Current Affairs Quiz – July 01, 2019 3. Chabra Super Critical Thermal Power Station is situated in which state? 1. Goods & Services Tax Day is observed in a) on which date? b) Telangana a) June 23 c) Rajasthan b) July 01 d) Bihar c) May 24 d) August 02 Explanation: In Rajasthan, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot inaugurated 5th and 6th Unit of Explanation: The second anniversary of Good Chabra Super Critical Thermal Power Station & Services Tax (GST) will be celebrated with this afternoon. This is the state‟s First project Hon‟ble Union Minister of State of Finance and based on Super Critical Thermal Power Corporate Affairs Shri Anurag Thakur presiding Technology and the estimated cost of this over the event. GST was launched on the 1st project is 9 thousand 550 Crore Rupees. July, 2017 in a majestic ceremony held in the Central Hall of Parliament on the midnight of 4. Which state is set to begin its variant of 30th June, 2017. Hence, the Government NRC from July 10? alongwith partners from the trade and industry a) Nagaland is celebrating the 2nd Anniversary of GST on b) Tripura 1st July 2019. c) Meghalaya d) Assam 2. The National Doctors Day is observed on which date? Explanation: Nagaland has decided to start a a) June 25 variant of the National Register of Citizens b) August 09 (NRC) that neighbouring Assam is updating. c) July 01 The exercise for collecting information on locals d) May 24 and non-locals has a 60-day deadline

Explanation: The National Doctors Day was 5. Which city in UAE is to host first ISA's created to accommodate the services of doctors joint security exercise ISALEX19 ? and individuals for the community. The First a) Sharjah Doctor‟s Day was celebrated in India in the year b) Abu Dhabi 1991. July 1 happens to be the birth and death c) Dubai anniversary of the most famous physician of d) Fujairah India - Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy. Monthly Current Affairs Quiz July 2019

Explanation: Representatives of 50 law 8. Veer Chotrani is related to which sports? enforcement agencies of the International a) Tennis Security Alliance are taking part in the first joint b) Hockey security exercise in Abu Dhabi.The c) Chess International Security Alliance, launched in d) Squash 2017 in Abu Dhabi, are an international working group to confront organised, transnational and Explanation: In Squash, India won a gold as Veer extremist crimes. Chotrani beat compatriot Yash Fadte to win the Under-19 title at the Asian Junior Championship in 6. Remdesivir is a broad-spectrum antiviral Macau, China. With this victory, Veer became the drug which is currently in phase 2 clinical third Indian to win the Asian trophy after Ravi Dixit trial for the treatment of which disease? and Vela Senthilkumar. Current Affairs Quiz – July a) Ebola 02, 2019 b) Marburg c) Hantavirus Current Affairs Quiz – July 02, 2019 d) Lassa 1. Who named as the convenor of the Explanation: In a new study, researchers from agriculture reforms committee? the National Institutes of Health, U.S., have a) Nara Chandrababu Naidu shown that Remdesivir was able to treat four b) Devendra Fadnavis African green monkeys which were given a c) Pema Khandu lethal dose of Nipah virus. Remdesivir is a d) Sarbanda Sonowal broad-spectrum antiviral drug which is currently Explanation: Centre has constituted a high in phase 2 clinical trial for the treatment of powered committee of Chief Ministers of Ebola. several states for the transformation of Indian Agriculture. Maharashtra Chief Minister 7. Who has been appointed as the 23rd chief Devendra Fadnavis will be the convenor of the of Indian Coast Guard? a) Rajendra Singh committee, while the chief ministers of b) Harish Bisht Karnataka, , Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh c) Krishnaswamy Natarajan d) Anil Chopra have been included as members.

Explanation: Shri Krishnaswamy Natarajan 2. Which Country bans single-use plastic took over as 23rd chief of Indian Coast Guard. shopping bags? A 5th Batch Officer of the Indian Coast Guard, a) Australia he joined service in January 1984. b) Canada c) New Zealand d) Switzerland

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Explanation: New Zealand has officially 5. What is the scheme name to create banned single-use plastic shopping bags. awareness on the benefits of water Companies that break the ban will face heavy conservation? penalties, including fines of up to 100,000 New a) Gramin Bhandaran Yojana Zealand dollars (USD 67,000). Under the new b) Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Antyodaya rules, thin plastic single-use shopping bags can Yojana no longer be supplied, but reusable carriers are c) Jal Shakti Abhiyan allowed. The legislation which was announced d) Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana in August last year came into force. Explanation: Union Government has launched 3. Which Country exceeds uranium limit set Jal Shakti Abhiyan to create awareness on the in nuclear deal? benefits of water conservation and declining a) Iran sources of water in the country. The Jal Shakti b) Syria Abhiyan has been launched in two phases. The c) Israel first phase is 1st July to 15th September and is d) Pakistan for all participating States and the second phase will be between 1st October to 30th November Explanation: Iranian Foreign Minister for States with retreating monsoon. Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that the country has exceeded the 300-kilogramme limit 6. Parliament approves resolution to extend on its enriched uranium reserves set by the 2015 President rule in which State? nuclear deal. a) Jammu & Kashmir b) Uttar Pradesh 4. New return system for GST on trial basis c) Punjab will come into force from? d) Orissa a) September 14 b) October 01 Explanation: The Parliament has given its nod c) July 02 to the resolution seeking extension of President d) August 12 rule in Jammu and Kashmir for further period of six months with effect from 3rd July 2019 with Explanation: The government will introduce the Rajya Sabha approving it. Jammu and the new return system on a trial basis on the Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2019 second anniversary of Goods and Services Tax was also passed by Parliament with Rajya Sabha (GST). It will come into force from 1st of approving it. Both the resolution and the bill October this year on a mandatory basis. The have already been passed by the Lok Sabha. Finance Ministry has also proposed Sahaj and Sugam returns for small taxpayers for the current fiscal.

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7. AYUSH Ministry signed with which 9. Who won the WBC Asia Title? ministry for the digitization of the a) Mohammed Ali Qamar AYUSH sector? b) Mary Kom a) Ministry of External Affairs c) Vijender Singh b) Centre for Development of Advanced d) Vaibhav Yadav Computing Explanation: Indian pro boxer Vaibhav Yadav c) Ministry of Electronics and became the World Boxing Council (WBC) Asia Information Technology d) Ministry of Commerce and Industry silver welterweight champion after defeating Thailand's Fahpetch Singmanassak in the title Explanation: The Ministries of AYUSH and bout held in Pattaya, Thailand. Electronics and Information Technology signed a Memorandum of Understanding in New Delhi Current Affairs Quiz – July 03, 2019 to collaborate on the digitization of the AYUSH 1. Who is the current health minister of sector. It leads to transformation in the field of India? health care delivery at all levels, along with a) Harsh Vardhan greater research, education, delivery of various b) Prakash Javadekar health care programmes and better drug c) Smriti Irani regulations. d) Ananth Kumar

8. What is the name of scheme to strengthen Explanation: Health Minister Dr Harsh research culture and innovation in Vardhan said government has set a target to colleges and Universities? raise health services expenditure to 2.5 per cent a) University Grants Commission of the country's GDP by 2025. In reply to a b) National Council of Educational question in Rajya Sabha, Dr Harsh Vardhan Research and Training said, the public expenditure on health services is c) Association of Indian Universities continuously increasing. d) National Board of Accreditation 2. First international flight connecting Explanation: The University Grants Guwahati to which city was recently Commission (UGC) has approved a new flagged off by Assam CM? initiative - Scheme for Trans-disciplinary a) Jorhat Research for India‟s Developing Economy b) Dibrugarh (STRIDE) to boost research culture in the c) Guwahati country. This scheme will strengthen research d) Tinsukia culture and innovation in colleges and Universities. Explanation: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal flagged off the first international flight connecting Guwahati and Dhaka at Borjahr airport in Guwahati.

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3. Which City in Rajasthan state Police 6. India pledges to contribute how much station bags 1st Rank in assessment by amount in 2019 to UN Palestine refugee Home ministry? agency? a) Ajmer a) 6 Million b) Bhilwara b) 10 Million c) Chittorgarh c) 5 Million d) Kalu d) 8 Million

Explanation: In Rajasthan, Kalu police station Explanation: India has pledged to contribute 5 in the Bikaner district has set an example million US Dollars in 2019 to the UN Palestine towards crime control and preventive action. refugee agency. It also voiced concern over the Kalu Police station recently bagged First Rank agency's financial situation and called for in an assessment by the Home ministry of 15 ensuring sustained financial support for its thousand 666 police stations across the country. work.

4. Adiya Tribesmen belongs to which state? 7. Vahalee Deekaree Yojana is a scheme to a) Kerala educate girls was launched by which b) Maharashtra state? c) Tamil Nadu a) Bihar d) Madhya Pradesh b) Telangana c) Gujarat Explanation: The Adiya tribesmen in Wayanad d) Odisha have started to perform „Naduzhiyal‟ as part of their ritualistic art form „Nadugaddhika‟ in Explanation: Vahalee Deekaree Yojana is a villages of the hill district for the prosperity of new scheme to educate girls, improve sex ratio the public. The ritual usually starts after the and prevent child marriage in Gujarat. With a Vaishakha festival at the Mahadeva temple at provision of Rs 133 crore, the scheme will Kottiyoor in Kannur district. benefit families with income of upto Rs 2 lakh per year. Under the „Vahalee Deekaree Yojana‟, 5. Operation Khumaar was launched in the first and second girl child of the family will which state? be provided assistance of Rs 4,000 at the time of a) Orissa enrollment in the Class I and assistance of Rs b) Punjab 6,000 at the time of enrollment in Class IX. c) Jammu and kashmir d) Karnataka 8. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of International School of Dravidian Explanation: In Jammu and Kashmir a Linguistics (ISDL)? campaign has been launched in Rajouri, a a) Ramakrishna Reddy border district of Jammu division called b) Maheshwaraiah “Operation Khumaar” to make 312 panchayats c) Vishwanatham tobacco-free. d) Abdul Samad

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Explanation: H.M. Maheshwaraiah, Vice- 2. IMF board approves $6 billion loan Chancellor, Central University of Karnataka package for which country? (CUK), has been appointed chairman of a) Iran International School of Dravidian Linguistics b) Israel (ISDL). The school was established in 1977 at c) Pakistan Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. It is the only d) Afghanistan organisation of its kind dedicated to the preservation and development of Dravidian Explanation: The International Monetary Fund languages across the world through teaching, Executive board gave formal approval to a learning, research, and publication. three-year, $6 billion loan package for Pakistan to rein in mounting debts and stave off a 9. Who has been appointed as the New DGP looming balance of payments crisis. The Board of Tamil Nadu? approval will allow immediate disbursement of a) Abhash Kumar around $1 billion, with the remainder to be b) Jalad K. Tripathy phased in over the period of the programme, c) Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal subject to quarterly review, the IMF said in a d) Tamil Selvan brief statement.

Explanation: Jalad K. Tripathy, a 1985-batch 3. Which space organisation tests launch- IPS officer, will take charge as the new abort system for its moon mission? Director-General of Police/Head of Police a) ISRO Force, replacing T.K. Rajendran, who retired b) NASA from service in June 2019 c) JAXA d) ASI Current Affairs Quiz – July 04, 2019 Explanation: NASA carried out a successful 1. Railways to install CCTV cameras in over test of a launch-abort system for the Orion 7,000 train coaches by which year? capsule designed to take U.S. astronauts to the a) 2023 Moon. The three-minute exercise at Cape b) 2021 Canaveral in Florida aimed to test in almost c) 2019 real-life conditions the evacuation of astronauts d) 2022 from the capsule in the event of an explosion or Explanation: The railways has set a target to rocket booster failure. install CCTV cameras in more than 7,000 4. On July 2,2019 in which part of the earth coaches of mainline passenger trains by March total solar eclipse was visible? 2021. Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said a) South America CCTV cameras have already been installed in b) Africa coaches of premium, mail, express and suburban c) Asia trains. d) Australia

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Explanation: In the region of Coquimbo in 7. MoU signed between UPSC and Civil Chile darkness descended during a total eclipse Service Council of which country? of the sun. The Moon's great shadow, or umbra, a) Mongolia then passed over the Andes and across to b) Armenia Argentina. The rest of Chile, as well as Peru, c) Lebanon Ecuador, Paraguay, Bolivia, Uruguay, and parts d) The Republic of Armenia of Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela and Panama, witnessed a partial eclipse. Explanation: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between 5. Govt hikes Minimum Support Price of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) which crops for 2019-20 season? and the Civil Service Council of Mongolia, to a) Rabi take forward the cooperation between the b) Kharif Commissions of the two countries. The MoU c) Zaid primarily aims to facilitate sharing and d) Horiculture promoting best practices through bilateral exchanges. Explanation: In a major boost to the farmers‟ income, the Cabinet Committee on Economic 8. NDMA is going to conduct workshop on Affairs has approved the increase in the Glacial Hazards and Risks in which Minimum Support Prices, MSP for all Kharif place? crops for 2019-20 Season. The increase in MSP a) New Delhi for Kharif Crops for 2019-20 season is in line b) Mumbai with the principle of fixing the MSPs at a level c) Bengaluru of at least 1.5 times of the all India weighted d) Jaipur average Cost of production, which was announced in the last budget 2018-19. Explanation: National Disaster Management Authority in partnership with Swiss Agency for 6. Cabinet approves MoU between India Development and Cooperation (SDC) is and which country for Shipping? organizing a two-day brainstorming meeting on a) Sri Lanka the assessment and management of glacial risks, b) Maldives particularly glacial lake outburst floods c) Myanmar (GLOFs) in New Delhi. GLOFs refer to the d) Seychelles sudden discharge of a water reservoir that has formed either underneath, at the side, in front, Explanation: The Union Cabinet has given ex- within, or on the surface of a glacier. post facto approval for the MoU between India and Maldives for the establishment of passenger and cargo services by sea. India is a leading development partner of Maldives and has established many of the leading institutions of Maldives.

