CURRENT AFFAIRS

1. Name the e-commerce portal which the Union Government is planning to launch for MSME’s. The portal will provide a platform for MSMEs to market and sell their products and in turn boost the sector.

(a) KhadiCraft

(b) IndiaCraft

(c) SwadeshiCraft

(d) Bharatcraft

 2. Name the former Indian cricketer who has been appointed as team India’s new batting coach?

(a) Bharath Arun

(b) Vikram Rathour

(c) Ajay Jadeja

(d) Dilip Vengsarkar

3.The Financial Action Task Force’s Asia Pacific Group has recently placed which of the following countries on its blacklist for non-compliance and non-enforcement of safeguards against terror financing and money laundering?

(a) Pakistan

(b) India

(c) China

(d) Bangladesh

4.Under the new set of rules for the ‘Informant Mechanism’ under Prohibition of Insider Trading Regulations, SEBI will reward insider trading informants to uncover insider trading cases. What is the maximum award an informant can avail under the scheme?

(a) Rs 10 Lakh

(b) Rs 50 Lakh

(c) Rs 75 Lakh

(d) Rs 1 crore

5.Which country has recently unveiled a new missile defence system “Bavar-373” which is also its first domestically produced long-range missile defence system which has been inducted into the country’s missile defence network?

(a) Israel

(b) UAE

(c) Iraq

(d) Iran

6.Name the life-size humanoid robot recently launched by Russia into space. The robot stands 1.80 metres tall and weighs 160 kg.

(a) Iedor

(b) Fedor

(c) Spacedor

(d) Hexador

7.Name the bollywood actor who has made it to the 4th position on the Forbes magazine’s Worlds Highest-Paid Actors of 2019.

(a) Salman Khan

(b) Ayushman Khurana

(c) Shahrukh Khan

(d) Akshay Kumar

8.Who among the following has been appointed as the new Union Home Secretary by Appointments Committee of the cabinet headed by Prime Minister?

(a) Ajay Kumar Bhalla

(b) I. V. Subba Rao

(c) Rajiv Gauba

(d) Pramod Kumar Misra

9.Name the housing company with which Army Welfare Housing Organization (AWHO) have signed a memorandum of understanding which enables the personnel of Indian Army to immediately take over dwelling units in 13 ‘Ready to Move in’ projects of the company.

(a) Godrej Properties

(b) DLF Ltd

(c) Tata Realty & Housing

(d) Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Limited

10.What is the text message that will be printed on the tobacco packs, as per the notification of new warnings on “Tobacco packs” released by the Health Ministry?

(a) Tobacco causes bad lungs

(b) Tobacco causes painful death

(c) Tobacco is not injurious to health

(d) Tobacco- A silent killer

11.Name the insurance company which has partnered with ZestMoney to offer credit insurance which will help ZestMoney customers to cover their monthly EMI payments during times of crisis.

(a) National Insurance Co Ltd

(b) Apollo Munich Health Insurance Company Limited

(c) BajajAllianz General Insurance

(d) Acko General Insurance

 12.____________________launched the world’s first floating nuclear reactor. The vessel weighs 21,000 tons and has two reactors with a capacity of 35 megawatts each.

(a) China

(b) USA

(c) Russia

(d) Japan

13.NASA announced that it has named rock on Mars in honour of the iconic English band,_____________.

(a) The Beatles

(b) The Rolling Stones

(c) The Beach Boys

(d) The Velvet Underground

14.The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has declared Ocean Energy as renewable energy status. Who is the present Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy?

(a) Ashwini Kumar Choubey

(b) Mansukh L Mandaviya

(c) Hardeep Singh Puri

(d) Raj Kumar Singh

15.BookMyForex.com, a marketplace for foreign exchange and remittances, has partnered with ______________ to launch a co-branded multi-currency forex travel card for Indian overseas travellers.

(a) Kotak Mahindra Bank

(b) ICICI Bank

(c) Axis Bank

(d) YES Bank

CURRENT AFFAIRS

1. Name the Indian para swimmer who has become the first Asian swimmer to cross the Catalina Channel of America?

(a) Sharath Gayakwad

(b) Suyash Jadhav

(c) Prasanta Karmakar

(d) Satendra Singh Lohia

2.Which company has announced a strategic partnership with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) to conduct advanced applied research in autonomous systems, robotics and 5G?

