200 Best Current Affairs August’19 English Part 1

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Important days of August

International Day of Friendship: July 30
World Wide Web Day: August 01, 2019
Hiroshima Day (Anti Nuclear Day/ Nagasaki Day) : August 6
5th National Handloom Day: August 7
Nagasaki Day: 9th August
International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples or World Tribal Day : August 9
Theme 2019: Indigenous Languages.
World Biofuel Day: August 10
2019 Theme – “Production of Biodiesel from Used Cooking Oil (UCO)”.
International Youth Day: 12 August
Theme : “Transforming education”
World Lion Day – August 10, 2019
World Elephant Day: August 12

Orbituaries

Cafe Coffee Day founder : VG Siddhartha
National Award recipient and renowned artist Karpuri Devi, who helped revive the art of Madhubani paintings, passed away at a hospital in the Madhubani district of Bihar. She was 94.
Former England county cricketer : Malcolm Nash
Veteran Telugu actor : Devadas Kanakala
Veteran Gujarati journalist, author and columnist : Kanti Bhatt
‘Beloved’ author and Nobel laureate (the first African-American woman to win a Nobel Prize): Toni Morrison
Renowned educationist and founder of the Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan (PSBB) Group of Schools : Mrs. Y.G.Parthasarathy
Veteran film director and Hrithik Roshan’s grandfather : J. Om Prakash
Senior advocate and former Additional Solicitor General: Amarendra Sharan
Noted freedom fighter Dayanidhi Nayak passed away at the age of 95. He was a part of Quit India movement

Q) Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has launched Atal Community Innovation Centre in which city to encourage the spirit of innovation at the community level?
A. Mumbai
B. Surat
C. Lucknow
D. New Delhi

Q) Airtel has unveiled e-governance platform SWAN for which state?
A. Gujarat
B. Madhya Pradesh
C. Uttar Pradesh
D. Bihar

Q) India has signed a deal worth around Rs 1,500 crore to acquire R-27 air-to-air missiles from which country?
A. Japan
B. Israel
C. France
D. Russia

Q) Which player has been suspendedby Board of Control for Cricket in India for 8 months for a doping violation?
A. Prithvi Shaw
B. Yuzvendra Chahal
C. Yashasvi Jaiswal
D. Shubhman Gill

Q) Cabinet has given nod to the setting up of ISRO Technical Liaison Unit (ITLU) in which country?
A. France
B. Russia
C. Israel
D. Japan

Q) 52nd ASEAN summit is being held in which country?
A. Vietnam
B. Malaysia
C. Cambodia
D. Thailand

Q)Who has been appointed as the new finance secretary?
A. Subhash Chandra Garg
B. Rajiv Kumar
C. Anshu Prakash
D. Atanu Chakraborty

Previous Appointments :

Ajay Kumar Bhalla was appointed as the new Union Home Secretary
Atanu Chakraborty has been appointed as the new Economic Affairs Secretary
Anshu Prakash has been appointed as the new Telecom Secretary.

Q) Who has been given the additional charge of the counterterror force NSG?
A. Sudeep Lakhtakia
B. S S Deswal
C. V K Johri
D. Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar

Q) The 22nd National Conference on e-Governance will be held in which state?
A. Assam
B. Sikkim
C. West Bengal
D. Meghalaya

Q) Which company has launched an initiative called ‘Samarth’, aimed at bringing India’s artisans, weavers, and handicrafts producers onto e-commerce?
A. Tata
B. Amazon
C. Flipkart
D. Big Bazaar

Q1) Who has won the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award for journalism?
A. Sudhir Chaudhary
B. Ravish Kumar
C. Rahul Kanwal
D. Dibang

Q) CRISIL has predicted India’s GDP growth rate for FY20 at what percent?
A. 7.1 %
B. 7 %
C. 6.8 %
D. 6.9 %

Asian Development Bank has lowered the India’s GDP growth to 7% for financial year 2019-20 RBI – 6.9%
The Economic Survey expects India’s gross domestic product (GDP) to grow at 7% for financial year 2019-20
IMF : India’s economy is set to grow at 7.0 percent in 2019, picking up to 7.2 percent in 2020.
World Bank : growth in India is projected at 7.5 per cent in Fiscal Year 2019/20 (April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020)
OECD: India is projected to strengthen to close to 7.25% in FY19 and close to 7.5% in FY20.

