CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 10TH AUG 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 10^TH AUG 2019

1.        Name the bank that funds the draft Environment and Social Management Framework(ESMF) for integrated coastal management.

A) Reserve Bank of India(RBI)

B) World Bank(WB)

C) Asian Development Bank(ADB)

D) New Development Bank(NDB)

E) None of these

2.        Where was the 7th meeting of India Bangladesh home minister level talks held?

A) Dhaka, Bangladesh

B) New Delhi, India

C) West Bengal, India

D) Khulna, Bangladesh

E) None of these

3.        Which institute has partnered with National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) for developing turbines that can generate electricity by harnessing the ocean waves?

A) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati

B) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur

C) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras

D) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay

E) None of these

4.        Which country has the highest number of living languages(840 languages), as per Ethnologue, a directory of languages?

A) Papua New Guinea

B) Indonesia

C) Nigeria

D) United States

E) None of these

5.        Which year is designated as United Nations’ International Year of Indigenous Languages with the aim to enhace native tongues in 5 major areas?

A) 2020

B) 2019

C) 2025

D) 2022

E) None of these

6.        Which bank has signed a bancassurance agreement with State Bank of India(SBI)Life Insurance to provide SBI’s suite of insurance products to its customers?

A) Indian Overseas Bank

B) Bank of India

C) Canara Bank

D) Indian Bank

E) None of these

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 9TH AUG 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 9^TH AUG 2019

1.        What is the rank of India among the countries, which are facing extremely high water crisis in Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas report released by World Resources Institute’s (WRI)?

A) 15

B) 2

C) 5

D) 13

E) None of these

2.        Who headed the third Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy of RBI for the year 2019-20?

A) Narendra Modi

B) Shaktikanta Das

C) Ravindra H. Dholakia

D) Nirmala Sitharaman

E) None of these

3.        What is the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth forecasted by Reserve Bank of India(RBI)?

A) 6.7 %

B) 6.8 %

C) 6.5 %

D) 6.9 %

E) None of these

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Monthly GK Capsules July 2019

Monthly GK Capsules July 2019

Here is the new Monthly GK Capsules. This time we are going to share the official PDF file of AAA-Bright Academy which contains Monthly GK updates of July 2019. So if you are preparing for any Government, Bank, Railways, SSC Examination this PDF file is very helpful to you. All the best to all participants for the upcoming Examination.

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DAILY GK 8 AUG 2019

DAILY GK 8 AUG 2019

1. PARLIAMENT PASSED THE CONSUMER PROTECTION BILL, 2019

✔The Rajya Sabha has passed the Consumer Protection Bill, 2019. The bill will lead to setting up of a Central Consumer Protection Authority to promote, protect and enforce the rights of consumers as a class.

✔The Bill seeks to strengthen the rights of consumers and provides a mechanism for redressal of complaints regarding defects in goods and deficiency in services. The bill will replace the Consumer Protection Act, 1986.

2. LOK SABHA PASSED THE TRANSGENDER PERSONS (PROTECTION OF RIGHTS) BILL, 2019

✔Lok Sabha passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2019 by a voice vote. It was introduced in the Lok Sabha on July 19, 2019 by the Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, Mr. Thaawarchand Gehlot.

✔The Bill defines a transgender person as one whose gender does not match the gender assigned at birth and according to 2011 Census, there are more than 4.80 lakh transgenders in India.

✔The Bill prohibits any kind of discrimination against a transgender person.

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 8TH AUG 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 8^TH AUG 2019

1.        What is the eligible age of couple, who are in need of child by surrogacy method as per the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2019?

A) Woman- 25 to 50 years, Man- 31 to 58 years

B) Woman- 23 to 50 years, Man- 26 to 55 years

C) Woman- 27 to 52 years, Man- 30 to 57 years

D) Woman- 29 to 55 years, Man- 32 to 60 years

E) None of these

2.        What is the revised number of judges in the Supreme Court (SC) including Chief Justice of India (CJI) as per the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill 2019?

A) 31

B) 32

C) 33

D) 34

E) None of these

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 7TH AUG 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 7^TH AUG 2019

1.        Which articles are repealed by government of India that grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir?

A) Article 350 and 31A

B) Article 370 and 31A

C) Article 350 and 35A

D) Article 370 and 35A

E) None of these

2.        Who introduced the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Bill, 2019 in Rajya Sabha which seeks to bifurcate the state of Jammu and Kashmir into 2 Union Territory– J&K and Ladakh?

