CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 24TH JULY 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 24^TH JULY 2019

1.        Name the bill passed in Lok Sabha, which states that besides Chief justice of India, a former Supreme Court judge can also be made the chairperson of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).

A) Appointment of National Human Rights (Amendment) Bill 2019

B) Protection of National Human Rights (Amendment) Bill 2019

C) Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Bill 2019

D) Appointment of Human Rights (Amendment) Bill 2019

E) None of these

2.        Where will India’s first smart school campus to be launched by Singapore based Global Indian International School (GIIS)?

A) Hadapsar & Balewadi campuses in Pune, Maharashtra

B) Darjeeling campuses, West Bengal

C) Landour campuses in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand

D) Shey campuses in Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir

E) None of these

3.        Which city is set to host the Asia’s biggest arm show, “11th biennial arms exhibition ‘DefExpo 2020’ “ in February 2020?

A) Mumbai, Maharashtra

B) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

C) Jaipur, Rajasthan

D) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

E) None of these

4.        What is the theme of the 11th biennial arms exhibition ‘DefExpo 2020’?

A) Theme – “India: Rise of Futurism”

B) Theme – “India: the emerging defence manufacturing hub”

C) Theme – “Unite India, Make India”

D) Theme – “India:Force in Transit

E) None of these

5.        Where was the 13th edition of the annual Global Healthcare Summit(GHS) held?

A) Chennai, Tamil Nadu

B) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

C) Hyderabad, Telangana

D) Bengaluru, Karnataka

E) None of these

6.        Where was the fifth Dornier squadron of the Indian Navy, “Indian Naval Air Squadron 313 (INAS 313)” commissioned recently?

A) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

B) Mumbai, Maharashtra

C) Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

D) Meenambakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

E) None of these

7.        Which country will be the first recipient of Asian Infrastructure and Investment Bank (AIIB)’s local currency financing?

A) Japan

B) India

C) Russia

D) China

E) None of these

8.        Name the bank, which reaffirmed its support to Andhra Pradesh with over $1 billion programme that covers health, agriculture, energy and disaster management sectors.

A) New Development Bank(NDB)

B) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank(AIIB)

C) World Bank (WB)

D) Asian Development Bank(ADB)

E) None of these

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DAILY GK 23 JULY 2019

DAILY GK 23 JULY 2019

1. LOK SABHA PASSED PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (AMENDMENT) BILL 2019

✔According to the bill, besides a Chief justice of India, a former Supreme Court judge can also be made the chairperson of National Human Rights Commission.

✔The bill also proposes to enable any person to be the chairperson of the State Human Rights Commission who has been a judge of a high court

✔The bill amends the protection of Human Rights Act 1993 to provide that a person who has been Chief Justice of India or a judge of the Supreme Court will be the chairperson of the NHRC.

✔The protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Bill 2019 provides two persons having knowledge of human right to be appointed as the members of the NHRC.

2. LUCKNOW TO HOST ASIA’S BIGGEST ARM SHOW ‘DEFEXPO’ IN FEBRUARY 2020

✔Lucknow will host the 11th biennial edition of DefExpo from February 5 to 8, 2020.

✔The focus of the Expo will be on “Digital transformation of defence”.

✔The main theme of DefExpo India-2020 will be “India: the emerging defence manufacturing hub”.

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 23RD JULY 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 23^RD JULY 2019

1.        How much percent of vote was registered in Lok Sabha by using the Electronically Transmitted Postal Ballot System (ETPBS)?

A) 60.14%

B) 61.14%

C) 62.14%

D) 63.14%

E) None of these

2.        Name the Scheme, which was praised by International Energy Agency (IEA) for providing free cooking gas connection to poor.

A) Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY)

B) Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awaas Yojana (PMAY-G)

C) Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY)

D) Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY)

E) None of these

3.        Who will head the reconstituted Group of Ministers (GoM), called the “Air India Specific Alternative Mechanism (AISAM)” on Air India disinvestment?

A) Narendra Singh Tomar

B) Amit Shah

C) Narendra Modi

D) Ram Vilas Paswan

E) None of these

4.        Who has been appointed as the chairperson of Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI)?

A) Y. N. Sukthankar

B) Vishnu Sahay

C) Amita Prasad

D) S. S. Khera

E) None of these

5.        Which city topped the “most digitised cities” as per Razorpay Software Pvt Ltd’s digital transactions quarterly(April-June 2019 ) report, ‘The Era of Rising Fintech’?

A) Bengaluru

B) Hyderabad

C) Mumbai

D) Pune

E) None of these

6.        Which film has been included into NFAI(National Film Archives of India) recently?

A) Pink

B) Indu Sarkar

C) Raajneeti

D) Baadshaho

E) None of these

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DAILY GK 22 JULY 2019

DAILY GK 22 JULY 2019

1. E-POSTAL BALLOT REGISTERED 60.14% TURNOUT IN 2019 LOK SABHA ELECTIONS

✔Using the Electronically Transmitted Postal Ballot System, out of the 18,02,646 service electors, 10,84,266 e-postal ballots were received indicating 60.14% turnout in Lok Sabha elections 2019.

✔Persons working in paramilitary forces, the military and government officials deployed in diplomatic missions outside India are classified as Service Voters.

