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MBA (HR) (UBS,Chandigarh)

Dear Aspirants,This is the informationage and knowledge hasno limit. Gone are thedays when people usedto depend solely onlibraries and books togain knowledge. Themeans of procuringknowledge andaccessing informationhas undergone a seachange with the adventof computers, internetand smart phones. Theinternet is the biggestlibrary ever created in human history andseemingly presents itself as an unlimited and evergrowing store of knowledge and information.So when my team approached me with the ideaof a current affairs magazine of ARIFIN thefirst question I asked myself was why? Whatdifference can we make?There are the news papers, a plethora of similarnational level magazines and of course theinternet which serve the purpose already.The reason I gave my nod was simple.

(1) With so much of information around,there is the problem of overload; I believethere is still a gap to be bridged when itcomes to providing precise, succinct andrelevant information.

(2) It need not be a mere current affairsmagazine but rather it can be a holisticsupport system for competitive Exampreparation with question banks, tips andtricks , concepts and practice exercises,general awareness, traditional GK andmore such similar features

Hence, the result is this magazine whoseeditorial team is a blend of youth, energy,knowledge and experience. As explained earlier,I promise my readers two things:

(1) This is not going to be just anothermagazine. This will be a magazine witha difference.

(2) With each new issue, the magazine willget better and better with new andinnovative features,.

So, watch out, enjoy and benefit!!

1.BANKING & FINANCE

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2.STATE AFFAIRS

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3.NATIONAL NEWS

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4.GLOBAL NEWS

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5.PEOPLE IN NEWS

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6.SPORTSPage-13

7.AWARDSPage-16

8.Know more about Jammu & Kashmir

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9.GK/CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ

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10.FUN TIME LESSON

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AUGUST 2019Current Affairs Magazine

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BANKING & FINANCE

RBI fines 4 Public Sector Banks for violatingKYC norms� The Reserve Bank of India has imposed

penalties on four state-run lenders for violatingKnow Your Customer norms and anti-moneylaundering standards.

� Punjab National Bank, Allahabad Bank, andUCO Bank were fined Rs 50 lakh each whileCorporation Bank was fined Rs 25 lakh.

N S Vishwanathan gets extension by one yearas RBI deputy governor� Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor N S

Vishwanathan has been given a one-yearextension by the GoI. Presently he is headingthe Department of Banking Regulation of theReserve Bank of India.

RBI sets up panel to review CICs� The Reserve Bank of India has set up a working

group to review the regulatory and supervisoryframework for core investment companies(CIC).

� The group will be headed by Tapan Ray, non-executive chairman, Central Bank of India.

� The panel will examine the current regulatoryframework for CICs in terms of adequacy,efficacy and effectiveness.

‘Vasool So-Ft’ launched to digitize NPArecovery process� Karnataka Bank Ltd has launched the web tool

‘Vasool So-Ft’ (Vasool So-Fast) for digitalisingthe Non Performing Asset recovery process ofthe bank.

� The digital tool for the recovery of stressed assetswill provide an end to end digital solution. It willenable easy and faster processing, real timeinformation and immediate decision making inthe recovery area.

Punjab & Sind Bank sets up Cen-MARG� Punjab & Sind Bank has set up a centralised

hub “Centralised MSME & Retail Group”. Itwill process retail and MSME loans for the betterefficiency of branches in business acquisition.

� The Cen-MARG has been envisioned to ensurequalitative improvement in credit appraisal,improved turnaround time, uniformdocumentation, and efficient monitoring.

RBI board finalises ‘Utkarsh 2022’� The Reserve Bank of India board has finalised

a three-year roadmap ‘Utkarsh 2022’.

� It is a three-year road map for medium termobjectives to be achieved for improvingregulation and supervision of the central bank.

SBI slashes lending rates by 5 bps� State Bank of India has reduced its benchmark

lending rate by 5 bps across all loan tenures.

� The lender’s one-year marginal cost of fundsbased lending rate (MCLR) will be 8.4%compared with 8.45%.

RBI fines Union Bank, SBI for flouting norms� The Reserve Bank of India has penalised State

Bank of India and Union Bank of India forviolating certain regulatory guidelines.

� SBI was fined Rs 7 crore for non-complianceon Income Recognition and Asset Classificationnorms, code of conduct for opening andoperating current accounts and reporting of dataon Central Repository of Information on LargeCredits, and fraud risk management andclassification and reporting of frauds.

� The central bank also imposed a Rs 10 lakhfine on Union Bank of India for non compliancewith the directions on the cyber securityframework in banks.

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from Luxembourg Stock Exchange� Private sector lender HDFC Bank has

terminated and de-listed its 22 outstanding globaldepository receipts (GDRs) from theLuxembourg Stock Exchange.

� The action has been taken due to low tradingvolume of GDRs.

Centre cuts interest on GPF by 10 bps� Finance Ministry has cut the rate of General

provident fund (GPF) by 10 basis points from8% to 7.9%.

� During the year 2019-2020, accumulations atthe credit of subscribers to the GPF and othersimilar funds shall carry interest at the rate of7.9% with effect from July 1, 2019 to 30thSeptember 2019.

ADB cuts India’s GDP growth rate from 7.2%to 7% for FY20� Asian Development Bank lowered India’s GDP

growth rate from 7.2% to 7% for the currentfiscal year.

� India is expected to grow by 7% in 2019 and7.2% in 2020, slightly slower than projected inApril, ADB said in its supplement to the AsianDevelopment Outlook 2019.

HDFC Bank, CSC launch credit card for VLEsand small traders� HDFC Bank and Common Services Centres

launched a co-branded ‘Small Business MoneyBack Credit Card’ for small traders and village-level entrepreneurs (VLEs).

� The credit card is specifically designed for VLEsand VLE-sourced customers. It will give userseasy access to credit for their day-to-daybusiness expenses.

IMF lowers India’s growth outlook for FY20� The International Monetary Fund has lowered

its annual growth forecast for India from 7.3%to 7% in financial year 2019-20.

� The IMF’s stance reflects a weaker-than-expected outlook for domestic demand.

STATE AFFAIRS

Tamil yeoman declared Tamil Nadu’s statebutterfly� Tamil yeoman (Cirrochroa thais) butterfly has

been declared the state butterfly of Tamil Nadu.� These butterflies are also known as Tamil

Maravan, which means warrior, are foundmainly in the hilly areas.

� Tamil Nadu is only the fifth state in the countryto declare its state butterfly.

Tripura gets Rs 358 crore from GoI for roadprojects� The GoI has sanctioned an additional amount

of Rs 358 crore for the construction of newroads in rural areas of Tripura.

Meghalaya fined Rs 100 cr for illegal coalmining

� The Supreme Court of India has directed theMeghalaya government to deposit the Rs 100crore fine.

� The fine was imposed by the NGT for failing tocurb illegal coal mining with the Central PollutionControl Board.

316 tourist spots to be developed by AssamGovt� Assam Tourism Development Corporation will

spent 150 crore rupees to develop the 316locations under Axom Darshan.

10k monthly allowance to Padma Shriawardees by Odisha govt� Odisha government has decided to give

monthly allowance of Rs 10,000 to Padma

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award winners of the state facing financialproblems.

� The decision has been taken on the basis of theCulture Department’s report on the economicconditions of the Padma award winners of thestate.

Maharashtra increases aid to kin of MartyredJawans� Maharashtra government increased financial

aid to families of jawans martyred in war orwar-like situations or conflict related to nationalsecurity from Rs 25 lakh to Rs 1 crore.

� Personnel wounded in conflict will get monetarycompensation ranging from Rs 20 lakh to Rs60 lakh each, depending on the severity of theirinjury.

Chengalpet, Tenkasi to be new districts inTamil Nadu

� The number of districts in Tamil Nadu will goup to 35 as the government announced itsdecision to carve out Tenkasi district fromTirunelveli district and Chengalpet district fromKancheepuram district will become the 34th

and 35th districts of Tamil Nadu.Andhra Pradesh first state to reserve 75%private jobs for locals� Andhra Pradesh has become the first state in

the country to reserve jobs for locals. TheAndhra Pradesh Assembly passed the AndhraPradesh Employment of Local Candidates inIndustries/Factories Act, 2019.

� Industries/Factories Act, 2019 reserves 75%private jobs across all categories in industrialunits, factories, joint ventures as well as theproject that are in public-private partnership(PPP) mode.

Gujarat tops in rooftop solar installation acrossthe country� Gujarat ranks on top in the installation of rooftop

solar projects with an installed capacity of261.97 megawatts.

� Total rooftop solar installation in India currentlystands at 1,700.54 MW.

� Gujarat is followed by Maharashtra and TamilNadu with 198.52 MW and 151.62 MW.

NATIONAL NEWS

‘Tribes India’ & ‘Go Tribal Campaign’ ofTribes India launched� ‘Go Tribal Campaign’ of Tribes India launched

to promote the use of tribal handicrafts,handicrafts and natural products.

� ‘Tribes India’ launched globally throughAmazon Global Selling to step up Exports ofTribal Products.

‘One nation one ration card’ scheme from July1, 2020� ‘One Nation One Ration Card’ scheme will be

available across the country from July 1, 2020.� The scheme will allow portability of food security

benefits according to which the poor migrantworkers will be able to buy subsidised rice and

wheat from any ration shop in the country aslong as their ration cards are linked to Aadhaar.

Jal Shakti Abhiyan� Union Jal Shakti Minister has launched a water

conservation campaign ‘Jal Shakti Abhiyan’ ,with an emphasis on 1592 stressed blocks in256 districts.

� The campaign will run through citizenparticipation during the monsoon 1st July-15thSeptember. An additional phase II will run from1st October-30th November for statesreceiving the northeast retreating monsoons.

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reuse of water and recharging of structures,watershed development, and intensiveafforestation.

UGC approves a scheme “STRIDE” to boostresearch culture in India� University Grants Commission has approved a

‘Scheme for Trans-disciplinary Research forIndia’s Developing Economy’ to boost researchculture in India.

� It will provide support to research projects thatare socially relevant, locally need-based,nationally important and globally significant.

� An Advisory Committee has been set up bythe UGC under the chairmanship of ProfBhushan Patwardhan to oversee the entirescheme.

Objectives of STRIDE:� To identify young talent, strengthen research

culture, build capacity, promote innovation andsupport transdisciplinary research for India’sdeveloping economy and national development.

� To fund multi-institutional network high impactresearch projects in humanities and humansciences.

Maharashtra ranks first in NITI Aayog’sAMFFR Index� Maharashtra achieves first rank in NITI Aayog

launched “Agricultural Marketing and FarmerFriendly Reforms Index (AMFFRI)”.

� The index ranks states based on the degree ofreforms they have undertaken in agriculturalmarketing.

� AMFFRI has a score that can have minimumvalue “0” implying no reforms and maximumvalue “100” implying complete reforms in theselected areas.

India’s first Design Development Centrelaunched in Gujarat� India’s first Design Development Center

‘Fashionova’ was launched in the Textile citySurat.

� The centre will promote the city in the field ofthe fashion design sector.

� It will also fulfill the business needs from co-working space, technicians, expert advises tocognitive workshops and exposure to theindustry.

India ranked 86th in the Henley PassportIndex 2019� The Henley Passport Index 2019 have ranked

the Indian passport on the 86th position with amobility score of 58.

� The score points out that Indian passportholders can access 58 countries around theworld without a prior visa. Japan and Singaporeholds the top spot with a score of 189.

� The index includes 199 passports and 227travel destinations including micro-states andterritories.

