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Question Bank Current Affairs August 2019
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Current Affairs

Question 1Single Answer
Which state government has launched Dastak campaign against AES & JE disease ?
  1. A
    Rajasthan
  2. B
    MP
  3. C
    Uttar Pradesh
  4. D
    Bihar
Question 2Single Answer
Which city is hosting the first-ever ISA’s joint  security exercise “ISALEX19” ?
  1. A
    Pune
  2. B
    Paris
  3. C
    New York
  4. D
    Abu Dhabi
Question 3Single Answer
STRIDE which is in news recently , is associated to which of the following issues ?
  1. A
    To boost research culture
  2. B
    To boost women empowerment
  3. C
    To promote tribal handicrafts
  4. D
    To promote child education
Question 4Single Answer
On which date, the 2019 edition of International Olympic Day (IOD) is observed ?
  1. A
    June 23
  2. B
    June 39
  3. C
    June 25
  4. D
    June 27
Question 5Single Answer
The first – ever India International Cooperatives Trade Fair (IICTF) will be held in which of the following cities ?
  1. A
    Pune
  2. B
    Delhi
  3. C
    Dehradun
  4. D
    Bhopal
Question 6Single Answer
Which district administration of J&K has launched ‘Operation Khummar ‘ to make 312 panchayats tobacco-free ?
  1. A
    Rajouri
  2. B
    Udhampur
  3. C
    Kathua
  4. D
    Poonch
Question 7Single Answer
Santosh Rana, who passed  away recently, was the veteran leader of which political party  ?
  1. A
    CPI(ML)
  2. B
    BJP
  3. C
    INC
  4. D
    SP
Question 8Single Answer
Who is the author of book ‘A Prime Minister to Remember-Memories of Military Chife ?
  1. A
    Vishnu Bhagwat
  2. B
    Surresh Mehta
  3. C
    Sushil Kumar
  4. D
    Vijai Shingh Shekhawat
Question 9Single Answer
The 21st Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship will be hosted by which of the following states ?
  1. A
    Odisha
  2. B
    Jharkhand
  3. C
    Punjab
  4. D
    West Bengal
Question 10Single Answer
India has inked Rs 200 crore defence deal with which country for ‘Strum Akata ‘ anti-tank missile ?
  1. A
    UnitedStates
  2. B
    Israel
  3. C
    Russia
  4. D
    France
Question 11Single Answer
Veer Chotrani is associated to which sports ?
  1. A
    Athletics
  2. B
    Wrestling
  3. C
    Badminton
  4. D
    Squash
Question 12Single Answer
Who is the current director of Intelligence Bureau ?
  1. A
    Anil Dhasmana
  2. B
    Arvind Kumar
  3. C
    Samant Kumar Goel
  4. D
    Rajiv Jain
Question 13Single Answer
Which state government has launched free crop Insurance scheme for farmers ?
  1. A
    Jharkhand
  2. B
    Madhya Pradesh
  3. C
    West Bengal
  4. D
    Rajasthan
Question 14Single Answer
Abburi Chaya Devi, who passed away recently, was the famous fiction writer of which language ?
  1. A
    Telugu
  2. B
    Tamil
  3. C
    Malayalam
  4. D
    Kannada
Question 15Single Answer
What is the theme of the 2019 edition of World Vitiligo Day (WVD) ?
  1. A
    Children, Research, and Hope for the Future
  2. B
    The Quality of life of a Vitiligo patient
  3. C
    Mental and Medical Journey of Living with Vitiligo
  4. D
    How I Feel
Question 16Single Answer
Who is the new Managing Director of National Housing Bank (NHB) ?
  1. A
    Sriram Kalyanaraman
  2. B
    Ashwani Kumar Tripathi
  3. C
    R S Garg
  4. D
    Sarada Kumar Hota
Question 17Single Answer
Mohammed Baji, who passed away recently, was the eminent freedom fighter of which state ?
  1. A
    West Bengal
  2. B
    Odisha
  3. C
    UP
  4. D
    Tamil Nadu
Question 18Single Answer
What is the theme of the 13 th National Statistics Day (NSD-2019) ?
