AUGUST—2019

National Tribal Festival “Aadi Mahotsav” has begun in Leh-Ladakh. The theme of the
festival is “A celebration of the spirit of Tribal Craft, Culture and Commerce”.The 9 day
Adi Mahotsav will showcase traditional art and handicrafts and cultural heritage of
the country.

On pilot basis, the One Nation-one Ration Card scheme has been implemented in which
states? --Government of India (GoI) has launched the One Nation-One Ration Card scheme
on a pilot basis in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat from 1st August
2019.

Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Award -- ISRO Chairman K. Sivan.

Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Indian Railways launched a Special Drive with a
Code Name “Operation Number Plate” to identify and verify all vehicles parked in
Railway premises, circulating area, parking and even in the ‘No Parking’ areas for
a longer duration.The unidentified vehicles are considered a serious threat to the
security and safety of passengers and other stakeholders of railways.

Which state government has launched ‘Save Green, Stay Clean’ campaign? -- West Bengal.

Which state has got award at the World Education Summit-2019? --- Rajasthan has bagged
the “best innovation and initiative leadership award” for its achievements in higher education
in the World Education Summit-2019 held in New Delhi.

Air India will become the 1st Indian airline to fly over the North
Pole while connecting New Delhi and North America. The inaugural flight over
the Polar region will take flight on August 15, 2019 and will fly from New Delhi
to San Francisco.

Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman will be honoured with the Vir

Chakra on Independence Day.
 Which Indian personality has been honoured with the highest award of Republic of Guinea
“National order of Merit”? -- President Ram Nath Kovind.

Tawlhlohpuan & Mizo Puanchei from Mizoram, and Tirur betel

vine from Kerala has received the Geographical Indication tag. The famous
Palani panchamirtham, given as ‘prasadam’ at Murugan temple in Palani, Tamil Nadu has been
granted Geographical Indication(GI) tag.

The United States has officially withdrawn from Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF)
Treaty with Russia. The INF Treaty is a Cold War-era missile treaty with Russia. The INF
Treaty is a Cold War-era missile treaty that was signed by then US President Ronald Reagan
and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987.

Nobel Prize-winning US author Toni Morrison (88) has passed away in New York, United
States on 5th August 2019. She is the first African-American woman to win a Nobel Prize in
Literature for her novels depicting the struggles of black Americans living in a white society
ridden with racial discrimination. She won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for “Beloved"
that told the story of a runaway female slave and was made into a film starring Oprah
Winfrey in 1998. In 2012, President Barack Obama presented her with the highest civilian
honor - Presidential Medal of Freedom.

The State Bank of India's (SBI) Shanghai branch has become the first Indian bank to link up
with China’s National Advance Payment System (CNAPS).

A 23-year-old Indian-origin doctor, Bhasha Mukherjee has been crowned Miss England.

The 16th edition of Census 2021 will be conducted in 18 languages out of the 22 scheduled
languages, while Census 2011 was in 16 of the 18 scheduled languages declared at that
time. It also will introduce a code directory to streamline the process. Importantly, the latest
census, as per the existing plan, will not collect caste data. The option of “Other” under the
gender category is now “Third Gender”.

52nd ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting -- Bangkok, Thailand.

Ramon Magsaysay Award –2019(The Ramon Magsaysay award was

established in April, 1957. This award was created to commemorate
Ramon Magsaysay, the late president of Philippines. The Ramon Magsaysay
Award is Asia’s premier prize and highest honour.)

1. India's Ravish Kumar (Journalist)

2. Thailand’s Angkhana Neelapajit (human rights activist),
3. Philippines’ Raymundo Pujante Cayabyab (musician),
4. Myanmar’s Ko Swe Win (journalist),
5. South Korea’s Kim Jong-Ki, an activist working on violence and
mental health issues in youth.

The Union Government has set up KABIL for what purpose? --Khanij Bidesh India Ltd.
(KABIL) has been set up with the participation of three Central Public Sector Enterprises
(CPSEs) to ensure a consistent supply of critical and strategic minerals to Indian domestic
market.

The famous ‘Panchamirtham’ of Palani temple has recently got GI tag. The temple is located in
which state? -- Tamil Nadu.

Navneeth Murali, an Indian-American teenager from New Jersey, has won the 2019 South Asian
Spelling Bee (SASB) contest.

The researchers at which IIT has developed Hydro Thermal Carbonization (HTC) technology
for solid waste management? -- IIT Kharagpur.

The scientists at which IIT have developed two-finger robotic hand to help paralysed stroke
patients?-- IIT-Kanpur.

