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1. Every year Global Family Day is an Those with an annual income exceeding Rs 12 lakh
international day of peace and sharing celebrated and up to Rs 18 lakh would get interest subsidy of
on which among the following days? three per cent.
a) Decemeber 29th
b) January 1st 3. ISRO has launched a new platform named
c) January 2nd Samwad with Students Programme as part of its
d) January 3rd enhanced outreach programme in which city?
e) January 5th a) Hyderabad
b) Mumbai
Answer: B c) Kolkata
Global Family Day is celebrated every Year January d) Bangalore
1 Global Family Day is an international day of peace e) Pune
and sharing celebrated every January 1 by the
citizens of the world Answer: D
As part of the enhanced outreach programme of
2. Government extends CLSS for MIG scheme till Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), a new
31st march, 2020. What does the letter ‘L’ stands platform named Samwad with Students (SwS) was
for in CLSS? launched in Bengaluru.
a) Line The Indian Space agency will engage youngsters
b) Liquidity across the country in activities concerning space
c) Linked science under this programme.
d) Level During the inauguration in Bengaluru yesterday, 40
e) Local students and 10 teachers from select schools
interacted with ISRO Chairman Dr. K Sivan about
Answer: C the Indian Space Programme and their benefits to the
The Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS) for common man.
Middle Income Group (MIG) Scheme has been
extended by another 12 months till 31.03.2020. 4. Which among the following countries have
Till December 30 this year, around 3,39,713 officially quit the United Nations Educational,
beneficiaries have availed the CLSS under the Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
PMAY (Urban), at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day?
Under the CLSS, the MIG beneficiaries with an a) United States
annual income of above Rs 6 lakh and up to Rs 12 b) Israel
lakh would get an interest subsidy of four per cent on c) Russia
a 20-year loan component of Rs 9 lakh. d) Both (a) and (b)
e) Both (a) and (c)
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Madhya Pradesh Government announced that it is
Answer: D going to create an Adhyatmik Vibhag (spiritual
The United States and Israel officially quit the department) by merging several existing department.
U.N.’s educational, scientific and cultural agency, The 'Anand Vibhag' (Department of Happiness) set
UNESCO is best known for its work to preserve up by the previous government in the state, a first in
heritage, including maintaining a list of World the country, would be incorporated into the new
Heritage sites, and programmes to promote department.
education in developing countries. The proposed Adhyatmik Vibhag (Spiritual
Before The US has pulled out of UNESCO in 1984 Department) going to be formed by merging
because it viewed the agency as mismanaged, Dharmik Nyas Evam Dharmasv Department
corrupt, and used to advance Soviet interests. The (Religious Trust and Endowment Department),
US rejoined in 2003. Anand Vibhag (Happiness Department) in addition
to the Directorate of Religious Trust and
5. China is building the first of four ‘most Endowment, Madhya Pradesh Teerth Evam Mela
advanced’ naval frigates for which country as Pradhikaran and Rajya Anand Sansthan.
part of a major bilateral arms deal?
a) India 7. State-owned Allahabad Bank has tied up with
b) Bangladesh which life Insurance company to sell the policies
c) Pakistan of the insurer from over 3,200 branches?
d) Vietnam a) United India Insurance Company Limited
e) Qatar b) The New India Assurance Company Limited
c) LIC of India
Answer: C d) SBI Life Insurance
China is building the first of four ‘most advanced’ e) None of these
naval frigates for Pakistan as part of a major bilateral
arms deal to ensure ‘balance of power’ in the Indian Answer: D
Ocean. State-owned Allahabad Bank has tied up with SBI
The warship will be capable of anti-submarine and Life Insurance to sell the policies of the insurer from
air-defence operations. over 3,200 branches.
The ships are of the Type 054AP class, meaning that The tie-up, one of the largest Bancassurance
it is based on the Type 054A of the People’s partnerships in the country, will see 3,238 branches
Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). of Allahabad Bank across the country offer SBI
Life's range of protection, wealth creation and
6. Which state Government announced that it is savings products to its customers
going to create an Adhyatmik Vibhag (spiritual
department) by merging several existing 8. The MSME ministry has established an export
departments? promotion cell to create a sustainable ecosystem
a) Maharashtra for micro, small and medium enterprises. Who
b) Madhya Pradesh will be the chairman of the cell?
c) Meghalaya a) Giriraj Singh
d) Andhra Pradesh b) Arun Kumar Panda
e) Rajasthan c) Rajiv Sharma
d) Jai Krishna
Answer: B e) B.B Vikram
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Answer: B Vinod K. Yadav, General Manager of South Central

The MSME ministry has established an export Railway (SCR), took charge as, Railway Board
promotion cell to create a sustainable ecosystem for Chairman.
micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), Yadav succeeds Ashwani Lohani, who retired in
The ministry has also proposed to formulate a December.
governing council that will be chaired by secretary He is an electrical engineer and belongs to the 1980
of the MSME ministry Arun Kumar Panda. batch of the Indian Railway Service of Electrical
The Cell would evaluate readiness of MSMEs to Engineers.
export their products and services, recognise areas He has served two years as a General Manager of
where improvements are required in order to be able South Central Railway, from January 2017.
to export effectively and efficiently and integration 11. Who was nominated as the Executive
of MSME into global value chain. Chairman of National Legal Services Authority
(NALSA)?
9. Who was Appointed as Competition a) AK Sikri
Commission of India secretary? b) Vijay Arora
a) P K Singh c) Bipin Chakravathi
b) M K Pandey d) Mahenthaesh Verma
c) R R Sharma e) None of these
d) D K Kanal
e) R V Chowdary Answer: A
Justice AK Sikri was nominated as the Executive
Answer: A Chairman of National Legal Services Authority
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) (NALSA).
appointed Pramod Kumar Singh as its secretary, The NALSA was constituted under the Legal
Prior to this, P K Singh was adviser (law) to the Services Authorities Act, 1987 to provide free legal
competition watchdog. services to the weaker sections of the society and to
The secretary would act as the nodal officer for the organise Lok Adalats for amicable settlement of
Commission for making or receiving all statutory disputes.
information and entering into the any formal The post got vacant after the retirement of Justice
relationships including signing of memorandums Madan B Lokur.
with any foreign agency or other agency with prior
approval from Commission and government. 12. Name the Indian pacer who becomes Highest
The Commission was established in 2003 to replace International Wicket-Taker in 2018?
the erstwhile Monopolies and Restrictive Trade a) Bhuvaneshwar Kumar
Practices Commission. b) Ishant Sharma
c) Mohamad Shami
10. Who took charge as, Railway Board d) Umesh Yadav
Chairman recently? e) Jasprit Bumrah
a) Ajay Singh
b) Vinod K. Yadav Answer: E
c) R.K. Kulshrestha India pacer Jasprit Bumrah finished 2018 as the
d) Purnendu Shekhar Mishra highest wicket-taker across all formats in the
e) Ashwani Lohani calendar year, He has picked up 78 wickets across all
formats in 2018.
Answer: B
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The South African Bowler Kagiso Rabada, has taken after it had initially barred the bank from
77 wickets in 2018. opening bank accounts in June 2018?
a) Jana Small Finance Bank
13. Famous personality Kader Khan Passed b) ESAF Small Finance Bank
Away. He belongs to which profession? c) AU Small Finance Bank
a) Actor d) Paytm Payments Bank
b) Politician e) None of these
c) Poet
d) Musician Answer: D
e) Classical Dancer Paytm Payments Bank has received the green light
from the Reserve Bank of India to restart opening
accounts for its customers.
Answer: A Paytm Payments Bank had stopped enrolling new
Veteran Actor Kader Khan Passed Away customers from 20 June following an audit by RBI,
Kader Khan was an Afghan-born Indian-Canadian which made certain observations about the process
film actor, screenwriter, comedian, and director. He the company follows in acquiring new customers
was born in 22 October 1937 Kabul, Afghanistan. and its adherence to know your customer (KYC)
Kader Khan made his acting debut in 1973 with norms.
Rajesh Khanna's "Daag". He wrote dialogues for
over 250 movies. Before becoming an actor he had 16. 100% Houses in 25 States Electrified under
written dialogues for Randhir Kapoor-Jaya Saubhagya Yojana. Which among the following
Bachchan's "Jawani Diwani". states are still left to be electrified?
a) Assam
14. One of the early architects of the internet b) Rajasthan
Larry Roberts who was the program manager for c) Meghalaya
ARPAnet ,Passed Away. He belongs to which d) Chhattisgarh
country? e) All of these
a) Canada
b) Russia Answer: E
c) America The country achieved yet another milestone in the
d) Australia power sector with completion of electrification in
e) China 100% households in 25 states at year end.
Only about 10.48 lakh households are left to be
Answer: C electrified in 4 states - Assam, Rajasthan, Meghalaya
One of the early architects of the internet Lawrence and Chhattisgarh.
Gilman Roberts was an American scientist who The central government launched 'Pradhan Mantri
received the Draper Prize in 2001 "for the Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana' (Saubhagya) in
development of the Internet", and the Principe de September 2017 to achieve the goal of universal
Asturias Award in 2002. who was the program household electrification in the country by 31 March,
manager for ARPAnet ,Passed Away 2019
Roberts latched on to the concept of computer-to-
computer networks in the 1960s 17. Which air port has been declared as an
authorized Immigration Check post for entry
15. Reserve Bank of India has granted permission into/exit from India with valid travel documents
to which payments bank to add new customers, for all classes of passengers, recently?
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a) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
b) Kempegowda International Airport Answer: E
c) Veer Savarkar International Airport The West Bengal government announced two
d) Biju Patnaik International Airport welfare initiatives for farmers, Both initiatives,
e) Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport which are part of the 'Krishi Krishak Bondhu'
scheme.
Answer: C The first of the two initiatives will provide Rs 2 lakh
Veer Savarkar International Airport in Port Blair has to the family of a deceased farmer,
been declared as an authorized Immigration Check Under the second initiative, farmers would get Rs
post for entry into/exit from India with valid travel 2,500 twice a year for growing a single crop on one
documents for all classes of passengers. acre of land,
This decision of the Union Government will open up
the Port Blair Airport for direct international flight 20. Which state government has put a ban on the
and immigration facilities. purchase new vehicles and air conditioners (ACs)
The announcement was made by Information, Public by the government departments?
Relations and Tourism Division of Andaman and a) Karnataka
Nicobar Administration. b) Gujarat
c) Madhya Pradesh
18. Who was sworn in as Brazil's President in a d) Meghalaya
ceremony at Brazil's National Congress Building? e) Andhra Pradesh
a) Michel Temer
b) Jair Bolsonaro Answer: C
c) Dmitry Medvedev Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal has put a ban
d) Angela Markel on the purchase new vehicles and air conditioners
e) None of these (ACs) by the government departments along with a
slew of other items.
Answer: B Also, the expenditure incurred on office furniture,
Jair Bolsonaro was sworn in as Brazil's President in books, magazines, stationery, guest expenses, press
a ceremony at Brazil's National Congress Building and publication, consultancy, sanitation, security,
Bolsonaro, a former Army captain and admirer of and other such heads has been limited.
the country's 1964-1985 military dictatorship Hospitals, hostels, Anganwadis, shelter homes have
Bolsonaro, 63, was a seven-term fringe congressman been kept out of the purview of the latest directive of
who rode a wave of anti-establishment anger to the Finance Department.
became Brazil's first far-right president since a
military dictatorship gave way to civilian rule three 21. The number of complaints registered at
decades ago. banking ombudsman offices have seen an
increase of what percentage in the fiscal year
19. Which state government announced two 2018?
welfare initiatives for farmers, which are part of a) 20%
the 'Krishi Krishak Bondhu' scheme recently? b) 25%
a) Madhya Pradesh c) 30%
b) Odisha d) 35%
c) Rajasthan e) 50%
d) Punjab
e) West Bengal Answer: B
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The number of complaints registered at banking The government appointed Life Insurance
ombudsman offices have seen a 25% increase in the Corporation's (LIC) senior-most Managing Director
fiscal year 2018. Hemant Bhargava as the insurer's interim chairman.
The banking ombudsman offices in tier-1 cities like Bhargava was appointed as the managing director
New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru (MD) of LIC in February 2017, Apart from
and Hyderabad accounted for more than 57% of the Bhargava, there are two more MDs of LIC currently.
total complaints received. Life Insurance Corporation Headquarters – Mumbai
97% of the Complaints were resolved in 2017-18, up
from 92% a year earlier. 24. Who has been appointed as Chief Operations
Most complaints received against public sector Officer for RBL Bank?
banks were pension-related while most complaints a) Puneeth Sharma
received against private banks were for credit cards b) Purushotam Sharma
discrepancies. c) Prakash Sharma
d) Pankaj Sharma
22. Who was apppointed as the Director General e) None of these
of Ordnance Factories (DGOF) and chairman of
the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) in Kolkata? Answer: D
a) Saurabh Kumar Private sector lender RBL Bank has appointed
b) Suresh Kumar Pankaj Sharma as its chief operations officer to
c) Sravan Kumar mainly overlook the corporate services function and
d) Siddharth Kumar the bank’s overall operations.
e) Somesh Kumar Sharma who was previously with Axis Bank where
he was heading retail operations.
Answer: A He previously worked with GE Countrywide, ICICI
Saurabh Kumar took over as the Director General of Bank and ICICI Prudential Life Insurance.
Ordnance Factories (DGOF) and chairman of the
Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) in Kolkata. 25. Justice TBN Radhakrishnan sworn in as
Kumar, a 1982-batch Indian Ordnance Factory Chief Justice of which state High Court?
Service officer, is an M-Tech in mechanical a) Andhra Pradesh
engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology b) Telangana
(IIT), Kanpur. c) Karnataka
Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) headquarter: d) Tamil Nadu
Kolkata e) Kerala
23. Government appointed Hemant Bhargava as Answer: B

interim chairman of which among the following Justice Thottathil Bhaskaran Nair Radhakrishnan
organisations? was sworn in as the first Chief justice of Telangana
a) SEBI High Court.
b) LIC Justice Radhakrishnan had been serving as the Chief
c) NIACL Justice of the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad
d) SIDBI for both the states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
e) UIIC since July last year.
As per the notification, 12 judges, over 360 district
Answer: B and civil judges have been allotted to the new
Telangana state.
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28. Which football team have been awarded the

26. PM Modi to inaugurate 106th Indian Science Legion of Honour in the New Year’s honours list?
Congress in Jalandhar. What is the theme of the a) Russia
summit? b) Croatia
a) Future India: Science and Technology c) Belgium
b) Science and Technology is future d) England
c) Technology leads the future e) France
d) Future India: Innovation and Invention
e) None of these Answer: E
The players in France's football team which last year
Answer: A won the World Cup have been awarded the Legion
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the of Honour in the New Year’s honours list.
106th Indian Science Congress at Lovely The 23 players, including star strikers Kylian
Professional University in Phagwara near Jalandhar, Mbappe and Antoine Griezmann, each received
Punjab. France's top medal for their part in beating Croatia in
The theme of this five-day mega event is ‘Future the World Cup final in Moscow.
India: Science and Technology’. The French team that won the 1998 World Cup also
Three Nobel laureates will participate in this received the Legion of Honour.
conference. Students will showcase their projects to
scientists around the world. 29. Where was the 10th R R Lakshya Cup 2018
shooting tournament held on 31st December
27. Name the professor who has conferred the 2018?
National Geospatial Award for Excellence by the a) Jodhpur
Indian Society for Remote Sensing? b) Navi Mumbai
a) Jayanta Kumar Ghosh c) Bangalore
b) Aravinda Swamy d) Hyderabad
c) Phanindra Bhupathi e) Pune
d) Dakshina Murthy
e) Krishna Murthy Kautilya Answer: B
Shooter Divyansh Singh Panwar from Rajasthan and
Answer: A shooter Nupur Patil from Maharashtra have won
The Indian Society for Remote Sensing conferred 10th R R Lakshya Cup 2018 in senior and junior
the National Geospatial Award for Excellence to IIT category respectively. Dronacharya Awardee and
professor Jayanta Kumar Ghosh for his contribution former National Coach Prof. Sunny Thomas was the
towards the development of geospatial science and chief guest of the event. The tournament was
applications. organised in Lakshya Shooting Club, Karnala Sports
Mr Ghosh, a professor at the civil engineering Academy, Panvel, Navi Mumbai. The Club was
department of the Indian Institute of Technology founded by ace shooter Suma Shirur. R R Lakshya
(IIT) in Roorkee, He was conferred the National Cup being only a premier invitational tournament,
Geospatial Award for Excellence-2017 (Life Time it’s record wouldn’t be count for International
Achievement Award) at the Space Application records. The event has prize money of Rs. 1,00,000
Centre in Ahmedabad. The award comprised a in senior category and Rs. 50,000 in junior category.
citation, a medal and Rs. 1 lakh.
30. C H Loknath died on 1st January 2019. He
was a _____?
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a) Politician following the approval of the Rajya Sabha. The Lok
b) Actor Sabha had already passed the Bill on July 23, 2018.
c) Journalist The Bill seeks to amend the National Council for
d) Film Maker Teacher Education (NCTE) Act, 1993. That bill
e) Athelet seeks to retrospectively grant recognition to certain
institutions running teacher education courses as
Answer: B well as grant retrospective permission to start new
Veteran Kannada actor C H Loknath passed away courses The Bill was introduced by the Union
Lokanath was in the Kannada film industry for Minister of Human Resource Development, Prakash
nearly six decades and was affectionately addressed Javadekar in Lok Sabha on December 18, 2017.
as 'Uncle Lokanath' by his fans.
31. World Braille Day is observed every year on 33. Indian Oil Corporation will commission its
which day? first liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal
a) Jan 2nd at which port city?
b) Jan 3rd a) Mormugao
c) Jan 4th b) Kolkata
d) Jan 5th c) Mumbai
e) Jan 6th d) Kudala
e) Ennore
Answer: C
World Braille Day is celebrated every year on Answer: E
January 4th, for Louis Braille’s birthday, the Indian Oil Corp (IOC), the nation's biggest oil firm
inventor of Braille. Louis was born in 1809 in stated that, it will commission its first Rs. 5,151
France, He became blind after a childhood accident crore worth liquefied natural gas (LNG) import
and he quickly mastered his new way of living. terminal at Ennore in Tamil Nadu. This is the first
When he was just 15 years old, he created the system LNG import terminal IOC has built on its own, It
we know today as Braille. holds 95 per cent stake in the Ennore LNG import
terminal. Tamil Nadu Industrial Development
32. Parliament passed National Council for Corporation (TIDCO) has 5 per cent. The firm is
Teacher Education (Amendment) Bill, 2018. The also working on laying a 1,385 km natural gas
Bill seeks to amend the _______. pipeline originating from the Ennore terminal to
a) National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu via Puducherry.
Act, 1992
b) National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) 34. Name the tropical depression, that brought
Act, 1993 heavy rains, causing catastrophic flooding and
c) National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) triggering deadly landslides in Philippines
Act, 2000 recently?
d) National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) a) Khureshi
Act, 2002 b) Ustad
e) National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) c) Usman
Act, 2003 d) Uttej
e) None of these
Answer: B
The Indian Parliament passed the National Council Answer: C
for Teacher Education (Amendment) Bill, 2018,
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Storm Usman hit the Bicol region in Manila. The b) ING Investment Management (India) Pvt. Ltd.
tropical depression, locally named Usman, brought c) Axis Asset Management Company Ltd.
heavy rains, causing catastrophic flooding and d) Reliance Capital Asset Management Ltd.
triggering deadly landslides. e) HDFC Asset Management Company Ltd
35. With which bank did the SBI Life Insurance Answer: E
have signed a pact to offer a comprehensive HDFC Mutual Fund has piped ICICI Prudential
financial planning solution to its customers? Mutual Fund to become the country's largest asset
a) Karnataka Bank management company (AMC) after a gap of over
b) Indian Overseas Bank two years. As of December-end, HDFC MF manages
c) Bank of Baroda assets to the tune of Rs 3.35 lakh crore, while those
d) Syndicate Bank of ICICI Prudential MF stood at Rs 3.08 lakh crore.
e) Bank of India SBI MF is at the third slot with AUM of Rs 2.64
lakh crore, followed by Aditya Birla Sun Life MF Rs
Answer: D 2.42 lakh crore, and Reliance MF Rs 2.36 lakh crore.
Syndicate Bank and SBI Life Insurance have signed
a pact to offer a comprehensive financial planning 38. Which city is going to host The International
solution to its customers. This partnership will see Advertising Association global summit in
over 3000 branches of Syndicate Bank offer SBI February?
Life’s diverse range of insurance products to its a) Pune
customers. b) Kochi
c) Mumbai
36. Private sector insurer Bharti AXA Life d) Bangalore
Insurance has started delivering policies and e) Chennai
renewal premium receipt to customers throuh
which social media platform? Answer: B
a) Facebook The International Advertising Association (IAA)
b) Tinder will host the IAA World Congress at will be held at
c) Twitter the Lulu International Convention Centre in Kochi
d) Whatapp from February 20 to 22, 2019. The world congress is
e) Wechat held every alternate year, This is the first time an
Indian city is hosting the summit,
Answer: D
Private sector insurer Bharti AXA Life Insurance has 39. Name the Indian who becomes world's first
started delivering policies and renewal premium woman amputee to climb highest peak of
receipt to customers via instant messaging platform Antarctica?
WhatsApp. Bharti AXA Life Insurance, a joint a) Arunima Sinha
venture between Bharti Enterprises and French b) Payal Rajput
Insurance major AXA c) Praneti Knala
d) Anushka Verma
37. Which among the private company become e) Sarojini Gupta
the country's largest asset management company
(AMC) after a gap of over two years? Answer: A
a) ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company Arunima Sinha, the first female amputee to have
Ltd conquered Mt Everest, created another record as she
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became world's first woman amputee to climb The action comes after a high-level committee
highest peak of Antarctica. Her aim was to climb all submitted an adverse report to a bench headed by
the continents' highest peaks and hoist the national NGT chairperson AK Goel.
flag of India. She has already done six peaks:
Everest in Asia, Kilimanjaro in Africa, Elbrus in 42. Which city is hosting the 10-day long Indian
Europe, Kosciuszko in Australia, Aconcagua in Panorama Film Festival?
Argentina and Carstensz Pyramid (Puncak Jaya) in a) New Delhi
Indonesia. b) Mumbai
c) Jodhpur
40. Public sector oil companies inked a d) Pune
memorandum of understanding (MoU) with e) Ahemadabad
which IIT for setting up Centre of Excellence in
Oil, Gas and Energy? Answer: A
a) IIT Bombay A 10-day long Indian Panorama Film Festival began
b) IIT Madras at Siri Fort Auditorium in New Delhi. Indian
c) IIT Kanpur Panorama Film Festival, being organized by
d) IIT Kharakpur Directorate of Film Festivals, Ministry of I&B, was
e) IIT Roorkie inaugurated by Secretary, Ministry of I&B, Shri
Amit Khare. The opening feature film ‘Olu’ directed
Answer: A by Shri Shaji N Karun.
IIT Bombay and public sector oil companies inked a
memorandum of understanding (MoU) for setting up 43. Who inaugurated the 27th World Book Fair
Centre of Excellence in Oil, Gas and Energy. The at Pragati Maidan in Delhi?
MoU was signed by heads of Indian Oil Corp (IOC), a) Nirmala Sitaraman
Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), GAIL India Ltd, b) Narendra Modi
Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL), Hindustan c) Venkaiah Naidu
Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL), Oil India Ltd and d) Arvind Kejriwal
Engineers India Ltd. e) Prakash Javadekar
41. How much amount did the National Green Answer: E

Tribunal has imposed as a fine on Meghalaya The 27th New Delhi World Book Fair inaugurated at
government for its failure to curb illegal coal Pragati Maidan in New Delhi. Human Resources
mining in the state? Development Minister Prakash Javadekar
a) Rs.25 crore inaugurated the 9-day annual event. All India Radio
b) Rs.75 crore is the radio partner for the fair. To mark Mahatma
c) Rs.100 crore Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary, there will be
d) Rs.150 crore special book exhibition of books on and by Mahatma
e) Rs.250 crore Gandhi. More than 600 publishers will display
books at more than 1350 stalls at the fair. The theme
Answer: C of this year is 'Readers with Special Needs'.
The National Green Tribunal has imposed a fine of
100 crore rupees on Meghalaya government for its 44. Who has launched the ‘Swachh Survekshan
failure to curb illegal coal mining in the state. The 2019’, the fourth edition of the annual nationwide
amount of the fine has to be deposited with the cleanliness survey of urban India in New Delhi?
Central Pollution Control Board within two months. a) Chaudhary Birender Singh
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b) Hardeep Singh Puri earlier in December. What does letter ‘R’ stands
c) Radha Mohan Singh for in ARIA?
d) Narendra Singh Tomar a) Resonance
e) Thaawar Chand Gehlot b) Responsibility
c) Remembrance
Answer: B d) Reassurance
Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister, Hardeep e) None of these
Singh Puri, launched the ‘Swachh Survekshan
2019’, the fourth edition of the annual nationwide Answer: D
cleanliness survey of urban India in New Delhi. The U.S. President Donald J. Trump signed into law the
Swachh Survekshan 2019 aims to evaluate the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act (ARIA), which
achievements in the cleanliness level in urban areas passed the U.S. Senate earlier in December. The act
of the country. The survey will cover 40 crore people establishes a multifaceted U.S. strategy to increase
across over four thousand towns and cities. Swachh U.S. security, economic interests, and values in the
Survekshan 2019, completely digital and paperless Indo-Pacific region, Specifically, the ARIA will
survey, will be completed in a record time of 28 authorize $1.5 billion in spending for a range of U.S.
days. programs in East and Southeast Asia and develop a
long-term strategic vision and a comprehensive,
45. Name the Global Environment Facility (GEF) multifaceted, and principled United States policy for
assisted project that is recently launched by union the Indo-Pacific region, and for other purposes.
government?
a) Green-Ag 47. Who inaugurated the six irrigation projects,
b) Global-Ag including the Rs 2,391.36 crore Mandal dam that
c) Environment-Ag will provide irrigation to 19,604 hectare in
d) Olive-Ag Palamau and Garhwa districts in Jharkhand?
e) None of these a) Ragubar Das
b) Nilkanth Singh Munda
Answer: A c) Draupadi Murmu
The Government of India launched a Global d) Narendra Modi
Environment Facility (GEF) assisted project, namely e) Nitin Gadkari
Green–Ag, in partnership with FAO. The overall
objective of the project is to catalyse the Answer: D
transformative change of India’s agricultural sector Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated six
to support achievement of national and global irrigation projects, including the Rs 2,391.36 crore
environmental benefits and conservation of critical Mandal dam that will provide irrigation to 19,604
biodiversity and forest landscapes of five states, hectare in Palamau and Garhwa districts. The
namely Madhya Pradesh (Chambal landscape), Mandal dam, work on which began in 1972, but has
Mizoram (Dampa landscape), Odisha (Similipal been stalled since 1993, will be built on North Koel
landscape), Rajasthan (Desert National Park river under Barwadih block in Latehar district.
landscape) and Uttarakhand (Corbett-Rajaji
landscape) 48. With which private sector lender bank does
the Small Business FinCredit join hands to
46. U.S. President Donald J. Trump signed into provide loans to MSMEs?
law the ARIA act, which passed the U.S. Senate a) Axis Bank
b) HDFC Bank
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c) ICICI Bank Ease of Doing Business (EDB) Index ABC Rankings
d) Kotak Mahindra Bank for economies of 21 states of India, while
e) IndusInd Bank Maharashtra and Delhi came in second and third
place respectively. Andhra Pradesh rose from the 5th
Answer: C rank in 2016 to the top spot in 2018. Ease of Doing
Private lender ICICI Bank has joined hands with Business (EDB) index is based upon three
Small Business FinCredit (SBFC) to jointly offer parameters called ABC, Attractiveness to Investors,
loans worth Rs 1 crore to the Small and Medium Business Friendliness and Competitiveness Policies.
Enterprises (SMEs), for tenure of 15 years per
customer. Under the pact, the bank will co-originate 51. Justice Asif Saeed Khosa appointed as new
loan against property with SBFC at a mutually Chief Justice of which country?
settled ratio. a) Iraq
b) Kazakhstan
49. Name the payment solutions provider that has c) Afghanistan
initiated cardless cash withdrawals, based on d) Bahrain
quick response (QR) code on its white-label e) Pakistan
ATMs (WLAs).
a) AGS Transact Technologies Answer: E
b) Progressive Infotech Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa has been appointed
c) CRMnext new Chief Justice of Pakistan with effect from
d) All e Technologies January 18. Justice Asif Saeed Khosa will take oath
e) Fundoodata.com of his office on January 18 a day after incumbent
CJP Justice Saqib Nisar retires on January 17, He
Answer: A has been a senior Justice of the Supreme Court of
Payment solutions provider AGS Transact Pakistan since 31 December 2016.
Technologies has initiated cardless cash
withdrawals, based on quick response (QR) code on 52. The 80th National Table Tennis
its white-label ATMs (WLAs). AGS Transact Championship begins in which city?
operates white-label ATMs under the ‘OnGo’ brand a) Cuttack
name. b) Kolkata
c) Jaipur
50. Which state has topped the survey of Asia d) Bangalore
Competitiveness Institute (ACI), Singapore's e) Chennai
2018 Ease of Doing Business (EDB) Index ABC
Rankings for economies of 21 states of India? Answer: A
a) Maharashtra The 80th National Table Tennis Championship
b) Delhi began at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in
c) Madhya Pradesh Cuttack, Odisha. As many as 35 teams, including
d) Telangana 550 players from different parts of the country are
e) Andhra Pradesh participating in the mega championship. Odisha
State Table Tennis Association (OSTTA) is hosting
the championships after a gap of 18 years.
Answer: E
Andhra Pradesh has topped the survey of Asia 53. Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
Competitiveness Institute (ACI), Singapore's 2018 (FSSAI) has asked food businesses to comply with
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new packaging regulations that bar use of 3. Two Mughal era monuments in Agra- Haveli of
recycled plastics and newspapers to wrap food Agha Khan and Hathi Khana,
articles by _____? 4. The Neemrana Baori in Alwar district of
a) July 1, 2019 Rajasthan,
b) June 1, 2019 5. The Vishnu Temple in Kotali, Pithoragarh district
c) March 1, 2019 in Uttarakhand.
d) August 1, 2019 No new monument was included in the list of sites
e) April 1, 2019 of national importance In 2016 and 2017, The last
monument to be included in the list, in 2015, was the
Answer: A Vishnu Temple in Nadavayal in Kerala's Wayanad
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India district.
(FSSAI) has said food businesses need to comply
with new packaging regulations that bar use of 55. Indian banking sector witnessed over what
recycled plastics and newspapers to wrap food percent hike in cyber frauds in the financial year
articles by July 1, 2019. FSSAI CEO Pawan 2017-18, as per Reserve Bank of India’s Report
Agarwal said the new packaging regulations would on Trend and Progress of Banking in India 2017-
raise the bar of food safety in India to the next level. 18?
The new regulations prohibit packaging material a) 25 %
made of recycled plastics including carry bags for b) 35 %
packaging, storing, carrying or dispensing articles of c) 50 %
food. d) 75 %
e) 85%
54. How many monuments were declared as
‘protected and of national importance’ by Answer: C
Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in 2018, Indian banking sector witnessed over 50 percent hike
under the Ancient Monuments and in cyber frauds in the financial year 2017-18, as per
Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958? Reserve Bank of India’s Report on Trend and
a) 18 Progress of Banking in India 2017-18i. The volume
b) 22 of cyber fraud at banks has doubled in a year. A total
c) 7 of 2,059 cases of cyber fraud were reported in 2017-
d) 6 18 amounting to Rs 109.6 crore. A total of 5,917
e) 12 bank frauds were reported in 2017-18 and nearly
one-third of these were cyber frauds. As a measure,
Answer: D the RBI plans to set up a compliance and tracking
The Ministry of Culture announced that system portal to tackle the proliferation of cyber
Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) declared 6 fraud and seeks to establish a better redressal
monuments as ‘protected and of national mechanism for consumers. This would address
importance’ under the Ancient Monuments and cybersecurity complaints from all regulated entities
Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958, in including Prepaid Payment Instruments (PPIs) and
2018. mobile banking interfaces. The process of redressal
These sites are: mechanism will be directed under the Internal
1. 125-year-old Old High Court Building in Nagpur, Ombudsman Scheme of 2018.
Maharashtra,
2. The Group of Temples in Ranipur Jharail in
Bolangir district of Odisha,
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56. The Union Government has allocated how of Assam Accord that has notified by union
many crore rupees for the development of 40 government recently?
satellite launch vehicles in the next four years? a) M.P. Bezbaruah
a) Rs. 10,000crore b) T Y Das
b) Rs. 10,200 crore c) M G V K Bhanu
c) Rs.10,300 crore d) Imdadul Haque
d) Rs.10,700 crore e) Ramesh Ch. Jain
e) Rs.10,900 crore
Answer: A
Answer: E Government had notified the High Level Committee
The Union Government has allocated 10,900 crore (HLC) for implementation of Clause 6 of Assam
rupees for the development of 40 satellite launch Accord.
vehicles in the next four years. The clause envisaged that appropriate constitutional,
Dr Sivan stated that Chandrayan Mission will be legislative and administrative safeguards, should be
launched within three months. It will land in one part provided to protect, preserve and promote the
of the Moon which is still unexplored. cultural, social, linguistic identity and heritage of the
The human space flight Gaganyaan is planned to be people of Assam.
launched by 2022, the 75th anniversary of Retired IAS officer M.P. Bezbaruah is chairman of
Independence. the 9 member Committee.
The committee will examine the effectiveness of
57. The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister actions since 1985 to implement Clause 6 of the
Shri Narendra Modi has approved the Assam Accord.
restructuring of existing National Health Agency
as ? 59. Name the Norwegian Prime Minister who has
a) National Health Authority arrived in New Delhi on a three-day state visit to
b) National Health Organisation India?
c) National Health Service Centre a) Stefan Lofven
d) National Helath Monitoring System b) Annie Loof
e) None of these c) Juha Sipila
d) Erna Solberg
Answer: A e) None of these
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri
Narendra Modi has approved the restructuring of Answer: D
existing National Health Agency as "National Health Prime Minister of Norway Erna Solberg has
Authority" for better implementation of Pradhan arrived in New Delhi on a three-day state visit to
Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY). India. She was accompanied by senior officials from
The National Health Authority would be empowered her government and a large business delegation
with full autonomy, accountability and the mandate She will participate in the Indo-Norwegian
to implement PM-JAY through an efficient, effective Business Conference.
and transparent decision-making process by aligning Solberg will also deliver the Inaugural address at the
the accountability with responsibility. Raisina Dialogue.
58. Who will the head of the High Level 60. The Union Cabinet approved what per cent
Committee (HLC) for implementation of Clause 6 reservation for ‘economically backward’ upper
castes in government jobs?
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a) 3% a) Union Bank of India
b) 5% b) United Bank of India
c) 7% c) Bank of India
d) 9% d) State Bank of India
e) 10% e) Bank of Baroda
Answer: E Answer: B
The Union Cabinet approved a 10 per cent United Bank of India and Srei Equipment Finance
reservation for ‘economically backward’ upper has entered into an agreement for financing the
castes in government jobs. MSME and agriculture sectors.
The government has announced reservation in jobs Under the pact, UBI would leverage its low-cost
for those belonging to the upper castes and earning loans with Srei to enable purchase of equipment and
less than Rs 8 lakh per year. vehicles in a seamless manner.
A bill to amend Article 15 and 16 of the Constitution
will be moved in the Parliament to this effect. 63. The Centre has amalgamated how many
Regional Rural Banks (RRB) into a single RRB
61. Which state government has announced with effect from January 1 2019?
interest free loans of up to Rs.3 lakh for women a) Three
self help groups (WSHGs) in the state? b) Two
a) Bihar c) Four
b) Rajasthan d) Six
c) Odisha e) Nine
d) Madhya Pradesh
e) Gujarat Answer: A
The Centre has amalgamated three Regional Rural
Answer: C Banks (RRB) Punjab Gramin Bank, Malwa Gramin
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced Bank and Sutlej Gramin Bank into a single RRB
interest free loans of up to Rs.3 lakh for women self with effect from January 1.
help groups (WSHGs) in the state. The sponsor banks of the RRBs are National Bank
There are around six lakh women self help groups in for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD),
Odisha. the Government of Punjab and Punjab National
The initiative will benefit about 70 lakh women in Bank, State Bank of India and Punjab and Sind
the state. Bank.
The chief minister also distributed financial
assistance of Rs. 3,000 each to six lakh WSHGs as 64. Insurance Regulatory and Development
part of the state government's efforts to digitally Authority of India (IRDAI) slapped a penalty of
empower women. ____ on United India Insurance Co for violating
Launched a scheme to distribute Rs. 15,000 seed norms regarding settlement of motor claims, on
money per group to three lakh new self-help groups. 4th January 2019?
He announced incentives of Rs. 500 per month for a) Rs 2 lakh
anganwadi workers and Rs. 200 for helpers. b) Rs 5 lakh
c) Rs 3 lakh
62. With which bank did the Srei Equipment d) Rs 1 lakh
Finance has entered into an agreement for e) None of these
financing the MSME and agriculture sectors?
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Answer: B research programs in the field of Communication

IRDAI slapped a penalty of Rs 5 lakh on United Navigation and Surveillance (CNS).
India Insurance Company for violating norms AAI and SAMEER, an autonomous research and
regarding the settlement of motor claims. development (R and D) institute under MeitY have
The insurer also violated file and use guidelines entered into an overarching MOU that will provide a
issued by the Authority. platform for Collaborative Research for both the
Organizations to work together.
65. Where did the 9-day long international kite The MOU, on the one hand, will provide for the
festival which marks the Uttarayan or Makar transfer of skill by SAMEER experts in the areas of
Sankranti, the day when winter season starts Radio Frequency, Millimetre Wave and Antenna-
changing to summer, commence on 6th January related solutions to AAI domain experts, while on
2019? the other hand, it will pave way for exposure for the
a) Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh SAMEER researchers to the challenging Aviation
b) Ahmedabad, Gujarat field.
c) Hyderabad, Telangana
d) Mysuru, Karnataka 67. Who has received the 'Central Board of
e) None of these Irrigation and Power Award' recently?
a) Devineni Umamaheswar Rao
Answer: B b) Nadenla Bhaskar Rao
Nine day long international kite festival was c) Gadde Ramamohan
inaugurated at Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad, d) Yalamanchili Ravi
Gujarat, by the Governor OP Kohli. e) None of these
Ahmedabad has been hosting this international kite
festival since 1989, this grand event is a part of the Answer: A
celebrations for Makar Sankranti (also called Andhra Pradesh Water Resources Minister Devineni
Uttarayan) Umamaheswar Rao has received the 'Central Board
About 500 kite fliers 13 different states of the of Irrigation and Power Award' for better planning
country and 19 cities of Gujarat are also taking part. and construction of Polavaram Irrigation Project in
the state.
66. Which organization signed a MoU with Rao was honoured by the Minister of State (IC)
Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Power and New and Renewable Energy Raj Kumar
Engineering and Research (SAMEER) for joint Singh.
research programs in the field of Communication The Polavaram project on river Godavari in Andhra
Navigation and Surveillance (CNS)? Pradesh is a multi-purpose irrigation project which
a) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has been accorded the status of a national project.
b) Airport Authority of India (AAI)
c) Defence Research and Development Organisation 68. Name the chief of staff of the United States
(DRDO) Department of Defence, who resigned from his
d) Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) position on 6thJanuary 2019?
e) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) a) Mike Pompeo
b) Justin Langer
Answer: B c) Ronald Steward
Airports Authority of India (AAI) signed MoU with d) Kevin Sweeney
Society for Applied Microwave Electronics e) None of these
Engineering and Research (SAMEER) for joint
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Answer: D Payment Instrument (PPI) Issuers in order to limit

Kevin Sweeney, the chief of staff of the US the liability of Customers in unauthorised electronic
Department of Defence, resigned from his position. payment transactions in Prepaid Payment
Kevin Sweeney retired as a Rear Admiral from the Instruments (PPIs) comprising mobile wallets,
US Navy in 2014. prepaid payments cards, and paper vouchers such as
Sodexo. The RBI said frauds due to third-party
69. Who won the Hopman Cup that concluded breach where neither the customer nor the PPI issuer
recently? is at fault, there cannot be any liability for the
a) Roger Federer and Belinda Bencic customer, in case the incident in reported within
b) Cameron Norrie and Katie Boulter three days. If the fraud is reported between three and
c) Alexander Zverev and Angelique Kerber seven days, customer liability will amount to the
d) Matt Ebden and Ashleigh Barty transaction value or Rs.10,000, whichever is lower
e) Frances Tiafoe and Serena Williams whereas for fraud reported over seven days, the
liability of the customer will be according to the
Answer: A board-approved policy of the PPI issuer. The PPI
Switzerland's Roger Federer and Belinda Bencic issuer has to credit the amount involved in the
secured a 2-1 victory over Germany's Angelique unauthorised transaction to the customer’s PPI
Kerber and Alexander Zverev to win the Hopman within 10 days, after the customer reports the fraud.
Cup for the second year in a row. Also the burden of proving customer liability in case
In a rerun of 2018 final, Federer beat Zverev to give of unauthorised electronic payment transactions shall
the Swiss an early 1-0 lead. Wimbledon champion lie on the PPI issuer.
Kerber then overcame Bencic to level the tie.
However, the Swiss claimed a tight win in the mixed 71. GST ministerial panel approved Kerala
doubles to claim their fourth Hopman Cup title. levying 1% cess for 2 years. The ministerial panel
Twenty time Grand Slam champion Federer is the is under whom?
first player to win three Hopman Cups - twice with a) Nitish Kumar
Bencic and once with Martina Hingis, in 2001. b) Tejashwi Yadav
c) Lalu Prasad Yadav
70. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has notified all d) Sushil Kumar Modi
authorised non-bank Prepaid Payment e) Tej Pratap Yadav
Instrument (PPI) Issuers in order to limit the
liability of Customers in unauthorised electronic Answer: D
payment transactions in PPIs. According to this, The ministerial panel under Bihar Deputy Chief
if the fraud is reported between 3 and 7 days, Minister Sushil Modi approved levy of 1% ‘calamity
customer liability will amount to the transaction cess’ by Kerala for a period of two years to fund
value or _____, whichever is lower? rehabilitation work in the state hit by floods.
a) Rs 5,000 The goods and services, which will attract the 1%
b) Rs 10,000 cess, would be decided by Kerala and any other state
c) Rs 15,000 considering to do the same would have to approach
d) Rs 20,000 the council.
e) Rs 25,000 The council also suggested to the GST Council to
allow additional borrowing over the permitted limit
Answer: B by states hit by natural calamity.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued a
notification for all authorised non-bank Prepaid
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The GST law provides for levy of special taxes for a The International Commission Against Impunity in
specified period to raise additional resources during Guatemala, or CICIG, was established over a decade
any natural calamity or disaster. ago with the authority to conduct independent
investigations and work with the country's
72. The Ministry of Human Resource prosecutors.
Development has introduced a 70 point grading
index to assess the quality of school education 74. Which countries central bank asked RBI to
offered by states. Who is the current Union Make Rs. 200, Rs. 500, Rs. 2000 currency notes
Minister of Human Resource Development? legal in country?
a) Prakash Javadekar a) Nepal
b) Ajay Mital b) Bhutan
c) Ram Vilas Paswan c) Afghanistan
d) Jagat Prakash Nadda d) Pakistan
e) None of these e) Sri Lanka
Answer: A Answer: A
The Ministry of Human Resource Development has The Nepal Rastra Bank asked the RBI to declare
introduced a 70 point grading index to assess the newly circulated Indian currency notes of
quality of school education offered by states. denominations higher than Rs 100 legal tender in the
State performance grading will be done wherein the country.
states will be marked out of 1,000 scores on 70 As of now, the RBI has only allowed the circulation
parameters. of Indian currency notes of Rs 100 and less in Nepal
This will give the correct picture of where every and provides exchange facilities for bills of these
state stands. There will be a fair competition to denominations.
improve each other's performances The NRB stated that country’s banking system,
including banks, financial institutions and NRB,
73. Which country was withdrawing from a hold Indian currency denominations of Rs 500 and
United Nations backed anti corruption Rs 1,000 worth Rs 48 million.
commission and giving its prosecutors a day to
leave the country? 75. Government allowed Iranian bank to open
a) Argentina branch in which city?
b) Grenada a) Ahemadabad
c) Guinea-Bissau b) Mumbai
d) Guatemala c) Pune
e) El Salvador d) Jodhpur
e) Ranchi
Answer: D
Guatemala was withdrawing from a United Nations Answer: B
backed anti corruption commission and giving its The government has allowed an Iranian bank to open
prosecutors a day to leave the country. a branch in Mumbai.
President Jimmy Morales accused the International Iran’s Bank Pasargad will open its branch within the
Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala, next three months.
commonly known as CICIG, of polarising the
country and putting its security at risk. 76. Who was appointed as the director general of
the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)?
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a) Vikram Pratap
b) Rajashekar Verma 78. Name Malaysia’s monarch who resigned as
c) Kumar Rajesh Chandra the 15th Yang di-Pertuan Agong, from the throne
d) Kartikeya Kountlya before completing the 5-year tenure for the first
e) Kumara Verma time in Malaysia’s history, on 6th January 2019?
a) Mohammed Hashim
Answer: C b) Sultan Muhammad V
Civil Aviation Security head and senior IPS officer c) Rafeeq Ahmed Khan
Kumar Rajesh Chandra was appointed as the director d) Aslam Shah R
general of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB). The SSB e) None of these
guards India's borders with Nepal and Bhutan.
Kumar Rajesh Chandra, a 1985-batch IPS officer of Answer: B
Bihar cadre, is at present the director general of the Malaysia’s King Muhammad V resigned, the first
Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS). time a monarch has stepped down from the throne
He has been appointed as SSB DG up to December before completing their five year tenure.
31, 2021, The resignation comes barely a week after the king
resumed his duties after spending two months away
77. Who delivered inaugural address of fourth on medical leave.
edition of the Raisina Dialogue which was
inaugurated in New Delhi? 79. Name the 15 year old student who has been
a) Dmitry Medvedev selected by the Indian Council for Child Welfare
b) Joshep Kobzon (ICCW) for receiving National Bravery Award.
c) Boris Yelstin a) Wahengbam Lamnganba
d) Valdmir Putin b) Kulachandra Singh
e) Erna Solberg c) Churachandra Singh
d) Raja Surchandra
Answer: E e) Bodhchandra Singh
The fourth edition of the Raisina Dialogue
inaugurated in New Delhi. Answer: A
Norway Prime Minister Erna Solberg delivered A 15 year old student Wahengbam Lamnganba, from
inaugural address in presence of Prime Minister a remote village of the district has been selected by
Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister the Indian Council for Child Welfare (ICCW) for
Sushma Swaraj. receiving National Bravery Award.
Ministry of External Affairs in partnership with Wahengbam Lamnganba had saved his two and half
Observer Research Foundation is organizing the year's old cousin brother from drowning in a pond
flagship annual geopolitical and geostrategic The National Bravery Awards are given under the
conference. aegis of the Indian Council for Child Welfare
The theme of the Dialogue this year is "A World (ICCW) every Republic Day.
Reorder: New Geometries; Fluid Partnerships;
Uncertain Outcomes”. 80. Who is selected as the Best Director in the
The Dialogue will bring together over 600 delegates Motion Picture Category of 76th Golden Globe
from 93 countries, including influential political Awards 2019?
leaders, strategic thinkers, policy practitioners, a) Alfonso Cuaron
technology innovators, business representatives and b) Christian Bale
academics. c) Justin Hurwitz
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d) Richard Madden Best Television Series – The Kominsky
e) Michael Douglas Musical/ Comedy Method
Answer: A Best Actress in Television Sandra Oh (Killing

Motion Picture Category Series – Drama Eve)
Best Motion Picture Bohemian Rhapsody

Best Actor in Television Richard Madden
Drama
Series – Drama (Bodyguard)
Best Motion Picture – Green Book
Musical or Comedy
Best Actress in Television Rachel Brosnahan
Series – Musical/Comedy (The Marvelous
Best Actor – Drama Rami Malek for
Mrs. Maisel)
“Bohemian Rhapsody”
Best Actress – Drama Glenn Close for “The Best Actor in Television Michael Douglas
Wife” Series – Musical/Comedy (The Kominsky
Best Actor – Musical or Christian Bale for Method)
Comedy “Vice”
Best Actress – Musical Olivia Colman for “The
or Comedy Favourite” 81. Which railway zone has launched a mobile
Best Director Alfonso Cuaron for application ‘Rail Kumbh Seva’ to help people
“Roma” navigate through Prayagraj city during Kumbh
Best Screenplay Brian Hayes Currie, Mela starting from January 15,2019?
Peter Farrelly and Nick a) Nothern Railway
Vallelonga for “Green b) North Eastern Railway
Book” c) Northeast Frontier Railway
d) North Central Railway
Best Original Score Justin Hurwitz for “First e) Central Railway
Man”
Best Original Song Shallow (A star is Born) Answer: D
The North Central Railway (NCR) has launched a
Best Animated Feature Spider-Man: Into the mobile application to help people navigate through
Film Spider –Verse Prayagraj city during Kumbh Mela starting from
January 15,2019
Best Foreign Language Roma (Mexico)
'Rail Kumbh Seva Mobile App' will provide
Film
information regarding all the 'Mela special' trains
that will be run during the period.
The app will provide a link to the user to buy both
Television Category
unreserved and reserved train tickets
A photo gallery, containing pictures of previous
Best Television Series, The Americans
Kumbh Melas can also be accessed through the app.
Drama
82. According to the first advance estimates of
national income released by the Central Statistics
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Office (CSO) Indian economy is expected to grow Answer: C

at what percentage in 2018-19? Pravasi Bharatiya Divas observed on 9 January to
a) 7.0% mark the contribution of the overseas Indian
b) 7.1% community towards the development of India. The
c) 7.2% day commemorates the return of Mahatma Gandhi
d) 7.5% from South Africa to Mumbai on 9 January 1915.
e) 7.7% The 15th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas will be held at
Varanasi from 21st January to 23rd January 2019.
Answer: C
First advance estimates of national income released 85. Minister of State (IC) for Information &
by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) Broadcasting and Youth Affairs & Sports,
Indian economy is expected to grow at 7.2% in launched the sharing of All India Radio News
2018-19, higher from 6.7% in the previous fiscal, with private FM broadcasters. Who is the current
mainly due to improvement in the performance of Minister of State (IC) for Information &
agriculture and manufacturing sectors. Broadcasting?
The income earned by an average Indian doubled in a) Hardeep Singh Puri
seven years, from Rs 63,642 per year in 2011-12 to b) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
Rs 1.25 lakh in 2018-19. c) Jitendra Singh
d) Santosh Kumar Gangwar
83. Who is the author of the book ‘A Crusade e) None of these
Against Corruption’ launched by Vice-Chairman
of Rajya Sabha, Harivansh Narayan Singh, in Answer: B
New Delhi? Minister of State (IC) for Information &
a) Rakesh Sharma Broadcasting and Youth Affairs & Sports, Col.
b) Arun Gupta Rajyavardhan Rathore (Retd.) launched the sharing
c) Manohar Manoj of All India Radio News with private FM
d) Nikhil Jain broadcasters. Private FM channels can now carry All
e) None of these India Radio News free of cost on trial basis up to
31st May this year. News Services Division of All
Answer: C India Radio has permitted its news bulletins in
Vice-Chairman of Rajya Sabha, Harivansh Narayan English and Hindi to be carried in unaltered form by
Singh launched Manohar Manoj`s book ‘A Crusade Private FM Channels as per certain terms and
Against Corruption’ in New Delhi. conditions.
84. Pravasi Bharatiya Divas observed on 9 86. Which company signed MOUs with state-run
January to mark the contribution of the overseas Oil Marketing Companies (IOCL, BPC, and
Indian community towards the development of HPC) on 7th January 2019, to ensure availability
India. The 15th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas will be of FASTags at petroleum outlets across India?
held at which city? a) IRB Infrastructure
a) New Delhi b) Indian Highways Management Company Ltd.
b) Mumbai (IHMCL)
c) Varanasi c) General Electricals (GE) Pvt. Ltd.
d) Agartala d) Larsen & Tubro Pvt. Ltd.
e) Imphal e) Brookfield Asset Management
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Answer: B
Indian Highways Management Company Ltd. Answer: B
(IHMCL), a company promoted by NHAI, is signing A visionary in the field of Solar Energy and the
MoUs with state-run Oil Marketing Companies chairman of National Solar Energy Federation, Shri
(IOCL, BPC, and HPC). It will ensure availability of Pranav R Mehta, has taken over as the president of
FASTags at petroleum outlets across India. In the Global Solar Council (GSC) from January 1, 2019.
first phase, the tags will be available across 50 Fuel The Global Solar Council (GSC) was launched on
Station in Delhi NCR, which will subsequently be December 6, 2015, following the historic United
expanded to outlets across India. IHMCL has been Nations Climate Change Conference (UN COP 21).
mandated to implement the National Electronic Toll The Global Solar Council came into being as
Collection Program (NETC) in the country. The International Coalition of more than 30 nations,
company launched the program under the brand utilising maximum solar energy, decided to harness
name “FASTag” in April 2016. IMHCL is also the renewable energy for the greater good.
planning the launch of two mobile applications
MyFASTag and IHMCLPOS. These apps will 89. Under whose chairmanship Reserve Bank of
enable customers to link the FASTags with their India has constituted a High Level Committee on
preferred bank account, recharge the FASTag via Deepening of Digital Payments to encourage
UPI platform, and also ensure that the tags are bank digitisation of payments and enhance financial
neutral inclusion?
a) H.R. Khan
87. Who takes charge as India’s new envoy to b) Aruna Sharma
China? c) Nandan Nilekani
a) Vikram Misri d) Vijaya Krishana
b) Nandan Patel e) None of these
c) Aravinda Ramaswamy
d) Mayankar Goel Answer: C
e) Satish Sharma Reserve Bank of India has constituted a High Level
Committee on Deepening of Digital Payments to
Answer: A encourage digitisation of payments and enhance
Vikram Misri, took charge as India’s new envoy to financial inclusion. The five-member committee
China. A 1989 batch India Foreign Service (IFS) headed by UIDAI’s former Chairman Nandan
officer, Misri 54, replaced Gautam Bambawale who Nilekani. The committee also include RBI’s former
retired in November last year. Prior to this Deputy Governor Mr. H.R. Khan and Former
appointment, Misri served as Indian envoy in Secretary, Ministry of Information Technology, Mrs.
Myanmar. He has served in various capacities at the Aruna Sharma among others. The committee will
headquarters of the Ministry of External Affairs review the existing status of digitisation of payments
(MEA) as well as in the Prime Minister's Office. and suggest ways to bridge any gaps in the
ecosystem. The committee will also undertake cross
88. Name the Indian who Becomes the first to country analysis to identify best practices that can be
Head Global Solar Council? adopted to accelerate digitisation of the economy
a) Rajesh Khhana and financial inclusion through greater use of digital
b) Pranav R Mehta payments.
c) Amitabh Kanth
d) Ravinder Setu 90. Which film is choosen as best picture of 2018
e) None of these by The National Society of Film Critics?
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a) Songs by Brothers Taught Me d) World is set to fly
b) Simple Pleasures e) Flying for all
c) Benachin
d) The Rider Answer: E
e) None of these The first ever two day Global Aviation Summit 2019
with the theme of 'Flying For All' will open on
Answer: D January 15, 2019 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The
The National Society of Film Critics chose Chloe summit organised by the Ministry of Civil Aviation
Zhao's low-budget debut feature, The Rider, as best along with FICCI, the first GAS-2019 will discuss
picture of 2018. Director Alfonso Cuaron's "Roma" how to ride this strong tailwind of growth and pave
won the most awards as best picture runner up, best the way forward for the aviation sector. The summit
foreign language film and for best cinematography. is supported by International Civil Aviation
Cuaron also got the award for best director. The film Organization (ICAO), Federal Aviation
critics society was founded in 1966, electing its Administration of US (FAA), International Air
voting critics from newspapers and other major U.S. Transport Association (IATA), CiviI Air Navigation
media outlet Services Organisation (CANSO), Airports Council
International (ACl) and Association of Asia Pacific
91. Recenty, Indian Army signed MOU with Airlines (AAPA).
which Bank the Defence Salary Package?
a) Andhra Bank 93. The second edition of Khelo India Youth
b) Jammu and Kashmir Bank Games officially inaugurated in which city?
c) Bank of Baroda a) Varanasi
d) State Bank of India b) Pune
e) Punjab National Bank c) Ahemadabad
d) Hyderabad
Answer: E e) Kolkata
A MoU was signed between the Indian Army and
PNB on the Defence Salary Package. The signing Answer: B
ceremony was chaired by the Adjutant General, Lt The second edition of Khelo India Youth Games
Gen Ashwani Kumar and was attended by top officially inaugurated in Pune, Maharashtra. More
dignitaries of PNB headed by Mr Naveen Kumar. than 9000 players from different states will
Salient features of the improved and updated MoU participate in 18 different games at Khelo India
are free ‘RAKSHAK PLUS’ Scheme for serving Youth Games. Khelo India Youth Games is a part
pers and veterans, overdraft facility range from Rs Khelo India which is the revamped national
0.75 to 3.0 lakhs, multicity ‘At Par’ cheques, instant programme for development of sports in India.
credit of outstation cheques, preferential allotment of Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG), formerly Khelo
lockers at concessional AMC and free SMS alerts. India School Games (KISG), held annually in
January or February.
92. The first ever two day Global Aviation
Summit 2019 is going to open on January 15, 94. Which country to host to 2019 Africa Cup of
2019 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. What is the Nations?
theme of the summit? a) Kenya
a) Nation Flying b) South Africa
b) Flying without limits c) Ghana
c) Boundaries on Flying d) Egypt
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e) Ethiopia good quality Research Journals in disciplines under
Social Sciences, Humanities, Languages, Arts,
Answer: D Culture, Indian Knowledge Systems etc., will be
Egypt will host the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, the maintained by CARE and referred to as ‘CARE
Confederation of African Football (CAF) has Reference List of Quality Journals’. UGC has
announced. It will be the fifth time Egypt to host the constituted a Committee under the Chairmanship of
African Cup of Nation. Egypt beat South Africa, the Prof. P. Balram, to review its quality mandate
only other nation to bid, by 16 votes. Original host relating to promotion of Research and to review the
nation Cameroon was stripped of staging duties existing M.Phil/ Ph.D Regulations.
because of slow preparations. Egypt will use eight
stadiums during the tournament, hosting in five 97. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched
different cities: Alexandria, Ismailia, Port Said, Suez road and underground sewerage system projects
and the capital Cairo. developed at an investment of Rs 1,100 crore in
which city?
95. When is the World Hindi is it celebrated a) Nashik
across the World? b) Pune
a) January 8th c) Napur
b) January 9th d) Mumbai
c) January 10th e) Solapur
d) January 11th
e) January 12th Answer: E
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched road and
Answer: C underground sewerage system projects developed at
World Hindi Day is celebrated on January 10 every an investment of Rs 1,100 crore in Solapur. Modi
year, marking the anniversary of first World Hindi inaugurated the four laned section of Solapur -
Conference which was held in 1975. First World Tuljapur - Osmanabad of NH-211 (New NH-52).
Hindi Conference inaugurated by Prime Minister Modi also laid the foundation stone for 30,000
Indira Gandhi. houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, the total
cost of the project is Rs 1811.33 crore.
96. University Grants Commission to set up
CARE to refine and strengthen research 98. Sri Lanka's Central Bank gets how many
publication. Who is the current chairman of million dollar swap from RBI?
UGC? a) $250 million
a) Balavendra Singh b) $300 million
b) D.P Singh c) $350 million
c) Nirupendra Singh d) $400 million
d) Dinesh Singh e) $450 million
e) Mahantesh Singh
Answer: D
Answer: B Sri Lanka's Central Bank stated that the Reserve
UGC decided to set up Consortium for Academic Bank of India has agreed to provide USD 400
and Research Ethics (CARE) to refine and million under a swap arrangement to boost the island
strengthen research publication. With an aim to nation's reserves. The RBI has agreed to provide the
refine and strengthen the University Grants funds under its SAARC (South Asian Association
Commission (UGC) approved list of journals. The for Regional Cooperation) Swap Facility
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its linkage to policy making, SEBI has constituted a
99. According to the new changes made by RBI in 'Research Advisory Committee'.
Gold Monetisation Scheme who are non eligible
to deposit under the scheme? 101. The Polavaram multipurpose irrigation
a) Charitable institutions project entered the Guinness Book of World
b) Central Government Records. The irrigation project is an
c) State Government underconstruction in which state?
d) Entities owned by Central Government or State a) Telangana
Government b) Andhra Pradesh
e) None of these c) Karnataka
d) Kerala
Answer: E e) Tamil Nadu
The Reserve Bank of India has changed its Gold
Monetisation Scheme (GMS), 2015 to make Answer: B
charitable institutions, Central Government, State The Polavaram multipurpose irrigation project
Government or any other entity owned by Central entered the Guinness Book of World Records by
Government or State Government eligible to deposit pouring 32,000 cubic metres of concrete in 24 hours
under the scheme. The government had launched the during the work of dam construction. Work on the
GMS in 2015 to mobilise the gold held by project, being undertaken by the private sector
households and institutions in the country. The Navayuga Engineering Co Ltd, is being conducted
scheme allows banks' customers to deposit their idle with extraordinary speed to make the dam ready for
gold holdings for a fixed period in return for interest irrigation purposes by June. The project beat the
in the range of 2.25-2.50%. existing record of 21,580 cubic metres which
was achieved by Abdul Wahed Bin Shabib, RALS
100. Security and Exchange Board of India Contracting LLC and Alfa Eng. Consultant (all
(SEBI) has constituted a "Research Advisory" UAE), in Dubai between May 18 and 20 in 2017.
committee which will assist in formulating policy Polavaram Project is an underconstruction multi-
to undertake research relevant for development purpose irrigation project on the Godavari River in
and regulation of capital markets. Who has been Andhra Pradesh.
choosen as the head of the committee?
a) Dr. Sankar De 102. IRCTC offers free travel insurance of what
b) Dr. Sanjay Grag amount for air travellers who booking air ticket
c) Dr. Uday Apalaraju using its website irctc.co.in?
d) Dr. Mrudula Sinha a) Rs.25 lakh
e) None of these b) Rs.30 Lakh
c) Rs.35 Lakh
Answer: A d) Rs.45 Lakh
Security and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has e) Rs.50 Lakh
constituted a "Research Advisory" committee which
will assist in formulating policy to undertake Answer: E
research relevant for development and regulation of The Indian Railways Catering and Tourism
capital markets. The committee headed by Dr. Corporation has announced that passenger booking
Sankar De and comprising of prominent financial air ticket using its website irctc.co.in can avail free
economists and market practitioners as members. In of cost travel insurance of Rs 50 lakh. IRCTC tied
order to strengthen its research function and enhance up with Bharti AXA General insurance company to
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provide free travel insurance. This facility will be
available for passengers irrespective of the class of 105. Which city is choosed to host ATP Cup
tickets and for both domestic and international which is going to take place in January 2020?
flights. The insurance will provide them financial a) Melbourne and Brisbane
protection against accidental death and total or b) Canberra and Melbourne
permanent disability. The premium for insurance c) Sydney and Canberra
will be borne by the IRCTC to secure its passengers d) Canberra and Brisbane
from any untoward incident during the journey e) Brisbane and Sydney
103. Who has attained number one position in the Answer: E

International Boxing Association's (AIBA) latest The debut of the ATP Cup will take place in January
world rankings. 2020. Australian cities Sydney and Brisbane have
a) Alejandra Jimenez been announced as the first two host locations for the
b) Alicia Napoleon newest team event in men's tennis. With more than
c) M C Mary Kom 100 players from 24 nations vying for $15 million in
d) Yvonne Caples prize money and 750 ATP Ranking points,
e) Pinki Jangra
106. India’s GDP is expected to grow at what
Answer: C percent in the fiscal year 2018-19 by the World
M C Mary Kom has attained number one position in Bank?
the International Boxing Association's (AIBA) latest a) 7.0%
world rankings. Mary Kom is placed top of the b) 7.1%
charts in the 48kg weight division with 1700 points. c) 7.2%
The 36-year-old will have to jump to 51kg in pursuit d) 7.3%
of her 2020 Olympic dream as 48kg is not yet e) 7.5%
included in the Games roster
Answer: D
104. A new book, titled ‘We Are Displaced: My India’s GDP is expected to grow at 7.3% in the fiscal
Journey and Stories from Refugee Girls Around year 2018-19, and 7.5% in the following two years.
the World’ is penned by whom? According to Global Economic Prospects report
a) Sunita Krishnan released by the World Bank, India will continue to
b) Teesta Setalvad be the fastest growing major economy in the world.
c) Medha Patkar
d) Malala Yousafzai 107. Country's longest single lane steel cable
e) Benazir Bhutto bridge named Byorung Bridge opened across
which river?
Answer: D a) Ganges
Nobel Peace Prize winner and Pakistani activist b) Indus River
Malala Yousafzai pens a new book, titled ‘We Are c) Siang River
Displaced: My Journey and Stories from Refugee d) Meghna River
Girls Around the World. Charting her experiences e) Teesta River
travelling the world and visiting refugee camps. The
244-page book along with eight pages of colour Answer: C
inserts is priced at Rs. 399. Malala Yousafzai and India’s longest 300 metre single lane steel cable
Kailash Satyarthi shared 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. suspension bridge was inaugurated by Arunachal
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Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu. The bridge a) Praveen Mahajan
across the Siang River at Yingkiong in Upper Siang b) Birendra Prasad Baishya
district has been named Byorung Bridge. It will c) Himanta Biswa Sarma
reduce the distance from Yingkiong to Tuting town d) Narinder Dhruv Batra
by almost 40 km. The earlier road length was 192 e) None of these
km.
Answer: B
108. In which country did the first India-Central President of the Indian Weightlifting Federation
Asia Dialogue is going to be held on January 12 (IWF), Birendra Prasad Baishya, has been named
and 13? Chef de Mission for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. It is
a) Sri Lanka for the first time that the Weightlifting has been
b) Bhutan accorded with the honour of Chef de Mission for the
c) Uzbekistan Olympics. The 2020 Summer Olympics, officially
d) Afghanistan known as the Games of the XXXII Olympiad and
e) Kazakhstan commonly known as Tokyo 2020 is a forthcoming
international multi-sport event that is scheduled to
Answer: C take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020.
The first India-Central Asia Dialogue will be held in
Samarkand, Uzbekistan on January 12 and 13. The 111. Who among the following has beend
Dialogue will be co-chaired by External Affairs appointed as Managing Director and Vice
Minister (EAM) Sushma Swaraj and the Foreign President, Facebook India?
Minister of Uzbekistan, Abdulaziz Kamilov. India- a) Ajit Mohan
Central Asia Dialogue, with the participation of b) Narayana Swamy
Afghanistan, is expected to strengthen India's c) Venkatesh Prasad
engagement, including political, economic, d) Vijay Bhoopathi
development partnership and cultural, with all the e) Arun Sharma
Central Asian countries and take it to a new level.
Answer: A
109. Nicolas Maduro has been sworn in for a Facebook appointed Ajit Mohan as Managing
second term as President of which country? Director and Vice-President, Facebook India. Mr.
a) Colombia Mohan, who was previously the CEO of video
b) Venezuela streaming platform Hotstar, will join Facebook early
c) Guyana next year. He succeeded Umang Bedi who left the
d) Argentina post on October 2017.
e) Chile
112. Which organisation received ‘Exhibitor of
Answer: B the Year Award’ at 106th Indian Science
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has been Congress held at Punjab?
sworn in for a second term. Seventeen Latin a) Defence Research and Development Organisation
American governments, the United States and (DRDO)
Canada rejected the legitimacy of Mr. Maduro’s next b) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
term c) National Dairy Development Board (NDDB)
d) Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
110. Who has been named Chef de Mission for e) None of these
the 2020 Tokyo Olympics?
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Answer: A The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) and the

DRDO pavilion received ‘Exhibitor of the Year Central Public Works Department (CPWD) have
Award’ at 106th Indian Science Congress held at signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for
Lovely Professional University (LPU), Phagwara, co-operation in building energy efficiency. BEE and
Punjab. The DRDO Pavillion at the mega science CPWD will cooperate on promoting designs and
expo was inaugurated by Governor of Punjab Shri construction of Energy Conservation Building Code
VP Singh Badnore and Union Science and (ECBC) compliant new buildings, star rating of
Technology Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan. CPWD managed buildings across the country with
no registration or renewal fee, awareness on energy
113. The Union cabinet has given its approval for efficiency in building sector and support for capacity
establishment of new AIIMS in which states? building of CPWD officials in ECBC.
i) Samba in Jammu
ii) Pulwama in Kashmir 115. The First ‘National Consultation on Child
iii) Rajkot in Gujarat Protection’ for 2019 was held at which city under
a) Only i the Chairmanship of the Secretary, Ministry of
b) Only ii Women and Child Development?
c) Only iii a) New Delhi
d) Only i and iii b) Mumbai
e) All i, ii and iii c) Chennai
Answer: E d) Bangalore
The Union cabinet has given its approval for e) Kolkata
establishment of three new AIIMS at Samba in
Jammu, Pulwama in Kashmir and Rajkot in Gujarat. Answer: A
These All India Institutes of Medical Sciences will The First ‘National Consultation on Child
be set up under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Protection’ for 2019 was held at India Habitat
Yojana. The objective is to establish the new AIIMS Centre, New Delhi under the Chairmanship of the
as Institutions of National Importance for providing Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child
quality tertiary healthcare, medical education, Development. The meeting was organized to follow
nursing education and research in the region. up on the exercise of monitoring of the CCIs by
Establishment of new AIIMS involves creation of States/UTs, todeliberate upon various aspects of
Hospital, Teaching Block for medical and nursing child protection and to take stock of the efforts made
courses, residential complex and allied by States/UTs regarding improvements in the Child
facilities/services. AIIMS New Delhi is governed by Care Institutions.
the All India Institute of Medical Sciences Act, 1956
116. Henley Passport Index periodically measures
114. With which agency did the Central Public the access each country's travel document
Works Department (CPWD) have signed a MoU affords, India jumped two positions from 81st in
for co-operation in building energy efficiency? 2018 to 79th this year. Which country topped the
a) Energy Efficiency Services Ltd. list?
b) Ministry of Power a) South Korea
c) Ministry of New and Renewable Energy b) America
d) Bureau of Indian Standards c) China
e) Bureau of Energy Efficiency d) Russia
e) Japan
Answer: E
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Answer: E river (tributary of the Yamuna) in Sirmour district of

Henley Passport Index periodically measures the Himachal. It envisages construction if 148 m high
access each country's travel document affords, India rock-filled dam for supply of 23 cumec water to
jumped two positions from 81st in 2018 to 79th this Delhi and other basin states.
year. Japan retained its top spot as the world's most
travel-friendly passport due to the document's access 119. In which city does the inauguration of the
to 190 countries. The ranking is based on the 25th edition of Partnership Summit 2019 held?
extensive and exclusive data collected from the a) Pune
International Air Transportation Association (IATA) b) Delhi
which maintains the world’s largest and most c) Mumbai
accurate database of travel information. Afghanistan, d) Varanasi
Pakistan and Nepal ranked further low at 104, 102 e) Bangalore
and 94 respectively
Answer: C
117. National Youth Day is celebrated in all over Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the
the world on what day? 25th edition of Partnership Summit 2019 in Mumbai.
a) January 4th Theme of Summit is New India Rising to Global
b) January 14th Occasions. The summit is expected to build new
c) April 12th partnerships and explore investment opportunities in
d) January 12th sectors like Artificial Intelligence, big data, food
e) July 16th processing, defence, aeronautics, renewable energy
and tourism. The Partnership Summit 2019 is being
Answer: D organised by the Ministry of Commerce and
National Youth Day is celebrated in all over the Industry, the Maharashtra Government and the
world on 12 January on the birthday of Swami Confederation of Indian Industry.
Vivekananda. In 1984 the Government of India
declared the day as the National Youth Day. Since 120. Name the campaign launched by Ministry of
1985 the event is celebrated in India every year. Women and Child Development, that aims to
discover and celebrate the exceptional
118. 6 states signed agreement for Renukaji dam achievements of women.
multipurpose project. Which state does not a) #www: Web Wonder Women
include in the list? b) #www: Women and Acheivements
a) Haryana c) #www: Women Acheivements on Internet
b) Himachal Pradesh d) #www: Wonders of Women
c) Uttarakhand e) #www: Web, Women and Wonders
d) Delhi
e) None of these Answer: A
The Ministry of Women and Child Development,
Answer: E Government of India, has launched an online
Six states Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, campaign, ‘#www : Web Wonder Women’. The
Delhi, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh signed an Campaign aims to discover and celebrate the
agreement for construction of Renukaji Dam Multi exceptional achievements of women, who have been
Purpose Project. Agreement on water sharing was driving positive agenda of social change via social
signed on 28 August 2008. Renukaji Dam project media. The Campaign has been launched by the
has been conceived as a storage project on the Giri Ministry of Women and Child Development,
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Government of India in association with the NGO
Breakthrough and Twitter. Answer: B
The Union Ministry of Women and Child
121. Which state will become first state in the Development is organising the sixth edition of the
country to roll out Universal Basic Income? festival. Three-day ‘Women of India Organic
a) Sikkim Festival’ will begin at Leisure Valley in Sector-10
b) Manipur here on Saturday to celebrate and promote women
c) Uttar Pradesh farmers and entrepreneurs in the organic sector from
d) Mehalaya the remotest parts of India. The Women of India
e) Rajasthan Organic Festival has been held annually in New
Delhi since 2015, and makes its debut in Chandigarh
Answer: A this year. Through this festival, the Ministry aims to
Sikkim becomes the first state in the country to educate people about its various initiatives and
introduce the scheme called the Universal Basic schemes relating to women and children.
Income (UBI). Universal basic income (UBI) is a
model for providing all citizens of a country with a 124. To mark employment generation for 1.06
given sum of money, regardless of their income, lakh youths in a year, which state organised
resources or employment status. This scheme is Global Skill Summit – 2019?
alternative to social welfare programmes with a) Gujarat
benefits towards reducing poverty. b) Rajasthan
c) Madhya Pradesh
122. Which private sector bank appoints Brahm d) Uttarakhand
Dutt as non executive part-time chairman? e) Jharkhand
a) Yes Bank
b) Axis Bank Answer: E
c) Kotak Mahindra Bank To mark employment generation for 1.06 lakh
d) ICICI Bank youths in a year, Government of Jharkhand
e) None of these organized Global Skill Summit - 2019 in Ranchi
during which appointment letters were given to all
Answer: A the candidates. Jharkhand is the only state in the
Yes Bank, India's fourth largest private sector bank country where three global summits were organized
has appointed Brahm Dutt as non-executive part- in a row merely in four years. Shri Dharmendra
time chairman to the board. Brahm Dutt has been on Pradhan, Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas,
Yes Bank’s board since July 2013 as an independent &Skill Development and Entrepreneurship today
director. He is currently also the chairman of the attended the summit
Nomination and Remuneration Committee.
125. Name the mobile application that is launched
123. The Union Ministry of Women and Child by The Coimbatore city traffic police for the
Development is organising the sixth edition of public to report traffic violation.
Women of India Organic Festival in which city? a) Police-E-Eye
a) Chennai b) Police-E-App
b) Chandigarh c) Police-E-City
c) Delhi d) Police-E-Check
d) Mumbai e) None of these
e) Nagpur
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Answer: A Aayaam’. Apex body of the country’s paint industry

