FROM THE Content

MD’S DESK...  1. BANKING & FINANCE Dear Aspirants, Page- 02 This is the information age and knowledge has no limit. Gone are the 2. days when people used STATE AFFAIRS to depend solely on Page-04 libraries and books to gain knowledge. The 3. means of procuring NATIONAL NEWS knowledge and Page-06 accessing information Anshuman Nayak has undergone a sea B.E. (NIST, Berhampur) 4. change with the advent GLOBAL NEWS of computers, internet MBA (HR) (UBS, and smart phones. The Chandigarh) Page-08 internet is the biggest library ever created in human history and 5. seemingly presents itself as an unlimited and ever PEOPLE IN NEWS growing store of knowledge and information. Page-10 So when my team approached me with the idea of a current affairs magazine of ARIFIN the 6. first question I asked myself was why? What SPORTS difference can we make? Page-13 There are the news papers, a plethora of similar national level magazines and of course the 7. internet which serve the purpose already. The reason I gave my nod was simple. AWARDS (1) With so much of information around, Page-16 there is the problem of overload; I believe there is still a gap to be bridged when it 8. comes to providing precise, succinct and Know more about Jharkhand relevant information. Page-19 (2) It need not be a mere current affairs magazine but rather it can be a holistic 9. support system for competitive Exam GK/CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ preparation with question banks, tips and Page-20 tricks , concepts and practice exercises, general awareness, traditional GK and more such similar features. 10. Hence, the result is this magazine whose FUN TIME LESSON editorial team is a blend of youth, energy, Page-32 knowledge and experience. As explained earlier, I promise my readers two things: (1) This is not going to be just another magazine. This will be a magazine with a difference. (2) With each new issue, the magazine will get better and better with new and innovative features,. So, watch out, enjoy and benefit!! Current Affairs Magazine SEPTEMBER 2019 BANKING & FINANCE

India Post Payments Bank to be converted  The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) allowed “Bank into SFB of China” to offer regular banking services in the  The postal department has decided to convert country. the India Post Payments Bank into a small finance  Banks falling under this schedule have to adhere bank. to the norms of the RBI. ‘Bank of China Limited’  This bank will provide micro credit at the has been included in the 2nd Schedule to the doorsteps to individuals and SME’s. The postal Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. department has also target the milestone of 1 RBI fines PNB Rs 50 lakh crore accounts for IPPB in 100 days.  RBI has imposed a penalty of Rs 50 lakh on Crisil cuts India’s GDP growth forecast to Punjab National Bank (PNB) for the delay in 6.9% for FY 2019-20 reporting of fraud observed from the fraud  Ratings agency CRISIL has cut its forecast for monitoring report-1 submitted by Punjab India’s GDP growth by 20 basis points for FY National Bank on July 10, 2018, in the account 2019-20. of Kingfisher Airlines Limited.  It has lowered India’s GDP growth to 6.9% from RBI reduces repo rate by 35 basis points in 7.1%. its 3rd Bi-monthly policy India slips to 7th largest economy in 2018  In its 3rd Bi-monthly Monetary Policy  According to the World Bank, India has been Committee meeting, the Reserve Bank of India pushed to the 7th place in the global GDP has reduced the policy repo rate by 35 basis rankings in 2018. In 2017, India had emerged points (bps). as the 6th largest economy.  The repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility  The US remains the top economy with a GDP (LAF) was reduced from 5.75% to 5.40%. The of $20.5 trillion in 2018. China was the 2nd benchmark rate is now at its lowest since April largest economy with $13.6 trillion, while Japan 2010. took the 3rd place with $5 trillion.  The reverse repo rate under the LAF stands  India’s GDP was at $2.7 trillion in 2018, while revised to 5.15%. UK and France were at $2.8 trillion.  The marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and  India still remains the fastest-growing major the Bank Rate revised to 5.65%. economy in the world.  RBI has also reduced the real GDP growth for SBI, Shanghai becomes first Indian bank to 2019-20 from 7% to 6.9%. link up with CNAPS RBI to set up “Central Payment Fraud  The State Bank of India’s (SBI) Shanghai branch Registry” is now connected to China’s National Advance  The Reserve Bank of India has decided to set Payment System (CNAPS). up a “Central Payment Fraud Registry”. The  SBI is the only Indian bank to have obtained the registry will track frauds in the payment systems. license to do business in local currency and also  Under this registry, payment system participants inducted to the CNAPS by the People’s Bank will be provided access to it for near-real time of China (PBOC). fraud monitoring. The aggregated fraud data will  SBI Shanghai can also offer the real-time transfer be published to educate customers on emerging of local funds within China by routing them risks. through the PBOC.  Currently, banks report all banking frauds to the RBI allows Bank of China to offer regular Central Fraud Monitoring Cell of the Reserve banking services in India Bank of India.

2 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine SEPTEMBER 2019 NEFT facility to be available 24x7 by ‘free ATM transactions’: December 2019 . Transactions failed at ATMs due to technical  The Reserve Bank of India will make available reasons like hardware and software issues. the National Electronic Funds Transfer system . Transactions failed due to non-availability of on a 24x7 basis from December 2019 as per currency in ATMs. the Payment System Vision 2021 document. . Use of ATMs for non-cash withdrawal  Presently, the transfer of funds via NEFT can transactions such as balance enquiry, cheque only be done during banks’ working hours. The book request, payment of taxes, funds transfer. facility of electronic transfer of funds is available India’s forex reserves reaches life-time high from 8 am to 7 pm on all working days, except of $430.57 bn the second and the fourth Saturday of the month.  India’s forex reserves has reached the highest  The move will revolutionize the retail payments ever valuation of $430.57 bn. As per the latest system of the country. It will also reduce the RBI data, India’s foreign exchange reserves number of cheques while making payments and increased by $1.620 billion in the week to 9 will also increase efficiency in businesses. August due to rise in foreign currency assets. RBL Bank launches India’s first health-  Foreign currency assets expressed in dollar terms focused credit card includes the effect of appreciation/depreciation  Private sector bank, RBL Bank and digital of non-US units like the euro, pound and yen healthcare platform Practo have partnered to held in the reserves. launch an industry-first co-branded health credit RBI allows e-mandate for cards for recurring card. This credit card is powered by Mastercard. transactions  RBL Bank’s new credit card offers benefits like  The Reserve Bank of India has permitted online consultations with doctors and a free health processing of e-mandate on credit and debit check-up. cards for recurring transactions (merchant Government rolls out scheme for liquidity payments). The maximum limit for such a support to NBFCs transaction will be Rs 2,000.  The Central government has rolled out scheme  While processing the first transaction in e- for liquidity support to NBFCs. The partial mandate-based recurring transaction series, guarantee scheme will allow state-run banks additional factor authentication (AFA) validation (PSBs) to purchase assets of non-banking and should be performed. housing finance companies (NBFCs and HFCs).  As per the RBI circular, no charges should be  The partial guarantee scheme aims at providing levied or recovered from the card holder for liquidity support to avoid distress sale of assets availing the e-mandate facility on cards for in a sector facing a shortage of cash due to asset- recurring transactions. The direction is applicable liability mismatch. NBFCs will be able to sell for transactions performed using all types of 20% of standard assets, worth up to Rs 5,000 cards-debit, credit and Prepaid Payment crore, as on March 31. Instruments (PPIs), including wallets. RBI clarifies rules on ‘free ATM transactions’  The Reserve Bank of India has clarified rules on RBI to transfer Rs 1.76 lakh crore to ‘free ATM transactions’ provided by banks to government its customers. Banks provide certain number of  The Reserve Bank of India has approved the free transactions at ATMs to their customers and transfer of record Rs 1.76 lakh crore dividend beyond that impose charges. and surplus reserves to the government. The sum  According to the Reserve Bank of India, the of Rs 1,76,051 crore comprises Rs 1,23,414 following transactions should not be counted as crore of surplus for the year 2018-19 and Rs valid ATM transactions for the customer as the

3 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine SEPTEMBER 2019 52,637 crore of excess provisions identified as Indian Bank opens MSME Centralised per the revised Economic Capital Framework. Processing Centre  The receipts from the RBI will give a stimulus to  Indian Bank has opened MSME CPC the government’s efforts to boost the economy (centralised processing centre) in Chennai. The from a five-year low. It is the highest-ever surplus centralised processing centre will give a boost amount transferred by the RBI to government. to the bank’s MSME portfolio and will lead to Canara Bank introduced OTP facility for ATM speedy disposal of micro, small and medium withdrawal enterprises’ loans.  Canara Bank has launched India’s first OTP Ind-Ra cuts GDP growth forecast in FY20 to facility for ATM withdrawals. This additional 6.7% factor of authentication protects from  India Ratings and Research has revised its unauthorized ATM cash withdrawals for projection of India’s GDP growth in the financial cardholders. year 2019-20 to 6.7%. It has reduced the GDP  Now Canara Bank ATMs get safer and more growth rate from 7.3% to 6.7%. It expects GDP secured with OTP facility on cash withdrawals growth to recover to 7.4% in the second half of above Rs.10,000 in a day. the financial year 2019-20.

 STATE AFFAIRS

One Nation One Ration Card scheme launched Andhra Pradesh govt. will launch Navodayam on pilot basis in 4 States scheme  One Nation-One Ration Card scheme launched  The Andhra Pradesh government will launch the on a pilot basis in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Navodayam scheme. The scheme is a complete Maharashtra and Gujarat. outreach programme for thousands of ailing  Families who have food security cards can buy Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises subsidized rice and wheat from any ration shop (MSMEs) in the state. in these states. Their ration cards should be  Navodayam will provide a lifeline to stressed linked with Aadhar Number to avail this service. MSMEs by ensuring that all eligible units are Maharashtra: 1st State to adopt Digital permitted for the one-time restructuring of fingerprint and iris scanning system accounts up to March 31, 2020. About 86,000  Maharashtra became the first state to adopt a MSMEs in the state have been identified for digital fingerprint and iris scanning system to aid restructuring under Navodayam with an outlay police investigations. of Rs 3,900 crore.  The Automated Multi-modal Biometric Rajasthan launches new higher education Identification System (AMBIS) adopted by the model Maharashtra Police will soon be replicated  Minister of State for Higher Education Bhanwar across the country, with the state government Singh Bhati inaugurated the new higher education working with the National Crime Records model, titled Resource Assistance for Colleges Bureau in New Delhi to create standards to be with Excellence(RACE) in Rajasthan. used by other state police forces.  This model has been launched for distribution

4 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine SEPTEMBER 2019 of faculties and movable assets among the  The Chilika lake is India’s largest brackish water government colleges at the district level to lagoon and Ansupa is the Odisha’s largest rationalise the availability of resources. The freshwater lake. model will create a pool for sharing of facilities  The 5-year management plan of lakes is intended which will benefit the colleges lacking at strengthening livelihood of thousands of infrastructure. fishermen relying on the two water-bodies at an UP’s “Vriksharopan Mahakumbh” drive estimated investment of Rs 180 crore. creates world record Manipur CM launches “School Fagadaba”  Uttar Pradesh’s “Vriksharopan Mahakumbh” scheme drive has created world record after planting  Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh launching more than 22 crore saplings. The drive was the “School Fagadaba” (Make education better) launched on the occasion of 77th anniversary of scheme to improve the infrastructure of Quit India Movement. More than 22 crore government schools in the state. saplings were planted at 12.2 lakh locations  The objective of the scheme was to ensure better under the drive in state. infrastructure, quality education and overall  Another record of “largest distribution of improvement of government schools to make saplings in the world” was created when 76823 them model schools. saplings were distributed free in just 6 hours in Gujarat to get India’s first CICET Prayagraj.  India’s first Central Institute of Chemical J&K will host Global Investors Summit 2019 Engineering & Technology will be set up in  Jammu and Kashmir administration will host a 3 Gujarat. It will be set up either in Ahmedabad days global investors summit from October 12 or Surat. It will be built on the lines of Central in Srinagar. Institute of Plastic Engineering and Technology.  The summit will provide J&K with an  The aim of setting up the institute is to facilitate opportunity to showcase its strengths, strategies the chemical industry with research and and potential. It will also provide an opportunity innovations. to allay fears and apprehensions in the minds of Chief minister of Punjab launched “Sarbat outside trade and the business community. Sehat Bima Yojana” Rajasthan bags award at World Education  The chief minister of Punjab has launched a Summit 2019 universal health insurance scheme “Sarbat Sehat  Rajasthan wins the “best innovation and initiative Bima Yojana “ benefiting nearly 46 lakh families. leadership award” for its achievements in higher With this scheme, covering 76% of the state’s education in the World Education Summit-2019 population. held in New Delhi.  Punjab has become the first state in the country Tawlhlohpuan, Mizo Puanchei & Tirur betel to offer medical insurance cover to the maximum vine gets GI tag number of its people. The scheme would entitle  Tawlhlohpuan & Mizo Puanchei from Mizoram, beneficiaries to avail annual cashless treatment and Tirur betel vine from Kerala has received up to Rs 5 lakh per family per year, including the Geographical Indication tag. pre-existing diseases. Odisha approves conservation plan of lakes Super 50 programme launched in Maharashtra “Chilika and Ansupa”  Maharashtra’s Tribal Development Department  The Odisha Wetland Authority has approved in association with the Pace Educational Trust implementation of an integrated management launched an academic programme “Super 50”. plan of lakes “Chilika and Ansupa”. The programme has been launched for young

