July 2019 One liner Current Affairs LATEST NEWS
CURRENT AFFAIRS FROM 28 JUNE 2019 TO 28 JULY 2019
- Who won the men’s title at the 2019 Wimbledon tennis tournament?
Answer:Novak Djokovic - Who has been adjudged player of the tournament at the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup?
Answer:Kane Williamson - Pardeep Singh, who has created a new Commonwealth record in the clean and jerk category, is from which state?
Answer:Punjab - Which Indian woman wrestler has won gold in the 53kg category at Yasar Dogu International in Istanbul?
Answer:Vinesh Phogat - Which state has become the first Indian state to have water policy?
Answer:Meghalaya - Which Indian movie has won the Best Feature Film award at the 2019 SAARC film festival?
Answer:Nagarkirtan - Which state government has observed the first-ever Save Water Day on 12th July?
Answer:West Bengal - Who has been appointed the new Governor of Himachal Pradesh?
Answer:Kalraj Mishra - Hussain Muhammad Ershad, who passed away recently, was the former military dictator of which country?
Answer:Bangladesh - The Spektr-RG space telescope is a joint venture of which of the following countries?
Answer:Russia & Germany - Which Bollywood personality is set to be honoured with honorary doctorate by Melbourne’s La Trobe University?
Answer:Shah Rukh Khan - Which Indian surgeon has been conferred the Honorary Fellowship of The Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS) of Thailand?
Answer:P Raghu Ram - Which of the following NBFCs has become the first NBFC to get $100 million loan from AIIB for Green Energy Funding?
Answer:L&T Finance Holdings - Who won the women’s title at the 2019 Wimbledon tennis tournament?
Answer:Simona Halep - Which state has become the first Indian state to get fund through World Bank’s climate resilience program?
Answer:Kerala - Which former SC Judge of India has been appointed as an International Judge of the Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC)?
Answer:Arjan Kumar Sikr - The Kasarkod beach is located in which state?
Answer:Karnataka - The researchers at which Indian institute have developed technology to pack microbial strains in tiny capsules?
Answer:Indian Institute of Spices Research (IISR), Kozhikode - What is the theme of 2019 edition of World Youth Skills Day (WYSD)?
Answer:Learning to learn for life and work - Which Indian organisation has published the first comprehensive census of orchids of India “Orchids of India : A Pictorial Guide”?
Answer:Botanical Survey of India - Who has been selected for Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships in the field of performing arts?
Answer:Zakir Hussain - Ursula von der Leyen, who has been elected as the European Commission’s first female president, is from which country?
Answer:Germany - Swarup Dutta, who passed away recently, was the veteran actor of which regional cinema?
Answer:Bengali - The researchers at which University have developed a low-cost filter to remove arsenic from water?
Answer:Tezpur University - Which state / UT government has launched “Happiness Utsav” in its schools?
Answer:Delhi - Vijayveer Sidhu is associated to which sports?
Answer:Shooting - The International Shark Awareness Day (ISAD) is observed on which date?
Answer:July 14 - From which city, the first-ever international commercial flight from Madhya Pradesh has launched?
Answer:Indore - Which Indian organisation has decided to develop the Broadband Readiness Index (BRI) for Indian States and Union Territories (UT)?
Answer:ICRIER - The Markandeshwar temple is located on the bank of which river in Maharashtra?
Answer:Wainganga - Which state government has raised financial aid for Martyrs’ Kin to Rs.1 crore?
Answer:Maharashtra - Which country has become the 76th signatory country to join the International Solar Alliance (ISA) Framework Agreement?
Answer:Palau - Which Indian woman sprinter has won gold in the 200m race at “Tabor Athletics”?
Answer:Hima Das - Which Indian Government campaign has won the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Gold Award 2019 in the “Marketing – Primary Government Destination” category?
Answer:Find the Incredible You - Who is the author of the book “Kargil: Untold stories from the War”?
Answer:Rachna Bisht Rawat - Which Indian organisation has introduced web-based application system for contribution from Fund of Funds for Startups (FFS)?
Answer:SIDBI - Which Indian woman cricketer has been conferred the 2018 Arjuna Award?
Answer:Smriti Mandhana - The Union Cabinet has approved Inter-Institutional Agreement between India and which country for 3D bioprinting & regenerative medicine?
Answer:United States - The 2019 World Day for International Justice (WDIJ) is observed on which date?
Answer:July 17 - The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Ebola outbreak as global health emergency in which African country?
Answer:DR Congo - Which Indian cricketer has been inducted into ICC Hall of Fame?
Answer:Sachin Tendulkar - Which state / UT Cricket Association has been granted the status of a Full Member of the BCCI?
