Friday, August 2, 2019

COMPETITIVE EXAM CURRENT AFFAIRS FOR AUGUST 2, 2019

1.India slipped to which position in the Global GDP ranking in 2018?

a) 7th place
b) 8th place
c) 6th place
d) 9th place

Answer:7th place

2.Which nation has banned face-covering cloth including burqa and niqab in schools, hospitals and public transport?

a) Australia
b) Spain
c) Iceland
d) Netherlands

Answer:  Netherlands 

3.Which three Central PSU’s have agreed to set up a joint venture, KABIL to ensure consistent supply of critical minerals to Indian market?

a) BHEL, NALCO and HCL
b) BEML, GAIL, GIC
c) NALCO, HCL, MECL
d) IFCI, IDPL, HLL

Answer: NALCO, HCL, MECL

4.Indian Army has launched how many e-cars in its pilot project to combat air pollution?

a) 7
b) 5
c) 10
d) 12

Answer: 10

5.Which Indian journalist has been selected for the Ramon Magsaysay Award 2019?

a) Rajdeep Sardesai
b) Arnab Goswami
c) Ravish Kumar
d) Shekhar Gupta

Answer:Ravish Kumar

6.Which Indian state has signed an MoU with the Survey of India to organize mapping and land survey of 40,000 villages by drones?

a) Madhya Pradesh
b) Maharashtra
c) Telangana
d) Odisha

Answer: Maharashtra

7.Which city is hosting the 52nd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ meeting?

a) Bangkok
b) New Delhi
c) Tokyo
d) Colombo

Answer:Bangkok

8.Which member of the board of directors of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) was given the additional responsibility of Chairman of the Authority?

a) Rahul Sachdeva
b) Anuj Aggarwal
c) Manoj Sinha
d) Sachin Shankar

Answer: Anuj Aggarwal

9.Who received "Champions of Empathy Award" for spreading awareness about hepatitis?

a) Doordarshan
b) NDTV
c) Zee Entertainment Enterprises
d) StarPlus

Answer: Doordarshan

10.Who released the 4th cycle of All India Tiger Estimation 2018?

a) Rajnath Singh
b) Narendra Modi
c) Amit Shah
d) Ram Nath Kovind

Answer: Narendra Modi

11.When did World Day Against Trafficking in Persons celebrate?

a) 31st July
b) 30th July
c) 29th July
d) 28th July

Answer: 30th July

12.Who was sworn in as the 18th Governor of Tripura?

a) Jagdeep Dhankhar
b) E. S. L. Narasimhan
c) Ganga Prasad
d) Ramesh Bais

Answer: Ramesh Bais

13.Who was appointed as the new speaker of Karnataka Assembly?

a) S Suresh Kumar
b) Jagadish Shettar
c) KS Eshwarappa
d) Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri

Answer: Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri

14.Lok Seva Bhawan is the new name of this state's Secretariat.

a) Andra Pradesh
b) Karnataka
c) Odisha
d) West Bengal

Answer: Odisha

15.Name the mobile application launched to estimate the tiger population in the country.

a) Monitoring System For Tigers-Intensive Protection and Ecological Status (M-STrIPES)
b) Monitoring System For Tigers Protection and Ecological Status (M-STrPES)
c) Monitoring System For Tigers & Other wildlife Status (M-STOWS)
d) Monitoring System For Tiger Conservation (M-STC)

Answer: Monitoring System For Tigers-Intensive Protection and Ecological Status (M-STrIPES)

16.Who has been appointed as Ombudsman officer of Indian Federation of Sports Gaming, recently?

a) Madan Lokur
b) Arjan Kumar Sikri
c) Jasti Chelameswar
d) Ashok Bhushan

Answer: Arjan Kumar Sikri

17. Which sport is added for the first time to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games?

a) Curling
b) Fencing
c) Powerlifting
d) Table Tennis Mixed Doubles

Answer: Table Tennis Mixed Doubles

18.Which country topped Asia In Dell Global Women Entrepreneur Cities Index 2019?

(A) Singapore
(B) Indonesia
(C) Pakistan
(D) Saudi Arabia

Answer: Singapore

19.Name the country which announced one-month free visa on arrival to foreign nationals from nearly 50 nations.

(A) Maldives
(B) Bangladesh
(C) Myanmar
(D) Sri Lanka

Answer: Sri Lanka

20.Jerlin Anika has bagged 4 medals at 2nd World Deaf Youth Badminton Championships 2019. She is from which Indian state?

a) Tamil Nadu
b) Punjab
c) Gujarat
d) Rajasthan

Answer: Tamil Nadu


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