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9. Who won gold medal in Poznan Athletics c) Odisha Grand Prix in Poland? d) West Bengal a) Dutee Chand b) P. V. Sindhu Explanation: In Uttar Pradesh, the State government today launched a toll-free Chief c) Hima Das d) Swapna Barman Minister helpline 1076 that will enable people from across the state to register their complaints Explanation: Hima Das, the under-20 World and will ensure a time-bound action on the champion won the women‟s 200m gold in the complaints also. Poznan Athletics Grand Prix in Poland. Muhammed Anas in men‟s 200m, K.S. Jeevan 3. Which State Government gets Rs. 358 in men‟s 400m , Asian champion Tajinder Pal crore from Centre for road projects? Singh Toor in men‟s shot put and V.K. Vismaya a) Assam in Women‟s 200m won Bronze medal each. b) Tripura c) Meghalaya Current Affairs Quiz – July 05, 2019 d) Mizoram

1. RRB recruitment exams is going to be Explanation: The Centre has sanctioned an conducted in how many regional additional amount of Rs. 358 crore for languages? construction of new roads in rural areas of a) 9 Tripura. This would help the State government b) 24 to complete the projects and infrastructure c) 13 developmental works that were left unfinished d) 11 in the State.

Explanation: The government announced that 4. Bangladesh and which country signed 9 recruitment examination of Regional Rural instruments on various sectors recently? Banks, RRBs will be conducted in 13 regional a) Pakistan languages in addition to English and . b) Afghanistan Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that c) China the examination of direct recruitment of Scale-1 d) India officers and Office Assistant in RRBs will be conducted in regional languages too. The Explanation: China will provide 2,500 metric regional languages are Assamese, Bengali, tons of rice to Bangladesh for the forcibly Gujarati, Kannada, Konkani, Malyalam, displaced Rohingyas from Myanmar. This was Manipuri, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, part of nine instruments signed between Telugu and Urdu. Bangladesh and China today.

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5. French is going to levy what percentage of 8. Elavenil Valarivan is related to which tax on Internet giants? sports? a) 10% a) Squash b) 5% b) Tennis c) 3% c) Chess d) 7% d) Shooting

Explanation: The bill foresees a 3% tax on the Explanation: Elavenil Valarivan bagged the French revenues of digital companies with women‟s air rifle silver medal in the 30th global revenue of more than €750 million, and Napoli 2019 Summer Universiade Event in French revenue over €25 million. Italy.

6. Economic Survey 2018-19 projects what 9. Who has been appointed as the Chelsea percentage of GDP growth in current football team‟s head coach? fiscal? a) Frank Lampard a) 7 Percent b) Unai Emery b) 5 Percent c) Jürgen Klopp c) 12 Percent d) Ernesto Valverde d) 3 Percent Explanation: Frank Lampard was appointed Explanation: Finance and Corporate Affairs Chelsea football team‟s head coach ,confirming a Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the dramatic return for one of the club‟s greatest ever Economic Survey 2018-19 in both Houses of players. The former England midfielder succeeded Parliament. The survey projects GDP to grow at Maurizio Sarri. 7 per cent in 2019-20. The Indian economy is expected to grow at 6.8 per in 2018-19 while Current Affairs Quiz – July 06, 2019 maintaining macro-economic stability. 1. International Day of Cooperatives is 7. The annual financial statement is observed on which date? mentioned in which article in Indian a) August 02 constitution? b) July 06 a) 73 c) September 03 b) 112 d) December 05 c) 64 Explanation: The International Day of d) 87 Cooperatives is an annual celebration of the Explanation: The Article related to the annual cooperative movement that takes place on the financial statement is 112.The term Budget is first Saturday of July since 1923. The aim of not mentioned in our Indian constitution. this celebration is to increase awareness of cooperatives. 2019 theme: COOPS 4 DECENT WORK

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2. What is the name of the encyclopedia b) Japan being developed in order to sensitise c) Bangladesh society, particularly the youth, about d) Russia Gandhian values? a) Wikipedia Explanation: The world's largest burn and b) Propaedia plastic surgery institute in Bangladesh‟s Dhaka started functioning. Named Sheikh Hasina c) Gandhipedia d) Macropeadia National Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute, the 500-bed hospital with 50 ICU and 12 operation Explanation: A “Gandhipedia” was being theatres will provide advanced treatment to burn developed in order to sensitise society, patients in Bangladesh. particularly the youth, about Gandhian values, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in 5. Which company has been incorporated as her Budget 2019-2020 speech. With the a new commercial arm of D/o Space? government marking the 150th birth anniversary a) Nalwa Sons Investments Ltd. of Gandhi with several programmes throughout b) Reliance Industries Limited the year, an encyclopedia-like “Gandhipedia” c) New Space India Ltd. would be among the efforts to spread his values. d) Aditya Birla Money Ltd Explanation: Union Minister of Finance and 3. India to train for which country‟s Civil Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman said Servants at Mussoorie? a) Pakistan that a Public Sector Enterprise viz. New Space b) China India Limited (NSIL) has been incorporated as a new commercial arm of Department of Space to c) Bangladesh d) Afghanistan tap the benefits of the Research & Development carried out by ISRO. The Company will Explanation: Eighteen hundred Bangladeshi spearhead commercialization of various space mid-career civil servants will be trained at the products including production of launch National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG) vehicles, transfer to technologies and marketing in Mussoorie between 2019-2025. The of space products. Bangladeshi civil servants are being trained at the National Centre for Good Governance based 6. Union Budget has recently proposed how on the Memorandum of Understanding signed in much amount of capital investment in February this year in the Fifth meeting of the Public Sector banks? India-Bangladesh Joint Consultative a) 55 thousand crore rupees Commission (JCC). b) 70 thousand crore rupees c) 48 thousand crore rupees 4. World's largest burn and plastic surgery d) 67 thousand crore rupees institute was inaugurated in which Explanation: The Union budget 2019-20 has country? a) China been presented in Parliament keeping in mind with a 10-year vision and five year target for 10 Website: examsdaily.in Facebook: Examsdaily Twitter: Examsdaily Monthly Current Affairs Quiz July 2019

every sector. The budget has focussed on rural 9. Who is the composer of Kargil Tribute initiatives and making urban living better. She Song? said, the proposal of 70 thousand crore rupees a) Aarudhra capital investment in Public Sector banks will b) Manmohan Acharya help them making lending easy. c) Javed Akhtar d) Sammer Anjaan 7. What is the new scheme to establish a robust fisheries management framework? Explanation: The song, a tribute to the soldiers a) Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada has been composed by Mr Sammer Anjaan, Yojana eminent hindi lyricist and sung by Mr Shatadru b) Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Kabir. The music has been composed by Mr c) Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awaas Yojana Raju Singh. d) Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana 10. Archery World Cup Stage IV was held in Explanation: The Finance Minister further said which city? that fishing and fishermen communities are a) Hamburg closely aligned with farming and are crucial to b) Munich rural India. Through a focused Scheme – the c) Berlin Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana d) Leipzig (PMMSY) – the Department of Fisheries will establish a robust fisheries management Explanation: In Archery, the recurve mixed framework. This will address critical gaps in duo of Atul Verma and Laishram Bombayla strengthening the value chain, including Devi made the bronze play-off in Berlin to infrastructure, modernization, traceability, brighten India's medal prospects. Ranked fifth in production, productivity, post-harvest the qualifications, the Indian pair lost to top management, and quality control. seeds Korea 2-6 in the semifinals to set up a bronze medal clash with seventh seed Italy. 8. Who has been appointed as the Director General, Fire Services, Civil Services and Home Guards? Current Affairs Quiz – July 07 & 08, 2019 a) Ravi joseph lokku 1. What is the 38th WORLD UNESCO b) S.N pradhan World HERITAGE SITE? c) M.Nageswar Rao a) Jaipur d) Sanjay Kumar b) Chennai c) New Delhi Explanation: M.Nageswar Rao, who had d) Kolkata replaced CBI Director Alok Verma last year as an interim chief, has been appointed as Director Explanation: The nomination of Jaipur City has General, Fire Services, Civil Services and Home successfully been done by complying with the Guards. various UNESCO guidelines of 2017. With Successful inscription of Jaipur City, India has

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38 world heritage sites , that include 30 Cultural Explanation: National Bank for Agriculture properties, 7 Natural properties and 1 mixed and Rural Development (NABARD) has site. sanctioned Rs.102 lakh for setting up nine new Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) in the 2. Government to invest how much amount district. Two of them would be promoting in railways by 2030? fisheries for the first time in Kurnool. a) 40 lakh crore crore b) 50 lakh 5. Central govt going to set-up three Sports c) 90 lakh crore Centre of Excellence in which city? d) 30 lakh crore a) Anjaw b) Lohit Explanation: Railway Minister Piyush Goyal c) Itanagar has said that the government is eyeing d) Namsai investment of 50 lakh crore in railways by the year 2030 to make it the best in the world. Mr Explanation: Union Minister of State Goyal announced that the entire Konkan (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs and Railway route from Mumbai to Mangaluru via Sports Kiren Rijiju has informed that Goa would be electrified at the cost of 11,000 governmen2020 organised by Maharashtra State crore rupees. Co-operative Bank commences today at Westin Hotel Pune. The convention aims to encourage 3. Who is the current Union Minister for an open dialogue betwee t is going to set-up Chemicals and Fertilizers? three Sports Centre of Excellence in Itanagar a) Narendra Singh Tomar very soon. Mr. Rijiju said that the three centre b) Hardeep Singh Puri of excellence will be for Martial Arts, Weight c) Sadananda Gowda Lifting and Boxing. d) Nirmala Sitharaman 6. Which country adopts Digital India Explanation: Fertilizer Subsidy allocation has equality of women in this year's Haj? seen a hike of around 10,000 crore rupees in the a) Yemen Union Budget. Chemicals and Fertilizers b) Saudi Arabia Minister, DV Sadananda Gowda said, the c) Syria increased allocation towards the Fertilizer d) Iran Subsidy would further help in increasing the efficiency of subsidy transfers to the farmers Explanation: Indian Haj mission in Saudi through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT). Arabia has adopted digital technology to reach out to a large number of pilgrims as part of the 4. Nine new FPOs to be set up in which Government of India‟s initiative of Digital district in Andhra Pradesh? India. a) Guntur b) Vijayawada c) Kadapa d) Kurnool 12 Website: examsdaily.in Facebook: Examsdaily Twitter: Examsdaily Monthly Current Affairs Quiz July 2019

