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MONTHLY
CURRENT AFFAIRS
JULY 2019
• Date-wise Current Affairs MCQs with Answer
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• SBI and Associate banks
• Foreign banks branches in India
• Private-sector banks
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JUNE – 01 JUNE – 02
1. The 2019 Financial Literacy Week is an 1. Who has been sworn-in as new Prime
initiative of which of the following Indian Minister of Australia?
organizations? (a) Malcolm Turnbull
(a) RBI (b) Ken Wyatt
(b) Ministry of Finance (c) Peter Cosgrove
(c) SEBI (d) Scott Morrison
(d) IRDA Ans : (d)
Ans : (a) 2. Which Indian writer has been has been
2. Who is the head of the committee that announced as the 2019 winner of the
recently submitted the Draft National $100,000 Nine Dots Prize?
Education Policy (NEP) to the Union HRD
(a) K Joshi
Minister?
(b) Meera kumara
(a) Madhav Gadgil
(c) Annie Zaidi
(b) M Radhakrishnan
(c) K Kasturirangan (d) Yawar Ahmad
(d) M G K Menon Ans : (c)
Ans : (c) 3. On which date, the 2019 edition of
International Everest Day (IED) is observed
3. Who has become the first-ever spinner to
recently?
bowl the first over in a World Cup?
(a) May 27
(a) Dale Steyn
(b) May 29
(b) Hashim Amla
(c) Monty Panesar (c) May 30
(d) Imran Tahir (d) May 28
Ans : (d) Ans : (b)
4. Which state government has decided to ban 4. Gian Chand, the veteran Freedom Fighter
online food delivery without hygiene rating? has passed away. He was from which state?
(a) Punjab (a) Bihar
(b) Kerala (b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Karnataka (c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) Tamil Nadu (d) Punjab
Ans : (a) Ans : (c)
5. W hich state government has recently 5. Which state government has decided to set
banned Ads & sale of e-cigarettes? up India’s first ‘Blockchain District’?
(a) Uttar Pradesh (a) Karnataka
(b) Rajasthan (b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Madhya Pradesh (c) Telangana
(d) Karnataka (d) Jharkhand
Ans : (b) Ans : (c)Monthly Current Affairs 3
JUNE – 03 JUNE – 04
1. W ho has been appointed as the new 1. Which High Court has recently declared
National Security Advisor (NSA)? Animals as legal persons?
(a) Rajiv Mathur (a) Delhi High Court
(b) Dineshwar Sharma (b) Madras High Court
(c) Rajiv Jain (c) Punjab and Haryana High Court
(d) Ajit Doval (d) Bombay High Court
Ans : (d) Ans : (c)
2. Which football team has won the 2019 2. NGTS-4b, which is in news recently, is
Champions League trophy? associated to which of the following planets?
(a) FC Barcelona
(a) Neptune
(b) Tottenham Hotspur
(b) Uranus
(c) Liverpool FC
(c) Jupiter
(d) Real Madrid
(d) Mars
Ans : (c)
Ans : (a)
3. Ruma Guha Thakurta, who passed away
recently, was the veteran actress of which 3. Who has been appointed as new Goa’s
regional cinema? brand ambassador to promote yoga?
(a) Odia (a) Balkrishna
(b) Telugu (b) Namrata Menon
(c) Tamil (c) Jaggi Vasudev
(d) Bengali (d) Ramdev
Ans : (d) Ans : (b)
4. What is the theme of the 2019 edition of 4. Which President of India has been bestowed
World Milk Day (WMD)? with Mexico’s highest civilian award?
(a) Drink Move Be Strong (a) Pranab Mukherjee
(b) Drink Milk: Today & Everyday (b) A P J Abdul Kalam
(c) Drink Move Be Strong
(c) Pratibha Patil
(d) Raise a Glass
(d) Ram Nath Kovind
Ans : (b)
Ans : (c)
5. Which Indian-origin personality has been
appointed UN-Women Deputy Executive 5. Who took charge as the Union Minister in
Director? the newly formed Ministry of Jal Shakti?
(a) Anita Bhatia (a) Giriraj Singh
(b) Pramila Jain (b) Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
(c) Varsha Khanna (c) Mahendra Nath Pandey
(d) Kiran Sharma (d) Pralhad Joshi
Ans : (a) Ans : (b)4 Matrix Competitive Point | www.matrixcp.in
JUNE – 05 JUNE – 06
1. W hich city hosted the 14th summit of 1. Exercise ‘Kharga Prahar-2019’ has recently
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC- carried out by the Indian Army in which of
2019)? the following states?
