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[WpProQuiz 6907]1) Women’s Equality Day is celebrated in the United States on _______
a) August 23
b) August 24
c) August 25
d) August 26
e) August 27
2) The first ever upgraded National Food Laboratory (NFL) of FSSAI on Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) has been inaugurated in which city?
a) Noida
b) Ghaziabad
c) Pune
d) New Delhi
e) Ahemadabad
3) To address liquidity crunch of PSBs, the government has decided to infuse upfront capital of Rs ___________into public sector banks
a) Rs 80,000 crore
b) Rs 65,000 crore
c) Rs 50,000 crore
d) Rs 70,000 crore
e) Rs 75,000 crore
4) Which Ministry has launched the Project SU.RE?
a) Ministry of Commerce & Industry
b) Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
c) Ministry of Human Resource Development
d) Ministry of Textiles
e) None of these
5) Recently CVC has reconstituted the Advisory Board on Bank, Commercial and Financial Frauds as (ABBF). Who will be the head of the reconstituted board?
a) TM Bhasin
b) Bimal Jalan
c) Rajiv Kumar
d) Mahesh Kumar Jain
e) Kumaran Jain
6) Bandhan Bank has launched a co-branded credit card with ____________ to offer complete services to its existing customers.
a) Deutsche Bank
b) ICICI Bank
c) Bank of America
d) DBS Bank
e) Standard Chartered Bank
7) Which country has recently conferred Prime Minister Modi with its highest civilian honor of ‘The King Hamad Order of the Renaissance’?
a) Bahrain
b) United Arab Emirates
c) Kuwait
d) Iran
e) Iraq
8) The ANUBHAV Awards 2019 has been launched by which ministry?
a) Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
b) Ministry of Human Resource Development
c) Ministry of of Youth Affairs and Sports
d) Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
e) None of these
9) Who has been selected for the Eminent Engineer Award for the Year 2019 by the Institution of Engineers (India)?
a) Vijay Manohar
b) Satish Kulkarni
c) Prabhakar Singh
d) Vijayendra Nath
e) None of these
10) The ‘Order of Zayed’ is the highest civilian honor which was recently conferred on PM Modi. It is given by which country?
a) Qatar
b) Iran
c) UAE
d) Bahrain
e) Kuwait
11) Who is the author of the book ‘Flawed: The Rise and Fall of India’s Diamond Mogul Nirav Modi’?
a) S.Kanagarai
b) Pavan C Lall
c) J.N.Mogal
d) Sita Ram Himral
e) None of these
12) Who is the author of the book on the e-commerce site Flipkart under the name ‘Big Billion Startup – The Untold Flipkart Story’?
a) Prannoy Roy
b) Shereen Bhan
c) Mihir Dalal
d) Shekhar Gupta
e) None of these
13) Which state has topped in the second edition of the Composite Water Management Index (CWMI 2.0)?
a) Gujarat
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Karnataka
d) Goa
e) Tamil Nadu
14) Name the actress who has topped the Forbes Highest-Paid Actresses list 2019?
a) Reese Witherspoon
b) Scarlett Johansson
c) Jennifer Aniston
d) Sofia Vergara
e) None of these
15) Soho House among Time’s 100 greatest places in the world. The place is located in which city?
a) Hyderabad
b) Delhi
c) Mumbai
d) Bangalore
e) Kolkata
16) PV Sindhu has become the first Indian to win badminton world championships gold in Basel by defeating _______________.
a) Chen Yufei
b) Akane Yamaguchi
c) Sayaka Takahashi
d) Carolina Marin
e) Nozomi Okuhara
17) Gokulam Kerala team won the Durand Cup which is associated with _____________.
a) Basket Ball
b) Cricket
c) Football
d) Hockey
e) Badminton
18) Suzuki Ecstar rider Alex Rins won the MotoGP Grand Prix of Britain. He belongs to which country?
a) Spain
b) Germany
c) Russia
d) France
e) Italy
Answers :
1) Answer: D)
Women’s Equality Day is celebrated in the United States on August 26 to commemorate the 1920 adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex.
2) Answer: B)
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan inaugurated FSSAI’s National Food Laboratory (NFL) in Ghaziabad on the occasion of 13th anniversary of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006.