The Coimbatore city traffic police launched a mobile - Indian Paint Association (IPA)
application ‘Police-E-Eye’ for the public to report
traffic violation. The application will enable public 128. Who has launched the National Youth
to take pictures of traffic rule violators and upload Parliament Festival 2019 at New Delhi, to
them for the police to view and take actions. The app organise the festival at every district of the
was developed by a seven-member team of Aveon country so that the youth between the age group
Infotech of 18 to 25 years can participate and discuss and
debate about how to make a New India?
126. Indian Army organised the Army a) Vijay Goel
Technology Seminar-2019 in which city? b) Rajyavardhan Rathore
a) Delhi c) Amarendra Kumar Dubey
b) Jaipur d) Rahul Bhatnagar
c) Ranchi e) None of these
d) Chandigarh
e) Kathmandu Answer: B
Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Col
Answer: A Rajyavardhan Rathore launched the National Youth
Indian Army organised the Army Technology Parliament Festival 2019 at New Delhi. The theme
Seminar-2019 in New Delhi. Theme of the seminar of the festival is Be the Voice of New India and Find
is “Disruptive Impact of Emerging Technologies on solutions and contribute to policy. The Ministry has
Land Warfare”. The seminar was aimed to bring decided to organise the youth festival at every
together stakeholders in the military, academia and district of the country so that the youth between the
industry to provide perspective on the available and age group of 18 to 25 years can participate and
emerging technologies. The event was attended by discuss and debate about how to make a New India.
Dr Subhash Bhamre, Raksha Rajya Mantri, Gen
Bipin Rawat, Chief of the Army Staff, Shri Ajay 129. What is the new innovation initiative at the
Kumar, Secretary Department of Defence Production Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi, that is launched
and other dignitaries from Ministry of Defence. by The United States Chamber of Commerce's
Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC)?
127. Where does the 29th Indian Paint a) To honour Innovation
Conference - 2019 inaugurated? b) To persuade Innovation
a) Agra, Uttar Pradesh c) Fair Value for Innovation
b) Bangalore, Karnataka d) To acclaim Innovation
c) Patna, Bihar e) None of these
d) Hyderabad, Telangana
e) Pune, Maharashtra Answer: C
The United States Chamber of Commerce's Global
Answer: A Innovation Policy Center (GIPC) launched a new
29th Indian Paint Conference - 2019 inaugurated in innovation initiative at the Raisina Dialogue in New
Agra, Uttar Pradesh. This would be the largest trade Delhi. The initiative, titled "Fair Value for
show of the estimated INR 500 billion (50,000 Innovation”. That will examine economic
Crore) Indian Paints & Coatings industry. The theme underpinnings that would enable breakthrough
of the Conference is ‘Paints Pe Charcha – Naye innovation, and explore how policymakers can
harness innovation capital in India and around the
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globe through research, advocacy, partnerships, and
programs. The Raisina Dialogue is India's most 132. Which state government launched the ‘Ama
influential conference on geopolitics and geo Ghare LED’ (LED bulbs in our houses) scheme
economics, convened by the Observer Research which will benefit about 95 lakh families in the
Foundation and the Indian Ministry of External State. Each beneficiary family will get four LED
Affairs in New Delhi. bulbs free of cost under the scheme?
a) Tamil Nadu
130. Which state becomes 1st state to implement b) Goa
10% quota to EWS? c) Madhya Pradesh
a) Andhra Pradesh d) Jammu and Kashmir
b) Gujarat e) Odisha
c) Mizoram
d) Uttar Pradesh Answer: E
e) Kerala Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched the
‘Ama Ghare LED’ (LED bulbs in our houses)
Answer: B scheme which will benefit about 95 lakh families in
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has announced the State. Each beneficiary family will get four LED
that his government will implement the 10 per cent bulbs free of cost under the scheme. LED bulbs (9-
reservation for economically weaker sections of the watt each) will be distributed to the beneficiaries
general category with immediate effect. His registered under the National Food Security Act
announcement comes less than a week after (NFSA) and the State Food Security Scheme
Parliament passed a constitutional amendment bill to (SFSS). Distribution of the bulbs will be started at
facilitate 10 per cent reservation for upper castes in the PEETHA (Peoples Empowerment – Enabling
higher education and employment. The 10% quota Transparency and Accountability of Odisha
will be applicable for higher education and govt job, Initiatives) schemes on January 15. Odisha Power
Not applicable for recruitment/admission that have Transmission Corporation Limited (OPTCL) will be
already started. implementing the scheme and the bulbs will be
distributed through camps and PDS outlets across
131. Which state government launched the 'One the State.
Family One Job' scheme which entitles one
government job for every family in the state? 133. Who has recently resigned as the chairman
a) Mizoram of the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE)?
b) Manipur a) Brijendra Kumar
c) Sikkim b) Somsankar Patwari
d) West Bengal c) Mitun Singh
e) Meghalaya d) Goverdhan Murthy
e) Ashok Chawala
Answer: C
Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling Answer: E
launched the 'One Family One Job' scheme which Ashok Chawla has resigned as the chairman of the
entitles one government job for every family in the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE). The
state. Sikkim has become the first state in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) informed a
country to carry out such an exclusive programme special CBI court that it has got sanction from the
for the people who would now be entitled to state government to prosecute five people current and
government employee benefits.
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former bureaucrats in the Aircel-Maxis case Emerging, Medium and Large categories
including Chawla. respectively. The awards were instituted by The
Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI).
134. Which IT services company has appointed
Daniel Hughes Callahan as an Additional and 136. Name the writer has won the Sushila Devi
Independent Director? Literature Award.
a) Infosys a) Namita Gokhale
b) Wipro b) Manju Kapur
c) HCL Technologies c) Malashri Lal
d) Tata Consultancy Services d) Gita Hariharan
e) Larsen & Toubro Infotech e) None of these
Answer: D Answer: A
India's largest IT services company Tata Writer Namita Gokhale has won the Sushila Devi
Consultancy Services has appointed Daniel Hughes Literature Award for her novel "Things to Leave
Callahan as an Additional and Independent Director. Behind". She was awarded in the 'Best Book of
Callahan has been appointed as an Additional and Fiction Written by a Woman Author' category at the
Independent Director for a period of five years with inaugural edition of Bhopal Literature and Art
effect from January 10, 2019. He was the Chief Festival (BLF) and comes with a cash prize of Rs 2
Administrative Officer and Head of Operations and lakh. Gokhale, also the co-founder of the Jaipur
Technology at Citigroup and was a member of Citi's Literature Festival.
Operating Committee until November 2018. Prior to
joining Citi in 2007, he held senior level positions in 137. 4th meeting of the Council for Trade
IBM Japan, Morgan Stanley, and Credit Suisse. Development and Promotion (CTDP) was held
recently in which city?
135. Who was conferred the ICSIs Lifetime a) New Delhi
Achievement Award for 'Translating Excellence b) Mumbai
in Corporate Governance into Reality’? c) Chennai
a) Jeff M. Fettig d) Hyderabad
b) Irfan Razack e) Vishakhapatnam
c) Adi Godrej
d) Brahm Vasudeva Answer: A
e) None of these Explanation:
Answer: C Union Minister for Commerce & Industry and Civil
Industrialist and Godrej Group Chairman Adi Godrej Aviation, Suresh Prabhu, chaired the 4th meeting of
was conferred the ICSIs Lifetime Achievement the Council for Trade Development and Promotion
Award for 'Translating Excellence in Corporate (CTDP) in New Delhi. Suresh Prabhu informed that
Governance into Reality. The 18th ICSI National the Government of India has formulated an
Awards for Excellence in Corporate Governance Agricultural Export Policy for the first time with a
were bagged jointly by Cipla Ltd and Dabur India focused plan to boost India’s agricultural exports to
Ltd and five others: ACC Ltd, Hindustan Unilever USD 60 billion by 2022. CTDP was constituted in
Ltd, Indian Oil Corp, Tata Metaliks Ltd and Indian July 2015, to ensure a continues dialogue with State
Hotels Co Ltd. The 3rd CSR Excellence Awards Governments/UTs on measures for providing
went to GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd, International Trade enabling environments. It also
Tata Power Co Ltd and Ambuja Cements Ltd in
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seeks to create a framework for making States/ UTs 140. Which state tops the medal tally at the Khelo
active partners in boosting India’s export. India Youth Games in Pune?
a) Maharashtra
138. India ranks which position on the Economist b) West Bengal
Intelligence Unit’s annual Global Democracy c) Telangana
Index? d) Karnataka
a) 38th e) Gujarat
b) 52nd
c) 21st Answer: A
d) 12th Maharashtra had 111 medals in its kitty with 37
e) 41st gold, 31 silver and 43 bronze. Delhi continues to
follow second with 35 gold and Haryana too
Answer: E maintains its third position with 29 gold. Ten year
Norway topped and India has ranked at old Abhinav Shaw became the youngest gold
41st place on the Economist Intelligence Unit’s medallist in shooting, He teamed up with Mehuli
annual Global Democracy Index. The EIU Ghosh to help West Bengal win the 10m air rifle
Democracy Index provides a snapshot of the state of mixed team event.
world democracy for 165 independent states and two
territories. The Democracy Index is based on five 141. Which team won the final of the Premier
categories: electoral process and pluralism; civil Badminton League (PBL) at the Kanteerava
liberties; the functioning of government; political Indoor Stadium in Bengaluru?
participation; and political culture. Based on their a) Bengaluru Raptors
scores on 60 indicators within these categories, each b) Mumbai Rockets
country is then itself classified as one of four types c) Hyderabad Hunters
of regime: full democracy; flawed democracy; d) Chennai Smashers
hybrid regime; and authoritarian regime. e) Delhi Dashers
139. Albie Morkel announced his retirement from Answer: A

all forms of cricket, putting an end to nearly 20- Bengaluru Raptors beat Mumbai Rockets 4-3 in the
year of professional cricketing career. He plays final of the Premier Badminton League (PBL) at the
cricket for which country? Kanteerava Indoor Stadium in Bengaluru to win
a) West Indies their maiden title. Kidambi Srikanth, Vu Ji Trang
b) Australia (Trump match) and men's doubles pair of
c) South Africa Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Satiawan won their
d) New Zealand matches for Bengaluru Raptors.
e) Scotland
142. Every year in India, 15 January is celebrated
Answer: C as what day?
South African all rounder Albie Morkel announced a) Navy Day
his retirement from all forms of cricket, putting an b) Army Day
end to nearly 20-year of professional cricketing c) Defence Day
career. Morkel played one Test, 58 ODIs and 50 d) Non-Violence Day
T20Is for his country, scoring 1412 runs and picking e) None of these
up 77 wickets across formats.
Answer: B
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Army Day is celebrated on 15 January every year in
India. It is 71st Army Day. Army Day is celebrated Answer: C
on 15 January every year in India, in recognition of The Madras High Court has set up an expert
Field Marshal Kodandera M. Cariappa's (then a committee to find a solution to root out invasive
Lieutenant General) taking over as the first species of plants from the Western Ghats.
Commander in Chief of the Indian Army from Committee will be headed by Cherukuri
General Sir Francis Butcher, the last British Raghavendra Babu, chairman of Expert Committee
Commander-in-Chief of India, on 15 January 1949. on Invasive Species, National Biodiversity
Authority, Chennai. It has also directed the panel to
143. The Union Government launched the ‘GeM’, file a report on the ways to weed out such species
an initiative to enable women entrepreneurs and within two months.
Women Self-Help Groups (WSHGs) to sell
handicrafts, handloom, accessories, and other 145. India’s largest startup ecosystem, a 1.8 lakh
products directly to Government departments square feet facility housing incubation set ups
and institutions. What does letter ‘M’ stands for across a string of segments in modern technology,
in GeM? inaugurated in which state?
a) Marketplace a) Kerala
b) Moto b) Tamil Nadu
c) Merchant c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Mahilapalace d) Telangana
e) None of these e) Karnataka
Answer: A Answer: A
The Union Government launched the ‘Womaniya on Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated
Government e Marketplace (GeM)’, an initiative to a 1.8 lakh square feet facility housing incubation set
enable women entrepreneurs and Women Self-Help ups across a string of segments in modern
Groups (WSHGs) to sell handicrafts, handloom, technology. The Integrated Startup Complex under
accessories, and other products directly to the Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) includes the
Government departments and institutions. GeM is an ultra modern facilities of Maker Village that promote
online platform of the ministry for procurement of hardware startups, the BioNest that promotes
goods and services by government departments, medical technologies, BRINC which is the country’s
public sector units, and other agencies. GeM was first international accelerator for hardware startups.
setup in 2016 and has 731,431 product categories, The Kerala state government intends to expand its
with 180,862 registered sellers and 32,114 incubation space further and after the completion of
government buyers. three more projects, Kerala will have a total startup
and incubation space of 5 lakh Sq ft. This will be one
144. Which High Court has set up an expert of the largest incubation facilities in the world.
committee to find a solution to root out invasive
species of plants from the Western Ghats? 146. Which private sector Bank appointed, B
a) Karnataka High Court Sriram, Rama Bijapurkar as independent
b) Calcutta High Court directors?
c) Madras High Court a) Axis Bank
d) Bombay High Court b) ICICI Bank
e) None of these c) IndusInd Bank
d) Kotak Mahindra Bank
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e) HDFC Bank the coach of the Indian football team, the first time
being back in 2002 when he managed the team for
Answer: B three years. He returned to the seat after taking over
Private sector ICICI Bank inducted former SBI for a second time in 2015, succeeding Dutch Wim
Managing Director B Sriram on its board as Koevermans.
independent director and management consultant
Rama Bijapurkar was also appointed as director. 149. Who has taken over as chief coach for the
Both were appointed for 5 years, subject to the country’s Women Boxing Team?
approval of shareholders. Sriram retired as the a) Vikas Krishan Yadav
managing director of IDBI Bank in September 2018. b) Satish Kumar
Prior to IDBI Bank, he was the managing director of c) Naman Tanwar
SBI. d) Manish Kaushik
e) Mohammed Ali Qamar
147. Who has been appointed as new ICC CEO
replacing incumbent David Richardson, who will Answer: E
step down after the World Cup? Mohammed Ali Qamar, India’s first Commonwealth
a) Manu Sawhney Games gold medal winner in boxing, has taken over
b) Ravi Sastry as chief coach for the country’s women pugilists. He
c) Mark Boucher replacing veteran Shiv Singh. Qamar has become the
d) Mustafa Kamal youngest person to get the top job. He won a gold
e) N. Srinivasan medal in the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth
Games in the light flyweight category.
Answer: A
The International Cricket Council appointed media 150. Who received the first ever Philip Kotler
professional Manu Sawhney as its new chief Presidential award, in New Delhi?
executive officer, replacing incumbent David a) Amith Shah
Richardson, who will step down after the World b) Mohan Bahgwat
Cup. Sawhney, the former CEO of Singapore Sports c) Sonia Gandhi
Hub and Managing Director of ESPN Star Sports, d) Narendra Modi
will join the organisation e) Mamata Banerjee
148. Stephen Constantine who has resigned from Answer: D

his position as Head Coach of which Indian The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, received
sports team? the first ever Philip Kotler Presidential award, in
a) Hockey New Delhi. The Award focuses on the triple bottom
b) Cricket line of People, Profit and Planet. It will be offered
c) Foot Ball annually to the leader of a Nation. According to the
d) Basket Ball award citation, Modi was selected for his
e) Boxing “outstanding leadership for the nation”. The Citation
mentions initiatives such as Make in India, Startup
Answer: C India, Digital India, and Swachh Bharat. Prof. Philip
Stephen Constantine resigned from his position of Kotler is a world renowned Professor of Marketing
Indian football team’s head coach after the Blue at Northwestern University, Kellogg School of
Tigers suffered an exit from the group stage of the Management.
AFC Asian Cup 2019. This was his second stint as
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151. Government has constituted a seven-member Ganga Rejuvenation. The theme of the conference is
Group of Ministers (GoM) to boost the real estate “Micro Irrigation and Modern Agriculture”.
sector under the GST regime. Who has been
choosen as the convener of the GoM? 153. The Union Minister of Civil Aviation, Suresh
a) Dinesh Sharma Prabhu on January 15, 2019 inaugurated the
b) Keshav Prasad Maurya Global Aviation Summit 2019 in which state?
c) Trivendra Singh Rawat a) Gujarat
d) Sushil Kumar Modi b) Maharashtra
e) Nitin Patel c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Rajasthan
Answer: E e) Delhi
Government has constituted a seven-member Group Answer: B
of Ministers (GoM) to boost the real estate sector The Union Minister of Civil Aviation, Suresh
under the GST regime. Deputy Chief Minister of Prabhu on January 15, 2019 inaugurated the Global
Gujarat Nitin Patel will be the convener of the GoM. Aviation Summit 2019 in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Finance Ministers of Maharashtra, Karnataka, The theme of the Global Aviation Summit 2019 is
Kerala, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh and the Panchayat 'Flying for all especially the next 6 Billion'. The two-
Minister of Goa will be the members. It will analyse day summit is being organised by the Union
tax rate of GST and suggest a composition scheme Ministry of Civil Aviation, Airport Authority of
for residential construction units. The committee will India (AAI) in association with the Federation of
examine legality of inclusion and exclusion of land Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
or any other ingredient, in composition and suggest (FICCI).
valuation mechanism.
154. Name the Gurgaon’s 8-year-old boy who has
152. Ministry of Water Resources, River won the under 8 category at the Kids' Golf World
Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, is Championship organised by US kids Golf in
organised the 9th International Micro Irrigation Malaysia?
Conference in which city? a) Manoj Singh
a) Aurangabad b) Sumit Singh
b) Ahemadabad c) Mahendra Singh
c) Ajmer d) Karthik Singh
d) Allahabad e) Yuvaraj Singh
e) Agra
Answer: D
Answer: A Gurgaon’s 8-year-old Kartik Singh has won the
Ministry of Water Resources, River Development under 8 category at the Kids' Golf World
and Ganga Rejuvenation, is organised the 9th Championship organised by US kids Golf in
International Micro Irrigation Conference at Malaysia, which makes him the youngest Indian to
Aurangabad in Maharashtra. The conference is held win the title. He finished 8th at the US kids junior
in association with International Commission on world championship 2017, Pinehurst, the USA in 7
Irrigation and Drainage (ICID), Indian National year category.
Committee on Surface Water (INCSW) and
WAPCOS Limited, a CPSE under the Union 155. The 1st National Level Sports Meet for the
Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & students of Eklavya Model Residential Schools
(EMRS) was inaugurated by Shri Jaswantsinh
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Sumanbhai Bhabhor, Minister of State for Tribal The second World Orange Festival will be organised
Affairs at which stadium? in Nagpur. The festival, while offering its famed
a) Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium oranges to the world, will also showcase and brand
b) Barabati Stadium the exquisite fruit in order to boost its export.
c) JSCA International Cricket Stadium Agricultural experts and scientists from various
d) M. A. Chidambaram Stadium countries will participate in the workshops and guide
e) G.M.C Balayogi Stadium farmers.
Answer: E 158. Under the chairmanship of whom does the

The 1st National Level Sports Meet for the students 10th edition of the India Rubber Expo 2019
of Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) was inaugarated in Mumbai?
inaugurated by Shri Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai a) Vikram Makar
Bhabhor, Minister of State for Tribal Affairs at b) Sanjay Khirmani
G.M.C Balayogi Stadium, Hyderabad. The Minister c) Manoj Bhoopathi
also launched an app ‘EMRS Sports Meet’ dedicated d) Vikram Malhotra
on the occasion. The event has a participation of e) None of these
1777 students comprising of 975 boys and 802 girls
representing 20 States of the country. Answer: A
Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Suresh
156. Filmmaker Lenin Rajendran passed away. Prabhu inaugurated the 10th edi tion of the India
He belongs to which Indian state? Rubber Expo 2019 in Mumbai. The three day event
a) Andhra Pradesh being held at the Bombay Exhibition Centre is one
b) Gujarat of the most anticipated events in the rubber industry
c) Kerala ’s c alendar. Chairman of India Rubber Expo 2019 is
d) Rajasthan Vikram Makar.
e) Mizoram
159. ‘Jai Kisan Rin Mukti Yojana’ is a scheme
Answer: C launced by Madhya Pradesh Govt. for farm debt
Veteran filmmaker and chairman of Kerala State waiver. Under this scheme what amount is the
Film Development Corporation Lenin Rajendran farm debt waiver?
passed away. He won five Kerala state film awards a) Rs.25,000
in his career. Lenin had begun his career as an b) Rs.30,000
assistant to director PA Backer. He directed his first c) Rs.40,000
film Venal in 1981. d) Rs.45,000
e) Rs.50,000
157. The second World Orange Festival will be
organised in which city? Answer: E
a) Mummbai Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath
b) Nagpur launched his government's Rs 50,000 crore farm
c) Hyderabad debt waiver scheme named 'Jai Kisan Rin Mukti
d) Bangalore Yojana'. in Bhopal. It would benefit 55 lakh small
e) Delhi and marginal farmers in the state. Farmers, who have
registered themselves to pay GST and are paying
Answer: B income tax, cannot a vail benefits under this scheme.
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160. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has 3. The Cabinet also approved an increase in the
inaugurated the 9th edition of Vibrant Gujarat authorized capital of Exim Bank from Rs. 10,000
global investors’ summit - 2019 at Mahatma crore to Rs. 20,000 crore. The recapitalisation bonds
Mandir Gandhinagar, Gujarat. What is the will be on the lines issued to Public Sector Banks.
theme of the summit?
a) Invest now for future India 162. Recently, The Reserve Bank of India
b) Gujarat Discovered imposed a Rs. 1 crore penalty on which bank for
c) Shaping a new India noncompliance of Know Your Customer
d) Gujarat Going Global guidelines and fraud classification norms?
e) None of these a) Bank of India
b) Bank of Maharashtra
Answer: C c) Union Bank of India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the d) Syndicate Bank
9th edition of V ibrant Gujarat global inv estors’ e) Andhra Bank
summit - 2019 at Mahatma Mandir Gandhinagar,
Gujarat. Theme - Shaping a new India. Uzbekistan Answer: B
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev addressed the Vibrant The Reserve Bank of India imposed a Rs. 1 crore
Gujarat Summit. More than 30 thousand penalty on state owned Bank of Maharashtra (BoM)
international and Indian delegates including the for noncompliance of Know Your Customer
Heads of State from 5 countries are participating in guidelines and fraud classification norms. This
the summit. Apart from this, 11 international penalty has been imposed taking into account the
organizations are participating as partner failure of the bank to adhere to directions issued by
organizations for the Summit. the RBI .
161. The Cabinet also approved an increase in the 163. The government announced the names of the
authorized capital of Exim Bank from Rs. 10,000 winners of the Gandhi Peace Prize for 2015-2018.
crore to what amount? Whom was conffered with the award for 2017?
a) Rs.20,000 crore a) Indian Space Research Organisation
b) Rs.30,000 crore b) Vivekananda Kendra, Kanyakumari
c) Rs.40,000 crore c) Akshaya Patra Foundation
d) Rs.50,000 crore d) Ekai Abhiyan Trust
e) Rs.1,00,000 crore e) Nippon Foundation
Answer: A Answer: D
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister The government announced the names of the
Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the winners of the Gandhi Peace Prize for 2015-2018,
recapitalization of EXIM Bank. which were last conferred to the Indian Space
1. Issuance of Recapitalization Bonds by Research Organisation in 2014.
Government of India to the tune of Rs.6,000 crore It is given to individuals and institutions for their
for capital infusion in Export Import Bank of India contribution towards social, economic and political
(Exim Bank). transformation through non-violence and other
2. The equity will be infused in two tranches of Rs. Gandhian methods.
4,500 crore in FY 2018-19 and Rs.1,500 crore in FY 2015 - Vivekananda Kendra, Kanyakumari won the
2019-20 respectively. award for rural development and education
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2016 - The award has been jointly given to Akshaya Answer: C
Patra Foundation for providing mid-day meals to Information and Broadcasting Secretary Amit Khare
children across the country and Sulabh International and TRAI Chairman RS Sharma inaugurated the 25th
for its work towards emancipation of manual International conference and exhibition on terrestrial
scavengers and satellite broadcasting, BES EXPO 2019 in New
2017 - The award will be given to Ekai Abhiyan Delhi. Nearly 300 companies from 25 countries are
Trust for its contribution to education for rural and displaying their products at the Expo. Theme – Gen
tribal children Broadcasting in the IT World.
2018 - The award will be given to Nippon
Foundation chairman Yohei Sasakawa for his role in 166. Who inaugurated UNNATI programme of
leprosy eradication. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in
Bengaluru?
164. Who becomes first Indian athlete to be a) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
nominated in Laureus World Comeback of Year b) Jitendra Singh
Award? c) Amarendra Kumar Dubey
a) Virat Kohli d) Rahul Bhatnagar
b) Anirban Lahiri e) None of these
c) Vijendra Singh
d) PV Sindhu Answer: B
e) Vinesh Phogat Minister of State in Department of Space Dr.
Jitendra Singh inaugurated UNNATI programme of
Answer: E Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in
Indian female wrestler Vinesh Phogat has become Bengaluru. UNNATI, a capacity building
the first Indian athlete to receive a nomination in the programme on Nanosatellite development, is an
prestigious Laureus World Comeback of the Year initiative by ISRO to commemorate the 50th
Award. The 24-year-old Indian, who made a anniversary of the first United Nations conference on
sensational comeback after battling a long injury lay the exploration and peaceful uses of outer space
-off to win a gold medal at the Gold Coast (UNISPACE-50). UNNATI - Unispace Nanosatellite
Commonwealth Games and Jakarta Asian Games, Assembly and Training programme.
has been nominated for the Laureus World
Comeback of the Year. She has been nominated 167. India Ratings, a Fitch Group Company
alongside US Tour Championship winner Tiger estimated India's GDP growth could touch what
Woods, who won his first tournament in five years. per cent in financial year 2019 – 20?
a) 7.3%
165. Information and Broadcasting Secretary b) 7.4%
Amit Khare and TRAI Chairman RS Sharma c) 7.5%
inaugurated the 25th International conference and d) 7.6%
exhibition on terrestrial and satellite e) 7.7%
broadcasting, BES EXPO 2019 in which city?
a) Mumbai Answer: E
b) Ahemadabad India Ratings, a Fitch Group Company estimated
c) New Delhi India's GDP growth could touch 7.5 per cent in
d) Jaipur financial year 2019 – 20
e) Bangalore
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168. Name the India - Myanmar joint training b) 2.35 billion

exercise that recently inaugurated in c) 4.55 billion
Chandimandir. d) 3.78 billion
a) GARUDA e) None of these
b) EASTERN BRIDGE
c) AVIAINDRA Answer: A
d) IMBEX Union Minister for Commerce & Industry and Civil
e) None of these Aviation, Shri Suresh Prabhu unveiled the Vision
2040 document for aviation sector in the Global
Answer: D Aviation Summit (GAS) 2019, in Mumbai. The
The second edition of the India-Myanmar bilateral document is prepared by consultancy firm KPMG
army exercise, IMBEX 2018-19, commenced at and industry body Federation of Indian Chambers of
Chandimandir Military Station, headquarters of the Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in consultation
Western Command. The aim of this joint training with the government. The Vision 2040 document
programme, spread over six days, is to train the aims to have 1.12 billion air passengers in 2040 from
Myanmar delegation for participation in United 187 million air passengers in 2018. This comprises
Nations peace keeping operations under the UN flag. around 821 million domestic passengers and around
The exercise includes participation of 15 officers 303 million international passengers (to and from
from Myanmar Army and 15 officers from the India).
Indian Army.
171. Which city emerged as the world’s most
169. Who World's Youngest Mountaineer to dynamic city in the 6th City Momentum Index,
Climb 7 Peaks, 7 Volcano Summits? released by property consultant JLL?
a) Harsh Vardhan Bahuguna a) Hyderabad
b) Archana Sardana b) Mumbai
c) Satyarup Siddhanta c) Bengaluru
d) Mohan Singh Kohli d) New Delhi
e) Tarun Saikia e) None of these
Answer: C
Answer: C According to the 6th City Momentum Index,
Mountaineer Satyarup Siddhanta climbed released by property consultant JLL, Bengaluru has
Antarctica's highest point, Mount Sidley, to become emerged as the world’s most dynamic city with a
the youngest man in the world to have climbed the robust technology and innovation ecosystem in
seven highest volcanic peaks. Mr Siddhanta hails place. The report is titled: ‘JLL City Momentum:
from Haridevpur in South Kolkata and is a software The World’s Top 20 Most Dynamic Cities’. The
engineer by profession. He holds the record of 2019 edition of the survey was conducted on 131
conquering several summits such as Mt Kilimanjaro cities over a period of 3 years. The key theme in this
in Africa, Mt Elbrus in Europe, Mt Denali in Alaska year’s index was cities having a robust technology
and Mt Monc Blanc in France. and innovation ecosystem. Among other Indian
cities, Hyderabad ranked second with Delhi at
170. Vision 2040 document released at the Global fourth, Pune at fifth, Chennai at seventh and Kolkata
Aviation Summit (GAS) 2019, aims to have _____ at fifteenth position featuring in top 20 cities. 19 of
air passengers in 2040 from 187 million air the top 20 cities ranked were from Asia Pacific
passengers in 2018? region. The other cities include Hanoi at the third
a) 1.12 billion
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position, Nairobi at 6th, Ho Chi Minh City at 8th c) Uttar Pradesh
Xi’an at 9th Guangzhou at 10th. d) Andhra Pradesh
e) Rajasthan
172. Government approves inducting women as
jawans in Army's Military Police. What percent Answer: C
of women will be inducted in graded manner out Uttar Pradesh government approved 10% reservation
of total Corps of Military Police? in jobs and educational institutions for the
a) 15% economically weaker sections in general category.
b) 18% Gujarat and Jharkhand are the two other states to
c) 20% incorporate the additional quota. The Constitution
d) 21% (124th Amendment) Bill, 2019 was passed by the
e) 27% Parliament on January 9 and was approved by
President Ram Nath Kovind on January 12.
Answer: C
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has approved 175. The Uttar Pradesh cabinet approved the
induction of women as jawans in the Army's Corps proposal of renaming the Mughalsarai tehsil as
of Military Police. The women will be inducted in _____.
graded manner to eventually comprise 20% of total a) Atal Bihari Vajpayee centre
Corps of Military Police. Their roles would include b) Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay
probing rape and molestation cases, assisting the c) Acharya D.P Ghosh Bhavan
Army wherever required, searching or frisking d) Advani Bhavan
women, among other duties. e) Pitambar Das Tehsil
173. Who inaugurates the National Museum of Answer: B

Indian Cinema in Mumbai? The Uttar Pradesh cabinet approved the proposal of
a) Narendra Modi renaming the Mughalsarai tehsil as Pandit Deendayal
b) Devendra Fadnavis Upadhyay, the co-founder and president of Bharatiya
c) Rajkumar Hirani Jana Sangh. Many places in the state have witnessed
d) SS Rajamouli change in names in the recent past under Chief
e) Yash Chopra Minister Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh
government. In August last year, the iconic
Answer: A Mughalsarai Railway station got officially renamed
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the as Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Junction. On
National Museum of Indian Cinema in Mumbai. The October 16 last year, Allahabad was formally
museum spread across two adjacent buildings will rechristened to Prayagraj.
not only cater to the needs of film critics and
enthusiasts but also enthral visitors through visuals, 176. Which state government signs around 130
graphics, interactive exhibits and multimedia MoUs with investment commitments worth over
expositions about India’s century-long cinematic Rs 56,000 crore in various sectors?
journey. a) Maharashtra
b) Meghalaya
174. Which state government becomes 3rd state c) Punjab
to approve 10% general category quota? d) Gujarat
a) Gujarat e) None of these
b) Jharkhand
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Answer: D e) 90%
Gujarat government has signed around 130 MoUs
with investment commitments worth over 56,000 Answer: B
crore rupees in various sectors on the first day of the Japanese conglomerate SoftBank is reportedly set to
three-day Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit. China- invest $400 million to acquire a 40% stake in Pune-
based Tsingshan group has committed to invest based baby products startup FirstCry at a valuation
21,000 crore rupees to set up a steel plant and a of around $600-700 million. This comes after
facility to manufacture car batteries. Besides this previous reports claimed that FirstCry may raise at
mega agreement, MoUs worth over 35,000 crore least $150 million at an $800-900 million valuation
rupees were also signed during the opening day of from SoftBank. FirstCry was founded in 2010 by
the three-day business conclave. Supam Maheshwari and Amitava Saha.
177. Which state government has decided to give 179. Which country claims world's 1st 5G remote
away cattle received from the military farms to surgery in test on animal?
the families living below the poverty line? a) Russia
a) Andhra Pradesh b) China
b) Kerala c) USA
c) Jammu and Kashmir d) France
d) Manipur e) Germany
e) Mizoram
Answer: B
Answer: C A Chinese surgeon has performed the world's first
The Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to 5G remote surgery operating from about 50 km
give away cattle received from the military farms to away. During the January 8 operation, he used
the families living below the poverty line. The robotic arms to remove the liver of a laboratory test
decision was taken here at a meeting of defence animal. With a lag of just 0.1 seconds, the
representatives and officers of animal husbandry technology can be used to treat people in distant
department, chaired by advisor to the Governor areas, the surgeon said.
Khurshid Ahmed Ganai, regarding the handing over
of cattle to state government after the closure of 180. Which country launches satellite for world's
military farms. The military dairy farms at 1st artificial meteor shower?
Nowshera, Udhampur and Jammu have a total of a) Japan
1917 cattle heads of different types. The advisor b) Russia
directed officers of animal husbandry department to c) China
prepare a plan for the distribution process with d) India
special preference to SC/ST families. e) Canada
178. Japanese conglomerate SoftBank is Answer: A

reportedly set to invest $400 million to acquire a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has launched
what percent of the total stake in Pune-based Tokyo-based startup Star-ALE's mini-satellite aimed
baby products startup FirstCry? to deliver the world's first artificial meteor shower.
a) 20% The satellite carries 400 tiny balls, which the startup
b) 40% says will be enough for 20-30 events, that will glow
c) 60% as they rush down the atmosphere on being released.
d) 80%
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ALE plans to deliver its first show in Hiroshima in in 2019 to address the issues of land degradation
early 2020. and desertification?
a) Japan
181. Sardar Singh is related to which sport? b) United States
a) Hockey c) Saudi Arabia
b) Badminton d) Egypt
c) Cricket e) India
d) Golf
As per Ministry of Environment, Forests and
Answer: A Climate Change, India will host the 14th session of
Former captain Sardar Singh has been included in a the Conference of Parties to United Nations
13-member Hockey India selection committee. The Convention to combat Desertification (UNCCD) in
team will be headed by BP Govinda, a member of 2019 to address the issues of land degradation and
the 1975 World Cup-winning team. desertification. The event will be participated by
more than 100 countries and it is likely to be held in
182. Which state government launched the the month of October, 2019. UNCCD COP-14 aims
Project for Sustainable Catchment Forest to showcase the India’s commitment to achieve land
Management, for which Japan International degradation neutrality by 2030.
Cooperation Agency (JICA) is providing Rs. 1000
crores? 184. Which state(s) is/are celebrating statehood
a) Meghalaya day on January 21?
b) Tripura a) Manipur
c) Assam b) Meghalaya
d) Kerala c) Tripura
e) None of these d) Only (a) and (b)
e) All (a), (b) and (c)
Answer: B
Tripura Chief Minister, Biplab Kumar Deb launched Answer: E
the Project for Sustainable Catchment Forest Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura are celebrating
Management at State Forest Academy Ground in their statehood day on January 21. On this day in
Hatipara in West Tripura. The project is jointly 1972, all the three states became full-fledged states
funded by the Government of India and Japan under the North Eastern Region (Reorganisation)
International Cooperation Agency (JICA) which is Act, 1971.
providing Rs. 1000 crores for a span of 10 years to
improve forestlands in targeted catchment areas of 185. Which IIT has launched a full-fledged
Tripura. The 80 per cent of the cost is contributed by bachelor's programme in Artificial Intelligence
JICA and the rest would be funded by the state and (AI) technology from the new academic session, a
central governments. A total of 1,447 check dams first for the country and only the third globally?
will be set up in hilly areas in seven districts of a) IIT Madras
Tripura. b) IIT Roorke
c) IIT Hyderabad
183. Which country will host the 14th session of d) IIT Delhi
the Conference of Parties to United Nations e) IIT Guwahathi
Convention to combat Desertification (UNCCD)
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Answer: C Minister Shripad Naik will inaugurate the three day

Indian Institute of Technology-Hyderabad (IIT-H) forum. 20 cuntries will participate in the event. This
launched a full-fledged bachelor's programme in forum will strengthen regulatory framework
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology from the new worldwide, to assure that the users of Homoeopathy
academic session, a first for the country and only the could have wider access to quality-assured
third globally. IIT-H is already offering an Masters homeopathic medicines
in Technology programme in AI-Machine Learning
(ML). Besides IIT, Carnegie Mellon University and 188. ‘Pravasi Bharatiya Divas’ a day
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), both commemorates the return of Mahatma Gandhi
of which are in the US, offer full-fledged B.Tech from South Africa to Mumbai on 9 January 1915
programmes in AI. The new course will have 20 has begun in which city?
seats and the eligibility is clearing the JEE- a) New Delhi
Advanced test. b) Kolkata
c) Ahemadabad
186. Who becomes the first successfully women to d) Jalandhar
reach the South Pole after covering 111 e) Varanasi
kilometres of walking on the snow?
a) Aparna Kumar Answer: E
b) Swathi Prasad Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is a celebratory day
c) Namrata Kanal observed (starting in 2015) on 9 January by the
d) Saroja Verma Republic of India to mark the contribution of the
e) Usha Choudary overseas Indian community towards the
development of India. The day commemorates the
Answer: A return of Mahatma Gandhi from South Africa to
Aparna Kumar has successfully reached the South Mumbai on 9 January 1915. Youth Pravasi
Pole after covering 111 kilometres of walking on the Bharatiya Divas began at Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh.
snow. She also carried equipment weighing 35 Prime Minister of Mauritius,Pravind Jugnauth will
Kilograms along with her. She has already scaled the be the chief guest.
top six mountain peaks of the six continents of the
globe. She became the first woman IPS officer to 189. Recently, Government signs agreements for
reach the South Pole. Development Assistance Loans of Rs 3420 crore
with which country?
187. Which state is hosting the 2nd World a) Japan
Integrated Medicine Forum 2019 on the b) China
Regulation of Homeopathic Medical Products? c) Russia
a) Maharashtra d) USA
b) Goa e) Germany
c) Rajasthan
d) Gujarat Answer: A
e) Delhi Japan will give a loan of ₹3,420 crore to India for
the construction of the Chennai Peripheral Ring
Answer: B Road (Phase 1) and for Japan-India cooperative
The 2nd World Integrated Medicine Forum 2019 on actions towards Sustainable Development Goals
the Regulation of Homeopathic Medical Products (SDGs) in India. The programme to promote SDGs
will be held in Goa from 23rd January. AYUSH in India focusses especially on social development.
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The loan agreements were signed between the Architects (UIA) in November last year. The city
Government of India and Japan International will host the World Congress of UIA, in July 2020,
Cooperation Agency. an event that occurs every three years. According to
UNESCO, the World Capital of Architecture is
190. Nepal's central bank has banned the use of intended to become an international forum for
Indian currency notes of which among the debates about pressing global challenges from the
following denominations? perspectives of culture, cultural heritage, urban
a) Rs.10 planning and architecture.
b) Rs.50
c) Rs.100 192. Which state government has set up a panel
d) Rs.20 for implementation of saturation of toilets,
e) Rs.200 drinking water and electricity in government
schools in the state?
Answer: E a) Manipur
Nepal's central bank has banned the use of Indian b) Mizoram
currency notes of Rs 2,000, Rs 500 and Rs 200 c) Tripura
denominations. Under the new regulation issued, d) Meghalaya
Nepali citizens cannot carry these denominations to e) Jammu and Kashmir
countries other than India. Similarly, Nepalis are
also not allowed to bring such notes from other Answer: E
countries. Indian notes of 100 or below, however, The Jammu and Kashmir's administration has set up
are allowed for trading and conversion. On a panel for implementation of saturation of toilets,
December 13, the Nepal Cabinet had decided to drinking water and electricity in government schools
publish the notification in the Nepal Gazette not to in the state. The General Administrative Department
allow people to carry Indian currency notes above (GAD) has ordered constitution of district-level
100 denominations in Nepal. committee on this issue. A five-member committee
will be headed by the district development
191. The United Nations Educational, Scientific, commissioner as chairman. The committee will
and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has prepare a detailed project report after undertaking
announced which Brazilian city will be the World actual assessment of deficient schools on the
Capital of Architecture for 2020? minimum requirement basis. The panel will monitor
a) Salvador the works executed by different agencies, including
b) Curitiba public health engineering, power development
c) Rio de Janeiro department and engineering wing of the School
d) Belo Horizanto Education Department and to ensure completion of
e) None of these works by February 28.
Answer: C 193. PwC's Global Economy Watch report

The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and projects real GDP growth of what percentage for
Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has announced India in 2019?
that the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro will be the a) 7.5%
World Capital of Architecture for 2020. Having b) 7.6%
defeated Paris and Melbourne, Rio will be the first c) 7.8%
city to receive the title under a program launched d) 7.9%
together by UNESCO and the International Union of e) 8.0%
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third with 48 gold, 37 silver and 51 bronze for a total
Answer: B of 136 medals. The glittering Trophy was presented
India is likely to surpass the United Kingdom in the to the Maharashtra sportspersons and officials by
world's largest economy rankings in 2019, to Union Minister for Human Resource Development,
become world's fifth largest economy, according to a Prakash Javadekar, and Maharashtra's Minister of
report by global consultancy firm PwC. As per the Sports and Youth Welfare, Vinod Tawde, at a
report, while the UK and France have regularly closing ceremony held at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati
switched places owing to similar levels of Sports Complex.
development and roughly equal populations, India's
climb up the rankings is likely to be permanent. 196. Who has won the International Tennis
PwC's Global Economy Watch report projects real Federation's 25,000-dollar Women's tournament
GDP growth of 1.6 per cent for the UK, 1.7 per cent in Singapore?
for France and 7.6 per cent for India in 2019. a) Ankita Raina
b) Karman Kaur
194. Andry Rajoelina was sworn in as President c) Quirine Lemoine
of which country? d) Arantxa
a) Brazil e) None of these
b) Madagascar
c) Mauritius Answer: B
d) Seychelles India's Ankita Raina has won the International
e) Mozambique Tennis Federation's 25,000-dollar Women's
tournament in Singapore. Ankita defeated top seed
Answer: B and world number 122 Arantxa Rus of the
Andry Rajoelina was sworn in as President of Netherlands, 6-3, 6-2. She toppled four seeded
Madagascar at capital city of Antananarivo. High players in the tournament to win her first title of the
Constitutional Court had declared him as winner of season and eighth overall.
the Presidential election on 8th January with 55.66
percents of the votes. 197. National Women’s Party (NWP) a newly
formed all-woman political party is launched
195. Which state topped the medal tabel in the recently, in which city?
recently concluded Khelo India Youth Games a) Mumbai
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a) Haryana c) Ranchi
b) Punjab d) Jalandhar
c) Maharashtra e) Kolkata
d) Telangana
e) Delhi Answer: A
An all-woman political party was launched in
Answer: C Mumbai under the banner of National Women’s
The Khelo India Youth Games concluded in Pune Party (NWP). The party aims to field candidates in
with the hosts Maharashtra walking away with the half of the state’s 48 Lok Sabha constituencies. The
overall trophy. They amassed 228 medals, party has also been launched in Delhi and Karnataka.
comprising 85 gold, 62 silver and 81 bronze. The first-ever women’s political party unveiled its
Haryana, were second with 62 gold, 56 silver and 60 agenda and stated they would demand 50 per cent
bronze for a total of 178 medals. While Delhi were
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reservation for women in elected bodies, including in
Lok Sabha. 200. In which bank does the country's largest life
insurer LIC has completed acquisition of 51%
198. Which state government has directed stake, making it the lender's majority
officials to issue one lakh electricity connections shareholder?
by June to farmers who have deposited the a) IDBI Bank
demand money? b) Oriental Bank of Commerce
a) Rajasthan c) Bank of India
b) Maharashtra d) Union Bank of India
c) Karnataka e) None of these
d) Delhi
e) Mizoram Answer: A
The country's largest life insurer LIC has completed
Answer: A acquisition of 51% stake in the IDBI bank, making it
Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot has directed officials to the lender's majority shareholder. The deal had
issue one lakh electricity connections by June to received approval from the Union Cabinet in August
farmers who have deposited the demand money. He last year. It was completed through a combination of
also asked them to expedite the work on solar energy preferential allotment and open offer of equity. IDBI
to provide households in remote areas with Bank has about 1.5 crore retail customers and about
electricity. He further asked them to ensure no power 18,000 employees.
cuts in domestic connections between 7am-11am,
and 6pm-10pm. 201. Which bank has launched a new premium
savings account for upwardly-mobile male
199. Which state government launched nursery customers, named ‘The ONE’?
classes in government schools? a) Axis Bank
a) Kerala b) IndusInd Bank
b) Tamil Nadu c) HDFC Bank
c) Mizoram d) SBI
d) Delhi e) ICICI Bank
e) Karnataka
Answer: E
Answer: B ICICI Bank has launched a new premium savings
A scheme introducing nursery classes in State-run account for upwardly-mobile male customers, named
schools was launched by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister ‘The ONE’. It is available in two variants - Magnum
Edappadi K. Palaniswami. The classes would be and Titanium. It offers the account holder with a
conducted jointly by the School Education range of benefits including the option of opting for
Department and the Social Welfare Department in health and term life insurance. It also waives the
all 32 districts. The scheme, with Montesorri processing fees for home loans for account holders.
education as the basis, is expected to benefit about When the customer opens the account, the bank
52,900 children in 2,381 anganwadi centres located provides an Amazon Gift Card on specified debit
in State-run middle schools. The schools would be card spends, using which they can join Amazon
managed by headmasters of middle schools and Prime. The account holders of the Titanium variant
would be under the administrative control of will also recieve a complimentary one-year
officials of the Integrated Child Development subscription of Zomato Gold.
Scheme.
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202. Tata Teleservices has merged with which of

the following Telecom company? 204. Who became first player to win all three top
a) IDEA ICC awards in single year?
b) Vodafone a) MS Dhoni
c) Reliance Jio b) AB De Villaries
d) Airtel c) Virat Kohli
e) None of these d) Trent Bolt
e) Jasprit Bumrah
Answer: D
The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has Answer: C
approved Bharti Airtel’s acquisition of Tata Virat Kohli has become the first player to win all
Teleservices’ (TTSL) mobility business. The merger, three major annual ICC awards in a single year for
which is subject to the approval of Department of his performances in 2018. Kohli was named Men's
Telecommunications (DoT) now, will help Airtel to Test Player of the Year for the first time, while he
strengthen its 4G network and compete with also won Cricketer and ODI Player of Year awards.
Reliance Jio and come closer to number one player, He was also named captain of Test and ODI teams of
Vodafone-Idea, in terms of market share. Airtel will 2018.
get additional spectrum pool of 178.5 MHz in the
1800, 2100 and 850 MHz bands — all widely used 205. Famous sports personality Raghbir Singh
for 4G — out of this merger. Bhola passes away recently. He is related with
which sport?
203. The annual meet of World Economic Forum a) Badminton
(WEF) begin in which city? b) Cricket
a) Brasilia c) Hockey
b) Moscow d) Tennis
c) Geneva e) Chess
d) Davos
e) London Answer: C
Former India hockey player Raghbir Singh Bhola, a
Answer: D two-time Olympic medallist, has passed away.
The annual meet of World Economic Forum (WEF) Bholarepresented India in the 1956 Melbourne and
begin in Davos. World leaders from across the globe 1960 Rome Olympics, winning a gold and silver
will flock to the ski resort town on the Swiss Alps medals respectively for the country. He successfully
for five days to discuss what's ailing the world amid captained the Indian Air Force hockey and Services
fears of the global economy sleepwalking into a team from 1954-60 and won the Inter Services
crisis. Those expected to attend include German Hockey Championship three times and the National
Chancellor Angela Merkel, Swiss President Ueli Hockey Championship on two occasions. In 2000,
Maurer, Japan's Shinzo Abe, Italy's Giuseppe Conte he was honoured with the Arjuna Award for his
and Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu among more than achievements in hockey.
30 heads of states/government, as also CEOs of
global corporations, central bankers, economists, 206. The Indian Army is planning to purchase
civil society leaders, media heads, celebrities and over 3,000 Milan 2T anti-tank guided missiles
heads of international organisations like IMF, WTO, (ATGM) from which country in a deal worth
OECD and World Bank, among more than 3,000 over ₹1,000 cr or e?
participants. a) Russia
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b) USA include wooden chair and sword used by Netaji,
c) China medals, badges, uniforms and other artefacts related
d) France to INA.
e) Germany
208. Along with which country The Israel have
Answer: D successfully tested ballistic missile interceptors
The Indian Army is planning to purchase over 3,000 deployed at Israeli airbases?
Milan 2T anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM) from a) USA
France in a deal worth over ₹1,000 crore. The b) Germany
decision to procure Milan 2T ATGMs is a stopgap c) China
arrangement while the Army gets its own d) Russia
homegrown third-generation ATGM in its arsenal. e) India
Milan 2T has a range of over two kilometres. Indian
Army has a requirement of around 70,000 anti-tank Answer: A
guided missiles (ATGM) of various types and The Israel and US countries have successfully tested
around 850 launchers of different types even as it is ballistic missile interceptors deployed at Israeli
looking for third-generation ATGMs with a longer airbases. The tests came a day after the latest deadly
range than that of its existing Milan-2T and Konkurs exchange of fire between Israel and Iranian forces
ATGMs. India had last year scrapped a programme operating in Syria. The Arrow 3 interceptor system,
to buy the Spike ATGM from Israel in view of the designed to shoot down missiles above the
indigenous developments in this direction. atmosphere, was deployed at air force bases across
Israel two years ago.
207. The Museum on Netaji Subhash Chandra
Bose is inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra 209. Which city is hosting Global Investors
Modi. In which city the museum is located? Summit 2019?
a) Mumbai a) Bangalore
b) Ahemadabad b) Hyderabad
c) Delhi c) Chennai
d) Varanasi d) Vijayawada
e) Bangalore e) Thiruvanathapuram
Answer: C Answer: C
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the The two-day Global Investors Summit, being
Subhash Chandra Bose museum at the iconic Red organised by Tamil Nadu government, held in
Fort in New Delhi to mark the leader's 122nd birth Chennai. It is being participated by about five
anniversary. He also inaugurated the Yaad-e-Jallian thousand delegates from industries in India and
Museum on the Jallianwala Bagh and World War I, abroad. In the inaugural event, the Adani Group
the Museum on 1857- India's first war of Chief Executive Officer Karan Adani committed an
Independence and Drishyakala-Museum on Indian investment of 12 thousand crore rupees in its
Art within the Red Fort complex. The Museum on Kattuppalli port expansion project. The Ford Motors
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and Indian National inaugurated it's Global Technology and Business
Army provides a detailed account of Subhash Facility at its sprawling Sholinganallur campus in
Chandra Bose and the history of Indian National Chennai. More investment commitments are
Army. It also showcases various artefacts related to expected to be made during the ongoing two-day
Subhash Chandra Bose and INA. The artefacts interactions.
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offer value-added services such as bill payments and
210. What amount of money did the Maharashtra mobile recharges.
government approves for Divyangs under which
each Divyang person will get a financial help of 212. Name the Executive Director (ED) of Central
Rs 3.75 lakh to purchase eco-friendly vehicles and Bank of India who demitted office as after
start mobile vehicle shops? completion of his fixed tenure of five years?
a) Rs.30 crore a) BK Divakara
b) Rs.15crore b) Amitab Kant
c) Rs.35 crore c) Vikram Seth
d) Rs.25 crore d) Damodharan Neelam
e) Rs.20 crore e) None of these
Answer: D Answer: A
In a move that will benefit around 650 Divyang BK Divakara demitted office as Executive Director
(differently-abled) people in the state, the (ED) of Central Bank of India after completion of
Maharashtra cabinet gave its approval to provide Rs. his fixed tenure of five years. He had taken charge as
25 crore aid to them as part of a scheme. Each ED of the public sector bank on January 23, 2014.
Divyang person will get a financial help of Rs 3.75 Prior to joining Central Bank of India, Divakara was
lakh to purchase eco-friendly vehicles and start General Manager with Corporation Bank.
mobile vehicle shops. The decision is aimed at
making the differently-abled persons financially 213. Agyey Kumar joins as Executive Director in
independent. which bank?
a) State Bank of India
211. The Maharashtra government has partnered b) Punjab National Bank
with which bank, under its e-PDS State c) Andhra Bank
programme, to onboard fair price shops (FPS) as d) Allahabad Bank
Business Correspondent Agents? e) Bank of India
b) Punjab National Bank Answer: B
c) Bank of India Punjab National Bank has a new Executive Director
d) ICICI Bank in Agyey Kumar Azad. He was previously General
e) Yes Bank Manager at Bank of India and was posted at Nairobi,
Kenya, as Country Head. Azad, who has 33 years of
Answer: E experience in the banking industry, assumed charge
The Maharashtra government has partnered with as PNB Executive Director. At present, PNB has two
private sector lender YES Bank, under its e-PDS Executive Directors. The other existing Executive
State programme, to onboard fair price shops (FPS) Director is LV Prabhakar.
as Business Correspondent Agents. As part of the
initiative, the lender will engage fair price shops to 214. Who has been choosen as the
provide banking services such as small-value cash Commonwealth Learning's Goodwill
deposits into any bank account, including domestic Ambassador?
remittances and withdrawal from any bank account a) Karthyayani Amma
via Aadhaar-enabled payment system. Such shops b) Anasuyamma
will also be able to collect digital payments through c) Savitri Amma
Aadhaar-enabled payments for ration, and will also d) Sarojini Devi Amma
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e) None of these India's 21-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh
Pant has been named the ICC Men's Emerging
Answer: A Cricketer of the Year 2018. Last year, Pant became
Karthyayani Amma, 97, who had bagged the first the first Indian wicketkeeper to score a Test hundred
rank in the ‘Aksharalaksham’ literacy exam in England and equalled the record for most catches
conducted by the Kerala government in November taken in a Test, with 11 in Adelaide in December.
last year, has been honoured by the Commonwealth Pant is the third Indian to be honoured with this
of Learning. The Canada-based organisation which award.
works for the promotion of education in
Commonwealth countries declared the Alappuzha 217. National Girl Child Day is being observed
native as their goodwill ambassador. Commonwealth every year on January 24. What is the theme for
of Learning's goodwill Vice-President the year 2019?
Balasubramaniam visited Karthyayani Amma, who a) Empowering Girls for a Brighter Tomorrow
is busy preparing for her Class 4 equivalent exam, to b) Giving equal importance to Girl Child
hand over the award in person. c) innovating for girls' education
d) With Her: A Skilled Girl Force
215. The world's longest 3D-printed concrete e) Empowering Adolescent Girls: Ending the Cycle
pedestrian bridge, which is 26.3 metre-long and of Violence
3.6-metre-wide, opened in which country?
a) India Answer: A
b) Switzerland National Girl Child Day is being observed on
c) France January 24 with theme 'Empowering Girls for a
d) China Brighter Tomorrow'. The Women and Child
e) Australia Development Ministry has organised an event in
Delhi to observe the anniversary of 'Beti Bachao
Answer: D Beti Padhao' scheme. Women and Child
The world's longest 3D-printed concrete pedestrian Development Minister Maneka Gandhi will be the
bridge, which is 26.3 metre-long and 3.6-metre- Chief Guest. "Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme was
wide, opened in China's Shanghai. The bridge is launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in
made out of 44 hollowed-out 3D printed concrete January 2015 at Panipat in Haryana.
blocks which were printed by two robotic arms in a
span of 19 days. The newly-opened bridge has a 218. Which state celebrates its 69th foundation
technology that supplies data which also includes day on January 24 2019?
vibrating wire stress sensors. a) Madhya Pradesh
b) Uttar Pradesh
216. Who has been named as the ICC Men's c) Andhra Pradesh
Emerging Cricketer of 2018? d) Himachal Pradesh
a) Mustafizur Rahman e) Arunachal Pradesh
b) KL Rahul
c) Rishabh Pant Answer: B
d) Shai Hope Uttar Pradesh is celebrating 69th foundation day on
e) Tom Latham January 24. To celebrate the occasion the main
function was organised at Awadh Shilp Gram in
Answer: C Lucknow. Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik and
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath along with members
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of state cabinet grace the occasion. Uttar Pradesh 221. With which country did Union Cabinet
was earlier known as United Province but through a approves signing of MoU on recruitment of
Gazette notification, it got its name of Uttar Pradesh domestic workers?
on January 24, 1950. a) UAE
b) Iran
219. Which city is hostinf the 2nd World c) Oman
Integrated Medicine Forum 2019? d) Qatar
a) Bangalore, Karnataka e) Kuwait
b) Raipur, Chhattisgarh
c) Panaji, Goa Answer: E
d) Gandhinagar, Gujarat Union Cabinet has approved the signing of
e) Patna, Bihar Memorandum of Understanding between India and
Kuwait for cooperation on the recruitment of
Answer: C domestic workers. It provides a framework for
Minister of State for Ayush Shripad Naik cooperation on matters related to domestic workers
inaugurated the 2nd World Integrated Medicine deployed in Kuwait and provides safeguards for
Forum 2019 in Panaji, Goa. The central government them. The MoU is initially valid for a period of five
is committed to promoting all disciplines under years and incorporates provision for automatic
Ayush including homoeopathy. Around 150 renewal. Around three lakh Indian domestic workers
delegates from 21 countries are participating in the deployed in Kuwait will benefit from the decision.
event.
222. Who has been named the interim Finance
220. Name the new Naval Air Base that is Minister and interim Minister of Corporate
commissioned by Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Affairs during Arun Jaitley's indisposition?
Lanba recently? a) Rajnath Singh
a) INS Vajrakaya b) Nirmala Sitaraman
b) INS Drupatha c) Prakash Javadekar
c) INS Panchala d) Manohar Parrikar
d) INS Kohassa e) Piyush Goyal
e) INS Lava
Answer: E
Piyush Goyal has been named the interim Finance
Answer: D Minister and interim Minister of Corporate Affairs
Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba commissioned the during Arun Jaitley's indisposition. Goyal will retain
new Naval Air Base ‘INS Kohassa’ at Diglipur in his existing portfolios of coal and railways. Jaitley
Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The new Naval Air will be designated as a minister without a portfolio
Base will enhance our maritime capability along during his period of indisposition. Goyal was earlier
with keeping the northern part of Andaman sea and given additional charge of the Finance Ministry in
the area under surveillance. Commander-in-Chief, May 2018 for a period of three months when Jaitley
Andaman & Nicobar Command (CINCAN) Vice underwent a kidney transplant at the All India
Admiral Bimal Verma was also present on the Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
occasion.
223. Which port has become India's only port to
get listed among the top 30 global container
ports?
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a) Port of Kolkata
b) Vishakhapatnam Port Answer: C
c) Cochin Port The Northeast Railway sector has launched a
d) Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust dedicated woman squad ‘JYOTI BAHINI’ to
e) New Mangalore Port enhance security of women in railway station and
trains.this has been launched in Kamkhya station of
Answer: D Guwahati. The squad is named afer the brave queen
The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) has become Ahom of 17th century. The ‘Joymati Bahini’ was
India's only port to get listed among the top 30 launched recently by NF Railway’s Inspector
global container ports. "The JNPT, India's premiere General and Principal Chief Security Commissioner
container port got listed amongst the top 30 B B Mishra. In case of emergency the number
container ports globally, as per the latest Lloyds alloted to seek help of this squad is 182.
Report. JNPT notched up five spots, to be 28th on
the list, compared to its previous ranking. This is a 226. Reserve Bank of India has initiated two
validation of all the efforts and strategic initiatives quarterly surveys named Services and
being implemented at JNPT in order to enhance Infrastructure Outlook Survey (SIOS) and ____
overall port efficiency to examine the Indian Manufacturing, services
and infrastructure sector and business situation
224. Famous personality Bhanu Prakash Singh for January-March 2019?
passed away. He is related to which field? a) Industrial Outlook Survey (IOS)
a) Film Critic b) Business Outlook Survey (BOS)
b) Former Chief Justice of India c) Manufacturing Status Survey (MSS)
c) Politician d) Industry Readiness Survey (IRS)
d) Mountaineer e) None of these
e) None of these
Answer: A
Answer: C The Reserve Bank of India has initiated two
Former Union minister, ex-Goa Governor and head quarterly surveys named as Industrial Outlook
of the Narsinghgarh royal family, Bhanu Prakash Survey (IOS) and Services and Infrastructure
Singh passed away.He was 90. He was elected as an Outlook Survey (SIOS) to examine the Indian
MP from Rajgarh Lok Sabha seat in 1962 as an Manufacturing, services and infrastructure sector and
independent candidate. Singh later became close to business situation for the quarter January-March
former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and joined the 2019. The 85th round of quarterly Industrial Outlook
Congress in 1964. He became a minister in her survey would be conducted by Hansa Research
cabinet. In 1991, he became the Governor of Goa. Group Pvt. Ltd and it will assesses business
sentiments of the current quarter and expectations
225. Northeast Railway sector launched a for the ensuing quarter (April-June 2019). The 20th
dedicated woman squad ‘JYOTI BAHINI’ to round of Quarterly Services and Infrastructure
enhance security of women in railway station and Outlook Survey (SIOS) will be conducted by
trains, at Kamkhya station in which city? Spectrum Planning India Ltd. And it will assesses
a) Kolkata the business situation from selected companies in the
b) Patna services and Infrastructure sector in the current
c) Guwahati quarter and their outlook in the ensuing quarter
d) Cuttack (April-June 2019).
e) Bangalore
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227. National Voters’ Day observed on January b) 31st January

25. What is the theme for the year 2019? c) 1st February
a) No Voter to be Left Behind d) 2nd February
b) Assessable Elections e) 3rd February
c) Empowering Young and Future Voters
d) Inclusive and qualitative participation Answer: C
e) Easy Registration, Easy Correction Ministry of Information and Broadcasting will
extend support for organizing second Jharkhand
Answer: A International Film Festival at Ranchi in Jharkhand to
The 9th National Voters’ Day celebrated across the promote and showcase the Best of Indian cinema.
country on January 25 for enhanced participation of The three-day Film Festival will be held from 1st of
citizens in the electoral process, with theme No next month. The objective of promoting the Festival
Voter to be Left Behind. The National Awards for is to encourage states that have showcased potential
the Best Electoral Practices will be conferred on of promoting cinema. The aim of the scheme is to
Officers for their outstanding performance in the promote good films reflecting the changes and
conduct of elections. The National Voters’ Day is challenges and opportunities of society and to
celebrated all over the country on January 25 every provide an opportunity of exposure to regional films
year since 2011 to mark the Foundation day of to new trends in cinema.
Election Commission of India, which was
established on 25th January 1950. The main purpose 230. With which bank Etihad Guest, the loyalty
of the celebration is to encourage, facilitate and programme of Etihad Airways, joined hands to
maximize the enrollment, especially for the new launch a travel specific Visa credit card for
voters. members and Indian travellers?
228. What amount of money did the Goa Cabinet b) Punjab National Bank
approves as fine for drinking alcohol or cook in c) Syndicate Bank
public? d) ICICI Bank
a) Rs.1000 e) Axis Bank
b) Rs.2000
c) Rs.5000 Answer: A
d) Rs.7500 SBI Card and Etihad Guest, the loyalty programme
e) Rs.10000 of Etihad Airways, have joined hands to launch a
travel specific Visa credit card for members and
Answer: B Indian travellers.
The Goa Cabinet has approved a proposal to impose This is the first international co-brand partnership of
a fine of ₹2,000 on people who drink alcohol or SBI Card, the country's second largest credit card
cook in public and a fine of ₹10,000 if a group of issuer.
people is doing so. Offenders who do not pay the The card will be available in two variants, Etihad
fine will face up to three months' imprisonment. The Guest SBI Card and Etihad Guest SBI Premier Card,
amendment is expected to be tabled during the will bring an unmatched value proposition to Etihad
Assembly session. Guest members and international travellers from
India.
229. 2nd Jharkhand International Film Festival is It has been launched against the backdrop of
going to oraganised from which day? increasing international travel in the country.
a) 30th January
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Travel is now a key spend category for Indian c) Barak 6
consumers, with 33 per cent of overall card spends in d) Barak 8
the SBI Card portfolio made within the travel e) Barak 10
industry.
Answer: D
231. Who was was elected as Malaysia's new king Defence Research and Development Organisation
by the members of the country's royal families? (DRDO) has successfully test-fired Barak 8 LRSAM
a) Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz (Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile) from naval
b) Sabah Ahmed al-Sabah warship INS Chennai off the coast of Odisha. The
c) Emir Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani missile (directly) hit a low flying aerial target. The
d) Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah Barak 8 LRSAM missile defence system has been
e) Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan jointly developed by DRDO and Israel Aerospace
Industries.
Answer: D
Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah was elected as 234. Which is the student-made satellite launched
Malaysia's new king by the members of the country's by ISRO which will be used to take high-
royal families. The 59-year-old was earlier appointed resolution photographs of the earth?
the Sultan of the Malaysian state of Pahang. He a) Kalamsat-V1
replaces Sultan Muhammad V of Kelantan, who b) Kalamsat-V2
stepped down earlier this month, making it the first c) Kalamsat-V3
abdication in Malaysia's history. d) Kalamsat-V4
e) Kalamsat-V5
232. Name the airline company that has
appointed Ronojoy Dutta as its CEO for a period Answer: B
of five years? ISRO launches student-made satellite Kalamsat-V2
a) Air India into space. ISRO’s rocket was mainly to put into
b) Spice Jet orbit a 740-kg satellite named Microsat-R that will
c) Jet Airways be used to take high-resolution photographs of the
d) Air Asia earth. This satellite will be used by the Indian
e) IndiGo Defence research team. The satellite was launched
using the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) and
Answer: E was successfully placed into orbit. Onboard the
India's biggest airline IndiGo has named Ronojoy PSLV was the world’s lightest satellite that was built
Dutta as its CEO for a period of five years. The 67- by Indian students.
year-old takes over from Co-founder and interim
CEO Rahul Bhatia, who was filling in after Aditya 235. Johan Botha has announced his immediate
Ghosh's departure last year. An IIT and Harvard retirement from all forms of Cricket. He belongs
alumnus, Dutta was with United Airlines for 17 to which country?
years and served as its President between 1999 and a) South Africa
2002. b) New Zealand
c) Australia
233. Name the Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile d) West Indies
that has successfully test-fires by DRDO recently. e) Sri Lanka
a) Barak 3
b) Barak 4 Answer: A
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Former South Africa all-rounder Johan Botha has Republic Day parade by leading the Indian Army
announced his immediate retirement from all forms Service Corps contingent. An all-women Assam
of Cricket. Botha played for South Africa in five Rifles contingent was also part of the parade for the
test matches, 78 one-day internationals and 40 T20 first time.
Internationals from 2005 to 2012. Botha captained
the Proteas in 10 ODIs and took the team to the No. 238. Information and Broadcasting Ministry to
1 ranking after they defeated Australia 4-1 in increase advertisement rates by what percentage
Australia in 2009. to private TV channels?
a) 7%
236. International Customs Day observed b) 12%
annually on what day? c) 10%
a) January 11th d) 9%
b) January 25th e) 11%
c) January 26th
d) January 30th Answer: E
e) January 31st Information and Broadcasting Ministry has decided
to revise the advertisement rates offered by the
Answer: C Bureau of Outreach and Communication (BOC) to
International Customs Day, well known as the ICD, private TV channels. The revision would lead to an
is celebrated by the custom organizations every year increase in rates of around 11 per cent over the rates
on 26th of January. It is celebrated to commemorate of 2017 in respect of most of the private TV
the very first official conference of the Customs Co- channels. It could be of higher percentage for some
operation Council means the World Customs others, as per their reach and TV ratings.
Organization, WCO. World Customs Organization, Differential rate structures for news and non-news
having over 177 custom administration members, is channels will be offered, depending upon their
called as the only intergovernmental organization overall reach in the country.
which solely highlights on the customs matters.
World Customs Organization was established in the 239. Which state Governor gives nod to bill for
year 1952 as an autonomous body to enhance the reservation to Paharis?
efficacy and effectiveness of the customs a) Rajasthan
administrations all across the world. b) Jammu and Kashmir
c) Maharashtra
237. Who has become the first woman to lead an d) Andhra Pradesh
all-men Army contingent in Republic Day parade e) Kerala
by leading the Indian Army Service Corps
contingent? Answer: B
a) Kiran Shekhawat Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik gave
b) Punita Arora his assent to the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation
c) Padmavathy Bandopadhyay (Amendment) Bill, 2014, granting reservation to
d) Bhavana Kasturi people belonging to the Pahari community in
e) None of these government jobs. The amendment provides for
addition of a separate category for the persons
Answer: D belonging to the Pahari community, clan or tribe
Lieutenant Bhavana Kasturi has become the first having distinct, cultural, ethnic and linguistic
woman to lead an all-men Army contingent in identity among the Socially and Educationally
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Backward classes (other than Scheduled Caste and a) Politician
Scheduled Tribes). b) Film Maker
c) Industrialist
240. Which Private sector bank has reappointed d) Musician
Parthasarathi Mukherjee as its managing e) Sports Person
director when the lender is struggling to raise Rs.
2000 crore from investors? Answer: D
a) IndusInd Bank President Ram Nath Kovind awarded India's highest
b) Axis Bank civilian honour Bharat Ratna to ex-President Pranab
c) Lakshmi Vilas Bank Mukherjee, late social activist Nanaji Deshmukh and
d) ICICI Bank late music maestro Bhupen Hazarika. Mukherjee
e) HDFC Bank was President from 2012 to 2017, while Hazarika
was awarded with India's highest award in cinema,
Answer: C Dada Saheb Phalke Award, in 1992. Deshmukh was
Private sector Lakshmi Vilas Bank has reappointed also a former Rajya Sabha member.
Parthasarathi Mukherjee as its managing director
when the lender is struggling to raise Rs. 2000 crore 243. How many youngsters shortlisted for YONO
from investors. Mukherjee will be at the helm for SBI '20 Under Twenty' awards under the
another two years from January 25. The decision category 'Promising game changers'?
was taken by the board. Reserve Bank of India has a) Four
approved his reappointment. b) Six
c) Eight
241. The Government of India announced how d) Ten
many Padma Vibhushan awards for the year e) Tweleve
2019?
a) Three Answer: B
b) Four State Bank of India had recently announced the
c) Five launch of 'YONO 20 Under Twenty' awards to
d) Six reward young achievers under the age of 20. Six of
e) Seven India's brightest youngsters have now been
shortlisted under the category 'Promising game
Answer: B changers'. Notably, the youngsters came up with
The Government of India announced four Padma innovative ideas such as fuel free bikes, bee-saving
Vibhushan, 14 Padma Bhushan and 94 Padma Shri bots, skin patch detecting heart-attacks and more.
Awards for 112 personalities.
Padma Vibhushan 244. Wasim Jaffer becomes 1st player to score
Ms. Teejan Bai (Art-Vocals-Folk) 1,000 runs in a Ranji season twice. He plays for
Shri Ismail Omar Guelleh (Public Affairs) Djibouti which team?
Shri Anilkumar Manibhai Naik (Trade & Industry- a) Delhi
Infrastructure) b) Vidarbha
Shri Balwant Moreshwar Purandare (Art-Acting- c) Mumbai
Theatre) d) Railways
e) Saurashtra
242. Bharat Ratna awardee Bhupen Hazarika is
professinally a _____. Answer: B
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Wasim Jaffer went past 1000 runs this season for the last year earnings. Southern Railway has also
Vidarbha a decade after scoring 1260 runs for introduced 54 trains over past four years
Mumbai. He is the first batsman in Ranji Trophy
history to score over 1000 runs in a season twice. In 247. Which nation government declared
2008-09, Wasim Jaffer had scored 1260 runs for sugarcane juice as the "national drink" of the
Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy. This season, Jaffer has country?
scored over 1000 runs for Vidarbha. Jaffer is the a) Qatar
only Asian batsman to score 2 first-class double b) Oman
hundreds after turning 40 c) Bangladesh
d) Sri Lanka
245. Who wins Australian Open women's doubles e) Pakistan
title?
a) Samantha, Stosur Answer: E
b) Zhang, Shuai Government of Pakistan has declared sugarcane
c) Tímea, Babos juice as the nation juice of Pakistan. The
d) Kristina, Mladenovic announcement came after the government conducted
e) Jennifer, Brady a Twitter poll where people were asked to decide on
the country’s national drink with two other options
Answer: A orange and carrot besides sugarcane.
Former US Open women's singles winner Sam
Stosur teamed up with Zhang Shuai to overcome 248. Atal Setu, the third Cable Bridge is built
defending champions Timea Babos and Kristina across which river?
Mladenovic to claim the Australian Open women's a) Chapora River
doubles title. This was the 34-year-old Australian's b) Baga River
first Grand Slam title on home soil since 2005. c) Tiracol River
Notably, this was Zhang's first Grand Slam title of d) Mandovi River
any kind. e) None of these
246. Which Railway zone has bagged the number Answer: D

one position for cleanliness? Union Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated four-lane,
a) South Central Railway 5.1 kilometre long “Atal Setu”, the third Cable
b) Southern Railway Bridge across river Mandovi in Panaji, Goa. The
c) East Coast Railway bridge is a joint venture between the GSIDC (Goa
d) Notheren Railway State Infrastructure Development Corporation) and
e) Central Railway Larsen and Toubro. Atal Setu Bridge is the third
longest cable stayed bridge in the country. The
Answer: B construction lasted over four and a half years, having
The Southern Railway has bagged the number one started on June 14, 2014, total worth of the project is
position for cleanliness in the country. This over 600 crore Rupees
achievement was under the category of other than
Premium Category trains in the recent Trains 249. Which is the Employment scheme launched
Cleanliness Survey conducted by IRCTC on all India by Madhya Pradesh government for urban
level. During the year 2018, Southern Railway's youth?
gross earnings also stood at more than six thousand a) Yuva Swabhiman Yojana
crores rupees which is almost 10 per cent higher than b) Sampoorna Urban Rozgar Yojana
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c) Hunar Se Rozgaar Tak e) Kerala
d) Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rojgaar Yojana
Operation Olympics', an expert programme to train
Answer: A atheletes in 11 disciplines has commenced in Kerala.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath The Kerala sports department and the state sports
announced the launch of the 'Yuva Swabhiman council are preparing the 123 athletes, who are
Yojana' for youths from the economically weaker participating in the programme, for the Olympics.
sections in urban areas. Under this scheme, 100 days The objective of 'Operation Olympics is to provide
of employment will be provided to youths from international standard training with the help of
economically weaker sections in urban areas. They eminent trainers from both India and abroad. The
will also be given skill training programme includes expert training in athletics,
boxing, cycling, swimming, shooting, wrestling,
250. Which state government will soon launch a badminton, fencing, rowing and archery
'Pravasi Dividend Pension Scheme' to provide
regular pension to Non Resident Keralites on a 252. What would be range of the India's economic
onetime payment of Rs 5 lakh? growth as stated by The Economic Advisory
a) Andhra Pradesh Council to the Prime Minister, headed by NITI
b) Kerala Aayog Member Bibek Debroy?
c) Karnataka a) 7% – 7.5%
d) Goa b) 6.5% - 7%
e) Tamil Nadu c) 6.8% - 7.3%
d) 7.3% - 7.8%
Answer: B e) 6.8% - 7.2%
The Kerala government will soon launch a 'Pravasi
Dividend Pension Scheme' to provide regular Answer: A
pension to Non Resident Keralites on a onetime The Economic Advisory Council to the Prime
payment of Rs 5 lakh. There are 2.1 million migrants Minister, headed by NITI Aayog Member Bibek
from Kerala across the world whose estimated total Debroy stated that India's economic growth is
annual remittances to the state has been found to be expected to remain in the range 7-7.5 per cent in the
Rs 85,092 crore. Investments ranging from Rs. 5 next few years. The growth rate can be easily
lakh to Rs. 50 lakh being deposited as a whole or as increased by 1 per cent by addressing structural
six instalments paid within three years. Each problems through reforms. The Central Statistics
beneficiaries will be entitled to receive pensions Office (CSO) in its latest forecast pegged the growth
ranging from Rs. 5,000 to Rs. 50,000 every month, at 7.2 per cent for 2018-19. The EAC-PM is an
three years after the final deposit has been made at a independent body constituted to give advice on
dividend rate of 12%. economic and related issues to the Government of
India, specifically to the Prime Minister.
251. Operation Olympics', an expert programme
to train atheletes in 11 disciplines has commenced 253. IRDAI sets up a panel to identify
in which state? systemically important insurers. The committee
a) Maharashtra will bw headed by who among the following?
b) Madhya Pradesh a) Pravin Kutumbe
c) West Bengal b) Sujay Banarj
d) Delhi c) Nelish Sathe
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d) Poumima Gupte journalism in the state. The award comprises Rupees
e) None of these one lakh in cash, a citation, the Assamese 'xoraai'
(the bell metal memento presented as an honour),
Answer: A 'jaapi' (headgear) and an angavastra. In last two
Insurance regulator Irdai set up a panel to identity previous years, this Award was presented to senior
domestically systemically important insurers (SII) journalists Late Radhika Mohan Bhagawati and
and put in place an enhanced regulatory framework Kanaksen Deka
for them. The committee headed by Pravin
Kutumbe, Member Finance & Investment, Irdai, has 256. In which language translation of Andrei
been asked to submit report in six months Makine’s “La vie d’un homme inconnu” was
awarded the second Romain Rolland Prize for
254. Which is Oxford Dictionary’s Hindi Word of literary translation at the Jaipur Literature
the Year 2018? Festival?
a) Aadhaar a) Telugu
b) Samyukth b) Kannada
c) Nari Shakti c) Tamil
d) Mahan Murthi d) Telangana
e) Swachtha e) Marathi
Answer: C Anwer: C
Nari Shakti (women empowerment) has been chosen The Tamil translation of Andrei Makine’s “La vie
as the Hindi word of the year 2018 by Oxford d’un homme inconnu” (The Life of an Unknown
Dictionaries. The Announcement was made during a Man) was awarded the second Romain Rolland Prize
session at Jaipur Literature Festival which is being for literary translation at the Jaipur Literature
held at Diggi Palace in Jaipur. The word was Festival. The book was translated by S R
selected by the Oxford Dictionaries (India) with help Kichenamourty, former head of the French
of a panel of language experts. In 2017, Oxford department of Pondicherry University.
Dictionaries had chosen 'Aadhar' as the word of the 257. Name the Android Mobile app developed by
year. IIT Ropar helps the visually impaired recognise
Indian currency notes.
255. Name the Journalist who has been choosen a) Roshni
for Assam Republic Day journalism award 2019? b) Rohini
a) Dhirendra Nath Chakraborty c) Assman
b) Pasupuleti Prasad d) Chandini
c) Dharmendra Prathan e) Mudra
d) Arjun Singh Rathore
e) None of these Answer: A
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Ropar, has
Answer: A developed an app to help the Visually Impaired
Assam government has conferred the Republic Day recognise currency notes. “Roshni” was the first
Journalism Award 2019 to veteran journalist and Android app that worked successfully with new INR
former editor Dhirendra Nath Chakraborty. currency notes. The app can recognise both old and
Chakraborty, former Editor of Dainik Asom, Dainik new notes and gives audio information as to which
Janambhumi and Ajir Batori group of newspaper, note you are holding in your hands.
has been honoured for his lifelong contribution to
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258. Accroding to the rankings of ‘Data Privacy 260. Who won the Indonesia Masters title?
Benchmark Study’ for 2019 put out by a) Saina Nehal
technology giant Cisco what is India’s rank in b) Carolina Marin
GDPR readiness index? c) PV Sindhu
a) Fourth d) Akane Yamaguchi
b) Sixth e) None of these
c) Tenth
d) Twenth Answer: A
c) Thirty Fifth Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal won her first Indonesia
Masters title after three-time world champion
Answer: B Carolina Marin limped out of the final due to a leg
Around 65 per cent of Indian businesses and injury. The Spaniard was leading 10-4 in the first
organisations are better prepared for the European game, after she retired with injury.
Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation
(GDPR), making India the sixth best prepared nation 261. Data privacy day observed on January 29.
to deal with the new data privacy regulation which The day was initiated by which organisation?
all organizations operating within the European a) Europian Union
Union and European Economic Area are mandated b) United Nations
to comply with. The rankings were part of the ‘Data c) World Bank
Privacy Benchmark Study’ for 2019 put out by d) Council of Europe
technology giant Cisco. As per the report 59% of e) Organization for Security and Co-operation
organizations across the world reported meeting all
requirements or most of the requirements, 29% Answer: D
expect to do so within a year while 9% will take Data privacy day observed on January 29. The
more than a year. Council of Europe is celebrating this year the
13th edition of Data Protection Day. The purpose of
259. Who won the Australian Open Men's Singles Data Privacy Day is to raise awareness and promote
title at Melbourne? privacy and data protection best practices. The day
a) Novak Djokovic was initiated by the Council of Europe to be first
b) Rafael Nadal held in 2007 as the European Data Protection Day.
c) Andy Murray Data Protection Day is now celebrated globally and
d) Roger Federer is called the "Privacy Day" outside Europe
e) Stan Wawrinka
262. India's 1st Geographical Indication Store
Answer: A opened in which state?
Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal to win his a) Andhra Pradesh
7th Australian Open Men's Singles title at b) Goa
Melbourne. World No.1 outplayed the second- b) Maharashtra
ranked Nadal 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 in a largely one sided c) Mizoram
match. In Women's Singles, Japan's Naomi Osaka d) Gujarat
clinched her maiden Australian Open Grand Slam e) Kerala
Singles title in Melbourne. Osaka defeated Petra
Kvitova of Czech Republic 7-6, 5-7, 6-4 in the Answer: B
summit clash Union Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu
inaugurated India's 1st Geographical Indication (GI)
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Store at Goa International Airport in Dabolim. The up 69 new gurukul schools in addition to the existing
store is located on the first floor on Departure 106 gurukul schools
Terminal, and jointly set up by Airports Authority of
India and The Cashew Export Promotional Council 265. Which is the project launched by Odisha
of India. Currently there are 270 GI registered government in partnership with UNICEF India
products in the country. Products from the self-help to generate awareness about the development and
groups, artisans and farmers' produce will be also welfare initiatives of state government among the
displayed on the airport at a concessional rate Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups of the
state?
263. India’s first indigenously built engineless a) Jiban Sampark
semi high speed train, Train 18, has been named b) Medha Sampark
Vande Bharat Express is set to run between c) Jevan Sampark
which cities? d) Vikas Sampark
a) Delhi and Mumbai e) Sarkari Sampark
b) Delhi and Varanasi
c) Mumbai and Varanasi Answer: A
d) Delhi and Kolkata Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced
e) Varanasi and Kolkata "Jiban Sampark" project in partnership with
UNICEF India to generate awareness about the
Answer: B development and welfare initiatives of state
India’s first indigenously built engineless semi high government among the Particularly Vulnerable
speed train, Train 18, has been named Vande Bharat Tribal Groups of the state. The announcement was
Express. The train is set to run between Delhi and made after Patnaik inaugurated the annual tribal fair
Varanasi at a maximum speed of 160 kmph. The 16 popularly known as "Adivasi Mela" the annual
coach train, built in 18 months at a cost of Rs 97 event which has 180 stalls to showcases tribal
crore by the Integral Coach Factory, Chennai, is market, food, agriculture produces and forest
regarded as a successor to the 30 year old Shatabdi products. "The Jiban Sampark's focus areas will
Express. include skill development, empowering
communities, cooperation and innovation among the
264. Which state government has decided to groups of 75 tribal communities in the country,
provide 100 units free power to the Most 13 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups residing in
Backward Classes (MBCs)? remote and far off areas of 12 district in Odisha
a) Chhattisgarh
b) Manipur 266. Kia Motors, the South Korean global
c) Andhra Pradesh automotive major, the eighth largest automotive
d) Bihar company in the world, is all set commence trial
e) Tamil Nadu run of its $1 billion greenfield plant in which
state?
Answer: C a) Telangana
Andhra Pradesh government will provide 100 units b) Maharashtra
free power to the Most Backward Classes (MBCs). c) Andhra Pradesh
The government give aid of up to Rs 15 lakhs for d) Mizoram
foreign education of BCs, also setting up a Jyotiba e) Karnataka
Phule memorial centre with Rs 100 Crores, and set
Answer: C
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Kia Motors is eighth largest automotive company in S. No Category Winner
the world. Kia Motors, the South Korean global 1. Outstanding Rami Malek,
automotive major, is all set to commence trial run of Performance by a “Bohemian
its $1 billion greenfield plant in Anantapur district Male Actor in a Rhapsody”
of Andhra Pradesh. The company’s first car from Leading Role
the plant, SP2i, a sports utility vehicle showcased at 2. Outstanding Glenn Close,
the Auto Show as a SP concept, is poised to be Performance by a “The Wife”
rolled out by July this year for sale in India. Female Actor in a
Leading Role
267. Who has been appointed as Regional 3. Outstanding Mahershala Ali,
Director of World Health Organization South- Performance by a “Green Book”
East Asia, for a second five-year term? Male Actor in a
a) Maheshwari Kannal Supporting Role
b) Poonam Khetrapal Singh 4. Outstanding
c) Swathi Deekshit Performance by a Emily Blunt, “A
d) Saroj Vardhini Karunakaran Female Actor in a Quiet Place”
e) None of these Supporting Role
5. Outstanding “Black Panther”
Answer: B Performance by a
Poonam Khetrapal Singh has been appointed as Cast in a Motion
Regional Director of World Health Organization Picture
South-East Asia, for a second five-year term. The 6. Outstanding Darren Criss,
WHO Executive Board unanimously endorsed Dr. Performance by a “Assassination of
Khetrapal Singh, who was earlier also unanimously Male Actor in a Gianni Versace”
nominated by 11 Member countries of the Region Television Movie
for another five years. or Miniseries
7. Outstanding Patricia Arquette,
268. In the Screen Actors Guild Awards 2019 who Performance by a “Escape at
was awarded with Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Dannemora”
Male Actor in a Leading Role? Television Movie
a) Rami Malek or Miniseries
b) Mahershala Ali 8. Outstanding Jason Bateman,
c) Darren Criss Performance by a “Ozark”
d) Jason Bateman Male Actor in a
e) Tony Shalhoub Drama Series
9. Outstanding Sandra Oh,
Answer: A Performance by a “Killing Eve”
“Black Panther” took home the top award for best Female Actor in a
performance by a cast in a motion picture at the Drama Series
2019 Screen Actors Guild Awards 10. Outstanding Tony Shalhoub,
On the TV front, “This Is Us” nabbed the ensemble Performance by a “The Marvelous
award for drama, Male Actor in a Mrs. Maisel”
While “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” won the Comedy Series
comedy prize. 11. Outstanding Rachel
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Performance by a Brosnahan, “The c) Madhavrao

