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No. of Questions : 40 Correct : ______Full Mark : 40 Wrong : ______ WEEKLY CURRENTAFFAIRS QUESTION DISCUSSION – 12.02.2019 TO 17.02.2019 No. of Questions : 40 Correct : ____________ Full Mark : 40 Wrong : _____________ Time : 20 min Mark Secured : _______ 1. What is the name of the Mobile App that was launched during the Surging Silk, Mega Event? (A) e-textile (B) e-fabric (C) e-cocoon (D) e-yarn 2. The International Conference on Unani Medicine was held recently in which place? (A)Odisha (B)Uttar Pradesh (C)Haryana (D)New Delhi 3. Meghalaya Government had decided to rename which stadium after former Loksabha speaker Purno A Sangma? (A)Dikki Bandi stadium (B) Tilak Maidan Stadium (C) University Stadium (D)Fatorda Stadium 4. Which of the following bill is introduced in the cabinet to protect Indian citizen mostly women by their NRI spouses against exploitation and accountability? (A) Registration of Marriage and Protection of Indian Citizen Bill 2019 (B) Registration of Marriage of Indian Women 2019 (C) Registration of Marriage of Women Non Resident Indian(NRI) 2019 (D) Registration of Marriage of Non Resident Indian (NRI) Bill 2019 5. RBI restructuring package for small businesses will help recast Rs. 1 lakh crore of loans to 7 lakh MSME’s account holders. What is the time limit given to bank to implement this scheme? (A) March 2019 (B) March 2020 (C) April 2019 (D) April 2020 6. Which of the following insurance group received broking licence recently from IRDAI? (A) WomemSHG.com (B) YonoInsurance.com (C) UnionInsurance.com (D) IndianMoneyInsurance.com 7. Which Team won the Irani Cup title recently and becomes the 3rd team after Bombay and Karnataka to defend the Ranji Trophy and Irani Cup? (A) Rest of India (B) Delhi (C) Vidarbha (D) Tamil Nadu 8. Read the following statements and choose which one is true? i. HDFC Bank, Kotak Mahindra Band and IDBI Bank were fined Rs 2 million each for non-compliance with respect to Know Your Customer (KY(C) norms and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) standards. ii. Allahabad Bank, Andhra Bank, Indian Overseas bank and Bank of Maharashtra were penalised for not following directions set by RBI on monitoring end use of funds. iii. ICICI Bank has penalised with Rs.2 Crore for violating RBI norms. (A) Option i (B) Option ii (C) Option i and ii (D) All are correct 9. Who was appointed as the new Election Commissioner of India by President Ram Nath Kovind? (A) Sukumar Sen (B) Sunil Arora (C) Sushil Chandra (D) Om Prakash Rawat 10. For the first time in Grammy Awards History, which rap song won both the “Song of the year” and “Record of the year” 2019 Award (A) God’s Plan (B)Mass Education (C) Space Cowboy (D) This is America 11. Who overtook former Indian captain Kapil Dev to become joint 7th highest Test wicket-taker? (A) MS Dhoni (B) Dale Steyn (C) Virat Kohli (D) Rohit Sharma 12. Who was appointed as the chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)? (A) Pramod Chandra Mody (B) Salil Parekh (C) Sushil Chandra (D) Ashwin Chandra 13. Which of the following Politician’s Speeches are compiled as a book titled “Selected Speeches: Volume-1” and released by Former President Shri Pranab Mukherjee recently? (A) Sushma Swaraj (B) Piyush Goyal (C) Narendra Modi (D) Venkaiah Naidu 14. On import from which country India has increased the custom duty to 200% recently? (A) China (B) Pakistan (C) Russia (D)Srilanka 15. Name the bank,which is penalised by RBI with Rs 1.5 crore recently? (A) Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) (B) Bank of India (C) Punjab National Bank (PNB) (D) Indian Bank 16. Who has been appointed the Chairman and MD of National carrier Air India in New Delhi? (A)Ajay Tyagi (B)Kartikeya Sen (C)Ashwini Lohani (D)Subhash Chandra 17. What is the theme of this year’s World Radio Day 2019? (A)Securing freedom with Radio (B)Dialogue, Tolerance and Peace (C)Radio and Sports (D)Radio is You 18. Which Bank had became the first US bank with Cryptocurrency? (A) JP Morgan Chase (B) Bank of America (C) Goldman Sachs (D) Wells Fargo 19. Who won Israel’s prestigious Dan David Prize? (A)Bhupen Hazarika (B)Sonam Wangchuk (C)Bharat Vatwani (D)Sanjay Subrahmanyam 1441, Opp. IOCL Petrol Pump, CRPF Square, Bhubaneswar-751015 1 Ph. : 8093556677, 9040456677, Web : www.vanik.org, E-mail : [email protected] WEEKLY CURRENTAFFAIRS QUESTION DISCUSSION – 12.02.2019 TO 17.02.2019 20. Arthur van Doren who won the Male Player of the Year in the International Hockey Federation’s Players of the Year for 2018 belongs to which country? (A) Australia (B) Iceland (C) Belgium (D) Netherland 21. Who was the first female driver to win MRF Challenge title? (A) Alice Powell (B) Jamie Chadwick (C) Abbie Eaton (D) Vicky Piria 22. Bihar Chief Minister,Nitish Kumar launched which of the following Old Age Pension scheme recently? (A) Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan(RMSA) (B) Pradhan Mantri GraminAwaasYojana(PMGAY) (C) Mukhya Mantri Vriddha Pension Yojana (MMVPY) (D) Mukhya Mantri Matritva Vandana Yojana(PMMVY) 23. Who is the author of “Let Talk on Air : Conversations with Radio Presenters”? (A)Arvind Subramanian (B)Ameren Shayani (C)Rakesh Anand (D)Ramesh Jha 24. What is the new increased value of the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for raw jute for the financial year 2019-20 approved by Union Cabinet? (A) Rs.3550 per quintal (B) Rs.3650 per quintal (C) Rs.3750 per quintal (D) Rs.3950 per quintal 25. What was the theme of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science? (A) Workers on the Move: Defend Your Human Rights (B) Workers on the Move: for Inclusive Green Growth (C) Investment in Women and Girls in Science and Defend Your Human Rights (D) Investment in Women and Girls in Science for Inclusive Green Growth 26. According to World Health Organization report, Measles cases nearly reduced by what count in 2018 from its previous year? (A) Tripled (B) Doubled (C)Halfed (D) Quartered 27. Which City topped and won the Swachhata Excellence Awards 2019? (A) Alappuzha of Kerala (B)Ambikapur of Chhattisgarh (C)Kumbakonam of Tamil Nadu (D)Raigarh of Chhattisgarh 28. Tapsee Pannu has been appointed as brand ambassador of which organization? (A) PepsiCo’s Mountain Dew (B) PepsiCo’s Gatorade (C) PepsiCo’s Kurkure (D) PepsiCo’s LAY’S 29. NPAs of which of the following scheme stood at Rs 7,277 crore in all Public Sector Banks by the end of March 2018? (A) Pradhan Mantri Jan DhanYojana(PMJDY) (B)Kisan Vikas Patra(KVP) (C) Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) (D) Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana(SSY) 30. India had signed agreement with which country for setting up Joint Working Group (JWG) on Counter-terrorism? (A) Morocco (B) Japan (C)Srilanka (D) China 31. By which date, the Telecom Regulatory Authority o0f India(TRAI) extended the deadline for selection of TV channels by both cable and DTH subscribers? (A)Feb 28 (B)March 31 (C)March 30 (D)April 1 32. What is the new National Minimum Wage (NMW) per month for a worker,recently revised by an expert committee appointed by GOI? (A) Rs.8750 per month (B) Rs.9750 per month (C) Rs.7550 per month (D) Rs.8550 per month 33. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) withdrew how much percent limit on investments by FPIs in corporate bonds of an entity with a view to encourage more foreign investments? (A) 10 Percent (B) 20 Percent (C) 30 Percent (D)25 Percent 34. When was the World day of the Sick observed? (A) 8th February (B) 9th February (C) 11th February (D) 10th February 35. Government had increased the validity of e-tourist and e- business visas from 60 days to what tenure in order to increase the number of foreign tourists and facilitate the process of e-visa? (A) 3 months (B) 6 months (C) 9 months (D) 1 year 36. Which City host the 72nd BAFTA Awards? (A) Los Angeles, USA (B)London, U.K (C)Paris, France (D)Beijing, China 37. Name the Annual Exercise carried out by Indian Army at Deolali Camp near Nashik? (A) Exercise Sampriti (B) Exercise Mitra Shakti (C) Exercise Shatrujeet (D) Exercise Topchi 38. What is the Name of the First Ayush University? (A)Sree Kurukshetra Ayush University (B)Sree National Ayush University (C)Sree Ayush University (D)Sree Krishna Ayush University 39. Where was the Seventh Session of World Government Summit 2019 held? (A) Washington, D.C.,USA (B) New York, USA (C) Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) (D) London, United Kingdom(UK) 40. Who was designated as the brand ambassador of Rajasthan Royals? (A) Aaron Finch (B) Nathan Lyon (C) Glenn Maxwell (D) Shane Warne 1441, Opp. IOCL Petrol Pump, CRPF Square, Bhubaneswar-751015 2 Ph. : 8093556677, 9040456677, Web : www.vanik.org, E-mail : [email protected] WEEKLY CURRENTAFFAIRS QUESTION DISCUSSION – 12.02.2019 TO 17.02.2019 ANSWER KEYS 1 C 21 B 2 D 22 C 3 A 23 C 4 D 24 D 5 B 25 D 6 D 26 B 7 C 27 D 8 C 28 C 9 C 29 C 10 D 30 A 11 B 31 B 12 A 32 B 13 D 33 B 14 B 34 C 15 A 35 D 16 C 36 B 17 B 37 D 18 A 38 D 19 D 39 C 20 C 40 D 1441, Opp. IOCL Petrol Pump, CRPF Square, Bhubaneswar-751015 3 Ph. : 8093556677, 9040456677, Web : www.vanik.org, E-mail : [email protected] .
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