Latest Current Affairs 1 - 15 July 2019
a) Bhaichung Bhutia
Q1. Which country has passed the b) Subrata Pal
Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act c) Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
of 2019, or HR 1044 bill? d) Sunil Chhetri
a) India A. Sunil Chhetri
b) Russia Indian men’s football team captain Sunil
c) USA Chhetri was named as Men’s footballer of
d) UK the year, women’s footballer Ashalata
A. USA Devi won the Women’s footballer of the
The bill aims to remove 7% country-cap Year title.
on green card applicants. The HR 1044 AIFF Emerging Men’s Footballer of Year
Bill, when signed into law would increase 2018-19: Sahal Abdul Samad.
the per-country cap on Family-Based AIFF Emerging Women’s Footballer of
Immigrant Visas from 7% of the total Year 2018-19: Dangmei Grace.
number of such visas available that year AIFF Award for Best Referee: R
to 15%, and will also eliminate 75 cap for Venkatesh.
Employment-Based Immigrant Visas. AIFF Award for the Best Assistant
Referee: Joseph Tony.
Q2. Which country has approved the levy Best Grassroots Development
of GAFA tax on sales done by online Programme: Jammu & Kashmir (J&K)
giants? Football Association.
a) India
b) France
c) USA Q5. Which state government observed
d) Italy ‘Save Water day’ on 12 July 2019?
A. France a) Punjab
GAFA - Google, Apple, Facebook and b) West Bengal
Amazon. c) Haryana
3% tax on total annual revenues of the d) Karnataka
largest technology firms providing services A. West Bengal
to French consumers would make France
1st major economy to impose a tax on Q6. Name the new Managing Director and
internet heavyweights. Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of World
Bank.
Q3. Which organisation has launched a) David Malpass
‘Operation thirst’? b) AS Rajiv
a) Airports Authority of India c) Anshula Kant
b) Highway Authority of India d) Ashok Kumar Pradhan
c) Indian railways A. Anshula Kant
d) Indian Air Force Anshula Kant, Managing Director of State
A. Indian Railways Bank of India (SBI) has been appointed as
‘Operation Thirst’ launched to stop selling Managing Director and Chief Financial
of unauthorised Packaged Drinking Water Officer (CFO) of World Bank.
(PDW). She will be the 1st woman CFO of World
Bank.
Q4. Who is the Men’s footballer of the Her appointment was announced by David
year according to the All India Football Malpass, World Bank’s President.
Federation (AIFF) 2018-19 awards?
Q7. In which state is the festival of Kharchi Q12. Which country lost the 2019 Cricket
Puja celebrated? World Cup to England?
a) Mizoram a) Australia
b) Meghalaya b) New Zealand
c) Tripura c) India
d) Assam d) South Africa
A. Tripura A. New Zealand
Q8. Name the Indian sprinter who won Q13. Who won a gold in the Women's
gold medal in women’s 100m in World 200m race with a top finish at Kutno
Universiade, 30th Summer University Athletics Meet held in Poland?
Games held in Naples, Italy. a) Lisa Kwa Yie
a) Lisa Kwa Yie b) Hima Das
b) Hima Das c) Del Ponte
c) Del Ponte d) Dutee Chand
d) Dutee Chand A. Hima Das
A. Dutee Chand
Q14. Which country has won the Copa
Q9. Which country will impose a ‘Green America football trophy 2019?
tax’ on plane tickets from the year 2020? a) Germany
a) Spain b) Brazil
b) UK c) Spain
c) France d) Peru
d) India A. Brazil
A. France It is an international men’s association
football championship. It is organized by
Q10. Who is the new DGCA? South America’s football ruling body
a) Alok Kumar CONMEBOL.
b) BS Bhullar 2019 Copa América: was 46th edition of
c) Ajay Kumar Copa América. It was held in Brazil
d) Arun Kumar between 14 June to 7 July 2019.
A. Arun Kumar
DGCA - Directorate General of Civil Q15. Which country won the FIFA
Aviation. Women’s World Cup 2019 title?
It is the regulatory body in the field of Civil a) USA
Aviation primarily dealing with safety b) France
issues. c) Spain
It is headquartered in New Delhi. d) Netherlands
A. USA
Q11. Name the strategy adopted by
Northeast Frontier Railway which has won Q16. Who released the book titled
the ‘Best Innovation Award’ in Indian Vivekadeepini?
Railways for the 2018-19 fiscal. a) Ram Nath Kovind
a) Plan Elee b) Narendra Modi
b) Plan zee c) M Venkaiah Naidu
c) Plan Bee d) Adi Shankaracharya
d) Plan zoo A. M Venkaiah Naidu
A. Plan Bee
Q17. Which place in Iraq has been a) Mizoram
declared as United Nations Educational, b) Arunachal Pradesh
Scientific and Cultural Organization’s c) Nagaland
(UNESCO) World Heritage Site? d) Tripura
a) Sadams Palace A. Nagaland
b) Mosul
c) Zakho Q23. Which state has launched the
d) Babylon DASTAK campaign?
A. Babylon a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Gujarat
Q18. In which state is the longest c) Maharashtra
electrified tunnel in Indian Railways d) West Bengal
located? A. Uttar Pradesh
a) Karnataka Uttar Pradesh government has launched a
b) Tamil Nadu massive campaign called ‘Dastak’ to
c) Andhra Pradesh eradicate deadly Acute Encephalitis
d) Kerala Syndrome (AES) and Japanese
A. Andhra Pradesh Encephalitis (JE) disease.
Q19. Who is the head of European Q24. Which is the host country of
Central Bank (ECB)? International Security Alliance (ISAs) first
a) Christian Sewing joint security exercise named ISALEX19?
b) Christian Lagarde a) USA
c) Mario Draghi b) China
d) Thomas K Montag c) UAE
A. Christian Lagarde d) UK
A. UAE
Q20. Government has set a target to raise ISA - International Security Alliance.
health services expenditure to ___% of
the GDP (Gross Domestic Product) by It is an international working group to
2025. confront organised, transnational and
a) 2.5% extremist crimes.
b) 2% It was launched in 2017 in Abu Dhabi,
c) 3.5% UAE.
d) 3% Headquarters: Abu Dhabi.
