Careers360: Current Affairs Feb 5-11, 2019
Current Affairs from 5th February to 11th February
National/Budget
1. As per the Interim Budget 2019-20, Individual taxpayers with taxable income of up to what amount will get full tax rebate from now on? 1) Rs 3 lakh 2) Rs 5 lakh 3) Rs 7 lakh 4) Rs 9 lakh
Ans – 2
National/Budget
2. The Budget 2019 allocates how much amount of capital support for the Indian Railways in 2019-20? 1) Rs 36,292 crore 2) Rs 58,166 crore 3) Rs 64,587 crore 4) Rs 1,58, 658 crore
Ans – 3
National/Budget
3. As per the Interim Budget 2019, how much amount has been allocated for the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana for construction of more rural roads? 1) Rs 60000 crore 2) Rs 38000 crore 3) Rs 22000 crore 4) Rs 19000 crore
Ans – 4
National/Budget
4. The Interim Budget 2019 allocates how much amount for the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana? 1) Rs 60000 crore 2) Rs 75000 crore 3) Rs 100000 crore 4) Rs 125000 crore
Ans – 2
National/Budget
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5. How much rent will now be exempted from the TDS as per the Interim Budget 2019? 1) Rs 2.4 lakh 2) Rs 3.2 lakh 3) Rs 4.0 lakh 4) Rs 4.5 lakh
Ans – 1
National
6. Which organization recently issued advisory guidelines requesting banks to waive off the processing, documentation, inspection, ledger folio charges for the Kisan Credit Card Scheme? 1) Indian Banking Association 2) Reserve Bank of India 3) Securities and Exchange Board of India 4) Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Ans – 1
Awards
7. Which country celebrated its 71st Independence Day on February 4, 2019? 1) Bangladesh 2) Sri Lanka 3) Maldives 4) Indonesia
Ans – 2
Commerce
8. Which two companies together lost a market capitalisation of USD 50 billion on February 1, 2019 after the new FDI norms for the e-commerce sector came into effect in India? 1) Amazon and Walmart 2) Walmart and Flipkart 3) Flipkart and Amazon 4) Myntra and Jabong
Ans – 1
International
9. Nayib Bukele has claimed victory in the presidential election of which nation? 1) Mexico 2) El Salvador 3) Colombia 4) Brazil
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Ans – 2
International
10. On its 40th revolution anniversary which nation has pardoned around 50,000 convicts? 1) Pakistan 2) India 3) Iran 4) Bangladesh
Ans – 3
National
11. The Union Ministry of Coal has signed an MOU with which nation’s Ministry of Energy for cooperation in the field of coal mining? 1) Germany 2) Romania 3) Bolivia 4) Poland
Ans – 4
Science and Technology
12. In which city ISRO has set up Human Space Flight Centre for Gaganyaan mission? 1) Bengaluru 2) Hyderabad 3) Pune 4) New Delhi
Ans – 1
International
13. What is the name of the payment channel that has been set up by the EU nations to continue trade with Iran? 1) EU-XE 2) SITE 3) PAYTM 4) INSTEX
Ans – 4
National
14. The National Board of Wildlife recently accorded wildlife clearance for which train project in India?
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1) Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Project 2) Vande Bharat Express – Train-18 3) Nadikudi - Srikalahasti Rail Line Project 4) Bilaspur-Manali-Leh Railway Line Project
Ans – 1
International
15. In which country President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will hold the second summit? 1) USA 2) South Korea 3) North Korea 4) Vietnam
Ans – 4
International
16. The ‘Church of Saint Francis’ and the ‘Mosque of Grand Imam Ahmad Al Tayeb’ will be constructed in which country? 1) Saudi Arabia 2) United Arab Emirates 3) Qatar 4) Dubai
Ans – 2
National
17. Which state constituted a committee to review various schemes being implemented for the welfare of tribals on February 6, 2019? 1) Rajasthan 2) Odisha 3) Maharashtra 4) West Bengal
Ans – 3
National
18. Which state recently became the first state to set up a Price Monitoring and Research Unit to track the violation of prices of medical devices and essential drugs? 1) Bihar 2) Kerala 3) Karnataka 4) Tamil Nadu
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Ans – 2
Science and technology
19. Which among the following is India’s 40th communication satellite that has been launched on February 5 from French Guiana? 1) GSAT-31 2) GSAT-27A 3) GSAT-19 4) GSAT-35
Ans – 1
International
20. Who among the following leaders has proposed a new missile treaty with potential to include India? 1) Vladimir Putin 2) Donald Trump 3) Xi Jinping 4) Emmanuel Macron
Ans – 2
International
21. Asia's oldest captive elephant and Guinness record holder passed away on February 5, 2019. How old was she? 1) 77 2) 88 3) 92 4) 85
Ans – 2
National
22. Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari laid the foundation stone for three highway projects in which state on February 6, 2019? 1) Uttar Pradesh 2) Maharashtra 3) Odisha 4) Bihar
Ans – 3
National
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23. Under Andhra Pradesh’s vote-on-account budget for 2019-20, the state government has allocated how much amount under the Market Intervention Fund for farmers? 1) Rs 800 crore 2) Rs 1000 crore 3) Rs 1200 crore 4) Rs 500 crore