(a) Baghdad (a) Haryana
(b) Damascus (b) Uttarkhand
(c) Mecca (c) Punjab
(d) Tehran (d) Jammu & Kashmir
Ans : (c) Ans : (c)
2. On which date, the 2019 edition of 2. Who has been chosen for the 2019 J C
International Day of Innocent Children Daniel Award?
Victims of Aggression is observed? (a) Sreekumaran Thampi
(a) June 2 (b) Sheela
(b) June 5 (c) Jose Prakash
(c) June 4 (d) Aranmula Ponnamma
(d) June 3 Ans : (b)
Ans : (c) 3. Dinyar Contractor, who passed away
3. Who has been sworn-in as the new president recently, was associated to which field?
of El Salvador? (a) Sports
(a) Nayib Bukele (b) Film Industry
(b) Mauricio Funes (c) Photography
(c) Antonio Saca (d) Arts
(d) Alfredo Cristiani Ans : (b)
Ans : (a) 4. Which Indian-American personality has been
4. The Aapki Beti scheme is associated to chosen for the USIBC Global Leadership
which of the following state governments? Awards 2019?
(a) Uttar Pradesh (a) Anand Chandrasekaran
(b) Chhattisgarh (b) Ashok Amritraj
(c) Madhya Pradesh (c) Sundar Pichai
(d) Rajasthan (d) Jay Chandrasekar
Ans : (d) Ans : (c)
5. W hich state government has recently 5. Which country’s women hockey team has
passed resolution to increase reservation for clinched the Cantor Fitzgerald U21
OBCs to 27 %? International title?
(a) Madhya Pradesh (a) India
(b) Rajasthan (b) China
(c) Haryana (c) Bhutan
(d) UP (d) Bangladesh
Ans : (a) Ans : (a)Monthly Current Affairs 5
JUNE – 07 JUNE – 08
1. What is the India’s rank at the first-ever SDG 1. Who will chair the Cabinet Committee on
Gender Index? Parliamentary Affairs?
(a) 106th (a) Rajnath Singh
(b) 95th (b) Narendra Modi
(c) 84th (c) Amit Shah
(d) 77th (d) Nirmala Sitharaman
Ans : (b) Ans : (a)
2. Laldingliana Sailo, who passed away 2. Which is the most congested city in the
recently, was the noted editor of which news world, according to TomTom Traffic Index
channel? 2018?
(a) Zee News (a) Lima
(b) Indian Express (b) New Delhi
(c) Doordarshan (c) Moscow
(d) The Hindu (d) Mumbai
Ans : (c) Ans : (d)
3. Who has been sworn-in as new Chief Justice 3. Who has won the 2019 Women’s Prize for
of the Delhi High Court? Fiction?
(a) Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel (a) Zadie Smith
(b) N V Ramana (b) Kamila Shamsie
(c) Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud (c) Tayari Jones
(d) Jasti Chelameswar (d) Kate Mosse
Ans : (a) Ans : (c)
4. India has recently notified a tax data pact 4. Who is the newly appointed vice chairman
with which of the following countries? of NITI Aayog?
(a) Panama Marshall (a) Rajiv Kumar
(b) Islands (b) V K Saraswat
(c) Cuba (c) Ramesh Chand
(d) Guatemala (d) V K Paul
Ans : (b) Ans : (a)
5. Which of the following metros has become 5. Sinai Peninsula, which is in news recently,
the India’s first project to receive power from is located in which of the following African
waste-to-energy? countries?
(a) Delhi Metro (a) Tunisia
(b) Chennai metro (b) Algeria
(c) Bengaluru metro (c) Egypt
(d) Kolkata metro (d) Libya
Ans : (a) Ans : (c)6 Matrix Competitive Point | www.matrixcp.in
JUNE – 09 JUNE – 10
1. What is the current repo rate in the second 1. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has
bi-monthly monetary policy review of RBI for recently signed pact with which company
FY20? to modernize air traffic management in India?
(a) 5.25% (a) Airbus
(b) 5.50% (b) Boeing
(c) 5.75% (c) Embraer
(d) 5.0% (d) Dassault Aviation
Ans : (c) Ans : (b)
2. Which country has recently launched Arctic 2. Who has become the first South Asian
train service? American woman to chair US House?
