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Careers360: Current Affairs 29th Jan - 4th Feb, 2019
Current Affairs from 29th January 2019 to 4th February 2019
Sports
1. Recently which Indian bowler has been suspended by ICC from bowling in International
Cricket?
1) Varon Aron
2) Umesh Yadav
3) Ambati Rayudu
4) Mohammed Shami
Ans – 3
National
2. Which city among the following is hosting the first-ever national conference on ‘prison
design’?
1) Hyderabad
2) Visakhapatnam
3) Chennai
4) Bengaluru
Ans – 2
National
3. The first cash and carry store of the common service centres (CSCs) under digital India
mission has been opened in which among the following districts of Uttar Pradesh?
1) Allahabad
2) Ayodhya
3) Lucknow
4) Muradabad
Ans – 4
International
4. Which country has planned to form safe zones in Syria to enable safe return of Syrian
refugees hosted by Turkey?
1) Canada
2) Saudi Arabia
3) US
4) Turkey
Ans – 4
InternationalCareers360: Current Affairs 29th Jan - 4th Feb, 2019
5. Which country has signed an agreement with OECD for participation in PISA 2021?
1) Sri Lanka
2) Pakistan
3) Bhutan
4) India
Ans – 4
National
6. When is the Beating the Retreat ceremony held every year?
1) January 28th
2) January 29th
3) January 30th
4) January 31st
Ans – 2
Awards
7. How many people were honoured with the Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak for their
meritorious act of saving the life of a person in 2018?
1) 8
2) 25
3) 11
4) 15
Ans – 1
National
8. As per the revised GST norms, the GST on ‘HAJ’ has been reduced from 18 % to how much
%?
1) 5 %
2) 8 %
3) 10 %
4) 15 %
Ans – 1
National
9. With which nation India has signed a protocol regarding the export of Indian tobacco leaves?
1) Afghanistan
2) China
3) Nepal
4) BangladeshCareers360: Current Affairs 29th Jan - 4th Feb, 2019
Ans – 2
International
10. In which country the confidential data of nearly 14,000 HIV positive people has been leaked?
1) Singapore
2) Indonesia
3) Thailand
4) Philippines
Ans – 1
Obituaries
11. Former Union Minister George Fernandes passed away on January 29, 2019. He served
which Ministry under the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA government?
1) Railways Ministry
2) Finance Ministry
3) Defence Ministry
4) Commerce Ministry
Ans – 3
National
12. Which Ministry signed an MOU with the National Council of Applied Economic Research for
improving the official statistical system?
1) Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
2) Ministry of Finance
3) Ministry of Commerce & Industry
4) Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Ans – 1
National
13. Who is the chairman of the High Level Committee which recently approved the additional
Central assistance from National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) of Rs 7214.03 crore to 6
States and one Union Territory affected by natural disasters?
1) Sushma Swaraj
2) Arun Jaitley
3) Rajnath Singh
4) Ram Nath Kovind
Ans – 3
NationalCareers360: Current Affairs 29th Jan - 4th Feb, 2019
14. Which word was declared as the 'Hindi Word of the Year 2018' by the Oxford Dictionary?
1) Aadhaar
2) Nari Shakti
3) Bahubali
4) Vikaas
Ans – 2
International
15. Which country recently declared sugarcane juice as their 'national drink'?
1) Afghanistan
2) India
3) Bangladesh
4) Pakistan
Ans – 4
Rankings
16. India ranked at which position on the Corruption Perceptions Index 2018?
1) 99th
2) 78th
3) 68th
4) 57th
Ans – 2
Rankings
17. Which country topped the Corruption Perceptions Index 2018?
1) Denmark
2) New Zealand
3) Singapore
4) UK
Ans – 1
National
18. Uttar Pradesh Cabinet on January 29, 2019 approved the construction of a four-lane Ganga
Expressway connecting which city to Western Utter Pradesh?
1) Agra
2) Varanasi
3) Prayagraj
4) Lucknow
Ans – 3Careers360: Current Affairs 29th Jan - 4th Feb, 2019
National
19. Recently The 2nd edition of Pariksha Pe Charcha was held in which city?
1) New Delhi
2) Mumbai
3) Pune
4) Ranchi
Ans – 1
International
20. Suman Kumari recently became the first Hindu woman to be appointed as a civil judge of
which neighbouring country?
1) Nepal
2) Pakistan
3) Sri Lanka
4) Bangladesh
Ans – 2
International
21. Amnesty has urged travel sites to ban settlement listings in which nation?
1) Iran
2) Israel
3) Bahrain
4) Turkey
Ans – 2
National
22. The National Salt Satyagraha Memorial has been inaugurated in which state by Narendra
Modi?
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) Bihar
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Gujarat
Ans – 4
National
23. Which state has launched a special scheme to curb infant deaths?
1) Bihar
2) MaharashtraCareers360: Current Affairs 29th Jan - 4th Feb, 2019
3) Goa
4) Uttar Pradesh
Ans – 2
Banking/International
24. The central banks of which two nations have launched common digital currency called
'Aber'?
1) France, Germany
2) UAE, Saudi Arabia
3) Saudi Arabia, Qatar
4) Qatar, UAE
Ans – 2
National
25. Finance Minister Piyush Goyal will be presenting the Union Budget 2019-20 on February 1,
2019. This year Budget will be the Interim Budget. What is the other term used for Interim
Budget?
1) Demands for Grants
2) Guillotine
3) Vote on Account
4) Appropriation Bill
Ans – 3
National
26. Which organisation recently proposed a new set of relaxed norms for Real Estate Investment
Trusts (REITs) and Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs) to increase access to investors?