5 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine SEPTEMBER 2019 tribal students aspiring to be doctors and classes I to XII. This is an initiative of the School engineers. Education Department. The name of the channel Tamil Nadu govt launches Education TV for is ‘Kalvi Tholaikkatchi’ (Education TV). The school students channel’s content will include shows aimed at  Tamil Nadu government launched its exclusive school children, besides those on jobs and 24x7 education channel for school students. This related issues. TV channel, aimed at benefiting students of



NATIONAL NEWS

Art - 370 and Art -35-A revoked from J&K by PM announces appointment of a Chief of GOI Defence Staff  Article 370 was providing special autonomous  In his Independence Day address to the nation, status to the Indian state “Jammu & Kashmir” Prime Minister has announced the appointment which will be no longer applicable. of a Chief of Defence Staff. The Chief of Defence  Article 370 scrapped, Jammu & Kashmir now Staff will be above the three Service Chiefs. divided into two Union Territories: Jammu &  The CDS is meant to be a single-point military Kashmir and Leh Ladakh. advisor to the government who will coordinate  Jammu and Kashmir will now be governed by long-term planning, procurements, training and the laws applicable to other Indian citizens. logistics of the three services. The CDS will also  The Centre got majority in both Houses to scrap act as the military advisor to the Prime Minister Article 370. on nuclear issues. ‘One Nation, One Ration Card’ to be rolled  This is one the country’s biggest higher level out in India by June 1, 2020 military reform to bring in jointness and tri- service integration.  “One Nation One Ration Card” scheme to be rolled out in India from June 1, 2020. To  In the absence of a CDS, presently the senior implement the scheme successfully, the centre most of the three Chiefs functions as the has kick started inter state portability of ration Chairman of Chiefs of Staff Committee card pairing two states each. (COSC). Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa is the present chairman of COSC.  The pairs are made between Telangana-Andhra Pradesh as well as Maharashtra-Gujarat. This PM to be the chairman of the Inter-State means that beneficiaries living in Telangana and Council Andhra Pradesh can buy their quota of ration  The Inter-State Council has been reconstituted from the Public Distribution System (PDS), also with Prime Minister as its chairman and 6 Union called ration shops, in either of the states. ministers and all chief ministers as its members. Two new UTs, J&K and Ladakh will come into Home Minister Amit Shah will chair the standing existence on Oct 31 committee of the Inter-State Council.  President Ram Nath Kovind gave assent to  The Union ministers who will be members of legislation for bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir, the reconstituted council are Amit Shah (Home), and two Union Territories, Jammu and Kashmir Nirmala Sitharaman (Finance), Rajnath Singh and Ladakh will come into existence on October (Defence), Narendra Singh Tomar (Minister of 31. Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Rural

6 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine SEPTEMBER 2019 Development and Panchayati Raj). 15,000 workers. Home Ministry fixes the retirement age of  This is Amazon’s first owned-building outside CAPF personnel at 60 years of the US and and is also its largest tech base  The Union Home Ministry has fixed the outside the Seattle headquarters, which has retirement age of all Central Armed Police Force about 155,000 contract employees. personnel at 60 years. Akshay Kumar takes 4th spot in Forbes  MHA has issued the order following the 2019 highest-paid actors list 2019 Delhi High Court verdict. The high court verdict  Bollywood Actor Akshay Kumar has made it asked the Ministry to fix a retirement age that to the 4th position on the Forbes magazine’s would be uniform for all members of the CAPFs Worlds Highest-Paid Actors Of 2019 list. “irrespective of rank”. Akshay has raked in $65 million. Hollywood Wipro partners with IISc on robotics and 5G star Dwayne ‘Rock’ Johnson tops the Forbes  Wipro announced a strategic partnership with list of the 10 highest-paid actors. the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) to conduct ‘Statue of Unity’, Mumbai’s Soho House advanced applied research in autonomous among Time’s 100 greatest places in the world systems, robotics and 5G.  The 597-ft tall ‘Statue of Unity’ in Gujarat and  Wipro IISc Research and Innovation Network Mumbai’s Soho House have been featured by (WIRIN), a hybrid industry-academia the Time magazine in its second annual list of collaboration unit, which will drive idea the 2019 World’s greatest places, in a discovery, research and innovation in technology compilation of 100 new and newly “noteworthy and product design. destinations.  (WIRIN) will focus on the research and Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium to be renamed as development of cutting-edge technologies in Arun Jaitley Stadium Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Visual  The Delhi and District Cricket Association Computing, Human-Computer Interaction (DDCA) decided to rename Feroz Shah Kotla (HCI) and Vehicle-to-everything communication Stadium as Arun Jaitley Stadium in the memory (V2X). of its former president of DDCA. Jaitley was Union HRD Minister launches NISHTHA the president of DDCA from 1999 to 2013. The  Union HRD Minister launched the training renaming of the stadium will take place in programme NISHTHA, (National Initiative for September. School Heads and Teachers Holistic India Launches World’s First-Ever Facial Advancement) to improve Learning Outcomes BSID at the Elementary level across the country. This  India has become the first country in the world is the largest teachers’ training programme of its to issue Biometric Seafarer Identity Document kind in the world. (BSID), capturing the facial biometric data of  NISHTHA to build capacities of 42 Lakh seafarers. government teachers across the country. The  The new facial biometric technology is a marked basic objective of this massive training improvement over the two-finger or iris-based programme ‘NISHTHA’ is to motivate and bio-metric data, with modern security features. equip teachers to encourage and foster critical It will make the identification of the SID holder thinking in students. more reliable and efficient while protecting their Amazon’s largest campus in the world dignity and privacy. BSID project has been inaugurated in Hyderabad taken up in collaboration with the Centre for  Amazon has opened its largest campus in the Development of Advanced Computing world in Hyderabad. The campus covers 1.8 (CDAC). million square feet and can accommodate  7 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine SEPTEMBER 2019 GLOBAL NEWS

U.S. labels China a ‘currency manipulator’ HarmonyOS.  The United States has officially labeled China a  The operating system will be released as an “currency manipulator”. The US has accused open-source platform worldwide to encourage China of using yuan to gain “unfair competitive adoption. advantage” in trade.  HarmonyOS is future-oriented and designed to  The US took the action as Beijing has allowed be more smooth and secure, and is completely its yuan to fall below the politically sensitive level different from Android and iOS. of “seven” to the U.S. dollar for the first time in Iceland commemorates 1st glacier “Okjokull” 11 years. lost to climate change Artificial Intelligence used to detect fast radio  Iceland commemorated the loss of 1st glacier bursts “Okjokull”, lost due to climate change. A bronze  Scientists have developed an automated system plaque was unveiled by Iceland in a ceremony that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to detect and which was attended by scientists and locals at capture fast radio bursts (FRBs) in real-time. the glacier in west-central Iceland.  FRBs are mysterious and powerful flashes of Cerebras Systems reveals “world’s largest radio waves from space, thought to originate computer chip” billions of light-years from the Earth.  Artificial intelligence(AI) company Cerebras  This research is done by Scientists of the Systems has unveiled the world’s largest single Swinburne University of Technology in silicon-based processor named Cerebras Wafer Australia. Scale Engine(WSE). South Korea will remove Japan from preferred  This chip has 1.2 trillion transistors, the basic trade list on-off electronic switches that are the building  South Korea has decided to remove Japan from blocks of silicon chips. its preferred trade list. South Korea has taken  The rectangular shape chip measures 21.5cm this decision because Japan has failed to uphold sq (8.5in sq), comes with 400,000 AI (Artificial international principles while managing its export Intelligence) cores and 18 gigabytes of on-chip controls on sensitive materials. Preferred trade memory. list is a list of nations receiving preferential FATF Asia-Pacific Group blacklists Pakistan treatment in trade.  Pakistan has been placed on the blacklist of Alejandro Giammattei elected as Guatemala’s the Financial Action Task Force’s Asia Pacific new president Group. Pakistan has been blacklisted for non-  Alejandro Giammattei has been elected as new compliance and non-enforcement of safeguards president of Guatemala. He defeated former against terror financing and money laundering. first lady Sandra Torres for the president’s seat.  Pakistan has failed in 32 of 40 ‘compliance’ Giammattei will succeed corruption tainted parameters for its legal and financial systems. outgoing President Jimmy Morales. Pakistan has also failed in 10 of 11 Huawei launches its own operating system ‘effectiveness’ parameters for enforcing HarmonyOS safeguards against terror-financing and money-  Chinese telecom giant Huawei unveiled its own laundering by UN-sanctioned entities and other operating system will be called the non-government outfits. HongmengOS, known in English as the

8 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine SEPTEMBER 2019 Iran unveils new missile defence system (3,000-mile) voyage to Pevek in northeastern “Bavar-373” Siberia.  Iran has unveiled new missile defence system Scarlett Johansson tops Forbes highest-paid “Bavar-373”. This is also Iran’s first actresses list domestically produced long-range missile  For the second consecutive year, Hollywood defence system which has been inducted into star Scarlett Johansson has topped the Forbes’ the country’s missile defence network. The list of highest-paid female actors in the world. system was unveiled at an occasion of Iran’s Spurred by the success of her summer Marvel National Defense Industry Day. film Avengers: Endgame, the 34-year-old Russia sends its first humanoid robot Fedor actor’s earning reached USD 56 million. into space Intel launches first artificial intelligence chip  Russia launched an unmanned rocket carrying Springhill a life-size humanoid robot named Fedor, (Final  Intel Corp launched its latest processor, it’s first Experimental Demonstration Object Research). using artificial intelligence (AI), designed for It is a silvery anthropomorphic robot stands large computing centres. 1.80 metres (5 foot 11 inches) tall and weighs  The chip developed at its development facility 160 kilogrammes (353 pounds). in Haifa, Israel. The name of the chip is Nervana  Fedor will spend 10 days learning to assist NNP-I or Springhill and it is based on a 10 astronauts on the International Space Station. nanometre Ice Lake processor that will allow it It blasted off in a Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft from to cope with high workloads using minimal Russia’s Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. amounts of energy. Russia launches floating nuclear reactor in Lionel Aingimea becomes the new President Arctic of Nauru  Russia launched the world’s first floating nuclear  Former human rights lawyer Lionel Aingimea reactor. The vessel weighs 21,000 tons and has won the presidential election of the pacific nation two reactors with a capacity of 35 megawatts Nauru by defeating his rival David Adeang by each. This reactor loaded with nuclear fuel, the 12-6 votes. He is now the 15th President of Akademik Lomonosov left the Arctic port of Nauru succeeding the outgoing President Baron Murmansk to begin its 5,000 kilometres Waqa.



