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- The maiden World Youth Conference on Kindness 2019 has been organised in which city?
A) New Delhi
B) Hyderabad
C) Noida
D) Pune
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Option A
Explanation: The President of India,Shri Ram Nath Kovind, inaugurated the first World Youth Conference on Kindness in New Delhi on August 23, 2019. Theme: ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam: Gandhi for the Contemporary World: Celebrating the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’.
- As per Moody’s Investors Service, what is the estimated GDP growth rate of India for 2019-20?
A) 6.1%
B) 6.5%
C) 7.1%
D) 6.2%
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Option D
Explanation: Moody’s Investors Service has reduced India’s GDP Growth rate prediction for 2019 to 6.2% from 6.8% earlier.
- PM Modi has recently inaugurated the monument dedicated to victims of two deadly Air India plane crashes at Nid d’Aigle near the foothills of Mont Blanc. It is based in which country?
A) Brazil
B) UAE
C) France
D) Russia
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Option C
Explanation: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated a monument in France dedicated to victims of two deadly Air India plane crashes in 1950 and 1966 in Saint Gervais, near the French Alps. The monument is located at Nid d’Aigle, a French village near the foothills of Mont Blanc. It has been designed by Bossonet Marbrerie, a French architectural firm.
- Which country has inducted its first ever indigenously built long-range missile defence system Bavar-373?
A) Iran
B) Qatar
C) Bangladesh
D) Saudi Arabia
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Option A
Explanation: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani inducted a locally built air-defence system named Bavar-373 into the missile defence network of the country on August 22.
- ‘Fedor’ is a humanoid robot, recently launched by which country to the International Space Station (ISS)?
A) United Arab Emirates
B) Russia
C) Japan
D) Iraq
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Option B
Explanation: The Russian space agency has launched an unmanned rocket carrying a life-sized robot named ‘Fedor’ to the International Space Station (ISS) on August 22, 2019 where it will spend 10 days learning to assist astronauts on the ISS. Fedor stands for Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research and is the first ever robot sent up by Russia.
- The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has suspended the accreditation of Indian National Dope Testing Laboratory for a period of 6 months. WADA has its headquarter in which country?
A) Montreal, Canada
B) Geneva, Switzerland
C) Copenhagen, Denmark
D) Vienna, Austria
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Option A
Explanation: The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has suspended the accreditation of the National Dope Testing Laboratory (NDTL), New Delhi, for a period of up to six months with effect from August 20. During a WADA site visit recently, NDTL was found to be non-conforming with the International Standard for Laboratories as set by the global anti-doping body.
- Which among these banks has been named as World’s Best Bank by Euromoney in its 2019 Awards for Excellence?
A) HSBC
B) Standard Chartered
C) Citibank
D) DBS Bank
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Option D
Explanation: DBS Bank has been named the “World’s Best Bank” by leading global financial publication Euromoney in its 2019 Awards for Excellence.
- Giuseppe Conte has recently resigned as the Prime Minister of which country?
A) France
B) Italy
C) Zambia
D) Latvia
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Option B
Explanation: Giuseppe Conte has resigned as the Prime Minister of Italy on August 20, 2019. The outgoing minister has blamed his rebellious and politically ambitious deputy prime minister, Matteo Salvini for his resignation.
- When is the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition observed?
A) August 20
B) August 21
C) August 22
D) August 23
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Option D
Explanation: International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition is a UNESCO designated day held every year on August 23 to memorialize the transatlantic slave trade.
- ZestMoney has partnered with which insurance company to offer credit insurance to its customers?
A) Bajaj Allianz General Insurance
B) ICICI Lombard General Insurance
C) Acko General Insurance
D) Iffco Tokio General Insurance
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Option C
Explanation: Acko General Insurance has partnered with consumer lending fintech ZestMoney to offer credit insurance to the ZestMoney customers. A customer can avail credit insurance at the time of availing a loan with ZestMoney.
- Who has been selected as the new batting coach of Indian Cricket team?
A) Vikram Rathour
B) Saba Karim
C) Aashish Kapoor
D) Sanjay Bangar
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Option A
Explanation: Vikram Rathour has been selected as the new batting coach of Indian Cricket team and he will replace Sanjay Bangar.
- Which of these countries has been put under the list of blacklisted countries by Asia-Pacific Group of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in August 2019?
A) Afghanistan
B) Pakistan
C) Iran
D) Qatar
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Option B
Explanation: After the meeting held in Canberra, Australia, the Asia-Pacific Group (APG) of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)has put Pakistan under the list of blacklisted countries (Enhanced Expedited Follow Up List), for its failure to meet its standards.
