Current Affairs 4 August 2019 Quiz
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- Who has been awarded the National order of Merit by the President of Guinea for his exceptional contribution to the advancement of overall relations?
A)Narendra Modi
B)Venkaiah Naidu
C)Ram Nath Kovind
D)Rahul Gandhi
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Option C
Explanation: President Ram Nath Kovind has been awarded the National order of Merit by the President of Guinea for his exceptional contribution to the advancement of overall relations and development of mutual cooperation between India and Guinea and for promoting friendship and partnership between the people of both the countries.
- Which country to conduct its first National Time Release Study(TRS) for efficient trade flow?
A)Pakistan
B)Russia
C)Denmark
D)India
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Option D
Explanation: The Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, as part of its strategic commitment to improving global trade, is conducting India’s first national Time Release Study (TRS). The exercise will be institutionalized on an annual basis.
- Which company has been set up to ensure supply of critical minerals to Indian domestic market?
A)KABIL
B)VIDESH
C)CRESAI
D)KATUJA
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Option A
Explanation: A joint venture company Khanij Bidesh India limited, KABIL has been set up with the participation of three Central Public Sector Enterprises, CPSEs to ensure supply of critical Minerals to Indian domestic market.
- Which state government sanctioned over Rs 3 crore for construction for a new bridge in place of Lakshman Jhula?
A)Uttarakhand
B)Uttar Pradesh
C)Himachal Pradesh
D)Jammu and Kashmir
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Option A
Explanation: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat sanctioned over Rs 3 crore for construction for a new bridge in place of Lakshman Jhula.
- Which state government launched “Vhali Dikti Yojana”?
A)Uttar Pradesh
B)Bihar
C)Gujarat
D)Maharashtra
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Option C
Explanation: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has launched the ‘Vhali Dikri Yojna’ from his home town Rajkot. The scheme for the welfare of girl child has been launched to mark the 63th birth day of Chief Minister.
- Which became the first state to adopt a digital fingerprint and iris scanning system to aid police investigations?
A)Maharashtra
B)Bihar
C)Uttar Pradesh
D)Odisha
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Option A
Explanation: Maharashtra became the first state to adopt a digital fingerprint and iris scanning system to aid police investigations.
- Which country has thrown open the historic 19th-century old Gurdwara Chowa Sahib in Punjab province for pilgrim?
A)Pakistan
B)China
C)Bangladesh
D)SriLanka
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Option A
Explanation: Pakistan has thrown open the historic 19th-century old Gurdwara Chowa Sahib in Punjab province for pilgrims, seventy-two years after Partition.
- Recently RBI allowed which country’s bank to offer regular banking services in India?
A)Singapore
B)China
C)USA
D)UK
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Option B
Explanation: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) allowed Bank of China to offer regular banking services in the country. With this ‘Bank of China Limited’ has been included in the Second Schedule to the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.
- Which become the first Indian Bank to be connected to China’s National Advance Payment System (CNAPS) and to operationalise it?
A)Canara Bank
B)PNB
C)SBI
D)IDBI Bank
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Option C
Explanation: India’s largest public lender the State Bank of India’s (SBI) Shanghai Branch has become the first Indian Bank to be connected to China’s National Advance Payment System (CNAPS) and to operationalise it.
- Which online e-commerce platform has launched marketplace called “Samarth”?
A)Snapdeal
B)Ebay
C)Amazon
D)Flipkart
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Option D
Explanation: Flipkart, India’s leading e-commerce marketplace launched ‘Flipkart Samarth’ – a breakthrough initiative aimed at bringing India’s artisans, weavers, and handicrafts producers onto e-commerce.
- Which International player was recently suspended by Soccer body CONMEBOL for marking comments?
A)Lionr Suerez
B)Neymar
C)Lionel Messi
D)Kaka
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Option C
Explanation: Soccer body CONMEBOL suspended Lionel Messi from international matches for three months because of accusations of corruption he made at the latest Copa América.
- Who has assumed charge of the office of Secretary, Ministry of Textiles in New Delhi?
A)Alok Chaturvedi
B)Rabi Mishra
C)Ravi Capoor
D)RN Ravi
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Option C
Explanation: Ravi Capoor, an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of 1986 batch has assumed charge of the office of Secretary, Ministry of Textiles in New Delhi.
- Who has been appointed as the new director of Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste, Italy?
A)Kylian Mbappe
B)Atish Dabholkar
C)Zinedine Zinade
D)Fernando Quevedo
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Option B
Explanation: Atish Dabholkar, a theoretical physicist from India, has been appointed as the new director of Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste, Italy. He will succeed Fernando Quevedo, who has led the centre since 2009.
- Who was crowned Miss England 2019?
A)Arundhati Rao
B)Suman Rao
C)Bhasha Mukherjee
D)Manushi Chillar
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Option C
Explanation: A 23-year-old Indian-origin doctor has been crowned Miss England after fending off competition from dozens of other models.Bhasha Mukherjee, 23, from Derby, holds two different medical degrees, has an IQ of 146, making her officially a ‘genius’ and is fluent in five languages.
- Which Indian Journalist was awarded with Ramon Magsaysay Award 2019?
A)Rubika
B)Sudhir Chaudhary
C)Arnab Goswami
D)Ravish Kumar
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Option D
Explanation: Senior Indian journalist Ravish Kumar was awarded this year’s Ramon Magsaysay Award, regarded as the Asian version of the Nobel Prize.
- Recently Karpuri Devi passed away.She belongs to which field?
A)Politics
B)Journalist
C)Actor
D)Artist
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Option D
Explanation: A famous Mithila (Madhubani) and Sujani Artist Karpuri Devi from Bihar has passed away at the age of 94.
- What is the slogan of this year’s World Breastfeeding Week 2019?
A)Empower Parents, Enable Breastfeeding
B)Breastfeeding :Foundation for Life
C)Sustaining Breastfeeding Together
D)Nutrition and Food Security
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Option A
Explanation: World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated every year from 1 to 7 August to encourage breastfeeding and improve the health of babies around the world. It commemorates the Innocenti Declaration signed in August 1990 by government policymakers, WHO, UNICEF and other organizations to protect, promote and support breastfeeding.This year’s World Breastfeeding Week slogan is “Empower Parents, Enable Breastfeeding”.
STATIC GK BASED ON CURRENT AFFAIRS
- What is the currency of Argentina?
A)Peso
B)Dollar
C)Euro
D)Rupee
- What is the capital of Guinea?
A)Niamey
B)Freetown
C)Conakry
D)Kiev
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