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Monthly Booster August 2019 1 Monthly Booster August 2019 Who has been named as the new chairman of Who is the current President of United Nations Internet and Mobile Association of India Security Council? (IAMAI)? Mansour Al-Otaibi Amit Agarwal International Day against Drug Abuse and Who will take over as the new Vice Chairman Illicit Trafficking is being observed globally of IAMAI? on: Dhruv Shringi 26 June What is the chemical formula of Methane? What is the theme of this year's International CH4 Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Who has been appointed as the new CEO and Trafficking? first female chief of Warner Bros? Health for Justice Ann Sarnoff Who has been appointed as the next director Name the Parent Organisation of Warner Bros? general of Indian Coast Guard? WarnerMedia Krishnaswamy Natarajan Which state has occupied the top slot among Where is the headquarters of Indian Coast large states in the latest Health Index 2019 Guard located? released by NITI Aayog? New Delhi Kerala Recently, who has announced his tie-up with Which state has emerged as the second best sports equipment brand ASICS? performer in the latest Health Index released Bajrang Punia by NITI Aayog? Which city became the first to effectively ban Andhra Pradesh the sale of e-cigarettes? Manpreet Gony, who recently announced his San Francisco retirement, related to which sport? Name the mayor of San Francisco? Cricket London Breed Manpreet Gony, who recently announced his The government extended think-tank NITI retirement, represented which IPL team in Aayog's CEO Amitabh Kant's tenure by ____ 2018-19 season? years. Mumbai Indians two Who has been appointed as the Managing Who is the current Vice Chairman of NITI Director of Boeing Defense India? Aayog? Surendra Ahuja Rajiv Kumar Who is the current CEO of Boeing? Who became the first Chinese national to be Dennis Muilenburg elected to head the UN's Food and Agriculture Who has been appointed as the next chief of Organization? India's Research and Analysis Wing? Qu Dongyu Samant Goel Name the parent organisation of UN's Food Who has been appointed as the Director of and Agriculture Organization? Intelligence Bureau? United Nations Economic Arvind Kumar and Social Council For how many times in the past, India has been What is the Income Tax limit decided by IT elected as a non-permanent member of the Department for Hindu Undivided Families to United Nations Security Council? disclose their Assests and Liabilities? 7 Rs. 50 Lakhs Under which section of IT Act 1961, the Name the Indian Olympic Association CBDT has directed its principal chief President, who has been elected as a member commissioners of income tax to disclose this of the International Olympic Committee? information to state-run banks? Narinder Batra section 138 (1) (b) 2 Monthly Booster August 2019 Vijaya Nirmala, who passed away recently, Who is the present Chief minister of Haryana? was a famous? Manohar Lal Khattar Actor and Director Where is the headquarter of International Who is the current President of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) situated? Olympic Committee? Vienna, Austria Thomas Bach Recently the Food Safety and Standards As per the new Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued draft Bill passed by Parliament, anyone who is seen regulations aiming to mandate packaged food blocking the way of an ambulance on roads companies to display___colour coding in front will be fined for Rs____. of packets of products with high fat, sugar and 10,000 salt content. As per the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill Red passed by Parliament, the fine for drinking and Which state government has decided to extend driving has been increased from Rs 2,000 to the "Amma Odi" (Mother's Lap) scheme to Rs___. intermediate students? 10,000 Andhra Pradesh Which health insurance firm has announced a Under Amma Odi scheme, how much cash strategic partnership with MobiKwik to incentive will be credited to the mothers promote affordable and convenient bite-sized belonging to a BPL family who admit their group health insurance products for children in schools be it government or MobiKwik’s 107 million customers across the private? country? ₹15,000 Max Bupa Who is the present chief minister of Andhra Who is the present CEO of fintech platform Pradesh? 