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CurrentMm Affairs Test – July to Feb © All Rights Reserved with Defence Unicorn Institute, Gandhinagar. Contact # 6351299206. No part of this material/ content may be reproduced in part/full without the express permission of Defence Unicorn Institute. Write to us: [email protected] Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter 1. The first-ever Helicopter Summit in India was held in which city? a) Mumbai b) Dehradun c) New Delhi d) Ghaziabad 2. When is the World Suicide Prevention Day held? a) September 9 b) September 8 c) September 10 d) September 11 3. India has recently inaugurated the South Asia‟s first cross-border pipeline in collaboration with which country? a) Nepal b) Bhutan c) Myanmar d) Malaysia 4. Heeralal Sharma who died recently was a well known ____________. a) Architect b) Novelist c) Classical singer d) Freedom fighter 5. Who is appointed as the new MD of Microsoft India? a) Suresh Rajan b) Suresh Yadav c) Rajiv Kumar d) Vikram Sharma 6. When is the World Suicide Prevention Day held? a) September 9 b) September 8 c) September 10 d) September 11 7. India has recently inaugurated the South Asia‟s first cross-border pipeline in collaboration with which country? a) Nepal b) Bhutan DEFENCE UNICORN INSTITUTE NDA | CDS | AFCAT | ACC | CAPF | CPO | COAST GUARD | DEFENCE EXAMS | COMPETITIVE EXAMS GANDHINAGAR | AHMEDABAD – Helpline Number 6351299206 Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter CurrentMm Affairs Test – July to Feb c) Myanmar d) Malaysia 8. Heeralal Sharma who died recently was a well known ____________. a) Architect b) Novelist c) Classical singer d) Freedom fighter 9. Hurricane Dorian has caused large-scale destruction in The Bahamas and India has announced an immediate humanitarian assistance of $1 million to help people in The Bahamas affected by the storm. What is the capital of The Bahamas? a) Havana b) Nassau c) Kingston d) Paramaribo © All Rights Reserved with Defence Unicorn Institute, Gandhinagar. Contact # 6351299206. No part of this material/ content may be reproduced in part/full without the express permission of Defence Unicorn Institute. Write to us: [email protected] Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter 10. Who is appointed as the new MD of Microsoft India? e) Suresh Rajan f) Suresh Yadav g) Rajiv Kumar h) Vikram Sharma 11. The 22nd Session of UN Committee on Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities was held at which city? a) Geneva b) Rome c) Paris d) London 12. Who will be conferred with the 40th edition of prestigious Sarala Puraskar? a) Rajiv Nath b) Amitav Ghosh c) Devika Sethi d) Pradeep Dash 13. Who is the author of book “Obama: the call of history “? a) Ian Kershaw b) Peter Baker c) Ben Judah d) Nina Antonia DEFENCE UNICORN INSTITUTE NDA | CDS | AFCAT | ACC | CAPF | CPO | COAST GUARD | DEFENCE EXAMS | COMPETITIVE EXAMS GANDHINAGAR | AHMEDABAD – Helpline Number 6351299206 Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter CurrentMm Affairs Test – July to Feb 14. Name the stock exchange which has signed an MoU with the Steel Users Federation of India to launch trading in steel futures. a) Bombay Stock Exchange b) New York Stock Exchange c) National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. d) London Stock Exchange 15. Who has been appointed as OSD (Officer on Special Duty) in the PMO? a) Atanu Chaturvedi b) Ravneet Gill c) PK Sinha d) Nripendra Mishra 16. Recently Parthasarathi Mukherjee announced resignation from post of CEO. He was the former CEO of which bank? a) Kotak Mahindra Bank b) IDBI Bank c) Lakshmi Vilas Bank d) Indian Bank © All Rights Reserved with Defence Unicorn Institute, Gandhinagar. Contact # 6351299206. No part of this material/ content may be reproduced in part/full without the express permission of Defence Unicorn Institute. Write to us: [email protected] Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter 17. The Central TB Division of the Health Ministry has signed an MoU with which Institute to explore the application of cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence technology in its fight against TB? a) BITS, Pilani b) IIT, Delhi c) Wadhwani Institute d) IIT, Mumbai 18. Which state government has decided to form a Special Tiger Force, which will serve as a second layer of protection for tigers at the Corbett Tiger Reserve? a) West Bengal b) Rajasthan c) Madhya Pradesh d) Uttarakhand 19. Who has been appointed as the Governor of Rajasthan? a) Kalraj Mishra b) Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan c) Arif Mohammed Khan d) Bandaru Dattatraya 20. Who has won the Formula One (F1) Belgian Grand Prix? a) Charles Leclerc DEFENCE UNICORN INSTITUTE NDA | CDS | AFCAT | ACC | CAPF | CPO | COAST GUARD | DEFENCE EXAMS | COMPETITIVE EXAMS GANDHINAGAR | AHMEDABAD – Helpline Number 6351299206 Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter CurrentMm Affairs Test – July to Feb b) Sebastian Vettel c) Valtteri Bottas d) Lewis Hamilton 21. The 4th General Assembly of Association of World Election Bodies (A-WEB) will be held in which city? a) Delhi b) Mumbai c) Bengaluru d) Kolkata 22. What is the theme of „Rashtriya Poshan Maah‟ (National