9 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine SEPTEMBER 2019 PEOPLE IN NEWS

IFSG appoints Justice A.K. Sikri as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. ombudsman  Also, S.N. Subrahmanyan, the CEO of Larsen  The Indian Federation of Sports Gaming (IFSG), & Toubro Ltd (L&T) has been appointed as country’s self-regulatory industry body for the non-executive vice chairman. online fantasy sports gaming sector, announced Veteran Gujarati journalist Kanti Bhatt passes the appointment of Justice Arjan Kumar Sikri away as its ombudsman and ethics officer.  Veteran Gujarati journalist, author and columnist Rakesh Asthana given additional charge of Kanti Bhatt passed away. He also worked as writer NCB and editor in various Gujarati publications like  The Appointments Committee on Cabinet has Chitralekha, Mumbai Samachar, Janshakti, given the additional charge of the post of Sandesh, Yuva Darshan, Jansatta, Vyapar and Director General Narcotics Control Bureau to Abhiyan. Rakesh Asthana. Former External Affairs Minister Sushma  He is presently serving as the Director General Swaraj passes away of Civil Aviation Security.  Former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj Guruprasad Mohapatra takes charge as passed away. She was the 1st full time woman DPIIT secretary external affairs minister of India.  IAS Officer Guruprasad Mohapatra assumed  She was also the youngest cabinet minister at charge as the secretary of the Department for 25 when she joined the Haryana government in Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade. 1977 and the first woman chief minister of Delhi.  Prior to taking over as secretary of DPIIT, he Nobel laureate and beloved author Toni served as chairman of the Airports Authority of Morrison passes away India (AAI).  Toni Morrison, the 1993 Nobel laureate in Ravi Capoor assumes Charge as Secretary literature passed away. She was the 1st African Textiles American woman to win the Nobel in literature.  Ravi Capoor, an Indian Administrative Service Ms. Morrison was the author of several novels, (IAS) officer, assumed charge of the office of children’s books and essays. Secretary, Ministry of Textiles in New Delhi. Former Padma Shri award winner Rajalakshmi Atish Dabholkar appointed as the new director Parthasarathy passes away of ICTP  Former Padma Shri award winner and  Atish Dabholkar, a theoretical physicist from educationist Rajalakshmi Parthasarathy passed India, has been appointed as the new director away. of Abdus Salam International Centre for  She received the Padma Shri award in 2010 Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste, Italy. He for her contribution to the field of education. will succeed Fernando Quevedo, who has led ‘King of the Ring’ Harley Race Passes away the centre since 2009.  Harley Race, American professional wrestler Giriraj Prasad Gupta appointed as new CGA passed away. Race overcame serious injuries  Giriraj Prasad Gupta, Indian Civil Accounts from a car accident to become a mainstay of Service (ICAS) officer, took over as the the wrestling circuit, winning numerous individual Controller General of Accounts (CGA). Gupta and tag-team titles in the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s. has served in various positions in Central Board Chandrima Shaha to be the first woman of Direct Taxes (CBDT), ministry of rural president of INSA development, and ministry of finance.  Chandrima Shaha is set to be the 1st woman Debashis Chatterjee becomes MD and CEO president of the Indian National Science Academy. of Mindtree Her tenure will begin from January 2020.  Indian IT company Mindtree Ltd has announced Chandrima Shaha was formerly the Director of the appointment of Debashis Chatterjee as its new the National Institute of Immunology, Delhi. 10 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine SEPTEMBER 2019 Ghotu Ram Meena named India’s next  V.B. Chandrasekhar was also a National Ambassador to Republic of Congo selector from 2004 to 2006.  Ghotu Ram Meena has been appointed as the Padma Shri awardee Damodar Ganesh Bapat next Ambassador of India to the Republic of passes away Congo. Currently, Meena is serving as a  Damodar Ganesh Bapat from Chhattisgarh, a counsellor, Embassy of India in Kyiv, Ukraine. noted social worker and Padma Shri award “Sridevi: Girl Woman Superstar” a book on winner, passed away. He was known for his the life of Sridevi social work in tribal areas in Chhattisgarh. He  The book, titled ‘Sridevi: Girl Woman Superstar’ dedicated his life to the treatment and service of will be launched on Sridevi’s 56th birth leprosy patients. anniversary. Bangladeshi novelist Rizia Rahman passes  The book is written by author-screenwriter away Satyarth Nayak.  Renowned Bangladeshi novelist Rizia Rahman Former ASG Amarendra Sharan passes away passed away. She had received the Bangla  Senior advocate and former Additional Solicitor Academy Literary Award in 1978 and was General Amarendra Sharan passed away. awarded Ekushey Padak in 2019. Sharan was the Additional Solicitor General in Former Bihar CM Jagannath Mishra passes the Supreme Court from 2004 to 2009. away P.T. Usha appointed as a member of AAA’s  Former Bihar Chief Minister Jagannath Mishra Athletes Commission passed away. He was 3-time Chief Minister of  Legendary Indian sprinter P.T. Usha, one of Bihar. He was an economics professor at Bihar India’s greatest athletes, has been appointed as University and also authored several books. a member of the Asian Athletics Association’s Nari Shakti Award Winner Neelum Sharma (AAA) Athletes Commission. passes away  This is the 2nd time P.T. Usha has been  Doordarshan Anchor and Nari Shakti Award appointed a member of the Asian Athletics Winner Neelum Sharma passed away. Neelum Association’s Athletes Commission. Sharma was known for her programmes like Former Argentina footballer Brown passes ‘Tejaswini’ and ‘Badi Charcha’ and had been Away awarded the Nari Shakti Puruskar by President  Argentina World Cup-winning team football Ram Nath Kovind in 2018. player Jose Luis Brown has passed away. Paytm promotes CFO Madhur Deora as Brown made 36 appearances for his country, President the most famous of which came in the 1986  Digital payments player Paytm announced the World Cup final in Mexico. promotion of its Chief Financial Officer Madhur Harshad Pandurang Thakur appointed as Deora as the company’s President. NIHFW’s director Ravinder Takkar appointed as MD-CEO of  Harshad Pandurang Thakur has been appointed Vodafone Idea as the director of National Institute of Health and  Ravinder Takkar has been appointed as the MD Family Welfare. The proposal of appointment was and CEO of Idea-Vodafone. He is currently a approved by the appointments Committee of the board member of Vodafone Idea and Indus Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister. Towers, where he is responsible for all Vodafone Veteran actor Vidya Sinha passes away Group interests in India. He will replace Balesh  Veteran Bollywood actress Vidya Sinha passed Sharma after his resignation as the chief away. She was renowned for her role in Basu executive officer of Vodafone Idea (VIL). Chatterjee’s film “Rajnigandha”. Veteran music composer Mohammed Zahur Former India cricketer V.B. Chandrasekhar Hashmi passes away passes away  Veteran music composer Mohammed Zahur  Former India and Tamil Nadu cricketer V.B. Hashmi, popularly known as Khayyam passed Chandrasekhar passed away. He represented away. He was best known for his music in classic India in 7 ODIs. films such as Umrao Jaan and Kabhi Kabhie.

11 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine SEPTEMBER 2019 He was also a recipient of Sangeet Natak India’s first woman DGP Kanchan Chaudhary Akademi Award and Padma Bhushan. Bhattacharya passes away Sahitya Akademi Award winner NS Tasneem  India’s first woman Director General of Police passes away (DGP), Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya  Eminent Punjabi writer and Sahitya Akademi passed away. She was a 1973 batch officer, winner Professor Niranjan Singh Tasneem made history in 2004 when she was appointed passed away. as the DGP of Uttarakhand. She was also the  Tasneem was awarded Sahitya Akademi award second woman IPS officer in the country. in 1999 for his novel ‘Gawache Arth’ (The Lost Paytm appoints Amit Nayyar as president of Meaning) which was based on Punjab and lives FSB of Punjabis in 1984.  Digital payments company Paytm has appointed Former Madhya Pradesh CM Babulal Gaur ex-Goldman executive Amit Nayyar as passes away president in the financial services business of the  Former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, company. Babulal Gaur passed away. He served as the IAF’s Shalija Dhami becomes a first female Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh from August flight commander 2004 to November 2005 and represented  Indian Air Force’s Wing Commander Shalija Govindpura Assembly seat for 10 times. Dhami has become the first female officer in the Ajay Kumar appointed as Defence Secretary country to become Flight Commander of a flying  Ajay Kumar has been appointed as Defence unit. Dhami took over as Flight Commander of Secretary. Ajay Kumar is currently serving as a Chetak helicopter unit at Hindon airbase. Secretary in Department of Defence Production. Naval war hero Noel Kelman passes away He will replace Sanjay Mitra, upon completion  Naval war hero and Kirti Chakra awardee of his term. Commander Noel Kelman passed away.  The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, Commander Kelman was awarded the Kirti headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chakra for valour during the liberation of Goa approved his appointments. in 1961. Rajiv Gauba appointed as Cabinet Secretary Pavan Kapoor appointed as India’s  Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba appointed as a Ambassador to UAE Cabinet secretary for two years. He will replace  Senior diplomat Pavan Kapoor has been P.K. Sinha, who was appointed Cabinet appointed as India’s Ambassador to the United Secretary in 2015. Arab Emirates by the Ministry of External  The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, Affairs. Kapoor, a 1990-batch Indian Foreign headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Service officer. He will replace Navdeep Suri approved his appointment. as India’s Ambassador to the UAE. Ajay Kumar Bhalla appointed as Home Pramod Agarwal to succeed Coal India Secretary chairman AK Jha  Ajay Kumar Bhalla was appointed as the new  Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has Union Home Secretary. He is currently serving selected Pramod Agarwal as the next chairman as an officer on special duty in the home ministry. of Coal India. He is a 1991 batch IAS from He replaces Rajiv Gauba, who was appointed Madhya Pradesh cadre. as the new cabinet secretary. GoI extends tenure of CBDT Chairman P C Former finance minister Arun Jaitley passes Mody away  The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet  Former Union finance minister and senior BJP headed by Prime Minister has approved the leader Arun Jaitley passed away. He was a extension of the tenure of CBDT Chairman lawyer by profession. He held the portfolios of Pramod Chander Mody. The tenure of the Finance Ministry, Corporate Affairs Ministry, CBDT chairman has been extended by one year. Defence Ministry, and Minister of Information and Broadcasting.  12 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine SEPTEMBER 2019 SPORTS

Lewis Hamilton wins Hungarian Grand Prix to Brest in France.  Formula One Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton  Kolbinger becomes the 1st woman to win one hunted down Max Verstappen to win the of the world’s toughest cycling races in her first Hungarian Grand Prix for a record-extending ultra-distance event. She took 10 days, 2 hours seventh time and surge 62 points clear in the and 48 minutes to complete the challenge. championship standings. Sally Pearson announces retirement from Satwiksairaj & Chirag 1st Indian doubles pair Track and field to win Super 500 title  Olympic gold-medallist in 2012 and 2-time  India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag world champion over 100 metres hurdles Shetty scripted a piece of history by breaching Australia’s reigning world-champion hurdler the ‘Chinese Wall’ of reigning World champions Sally Pearson announced her surprise retirement Li Jun Hui and Liu Yu Chen, with a victory in due to injury. the men’s doubles final of the Thailand Open Serena Williams tops Forbes list of best-paid badminton championship in Bangkok. female athletes  This is the first-ever Indian men’s combination  Serena Williams topped the List Of Highest- to win a BWF Super 500 title. Paid Female Athletes 2019 published by Forbes. Ravichandran Ashwin named “PCA Player of She has topped the annual list for a 4th the Month” consecutive year with estimated total earnings  Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has of $29.2 million. been named as Professional Cricketers  Japan’s Naomi Osaka was 2nd on the list with Association’s Player of the month of July 2019. earnings of ($24.3 million). Indian badminton  He has been named for his consistent player P.V. Sindhu came in tied for 13th ($5.5 performances in the county championships as million), with Thai golfer Ariya Jutanugarn ($5.3 he hit 197 runs and picked up 23 wickets from million) rounding out the top 15 of Forbes list of just 3 matches for Nottinghamshire. best-paid female athletes. Dale Steyn retires from Test cricket India’s Naaz Joshi won Miss World Diversity  South African bowler Dale Steyn has announced Title his retirement from Test cricket. Dale Steyn has  India’s transsexual woman Naaz Joshi was played 93 Tests for South Africa, finishing with crowned Miss World Diversity 2019. This event 439 wickets, the most in the long format by a was held in Port Louis, Mauritius. This was her south african bowler. 3rd successive victory in the beauty pageant Vinesh wins gold in 53kg at Poland Open Miss World Diversity. Wrestling Tournament Diego forlan announces retirement from  Vinesh Phogat won gold in women’s 53kg professional football category at Poland Open wrestling tournament  Legendary Uruguay striker Diego Forlan has in Warsaw. announced his retirement from professional  Vinesh prevailed 3-2 over local wrestler football. He had won the Golden Ball award Roksana in the final of the competition. This is after being adjudged the best player of the 2010 her 3rd consecutive gold in women’s 53kg FIFA World Cup. category after Grand Prix of Spain and Yasar Amla retires from international cricket Dogu International at Istanbul in Turkey.  South African batsman Hashim Amla has retired Fiona Kolbinger 1st woman to win 4,000km from all formats of international cricket. cycling race  Amla played 124 Tests, 181 ODIs and 44 T20Is  German cancer researcher Fiona Kolbinger won between his 15-year-long cricketing career. the mixed annual 4,000km(2,485 miles) cycling Cricket Australia unveils new transgender Transcontinental Race from Burgas in Bulgaria inclusive policy