(a) Tata Consultancy Services

(b) HCL Technologies Limited

(c) Reliance Industries Limited

(d) Wipro Ltd.

3.Which state government has launched a universal health insurance scheme “Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana” which will allow beneficiaries to avail annual cashless treatment of up to Rs 5 lakh per family per year?

(a) Himachal Pradesh

(b) Madhya Pradesh

(c) Punjab

(d) Uttar Pradesh

4.The 9th Session of the India-Kenya Joint Trade Committee (JTC) was held in ______________________________

(a) New Delhi

(b) Ranchi

(c) Jaipur

(d) Lucknow

5.On which day World Photography Day is being celebrated to make people communicate their feelings and express themselves through the art of photography?

(a) 19 August

(b) 19 April

(c) 19 May

(d) 19 November

6.In which Indian city, Amazon has opened its largest campus in the world which covers 1.8 million square feet and can accommodate 15,000 workers?

(a) Ranchi

(b) Ahmedabad

(c) Bengaluru

(d) Hyderabad

7.Name an academic programme recently launched by Maharashtra’s Tribal Development Department in association with the Pace Educational Trust for young tribal students aspiring to be doctors and engineers.

(a) Super 10

(b) Super 20

(c) Super 50

(d) Super 60

8.Which company has retained the title sponsorship rights for all cricket matches, domestic and international, played in India?

(a) Mobikwik

(b) Freecharge

(c) Amazon

(d) Paytm

9.Name an initiative under which a group of armed forces veterans train sports enthusiasts in survival training and self-defence. It was recently launched in Delhi.

(a) Op-Blue Training

(b) Op-Blue Freedom

(c) Op-White Freedom

(d) Op-White Defence

10.Who among the following has been appointed as the Cabinet Secretary by Appointments Committee of the Cabinet?

(a) Ajay Kumar

(b) Brij Kumar Agarwal

(c) Subhash Chandra

(d) Rajiv Gauba

11.Culture Minister will launch the book  “The Diary of Manu Gandhi” that has been brought out by National Archives of India, on the occasion of 150th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Who is the Culture Minister of India?

(a) Shripad Yesso Naik

(b) Santosh Kumar Gangwar

(c) Prahlad Singh Patel

(d) Rao Inderjit Singh

12.The Reserve Bank of India has permitted processing of e-mandate on credit and debit cards for recurring transactions (merchant payments). The maximum limit for such a transaction will be _____________________

(a) Rs 2,000

(b) Rs 3,000

(c) Rs 4,000

(d) Rs 5,000

 13.Which Indian institute has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU) to work jointly to achieve the objective of National Solar Mission?

(a) IIT Mumbai

(b) IISC Bengaluru

(c) BITS Pilani

(d) National Institute of Solar Energy

 14.Who is the Chief Executive Officer of Amazon?

(a) Jeff Bezos

(b) Tim Cook

(c) Satya Nadella

(d) Binny Bansal

15.Who among the following is the governor of Maharashtra?

(a) Ganeshi Lal

(b) Kaptan Singh Solanki

(c) CH Vidyasagar Rao

(d) Lalji Tandon

CURRENT AFFAIRS

1.National Payments Corporation of India has announced that AePS has crossed the milestone of over 200 million transactions during July 2019. Who is the MD & CEO of NPCI?

 A.Yogesh Chander Modi

 B.Harivansh Narayan

 C.Hrushikesh Senapaty

 D.Dilip Asbe

2.Which state has won the “best innovation and initiative leadership award” for its achievements in higher education in the World Education Summit-2019 held in New Delhi?

 A.Haryana

 B.Himachal Pradesh

 C.Kerala

 D.Rajasthan

3.Name the Indian Air Force’s pilot who will be honoured with the “Vir Chakra” on Independence Day. He also became the face of a tense military confrontation between India and Pakistan when his MiG-21 was shot down during the aerial combat between Indian and Pakistani air forces.

 A.Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman

 B.Wing Commander V. R. Chaudhari

 C.Wing Commander Pawan Kapoor

 D.Wing Commander R.K.S. Shera

4.Name the Bengaluru based artificial intelligence start­up which will be acquihired by ride-hailing company “Ola”.