  1. A
    Administrative Statistics
  2. B
    Quality Assurance in Official Statistics
  3. C
    Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare
  4. D
    Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Question 19Single Answer
Who has become the first IPS Officer to complete ‘Seventh Summit’ Challenge ?
  1. A
    Dipankar Ghosh
  2. B
    Aparna Kumar
  3. C
    Malavath Purna
  4. D
    Nawang Gombu
Question 20Single Answer
Which Indian Politician has authored the book titled “The New Delhi Conspiracy” ?
  1. A
    Shashi Tharoor
  2. B
    Abhishek Manu Singhvi
  3. C
    Sanjay Nirupam
  4. D
    Meenakshi Lekhi
Question 21Single Answer
Which water conservation campaign has been launched by Central Government ?
  1. A
    Jal Bachav Abhiyan
  2. B
    Jal Tarang Abhiyan
  3. C
    Jal Suraksha Abhiyan
  4. D
    Jal Shakti Abhiyan
Question 22Single Answer
On which date, the 2019 edition of International Day of the Tropics is observed ?
  1. A
    June 27
  2. B
    June 28
  3. C
    June 29
  4. D
    June 30
Question 23Single Answer
Which country has officially resumed commercial whaling ?
  1. A
    Japan
  2. B
    South Korea
  3. C
    New Zealand
  4. D
    UK
Question 24Single Answer
Which of the following butterfly species has been officially declared as state butterfly of Tamil Nadu ?
  1. A
    Cirrochroa thais
  2. B
    Papilio bianor
  3. C
    Papilio Buddha
  4. D
    Troides Minos
Question 25Single Answer
Indo-French Joint Air Exercise “Garuda-V” has started in which of the following sites ?
  1. A
    Montpellier
  2. B
    Pune
  3. C
    Jodhpur
  4. D
    Mont-de-Marsan
Question 26Single Answer
Which Indian scientist has been selected as the Co-Investigator for NASA’s PUNCH mission ?
  1. A
    Dipankar Banerjee
  2. B
    Raghunath Anant Mashelkar
  3. C
    Ashoke sen
  4. D
    Narendra Karmarkar
Question 27Single Answer
Dr. Jaya Arunachalam,  veteran social activist has passed away, She was from which state ?
  1. A
    Kerala
  2. B
    Karnataka
  3. C
    Andhra Pradesh
  4. D
    Tamil Nadu
Question 28Single Answer
Which of the following public sector banks has signed MoU with NIIF to boost capital availability for infrastructure projects ?
  1. A
    SBI
  2. B
    PNB
  3. C
    BOB
  4. D
    BOI
Question 29Single Answer
Which Indian personality has been elected as a member of International Olympic Committee (IOC) ?
  1. A
    Pargat Singh
  2. B
    Narinder Batra
  3. C
    Ramandeep Singh
  4. D
    Dilip Tirkey
Question 30Single Answer
Impressed tortoise, which is in news recently, is discovered in which of the following states ?
  1. A
    Andhra Pradesh
  2. B
    Arunachal Pradesh
  3. C
    Nagaland
  4. D
    Odisha
Question 31Single Answer
The first UIDAI-run Aadhaar Seva Kendra (ASK) operational in which of the following cities ?
  1. A
    Delhi & Vijayawada
  2. B
    Bhopal & Jaipur
  3. C
    Nagpur & Varanasi
  4. D
    Varanasi & Delhi
Question 32Single Answer
Where is the headquarters of Centre for DNA Fingerprinting & Diagnostics (CDFD) is located ?
  1. A
    Delhi
  2. B
    Hyderabad
  3. C
    Lucknow
  4. D
    Indore
Question 33Single Answer
Who is the author of the autobiography ‘Lessons Life Taught Me’ Unknowingly ?
  1. A
    Sanjay Dutt
  2. B
    Irrfan Khan
  3. C
    Anupam Kher
  4. D
    Naseeruddin Shah
Question 34Single Answer
The 2nd edition of International Day of Parliamentarism (IDP-2019) was observed on which of the following dates ?
