Current Affairs 09 August to 15 August 2019

Current Affairs 09 August 2019

1. ISRO has announced its __ journalism Award in Space Science, Technology and Research .

(a) Homi J. Bhabha

(b) Vikram Sarabhai

(c) A. P. J Abdul Kalam

(d) Satish Dhawan

Correct Answer-(b) Vikram Sarabhai

2. Who was crowned Miss World diversity 2019 in port Louis Mauritius ?

(a) Naaz Joshi

(b) Megan Young

(c) Azra Akin

(d) Rosanna Davison

Correct Answer-(a) Naaz Joshi

3. Where is Tarava police station located ?

(a) Bihar (b) Jharkhand

(c) Odisha (d) Chhattisgarh

Correct Answer-(c) Odisha

4. Recently, Diego Forlan has announced his retirement, related to __ .

(a) Football (b) Tennis

(c) Badminton (d) Golf

Correct Answer-(a) Football

5. Asaduzzaman Khan is the home minister of ___ ?

(a) Iran (b) Bangladesh

(c) Bhutan (d) Turkey

Correct Answer- (b) Bangladesh

6. Who became the first Indian Batsman to register two T – 20I half -centuries before turning 22 ?

(a) K. L Rahul

(b) Rishabb Pant

(c) Prithvi Shaw

(d) Shreyas Iyer

Correct Answer-(b) Rishabb Pant

7. Jom Prakash who passed away recently was a famous ___ .

(a) Politician (b) Director

(c) Judge (d) Cricketer

Correct Answer- (b) Director

8. Indian Army will participate in an anti – terrorism military exercise in __ in September .

(a) India (b) Mongolia

(c) Turkmenistan (d) Russia

Correct Answer-(d) Russia

9. Health ministry has set target to reduce HIV causes by ___ .

(a) 2020 (b) 2021

Correct Answer-(a) 2020

10. The SBI announced a __ basis points reduction in its lending rates in August .

(a) 10 (b) 15

(c) 20 (d) 25

Correct Answer- (b) 15

11. Where NHRC National Level Review Meeting held on mental health ?

(a) Newdelhi (b) Pune

(c) Bathinda (d) Gandhinagar

Correct Answer-(a) Newdelhi

12. Pranab Mukharjee was __th president .

(a) 10 (b) 11

(c) 12 (d) 13

Correct Answer- (d) 13

13. Who has been selected for woman world boxing championship ?

(a) Mary Kom

(b) Lovlina Borgohain

(c) Both 1&2

(d) None of the above

Correct Answer-(c) Both 1&2

14. Who launched insurance ” Jeevam Amar ” ?

(a) LIC (b) SBI

(c) HDFC (d) SEBI

Correct Answer-(a) LIC

15. King of the Ring Harley Race who passed away related to ___ .

(a) Boxing (b) Tennis

(c) WWE (d) WWF

Correct Answer-(c) WWE

Current Affairs 10 August 2019

Recently Hasim Amla who retired from all international cricket belongs to ___ .

(a) Pakistan (b) Afghanistan

(c) South Africa (d) Srilanka

Correct Answer-(c) South Africa

Where will the 3rd Renewable Energy Investor’s meet & Expo be held ?

(a) India (b) USA

(c) Russia (d) China

Correct Answer-(a) India

Which state has topped the ranking in Breast feeding and infant and young child feeding practices in the country ?

(a) Mizoram (b) Manipur

(c) Nagaland (d) Assam

Correct Answer-(b) Manipur

__ is the tribal minister who inaugurated a national workshop on Tribal interprise .

(a) Arjun Munda

(b) Raghubar Das

(c) Sudesh Mahto

(d) Shibu Soren

Correct Answer-(a) Arjun Munda

What is the theme of the International day of world’s Indegenous peoples 2019 ?

