WEEKLY CURRENTAFFAIRS QUESTION DISCUSSION – 20.03.2019 TO 25.03.2019

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1. Name the top 3 cities, that shares the top spot in the world’s most expensive city for first time according to Economist Intelligence Unit survey? i. Singapore ii. Paris iii. Hong Kong iv. Geneva (A) Only (i) (B) (i)&(ii) (C) (i),(ii) & (iii) (D) All the above 2. participated in which of the following sport for the first time in 15th Special Olympics World Summer Games 2019 held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates? i. Judo ii. Futsal iii. Power lifting (A) Option i (B) Option i & ii (C) Option ii & iii (D) Option i, ii & iii 3. Name the UPI-Based Payments App launched by the Xiaomi in India? (A) Trans Pay (B) UPI Pay (C) Xi Pay (D) Mi Pay 4. On the basis of which law, centre has banned Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF)? (A) Indian Law Reports Act, 1875 (B) Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), 1967 (C) Unlawful Association Prevention Act(UAPA), 1943 (D) Prevention of Unlawful Association Act, 1974 5. When was the World Sparrow day observed? (A) 14th March (B) 15th March (C)24th March (D) 20th March 6. Which Grand Slam tournament had recently increase prize money by eight percent from 2018? (A) Australian Open (B) Wimbledon Open (C) US Open (D) French Open 7. Who won Life Time Achievement Award in the 64th Film Fare Awards 2019? (A) Sridevi (B) Amitabh Bachchan (C) Aamir Khan (D) Shah Rukh Khan 8. What is the rank of India in the Energy Transition index 2019 released by World Economic Forum (WEF)? (A) 70th (B) 76th (C) 80th (D) 81st 9. Which country won the 2019 Badminton Asia mixed team trophy? (A) Thailand (B) Japan (C) Nepal (D) China 10. Karen Uhlenbeck who has become the first woman to win Abel Prize, hails from which country? (A) Canada (B) USA (C) Poland (D) Norway 11. According to Global Economic Outlook by Fitch ratings, what is the growth projection of Indian economy? (A) 6.5% (B) 6.8% (C) 7.2% (D) 7.5% 12. Who is the author of the book ‘Every Vote Counts’, released by former VP of India, Hamid Ansari in New Delhi? (A)Navin Chawla (B) Arundhati Roy (C) Vikram Seth (D) Salman Rushdie 13. K M Mammen was appointed as the chairman of which Association? (A) National Association Of Software And Service Companies (B) Automotive Tyre Manufacturers’ Association (ATMA) (C) Indian Banks Association (IBA) (D) Indian Drug Manufacturers’ Association 14. Who is the head of 5-member committee, that is constituted by RBI to strengthen digital payments? (A) Nandan Nilekani (B)Shaktikanta Das (C)Urjit Patel (D) Viral Acharya 15. Name the Indian batsman, who became the first person to surpass 5000 runs in Indian Premier League(IPL)? (A) Virat Kohli (B) MS Dhoni (C) Suresh Raina (D)David Warner 16. Who is the author of the book “The Great Disappointment: How Squandered A Unique Opportunity to Transform the Indian Economy “that Analysis PM Modi’s Impact on Economy? (A) Anita Desai (B) Kiran Desai (C) Salman Rushdie (D) Salman AneesSoz 17. Who was conferred with Global Teacher Prize 2019? (A) Nurten Akkus (B) Marjorie Brown (C) Glenn Lee (D) Peter Tabichi 18. As per US based researchers from NASA, which planet is closer to earth? (A) Uranus (B) Mercury (C) Jupiter (D) Neptune 19. Which country has renamed its capital as Nursultan recently? (A) Uzbekistan (B) Kazakhstan (C) Tajikistan (D) Kyrgyzstan

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WEEKLY CURRENTAFFAIRS QUESTION DISCUSSION – 20.03.2019 TO 25.03.2019