Female Actor in a Marvelous Mrs. d) V.P Singh
Comedy Series Maisel” e) Pramod Mahajan
12. Outstanding “This Is Us”
Performance by an Answer: A
Ensemble in a Former Defence Minister and Anti-Emergency
Drama Series Crusader George Fernandes passed away. Fernandes
13. Outstanding “The Marvelous held the defence ministry portfolio from 2001 to
Performance by an Mrs. Maisel” 2004 under the Atal Bihari Vajpayee led NDA
Ensemble in a government. Apart from defence, he also held the
Comedy Series portfolios of communications, industry and railways
14. Outstanding Action under various governments. He was a key member
Performance by a “Glow” of the Janata Dal and later founded the Samata Party
Stunt Ensemble in a in 1994, which later merged with Janata Dal
Comedy or Drama (United)
Series:
15. Outstanding Action 271. With which country India recently signed a
Performance by a “Black Panther” protocol to export the tobacco leaves?
Stunt Ensemble in a a) Malaysia
Motion Picture b) Bhutan
c) China
269. According to World Steel Association what is d) Sri Lanka
the rank of India in the production of India? e) Russia
a) First
b) Second Answer: C
c) Third India and China have signed the protocol for exports
d) Fourth of Indian tobacco leaves to China. The protocol was
e) Fifth signed during the recent visit of Commerce
Secretary, Dr. Anup Wadhawan to Beijing.
Answer: B Dr.Wadhawan also had bilateral meeting with Vice
According to World Steel Association (worldsteel) Minister of General Administration of China
India has replaced Japan as world’s second largest Customs, Zhang Jiwen for examining market access
steel producing country. China is the largest and quarantine issues for India’s agriculture and
producer of crude steel accounting for more than 51 allied products
per cent of production. “India’s crude steel
production in 2018 was at 106.5 MT, up by 4.9 per 272. Vidyarthi Kalyan Nyas organizing the fourth
cent from 101.5 MT in 2017. Japan produced 104.3 Convention of 2-day “Agrivision-2019” in which
MT in 2018, down 0.3 per cent compared to 2017 state?
a) New Delhi
270. Name the defence ministry served under the b) Rajasthan
Atal Bihari Vajpayee led NDA government who c) Maharashtra
passed away recently? d) Uttarakhand
a) George Fernandes e) Jharkhand
b) Jaswanth Singh
Answer: A
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Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) e) Uzbekistan
launched National Agricultural Higher Education
Project (NAHEP) to attract talent and strengthen Answer: A
higher agricultural education in the country. It is Syria has signed a long-term economic cooperation
inaugurated at the fourth Convention of 2-day deal with Iran. The new agreement covers the
“Agrivision-2019” organized by Vidyarthi Kalyan industrial, agricultural, service, infrastructure and
Nyas in Pusa, New Delhi. To promote the energy sectors among others. Syria government also
participation of students in agricultural business, reached an agreement with Iran on the banking
Student READY (Rural Entrepreneurship Awareness sector as well as establishing an electricity
Development Yojana) scheme is being run, under generating station in the coastal city of Latakia
which practical experience of agriculture and
entrepreneurship is provided to undergraduate 275. Suman Kumari becomes first Hindu woman
students judge of which muslim country?
a) Pakistan
273. Government renamed DIPP as Department b) Iran
for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade c) Mauritania
that is under the Ministry of Commerce and d) Yemen
Industry. Who is the present Minister for e) Saudi Arabia
Commerce and Industry?
a) Ram Nath Kovind Answer: A
b) Suresh Prabhu Suman Kumari has become the first Hindu woman in
c) Piyush Goyal Pakistan to be appointed as a civil judge. She passed
d) Nitin Gadkari her LLB examination from Hyderabad and did her
e) Prakash Javadekar masters in law from Karachi's Szabist University.
Ratna Bhagwandas Chawla became the first Hindu
Answer: B woman elected to Pakistan's Senate in 2006. Last
The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion year, Krishna Kumari Kohli, a Hindu woman
(DIPP) has been renamed as the Department for became the first non Muslim female to win a women
Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade with a reserved seat in Senate of Pakistan. Suman, who
mandate to deal with matters related to start-ups, hails from Qambar-Shahdadkot, will serve in her
facilitating ease of doing business among others. The native district
newly named department under the Ministry of
Commerce and Industry will look into matters 276. Which is the common digital currency that is
related to promotion of internal trade, including launched by UAE and Saudi central banks
retail trade, welfare of traders and their employees. jointly?
The President gave his nod to bring internal trade a) Kerber
matters under the Department for Promotion of b) Match
Industry and Internal Trade c) Kaul
d) Aber
274. Syria has signed a long-term economic e) Meriz
cooperation deal with which country?
a) Iran Answer: D
b) Iraq The central banks of the UAE and Saudi Arabia have
c) India launched a common digital currency called "Aber"
d) Malaysia which will be used in financial settlements between
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the two countries through Blockchains and
Distributed Ledgers technologies. The UAE central 279. According to the annual index by global
bank will establish an additional means for the watchdog Transparency International India has
central financial transfer systems of the two improved its ranking on a global corruption
countries and enable banks to directly deal with each index in 2018 by three points and moved to 78th
other in conducting financial remittances. The use of position with a score of 41. Which is the the most
the currency will be restricted to a limited number of corrupt country in the world?
banks in each state a) Somalia
b) Syria
277. India’s largest lender State Bank of India c) South Sudan
(SBI) is set to swap part of its loans into a stake of d) Zimbabwae
at least 15 per cent in which Indian airlines? e) Kenya
a) Spice Jet
b) Air India Answer: A
c) IndiGo According to the annual index by global watchdog
d) GoAir Transparency International India has improved its
e) Jet Airways ranking on a global corruption index in 2018 by
three points and moved to 78th position with a score
Answer: E of 41. In the list of 180 countries, China and
India’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) is set Pakistan lagged far behind at 87th and 117th
to swap part of its loans into a stake of at least 15 per position, respectively. Denmark is the least corrupt
cent in Jet Airways. The airline's founder and country followed by New Zealand. Somalia, Syria
chairman Naresh Goyal stake cut to below 20 per and South Sudan are the most corrupt countries in
cent from 51 per cent. Etihad Airways PJSC, the the world
foreign partner with a 24 per cent stake, is expected
to infuse additional funds to take its holding to more 280. Indian sports person Kartik Sharma is
than 40 per cent related to which sport?
a) Tennis
278. Whom among the following took charge as b) Golf
the new Vice Chief of Navy Staff (VCNS)? c) Shooting
a) G Ashok Kumar d) Rowing
b) Netish Kumar e) Swimming
c) Vijayendra Kumar
d) Mahesh Buth Answer: B
e) None of these India's Kartik Sharma won the New South Wales
men's Amateur Golf Championship in Australia.
Answer: A Kartik notched up a magnificent win over Australia's
Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar, VSM assumed Nathan Barberie in the scheduled 36 hole final to
charge as the new Vice Chief of Navy Staff (VCNS). emerge as champion. The Gurgaon golfer has been
The ceremony took place at South Block lawns at playing for India since the age of 10 as part of the
Rashtrapati Bhavan in the national capital. G Ashok National Squad. Kartik had also won the Indian golf
Kumar held the charge as the Deputy Chief of Naval union western India amateur golf championship
Staff from June 6, 2016, he was commissioned into 2018
the Executive Branch of the Indian Navy on 01 Jul
1982
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281. First Swadesh Darshan project inaugurated

in which state? 283. IndiaFirst Life Insurance has bought what
a) Sikkim per cent stake in CSC e-Governance Services
b) Mizoram India Ltd?
c) Meghalaya a) 7%
d) Manipur b) 8%
e) Tripura c) 9%
d) 11%
Answer: A e) 19%
Shri. K.J. Alphons, Union Minister for Tourism
inaugurated the project “Development of North East Answer: C
Circuit in Gangtok, Sikkim. The project IndiaFirst Life Insurance has bought nine per cent
implemented under Swadesh Darshan Scheme of stake in CSC e-Governance Services India Ltd.
Ministry of Tourism, Government of India was IndiaFirst Life Insurance is a joint venture between
sanctioned by the Ministry in June 2015 for Rs. Bank of Baroda, Andhra Bank and Legal and
98.05 Crores. Under this scheme, the Government is General (UK). CSC is an integral part of Digital
focussing on development of quality infrastructure in India initiative of the government under Ministry of
the country with objective of providing better Electronics and Information Technology. The
experience and facilities to the visitors on one hand financial inclusion journey, the two entities have
and on other hand fostering the economic growth. worked towards enabling village-level entrepreneurs
Ministry has sanctioned 16 projects for Rs. 1349.04 for reaching out to the last mile customers with
crores covering all North Eastern States under its tailored solutions
schemes of Swadesh Darshan and PRASHAD
284. According to RBI data on 'Census on
282. Which state government launched special Foreign Liabilities and Assets of Indian Direct
scheme to curb infant deaths? Investment Companies, 2017-18', foreign direct
a) Madhya Pradesh investment (FDI) during the previous fiscal grew
b) Maharashtra by what percent?
c) Gujarat a) 10%
d) Rajasthan b) 15%
e) Jharkhand c) 17%
d) 18%
Answer: B e) 25%
The Maharashtra government launched a special
scheme to curb infant deaths. State child Answer: D
development Minister Pankaja Munde distributed According to RBI data on 'Census on Foreign
baby care kits to the children born in primary health Liabilities and Assets of Indian Direct Investment
centres and government hospitals. The scheme is Companies, 2017-18', foreign direct investment
applicable only for the first child and will benefit (FDI) during the previous fiscal grew 18 per cent to
around four lakh women across the state Women. Rs 28.25 lakh crore. FDI increased by Rs 4,33,300
Each kit contains a blanket, a small mattress, a crore, including revaluation of past investments,
towel, a thermometer, baby oil, shampoo, toys, nail- during 2017-18 to reach Rs 28,24,600 crore in
cutter, gloves, socks, among other things. The cost of March 2018 at market value. Overseas direct
the kit is around Rs. 2,000. The state government has investment (ODI) by Indian companies increased by
allocated Rs 20 crore for the scheme 5 per cent to Rs 5.28 lakh crore
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d) Bangladesh
285. What amount does The National Bank for e) South Korea
Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)
has fixed the total priority sector credit potential Answer: B
for Telangana for 2019-20? Senior diplomat Sunjay Sudhir has been appointed
a) Rs. 5,01,378.60 crore as India's Ambassador to the Maldives. Sudhir was
b) Rs. 4,01,378.60 crore 1993 batch Indian Foreign Service officer, presently
c) Rs. 3,01,378.60 crore works as a Joint Secretary in the Ministry of
d) Rs. 2,01,378.60 crore Petroleum and Natural Gas. The MEA also
e) Rs. 1,01,378.60 crore announced that Vijay Singh Chauhan, presently
Consul General, Consulate General of India, Sao
Answer: E Paulo, has been appointed as the Ambassador of
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural India to Burkina Faso
Development (NABARD) has fixed the total priority
sector credit potential for Telangana at Rs. 288. Which counrty received Award of Excellence
1,01,378.60 crore for 2019-20. This represents a 9 for 'Best in Show' at New York Times Travel
per cent increase over the target for 2018-19 which Show 2019?
at was at Rs. 83,389 crore. NABARD has released a) China
its State Focus Paper at the State Credit Seminar, b) USA
this serves as a guiding document for banks and state c) India
government d) Germany
d) Italy
286. Dilip Sadarangani appointed as part time
Chairman of which bank? Answer: C
a) Federal Bank India received the Award of Excellence for 'Best in
b) IndudInd Bank Show' at the recently concluded New York Times
c) Syndicate Bank Travel Show 2019, It is the largest travel show in
d) Vijaya Bank North America which held in New York. The
e) Lakshmi Vilas Bank Ministry of Tourism participated as the 'Presenting
Partner' in the New York Times Travel Show
Answer: A (NYTTS 2019). A high-level delegation led by
Kerala based private sector lender Federal Bank has Tourism Ministry Secretary Yogendra Tripathi and a
appointed Dilip Sadarangani as the part-time number of stakeholders from India's tourism industry
chairman, He has been in the board of Federal Bank participated in the Show
since 2013. Dilip Sadarangani is a renowned banker
with experience in various facets of banking, 289. Which state was declared as the ‘Best State
particularly technology, in different countries. He Overall’ for exemplary participation in the
has played key roles in setting up of IT infrastructure Swasth Bharat Yatra, Madurai and Sivakasi won
in different banks in India, Australia and Kuwait. the awards for the best performing districts?
a) Andhra Pradesh
287. Sunjay Sudhir appointed as India's envoy to b) Uttar Pradesh
which country? c) Rajasthan
a) Sri Lanka d) Tamil Nadu
b) Maldives e) Jammu and Kashmir
c) Bhutan
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Answer: D government in partnership with the UN’s Development

