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Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal holds bilateral meeting with the Indonesian Minister of TradeEnggartiastoLukita Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal held a bilateral meeting with Indonesian Minister of Trade EnggartiastoLukita in New Delhi. Both the countries agreed to work towards sustainable trade. Uttarakhand is all set to establish Six Sigma Institute of Mountain Medicines & High Altitude Rescue Asia’s 1st Six Sigma Institute of Mountain Medicines and High Altitude Rescue to be established at Rudraprayag district in Uttarakhand. It will be a high altitude institute of mountain medicine, training and research center. India to train Bangladeshi Civil Servants at Mussoorie India will train a batch Bangladeshi civil servant at the National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG), Mussoorie in Uttarakhand for a period of 2019-2025. This training is based on a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in February 2019 between National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG) and Ministry of Public Administration, Government of Bangladesh. France to impose Green tax on plane tickets from 2020 France will impose Green tax on flight tickets upto 18Euros from 2020. It was announced by the France transport minister Elisabeth Borne. Similar tax was introduced in Sweden in April 2018, which imposed an added charge of up to 40 euros on every ticket in a bid to lessen the impact of air travel on the climate. Kyriakos Mitsotakis sworn in as the new Prime minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis of New Democratic Party sworn-in as the new Prime Minister of Greece. He belongs to Greece’s New Democracy Party. He takes over from Alexis Tsipras. Arun Kumar appointed as DGCA chief Arun Kumar has been appointed as the Director General of DGCA. He will replace BS Bhullar. Kumar is an IAS officer of 1989 batch of Haryana cadre. Gully Boy’ wins NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film at BIFAN At 23rd Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) in South Korea, the Indian film ‘Gully Boy’ was honoured with NETPAC (The Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema) Award for Best Asian Film. The film directed by Zoya Akhtar. 2019 Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival is the 23 edition of this film festival. Vice President releases book titled Vivekadeepini Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu releases a book titled ‘Vivekadeepini’. It is a concise book of aphorisms (a memorable expression of a general truth or principle) initially written by Adi Shankaracharya. This short book is a summary of PrashnottaraRatnamalika written by Adi Shankaracharya. ICSI launches UDIN to improve corporate governance Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) rolled out an initiative in the form of a Unique Document Identification Number (UDIN). The Objective is to pursue a heightened sense of self- governance and strengthen the practicing side of company secretaries. UDIN will help to maintain a register of attestation and certification services. The ICSI functions under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. Union Minister of Corporate Affairs: Nirmala Sitharaman Madhya Pradesh Govt announces cow welfare fund, hikes Haj committee grant MP Government proposed to allocate Rs 132 crore for the welfare of bovines and hiked grant to the state Waqf Board and Haj committee.
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They proposed a three-fold hike in the honorarium for the priests working in the registered temples. Allocation of Rs 8,000 crore has been made to waive remaining loans of the farmers in the state. A provision has been made to generate employment for youths under which the skill training programme would be given an impetus. More than Rs 821 crore has been earmarked for the OBC and Minorities Department. Government approved Phase-I of BharatmalaPariyojana along Indo-Nepal Border areas with financial outlay of Rs 5,35,000 crore Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin J Gadkari approved the Phase-I of BharatmalaPariyojana received the approval with the financial outlay of Rs 5,35,000 crores. Their main aim is to develop 24,800 km Highways along with 10,000 km residual National Highways Development Project (NHDP) over a period of five year. In BharatmalaPariyojana Phase-I, development of Border & International Connectivity roads for a length of 2000 km has also been envisaged with outlay of Rs. 25,000 crore. Kochi to host India’s largest women startup summit Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) is hosting India’s largest women startup summit on August 1 at the Integrated Startup Complex, Kochi. The ‘Women Startup Summit 2019’ aims at encouraging aspiring women professionals to take up their entrepreneurial journey and developing an inclusive entrepreneurship ecosystem in the state. The meet will be open for all women professionals, aspiring entrepreneurs, corporate leaders and startup founders. Centre prepares Rs 14,000 cr plan to reduce accidents on National Highways Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has announced that the government has prepared a 14 thousand