Current Affairs Quiz – 04 May 2019

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1. What is the total Foreign Exchange Reserves of India as on April 23, as per the data by RBI?
   A) USD 320.222 billion
   B) USD 418.515 billion
   C) USD 602.102 billion
   D) USD 511.325 billion
   
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   Option B
   Explanation: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released a data on May 3, 2019 stating that India’s Foreign Exchange Reserves increased by $4.368 billion to $418.515 billion in the week ending April 26 helped by the second dollar-rupee swap auction.
2. Name the newly appointed Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) of NATO?
   A) James G. Stavridis
   B) Wesley Clark
   C) Curtis M. Scaparrotti
   D) Tod D. Wolters
   
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   Option D
   Explanation: The United States Air Force General Tod D.Wolters has been sworn in as Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), the top military officer of the 29-nation NATO military alliance. He succeeds General Curtis M.Scaparrotti (US Army) as NATO’s 19th SACEUR for a term likely to run two to three years. 
3. Which of these countries currency has been awarded with the best bank note for 2018 by the International Bank Note Society (IBNS) ?
   A) Canada
   B) India
   C) Singapore
   D) Germany
   
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   Option A
   Explanation: $10 bill of Canada has been adjudged as the best bank note for 2018 by the International Bank Note Society (IBNS).The IBNS Banknote of the Year award is an initiative to recognise an exceptional banknote issued every year.
4. Maramraju Satyanarayana Rao who passed away recently was a renowned ___________
   A) Judge
   B) Journalist
   C) Writer
   D) Scientist
   
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   Option C
   Explanation: Prominent writer and academician, Maramraju Satyanarayana Rao passed away at the age of 84 years. 
5. Who among the given has been awarded with the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano Press Freedom Prize 2019?
   A) Ahmad Zeidabadi and Amira Hass
   B) Gao Yu
   C) Dawit Isaak
   D) Kyaw Soe Oo and Wa Lone
   
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   Option D
   Explanation: Journalists Kyaw Soe Oo and Wa Lone from Myanmar have been awarded with the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano Press Freedom Prize 2019. 
6. Who among the following has been recently inducted as the 12th member in the Advisory Council of the Fifteenth Finance Commission?
   A) Raghuram Rajan
   B) Krishnamurthy Subramanian
   C) Luigi Zingales
   D) Arvind Subramanian
   
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   Option B
   Explanation: Dr. Krishnamurthy Subramanian, the Chief Economic Advisor to Central government, has been included as the member of the Advisory Council of the Fifteenth Finance Commission.He is the twelfth Member of the Council. 
7. Who has been named as the acting President of the Archery Association of India (AAI)?
   A) Sunil Sharma
   B) Niketan Srivastava
   C) Arun Chaudhary
   D) Vikas Verma
   
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   Option A
   Explanation: Archery Association of India has named its senior vice president Sunil Sharma as its acting president. This comes after AAI president B.V.P. Rao resigned. 
8. Which among the following countries will become the first in the world to open the Crypto Powered City?
   A) China
   B) Nepal
   C) Malaysia
   D) United States
   
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   Option C
   Explanation: Malaysia is set to become the site of the world’s first crypto city, where cryptocurrency called DMI will be used in place of cash. 
9. Which of these network operators has launched optical fibre-based high-speed broadband service ‘Bharat Fibre’ in Pulwama?
   A) Airtel
   B) BSNL
   C) Reliance
   D) Vodafone
   
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   Option B
   Explanation: State-owned telecom firm BSNL has become the first operator to start optical fibre-based high-speed broadband service in Pulwama with the launch of ‘Bharat Fibre’.
10. Rani Abbakka Force is an all women police patrol unit of which of these cities?
    A) Srinagar
    B) Pune
    C) Kolkata
    D) Mangaluru
    
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    Option D
    Explanation: Mangaluru City Police has launched an all-women police patrol unit in the city under the name the ‘Rani Abbakka Force’
    

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