Tamil Nadu was declared as the ‘Best State Overall’ Programme (UNDP) and FAO?
for exemplary participation in the Swasth Bharat A. Italy
Yatra, Madurai and Sivakasi won the awards for the B. France
C. China
best performing districts, while the State also bagged
D. India
17 awards in various other categories. Swasth Bharat
E. None of these
Yatra is 100 day consumer outreach programme Answer: A
organised by Food Safety and Standards Authority Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has opened a new
of India (FSSAI), which was launched to amplify its centre, set up by the government in partnership with the
Eat Right India initiative. The Yatra, a cyclothon UN to fight climate change and boost sustainable
saw the involvement of 10 lakh participants and development in Africa. The new centre is located near the
reached to around 2.5 crore people across various headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organisation
States and UTs (FAO) in Rome
292. RBI lifted lending curbs on three public sector
290. As per the National Sample Survey Office's banks, which of the following bank is not one of them?
A. Bank of India
(NSSO's) periodic labour force survey (PLFS) of
B. Bank of Maharashtra
the Ministry of Statistics and Programme
C. Oriental Bank of Commerce
Implementation, what is the India's D. Indian Overseas Bank
unemployment rate? E. Both A and B
a) 7.3% Answer: D
b) 8.2% RBI lifted lending curbs on three public sector banks
c) 5.5% (PSBs), Bank of India, Bank of Maharashtra and Oriental
d) 2.8% Bank of Commerce to exit the PCA framework following
e) 6.1% capital infusion by the government and a decline in net
non-performing asset ratio
Answer: E 293. Ujjivan Small Finance Bank (SFB) launched
Ujjivan Bank Kisan Suvidha loan to offer financial
As per the National Sample Survey Office's
credit services to small and marginal farmers, Ujjivan
(NSSO's) periodic labour force survey (PLFS) of the
Small Finance Bank headquarters located in?
Ministry of Statistics and Programme A. Chennai
Implementation, India's unemployment rate hit a 45 B. Bangalore
year high of 6.1 per cent in 2017-18. its highest level C. Hyderabad
since 1972-73. The report further stated that D. Kochi
unemployment was higher in urban areas 7.8% as E. None of these
compared to 5.3% in rural areas of the country. For Answer: B
educated rural females, the unemployment rate Ujjivan Small Finance Bank (SFB) launched Ujjivan Bank
ranged between 9.7% to 15.2% between 2004-05 to Kisan Suvidha loan to offer financial credit services to
2011-12, which rose to 17.3 per cent in 2017-18. In small and marginal farmers. Ujjivan Small Finance Bank
headquarters located in Bangalore
case of rural educated males, the joblessness rate
294. The government revised its forecast for GDP
surged to 10.5 per cent in 2017-18 from 3.5 - 4.4%
growth for 2017-18 to how much percent from 6.7%?
between 2004-05 to 2011-12 A. 7.0%
B. 7.1%
C. 7.2%
291. The Africa Centre for Climate and Sustainable D. 7.3%
Development was established by which country E. None of these
Answer: C
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The government revised its forecast for GDP growth for Answer: E
2017-18 to 7.2% from the earlier estimate of 6.7%. Yes Bank announced the appointment of Ajai Kumar as
295. Which of the following company acquired hotel interim MD-CEO of the bank for one month or till
booking platform Nightstay, launching the domestic Ravneet Gill assumes office as MD-CEO, whichever is
hotel bookings on its platform for an undisclosed earlier
amount? 299. PETROTECH-2019, the 13th International Oil &
A. Paytm Gas Conference & Exhibition will held in which city?
B. Flipkart A. Hyderabad
C. Amazon B. Mumbai
D. Shopclues C. New Delhi
E. None of these D. Noida
Answer: A E. None of these
Indian payments conglomerate Paytm acquired hotel Answer: D
booking platform Nightstay, launching the domestic hotel PETROTECH-2019, the 13th International Oil & Gas
bookings on its platform for an undisclosed amount Conference & Exhibition, being organised under the aegis
296. Who has been assumed charge as Director of the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Government
General of NCC (DGNCC)? of India, is all set to be inaugurated on February 10, 2019.
A. Varun Kumar Along with the Conference, the event will have a
B. Arun Varma concurrent Exhibition spread over 20,000 square meters at
C. Rajeev Chopra India Expo Mart, Greater Noida
D. Mahesh Chand 300. Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman approved
E. None of these indigenous construction of six submarines worth how
Answer: C much amount?
Lt Gen Rajeev Chopra assumed charge asDirector General A. 30,000 crore
of NCC (DGNCC). Lt Gen Chopra is an alumnus of the B. 40,000 crore
National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla and Indian C. 50,000 crore
Military Academy, Dehradun D. 70,000 crore
297. Who took charge as the Flag Officer E. None of these
Commanding-in-Chief of the Western Naval Answer: B
Command at Mumbai? The Defence Acquisitions Council, DAC chaired by
A. Harish Singh Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman approved
B. Ajit Kumar indigenous construction of six submarines worth 40,000
C. Dhinesh Gupta crore rupees
D. Sachin Rathore 301. Israel Aerospace Industries announced entering
E. None of these into agreements worth $93 million for providing Naval
Answer: B MRSAM systems to which country?
Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar P took over as the Flag Officer A. Japan
Commanding-in-Chief of the Western Naval Command at B. China
Mumbai. He succeeds Vice Admiral Girish Luthra who C. India
retires upon superannuation, after an career spanning D. Russia
nearly four decades in the Indian Navy E. None of these
298. Which bank announced the appointment of Ajai Answer: C
Kumar as interim MD-CEO of the bank for one Israel Aerospace Industries announced entering into
month? agreements worth $93 million for providing Naval
A. Federal Bank MRSAM (Medium Range Surface to Air Missile) systems
B. HDFC Bank to India
C. Axis Bank 302. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
D. ICICI Bank has planned to launch which communication satellite,
E. Yes Bank from the French Guiana?
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A. GSAT-31 from March 1.Through this scheme unemployed boys
B. GSAT-30 will receive Rs. 3,000 while girls will get an assistance of
C. GSAT-29 Rs. 3,500 as monthly unemployment allowance. The new
D. GSAT-28 scheme is likely to benefit one lakh educated youth in the
E. None of these state and cost the exchequer Rs 525 crore
Answer: A 306. Which state government has banned import of
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has pigs and piglets to prevent outbreak of a disease that
planned to launch the GSAT-31 communication satellite, has cost the lives of thousands of swines in the state?
from the French Guiana on 6th February, to replace A. Manipur
INSAT-4CR B. Sikkim
303. International Cricket Council (ICC) announced a C. Mizoram
five year global partnership deal with which company? D. Meghalaya
A. Flipkart E. Tripura
B. Paytm Answer: C
C. Amazon Mizoram government has banned import of pigs and
D. Coca-Cola piglets to prevent outbreak of a disease that has cost the
E. None of these lives of thousands of swines in the state. The porcine
Answer: D reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) has cost
The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced a five the lives of over 10,000 swines in Mizoram since 2013
year global partnership deal with beverage manufacturer and it is believed that it happened due to import of pigs
Coca-Cola Company and piglets from Myanmar where the disease was known
304. Globally, On which day World Wetlands Day is to be prevalent
observedannually? 307. The United Nations announced 2019 as the
A. 2nd February International Year of the Periodic Table of the
B. 3rd January Chemical Elements to highlight its first publication in
C. 5th February 1869. Where does the United Nations headquartered?
D. 5th January A. Singapore
E. 10th December B. Geneva
Answer: A C. Washington D.C
World Wetlands Day is celebrated every year on 2 D. New York
February.This day marks the date of the adoption of the E. Paris
Convention on Wetlands on 2 February 1971.This day Answer: D
established to raise awareness about the value of wetlands The United Nations announced 2019 as the International
for humanity and the planet. WWD was celebrated for the Year of the Periodic Table of the Chemical Elements to
first time in 1997. Theme for 2019 is – Wetlands and highlight its first publication in 1869.The periodic table
Climate Change] was first designed by the Russian scientist Dmitri
305. Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot announced the Ivanovich Mendeleev.The announcement by the United
monthly allowance scheme for educated, unemployed Nations will help to raise the profile of how chemistry can
youth from March 1.Through this scheme unemployed provide solutions to global challenges in agriculture,
boys will receive _____ while girls will get an assistance education, energy and health.
of ______ rupees as monthly unemployment allowance. 308. Name the P2P Lending platform, that has
A. Rs.3500 and Rs.3000 received its NBFC - Peer-to-Peer (P2P) certification
B. Rs.3000 and Rs.3500 from the RBI recently?
C. Rs.3500 and Rs.3500 A. Spacebox
D. Rs.3000 and Rs.3000 B. Virtualbox
E. Rs.4000 and Rs.2000 C. Mousebox
Answer: B D. Jetbox
Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot announced the monthly E. Lendbox
allowance scheme for educated, unemployed youth Answer: E
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Delhi based P2P Lending platform, Lendbox has received Answer: C
its NBFC – Peer-to-Peer (P2P) certification from the Dr. M. Manikandan, Minister for Information Technology,
RBI.NBFC-P2P is a new class of NBFCs, for non-banking Government of Tamil Nadu, inaugurated ‘ICT Academy
institutions which carry on the business of Peer to Peer Bridge 2019’ conference. The 37th edition of the
Lending in adherence to the guidelines released by conference is the largest Industry-Institute Interaction
Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Lendbox began operations Event of Asia, Organized by ICT Academy. Theme of the
in November 2015 and is one of India’s largest P2P event – “Fostering India for Industry 4.0”,
Lending platforms with almost 200,000 registered users 312. Who won the soccer title by beating four-time
and a loan book size of almost 40 crores. champion Japan 3-1 in the Asian Cup final?
309. The Punjab National Bank associated life A. India
insurance company, PNB MetLife has introduced B. Oman
whom as its brand ambassador? C. South Korea
A. PV Sindhu D. Qatar
B. Sina Nehwal E. UAE
C. MS Dhoni Answer: D
D. Aravinda Swamy Qatar won its first soccer title by beating four-time
E. Virat Kohli champion Japan 3-1 in the Asian Cup final. .Qatar’s
Answer: A Almoez Ali became the first player to score nine goals at a
The Punjab National Bank associated life insurance single Asian Cup. This was the first time that Japan lost in
company, PNB MetLife has introduced the ace shuttler PV an Asian Cup final.
Sindhu as its brand ambassador. Sindhu will support 313. Indian athelet Vani Kapoor is related with which
various initiatives under project Damini, a CSR initiative sport?
intended to empower girls at every stage of the journey A. Cricket
into womanhood. B. Tennis
310. Who was appointed as new Ambassador to the C. Table Tennis
Republic of Colombia? D. Swimming
A. Rajeev Tripati E. Golf
B. Sanjiv Ranjan Answer: E
C. Somnath Chaterji Vani Kapoor became the first Indian to earn a card for the
D. Amith Barou Australian Ladies PGA Tour (LPGA) after coming
E. Venkanna Chowadry through its first-ever Qualifying Tournament at the
Answer: B Ballarat Golf Club in Ballarat, Australia. Vani Kapoor
Ministry of External Affairs announced that Sanjiv Ranjan finished tied-12th in the first-ever Australian LPGA
appointed as new Ambassador to the Republic of Qualifying Tournament.The top-20 from a field of 81
Colombia. Ranjan is the current Ambassador to Argentina, earned playing rights on the Australian LPGA
is expected to take up the assignment shortly. He was 314. World Cancer Day takes place every year on 4
1993 batch Indian Foreign Service officer holds a bachelor February to increase awareness of cancer. What is the
in Economics from Delhi University and an M.A. in theme of the day for the year 2019?
International Relations from Jawaharlal Nehru A. I am and I will
University.The government also appointed Dinesh Bhatia, B. We can. I can
the present Consul General, Consulate General of India at C. Not Beyond Us
Toronto as the next Ambassador of India to Argentina. D. Debunk the Myths
311. 'ICT Academy Bridge 2019' conference E. Together let’s do something
inaugurated in which city? Answer: A
A. Hyderabad World Cancer Day takes place every year on 4 February to
B. Bangalore increase awareness of cancer, and to encourage its
C. Chennai prevention, early detection and treatment.This year, Union
D. Thiruvananthapuram for International Cancer Control, which organizes
E. Bhubaneswar World Cancer Day, is launching a new 3-year campaign
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with the theme: “I Am and I Will.” ‘The campaign is an transportation of coal, stone chips and ballast to North and
empowering call-to-action urging for personal North East India in a seamless manner.He also dedicated
commitment and represents the power of individual action the twenty kilometre long Hijli- Narayangarh third line
taken now to impact the future to the Nation
315. According to the 2018 report of the World Travel 318. Sri Lanka celebrating its _____ Independence
and Tourism Council (WTTC), India ranked at what Dayon 4 February 2019?
position in the tourism sector? A. 68th
A. First B. 69th
B. Second C. 70th
C. Third D. 71st
D. Fourth E. 72nd
E. Fifth Answer: D
Answer: C The 71stNational Day of Sri Lanka is celebrated on 4
The country’s tourism sector fetched 234 billion US February to commemorate its internal political
Dollar revenue last year, registering a growth of over 19%. independence from British rule on that day in 1948. The
This revenue was contributed by 87 per cent domestic and main function will be held at Galle face grounds in
13 per cent foreign tourists. According to the 2018 report Colombo where President Maithripala Sirisena will be
of the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), India chief guest. Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih
is ranked third in the tourism sector will attend the function as guest of honour. A total of 545
316. Which is the first-of-a-kind report analyses the prisoners have been granted Presidential pardon to mark
current and future importance of rail around the the occasion and will be released
world launched by Piyush Goyal? 319. ''Nasr'' is a Short-Range Ballistic Missile that
A. Rail with Public belongs to which country?
B. Railway Progerss A. India
C. The Future of Rail B. Bhutan
D. Rail and Rail Yatra C. China
E. None of these D. South Korea
Answer: C E. Pakistan
Minister of Railways & Coal, Shri Piyush Goyal launched Answer: E
the report “The Future of Rail” of International Energy Pakistan Army successfully test-fired the short range
Agency (IEA).“The Future of Rail” the first-of-a-kind surface-to-surface ballistic missile ”Nasr” with a strike
report analyses the current and future importance of rail range of about 70 km. Nasr is a high precision, shoot and
around the world through the perspective of its energy and scoot weapon system with the ability of in-flight
environmental implications. The report reviews the impact maneuverability
of existing plans and regulations on the future of rail and 320. Which state government declared the endangered
explores the policies that could help to realise an enhanced Indus river dolphins, one of the world’s rarest
future of the railways. mammals, as the state’s aquatic animal?
317. Recently, PM Modi inaugurated 294 km long A. Punjab
electrified railway lines in which state? B. Manipur
A. Maharashtra C. Delhi
B. Madhya Pradesh D. Jharkhand
C. Rajasthan E. Gujarat
D. West Bengal Answer: A
E. Uttarakhand Punjab government declared the endangered Indus river
Answer: D dolphins, one of the world’s rarest mammals, as the state’s
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated Railway aquatic animal.The decision was taken at the a meeting of
electrification of 294-km long Andal-Sainthia-Pakur- the state board for wildlife chaired by chief minister
Malda and Khana-Sainthia sections in West Bengal. Captain Amarinder Singh. At present, there are only
Electrification of this section will enable ease of around 1,800 of these in the Indus in Pakistan. Their
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population in the Beas is between 8 to 10.The chief position of the Nepalese ambassador to India was vacant
minister also gave approval to declare the Kanjli Wetland for more than a year after Deep Kumar
and the holy Kali Bein River as a wildlife conservation Upadhyayresigned. President Bidya Devi Bhandari
reserve to mark the historic 550th birth anniversary of administered the oath of office and secrecy to Mr.
Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev. Acharya in Kathmandu. Mr. Acharya had also served as
321. Microsoft India entered into a pact with the which Nepal’s envoy to Sri Lanka
state government to improve the education system in 324. Who among the following was given an additional
the state by boosting digital literacy? charge of the Civil Aviation Ministry?
A. Nagaland A. Ramesh Abhishek
B. Tripura B. Sanjay Kothari
C. Sikkim C. S. K Sinha
D. Manipur D. Rajesh Kotecha
E. Mizoram E. Anant Narayan Nanda
Answer: C Answer: A
Microsoft India entered into a pact with the Sikkim state Ramesh Abhishek, secretary of the Department of
government to improve the education system in the state Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), was given an
by boosting digital literacy and the knowledge of new-age additional charge of the Civil Aviation Ministry.The
technology among students and teachers in government Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved
schools.As part of the collaboration, Microsoft would assignment of additional charge of the post of secretary,
support the state in integrating IT content in the state Civil Aviation Ministry, to Abhishek. Choubey has been
board curriculum and build student capacity besides named as member of the Union Public Service
building teacher capacity through the Microsoft Educator Commission (UPSC).
Network and Innovative Educator Program 325. International Spice Conference 2019 held in which
322. Who has been appointed the Director of the city?
Central Bureau of Investigation? A. Vijayawada
A. Dinesh Tripati B. Hyderabad
B. Rishi Kumar Shukla C. Vishakhapatnam
C. Sarath Chandra D. Warangal
D. Rakesh Verma E. Tirupati
E. Vinod Kumar Boopathy Answer: B
Answer: B International Spice Conference 2019 held in Hyderabad.
Former Madhya Pradesh Director General of Police Rishi The International Spice Conference aims to provide a
Kumar Shukla has been appointed the Director of the platform for all stakeholders of the industry including the
Central Bureau of Investigation.Mr Shukla, a 1983-batch business houses, the spice associations, the policymakers,
officer, will head the CBI for a period of two years. His the farmers and the end users, to address and
appointment was made a day after the second meeting of a interact.Theme of the conference is “Challenges of
high-powered committee comprising PM Modi, Chief Change: Redefining the Value Chain”
Justice Ranjan Gogoi and opposition leader Mallikarjun 326. According to the latest ICC women's ODI
Kharge rankings who among the following batters topped the
323. Nilambar Acharya appointed as which countries list?
ambassador to India? A. Mithali Raj
A. Malaysia B. Ellyse Perry
B. Sri Lanka C. Smriti Mandhana
C. Vietnam D. Meg Lanning
D. Nepal E. Harmanpreet Kaur
E. Bangladesh Answer: C
Answer: D Indian opener Smriti Mandhana has climbed three spots in
Former Law Minister of Nepal Nilambar Acharya has the batters’ list to become number one in the latest ICC
been appointed as country’s ambassador to India. The women’s ODI rankings. Ellyse Perry is second in the
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rankings, while another Aussie Meg Lanning is third. Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil
Indian ODI skipper Mithali Raj has slipped to the fifth Aviation, Suresh Prabhu, addressed the India-Monaco
position.In the ODI Bowler’s rankings, veteran pacer Business Forum in New Delhi. Bilateral trade between
Jhulan Goswami is fourth, with Poonam Yadav at eighth, India and Monaco in 2017-18 was USD 3.01 million, and
and fellow spinner Deepti Sharma at ninth.Deepti is fourth there is immense potential to scale up the bilateral trade
in the All-rounders standings and is the sole Indian in the between the two nations. Monaco is ranked 106th among
top-10. foreign direct investor in India (from April 2000 to June
327. Which team won the fourth edition of the Pro 2018) with USD 2.51 million FDI equity inflow
Wrestling League (PWL)? 330. According to a report released by National Bulk
A. Delhi Sultans Handling Corporation (NBHC),by what percentage
B. Mumbai Maharathi did the production of basmati rice is expected to
C. NCR Punjab Royals decline for the year 2018-19?
D. UP Dangal A. 9.0%
E. Haryana Hammers B. 9.24%
Answer: E C. 9.6%
Haryana Hammers won the fourth edition of the Pro D. 9.74%
Wrestling League (PWL) as they outclassed Punjab E. 9.94%
Royals 6-3 in the summit clash at the Gautam Buddha Answer: B
University indoor stadium. Riding on Aleksander National Bulk Handling Corporation (NBHC) has released
Khotsianivski, Ali Shabanov, Kiran, Ravi Kumar and kharif crop estimation for the year 2018-19 which shows
Anastasia Nichita’s dominating performance, the runners- that basmati rice production is expected to decline by
up in the last three editions, Haryana Hammers, turned the 9.24% to 5.18 million metric tonne. The pulses production
tables on the defending champions Punjab Royals winning is projected to drop marginally to 9.10 million tonne from
all the first five bouts of the evening to clinch the title 9.35 million tonne last year. Total oilseeds production is
328. Sana Mir is related with which sport? estimated to be 19.87 million metric tonne which is 5.36
A. Tennis % lower than last year’s of 21 million metric tonne.
B. Wrestling 331. Which Indian state has become the first State to
C. Badminton set up a price monitoring and research unit (PMRU) to
D. Cricket track violation of prices of essential drugs and medical
E. Shooting devices under the Drugs Price Control Order (DPCO)?
Answer: D A. Rajasthan
Former captain of the Pakistan women team Sana Mir has B. West Bengal
become the first Asian woman to play hundred T20Is.Sana C. Kerala
Mir is one of Pakistan’s most senior women cricketers and D. Karnataka
has been representing the country since 2005. The 33- E. Andhra Pradesh
year-old reached the milestone when she walked into the Answer: C
field for the ongoing third and final T20I against West Kerala has become the first State to set up a price
Indies in Karachi.Mir is the only sixth woman from monitoring and research unit (PMRU) to track violation of
around the world to play 100 T20Is. West Indian Deandra prices of essential drugs and medical devices under the
Dottin leads the list with 109 T20Is Drugs Price Control Order (DPCO).The move comes
329. India-Monaco Business forum 2019 held in which more than five years after the National Pharmaceutical
city? Pricing Authority (NPPA) proposed such a system for the
A. New Delhi States and the Union Territories.
B. Mumbai 332. "Sopan 2019" The Festival of Young Musicians
C. Kolkata and Dancers held in which city?
D. Varanasi A. Bangalore
E. Bhubaneswar B. Hyderabad
Answer: A C. Chennai
D. New Delhi
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E. Jodhpur 335. The Ministry of Finance has announced the
Answer: D amalgamation of which two regional rural banksto
Music and dance festival ‘Sopan 2019’ has started, to form Tamil Nadu Grama Bank?
encourage young and upcoming artistes to take up A. Narmada Jhabua Gramin Bank, Pallavan Grama Bank
traditional art, in New Delhi. It is organised by Sahitya B. Prathama Bank and Narmada Jhabua Gramin Bank
Kala Parishad and the Delhi government in association C. Prathama Bank and Pallavan Grama Bank
with New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC). These six D. Pallavan Grama Bank and Pandyan Grama Bank
day long festival is an opportunity for upcoming talents E. Pandyan Grama Bank and Prathama Bank
from vocals and instruments to dance forms to set an Answer: D
audience base for themselves The Ministry of Finance has announced the amalgamation
333. Which state approved new policies for MSME and of two regional rural banks in Tamilnadu-
pharmaceutical sectors with a view to boosting the Pallavan Grama Bank, sponsored by Indian Bank and
industrial growth and attracting investment in the Pandyan Grama Bank, sponsored by Indian Overseas
state Pharmaceutical Policy 2019? Bank (IOB) into a single regional rural bank in the state
A. Punjab and name the new entity as Tamil Nadu Grama Bank. The
B. Chhattisgarh amalgamated regional rural bank Tamil Nadu Grama Bank
C. Madhya Pradesh will be under the sponsorship of Indian Bank, with its
D. Gujarat head office at Salem. The amalgamation would be
E. Haryana effective from 1 April.
Answer: E 336. Which Online food ordering and delivery firm
The Haryana government approved new policies for announced that it has acqui-hired Bengaluru-based AI
MSME and pharmaceutical sectors with a view to startup Kint.io an artificial intelligence (AI) startup,
boosting the industrial growth and attracting investment in for an undisclosed sum?
the state Haryana Pharmaceutical Policy 2019. Aiming to A. Uber Eats
attract investment in the pharmaceutical sector to the tune B. Zomato
of Rs. 2,000 crore and to generate 25,000 new jobs, and C. Swiggy
establish a state-of-the-art Pharma Park at Karnal and to D. Food Panda
develop Haryana into a hub for pharmaceutical E. None of these
manufacturing. Answer: C
334. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has bought a Online food ordering and delivery firm Swiggy announced
14% stake in which Indian micro-financier company? it has acqui-hired Bengaluru-based AI startup Kint.io an
A. Janalakshmi Financial Services Pvt Ltd artificial intelligence (AI) startup, for an undisclosed
B. Sonata Finance Pvt Ltd sum. Acqui-hiring refers to buying out a company or an
C. Asmitha Microfin Ltd entity primarily for the skills and expertise of its staff,
D. SKS Microfinance Ltd rather than for its products or services. The team at Kint.io
E. Annapurna Finance will join the company to boost its computer vision
Answer: E technology and superior consumer experience. The
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has bought a 14% founding members of Kint.io, Pavithra Solai Jawahar, and
stake in micro-financier Annapurna Finance for Rs. 137 Jagannathan Veeraraghavan, will join the Swiggy team
crore, reinforcing the belief that India’s microfinance 337. With which countries Ministry of Energy, Indian
sector is on course to attracting long-term funds from Ministry of Coal entered into MoU to foster relations
global lenders and investors. The expansion of equity will in the field of coal mining and clean coal technologies?
help the firm expand its loan portfolio in asset classes such A. Hungary
as MSME and affordable housing. ADB has backed MFIs B. Ukraine
to help achieve its broader objective of reducing poverty C. Republic of Poland
in Asia and the Pacific. The investment by ADB will D. Europe
expand Annapurna’s net worth to Rs 580 crore. E. Germany
Answer: C
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Ministry of Coal entered into a Memorandum of D. Madhya Pradesh
Understanding with Ministry of Energy, Republic of E. Tripura
Poland. The MoU has been signed between Sh. Haribhai Answer: B
Parathibhai Chaudhary, Hon’ble Minister of State for Coal Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari laid
and Mines and Mr. Grzegorz Tobiszowski, Secretary of the foundation stone for three highway projects worth over
State, Ministry of Energy, Republic of Poland. The Rs. 2345 crore rupees. The projects including four-laning
objective of this MoU is to foster relations in the field of of the 41.7-km Talcher-Kamakhyanagar section of NH
coal mining and clean coal technologies through the 200/23 (new NH 53) at a cost of Rs 795.18 crore. 51.1-km
already established Joint Coal Working Group as well as Kamakhyanagar-Duburi section of NH 200 (new NH 53 )
research institutes and academia between the two at a cost of Rs 761.11 crore and 39.4-km Duburi-
countries. Chandikhole section of NH 200 (new NH 53) at a cost of
338. Indian sports person Ramit Tandon, is related Rs 789.23 crore.
with which sport? 341. Madhya Pradesh state government has made it
A. Squash mandatory for all industries to provide what percent of
B. Badminton the jobs to locals?
C. Tennis A. 50%
D. Cricket B. 50%
E. Hockey C. 70%
Answer: A D. 75%
Indian squash player Ramit Tandon defeated Egyptian E. 80%
Mohamed El Sherbini in the finals to win the Seattle Answer: C
Open, a Professional Squash Association challenger Madhya Pradesh state government has made it mandatory
squash Tour event. The Indian won 11-4, 11-7, 2-11, 11-2 for all industries to provide seventy percent of the jobs to
for his first PSA title in 2019 and fourth title overall in his locals.The government has decided to set up training
career. sessions and employment fairs in each district to register
339. The National Green Tribunal imposed a cost of unemployed youths. Youth will be first provided a stipend
Rs. 25 lakh on the which state government for failing and later jobs under state’s 70 percent clause.
to stop dumping of sewage and untreated water in the 342. Boori Boot Yollo festival is celebrated in which
Ganga Canal. state?
A. Uttar Pradesh A. Andhra Pradesh
B. Uttarakhand B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Madhya Pradesh C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Bihar D. Arunachal Pradesh
E. Jharkhand E. Himachal Pradesh
Answer: A Answer: D
The National Green Tribunal imposed a cost of Rs. 25 The Nyishi tribe of Arunachal Pradesh is celebrating its
lakh on the Uttar Pradesh government for failing to stop fortnight-long Boori Boot Yollo festival. Boori Boot Yollo
dumping of sewage and untreated water in the Upper is observed in the month of February every year to
Ganga Canal.A bench headed by NGT Chairperson welcome spring and a successful harvest. During the
Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel directed the urban festival, people invoke God to bless them with prosperity
development ministry to deposit a performance guarantee and seek protection from any kind of disease. This festival
of Rs. 35 lakh. is celebrated particularly in two districts of Arunachal,
340. Recently, Road Transport and Highways Minister Upper Subansiri and Lower Subansiri district,
Nitin Gadkari laid the foundation stone for three 343. Which country makes Siamese fighting fish
highway projects worth over Rs. 2345 crore rupees in national aquatic animal?
which state? A. India
A. Meghalaya B. Malaysia
B. Odisha C. Bhutan
C. Mizoram D. UAE
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E. Thailand increased at a five-year low growth of 3 per cent at $
Answer: E 44.85 billion in 2017-18.
Tiny, testy and eye-catching with a colourful fin plumage, 346. Which state government announced a high-
the Siamese fighting fish was named Thailand’s national powered committee to prepare a comprehensive action
aquatic animal. Thailand’s official national animal is the plan to boost the dairy sector with the aim of
elephant. supplementing the income of farmers in a result-
344. What amount did the RBI has imposed a oriented manner?
monetary penalty on UCO Bank for non-compliance of A. Uttarkhand
norms related to payment through cheques? B. Gujarat
A. Rs.50 Lakh C. Punjab
B. Rs.1 crore D. Rajasthan
C. Rs.1.25 crore E. Meghalaya
D. Rs.1.75 crore Answer: C
E. Rs.2 crore Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh
Answer: E announced a high-powered committee to prepare a
The RBI has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs. 2 crore comprehensive action plan to boost the dairy sector with
each on UCO Bank and Axis Bank, and Rs. 1 crore on the aim of supplementing the income of farmers in a
Syndicate Bank.Penalty of Rs. 2 crore has been imposed result-oriented manner.The committee would consist of
each on Axis Bank and UCO Bank for non-compliance of Chairman State Farmers Commission, Director Animal
norms related to payment through cheques. In another Husbandry, Director Dairy Development, a representative
case, a penalty of Rs. 20 lakh has been imposed on Axis of Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences
Bank for contravention of the directions related to University (GADVASU).It will suggest measures to
detection and impounding of counterfeit notes.The penalty promote diversification of agriculture with the aim of
on Syndicate Bank has been imposed for violation of enhancing farmers’ income from allied sources.
guidelines related to checking fraud and managing risk 347. According to Transparency International, which
345. According to commerce and industry ministry, state occupied the top slot in the ranking of best
Foreign direct investment (FDI) into India has practices followed by states in Budget formulation?
declined what per cent during April-September period A. Andhra Pradesh
of the current fiscal? B. Assam
A. 8% C. Odisha
B. 9% D. Bihar
C. 10% E. Punjab
D. 11% Answer: B
E. 12% According to Transparency International, Assam occupied
Answer: D the top slot in the ranking of best practices followed by
According to commerce and industry ministry, Foreign states in Budget formulation, followed by Andhra Pradesh
direct investment (FDI) into India has declined 11 per cent and Odisha. The survey is based on 4 parameters which
to $ 22.66 billion during April-September period of the include public disclosure, budgetary process, post budget
current fiscal. The foreign fund inflows during April- fiscal management and efforts to make budget more
September 2017-18 stood at $ 25.35 billion.Key sectors transparent and citizen friendly.States which are lower in
that received maximum foreign investment during the first the ranking were Meghalaya, Manipur and Punjab
six months of the fiscal include services ($4.91 billion), 348. Politician Harihar Karan passed away. He
computer software and hardware ($2.54 billion), belongs to which political party?
telecommunications ($2.17 billion), trading ($2.14 A. Indian National Congress
billion), chemicals ($1.6 billion), and automobile industry B. Bharatiya Janata Party
($1.59 billion). Singapore was the largest source of FDI C. Communist Party of India
during April-September 2018-19 with $8.62 billion D. Aam Admi Party
inflow, followed by Mauritius $3.88 billion. FDI had E. Rashtriya Janata Dal
Answer: A
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Senior Congress leader and former minister Harihar Karan 351. According to the Sixth Bi-monthly Monetary
passed away. A six-time MLA from Daspalla constituency Policy Statement what is the current Repo Rate?
in Nayagarh district, Karan was elected for the first time in A. 6.5%
1974.He was the Odisha’s Health and Family Welfare B. 6.0%
minister in the JB Patnaik government in 1980. Karan was C. 6.25%
also the chairperson of the disciplinary committee of the D. 6.75%
Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) in 2013. E. 7.0%
349. Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen launched Answer: C
'Darwaza Band - Part 2' campaign in which city? On the basis of an assessment of the current and evolving
A. Mumbai macroeconomic situation, the Monetary Policy Committee
B. Kolkata (MPC) decided to reduce the policy repo rate under the
C. Ahemadabad liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) by 25 basis points from
D. Varanasi 6.5 per cent to 6.25 per cent with immediate effect.
E. New Delhi Reverse repo rate under the LAF stands adjusted to 6.0 per
Answer: A cent, and the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and the
The Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) launched Bank Rate to 6.5 per cent.
the ‘Darwaza Band -Part 2’ campaign for sustainability 352. Fino Payments Bank introduced sweep account
of the Open Defecation Free (ODF) status of villages facility in association with which Small Finance Bank?
across the country.The campaign was launched by A. Ujjivan Small Finance Bank.
the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation in B. ESAF Small Finance Bank
Mumbai in the presence of brand ambassador Amitabh C. Equitas Small Finance Bank
Bachchan. The ‘Darwaza Band- Part 2’ campaign is D. Suryoday Small Finance Bank
supported by the World Bank. Swachh Bharat E. Utkarsh Small Finance Bank
Abhiyan (SBA) or Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) is a Answer: D
nation-wide campaign in India for the period 2014 to Fino Payments Bank (FPB) has announced the launch of a
2019 that aims to clean up the streets, roads and sweep account facility in association with Suryoday Small
infrastructure of India’s cities, towns, and rural areas. Finance Bank (SSFB). As per the Reserve Bank of India
350. The Maharashtra government has set up a (RBI), payment banks can only take deposits upto Rs. 1
committee to review various schemes being lakh per account. The partnership would allow customers
implemented for the welfare of tribals in the state. The to seamlessly transfer the excess amount from their
committee will be headed by whom? account in Fino Payments Bank (FPB) to Suryoday Small
A. Sanjay Raut Finance Bank (SSFB) (partner bank) account.
B. Vivek Pandit 353. Who has been appointed as the secretary of the
C. Piyush Goyel Ministry of Civil Aviation?
D. Sharad Power A. Vinay Dube
E. Husain Dalwai B. Vinay Dube
Answer: B C. Rohit Nandan
The Maharashtra government has set up a committee to D. E.Sreedharan
review various schemes being implemented for the E. Pradeep Singh Kharola
welfare of tribals in the state.The 17-member committee, Answer: E
headed by former MLA and Shramjeevi Sanghatna The government appointed Air India chief managing
president Vivek Pandit, will undertake the study of various director and Chairperson Pradeep Singh Kharola as the
works done for providing employment opportunities, secretary of the Ministry of Civil Aviation. Pradeep Singh
minimum wages and proper livelihood to tribals. The Kharola is a 1985 batch IAS officer of the Karnataka
committee will suggest measures to ensure that children in cadre, was named chairperson of Air India in November
tribal regions were not deprived of education. The 2017. He will take over from Rajiv Nayan Choubey, who
committee will hold its meetings every three months and retired on January 31.
submit its recommendations to the government
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354. Who has been honoured with the 'Freedom of the and Kashmir N. N. Vohra, discuss the issues of Skills and
City of London' award in recognition of his Competence at the grass-root level, Attitudinal Changes in
contribution to promoting the bilateral relations? Police, Gender Sensitization, harnessing technology and
A. Amitabh Chaudhry Community Policing
B. Sunil Mehta 357. Ministry of Coal, Government of India, signed an
C. Mrutyunjay Mahapatra MoU with Ministry of Energy of which country to
D. Atul Kumar Goel foster relations in the field of coal mining and clean
E. Sanjiv Chadha coal technologies?
Answer: E A. Switzerland
India’s largest state-owned lender SBI’s UK head Sanjiv B. Germany
Chadha has been honoured with the ‘Freedom of the City C. Poland
of London’ award in recognition of his contribution to D. Australia
promoting the bilateral relations.Sanjiv Chadha was E. USA
nominated for the honour by Lord Mayor of London Peter Answer: C
Estlin and Sheriff Vincent Keaveny. Chadha took up the The Ministry of Coal, Government of India signed an
position in 2014 and he will be succeeded by Sharad MoU with Ministry of Energy, Republic of Poland in-
Chandak.The previous Indian recipient of the honour is order to foster relations in the field of coal mining and
Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India. Other clean coal technologies. The MoU was signed between Sh.
recipients include author J K Rowling and actor Dame Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary, Hon’ble Minister of
Judi Dench. State for Coal and Mines and Mr. Grzegorz Tobiszowski,
355. WLPGA 2019 ASIA LPG summit held in which Secretary of State, Ministry of Energy, Republic of
city? Poland.
A. Bangalore 358. Name the mobile app for booking of Bungalow
B. Jodhpur No.5, New Delhi, that was launched by Minister of
C. Coimbatore State for Housing & Urban Affairs Hardeep S Puri?
D. New Delhi A. Bglow5
E. Hyderabad B. Mashoka5
Answer: D C. BookNow5
Union Minister for petroleum and natural gas Shri D. BN5Book
Dharmendra Pradhan, inaugurated the 2019 Asia LPG E. None of these
summit in New Delhi.The summit is being organized by Answer: B
the World LPG Association (WLPGA) in association with Mashoka5, the mobile app for booking of Bungalow
major Indian public-sector oil companies (OMCs) Indian No.5,New Delhi was launched by Minister of State for
Oil, Hindustan Petroleum, and Bharat Petroleum. The Housing & Urban Affairs Shri Hardeep S Puri. The
two-day ‘WLPGA Asia LPG Summit’, focusing on ‘LPG Application will help an applicant to complete the entire
– Energy for Life’. India is the 2nd largest consumer of booking process from anywhere and at any time, by using
liquified natural gas (LPG) in the world. a mobile phone.
356. Who inaugarated the 2nd National Conference of 359. 5th India-Bangladesh Joint Consultative
Micro Missions of National Police Mission? Committee Meet held in which city?
A. Arvind Kejriwal A. Delhi
B. Ashok Geholt B. Mumbai
C. N. N. Vohra C. Dhaka
D. Nitish Kumar D. Chittagong
E. Vijay Rupani E. None of these
Answer: C Answer: A
Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD) 5th India-Bangladesh Joint Consultative Committee Meet
organized the 2nd National Conference of Micro Missions held in Delhi. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj
of National Police Mission in New Delhi. The two day and Foreign Affairs Minister of Bangladesh Dr. A. K.
Conference, inaugurated by former governor of Jammu Abdul Momen co-chaired the meeting. The last Joint
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Consultative Committee Meeting between the two Parmanu Tech 2019’ conference held in New Delhi. The
countries was held in October 2017 at Dhaka. The Foreign conference was organised by the Ministry of External
Affairs Minister of Bangladesh arrived in New Delhi on a Affairs and Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) to
four day visit to India. It is the first high-level visit from discuss issues related to Nuclear Energy and Radiation
Bangladesh since Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s victory Technologies. The Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh
in the parliamentary elections in December last year delivered the keynote address at the ‘Parmanu Tech 2019’
360. State-run power giant NTPC has signed an conference
agreement with which private sector Bank for a Rs 363. Digicop a mobile application developed by
2,500 crore loan to part finance capital expenditure? Nasscom launched by which city police?
A. Axis Bank A. Hyderabad
B. HDFC Bank B. Vijayawada
C. ICICI Bank C. Bangalore
D. Kotak Mahendra Bank D. Ahemadabad
E. IndusInd Bank E. Chennai
Answer: B Answer: E
State-run power giant NTPC has signed an agreement with Tamil film actor Vijay Sethupathi launched the mobile
HDFC Bank for a Rs 2,500 crore loan to part finance App ‘DigiCop’ of the Chennai police department. The
capital expenditure. The loan is extended at an interest rate application was developed by Nasscom. Using the App,
linked to three-month marginal cost of funds-based people can track the status of stolen two-wheelers and cell
lending rate (MCLR) of the bank. The loan has a door-to- phones.The details of 18,000 stolen mobile phones are
door tenure of 15 years and will be utilised to part finance stored in the App. So next time someone is buying a
the capital expenditure of NTPC phone from a second hand shop they can verify if the
361. Who was conferred the Légion d'Honneur (Legion phone is stolen or genuine.Using DigiCop App, people
of Honour) the highest civilian award of France in can verify IMEI, report lost two-wheelers and phones,
recognition of his work for specially-abled children? know the nearest police station, police news and traffic
A. Pope Benedict XVI alerts.
B. Pope John Paul II 364. Who has taken over as General Manager of
C. Francois Laborde Integral Coach Factory (ICF)?
D. Sinead O’Connor A. Dinesh Pandey
E. Antonio Vivaldi B. Manohar Dubey
Answer: C C. Vamsi Krishna
Francois Laborde, a 92-year-old priest, from Bengal, was D. Rudra Pratap Singh
conferred the Légion d’Honneur (Legion of Honour) the E. Rahul Jain
highest civilian award of France in recognition of his work Answer: E
for specially-abled children.He is the third person from the Rahul Jain has taken over as General Manager of Integral
state to have been awarded the Legion of Honor after film Coach Factory (ICF).Jain, was former Assistant General
maestro Satyajit Ray and actor Soumitra Chatterjee. Manager at Western Railway. He belongs to the Indian
Father Francois Laborde has set up the Howrah South Railway Service of Mechanical Engineer (IRSME) cadre
Point, an organisation working for the development of and his appointment comes after former ICF
specially-abled children, the destitute and the most GM Sudhanshu Mani retired on December 31.Mani is
deprived sections of the society. regarded as the architect of India’s first self-propelled long
362. Parmanu Tech 2019’ conference held in which distance “Train 18”, which was later named “Vande
city? Bharat Express”.
A. Bangalore 365. What is Indias’ rank in the recently released US
B. Jodhpur Chamber's global IP index?
C. Chennai A. 49th
D. Delhi B. 52nd
E. Hyderabad C. 38th
Answer: D D. 36th
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E. 44th became the sixth team to win back to back Ranji Trophy
Answer: D titles. Left arm spinner, Sarwate was adjudged man of the
India has jumped eight places to 36th position on the match.
International Intellectual Property (IP) Index, which 368. 9th Hockey India Senior Women National
analyses the IP climate in 50 global economies. India’s Championship 2019 Begins In which state?
eight-point jump in 2019 from 44th position in 2018 is A. Haryana
the highest increase among 50 nations mapped by the B. Himachal Pradesh
index. The US, the UK, Sweden, France and Germany C. Bihar
remained the top five economies on the intellectual D. Punjab
property index in 2019 retaining their spots from the last E. Uttar Pradesh
year. The index brought out by the US Chamber of Answer: A
Commerce’s Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC) The 9th Hockey India Senior Women National
ranks countries based on 45 indicators that are critical to Championship 2019 begins in Hisar’s Astroturf
an innovation-led economy supported by robust patent, International Hockey Stadium, Haryana Agricultural
trademark, copyright, and trade secrets protection. University. RSPB will begin their campaign against
366. With which statutory body of the Government of Hockey Rajasthan in the Pool A opening match during the
India, did the Government e Marketplace 11-day domestic extravaganza
(GeM)entered into a Memorandum of Understanding 369. Name the campaign launched by Swachh Bharat
to enable a fair and competitive environment in the e- Mission Grameen focuses on sustaining the open
Marketplace? defecation free status of villages across India?
A. Securities and Exchange Board of India A. Swachh Ganv- Part 2
B. Financial Stability and Development Council B. Darwaza Band- Part 2
C. Competition Commission of India C. Hygiene and Health- Part 2
D. Advertising Standards Council of India D. Swachh Desh- Part 2
E. None of these E. None of these
Answer: C Answer: B
Government e Marketplace (GeM) and Competition On 6th February 2019, the “Darwaza Band- Part 2”
Commission of India (CCI) entered into a Memorandum campaign was launched by Swachh Bharat Mission
of Understanding to enable a fair and competitive Grameen focuses on sustaining the open defecation free
environment in the e-Marketplace. GeM is a state-of-the- status of villages across the country. The campaign
art national public procurement platform of Ministry of launched by the Ministry of Drinking Water and
Commerce and Industries, which has used technology to Sanitation in Mumbai in the presence of actor Amitabh
remove entry barriers for bonafide sellers and has created Bachchan.
a vibrant e-marketplace with a wide range of goods and 370. India’s fiscal deficit has touched what percent of
services.Competition Commission of India is the FY19 Budget target of Rs. 6.24 lakh crore during
a statutorybody of the Government of India, responsible the period of 9 months from April to December 2018?
for enforcing the Competition Act, 2002 throughout India A. 58 %
and to prevent activities that have an adverse effect on B. 112 %
competition. C. 76 %
367. Which team won the recently concluded Ranji D. 137 %
Thropy? E. None of these
A. Saurastra Answer: B
B. Vidarbha India’s fiscal deficit has touched 112% of the FY19
C. Karnataka Budget target of Rs. 6.24 lakh crore during the period of 9
D. Services months from April to December 2018. The data was
E. Railways presented by the Controller General of Accountant (CGA)
Answer: B which manifested that fiscal deficit of previous fiscal was
Vidharbha lifted the Ranji Trophy for the second time in a 13.6%. Fiscal deficit was at 7 lakh crores during this
row, defeating Saurashtra by 78 runs at Nagpur. Vidarbha financial year. This is 112.4% of the Budget estimates for
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FY19, while for exact figures, it was 113.6% for 2017- agricultural loans up to Rs. 1 lakh. This limit was fixed in
2018. Fiscal Deficit is the gap between income and the year 2010.
expenditure of the government. 374. Reserve Bank of India has slapped what amount
371. The largest Krishi Kumbh of Eastern India is as penalty on the country's largest lender State Bank
launched in which state? of India for not monitoring the end use of funds in
A. Bihar respect of one of its borrowers ?
B. Meghalaya A. Rs.75 lakh
C. Manipur B. Rs.1 crore
D. Sikkim C. Rs.1.25 crore
E. Mizoram D. Rs.1.5 crore
Answer: A E. Rs.2 crore
Bihar Governor Lalji Tandon and Union Agriculture Answer: B
Minister Radha Mohan Singh jointly inaugurated the Reserve Bank of India has slapped Rs 1 crore penalty on
Krishi Kumbh in Bihar. This is the largest Krishi Kumbh the country’s largest lender for not monitoring the end use
of Eastern India.Over fifteen thousand farmers across of funds in respect of one of its borrowers. The Banking
different states and about two hundred agricultural Regulation Act, 1949 confers power on Reserve Bank of
scientists are participating in the Kumbh. There will be 14 India (RBI) under Section 47(A) to impose penalties if
technical sessions during three day Krishi Kumbh. The there has been any default or contravention.
objective of Krishi Kumbh is to promote modern 375. Who was Assumed Charge as Secretary of
techniques and diversification in agriculture that could Ministry of Minority Affairs?
help in doubling farmer’s income. A. Shri Sailesh
372. The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) B. Shri Suresh
lifts the ban on which countries Para athletes by C. Shri Satish
March 15, under certain conditions? D. Shri Sarvesh
A. China E. Shri Somesh
B. Russia Answer: A
C. Australia Shri Sailesh a 1985 batch IAS Assam-Meghalaya Cadre
D. USA officer assumed the charge as Secretary, Ministry of
E. New Zealand Minority Affairs
Answer: B 376. Which country is going to host 13th Conference of
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) lifts the Parties (COP) of the Convention on the conservation of
ban on Russian Para athletes by March 15, under certain migratory species of wild animals (CMS)?
conditions.Russia has been barred from international A. China
competitions since August 2016. Russia had met 69 of its B. Germany
70 reinstatement criteria C. Russia
373. RBI raised collateral-free farm loan limit to what D. India
amount? E. France
A. Rs.1.25 lakh Answer: D
B. Rs.1.35 lakh The 13th Conference of Parties (COP) of the Convention
C. Rs.1.6 lakh on the conservation of migratory species of wild animals
D. Rs.1.75 lakh (CMS) is going to be hosted by India during 15th to
E. Rs.1.8 lakh 22nd February, 2020 at Gandhinagar in Gujarat. CMS an
Answer: C environmental treaty under the aegis of United Nations
RBI raised the limit of collateral-free agricultural loans to Environment Programme. India has been a Party to the
Rs. 1.6 lakh from the current Rs. 1 lakh with a view to CMS since 1983. The Conference of Parties (COP) is the
help small and marginal farmers.RBI also set up an decision-making organ of this convention. The Union
internal working group to review agriculture credit and Environment Minister, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, inaugurated
arrive at a “workable solutions and policy initiatives”. the Logo and Mascot (GIBI) along with website for the
Currently, the banks are mandated to extend collateral-free international event, in New Delhi
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377. With which country Bangladesh signed MOU for The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister, Narendra
training 1800 Bangladesh civil servants? Modi has given the approval to revised Office
A. India Memorandum regarding Amendment of Constitution to
B. Bhutan provide reservations for economically weaker sections of
C. Sri Lanka society. The Constitution (103 Amendment) Act amends
D. Malaysia Articles 15 and 16 of constitution and it will provide 10%
E. Vietnam reservation in government jobs and education to
Answer: A Economically Weaker Sections.
India and Bangladesh have signed an MOU for training 380. India and which Country had signed a MoU to
1800 Bangladesh Civil Servants at the National Centre for promote cooperation in the areas of mutual interest
Good Governance (NCGG) an institute under the pertaining to the development of blue economy?
Department of Administrative Reforms and Public A. Norway
Grievances (DAR&PG), Ministry of Personnel, Public B. Russia
Grievances & Pensions, Government of India, over the C. China
next 6 years.The MOU was signed between the NCGG D. Maldives
and the Ministry of Public Administration, Government of E. Monaco
the People’s Republic of Bangladesh during the visit of Answer: A
the Foreign Minister of Bangladesh.The NCGG is The Union Cabinet approved MoU between India and
planning to conduct 15 training programs in 2019 each of Norway on Norway Ocean Dialogue to promote
2 weeks duration. The trainee officers will undergo cooperation in the areas of mutual interest pertaining to
training at the NCGG Mussoorie centre. the development of blue economy. Norway is a global
378. ICAI signs pact with Invest India to promote leader in the areas of Blue Economy and they are well
foreign investment. Who is the current ICAI equipped with cutting edge technologies and expertise in
President? various Ocean resources and maritime transport. MoU will
A. Naveen N D Gupta contribute to create opportunities for collaboration in areas
B. Deepak Bagla such as exploitation of hydrocarbons as well as
C. RD Sharma management of ports.
D. Vikram Patvari 381. A Himalayan Cloud Observatory has been set up
E. None of these in which district of Uttarakhand to receive forecast
Answer: A and monitor cloud burst incidents in the Himalayan
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has region and help minimise the damage.
signed a pact with Invest India to promote foreign A. Tehri
investments in the country and Indian investments abroad. B. Pithoragarh
Invest India is a government agency that promotes and C. Uttarkashi
facilitates investment in the country. The memorandum of D. Haridwar
understanding (MoU) was signed by ICAI President E. Chamoli
Naveen N D Gupta and Invest India MD and CEO Deepak Answer: A
Bagla. A Himalayan Cloud Observatory has been set up in Tehri
379. According to the Union Cabinet,the Constitution district to receive forecast and monitor cloud burst
(103 Amendment) Act amends which article of incidents in the Himalayan region and help minimise the
constitution and it will provide 10% reservation in damage. The Observatory has been established in the SRT
government jobs and education to Economically campus and is currently in the testing period. This is the
Weaker Sections? second observatory in the country to monitor cloud
A. Articles 12 and 13 activities by the Indian Science and Technology
B. Articles 13 and 14 Department and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
C. Articles 14 and 15 Kanpur that can function in high-altitudes.
D. Articles 15 and 16 382. Who laid foundation stone of a Mega Food Park
E. None of these in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: D A. Narendra Singh Tomar
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B. Harsimrat Kaur Badal 385. Who has been elected chairman of the African
C. Radha Mohan Singh Union at the continental body's summit in Ethiopia?
D. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi A. Barham Salih
E. Harsh Vardhan B. Ashraf Ghani
Answer: B C. Bashar al-Assad
Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Harsimrat D. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Kaur Badal laid foundation stone of a Mega Food Park in E. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. The Mega Food Park is being set Answer: E
up in over 57 acre of land at a cost of around 121 crore Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has been elected
rupees. The Centre has also approved a financial chairman of the African Union at the continental body’s
assistance of 50 crore rupees to the project.The Park will summit in Ethiopia. The African Union (AU) is a
provide direct and indirect employment to five thousand continental union consisting of 55 countries of the
persons and benefit about 25,000 farmers. continent of Africa. El-Sisi’s election brought to an end
383. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) decided to raise the one-year chairmanship of Rwanda’s President Paul
the criteria for 'bulk deposits' for banks to what Kagame.
amount from the current Rs. 1 crore, to provide more 386. Who has been appointed as an assistant coach of
operational freedom to lenders to raise funds. Australia's men's team for the 50-over World Cup
A. Rs.1.25 crore 2019?
B. Rs.1.5 Crore A. Adam Gilchrist
C. Rs.2 crore B. Shane Warne
D. Rs.2.5 crore C. Brett Lee
E. Rs.3 crore D. Glen McGrath
Answer: C E. Ricky Pointing
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) decided to raise the Answer: E
criteria for ‘bulk deposits’ for banks to Rs. 2 crore from Former captain Ricky Ponting has been appointed as an
the current Rs. 1 crore, to provide more operational assistant coach of Australia’s men’s team for the 50-over
freedom to lenders to raise funds.Interest rates on bulk World Cup 2019. Ponting was appointed after David
deposits are marginally higher than on smaller-amount Saker’s resignation from the post. Current batting coach is
fixed deposits for similar maturity period. The instructions Graeme Hick. The main coach for the Australian Cricket
regarding bulk deposits were last reviewed in January team is Justin Langer
2013 and defined as single rupee deposits of Rs 1 crore 387. Five-day multinational maritime exercise 'AMAN-
and above. The proposal was suggested by the National 19' begins in which country?
Federation of Urban Cooperative Banks and Credit A. Japan
Societies Ltd. (NAFCUB). RBI also proposed that banks B. USA
would maintain their bulk deposit interest rate cards in the C. UK
core banking system for supervisory review. D. Pakistan
384. Which social media major acquired GrokStyle E. Britan
virtual search start-up to boost AI capabilities? Answer: D
A. Instagram A five-day multinational exercise ‘AMAN-19’ has kicked
B. Youtube off near the southern port city of Karachi, Pakistan. The
C. Twitter multinational maritime exercise as part of efforts to
D. Facebook enhance cooperation in combating pirates, terrorists and
E. Linkedin smugglers. Representatives from the navies of 45 nations,
Answer: D including the United States, Britain and Japan, are
Facebook acquired US-based virtual search startup participating in the exercise The Pakistan Navy’s ships,
GrokStyle, to enable users shop better using artificial submarines, boats, marines and special forces will all take
intelligence capabilities, for an undisclosed amount.San part in the exercise, along with the Pakistan Air Force,
Francisco Based GrokStyle was founded in 2015 Pakistan Army and Pakistan Rangers The exercise is
conducted every two years since it was initiated in 2007.
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388. Name the second indigenously Patna(National Waterway-1) was inaugurated by
developed, propulsion-based missile system was Union Minister Shri Nitin Gadkari?
successfully flight tested in Odisha by the Defence A. River Ganga
Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). B. River Yamuna
A. Solid Fussion Ducted Ramjet C. River Narmada
B. Solid Furnance Ducted Ramjet D. River Kaveri
C. Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet E. None of these
D. Solid Flamable Ducted Ramjet Answer: A
E. None of these Union Minister, Shri Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the 2nd
Answer: C Phase of River Information System (RIS) between
The second indigenously developed ‘Solid Fuel Ducted Farakka and Patna on National Waterway-1 (River Ganga)
Ramjet (SFDR)’ propulsion-based missile system was in Prayagraj on 8th February 2019. The 2nd Phase of RIS
successfully flight tested in Odisha by the Defence is aimed at enhancing swift electronic data transfer so as
Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). Unlike to boost movement of Cargo and Fishery Development in
conventional rockets that carry propellant and oxidizer, river Ganga.
Ramjet uses the air as an oxidizer just like a jet engine. 392. Which Country approved to sell two of its
Therefore the weight of the fuel required is eliminated. advanced missile to India for an estimated cost of $190
The first flight of SFDR, developed under a joint Indo- million?
Russian R&D project, was tested in 2018. It had achieved A. U.S
the speed of Mach 3. B. Japan
389. Who clinched Chennai Open ATP Challenger C. China
title? D. Russia
A. Quentin Halys E. None of these
B. Corentin Moutet Answer: A
C. Elliot Benchetrit US agreed to sell two of its advanced missile to India for
D. Ugo Humbert Air India one. US approved the purchase of the two
E. Benjamin Bonzi systems known as Large Aircraft Infrared
Answer: B Countermeasures (LAIRCAM) and Self-Protection Suites
France’s Corentin Moutet has clinched the Chennai Open (SPS) at cost of USD 190 million,to enhance the security
ATP Challenger tournament title after beating Andrew of planes flying the Prime Minister and the President. To
Harris of Australia 6-3, 6-3 in the singles final. It was the purchase these two missile,in the interim budget Rs.1084
second Challenger title for Moutet, who received $7,200 crores have allotted and these missiles are to be in India in
and 80 ATP points. the year end.
390. Which team lifted the 9th Senior National Men's 393. What is the name of the digital skilling program
Hockey Championship crown at Gwalior? launched by Facebook to empower women?
A. Railway Sports Promotion Board A. Digital Empowerment
B. Bengaluru Hockey Association B. GOAL(Going Online As Leaders)
C. Hockey Punjab C. Digital India for girls
D. Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu D. Go Digital
E. Assam Hockey E. None of these
Answer: A Answer: B
Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) lifted the 9th Focussing on its mission to empower women, social
Senior National Men’s Hockey Championship crown at networking giant Facebook on launched a digital skilling
Gwalior. RSPB beat defending champion Punjab 3-2 and and mentorship initiative named GOAL (Going Online As
claim the gold medal. Petroleum Sports Promotion Board Leaders) across five states in India that would encourage
(PSPB) beat Punjab & Sind Bank 4-1 to clinch the bronze tribal girls to become village-level digital young leaders
medal. for their communities.
391. On which River does,2nd Phase of River
Information System (RIS) between Farakka and
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394. 13th Conference of Parties of the UN Convention “Investment in Women and Girls in Science for Inclusive
on the Conservation of migratory species(CMS) will be Green Growth”
held in which state? 397. India joined with which country to launch
A. Uttar Pradesh initiative to combat Marine Pollution?
B. Haryana A. Russia
C. West Bengal B. Norway
D. Gujarat C. Vietnam
E. Maharashtra D. Bhutan
Answer: D E. Pakistan
The centre announced that the Great Indian Bustard(GIB) Answer: B
will be its mascot for the 13th Conference of Parties of the The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate
UN Convention on the Conservation of migratory Change signed a letter of Intent establishing the India-
species(CMS) to be held in Gujarat next year. Norway Marine Pollution Initiative together with the
395. The Election Commission of India has launched Norwegian ministry of Foreign Affairs.Indian and
which programme ) for verifications of voters’ names, Norwegian governments agreed to work more closely on
new registrations, changes or corrections in the Voter oceans by signing a MoU and establishing the India-
ID Cards for the upcoming General Elections? Norway Ocean Dialogue during the Norwegian Prime
A. Voter Paper and Registration Programme Minister’s visit to India in January. Norway and India will
B. Voter Verification and Information Programme share experiences and competence, and collaborate on
C. Voter Verifiable Programme efforts to develop clean and healthy oceans, sustainable
D. Voter Regstration Programme use of ocean resources and growth in the blue economy
E. None of these 398. Which country has decided to include Hindi as the
Answer: B third official language used in its courtsas part of a
The Election Commission of India has launched a Voter move designed to improve access to justice?
Verification and Information Programme(VVIP) for A. UAE
verifications of voters’ names, new registrations, changes B. Oman
or corrections in the Voter ID Cards for the upcoming C. Abu Dhabi
General Elections. D. Kuwait
396. Which among the following days were observed E. None of these
on February 12th every year? Answer: C
A. National Deworming Day Abu Dhabi has decided to include Hindi as the third
B. World Wetlands Day official language used in its courts, alongside Arabic and
C. International Day of Women and Girls in Science English, as part of a move designed to improve access to
D. World Radio Day justice. The Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (ADJD)
E. World Cancer Day stated that, it has extended the adoption of interactive
Answer: D forms of statement of claims filed before courts by
The National Deworming Day is observed on February including Hindi. The move was aimed to provide
10 by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.The foreigners with better access to justice, without a language
main objective is to deworm children between the ages of barrier.
(1-19) at schools and anganwadi centres in order to 399. Which state Cabinet has decided to rename the
improve their overall health. The government of India had Dikkibandi stadium in Tura town after former Lok
launched the initiative in 2015, making it one of the Sabha Speaker Purno A Sangma?
largest single-day public health initiatives in India A. Mizoram
The United Nations General Assembly adopted a B. Tripura
resolution on December 2015 to observe February 11th as C. Meghalaya
the “International Day of Women and Girls In D. Sikkim
science” to promote participation of women in fields E. West Bengal
related to science and technology. 2019 Theme: Answer: C
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The Meghalaya Cabinet has decided to rename the Ruchira Kamboj appointed as the next Ambassador of
Dikkibandi stadium in Tura town after former Lok Sabha India to Bhutan. She is serving as the High Commissioner
Speaker Purno A Sangma. The Dikkibandi Stadium of India to South Africa since 2017. Ruchira Kamboj was
formerly known as MP stadium. Purno A Sangma served a 1987 cadre Indian Foreign Service officer. Kamboj has
as Chief Minister of Meghalaya from 1988 to 1990 previously served as the Ambassador to Permanent
400. Where did PM Modi inaugarated Strategic Delegation of India to UNESCO, Paris.
Petroleum Reserve (SPR) facility of the Indian 403. Which Bank wins 9th edition of Aegis Graham
Strategic Petroleum Reserve Limited (ISPRL) built at Bell Award 2018?
a cost of Rs. 1,178 crore? A. SBI
A. Vishakhapatnam B. ICICI
B. Chennai C. Axis
C. Kakinada D. HDFC
D. Mumbai E. PNB
E. Thiruvanantha Puram Answer: C
Answer: A Aegis Graham Bell Award 2018 announced YES BANK
Prime Minister dedicated to the nation the 1.33 million as winner in “Innovation in Data Science” category for
metric tonnes of Visakhapatnam Strategic Petroleum their industry-first project “Yes EEE (Engage Enrich
Reserve (SPR) facility of the Indian Strategic Petroleum Excel)”.9th edition of Aegis Graham Bell Award 2018
Reserve Limited (ISPRL) built at a cost of Rs. 1,178 crore. hosted by Government of Goa at Entertainment Society of
He also inaugurated Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Goa, Panaji. Aegis Graham Bell Awards (AGBA) has
Limited’s Vashishta and S1 development project located been promoting innovations and entrepreneurship in
in the Krishna-Godavari Offshore Basin. Modi also laid Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
the foundation stone for setting up of a new terminal of domain.Yes-EEE is a customer engagement program for
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) at the Bank’s Relationship Mangers to give them the most
Krishnapatnam. It will be built at a cost of Rs 700 crore. relevant communication point for interaction with the
401. Name the dedicated DD channel launched by PM customer
Modi for Arunachal Pradesh? 404. Pat Cummins is related to which sport?
A. Arunodaya A. Tennis
B. Arunaprabha B. Cricket
C. Arunakirana C. Foot Ball
D. Aurunadarshan D. Basket Ball
E. None of these E. Golf
Answer: B Answer: B
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a dedicated 24×7 Fast bowler Pat Cummins won Australian cricket’s highest
Satellite channel, ‘DD Arunprabha’ for Arunachal individual honor for his performances. Cummins won the
Pradesh. DD Arunprabha is the Doordarshan’s second Allan Border medal for Australia’s leading men’s
channel for the northeastern region, DD Northeast was the cricketer with 156 votes, six ahead of off-spinner Nathan
first one. Modi also laid the foundation stone of Film and Lyon, who was voted Test cricket player of the
Television Institute (FTI). The permanent campus of the year.Alyssa Healy won the Belinda Clark award for the
institute will come up at Jollang-Rakap (Jote) in leading Australian women’s cricketer of the year.
Arunachal Pradesh. 405. Who became the first female driver to win the
402. Who has appointed as India's Ambassador to MRF championship?
Bhutan? A. Alice Poweel
A. Dr. T. Suresh Babu B. Jamie Laura Chadwick
B. Naveen Srivastava C. Carrie Schreiner
C. Shri Pradip Kumar Yadav D. Abbie Eaton
D. Shri Atul M. Gotsurve E. None of these
E. Ruchira Kamboj Answer: B
Answer: E
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Jamie Chadwick from England made history by becoming Summit is a global platform dedicated to shaping the
the first female driver to win the MRF challenge after future of governments worldwide. Each year, the Summit
scoring a triple win in the final round of the season in sets the agenda for the next generation of governments
Chennai.Chadwick ended the championship with 280 409. Name the Indian Historian who Wins Israel's
points, including two bonus points for the fastest lap in the Million Dollar Dan David Prize.
last race. Chadwick became the first woman to win a A. Romila Thapar
British F3 race in August B. Irfan Habib
406. World Radio Day was observed annually on 13 C. Ramchandra Guha
February. What is the theme for the year 2019? D. S. T Joshi
A. Dialogue, Tolerance and Peace E. Sanjay Subrahmanyam
B. Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Radio Answer: E
C. Youth and Radio Noted Indian historian Sanjay Subrahmanyam has won
D. Radio in Times of Emergency and Disaster Israel’s prestigious Dan David Prize for this year for his
E. Radio is You work on inter-cultural encounters between Asians,
Answer: A Europeans and people of North and South America during
World Radio Day was observed annually on 13 February. the early modern era. He won the Israel’s prestigious USD
It was proclaimed on 3 November 2011 by UNESCO’s 1 million dollar award in the category of ”Past Time
36th General Conference. The first World Radio Day was Dimension” for his work in macro history. He shared the
officially celebrated in 2012. The theme for this year is award in the Past category with Professor Kenneth
‘Dialogue, Tolerance and Peace’. Pomeranz of University of Chicago. The international Dan
407. National Women's Day was observed annually on David Prize is awarded annually to those who have made
what date? outstanding scientific, technological and humanistic
A. 10th February accomplishments in fields representing the past, present
B. 13th February and future of human achievement. Three Dan David Prize
C. 15th March are given every year.
D. 22nd January 410. Who wins the EY Entrepreneur of the Year for
E. 16th June 2018?
Answer: B A. Ritesh Agarwal
National Women’s Day was observed annually on 13 B. Deepak Ravindran
February. This day is observed on the date of birth of C. Farihad Achidwalla
India’s first women governor Sarojini Naidu. Sarojini D. Shravan Kumaran
Naidu was born on 13 February 1879. Her birthday has E. Siddhartha Lal
been selected to observe as a National Woman Day in Answer: E
recognition of the works done by her for uplliftment and Siddhartha Lal, Managing Director and Chief Executive
development of women in India Officer, Eicher Motors, was named the EY Entrepreneur
408. Which city hoted the Seventh session of World of the Year 2018 at the 20th edition of the EOY Awards in
Government Summit with the participation of more India. He will now represent India at the EY World
than 4,000 people from 140 countries? Entrepreneur of the Year Award (WEOY) in Monte Carlo,
A. Delhi to be held between June 6 and 8. Wipro Chairman Azim
B. Geneva Premji received the Lifetime Achievement Award for
C. Dubai putting the Indian information technology industry on the
D. Washington DC global map and for his philanthropic contributions to
E. Singapore society. Byju Raveendran of Think & Learn (Byju’s) got
Answer: C the Start-up category award for delivering record growth
Seventh session of World Government Summit held in of over 100 per cent each year.
Dubai with the participation of more than 4,000 people 411. First LAWASIA Human Rights conference 2019
from 140 countries. The World Government Summit is a was held in which city?
neutral, non-profit organization at the intersection of A. Bangalore
government and innovation. The World Government B. Hyderabad
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C. Mumbai state governments in India. The SOI was signed in the
D. New Delhi presence of NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant, by Alok
E. None of these Kumar, Adviser (HRD), NITI Aayog and Barun Mohanty,
Answer: D Managing Director (International), MSDF.
LAWASIA, in association with the Bar Association of 414. Name the joint exercise for disaster relief that
India hosted its 1st LAWASIA Human Rights Conference kick started in Jaipur, Rajasthan?
in New Delhi with a motive to explore a broad range of A. Rahat
human rights issues of relevance in the Asia Pacific B. Satru Set
region. The theme of the conference was “State Power, C. Vajra
Business and Human Rights: Contemporary D. Garuda
Challenges”. The conference was aimed at providing E. Vijaya
unique opportunity for lawyers and associated Answer: A
professional members to exchange insights and expertise A joint exercise – Exercise Rahat, for disaster relief held
on topics of significant importance to all in Jaipur, Rajasthan. It was demonstrated in Jaipur, Kota,
412. Fifth International Dam Safety Conference to be and Alwar in Rajasthan. A mock drill was also conducted
held in which city? with an earthquake like scenario in which the action of all
A. Ahemadabad disaster relief operation was done from the first warning of
B. Kolkata an earthquake to rescue and casualty
C. Bhubaneshwar evacuation. Helicopters like Chetak and Dhruv ALH were
D. Jodhpur also used during the drill and other equipment for relief
E. New Delhi operations were also shown.
Answer: C 415. India’s First Aqua Mega Food Park commissioned
The 5th International Dam Safety Conference 2019 is held in which state?
in Bhubaneswar as a joint initiative of the Government of A. Andhra Pradesh
India, Government of Odisha and the World Bank under B. Karnataka
aegis of the ongoing World Bank assisted Dam C. Delhi
Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP) as a part D. Maharashtra
of institutional strengthening. Dam Safety Conferences are E. Mizoram
being organized as an annual event in different DRIP Answer: A
States in collaboration with the Implementing Agencies Union Minister of Food Processing Industries Harsimrat
and leading academic institutes to provide a common Kaur Badal commissioned Godavari Mega Aqua Food
platform for all stakeholders including non-DRIP States. Park at Tundurru Village in Bhimavaram Mandal, West
Globally India ranks third after China and the USA in Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh. The park is promoted
terms of the number of large dams with 5264 large dams by Godavari Mega Aqua Food Park Pvt. Ltd. It will be the
in operation and 437 large dams under construction. first Mega Aqua Food Park operationalised exclusively for
413. Which government boby signed Statement of fish and marine products processing in the state of Andhra
Intent with the MSDF to document systemic Pradesh. The Mega Park has been set up in 57.81 acres at
transformation in education? a cost of Rs 122.60 crore.
A. RBI 416. Which state government has announced a
B. NITI AAYOG universal old age pension scheme - Mukhyamantri
C. SEBI Vridhajan Pension Yojna (MVPY) for all people above
D. Ministry of Finance 60 years of age?
E. National Development Council A. West Bengal
Answer: B B. Bihar
NITI Aayog signed a Statement of Intent with the Michael C. Sikkim
& Susan Dell Foundation (MSDF) to codify, document D. Tamil Nadu
and share best practices to improve learning outcomes in E. Gujarat
public school education through systemic reforms, based Answer: B
on their collective experiences of working with various
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Bihar government has announced a universal old age B. The hangover
pension scheme – Mukhyamantri Vridhajan Pension C. Limitless
Yojna (MVPY) for all people above 60 years of age. The D. Burnt
scheme will come into force from the 1st of April this E. A star is born
year. Except those who are retired from the government Answer: E
service, all other people above 60 years will be eligible for Actor-director Bradley Cooper has won the Oscat award
400 rupees monthly pension irrespective of caste, religion from animal rights organisation People for the Ethical
or community. Currently old age pension scheme is Treatment of Animals (PETA) for directing his dog in A
applicable to only the BPL category. The Chief Minister Star Is Born. Bradley Cooper picked up nominations in the
also announced a pension of 6,000 rupees for journalists best actor, best adapted screenplay and best picture
above 60 years of age. categories, with the film getting 8 nominations in total
417. Subarnarekha port is going to come up in which 420. Name the Indo-Canadian filmmaker who will be
state? confered with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the
A. Andhra Pradesh Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television?
B. Kerala A. Richie Mehta
C. Odisha B. Nicky Mehta
D. Karnataka C. Shaun Mehta
E. Gujarat D. Deepa Mehta
Answer: C E. None of these
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik laid the foundation stone Answer: D
of the Subarnarekha port in Balasore district of Odisha. Indo-Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta will be given the
The proposed port is being developed by Tata Steel and Lifetime Achievement Award by the Academy of
Creative Port Development Pvt. Ltd, which would own Canadian Cinema and Television. Mehta, best known for
51% and 49% stakes in the project respectively. The Port her Elements Trilogy – “Fire”, “Earth” and “Water”. In
Estimated to be constructed at a cost of Rs. 5,000 crore. May 2012, Mehta received the Governor General’s
Patnaik also attended the Talasari festival and addressed a Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic
large gathering of youth in Balasore Achievement, Canada’s highest honour in the performing
418. Which country officially changed its name on arts. The Canadian Screen Awards are awards given
paper ending a decades-long dispute that should pave annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and
the way for NATO membership? Television recognising excellence in Canadian film,
A. Montenegro English-language television, and digital media
B. Kosovo productions.
C. Moldova 421. Third Indo-German Environment Forum held in
D. Macedonia New Delhi. What is the theme of the summit 2019?
E. Cyprus A. Cleaner Air, Greener Economy
Answer: D B. Go Clean Economy
The country formerly known as the Republic of C. Environment and Cleanliness
Macedonia officially changed its name to the Republic of D. Nature and its Protection
North Macedonia on paper ending a decades-long dispute E. None of these
that should pave the way for NATO membership. Answer: A
Macedonia was internationally known as FYROM – the Under the chairmanship of Honourable Minister of
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia because Greece Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of
objected to the use of Macedonia, the name used for its India, Dr. Harsh Vardhan and his German counterpart
own northern region. After declaring independence from Federal Environment Minister Svenja Schulze, The third
Yugoslavia in 1991, the country chose the name Indo-German Environment Forum was held in New Delhi.
Macedonia. The theme of the forum is “Cleaner Air, Greener
419. Bradley Cooper wins Best Director from PETA Economy”. The one-day event through panel discussions
for which movie? and parallel sessions focuses on challenges, solutions and
A. American Spiner necessary framework conditions of air pollution control,
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waste management and circular economy as well as taken at the first National Games 2022 executive
implementation of NDCs and SDGs based on Paris committee meeting chaired by Meghalaya Sports and
Agreement and Agenda 2030 of UN respectively. Around Youth Affairs Minister Banteidor Lyngdoh. Meghalaya
250 representatives of ministries, business and science as will be the third northeastern state after Manipur (1999)
well as non-governmental organizations participated in the and Assam (2007) hosted the National Games.
forum, 425. Who is the author of "Undaunted: Save the Idea
422. First Annual Conference of Media Units under of India"?
I&B Ministry organized in which city? A. Arundhati Roy
A. New Delhi B. P. Chidambaram
B. Bangalore C. Salman Rushdie
C. Hyderabad D. Jhumpa Lahri
D. Mumbai E. None of these
E. Kolkata Answer: B
Answer: A Former Vice President Hamid Ansari launched the new
The First Annual Conference of Media Units working book of former Finance Minister P Chidambaram named
under Information & Broadcasting Ministry was organized “Undaunted: Saving the Idea of India” at Nehru Memorial
at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. Union Minister of State Museum, New Delhi. The book is a collection of essays,
(IC) for Information & Broadcasting and Youth Affairs & narrates how an atmosphere of fear pervades the country
Sports Col. Rajyavardhan Rathore chaired the Conference. in the current context and how Constitutional values such
The focus of the Conference was on ensuring synergy as freedom, equality and secularism are being threatened.
between the Media Units in their day to day functioning. 426. What was the name of the online portal launched
The participants also discussed the ways of using Social during the first investor conference ASCEND 2019
Media to reach target audience groups and push the held in Kerala?
boundaries of communication outreach in terms of A. KSWIFT
geographical and cultural barriers. B. KSHEER
423. State-owned power giant NTPC has signed a term C. KINVEST
loan agreement for Rs. 5,000 crore with which bank? D. KPORTAL
A. Punjab National Bank E. None of these
B. Bank of India Answer: A
C. Indian Bank On 10th February 2019, Kochi hosted the first investor
D. State Bank of India conference ASCEND 2019 to showcase industry friendly
E. Syndicate Bank initiatives. The conference displayed landmark
Answer: D administrative and policy reforms that improved ease of
State-owned power giant NTPC has signed a term loan doing business in Kerala. Industries department introduced
agreement for Rs. 5,000 crore with State Bank of India. an online platform KSWIFT which enable entrepreneurs
The loan facility is extended at an interest rate linked to 3- to submit all applications online and obtain licences and
Month MCLR of the Bank. This loan has a door to door approvals in a time-bound manner. In the Investment
tenure of 15 years and will be utilised to part finance the Climate Index, Kerala ranked second which made the state
capital expenditure of NTPC to aim building sustainable industrial infrastructure with
424. Which animal will be mascot for National Games an eco-friendly and sustainable mode.
2022 in Meghalaya? 427. William Barr sworn in as Attorney General of
A. Blackbuck which country?
B. Hoolock Gibbon A. USA
C. One-horned rhinoceros B. UK
D. Asiatic lion C. Canada
E. Clouded Leopard D. Germany
Answer: E E. Europe
Meghalaya’s state animal Clouded Leopard will be the Answer: A
mascot for the National Games 2022. This decision was William Barr was sworn for second time as the nation’s
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Attorney General. Mr. Barr was also served as the E. None of these
Attorney General from 1991 to 1993 during President Answer: A
George H.W. Bush’s administration. The Senate voted 54- Former Railway Board chairman Ashwani Lohani was
45 to confirm his appointment and he succeeds Jeff appointed as chairman and managing director (CMD) of
Sessions. He was 85th attorney general of the United Air India. This will be Lohani’s second tenure as Air India
States chief. His first tenure in Air India was from August 2015
428. Who was appointed as new Election to August 2017. Lohani was an officer of the Indian
Commissioner by President Ram Nath Kovind? Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers. He was
A. Ashu Suyash appointed as Railway Board chairman in August 2017 and
B. Sushil Chandra retired in December 2018.
C. Ram Sewak Sharma 431. Kerala government inaugurated the Ascend 2019
D. Harsh Kumar Bhanwala conference in which city?
E. SC Khuntia A. Thiruvanthapuram
Answer: B B. Kochi
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Chairman Sushil C. Kozhikode
Chandra was appointed as new Election Commissioner by D. Thrissur
President Ram Nath Kovind. The post had fallen vacant E. Kollam
after the appointment of then Election Commissioner Answer: B
Sunil Arora as Chief Election Commissioner. Mr. Chandra Kerala government inaugurated the Ascend 2019
was a 1980 batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) official. conference in Kochi. ‘ASCEND KERALA 2019’ is an
The other two members of the Commission are Chief event planned to showcase the various initiatives
Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora and Election undertaken by the Government of Kerala as part of the
Commissioner (EC) Ashok Lavasa. Election Ease of Doing Business reforms. The initiatives would
Commissioners are appointed for a term of six years, or make the state a top investment destination and empower
till the age of 65 whichever is earlier. entrepreneurs to launch their enterprises in a speedy and
429. Name the Vice Admiral who takes over as Chief hassle-free manner. Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan
of Staff, Eastern Naval Command? released the ‘Invest Kerala Guide’ at the inaugural session
A. Anup Singh of the event. Union minister of commerce & industries
B. R Hari Kumar and civil aviation Suresh Prabhu was the chief guest at the
C. SN Ghormade opening ceremony. The government also launched the two
D. Ashok Kumar software applications, K-swift (Kerala single window
E. Karambir Singh interface for fast, transparent clearances) and intelligent
Answer: C building plan management system (IBPMS)
SN Ghormade was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 432. The Government of India, Government of
01 Jan 1984. He is a graduate of National Defence Himachal Pradesh and the World Bank signed a
Academy (NDA), Khadakwasla, Pune, United States _______ Million dollar Loan Agreement to help bring
Naval Staff College at Naval War College, Newport, clean and reliable drinking water to the citizens of the
Rhode Island and the Naval War College, Mumbai. His Greater Shimla area.
operational appointments include commands of the A. $35
Guided Missile Frigate INS Brahmaputra, Submarine B. $40
Rescue Vessel INS Nireekshak and Minesweeper INS C. $45
Allepey and second in command Guided Missile Frigate D. $50
INS Ganga E. $25
430. Who was appointed as chairman and managing Answer: B
director (CMD) of Air India? The Government of India, Government of Himachal
A. Ashwani Lohani Pradesh and the World Bank signed a $40 Million Loan
B. Rohit Nandan Agreement to help bring clean and reliable drinking water
C. Om Prakash Rawat to the citizens of the Greater Shimla area. The Shimla
D. Sushil Kumar Water Supply and Sewerage Service Delivery Reform
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Programmatic Development Policy Loan is expected to On 12th Feb. 19, replying to a written question in Lok
improve water supply and sanitation (WSS) services in Sabha, Minister of State for Home Shri Hansrah
and around the iconic hill city of Shimla. The $40 Million Gangaram Ahir said that National Awards, such as Bharat
Loan from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Ratna, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushanand Padma Shri
Development (IBRD), has a 4-year grace period and a do no amount to titles within the meaning of Article 18(1)
maturity of 15.5 years. of the Constitution and hence, cannot be used as prefixes
433. Indian sports person Prajnesh Gunneswaran is or suffixes to the name of the recipient. In case of any
related to which sport? misuse, the defaulter shall forfeit the award conferred on
A. Cricket him/her as per the Regulation 10 related to creation of
B. Tennis awards, which says that the president may cancel or annul
C. Squash the awards, after which the name of the awardee would be
D. Table Tennis erased from the records and he would have to surrender it.
E. Badminton 436. India signed MoU with which country to combat
Answer: B marine pollution?
Prajnesh Gunneswaran broke into men’s singles top-100 A. SriLanka
for the first time in his career with a jump of six places to B. USA
97th Rank. He is only third Indian player to break into the C. Russia
top-100 in the past decade after Somdev Devvarman and D. Norway
Yuki Bhambri. In the doubles, Rohan Baopanna stayed E. Bhutan
put at 37 and was followed by his partner Divij Sharan at Answer: D
39. India’s Environment Ministry signed an agreement with
434. Name the Annual Exercise carried out by Indian the Norwegian Foreign Affairs Ministry for an initiative
Army at Deolali Camp near Nashik? seeking to combat marine pollution.
A. Exercise Sampriti 437. What is the minimum national monthly wage
B. Exercise Mitra Shakti fixed by the expert panel headed by V V Giri?
C. Exercise Shatrujeet A. Rs.8000
D. Exercise Topchi B. Rs.8500
E. None of these C. Rs.9000
Answer: D D. Rs.9500
Indian army demonstrated its artillery firepower, aviation E. Rs.9750
and surveillance capacity at the annual ‘Exercise Topchi’ Answer: E
at Deolali Camp near Nashik.The latest ultra-light The 7-member expert panel headed by V V Giri National
Howitzer M-777, self-propelled gun K-9 Vajra and Labour Institute (VVGNLI) Fellow Anoop Satpathy
indigenous Swathi weapon-locating radar was submitted its report titled “Determining the Methodology
demonstrated.The aviation assets showcased were the for Fixation of the National Minimum Wage”. The expert
indigenous advanced light helicopter, light combat committee recommended a uniform national minimum
helicopter, Cheetah & Chetak helicopters. wage of Rs. 375 per day or Rs. 9,750 per month or region-
435. Under which Article of the Constitution, the wise minimum wages ranging from Rs. 8,892 – Rs.
Minister of State for Home notified that National 11,622 per month for five regions, with supplementary
Awards, such as Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan, house rent allowance of Rs. 1,430 per month for urban
Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri cannot be entitled as workers. This wage-level is irrespective of sectors, skills,
titles? occupations and rural-urban locations for a family
A. Article 18(1) comprising 3.6 consumption units. The Present is National
B. Article 17(1) Minimum Wage Rs. 4,576.
C. Article 16(1) 438. Union Minister for Science and Technology, Earth
D. Article 15(1) Sciences, and Environment Dr Harsha Vardhan
E. None of these inaugurated India’s first agromet forecast center in
Answer: A which state?
A. Karnataka
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B. Bihar C. Bangalore
C. Andhra Pradesh D. Kolkata
D. Mizoram E. Vishakhapatnam
E. Rajasthan Answer: B
Answer: A The World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS) is
Union Minister for Science and Technology, Earth the annual flagship event of The Energy and Resources
Sciences, and Environment Dr Harsha Vardhan Institute (TERI) was inaugurated by vice president
inaugurated the North Karnataka Agromet Forecasting and Venkaiah Naidu at New Delhi. Theme of the summit
Research Centre (NKAFC) in Dharwad, Karnataka. This was ‘Attaining the 2030 Agenda: delivering on our
is country’s first agromet forecast centre which will promise’. Prime Minister of Fiji Frank Bainimarama was
provide accurate information on weather. About 25 lakh honoured with the Sustainable Development Leadership
farmers in the region would get information on various Award 2019 for his outstanding contributions towards
platforms including SMS, Whatsapp, social networking sustainable development in Fiji.
sites and community radio stations. 442. Name the portal launched by IWAI real-time
439. Who took over as the new chairman of the Central information on available depth on stretches of National
Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)? Waterways?
A. Ashok Srivastsava A. LADIS
B. Narayana Murthy B. CDAIS
C. Pramod Chandra Mody C. MAISD
D. Satyadev Sahayadri D. LUDES
Answer: C Answer: A
Pramod Chandra Mody took over as the new chairman of Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) launched a
the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). Mody was a new portal LADIS (Least Available Depth Information
1982 batch Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax cadre), System) for real-time information on available depth on
has been appointed in place of Sushil Chandra, who was stretches of National Waterways. LADIS will ensure that
earlier named as an Election Commissioner. Prior to this real-time data on least available depths (LADs) is
he was a Member (Administration) in the CBDT. CBDT disseminated for ship, barge and cargo owners so that they
functions under the Department of Revenue of the can undertake transportation on national waterways
Ministry of Finance. (NWs) in a more planned way.
440. Asia's largest early Childhood Conference - Early 443. Name the The Indian Air Force's (IAF) major
Ed Asia 2019 held in which city? exercise that is held at Pokhran Air-to-Ground
A. Udaipur Armament Range near Jaisalmer in Rajasthan.
B. Jodhpur A. Vajrashakti
C. Jaisalmer B. Vayushakti
D. Mumbai C. Varunashakti
E. Jaipur D. Jaashakti
Answer: E E. Aagnishakti
Early Ed Asia 2019 the two day educational event was Answer: B
held at the City Palace in Jaipur, Rajasthan. This was the The Indian Air Force’s (IAF) major exercise Vayushakti
first time such a conference was held in India with over 2019 held at Pokhran Air-to-Ground Armament Range
6000 eminent early childhood educators, policy-makers, near Jaisalmer in Rajasthan. Akash missile firing, gun
researchers and other stakeholders from India and foreign firing from Advanced Light Helicopter and MiG 29’s air-
countries. The motto of the conference was ‘Our Children. to-ground role demonstrated in this exercise. Indigenously
Our Future’. developed weapons, aircraft and equipment to be
441. World Sustainable Development Summit 2019 displayed include Akash (midrange surface to air missile),
held in which city? Astra (all weather beyond visual range air-to-air missile),
A. Hyderabad Light Combat Aircraft Tejas, Advanced Light Helicopter
B. Delhi and Airborne Early Warning and Control systems
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444. Who was appointed as the Coach of Under-23 C. Jaish-e-Mohammed
Indian Football team for the upcoming Asian Football D. Al-Umar-Mujahideen
Confederation (AFC)? E. None of these
A. Sandesh Jhingan Answer: C
B. Jackichand Singh The Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed terror group has
C. Derrick Pereira claimed responsibility for the Pulwama terror attack in
D. Pronay Halder Jammu and Kashmir and the suicide bomber was
E. None of these identified as Adil Ahmed, who according to officials
Answer: C joined the terror group in 2018.
Derrick Pereira is set to become the coach of the Indian 447. The Pradhan Mantri Shram-Yogi Maandhan
Under-23 football team for the upcoming Asian Football scheme was launched on February 15, 2019. Under the
Confederation (AFC) qualifiers, to be held in Tashkent, scheme, the workers will get what amount of pension
Uzbekistan from 22nd March.He will take charge from the after attaining the age of 60 years?
preparatory camp in Goa that begins on 2nd March. A A. Rs 1500
friendly match between Qatar U-23 and India U-23 is also B. Rs 3000
scheduled in Doha on 11th March 2019. C. Rs 4500
445. World Health Organization (WHO) along with D. Rs 6000
which Organization had issued a new international E. Rs 6500
standard regarding fabrication and utilization of Answer: B
musical devices? The Union Ministry of Labour and Employment on
A. UNICEF February 15, 2019 launched the Pradhan Mantri Shram
B. World Trade Organization(WTO) Yogi Maan-dhan Yojana (PM-SYM). The scheme was
C. International Trade Union (ITU) announced in the Interim Budget 2019. The unorganised
D. World Intellectual Property Organization(WIPO) sector workers, with income of less than Rs 15,000 per
E. None of these month and who belong to the entry age group of 18-40
Answer: C years, will be eligible for the scheme.
Ahead of World Hearing Day, the World Health 448. India's first district cooling system to be built in
Organization (WHO) and International Trade Union (ITU) which state?
have issued a new international standard regarding A. Andhra Pradesh
fabricating and utilization of musical devices, which B. Karnataka
includes smart phones and audio players, to make them C. Bihar
safe for listening.The motto and aim behind this move is D. Gujarat
to avert hearing loss among 1.1 billion young people who E. Maharashtra
use musical devices most often. As 50% of the people who Answer: A
lie in age group of 12-35 are at risk of getting deaf due to UAE-based international cooling provider (Tabreed) has
prolong and immoderate exposure to loud sounds, they entered into a 30-year concession with Andhra Pradesh
listen via their music devices.It is estimated that by 2050, government to build, India’s first district cooling system in
around 900 million people will have loss of hearing.This the state’s new capital Amaravati. The agreement is for a
new standard for music device was develop under WHO’s contracted cooling capacity of 20,000 refrigeration tonnes.
“Make Listening safe” initiative, drawing on the latest This will be the Tabreed’s first plant outside its Gulf
evidences and consultations. These standards will Cooperation Council (GCC) market
recommend Sound allowance function, Personalized 449. National Green Tribunal (NGT) has slapped a
profile, Volume limiting , general information and whopping Rs. 100 crore on which state government for
guidance. its failure to prevent pollution of the rivers and canal
446. Which terror group has claimed responsibility of the state?
for the Pulwama terror attack, one of the deadliest A. Meghalaya
terror attacks on the Indian Armed Forces after Uri? B. Tamil Nadu
A. Lashkar-E-Taiba C. Punjab
B. Indian Mujahideen D. Telangana
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E. Sikkim international matches among active players after Cristiano
Answer: B Ronaldo.
National Green Tribunal (NGT) has slapped a whopping 452. Who is the author of the recently released book
Rs. 100 crore on Tamil Nadu government for its failure to ‘'Simplicity & Wisdom'?
prevent pollution of the Adyar and Cooum rivers and the A. Ratan Tata
Buckingham Canal. The Bench comprising the Chairman B. Anil Ambani
Adarsh Kumar Goel, Judicial member Justice K. C. Dinesh Sahara
Ramakrishnan and expert member Nagin Nanda directed D. Volkmar Denner
the constitution of a joint committee comprising of E. None of these
representatives of CPCB, Indian Institute of Science, Answer: C
Bangalore, Madras School of Economics, National Famous Industrialist and Philanthropist Dinesh Shahra’s
Environmental Engineering Research Institute and the book, ‘Simplicity & Wisdom’ was launched by the
Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board to assess the causes Governor of West Bengal- Keshari Nath Triapathi at
and quantum of damage to the environment as well as Parmarth Ashram in Kumbh. The book is dedicated to late
further steps required for restoration of environment eminent Vedanti Swami Pragananandji. This book is
450. Who wins international human rights award? aimed at offering saintly wisdom and guidance to lead a
A. Louise Arbour content and happy life.
B. Shulamith Koenig 453. Name the mobile application launched by Infosys
C. Enriqueta Estela Barnes de Carlotto for engineering students?
D. Abdul Aziz Muhamat A. InfyAQ
E. None of these B. InfyDQ
Answer: D C. InfyIQ
Abdul Aziz Muhamat, a Sudanese refugee who has been D. InfySQ
on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea (PNG), for more E. InfyTQ
than five years, was named the 2019 Martin Ennals Award Answer: E
Laureate at a ceremony in Geneva for exposing “the very Infosys the country’s 2nd largest IT firm has launched its
cruel refugee policy” of Australia’s government. This is next-generation digital platform called ‘InfyTQ’ that aims
the first time that the major prize has been awarded to an to offer learning and engagement experiences for
individual focused on refugee issues. The Martin Ennals engineering students. InfyTQ is a free platform open to all
Award for Human Rights Defenders, sometimes called engineering students in their third and fourth year across
“the Nobel Prize for human rights”, it was created in 1993. India. This platform available on both mobile and desktop
The Award is an annual prize for human rights advocates includes content, courses, and news as well as online
given by a jury of 10 of the world’s leading human rights assessments and certification.
NGOs 454. Who became the first Indian Woman Flight
451. Who was conferred with the first-ever ‘Football Engineer of the Indian Air Force?
Ratna’ award? A. Hina Jaiswal
A. Gurpreet Singh Sandhu B. Pragya Jaiswal
B. Sunil Chetri C. Anupama Jaiswal
C. Sandesh Jhingan D. Niwetha Jaiswal
D. Anirudh Tapa E. Priya Jaiswal
E. None of these Answer: A
Answer: B Hina Jaiswal from Chandigarh, became the first Indian
India and Bengaluru FC skipper Sunil Chhetri was Woman Flight Engineer of the Indian Air Force. Hina was
conferred the first ever Football Ratna honour by Football commissioned in the Indian Air Force’s engineering
Delhi, state association governing the sport in Delhi. Dr. branch in 2015. She completed a six-month Flight
Shaji Prabhakaran, President, Delhi Football presented the Engineer course from 112 helicopter unit, Air Force
honour a function at the majestic Jawaharlal Nehru Station, Yelahanka, Bengaluru. A flight engineer is the
Stadium. Sunil Chhetri popularly known as Captain member of an aircraft’s flight crew who monitors and
Fantastic. He has scored 2nd highest number of goals in
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operates its complex aircraft systems requiring a and 8 State Industrial Departments-including
specialised skill set representation from J&K, Tripura, Jharkhand, Goa,
455. Who wins the recently concluded Irani Cup? Gujarat, Rajasthan, etc.
A. Rest of India 458. Which Bank had become the first US bank with
B. Railways Cryptocurrency?
C. Saurstra A. JP Morgan Chase
D. Vidarbha B. Bank of America
E. Karnataka C. Goldman Sachs
Answer: D D. Wells Fargo
Ranji champions Vidarbha beat Rest of India at the Jamtha E. None of these
Stadium in Nagpur to retain the Irani Cup. Vidarbha has Answer: A
now become the third team after Mumbai and Karnataka JP Morgan Chase rolled out as the first US bank with
to clinch two Irani Cup titles in a row. Vidarbha captain – cryptocurrency. The change in opinion of JP Morgan is
Faiz Fazal the first step in the program of making it more
456. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) withdrew how much competitive. The currency is designed to be decentralized
percent limit on investments by FPIs in corporate so that no one has control over transactions being sent
bonds of an entity with a view to encourage more over the network. JP Morgan Chase will be using the
foreign investments? cryptocurrency to see its potential in using digital coins to
A. 10 Percent reduce risk and enable instant transfers. JPM Coin is not
B. 20 Percent for retail customers . It will be used internally by the bank
C. 30 Percent to enable instant transfers of payments between
D. 25 Percent institutional accounts.
E. 15 percent 459. Mojaddedi passed away. He is the Former
Answer: B interim President of which country?
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) lifted the 20% limit on A. Pakistan
investments by foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) in B. Bhutan
corporate bonds of an entity with a view to encouraging C. Afghanistan
more foreign investments. In April 2018, RBI was D. Bangladesh
stipulated that FPI should not have an exposure of more E. Yemen
than 20% of its corporate bond portfolio to a single Answer: C
corporate Former Afghan interim president and ex-Jihadi leader
457. Which Organisation/Ministry Organised the Sibghatullah Mojaddedi has passed away. He fought the
Second National Conference on “Sustainable and Soviets and rose to become the country’s interim President
Environment-friendly Industrial Production” held in after the collapse of the Afghan communist regime in
New Delhi? 1992. Mojaddedi’s death comes three days before the 30th
A. Minister Of Health and Family Welfare anniversary of the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan
B. Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment 460. India's first fulldome 3D Digital theatre
C. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate inaugurated in which city?
Change(MoEFCC) A. Kolkata
D. Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises B. Mumbai
E. None of these C. Ahemadabad
Answer: C D. New Delhi
Second National Conference was organised on 15th E. Hyderabad
February in New Delhi on “Sustainable and Environment- Answer: A
friendly Industrial Production (SEIP) Project”. It was Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma inaugurated the
organised by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate India’s first ‘fulldome 3D Digital Theatre’ at the Science
Change(MoEFCC) under Indo-German Development City in Kolkata, West Bengal. This facility is the first of
Cooperation. There were 70 participants including its kind in the country and having a 23 metre titled dome
representatives from 18 State Pollution Control Boards to offer a fully immersive experience to the visitors. It is
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fully funded by the Ministry of Culture at a cost of Rs 20 Zila Parishad/Panchayat member election, and class 5 or 8
crore.The Science City is operated by the National class for the post of sarpanch.
Council of Science Museums under the Ministry of 464. Which bank becomes first U.S. Bank with a
Culture. Cryptocurrency?
461. What is the number Rajnath Singh launched pan- A. Bank of America
India number for women safety? B. Citigroup
A. 111 C. J.P. Morgan
B. 112 D. Morgan Stanley
C. 109 E. Goldman Sachs
D. 125 Answer: C
E. 132 JPMorgan Chase & Co, America’s largest bank, is
Answer: B launched its own Cryptocurrency. The cryptocurrency,
Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Minister for Women called “JPM Coin,” which has a fixed value redeemable
and Child Development Maneka Gandhi launched a range for one U.S. dollar
of citizen safety initiatives in New Delhi. It includes the The bank operates a massive wholesale payment business,
Emergency Response Support System (ERSS), for women with more than $6 trillion in client funds transferred each
safety in 16 states and Union territories.The service has day.The crypto-currency, which runs on blockchain
already been launched in Himachal Pradesh and Nagaland. technology, has been used successfully to move money
Persons in distress can dial a pan-India number 112. between the bank and a client account.
Under this system, all the states have to set up a dedicated 465. Who among the following has appointed as CBIC
Emergency Response Centre (ERC) members?
462. The 40th International Annual Desert Festival A. Sandeep Mohan Bhatnagar and Ashok Kumar Pandey
held which city? B. Ashok Kumar Pandey and Vijendra Bhoopathy
A. Jaipur C. Sandeep Mohan Bhatnagar and Vijendra Bhoopathy
B. Jodhpur D. Arun Kumar Pandey and Vijendra Bhoopathy
C. Udaipur E. Sandeep Mohan Bhatnagar and Arun Kumar Pandey
D. Jaisalmer Answer: A
E. Ajmer Senior IRS officers Sandeep Mohan Bhatnagar and Ashok
Answer: D Kumar Pandey have been appointed as members in the
The 40th International Annual Desert Festival held on the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC).
sand dune, Rajasthan. The three-day festival, exhibits rich Pandey is a 1983-batch Indian Revenue Service (Customs
cultural heritage of the desert state, commenced with a and Central Excise) officer, while Bhatnagar a 1984-batch
colourful procession from Gadsisar lake fort. The festival IRS officer. The CBIC board is headed by a chairman and
is organised by the Rajasthan tourism and district can have a maximum of six members.
administration. 466. Which state hosted the 4th Agri Leadership
463. Recently, which state assembly passed a bill to Summit?
scrap minimum qualification for local polls? A. Haryana
A. Maharashtra B. Punjab
B. Rajasthan C. Sikkim
C. Bihar D. Andhra Pradesh
D. Telangana E. Karnataka
E. Punjab Answer: A
Answer: B Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare
Rajasthan Legislative Assembly passed Rajasthan Radha Mohan Singh inaugurated the 4th Agri Leadership
Municipalities (Amendment) Bill, 2019, and The Summit at the proposed International Fruit and Vegetable
Rajasthan Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2019 to Terminus in Ganaur, district Sonipat in Haryana. The
remove the minimum education criterion for panchayat theme of the summit is “Entrepreneurship & Agri
and civic polls candidates.The previous BJP government Business; Agri Allied – A Promising Sector and Agri
had introduced the minimum qualification of class 10 for Service- Direct Marketing”.The President of India, Shri
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Ram Nath Kovind addressed the closing ceremony of the company will come to process within next few days and
Summit. He also presented the Haryana Kisaan Ratna projects to hire 2000 employees before the year ends. The
Puraskaar and the Haryana Krishi Ratna Puraskaar. brokerage also projects to institute 500 purchase centres of
467. Which company has signed an annual deal worth insurance across India with an investment of Rs. 4 billion.
USD 1.5 billion to import 3 million tonnes of crude oil 470. What day is observed annually on 20th February
in the fiscal year beginning April 1? globally?
A. Indian Oil Corporation A. World Leprosy day
B. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation B. World Radio Day
C. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation C. World Social Justice Day
D. Reliance Industries Limited D. World Telecommunications Day
E. None of these E. World Solar Energy day
Answer: A Answer: C
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has signed an annual deal World Day of Social Justice is observed annually on
worth USD 1.5 billion to import 3 million tonnes of crude 20th February. The United Nations General Assembly
oil in the fiscal year beginning April 1.This is the first approved the day on November 2007 and every year since
time Indian refiner has signed an annual contract since the 2009 social justice day is observed to raise awareness
country in 2017 began importing crude oil from the about social injustices throughout the world.The theme of
US.India first imported US crude oil in October 2017, and 2019 World Day of Social Justice is ‘If You Want Peace
since then oil firms have been buying oil from that country & Development, Work for Social Justice’.
on a tender basis. 471. Union Minister for Agriculture and Animal
468. Who was named as a brand ambassador for Welfare Radha Mohan Singh inaugurated the 14th
global sportswear giant PUMA for a two-year period? Agricultural Science Congress in which city?
A. Virat Kohli A. Hyderabad
B. PV Sindhu B. Patna
C. Mary Kom C. Varanasi
D. Sunil Chetri D. New Delhi
E. Ankita Raina E. Jaipur
Answer: C Answer: D
Six-time world women boxing champion MC Mary Kom Union Minister for Agriculture and Animal Welfare
was named as a brand ambassador for global sportswear Radha Mohan Singh inaugurated the 14th Agricultural
giant PUMA for a two-year period.Mary Kom is now Science Congress in New Delhi.A four-day event aims to
PUMA India’s new ambassador for their women’s training doubling farmers’ income by 2022. Theme of 14th
category and will be representing the brand in marketing Agricultural Science Congress is ‘Innovations for
campaigns.She will lead PUMA’s #Do You conversation Transformation’.The event being organised by the
that aims to motivate women across the nation to be strong National Academy of Agricultural Science (NASS),
and accomplish their goals Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) and
469. Which of the following insurance group received Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI). The
broking licence recently from Insurance Regulatory Congress, organised once every two years, About 2,000
and Development Authority of India (IRDAI)? delegates from 17 countries are expected to attend the
A. WomemSHG.com event
B. YonoInsurance.com 472. The 79th Indian History Congress (IHC) will be
C. UnionInsurance.com held at which University in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
D. IndianMoneyInsurance.com from February 26?
E. None of these A. Madhya Pradesh Bhoj Open University
Answer: D B. RKDF University
Indiamoneyinsurance.com, a subsidiary of the C. Barkatullah University
Indiamoney.com Group has acquired a broking license D. Awadhesh Pratap Singh University
from Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of E. None of these
India(IRDAI) of India’s to enter Insurance Business. The Answer: C
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The 79th Indian History Congress (IHC) will be held at B. Kerala
Barkatullah University in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh from C. West Bengal
February 26. This session was earlier scheduled at D. Rajasthan
Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) from December E. Punjab
28. but it was cancelled by the local hosts due to financial Answer: B
reason. This is the second time the IHC would be held in K.J. Alphons, Union Minister for Tourism inaugurated the
Madhya Pradesh, Earlier it was hosted in 2011.Over 1,000 project ‘Development of Eco Circuit: Pathanamthitta –
delegates including prominent historians are expected to Gavi – Vagamon – Thekkady’ under the Swadesh Darshan
participate in the IHC in Bhopal. Indian History Congress scheme of Ministry of Tourism. This Eco Circuit project
was established in 1935 and this is the largest professional was sanctioned in December 2015 for Rs. 76.55
and academic body of Indian historians. It promotes and crores. Major works carried out under the project includes
encourages scientific study of Indian history Eco Adventure Tourism Park at Vagamon, Cultural Centre
473. Name the initiative launched by Commerce at Kadamanitta, Idukki. Swadesh Darshan scheme is one
Minister Suresh Prabhu to promote Start-ups, women of the flagship schemes of Ministry of Tourism for
and youth advantage through e-transactions on development of thematic circuits in the country . The
Government e Marketplace (GeM)? scheme was launched in 2014 -15 and as on date the
A. SWAYATT Ministry has sanctioned 77 projects worth projectsfor Rs.
B. SARASWATI 6131.88 Crore to 30 States and UTs.
C. SAROJINI 476. Which insurance company Launched the first-of-
D. MADAD its-kind ‘Trip Protector’ Policy?
E. BHAROSA A. ICICI Lombard
Answer: A B. Bajaj Allianz General Insurance
Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil C. New India Assurance
Aviation, Suresh Prabhu, launched SWAYATT in New D. HDFC ERGO General Insurance
Delhi. SWAYATT is an initiative to promote Start-ups, E. United India Insurance
women and youth advantage through e-transactions on Answer: D
Government e Marketplace (GeM). This will bring HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company, India’s third-
together the key stakeholders within the Indian largest non life insurance provider in the private sector,
entrepreneurial ecosystem to Government e-Marketplace launched the Trip Protector insurance policy, a pioneering
the national procurement portal. policy in the non-life insurance segment in India.In the
474. Which state has recently introducedDrainage event of a cancellation, either a flight or hotel booking,
cleaning robot as part of efforts to rid of manual Trip Protector insurance policy will safeguard travellers
scavenging? financially against the cost of cancellation levied by
A. Tamil Nadu Hotels or Airlines. The policy is initially offered to
B. Karnataka customers of HDFC Bank on the purchase of Airline
C. Bihar tickets or Hotel Bookings done using their individual
D. New Delhi HDFC Bank credit cards
E. Gujarat 477. The Laureus World Sports Awards is an annual
Answer: A award ceremony honouring individuals and teams
A drainage-cleaning robot has been introduced for the first from the world of sports along with sporting
time at the Chennai city corporation as part of efforts to achievements throughout the year. Who is named as
rid of manual scavenging. The robot named Bandicoot has Sportsman of the year?
been introduced at a cost of 18 lakh rupees. Drainage A. Novak Djokovic
cleaning could be detected by viewing the blockages on B. Husain Bolt
the screen. The robot could be taken to any place in the C. Lionel Messi
corporation area D. Virat Kohli
475. Recently, Union Tourism Minister K.J. Alphons E. Rory Mcllory
inaugurated the ‘Eco Circuit’ Project in which state? Answer: A
A. Andhra Pradesh
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The Laureus World Sports Awards is an annual award International Mother Language Day (IMLD) is celebrated
ceremony honouring individuals and teams from the world every year on 21 February with the overall objective to
of sports along with sporting achievements throughout the promote linguistic diversity and multilingual
year. Novak Djokovic named as Sportsman of the year education.International Mother Language day 2019 will be
478. Which is the long-range artillery gun that has framed by the International Year of indigenous languages
received clearance from the Indian Army and the 2019 (IYIL19) around the theme “Indigenous languages
Ministry of Defence for production? matter for development, peace building and
A. Vajra reconciliation”.
B. Dhanush 481. Which country becomes 73rd nation to join
C. Rama international solar alliance?
D. Bhrama A. Iran
E. Varuna B. Iraq
Answer: B C. Saudi Arabia
The Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) has received D. Afghanistan
clearance from the Indian Army and the Ministry of E. Mongolia
Defence for production of 114 ‘Dhanush’ long range Answer: C
artillery guns. ‘Dhanush’ is the first long-range artillery Saudi Arabia signed the framework agreement of the
gun to be produced in India. It is the product of joint International Solar Alliance (ISA) becoming the 73rd
efforts by the OFB and the Army with contributions from country to join the India-led renewable energy
the DRDO, DGQA, Bharat Electronics Limited, SAIL and organisation. International Solar Alliance (ISA) was
several private enterprises. unveiled by PM Narendra Modi and former French
479. Who became the first Indian women boxers to win President Francois Hollande in 2015.
gold at the Strandja Memorial Tournament? 482. PM Modi flags off world's first diesel to electric
A. Nikhat and Meena converted locomotive in which city?
B. Sonia Chahal and Meena A. Pune
C. Nikhat and Sonia Chahal B. Varanasi
D. Kavita and Nikhat C. Patna
E. Kavita and sonia Chahal D. Agra
Answer: A E. Ajmer
Nikhat Zareen and Meena Kumari Devi became the first Answer: B
Indian women boxers to win gold medals at the Strandja Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the first ever
Memorial Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria. Zareen, a diesel-to-electric converted locomotive at the Diesel
multiple-time national medallist, claimed a 5-0 win in the Locomotive Works (DLW) in Varanasi. The 10,000HP
51kg category finals. Meena Kumari Devi win the freight locomotive has been converted from two units of
bantamweight (54kg) summit clash. Asian Games gold old diesel locomotives of 2600HP each with indigenous
medallist Amit Panghal (49kg) claimed a second technology.The feat was achieved in record time with the
successive gold at the Strandja Memorial Tournament. help of engineers from Research Designs and Standards
Manju Rani settled for a silver in 48kg category. Pwilao Organisation (RDSO), Chittaranjan Locomotive Works
Basumatari (64kg), Neeraj (60kg) and Lovlina Borgohain (CLW), and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL).The
(69kg) had settled for bronze medals after losing their work on the project began on December 22, 2017 and
semifinal bouts from concept to execution of the conversion of the diesel
480. International Mother Language Day (IMLD) is locomotive to electric was carried out in just 69 days
celebrated every year on what date? 483. Which state government launched KALIA
A. 21st February Chhatra Bruti scholarship scheme?
B. 18th February A. Gujarat
C. 26th February B. Manipur
D. 15th February C. Meghalaya
E. 13th February D. Odisha
Answer: A E. West Bengal
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Answer: D and Bangla arts. Renowned sculptor and scholar Ram
Odisha government has launched the Krushak Vanji Sutar was given the award for 2016.
Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation 486. One Health India Conference Inaugurated in
(KALIA) Chhatra Bruti scholarship for the children of which city?
farmers, who studying in government professional A. Mumbai
colleges on merit. The state government will bear all B. Pune
expenditure including course fees, hostel fees and mess C. New Delhi
fees under Kalia scholarship. The Kalia scholarship funds D. Hyderabad
would be directly sent to the bank accounts of the eligible E. Amaravathi
students through DBT. Answer: C
484. 'Festival of India' begins in Nepal. Who is the Union Science & Technology Minister, Dr. Harsh
Indian Ambassador to Nepal? Vardhan, inaugurated the One Health India Conference
A. Vijay Keshav Gokhale 2019 in New Delhi. The conference plans to launch
B. Manjeev Singh Puri India’s new One Health Initiative – an intersectoral
C. Harsh Vardhan Shringla approach to tackling the most urgent health threats in India
D. Syed Akbaruddin as well as in low and middle income countries across
E. Shri Jaideep Sarkar South and South East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. The
Answer: B main objective of the conference is to formulate a
A month-long ‘Festival of India’ began in Kathmandu to roadmap for the response, preparedness, and management
familiarise the new generation of the country about the of current regional, national and global health challenges
similarities between the two countries.Minister for using a One Health collaborative approach.
Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Rabindra Adhikari 487. 4th India-ASEAN Expo summit begins in which
and Indian Ambassador to Nepal Manjeev Singh city?
Puri jointly inaugurated the event. The festival, organised A. Kathmandu
by the Indian Embassy and Swami Vivekananda Cultural B. Beijing
Centre, is being held in Kathmandu and other major cities C. Moscow
of Nepal from February 19th to March 21st. D. New Delhi
485. Who was conferred the Tagore Award for E. Hanoi
Cultural Harmony at a function in New Delhi? Answer: D
A. Ram Nath Kovind The 4th India-ASEAN Expo and Summit inaugurated in
B. Ram Vilas Paswan New Delhi. This is a flagship event of Department of
C. Narendra Modi Commerce, being organised with FICCI to carry forward
D. Venkiah Naidu the momentum and to further strengthen India-ASEAN
E. None of these relations under the Act-East Policy.The Association of
Answer: A South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) comprises of
President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the Tagore Award Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore, Philippines, Myanmar,
for Cultural Harmony at a function in New Delhi. The Malaysia, Lao PDR, Indonesia, Cambodia and
award was instituted in 2012 as part of the Brunei.Trade Ministers of ASEAN Countries, Secretary
commemoration of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore’s General of ASEAN and business delegations will
150th birth anniversary.The awardees were selected by a participate in the New Delhi Expo and Summit.
jury headed by the Prime Minister and include Chief 488. Eighth World CSR Congress 2019 held in which
Justice of India Justice Ranjan Gogoi, former Chief city?
Election Commissioner Shri N Gopalaswami and the A. Washington DC
President of Indian Council for Cultural Relations Shri B. Singapore
Vinay Sahasrabuddhe.Exponent of Manipuri C. Mumbai
dance Rajkumar SinghajitSinghwas given the award for D. Berlin
the year 2014. Chhayanaut, a cultural organization of E. None of these
Bangladesh was given the award for 2015 for its role in Answer: C
the promotion of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore’s works
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Eighth World Corporate Social Responsibility Congress B. 10 basis points
2019 held in Mumbai. World Corporate Social C. 20 basis points
Responsibility Congress (World CSR Congress 2019) D. 40 basis points
popular meeting about Entrepreneurship, Social E. 100 basis points
Responsibility, Sustainability and Social Development. Answer: B
Dr. Soumitro Chakraborty, Chief Executive Officer, The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO)
Innovative Financial Advisors Pvt. Ltd. (Fiinovation) was hiked the interest rate on employees’ provident fund by 10
honoured with ‘CEO of the year’ award. This congress basis point from 8.55 per cent to 8.65 per cent for the
witnessed participation from 33 countries and recognized 2018-19 fiscal year. Central Board of Trustees (CBT)
the efforts of individuals and organizations headed by the Union labour minister is the highest
489. Who has been appointed as the CEO of PayU decision making body of the EPFO that finalises rate of
India? interest on PF deposits. The proposal approved by the
A. Anirban Mukherjee trustees would now go to the finance ministry for its
B. Ranjit Premji approval
C. Anirudh Bhathacharya 492. Who has been elected as president of the
D. Vijay Chadra Premji Foundation Board for Better Boxing of the world
E. None of these governing body of the sport, AIBA, for tenure of 4
Answer: A years?
Anirban Mukherjee, co-chief executive of Reliance A. Vijay Bhoopaty
Payments has been appointed as the CEO of PayU India. B. Ajay Singh
PayU is a fintech company that provides payment C. Lakshmi Narayana
technology to online merchants. Anirban will take over D. Narasimha Raju
from Amrish Rau, who was one of the founders of E. None of these
CitrusPay, which was acquired by Naspers-backed PayU Answer: B
in 2016. India’s boxing chief Ajay Singh has been elected as
490. Who has launched Operation Digital Board on the president of the Foundation Board for Better Boxing of the
lines of Operation Blackboard to provide better digital world governing body of the sport, AIBA, for tenure of 4
education in schools? years. Foundation for Better Boxing was constituted by
A. Narendra Modi the AIBA in the last meeting of their Executive
B. Smriti Irani Committee to address future development of the sport
C. Prakash Javadekar globally.
D. Jagat Prakash Nadda 493. Who has been appointed as the first ombudsman
E. Ram Nath Kovind of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)?
Answer: C A. Ravindra Jain
The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry, B. Manindra Jain
Prakash Javadekar launched Operation Digital Board on C. Akhiliesh Jain
the lines of Operation Blackboard to provide better digital D. Vijay Jain
education in schools. Under the initiative, 7 lakh E. D. K Jain
classrooms of 9th, 10th and 11th standards and 2 lakh Answer: E
classrooms of colleges and Universities will be equipped The Supreme Court appointed its former judge, Justice
with digital boards in the next three years. It aims to DK Jain as the first ombudsman of the Board of Control
converting a class room into a digital class room and in for Cricket in India (BCCI). The role of the ombudsman is
addition to availability of e-resources at any time and at to resolve the disputes relating to the players within the
any place to students state cricket associations and also financial issues
491. The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation 494. Who has inaugurated the Future of Indian
(EPFO) hiked the interest rate on employees’ Banking conference held at CSOI, Chanakyapuri?
provident fund by how many basis points for the 2018- A. Amitab Kanth
19 fiscal year? B. Rajiv Kumar
A. 15 basis points C. K.V. Subramanian
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D. V.K Suman technologies, solutions, and services for businesses and
E. None of these governments.
Answer: B 497. With which country India signed a Memorandum
Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog, of Understanding to establish a business centre for ICT
inaugurated the Future of Indian Banking conference with incubators?
the Foundation for Economic Growth and Welfare A. Bhutan
(EGROW Foundation). The conference aims to increase B. Bangladesh
and elevate the discourse on the banking sector in India, C. Vietnam
and help develop insights to inform the continued D. Sri Lanka
evolution of the Indian banking sector for optimally E. Nepal
supporting the growing credit needs of the Indian Answer: D
economy. India and Sri Lanka signed a Memorandum of
495. Name the first humanoid police robot in India, Understanding to establish a business centre for ICT
that is recently launced by Kerala CM Pinarayi incubators in Jaffna, Srilanka, through grant of 25 crore
Vijayan? Sri Lankan rupees from India. The MoU was signed by
A. Police-Bot High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka Mr. Taranjit
B. Kerala-Bot Singh Sandhu, and Secretary, Ministry of Development
C. KP-BOT Strategies and International Trade Mr. S. T. Kodikara in
D. K-BOT Colombo. The centre will provide opportunities and
E. None of these enhance the enabling environment for Information
Answer: C Communication Technology (ICT) and other professional
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated KP- services in the Northern region inhabited by minority
BOT, first humanoid police robot in India, in Tamils
Thiruvananthapuram. The robot ranked as Sub-Inspector 498. Raj Kumar Barjatya passed away. He was
and it will perform duties of the front office of police popularly known as _____.
headquarters. It’ll receive the visitors, issue identity cards A. Journalist
and allot time for them and direct them to different places B. Film Producer
according to their needs. KP-Bot has been developed by C. Novelist
State Police Cyberdome in cooperation with Asimov D. Politician
Robotics, a Kochi-based startup firm E. Actor
496. Which public sector company and Hughes India Answer: B
entered into a Teaming Agreement for design, Bollywood film producer Raj Kumar Barjatya passed
development, supply, installation, integration and away in Mumbai. He is known for producing several
commissioning of Satellite Communication solutions Bollywood films like ‘Hum Aapke Hain Koun’, ‘Vivah’,
for helicopters? ‘Main Prem Ki Deewani Hoon’ and ‘Prem Ratan Dhan
A. Bharat Electornics Limited Payo’, among others.
B. Bharat Heavy Electornics Limited 499. Name the SuperComputer that was unveiled in
C. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited IIT-BHU by Prime Minister Narendra Modi?
D. BEML Limited A. Param Shivay
E. Electronics Corportion of India Limited B. Aaditya
Answer: A C. SahasraT
Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and Hughes India D. Param Yuva 2
entered into a Teaming Agreement for design, E. Param 9000
development, supply, installation, integration and Answer: A
commissioning of Satellite Communication solutions for PM Narendra Modi inaugurated supercomputer ‘Param
helicopters. Hughes India is a majority owned subsidiary Shivay’ at IIT-BHU.The supercomputer of 833 teraflop
of Hughes Network Systems, LLC, USA. Hughes India is capacity built at the cost of Rs 32.5 crore. Additional
the largest satellite service operator in India providing a Information: India’s first supercomputer called PARAM
comprehensive range of broadband networking
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8000 was launched in 1991. He released commemorative annually. The board would implement skill development
postage stamp on completion of 100 Years of IIT BHU. programmes to help educated transgenders get jobs.
500. Telangana state government announced to give 503. Which IIT has entered into an agreement with
what amount for each of the 40 CRPF jawans Translational Health Science and Technology Institute
martyred to families of Pulwama martyrs? (THSTI), to address public health issues and predict
A. Rs.10 Lakh adverse pregnancy outcomes using technology?
B. Rs.15 Lakh A. IIT Roorke
C. Rs.20 Lakh B. IIT Bombay
D. Rs.25 Lakh C. IIT Madras
E. Rs.30 Lakh D. IIT Kanpur
Answer: D E. IIT Kharakpur
Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao announced ₹25 Answer: C
lakh assistance to families of each of the 40 CRPF jawans IIT-Madras has entered into an agreement with
martyred in the Pulwama terror attack. The Assembly and Translational Health Science and Technology Institute
Council adopted a resolution condemning the attack and (THSTI), an autonomous institute of Department of
expressing sympathy with the families and martyrs. Biotechnology, to address public health issues and predict
501. Which state government announced to launch a adverse pregnancy outcomes using technology. A research
scheme to provide free sanitary napkins to 17 lakh girl collaboration agreement was signed during a conclave
students? held here on ‘Transforming Maternal and Child
A. Odisha Healthcare Using Data Science’. The objective is to apply
B. Uttarakhand advanced analytical approach for prediction of adverse
C. Jharkhand pregnancy outcomes, evaluate maternal and childhood
D. Bihar consequences of exposure to environmental pollutants,
E. None of these among others.
Answer: A 504. Who becomes first woman to co-pilot Made-In-
Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik announced his India Tejas at Aero India 2019 in Bengaluru?
Government’s decision to launch a scheme under which A. Smriti Mandana
sanitary napkins will be provided free of cost to girl B. Mithali Raj
students of government and government-aided schools in C. Saina Nehwal
the state. The scheme called Khushi will benefit 17 lakh D. PV Sindhu
girl students from Class VI to XII. In addition to this, the E. None of these
state government will also expand social marketing of Answer: D
sanitary napkins for women and girls in the community at Ace shuttler PV Sindhu flew in the indigenous Light
subsidised rate Combat Aircraft Tejas, at the Aero India 2019 air show in
502. Which state government sets up transgender Bengaluru. Ms Sindhu, who is among the youngest to co-
welfare board recentl? pilot the HAL-manufactured fighter jet, waved as she
A. Maharashtra climbed into the two-seater trainer variant of the aircraft.
B. Madhya Pradesh 505. Which areospace company launches world's 1st
C. Punjab private Moon lander for Israel?
D. Kerala A. NASA
E. None of these B. DRDO
Answer: A C. SpaceX
The Maharashtra government has formed a Transgender D. ISRO
Welfare Board to provide formal education, employment E. None of these
opportunities, conduct health programmes and give legal Answer: C
help to the community. Eligible third gender students Elon Musk-led aerospace startup SpaceX deployed
would be provided hostel accommodation under the Israel’s first Moon lander mission aboard its Falcon 9
Babasaheb Ambedkar Swadhar Scheme. Under this rocket, making it the world’s first such fully-private
scheme, Rs 48000-60000 would be given as scholarship mission. ‘Beresheet’ (Hebrew for ‘in the beginning’) is
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set to land on the Moon on April 11. If successful, Israel E. Bengali
will become only the fourth nation to have achieved a Answer: C
controlled touchdown on the Moon. Veteran Telugu film director Kodi Ramakrishna, who
506. NASA launches website to check daily weather on gave several hits to Chiranjeevi, Balakrishna and other
which planet? leading heroes, passed away. He was 69. Born at Palakollu
A. Venus in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh,
B. Jupiter Ramakrishna made his debut in 1992 with ‘Intlo Ramaiah-
C. Mercury Veedhilo Krishnaiah’ starring Chiranjeevi. He went on to
D. Uranus direct more than 100 films in varied genres in a career
E. Mars spanning about three decades.
Answer: E 510. Every year 24th February is observed as what
NASA has launched a website to share the daily weather day?
report of Mars with its temperature, atmospheric pressure A. Central Excise Day
and wind speed collected by the InSight B. National Youth Day
lander. Temperature on Mars regularly drops below - C. National Army Day
90°C and rarely rises above -9°C, the data revealed. D. National Productivity Day
507. Indian sports person Ishan Kishan is related with E. National Science Day
which sport? Answer: A
A. Cricket Central Excise Day is commemorated every year all
B. Badminton across the India on 24th of February to encourage the
C. Hockey employees of excise department. And also to carry out the
D. Foot Ball central excise duty all over the India in better way in order
E. Basket Ball to prevent the corruption in goods manufacturing business
Answer: A as well as implement other rules to carry out best possible
Jharkhand batsman Ishan Kishan became the first Indian excise services.
wicketkeeper-captain to score a century in T20 511. Who among the following is goodwill ambassador
format. The left-handed batsman achieved the milestone for hepatitis, WHO South-East Asia Region?
in Jharkhand’s 2nd Syed Mushtaq Ali fixture against A. Ranveer Singh
Jammu and Kashmir. B. Sharukh Khan
508. Name the sitting Lok Sabha member from C. Amitabh Bachan
AIADMK who died in a road accident? D. MS Dhoni
A. Vijayendran E. Sachin Tendulkar
B. Rajendran Answer: C
C. Shanmugham Union minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey launched a
D. Prachand national programme aimed at eliminating viral hepatitis,
E. None of these recognized as an important public health problem. The
Answer: B minister of state for health launched the National Action
In Tamil Nadu, the sitting Lok Sabha member from Plan – Viral Hepatitis at Mumbai in presence of Amitabh
AIADMK, Rajendran died in a road accident. He Bachchan, the goodwill ambassador for hepatitis, WHO
represented Villupuram constituency. While being on the South-East Asia Region.
way to Chennai, the driver of the car is said to have lost 512. Which city hosting Organisation of Islamic
control near Tindivanam, leading to the accident. State Cooperation (OIC) that is going to be held in the
Minister CV Shanmugam and party cadres paid homage. month of March 2019?
509. Kodi Ramakrishna dies at 69. He is a famous film A. Baku
director of which language? B. Abu Dhabi
A. Tamil C. Dhaka
B. Kannada D. Cairo
C. Telugu E. Jakarta
D. Malayalam Answer: B
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External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has been invited for Malkangiri and Kendrapara districts, and one each for
to deliver an address at the Organisation of Islamic Koraput and Kalahandi
Cooperation (OIC) in Abu Dhabi next month. This is the 516. Which General Insurance company has entered
first time that a leader of the non-Muslim country has been into a strategic tie-up with AnyTimeLoan.in (ATL), a
invited to the OIC conference. Ms. Swaraj will be the peer-to-peer lending platform, to provide insurance
Guest of Honour and address the inaugural plenary of the cover for the latter’s lenders and borrowers?
46th Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of OIC A. Bazaj Alliance General Insurance
on the 1st and 2nd of next month. B. New India Assurance
513. Which state has become the first state in the C. ICICI Lombard
country to have raised a special dog squad to detect D. Tata AIG
liquor consignment? E. None of these
A. Andhra Pradesh Answer: C
B. Sikkim ICICI Lombard, a private general insurer, has entered into
C. Karnataka a strategic tie-up with AnyTimeLoan.in (ATL), a peer-to-
D. Bihar peer lending platform, to provide insurance cover for the
E. Jammu and Kashmir latter’s lenders and borrowers. The partnership aims to de-
Answer: D risk exposure of its lenders and borrowers arising from
Bihar has become the first state in the country to have uncertainties such as accidents, critical illness, death,
raised a special dog squad to detect liquor consignment. disability, loss of job among others. ICICI Lombard will
As many as 20 liquor-tracker dogs which were imparted offer its proprietary policies – Group Secure Mind and
training for nine months in Hyderabad have been deployed Group Personal Accident – to the customers of
in nine police ranges in the state. Notably, Bihar had AnyTimeLoan.in. This will cover the borrowers of all
banned liquor in the state in 2016. types of loans facilitated on AnyTimeLoan.in, with
514. Which state government hikes bonus for paddy minimum policy term of one year to a maximum of three
farmers to ₹500 per quintal? years.
A. Maharashtra 517. Saudi Arabia appoints whom as its 1st female
B. Meghalaya ambassador to United States?
C. Mizoram A. Charlene
D. West Bengal B. Caroline
E. None of these C. Stephanien
Answer: A D. Angela
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis increased E. Reema bint Bandar
the bonus for paddy cultivation from ₹200 to ₹500 per Answer: E
quintal. Fadnavis also waived annual lease for fishing in Saudi Arabia has named Princess Reema bint Bandar as its
ponds up to 500 hectares of area. first female ambassador to the United States. Bandar, the
515. Which state government has launched a boat daughter of a former long-time ambassador to the US,
ambulance service to ferry patients to hospitals in replaced Prince Khalid bin Salman, the younger brother of
remote areas at a cost of Rs 5.40 crore? Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. She has been a
A. Odisha leading advocate of female empowerment in the kingdom.
B. Uttarakhand 518. Which team becomes the first ever Asian team to
C. Jharkhand win Test series in South Africa?
D. Kerala A. India
E. Tamil Nadu B. Sri Lanka
Answer: A C. Afghanistan
The Odisha government has launched a boat ambulance D. Bangladesh
service to ferry patients to hospitals in remote areas at a E. Pakistan
cost of Rs 5.40 crore. Six boat ambulances, being added to Answer: B
the road fleet for now, will be part of the ‘108’ ambulance Sri Lanka became the first Asian side to win a Test series
service. Two boat ambulances each have been sanctioned in South Africa. Chasing a target of 197, Sri Lanka had a
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137-run deficit to deal with at the start of Day 3 with eight 522. Waste to Wonder Park is inaugaurated by Union
wickets in hand. Kusal Mendis and Oshada Fernando Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh in which city?
ensured that the visitors don’t lose any more wickets. A. Pune
They won the Test by eight wickets and thus sealed the B. Mumbai
series 2-0. It also ended South Africa’s run of seven C. Ahemadabad
consecutive series wins at home. D. New Delhi
519. Who was was named as the Male Player of the E. Chennai
Year 2018 by the Asian Hockey Federation? Answer: D
A. Sreejesh Parattu Raveendran The Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh inaugurated
B. Rupinder Pal Singh “Waste to Wonder” Park in Delhi. The park has been built
C. Harmanpreet Singh by South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC). It is the
D. Manpreet Pawar first-of-its-kind tourist attraction in the world, with the
E. Vivek Sagar Prasad replicas of the Taj Mahal, the Great Pyramid of Giza,
Answer: D Eiffel Tower, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Christ the Redeemer
Indian hockey player Manpreet Pawar was named as the statue of Rio de Janeiro, Rome’s Colosseum, and the
Male Player of the Year 2018 by the Asian Hockey Statute of Liberty which were opened for the public at the
Federation. The Indian women’s team striker Lalremsiami inauguration.The SDMC has installed solar trees and
bagged the Rising Player of The Year prize. The Indian rooftop panels that will generate 50 KW powers to lighten
men’s team was awarded the Best Performance of The the park
Year after being the only Asian side to reach the World 523. Which state government launched
Cup’s top-eight in Bhubaneswar. ‘Mukhyamantri Yuva Swabhiman Yojana’?
520. Who becomes India's 79th T20I cricketer? A. Maharashtra
A. Mayank Markande B. Madhya Pradesh
B. Shubham Gill C. Mizoram
C. Ishan Porel D. Meghalaya
D. Pankaj Yadav E. None of these
E. Himanshu Rana Answer: B
Answer: A Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath launched
Leg-spinner Mayank Markande became the 79th cricketer state’s flagship scheme ‘Mukhyamantri Yuva Swabhiman
to represent India in T20I cricket, achieving the feat Yojana’ (MYSY). The scheme guarantees 100 days of
against Australia in the first T20I at Visakhapatnam. employment a year to urban youth along with a stipend of
Markande, who plays for Punjab in domestic circuit and Rs. 4,000 a month. Only those youths, whose family’s
Mumbai Indians in IPL, has taken 99 wickets in 47 annual income is less than Rs 2 lakh and who are in the
professional matches across formats. Meanwhile, age group of 21-30 years, are eligible for the scheme
wicketkeeper-batsman Peter Handscomb is making his 524. Which state becomes first state to get second
T20I debut for Australia. Coast Guard district headquarters?
521. Name the recently launched online portal to keep A. Andhra Pradesh
people informed about ongoing Railway works by B. Tamil Nadu
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal. C. Kerala
A. Rail Drishti D. Karnataka
B. Rail Darshan E. Maharashtra
C. Rail Eye Answer: B
D. Transparent Rail Tamil Nadu became the first state in the country to get a
E. None of these second Coast Guard district headquarters Thoothukudi.
Answer: A The first district headquarters is Chennai.Second Coast
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal launched Rail Drishti Guard district headquarters Inaugurated, by state Governor
Dashboard in New Delhi. Rail Drishti Dashboard, an Banwarilal Purohit, with an aim to augment security
online portal to keep people informed about ongoing mechanism on the eastern coast and the state in particular
Railway works 525. Skill Saathi Youth Conclave is held in which city?
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A. Bhuwaneshwar Director award for ‘Roma’ at the 91st Academy Awards in
B. Ahemadabad Los Angeles.
C. Jaipur 528. Netflix's Indian short documentary 'Period. End
D. Varanasi of Sentence' wins Oscar. Who is the director for the
E. New Delhi film?
Answer: A A. Rayka Zehtabchi
Union Skill Development Minister Dharmendra Pradhan B. Guneet Monga
Inaugurated a “Skill Saathi Youth Conclave in C. Anurag Kasyap
Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Skill Saathi is a career counselling D. Navjot Gulati
initiative of the National Skill Development Corporation, E. None of these
under the aegis of Ministry of Skill Development and Answer: A
Entrepreneurship, to create awareness about the Skill India A film on menstruation, set in rural India, titled Period.
Mission and guide candidates by providing them with End of Sentence, has won the Oscar in the Documentary
information on career paths and opportunities. The Short Subject category at the 91st Academy Awards.
conclave mobilised over 2 lakh candidates who were Award-winning filmmaker Rayka Zehtabchi has directed
counselled across 427 locations covering all blocks and the short film, which has been produced by Indian
urban local bodies, across 30 districts in the state. producer Guneet Monga’s Sikhya Entertainment.
526. RTGS dollar is the new curreny of which 529. FAGMIL signed MoU with with which state
country? Government to establish White cement Plant Project?
A. Zambia A. Odisha
B. Ghana B. Uttarakhand
C. Uganda C. Himachal Pradesh
D. Zimbabwae D. Punjab
E. Bostwana E. West Bengal
Answer: D Answer: C
Zimbabwe banks start trading new currency RTGS dollar FCI Aravali Gypsum and Minerals India Limited
two days after the central bank announced measures to try (FAGMIL) signed MoU with Himachal Pradesh
and resolve a chronic monetary crisis.The bank unveiled a Government to establish a white cement plant near village
foreign exchange trading system that effectively devalued NohraDhar in Sirmour district, Himachal Pradesh, at a
its quasi-currency, the bond note, which was officially project cost of approximately Rs. 605 crores.It will be the
pegged at parity with the US dollar.The new currency 4th white cement plant in the country. The installed
replaced electronic bank savings called digital dollars and capacity of the plant would be 0.3 million tonnes per
the bond notes and was named after the real-time gross annum and it will generate the direct employment of
settlement system that banks use to transfer money approximately150 persons. The plant is expected to be
between each other.The rate of currency was initially 2.5 commenced by the year 2022
RTGS dollars per US dollar. 530. Who wins Cannes International Open trophy?
527. Who won the Best Actor award in the recently A. Pier Luigi Basso
release Oscars 2019? B. Manish Kaushik
A. Rami Malek C. Abhijeet Gupta
B. Mahershala Ali D. Duryodhan Singh Negi
C. Alfonso Cuarón E. None of these
D. Mark Ronson Answer: C
E. None of these Indian Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta finished with 7.5
Answer: A points to win the Cannes International Open. He took an
91st Academy Awards (Oscars) has been announced at the easy draw with Pier Luigi Basso of Italy in the ninth and
Dolby Theatre in Hollywood & Highland Center, the final round.This was gupta’s first solo International
USA.Rami Malek won the Best Actor for “Bohemian tournament victory. Abhijeet had also tied for the first
Rhapsody”, Olivia Colman won Best Actress for ‘The place at the Delhi International open in January
Favourite’ and Filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron won the Best
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531. As per the recommondations by the Swaminathan The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will shortly put into
Commission, what amount was allocated for providing circulation new series Rs. 100 denomination bank notes
Minimum Support Price (MSP) to farmers in the bearing the signature of New Governor Shaktikanta Das.
recently presented Delhi budget? The design of these notes is similar in all respects to the
A. Rs.15,000 crore Rs. 100 bank notes in circulation currently. All bank notes
B. Rs.1000 crore in the denomination of Rs. 100 issued by the RBI in the
C. Rs.500 crore past will continue to be legal tender
D. Rs.250 crore 534. Kotak Mahindra Bank raises foreign investment
E. Rs.100 crore limit by what percent?
Answer: E A. 1.5%
Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Manish B. 2%
Sisodia resented a Rs 60,000 crore budget for 2019-20 in C. 5%
the Assembly. Allocation of Rs. 100 crore for providing D. 10%
Minimum Support Price (MSP) to farmers as E. 11%
recommended by the Swaminathan Commission. Rs. Answer: B
15,000 crore allocated for education sector. A total of 375 Kotak Mahindra Bank has raised the limit on total
crore rupees have been set aside for 100 mohallah clinics shareholding of foreign institutional investors and foreign
and Rs. 6,380 crores have been made in the budget for portfolio investors in the company to 45 percent from 43
Municipal corporations of Delhi. percent. The hike in the shareholding limit comes after
532. Which among the following banks to bring down central bank directive on reducing its Chief Executive
NPA in the current year? Uday Kotak’s stake in the bank.
A. Syndicate Bank 535. Which among the following bank are being
B. Canara Bank removed by RBI from PCA framework?
C. Indian Bank A. Allahabad Bank
D. Vijaya Bank B. Corporation Bank
E. Lakshmi Vilas Bank C. Dhanalakshmi Bank
Answer: A D. All A, B and C
Syndicate Bank to bring down NPA in the current year. E. None of these
The bank is aiming at bringing down the gross NPA to Answer: D
below 12% and the net NPA to below 6% in the current The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) removed three
year from the existing level of 12.5 and 6 .5 % commercial banks -Allahabad Bank, Corporation Bank
respectively. The bank has made a profit in the third and Dhanlaxmi Bank from the prompt corrective action
quarter after loss in the previous quarters of FY 19.The (PCA) framework allowing them to resume their normal
bank is planning to launch employee share purchase lending activities. With the removal of Allahabad Bank
scheme in the first week of March. The scheme offers and Corporation Bank, six public sector banks are still
share s of the bank at a discount ranging from 23 to 25 % under the PCA framework.Bank of India (BoI), Bank of
with lower grade employees getting maximum discount. Maharashtra (BoM) and Oriental Bank of Commerce
The bank is expecting to raise Rs 500 to 600 crore from (OBC) were taken out of PCA framework on January 31
the process. 536. Which bank has tied up with Germany's KfW
533. RBI to soon put into circulation Rs. 100 bank Development Bank for funding of USD 113 million to
notes in new series. Who’s signature bears the new refinance solar projects?
notes? A. Syndicate Bank
A. Arun Jaitely B. Bank of Baroda
B. Urjit Patel C. Indian Bank
C. Shaktikanth Das D. State Bank of India
D. N.K Singh E. Bank of India
E. Raghuram Rajan Answer: B
Answer: C State-run Bank of Baroda has tied up with Germany’s
KfW Development Bank for funding of USD 113 million
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to refinance solar projects.The tie-up is part of an Indo- B. Albenia
German Solar Energy Partnership signed in 2015 C. Mangolia
537. Who / Which organisation is conferred with D. Zimbabwae
'Gandhi Peace Prize 2018'? E. South Korea
A. Vivekananda Kendra Answer: A
B. Akshaya Patra Foundation Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has been re-
C. Ekal Abhiyan Trust elected for a second four year term. Buhari defeated his
D. Yohei Sasakawa main rival, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar with a
E. Sulabh International margin of around four million votes. Buhari’s All
Answer: D Progressives Congress (APC) won in 19 of the 36 states
President Conferred ‘Gandhi Peace Prize’ 2018 to Yohei while Abubakar’s People’s Democratic Party (PDP) was
Sasakawa won in 17 states
538. Who has conffered with Lifetime Achievement 541. Indian sports personality Prajnesh Gunneswaran
Awardat the FMSCI Annual Awards in Mumbai? is related with which sport?
A. Narain Karthikeyan A. Tennis
B. G.R. Karthikeyan B. TableTennis
C. Raghul Rangasamy C. Badminton
D. Gautam Singhania D. Golf
E. None of these E. Boxing
Answer: B Answer: A
G.R. Karthikeyan, father of India’s first Formula One India’s Tennis player Prajnesh Gunneswaran achieved his
driver Narain Karthikeyan, was honoured with the career-best ranking, rising three places to 94th in the latest
Lifetime Achievement award and Raghul Rangasamy was list. Ramkumar Ramanathan dropped nine spots to 137,
named the Upcoming Motorsports Person of the Year and while Yuki Bhambri further slipped to 171. In Doubles
received the Raymond Gautam Singhania Trophy at the rankings, Rohan Bopanna remained at 38th and Divij
FMSCI Annual Awards in Mumbai. FIA president Jean Sharan at 39th, while Leander Paes rose two spots to 73rd.
Todt was the chief guest and handed over the awards. In the Women’s rankings, Ankita Raina continued to be
539. Name the India-Bangladesh Joint Military the top-placed Indian at 164, followed by Karman Thandi
Exercise which is scheduled to be held in Bangladesh at 207 and Pranjala Yadlapalli at 293
for 2019. 542. Which State government conferred with Platinum
A. Nomadic Elephant award in Web Ratna under the category State/UT by
B. Sampriti Digital India Awards?
C. Indra X A. Kerala
D. Maitree B. Tripura
E. Shakti C. Madhya Pradesh
Answer: B D. New Delhi
A joint military exercise ‘Sampriti 2019’ between India E. None of these
and Bangladesh will be conducted at Tangail in Answer: B
Bangladesh from02 March to 15 March 2019. The 14 day Tripura government conferred with Platinum award in
exercise is aimed to strengthen and broaden the aspects of Web Ratna under the category State/UT by Digital India
interoperability and cooperation between the Indian and Awards
Bangladesh Armies. Sampriti 2019’ will be the eighth 543. National Science Day is celebrated across India on
edition of the exercise which is hosted alternately by both what date?
countries. The exercise will involve tactical level A. February 25th
operations in a counter insurgency and counter terrorism B. February 26th
environment under the UN mandate C. February 27th
540. Muhammadu Buhari re-elected as which D. February 28th
countries president? E. February 29th
A. Nigeria Answer: D
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National Science Day is celebrated across India on Answer: C
February 28. Famous Indian scientist Sir Chandrasekhara DCB Bank announced the launch of its Open Banking
Venkata Raman or CV Raman discovered the Raman Platform as part of efforts towards creating a collaborative
Effect on this day in 1928. For his discovery, Sir CV ecosystem with enterprises, fintechs and app developers,
Raman was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930. and enhancing customer-service delivery. Over 20 start-
In honour of this discovery and as a mark of tribute to the ups, fintechs, merchants, enterprises and developers will
scientist, National Science Day was marked for the first partner with DCB Bank for access to its Open Banking
time on February 28, 1987. Theme for the year 2019 is Platform APIs as well as collaboration on innovation and
“Science for people and people for science” customer centric products.
544. Which state government launched PRANAM 547. Life Insurance Corporation of India have signed a
Commission to protect parents of government bancassurance agreement with which bank under
employees? which the lender will offer LIC’s insurance products at
A. Assam its branches?
B. Manipur A. UCO Bank
C. Andhra Pradesh B. IDBI Bank
D. Tamil Nadu C. Dena Bank
E. Rajasthan D. Indian Overseas Bank
Answer: A E. Canara Bank
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal launched the Answer: B
PRANAM Commission, a panel set up to look after the IDBI Bank will now have to offer LIC’s insurance
issues concerning a Bill, for protection of parents of state products at its branches. IDBI Bank and Life Insurance
government employees. The Parents Responsibility and Corporation of India have signed a bancassurance
Norms for Accountability and Monitoring (PRANAM) is agreement under which the lender will offer LIC’s
an effort to protect elderly parents of government insurance products at its branches. IDBI Bank as a
employees in their times of need. corporate agent of LIC would get a window to provide
545. New railway zone called ‘South Coast Railway’ is LIC’s entire gamut of insurance offerings to the bank’s
headquartered at which city? 1.80-crore customer base spread over 1,800 branches
A. Vijayawada across the country.
B. Kakinada 548. Which space agency to launch defence satellite
C. Vishakhapatnam 'Emisat' in March for DRDO?
D. Kadapa A. JAXA
E. Bapatla B. ISRO
Answer: C C. NASA
Indian Railways will be making a new zone in D. CNES
Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh named ‘South Coast E. DTU Space
Railway’, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal. The present Answer: B
divisions, including Guntakal, Guntur and Vijaywada and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has said that
Waltair division will be split into two and will have the the agency is set to launch an electronic intelligence
headquarter at South Coast Railway. Goyal added that a satellite ‘Emisat’ for the DRDO in March. ISRO will also
part of the Waltair division will be converted into a new launch 28 third-party satellites and will demonstrate its
division with its headquarter at Rayagada, Odisha. new technologies like three different orbits with a new
546. Which bank announced the launch of its Open variant of ‘Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle’ rocket in
Banking Platform as part of efforts towards creating a March.
collaborative ecosystem with enterprises? 549. Book ‘Quality, Accreditation & Ranking’ is
A. City Union Bank authored by whom?
B. RBL Bank A. Dr H Chaturvedi
C. DCB Bank B. Dr. R. Rangaswamy
D. South Indian Bank C. Dr. CH. Suresh Babu
E. ICICI Bank D. Dr. V. Ramajujan
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E. None of these Alkazi, Girish Karnard, Heisnaam Kanhailal, Ratan
Answer: A Thiyam and Arun Kakade.
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu released Dr H 552. Where did Tejas Networks Launches World’s
Chaturvedi’s edited book titled “Quality, Accreditation & First Ultra-Converged Broadband Product?
Ranking – A Silent Revolution in the Offing in Indian A. World Sustainable Development Summit,New Delhi
Higher Education” in New Delhi. The Book has been B. First global conference on Blue Economy,Nairobi
published by the Bloomsbury Publishing India Pvt Ltd. C. Mobile World Congress, Barcelona
550. Who becomes the 1st batsman in the world to D. First Global Conference on Air Pollution and
smash 500 sixes in int'l cricket? Health,Geneva
A. Glen Maxwell E. None of these
B. MS Dhoni Answer: C
C. Shahid Afridi Tejas Networks launched its broadband access product
D. Chirs Gayle which provides both wireline as well as wireless
E. None of these broadband services from a single integrated platform.It
Answer: D was launched by Mr. Anshu Prakash, Additional
Windies’ 39-year-old opener Chris Gayle has become the Secretary, Department of Telecom, Government of India
first ever batsman to smash 500 sixes in international at the Mobile World Congress (MWC), Barcelona.The
cricket and the second batsman to slam 300 ODI sixes. TJ1400 integrates multiple broadband access technologies:
Gayle smashed 14 sixes during his 97-ball 162-run knock gigabit fiber broadband (GPON/NG-PON), fixed wireless
against England in fourth ODI to reach 506 international broadband (4G/LTE eNodeB upgradable to 5G) and
sixes. He has hit 98 sixes in Tests, 305 in ODIs and 103 in GE/10GE/100GE Business Ethernet services (CE2.0
T20Is. certified) in highly compact, modular and energy-efficient
551. Who will be conferred with 2019’s META platform
Lifetime Achievement Award at the 14th Mahindra
Excellence in Theatre Awards (META) festival,held in 553. Zero Discrimination Day is observed on
New Delhi? March 1 every year. What is the theme of the day
A. Mahesh Elkunchwar for the year 2019?
B. Mulk Raj Anand A. Stand Out
C. Jhumpa Lahiri
B. Make Some Noise for Zero Discrimination
D. Ruskin Bond
C. No one should ever be discriminated
E. None of these
Answer: A
D. Act to change laws that Discriminate
Mahesh Elkunchwar, an eminent Indian Playwright, has E. None of these
been chosen for 2019’s META Lifetime Achievement Answer: D
Award, which will be conferred upon him at the 14th Zero Discrimination Day is observed on March 1,
Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards (META) festival aims to address the issue of discrimination faced by
to be held in New Delhi on 12th March 2019. He is people across the world. Theme is Act to change laws
critically-acclaimed and famous for having experimented that Discriminate. The day aims to promote equality
with a wide range of drama and is considered a powerful before law throughout all member countries of the
force in both Indian and Marathi theatre scene. His 1985 UN.
play ‘Wada Chirebandi‘ (Old Stone Mansion) has been
staged in Marathi,Hindi and Bengali and also adapted for
554. World Civil Defence Day is celebrated every
television.He has written more than 30 plays and essays,
like ‘Sultan’, ‘Holi’, ‘Garbo’, ‘Yatanaghar’, and year on March 1. What is the theme for the day
‘Atmakatha’ and is also a receiver of the Sangeet Natak 2019?
Akademi Fellowship.Previous recipients of the META A. Children's safety, our responsibility
Lifetime Achievement Award include Vijaya Mehta, B. Civil defence and the national institutions for more
Zohra Sehgal, Badal Sarkar,Khaled Chowdhary, Ebrahim efficient disaster management
C. Together with civil defence against disasters
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D. Civil Protection and Disaster Reduction within bank, removing certain restrictions they face such as
Sustainable Development those on opening new branches.
E. None of these
Answer: A 557. Reserve Bank of India signed a Bilateral
World Civil Defence Day is celebrated every year on Swap Arrangement (BSA) with which countries
March 1, with theme for the year 2019 Children’s central bank?
safety, our responsibility.Civil defence is an effort to A. Japan
protect the citizens of a state from military attacks B. China
and natural disasters. International Civil Defence C. Nepal
Organisation (ICDO) decided to celebrate this day in D. Nepal
1990 E. Russia
Answer: A
555. Recently, which state Government launched a Reserve Bank of India and Bank of Japan have
scheme to for making former militants explore self signed a Bilateral Swap Arrangement (BSA).The
employment avenues? BSA provides for India to access 75 billion US
A. Assam dollars whereas the earlier BSA had provided for 50
B. Meghalaya billion dollars.The financial cooperation would
C. Tamil Nadu further enhance the strong economic ties between
D. Rajasthan India and Japan
E. Punjab
Answer: A 558. Rising India Summit 2019 held in which city?
Government launched a scheme to for making former A. Chennai
militants explore self employment avenues. Assam B. New Delhi
Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal ceremonially C. Bangalore
distributed sanction letters for disbursal of loan by D. Hyderabad
nationalized banks along with government subsidy to E. Mumbai
surrendered cadres of different insurgent groups of Answer: B
the state under ‘Swabalamban’ scheme . The Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed News-
financial assistance is provided to promote self- 18 Network Rising India Summit, held in New
employment and will benefit 508 surrendered cadres. Delhi and laid out his vision for a ‘New India‘.The
theme of the summit was, ‘Beyond Politics:
556. Which foreign bank to operate as wholly- Defining National Priorities’.
owned subsidiary in India from March 1? 559. Indian sports person Deepak Singh is related
A. Citi Bank to which sport?
B. HSBC Bank A. Hockey
C. United Overseas Bank B. Golf
D. Woori Bank C. Boxing
E. DBS Bank D. Shooting
Answer: E E. Badminton
The RBI approved merger of Singapore-based DBS Answer: C
Bank’s Indian unit with its wholly owned local National champion Deepak Singh was the lone Indian
subsidiary, DBS Bank India.The merger will be boxer to notch up gold while five others claimed
effective from March 1.The wholly-owned subsidiary silver medals in the Makran Cup in Chabahar, Iran. P
model allows foreign lenders to be treated as a local Lalitha Prasad (52kg), Commonwealth Games silver-
medallist Manish Kaushik (60kg), Duryodhan Singh
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Negi (69kg), Sanjeet (91kg) and Commonwealth Anjanakshi M.S from Karnataka 3rdposition-Mamta
Games silver-medallist Satish Kumar (91kg) they Kumari from Bihar.
were finishing second on the podium. Rohit Tokas
(64kg) and Manjeet Singh Panghal (75kg) settled 562. Sanath Jayasuriya has been banned from all
down with bronze medal. forms of cricket for 2 years after admitting
breaching two counts of the ICC Anti-Corruption
560. Where did Union Minister for Earth Code.He belongs to which of the following
Sciences, Dr Harsh Vardhan inaugurated new country?
Permanent Campus of Centre for Marine Living A. New Zealand
Resources and Ecology (CMLRE)? B. Bangladesh
A. Dandeli,Karnataka C. India
B. Hubli,Karnataka D. Sri lanka
C. Puthuvype,Kerala E. None of these
D. Mapusa,Goa Answer: D
E. None of these Former captain of Sri Lanka, Sanath Jayasuriya has
Answer: C been banned from all forms of cricket for 2 years
The Union Minister for Science & Technology, Earth after admitting breaching two counts of the ICC Anti-
Sciences and Environment, Forest & Climate Corruption Code. He admitted to being in breach of
Change, Dr. Harsh Vardhan unveiling the plaque to the following provisions of the Code: Article 2.4.6 –
inaugurate Atal Bhavan, the new campus of Centre Failure or refusal, without compelling justification, to
for Marine Living Resources and Ecology (CMLRE), cooperate with any investigation carried out by the
at Puthuvype, Cochin, in Kerala ACU. Article 2.4.7 – Obstructing or delaying any
561. Who won the 1st position in National Youth investigation that may be carried out by the ACU,
Parliament Festival 2019 award,presented by including concealing, tampering with or destroying
Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Vigyan any documentation or other information that may be
Bhawan, New Delhi? relevant to that investigation and/or that may be
A. Mirulani from Kerala evidence or may lead to the discovery of evidence of
B. Mamta Kumari from Bihar corrupt conduct under the Anti-Corruption Code.
C. Shweta Umre from Maharashtra
D. Anjanakshi M.S from Karnataka 563. Name the digital payment gateway launched
E. None of these by IRCTC?
Answer: C A. IRCTC mPay
The National Youth Parliament Festival 2019 awards B. IRCTC ePay
were given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at C. IRCTC iPay
Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. The festival was D. IRCTC sPay
launched with a theme “Be the Voice of New India” E. None of these
and “Find solutions and contribute to policy” by Answer: C
Sports and youth affairs minister Rajyavardhan Singh Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation
Rathore on January 12 to encourage youth (18-25 (IRCTC), has launched its own payment aggregator
years) to enagage with public issues.It was organised system called “IRCTC iPay”. With the launch of
by National Service Scheme (NSS) in collaboration IRCTC iPay, passengers will not need any third-party
with Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS), under platforms as all payment options like credit card,
the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports.The winners debit dard, UPI – Unified Payment Interface,
from the national level competition are: 1stposition- International Card are integrated into the platform.
Shweta Umre from Maharashtra 2ndposition- The back-end support will be provided by Delhi
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based MMAD communications, which is IRCTC’s C. 7.5%
technology partner. D. 8.3%
E. 9.2%
564. Which state government inaugurated a web Answer: B
portal, ‘Banglar Shiksha’, which is set to provide The Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) revised
real-time data on state-run and aided schools? gross domestic product (GDP) estimate for 2018-19
A. West Bengal to 7 per cent is at a higher base. Recently Central
B. Maharashtra Statistics Office (CSO) lowered the FY 19 GDP
C. Karnataka growth in second advance estimate of national
D. Punjab income to 7 per cent from 7.2 per cent
E. Bihar
567. Which bank has been ranked first among
Answer: A public sector banks in the implementation of
West Bengal Education Minister Partha 'reforms agenda'?
Chatterjee inaugurated a web portal, ‘Banglar A. Punjab National Bank
Shiksha’, which is set to provide real-time data on B. State Bank of India
state-run and aided schools. This is first-of-its-kind C. Bank of Baroda
online initiative in the state as well as in the country. D. Syndicate Bank
It will be operated on a trial basis for two months to E. None of these
remove glitches. The portal should be fully functional Answer: A
by May 1. The portal will store real-time data of 1.5 Punjab National has been ranked first among public
crore students, five lakh teachers and one lakh sector banks in the implementation of ‘reforms
schools. agenda’, followed by Bank of Baroda and State Bank
of India. The BCG-IBA report – EASE Reforms for
565. Textiles Minister Smriti Irani inaugurated Public Sector Banks – measures performance of each
the 'Titanwala Museum' in which state? PSB on 140 objective metrics across 6 themes,
A. Rajasthan including customer responsiveness, credit off-take
B. Mizoram and digitalisation. PNB with a score of 78.4 out of
C. Andhra Pradesh 100 has been ranked first in the EASE (Enhanced
D. Telangana Access & Service Excellence)-index. PNB has shown
E. Madhya Pradesh “strong performance” in the parameters like customer
Answer: A responsiveness, responsible banking, credit off-take
Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani inaugurated the and financial inclusion
‘Titanwala Museum’ in Bagru that showcases the
Chhipa community’s hand-block printing. The 568. Who has been appointed as the next
museum is an effort towards preserving the art of Ambassador of India to Vietnam.
traditional Bagru block printing. Bagru printing is A. Somesh Chatuvedi
one of the traditional techniques of printing with B. Aravind Bhattacharya
natural color followed by the chippas of Rajasthan C. Sushil Chatarjee
D. Pranay Kumar Verma
566. What is the GDP estimate as per the revised E. None of these
data by Department of Economic Affairs Revised Answer: D
for 2018-19? The Ministry of External Affairs appointed Pranay
A. 5% Kumar Verma as the next Ambassador of India to
B. 7% Vietnam. Pranay Kumar Verma, a 1994 cadre Indian
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Foreign Services officer, is presently serving as the Health Interventions. The Digital Health Symposium
Joint Secretary at Ministry of External Affairs. follows the two-day Global Digital Health
Furthermore, Nina Tshering La and Abhay Thakur Partnership (GDHP) summit and allows wide
were concurrently accredited as the respective engagement with innovators, clinical leaders,
Ambassadors of India to Gabon and Chad on March academia, researchers, healthcare establishments,
1. Nina Tshering La presently serving as the government representatives, international and
Ambassador of India to the Democratic Republic of national technical experts, entrepreneurs and the
Congo, will be carrying out the additional duties with research community
residence in Kinshasa. Meanwhile, Thakur – the
current Ambassador of India to Nigeria – will be 571. Which company launched India’s first
taking on the additional duty with residence in Abuja. semiconductor chips for 4G LTE and 5G NR
modems?
569. Ravneet Gill took charge as managing A. Elveego Circuits Pvt. Ltd.
director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) of B. Signalchip Innovations
which bank for a three-year term? C. Zia Semiconductors
A. City Union Bank D. Saankhya Labs d
B. Indian Overseas Bank E. Wafer Space
C. Axis Bank Answer: B
D. ICICI Bank Bengaluru-based Signalchip launched India’s first
E. Yes Bank semiconductor chips for 4G LTE and 5G NR
Answer: E modems. The company launched four chips as part of
Ravneet Gill took charge as managing director (MD) its SCBM34XX and SCRF34XX/45XX series, code-
and chief executive officer (CEO) of YES Bank for a named ‘Agumbe’. These chips also support
three-year term. Interim MD and CEO of the bank positioning using India’s own satellite navigation
Ajai Kumar continues as a Non-Executive, Non- system, NAVIC. Founder and CEO of
Independent Director on the board of the bank. Gill SIGNALCHIP Himanshu Khasnis
was previously the CEO of Deutsche Bank’s India
operations since 2012 572. NITI Aayog partners with which company to
boost digital literacy, creativity skills?
570. International Digital Health Symposium’ A. Samsung
Inaugurated in which city? B. TCS
A. New Delhi C. HCL
B. Pune D. Adobe
C. Varanasi E. Wipro
D. Jaipur Answer: D
E. Ahemadabad Software firm Adobe has partnered with Niti Aayog’s
Answer: A Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) to collaborate on
Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Smt. enhancing digital literacy and creativity skills. The
Anupriya Patel inaugurated the ‘International Digital two parties have signed a statement of intent (SOI) to
Health Symposium in New Delhi. She also collectively drive the charter of developing creative
inaugurated the exhibition on Digital Health as part skills and spreading digital literacy across all Atal
of the Symposium. Participant countries along with Tinkering Labs in India. 100 schools under Atal
various Government Ministries, states and other Tinkering Labs (ATL) initiative will be adopted by
stakeholders showcased key innovations, Adobe and it will be implementing its Digital Disha
implementation experiences and innovative Digital Program in ATLs. The Atal Tinkering Lab is based
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on the philosophy to identify and nurture innovation E. Listen to the young voices
in young students across the country Answer: C
World Wildlife Day is celebrated globally on 3rd
573. India signed an agreement for exchange of March and is closely aligns with the Sustainable
information in tax matters to curb tax evasion and Development Goal that is Life without water, which
tax avoidance with which country? focuses on marine species and to highlight the
A. Bhutan problems, critical issues of marine wildlife to our
B. Malaysia everyday life. Theme for the year 2019 is ‘Life below
C. Brunei water: for people and planet’
D. Cambodia
E. None of these 576. World Hearing Day is globally observed on
Answer: C what day?
India and Brunei signed an agreement for exchange A. 1st March
of information in tax matters to curb tax evasion and B. 2nd March
tax avoidance. The Tax Information and Exchange C. 3rd March
Agreement (TIEA) was signed by Pramod Chandra D. 4th March
Mody, Chairman of the Central Board of Direct E. 5th March
Taxes, and a Paduka Haji a Ali, Brunei’s High Answer: C
Commissioner to India. The agreement also provides World Hearing Day is held on 3 March each year to
for mutual assistance in collection of tax revenue raise awareness of how to prevent deafness and
claims between both countries, hearing loss and to promote ear and hearing care
across the world. Theme for the year 2019 is ‘Check
574. Who has released a book titled 'Mann Ki your hearing!’
Baat - A Social Revolution on Radio'?
A. Venkiah Naidu 577. Name the fastest train between Chennai &
B. Arun Jaitely Madurai that is recently Flagged off by PM
C. Nirmala Sitaraman Narendra Modi.
D. Arundhati Bhatacharya A. Bhramos
E. Narendra Modi B. Tejas
Answer: B C. Star Jet
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was released a book D. Vajra
titled, ‘Mann Ki Baat – A Social Revolution on E. Saudhamini
Radio’ in New Delhi. The book is a compendium Answer: D
encompassing 50 editions of the ‘Mann Ki Baat’ PM Narendra Modi flagged off the Madurai-Chennai
programme by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on All Egmore Tejas Express, the fastest train running
India Radio. The book contains a comprehensive, between the two cities, via video conferencing from
qualitative and academic analysis of ‘Mann Ki Baat’ Kanyakumari. The fully air-conditioned train
– the themes, the choice of topics, the salient features comprises one executive chair car coach with 56 seats
and 12 chair car coaches with 78 seats each. The
575. What is the theme of ‘World Wild Life Day train’s features include infotainment system,
2019’ that is observed on 3rd March? attendant call button and smart windows.
A. It’s time to get serious about wildlife crime 578. Which state Cabinet has approved a proposal
B. The future of wildlife is in our hands to add 1,000 low-floor AC electric buses to the
C. Life below water: for people and planet capital’s public transport fleet?
D. Big cats - predators under threat A. Rajasthan
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B. New Delhi is severely land constrained having only 236 acres of
C. West Bengal land. Therefore the decision to develop new airport
D. Delhi was taken by cabinet.
E. Maharashtra
Answer: D 581. Who was awarded with the first AB Vajpayee
The Delhi Cabinet has approved a proposal to add Life Time Award?
1,000 low-floor AC electric buses to the capital’s A. Thanga Darlong
public transport fleet. The first lot of electric buses B. Thanga Batsal
will reportedly hit the streets before the end of 2019. C. Thanga Divsimar
D. Thanga Harnoop
579. According to the Moody's report, Indian E. None of these
economy expected to grow at what percentage in Answer: A
2019-20? Tripura’s Thanga Darlong, the last tribal musician to
A. 7.0% play Rosem – a bamboo made a flute-like musical
B. 7.1% instrument, was conferred the Atal Behari Vajpayee
C. 7.2% Life Time Award during the 37th Agartala Book Fair.
D. 7.3% Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Devvarma handed over
E. 7.4% the first AB Vajpayee Life Time Achievement Award
Answer: D to the Rosem maestro.
Indian economy is expected to grow at 7.3 per cent in
calendar years 2019 and 2020. Global Macro Outlook 582. Name the Veteran Marathi writer and poet
said the country is less exposed to a slowdown in who has been honoured with the prestigious
global manufacturing trade growth than other major 'Janasthan' award?
Asian economies and emerging markets and is poised A. Kusumagraj
to grow at a relatively stable pace in the two B. Shanta Shelke
years. Moody’s said the announcement in Interim C. Vasant Abaji Dahake
Budget 2019-20 on direct cash transfer programme D. Purushotam Shivaram Rage
for farmers and the middle-class tax relief measures E. None of these
will contribute a fiscal stimulus of about 0.45 per cent Answer: C
of GDP. Veteran Marathi writer and poet Vasant Abaji
Dahake has been honoured with the prestigious
580. Union Cabinet approved the establishment of ‘Janasthan’ award. The award, which carries a cash
a New Greenfield Airport at which of the prize of Rs. lakh, a bronze memento and a citation,
following city in an estimated cost of Rs. 1405 was given on the occasion of the birth anniversary of
crore? celebrated Marathi poet and playwright late V V
A. Silchar in Cachar,Assam Shirvadkar, popularly known as Kusumagraj. Dahake
B. Khair in Aligarh,Uttar Pradesh was given the Sahitya Akademi Award for his
C. Hirasar in Rajkot, Gujarat collection of poems ‘Chitralipi’. He is also known as
D. Tezpur in Sonitpur,Assam a playwright, short story writer and critic.
E. None of these
Answer: C 583. 7th RCEP Intersessional Ministerial Meeting
Union Cabinet approved the establishment of a New was organised in which country?
Greenfield Airport at Hirasar in Rajkot, Gujarat at an A. Laos
estimated cost of Rs. 1405 crore. Rajkot is the fourth B. Cambodia
largest city of Gujarat and existing airport of Rajkot C. Vietnam
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D. India country. The application is available both in hindi
E. Thailand and english and once downloaded can be used even
Answer: B when the parent or teacher does not have connectivity
The 7th Regional Comprehensive Economic to the internet
Partnership (RCEP) Intersessional Ministerial
Meeting was organized in Siem Reap, Cambodia. It 586. Ex-Finance Secretary Hasmukh Adhia
was headed by Chutima Bunyapraphasara, Acting appointed as non-executive chairman of which
Minister of Commerce of Thailand and saw bank?
participation of ministers from the 16 RCEP A. Syndicate Bank
Participating Countries (RPCs). It was also attended B. Indian Bank
by Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and C. Bank of India
Civil Aviation- Suresh Prabhu. D. Andhra Bank
584. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Summit on E. Bank of Baroda
Innovation and Governance held in which city? Answer: E
A. New Delhi Former Finance Secretary Hasmukh Adhia was
B. Mumbai appointed as non-executive chairman of State-run
C. Kolkata Bank of Baroda for three years. Hasmukh Adhia, a
D. Hyderabad 1981-batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre. The
E. Bangalore Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has
Answer: A approved his appointment as part-time non-official
Vice President Shri M Venkaiah director as well as non-executive chairman on the
Naidu presented Kalam Innovation in Governance board of Bank of Baroda
Award 2019, at the third edition of Dr. A.P.J. Abdul
Kalam Summit on Innovation and Governance held 587. Muktesh Kumar Pardeshi has been been
in New Delhi. He also started 75 new Kalam Digital appointed as the next High Commissioner of India
Libraries spread across the country, which will be to which country?
serving as centers for no-cost digital based learning in A. Australia
schools. B. New Zealand
C. South Africa
585. Name the mobile application launched by PM D. Malaysia
Narendra Modi in order to create awareness E. Germany
about sports and fitness in the country. Answer: B
A. Jeetho India Muktesh Kumar Pardeshi has been been appointed as
B. Swasth Raho the next High Commissioner of India to New
C. Khelo India Zealand. Presently he is Ambassador of India to
D. Shubhodayam Mexico. He is expected to take up the assignment
E. None of these shortly.
Answer: C
Prime Minister Narendra launched Sports Authority 588. IDBI Bank Appoints LIC's who among the
of India’s (SAI) first-of-its-kind mobile application, folloing as Non-Executive Chairman?
‘Khelo India App’ in order to create awareness about A. Hemant Bhargava
sports and fitness in the country. The application has B. Vignesh Bhargava
three unique features that will make it convenient for C. Sarath Chandra
youngsters to take up sport and also help to identify D. Manohar Aditya
potential champions among children, across the E. None of these
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Answer: A A. Bihar
IDBI Bank has appointed Hemant Bhargava as non- B. Assam
executive, non-whole time chairman. Bhargava is C. Manipur
currently the Chairman (in-charge) and Managing D. Uttarakhand
Director of Life Insurance Corporation of India E. None of these
(LIC). The bank stated that Bhargava has been Answer: B
appointed for 3 years or until he continues in his Rice Knowledge Bank-Assam is an agriculture web
position at LIC. The life insurer is now the majority portal. It is dedicated to magnifying knowledge on
shareholder in IDBI Bank with a 51% stake. rice production technologies and techniques, best
production practices and state agriculture facts. It was
589. Name the new Novel launched by Veteran launched under the World Bank funded project –
author Nayantara Sahgal? Agri-business and Rural Transformation
A. How to Talk to Any One (APART). This portal is the efforts of Assam Rural
B. Milk and Honey Infrastructure and Agricultural Services Society
C. You are Unique (ARIAS), Assam Agricultural University (AAU)
D. 9 From the Nine Worlds with technical assistance from the International Rice
E. The Fate Of Butterflies Research Institute (IRRI).
Answer: E
Veteran author Nayantara Sahgal launched new novel 592. RBI imposed 8 crore fine on banks for non
The Fate Of Butterflies. Sahgal was introduced by compliance in SWIFT operation. Which among
author Namita Gokhale during the launch at Oxford the following banks does not include in the list?
Bookstore. “The Fate Of Butterflies” is published by A. Karnataka Bank
Speaking Tiger B. United Bank of India
C. Karur Vysya Bank
590. National Safety Day is celebrated in India on D. indian Overseas Bank
4th March by the National Safety Council of E. All are included
India. What is the theme of the day for the yeat Answer: D
2019? The Reserve Bank of India has imposed a total
A. Cultivate and sustain a safety culture for building monetary fine of Rs. 8 crore on three banks –
nation Karnataka Bank, United Bank of India and Karur
B. Recharge to be in Charge Vysya Bank – for non-compliance of directions on
C. Prepare for Active Shooters Swift messaging software. While the RBI imposed
D. Stand up to Falls Rs. 4 crore fine on Karnataka Bank, United Bank is
E. None of these facing a penalty of Rs. 3 crore. The regulator has
Answer: A levied Rs. 1 crore fine on Karur Vysya Bank. The
National Safety Day is celebrated in India on 4th RBI has levied an aggregate penalty of Rs 40 million
March by the National Safety Council of India. This on the Karnataka bank for delayed implementation of
day is celebrated to make people get safe from four of the Swift related operational controls. Earlier,
several issues like financial loss, health problems and four banks — SBI, Union Bank of India, Dena Bank
also any other problems that people are facing in their and IDBI — had informed exchanges about monetary
life. penalty slapped on them by the regulator for non-
compliance with various directions. Fine of Rs. 3
591. Which state government launched ‘Rice crore was imposed on Union Bank, Rs. 2 crore on
Knowledge Park’ under Agri-business and Rural Dena Bank, and Rs 1 crore each on IDBI and the
Transformation (APART)? SBI.
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593. Which bank has recently received nod to as Chairman of the National Commission for
handle import, exports transactions with Iran? Backward Classes?
A. RBL Bank A. Mukesh Bhut
B. DCB Bank B. Siva Shakar Narayanan
C. IDBI Bank C. Rajendra Kanal
D. Axis Bank D. Bhargav Aditya
E. HDFC Bank E. Bhagwan Lal Sahni
Answer: C Answer: E
The IDBI has received government nod to handle Bhagwan Lal Sahni has been appointed as the
import and export transactions with Iran, a move chairman of the newly constituted National
which would help in promoting two-way trade amid Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC).
US sanctions on the Persian Gulf nation. IDBI Bank Kaushalendra Singh Patel, Sudha Yadav and Achary
has been identified to route the payments. UCO Bank Talloju have been appointed as members of the
had in the previous round of sanctions handled rupee commission. National Commission for Backward
payments. Classes is a Constitutional body (123rd constitutional
594. Former Finance Secretary Ajay Narayan Jha amendment bill 2018 and 102nd amendment) under
took charge as Member of the 15th Finance Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Commission in place of whom among the established on 14 August 1993. It was constituted
following? pursuant to the provisions of the National
A. YV Reddy Commission for Backward Classes Act, 1993.
B. Shaktikanta Das
C. Ashok Lahiri 596. Which Company wins international
D. N K Singh sustainability award?
E. Ramesh Chand A. Bajaj Auto
Answer: B B. TCS Motor
Former Finance Secretary Ajay Narayan Jha took C. Honda Motar
charge as Member of the 15th Finance Commission D. Hero Motor
in place of Shaktikanta Das. Shaktikanta Das E. Suzuki
resigned after being appointed as Governor of the Answer: B
Reserve Bank of India in December 2018. Ajay Jha TVS Motor Company bagged the ‘Green Era Award
was a 1982 batch IAS officer of Manipur cadre, had for Sustainability’ at Lisbon in Portugal. The
earlier served as Secretary to the 14th Finance company also won the ‘Quality and Business
Commission which was headed by former RBI Excellence Award’ for its endeavour to create new
Governor Y V Reddy. The 15th Finance Commission benchmarks in product quality. The Green Era Award
was constituted in November 2017 under the for Sustainability was set up to recognise the true
Chairmanship of N K Singh and is to give global exemplars who have been innovative and
recommendations for devolution of taxes and other creative in pursuing the sustainable imperative. The
fiscal matters for five fiscal years, commencing 1 awards are based on the conclusion of the research
April 2020 to March 2025. Commission’s full-time team of other ways Management & Consulting,
members Ajay Narayan Jha, Ashok Lahiri and Anoop France. The companies chosen were ranked against
Singh, Ramesh Chand as part-time member criteria such as investment attraction, high
technologies, quality and staff for professional and
modern management methods
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597. Which bank has bagged the Best Bank South African spinner Imran Tahir has announced
Award from the Tamil Nadu government for that he will quit ODI cricket after the ICC World Cup
meeting the needs of women's self-help groups 2019. However he would like to continue playing for
(SHGs)? South Africa in Twenty20 internationals. 2019
A. Bank of Baroda Cricket World Cup is the 12th edition of the Cricket
B. Lakshmi Vilas Bank World Cup, scheduled to be hosted by England and
C. Indian Bank Wales from 30 May to 14 July 2019
D. Bank of India
E. United Bank of India 600. Which is the scheme that India’s food
Answer: C processing ministry is working on to bolster the
Public sector Indian Bank has bagged the Best Bank unorganised food processing sector concentrated
Award from the Tamil Nadu government for meeting in rural areas?
the needs of women’s self-help groups (SHGs). Chief A. Aahar Samridhi Yojana
Minister of the state K Palaniswami handed over the B. Gram Samridhi Yojana
award to the executive director of the bank M K C. Gram Aahar Yojana
Bhattacharya D. Pushkal Aahar Yojana
E. None of these
598. 'Mainamati Maitree Exercise 2019 held in Answer: B
which state? India’s food processing ministry is working on a new
A. Manipur scheme – Gram Samridhi Yojana to bolster the
B. Sikkim unorganised food processing sector concentrated in
C. Mizoram rural areas. The scheme will be run in Uttar Pradesh,
D. Tripura Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Punjab for a 5-year
E. Meghalaya period in the initial phase and thereafter in other
Answer: D states of the country.The Rs. 3,000 crore
Border Security Force (BSF) and Border Guards scheme funded by the World Bank will help cottage
Bangladesh (BGB) concluded a three-day joint industry, farmer producers’ organisation and
exercise organised as part of the confidence building individual food processors to increase capacity,
measures in Tripura. The main objective of this upgrade technology besides skill improvement,
exercise was to plan and conduct anti-smuggling and entrepreneurship development and strengthening the
anti-criminal activity related operations with an aim farm-to market supply chain.
to achieve better joint operational efficiency and
border management in the area. The exercise was 601. Environment Minister launched Anthem on
named ‘Mainamati Maitree Exercise 2019’ after the ‘plastic-free India’ in seven languages. Which
Mainamati hill range, dotted with ancient Buddhist language is not included?
settlements, near Comilla town in Bangladesh. A. Telugu
B. Tamil
599. Imran a to quit ODIs cricket after World C. Bengali
Cup. He plays for which country? D. Marathi
A. Afghanistan E. Kannada
B. Pakistan Answer: C
C. Bangladesh Union Minister for Science & Technology, Earth
D. South Africa Sciences and Environment, Forest and Climate
E. West Indies Change, Harsh Vardhan launched an anthem ”Plastic
Answer: D Waste-Free India’‘ which has been composed and
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produced by Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Smriti districts of the country. Hailakandi in Assam has
Manch (PDUSM)– a non-profit organisation which made a giant leap from 52nd position to no. 1
works in the field of social and environmental position on the basis of its performance during
issues.The anthem has been launched in seven November-December 2018 and January 2019.
languages – Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telegu, Aspirational district Hailakandi will be given an
Malyalam and Kannada. The anthem launched as a additional allocation of Rs 10 crore for securing first
part of a campaign to make India plastic-free by 2022 rank
and stressed on strengthening plastic waste
management and recycling ecosystem in the country. 604. Which state government announced
Mukhyamantri Parivar Samman Nidhi Yojana
602. Which Kumbha Mela makes it to the 2019?
Guinness World Records? A. Punjab
A. Prayagraj Kumbh Mela B. West Bengal
B. Haridwar Kumbh Mela C. Mizoram
C. Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Simhastha D. Bihar
D. Ujjain Simhastha. E. Haryana
E. None of these Answer: E
Answer: A Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar
• Prayagraj Kumbh Mela 2019 organised announced the “Mukhyamantri Parivar Samman
in Prayagraj (formerly Allahabad), Uttar Nidhi” scheme for farmers of the state cultivating up
Pradesh has made it to the Guinness World to five acres of land and families having income less
Records in three sectors. than Rs. 15,000 per month.Under the scheme, each
These sectors are: beneficiary family would be eligible for a financial
1. The largest traffic and crowd management assistance of Rs. 6,000 every year and each family
plan. will have to nominate a member to avail this benefit.
2. The biggest painting exercise of public sites There will two categories in this Scheme – the
under “Paint My City” scheme. beneficiary under the age group of 18 to 40 years and
3. The biggest sanitation and waste disposal the beneficiary under the age group of 40 to 60
mechanism. years.The scheme includes insurance of Rs. 2 lakh on
• The festival, which began on January 14, will natural death, insurance of Rs. 2 lakh for accidental
conclude on March 4 with the sixth and final death, insurance of Rs. 2 lakh for permanent
“Shahi Snan” (royal bath) on the occasion of disability and insurance of Rs. 1 lakh for partial
Maha Shivratri. disability.
603. Which district in Assam became the top 605. Which state Government launched ‘Jal
aspirational district? Amrutha’ scheme?
A. Kakrajhar District A. Andhra Pradesh
B. Hailakandi District B. Tamil Nadu
C. Dima Hasao District C. Karnataka
D. Darrang District D. Kerala
E. Nalbari District E. Goa
Answer: B Answer: C
According to the Delta ranking report released by Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy launched
NITI Aayog, Assam’s Hailakandi has become the top Jalamrutha scheme in Bengaluru. The scheme was
aspirational district among the 112 aspirational initiated by the Rural Development and Panchayat
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Raj Department of the state. The scheme plans to 608. Sebi board approves lowering of fees for
make people aware of the importance of conserving brokers, exchanges. Who is the present chairman
water and to prompt them to come up with ways to of SEBI?
avoid wastage of water. Water conservation strategy A. Harsh Kumar Bhanwala
under this scheme comprises four components of B. Mohammad Mustafa
water literacy, rejuvenation of waterbodies, creation C. Ajay Tyagi
of new waterbodies as well as development of D. Ram Sewak Sharma
watersheds and afforestation activities. E. None of these
Answer: C
606. Reserve Bank of India has slapped a fine of SEBI board with a view to making more cost-
what amount on the Yes bank for non-compliance effective trade in Indian stock market
of directions on Swift messaging software. approved lowering of fees charged from brokers,
A. Rs.1 crore stock exchange and the companies seeking to get
B. Rs.2 crore listed. SEBI also decided to reduce fees payable by
C. Rs.3 crore the issuers for one refiling, which is done within one
D. Rs.1.5 crore year of validity of observation letter.The fees payable
E. Rs.2.5 crore to brokers is reduced by 33.33% from Rs.15 per crore
Answer: A of transactions to Rs.10. In case of agri-commodity
Reserve Bank of India has slapped a fine of Rs. 1 derivative transactions, the fee would be reduced
crore on the bank for non-compliance of directions on sharply by 93.33% from Rs.15 to just Re.1.
Swift messaging software. Swift is global messaging
software used for transactions by financial 609. World Bank to provide how many Million
entities.Swift – Society for Worldwide Interbank dollar for NRETP to boost Rural incomes in
Financial Telecommunication India?
A. 100
607. Bank of Baroda slashes lending rate by how B. 200
many basis points? C. 250
A. 5 basic points D. 300
B. 7 basic points E. 350
C. 9 basic points Answer: B
D. 10 basic points World Bank to provide 250 Million dollar for the
E. 20 basic points National Rural Economic Transformation Project
Answer: D (NRETP) to help women in rural households develop
State-owned Bank of Baroda cut benchmark lending viable enterprises for farm and non-farm
rate by 0.1 percentage points across all tenors up to products.The Agreement was signed by Mr. Sameer
one year. The Marginal Cost of Funds Based Lending Kumar Khare, Additional Secretary, Department of
Rate (MCLR) for overnight and one-month tenors Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, on behalf of
would be 8.25 per cent and 8.30 per cent, the Government of India and Mr. Hisham Abdo,
respectively.The MCLR for one-year tenor was Acting Country Director, World Bank India, in New
slashed to 8.65 per cent from 8.75 per cent. Most of Delhi. NRETP is an additional financing to the $500-
the retail loans are benchmarked against one-year million National Rural Livelihoods Project (NRLP)
MCLR. approved by the World Bank in July 2011.The $250
million loan has a 5-year grace period, and a final
maturity of 20 years.
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610. Who will be the first recipient of the Answer: A