crore rupees project to identify accident black spots and plug gaps on National Highways to reduce casualties. He appreciated the work being undertaken by the Tamil Nadu government to reduce road accidents as TN has resuced 15% Road accidents. The second edition of India-Russia Strategic Economic Dialogue 2019 held in New Delhi The second India-Russia Strategic Economic Dialogue (IRSED) 2019 held in New Delhi. The bilateral meeting was chaired by Rajiv Kumar, Vice-Chairman of India’s think tank, National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog, and Russia’s Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Timur Maksimov. The main areas of cooperation include: 1. Development of transport infrastructure and technologies 2. Development of agriculture and agro-Processing sector 3. Small and Medium business support 4. Digital Transformation and Frontier Technologies 5. Cooperation in Trade, Banking, Finance, and Industry 6. Tourism & Connectivity First Global Conference on Media Freedom in London The first Global Conference on Media Freedom took place in London on 10 and 11 The event was organised by the UK government and the government of Canada. The conference is part of an international campaign to shine a global spotlight on media freedom and increase the cost to those that are attempting to restrict it. A three members Indian media delegation, including Prasar Bharati Chairman A.Surya Prakash, Rajya Sabha MP and journalist Swapan Dasgupta, and journalist and political analyst Kanchan Gupta, have attended the first Global Conference for Media Freedom. Vikas Swarup appointed Secretary of Overseas Indian Affairs Senior diplomat Vikas Swarup has been appointed as Secretary in the External Affairs Ministry.
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His appointment will come into effect from August 1, 2019. Swarup, a 1986-batch officer of the Indian Foreign Service, is at present India’s High Commissioner to Canada. IAF to get Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missiles (ASRAAM) The Indian Air Force (IAF) plans to adopt Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM). It is a new European visual range air to air missile. IAF aims to expand its Su-30 fleet with a proposal to build 40 more jets under license at HAL’s Nashik facility. The Indian government has formally requested Russia to extend the production license. Operation Thirst launched by RPF The Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Indian Railways has launched an all-India drive called Operation thirst. The operation aims to crub the sale of unauthorized packaged drinking water. Under Operation thirst, more than 1,371 people were arrested and over 69,294 bottles were seized by RPF. The bottles were seized under section 144 and section 153 of Indian Railway Act. The operation was launched in all major railway stations across the country to curb menace of unauthorized Packaged Drinking Water inside railway stations Delhi govt. plans to spot of the defunct Rajghat thermal power plant into solar park Delhi Government has announced its plan to convert a waste-to-energy plant, a solar park of 5,000 KW capacity. It aims to spot of the defunct Rajghat thermal power plant into solar park. The Cabinet has decided to oficially shut down the Rajghat power plant. A photovoltaic power station is also known as a solar park. Chandigarh ranks best performing in the eld of education Chandigarh ranked best in the field of education and is followed by Kerala and Gujarat. Chandigarh is best among all the states. Arunachal Pradesh is the least performing state ,it ranked 36th on the index. The states are Haryana (4), Tamil Nadu (5), Punjab (7), Rajasthan (8) and, Delhi (9)the lowest are Meghalaya (34), Nagaland (35) and Arunachal Pradesh (36). Kerala is the state with highest literacy rate followed by Lakshadweep and Mizoram. The information also shared by Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ in Parliament. Uttar Pradesh Govt sets target of $1 trillion economy in the next three years Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath exhorted traders and businessmen to contribute towards the state becoming a trillion dollar economy. UP Vyapari Kalyan Board (Traders’ Welfare Board) in Lucknow while referring to Modi’s aim of India becoming a $5 trillion economy urged the business community to rise up to the occasion and contribute wholeheartedly towards a 1$ trillion economy by 2024. UP Budget 2019-20 tabled in the state legislature is estimated to touch Rs 15.80 trillion (or nearly $230 billion at current exchange rate) by the end of this financial year. Agri-Business Incubation Centre started in Chhattisgarh An Agri-Business Incubation Centre has started in Chhattisgarh. The centre is set up by the Union Agriculture Ministry in the Indira Gandhi Agriculture University of Raipur. The Agri-Business Incubation Centre is set up under the National Agriculture Development Scheme- RAFTAAR. The objective of the scheme is to make farming a remunerative economic activity by strengthening farmer’s efforts, risk mitigation and promoting agri-business entrepreneurship. Under the scheme, guidance, technology and infrastructure will be provided to youth and entrepreneurs for start-ups in different areas of agriculture.