(a) Indegenous people

(b) Indegenous language

(c) Indegenous culture

(d) Ind

Correct Answer-(b) Indegenous language

Which museum is all set to find a piece in the Asia Book of records for becoming the most visit museum ?

(a) Jang – e – Azadi Memorial

(b) Solar Jangmuseum

(c) Virasat -e -Khalsa

(d) All

Correct Answer-(c) Virasat -e -Khalsa

Which country will host Zimbabwe for tri-nation 20 – 20 tournament .

(a) India (b) Bhutan

(c) Srilanka (d) Bangladesh

Correct Answer- (d) Bangladesh

India & Bangladesh ganga water treaty was done in __ .

(a) 1963 (b) 1978

Correct Answer- (d) 1996

__ secured 1st in international army scout masters competition .

(a) India (b) Kazakhstan

(c) Russia (d) China

Correct Answer-(a) India

Shamnad Basheer was awarded Infosys science foundation prize in _ .

(a) 2011 (b) 2012

Correct Answer- (d) 2014

__ state launched a small saving scheme to stop people from transacting suspicious nonbanking .

(a) Bihar (b) Haryana

(c) Punjab (d) Odisha

Correct Answer- (d) Odisha

___ tennis player topped the list of Highest paid female athletes 2019 .

(a) Martina Hingis

(b) Maria Sharapora

(c) Sania Mirza

(d) Serena Williams

Correct Answer-(d) Serena Williams

Current Affairs 11 August 2019

Govt. has set a target of transporting nearly __% of cargo through waterways .

(a) 10 (b) 15

(c) 20 (d) 25

Correct Answer- (d) 25

What does ‘ D ‘ stands for NADA ?

(a) Development (b) Doping

(c) Damage (d) Diverse

Correct Answer- (b) Doping

Who won best actor in 66th National film awards ?

(a) Ayushman Khurana

(b) Vicky Kaushal

(c) Both 1 & 2

(d) None of the above

Correct Answer-(c) Both 1 & 2

Who won the National award for most film friendly state ?

(a) Maharashtra (b) Kerala

(c) Uttarakhand (d) Gujarat

Correct Answer-(c) Uttarakhand

Which state made a planatation drive on 77th anniversary of quit India movement ?

(a) Gujarat (b) UP

(c) Bihar (d) Haryana

Correct Answer-(b) UP

Which Naval ship entered the port of Bergan , Norway ?

(a) INS Tarkash

(b) INS Talwar

(c) INS Trikand

(d) INS Mysore

Correct Answer-(a) INS Tarkash

Where was 3rd international electric vehicle conclave inaugurated ?

(a) Newdelhi (b) Mumbai

(c) Gurugram (d) Pune

Correct Answer-(c) Gurugram

Who will lead a delegation to vladvostok in the Russian tar east ?

(a) Piyush Goyal

(b) Nitin Gadkari

(c) Dharmendra Pradhan

(d) Amit Shah

Correct Answer-(a) Piyush Goyal

__ developed a method to recycle human urine .

(a) IIT Bombay (b) IIT Delhi

(c) IIT Madras (d) IIT Kanpur

Correct Answer-(c) IIT Madras

__ state announced ” Mukhya Mantri Parivar Samridhi Yojana ” .

(a) Punjab (b) Haryana

(c) UP (d) Bihar

Correct Answer-(b) Haryana

Where will be 14th session of COP14 takes place .

(a) Mumbai (b) Delhi

(c) Jaipur (d) Pune

Correct Answer- (b) Delhi

Who has been appointed the brand ambassador for the CM’s Green Manipur Mission ?

(a) Absaas Channa

(b) Valentina Elagbam

(c) Aashika Bhatia

(d) Gracy Goswami

Correct Answer-(b) Valentina Elagbam

__ police created a green corridor .

(a) Mumbai (b) Hyderabad

(c) Delhi (d) Jaipur

Correct Answer-(b) Hyderabad

Current Affairs 12 August 2019

__ state released biofuel rules 2019 .

(a) Haryana (b) Rajsthan

(c) Gujarat (d) Kerala

Correct Answer-(b) Rajsthan

What does ‘ C ‘ stands for in CAIT ?