7. Sugar Conference 2020 was held in which record five World Cup tons. Pakistan's Babar city? Azam has gone up to the third place. a) Pune b) Nagpur 10. Who won gold medal in Kutno Athletics c) Bengaluru Meet in Poland? d) Hyderabad a) Cathy Freeman b) Carl Lewis Explanation: Sugar Conference n policy c) Michael Phelps makers and stakeholders from the Indian Sugar d) Hima Das Industry for a better and sustainable tomorrow for the sector. The conference is a 3 day power Explanation: Star Indian sprinter Hima Das packed event of sessions and panel discussions won her second international gold in women's by stalwarts of the industry. 200m with a top finish at the Kutno Athletics Meet in Poland. Hima clocked 23.97 seconds to 8. Bi-cycle sharing scheme is to be clinch the gold while VK Vismaya bagged the introduced in which place? silver in 24.06 seconds. National record holder a) Delhi Muhammed Anas also won the gold in men's b) Daman and Diu 200m race with a time of 21.18 seconds c) Puducherry d) Lakshadweep Current Affairs Quiz – July 09, 2019

Explanation: Conceived and prioritised under 1. Parliament recently adopted a resolution Puducherry smart city development plan, a to levy what percent duty on Pakistani bicycle sharing scheme, is to be introduced in goods? Puducherry in a couple of months. The a) 200 registered users or customers can use bicycles to b) 100 hop from one place to another within the c) 150 boulevard area. The bicycles can be left at any d) 300 of the docking stations after use. Explanation: Parliament has adopted a statutory resolution for levying 200 per cent 9. Which Indian player is in top rank in duty on all goods originating in or exported ICC Ranking? a) MS Dhoni from Pakistan. The Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha approved the amendment in the first schedule of b) Virat Kohli c) Rohit Sharma the Custom Tariff Act in this regard. d) Dhawan 2. Centre decides to extend ESI Act to entire Explanation: Indian Team skipper Virat Kohli country by which year? has retained the top position among batsmen in a) 2020 the latest ICC rankings. His deputy Rohit b) 2022 Sharma bridged the gap at No. 2 following his c) 2025 d) 2030 13 Website: examsdaily.in Facebook: Examsdaily Twitter: Examsdaily Monthly Current Affairs Quiz July 2019

Explanation: Government has decided to c) Ministry of Skill Development & extend the ESI Act to the entire country by Entrepreneurship 2022. Labour and Employment Minister d) Minister of science and technology Santosh Kumar Gangwar said out of the total 722 districts, the ESI scheme has been extended Explanation: Commemorating World Youth to 541 districts. Skills Day on July 15, 2019 and celebrating 4th Anniversary of the Skill India Mission, the 3. Department of Space got how much Ministry of Skill Development & percent of boost in Union Budget 2019- Entrepreneurship has announced launch of 20? “Kaushal Yuva Samwaad” (A Youth Dialogue). a) 15.0% b) 15.4% 6. Which organisation signed MoU with c) 15.6% NIIF for funding highway projects? d) 16.0% a) BRO b) NHAI Explanation: Department of Space bags its c) IWAI highest budget share.The Budget 2019 has set d) All of the above aside Rs.12,473.26 crore about 15.6% higher amount than what was allocated for the 2018-19 Explanation: National Highways Authority of fiscal. India (NHAI) signed an MoU with National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF). NIIF 4. What is the three- year roadmap to is a fund promoted by Government of India to improve regulation and supervision, give boost to the infrastructure sector in the among other functions of the central bank country. finalized by RBI recently? a) Sahaj 2022 7. Who has been appointed as the National b) Sugam 2022 Cricket Academy‟s Head? c) Saral 2022 a) Sachin Tendulkar b) Sourav Ganguly d) Utkarsh 2022 c) VVS Laxman Explanation: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) d) Rahul Dravid board, which met in New Delhi, finalised a three- year roadmap to improve regulation and Explanation: Rahul Dravid was formally supervision, among other functions of the appointed as the National Cricket Academy‟s central bank. This medium term strategy was Head of Cricket by the BCCI. Dravid will named Utkarsh 2022. oversee all cricket related activities at NCA and will be involved in mentoring, coaching, 5. Which ministry is going to launch training and motivating players, coaches and “Kaushal Yuva Samwaad”? support staff at the NCA. a) Ministry of Finance b) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment 14 Website: examsdaily.in Facebook: Examsdaily Twitter: Examsdaily Monthly Current Affairs Quiz July 2019

8. Which Indian Naval Ship recently arrived Explanation: The Global Study on Homicide at Tangier, Morocco as a part of an 2019 published by the UN Office on Drugs and ongoing Overseas Deployment by the Crime (UNODC) said that about 4,64,000 Indian Navy to the Mediterranean Sea, people across the world were victims of Africa and Europe? homicidal violence in 2017, an increase from a) INS Brahmaputra 395,542 in 1992. b) INS Sahyadri c) INS Tarkash Current Affairs Quiz – July 10, 2019 d) INS Gomati 1. Which state is going to produce its own Explanation: Indian Naval Ship Tarkash seeds Sah-Beej? arrived at Tangier, Morocco today for a three a) Maharashtra day visit. The visit is part of an ongoing b) West Bengal Overseas Deployment by the Indian Navy to the c) Madhya Pradesh Mediterranean Sea, Africa and Europe. The visit d) Karnataka seeks to strengthen the bonds of friendship Explanation: In Madhya Pradesh, along with between India and Morocco. distribution and marketing of certified and high quality seeds to farmers, the Madhya Pradesh 9. Which Indigenous Aircraft Carrier is to State Cooperative Seed Federation will produce be delivered to Navy by February 2021? a) INS Vikramaditya seeds too. The brand name of seeds will be „Sah-Beej‟. b) INS Vikrant c) INS Kalvari 2. Which state started the Skill development d) INS Arihant training programme for jail inmates? Explanation: The country‟s first Indigenous a) Assam Aircraft Carrier (IAC), Vikrant, is in advanced b) Bihar stage of construction and will be delivered to the c) Punjab Navy in 2021 for advanced trials, according to d) Jharkhand Vice Admiral A.K. Saxena, Controller of Explanation: In Assam, a three month skill Warship Production and Acquisition in the development training programme has been Navy. started in Bongaigaon district for the jail 10. The Global Study on Homicide 2019 was inmates. The programme aims at providing published by which organization? opportunities for the prison inmates to engage themselves in fruitful pursuits during the term of a) UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) b) United Nations Educational, Scientific and their sentence. Cultural Organization (UNESCO) c) Amnesty International (AI) d) Doctors without Borders

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3. India hands over pre-fabricated houses to 6. The Second India-Russia Strategic which country for displaced returnees? Economic Dialogue (IRSED) was held in a) Bangladesh which city? b) Sri Lanka a) Mumbai c) Afghanistan b) Moscow d) Myanmar c) New Delhi d) Sochi Explanation: India handed over 250 pre- fabricated houses to Myanmar in Maung Daw Explanation: The Second India-Russia for use of displaced returnees. External Affairs Strategic Economic Dialogue (IRSED) shall be Ministry said in a release that India had taken up held on 10 July in New Delhi. The Second the project under its Rakhine State Development meeting of the IRSED shall be focussing on six Programme under which 25 million dollars are core areas of cooperation, namely, Development allocated for a period of five years. of Transport Infrastructure and Technologies; Development of Agriculture and Agro- 4. Which State Department approves Processing sector; Small and Medium Business potential 2.2 billion arms sale to Taiwan? support; Digital Transformation and Frontier a) China Technologies; Cooperation in Trade, Banking, b) US Finance, and Industry; and Tourism & c) Russia Connectivity. d) Israel 7. India – Asean Troika Trade Ministers‟ Explanation: The US State Department has Meeting was held in which city? approved the potential sale of 2.2 billion US a) Bangkok dollars worth of arms to Taiwan. The Pentagon b) New Delhi said the arms included Abrams tanks and c) Kuala Lumpur Stinger missiles. Meanwhile, China urged d) Jakarta Washington to immediately cancel the potential weapons sale. Explanation: India – ASEAN Troika Trade Ministers‟ meeting was held in New Delhi for 5. Who has been appointed as the Force informal consultation on the ongoing Regional Commander of the UN mission in South Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). Sudan? a) Lieutenant-General E. R. Martins Filho 8. 4th Director General Level Talks held b) Major General Salihu Zaway Uba between NCB, India and which country c) Lieutenant General Shailesh Tinaikar on drug trafficking and related matters d) None of the above were held in New Delhi? a) Myanamar Explanation: Newly appointed Force b) Thailand Commander of the UN mission in South Sudan, c) Bangladesh Lieutenant General Shailesh Sadashiv Tinaikar d) USA assumed charge in Juba recently. 16 Website: examsdaily.in Facebook: Examsdaily Twitter: Examsdaily Monthly Current Affairs Quiz July 2019

Explanation: The 4th Director General Level Current Affairs Quiz – July 11, 2019 Talks between Narcotics Control Bureau, India and Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. 1. World Population Day is observed on (CCDAC), Myanmar on drug trafficking and which day? related matters were held in NewDelhi. a) July 11 b) June 07 9. The Indian Air Force has ordered for c) July 07 how many heavy-lift Chinook helicopters d) June 30 in 2015? a) 10 Explanation: World Population Day, which b) 12 seeks to focus attention on the urgency and importance of population issues, was established c) 15 d) 20 by the then-Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989. This Explanation: American aerospace major year's World Population Day calls for global Boeing has announced the arrival of two new attention to the unfinished business of the 1994 heavy-lift Chinook helicopters for the Indian Air International Conference on Population and Force at the Mundra port in Gujarat. The Indian Development. Air Force has ordered 15 Chinooks and the first four helicopters arrived in February. The IAF 2. Ghodbunder Fort is situated in which had placed the order in 2015 along with 22 state? Apache attack helicopters. a) Rajasthan b) Madhya Pradesh 10. Mirabai Chanu is related to which c) Maharashtra sports? d) Andhra Pradesh a) Squash Explanation: The restoration of the 18th b) Weightlifting c) Wrestling century Ghodbunder Fort in Thane, built by the d) Archery Portuguese, will start next month and likely be completed by 2020. Under the state‟s adopt a Explanation: Former world champion Mirabai monument scheme, the fort has been adopted by Chanu won the gold on the opening day of the the Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation, Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship in which will also oversee the job of restoring the samoa. The Indian contingent won 13 medals fort. that included eight gold, three silver and two bronze medals in senior, junior and youth 3. Which country is to impose green tax on categories. plane tickets from 2020? a) USA b) Russia c) Germany

d) France

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Explanation: The French government is to training and secure better opportunities for impose a tax of up to €18 on plane tickets for all employment. flights from airports in France to fund less- polluting transportation projects. The new 6. Cabinet approves Grant of Organized measure is expected to bring in some €182 Group „A‟ Status to which protection million a year which will be invested in greener force? transport infrastructures, notably rail. a) RPF b) NSG 4. DRDO gets clearance for setting up c) ITBP missile test facility in which state? d) BSF a) Tamil Nadu Explanation: The Union Cabinet chaired by b) Andhra Pradesh c) Kerala Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved d) Odisha Grant of Organised Group 'A' status to Indian Railway Protection Force (RPF). Grant of status Explanation: The Ministry of Environment, of Organized Group 'A' service to RPF will end Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has stagnation, improve career progression of the granted environment and Coastal Regulatory officers and keep up their motivational level. Zone clearances for setting up Missile Testing Launch Facility on the Bay of Bengal coast and 7. Government approves changes in which Technical Facility at Gullalamoda village in Act to provide stringent punishment, Krishna district. including death, for sexual assault of children? 5. 36th Meeting of the Central a) The Juvenile Justice (Care and Apprenticeship Council (CAC) was held Protection of Children) Act, 2015 in which place? b) The Protection of Children from a) Mumbai Sexual Offences Act, 2012 b) Kolkata c) The Protection of Children from Sexual c) New Delhi Offences Act, 2012 d) Chennai d) The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Explanation: Ministry of Skill Development & Redressal) Act, 2013 Entrepreneurship (MSDE) organised the 36th Meeting of the Central Apprenticeship Council Explanation: The Union Cabinet approved an (CAC) to discuss the new reforms to be amendment to the Protection of Children from introduced in apprenticeship training through Sexual Offences Act, 2012. The Bill provides amendments to Apprenticeship Rules, 1992. for stringent punishment, including death, for The 36th Central Apprenticeship Council in sexual assault of children, as well as fines and New Delhi aims to meet the aspirations of the jail terms for child pornography. Indian youth who strive to gain on-the-job

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8. The Indian Air Force (IAF) is looking to 11. Commonwealth Weightlifting adopt which European visual range air to Championships is being held at which air missile? country? a) ASRAAM a) Fiji b) AKASH b) Tonga c) BARAK c) Vanuatu d) BRAHMOS d) Samoa

Explanation: The Indian Air Force (IAF) is Explanation: Rakhi Halder and Davinder looking to adopt a new European visual range Kaur won a gold medal each in the senior air to air missile across its fighter fleet. women's section as Indian weightlifters ASRAAM is widely used as a Within Visual continued their impressive show on the second Range (WVR) air dominance missile with a day of the Commonwealth Championships in range of over 25km. Apia Samoa.

