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Current Affairs from August 24 to 31, 2019 1. Who becomes the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom? A) Abdul Hamid B) Boris Johnson C) Andrej Babis D) Ellie Goulding E) None of these Answer B 2. Who has been appointed as defence secretary of the United States? A) William Barr B) Sonny Perdue C) Wilbur Ross D) Alex Azar E) Mark Esper Answer E 3. Global Innovation Index launched in which of the following city? A) Pune B) Chandigarh C) Mumbai D) New Delhi E) Hyderabad Answer D 4. Who is the current Commerce & Industry Minister of ? A) Nirmala Sitaraman B) Piyush Goyal C) Ram Vilas Paswan D) Arjun Munda E) Giriraj Singh Answer B 5. Which of the following firm is the highest-ranked Indian firm on fortune global 500 lists? A) Infosys B) SBI C) Reliance D) Tata E) Wipro Answer C

6. ‘Aaykar Diwas’ of the central board of direct taxes is observed on which of the following day? A) 1 July B) 14 July C) 4 July D) 24 July E) None of these Answer D 7. Who has been appointed as a new of Andhra Pradesh? B.D Mishra Biswabhushan Harichandan None of these Answer C 8. Who has been appointed as a Home Secretary Of India? A) Tarun Sridhar B) Pradeep Kumar Sinha C) Arun Goyal D) Ajay Bhalla E) None of these Answer D 9. Which of the following India Origin person has been appointed as Home Secretary of Britain? A) Pihu Sharma B) Priti Patel C) Saumya Rana D) Vartika Chandel E) None of these Answer B 10. A Book ‘The last Icon On Ideology Politics’ has been written over which of the former Prime Minister? A) B) C) I.K Gujral D) Atal Bihar Vajpayee E) Answer E 11. Which of the following company has been fined by the US for violating privacy rules? A) Wallmart

B) Facebook C) Microsoft D) Amazon E) None of these Answer B 12. ADB sanctioned Rs 2000 Cr for power projects in which of the following state? A) West Bengal B) Arunachal Pradesh C) Sikkim D) Tripura E) Answer D 13. Boxer Maxim Dadashev has died due to head injury. He had played for which of the following country? A) Germany B) Europe C) Russia D) Japan E) None of these Answer C 14. Which of the following Sri Lankan player has announced retirement recently? A) T. Dilshan B) Lasith Malinga C) Angelo Mathews D) T. Parera E) None of these Answer B 15. Kargil Vijay Diwas is celebrated on which of the following day?

A) 26 August B) 26 September C) 26 July D) 26 June E) None of these Answer C 16. ‘11th edition of the biennial DefExpo - 2019’ held in which of the following city? A) New Delhi B) Gujarat C) Bangalore D)

E) Chennai Answer D

17. President ‘Beji Caid Essebsi’ passed away. He was the president of which of the following country? A) Turkey B) Italy C) Jamaica D) Tunisia E) None of these Answer D 18. Railway’s first printing press gallery opened in which of the following state? A) B) Tamlinadu C) Kerala D) Maharashtra E) Gujarat Answer D 19. Which of the following Indian state has topped the rank in ‘Roof Top Solar Power’ generation? A) Uttar Pradesh B) Tamlinadu C) Kerala D) Maharashtra E) Gujarat Answer E 20. Which of the following state has become no. 1 in the implementation of Pradhanmantri Suraksha Bima Yojana? A) Uttar Pradesh B) Tamlinadu C) Kerala D) Maharashtra E) Gujarat Answer A 21. Who has become the new chief minister of Tamilnadu? B.S Yeddyurappa

K. Palaniswami O. Panneerselvam M. Karunanidhi None of these Answer A

22. Who has been appointed a joint chief of staff in the United States?

A) Daren Moody B) Mark Milley C) Garry Selter D) Ron Stheleker E) None of these Answer B 23. Who has become the chief of MTNL Chief? A) Balesh Sharma B) Mohd. Hameed C) Sunil Kumar D) Pravin Kumar Purva E) None of these Answer C 24. ‘Smart Agricopter’ has been discovered by the students of which of the following Institute? A) IIT Delhi B) IIT Mumbai C) IIT Madras D) IIT Mandi E) None of these Answer C 25. Indian military will practice ‘Hand in Hand’ defense exercise with which of the following country? A) Maldivas B) Indonesia C) China D) E) Sri Lanka Answer C 26. ‘Parivar Pehchan Patra’ has been launched by which of the following state?

A) Punjab B) Uttar Pradesh C) Uttarakhand D) Haryana E) Rajasthan Answer C

27. Which of the following Pakistan Cricket Team player has announced retirement from test cricket? A) Mohd. Hafeez B) Wahab Riyaz C) Shahab Khan D) Mohd. Amir E) Shoaib Malik Answer D 28. Who has been appointed as a new DG of Border Security Force (BSF)?