(a) Russia (a) Medha Yodh
(b) Germany (b) Kausalya Hart
(c) France (c) Pramila Jayapal
(d) United States (d) Gayatri Spivak
Ans : (a) Ans : (c)
3. Dzukou Valley, which is in news recently, is 3. Sidharth Rawat is associated to which
located in which of the following North-East sports?
states of India? (a) Table Tennis
(a) Assam (b) Tennis
(b) Mizoram (c) Football
(c) Nagaland (d) Badminton
(d) Arunachal Pradesh Ans : (b)
Ans : (c) 4. Which country has successfully launched
4. Who of the following players has become its first sea-based space rocket from Yellow
the India’s highest capped footballer? Sea?
(a) Jeje Lalpekhlua (a) Indonesia
(b) Sunil Chhetri (b) Vietnam
(c) Sandesh Jhingan (c) Japan
(d) Robin Singh (d) China
Ans : (b) Ans : (d)
5. Which social networking site has launched 5. The 2019 G-20 Finance Ministers’ meeting
its first interactive game show ‘Confetti’ in is scheduled to be held in which of the
India? following cities?
(a) Instagram (a) Fukuoka
(b) Pinterest (b) New Delhi
(c) Twitter (c) Hanoi
(d) Facebook (d) Kuala Lumpur
Ans : (d) Ans : (a)Monthly Current Affairs 7
JUNE – 11 JUNE – 12
1. Which Indian personality has been conferred 1. W hich state government has recently
Maldives’s ‘Nishan Izzuddin’ award? launched Pink Sarathi vehicles for women’s
(a) Sushma Swaraj safety?
(b) Ram Nath Kovind (a) Karnataka
(c) Narendra Modi (b) Kerala
(d) Nirmala Sitharaman (c) Uttar Pradesh
Ans : (c) (d) Jharkhand
Ans : (a)
2. ‘Gandhi Cycle Rally for Peace’ has recently
organized in which of the following countries? 2. Bancha, which has become the first Solar
Kitchen only village in India, is located in
(a) Oman
which district of Madhya Pradesh?
(b) Saudi Arabia
(a) Jabalpur
(c) South Africa
(b) Chhindwara
(d) Kenya (c) Bhopal
Ans : (b) (d) Betul
3. What is the theme of the 2019 edition of Ans : (d)
World Oceans Day (WOD)? 3. Who lifted the men’s singles title at the 2019
(a) Gender and Oceans French Open tennis tournament?
(b) Clean our Ocean! (a) Dominic Thiem
(c) Healthy Oceans, Healthy Planet (b) Rafael Nadal
(d) Our Oceans, Our Future (c) Novak Djokovic
Ans : (a) (d) Roger Federer
Ans : (b)
4. India has recently signed Rs 300 crore deal
with which country to procure 100 SPICE 4. Which of the following plays is/are written
bombs used in Balakot airstrike? by Girish Karnad, who passed away
recently?
(a) France
(a) Tughlaq
(b) Israel
(b) Yayati
(c) United States
(c) Rakshasa Tangadi
(d) Japan (d) All of the above
Ans : (b) Ans : (d)
5. Which of the following Indian NGOs has won 5. Mohan Rangachari, who passed away
the UN’s Equator Prize for 2019? recently, was the ace scriptwriter of which
(a) Save Life Foundation regional cinema?
(b) Akanksha Public Charitable Trust (a) Bengali
(c) Swayam Shikshan Prayog (b) Telugu
(d) Deccan Development Society (c) Tamil
(d) Kannada
Ans : (d)
Ans : (c)8 Matrix Competitive Point | www.matrixcp.in
JUNE – 13 JUNE – 14
1. Which North American country has decided 1. Who is the head of the RBI committee to
to ban single use plastics from 2021? review ATM charges?
(a) Canada (a) K Srinivas
(b) Mexico (b) Giri Kumar Nair
(c) United States (c) Dilip Asbe
(d) Cuba (d) V G Kannan
Ans : (a) Ans : (d)
2. Which of the following banks has introduced 2. Zonel Sougaijam, who has been included in
repo-linked home loan product? the Facebook Hall of Fame 2019, is from
(a) SBI which Indian state?
(b) PNB (a) Arunachal Pradesh
(c) BoB (b) Mizoram
(d) BoI (c) Nagaland
Ans : (a) (d) Manipur
3. Mount Sinabung is located in which of the Ans : (d)
following islands of Indonesia? 3. Rajanath Singh ‘Surya’, who passed away
(a) Java recently, was the veteran personality of
which field?