9. „State of the Education Report for India Current Affairs Quiz – July 12, 2019 2019- Children with Disabilities‟ is released by which organization? 1. “Operation Thirst” was launched by which a) UNICEF protection force? b) ICRC a) RPF b) Indian Army c) UNESCO d) IFC c) NDRF d) BSF Explanation: A UNESCO delegation led by Director, UNESCO New Delhi Mr. Eric Falt has Explanation: To curb the menace of presented „State of the Education Report for unauthorized PDW (PACKAGED DRINKING India 2019- Children with Disabilities‟ to Vice WATER) in Railway premises, an all India President Venkaiah Naidu in New Delhi. drive named “Operation Thirst” was launched on 08th & 09th July 2019 on the direction of 10. Who won the Gold medal in the 100- DG/RPF, Railway Board, New Delhi where all metre dash event at the World the Zonal Principal Chief Security Universiade at Napoli in Italy? Commissioners (PCSC) were asked to a) Dutee Chand crackdown these unauthorised activities. b) Hima Das c) Tintu Lukka 2. 3502 projects was recently sanctioned under d) Poovamma Raju PMGSY-Phases I to XII in which state? a) Kerala Explanation: India's Dutee Chand has clinched b) Madhya Pradesh a Gold medal in the 100-metre dash event at the c) Jammu & Kashmir World Universiade at Napoli in Italy. Del Ponte d) Andhra Pradesh of Switzerland won the Silver, while German Lisa Kwayie took home the Bronze. 19 Website: examsdaily.in Facebook: Examsdaily Twitter: Examsdaily Monthly Current Affairs Quiz July 2019

Explanation: Under the centrally sponsored 5. India‟s bilateral trade with which country scheme of Prime Minister‟s Gram Sadak Yojana could reach USD 238 billion by 2025? (PMGSY) 3502 projects with a total length of a) France 19700 Kms to connect 2214 habitations has b) Russia. been sanctioned under PMGSY-Phases I to XII c) USA in Jammu and Kashmir State. d) Israel

3. The manned mission of India Gaganyaan is Explanation: US India Strategic and to be launched by which year? Partnership Forum has said, the bilateral trade a) 2020 between the two countries could reach 238 b) 2022 billion Dollars by 2025 from the current 143 c) 2025 billion Dollars given the present dynamics of d) 2030 the commercial engagement.

Explanation: The Gaganyaan project is on 6. India-US trade talks was held in which track to be realized by the 75th Independence place? day (2022) or earlier. The design and a) New Delhi configuration of major subsystems are finalised. b) New York The qualification tests pertaining to human c) Mumbai rating of flight systems has commenced and d) Washington Cryogenic Engine tests are in progress. Explanation: India and US will hold trade talks 4. The Government of India has approved to in New Delhi to discuss bilateral and economic build the India-based Neutrino Observatory issues. This would be the first meeting on trade (INO) at which district in Tamil Nadu? issues after the meeting of Prime Minister a) Madurai Narendra Modi with US President Donald b) Dindigul Trump in Japan on the sidelines of the G20 c) Tuticorin summit. d) Theni 7. India, EU hold high-level talks on migration, Explanation: The Government of India has mobility in which city? approved a project to build the India-based a) Paris Neutrino Observatory (INO) at Pottipuram in b) New Delhi the Theni District of Tamil Nadu. Briefly, the c) Vienna project aims to set up a 51000 ton Iron d) Amsterdam Calorimeter (ICAL) detector to observe naturally occurring atmospheric neutrinos in a Explanation: The 5th India-EU High-Level cavern at the end of an approximately 2 km long Dialogue on Migration and Mobility was held in tunnel in a mountain. New Delhi. External Affairs Ministry said in a release said the discussion was held in a highly friendly and constructive spirit.

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8. Prasar Bharati signed MoU with which IIT Current Affairs Quiz – July 13, 2019 for research collaboration? a) IIT Kanpur 1. Which central department recently b) IIT Bombay celebrated its 165th foundation day? c) IIT Madras a) Indian Institute of Technology Delhi d) IIT Delhi b) Central Water Commission c) Central Public Works Department Explanation: Prasar Bharati and Indian Institute d) Military Engineer Services of Technology, Kanpur signed a Memorandum of Understanding for research collaboration in Explanation: The Central Public Works newly emerging technologies and broadcasting- Department will erect water conservation related areas in New Delhi. structures, including rainwater harvesting systems, in 136 residential areas across the 9. Who released the 2019 global country. Speaking at a function to mark 165th Multidimensional Poverty Index? foundation day of the CPWD, Housing and a) UNDP Urban Affairs Secretary Durga Shanker Mishra b) UNICEF said, the agency has a target of erecting water c) UNEP conservation structures in 100 colonies under d) UNESCO the 100-day agenda.

Explanation: The 2019 global 2. Which state government observes Save Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) from the Water Day? UN Development Programme (UNDP), the a) West Bengal Oxford Poverty and Human Development b) Bihar Initiative (OPHI) was released. c) Uttar Pradesh d) Mizoram 10. Achinta Sheuli is related to which sports? a) Boxing Explanation: West Bengal government b) Archery observed Save Water Day on July 12,2019. c) Wrestling West Bengal Chief Minister said that her d) Weight Lifting government started a programme of digging ponds throughout the state for conservation of Explanation: National champion Achinta water since coming into power in 2011. About 3 Sheuli lifted a total of 305kg to win the men‟s lakhs ponds have been dug till now to deal with 73kg crown in the Commonwealth weightlifting the water scarcity. championships. Sheuli also bagged the junior title. 3. Which state government is to develop Centres of Excellence for skill development in aviation Industry? a) Maharastra b) Gujarat c) Karnataka 21 Website: examsdaily.in Facebook: Examsdaily Twitter: Examsdaily Monthly Current Affairs Quiz July 2019

d) Andhra Pradesh 6. India and which country recently held meeting on space cooperation? Explanation: Gujarat Government is to develop a) Japan Centers of Excellence for skill development in b) North Korea the Aviation industry. This was announced by c) Russia Captain Ajay Chauhan, Director of Civil d) China Aviation- at 2nd Gujarat Aviation Conclave Conference on Business Explanation: India and Russia have held high- Opportunities in the aviation sector held in level talks in New Delhi to elevate bilateral co- Ahmedabad. operation to the next level in the field of space, including assistance in India's maiden human 4. Japan‟s Hayabusa 2 was launched to space flight mission 'Gaganyaan'. Co-operation probe which asteroid? in futuristic technologies including new space a) Ryugu systems, rocket engines, propellants and b) Itokawa propulsion systems, spacecrafts and launch c) Bennu vehicle technology were also discussed. d) 2014 MU69 7. India and Pakistan recently conducted a Explanation: Japan‟s Hayabusa2 probe made a meeting at the Attari-Wagah border to “perfect” touchdown on a distant asteroid, discuss about which corridor? collecting samples from beneath the surface of a) Kartarpur Ryugu in an unprecedented mission that could b) Siliguri shed light on the origins of the solar system. c) Tetulia Ryugu, which means “Dragon Palace” in d) Tin Bigha Japanese, refers to a castle at the bottom of the ocean in an ancient Japanese tale. Explanation: Indian and Pakistani officials will meet at the Attari-Wagah border to discuss 5. India USTR Talk was held in which issues, including ways to bridge gaps related to place? the Kartarpur Corridor that is to be made a) Jaipur operational by November, ahead of the b) Kolkata commemoration of the 550th birth anniversary c) New Delhi of Guru Nanak. The delegations will meet at d) Mumbai Wagah in Pakistan to discuss issues of Explanation: India - United States Trade connectivity at the Zero Point, number of Representative(USTR) talks held to explore pilgrims and kind of travel documents to be potential for enhanced bilateral trade and allowed. economic engagement with India under the new Government. The bilateral talk was held on 12 July2019 with the Indian delegation.

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8. Who has been appointed as the World Papul Changmai clinched the silver medal by Bank MD and CFO? lifting a total of 313kgs. a) David Malpass b) Anshula Kant 11. In Table Tennis World Tour Platinum c) Sandie Okoro Australian Open which Indian pair won d) Mahmoud Mohieldin the bronze medal? a) Soumyajit Ghosh and Achanta Sharath Explanation: Anshula Kant, Managing Director Kamal of State Bank of India, has been appointed as b) Achanta Sharath Kamal and Ghosh MD and Chief Financial Officer of the World Soumyajit Bank. Ms Kant will be responsible for financial c) G. Sathiyan and Anthony Amalraj and risk management of the organisation. d) Saha Subhajit and Ghatak Poulomi

9. Which organaistaion in India is issuing Explanation: In Table Tennis, the Indian pair the National Awards for Excellence in of G. Sathiyan and Anthony Amalraj won the Journalism? bronze at the World Tour Platinum Australian a) Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Open. This was India's first ever medal in the b) Advertising Standards Council of India Australian Open, which is a Platinum event. c) Medical Council of India d) Press Council of India Current Affairs Quiz – July 14 & 15, 2019

Explanation: The Awards, carrying a cash 1. When was Skill India Mission launched? prize and citation, will be given in eight a) 2015 categories. The Awards have been instituted to b) 2010 recognize outstanding contribution of c) 2018 journalists/ photo journalists of Indian d) 2016 nationality in print journalism. They are given Explanation: The fourth anniversary of the on the occasion of National Press Day on Skill India Mission is being observed on July November 16. 15,2019. Several functions are being organised across the country to mark the occasion. 10. Indian weightlifter Ajay Singh has won National Skill Development Mission also Gold in which category at the known as Skill India Mission was launched on Commonwealth Championships? this day in 2015. a) 81 kg b) 55 kg 2. IFFI's Golden Jubilee Edition will be held c) 96 kg in which state? d) 73 kg a) Maharashtra Explanation: Indian weightlifter Ajay Singh b) Goa has won Gold in 81 kg category at the c) Assam Commonwealth Championships in Apia, city of d) Kerala Samoa. The other Indian in the 81kg category, 23 Website: examsdaily.in Facebook: Examsdaily Twitter: Examsdaily Monthly Current Affairs Quiz July 2019

Explanation: The Golden Jubilee Edition of abandoned. The rehabilitation centre would International Film Festival of India, IFFI will be house an elephant museum, mahout training held from 20th Nov till 28th November 2019 in centre, a well-equipped veterinary hospital and Panaji, Goa. crematorium for the elephants.

