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1) The Nelson Mandela International Day is celebrated every year on ______.
a) July 18
b) July 17
c) July 16
d) July 15
e) July 14
2) China has gifted warship frigate P625 to which country?
a) India
b) Sri Lanka
c) Pakistan
d) Bangladesh
e) None of these
3) The Union Cabinet has recently approved to extend the term of Fifteenth Finance Commission to______________
a) 30 October2019
b) 31 December 2019
c) 30 November2019
d) 31 January 2020
e) 26 January 2020
4) Union Cabinet has approved a Rs 1,600 cr for _____________ Multipurpose Project in Arunachal Pradesh.
a) Dibang
b) Itanagar
c) Tawang
d) Namdapha
e) Sakteng
5) Which among the following state has been included recently in the Google India’s ‘Internet Saathi’ programme aimed to empower rural women?
a) Punjab and Kerala
b) Kerala and Odisha
c) Odisha and Andhra Pradesh
d) Andhra Pradesh and Kerala
e) Punjab and Odisha
6) Supreme Court has formed __________ member committee to suggest measures of controlling extinction of Great Indian Bustard and the Lesser Florican.
a) 3
b) 4
c) 5
d) 6
e) 2
7) What is the interest rate applicable on General Provident Fund (GPF) for the Quarter July- Sept 2019?
a) 8.0%
b) 7.6%
c) 8.1%
d) 7.9%
e) 7.5%
8) Which bank has launched the Artificial Intelligence interactive assistant chatbot named “ABHi”?
a) Axis Bank
b) Andhra Bank
c) Allahabad Bank
d) State Bank of India
e) Karnataka Bank
9) ADB has cut the forecast for India’s GDP growth forecast to _________ for 2019 year.
a) 7%
b) 6.7%
c) 7.3%
d) 6.4%
e) 7.5%
10) Ebix Inc, the US-based supplier of on-demand software and e-commerce services to the insurance, healthcare, financial and e-learning industries, has acquired which Online travel agency company?
a) Yatra
b) Makemy Trip
c) IndiGo
d) Goibibo
e) None of these
11) Who has been elected as the next President of European Commission?
a) Christine Lagarde
b) Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
c) Ursula von der Leyen
d) Andrea Nahles
e) None of these
12) Govt’s “Find the Incredible You” campaign recently won PATA award. What does ‘T’ in PATA stands for?
a) Trade
b) Travel
c) Tourism
d) Trademark
e) Time
13) Israel and India siged a $__________ million deal for the supply complementary Naval MRSAM systems
a) 30
b) 40
c) 50
d) 80
e) 25
14) Who has topped the latest list of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index?
a) Mark Zuckerberg
b) Jeff Bezos
c) Warren Buffett
d) Bill Gates
e) None of these
15) The 21st edition of Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship began in which city?
a) Cuttack
b) Kochi
c) Chennai
d) Hyderabad
e) Bangalore
16) Anish Bhanwala recently wins gold medal in ISSF Junior World Cupin which of the following category?
a) 10 m
b) 20 m
c) 25 m
d) Both A & B
e) Both A & C
Answers :
1) Answer: A)
- The Nelson Mandela International Day is celebrated every year on July 18
- The day came into existence post a resolution passed by the United Nations which officially declared his birthday which falls on 18 July to be celebrated globally since 2009
2) Answer: B)
- China has gifted warship frigate P625 to Sri Lanka
- The frigate was commissioned into the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy as Tongling in 1994.
- The warship was decommissioned in 2015 and has been gifted to Sri Lankan Navy after a refit.
- The ‘P625’ frigate will be mainly used for offshore patrol, environment monitoring and anti-piracy combats
3) Answer: C)
- Cabinet has approved the extension of the term of Fifteenth Finance Commission up to 30th November 2019 and mandated the panel to suggest ways for allocation of non-lapsable funds for defence and internal security.
- It will enable the Commission to examine various comparable estimates for financial projections in view of reforms and the new realities to finalise its recommendations for the period 2020-2025
- The Fifteenth Finance Commission was, constituted by the President on 27th November, 2017, headed by N K Singh.
- It was to submit its report on the basis of its Terms of Reference by 30th October this year covering a period of five years commencing from 1st April, 2020
4) Answer: A)
- Union Cabinet has approved 1,600 crore rupees for Dibang Multipurpose Project in Arunachal Pradesh
- Dibang Multipurpose Project (Dibang MPP) is envisaged as a storage based hydro-electric project with flood moderation as the key objective.
- The Project is located on river Dibang, in Lower Dibang Valley District of Arunachal Pradesh. The project envisages construction of a 278 m high Concrete Gravity Dam
- The project shall generate 2880MW (12x240MW) power to produce 11223MU of energy in a 90% dependable year.
