Dear Readers, Daily Current Affairs Questions Quiz for bank exam SBI RRB SSC PO & Clerk Exam 2019 of 4th May 2019. Daily GK quiz online for bank & competitive exam. Here we have given the Daily Current Affairs Quiz based on the previous days Daily Current Affairs updates. Candidates preparing for RRB SSC PO and Clerk Exam 2019 & competitive exams can make use of these Current Affairs Quiz.
[WpProQuiz 6162]
1) When is the International Firefighters’ Day observed?
a) May 1
b) May 2
c) May 3
d) May 4
e) May First Saturday
2) Huawei Technologies Co. has taken over which company to become second largest smartphone maker in the world?
a) Xiaomi
b) Apple
c) Samsung
d) Nokia
e) Oppo
3) According to ADB, Asia-Pacific region is expected to power ahead growing at what percentage this year?
a) 5.5
b) 5.7
c) 6.7
d) 7.1
e) 6.9
4)Who was appointed as the head coach for the men’s national volleyball team?
a) Dragan Mihailovic
b) Dave Shoji
c) Marv Dunphy
d) Mick Haley
e) Hugh McCutcheon
5) Who has been sworn in as the top military officer of the 29-nation NATO military alliance?
a) David Goldfein
b) Charles Q. Brown
c) Tod Wolters
d) Maryanne Miller
e) None of these
6) Who among the following Indian has received the France’s highest civilian award -Chevalier of the Order of the Legion of Honour recently?
a) Vikram Sarabhai
b) K. Radhakrishnan
c) A S Kiran Kumar
d) B.N. Suresh
e) Kailasavadivoo Sivan
7) The article titled ‘Coalgate 2.0’ has won the ACJ (Asian College of Journalism) Award for Investigative Journalism, 2018. Who is the author of the article?
a) Nileena M S
b) Arnab Goswami
c) Rajdeep Sardesai
d) Shreen Bhan
e) Nidhi Razdon
8) Which IIT is going to bBuild a Centre of Excellence for Waste to Wealth Technologies?
a) IIT Roorkee
b) IIT Kharkpur
c) IIT Kanpur
d) IIT Madras
e) IIT Delhi
9) Which city is going to host Asian youth Women Handball Championship 2019?
a) Pune
b) Kolkata
c) Udaipur
d) Jaipur
e) New Delhi
10) Peter Mayhew was a renowned __________
a) Singer
b) Actor
c) Journalist
d) Author
e) Sports Person
11) The Reserve Bank of India has imposed penalties on how many prepaid payment instrument (PPI) issuers, for violation of regulatory norms?
a) Two
b) Three
c) Four
d) Five
e) Six
12) Name the player to win gold at Ali Aliyev Wrestling Tournament in men’s 65kg freestyle event?
a) Sushil Kumar
b) Yogeshwar Dutt
c) Rahul Aware
d) Bajrang Punia
e) None of these
Answers :
1) Answer: D)
International Firefighters’ Day is observed each year on 4th May.It was instituted after a proposal was emailed out across the world on January 4, 1999 due to the deaths of five firefighters in tragic circumstances in a bushfire in Australia.The IFFD ribbons are linked to colours symbolic of the main elements firefighters work with – red for fire and blue for water. These colours also are internationally recognised as representing emergency service.
2) Answer: B)
Huawei Technologies Co overtook Apple Inc to claim the No. 2 spot in smartphones in the first quarter, moving a step closer to its avowed ambition of displacing Samsung at the top of the market. Huawei’s been steadily gaining on Apple and Samsung Electronics Co. with an increasingly high-end line-up of devices, particularly in its home market of China. Huawei grew shipments 50% from a year earlier
3) Answer: B)
According to the bank’s Asian Development Outlook 2019 report released in April, developing Asia — which comprises 45 nations ranging from China to Tuvalu — is projected to grow by 5.7 percent this year. However, the growth outlook for developing Asia is expected to moderate to 5.6 percent in 2020, according to the report The bank’s lending grew to a record $21.6 billion in 2018, 10% higher compared to 2017. Mr. Nakao elaborated on the Strategy 2030 plan of ADB which will focus on six key areas — operational and action plans for the private sector, addressing remaining poverty and inequality, accelerating progress in gender equality, continuing to foster regional cooperation and integration, expanding private sector operations and using concessional resources effectively. Addressing the opening session of the Board of Governors at ADB’s 52nd Annual Meeting in Nadi, Fiji , Mr. Nakao stated that consumer and investor behaviour could be undermined by trade tensions between countries
4) Answer: A)
The Volleyball Federation of India Friday appointed Serbian Dragan Mihailovic as head coach of the men’s national team. He will take over as head coach and will be joined by Pryemyslaw Gaszyoski (Poland) and Valadimir Radosevic (Serbia) as the team’s physio and physiotherapist respectively. Apart from the men’s team, the three will also be working closely with the U-23 men’s and other junior India teams. All the three have been appointed for five months and will work with the team for the Asian Championships scheduled to be held in Iran in September.
