Current Affairs 2nd September 2019: Daily GK updates quiz Daily gk updates and Current affairs is playing a major role in any competitive exam. so here we are providing the current affairs quiz on daily basis for Bank, SSC & Railway Exams you can also read previous quizzes from Here
Q1.India’s first-ever sky cycling park to be opened in which city?
(a) Manali
(b) Mussoorie
(c) Nainital
(d) Shimla
(e) None of these
Answer & Explanation
Ans.1.(a)
Exp.To boost tourism and give and an all new experience to visitors, India’s first-ever sky cycling park will soon open at Gulaba area near Manali in Himachal Pradesh. It is 350m long & is located at a height of 9000 Feet above sea level. Forest Department and Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Mountaineering and Allied Sports have jointly developed an eco-friendly park.
Q2.Which sportsperson has won the 2019 Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar?
(a) Abhinav Bindra
(b) Jeev Milkha Singh
(c) Mary Kom
(d) Gagan Narang
(e) None of these
Answer & Explanation
Ans.2.(d)
Exp.On 2019 National Sports Day (NSD), Gagan Narang and Pawan Singh have been honoured with the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar for their Gagan Narang Sports Promotion Foundation (GNSPF) at the Arjuna Awards ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi. The award recognizes their contribution in the growth of their favourite sport and a reward for sacrifices they have made to realize their dream. In 2011, Narang and co-founder Pawan Singh founded GNSPF to nurture budding talent and provide them training in a systematic and structured and also education to help carve out future champions
Q3.Who has became the first IPS officer to be bestowed with the 2018 Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award?
(a) Sonia Narang
(b) Sanjukta Parashar
(c) Meera Borwankar
(d) Aparna Kumar
(e) None of these
Answer & Explanation
Ans.3.(d)
Exp.Aparna Kumar, a 2002 batch Uttar Pradesh Cadre IPS officer, has been honoured with the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2018. With this, she became the first IPS officer to be bestowed with this prestigious award. Currently, she is posted as DIG in Indo Tibetan Police Force at Dehradun. This is the highest National award at par with Arjuna award for Adventure sports in India. The award is given in 4 categories – Land, Water, Air Adventure and Lifetime achievement.
Q4.Name the bank, which has merged with Oriental Bank of Commerce(OBC) and United Bank of India and became the second largest bank .
(a) Indian Bank
(b) Union Bank of India
(c) Canara Bank
(d) Punjab National bank(PNB)
(e) None of these
Answer & Explanation
Ans.4.(d)
Exp.PNB(Punjab National bank) merged with Oriental Bank of Commerce(OBC) and United Bank of India to become the 2nd largest bank in India.After merging the Business size of the bank is 17.94Crore.
Q5. Who is appointed as the new governor of Himachal Pradesh recently?
(a) Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan
(b) Arif Mohammed Khan
(c) Bandaru Dattatreya
(d) Kalraj Mishra
(e) Bhagat Singh Koshyari
Answer & Explanation
Ans.5.(c)
Exp. Kalraj Mishra, the Governor of Himachal Pradesh, was transferred and appointed as the Governor of Rajasthan. He will replace Kalyan Singh. Taking over Mishra’s role as Himachal governor is former Union minister Bandaru Dattatreya.
Q6. Who has won the Belgian Grand Prix after defeating Lewis Hamilton by less than a second?
(a) Sebastian Vettel
(b) Kimi Raikkonen
(c) Max Verstappen
(d) Valtteri Bottas
(e) Charles Leclerc
Answer & Explanation
Ans.6.(e)
Exp. Charles Leclerc won the Belgian Grand Prix after defeating Lewis Hamilton by less than a second. The tournament was held at the Spa-Francorchamps track. This was his first victory of his Formula One career. It was also Ferrari’s first win this year. Charles Leclerc is a Monegasque racing driver, currently driving in Formula One for Ferrari.
Q7. Who has took charge as the Director General (DG) of the country’s largest border guarding force, BSF?
(a) PK Sinha
(b) Naresh Takkar
(c) Rajni Kant Mishra
(d) Vivek Kumar Johri
(e) AK Jha
Answer & Explanation
Ans.7.(d)
Exp. IPS officer Vivek Kumar Johri took charge as the Director General (DG) of the country’s largest border guarding force, BSF. He will replace Rajni Kant Mishra.
Q8. The Government of India has accepted the resignation of State bank of India Managing Director Anshula Kant. Now she has been appointed as the managing director and chief financial officer of-?
(a) AIIB
(b) IMF
(c) World Bank
(d) NDB
(e) WTO
Answer & Explanation
Ans.8.(c)
Exp. The Government of India has accepted the resignation of State bank of India Managing Director Anshula Kant. Now she has been appointed as the managing director and chief financial officer of the World Bank.
Q9. President Ram Nath Kovind has been appointed 5 new governors recently. Who is appointed as new governor of Maharashtra?
(a) Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan
(b) Bhagat Singh Koshyari
(c) Bandaru Dattatreya
(d) Kalraj Mishra
(e) Arif Mohammed Khan
Answer & Explanation
Ans.9.(b)
Exp. Bhagat Singh Koshyari has been appointed as the new Governor of Maharashtra. Koshyari will replace Vidyasagar Rao.
Q10. Indian pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah has become the third Indian to register a hat-trick in Test cricket. He took 3 wickets in 3 successive balls in the 2nd test against-
(a) West Indies
(b) New Zealnd
(c) Sri Lanka
(d) Australia
(e) South Africa
Answer & Explanation
Ans.10.(a)
Exp. Indian pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah has become the third Indian to register a hat-trick in Test cricket. He took 3 wickets in 3 successive balls in the 2nd test against West Indies, held in Kingston, Jamaica. He dismissed Darren Bravo, Shamarh Brooks and Roston Chase to claim the hat trick.
