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1) National Thermal Engineer Day is observed every year on ________.
a) July 24
b) July 23
c) July 22
d) July 21
e) July 20
2) The National Payment Corporation of India has tied up with _______________ to launch the global Rupay Card.
a) Discover
b) Algo Charge
c) Aliant Payment
d) JCB
e) Checkout
3) Andhra Pradesh has become the first state to reserve ___________ of private jobs for locals.
a) 50%
b) 60%
c) 45%
d) 75%
e) 70%
4) What is the extended deadline for publication of final National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam?
a) July 31, 2019
b) September 30, 2019
c) August 31, 2019
d) December 31, 2019
e) December 1, 2019
5) As per the latest report of IMF, what is the projected annual growth rate for India in the current financial year?
a) 7%
b) 7.2%
c) 7.1%
d) 7.3%
e) 6.8%
6) Which company has agreed to offer Rs 1.25 trillion (Rs 1.25 lakh crore) line of credit by 2024, to fund highway projects for timely execution of the Rs 8.41 trillion ambitious Bharatmala project?
a) LIC
b) SBI
c) RBI
d) NABARD
e) SIDBI
7) Name the Vodaphone mobile phone-based banking service which has shut down operations in India with effect from July 15?
a) M-Pesa
b) E-Pesa
c) V-Pesa
d) P-Pesa
e) B-Pesa
8) Who among the following has been elected as the Prime Minister of Britain?
a) Jeremy Hunt
b) Michael Gove
c) Sajid Javid
d) Dominic Raab
e) Boris Johnson
9) Who among the following has been appointed as the Joint Secretary to President Ram Nath Kovind?
a) Salman Naseer
b) Chris Nenzani
c) Ajay Bhadoo
d) Imran Khawaja
e) Colin Graves
10) The Ministerial Meeting of the Coordinating Bureau of NAM (Non-Aligned Movement) was held in which country?
a) Belgrade, Serbia
b) Victoria,Seychelles
c) New York, United States
d) Caracas, Venezuela
e) Singapore, Singapore
11) Which company in India has topped the 2019 Fortune Global 500 ranking of India?
a) Reliance Industries
b) State Bank of India
c) LIC
d) Tata Consultancy Services
e) None of these
12) Which state reported 233 cases of ATM fraud in 2018-19, the highest in the entire country, Reserve Bank Of India (RBI) data?
a) Maharashtra
b) Delhi
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Karnataka
e) Andhra Pradesh
13) Who among the following has become the first player to win four titles in Newport?
a) Alexander Bublik
b) Matthew Ebden
c) Kamil Majchrzak
d) John Isner
e) Ugo Humbert
14) Famous sportsperson Adam Peaty is associated with which sports?
a) Swimming
b) Hockey
c) Football
d) Tennis
e) Golf
15) Bihar’s MP Samastipur Ram Chandra Paswan passed away following a brief illness. He is associated with which party?
a) BJP
b) BSP
c) INC
d) GGP
e) LJP
Answers :
1) Answer: A)
- National Thermal Engineer Day is observed every year on 24 July to show the importance of advancing the thermal engineering industry and is provide the electronics industry with innovative, high-quality and cost-effective thermal management and its packaging solutions.
2) Answer: D)
- National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and JCB International, along with domestic banks, have launched RuPay JCB Global Cards.
- Banks including State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, Axis Bank, Union Bank of India, Central Bank of India, Andhra Bank, City Union Bank, and TJSB Bank will issue these cards, which will be accepted in India at all POS terminals and ATMs that accept JCB cards.
- It will be accepted in India at all Point Of Sale (POS) terminals and Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) that accept JCB cards.
3) Answer: D)
- Andhra Pradesh became the first state to reserve jobs for local youth after the assembly passed the Andhra Pradesh Employment of Local Candidates in Industries/Factories Act, 2019, which reserves 75 per cent jobs in industrial units, factories, joint ventures and projects set up under public-private partnership mode.
- Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy had promised to provide quota in local jobs during his ‘padyatra’ in the state. It was also an election promise.
- While the step is positive in that it promotes local hiring, the state will also have to focus on skill development of the youth to ensure their employability.
4) Answer: C)
- The Supreme Court extended the deadline for publication of final National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam by a month to August 31 while rejecting the pleas seeking permission for 20 per cent sample re-verification.
- The Centre and the Assam government sought permission for sample re-verification to find out wrongful inclusions and exclusions of persons in the NRC.
