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Current Affairs Q&A PDF Current Affairs Q&A PDF 2019 Contents Current Affairs Q&A – August 2019 ..................................................................................................................... 2 INDIAN AFFAIRS ............................................................................................................................................. 2 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS ......................................................................................................................... 62 BANKING & FINANCE .................................................................................................................................. 86 BUSINESS & ECONOMY ............................................................................................................................ 111 AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS..................................................................................................................... 127 APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS .................................................................................................................... 144 ACQUISITIONS & MERGERS .................................................................................................................... 156 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ....................................................................................................................... 157 ENVIRONMENT ........................................................................................................................................... 171 SPORTS .......................................................................................................................................................... 177 OBITUARY .................................................................................................................................................... 209 BOOKS & AUTHORS ................................................................................................................................... 221 IMPORTANT DAYS ..................................................................................................................................... 225 Static GK Q & A –August 2019 ......................................................................................................................... 234 This is Paid PDF provided by AffairsCloud.com, Our team is working hard in back end to provide quality PDF. If you not buy this paid PDF subscription plan, we kindly request you to buy pdf to avail this service. Help Us To Grow & Provide Quality Service Subscribe(Buy) Current Affairs PDF 2019 - Pocket, Study and Q&A (English & Hindi) 1 | Page Copyright 2019 @ AffairsCloud.Com Current Affairs Q&A PDF Current Affairs Q&A – August 2019 INDIAN AFFAIRS 1) Who heads the Group of Transport Ministers (GoM), which recommends the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2019 to address the issue of road safety ? 1) Raj Kumar Singh 2) Rao Inderjit Singh 3) Yoonus Khan 4) Narendra Singh Tomar 5) None of these Answer – 3) Yoonus Khan Explanation: On July 31, 2019, Rajya Sabha passed the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2019. It will amend the provisions under the 1988 Motor Vehicles Act. Background: The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2019 is based on the recommendations of the Group of Transport Ministers (GoM) headed by Shri. Yoonus Khan, the then Transport Minister of Rajasthan, to address the issue of road safety and to improve the facilitation of the citizens while dealing with transport departments. Vehicle Fitness: The Bill mandates automated fitness testing for vehicles and provides for compulsory recall of defective vehicles and power to examine irregularities of vehicle companies. 2) Name the bill passed by Parliament which helps to tackle the threat of illicit deposit taking activities like exploiting regulatory gaps and lack of strict administrative measures to dupe poor and gullible people of their hard-earned savings. 1) Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Bill, 2019 2) Banning of Illicit deposit Scheme Bill, 2019 3) Banning of Illegal deposit Scheme Bill, 2019 4) Banning of deposits by Black Money Bill, 2019 5) None of these Answer – 1) Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Bill, 2019 Explanation: On July 29, 2019, Parliament unanimously passed the Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Bill, 2019 which will replace the Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Ordinance, 2019, promulgated on February 21, 2019. It will help to tackle the threat of illicit deposit taking activities in the country like exploiting regulatory gaps and lack of strict administrative measures to dupe poor and gullible people of their hard-earned savings. 3) How many days are provided as a timeline for insolvency resolution process and specifies minimum payouts to operational creditors in recently passed Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) (Amendment) Bill, 2019 ? 1) 350 day 2) 310 day 3) 270 day 4) 330 day 5) None of these Answer – 4) 330 day Explanation: On August 1, 2019, The Parliament passed the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) (Amendment) Bill, 2019. It provides a 330-day timeline for insolvency resolution process and specifies minimum payouts to operational creditors in any resolution plan. The amendments will bring greater clarity to mergers, demergers, and amalgamations as part of the resolution process. Earlier, the timeline was 270 days.It 2 | Page Copyright 2019 @ AffairsCloud.Com Current Affairs Q&A PDF provides greater clarity on permissibility of corporate restructuring schemes, clarity on the rights and duties of authorized representatives of voters.It gives committee of creditors of a loan defaulting company an explicit authority over the distribution of proceeds in the resolution process. 4) Who inaugurated the Indian Airforce Facilitation-cum-Publicity Pavilion in National Bal Bhawan, New Delhi ? 1) Piyush Goyal 2) Ramesh pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ 3) Arjun Munda 4) Prakash Javadekar 5) None of these Answer – 2) Mr Ramesh pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ Explanation: The Union Minister for Human Resource Development (MHRD) Mr Ramesh pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, inaugurated the Indian Airforce Facilitation-cum-Publicity Pavilion in National Bal Bhawan, New Delhi to motivate students to join Indian Air Force. 5) Which country has partnered with India & launched the “Innovation for Clean Air” (IfCA) initiative in Bengaluru to test interventions related to equality and support India’s transition to EV (electric vehicles) integration ? 1) United States(US) 2) Japan 3) United Kingdom(UK) 4) Russia 5) None of these Answer – 3) United Kingdom(UK) Explanation: A two-year UK-India joint initiative, the “Innovation for Clean Air” (IfCA) was launched by the British Deputy High Commissioner DominicMcAllister in Bengaluru to test interventions related to equality and support India’s transition to EV (electric vehicles) integration.The air quality is measured by integrating satellite and sensor data.The program is led by Innovate UK, which is a part of UK research and innovation (UKRI). The UKRI is funded by Newton Fund and by various other partners. 6) Name the languages that will be included in the Sub-Field of Field “Literature” in the scheme component ‘Award of Senior/Junior Fellowships to Outstanding Artistes in the Fields of Culture’ . 1) Nepali and Santhali 2) French and Portuguese 3) Portuguese and Hausa 4) Javanese and Quechua 5) None of these Answer – 1) Nepali and Santhali Explanation: On July 30, 2019, The Union Minister of State for Culture and Tourism Shri Prahlad Singh Patel informed that 2 languages- Nepali and Santhali from the 8th Schedule of the Indian Constitution will be included in the Sub-Field of Field “Literature” in the scheme component ‘Award of Senior/Junior Fellowships to Outstanding Artistes in the Fields of Culture’. The Ministry of Culture regulates a scheme component namely Award of Senior/Junior Fellowships to Outstanding Artistes in the Fields of Culture.The Nodal institute for handling the Scheme of Sr. /Jr. Fellowship till selection process is the Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT), Dwarka, Gujarat. 3 | Page Copyright 2019 @ AffairsCloud.Com Current Affairs Q&A PDF 7) What is the position of India among the highest risk country in the world as per the Verisk Maplecroft’s Water Stress Index 2019 ? 1) 38th 2) 35th 3) 40th 4) 46th 5) None of these Answer – 4) 46th Explanation: According to the Water Stress Index 2019, formulated by London-based risk analytics firm Verisk Maplecroft, India is the 46th highest risk country in the world. It measured the water consumption rates of households, industries and farm sectors and the available resources in rivers, lakes and streams and plotted the index with projected population growth trends to rank the cities facing the biggest threat to their water resources. Chennai is the “tip of the iceberg” for India’s water-stressed cities.11 out of India’s 20 largest cities face an ‘extreme risk’ of water stress and 7 are in the ‘high risk’ category. Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Nashik, Jaipur, Ahmedabad and Indore are among the cities facing ‘extreme risk’. 8) In which four states, One Nation One Ration Card scheme was launched in order to boost the National Food Security ? 1) Arunachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat 2) Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat 3) Telangana, Kerala, Maharashtra and Gujarat 4) Telangana, Kerala, Karnataka and Gujarat 5) None of these Answer – 2) Telangana , Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat Explanation: In order