13 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine SEPTEMBER 2019  The Cricket Australia has announced new  She was the first Canadian to win the event in transgender inclusive policy. This policy will 50 years. Serena Williams was the runner-up in enable transgender players to play the game of the final. cricket at the highest levels. Dutch Hero Wesley Sneijder announces  The decision aligns in accordance with the retirement from Football International Cricket Council’s (ICC’s) gender  The Netherlands’ most-capped player Wesley recognition policy and gender diversity Sneijder announced his retirement from football. guidelines.  He played 134 times for his country and his BCCI has agreed to come under NADA ambit career included a World Cup runners-up medal  The Board Of Control For Cricket In India has as well as Champions League, La Liga and Serie agreed to come under the ambit of the National A titles. Anti-Doping Agency. Simone Biles makes history with a “triple-  This decision makes Indian Cricket’s governing double” twist body a sports federation as per government  Simone Biles makes history with a never-before- norms. As a result, all cricketers will now be seen “triple-double” floor exercise landing. She tested by NADA. performed the landing featuring “two flips and Lionel Messi Wins UEFA Goal of the Season three twists” in U.S. Gymnastics Championships Award 2018-19 held in Kansas City.  Barcelona’s Lionel Messi has been awarded Deepak Punia wins Junior World UEFA’s Goal of the Season award 2018-19 for Championship title his free-kick against Liverpool.  Deepak Punia won the gold medal at the Junior  Cristiano Ronaldo was runners-up in the UEFA World Championships held in Talinn, Estonia. award for the goal he scored for Juventus against He defeated Russia’s Alik Shebzukov to win his former team Manchester United. the 86 kg junior freestyle title. With the victory, Rafael Nadal wins Montreal Masters title he has become the 1st Indian in 18 years to win  Rafael Nadal wins in Montreal to win 35th a Junior World Championship title. Masters crown. He defeated Russian Daniil Ravi Shastri appointed as Head Coach of Medvedev by 6-3, 6-0. With the win, he also Indian Cricket Team extended his record haul of Masters 1000 titles.  Former all-rounder Ravi Shashtri has been Bajrang Punia wins gold at Tbilisi Grand Prix appointed as the head coach of Indian cricket  Bajrang Punia wins gold at Tbilisi Grand Prix team for another two years. held in Tbilisi, Georgia. He defeated Iran’s  Cricket Advisory Committee led by former Peiman Bibyani by 2-0 in the 65 kg final of the Indian Cricket captain Kapil Dev along with men’s freestyle competition. It was the 4th gold Anshuman Gaekwad and Shantha Rangaswamy of the season for the Asian Games champion. conducted interviews of shortlisted candidates Aishwarya Pissay wins FIM Bajas World Cup for Indian cricket team’s head coach.  Aishwarya Pissay made history by becoming the Indian cyclists win gold at World Junior Track first Indian to win a world title in motorsports as Cycling Championships she won the FIM World Cup in women’s  Indian cyclists team have won the gold medal in category after the final round of the championship the Team Sprint event at World Junior Track in Varpalota, Hungary. Cycling Championships held in Frankfurt,  The event was conducted by the International Germany. Indian team comprised of Esow Alben, Motorcycling Federation, the governing body Ronaldo Singh and Rojit Singh. for motorcycle racing in the world.  This is India’s first ever gold medal in a global Canadian teenager Bianca Andreescu wins cycling competition. The Indian team defeated Rogers Cup 2019 Australian team in the finals to won the gold  Canadian teenager Bianca Andreescu wins medal. Rogers Cup tennis tournament 2019 held in India wins T20 Physical Disability World Toronto, Canada. Cricket Series

14 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine SEPTEMBER 2019  India has won the inaugural T20 Physical  The South Asian Spelling Bee (SASB) is an Disability World Cricket Series 2019 held in annual spelling bee platform in the US for England. India defeated England by 36 runs in children of South Asian descent. the finals to win the title. Vikram Rathour appointed as Team India’s  The 6-nation tournament was organized by the batting coach England and Wales Cricket Board.  Former Indian opener Vikram Rathour Hima Das, Mohammad Anas win gold in appointed as team India’s new batting coach. Athleticky Mitink Reiter event He will replace Sanjay Bangar. While Bharath  Indian sprinters Hima Das and Mohammad Anas Arun and R. Sridhar were retained as bowling have won a gold medal and Nirmal Tom clinched and fielding coaches. a bronze medal in 300m races at the Athleticky PV Sindhu becomes first Indian to win World Mitink Reiter event. Championships gold  The event was held in Czech Republic. While  Ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu has won the Hima won the gold in women’s category and World Championships title defeating Japan’s Mohammad Anas and Nirmal Tom claimed the Nozomi Okuhara in the final at Basel, yellow and bronze medal in men’s category. Switzerland. Sindhu defeated her Japanese India wins U-12 Asian Tennis Team opponent Nozomi Okuhara to 21-7, 21-7. championship  This was Sindhu’s third straight World  India have won the gold medal at the Under 12 Championships final. With this victory, the 24- Asian Tennis Team championship held in year-old shuttler has become the first Indian to Kazakhstan. India defeated Chinese Taipei in book a gold medal at the World Championships. the summit clash to win the title. Gokulam Kerala FC wins Durand Cup Mitchell Johnson becomes MCC Honourary  In football, Gokulam Kerala FC won the 129th Life member Durand Cup, defeating heavyweights Mohun  Former Australian pace bowler Mitchell Bagan 2-1 at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata. Johnson has been elected as an Honorary Life Alex Rins wins British Grand Prix Member of the Marylebone Cricket Club  Spain motorcycle racer, Alex Rins of the Team (MCC). SUZUKI ECSTAR has won the British Grand  Johnson represented Australia in 153 One Day Prix. He defeated Marc Marquez by 0.013 Internationals picking up 239 wickets, 73 seconds. While Maverick Vinales of Spain international Test matches claiming 313 wickets finished with the third position. The race was and 30 T-20 Internationals in which he takes held at the Silverstone racetrack, in Silverstone, 38 wickets. England. Former Chelsea footballer Ashley Cole West Indies fast bowler Cecil Wright retires announces retirement at 85  Former Chelsea, Arsenal and England football  West Indies pacer Cecil Wright has announced player Ashley Cole aged 38, announced his his retirement from all forms of cricket at the retirement from football. He was ending his 20- ripe old age of 85. Wright made his first-class year playing career. debut for Jamaica against a Barbados side.  He won 3 Premier League titles and seven FA Ajantha Mendis announces retirement from Cups, as well as helping the Chelsea to win the Cricket 2011-12 Champions League.  Ajantha Mendis, the mystery spinner from Sri Indian-American teen wins South Asian Lanka, has announced his retirement from all Spelling Bee competition 2019 forms of cricket. Mendis played 19 Tests, 87  Navneeth Murali, an Indian-American teenager One-Day Internationals and 39 T20Is for Sri from New Jersey, has won the 2019 South Asian Lanka, taking 70 Test wickets, 152 ODI wickets Spelling Bee contest. The prize money for this and 66 T20I wickets. contest is USD 3,000.

 15 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine SEPTEMBER 2019 AWARDS

DD News channel bagged Champions of advancement of overall relations and Empathy Award development of mutual cooperation between  DD News is awarded with “Champions of India and Guinea and for promoting friendship Empathy Award” for spreading awareness about and partnership between the people of both the hepatitis. countries.  Director General of DD News, Mayank Agrawal Indian-origin doctor wins Miss England 2019 received the Award from Lok Sabha Speaker  Bhasha Mukherjee, a 23-year-old Indian origin Om Birla. doctor was crowned Miss England 2019.  DD News to aware people about various Bhasha holds two different medical degrees, has diseases and preventives by showing health an IQ of 146 and is fluent in 5 different related programmes, reports and policies that languages. As a winner of Miss England, she help to spread awareness towards health in will be entered into the Miss World contest society. 2019. President Kovind honoured with the highest The 66th National Film awards have been award of Republic of Guinea announced by Rahul Rawail, head of the Jury  President Ram Nath Kovind has been awarded for feature films. the National Order of Merit by the President of The list of Award winners under the different Guinea for his exceptional contribution to the categories is mentioned as under:

Sr. Category Winner No.

1 Best Feature Film Hellaro (Gujarati Film )

2 Best non feature film Son Rise by Vibha Bakshi and The Secret Life of Frogs by Ajay and Vijay Bedi

3 Best Director Adhitya Dhar for Uri : The Surgical Strike

4 Best Actor Ayushmann Khuranna for Andhadhun and Vicky Kaushal for Uri : The Surgical Strike

5 Best Actress Keerthy Suresh for Mahanati

6 Best Supporting Actor Swanand Kirkire for Chumbhak

7 Best supporting Surekha Sikri for Badhaai Ho actress

8 Best Action Direction KGF Chapter I

9 Best Choreography Padmaavat for Ghumar

10 Best Cinematography MJ Radhakrishnan for Olu (Malayalam)

16 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine SEPTEMBER 2019

11 Best Educational Film Sarala Virala

12 Best Popular Film Badhaai Ho

13 Best film on Paani Environment issues

14 Best Debut Film of a Naal (Marathi) Director

15 Best Film for National Ondalla Eradalla (Kannada) Integration

16 Best film on Social Padman Issues

17 Best Child artist P V Rohith (Kannada), Sameep Singh (Punjabi), Talha Arshad Reshi (Urdu) and Shrinivas Pokale (Marathi)

18 Sarkari Area Prathamika Shaale Best Children’s Film Kasaragod

19 Best Special Effects KGF

20 Special Jury Award Sruthi Hariharan, Joju George for Joseph, Savithri for Sudani From Nigeria, Chandrachood Rai

21 Best Film on Environment Paani Conservation/Preservation

22 Best Lyrics Nathichirami (Kannada)

23 Best Music Direction (Songs) Sanjay Leela Bhansali for Padmaavat

24 Best Music Direction (Background Uri : The Surgical Strike score)

25 Best Sound Design Uri : The Surgical Strike

26 Best Female playback Singer Bindu for Mayavi Manave (Kannada)

27 Best Male Playback Singer Arijit Singh for Bhinte Dhil

28 Best Original Screenplay Chi La Sow

29 Best Adapted Screenplay Andhadhun

30 Best Dialogues Tariqh

31 Best Hindi Film Andhadhun

32 Best Urdu Film Hamid

33 Best Telugu Film Mahanati

34 Best Assamese Film Bulbul Can Sing

35 Best Punjabi Film Harjeeta

36 Best Tamil Film Baaram

37 Best Marathi Film Bhonga

17 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine SEPTEMBER 2019 BAFTA LA to honour Steve Coogan with Longest documentary “100 Years of Charlie Chaplin Award Chrysostum” will receive Guinness Award  Actor Steve Coogan will be felicitated with the  A biographical documentary “100 Years of Charlie Chaplin Award by the British Academy’s Chrysostum” will receive Guinness Award in the Los Angeles branch. He will receive the honour category of longest documentary. during the 2019 Britannia Awards.  The “100 Years of Chrysostum” is based on the Wg Cdr Abhinandan Varthaman to be life of Philipose Mar Chrysostum, scripted and honoured with Vir Chakra directed by filmmaker Blessy.  Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman will  The 48-hour and 8 minutes documentary has be honoured with the Vir Chakra on broken the record of the 21-hour Saudi Arabian Independence Day. Wg Cdr Abhinandan documentary “World of Snakes”. became the face of a tense military confrontation CCMB scientist K Thangaraj awarded JC between India and Pakistan when his MiG-21 Bose Fellowship was shot down during the aerial combat between  Dr K Thangaraj, Chief Scientist at Council of Indian and Pakistani air forces on February 27 Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)- Centre after the February 26 Balakot airstrike. Before for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) his jet was hit, he downed an F-16 fighter of was awarded JC Bose Fellowship. Pakistan.  Thangaraj was given this fellowship for his Priyam Chatterjee becomes 1st Indian chef to outstanding contributions in the field of win French honour population and medical genomics.  Priyam Chatterjee became the 1st Indian chef CPWD-DG Prabhakar Singh selected for to be awarded the ‘Chevalier de l’Ordre du ‘Eminent Engineer Award 2019’ Mérite Agricoleto’ by the government of France  Prabhakar Singh, Director General, Central to recognise his contribution towards reinventing Public Works Department has been chosen for the gastronomic scene in India. the ‘Eminent Engineer Award for the Year 2019’.  Chatterjee is best known for revisiting the This award will be given by the Institution of traditional dishes from his native state of West Engineers (India) for his distinguished and Bengal and giving it a French twist. exemplary service in the field of Engineering and ISRO Chairman K. Sivan honoured with A.P.J. Technology. Abdul Kalam Award Eric Cantona to be honoured with UEFA  Tamil Nadu government has awarded K. Sivan President’s Award with its Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Award. K. Sivan  Former Manchester United forward player Eric is currently serving as the chairman of Indian Cantona will be honoured with the 2019 UEFA Space Research Organisation. President’s Award. The award recognises Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be honoured outstanding achievements, professional with “Order of Zayed” excellence and exemplary personal qualities of  The United Arab Emirates will honour the Indian the player. Cantona won four Premier League Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the “Order titles in five years with United in the 1990s and of Zayed”, the highest civilian award of the scored 64 goals for the Old Trafford club in 143 country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will appearances. recieve the award during his visit to the UAE.

