Excise Day | Dhanlaxmi Bank | NLAP Government Exam Current Affairs

1. When is the Central Excise Day observed in India?

24th February

2. Which country will host Commonwealth Shooting and Archery Championships in 2022?

India

3. Who won the 34th Cannes Open in France on February 23, 2020?

D Gukesh

4. When did Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) approve the procurement of 24 MH-60R multi-role helicopters from the US?

2018

5. When was Dhanlaxmi Bank established?

1927 

6. Who is the Minister of Information & Broadcasting?

Prakash Javadekar

7. Who launched the National Level Awareness Programme (NLAP) 2020?

Ministry of MSME

8. Where is Bhilai Steel Plant located?

Chhattisgarh

9. Which state banned the cultivation centres of Thai Mangur fish?

Maharashtra

10. ________ has launched the "5G Hackathon" on 21 February to promote applications relevant to India in the 5G realm.

Department of Telecommunications

WORLD GEOGRAPHY GK QUESTION WITH COMPETITIVE EXAM

1. Which is claimed to be the coldest place in Asia?

Answer: Dras

2.Where is Asia’s longest and highest ropeway?

Answer: Auli, Garhwal, Himalayas 

3.What is the river Ganga called in Bangladesh?

Answer: Padma

4.Pakistan has borders with two countries of Asia. Which are they?

Answer:Afghanistan and India

5.In which important city is Jeddah the port?

Answer:Mecca 

6.Which is the legendary Pass which links pakistan with Afganistan?

Answer:Khyber Pass 

7. which country is Nagev Desert located

Answer:Israel

8.The mesopotamia is now called

Answer:Iraq

9.Which Mediterranean island is considered an independent Asian country?

Answer:Cyprus

10.The famous island in the Arabian Sea is a part of yemen. Which island?

Answer: Sacotra

11.The UAE separates two parts of a country. Which country?

Answer: Oman

12.Mongolia’s great desert is called

Answer: Gopi Desert

13.Which is the longest river in Asia

Answer: yangtze

14.Who published the Theory of continental Drift?

Answer: German meterologist Alfred Wegener in 1915

15.What divides Asia from North America?

Answer: Berring Strait

16.Which country is the third largest producer of electric energy?

Answer: Japan

17.Where is the world’s largest Sea port?

Answer: Shanghai, China

18.Most of which country is occupied by the Anatolian plateau

Answer:Turkey

19.Which is the second largest country in terms of population?

Answer:India

20.World’s most destructive earthquake occurred in which country?

Answer:Japan in 1923 

INDIAN ECONOMIC GK QUESTIONS FOR COMPETITIVE EXAM

1. Who is the current CEO of the NITI Aayog?

(a) Rajeev Kumar

(b) Arvind Subramanyam

(c) Amitabh Kant

(d) Narendra Modi

Answer:Amitabh Kant

2.Interim budget is also known as....

(a) Mini budget

(b) Vote on Account

(c) Both a and b

(d) None of these

Answer:Both a and b

3.Which of the following statement is correct about the NITI Aayog?

(a) NITI Aayog was Formed 25 January 2016

(b) NITI Aayog comes under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry

(c) The full form of NITI Aayog is National institute for Transforming India

(d) The NITI Aayog is a policy think tank of the Government of India

Answer:The NITI Aayog is a policy think tank of the Government of India

4.Which article of the Constitution envisages Budget?

(a) Article 280

(b) Article 110

(c) Article 360

(d) Article 112

Answer: Article 112

5.When was NITI Aayog established?

(a) 1 January 2015

(b) 25 January 2016

(c) 14 May 2014

(d) 1 July 2015

Answer:1 January 2015

6.In budget 2019-20, the government set the target to distribute....... LPG connections under the Ujjawala Yojna.

(a) 6 cr

(b) 10 cr

(c) 5 cr

(d) 8 cr

Answer:8 cr

7.What is the target (in terms of GDP) of Fiscal Deficit for FY 2019-20?

(a) 3.1%

(b) 3.5%

(c) 3.4%

(d) 4.4%

Answer:3.4%

8.Who of the following is the part of Governing Council of NITI Aayog?