This national lab is a result of a Public-Private-Partnership (PPP), the first-of-its-kind in the food laboratory sector. It houses state-of-the-art collaborative training centres, namely, The Food Safety Solution Centre (FSSC) and the Centre for Microbiological Analysis Training (C-MAT).
The NFL in Ghaziabad and Kolkata are the two premier referral laboratories under the direct administrative control of the apex food regulator, Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI). The laboratory in Kolkata is also being upgraded.
3) Answer: D)
The government will withdraw enhanced surcharge on long-term/short-term capital gains arising from transfer of equity shares/units. This will be applicable on both foreign and domestic investors. The finance minister said that on or after 1st October all notices, summons, orders issued by income tax department will be issued through a centralised computer system and will contain a unique document identification number. And old notices will be decided by 1st October or uploaded again through the new system.
Also, from 1st October all income tax notices will be disposed off withing 3 months from date of reply.
The finance minister said that banks have agreed to effect timely rate cuts to pass on the benefits of RBI’s repo rate cuts to borrowers. Banks have agreed to reduce their Marginal Cost of Funds based Lending Rate (MCLR) reduction to benefit all borrowers, she said.
The Reserve Bank of India has cut repo rate by 110 basis points since the start of this year. But banks have not yet passed much of the RBI’s rate cut to banks.
4) Answer: D)
The Union Minister for Textiles Smriti Zubin Irani has inaugurated Project SU.RE (Sustainable Resolution), a joint project of CMAI (Clothing Manufacturers Association of India) & IMG Reliance (International Management Group, during Lakme Fashion Winter/Festive 2019) in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
The aim of this initiative is to move towards sustainable fashion that contributes to a clean environment.
It would help the Indian fashion industry to reduce carbon emissions, increase the efficiency of resources, combat waste and water management, and create positive social impact to achieve long-term sustainability targets.
5) Answer: A)
The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has constituted Advisory Board for Banking Frauds (ABBF) headed by former Vigilance Commissioner T M Bhasin to examine bank fraud over Rs 50 crore and recommend action.
The panel in its previous avatar called the Advisory Board on Bank, Commercial and Financial Frauds.
ABBF has been formed in consultation with the RBI and it will function as the first level of examination of all large fraud cases before recommendations or references are made to the investigative agencies by the respective Public Sector Banks.
Other members of the panel are Madhusudan Prasad – former Urban Development Secretary, D K Pathak – former Director General of the Border Security Force and Suresh N Patel – former MD and CEO of Andhra Bank. The tenure of the Chairman and members would be for a period of two years from August 21, 2019
6) Answer: E)
Private lender Bandhan Bank forayed into the credit cards business in partnership with Standard Chartered Bank.
Bandhan Bank, which got the universal banking license from RBI over five years back, would provide co-branded credit cards to its account holders only.
Three variants of co-branded credit cards will be issued to the non-microcredit customers of Bandhan Bank. This is StanChart’s first co-branded card with another bank.
7) Answer: A)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was awarded ‘The King Hamad Order of the Renaissance’ by Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa in recognition of his efforts to strengthen bilateral ties between the two nations.
India and Bahrain also signed four Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) in the field of culture, space, solar energy, and on the roll-out of RuPay card.
For Rupay, the National Electronic Payments Network (BENEFIT) of Bahrain and the Indian National Payments Corporation (NPCI) has partnered for cooperation and link payment systems to facilitate payments between the two countries.
8) Answer: A)
Dr. Jitendra Singh presented the ANUBHAV Awards 2019 in New Delhi at the Pre-Retirement counseling workshop function organized by the Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.
ANUBHAV Awards 2019 is the fourth edition of the annual award scheme launched by Prime Minister in 2015, instituted to encourage the retiree to submit his/her valuable experience/ suggestions through write-ups.
Dr. Jitendra Singh is the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region and Minister of State for Prime Minister’s Office, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Departments of Atomic Energy and Space.
9) Answer: C)
Director General of Central Public Works Department Prabhakar Singh has been chosen for the ‘Eminent Engineer Award for the Year 2019’ by the Institution of Engineers (India) for his distinguished and exemplary service in the field of engineering and technology.