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Union Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurates underpass near Manekshaw Centre in New Delhi Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari inaugurated a three-lane underpass at Parade Road junction near Manekshaw Centre on NH 8 in New Delhi. It will decongest traffic to IGI airport. With the opening of the underpass, movement of traffic from the airport to DhaulaKuan has now become signal free. The underpass was completed in a record time of 112 days. Anshula Kant appointed MD and CFO of World Bank Anshula Kant, managing director of the State Bank Of India, has been appointed as managing director and chief financial officer of World Bank. As managing director and chief financial officer, Kant will be responsible for financial and risk management of the World Bank Group. It is announced by World Bank President David Malpass. BCC signs MoU with BRICS chamber to promote trade The Bharat Chamber of Commerce, (BCC) and the BRICS Chamber of Commerce and Industry, signed an MoU for promoting trade and investments between the BRICS countries and the eastern part of India. The MoU was signed by BCC president Sitaram Sharma and BRICS Chamber of Commerce and Industry Director General B B L Madhukar. Magnus Carlsen of Norway won the 2019 Croatia Grand Chess Tour title Magnus Carlsen of Norway won the 2019 Croatia Grand Chess Tour title. He secured eight points and defeated Wesley So of United States with seven points. Viswanathan Anand ended up with 4.5 points and finished 11th. Sven Magnus Carlsen is a Norwegian chess grandmaster and the current World Chess Champion. 12 July: West Bengal government observed Save Water Day , West Bengal government observed Save Water Day. The day was observed to raise awareness on conservation on water. The State government had dug nearly 1.5 lakh ponds in five years till 2016 in the state under the water conservation programme of ‘Jal dharo Jal bharo’. SBI to waive off the charges on NEFT, RTGS and IMPS State Bank of India (SBI) has waived the charges on National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) and Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) transactions through YONO, Internet, and mobile banking. This will be effective from July 1. Before July 1, SBI used to charge between Rs.1 and Rs.5 for transactions through NEFT, and Rs.5 to 50 for RTGS transactions. AIIB to provide $100 million loan to L&T Infrastructure Finance The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has provided a $100-million loan to L&T Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (LTIF). The amount is approved by AIIB for wind and solar infrastructure projects in India. This is the first time AIIB is extending a loan to a non-banking finance company. According to AIIB, investment in renewable energy is an efficient way for India to reduce its carbon intensity while meeting its growing energy needs. India has set a target to install 175 Gigawatt (GW) of renewable energy capacity by 2022 out of which a total of 80.04 GW of renewable energy capacity has been installed in the country till May 2019. AIIB: The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is a multilateral development bank that aims to support the building of infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific region. Headquarters: Beijing, China Formation: January 16, 2016 President: JinLiqun
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BJP leader Kalraj Mishra appointed Governor of Himachal Pradesh, Acharya Devvrat shifted to Gujarat Senior BJP leader Kalraj Mishra appointed as the Governor of Himachal Pradesh. He replaced Acharya Devvrat, who has been transferred and appointed as the Governor of Gujarat. Acharya Devvrat is replacing Governor of Gujarat O.P. Kohli, who retires . Chandrayaan-2 launch called off due to technical snag Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has called off for today the launch of India’s second mission to Moon – Chandrayaan-2 onboard GSLV MkIII-M1 due to a technical snag. VineshPhogat wins gold at Yasar Dogu International India wrestler VineshPhogat has won gold in the 53kg category at Yasar Dogu International in Istanbul. Phogat beat her Russian opponent Ekaterina Poleshchuk 9-5 in the final match to bag the gold medal.