(a) All Chief Ministers of the states

(b) Chief Ministers of Delhi and Puducherry

(c) Lieutenant Governor of Andaman & Nicobar Island

(d) All of the above

Answer:All of the above

9.What is the biggest item of government expenditure in budget 2019-20?

(a) Loan repayment

(b) Defense expenditure

(c) Expenditure on Central Plans

(d) Share of the states in taxes and fees

Answer:Share of the states in taxes and fees

10.Which of the following is not the function of the NITI Aayog?

(a) To evolve a shared vision of national development priorities sectors and strategies

(b) To foster cooperative federalism

(c) To give final approval to the Five Year Plans of India

(d) To create a knowledge, innovation and entrepreneurial support system

Answer:To give final approval to the Five Year Plans of India

11.What is the biggest item of income of the central government in 2019-20 budget?

(a) Goods and Service Tax

(b) Corporation tax

(c) Borrowings and other liabilities

(d) a and b both are equal

Answer:a and b both are equal

12.Which of the following district topped the rank of Aspirational district for the period of June 1, 2018, and October 31, 2018.

(a) Virudhunagar (Tamil Nadu)

(b) Mewat (Haryana)

(c) Pakur (Jharkhand

(d) Hailakandi (Assam)

Answer:Virudhunagar (Tamil Nadu)

13.The rate which the income tax is imposed in India is called....

(a) Digressive rate

(b) Progressive rate

(c) Regressive rate

(d) Proportionate rate

Answer:Digressive rate

14.Which of the following is not matched correctly about NITI Aayog?

(a) NITI Aayog head office: Delhi

(b) Narendra Modi: Chairman

(c) Parent Agency: Government of India

(d) NITI Aayog replaced: National Development Council

Answer:NITI Aayog replaced: National Development Council

15.How much cess is imposed currently by the Central Government?

(a) 4%

(b) 3.5%

(c) 3%

(d) 0.5%

Answer:4%

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS FOR COMPETITIVE EXAM

1. This Union Minister passed away on August 24, 2019 after prolonged illness.

Answer:Arun Jaitley 

2.Which among the northeastern and Himalayan states has topped under the theme incremental change in the CWMI 2.0 index?

Answer:Uttarkhand

3. Which Indian player has become the first-ever to clinch the Badminton World Championship title?

Answer:PV Sindhu

4.How many Gold medal in World Archery Youth Championship 2019?

Answer:2

5.PM Modi launched the RuPay card in which among the following gulf countries?

Answer: UAE

6.Where is the headquarters of Amazon located?

Answer:Seattle, Washington, United States 

7.Which country awarded Prime Minister Narendra Modi 'The King Hamad Order of the Renaissance'?

Answer:Bahrain

8.Under which scheme of Kerala does the Norka-Roots spend Rs.25 crore in 2018 to provide financial support to NRKs returning to their native place?

Answer:Santhwana scheme

9.According to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, all the pending GST refund would be returned to the MSME’s within how many days?

Answer:30 days

10.Which Country honoured Prime Minister Narendra Modi with The Rule of Nishan Izzuddeen award?

Answer:Maldives

11.Whose 109th birth anniversary was commemorated on August 26, 2019?

Answer:Mother Teresa

12.When is the Women’s Equality Day observed?

Answer:August 26

13.Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani launched Project SU.RE in which city?

Answer:Mumbai

14.Who was selected for the Outstanding Engineer Award-2019 by Institution of Engineers in India?

Answer:Prabhakar Singh

15.Which team won Durand Cup-2019 title?

Answer:Gokulam Kerala FC

GENERAL AWARENESS QUESTIONS FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMS

1.The post of State Information Commissioner is created due to the existence of..

Answer:Right to Information Act

2.Which among the following is a Plurinational State officially ?

Answer:Bolivia

3.The State Information Commissioner holds the office for the period of..

Answer: 5years

4.Name the Border Guarding Force at Indo-China Border?

Answer:Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBP)

5. Who can remove the State Information Commissioner?

Answer:The Governor of the state

6.What is the length of border that India shares with China?

Answer:3488 km

7.What is the full form of DWCRA?

Answer: Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas

8.Albert Sabin is known for developing which of the following vaccines?

Answer:Polio vaccine

9.India-Bangladesh border is at which number the longest in the world?

Answer:Fifth

10.Which Indian state shares longest border between India and Bangladesh?

