Daily Current Affairs for SSC and Bank In English

186th birth anniversary of Savitribai Phule

1 January : 52nd World Day Of
Peace Theme
“Good Politics Is At The Service
Of Peace”
the International Day of Peace is observed
around the world on 21 September
Vinod Kumar Yadav Appointed As Railway
Board Chairman

Justice AK Sikri Is Executive
Chairman of NALSA

Delhi Police Becomes 1st Police Force In India To Digitise All Malkhanas

P K Singh appointed CCI secretary

Q1)Who has sworn in as the first Chief Justice of Telangana High Court ?
A.BN Srikrishna
B.TBN Radhakrishnan
C.K R Lakshmanan
D.Hrishikesh Roy
Q2)Who has launched the platform “Samwad with students” to engage them on space
science activities ?
A.NASA
B.DRDO
C.Home Ministry
D.ISRO
Q3) The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has appointed whom as its secretary?
A.Rakesh Bohra
B.Pramod Kumar Singh
C.R K Sodhi
D.Pawan Sahu
Q4) Which country ceased to be a member of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries from January 1, 2019 ?
A.Kuwait
B.Venezuela
C.Iraq
D.Qatar
Q5) Jair Bolsonaro who took office on January 1, 2019 is the President of which
country ?
A.France
B.Spain
C.Brazil
D.Morocco
Q6) Who has taken charge as the new MD and CEO of the Axis bank from 1
st January 2019 ?
A.Shankar Narayanan
B.Amitabh Chaudhary
C.Padmaja Chunduru
D.Mukesh Kumar Jain
Q7)Who has taken charge of the chairmanship of Railway Board ?
A.Ashwani Lohani
B.VK Yadav
C.Ramesh Chand
D.Arvind Saxena
Q8) Who has received the 12th Shankar Vaidya
Shree Award ?
A.Dr. Rajan Deshpande
B.Sumitra Guha
C.Arvind Kumar
D.Irshad mirza
Q9) Who was awarded for his heroic effort to save 10 people from the fire at the ESIC hospital at Andheri, Mumbai ?
A.Vijayant Iyer
B.Ramakrishna Acharya
C.Siddrameshwar Siddharam
D.Latish Reddy
Q10) Which country has introduced the GAFA tax on global internet, technology
firms ?
A.Germany
B.Spain
C.Belgium
D.France
Q11) Reserve Bank of India has granted permission to which Payments Bank to add new customers after it initially barred it from opening bank accounts in June 2018 ?
A.Fino Payment Bank
B.Paytm Payment Bank
C.Airtel Payment Bank
D.Aditya Birla Payment Bank
Q12) A government committee, headed by IITHyderabad chairman B V R Mohan Reddy, has advised the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to stop setting up of new Engineering colleges from which year ?
A.2021
B.2023
C.2025
D.2020
Q13) Who has established an Export Promotion Cell with an aim to create a sustainable ecosystem for entire MSME development ?
A.Exim Bank
B.NITI Aayog
C.MSME Ministry
D.Home Ministry
Q14) Which Indian-American has been sworn in as the Fort Bend County Judge, becoming the first person from the community to hold the office of one of America’s most diverse counties ?
A.KP George
B.Vikas John
C.John David
D.NK Wilson
Q15) Home Minister Rajnath Singh has announced the establishment of a Bodo museum in which town of Assam ?
A.Silchar
B.Jorhat
C.Dhubri
D.Kokrajhar
Q16) The Cabinet has approved the merger of Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank with which of the following banks ?
A.Bank of India
B.Bank of Baroda
C.Indian Overseas Bank
D.Indian Bank
Q17) Women in Kerala have made up a 620 km-longhuman ‘wall’ from where to where as part of the state-sponsored initiative to uphold gender equality ?
A.Kasaragod To Thiruvananthapuram
B.Thrissur To Kollam
C.Varkala To Thiruvananthapuram
D.Kollam To Maradu
Q18) The Reserve Bank has set up an expert committee under whom to suggest long-term solutions for the economic and financial sustainability of the MSME sector ?
A.Ajay Tyagi
B.Injeti Srinivas
C.U K Sinha
D.D.R. Mehta
Q19) The celebrated cricket coach credited fordiscovering Sachin Tendulkar passed away
recently, what was his name ?
A.Mithun Manhas
B.Anshuman Gaekwad
C.Utpal Chatterjee
D.Ramakant Achrekar
Q20) “RBI has decided to permit a one-time restructuring of existing loans to MSMEs that are in default but „standard‟ as on January 1, 2019 , provided the total fund and non-fund based exposure to such a borrower does not exceed ₹______ crore ?
A.100 Cr
B.25 Cr
C.50 Cr
D.75 Cr
Q21) Under Saubhagya scheme the country hasachieved yet another milestone in the power sector with completion of electrification in 100% households in how many states at year end ?
A.21
B.23
C.27
D.25
Q22) Which country has shared with India a list of its nuclear installations and facilities as per the provisions of a bilateral agreement on Prohibition of Attacks Against Nuclear Installations and Facilities between both countries, signed on December 31, 1988 ?
A.Bangladesh
B.Nepal
C.Pakistan
D.Bhutan
Q23) The Tomb of Aurangzeb is located at ?
A.Agra
B.Delhi
C.Aurangabad
D.Kanpur
Q24) By what name is the war between Akbar and Maharana Pratap known?
A.Battle of Haldighati
B.Battle of Kurukshetra
C.Battle of Plassey
D.Battle of Panipat