This Elite and Prestigious Award shall be conferred to him on the ‘Engineers Day’ on September 15.
His enormous contributions and dedicated service to the nation as an Eminent Technocrat has been instrumental in transforming the Premier Engineering Organisation of the Central Government.
10) Answer: C)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was honoured with the ‘Order of Zayed’, the UAE’s highest civilian award, as a mark of appreciation for his efforts to boost bilateral ties between the two nations.
The award has earlier been bestowed on several world leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, Queen Elizabeth II and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Prime Minister also launched the RuPay card in Abu, Dhabi, UAE, With this, UAE has become first country in the Middle East to initiate the Indian indigenous system of electronic payment.
He released postage stamps on Mahatma Gandhi to commemorate his 150th birth anniversary.
11) Answer: B)
The story depicting the details of the fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi in the form of a book titled, “Flawed: The Rise and Fall of India’s Diamond Mogul Nirav Modi” will hit the stands on August 31, 2019.
The book has been written by journalist-author Pavan C Lall.
48-year-old Modi is currently lodged in a prison in London and is wanted in India in connection with the nearly USD 2 billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud.
12) Answer: C)
The story of how the IIT graduates Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal founded and built the e-commerce start-up Flipkart and turned it into a multi-billion-dollar powerhouse in few years as India’s biggest online market has come out in the form of a book.
The book titled ‘Big Billion Startup – The Untold Flipkart Story’ has been penned by journalist Mihir Dalal.
The book has been published by Pan Macmillan India and will be released in October 2019.
Mihir is a journalist at Livemint and this is his first book based on extraordinary research, extensive interviews and deep access to key characters in the Flipkart story revealing how the Bansals built and sold India’s largest internet company.
13) Answer: A)
The report was released by Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar.
Gujarat (continues) to hold on to its rank one in the reference year (2017-18), followed by Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
Union Territories have first time submitted their data and Puducherry has been declared as the top ranker.
14) Answer: B)
“Lucy” star Scarlett Johansson has topped the “Forbes” list of the highest-paid actresses for the second time, beating names like Sofia Vergara, Reese Witherpoon and Nicole Kidman among others.
According to “forbes.com”, Johansson earned top spot with an earning of $56 million (approx Rs 402.01 crore).
The second spot is taken by Sophia Veragara, who has $44.1 million (approx Rs 316.58 crore), at the third position is Reese witherspoon with $35 million.
Nicole Kidman and Jennifer Aniston have secured the fourth and fifth position in the list with $34 million (approx Rs 244.07 crore) and $28 million (approx Rs 201 crore) respectively.
15) Answer: C)
The 597-ft tall ‘Statue of Unity’ in Gujarat and Mumbai’s Soho House have been featured by the Time magazine in its second annual list of the 2019 World’s greatest places, a compilation of 100 new and newly “noteworthy destinations to experience right now”
Mumbai’s chic Soho House is located in an 11-¬storey building overlooking the Arabian Sea. It houses a library, a cinema with 34 seats and a rooftop bar and pool.
The Time list also includes Zakouma National Park in Chad, Red Sea Mountain Trail in Egypt, Newseum in Washington, The Shed in New York City, the Geosea Geothermal Sea Baths in Iceland, Six Senses Hotel in Bhutan that offer guests the opportunity to take guided journeys through the mountains of the Himalayan kingdom, Leopard Hill in Mara Naboisho Conservancy, Kenya and the Pohoiki in Isaac Hale Beach Park in Hawaii.
16) Answer: E)
PV Sindhu produced a dominating performance to outclass third seeded Nozomi Okuhara from Japan to win a gold medal in the World Championships 2019.
In the process, the fifth seeded PV Sindhu bettered her 2017, 2018 appearances in the World Championships final and became the first Indian to win the marquee tournament.
17) Answer: C)
Gokulam Kerala defeated Mohun Bagan 2–1 to win their maiden Durand Cup finals at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata.
The 2019 Durand Cup was the 129th edition of the oldest football tournament in Asia since its foundation in 1888.
18) Answer: A)
Suzuki Ecstar rider Alex Rins won the MotoGP Grand Prix of Britain Rins pipped the Marc Marquez by a margin of 0.013 seconds to take his second win of the MotoGP season.
