200 Best Current Affairs July'19 English Part 2 - Free PDF Download
200 Best Current Affairs July'19 English Part 2 - Free PDF Download
200 Best Current Affairs July'19 English Part 2 - Free PDF Download
Q) Which Bengali film has bagged four awards at 9th edition of the SAARC film festival
2019?
A. Nagarkirtan
B. Bhobishyoter Bhoot
C. Kolkatay Kohinoor
D. Mukhomukhi
Appointment of Governors:
Anandi Ben Patel : New Governor of Uttar Pradesh ( Earlier Madhy Pradesh)
Lal Ji Tandon : Madhya Pradesh (Earlier Bihar)
Phagu Chauhan : Governor of Bihar.
Jagdeep Dhankhar : Governor of West Bengal
Ramesh Bais : Tripura Governor.
R N Ravi : Nagaland Governor
Anusuiya Uikey : Governor of Chhattisgarh.
Biswa Bhusan Harichandan : Governor of Andhra Pradesh
Kalraj Mishra : Governor of Himachal Pradesh
Acharya Devvrat : Governor of Gujarat ( Earlier Himachal Pradesh)
Q) FIFA U-17 World Cup, will be held in which country from 26 October 2019?
A. Peru
B. Mexico
C. Brazil
D. Canada
Q) Who has been named as the interim coach of the USA cricket team?
A. Ajit Agarkar
B. Kiran More
C. Saba Kareem
D. Mohammad Kaif
Q) In Madhya Pradesh, the first international flight from Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar
International Airport of Indore left for which city?
A. Riyadh
B. Dubai
C. Sharjah
D. Doha
Q) The Union Environment Ministry has selected how many beaches in India to compete
for a ‘Blue Flag’ certification?
A. Ten
B. Twelve
C. Twenty
D. Fifteen
Q) The High Court judges of which state have resolved to censure the salutations “My
Lord” and “Your Lordship” from courtroom protocol?
A. Madhya Pradesh
B. Gujarat
C. Rajasthan
D. Bihar
Q) The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup 2020 will be held in
which country?
A. Brazil
B. China
C. Japan
D. India
Q) Which country has become the 76th country to join International Solar Alliance?
A. Palau
B. United kingdom
C. Vietnam
D. Nigeria
71st - Japan
72nd - Argentina
73rd – Saudi A rabia
74th - Bolivia
75th - United kingdom
76th - Palau
Q) 44th session of the World Heritage Committee will be hosted by which country in 2020?
A. Australia
B. France
C. China
D. Spain
Q) Which of the following countries has laid the foundation stone of Baba Guru Nanak
University?
A. Canada
B. Pakistan
C. Nepal
D. USA
Q) Which of the following peronalities has been selected for the Sangeet Natak Akademi
Fellow (Akademi Ratna) for year 2018?
A. Zakir Hussain
B. Sonal Mansingh
C. Jatin Goswami
D. All of the Above
Q) Which of the following shooters has won the gold medal in women's 10m air rifle at the
Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany?
A. Mehuli Ghosh
B. Shreya Agrawal
C. Elavenil Valarivan
D. Gaaythri Nithyanadam
Q) The Supreme Court of India has constituted a three member high powered committee
to urgently frame and implement an emergency response plan for the protection of which
Bird Species?
A. Great Indian Bustard
B. Lesser Florican
C. Red Headed Vulture
D. A & C
E. A & B
F. B & C
Q) United states has celebrated which mission’s 50th year anniversary on 16 july 2019?
A. Pioneer 1
B. Mariner 4
C. Viking 1
D. Apollo 11
Q) Union Government is planning to increase the total production of coal in the country to
one billion tone by___________?
A. 2022-23
B. 2024-25
C. 2023-24
D. 2025-26
Q) Which company has launched a JEE Ready App to foray into education sector in India?
A. Facebook
B. Google
C. Microsoft
D. Amazon
Q) Sports and Youth Affairs Minister has conferred Arjuna Awards to which women
cricketer recently?
A. Mithali Raj
B. Smriti Mandhana
C. Jhulan Goswami
D. Harmanpreet Kaur
Q) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has launched Jan Jagrukta Abhiyaan in which
city recently?
A. Bengaluru
B. Gurugram
C. New Delhi
D. Kanpur
Q) Central Government has reduced the interest rate on General Provident Fund (GPF)
for July-September by 10 basis points to __________%?
A. 7.8 %
B. 7.9 %
C. 7.6 %
D. 7.7 %
Q) WHO has declared ebola outbreak in which country a global health emergency?