(b) Bali
(a) Poetry
(c) Sumatra
(b) Journalism
(d) Sumbawa
(c) Arts
Ans : (c)
(d) Photography
4. India’s first Dinosaur-Museum-Cum-Park is
located in which of the following states? Ans : (b)
(a) Rajasthan 4. Who has been conferred the 54th Jnanpith
award for the year 2018?
(b) Gujarat
(a) Amitav Ghosh
(c) Himachal Pradesh
(b) U R Ananthamurthy
(d) Odisha
(c) Krishna Sobti
Ans : (b)
(d) Girish Karnad
5. Which country has decided to conduct its
first-ever simulated space warfare exercise Ans : (a)
‘IndSpaceEx’? 5. Which Indian actor will be chief guest at 10th
(a) Italy Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM -
2019)?
(b) Israel
(a) Naseeruddin Shah
(c) Indonesia
(b) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
(d) India
(c) Rani Mukerji
Ans : (d)
(d) Shah Rukh Khan
Ans : (d)Monthly Current Affairs 9
JUNE – 15 JUNE – 16
1. Which state cabinet has approved proposal 1. What is the slogan of the 2019 edition of
for jail term for those who abandon elderly World Blood Donor Day (WBDD)?
parents? (a) Share Life, Give Blood
(a) MP (b) Safe blood for all
(b) Bihar (c) Blood Connects us All
(c) UP (d) Every blood donor is a hero
(d) Rajasthan Ans : (b)
Ans : (b) 2. W hich state government has recently
2. Indian Navy hosted maritime information launched online facility to approve building
sharing workshop at IFC-IOR in which of the plans?
following cities? (a) Karnataka
(a) Kolkata (b) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Pune (c) Odisha
(c) Gurugram (d) Chhattisgarh
(d) Kochi
Ans : (a)
Ans : (c)
3. Pazhavila Ramesan, who passed away
3. Which Indian celebrity will be honored with recently, was the renowned poet of which
the UNICEF’s Danny Kaye Humanitarian state?
Award?
(a) Odisha
(a) Narendra Modi
(b) Karnataka
(b) Priyanka Chopra
(c) Kerala
(c) Medha Patkar
(d) Telangana
(d) Chandi Prasad Bhatt
Ans : (c)
Ans : (b)
4. The Government of India (GoI) has reduced
4. What is the theme of the 2019 edition of the rate of contribution under the Employees’
International Albinism Awareness Day State Insurance (ESI) Act from 6.5% to __?
(IAAD)?
(a) 6.0%
(a) Shining our light to the world
(b) 5.5%
(b) Still Standing Strong
(c) 4.0%
(c) Advancing with renewed hope
(d) 4.5%
(d) None of the above
Ans : (c)
Ans : (b)
5. The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has
5. The meeting of Council of Heads of States
decided to confer alumni award to which of
(CHS) of Shanghai Cooperation Organization
the following union ministers?
(SCO) has started in which of the following
cities? (a) Ravi Shankar Prasad & Dharmendra
Pradhan
(a) Jakarta
(b) Nitin Gadkari & Piyush Goyal
(b) Bishkek
(c) Nirmala Sitharaman & S Jaishankar
(c) Nay Pyi Taw
(d) Kuala Lumpur (d) Ramesh Pokhriyal & Prakash Javdekar
Ans : (b) Ans : (c)10 Matrix Competitive Point | www.matrixcp.in
JUNE – 17 JUNE – 18
1. Who is the head of the committee to review 1. Which of the following Asian countries will
existing marketing structure in LPG be guest nation at the 2020 Copa America?
marketing in India? (a) Saudi Arabia
(a) Errol D\’souza (b) China
(b) MA Pathan (c) India
(c) GC Chaturvedi
(d) Qatar
(d) Kirit Parik
Ans : (d)
Ans : (d)
2. What is the India’s rank at the 2019 Global
2. The Union Cabinet has recently approved
Peace Index (GPI) of Institute for Economics
two-month extension to Committee for OBC
and Peace (IEP)?
Sub-categorization. Who is the head of the
Committee? (a) 152nd
(a) S K Gangwar (b) 141st
(b) Prahlad Singh Patel (c) 136th
(c) G Rohini (d) 155th
(d) R L Kataria Ans : (b)
Ans : (c) 3. Which Indian NGO has been awarded the
3. Which SCO member has been conferred 2019 BBC World Service Global Champion?
Kyrgyzstan’s Highest National Award? (a) Arth India
(a) Emomali Rahmon (b) Chetna
(b) Vladimir Putin (c) Save Life Foundation
(c) Narendra Modi (d) Akshaya Patra
(d) Xi Jinping Ans : (d)
Ans : (d)
4. On which date, the 2019 edition of World
4. W hich country is the current chair of Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) is
Kimberley Process Certification Scheme observed?
