Weekly Current Affairs Revision Notes: July 15-21, 2019
Here is the one liner version of current affairs quizzes of GKToday from July 15 to 21, 2019. This post is published every Monday.
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1. Who won the men’s title at the 2019 Wimbledon tennis tournament?
Answer: Novak Djokovic
2. Who has been adjudged player of the tournament at the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup?
Answer: Kane Williamson
3. Pardeep Singh, who has created a new Commonwealth record in the clean and jerk category, is from which state?
Answer: Punjab
4. Which Indian woman wrestler has won gold in the 53kg category at Yasar Dogu International in Istanbul?
Answer: Vinesh Phogat
5. Which state has become the first Indian state to have water policy?
Answer: Meghalaya
6. Which Indian movie has won the Best Feature Film award at the 2019 SAARC film festival?
Answer: Nagarkirtan
7. Which state government has observed the first-ever Save Water Day on 12th July?
Answer: West Bengal
8. Who has been appointed the new Governor of Himachal Pradesh?
Answer: Kalraj Mishra
9. Hussain Muhammad Ershad, who passed away recently, was the former military dictator of which country?
Answer: Bangladesh
10. The Spektr-RG space telescope is a joint venture of which of the following countries?
Answer: Russia & Germany
11. Which Bollywood personality is set to be honoured with honorary doctorate by Melbourne's La Trobe University?
Answer: Shah Rukh Khan
12. Which Indian surgeon has been conferred the Honorary Fellowship of The Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS) of Thailand?
Answer: P Raghu Ram
13. Which of the following NBFCs has become the first NBFC to get $100 million loan from AIIB for Green Energy Funding?
Answer: L&T Finance Holdings
14. Who won the women’s title at the 2019 Wimbledon tennis tournament?
Answer: Simona Halep
15. Which state has become the first Indian state to get fund through World Bank’s climate resilience program?
Answer: Kerala
16. Which former SC Judge of India has been appointed as an International Judge of the Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC)?
Answer: Arjan Kumar Sikr
17. The Kasarkod beach is located in which state?
Answer: Karnataka
18. The researchers at which Indian institute have developed technology to pack microbial strains in tiny capsules?
Answer: Indian Institute of Spices Research (IISR), Kozhikode
19. What is the theme of 2019 edition of World Youth Skills Day (WYSD)?
Answer: Learning to learn for life and work
20. Which Indian organisation has published the first comprehensive census of orchids of India “Orchids of India : A Pictorial Guide”?
Answer: Botanical Survey of India
21. Who has been selected for Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships in the field of performing arts?
Answer: Zakir Hussain
22. Ursula von der Leyen, who has been elected as the European Commission's first female president, is from which country?
Answer: Germany
23. Swarup Dutta, who passed away recently, was the veteran actor of which regional cinema?
Answer: Bengali
24. The researchers at which University have developed a low-cost filter to remove arsenic from water?
Answer: Tezpur University
25. Which state / UT government has launched "Happiness Utsav" in its schools?
Answer: Delhi
26. Vijayveer Sidhu is associated to which sports?
Answer: Shooting
27. The International Shark Awareness Day (ISAD) is observed on which date?
Answer: July 14
28. From which city, the first-ever international commercial flight from Madhya Pradesh has launched?
Answer: Indore
29. Which Indian organisation has decided to develop the Broadband Readiness Index (BRI) for Indian States and Union Territories (UT)?
Answer: ICRIER
30. The Markandeshwar temple is located on the bank of which river in Maharashtra?
Answer: Wainganga
31. Which state government has raised financial aid for Martyrs’ Kin to Rs.1 crore?
Answer: Maharashtra
32. Which country has become the 76th signatory country to join the International Solar Alliance (ISA) Framework Agreement?
Answer: Palau
33. Which Indian woman sprinter has won gold in the 200m race at “Tabor Athletics”?
Answer: Hima Das
34. Which Indian Government campaign has won the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Gold Award 2019 in the “Marketing - Primary Government Destination” category?
Answer: Find the Incredible You
35. Who is the author of the book "Kargil: Untold stories from the War”?
Answer: Rachna Bisht Rawat
36. Which Indian organisation has introduced web-based application system for contribution from Fund of Funds for Startups (FFS)?
Answer: SIDBI
37. Which Indian woman cricketer has been conferred the 2018 Arjuna Award?
Answer: Smriti Mandhana
38. The Union Cabinet has approved Inter-Institutional Agreement between India and which country for 3D bioprinting & regenerative medicine?
Answer: United States
39. The 2019 World Day for International Justice (WDIJ) is observed on which date?
Answer: July 17
40. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Ebola outbreak as global health emergency in which African country?
Answer: DR Congo
41. Which Indian cricketer has been inducted into ICC Hall of Fame?
Answer: Sachin Tendulkar
42. Which state / UT Cricket Association has been granted the status of a Full Member of the BCCI?
Answer: Pondicherry
43. Paramarsh scheme is associated to which union ministry?
Answer: Ministry of HRD
44. What name has been given to the recently launched UGC Guide to Student Induction Programme (SIP)?
Answer: Deeksharambh
45. On which date, the Nelson Mandela International Day (NMID) is observed?
Answer: July 18
46. Motihari- Amlekhgunj petroleum pipeline project, sometimes seen in news, is connected to India & which country?
Answer: Nepal
47. The ‘Medicine from the Sky’ is the pilot project of which state government?
Answer: Telangana
48. ICC has suspended which country’s Cricket Federation with immediate effect for breach of constitution?
Answer: Zimbabwe
49. Which Indian golfer has won the FCG Callaway Junior world Golf Championship 2019?
Answer: Arjun Bhati
50. Which state / UT police has launched the new e-challan system for the use of Traffic Police?
Answer: Delhi
51. The 10th Jagran Film Festival (JFF-2019) has started in which city?
Answer: New Delhi
52. The Andhra Bank has partnered with which company to launch AI chatbot “ABHi”?
Answer: Floatbot
53. Which former Indian athlete has been nominated for IAAF Veteran Pin?
Answer: PT Usha
54. The 5th International Police Expo 2019 was held at which city?
Answer: New Delhi
55. Prithu Gupta is associated to which sports?
Answer: Chess
56. The Indian women team has defeated which team to won Gold at the 21st Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship 2019?
Answer: Singapore
57. The 2019 Durand Cup is slated to be held in which state?
Answer: Kolkata
58. The scientists of which country have developed a concept named Ramanujan Machine?
Answer: Israel
59. Which section of the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972 empowers the states to send a list of wild animals to the Centre requesting it to declare them vermin for selective slaughter?
Answer: Section 62
60. The AIFF Golden Baby Leagues handbook 2019-20 is associated to which sports?
Answer: Football
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