Daily Current Affairs Quiz

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 19th April 2016, Current affairs and GK questions on National and International are listed in the Quiz. Candidates those who are preparing for Government Jobs and IBPS/SBI/RRB exams and all other exams can use these questions.

1. Railways will shortly be launching phone ticket cancellation service. What is the number dedicated to cancel their reserved tickets booked through counters?

[a] 139
[b] 149
[c] 115
[d] 165
[e] 123

2. Technical Committee on Large Scale Integration of Renewable Energy in India is headed by

[a] Kalraj Mishra
[b] Ananthkumar
[c] Piyush Goyal
[d] Chaudhary Birender Singh
[e] Radha Mohan Singh

3. According to the study conducted by Assocham-SREI, which state tops in Public Private Partnership project investments?

[a] Madhya Pradesh
[b] Andhra Pradesh
[c] Himachal Pradesh
[d] Uttar Pradesh
[e] Arunachal Pradesh

4. With which country does Uttar Pradesh Government shared contributions to enhance the Road Connectivity of about 400 Kms in major district in Uttar Pradesh State?

[a] Peru
[b] Philippines
[c] Cambodia
[d] Poland
[e] Germany

5. Which state government made it mandatory to have a barcode and hologram on liquor bottles to eliminate the problem of spurious liquor?

[a] Maharashtra
[b] Gujarat
[c] Punjab
[d] Jammu and Kashmir
[e] Assam

6. The 14th meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Russian Federation, the Republic of India and the People's Republic of China was held in

[a] Saint Petersburg
[b] Beijing
[c] Ahmadabad
[d] Moscow
[e] None of the above

7. World Bank and UNICEF announced establishment of new alliance that aims to make ________ programme a global policy.

[a] Primary Education Development
[b] Secondary Education Development
[c] Early Childhood Development
[d] Technical Education Development
[e] None of the above

8. The second technical meeting on Chabahar Transit and Transport Agreement was held in India and provided the draft for the tripartite agreement among

[a] India, Iran, Iraq
[b] Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan
[c] Afghanistan, India, Iraq
[d] Afghanistan, India, Iran
[e] None of the above

9. Inzamam-ul-Haq has been appointed as the chairman of the senior selection committee of

[a] West Indies Cricket Board
[b] Sri Lanka Cricket Board
[c] Afghanistan Cricket Board
[d] Pakistan Cricket Board
[e] Bangladesh Cricket Board

10. Indian Oil Corporation has inked anMoU with which countries Petroleum Corporation to examine the possibility of jointly working on setting up a LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) import terminal?

[a] Bhutan
[b] Bangladesh
[c] Iran
[d] Iraq
[e] None of the above

11. The TRAI stuck to its stance that the entire spectrum available in 700 MHz band should be auctioned in the upcoming sale. The chairman of TRAI is

[a] R. S. Sharma
[b] AnupamShrivastava
[c] Sunil Bharti Mittal
[d] Analjit Singh
[e] Sanjay Shigania

12. Reliance Jio announced that the Bay of Bengal Gateway’s subsea cable network spread over _________ was operational.

[a] 7,100 km
[b] 8,100 km
[c] 6,100 km
[d] 7,800 km
[e] 8,800km

13. A novel, simple, low-cost device that quickly diagnoses septicaemia at bedside has been developed by the researcher belongs to

[a] IIT Kanpur
[b] IIT Rorkee
[c] IIT Chennai
[d] IISC Bangalore
[e] IIT Delhi

14. Robert Key, who played 15 Tests for his country, announced his retirement from professional cricket. He plays for which country?

[a] Australia
[b] New Zealand
[c] England
[d] Zimbabwe
[e] South Africa

15. Name the Emmy-winning actress the star of US sitcom “Everybody Loves Raymond,” who has passed away at the age of 90.

[a] Doris Roberts
[b] Sonarika Bhadoria
[c] Jennifer Winget
[d] Drashti Dhami
[e] None of the above