3. Agri-Business Incubation Centre was 6. ISRO‟s Chandrayaan 2 mission was started in which state? aimed to touch down which part of the a) Bihar moon? b) Chandigarh a) North Pole c) Chhattisgarh b) South Pole d) Rajasthan c) East Side d) West Side Explanation: An Agri Business Incubation Centre has started in Chhattisgarh. The centre Explanation: India‟s ambitious second Lunar has been set up by the Union Agriculture mission, Chandrayaan 2 suffered a jolt in the Ministry in Indira Gandhi Agriculture early hours of July 15 after a technical snag University of Raipur. forced the Indian Space Research Organisation to call off the launch for the time being. ISRO 4. Which state became the first state in aimed to touch down on the South Pole of the India to ensure the conservation of water moon where no country had gone before. and have own water policy? a) Andhra Pradesh 7. National Planning Workshop on ODF b) Madhya Pradesh Plus and Water Conservation was held in c) Mizoram which city? d) Meghalaya a) Chennai b) Mysore Explanation: Meghalaya became the first state c) New Delhi in India to ensure the conservation of water and d) Hyderabad have own water policy following a nod given by the State Cabinet. Explanation: With over 5.6 lakh villages, 622 districts, and 30 States/UTs declared Open 5. Which state government is to set up Defecation Free (ODF) in rural India underthe elephant rehabilitation centre? Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen),Department a) Kerala of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS), b) Karnataka Ministry of Jal Shaktiorganized a two-day c) Maharashtra National Planning Workshop on ODF Plus and d) Uttar Pradesh Water Conservation from July 12-13,2019 in Explanation: The Kerala government would set New Delhi. up a first-of-its-kind elephant rehabilitation centre at an outlay of Rs. 105 crore, to take care of elephants that were either orphaned or 24 Website: examsdaily.in Facebook: Examsdaily Twitter: Examsdaily Monthly Current Affairs Quiz July 2019

8. National Seminar Cum Workshop on 11. Who won the British Grand Prix 2019? Statistics and Sustainable Development a) Lewis Hamilton Goals was held in which city? b) Valtteri Bottas a) Lucknow c) Charles Leclerc b) Ranchi d) Max Verstappen c) Patna d) Amaravati Explanation: Lewis Hamilton made a thrilling victory in the Silverstone circuit to win his sixth Explanation: A two days‟ National Seminar British Grand Prix, his seventh victory in ten Cum Workshop on “Statistics and Sustainable races in 2019. Development Goals" was inaugurated by Pravin Srivastava, Chief Statistician of India and Current Affairs Quiz – July 16, 2019 Secretary, Ministry of Statistics & Programme 1. Who released the National Digital Health Implementation (MoSPI), Government of India . Blueprint (NDHB) Report in New Delhi? inaugurated ” at the Malviya Auditorium, a) Dr. Harsh Vardhan University of Lucknow. b) Prakash Javadekar c) Ravi Shankar Prasad 9. Who won the Wimbledon 2019 title in d) Thaawar Chand Gehlot men‟s singles? a) Roger Federer Explanation: Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union b) Novak Djokovic Minister of Health and Family Welfare released c) Juan Sebastián Cabal the National Digital Health Blueprint (NDHB) d) Nicolas Mahut report in the public domain for inputs from Explanation: In Tennis, Serbian Novak various stakeholders. Djokovic won his fifth Wimbledon title after 2. Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar International defeating Swiss tennis ace Roger Federer. This Airport is located in which state? is Djokovic's 16th Grand Slam and 5th a) Odisha Wimbledon title. b) Jharkhand 10. Who won the ICC Cricket World Cup c) Madhya Pradesh d) Bihar 2019? a) England Explanation: In Madhya Pradesh, the first b) New Zealand international flight from Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar c) India International Airport of Indore left for Dubai d) Australia with 153 passengers on board.

Explanation: England lifted their maiden ICC World Cup cricket trophy beating New Zealand in a nerve-wracking final that was decided via a dramatic Super Over in London.

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3. Which country announces creation of a d) new space force command? a) China Explanation: Acharya Devvrat has been transferred from and b) France c) USA appointed as the of Gujarat. d) Germany 7. Which Ministry is going to provide Explanation: French President Emmanuel financial assistance under "Museum Macron announced the creation of a new Grant Scheme" for setting up new national military space force command that will Museums? eventually be part of his country's air force. a) Finance Ministry b) Culture Ministry 4. Which country recently sent telescope c) Rural Development Ministry into space? d) Tribal Affairs Ministry a) China b) USA Explanation: Ministry of Culture provides c) France financial assistance under "Museum Grant d) Russia Scheme" to the State Governments and Societies, Autonomous bodies, Local Bodies Explanation: Russia launched a space telescope and Trusts registered under the Societies Act, from the cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, for setting up new Museums and to strengthen in a joint project with Germany. Since 2011, and modernize the existing museums at the Russia has been the only country capable Regional, State and District level. sending teams to the International Space Station (ISS). 8. Who is in number one in men‟s singles in ATP rankings? 5. Who has been appointed as the governor a) Novak Djokovic of Himachal Pradesh? b) Rafael Nadal a) Acharya Devvrat c) Roger Federer b) d) Dominic Thiem c) d) Explanation: Novak Djokovic's remained at world number one in the latest ATP rankings Explanation: President has released. He is now 4,500 points clear of appointed Kalraj Mishra as the Governor of second-ranked Rafael Nadal who is just 485 Himachal Pradesh. points ahead of Federer.

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9. Who is in top rank in ICC batsmen World War II. July 17th was chosen as the day ranking? to mark this occasion because it is the a) Virat Kohli anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute, b) Rohit Sharma the treaty that created the ICC. c) Babar Azam d) Francois du Plessis 2. Which Ministry to launch a Jan Jagrukta Abhiyaan? Explanation: Indian skipper Virat Kohli and a) Health & Family Welfare Jasprit Bumrah retained their number one b) Power position in the ICC batsmen and bowlers' c) Railways rankings for the One-Day Internationals, d) Human Resource Development following the conclusion of the World Cup. Explanation: Ministry of Health and Family 10. ISSF Junior World Cup 2019 is being Welfare is all set to launch a special campaign held in which country? in Delhi to sensitize and mobilise the a) India community on measures for prevention and b) China control of Vector Borne Diseases (VBDs) like c) South Korea Malaria, Dengue and Chikungunya. d) Germany 3. Which state government hikes compensation Explanation: India has bagged six medals, for kin of Jawans killed in line of duty? including two Gold, on day two of the a) Madhya Pradesh International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) b) Gujarat Junior World Cup at Suhl in Germany. India c) Kerala bagged two Gold and one Silver medal in the d) Maharashtra Women's 10-metre Air Rifle event at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Explanation: Maharashtra government has Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany decided to increase the compensation from 25 lakh to one crore rupees for families of security Current Affairs Quiz – July 17, 2019 personnel hailing from the state who lay down their lives in the line of duty. 1. World Day for International Justice is observed on which date? 4. India and which country recently set up Fast a) July 30 –Track Mechanism to facilitate investors b) June 17 and Companies? c) July 17 a) France d) June 30 b) Italy c) USA Explanation: World Day for International d) Russia Justice recognizes the nascent and strengthening system of international justice that has emerged Explanation: In order to facilitate Italian since the Nuremburg and Tokyo Trials after companies and investors in India and Indian 27 Website: examsdaily.in Facebook: Examsdaily Twitter: Examsdaily Monthly Current Affairs Quiz July 2019

companies and investors in Italy, it has been Explanation: German Defence Minister Ursula decided to establish fast-track system for von der Leyen has been elected as the European companies and investors of both the countries. Commission's first female president.

5. Who has been recently resigned as 8. Recently which players received arjuna managing director of IMF? awards in cricket and tennis? a) Christine Lagarde a) Smriti Mandhana & Rohan Bopanna b) Gita Gopinath b) Mithali Raj & Leander Paes c) Dominique Strauss-Kahn c) Smriti Mandhana & Leander Paes d) Rodrigo Rato d) Mithali Raj & Rohan Bopanna

Explanation: International Monetary Fund, Explanation: Shri Kiren Rijuju, Minister of IMF managing director Christine Lagarde has State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs & resigned ahead of a decision on her nomination Sports gave Arjuna Awards to Ms. Smriti to become head of the European Central Bank, Mandhana (Cricket) and Shri Rohan Bopanna ECB. (Tennis) in a ceremony held in New Delhi.

6. The 8th meeting of India-Uzbekistan 9. Indian films won how many awards at 9th Joint Working Group on Counter- SAARC Film Festival? Terrorism was held in which city? a) 2 a) Mumbai b) 4 b) Tashkent c) 6 c) New Delhi d) 8 d) Bukhara Explanation: Indian entries bagged six awards Explanation: The 8th meeting of India- including the Best Feature Film for the movie Uzbekistan Joint Working Group on Counter- Nagarkirtan at the 9th SAARC Film Festival Terrorism was held in New Delhi. The Group held in Colombo. discussed measures to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the sphere of counter-terrorism 10. 21st Commonwealth Table Tennis through information sharing, mutual capacity Championship began in which place? building and sharing of best practices. a) Cuttack b) Melbourne 7. Who has been appointed as the European c) London Commission's first female president? d) Kuala Lumpur a) Ursula von der Leyen b) Hillary Clinton Explanation: The 21st Commonwealth Table c) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Tennis Championship began in Cuttack on July d) Michelle Bachelet 17. Twelve countries including Australia, England and Malaysia are participating in the event.

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11. Vijayveer Sidhu is related to which 3. CCEA recently approved 2880 MW sports? Dibang Project in which state? a) Weight Lifting a) Madhya Pradesh b) Archery b) Assam c) Wrestling c) Jammu & Kashmir d) Shooting d) Arunachal Pradesh

Explanation: Vijayveer Sidhu picked up his Explanation: Cabinet Committee on Economic third gold medal of the ongoing ISSF Junior Affairs, CCEA has approved 2880 Megawatt World Cup in Suhl, Germany, combining with Dibang Multipurpose Project in Arunachal Rajkanwar Singh Sandhu and Adarsh Singh to Pradesh at the cost of 1600 crore rupees. clinch the men's 25m pistol event. 4. Which state is to start „housing project‟ for stray cows as a part of „Project Current Affairs Quiz – July 18, 2019 Gaushala‟? a) Haryana 1. Nelson Mandela International Day is b) Madhya Pradesh observed on which date? c) Odisha a) July 18 d) Uttar Pradesh b) June 17 c) July 24 Explanation: As part of „Project Gaushala‟, the d) June 30 Madhya Pradesh State government plans to move 7 lakh stray cows and bulls to shelters Explanation: NelsonMandela International close to villages. 1,000 shelters to come up in Day, also known as Mandela Day, is held on Madhya Pradesh to accommodate 7 lakh July 18 each year. The day remembers animals Mandela‟s achievements in working towards conflict resolution, democracy, human rights, 5. India permits 1,239 tonnes raw sugar peace, and reconciliation. export to which country? a) USA 2. World Listening Day is observed on b) France which date? c) Italy a) August 04 d) Russia b) June 05 c) July 18 Explanation: The government has permitted d) July 21 the export of 1,239 tonnes raw sugar under its tariff-rate quota (TRQ) to the US, which enables Explanation: World Listening Day is an annual shipments to enjoy relatively low tariff. TRQ is global event that was started in 2010 by the a quota for a volume of exports that enter the World Listening Project. July 18th is the birth US at relatively low tariffs. date of renowned Canadian composer, music educator, and author, R. Murray Schafer. 29 Website: examsdaily.in Facebook: Examsdaily Twitter: Examsdaily Monthly Current Affairs Quiz July 2019

6. ADB cuts India‟s GDP growth forecast to 9. Who won the gold in 200m race in the what percentage for the current financial Tabor Athletics Meet in Czech Republic? year? a) Dutee Chand a) 6.6% b) Annu Rani b) 6.8% c) Hima Das c) 7.0% d) Swapna Barman d) 7.2% Explanation: Star Indian sprinter Hima Das Explanation: Asian Development Bank (ADB) clinched her fourth gold in a fortnight as she lowered India‟s GDP growth forecast to 7% for won the 200m race with a creditable timing in the current year on the back of fiscal shortfall the Tabor Athletics Meet in Czech Republic. concerns. 10. Who won silver medal in Tokyo Olympics 7. Who will constitute the finance test event? commission in India? a) Deepika Kumari a) President b) Poovamma b) Prime Minister c) Atanu Das c) Governor d) Neeraj Chopra d) Finance Minister Explanation: India‟s top-ranked woman archer Explanation: Cabinet has approved the Deepika Kumari clinched a silver medal at the extension of the term of Fifteenth Finance 2020 Tokyo Olympics test event afterlosing to Commission up to 30th November this year. 18-year-old Korean An San in straight sets. The Fifteenth Finance Commission was constituted by the President on 27th November, Current Affairs Quiz – July 19, 2019 2017. 1. 10th Jagran Film Festival was 8. Medical Council of India is going to be inaugurated in which city? a) Bengaluru replaced by which commission? a) Indian Medical Commission b) New Delhi c) Mumbai b) National Medical Commission c) University Medical Commission d) Kolkata d) Medical Commission of India Explanation: Union Minister Shri Prakash Explanation: The Union Cabinet has approved Javadekar inaugurated the 10th Jagran Film National Medical Commission Bill, 2019. The Festival in an event held at Siri Fort Auditorium bill provides for setting up of a National in New Delhi on 18th July. Medical Commission in place of Medical 2. Which state Government and the World Council of India and repeal the Indian Medical Economic Forum's Centre for the Fourth Council Act 1956. Industrial Revolution Network set to send medical supplies via drones?

