WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTION DISCUSSION – 27.08.2019 TO 01.09.2019

No. of Questions : 40 Correct : ______Full Mark : 40 Wrong : ______

Time : 20 min Mark Secured : ______

1. ’s first woman Director General of Police, who passed away recently? A)Padmavathy Bandopadhyay B)Mitali Madhumita C)Punita Arora D) Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya 2. Name the app that has won bronze medal in 2019 ‘Technovation challenge’, the world’s largest technology and entrepreneurship programme for girls? A) Home B) Social C) Smart D)Maitri 3. SBRT which was in news recently, what does R stands for in it? A) Retail B) Risk C) Residual D) Reserve 4. Which organization has partnered with World Vision India and launched the “Child well-being index” 2019 to assess and track children’s well-being? A) OECD B) World Bank C) WTO D) IFMR LEAD 5. Name India’s 1st FinTech centre of excellence, which was set up by STPI in association with Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu? A)FinPark B) FinTech C)FinStart D)FinBlue 6. Who won the Television Journalist of the Year 2019 at the Kalinga-FCC Awards for Excellence in Journalism for 2019? A) Rajini Vaidyanathan B) Simon Scarr C) Rakesh Nagar D) Harish Tyagi 7. Which city topped the 2019 world’s Safe Cities Index? A) Seoul B) Tokyo C) D) Singapore 8. Which island is chosen by Indonesian government to set up its new capital? A) Borneo island B) Sumatra island C) Java island D) Sulawesi island 9. BSID was in news recently, what does S stands for which of the following? A) Ship Captain B) Seafarer C) Seaman D) Sailor 10. Which stadium is set to be renamed as ? A) Green Park Stadium B) C) D)Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium 11. Bank fraud cases are increased by how much percentage for the year 2018-19? A) 45% B) 20% C) 15 % D) 30% 12. Which month is set as a deadline by RBI for PPIs including digital wallets, to do full KYC? A) December 31, 2019 B) March 31, 2020 C) April 30, 2020 D) February 28, 2020 13. Name India’s first company that provides lifetime credit Instantly to its customers? A) Bajaj Finserv B)Indiabulls C)KreditBee D)MoneyTap 14. Where was the 200-year-old Lord Sri Krishna temple located, for which Indian government has launched redevelopment project? A) Manama B) Riffa C) Barbar D) Adliya 15. FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2020 will be held in which country? A) Russia B) USA C) India D) Canada 16. What was the theme of the 2019 Indo Pacific Chiefs of Defence (CHOD) Conference? A) Collaboration in a free and Open Indo – Pacific B) Physical linkages and power digital for Asia C) Shaping the future efficiently, responsibly, and sustainably of the livestock D) Groundwater vision for 2030, water challenges, security, and adapting the climate change 17. World Skills International Competition for the year 2019 was held in which place? A) Berlin, Germany B) Paris, France C) Kazan, Russia D) Moscow, Russia 18. Which bank has launched India’s first one-time password (OTP) facility for ATM withdrawals? A) Indian Overseas Bank B) Indian Bank C) State Bank of India D) Canara Bank

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WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTION DISCUSSION – 27.08.2019 TO 01.09.2019

19. Name World’s first floating nuclear reactor that was launched recently by Russia? A)Changjiang B)Akademik Lomonosov C)Fangchenggang D)Hongyanhe I 20. At what percent interest rate animal husbandry and fisheries farmers can avail loan from bank under Interest subvention scheme? A) 2% B) 4% C) 3% D) 5% 21. Gorewada International Zoo will be set up at which place? A) B) Gurgaon C) Badarpur D) 22. Which organization tied up with Mastercard and RBL Bank & launched its mobile payment and digital wallet service for RBL Bank’s Mastercard credit card customers? A) Samsung India B) PayPal India C) Paytm India D)FreeCharge India 23. Which of the following organization has rationalised MDR for BHIM UPI transactions? A) SEBI B) NPCI C) RBI D) SIDBI 24. G7 Summit 2019 was held in which of the following place recently? A) Rome, Italy B) Berlin, Germany C) Ottawa, Canada D) Biarritz, France 25. World’s largest Integrated Online Junction launched for school education to improve the school education system? A) Education B)Shagun C) Shala D)Gunvatta 26. How much amount has been infused to the public sector banks in order to boost the economy? A) Rs 50500 crore B) Rs 45500 crore C) Rs 55250 crore D) Rs 35500 crore 27. Which countries are at the top spot in the Ipsos‘s “Global Happiness Survey” 2019? A) France and United States B) Australia and Canada C) Great Britain and China D) Saudi Arabia and Germany 28. Who launched the mobile application “Janaushadhi Sugam”? A) Smriti Irani B) Rao Inderjit Singh C) D.V. Sadananda Gowda D) Ramesh PokhriyalNishank 29. “Annual Observance Report of the Special Data Dissemination Standard(SDDS) for 2018” was released by which organisation? A) ILO B) WTO C) IMF D) United Nations 30. Who was elected as the President of Nauru? A)Sprent Dabwido B) Hilda Heine C) Lionel Aingimea D) Marcus Stephen 31. Who won the first prize in National Awards for Community Radio for 2018 under the “Thematic Category”? A) Radio Namaskar for Ama Khadya B) Friends Radio for Health and Women C) Radio Madhuban for NanheSitare D) Radio Namaskar for Ama Priya Pakhala 32. How much TDS will be deducted on cash withdrawals of over Rs 1 crore from September 1, 2019? A) 10% B) 7% C) 5% D) 2% 33. Which country has test fired ballistic missile, named “Ghaznavi” recently? A) Russia B) China C) India D) Pakistan 34. Which UAE Bank has signed a memorandum of bilateral currency swap agreement with RBI? A) Central Bank of the UAE B) Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank C) Reserve Bank of UAE D) Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank 35. Where was the India’s 1st automated battery charging & changing station for e-buses inaugurated? A) B) Varanasi C) Guwahati D) 36. Who has written the book titled, “Obama: The Call of History”? A) Philip Rucker B) Maggie Haberman C) Susan Glasser D) Peter Baker 37. What was the name of joint air exercise held between air forces of China and Pakistan recently? A) Naseem Al Bahr-IX B)Shaheen-VIII C)Ajeya Warrior-III D) Prabal Dostyk-VI 38. What is the GDP of India for Q1 of Fiscal year FY 2019-20 as per FICCI’s ‘Economic Outlook Survey 2019’? A) 7.0% B) 6.7% C) 6.5% D) 6.0% 39. Pavan Kapoor was appointed as the Ambassador of India to which county? A) Qatar B) UAE C) Bahrain D) Oman 40. 14th edition of 2019 ‘We Care Film Festival on Disability Issues’ held at which place? A) B) Mumbai C) D) New Delhi

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WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTION DISCUSSION – 27.08.2019 TO 01.09.2019

ANSWER KEYS 1 D 21 A 2 D 22 A 3 A 23 B 4 D 24 D 5 D 25 B 6 A 26 C 7 B 27 B 8 A 28 C 9 B 29 C 10 D 30 C 11 C 31 A 12 D 32 D 13 D 33 D 14 A 34 A 15 C 35 D 16 A 36 D 17 C 37 B 18 D 38 D 19 B 39 A 20 A 40 D

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