Q) Name the new platform which is a joint venture of three Central Public Sector Enterprises NALCO, HCL and MECL which will be setup by Ministry of Mines?
A. VAKIL
B. SIDDHI
C. KABIL
D. ANMOL

Q) Women and Child Development Ministry is observing World Breastfeeding Week with the theme _______?
A. Women, work and breastfeeding
B. Breastfeeding: Empowering Women
C. Breastfeeding Foundation Of Life.
D. Empower Parents, Enable Breastfeeding

Q) Which Payment bank has decided to convert itself into Small Finance Bank in order to offer small loans to customers?
A. Fino Payment Bank
B. India Post Payment Bank
C. Jio Payment Bank
D. Airtel Payment Bank

Q) In a first after Partition, a Sikh religious procession, which is also known as _____, carrying Guru Granth Sahib from Pakistan has arrived in India?
A. Granth Yatra
B. Nagar Kirtan
C. Guru Kirtan
D. Nanak Panth

Q) Which state has launched an awareness campaign named as ‘Save Green, Stay Clean’?
A. Himachal Pradesh
B. Rajasthan
C. West Bengal
D. Jharkhand

Q) Name the first Indian bank which has been linked up with China National Advance Payment System?
A. Bank of Baroda
B. State Bank of India
C. Axis Bank
D. Yes bank

It has also been decided to bifurcate the state into two Union territories comprising of Jammu and Kashmir, which will have a legislature, and Ladakh, which will be without a legislature.
With this India now has 28 states and 9 Union Territories
This announcement was made by Home Minister Amit Shah in the Rajya Sabha on August 5, 2019.

Q) Who has become the 1st person in history to cross the English Channel on the jet-powered hoverboard?
A. Franky Zapata
B. Aaron Smith
C. Felix Baker
D. Daniel Atkinson

Q) The Centre has approved the Rs 4,900 crore project for interlinking of Kosi and ___________ rivers of Bihar?
A. Bagmati
B. Gandak
C. Mohana
D. Mechi

Q) Canine distemper is a contagious and serious disease caused by a _____?
A. Bacteria
B. Fungi
C. Virus
D. Protozoan

Q) The Sachivalaya or Secretariat building in of which state will now be called ‘Lok Seva Bhavan’?
A. Bihar
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Kerala
D. Odisha

Q) DRDO has successfully test-fired indigenously developed Quick Reaction Surfaceto-Air missiles (QRSAM) which has a strike range of _______?
A. 25 – 30 km
B. 35 – 40 km
C. 45 – 55 km
D. 60 – 70 km

Q) Which state has passed a bill providing for life imprisonment and a fine up to ₹5 lakh to convicts in cases of mob lynching involving the victim’s death?
A. Madhya Pradesh
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Haryana
D. Rajasthan

Q) According to UGC, all universities in India will get the final subscription to access which Swedish software from September 1, 2019?
A. Urkund
B. Celestia
C. AutoTutor
D. DISTAR

Q) The Department of Biotechology (DBT) plans to scan nearly ____ Indian genomes over the next five years, under Genome India Initiative?
A. 10,000
B. 20,000
C. 30,000
D. 35,000

Q) Who has bagged gold in women’s 53kg category of the Poland Open wrestling tournament in Warsaw?
A. Babita Kumari
B. Sakshi Malik
C. Kavita Devi
D. Vinesh Phogat

Q) Accoring to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), the rural settlement Bharati Huda in Jalalpur village in Odisha’s Cuttack district is __________years old?
A. 3600 years
B. 2500 years
C. 1400 years
D. 4000 years

Q) The Gandhi Nagar model village built with Indian assistance was inaugurated in which country?
A. Nepal
B. Bhutan
C. SriLanka
D. Bangladesh

The first model village built with Indian assistance under the Model Villages Program was inaugurated at Ranidugama in Gampaha in Sri Lanka.
It is a part of housing project meant for war affected people and estate workers.