(a) Comitee (b) Confederation

(c) Cycle (d) Circular

Correct Answer- (b) Confederation

__ state inaugurated ” Mukhya Mantri Krishi Ashirwad Yojana ” .

(a) Jharkhand (b) Bihar

(c) Haryana (d) Gujarat

Correct Answer-(a) Jharkhand

Who will host 10th Asia swimming federation ?

(a) Newdelhi (b) Pune

(c) Bangalore (d) Lucknow

Correct Answer-(c) Bangalore

The fossils of the largest parrot ever recorded have been found in __ .

(a) Australia (b) OSA

(c) New Zealand (d) India

Correct Answer-(c) New Zealand

Jana Small finance Bank Commenced Banking operations in ___ .

(a) 2015 (b) 2016

Correct Answer- (d) 2018

What is the rank of P. V. Sindhu in 2019 Forbes list of highest paid female athletes ?

(a) 8 (b) 11

(c) 13 (d) 15

Correct Answer-(c) 13

__ country has the highest number of ‘living’ Indegenous languages in the World .

(a) India (b) Papua New Genia

(c) China (d) Russia

Correct Answer- (b) Papua New Genia

National council of Applied Economic Research expects the country’s economic growth rate to __ in FY20 .

(a) 6% (b) 6.2%

(c) 5% (d) 5.9%

Correct Answer- (b) 6.2%

__ introduce an insurance plan ‘Jeevan Amar’ .

(a) New India Assurance

(b) LIC

(c) Aviva Life insurance

(d) United India Insurance

Correct Answer-(b) LIC

__ has launched ” The Identity Check Express ” a next generation mobile first authentication solution .

(a) Visa (b) MasterCard

(c) ICICI Bank (d) SBI

Correct Answer-(c) ICICI Bank

__ is India’s top retailer ,according to study by euromonity .

(a) Amazon (b) Westside

(c) Big Bazar (d) Walmart

Correct Answer- (d) Walmart

__ mission is launched by Khadi and Village I Industry Commission on World Trival Day .

(a) Khadi Mission

(b) Trival Mission

(c) Leather Mission

(d) Artisan Mission

Correct Answer-(c) Leather Mission

Current Affairs 13 August 2019

PM Modi will feature in a special episode of the TV series __ on discovery channel .

(a) Myth Busters

(b) Man vs Wild

(c) Bering sea Gold

(d) How do they do it

Correct Answer-(b) Man vs Wild

Samjauta Express run on Sunday from __ to Attari and back .

(a) Delhi

(b) Bathinda

(c) Jaipur

(d) Lucknow

Correct Answer-(a) Delhi

Who clinched the Men’s single titles in the Hyderabad open in August ?

(a) Sameer Verma

(b) Saurabh Chaudhury

(c) B. Sai Praneeth

(d) Saurabh Verma

Correct Answer-(d) Saurabh Verma

In Badminton , how many medals wets won by Indian junior shuttler at Bulgarian junior international championship .

(a) 3 (b) 4

(c) 5 (d) 6

Correct Answer- (d) 6

The __ agriculture Dept. has initiated a massive drive to provide more than 28000 Agro-machine .

(a) UP

(b) Punjab

(c) Bihar

(d) Haryana

Correct Answer-(b) Punjab

Where did Amit Shah launch the book ” Listening, Learning & Leading ” in August ?

(a) Delhi

(b) Chennai

(c) Mumbai

(d) Pune

Correct Answer-(b) Chennai

Where did Dept. of atomic energy organise a 2 – day exhibition ?

(a) Lucknow

(b) Pune

(c) Mumbai

(d) New delhi

Correct Answer-(d) New delhi

What is the theme of International Youth Day ?