ISRO ties up with Russian agency to select,train Indian astronauts� Indian Space Research Organisation has signed

a contract with Russia’s Glavkosmos forselection support, medical examination andspace training of Indian astronauts.

� ISRO has planned to send two unmannedmissions before the mission ‘Gaganyaan-1

Pink City Jaipur gets UNESCO WorldHeritage tag� In a remarkable achievement, India gets its 38th

UNESCO World Heritage Site as Pink CityJaipur.

� India’s nomination of the Jaipur City, Rajasthangot inscribed on the World Heritage List ofUNESCO during the 43rd Session of the WorldHeritage Committee held at Baku, Azerbaijan.

NHAI and NIIF Signs MoU for fundinghighway projects� National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)

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� The MoU is related to co-operation in formationof SPVs to execute the fund arrangement forlarge size road projects particularly green fieldprojects to be executed by NHAI in future.

Setting up of Neutrino Observatory� The Union Minister of Atomic Energy and Space

informed Rajya Sabha about the India-basedNeutrino Observatory (INO).

� The Government of India has approved aproject to build the India-based NeutrinoObservatory (INO) at Pottipuram in the TheniDistrict of Tamil Nadu.

� The project aims to set up a 51000 ton IronCalorimeter (ICAL) detector to observenaturally occurring atmospheric neutrinos in acavern at the end of an approximately 2 kmlong tunnel in a mountain.

� This will help to reduce the noise from cosmicrays that are ever present over-ground andwhich would outnumber the rare neutrinointeractions even in a detector as large as ICAL.

� According to India, The INO project does notdisturb the ecosystem around the site and doesnot release any radiation, as it does not haveany radioactive substance. It measures cosmicrays.

Israel Aerospace signs $50 million deal withIndian navy� Israel Aerospace signs $50 million follow-up

deal with Indian navy. Under the deal, IsraelAerospace Industries will providecomplementary missile systems to the Indiannavy and India’s MDL Shipyard.

� The agreement also involves a range ofmaintenance and other services for sub-systemsof Israel Aerospace’s naval medium rangesurface-to-air missile.

India, Italy to set up fast-track mechanism� India and Italy have decided to set up a fast

track mechanism to facilitate investors andcompanies.

� The meeting was attended by Ambassador ofItaly to India, Lorenzo Angeloni and Secretaryof Department of Industrial Policy andPromotion, Ramesh Abhishek.

� The fast-track system in Italy aims to identifyand solve problems faced by Indian companiesand investors.

Chandrayaan-2, India’s second moon missionlaunched� Indian Space Research Organisation launched

Chandrayaan 2 from Satish Dhawan SpaceCenter at Sriharikota.

� It was launched by GSLV MkIII-M1 Vehicleat 14:43 hours IST. The lander-Vikram will landnear South Pole of the moon on Sep 7, 2019.

� Chandrayaan 2 is India’s 2nd moon mission.India to launch first-ever space war exercise‘IndSpaceEx’� The Indian armed forces are all set to conduct

the country’s first-ever simulated space warfareexercise “IndSpaceEx”.

� This excercise will lead to an assessment of the“imminent threats” in the expanse beyond earthand the drafting of a joint space doctrine forfuturistic battles. Ministry of Defence willorganize exercise with all three forces together.

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GLOBAL NEWS

USA designates Baloch Liberation Army asterror group� The Department of State of USA has designated

the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) andHizballah operative Husain Ali Hazzima asSpecially Designated Global Terrorists.

� The USA has also blamed the organizations forthe attacks on Chinese assets amid an ongoingcivil war like situation in Pakistan’s biggestprovince Balochistan.

U.S. Senate passes provision to give IndiaNATO ally-like status� The U.S. Senate has passed a legislative

provision National Defense Authorisation Act forIndia.

� The act will bring India at par with America’sNATO allies which will increase U.S.-Indiadefence cooperation in the Indian Ocean in theareas of humanitarian assistance, counterterrorism, counter-piracy and maritime security.

� The act has been passed for the fiscal year 2020.Iraq’s Babylon listed as World Heritage Siteby UNESCO� UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee has

listed Iraq’s Babylon as a World Heritage Site.� Babylon is developed as a walled city of

mudbrick temples and towers, constituting theTower of Babel, and the Ishtar Gate.

Sri Lanka inaugurates model village built withIndian assistance� Sri Lanka has inaugurated first model village built

with Indian assistance. The village is a part ofhousing project meant for war affected people.

� India has partnered with the ministry of housingand construction and cultural affairs of Sri Lankato build 100 model villages with Indian grant ofRs 1,200 million.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis becomes Greece’s newPM

� Kyriakos Mitsotakis was sworn in as the primeminister of Greece.

� Mitsotakis is the son of former prime ministerConstantine Mitsotakis, one of the country’slongest serving parliamentarians.

Russia launched Soyuz Carrier Rocket with33 satellites� Russia successfully launched Soyuz-2.1a carrier

rocket with a hydrometeorological satellite and32 small satellites.

� The satellite will provide images of clouds, thesurface of the Earth, ice and snow covers in thevisible, infrared and microwave ranges.

France to impose green tax on plane ticketsfrom 2020� France will impose green tax up to •18 on plane

tickets from 2020. The move aims to fund less-polluting transportation projects.

� A similar tax was introduced in Sweden in April2018, which imposed an added charge of up to•40 on every ticket in a bid to lessen the impactof air travel on the climate.

North Korea revises constitution� North Korea has revised its constitution to make

Kim Jong Un as official head of state, a promotionthat could help normalise the isolated country’sdiplomatic relations with the rest of the world.

� Earlier Kim ruled as a chairman of state AffairsCommission. The previous constitution statedthat the chairman of SAC served as a SupremeLeader.

Russia launches space telescope Spektr-RG� Russia launched a space telescope from the

cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. It wasa joint project with Germany. The Russian spaceagency, showed a Proton-M rocket carrying theSpektr-RG taking off from the launch pad.

� The Spektr-RG, is a space observatory intendedto replace the Spektr-R, known as the “Russian


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Hubble”, Spektr-R was launched in 2011 toobserve black holes, neutron stars and magneticfields. Its successor will take up similar duties.

U.S. sets $5 bn fine for Facebook� U.S.’s Federal Trade Commission have

approved a $5 billion penalty to be levied onFacebook.

� The penalty have been approved to settle aprobe into the social network’s privacy and dataprotection lapses. It would be the largest penaltyever imposed by the FTC for privacy violations.

UN Report: Over 820 million people sufferingfrom hunger� A UN report has said, more than 821 million

people suffered from hunger worldwide lastyear. It is the third year in a row that the numberhas risen.

� The report named, ‘The State of Food Securityand Nutrition in the World’, produced by theUN Food and Agriculture Organization andother UN agencies, including WHO, wasreleased.

� The report is part of tracking progress towardsSustainable Development Goal to Zero Hunger,which aims to end hunger, promote food securityand end all forms of malnutrition by 2030.

� Number of hungry people in the world in 2018:821.6 million (or 1 in 9 people)

� in Asia: 513.9 million.� in Africa: 256.1million.� in Latin America and the Caribbean: 42.5 million.China gifts warship ‘P625’ to Sri Lanka� China has gifted warship ‘P625’ to Sri Lanka.

As a new member of the Lankan Navy, the

‘P625’ frigate will be mainly used for offshorepatrol, environment monitoring and anti-piracycombats.

� The Type 053 frigate was commissioned intoChina’s People’s Liberation Army Navy in 1994as the Tongling.

Palau Becomes 76th Country to Join ISA� Palau, an archipelago of over 500 islands in

Oceania, became the 76th signatory country tojoin the International Solar Alliance.

� The International Solar Alliance is a group of121 solar resource-rich countries withheadquarters in Gurugram, India.

� The organisation aims to deploy over 1,000gigawatts of solar energy and mobilise more thanUSD 1,000 billion into solar power by 2030,according to the United Nations FrameworkConvention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Boris Johnson announced as Britain’s nextprime minister� Boris Johnson will replace Theresa May as

Britain’s next Prime Minister.� Boris Johnson, who was the face of the 2016

Brexit referendum, won the votes of 92,153members of the Conservative party. QueenElizabeth will formally appoint Johnson beforehe will enter Downing Street.

NASA to send “first woman and next man” onMoon in 2024� U.S. space agency NASA prepares to send

“first woman and next man” on Moon as part ofits ambitious Artemis programme in 2024.

� NASA has marked the 50th anniversary of thehistoric first Moon landing.

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PEOPLE IN NEWS

K. Natarajan has sworn in as the 23rd chief ofICG� K. Natarajan took over as the Director-General

of the Indian Coast Guard (ICG). He hasbecome the 23rd chief of India’s coastal securityforce. He took over from Rajendra Singh.

FIEO elects Sharad Kumar Saraf as newpresident� Exporters body Federation of Indian Export

Organisations (FIEO) has elected SharadKumar Saraf as its new president.

� Sharad Kumar Saraf will replace renownedexporter Ganesh Kumar Gupta.

P.K. Purwar appointed as the CMD of BSNL� The GoI has appointed MTNL CMD P.K.

Purwar as the Chairman and Managing Directorof Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. He has beenappointed for a period of three months startingJuly 1.

� He will replace Anupam Shrivastava as theCMD of BSNL.

Professional motorcycle racer, Carlin Dunnepasses away� Professional motorcycle racer, Carlin Dunne

passes away.� He unfortunately suffered a fatal crash during

Ducati Streetfighter V4 prototype run at PikesPeak Hill Climb. He was also known as “TheKing of the Mountain”.

Manoj Kumar Nambiar elected chairman ofMFIN� Microfinance Institutions Network has elected

Manoj Kumar Nambiar as its chairman.� MFIN comprises 56 NBFC-MFIs and 40

associates including banks, small finance banksand NBFCs.

IPS officer Aparna Kumar completes Seven

Summit challenge� Aparna Kumar becomes first IPS officer to

complete Seven Summit challenge by scaling MtDenali.

� Mt Denali is the tallest mountain in NorthAmerica.

US auto industry legend Lee Iacocca passesaway� Automobile industry legend from USA Lee

Iacocca passed away.� He was known for creating the iconic Ford

Mustang and saving Chrysler from bankruptcy.Ursula von der Leyen elected as next EUpresident� European Commission has elected Ursula von

der Leyen as its new president.� She will replace Jean Claude Juncker. She has

become the first woman to be elected to leadthe EU’s executive arm.

Nalin Shinghal appointed CMD of BHEL� Nalin Shinghal has been appointed as the

chairman and managing director of Bharat HeavyElectricals Limited.

� He will replace Atul Sobti as the chairman andmanaging director of BHEL.

Harideesh Kumar appointed as Director ofIBPS� B Harideesh Kumar has been appointed as

director of Institute of Banking PersonnelSelection for a period of three years. Earlier, hewas the Executive Director of Canara Bank.

“Vivekadeepini” book released by the VicePresident of India� The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah

Naidu has released the book ‘Vivekadeepini’in ten languages.

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glimpses of India’s wisdom. The book will bepublished by Vedanta Bharati.

Arun Kumar appointed as DGCA chief� Arun Kumar has been appointed as the Director

General of aviation regulator DirectorateGeneral of Civil Aviation. He will replace BSBhullar.

Former India goalkeeper Celestine passesaway� Former India football goalkeeper from Tamil

Nadu A. U. Celestine passed away.� He played for the Tamil Nadu men’s team in the

senior Nationals as a keeper in the 1965 and69 National championships.

