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1) When is International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism observed?
a) August 19
b) August 20
c) August 21
d) August 22
e) August 23
2) When is “International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief” observed?
a) August 19
b) August 20
c) August 21
d) August 22
e) August 23
3) Who is the head of committee formed on “Fit India Movement”
a) Narendra Modi
b) P.T.Usha
c) Kiren Rijiju
d) Virat Kohli
e) MS Dhoni
4) Name the e-commerce portal proposed by Government of India for MSME sector?
a) Indiacraft
b) Bharatcraft
c) BharatArt
d) IndiaArt
e) None of these
5) What amount of financial assistance has India provided to Nepal at the 5th meeting of the Nepal-India Joint Commission?
a) Rs 231 crore
b) Rs 232 crore
c) Rs 233 crore
d) Rs 234 crore
e) Rs 235 crore
6) Which insurance company has partnered with ZestMoney, a consumer lending fintech, to offer credit insurance?
a) Bajaj Allianz General Insurance
b) HDFC General Insurance
c) Liberty General Insurance
d) Cholamandalam MS General Insurance
e) Acko General Insurance
7) Recently, which state government has announced to enhance family income limit for a household for qualifying as a beneficiary under the Below Poverty Line (BPL) list from Rs 10,000 per month to Rs 15,000 per month?
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Haryana
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Punjab
e) Kerala
8) What is the new Open for Business timing for RTGS as decided by RBI?
a) 6:00 AM
b) 6:30 AM
c) 7:00 AM
d) 7:30 AM
e) 8:00 AM
9) What is the maximum amount of limit for e-mandate based recurring transactions on cards prescribed by RBI?
a) Rs 20,000
b) Rs 10,000
c) Rs 5,000
d) Rs 3,000
e) Rs 2,000
10) Who among the following has been appointed as the new Home secretary?
a) Brij Kumar Agarwal
b) Rajiv Gauba
c) Sanjay Mitra
d) Subash Chandra Garg
e) Ajay Kumar Bhalla
11) The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), Government of India (GoI) has made whom as the new Defence Secretary?
a) Ajay Kumar
b) Sanjay Mitra
c) Ajay Mitra
d) Sanjay Kumar
e) None of these
12) Who has been appointed as the Prime Minister of Sudan?
a) Abdalla Hamdok
b) Qohir Rasulzoda
c) Hassanal Bolkiah
d) Luc-Adolphe Tiao
e) None of these
13) Who has been awarded the 2019 Pushkin Medal by Russian government?
a) Meeta Narain
b) Sarala Chaudhary
c) Anjali Chaturvedi
d) Samala Patnayak
e) None of these
14) Who has launched the book ‘The Diary of Manu Gandhi’?
a) Prahlad Singh Patel
b) Tridip Suhrud
c) Vikalp Tripathi
d) Lokesh Patel
e) None of these
15) Name the Indian actor who leads Forbes list of highest-paid actors?
a) Akshay Kumar
b) Amir Khan
c) Sharukh Khan
d) Salman Khan
e) Ajay Devgan
16) Op-Blue Freedom has been organized by armed forces veterans for which of the following Programme?
a) Scuba Diving
b) Sea Walking
c) Jet Skiing
d) Wake Boarding
e) None of these
Answers :
1) Answer: C)
The International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2017.
It designated 21 August as the International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism in order to honor the victims and survivors of terrorism.
2) Answer: D)
August 22 was designated as the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief in a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
The international day aims to honour the victims and survivors of heinous acts who often remain forgotten.
3) Answer: C)
An advisory committee comprising members of Indian Olympic Association (IOA), national sports federations (NSFs), government officials, private bodies and celebrated fitness enthusiasts has been formed to advise the government on the “Fit India Movement” which will be launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 29.
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports said that the nation-wide launch of the movement will inculcate physical activities/sports into the daily lives of citizens to improve their physical fitness and well-being.
The committee will be under the chairmanship of sports minister Kiren Rijiju.
Accordingly, an advisory committee is being constituted with members of government, Sports Authority of India (SAI), IOA and NSFs like Athletics Federation of India, All India Football Federation, Cycling Federation of India and so on.
4) Answer: B)
The government is planning to launch an e-commerce project called ‘Bharatcraft’ for micro small and medium enterprises (MSME), on the lines of global online shopping platform such as Alibaba.
The proposed platform could generate a turnover of Rs 10 trillion over the next few years.
The government had launched the ‘Udyog Mitra’ portal to ease of access to MSMEs financial and non-financial service needs.
5) Answer: C)
India provided Rs 233 crore to the Nepal Government for various infrastructure projects, including roads and reconstruction of houses destroyed in the massive earthquake in 2015 which saw the death of over 9,000 people.
The decision was taken during the 5th meeting of the Nepal-India Joint Commission attended by the External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.
On the occasion, a cheque of INR153 crore (NR 2.45 billion) was provided for the reconstruction of houses in Nuwakot and Gorkha districts that were badly affected during the earthquake.
Similarly, India also handed over a cheque of INR 80.71 crore for the construction of Hulaki Marga (Postal Roads) in the Terai region of Nepal.
