SSC & Bank Exams Daily Current Affairs – English By Dr Gaurav Garg | Free PDF Download

Q1) Who has been named as the Best Sportsperson of India by Calcutta Sports Journalists’ Club ?

(a) Hima Das

(b) Dipa Karmakar

(d) Arun Lal

Ans:c

Q2) Which of the following cities will host shooting World Cup in 2020 ?

(a) Kolkata

(b) Delhi

(d) Bengaluru

Ans:b

Q3) Which of the following organizations has launched a new campaign ‘Our Safety, Our Rights’?

(a) Amnesty International India

(b) UNICEF

(d) Uday Foundation

Ans:a

Q4) Which of the following countries has banned the import of pet coke for use as fuel ?

(a) China

(b) India

(d) America

Ans:b

Q5) Who has been awarded with the prestigious WHO World No Tobacco Day 2018 Award for his extraordinary contribution towards tobacco control ?

(a) S K Arora

(b) Siddhartha Nath Singh

(d) Narottam Mishra

Ans:a

Q6) The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) has asked insurers to cover which disease under medical insurance policy ?

(a) Heart related illness

(b) Mental illness

(d) Cancer

Ans:b

Q7) An IPS officer Mayank Jain has been forced to retire prematurely by the Central government on a recommendation from which state’s government ?

(a) Rajasthan

(b) Haryana

(d) Madhya Pradesh

Ans:d

Q8) Which company’s India head, Amit Agarwal, has asked employees to not take calls / answer emails after working hours between 6 pm and 8 am ?

(a) Flipkart

(b) Amazon

(d) Snapdeal

Ans:b

Q9) The US Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on four commanders and two entire military units of which country for their involvement in “ethnic cleansing” against Rohingya Muslims?

(a) Bhutan

(b) Pakistan

(d) Bangladesh

Ans:c

Q10) World Humanitarian Day (WHD) is observed on ?

(a) 16 September

(b) 19 August

(d) 1 September

Ans:b

Q11) According to SEBI data, investments through which derivative into Indian capital markets declined to over nine-year low till July-end?

(a) Participatory Notes

(b) Treasury Bills

(d) Treasury Notes

Ans:a

Q12) India’s first mission to study the solar corona, is planned to be launched in 2019- 2020, by Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLVXL) from Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. What is the name of this mission ?

(a) Aditya-K1

(b) Aditya-L1

(d) Aditya -A1

Ans:b

Q13) Former member of Lok Sabha Chennupati Vidya passed away following a heart attack in Andhra Pradesh. She was from which political party?

(a) Bharatiya Janata Party

(b) Telugu Desam Party

(d) Jana Sena Party

Ans:c

Q14) World’s oldest cheese has been discovered in which country?

(a) Egypt

(b) Italy

(d) Spain

Ans:a

Q15) World Photography Day was celebrated on ?

(a) August 5

(b) August 18

(d) August 19

Ans:d

Q16) Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) has proposed to set up five-member committee to suggest changes to JEE (Advanced). The committee will be headed by whom ?

(a) Bhaskar Ramamurthy

(b) Abhay Karandikar

(d) Kannan Moudgalya

Ans:a

Q17) According to NABARD’s All India Rural Financial Inclusion Survey 2016-17 what is the percent of rural income from farming?

(a) 42 %

(b) 23 %

(d) 29 %

Ans:b

Q18) As per the NABARD Survey what is the average monthly net income of agricultural households in India for 2015-16 ?

(a) Rs 7700

(b) Rs 6789