- The National Register of Citizens (NRC) for the state of Assam has been taken as the exercise to enumerate citizens in Assam. The exercise aims at identifying illegal immigrants in the state of Assam that borders Bangladesh.
5) Answer: A)
- The IMF projected a slower growth rate for India in 2019 and 2020, a downward revision of 0.3 per cent for both the years.
- The GDP Growth rate for India at 7.0% in 2019 and 7.2% in 2020.
- This was announced in the World Economic Outlook, July 2019 released by IMF. The global GDP growth rate is predicted at 3.2% in 2019 and at 3.5% in 2020.
6) Answer: A)
- Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways stated that Mumbai headquartered Indian state-owned insurance group, LIC(Life Insurance Corporation) has agreed to offer Rs 1.25 trillion (Rs 1.25 lakh crore) line of credit by 2024, to fund highway projects for timely execution of the Rs 8.41 trillion ambitious Bharatmala project.
- Bharatmala program will be funded through cess, toll revenue, market borrowings, private sector participation, insurance fund, pension funds, masala bonds, and other initiatives and the LIC credit line was one such initiative(bonds).
- LIC offered Rs 25,000 crore in a year and Rs 1.25 trillion in five years for highways construction.
- The budget allocation for Road Transport and Highways ministry has also increased by about Rs 5,000 crore.
7) Answer: A)
- Vodafone’s mobile phone-based banking service M-Pesa has shut down operations in India with effect from July 15.
- M-Pesa is one of Vodafone’s success stories in countries such as Kenya, where it is hugely popular. It launched in India in 2013 and had received good response initially, but tough market conditions seem to have done it in.
8) Answer: E)
- Hardline Brexiteer Boris Johnson has won the UK’s Conservative Party leadership contest and will take over from outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May when she steps down.
- Johnson, a former mayor of London and British foreign secretary, took 92,153 votes, while rival Jeremy Hunt scored 46,656 votes in a ballot of party members. Turnout was 87.4% with Johnson taking 66% of votes.
9) Answer: C)
- The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the appointment of Ajay Bhadoo as Joint Secretary to President Ram Nath Kovind.
- Bhadoo, a Gujarat batch IAS officer is currently serving as the Vadodara Municipal Commissioner.
10) Answer: D)
- Ministerial Meeting of the Coordinating Bureau of NAM (Non-Aligned Movement) was held at Caracas, Venezuela. The theme of the event was: “Promotion and Consolidation of Peace through Respect for International Law”.
- Now the Presidency of NAM will be given to Republic of Azerbaijan that will host the 18th Summit Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in October 2019.
11) Answer: A)
- Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries has jumped 42 places to become the highest-ranking Indian firm on the Fortune Global 500 list.
- State-owned Indian Oil Corp (IOC) had been the top-ranked Indian company on the list and was first on the Fortune India 500 list which was started in 2010.
- This year, ranked 106, Reliance Industries (RIL) has replaced IOC (117) as the top-ranked Indian company on the Global 500 list.
- US giant Walmart continues to top the Fortune 500 list followed by Chinese state-owned oil and gas company Sinopec Group, which moved one rank up. Dutch company Royal Dutch Shell was ranked third followed by China National Petroleum and State Grid.
12) Answer: A)
- Maharashtra reported 233 cases of ATM fraud in 2018-19, the highest in the entire country, Reserve Bank Of India (RBI) data.
- The data showed that Delhi grabbed the second spot with 179 cases, followed by Tamil Nadu with 147 cases of ATM fraud.
- In Maharashtra, people lost Rs 4.8 crore to bank fraud, while in Delhi people lost Rs 2.9 crore. The country witnessed an increase in ATM fraud cases in general (up from 911 to 980).
- Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura were the only three states that didn’t report a single incident. However, the money lost came down from Rs 65.3 crore in 2017-18 to Rs 21.4 crore in 2018-19.
13) Answer: D)
John Isner lived up to his top seed status at the Hall of Fame Open, becoming the first player to win four titles in Newport with win over seventh-seeded Kazakh Alexander Bublik.
14) Answer: A)
- Adam Peaty claimed the 100m breaststroke title at the world championships for a third time but was unable to break the record he set 24 hours earlier.
- Peaty became the first man to go under 57 seconds when he shattered his own world mark with a time of 56.88 in the semi-finals in Gwangju, South Korea.
15) Answer: E)
- Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) MP from Bihar’s Samastipur Ram Chandra Paswan passed away following a brief illness. He was 57.
- Ram Chandra Paswan, the younger brother of Union minister and LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan.