DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 12/10/19

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 12/10/19

1. Who won the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize?
a) Abiy Ahmed Ali b) Greta Thunberg c) Jacinda Ardern d) Isaias Afwerki

2. Who has become the first Indian captain to score 40 hundreds?
a) MS Dhoni  b) Rohit Sharma c) Virat Kohli  d) Ravindra Jadeja

3. Which city is hosting the historic second informal summit between PM Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping?
a) Mamallapuram b) Mallapuram  c) Idukki  d) Coimbatore

4. The Union Government has launched which scheme to assure no-cost health care facilities to pregnant women and newborns?
a) POOJA bb) ARPAN c) SUMAN d) SHRESHTHA

5. Government e-Marketplace (GeM) signed an MoU with which bank to offer funds transfer services to its registered users?
a) State Bank of India b) Punjab National Bank
c) Union Bank of India d) Central bank of India

6. Anita Pai has been appointed as the Chief Operating Officer of which bank?
a) HDFC  b) Yes Bank c) Axis Bank d) ICICI Bank 

7. Which Ministry launched the ‘mHariyali’ App recently to encourage Public engagement in planting trees?
a) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
b) Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
c) Ministry of Home Affairs d) Ministry of Corporate Affairs

8. How many Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas were inaugurated recently by Union Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’?
a) 10 b) 8 c) 7 d) 5

9. When is the International Day of the Girl Child observed every year?
a) 10th October b) 11th October c) 12th October d) 13th October

10. Which United Nations’ agency recently became the first to make transactions in cryptocurrency?
a) UNESCO b) UNICEF c) UNEP d) UNHCR