GK Current Affairs Quiz- 20th May, 2019
Q1. The Rohtang Pass which is opened today is located in which State
(a) Sikkim
(b) Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Uttarakhand
(d) Himachal Pradesh
Answer: (d) Himachal Pradesh
Q2. The annual maritime bilateral naval exercise SIMBEX is conducted between navies of India and
(a) Japan
(b) Singapore
(c) China
(d) Hong Kong
Answer: (b) Singapore
Q3. The Second India Open International Boxing Tournament begins today in
(a) Ranchi
(b) Pune
(c) Shillong
(d) Guwahati
Answer: (d) Guwahati
Q4. World Metrology Day is celebrated today to commemorates anniversary of the signing of the Metre Convention in
(a) 1872
(b) 1875
(c) 1879
(d) 1883
Answer: (b) 1875
Q5. The third meeting of the Advisory Council of the 15th Finance Commission held in
(a) New Delhi
(b) Mumbai
(c) Chennai
(d) Bengaluru
Answer: (a) New Delhi
Q6. Rajeev Kumar who made plea in the Supreme Court to protect him from arrest by the CBI was a former police Commissioner of
(a) Mumbai
(b) Patna
(c) Kolkata
(d) Hyderabad
Answer: (c) Kolkata
Q7. Which country today issued a request for a detention order against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
(a) Belgium
(b) Sweden
(c) United Kingdom
(d) France
Answer: (b) Sweden
Q8. Volodymyr Zelenskiy today took oath as new President of
(a) Kazakhstan
(b) Poland
(c) Ukraine
(d) Belarus
Answer: (c) Ukraine