India’s 7th Economic Census has started from which state? –Tripura.

The Hindu Economic Forum – Nepal.

Gita Jayanti Mahotsav 2019 – Nepal.

Maharashtra has become the India’s first state to adopt a digital fingerprint and iris scanning
system - Automated Multi-modal Biometric Identification System (AMBIS) - to aid police
investigations. This system will soon be replicated by other state police forces across the
country.

The Western and Central Railways have introduced a new Biometric Token System (BTS) by
which passengers travelling in the general coach, where seats are not reserved, are given a
token roughly 3 hours before the train’s departure. These tokens are issued on a first-come,
first-served basis after accepting biometric information of individual passengers. The tokens
carry a serial number on them, which governs the order in which passengers will board the
train.

The Indian Army has launched "Mission Reach Out" in Jammu to ensure availability of basic
necessities & essential services in the region post the abrogation of the provisions of Article 370
and reorganization of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). Regarding to this issue, a high level "Mission
Reach Out" conference was held in the Nagrota Military Station to review the prevalent situation
in the region.

Which Indian journalist has won the 2019 Prem Bhatia Award for political reporting? -- Rajdeep
Sardesai.

Dr. Chandrima Shaha is set to be the first woman president of the Indian National Science
Academy (INSA).
To mark the occasion of 73rd Independence Day 2019, the Union Minister for Information and
Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar launched a patriotic song ‘Watan’ in New Delhi.

On the occasion of 73rd Independence Day 2019, National carrier Air India will become the first
Indian airline to fly over the North Pole.

A newly-discovered Kajin Sara lake in Manang district of Nepal is expected to set a new world
record of being one of the world’s highest lake. It is located at an altitude of 5,200m, which is
yet to be officially verified.. Tilicho lake in Nepal 4,919m. Cholamu Lake situated in North Sikkim,

5330 m.

IIT Madras have developed a multi-modal robot ‘GraspMan’ with good grasping, manipulation
and locomotion abilities for use in industrial and field applications.

Wrestler Deepak Punia has won gold in men’s 86-kg freestyle bout at the World Junior Wrestling
Championships after beating Russia’s Alik Shebzukhov inthe final at Tallinn, Estonia. With this,
Punia has become the first Indian to win gold at the junior World Championship after 18 years.
Earlier, Ramesh Gulia (69 kg) and Palwinder Singh Cheema (130 kg) had won international gold
medals at the junior circuit in 2001.

India’s first private Space Science Museum – Hyderabad.

J C Bose Fellowship for his outstanding scientific contributions in the field of population and
medical genomics -- Dr. K Thangaraj.

Which Indian personality has been conferred the UAE’s highest civil honour 'Order of Zayed'?
---- Narendra Modi.

Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ launched the world’s biggest teacher training
programme - , NISHTHA(‘National Initiative for School Head’s and Teachers’ Holistic
Advancement’) in New Delhi under which more than 42 lakh teachers will be trained across the
country.

66th National film awards 2019

 Feature Film Category Awards

Award Winner

Best Film Hellaro (Gujarati)

Best Director Aditya Dhar (Uri)

Best Hindi film Andhadhun

Ayushmann Khurrana (Andhadhun)

Best Actor
Vicky Kaushal (Uri)

Best Actress Keerthy Suresh (Mahanati)

Best Film on Social Issues Padman

Best Film on Environment Conversation Paani (Mararthi)

Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome

Badhaai Ho
Entertainment

Best Supporting Actor Swanand Kirkire for Chumbak

Best Supporting Actress Surekha Sikri for Andhadhun

 Nargis Dutt Award Ondalla Eradalla (Kannada)

Bindhumalinif for Nathicharami song "Maayavi

Best Female Playback Singer
Manave"

Best Male Playback Singer Arijit Singh for Padmaavat song "Binte Dil"