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1. For which sector a new TV channel would be launched as announced in Budget 2019? a) Banking b) Start-ups c) Education d) Parenting 2. Which among the following platforms would be introducing ‘Learning Playlists’ for educational videos? a) Facebook b) YouTube c) Instagram d) Twitter 3. The Super 30 movie starring Hrithik Roshan is a biopic based on whose life? a) Bhushan Singh b) Vishal Kaprat c) Anand Kumar d) Sandeep Suri 4. Which company has recently acquired the American software company Red Hat? a) Lenovo b) IBM c) Dell d) Samsung 5. In order to prevent the sale of unauthorized water bottles, by which name has the campaign was launched by RPF? a) Operation Save Water b) Operation Clean c) Operation Thirst d) Operation Catch-Up 6. Name of the virus that hit 1.5 crore android devices across the country recently. a) Black Horse b) Agent Smith c) Target John d) Super Bug 7. India’s Child mortality reduced to what percent as per the Multidimensional Poverty Index 2019? a) 4 percent b) 3.5 percent c) 2.2 percent d) 2.0 percent 8. Which public sector bank recently announced to do away with charges on NEFT and RTGS transactions through internet and mobile banking from July 1? a) PNB b) SBI c) OBC d) Bank of India 9. Who was appointed as the Secretary (Overseas Indian affairs) in the External Affairs Ministry? a) Vikas Swarup b) Praveen Garg c) Ashwini Chaube d) Akhil Sharma 10. Which state plans to develop Centres of Excellence for skill development in aviation Industry? a) Madhya Pradesh b) Assam c) Gujarat d) Goa 11. Who has recently been appointed World Bank Managing Director (MD) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO)? a) Anshula Kant b) Rahul Sachdev c) Amrita Dev d) Bipin Singh 12. In order to facilitate trade between Bhutan and which country India has set up a waterway in Brahmaputra River? a) Pakistan b) China c) Bangaldesh d) Nepal
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13. Which tennis player recently won the second Wimbledon title by defeating Roger Federer? a) Rafael Nadal b) Novak Djokovic c) Andy Murray d) Stan Wawrinka 14. Which leg-spinner of Afghanistan has been appointed the new captain of the team in all three formats? a) Asgar Afghan b) Gulbadin Naib c) Hamid Hasan d) Rashid Khan 15. Senior BJP leader Kalraj Mishra has been appointed governor of which state? a) Bihar b) Jharkhand c) Himachal Pradeshd)Uttar Pradesh 16. Which nation won the ICC World Cup 2019? a) England b) New Zealand c) Australia d) Sri Lanka 17. Which nation will host the ICC World Cup 2023? a) New Zealand b) Sri Lanka c) India d) South Africa 18. Which state became the first to have the State Water Policy to conserve water? a) Kerala b) Meghalaya c) Punjab d) Bihar 19. Which of following General Insurance Company will be merged with National Insurance Company Limited and United India Assurance Company Limited to create a single insurance entity? a) Oriental India Insurance Company b)Bharti Axa General Insurance c) Bajaj Allianz General Insurance d) SBI General Insurance 20. Hussain Muhammad Ershad died recently. He was former President of which country? a) Sri Lanka b) Bangladesh c) Nepal d) India 21. Which among the following players was left out from Sachin Tendulkar’s World Cup XI? a) Virat Kohli b) MS Dhoni c) Rohit Sharma d) Ravindra Jadeja 22. In the second round of talks on Kartarpur corridor, Pakistan has agreed to allow visa-free travel for how many pilgrims per day? a) 1000 b) 3000 c) 7000 d) 5000 23. NASA is commemorating the 50th launch anniversary of which history mission in July? a) Apollo 1 b) Apollo 13 c) Apollo 11 d) Apollo 5 24. Which country has opened its air-space for India after five months? a) China b) UAE c) Pakistan d) Japan 25. The first international flight from this Indian city took for Dubai on July 15. a) Jamshedpur b) Indore c) Dehradun d) Bhopal 26. Which of the following personality was chosen by Bank of England to feature on new £50 note of Britain? a) Alan Turing b) James Watt c) Jane Austen d) Nan Shepherd 27. The International Arbitration Court imposed over USD 5 billion penalty on which country for unlawful denial of a mining