Answer:Pondicherry - Paramarsh scheme is associated to which union ministry?
Answer:Ministry of HRD - What name has been given to the recently launched UGC Guide to Student Induction Programme (SIP)?
Answer:Deeksharambh - On which date, the Nelson Mandela International Day (NMID) is observed?
Answer:July 18 - Motihari- Amlekhgunj petroleum pipeline project, sometimes seen in news, is connected to India & which country?
Answer:Nepal - The ‘Medicine from the Sky’ is the pilot project of which state government?
Answer:Telangana - ICC has suspended which country’s Cricket Federation with immediate effect for breach of constitution?
Answer:Zimbabwe - Which Indian golfer has won the FCG Callaway Junior world Golf Championship 2019?
Answer:Arjun Bhati - Which state / UT police has launched the new e-challan system for the use of Traffic Police?
Answer:Delhi - The 10th Jagran Film Festival (JFF-2019) has started in which city?
Answer:New Delhi - The Andhra Bank has partnered with which company to launch AI chatbot “ABHi”?
Answer:Floatbot - Which former Indian athlete has been nominated for IAAF Veteran Pin?
Answer:PT Usha - The 5th International Police Expo 2019 was held at which city?
Answer:New Delhi - Prithu Gupta is associated to which sports?
Answer:Chess - The Indian women team has defeated which team to won Gold at the 21st Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship 2019?
Answer:Singapore - The 2019 Durand Cup is slated to be held in which state?
Answer:Kolkata - The scientists of which country have developed a concept named Ramanujan Machine?
Answer:Israel - Which section of the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972 empowers the states to send a list of wild animals to the Centre requesting it to declare them vermin for selective slaughter?
Answer:Section 62 - The AIFF Golden Baby Leagues handbook 2019-20 is associated to which sports?
Answer:Football - Who is the author of the book “War over Words: Censorship in India, 1930-1960”?
Answer:Devika Sethi - Which UT / state has decided to introduce Bi-cycle sharing scheme?
Answer:Puducherry - Arinjeeta Dey, who won silver in 2019 World Youth Cup, is from which state?
Answer:West Bengal - Reliance Jio has partnered with which social media platform for its Digital Udaan?
Answer:Facebook - Which public sector bank has set up a centralized hub Cen-MARG to process retail and MSME loans?
Answer:Punjab & Sind Bank - Which Indian manufacturing plant has been included in the WEF’s Global Lighthouse Network (GLN)?
Answer:Tata Steel Kalinganagar - India’s first design development centre ‘Fashionova’ has recently launched in which of the following cities?
Answer: Surat - The Kargil Tribute Song has been composed by which noted Hindi lyricist?
Answer:Sammer Anjaan - Who is the current chief of National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC)?
Answer:Anil Manibhai Naik - What is the theme of 2019 edition of International Co-operative Day (ICD)?
Answer:Coops 4 Decent Work - Which state government has decided to produce its own seeds under brand name Sah-Beej?
Answer:Madhya Pradesh - Who has been appointed as Head of Cricket at the National Cricket Academy (NCA)?
Answer:Rahul Dravid - Budj Bim Cultural Landscape is located in which country?
Answer: Australia - 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 - The term Utkarsh 2022 in news is related to which organization?
Answer:RBI - Which new method has been identified for predicting monsoon?
Answer:Beryllium-7 - Which new section has been inserted in the SEBI Act to act against entities that tamper or destroy electronic databases?
Answer:Section 15HAA - Which place in Kerala is slated to be home of India’s first elephant rehabilitation centre?
Answer:Kottoor - India’s first cow sanctuary is located in which district of Madhya Pradesh?
Answer:Agar Malwa - The Union Government has launched which human atlas initiative for holistic understanding of human body?
Answer:Manav - 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 - The famous Kataragama temple is located in which country?
Answer:Sri Lanka - The Skill development training programme for jail inmates has started in which district of Assam?
Answer:Bongaigaon - Who has been adjudged as the AIFF Men’s Footballer of the Year 2019?
Answer:Sunil Chhetri - Which state government has recently implemented Center’s Witness Protection Scheme (WPS)?
Answer:Odisha - Who has been appointed as the new chief of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)?
Answer:Arun Kumar - Who has been appointed CMD of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)?
Answer:Pravin Kumar Purwar - The Amrabad Tiger Reserve (ATR) is located in which state?
Answer:Telangana - The Plan Bee, which won the Indian Railways ‘s Best Innovation Award, is associated to which railway zone?
Answer:Northeast Frontier Railway - The 2019 Women Startup Summit (WSS) is scheduled to be held in which city?
