Current Affairs Quiz – 28 March 2019

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1. Which among the following airports has won the World’s Best Airport award as per the Skytrax World Airport Awards 2019?
   A) Tokyo International Airport (Haneda)
   B) Incheon International Airport
   C) Singapore Changi Airport
   D) Hamad International Airport (Doha)
   
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   Option C
   Explanation: Singapore Changi Airport has been crowned the World’s Best Airport hub for the seventh consecutive year according to the Skytrax World Airport Awards 2019. The Tokyo International Airport (Haneda) won the second position while Incheon International Airport was third.
2. The global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 2018 shows that the poverty rate in India has declined from 55 percent to ______percent since 2005 till 2015.
   A) 15%
   B) 28%
   C) 32%
   D) 39%
   
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   Option B
   Explanation: According to the global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 2018, India drastically reduced its poverty rate  from 55 percent to 28 percent between 2005-06 and 2015-16. The report was developed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI).
3. Who has been appointed as the new Deputy Chief Minister of Goa to replace Sudin Dhavalikar ?
   A) Manohar Ajgaonkar
   B) Nilesh Cabral
   C) Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane
   D) Govind Gaude
   
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   Option A
   Explanation: Manohar Ajgaonkar has been appointed as the Deputy Chief Minister of Goa. He is the Tourism Minister of Goa. 
4. Which among the following tournament has been replaced by the newly established ATP Cup of Tennis?
   A) Travancore Cup
   B) Heineken Cup
   C) Davis Cup
   D) Hopman Cup
   
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   Option D
   Explanation: The Hopman Cup of Tennis will now not be held and has been replaced by ATP Cup. The Hopman Cup was a mixed gender tennis tournament played in Perth, Australia. The 31st edition of the tournament was the last edition of the game and ended in January 2019. 
5. The Nepal Investment Summit 2019 will be the ________ edition of the event
   A) Second
   B) First
   C) Third
   D) Fourth
   
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   Option C
   Explanation: The 3rd edition of the Nepal Investment Summit will be held in Kathmandu on March 29-30, 2019. The first edition of the Summit was held in the year 1992, followed by the second edition in 2017.
6. Based on the Global Energy & CO2 status report by IEA, the global energy demand in the year 2018 grew by what percent?
   A) 2.3%
   B) 4%
   C) 3.5%
   D) 1.7%
   
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   Option A
   Explanation: According to the International Energy Agency (IEA’s) Global Energy & CO2 status report 2018,the primary energy demand in India increased by 4 percent (over 35 million tonne of oil equivalent) in 2018. This accounts for 11 percent of global demand growth. Globally, the energy consumption grew by 2.3 percent in 2018 which is nearly twice the average rate of growth since 2010.
7. Which Indian airport has been named as the best airport in India according to the Skytrax World Airport Awards 2019?
   A) Kempegowda International Airport , Bengaluru
   B) Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, New Delhi
   C) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai
   D) Rajiv Gandhi Hyderabad International Airport
   
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   Option B
   Explanation: The Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport in New Delhi featured at number 59. Other Indian Airports in the list includes Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai (64), Rajiv Gandhi Hyderabad International Airport (66) and Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport (69).
8. Who has been appointed as the ethics officer of the BCCI?
   A) Justice Shiva Kirti Singh
   B) Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde
   C) Justice Rajesh Kumar Agrawal
   D) Justice D.K. Jain
   
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   Option D
   Explanation: Justice D.K. Jain who was recently appointed as the BCCI Ombudsman has now also appointed as the ethics officer of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
9. According to the global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 2018, worldwide poverty rate between 2005-06 and 2015-16 was _______ percent
   A) 23%
   B) 35%
   C) 12%
   D) 49%
   
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   Option A
   Explanation: Globally, the poverty rate was found to be 23%. This means 1.3 billion people live in multidimensional poverty in the 105 developing countries surveyed.
10. The 2024 Summer Olympics will be held in which city?
    A) Seoul
    B) Tokyo
    C) Paris
    D) Singapore
    
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    Option C
    

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