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a) Telangana d) Mumbai b) Andhra Pradesh c) Karnataka Explanation: Union Minister of Commerce & d) Gujarat Industry and Railways PiyushGoyal, and Secretary of State for International Trade of the Explanation: Telangana Government and the UK, Dr Liam Fox, met in London for the 13th World Economic Forum's Centre for the Fourth meeting of the India-UK Joint Economic and Industrial Revolution Network announced that Trade Committee (JETCO) on 15th July 2019. they are set to launch an innovative project to deliver emergency medical supplies such as 6. MoU Signed between Ministry of Health blood and vaccines via drones. and Ministry of AYUSH to eliminate which disease from India? 3. G7 Finance Ministers meeting was held in a) Malaria which country? b) Small Pox a) USA c) Tuberculosis b) Germany d) Polio c) UK Explanation: Ministry of AYUSH and Ministry d) France of Health & Family Welfare have signed MoU Explanation: G7 Finance Ministers meeting in to forge inter-sectoral convergence at the level France agreed a plan for taxing digital of policy, planning and programme companies such as Facebook and Google that implementation for accelerated response will set a minimum level of taxation for them. towards “Tuberculosis Free India” initiative.

4. In which year Apollo 11 first manned 7. Sagar Maitri Mission is an initiative of mission to moon was launched? which organization? a) 1959 a) DRDO b) 1969 b) ISRO c) 1979 c) NDRF d) 1989 d) HAL

Explanation: On July 20, 1969, American Explanation: SAGAR MAITRI is a unique astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” initiative of DRDO which aligns with the broad Aldrin became the first humans ever to land on objective of Prime Minister Shri Narendra the Moon aboard the Apollo 11 mission. Modi‟s policy declaration “Safety And Growth for All in the Region (SAGAR)” to promote 5. 13th Meeting of the India-UK Joint closer co-operation in socio-economic aspects Economic and Trade Committee was held as well as greater scientific interaction in which city? especially in ocean research among Indian a) London Ocean Rim (IOR) countries. b) Manchester c) New Delhi 31 Website: examsdaily.in Facebook: Examsdaily Twitter: Examsdaily Monthly Current Affairs Quiz July 2019

8. Which Minister launches the UGC Current Affairs Quiz – July 20, 2019 Scheme of „Paramarsh‟? a) Finance Minister 1. International Chess Day is observed on b) Human Resource Development which date? a) July 17 Minister c) Minority Affairs Minister b) July 20 d) Women & Child Development Minister c) July 24 d) June 20 Explanation: The Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Explanation: The International Chess Day is “Nishank” launched „Paramarsh‟ – a University celebrated annually on July 20, the day the Grants Commission (UGC) scheme for International Chess Federation (FIDE) was Mentoring National Accreditation and founded, in 1924. The idea to celebrate this day Assessment Council (NAAC) Accreditation as the international chess day was proposed by Aspirant Institutions to promote Quality UNESCO. Assurance in Higher Education in New Delhi. 2. New e-challan system, e-payment gateway 9. Union HRD Minister released launched for use of the Traffic Police of Deeksharambh- A Guide to Student which city? Induction Programme in which city? a) Delhi a) Mumbai b) Mumbai b) Varanasi c) Kolkata d) Chennai c) New Delhi d) Kanpur Explanation: Delhi Police Commissioner Explanation: The Union Minister of Human Amulya Patnaik launched the new e-challan Resource Development Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal system and the e-payment gateway for the use „Nishank‟ released UGC Guide to Student of Delhi Traffic Police. Induction Programme – “Deeksharambh” in 3. China and which country formed a Joint New Delhi. working group to probe fund . disbursal 10. Sarabjot Singh is related to which sports? for Chinese projects? a) USA a) Shooting b) Archery b) India c) Weight Lifting c) Bangladesh d) Kabaddi d) Thailand

Explanation: In Shooting, extending India's Explanation: Bangladesh and China have domination at the ISSF Junior World Cup, formed a joint working group to probe the Sarabjot Singh won the men's 10 metres air extremely low level of fund disbursal for pistol gold. This is India's ninth yellow metal at ongoing Chinese projects in Bangladesh. the event in Suhl, Germany. 32 Website: examsdaily.in Facebook: Examsdaily Twitter: Examsdaily Monthly Current Affairs Quiz July 2019

4. Chandrayaan-2 is scheduled to be 7. Which minister launched the All India launched on which date? Football Federation's Golden Baby a) September 6 Leagues handbook 2019-20? b) July 22 a) Sports Minister c) August 15 b) Home Minister d) July 30 c) Defence Minister d) Women & Child Development Minister Explanation: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said that Chandrayaan-2 Explanation: Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju will be launched on July 22 at 2.43 p.m. The launched the All India Football Federation's launch was earlier scheduled for July 15 but was Golden Baby Leagues handbook 2019-20 on the called off just an hour before take-off. sidelines of the Intercontinental Cup in Ahemadabad. 5. Which country signs agreement with India to upgrade railway lines? 8. Which country‟s Men & Women's teams a) Sri Lanka win Commonwealth Table Tennis title? b) Bangladesh a) England c) Nepal b) India d) Bhutan c) China d) Spain Explanation: Sri Lanka has signed an agreement with India to upgrade tracks in a key Explanation: In Commonwealth Table Tennis railway segment connecting the north and south Championship held in Cuttack, India made a at a cost of $ 91.26 million. record by winning gold in both men‟s and women‟s category. The Indian men won the 6. Who has been appointed as the new final match defeating England 3-2. The Indian Private Secretary to PM? women team defeated England 3-0 in final a) Nripendra Misra match. b) Pramod Kumar Mishra c) Vivek Kumar 9. Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar is related d) Pulok Chatterji to which sports? a) Table Tennis Explanation: Vivek Kumar, a 2004 batch b) Archery Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, has been c) Boxing appointed as Private Secretary (PS) to Prime d) Shooting Minister Narendra Modi. He is currently director, Prime Minister‟s Office (PMO). Explanation: In the Shooting Junior World Cup, Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar clinched gold with a junior world record in the final of rifle 3-position event in Suhl Germany.

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10. Who is the country‟s 64th Grand Master? 3. Madaka was one of the most common a) Prithu Gupta traditional systems of water conservation b) D. Gukesh followed in which state? c) Praggnanandhaa a) Kerala d) NR Visakh b) Tamil Nadu c) Karnataka Explanation: Prithu Gupta became the d) Andhra Pradesh country‟s 64th Grandmaster. The 15 years, four months and 10 days old met all technical Explanation: Madaka was one of the most stipulations needed to be a GM following the common traditional systems of water fourth round of the Portugese League. conservation followed in coastal Karnataka.

Current Affairs Quiz – July 21,22 2019 4. Where was the Next Generation Sequencing (NSG) facility opened? 1. In Andhra Pradesh a newly-built a) Kolkata Butterfly Park and a Turtle b) Hyderabad Interpretation Centre opened at? c) New Delhi a) Visakhapatnam d) Chennai b) Vizianagaram c) Vijayawada Explanation: Union Minister of Health and d) Nellore Family Welfare, Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, Dr Harsh Vardhan inaugurated Explanation: A newly-built Butterfly Park and the Next Generation Sequencing (NSG) facility a Turtle Interpretation Centre at the Forest at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Department office opened at Vizianagaram in Biology in Hyderabad. Andhra Pradesh. 5. In which state Two Skill Centre of 2. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Excellence for Plumbing & Services inaugurated 1000 meter long Ujh Bridge Sector to be opened? in which State? a) Uttar Pradesh a) Jammu & Kashmir b) West Bengal b) Sikkim c) Gujarat c) Arunachal Pradesh d) Maharashtra d) Assam Explanation: In a strategic meeting between Explanation: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey, Minister of Skill inaugurated 1000 meter long Ujh Bridge in Development & Entrepreneurship and Shri Yogi Kathua district and 617.40-meter Basantar Adityanath, Honourable Chief Minister of Uttar Bridge in samba district. Pradesh, in Lucknow, a joint decision was made to set-up two Skill Centre of Excellence (CoEs) – one in Greater Noida for Plumbing and one in Varanasi for the Services Sector. 34 Website: examsdaily.in Facebook: Examsdaily Twitter: Examsdaily Monthly Current Affairs Quiz July 2019

6. Who has been appointed as the Joint Explanation: The Eleventh biennial edition of Secretary to the President? DefExpo India - 2020 is scheduled to be held a) Nripendra Misra for the first time in Uttar Pradesh capital b) Pramod Kumar Mishra Lucknow in February 2020. c) Ajay Bhadoo d) Pulok Chatterji 10. Which Country won the Mr South Asia Title? Explanation: The Appointments Committee of a) India the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the b) Sri Lanka appointment of Shri Ajay Bhadoo, IAS as Joint c) Nepal Secretary to the President. d) Pakistan

7. Who won the Indonesia Open BWF Tour Explanation: Indian bodybuilder Ravinder Super 1000 Badminton tournament? Kumar Malik has clinched Mr. South Asia title. a) Saina Nehwal He has crowned the overall champion at 12th b) Carolina Marin South Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports c) Akane Yamaguchi Championship in Kathmandu. d) P V Sindhu Current Affairs Quiz – July 23 2019 Explanation: In Badminton, P V Sindhu lost to Akane Yamaguchi in the finals of Indonesia 1. National Broadcasting day is observed on Open BWF Tour Super 1000 tournament in which date? Jakarta. a) July 23 b) June 23 8. Batukeshwar Dutt is a freedom fighter c) July 25 was born in which State? d) June 25 a) West Bengal b) Gujarat Explanation: On this day in 1927, the first ever c) Uttar Pradesh radio broadcast in the country went on the air d) Odisha from the Bombay Station under a private company, the Indian Broadcasting Company. Explanation: The Bardhaman railway station in On 8th of June, 1936, the Indian State West Bengal will be named after revolutionary Broadcasting Service became All India Radio. freedom fighter Batukeshwar Dutt. 2. Bridge over Brahmaputra is going to be 9. The Eleventh biennial edition of DefExpo constructed to Link Dhubri in Assam India – 2020 to be held at? with which state? a) Varanasi a) Bihar b) Bengaluru b) Sikkim c) Mumbai c) Arunachal Pradesh d) Lucknow d) Meghalaya

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Explanation: The work of construction of four- 5. FDI inflow has registered growth of how lane bridge including approaches over River many percent during last 6 years? Brahmaputra between Dhubri on North Bank in a) 79% Assam and Phulbari on South Bank in b) 69% Meghalaya is being taken up with loan c) 59% assistance from Japan International Cooperation d) 80% Agency (JICA). Explanation: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) 3. Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft was launched inflow has increased during the last six years by which vehicle? from 36.05 billion US Dollars in 2013-14 to a) PSLV - XL 64.38 billion US Dollars in 2018-19, registering b) ASLV a growth of 79 per cent. c) GSLV Mk III d) SLV - 3 6. Who has been chosen for Mohun Bagan Ratna? Explanation: India‟s Geosynchronous Satellite a) Subrata Bhattacharya Launch Vehicle GSLV MkIII-M1, successfully b) Pradip Chowdhury launched the 3840 kg Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft c) Keshav Dutt and Prasun Banerjee into an earth orbit. GSLV Mk III is a three-stage d) Syed Nayeemuddin launch vehicle developed by ISRO. Explanation: Two-time Olympic gold medallist 4. The U.S. space agency NASA is preparing Keshav Dutt and former India Football Captain to send first woman and next man on Prasun Banerjee will be conferred the 'Mohun Moon by its Artemis programme by Bagan Ratna' during its annual daycelebrations which year? on the 29th of this month. July 29 is celebrated a) 2020 as the 'Mohun Bagan Day' . b) 2024 c) 2030 7. Who has been appointed the next Vice- d) 2025 Chief of the Army Staff? a) M.M. Naravane Explanation: The U.S. space agency NASA is b) Devraj Anbu preparing to take its next giant leap with the c) Bipin Rawat ambitious Artemis programme that could see the d) Bikram Singh “first woman and the next man” walk on the lunar surface. The programme to return Explanation: Lieutenant-General M.M. astronauts to the lunar surface is planned to Naravane, currently General Officer launch by 2024. Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Army Command, has been appointed the next Vice- Chief of the Army Staff .

