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1) India’s first garbage cafe has been launched in Ambikapur. The city is in which state?
a) Chhattisgarh
b) Gujarat
c) Uttarakhand
d) Haryana
e) Madhya Pradesh
2) Rhino Bond is the world’s first financial instrument for species conservation to be launched in 2020. What is the total value of the bond?
a) USD 20 million
b) USD 60 million
c) USD 40 million
d) USD 60 million
e) USD 30 million
3) Harsh Vardhan launches public awareness campaign to control of vector-borne diseases in Delhi. Name the campaign.
a) Vishaanujanit Abhuyaan
b) Arogyam Abhiyaan
c) Jagrukta Abhiyaan
d) Health Abhiyaan
e) None of these
4) Two new districts has recently been carved out in the state of Tamil Nadu. What is the total number of districts with the introduction of the two new districts in the state?
a) 38
b) 33
c) 36
d) 35
e) 41
5) Which state government raises aid for martyrs’ kin to ₹1 crore from ₹25 lakh?
a) Maharashtra
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Meghalaya
d) Mizoram
e) Manipur
6) ICICI Bank launched digital banking platform ‘InstaBIZ’ for which of the following segment among the following?
a) Corporate Houses
b) Asset Management
c) MSMEs
d) Self-employed individuals
e) Both 3 & 4
7) IRDAI has deceased the minimum death benefit for non-linked policies from 10 times to ________
a) 7 times
b) 8 times
c) 9 times
d) 6 times
e) 5 times
8) Which company has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Bengaluru-headquartered Lymbyc Solutions Pvt. Ltd for Rs 38 crore?
a) BOSCH
b) Hinduja Global Solutions
c) L&T Infotech
d) Wipro
e) Infosys
9) East Bengal to confer Bharat Gaurav award to which among the following Indian sports person?
a) Kapil Dev
b) Saurav Ganguly
c) M S Dhoni
d) Saina Nehwal
e) Sarabjot Singh
10) Which Indian ship has been flagged off for two months long mission SAGAR MAITRI-2
a) INS Makar
b) INS Investigator
c) INS Sandhayak
d) INS Sagardhwani
e) None of these
11) New book to tell untold stories from Kargil War titled, “Kargil: Untold stories from the War”, the book published by Penguin Random House. Who is the author of the book?
a) Diksha Basu
b) Rakesh Satyal
c) Amitav Gosh
d) Nimita Gokhale
e) Rachna Bisht Rawat
12) Recently, ICC suspends whichcountries Cricket team with immediate effect?
a) Zimbabwae
b) HongKong
c) Kenya
d) Iceland
e) Poland
13) Who among the has recently inducted in the International Cricket Council’s Hall of Fame in July 2019?
a) Wasley Hall
b) Allan Donald
c) Sachin Tendulkar
d) Martin Crowe
e) Both B and C
14) Johnny Clegg who was known as ‘White Zulu’ has died recently. He was a well-known __________.
a) Justice
b) Singer
c) Architect
d) Economist
e) Doctor
15) Veteran Actor Swarup Dutta passes away. He is associated with which film industry?
a) Bengali
b) Telugu
c) Kannada
d) Tamil
e) Malayalam
Answers :
1) Answer: A)
- By launching India’s first garbage cafe, Ambikapur, a city in the state of Chhattisgarh, is bringing out the ‘best out of waste’.
- This innovative idea birthed by the Municipal Corporation will not only tackle the ever rising problem of waste management but will also address the issue of food access to the poor and homeless.
- Under this program, any person fetching a kilo of plastic waste to the garbage cafe will be assured of a full meal while those collecting at least 500 grams will benefit from a substantial breakfast.
- The city of Ambikapur ranked second cleanest city in India after Indore.
2) Answer: B)
- Investors will able to buy bonds that aim to increase the population of the endangered black rhino, and reward investors only when the numbers of these animals rise.
- The $50 million Rhino Impact Bonds (RIB) will be the world’s first financial instrument working toward the conservation of a species at the risk of extinction.
- The Rhino Impact Bond (RIB) is the world’s first financial instrument for species conservation, transferring the risk of funding conservation from donors to impact investors by linking conservation performance to financial performance.
- The bond, expected to launch in the first quarter of 2020, looks to boost the black rhino population by 10% globally.
3) Answer: C)
- Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr Harsh Vardhan emphasised on the need of community efforts in the right direction to help in preventing Vector-Borne Diseases (VBDs) such as Malaria, Dengue and Chikungunya.
- Vardhan launched the ‘Jagrukta Abhiyaan’, a three-day public awareness campaign on prevention and control of VBDs.
- A total of 286 ward-wise teams have been constituted with 20-25 members per team including officers of the Municipal Corporation along with the officers from Central Government and government of NCTD (National Capital Territory of Delhi).
4) Answer: D)
- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami announced that Tenkasi and Chengelpet districts would be carved out of Tirunelveli and Kanchipuram respectively, taking the total number of districts in the state to 35.
- In January, the government had announced Kallakurichi district, the 33rd in the state, by bifurcating regions from Villupuram district.
5) Answer: A
- The Maharashtra Cabinet approved a four-fold increase in the financial assistance given to families of martyred and disabled soldiers hailing from the state.
- Kin of martyred soldiers will now get ₹1 crore as opposed to the current ₹25 lakh. The government will provide ₹60 lakh to soldiers left 51-100% disabled, instead of the current ₹15 lakh.