The amount was part of the INR 500 crore commitment made by India towards strengthening the roads in the Terai region.
A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India and the Department of Food Quality Control of Nepal on the cooperation for maintatining food safety and standard.
6) Answer: E)
Acko General Insurance, an insurtech company, has partnered with ZestMoney, a consumer lending fintech, to offer credit insurance.
This insurance will help ZestMoney customers cover their monthly EMI payments during times of crisis.ZestMoney offers instant financing to consumers across 1000+ online portals and provides them the option of paying through EMIs even if the consumers don’t own a credit card.
Acko will offer credit insurance to these consumers and cover them during eventualities like hospitalization or critical illness when they’re unable to pay their instalments.
7) Answer: B)
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal announced to enhance family income limit for a household for qualifying as a beneficiary under the Below Poverty Line (BPL) list from Rs 10,000 per month to Rs 15,000 per month so as to ensure that maximum eligible families get the benefit of various government schemes admissible to them.
He inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of nine development projects worth Rs 93.29 crore for district Panchkula.
On this occasion, the Chief Minister distributed ration card to 37 BPL beneficiaries of Panchkula and Kalka assembly constituency
8) Answer: C)
In order to increase the availability of the RTGS system, RBI has been decided to extend the operating hours of RTGS and commence operations for customers and banks from 7:00 am instead of 8 am.
The extended customer transactions timing will be applicable from August 26.
9) Answer: E)
The Reserve Bank permitted processing of e-mandate on credit and debit cards for recurring transactions (merchant payments) with a cap of Rs 2,000.
The RBI has been receiving requests from industry stakeholders to allow processing of e-mandate on cards for recurring transactions with Additional Factor of Authentication (AFA) during e-mandate registration and first transaction.
The maximum permissible limit for a transaction under the e-mandate facility on cards would be Rs 2,000.
The RBI added that no charges should be levied or recovered from the cardholder for availing the e-mandate facility on cards for recurring transactions.
The direction is applicable for transactions performed using all types of cards debit, credit and Prepaid Payment Instruments (PPIs), including wallets.
10) Answer: E)
Ajay Kumar Bhalla, currently serving as an officer on special duty in the home ministry, was appointed as the new Union home secretary.
The Appointments Committee of the cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved Bhalla’s appointment as the new home secretary. He replaces Rajiv Gauba, who was appointed as the new cabinet secretary.
11) Answer: A)
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), Government of India (GoI) has made Ajay Kumar as the new Defence Secretary but without 2 years’ tenure. He will replace Sanjay Mitra. Ajay Kumar is currently serving as the Secretary, Department of Defence Production.
12) Answer: A)
Abdalla Hamdok has taken the oath as the prime minister of Sudan. This comes a month after Sudan embarked on a three-year transition to civilian rule.
Hamdok was sworn in before Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, chairman of the newly-formed Sovereign Council, at the presidential palace in the capital Khartoum in presence of the chief justice.
13) Answer: A)
JNU Professor Meeta Narain conferred the ‘Pushkin Medal – 2019’. It is the highest honour given to an Indian scholar by the Russian government.
Pushkin Medal is given to a scholar of Russian language and literature. It is given for outstanding contribution to Russian studies.
Medal of Pushkin is a state decoration of the Russian Federation. It is awarded to its citizens for achievements in the arts and culture, education, humanities, and literature. It is named in honor of Russian author and poet Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin.
14) Answer: B)
Culture and Tourism Minister Prahlad Singh Patel launched the book titled- the Diary of Manu Gandhi’ at a function in New Delhi.
The book has been brought out by National Archives of India, on the occasion of 150th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi in collaboration with Oxford University Press.
The Diary of Manu Gandhi originally written in Gujarati language has been edited and translated by a well known scholar Dr. Tridip Suhrud. The first volume of the book covers the period of 1943-1944. Manu Gandhi was a grand niece of Mahatma Gandhi.
15) Answer: A)
Action movie hero Dwayne Johnson, star of the “Jumanji” and “Fast and Furious” franchises, topped the annual list of the world’s highest-paid actors, Forbes magazine reported.
Johnson, the former wrestler once known as The Rock, pulled in $89.4 million from June 2018 to June 2019.
Chris Hemsworth, who played Thor, took in $76.4 million, while Iron Man actor Robert Downey Jr. earned $66 million.
The fourth-biggest earner was Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar, with $65 million, and Hong Kong-born actor and martial artist Jackie Chan with $58 million.
16) Answer: A)
Indian Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju and former Indian football team captain Bhaichung Bhutia started the ‘Op-Blue Freedom’, which is a nation-wide adaptive scuba diving programme for people with disabilities as well as able-bodied persons.
Op-Blue Freedom is an initiative in which a group of armed forces veterans, train sports enthusiasts, both abled and disabled, in special forces skills like survival techniques, emergency first response skills, unarmed combat, endurance and fitness.
They aim to train adventure enthusiasts in valuable special forces skills like survival techniques, emergency first response skills, unarmed combat, endurance and fitness, in combination with the adventure activity one chooses to pursue — mountaineering, trekking, scuba diving, sky diving etc.
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