- This is the largest ever Hydro Electric Projects to be constructed in India. The dam is 278 metres high and will be the highest dam in India once completed
5) Answer: E)
- Google India’s ‘Internet Saathi’ programme aimed to empower rural women on how to use the Internet has now added two more states — Punjab and Odisha.
- With this, the programme has now reached 2.6 lakh villages in 20 states.
- Launched as a pilot project in 2015, along with Tata Trusts, ‘Internet Saathi’ programme focuses on educating women on how to use the Internet.
- In Punjab, the programme will cover around 5,000 villages. In Odisha, it will cover over 16,000 villages.
6) Answer: A)
- Supreme Court of India has constituted a three member high powered committee to frame and implement an emergency response plan for the protection of two Indian birds species namely Great Indian Bustard and the Lesser Florican
- The panel comprising
- Dr Deepak Apte – Director of Bombay Natural History Society;
- Dr Asad R Rahmani former Director of Bombay Natural History Society and member of governing body of Wetlands International South Asia
- Dr Dhananjai Mohan, Chief Conservator of Forests of Uttarakhand.
7) Answer: D)
- Government cuts interest on General Provident Fund (GPF) by 10 bps to 7.9 per cent from 8 per cent for the period starting July 1 and ending on September 30.
- This interest rate will be applicable on provident funds of central government employees, railways and defence forces. The rate is in line with that of Public Provident Fund.
8) Answer: B)
- Andhra Bank launched its Artificial Intelligence (AI) interactive assistant – ABHi.
- Bank Managing Director and CEO, J Packirisamy has unveiled the Chatbot – ABHi at a function held at Bank’s Head office
- The Bank’s AI powered chatbot-ABHi uses latest Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) algorithm to understand the customer query and fetch the relevant information from possible knowledgebase in a matter of milliseconds.
9) Answer: A)
- Asian Development Bank has lowered India’s GDP growth forecast to 7 per cent for the current year
- India is expected to grow by 7 per cent in 2019 (FY20) and 7.2 per cent in 2020 (FY21), slightly slower than projected in April
- For the south Asian region growth projected at 6.6 per cent in 2019 and 6.7 per cent in 2020
10) Answer: A)
- Ebix Inc, the US-based supplier of on-demand software and e-commerce services to the insurance, healthcare, financial and e-learning industries, has acquired Yatra Online Inc, for an enterprise value of $337.8 million (Rs 2,323.6 crore) in an all-stock deal
- The transaction will create India’s largest and most profitable travel services company. However, Yatra will continue to operate independently and also retain its brand and status in India.
11) Answer: C)
- German defense minister Ursula von der Leyen has been elected as the European Commission’s first female president.
- She will assume charge on 1 November 2019 and succeed Jean-Claude Juncker.
12) Answer: B)
- The “Find the Incredible You” campaign of the Tourism Ministry, has won the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Gold Award, 2019
- The campaign focuses on digital and social media and the promotion of niche tourism products of the country.
- The campaign won the award under the “Marketing – Primary Government Destination” category.
- To take the campaigns to the next level, the ‘Incredible India 2.0’ campaign was launched in September 2017.
- As part of the 2.0 campaign, five new television commercials were produced by the ministry, which were aired globally on television and social media.
- PATA Gold Awards are given to tourism industry organizations and individuals making an outstanding contribution towards the successful promotion of the travel industry throughout the Asia Pacific Region.
13) Answer: C)
- Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has inked a follow-up deal worth USD 50 million to supply complementary Naval MRSAM (medium range surface-to-air missile) systems to the Indian Navy and the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders.
- The agreement involves a range of maintenance and other services for sub-systems of Israel Aerospace’s naval medium range surface-to-air missile.
14) Answer: B)
- Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos is the world’s richest person with a total net worth of USD 125 billion
- Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) Chairman Mukesh Ambani, India’s richest person, is world’s 13th wealthiest person with a net worth of $51.8 billion in the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a daily ranking of the world’s wealthiest 500 individuals.
- Microsoft Corp co-founder Bill Gates, who has never been ranked below the second spot on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index has been pushed to the Number 3 rank by Bernard Arnault, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of LVMH oët Hennessy Bernard Arnault
15) Answer: A)
- The 21st edition of Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship began at the Jawaharlal Indoor Stadium in Cuttack
- Odisha Governor Prof. Ganeshi Lal inaugurated the event.
16) Answer: C)
- Anish Bhanwala won his second ISSF Junior World Cup gold in the men’s 25m rapid fire pistol
- While Esha Singh bagged a silver in women’s 10m air pistol, consolidating India’s top position in Suhl, Germany.
- Anish had won his first Junior World Cup gold in the event in Sydney last year.