  1. A
    June 27
  2. B
    June 28
  3. C
    June 29
  4. D
    June 30
Question 35Single Answer
Who has been elected new Chairman of Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN) ?
  1. A
    Harsh Shrivastava
  2. B
    Vineet Chattree
  3. C
    Manoj Kumar Nambiar
  4. D
    Jagadish Ramadugu
Question 36Single Answer
Who is the head of the RBI Committee to strengthen Core Investment Companies (CIC) framework ?
  1. A
    Lily Vadera
  2. B
    N S Venkatesh
  3. C
    T Ravishankar
  4. D
    Tapan Ray
Question 37Single Answer
What is the rank of the Indian passport at the 2019 Henley Passport Index ?
  1. A
    55th
  2. B
    64th
  3. C
    86th
  4. D
    77th
Question 38Single Answer
Who is the head of the high-powered committee of Chief Ministers (CMs) to Transform Indian Agriculture ?
  1. A
    Devendra Fadnavis
  2. B
    Ramesh Chand
  3. C
    Manohar Lal Khattar
  4. D
    Vijay Rupani
Question 39Single Answer
Babu Narayanan, who passed away recently, was the popular Filmmaker of which regional Cinema ?
  1. A
    Tamil
  2. B
    Malayalam
  3. C
    Telugu
  4. D
    Kannada
Question 40Single Answer
Ambati Rayudu, who recently retired from all forms of cricket, is from which state ?
  1. A
    Telangana
  2. B
    Andhra Pradesh
  3. C
    Tamil Nadu
  4. D
    Karnataka
Question 41Single Answer
Dragonfly mission, which is in news to explore Saturn’s Moon Titan, is associated to which space agency ?
  1. A
    Roscosmos
  2. B
    CNES
  3. C
    ISRO
  4. D
    NASA
Question 42Single Answer
Which state government has launched toll-free CM helpline 1076 ?
  1. A
    Uttar Pradesh
  2. B
    Madhya Pradesh
  3. C
    Jharkhand
  4. D
    Rajasthan
Question 43Single Answer
Which Indian sprinter has won gold in women’s 200 m at the Poznan Athletics Grand Prix in Poland ?
  1. A
    Dutee Chand
  2. B
    Hima Das
  3. C
    Sarita Gayakwad
  4. D
    Sathi Geetha
Question 44Single Answer
The world’s largest burn and plastic surgery institute has started functioning in which of the following cities ?
  1. A
    Yangon
  2. B
    Jakarta
  3. C
    Pune
  4. D
    Dhaka
Question 45Single Answer
Which International organization has recently released its report ‘Working on a Warmer Planet ?
  1. A
    ILO
  2. B
    UNICEF
  3. C
    UNESCO
  4. D
    FAO
Question 46Single Answer
What is the theme of the 2019 edition of UN MSME Day ?
  1. A
    Entrepreneurship: A way of success
  2. B
    Big Money for Small Business: Financing the SDGs
  3. C
    The Youth Dimension
  4. D
    Small Business-big impact
Question 47Single Answer
Which of the following railway zones has commissioned the longest electrified tunnel in Indian Railways ?
  1. A
    South Central Railway
  2. B
    Northern Railway
  3. C
    Central Railway
  4. D
    Western Railway
Question 48Single Answer
Which of the following Indian business leaders will receive 2019 Global excellence awards from US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) ?
  1. A
    Anand Mahindra
  2. B
    Ratan Tata
  3. C
    Mukesh Ambani
  4. D
    Ajay Banga
Question 49Single Answer
Who is the author of the book ‘Whispers of Time’ ?
  1. A
    Jhumpa Lahiri
  2. B
    Krishna Saksena
  3. C
    Vikram Seth
  4. D
    Rohinton Mistry
Question 50Single Answer
Where is the headquarters of National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR) ?
  1. A
    Hyderabad
  2. B
    New Delhi
  3. C
    Mumbai
  4. D
    Raipur
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