 18 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine SEPTEMBER 2019 Know more about Jharkhand

My Dear Students, When I say “I Am On”, what does that mean? 12.Hills and Mountains : Different people will interpret it in different ways (i) Parasnath – (Sri Sammed Sikharji) Jain pilgrimage according to their level of intelligence. But when I (Parasnath – 20th Tirthankana) say “I Am On” , I am at the best of my potential to (ii) Netarhat : “Queen of Chhotanagpur Plateau” perform whatever task is assigned to me. 13.Major Cities : When these people were “On” ,someone like Ben • Jamshedpur Stokes rescued England from a certain defeat in The • Dhanbad Ashes by hitting a century, P V Sindhu became the • Bokaro Badminton world champion winning GOLD. The • Ranchi history is full of galaxy of such inspiring personalities. • Deoghar But the billion dollar question is that… are we born to 14.Jharkhand is 1st state in following minerals : merely read these History or to rise to the Occasion (a) Iron ore and create History!!! (b) Copper ore We are all blessed enough to do so, but what is badly (c) Mica required is a Focused Effort. “Switch On” yourself (d) Kainite every time you fail. Because the day you will be “On” (e) Asbestos you will discover your true potential. (f) Uranium Yours, 15.Handia: Local alcoholic drink /Rice beer. Kamalesh Sir 16.Folk Dance: (Mentor,Trainer,Guide and much more…) • Chhau [email protected] • Jhumair Jharkhand • Mardana 1. Also called : Bushland / The land of forests (“Jhar” • Lahasua means Bush “khand” means land) 17.Festivals: 2. Capital : Ranchi (sub capital – Dumka) • Karam 3. CM: Raghubar Das •Jitia 4. Governor: Draupadi Murmu • Mage parab 5. State Symbols: 18.Sohrai paintings : Performed during Sohrai festival. (i) Animal – Indian Elephant 19.Educational Institutions: (ii) Bird – Koel (i) NIFFT, Ranchi : National Institute of foundry (iii) Flower – Palash and forge Tech. (iv) Tree – Sal (ii) ISM, Dhanbad : Indian School of mines. 6. Establishment – 15th Nov, 2000 20.Waterfalls: 7. Neighbours (5): Bihar, UP, Chhatisgarh, WB, Odisha (i) Johna falls 8. Resource Curse : Jharkhand has 40% of India’s (ii) Hundru falls mineral resources even then it is backward. (iii) Dassam falls 9. History: 21.Protected Regions: • Santhal Rebellion – 1855 (i) Betla National Park • Munda Rebellion (Led by Birsa Munda) – 1895 - (ii) Dalma wildlife sanctuary 1900 22.Jamshedpur: Only Indian city with over a million 10.Rivers: population but no Municipal Corporation. (i) Damodar Tata is running its administration. (ii) Sankh It was the 1st planned Industrial city in India. Founder (iii) Mayurakshi – Jamshed ji Tata(1907) . (iv) N – Koel 23.Dhanbad : The Coal Capital of India. (v) Brahmani 24.Tropic of cancer (23½ 0N, Latitude) : Passes (vi) Kharkai through Ranchi. (vii) S- Koel 25.Maithon Dam: Dhanbad (On Barakar River ) (viii) Subernarekha 26.Chhinnamastika Temple: Rajrappa 11.Climate : Humid subtropical to tropical wet and dry.

19 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine SEPTEMBER 2019 GK/CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ

1. The 52nd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting 11. Which Indian personality has been honoured with (AMM-52) has taken place in which city? the prestigious 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award? (a) Jakarta (b) Kuala Lumpur (a) K Sivan (b) Anna Hazare (c) Nay Pyi Taw (d) Bangkok (c) Ravish Kumar (d) Mary Kom 2. Which former Indian Cricketer has been honoured 12. The Union Government has set up KABIL for what with Bharat Gaurav Award? purpose? (a) Sunil Gavaskar (b) Kapil Dev (a) To support women entrepreneurship (c) Ajit Wadekar (d) Anil Kumble (b) To provide free education 3. Who has become the first cricketer to reach 1000 (c) To ensure supply of critical Minerals runs, 100 wickets in T20Is? (d) To promote digitization 13. On pilot basis, the One Nation-one Ration Card (a) Jasprit Bumrah (b) Shakib al Hasan ( c ) scheme has been implemented in which states? Shahid Afridi (d) Ellyse Perry (a) Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and 4. Which city has been named world’s best student Gujarat city in the QS Best Student Cities Ranking? (b) Rajasthan Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and (a) Paris (b) Tokyo Gujarat (c) Melbourne (d) London (c) Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and 5. What is the theme of the 2019 edition of World Gujarat Day Against Trafficking in Persons? (d) Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and (a) Human Trafficking: call your government to Telangana action 14. Which state government has launched ‘Save (b) Act to protect and assist trafficked persons Green, Stay Clean’ campaign? (c) Unite to eradicate human trafficking (a) West Bengal (b) Punjab (d) Protect rights of human trafficking victims (c) Himachal Pradesh (d) Haryana 6. Who won the IBC 2019 International Honour for 15. Which state / UT has announced free electricity Excellence ? for people using up to 200 units under a domestic (a) Christopher Nolan connection? (b) Quentin Tarantino (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Maharashtra (c) Andy Serkis (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Delhi (d) David Fincher 16. Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar is associated to 7. The Innovation for Clean Air (IfCA) has been which sports? launched by India & which country in Bangaluru? (a) Shooting (b) Boxing (c) Wrestling (d) Badminton (a) UK (b) France 17. Who is the author of the book “Tools and Weapons: (c) Belgium (d) South Africa The Promise and The Peril of the Digital Age”? 8. Which union ministry has launched the Atal (a) Sundar Pichai (b) Brad Smith Community Innovation Centre (ACIC) in New (c) Satya Nadella (d) Jeff Bezos Delhi? 18. The Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM) (a) Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas is located in which city? (b) Ministry of Home Affairs (a) Jaipur (b) Bhopal (c) Ministry of Finance (c) Dehradun (d) Delhi (d) Ministry of Tribal Affairs 19. What is the theme of the 2019 edition of World 9. The National Security Guard (NSG) works under Breastfeeding Week (WBW)? which union ministry? (a) Breastfeeding and Work: Let\’s Make It Work! (a) Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and (b) Sustaining Breastfeeding Together Pensions (c) Breastfeeding: Foundation of Life (b) Ministry of Home Affairs (d) Empower Parents, Enable Breastfeeding (c) Ministry of Law and Justice 20. Which union ministry is conducting India’s first (d) Ministry of Defence national Time Release Study (TRS)? 10. Which technical giant has partnered with Apollo (a) Ministry of Home Affairs Hospitals to fight cardiovascular diseases? (b) Ministry of Finance (a) Facebook (b) Infosys (c) Ministry of Corporate Affairs (c) Microsoft (d) Wipro (d) Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology 20 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine SEPTEMBER 2019 21. Which Indian personality has been honoured with 33. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy is associated to which the highest award of Republic of Guinea “National sports? order of Merit”? (a) Badminton (b) Tennis (a) Rajnath Singh (b) Ram Nath Kovind (c) Wrestling (d) Boxing (c) Narendra Modi (d) Subrahmanyam Jaishankar 34. ISRO has decided to setup Space Situational 22. Which country has officially withdrawn from Awareness Control Centre in which city? Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF)? (a) Kochi (b) Bengaluru (a) France (b) Germany (c) Hyderabad (d) Raipur (c) United States (d) UK 35. India’s first large-scale trial for VPM1002 & 23. Which state government has launched Vhali Dikri Immuvac is related to which disease? Yojna for the welfare of girl child? (a) AIDS (b) Malaria (a) Gujarat (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) TB (d) Polio (c) Rajasthan (d) Chhattisgarh 36. On which date, the 2019 UN International Day 24. Which bank has become the first Indian bank to of Friendship is celebrated recently? link up with China’s National Advance Payment (a) July 24 (b) July 26 System (CNAPS)? (c) July 30 (d) July 27 (a) BoB (b) ICICI 37. Which state has become the India’s first state to (c) SBI (d) PNB adopt a digital fingerprint and iris scanning 25. Devadas Kanakala, who passed away recently, system? was the veteran actor of which regional cinema? (a) Chhattisgarh (b) Maharashtra (a) Tamil (b) Telugu (c) Rajasthan (d) Odisha (c) Malayalam (d) Kannada 38. The Union Government has approved Rs 4,900 26. Which Indian-origin personality has been crowned crore Kosi-Mechi Interlinking project. Mechi is Miss England 2019? an important tributary of which river basin? (a) Swati Sharma (b) Roshni Rai (a) Ganga (b) Mahananda (c) Bhasha Mukherjee(d) Sweta Singh (c) Brahmaputra (d) Yamuna 27. The Census 2021 will be conducted in how many 39. Which Bollywood actor to be felicitated with scheduled languages? ‘Excellence in Cinema’ award by Victorian (a) 16 (b) 18 (c) 22 (d) 20 Government? 28. As per which article of the constitution, Supreme (a) Priyanka Chopra (b) Shekhar Kapoor Court has ruled that a judicial magistrate has (c) Shahrukh Khan (d) Deepika Padukone power to direct accused to give voice samples? 40. Naaz Joshi, who won the Miss World Diversity (a) Article 144 (b) Article 141 2019 title, is from which country? (c) Article 142 (d) Article 143 (a) Mauritius (b) Indonesia 29. As per which committee’s report, UGC has (c) India (d) Thailand recommended 20 institutions for Institutes of 41. The census of elephants is undertaken at the Eminence (IoE)? national level once in how many years? (a) Ambika Soni committee (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 8 (d) 10 (b) N S Vishwanathan committee 42. The United States has designated which country (c) N Gopalaswami committee as currency manipulator? (d) Viral Acharya committee (a) Myanmar (b) South Korea 30. The researchers at which IIT has developed Hydro (c) China (d) North Korea Thermal Carbonization (HTC) technology for 43. Which Indian cricketer has been chosen as the solid waste management? July’s PCA player of the month? (a) IIT Kanpur (b) IIT Kharagpur (a) Cheteshwar Pujara (b) Shikhar Dhawan (c) IIT Madras (d) IIT Delhi (c) Ajinkya Rahane (d) R Ashwin 31. Kanti Bhatt, who passed away recently, was the 44. Which union ministry has organized the 2nd All veteran personality of which field? India Annual Conference of IIS Officers? (a) Journalism (b) Poltics (a) Ministry of Electronics and Information (c) Sports (d) Arts Technology 32. Anant Setalvad, who passed away recently, was (b) Ministry of Communications the veteran personality of which sports? (c) Ministry of Commerce and Industry (a) Badminton (b) Hockey (d) Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (c) Boxing (d) Cricket