� He represented India in the Merdeka Cup inMalaysia in 1969.

MN Rao appointed DG of Fire Services, CivilDefence and Home Guard� The Central government appointed M

Nageswar Rao, as the Director General of FireServices, Civil Defence and Home Guard. Raowill replace former CBI Chief Alok Verma.

India’s Anshula Kant is World Bank MD andCFO� The World Bank Group announced that Anshula

Kant, an Indian national, has been appointedManaging Director and Chief Financial Officer.Ms. Kant will be the first woman CFO of theBank.

Former BSFI secretary C.Kapur passes away.� Former Billiards and Snooker Federation of

India secretary C.Kapur passed away. Mr.Kapur served for the cue-sports for more than40 years.

Kiran More appointed USA cricket team’sinterim coach� Former India wicket keeper-batsman Kiran

More will take charge as the interim coach ofthe senior USA cricket team.

� He will replace the head coach PubuduDassanayake.

Kalraj Mishra appointed Himachal PradeshGovernor� President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed

Kalraj Mishra as the Governor of HimachalPradesh.

� Acharya Devvrat has been transferred fromHimachal Pradesh and appointed as thegovernor of Gujarat.

Bangladesh ex-dictator H.M. Ershad passesaway� Bangladesh’s former military dictator H.M.

Ershad passed away. He became the presidentof Bangladesh in December 1983 and ruled thecountry till 1990.

Computer genius Fernando Corbató passesaway� American computer scientist Fernando Corbato

passed away.� He worked in 1960s on Computer Time Sharing

System which allowed multiple users in differentlocations to access a single computersimultaneously through telephone lines whichpaved the way for the personal computer andthe computer passwords.

1971 war hero Lt Gen Gharaya passes away� Retired Lt Gen Joginder Singh Gharaya, who

was awarded the Maha Vir Chakra in the 1971Indo-Pak war and Kirti Chakra in the 1947Hyderabad operations, passed away.

Boxing legend ‘Sweet Pea’ Whitaker passesaway� Former oylmpic boxing gold medallist and four

weight World champion “Pernell whitaker”passed away.

� He won world titles at lightweight, lightwelterweight, welterweight and lightmiddleweight.

Ursula von der Leyen elected EU commissionpresident� Ursula von der Leyen has been confirmed as the

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Coca cola appoints Sarvita Sethi in M&A role� Global beverages major Coco-Cola announced

top level changes in its India and southwest Asiaunit with the appointment of Sarvita Sethi as Vicepresident, M&A and New Ventures and HarshBhutani as Vice-president finance(CFO).

President appoints Governors forChhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh� President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed

Anusuiya Uikey as Governor of Chhattisgarh.� Biswa Bhusan Harichandan has been named as

Governor of Andhra Pradesh.Justice AK Sikri appointed as judge in SICC� The President of the Republic of Singapore has

made the appointment of Justice Sikri. It currentlyhas 16 international judges as part of its panel.

� The SICC is a division of the Singapore highcourt and part of the Supreme Court of thatcountry, designed to deal with transnationalcommercial disputes.

Upender Singh Rawat named India’s nextAmbassador to Panama� IFS officer Upender Singh Rawat has been

appointed as India’s next Ambassador toPanama. He will succeed Ravi Thapar.

Sanjeev Kumar Singla appointed as India’sAmbassador to Israel� Senior diplomat Sanjeev Kumar Singla has been

appointed as the next Indian Ambassador toIsrael.

� Earlier he was serving as Private Secretary (PS)to Prime Minister of India. He will replace PavanKapoor, who assumed charge as theAmbassador to Israel in 2016.

IFS officer Vivek Kumar appointed privatesecretary to PM� Indian Foreign Service officer Vivek Kumar was

appointed as private secretary to Prime MinisterNarendra Modi.

� The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet,headed by the prime minister, cleared the new

assignment for Kumar, who is currently workingas Director in the Prime Minister’s Office.

3-time Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit passes away� Three-time Delhi Chief Minister and senior

Congress leader Shiela Dixit passed away inNew Delhi. She served as Delhi’s chief ministerfor 15 years.

Ajay Bhadoo appointed as Joint Secretary tothe President� The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet

approved the appointment of Ajay Bhadoo asJoint Secretary to President Ram Nath Kovind.

� Bhadoo, a Gujarat batch IAS officer is currentlyserving as the Vadodara MunicipalCommissioner.

New governors appointed to 6 Indian States� President Ram Nath Kovind has transferred 2

Governors and made 4 new appointmentsacross 6 States. New appointments are asfollows:

� Madhya Pradesh: Lalji Tandon will replaceAnandiben Patel.

� Uttar Pradesh: Anandiben Patel will replace RamNaik.

� West Bengal: Jagdeep Dhankhar will replaceKeshari Nath Tripathi.

� Bihar: Phagu Chuhan will replace Lalji Tandon.� Nagaland: R.N. Ravi will replace P.B. Acharya.� Tripura: Ramesh Bais will replace Kaptan Singh

Solanki.M.M. Naravane to be next Vice-Chief of ArmyStaff� Lieutenant-General M.M. Naravane, has been

appointed as the next Vice-Chief of the ArmyStaff. He will replace Lt. Gen. D. Anbu.

� He is currently serving as General OfficerCommanding-in-Chief, Eastern ArmyCommand.

Mark Esper appointed as Pentagon chief� The U.S. Senate confirmed former soldier Mark

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longest-ever Pentagon leadership vacuum asWashington faces mounting tensions with Iran.

Dejan Papic appointed as India’s table tenniscoach� The Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI)

has appointed the Canadian Dejan Papic as thehead coach of the Indian table tennis team. Hehas signed a one-year contract and will be thein charge through the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Priti Patel appointed as Britain’s HomeSecretary� Priti Patel has been appointed as Britain’s Home

Secretary in the newly-unveiled Boris JohnsonCabinet.

� She has become the Britain’s first Indian-originHome Secretary.

Ajay Bhalla appointed as Home Secretary� Ajay Kumar Bhalla has been appointed Officer

on Special Duty (OSD) to the Ministry of HomeAffairs.

� Bhalla will take over as Home Secretary fromincumbent Rajive Gauba. Bhalla is currentlyserving as Power Secretary.

‘Blade Runner’ actor Rutger Hauer passesaway� Dutch film actor Rutger Hauer, who specialized in

menacing roles including a memorable turn as amurderous android in ‘Blade Runner’, passed away.

� He won a supporting actor Golden Globe award

in 1988 for ‘Escape from Sobibor.’ He wasfrom Netherland.

RAW officer appointed as new BSF DirectorGeneral� IPS officer V.K. Johri has been appointed as

the next Director General (DG) of the country’slargest border guarding force, Border SecurityForce(BSF).

� He is presently serving as the Special Secretaryin the external intelligence agency RAW, underthe Cabinet Secretariat.

� The order has been issued by the AppointmentsCommittee of the Cabinet (ACC) that is headedby Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Girish Bapat appointed as chairman ofestimates committee� Girish Bapat has been appointed the chairman

of the “Estimates Committee” of the parliament.� Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla made the

appointment.Lt Gen Paramjit Singh to be new DGMO ofArmy� Lt Gen Paramjit Singh, who has vast experience

in counter-terror operations, will be the nextDirector General of Military Operations(DGMO) of the Indian Army.

� Lt Gen Singh, currently serving as General OfficerCommanding of the Army’s Nagrota-based XVICorps, will take over as the new DGMO onOctober, succeeding Lt Gen Anil Chauhan.

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Max Verstappen wins Austrian Grand Prix� Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won the Austrian

Grand Prix for the second year in a row� while champion Mercedes lost for the first time

in this season.Indian Pro Boxer Wins WBC Asia Title� Indian pro boxer Vaibhav Yadav has become

the WBC Asia Silver Welterweight Champion.He defeated Thailand’s Fahpetch Singmanassakin the title bout held in Pattaya, Thailand.

� The fight was conducted by the Asian BoxingCouncil and approved by the World BoxingCouncil (WBC).

Ambati Rayudu retires from internationalcricket� Indian batsman Ambati Rayudu has announced

his retirement from international cricket.� He has played 55 ODIs for India, scoring 1694

runs at an average of 47.05 with three hundredsand 10 half-centuries.

India loses to Pakistan in the IBSF SnookerWorld Cup finals� The Indian team lost to Pakistan in the final of

the IBSF Snooker World Cup in Doha. Indialost the summit clash by 1-3.

� Pankaj Advani and Laxman Rawat representedthe Indian team in the world cup.

Arjen Robben announces retirement fromfootball� Dutch winger Arjen Robben has announced his

retirement from football at the age of 35 after a10-year spell with German giants BayernMunich.

� He has played 96 international matches for theNetherlands, scoring 37 goals, and starred inthe team which reached the 2010 World Cupfinal.

U.S. wins FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019� United States wins FIFA Women’s World Cup

2019 held in Lyon, France.

� They defeated the Netherlands with a scrore of2-0. This is the 4th world cup title for the US’swomen football team.

Canada Open Badminton: Li Shi Feng won themen’s singles title� Li Shi Feng has won the men’s singles title of

Canada Open Badminton. He defeated India’sParupalli Kashyap in the title clash.

World Youth Cup: Arinjeeta Dey wins silvermedal� Arinjeeta Dey, a 10-year-old girl, has won a

silver medal in the World Youth Cup held inUmag, Croatia.

� The tournament was organised by World KarateFederation affiliated to the International OlympicAssociation.

Rahul Dravid appointed NCA’s Head ofCricket� BCCI has formally appointed Rahul Dravid as

the National Cricket Academy’s Head ofCricket.

� Dravid will oversee all cricket related activitiesat NCA and will be involved in mentoring,coaching, training and motivating players,coaches and support staff at the NCA.

Magnus Carlsen won the 2019 Croatia GrandChess Tour title� Magnus Carlsen won the 2019 Croatia Grand

Chess Tour title. He scored 8 points.� Wesley So finished second with 7 points. India’s

Viswanathan Anand ended up with 4.5 pointsand finished 11th.

Vinesh, Divya wins gold at Wrestling GrandPrix of Spain� Wrestler Vinesh Phogat has won a gold medal

in the 53kg category, while Divya Kakran haswon the gold medal in the 68kg category at theGrand Prix of Spain.

� Pooja Dhanda (57kg) has won a silver afterlosing the title clash to Russia’s VeronikaChumikova.

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Dutee Chand wins gold in Summer UniversityGames� Dutee Chand from Odisha has won the gold

medal in the women’s 100 metre sprint at the30th Summer University Games in Naples, Italy.

� This is the first time an Indian has won a 100-metre gold at this global event.

India Football Federation’s AIFF Awardsannounced� Best Grassroots Development Programme:

Jammu & Kashmir Football Association.� Best Referee: R. Venkatesh (Tamil Nadu).� Best Assistant Referee: Joseph Tony

(Karnataka).� Emerging Women’s Footballer 2018-19:

Dangmei Grace (Manipur).� Emerging Men’s Footballer of the Year: Abdul

Sahal (Kerala).� Women’s Footballer of the Year: Ashalata Devi.� Men’s Footballer of the Year: Sunil Chhetri.Gold medals for India in CommonwealthChampionships� Rakhi Halder and Davinder Kaur have won a

gold medal each in the senior women’s sectionof weightlifting in the CommonwealthChampionships.

� Davinder Kaur has won the gold medal inwomen’s 59kg event. While Rakhi Halder haswon the gold medal in the 64kg category. TheChampionship is taking place in Apia, Samoa.

