WEEKLY CURRENTAFFAIRS QUESTION DISCUSSION – 01.04.2019 TO 07.04.2019

No. of Questions: 40 Correct: ______

Full Mark: 40 Wrong: ______Time: 20 min Mark Secured: ______

1. Which of the following nations are imposed with Anti-Dumping Duty on the import of Solar Components by GOI? i. China ii.Malaysia iii.Saudia Arabia iv.Thailand v.Pakistan A) All the Options excluding I B) All the Options excluding v C) All the Options excluding iii D) All the Options excluding ii 2. Name the PSUcompany, which has successfully turned 1000 railway stations across the country into Free Wi-Fi zone? A) RashtriyaIspat Nigam Limited B) National Small Industries Corporation Limited C) RailTel Corporation of India D) Rail Vikas Nigam Limited 3. Name the third edition of bilateral maritime exercise between Australia and India? A) VAJRA PRAHAR B) COBRA GOLD C) AUSINDEX 19 D) AUSIND 19 4. Over which river does the Indian Army constructed longest suspension bridge? A) Brahmaputra River B) Yamuna River C) Indus River D) Godavari River 5. ADB has projected India’s GDP as at what per cent for the year 2019-20? A) 7.1% B) 7.5% C) 7.6% D) 7.2% 6. Find the messaging app, which unveiled a platform named ‘Checkpoint Tipline’ to tackle fake news during the Lok Sabha Election? A) WhatsApp B) Facebook C) Instagram D) Twitter 7. Which has signed agreement with Bharti Axa Life Company Ltd to sell its life insurance products? A) Bank B) RBL Bank C) D) 8. Who was appointed as the president of Confederation of Indian Industry(CII) for the period 2019-20? A) Vikram Kirloskar B) Rakesh Bharti Mittal C) Uday Kotak D) TV Narendran 9. Which international agency has published Asian Development Outlook 2019? A) World Bank B) IMF C) ADB D) SAARC 10. Who is the ICC chief Executive after David Richardson in 2019? A) Indra Nooyi B) Shashank Manohar C) Aziz Ullah Fazly D) Manu Sawhney 11. Reserve celebrates its ______Foundation Day on April 1,2019? A) 84th B) 83rd C) 81st D) 80th 12. Which country has signed MOU to join the International Solar Alliance recently? A) Bolivia B) Zambia C) Vanuatu D) Tonga 13. Name the investment and wealth management platform of the mobile payments company, which received SEBI approval for Stock Broking recently? A) Money B) Amazon Payments C) WorldPay D) WePay 14. Which village was tagged as India’s first carbon-positive settlement recently? A) Phayeng B) Mawlynnong C) Saiha D) Lunglei 15. Who was conferred with the sportsperson of the year award in Male category in ESPN India awards for 2018? A) Saurabh Chaudhary B) PV Sindhu C) Neeraj Chopra D) Jaspal Rana 16. What was the theme of the World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD) 2019? A)“Autism and the 2030 Agenda: Inclusion and Neurodiversity” B) “Assistive Technologies, Active Participation” C) “Empowering Women and Girls with Autism” D) “Toward Autonomy and Self-Determination” 17. Which country has unveiled the world’s first nationwide 5G mobile networks? A) China B) US C) Japan D) South Korea 18. Which organisation has received the approval from Competition Commission of India (CCI) to acquire Bengaluru-based IT services firm Mindtree? A) Microsoft B) L & T C) Infosys D) Wipro

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WEEKLY CURRENTAFFAIRS QUESTION DISCUSSION – 01.04.2019 TO 07.04.2019

19. Which bank has received a capital of Rs. 205 crore by the government in lieu of preferential allotment of shares? A) B) C) D) 20. Which global IT Service company has acquired 75% stake in Starter NV, for $144 million? A) Google B) Microsoft C) Infosys D) IBM 21. Who is the author of the book “Saffron Swords: Centuries of Indic Resistance to Invaders”? A) Vladimir Nabokov B) Ray Bradbury C) AabhasMaldahiyar D) Manoshi Sinha Rawal 22. Find the name of African country ,which was opted by India to set up India-Africa Institute of Agriculture and Rural Development (IAIARD)? A) Uganda B) Malawi C) Nigeria D) Tanzania 23. Who became the first Indian male Squash player to break into top-10 of Professional Squash Association world ranking? A) Abhishek Pradhan B) Vikram Malhotra C) Saurav Ghosal D) Ramit Tandon 24. Who was the first Black Women to be appointed as the Mayor of Chicago? A) Lori Lightfoot B) Tracey Norman C) Evelyn Ashford D) Vanessa Williams 25. Who was the author of the book “Gandhi: The Writer”? A) Bhabhani Bhattacharya B) Salman Rushdie C) Arundhati Roy D) Chetan Bhagat 26. What is the limit of Ways and Means Advances set up by RBI for the first half of the financial year 2019-20? A) Rs.90000 crore B) Rs.75000 crore C) Rs.25000 crore D) Rs.50000 crore 27. Who became the first Indian, to be designated as a member of FIFA Executive Council? A) Pradip Dutta B) Kushal Das C) Sunando Dhar D) Praful Patel 28. What is the name of the military exercise held between Morocco –US in Morocco recently? A) Sampriti II 2019 B) Brazen Chariots 2019 C) African Lion 2019 D) Ekuverin 2019 29. When was National Handloom week 2019 observed? A) 6th to 13th April B) 8th to 15th April C) 5th to 12th April D) 7th to 14th April 30. Who won the Bahrain Grand Prix 2019? A) Max Verstappen B) Charles Leclerc C) Valtteri Bottas D) Lewis Hamilton 31. BNP Paribas Cardif has sold 5 crore shares of which life insurance company? A) Max Life Insurance B) SBI Life Insurance C) Bharti AXA GI D) HDFC Life 32. Who has been appointed as the new Managing Director of LIC? A) M R Kumar B) Subhash Chandra Garg C) Vipin Anand D) Padmaja Chunduru 33. Which sport league match was launched in India after kabaddi and football recently? A) Hockey B) Golf C) Wrestling D) Kho-Kho 34. Name the bank recently approved for merger with Indiabulls Housing Finance? A) DCB Bank B) C) D) 35. Which steel company won the ‘Global Slag Company of the Year’ award at the 14th Global Slag Conference and Exhibition 2019, for development of new applications for Steel by-products (Slag)? A) Tata Steel B) Essar Steel C) SAIL D) RINL 36. Rakesh Malhotra has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to which country? A) Cameroon B) Albania C) Antigua and Barbuda D) Azerbaijan 37. According to the new norms of RBI, require to disclose their provision if assessed NPA exceeds what percent of profit prior to provision and contingencies? A) 15 % B) 10 % C) 20 % D) 25 % 38. Which bank becomes the first lender to impose charges On UPI transactions, namely, , PhonePe? A) ICICI Bank B) C) Kotak Mahindra Bank D) Lakshmi Vilas Bank 39. COMCASA agreement was recently in news,what is the full form of COMCASA? A) Complementation, Communications and Security Agreement B) Communications, Compatibility and Security Agreement C) Compatibility, Communications and Security Agreement D) Communications, Compressibility and Security Agreement 40. Name the person,who won women’s singles title in Miami Open and become the first ever Australian to win this in Women’s Singles category? A) Samantha Stosur B) Ashleigh Barty C) Karolina Pliskova D) Elise Mertens

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WEEKLY CURRENTAFFAIRS QUESTION DISCUSSION – 01.04.2019 TO 07.04.2019

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

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