(KPCS)?
(a) June 15
(a) South Africa
(b) June 14
(b) Russia
(c) June 16
(c) India
(d) June 13
(d) China
Ans : (a)
Ans : (c)
5. The Carmichael coal mine project is
5. What is the theme of the 20th anniversary
associated to which of the following
of victory in Kargil war?
countries?
(a) Remember, Rejoice and Renew
(a) Indonesia
(b) Pride, Honour and Inspire
(b) New Zealand
(c) Salute valour of the armed forces
(c) Australia
(d) Peace & Humanity
(d) Malaysia
Ans : (a)
Ans : (c)Monthly Current Affairs 11
JUNE – 19 JUNE – 20
1. Who won the 2019 Pacific International 1. Operation Sunrise 2, which is in news
Billiards Championship? recently, is a coordinated operation of India
(a) Pankaj Advani and which neighboring country?
(b) Semih Saygýner (a) Myanmar
(c) Sourav Kothari (b) Bangladesh
(d) Peter Gilchrist (c) Nepal
Ans : (d) (d) Bhutan
2. Suman Rao, who has been crowned Femina Ans : (c)
Miss India World 2019, is from which state? 2. On which date, the 2019 edition of
(a) Maharashtra International Day of Family Remittances
(IDFR) is observed?
(b) Rajasthan
(a) June 17
(c) Gujarat
(b) June 16
(d) Uttar Pradesh
(c) June 18
Ans : (b)
(d) June 19
3. W hich social activist has won the
HridayMitra Foundation’s ‘Save Water Hero Ans : (c)
Award’? 3. On which date, the 2019 edition of Autistic
(a) Shaheen Mistri Pride Day (APD) is observed?
(b) Sandeep Pandey (a) June 19
(c) Makarand Tilloo (b) June 18
(d) Sanal Edamaruku (c) June 17
Ans : (c) (d) June 16
4. Who has been sworn-in as the first female Ans : (c)
President of Slovakia? 4. The World Food India (WFI- 2019) event will
(a) Zuzana Caputova be held in which of the following cities?
(b) Adriana Karembeu (a) Indore
(c) Jana Kolesarova (b) Jaipur
(d) Suzie Kronerova (c) New Delhi
Ans : (a) (d) Lucknow
5. Who is the first woman Project Director in Ans : (c)
an ISRO mission of Chandrayaan-2? 5. The bathing festival ‘Snana Yatra’ is recently
(a) Ritu Karidhal celebrated in which of the following states?
(b) Rohini Godbole (a) Odisha
(c) Muthayya Vanitha (b) Jharkhand
(d) Gagandeep Kang (c) Bihar
Ans : (c) (d) West Bengal
Ans : (c)12 Matrix Competitive Point | www.matrixcp.in
JUNE – 21 JUNE – 22
1. Who has been named new chief of the Inter- 1. Who has been elected as Speaker of 17th
Services Intelligence (ISI)? Lok Sabha?
(a) Ahmad Shuja Pasha (a) Ramcharan Bohara
(b) Zaheerul Islam (b) Rahul Kaswan
(c) Asim Munir (c) Om Birla
(d) Faiz Hameed (d) Manoj Rajoria
Ans : (c) Ans : (c)
2. India will host the UNCCD COP 14 in which 2. The first iron ore mine of Bangladesh has
of the following cities? recently discovered in which of the following
(a) New Delhi districts?
(b) Shimla (a) Pabna
(c) Chandigarh (b) Dinajpur
(d) Hyderabad (c) Dhaka
Ans : (c) (d) Sirajganj
3. W ho has been appointed as the new Ans : (b)
Executive Director (ED) of Reserve Bank of 3. Which of the following institutes has become
India (RBI)? the India’s best institute in QS W orld
(a) Rabi Mishra University ranking 2020?
(b) N S Vishwanathan (a) IIT Bombay
(c) Preet Sinha (b) IIT Delhi
(d) Usha Das (c) IISc Bangalore
Ans : (c) (d) IIT Indore
4. Who clinched the 119th US Open Golf Ans : (a)
Championship? 4. Which Indian armed force is co-hosting 12th
(a) Brooks Koepka ReCAAP ISC capacity building workshop?