Answer:West Bengal

11.What is the minimum age to be appointed as the Chief Minister of a state?

Answer:25 years

12.Which country has the highest productivity of rice?

Answer:China

13.Who provide oath to other ministers of the state other than the Chief Minister?

Answer:Governor

14.which is the top fruit producer in India?

Answer: Maharashtra

15.Which is the largest spice producing state in India?

Answer:Andhra Pradesh

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

GENERAL AWARENESS QUESTIONS FOR COMPETITIVE EXAM

1.Who was the founder of the Theosophical Society in India and started the Home Rule League?

Answer: Annie Besant

2.Who among the following known as Pocket Hercules?

Answer: Manohar Aich

3.Who was the first president of Uzbekistan?

Answer: Islam Karimov

4.Who became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest, and the first woman to ascend all Seven Summits by climbing the highest peak on every continent?

Answer: Junko Tabei

5.Which among the following region was most affected by the Revolution of 1857 ?

Answer: Awadh

6. Who was the Viceroy of India during Swadeshi Movement?

Answer: Lord Curzon

7.Who among the following opened cooperative stores and headed the Swadeshi Wastu Pracharini Sabha during Swadeshi Movement?

Answer: Lokmanya Tilak 

8.Which of the following extremist leader murdered Kennedy on April 30, 1908?

Answer: Khudiram Bose and Prafulla Chaki

9.Who supported the Swadeshi Movement during the Banaras session of the Indian National Congress?

Answer: G K Gokhale

10.Which among the following events was a major set back to Khilafat Movement?

Answer: Revolution in Turkey

11. In 1953, under whose chairmanship was the first OBC Commission formed ?

Answer: Kaka Kalelkar

12.Which among the following books was authored by Mahatma Gandhi?

Answer: Hind Swaraj

13. In which year, first census was conducted in India ?

Answer: 1872

14.“Springing Tiger: A Study of a Revolutionary” is a biographical work on __?

Answer: Subhas Chandra Bose

15. The drain theory of Dadabhai Naoroji was formally accepted in which among the sessions of the Indian National Congress?

Answer: Calcutta Session ,1896

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMS

1. From which source India got concept of Single order of court?

Answer: Government of India Act, 1935

2.Who can remove the Judge of the Supreme Court?

Answer: President

3.What is the current salary of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?

Answer: 1 lakh Rupees

4.Which of the following Article talks about the establishment of the Supreme Court?

Answer: Article 124

5.Which of the following word have not been written in the preamble of the Indian Constitution?

Answer: Indians

6.Which year is related to Berubari Case?

Answer: 1960

7.What is the true meaning of "Secular"?

Answer: All religions are equal in the eyes of the government

8.Who among the following said that the preamble of the Indian Constitution is "The Key note of the Constitution"?

Answer: Ernest Barker

9."The language of Preamble" of Indian constitution is taken from the constitution of

Answer: Australia

10.Which one of the following article deals with the appointment of the Prime Minister and other ministers?

Answer: Article 75

11.Who among the following shall communicate to the president all the decisions of the council of ministers under article 78?

Answer: Prime minister

12.The Supreme Court of India at present contains the following number of Judges?

Answer: 31 judges

13.Who among the following appoints the Chief Justice and other Judges of the Supreme Court?

Answer: President

14.Which article of the constitution of India provides the composition and jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of India?

Answer: Article 124

15.Mr. T.S. Thakur is the ...................Chief Justice of India.

Answer: 43rd

16.Which of the following amendment act amended the Preamble of the Indian constitution?

Answer: 42nd Amendment act

17.“The independence of Judiciary”  in Indian constitution is taken from.

Answer: Britain

18.When was the first Parliamentary Forum on Children constituted?

Answer: 2006

19. When was the first Parliamentary Forum on Youth constituted?

Answer: 2006

20.When was the first Parliamentary Forum on Water Conservation and Management constituted?