Orbituaries

Cafe Coffee Day founder : VG Siddhartha

National Award recipient and renowned artist Karpuri Devi, who helped
revive the
art of Madhubani paintings, passed away at a hospital in the Madhubani
district of
Bihar. She was 94.
Former England county cricketer : Malcolm Nash
Veteran Telugu actor : Devadas Kanakala
Veteran Gujarati journalist, author and columnist : Kanti Bhatt
'Beloved' author and Nobel laureate (the first African-American
woman to win a
Nobel Prize): Toni Morrison
Renowned educationist and founder of the Padma Seshadri Bala
Bhavan (PSBB)
Group of Schools : Mrs. Y.G.Parthasarathy
Veteran film director and Hrithik Roshan’s grandfather : J. Om
Prakash
Senior advocate and former Additional Solicitor General: Amarendra
Sharan
Noted freedom fighter Dayanidhi Nayak passed away at the age of 95. He
was a part
of Quit India movement
Q) Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has
launched Atal
Community Innovation Centre in which city to encourage the spirit
of innovation at the
community level?
 New Delhi
Q) Airtel has unveiled e-governance platform SWAN for which state?
Uttar Pradesh
Q) India has signed a deal worth around Rs 1,500 crore to acquire R-
27 air-to-air
missiles from which country?
Russia
Q) Cabinet has given nod to the setting up of ISRO Technical Liaison
Unit (ITLU) in
which country?—Russia.
Q) The 22nd National Conference on e-Governance will be held in
which state?
Meghalaya
Q) Which company has launched an initiative called ‘Samarth’,
aimed at bringing
India’s artisans, weavers, and handicrafts producers onto e-
commerce?
Flipkart
Asian Development Bank has lowered the India’s GDP growth to 7%
for
financial year 2019-20 RBI – 6.9%
The Economic Survey expects India's gross domestic product (GDP) to grow
at 7%
for financial year 2019-20
IMF : India’s economy is set to grow at 7.0 percent in 2019, picking up to
7.2
percent in 2020.
World Bank : growth in India is projected at 7.5 per cent in Fiscal
Year 2019/20
(April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020)
OECD: India is projected to strengthen to close to 7.25% in FY19 and
close to 7.5%
in FY20.
Q) Which Payment bank has decided to convert itself into Small
Finance Bank in order
to offer small loans to customers?
India Post Payment Bank
Name the first Indian bank which has been linked up with China
National Advance
Payment System?
State Bank of India
Who has become the 1st person in history to cross the English
Channel on the jetpowered
hoverboard?
Franky Zapata
The Centre has approved the Rs 4,900 crore project for interlinking
of Kosi and
___________ rivers of Bihar?
Mechi
Canine distemper is a contagious and serious disease caused by a
_____?
Virus

According to UGC, all universities in India will get the final

subscription to access
which Swedish software from September 1, 2019?
Urkund

The Gandhi Nagar model village built with Indian assistance was
inaugurated in
which country?
SriLanka
The first model village built with Indian assistance under the Model Villages
Program
was inaugurated at Ranidugama in Gampaha in Sri Lanka.
It is a part of housing project meant for war affected people and estate
workers.
Q) Which city has got its first ‘pink toilet’ dedicated to women with
facilities for
sanitary napkins and baby care?
Noida
Karnataka flagged off the ‘Pink Sarathi’ vehicles procured by the
Bangalore
Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) under the ‘Nirbhaya’ scheme.
The BMTC now has a fleet of 25 Pink Sarathi vehicles fitted with GPS and
public
announcement systems. It will deploy these vehicles to attend to the
grievances of
women passengers in city buses.
Greater Hyderabad has integrated the Pink toilets named “She Mart and
Loo’s” in
order to provide women with safe and hygienic toilets
Pink Coaches : Indian Railways Northeast Frontier Railway zone
started an
initiative to bring a special portion of the SLR coach with pink colour.
It is mainly introduced in order to bring women passengers with better
safety and
security.This special colour will help the women passenger to easily identify
the
coach in rush hours.
Around eight trains in Rangiya division of the Northeast Frontier Railway has
begun
operations with some pink coaches.
Pink Buses : The Uttar Pradesh government will soon launch 'Pink' air-
conditioned
buses exclusively for women.
The 'Pink' buses will have panic buttons installed for emergencies.
Indian Film actor Aamir Khan has launched the Mission Shakti
Sports Initiative in
which state?
Maharashtra
Which state has flagged of five anti-riot police vehicle known as
‘vajra’?
Arunachal Pradesh
Bill mandating death penalty for ‘honour killing’ was passed in
which state’s
Legislative Assembly?
Rajasthan
Pathamadai Silk Mat of which state has recently granted a GI tag?
Tamil Nadu
The third International Electric Vehicle (EV) Conclave was held in
which state?
Haryana
Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh will be turning into separate union
territories
on___________?
October 31, 2019
Gogabeel, an ox-bow lake in which state, has been declared as the
state’s first
‘Community Reserve’?
Bihar
In which country the multilateral military exercise ‘TSENTR-2019’ is
scheduled to
be held from 10 September to 21 September?
Russia

Q) Who is the author of the book?

