IBPS PO 2019 Main – GA Day 9

Answer – 1) Ram NathKovind
Explanation:
On September 7, 2019, The President of India, Shri Ram NathKovind has inaugurated the National Youth Summit 2019 held in New Delhi. It was organized by Youth Awakening Mission (a wing of PaavanChintanDhara Charitable Trust, Ghaziabad).

Answer –  4) Visakhapatnam Railway Station
Explanation:
A fun zone, the first of its kind in India, has been set up by the Railways at the Visakhapatnam Railway Station, Andhra Pradesh. The Gaming zone was inaugurated at platform number:1

Answer –  1) Afghanistan
Explanation:
Afghanistan’s all-rounder Mohammad Nabi, aged 34, will retire from test cricket after the conclusion of ongoing test match against Bangladesh. He has played only 2 test matches for Afghanistan (25 runs & 4 wickets).

Answer –  1) Vikram Lander
Explanation:
The communication from Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram lander of 1471 kg to Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) ground station was lost before its soft landing on the unexplored lunar south pole of the Moon. The contact was lost when the lander was 2.1km away from the surface of the moon.

Answer –  3) New Delhi, India
Explanation:
Three day organised 6th India-China Strategic Economic Dialogue(SED) was held in New Delhi from September 7-9, 2019 between India and China.

Answer – 4) Dehradun, Uttarakhand
Explanation:
On September 8, 2019, the ministry of Aviation jointly with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) organized the first helicopter summit 2019 in Dehradun, Uttarakhand to discuss the issues related to connectivity through helicopters. The Indian Air Force(IAF) were invited for a talk on ‘Role of IAF helicopters in MEDEVAC (medical evacuation) at National level’.The summit was based on the theme “expanding connectivity through helicopters”.

Answer – 2) Beijing, China
Explanation:
On September 9, 2019, the Co-living index for the year 2019 titled “Insights on Co-living – An Asia-Pacific Perspective” across the Asia-Pacific region was released by London based consultancy agency Knight Frank. The index was topped by Beijing (China) followed by Tokyo(Japan) and Shanghai(China) in the second and third position respectively.

Answer –  1) LasithMalinga
Explanation:
On September 6, 2019, Sri Lanka cricket captain LasithMalinga became the first bowler to take 100 wickets in the T20I (twenty-twenty International) format during a 3rd T20I match against New Zealand at Pallekele, Sri Lanka after which he also became the first-ever bowler to take a double hat-trick. Currently, Malinga is the only player with 5 limited-overs International hat-tricks.

Answer –  3) September 10
Explanation:
On September 10,2019, World Suicide Prevention Day is observed every year on 10th of September.In order to raise an awareness and prevent from comitting suicide, International Association for Suicide Prevention(IASP) host this day in collabaration with global partners World Health Organisation(WHO) and World Federation for Mental Health(WFMH) every year, is launching 40 seconds of action Campaign.Today,World Health Organisation(WHO) publication releases ”Preventing Suicide:a resource for pesticide registrars and regulators”.

Answer – 2) Typhoon Faxai
Explanation:
On September 9, 2019, Typhoon Faxai has hit Tokyo, Japan. There were winds of up to 216 kilometres (134 miles) per hour. Authorities have issued non-compulsory evacuation warnings to more than 390,000 people.

Answer –  3) Navdeep Singh Suri
Explanation:
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has honored Indian Ambassador Navdeep Singh Suri with its highest civilian honor Order of Zayed II award. He has been given this honor for strengthening the relationship between the two countries. UAE Minister for Foreign and International Affairs HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan presented the honor to Suri, who has been serving as the Indian ambassador to the Gulf nation since October 2016. He will retire in September 2019. Senior diplomat Pavan Kapoor will succeed him as the new ambassador to the UAE.

Answer –  1) Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Explanation:
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $ 200 million (about Rs 1,400 crore) loan to upgrade about 2,100 kilometers of rural roads to all-weather standards in Maharashtra’s 34 districts for better connecting rural areas with markets and services.

Answer –  2) Daffodil Software Pvt Ltd
Explanation:
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) selected Daffodil Software Pvt Ltd to develop a mobile phone based application for visually impaired people to identify currency notes. It informed the Bombay High Court that an internet connection would not be required for its proposed mobile application.

Answer –  1) Rs. 200 crores
Explanation:
On September 13, 2019 the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has framed new guidelines in licensing Small Finance Banks(SFB) under ‘On-tap’ regime in order to make more participants in the finance banking section. The new guideline is thatthe SFBs should have Rs. 200 crores minimum capital within 5 years of its operation. They (SFB) should initially have at least Rs.100 crores for start of operation however it should make it to Rs. 200 crores capital within 5 years.On- tap licencing: It is a time-efficient feature that will allow eligible parties to obtain license on-demand basis and without the need to wait. RBI allows license to the applicants throughout the year.

Answer– 1) ICICI
Explanation:
ICICI Bank, the country’s largest private sector bank launched the EMI (Equated Monthly Instalment) facility on debit cards to enable its customers to convert their high value transactions into easy instalments.

Answer- 2) ICICI Bank
Explanation:
First Indian bank to Introduce internet banking – ICICI bank

Answer- 1) Card Validation Data
Explanation:
CVD – Card Validation Data.

Answer- 2) Assam

Answer- 3) Bengaluru, Karnataka

Answer- 1)Uttarakhand
Explanation:
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri G. Kishan Reddy felicitated the 16 members expedition team of CISF who successfully summitted Mount Satopanth peak