(a) Safe Spaces for Youth

(b) Transforming Education

(c) Youth Civic Engagement

(d) Youth Building Peace

Correct Answer-(b) Transforming Education

Where did VP Venkaiah Naidu launched the ” Mukhya Mantri Krishi Ashirwad Yojana ” ?

(a) Bihar

(b) C. G.

(c) Jharkhand

(d) U. P.

Correct Answer-(c) Jharkhand

Who won the table tennis league in August ?

(a) Chennai Lions

(b) Debang Delhi

(c) Telugu Titans

(d) Bengaluru Bulls

Correct Answer-(a) Chennai Lions

Vivek Gambhir is the Consumer Products MD and CEO of __ .

(a) Hindustan Unilever LTD

(b) Nestle India

(c) Dabur

(d) Godrej

Correct Answer-(d) Godrej

Recently Amarendra Sharan passed away .He was a /an __ .

(a) Actor

(b) Journalist

(c) Advocate

(d) Classical Dancer

Correct Answer-(c) Advocate

Where did the Army Launched Mission Reached Out in August 2019 ?

(a) Manipur

(b) Chhatisgarh

(c) Jammu & Kashmir

(d) Maharashtra

Correct Answer-(c) Jammu & Kashmir

In August 2019, the UCO Bank has cut the MCLR by _ bps across all tenors .

(a) 5

(b) 10

(c) 15

(d) 20

Correct Answer-(c) 15

Current Affairs 14 August 2019

Where did the year- long centenary celebration of the birth anniversary of Vikram Sarabhai kick off in August 2019 ?

(a) New Delhi

(b) Pune

(c) Ahemdabad

(d) Kolkata

Correct Answer-(c) Ahemdabad

With which country did India sign 4MoUs in August 2019 and agreed to organise 100 activities in the coming months in the domain of film and broadcasting ?

(a) Indonesia

(b) China

(c) Singapore

(d) Germany

Correct Answer-(b) China

Who moved up taking oath as a judge of the Supreme Court of Fiji in August 2019 ?

(a) Justice Kurian Joseph

(b) Justice Madan Lokur

(c) Justice Dipak Misha

(d) Justice Arjan kumar Sikri

Correct Answer-(b) Justice Madan Lokur

NASA demonstrated the first coordinated menoeuvre between 2 tissue box-sized water-powered spacecraft in the Low Earth orbit .They were orbiting Earth about __ km from one another .

(a) 6

(b) 7

(c) 8

(d) 9

Correct Answer-(d) 9

Who remained the highest – paid bank cheif executive in India with a monthly basic salary of Rs 89 Lakh in FY19 ?

(a) Vijay Sekhar Sharma

(b) Rana kapoor

(c) Aditya Puri

(d) Uday Kotak

Correct Answer-(c) Aditya Puri

Which state signed an MOU with a Russian province in August 2019 for trade and investment in many areas, including timber, healthcare, real state and education ,in Vladivostok ?

(a) Punjab

(b) Haryana

(c) Bihar

(d) Uttar Pradesh

Correct Answer-(b) Haryana

__ inked an agreement with Russia’s Kamchatka region in August 2019 .

(a) Goa

(b) Maharashtra

(c) Punjab

(d) Rajsthan

Correct Answer-(a) Goa

Diamond sector representatives accompanying Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani to Vladivostok in Russia signed __ MOUs in August 2019 .

(a) 2

(b) 3

(c) 4

(d) 5

Correct Answer-(a) 2

According to an action plan of Railway Board ,whose 150th birth anniversary will be marked as Community Day by the railways ?

(a) Mahatma Gandhi

(b) Jawaharlal Nehru

(c) Mother Teresa

(d) Swami Vivekananda

Correct Answer-(a) Mahatma Gandhi

The Union Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports __ conferred the National Youth Awards in August 2019 .

