1.Pakistan’s two-day visit to Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman is the country’s highest civilian honor, ‘Mark-e-Pakistan’?
a. Saudi Arabia
b. Iraq
c. Iran
d. Bhutan
ANSWER:- a. Saudi Arabia
Description: Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who came on a two-day visit to Saudi Arabia, is honored with the title of ‘Mark-e-Pakistan’, the country’s highest civilian honor. Pakistan President Arif Alvi gave him this respect.
2.Public sector company Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has signed an annual contract worth Rs 10,715 crore from which country to buy 60,000 barrels of crude every day in the financial year 2019-20?
a.Nepal
b. China
c. Russia
d. US
ANSWER: d. US
Details: Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), a public sector company, has signed an annual contract worth Rs 10,715 crore to buy 60,000 barrels of crude oil from the US in the financial year 2019-20. It is worth mentioning that this is the first annual contract made by the state-owned oil company to buy American oil.
3.Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced an interim dividend of how many thousand crore rupees to the central government?
a.18,000 crores rupees
b. 48,000 crores
c. 28,000 crores
d. 38,000 crores
ANSWER:- c. 28,000 Crore
Details: RBI has announced an interim dividend of Rs 28,000 crore to the central government. Earlier, the RBI had given interim dividend of Rs 10,000 crores to the government in March 2018 and it is the second consecutive year when it will give interim dividend to the government.
4.Which of the following countries became the 72th country to sign the framework agreement for the International Solar Coalition (ISA) on February 18, 2019?
a.Argentina
b. India
c. China
d. Japan
ANSWER: a. Argentina
Description:Argentina became the 72th country to sign the Framework Agreement for International Solar Coalition (ISA) on February 18, 2019. ISA is a group of resource rich countries, whose headquarters is in Gururgram. The objective of this organization is to provide solar power of about 1,000 gigawatts by 2030.
5.India and which country have recently agreed to form a Joint Working Group to counter terrorism?
a.Iraq
b. Pakistan
c. Morocco
d. China
ANSWER: c. Morocco
Details: India and Morocco also agreed to form a Joint Working Group to fight terrorism, which included cross border terrorism, terror financing, and tackling the recruitment of terrorists.