(b) Tiger Woods (a) Indian Navy
(c) Gary Woodland (b) Indian Army
(d) Graeme McDowell (c) Indian Coast Guard
Ans : (c) (d) Indian Air Force
5. Mohamed Morsi, who passed away recently, Ans : (c)
was the former president of which country? 5. Which state government has decided to
(a) Egypt launch the Chief Minister’s Employment
Generation Programme for MSMEs?
(b) Iran
(a) Punjab
(c) Israel
(b) Maharashtra
(d) Turkey
(c) Rajasthan
Ans : (c)
(d) Madhya Pradesh
Ans : (b)Monthly Current Affairs 13
JUNE – 23 JUNE – 24
1. On which date, the 2019 edition of World 1. Who is the India’s Sherpa at the 14th G20
Sickle Cell Day (WSCD) is observed? Summit in Osaka?
(a) June 21 (a) Pramod Kumar Misra
(b) June 18 (b) Suresh Prabhu
(c) June 22 (c) Arun Goyal
(d) June 19 (d) A.K. Dhasmana
Ans : (d) Ans : (b)
2. DD India channel will be made available to 2. What is the theme of the 2019 edition of
which of the following neighbouring International Yoga Day (IYD)?
countries? (a) Yoga for Health
(a) Myanmar (b) Yoga for Peace
(b) Sri Lanka (c) Yoga for Climate Action
(c) Bhutan (d) Yoga for Harmony and Peace
(d) Bangladesh Ans : (c)
Ans : (d) 3. Thanjavoor Ramamoorthy, who passed away
3. Which of the following states have recently recently, was the noted mridangam exponent
get GI tag for Namma Kolhapuri chappal? of which state?
(a) Chhattisgarh & Maharashtra (a) Kerala
(b) Karnataka & Andhra Pradesh (b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Maharashtra & Karnataka (c) Karnataka
(d) Karnataka & Gujarat (d) Andhra Pradesh
Ans : (c) Ans : (b)
4. Who is the author of book “Yoga and Diet 4. Who has been sworn-in as new Chief Justice
for Weight Loss”? of Telangana High Court?
(a) Bijoylaxmi Hota (a) V Ramasubramanian
(b) Baba Ramdev (b) A A Kureshi
(c) Jaggi Vasudev (c) Thottathil B Radhakrishnan
(d) Dinesh Singh (d) Raghvendra Singh Chauhan
Ans : (a) Ans : (d)
5. India’s first solar-powered cruise boat to be 5. Who clinched the 2019 men’s Asian Snooker
rolled out in which of the following states? Championship?
(a) Karnataka (a) Pankaj Advani
(b) Kerala (b) Aditya Mehta
(c) Andhra Pradesh (c) Manan Chandra
(d) Tamil Nadu (d) Lucky Vatnani
Ans : (b) Ans : (a)14 Matrix Competitive Point | www.matrixcp.in
JUNE – 25 JUNE – 26
1. Pranati Nayak is associated to which 1. Which state has topped the NITI Aayog’s
sports? 2nd edition of Healthy States, Progressive
(a) Gymnastics India report?
(b) Wrestling (a) Kerala
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Boxing
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Sprint
(d) Uttar Pradesh
Ans : (a)
Ans : (a)
2. Gray seals are commonly found in which of
the following oceans? 2. Who will be the new Chief of the Indian Coast
Guard (ICG)?
(a) Antarctica Ocean
(a) Rajiv Jain
(b) Atlantic Ocean
(b) Arvind Kumar
(c) Arctic Ocean
(c) Samant Kumar Goel
(d) Pacific Ocean
(d) Krishnaswamy Natarajan
Ans : (b) Ans : (d)
3. Which working group is head of the SEBI 3. Which country’s junior women’s boxing
panel to review margins on derivatives? team adjudged best team in Black Forest
(a) BSE Cup?
(b) NSE Clearing Ltd (a) Poland
(c) NPCI (b) India
(d) FSDC (c) South Korea
Ans : (b) (d) Ukraine
4. Which state government has decided to Ans : (b)
launch Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana (SSBY)? 4. Which of the following countries will jointly
(a) Haryana bid to host 2034 Football World Cup?
(b) Himachal Pradesh (a) Myanmar & Philippines
(c) Punjab (b) Malaysia & Indonesia
(d) Uttarakhand (c) Cambodia & Thailand
(d) All of the above
Ans : (c)
Ans : (d)
5. Which Indian author has been appointed the
new director of Nehru Centre in London? 5. W here is the new headquarters of
International Olympic Committee (IOC)
(a) Kiran Desai
located?