21 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine SEPTEMBER 2019 45. Which Indian cricketer has been conferred with 57. Which state government has launched a new Karthik Bose Lifetime Achievement award? higher education model “RACE”? (a) Bishan Singh Bedi (b) Arun Lal (a) Rajasthan (b) Punjab (c) Farokh Engineer (d) Syed Kirmani (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Odisha 46. The ScooNews Global Educators Fest (SGEF) is 58. Urkund software, which is in news recently, is being held in which city? related to which field? (a) New Delhi (b) Kanpur (a) Insurance (b) Education (c) Udaipur (d) Ranchi (c) Digital Banking (d) Share Market 47. Which state government has launched Mission 59. Which zone of Indian railways has introduced a Shakti sports initiative? new Biometric Token System (BTS)? (a) Gujarat (b) Maharashtra (a) North Western Railway (c) Madhya pradesh (d) Jharkhand (b) Western Railways 48. Which Indian wrestler bagged gold in women’s (c) East Central Railway 53kg category of the 2019 Poland Open wrestling (d) South Western Railway tournament? 60. Which state /UT government has launched a (a) Sakshi Malik (b) Babita Kumari project titled ‘Oral History Programme’? (c) Vinesh Phogat (d) Kavita Devi (a) Kerala (b) Tamil Nadu 49. Which space agency has discovered first nearby (c) Rajasthan (d) Delhi super-earth planet GJ357d? 61. Noted educationalist Rajalakshmi Parthasarathy (a) NASA (b) Roscosmos has passed away. She was from which state? (c) CNES (d) ISRO (a) Telangana (b) Karnataka 50. India’s first 3-D Smart Traffic Signal ‘Intelights’ (c) Kerala (d) Tamil Nadu has launched in which city? 62. The United Nations Convention on International (a) Lucknow (b) Indore Settlement Agreements (UNISA) is also named (c) Jaipur (d) Mohali as _____? 51. The researchers at which IIT have developed (a) Singapore Convention on Mediation portable device to detect bacteria without cell (b) Australia Convention on Mediation culture or microbiological assays? (c) Mexico Convention on Mediation (a) IIT Kharagpur (b) IIT Bombay (d) South Africa Convention on Mediation (c) IIT Guwahati (d) IIT Madras 63. The scientists of which country have created the 52. Jay Om Prakash, who passed away recently, was world’s thinnest gold? the veteran personality of which field? (a) United States (b) Britain (a) Photography (b) Film Industry (c) France (d) Germany (c) Journalism (d) Sports 64. Who has taken charge as the new CMD of Power 53. The 5th edition of International Army Scout Grid Corporation of India? Masters Competition has started in which military (a) Amrita Singh (b) Ravi P Singh station? (c) Kandikuppa Sreekant (d) Pradeep L Kaul (a) Jaisalmer (b) Gwalior 65. According to Ethnologue, which country has the (c) Dehradun (d) Agra highest number of ‘living’ indigenous languages 54. Nobel laureate Toni Morrison has passed away. in the world? She was from which country? (a) United States (b) Australia (a) Germany (b) United Kingdom (c) India (d) Papua New Guinea (c) France (d) United States 66. Which Indian Grandmaster has won the 2019 Belt 55. Which city has been chosen as the venue for the and Road China Hunan International chess main event of the 5th National Handloom Day tournament? (NHD)? (a) Parimarjan Negi (a) Patna (b) Udaipur (b) Surya Shekhar Ganguly (c) Bhubaneswar (d) Amravati (c) Pentala Harikrishna 56. Which union ministry has unveiled draft e- (d) Krishnan Sasikiran commerce norms for consumer protection? 67. RBI has cut the policy repo rate by how much (a) Ministry of Coal basis points in its 3rd bi-monthly Monetary Policy (b) Ministry of Railways Statement for FY 20? (c) Ministry of Corporate Affairs (a) 25 (b) 35 (c) 10 (d) 45 (d) Ministry of Consumer Affairs

22 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine SEPTEMBER 2019 68. The Environmental and Social Management 79. Which state has won the most film-friendly state Framework (ESMF) has been funded by which award at 2018 National Film awards? international organisation? (a) Kerala (b) Uttarakhand (a) IMF (b) World Bank (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Odisha (c) AIIB (d) ADB 80. Which movie has won the Best Feature Film award 69. Which organisation has announced Vikram at the 2018 National Film awards? Sarabhai Journalism Award? (a) Hellaro (b) Andhadhun (a) ISRO (b) DRDO (c) Chumbak (d) Padman (c) BARC (d) VSSC 81. What is the theme of the 2019 edition of World 70. Where the headquarters of United Nations Biofuel Day (WBD)? Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is (a) Production of Biodiesel from Used Cooking located? Oil (UCO) (a) Berlin (b) New York (b) Promote Green Fuels & Save Earth (c) Paris (d) Vienna (c) End use of Fossil Fuels 71. Which state has topped the rankings in Health (d) Save Green Planet Ministry report card on “Breastfeeding & Infant 82. Which state government has announced to waive & Child feeding Practices”? loans taken by tribals from money-lenders? (a) Kerala (b) Odisha (a) Rajasthan (b) Chhattisgarh (c) Manipur (d) Tamil Nadu (c) Tripura (d) Madhya Pradesh 72. What is the theme of the 2019 edition of World 83. Which state government has announced Tribal Day (WTD)? Mukhyamantri Madad Yojna for tribals? (a) Indigenous People (a) Punjab (b) Odisha (b) Indigenous Regions (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Kerala (c) Indigenous Cultures 84. Who is the new prosecution director of Central (d) Indigenous Languages Bureau of Investigation (CBI) ? 73. What is the theme of the 2019 edition of 22nd (a) T S Das (b) Sudha Rani Relangi National Conference on e-Governance? (c) Om Prakash Verma (a) Technology for accelerating Development (d) Raj Mehra (b) Digital Connectivity to the last mile 85. The researchers at which IIT have designed a (c) Digital Transformation system to recycle urine? (d) Digital India: Success to Excellence (a) IIT Bombay (b) IIT Indore 74. The Kerala Government has signed MoU with (c) IIT Kanpur (d) IIT Madras which organisation to develop Space Park? 86. Which IIT with Harvard University studied (a) ISRO (b) DRDO mercury accumulation in fish? (c) VSSC (d) BARC (a) IIT Madras (b) IIT Delhi 75. The Lahore-Attari Samjhauta Express train service (c) IIT Bombay (d) IIT Hyderabad was started in which year? 87. India has recently submitted proposals to boost (a) 1984 (b) 1981 to protection status of 5 wildlife species at CITES. (c) 1976 (d) 1978 Where is the headquarters of CITES? 76. Who is the head of the RBI task force on Offshore (a) Washington (b) New York Rupee Markets? (c) Paris (d) Berlin (a) M K Jain (b) Usha Thorat 88. The Khadi and Village Industry Commission (c) B P Kanungo (d) N S Vishwanathan (KVIC) has launched a Leather Mission from 77. Who has been appointed as the green ambassador which district of Rajasthan? of Manipur? (a) Hanumangarh (b) Ajmer (a) Dingko Singh (b) Mirabai Chanu (c) Sirohi (d) Jhalawar (c) Mary Kom (d) Valentina Elangbam 89. Which country has recently designated India in 78. Which union ministry has launched ‘Samagra its list of major illegal drug producing & transit Shiksha-Jal Suraksha’ drive? countries? (a) Ministry of Human Resource Development (a) United States (b) China (b) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (c) Iran (d) Pakistan (c) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate 90. India’s first clinical ecotoxicology facility has Change launched in which city? (d) Ministry of Jal Shakti (a) Delhi (b) Lucknow (c) Bombay (d) Chennai 23 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine SEPTEMBER 2019 91. Which Indian wrestler won gold in the 65kg 104. Which state government has created world category at 2019 Tbilisi Grand Prix Wrestling record by planting 22-cr saplings in a day? tournament? (a) Rajasthan (b) Uttar Pradesh (a) Sushil Kumar (b) Bajrang Punia (c) Maharashtra (d) Madhya Pradesh (c) Yogeshwar Dutt (d) Pawan Kumar 105. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) 92. Which Indian sportsperson has won the men’s has reduced the minimum period of Child Care title at the 2019 Hyderabad Open badminton Leave (CCL) from 15 days to ______? championship? (a) 12 (b) 10 (c) 5 (d) 8 (a) B. Sai Praneeth (b) Parupalli Kashyap 106. Who is slated to be felicitated with the 2019 (c) Srikanth Kidambi (d) Sourabh Verma Charlie Chaplin Award by the British Academy’s 93. Which Indian Armed force has launched “Mission Los Angeles branch? Reach Out” in Jammu? (a) Albert Broccoli (b) Jane Fonda (a) Indian Air Force (b) Indian Navy (c) Steve Coogan (d) Jackie Chan (c) Indian Army (d) Indian Coast Guard 94. Which Indian journalist has won the 2019 Prem 107. Who is the author of the book ‘Sridevi: Girl Bhatia Award for political reporting? Woman Superstar? (a) Rajdeep Sardesai (b) Ravish Kumar (a) Akshat Verma (b) Satyarth Nayak (c) Barkha Dutt (d) Prannoy Roy (c) Juhi Chaturvedi (d) Gazal Dhaliwal 95. Who is set to be the first woman president of the 108. The patriotic song ‘Watan’, which has been Indian National Science Academy (INSA)? produced by Doordarshan, is sung by which (a) Aditi Pant (b) Chandrima Shaha singer? (c) Asima Chatterjee (d) Sulochana Gadgil (a) Javed Ali 96. India’s first health-focused credit card has been (b) Atif Aslam launched by which bank? (c) Abhijeet Bhattacharya (a) HDFC Bank (b) RBL Bank (d) Kavita Krishnamurthy (c) ICICI Bank (d) Axis Bank 109. Which airline is set to become the first Indian 97. Which museum has become the most visited airline to fly over the North Pole? museum in the Asian sub-continent? (a) Jet Airways (b) Air India (a) Victoria Memorial (b) Napier Museum (c) SpiceJet (d) IndiGo (c) Albert Hall Museum (d) Virasat-e-Khalsa 110. Newly-Discovered Kajin Sara Lake is located in 98. Reliance Jio has partnered with which tech which country? company to offer cloud infra for businesses? (a) Bangladesh (b) Nepal (a) Microsoft (b) Amazon (c) Bhutan (d) India (c) Infosys (d) Facebook 111. Which union ministry has launched Swaccha 99. What is the theme of the 2019 edition of Survakshan Grameen? International Youth Day (IYD)? (a) Ministry of Rural Developement (a) Safe Spaces for Youth (b) Ministry of Jal Shakti (b) Youth Building Peace (c) Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (c) Transforming education (d) Ministry of Panchayati Raj (d) Youth and Mental Health 112. The famous ‘Panchamirtham’ of Palani temple 100. Which cricket board has launched transgender has recently got GI tag. The temple is located in and gender diverse policy? (a) Australia (b) West Indies which state? (c) England (d) New Zealand (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Karnataka 101. Aishwarya Pissay, who has become the first (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Kerala Indian to claim a world title in motorsports, is 113. The researchers at which IIT have developed from which city? low-cost blood test device? (a) Bengaluru (b) Delhi (a) IIT Kanpur (b) IIT Kharagpur (c) Chennai (d) Kolkata (c) IIT Bombay (d) IIT Delhi 102. Which state has become the first state in India 114. Who has become the first Indian chef to receive to implement the National Policy on Biofuels? French honour? (a) Jharkhand (b) Uttar Pradesh (a) Sanjeev Kapoor (b) Ranveer Brar (c) Punjab (d) Rajasthan (c) Vikas Khanna (d) Priyam Chatterjee 103. Holmberg 15A, which is in news recently, is 115. Which organisation has launched a special drive associated to which field? code named ‘Operation Number Plate’? (a) War Exercise (b) Black Hole (a) NSG (b) BSF (c) Environmental Pact (d) Banking term (c) CRPF (d) RPF 24 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine SEPTEMBER 2019 116. Who has been elected as the new President of 127. Which state government has launched a Guatemala? programme for student entrepreneurs “E Step”? (a) Mariano Rivera Paz (a) Karnataka (b) Punjab (b) Jimmy Morales (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Kerala (c) Alejandro Giammattei 128. India’s first private Space Science Museum has (d) Alejandro Maldonado opened in which city? 117. As per Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan-Dhan Yojana (a) Hyderabad (b) Ujjain (PM-KMY), a monthly pension of how much (c) Dehradun (d) Lucknow amount will be provided to eligible farmers on 129. Advait Bhartia, who recently climbed Mount attaining the age of 60? Kilimanjaro, is from which city? (a) Rs 5000 (b) Rs 6000 (a) Delhi (b) Pune (c) Rs 3000 (d) Rs 4000 (c) Chandigarh (d) Bhubaneswar 118. On which date, the 2019 edition of World 130. Who is the author of the book “Kashmir’s Untold Elephant Day (WED) is observed recently? Story: Declassified”? (a) August 11 (b) August 12 (a) Parvez Sharma (b) Iqbal Chand Malhotra (c) August 14 (d) August 13 (c) Jabbar Patel (d) Aleksa Muhammed Fazil 119. On which date, the 2019 edition of World Organ 131. The National Tribal Festival “Aadi Mahotsav” has Donation Day (WODD) is observed recently? started in which region? (a) August 12 (b) August 13 (a) Shimla (b) Udaipur (c) August 14 (d) August 15 (c) Ladakh (d) Delhi 120. Who is the head of high level committee on CSR, 132. Rizia Rahman, who passed away recently, was which recommended CSR expenditure to be the renowned novelist of which country? made tax deductible expenditure? (a) Indonesia (b) Myanmar (a) Injeti Srinivas (c) Iran (d) Bangladesh (b) Nripendra Misra 133. Which state government has decided to set up (c) Pramod Kumar Misra Atal Bihari Vajpayee residential schools for (d) Bhaskar Khulbe children of labourers? 121. The researchers at which IIT have developed (a) Jharkhand (b) Uttar Pradesh bone substitutes from eggshells? (c) Karnataka (d) Haryana (a) IIT Madras (b) IIT Delhi 134. Which state government has rolled out the (c) IIT Bombay (d) IIT Hyderabad Grama and Ward Volunteer system ? 122. The researchers at which IIT have developed (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Chhattisgarh industrial and field robot ‘GraspMan’? (c) Rajasthan (d) Maharashtra (a) IIT Madras (b) IIT Indore 135. Who has been awarded Tamil Nadu (c) IIT Hyderabad (d) IIT Kanpur government’s Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Award? 123. Who has become the first Indian to win gold at (a) Kailasavadivoo Sivan the World Junior Wrestling Championships after (b) A S Kiran Kumar 18 years? (c) Ritu Karidhal (a) Akash Antil (b) Parveen Malik (d) Mylswamy Annadurai (c) Vijay Patil (d) Deepak Punia 136. Madan Mani Dixit, the veteran Litterateur & 124. Which state has got award at the World Education Journalist has passed away. He was from which Summit-2019? country? (a) Karnataka (b) Rajasthan (a) South Africa (b) India (c) Kerala (d) Odisha (c) Sri Lanka (d) Nepal 125. VB Chandrasekhar, who passed away recently, 137. Jyske Bank, which has launched world’s first was associated to which sports? negative interest rate mortgage, is associated to (a) Basketball (b) Cricket which country? (c) Football (d) Hockey (a) Sweden (b) Denmark 126. Which former Indian athlete has been appointed (c) Norway (d) Finland as a member of the Athletes Commission of the 138. India’s first National Essential Diagnostics List Asian Athletics Association (AAA)? (NEDL) has finalized by which organisation? (a) Anju Bobby George (a) ICMR (b) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (b) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (c) Karnam Malleswari (c) AIIMS (d) PT Usha (d) Tata Memorial Hospital 25 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine SEPTEMBER 2019 139. SUPRA Scheme, which is in news recently, is 150. Ranjit Guru, the noted journalist and columnist associated to which field? passed away. He was from which state? (a) Women Empowerment (a) Jharkhand (b) Odisha (b) Science & Technology (c) Bihar (d) Uttar Pradesh (c) Child Education 151. Ansupa lake, sometimes seen in news, is located (d) Digital Banking in which state? 140. Which union ministry has launched the 5th (a) Odisha (b) Nagaland edition of Swachh Survekshan 2020 (SS 2020)? (c) Kerala (d) Andhra Pradesh (a) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare 152. Which state government has launched School (b) Ministry of Rural Developement Fagadaba to improve infrastructure in (c) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs government schools? (d) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate (a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Nagaland Change (c) Tripura (d) Manipur 141. India’s first Central Institute of Chemical 153. Which Indian personality has been conferred the Engineering & Technology (CICET) is proposed UAE’s highest civil honour ‘Order of Zayed’? to set up in which state? (a) Ram Nath Kovind (a) Maharashtra (b) Gujarat (b) Narendra Modi (c) Karnataka (d) Uttar Pradesh (c) Lata Mangeshkar 142. Damodar Ganesh Bapat, who passed away, was (d) Amitabh Bachchan the noted personality of which field? 154. NCPCR and which IIT have developed a kit to (a) Painting (b) Social Work spread sexual-abuse awareness? (c) Photography (d) Journalism (a) IIT Kharagpur (b) IIT Kanpur 143. Which country’s team has won the 2019 T20 (c) IIT Bombay (d) IIT Madras Physical Disability Cricket World Series? 155. Mohammed Zahur Hashmi, who has passed (a) India (b) England away recently, was the veteran personality of (c) New Zealand (d) Pakistan which field? 144. The Special Purpose Trust Fund (SPTF) is (a) Journalism (b) Politics associated to which international organisation? (c) Film Industry (d) Photography (a) United Nations (b) World Bank 156. Dr. Jagannath Mishra, who passed away (c) AIIB (d) ADB recently, was the former chief minister of which 145. On which date, the 2019 World Photography Day state? (WPD) was observed recently? (a) Jharkhand (b) Uttar Pradesh (a) August 18 (b) August 21 (c) Bihar (d) Rajasthan (c) August 19 (d) August 20 157. Who is the head of the task force on Direct Tax 146. What is the campaign of 2019 World Code which recently submitted report to Union Humanitarian Day (WHD)? Finance Ministry? (a) #NotATarget (a) G C Srivastava (b) Mansi Kedia (b) #PeopleHelpingPeople (c) Girish Ahuja (d) Akhilesh Ranjan (c) #WomenHumanitarians 158. Which country is the world’s largest emitter of (d) #WorldNeedsMore anthropogenic Sulphur Dioxide (SO2), according 147. The famous Hazratganj Chauraha, which has to latest report by environmental NGO been renamed as Atal Chowk, is located in which Greenpeace? district of Uttar Pradesh? (a) Iran (b) India (a) Agra (b) Allahabad (c) Russia (d) South Africa (c) Meerut (d) Lucknow 159. Which state government has recently classified 148. Where is the headquarters of National Institute Nictoine as Class A poison? of Health and Family Welfare (NIHFW)? (a) Punjab (b) Karnataka (a) Bhopal (b) Agra (c) Haryana (d) Odisha (c) New Delhi (d) Jaipur 160. The underground British-era Bunker turned 149. Which renowned scientist has bagged the Museum has come up in which city of prestigious J C Bose Fellowship? Maharashtra? (a) K Thangaraj (a) Mumbai (b) Nagpur (b) Annie Zaidi (c) Nashik (d) Aurangabad (c) Raghunath Anant Mashelkar (d) Shiraz Minwalla 26 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine SEPTEMBER 2019