A. Niger
B. Algeria
C. Senegal
D. DRC
Q) Which women weightlifter has won 4 gold medals for India at the Open Asian
Powerlifting Championships of AWPC/ WPC ?
A. Saikhom Mirabai Chanu
B. Swati Singh
C. Santoshi Matsa
D. Bhavna Tokekar
Q) The Government of India has approved a project to build the India-based Neutrino
Observatory (INO) in which District of Tamil Nadu?
A. Theni
B. Vellore
C. Thanjavur
D. Karur
Q) As per the recent report by the Botanical Survey of India (BSI), which state has the
highest number of orchid species in India ?
A. Odisha
B. Sikkim
C. Arunachal Pradesh
D. Assam
Q) Name the Indian Naval Ship which will embark on a two-month-long Sagar Maitri
Mission-2?
A. INS Sagardhwani
B. INS Jamuna
C. INS Sarvekshak
D. INS Deepak
Q) Asian Development Bank has lowered the India’s GDP growth rate to ________% for
the fiscal year 2020?
A. 7.1 %
B. 7.2 %
C. 7 %
D. 6.9 %
The Economic Survey expects India's gross domestic product (GDP) to grow at 7% for
financial year 2019-20
IMF : India’s economy is set to grow at 7.0 percent in 2019, picking up to 7.2 percent in
2020.
World Bank : growth in India is projected at 7.5 per cent in Fiscal Year 2019/20
(April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020)
OECD : India is projected to strengthen to close to 7.25% in FY19 and close to 7.5% in
FY20.
Q) Which campaign of the Tourism Ministry, has won the Pacific Asia Travel Association
(PATA) Gold Award, 2019?
A. Find the Incredible You
B. Design your own bucket
C. Brave And Beautiful
D. Ride Your Independence
Q) The government has planned to set up _________ Ayush wellness centres in the country
in FY 2019-20?
A. 3,500
B. 1,200
C. 4,200
D. 5,300
Q) The two new distrcits - Tenkasi District and Chengalpet District will be formed in which
state?
A. Andhra Pradesh
B. Kerala
C. Karnataka
D. Tamil Nadu
Q)Who has become the sixth Indian to be Inducted into ICC Hall of Fame?
A. Sourav Ganguly
B. VVS laxman
C. Sachin Tendulkar
D. Ajit Agarkar
Indian Ambassador to
USA – Harsh Vardhan Shringla
Pakistan – Ajay Bisaria
SL – Taranjit Singh Sandhu
Nepal – Manjeev Singh Puri
Bhutan – Ruchira Kamboj
China - Vikram Misri
Q) Who among the following has been appointed as Private Secretary to Prime Minister
Narendra Modi?
A. Abhay Thakur
B. Kamal Chauhan
C. Manish Singh
D. Vivek Kumar
Q) Who is the author of the book “Kargil: Untold stories from the War”?
A. Rachna Bisht Rawat
B. Sheila Bhatia
C. Shweta Taneja
D. Urvashi Vaid
Q)Which Indian sports person has been nominated for the International Association of
Athletics Federations Veteran Pin?
A. Anuradha Biswal
B. P. T. Usha
C. Sapna Punia
D. Anju Bobby George
Q) The $50 million Rhino Impact Bonds (RIB) which will be the world's first such financial
instrument is launched by which Zoological Society?
A. London
B. Paris
C. Oslo
D. Berlin
Q) The 5th edition of the International Police Expo 2019 was organized in which city?
A. Bengaluru
B. Ranchi
C. Dehradun
D. New Delhi
Q) Who has been appointed as the Chairperson, Inland Waterways Authority of India?
A. Amita Prasad
B. Arun Kumar Jha
C. Kiran Patidar
D. Suresh Kumar
Q) The Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal
“Nishank” has launched a University Grants Commission (UGC) scheme named “what”?
A. Bodhi
B. GyanSagar
C. Parichay
D. Paramarsh
Q) Former Chief Minister of Delhi Sheila Dikshit who passed away on 20 July 2019 was the
former Governor of which state?
A. Jharkhand
B. Punjab
C. Kerala
D. Goa
Q) Which country has won the 2nd edition of Intercontinental Cup football tournament?
A. North Korea
B. Tajikistan
C. India
D. Syria
2019 A f r ic a C u p o f N a t io n s
Algeria defeated Senegal 1–0 in t h e f in a l
Q) Which Ministry has rolled out a scheme ‘Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre
(I4C)’ for the period 2018-2020?
A. Ministry of Communications
B. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
C. Ministry of Home Affairs
D. Ministru of Law and Justice
Q) Benjamin Netanyahu has become the longest serving Prime Minister of Israel,
overthrew the record set by whom?
