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Daily Current Affairs 9-10 June 2019 Gandhi Cycle Rally for Peace Has Been Organised in Which Country? श 車नत के निए ग 車धी स इनकि रैिी नकस देश में आयोनित की गई है?

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Daily Current Affairs 9-10 June 2019 Gandhi Cycle Rally for Peace Has Been Organised in Which Country? श 車नत के निए ग 車धी स इनकि रैिी नकस देश में आयोनित की गई है? Who among the following is the Chairman of the 15th Finance commission? निम्ननिखित में से कौि 15 वें नवत्त आयोग के अध्यक्ष हℂ? A. Ajay Narayan Jha B. N.K. Singh C. Arvind Subramanian D. Rajiv Mehrishi Daily Current Affairs 9-10 June 2019 Gandhi Cycle rally for peace has been organised in which country? श 車नत के निए ग 車धी स इनकि रैिी नकस देश में आयोनित की गई है? • Oman • Saudi Arabia • USA • China The 2 days ministerial meeting of G 20 on trade and digital economyis scheduled in which city? व्य प र और निनिटि अर्थव्यवर् पर िी 20 की 2 नदि की म車निस्तरीय बैठक नकस शहर में निध थररत है? • Tsukuba, Japan • Shanghai, China • Munich, Germany • New Delhi, India Who is the coach of mens Indian hockey team? मेंस इ車नियि हॉकी टीम के कोच कौि हℂ? • Steve Smith • Paul Jackelin • Manpreet Singh • Graham Reid Who is the chairperson of National Green Tribunal? िेशिि ग्रीि नटिब्यूिि के अध्यक्ष कौि हℂ? • Ashwin Lohania • Adarsh Goyal • Amitabh Kant • JM Reddy First world food safety day was inaugurated by Dr. Harsh Vardhan Singh on? प्रर्म नवश्व ि द्य सुरक्ष नदवस क उद्घ टि िॉ। हर्थवधथि नस車ह िे नकस त रीि को नकय र् ? • 4 June • 5 June • 7 June • 10 June RBI issued new guidelines for NPA resolution and recognition, Who is the Governor of RBI? RBI िे NPA के प्रस्त व और म न्यत के निए िए नदश निदेश ि री नकए, RBI के गविथर कौि हℂ? • Urjit Patel • Raghuram Rajan • D Subbarao • Shaktikant Das How many seats of lok saha and rajya sabha are there in Andhra Pradesh? आ車ध्र प्रदेश में िोक सभ और र िसभ की नकतिी सीटें हℂ? • 21,13 • 15,8 • 25,9 • 25,11 Which device has recently been unveiled to check the adulteration of foods? ि द्य पद र्ⴂ में नमि वट की ि ाँच के निए ह ि ही में नकस उपकरण क अि वरण नकय गय है? • Food safety box • Adulteration of foods • Jaanch box • Raman 1.0 Which party has recently been given the status of national party? ह ि ही में नकस प टी को र ष्ट्ि ीय प टी क दि थ नदय गय है? • NPP • TMC • AIADMK • TRS What is the name of Maldivian parliament? म िदीव की स車सद क क्य ि म है? • Majlis • Federal National Council • Majlis- ash shura • Knesset Kakoijana reserve forest is located at which place? क कीि ि आरनक्षत वि नकस र् ि पर खर्त है? • Assam • Odisha • Meghalaya • Sikkim With which country India signed an agreement to open a maritime musem in Gujarat? नकस देश के स र् भ रत िे गुिर त में एक समुद्री स車ग्रह िय िोििे के निए एक समझौते पर हस्तक्षर नकए? • Maldives • Sri Lanka • Portugal • Saudi Arabia Which company tied up with Womens global development and prosperity to further womens empowerment? नकस क車पिी िे मनहि सशखिकरण को और मिबूत करिे के निए मनहि वैनश्वक नवक स और समृखि के स र् समझौत नकय ? • Mastercard • Visa • Pu Pay • NPCI Who has been appointed as interim chairperson of J&K bank? J & K बℂक के अ車तररम चेयरपसथि के 셂प में नकसे नियुि नकय गय है? • Parvez Ahmad • R K Chibber • Mustaq Waseem • Rakesh Makija Who is the winner of womens French open? मनहि फ्रेंच ओपि की नविेत कौि है? • Rolland Garros • Marketa Vandrosouva • Ashleigh Bartey • Naomi Osaka Who among the following clinched gold in 11th international shotgun cup? निम्ननिखित में से कौि 11 वें अ車तरर ष्ट्ि ीय शॉटगि कप में स्वणथ िीत है? • Manu Bhaker • Saurabh Chaudhary • Ayush Rudraja • Gurnihal Singh Garcha National strategy for wellbeing 2031 has been adopted by which country? 2031 की भि ई के निए र ष्ट्ि ीय रणिीनत नकस देश द्व र अपि ई गई है? • Saudi Arabia • UAE • Israel • Kuwait Kings cup tournament is related to which of the following sports? नक車ग्स कप टूि थमेंट निम्ननिखित में से नकस िेि से स車ब車नधत है? • Hockey • Football • Badminton • Cricket Who is the winner of men’s single French open? मेन्स नस車गि फ्रेंच ओपि क नविेत कौि है? • Rafael Nadal • Roger Federer • Thiem • Novak Djokovic Who presents annual budget in India? भ रत में व नर्थक बिट कौि प्रस्तुत करत है? • Prime Minister • Home Minister • Finance Minister • Commerce and Industry Minister THANK YOU.
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