Daily Current Affairs for SSC and Bank In English

South Africa assumed the seat as a nonpermanent member of the UN Security
Council.

Life Insurance Corporation of India MD Hemant
Bhargava has been given the additional charge
of the chairman.

Senior Congress leader and former MLA Dr
Kalpana Parulekar died. She was 67.

According to the UNICEF, India welcomed as
many as 69,944 babies on New Year’s Day, the
highest in the world.

International Advertising Association (IAA) will
host the IAA World Congress at Kochi from 20
February.

The Indian Society for Remote Sensing conferred the
‘National Geospatial Award for Excellence’ to IIT
professor Jayanta Kumar Ghosh for his contribution
towards the development of geospatial science and
applications.

Q1) 4th International Conference on Pharmaceutical & Medical Device sector will be
organized in ?
A.Kochi
B.Bengaluru
C.Chennai
D.Lucknow
Q2) Which International Airport in Port Blair was declared as an authorised Immigration Check post for entry into and exit from India ?
A.Visakhapatnam International Airport
B.Sardar Patel International Airport
C.Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport
D.Veer Savarkar International Airport
Q3) Retired justice who delivered a landmark verdict during the Emergency on human rights passed away recently, what was his name ?
A.Mehr Chand Mahajan
B.Bijan Kumar Mukherjee
C.Chandrasekhar Shankar Dharmadhikari
D.Bhubaneswar Prasad Sinha
Q4) Which country’s spacecraft Chang’e-4’ has made the first-ever landing on the far side
of the moon ?
A.USA
B.China
C.Russia
D.Japan
Q5) Which state has approved the modalities for the distribution of smart phones, with graduating students of government schools, colleges and technical institutions to be covered in the first phase of the scheme?
A.Haryana
B.Gujarat
C.Punjab
D.Rajasthan
Q6) Which state has approved the Online Transfer Policy-2019 of the School Education Department, thus ensuring equal opportunity for all employees using online method for seeking transfers ?
A.Rajasthan
B.Maharashtra
C.Madhya Pradesh
D.Punjab
Q7) The Union Cabinet has approved the amendment on which Trade Unions Act, to
facilitate recognition of trade unions at the Central and federal level ?
A.Trade Unions Act 1955
B.Trade Unions Act 1926
C.Trade Unions Act 1931
D.Trade Unions Act 1945
Q8) Which football team was awarded with the France’s ‘Legion of Honour’ ?
A.Croatia
B.Belgium
C.Brazil
D.France
Q9) Name the eminent English and Odia writer who received the Kabi Samrat Upendra Bhanja National Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature ?
A.Manoj Das
B.Manoranjan Das
C.Bibhuti Patnaik
D.Tapan Kumar Pradhan
Q10) Which country has secured the top position in Climate Change Performance
Index (CCPI) 2019?
A.France
B.Morocco
C.Sweden
D.Lithuania
Q11) ISRO is planning to launch how many space missions in 2019 ?
A.20
B.32
C.25
D.40
Q13) How many Aadhaar cards have been issued by the UIDAI as on November 30, 2018 ?
A.120 crores
B.110 crores
C.123 crores
D.100 crores
Q14) Which state has launched the “Krishak Bandhu Scheme “ ?
A.West Bengal
B.Madhya Pradesh
C.Chhattisgarh
D.Odisha
Q15) Which state government has introduced a “gau kalyan” (cow welfare) cess ?
A.Haryana
B.Punjab
C.Uttar Pradesh
D.Gujarat
Q16) Who has been appointed as the Director General of Ordnance Factories
(DGOF) and chairman of the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) ?
A.Pankaj Saran
B.Saurabh Kumar
C.Avinash Singh
D.Umesh Kataria
Q17) Which company has launched the AntiPollution Mask in India ?
A.Oppo
B.Xiaomi
C.Vivo
D.Lenovo
Q18) Who has become the fastest batsman to reach 19,000 international runs ?
A.Rohit Sharma
B.Marcus Harris
C.Virat Kohli
D.Aaron Finch
Q19) 21-day long “Makaravilakku” festival started
in which state ?
A.Andhra Pradesh
B.Tamil Nadu
C.Kerala
D.Karnataka
Q20) Archaeological Survey of India has declared how many monuments of national
importance in 2018 ?
A.Five
B.Seven
C.Ten
D.Six
Q21) According to Petroleum Ministry how many connections have been disbursed under the Ujjwala scheme ?
A.6 Crore
B.7 Crore
C.8 Crore
D.5 Crore
Q23) The increase in oilseeds production was due to?
(A) White revolution
(B) Yellow revolution
(C) Green revolution
(D) Brown revolution