A) Nitin Gadkari

B) Amit Shah

C) Rajnath Singh

D) Ravi Shankar Prasad

E) None of these

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DAILY GK 6 AUG 2019

DAILY GK 6 AUG 2019

1. CENTRE TO REPEAL OF ARTICLE 370 AND 35A THAT GRANTS SPECIAL STATUS TO J&K

✔Government announced to repeal Article 370 [except the first clause 370 (1)] and Article 35A which grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir (J&K).

✔Union Home Minister Amit Shah introduced the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Bill, 2019 in Rajya Sabha which seeks to bifurcate the state of Jammu and Kashmir into 2 Union territories – J&K a Union Territory with Legislature, and Ladakh Union Territory without Legislature.

✔President Ram Nath Kovind in “concurrence” with the “Jammu and Kashmir government” promulgated Constitution (Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Order, 2019 which states that provisions of the Indian Constitution are applicable in the state. It comes into force “at once”, and shall supersede the Constitution (Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Order, 1954.

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 6TH AUG 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 6^TH AUG 2019

1.        How many years of jail term is rewarded to person, who indulge in pornography using child as per the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) (Amendment) Bill, 2019?

A) Life Imprisonment

B) 15 years  

C) 5 years

D) 10 years

E) None of these

2.        Which government body will become paperless from the next session?

A) Lok Sabha

B) Rajya Sabha

C) Election Commission of India

D) Both 1 & 2

E) None of these

3.        Who will chair the National Statistical Office (NSO)?

A) Prabhat Kumar

B) Pravin Srivastava

C) P. K. Sinha

D) Ajit Seth

E) None of these

4.        Which Indian city, will hold the Regional Conference on Good Governance?

A) Chennai, Tamil Nadu

B) NewDelhi, Delhi

C) Jaipur, Rajasthan

D) Mumbai, Maharashtra

E) None of these

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OBJECTIVE GK – 3RD AUG 2019

OBJECTIVE GK – 3^RD AUG 2019

1.           Which country has partnered with India & launched the “Innovation for Clean Air” (IfCA) initiative in Bengaluru to test interventions related to equality and support India’s transition to EV (electric vehicles) integration?

A) United States(US)

B) Japan

C) United Kingdom(UK)

D) Russia

E) None of these

2.           What is the position of India among the highest risk country in the world as per the Verisk Maplecroft’s Water Stress Index 2019?

A) 38th

B) 35th

C) 40th

D) 46th

E) None of these

3.           In which four states, One Nation One Ration Card scheme was launched in order to boost the National Food Security?

A) Arunachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat

B) Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat

C) Telangana, Kerala, Maharashtra and Gujarat

D) Telangana, Kerala, Karnataka and Gujarat

E) None of these

4.           Name the state, which has launched a special digitized policing system called “Automated Multi-modal Biometric Identification System (AMBIS)” to aid police investigations.

A) Gujarat

B) Kerala

C) Maharashtra

D) Karnataka

E) None of these

5.           Which country has exempted visa fees for Indian tourists which range from $20 to $40?

A) Sri Lanka

B) Myanmar

C) Maldives

D) Thailand

E) None of these

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 2ND AUG 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 2^ND AUG 2019

1.           How many judges can supreme court hold, after cabinet approves to increase the number of judges excluding the Chief Justice of India (CJI)?

A) 33

B) 34

C) 35

D) 36

E) None of these

2.           Which country’s space agency has signed an MoU with Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on cooperation in the exploration and uses of outer space for peaceful purposes?

A) Colombia

B) Bolivia

C) Ecuador

D) Uruguay

E) None of these

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DAILY GK 4 AUG 2019

DAILY GK 4 AUG 2019

1. PARLIAMENT PASSED AIRPORTS ECONOMIC REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF INDIA (AMENDMENT) BILL 2019

✔Parliament passed the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India (Amendment) Bill, 2019 which amends the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India Act, 2008.

✔The new bill increases the threshold of annual passenger traffic for major airports to over 35 lakh from 15 lakh. It is increased as the number of air traffic passengers has been increased 117 million from 2008 to 345 million.

✔Tariff determination: Under the Act, AERA is responsible for determining the tariff for aeronautical services at different airports every 5 years, development fees of major airports, and the service fee of passengers. 

2. WORLD’S FIRST ULTRA-FAST HYPERLOOP PROJECT GRANTED TO MAHARASHTRA

✔The infrastructure project status worth $10billion was granted to Maharashtra by India, to establish the world’s first ultra-fast Hyperloop project.

✔This project stretching over 117.5km, will link Mumbai with the neighbouring city of Pune and travels to the destination in about 35 minutes.

✔Hyperloops freight at speeds up to 1200 km per hour using magnetic to levitate pods inside an airless tube.

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