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8. Who is in top rank in Tennis Women's introduced for the first time in India by Sir world rankings? James Wilson to compensate for the losses a) Naomi Osaka incurred by the British regime during the first b) Ashleigh Barty war of independence against British Rule. c) Serena Williams d) Simonia Halep 2. Who is the new Prime Minister of Britain? Explanation: In Tennis, the women's world a) Theresa May rankings were unchanged with Ashleigh Barty b) Tony Blair of Australia at number one. Japan's Naomi c) David Cameron Osaka is second with Karolina Pliskova of the d) Boris Johnson Czech Republic third. Explanation: The new leader of Conservative 9. India won how many gold medals in 21st party Boris Johnson will take over as Prime Commonwealth Table Tennis Minister of Britain. Championships? a) 5 3. Which French submarine that vanished b) 3 in 1968 was recently found in c) 10 Mediterranean? a) Thresher d) 7 b) Scorpion Explanation: In Table Tennis, hosts India c) Minerve completed a clean sweep, claiming all the seven d) San Juan S-42 gold medals at the 21st Commonwealth Championships, which concluded in Cuttack. Explanation: The French navy announced that Indian paddlers topped the medals tally with it had located the wreck of a submarine that seven gold, five silver and three bronze. disappeared in 1968, voicing hope that the 50- year mystery of how it vanished may finally be Current Affairs Quiz – July 24 2019 solved. Minerve, as the submarine was called, was last heard from off the southern coast of 1. In which year income tax was first France with 52 sailors on board on January 17, introduced in India? 1968. a) 1883 b) 1860 4. New India-UK scheme to fund students c) 1909 from UK to visit India by which year? d) 1856 a) 2020 b) 2021 Explanation: The Central Board of Direct c) 2022 Taxes (CBDT) and all field offices will be d) 2025 observing and celebrating the 159th Income Tax Day i.e. AaykarDiwas on 24th July, 2019. It was Explanation: A new India-UK bilateral pilot on 24th July, 1860 that Income Tax was scheme has been launched to support Britain's 37 Website: examsdaily.in Facebook: Examsdaily Twitter: Examsdaily Monthly Current Affairs Quiz July 2019

universities to collaborate with Indian partners Explanation: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to send UK students to India during their has approved the increase in the number of studies. awards given to the cadets of National Cadet Corps (NCC) from the existing 143 to 243 and 5. Scientists from which country have cash incentives in various categories. developed a method to convert Jute fibre into low-cost bio-degradable cellulose 8. Who is in number one in ICC Test sheets named 'Sonali'? Rankings? a) Bangladesh a) Kane Williamson b) India b) Virat Kohli c) China c) Cheteshwar Pujara d) Japan d) Steve Smith

Explanation: Scientists in Bangladesh have Explanation: Virat Kohli has retained the developed a method to convert Jute fibre into number one spot with 922 points in the latest low-cost bio-degradable cellulose sheets named ICC Test batsmen‟s rankings. New Zealand‟s 'Sonali' which can be used as wrapping material Kane Williamson is second with 913 points, and and carrying bag. Cheteshwar Pujara is in third position.

6. ISRO has planned to launch the Aditya- 9. IMF cuts India‟s growth forecast for L1 mission during the first half of which 2019-20 to how many percent? year? a) 7.5% a) 2025 b) 7.2% b) 2022 c) 6.8% c) 2020 d) 7.0% d) 2027 Explanation: The International Monetary Fund Explanation: ISRO has planned to launch the (IMF) has cut India‟s growth forecast for 2019- mission during the first half of 2020. Aditya-L1 20 to 7% from its forecast in April of 7.3% on is meant to observe the Sun‟s corona. It will poor demand conditions image and study the sun from the First Lagrange point also known as L1 Lagrange point. 10. Who won the 46th National women‟s chess championship? 7. Defence Minister approves increase in a) Soumya Swaminathan number of awards given to NCC cadets b) Bhakti Kulkarni from 143 to how many numbers? c) Harika Dronavalli a) 243 d) Tania Sachdev b) 200 c) 193 Explanation: Former Asian champion and d) 213 second seed Bhakti Kulkarni defeated top seed Soumya Swaminathan in the seventh round to

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emerge the sole leader with 6.5 points in the upgradation of power generation and 46th National women‟s chess championship. distribution in Tripura.

Current Affairs Quiz – July 25 2019 4. Motihari-Amlekhgunj oil pipeline is first transnational petroleum pipeline from 1. Which institute recently launched forum India and which country? to improve data collection and use? a) Sri Lanka a) DRDO b) Nepal b) ICMR c) Bhutan c) ISRO d) Bangladesh d) CSIR Explanation: The landmark Motihari- Explanation: The Indian Council of Medical Amlekhgunj oil pipeline has been completed by Research (ICMR)‟s National Institute for Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and Nepal Oil Medical Statistics (ICMR-NIMS), in partnership Corporation (NOC). This is the first with Population Council, launched the National transnational petroleum pipeline from India and Data Quality Forum (NDQF). first South Asian oil pipeline corridor. It is also 2. Recently in which state a Suspected the first oil pipeline in Nepal. meteorite was found? 5. Which is the commercial arm of ISRO? a) Rajasthan a) Antrix b) Madhya Pradesh b) NewSpace India Limited c) Assam c) SpaceX d) Bihar d) Space BD

Explanation: A celestial object, weighing over Explanation: A total of 239 satellites were 10 kilograms and having magnetic properties, launched by ISRO‟s commercial arm Antrix was on July 24 brought to a museum in Patna on Corporation in the last three years, garnering the instruction of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, revenue of Rs. 6,289 crore. two days after it was discovered in Bihar‟s Madhubani district. 6. Students team from which IIT won tech entrepreneur Elon Musk‟s admiration? 3. ADB has recently sanctioned Rs 2000 Cr a) IIT Bombay for power projects in which state? b) IIT Roorkee a) Meghalaya c) IIT Madras b) Arunachal Pradesh d) IIT Delhi c) Tripura d) Nagaland Explanation: Student innovators from IIT- Madras won tech entrepreneur Elon Musk‟s Explanation: Asian Development Bank has admiration with their design of a hyperloop pod sanctioned 1,925 crore rupees project for at a SpaceX organised competition in Los Angeles. 39 Website: examsdaily.in Facebook: Examsdaily Twitter: Examsdaily Monthly Current Affairs Quiz July 2019

7. Who has been appointed as the Andhra 10. Who has been appointed as the Britain‟s Pradesh Governor? first Indian-origin Home Secretary? a) Biswa Bhusan Harichandan a) Priti Patel b) Phagu Chauhan b) Mike Pompeo c) Jagdeep Dhankhar c) Jai Shankar d) R.N.Ravi d) Emma Kennedy

Explanation: Sri Biswa Bhusan Harichandan Explanation: British Prime Minister Boris took charge as new Governor of Andhra Johnson has appointed Indian origin Priti Patel Pradesh in Rajbhavan in Vijayawada, Andhra as the country Home Secretary. Pradesh. His oath was administered by the AP High Court Acting Chief Justice C. Praveen Current Affairs Quiz – July 26, 2019 Kumar. 1. Kargil Vijay Diwas is observed on which 8. Who has been appointed as new Home date? Secretary? a) July 26 a) Rajive Gauba b) August 14 c) June 24 b) Ajay Kumar Bhalla c) Priti Patel d) December 16 d) Rajiv Mehrishi Explanation: The 20th Anniversary of Kargil Explanation: A 1984 batch IAS officer and Vijay Diwas is being celebrated on July 26. The currently Secretary, Ministry of Power, Ajay day is named after the successful Operation Kumar Bhalla has been appointed Officer on Vijay in 1999. The Kargil war was fought for Special Duty (OSD) to the Ministry of Home more than 60 days and ended with India Affairs with immediate effect. He will take over regaining control of all the previously held as Home Secretary from incumbent Rajive territory. The central theme of this year‟s Gauba. celebrations is „Remember, Rejoice and Renew‟. 9. What is India‟s rank in Global Innovation Index-2019? 2. In which state Anganwadi Centres to get a) 57 transformed into Model Community b) 52 facilities? c) 81 a) Rajasthan d) 62 b) Andhra Pradesh c) Assam Explanation: Union Minister of Commerce & d) Jammu & Kashmir Industry and Railways, PiyushGoyal, launchedthe Global Innovation Index (GII) 2019 Explanation: Jammu and Kashmir Government in New Delhi. India jumped five places to rolled out an ambitious plan to transform the improve its position from 57th last year to 52nd Anganwadi Centres into state-of-the-art Model in 2019. 40 Website: examsdaily.in Facebook: Examsdaily Twitter: Examsdaily Monthly Current Affairs Quiz July 2019

Community Facilities for children and mothers Fawad Chaudhry, Pakistan‟s Minister for in the State. Science and Technology, said the selection process of the astronaut for the space mission 3. Fresh tiger census likely to be out on would start from February 2020. which date? a) July 26 6. Dubai World Expo 2020 will take place b) August 16 for how many months beginning 20th c) July 29 October 2020? d) July 31 a) Two b) Four Explanation: The much-awaited tiger census is c) Six likely to be released on July 29, Global Tiger d) Ten Day. As part of an agreement in 2010 among these countries, there is a goal to double the Explanation: Dubai World Expo 2020 will take global tiger count by 2022. place for six months beginning 20th October 2020 up to 10th April 2021. The theme of the 4. Which state becomes No. 1 in Expo is “Connecting Minds, Creating the implementation of Pradhanamntri Future” with three sub themes – Opportunity, Suraksha Beema Yojna? Mobility and Sustainability – to generate a) Gujarat sustainable solutions to global problems, b) Uttar Pradesh demand and collaboration areas across cultures, c) Tamil Nadu countries and regions. d) Maharashtra 7. FICCI International Seminar on „Nation Explanation: Uttar Pradesh has become Building Through Ship Building‟was held number one in implementation of in which city? Pradhanamntri Suraksha Beema Yojna in the a) New Delhi country. As per the statement released by state b) Mumbai government 1.95 crores people have been given c) Hyderabad insurance cover under the scheme till 31 march d) Bengaluru 2019. Explanation: Admiral Karambir Singh, PVSM, 5. Pakistan to launch its first astronaut in AVSM, ADC, Chief of the Naval Staff, which year? addressed the delegates from the industry and a) 2022 SENIOR ECHELONS OF Indian Navy during b) 2020 the FICCI international Seminar on „Nation c) 2025 Building Through Shipbuilding‟ at New Delhi. d) 2027 8. India and which country discusses Explanation: Pakistan announced that it will bilateral hydrocarbon cooperation? send its first astronaut to space in 2022 using a) UAE close ally China‟s satellite launch facilities. b) Saudi Arabia 41 Website: examsdaily.in Facebook: Examsdaily Twitter: Examsdaily Monthly Current Affairs Quiz July 2019

c) Iran Current Affairs Quiz – July 27, 2019 d) Russia 1. Exhibition of 'Monuments of Valour & Explanation: Petroleum and Natural Gas Victory Homage to Kargil Warriors' was Minister Dharmendra Pradhan held discussions inaugurated at which city? with Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral a) Mumbai Resources of Saudi Arabia Khalid Al-Falih to b) Srinagar further enhance bilateral hydrocarbon c) Lucknow cooperation. d) New Delhi

9. Who is the current Law Minister of Explanation: Union Culture Minister (IC) Shri India? Prahlad Singh Patel Inaugurated an Exhibition a) Arjun Munda of 'Monuments of Valour & Victory Homage to b) Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' Kargil Warriors'on the 20th Anniversary of c) D.V. Sadananda Gowda Kargil Vijay Divastoday in New Delhi. d) Ravi Shankar Prasad 2. Fieldwork of 7th Economic Census to be Explanation: Ravi Shankar Prasad is the launched in which state? current minister for law and justice in India. He a) Rajasthan is an Indian lawyer, politician and the current b) Tripura Union Minister holding the Law and Justice, c) Assam Communications and Electronics and d) Jammu & Kashmir Information Technology portfolios in the Government of India.[1] A member of the Explanation: The fieldwork of 7th EC is being Bharatiya Janata Party, Prasad represents the launched in the States of Tripura on 29th July state of Bihar as a Member of Parliament from 2019, and in Puducherry soon after. Patna Sahib Lok Sabha constituency. 3. In which state Special lion-ambulance 10. Who is the new Chief Minister of was launched? Karnataka? a) Gujarat b) Rajasthan a) Yeddyurappa b) Kumaraswamy c) West Bengal c) Ramesh Kumar d) Maharashtra d) Siddaramaiah Explanation: Lion Ambulance is the first of its Explanation: B S Yeddyurappa will be sworn kind in the country, which is fitted with an in as Chief Minister of Karnataka. Yeddyurappa anesthesia-cum-ventilator-cum multi-para met Governor stake claim for machine, a blood analyzer and an ultrasound government formation. The H D imaging suite. Kumaraswamy-led Congress-JD(S) government fell after it secured only 99 votes against the BJP‟s 105 in the Karnataka Assembly. 42 Website: examsdaily.in Facebook: Examsdaily Twitter: Examsdaily Monthly Current Affairs Quiz July 2019

4. Recently which species is spreading as 7. Who has been appointed as the Secretary, threat to Nilgiris ecosystem? Ministry of Power? a) Rapeseed a) Subhash Chandra Garg b) Knotweed b) Pradeep Kumar Sinha c) Common water hyacinth c) Samant Goel d) Hydrilla d) Anil Kumar Gupta

Explanation: One of the most recent invader Explanation: Shri Subhash Chandra Garg knotweed native to the Himalayas has begun assumed charge as Secretary, Ministry of taking root in the upper slopes of the Nilgiris, Power. potentially threatening biodiversity along streams and rivers. 8. Which former cricket player will lead CAC to pick India‟s next head coach? 5. Which is the first country to share a) Sunil Gavaskar satellite data with India on floods in b) Sachin Tendulkar Assam? c) Kapil Dev a) China d) Sourav Ganguly b) USA c) Russia Explanation: The committee comprising Kapil d) Japan Dev, Anshuman Gaekwad and Shantha Rangaswamy will complete the interview Explanation: India received satellite data on its process of the candidates, aspiring to be the new flood-hit regions from eight nations and China head coach of the Indian team by August 15. was the first to provide it as part of a multi- lateral mechanism for sharing space-based 9. Who is the chairman of the committee information for countries affected by natural or formed to strategise preparations for man-made disasters, the government said. 2020, 2024 Olympics? a) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore 6. Naegleria fowleri a brain-eating amoeba b) Kiren Rijiju found in which country? c) Abhinav Bindra a) China d) Ravi Shankar Prasad b) Nigeria Explanation: A high level 10-member c) USA d) Somalia committee has been constituted under the chairmanship of Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju to Explanation: Naegleria fowleri, a single-celled coordinate and strategise the preparation for the organism known as the “brain-eating 2020 and 2024 Olympics. amoeba.”The amoeba is typically found in warm freshwater, and the majority of cases in the United States have occurred in Florida and Texas.