A. B. Raghuram Rajan
C. Urjit Patel
D. R Gandhi
Q) Name the Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan which was
recently expelled?
A. Ajay Bisaria
B. Vinay Kumar
C. Srikumar Menon
D. Sanjiv Ranjan
Q) Which mobile company has launched the Mobile Operating
System named
HarmonyOS?
A. Samsung
B. Xiaomi
C. Oppo
D. Huawei
Q) Which state has topped the rankings in Breastfeeding and Infant
and Young Child
Feeding Practices in the country?
A. Gujarat
B. Nagaland
C. Himachal Pradesh
D. Manipur
Q) Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) has
launched which
initiative to create awareness about Water Conservation among all
school students in
the country?
A. Samagra Shiksha - Jal Suraksha
B. Jal Surakasha - Bhavishya Raksha
C. Neer Suraksha – Kartavya Hamara
D. Ujjawal Bhavishya – Rakshit Jal Astitva
Q) Who has been awarded the MS Swamianathan award for
Environment Protection
A. José Graziano da Silva
B. Achim Steiner
C. Kenneth M Quinn
D. António Guterres
Q) To curb air pollution, Indian Army has launched e-cars in which
city?
A. Dehradun
B. Pune
C. New Delhi
D. Meerut
Q) Who has been appointed as the United States' ambassador to the
United Nations?
A. Kelly Knight Craft
B. Steve King
C. Lisa Johnson
D. Scott Brown
Q) Malabar Gold & Diamonds has appointed which Bollywood actor
as its brand
ambassador?
A. Akshay Kumar
B. Hrithik Roshan
C. Anil Kapoor
D. Shahid Kapoor
Q)Who has been awarded the National order of Merit by the
President of Guinea?
A. Narendra Modi
B. Pratibha Patil
C. Ram Nath Kovind
D. Amit Shah
Q) Aadi Perukku festival was celebrated in which state?
A. Adhra Pradesh
B. Kerala
C. Odisha
D. Tamil Nadu
Q) Operation Muskaan is an initiative of which Police?
A. Bhopal Police
B. Delhi Police
C. Hyderabad Police
D. Mumbai Police
Vhali Dikri Yojna launched in Gujarat
According to scheme, the State Government will pay Rs. 4,000 to every
girl child at
the time of admission to Standard 4th
Rs. 6,000 at the time of taking admission to Standard IX, Rs. 1-lakh at the
time of
taking admission for higher education at the age of 18
Rs. 1-lakh at the time of marriage.
Rs.133-crore has been allocated for this scheme
Q) Who has took over as the Controller General of Accounts (CGA)?
A. Anthony Lianzuala
B. Giriraj Prasad Gupta
C. Vikas Malhotra
D. Ranveer Bhatia
Q) Which state will provide the free second gas cylinder refill under
Pradhan Mantri
Ujjwala A. Yojana (PMUY)?
A. Bihar
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Jharkhand
Q)World’s first hyperloop transportation system will come up in
which state?
A. Gujarat
B. Maharashtra
C. Goa
D. Himachal Pradesh
Q) The Ministries of Earth Sciences and Agriculture have launched
which mobile
application to help farmers?
A. Barkha
B. Amber
C. Meghdoot
D. Nabh
Q) Isro to set up new centre (Space Situational Awareness Control
Centre) to protect
Indian satellites from space debris in which city?
A. Nellore
B. Bengaluru
C. Hyderabad
D. New Delhi
Q) Who is the author of the book Super Century – What India Must
Do To Rise by
2050?
A. Rajat Sharma
B. Rahul Kanwal
C. Raghav Bahl
D. Vinod Dua
Q) Centre has approved to increase the strength of Supreme Court
judges from 30 to
_____?
A. 32
B. 33
C. 34
D. 35
Q) A mobile library bus service under the “Ghar Ghar Dastak Ghar
Ghar Pustak”
Scheme was launched in which city?
A. Pune
B. Agra
C. New Delhi
D. Bhopal
Q) India and which country have launched a joint initiative named
Innovating for
Clean Air (IfCA)?
A. United Kingdom
B. Germany
C. France
D. Serbia
Q) The central government has given permission for how many
protected monuments
across the country to be open to public from sunrise till 9 p.m?
A. Five
B. Ten
C. Eight
D. Fifteen
Q) Who has been nominated as a Director on the Central Board of
Directors of Reserve
Bank of India?
A. Subhash Chandra Garg
B. H R Khan
C. Rajiv Bhalla
D. Atanu Chakraborty
Q) As per the government report India received the highest-ever FDI
inflow of
$_________ billion during the fiscal ended March 2019?
A. $64.37 billion
B. $44.37 billion
C. $72.37 billion
D. $55.37 billion
Q) Which cricketer was honoured with Bharat Gaurav Award by East
Bengal club?
A. Sourav Ganguly
B. Rahul Dravid
C. Kapil Dev
D. Sunil Gavaskar
Q) Scientists from which IIT has developed eco-friendly solar cells by
using ‘kumkum
dye’?
A. IIT Delhi
B. IIT Madras
C. IIT Roorkee
D. IIT Hyderabad
Q) Who has been the given additional charge of the post of Director
General Narcotics
Control Bureau?
A. Rakesh Asthana
B. Abhay
C. Sudeep Lakhtakia
D. Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar
Q)As per the Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, Indian
needs exports of
________ trillion to become 5 trillion dollar economy?
A. 0.50 trillion
B. 0.75 trillion
C. 1.50 trillion
D. 1.00 trillion
Q) Who has been appointed as the new director of Abdus Salam
International Centre
for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste, Italy?
A. Mani Bhaumik
B. Atish Dabholkar
C. Rohan Kulkarni
D. Dipan Ghosh
Q) Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) would set up a Pashmina
testing centre in which
city?
A. Gangtok
B. Itanagar
C. Leh
D. Kohima
 APPOINTMENT