(a) Rajnath Singh

(b) Kiren Rijiju

(c) Jitendra Singh

(d) V. K. Singh

Correct Answer-(b) Kiren Rijiju

Researchers from __ have developed a low cost diagnostic device that can perform various pathological tests by using blood taken from a fingerprick .

(a) IIT Kanpur

(b) IIT Delhi

(c) IIT Bombay

(d) IIT Khadagpur

Correct Answer-(d) IIT Khadagpur

Current Affairs 15 August 2019

According to the Global Fintech report from CB insights ,the number of fintech deals in India start-ups surpassed which country ?

(a) USA

(b) China

(c) United Kingdom

(d) Japan

Correct Answer-(b) China

PM Narendra Modi announced the Government would create the post of a Chief of Defence Staff(CDS) .The CDS was to be a __ rank general .

(a) Four star

(b) Three star

(c) Five stars

(d) Six star

Correct Answer-(c) Five stars

Which of the following ministries launched the Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2019 ?

(a) Ministry of Jal Shakti

(b) Ministry of Panchayati Raj

(c) Ministry of Rural Development

(d) Ministry of Housing and Urban development

Correct Answer-(a) Ministry of Jal Shakti

Scholar of which language was not awarded the Certificate of Honour by the President of India ?

(a) Sanskrit

(b) Pali

(c) Prakrit

(d) Hindi

Correct Answer-(d) Hindi

President Ramnath Kovind approved __ Awards to Armed Forces Personnel and members of Paramilitary Forces .

(a) 100

(b) 132

(c) 250

(d) 200

Correct Answer-(b) 132

A rare variety of tea from which state’s Tea Estate set a new record after it was auctioned for Rs 75,000 per kg at the Gawhati Tea Auction centre (GTAC) ?

(a) Assam

(b) Tamilnadu

(c) Karnataka

(d) Nagaland

Correct Answer-(a) Assam

How many police personnel have been awarded the Union Home Minister’s Medal for Excellence in Investigation for 2019 ?

(a) 75

(b) 80

(c) 95

(d) 96

Correct Answer-(d) 96

One of Whatsapp’s most awaited features, fingerprint authentication , is finally rolling out to which users ?

(a) Windows

(b) IOS

(c) Android

(d) LMS

Correct Answer-(c) Android

A book on which of these Bollywood actors was announced by Penguin Random House ?

(a) Sridevi

(b) Amitabh Bacchhan

(c) Rishi Kapoor

(d) None of these

Correct Answer-(a) Sridevi

Who has been conferred the Vir Chakra ,India’s third – highest war time gallantry medal ?

(a) Prakash Jadav

(b) Abhinandan Varthaman

(c) Harshpal Singh

(d) Sandeep Singh

Correct Answer-(b) Abhinandan Varthaman

__ made history with a never – before seen Triple – double floor exercise landing .

(a) Shwan Johnson

(b) Mery Lou Retton

(c) Shannon Miller

(d) Simone Biles

Correct Answer-(d) Simone Biles

The famous Palani Panchamirtham ,given as ‘Prasadam’ at the Murugan temple has been Granted the Geographical Indication (GI) tag ,the temple is situated in __ .

(a) Tamilnadu

(b) Karnataka

(c) Andhra Pradesh

(d) Odisha

Correct Answer-(a) Tamilnadu

___ government will open Army schools in tribal – dominated areas to provide required training to youths to help them get selected to serve in defence forces .

(a) Madhya Pradesh

(b) Uttar Pradesh

(c) Gujarat

(d) Rajsthan

Correct Answer-(c) Gujarat

__ is all set to get the first Indian Institute of Skills – IIS ,the foundation stone of which will be laid in September 2019 .

(a) Mumbai

(b) New Delhi

(c) Jaipur

(d) Chandigarh

Correct Answer-(a) Mumbai

Which of these states got its first flight service from 14th August 2019 ?

(a) Assam

(b) Jharkhand

(c) Nagaland

(d) Tripura

Correct Answer-(d) Tripura

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