‘Bhagwan Mahavir Ahimsa Puraskar’? America’s 21-year-old Kylie Jenner has become
A. Abhinandhan Varthaman world’s youngest billionaire and also the youngest
B. Birender Singh Dhanoa self-made billionaire overtaking Facebook Co-
C. Bipin Rawat founder Mark Zuckerberg, who was 23 when he took
D. Robin K. Dhowan the title, according to Forbes. Jenner owns 100% of
E. None of these Kylie Cosmetics, which made an estimated $360
Answer: A million in sales in 2018.Forbes put 2,153 billionaires
Indian Air Force Wing commander Abhinandhan on its 2019 list, down from 2,208 in 2018, and stated
Varthaman will be the first recipient of the ‘Bhagwan that their total combined net worth was $8.7 trillion,
Mahavir Ahimsa Puraskar’ instituted by the Akhil down from $9.1 trillion in 2018.
Bharatiya Digambar Jain Mahasamiti. The award for
the fighter pilot was announced in New Delhi by the 613. Who receives knighthood from Elizabeth II,
organisation’s chairperson Manidra Jain, said its the Queen of England at the Buckingham Palace,
Maharashtra chapter convener Paras Lohade in London, England?
Nashik. The award, instituted this year, carries a cash A. Harry Kane
prize of Rs 2.51 lakh, a memento and a citation and B. Alastair Cook
will be presented to Varthaman on April 17, C. Lewis Hamilton
coinciding with Mahavir Jayanti. D. David Beckham
E. Joe Hart
611. Who Wins Missile Systems Award? Answer: B
A. Kailasavadivoo Sivan Alastair Cook– formerly a skipper of
B. Charles Bolden the England cricket team was officially awarded
C. R Madhavan the knighthood for his services to cricket.He was
D. Atul Sobti honoured by Elizabeth II, the Queen of England at
E. G. Satheesh Reddy the Buckingham Palace, London, England. He is
Answer: E the 11th English cricketer to be awarded knighthood
Defence Research and Development Organisation for services to cricket and also the first English
(DRDO) Chairman G. Satheesh Reddy is the joint cricketer to get the honour after Sir Ian Botham
winner of the 2019 Missile Systems Award given by received it in 2007.
the American Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics in the US.He was selected for his over 614. Which general insurance company wins
three decades of national contributions to indigenous 'Assocham Non-Life Insurer of the Year Award'?
design, development and deployment of diversified A. Bajaj Alliance General Insurance
strategic and tactical missile systems, guided B. HDFC ERGO General Insurance
weapons, advanced avionics and navigation C. Bharti AXA General Insurance
technologies in India, D. Reliance General Insurance
E. Tata AIG General Insurance
612. Who becomes world's youngest self-made Answer: C
billionaire? Bharti AXA General Insurance has been conferred
A. Kylie Jenner with the ‘Non-Life Insurer of The Year Award 2019
B. Emma Jenner by the Assocham, one of the apex trade associations
C. Olivia Jenner of India. Bharti AXA General Insurance is a joint
D. Ava Jenner venture between Bharti Enterprises and French
E. Amelia Jenner insurance giant AXA. This award recognizes for its
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excellence and contribution to the non-life insurance C. Ashish Nehra
sector during the recently-held Insurance Leaders D. Anil Kumble
Meet 2019 (Regulation, Disruption and Product E. Sunil Gavaskar
Dynamics) and Excellence Awards in Kolkata. Answer: D
Former Indian captain Anil Kumble has been
615. Recently, Which company has been reappointed as Chairman of the ICC Cricket
recognised as one of the World's Most Ethical Committee to serve for a final three-year term,
Companies by the Ethisphere Institute, USA? International Cricket Council.Kumble was appointed
A. Relaince Industries as chairman of ICC’s Cricket Committee by the
B. Tata Steel game’s governing body in 2012, replacing West
C. Maruti Suziki Indies’ Clive Lloyd.He was the fourth Indian
D. HCL cricketer to be inducted into ICC Hall of Fame In
E. Adobe February 2015
Answer: B
Tata Steel has been recognised as one of the World’s 618. AIIB to provide USD 455 million for which
Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute, state’s rural roads project?
USA, a global leader in defining and advancing the A. Bihar
standards of ethical business practices.The company B. Andhra Pradesh
has got the recognition eight times in the ‘Metals, C. Rajasthan
Minerals and Mining’ category.In 2019, 128 D. Karnataka
honourees across 21 countries and 50 industries have E. Gujarat
been recognised. Answer: B
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
616. Who has been named secretary, Ministry of will provide a loan of USD 455 million to finance the
Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH)? Rural Roads Project in Andhra Pradesh. The project
A. Sanjeev Ranjan aims for construction and upgradation of more than
B. Aditya Bandari 6,000 km of roads connecting around 3,300 rural
C. Suresh Ranjan habitations in Andhra. The objective of the project
D. Manohar Bhut is to improve road transport connectivity in
E. Vijay Ranjan previously unserved communities by providing all-
Answer: A weather rural roads in all 13 districts of Andhra
Sanjeev Ranjan has been named secretary, Ministry Pradesh. This is a second project AIIB has financed
of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH). Ranjan, in Andhra Pradesh. In May 2017, the China-led bank
a 1985-batch IAS officer of Tripura cadre, is at sanctioned a $160-million loan for a power project in
present the chairman of National Highways Authority the State
of India. Ranjan will take over as MoRTH secretary
with effect from April 1, 2019 upon superannuation 619. India signs deal with which countries firm to
of Yudhvir Singh Malik by the end of this month. produce 7.5 lakh AK-203 rifles?
Nagendra Nath Sinha will replace Ranjan as the new A. China
NHAI chief. B. Russia
C. Germany
617. Who was reappointed as ICC Cricket D. USA
Committee chairman? E. Canada
A. Ravi Sastri Answer: B
B. Jawgal Sreenadh
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India has signed a deal with a Russian firm to
manufacture 7.5 lakh AK-203 rifles, the latest 622. Who Inaugurated ‘Azaadi Ke Diwane’
derivative of the AK-47 rifles.The AK-203 rifles will Museum at Red Fort in Delhi?
be produced at the Indian Ordnance Factory at A. Nirmala Sitaraman
Amethi’s Korwa. AK-47, officially known as the B. Arun Jaitely
Avtomat Kalashnikova, is the most basic model. The C. Maheshsharma
new rifles will replace the indigenous INSAS rifles in D. Prakash Javadekar
the Army, Air Force and Navy. E. None of these
Answer: C
620. Name the Bilateral joint exercise between The Minister of State for Culture (Independent
India, Oman that is going to begin from Mar 12. charge) and Environment, Forest and Climate
A. Yudh Abhyas Change, Dr. MaheshSharma inaugurated ‘Azaadike
B. Nomadic Elephant Diwane’ museum at Red Fort, New Delhi which is
C. Surya Kiran created by Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).The
D. Vajra Prahar museum is the fifth in a series of recently inaugurated
E. Al Nagah ones – the others being the Subhash Chandra Bose
Answer: E and INA museum, the Yaad-e-Jallian museum, the
The third edition of the bilateral joint exercise Museum on 1857 (on the country’s first war of
between India and Oman, Al Nagah 2019 will begin Independence) the Drishyakala (a museum on Indian
from 12th of this month at Jabel Al Akhdar Art).The ‘Azaadike Diwane’ museum talks abouton
Mountains in Oman.The aim of this exercise is to the sacrifices of India’s freedom fighters.
enhance interoperability in counter terrorist
operations in semi urban mountainous terrain.The 623. A defence public sector undertaking,
exercise will enchaining understanding of capabilities presented SWAGAT – the Automatic Fare
and strengthening camaraderie between both the Collection Gating System is launched by which
Armies company?
A. HAL
621. Government brings TMA scheme to boost B. BEL
agriculture exports of farm commodities. What C. BHEL
does letter ‘M’ stands for in ‘TmA’. D. DRDO
A. Marketing E. GAIL
B. Manufacturing Answer: B
C. Multi National Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), a defence public
D. Mutual sector undertaking, presented SWAGAT – the
E. None of these Automatic Fare Collection Gating System.PM
Answer: A Narendra Modi launched the system as part of the
The government introduced a Transport and inaugural of Phase-I of the
Marketing Assistance (TMA) scheme for providing Ahmedabad Metro.SWAGAT is an initiative steered
financial assistance for transport and marketing of by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
agriculture products with a view to boosting export of (MoHUA) in collaboration with BEL and Centre for
farm commodities to certain countries in Europe and Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) with
North America.Under the TMA scheme, the the support of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
government would reimburse a certain portion of (DMRC), National Payment Corporation of India
freight charges and provide assistance for marketing (NPCI) and State Bank of India (SBI).SWAGAT is
of agricultural produce compliant with the National Common Mobility Card
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(NCMC) ecosystem for hassle-free commute across 626. What amount does NTG has imposed as fine
India. on Volkswagen for cheating emission tests?
A. Rs.100 crore
624. Janaushadhi Diwas will be celebrated across B. Rs.200 crore
the country on what day? C. Rs.250 crore
A. March 7th D. Rs.450 crore
B. March 8th E. Rs.500 crore
C. March 9th Answer: E
D. March 10th The National Green Tribunal slapped a fine of 500
E. March 15th Crore rupees on German auto major Volkswagen for
Answer: A damaging the environment using cheat device in its
Janaushadhi Diwas will be celebrated across the diesel cars in India. A bench headed by NGT
country on March 7. Prime Minister Narendra Modi chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel directed the
will address five thousand Janaushadhi stores across carmaker to deposit the amount within two
the country through video-conferencing on the months.The tribunal enhanced the compensation
occasion.He will also interact with owners of amount of Rs. 171.34 crore, which was recommended
Janaushadhi Kendras and beneficiaries of the by a NGT- appointed committee, as a means of
scheme. More than five thousand 50 Pradhan Mantri “creating deterrence”
Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana Kendras, PMBJP,
are functional in 652 districts. The Janaushadhi 627. Which country recently has become a
Diwas aims to provide further impetus and create member of the International Criminal Court?
awareness about the use of generic medicines A. Thailand
B. Malaysia
625. What amount was transffered to farmers the C. China
first instalment under the ambitious Pradhan D. Iraq
Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) E. Israel
scheme? Answer: B
A. Rs.1000 Malaysia has become a member of the International
B. Rs.1500 Criminal Court. The ICC is the world’s only
C. Rs.1750 permanent war crimes court and aims to prosecute the
D. Rs.2000 worst abuses when national courts are unable or
E. Rs.2500 unwilling. Malaysia becomes the 124th member of
Answer: D the court since its establishment in 2002.Burundi
The Centre has transferred the first instalment of two became the first country to quit the court in 2017
thousand rupees each to over two crore farmers so far
under the ambitious Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman 628. Name the mobile application launched by
Nidhi (PM-Kisan) scheme.In the Interim Budget state government to track bus, metro services in
2019-20, the central government had announced the the state?
PM-Kisan scheme under which 6,000 rupees per year A. One Karnataka
will be given in three instalments to 12 crore small B. One Delhi
and marginal farmers. Last month, Prime Minister C. One Andhra
Narendra Modi officially launched the scheme in D. One Maharashtra
Uttar Pradesh by transferring the first tranche amount E. One Punjab
to over one crore farmers. Answer: B
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Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot has The 146-year-old iconic railway station is one of the
launched a common mobility app named ‘One Delhi’ major landmarks in the city.He launched several
that provides information on public transport systems schemes, and unveiled projects in roadways,
including buses and the metro.It shows bus or metro railways, and energy sector worth Rs. 5010 crore
routes, nearest bus stops, fares and gives arrival
information in real time. 631. Ancient tribal language Gondi will be taught
in tribal districts of which state?
629. Which state government announced ‘Notun A. Maharashtra
Disha’ (New Direction) for assessing the academic B. Madhya Pradesh
level of students in classes III-VIII and then C. Mizoram
improving their current level? D. Manipur
A. Mizoram E. Meghalaya
B. Meghalaya Answer: B
C. Sikkim Ancient tribal language Gondi will be taught in tribal
D. Manipur districts of Madhya Pradesh. Madhya Pradesh Chief
E. Tripura Minister Kamal Nath has decided to include Gondi in
Answer: E the primary education curriculum of the state’s tribal-
The government tof Tripura announced ‘Notun dominated districts.
Disha’ (New Direction) for assessing the academic
level of students in classes III-VIII and then 632. In association with which bank did the
improving their current level. It was launched by Hitachi Payment Services Pvt Ltd, launched
state Education Minister Ratan Lal Nath. The Notun merchant-acquiring joint venture for establishing
Disha is a one-month project to provide training to a digital payments platform for India and other
teachers. Training will be provided by NGOs and countries in the region?
educational institutions to 800 teachers. In that A. Bank of Baroda
initiative the state government has decided to B. Syndicate Bank
distribute laptops to 800 school teachers to assess the C. Indian Bank
level of students’ development in different D. State Bank of India
disciplines. E. Punjab National Bank
Answer: D
630. Chennai Central station to be named after State Bank of India and Hitachi Payment Services Pvt
which former Chief Minister of the state? Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd
A. V. N Janaki launched their merchant-acquiring joint venture, SBI
B. J Jayalalithaa Payment Services Pvt Ltd (SBIPSPL), in
C. O Panneerselvam Mumbai, for establishing a digital payments
D. MG Ramachandran platform for India and other countries in the
E. None of these region.The joint venture (SBI) has a 74 percent
Answer: D stake, and the balance is with Hitachi Payment
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday Services) will facilitate expansion of the digital
(March 6) announced that the Chennai Central payments landscape in India via its digital payments
railway station will be renamed after former Tamil platform.
Nadu Chief Minister MG Ramachandran. Prime
Minister Narendra Modi was in Tamil Nadu to 633. Which city bagged award for cleanest city for
officially launch the National Democratic Alliance’s third straight year in Swachh Survekshan 2019?
poll campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. A. Pune
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B. Mysore E. Swami Ramdev Baba
C. Indore Answer: D
D. Vishakhapatnam Spiritual teacher Kamlesh Patel, popularly known as
E. Ambikapur Daaji’s book “Designing Destiny: The Heartfulness
Answer: C Way” was launched.In that book, the author
Swachh Survekhshan-2019 Awards were presented provides practical wisdom on how to use heartfulness
by President Ram Nath Kovind in New Delhi. practices to refine lifestyle and design destiny,
Indore bagged award for cleanest city for third including destiny in the afterlife. It has been
straight year in Swachh Survekshan.The second and published by Westland Publications.
third positions were grabbed by Ambikapur in
Chhattisgarh and Mysuru in Karnataka, 636. Who tooks over the charge as Director of
respectively. New Delhi Municipal Council BARC?
area gets cleanest small city award while A. Ajit Kumar Mohanty
Uttarakhand’s Gauchar was adjudged Best Ganga B. Vijay Kumar Sinha
Town in the survey. Top ranked cities received a C. Mahesh Bhutt
statue of Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi as D. Chadrasherkar Verma
award for their work towards cleanliness. Swachh E. Anil Kumar Mohanty
Survekshan 2019 covered all Urban Local Bodies in Answer: A
the country, making it the largest such cleanliness Distinguished scientist Ajit Kumar Mohanty has been
survey in the world. appointed as Director of Bhabha Atomic Research
Centre (BARC). The BARC is India’s premier
634. Name the Mobile application launched by nuclear research facility based in Mumbai.It is a
Google to teach kids to read English and Hindi? multi-disciplinary research centre with extensive
A. Sikhav infrastructure for advanced research and development
B. Padhav covering the entire spectrum of nuclear science,
C. Bolo engineering and related areas. Mohanty has been
D. Chetan appointed Director for a period of three years. He is
E. None of these at present Director, Physics Group, in BARC and
Answer: C Director, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics.
Google unveiled speech-based ‘Bolo’ app aimed at
rural children, to teach them how to read in English 637. Who has been re-elected as president of the
and Hindi. The app is aimed at bridging learning gap Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) for an eighth
in education and is available on Google play store in term?
India.The app, which uses Google’s speech A. Sheikh Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Sabah
recognition and text-to-speech technology and B. Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
features an animated character ‘Diya’. It is a free-to- C. Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah
use app first available in India. It is designed to be D. Abdul Rahman Al-Sumait
work even in offline. E. Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Answer: A
635. Who is the author of recently released book Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah of Kuwait has
‘Designing Destiny: The Heartfulness Way’? been re-elected as president of the Olympic
A. Sri Ravi Shankar Council of Asia (OCA) for an eighth term. Sheikh
B. Shree Asaram Bapuji Ahmad has won a new five-year term until 2024. An
C. Swami Prabhupada ji IOC member stepped down from his position in the
D. Kamlesh Patel global Olympic body in November because of his
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forgery accusation in a criminal court against the 640. Famous sports person of India Manpreet
Kuwaiti and four others. Singh is related with which sport?
A. Tennis
638. Kaja Kallas appointed as the first female B. Hockey
prime minister of which country? C. Badminton
A. France D. Squash
B. Belarus E. Cricket
C. Estonia Answer: B
D. Croatia Manpreet Singh was named captain of the 18-
E. Latvia member Indian hockey team to play in the upcoming
Answer: C 28th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. The prestigious
Kaja Kallas, the leader of the Reform Party has tournament will be held in Ipoh, Malaysia from the
been appointed as the first female Prime Minister of 23rd of this month. Surender Kumar will be the Vice-
Estonia, after the liberal Reform Party declared Captain of the team. Apart from India and hosts
victory in the elections against centre-left Prime Malaysia, the other participating nations in the
Minister Juri Ratas’s party. Kallas, a 41-year-old tournament are Canada, Korea, South Africa, Asian
lawyer and former European Parliament member, Games gold medal list Japan. India, will start its
took over as Reform leader less than a year ago.The campaign against Japan on the opening day itself.
Reform Party secured 28.8% votes against Centre
party votes of 23%. The coalition government will be 641. International Women’s Day is celebrated
formed between Reform Party and far-right EKRE. every year on 8 March in many countries around
the world. What is the theme of the day for year
639. India recently signed USD 25.2 million loan 2019?
agreement with the World Bank support the A. Think equal, build smart, innovate for change
which State’s Reforms in Expenditure B. Time is Now: Rural and urban activists
Management. transforming women’s lives.
A. Andhra Pradesh C. Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet
B. Chhattisgarh 50-50 by 2030
C. Uttarakhand D. Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender
D. Madhya Pradesh Equality
E. Mizoram E. None of these
Answer: B Answer: A
The Government of India, the State Government of International Women’s Day is celebrated every year
Chhattisgarh and the World Bank signed $25.2 on 8 March in many countries around the world. With
Million Loan Agreement to support the State’s theme for the year 2019 ‘Think equal, build smart,
Reforms in Expenditure Management. This support innovate for change’. It is also known as the United
will cover Expenditure Planning, Investment Nations (UN) Day for Women’s Rights and
Management, Budget Execution, Public Procurement International Peace. It is an occasion for looking back
and Accountability.The Chhattisgarh Public Financial on past struggles and accomplishments, and more
Management and Accountability Program, which is importantly, for looking ahead to the untapped
the First Bank-Financed State-Level Project in potential and opportunities that await future
Chhattisgarh in nearly a decade, will also help the generations of women.
State strengthen its Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT)
and Tax Administration Systems. 642. Government to issue Rs. 20 coin for the first
time. What is the shape of the newly issuing coins?
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A. Hexagon D. Singapore
B. Octagon E. Russia
C. Decagon Answer: B
D. Pentagon A 400-year-old Kyoto-based temple has unveiled a
E. Hendecagon robotic avatar of the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy,
Answer: C Kannon, in an attempt to keep the younger generation
The Finance Ministry has announced the rollout of a connected with Buddhism. The robot named
new Rs. 20 coin shaped like a “dodecagon”, a 12- ‘Mindar’, can join its hands and move its eyes and
edged polygon. The new coin will be heavier than all torso while delivering 25-minute-long sermons to
the existing coins at 8.54 grams. The coin will be worshippers. and can even deliver a 25-minute-long
two-toned with a 27-mm diameter, similar to Rs 10 sermon to the worshippers.
coin. The outer ring will be 65% copper, 15% zinc
and 20% nickel and the inner disc will be 75% 645. Ausaf Sayeed appointed as new Ambassador
copper, 20% zinc and 5% nickel of India to which country?
A. Saudi Arabia
643. Name the mobile application launched by B. Qatar
Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep C. Mauritania
Puri, where all the three modules- Conversion, D. Oman
Substitution and Mutation related to properties E. Kuwait
have been made online. Answer: A
Dr. Ausaf Sayeed has been appointed as next
A. e-Dhrusti ambassador of India to Saudi Arabia. Sayeed a 1989
B. e-Vidhan batch Indian Foreign Service officer presently High
C. e-Swayam Commissioner of India to the Republic of Seychelles.
D. e-Dhatri He will succeed Ahmad Javed, who had been serving
E. None of these as envoy to Saudi Arabia since December 2015
Answer: D
Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Puri 646. Name theIndian-American television
launched e-Dharti app where all the three modules- personality and food expert who has been
Conversion, Substitution and Mutation related to appointed by the United Nations Development
properties have been made online. The public can Programme (UNDP) as its newest Goodwill
now submit their applications online by visiting the Ambassador.
L&DO website and are not required to visit this A. Vara Lakshmi
office for submission of them and for follow up of B. Dhana Lakshmi
their applications. He also launched e-Dharti C. Padma Lakshmi
GeoPortal, through which the lessee of the property D. Vijaya Lakshmi
will be able to see the basic details of property along E. None of these
with map showing its location. Answer: C
Indian-American television personality and food
644. Which countries temple has unveiled a expert Padma Lakshmi has been appointed by the
robotic avatar of the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) as
Kannon? its newest Goodwill Ambassador, supporting the
A. China agency’s fight against inequality and discrimination
B. Japan around the world. The announcement was made by
C. Malaysia
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UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner, on the eve of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched the
International Women’s Day scheme ‘Mukhyamantri Karigar Sahayata’ for
financial assistance to craftsmen. Craftsmen with
647. Kiru Hydro Electric Project is going to come over 10 years of experience and annual income below
up in which state? Rs. 1 lakh would become eligible to get an assistance
A. Jammu and Kashmir of Rs. 800 a month. Those above 80 years of age,
B. Rajasthan would get Rs 1,000 monthly allowance
C. Punjab
D. New Delhi 650. Which bank has signed a bancassurance deal
E. Uttarakhand with private life insurer HDFC Life Insurance
Answer: A Company
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs A. Bank of India
(CCEA) has approved the investment sanction for B. Indian Bank
construction of 624 Mega watts Kiru Hydro Electric C. State Bank of India
Project in Jammu and Kashmir. D. Punjab National Bank
E. United Bank of India
648. Home Minister inaugurated BOLD-QIT Answer: E
project in which state? United Bank of India has signed a bancassurance deal
A. Assam with private life insurer HDFC Life Insurance
B. Haryana Company. United Bank has a strong presence in rural
C. Maharashtra and semi-urban areas, with over 2,000 branches and
D. Madhya Pradesh offices, while HDFC Life is India’s largest non-bank-
E. Mizoram promoted private life insurer. This partnership,
Answer: A United Bank’s customers will be able to take
Home Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the project advantage of HDFC Life’s expertise in life insurance
BOLD-QIT (Border Electronically Dominated QRT products, distribution and customer service.
Interception Technique) on India-Bangladesh border
in Dhubri District of Assam. It deals with the 651. In association with which governemnt agency
problem of border safeguarding in the areas where National Health Agency (NHA) will set up a joint
border fences can’t be constructed due to working group for better implementation of
Brahmaputra River. This project, under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya
Comprehensive Integrated Border Management Yojana (AB-PMJAY)?
System (CIBMS), will equip the unfenced areas A. RBI
along the riverine border with sensors, enabling the B. SEBI
troops to take prompt action against intrusion. C. IRDAI
D. NABARD
649. Which state government launched the scheme E. SBI
‘Mukhyamantri Karigar Sahayata’ for financial Answer: C
assistance to craftsmen? Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of
A. Assam India (IRDAI) and National Health Agency (NHA)
B. Odisha will set up a joint working group for better
C. Chandigarh implementation of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri
D. Andhra Pradesh Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY). The joint working
E. West Bengal group, to be chaired by Dinesh Arora, Deputy CEO
Answer: B of NHA, will have 10 members from both the
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organisations. They will work together to standardise receive his coveted award, which consists of
hospital rates and also reduce fraud. NHA is the apex $100,000 and a bronze medallion, in May at the
agency that looks after the implementation of Palace of Versailles in France. He is the 8th Japanese
PMJAY. to be honoured with this award
652. A 12-day long advanced aerial combat 654. According to a recent report released by UK
training exercise Red Flag 2019 has started in which country offers world's cheapest mobile data
which country? packs
A. Russia A. China
B. USA B. USA
C. Japan C. Europe
D. Germany D. India
E. Australia E. Sri Lanka
Answer: B Answer: D
A 12-day long advanced aerial combat training According to a new report Price comparison site
exercise Red Flag 2019 has started at Nellis Air Cable.co.uk, India is home to the cheapest mobile
Force Base, Nevada, United States. Red Flag is US data plans in the world, with one gigabyte (1GB) of
Air Force’s premier air-to-air combat training data costing an average of $0.26, compared to USD
exercise. It was launched in 1975. It is open to 6.66 in the UK. The cheapest mobile data in Western
participant air forces from US, NATO and other Europe was found in Finland with an average price of
allied countries. India has participated in it for two $1.16 for 1GB of data. Denmark, Monaco and Italy
times in 2016 and 2008. It is scheduled from 3rd to all offer packages below $2. There were 15 countries
16th March 2019. It will see participation of air in Western Europe which had cheaper prices than the
forces from US, United Arab Emirates, Belgium, UK, Cable found in its study. In Eastern Europe,
Netherlands, Singapore and Saudi Arabia. Poland is the cheapest at $1.32 per GB, followed by
Romania ($1.89) and Slovenia ($2.21).
653. Name the prominent Japanese architect
renowned for his versatility and transnational 655. According to the National Annual Rural
approach to design,who has won his field's Sanitation Survey (NARSS),how much percent of
highest accolade, the Pritzker Architecture Prize. Indian rural households have access to toilets?
A. Arata Isozaki A. 92.5%
B. Toyo Ito B. 95.5%
C. Tadao Ando C. 96.5%
D. Kisho Kurokawa D. 90.5%
Answer: A Answer: C
Arata Isozaki, prominent Japanese architect An Independent Verification Agency under the
renowned for his versatility and transnational World Bank support project to the Swachh Bharat
approach to design, has won his field’s highest Mission Grameen (SBM-G)conducted the National
accolade, the Pritzker Architecture Prize. The 2019 Annual Rural Sanitation Survey (NARSS) between
prize was announced by the jury of the Hyatt November 2018 and February 2019, covering 92040
Foundation. Founded in 1979, the prize honors a households in 6136 villages across the country and
living architect or architects each year whose work found that 96.5% of the rural Indian households have
demonstrates talent and vision, as well as a access to toilets and they use it.It also re-confirmed
contribution to humanity. The 87-year-old will the Open Defecation Free (ODF) status of 90.7% of
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villages which were previously declared and verified E. Sikkim
as ODF by various districts and states.95.4% of the Answer: a)
villages surveyed found to have minimal litter and Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Trivendra Singh
minimal stagnant water.Since the launch of Swachh Rawat has launched a scheme named “Mukhyamantri
Bharat Mission(SBM) programme, over 9 crore Anchal Amrit Yojana” for providing free milk to
toilets have been built across rural India and over 5.5 childrens of Anganwadi Centers.Under the
lakh villages and 615 districts have been declared “Mukhyamantri Anchal Amrit Yojana” 2.5 lakh
ODF, along with 30 ODF States and Union children at 20,000 Anganwadi kendras in the state
Territories. will be given 100 ml milk twice a week for free.As
many as 18,000 children suffer from malnutrition in
656. Which state government launches Yuvashree the state of Uttarakhand, So this is a step to fight
Arpan under which 50,000 youths will receive against malnutrition.
financial assistance of Rs. 1 lakh for setting up an
their own business initiatives? 658. Name the scheme that was launched by
A. Assam Maharashtra state government to provide cheap
B. West Bengal hygienic food for construction workers.
C. Maharashtra A. Mukhyamanitri Aahar Yojana
D. Andhra Pradesh B. Anna Aahar Yojana
E. Telangana C. Atal Aahar Yojana
Answer: B D. Amma Aahar Yojana
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee E. Shramev Jayate Yojana
launched a new scheme called Yuvashree Plan II or Answer: C
Yuvashree Arpan under which 50,000 youths will The Maharashtra government has launched the “Atal
receive financial assistance of Rs. 1 lakh for setting Aahar Yojana” for construction workers in the state
up an their own business initiatives.Youths who have that will provide good quality and hygienic food to
passed out of ITI or other polytechnic institutes will construction workers at a highly subsidised rate.In the
be eligible to get financial support from the micro, 1st phase, the target is to cover 20,000 workers and
small and medium enterprises (MSME) department. provide them with good quality food at a nominal
The Yuvashree I scheme is implemented by the state cost of Rs. 5. Under the Shramev Jayate Yojana, a
labour department launched in 2013, the state pension of Rs. 3,000 is given to construction workers
provides unemployment allowance of Rs. 1,500 per above the age of 60 years.
month to 1,00,000 unemployed youth. The state
government had already provided cars to 24,000 659. Which type ATM allowed to get Source cash
unemployed youths under the ‘Gatidhara’ scheme, directly from RBI?
where the state enables youths to be car-owners and A. Pink Labeled ATM
earn through driving it. B. Green Labelled ATM
C. White Labelled ATM
657. Which state government launched a scheme D. Orange Labelled ATM
named “Mukhyamantri Anchal Amrit Yojana” E. Yellow Laballed ATM
for providing free milk to childrens of Anganwadi Answer: C
Centers? The Reserve Bank relaxed norms for white label
A. Uttarakhand ATM (WLA) operators and allowed them to buy
B. Jharkhand wholesale cash directly from the central bank to
C. Punjab enhance the viability of white-label ATMs (WLAs).
D. Meghalaya It has been decided to allow them to buy wholesale
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cash, above a threshold of 1 lakh pieces (and in Asia-Pacific). Chandigarh Airport, Devi Ahilyabai
multiples thereof) of any denomination, directly from Holkar Airport in Indore, SM Badaruddin II Airport
the Reserve Bank and currency chests against full in Indonesia, SS Kasim II Airport in Indonesia and
payment. The RBI also permitted WLA operators to Yichang Sanxia Airport in China were also chosen
source cash from any bank, including cooperatives for the award.
and regional rural banks. WLAs are owned and
operated by non-bank entities on behalf of the banks. 662. Who is going to be conferred with
Yashwantrao Chavan national award?
660. Which bank is going to sign up with the A. Urjit Patel
Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial B. Balesh Sharma
Transactions’ (SWIFT) Global Payment Interface C. Aruna Sundarrajan
(GPI) which is set to make cross-border D. Raghuram Rajan
transactions much more secure and transparent? E. None of these
A. Punjab National Bank Answer: B
B. State Bank of India Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor
C. Andhra Bank Raghuram Rajan has been chosen for the
D. Indian Bank ‘Yashwantrao Chavan National Award 2018’ for his
E. Bank of India contribution towards economic development. Rajan
Answer: B will be presented the award at a function on March 12
State Bank of India will soon sign up with the Society on the occasion of the 106th birth anniversary of
for Worldwide Interbank Financial Transactions’ Yashwantrao Chavan, who was the first chief
(SWIFT) Global Payment Interface (GPI) which is minister of Maharashtra. Rajan served as RBI
set to make cross-border transactions much more governor between September 2013 and September
secure and transparent. India’s largest lender will join 2016.
11 of its counterpart banks that will have subscribed
to this payments platform . SWIFT gpi is being used 663. Which indian city makes its place in top 20
by 3500 banks across the globe carrying transactions list of expensive prime residential property
worth over $300 billion daily. market in the world?
A. Jodhpur
661. Which is the International Air Port that has B. Bangalore
won the 2018 Airport Service Quality (ASQ) C. Hyderabad
award as the leading airport in size and region? D. Mumbai
A. Biju Patnaik International Airport E. New Delhi
B. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport Answer: D
C. Sheikh ul-Alam International Airport According to Knight Frank report – Mumbai, the
D. Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport financial capital of the country, is the 16th most
E. Tiruchirapalli International Airport expensive prime residential market in the world.
Answer: A Globally Monaco topped the list. Mumbai ranked
The Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) in 12th in terms of wealth on the index tracking global
Bhubaneswar has won the 2018 Airport Service ranking of cities bettering its previous position of
Quality (ASQ) award as the leading airport in size 18th in 2017. Mumbai is the only Indian city to
and region. The Airports Council International feature in the global top 20 list of expensive prime
selected BPIA for the prestigious award.The BPIA residential markets recorded in The Wealth Report
won the ASQ award for being the best airport in 2019.. Knight Frank Prime International Residential
terms of size and region (2-5 million passengers in
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Index (PIRI 100) report – Mumbai (67 PIRI rank), C. Soumya Swaminathan
which has the most expensive real estate in India D. Sreelatha Swaminathan
E. None of these
664. Name the two women astronauts who are Answer: C
scheduled to carry out the first ever all female Soumya Swaminathan who is currently a Deputy
spacewalk in history on March 29? Director-General has been appointed as the Chief
A. Anne McClain and Christina Koch Scientist of the World Health Organisation
B. Valentina Tereshkova and Eileen Collins (WHO).She was one of the three deputy director-
C. Anne McClain andEileen Collins generals assisting the WHO director-general in
D. Eileen Collins and Christina Koch monitoring the programmes.The WHO’s new
E. Anne McClain andEileen Collins division will focus on digital health and innovation in
Answer: A order to stay on par with latest scientific and digital
NASA announced Two NASA astronauts Anne advances in the realm of healthcare.She will oversee
McClain and Christina Koch are scheduled to carry the digital work and help the department in assessing
out the first ever all female spacewalk in history on digital technologies, and help countries in deciding as
March 29.Both will walk outside the International to how to prioritise, integrate and regulate them.
Space Station (ISS) as members of Expedition 59, on
a mission to replace batteries installed last summer.35 667. Who among the following has been appointed
years after the first woman performed a spacewalk. as Finance Secretary?
They will receive ground support from flight director A. Mahesh Chandra Garg
Mary Lawrence and Kristen Facciol of the Canadian B. Subhash Chandra Garg
Space Agency in NASA’s Johnson Space Center in C. Vijay Chandra Garg
Texas. D. Suresh Chandra Garg
E. Amith Chandra Garg
665. Name Mizoram governor who has resigned Answer: B
from his post recently. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet headed
A. Kummanam Rajasekharan by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved
B. Om Prakash Kohli designating Mr Garg as the Finance Secretary.
C. C.Vidyasagar Rao Former Finance Secretary Ajay Narayan Jha,
D. Tathagata Roy superannuated on February 28, has taken over as
E. Padnabha Achraya Member, 15th Finance Commission. Garg, a 1983
batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre, currently
Answer: A working as the Secretary in Department of Economic
Governor of Mizoram Kummanam Rajasekharan has Affairs since June 2017
resigned from his post. Rajasekharan was sworn in as
Mizoram governor in May 2018.President Ram Nath 668. India and ADB sign what million dollar loan
Kovind has accepted the resignation of pact for improving drainage infrastructure in
Rajasekharan. Mr. Kovind has appointed Prof. Dibrugarh?
Jagdish Mukhi as the Governor of Mizoram, in A. 24 million dollar
addition to his own duties of Assam Governor. B. 25 million dollar
C. 26 million dollar
666. Who been appointed as the Chief Scientist of D. 27 million dollar
the World Health Organisation (WHO)? E. 28 million dollar
A. Sumedha Swaminathan Answer: C
B. Sirisha Swaminathan
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The Centre and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) women livelihood and empowering them through
have signed a 26 million dollar loan agreement to skill development. The MoU was signed in the
provide additional financing for improving drainage presence of Women and Child Development Minister
infrastructure in Dibrugarh town of Assam under the Maneka Sanjay Gandhi and Skill Development and
ongoing Assam Urban Infrastructure Investment Entrepreneurship Minister Dharmendra
Program.The ongoing loan of 51 million dollars Pradhan.Rashtriya Mahila Kosh (RMK) and the
under the Assam Urban Infrastructure Investment National Skill Development Council (NSDC) will be
Program is helping to improve water supply the implementing partners on behalf of the Ministry
infrastructure in Guwahati and solid waste of Women and Child Development and Ministry of
management and drainage infrastructure in Guwahati Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
and Dibrugarh. respectively. Skill Development ministry of Women
and Child Development through Rashtriya Mahila
669. Which bank that has come forward to extend Kosh will identify the types of skill which are
a loan of Rs. 4,100 crore for the Visakhapatnam suitable for enhancing livelihood of women through
metro rail project. self-employment.
A. European Investment Bank.
B. Ex-Im Bank M xico Portal. 671. India Signs USD 3 Billion Deal with which
C. Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC) country to Lease Nuclear Submarine?
D. Export Import Bank of the United States. A. Japan
E. Export-Import Bank of Korea B. China
Answer: E C. USA
The Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) has D. Germany
come forward to extend a loan of Rs. 4,100 crore for E. Russia
the Visakhapatnam metro rail project.A team of Answer: E
officials from Korea EXIM Bank called on Andhra The Government of India has signed a USD 3 billion
Pradesh Chief Secretary A.C. Punetha and discussed deal with Russian Government for the lease of a
the loan proposal and related issues. The state nuclear-powered attack submarine for the Indian
government had earlier sent a proposal in this regard Navy for a period of 10 years.Russia will deliver its
to the Central government, which in turn forwarded it Akula class 1 submarine to the Indian Navy by 2025.
to Korea Exim Bank.The three-corridor Vizag Metro This submarine will be known as Chakra III.It will be
would be built over a stretch of 42.55 km at a cost of the third Russian submarine to be leased to the Indian
Rs. 8,300 crore Navy.The first Russian nuclear powered submarine –
christened INS Chakra was taken in 1988 under a
670. Ministries of WCD & Skill Development sign three year lease. A second INS Chakra was taken on
MoU to improve women livelihood. Who is the lease in 2012 for a period of 10 years.
current Women and Child Development
Ministry? 672. Name the 16 year old boy who becomes
A. Maneka Gandhi India's 61st Grandmaster.
B. Dharmendhra Pradhan A. P. Iniyan
C. Uma Bharati B. K.Soniyan
D. Nirmala Sitaraman C. R.Chittaranjan
E. Smriti Irani D. A.Amiyan
Women and Child Development Ministry and Skill Answer: A
Development Ministry signed an MoU for improving
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Iniyan, the 16-year-old boy from the Erode district of
Tamil Nadu has become the 61st Grandmaster of 675. Name the Governor of Puducherry and
India after crossing 2,500 points in the Elo Ratings at former Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee
the ongoing Noisiel Open in France. Iniyan needed (PPCC) chief,who passed away at the age of 88
2.7 points to achieve the Grandmaster Title and years?
achieved the feet by winning a game against A. Ram Kishore Vyas
Ukrainian GM Sergey Fedorchuk. Viswanathan B. B.D. Jatti
Anand is India’s first Chess Grandmaster and he C. Virendra Kataria
achieved the norm way back in 1987. D. Chhedilal
673. Pioneer Olympian Daniel Rudhisa Passed E. None of these
away. He belongs to which country? Answer: C
A. South Korea The 21st Lt Governor of Puducherry and former
B. North Korea Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) chief,
C. Canada Virendra Kataria, passed away at the age of 88
D. Kenya years.He belonged from Abohar, Punjab and is
E. Germany survived by his son and a daughter.Puducherry
Answer: D lieutenant governor Kiran Bedi condoled his death
Daniel Rudisha, a former teacher who became a and paid her respects.
Kenyan athletics coach passed away. Daniel won
silver in the 4x400m relay at the 1968 Olympics held 676. National Immunization Day 2019 was
in Mexico City. He is a father of Kenyan athlete observed on what date?
David Rudhisa A. March 8th
B. March 9th
674. India and Germany signed MOU in which of C. March 10th
the following field? D. March 11th
A. Civil and Commercial Matters E. March 12th
B. Occupational Safety and Health Answer: C
C. Road Infrastructure Sector President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, launched
D. Cancer Research Initiative the nation-wide Pulse Polio programme for 2019 at
E. None of these Rashtrapati Bhavan, to deliver supplemental doses of
Answer: B oral poliovirus vaccine.The programme was launched
The Union cabinet approved the MoU between India as a part of the National Immunization Day 2019
and Germany on Cooperation in the field of which was observed on March 10, 2019.Under the
Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) which was Pulse Polio programme 2019, more than 17 crore
renewed on 13th November 2018. The collaboration children of less than five years across the country will
has greatly helped in adopting the modern training be given polio drops to sustain polio eradication from
techniques and tools on various aspects of OSH in the country.
different sectors of economic activity. Under the
MoU, German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV) 677. 50th Raising Day celebrations of Central
through the International Social Security Association Industrial Security Forces (CISF), were held at
(ISSA) is bringing in know how to meet the OSH which city?
challenges, especially in the construction and A. Lucknow
manufacturing sector. It will benefit the large work B. Ghaziabad
force by improving their safety and health, and C. Meerut
preventing occupational injuries and diseases. D. Kanpur
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E. Noida 680. Country’s first oil museum to come up in
Answer: B which city?
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi attended A. Shillong
the 50th Raising Day celebrations of Central B. Guwahati
Industrial Security Forces (CISF), at Indirapuram in C. Bhopal
Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. This day is observed every D. Ahemadabad
year on March 10. The CISF was set up in 1969 E. Kolkata
under an act of the Parliament of India. It works Answer: B
under the Union Ministry of Home Affairs and it’s Assam, the state where oil was discovered and
headquarter is at New Delhi. produced for the first time in the country more than a
century ago, will have the first Oil Museum in the
678. Name the Japanese women who been honored country.All major oil and gas PSUs of the country –
by the Guinness World Records as the oldest ONGC, IOCL, HPCL, BPCL and EIL are coming
living person in the world. together for this project, which was launched by
A. Kane Akio Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.The oil
B. Kane Fujiko museum will be named after KD Malaviya, called the
C. Kane Kazuha father of India’s hydrocarbon industry. The museum
D. Kane Tisaka to come up at a cost of Rs 104 crore.
E. Kane Tanaka
Answer: E 681. National Institute of Mental Health
Kane Tanaka, a 116-year-old woman from Japan has Rehabilitation to be set up at which state?
been honored by the Guinness World Records as the A. Meghalaya
oldest living person in the world.Kane Tanaka was B. Madhya Pradesh
born on January 2, 1903. C. Mizoram
D. Maharashtra
679. Name the traditional and homemade product E. Manipur
manufactured at Marayoor, a place in Idukki Answer: B
district of Kerala, that has bagged Geographical Secretary of Department of Empowerment of Persons
Indication tag. with Disabilities at Ministry of Social Justice and
A. Marayoor Jaggery Empowerment Shakuntala D Gamlin laid the
B. Marayoor Chikki foundation stone of the ‘National Institute of Mental
C. Marayoor Mint Health Rehabilitation’ at Sherpur village along
D. Marayoor Meti Bhopal-Sehore highway, Sehore district of Madhya
E. None of these Pradesh. This Institute will be first of its kind in the
Answer: A country. The Centre has approved an outlay of Rs
The Marayoor Jaggery, a traditional and homemade 180 crore for this project for an initial period of three
product manufactured at Marayoor, a place in Idukki years.
district of Kerala, has bagged Geographical
Indication tag.Marayur jaggery is known especially 682. Which bank is going to use the repo rate of
for its organic and traditional production using the RBI as a benchmark to set the savings deposit
sugar cane cultivated in the region. Jaggery is a dark interest rates and interest rates for short-term
brown sugar balls made from sugarcane and no loans from May 01, 2019?
chemicals are added during the manufacturing A. State Bank of India
process. B. Punjab National Bank
C. Bank of India
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D. Indian Bank Answer: A
E. Bank of Baroda Acko General Insurance Limited based in Mumbai
Answer: A has won the Golden Peacock Innovative
The State Bank of India (SBI) will use the repo rate Product/Services Award – 2019 under the Insurance
of RBI as a benchmark to set the savings deposit Category for their contextual microinsurance product
interest rates and interest rates for short-term loans -“Ola Ride Insurance. Apart from this Azizi Bank of
from May 01, 2019.With this the State Bank of India Afghanistan has won the Golden Peacock Business
will become the first bank in the country to use an Excellence Award (GPBEA)- 2019 in the Banking
external benchmark like repo for interest rates of Sector.The Golden Peacock Innovative Product
saving deposits and loans. This has been done for Award is designed to encourage systemic innovation
quick transmission of changes in the RBI’s policy in an organization to develop products and services
rates. that are aligned with the current market demands.
683. Who has beed apppointed as the head to 685. Journalist Priyanka gets Chameli Devi Jain
committee on Comprehensive Insurance Scheme award. She works for which broadcasting
for Advocates? channel?
A. Suresh Srivastava A. Sky News
B. Mahesh Srivastava B. CNN
C. Anirudh Srivastava C. BBC
D. Alok Srivastava D. NBC News
E. None of these E. BCC
Answer: D Answer: C
A 5-member committee to examine issues related to The Chameli Devi Jain Award for an Outstanding
framing of a proper and structured scheme for Woman Journalist for 2018 has been given to
providing of insurance cover to the advocates and to Priyanka Dubey, who works as a bilingual
suggest modalities for the implementation of such a correspondent with the BBC. The Chameli Devi Jain
scheme has been set up by the Union Minister for Award has been awarded to women journalists for the
Law & Justice, Ravi Shankar Prasad under the past 37 years. She was chosen for her multi-faceted,
chairmanship of Secretary Legal Affairs, Dr Alok investigative and interrogative report.
Srivastava. Other members of the committee will
include a senior representative from the Department 686. ‘Web Wonder Women’ contest was held in
of Financial Services and representative of the which city?
Department of legal affairs. The committee will also A. New Delhi
have one representative each from Bar Council of B. Varanasi
India and State Bar Councils. C. Bangalore
D. Hyderabad
684. Which is the General Insurance Company E. None of these
that has won the Golden Peacock Innovative Answer: A
Product/Services Award – 2019 under the Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi felicitated the winners
Insurance Category? of the ‘Web Wonder Women’ contest, organised by
A. Acko General Insurance Limited the Ministry of Women and Child Development, in
B. IFFCO Tokio General Insurance Limited New Delhi. Maneka Gandhi, along with a panel of 10
C. ICICI Lombard judges, finalized the names of 30 women who have
D. TATA AGI impacted and influenced society through social
E. None of these media.The women were selected from over 240
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nominations received under the categories media, A. Standard Chartered Bank
awareness, legal, health, governmental, food, B. ICICI Bank
environment, development, business and art. C. Axis Bank
D. Citi Bank
687. Which country bags 1st prize at the E. HDFC Bank
international ‘Golden City Gate Tourism Awards Answer: D
2019’ in ‘TV cinema spot’ category? Ashu Khullar currently heads capital markets
A. USA origination for Citi’s Asia-Pac region has been named
B. India CEO of Citi India, with effect from April 1. He will
C. Russia replace Pramit Jhaveri, who has had a nine-year stint
D. Germany as Citi India CEO.Jhaveri will take charge as vice-
E. Australia chairman of banking, capital markets and advisory,
Answer: B Asia Pacific, from April 1
The Ministry of Tourism has won the First Prize in
the category of TV Cinema Spot at the prestigious 690. Mohammad Shtayyeh named as Prime
international Golden City Gate Tourism Awards Minister of which country?
2019. The awards were received by Tourism A. Israel
Secretary Yogendra Tripathi at ITB, Berlin. The B. Jordan
Golden City Gate Tourism Multi-media Awards are C. Iran
given annually in various categories related to the D. Lebanon
Tourism and Hospitality sectors. E. Palestine
Answer: E
688. Name the new communications satellite Mohammad Shtayyeh has been named as Palestinian
launched by China marking 300th mission. Prime Minister by President of Palestinian Authority
A. ChinaSat 6C Mahmoud Abbas.The announcement comes six
B. ChinaSat 7C weeks after Rami al-Hamdallah tendered his
C. ChinaSat 8C resignation from the post and of his unity government
D. ChinaSat 9C to President Mahmoud Abbas, underscoring the
E. ChinaSat 10C failure of Hamas and Fatah to implement a power-
Answer: A sharing deal.
China sent a new communications satellite into orbit
from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in 691. Name the book authored by Rhythm
southwest China’s Sichuan Province.The “ChinaSat Wagholikar is set to release on May 12 on the
6C” satellite was launched by a Long March-3B occasion of the Mother’s Day.
carrier rocket. It will provide high-quality radio and A. Gauri- The Urge to Fly
TV transmission services.The satellite was developed B. Ghazi – The Space to Dive
by the China Academy of Space Technology, and C. Gayam – Time to react
will be operated by the China Satellite D. Sakthi – The Power of women
Communications Co, Ltd.The launch marks the 300th E. None of these
mission of the Long March carrier rocket series Answer: A
developed by the China Aerospace Science and The book titled ‘Gauri- The Urge to Fly’ authored by
Technology Corporation. Rhythm Wagholikar is set to release on May 12 on
the occasion of the Mother’s Day.The book is based
689. Ashu Khullar appointed as CEO of which on Gauri Sawant, the first transgender mother of
bank?
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India. The cover page of the book was launched on can make use of 3D printing to digitally transform
Women’s Day. their own operations or to grow their business.
692. With which country did India signed two 694. India and World Bank Signs ______ million
documents based on waiving visa requirements for dollar Loan Agreement for the Dam
Diplomatic and Official passport holders and the Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP).
signing of the Letter of Intent to collaborate in the A. $135 million
field of Biotechnology. B. $137 million
A. Costa Rica C. $142 million
B. Panama D. $147 milllion
C. Puerto Rica E. $157 milion
D. Nicaragua Answer: B
E. Belize India, The World Bank and representatives of 5 state
Answer: A governments of India and implementing agencies
India and Costa Rica signed two documents during signed the loan agreement for additional financing of
Vice President Venkaiah Naidu’s first visit to the $137 million for the Dam Rehabilitation and
Central American nation.The two documents based Improvement Project (DRIP). That will help
on waiving visa requirements for Diplomatic and rehabilitate and modernize over 220 selected large
Official passport holders and the signing of the Letter dams in the states of Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya
of Intent to collaborate in the field of Biotechnology. Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand.In
2010, the Bank’s Board approved $350 million to
693. HP India has signed an MoU with which state finance the Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement
to build a Center of Excellence (CoE) for additive Project to improve the safety and sustainable
manufacturing powered by HP’s 3D printing performance of over 220 selected dams in India.
technology.
A. Andhra Pradesh 695. According to Monster Salary Index Women
B. Madhya Pradesh in India earn what percent less than men?
C. Himachal Pradesh A. 19%
D. Telangana B. 22%
E. Karnataka C. 25%
Answer: A D. 27%
HP India has signed an MoU with Andhra Pradesh E. 32%
Innovation Society (APIS) and Andhra Pradesh Answer: A
Economic Development Board (APEDB) to build a Women in India earn 19 per cent less than men
Center of Excellence (CoE) for additive according to a report prepared by monster.com.The
manufacturing powered by HP’s 3D printing disparity was found in the survey conducted for the
technology.The CoE is part of the state government’s year 2018 and it stood just 1 per cent lower than the
vision to accelerate adoption of 3D printing in 20 per cent pay gap in 2017.The survey titled
various industry sectors such as automotive, ‘Women of India Inc’, mentioned that the median
aerospace, defence, consumer goods, healthcare, gross hourly salary for men was Rs. 242.49 earned
apparel and construction. The CoE will give Small Rs. 46.19 more in comparison to women who earned
and Medium Businesses (SMBs) and Start-ups in Rs.196.3 in 2018
Andhra Pradesh the opportunity to learn more about
the benefits of additive manufacturing, and how they 696. MOHUA Hardeep Puri launched Indian
Urban Observatory and Video wall at which city?
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A. Ahemadabad B. PNB
B. Ranchi C. Syndicate Bank
C. Vadodara D. Bank of Baroda
D. New Delhi E. Axis Bank
E. Bangalore Answer: B
Answer: D State-owned Punjab National Bank (PNB) has
Hardeep S Puri, Minister of State (I/C) for Housing sanctioned loans worth Rs 689 crore to over 1,600
and Urban Affairs has launched a state-of-the-art Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)
India Urban Observatory at Ministry of Housing and through the psbloansin59minutes.com. Under the
Urban Poverty Alleviation in New Delhi. He also Mudra Yojana, the bank has offered loan to over 2.69
inaugurated the Video Wall in New Delhi. India lakh small entrepreneurs this fiscal (till February 14,
Urban Observatory – It is a system to collect and 2019). In November 2018, Hon’ble Prime Minister
analyze data from cities, both from real-time and announced the launch of the 59-minute loan portal to
archival sources. The Observatory will help in getting enable easy access to credit for MSMEs.
reliable, up-to-date information on a meaningful set
of indicators over various domains such as transport, 699. Madhya Pradesh government issues
health, environment, water, finance, etc and will ordinance to give what percentage quota to
assist in developing best practices, future strategies OBCs?
and policy interventions as and when required. The A. 35%
Video Wall will display the Insights Gained from B. 33%
India Urban Observatory and Various Missions/ C. 27%
Offices Aiming To Proactively Engage with Citizens D. 24%
with an aim of Spreading Awareness E. 21%
Answer: C
697. Which is the digital currency that is going to Madhya Pradesh state government has issued an
be launched by Marshall Islands? ordinance raising reservation for Other Backward
A. AEG Classes (OBC) to 27 per cent from the present 14 per
B. SOV cent. At present, the state provides 20 per cent
C. MAR reservation to Scheduled Tribes (ST), 16 per cent to
D. SUV Scheduled Castes (SC) and 14 per cent to OBCs. The
E. AAA announcement was made by the state’s Law and
Answer: B Legal Affairs Minister PC Sharma
The Marshall Islands is gearing to release a digital
currency called ‘SOV’ this year, however, the launch 700. Which state government decided to give
date of the currency has not been decided. Neema, an monthly stipend and jobs for those who Shun
Israel-based company, is partnering with the Marshall militancy?
Islands government to develop the digital currency. A. Jammu and Kashmir
The Marshall Islands, a tiny Pacific atoll nation with B. Rajasthan
a population of just 55,000, passed legislation a year C. Punjab
ago to develop digital currency as legal tender. D. Uttarakhand
E. New Delhi
698. Which among the following banks sanctions Answer: A
loans worth Rs. 689 crore to 1,600 MSMEs via 59- Draft on Reintegration proposes a monthly stipend of
minute loan portal? Rs. 6000 and jobs for those who Shun militancy by
A. SBI the Jammu and Kashmir government. The
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reintegration policy draft proposes a monthly stipend (IIT-M), to generate potable water from
of Rs 6,000 for a militant who surrenders ‘to atmospheric air.
encourage him to join the mainstream’. The new A. ADOBE
Reintegration policy draft is under the consideration B. NERO
of Jammu and Kashmir administration headed by C. AMCT
Governor Sathya Pal Malik. Militants found to have D. GAE
been involved ‘in heinous crimes’ won’t get the E. SIB
proposed benefits Answer: B
The Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M)
701. Name the Famous Malayalam actor who was will develop a device called ‘NERO’ to generate
confered with Padma Bhushan. potable water from atmospheric air. For this project,
A. Mammootty IIT Madras has signed a Memorandum of
B. Mohanlal Understanding (MoU) with Teerthaa, a private
C. Sreenivasan sustainable technology company. The solar thermal
D. Suresh Gopi energy powered device will produce about 4 to 5
E. Kamal Hasan litres of potable water per day.
Answer: B
President confers Padma Awards on 47 of this year’s 704. Which IIT students recently, created an
112 recipients at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The mobile app to detect fake currency notes?
remaining winners are likely to be conferred the A. IIT Kanpur
honour on March 16. Padma Bhushan was presented B. IIT Kharagpur
to Malayalam actor Mohanlal, South African C. IIT Roorkee
politician Pravin Gordhan, former Cisco head Jhon D. IIT Madras
Chambers, Parliamentarians Hukuamdev Narayan E. IIT Guwahati
Yadav, Kariya Munda and Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa. Answer: B
Students from the Indian Institute of Technology
702. Harika Dronavalli is related to which sport? (IIT) Kharagpur have developed an image processing
A. Chess application which can detect counterfeit currency.
B. Table Tennis The application, which can be installed on
C. Badminton smartphones, can be used by people at various touch
D. Boxing points thus reducing chances of fraud. The app would
E. Rifel Shot then perform verification of its authenticity with the
Answer: A help of 25 features that have been extracted from
Padma Shri was conferred on various personalities both the sides of the note.
including Chess player Harika Dronavalli, Table
Tennis player Sharat Kamal, Social Workers 705. Which city hosted the 34th edition of AAHAR
Bhagirathi Devi and Muktaben Dagli, Actor - International Food and Hospitality fair?
Prabhudeva, Music Director Shankar Mahadevan, A. Mumbai
former civil servant S Jaishankar, Agriculturist B. Kolkata
Rajkumari Devi and Babaulal Dahiya, Archaeologist C. Amritsar
Dilip Chakravarty and Hematologist Mammen D. New Delhi
Chandy. E. Ahemadabad
Answer: D
703. Name the device that is going to be developed The 34th edition of AAHAR – the International Food
by The Indian Institute of Technology-Madras and Hospitality fair – begins at Pragati Maidan in
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New Delhi. Minister for Commerce and Industry A. Sweden
Suresh Prabhu inaugurated the fair. The fair will B. Norway
feature a wide range of food products, machinery, C. Finland
hospitality and Decoration and Confectionery items D. Denmark
from over 560 participants from India and abroad. E. Estonia
Around 20 countries, including US, Russia, China, Answer: C
UK, Germany, Italy and Singapore will participate in Finland’s entire government has resigned after it
the five-day fair. The fair which will showcase new failed to reform the country’s healthcare system, one
trends in food and beverage, hospitality, culinary of its key policies. Prime Minister Juha Sipila’s
technology, retail and new innovations. resignation was approved but the president has asked
his cabinet to stay on as a caretaker government until
706. Who among the follwing were appointed as a new one is appointed. Juha Sipila has since 2015
special directors in the Enforcement Directorate? headed a coalition made up of his Centre Party, the
A. Anup Kumar Dubey and Sushil Kumar conservative National Coalition, and the eurosceptic
B. Anup Kumar Dubey and Mahesh Bhut Blue Reform party
C. Sushil Kumar and Mahesh Bhut
D. Mahesh Bhut and Vikram Srivastava 709. According to SIPRI Report which country
E. Vikram Srivastava and Sushil Kumar become the largest importer of arms in the world?
Answer: A A. India
Senior bureaucrats Anup Kumar Dubey and Sushil B. Saudi Arabia
Kumar were appointed special directors in the C. Egypt
Enforcement Directorate (ED). Both Dubey and D. Australia
Kumar are Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax) E. Algeria
officers. Dubey has been appointed as Special Answer: B
Director, ED in Delhi and Kumar in Chennai India is the second largest importer of weapons in the
world, as per the annual report ‘Trends in
707. Zinedine Zidane has been appointed as coach International Arms Transfers-2018’released by the
of which football team? think tank Stockholm International Peace Research
A. FC Barcelona Institute (SIPRI). Saudi Arabia has now become the
B. Juventus F.C largest importer of arms in the world. For more than
C. Livepool F.C the last eight years, India was the largest arms
D. La Liga importer in the international market. According to the
E. Real Madrid report, Saudi Arabia, India, Egypt, Australia and
Answer: E Algeria as the five top arms importing countries and
Zinedine Zidane has been re-appointed as the coach the United States, Russia, France, Germany and
of Spanish football club Real Madrid till 2022. The China as the five top arms exporting nations.
Frenchman replaces Santiago Solari, who was sacked
after less than five months in charge. Former Real 710. Famous personality Kelly Catlin passed
midfielder Zidane had resigned from the club after away. He belongs to which profession?
leading it to three consecutive Champions League A. Runner
titles. B. Ninja
C. Cyclist
708. Which countries entire government has D. Foot Ball player
resigned after it failed to reform the country's E. Golf player
healthcare system, one of its key policies. Answer: C
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American cyclist Kelly Catlin, a three-time world Geographical Indication Registry. Erode turmeric is a
champion and 2016 Rio Olympic runner-up in team rhizome, both finger and bulb obtained from the
pursuit, has died at age 23. Catlin was part of the US Erode local cultivar. Erode turmeric cultivar is called
team pursuit squads that captured world titles in ‘Chinna nadan’. that turmeric is one of the oldest
2016, 2017 and 2018 but she withdrew from the spices used in India
American team that failed to defend the title February
27-28 at the 2019 worlds in Poland. 713. India’s first LGBTQ clinic and HIV
treatment centre inaugurated in which city?
711. With which country did India signed A. Hyderabad
agreement on a new liberal visa policy seeking B. Chennai
medical treatment as well as education and C. Thiruvananthapuram
business opportunities in India. D. Mumbai
A. Maldives E. Jodhpur
B. Mauritius Answer: D
C. Bangladesh The country’s first HIV treatment centre and holistic
D. Vietnam clinic for the for the lesbian, gay, bisexual,
E. Sri Lanka transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community has been
Answer: A inaugurated in Mumbai. A patient gets tested at
The new visa agreement between Maldives and India India’s first holistic LGBTQ clinic and community-
has come into force. The agreement will provide a based HIV clinic at Humsafar Trust, Santacruz,
liberal visa policy for Maldivians seeking medical Mumbai. The centre will give free counselling and
treatment as well as education and business provide Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART). ART is the
opportunities in India. The visa deal will allow use of HIV medicines to treat the infection, and is
Maldivian businessmen and tourists to stay in India recommended for everyone who is infected with
for 90 days without a visa. The agreement was virus and delays the progression of the disease.
reached during the visit of Maldives President
Ibrahim Mohamed Solih to India last December. 714. Delhi Government established high-level
India has also extended 1.4 billion US dollars in the committee to reform higher education. Who
form of budgetary support to fulfill the socio- would be chaired the committee?
economic development programmes A. Jasmine Shah
B. Karunakaran Mukherjee
712. Recently, Which state’s locally cultivated C. Sushil Verma
turmeric got a Geographical Indication (GI) tag D. Chandrahas Sharma
from the Geographical Indication Registry? E. None of these
A. Andhra Pradesh Answer: A
B. Tamil Nadu The Delhi government’s Dialogue and Development
C. Mizoram Commission (DDC), a think-tank that advises the
D. Kerala government on key issues, has set up a 17-member
E. Karnataka high-level committee to “reform higher education” in
Answer: B the capital. The panel, to be chaired by DDC vice-
The tag is a name or sign used on products that chairperson Jasmine Shah, will recommend goals,
correspond to a specific location and prevents misuse metrics, policies, and actionable plans for reforming
of the popularity of the products by others. After an Delhi’s higher education system within a year.
eight-year-long process, Erode turmeric finally got a Nalanda 2.0, a non-profit policy think tank with a
Geographical Indication (GI) tag from the mission to make India’s higher education system
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world class, is the knowledge partner of DDC on this 717. Who was appointed as new ASRB chief?
initiative A. A K Misra
B. Praveen Chandra
715. Which bank has become one of the first C. Naveen Verma
public sector banks to launch a crèche/child D. Suresh Pradhan
daycare facility for children of its employees? E. Meenakshi Chandran
A. Syndicate Bank Answer: A
B. Bank of Baroda Aditya Kumar Misra, veterinary professor and former
C. Bank of India Vice Chancellor of GB University of Agriculture and
D. Indian Bank Technology, Pantnagar, has been appointed as the
E. Andhra Bank new Chairman of Agricultural Scientific Recruitment
Answer: B Board (ASRB). The Appointments Committee of the
Bank of Baroda has become one of the first public Cabinet approved the appointment of Misra, who
sector banks to launch a crèche/child daycare facility would hold the new position till January 5, 2022
for children of its employees. After launching such a
facility at its Mumbai corporate office in Bandra 718. Rakesh Makhija appointed as which private
Kurla Complex which houses some 1500-plus sector bank’s non-executive chairman?
employees, the bank intends to roll out more of them A. HDFC Bank
at its head office in Vadodara. This initiative is B. ICICI Bank
designed to help employees save time and reduce C. Axis Bank
stress of finding the right care for children in the age D. Kotak Mahindra
group of 6 months to 6 years. Bank of Baroda will E. None of these
bear 60% of the cost every month for each employee, Answer: C
while 40% will be taken care by the parents Private sector lender Axis Bank has appointed
Rakesh Makhija as its non-executive chairman for a
716. Who was conferred with an Honorary term of 3 years, with effect from July 18. He will
Doctorate by the University for Peace founded by replace Sanjiv Misra, whose term as the bank’s non-
the United Nations Organisations (UNO)? executive (part-time) chairman expires on July 17.
A. Pranab Mukherjee Makhija was an Independent Director on the board of
B. Narendra Modi Axis since October 2015.
C. Akhilesh Yadav
D. Venkiah Naidu 719. Who was sworn in as Mizoram’s first
E. Sushma Swaraj Lokayukta chairman?
Answer: D A. Chandravati
Vice President Venkaiah Naidu was conferred with B. Sathwik Prabhu
an Honorary Doctorate by the University for Peace C. C Lalsawta
founded by the United Nations Organisations (UNO) D. Nrupendra Singh
for his contribution “to the Rule of Law, democracy E. None of these
and sustainable development in India”. He received Answer: C
the degree of ‘Doctor Honoris Causa’ from the Dean Retired IAS officer C. Lalsawta was sworn in as the
of the University for Peace in San Jose, Costa Rica. first Chairman of the newly constituted Lokayukta in
The University for Peace is an intergovernmental Mizoram. Governor Jagdish Mukhi administered the
organization with university status, founded by oath of office to Mr. Lalsawta. Lalsawta is a 1981-
United Nations General Assembly in 1980. batch Bihar cadre IAS officer and had been in
government service for more than 40 years.
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bandwidth supporting offline learning for the Swachh
720. India ranks what position in gold holding Bharat e-Learning Portal.
ranking released recently?
A. 5th 722. The Japanese government announced a
B. 8th donation of some what amount to the Rabindra
C. 10th Bharati Museum, in a bid to strengthen historical
D. 11th and cultural ties with India?
E. 15th A. Rs.22 lakh
Answer: D B. Rs.25 lakh
India, which is the world’s largest consumer of gold, C. Rs.30 lakh
has the 11th largest gold reserve, with the current D. Rs.32 lakh
holding pegged at 607 tonnes, as per the latest report E. Rs.45 lakh
by the World Gold Council (WGC). The US (8133.5 Answer: A
tonnes) is on top, followed by Germany on Second. The Japanese government announced a donation of
Whereas, International Monetary Fund (IMF) is some Rs. 22 lakh ($31,800) to the Rabindra Bharati
included and is third on the list with total gold Museum, in a bid to strengthen historical and cultural
reserves of 2,814 tonnes. Pakistan, with its gold ties with India. To refurbish the Japan Gallery of the
reserves of 64.6 tonnes, occupies the 45th position. museum, a MoU will be signed between the Consul
General of Japan in Kolkata, Masayuki Taga, and the
721. Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Vice Chancellor of Rabindra Bharati University,
(MoHUA) has partnered with which company to Sabyasachi Basu Ray Chaudhury. Tagore, Asia’s first
use the platform Project Sangam on its Swachh Nobel Prize recipient, visited Japan in 1916, 1924
Bharat e-Learning Portal? and 1929, renewing relations between the countries
A. IBM as India’s leading cultural ambassador.
B. Microsoft
C. TCS 723. Which city is going to host the 4th Internet of
D. Dell Things (IoT) India Congress 2019?
E. Adobe A. Bangalore
Answer: B B. Chennai
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) C. Hyderabad
has partnered with Microsoft India to use the D. Mumbai
platform Project Sangam of Microsoft on its Swachh E. Kolkata
Bharat e-Learning Portal. With this partnership, the Answer: A
MoHUA has increased the features on the Swachh The 4th Internet of Things (IoT) India Congress, an
Bharat e-Learning Portal. With this now MoHUA event which will see digital technology leaders
has now trained more than 110,000 municipal converge to discuss and explore business
functionaries on best sanitation practices across 4,000 opportunities in mainstreaming IoT, will be held in
plus cities in India. The Sangam platform was Bengaluru on August 22-23, 2019. The IoT India
designed to train municipal functionaries of state Congress 2019 will include tracks on segments such
sanitation missions, city managers – engineers, as healthcare, manufacturing, telecom, smart cities,
administrators, field supervisors and sanitation energy, retail, cyber security, skills and development,
workers with an aim to equip, assess, measure and IoT Standards, legal and regulatory, and agriculture.
accredit training of these officers. It also provided A new addition at the event ‘Future Tech Spotlight’,
video-based learning for users who have low- will provide a glimpse of technology trends in the
next 5 to 10 years
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724. Who becomes the 1st Japanese man to win 726. Every year second Wednesday of March is
title in All England Badminton Championships? observed as what day?
A. Viktor Axelsen A. Autism Day
B. Kento Momota B. No Smoking Day
C. Hendra Setiawan C. Cancer Day
D. Aaron Chia D. National Science Day
E. Soh Woo Yik E. Labour Day
Answer: B Answer: B
Japan’s reigning world champion Kento Momota No Smoking Day is observed every year on second
won a maiden All England Open Badminton Wednesday of March to raise awareness about the
Championships title as Chinese Taipei’s Tai Tzu-ying harmful health effects of tobacco via smoking and to
failed with her bid to win three in a row. Momota is encourage people all over the world to quit
the first male Japanese winner ever, with the men’s smoking.This year No Smoking Day 2019 is
singles stretching back to 1900. celebrated on 13 March.
727. World Kidney Day is observed around the

globe on what day?
A. March 13
B. March 14
C. March 15
D. March 16
E. March 17
Answer: C
March 14 is observed as World Kidney Day with
theme ‘Kidney health for everyone, everywhere’. The
day is meant to raise awareness about the importance
of taking care of kidneys. Every year, World Kidney
725. Name the gymnast who was selected as
Day is celebrated all across the globe, featuring
Barbie role model?
awareness campaigns, programs and discussions
A. Simone Biles
about the importance of kidneys, causes of kidney
B. Laurie Hernandez
diseases, risk factors associated with them, and how
C. Dipa Karmakar
to live with a kidney disease.
D. Kyla Ross
E. None of these
728. The 22nd annual International Day of Action
Answer: C
for Rivers will take place on March 14, 2019.
Dipa Karmakar was selected as Barbie role model &
What is the theme for the year 2019?
was presented with a one-of-a-kind doll by Barbie as
A. Celebration of the role of women in protecting and
the company celebrates its 60th anniversary. Barbie
managing our rivers
decided to honour 20 different role models across 18
B. Protect Rivers and Keep healthy
different countries, and celebrate their unique
C. Join hands in protecting the river waters
achievements and capabilities. Women like the first
D. Our Rivers Our water future
Indian gymnast to compete at the Olympics, Dipa
E. None of these
Karmakar. The first Japanese tennis player to win a
Answer: A
Grand Slam, Naomi Osaka.
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The 22nd annual International Day of Action for ‘Sirsi Supari’ is estimated to be around 40,000
Rivers will take place on March 14, 2019 with theme tonnes. The Totagars’ Cooperative Sale Society
‘Celebration of the role of women in protecting and (TSS) Ltd, a Sirsi-based agri cooperative, is the
managing our rivers’.The International Day of Action registered proprietor of the GI ‘Sirsi Supari’
for Rivers is a day dedicated to solidarity – when
diverse communities around the world come together 731. India and the United States have committed
with one voice to say that our rivers matter. to strengthen bilateral security and civil nuclear
cooperation. In this regard United States is going
729. Which among the following banks celebrates to set up how many nuclear power plants in
114th Foundation Day? India?
A. Indian Bank A. Seven
B. Andhra Bank B. Six
C. Corporation Bank C. Five
D. Bank of India D. Four
E. State Bank of India E. Three
Answer: C Answer: B
Corporation Bank observed its 114th Foundation India and the United States have committed to
Day. The bank started operating on March 12, 1906, strengthen bilateral security and civil nuclear
in Udupi under the leadership of Khan Bahadur Haji cooperation, including the establishment of six US
Abdullah Haji Kasim Saheb Bahadur with a first day nuclear power plants in India.This commitment was
business of Rs. 38, 13 Annas and two Paisa. To made at the 9th round of the India-US Strategic
commemorate the 114th Foundation Day, 114 CSR Security Dialogue held in Washington DC. The two
activities were undertaken by the bank across the delegations reaffirmed their commitment to work
country.Bank Managing Director and CEO P.V. together to prevent the proliferation of weapons of
Bharathi, Executive Directors Gopal Murli Bhagat mass destruction and their delivery systems and to
and Birupaksha Mishra and other senior officials deny access to such weapons by terrorists and non-
were present at the occasion state actors. The Indian delegation was led by
Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale, while the US
730. Arecanut gets its first GI tag for ‘Sirsi delegation was led by Andrea Thompson, Under
Supari’. The ‘Sirsi Supari’ is majorly grown in Secretary of State for Arms Control and International
which state? Security
A. Andhra Pradesh
B. Maharashtra 732. Which among the following banks crossed the
C. Tamil Nadu Rs. 6 trillion market capitalisation for the first
D. Telangana time, making it only the country's third firm to
E. Karnataka achieve the milestone?
Answer: E A. IndusInd Bank
Arecanut, also known as supari or betel nut, is the B. Corporation Bank
latest entrant in the list of agricultural produce with a C. Bank of Baroda
Geographical Indication (GI) tag.The ‘Sirsi Supari’ is D. HDFC Bank
grown in Sirsi, Siddpaur and Yellapur taluks of E. Axis Bank
Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka. Production of Answer: D
arecanut in these three taluks is around 7 per cent of India’s most valued lender HDFC Bank Ltd crossed
the production of Karnataka State. Grown on an area the Rs. 6 trillion market capitalisation for the first
of around 40,000 acres, the annual production of time, making it only the country’s third firm to
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achieve the milestone.Tata Consultancy Services Ltd Organisation to CEO of Sona Yukti Chockalingam
(TCS) and Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) are the other Valliappa at its annual event held in Cape Town,
two companies that crossed the market capitalisation South Africa. The award is given in recognition of
of Rs. 6 trillion. RIL remained the most-valued helping over 55,000 economically disadvantaged
company with a market value of Rs. 8.54 trillion, individuals, majority of them women, by training
followed by TCS with a market value of Rs. 7.51 them to land highly skilled jobs in marginalised
trillion. HDFC Bank’s steady 20% profit growth communities. The organisation has presence in rural
quarter-after-quarter as well as its immunity to the areas of Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh,
bad loans crisis have helped the stock. Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh.
733. Which bank has launched ‘Doorstep 735. Who has been selected for prestigious
Banking’ for senior citizen customers over 70 "Kusumagraj" national award for literature.
years of age? A. Mangesh Padgaonkar
A. Punjab National Bank B. Vinda Karandikar
B. Syndicate Bank C. Kusumagraj
C. Bank of Baroda D. Suresh Bhut
D. State Bank of India E. Shanta Sheike
E. None of these Answer: C
Answer: D Film director and novelist Ved Rahi has been selected
State Bank of India launched ‘Doorstep Banking’ for for prestigious “Kusumagraj” national award for
senior citizen customers over 70 years of age, literature.The ‘Kusumagraj Rashtriya Sahitya
differently-abled customers and infirm customers Puraskar’ carries cash prize of Rs. 1 lakh, a memento
including visually impaired customers.Doorstep and a citation.The award Instituted, by the city-based
banking services are available to KYC- compliant Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University
account holders, with a valid mobile number (YCMOU), after Jnanpith-laureate Marathi poet and
registered with the bank and residing within 5 playwright late V V Shirwadkar, popularly known as
kilometres radius from their home branch.This ‘Kusumagraj’. Rahi has penned seven novels in
service will not be available for accounts operated Dogri language. He was given Sahitya Akademi
jointly, minor accounts, and accounts of non-personal award for his Dogri novel, “Aale” in 1983 He was
nature. director of 1991 Doordarshan television serial, “Gul
Gulshan Gulfaam”.
734. Which organisationhas been conferred with
the social enterprise network (SEN) sustainability 736. Name the Chairman and Managing Director
award for education. of Housing and Urban Development Corporation
A. Sona Yukti (HUDCO) Ltd has been granted extension in
B. Poloma tenure for the post of CMD of HUCDCO for a
C. Greeth Patra further period of 6 months.
D. Vijayanti Trust A. S Sri Kanth
E. None of these B. M Ravi Kanth
Answer: A C. R Chandra Kanth
Sona Yukti has been given the social enterprise D. V Kiran Kanth
network (SEN) sustainability award for education. E. None of these
Sona Yukti is the only Indian organisation to be Answer: B
selected as part of the SEN awards for 2018. The M Ravi Kanth the Chairman and Managing Director
award was presented by Young Presidents of Housing and Urban Development Corporation
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(HUDCO) Ltd has been granted extension in tenure 739. As a part of US-India security partnership, a
for the post of CMD of HUCDCO for a further period special force of the US military forces and the
of 6 months.The Appointments Committee of the Indian National Security Guard (NSG) involved
Cabinet has approved six month extension of M Ravi in a joint exercise in which city?
Kanth with effect from April 11, 2019. Kanth, was a A. Bangalore
1986 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre, joined as the B. Mumbai
CMD of HUDCO on April 11, 2014. C. Hyderabad
D. Kolkata
737. India extends how many million dollar to E. New Delhi
Nepal for reconstruction of infrastructures post Answer: C
earthquake? As a part of US-India security partnership, a special
A. $100 mn force of the US military forces and the Indian
B. $150 mn National Security Guard (NSG) involved in a joint
C. $200 mn exercise in Hyderabad. The US forces are from the
D. $250 mn 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne)
E. $300 mn stationed out of Okinawa in Japan. The Hyderabad-
Answer: D exercise would help build interoperability and
India has extended a grant assistance of up to USD comradeship between the two forces and was
250 million to Nepal for the reconstruction of designed to enhance the capabilities of both Indian
infrastructures in the areas of housing, education, and U.S
health and cultural heritage that was destroyed during
the devastating April 2015 earthquake.During the 740. Which city is hosting the Special Olympics
India-Nepal Joint Project Monitoring Committee World Games 2019?
meeting held on March 12th in Kathmandu officials A. Singapore
from the two countries reviewed the progress of post- B. Bejing
earthquake reconstruction projects. Earlier India C. Abu Dhabi
stated that it will reconstruct 72 education facilities in D. Kaula Lampur
Nepal that were damaged during the earthquake E. Jakarta
Answer: C
738. Answer: D ‘Allo’ that recently shut down its Special Olympics World Games 2019, begin at Abu
operations is a messaging app of which company? Dhabi in UAE, made history by welcoming a record-
A. Quora breaking 200 nations at the Games. Of the 200
B. Google nations, 195 will compete in the Games and five will
C. Opentalk observe. The event held in the West Asia for the first
D. MeitY time, 7,500 athletes will take part in 24 Olympic-style
E. Rinasoft sports over seven days. With the highest number of
Answer: B women taking part and the largest number of Unified
Google has stopped all the services of its messaging teammates on board, the World Games will capture
app ‘Allo’ from March 12, 2019 and shut down the the attention of the globe.
app.The ‘Allo’ messaging app from Google could not
achieve popularity like its other product and hence 741. Every year 15th March is observed as what
Google has stopped the operation of Allo. It was day around the Globe?
launched in 2016. A. World Consumer Rights Day
B. World BrailleDay
C. World Complaint Day
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D. World Poultry Day Answer: D
E. Global Recycling Day The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has re-categorised
Answer: A IDBI Bank as a private sector lender. This comes
World Consumer Rights Day is celebrated every year after LIC acquired a 51% stake in the bank on
on 15 March as part of an initiative by Consumer January 21, becoming its majority shareholder. IDBI
International with theme ‘Trusted Smart Products’. Bank has been under the RBI’s Prompt Corrective
The day is celebrated every year, to celebrate Action (PCA) framework which bans it from
consumer rights and build a world where everyone activities including corporate lending and branch
has access to safe and sustainable products and expansion. The bank’s gross non-performing assets
services. (NPAs) shot up to 29.67 per cent of gross advances
as at December 31, 2018 against 24.72 per cent in the
742. How many Indian States have banned year-ago period.
Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS)?
A. 10 744. Which among the following banks makes its
B. 11 names in the recently released list of Domestic
C. 12 Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs) by the
D. 13 RBI? i) State Bank of India ii) ICICI Bank iii) HDFC
E. 14 Bank iv) Punjab National Bank
Answer: C A. Both (i) and (iv)
The Central Drug Regulator has directed all drug B. Both (ii) and (iii)
controllers in states and Union territories to not allow C. Only (i) and (ii)
the manufacture, sale, import and advertisement of D. All except (iii)
Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems, including e- E. All except (iv)
cigarettes and flavoured hookah. In India, Punjab, Answer: E
Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Bihar, Uttar The Reserve Bank of India has released the list of
Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs).
Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Jharkhand have taken The Reserve Bank had issued the Framework for
steps to ban the use of ENDS. The Ministry of dealing with D-SIBs in July 22, 2014. Domestic
Electronics and Information Technology proposed an Systemically Important Banks are those banks which
amendment to the Information Technology if fails would have a significant impact on the
(Intermediary Guidelines) Rules 2018 to ban the economy. RBI has a various set of criteria to add a
advertisement of e-cigarettes. This commitment is to bank to this list. The basic condition is that a bank
protect the health of children, adolescents and women size should be more than 2% of Indian GDP. The D-
of reproductive age, 36 countries around the world SIBs banks are classified into 5 buckets. Bucket 1,
and 12 states in India have banned the sale of e- Bucket 2, Bucket 3, Bucket 4 and Bucket 5. With
cigarettes due to its health harms. Bucket 5 being the most important followed by rest
in decreasing order. State Bank of India is in Bucket
743. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has re- 3, while HDFC and ICICI Bank both are in Bucket 1.
categorised which among the following bank’s as a Rest all buckets are empty. These three banks are in
private sector lender? the D-SIBs list since Sep 04, 2017. No new bank has
A. Indian Bank been added after the revised list is released on March
B. Indian Oversas Bank 14, 2019
C. Dena Bank
D. IDBI Bank 745. Which Payments Bank launches dedicated
E. UCO Bank mobile banking app recently?
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A. Aditya Birla Payments Bank D. $10 million
B. Airtel Payments Bank E. $10 Trillion
C. India Post Payments Bank Answer: A
D. Jio Payments Bank The Reserve Bank of India announced to infuse long
E. Paytm Payments Bank term liquidity worth $5 billion into the system
Answer: E through Foreign Exchange swap arrangement with
Paytm Payments Bank launches mobile banking app. banks for 3 years. The swap is in the nature of a
The new app has been introduced exclusively for its simple Buy/Sell foreign exchange swap with the RBI.
bank’s customers to provide wide range of banking A bank can sell U.S. dollars to the RBI and
services in a phased manner. The purpose of new app simultaneously agree to buy the same amount of U.S.
is to segregate its operations from the existing app dollars at the end of the three year. Under the swap
which caters to customers of several group entities. auction, minimum bid size would be USD 25 million
However, PPB customers will continue to serve its and in multiples of USD 1 million thereafter, the
customers on its older app should its customers desire eligible participants are allowed to submit multiple
so. Both apps will co-exist. The mobile app will bids. However, the aggregate amount of bids
enable customers to check their balances, raise submitted by single eligible entity should not exceed
request for physical debits cards, access digital debit the notified amount of auction. Authorised Dealers
cards, etc., with 24×7 help and support. (ADs) – category-1 banks will be the eligible entities
to participate in the auction.
746. Which bank has raised Rs. 660.80 crore by
issuing shares to employees under Employee 748. The World Economic Forum has recognized
Share Purchase Scheme (ESPS)? six Indians in its 2019 list of the Forum of Young
A. Bank of Baroda Global Leaders. Who among the following were
B. Bank of India not included in the list?
C. Syndicate Bank A. Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao
D. Indian Bank B. Nara Lokesh
E. Union Bank of India C. Poonam Mahajan
Answer: B D. Manu Kumar Jain
State-owned Bank of India (BoI) has raised Rs. E. Sucharita Mukherjee
660.80 crore by issuing shares to employees under Answer: A
Employee Share Purchase Scheme (ESPS). The bank The World Economic Forum has recognized six
issued 6,25,52,188 shares of Rs 10 each to eligible Indians in its 2019 list of the Forum of Young Global
employees. It offered a discount of 24.28 percent on Leaders.
the applicable price to the employees and about 94.70 1. Nara Lokesh – Andhra Pradesh IT minister
percent of total employees participated in the scheme, 2. Poonam Mahajan – BJP MP
These shares are issued with a lock-in period of one 3. Manu Kumar Jain – Xiaomi India head
year 4. Phanindra Sama – Telangana government’s Chief
Innovation Officer
747. What amount does RBI going to infuse as 5. Piyush Tewari – Founder of SaveLife Foundation
long term liquidity into the system through 6. Sucharita Mukherjee – Kaleidofin’s co-Founder
Foreign Exchange swap arrangement with banks The 2019 list features 127 of the world’s ‘most
for 3 years? promising social activists, business leaders, public
A. $5 billion servants, artists and technologists’ under the age of
B. $5 million 40.
C. $5 Trillion
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749. Name the Indian social entrepreneur who Answer: D

wins Commonwealth award? The Supreme Court appointed senior advocate P S
A. Atluri Suresh Narasimha as mediator for resolving various disputes
B. Vedantam Satyanarayana Sharma related to cricket administration in the country.
C. Padmanaban Gopalan Narasimha is assisting the apex court as an amicus
D. Vennela Kishore curiae in the BCCI matter. Earlier The apex court
E. Raja Mahidar Pratap appointed its former judge Justice Jain, as the first
Answer: C court-appointed ombudsman for BCCI. Narasimha
A social entrepreneur from Tamil Nadu bagged the also to look into the dispute relating to release of
Commonwealth Youth Award for the Asian region funds by the court appointed committee of
from among hundreds of nominations for his administrators to various cricket associations.
technology-based food rescue organisation. His
initiative runs a geo-mapping platform, which allows 752. Which company partners with ICC as official
users to drop food at located “hunger spots” and has sponsor for Cricket World Cup 2019?
so far recovered over 650,000 meals across 14 cities. A. Vodaphone
The platform has been used by over 12,000 B. Redmi
volunteers C. Real MI
D. Oppo
750. Who was appointed as the new Chairman of E. Godaddy
Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC). He Answer: E
will hold the post of the LIC Chairman for five Website hosting company GoDaddy announced its
years? partnership with International Cricket Council (ICC)
A. M R Kumar as official sponsor for the upcoming men’s cricket
B. T C Suseel Kumar World Cup. The 2019 World Cup will be held in the
C. Vipin Anand UK from May 30 to July 14. This time they are
D. Naveen Saran engaging with ICC for men’s World Cup 2019 which
E. None of these is expected to reach out to around 700 million people
Answer: A in India and 1.5 billion people globally,” GoDaddy
M R Kumar appointed as the new Chairman of Life India MD and Vice President Nikhil Arora. Under the
Insurance Corporation of India (LIC). He will hold partnership, GoDaddy will get visibility on ground,
the post of the LIC Chairman for five years. Prior to perimeter of the boundary, side screen, placards
this elevation, Kumar was Zonal Manager (In- during the matches MS Dhoni was brand ambassador
Charge) of North Zone, Delhi. T C Suseel Kumar and of GoDaddy
Vipin Anand have been appointed as Managing
Directors of the LIC for five years. Suseel Kumar is 753. Indo-Bangladesh joint military exercise
Zonal Manager (in-charge), LIC South Central Zone. ‘Sampriti-2019’ has started in which of the
Anand is Zonal Manager (in-charge), Western Zone following locations?
A. Tangail
751. SC appoints whom as mediator to resolve B. Hooghly
disputes of admin in BCCI? C. Barguna
A. Narian Tyagi D. Sylhet
B. Sushil Somnadh E. Mizoram
C. Veerabadhar Rao Answer: A
D. PS Narasimha Exercise Sampriti-VIII, a joint Indo-Bangladesh
E. None of these military exercise which witnessed participation of a
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company group of 9th Battalion the Rajputana Rifles Mayank Agarwal (85*) took charge of Karnataka’s
from the Indian Army and the Company of 36 East innings after the fall of opener Belur Sharath.
Bengal Battalion, Bangladesh Army concluded at Karnataka won the match by 8 wickets and 9 balls to
Tangail, Bangladesh. The exercise was the 8th spare.
edition in the Sampriti series, which started in 2009.
Exercise Sampriti strengthens and broadens 756. World Sleep Day is held the Friday before
interoperability and cooperation between the Indian Spring Vernal Equinox of each year. What is the
and Bangladesh Armies. Indian High Commissioner theme for the year 2019?
to Bangladesh Riva Ganguly Das was the chief A. Healthy Sleep, Healthy Aging
guest of closing ceremony B. Join the Sleep World, Preserve Your Rhythms to
Enjoy Life
754. India ranks what position in terms of highest C. Restful Sleep, Easy Breathing, Healthy Body
number of impacted species in hotspots? D. When sleep is sound, health and happiness abound
A. 10th E. Good Sleep is a Reachable Dream
B. 15th Answer: A
C. 16th World Sleep Day is an annual event, intended to be a
D. 20th celebration of sleep and a call to action on important
E. 25th issues related to sleep, including medicine, education,
Answer: C social aspects and driving. It is organised by the
India was ranked 16th in the world in terms of World Sleep Day Committee of World Sleep Society
highest number of impacted species in biodiversity- (founded by WASM and WSF) World Sleep Day is
rich zones (hotspots) due to human actions. In India, held the Friday before Spring Vernal Equinox of each
35 species affected on an average in in biodiversity- year. This year it is observed on March 15th. The
rich zones. On average number of species impacted solgan for the year 2019 is Healthy Sleep, Healthy
in South Western Ghats montane rainforests is 60 and Aging
in Himalayan subtropical broadleaf forests it is 53.
Malaysia ranks first among the countries with the 757. Which city is hosting Festival of Innovation
highest number of impacted species (125). A recent and Entrepreneurship 2019?
study published in PLOS Biology an international A. Ahemdabad
journal dedicated to biological science. Southeast B. Gandhinagar
Asian tropical forests — including India’s C. Mumbai
biodiversity-rich Western Ghats, Himalaya and north- D. Vadodara
east — also fall in this category. E. Surat
Answer: B
755. Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy is related with The President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind
which sport? inaugurated FINE 2019, the Festival of Innovation
A. Badminton and Entrepreneurship, in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. On
B. Hockey the occasion, President Kovind also presented the
C. Tennis 10th Biennial National Grassroots Innovation
D. Cricket Awards. The four day event is being hosted outside
E. Table Tennis Rashtrapati Bhavan for the first time since its
Answer: D establishment in 2000, with the assistance of
Karnataka defeated Maharashtra to win their maiden Department of Science and Technology, Government
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy at the Holkar Cricket of India. The Festival is unique initiative of the
Stadium in Indore. Chasing a target of 156 runs, Office of the President of India to recognize, respect
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and reward grassroots creativity, innovation and landfall at the port city of Beira. The cyclone has now
entrepreneurship and provides a platform for the moved west towards Zimbabwe. Beira is the fourth-
innovators to build linkages with potential largest city in Mozambique and its port sits on the
stakeholders and get support in improving their mouth of the Pungwe river, that runs to Zimbabwe.
prospects in coming years for the larger social good. Mozambique has been struck by severe cyclones in
the past, including Eline in 2000, when 350 people
758. Geographical Indications Registry has died and 650,000 were displaced across the wider
granted the Geographical Indication (GI) tag to region.
Coorg Arabica Coffee which is grown specifically
in which city? 760. Karur Vysya Bank raises what amount
A. Karnataka through private placement of Tier II bonds?
B. Andhra Pradesh A. Rs. 487 crore
C. Mizoram B. Rs.287 crore
D. Maharashtra C. Rs.387 crore
E. Tamil Nadu D. Rs.187 crore
Answer: A E. Rs.477 crore
The Geographical Indications Registry has granted Answer: A
the Geographical Indication (GI) tag to Coorg Karur Vysya Bank stated that it has raised Rs. 487
Arabica Coffee, Wayanad Robusta Coffee, crore through Basel-III compliant bonds to fund its
Chikmagalur Arabica Coffee, Araku Valley Arabica growth plans.The Capital Raising Committee of the
Coffee and Bababudangiris Arabica Coffee. Coorg board allotted 48,700 BASEL-III compliant
Arabica Coffee is grown specifically in Kodagu unsecured, redeemable, non-convertible tier-II bonds
district in Karnataka. Wayanad Robusta Coffee, the in the nature of debenture of Rs. 1,00,000 each
flora of Wayanad is characteristic of the Western aggregating to Rs. 487 crore.The capital was raised
Ghats and the plantation crops grown in the cool on private placement basis.
climate. Chikmagalur Arabica Coffee and
Bababudangiris Arabica Coffee are both grown in 761. Name the Bajaj Finserv Chairman and Non-
Chikmagalur district, Karnataka which is also known Executive Director who has resigned and will take
as the birthplace of coffee in the country. Araku over as the Chairman Emeritus from May.
Valley Arabica Coffee, grown around Visakhapatnam A. Rajeev Bajaj
district in Andhra Pradesh and Koraput district in B. Ravinder Bajaj
Odisha, is light to medium in strength, has a pleasant C. Rahul Bajaj
acidity with a citrus note of grape fruit and a mild D. Rajesh Bajaj
jaggery-like sweetness. E. None of these
Answer: C
759. Name the Tropical Cyclone that hits Bajaj Finserv Chairman and Non-Executive Director
Mozambique recently. Rahul Bajaj has resigned and will take over as the
A. Sahar Chairman Emeritus from May. Bajaj has tendered his
B. Meti resignation which will be effective from the
C. Vydu conclusion of the board Indmeeting scheduled for
D. Idai May 16, 2019, The board of directors has appointed
E. Nidar Nanoo Pamnani asepefrom May 17, 2019, The
Answer: D company has also approved reappointment of
A category 3 Cyclone Idai, which is carrying heavy independent directors Dndent Non-Executive
rains and winds of up to 177 km/h (106 mph), made Chairman of the company in place of Rahul Bajaj,
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with effect J Balaji Rao, Nanoo Pamnani and Gita A. Pune
Piramal for a second term of five years. B. Jodhpur
C. Imphal
762. Which water puryfying company received the D. Aizwal
Best Domestic Water Purifier Award 2019? E. Jaipur
A. Havells Max Answer: A
B. Livpure The India-Africa Joint Field Training Exercise
C. Blue Star (AFINDEX-19) will be held between the Indian
D. Eureka Forbes Army and 16 African nations in Pune from March 18
E. Kent RO to 27.The 10-day long joint exercise will be held in
Answer: E two locations in Pune. They are Foreign Training
Kent RO Systems Pvt. Ltd. has been bestowed with Node at Aundh Military Station and College of
the Best Domestic Water Purifier Award 2018-19 for Military Engineering in Kirkee. Indian Army will be
its RO+UV+UF technology at the Water Digest represented by the personnel of Maratha Light
Water Awards organized at The Lalit, New Delhi. Infantry.
Water Digest Water Awards backed by the Ministry
of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga 765. Which city to Top Spot in List of Most
Rejuvenation and UNESCO. Kent RO Systems has Liveable Cities for 10th Consecutive Year?
been awarded various prestigious awards, including A. Zurich
Organization of the Year Awards 2017, Best B. Auckland
Domestic Water Purifier Award 2016-17, Asia’s C. Munich
Most Promising Brand 2016 D. Vancouver
E. Vienna
763. Power Finance Corporationto lend Rs. 30,000 Answer: E
crore to which states irrigation schemes? The 2019 Quality of Living Rankings was released
A. Andhra Pradesh by the global consulting firm Mercer . The Survey
B. Telangana ranks 231 cities based on 39 factors and are based on
C. Gujarat the analysis done between September and November
D. Punjab 2018.The Austria capital Vienna topped the ranking
E. Mizoram for the 10th year in a row for having the highest
Answer: B quality of living. It was followed by Zurich at second
State-owned public sector undertaking Power while Auckland, Munich and Vancouver shared
Finance Corporation has agreed to extend another jointly third. The Indian city in the list includes
credit line of Rs. 30,000 crore to Telangana to help Chennai (105), Bengaluru (149), Mumbai (154) and
complete some of the major ongoing irrigation New Delhi (162).
projects, including Kaleshwaram, Sita Rama and
Palamuru-Rangareddy schemes. PFC has extended 766. Which life insurance company launched
loans of over Rs. 40,000 crore to ongoing power and Wings to empower women at the workplace?
irrigation projects in Telangana. The break-up shows A. Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance
Rs. 23,000 crore has been extended for various power B. Aviva Life Insurance
projects, including Yadadri and Rs. 17,000 crore for C. Canara HSBC OBC Life Insurance
electro-mechanical works of irrigation projects. D. ICICI Prudential Life Insurance
E. PNB MetLife Insurance
764. India – Africa Joint Field Training Exercise Answer: B
AFINDEX-19 to be held in which city?
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Aviva Life Insurance has announced the launch of In Athletics, Kamalpreet Kaur grabbed the gold
‘Wings’, a specially designed mentorship program to medal in the women’s discus throw event. Kaur also
empower the female workforce. The WINGS qualified for the Asian Championships in the process
program is an initiative of the SHE division of Aviva on the opening day of Federation Cup in Patiala.
Life Insurance for mentoring all the women Shivpal Singh also booked a berth in the next
employees. SHE was conceptualised in 2016 by month’s Asian Championships in Doha in men’s
Aviva India’s Women Network. Aviva Life javelin throw by crossing the qualifying standard set
Insurance is a joint venture between Dabur Invest and by Athletics Federation of India.
Aviva International Holdings, a UK-based insurance
group. Dabur is the majority stakeholder with 74 769. Duminy to retire from ODIs after ICC World
percent stake in Aviva Life Insurance Company Cup 2019. He plays cricket for which country?
IndiaLimited, while Aviva PLC holds 26 percent A. West Indies
share B. Australia
C. England
767. Who will head the National Mission on D. South Africa
Transformative Mobility and Battery Storage? E. New Zealand
A. Ajit Seth Answer: D
B. Amitabh Kant South African all-rounder JP Duminy announced that
C. Urjit Patel he would retire from ODIs after the ICC World Cup
D. Suresh Prabhu in England. Duminy will continue to be available for
E. Rajiv Kumar South Africa in T20 internationals. This would be his
Answer: B third World Cup after 2011 and 2015.
Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant will head the
National Mission on Transformative Mobility and 770. Which country to host U-17 Women's
Battery Storage, which is being set up to promote Football World Cup in 2020?
clean and sustainable mobility initiatives in the A. India
country. The Union Cabinet on March 7 had B. Brazil
approved setting up of the National Mission on C. Germany
Transformative Mobility and Battery Storage. The D. Finland
terms of reference of mission includes ensuring E. Saudi Arabia
implementation and compliance of the decisions and Answer: A
recommendations of the steering committee. The India will host the Under-17 Women’s Football
panel will also propose and recommend policy World Cup in 2020. This was announced by the
guidelines and government interventions and possible President of International Football Federation (FIFA),
strategies for holistic, sustainable and transformative Gianni Infantino. 2020 FIFA Under-17 Women’s
mobility and energy storage in India. World Cup will be the seventh edition of the biennial
tournament.This will be the second FIFA tournament
768. Indian Athlet Kamalpreet Kaur is related India will be hosting, after the U-17 Men’s World
with which sport? Cup in 2017.
A. Jawlleing Throw
B. Shot Put 771. India observes National Immunization Day (
C. Discus Throw NID ) on what date?
D. Hurdel Running A. 15th march
E. None of these B. 16th March
Answer: C C. 17th March
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D. 18th March Only Need One (YONO), the cardless cash
E. 19th March withdrawal service will be available across 16,500
Answer: B ATMs of the bank in the country. Such SBI ATMs
India observes National Immunization Day ( NID ) will be called YONO Cash Point. SBI customers can
on 16th March every year. National Immunization use the YONO app on their smartphones to withdraw
Day was first observed on 16th March 1995 when cash from SBI ATMs, or YONO Cash Points,
first dose of Oral Polio Vaccine was given. The without using their debit and credit cards.
observance of National Immunization Day is an
attempt to enhance awareness for the eradication of 774. Who was conferred with the DD Mahila
polio from planet earth. Every year on this day, Kisan Award for 2018-19?
millions of children are immunized with the polio A. Swati Shingade
vaccine B. Sravanthi Shingade
C. Usha Shingade
772. Which among the following banks gets RBI D. Namrata Shingade
approval for acquisition of Gruh Finance? E. Sailaja Shingade
A. Bank of Baroda Answer: A
B. Bandhan Bank Swati Shingade of Pune, Maharashtra has bagged the
C. IDBI Bank first prize of DD Mahila Kisan Award for 2018-19.
D. UCO Bank As many as 110 women farmers participated in the
E. Union Bank of India award competition, out which five were selected for
Answer: B the grand finale. Prasar Bharati Chairman A Surya
Bandhan Bank has received no objection from the Prakash gave away the award to Ms. Shingade at a
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for the proposed grand finale event organized by DD Kisan Channel in
acquisition of Gruh Finance. Gruh Finance, the New Delhi.
affordable housing finance arm of HDFC Ltd, was
taken over in January by Kolkata-based Bandhan 775. Who has received Changemaker of the Year
Bank in a share-swap deal. As part of the deal, Award from ManMohan Singh?
Bandhan Bank has to transfer 14.9 per cent stake to A. Prasanta Kumar Swain
HDFC for merging Gruh with itself. B. Bezwada Wilson
C. Anuj Verma
773. Name the cardless cash withdrawal service D. Sridhar Vembu
that has launched by the The State Bank of India E. Arun Jaitley
for its customers which will allow them to Answer: E
withdraw cash from ATMs without their debit Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh presented
cards. the BusinessLine Changemaker Of The Year award
A. IONO to Union Minister Arun Jaitley for successfully
B. YONO introducing the Goods and Services Tax (GST).
C. ZONO The awards were given in five categories:
D. YOKO Social Transformation
E. YOON Digital Transformation
Answer: B Young Changemaker
The State Bank of India has launched the YONO Iconic Changemaker
Cash service for its customers which will allow them Changemaker of the Year
to withdraw cash from ATMs without their debit
cards. A part of SBI’s digital banking platform, You
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776. Which company listed in the top of Indian appointed Uday Shankar, President of 21st Century
brands of 2019 published by Interbrand, part of Fox, Asia, as Independent Director of the bank from
the Omnicom Media Group? March 16, 2019, for a period of five years.
A. Tata Group
B. Reliance Group 778. Who was appointed as next ambassador of
C. Airtel India to republic of Uzbekistan?
D. HDFC A. Pratap Jha
E. LIC B. Santosh Jha
Answer: A C. Vikram Jha
Tata, Reliance and Airtel emerged as the top three D. Sirivardhane Jha
Indian brands of 2019 published by Interbrand, part E. Suprajeeth Jha
of the Omnicom Media Group, an advertising and Answer: B
public relations conglomerate. Tata continued to hold Shri Santosh Jha has been appointed as the next
the top position in the best Indian Brands ranking as Ambassador of India to the Republic of
its brand value grew by 6%, mainly due to Tata Uzbekistan. Jha a 1993 batch Indian Foreign Service
Consultancy Services (TCS). Knocking its (IFS) officer presently Deputy Chief of Mission,
competitor Airtel off from the second spot, Embassy of India, Washington
Reliance’s brand value grew by 12%, bolstered by
the success of Jio. This also explains the 13% 779. Who has appointed as the next High
degrowth in Airtel’s brand value. Following Airtel at Commissioner of India to the Republic of Fiji?
number three, HDFC Bank, LIC, State Bank of India, A. Saroja
Infosys, Mahindra, ICICI Bank and Godrej rounded B. Sunnetha
off the top 10 list. C. Ramadevi
D. Padmaja
777. Which bank has appointed KVS Manian and E. None of these
Gaurang Shah as whole-time directors for a three- Answer: D
year term effective from the date of approval from Ms. Padmaja has been appointed as the next High
the Reserve Bank of India? Commissioner of India to the Republic of Fiji. She
A. Kotak Mahindra Bank presently working as Deputy Director General, Indian
B. ICICI Bank Council for Cultural Relations
C. Axis Bank
D. HDFC Bank 780. Who was appointed as the next High
E. IndusInd Bank Commissioner of India to the Republic of Malawi?
Answer: A A. Chandrahas Verdhan
Kotak Mahindra Bank has appointed KVS Manian B. Mahesh Chetri
and Gaurang Shah as whole-time directors for a C. Santosh Pratik
three-year term effective from the date of approval D. Jagadesh Chatarjee
from the Reserve Bank of India. Manian is currently E. Anurag Bhushan
working as the president – corporate, investment Answer: E
bank. Shah is the president- group chief risk officer Anurag Bhushan, a 1995 cadre Indian Foreign
of the bank. The appointment of Manian and Shah is Service officer, presently Joint Secretary in the
also subject to share¬holders. The board approved the Ministry of External Affairs, has been appointed as
re-appointment of Prakash Apte as Independent the next High Commissioner of India to the Republic
Director of the bank for a five-year period from of Malawi.
March 16, 2019, to March 17, 2024. The board also
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781. Which state topped in the Climate launched by ICRISAT partnered with which state
Vulnerability Index released by the The government?
Department of Science and Technology (DST)? A. Andhra Pradesh
A. Assam B. Telangana
B. Mizoram C. Gujarat
C. Sikkim D. West Bengal
D. Meghalaya E. Karnataka
E. Manipur Answer: B
Answer: A FeFA (Iron for Adolescent Girls), a new initiative to
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) address malnutrition among adolescents was
commissioned a study to assess the climate risks launched. Through this project, ICMR-National
faced by States in India. This follows an assessment Institute of Nutrition (NIN) and the International
of the global warming risks faced by 12 Himalayan Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
States. On a scale ranging 0-1, 1 indicating the (ICRISAT) will work in partnership with the
highest possible level of vulnerability, at the top of Government of Telangana to address these important
the scale were Assam with a score of 0.72 and issues. FeFA Girls includes two components: i) to
Mizoram at 0.71, Whereas Sikkim, with an index establish diet-based approaches for improvement in
score of 0.42 was relatively less vulnerable. haemoglobin and iron status in adolescent girls, and
ii) to generate scientific evidence on nutritional
782. Which Indian Institute of Technology benefits of groundnut and pearl millet (ICRISAT
collaborates with ISRO to set up Space mandate crops) on human health.
Technology Cell?
A. IIT Madras 784. Which Indian Institute of Technology is
B. IIT Khanpur getting India's first-of-its-kind supercomputer?
C. IIT Roorke A. IIT Madras
D. IIT Kharkhpur B. IIT Khanpur
E. IIT Hyderabad C. IIT Roorke
Answer: C D. IIT Kharkhpur
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee in E. IIT Hyderabad
Uttarakhand tied up with the Indian Space Research Answer: D
Organisation (ISRO) to set up a Space Technology The IIT Kharagpur has signed an MoU with Centre
Cell at its campus.The need to strengthen their for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)
institutional interactions and thereby enhance the to set up a Petaflop high performance computing
scope of the activities pursued under STC facility and data center funded under the National
commensurate with the programmatic goals of Supercomputing Mission. The department of science
ISRO. The activities of STC shall be directed to and technology (DST), along with experts from Niti
maximise the use of the research potential, Ayog, DRDO and IISc, will help IIT Kharagpur
infrastructure, expertise and experience that already develop this supercomputer. A Petaflops is a unit of
exist in ISRO and IIT Roorkee. IIT Roorkee will be computing speed equal to 1,000 million million
responsible for overall management of Space (1015) floating-point operations per second.
Technology Cell by providing required infrastructure,
administrative and other support. 785. Which city hosted the First BRICS Sherpa
meeting?
783. FeFA Girls Inititiative ), a new initiative to A. New Delhi
address malnutrition among adolescents was B. Moscow
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C. Brazilia Coast Guard), Indonesian Armed Forces and the civil
D. Curitiba administration at Sabang. Fastest in its category with
E. Cape Town a designed speed of 26 knots at a displacement of
Answer: D 2393 tons, this new generation ship is equipped with
The first BRICS Sherpa meeting under the the advanced Navigational and Communicational
Presidency of Brazil concluded at Curitiba in equipment. This visit of the coast guard ship follows
Brazil. Secretary, Economic Relations in the from the first-ever-visit of Naval Ship INS Sumitra to
Ministry of External Affairs, T S Tirumurti led the Sabang in July 2018.
Indian delegation India conveyed its support for the
priority areas set out by Brazil, particularly to take 788. Who becomes second Indian to win Ladies
forward BRICS cooperation on counter terrorism in a European Tour title?
meaningful and concrete manner with BRICS A. Aditi Ashok
member countries. BRICS countries – Brazil, Russia, B. Diksha Dagar
India, China, and South Africa C. Vijaya Meerut
D. Sumathi Pradeep
786. Which city hosted the 3rd edition of Namaste E. None of these
Thailand festival? Answer: B
A. New Delhi Eighteen-year-old Diksha Dagar became the second
B. Mumbai Indian women golfer to win an event on Ladies
C. Jaipur European Tour after clinching South African
D. Ahemadabad Women’s Open in Cape Town. Aditi Ashok was the
E. Kolkata first Indian to win on the Ladies European Tour after
Answer: A clinching Hero Women’s Indian Open in Gurugram
3rd edition of Namaste Thailand festival, aimed at in 2016. Dagar won silver at the 2017 Summer
strengthening bilateral ties and increasing cultural Deaflympics. She also had a stellar Amateur career
exchange between India and Thailand, held in New during which she represented India at the 2018 Asian
Delhi. The three-day festival was organised by the Games and won the 2018 Singapore Amateur title.
Royal Thai Embassy. The festival will feature stage She also won a Pro event on the Indian domestic
performances by Thai artistes including the much Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour, before turning pro at
popular Thai folk-jazz band Asia-7. the start of this year.
787. Name the the first Indian Coast Guard ship 789. Who becomes first Indian athlete to qualify
to visit Indonesia? for Tokyo Olympics?
A. Praddep A. K T Irfan
B. Vijit B. Sandeep Kumar
C. Kalyan C. Manish Singh Rawat
D. Neet D. Gurmeet Singh
E. Mayur E. Vikas Gowda
Answer: B Answer: A
Indian Coast Guard Ship ‘Vijit’ became the first-ever KT Irfan became the first Indian from athletics to
Coast Guard ship to visit Sabang, Indonesia to qualify for the next year’s Olympics while finishing
highlight the proximity between the two countries fourth in the 20 km event of the Asian Race Walking
and the strengthening cooperation in maritime Championships in Nomi, Japan. Irfan also holds a
security and safety. Crew of Vijit will hold national record of 1:20:21 when he finished 10th in
interaction with officials of Bakamla (Indonesian the 2012 Olympics. He also qualified for this year’s
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World Championships (September 27-October 6) in B. World Consumer Rights Day
Doha, Qatar C. World Theatre Day
D. World Water Day
790. Manohar Parrikar passed away. He is the E. None of these
current chief minister of which state/UT? Answer: A
A. Karnataka Global Recycling Day is celebrated across the world
B. Maharashtra on March 18th, with the theme ‘Recycling Into The
C. GOA Future’. Global Recycling Day was created in 2018
D. Jharkhand to help recognize, and celebrate, the importance
E. Uttarakhand recycling plays in preserving our precious primary
Answer: C resources and securing the future of our planet. The
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar passed away. Global Recycling Foundation is urging the recycling
He served as Chief Minister of the state during industry to take heed of the UN’s Paris Climate
October 2000 to February 2005; and March 2012 to Agreement (COP24 agreement) and continue to play
November 2014. From November 2014 till March its frontline role in preserving the planet’s resources
2017, he served as the Union Defence Minister. Mr and improving the circular economy.
Parrikar returned to Goa in March 2017 as the State
Chief Minister. The popular leader would be 793. Who was recommended to be the first Lokpal
remembered for his efforts in infrastructure and or anti-corruption ombudsman of India?
education development in the state and bringing the A. Madan Lokur
International Film Festival of India to Goa in 2004. B. Anil R. Dave
C. Pinaki Chandra Ghose
791. National Ordnance Factories Day is observed D. G. S. Shingivi
every year all over India on what date? E. Umesh Chandra Banerjee
A. 17th march Answer: C
B. 18th March Former Supreme Court judge Justice Pinaki Chandra
C. 21st March Ghose was recommended to be the first Lokpal or
D. 19th March anti-corruption ombudsman of India. His name was
E. 20th March finalised and recommended by the Selection
Answer: B Committee comprising Prime Minister Narendra
Ordnance Factories Day is observed every year all Modi, Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Lok Sabha
over India on 18th March. The production of India’s Speaker Sumitra Mahajan and eminent jurist Mukul
oldest Ordnance Factory, which is at Cossipore of Rohatgi . Justice Ghose is a member of the National
Kolkata, was started in 18th of March, 1802. On this Human Rights Commission (NHRC) since June
occasion, the Ordnance Factory, Field Gun Factory, 2017. He is a former judge of the Calcutta High
Small Arms Factory, Ordnance Parachute Factory Court and former Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh
and Ordnance Equipment Factory acknowledge the High Court.
day. It is often called the Fourth Arm of Defence,
and the Force Behind the Armed Forces of India. It is 794. Name the initiative to promote digital
amongst the top fifty defence equipment electoral literacy, that has been launched in
manufacturers in the world. Assam?
A. e-vision
792. Which among the following days celebrated B. e-help
across the world on March 18th? C. i-vision
A. Global Recycling Day D. i-help
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E. None of these D. 350
Answer: D E. 375
The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) and Common Answer: C
Service Centres (CSC) in Assam has launched an Hyundai Motor Group and Kia Motors Corporation
initiative named ‘i-help’ to promote digital electoral announced a strategic partnership to invest 300
literacy in the state of Assam. Chief Electoral Officer million dollars (about Rs 2,000 crore) in ride-hailing
(CEO) of Assam, Chandra Sahu launched the ‘i-help’ platform Ola for providing smart mobility solutions.
initiative. This particular initiatve will fill the digital The agreement will see the three companies
divide and fulfill the objective of turning the General extensively collaborate on developing unique fleet
Election more inclusive and participatory. The CSCs and mobility solutions, build India-specific electric
are internet-enabled access points spread throughout vehicles and infrastructure, as well as nurture
the country delivering various government and non- opportunities for driver partners with customised
government digital services to the citizens and is vehicles on the Ola platform.
uniquely positioned in rural areas to significantly
extend the awareness and outreach activities of CEO, 797. The Ministry of Human Resource
Assam. Development has signed a memorandum of
understanding (MoU) with the which country
795. ICICI Lombard partners with which Digital government to work on digital education
wallet company for Cyber Insurance Cover? initiatives?
A. Paytm A. Sri Lanka
B. Mobikiwi B. Bangladesh
C. Freecharge C. Afghanistan
D. PhonePe D. Bhutan
E. None of these E. Nepal
Answer: B Answer: C
ICICI Lombard General Insurance, a leading non-life The Ministry of Human Resource Development has
insurance company, has entered into a strategic signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with
partnership with MobiKwik, a digital financial the Afghanistan government to work on digital
services platform, to provide cyber insurance cover education initiatives, which include many prominent
for the latter’s mobile wallet users. The relationship programs developed by Indian Institutes of
aims to provide protection against unauthorised and Technology (IITs). The MoU was signed at IIT-
fraudulent transactions online, across bank accounts, Madras. This collaboration hopes to contribute to
debit/credit cards and mobile wallets. The cyber- bilateral relations and beget mutual benefits for the
insurance can be availed digitally through the app at two countries. One of the main objectives of the MoU
only Rs. 99 per month and with a sum insured of Rs. is to facilitate students and faculty from Afghanistan
50,000. to enrol and learn from the courses offered on Study
Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds
796. Hyundai Motor Group and Kia Motors (SWAYAM), which is an online education platform
Corporation announced a strategic partnership to developed by Government of India.
invest what million dollars in ride-hailing
platform Ola for providing smart mobility 798. Which countries finance ministry has signed
solutions? an agreement with India’s Export-Import bank
A. 100 (EXIM) for line of credit (LOC) of 800 million US
B. 200 dollars to finance the new government’s
C. 300 infrastructure projects?
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A. Maldives C. Prudvi Sawant
B. Seychelles D. Pramod Sawant
C. Mauritius E. None of these
D. Bali Answer: D
E. Sri Lanka Goa Legislative Assembly Speaker and BJP leader
Answer: A Pramod Sawant was sworn-in as CM of Goa, two
Maldives finance ministry has signed an agreement days after Manohar Parrikar passed away after his
with India’s Export-Import bank (EXIM) for line of battle with cancer. BJP ally MGP’s Sudin
credit (LOC) of 800 million US dollars to finance the Dhavalikar and Goa Forward Party’s Vijai Sardesai
new government’s infrastructure projects. The LOC took oath as Deputy CMs of the state. Nine other
is part of 1.4 billion US dollars finance assistance leaders also took oaths as cabinet ministers.
announced by Indian government during President
Ibrahim Mohamed Solih’s state visit in December. 801. Who won the men’s singles of YONEX Swiss
The EXIM Bank loans come with a 1.75 percent Open 2019 badminton tournament?
interest rate and a 15-year repayment period after five A. Shi Yuqi
years of moratorium The agreement was signed in B. Sai Praneeth
presence of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj who was C. Lee Yang
on a 2-day visit to Male. D. Muhammad Rian Ardianto
E. Rikke Soby
799. Which transport company signs MoU with Answer: A
Telangana government to implement smart traffic The YONEX Swiss Open 2019 badminton
solutions in Hyderabad? tournament was held at St. Jakobshalle in Basel,
A. Uber Switzerland from 12 to 17 March 2019.
B. Ola Shi Yuqi (China) won the men’s singles of YONEX
C. Yatra Giene Swiss Open 2019 badminton tournament be defeating
D. Make My Trip Sai Praneeth (India)
E. Clear Trip
Answer: B 802. Who won the men’s singles of YONEX Swiss
Ola, one of the world’s largest ride-hailing platforms, Open 2019 badminton tournament?
signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with A. Saena Kawakami
the Government of Telangana, to support their efforts B. Nami Matsuyama
towards strengthening the traffic infrastructure in C. Chen Yufei
Hyderabad city. Under the partnership, Ola share D. Chiharu Shida
intelligent insights that enable the Government to E. Jung Kyung-eun
implement smart solutions to enhance the mobility Answer: A
experience in the city, The first pilot project proposed The YONEX Swiss Open 2019 badminton
to be implemented is the dynamic mapping of the tournament was held at St. Jakobshalle in Basel,
ride quality of major roads in Hyderabad through Ola Switzerland from 12 to 17 March 2019.
vehicles Shi Yuqi (China) won the men’s singles of YONEX
Swiss Open 2019 badminton tournament be defeating
800. Who was sworn-in as CM of Goa, two days Sai Praneeth (India)
after Manohar Parrikar passed away after his
battle with cancer? 803. Prajnesh Gunneswaran is related with which
A. Pradeep Sawant sport?
B. Praveen Sawant A. Badminton
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B. Tennis was equally noticed along with big names like
C. Golf Soumitra Chatterjee and Rabi Ghosh in a classic
D. Hockey comedy like ‘Basanta Bilap’ or in ‘Dhonni Meye’.
E. Kabbadi
Answer: B 806. International Day of Happiness is observed
In Tennis, the breakthrough run at the Indian Wells every year on 20 March. What is the theme of the
has propelled India’s Prajnesh Gunneswaran to day for the year 2019?
career-high rank of 84 in the latest men’s rankings of A. Happier Together
the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). In B. Spread Happiness Around You
the Women’s Tennis Association rankings, Ankita C. Happiness is the soul
Raina continues to be India’s top-ranked player at D. Be Happy, Make Happy
168. She was followed by Karman Kaur Thandi, who E. None of these
jumped seven places to 203. Answer: A
International Day of Happiness is observed every
804. Which Football club crowned ISL champions year on 20 March with theme Happier Together.
for first time? Since 2013, United Nations has celebrated this day to
A. FC Goa recognise the importance of happiness in the lives of
B. Kerala Blasters FC people around the world. The UN launched the 17
C. Jamshedpur FC Sustainable Development Goals in 2015 to end
D. Bengaluru FC poverty, reduce inequality and protect our planet
E. None of these which are the three key aspects that lead to well-
Answer: D being and happiness.
Bengaluru FC clinched their maiden Indian Super
League title as Rahul Bheke found a championship- 807. Which Indian telecom company announced
winning header in the dying minutes of the final that it is working with China Telecom Global to
against FC Goa in Mumbai . The two teams were launch Internet of Things (IoT) service in the
locked 0-0 after 90 minutes. Even the first extra time Chinese market?
saw no goals but Bengaluru got better of a 10-men A. Relaince
Goan team 1-0, four minutes from the end of the B. Tata
second extra half. C. Vodaphone
D. Airtel
805. Famous personality Chinmoy Roy passed E. Idea
away. He is professionally an actor of which Answer: B
language? Tata Communications announced that it is working
A. Telugu with China Telecom Global to launch Internet of
B. Tamil Things (IoT) service in the Chinese market. The
C. Malayalam partnership will allow companies to deploy and
D. Kannada manage IoT devices easily and cost-effectively within
E. Bengali China and internationally across multiple industries,
Answer: E including consumer and industrial electronics
Veteran Bengali actor Chinmoy Roy has passed manufacturing, automotive, transport and logistics.
away. Roy had started his career in Bengali films in China Telecom Global and Tata Communications
the 60s and became indispensable to the film makers will cooperate to support global IoT opportunities.
for his portrayal of comic characters retaining the The Tata Communications MOVE service leverages
very essence of Bengaliness and a certain culture. He
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the company’s relationships with more than 600
mobile network operators worldwide 810. Name the Kazakhstan President who resigns
after nearly 30 years in power?
808. The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of A. Nursultan Nazarbayev
India (IBBI) signed a memorandum of B. Arif Alvi
understanding (MoU) with the Securities and C. Barham Salih
Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for effective D. Ashraf Ghani
implementation of the new bankruptcy law. IBBI E. Abdullah Abdullah
is headquartered at which city? Answer: A
A. Mumbai Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has
B. Kolkata announced his resignation after nearly 30 years in
C. New Delhi power. The 78-year old leader had ruled the country
D. Bangalore since it emerged from the collapse of the Soviet
E. None of these Union in the early 1990s. He would remain the
Answer: C chairman of the country’s powerful security council,
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India the leader of the Nur Otan party. Kassym-Jomart
(IBBI) signed a memorandum of understanding Tokayev, the speaker of the upper house of
(MoU) with the Securities and Exchange Board of parliament, will take over as the country’s acting
India (SEBI) for effective implementation of the new president for the remainder of his term in line with
bankruptcy law. The IBBI and the SEBI seek the constitution. Tokayev is a former prime minister
effective implementation of the Insolvency and and foreign minister who also served as director-
Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (Code) and its allied rules general of the U.N. office in Geneva between 2011
and regulations, which have redefined the debt-equity and 2013.
relationship and aims to promote entrepreneurship
and debt market. 811. Name the person who becomes first
transgender election ambassador from
809. Lakshya Sen is related to which sport? Maharashtra?
A. Badminton A. Amita Sawant
B. Tennis B. Vijaya Sawant
C. Table Tennis C. Gauri Sawant
D. Hockey D. ArpitaSawant
E. Cricket E. Sowmya Sawant
Answer: A Answer: C
Young Indian shuttlers Lakshya Sen and Riya The Election Commission of India has appointed
Mookerjee broke into the top-100 among Men’s and transgender social activist Gauri Sawant, as one of
Women’s singles players in the latest World the 12 election ambassadors from Maharashtra. It’s
Badminton Rankings. Making a massive jump of 28 the first time that a transgender has been appointed as
places, Lakshya Sen is placed 76th. Riya Mookerjee an election ambassador in India. Following the
climbed up 19 spots to be placed 94th. In the Supreme Court order, transgenders got the right to
women’s singles rankings, P V Sindhu and Saina vote for the first time in 2014. Gauri Sawant’s
Nehwal are static with Sindhu at sixth and Saina at appointment would help in more people from this
ninth position. Among men, B Sai Praneeth also category getting registered during the final phase of
moved up three places to 19th. Kidambi Srikanth voters enrollment. It stated that in the next few days,
remains static and is the best placed Indian in the Gauri Sawant would visit every transgender and
men’s rankings at seventh. inspire them about the need for voting.
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Niels Henrik Abel. It is often referred to as the Nobel
812. Who wrote the book ‘The Farthest Field: An Prize for mathematics
Indian Story of the Second World War’?
A. Vikranth Karnad 814. Mobile Application 'Conquer Exam, Be a
B. Sreenadh Karnad Warrior.' developed by which Indian Institute of
C. Goutham Karnad Public Health?
D. Raghu Karnad A. IIPH Gandhinagar
E. None of these B. IIPH Delhi
Answer: D C. IIPH Hyderabad
Journalist and writer Raghu Karnad won the D. IIPH Bhuwaneshwar
prestigious award for his debut book ‘The Farthest E. IIPH Shillong
Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War’ in Answer: A
the non-fiction category on a ceremony which was Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar,
held in London. Karnad became the second Indian to Gujarat, (IIPHG) joined hands with National Mental
win the Windham-Campbell Prize; after Jerry Pinto Health Program, Department of Health and Family
who won the prize in 2016 for his novel ‘Em And the Welfare, Government of Gujarat for developed a
Big Hoom’. The Indian author is one of the eight mobile application called as ‘Conquer Exam, Be a
winners who have been chosen across four categories Warrior’ to reduce the exam pressure for the student.
this year. Each of the eight winners won $165,000 as This Application to create awareness and help
prize money to support their writing. In terms of the students and parents to analyse and overcome exam
award money, Windham-Campbell Prize is one of the pressure.
richest literary awards worldwide.
815. Name the payment wallet launched by
813. Karen Uhlenbeck becomes first woman to Xiaomi in India with ICICI Bank?
win Abel Prize for Maths. She belongs to which A. M Pay
country? B. Mi Pay
A. Germany C. E Pay
B. Canada D. Ei Pay
C. France E. Xi Pay
D. Australia Answer: B
E. USA Xiaomi has rolled out its own UPI payment solution
Answer: E app, Mi Pay, for its users in India, enabling them to
An American professor Karen Uhlenbeck has become send money to any UPI address and bank account in
the first woman to win the Abel Prize for the country. The company will use the National
mathematics since it was first established in 2002. Payment Corporation of India’s UPI and Bharat Bill
She has been awarded the 6 million Norwegian payment network for its core functionality. The
kroner ($700,000) prize for her work in the fields of company has tied up with ICICI Bank for the back-
gauge theory and geometric analysis, which have end solution. This is a closed payments app, and only
been credited with far-reaching impact in both Xiaomi users can download it from the Mi Apps
mathematics and physics. She is also a role model store. Being a closed app, only Xiaomi users can
and a strong advocate for gender equality in science transfer money between each other, using Mi Pay app
and mathematics. The award was awarded by the
Norwegian Academy of Science since 2003 to 816. 33rd Edition of IND-INDO CORPAT begins
honour the 19th-century Norwegian mathematician at which city?
A. Mumbai
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B. Daman and Diu Answer: D
C. Goa The magnificent Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu
D. Port Blair Dhabi will host the T10 League for the next five
E. Karavathi years, starting with the 2019 season. Abu Dhabi
Answer: D Cricket, in partnership with Abu Dhabi Sports
33rd edition of the India-Indonesia Coordinated Council (ADSC) and the Department of Culture and
Patrol (IND-INDO CORPAT) will be held from 19th Tourism – Abu Dhabi (a Abu Dhabi), has signed a
March to 4th April 2019. During the opening five-year agreement with the organisers of the T10
ceremony in Port Blair, various activities such as League. The first match of the T10 League 2019 will
sporting fixtures, ship visits and professional be held on October 23. The T10 format was first
interactions have been planned. The ship and aircraft introduced to the UAE in 2017
from both the countries would undertake patrolling
on the respective sides of 236 nautical miles long 819. How many days is given as default for
International Maritime Boundary line and also resolving the loan account which is more than
participate in the 2nd Bilateral Maritime Exercise in Rs.2000 crore under the Insolvency and
the Andaman Sea. The opening ceremony was held at Bankruptcy Code (IBC)?
Port Blair. The closing ceremony will be held at A. 180 days
Belawan, Indonesia on 04 April 2019. B. 90 days
C. 60 days
817. India secures what position in the medal tally D. 30 days
in recently concluded Asian Youth Athletics E. None of these
Championships? Answer: A
A. First Reserve Bank of India maintained that there is no
B. Second dilution in its stand regarding February 12 circular on
C. Third stressed assets recognition and resolution.The central
D. Fourth bank said in a statement that it is restated that the RBI
E. Fifth maintained its stand on all aspects of the Framework
Answer: B as has been consistently stated in its communications,
The third edition of the Asian Youth Athletics including the clarification given during the post-
Championships 2019 was held at the Tseung Kwan O monetary policy press conference which was held on
Sports Ground in Hong Kong from 15 to 17 March. It February 7, 2019.Also there would be no changes in
is a biennial, continental athletics competition for the circular, said RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das on
Asian athletes aged from 15 to 17 years. China last month.The circular directed lenders to refer any
topped the medal tally with 31 medals India secured loan account more than Rs 2,000 crore under the
second position in the medal table by winning 26 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) if the loan
medals including 8 gold, 9 silver and 9 bronze. amount is not resolved within 180 days of default.
Also it underscored IBC’s status as the cornerstone of
818. Which Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi will the bad loan resolution framework, scrapping all
host the T10 League for the next five years, previous mechanisms.The circular imposed a one-day
starting with the 2019 season. default rule and banks have to treat a company as a
A. Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium defaulter even if it misses repayment schedule by a
B. Dubai International Cricket Stadium day.
C. Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium
D. Zayed Cricket Stadium
E. None of these
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820. Darryl D’Monte passed away at age of 74 D. 24th March