Answer: 2005

COMPETITIVE EXAM CURRENT AFFAIR QUESTIONS FOR AUGUST 11,2019

1.How many times Sushma Swaraj have been elected as a Member of Parliament?

a) 3
b) 5
c) 6
d) 7

Answer: 7

2.What is the full form of "FPI"?

a) Foreign Party Investment
b) Foreign Portfolio Investment
c) Fast Portfolio Investment
d) Foreign Price Index

Answer: Foreign Portfolio Investment

3.Who among the following was the chairman of the expert group, looking into the process of developing a “Service Price Index” for India?

a) Prof. Abhijit Sen
b) Prof. C P Chandrashekhar
c)K C Chakrabarty
d) None of them

Answer: Prof. C P Chandrashekhar

4.India played its first one day international with which country and in which year?

a) England 1974
b) Australia 1976
c) New Zealand 1975
d) England

Answer: England 1974

5.Which of the following scheme is to promote the electric and hybrid vehicle technology to ensure the growth?

a) FAME
b) RISE
c) NPRT
d) RUSA

Answer: FAME

6.Which State is at the bottom rankings in Breastfeeding and Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices in the country?

a) Kerala
b) Maharashtra
c) Bihar
d) Uttarakhand

Answer: Bihar

7.The first among the P-5 countries to say that revocation of article 370 is an internal matter of India?

a) France
b) UK
c) USA
d) Russia

Answer: Russia

8.Which organization has recently launched Jeevan Amar Plan?

a) SBI
b) ICICI
c) RBI
d) LIC

Answer: LIC

9. Who will be awarded with Vir Chakra in 2019?

a) Wing Commander Abhinandan Vardhman
b) Captain Saurabh Verma
c) Wing Commander JS Verma
d) Captain Suresh Tiwari

Answer: Wing Commander Abhinandan Vardhman

10. Who became the youngest Indian cricketer to score double hundred in First class cricket?

a) Shubman Gill
b) Hanuma Vihari
c) Wriddhiman Saha
d) Shreyas Iyer

Answer: Shubman Gill

IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTION WITH ANSWER FOR AUGUST 5, 2019

1. Which Article was scrapped by the Parliament recently?

a) Article 370
b) Article 356
c) Article 377
d) Article 246

Answer: Article 370

2. Which of the following Articles got revoked alongside Article 370?

a) Article 174
b) Article 244
c) Article 153
d) Article 35A

Answer:Article 35A

3. Which of the following would be the new Union Territory without Legislature?

a) Puducherry
b) Chandigarh
c) Ladakh
d) Jammu

Answer: Ladakh

4. Which institution or body passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill 2019 on 5 August 2019?

a) President
b) Lok Sabha
c) Rajya Sabha
d) Parliament

Answer: Lok Sabha

5. Which Surface-to-Air missile was successfully flight-tested by DRDO recently?

a) QRSAM
b) NAG
c) Agni
d) Dhanush

Answer: QRSAM

6. As per the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in which state ‘Bharati Huda’, a rural settlement, had thrived about 3600 years ago?

a) Odisha
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Karnataka
d) Kerala

Answer: Odisha

7. How many individuals will be scanned under the Human Genome Mapping Project of Government of India?

a) 12,000
b) 16,000
c) 20,000
d) 22,000

Answer: 20,000

8. As per UGC notice, all universities in India will get a final subscription to access which Swedish anti-plagiarism software?

a) Dravin
b) Urkund
c) Inkis
d) Pitras

Answer: Urkund

9. How much grant has been approved by centre government Kosi-Mechi Interlinking project?

a) Rs 2,300 crore
b) Rs 31,00 crore
c) Rs 3,400 crore
d) Rs 4,900 crore

Answer: Rs 4,900 crore

10. What is the name of former Maldives president who was taken to detention centre after being returned to the country?

a) Ahmed Adeeb
b) Mohammad Morsi
c) Waheed Hassan
d) Abdulla Yameen

Answer: Ahmed Adeeb

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

MOST IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMS

1.PM Modi will feature with Bear Grylls in Man vs Wild episode on August 12. The speacial Show will be telecasted to all over world. This episode has been shot in Jim Corbett National Park Uttarakhad.The speacial episode will be telecaste in 180 nation accross the world.PM Modi that, " I Have live among nature in the mountains and the forests. These year have lasting impact in my life.

2.Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a census report tigers in India. International tiger day was created at  Sait Peterburg Tiger Summit  (SPTS) 2010. International Tigers day is to increase awareness about declining numbers of wild life. In India many government agencies and wild protection organizations observe various activities on this day.