A. David Ben-Gurion
B. Ehud Olmert
C. Shimon Peres
D. Golda Meir
Q) Who has been elected as the Chairman of Commonwealth Table Tennis Federation
(CTTF)?
A. Trevor Taylor
B. Carole Knight
C. Alan Ransome
D. Vivek Kohli
Q)Which Payments Bank has shut down its operations within 18 months of getting the
license from RBI?
A. Aditya Birla
B. India Post
C. Fino
D. Airtel
Q)Who has won women’s singles title of Indonesia Open 2019 (Badminton)?
A. P.V.Sindhu
B. Chen Yufei
C. Nozomi Okuhara
D. Akane Yamaguchi
Q) 11th edition of the biennial DefExpo will be held in which city in 2020?
A. Bhopal
B. Lucknow
C. New Delhi
D. Pune
Q) Who has secured first position at FGC CALLAWAY Junior World Golf Championship
2019?
A. Joshua Bai
B. Jeremy Chen
C. Arjun Bhati
D. Andre Zhu
Q) Which country has won 21st Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship in women’s
team category?
A. England
B. India
C. Germany
D. Japan
Q) India and which country will carry out a military exercise called ‘Hand-in-Hand’ in
Meghalaya in December 2019?
A. Japan
B. Singapore
C. Nepal
D. China
Q)Which of the following Central Armed Police Forces has unveiled country's first body
protector for women personnel in combat?
A. CRPF
B. ITBP
C. NSG
D. BSF
Q) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated 1000 meter long Ujh Bridge in which
district of J&K?
A. Kathua district
B. Samba district
C. Doda district
D. Rajouri district
Q) Once Chandrayaan-2 reaches to south pole region of lunar terrain, India will become
the______ever nation to have a soft-landing on the moon?
A. First
B. Second
C. Third
D. Fourth
Q) Name the India’s long-distance runner who has been handed a two-year suspension by
the IAAF’s Athletics Integrity Unit for a doping violation?
A. Sanjivani Jadhav
B. Lalita Babar
C. Suman Rawat
D. Monika Athare
Q) Which country has recently destroyed its space station named Tiangong-2?
A.Japan
B.Russia
C.China
D.Israel
Q) “Smart Agricopter” which is a drone has been developed by the students of which IIT
institution?
A. IIT Delhi
B. IIT Roorkee
C. IIT Hyderabad
D. IIT Madras
Q) Name the Golfer who has won the British Open 2019 title?
A. Shane Lowry
B. Tommy Fleetwood
C. Justin Rose
D. Tiger Woods
Q) Yukiya Amano who passed away recently was the Director General of which
organization?
A. UN Human Rights Council
B. United Nations Organisation
C. European Commission
D. International Atomic Energy Agency
Q) The railways ministry has sought the approval of the Union cabinet to build three new
dedicated freight corridor (DFC) networks at a total investment of about ₹_______ trillion
A. 3 Trillion
B. 2 Trillion
C. 4 Trillion
D. 1 Trillion
Q) Who has been chosen for the Sangita Kalanidhi award of the Music Academy?
A. S. Sowmya
B. Aruna Sairam
C. Vidya Subramanian
D. T. Muktha
Q) Vivo has roped in which Bollywood actress to endorse its upcoming Sseries range of
smartphones?
A. Alia Bhatt
B. Kiara Advani
C. Sara Ali Khan
D. Janhvi Kapoor
Q) Who will take over as the Vice Chief of Army Staff from August 31?
A. Lt Gen Devraj Anbu
B. Lt Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane
C. Lt Gen Ashwani Kumar
D. Lt Gen S K Srivastava
Q) The government has set a target for the installation of Rooftop Solar projects of
__________MegaWatt by 2022 in the country?
A. 30,000 MW
B. 25,000 MW
C. 50,000 MW
D. 40,000 MW
Q) Boris Johnson has been elected as new Prime Minister of which country?
A. Germany
B. Sweden
C. Argentina
D. United Kingdom
Q) 113th Birth Anniversary of which freedom fighter was observed on 23 July 2019?
A. Chandra Shekhar Azad
A. Surendranath Banerjee
B. Birsa Munda
C. Jayaprakash Narayan
Q) Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has launched a lightweight bullet proof jacket
named what at International Police Expo 2019?
A. Bhabha Kavach
B. Yudhh Kavach
C. Karna Kavach
D. Surya Kavach
Q) 13th edition of the annual Global Healthcare Summit(GHS) was held in which city?