lease to a company? a) India b) Pakistan c) USA d) China 28. When is World Youth Skills Day observed every year globally? a) 13 July b) 14 July c) 15 July d) 16 July 29. Which state government has recently announced the addition of Maithili language as an alternative subject from the 8th to 12th standard? a) DelhiGovernment b) UP Government c) Bihar Government d) Rajasthan Government 30. Which country will host Shooting World Cup 2020? a) China b) South Korea c) Japan d) India 31. The Union Cabinet recently approved the extension of Fifteenth Finance Commission term to which date? a) 30th July b) 30th September c)30th November d) 30th December
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32. The CCEA recently approved the 2800 Megawatt Dibang Multipurpose Project in which state? a)Assam b) Meghalaya c) Arunachal Pradesh d)West Bengal 33. The 21st Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship began in which city? a) Cuttack b) Wales c) Kuala Lumpur d) Singapore City 34. Which of the following has recently been appointed as the Governor of Chhattisgarh? a) a AnusuiyaUikey b) Awakriya Mishra c) Anupama Singh d) Swati pandey 35. Which of the following has recently been appointed as Governor of Andhra Pradesh? a) Acharya Sanghamitra b) BiswaBhushanHarichandan c) Devendranath Singh d) Ashwini Chaubey 36. Which of the following has been appointed as the Judge of Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC)? a) Justice RK Pachauri b) Justice BS Verma c) Justice SS Dhingra d) Justice AK Sikri 37. In what time period NGT asked Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to stop the pollution intensive activities in critical and severely polluted areas? a) Two b) Three c)Four d) Five 38. Which state cabinet has announced to increase the financial assistance given to the families of martyrs from Rs 25 lakh to Rs 1 crore? a) Haryana b) Telangana c) Madhya Pradesh d) Maharashtra 39. Who among the following has been elected as the first female president of European Commission? a) Ursula von der Leyen b) Angela Merkel c) Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa d) Irina Bokova 40. Christine Lagarde has resigned as the Managing Director of which International Financial body? a) WB b) IMF c) ADB d) IBRD 41. The ICJ ruled in favour of India on July 17, directing Pakistan to review and reconsider Kulbhushan Jadhav’s execution with how many votes? a) 15 b) 16 c) 14 d) 13 42. The Supreme Court has allowed mediation process on Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid land dispute case to continue till which date? a) July 20 b) July 31 c) August 2 d) August 1 43. WHO has declared Ebola outbreak in which among the following countries as a global health emergency? a) Libya b) Nigeria c) Egypt d) DR Congo 44. Who among the following won her fourth gold within 15 days time in 200m race in the Tabor Athletics Meet in Czech Republic? a) Dutee Chand b) Hima Das c) VK Vismaya d) Rani Rampal 45. What is the name of L&T's group chairman who has recently been appointed the non-executive chairman of IT company MindTree? a) Arjun Venkat b) A.M. Naik c) P.K. Dikshit d) Vivek Kulkarni 46. Name the owner of Sarvana Bhavan who was sentenced to life imprisonment but died due to heart attack. a) P. Rajgopal b) R. Siddharamaiya c) V.K. Vats d) J.K. Narayan 47. What is the new launch date of Chandrayaan-2? a) 20 July b) 21 July c) 22 July d) 23 July
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48. Which among the following became the 76th signatory country to join the International Solar Alliance? a) Morocco b) Palau c) Philippines d) China 49. When is the Nelson Mandela International Day observed every year? a) 16 July b) 17 July c) 18 July d) 19 July 50. Which Indian company recently completed the acquisition of 100 percent stake of Hamleys Global Holdings Ltd (HGHL)? a) Reliance b) Tata c) ITC d) VIP
ANSWER KEYS 1 b 26 a 2 b 27 b 3 c 28 c 4 b 29 a 5 c 30 d 6 b 31 c 7 c 32 c 8 b 33 a 9 a 34 a 10 c 35 b 11 a 36 d 12 c 37 b 13 b 38 d 14 d 39 a 15 c 40 b 16 a 41 a 17 c 42 b 18 b 43 d 19 a 44 b 20 b 45 b 21 b 46 a 22 d 47 c 23 c 48 b 24 c 49 c 25 b 50 a
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