✔It was introduced by the Election Commission of India for Lok Sabha elections 2019 with the motto “no voter to be left behind”.

2. AMITA PRASAD TAKES CHARGE AS ‘INLAND WATERWAYS’ AUTHORITY CHIEF AND AK JHA TO LEAD NPC

✔Amita Prasad has been appointed as chairperson of Inland Waterways Authority of India Ministry of Shipping, in the rank and pay of secretary.

✔She replaces Shri Jalaj Shrivastava.

✔Prasad is currently serving as Director-General, National Productivity Council, Department for Promotion of Industry & Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce & Industry.

✔She also served as additional secretary in Ministry of statistics and programming.

✔Arun Kumar Jha, 1985 batch Indian Economic Service officer, has been appointed as National Productivity Council, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, as its Director-General.

✔He replaces Amita Prasad.

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ 21ST – 22TH JULY 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ 21^ST – 22^TH JULY 2019

1.        Name the scheme launched by Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for the period 2018-2020 to combat cyber crime in India.

A) Indian Credit Collateral Crime Centre

B) Indian Capacity Cyber Crime Centre (I4C)

C) Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C)

D) Indian Collateral Crime Coordination Centre (I4C)

E) None of these

2.        What is the name of UGC(University Grants Commission) Guide to Student Induction Programme released by Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ in New Delhi?

A) “Deeksharambh”

B) “Scheme to Provide Quality Education(SPQE)”

C) “eBasta Scheme”

D) “Pahal Scheme”

E) None of these

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DAILY GK 21 JULY 2019

DAILY GK 21 JULY 2019

1. HRD MINISTRY LAUNCHES NEW UGC SCHEME “PARAMARSH” FOR HIGHER EDUCATION

✔Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, Union Minister for Human Resource Development launched a Scheme called “Paramarsh” of University Grants Commission in New Delhi.

✔This scheme aims at mentoring National Accreditation and Assessment Council accreditation aspirant institutions to develop quality assurance in Higher Education.

✔Under the scheme, the prime Mentoring institutions will provide regular mentoring to colleges to help achieve high-quality standards. For mentoring they will get the financial assistance & also the option of appointing an expert, who can be paid a fellowship amount of Rs 31,000 per month.

2. 8TH EDITION OF HAND-IN-HAND MILITARY EXERCISE 2019

✔The 8th edition of Hand-in-Hand Military exercise 2019 between India, China will be held on December 2019 at Umroi near Shillong in Meghalaya.

✔The exercise will focus on transnational counter-terror operations, the establishment of a joint command post, joint combat, and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief missions.

✔The 7th edition was held at Chengdu, China in December 2018.

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DAILY GK 20 JULY 2019

DAILY GK 20 JULY 2019

1. INDIA TO BE FREE OF TUBERCULOSIS BY 2025

✔Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked the parliamentarians take up a social cause or an issue of human sensitivity as a mission.

✔India has fixed a deadline of 2025 for eradicating tuberculosis against the global deadline of 2030. He stressed on the need to eradicate them.

✔Union Health Ministry signed a MoU with the Ministries of Defence, Railways and Ayurveda, AYUSH to eliminate TB from India by 2025 in the presence of Minister of State for Health Ashwini K Choubey and Minister of AYUSH Shripad Nayak.

2. ADB LOWERS INDIA’S FY2020 GDP GROWTH FORECAST TO 7%

✔According to ‘Asian Development Outlook 2019, India’s GDP growth expected to grow by 7% in 2019 (FY-Fiscal Year 2020).

✔Growth is expected to increase again to 7.2% in FY21, helped by recent reforms to improve the business climate, strengthen banks and relieve agrarian distress.

✔Due to the manufacturing and agriculture sectors witnessed slowing down over the past year, Fitch also decreases India’s GDP growth forecast for FY20, to 6.6% from 6.8 %.

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 20TH JULY 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 20^TH JULY 2019

1.        How many days was given by cabinet for bankruptcy resolution process including litigations and another judicial process?

A) Within 310 days

B) Within 330 days

C) Within 350 days

D) Within 370 days

E) None of these

2.        Name the Campaign launched by Dr. Harsh Vardhan in New Delhi to sensitize and mobilize the people on measures about prevention and control of Vector-Borne Diseases (VBDs) like Malaria, Dengue, and Chikungunya.

A) Prevention of Vector Borne

B) Jagrukta Abhiyaan

C) Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana

D) My India Healthy India

E) None of these

3.        Which of the following states have now access to the Internet Saathi initiative, a collaborative programme of Google India and Tata Trusts which facilitate digital literacy among women in rural India?

A) Madhya Pradesh and Bihar

B) Uttar Pradesh and Haryana

C) Punjab and Odisha

D) Odisha and Meghalaya

E) None of these

4.        How many beaches of India were selected by Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) to compete for the ‘Blue Flag’ certification?

A) 12 Beaches

B) 13 Beaches

C) 14 Beaches

D) 15 Beaches

E) None of these

5.        Which became the 76th country to sign the International Solar Alliance (ISA) Framework Agreement?

A) Tuvalu

B) Guam

C) Republic of Nauru

D) Republic of Palau

E) None of these

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