‘Robot umpires’ debut in U.S. baseball league� The Independent Atlantic League became the

first American professional baseball league tolet a computer call balls and strikes. The umpireshave the ability to override the computer, whichconsiders a pitch a strike when the ball bouncesand then crosses the zone.

G. Sathiyan, Anthony Amalraj win bronze inAustralian Open� In Table Tennis, Indian pair G. Sathiyan and

Anthony Amalraj won the bronze at the WorldTour Platinum Australian Open. They defeatKorean pair of Jeoung Youngsik and LeeSangsu.

Djokovic beats Federer to win fifth Wimbledontitle� Serbian Novak Djokovic won his fifth

Wimbledon title after defeating Swiss tennis aceRoger Federer.

� This is Djokovic’s 16th Grand Slam and 5thWimbledon title. He is now level with Bjorn Borgas a five-time Wimbledon winner.

Lewis Hamilton wins sixth British Grand Prix.� Lewis Hamilton made a thrilling victory in the

Silverstone circuit to win his sixth British GrandPrix, his seventh victory in ten races in 2019and the 80th win of his career.

Vinesh Phogat wins gold at Yasar DoguInternational� India wrestler Vinesh Phogat has won her

second consecutive gold in 53kg, at Yasar DoguInternational in Istanbul.

� Phogat beat her Russian opponent EkaterinaPoleshchuk in the final match to bag the goldmedal.

England scripts history, claims maiden ICCWorld Cup title 2019� England lifted the ICC Cricket World Cup

Trophy 2019 at the Lord’s cricket stadium inLondon.

� England defeated New Zealand with morenumber of boundaries in the Super Over thrillerin the grand finale of ICC Cricket World CupTrophy 2019.

� Player of the tournament: Kane Williamson (NewZealand).

� Player of the Match Award: Ben Stokes(England).

� Highest run scorer of the tournament: RohitSharma (India).

� Highest wicket taker of the tournament: MitchellStarc (Australia).

Sreeshankar wins gold at Tatyana KolpakovaInternational Athletics� M. Sreeshankar has won the long jump gold at

the Tatyana Kolpakova International athletics.The tournament was held in Bishkek(Kyrgyzstan).


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The Championships, Wimbledon 2019� The Championships, Wimbledon, commonly

known as Wimbledon is the oldest tennistournament in the world. It has been held at theAll England Club in Wimbledon, London, since1877 and is played on outdoor grass courts.The Championships, Wimbledon (2019) was the133rd edition of the tournament.

Sharath Kamal voted IOC Sportsperson of theYear� Sharath Kamal was voted the Sportsperson of

the Year in the annual Indian Oil Sports Conclave.� The other nominees were cricketer Cheteshwar

Pujara, Grandmaster B Adhiban, hockey playerSimranjeet Singh and table tennis player ManikaBatra.

� Sharath Kamal is a professional table tennisplayer from Tamil Nadu, India.

Amir Khan wins WBC internationalwelterweight title� Olympic silver medallist Amir Khan clinched the

WBC international welterweight title. Heknocked out Australian Billy Dib in the fourthround of his bout in the inaugural Super BoxingLeague held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

� He is a British professional boxer who was alsothe Britain’s youngest boxer to won a silvermedal in the lightweight division at the 2004Olympics at the age of 17.

India will host ISSF World Cup 2020� International Shooting Sport Federation

approved India’s application to host the ISSFWorld Cup stages.

� World Cup will be held in New Delhi fromMarch 15 to 26 ,2020. The last edition of ISSFWorld Cup was held in Munich, Germany.

Anish Bhanwala claims gold medal in ISSFJunior World Cup� Shooter Anish Bhanwala claimed gold in 25m

rapid fire pistol competition to continue India’sdominance in the tournament in Suhl, Germany.

Hima Das wins gold in “Tabor Athletics”

� Star Indian sprinter Hima Das clinched gold in a200m race in 23.25 seconds creditable timingin the Tabor Athletics Meet in Czech Republic.

Sarabjot Singh wins gold medal in ISSF JuniorWorld Cup� ISSF Junior World Cup, Sarabjot Singh shot a

239.6 to bag the men’s 10 metres air pistol gold.� This is India’s ninth yellow metal at the event in

Suhl, Germany.Indian Men & Women’s teams winCommonwealth Table Tennis title� India has made a record by winning gold in both

men’s and women’s category of the 21stCommonwealth Table Tennis Championshiptaking place in Odisha.

� The Indian men’s team won the final matchdefeating England 3-2.

� The Indian women’s team defeated England 3-0 in final match to won the gold for the first timein the history of the commonwealth games.

North Korea wins Intercontinental Cup title� North Korea wins the 2nd edition of

Intercontinental Cup football tournament.� North Korea beats Tajikistan in the finals held

in Ahmedabad. North Korea, Tajikistan, Indiaand Syria participated in the event.

Shane Lowry wins British Open� Irishman Shane Lowry wins British Open to claim

his first major golfing title at Royal Portrush.� He became the 2nd player from the Republic of

Ireland, after Padraig Harrington in 2007 and2008, to lift the Claret Jug.

Kapil Dev led CAC to pick Team India’s headcoach� Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) led by

World Cup-winning former captain Kapil Deventrusted with the responsibility of selectingIndia’s new coach.

� Apart from Kapil, former women’s captainShantha Rangaswamy and former men’s coachAnshuman Gaekwad have also in the panel.

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AWARDS

IIT Kanpur honours Gopichand with honorarydoctorate� IIT Kanpur honours India’s chief national

badminton coach Pullela Gopichand withhonorary doctorate on the occasion of their 52ndconvocation.

�Former President APJ Abdul Kalam and formerPrime Minister Manmohan Singh are pastrecipients of the honour

NALCO to get President’s award for excellentCSR�National Aluminium Company Limited has been

selected for President’s award for utilisation ofCorporate Social Responsibility fund in socialdevelopment.

�NALCO started a scheme “Aliali Jhia” in 2015to promote the education of Girls of BPL families.NALCO is an Odisha based NavaratnaCompany.

Sports Journalists Federation of India 2019Awards�SJFI Medal (Highest Honour): Prakash

Padukone (Badminton).�Sportsperson of the Year Award: Pankaj Advani

(Billiards and Snooker) and Bajrang Punia(Wrestling).

�Emerging Talent of the Year Award: SaurabhChoudhary (Shooting).

Ajay Banga, Azim Premji to receive excellenceawards from USISPF�The US-India Strategic Partnership Forum has

announced that Mastercard CEO and PresidentAjay Banga and Wipro Chairman Azim Premjiwill receive the 2019 Global Excellence Awards.

�This is the Second Annual Leadership Summitof USISPF.

�They have been honored with the awards fortheir significant contribution to strengtheningeconomic ties between the US and India.

‘Gully Boy’ wins NETPAC award in Bucheonfilm festival�Filmmaker Zoya Akhtar’s directorial ‘Gully Boy’

has won the Network for the Promotion of AsianCinema (NETPAC) Award at the 23rd BucheonInternational Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) inSouth Korea.

‘Best Innovation Award’ won by NEFR�Northeast Frontier Railway has won the ‘Best

Innovation Award’ for unique strategy adoptedto keep wild elephants away from train tracks.

‘Nagarkirtan’ wins big at SAARC film fest�Director Kaushik Ganguly’s Bengali film

‘Nagarkirtan’, has won 4 awards in SAARCfilm festival. The movie was honoured with ‘BestFeature Film’, ‘Best Director’, ‘Best Actor’ and‘Best Original Score’ awards.

�Two other Indian films have won awards at thefest,’Na Bole Wo Haram’, a 20-minute film bydebutant director Nitish Patankar, bagged the‘Best Short Film’ award, while ‘Walking Withthe Wind’ by Praveen Morchhale received theSpecial Jury award for direction and story.

Rohan Bopanna and Smriti Mandhana gotArjuna Award�Sports and Youth Affairs Minister conferred

Arjuna Awards to tennis player Rohan Bopannaand Women cricketer Smriti Mandhana.

�Bopanna who won the Gold medal in tennismen’s double category in Asian Games 2018 andMandhana was the ICC women’s player of theyear 2018.

Vocalist S Sowmya wins Sangita Kalanidhiaward�Vocalist S. Sowmya has been chosen for the

Sangita Kalanidhi award of the Music Academy.�She will preside over the 93rd annual conference

of the Academy.6 firms honoured with CSR Journal ExcellenceAwards� 3rd Edition of the CSR Journal Excellence

Awards honoured 6 firms for the best practicesin Corporate Social Responsibility.

�The theme of the event was ‘India First’. Thewinners of the awards are:

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Skill Training”.� ReNew Power won in the category “Women

Empowerment & Child Welfare”.� YES Bank Ltd. won in the category “Health &

Sanitation”.� Mahindra & Mahindra won in the category

“Environment”.� Hindustan Zinc won in the category “Agriculture

& Rural Development”.� Aditya Birla Capital Ltd. won in the category

“Sports”.Sudarsan Pattnaik wins Peoples Choice Awardin the U.S.�Padma Awardee Sudarsan Pattnaik has won the

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People’s Choice Award at a prestigious sandsculpting festival in the U.S.

� Pattnaik was participating in the 2019 RevereBeach International Sand Sculpting Festival inBoston, Massachusetts.

�He won the People’s Choice Award for his sandsculpture ‘Stop Plastic Pollution, Save OurOcean’.

Meryl Streep to receive Tribute Actor Awardat TIFF 2019�Veteran star Meryl Streep will be honoured

Tribute Actor award at the 2019 in 44th TorontoInternational Film Festival.

�The 70-year-old actor will be the first-everrecipient of the award in TIFF.

Know more about Jammu &

Kashmir…

My Dear Friends,I am sure you must be knowing about the Pride ofOdisha- “Dutee Chand” !She has become the Identity of sports in Odishaand she has put Odisha on the World map. Nodoubt she has transformed herself in to a Champion.But friends, I have a simple question. Was she bornas a CHAMPION ?Surely Not. She too has gone the same way asyou all are going through right now. But she didn’tbuckle down under pressure and kept her nervescool. And today the world is venerating her.So, my dear friends, there might be manyphilosophies about success. You will find a galaxyof Motivational Quotes over the internet. But it willhelp you only when you “Rise to the Occasion”.Yours,Kamalesh Sir.(Trainer, Mentor, Guide and much more…)

Jammu & Kashmir… The Paradise onEarth

1. Capitals : -(i) Summer - Srinagar(ii) Winter - Jammu

2. Governor : - Satya Pal Malik3. History : -

• Instrument of Accession signed on 26thOctober, 1947.• J&K became an integral part of India.• India can interfere in 3 areas of J&K, namely;(a) Defence(b) External Affairs(c) Communication• It inserted Article-370 in Indian constitutionalong with Article 35(A).

4. Geography and Climate : -• Valleys: Kashmir, Tawi, Poonch, Sind,Lidder etc.• Important Rivers: Indus, Tawi, Ravi,Chenab, Jhelum.

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Flower - LotusTree - ChinarAnimal - Hangul (Kashmir Stag)Bird - Black necked crane

6. Neighbouring States:(1) Punjab(2) Himachal Pradesh

7. Neighbouring Countries:(1) Pakistan(2) Afghanistan(3) China

8. J&K has its own:(1) Flag

(2) Citizenship(3) Constitution

9. Godwin Austen(K2) : Highest peak of J&Kand 2nd highest in the world after Everest.

10. Siachen Glacier : Highest Battlefield in theworld.

11. LoC : (Line of control)Drawn after the Shimla conference on 2nd July,1972.This region covers POK (Pak OccupiedKashmir) and Gilgit Baltistan.

