Current Affairs MCQ 29th May 2019
Q1. Common Service Centre’s (CSC) e-Governance Services India Limited has tied up with __________________ to upscale ‘Unnat Bharat Abhiyan’.
a. IIT-Roorkee
b. IIT-Kanpur
c. IIT-Delhi
d. IIT-Bombay
S1. Ans. {b}
Sol. Common Service Centre’s (CSC) e-Governance Services India Limited, a special purpose vehicle under the Ministry of Electronics & IT, has tied up with Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Kanpur to upscale ‘Unnat Bharat Abhiyan’. ‘Unnat Bharat Abhiyan’ is an initiative of the Ministry of HRD.
Q2. The 52nd Annual Meeting of ADB’s Board of Governors was held in-
a. India
b. China
c. Fiji
d. Thailand
S2. Ans. {c}
Sol. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) launched a $5 Billion Action Plan for Healthy Oceans and Sustainable Blue Economies for the Asia and Pacific region at the 52nd Annual Meeting of ADB’s Board of Governors in Fiji.
Q3. A Japanese aerospace start-up Interstellar Technology Inc. has successfully launched a first privately developed rocket _____________ into space.
a. Koko-3
b. Soso-3
c. Jojo-3
d. Momo-3
S3. Ans. {d}
Sol. A Japanese aerospace start-up Interstellar Technology Inc. has successfully launched a first privately developed rocket ‘Momo-3’ into space. The unmanned Momo-3 was launched from its test site in Hokkaido and reached about 110 kilometers (68 miles) in altitude before falling into the Pacific Ocean after 10 minutes of flight time.
Q4. Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (Space X) launched its __________________ commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) by using Falcon 9 rocket with Dragon Spacecraft.
a. 17th
b. 30th
c. 12th
d. 15th
S4. Ans. {a}
Sol. Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (Space X) launched its 17th commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) by using Falcon 9 rocket with Dragon Spacecraft. The 213-foot-tall rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. This mission is a part of NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) program, which uses commercial spacecraft to deliver cargo to the ISS.
Q5. Which organisation has launched new initiative named Global Registry of Violent Deaths (GReVD) to count deaths caused by all forms of violence across the world and display these in open-source database.
a. ILO
b. WHO
c. SIPRI
d. IMF
S5. Ans. {c}
Sol. Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has launched new initiative named Global Registry of Violent Deaths (GReVD) to count deaths caused by all forms of violence across the world and display these in open-source database.
Q6. India will be attending the Group of 7 industrialised nations meet organised by _____________ in August 2019 along with Australia, Chile, and South Africa.
a. USA
b. Canada
c. Italy
d. France
S6. Ans. {d}
Sol. India will be attending the Group of 7 industrialised nations meet organised by France in Biarritz in August along with Australia, Chile, and South Africa. the French ambassador to India Alexandre Zeigler stated that one of the issues on the agenda of the G-7 meet would be fighting terrorism in cyberspace.
Q7. SIPRI is an international institute dedicated to research into conflict, armaments, arms control and disarmament. It was based in-?
a. Spain
b. South Africa
c. Sweden
d. Singapore
S7. Ans. {c}
Sol. IPRI is an international institute dedicated to research into conflict, armaments, arms control and disarmament. It was established in 1966 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.
Q8. The G-7 groups together the US, Britain, France, Italy, Canada, Japan, and Germany. The grouping had included Russia but it was left out following tensions with Western nations over the annexation of Crimea in-
a. 2015
b. 2016
c. 2019
d. 2017
S8. Ans. {a}
Sol. The G-7 groups together the US, Britain, France, Italy, Canada, Japan, and Germany. The grouping had included Russia but it was left out following tensions with Western nations over the annexation of Crimea in 2015.
Q9. Which company has unveiled fully-managed Azure Blockchain Service that would simplify the formation, management, and governance so that businesses can focus on workflow logic and application development?
a. Apple
b. Microsoft
c. Google
d. Facebook
S9. Ans. {b}
Sol. Microsoft has unveiled fully-managed Azure Blockchain Service that would simplify the formation, management, and governance so that businesses can focus on workflow logic and application development. Instead of supporting cryptocurrency transactions, Azure Blockchain Service will let businesses develop their applications on its Cloud-based platform. Microsoft has also announced a partnership with J.P. Morgan to make “Quorum“, the first ledger available in Azure Blockchain Service.
Q10. Ace Indian ________________ players Saurav Ghoshal and Joshna Chinappa won their respective Asian Individual Squash Championship titles in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
a. Kabaddi
b. Archer
c. Squash
d. Shooter
S10. Ans. {c}
Sol. Ace Indian squash players Saurav Ghoshal and Joshna Chinappa won their respective Asian Individual Squash Championship titles in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Saurav Ghoshal defeated Leo Au Chun Ming of Hong Kong.