(b) Vikram Seth (a) Paris
(c) Amitav Ghosh (b) Lausanne
(d) Amish Tripathi (c) Berlin
Ans : (d) (d) Rome
Ans : (b)Monthly Current Affairs 15
JUNE – 27 JUNE – 28
1. Which country has been chosen to host the 1. RBI has launched CMS system to lodge
2026 Olympic Winter Games? complaint against which of the following
(a) France entities?
(b) Austria (a) Urban co-operative banks
(b) NBFCs
(c) Italy
(c) Commercial banks
(d) Poland
(d) All of the above
Ans : (c)
Ans : (d)
2. Who of the following journalists has been
2. W ho has been conferred Innovative
bestowed with the 2019 RedInk Award for
Research Excellence Award 2019 at Asian
‘Journalist of the Year’?
Leadership Summit (ALS)?
(a) Prannoy Roy
(a) Mihir Chawla
(b) Siddharth Varadarajan (b) Pankaj Upadhyaya
(c) Dinu Ranadive (c) Gaurav Nigam
(d) Rachna Khaira (d) Anand Gupta
Ans : (d) Ans : (c)
3. Which DRDO scientist has developed a 3. Which country has gifted Manipur a Museum
herbal drug to treat leucoderma? of Peace built on the memories of Battle of
(a) Hemant Pandey Imphal?
(b) Vidhi Sethi (a) Germany
(c) Akhilesh Mishra (b) Japan
(d) Navjeet Singh Rawat (c) France
(d) Poland
Ans : (a)
Ans : (b)
4. Mohan Ranade, who passed away recently,
was the veteran freedom fighter from which 4. Which of the following countries has become
state? the first Arab country to get FATF
membership?
(a) West Bengal
(a) Saudi Arabia
(b) Goa
(b) Morocco
(c) Bihar
(c) Tunisia
(d) Maharashtra (d) Oman
Ans : (b) Ans : (a)
5. Which state government has launched flood 5. The world-class Central Air Traffic Flow
hazard Atlas for effective management of Management (C-ATFM) has inaugurated in
flood? which of the following cities?
(a) Andhra Pradesh (a) Chennai
(b) Kerala (b) Kochi
(c) Tamil Nadu (c) Bangaluru
(d) Odisha (d) New Delhi
Ans : (d) Ans : (d)16 Matrix Competitive Point | www.matrixcp.in
JUNE – 29 JUNE – 30
1. W hich Indian sportsperson has been 1. Who is the current chief of the Research &
bestowed an honorary doctorate by IIT Analysis Wing (RAW)?
Kanpur? (a) Sanjeev Tripathi
(a) Milkha Singh (b) Samant Kumar Goel
(b) Prakash Padukone (c) AS Dulat
(c) Pullela Gopichand (d) Vikram Sood
(d) Sachin Tendulkar Ans : (b)
Ans : (c) 2. Who is the new President of the Federation
2. Who is the head of the working group to of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO)?
revise current series of Wholesale Price (a) Yatindra Maralkar
Index (WPI)?
(b) Sharda Sharma
(a) Ramesh Chand
(c) Sharad Kumar Saraf
(b) Vinod Paul
(d) Ganesh Kumar Gupta
(c) Amitabh Kant
Ans : (c)
(d) Rajiv Kumar
3. India has signed $400 million loan agreement
Ans : (a) with which international organisation to
3. Which state government has decided to set eliminate TB?
up Vedic education board? (a) World Bank
(a) Himachal Pradesh (b) ADB
(b) Uttar Pradesh (c) AIIB
(c) Rajasthan (d) New Development Bank
(d) Jharkhand Ans : (a)
Ans : (c) 4. Go Tribal Campaign is associated to which
4. Vijaya Nirmala, who passed away recently, of the following issues?
was the veteran personality of which field? (a) To promote women empowerment
(a) Poetry (b) To promote use of tribal handicrafts
(b) Film Industry (c) To promote child education
(c) Photography (d) All of the above
(d) Journalism Ans : (b)
Ans : (b) 5. What is the theme of the 2019 edition of
5. The 2019 Singhey Khababs Sindhu Festival International Day Against Drug Abuse and
was held in which of the following states? Illicit Trafficking?