 A.Bash.ai

 B.SigTuple

 C.Pikup.ai

 D.Manthan

5.Name the special drive launched by Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Indian Railways to identify and verify all vehicles parked in Railway premises, circulating area, parking and even in the ‘No Parking’ areas for a longer duration.

 A.Operation Railway Premises

 B.Operation No Parking

 C.Operation Illegal Vehicles

 D.Operation Number Plate

6.Which Indian state will host the Global Investors Summit to be held in October, 2019?

 A.Jammu and Kashmir

 B.Rajasthan

 C.Punjab

 D.Jharkhand

7.Which Indian International Airport have signed a MoU with Naval Air Enclave for commencement of naval air operations?

 A.Rajiv Gandhi International Airport

 B.Cochin International Airport Limited

 C.Trivandrum International Airport

 D.Indira Gandhi International Airport

 8.Name an app recently launched by Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry which will allow users to have waste: solid, wet or construction and demolition (C&D) collected by their urban local bodies.

 A.Swachh Bastii

 B.Swachh Colony

 C.Swachh Kshetra

 D.Swachh Nagar

9.Commonwealth Games Federation and ICC has announced the inclusion of Women’s Cricket in the 2022 Commonwealth Games to be held in …………………..

 A.Sydney

 B.Birmingham

 C.Dhaka

 D.Toronto

10.Name the legendary Indian sprinter who has been appointed as a member of the Asian Athletics Association’s (AAA) Athletes Commission.

 A.Milkha Singh

 B.Tintu Lukka

 C.Dutee Chand

 D.P.T. Usha

11.World Health Organization observes ………………. every year as “World Hepatitis Day” to step up national and international efforts on hepatitis.

 A.28 July

 B.25 July

 C.24 July

 D.27 July

12.The 3rd edition of Khelo India Youth Games 2020 will see a participation of more than 10,000 athletes. Which of the following states will host the Khelo India Youth Games 2020?

 A.Tamil Nadu

 B.Odisha

 C.Rajasthan

 D.Assam

13.Name the IPS officer who has been appointed as the next Director General (DG) of the Border Security Force(BSF).

 A.V.K. Johri

 B.Arvind Kumar

 C.Rajesh Ranjan

 D.K Natarajan

14.World Health Organization observe 28 July every year as “World Hepatitis Day” to step up national and international efforts on hepatitis. Which country will host the World Hepatitis Day 2019?

 A.Pakistan

 B.Afghanistan

 C.India

 D.Uganda

 15.World Health Organization celebrates “World Hepatitis Day” every year to step up national and international efforts on hepatitis. Who is the Director General of World Health Organization?

 A.José Graziano da Silva

 B.Ignacio J. Ansotegui

 C.Luis Caraballo

 D.Tedros Adhanom

CURRENT AFFAIRS

1.Which airline will become the 1st Indian airline to fly over the North Pole while connecting New Delhi and North America on Independence Day?

 A.IndiGo

 B.GoAir

 C.SpiceJet

 D.Air India

2.The book, titled ‘Sridevi: Girl Woman Superstar’ will be launched on Sridevi’s 56th birth anniversary. The book is written by author-screenwriter ……………….

 A.Satyarth Nayak

 B.Jhumpa Lahiri

 C.Amrita Pritam

 D.Chetan Bhagat

3.Name the mission recently launched by Indian Army in Jammu which aims to ensure basic necessities and essential services are available in the region post the abrogation of the provisions of Article 370 and reorganisation of Jammu and Kashmir.

 A.Mission Reach Out

 B.Mission Services

 C.Mission People Harmony

 D.Mission Aapurti

 4.Name the business-to-business payments startup which has launched the country’s first corporate credit card called ‘Freedom Card’ for small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

 A.Givcash

 B.FINO PayTech

 C.CCAvenue

 D.EnKash

5.Name an Indian who made history by becoming the first Indian to win a world title in motorsports after winning the FIM World Cup held in Varpalota, Hungary.

 A.Aishwarya Pissay

 B.Alisha Abdullah

 C.Neha Dabas

 D.Mira Erda

6.The Union Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports (I/C) conferred the National Youth Awards for excellent work and contribution in different fields of development and social service. Who is Union Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports (I/C)?

 A.Santosh Gangwar

 B.Kiren Rijiju

 C.Jitendra Singh

 D.Mansukh Mandaviya

8.Name the operating system recently launched by chinese telecom giant Huawei.

