Cabinet Ministers

Sunday, August 25, 2019

COMPETITIVE EXAM CURRENT AFFAIRS FOR AUGUST 19 TO 25 , 2019

1.Who among the following has been nominated for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in the National Sports Awards 2019?

a) Ravindra Jadeja
b) R. Ashwin
c) Deepa Malik
d) Dipa Karmakar

Answer: Deepa Malik

2.Who has been appointed as Commander of the Sri Lankan Army, recently?

a) Jagath Dias
b) Jagath Jayasuriya
c) Shavendra Silva
d) Daya Ratnayake

Answer: Shavendra Silva

3. A raging fire has engulfed this rain forest, which contributes to about 20 percent of the earth’s oxygen.

a) Amazon
b) Nile
c) Congo
d) New Guinea

Answer: Amazon

4.Who heads the High Powered Committee(HPC) of chief ministers for transforming Indian agriculture & raising farmers' income?

a) Narendra Singh Tomar
b) Vijay Rupani
c) Kamal Nath
d) Devendra Fadnavis

Answer: Kamal Nath

5. Who among the following was arrested by CBI in relation to the INX Media corruption case?

a) Yashwant Sinha
b) P. Chidambaram
c) Arun Jaitley
d) Pranab Mukharjee

Answer: P. Chidambaram

6.When did World Photography Day observed?

a) 12th August
b) 17th August
c) 19th August
d) 22nd August

Answer: 19th August 

7. The Direct Tax Code (DTC) task force has recommended a major cut in corporate tax for both domestic and foreign companies. What is the newly recommended corporate tax rate?

a) 25 percent
b) 30 percent
c) 15 percent
d) 20 percent

Answer: 25 percent

8.Which state government has decided to set up Atal Bihari Vajpayee residential schools for children of labourers?

a) Andra Pradesh
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Odisha
d) Haryana

Answer: Uttar Pradesh

9. Which glacier in Iceland has lost its identity due to climate change?

a) Okjokull
b) Sesami
c) Milami
d) Sumatra

Answer: Okjokull

10. Which country is the largest emitter of SO2, according to Greenpeace data?

a) Russia
b) India
c) China
d) Saudi Arabia

Answer: India

11.Who has been recently honoured with A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Award?

a) Manjul Bhargav
b) Pranav Mukherjee
c) K. Sivan
d) Anil Kakodkar

Answer: K. Sivan

12. Which country bestowed its highest civilian award 'Order of Zayed’ upon Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi?

a) Bhutan
b) Thailand
c) UAE
d) Japan

Answer: UAE

13.Who gave the call for 'Evergreen Revolution'?

a) M. S. Swaminathan
b) VergheseKurien
c) Tribhuvandas Patel
d) H. M. Dalaya

Answer: M. S. Swaminathan

14. Which among the following Indian structures featured in Time’s 2019 list of 100 greatest places in world?

a) The Light Box Restroom
b) Nalanda Ruins
c) Galden Namgey Lhatse
d) Statue of Unity

Answer: Statue of Unity

15. US President Donald Trump recently showed interest in buying which nation?

a) Iceland
b) Ireland
c) Cuba
d) Greenland

Answer: Greenland

16.Recently, which district of Tamil Nadu has been trifurcated to form two more new districts out of that?

a) Salem
b) Vellore
c) Madurai
d) Coimbatore

Answer: Vellore

17. Which court has agreed to examine validity of new triple talaq law?

a) Delhi HC
b) Madras HC
c) Supreme Court
d) Allahabad HC

Answer: Supreme Court

18. What will be the retirement age of the Central Armed Police Force personnel as per the order issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs?

a) 58
b) 59
c) 60
d) 61

Answer: 60

19. PM Modi recently inaugurated Mangdechhu hydroelectric power plant in which country?

a) Bangladesh
b) Bhutan
c) Sri Lanka
d) Malaysia

Answer: Bhutan

20.The book 'Cricket My Style' has been written by?

a) Imran Khan
b) Sunil Gavaskar
c) Kapil Dev
d) Sachin Tendulkar

Answer: Kapil Dev

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