Nutrition Month)? a) Nutritious food b) Healthy Diet c) Power in Food d) Complimentary Feeding © All Rights Reserved with Defence Unicorn Institute, Gandhinagar. Contact # 6351299206. No part of this material/ content may be reproduced in part/full without the express permission of Defence Unicorn Institute. Write to us: [email protected] Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter 23. President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed 5 new governors recently. Who is appointed as new governor of Telangana? a) Bhagat Singh Koshyari b) Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan c) Arif Mohammed Khan d) Bandaru Dattatreya 24. The amended provisions of the Motor Vehicle Act, which hike the penalty for traffic rules violation have come into force from-? a) 01st April 2019 b) 01st July 2019 c) 01st September 2019 d) 01st August 2019 25. A convincing India U-15 team has thrashed Nepal 7-0 to lift the SAFF U-15 title at the Kalyani Stadium in-? a) Kolkata b) Cuttack c) Kochin d) Patna 26. Which of the following Bank will introduce two Repo Linked Products– Suvidha Plus Home Loan and Suvidha Plus Auto Loan from 10th September 2019? a) Bank of Baroda b) ICICI Bank DEFENCE UNICORN INSTITUTE NDA | CDS | AFCAT | ACC | CAPF | CPO | COAST GUARD | DEFENCE EXAMS | COMPETITIVE EXAMS GANDHINAGAR | AHMEDABAD – Helpline Number 6351299206 Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter CurrentMm Affairs Test – July to Feb c) Canara Bank d) IDBI Bank 27. Who won gold in the women‟s 10meter Air Pistol event at the ISSF World Cup at Rio de Janeiro in Brazil? a) Jitu Rai b) Gagan Narang c) Yashaswini Singh Deswal d) Abhinav Bindra 28. Which of the following two countries have tied at the top spot (at 86 percent) and emerged as the happiest nations of the world from market research firm Ipsos? a) Australia and Canada b) China and the Great Britain c) France and the USA d) Saudi Arabia and Germany 29. Khadi and Village Industries Commission has recently launched a „Terracotta Grinder‟ at Sewapuri in _____________. a) Mathura b) Lucknow c) Meerut d) Varanasi © All Rights Reserved with Defence Unicorn Institute, Gandhinagar. Contact # 6351299206. No part of this material/ content may be reproduced in part/full without the express permission of Defence Unicorn Institute. Write to us: [email protected] Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter 30. Who among the following will be honoured with the prestigious „Global Goalkeeper Award‟ by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation? a) Narendra Modi b) Rajnath Singh c) Nirmala Sitharaman d) Piyush Goyal 31. 5th Eastern Economic Forum was held in ____________, Russia. a) Vladivostok b) Moscow c) Saint Petersburg d) Sochi 32. Name the Tamil Film Director, Actor and Cinematographer who directed films such as Palaivanacholai, Chinnapoove Mella Pesu, Dhooram Adhigamillai and many others, passed away recently. a) Senthamarai b) Raja Sekar DEFENCE UNICORN INSTITUTE NDA | CDS | AFCAT | ACC | CAPF | CPO | COAST GUARD | DEFENCE EXAMS | COMPETITIVE EXAMS GANDHINAGAR | AHMEDABAD – Helpline Number 6351299206 Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter CurrentMm Affairs Test – July to Feb c) Panchu Arunachalam d) Janagaraj 33. National Animal Disease Control Programme was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in which of the A book titled “Savarkar: Echoes from a forgotten past, 1883-1924″ on the life of freedom fighter and Philosopher Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, popularly known as Veer Savarkar has been published. It is written by? a) Vikram Sampath b) Arundhati Roy c) Vikram Seth d) Salman Rushdie 34. Who stepped down as the chairman of the Chinese firm Alibaba Group on September 10, 2019? a) Daniel Yong Zhang b) Joseph C. Tsai c) Jack Ma d) Jack Yun 35. National Institution for Transforming India has selected McKinsey & Company to set up India‟s first DCC. DCC stands for? a) Digital Capability Centre b) Digital Capacity Centre c) Digital Collaboration Centre d) Digital Centralised Centre © All Rights Reserved with Defence Unicorn Institute, Gandhinagar. Contact # 6351299206. No part of this material/ content may be reproduced in part/full without the express permission of Defence Unicorn Institute. Write to us: [email protected] Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter 36. Who among the following has received the Best Film award in the 20th Edition of IIFA Awards 2019? a) Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety b) Padmaavat c) Raazi d) Kedarnath 37. IDBI Bank‟s Board of Directors has approved the appointment of _______________ as Deputy Managing Director (DMD) for a period of 3 years. a) Sudhir Shyam b) Meera Swarup c) Rakesh Sharma d) Samuel Joseph Jebaraj DEFENCE UNICORN INSTITUTE NDA | CDS | AFCAT | ACC | CAPF | CPO | COAST GUARD | DEFENCE EXAMS | COMPETITIVE EXAMS GANDHINAGAR | AHMEDABAD – Helpline Number 6351299206 Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter CurrentMm Affairs Test – July to Feb 38. Name the state who recently launched “Champions Campaign” to fight dengue and urged citizens to become „champions‟ and encourage 10 friends to check their homes for mosquito larvae.