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Daily Current Affairs Questions – 2nd July 2019
1. India has signed a deal to acquire ‘Strum Ataka’ anti-tank missile from _______ for its fleet of Mi-35 attack choppers.
A. France
B. Russia
C. Ireland
D. Ukraine
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – B. Russia
Explanation: The deal for the missiles is worth around Rs 200 crore. It would give an added capability to the Mi-35 attack choppers.
2. Who became the first civil servant and IPS officer to achieve the incredible and rare feat of completing ‘7 Summits’ challenge?
A. Rishu Sachdeva
B. Aparna Kumar
C. Saurav Narang
D. Hema Kapoor
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – B. Aparna Kumar
Explanation: It is worth noting that The “Seven Summits” is a mountaineering challenge which includes scaling the highest mountains from each of the seven continents. Patrick Morrow was the first man to climb the Seven Summits in 1986.
3. Government of India has celebrated ________ as the Statistics day.
A. June 22
B. June 29
C. July 5
D. July 10
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – B. June 29
Explanation: June 29 is the birth date of Professor P C Mahalanobis. The theme of Statistics Day, 2019 is “Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)”.
4.RBI has opened third office of the Banking Ombudsman and Ombudsman for Digital Transactions (ODT) at __________.
A. Chandigarh
B. New Delhi
C. Bengaluru
D. Varanasi
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – B. New Delhi
Explanation: The Banking Ombudsman scheme is an expeditious and inexpensive forum for bank customers for resolution of their complaints.
5.Reserve Bank of India has developed a FLAIR system for Indian companies to report the Foreign Liabilities and Assets. Expand FLAIR.
A. Foreign Liabilities and Assets Information Reporting
B. Foreign Liabilities and Assets Infomatics Reports
C. Foreign Liabilities and Asset Evaluations Information Reporting
D. Forex Liabilities and Assets Information Reporting
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – A. Foreign Liabilities and Assets Information Reporting
Explanation: Indian companies which have received FDI and/or made FDI abroad should file the annual return on Foreign Liabilities and Assets. The FLA return is required to be filed on an annual basis on or before 15th July of every year.
6.________ has successfully tested its next-generation submarine-launched ballistic missile, the JL-3.
A. Russia
B. India
C. China
D. US
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – C. China
Explanation: It is capable of delivering a nuclear strike to the US. The test coincided with the last day of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.
7. The Centre has constituted a working group for the revision of the current series of the wholesale price index (base 2011-12). The group will be headed by __________.
A. Rajiv Kumar
B. Ramesh Chand
C. Sanjay Gehlot
D. Viral Acharya
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – B. Ramesh Chand
Explanation: The aim is to select the most appropriate base year for the preparation of a new official series of WPI & producer price index (PPI).
8. Which state ranked on top with 3,661 startups recognised by the government?
A. Kerala
B. UP
C. Maharashtra
D. Telangana
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – C. Maharashtra
Explanation: The Start-up India initiative was launched in 2016. The Fund of Funds for Startups ( having corpus of Rs 10,000 crore) was established.
9.Which Indian-born Australian won the title of Miss Universe Australia 2019 in Melbourne?
A. Priya Serrao
B. Anamika Ahuja
C. Sheetal Chopra
D. Meenakshi Das
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – A. Priya Serrao
Explanation: Born in Karnataka, she grew up in Oman. Later, her family moved to Australia. She will now start gearing up for Miss Universe 2019 competition that is to be held in South Korea.
10. India’s chief national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand was bestowed upon an honorary doctorate by ________.
A. IIT Delhi
B. IIT Kharagpur
C. IIT Kanpur
D. IIT Roorkee
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – C. IIT Kanpur
Explanation: On the occasion of the 52nd convocation, the badminton coach received the honour from former ISRO chairman Prof K Radhakrishnan.
11._______ has been selected for the prestigious President’s Award for Excellent CSR.
A. SAIL
B. NALCO
C. Infosys
D. HPL
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – B. NALCO
Explanation: It has been chosen for introducing and implementing schemes like Nalco ki Ladli, which is turning out to be a powerful trigger for women empowerment.
12. World Youth Conference on Kindness is to be held in ________.
A. New Delhi
B. Ranchi
C. Jaipur
D. Noida
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – A. New Delhi
Explanation: O P Jindal Global University & UNESCO MGIEP will jointly organise it. It is being organised on the theme ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam: Gandhi for the Contemporary World: Celebrating the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.’
13.___________ launched Click OD (overdraft) facility for the bank’s existing Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) customers.
A. Yes Bank
B. ICICI
C. HDFC Bank
D. SBI
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – A. Yes Bank
Explanation: It lets the customers to avail unsecured OD up to Rs 10 lakh digitally without any documentation. The bank is targeting a disbursement of Rs 100 crore for FY 2019-20.
14. Nagaland Governor Padmanabha Balkrishna Acharya was recently given additional charge of __________.
A. Manipur
B. Punjab
C. West Bengal
D. Odisha
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – A. Manipur
Explanation: Justice Lanushungkum Jamir administered him oath of office. He’ll serve as an additional charge during the absence, of Dr Najma Heptulla, Governor of Manipur.
15.‘Transforming North East India through Science and Technology’ conclave was recently held in _________.
A. Maharashtra
B. Meghalaya
C. Tripura
D. Nagaland
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – B. Meghalaya
Explanation: It has been organised by the Institute of Bio-resources and Sustainable Development. It is worth noting that populated by approximately 48 million people, NE states account for about 4% of India’s population.