Current Affairs from 1 to 8, September, 2019

1. Which of the following cricket player has been conferred with Bharat Gaurav Award 2019? A) Sourav Ganguly B) Kapil Dev C) MS Dhoni D) Virat Kohli E) Sachin Tendulkar Answer B 2. VG Siddhartha committed suicide. He was the founder of which of the following company? A) Amul B) Britannia C) Cafe Coffee Day D) Kissan E) Nestle Answer C 3. 52nd ASEAN Summit 2019 held in which of the following country? A) Thailand B) Japan C) Vietnam D) South Korea E) Palestine Answer A 4. Which of the following city has ranked no.1 city for the students in the world? A) Berlin B) Sydney C) Melbourne D) London E) Tokyo Answer D 5. Which of the following city has ranked no.1 city for the students ? A) New B) Chennai C) Bangalore D) Pune E) Answer C

6. Who has been appointed new speaker of the legislative assembly of Karnataka? A) N P Prajapati B) C. P Joshi C) Ram Niwas Goel D) Rajeev Bindal E) Vishweshwar Kageri Answer E 7. Which of the following payment is going to be converted into small finance bank? A) Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd B) Airtel Payments Bank C) Paytm Payments Bank D) Indian Postal Payment bank E) Jio Payments Bank Answer D 8. ‘Mobile Library Bus Service’ has been launched in which of the following city? A) Chandigarh B) Mohali C) D) Dehradun E) Shimla Answer C 9. Which of the following city will host a conference on e-Governance 2019? A) New Delhi B) Mumbai C) Bangalore D) Gangtok E) Shillong Answer E 10. Which of the following country has exempted visa fees by Sri Lankan Government? A) England B) Australia C) Nepal D) India E) Pakistan Answer D

11. Which of the following state has launched 24 x 7 free ambulance service? A) Jammu & Kashmir B) C) Gujarat D) Andhra Pradesh E) Karnataka Answer A 12. Who has been appointed as a Governor of Nagaland?

A) Rohan Juneja B) Ravindra Singh C) RN Ravi D) Ravi Shankar E) None of these Answer D 13. Who has been appointed as a Governor of West Bengal? A) Jagdeep Dhankar B) RN Ravi C) Ravi Shankar D) Rohan Juneja E) None of these Answer A 14. Which of the following ministry has launched a competition for designing of the postage stamp? Ministry of External Affairs Ministry of Human Resource Development Telecom Ministry Ministry of Information & Broadcasting None of these Answer D 15. ‘One Nation - One Ration Card’ scheme launched in 4 states. Which of the following state is not there? A) Maharashtra B) Gujarat C) Sikkim

D) Telangana E) Andhra Pradesh Answer C

16. BIS to setup pashmina testing center in which of the following places? A) Ranchi B) Raipur C) Leh D) Shimla E) Udaipur Answer C 17. Delhi government announced free electricity till how much units? A) 100 Units B) 50 Units C) 150 Units D) 200 Units E) 250 Units Answer D 20. ‘Malcolm Nash’ passed away. He has played which of the following sport? A) Basketball B) Hockey C) Tennis D) Cricket E) Volleyball Answer D 21. Who has conferred with the prestigious award ‘Entrepreneur Of The Year Award’ 2019? A) Bhavish Agarwal B) Ritesh Agarwal C) Ruhan Rajput D) Nitin Kamath E) Dhiraj Rajaram Answer C 22. Which of the following country allowed women to travel abroad without a male guardian’s approval? A) Iran

B) North Korea C) Saudi Arabia D) Pakistan E) None of these Answer C

23. Which of the following Indian Generalist won the Ramon Magsaysay Award 2019?

A) Ravish Kumar B) Rohit Sardana C) Rajat Sharma D) Anjana Om Kashyap E) Arnab Goswami Answer A 24. Which of the following engineering institute students has developed low-cost solar cell using Kumkum dye’? A) IIT Kanpur B) IIT Roorkee C) IIT Mandi D) IIT Bombay E) IIT Hyderabad Answer E 25. Cabinet approved ‘ISRO Technical Liaison’ in which of the following city? A) Berlin B) London C) New York D) Moscow E) None of these Answer D 26. 45th ‘World Skills International Competition-2019’ is to be held on which of the following country? A) Russia B) China C) USA D) UK

E) India Answer A 27. 4th South Asian’s Speakers Summit is to be held on which of the following country? A) Pakistan B) Maldives C) Bhutan D) Sri Lanka E) Nepal Answer B

28. Which of the following country has banned face clothing? A) Saudi Arabia B) Netherlands C) USA D) Russia E) China Answer B 29. Which of the following has become the first cricketer to reach 1000 Runs & 100 Wickets in International T20s? A) Virat Kohli B) Glen Maxwell C) Chris Gayle D) Ellyse Perry E) Mitali Raj Answer D 30. Which of the following Article has been revoked by ?