'MobiKwik'? YS Jagan Mohan Reddy Bipin Preet Singh In context to space explorations, What does Who is the current CEO of Max Bupa Health NSIL stands for? Insurance Company? New Space India Limited Ashish Mehrotra New Space India Limited (NSIL), which has Who has become the fastest batsman to reach been incorporated on 06th March 2019 for 20,000 international runs during the 2019 Commercial Exploitation of Research and World Cup ? Development, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Virat Kohli whom? In which year, Virat kohli has been honoured Government of India with the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest Delhi government has recently introduced civilian award? which new curriculum for classes 9-12 in 2017 1,024 government-run schools? Which state government has extended the Entrepreneurship Mindset benefit of 'Equal Pay for Equal Work' to the Curriculum contractual guest/extension lecturers working How much seed money will be given to Delhi in various government colleges of the state? govt school students to enable them to develop Haryana an entrepreneurial mindset? Who is the present chairman of Food Safety Rs. 1,000 and Standards Authority of India? What is the name of the plan adopted by India Rita Teaotia to make use of Nuclear Wastes? How much amount has been earmarked by Closed Fuel Cycle World Bank in order to eliminate Tb in India Which term is used to denote a male via recent agreement? companion in Urdu, wrt Haj Yatra? $ 400 Million Mehram 3 Monthly Booster August 2019 Recently with whom India signs a Loan Under which program, Motorists following Agreement worth US$ 400 Million to help traffic rules across Hyderabad be honoured Treat and Eliminate Tuberculosis from India? with a 'safe driver' sticker on their vehicle and World Bank a certificate? Which state assembly has recently signed a 'Patrol for Happy Driving' MoU with World Bank in order to improve The government has reduced interest rate on Health Services in the State? small savings schemes, including NSC and Andhra Pradesh PPF, by __per cent for the July-September Of how much amount of MoU has been quarter. recently been signed by Andhra Pradesh 0.1 % Government with the World Bank for Which state government has imposed a ban on improving Health Services in the state? carpooling service offered by cab aggregators $328 Million Ola and Uber with immediate effect? Recently India signs a Loan Agreement of US$ Karnataka 250 Million with World Bank for the Who is the current chief minister of development of Roads in which state? Karnataka? Rajasthan H. D. Kumaraswamy Who is the present CM of Rajasthan? Who won the 2019 Austrian Grand Prix? Ashok Gehlot Max Verstappen Recently Which company has been fined by Max Verstappen, who recently won Austrian the European Commission for acquiring Grand Prix, represents which team? Toshiba Corp. before taking merger approval? Red Bull Racing-Honda Canon Inc. Who has been appointed as an independent How much fine has been imposed by EU on director of the InMobi group ? Canon Inc. for acquiring Toshiba Corp. Tarun Khanna without seeking merger approval? Who is the current CEO of InMobi? $ 32 million Naveen Tewari Which country has increased India’s Haj quota Which nation has become globally the lowest from 170,000 to 200,000, paving the way for cost producer of solar power according to an 30,000 more Indians to go for the annual International Renewable Energy Agency Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca? (IRENA) recent survey? Saudi Arabia India Name an Indian-born Australian, who recently Where is the headquarters of International won the title of Miss Universe Australia 2019 Renewable Energy Agency situated? in Melbourne? Abu Dhabi, United Arab Priya Serrao Emirates Who is the current Prime minister of Who is the current Director-General of Australia? International Renewable Energy Agency? Scott Morrison Adnan Z. Amin In which city Motorists following traffic rules Who has become the second Indian batsman in are set to be honoured with certificates by the history to smash three hundred in a World Cup city police under a novel initiative? edition? Hyderabad Rohit Sharma From which Indian state, Apple's new VP of Which team won 2019 UEFA European operations hails from? Under-21 Championship? Moradabad, India Spain Carlin Dunne, who died recently, was related What is the name of the new Senior VP of to which sport? operations in Apple? Motorcycle racing Sabih Khan 4 Monthly Booster August 2019 What is the name of the tiniest exoplanet Who is the current Sports Minister of Odisha? discovered by NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Tusharkanti Behera Survey Satellite(TESS) recently? Who is the current President of Table Tennis L 98-59b Federation of India? NASA's TESS has discovered its smallest Dushyant Chautala exoplanet recently. What does TESS stands The Central Educational Institutions for? (Reservation in Teachers' Cadre) Bill 2019 will Transiting Exoplanet Survey provide ___ percent reservation in jobs for the Satellite economically weaker section (EWS). Who became the top scorer of the 2019 UEFA 10% European Under-21 Championship
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