(a) Sikkim (a) Value yourself
(b) Himachal Pradesh (b) Lets Develop
(c) Uttarakhand (c) Health for Justice for Health
(d) J&K (d) Listen First
Ans : (d) Ans : (c)Monthly Current Affairs 17
Nationalised Banks / Public-sector banks
Bank Name Headquarters Established/Founded in Nationalised in
Allahabad Bank Kolkata 1865 1969
Andhra Bank Hyderabad 1923 1980
Bank of Baroda Vadodara 1908 1969
Bank of India Mumbai 1906 1969
Lokmangal,
Bank of Maharashtra 1935 1969
Shivajinagar Pune
Canara Bank Hindu
Permanent Fund (1906)
Canara Bank Bangalore 1969
Canara Bank Ltd (1910)
Canara Bank (1969)
Central Bank of India Mumbai 1911 1969
Corporation Bank Mangalore 1906 1980
Indian Bank Chennai 1907 1969
Indian Overseas Bank Chennai 1937 1969
Oriental Bank of Commerce Gurgaon 1943 1980
Punjab National Bank New Delhi 1895 1969
Punjab & Sind Bank New Delhi 1908 1980
Syndicate Bank Manipal 1925 1969
UCO Bank Kolkata 1943 1969
Union Bank of India Mumbai 1919 1969
United Bank of India Kolkata 1950 1969
Vijaya Bank Bangalore 1931 1980
IDBI Bank Mumbai 1964 1976
Dena Bank Mumbai 1938 1969
SBI and Associate banks
Bank Name Headquarters Established/Founded in Nationalised in
State Bank of India Mumbai 1955 1955
State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur Jaipur 1963 1969
State Bank of Hyderabad Hyderabad 1941 1960
State Bank of Mysore Bangalore 1913 1960
State Bank of Patiala Patiala 1917 1960
Poojappura,
State Bank of Travancore 1945 1960
Thiruvananthapuram
· State Bank of Saurashtra (SBS) - Nationalized in 1969 - Merged into SBI in 2008
· State Bank of Indore (SBIR) - Founded in the year 1963 - Nationalized in 1969 - Merged into SBI
in 2010
· The State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur, State Bank of Hyderabad, State Bank of Mysore, State Bank of
Patiala and State Bank of Travancore, and Bharatiya Mahila Bank were merged with State Bank
of India with effect from 1 April 2017.18 Matrix Competitive Point | www.matrixcp.in
Foreign banks branches in India
Name of bank Country of Incorporation
AB Bank Ltd. Bangladesh
The Royal Bank of Scotland N.V. Netherlands
Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank Ltd. UAE
American Express Banking Corporation USA
Antwerp Diamond Bank N.V. Belgium
Bank Internasional Indonesia Indonesia
Bank of America USA
Bank of Bahrain & Kuwait BSC Bahrain
Bank of Ceylon Sri Lanka
Bank of Nova Scotia Canada
Barclays Bank Plc. United Kingdom
BNP Paribas France
Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank France
Chinatrust Commercial Bank Taiwan
Citibank N.A. USA
DBS Bank Ltd. Singapore
Deutsche Bank Germany
HSBC Ltd Hong Kong
J.P. Morgan Chase Bank N.A. USA
JSC VTB Bank Russia
Krung Thai Bank Public Co. Ltd. Thailand
Mashreq Bank PSC UAE
Mizuho Corporate Bank Ltd. Japan
Oman International Bank SAOG Sultanate of Oman
Shinhan Bank South Korea
Societe Generale France
Sonali Bank Ltd. Bangladesh
Standard Chartered Bank United Kingdom
State Bank of Mauritius Mauritius
The Bank of Tokyo- Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. Japan
UBS AG Switzerland
FirstRand Bank Ltd South Africa
United Overseas Bank Ltd Singapore
Commonwealth Bank of Australia Australia
Sberbank Russia
Credit Suisse A.G Switzerland
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. Australia
Rabobank International Netherlands
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. China
Woori Bank South Korea
National Australia Bank Australia
Westpac Banking Corporation Australia
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation JapanMonthly Current Affairs 19
Private-sector banks
Bank Name Headquarters Established/Founded in
Axis Bank Mumbai 1994
ABN AMRO Amsterdam, Netherlands 1991
Catholic Syrian Bank Thrissur, Kerala 1920
Development Credit Bank Mumbai 1930
Dhanlaxmi Bank Thrissur, Kerala 1927
Federal Bank Kochi, Kerala 1945
HDFC Bank Mumbai 1994
ICICI Bank Mumbai 1954
IndusInd Bank Mumbai 1994
ING Vysya Bank Bangalore 2002
Karnataka Bank Mangalore 1924
Karur Vysya Bank Karur 1916
Kotak Mahindra Bank Mumbai 1985
Lakshmi Vilas Bank Karur 1926
Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Limited Tuticorin, India 1921
South Indian Bank Thrissur City, Kerala 1929
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