A) Article 370 B) Article 371 C) Article 356 D) Article 348 E) None of these Answer A 31. Which of the following Indian State to get world’s Ultra-Fast Hyperloop Project? A) Tamilnadu B) Karnataka C) Maharashtra

D) Gujarat E) Andhra Pradesh Answer C 32. Which of the following city is to get India’s first underwater metro? A) Kolkata B) Chennai C) New Delhi D) Gurugram E) Mumbai Answer A

33. ‘Vhali Dikri Yojna’ has launched by which of the following state? A) Tamilnadu B) Uttarakhand C) D) Gujarat E) Maharashtra Answer D 34. Riot Control vehicle ‘Vajra’ has launched by which of the following state? A) Jammu & Kashmir B) Madhya Pradesh C) Telangana D) Andhra Pradesh E) None of these Answer D 35. ‘Aadi Perukku’ festival celebrated in which of the following state? A) Andhra Pradesh B) Kerala C) Telangana D) Tamilnadu E) Orissa Answer D 36. Who has been appointed as a New CEO of HSBC Bank? A) Matthew Nyon B) Adam Smith

C) Noel Quinn D) Rahul Awasthi E) None of these Answer C 37. Who has been appointed as MD-CEO of LIC Housing Finance Ltd ? A) Siddharth Mohanty B) Vinay Shah C) Rohit Singh D) Sumit Sardana E) None of these Answer A

38. ‘Kanti Bhatt’ passed away. He was related to which of the following profession? A) Writer B) Journalist C) Singer D) Politician E) None of these Answer B 39. RBI imposed a penalty for ‘fraud classification’ over how many banks? A) 2 B) 3 C) 5 D) 7 E) 10 Answer D 40. Who has won the ‘Hungarian Grand Prix 2019’? A) Lewis Hamilton B) Sebastian Vettel C) Valtteri Bottas D) Sergio Perez E) None of these Answer A 41. India’s largest Education Brainstorm 2019 is to be held in which of the following state?

Rajasthan Gujarat Punjab New Delhi Answer A 42. Rajya Sabha MP ‘Bhubneshwar Kalita’ resigned. He belongs to which of the following political party? A) AIDMK B) TMC C) INC D) BJP E) BJD Answer C

43. ‘ISRO’ settled up SSAM in which of the following city of India? A) New Delhi B) Jalandhar C) Bangalore D) Shimla E) Lucknow Answer C 44. Which of the following Bank has become the first Indian bank to link up with China’s National Advanced Payment System? A) SBI B) ICICI C) HDFC D) Bank Of Baroda E) Axis Bank Answer A 45. Which of the following has become the new MD & CEO of Mindtree? A) Robert Iger B) C Vijayakumar C) Debashish Chatterjee D) G.V Prasad

E) Rajeev Suri Answer C 46. Which of the following batsman has topped the chart in hitting the most number of sixes in T20 Internationals? A) Kane Williamson B) Rohit Sharma C) Eon Morgan D) Jason Roy E) Virat Kohli Answer B 47. Reserve Bank Of India cuts Repo Rate by how much basis points? A) 25 B) 35 C) 10 D) 50 E) 40 Answer B

48. RBI has announced 24 x 7 facility of which of the following service? A) IMPS B) UPI C) NEFT D) RTGS E) None of these Answer D 49. ‘Sushma Swaraj’ passed away. She was the Ex-Minister in which of the following ministry? A) Ministry Of Commerce B) Ministry Of Human Resource Development C) Ministry Of External Affairs D) Ministry Of Finance E) Ministry Of Home Affairs Answer C 50. ‘National Handloom Day’ is observed on which of the following day? A) 15 August B) 7 August C) 1 August

D) 20 August E) None of these Answer B 51. Which of the following state assembly has passed a bill of ‘Honour Killing’? A) Tamilnadu B) Rajasthan C) Gujarat D) Haryana E) Uttar Pradesh Answer B 52. ‘3-D Smart Traffic Signal’ has been launched in which of the following city? A) Mohali B) Bangalore C) Gurugram D) Noida E) None of these Answer A

53. Nick Kyrgios has won 6th ATP title. He belongs to which of the following country? A) Australia B) England C) Russia D) New Zealand E) None of these Answer A 54. ‘Fiona Kolbinger’ become the first woman to win 4000 KM Cycling. She belongs to which of the following country? A) Germany B) Japan C) England D) Russia E) None of these Answer A 55. Which of the following team has topped the ICC Test Ranking 2019?

A) England B) Australia C) India D) New Zealand E) South Africa Answer C 56. ‘Jeevan Amar’ plan has been launched by which of the following insurance company? United India Insurance Ltd Bharti AXA Life Insurance Birla Sun Life Insurance Co. Ltd. Life Insurance Corporation None of these Answer D

57. SBI Life has signed a bancassurance pact with which of the following bank? A) Punjab National Bank B) Indian Overseas Bank C) ICICI Bank D) Indian bank E) None of these Answer D

58. Cyber Insurance Scheme has been launched by which of the following insurance company? A) New India Insurance Company Ltd. B) Oriental India Insurance Company Ltd. C) SBI General Life Insurance D) Bharti AXA Life Insurance E) None of these Answer C 59. ‘Miss World Diversity Title 2019’ has won by which of the following person? A) Aafia Hussain B) Raheela Shareef C) Naaz Joshi D) Sahiba Parveen E) None of these Answer C 60. Who is recognized as a father of the Indian Space Research Programme?

A) APJ Abdul Kalam B) Ritu Karidhal C) Tapan Misra D) Vikram Sarabhai E) None of these Answer D 61. A portable device to detect bacteria instantly has been discovered by the students of which of the following institute? A) IIT Delhi B) IIT Bombay C) IIT Madras D) IIT Guwahati E) IIT Roorkee Answer D 62. ‘Harley Race’ passed away. He was associated with which of the following sports? A) Basketball B) Wrestling C) Boxing D) Tennis E) None of these Answer B

63. ‘J Om Prakash’ passed away. He was associated with which of the following profession? A) Actor B) Singer C) Director D) Writer E) None of these Answer C 64. Death anniversary of Rabindra Nath Tagore is observed on which of the following day? A) 7 August B) 1 August C) 10 August D) 15 August E) None of these

Answer A 65. Who has been appointed as CMD of ‘Power Grid’? A) Kandikuppa Srikant B) Manoj Srivastva C) Mohan Banerjee D) Anuj Mehta E) None of these Answer A