Current Affairs Quiz - August, 2019

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1. Which technical giant has partnered with Apollo Hospitals to fight cardiovascular diseases?

[A] Facebook
[B] Infosys
[C] Microsoft
[D] Wipro

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2. Which Indian personality has been honoured with the prestigious 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award?

[A] K Sivan
[B] Anna Hazare
[C] Ravish Kumar
[D] Mary Kom

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3. Which state government has launched ‘Save Green, Stay Clean’ campaign?

[A] West Bengal
[B] Punjab
[C] Himachal Pradesh
[D] Haryana

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4. India’s first large-scale trial for VPM1002 & Immuvac is related to which disease?

[A] AIDS
[B] Malaria
[C] TB
[D] Polio

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5. Which Indian cricketer has been chosen as the July’s PCA player of the month?

[A] Cheteshwar Pujara
[B] Shikhar Dhawan
[C] Ajinkya Rahane
[D] R Ashwin

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6. Which Indian wrestler bagged gold in women’s 53kg category of the 2019 Poland Open wrestling tournament?

[A] Sakshi Malik
[B] Babita Kumari
[C] Vinesh Phogat
[D] Kavita Devi

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7. India’s first 3-D Smart Traffic Signal ‘Intelights’ has launched in which city?

[A] Lucknow
[B] Indore
[C] Jaipur
[D] Mohali

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8. Which city has been chosen as the venue for the main event of the 5th National Handloom Day (NHD)?

[A] Patna
[B] Udaipur
[C] Bhubaneswar
[D] Amravati

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9. Which union ministry has unveiled draft e-commerce norms for consumer protection?

[A] Ministry of Coal
[B] Ministry of Railways
[C] Ministry of Corporate Affairs
[D] Ministry of Consumer Affairs

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10. Which state government has launched a new higher education model “RACE”?

[A] Rajasthan
[B] Punjab
[C] Madhya Pradesh
[D] Odisha

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