1.Indian army has recently instructed the jawans to delete how many apps including Facebook, TicketTalk?
a. 89 applications
b. 62 apps
c. 75 apps
d. 46 apps
ANSWER: a. 89 apps The
Indian Army has banned 89 apps. The army has instructed its officers and employees to immediately remove all the apps included in the ban from their smartphones. Recently, after the clash with the Chinese army in Galvan, there was a protest against Chinese business in China. After this, in terms of security, the central government also took a big step like banning a total of 59 Chinese apps, including TicketLock. After the decision of the Government of India, these apps have also been removed from Google Play. However, in smartphones in which these apps are already present, they will continue to work. Therefore, the army had to issue a fresh order to delete all such apps to all personnel associated with its department.
2.Which comedian has recently passed away playing the role of ‘Surma Bhopali’ in Shola?
a. Vikas Anand
b. Asrani
c. Om Shivpuri
d. Jagdeep
ANSWER: d. Jagdeep
Jagdeep started his cinematic journey in the year 1951 with the film ‘Afsana’, through which veteran filmmaker BR Chopra made his directorial debut. In the early days of acting, Jagdeep played all kinds of characters, big and small. Jagdeep has worked in nearly 400 films, but fans still remember his character of Soorma Bhopali in the 1975 film Sholay. His dialogue ‘Our name is Surma Bhopali is not like that’. He also acted in a Bhutia film called Purana Mandir and played the memorable character of Salman Khan’s father in ‘Andaz Apna Apna’.
3.Recently which state government has launched self-scan portal to scan the document?
a. West Bengal
b. Bihar
c. Punjab
d. Tamil Nadu
ANSWER: a. West Bengal
Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamta Banerjee recently launched an app ‘Self Scan’ Salt. This app has been created by the Information and Technology (IT) department of the state for scanning documents. The Chief Minister said that documents can be easily scanned and edited through this app. Its data does not remain in any server but remains in the phone. So it is also safe. This app is free.
4.The All India Education Council has decided to reduce the duration of MCA course from 3 years to how many years?
a. Two years and seven months
b. One year and eight months
c. Two years
d. One year
ANSWER: c. Two years
All India Council of Technical Education has recently announced that from now the Master of Computer Applications (MCA) will be a two-year program. Till now the duration of this degree course was three years. The council has also asked all higher education institutions to make necessary amendments in the duration of the syllabus. The council said in an official order that now the duration of MCA course will be two years from 2020-21. Significantly, in December last year, the University Grants Commission (UGC) approved a proposal to reduce the duration of MCA course to two years.
5.Who has appointed the UK-India Business Council (UKIBC) as its new Group Chief Executive Officer?
a. Jayant Krishna
b. Rahul Sachdeva
c. Kamal Tyagi
d. Mangal Singh
ANSWER: a. Jayant Krishna
UK-India Business Council (UKIBC) has appointed Jayant Krishna as its new Group Chief Executive Officer. He is the first Indian to be appointed to this post and will take charge from August 3. Jayant Krishna has previously held the responsibility of the Chief Executive Officer of the Prime Minister Kaushal Bharat Mission and the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director of the National Skill Development Corporation.