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10. Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited Explanation: Bangladesh along with Bhutan, (MIDHANI) is located in which city? Nepal and Thailand in South-East Asia Region a) Bengaluru has been able to achieve Hepatitis B control. b) Thiruvananthapuram The prevalence of the deadly disease has come c) Ahmedabad down to less than one per cent among five-year- d) Hyderabad old children says the WHO in its report published. Explanation: The Hyderabad based Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (MIDHANI) has played a 3. Himalayan Conclave was held in which role in the celebrated Chandrayaan-2 Mission. It state? developed and supplied materials for Cryogenic a) Uttarakhand Engine (CUS) of GSLV Mk III, a three-stage b) Himachal Pradesh heavy lift launch vehicle, developed by the c) Sikkim Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for d) Jammu & Kashmir launch of the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft. Explanation: In Uttarakhand, a Himalayan Current Affairs Quiz – July 28,29 2019 Conclave is being held in Mussoorie. The objective is to discuss various issues related to 1. Global Tiger Day is observed on which the development of Himalayan States. date? a) July 11 4. Indian boxers won how many medals in b) July 29 Thailand Open campaign? c) June 05 a) 4 d) August 03 b) 8 c) 3 Explanation: Global Tiger Day, takes place d) 6 annually on July 29. It is a day to celebrate tigers, to raise awareness for the need for their Explanation: Indian boxers finished their preservation, and to promote the protection and campaign at the Thailand Open in Bangkok with expansion of their habitats. The day was a rich haul of eight medals, comprising a gold, designated in the St. Petersburg Declaration on four silver and three bronze. Tiger Conservation, which was released on November 23, 2010, during the Global Tiger 5. The third edition of Khelo India Youth Summit. Games will be held in which city? a) Guwahati 2. According to WHO which South-East b) New Delhi Asia Region countries achieve Hepatitis B c) Pune control? d) Mumbai a) Bangladesh b) Bhutan & Nepal Explanation: The third edition of Khelo India c) Thailand Youth Games will be held in Guwahati next d) All the above 44 Website: examsdaily.in Facebook: Examsdaily Twitter: Examsdaily Monthly Current Affairs Quiz July 2019

year. Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju announced 9. Which cycle of All India Tiger Estimation the decision. 2018 to be published on global tiger day? a) First 6. Who won the German Grand Prix? b) Second a) Lewis Hamilton c) Third b) Sebastian Vettel d) Fourth c) Max Verstappen d) Valtteri Bottas Explanation: The Tiger Estimation exercise is believed to be the world‟s largest wildlife Explanation: Red Bull's driver Max Verstappen survey effort in terms of coverage, intensity of clinched the German Grand Prix at sampling and quantum of camera trapping. India Hockenheim. Verstappen now has the second conducts the All India Tiger Estimation every title of the Formula One season. four years. Three cycles of the estimation have 7. 23rd President's Cup Boxing Tournament already been completed in 2006, 2010 and 2014. was held in which country? 10. Who won the 46th National women‟s a) Indonesia chess championship? b) India a) Bhakti Kulkarni c) Bulgaria b) Pratyusha Bodda d) Uzbekistan c) Harika Dronavalli Explanation: Six-time world champion Mary d) Tania Sachdev Kom in 51kg category and Simranjit Kaur in Explanation: Defending champion Bhakti 60kg category grabbed a gold each in 23rd Kulkarni of Air India played out a draw against President's Cup Boxing Tournament in Labuan Pratyusha Bodda of Andhra Pradesh in the 11th Bajo, Indonesia. and final round to emerge champion of the 46th 8. World hepatitis day is observed on which National women‟s chess championship. date? Current Affairs Quiz – July 30 2019 a) June 28 b) July 24 1. International Day of Friendship is c) July 28 observed on which date? d) August 11 a) July 30 b) August 04 Explanation: World Hepatitis Day is observed c) June 27 on 28 July. The date of 28 July was chosen d) August 07 because it is the birthday of Nobel-prize winning scientist Dr Baruch Blumberg, who Explanation: July 30 - The International Day of discovered hepatitis B virus (HBV) and Friendship is an initiative that follows on the developed a diagnostic test and vaccine for the proposal made by UNESCO and taken up by the virus. UN General Assembly in 1997.

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2. Which two sanctuaries emerged as the Explanation: In Jammu and Kashmir, District best managed tiger reserves in the Administration Udhampur has launched a country? helpline, “Jeene Do”. The objective is to a) Uttarakhand‟s Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve improve sex ratio and deal with defaulters of and Rajasthan‟s Ranthambore Tiger Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Reserve Techniques or PCPNDT Act under the Centrally b) West Bengal‟s Sunderban Tiger Reserve sponsored Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme. and Madhya Pradesh‟s Bandhavgarh National Park 5. 14th meeting of the Working Mechanism c) Madhya Pradesh's Pench sanctuary for Consultation and Coordination, and Kerala‟s Periyar sanctuary WMCC on India-China Border Affairs d) Rajasthan‟s Sariska Tiger Reserve and was held in which city? Madhya Pradesh‟s Panna National Park a) Beijing b) New Delhi Explanation: Madhya Pradesh's Pench c) Itanagar sanctuary and Kerala‟s Periyar sanctuary d) Shanghai emerged as the best managed tiger reserves in the country, according to an evaluation of Explanation: India and China have reviewed India‟s 50 tiger sanctuaries released along with the situation in the border areas for maintaining the 4th National Tiger Estimation. peace and tranquillity. Both sides held the 14th meeting of the Working Mechanism for 3. Who is India‟s first women legislator? Consultation and Coordination, WMCC on a) Muthulakshmi Reddi India-China Border Affairs in Beijing. b) Anandi Gopal Joshi c) Kadambini Ganguly 6. Which paramilitary force in India is 184- d) Pandita Ramabai year-old paramilitary force? a) Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Explanation: Google Doodle celebrated Dr. b) Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) Muthulakshmi Reddi, a surgeon, educator, c) Assam Rifles (AR) lawmaker and social reformer, on her 133rd d) Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) birth anniversary. She became one of the first women doctors in India in 1912, and the first Explanation: Indian peacekeepers, who woman house surgeon in the Government supported the Haitian Police for over a decade Maternity Hospital, Madras. and are departing from Haiti as the UN mission closes in October, have won laurels for their 4. Which state recently launched helpline commendable service. The Indian Formed “Jeene Do”? Police Unit consisted 140 personnel from a) West Bengal Assam Rifles, India‟s 184-year-old paramilitary b) Jammu & Kashmir force. c) Maharashtra d) Uttar Pradesh

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7. Chandrayaan-2 expected to soft-land in 10. Which is the sixth ship of the Landing the south pole of Moon on? Craft Utility(LCU) MK IV class recently a) September 7 commissioned into the Indian Navy? b) August 15 a) L 56 c) September 5 b) L 50 d) August 31 c) L 52 d) L 54 Explanation: Chandrayaan 2 is expected to reach lunar orbit by mid-August and the lander Explanation: IN LCU L56, the sixth ship of the carrying the rover in it is, expected to soft-land Landing Craft Utility(LCU) MK IV class was in the south pole of Moon on September commissioned into the Indian Navy by Vice Admiral Atul Kumar Jain. 8. Japan's Hayabusa-2 completed second touchdown on which asteroid? Current Affairs Quiz – July 31 2019 a) Ceres b) Bennu 1. Mumbai receives how much percent more c) Ryugu than the average rainfall of the season? d) Vesta a) 42 b) 52 Explanation: Japan‟s Hayabusa2 probe landed c) 62 successfully on a distant asteroid for a final d) 72 touchdown, hoping to collect samples that could shed light on the evolution of the solar system. Explanation: Mumbai has so far received almost more than 72 per cent average rainfall of 9. India and which country signed MoU on the season. sharing white shipping information and co-operation in the field of Hydrography? 2. Which Country plants more than 200 a) Singapore million trees in 1 day? b) Myanmar a) China c) Benin b) India c) Ethiopia d) Mozambique d) Pakistan Explanation: Two Memoranda of Understanding agreement on sharing white Explanation: Ethiopians planted more than 200 shipping information and co-operation in the million trees on July 29, which officials stated field of Hydrography were signed between will be a world record. Government of India and Government of the Republic of Mozambique.

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3. Which Country to spend $150 billion on 6. Which Indian is in top rank in the World 5G in next 6 years? Badminton Rankings? a) China a) Sai Praneeth b) India b) Sameer Verma c) USA c) Kidambi Srikanth d) South Korea d) Parupalli Kashyap

Explanation: China is planning to spend $150 Explanation: Indian shuttler B.Sai Praneeth has billion on 5G wireless technology in the next six jumped four places to enter in the top 20 players years a move to jump-start automated in the latest World Badminton Rankings. manufacturing and enable Beijing to emerge as Praneeth is now World No.19 in Men's Singles a world leader in Artificial Intelligence (AI). badminton ranking. Kidambi Srikanth has maintained his tenth position while Sameer 4. Which Country aided 480 million dollar Verma retains his 13th position. to Sri Lanka? a) India 7. 22nd National Conference on e- b) USA Governance 2019 to be held at? c) China a) Shillong d) France b) New Delhi c) Mumbai Explanation: The United States (US) has d) Guwahati asserted that the Millennium Challenge Corporation's 480 million US dollar aid to Sri Explanation: The Department of Lanka was a gift from the people of the US and Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances not a loan. (DARPG), in association with Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) 5. Which Bank relaxes External and the State Government of Meghalaya will Commercial Borrowing norms for organize the 22nd National Conference on e- corporates, non-banking lenders? Governance 2019 on 8-9th August, 2019 at a) RBI Shillong, Meghalaya. b) SBI c) ICICI 8. Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2019 will d) EXIM amend the Companies Act passed in which year? Explanation: Reserve Bank has liberalised the a) 2000 end-use stipulations for the External b) 2003 Commercial Borrowings both for corporates as c) 2013 well as liquidity starved non-banking lenders. d) 2010

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aims to tighten Corporate Social Responsibility- Cricket in India (BCCI) till November 15, 2019, CSR compliance, transfer certain for a doping violation. responsibilities to National Company Law Tribunal and recategorise certain offences as 10. Under which Mission New programme civil offences. for Community Innovation will be launched? 9. Which Indian Cricket Player has been a) Digital Mission suspended by BCCI for a doping b) Skill India Mission violation? c) Atal Innovation Mission a) Shubman Gill d) Make in India b) Rishabh Pant c) Shreyas Iyer Explanation: NITI Aayog's flagship initiative, the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) will launch d) Prithvi Shaw a new programme for Community Innovation in Explanation: Indian Test opener Prithvi Shaw New Delhi. has been suspended by the Board of Control for

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