Answer:Kochi - Prasar Bharati has signed MoU with which IIT for research collaboration in newly emerging technologies?
Answer:IIT Kanpur - On which date, the 2019 edition of World Population Day (WPD) is observed?
Answer:July 11 - Who has been sworn-in as the new Prime Minister of Greece?
Answer:Kyriakos Mitsotakis - Which Indian movie has won the NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film at the 23rd Bucheon Film Festival 2019?
Answer:Gully Boy - Under whose chairmanship, the 2nd India-Russia Strategic Economic Dialogue (IRSED) was held in New Delhi?
Answer:Rajiv Kumar - Under which section of UAPA act of 1967, the Government of India (GoI) has banned Sikhs for Justice (SFJ)?
Answer:Section 3(1) - Which European country has decided to impose a green tax on plane tickets from 2020?
Answer:France - Which pharmaceutical company has become the India’s first company to launch Romiplostim to treat chronic ITP?
Answer:Intas - The Prosecco hills is located in which country?
Answer:Italy - Which IT company has partnered with AICTE to equip students with career skills?
Answer:TCS - Which Indian weightlifter has won Gold in 81 kg category at the 2019 Commonwealth Championships in Apia?
Answer:Ajay Singh - Who has been appointed as Secretary of Overseas Indian Affairs?
Answer:Vikas Swarup - Which is the India’s most expensive office location , as per Commercial Real Estate Services (CBRE)’s latest survey?
Answer:Connaught Place - The Operation Thirst has been launched by which Indian organisation?
Answer:Indian Railway - Which international organisation has released the 2019 global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI)?
Answer:UNDP - The Residential Asset Price Monitoring Survey (RAPMS) has been conducted by which Indian organisation?
Answer:RBI - Who has been elected as the new President of the European Parliament?
Answer:David Sassoli - Which state government has announced Rs 10k monthly allowance for Padma Shri awardees?
Answer:Odisha - The first-ever Global Conference for Media Freedom was held in which city?
Answer:London - The Film Division of India (FDI) has launched a documentary film club “KSHITIJ” in which city?
Answer:Mumbai - The Asia’s largest solar Power project is located in which district of Madhya Padesh?
Answer:Rewa - Who has been appointed as MD & CFO of the World Bank (WB)?
Answer:Anshula Kant - Anthony Amalraj is associated to which sports?
Answer:Table Tennis - M J Radhakrishnan, who passed away recently, was the renowned film maker of which regional cinema?
Answer:Malayalam - The first-ever Himalayan states’ conclave is slated to be held in which state?
Answer:Uttarakhand - Which Indian organization has collaborated with Ministry of Health to conduct largest pan-India oral health survey?
Answer:AIIMS - The rare footage of 1948 film Vande Mataram has become part of NFAI. The film was directed by whom?
Answer:Ram Gabale - The researchers of which country have found that Electronic cigarettes damage brain stem cells?
Answer:United States - The Agri-Business Incubation Centre in Raipur has been set up under which central scheme?
Answer:RAFTAAR - The 2019 Kharchi Puja Festival has celebrated in which state?
Answer:Tripura - Veer Chotrani is associated to which sports?
Answer:Squash - Who is the current director of Intelligence Bureau (IB)?
Answer:Arvind Kumar - Which state government has launched free crop insurance scheme for farmers?
Answer: West Bengal - Abburi Chaya Devi, who passed away recently, was the famous fiction writer of which language?
Answer: Telugu - What is the theme of the 2019 edition of World Vitiligo Day (WVD)?
Answer:The Quality of Life of a Vitiligo Patient - Who is the new Managing Director of National Housing Bank (NHB)?
Answer:Sarada Kumar Hota - Mohammed Baji, who passed away recently, was the eminent freedom fighter of which state?
Answer: Odisha - What is the theme of the 13th National Statistics Day (NSD-2019)?
Answer:Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - Who has become the first IPS Officer to complete ‘Seventh Summit’ Challenge?
Answer:Aparna Kumar - Which Indian politician has authored the book titled ‘The New Delhi Conspiracy’?
Answer:Meenakshi Lekhi - Which state government has launched Dastak campaign against AES & JE disease?
Answer:Uttar Pradesh
Which city is hosting the first-ever ISA’s joint security exercise “ISALEX19”?
Answer: Abu Dhabi - STRIDE, which is in news recently, is associated to ?
Answer:To boost research culture - On which date, the 2019 edition of International Olympic Day (IOD) is observed?
Answer:June 23 - The first-ever India International Cooperatives Trade Fair (IICTF) will be held in which city?
