COMPETITIVE EXAM CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS FOR JULY 17, 2019

1. The Union Cabinet recently approved the extension of Fifteenth Finance Commission term to which date?

a)      30th July

b)      30th September

c)       30th November

d)      30th December

Answer: 30th November

2. The CCEA recently approved the 2800 Megawatt Dibang Multipurpose Project in which state?

a)      Assam

b)      Meghalaya

c)       Arunachal Pradesh

d)      West Bengal

Answer: Arunachal Pradesh

3. The 21st Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship began in which city?

a)      Cuttack

b)      Wales

c)       Kuala Lumpur

d)      Singapore City

Answer: Cuttack

4. Which of the following has recently been appointed as the Governor of Chhattisgarh?

a)       Anusuiya Uikey

b)       Awakriya Mishra

c)       Anupama Singh

d)      Swati pandey

Answer: Anusuiya Uikey

5. Which of the following has recently been appointed as Governor of Andhra Pradesh?

a)      Acharya Sanghamitra

b)      Biswa Bhushan

c)       Devendranath Singh

d)      Ashwini Chaubey

Answer: Biswa Bhushan

6. Which of the following has been appointed as the Judge of Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC)?

a)      Justice RK Pachauri

b)      Justice BS Verma

c)       Justice SS Dhingra

d)      Justice AK Sikri

Answer: Justice AK Sikri

7. In what time period NGT asked Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to stop the pollution intensive activities in critical and severely polluted areas?

a)      Two

b)      Three

c)       Four

d)      Five

Answer: Three

8. Which state cabinet has announced to increase the financial assistance given to the families of martyrs from Rs 25 lakh to Rs 1 crore?

a)      Haryana

b)      Telangana

c)       Madhya Pradesh

d)      Maharashtra

Answer: Maharashtra

9. Who among the following has been elected as the first female president of European Commission?

a)      Ursula von der Leyen

b)      Angela Merkel

c)       Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa

d)      Irina Bokova

Answer: Ursula von der Leyen

10. Christine Lagarde has resigned as the Managing Director of which International Financial body?

a)      WB

b)      IMF

c)       ADB

d)      IBRD

Answer: IMF

Important Current Affairs Questions in March

1.Which of the following has referred to India as a Key Hub for Illicit Drug Trade.

A. WHO
B. UNIDO
C. UNICEF
D. UNODC

Answer: UNODC

2.ISRO and __________ signed an agreement to set up a joint maritime surveillance system.

A. JAXA
B. CNES
C. NASA
D. SpaceX

Answer: CNES

3.The theme of World civil defence day is;

A. Civil Defence and the national institutions for more efficient disaster management
B. Children's safety, our responsibility
C. Together with civil defence against disasters
D. Civil Defence and the new information technologies

Answer: Children's safety, our responsibility

4.Who has been nominated as the head of Food and Agricultural Organisation?

A. Neelashi Shukla
B. Sanjana Manaktala
C. Amitabh Kant
D. Ramesh Chandra

Answer: Ramesh Chandra

5.BOLD-QIT project, sometimes seen in news, has launched on which of the following borders of India?

A. Bangladesh
B. Nepal
C. China
D. Myanmar

Answer: Bangladesh

6.Which two organisation form a working group Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) scheme?

A. NABARD and TRAI
B. LIC and SEBI
C. IRDAI and NHA
D. SEBI and IRDAI

Answer: IRDAI and NHA

7.Which bank has signed a bancassurance deal with private life insurer HDFC Life Insurance Company?

A. Corporation Bank
B. Bank Of Baroda
C. United Bank of India
D. Andhra Bank

Answer: United Bank of India

8.The 12-day Aerial Exercise Red Flag 2019 began in which country?

A. Singapore
B. Russia
C. Malaysia
D. US

Answer:US

9.Who has been appointed the chairman of Coordination Committee for 2022 Asian Games?

A. Roopa Unnikrishnan
B. Randhir Singh
C. Surender Kumar
D. Jaspal Rana

Answer: Randhir Singh

10.Which Sport will return in Asian Games 2022 edition in Hangzhou?

A. Badminton
B. Cricket
C. Football
D. Tennis

Answer: Cricket

11.Which city became world's most polluted city in 2018?

A. Faridabad
B. New Delhi
C. Gurugram
D. Noida

Answer: Gurugram

12.The CM of this state laid the foundation stone for the Dehradun-Mussoorie ropeway project with the cost of Rs 300-crore.

A. Uttarakhand
B. Kerala
C. Maharashtra
D. Gujarat

Answer: Uttarakhand

13.Which company launches the scheme "SWAGAT" - the Automatic Fare Collection Gating System?

