12th January 2019 Current Affairs Quiz
12th January 2019 Current Affairs Quiz
1. Atal Tinkering Lab Handbook – Nayee Dishayen, Naye Nirman, Naya Bharat has been released by…….
1. Atal Innovation Mission
2. Pradhanmantri Ayushman Mission
3. Ayushman Bharat Mission
4. None of these
2. Government of India has launched Digital Collaboration Plaza, this is a collaboration is of which two nations?
1. India- Nepal
2. India- Japan
3. India- China
4. India- Singapore
3. Which nation will host Africa Cup 2019?
1. Ghana
2. Somalia
3. Burundi
4. Egypt
4. Albie Morkel has retired from all Forms of Cricket, he is from which country?
1. South Africa
2. Australia
3. England
4. New Zealand
5. Who has conferred the honorary rank of General of the Indian Army to General Purna Chandra Thapa?
1. Narendra Modi
2. Nirmala Sitharaman
3. Ram Nath Kovind
4. Rajnath singh
6. Adi Godrej Conferred ICSI Lifetime Award, what is full name of ICSI?
1. The Institute of Company Secretaries of India
2. The International Company Secretaries of India
3. The Institute of Company Society of India
4. None of these
7. Who has been appointed as additional and independent director of TCS?
1. Daniel Hughes Callahan
2. Shiv Nadar
3. Shikhar Malhotra
4. Roshni Nadar Malhotra
8. Ashok Chawla resigned as chairman of which of the following institution?
1. BSE
2. NSE
3. SEBI
4. NABARD
9. National Youth Day is celebrated in India on 12th January. What is the theme for 2019?
1. Youth and Nation Building
2. Youth and Child Building
3. Youth and Women Building
4. None of these
10. ‘Ama Ghare LED’ scheme has been launched by which state?
1. Bihar
2. Manipur
3. Odisha
4. Jharkhand
11. Urea fertilizer prices reduced by 11% by which state Govt.?
1. Jharkhand
2. Assam
3. Uttar Pradesh
4. Punjab
1. Atal Tinkering Lab Handbook – Nayee Dishayen, Naye Nirman, Naya Bharat has been released by.......
NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) released the ‘Atal Tinkering Lab Handbook – Nayee Dishayen, Naye Nirman, Naya Bharat’ on 11 January 2019.
2. Government of India has launched Digital Collaboration Plaza, this is a collaboration is of which two nations?
The Union Government has launched the Sino-Indian Digital Collaboration Plaza (SIDCOP) to bring Indian IT companies and Chinese enterprises closer to each other on a single AI enabled platform.
3. Which nation will host Africa Cup 2019?
According to Confederation of African Football (CAF) President Ahmad, Egypt will host the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations between 15th June and 13th July 2019.
4. Albie Morkel has retired from all Forms of Cricket, he is from which country?
Albie Morkel, the South African all-rounder, announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.
5. Who has conferred the honorary rank of General of the Indian Army to General Purna Chandra Thapa?
On 12 January 2019, President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the honorary rank of General of the Indian Army to General Purna Chandra Thapa, the Army Chief of Nepal.
6. Adi Godrej Conferred ICSI Lifetime Award, what is full name of ICSI?
Industrialist and Godrej Group Chairman Adi Godrej was conferred the ICSIs Lifetime Achievement Award for ‘Translating Excellence in Corporate Governance into Reality’. The awards were instituted by The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), which is celebrating its golden jubilee.
7. Who has been appointed as additional and independent director of TCS?
India’s largest IT services company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has appointed Daniel Hughes Callahan as an Additional and Independent Director for a period of five years.
8. Ashok Chawla resigned as chairman of which of the following institution?
Ashok Chawla resigned as chairman of the National Stock Exchange of India Ltd (NSE) with immediate effect “in light of recent legal developments”.
9. National Youth Day is celebrated in India on 12th January. What is the theme for 2019?
According to Ramakrishna Mission, the theme for 2019 is “Youth and Nation Building”
10. 'Ama Ghare LED’ scheme has been launched by which state?
The government of Odisha launched the ‘Ama Ghare LED’ scheme on 11 January 2019.
11. Urea fertilizer prices reduced by 11% by which state Govt.?
The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has reduced the prices of urea fertilizer by 11% in the interest of the farmers.