6) Answer: E)
- ICICI Bank announces the launch of a new digital platform curated specially for MSMEs and self-employed customers to enable them to undertake their business banking transactions digitally and instantly. Called, ‘InstaBIZ’, it allows customers to avail as many as over 115 products and services in a digital and secure manner on their mobile phone or internet banking platform.
- Many of the services are first-in-the-industry and are available instantly. With this, MSMEs can now enjoy enhanced convenience and productivity, as they can complete their banking transactions ‘on-the-go’, without visiting a bank branch.
- This first-of-its-kind comprehensive digital platform for businesses enables them to experience the convenience of a range of services completely digitally — instant overdraft facility (upto Rs 15 lakh) & business loans, easy bulk collection & payments of funds through multiple digital modes, automatic bank reconciliation and undertake largely all of the export-import transactions like inward and outward remittances among others.
- It is the first digital banking platform to enable instant payment of GST using the challan number in a single click payment. Additionally, they can instantly apply for a Point-of-Sale (PoS) machine as well as instant marine insurance policy—both industry first services.
7) Answer: A)
- The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has tweaked some of the key norms pertaining to life insurance products.
- As per the Gazette notification, issued by the regulatory, the minimum death benefit in the non-linked policy has been decreased from 10 times to seven times. In the non-linked policy, policyholders will get a fixed amount if the policy is surrendered after two years.
- The revival period for this policy has been increased from two years to five years.
- In the Unit-Linked Policies, if it has a surrender value during the first five years, it will become payable only after the completion of the lock-in period. After the lock-in period, the surrender value shall be at least equal to the fund value as on the date of surrender.
- With regards to pension products, policyholders can withdraw 25 per cent of the insured during an emergency, including a serious illness, marriage and the education of their children.
8) Answer: C)
- Larsen and Toubro Infotech Ltd, the technology services arm of Larsen and Toubro, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Bengaluru-headquartered Lymbyc Solutions Pvt. Ltd for Rs 38 crore.
- Lymbyc is a Bengaluru-based specialist artificial intelligence (AI) machine learning and advanced analytics company with customers in the US, the UK, Africa and India. Its acquisition will further strengthen L&T Infotech’s digital and analytics offerings. Before Lymbyc’s acquisiton, both companies had worked as strategic partners for a year.
9) Answer: A)
- City soccer giants East Bengal will confer their highest honour, Bharat Gaurav, on India”s first World Cup winning captain Kapil Dev on their foundation day on August 1.
- The red and gold brigade also wants to host a ceremonial farewell match for football icon Bhaichung Bhutia who expressed his desire to don the East Bengal colours one final time, eight years after calling it a day from international football.
- Kapil had signed for East Bengal on June 22, 1992, and played for 27 minutes six days later as a substitute forward in an exhibition match against arch-rivals Mohun Bagan.
10) Answer: D)
- INS Sagardhwani, an oceanographic research vessel of the Defence Research and Development Organisation, embarked on a two-month-long Sagar Maitri Mission-2 from Southern Naval Command in Kochi.
- Sagar Maitri is a unique initiative of the DRDO which aligns with the broad objective of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s policy declaration ‘Safety And Growth for All in the Region’ (SAGAR) to promote closer cooperation in socio-economic aspects as well as greater scientific interaction, especially in ocean research among Indian Ocean Rim (IOR) countries.
- The other IOR countries include Oman, the Maldives, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Myanmar.
- The programme also aims at establishing long-term scientific collaboration with these countries in the field of ‘Ocean Research & Development’ and data collection with a focus in the Andaman Sea.
11) Answer: E
- On the 20th anniversary of the Kargil War, a new book will revisit the freezing battle grounds of the 1999 conflict through untold stories of its bravest soldiers.
- Titled, “Kargil: Untold stories from the War”, the book published by Penguin Random House, is authored by Rachna Bisht Rawat.
- The book that is based on Rawat’s interviews with war survivors and martyrs’ families, will take the readers to the treacherous Himalayan mountains where some of the Indian Army’s bloodiest battles were fought.
12) Answer: A)
The International Cricket Council, ICC has suspended Zimbabwe Cricket with immediate effect over violation of global body’s constitution which doesn’t allow any government intervention
13) Answer: E)
- Sachin Tendulkar has been inducted into the International Cricket Council’s Hall of Fame alongside South African pace legend Allan Donald
- He was 6th Indian to be inducted into ICC Hall of Fame. Rahul Dravid was the previous Indian to be inducted on the list in 2018
- Joining Tendulkar and Donald in the Hall of Fame was two-time World Cup-winning Australian woman cricketer Cathryn Fitzpatrick.
- Tendulkar, the most prolific batsman in history, was inducted immediately after becoming eligible for induction, which requires that a player should have played his last international match at least five years before.
14) Answer: B)
South African singer and songwriter & a Grammy nominee Johnny Clegg passed away after battling with pancreatic cancer. He was 66.
He was a billboard music award winner known by many South Africans as “umlungu omnyama”, or “the black-white person”.
15) Answer: A)
- Swarup Dutta, Veteran Bengali actor known for his performances in Bengali films such as “Pita Putra” and “Harmonium” passed away due to age-related ailments in Kolkata. He was 78.
- Datta had worked in many films in Bengali cinema in the 1960s and ’70s. He started his film career with Tapan Sinha’s Apanjan.