20. RBI has turned down which of the following bank’s proposal to change its name recently? (A) IDBI Bank (B) Dena Bank (C) Bank of Baroda (D) Vijaya Bank 21. Who is chosen for Vyas Samman 2018? (A) Sunita Jain (B)Mamta Kalia (C) Surendra Verma (D)Leeladhar Jagudi 22. What is the rank of India,according to the United Nation’s World Happiness Report 2019? (A) 127 (B) 130 (C) 133 (D) 140 23. Name the Indian rail coach manufacturer, which became the world’s largest rail coach manufacturer surpassing Chinese manufacturers? (A) Indian Railway Coach Factory, Haldia (B) Modern Coach Factory, Raebareli (C) Integral Coach Factory (ICF),Chennai (D) Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala 24. Organisers of the 2020 Olympics unveiled a torch for the 2020 Olympics which is? (A) Cherry-Blossom (B) Trumpet-Shaped (C) Stellate-Shaped (D) Cruciform-Shaped 25. Who was re-elected as the president of the Basketball Federation of India (BFI)? (A)UgurErdener (B) Riccardo Fraccari (C)K.Govindaraj (D)Poul Erik Hoyer Larsen 26. What was the theme of the World Water Day 2019? (A) “Nature for Water” (B) “Why Waste Water?” (C) “Leaving no one behind” (D) “Water and Jobs” 27. According to the world airport traffic rankings 2018 by Airports Council International (ACI), which Indian airport became the 12th busiest airport in the world? (A) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (B) Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) (C)Kempegowda International Airport (D) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport 28. Which online payment system has tied up with e-commerce platform eBay to manage payment option? (A) Amazon Pay (B) PayPal (C) Google Pay (D) Paytm 29. Name the First transgender election ambassador appointed by the Election Commission of India? (A)Sathyasri Sharmila (B)Joyita Mondal (C)Prithika Yashini (D) Gauri Sawant 30. Name the personality who was not in the list of world’s 100 Most Influential People in Climate Policy for 2019? i.Piyush Goyal ii.Harsh Vardhan iii.Mukta Tilak iv.Narendra Modi v.Sunita Narain (A) All Options excluding I (B) All Options excluding ii (C) All Options excluding iii (D) All Options excluding iv 31. According to its recent discovery of NASA, the surface of which asteroid comprises the water and plumes? (A) Ceres (B)Bennu (C)Tholen (D) Itokawa 32. Government has set disinvestment target for the financial year 2019-20 of what amount against its target of Rs.80000 crore in 2018-19? (A) 80000 crore (B) 100000 crore (C) 90000 crore (D) 70000 crore 33. Which city became the world’s first city to install wireless, induction-based charging stations? (A)London, England (B)Oslo, Norway (C)Bangkok, Thailand (D) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 34. Which country has became the first G7 country to join China’s ‘Belt and Road’ initiative? (A) Italy (B) Japan (C) Canada (D) France 35. Which country won the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Women’s Championship 2019 for the fifth year consecutively? (A) Bangladesh (B) Maldives (C) Nepal (D) India 36. Name the first Latin-American, who won the 2019 Templeton Prize for combining science and spirituality in his work? (A) King Abdullah II (B) Marcelo Gleiser (C) Dalai Lama (D) Mike Brown 37. Which country has been stopped from hosting the Junior Davis Cup and Fed Cup? (A) India (B) Pakistan (C)Sri Lanka (D) Mozambique 38. Who was appointed as the 24th chief of naval staff of India? (A) Robin K Dhowan (B) Devendra Kumar Joshi (C) (D) 39. Name the first Indian low-cost carrier, which received IATA membership recently? (A) SpiceJet (B)GoAir (C) Air India (D) IndiGo 40. Which bank has signed MoU with SBI to boost business opportunities between both the banks? (A) Bank of America (B) Bank of China (C) Bank of Scotland (D) HSBC Bank

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WEEKLY CURRENTAFFAIRS QUESTION DISCUSSION – 20.03.2019 TO 25.03.2019

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

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