Weekly Current Affairs Revision Notes: July 8-14, 2019
Here is the one liner version of current affairs quizzes of GKToday from July 8 to 14, 2019. This post is published every Monday.
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1. Who is the author of the book “War over Words: Censorship in India, 1930-1960”?
Answer: Devika Sethi
2. Which UT / state has decided to introduce Bi-cycle sharing scheme?
Answer: Puducherry
3. Arinjeeta Dey, who won silver in 2019 World Youth Cup, is from which state?
Answer: West Bengal
4. Reliance Jio has partnered with which social media platform for its Digital Udaan?
Answer: Facebook
5. Which public sector bank has set up a centralized hub Cen-MARG to process retail and MSME loans?
Answer: Punjab & Sind Bank
6. Which Indian manufacturing plant has been included in the WEF’s Global Lighthouse Network (GLN)?
Answer: Tata Steel Kalinganagar
7. India's first design development centre 'Fashionova' has recently launched in which of the following cities?
Answer: Surat
8. The Kargil Tribute Song has been composed by which noted Hindi lyricist?
Answer: Sammer Anjaan
9. Who is the current chief of National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC)?
Answer: Anil Manibhai Naik
10. What is the theme of 2019 edition of International Co-operative Day (ICD)?
Answer: Coops 4 Decent Work
11. Which state government has decided to produce its own seeds under brand name Sah-Beej?
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
12. Who has been appointed as Head of Cricket at the National Cricket Academy (NCA)?
Answer: Rahul Dravid
13. Budj Bim Cultural Landscape is located in which country?
Answer: Australia
14. The Asia's first Six Sigma Institute of Mountain Medicines and High Altitude Rescue is set to come up in which Indian state?
Answer: Uttarakhand
15. The term Utkarsh 2022 in news is related to which organization?
Answer: RBI
16. Which new method has been identified for predicting monsoon?
Answer: Beryllium-7
17. Which new section has been inserted in the SEBI Act to act against entities that tamper or destroy electronic databases?
Answer: Section 15HAA
18. Which place in Kerala is slated to be home of India’s first elephant rehabilitation centre?
Answer: Kottoor
19. India's first cow sanctuary is located in which district of Madhya Pradesh?
Answer: Agar Malwa
20. The Union Government has launched which human atlas initiative for holistic understanding of human body?
Answer: Manav
21. Who has become the first Indian sprinter to win Gold in the 100m event at the 30th World University Games (WUG-2019)?
Answer: Dutee Chand
22. The famous Kataragama temple is located in which country?
Answer: Sri Lanka
23. The Skill development training programme for jail inmates has started in which district of Assam?
Answer: Bongaigaon
24. Who has been adjudged as the AIFF Men's Footballer of the Year 2019?
Answer: Sunil Chhetri
25. Which state government has recently implemented Center’s Witness Protection Scheme (WPS)?
Answer: Odisha
26. Who has been appointed as the new chief of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)?
Answer: Arun Kumar
27. Who has been appointed CMD of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)?
Answer: Pravin Kumar Purwar
28. The Amrabad Tiger Reserve (ATR) is located in which state?
Answer: Telangana
29. The Plan Bee, which won the Indian Railways ‘s Best Innovation Award, is associated to which railway zone?
Answer: Northeast Frontier Railway
30. The 2019 Women Startup Summit (WSS) is scheduled to be held in which city?
Answer: Kochi
31. Prasar Bharati has signed MoU with which IIT for research collaboration in newly emerging technologies?
Answer: IIT Kanpur
32. On which date, the 2019 edition of World Population Day (WPD) is observed?
Answer: July 11
33. Who has been sworn-in as the new Prime Minister of Greece?
Answer: Kyriakos Mitsotakis
34. Which Indian movie has won the NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film at the 23rd Bucheon Film Festival 2019?
Answer: Gully Boy
35. Under whose chairmanship, the 2nd India-Russia Strategic Economic Dialogue (IRSED) was held in New Delhi?
Answer: Rajiv Kumar
36. Under which section of UAPA act of 1967, the Government of India (GoI) has banned Sikhs for Justice (SFJ)?
Answer: Section 3(1)
37. Which European country has decided to impose a green tax on plane tickets from 2020?
Answer: France
38. Which pharmaceutical company has become the India’s first company to launch Romiplostim to treat chronic ITP?
Answer: Intas
39. The Prosecco hills is located in which country?
Answer: Italy
40. Which IT company has partnered with AICTE to equip students with career skills?
Answer: TCS
41. Which Indian weightlifter has won Gold in 81 kg category at the 2019 Commonwealth Championships in Apia?
Answer: Ajay Singh
42. Who has been appointed as Secretary of Overseas Indian Affairs?
Answer: Vikas Swarup
43. Which is the India’s most expensive office location , as per Commercial Real Estate Services (CBRE)’s latest survey?
Answer: Connaught Place
44. The Operation Thirst has been launched by which Indian organisation?
Answer: Indian Railway
45. Which international organisation has released the 2019 global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI)?
Answer: UNDP
46. The Residential Asset Price Monitoring Survey (RAPMS) has been conducted by which Indian organisation?
Answer: RBI
47. Who has been elected as the new President of the European Parliament?
Answer: David Sassoli
48. Which state government has announced Rs 10k monthly allowance for Padma Shri awardees?
Answer: Odisha
49. The first-ever Global Conference for Media Freedom was held in which city?
Answer: London
50. The Film Division of India (FDI) has launched a documentary film club “KSHITIJ” in which city?
Answer: Mumbai
51. The Asia's largest solar Power project is located in which district of Madhya Padesh?
Answer: Rewa
52. Who has been appointed as MD & CFO of the World Bank (WB)?
Answer: Anshula Kant
53. Anthony Amalraj is associated to which sports?
Answer: Table Tennis
54. M J Radhakrishnan, who passed away recently, was the renowned film maker of which regional cinema?
Answer: Malayalam
55. The first-ever Himalayan states' conclave is slated to be held in which state?
Answer: Uttarakhand
56. Which Indian organization has collaborated with Ministry of Health to conduct largest pan-India oral health survey?
Answer: AIIMS
57. The rare footage of 1948 film Vande Mataram has become part of NFAI. The film was directed by whom?
Answer: Ram Gabale
58. The researchers of which country have found that Electronic cigarettes damage brain stem cells?
Answer: United States
59. The Agri-Business Incubation Centre in Raipur has been set up under which central scheme?
Answer: RAFTAAR
60. The 2019 Kharchi Puja Festival has celebrated in which state?
Answer: Tripura
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Suraj Khadake
July 16, 2019 at 1:04 pmFont Size Make Bigger
Jyoti Koranga
July 16, 2019 at 2:59 pmWeekly current affairs format work is very good.
Rashmi Darode
July 17, 2019 at 6:23 amVery good work😊
It is very beneficial for the revision.
suni
July 17, 2019 at 11:29 amvery nice…and very useful
Imran Shaikh
July 18, 2019 at 11:01 amVery useful to next generation.. if youth
AJAY
July 18, 2019 at 11:12 amIts good intiative.my request is kindly post the news which related to single cluster like post all appointment in one place and all international news post in one place.then it is easy to remember the things
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