3.7th Economic Census has been started from tripura on July 29, 2019. Ministry of Statistic and programme Implementation (MoSPI) conduts in survey. Economic Census is a source of information large unorganized sector in the country. Finding this survey will be available by march 2020. It field work is exepected completed by December 2019.

4.Kargil Vijay Diwas is celebrated to respected to brave Indian soilders of Indian Army.who sacrificed their lives to keep India safe and secure.The day is celebrated against the victory of the Indian Armed Forces in Operation Vijay against the infiltrating Pakistani troops.

5.The Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019 was passed in the Parliament after Rajya approved it on Thursday amid opposition protest.

6.Indian orgin MP, Priti patel has taken charge as UK's  first Indian orgin home secretary. Priti patel was appointed by new PM Boris Johnson.

7.India has lanched chandrayan-2, its second unmanned lunar mission.GSLV Mk-III M-I has succesfully established Chandrayan-2 into Earth's orbits. chandrayan-2 was lift-off at 2.43 PM  IST on july 22 from Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.China has congratulated India after successful launch of the Chandrayan-2. China has also shared to work with India for upcoming space programmes china has launched its five lunar missions to the moon.

8.High-level Olympic Committee Government has formed a high level committee under the chairmanship of sports minister Kiren Rijiju to coordinate and the preparation for 2020 Tokyo Olympics and 2024 Paris Olympics. The 10 members committee was constituted on july 27.

9.MS Dhoni has begun his two month training with Indian Army's Parachute Regiment. Dhoni led the indian cricket team historic win in the 2011 Cricket world cup,after 28 years in 1983 triumph. Ms Dhoni was accordedthe honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel by the Indian Army in 2011. MS Dhoni will be taking up patrolling and guard , post dutys in kashmir, he is stay with troop valley.

10.Google doodle created Muthulakshmi Reddi,a surgeon, educator, lawmaker and social reformer, on 133rd Birth anniversary. she was Indian legislator and also kown as woman. Tamilnadu Government declared by every year hospital will celebrated her bith anniversary as'Hospital day'.

11.Lok Sabha has passed National Medical Commission(NMC) Bill, on july 30, 2019.Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan mentioned NMC Bill, 2019 as one of the biggest reforms that can end inspector raj with national medical commission. There are several new provisions have been introduced in this bill. Bill has introduced new entrance exam called National Exit Test (NEXT) for the students of MBBS.

12.IN LCU L-56, the sixth indigenously built Landing Craft Utility (LCU) MK IV class ship was commissioned into the Indian Navy on July 29, 2019.The amphibious ship was commissioned Vice Admiral Atul Kumar Jain, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Eastern Naval Command at a ceremony in Visakhapatnam.

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• Chandrayaan-2 launch was called off due to a technical snag, now rescheduled for july 22, 2019.  Chandrayaan-2 launch vehicle GSLV MK-III will carry an orbiter, lander and a rover to uncover lunar secrets. 
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• Kulbhushan Jadhav Verdict: ICJ has stayed Kulbhushan Jadhav's execution and asked Pakistan to review and reconsider his conviction.
• United Nation declared 18 July as Nelson Mandela Day in recognition of the former South African President’s contribution to the culture of peace and freedom.
• Deputy Permanent Representative at India’s Mission to the United Nations, Nagaraj Naidu informed on Twitter that Palau has joined International Solar Alliance.
• Ayodhya dispute: SC allows mediation process in Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute case to continue till July 31.
• Chandrayaan-2 is is being led by two women scientists Muthayya Vanitha and Ritu Karidhal. Ritu Karidhal had been involved in various mission operations.
• Titan company's shares slumped by 12 percent on the BSE in the opening deals after the company reported a lower-than-expected growth in jewellery business.
• SBI’s Anshula Kant has been appointed as the new World bank MD and CFO.
• Meghalaya Water Policy lays down the quality check procedures to control the use of groundwater.
• Palau, 76th country, signs International Solar Alliance Framework Agreement .Deputy Permanent Representative at India’s Mission to the United Nations, Nagaraj Naidu informed on Twitter that Palau has joined International Solar Alliance.
• Hottest month ever: June 2019 was recorded as hottest-ever in Earth’s historyHottest month ever: June was recorded as the hottest ever across the world, including India and Europe.