Q) Which city has got its first ‘pink toilet’ dedicated to women with facilities for sanitary napkins and baby care?
A. Pune
B. Bhopal
C. Surat
D. Noida

Karnataka flagged off the ‘Pink Sarathi’ vehicles procured by the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) under the ‘Nirbhaya’ scheme.
The BMTC now has a fleet of 25 Pink Sarathi vehicles fitted with GPS and public announcement systems. It will deploy these vehicles to attend to the grievances of women passengers in city buses.
Greater Hyderabad has integrated the Pink toilets named “She Mart and Loo’s” in order to provide women with safe and hygienic toilets
Pink Coaches : Indian Railways Northeast Frontier Railway zone started an initiative to bring a special portion of the SLR coach with pink colour.
It is mainly introduced in order to bring women passengers with better safety and security.This special colour will help the women passenger to easily identify the coach in rush hours.
Around eight trains in Rangiya division of the Northeast Frontier Railway has begun operations with some pink coaches.
Pink Buses : The Uttar Pradesh government will soon launch ‘Pink’ air-conditioned buses exclusively for women.
The ‘Pink’ buses will have panic buttons installed for emergencies.

Q) Indian Film actor Aamir Khan has launched the Mission Shakti Sports Initiative in which state?
A. Gujarat
B. Rajasthan
C. Himachal Pradesh
D. Maharashtra

Q) In a first-of-its-kind initiative in the country, a 3-D Smart Traffic Signal called ‘Intelights‘ was launched in which city?
A. Noida
B. Mohali
C. New Delhi
D. Hyderabad

Q) Which company has announced to buy majority stake in a Mumbai based technology startup ‘Fynd’ which is funded by Google?
A. Microsoft
B. Wipro
C. Tata
D. Reliance

Thailand Open Badminton Winners
Men’s Doubles: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty of India
Women’s Singles: Chen Yufei of China
Men’s Singles: Chou Tien-chen of Chinese Taipei

Q) Apple in partnership with which company has started the issue of its Credit Card that is named “Apple Card”?
A. MasterCard
B. Citibank
C. Goldman Sachs
D. American Express

Q) Which state has flagged of five anti-riot police vehicle known as ‘vajra’?
A. Arunachal Pradesh
B. Assam
C. West Bengal
D. Sikkim

Q) The US treasury department has labeled which country as a “currency manipulator”?
A. Russia
B. China
C. Spain
D. Poland

Q) Bill mandating death penalty for ‘honour killing’ was passed in which state’s Legislative Assembly?
A. Gujarat
B. Bihar
C. Rajasthan
D. Uttar Pradesh

Q Pathamadai Silk Mat of which state has recently granted a GI tag?
A. Tamil Nadu
Andhra Pradesh
B. Kerala
C. Odisha

Q) Sushma Swaraj was the youngest Cabinet minister of which state/UT at the age of 25?
A. Gujarat
B. Punjab
C. Haryana
D. New Delhi

Q) The Reserve Bank of India in its third Bi-monthly monetary policy has fixed the repo rate at what percent?
A. 5.40%
B. 5.15%
C. 5.65%
D. 5.75%

The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) monetary policy committee (MPC) decided to reduce the repo rate by 35 basis points (bps) to 5.40 per cent to help revive the economy.
It was the fourth straight rate cut by the central bank in 2019.
The marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and the Bank Rate has been adjusted to 5.65 per cent.
The reverse repo rate now stands at 5.15 per cent.
The six-member committee lowered the FY20 GDP (gross domestic product) growth forecast to 6.9 per cent from 7 per cent, earlier.

