WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTION DISCUSSION – 02.09.2019 TO 07.09.2019 No. of Questions : 40 Correct : ____________ Full Mark : 40 Wrong : _____________ Time : 20 min Mark Secured : _______ 1. Name the cultural event organised to showcase pacific region cultures in India? A) Namaste Asia B) Namaste Pacific C) Namaste India D) Namaste Bharat 2. What is the GDP growth of India for the FY20 as per DBS bank? A) 6.5% B) 6.2% C) 6.8% D) 7.0% 3. General Assembly of the Association of World Election Bodies (A-WEB) was held in which place recently? A) Bengaluru B) New Delhi C) Mumbai D) Kolkata 4. How many institutes were awarded with Institute of Eminence (IoE) status by MHRD? A) 3 Institutions B) 5 Institutions C) 7 Institutions D) 9 Institutions 5. Under which mission the government has spent Rs. 3.5 lakh crore in the next 5 years to provide piped water connection to all rural households? A) Jal Grameen mission B) Jal Vandana mission C) Jal Jeevan mission D) Jal Shakthi mission 6. ‘REPLAN’ was in news recently, what does PLA stands for A) PLAnning B) PLAn C) PLAned D) PLAstic 7. For which missile, the procurement of 6 squadrons was approved by the GOI? A) Prithvi air defence missile B) Trishul air defense missile C) Barak 8 air defense missile D) Akash air defense missile 8. Which organization releases the Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI)? A) WTO B) UNESCO C) FICCI D) WEF 9. Which Indian automobile company has become the 1st Indian original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to meet the BS VI emission standards for all its heavy-duty trucks? A) Hindustan Motors B) Mahindra & Mahindra C) Ashok Leyland D) Tata Motors 10. Name the Scheme that aims to free taxpayers in closing their pending disputes related to legacy Service Tax and Central Excise cases which are now included under GST? A) Sabka Vishwas B) Sansad Vishwas C) Shramew Adarsh D) Shramew Vishwas 11. GFTAM is in news recently, what does ‘A’ stands for A) Achard syndrome B) AIDS C) Anemia D) Achalasia microcephaly 12. Which city topped in the Economist Intelligence Unit(EIU)’s 2019 “Global Liveability Index”? A) Sydney B) Vienna C) Damascus D) Melbourne 13. Which organization has released the 2019 list of gold reserves of each country? A) World Gold Council (WGC) B) Digital Living Gold Alliance(DLGA) C) International Gold Council(IGC) D) Financial Industry Gold Authority(FIGA) 14. First Bollywood film which is set to go plastic-free in order to avoid single-use plastic and encourage the usage of jute and cloth bags to protect the environment? A) Mission Mangal B) Chichore C) Coolie No. 1 D) War 15. UPI was in news recently, what does ‘I’ stands for A) Insurance B) Interface C) Inequality D) Inflation 16. Who is the author of the book titled “Phoolpur: Indian Flowers, Their Myths, Traditions and Usage”? A) Khushwant Singh B) Vikram Seth C) Jhelum Biswas Bose D) Ruskin Bond 17. India has signed 2 MoU’s with which country to enhance defence educational exchanges and extend logistical support to each other’s Navies? A) South Korea B) Japan C) North Korea D) Korea 18. World Wrestling Championships 2019 will be held in which country? A) Uzbekistan B) Kyrgyzstan C) Kazakhstan D) Tajikistan 19. Who was concurrently accredited as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Ecuador? A) Sanjay Rana B) Sanjiv Ranjan C) Dinesh Bhatia D) Satbir Singh 20. Oleksiy Honcharuk became the Prime Minister of which country? A) Algeria B) Libya C) Ukraine D) Syria 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 – 02.09.2019 TO 07.09.2019 21. South Asian Speakers’ summit held at which place? A) Bangkok, Thailand B) Victoria, Seychelles C) Port Louis, Mauritius D) Malé, Maldives 22. Name the first major hurricane of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season