IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS FOR COMPETITIVE EXAM

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

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

Answer: Bhutan

3. Which former Chief Minister of Bihar recently died in Delhi at the age of 83?

a) Jagannath Mishra
b) Jeetan Ram Manjhi
c) Satyendra Narayan Singh
d) Chandrashekhar Singh

Answer: Jagannath Mishra

4. Punjab and Haryana High Court started its first virtual court through video conferencing in which city?

a) Panipat
b) Rohtak
c) Hisar
d) Faridabad

Answer: Faridabad

5. Which country hosted the 28th BASIC Ministerial meeting on Climate Change?

a) India
b) Brazil
c) China
d) USA

Answer: Brazil

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

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

Answer: India 

7. Which country hosts the world’s largest SO2 emission hotspot?

a) China
b) South Africa
c) India
d) Russia

Answer: Russia

8. Researchers have discovered five new species of fish in which state?

a) Arunachal Pradesh
b) Manipur
c) Assam
d) Meghalaya

Answer: Arunachal Pradesh

9. The NGT has formed a committee to examine illegal sand mining in which river?

a) Ganga
b) Yamuna
c) Cauvery
d) Godavari

Answer: Yamuna 

10. When was World Humanitarian Day 2019 observed?

a) August 20th
b) August 18th
c) August 19th
d) August 17th

Answer: August 19th


11. 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

12. Which nation accused India of waging "fifth-generation warfare” by using water as a weapon?

a) China
b) Pakistan
c) Bangladesh
d) United States

Answer: Pakistan

13. Whose 75th birth anniversary was observed on August 20, 2019?

a) Rajiv Gandhi
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) A P J Abdul Kalam
d) Narendra Modi

Answer: Rajiv Gandhi

14. 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

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

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

Answer: Okjokull

16. Which country will be bestowing its highest civilian award 'Order of Zayed’ upon Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi?

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

Answer: UAE

17. Former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has recently been elected as a member of Rajya Sabha from which state?

a) Rajasthan
b) Punjab
c) Gujrat
d) Uttar Pradesh

Answer: Rajasthan

18. The music composer of films like 'Umrao Jaan', 'Bazaar', 'Kabhi Kabhi' passed away recently. What was his name?

a) Omar Abdul Bhatt
b) Mohammad Khayyam
c) Amzad Hussain
d) None of the above

Answer: Mohammad Khayyam

19. Which country described recent US missile test as 'escalation of military tensions'?

a) North Korea
b) Japan
c) Russia
d) South Korea

Answer: Russia

20. Which court has agreed to hear Facebook’s plea for transfer of Aadhaar- social media linking cases?

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

Answer: Supreme Court

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

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS FOR COMPETITIVE EXAM

1.When will the World Sanskrit Diwas 2019 be celebrated?

a) 14 August
b) 15 August
c) 16 August
d) 17 August

Answer: 15 August

2.Who has recently won ‘Doodle for Google’ 2019 award?

a) Misty Lawrance
b) Jane Peterson
c) Arantza Pena Popo
d) Andrew Cornwell

Answer: Arantza Pena Popo

3.Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman is to be awarded ________.

a) Vir Chakra
b) Param Vir Chakra 
c) Mahavir Chakra
c) Ashoka Chakra

Answer: Vir Chakra

4.What is the name of the event where the Indian flag will be hoisted in J&K in 73rd Independence Day of India for the first time?

a) Jashn-ul-Fitr
b) Jashn-e-Azad 
c) J&K-e-Fitr
d) None of the above

Answer: Jashn-e-Azad

5.Which of the following group sought for the partition of the country?

a) Indian National Congress
b) Bengal Province Party 
c) Swaraj Party
d) Muslim League

Answer: Muslim League

6.India celebrates ________ Independence Day of 15 August.

a) 72nd
b) 73rd 
c) 74th
d) None of these

Answer: 73rd

7.Which State won the Best innovation and initiative leadership award 2019?

a) Maharashtra
b) kerala 
c) Rajasthan
d) Gujarat

Answer: Rajasthan

8.Which Ministry launched Swachh Nagar app?

a) Ministry of Textiles
b) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare 
c) Ministry of Jal Shakti
d) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

Answer: Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

9.What is the theme of the Swachh Survekshan 2020?

a) ODF++ goals
b) Cleanliness is Our Right 
c) Clean India 2020
d) None of the above

