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A)
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
B)
Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
C)
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
D)
Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Correct Answer :   Tashkent, Uzbekistan


Asian Road Para-Cycling Championships 2019 was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from April 23 to April 28, 2019, and a total of twenty-eight countries took part. Indian para cyclists won a silver and two bronze medals. Divij Shah has clinched his third consecutive silver medal in the C5 category.GurlalSingh, Asian Para Games bronze medallist, became the only Indian cyclist (able-bodied or otherwise) to win a medal at the Asian Games level grabbed a bronze in the C4 section.Sudhakar Marathe, a Hand cyclist from Maharashtra has claimed bronze for India in H5 category.

Published On : 07/09/2021 01:49:48
A)
Uttarakhand
B)
West Bengal
C)
Nagaland
D)
Meghalaya

Correct Answer :   Meghalaya


The Meghalaya Cabinet approved the proposal for the creation of a new Directorate of Dairy Development to boost the milk production. The state government had launched the Meghalaya Milk Mission and sanctioned Rs 215 crore through the National Cooperative Development Corporation. For creating the post of director, the government would spend additionally Rs 12 lakh a year. The Cabinet has also approved a proposal for enhancing the grant-in-aid to 15 secondary schools in the state.

Published On : 07/09/2021 01:49:48
A)
April 6
B)
April 17
C)
April 24
D)
April 29

Correct Answer :   April 24


The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has officially celebrated the first-ever International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace on 24th April 2019 for the international observance. The day is a reaffirmation of the UN Charter and its principles of resolving disputes among countries through peaceful means. It acknowledges the use of multilateral decision-making and diplomacy in achieving peaceful resolutions to conflicts among nations.

Published On : 07/09/2021 01:49:48
A)
Wipro
B)
Accenture
C)
Mindtree
D)
HCL Technologies

Correct Answer :   Wipro


Wipro Consumer Care has signed an agreement to acquire Splash Corporation, a Philippines-based personal care company. The transaction strengthens Wipro's consumer care portfolio in personal care and completes its South-East Asian footprint. This is Wipro's 11th acquisition in the consumer line business and the 9th acquisition in the personal care segment overall.

Published On : 07/09/2021 01:49:48
A)
Nguy Thi Khanh
B)
Alfred Brownell
C)
LeeAnne Walters
D)
Claire Nouvian

Correct Answer :   Alfred Brownell


Alfred Brownell, an environmental lawyer, and activist was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize. He was awarded for exposing alleged abuse by the palm oil company Golden Veroleum Liberia and helping to prevent it from converting about 50 km2 of the forest. He won the Goldman prize along with five others for grassroots environmental activism.

Published On : 07/09/2021 01:49:48
A)
BHEL
B)
SAIL
C)
GAIL
D)
ONGC

Correct Answer :   SAIL


Steel maker SAIL has introduced a pension scheme for its current as well as former employees. Under this scheme, all executive employees who were on rolls of the company on or after January 1, 2007, as well as non-executive employees on rolls on or after January 1, 2012, shall be covered in the scheme. The scheme will extend coverage to more than 55,000 ex-employees.

Published On : 07/09/2021 01:49:48
A)
Udanta Singh
B)
Sunil Chhetri
C)
Subrata Pal
D)
Gurpreet Singh Sandhu

Correct Answer :   Gurpreet Singh Sandhu


All India Football Federation (AIFF) recommended the names of Gurpreet Singh Sandhu and Jeje Lalpekhlua for the prestigious Arjuna award 2019. The federation had been pushing the cases of the two footballers since 2017 but the Arjuna award committee continued to ignore their claims. In 2017, the AIFF recommended the two along with Bembem Devi but only the last name was conferred with it.

Published On : 07/09/2021 01:49:48
A)
Mona Barthel
B)
Anett Kontaveit
C)
Petra Kvitova
D)
Anna-Lena Friedsam

Correct Answer :   Petra Kvitova


The 42-edition of Porsche Tennis Grand Prix was held in Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany from April 22 to April 28, 2019.The prize money for the event was $8,86,077. Kvitova beat Kontaveit to win maiden Stuttgart title.A world number three Czech tennis player, Petra Kvitova beat Estonian Anett Kontaveit by 6-3, 7-6 (B) to win Stuttgart's Porsche Grand Prix 2019 in women's single.The 29-year old Kvitova, two-time Wimbledon Champion, won her second title of the year after Sydney in January 2019. Germany's Mona Barthel & Anna-Lena Friedsam won women's doubles A 28-year old Mona Barthel and a 25-year old Anna-Lena Friedsam, both from Germany defeated Russian player Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Czech player Lucie Safarova in the women's double final by 2-6, 6-3 and 10-6.

Published On : 07/09/2021 01:49:48
A)
Abhay Shreeniwas Oka
B)
Vijay Kumar Bist
C)
Mohammad Rafiq
D)
Raghvendra Singh Chauhan

Correct Answer :   Abhay Shreeniwas Oka


President Ram Nath Kovind appointed Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka of the Bombay High Court as the Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court. And Kerala High Court Judge Justice P.R. Ramachandra Menon as Chief Justice Of Chhattisgarh High Court.

Published On : 07/09/2021 01:49:48
A)
Amit Rathi
B)
Rajinder Singh
C)
Girish Joshi
D)
Suresh Mathur

Correct Answer :   Suresh Mathur


The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) set up a 13-member committee in order to review regulatory framework on micro insurance, and suggest the steps to be taken to raise demand for such products in India by recommending product designs with customer-friendly underwriting, example, easy premium payment methods and simple claims settlement procedures. The committee is headed by Suresh Mathur, IRDAI's Executive Director. It constitutes of officials from IRDAI, life, general and health insurance companies in public and private sectors, as well as NGOs (Non-Government Organizations). The committee was formed because of less than desired offtake of micro insurance products in spite of their immense benefits in India. It will also give recommendations about alteration in distribution structure, that is, creating effective awareness programmes and making web-based technology driven solutions.

Published On : 07/09/2021 01:49:48
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