that affected the Bahamas and the Southeastern United States? A) Hurricane Dorian B) Hurricane Camille C) Hurricane Betsy D) Hurricane Dolly 23. Which country emerged as the largest source of FDI into India in the first quarter of 2019-20? A) Netherlands B) Mauritius C) United States D) Singapore 24. Which small finance bank was barred from opening new branches by RBI? A) Jana Small Finance Bank B) Suryoday Small Finance Bank C) Ujjivan Small Finance Bank D) Equitas Small Finance Bank (ESFB) 25. World Martial Arts Mastership Jiu-Jitsu 2019 was recently held in which place? A) Chungju, South Korea B) Beijing, China C) New Delhi, India D) Tokyo, Japan 26. Who was appointed as the chairman of Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC)? A) Sanjib Roy B) A. N. Sharma C) Vinai Kumar Saxena D) RajanBabu 27. Which Iconic Place was conferred with the Best Swachh Iconic Place award in the Overall improvement in sanitation category in Swachh Bharat Awards 2019? A) Brihadeeswara Temple in Tamil Nadu B) Sri Chamundeshwari Devi Temple in Karnataka C) Mata Vaishno Devi Temple in Jammu and Kashmir(J&K) D) Amarnath Temple in Jammu and Kashmir 28. By which year, WHO South-East Asia Region have vowed to eradicate the highly infectious childhood killers’ diseases of measles & rubella? A) 2023 B) 2025 C) 2030 D) 2031 29. 2019 ISSF World Cup Rifle / Pistol event was recently held at which place? A) Rio de Janeiro B) New Delhi C) Munich D) Beijing 30. Name the cricketer, who became the highest T20 International wicket-taker? A) Pat Cummins B) JaspritBumrah C) Lasith Malinga D) Bhubaneshwar Kumar 31. AUMX exercise was held in which county recently? A) Philippines B) Malaysia C) Thailand D) Indonesia 32. Who won the 50m freestyle in swimming by breaking her own national record & became the fastest female swimmer of India? A) Shikha Tandon B) VirdhawalKhade C) Rujuta D) DivyaSatija 33. Which country will host the 2022 FIFA World Cup? A) Oman B) Bahrain C) UAE D) Qatar 34. Which State’s Disaster Management Authority has won the 2019 “IT Excellence Award”? A) Rajasthan B) Assam C) West Bengal D) Odisha 35. How many years of Jail term is proposed for violence against doctors as per the draft bill titled, “The Health Care Service Personnel and Clinical Establishments (Prohibition of Violence and Damage to Property) Bill”, 2019? A) 10 Years B) 15 Years C) 20 Years D) 12 Years 36. Name the Union Minister leading the Indian delegate which visited Japan and South Korea recently? A) Rajnath Singh B) Narendra Modi C) Subrahmanyam Jaishankar D) Venkaiah Naidu 37. Under which online platform, all public sector banks have initiated in-principle retail loan approval for customers availing housing and personal loans? A) PSB Loans in 29 Minutes B) PSB Loans in 45 Minutes C) PSB Loans in 59 Minutes D) PSB Loans in 20 Minutes 38. ‘YudhAbhyas’ Military exercise recently concluded between which two countries? A) India and Japan B) India and United States C) India and Australia D) India and Russia 39. Where was WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia’ inaugurated? A) France B) New Delhi C) Washington D.C. D) Geneva 40. What was the theme of the World Coconut Day 2019? A) Coconut for Family Wellness B) Coconut for Good Health, Wealth & Wellness C) A Healthy Wealthy Life with Coconut D) Coconut for Family Nutrition, Health and Wellness 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 – 02.09.2019 TO 07.09.2019 ANSWER KEYS 1 B 21 D 2 B 22 A 3 A 23 D 4 B 24 D 5 C 25 A 6 D 26 C 7 D 27 C 8 D 28 A 9 C 29 A 10 A 30 C 11 B 31 C 12 B 32 C 13 A 33 D 14 C 34 D 15 B 35 A 16 C 36 A 17 A 37 C 18 C 38 B 19 B 39 B 20 C 40 A 1441, Opp. IOCL Petrol Pump, CRPF Square, Bhubaneswar-751015 3 Ph. : 8093556677, 9040456677, Web : www.vanik.org, E-mail : [email protected] .