IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTION FOR AUGUST 28, 2019

1. Who among the following is not a part of the five-member GoM set up by the government for Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh?

a) Smriti Irani
b) Ravi Shankar Prasad
c) Jitendra Singh
d) Thawar Chand Gehlot

Answer: Smriti Irani

2.Who is the present minister of Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution?

A.Shri Ram Vilas Paswan
B.Shri Suresh Kumar 
C.Shri Amit Shah
D.Shri Prakash Javedakar

Answer: Shri Ram Vilas Paswan

3. The Supreme Court has referred the Article 370 petitions for hearing to a special constitution bench. The bench will comprise how many members?

a) Three
b) Four
c) Two
d) Five

Answer: Five

4.Who is to be honoured with UEFA President Award?

A.Eric Cantona 
B.Guy Roux 
C.Bobby Robson
D.Paolo Maldini

Answer: Eric Cantona

5.Who has been appointed as the new Chairperson of PMLA Appellate Tribunal?

a) Vijay Kumar Bist
b) Sanjay Karol
c) Sunil Gaur
d) Ajay Kumar Mittal

Answer: Sunil Gaur

6.The Indian Railways has decided to offer how much discount in its AC Chair car trains like Shatabdi, Tejas?

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

Answer: 25 percent

7.IndTokyo launched to help Paralympians to look up accessible places in Tokyo during _____________?

A.2020 Paralympics Games
B.2019 Paralympics Games 
C.2022 Paralympics Games
D.2021 Paralympics Games

Answer: 2020 Paralympics Games

8.Which telecom company topped the telecom market with highest revenue share in the April-June quarter?

a) Airtel
b) Jio
c) BSNL
d) Vodafone Idea

Answer: Jio

9.Who became the first Flight Commander of a flying unit?

A.Bhawana Kanth
B.Avani Chaturvedi 
C.Mohana Singh
D.S Dhami

Answer: S Dhami

10.Who has become the first IPS officer to be honoured with the prestigious Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2018?

a) Manikandan K
b) Prabhat Raju Koli
c) Wangchuk Sherpa
d) Aparna Kumar

Answer: Aparna Kumar

11.Who released the India child well being index 2019?

A.World Vision India 
B.NITI Aayog 
C.IFMR LEAD
D.A and C

Answer: A and C

12.When is the National Sports Day observed every year in India?

a) 27th August
b) 28th August
c) 29th August
d) 30th August

Answer: 29th August

13.Name the India’s first woman Director General of Police (DGP) who passed away recently.

a) Kanchan Chaudhary
b) Kavita Chauhan
c) Rashmi Upadhaya
d) Ruchi Sharma

Answer: Kanchan Chaudhary

14.The Indian Institute of Petroleum recently established a plant to turn plastic waste into diesel in which city?

a) Ranchi
b) Dehradun
c) Kanpur
d) Pune

Answer: Dehradun

15.Which city will host the 14th session of the Conference of the Parties of UNCCD?

a) New Delhi
b) Tokyo
c) Beijing
d) Kuala Lumpur

Answer: New Delhi