years in Mumbai.He belongs to which of the E. 25th March
following field? Answer: A
A. Journalist and Environmental activist World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD) is observed on
B. Actor and Director 21 March every year. Theme: Leave No One Behind
C. Director and Producer On this day, people with Down syndrome and those
D. Actor and Politician who live and work with them throughout the world
E. None of these organise and participate in activities and events to
Answer: A raise public awareness and create a single global
Senior journalist and environmental activist Darryl voice for advocating for the rights, inclusion and well
D’Monte died at a hospital in Mumbai after a brief being of people with Down syndrome.
illness at the age of 74 years. In a career spanning
several decades, he served as the resident editor of 823. World Poetry Day is celebrated on 21 March
Mumbai editions of The Times of India and The every year. When was the World Poetry Day
Indian Express.Besides journalism, he had a keen celebrated for the first time?
interest in environmental issues and took some A. 1999
initiatives for the cause, he added. B. 2000
C. 2010
821. World Forestry Day of Forests is celebrated D. 2013
every year on March 21stto raise public awareness E. 2015
about the values, significance and contributions of Answer: A
the forests to balance life cycle on the earth. What World Poetry Day is celebrated on 21 March every
is the theme for the year 2019? year. It is a day to encourage people to read, write,
A. Learn To Love Forests teach, and publish poetry and to recognise the great
B. Forests and Sustainable Cities cultural contribution poetry makes to human society.
C. Forests and Energy World Poetry Day was declared by UNESCO in
D. Forests and Water 1999.
E. None of these
Answer: A 824. Which country renames its capital to
World Forestry Day or International Day of Forests is Nursultan after countries ex-President?
celebrated every year to raise public awareness about A. Afghanistan
the values, significance and contributions of the B. Kazakhstan
forests to balance life cycle on the earth. The theme C. Malaysia
for the year 2019 is Learn To Love Forests. In 1971, D. Uzbekistan
the World Forestry Day was established at the 23rd E. Tajikistan
General Assembly of European Confederation of Answer: B
Agriculture. And it was decided to be celebrated as Kazakhstan’s parliament voted to rename the
an annual event celebration on 21st of March by the country’s capital Astana as Nursultan in honour of
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. longtime ruler Nursultan Nazarbayev, a day after he
resigned as president. Kazakhstan’s new interim
822. World Down Syndrome Dayis observed on president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev proposed
what date of every year? renaming the capital. The new president will serve till
A. 21st March April 2020. Astana replaced Kazakhstan’s largest city
B. 22nd March Almaty as the capital in 1997.
C. 23rd March
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825. Who was honoured with Hans Kilian Award Answer: D

2019? Hindi writer Leeladhar Jagudi will be honoured with
A. Vinit Candy the Vyas Samman 2018 by the KK Birla Foundation
B. Surve Hope for his collection of poems ‘Jitne Log Utne
C. Ashis Nandy Prem’.Mr. Jagudi’s poems represent different stages
D. Prithk Pope as he imbibes every turning point of his life and
E. None of these reflects all which are recollected in tranquillity. The
Answer: C Vyas Samman, started in 1991 is given to an
Sociologist and political psychoanalyst Ashis Nandy ‘outstanding literary work’ in Hindi authored by an
and co-founder of the postcolonial theory was named Indian citizen which has been published in the last
recipient of Hans Kilian Award for the year 2019 decade. The award carries an amount of Rs. 4 lakh.
instituted by the Köhler Foundation.He was chosen
for his efforts to adapt western traditions of thought 828. Which government agency appoints
such as psychoanalysis to non-western context. He Shailendra Handa & Madhu Mahajan as Special
was awarded prestigious Fukuoka Asian Culture Expenditure Observers?
Prize in 2007. He was included as one of world’s 100 A. ECI
most important public intellectuals in Foreign Affairs B. AADHAR
magazine in 2008. C. UPSC
D. CBI
826. Who was awarded 2019 Templeton Prize E. UIDAI
worth $1.4 million for his work on blending Answer: A
science and spirituality? Election Commission has appointed two eminent
A. Suzana Herculano former Civil Servants Shailendra Handa and Ms.
B. Sara Imari Walker Madhu Mahajan as Special Expenditure Observers
C. Jim Young Kim for the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections. Shailendra
D. Marcelo Gleiser Handa has been deployed in Maharashtra and Madhu
E. None of these Mahajan has been deployed in Tamil Nadu. The
Answer: D Special Observers will supervise and monitor the
Brazilian physicist and astronomer Marcelo Gleiser work being done by the electoral machinery. They
was awarded 2019 Templeton Prize worth $1.4 will ensure that stringent and effective enforcement
million for his work on blending science and action is undertaken based on intelligence inputs and
spirituality. It makes him first Latin American to win complaints received through C-VIGIL and Voter
this award.He has written best-selling books and Helpline 1950 against all persons and entities trying
appeared on numerous TV and radio shows, to induce voters by distributing cash and liquor.
discussing science as spiritual quest to understand
origins of universe and life on Earth. 829. Which airline company becomes first Indian
low- cost airline to join IATA?
827. Name the Hindi writer who honoured with A. Indigo
the Vyas Samman 2018 by the KK Birla B. Air India Express
Foundation? C. Spice Jet
A. Kunwar Narayan D. Jet Airways
B. Manglesh Dabral E. Air India
C. Kedamath Singh Answer: C
D. Leeladhar Jagudi Budget carrier SpiceJet has joined global airlines’
E. Ashok Vajpeyi grouping International Air Transport Association
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(IATA), becoming the first Indian low-cost carrier to 832. Exim Bank gives what amount line of credit
get the membership and fifth member in India The to Congoto finance three solar power projects in
IATA membership is significant on account of the central African country?
SpiceJet’s plans to expand its international footprint. A. $80mn
Other Indian members of the IATA include Air India, B. $83mn
Jet Airways and Vistara. The membership also allows C. $86mn
SpiceJet to explore and grow its collaborations with D. $93mn
international member airlines of IATA through E. $103mn
interlining and code shares Answer: B
Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) has, on
830. Which company partners with NASSCOM to behalf of the government, extended three lines of
Impart Digital Literacy? credit (LOC) aggregating $83.11 million to the
A. Instagram government of Congo to finance three solar power
B. Youtube projects in the central African country. The loan will
C. Whatsapp be utilised for financing three solar photovoltaic
D. Snapchat power projects with a total capacity of 35 megawatt
E. None of these in the three provinces — Karawa, Mbandaka and
Answer: C Lusambo.The LOC agreements were exchanged
WhatsApp and NASSCOM Foundation came between Ambassador of Congo to India Mossi
together to impart digital literacy training to curb fake Nyamale Rosette and Exim Bank Managing Director
news during the general elections.As part of the David Rasquinha during the 14th CII-Exim Conclave
partnership, WhatsApp and NASSCOM Foundation 2019 which was held at New Delhi
will train nearly 1,00,000 Indians to spot false
information and provide tips and tricks to stay safe on 833. Which IT company has created a Blockchain-
WhatsApp. based global payment network that transmits
monetary value in the form of digital assets,
831. Name the public sector bank that inks pact commonly known as cryptocurrencies or ‘stable
with Bank of China for business opportunities? coins’?
A. Punjab National Bank A. Intel
B. State Bank of India B. IBM
C. Indian Bank C. Samsung
D. Syndicate Bank D. TCS
E. Bank of Baroda E. HCL
Answer: B Answer: B
The country’s largest lender SBI stated that it has Information Technology (IT) major IBM has created
signed a pact with the Bank of China to boost a Blockchain-based global payment network that
business opportunities. Both SBI and BoC will gain transmits monetary value in the form of digital assets,
direct access to their respective markets of operation. commonly known as cryptocurrencies or ‘stable
SBI has a branch in Shanghai and BOC is opening its coins’.The payment network called World Wire uses
branch in Mumbai. This MoU will facilitate the the Stellar protocol that reduces intermediaries and
clients of both the banks to access banking products allows users to accelerate settlement time. World
and services of each other, which will lead to a Wire has already enabled payment locations in 72
mutually beneficial relationship. countries, with 47 currencies and 44 banking
endpoints.
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834. Who was awarded with ‘Uttam Yudh Seva extreme supremacist ideologies’.The day aims to
Medal’ for successfully organizing the counter- remind people of racial discrimination’s negative
terrorist operations in Jammu & Kashmir? consequences. It also encourages people to remember
A. Pradip Kumar Panda their obligation and determination to combat racial
B. Anil Kumar Bhatt discrimination
C. Vijay Kumar
D. Irfan Ramzan Sheikh 837. On 22 March, World Water Day is observed
E. None of these annually to raise awareness about the importance
Answer: B of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable
The Gallantry Awards and Distinguished Service management of freshwater resources. What is the
Decorations were conferred by President Ram Nath theme of the day for the year 2019?
Kovind at the Defence Investiture Ceremony,which A. Leaving No One Behind
was held at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi. B. Save Water, Store Water
C. Water is Future
835. Name the US Economist, who advised its two D. Water, Earth and Life
presidents, has passed away recently at the age of E. None of these
58 years? Answer: A
A. Kenneth Arrow On 22 March, World Water Day is observed annually
B. Paul Samuelson to raise awareness about the importance of freshwater
C. Milton Friedman and advocating for the sustainable management of
D. Alan B.Krueger freshwater resources. The theme for the year 2019 is
E. None of these Leaving No One Behind.It was recommended to
Answer: D celebrate in 1992 at United Nations Conference on
Former White House Economist, Alan B. Krueger, Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de
who advised two presidents and helped lead Janerio. And then, in 1993 first World Water Day is
economics toward a more scientific approach to celebrated.
research and policymaking, was found dead at his
home in Princeton, New Jersey, United States after 838. Which countries government has hosted the
committing suicide.He was born on 17th September first ever High-Level Dialogue on Indo-Pacific
1960 in Livingston, New Jersey, United States and Cooperation (HLD-IPC) in its capital city?
was 58 years old at the time of his death. A. India
B. Indonesia
836. United Nation’s International Day for the C. Malaysia
Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed D. Vietnam
annually on what date? E. China
A. 20th March Answer: B
B. 21st March The Government of Indonesia has hosted the first
C. 22nd March ever High-Level Dialogue on Indo-Pacific
D. 23rd March Cooperation (HLD-IPC) in its capital city Jakarta.The
E. 24th March Dialogue themed “Towards a Peaceful, Prosperous,
Answer: B and Inclusive Region,” was opened by Indonesia’s
United Nation’s International Day for the Elimination Vice President Jusuf Kalla. The dialogue was
of Racial Discrimination is observed annually on 21 divided into two sessions of general debate and
March. The theme for the year 2019 is ‘Mitigating thematic debate. The general debate was chaired by
and countering rising nationalist populism and Marsudi, with all delegation heads conveying the
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position of their respective countries. The delegates Ratings cut India’s FY19 GDP growth forecast to
participated in the thematic debate under three 7.2% from 7.8% on December 6
themes: sustainable development goals, maritime
cooperation, and infrastructure and connectivity. 841. Indian Railways Integral Coach Factory
(ICF) becomes largest rail coaches maker in the
839. Which foreign bank is setting up a unit in world. ICF is located at
India to buy and reorganize soured debt as it A. Mumbai
seeks to profit from an unprecedented bad-loan B. Chennai
clean up in the nation with one of the world’s C. Hyderabad
worst non-performing loan ratios? D. Kolkata
A. Standard Chartered Bank E. New Delhi
B. HSBC Bank Answer: B
C. Deutsche Bank The Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in Chennai has
D. Barclays Bank manufactured as many as 301 coaches in the month
E. Bank of Scotland of February, taking the total for this fiscal to 2,919.
Answer: C This puts the factory among the largest railcar
Deutsche Bank AG is setting up a unit in India to buy builders in the world, beating top Chinese
and reorganize soured debt as it seeks to profit from manufacturers who produce around 2,600 coaches a
an unprecedented bad-loan clean up in the nation year. The ICF is now eyeing ending the financial year
with one of the world’s worst non-performing loan with over 3200 coaches. The ICF has also churned
ratios.The German bank felt the need to have its own out the newly launched country’s fastest train Vande
asset reconstruction company to buy and reorganize Bharat Express between the April-February period.
non-performing credit as current Indian rules restrict Indian Railways-owned Modern Coach Factory
overseas investors from buying soured loans directly (MCF) in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh.
from lenders in the country. Bank of America Corp is
also considering setting up a similar unit. More than 842. Name the bollwood actor who was appointed
29 ARCs have been set up in India after parliament as the Brand Ambassador of financial technology
passed a law in 2002 to help banks clear their balance company PhonePe.
sheets by selling bad loans. A. Ajay Devgan
B. Sharukh Khan
840. What is the India GDP growth forecast for C. Salman Khan
FY20 in the recently released Fitch ratings? D. Amitbh Bachan
A. 6.2% E. Aamir Khan
B. 6.4% Answer: E
C. 6.6% PhonePe has appointed Bollywood superstar Aamir
D. 6.8% Khan as the face of its brand. It is also an official co-
E. 7.2% presenting sponsor for the television broadcast of
Answer: D VIVO IPL 2019, and will be launching a series of
Fitch Ratings cut India’s economic growth forecast new TV ads featuring Aamir Khan during this season
for the next financial year starting April 1, to 6.8 per PhonePe is one of India’s fastest growing payment
cent from its previous estimate of 7 per cent, on platform and is based on UPI. It is headquartered in
weaker than expected momentum in the economy. Bengaluru.
The rating agency has also cut growth forecasts for
FY20 and FY21 to 7 per cent from 7.3 per cent and 843. Which country has topped a global happiness
7.1 per cent from 7.3 per cent, respectively Fitch ranking for the second year in a row?
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A. Finland 845. Name the military operation carried out by
B. Denmark Indian and Myanmar armiesto wipe out insurgent
C. Norway camps who were planning to hit the Indian
D. Iceland workers at the Kaladan Transit project?
E. Netherlands A. Operation Suryakiran
Answer: A B. Operation Sunrise
Finland has topped a global happiness ranking for the C. Operation Mahima
second year in a row.It beat Nordic peers Denmark, D. Operation Vipani
Norway and Iceland in a ranking of 156 countries by E. None of these
the United Nations Sustainable Development Answer: B
Solutions Network. The ranking saw the US drop one Indian and Myanmar armies carried out a military
place, to 19th, while people in South Sudan were the operation named `Operation Sunrise’ to wipe out
least happy. India dropped seven ranks to the 140th insurgent camps who were planning to hit the Indian
place. The Global Happiness Report published by the workers at the Kaladan Transit project. The Kaladan
UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, the Multimodal Transit Transport Project aims to connect
report ranked 156 countries by happiness levels, seaports from India to Myanmar. The Joint operation
assessing factors such as life expectancy, social was conducted from mid- February till mid- March.
support and corruption. The report is released The target of these operations carried out by the
annually, on 20 March, on International Day of armies of both countries was the Arakan Army, an
Happiness. insurgent group trained by the Kachin Independence
Army (KIA), and reportedly trained by China.
844. Asian Development Bank (ADB) has inked an
agreement to invest what million US dollar in 846. Which company has introduced a robot-
solar energy project developer Avaada Energy Pvt based sortation technology — Automated Guided
Ltd to help the company scale up rapidly. Vehicles (AGVs) at its Soukya sortation center in
A. 10 Bengaluru?
B. 25 A. Amazon
C. 50 B. Flipkart
D. 75 C. Snapdeal
E. 100 D. Samsung
Answer: C E. Nokia
Asian Development Bank (ADB) has inked an Answer: B
agreement to invest USD 50 million in solar energy Flipkart has introduced a robot-based sortation
project developer Avaada Energy Pvt Ltd to help the technology — Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs)
company scale up rapidly.The investment will come at its Soukya sortation center in Bengaluru. The
equally from ADB’s Ordinary Capital Resources and Soukya set-up involves over 100 self-guided bots that
Leading Asia’s Private Infrastructure Fund (LEAP). automatically sort packages to the right customer
LEAP is a funding arrangement provided by Japan pincodes by identifying encoded information on each
International Cooperation Agency (JICA) which is package. It can process up to 4,500 shipments in an
administered by ADB. The project will contribute to hour and can be scaled over five times with minimal
the strategy of the government to increase the share changes. The AGVs will help Flipkart meet ever-
of renewable energy generation capacity from about growing customer and scale demands, ensuring faster
20 per cent in 2018 to 40 per cent by 2030. delivery and an enhanced experience for online
shoppers.
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847. India bags how many gold medals in the 849. What is the new rate slashed by GST Council
recently concluded Special Olympics Games, Abu for construction flats during its 34thGST Council
Dhabi, UAE? that held in New Delhi?
A. 85 A. 10%
B. 93 B. 6%
C. 129 C. 5%
D. 154 D. 1%
E. 368 E. None of the these
Answer: A Answer: C
India returned with 368 medals, including 85 gold, at Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley chaired 34th
the Special Olympics World Summer Games, held at meeting of the Goods and Services Tax Council in
Abu Dhabi, UAE. The Indian team of 284 athletes New Delhi. It discussed the operational details for
also clinched 154 silver and 129 bronze medals in its implementation of the recommendations made by the
highly successful campaign at the prestigious 33rd meeting of the council.The tax rate for under
event.Medals are won in Judo, Athletics, Cycling, construction flats slashed to 5% and affordable
Aquatics, Powerlifting, Basketball Traditional, Table homes to 1% without input tax credit (ITC) by the
Tennis, Roller skating, Badminton, Handball GST Council. Currently 12% GST is levied with
Traditional and Football 7 Side Female competitions input tax credit on payments made for under
in the game. From the roller skating event, the construction properties. It will be effective from April
country won 49 medals – 13 gold, 20 silver, and 16 1st.
bronze medals. Indian powerlifters bagged the
maximum number of medals 20 gold, 33 silver and 850. Organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics
43 bronze. India participated in Judo and Futsal for unveiled a __________shaped torch for the 2020
the first time. The next Special Olympic Games are Olympics?
set to take place in Sweden in 2021 A. Cherry-Blossom
B. Trumpet-Shaped
848. Where did three day 14th CII-EXIM Bank C. Stellate-Shaped
Conclave on India-Africa Project Partnerships D. Cruciform-Shaped
held,which discusses 2 key themes on digital E. None of these
infrastructure and digital skills? Answer: A
A. Kolkata The organizers of the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo
B. Pune have chosen a Japanese motif — the cherry blossom
C. New Delhi for their Olympic torch. The design, unveiled,makes
D. Bengaluru use of not only a traditional “Sakura-mon” blossom
E. None of these emblem but also the same aluminum extrusion
Answer: C technology used in the manufacture of the country’s
The three day 14th CII-EXIM Bank Conclave on well-known bullet trains. It will generate five flames
India-Africa Project Partnerships concluded in New from a cluster of petal-shaped cylinders.
Delhi. The Conclave will enhance the partnership
between India and Africa in economic as well as 851. World Meteorological Day is celebrated on
business terms.The event was organized by Ministry 23rd March every year to attract attention
of Commerce and Industry in association with Exim towards weather and climate. What is the theme
Bank of India and Confederation of Indian Industry of the day for the year 2019?
(CII). A. The Sun, the Earth and the Weather
B. The Sun, The Moon and the Earth
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C. The Earth and The Environment Partnership Programme, the Government of India is
D. Environment, Wheather and The Climate providing assistance to institutions at all levels from
E. None of these primary schools to universities in Nepal.
Answer: A
World Meteorological Day is celebrated on 23rd 854. Which public sector carrying ‘Your Own
March every year to attract attention towards weather Bank’ tag?
and climate for safety and well being of the society. A. Bank of Baroda
The theme of the day for the year 2019 is ‘The Sun, B. Syndicate Bank
the Earth and the Weather’. On 23rd March, 1950, C. Indian Bank
World Meteorological Organisation came into D. Canara Bank
force. The E. Andhra Bank
Answer: C
852. Every year, which among the following days Indian Bank, with over 9400 touch points across the
is observed as ‘Shaheedi Diwas’ in the memories country, has crossed the milestone business level of
of three freedom fighters – Bhagat Singh, Rajguru Rs. 4.00 lakh crore. The Bank has featured in the
and Sukhdev? most trusted brands in the Public Sector Bank
A. March 18th category and has been acknowledged as India’s Best
B. March 19th Bank. It has many ‘Firsts’ to its credit when it comes
C. March 20th to merging banking and technology for better, safer
D. March 22nd and more convenient solutions. The Bank was the
E. March 23rd first to migrate from Total Bank Computerization
Answer: E (TBC) to 100% Core Banking Solutions (CBS).
Every year, 23 March is observed as ‘Shaheedi Installing the first ATM by any public sector bank in
Diwas’ in the memories of three freedom fighters – 1989, installing the first drive-in ATM of the country
Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev. The three during 1990, introducing the first ever voice-guided
freedom fighter, were hanged to death on this day in biometric ATM in 2007 to name a few. The Bank
Lahore Central Jail in 1931. launched an industry-first mobile app to block and
manage limits of debit card and credit card, the ‘IB
853. India-funded what amount of Nepalese Smart Remote’. Because of these factors, carrying the
rupees for the educational campus that is tag ‘Your Own Bank’, the Bank is looked upon with
inaugurated in Nepal recently? pride in India.
A. 32.5 million
B. 33.5 million 855. Name the company that is acquired by
C. 34.5 million NSEIT, the IT-services focused subsidiary of the
D. 35.5 million National Stock Exchange?
E. 36.5 million A. Benison Technologies
Answer: C B. Cloud Xtension
Educational campus constructed with Government of C. Aujas Networks Ltd
India’s financial grant of 35.5 million Nepalese D. Bitwise Inc
rupees was inaugurated in Nepal.The newly built E. Leap Info Systems
Siddheshwar Education Public Campus will not only Answer: C
boost the learning environment of students but also NSEIT, the IT-services focused subsidiary of the
enhance access to education to needy, poor and National Stock Exchange has acquired Aujas
marginalized students of Ramechhap District and Networks Ltd. a company which provides
adjoining area. As part of the Development information security consulting and IT risk
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management services.The combination with Aujas 858. Tim Stone appointed as CFO of which
helps us offer next generation cybersecurity services Automaker company?
and platforms to address emerging security threats. A. Ford
NSEIT and Aujas will focus on offering market B. Renault
leading solutions to customers globally. Aujas is a C. Volkswagen
perfect fit due to its expertise in cybersecurity D. Hyundai
transformation services, strong team, and global E. None of these
customers. NSEIT currently provides technology Answer: A
solutions across industries such as capital markets, American multinational automaker Ford has named
financial markets, banking and insurance. 20-year Amazon veteran Tim Stone as its next Chief
Financial Officer (CFO), the first external hire in
856. Name the actor who signs for MG Motor as around 70 years. Ford’s present CFO Bob Shanks
India brand ambassador? will retire at the end of 2019 after having served for
A. Tom Hiddleton around 42 years. Stone had served various roles at
B. Martin Feeman Amazon, before joining Snap as CFO in May 2018.
C. Robert Downey
D. Chir Hemsworth 859. Name Vice Admiral who would be the next
E. Benedict Cumberbatch Chief of Naval Staff?
Answer: E A. Vidyavat Singh
Actor Benedict Cumberbatch was appointed as the B. Parvesh Singh
brand ambassador of Morris Garages (MG Motors) C. Karambir Singh
for its India operation.MG Motors is expected to D. Samaranath Singh
launch its first car—a sports utility vehicle named E. None of these
Hector—in 2019. MG Motor India will manufacture Answer: C
vehicles at its Halol plant, which has a capacity of Vice Admiral Karambir Singh has been appointed the
80,000 units per annum. next Navy Chief, becomes the first helicopter pilot to
occupy the office. Singh will succeed Admiral Sunil
857. Which company has announced the Lanba who retires on May 31. Presently he is serving
appointment of Chacko Purackal Thomas as the as the Flag Officer Commanding in Chief of the
managing director and chief executive officer? Eastern Naval Command in Visakhapatnam. An
A. Nescafe alumnus of National Defence Academy (NDA),
B. Tata Coffee Khadakwasla, Singh had commissioned into the
C. Lavazza Indian Navy in July 1980.
D. Starbucks
E. Bru Coffee 860. Name the mobile application that is launched
Answer: B by The Central Board of Secondary Education
Tata Coffee announced the appointment of Chacko (CBSE) to upload podcast on Class 10, 12 exam
Purackal Thomas as the managing director and chief evaluation process.
executive officer.He will replace Sanjiv Sarin, who A. Shiksha Vani
retires on 31 March. He will assume the charge from B. Chhatr Vani
April 1, 2019. Thomas, currently working as the C. Parinam Vani
executive director and deputy CEO of the Tata Group D. Pareeksha Vani
firm. E. None of these
Answer: A
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The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Nepal single goal was score by Sabitra Bhandari at
launched a new podcast app ‘Shiksha Vani’ to upload 33rd minute.
podcast on Class 10, 12 exam evaluation process.This
app will disseminate crucial information to students 863. Haku Shah passed away at the age of 85
and parents in a timely manner. Its first episode, on years. Professionally he is a ______.
the evaluation process of Class 10 and 12 board A. Actor
examinations, has been released on the platform.This B. Singer
episode is helpful for all the students, as when the C. Painter
examinations proceed, the episode helps students D. Politician
understand how their completed papers will be E. Classical Dancer
evaluated. Answer: C
Renowned Indian artist Haku Shah passed away at
861. Who is the author of the recently released the age of 85 years. He was known for his themes of
book ‘The Great Disappointment’? tribal and folk art. He was popularly known as Haku
A. Dr. H Chaturvedi bhai. He was the one who set up the first of its kind
B. Salman Anees Soz Crafts Village – Shilpgram in Udaipur in Rajasthan in
C. P N Bhagwa the 1980s.
D. Varun Gandhi
E. Karunya Keasv 864. What was the theme of the first ever High-
Answer: B Level Dialogue on Indo-Pacific Cooperation
The Great Disappointment: How Narendra Modi (HLD-IPC),that held in Jakarta, Indonesia?
Squandered A Unique Opportunity to Transform the A. “Towards a Peaceful, Prosperous and Inclusive
Indian Economy’ book released by economic Region ”
commentator and Congress member Salman Anees B. “Digital Disruption and Innovation: Future of
Soz. This book is the evaluation of P.M Modi’s Procurement ”
impact on Indian economy. C. “Reviving the Millennial Partnership ”
D. “Building partnerships through global value Chain
862. Which team won the recently concluded ”
South Asian Football Federation Women's E. None of these
Championship? Answer: A
A. Nepal The Government of Indonesia has hosted the first
B. Afghanistan ever High-Level Dialogue on Indo-Pacific
C. Bangladesh Cooperation (HLD-IPC) in its capital city Jakarta.
D. India The theme of the HLD was “Towards a Peaceful,
E. Sri Lanka Prosperous, and Inclusive Region”. It was
Answer: D inaugurated by Indonesia’s Vice President Jusuf
In football, India has clinched the SAFF (South Asian Kalla. The Dialogue saw the participation of
Football Federation) Women’s Championship for the representatives from India, Australia, US, Brunei
fifth time in a row, defeating hosts Nepal 3-1 in the Darussalam, Japan, South Korea, Russia, New
final at Biratnagar. This was India’s 23rd straight Zealand and China apart from 10 member ASEAN
victory in the championship since its inception in countries.The objective behind this meet was to urge
2010. In this match, for India goals were score by all participating governments to talk openly about
Dalmia Chhibber (26th minute), Grace Dengmei their plans for increasing cooperation and for
(63rd minute) and Anju Tamang (76th minute). For building trust in the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean
region. The Indo-Pacific region is comprised of three-
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fifth of the world’s population with gross domestic 867. International Day for the Right to the Truth
product (GDP) amounted to US$52 trillion. Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and
for the Dignity of Victims is observed on what
865. Name the 1971 India-Pakistan war hero and date?
Maha Vir Chakra awardee,who passed away A. March 21st
recently. B. March 22nd
A. Vikram Batra C. March 23rd
B. Mohammad Usman D. March 24th
C. Mohan Narayan Rao Samant E. March 25th
D. Jaswant Singh Rawat Answer: D
E. None of these Each year, on 24 March, the International Day for the
Answer: C Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights
The 1971 India-Pakistan war hero, Captain Mohan Violations and for the Dignity of Victims is observed.
Narayan Rao Samant of the Indian Navy, passed This annual observance pays tribute to the memory of
away at the Bharatiya Arogya Nidhi Hospital in Juhu Monsignor Óscar Arnulfo Romero, who was
at the age of 89 years due to cardiac arrest. He was a murdered on 24 March 1980. The purpose of the Day
native of Pune (Maharashtra).He was an awardee of is to pay tribute to those who have devoted their lives
Maha Vir Chakra for his bravery.He had trained over to, and lost their lives in, the struggle to promote and
400 Bengali college students as maritime commandos protect human rights for all
in the run up to the 1971 war against Pakistan.In
2012 Bangladesh Govt conferred him the “Friend of 868. Name the project launched by The Rubber
Liberation War” honour. Skill Development Council (RSDC) which is aimed
at skilling, upskilling and reskilling 10 lakh
866. World TB Day is celebrated every year on 24 personnel involved in the rubber sector, by 2020.
March annually to commemorate the date when A. Project Swayam
Dr. Robert Koch. What is the theme of the World B. Project Saamrath
TB Day is celebrated every year on 24 March C. Project Sumedha
annually to commemorate the date when Dr. D. Project Suvedana
Robert Koch. What is the theme of the day for the E. None of these
year 2019?day for the year 2019? Answer: B
A. It’s time The Rubber Skill Development Council (RSDC) has
B. Unite to End TB launched Project Saamrath, which is aimed at
C. Gear up to end TB skilling, upskilling and reskilling 10 lakh personnel
D. Wanted: Leaders for a TB-free world involved in the rubber sector, by 2020. The training is
E. Stop TB in my lifetime being provided under the Recognition of Prior
Answer: A Learning Scheme of Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas
World TB Day is celebrated every year on 24 March Yojana across natural rubber plantations, tyre
annually to commemorate the date when Dr. Robert services and rubber manufacturing. The training is
Koch announced his discovery of Mycobacterium provided for jobs such as Latex Harvest Technician
tuberculosis, the bacillus that causes TB in 1882. This (tapper), Rubber Nursery General Worker, Rubber
Day is observed to educate people about TB, its Processing Technician—Rubber Sheeting and
impact around the world. The theme for the year General Worker Rubber Plantation, among others .
2019 is ‘It’s time’.
869. Which country becomes first G7 nation to
join China’s ‘Belt and Road’ Initiative?
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A. Canada Answer: B
B. France The country’s largest lender State Bank of India
C. Germany (SBI) has raised Rs. 1,251.30 crore by issuing Basel
D. Italy III-compliant additional tier-I bonds. The proceeds
E. United Kingdom from these bonds will help SBI to boost its additional
Answer: D tier 1 capital ratio to meet systematically important
Italy become the first member of the Group of Seven bank (D-SIB) criteria to which SBI is mandated to
(G7) major industrialised nations to join China’s meet. The bonds with a face value of Rs 10 lakh each
‘Belt and Road’ infrastructure project (BRI), which is bears a coupon rate of 9.45 per cent per annum
inspired by historic, centuries-old trade routes. G7 payable annually with call option after 5 years or any
nations consist of: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, anniversary date thereafter.
Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
BRI is a development strategy adopted by the 872. According to the Reserve Bank of India
Chinese government involving infrastructure (RBI), India's foreign exchange (forex) reserves
development and investments in 152 countries and surged to what billion USD in week to March 15,
international organizations in Europe, Asia, Middle 2019?
East, Latin America and Africa. A. $ 405.638 billion
B. $ 406.638 billion
870. India’s deepest shaft cave Krem Um Ladaw C. $ 408.638 billion
was discovered recently in which state? D. $ 410.638 billion
A. Meghalaya E. $ 426.638 billion
B. Madhya Pradesh Answer: A
C. Maharashtra According to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI),
D. Mizoram India’s foreign exchange (forex) reserves surged by
E. Manipur $3.602 billion to $405.638 billion in week to March
Answer: A 15, 2019. The surge was driven by rise in foreign
India’s deepest shaft cave Krem Um Ladaw was currency assets, a major component of the overall
recently discovered in East Khasi Hills district of reserves. Forex reserves had increased by $258.8
Meghalaya. The cave has 105 m deep shaft entrance million to $402.035 billion in the previous
passage. It was discovered during 28th edition of week. The reserves had touched a life-time high of
annual ‘Caving in the Abode of the Clouds $426.028 billion in the week to April 13, 2018. Since
Expedition’ that took place in February 2019. Its then, it has been on a slide and is now down by over
discovery comes one year after discovery of world’s $20 billion. Gold reserves rose by $38.9 million to
longest sandstone cave Krem Puri in Mawsynram $23.408 billion.
region of Meghalaya’s East Khasi Hills district.
Overall 2019 expedition explored and mapped 12.3 873. Government extends IGST, compensation
kms of new cave passage. cess exemption till which month of the year 2020?
A. March
871. SBI raises what amount by issuing Basel III- B. April
compliant tier-I bonds? C. May
A. Rs. 1,201.30 crore D. June
B. Rs. 1,251.30 crore E. July
C. Rs. 1,215.30 crore Answer: A
D. Rs. 1,051.30 crore The directorate general of foreign trade (DGFT) has
E. Rs. 1,200.30 crore extended integrated GST (IGST) and compensation
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cess exemptions for goods procurement under $1m prize, beating 10,000 nominations from 179
advance authorisation scheme, export oriented unit countries. Tabichi, a member of the Franciscan
(EOU) scheme and export promotion capital goods religious order, received his prize at a ceremony in
(EPCG) scheme of foreign trade policy 2015-20 to 31 Dubai hosted by actor Hugh Jackman.
March 2020. This decision is aimed at giving relief to
exporters as they do not have to pay IGST at initial 876. The healthcare industry's apex body
point itself. In the GST regime, exporters have to pay NATHEALTH appointed whom as its president
the indirect tax and then seek refund, which is for the year 2019-20?
cumbersome process. A. Deepak Chopra
B. Vinay Kumar
874. Who was named ‘Sportsperson of The Year’ C. Sudarshan Ballal
at the annual Telangana Sports Journalists D. Ramesh C Deka
Association awards function? E. Arvinder Singh Soin
A. PV Sindhu Answer: C
B. Saina Nehwal The healthcare industry’s apex body NATHEALTH
C. Ambathi Rayudu appointed Manipal Health Enterprises Chairman
D. Mithali Raj Sudarshan a as its president for the year 2019-20. He
E. Parupalli Kashyap succeeds Fortis Healthcare’s Daljit Singh as the
Answer: B president.
London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal
was named ‘Sportsperson of The Year’ at the annual 877. What is India rank in the recently WEF's
Telangana Sports Journalists Association awards global Energy Transition index 2019?
function. Rio Olympics silver medallist PV Sindhu A. 74th
was named ‘Outstanding Performer’ in women’s B. 79th
section while, Pullela Gopichand was presented the C. 76th
‘Coach of The Year’ award and the Indian badminton D. 52nd
team was the ‘Team of The Year’ and the Badminton E. 48th
Association of Telangana was awarded the Answer: C
‘Association of the Year’. India has moved up two places to rank 76th on a
global energy transition index. The index has ranked
875. Peter Tabichi, a maths and physics teacher 115 economies on how well they are able to balance
has won the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher energy security and access with environmental
Prize 2019. He belongs to which nation? sustainability and affordability. Sweden remains on
A. Sudan the top on this annual list compiled by Geneva-based
B. Chad World Economic Forum (WEF) and is followed by
C. South Korea Switzerland and Norway in the top three,
D. North Korea
E. Kenya 878. According to the world airport traffic
Answer: E rankings Delhi's Indira Gandhi International
Peter Tabichi, a maths and physics teacher at Keriko Airport 12th busiest in the world. Which is the
secondary school in Pwani Village, in a remote part world busiest airport?
of Kenya’s Rift Valley, has won the Varkey A. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
Foundation Global Teacher Prize 2019. Peter, (Georgia, US)
donates most of his salary to help poorer students, has B. Beijing Capital International Airport (China)
been crowned the world’s best teacher and awarded a
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C. Dubai International Airport (United Arab A. New Delhi
Emirates) B. Mumbai
D. Los Angeles International Airport (California, US) C. Bangalore
E. Tokyo's Haneda Airport (Japan) D. Hyderabad
Answer: A E. Chennai
The nation capital’s Indira Gandhi International Answer: A
Airport (IGIA) has now become the world’s 12th NITI Aayog has organised one day FinTech
busiest airport, moving up four places from the 16th Conclave at Dr. Ambedkar International Center, New
spot in 2017. According to the preliminary world Delhi The Conclave was inaugurated by RBI
airport traffic rankings for 2018 released by the Governor Shaktikanta Das. The objective of the
Airports Council International (ACI) , it over took conference is to shape India’s continued ascendancy
mega-hubs like Frankfurt, Dallas Forth Worth, in FinTech, build the narrative for future strategy and
Guangzhou and Istanbul Ataturk airports. The four policy efforts, and to deliberate steps for
airports above the IGI Airport are Amsterdam comprehensive financial inclusion.
Schiphol, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Shanghai Pudong
and Hong Kong, managing over 46 lakh passengers 881. Which country has donated 69 million dollars
more than IGIA. India became the world’s third- to the United Nations World Food Programme to
largest aviation market in terms of passenger provide vital aid to 28 countries in the Middle
throughput, behind the US and China, in 2018. East, Africa, and Asia?
A. Qatar
879. Name the Rocket that Launches Earth- B. Japan
Watching PRISMA Satellite for Italy? C. Singapore
A. Garuda D. Kuwait
B. Vega E. Switzerland
C. Vidya Answer: B
D. Nandii Japan has donated 69 million dollars to the United
E. None of these Nations World Food Programme to provide vital aid
Answer: B to 28 countries in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia,
Italy’s new Earth-observation satellite named with the biggest shares of the money earmarked for
PRISMA (Precursore Iperspettrale della Missione Yemen and Iraq. Japan is one of WFP’s top donors
Applicativa) launched from the Guiana Space Centre and has so far contributed $958 million to UN-WFP y
by 98 foot (30 meters) tall Vega rocket which was since 2014.
developed by the joint venture of Italian Space
Agency and the European Space Agency. PRISMA 882. Which company has signed a share purchase
(an Italian acronym for Hyperspectral Precursor of agreement to acquire all 52.63 per cent shares of
the Application Mission) is designed to provide the government in Rural Electrification
information about environmental monitoring, Corporation (REC) for about Rs 14,500 crore?
resources management, pollution and crop health. A. Ashok Layland
The satellite includes a medium resolution camera B. Power Grid Corporation of India
that can view across all visual wavelengths, as well as C. REC Limited
a hyperspectral imager that can capture a wider range D. Power Finance Corporation
of wavelengths between 400 and 2500 nanometers E. None of these
Answer: D
880. NITI Aayog has organised one day FinTech State-owned Power Finance Corporation (PFC) has
Conclave at which city? signed a share purchase agreement to acquire all
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52.63 per cent shares of the government in Rural Answer: C
Electrification Corporation (REC) for about Rs Oman has signed an agreement with the United States
14,500 crore. Under this agreement, PFC will acquire that allow American ships and warplanes to take
103.94 crore equity shares of Rs 10 of REC from advantage of his ports and airports. The agreement
President constituting 52.63% of paid-up share will allow the US forces to take advantage from the
capital. With this PFC is now slated to become a facilities offered at some of the Sultanate’s ports and
promoter and the holding company of REC. The airports during visits of the US military vessels and
acquisition will enable increased efficiencies in aircraft, particularly in the port of Duqm. Duqm port
lending processes and policies across both is located in southern Oman on the Arabian Sea and
institutions, and create public value by offering better around 500 kilometres from the Strait of Hormuz
loan products to the power sector.
885. Name the book launched by Former Chief
883. ESPNcricinfo in partnership with which IIT Election Commissioner of India Hamid Ansar
launches data science based ‘Superstats’? Navin Chawla’s recently?
A. IIT Madras A. Every Vote Counts
B. IIT Roorke B. Your Voice Your Vote
C. IIT Khanpur C. Your Vote Matters
D. IIT Kharkpur D. Turn out vote
E. IIT Hyderabad E. None of these
Answer: A Answer: A
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras has Former Chief Election Commissioner of India Navin
launched data science-based ‘Superstats,’ to analyse Chawla’s book ‘Every Vote Counts -The Story of
Cricket games. Launched in association with India’s Elections’was launched by former Vice
ESPNcricinfo, Superstats is a combination of stats President of India, Hamid Ansari in New Delhi. The
metrics – Luck Index, Forecaster and Smart Stats that book has been published by HarperCollins India.
uses data science for the first time to give a context to
every event in a game and also venture into new 886. Lasith Malinga to retire from international
territories such as luck and forecasting. Researchers cricket after Twenty20 World Cup. He plays for
from IIT Madras along with its incubated company which country?
Gyan Data acquired ball-by-ball database that has A. Australia
more than ten years of detailed data, and scientific B. India
methods, processes and complex algorithms based on C. Sri Lanka
machine learning (ML). The work was led by D. West Indies
Raghunathan Rengaswamy and Mahesh E. South Africa
Panchagnula. Answer: C
Sri Lankan limited overs captain Lasith Malinga will
884. Which country has signed an agreement with retire from international cricket after next year’s
the United States that allow American ships and Twenty20 World Cupto be held in Australia. He
warplanes to take advantage of his ports and would also quit one-day internationals after the 2019
airports? World Cup in England and Wales. He made his ODI
A. Yemen debut in 2004, becoming the first to clinch two World
B. UAE Cup hat-tricks and the first to take three ODI hat-
C. Oman tricks.
D. Iran
E. India
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887. RBI denies ____ Banks proposal to name D. Certification Standard for Mitigation of Human
change Wildlife Conflict
A. PNB Bank E. None of these
B. IDBI Answer: B
C. YES Bank The forest certification scheme ‘Certification
D. Axis Bank Standard for Sustainable Forest Management (SFM)’
E. Corporation Bank developed by the Network for Certification and
Answer: B Conservation of Forest (NCCF) got global
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has turned down recognition by a Geneva based non-profit firm. The
IDBI Bank’s proposal to change its name following decision was made through a postal ballot by the
the transfer of a controlling 51% stake to LIC, council of Programme for Endorsement of Forest
insurance behemoth, from the government of India. Certification (PEFC) which is an international non-
The board of IDBI Bank had, last month, sought the profit firm that provides independent third party
RBI’s approval for a change in the name of the lender certification for Sustainable Forest Management.
to either LIC IDBI Bank or LIC Bank following the
takeover by Life Insurance Corporation (LIC). 890. Cabinet minister C.S.Shivalli ,who had died
However, RBI did not elaborate on the reasons for recently belongs to which state?
denial by the regulator for changing the name. A. West Bengal
B. Gujarat
888. Facebook will organise ‘AI for India Summit’ C. Meghalaya
on 26 March 2019 in ______ D. Karnataka
A. Bengaluru E. None of these
B. Mumbai Answer: D
C. Hyderabad Karnataka Minister for Municipal Administration and
D. Visakhapatnam senior Congress Leader, Channabasappa Sathyappa
E. Amaravathi Shivalli aka “Badavara Bandhu” passed away at the
Answer: A age of 57 due to cardiac arrest, in Hubballi.He was
Facebook will organise ‘AI for India Summit’ on 26 born in Yaraguppi village of Karnataka.He was a
March 2019 in Bengaluru. The summit will focus on three-time MLA from Kundagol constituency in
discussing inclusive growth and solutions to the most Dharwad district.
enduring social challenges. The Summit will bring
together key representatives from the AI (Artificial 891. International Day of Remembrance of the
Intelligence) community in India such as Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave
policymakers, start-ups, and the developer Trade is observed every year on what day?
community. A. March 26th
B. March 25th
889. Name the India’s first forest certification C. March 24th
scheme,which gets global recognition by a Geneva D. March 23rd
based non-profit firm. E. March 22nd
A. Certification Standard for Habitat restoration and Answer: A
improvement Every year on 25 March, the International Day of
B. Certification Standard for Sustainable Forest Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the
Management Transatlantic Slave Trade offers the opportunity to
C. Certification Standard for Protection and honour and remember those who suffered and died at
Conservation measures the hands of the brutal slavery system. Theme for the
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year 2019 is ‘Remember Slavery: The Power of the C. Gujarat
Arts for Justice’ D. Rajasthan
E. Tamil Nadu
892. World’s largest e-waste recycling hub opens Answer: B
in which city? In Maharashtra, Election Commission has come up
A. Dubai with a mobile application called ‘PWD’ for making
B. New Delhi voting easier and implement the poll body’s slogan of
C. Bejing Accessible Elections for over two lakhs Divyang
D. Istanbul voters across the state. The app would facilitate
E. Manila Divyang voters special facilities including
Answer: A wheelchairs, ramps and transport from home at
The world’s largest e-waste recycling facility has polling booths during the Lok Sabha elections.
located at the Dubai Industrial Park, the 280,000
square feet plant will process Waste Electrical and 895. RBI appoints five-member committee to
Electronic Equipment (WEEE), IT asset disposition deepen digital payments. Who was choosen as the
(ITAD), refrigerant gas and specialised waste.The chairman of the committee?
120 million dirhams ($5 million) project is backed by A. BP Kanungo
the Swiss Government Export Finance Agency. B. N S Vishwanathan
C. Viral Acharya
893. Name the city that is going to be the world’s D. Nandan Nilekani
first city to install wireless charging stations for E. Mahesh Kumar Jain
electric taxis, in a bid to make a zero-emission cab Answer: D
system by as early as 2023? The central bank of the country has appointed 5-
A. Vienna member committee under the chairmanship of
B. Prague Nandan Nilekani to further deepen digital payments
C. Oslo and enhance financial inclusion through Fintech. This
D. Washington DC announcement made by Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
E. Singapore Governor Shaktikanta Das at the first event of
Answer: C Financial Technology (Fintech) Conclave, which was
Oslo will be the world’s first city to install wireless organized by NITI Aayog in New Delhi. The purpose
charging stations for electric taxis, in a bid to make a of the event is to shape India’s predominance in
zero-emission cab system by as early as 2023.Oslo FinTech, build the future strategy and policy to uplift
Municipality is working with Finnish utilities firm the financial inclusion.
Fortum to install charging plates in the road that
connect to energy receivers in the vehicles 896. Who was unanimously re-elected as president
themselves, making Norway the first country in this of the Basketball Federation of India (BFI).
area. The goal is to make it as easy as possible to A. Chander Mukhi Sharma
charge electric taxis, as doing so now is cumbersome, B. K. Govindaraj
time-consuming, and expensive. C. Sadasivam Iyer
D. Bala Subramanyam
894. In which statedoes the Election Commission E. None of these
comes up with PWD app for over two lakhs Answer: B
Divyang voters? Govindaraj was unanimously re-elected as president
A. Andhra Pradesh of the Basketball Federation of India (BFI). Chander
B. Maharashtra Mukhi Sharma was re-elected secretary-general as
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the BFI promised a bunch of new ideas and C. Apple
tournaments. D. Hero MotoCorp
E. Nike
897. Paralympic high jumper Girish Gowda Answer: A
appointed as Lok Sabha Elections Ambassador of Samsung, Tata Motors, Apple, Hero MotoCorp and
which state? Nike are the top-five consumer-focused brands in the
A. Andhra Pradesh country, according to TRA. ‘India’s Most Consumer-
B. Telangana Focused Brands 2019’, measures brands on their
C. Karnataka increase in buying propensity index over the previous
D. Tamil Nadu year. HDFC is the top amongst Banks in the list and
E. Kerala is at the 8th spot. While for Top PSU Bank, SBI is
Answer: C the leader at 12th position overall.
Silver Medalist in Paralympic high jump, Girish
Gowda has been appointed as the ambassador of 900. The joint training exercise MITRASHAKTI -
Karnataka Lok Sabha Elections 2019.He represented VI between Indian and Sri Lanka Army is being
India in men’s high jump F-42 category during 2012 held at which city?
Summer Paralympics games held in London, where A. Pune
he clinched silver medal. With this, he became the B. Ambepussa
first Indian to win medal in this category. C. Colombo
D. Pithoragarh
898. An international seminar on ‘Sanskrit: a E. Diyatalawa
common treasure for India and Nepal’ held at Answer: E
which city? The joint training exercise MITRASHAKTI – VI
A. Varanasi between Indian and Sri Lanka Army is being held at
B. New Delhi Diyatalawa in Sri Lanka.The exercise is designed to
C. Shimla enhance interoperability and mutual understanding
D. Khatmandu between both the armies and build a relationship
E. Gorakhpur based on professional respect, personal bonding and
Answer: C extensive training interaction.
An international seminar on ‘Sanskrit: a common
treasure for India and Nepal’ held at Kathmandu, 901. Which E-commerce companyadds Google
Nepal.The three day seminar is culmination of a Pay to its managed payments program?
month-long Festival of India in Nepal which is being A. Amazon
organized by the Embassy of India and Ministry of B. AliExpress
Culture. A panel of 10 world renowned Sanskrit C. PayPal
scholars from India and 35 senior Sanskrit professors D. Walmart
from various parts of Nepal will present their E. eBay
research papers on different topics including Sanskrit Answer: E
language, literature, Ayurveda and Yoga during the eBay announced adding Google Pay to its suite of
seminar. payment options as part of its move to intermediate
end-to-end payments on its marketplace.With the
899. Which company tops in the recently released integration, Google Pay users will be able to
‘'India's Most Consumer-Focused Brands 2019'? complete purchases on eBay via the app, mobile web
A. Samsung and on desktop from sellers participating in eBay’s
B. Tata Motors managed payments program, while shoppers using
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the Google Pay digital wallet will be able to complete 904. Name the famous folk artist, music director
purchases on desktop. and writer who has passed away recently.
A. Vinjamuri Anasuya Devi
902. Which country won the 2019 Badminton Asia B. Santha Kumari Das
Mixed Team Championships the second edition of C. Kalyani Kamalakaran
the tournament? D. Vijaya Chamundeshwari Devi
A. Japan E. None of these
B. China Answer: A
C. Malaysia Noted folk artist, music director and writer Vinjamuri
D. Denmark Anasuya Devi has passed away. She got her first
E. Spain gramophone record at the age of 8 years. Her book
Answer: B Bhava Geetalu, a compilation of folk songs, was
China defeated Japan 3-2 to win the 2019 Badminton released in Chennai last year. Anasuya Devi
Asia Mixed Team Championships. This was the presented her talent in the presence of Mahatma
second edition of the tournament.11 teams including Gandhi, Subhash Chandra Bose, Jawaharlal Nehru
India was part of this tournament that was held in and Sarvepally Radhakrishnan during the freedom
Queen Elizabeth Stadium in Hong Kong. The event movement
was also known as the Tong Yun Kai Cup 2019
named after the president of the Hong Kong 905. Which stadium hosted the 2019 Lingshui
badminton association. In the mixed doubles, China Masters was a badminton tournament?
Chinese pair He Jiting and Du Yue has defeated A. Agile Stadium
apanese pair Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino. B. Xiamen Stadium
C. Jiujiang Stadium
903. Who won Life Time Achievement Award in D. Yiyang Stadium
the 64th Film Fare Awards 2019? E. Kunshan Stadium
A. Sridevi Answer: A
B. Amitabh Bachchan The 2019 Lingshui China Masters was a badminton
C. Aamir Khan tournament held at Agile Stadium in China from 12
D. Shah Rukh Khan to 17 March 2019. The tournament was the first
E. None of these Super 100 tournament of the 2019 BWF World Tour.
Answer: A
On 23rd March 2019, The 64th Filmfare Awards
2019 was held at Jio Garden, BKC, Mumbai. The
event was hosted by Bollywood’s leading Actors,
Directors, Musicians and Singers. The winners of the
64th Filmfare Awards are as below:
906. Every year March 27th is observed as what

day globally?
A. Epilepsy Awareness Day
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B. World Theatre Day Answer: A
C. World Artists Day A yarn bank has been set up at the Mysore
D. Both (A) and (B) Powerloom Silk Manufacturers Cooperative Society,
E. Both (B) and (C) Bangaloreto benefit the state’s weavers. The bank,
Answer: B with aid from the Centre, will supply pure silk yarn
World Theatre Day is celebrated on 27 March and zari to weavers who subscribe. Currently, the
annually across the world since 1962 to raise the weavers have to source yarn locally through agents
importance of the art form ‘theatre’ and to act as a and wholesalers.
wakeup call for governments, politicians and
institutions which have not yet recognised its value to 909. Name the agri-digital platform that is going
the people and also have not realised its potential for to be developed by Bank of Baroda in assosiation
economic growth with six companies in order to provide solutions
for all major agricultural requirements?
907. According to the Joint United Nations A. Baroda Agri
Programme on the UNAIDS, India achieves what B. Baroda Hal
percentage reduction in TB deaths among HIV C. Baroda Krishi
patients? D. Baroda Kisan
A. 82% E. None of these
B. 83% Answer: D
C. 84% Public sector lender Bank of Baroda will develop an
D. 92% agri-digital platform called ‘Baroda Kisan’ in order to
E. 94% provide solutions for all major agricultural
Answer: C requirements.Six companies – Skymet Weather
India has achieved an 84 per cent reduction in Services, Weather Risk Management Services,
tuberculosis deaths among people living with HIV by BigHaat, Agrostar India, EM3 Agri Services and
2017. According to the Joint United Nations Poorti Agri Services — have signed a memorandum
Programme on the UNAIDS, it is the highest of understanding (MoU) with the bank for this
recorded decline among over 20 nations and it is also project. The agri-digital platform will be executed by
three years ahead of the 2020 deadline. UNAIDS is IT Centre of Excellence (ITCoE) of Bank of Baroda
urging countries to step up action to meet the 2020 in partnership with IBM India. The platform aims to
target of reducing TB deaths among people living solve agricultural plights by providing reliable and
with HIV by 75 per cent, as outlined in the 2016 customized information, inputs for use, the
United Nations Political Declaration on Ending convenience of renting farm equipment, and market
AIDS. India achieved the highest reduction at 84 per linkage for sale of agriculture produce.
cent, followed by Eritrea (83 per cent, Djibouti (78
per cent) and Malawi (78 per cent) 910. Recently, The Reserve Bank of India has
slapped a penalty of what amont on Punjab
908. In which city does the yarn bank, which will National Bank for non-compliance of regulatory
supply pure silk yarn and zari to weavers who directions with regard to SWIFT operations.
subscribe, is going to be set up? A. Rs.0.5 crore
A. Bangalore B. Rs.0.75 crore
B. Mangalore C. Rs.1 crore
C. Mysore D. Rs.2 crore
D. Hubli E. Rs.2.25 crore
E. Gulbarga Answer: D
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The Reserve Bank of India has slapped a penalty of served as an executive director on the board of Bank
Rs. 2 crore on Punjab National Bank for non- of Baroda and superannuated on May 31, 2012.
compliance of regulatory directions with regard to
SWIFT operations. SWIFT is a global messaging 913. Azali Assoumani re-elected as President of
software used for sharing information on inter-bank which African country in a single round after an
transactions by financial entities. Earlier this year, the election the opposition rejected as fraudulent?
Reserve Bank had imposed penalties worth 71 crore A. Gabon
rupees on 36 public, private and foreign banks for B. Togo
non-compliance with various directions on time- C. Comoros
bound implementation and strengthening of SWIFT D. Chad
operations E. Eritera
Answer: C
911. Who was honoured with Croatia's highest The Comoros election body declared President Azali
civilian award - the Grand Order of the King of Assoumani re-elected in a single round after an
Tomislav. election the opposition rejected as fraudulent.
A. Narendra Modi Assoumani had won 60.77 percent. The runner up,
B. Arvind Kejrewal Ahamada Mahamoudou, one of 12 opposition
C. Ram Nath Kovind candidates, received 14.62 percent. The Comoros is a
D. Rahul Gandhi volcanic archipelago off Africa’s east coast, in the
E. None of these warm Indian Ocean waters of the Mozambique
Answer: C Channel.
President Ram Nath Kovind was honoured with
Croatia’s highest civilian award – the Grand Order of 914. Who was appointed as the next Ambassador
the King of Tomislav. Kovind is in the European of India to the Kingdom of Morocco?
country as part of his eight-day three-nation visit to A. Shambhu S. Kumaran
Croatia, Bolivia and Chile to further strengthen B. Sadashivam Mehra
bilateral ties between India and the three countries. C. Anand Bhatia
The civilian order is awarded to heads of state for D. Karunakaran Malhotra
their important contribution towards the development E. None of these
of state relations between Croatia and their respective Answer: A
countries. Shri Shambhu S. Kumaran has been appointed as the
next Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of
912. Which bank has appointed N S Srinath as Morocco. Kumaran, a 1995 batch of Indian Foreign
non-executive chairman for a period of three Service officer, presently working as Joint Secretary
years? in the Ministry of Defence
A. Karur Vysya Bank
B. Union Bank of India 915. Name the India-Australia Naval Exercise that
C. Jammu and Kashmir Bank is going to be held in April 2019?
D. Bank of Baroda A. AUSINDEX
E. Syndicate Bank B. IBSAMAR
Answer: A C. MALABAR
Karur Vysya Bank has appointed N S Srinath as non- D. SIMBEX
executive chairman for a period of three years. He E. SILNEX
was the non-executive independent director on the Answer: A
board of the private sector lender. Srinath had earlier
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India and Australia will conduct AUSINDEX 2019 E. CaoimheMcGregor
bilateral naval exercise off the coast of Answer: B
Vishakhapatnam in Bay of Bengal from April 2 to 16, Irish Mixed Martial Art (MMA) fighter Conor
2019. Overall it will be third installment (edition) of McGregor has announced his retirement from the
bilateral naval exercise between Indian Navy and sport.He is the former Ultimate Fighting
Royal Australian Navy. It will see participation of Championship (UFC) featherweight and lightweight
over 1,000 Australian defence personnel, four Royal champion.
Australian Navy ships. It includes HMAS (Her
Majesty’s Australian Ship) Canberra, HMAS 918. Which Asset management company launched
Success, HMAS Newcastle, and HMAS Parramatta. Bharat Consumption Scheme, that aims to benefit
Both countries will also deploy P-8I aircraft and P- from the Indian consumption story?
8A aircraft, which are long-range anti-surface A. SBI Mutual Fund
warfare, anti-submarine warfare, intelligence, B. ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund
surveillance and reconnaissance aircrafts capable of C. HDFC Mutual Fund
broad-area, maritime and littoral operations. D. Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund
E. Reliance Mutual Fund
916. Which company has signed a deal with the Answer: B
Ministry of Defence to supply 23 ship-borne 3D ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund launched ICICI
Air Surveillance Radars to the Indian Navy over Prudential Bharat Consumption Scheme, which will
the next 10 years? remain open for subscription until April 9.The
A. Adani Power Limited scheme aims to benefit from the Indian consumption
B. BF Utilities Limited story, considered as one of the fastest growing
C. Ergon Power Corporation Limited consumption markets globally. Minimum investment:
D. Energy Development Company Limited Rs 5,000 and in multiples of one rupee thereafter. 1
E. Tata Power SED percent if investments are redeemed within 12
Answer: E months from the date of allotment. The benchmark
Tata Power Strategic Engineering Division (SED) has for the Scheme is Nifty India Consumption Index and
bagged a Rs. 1,200 crore contract from the defence will be managed by Rajat Chandak and Dharmesh
ministry. Tata Power SED has signed a deal with the Kakkad. The overseas investments of the scheme will
Ministry of Defence to supply 23 ship-borne 3D Air be managed by Priyanka Khandelwal.
Surveillance Radars to the Indian Navy over the next
10 years, The contract was signed under the Buy & 919. Whom were named as the winners of ‘Nobel
Make (India) category of the Defence Procurement prize for computing’ for the year 2018?
Procedure (DPP) 2013 The contract will be executed A. Yoshua Bengio, Geoffrey Hinton, and Yann
by Tata Power SED as the prime contractor with LeCun
foreign OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) B. Yoshua Bengio, David A. Patterson and Yann
partner Indra Sistemas, Spain. LeCun
C. Geoffrey Hinton, John L. Hennessy and Yann
917. Name the Irish Mixed Martial Art (MMA) LeCun
fighter who has announced his retirement from D. John L. Hennessy,Yoshua Bengio and Geoffrey
the sport. Hinton
A. Siobhan McGregor E. John L. Hennessy, David A. Patterson and Tim
B. Conor McGregor Berners-Lee
C. Aoife McGregor Answer: A
D. CiaraMcGregor
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The group organises the Turing Award each year, Answer: E
often referred to as the ‘Nobel prize for computing’ The Basketball Federation of India appoints Veselin
and have named the 2018 recipients as Yoshua Matic as the new head coach of the Indian men’s
Bengio, Geoffrey Hinton, and Yann LeCun who will basketball team. Zoran Visic, who was earlier in
share the $1m prize. The trio is known as ‘godfathers charge of both the men’s and women’s national sides
of AI’. They are known for laying the foundations for will continue with the women’s team after the
the current boom in artificial intelligence. LeCun recruitment of Visic took over the men’s side for the
currently the vice-president and chief AI scientist for FIBA World Cup and the Asian qualifiers after taking
Facebook, while Hinton is a vice-president and an over following a poor run during the Commonwealth
engineering fellow at Google. Meanwhile, Bengio is Games in 2018.
a professor at the University of Montreal and
scientific director at Mila, Quebec’s AI institute. 922. Which Social-networking site launched two
Working independently and together, Hinton, LeCun new India-specific tools ‘Candidate Connect’ and
and Bengio developed conceptual foundations for the ‘Share You Voted’ to boost civic engagement on
field and demonstrated the practical advantages of its platform during the general elections that
deep neural networks which have since led to commence in April?
breakthroughs in fields such as computer vision, A. Instagram
speech recognition, natural language processing and B. Facebook
robotics. C. Twitter
D. Pininterest
920. With which country did the African Union E. LinkedIn
sign MoU on strengthening cooperation in Answer: B
healthcare sector? Social-networking site Facebook launched two new
A. China India-specific tools ‘Candidate Connect’ and ‘Share
B. Germany You Voted’ to boost civic engagement on its platform
C. India during the general elections that commence in
D. Sri Lanka April.While ‘Candidate Connect’ will help people
E. Pakistan learn more about candidates, the ‘Share You Voted’
Answer: C will provide people with polling information and
An agreement has been signed between India and the enable them to announce and celebrate their vote.
African Union to establish an India-Africa health
sciences collaborative platform.The MoU will pave 923. Name the ‘Young Scientist Programme’ that
the way for cooperation in research and development, is launcehd by ISRO for school children.
capacity building, health services, pharmaceutical A. YUVIKA
trade and manufacturing capabilities for drugs and B. YVVATI
diagnostics. C. YUVA SHAKTI
D. YUVA NESTAM
921. Who was appointed as the head coach of E. YUVA PRAIBHA
Indian men’s basket ball team by the Basketball Answer: A
Federation of India? Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) had
A. Rick Adelman announced a new initiative aiming at school children
B. Red Auerbach called ‘Young Scientist Programme’ or ‘YUva
C. Hubie Brown VIgyani KAryakram’ (YUVIKA)The Program aims
D. P. J. Carlesimo at imparting basic knowledge on space technology,
E. Veselin Matic space science and space applications to young school
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goers with the intent of arousing their interest in the such as education, employment, GST, corruption and
emerging areas of space activities. The Young casteism.
Scientist Programme will be conducted for a duration
of two weeks across four centres of ISRO during the 926. Which among the given missions was carried
second half of May 2019, 3 students from each State out by DRDO to successfully conduct Anti-
or Union Territory will be selected to participate in Satellite (A-SAT) missile test?
this programme covering CBSE, ICSE and State A. Mission Safalta
syllabus. The selection of the students would be B. Mission Sahyog
based on their performance in the 8th Standard, C. Mission Shakti
which includes both academic and extracurricular D. Mission Upgreh
activities. E. None of these
Answer: C
924. With which IT company, Roland-Garros Defence Research and Development Organisation,
Grand Slam tennis tournament, also called the DRDO successfully conducted an Anti-Satellite (A-
French Open, announced a three-year strategic SAT) missile test, under Mission Shakti from Dr A P
technology partnership? J Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha. A DRDO-developed
A. IBM Ballistic Missile, Defence Interceptor Missile
B. Wipro successfully engaged an Indian orbiting target
C. Infosys satellite in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) in a Hit to Kill
D. TCS mode. The missile travelled a distance of almost 300
E. None of these km from earth and hit the target within three minutes
Answer: C of its launch. With this achievement, India has now
Infosys and Roland-Garros Grand Slam tennis become the only fourth nation after US, Russia and
tournament, also called the French Open, announced China to have such capability.
a three-year strategic technology partnership.The
partnership aims to re-imagine the tennis experience 927. Who won th Gold Medal at Asian Airgun
for the fans and the players globally Championship
A. Heena Sidhu and Mehuli Ghosh
925. Who is the author of the latest non-fiction B. Saurabh Chaudhary and Heena Sidhu
book titled ‘India Positive’ which is set to release C. Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary
on 1st May 2019? D. Mehuli Ghosh and Manu Bhaker
A. Salman Rushide E. Mehuli Ghosh and Saurabh Chaudhary
B. Vikram Seth Answer: C
C. Chetan Bhagat India had a successful start to the 12th Asian Airgun
D. Arundhati Rai Championship in Taoyuan, Taipei with two gold
E. None of these medals.India won both 10m air pistol mixed team
Answer: C gold in both juniors and seniors. After winning an
The famous Indian author of bestselling books, International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup
Chetan Bhagat, has announced his latest non-fiction stage gold, the pair of stars Bhaker and Chaudhary
book titled ‘India Positive’ which is set to release on won senior gold together. National champion Esha
1st May 2019. He revealed the cover and title of the Singh and Vijayveer Sidhu won the gold in juniors.
book in a Facebook Live video where he was joined
by all his fans on the social platform. It is a non- 928. With which country India signed an MoU to
fiction book comprises essays on a variety of subjects promote exchange of information and technical
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cooperation in the field of housing and human