Ans – 2
National
24. In which city Textile Minister Smriti Irani has launched India Size project? 1) Pune 2) Mumbai 3) Lucknow 4) Ahmedabad
Ans – 2
National/Science and Technology
25. The Union Cabinet on February 6, 2019 approved MOU between India and which nation in the field of Biotechnology? 1) Switzerland 2) Poland 3) Finland 4) Italy
Ans – 3
National
26. Which city hosted the 2nd National Conference of Micro Missions of National Police Mission? 1) Bangalore 2) Chennai 3) New Delhi 4) Mumbai
Ans – 3
International
27. Donald Trump has nominated US treasury diplomat David Malpass to head which international body? 1) United Nations 2) World Bank 3) IMF 4) WHO
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Ans – 2
International
28. Which nation signed an accord to become the 30th member of the US-led NATO on February 6, 2019? 1) Greece 2) Macedonia 3) Palestine 4) Israel
Ans – 2
National
29. Which state has declared forcing women to undergo virginity test as a punishable offence? 1) Haryana 2) Uttar Pradesh 3) Maharashtra 4) Tamil Nadu
Ans – 3
National
30. The Union Cabinet has approved how much higher power allocation to the state of Telangana? 1) 85 % 2) 75 % 3) 65 % 4) 55 %
Ans – 1
Science and Technology
31. According to NASA and NOAA, which year has been recorded as the fourth warmest on record? 1) 2019 2) 2017 3) 2018 4) 2016
Ans – 3
National
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32. Which project was launched to help India arrive at a standard Indian Size for the ready-to- wear clothing industry? 1) Standard Indian project 2) Indian Clothing Project 3) Ready-to-wear India project 4) India Size project
Ans – 4
National
33. The government has decided to set up Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog for the welfare of which animal? 1) Cow 2) Tiger 3) Rhino 4) Goat
Ans – 1
National
34. Which state launched the Zero Fatality Corridor recently? 1) Delhi 2) Haryana 3) Gujarat 4) Rajasthan
Ans – 1
Banking
35. As per Sixth Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement 2018-19, RBI fixed the policy Repo Rate at what percent? 1) 6.0 2) 6.25 3) 6.5 4) 6.75
Ans – 2
National
36. A Circuit Bench of the Calcutta High Court will be established in which district of the West Bengal? 1) Cooch Behar 2) Darjeeling
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3) Jalpaiguri 4) Kalimpong
Ans – 3
National/ Science and Technology
37. A new channel DD Arun Prabha will be launched by PM Modi to cater mainly the aspirations of people of North east region. The head office of the channel will be located in which State? 1) Assam 2) Tripura 3) Sikkim 4) Arunachal Pradesh
Ans – 4
Ranking
38. What was India’s rank in the 2019 International Intellectual Property (IP) Index? 1) 36th 2) 44th 3) 51st 4) 62nd
Ans – 1
Ranking
39. Which country tops the 2019 International Intellectual Property (IP) Index? 1) Germany 2) United States 3) Denmark 4) United Kingdom
Ans – 2
National
40. Which city hosted the 5th India-Bangladesh Joint Consultative Committee Meeting? 1) Mumbai 2) Pune 3) Indore 4) New Delhi
Ans – 4
International
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41. Germany, France and the United Kingdom have officially set up a payment channel called INSTEX with which country? 1) Italy 2) Russia 3) Denmark 4) Iran
Ans – 4
International
42. Which nation’s President has taken over as the new chair of African Union? 1) Zambia 2) Egypt 3) Ethiopia 4) Ghana
Ans – 2
International
43. Which among the following languages has been added by Abu Dhabi Judicial Department as its third official court language along with Arabic and English? 1) Hindi 2) Malayalam 3) French 4) Urdu
Ans – 1
National
44. The 13th International Oil and Gas Conference - PETROTECH-2019 was inaugurated in which state? 1) Karnataka 2) Gujarat 3) Uttar Pradesh 4) Maharashtra
Ans – 3
Awards
45. Which film won the ‘best film’ award at the 2019 British Academy Film Awards? 1) Bohemian Rhapsody 2) A Star is Born 3) The Favourite 4) Roma
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Ans – 4
Awards
46. Which film won the maximum number of awards at the 2019 BAFTA awards? 1) The Favourite 2) BlackKlansman 3) Green Book 4) A Star Is Born
Ans – 1
Science and Technology/ National
47. Name the new Doordarshan channel launched by PM Modi for Arunachal Pradesh? 1) DD Podhigai 2) DD Sahyadri 3) DD Arunprabha 4) DD Saptagiri
Ans – 3
National
48. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 9, 2019 laid the foundation stone for the Sela Tunnel Project in which state? 1) Jammu & Kashmir 2) Arunachal Pradesh 3) Tripura 4) Assam
Ans – 2
National
49. The Jammu and Kashmir Government on February 8, 2019 granted the Divisional Status to which region? 1) Leh 2) Kargil 3) Kashmir 4) Ladakh
Ans – 4
National
50. PM Modi laid the foundation stone for North East Gas Grid in which state on February 9, 2019?
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1) Assam 2) Tripura 3) Sikkim 4) Nagaland
Ans – 1