SBI Clerk Main Current Affairs Questions | 7th August

SBI Clerk Current Affairs Quiz

The Current Affairs section comes under the General Awareness which is as important as the formulas are for mathematics calculations, so this section is one that needs your undivided attention. You cannot pile up all the news and read them in a go, you need to be up to the mark when it comes to daily affairs of the world. So here in Adda247, we prepare quizzes on daily news that holds importance considering the banking examinations, like LIC ADO mains, IBPS RRB mains, IBPS PO/Clerk and many more. SBI Clerk 2019 is just one step away & you need to ace the mains examination for this you will have to compete with thousands. So to help you out in the finals, here is the 2nd August 2019 Quiz on the current affairs of the previous day.

Q1. Name the district of punjab which have launched a 3-D Smart Traffic Signal which consists of sensors which would automatically switch on the green and red signals depending upon the number of vehicles coming from that particular side.

Faridkot

Amritsar

Mohali

Jalandhar

Bathinda

Solution:

Punjab's district Mohali have launched a 3-D Smart Traffic Signal which consists of sensors which would automatically switch on the green and red signals depending upon the number of vehicles coming from that particular side.

Q2. Name the South African bowler who has recently announced his retirement from Test cricket and has also played 93 Tests for South Africa.

Imran Tahir

Dale Steyn

Vernon Philander

Chris Morris

Morne Morkel

Solution:

South African bowler Dale Steyn has announced his retirement from Test cricket. He has played 93 Tests for South Africa.

Q3. The 3rd edition of India’s largest education brainstorming event, the ScooNews Global Educators Fest (SGEF) will held in ..................

Jodhpur

Barmer

Jaipur

Udaipur

Kota

Solution:

The 3rd edition of India’s largest education brainstorming event, the ScooNews Global Educators Fest (SGEF) will held in the city of lakes, Udaipur.

Q4. Name an initiative recently launched by Maharashtra minister Sudhir Mungantiwar to train athletes from Chandrapur and Gadchiroli for international events like the Olympics.

Mission Khiladi

Mission Shakti

Mission Olympics

Mission Padak

Mission Maharathi

Solution:

Mission Shakti was launched as an initiative by Maharashtra minister Sudhir Mungantiwar to train athletes from Chandrapur and Gadchiroli for international events like the Olympics.

Q5. Name the Indian wrestler who has won gold medal in the women’s 53kg category event at Poland Open wrestling tournament held in Warsaw.

Vinesh Phogat

Sakhshi Malik

Kavita Devi

Roksana

Geeta Phogat

Solution:

Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat has won gold medal in the women’s 53kg category event at Poland Open wrestling tournament held in Warsaw.

Q6. 5 Anti-Riot police vehicle which comes with special features for quick response, automatic multi-barrel launchers for tear gas, with a capacity of 12 persons and a battery backup for long hours was flagged off from Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh. The Anti-Riot police vehicle is also known as ..................

Drona

Kaumodaki

Vajra

Sudarshana Chakra

Trishula

Solution:

5 Anti-Riot police vehicle which is also known as "Vajra" comes with special features for quick response, automatic multi-barrel launchers for tear gas, with a capacity of 12 persons and a battery backup for long hours was flagged off from Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh.

Q7. The 2nd All India Annual Conference of Indian Information Service Officers was organized with a view to attain greater integration of all Media Units under the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting was held in ................

Bangaluru

New Delhi

Hyderabad

Patna

Kolkata

Solution:

The 2nd All India Annual Conference of Indian Information Service Officers was organized with a view to attain greater integration of all Media Units under the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting was held in New Delhi.

Q8. Which state assembly has recently passed Bills against mob lynching and honour killing, making them the cognisable, non–bailable and non-compoundable offences with life imprisonment and a fine up to Rs 5 lakh?

Punjab

Bihar

Jharkhand

Rajasthan

West bengal

Solution:

Rajasthan assembly has recently passed Bills against mob lynching and honour killing, making them the cognisable, non–bailable and non-compoundable offences with life imprisonment and a fine up to Rs 5 lakh.

Q9. Name an Indian off-spinner who has been named as Professional Cricketers Association’s Player of the month of July 2019.

Yuzvender Chahal

Harbhajan Singh

Ravichandran Ashwin

Kuldeep Yadav

Washington Suder

Solution:

Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has been named as Professional Cricketers Association’s Player of the month of July 2019.

Q10. Name the country which was recently officially labeled by the United States as a “currency manipulator”.

North Korea

China

Zimbabwe

Venezuela

Vietnam

Solution:

China was recently officially labeled by the United States as a “currency manipulator”.

Q11. AustralianSuper and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan will invest $1 billion each in the NIIF Master Fund. NIIF stands for

National Innovation and Infrastructure Fund

Nominal Investment and Industrial Fund

National Investment and Industrial Fund

National Investment and Infrastructure Fund

Nominal Innovation and Infrastructure Fund

Solution:

AustralianSuper and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan will invest $1 billion each in the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) Master Fund.

Q12. The Super-Earth planet named GJ 357 d was discovered in early 2019 owing to NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). Where is the headquarter of NASA?

Washington, D.C.

New York

Boston

Chicago

California

Solution:

The Super-Earth planet named GJ 357 d was discovered in early 2019 owing to NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). Headquarter of NASA is Washington, D.C.

Q13. Scientists of Swinburne University of Technology have developed an automated system that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to detect and capture fast radio bursts (FRBs) in real-time. Swinburne University of Technology is located in ...................

Japan

China

India

Russia

Australia

Solution:

Scientists from Australia based Swinburne University of Technology have developed an automated system that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to detect and capture fast radio bursts (FRBs) in real-time.

Q14. The Centre has approved a Kosi-Mechi river interlining project worth Rs 4,900 crore in ................

Rajasthan

Bihar

Tamil nadu

Kerala

Haryana

Solution:

The Centre has approved a Kosi-Mechi river interlining project worth Rs 4,900 crore in Bihar.

Q15. The 2nd All India Annual Conference of Indian Information Service Officers was organized with a view to attain greater integration of all Media Units under the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. Who is the Union Minister of Information & Broadcasting Ministry?

Amit Shah

Piyush Goyal

Rajnath Singh

Suresh Prabhu

Prakash Javadekar

Solution:

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