi in November 2019.

4) 2019 World Talent Ranking is released by

a) International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
b) International Monetary Fund (IMF)
c) World Bank
d) None of the above

Answer: a
• India has slipped 6 places to 59 rank.

5) Space Internet, recently seen in news, is based on satellites launched in

a) Low Earth Orbit
b) Geostationary Orbit
c) Sun synchronous Orbit
d) None of the above

Answer: a
• SpaceX, the world’s leading private company in space technology, has launched 60 satellites into the low earth orbit, under the Starlink network project.