WEEKLY UPDATED CURRENT AFFAIRS FOR WEEK 33/(12-18 Aug) (2019) WEEKLY OBJECTIVE MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS ON CURRENT AFFAIRS: FOR WEEK 33/52 -Aug12-18(2019) 1. Who among the following has been elected as the new president of Guatemala? (a) Sandra Torres (b) Alejandro Giammattei (c) Vinicio Cerezo (d) Jimmy Morales 2. Name the senior advocate who served as the Additional Solicitor General in the Supreme Court from 2004 to 2009, passed away recently. (a) Ramachandra MartandHajarnavis (b) G.R. Rajagopaul (c) Amarendra Sharan (d) P. Govinda Menon 3. Who among the following has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Congo? (a) Ghotu Ram Meena (b) R. Masakui (c) Pranay Kumar Verma (d) Nina Tshering La 4. Researchers from which technical institution have developed a low-cost diagnostic device which can perform various pathological tests by using blood taken from a fingerprick? (a) IIT Guwahati (b) IIT Bangalore (c) IIT Mumbai (d) IIT Kharagpur 5. National Payments Corporation of India has announced that AePS has crossed the milestone of over 200 million transactions during July 2019. AePS stands for ................... (a) Aadhaar enabled Payment Source (b) Aadhaar enabled Payment System (c) Aadhaar enabled Payment Software (d) Aadhaar enabled Protocol System 6. Name the patriotic song which is produced by Doordarshan to mark the occasion of Independence Day, 2019. (a) Bharat (b) Himmat (c) Watan (d) Desh 7. Which airline will become the 1st Indian airline to fly over the North Pole while connecting New Delhi and North America on Independence Day? (a) Air India Express (b) GoAir (c) SpiceJet (d) Air India 8. The book, titled ‘Sridevi: Girl Woman Superstar’ will be launched on Sridevi’s 56th birth anniversary. The book is written by author-screenwriter ................... (a) Satyarth Nayak (b) Jhumpa Lahiri (c) Amrita Pritam (d) Chetan Bhagat 9. Name the tennis star who won the Rogers Cup tennis tournament 2019 held in Toronto, Canada. (a) Maria Sharapova (b) Serena Williams (c) Venus Williams (d) Bianca Andreescu 10. Name the mission recently launched by Indian Army in Jammu which aims to ensure basic necessities and essential services are available in the region post the abrogation of the provisions of Article 370 and reorganisation of Jammu and Kashmir. (a) Mission Reach Out (b) Mission Services (c) Mission People Harmony (d) Mission Jammu 11. Name the business-to-business payments startup which has launched the country’s first corporate credit card called ‘Freedom Card’ for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). (a) FINO PayTech (b) Ezetap Mobile Solutions (c) CCAvenue (d) EnKash 12. Name the Ivory Coast music star who was also named “Best Artist of the Year” at the Ivorian “Coupe- decale” Awards in 2016 and 2017 passed away recently. (a) Ariana Grande (b) Camila Cabello (c) J Arafat (d) Ed Sheeran Plot-1441, Opp. IOCL Petrol Pump, CRP Square, Bhubaneswar-751015 Ph. : 8093556677, 9040456677, Web :www.vanik.org, E-mail : [email protected] 1 WEEKLY UPDATED CURRENT AFFAIRS FOR WEEK 33/(12-18 Aug) (2019) 13. Name an Indian who made history by becoming the first Indian to win a world title in motorsports after winning the FIM World Cup held in Varpalota, Hungary. (a) Aishwarya Pissay (b) Alisha Abdullah (c) Neha Dabas (d) Mira Erda 14. The Union Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports (I/C) conferred the National Youth Awards for excellent work and contribution in different fields of development and social service. Who is Union Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports (I/C)? (a) Santosh Gangwar (b) Kiren Rijiju (c) Jitendra Singh (d) Mansukh Mandaviya 15. The safety measures for the children travelling on motorcycles have been included in the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act 2019 under which Central government has made “Headgear” mandatory for children above ................ while travelling on a motorcycle. (a) 5 years (b) 8 years (c) 6 years (d) 4 years 16. Name the operating system recently launched by chinese telecom giant Huawei. (a) HarmonyOS (b) ToggleOS (c) HuaweiOS (d) FaceOS 17. President Ram Nath Kovind gave assent to legislation for bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir, and two Union Territories, Jammu and Kashmir and ................ will come into existence on October 31. (a) Kulgam (b) Kupwara (c) Ladakh (d) Kargil 18. Freedom fighter Dayanidhi Nayak passed away. Nayak has struggled against the British Government during the Quit India movement and he was a devout follower of Mahatma Gandhi. He was from which of the following states? (a) Haryana (b) Rajasthan (c) Bihar (d) Odisha 19. Who is the CEO of Huawei? (a) Michael Saul (b) Ren Zhengfei (c) Kenichiro Yoshida (d) Kim Hyun Suk 20. National Payments Corporation of India has announced that AePS has crossed the milestone of over 200 million transactions during July 2019. Who is the MD & CEO of NPCI? (a) Yogesh Chander Modi (b) Harivansh Narayan (c) HrushikeshSenapaty (d) DilipAsbe 21. Which state has won the “best innovation and initiative leadership award” for its achievements in higher education in the World Education Summit-2019 held in New Delhi? (a) Haryana (b) Himachal Pradesh (c) Kerala (d) Rajasthan 22. Union government has constituted a 12-member high-level committee to revise and align the procedure of Defence procurement with the aim of strengthening the ‘Make in India’ initiative. Who will be the head of the 12 member panel? (a) Defence Minister (b) Joint Secretary (lnternational Cooperation) (c) Director-General (Acquisitions) (d) Joint Secretary (Coordination) & CAO 23. Name the Bengaluru based artificial intelligence start•up which will be acquihired by ride-hailing company "Ola". (a) Bash.ai (b) SigTuple (c) Pikup.ai (d) Manthan 24. Name the special drive launched by Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Indian Railways to identify and verify all vehicles parked in Railway premises, circulating area, parking and even in the ‘No Parking’ areas for a longer duration. (a) Operation Doubtful Parking (b) Operation No Parking (c) Operation Illegal Vehicles (d) Operation Number Plate 25. A missile destroyer, ........................ which is a Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force Ship, visited Kochi on a 2 day goodwill visit. (a) JS Maya (b) JS Sazanami (c) JS Atago (d) JS Kirishima 26. Name the Argentina's footballer who passed away recently. He also scored Argentina's opening goal in the 1986 World Cup final against West Germany. Plot-1441, Opp. IOCL Petrol Pump, CRP Square, Bhubaneswar-751015 Ph. : 8093556677, 9040456677, Web :www.vanik.org, E-mail : [email protected] 2 WEEKLY UPDATED CURRENT AFFAIRS FOR WEEK 33/(12-18 Aug) (2019) (a) Sergio Almitron (b) Claudio Borghi (c) Ricardo Bochini (d) Jose Luis Brown 27. Which Indian state will host the Global Investors Summit to be held in October, 2019? (a) Jammu and Kashmir (b) Rajasthan (c) Punjab (d) Jharkhand 28. Which country's government has awarded Indian chef Priyam Chatterjee with ‘Chevalier de l’Ordre du MériteAgricoleto’? He has also become the 1st Indian chef to be awarded with the ‘Chevalier de l’Ordre du MériteAgricoleto’ award. (a) Canada (b) United Kingdom (c) France (d) Japan 29. Name the gymnast who made history after performing the perfect landing which featured “two flips and three twists” in the U.S. Gymnastics Championships held in Kansas City. (a) Aly Raisman (b) Aliya Mustafina (c) DipaKarmakar (d) Simone Biles 30. Which Indian International Airport have signed a MoU with Naval Air Enclave for commencement of naval air operations? (a) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (b) Cochin International Airport Limited (c) Trivandrum International Airport (d) Indira Gandhi International Airport 31. Name the Netherlands’ most-capped player who represented the country 134 times and announced his retirement from football recently. (a) Matthijs de Ligt (b) Virgil van Dijk (c) Frenkie de Jong (d) Wesley Sneijder 32. The Central government has rolled out scheme which will allow state-run banks (PSBs) to purchase assets of non-banking and housing finance companies (NBFCs and HFCs). NBFCs will be able to sell ..........% of standard assets, worth up to Rs 5,000 crore, as on March 31. (a) 25% (b) 24% (c) 20% (d) 18% 33. Name an app recently launched by Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry which will allow users to have waste: solid, wet or construction and demolition (C&D) collected by their urban local bodies. (a) Swachh Bastii (b) Swachh Colony (c) Swachh Kshetra (d) Swachh Nagar 34. Commonwealth Games Federation and ICC has announced the inclusion of Women's Cricket in the 2022 Commonwealth Games to be held in ....................... (a) Sydney (b) Birmingham (c) Dhaka (d) New Delhi 35. Name the legendary Indian sprinter who has been appointed as a member of the Asian Athletics Association’s (AAA) Athletes Commission. (a) Milkha Singh (b) TintuLukka (c) Dutee Chand (d) P.T. Usha 36. Name the team which defeated Chelsea in the finals to won the UEFA Super Cup held in Istanbul. (a) Manchester United (b) Arsenal (c) Tottenham Hotspur (d) Liverpool 37. Name the former India and Tamil Nadu cricketer who represented India in 7 ODIs and was also a National selector from 2004 to 2006, passed away recently. (a) V.B. Chandrasekhar (b) Bharath Reddy (c) Habib Ahmed (d) Bharat Arun 38. The Panchamirtham is an ‘abhishegaprasadam’ of the Murugan temple has been bestowed with the Geographical Indication tag. The Murugan temple is situated in ........................ (a) Odisha (b) Kerala (c) Jharkhand (d) Tamil Nadu 39. The Inter-State Council is mandated to investigate and advise on disputes between states. Who is the chairman of the Inter-State Council? (a) Prime Minister (b) Defence Minister (c) External Affairs Minister (d) Finance Minister 40. Name the Indian wrestler who won the gold medal at the Junior World Championships held in Talinn, Estonia and hence become the 1st Indian in 18 years to win the title.