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Daily Current Affairs Questions – 19th August 2019
1. Who has been appointed as the Director of National Institute of Health and Family Welfare?
Harshad P Thakur
Nilesh Mehta
Yasmeen Shah
Priyanka Dwivedi
None of these
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Correct Answer – A. Harshad P Thakur
Explanation: NIHFW is an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. It acts as a think tank for the promotion of health and family welfare programmes in the country.
2. Nagas of Nagaland and their land and resources are protected under _______ of the Indian Constitution.
Article 371 A
Article 371 G
Article 371 F
Article 371 K
None of these
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Correct Answer – A. Article 371 A
Explanation: This provision was inserted after an agreement between the Centre and the Naga People’s Convention, which led to the creation of Nagaland.
3. ________ successfully conducted first launch of Smart Dragon-1 small satellite launch vehicle.
China
India
Sri Lanka
Malaysia
None of these
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Correct Answer – A. China
Explanation: Smart Dragon-1 is a small solid-fueled quick-reaction launch vehicle. Smart Dragon-1 is the 4th new Chinese satellite launch vehicle to debut in the last 10 months.
4. ‘Special Drawing Rights’, sometimes seen in the news, is associated with _____.
IMF
World Bank
AIIB
BRICS
None of these
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Correct Answer – A. IMF
Explanation: Special drawing rights (SDR) is a kind of international type of monetary reserve currency created by IMF in 1969. Effective October 1, 2016, the Chinese RMB was included in the SDR basket.
5.European Commission imposed countervailing duties of 8 to 18% on imports of subsidised biodiesel from ________.
Malaysia
Indonesia
Pakistan
India
None of these
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Correct Answer – B. Indonesia
Explanation: European Commission coordinates trade policy for the EU. Following a complaint by the European Biodiesel Board, it launched an anti-subsidy investigation in 2018. Notably, EU biodiesel market is worth an estimated 9 billion euros a year.
6.The ‘San-Sadhan’ hackathon was announced by _______.
Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD)
NITI Aayog
FICCI
CII
None of these
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Correct Answer – A. Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD)
Explanation: Through this hackathon, NDA government aims to set up accessible and well-maintained toilets for the disabled. This is the latest initiative under the Swachh Bharat Mission.
7. SC has cleared the decks for the Chardham highway project, which will connect four holy places in _____ through all-weather roads.
Himachal Pradesh
J&K
Uttarakhand
Ladakh
None of these
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Correct Answer – C. Uttarakhand
Explanation: The Chardham highway project proposes to connect four holy places — Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath through all- weather roads. It proposes:
– Widening of single lane roads into double lanes
– Developing highways in Uttarakhand
A high-powered committee (HPC) will also be formed by August 22, which will consider impact of the Chardham project on entire Himalayan valleys.
8. The government will auction 13 mineral blocks, including Bunder diamond mine in _______ next month.
Odisha
Chattisgarh
Jharkhand
MP
None of these
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Correct Answer – D. MP
Explanation: The Bunder mine is located in the Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh. According to the government, it has reserves of around 34.20 million carats of diamond. Besides this, two gold blocks, Chakariya mine and Imaliya gold block, are also among the 13 mines to be up for auction.
9.Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently launched RuPay Card in _______.
Bhutan
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Malaysia
None of these
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Correct Answer – A. Bhutan
Explanation: By making a purchase at Simtokha Dzong (monastic and administrative centre), PM Modi launched RuPay Card in Bhutan. Both nations signed 10 MoUs in the field of space research, aviation, IT, power and education.
10. Aadi Mahotsav (National Tribal Festival) kicked off recently in _______.
Leh-Ladakh
Ranchi
Aurangabad
Chennai
None of these
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Correct Answer – A. Leh-Ladakh
Explanation: This is the first mega event after the announcement of UT status for Ladakh region which has 97% tribal population. It is a joint initiative of Ministry of Tribal Affairs & Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED).
11. Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently inaugurated the 720 Megawatt Mangdechu hydroelectric plant in ________.
Nepal
Bhutan
Sri Lanka
Myanmar
None of these
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Correct Answer – B. Bhutan
Explanation: Mangdechhu hydroelectric project is built on the Mangdechhu River in Trongsa Dzongkhag District. According to the statistics, the project is funded by the Indian Government through a 70% loan and a 30% grant.
12. The term “Sentinelese”, sometimes seen in the news, refers to the name of a/an ________.
Tribe
Asteroid
New Planet
Thinnest Gold
None of these
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Correct Answer – A. Tribe
Explanation: The Sentinelese live on the North Sentinel Island of the Andamans. Reportedly, their presence was confirmed in the islands to 2,000 years ago.
13.BASIC countries held its 28th Ministerial meeting on Climate Change from 14th to 16th August in ______.
India
Brazil
South Africa
Kenya
None of these
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Correct Answer – B. Brazil
Explanation: The Ministerial meeting was held in the run-up to the UNFCC Conference of Parties (COP-25) meet. It is worth mentioning that BASIC countries are bloc (geopolitical alliance) of 4 large newly industrialized countries:
Brazil
South Africa
India
China
14.The ‘global stocktake’ term, sometimes seen in the news, is associated with which among the following agreements?
Paris Agreement
Vienna Convention
Brettonwoods Agreement
Beijing Declaration
None of these
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Correct Answer – A. Paris Agreement
Explanation: It is a process that will be undertaken every five years. It aims to assess collective progress toward the agreement’s long-term goals. Under the Paris Agreement, the first global stocktake will happen in 2023.
15. Veteran TV anchor Neelum Sharma has recently passed away. She was associated with _____ for over two decades.
DD News
Zee Media
Times Group
NDTV
None of these
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Correct Answer – A. DD News
Explanation: Sharma was known for her programmes like ‘Badi Charcha’ to ‘Tejasvini’. She was also honoured with Nari Shakti Puraskar by President Ram Nath Kovind. Notably, she was also the visiting faculty in several media institutes.