5) Answer: C)
U.S. Air Force General Tod D. Wolters has been sworn in as the top military officer of the 29-nation NATO military alliance.The former pilot, who has served in Afghanistan and Iraq, became Supreme Allied Commander Europe at NATO’s military headquarters in Mons, southern Belgium. Wolters, who replaces U.S. Army General Curtis M. Scaparrotti for a term likely to run two to three years, will also be commander of U.S. forces in Europe
6) Answer: C)
Former ISRO chairman A S Kiran Kumar was conferred with France’s highest civilian award – Chevalier de l’Ordre national de la Lgion d’Honneur – for his contribution to India-France space cooperation.Ambassador of France to India, Alexandre Ziegler conferred Kumar with the highest civilian honour of France on behalf of the President of France. The Ordre national de la Lgion d’Honneur (National Order of the Legion of Honour), was created in 1802 by Napoleon Bonaparte, is the highest civilian award given by the French for outstanding service to France, regardless of the nationality of the recipient
7) Answer: A)
The article titled ‘Coalgate 2.0’ authored by Nileena M S and published in The Caravan magazine in March last year has won the ACJ (Asian College of Journalism) Award for Investigative Journalism, 2018. Nileena’s story investigates the allotment of ‘captive coal blocks’ in Chhattisgarh’s Parba East and Kanta Basan regions. The article explores deforestation, re-locations of people, loss of livelihood, and denial of forest rights to tribal. The award comprises a trophy, a citation and prize money of Rs 2 lakh.The award was presented to the winner by John Micklethwait, editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News, who was the chief guest at the journalism school’s annual convocation ceremony in Chennai
8) Answer: E)
Principal Scientific Advisor (PSA) to the Government, Prof K. Vijay Raghavan, and Director, IIT Delhi, Prof V. Ramgopal Rao, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding in New Delhi for setting up the CoE. The waste to wealth mission project has been approved under the recently constituted Prime Minister’s Science Technology and Innovation Advisory Council (PM-STIAC), which is an overarching body for assessment, creation and implementation of major scientific, technology and innovation interventions for India.
9) Answer: D)
Jaipur will host the 8th Asian Youth Women Handball Championship in which 10 teams, including defending champions South Korea, will be participating.It is the first time that the tournament will be hosted by Pink city Jaipur. Earlier Delhi had hosted it in 2015 where the hosts India had finished seventh. The previous edition in 2017 was held at Jakarta in Indonesia where South Korea was the champion while Japan and China were placed second and third respectively
10) Answer: B)
Actor Peter Mayhew, who played Chewbacca in “Star Wars”, has passed away. The British-US actor played the giant Wookiee warrior in several Star Wars films from 1977 until 2015
11) Answer: D)
The Reserve Bank of India has imposed penalties on five prepaid payment instrument (PPI) issuers, including Vodafone m-pesa and PhonePe, for violation of regulatory norms. Also, penalties have been imposed on Western Union Financial Services Inc and MoneyGram Payment Systems Inc, both US firms, for non-compliance of guidelines. A penalty of Rs. 3.05 crore has been imposed on Vodafone m-pesa and Rs. 1 crore each on Mobile Payments, PhonePe and G.I. Technology Private Ltd. Also, a penalty of Rs. 5 lakh has been imposed on Y-Cash Software Solutions. In a separate statement, the central bank said it had imposed a penalty of Rs. 29.67 lakh on Western Union Financial Services Inc., USA., and Rs. 10.12 lakh on MoneyGram Payment Systems Inc, USA, for non-compliance of regulatory guidelines. RBI also imposed a penalty of Rs. 11.25 lakh on private sector lender Yes Bank for violation of norms pertaining to issuance and operations of PPIs According to the section 30 of the Payment and Settlement System Act, 2007, the penalty has to be paid within 30 days of the order being passed
12) Answer: D)
World number one Bajrang Punia won the gold medal as he defeated Viktor Rassadin in the finals of men’s 65kg freestyle in the Ali Aliyev wrestling tournament in Kaspiisk, Russia. Earlier on April 23, Bajrang had won a gold in the same category, beating Kazakhstan’s Sayatbek Okassov 12-7 in the final of the Asian Wrestling Championships in China. Bajrang to participate in the ‘Beat the Streets’ competition at the Madison Square Garden, New York, on May 6.