Q) The RBI has decided to allow which service round-the-clock 24×7 in December 2019?
A. NEFT
B. RTGS
C. IMPS
D. All of the above

Q) Arka Suprabath is a new variety of ______?
A. Jackfruit
B. Banana
C. Grapes
D. Mango

Q) Who has sworn in as the chairman and managing director (CMD) of state-owned Power Grid Corporation?
A. Anil Kumar Chaudhary
B. Shashi Shanker
C. Kandikuppa Sreekant
D. Gurdeep Singh

Q) Yasin, Balaban and Ghaem are the three missiles launched by which country?
A. Israel
B. Iran
C. Pakistan
D. Iraq

Q) The Rajya Sabha has passed the National Institute of Design (Amendment) Bill, 2019 which seeks to declare ____________ National Institutes of Design as institutions of national importance?
A. Three
B. Four
C. Five
D. Seven

Q) Which state government has launched a new higher education model called as Resource Assistance for Colleges with Excellence (RACE)?
A. Madhya Pradesh
B. West Bengal
C. Himachal Pradesh
D. Rajasthan

Q) According to the Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas released by the World Resource Institute (WRI), which country has been ranked as the most water stress country?
A. Qatar
B. Israel
C. Lebanon
D. Iran

Q) National Council of Applied Economic Research(NCAER) has predicted India’s GDP growth rate for FY20 at what per cent?
A. 6.8%
B. 6.5%
C. 6.7%
D. 6.2%

Q) World’s first self-standing crutch has been designed by the students of which IIT institution?
A. IIT Delhi
B. IIT Roorkee
C. IIT Bombay
D. IIT Madras

Q) Who is the author of the book “Bolna Hi Hai”?
A. Rajat Sharma
B. Om Malik
C. Ravish Kumar
D. Vinod Dua

Q) The third International Electric Vehicle (EV) Conclave was held in which state?
A. Uttar Pradesh
B. Rajasthan
C. Uttarakhand
D. Haryana

Q) Which IIT institution has introduced Project Water Chakra to recycle urine?
A. IIT Hyderabad
B. IIT Madras
C. IIT Bombay
D. IIT Delhi

Q) Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh will be turning into separate union territories on___________?
A. October 31, 2019
B. August 15, 2019
C. October 2, 2019
D. December 31, 2019

Q) The Virasat-e-Khalsa museum of which state/UT is all set to find a place in the Asia Book of Records for becoming the most visited museum in the Indian sub-continent on a single day?
A. Haryana
B. New Delhi
C. Punjab
D. Uttar Pradesh

Q) Which state has launched the ‘Mukhya Mantri Krishi Ashirwad Yojana’?
A. Bihar
B. Jharkhand
C. Assam
D. Gujarat

Q) Which state will be launching the Mukhya Mantri Parivar Samridhi Yojana on August 21?
A. Haryana
B. Uttarakhand
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Chhattisgarh

Q) Rotavirus is responsible for around _______% of total child mortality every year in India?
A. 20%
B. 15%
C. 10%
D. 25%

Q) Gogabeel, an ox-bow lake in which state, has been declared as the state’s first ‘Community Reserve’?
A. Himachal Pradesh
B. Arunachal Pradesh
C. Assam
D. Bihar

Q) Which state was declared as the Most Film-Friendly State at 66th National Film Awards announced?
A. Madhya Pradesh
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Goa
D. Uttarakhand

Q) The Indian Army has launched “Mission Reach Out” in which city?
A. Pahalgam
B. Kulgam
C. Jammu
D. Srinagar

Q) Google has honored Dr Vikram Sarabhai on his _____________ birthday with a doodle.
A. 125th
B. 100th
C. 115th
D. 111th

Q) Alejandro Eduardo Giammattei Falla has been elected as the new President of which country?
A. Honduras
B. El Salvador
C. Guatemala
D. Belize

Q) Which state has topped the list of states in India in terms of GDP growth rate in 2018-19?
A. Bihar
B. West Bengal
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. Telangana

Q) Who will become the first woman to head the Indian National Science Academy (INSA)?
A. Geeta Dharmarajan
B. Vasudha Prakash
C. Chandrima Shaha
D. Vimla Kaul

Q) Union Environment minister has launched a website which contains all the information related to _________ ?
A. COP 14
B. COP 15
C. COP 19
D. COP 18

