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IBPS RRB PO/Clerk Main Current Affairs
The Current Affairs section comes under the General Awareness which is as important as the formulas are for mathematics calculations, so this section is one that needs your undivided attention. You cannot pile up all the news and read them in a go, you need to be up to the mark when it comes to daily affairs of the world. So here in Adda247, we prepare quizzes on daily news that holds importance considering the banking examinations, like IBPS RRB mains, IBPS PO/Clerk and many more. So to help you out in the finals, here is the 24th September 2019 Quiz on the current affairs of the previous day.
Q1. Who among the following was elected as the chairman of the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) for 2019-20?
(a) Riyad Mathew
(b) Vikram Sakhuja
(c) Hormusji N Cama
(d) Debabrata Mukherjee
(e) Madhukar Kamath
S1. Ans.(e)
Sol. Madhukar Kamath was elected as the chairman of the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) for 2019-20.
Q2. Name the noted American Journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner who recently passed away?
(a) Carl Bernstein
(b) Barbara Walters
(c) Bob Woodward
(d) Robert Skinner Boyd
(e) Walter Cronkite
S2. Ans.(d)
Sol. Noted American Journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Skinner Boyd passed away.
Q3. Which of the following bank has signed a bancassurance agreement with a standalone health insurance player, Max Bupa to provide Max Bupa’s suite of health insurance products to its customers?
(a) Canara Bank
(b) Indian Bank
(c) Bank of India
(d) Bank of Baroda
(e) Central Bank of India
S3. Ans.(b)
Sol. Indian Bank has signed a bancassurance agreement with a standalone health insurance player, Max Bupa to provide Max Bupa’s suite of health insurance products to its customers.
Q4. The Film Federation of India (FFI) has chosen ____________ as India’s official entry to the Oscars.
(a) Andhadhun
(b) Padmaavat
(c) Raazi
(d) Gully Boy
(e) Sanju
S4. Ans.(d)
Sol. The Film Federation of India (FFI) has chosen ‘Gully Boy’ as India’s official entry to the Oscars.
Q5. ______________, which is known as the royal dance of Ladakh, has created history by entering into the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest Ladakhi dance.
(a) Tukhstanmo dance
(b) Cham Dance
(c) Shondol dance
(d) Bacha Nagma Dance
(e) Jabro Dance
S5. Ans.(c)
Sol. Shondol dance, which is known as the royal dance of Ladakh, has created history by entering into the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest Ladakhi dance.
Q6. Who among the following has received the Best Drama Series in the 71st annual Emmy Awards 2019?
(a) This Is Us
(b) Bodyguard
(c) Better Call Saul
(d) Pose
(e) Game of Thrones
S6. Ans.(e)
Sol. The Game of Thrones has received the Best Drama Series in 71st annual Emmy Awards 2019.
Q7. Election commission has recently announced date of Assembly Election 2019 of which of the following two state?
(a) Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand
(b) Maharashtra and Haryana
(c) Gujarat and Rajasthan
(d) Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand
(e) Karnataka and Kerala
S7. Ans.(b)
Sol. Maharashtra and Haryana Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Election 2019 Date, Scheduled on 21st October announced by Election Commission of India.
Q8. Who among the following has received the Lead Actor, Drama in the 71st annual Emmy Awards 2019?
(a) Ben Whishaw
(b) Tony Shalhoub
(c) Peter Dinklage
(d) Bill Hader
(e) Billy Porter
S8. Ans.(e)
Sol. Billy Porter has received the Lead Actor, Drama in the 71st annual Emmy Awards 2019.
Q9. Veteran actor and multi-faceted artiste ________________ passed away. she was part of the first Kannada talkie film ‘Bhakta Dhruva’ (1934) ?
(a) Jamuna Barua
(b) Sabita Devi
(c) S K Padma Devi
(d) Kanan Devi
(e) Janaki Devi
S9. Ans.(c)
Sol. Veteran actor and multi-faceted artiste S.K. Padmadevi passed away. she was part of the first Kannada talkie film ‘Bhakta Dhruva’ (1934).
Q10. Which of the following state tourism has won three prestigious Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Gold awards in Nur-Sultan (Astana), Kazakhstan?
(a) Karnataka Tourism
(b) Tamil Nadu Tourism
(c) Telangana Tourism
(d) Maharashtra Tourism
(e) Kerala Tourism
S10. Ans.(e)
Sol. Kerala Tourism has won three prestigious Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Gold awards in Nur-Sultan (Astana), Kazakhstan.
Q11. Who among the following has received the Lead Actress, Drama in the 71st annual Emmy Awards 2019?
(a) Julia Garner
(b) Jodie Comer
(c) Phoebe Waller
(d) Alex Borstein
(e) Michelle Williams
S11. Ans.(b)
Sol. Jodie Comer has received the Lead Actress, Drama in the 71st annual Emmy Awards 2019.
Q12. Which of the following actor is recently appointed as a brand ambassador of Madhya pradesh?
(a) Aamir Khan
(b) Shahrukh Khan
(c) Salman Khan
(d) Govinda
(e) Amitabh Bachchan
S12. Ans.(d)
Sol. Madhya Pradesh government will appoint filmstar Govinda as brand ambassador to promote the state’s traditions and tourist places.
Q13. In which of the following weight category Indian wrestler Rahul Aware has won a bronze medal at the World Championship in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan?
(a) 74kg freestyle category
(b) 61kg freestyle category
(c) 57kg freestyle category
(d) 65kg freestyle category
(e) 70kg freestyle category
S13. Ans.(b)
Sol. Indian wrestler Rahul Aware has won a bronze medal in men’s 61-kilogram freestyle category at the World Championship in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
Q14. Name the Indian Boxer who became the first Indian male boxer to win a silver medal in World Championships at Ekaterinburg in Russia?
(a) Gaurav Bidhuri
(b) Amit Panghal
(c) Shiva Thapa
(d) Akhil Kumar
(e) Satish Kumar
S14. Ans.(b)
Sol. Amit Panghal became the first Indian male pugilist to win a silver in World Championships at Ekaterinburg in Russia.
Q15. Who among the following has been appointed as the the first Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax of National e-Assessment Centre (NeAC)?
(a) KS Sahayaraj
(b) Girdher Sharma
(c) Pramod Chandra Mody
(d) Krishna Mohan Prasad
(e) Adiyta Vikram
S15. Ans.(d)
Sol. CBDT has appointed 1984 batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Krishna Mohan Prasad as the first Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax of NeAC.
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