12. CoK: China Occupied KashmirLoAC (Line of Actual Control)Drawn after Sino India war, 1962Also called “Aksai Chin”.

13. Religious Communities:(i) Hindus (In Jammu region)(ii) Muslims (Kashmir valley)(iii) Buddhist and Tibetans (Ladakh Region)

14. Dances:(i) Dhumal (Performed by Men)(ii) Rouff (Performed by Women)

15. Chasme Sahi:Famous Mughal Garden built around a naturalspring in Kashmir.Built by Shah Jahan (1632)He gifted it to his elder son “Dara Sikoh”

16. Dal Lake:Symbol of Srinagar cityFamous Shalimar and Nishant Bagh andMughal Gardens are located near it.It is famous for Shikaras (House boats)

17. Mata Vaishnodevi Shrine - On TrikutaMountains.

18. Nomadic Tribes - Dogras, Gujjars, Gaddis19. Main Agricultural Products: - Saffron,

Cherry, Apple, Almonds, Walnuts.20. J&K is the Largest apple producing state.21. .Pashmina Shawl-Derived from Wool of a Goat

(Changthangi)22. Kashmir is famous for Kashmir Willow/Bat23. Important Personalities:

(1) Ustad Allah Rakha Khan and his son ZakirHussain - Tabla(2) Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma - Santoor

24. Kawa:A traditional Kashmir drink made up of GreenTea, Spices and Almond.

25. Protected Regions:Salim ali National ParkDachigham National Park26. SrinagarBuilt by Emperor AshokaIt Means “City of Lakshmi”27. India’s 1st floating post office - Kashmir28. Hemis National Park – Famous for snow

Leopard29. Sheer chai/Gulabi chai: Traditional pink tea.30. Amarnath cave: Founded by Buta Malik, A

muslim shepherd.31. Dras:

Coldest inhabited place in India (Minimumtemperature -–60° C)It is also the 2nd coldest place in the world.

32. Pangong Lake:Located at a height of 4350 mtr. It’s a 143km.long lake which extends from Ladakh to Tibet.


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GK/CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ

1. Veer Chotrani is associated to which sports?(a) Athletics (b) Wrestling(c) Badminton (d) Squash

2. Who is the current director of Intelligence Bureau(IB)?(a) Anil Dhasmana (b) Arvind Kumar(c) Samant Kumar Goel (d) Rajiv Jain

3. Which state government has launched free cropinsurance scheme for farmers?(a) Jharkhand (b) Madhya Pradesh(c) West Bengal (d) Rajasthan

4. Abburi Chaya Devi, who passed away recently,was the famous fiction writer of which language?(a) Telugu (b) Tamil(c) Malayalam (d) Kannada

5. What is the theme of the 2019 edition of WorldVitiligo Day (WVD)?a) Children, Research, and Hope for the

Futureb) The Quality of Life of a Vitiligo Patientc) Mental and Medical Journey of Living with

Vitiligod) How I Feel

6. Who is the new Managing Director of NationalHousing Bank (NHB)?(a) Sriram Kalyanaraman(b) Ashwani Kumar Tripathi(c) R S Garg(d) Sarada Kumar Hota

7. Mohammed Baji, who passed away recently,was the eminent freedom fighter of which state?(a) West Bengal (b) Odisha(c) UP (d) Tamil Nadu

8. What is the theme of the 13th National StatisticsDay (NSD-2019)?a) Administrative Statisticsb) Quality Assurance in Official Statisticsc) Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfared) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

9. Who has become the first IPS Officer tocomplete ‘Seventh Summit’ Challenge?(a) Dipankar Ghosh (b) Aparna Kumar(c) Malavath Purna (d) Nawang Gombu

10.Which Indian politician has authored the booktitled ‘The New Delhi Conspiracy’?(a) Shashi Tharoor(b) Abhishek Manu Singhvi(c) Sanjay Nirupam(d) Meenakshi Lekhi

11.Which state government has launched Dastakcampaign against AES & JE disease?(a) Rajasthan (b) MP(c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Bihar

12.Which city is hosting the first-ever ISA’s jointsecurity exercise “ISALEX19”?(a) Pune (b) Paris(c) New York (d) Abu Dhabi

13.STRIDE, which is in news recently, is associatedto which of the following issues?a) To boost research cultureb) To boost women empowermentc) To promote tribal handicraftsd) To promote child education

14.On which date, the 2019 edition of InternationalOlympic Day (IOD) is observed?(a) June 23 (b) June 39(c) June 25 (d) June 27

15.The first-ever India International CooperativesTrade Fair (IICTF) will be held in which of thefollowing cities?(a) Pune (b) New Delhi(c) Dehradun (d) Bhopal

16.Which district administration of J&K haslaunched ‘Operation Khumaar’ to make 312panchayats tobacco-free?(a) Rajouri (b) Udhampur(c) Kathua (d) Poonch

17.Santosh Rana, who passed away recently, wasthe veteran leader of which political party?(a) CPI (ML) (b) BJP(c) INC (d) SP

18.Who is the author of the book ‘A Prime Ministerto Remember- Memories of a Military Chief’?(a) Vishnu Bhagwat (b) Sureesh Mehta(c) Sushil Kumar (d) Vijai Singh Shekhawat


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19.The 21st Commonwealth Table TennisChampionship will be hosted by which of thefollowing states?(a) Odisha (b) Jharkhand(c) Punjab (d) West Bengal

20.India has inked Rs 200 crore defence deal withwhich country for ‘Strum Ataka’ anti-tankmissile?(a) United States (b) Israel(c) Russia (d) France

21.Which water conservation campaign has beenlaunched by Central Government?(a) Jal Bachav Abhiyan(b) Jal Tarang Abhiyan(c) Jal Suraksha Abhiyan(d) Jal Shakti Abhiyan

22.On which date, the 2019 edition of InternationalDay of the Tropics is observed?(a) June 27 (b) June 28(c) June 29 (d) June 30

23.Which country has officially resumed commercialwhaling?(a) Japan (b) South Korea(c) New Zealand (d) UK

24.Which of the following butterfly species has beenofficially declared as state butterfly of TamilNadu?(a) Cirrochroa thais (b) Papilio bianor(c) Papilio buddha (d) Troides Minos

25.Indo-French Joint Air Exercise “Garuda-V” hasstarted in which of the following sites?(a) Montpellier (b) Pune(c) Jodhpur (d) Mont-de-Marsan

26.Which Indian scientist has been selected as theCo-Investigator for NASA’s PUNCH mission?a) Dipankar Banerjeeb) Raghunath Anant Mashelkarc) Ashoke Send) Narendra Karmarkar

27.Dr. Jaya Arunachalam, veteran social activist haspassed away. She was from which state?(a) Kerala (b) Karnataka(c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Tamil Nadu

28.Which of the following public sector banks hassigned MoU with NIIF to boost capitalavailability for infrastructure projects?(a) SBI (b) PNB (c) BoB (d) BoI

29.Which Indian personality has been elected as amember of International Olympic Committee(IOC)?(a) Pargat Singh (b) Narinder Batra(c) Ramandeep Singh(d) Dilip Tirkey

30.Impressed tortoise, which is in news recently, isdiscovered in which of the following states?(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Arunachal Pradesh(c) Nagaland (d) Odisha

31.The first UIDAI-run Aadhaar Seva Kendra(ASK) operational in which of the followingcities?(a) Delhi & Vijayawada(b) Bhopal & Jaipur(c) Nagpur & Varanasi(d) Varanasi & Delhi

32.Where is the headquarters of Centre for DNAFingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) islocated?(a) Delhi (b) Hyderabad(c) Lucknow (d) Indore

33.Who is the author of the autobiography ‘LessonsLife Taught Me, Unknowingly”?(a) Sanjay Dutt (b) Irrfan Khan(c) Anupam Kher (d) Naseeruddin Shah

34.The 2nd edition of International Day ofParliamentarism (IDP-2019) was observed onwhich of the following dates?(a) June 27 (b) June 28(c) June 29 (d) June 30

35.Who has been elected new chairman ofMicrofinance Institutions Network (MFIN)?(a) Harsh Shrivastava(b) Vineet Chattree(c) Manoj Kumar Nambiar(d) Jagadish Ramadugu

36.Who is the head of the RBI committee tostrengthen Core Investment Companies (CIC)framework?(a) Lily Vadera (b) N S Venkatesh(c) T Ravishankar (d) Tapan Ray

37.What is the rank of the Indian passport at the2019 Henley Passport Index?(a) 55th (b) 64th (c) 86th (d) 77th

38.Who is the head of the high-powered committeeof Chief Ministers (CMs) to transform Indianagriculture?(a) Devendra Fadnavis (b) Ramesh Chand(c) Manohar Lal Khattar (d) Vijay Rupani


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39.Babu Narayanan, who passed away recently,was the popular filmmaker of which regionalcinema?(a) Tamil (b) Malayalam(c) Telugu (d) Kannada

40.Ambati Rayudu, who recently retired from allforms of cricket, is from which state?(a) Telangana (b) Andhra Pradesh(c) Tamil Nadu(d) Karnataka

41.Dragonfly mission, which is in news to exploreSaturn’s Moon Titan, is associated to whichspace agency?(a) Roscosmos (b) CNES(c) ISRO (d) NASA

42.Which state government has launched toll-freeCM helpline 1076?(a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Madhya Pradesh(c) Jharkhand (d) Rajasthan

43.Which Indian sprinter has won gold in women’s200 m at the Poznan Athletics Grand Prix inPoland?(a) Dutee Chand (b) Hima Das(c) Sarita Gayakwad (d) Sathi Geetha

44.The world’s largest burn and plastic surgeryinstitute Institute has started functioning in whichof the following cities?(a) Yangon (b) Jakarta(c) Pune (d) Dhaka

45.Which international organisation has recentlyreleased its report ‘Working on a WarmerPlanet”?(a) ILO (b) UNICEF(c) UNESCO (d) FAO

46.What is the theme of the 2019 edition of UNMSME Day?a) Entrepreneurship: A way of successb) Big Money For Small Business: Financing

the SDGsc) The Youth Dimensiond) Small business – big impact

47.Which of the following railway zones hascommissioned the longest electrified tunnel inIndian Railways?(a) South Central Railway(b) Northern Railway(c) Central Railway(d) Western Railway

48.Which of the following Indian business leaderswill receive 2019 Global excellence awardsfrom US-India Strategic Partnership Forum(USISPF)?(a) Anand Mahindra (b) Ratan Tata(c) Mukesh Ambani (d) Ajay Banga

49.Who is the author of the book ‘Whispers ofTime’?(a) Jhumpa Lahiri (b) Krishna Saksena(c) Vikram Seth (d) Rohinton Mistry

50.Where is the headquarters of National Instituteof Rural Development and Panchayati Raj(NIRDPR)?(a) Hyderabad (b) New Delhi(c) Mumbai (d) Raipur

51.The scientists of India and which country haveidentified a new gene linked to schizophrenia?(a) South Africa (b) Russia(c) Australia (d) Belgium

52.MOSAiC mission, which is in news recently, isa year-long expedition into which of thefollowing oceans?(a) Arctic ocean (b) Antarctica ocean(c) Pacific ocean (d) Indian ocean

53.Which city of Rajasthan has recently declaredUNESCO World Heritage site?(a) Bikaner (b) Udaipur(c) Jaipur (d) Jodhpur

