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WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTION DISCUSSION – 25.06.2019 TO 02.07.2019 No. of Questions : 40 Correct : ____________ Full Mark : 40 Wrong : _____________ Time : 20 min Mark Secured : _______ 1. Who has won the 2019 Austrian Grand Prix? A) Lewis Hamilton B) Sebastian Vettel C) Max Verstappen D) Valtteri Bottas 2. Which city was the costliest city in world as per Mercer’s 25th Annual Cost of Living Survey? A) Seoul B) Singapore C) Hong Kong D) Tokyo 3. Name the first Indian, who has become the member of International Olympic Committee (IOC)? A) Narinder Batra B) Thomas Abraham C) Rajeev Arora D) Vandana Sharda 4. FBA was in news recently, B stands for _________? A) Benchmark B) Bankruptcy C) Balance D) Budget 5. Which ministry has tied up with UN’s World Food Programme to release the report on Food & Nutrition Security (FNS)? A)MoHFW B) MHA C) MoSPI D) MoWCD 6. What is the increase percent of wilful defaulters in nationalized banks in five years to March 2019? A) 70% B) 80% C) 60% D) 50% 7. Which organization has elected Sharad Kumar Saraf as its new President? A) SIDBI B) NASSCOM C) FIEO D) FICCI 8. Which organization has released, 2nd edition of “Healthy States, Progressive India” report which ranks states and union territories based on health outcomes, as well as, their overall performance? A) National Development Council B) National Integration Council C) NITI Aayog D) Planning Commission 9. What is the average base rate set by Reserve Bank of India for NBFCs and MFIs to be charged from their customers? A) 9.75% B) 9.25% C) 9.55% D) 9.18% 10. Name the recently passed bill by parliament, that allowed trusts to establish units in Special Economic Zone. A) Special Economic Zones Bill, 2019 B) Special Economic Zones for Trusts Bill, 2019 C) Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Bill, 2019 D) Special Economic Zones (Updated) Bill, 2019 11. Which state has the lowest unemployment rate as per the NSSO’s titled “The Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) for 2017-18”? A) Meghalaya B) Manipur C) Goa D) Nagaland 12. How much fine will be imposed on the people for blocking ambulances as a part of Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill? A) Rs 20,000 B) Rs 30,000 C) Rs 10,000 D) Rs 50,000 13. CGFSEL was in news recently, C stands for _________? A) Cash B) Cheque C) Collateral D) Credit 14. Through which scheme, Department of School Education and Literacy provides Self-defence training for girls in schools? A) Shagun B) Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat C) Samagra Shiksha D) Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan 15. Who chaired the Beekeeping Development Committee (BDC) that submitted its report to the Prime Minister recently? A) Amir Ullah Khan B) V. K. Saraswat C) Arvind Panagariya D) Bibek Debroy 16. Who has been appointed as the National Housing Bank (NHB) Managing Director for a period of three years? A) Karnam Sekar B) Sarada Kumar Hota C) Pallav Mahapatra D) P. S. Jayakumar 17. Which insurance company has partnered with MobiKwik & launched “shampoo-sachet” concept to offer mini medical insurance products? A) New India Assurance B) Bajaj Allianz General Insurance C) HDFC ERGO General Insurance D) Max Bupa 18. Kalu police station which was ranked as the India’s best police station, is located in which state? A) Dharwad district, Karnataka B) Murshidabad district, West Bengal C) Bikaner district, Rajasthan D) Nicobar district, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 19. Name NASA’s first Astrobee robot to fly under its own power in space? A) Robocop B)Garud C) Tachikomas D) Bumble 20. Which international organization has released the report titled “Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2018”? A) Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership(REEEP) B) International Energy Agency(IEA) C) International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) D) International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA) 1441, Opp. IOCL Petrol Pump, CRPF Square, Bhubaneswar-751015 1 Ph. : 8093556677, 9040456677, Web : www.vanik.org, E-mail : [email protected] WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTION DISCUSSION – 25.06.2019 TO 02.07.2019 21. Name of the scheme launched by central government, that allow beneficiaries to buy subsidized foodgrains from any ration shop in the country? A) One Nation One Ration Card B) One Ration One Nation C) One Ration Card through Nation D) One Nation and One Ration 22. Name the campaign launched by Minister of State for Tribal Affairs, Smt. Renuka Singh to institutionalize collaborations with different organizations to promote tribal products? A) “Go Tribal Campaign” B) “Promote Tribes” C) “Uplift the life of tribes” D) “Tribal Products” 23. Name the portal launched by RBI for lodging complaints against banks and NBFCs on its website? A) Complaint Management System (CMS) B) Complaint Against Bank (CAB) C) Complaint Over Bank and NBFC (COBN) D) Lodge Complaints against Bank (LCB) 24. Which Malayalam film was the first Indian film, to win the outstanding artistic achievement award in the Shanghai International Film Festival? A) Ore Kadal B) Thirakkatha C) Veyil Marangal D) Pathemari 25. Who was appointed for the additional post as CMD of BSNL for a period of three months? A) Vivek Banzal B) Suresh Kumar Gupta C) P.K. Purwar D) Anupam Srivastava 26. Where was the 5th Black Forest Cup held? A) Jakarta, Indonesia B) Canberra, Australia C) Zürich, Switzerland D) Schwenningen, Germany 27. Name the author of the novel titled ‘The New Delhi Conspiracy’? A) Kiran Desai B) Mulk Raj Anand C) Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni D) Meenakshi Lekhi 28. Who won the RedInk Award for ‘Journalist of the Year 2019’? A) Ravish Kumar B) Rachna Khaira C) Barkha Dutt D) Rajat Sharma 29. Who was appointed as the chief of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW)? A)Arvind Kumar B)Krishnaswammy Natarajan C) Anil K Dhasmana D) Samant Kumar Goel 30. Which country is set to host 2026 Winter Olympics? A) China B) Italy C) India D) Russia 31. India was placed at which rank in terms of money parked by its citizens with Swiss banks by the end of 2018? A) 73rd B) 74th C) 75th D) 76th 32. Which color coding will be required to label on front side of Indian package food that represent high fat, sugar and salt content levels as per FSSAI? A) Yellow color coding B) Red color coding C) Green color coding D) Orange color coding 33. Which country has signed a loan agreement with World Bank for the Program Towards Elimination of Tuberculosis(TB), which kills approximately half a million people in that country ? A) Indonesia B) India C) China D) Nigeria 34. Where was the new tortoise species named Manouria impressa(Impressed Tortoises) discovered ? A) Karnataka B) Kerala C) Arunachal Pradesh D) Andhra Pradesh 35. Where was the BIMSTEC day 2019 held? A) Naypyitaw B) Dhaka C) New Delhi D) Bangkok 36. Which entity is set to acquire the stakes held by BNP Paribas in their two jointventure (JV) companies? A) Magma Fincorp B) Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company C) Sundaram Finance Ltd (SFL) D) Bajaj Finserv Ltd 37. Which state government has signed a tripartite loan agreement with GoI and World Bank to improve its ability to manage financial systems and lead to better utilization of development resources? A) Punjab B) West Bengal C) Uttar Pradesh D) Uttarakhand 38. Which organisation’s Olympic status was suspended recently by the International Olympic Committee (IOC)? A) FIFA B) FIVB C) BWF D) AIBA 39. Which state celebrated the Sindhu Darshan Festival 2019? A) Assam B) Odisha C) West Bengal D) Jammu and Kashmir 40. Where was the Mahatma Gandhi IT and Biotechnology Park (MGIT-BP) inaugurated, which is built recently? A) Cameroon B) Cote d’Ivoire C) Senegal D) Burkina Faso 1441, Opp. IOCL Petrol Pump, CRPF Square, Bhubaneswar-751015 2 Ph. : 8093556677, 9040456677, Web : www.vanik.org, E-mail : [email protected] WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTION DISCUSSION – 25.06.2019 TO 02.07.2019 ANSWER KEYS 1 C 21 A 2 C 22 A 3 A 23 A 4 A 24 C 5 C 25 C 6 C 26 D 7 C 27 D 8 C 28 B 9 D 29 D 10 C 30 B 11 A 31 B 12 C 32 B 13 D 33 B 14 C 34 C 15 D 35 B 16 B 36 C 17 D 37 D 18 C 38 D 19 D 39 D 20 C 40 B 1441, Opp. IOCL Petrol Pump, CRPF Square, Bhubaneswar-751015 3 Ph. : 8093556677, 9040456677, Web : www.vanik.org, E-mail : [email protected] .