Q) Kajin Sara lake which is in news recently is located in which country?
A. Myanmar
B. Bhutan
C. Nepal
D. Sri Lanka

Q) Listening, Learning & Leading is a book written by?
A. Arun Jaitley
B. Venkaiah Naidu
C. Shashi Tharoor
D. Nitin Gadkari

Q) Singapore Convention on Mediation, is an agreement to settle ________?
A. cross-border commercial disputes
B. cross-border land disputes
C. cross-border terrorism
D. cross-border money laundering

Q) Who has become the youngest Indian to score a double century in first-class cricket against West Indies?
A. Shubman Gill
B. Prayas Ray Barman
C. Sandeep Lamichhane
D. Kamlesh Nagarkoti

Q) The Khadi and Village Industry Commission launched which mission on World Tribal Day?
A. Leather Mission
B. Bee Mission
C. Handloom Mission
D. Bamboo Mission

Q) In which country the multilateral military exercise ‘TSENTR-2019’ is scheduled to be held from 10 September to 21 September?
A. Mangolia
B. Turkmenistan
C. Russia
D. China

Q) Which state’s “Vriksharopan Mahakumbh” drive has created world record after planting more than 22 crore saplings?
A. Himachal Pradesh
B. Gujarat
C. Bihar
D. Uttar Pradesh

Q) Which movie has won the Best Hindi Film award at the 66th National Film awards?
A. Raazi
B. Andhadhun
C. Uri
D. Badhai Ho

List of winners of the 66th National Film awards

Best Director: Uri : The Surgical Strike- Aditya Dhar
Best Actor: Ayushmann Khuranna for Andhadhun and Vicky Kaushal for Uri : The Surgical Strike
Best Actress: Keerthy Suresh for Mahanati
(Jury head – Rahul Rawail)

Q) Tripura government will construct 1,447 check dams with the financial assistance from which country?
A. Israel
B. France
C. Russia
D. Japan

Q) The players of which sports will now come under the ambit of the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA)?
A. Hockey
B. Cricket
C. Table Tennis
D. Golf

Q) Thar Express runs between Jodhpur and which city of Pakistan?
A. Islamabad
B. Karachi
C. Multan
D. Lahore

Q) Which country was struck by super typhoon Lekima?
A. Japan
B. Malaysia
C. Thailand
D. China

Q) Who is the author of the book Resurgent India?
A. Bimal Jalan
B. Raghuram Rajan
C. Urjit Patel
D. R Gandhi

Q) Name the Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan which was recently expelled?
A. Ajay Bisaria
B. Vinay Kumar
C. Srikumar Menon
D. Sanjiv Ranjan

Q) Which mobile company has launched the Mobile Operating System named HarmonyOS?
A. Samsung
B. Xiaomi
C. Oppo
D. Huawei

Q) Which state has topped the rankings in Breastfeeding and Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices in the country?
A. Gujarat
B. Nagaland
C. Himachal Pradesh
D. Manipur

Q) Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) has launched which initiative to create awareness about Water Conservation among all school students in the country?
A. Samagra Shiksha – Jal Suraksha
B. Jal Surakasha – Bhavishya Raksha
C. Neer Suraksha – Kartavya Hamara
D. Ujjawal Bhavishya – Rakshit Jal Astitva

Q) Who has been awarded the MS Swamianathan award for Environment Protection
A. José Graziano da Silva
B. Achim Steiner
C. Kenneth M Quinn
D. António Guterres

Q) To curb air pollution, Indian Army has launched e-cars in which city?
A. Dehradun
B. Pune
C. New Delhi
D. Meerut

Q) Who has been appointed as the United States’ ambassador to the United Nations?
A. Kelly Knight Craft
B. Steve King
C. Lisa Johnson
D. Scott Brown

Q) Malabar Gold & Diamonds has appointed which Bollywood actor as its brand ambassador?
A. Akshay Kumar
B. Hrithik Roshan
C. Anil Kapoor
D. Shahid Kapoor