A. Chennai
B. Hyderabad
C. Mumbai
D. Lucknow
Q) Which state government has decided to bring legislation in the Assembly for ensuring
the job security of Journalists in the State?
A. Uttar Pradesh
B. Assam
C. Manipur
D. West Bengal
Q) India’s first govt Wild Bird Rescue Centre is set to come up at which city?
A. Shimla
B. Amravati
C. Pune
D. New Delhi
Q) Which state has become first in the country to reserve 75% private jobs for locals?
A. Maharashtra
B. Andhra Pradesh
C. Rajasthan
D. Tamil Nadu
Q) Which state has passed a bill providing 27 per cent reservation for Other Backward
Classes (OBCs) in the state?
A. Rajasthan
B. Chhattisgarh
C. Madhya pradesh
D. Uttar Pradesh
Q) Who has been appointed as the Chairperson of the International Cricket Council’s
(ICC) Financial and Commercial Affairs Committee?
A. Wasim Akram
B. Sunil Gavaskar
C. Ehsan Mani
D. Kumar Sangakkara
Q) Sri Lanka has included which two countries in the free visaon-arrival scheme to revive
the country’s tourism sector?
A. India and China
B. China and Pakistan
C. Nepal and China
D. Bhutan and India
Q) Central government has reconstituted the Group of Ministers(GoM) on preventing
sexual harassment at workplace under the chairmanship of?
A. Smriti Irani
B. Maneka Gandhi
C. Amit Shah
D. Suresh prabhu
Q) M-Pesa - a mobile phone-based banking service which has has closed its operations in
India was operated by which tele company?
A. Idea
B. Vodafone
C. Airtel
D. Jio
Q) The Indian armed forces are all set to conduct the country’s firstever space warfare
exercise named what?
A. IndSpaceEx
B. BharatSpace
C. ArmSpaceEx
D. SPaceForceEx
Q) Reserve Bank of India has assigned the monetary policy portfolio and forecasting
department to whom?
A. N S Vishwanathan
B. Viral Acharya
C. B P Kanungo
D. M K Jain
Q) Name the Virtual Museum software that has been developed by Human Centres Design
and Computing Group, C-DAC, Pune or the Digitization of Archaeological Museum?
A. PRATHAM
B. JATAN
C. RATAN
D. VATAN
Q) Who is the author of the book Chandra Shekhar – The Last Icon of Ideological Politics?
A. Harivansh Narayan Singh
B. Shashi Tharoor
C. Praban Mukherjee
D. Piyush Goyal
Q) The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has decalred Masai
giraffes as _________?
A. Vulnerable
B. Critically Endangered
C. Endangered
D. Extinct
Q) Which of the following cities has become the world’s first National Park City?
A. New York
B. London
C. Madrid
D. Stockholm
Q) What was the the central theme of this year's celebrations of Kargil Vijay Diwas?
A. Remember, Rejoice and Renew
B. Immortals of National Heroes
C. Valour, Bravery and Remembrance
D. Sung The Glory Together
Q) Which IIT institutions has developed an app named ‘CARE4U’ for elderly people?
A. IIT Hyderabad
B. IIT Madras
C. IIT Delhi
D. IIT Kharagpur
Q) The BCCI has approved the Indian Cricketers Association (ICA). Who will be the
director of ICA?
A. Kapil Dev
B. Ajit Agarkar
C. Shantha Rangaswamy
D. All of the Above
Q)The Western Railway (WR) has opened the first printing press heritage gallery of the
Indian Railways in which city?
A. Pune
B. Mumbai
C. Ahmedabad
D. Vadodara
Q) Who has broke the Michael Phelps’ long-standing world record in the 200 metres
butterfly at the World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju?
A. Kristof Milak
B. Ryan Lochte
C. Adam Peaty
D. Alain Bernard
Q) The House of Lords (United Kingdom Parliament, London) has awarded whom the
‘Indian Woman of Influence’ award?
A. Bina Mehta
B. Mira Kaushi
C. Kiran Khatri
D. Priya Priyadarshini
Q)Which Central Armed Police Forces has launched an online encyclopedia called
Securitypedia?
A. Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
B. Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)
C. National Security Guard (NSG)
D. Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)
Q) Which country will host the 2020 Under-20 Women's Football World Cup?
A. India
B. China
C. Nigeria
D. Italy
Q) The Board of Control for Cricket in India has selected which company as the new
sponsor of Indian Cricket Team from September 2019?
A. BYJU’s
B. OPPO
C. Vivo
D. Samsung
Q) Who has been appointed as the chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC)?