54.The Government of India (GoI) has signed pactwith which tech company for pilot study on usingAI in Agriculture?(a) Infosys (b) Wipro(c) Microsoft (d) IBM

55.On which date, the 2019 edition of NationalDoctor’s Day (NDD) is celebrated in India?(a) July 5 (b) July 1(c) July 3 (d) July 7

56.Damnganga-Pinjal river inter-linking project,sometimes seen in news, is associated to whichof the following states?(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Karnataka(c) Jharkhand (d) Maharashtra

57.Ikram Ali Khil, who broke Sachin Tendulkar’srare World Cup record, is from which country?(a) Afghanistan (b) South Africa(c) Pakistan (d) England

58.Which state has topped the NITI Aayog’s 2019AMFFR Index?(a) Gujarat (b) Madhya Pradesh(c) Rajasthan (d) Maharashtra


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59.The Athi Varadar festival has started in which ofthe following states?(a) Kerala (b) Odisha(c) Tamil Nadu (d) Karnataka

60.Which of the following ancient sites of Iraq hasbeen declared a UNESCO World HeritageSite?(a) Babylon (b) Baghdad(c) Mosul (d) Karbala

61.Who is the author of the book “War over Words:Censorship in India, 1930-1960”?(a) Rohinton Mistry (b) Devika Sethi(c) Amitav Ghosh (d) Sudeep Nagarkar

62.Which UT / state has decided to introduce Bi-cycle sharing scheme?(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Karnataka(c) Odisha (d) Puducherry

63.Arinjeeta Dey, who won silver in 2019 WorldYouth Cup, is from which state?(a) West Bengal (b) UP(c) Jharkhand (d) Haryana

64.Reliance Jio has partnered with which socialmedia platform for its Digital Udaan?(a) Instagram (b) Twitter(c) Facebook (d) WhatsApp

65.Which of the following public sector banks hasset up a centralized hub to process retail andMSME loans?(a) SBI(b) Punjab National Bank(c) Punjab & Sind Bank(d) Dena Bank

66.Which Indian manufacturing plant has beenincluded in the WEF’s Global LighthouseNetwork (GLN)?a) Jindal Steel and Power Ltdb) Durgapur Steel Plantc) Rourkela Steel Plantd) Tata Steel Kalinganagar

67.India’s first design development centre‘Fashionova’ has recently launched in which ofthe following cities?(a) Pune (b) Surat(c) Ahmedabad (d) Delhi

68.The Kargil Tribute Song has been composedby which noted Hindi lyricist?(a) A M Turaz (b) Swanand Kirkire(c) Sammer Anjaan (d) Neelesh Misra

69.Who is the current chief of National SkillDevelopment Corporation (NSDC)?(a) Manish Kumar (b) Jyotsna Sitling(c) K P Krishnan (d) Anil Manibhai Naik

70.What is the theme of 2019 edition ofInternational Co-operative Day (ICD)?a) Cooperative Enterprise Empowers Womenb) Coops 4 Decent Workc) Co-operatives ensure no one is left behindd) Choose co-operatives, choose equality

71.Which state government has decided to produceits own seeds under brand name Sah-Beej?(a) Chhattisgarh (b) Uttar Pradesh(c) Rajasthan (d) Madhya Pradesh

72.Who has been appointed as Head of Cricket atthe National Cricket Academy (NCA)?(a) Saurav Ganguly (b) V V S Laxman(c) Anil Kumble (d) Rahul Dravid

73.Budj Bim Cultural Landscape is located in whichcountry?(a) West Indies (b) New Zealand(c) Australia (d) England

74.The Asia’s first Six Sigma Institute of MountainMedicines and High Altitude Rescue is set tocome up in which Indian state?(a) Himachal Pradesh (b) Uttarakhand(c) Jammu & Kashmir (d) Sikkim

75.The term Utkarsh 2022 in news is related towhich organization?(a) IRDA (b) NABARD(c) SEBI (d) RBI

76.Which new method has been identified forpredicting monsoon?(a) Xenon-7 (b) Krypton-7(c) Argon-7 (d) Beryllium-7

77.Which new section has been inserted in theSEBI Act to act against entities that tamper ordestroy electronic databases?(a) Section 16A (b) Section 18AA(c) Section 19HA (d) Section 15HAA

78.Which place in Kerala is slated to be home ofIndia’s first elephant rehabilitation centre?(a) Kottoor (b) Thrissur(c) Alappuzha (d) Kollam

79.India’s first cow sanctuary is located in whichdistrict of Madhya Pradesh?(a) Neemuch (b) Agar Malwa(c) Mandsaur (d) Ujjain


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80.The Union Government has launched whichhuman atlas initiative for holistic understandingof human body?(a) Gupha Manav (b) Manav(c) Primitive man (d) Cave Manav

81.Who has become the first Indian sprinter to winGold in the 100m event at the 30th WorldUniversity Games (WUG-2019)?(a) Ashwini Akkunji (b) Sathi Geetha(c) Hima Das (d) Dutee Chand

82.The famous Kataragama temple is located inwhich country?(a) Nepal (b) Sri Lanka(c) Myanmar (d) Bangladesh

83.The Skill development training programme forjail inmates has started in which district ofAssam?(a) Cachar (b) Bongaigaon(c) Karbi Anglong (d) Kokrajhar

84.Who has been adjudged as the AIFF Men’sFootballer of the Year 2019?(a) Jeje Lalpekhlua (b) Lallianzuala Chhangte(c) Abdul Samad (d) Sunil Chhetri

85.Which state government has recentlyimplemented Center’s Witness ProtectionScheme (WPS)?(a) Rajasthan (b) Jharkhand(c) Odisha (d) Gujarat

86.Who has been appointed as the new chief ofthe Directorate General of Civil Aviation(DGCA)?(a) Arun Kumar (b) Pradip Kumar(c) Aditi Chauhan (d) Pronay Halder

87.Who has been appointed CMD of BharatSanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)?(a) C K Vineeth (b) Narayan Das(c) Pravin Kumar Purwar (d) Anirudh Singh

88.The Amrabad Tiger Reserve (ATR) is locatedin which state?(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Telangana(c) Karnataka (d) Kerala

89.The Plan Bee, which won the Indian Railways‘s Best Innovation Award, is associated to whichrailway zone?(a) Western Railway(b) Northern Railway(c) Northeast Frontier Railway(d) North Central Railway

90.The 2019 Women Startup Summit (WSS) isscheduled to be held in which city?(a) Pune (b) Kolkata(c) New Delhi (d) Kochi

91.Prasar Bharati has signed MoU with which IITfor research collaboration in newly emergingtechnologies?(a) IIT Delhi (b) IIT Bombay(c) IIT Indore (d) IIT Kanpur

92.On which date, the 2019 edition of WorldPopulation Day (WPD) is observed?(a) July 10 (b) July 11(c) July 12 (d) July 13

93.Who has been sworn-in as the new PrimeMinister of Greece?(a) Kyriakos Mitsotakis(b) Dimitris Koutsoumpas(c) Alexis Tsipras(d) Fofi Gennimata

94.Which Indian movie has won the NETPACAward for Best Asian Film at the 23rd BucheonFilm Festival 2019?(a) Gully Boy (b) Kabir Singh(c) Bharat (d) Super 30

95.Under whose chairmanship, the 2nd India-Russia Strategic Economic Dialogue (IRSED)was held in New Delhi?(a) Ajay Narayan Jha(b) Subhash Chandra Garg(c) Nirmala Sitharaman(d) Rajiv Kumar

96.Under which section of UAPA act of 1967, theGovernment of India (GoI) has banned Sikhsfor Justice (SFJ)?(a) Section 3(2) (b) Section 3(3)(c) Section 3(1) (d) Section 3(4)

97.Which European country has decided to imposea green tax on plane tickets from 2020?(a) Austria (b) France(c) Germany (d) Poland

98.Which pharmaceutical company has become theIndia’s first company to launch Romiplostim totreat chronic ITP?(a) Lupin (b) Cipla(c) Sun Pharma (d) Intas

99.The Prosecco hills is located in which country?(a) Spain (b) Italy(c) Norway (d) Sweden


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100. Which IT company has partnered withAICTE to equip students with career skills?(a) TCS (b) Infosys(c) Reliance (d) Wipro

101. Which Indian weightlifter has won Gold in81 kg category at the 2019 CommonwealthChampionships in Apia?(a) Gurdeep Singh (b) Rustam Sarang(c) Ajay Singh (d) Deepak Lather

102. Who has been appointed as Secretary ofOverseas Indian Affairs?(a) Sumanta Chaudhury (b) AnupWadhawan (c) Anant Narayan Nanda(d) Vikas Swarup

103. Which is the India’s most expensive officelocation , as per Commercial Real EstateServices (CBRE)’s latest survey?(a) Connaught Place(b) Nariman Point(c) Bandra Kurla Complex(d) India Gate

104. The Operation Thirst has been launched bywhich Indian organisation?(a) Indian Army (b) ISRO(c) Indian Railway (d) BARC

105. Which international organisation has releasedthe 2019 global Multidimensional PovertyIndex (MPI)?(a) WHO (b) UNDP(c) FAO (d) ILO

106. The Residential Asset Price MonitoringSurvey (RAPMS) has been conducted bywhich Indian organisation?(a) NHB (b) SEBI(c) NABARD (d) RBI

107. Who has been elected as the new Presidentof the European Parliament?(a) David Sassoli (b) Jan Zahradil(c) Ska Keller (d) Sira Rego

108. Which state government has announced Rs10k monthly allowance for Padma Shriawardees?(a) Jharkhand (b) Odisha(c) Punjab (d) MP

109. The first-ever Global Conference for MediaFreedom was held in which city?(a) Paris (b) New York(c) London (d) Berlin

110. The Film Division of India (FDI) has launched adocumentary film club “KSHITIJ” in which city?(a) Pune (b) Mumbai(c) Delhi (d) Jaipur

111. The Asia’s largest solar Power project islocated in which district of Madhya Padesh?(a) Jabalpur (b) Chhindwara(c) Indore (d) Rewa

112. Who has been appointed as MD & CFO ofthe World Bank (WB)?(a) Sunil Mehta(b) Anshula Kant(c) Karnam Sekar(d) R A Sankara Narayanan

113. Anthony Amalraj is associated to whichsports?(a) Tennis (b) Golf(c) Badminton (d) Table Tennis

114. M J Radhakrishnan, who passed awayrecently, was the renowned film maker ofwhich regional cinema?(a) Malayalam (b) Tamil(c) Telugu (d) Odia

115. The first-ever Himalayan states’ conclave isslated to be held in which state?(a) Meghalaya (b) Himachal Pradesh(c) Uttarakhand (d) Jammu and Kashmir

116. Which Indian organization has collaboratedwith Ministry of Health to conduct largestpan-India oral health survey?(a) Tata memorial (b) Sanjeevan Hospitalw(c) Apollo Hospitals(d) AIIMS

117. The rare footage of 1948 film Vande Mataramhas become part of NFAI. The film wasdirected by whom?(a) Sudhir Phadke (b) Satish Jakatdar(c) P L Deshpande (d) Ram Gabale

118. The researchers of which country have foundthat Electronic cigarettes damage brain stemcells?(a) South Africa (b) India(c) France (d) United States

119. The Agri-Business Incubation Centre inRaipur has been set up under which centralscheme?a) RAFTAARb) Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojanac) Soil Health Cardd) National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture


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120. The 2019 Kharchi Puja Festival hascelebrated in which state?(a) Nagaland (b) Arunachal Pradesh(c) Mizoram (d) Tripura

121. Who won the men’s title at the 2019Wimbledon tennis tournament?(a) Rafael Nadal (b) Roger Federer(c) Andy Murray (d) Novak Djokovic

122. Who has been adjudged player of the tournamentat the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup?(a) Eoin Morgan (b) Ben Stokes(c) Mark Wood (d) Kane Williamson

123. Pardeep Singh, who has created a newCommonwealth record in the clean and jerkcategory, is from which state?(a) Haryana (b) Punjab(c) Himachal Pradesh (d) Uttarkhand

124. Which Indian woman wrestler has won goldin the 53kg category at Yasar DoguInternational in Istanbul?(a) Kavita Devi (b) Babita Kumari(c) Vinesh Phogat (d) Sakshi Malik

125. Which state has become the first Indian stateto have water policy?(a) Meghalaya (b) Tamil Nadu(c) Rajasthan (d) Himachal Pradesh

126. Which Indian movie has won the Best FeatureFilm award at the 2019 SAARC film festival?(a) Walking With the Wind(b) Village Rockstars(c) Nagarkirtan(d) Na Bole Wo Haram!