 A.HarmonyOS

 B.ToggleOS

 C.HuaweiOS

 D.FaceOS

9.President Ram Nath Kovind gave assent to legislation for bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir, and two Union Territories, Jammu and Kashmir and ……………. will come into existence on October 31.

 A.Kulgam

 B.Kupwara

 C.Ladakh

 D.Kargil

10.Who is the CEO of Huawei?

 A.Michael Saul

 B.Ren Zhengfei

 C.Kenichiro Yoshida

 D.Kim Hyun Suk

CURRENT AFFAIRS

1. World Oceans Day takes place every year on-

 A.08th June

 B.05th June

 C.12th June

 D.10th June

2.Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal is leading the Indian delegation for the two-day G20 Ministerial meeting on Trade and Digital Economy beginning in-?

 A.Japan

 B.Russia

 C.Germany

 D.China

 3.Which of the following country will confer ‘Nishan Izzuddin’ award on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and this award is the highest award to honour foreign nationals?

 A.Thailand

 B.Sri Lanka

 C.Afghanistan

 D.Maldives

 4.Which of the following organisation has released India’s first Type Approval Certificate (TAC) for Bharat Stage– VI (BS–VI) norms that are the latest emission norms as notified by the Government of India for the two-wheeler segment?

 A.Automotive industry in India

 B.Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

 C.Automotive Research Association of India

 D.International Centre for Automotive Technology

5.Former Chief Minister between 1996 and 2000 and a senior Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader RV Janakiraman was passed away recently. He was former CM of-

 A.Lakshadweep

 B.Kerala

 C.Goa

 D.Puducherry

6.Which company has acquired ethnic apparel and lifestyle retailer ‘Jaypore E-Commerce Pvt. Ltd‘ which sells ethnic fashion merchandise under its own brand ‘Jaypore’ for Rs 110 crore?

 A.Lifestyle

 B.Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd

 C.Myntra

 D.Future Group

 7.Who has topped in the recently released Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Rankings?

 A.Novak Djokovic

 B.Rafael Nadal

 C.Roger Federer

 D.Dominic Thiem

8.Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that single-use plastics will be banned in the country from-?

 A.2025

 B.2022

 C.2020

 D.2021

9.India has received an invitation to attend the outreach Session at the G-7 Summit 2019 to be held in-?

 A.Canada

 B.Italy

 C.France

 D.Germany

10.Who is a seven-term member of Parliament will be the pro-tem speaker of the Lok Sabha?

 A.Virendra Kumar

 B.Satya Pal Singh

 C.Anant Kumar Hegde

 D.Shiv Pratap Shukla

11.NDMA is conducting a basic training programme at the Deendayal Port Trust in-

 A.Odisha

 B.Goa

 C.Maharashtra

 D.Gujarat

12.The Reserve Bank of India constituted a six-member committee to review the ATM interchange fee structure with a “view to increase the ATM deployment in the unbanked areas”. The committee will be led by ___________.

 A.Vimal Karnad

 B.V G Kannan

 C.Arvinda Srivastava

 D.Kamlesh Nath

 13.Name the company that has surpassed US technology giant IBM in terms of market capitalization.

 A.Tata Consultancy Services

 B.WIPRO

 C.Infosys

 D.Reliance Communication

14.Name the Very Severe Cyclonic Storm that has hit over East-central Arabian Sea and moved nearly northwards with a speed of about 13 kmph.

 A.FANI

 B.VANI

 C.VAYU

 D.FONI

15.Name the Union Minister for Tribal Affairs who has recently launched the “e-governance initiatives for ST Welfare schemes” at a function organized by Ministry of Tribal Affairs.

 A.Raj Kumar Singh

 B.Ashwini Kumar Choubey

 C.Arjun Ram Meghwal

 D.Arjun Munda

CURRENT AFFAIRS

Which of the following country has defeat Mexico by goal margin of 3-1 and won FIH Hockey Series played at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar?

 A.Singapore

 B.Malaysia

 C.Japan

 D.India

2.World Oceans Day takes place every year on-

 A.08th June

 B.05th June

 C.12th June

 D.10th June

3.Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal is leading the Indian delegation for the two-day G20 Ministerial meeting on Trade and Digital Economy beginning in-?

 A.Japan

 B.Russia

 C.Germany

 D.China

4.What is the theme of World Oceans Day 2019?

