Current Affairs Quiz , 30 Jul 2019

1) Central Waqf Council (CWC) is a

a) Statutory body
b) Constitutional body
c) Executive body
d) None of the above

Answer: a
• Central Wakf Council is a statutory body established in 1964 by the Government of India under Wakf Act, 1954 (now a sub section the Wakf Act, 1995).

2) GI tag for Rasagola was secured by

a) West Bengal
b) Odisha
c) Bihar
d) None of the above

Answer: b
• Odisha has bagged the geographical indication (GI) tag for its local version of “Rasagola”.

3) What is the total tiger count in India according to state of tigers in India report?

a) 2967
b) 1515
c) 5146
d) None of the above

Answer: a
• India now has as many as 2,967 tigers in the wild, with more than half of them in Madhya Pradesh (526) and Karnataka (524).

4) Who are all the members of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)?

a) USA
b) New Zealand
c) Russia
d) Taiwan

Answer: b
• RCEP is proposed between the ten member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam) and the six states with which ASEAN has existing FTAs (Australia, China, India, Japan, South Korea and New Zealand).

5) International Charter ‘Space and Major Disasters’ is an not initiative by

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

Answer: a
• India is a member, but it is non-binding in nature.
• It is initiated by the European Space Agency and the French space agency CNES, not NASA