A. BEL
B. IOC
C. HAL
D. Bharat Petroleum

Answer: BEL

14.Kaja Kallas appointed as the first female prime minister of this country?

A. Swedan
B. Denmark
C. Finland
D. Estonia

Answer: Estonia

15.Recently, Which country becomes the 124th member of the International Criminal Court?

A. Iraq
B. United States
C. China
D. Malaysia

Answer: Malaysia

16.Hitachi Payment Services Pvt Ltd and this bank jointly establishing a digital payments platform for India.

A. Axis
B. ICICI
C. HDFC
D. SBI

Answer: SBI

17.IDBI Bank gets govt nod to handle import and export transactions with which country?

A. India
B. Saudi Arabia
C. Iraq
D. Iran

Answer: Iran

18.Former Union Minister V. Dhananjaya Kumar was passed away recently. He belongs to the state of?

A. Karnataka
B. Tamil Nadu
C. Andra Pradesh
D. Maharashtra

Answer: Karnataka

19.When did Janaushadhi Diwas celebrated?

A. 9th March
B. 6th March
C. 7th March
D. 3rd March

Answer: 7th March

20.The refurbished Handloom Haat was inaugurated by Textiles Minister Smriti Irani in __________.

A. New Delhi
B. Lucknow
C. Jaipur
D. Kanpur

Answer: New Delhi

IBPS EXAM IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS-PART 3

1)What is the rank position of india in global competitiveness Index?
Answer=39
(india is the 39th place among 138 countries in world, the first position is switzerland)
2)Which state of india has been installed largest power plant of india?
Answer=Tamilnadu
3)Where is held first meeting of goods and service tax(GST)?
Answer=New Delhi
4)World gender gap report released by?
Answer=World economic forum
5)"Shashi Shekhar" is the term related to?
Answer=Cauvery Supervisory Committee
6)What is the full form of "JNNURM"?
Answer=Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban renewal mission
7)What is the currency of Netherlands country?
Answer=Euro
(Capital of netherlands is Amsterdam)
8)Which indian flim is selected for oscar nomination in foreign flim catagory?
Answer=Visaranai
9)Where is located "Jaldapara Sanctuary"?
Answer=West Bengal
10)Who got the first ever olympic jesse owens sprit award for 2016?
Answer=Muhammad ali

IBPS EXAM IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS-PART 2

1)Who is the first indian footballer to play in the euro league?

Answer=Gurpeet Singh Sandhu(Punjab)

2)Name the latest country to be come an associate member of the ICC?

Answer=Saudi Arabia

3)Who is the first woman to become the chief justics of Nepal?

Answer=Sushila Karki

4)Who is the author of a book "Param vir: A War Diary"?

Answer=Manju Lodha

5)Which Indian city Hosted the 2016 BRICS Youth summit?

Answer=Guwahati(Assam)

6)Who won the formula one british grand prix?

Answer=Lewis hamilton(England)

7)What is the full form of "COFEPOSA"?

Answer=Conservation of foreign exchange and prevention of smuggling act

8)What is the currency of Poland?

Answer=Zloty

(Capital of poland country is Budapest)

9)"World Rabies day" is observed on?

Answer=September 28

10)Who has been re-appointed as president of world bank in second term?

Answer=Jim Yong Kim

IBPS PO CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS-PART 2

1)Football player Renato Sanches, belongs to which country?
Answer=Portugal
2)Who was awarded with the 51th Jnanpith Award?
Answer=Raghuveer Chaudhry
3)Aditya puri is the CEO of which bank?
Answer=HDFC BANK
4)Who is the president of Tanzania?
Answer=John ponbe Joseph Mgufuli
5)Who is the governor of Gujarat?
Answer=Om Prakash Kohli
6)Who has the president of the next session of the UN general assembly?
Answer=Dalai Lama
7)"Malabaar-16" joint exercise is related to which country?
Answer=India,America,Japan
8)Who has the first women chief justice of the calcutta high court is?
Answer=Dr.Manjula Chellur
9)Which animal is declared as the Guwahati's city animal?
Answer=Dolphin
10)Which company is acquired Linkedin for $26.2 billion?
Answer=Microsoft
11)Which country was known as "Prussia" in olden times?
Answer=Germany
12)"World Population day" is observed on?
Answer=July11
13)Who is the author of a book "The great derangement climate change"?
Answer=Amitav Ghosh
14)As per the "Swachh Sarvekshan 2016", Which is the most cleaned city in india?
Answer=Mysore
15)"Swachh Bharat Abhiya" aims to accomplish the vision of clean india by?
Answer=2nd october 2019
16)Who is the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas of India?
Answer=Dharmendra Pradhan