MOST IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMS

1) Which organisation recently issued guidelines for banks to set up new currency chests?
A) RBI
B) SEBI
C) NITI Aayog
D) FICCI

Ans: A) RBI

2) Which engineering institution was ranked the best in the National Institutional Ranking Framework -2019?
A) IIT Delhi
B) IIT Bombay
C) IIT Kharagpur
D) IIT Madras

Ans: IIT Madras

3) Exercise ‘Bold Kurukshetra 2019’ began in Uttar Pradesh between India and which country?
A) Singapore
B) Indonesia
C) Malaysia
D) Maldives

Ans: Singapore

4) President Ram Nath Kovind has launched which app for the families of martyred CRPF troops?
A) Veer Parivar
B) Veer Shakti
C) Valour
D) CRPF Suraksha

Ans: Veer Parivar

5) The Election commission of India has stalled the release of a biopic during election period. Which political leader was the film based on?
A) Rahul Gandhi
B) Manmohan Singh
C) PM Narendra Modi
D) Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Ans: PM Narendra Modi

6) Which institution recently ruled that woman can file dowry harassment case from place she has taken shelter?
A) Central Government
B) Supreme Court
C) National Commission for Women
D) Delhi High Court

Ans: Supreme Court

7) India recently evacuated peacekeeping CRPF contingent from which African country?
A) Serbia
B) Rwanda
C) Morocco
D) Libya

Ans: Libya

8) Which body has urged the media to do objective reporting on polls and exercise caution against paid news?
A) SC
B) PCI
C) NBA
D) CBFC

Ans: PCI

9) Which university was ranked the best in the list of Top 10 Indian Universities in the National Institutional Ranking Framework -2019?
A) JNU, Delhi
B) BHU, Varanasi
C) IISc, Bengaluru
D) Anna University, Chennai

Ans: IISc, Bengaluru

10) Who has been appointed as the new head coach of the Indian men’s national hockey team?
A) Graham Reid
B) Dhanraj Pillay
C) Mark Knowles
D) Ajit Pal Singh

Ans: Graham Reid

11) Which company has become India’s first gaming unicorn?
A) Hashcube Technologies
B) Ingenuity Gaming
C) Zapak Digital
D) Dream11

Ans: Dream11

12) Which country was positioned as the world’s top recipient of remittances according to the World Bank’s latest Migration and Development Brief?
A) United States
B) Saudi Arabia
C) India
D) China

Ans: India

13) The US recently designated ‘Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation. The IRGC belongs to which country?
A) Libya
B) Iran
C) Syria
D) Israel

Ans: Iran

14) Which city hosted the Army Commanders' Conference 2019?
A) Amritsar
B) Srinagar
C) New Delhi
D) Gangtok

Ans: New Delhi

15) Justice Pradeep Nandrajog has taken the oath as the new Chief Justice of which High Court?
A) Madras HC
B) Bombay HC
C) Patna HC
D) Calcutta HC

Ans: Bombay HC

16) Who has been elected as the new President of the World Bank?
A) David Malpass
B) Karen P Hughes
C) John R Bolton
D) Nancy J Powell

Ans: David Malpass

17) The United States has urged immediate halt to military operations in which nation?
A) Algeria
B) Egypt
C) Libya
D) Botswana

Ans: Libya

18) Scientists belonging to which nation have discovered a possible death switch mechanism in plants?
A) United States
B) Sweden
C) Switzerland
D) China

Ans: China

19) Which Indian personality was recently honoured with UAE’s highest decoration Zayed Medal?
A) Ram Nath Kovind
B) Shah Rukh Khan
C) Narendra Modi
D) Aamir Khan

Ans: Narendra Modi

20) Where were the 7th Foreign Office consultations between India and Italy held?
A) New Delhi
B) Sikkim
C) Rome
D) Florence

Ans: New Delhi