127. Which state government has observed thefirst-ever Save Water Day on 12th July?(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Jharkhand(c) Odisha (d) West Bengal

128. Who has been appointed the new Governorof Himachal Pradesh?(a) Kalraj Mishra (b) Jagdish Mukhi(c) Lalji Tandon (d) Acharya Devvrat

129. Hussain Muhammad Ershad, who passedaway recently, was the former military dictatorof which country?(a) Myanmar (b) Bangladesh(c) Pakistan (d) Iran

130. The Spektr-RG space telescope is a jointventure of which of the following countries?(a) Russia & Germany(b) India & Russia(c) France & United States(d) China & South Korea

131. Which Bollywood personality is set to behonoured with honorary doctorate byMelbourne’s La Trobe University?(a) Priyanka Chopra(b) Shah Rukh Khan(c) Madhuri Dixit(d) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

132. Which Indian surgeon has been conferred theHonorary Fellowship of The Royal Collegeof Surgeons (FRCS) of Thailand?(a) Ramakanta Panda(b) Deep Goel(c) P Raghu Ram(d) Pradeep Chowbey

133. Which of the following NBFCs has becomethe first NBFC to get $100 million loan fromAIIB for Green Energy Funding?(a) L&T Finance Holdings(b) HDB Financial Services(c) Muthoot(d) Tata Capital

134. Who won the women’s title at the 2019Wimbledon tennis tournament?(a) Angelique Kerber (b) Naomi Osaka(c) Serena Williams (d) Simona Halep

135. Which state has become the first Indian stateto get fund through World Bank’s climateresilience program?(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Kerala(c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Odisha

136. Which former SC Judge of India has beenappointed as an International Judge of theSingapore International Commercial Court(SICC)?(a) Arjan Kumar Sikr(b) Adarsh Kumar Goel(c) Sanjay Kishan Kaul(d) Surinder Singh Nijjar

137. The Kasarkod beach is located in whichstate?(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Puducherry(c) Karnataka (d) Kerala

138. The researchers at which Indian institute havedeveloped technology to pack microbialstrains in tiny capsules?

a) Indian Institute of Water Management,Bhubaneshwar

b) Indian Institute of Seed Research, Mauc) Central Plantation Crops Research Institute,

Kasargodd) Indian Institute of Spices Research (IISR),

Kozhikode


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139. What is the theme of 2019 edition of WorldYouth Skills Day (WYSD)?

a) Skills Development to Improve YouthEmployment

b) Skills for Allc) World Skills for peace and prosperityd) Learning to learn for life and work

140. Which Indian organisation has published thefirst comprehensive census of orchids of India“Orchids of India : A Pictorial Guide”?a) Tata Institute of Fundamental Researchb) National Centre for Cell Sciencec) Zoological Survey of Indiad) Botanical Survey of India

141. Who has been selected for Sangeet NatakAkademi Fellowships in the field ofperforming arts?(a) Tarun Bhattacharya (b) Zakir Hussain(c) Rajiv Naik (d) Malini Awasthi

142. Ursula von der Leyen, who has been electedas the European Commission’s first femalepresident, is from which country?(a) Austria (b) Poland(c) France (d) Germany

143. Swarup Dutta, who passed away recently,was the veteran actor of which regionalcinema?(a) Odia (b) Tamil(c) Bengali (d) Telugu

144. The researchers at which University havedeveloped a low-cost filter to remove arsenicfrom water?(a) Delhi University (b) IIT Bombay(c) Tezpur University (d) IISC Bangalore

145. Which state / UT government has launched“Happiness Utsav” in its schools?(a) Haryana (b) Rajasthan(c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Delhi

146. Vijayveer Sidhu is associated to which sports?(a) Judo (b) Weightlifting(c) Shooting (d) Wrestling

147. The International Shark Awareness Day(ISAD) is observed on which date?(a) July 17 (b) July 14(c) July 16 (d) July 15

148. From which city, the first-ever internationalcommercial flight from Madhya Pradesh haslaunched?(a) Indore (b) Bhopal(c) Jabalpur (d) Gwalior

149. Which Indian organisation has decided todevelop the Broadband Readiness Index(BRI) for Indian States and Union Territories(UT)?(a) TRAI (b) BSNL(c) ICRIER (d) MTNL

150. The Markandeshwar temple is located on thebank of which river in Maharashtra?(a) Wainganga (b) Painganga(c) Wardha (d) Koyna

151. Which state government has raised financialaid for Martyrs’ Kin to Rs.1 crore?(a) Odisha (b) Kerala(c) Tamil Nadu (d) Maharashtra

152. Which country has become the 76th signatorycountry to join the International Solar Alliance(ISA) Framework Agreement?(a) Norway (b) Palau(c) Sweden (d) Latvia

153. Which Indian woman sprinter has won goldin the 200m race at “Tabor Athletics”?(a) Dutee chand (b) VK Vismaya(c) Hima Das (d) Swapna Barman

154. Which Indian Government campaign has wonthe Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA)Gold Award 2019 in the “Marketing - PrimaryGovernment Destination” category?(a) Swachh Bharat Abhiyan(b) Find the Incredible You(c) India ShiningGod\’s Own Country

155. Who is the author of the book “Kargil: Untoldstories from the War”?(a) Rachna Bisht Rawat(b) Mrunal Thakur(c) Prakash Kovelamudi(d) Lakshmi Manchu

156. Which Indian organisation has introducedweb-based application system forcontribution from Fund of Funds for Startups(FFS)?(a) IRDA (b) SEBI(c) RBI (d) SIDBI

157. Which Indian woman cricketer has beenconferred the 2018 Arjuna Award?(a) Veda Krishnamurthy(b) Smriti Mandhana(c) Harmanpreet Kaur(d) Jhulan Goswami


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158. The Union Cabinet has approved Inter-Institutional Agreement between India andwhich country for 3D bioprinting &regenerative medicine?(a) United States (b) France(c) Italy (d) Canada

159. The 2019 World Day for International Justice(WDIJ) is observed on which date?(a) July 19 (b) July 17(c) July 18 (d) July 16

160. The World Health Organization (WHO) hasdeclared Ebola outbreak as global healthemergency in which African country?(a) Mozambique (b) Zambia(c) DR Congo (d) Angola

161. Which Indian cricketer has been inducted intoICC Hall of Fame?(a) Saurav Ganguly(b) V V S Laxman(c) Javagal Srinath(d) Sachin Tendulkar

162. Which state / UT Cricket Association hasbeen granted the status of a Full Member ofthe BCCI?(a) Daman & Diu (b) A & N Islands(c) Pondicherry (d) Lakshadweep

163. Paramarsh scheme is associated to whichunion ministry?(a) Ministry of Defense(b) Ministry of Railways(c) Ministry of Finance(d) Ministry of HRD

164. What name has been given to the recentlylaunched UGC Guide to Student InductionProgramme (SIP)?(a) Praveshika (b) Deeksha(c) Deeksharambh (d) Dakshina

165. On which date, the Nelson MandelaInternational Day (NMID) is observed?(a) July 19 (b) July 20(c) July 18 (d) July 21

166. Motihari- Amlekhgunj petroleum pipelineproject, sometimes seen in news, is connectedto India & which country?(a) Bangladesh (b) Nepal(c) Myanmar (d) Sri Lanka

167. The ‘Medicine from the Sky’ is the pilotproject of which state government?(a) Telangana (b) Andhra Pradesh(c) Kerala (d) Tamil Nadu

168. ICC has suspended which country’s CricketFederation with immediate effect for breachof constitution?(a) Belgium (b) Zimbabwe(c) Spain (d) Brunei

169. Which Indian golfer has won the FCGCallaway Junior world Golf Championship2019?(a) Arjun Bhati (b) Shubhankar Sharma(c) Rashid Khan (d) Mukesh Kumar

170. Which state / UT police has launched the newe-challan system for the use of Traffic Police?(a) Delhi (b) Pondicherry(c) Himchal Pradesh (d) Haryana

171. The 10th Jagran Film Festival (JFF-2019)has started in which city?(a) New Delhi (b) Mumbai(c) Kolkata (d) Kochi

172. The Andhra Bank has partnered with whichcompany to launch AI chatbot “ABHi”?(a) Microsoft (b) Wipro(c) Infosys (d) Floatbot

173. Which former Indian athlete has beennominated for IAAF Veteran Pin?(a) Milkha Singh(b) PT Usha(c) Anju Bobby George(d) Manju Bala Swami

174. The 5th International Police Expo 2019 washeld at which city?(a) Kanpur (b) Udaipur(c) New Delhi (d) Shimla

175. Prithu Gupta is associated to which sports?(a) Chess (b) Judo(c) Hockey (d) Football

176. The Indian women team has defeated whichteam to won Gold at the 21st CommonwealthTable Tennis Championship 2019?(a) Australia (b) South Africa(c) England (d) Singapore

177. The 2019 Durand Cup is slated to be held inwhich state?(a) Bangaluru (b) Agra(c) New Delhi (d) Kolkata


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178. The scientists of which country havedeveloped a concept named RamanujanMachine?(a) United States (b) Israel(c) Japan (d) France

179. Which section of the Wildlife Protection Actof 1972 empowers the states to send a list ofwild animals to the Centre requesting it todeclare them vermin for selective slaughter?(a) Section 61 (b) Section 63(c) Section 62 (d) Section 64

180. The AIFF Golden Baby Leagues handbook2019-20 is associated to which sports?(a) Basketball (b) Football(c) Hockey (d) Badminton

181. The Union Government has proposed whichlight urban rail transit system for small cities?(a) Metrolight (b) MetroTank(c) Metrolite (d) MetroRail

182. Arun Kumar Roy, who passed away recently,was the veteran Left leader of which state?(a) Odisha (b) Bihar(c) West Bengal (d) Jharkhand

183. Who has become India’s first gold-medallistat the President’s Cup boxing tournament?(a) Vikas Krishan Yadav(b) Shiva Thapa(c) Mohammed Ali Qamar(d) Jagdish Singh

184. Which state government has decided to setup India’s first Space Park?(a) Kerala (b) Tamil Nadu(c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Telangana

185. Which Indian bodybuilder has clinched 2019Mr. South Asia title?(a) Yatinder Singh(b) Miihier Singh(c) Yogesh Kumar Sanan(d) Ravinder Kumar Malik