Q)Who has been awarded the National order of Merit by the President of Guinea?
A. Narendra Modi
B. Pratibha Patil
C. Ram Nath Kovind
D. Amit Shah

Q) Aadi Perukku festival was celebrated in which state?
A. Adhra Pradesh
B. Kerala
C. Odisha
D. Tamil Nadu

Q) Operation Muskaan is an initiative of which Police?
A. Bhopal Police
B. Delhi Police
C. Hyderabad Police
D. Mumbai Police

Vhali Dikri Yojna launched in Gujarat

According to scheme, the State Government will pay Rs. 4,000 to every girl child at the time of admission to Standard 4th
Rs. 6,000 at the time of taking admission to Standard IX, Rs. 1-lakh at the time of taking admission for higher education at the age of 18
Rs. 1-lakh at the time of marriage.
Rs.133-crore has been allocated for this scheme

Q) Who has took over as the Controller General of Accounts (CGA)?
A. Anthony Lianzuala
B. Giriraj Prasad Gupta
C. Vikas Malhotra
D. Ranveer Bhatia

Q) Which state will provide the free second gas cylinder refill under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala A. Yojana (PMUY)?
A. Bihar
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Jharkhand

Q)World’s first hyperloop transportation system will come up in which state?
A. Gujarat
B. Maharashtra
C. Goa
D. Himachal Pradesh

Q) The Ministries of Earth Sciences and Agriculture have launched which mobile application to help farmers?
A. Barkha
B. Amber
C. Meghdoot
D. Nabh

Q) Isro to set up new centre (Space Situational Awareness Control Centre) to protect Indian satellites from space debris in which city?
A. Nellore
B. Bengaluru
C. Hyderabad
D. New Delhi

Q) Who is the author of the book Super Century – What India Must Do To Rise by 2050?
A. Rajat Sharma
B. Rahul Kanwal
C. Raghav Bahl
D. Vinod Dua

Q) Centre has approved to increase the strength of Supreme Court judges from 30 to _____?
A. 32
B. 33
C. 34
D. 35

Q) A mobile library bus service under the “Ghar Ghar Dastak Ghar Ghar Pustak” Scheme was launched in which city?
A. Pune
B. Agra
C. New Delhi
D. Bhopal

Q) India and which country have launched a joint initiative named Innovating for Clean Air (IfCA)?
A. United Kingdom
B. Germany
C. France
D. Serbia

Q) The central government has given permission for how many protected monuments across the country to be open to public from sunrise till 9 p.m?
A. Five
B. Ten
C. Eight
D. Fifteen

Q) Who has been nominated as a Director on the Central Board of Directors of Reserve Bank of India?
A. Subhash Chandra Garg
B. H R Khan
C. Rajiv Bhalla
D. Atanu Chakraborty

Q) As per the government report India received the highest-ever FDI inflow of $_________ billion during the fiscal ended March 2019?
A. $64.37 billion
B. $44.37 billion
C. $72.37 billion
D. $55.37 billion

Q) Which cricketer was honoured with Bharat Gaurav Award by East Bengal club?
A. Sourav Ganguly
B. Rahul Dravid
C. Kapil Dev
D. Sunil Gavaskar

Q) Scientists from which IIT has developed eco-friendly solar cells by using ‘kumkum dye’?
A. IIT Delhi
B. IIT Madras
C. IIT Roorkee
D. IIT Hyderabad

Q) Who has been the given additional charge of the post of Director General Narcotics Control Bureau?
A. Rakesh Asthana
B. Abhay
C. Sudeep Lakhtakia
D. Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar

Q)As per the Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, Indian needs exports of ________ trillion to become 5 trillion dollar economy?
A. 0.50 trillion
B. 0.75 trillion
C. 1.50 trillion
D. 1.00 trillion

Q) Who has been appointed as the new director of Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste, Italy?
A. Mani Bhaumik
B. Atish Dabholkar
C. Rohan Kulkarni
D. Dipan Ghosh

Q) Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) would set up a Pashmina testing centre in which city?
A. Gangtok
B. Itanagar
C. Leh
D. Kohima