Answer:New Delhi - Which district administration of J&K has launched ‘Operation Khumaar’ to make 312 panchayats tobacco-free?
Answer: Rajouri - Santosh Rana, who passed away recently, was the veteran leader of which political party?
Answer:CPI (ML) - Who is the author of the book ‘A Prime Minister to Remember- Memories of a Military Chief’?
Answer:Sushil Kumar - The 21st Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship will be hosted by which state?
Answer:Odisha - India has inked Rs 200 crore defence deal with which country for ‘Strum Ataka’ anti-tank missile?
Answer:Russia - Which water conservation campaign has been launched by Central Government?
Answer:Jal Shakti Abhiyan - On which date, the 2019 edition of International Day of the Tropics is observed?
Answer:June 29 - Which country has officially resumed commercial whaling?
Answer:Japan - Which butterfly species has been officially declared as state butterfly of Tamil Nadu?
Answer:Cirrochroa thais - Indo-French Joint Air Exercise “Garuda-V” has started in which site?
Answer:Mont-de-Marsan - Which Indian scientist has been selected as the Co-Investigator for NASA’s PUNCH mission?
Answer:Dipankar Banerjee - Jaya Arunachalam, veteran social activist has passed away. She was from which state?
Answer:Tamil Nadu - Which public sector bank has signed MoU with NIIF to boost capital availability for infrastructure projects?
Answer:SBI - Which Indian personality has been elected as a member of International Olympic Committee (IOC)?
Answer:Narinder Batra - Impressed tortoise, which is in news recently, is discovered in which state?
Answer:Arunachal Pradesh - The first UIDAI-run Aadhaar Seva Kendra (ASK) operational in which city?
Answer:Delhi & Vijayawada - Where is the headquarters of Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) is located?
Answer:Hyderabad - Who is the author of the autobiography ‘Lessons Life Taught Me, Unknowingly”?
Answer:Anupam Kher - The 2nd edition of International Day of Parliamentarism (IDP-2019) was observed on which date?
Answer:June 30 - Who has been elected new chairman of Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN)?
Answer:Manoj Kumar Nambiar - Who is the head of the RBI committee to strengthen Core Investment Companies (CIC) framework?
Answer:Tapan Ray - What is the rank of the Indian passport at the 2019 Henley Passport Index?
Answer: 86th - Who is the head of the high-powered committee of Chief Ministers (CMs) to transform Indian agriculture?
Answer:Devendra Fadnavis - Babu Narayanan, who passed away recently, was the popular filmmaker of which regional cinema?
Answer: Malayalam - Ambati Rayudu, who recently retired from all forms of cricket, is from which state?
Answer:Andhra Pradesh - Dragonfly mission, which is in news to explore Saturn’s Moon Titan, is associated to which space agency?
Answer:NASA - Which state government has launched toll-free CM helpline 1076?
Answer:Uttar Pradesh - Which Indian sprinter has won gold in women’s 200 m at the Poznan Athletics Grand Prix in Poland?
Answer:Hima Das - The world’s largest burn and plastic surgery institute Institute has started functioning in which city?
Answer:Dhaka - Which international organisation has recently released its report ‘Working on a Warmer Planet”?
Answer:ILO - What is the theme of the 2019 edition of UN MSME Day?
Answer:Big Money For Small Business: Financing the SDGs - Which railway zone has commissioned the longest electrified tunnel in Indian Railways?
Answer:South Central Railway - Which Indian business leader will receive 2019 Global excellence awards from US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF)?
Answer:Ajay Banga - Who is the author of the book ‘Whispers of Time’?
Answer:Krishna Saksena - Where is the headquarters of National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR)?
Answer:Hyderabad - The scientists of India and which country have identified a new gene linked to schizophrenia?
Answer:Australia - MOSAiC mission, which is in news recently, is a year-long expedition into which ocean?
Answer:Arctic ocean - Which city of Rajasthan has recently declared UNESCO World Heritage site?
Answer:Jaipur - The Government of India (GoI) has signed pact with which tech company for pilot study on using AI in Agriculture?
Answer:IBM - On which date, the 2019 edition of National Doctor’s Day (NDD) is celebrated in India?
Answer:July 1 - Damnganga-Pinjal river inter-linking project, sometimes seen in news, is associated to which state?
Answer:Maharashtra - Ikram Ali Khil, who broke Sachin Tendulkar’s rare World Cup record, is from which country?
Answer:Afghanistan - Which state has topped the NITI Aayog’s 2019 AMFFR Index?
Answer:Maharashtra - The Athi Varadar festival has started in which state?
Answer:Tamil Nadu - Which ancient site of Iraq has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
Answer:Babylon