1) RBI
2) SEBI
3) FICCI
4) NITI Aayog
Ans – 2
National
27. The first project under the Swadesh Darshan Project was launched in which state of North-
East Region?
1) Sikkim
2) Manipur
3) Meghalaya
4) NagalandCareers360: Current Affairs 29th Jan - 4th Feb, 2019
Ans – 1
National
28. Which State presented its annual budget of Rs 19,548.69 crore for the year 2019-20 on
January 30, 2019?
1) Kerala
2) Puducherry
3) Jharkhand
4) Goa
Ans – 4
International
29. Which airlines recently resumed its services from New Delhi to the holy city of Najaf in Iraq
after 25 years?
1) Air India
2) Air Asia
3) Lufthansa
4) Tiger Air
Ans – 1
National
30. To provide assured income to small and marginal farmers, the Government has launched
which Kisan Yojana?
1) Pradhan mantri kisan samman nidhi
2) Pradhan mantri kisan yojana
3) Pradhan mantri kishi yojana
4) Pradhan mantri krishi sichai yojana
Ans – 1
Awards
31. Who has been conferred with the 2019 Bharat Ratna award, country's highest civilian
honour?
1) Pranab Mukherjee
2) Manmohan Singh
3) P. Chidambaram
4) Raghuram Rajan
Ans – 1
AwardsCareers360: Current Affairs 29th Jan - 4th Feb, 2019
32. Who among the following has been selected for Padam Shri 2019?
1) Bachendri Pal
2) Prabhu Deva
3) Teejan Bai
4) Nambi Narayan
Ans – 2
National
33. The Budget 2019 allocates how much amount of capital support for the Indian Railways in
2019-20?
1) Rs 36,292 crore
2) Rs 58,166 crore
3) Rs 64,587 crore
4) Rs 1,58, 658 crore
Ans – 3
National
34. Which region of Jammu & Kashmir got connected to the National Grid on February 3, 2019?
1) Amargarh
2) Ladakh
3) Srinagar
4) Shopian
Ans – 2
Important Days
35. When the World Cancer Day is celebrated every year?
1) 4 February
2) 5 February
3) 6 February
4) 7 February
Ans – 1
National
36. A new High Court for Andhra Pradesh will be built in which of the following state’s city?
1) Amravati
2) Vijayawada
3) Hyderabad
4) Nellore
Ans – 1Careers360: Current Affairs 29th Jan - 4th Feb, 2019
Commerce
37. Germany, France and the United Kingdom have officially set up a payment channel called
INSTEX with which country?
1) Italy
2) Russia
3) Denmark
4) Iran
Ans – 4
National
38. The National Human Rights Commission has issued notice to which state’s government over
death of three labourers?
1) Bihar
2) Rajasthan
3) Jharkhand
4) Uttar Pradesh
Ans – 4
International
39. Among the following for which nation The United Nations Security Council has adopted a
resolution to extend sanctions?
1) Central African Republic (CAR)
2) North Korea
3) Iran
4) Syria
Ans – 1
International
40. The United States has pulled of Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty with which
nation?
1) Russia
2) NATO
3) North Korea
4) Japan
Ans – 1
National
41. How many youth participated in the special workshop organised by the National Foundation
for Communal Harmony for past victims of communal violence?Careers360: Current Affairs 29th Jan - 4th Feb, 2019
1) 24
2) 42
3) 20
4) 25
Ans – 2
Appointments
42. Who has been appointed as the new CBI director on February 2?
1) M Nageswara Rao
2) Rakesh Asthana
3) Rishi Kumar Shukla
4) Alok Verma
Ans – 3
National
43. In the interim Budget 2019 speech given by interim Finance Minister Piyush Goyal, which
north-eastern state came to the air map recently with the clearance of the Hollongi airport?
1) Meghalaya
2) Sikkim
3) Manipur
4) Arunachal Pradesh
Ans – 4
National
44. Under the Union Government’s new scheme for the farmers, how much direct income
support will be provided in a year for those who own around 2 hectares of land?
1) Rs 5000
2) Rs 8000
3) Rs 6000
4) Rs 12000
Ans – 3
National
45. According to the Union Government, how many LPG connections have already been
distributed under PM Ujjwala Yojana?
1) 8 crore
2) 5 crore
3) 3 crore
4) 6 croreCareers360: Current Affairs 29th Jan - 4th Feb, 2019
Ans – 4
National
46. The government has decided to set up Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog for the welfare of which
animal?
1) Cow
2) Tiger
3) Rhino
4) Goat
Ans – 1
National
47. The Union Government is planning to introduce container cargo movement to the North East
through which river?
1) Ganga
2) Brahmaputra
3) Yamuna
4) Godavari
Ans – 2
National/Budget
48. As per the Interim Budget 2019-20, how much amount has been allocated for the Mahatma
Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)?
1) Rs 19000 Crore
2) Rs 24000 Crore
3) Rs 48000 Crore
4) Rs 60000 Crore
Ans – 4
National/Budget
49. As per the Interim Budget 2019-20, The 22nd All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)
will be set up in which state?
1) Haryana
2) J & K
3) Bihar
4) Assam
Ans – 1
National/BudgetCareers360: Current Affairs 29th Jan - 4th Feb, 2019
50. The Pradhan Mantri Shram-Yogi Maandhan scheme was announced in the Interim Budget
2019-20. Under the scheme, the workers will get what amount of pension after attaining the
age of 60 years?
1) Rs 1500
2) Rs 3000
3) Rs 4500
4) Rs 6000
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