A. Venkaiah Naidu
B. Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
C. Thawar Chand Gehlot
D. Jairam Ramesh
Q)The Third edition of Global Ayurveda Summit 2019 will be held in which city?
A. New Delhi
B. Dispur
C. Raipur
D. Kochi
Q) Which marine species has become the first species to be declared endangered as a result
of deep-sea mining by IUCN?
A. Scaly-Foot Snail
B. Green Sea Turtle
C. Harbor Seal
D. Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Q) The Union health ministry has constituted a 22-member Medical Devices Technical
Advisory Group (MDTAG) committee for regulation of medical devices, who will head this
committee?
A. Randeep Guleria
B. Suneeta Reddy
C. Dr. V.G. Somani
D. Jayshreeben Mehta
Q) Which Indian Naval Ship is going to participate in Russian Navy Day Parade?
A. INS Sujata
B. INS Kirpan
C. INS Kullish
D. INS Tarkash
Q) Which company has received a non-banking finance company (NBFC) license from the
Reserve Bank of India?
A. Cars24
B. Droom
C. Carwale
D. CarGurus
Q) A Committee constituted by RBI, headed by UK Sinha, has recommended that the limit
for collateral free lending should be increased to Rs ____________lakh for MSMEs and
Self-Help Groups (SHGs)?
A. Rs 10 lakh
B. Rs 20 lakh
C. Rs 15 lakh
D. Rs 25 lakh
Q) Central Reserve Police Force observed its ________ Raising day on 27 July 2019?
A. 75th
B. 69th
C. 55th
D. 81st
Q)Who is the author of the book "Indo-Pak Relations: Beyond Pulwama and Balakot”?
A. UV Singh
B. Natwar Singh
C. Amartya Sen
D. Arun Shourie
Q) The GST Council has decided to reduce GST Rate on Electrical Vehicles from 12 per
cent to ______ per cent?
A. 10 %
B. 7 %
C. 5 %
D. 9 %
Q) India observed the fourth death anniversary of APJ Abdul Kalam on 27 July. He was
the _____th President of India?
A. 12th
B. 10th
C. 9th
D. 11th
Q) Nandan Nilekani has announced an industry body called _________ which will help
individuals and small businesses share their digital financial data with third-parties in a
safe and secure manner?
A. Sahamati
B. Suvidha
C. Nipun
D. Pragatisheel
Q)Which country is going to resume the use of death penalty after 16-years of break?
A. Australia
B. United States
C. France
D. Ireland
Q) Who has won the People’s Choice Award at 2019 Revere Beach International Sand
Sculpting Festival in U.S?
A. Dan Belcher
B. Sudarsan Pattnaik
C. Helena Bangert
D. Michel Lepire
Q) Which state ranks top in the installation of rooftop solar projects across the country?
A. Maharashra
B. Tamil Nadu
C. Gujarat
D. Rajasthan
Q) The Singapore-headquartered Global Indian International School (GIIS) will launch
India’s first SMART campus in which city?
A. Pune
B. Jammu
C. Amravati
D. Raipur
Q) As per the All India Tiger Estimation Results which state has the highest number of
tigers?
A. Madhya Pradesh
B. Karnataka
C. Uttarakhand
D. Uttar Pradesh
Q) Who has been appointed the next Director General of the Border Security Force (BSF)?
A. Rajni Kant Misra
B. V K Johri
C. Prashant Khare
D. Niraj Sinha
Q) Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has invited which country to be the
partner country for this year's 'Gita Jayanti Mahotsav‘?
A. China
B. Japan
C. Nepal
D. Sri Lanka
Q) Donkupar Roy who passed away recently was the CM of which state?
A. Assam
B. Manipur
C. Arunachal Pradesh
D. Meghalaya
Q) Which state has launched the Automated Multimodal Biometric Identification System
(AMBIS) for crime detection?
A. Maharashtra
B. Gujarat
C. Rajasthan
D. Bihar
Q) Which Tiger Reserve has received the best managed tiger reserve award from the Union
ministry of environment, forest and climate change?
A. Sathyamangalam tiger reserve
B. Kanha tiger reserve
C. Pench tiger reserve
D. Orang tiger reserve
Q) Pakistan has opened which 1,000-year-old Hindu temple in Sialkot for “worship” after
72 years?
A. Balmiki Mandir
B. Araya Temple
C. Shawala Teja Singh Temple
D. Goraknath Mandir
Q) Which Railway zone has introduced pink coaches in trains to particularly facilitate the
female passengers?
A. Northeast Frontier
B. South Eastern
C. North Central
D. Konkan Railway