Current Affairs Quiz – 24 February 2019

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Current Affairs Quiz 24 February 2019

1. Which country has been invited as the Guest of Honour at the 46th session of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers 2019?
   A) India
   B) Pakistan
   C) Sri Lanka
   D) Myanmar
   
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   Option A
   Explanation: The 46th Session of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers will be held in Abu Dhabi from March 1 to 2, 2019. India has been invited as Guest of Honour in this meet. India will be the inaugural plenary of the foreign ministers’ conclave of the OIC. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will attend it as the ‘guest of honour’.
2. Who has been appointed as the President of the Wrestling Federation of India?
   A) Hamza Bin Omer 
   B) I D Nanavati
   C) Brijbhushan Sharan Singh
   D) Binod Chandra Das
   
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   Option C
   Explanation: Brijbhushan Sharan Singh has been re-elected as the president of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) for a third time.
3. Name the first women to co-pilot the India’s indigenously built Tejas Aircraft?
   A) Nirmala Sitharaman
   B) Priyanka Chopra
   C) Sunita Williams
   D) PV Sindhu
   
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   Option D
   Explanation: Indian Badminton player PV Sindhu has become the first woman to co-pilot the indigenously built Light Combat Aircraft Tejas at the Aero India 2019 in Bengaluru on February 23. Captain Siddharth was the main pilot. Apart from Sindhu, American astronaut Sunita Williams also flied in Tejas. 
4. Who has won the 2018 Player of the Year by Asian Hockey Federation?
   A) Harmanpreet Singh
   B) Rupinder Pal Singh
   C) Sardar Singh
   D) P. R. Sreejesh
   
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   Option A
   Explanation: Indian Hockey player Harmanpreet Singh has won the 2018 Player of the Year by Asian Hockey Federation. 
5. When is the Central Excise Day celebrated?
   A) February 23
   B) February 24
   C) February 21
   D) February 22
   
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   Option B
   Explanation: To commemorate the establishment of the Central Excise and Salt Act on 24 February 1944.
6. Who has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of Sudan?
   A) Omar al-Bashir 
   B) Bashar al-Assad
   C) Mohamed Tahir Ela
   D) Barham Salih
   
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   Option C
   Explanation: Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir sworn in Mohamed Tahir Ela, as the new Prime Minister of Sudan on February 24, 2019.  
7. Which country has been suspended by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recently to host any of the global or Olympic related sports event in the future?
   A) Thailand
   B) Bangladesh
   C) Sri Lanka
   D) India
   
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   Option D
   Explanation: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has suspended all discussions with Indian NOC and government and refused to provide hosting rights to the country for organizing global sports events and Olympic related sports in the future.
8. The headquarter of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is in which country?
   A) Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
   B) Cairo, Egypt
   C) Rabat, Morocco
   D) Tehran, Iran
   
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   Option A
   
9. Who among the following has recently been named as the Vice President of the Asian Hockey Federation?
   A) Asima Ali
   B) Mohammed Mushtaque Ahmad
   C) Nalasco Tirkey
   D) Hitesh Sindwani
   
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   Option B
   
10. Indian player Lalremsiami is related to which sports?
    A) Shooting
    B) Badminton
    C) Hockey
    D) Cricket
    
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    Option C
    Explanation: She has bagged the Rising Player of The Year 2018 by Asian Hockey Federation.

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