IBPS RRB PO/Clerk Mains Current Affairs Quiz: 24th August 2019 |

IBPS RRB PO/Clerk Main Current Affairs

The Current Affairs section comes under the General Awareness which is as important as the formulas are for mathematics calculations, so this section is one that needs your undivided attention. You cannot pile up all the news and read them in a go, you need to be up to the mark when it comes to daily affairs of the world. So here in Adda247, we prepare quizzes on daily news that holds importance considering the banking examinations, like IBPS RRB mains, IBPS PO/Clerk and many more. IBPS RRB PO Main 2019 is just one step away & you need to ace the mains examination for this you will have to compete with thousands. So to help you out in the finals, here is the 24th August 2019 Quiz on the current affairs of the previous day.

Q1. Name the e-commerce portal which the Union Government is planning to launch for MSME’s. The portal will provide a platform for MSMEs to market and sell their products and in turn boost the sector.

(a) KhadiCraft

(b) IndiaCraft

(d) Bharatcraft

(e) MSMECraft

S1. Ans.(d)

Sol. Union Government is planning to launch an e-commerce portal named “Bharatcraft” for MSME’s which provides a platform for MSMEs to market and sell their products and in turn boost the sector.

Q2. On which day United Nations observes “International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition” every year to inscribe the tragedy of the slave trade in the memory of all peoples.

(a) 23 August

(b) 24 August

(d) 26 August

(e) 27 August

S2. Ans.(a)

Sol. United Nations observes 23 August every year as “International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition” to inscribe the tragedy of the slave trade in the memory of all peoples.

Q3. Name the interim CEO of NDTV who has resigned with immediate effect?

(a) Avinash Pandey

(b) Vikram Chandra

(d) Rahul Shivshankar

(e) Suparna Singh

S3. Ans.(e)

Sol. Suparna Singh, interim CEO of NDTV has resigned with immediate effect.

Q4. Name the former Indian cricketer who has been appointed as team India’s new batting coach?

(a) Bharath Arun

(b) Vikram Rathour

(d) Dilip Vengsarkar

(e) Sanjay Bangar

S4. Ans.(b)

Sol. Former Indian opener Vikram Rathour appointed as team India’s new batting coach. He will replace Sanjay Bangar.

Q5. The Financial Action Task Force’s Asia Pacific Group has recently placed which of the following countries on its blacklist for non-compliance and non-enforcement of safeguards against terror financing and money laundering?

(a) Pakistan

(b) India

(d) Bangladesh

(e) Indonesia

S5. Ans.(a)

Sol. Pakistan has been placed on the blacklist of the Financial Action Task Force’s Asia Pacific Group.

Q6. Women and Child Development Minister distributed the Poshan Abhiyaan Awards for 2018-19 in different categories. The awards are aimed at motivating the primary stakeholders and encourage large scale citizen participation in creating awareness to combat malnutrition. Who is the Women and Child Development Minister of India?

(a) Debasree Chaudhuri

(b) Nirmala Sitharaman

(d) Maneka Gandhi

(e) Smriti Irani

S6. Ans.(e)

Sol. Women and Child Development Minister, Smriti Irani distributed the Poshan Abhiyaan Awards for 2018-19 in different categories. The awards are aimed at motivating the primary stakeholders and encourage large scale citizen participation in creating awareness to combat malnutrition.

Q7. Under the new set of rules for the ‘Informant Mechanism’ under Prohibition of Insider Trading Regulations, SEBI will reward insider trading informants to uncover insider trading cases. What is the maximum award an informant can avail under the scheme?

(a) Rs 10 Lakh

(b) Rs 50 Lakh

(d) Rs 1 crore

(e) Rs 1.25 crore

S7. Ans.(d)

Sol. Under the new set of rules for the ‘Informant Mechanism’ under Prohibition of Insider Trading Regulations, SEBI will reward insider trading informants to uncover insider trading cases. The reward is subjected to a maximum amount of Rs 1 crore.

Q8. Which country has recently unveiled a new missile defence system “Bavar-373” which is also its first domestically produced long-range missile defence system which has been inducted into the country’s missile defence network?

(a) Israel

(b) UAE

(d) Afghanistan

(e) Iran

S8. Ans.(e)

Sol. Iran has unveiled new missile defence system “Bavar-373”. This is also Iran’s first domestically produced long-range missile defence system which has been inducted into the country’s missile defence network.

Q9. Name the life-size humanoid robot recently launched by Russia into space. The robot stands 1.80 metres tall and weighs 160 kg.

(a) Iedor

(b) Fedor

(d) Hexador

(e) Rusidor

S9. Ans.(b)

Sol. Russia launched an unmanned rocket carrying a life-size humanoid robot named Fedor.

Q10. Name the bollywood actor who has made it to the 4th position on the Forbes magazine’s Worlds Highest-Paid Actors of 2019.

(a) Salman Khan

(b) Ayushman Khurana

(d) Akshay Kumar

(e) Aamir Khan

S10. Ans.(d)

Sol. Bollywood Actor Akshay Kumar has made it to the 4th position on the Forbes magazine’s Worlds Highest-Paid Actors Of 2019.

Q11. Who among the following has been appointed as the new Union Home Secretary by Appointments Committee of the cabinet headed by Prime Minister?

(a) Ajay Kumar Bhalla

(b) I. V. Subba Rao

(d) Pramod Kumar Misra

(e) Pradeep Kumar Sinha

S11. Ans.(a)

Sol. Ajay Kumar Bhalla was appointed as the new Union Home Secretary by Appointments Committee of the cabinet headed by Prime Minister.

Q12. Name the housing company with which Army Welfare Housing Organization (AWHO) have signed a memorandum of understanding which enables the personnel of Indian Army to immediately take over dwelling units in 13 ‘Ready to Move in’ projects of the company.

(a) Godrej Properties

(b) DLF Ltd

(d) Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Limited

(e) Unitech Real Estate

S12. Ans.(c)

Sol. Army Welfare Housing Organization (AWHO) and Tata Realty & Housing have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU). This MoU enables the personnel of Indian Army to immediately take over dwelling units in 13 ‘Ready to Move in’ projects.

Q13. ___________________________ and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) India have partnered with the Forest Directorate, the government of West Bengal and local communities to preserve Sundarbans.

(a) National Geographic India

(b) BBC

(d) AMC Network

(e) Discovery India

S13. Ans.(e)

Sol. Discovery India and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) India have partnered with the Forest Directorate, the government of West Bengal and local communities to preserve Sundarbans.

Q14. What is the text message that will be printed on the tobacco packs, as per the notification of new warnings on “Tobacco packs” released by the Health Ministry?

(a) Tobacco causes bad lungs

(b) Tobacco causes painful death

(d) Tobacco- A silent killer

(e) Tobacco kills

S14. Ans.(b)

Sol. The Health Ministry has notified the new warnings on “Tobacco packs”. The text messages that will be printed on the packs is “tobacco causes painful death”.

Q15. Name the insurance company which has partnered with ZestMoney to offer credit insurance which will help ZestMoney customers to cover their monthly EMI payments during times of crisis.

(a) National Insurance Co Ltd

(b) Apollo Munich Health Insurance Company Limited

(d) Star Health and Allied insurance Co Ltd

(e) Acko General Insurance

S15. Ans.(e)

Sol. Acko General Insurance partners with ZestMoney to offer credit insurance which will help ZestMoney customers to cover their monthly EMI payments during times of crisis.

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