A) Rajni Kant Misra B) VK Johri C) Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar D) Rajesh Ranjan E) None of these Answer B 29. ‘Global Tiger Day’ is observed on which of the following day? A) 10 July B) 29 July C) 1 July D) 20 July E) 5 July Answer B 30. ‘World Hepatitis Day’ is observed on which of the following date? A) 10 July B) 29 July C) 1 July D) 28 July E) 5 July

Answer D

31. Donkupar Roy - A speaker of legislative assembly passed away. He was the speaker in which of the following state? A) Kerala B) Arunachal Pradesh C) Meghalaya D) Mizoram E) None of these Answer C

32. Senior Leader Jaipal Reddy passed away, He was the leader from which of the following political party? A) Communist Party Of India (CPI) B) (INC) C) Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) D) Trinamool Congress E) National Communist Party (NCP) Answer B 33. First-ever Himalayan State Conclave Of Indian Held in which of the following city? A) Shimla B) Dehradun C) Dharamshala D) Haridwar E) Mussoorie Answer E 34. 7th Economic Census has been initiated from which of the following state? A) Arunachal Pradesh B) West Bengal C) Tripura D) Assam E) None of these Answer C 35. GST Council has reduced 7% GST on which of the following article? Restaurants Jewelry Electric Vehicle

Education None of these Answer C 36. Who has clinched German Grand Prix 2019?

A) Max Verstappen B) Sebastian Vettel C) Valtteri Bottas D) Lewis Hamilton E) None of these Answer A

37. Who has been appointed as the Governor of Uttar Pradesh?

A) Jagdish Mukhi B) C) D) Govind Mathur E) B.D Mishra Answer C 38. Who has been appointed as a new governor of Bihar? A) Fagu Chauhan B) Mridula Sinha C) Anandiben Patel D) Govind Mathur E) B.D Mishra Answer A 39. Who has been appointed as a new governor of ? A) Mridula Sinha B) Anandiben Patel C) Govind Mathur D) Fagu Chauhan E) Lalji Tandon Answer E 40. United Nations ‘World Day Against Trafficking In Person’ is observed on which of the following day? A) 1 July

B) 26 August C) 30 July D) 18 June E) None of these Answer C 41. Which of the following state secretariat has renamed as ‘Lok Seva Bhavan’? A) Kerala B) Odisha C) Madhya Pradesh D) Karanatka E) Tamilnadu Answer B

42. Helpline ‘Jeene Do’ has been launched by the district administration in which of the following state? A) Telangana B) Andhra Pradesh C) Jammu & D) Punjab E) Rajasthan Answer C 43. Automated Multi-modal Biometric Identification System (AMBIS) has launched by which of the following state government? A) West Bengal B) Maharashtra C) Tamilnadu D) Haryana E) Arunachal Pradesh Answer B 44. A senior leader ‘Vithalbhai Radadiya’ passed away. He was the leader in which of the following party? A) INC B) BSP C) BJP D) TDP

E) TMC Answer B 45. ‘Mukesh Goud’ passed away. He was the former minister in which of the following state? A) Tamilnadu B) Telangana C) Kerala D) Karnataka E) Andhra Pradesh Answer E 46. ‘India Nepal Logistics Summit - 2019’ held in which of the following city? A) Mumbai B) Kathmandu C) New Delhi D) Dehradun E) Lalitpur Answer B

47. Which of the following person has won people’s choice award in the United States in sand art championship? A) Sudarsan Pattnaik B) Nitish Bharti C) Manas Kumar Sahoo D) Manish Singh E) None of these Answer A 48. Which of the following State/UT has got the affiliation from BCCI? Andaman Nicobar Island Chandigarh Pondicherry Dadar Nagar Haveli Telangana Answer B 49. Who will head the Cricket Advisory Committee for the selection of new coach of Indian Cricket Team? Sourav Ganguly Kapil Dev Sunil Gavaskar

Sandip Patil Sachin Tendulker Answer B 50. ICC World Test Championship final in 2021 to be held on which of the following country? A) South Africa B) New Zealand C) India D) United Kingdom E) Australia Answer D 51. Who has been appointed as Finance Secretary of India? Sumit Mishra Raman Saini Rajiv Kumar Ravish Kumar None of these Answer C

52. Rasagola of which of the following state has got the GI tag? A) Tamilnadu B) Kerala C) Karnataka D) Odisha E) Andhra Pradesh Answer D 53. RBI slapped 26 Crores penalty on which of the following payment company? A) PhonePe B) Google Pay C) MobikWik D) Paytm E) None of these Answer C 54. Birth of Munshi Premchand is celebrated on which of the following day? 1 July 15 July

5 July 31 July None of these Answer D 55. Which of the following state government has cancelled celebration on Tipu Jayanti? A) Jammu & Kashmir B) Tamilnadu C) Karnataka D) Himachal Pradesh E) None of these Answer C

56. ‘International Army Games-2019’ is to be held on which of the following state? A) Belarus B) China C) Israel D) China E) USA Answer A

57. Khelo India Youth Games 2020 is to be held in which of the following state? A) Gujarat B) Rajasthan C) Assam D) Delhi E) None of these Answer C 58. BCCI Suspended which of the following player on doping violation? A) Ajinkaya Rahane B) Unmukt Chand C) Prithvi Shaw D) Rishabh Pant E) None of these Answer C