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- The Central Government has reconstituted the Air India Specific Alternative Mechanism (AISAM) panel for disinvestment in Air India. Who is the head of the reconstituted panel?
A) Nitin Gadkari
B) Piyush Goyal
C) Nirmala Sitharaman
D) Amit Shah
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Option D
Explanation: The Air India Specific Alternative Mechanism (AISAM) panel that was constituted in June 2017 for disinvestment in Air India has been reconstituted. Now Amit Shah will head the panel. Earlier the panel had 5 members with the then Finance Minister Arun Jaitley as its head. Now there are 4 members Amit Shah (Head), Nirmala Sitharaman, Piyush Goyal and Hardeep Singh Puri. Nitin Gadkari has been dropped from the panel.
- Who has been appointed as the private secretary of Prime Minister Narendra Modi?
A) Vivek Kumar
B) Arun Kumar Jha
C) Bharat Lal
D) Shashank Priya
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Option A
Explanation: Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer Vivek Kumar has been appointed as private secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- Indian government has targeted to completely eliminate Tuberculosis from the country by which year?
A) 2030
B) 2025
C) 2022
D) 2028
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Option B
Explanation: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has exchanged Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) with three ministries namely the Ministry of AYUSH, Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Railways to strengthen inter-ministerial coordination and efforts towards Tuberculosis-free India by 2025.
- Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar has been inducted in the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame 2019. He is the ___________ Indian player to be inducted in the list
A) 5th
B) 8th
C) 6th
D) 10th
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Option C
Explanation: The Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar has been inducted into the International Cricket Council (ICC) Hall of Fame in 2019. He is the sixth Indian to be inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. South African pace legend Allan Donald and two-time World Cup-winning Australian woman cricketer Cathryn Fitzpatrick have also joined the Hall of Fame in 2019. Now the total inductees in the list has become 90, which includes 8 women.
- The 5th edition of the International Police Expo 2019 was held in which city?
A) Surat
B) Hyderabad
C) Mumbai
D) New Delhi
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Option D
Explanation: The 5th edition of the International Police Expo 2019 has been organised in Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. The event will be held from July 19, 2019 to July 20, 2019.
- Who is the author of the book named “Kargil: Untold stories from the War”?
A) Rachna Bisht Rawat
B) Rajendra Singh Negi
C) Sharad Dutt
D) Ruchir Gupta
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Option A
Explanation: A new book titled “Kargil: Untold stories from the War” will be released on 20th anniversary of Kargil War. It has been authored by Rachna Bisht Rawat and published by Penguin Random House.
- Recently the World Bank has dropped the Andhra Pradesh government’s Amaravati Sustainable Infrastructure and Institutional Development Project from its project list and will not fund the project anymore. What is the total cost of the project?
A) USD 575 million
B) USD 250 million
C) USD 715 million
D) USD 800 million
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Option C
Explanation: The World Bank has “dropped” out of the Amaravati Sustainable Infrastructure and Institutional Development Project from its project list. It means that now, World Bank will not fund this project of the Andhra Pradesh Government. The total project cost was USD 715 million. Out of this the World Bank planning to provide loan of USD 300 million while AIIB had committed USD 200 million.
- Who has been appointed by the ACC as the Chairman of the Inland Waterways Authority of India?
A) Rajesh Verma
B) Ram Mehar Singh Thalor
C) Jyoti Arora
D) Amita Prasad
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Option D
Explanation: Ms. Amita Prasad, a 1985-batch IAS officer has been appointed as the Chairperson, Inland Waterways Authority of India, Ministry of Shipping in the rank and pay of Secretary.
- Swarup Dutta, a well known actor passed away. He was a veteran of which film industry?
A) Marathi
B) Bengali
C) Gujarati
D) Malayalam
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Option B
Explanation: Veteran Bengali actor Swarup Dutta passed away due to age related issues. He was 78.
- The cricket board of which of these countries has been suspended by the ICC till October 2019?
A) Zimbabwe
B) Croatia
C) Zambia
D) All of these
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Option D
Explanation: In its Annual Conference meetings in London, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced that it has suspended Zimbabwe, Croatia and Zambia from ICC events till October 2019. While Morocco has been expelled from Membership of the ICC. The reason for the suspension of the three-country is due to the interference of the respective government in the sports event. Further decision about there suspension will be taken in October 2019.
- Name the first ever foreign bank to receive the in-principle approvals for setting up its IFSC Banking Unit in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City)
A) DBS Bank
B) Citibank
C) Standard Chartered
D) United Overseas Bank
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Option C
Explanation: Standard Chartered has received in-principle regulatory approvals to set up its IFSC Banking Unit in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City). With its operation here, it will become the first foreign bank to launch operations at International Financial Services Centre (IFSC).
- P Rajagopal passed away recently. He was the owner of Saravana Bhavan restaurant group which is based in____________
A) Hyderabad
B) Chennai
C) Bengaluru
D) Kochi
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Option B
Explanation: P Rajagopal, the owner of Saravana Bhavan restaurant group has died suffering a cardiac arrest. He was 72. He was a convict in a 2001 murder case for murdering one of his employees and had recently surrendered before the Madras High Court to undergo life imprisonment.
- Marc Batchelor who passed away recently was a former player of
A) Golf
B) Formula Racing
C) Hockey
D) Football
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Option D
Explanation: Former South African soccer player Marc Batchelor passed away after being shot outside his home in Johannesburg. He was 49.
- What is the total number of players inducted in the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame till date?
A) 90
B) 86
C) 79
D) 95
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Option A
Explanation: The total inductees in the list has become 90, which includes 8 women.
- Madhya Pradesh has got its first international flight recently. It took off for which international city?
A) Kuala Lumpur
B) Paris
C) Dubai
D) Chicago
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Option C
Explanation: Madhya Pradesh got its first international flight when an Air India flight took off from Indore’s Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport to Dubai.
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