A. 2.5% Members (9): ISA now comprises of nine
countries viz. Bahrain, Morocco, France,
Q21. Name the Indian who is World Italy, Spain, Senegal, Singapore, Slovak
Boxing Council (WBC) Asia silver Republic and the United Arab Emirates.
Welterweight Champion.
a) Amit Phangal Q25. From which country will India acquire
b) Vaibhav Yadav Strum Ataka anti-tank missile?
c) Akhil Kumar a) USA
d) Manoj Kumar b) Russia
A. Vaibhav Kumar c) France
d) UK
Q22. With effect from 30 June 2019, which A. Russia
state has been declared ‘Disturbed Area’
for six months? Q26. Which day is observed as GST day?
a) 1 July •Mixed doubles – Ivan Dodig and Latisha
b) 15 July Chan.
c) 5 July
d) 7 July Q29. Which is the 1st state to come up
A. 1 July with a water policy to ensure water
1st July 2019 is being celebrated as GST conservation?
(Goods & Services Tax) Day. a) Mizoram
This year marks the 2nd anniversary of b) Assam
implementation of historic tax reform of c) Manipur
Goods and Services Tax. d) Meghalaya
A. Meghalaya
Q27. Name the 1st IPS officer to complete
the 7 Summits challenge. Q30. Which bank has scrapped charges
a) Arijit Kumar on NEFT and RTGS through internet and
b) Ashish Kumar mobile banking from 1 July?
c) Aparna Kumar a) ICICI
d) Apra Kumar b) Axis bank
A. Aparna Kumar c) SBI
The Seven Summits include - d) SBP
1. Carstensz Pyramid– 4884m; Location: A. SBI
Oceania (Australia – New Guinea)
2. Kilimanjaro– 5892m; Location: Africa Q31. Which country was recently declared
3. Elbrus: Location: Russia measles free by the World Health
4. Aconcagua– Height: 6962m; Location: Organization?
South America a) Nepal
5. Denali (or Mt McKinley)- Height: 6194m; b) Bangladesh
Location: North America c) Sri Lanka
6. Vinson Massif– Height- 4892m; d) Pakistan
Location: Antarctica A. Sri Lanka
7. Mt. Everest– Height- 8848m; Location:
Asia. Q32. Which city of India has recently been
included in the list of World Heritage Sites
Q28. Who was defeated by Novak by UNESCO?
Djokovic in the final match of men’s a) Udaipur
singles Wimbledon open tennis b) Jodhpur
tournament 2019? c) Jaipur
a) Roger Federer d) Jaisalmer
b) Mike Bryan A. Jaipur
c) Rafael Nadal
d) Andy Murray Q33. Which batsman became the first
A. Roger Federer Indian to cross 1000-run mark in 2019?
Winners at Wimbledon 2019 a) Virat Kohli
•Women’s singles – S Halep defeated S. b) Rohit Sharma
Williams. c) Rishabh Pant
•Men’s doubles – Juan Sebastian cabal d) KL Rahul
and Robert Farah. A. Rohit Sharma
•Women’s doubles – Hsieh Su-Wei and
Barbora Strycova. Q34. What is India’s position in Henley
Passport Index 2019?
a) 86 Devvrat, who has been transferred and
b) 85 appointed as the Governor of Gujarat.
c) 60
d) 58 Q37. Which nation will host the ICC World
A. 86 Cup 2023?
The Henley Passport Index is the original a) New Zealand
ranking of all the world’s passports b) India
according to the number of destinations c) England
their holders can access without a prior d) Pakistan
visa. A. India
List of top countries in Henley Passport
index 2019 Q38. Which General Insurance Company
will be merged with National Insurance
Company Limited and United India
Assurance Company Limited to create a
single insurance entity?
a)Bharti Axa General Insurance
b) Bajaj Allianz General Insurance
c) Oriental India Insurance Company
List of bottom countries in Henley Limited
Passport index 2019 d) SBI General Insurance
A. Oriental India Insurance Company
Limited
Q39. Hussain Muhammad Ershad died
recently. He was former President of
which country?
a) Saudi Arabia
b) Indonesia
Q35. In order to facilitate trade between
c) Malaysia
Bhutan and which country India has set up
d) Bangladesh
a waterway in Brahmaputra River?
A. Bangladesh
a) Bangladesh
Hussain Muhammad Ershad,
b) Thailand
Bangladesh’s former military dictator
c) Myanmar
seized power in a 1982 coup. Ershad
d) China
ruled Bangladesh from 1982 to 1990. He
A. Bangladesh
joined the Pakistan Army in 1952.
Q36. Senior BJP leader Kalraj Mishra has
Q40. The current World Chess Champion
been appointed governor of which state?
Magnus Carlsen is from which country?
a) Uttar Pradesh
a) Norway
b) Haryana
b) Sweden
c) Gujarat
c) Russia
d) Himachal Pradesh
d) Denmark
A. Himachal Pradesh
A. Norway
Senior BJP leader Kalraj Mishra was on
July 15 appointed as the Governor of
Himachal Pradesh, replacing Acharya