 A.Ocean-Related Goal and Targets

 B.Centre for Ocean Development

 C.Gender and the Ocean

 D.Male and Female of Ocean

5.Where is the head office of Kotak Mahindra Bank?

 A.New Delhi

 B.Kolkata

 C.Chennai

 D.Mumbai

6.Which of the following country will confer ‘Nishan Izzuddin’ award on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and this award is the highest award to honour foreign nationals?

 A.Singapore

 B.Sri Lanka

 C.Afghanistan

 D.Maldives

7.IT Industry icon Azim Premji will retire as Executive Chairman of __________________ with effect from 30th July 2019.

 A.HCL Technologies

 B.Tech Mahindra

 C.Infosys

 D.Wipro

 8.Name the famous personality and six-time Grammy-winning musician, who was passed away recently?

 A.Warren Haynes

 B.B B King

 C.Allen Toussaint

 D.Malcolm John Rebennack

9.Which metro has become the first ever project in the country to receive power generated from a waste-to-energy plant?

 A.Lucknow Metro

 B.Delhi Metro

 C.Rapid Transit

 E.Noida Metro

10. _____________________ has launched a Fiscal Performance Index (FPI) to assess state and central budgets.

 A.Confederation of Indian Industry

 B.NASSCOM

 C.FICCI

 E.Internet and Mobile Association of India

11.The theme for World Food Safety Day 2019 is-?

 A.Foodborne Illnesses May Result

 B.Food Safety, Everyone’s Business

 C.Food safety is the Absence of Safe

 D.Food That May Harm the Health of Consumers

12.The Confederation of Indian Industry is a business association in India. CII is a non-government, not-for-profit, industry-led and industry-managed organization. Where is the headquarters of CII?

 A.Hyderabad

 B.Mumbai

 C.New Delhi

 D.Kolkata

13.The 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup is the 8th edition of the FIFA Women’s World Cup. The Championship is being held in-?

 A.Japan

 B.Canada

 C.Germany

 D.France

14.Who was sworn in as Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court recently?

 A.Justice Biswanath Somadder

 B.Justice Pradeep Nandrajog

 C.Justice Govind Mathur

 D.Justice Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel

15.India has successfully test fired Brahmos Supersonic Cruise Missile from Chandipur in-

 A.Kerala

 B.Karnataka

 C.Andhra Pradesh

 D.Odisha

CURRENT AFFAIRS

1.Who is the topped billionaire list compiled by Hurun Global Rich List 2019?

 A.Zack Ma

 B.Mark Zuckerberg

 C.Bill Gates

 D.Jeff Bezos

 2.A joint military exercise Sampriti-2019 is an important bilateral defence cooperation endeavour between India and ____________.

 A.Myanmar

 B.Bhutan

 C.Nepal

 D.Bangladesh

 3.Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated a new National War Memorial to the nation. It is situated in _________.

 A.New Delhi

 B.Mumbai

 C.Goa

 D.Pune

4.External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has been invited to deliver an address at the OIC in Abu Dhabi. OIC stands for_________

 A.Oil Importing Countries

 B.Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

 C.Organisation of Oil Importing Countries

 D.Organisation of Indian-ocean Countries

5.Which of the following state has become the first state to deploy specially-trained dogs to check smuggling of liquor?

 A.Kerala

 B.Punjab

 C.Bihar

 D.Uttar Pradesh

6.Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a new park which houses the replicas of seven wonders of the world in___________.

 A.Assam

 B.Goa

 C.Delhi

 D.Agra

7.Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in South Korea, will receive the __________ in recognition of his dedication to international cooperation, global growth and human development.

 A.South Korea Leadership Award

 B.South Korea Peace Prize

 C.Seoul Peace Prize

 D.Korean Leadership Award

8.Who among the following won Laureus World Sports Award for World Sportsman of the Year?

 A.Roger Federer

 B.Charles Hamelin

 C.Pankaj Advani

 D.Novak Djokovic

9.Which of the following city hosted the 40th International Annual Desert Festival?

 A.Bikaner

 B.Alwar

 C.Jaisalmer

 D.Udaipur

10.Indian Air Force conducted mega exercise ‘Vayu Shakti’ at _________.

 A.Tezpur

 B.Pokhran

 C.Panagarh

 D.Jaisalmer