161. Which state government has rolled ‘Mahatma 172. Who is the newly appointed Defence Secretary Gandhi Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana’ health of India? insurance scheme? (a) Ajay Kumar (b) Brij Kumar Agarwal (a) Haryana (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Subash Chandra (d) Rajiv Gauba (c) Punjab (d) Madhya Pradesh 173. The National Conference on Varmam Science 162. NISHTHA programme, which is in news has recently held in which city? recently, is associated to which field? (a) Chennai (b) New Delhi (a) Mangalyaan (b) Education (c) Kochi (d) Jaipur (c) Digital Banking (d) Women Empowerment 174. ‘Op-Blue Freedom’ is associated to which 163. Babulal Gaur, who passed away recently, was sports? the former Chief Minister of which state? (a) Water skiing (b) Water polo (a) Jharkhand (b) Himachal Pradesh (c) Parasailing (d) Scuba diving (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Madhya Pradesh 175. How many island nations are members of Forum 164. Satendra Singh Lohia, who became the first for India-Pacific Islands cooperation (FIPIC)? Asian swimmer to cross the Catalina Channel of (a) 20 (b) 14 (c) 16 (d) 18 America, is from which state? 176. Which Indian tech company has partnered with (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Rajadthan IISc on robotics and 5G? (c) Punjab (d) Haryana (a) Wipro (b) Infosys 165. Which Indian-American teenager has won the (c) Tata (d) Reliance 2019 South Asian Spelling Bee contest? 177. Which state has acquired first position in the (a) Kavya Kopparap (b) Navneeth Murali SARAL – ‘State Rooftop Solar Attractiveness (c) Dhruv Gaur (d) Syamantak Payra Index’? 166. Which country has decided to hold SAARC (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Gujarat Foreign Ministers’ informal meet? (c) Karnataka (d) Telangana (a) Bhutan (b) Nepal 178. ‘Sea Tinkle’ in Chennai beach , which is in news (c) India (d) Sri Lanka recently, is caused by which algae? 167. The 2019 World Youth Chess Championship is (a) Cryptomonad (b) Diatom being held in which city? (c) Noctiluca (d) Wakame (a) Kolkata (b) Mumbai 179. Which international organisation has released a (c) Pune (d) New Delhi report titled ‘Quality Unknown: The Invisible 168. The researchers at which IIT have developed Water Crisis’? method to make biofuel with sugar and salt? (a) ADB (b) UNCTAD (a) IIT Indore (b) IIT Bombay (c) UNGA (d) World Bank (c) IIT Hyderabad (d) IIT Kanpur 180. Where is the headquarters of the Wildlife Trade 169. Which Indian sprinter has won gold in men’s Monitoring Network “TRAFFIC”? 300m at the 2019 Athleticky Mitink Reiter event (a) France (b) Germany in Czech Republic? (c) United States (d) United Kingdom (a) Kunhu Muhammed 181. Which country has launched rocket carrying life- (b) Mohan Kumar Raja sized robot “Fedor” to International Space (c) Mohammad Anas Station (ISS)? (d) Nirmal Tom (a) United States (b) China 170. On which date, the Communal Harmony Day (c) France (d) Russia (CHD) is celebrated in India? 182. Who is the author of the book “Big Billion (a) August 21 (b) August 22 Startup: The Untold Flipkart Story”? (c) August 20 (d) August 23 (a) Mihir Dalal (b) Prahalad Joshi 171. The Cabinet Secretary of India works under the (c) Raj Kumar Singh (d) Ashwini Kumar direct charge of ____? 183. On which date, the World Senior Citizen’s Day (a) Ministry of Corporate Affairs (WSCD) is celebrated? (b) Prime Minister (a) August 20 (b) August 23 (c) Ministry of Home Affairs (c) August 21 (d) August 22 (d) Ministry of Finance 27 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine SEPTEMBER 2019

184. Which Indian Professor has been conferred the 193. Which country has been blacklisted by Asia- Pushkin Medal 2019? Pacific Group of FATF for its failure to comply (a) Bishnupriya Dutt (b) Meeta Narain with terror funding standards? (c) Anindya Sinha (d) Aijaz Ahmad (a) Iran (b) Pakistan 185. The Telangana government has signed pact with (c) North Korea (d) Afghanistan which tech company for ‘Digital Telangana’? 194. Under Digital India campaign, the Banjari village (a) Microsoft (b) Google of which district of Madhya Pradesh has become (c) Wipro (d) Infosys an integral part of the digital map of the country? 186. Which company has recently bagged title (a) Katni (b) Jabalpur sponsorship rights for Indian cricket team for 5 (c) Chhindwara (d) Gwalior years? 195. Monali Jadhav, who won 3 medals at World (a) Paytm (b) Vodafone Police Games (WPG), is from which state? (c) PhonePe (d) Airtel (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Maharashtra 187. The first-ever International Day for Victims of (c) Rajasthan (d) Uttar Pradesh Acts of Violence based on Religion or Belief is 196. What is the reference year for the recently observed on which date? released Composite Water Management Index 2.0 (a) August 21 (b) August 24 (CWMI 2.0)? (c) August 23 (d) August 22 (a) 2019-20 (b) 2018-19 188. Which union ministry has organized a ‘San- (c) 2016-17 (d) 2017-18 Sadhan’ Hackathon for Divyangjan accessible 197. Which state has been ranked first in the recently toilets? released Composite Water Management Index 2.0 (a) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (CWMI 2.0)? (b) Ministry of Jal Shakti (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Andhra Pradesh (c) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate (c) Gujarat (d) Goa Change 198. The first-ever World Youth Conference for (d) Ministry of Rural Developement Kindness has recently held in which city? (a) New Delhi (b) Pune 189. Which state has ranked 1st in free medicine (c) Shimla (d) Lucknow scheme implementation under the National Health 199. Amazon Rainforest Forests are located in which Mission (NHM)? continent? (a) Rajasthan (b) MP (a) South America (b) Africa (c) UP (d) Jharkhand (c) Australia (d) Europe 190. Which Union Ministry has recently declared 200. Sabka Vishwas scheme, which is in news, is ocean energy as green power? associated to which purpose? (a) Ministry of Jal Shakti (a) To settle pending SC/ST cases (b) Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and (b) To settle pending PIL cases Fisheries (c) To settle pending indirect tax disputes (c) Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (d) To settle pending women related cases (d) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate 201. Which football team has won the 2019 Durand Change Cup tournament? 191. Who is the translator of the book “the Diary of (a) Gokulam Kerala (b) Mohun Bagan Manu Gandhi (1943-44)”? (c) East Bengal (d) FC Goa (a) Saraswathy Nagarajan 202. What is the theme of the 45th G7 summit? (b) Nita Sathyendran (a) Fight for Peace & Equality (c) Tridip Suhrud (b) Fighting Injustice (d) Krishna Kripalani (c) Fighting Inequality 192. Who has taken charge as new Prime Minister of (d) Fighting for Migrants Sudan? 203. Komalika Bari is associated to which sports? (a) Mohamed Tahir Ayala (b) Abdalla Hamdok (a) Basketball (b) Football (c) Bakri Hassan Saleh (d) Motazz Moussa (c) Badminton (d) Archery