186. The 11th biennial edition of DefExpo India –2020 is scheduled to be held in which city?(a) Delhi (b) Lucknow(c) Amravati (d) Hyderabad

187. The 2019 Homeless World Cup footballtournament is scheduled to be held in whichcountry?(a) United Kingdom (b) France(c) United States (d) Germany

188. The Union Government has banned whichantibiotic in animal food industry?(a) Biaxin (b) Keflex(c) Colistin (d) Doxycycline

189. The Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)facility has recently opened in which city?(a) Shimla (b) Jabalpur(c) Kochi (d) Hyderabad

190. The 2019 Hand-in-Hand military exercise isscheduled to be held in which Indian state?(a) Meghalaya (b) Nagaland(c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Sikkim

191. Yukiya Amano, who passed away recently,was the Chief of which internationalorganisation?(a) UNICEF (b) UNESCO(c) FAO (d) IAEA

192. Chandrayaan-2 will explore & performstudies on which region of Moon?(a) North pole (b) West pole(c) South pole (d) East pole

193. Where is the headquarters of Central MarineFisheries Research Institute (CMFRI)?(a) Kochi (b) Nagpur(c) Delhi (d) Shimla

194. The 2019 International shark meet is slatedto be held in which Indian city?(a) Cuttack (b) Chennai(c) Bengaluru (d) Kochi

195. Who is the author of the book “Indo-PakRelations : Beyond Pulwama & Balakot”?(a) Nirad C. Chaudhuri(b) Amish Tripathi(c) Vinit Goenka(d) U V Singh

196. Who has been appointed as the Chairman ofAsian Boxing Confederation’s (ASBC)competitions commission?(a) Kishen Narsi(b) Akhil Kumar(c) Manish Kaushik(d) Varghese Johnson

197. Who has been chosen for the SangitaKalanidhi award of the Music Academy?(a) Seetha Narayanan(b) S Ramanathan(c) S Sowmya(d) Priyadarshini Govind


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198. Who has been elected as chairman of theCommonwealth Table Tennis Federation(CTTF)?(a) Indu Puri(b) M P Singh(c) Kamlesh Mehta(d) Vivek Kohli

199. Who won the women’s singles titles at the21st Commonwealth Table TennisChampionships?(a) Ayhika Mukherjee(b) Pooja Sahasrabudhe(c) Krittwika Sinha Roy(d) Manika Batra

200. Who represented India at the NAMMinisterial Meeting in Caracas?(a) Ranjan Mathai(b) Syed Akbaruddin(c) Subrahmanyam Jaishankar(d) Vijay Keshav Gokhale

201. Which hockey player has been chosen for2019 Mohun Bagan Ratna?(a) Udham Singh (b) Keshav Dutt(c) Leslie Claudius (d) Dhanraj Pillay

202. The scientists of which country havedeveloped a method to convert Jute fibre intolow-cost bio-degradable cellulose sheets?(a) Sri Lanka (b) Myanmar(c) India (d) Bangladesh

203. Who has been appointed next Vice Chief ofIndian Army?(a) Manoj Mukund Naravane(b) I S Ghuman(c) A S Kler(d) Cherish Matheson

204. On which date, the 159th Income Tax Day(ITD-2019) is celebrated in India?(a) July 25 (b) July 26(c) July 24 (d) July 23

205. Which state government has decided to bringlegislation for ensuring Journalists’ jobsecurity?(a) West Bengal (b) Odisha(c) Jharkhand (d) Uttar Pradesh

206. Which IIT has developed an AI appCARE4U for elderly people?(a) IIT Kanpur (b) IIT Kharagpur(c) IIT Bombay (d) IIT Madras

207. Who is the head of the reconstituted Groupof Ministers (GoM) on sexual harassment atworkplace?(a) Ramesh Pokhriyal (b) Smriti Irani(c) Nirmala Sitharaman (d) Amit Shah

208. Which state has become the first Indian Stateto reserve 75% private jobs for local youths?(a) West Bengal (b) Madhya Pradesh(c) Kerala (d) Andhra Pradesh

209. Which IIT has developed ‘Agricopter’ toeliminate manual spraying of pesticides inagricultural farms?(a) IIT Delhi (b) IIT Madras(c) IIT Indore (d) IIT Bombay

210. Who is the head of the Cryptocurrency panelthat proposes ban on private digitalcurrencies?(a) Nirmala Sitharaman(b) Subhash Chandra Garg (c) N K Singh(d) Anurag Thakur

211. Who officially took over charge as new BritishPrime Minister?(a) Jeremy Corbyn(b) Boris Johnson(c) Jeremy Hunt (d) Nigel Farage

212. Who has been appointed Britain’s firstIndian-origin home secretary?(a) Shailesh Vara (b) Priti Patel(c) Indarjit Singh (d) Virendra Sharma

213. Indian Railway’s first printing press heritagegallery has opened in which city?(a) Mumbai (b) Kolkata(c) Delhi (d) Chennai

214. Who has been appointed the new UnionHome Secretary of Government of India(GoI)?(a) Subhash Chandra Garg(b) Anshu Prakash(c) Atanu Chakraborty(d) Ajay Kumar Bhalla

215. What is the India’s rank in the GlobalInnovation Index (GII) 2019?(a) 64th (b) 52nd(c) 45th (d) 33rd

216. Which RBI deputy governor has beenassigned to run the monetary policy portfolio?(a) Viral Acharya (b) M K Jain(c) N S Vishwanathan (d) B P Kanungo


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217. Which state government has decided to ply‘water taxis’ in its inland waterways?(a) Kerala (b) Andhra Pradesh(c) Goa (d) Tamil Nadu

218. Ehsan Mania, who has been appointed chiefof the ICC’s Finance & Commercial Affairs(F&CA), is from which country?(a) Afghanistan (b) New Zealand(c) Pakistan (d) England

219. Who has been appointed the new nationalcoach of the Indian table tennis team?(a) Veselin Matic (b) Igor Stimac(c) Dejan Papic (d) Harendra Singh

220. On which date, National Broadcasting day(NBD) is celebrated in India?(a) July 23 (b) July 24(c) July 26 (d) July 25

221. India’s first dragon blood-oozing tree hasrecently discovered in which state?(a) Assam (b) Kerala(c) Nagaland (d) Tripura

222. Who is the author of the book ‘Fire and FuryCorps - Saga of Valour, Fortitude andSacrifice’?(a) Brij Mohan Kaul (b) Ranbir Singh(c) Mukund Naravane (d) D Anbu

223. Which company has become the officialsponsor for the Indian cricket team?(a) BYJU’s (b) Jio(c) Vedantu (d) Airtel

224. SUPARCO is the official space agency ofwhich country?(a) Sri Lanka (b) Myanmar(c) Bangladesh (d) Pakistan

225. India’s first space war drill “IndSpaceEx” haskick started in which city?(a) Kochi (b) Visakhapatnam(c) New Delhi (d) Nellore

226. How many companies are honoured with the2019 CSR Journal Excellence Awards?(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 4

227. Beji Caid Essebsi, who passed away recently,was the President of which African country?(a) Congo (b) Tunisia(c) South Africa (d) Nigeria

228. Which state has become No. 1 inimplementation of Pradhan Mantri SurakshaBima Yojana (PMSBY)?(a) Rajasthan (b) Odisha(c) Punjab (d) Uttar Pradesh

229. The researchers at which Indian organisationhave discovered 28 new stars in Milky Waygalaxy?(a) VSSC (b) BARC(c) ISRO (d) ARIES

230. The National Institute of Miners’ Health(NIMH), works under which union ministry?

a) Ministry of Women and Child Developmentb) Ministry of Railwaysc) Ministry of Health & Family Welfare

(MoH&FW)d) Ministry of Mines

231. Who is the newly appointed appointedchairperson of National Anti-profiteeringAuthority (NAA)?(a) Badri Narain Sharma(b) Amand Shah(c) R Bhagyadevi(d) J C Chauhan

232. Who is the author of the book “ChandraShekhar – The Last Icon of IdeologicalPolitics”?(a) Rama Devi(b) Harivansh(c) Bhupesh Baghel(d) Snehlata Shrivastava

233. Securitypedia has been launched by whichCentral Armed Police Force (CAPF) ofIndia?(a) SSB (b) ITBP(c) BSF (d) CISF

234. Which state has topped in solar rooftopinstallations?(a) Gujarat (b) Maharashtra(c) Rajasthan (d) Tamil Nadu

235. Attoor Ravi Varma, who passed awayrecently, was the renowned poet andtranslator of which language?(a) Tamil (b) Malayalam(c) Telugu (d) Kannada


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236. Who is set to become the first ever recipientof Tribute Actor Award at TIFF 2019?(a) Leonardo DiCaprio(b) Kirk Douglas(c) Meryl Streep(d) Ellen DeGeneres

237. Which Arab nation has recently launched itsfirst Underwater Military Museum?(a) Kuwait (b) Saudi Arabia(c) Jordan (d) Oman

238. The GST Council has decided to reduceGST Rate on Electrical Vehicles from 12%to how much per cent?(a) 10% (b) 8%(c) 5% (d) 6%

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239. Which Indian economist has unveiled anaccount aggregator model “Sahamati”?(a) Amartya Sen(b) Raghuram Rajan(c) Nandan Nilekani(d) Jagdish Bhagwati

240. The researchers at which IIT have developeda novel molecular framework for superbugs?(a) IIT Bombay (b) IIT Kanpur(c) IIT Madras (d) IIT Indore


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One fine morning a gentleman rang up a doctor and said – “Sir, my wife is having severe stomach ache,could you suggest some medicines?” The Doctor replied – “Could you get her along to my clinic so thatI can do a preliminary check-up before I prescribe some medicines?” The person replied – “That isabsolutely not needed Sir. I know it is a case of severe acidity/gastritis. You suggest some medicines; Iwill note them down and get it from the nearest pharmacy.” To this doctor replied – “I am sorry gentleman,I do not prescribe any medicine without seeing my patient. I am sorry again.” The person continued –“But doctor I know it is a case of severe acidity/gastritis. Why should I unnecessary come along withher to the clinic? You can suggest some medicines over the telephone itself.” This time the doctor wasirritated and said – “Look gentleman, you have to get her to the clinic anyhow. Am I the doctor or you?”The gentleman argued no further and visited the clinic immediately with his wife. The doctor did athorough check-up. It was not a acidity/gastritis case. She has severe problems with her appendix thatneeded to be operated upon immediately. On getting the person’s approval, the doctor went with theoperation and she was perfectly alright. After a few days, she was discharged from the clinic.A few months later, the same gentleman called up the doctor again and said – “Sir, my wife is havingsevere stomach ache. Could you keep your operation theatre ready? The Doctor replied – “Could youget her along to my clinic so that I can do a preliminary check-up before I prescribe some curativemeasures?” The person replied – “That is absolutely not needed Sir. I know it is a case of appendicitis.You did the same thing last time when I had visited your clinic. You keep your operation table ready. Getready for the surgery. I am getting her along”. The doctor was annoyed and said – “I will do a preliminarycheck-up before I decide the course of action. Am I the doctor or you? The doctor continued – “Andmoreover gentleman, previously she had appendicitis and I had removed the appendix. So there is nochance of her having the same problem again, as a person has only ONE appendix and I have personallyremoved that in her last visit.”To this the gentleman fell silent for a while and replied – “Sir, a person cannot have two appendixes. Itotally agree to your point. But a person can have two wives right?”LESSON: Assumptions trouble you at times. Be smart in making them.

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