Director of National Institute of Health and Family Welfare-- Harshad

Pandurang Thakur.

president of Guatemala -- Alejandro Giammattei.

Home Secretary -- Ajay Kumar Bhalla.

Prime Minister of Sudan -- Abdalla Hamdok.

Ghotu Ram Meena has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to
the Republic of Congo.

1st woman president of the Indian National Science Academy --

Chandrima Shaha.

BOOKS

“Tools and Weapons: The Promise and The Peril of the Digital Age" -- Microsoft President
Brad Smith & Carol Ann Browne.

‘Sridevi: Girl Woman Superstar -- Satyarth Nayak.

"Kashmir's Untold Story: Declassified" -- Filmmaker Iqbal Chand Malhotra and defence analyst
Maroof Raza.

Big Billion Startup: The Untold Flipkart Story --- Mihir Dalal.

Who is the translator of the book “the Diary of Manu Gandhi (1943-44)”? -- Dr. Tridip Suhrud.
The book originally written in Gujarati language.

Listening, Learning & Leading -- Venkaiah Naidu.

“Bolna Hi Hai”-- Ravish Kumar.

Resurgent India -- Bimal Jalan.
 SPORTS

Deepak Punia won the gold medal at the Junior World

Championships held in Talinn, Estonia. He defeated Russia’s Alik
Shebzukov to win the 86 kg junior freestyle title. With the victory, he
has become the 1st Indian in 18 years to win a Junior World
Championship title.

Liverpool defeated Chelsea in the finals to win UEFA Super Cup held in
Istanbul.

Simone Biles makes history with a never-before-seen “triple-double”

floor exercise landing. She performed the landing featuring “two flips
and three twists” in U.S. Gymnastics Championships held in Kansas
City.

Australian all-rounder Ellyse Perry has become the first cricketer of either gender to reach
the rare milestone of scoring 1000 runs and taking 100 wickets in T20 international cricket.

3rd edition of Khelo India Youth Games – Guwahati.

Aishwarya Pissay from Bengaluru has created history by becoming the first Indian to claim
a world title in motorsports. She annexed the FIM World Cup ( Federation Internationale de
Motocyclisme) in the women's category.

Which state has acquired first position in the SARAL – ‘State Rooftop Solar Attractiveness
Index’? – Karnataka.
The Rajasthan Assembly passed a bill providing for life imprisonment and a fine up to Rs 5 lakh to
convicts in cases of mob lynching involving the victim’s death. Rajasthan became the second Congress-
ruled state after Madhya Pradesh to make a law against mob lynching.

DAYS

World Breastfeeding Week --from 1 to 7 August in more than 120 countries. The 2019
theme is “Empower Parents, Enable Breastfeeding”.

National Handloom Day -- 7th August.

World’s Indigenous Peoples (or World Tribal Day) -- August 9. The 2019 theme is
‘Indigenous Languages’.

World Biofuel Day -- 10th of August. The 2019 theme of Biofuel day is ‘Production of
Biodiesel from Used Cooking Oil (UCO)’.

International Youth Day -- 12th of August. The 2019 theme “Transforming education” .

World Organ Donation Day-- 13th of August.

World Humanitarian Day -- 19 August. The 2019 WHD campaign -

#WomenHumanitarians –honour the work of women in crises throughout the world.

World Senior Citizen’s Day -- 21st of August.