28 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine SEPTEMBER 2019

204. Who has become the first Indian-ever to win 215. The researchers at which IIT has produce World Badminton Championships gold? collagen from waste eel skin? (a) Parupalli Kashyap (b) Saina Nehwal (a) IIT-Hyderabad (b) IIT-Indore (c) Srikanth Kidambi (d) PV Sindhu (c) IIT-Kanpur (d) IIT-Delhi 205. Who is the head of CVC committee to examine 216. The 4th edition of the Internet of Things (IoT) bank frauds above 50 crore? India Congress 2019 held in which city? (a) D K Pathak (b) Suresh N Patel (a) Raipur (b) Bengaluru (c) T M Bhasin (d) Madhusudan Prasad (c) Bhopal (d) Amravati 206. Dokdo islands is the bone of contention between 217. Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya, who passed which countries? away recently, was the India’s first woman DGP. (a) South Korea & Japan She was from which state? (b) India & Sri Lanaka (a) Punjab (b) Haryana (c) Indian & Bangladesh (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Madhya Pradesh (d) North Korea & South Korea 218. The 7th ‘Community Radio Sammelan’ is 207. The researchers at which IIT have develop lab scheduled to be held in which city? grown meat? (a) Pune (b) Delhi (a) IIT-Bombay (b) IIT-Guwahati (c) Jaipur (d) Bhopal (c) IIT-Delhi (d) IIT-Madras 219. Who is representing India at the 2019 Indo 208. Where is the headquarters of Tropical Forest Pacific Chiefs of Defence (CHOD) Conference Research Institute (TFRI)? in Bangkok? (a) Dehradun (b) Kanpur (a) Rishi Kumar Shukla (b) Birender Singh (c) Delhi (d) Jabalpur Dhanoa (c) Bipin Rawat (d) Sunil Lanba 209. Which state government has launched exclusive 220. Which country has launched the world’s first education TV channel “Kalvi Tholaikkatchi”? floating nuclear reactor into the Arctic despite (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Karnataka warnings? (c) Kerala (d) Andhra Pradesh (a) United States (b) United Kingdom 210. The annual festival of famous Madurai (c) Russia (d) China Meenakshi Amman temple has started in which 221. Shaheen VIII is the joint military exercise state? between Pakistan & which country? (a) Kerala (b) Tamil Nadu (a) China (b) Sri Lanka (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Karnataka (c) Israel (d) Myanmar 211. The UNCCD’s Conference Of Parties (COP 14) 222. Who has become the India’s first female flight is being held in which country? commander? (a) Israel (b) New Zealand (a) Mitali Madhumita (b) Seema Rao (c) China (d) India (c) Shalija Dhami (d) Punita Arora 212. Project SU.RE (Sustainable Resolution) is 223. Which E-commerce major has launched Military associated to which field? Veterans Employment programme in India? (a) Fashion Industry (b) Film Industry (a) Myntra (b) Snapdeal (c) Jute Industry (d) Cotton Industry (c) Flipkart (d) Amazon 213. The National Centre for Avian Ecotoxicology has 224. Which union ministry has launched National come up in which city? Digital Library of India (NDLI)? (a) Chennai (b) Kochi (a) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate (c) Coimbatore (d) Bengaluru Change 214. Who has been chosen for the ‘Eminent Engineer (b) Ministry of Skill Development and Award for the Year 2019’ by the Institution of Entrepreneurship Engineers (India)? (c) Ministry of Electronics and Information (a) P S Juneja (b) Prabhakar Singh Technology (c) Tulsi Verma (d) Jitendra Sharma (d) Ministry of Human Resource Development

29 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine SEPTEMBER 2019

225. Where is the headquarters of Indian Institute of 235. The 12th India Security Summit (ISS) was Petroleum (IIP)? recently held in which city? (a) Dehradun (b) Delhi (a) Dehradun (b) New Delhi (c) Mumbai (d) Kolkata (c) Pune (d) Kolkata 226. Manasi Joshi, who won gold at the 2019 BWF 236. The National Sports Day (NSD) of India marks Para Badminton World Championships, is from the birth anniversary of which sports legend? which city? (a) Shanta Rangaswamy (a) Jabalpur (b) Pune (b) Bhaichung Bhutia (c) Dhyan Chand (c) Rajkot (d) Ranchi (d) P T Usha 227. Which Indian app clinched mobile app at the 237. Which state government has decided to launch 2019 US Technovation Challenge? a new initiative ‘10 Hafte, 10 Baje, 10 Minute – (a) Vithu (b) Maitri Har Ravivar, dengue par war’? (c) BHIM (d) IRCTC (a) Delhi (b) UP 228. Which former footballer has won the 2019 UEFA (c) MP (d) Bihar President’s Award? 238. On which date, the International Day Against (a) Johan Cruyff (b) Franz Beckenbauer Nuclear Tests is observed on which date? (c) David Beckham (d) Eric Cantona (a) August 30 (b) August 28 229. Which state government has decided to offer (c) August 29 (d) August 31 modern nursery education at anganwadis? 239. Who is the head of the committee that suggested (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Chhattisgarh the RBI pay interim dividend to the Union (c) Punjab (d) Haryana government only under exceptional 230. ‘Shagun’ portal, which is in news recently, is circumstances? associated to which field? (a) Bimal Jalan (b) Rajiv Mehrishi (a) Ground Water preservation (c) Viral Acharya (d) Hasmukh Adhia (b) School education 240. Elavenil Valarivan is associated to which sports? (a) Wrestling (b) Shooting (c) Women Empowerment (c) Boxing (d) Chess (d) Sound Pollution 241. The Gorewada International Zoo is going to set 231. Peacock Parachute Spider, which is recently up in which city? spotted in Eastern Ghats, is belongs to the genus (a) Nagpur (b) Delhi ______? (c) Jaipur (d) Shimla (a) Avicularia (b) Poecilotheria 242. Kandangi saree, which has got GI tag, is (c) Mygale (d) Chilobrachys associated to which sports? 232. Which country has launched the world’s first (a) Karnataka (b) Kerala facial biometric-based ID for seafarers? (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Telangana (a) India (b) China 243. The Government e Marketplace (GeM) has signed (c) South Korea (d) Russia pact with which organisation to enable growth 233. The 25th Senior Women’s National Football of MSMEs, Start-ups and Women Championship is being held in which state? Entrepreneurs? (a) Andhra Pradesh (a) NABARD (b) SIDBI (b) Himachal Pradesh (c) NHB (d) IRDA (c) Arunachal Pradesh 244. The Union Health Ministry has signed a pact with (d) Uttar Pradesh which institute to explore AI for combating tuberculosis? 234. Which state has been ranked first at the India (a) IISc Bangalore Child Well-Being Index? (b) University of Hyderabad (a) Jharkhand (b) Himachal Pradesh (c) IIT Madras (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Kerala (d) Wadhwani Institute for Artificial Intelligence

30 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine SEPTEMBER 2019

245. The Malayala Manorama New Conclave 2019 248. The term ‘Animal spirits’, which is in news was held in which city of Kerala? recently, is associated to which field? (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Kochi (a) Economics (b) Environment (c) Thrissur (d) Palakkad (c) Science (d) Geography 246. The International Coalition for Disaster Resilient 249. Which union ministry has launched campaign Infrastructure (CDRI) is being set up in which Angikaar for change management? city? (a) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (a) New Delhi (b) Kolkata (b) Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (c) Pune (d) Chennai (c) Ministry of Commerce and Industry 247. S Aswatha Narayana, who won Gold in Water (d) Ministry of AYUSH Technology at the 2019 World Skills Kazan 250. Who has become the first Indian woman para- International Competition 2019, is from which athlete to be conferred Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna state? award? (a) West Bengal (b) Odisha (a) Manasi Joshi (b) Deepa Malik (c) Tripura (d) Andhra Pradesh (c) Karamjyoti Dalal (d) Pooja Rani

MCQs ANSWER KEYS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 (d) (b) (d) (d) (a) (c) (a) (a) (b) (c) (c) (c) (c) (a) (d) (a) (b) (b) (d) (b) 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 (b) (c) (a) (c) (b) (c) (b) (c) (c) (b) (a) (d) (a) (b) (c) (c) (b) (b) (c) (c) 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 (b) (c) (d) (d) (b) (c) (b) (c) (a) (d) (c) (b) (a) (d) (c) (d) (a) (b) (b) (d) 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 (d) (a) (b) (c) (d) (b) (b) (b) (a) (d) (c) (d) (d) (c) (c) (b) (d) (a) (b) (a) 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 (a) (d) (c) (b) (d) (d) (a) (c) (a) (a) (b) (d) (c) (a) (b) (b) (d) (a) (c) (a) 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 (a) (d) (b) (b) (c) (c) (b) (a) (b) (b) (b) (c) (b) (d) (d) (c) (c) (b) (b) (a) 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 (d) (a) (d) (b) (b) (d) (a) (a) (b) (b) (c) (d) (b) (a) (a) (d) (b) (a) (b) (c) 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 (b) (b) (a) (a) (c) (c) (d) (c) (a) (b) (a) (d) (b) (b) (c) (c) (d) (b) (b) (a) 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 (c) (b) (d) (a) (b) (b) (b) (c) (c) (c) (b) (a) (a) (d) (b) (a) (c) (c) (d) (d) 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 (d) (a) (c) (b) (b) (a) (d) (b) (a) (c) (c) (b) (b) (a) (b) (d) (c) (a) (a) (c) 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 (a) (c) (d) (d) (c) (a) (b) (d) (a) (b) (d) (a) (c) (b) (a) (b) (a) (b) (b) (c) 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 (a) (c) (d) (d) (a) (c) (b) (d) (a) (b) (b) (a) (c) (d) (b) (c) (a) (c) (a) (b) 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 (a) (c) (b) (d) (b) (a) (b) (a) (a) (b)



31 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine SEPTEMBER 2019 FUN TIME LESSON

Honesty is always rewarded Sam was a greedy and selfish man. He always desired to have lots and lots of money and never hesitated to cheat others to make money. Also, he never wished to share anything with others. He paid very low wages to his servants. However, one day, he learned a lesson that changed his life forever. It so happened that one day, a small bag that belonged to Sam was missing. The bag had 50 gold coins in it. Sam searched high and low for the bag, but could not find it. Sam’s friends and neighbours also joined in the search, but all their efforts were in vain. After a couple of days, the ten year old daughter of a man working for Sam found the bag. She told her father about it. Her father identified the bag as the one that was missing, and immediately decided to take it to his master. He gave the bag back to his master Sam, and asked him to check whether the bag had 50 gold coins. Sam was exultant to get the coins back, but he decided to play a trick. He shouted at his worker, “there were 75 gold coins in this bag but you gave me only 50! Where are the other coins? You have stolen them!” The worker was shocked to hear this and pleaded his innocence. Selfish and greedy, Sam did not accept the worker’s story, and decided to take the issue to court. The judge heard both the sides. He questioned the daughter and the worker about the number of coins they had found in the bag, and they assured it was only 50. He cross-examined Sam and Sam replied, “Yes my lord, I had 75 gold coins in my bag, and they gave me only 50. Hence, it is quite obvious that they have stolen 25 coins!” The judge then asked, “Are you sure that your bag had 75 coins?” Sam nodded vigorously. The judge then made his judgment. “Since Sam lost a bag of 75 gold coins and the bag found by the girl had only 50 coins, it is obvious that the bag that was found does not belong to Sam. It was lost by someone else. If anyone finds a bag of 75 gold coins, I will declare that it belongs to Sam. As there are no complaints about the loss of 50 coins, I order the girl and his father to take those 50 coins as a token of appreciation for their honesty!” Honesty will always be rewarded and greed punished!

32 www.arifin.in