Answer: Cleanliness is Our Right

10. Who is the first Indian to claim a World Title in Motorsports

a) PT Usha
b) Aishwarya Pissay 
c) Nithya Suresh
d) Seetha Sharma

Answer: Aishwarya Pissay

11.Donald Trump accused which two countries of taking advantage of the WTO’s ‘developing economies’ tag?

a) China and Japan
b) India and Pakistan
c) Pakistan and China
d) India and China

Answer: India and China

12.IWF has provisionally suspended five athletes belonging to which nation?

a) India
b) Japan
c) Russia
d) China

Answer: Russia

13.Which government launches E-Step, a programme for student entrepreneurs

a) Andhra pradesh
b) Karnataka
c) Kerala
d) Bihar

Answer: Karnataka

14._________ finally brings fingerprint authentication to Android beta users

a) Whatsapp messenger
b) Twitter 
c) Instagram
d) Snapchat

Answer: Whatsapp messenger

15.Where was the World Education Summit (WES) held?

a) Kolkata
b) Jaipur 
c) Itanagar
d) New Delhi

Answer: New Delhi

COMPETITIVE EXAM CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS FOR AUGUST 14, 2019

1.Deen Dayal SPARSH Yojana is related to -

Answer: Pursuing Philately as a hobby

2.India's first energy-efficient railway station is -

Answer: Kacheguda

3.Where is National Crafts Museum located?

Answer: New Delhi

4.“Operation Number Plate” was launched by which protection force?

Answer: Railway Protection Force

5.Who created and produced the patriotic song “Watan”?

Answer: Doordarshan

6.Which prasadam of Tamil Nadu recently got GI Tag?

Answer: Panchamirtham

7.Which state is to launch ‘Rythu Bharosa’ programme on October 15?

Answer: Andhra Pradesh

8.Which country introduced Surabaya scheme, by which passengers can swap trash for travel tickets?

Answer: Indonesia

9.Which minister recently launched Water Plus Protocol and Swachh Nagar app?

Answer: Hardeep Singh Puri

10.Global investors summit is going to be held in which city?

Answer: Sri Nagar

11.Recently an MoU signed between Naval Air Enclave (NAE) Kochi and which International Airport for ensuring safe , secure and uninterrupted military air operations?

Answer: Cochin International Airport Limited

12.Who has been appointed as the New Chief Secretary of Arunachal Pradesh?

Answer: Naresh Kumar

13.The “Union Home Minister’s Medal for Excellence in Investigation” was constituted in which year?

Answer: 2018

14.Women's T20 Cricket has been confirmed for inclusion at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games in which year?

Answer: 2022

15.NITI Aayog recently launched the fourth edition of Women Transforming India Awards in

Answer: Delhi

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 QUESTIONS FOR AUGUST 10,2019

1. Who among the following was conferred the Bharat Ratna honour?

a) Ram Nath Kovind
b) Pranab Mukherjee
c) Arun Jaitely
d) Meira Kumar

Answer: Pranab Mukherjee

2. World Archery suspended the Archery Association of which among the following countries?

a) India
b) China
c) Pakistan
d) Bangladesh

Answer: India

3. Who among the following cricketers announced his retirement from all forms of International cricket on August 8, 2019?

a) Dale Steyn
b) Imran Tahir
c) Hashim Amla
d) Quinton de Kock

Answer: Hashim Amla

4. ISRO has decided to set up the Space Situational Awareness Control Centre in which city?

a) Chennai
b) Noida
c) Kochin
d) Bengaluru

Answer: Bengaluru

5. Which state government has launched Mission Shakti sports initiative?

a) Gujarat
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Maharashtra
d) Jharkhand

Answer:  Maharashtra

6. Which film won the Best Popular Film award in 66th National Film Awards?

a) Mahanati
b) Uri
c) Stree
d) Badhaai Ho

Answer: Badhaai Ho

7. Which Ministry launched the Samagra Shiksha-Jal Suraksha drive recently?

a) Ministry of Human Resource Development
b) Ministry of Jal Shakti
c) Ministry of Home Affairs
d) Ministry of Defence

Answer: Ministry of Human Resource Development

8. Which state topped the Breastfeeding, Infant & Young Child Feeding Practices in India?

a) Kerala
b) Haryana
c) Manipur
d) Sikkim

Answer: Manipur

9. Which Minister launched the electronic version of Rozgar Samachar?

a) Suresh Prabhu
b) Prakash Javadekar
c) Ram Nath Kovind
d) Dharmendra Pradhan

Answer: Prakash Javadekar

10. India recently signed which international convention on mediation?

a) UNISA
b) UNCAC
c) UNFCCC
d) UNCBD

Answer: UNISA