settlement? 931. India-African Union sign MoU on
A. Sri Lanka strengthening cooperation in field of _____.
B. South Korea A. Education
C. Croatia B. Start-up
D. Indonesia C. Health Care
E. Morocco D. Youth Affairs
Answer: E E. Tourism
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Answer: C
Narendra Modi approved an MoU on youth matters An agreement has been signed between India and the
between India and Morocco. Cabinet also approved African Union to establish an India-Africa health
MoU to promote exchange of information and sciences collaborative platform.The MoU will pave
technical cooperation in the field of housing and the way for cooperation in research and development,
human settlement. capacity building, health services, pharmaceutical
trade and manufacturing capabilities for drugs and
929. Recently, Scott Walker passed away. He diagnostics.
belongs to which profession?
A. Tennis 932. As per the Multidimensional Poverty Report
B. Pop Singer 2018 by the United Nations Development
C. Journalism Programme, India has reduced the poverty rate to
D. Wrestling ____________ in 10 years.
E. Martial Art Guru A. 23%
Answer: B B. 28%
Songwriter and producer Scott Walker, the powerful C. 34%
pop singer turned avant-garde adventurist who D. 37%
influenced singers like David Bowie and Thom E. 42%
Yorke, has died at age 76.He was popularly known Answer: B
for the hit song ‘The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine According to Global Multidimensional Poverty Index
Anymore’. 2018 Report prepared by UNDP, Oxford Poverty &
Human Development Initiative, India has reduced its
930. Cricketer Bruce Yardley passed away. He poverty rate from 55% to 28% in 10 yrs, with 271 mn
belongs to which country? people moving out of poverty b/w 2005-06 & 2015-
A. Australia 16.
B. South Africa
C. New Zealand 933. According to the global Multidimensional
D. West Indies Poverty Index (MPI) 2018, India’s Poverty
E. England Declines from 55% to what percent between 2005-
Answer: A 06 and 2015-16?
Former Australian Test cricketer, coach and A. 28%
commentator Bruce Yardley has passed away. B. 32%
Yardley started his cricketing career as a medium- C. 36%
pacer but later turned to be an off-spinner. The off- D. 30%
spinner played 33 Tests and seven ODI’s for E. 35%
Australia between 1978 and 1983. Yardley had Answer: A
coached the Sri Lankan team in the late 1990s
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According to the global Multidimensional Poverty B. Rs. 5,402 crore
Index (MPI) 2018, India drastically reduced its C. Rs. 5,042 crore
poverty rate from 55 percent to 28 percent between D. Rs. 5,240 crore
2005-06 and 2015-16.The report was developed by E. Rs. 5,204 crore
the United Nations Development Programme Answer: C
(UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human The government has decided to infuse Rs. 5,042 crore
Development Initiative (OPHI). India still had 364 into state-owned Bank of Baroda (BoB) ahead of
million poor in 2015-16, the largest for any country, merger of two other public sector lenders Dena Bank
although it is down from 635 million in 2005-06. and Vijaya Bank with BoB. The merger of Dena
Globally, the poverty rate was found to be 23%. Sub- Bank and Vijaya Bank with BoB would be effective
Saharan Africa and South Asia regions accounted from April 1. According to the Scheme of
together for 83% (more than 1.1 billion) of all Amalgamation, shareholders of Vijaya Bank will get
multidimensionally poor people in the world. 402 equity shares of BoB for every 1,000 shares held.
In the case of Dena Bank, its shareholders will get
934. Which state government launches digital 110 shares for every 1,000 shares of BoB
portal for MSMEs, aiming to address key
challenges faced by MSMEs with the core 936. In which city of the country did the country’s
objective of making their business growth - 3rd largest private bank, Axis Bank, has opened
simpler, more profitable and enjoyable? its 4,000th branch?
A. Andhra Pradesh A. Pune
B. Telangana B. Varanasi
C. Karnataka C. Amaravathi
D. Maharashtra D. Warangal
E. Chandigarh E. Mysore
Answer: B Answer: A
The State government launched a digital business The country’s 3rd largest private bank, Axis Bank,
networking portal for MSMEs – Telangana State has opened its 4,000th branch in the country in Pune
GlobalLinker (ts-msme.globallinker.com) – to at Eon, Kharadi. The new branch was inaugurated by
digitise over 2.3 million MSMEs of the State. The Amitabh Chaudhry, Managing Director and CEO,
solution aims to address key challenges faced by Axis Bank, and Ravi Narayanan, President and Head
MSMEs with the core objective of making their Branch Banking, Axis Bank. The bank has added 297
business growth – simpler, more profitable and branches in the current fiscal across India
enjoyable. Telangana State GlobalLinker will provide
MSMEs – a digital profile (including an online 937. Which Public Sector Undertaking company
product catalogue an eCommerce store), access to launched a medium term notes (MTN or bond)
global networking opportunities to find buyers & issue to raise USD 450 million (approx Rs 3,105
suppliers, economies of scale on a wide range of crore), which is a part of its USD 6 billion (approx
business services, access to industry news, articles Rs 41,400 crore) MTN programme?
and discussions. A. BEL
B. BHEL
935. The government has decided to infuse what C. ONGC
amount into state-owned Bank of Baroda (BoB) D. NTPC
ahead of merger of two other public sector lenders E. NHPC
Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank with BoB? Answer: D
A. Rs.5002 crore
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State-run power giant NTPC launched a medium D. T. S. Thakur
term notes (MTN or bond) issue to raise USD 450 E. H. L. Dattu
million (approx Rs 3,105 crore), which is a part of its Answer: C
USD 6 billion (approx Rs 41,400 crore) MTN The Supreme Court appointed Retired Justice DK
programme.The funds raised through this MTN issue Jain as BCCI’s Ethics Officer on an interim
will be used for capital expenditure by the company. basis. He was already appointed last month as the
MTN is also known as bonds in overseas markets. BCCI Ombudsman, will double up as the Ethics
They carry coupon (rate) of 3.75% per annum Officer until a full-time appointment is made.
payable semi-annually. They are expected to be
settled by April 2019. The notes will mature on April 940. Who was appointed as Deputy CM of Goa?
2024 and all principal and interest payments will be A. Manish Sisodia
made in US Dollars. The notes will be listed on B. Manohar Ajgaonkar
Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Ltd, India C. Nitinbhai Patel
International Exchange (IFSC) Ltd and NSE IFSC D. G. Parameshwara
Ltd. E. Dinesh Sharma
Answer: B
938. Name the Indian who has been awarded the Goa Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar, who
prestigious Bodley Medal, the highest honour switched to the Bharatiya Janata Party from
bestowed by the University of Oxford's world- Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP), was
famous Bodleian Libraries. appointed as the state’s new Deputy Chief Minister.
A. Kaushik Basu Ajgaonkar has become the second deputy chief
B. Jayati Gosh minister after Vijai Sardesai in the Pramod Sawant
C. Bimal Jain government in Goa. The development comes a day
D. Arvind Subramanian after Sudin Dhavalikar was dropped as the Deputy
E. Amartya Sen Chief Minister and two MLAs of MGP merged their
Answer: E party’s legislative wing with the BJP.
Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen has
been awarded the prestigious Bodley Medal, the 941. Who was appointed as the next Ambassador
highest honour bestowed by the University of of India to the Republic of Benin?
Oxford’s world-famous Bodleian Libraries. The A. Abhay Thakur
Medal is awarded to individuals who have made B. Vijay Thakur
outstanding contributions to the fields in which the C. Suresh Thakur
Bodleian is active, including literature, culture, D. Satish Thakur
science and communication. This year’s other E. Anil Thakur
winner of the Bodley Medal is Nobel Prize-winning Answer: A
novelist Kazuo Ishiguro. Past winners of the honour Shri Abhay Thakur has been appointed as next
include physicist Stephen Hawking, novelist Hilary Ambassador of India to Republic of Benin. Thakur, a
Mantel and inventor of the World Wide Web Tim 1992 batch of Indian Foreign Service officer,
Berners-Lee. presently working as High Commissioner of India to
the Federal Republic of Nigeria
939. Who was named BCCI's Ethics Officer on
interim basis? 942. Name the cricketer who appointed as the
A. Dipak Misra Brand Ambassador to PolicyX.com.
B. Jagdish Singh Khehar A. Saurav Ganuly
C. DK Jain B. Sachin Tendulkar
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C. Gautham Ghambir Vijayawada railway station, one of the busiest
D. Verenddra Shewag railway junctions in the country, has received Gold
E. Mohamad Kaif Rating by the Indian Green Building Council.The
Answer: D IGBC-CII, with the support of the Environment
An online insurance web aggregator PolicyX.com has Directorate of Indian Railways, developed the Green
roped in legendary cricketer Virender Sehwag as it’s Railway Stations Rating System to facilitate adoption
Brand Ambassador.It has launched its biggest of green concepts, thereby reduce the adverse
marketing campaign, spread across the insurance environmental impact due to station operation and
products basket of term insurance, health insurance, maintenance and also enhance the overall commuter
life insurance, car insurance and others. CEO & experience. Vijayawada Railway Station was ranked
Founder of PolicyX.com is Naval Goel. fourth in the Indian Railways for cleanliness among
A-1 category stations.
943. According to the Skytrax World Airport
Awards, Changi Airport has been crowned the 945. Which IIT researchers here have developed
world’s best aviation hub for the seventh time in a an artificial intelligence (AI)-based low-power
row. The airport is located in which country? electronic hardware system that can help in
A. China detecting malaria, tuberculosis, intestinal parasite
B. Singapore and cervical cancer in a few milliseconds?
C. Germany A. IIT Delhi
D. Japan B. IIT Madras
E. None of these C. IIT Roorke
Answer: B D. IIT Kanpur
Singapore’s Changi Airport has been crowned the E. IIT Kharkpur
world’s best aviation hub for the seventh time in a Answer: A
row, while New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology
(IGI) Airport featured at number 59, according to the (IIT) here have developed an artificial intelligence
Skytrax World Airport Awards.At number two on the (AI)-based low-power electronic hardware system
list is Tokyo International Airport (Haneda), up one that can help in detecting malaria, tuberculosis,
place from 2018. This hub also won World’s Best intestinal parasite and cervical cancer in a few
Domestic Airport and World’s Cleanest Airport. milliseconds.The research focuses on building a
Breaching the top three is Incheon International neuromorphic system which can be used for
Airport, down one place from its second-place spot in healthcare access in resource-constrained areas with
2018. Incheon remains a stalwart of the airport limited access to human specialists. The portable
rankings, also nabbing an award for World’s Best device is trained to detect microorganisms in the
Transit Airport. biological samples.
944. Which railway station has received Gold 946. Hopman Cup is related with which sport?
Rating by the Indian Green Building Council? A. Tennis
A. Chennai Railway Station B. Basket Ball
B. Vijayawada Railway Station C. Cricket
C. Hyderabad Railway Station D. Golf
D. Mumbai Railway Station E. Foot Ball
E. None of these Answer: A
Answer: B The city of Perth in Western Australia (WA) will no
longer play host to the Hopman Cup, Tennis
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Australia confirmed.The 31st edition of the (3N Cave) since 2006. It is a 6.85 km (four miles)
tournament was the last edition of the game and salt cave in Iran’s Qeshm Island.
ended in January 2019. Instead, the mixed
tournament format will be replaced with an all men’s 949. The Home Ministry announced that the next
event called the ATP (Association of Tennis census of India will be carried out in which year?
Professionals) Cup. Played across three cities, Perth A. 2020
will join Sydney and Brisbane as the hosts of the new B. 2021
competition which is set to feature 100 of the world’s C. 2022
top male players. D. 2023
E. 2024
947. The Executive Board of the International Answer: B
Olympic Committee (IOC) has recommended The Home Ministry announced that the next census
which among the following skills to be added to of India will be carried out in 2021 with March 1 of
the 2024 Paris Olympic Games? that year.The decision has been taken by the central
A. Breakdancing government under the powers conferred by section 3
B. Skateboarding of the Census Act, 1948 (37 of 1948). For Jammu and
C. Sport climbing Kashmir and snowbound non-synchronous areas of
D. Surfing Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, the reference
E. All of these date shall be the first day of October, 2020. India’s
Answer: E last census was carried out in 2011 when the
The Executive Board of the International Olympic country’s population stood at 121 crore. The Census
Committee (IOC) has recommended adding of India 2011 represents the 15th such operation
breakdancing, skateboarding, sport climbing and (since 1872) and the seventh after Independence.
surfing to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. This
decision was taken by the IOC’s executive board in 950. Government launched Blockchain Powered
the meeting held in Lausanne, Switzerland. Final E-Marketplace for Coffee sellers in which city?
Decision will be taken after the end of 2020. A. Mumbai
B. Kolkata
948. Which is the world’s longest salt cave near C. New Delhi
the desert site that is discovered by Israeli D. Bangalore
researchers recently? E. Hyderabad
A. Malham Cave Answer: C
B. Ziatium Cave The Commerce Ministry launched a blockchain-
C. Chriven Cave based coffee e-marketplace in New Delhi. India has
D. Sultane Cave become the first country in the world to have a
E. None of these blockchain-based marketplace app for coffee trading
Answer: A launched by the Coffee Board of India and developed
Israeli researchers say they have discovered the by Eka Software. The platform aims to “premium-
world’s longest salt cave near the desert site.The total ise” coffee, add “bean-to-cup traceability” and cut the
length of the cave is around 10 km (6.2 miles). role of middlemen. Around 20 coffee farmers,
Malham Cave is located under Mount Sodom exporters, roasters, importers and retailers are already
(Israel’s largest mountain located southwest of the registered on the platform.
salty Dead Sea). The new discovery has taken away a
13-year record held by the Cave of the Three Nudes 951. Tashigang village is now the highest polling
station in the world. The village is in which state?
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A. Manipur D. Manipur
B. Meghalaya E. Rajasthan
C. Jammu and Kashmir Answer: B
D. Himachal Pradesh Tripura ranks second second position with respect to
E. Sikkim the highest prevalence of child marriage among girls
Answer: D aged 15 years to 19 years at 21.6 per cent which is
Tashigang, a small Himachal Pradesh village at an significantly higher than the national average of 11.9
altitude of 15,256 feet, is now the highest polling per cent. Also found that more than 80 per cent of
station in the world.Located around 29 km from the child marriages were registered in three districts of
India-China border, this polling station covers two the state. The four districts include Dhalai, South
villages of Tashigang and Gete. As per the revised Tripura, North Tripura, and West Tripura have the
electoral rolls, the two villages have 48 voters, of highest number of child marriage. A report released
which 30 are men and 18 women. by the National Family Health Survey (NFHS),
Young Lives – an international study on childhood
952. Name the Assam Chief Electoral Officer who poverty.
launches the Enajori initiative in Guwahati.
A. Mukesh Sahu 954. The Reserve Bank of India upped the
B. Mahesh Bhut investment limit for FY2019-20 for foreign
C. Suresh Kanth portfolio investors (FPI) in Central government
D. Sakthi Kanth securities (G-Secs) to what percent of outstanding
E. None of these stock of securities from 5.5 per cent in FY2018-
Answer: A 19?
Assam Chief Electoral Officer Mukesh Sahu A. 6.3%
launched the Enajori initiative in Guwahati. It is a B. 6.2%
special initiative for persons with disabilities with an C. 6.1%
aim that ‘No Voter to be Left behind’. It is a joint D. 6.0%
initiative of CEO Assam and Social Welfare E. 5.9%
Department with an objective to make Lok Sabha Answer: D
Elections accessible to Persons with Disability, PwD The Reserve Bank of India upped the investment
voters. Section 11 of the Rights of Persons with limit for FY2019-20 for foreign portfolio investors
Disabilities Act, 2016 states that Election (FPI) in Central government securities (G-Secs) to 6
Commission of India and State Election Departments per cent of outstanding stock of securities from 5.5
shall ensure that all polling stations are accessible to per cent in FY2018-19.The limit for FPI investment
persons with disabilities and all materials related to in State development loans (SDLs) and corporate
the electoral process are easily understandable by and bonds has been left unchanged at 2 per cent and 9 per
accessible to them. cent of outstanding stocks. The current limit of Rs.
6,49,900 crore, the revised limit for FPI investment in
953. In a report released by the National Family debt for FY2020 has been set at Rs. 6,98,300 crore
Health Survey (NFHS), Young Lives – an for the first half, and Rs. 7,46,500 crore for the
international study on childhood poverty, which second half of the financial year.
state records second highest number of child
marriages? 955. What is the interest rate on National Savings
A. Meghalaya Certificates (NSC) for the April-June quarter?
B. Tripura A. 4%
C. Mizoram B. 8.7%
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C. 8.0% D. 130%
D. 7.7% E. 128%
E. 8.5% Answer: A
Answer: C The country’s fiscal deficit touched 134.2 per cent of
Interest rates on small saving schemes such as the full-year revised budgeted estimate at the end of
National Savings Certificate and Public Provident February 2019. The fiscal deficit target for FY19 was
Fund will remain unchanged for the April-June revised upwards to 3.4% of GDP in the interim
quarter. budget for FY20 presented on February 1 from 3.3%
estimated initially. The fiscal deficit for April-
February 2018-19 was Rs. 8.51 lakh crore as against
the revised estimate (RE) of Rs. 6.34 trillion for the
entire year, according to Controller General of
Accounts (CGA) data. The government’s tax revenue
stood at Rs. 10.94 trillion and non-tax revenue was
Rs 1.7 trillion. Total expenditure incurred by the
government during April-February 2018-19 was Rs.
956. Punjab National Bank (PNB) will sell its 21.88 trillion (89.08 per cent of RE), of which Rs.
stake in PNB Housing Finance to General Atlantic 19.15 trillion was on revenue account and Rs. 2.73
and Varde Partners for approximately what trillion on capital account.
amount?
A. Rs. 1,850 crore 958. Name the NRI scientist who has been
B. Rs. 1,950 crore conferred with the Pravasi Bhartiya Samman
C. Rs. 1,750 crore Award by the President of India Ram Nath
D. Rs. 1,550 crore Kovind?
E. Rs. 1,650 crore A. Dr Rajendra Joshi
Answer: A B. Dr Sateesh Bhoopathy
Punjab National Bank (PNB) will sell its stake in C. Dr Ramesh Chandra
PNB Housing Finance to General Atlantic and Varde D. Dr Anirudh Chakravarthy
Partners for Rs. 1,851.60 crore. Varde Partners and E. None of these
General Atlantic will buy 1.09 crore shares each. The Answer: A
shares will be acquired at Rs. 850 per share, valuing Swiss-based NRI scientist Dr Rajendra Joshi has
the purchase at Rs. 925.80 crore each for the been conferred with the Pravasi Bhartiya Samman
buyers. After the transaction, PNB will continue to Award by the President of India Ram Nath Kovind.
hold a 19.78 per cent stake in the housing finance The Indian Ambassador to Switzerland Sibi George
arm, and will remain the promoter and strategic handed over the award citation signed by the
shareholder of the company President to Dr Joshi at his residence in Switzerland.
The Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award (PBSA) is the
957. The country's fiscal deficit touched highest honour conferred on Non-resident Indians by
approximately what per cent of the full-year the President of India for their significant
revised budgeted estimate at the end of February contributions towards bringing honour and glory to
2019? India.
A. 134%
B. 136% 959. State-owned Power Finance Corporation
C. 138% (PFC) completed the acquisition of majority stake
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in (REC) Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd B. Mayank Agarwal

by transferring what amount to the government? C. Wriddiman Saha
A. Rs.12000 crore D. Juspreeth Bhumrah
B. Rs.13500 crore E. Hardik Pandya
C. Rs.14000 crore Answer: B
D. Rs.14500 crore Indian Test Cricketer, Mayank Agarwal, appointed as
E. Rs.14750 crore Brand Ambassador of Aeronutrix’s Fast&Up Rope
Answer: D for the growth of the fast-moving healthcare goods
State-owned Power Finance Corporation (PFC) business in India.Fast&Up is the flagship sports
completed the acquisition of majority stake in (REC) nutrition brand of Aeronutrix Sports Products Private
Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd by transferring Limited. Backed by innovative Swiss technology.
Rs. 14,500 crore to the government.The transaction
has helped the government meet its disinvestment 962. Graham Reid to be appointed as India men’s
target of Rs 80,000 crore for the current financial hockey coach. He belongs to which country?
year. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs A. Australia
had approved the strategic sale of the government’s B. England
52.63 percent shareholding in REC to PFC, along C. New Zealand
with the transfer of management control in December D. South Africa
2018. PFC has raised money from Bank of Baroda, E. Germany
Life Insurance Corporation and State Bank of India, Answer: A
among others, to make the payment. Australian Graham Reid is set to be named as the
Indian men’s hockey team chief coach till the 2022
960. IIT-Kharagpur partnered with which IT World Cup after the national federation.The Indian
company for advanced research in 5G and AI? men’s team is without a chief coach after the
A. TCS unceremonious sacking of Harendra Singh in January
B. HCL following a less-than-impressive quarterfinal exit at
C. Wipro the World Cup in Bhubaneswar last year. A veteran
D. Capgimeni of 130 international matches, Reid was a member of
E. Infosys the Australian team that won the silver medal in the
Answer: C 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
IT services major Wipro has partnered with IIT
Kharagpur to collaborate on industry-focused applied 963. Name the Hyper local connectivity app that is
research in the areas of 5G and artificial intelligence launched by Linkus Infratech.
(AI).The two organisations will focus on AI research A. Vierdha
applicable in the healthcare, education and retail B. Surthi
sectors as well as in domains such as climate change C. Megha
and cybersecurity. In addition, subject matter experts D. Bhonga
from Wipro and IIT-Kharagpur will promote E. None of these
knowledge sharing through guest lectures, workshops Answer: D
and seminars on 5G and AI. The launch of hyper-local connectivity app titled
‘Bhonga’. The app is an initiative by Linkus Infratech
961. Who was appointed as Brand Ambassador of Private Limited. The app is designed keeping in mind
Aeronutrix’s Fast&Up Rope for the growth of the the connect beyond family and friends. It is designed
fast-moving healthcare goods business in India. to connect people within the same locality without
A. Manish Pandey worrying about whether they know each other or
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not. Bhonga is a simple app which once downloaded 966. The interest rate on Senior Citizen Savings
allows the user send a message to all those who have Scheme (SCSS) for April-June quarter of 2019 has
this app in the 1 km radius. The user can use the app been fixed at___________
to reach out to everyone around for posting messages A. 8.9%
which may be an emergency, an offer, a query or B. 8.5%
even an opinion or information which he believes C. 8.2%
may be of help to people around him. Bhonga is a D. 8.7%
Marathi word which means megaphone or E. 8.8%
loudspeaker. Answer: D
Interest rates on small saving schemes such as
964. Famous personality Prafulla Rajguru passed National Savings Certificate and Public Provident
away. He is related with which profession? Fund will remain unchanged for the April-June
A. Social Activist quarter.
B. Film Director
C. Journalist
D. Golf Player
E. Sitar Player
Answer: C
Veteran journalist and academician Prafulla Rajguru
has passed away. Rajguru had retired as the head of
the department of English from DCB Girls College in 967. The University Grants Commission (UGC)
Jorhat in 1997.Rajguru authored four books and was has prohibited imparting distance degree
a member of several social organisations like the programmes in ______
Asom Sahitya Sabha. He was also the founder A. Agriculture
president of Jorhat Press Club and was its adviser till B. IT
his death. C. Bachelor Degree in Science
D. Bachelor Degree in Nursing
965. At least ____ of the 521 sitting MPs are E. None of these
crorepatis and 174 of them have declared criminal Answer: A
cases against them The University Grants Commission (UGC) has
A. 420 prohibited imparting distance degree programmes in
B. 425 agriculture.As per UGC Open and Distance Learning
C. 435 Regulations, 2017, professional programmes such as
D. 430 medicine and engineering are not permitted to be
E. 415 offered in distance mode. YCMOU and IGNOU are
Answer: D among the institutions offering degree and diploma
At least 430 (83%) of the 521 sitting MPs are programmes in agriculture science.
crorepatis and 174 (33%) of them have declared
criminal cases against them. It is according to a report 968. Rajasthan Day is celebrated on 30th March
by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), every year on which the state Rajasthan came into
an NGO working in electoral reforms. Out of 430 existence. In which year did the state was formed?
crorepati MPs, 227 are from BJP, 37 are from A. 1953
Congress, 29 from AIADMK, among others, it B. 1952
added. C. 1951
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D. 1950 next generation of cellular technology with download
E. 1949 speeds that are 10 to 100 times faster than 4G LTE
Answer: E networks.
Rajasthan Day is celebrated on 30th March every
year on which the state Rajasthan came into existence 971. Zuzana Caputova becomes which countries
as it was previously known as Rajputana.On 30th first female president?
March 1949, Rajasthan was formed A. Solvenia
B. Hungary
969. Where did the National Thermal Power C. Slovakia
Corporation (NTPC) is setting up a 25 MW D. Romania
floating solar power plant in its water storage E. Poland
reservoir as part of the company’s efforts to Answer: C
diversify into the solar segment? Zuzana Caputova has won Slovakia’s presidential
A. Simhadri Super Thermal Power Station election, making her the country’s first female head
B. Mauda Super Thermal Power Station of state.A member of the Progressive Slovakia party,
C. Khargone Super Thermal Power Station Caputova won 58.3% votes after results from 98.1%
D. Telangana Super Thermal Power Project of the voting districts were counted. Caputova
E. Sipat Thermal Power Station defeated European Commission Vice President,
Answer: A Maros Sefcovic, who was backed by the ruling party,
National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) – SMER-SD.
Simhadri is setting up a 25 MW floating solar power
plant in its water storage reservoir as part of the 972. Name the mobile application that is
company’s efforts to diversify into the solar segment. developed by the Bongaigaon district, Assam,
NTPC-Simhadri was also setting up a flue-gas administration to particularly reach out to the
desulphurisation plant (FGD) like the other thermal first-time voters.
stations of the company. It had four units 500 MW A. Subhoday
each. B. Sankalp
C. Shakti
970. Which district has become the world's first D. Matadata
district using both 5G coverage and broadband E. None of these
gigabit network as China seeks to establish lead Answer: B
over the US and other countries? In Assam, the Bongaigaon district administration has
A. Yangpu developed a mobile app Sankalp to particularly reach
B. Jing’an out to the first-time voters.It is a special initiative has
C. Changning been taken to encourage the first-time voters. NIC
D. Hongkou team has developed the app. The first-time voters on
E. Xuhui their mobile phones, requesting them to download the
Answer: D ‘Sankalp’ app. The new voters will also be able to
Shanghai’s Hongkou has become the world’s first sign a digital ‘sankalp patra’ to cast their votes on the
district using both 5G coverage and broadband day of polling.
gigabit network as China seeks to establish lead over
the US and other countries in the race to develop next 973. A forest guard named Alemba Yimchunger
generation cellular mobile communications.It had been conferred with the ‘Earth Day Network
conducted trial runs of the 5G network, backed by Star Award’ by Earth Day Network, an
telecom services provider China Mobil. 5G is the
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international environmental NGO based in United B. Suresh Chandok

States. He belongs to which state? C. Vijay Chandok
A. Sikkim D. Venkatesh Chandok
B. Nagaland E. Chitanya Chandok
C. Manipur Answer: C
D. Mizoram ICICI Securities appointed Vijay Chandok as an
E. Meghalaya additional director and as a Managing Director and
Answer: B CEO of the company with effect from May 7,
A forest guard of Nagaland named Alemba 2019.He will succeed Shilpa Naval Kumar. Vijay
Yimchunger had been conferred with the ‘Earth Day Chandok, presently Executive Director of the ICICI
Network Star Award’ by Earth Day Network, an Bank, has tendered his resignation from the board of
international environmental NGO based in United the bank to take effect at the end of day on May 6,
States.Yimchunger who works as a forest guard at 2019.
Fakim Wildlife Sanctuary in Kiphire district has been
honoured with the prestigious award for his efforts in 976. Which shipyard became the ‘first Indian
conserving biodiversity in and around the wildlife shipyard’ to build and deliver 100 warships?
sanctuary. A. Mazagon Dock Limited
B. Cochin Shipyard Limited
974. The Peabody Awards board of jurors C. Hindustan Shipyard Limited
announced that who among the following will D. Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
receive the 2019 Peabody career achievement E. Naval Dockyard
award? Answer: D
A. Rita Moreno Garden Reach Ship Builders and Engineers Ltd
B. Kira Libanan (GRSE) became the ‘first Indian shipyard’ to build
C. Justian Machado and deliver 100 warships.GRSE Chairman and
D. Natalie Wood Managing Director,V K Saxena, formally handed
E. None of these over the 100th warship ‘IN LCU L-56’ to the Indian
Answer: A Navy. It had handed over its 99th warship, ‘ICGS
The Peabody Awards board of jurors announced that Priyadarshini’, an advanced ‘Fast Patrol Vessel’ to
Rita Moreno will receive the 2019 Peabody career the Indian Coast Guard. The 100th warship, a
achievement award.The actress will add the honor to Landing Craft Utility (LCU), is the sixth of an order
her long list of awards, including an Oscar, a Tony, of eight such vessels from the Navy.
two Emmys and a Grammy. She is one of the 15
people to win the coveted EGOT quartet of elite 977. Which IIT has successfully converted
awards. She has been appointed as the official petroleum waste-product toluene into benzoic acid
ambassador of Toronto International Film Festival that is used as a food preservative (E210) and
(TIFF)’s ‘Share Her Journey’ campaign. The 78th medicine for fungal/bacterial infection?
Annual Peabody Awards will take place on May 18 A. IIT Madras
at Cipriani Wall Street in New York. B. IIT Roorke
C. IIT Khanpur
975. ICICI Securities appointed whom as an D. IIT Kharkhpur
additional director and as a Managing Director E. IIT Delhi
and CEO of the company with effect from May 7, Answer: A
2019? Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has
A. Ajay Chandok successfully converted petroleum waste-product
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toluene into benzoic acid.Benzoic acid is used as a
food preservative (E210) and medicine for 980. The CBDT extended the deadline to link PAN
fungal/bacterial infection. Toluene is converted into with Aadhaar by six months from March 31 to
benzoic acid through selective and controlled what date?
oxidation in the presence of a catalyst — binaphthyl- A. September 30, 2019
stabilised platinum nanoparticles (Pt-BNP). B. October 15, 2019
C. September 15, 2019
978. Which automotive company builds its 'largest D. October 30, 2019
energy storage system in Asia'? E. December 30, 2019
A. Toyota Answer: A
B. Daimler AG The CBDT extended the deadline to link PAN with
C. Volkswagen Aadhaar by six months from March 31 to September
D. BMW 30, 2019. However, it’ll be mandatory to quote and
E. Tesla link Aadhaar while filing income tax return from
Answer: E April 1, 2019 unless specifically exempted.This is the
Tesla has developed its ‘largest power storage system sixth time the government has extended the deadline
in Asia’ at Osaka train station in Japan to reduce for individuals to link their Permanent Account
energy demand and provide emergency backup Number (PAN) to Aadhaar.
power to trains in Japan.It has installed a bank of 42 981. Which among the following banks to merge
Powerpacks at a train station in Japan’s Osaka that with Bank of Barodato create the third-largest
can provide sufficient backup power to safely move a lender of the country?
train and its passengers to the nearest station in the A. Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank
event of a power outage. B. Vijaya Bank and IDBI Bank
C. Dena Bank and IDBI Bank
979. India, US renew triangular development D. IDBI Bank and Corporation Bank
cooperation in Asia and Africa. It extends its E. Corporation Bank and Vijaya Bank
validity up to which year? Answer: A
A. 2020 In a first three-way amalgamation, Vijaya Bank and
B. 2021 Dena Bank will merge with Bank of Baroda to create
C. 2022
D. 2023
E. 2024 the third-largest lender of the country. The customers
Answer: B including depositors of Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank
India and the United States signed the First will be treated as customers of Bank of Baroda with
Amendment to the Statement of Guiding Principles effect from 1st April this year. The first-ever three-
(SGP) on Triangular Cooperation for Global way consolidation of banks in India, with a combined
Development, mainly focused on Asia and Africa.It business of 14.8 lakh crore rupees, making it the
renews SGP agreement, which was signed by both third-largest bank after State Bank of India and ICICI
countries in November 2014. It extends its validity up Bank.
to 2021. It also expands scope of capacity building 982. Name the Air Marshal who appointed as new
activities undertaken jointly by India and US under Strategic Forces Command Chief?
this framework.It will help to fulfil India-US joint A. KS Phillips
commitment to work together and leverage their B. NS Dhillon
combined capacities to provide demand-driven C. AB Chandan
development partnership. D. RK Vijay
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E. None of these Bolivia for financing development
Answer: B projects.Accompanied by a 100-member strong
Air Marshal NS Dhillon was appointed as the new official delegation, President Ramnath Kovind had
Strategic Forces Command Chief.The Strategic wide ranging discussions with his counterpart
Forces Command looks after the strategic nuclear President Evo Morles of Bolivia. The discussions
arsenal of the country.Air Marshal Dhillon topped the focussed on political, economic and cultural issues
Fighter Strike Leader Course at TACDE and also including space, mining, IT, pharmaceutical and
served there as the Head of Training and Deputy traditional medicines.
Commandant. 985. According to report ‘OpenSignal’s Hottest
983. Which two Maharatna public sector units city for 4G Availability’ released by OpenSignal,
have inked a memorandum of understanding which city has the highest 4G availability of
(MoU) for cooperation in the development of solar 95.3%?
power projects? A. Dhanbad
A. GAIL India Ltd and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd B. Ranchi
B. Steel Authority of India and Bharat Heavy C. Srinagar
Electricals Ltd D. Mumbai
C. GAIL and Steel Authority of India E. Delhi
D. Steel Authority of India and Oil and Natural Gas Answer: A
Corporation According to report ‘OpenSignal’s Hottest city for
E. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation and GAIL 4G Availability’ released by OpenSignal, Dhanbad,
Answer: A which is also known as the coal capital of India has
Maharatna public sector units GAIL India Ltd and the highest 4G availability of 95.3%, followed by
Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) have inked a Ranchi which has 95% of 4G Availability.The report
memorandum of understanding (MoU) for revealed 4G Availability across the top 50 Indian
cooperation in the development of solar power citiesBoth Ranchi and Dhanbad are two cities in
projects. The MoU is aimed at building a closer Jharkhand and they are the only two cities to have
strategic partnership between the two state-owned over 95% of 4G coverage. Srinagar is one of the
companies for jointly pursuing commercial solar remote areas in the country stood third on the list
power projects through participation in tariff and with 4G Availability score of 94.9%.
viability gap funding based competitive bidding 986. Who won the Bahrain Grand Prix 2019?
process. India has set a target to achieve 100 GW of A. Valtteri Bottas
solar power by 2022 so that all citizens can have B. Lewis Hamilton
round-the-clock access to uninterrupted electricity. C. Sebastian Vettel
984. Under the framework of South-South D. Kimi Räikkönen
Cooperation, India has offered what million dollar E. Valtteri Bottas
Line of Credit to Bolivia for financing Answer: B
development projects. Five times world champion Lewis Hamilton won the
A. $50 million Bahrain Grand Prix. Valtteri Bottas, winner of the
B. 75 million opener in Australia, took second place to stay top of
C. $100 million the championship standings by a point from team
D. $200 million mate Hamilton.
E. $250 million 987. Which team won Sultan Azlan Shah cup 2019
Answer: C ?
Under the framework of South-South Cooperation, A. South Korea
India has offered $100 million Line of Credit to B. Australia
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C. India weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and other countries
D. Great Britain involved in the Yemen war.
E. New Zealand 990. Which city hosted the 16th meeting of the
Answer: A Canada-India Joint Working Group on Counter-
India has lost to South Korea in the final of Sultan Terrorism?
Azlan Shah Hockey tournament at Ipoh in A. New Delhi
Malaysia.The host Malaysia Has secured the 3rd B. Mumbai
place. Manpreet Singh was the captain of Indian C. Ottawa
Hockey Team. Asian games Gold medalist Japan D. Toronoto
stood at 5th place E. Victoria
988. ________ was awarded the ‘Best Sports Answer: C
Federation’ award in the country by the The 16th meeting of the Canada-India Joint Working
Association Chambers of Commerce and Industry Group on Counter-Terrorism and its Expert Sub-
(ASSOCHAM). group was held in Ottawa to provide detailed
A. Haryana Rifle Association briefings on their respective nation’s counter-
B. Guru Dronacharya Shooting Academy terrorism priorities, strategies, and legislative
C. Delhi State Rifle Association frameworks. The meeting has reviewed the threats
D. National Rifle Association of India posed by terrorist groups worldwide and in their
E. None of these respective countries and regions.
Answer: D 991. The government has again extended its
The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) was deadline to impose retaliatory customs duties on
awarded the ‘Best Sports Federation’ award in the __ US products, including almond, walnut, and
country by the Association Chambers of Commerce pulses, till 2 May 2019
and Industry (ASSOCHAM).This is another feather A. 20
in the cap of the shooting sport community. They B. 25
have been raising the performance bar every day over C. 29
the past few years. NRAI secretary-general D.V.S. D. 30
Rao and secretary Rajeev Bhatia received the trophy E. 32
from Director General of SAI Neelam Kapoor and Answer: C
cricketer Madan Lal. The government has again extended its deadline to
989. Which country has extended by six months impose retaliatory customs duties on 29 US products,
an embargo on weapons exports to Saudi Arabia including almond, walnut, and pulses, till 2 May
A. Germany 2019. Government of India decided to impose these
B. Japan duties in retaliation to a move by the US to impose
C. Russia high customs duties on certain steel and aluminium
D. Australia products. India’s exports to the US in 2017-18 stood
E. India at USD 47.9 billion.
Answer: A 992. Centre for Development of Advanced
Germany has extended by six months an embargo on Computing (C-DAC) will host 2 days ‘Technology
weapons exports to Saudi Arabia, instituted in Conclave’ on 4 and 5 April 2019 at ______
October 2018. It is extended by six months from A. Bangaluru
March 31 to September 30, 2019. Berlin reacted to B. Pune
Khashoggi’s murder at the Saudi consulate in C. Hyderabad
Istanbul last October by declaring a freeze on D. Patna
E. Ranchi
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Answer: B with an aim to raise awareness about autism

Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C- throughout the world?
DAC) will host 2 days ‘Technology Conclave’ on 4 A. April 01
and 5 April 2019 at Pune.Exascale Computing, B. April 02
Microprocessor and Quantum Computing, AI & C. April 03
Language Computing, IoE, and Dependable and D. March 31
Secure Computing and Next Generation Applied E. March 30
Computing will be discussed at the conclave. C-DAC Answer: B
is the implementing agencies of the National The World Autism Awareness Day was observed
Supercomputing Mission. across the world on April 2 every year with an aim to
993. Earth Hour 2019 observed across the world raise awareness about autism throughout the world.
on which date? The theme for this year is Assistive Technologies,
A. March 29th Active Participation. The day was first observed in
B. March 30th 2007 by the United Nations
C. March 31st 996. Finance Ministry stated that the Goods and
D. April 1st Services Tax (GST) collected what amount in
E. April 2nd March?
Answer: B A. Rs.10 lakh crore
The Earth Hour 2019 was observed on March 30, B. Rs.2.3 lakh crore
2019 at 8:30 pm local time to take a global call on C. Rs.5.4 lakh crore
climate change. It was thirteenth edition of Earth D. Rs.1.06 lakh crore
Hour and to mark this day, cities worldwide turned E. Rs.2.03 lakh crore
their lights off for one hour from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm Answer: D
local time. The campaign of Earth Hour 2019 was Finance Ministry stated that the Goods and Services
‘#Connect2Earth’. It was aimed at building mass Tax (GST) collection stood at Rs. 1.06 lakh crore in
awareness on importance of nature and create March, recording the highest-ever monthly collection
unstoppable movement for nature similar to when the since GST launch. Around 75.95 lakh GSTR-3B
world came together to tackle climate change. returns were filed for February up to March 31, as
994. Which state is celebrating its foundation on against 73.48 lakh a month ago. This is the fourth
1st April 2019? time the collections crossed Rs. 1 lakh crore this
A. Odisha fiscal. Total gross GST revenue collected in March,
B. Kerala 2019 is Rs. 1,06,577 crore of which Central GST is
C. Maharashtra Rs. 20,353 crore, State GST is Rs. 27,520 crore,
D. Meghalaya Integrated GST is Rs. 50,418 crore and cess is Rs.
E. Uttarakhand 8,286 crore
Answer: A 997. The Reserve Bank set the average base rate to
Odisha is celebrating 84 years of its foundation on 1st be charged from borrowers by non-banking
April 2019. The day is also known as ‘Utkal Divas.’ financial companies (NBFCs) and micro-finance
Earlier, Odisha was a part of Bihar, it became the first institutions (MFIs) at what per cent for the first
state to be formed on the linguistic basis in 1936. The quarter of the next fiscal?
name of the state was changed from Orissa to Odisha, A. 9.01%
and the name of its language from Oriya to Odia, in B. 9.11%
2011 C. 9.21%
995. The World Autism Awareness Day was D. 9.31%
observed across the world on what date every year E. 9.41%
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Answer: C 1000. Who took over charge as CEO of the

The Reserve Bank set the average base rate to be International Cricket Council (ICC)?
charged from borrowers by non-banking financial A. Dave Richardson
companies (NBFCs) and micro-finance institutions B. Manu Sawhney
(MFIs) at 9.21 per cent for the first quarter of the next C. Shasank Manohar
fiscal. RBI, on the last working day of every quarter, D. Lalit Modi
comes out with the average of the base rates of the E. None of these
five largest commercial banks for the purpose of Answer: B
arriving at the interest rates to be charged by NBFC- Manu Sawhney, originally from New Delhi, took
MFIs to its borrowers in the ensuing quarter. The over as CEO of the International Cricket Council
regulator in February 2014 had issued directions to (ICC). He has been working alongside the outgoing
NBFC-MFIs regarding pricing of credit CEO David Richardson for the last six weeks to
998. Which IT companies consulting arm is going ensure a smooth transition for the organisation.
to buy 75 per cent equity stake in Starter N.V., a Richardson will remain with the ICC until July, as
subsidiary of the Dutch-based ANN AMRO Bank? originally planned, to oversee the delivery of the ICC
A. Wipro men’s 50-over World Cup in England from May-
B. TCS July.
C. HCL 1001. On whichdid the Army constructs Maitri
D. Infosys Bridge river to link villages in Leh?
E. Capgemine A. Ganges
Answer: D B. Chenab
Global software major Infosys stated that its C. Bhramaputra
consulting arm would buy 75 per cent equity stake in D. Jhelum
Starter N.V., a subsidiary of the Dutch-based ANN E. Indus
AMRO Bank for Rs. 999 crore ($144 million) for Answer: E
strategic partnership in The Netherlands. The bridge is constructed over the Indus river at
999. Who took over as the new national president Choglamsar in Leh and is the longest suspension
of the Confederation of Real Estate Developers' bridge over the Indus river. The Army undertook the
Associations of India (CREDAI)? task of building the Maitri Bridge on Indus river
A. Manoj Magar following requests received from the civil
B. Satish Magar administration to help the locals of Choglamsar, Stok
C. Chittaranjan Magar and Chuchot villages (largest villages of Ladakh
D. Naresh Magar region). The 260 feet cable suspension bridge, which
E. None of these has been built using innovative engineering methods,
Answer: B is the longest suspension bridge over the Indus river.
Satish Magar took over as the new national president 1002. Reliance Mutual Fund customers partners
of the Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ with which company to launch voice-based
Associations of India (CREDAI), the apex body of transactions?
private real estate developers in India. Magar, who is A. Facebook
the managing director of Magarpatta City, took over B. You Tube
the baton from Jaxay Shah to become the new C. Google
president of the 20-year-old body. Rajiv Parikh was D. HCL
unanimously elected as the new president of CR E. TCS
EDAI Maharashtra for 2019-21. Answer: C
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Customers of Reliance Mutual Fund can now carry 1005. Which team win ICC Test C'ship mace for
out voice-based financial transactions, with Reliance 3rd straight year, get $1 million?
Nippon Life Asset Management (RNAM) partnering A. Australia
with internet major Google. With this, RNAM B. New Zealand
becomes the first company in India, to provide C. India
conversational interface that would help customers D. South Africa
regarding funds transactions. E. Sri Lanka
1003. Which country launched the first of its new- Answer: C
generation data relay satellites as part of the India has won ICC Test Championship mace for the
preparatory work for the nation's next manned third year in a row after finishing at the top of ICC
space missions? Test team rankings. India have also been awarded $1-
A. India million cash prize. New Zealand, who are ranked
B. China second, won $500,000 prize money after finishing
C. Russia with 108 points, eight behind India.
D. Germany 1006. Famous personality J. Mahendran passed
E. USA away. He is associated with which field?
Answer: B A. Film Direction
China launched the first of its new-generation data B. Politics
relay satellites as part of the preparatory work for the C. Sport
nation’s next manned space missions. The Tianlian D. Folk Dance
II-01 was lifted off at a Long March 3B carrier rocket E. Fluitist
at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Answer: A
province. The spacecraft is the first in China’s second Veteran Tamil filmmaker-actor J Mahendran has
generation of data relay satellite, adding its entry into passes away. Mahendran’s 1980 film Nenjathai
service will substantially improve the country’s Killathe has won three National Film Awards
space-based data relay capability. including Best Feature Film in Tamil, Best
1004. With which country did India signed three Cinematography (Colour) and Best Audiography.
MoUs in the fields of mining, culture and Renowned for his writing, he is also a part of the
empowerment of persons with disabilities? Blue Ocean FIlm and Television Academy(BOFTA)
A. China in Chennai where he heads the filmmaking and
B. Chile direction course.
C. Bolvia 1007. Election Commission of India has appointed
D. Croatia whom as the Central Police Observer for the
E. USA States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
Answer: B A. K K Sharma
India and Chile signed three MoUs in the fields of B. Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar
mining, culture and empowerment of persons with C. S S Deswal
disabilities. President Kovind arrived in Chile on a D. Sashastra Seema Bal
three-day visit is on the last leg of his three-nation E. None of these
tour that included Bolivia and Croatia. Chile Answer: A
announced that it will allow visa-free entry to Indian Election Commission of India has appointed Shree K
nationals holding a valid visa of the United States of K Sharma (IPS 1982 Retd DG Border Security Force)
America. In addition, both India and Chile agreed to as the Central Police Observer for the States of
explore opportunities for other cooperation in the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
defence, space research and explorations.
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1008. 'Kandhamal Haldi', has earned the 1010. Which private sector bank is going to to levy
Geographical indication (GI) tag from Intellectual charges on UPI transactions like Paytm, Google
Property India. It is a variety of indigenous Pay, PhonePe from the 1st May 2019?
turmeric of which state? A. IndusInd Bank
A. Odisha B. ICICI Bank
B. Andhra Pradesh C. Kotak Mahendra Bank
C. Maharashtra D. Axis Bank
D. Rajasthan E. HDFC Bank
E. Manipur Answer: C
Answer: A From the 1st May 2019, Kotak Mahindra Bank will
‘Kandhamal Haldi’, a variety of turmeric indigenous charge for Unified Payments Interface (UPI)
to southern Odisha, has earned the Geographical transactions.UPI was the leading contributor of the
indication (GI) tag from Intellectual Property digital payments push since demonetization. For
India.The recognition coincided with the state’s each bank account, first 30 UPI fund transfers will
Foundation Day (Utkal Divas). Odisha, on April 1 continue to be free, every month. The charges Rs.
1936. This unique variety of turmeric is grown in 2.50 per transaction for below or equal to Rs. 1,000,
Odisha’s southern hinterland. It is key cash crop of and above Rs. 1,000, Rs. 5.00 per transaction, will be
tribal people from Kandhamal district of Odisha. It applicable for all fund transfers done via UPI using a
has multifaceted utility in food, medicine and Kotak Bank account. This will also include payment
cosmetics considering its unique aroma and color to apps, such as Paytm,Google Pay, and PhonePe.
food items and various cuisines. 1011. For approximately what amount did the
1009. The Centre has extended the "disturbed BNP Paribas Cardif, the foreign partner of SBI
area" tag under Armed Forces Special Powers Life Insurance, sold 5 crore shares of the
Act (AFSPA) for three districts of Arunachal company?
Pradesh for how many more months? A. 2900 crore
A. Five B. 2700 crore
B. Six C. 2600 crore
C. Seven D. 2500 crore
D. Eight E. 3000 crore
E. Nine Answer: A
Answer: B BNP Paribas Cardif, the foreign partner of SBI Life
The Centre has extended the “disturbed area” tag Insurance, sold 5 crore shares of the company for Rs.
under Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) 2,889 crore. The sale was done at average price of
for three districts of Arunachal Pradesh for another Rs. 577.93 per equity share. Canada Pension Plan
six months.The decision was taken after considering Investment Board has bought 2 crore shares at an
the present law and order situation in the six districts average price of Rs 577.50 per shares, as per the
of the state. The three districts which will continue to regulatory filing. The company is required to
be designated as disturbed areas under AFSPA are increase its public shareholding to 25 per cent of its
Tirap, Changlang and Longding. The designation, paid-up equity share capital on or before October 2,
which allows imposition of AFSPA, will also 2020.
continue for the four police stations areas of the 1012. In the recently released Performance of
state’s three other districts bordering Assam. They Core Industries Index Natural gas production
include Namsai and Mahadevpur police stations in grew by what percent?
Namsai district, Roing in Lower Dibang Valley A. 7.3%
district and Sunpura in Lohit district. B. 17.92%
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C. 3.8% 1014. Name the Algerian President who has
D. 2.5% resigned after weeks of mass protests.
E. 8% A. Muhammadu Buhari
Answer: D B. Sergio Mattarella
The combined index of eight core industries stood at C. Frank-Walter Steinmeier
125.8 in February 2019, which indicates a marginal D. Emmanuel Macron
increase of 2.1 per cent during the month.The eight E. Abdelaziz Bouteflika
core industries, including coal, crude oil, natural gas, Answer: E
refinery products, fertilisers, steel, cement and Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has resigned
electricity, are responsible for almost 41 per cent of after weeks of mass protests.The eighty-two year old
the weight of items included in the Index of Industrial leader was in power for 20 years and was under
Production (IIP). mounting pressure to step down since his decision to
• Coal production: It grew by 7.3% in seek a fifth term. Mr Bouteflika was rarely being seen
February 2019 against 1.3% growth in the in public after suffering a stroke in 2013.
same period a year ago. 1015. Rajan Anandan has resigned from his post.
• Steel production: It recorded 17.92% He is associated with which technology company
growth as against 5% growth in the same as a head for the past 8 years?
period a year ago. A. Samsung
• Natural gas production: It grew by 3.8%. B. Oracle
• Fertilizers Sector: It grew by 2.5%. C. Mindtree
• Cement production: It grew by 8%. D. Google
• Electricity production: It grew by 0.7%, E. TCS
falling from 4.6% growth in February 2018. Answer: D
• Production of crude oil: It recorded -6.1% Google India head Rajan Anandan has resigned from
growth. his post to focus full-time on investing in promising
• Refinery products: It recorded -0.8% growth early-stage technology startups across India and
1013. Which company has received approval from Southeast Asia.He will continue his role at Google
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to until the end of April 2019.His responsibility will be
begin stock broking services to let its users buy taken over by Country Director Sales Vikas
shares through the platform. Agnihotri in the interim.After Google, Rajan
A. Paytm Anandan is all set to join Sequoia Capital India as
B. PhonePe Managing Director
C. Bharati Airtel 1016. Which fictional character announced as the
D. Myntra first entrant to the Comic-Con Museum's
E. Paypal Character Hall of Fame?
Answer: A A. Superman
Alibaba-backed Paytm’s subsidiary Paytm Money B. Spiderman
has received approval from Securities and Exchange C. Batman
Board of India (SEBI) to begin stock broking services D. Hallowman
to let its users buy shares through the platform.The E. Hulk
broking services will allow investors to trade in the Answer: C
cash segment, derivatives, exchange-traded funds Batman, who turned 80 years old, got a birthday gift
(ETFs), among other listed entities. In addition to at WonderCon in Anaheim, with the fictional
this, Paytm Money’s membership with exchanges character being announced as the first entrant to the
BSE & NSE was also approved. Comic-Con Museum’s Character Hall of Fame. The
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ceremony will take place at the Federal Building in A. New Delhi
San Diego’s Balboa Park, the future site of the B. Pune
Comic-Con Museum, on July 17.Batman first C. Bangaluru
appeared in the ‘Detective Comics No. 27’ published D. Hyderabad
on March 30, 1939, created by Bob Kane and Bill E. Amaravathi
Finger. Answer: A
1017. India signed an agreement with a The 2019 India Open, officially the YONEX-
development bank for setting up India-Africa SUNRISE India Open 2019 badminton tournament
Institute of Agriculture and Rural Development concluded.It took place in New Delhi, India. Viktor
(IAIARD) in which country? Axelsen of Denmark won in the men’s singles
A. Mali category while India’s Srikanth Kidambi became the
B. Malawi runners-up. Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand won in
C. Lesotho Women’s singles category.
D. Zambia 1020. Which day is observed on 4th April
E. Burundi A. World Nature Conservation Day
Answer: B B. National Epilepsy Day
India signed an agreement with a development bank C. International Day for Mine Awareness and
for setting up India-Africa Institute of Agriculture Assistance in Mine action
and Rural Development (IAIARD) in Malawi.The D. World Zoonoses Day
ministry of External affairs signed the MoU with E. None of these
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Answer: C
Development Consultancy Service (NABCONS). Every Year on 4 April International Day for Mine
The agreement was signed as a part of India’s efforts Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action is
to enhance capacity in the areas of agro-financing and observed to spread the awareness about the threat
entrepreneurship development for African countries. caused by landmines to the safety, health and lives of
1018. Who becames the first Indian male squash civilian populations and encourages state
player to enter the top 10 in the PSA world Governments to develop mine clearing programmes.
rankings. It was first observed on 4 April, 2006. The theme for
A. Saurav Ghosal the year 2019 is ‘United Nations Promotes SDGs –
B. Aditya Jagtap Safe Ground – Safe Home’
C. Cyrus Poncha 1021. Which country is going to launch the
D. Ramit Tandon world's first fully-fledged 5G mobile networks on
E. None of these 5th April 2019?
Answer: A A. South Korea
Saurav Ghosal became the first Indian male squash B. Japan
player to enter the top 10 in the PSA world C. China
rankings.Indian women squash players, Joshna D. India
Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal, had earlier reached the E. None of these
top-10 in the women’s world rankings. Ghosal has Answer: A
moved up two places to a career-high ranking of South Korea will launch the world’s first fully-
tenth. Egypt’s world champion Ali Farag, meanwhile, fledged 5G mobile networks on 5th April 2019. Until
maintains his position at the top of the ladder. now, no mobile networks have offered nationwide 5G
1019. The 2019 India Open, officially the YONEX- access.On April 05, 2019 all three of South Korea’s
SUNRISE India Open 2019 badminton mobile networks namely KT, SK Telecom and LG
tournament concluded in ______ UPlus will go live with their 5G services. Japan is
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expected to roll out a limited deployment in 2019 corporate fundamentals. Consumer price inflation is
before full services start in time for next year’s expected to rise to 4.3% in FY2020 and 4.6% in
Tokyo Olympics. FY2021 The current account deficit is expected to
1022. Which state has ranked number one in widen a bit to 2.4% of GDP in FY2020 and 2.5% of
eLearning training by reaching to 20,000 field GDP in FY2021.
staff during 2018-19? 1024. RBI is going to inject what billion USD into
A. Andhra Pradesh the banking system in a dollar-rupee swap
B. Telangana auction.
C. Maharashtra A. 10 billion
D. Delhi B. 20 billion
E. Tamil Nadu C. 5 billion
Answer: B D. 1 billion
Telangana state has ranked number one in eLearning E. 2 billion
training by reaching to 20,000 field staff during Answer: C
2018-19. This is the second year in succession that The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will inject long-
the State got the distinction under the Department of term liquidity worth USD 5 billion into the banking
Personal and Training (DoPT). Dr MCR HRD system through dollar-rupee buy-sell swap for a
Institute enrolled over 20, 000 field staff in different tenure of three years on April 23, the second such
districts of the State to impart training on 12 soft auction within a month.The swap will be in the nature
skills modules and three domain-specific modules on of a simple buy/sell foreign exchange swap from the
RTI, Office Procedures, and Finance & Accounts, Reserve Bank side. Under the swap, a bank would
apart from Sustainable Development Goals. The sell US dollars to the RBI and simultaneously agree
training is being imparted to achieve the goal of to buy the same amount of US dollars at the end of
‘training for all’. the swap period.The minimum size of each bid
1023. According to Asian Development Outlook should be USD 10 million and in multiples of USD 1
(ADO) 2019, Asian Development Bank (ADB) has million thereafter.
lowered India's growth forecast for 2019-20 to 1025. RBI cuts the policy repo rate by _____ basis
what per cent from 7.6 per cent estimated earlier? points according to the first bimonthly policy of
A. 7.5% fiscal year 2019.
B. 7.4% A. 100
C. 7.3% B. 50
D. 7.2% C. 25
E. 7.0% D. 10
Answer: D E. 75
According to Asian Development Outlook (ADO) Answer: C
2019, Asian Development Bank (ADB) has lowered Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to
India’s growth forecast for 2019-20 to 7.2 per cent reduce the policy repo rate under the liquidity
from 7.6 per cent estimated earlier. The growth rate adjustment facility (LAF) by 25 basis points to 6.0
in FY 2020-21 likely to be 7.3 per cent. Recent policy per cent from 6.25 per cent with immediate effect.
measures by the government to improve the Reverse repo rate under the LAF stands adjusted to
investment climate and boost private consumption 5.75 per cent, and the marginal standing facility
and investment will help India to lift economic (MSF) rate and the Bank Rate to 6.25 per cent. GDP
growth in the next two fiscal years. India will remain growth for 2019-20 is projected at 7.2 per cent – in
one of the fastest-growing major economies in the the range of 6.8-7.1 per cent in H1:2019-20 and 7.3-
world this year given strong household spending and
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7.4 per cent in H2. The next meeting of the MPC is Answer: A
scheduled during June 3, 4 and 6, 2019. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has
1026. Government has infused what amount into appointed Nicholas Koumjian of the US as head of
the bank in lieu of preferential allotment of shares the Independent Investigative Mechanism for
of Bank of Maharashtra? Myanmar. Koumjian will be the first head of the
A. Rs. 205 crore Myanmar mechanism, which was established by the
B. Rs. 115 crore Human Rights Council on September 27, 2018.
C. Rs. 350 crore Koumjian brings to this position over 35 years of
D. Rs. 165 crore experience as prosecutor, including almost 20 years
E. Rs. 332 crore of experience in the field of international criminal
Answer: A justice.
State-owned Bank of Maharashtra stated that the 1029. Which country is going to organize NuGen
government has infused Rs. 205 crore into the bank Mobility summit 2019 in November?
in lieu of preferential allotment of shares.Following A. Sri Lanka
the allotment of shares, the shareholding of the B. Nepal
government has increased to 87.74 per cent in the C. Bangladesh
bank from 87.01 per cent earlier. The paid-up capital D. India
of bank had increased from Rs 2,598.45 crore to Rs E. China
2,753.17 crore Answer: D
1027. The World Trade Organisation has lowered India’s International center for Automotive
its global trade forecast for the year 2019 to what Technology (ICAT) will organize a NuGen Mobility
percent. summit 2019 in November.The summit would be
A. 3.9% held at Manesar, falling in the national capital region
B. 2.9% (NCR) of Indian capital – New Delhi from November
C. 3.7% 27 to 29. The objective of the summit is to share new
D. 2.6% ideas, learnings, global experiences, innovations and
E. 2.5% future technology trends for faster adoption,
Answer: D assimilation and development of advanced
The World Trade Organization forecast that the automotive technologies for a smarter and greener
Global trade growth is expected to be lower in 2019 future. This event will help in building a platform for
than it was last year.The WTO had in its preliminary bringing together all stakeholders in the automotive
estimates predicted a 3.7 percent expansion of trade industry to understand global advancements in
for this year, but has revised that down to 2.6 percent, technologies.
marking a decline on the three-percent growth 1030. 4th Session of India-Ukraine working group
recorded in 2018. In its forecast report in September on Trade and Economic Cooperation held in
2018, the WTO had lowered the global 2018 and which city?
2019 trade growth to 3.9 and 3.7 percent, A. New Delhi
respectively. B. Kiev
1028. UN chief appoints Nicholas Koumjian as C. Mumbai
investigation head for which country? D. Poltava
A. Myanmar E. Varanasi
B. Bhutan Answer: A
C. Chile The 4th Meeting of India-Ukraine Working Group on
D. Vietnam Trade and Economic Cooperation (IU-WGTEC),
E. None of these under the India-Ukraine Inter-Governmental
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Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, D. 2 million
Technical, Industrial and Cultural Cooperation was E. 2.5 million
held in New Delhi. Answer: B
• Cooperation in Enhancing the Bilateral Trade Over 1.2 million people died in India due to air
• Cooperation in the field of Small and Medium pollution in 2017, as per a global report on air
Entrepreneurship pollution.As per the State of Global Air 2019, overall
• Cooperation in Leather, Tobacco, Gems and long-term exposure to outdoor and indoor air
Jewellery and Tea Sectors pollution contributed to nearly 5 million deaths in
• Cooperation in the field of Technical 2017. The report was released by the US-based
Regulation (Standardization, Metrology, organisation Health Effects Institute.
Certification, Conformity Assessment) 1033. Who is the author of the book “Saffron
• Cooperation in the field of Public-Private Swords: Centuries of Indic Resistance to
Partnership (PPP) and Investment Invaders”?
• Granting Ukraine Market Economy Status A. Vladimir Nabokov
within the framework of anti-dumping B. Ray Bradbury
investigations C. Aabhas Maldahiyar
• Cooperation in the field of Energy Sector D. Manoshi Sinha Rawal
• Cooperation in the field of Finance and E. None of these
Banking Answer: D
• Cooperation in Tourism The Indian Publishing company, Garuda Prakashan
1031. Who was awarded with the prestigious John Private Limited, launched its two books “#Modi
Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award? Again” and “Saffron Swords – Centuries of Indic
A. Sanath Patel Resistance to Invaders”.“#Modi Again: Why Modi is
B. Vikram Patel right for India, An Ex-Communist’s Manifesto”
C. Chandrahas Patel authored by Aabhas Maldahiyar, states the reasons
D. Sudheer Patel about how Narendra Modi is right for India.“Saffron
E. None of these Swords: Centuries of Indic Resistance to Invaders”
Answer: B written by Manoshi Sinha Rawal is a book on 52
Prof Vikram Patel has been awarded 2019 John Dirks unsung warriors of India from last 1300 years.
Canada Gairdner Global Health Award for his world- 1034. 7Supreme Court quashes RBI circular on
leading research in global mental health, generating debt resolution issued on _____________.
knowledge on the burden and determinants of mental A. 12 March 2018
health problems in low-and-middle-income countries B. 12 April 2018
and pioneering approaches for the prevention and C. 12 January 2018
treatment of mental health in low-resource D. 12 December 2018
settings.Laureates receive a $100,000 cash E. 12 February 2018
honorarium and will be formally presented with their Answer: E
awards on October 24, 2019, at the annual Canada The Supreme Court struck down a Reserve Bank of
Gairdner Awards Gala in Toronto. India (RBI) circular that gave defaulting companies
1032. Over what million people died in India due 180 days to agree on a resolution plan with lenders or
to air pollution in 2017, as per a global report on be taken to bankruptcy court to recover debt of Rs.
air pollution. 2,000 crore and above. The bench said the February
A. 1.5 million 12, 2018, circular was beyond the scope of the RBI’s
B. 1.2 million powers. The decision was taken by a two-judge
C. 1.7 million bench headed by RF Nariman.
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1035. On 5th April every year in India National Answer: D

Maritime day is observed. In which year was the According to a new joint UN and European Union
day first time observed? (EU) report, more than 113 million people across 53
A. 1964 countries experienced acute hunger last year, with
B. 1919 conflict, climate-related disasters and economic
C. 1936 turbulence mainly driving the food insecurity crisis.
D. 1954 The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),
E. 1990 World Food Programme (WFP) and EU ‘Global
Answer: A Report on Food Crises 2019 shows that the number
On 5th April every year in India National Maritime going chronically-hungry has remained well over 100
day is observed because on this date in 1919 million over the past three years. Yemen, the
navigation history was created SS Loyalty, the first Democratic Republic of Congo, Afghanistan and
ship of The Scindia Steam Navigation Company Ltd Syria were among the eight nations accounting for
journeyed to the United Kingdom. The day was first two-thirds of the total number of people worldwide
celebrated on April 5, 1964. This day is celebrated to exposed to the risk of famine, according to Food and
spread awareness in supporting intercontinental Agriculture Organisation’s 2019 global report on
commerce and the global economy. Theme for the food crises.
year 2019 is Indian Ocean-An Ocean of opportunity 1038. Till what date Sebi extends phase 1 deadline
1036. Which messaging mobile application has of UPI for retail IPO investors ?
launched a tip line for Indians to submit rumours A. June 25
and uncertain information to combat false news in B. June 30
India during the national election? C. July 25
A. Telegram D. July 30
B. WhatsApp E. July 31
C. WeChat Answer: B
D. Line Markets regulator Sebi extended the timeline for the
E. Viber implementation of phase 1 of Unified Payments
Answer: B Interface (UPI) as an alternative payment mechanism
WhatsApp has launched a tip line for Indians to for retail investors buying shares in a public issue
submit rumours and uncertain information to combat from March 31 2019 to June 30 2019. The timeline
false news in India during the national election. for implementing phase 2 and phase 3 shall remain
Developed in collaboration with India-based media unchanged from the date of completion of phase 1. In
skilling startup PROTO, the tip line feature will help November 2018, SEBI has issued a circular to
create a database of rumours to study misinformation introduce the use of Unified Payments Interface
during elections as part of a research project (UPI) as a payment mechanism with Application
commissioned and assisted by WhatsApp Supported by Block Amount (ASBA) for applications
1037. More than 113 million people across ___ in public issues by retail individual investors through
countries experienced acute hunger in 2018 intermediaries.
according to a new joint UN and European Union 1039. Which among the following grades has been
(EU) report given by Fitch towards India’s sovereign rating?
A. 58 countries A. BBB+
B. 50 countries B. BB+
C. 55 countries C. BBB-
D. 53 countries D. BB-
E. 63 countries E. CCC+
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Fitch retained India’s sovereign rating at ‘BBB-‘, the Rate.
lowest investment grade, with stable outlook, saying 1042. Who took charge as the Managing Director
a weak fiscal position continues to constrain its of the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC).
rating. This is the 13th year in a row that global rating A. Vipin Anand
agency Fitch has rated India at ‘BBB-‘. It had last B. Bipin Preet Singh
upgraded India’s sovereign rating from ‘BB+’ to C. Satish Dhawan
‘BBB-‘ with a stable outlook on August 1, 2006. D. Kumar Sharma
Fitch expects growth of 6.8 per cent in the current E. None of these
fiscal and 7.1 per cent in the next. Fitch Ratings is a Answer: A
subsidiary of Hearst Corporation. Vipin Anand took charge as the Managing Director
1040. Which Bank has entered into a of the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC). He
memorandum of understanding with Bharti AXA was in charge of LIC’s western zone, comprising of
Life Insurance Company to distribute the latter’s 23 divisions and he has also headed LIC’s east-
life insurance products? central zone
A. Karnataka Bank 1043. Who was appointed as the next High
B. Syndicate Bank Commissioner of India to the Republic of
C. Andhra Bank Cameroon?
D. IndusInd Bank A. Aravind Adiga
E. None of these B. Arundhati Roy
Answer: A C. Salman Rushdie
Karnataka Bank has entered into a memorandum of D. Manoshi Sinha Rawal
understanding with Bharti AXA Life Insurance E. Rakesh Malhotra
Company to distribute the latter’s life insurance Answer: E
products. This is the third such tie-up by the bank Shri Rakesh Malhotra has been appointed as the High
after PNB MetLife Life Insurance Company and LIC Commissioner of India to the Republic of Cameroon.
of India, both of which continue to provide insurance He was presently working as Consul General,
solutions to the customers of Karnataka Bank. Consulate General of India, Melbourne
1041. RBI sets Ways and Means Advances (WMA) 1044. Exercise Western Shield the biggest-ever
Limit for Government at what amount? military exercise is going to organised by which
A. Rs.50000 crore country?
B. Rs.60000 crore A. India
C. Rs.65000 crore B. China
D. Rs.70000 crore C. Russia
E. Rs.75000 crore D. Sri Lanka
Answer: E E. USA
The Reserve Bank of India, in consultation with the Answer: D
Government of India, has decided that the limits for The biggest-ever military exercise organised by the
Ways and Means Advances (WMA) for the first half Sri Lanka Army – Exercise Western Shield – with the
of the financial year 2019-20 (April 2019 to largest-ever contingent of infantrymen is scheduled to
September 2019) will be Rs. 75000 crore. The begin on July 1, with the support of other service
Reserve Bank may trigger fresh floatation of market regiments and Navy and Air Force troops. In which
loans when the Government of India utilises 75% of 5,000 infantrymen, three General Officers
the WMA limit. The interest rate on WMA will be Commanding, nine Brigade Commanders, 15
Commanding Officers and other supportive Army
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personnel are expected to take part. Exercise Western standardisation and BIS will provide financial
Shield will extend from Mannar to Puttalam, support to IIT Delhi for projects.
including Kalpitiya, Wilpattu National Park, Mavillu 1047. Zayed Medal was recently conferred to
and Thabbowa Forest Reserves and the Western prime minister Narendra Modi. This medal is
coastal belt and provide the opportunity for Army given by which country?
trainees to march through those areas which are not A. Qatar
usually accessible, except to Forest Conservation B. UAE
authorities. C. Saudi Arabia
1045. Name the Retired IAS officer who was D. Iran
appointed as the Managing Director of IL&FS? E. Bolivia
A. CS Rajan Answer: B
B. Raghu Nath Singh UAE President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
C. Vikram Dubey announced that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
D. Prachand Khanna will be honoured with the Zayed Medal, the UAE’s
E. None of these highest civil honour. The medal, awarded to kings
Answer: A presidents and heads of states, was conferred upon
Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS) Modi for boosting relations between the Emirates and
has announced the appointment of CS Rajan, who is a India. Previously, Russian President Vladimir Putin,
Director on the IL&FS board, as the group’s Chinese President Xi Jinping have also been
Managing Director. He has taken over the position conferred with the honour. The award is in
from Vineet Nayyar, who continues to serve as the appreciation of Modi’s role in consolidating the long-
group’s Executive Vice Chairman. Rajan is an IAS standing friendship and joint strategic cooperation
officer of the 1978 batch who retired as Rajasthan between the two nations.
Chief Secretary in 2016. 1048. Indian Football Team climbed two places to
1046. The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has move to 101 rank in the FIFA rankings. Which
inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) country topped in the rankings?
with which Indian Institute of Technology to A. Japan
collaborate in the field of standardisation and B. Belgium
conformity assessment? C. France
A. IIT Khanpur D. Autralia
B. IIT Madras E. Brazil
C. IIT Delhi Answer: B
D. IIT Kharkpur Indian Football Team climbed two places to move to
E. IIT Roorkee 101 rank in the FIFA rankings. Iran continued to top
Answer: C the Asian rankings at 21, followed by Japan (26),
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has inked a South Korea (37), Australia (41) and Qatar (55). The
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the top three positions are unchanged Belgium remained
Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi to collaborate on top with 1737 points and World Cup winners
in the field of standardisation and conformity France(1734) in the second spot ahead of Brazil
assessment. The MoU was signed by IIT Delhi (1676), in third.
Director Professor V Ramgopal Rao and Director 1049. What is the total number of APAs entered
General of BIS Surina Rajan. According to the MoU, into by the CBDT in the financial year 2018-19?
IIT Delhi will provide infrastructure support for A. 18
research and development projects of relevance to B. 52
C. 30
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D. 46 1052. Phayeng Village becomes India’s 1st
E. 49 Carbon-Positive Settlement. The village is located
Answer: B in which district of Manipur?
As per the latest data of the Central Board of Direct A. Imphal East District
Taxes (CBDT), it has entered into 18 Advance B. Imphal West District
Pricing Agreements (APAs) in the month of March C. Chandel District
2019, which includes 3 Bilateral APAs D. Ukhrul District
(BAPAs). Total number of APAs entered into by the E. Senepati District
CBDT in the year 2018-19 is 52. It includes 11 Answer: B
BAPAs. The overall number of APAs entered into by Phayeng Village in Imphal West district of Manipur
the CBDT till date stands at 271, of which 31 are has become India’s first carbon-positive settlement.
BAPAs. A village is given carbon-positive tag if it sequesters
1050. Who became India's first film-maker to more carbon than it emits, slowing accumulation of
have a wax statue at Madame Tussauds in greenhouse gases (GHGs) and mitigating effects of
Singapore. climate change. Phayeng Village is scheduled caste
A. Yash Chopra village of the Chakpa community. It provides 100%
B. Karan Johar funding to activities under it which are implemented
C. Sanjay Leela Bansali in project mode. National Bank for Agriculture and
D. S.S. Rajamouli Rural Development (NABARD) nodal
E. None of these implementation agency for these projects.
Answer: B 1053. Which telecom company has received the In-
Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar has unveiled his Flight Connectivity license from the Department
wax statue at Madame Tussauds in Singapore with of Telecommunications (DoT) for enabling in-
his mother Hiroo Johar.He became India’s first film- flight and maritime connectivity (IFMC) within
maker to have a wax statue at Madame Tussauds in Indian airspace?
Singapore. A. Reilance
1051. Which of the following is the punch line of B. Idea
the 2019-20 session of CBSE? C. Airtel
A. Experiential learning D. BSNL
B. Technical learning E. MTNL
C. Digital learning Answer: D
D. Intelligence learning Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has received
E. None of these the In-Flight Connectivity license from the
Answer: A Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) enabling in-flight and maritime connectivity (IFMC)
has come up with a new idea in order to replace rote within Indian airspace.BSNL and Inmarsat, which is
learning with practical learning. The idea is to have a the satellite partner of BSNL, also operates the GX
unique punchline every year by CBSE. This year, the Aviation service will be able to offer in-flight
punchline that CBSE will be using is ‘experimental connectivity to airlines. With this facility users can
learning’. This has been confirmed by the CBSE send messages, surf the internet and/or tweet, when a
secretary Anurag Tripathi. CBSE has also launched a flight is at a minimum height of 3,000m in Indian
new App called ‘Shiksha Vani’ for disseminating the airspace. Presently any form of internet connectivity
information to all its stakeholders. The mobile App is for both domestic and international flights is not
available for download only on the android platform available on Indian flights.After, this facility enabled,
as of now.
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users will still have restricted amounts of data offered her services for educating, creating awareness
available for their uses, applicable for all airlines. and motivating the electorate of J-K for exercising
1054. Who took charge as the new President of the their franchise to ensure greater participation in the
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)? forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. She is an advocate
A. Manoj Kirloskar by profession and an enthusiastic social activist.
B. Saketh Kirloskar 1057. Sahulat’, a mobile app aimed to facilitate
C. Vikram Kirloskar voting by elders has been launched in which state?
D. Vikranth Kirloskar A. Jammu and Kashmir
E. None of these B. Rajasthan
Answer: C C. Punjab
Vikram Kirloskar took charge as the new President D. Maharashtra
of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). E. New Delhi
Kirloskar is the Chairman and Managing Director of Answer: A
Kirloskar Systems Ltd, and Vice Chairman of Toyota Sahulat’, a mobile app aimed to facilitate voting by
Kirloskar Motor. He takes over from Rakesh Bharti elders has been launched in Jammu and Kashmir’s
Mittal, Vice Chairman, Bharti Enterprises. Rajouri district. District Election Officer Mohammad
1055. Which Non-profit association appoints Aijaz Asad launched the Android-based application
Keshav Murugesh as Chairman? to reach out to the voters who are 90 years old or
A. FICCI above.Rajouri district, which is part of the Jammu
B. NASSCOM parliamentary constituency, goes to polls along with
C. DSCI Baramulla constituency in the first phase on April 11.
D. IAMAL The voters can request for the facilities like the
E. None of these provision of wheelchair, vehicle for transportation
Answer: B and any helper who will assist
IT industry body Nasscom has appointed WNS them during casting of vote.
Global Services Group CEO Keshav Murugesh as its 1058. BSE and India INX have signed a MoU with
Chairman for 2019-20. He takes on the position from which exchange group to connect investor
his previous role as Vice Chairman of Nasscom, community and companies in both countries
succeeding Rishad Premji (Wipro) Chief Strategy besides allowing a capital formation platform?
Officer and Board Member).Nasscom also appointed A. London Stock Exchange
Infosys COO UB Pravin Rao as its Vice Chairman B. New York Stock Exchange
for 2019-20. C. Singapore Stock Exchange
1056. Who named to be the brand ambassador of D. American Stock Exchange
Jammu and Kashmir election department for E. Moscow Exchange
general polls? Answer: E
A. Sana Dua BSE (earlier known as Bombay Stock Exchange) and
B. Anukreethy Vas India International Exchange (India INX) have signed
C. Manushi Chillar a memorandum of understanding with Moscow
D. Anukriti Gusain Exchange (MOEX) to connect investor community
E. Lopamudra Raut and companies in both countries besides allowing a
Answer: A capital formation platform.With this, BSE and India
Femina Miss India 2017 runner up Sana Dua will be INX has become the first Indian Exchanges to enter
the brand ambassador of Jammu and Kashmir into the MoU with Moscow exchange and will
election department for general polls. Dua, the first facilitate the development of channels of
runner up of the beauty pageant, has voluntarily communication. The MoU will help to boost
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professional intermediaries in both markets to share Indian Astrologer Dr Sohini Sastri has been honoured
their know-how and expand their client network in with ‘D. Litt in Astrology’ by National American
their home market and abroad. University, USA. The announcement was made at an
1059. Saudi Arabia's King Salman grants Iraq $1 event held in Mumbai recently at Classique
billion to build sport city. The sports city would be Club.Other prominent personalities who were also
located in which city? awarded Doctorates at the same event includes
A. Basra Bollywood singer Mohit Chauhan and choreographer
B. Mosul Terence Lewis. Last year, Sohini was honoured with
C. Baghdad Doctorate in Astrology by Victoria Global
D. Riyadh University, USA for her immense knowledge and
E. Ramadi contribution towards Astrology. She is also a receipt
Answer: C of ‘Champions of Change Award’
Saudi Arabia will fund the construction of a $1 1062. Which bank approves merger with
billion sports city in Iraq as well as open four lndiabulls Housing Finance?
consulates.Riyadh has been courting Baghdad in A. IndusInd Bank
efforts to boost economic and trade ties and fend off B. Karnataka Bank
Tehran’s influence in the region. The sports city C. Dhanlakshmi Bank
would be located in Baghdad. There are 13 D. Lakshmi Vilas Bank
agreements which are ready to be signed. E. None of these
1060. Name the bollywood actor who was Answer: D
conferred an honorary doctorate in Philanthropy Private lender Lakshmi Vilas Bank has approved a
by The University of Law, London? scheme of amalgamation with lndiabulls Housing
A. Salman Khan Finance. For every one share of Rs 10 each,
B. Shah Rukh Khan shareholders of Lakshmi Vilas Bank will receive 0.14
C. Ranbeer Kapoor equity share of Rs 2 each of Indiabulls Housing
D. Aamir Khan Finance. The merged entity’s net worth will be Rs
E. Akshay Kumar 19,472 crore, with 14,302 employees and a loan book
Answer: B of Rs 1.23 lakh crore. The merger is subject to
The Badshah of Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan, has approval from shareholders, Competition
added yet another feather to his cap. The actor was Commission of India (CCI), National Housing Bank
conferred an honorary doctorate in Philanthropy by (NHB) and National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT)
The University of Law, London.Earlier, Shah Rukh 1063. The government sold enemy shares worth
Khan had received two honorary doctorates from The around Rs. 1,150 crore of which IT firm to Life
University of Edinburgh and The University of Insurance Corporation and two other state-owned
Bedfordshire. insurers?
1061. Who has been honoured with 'D. Litt in A. Infosys
Astrology' by National American University, B. TCS
USA? C. Wipro
A. Dr. Sohini Sastri D. HCL
B. Dr. Shalini Sastri E. None of these
C. Dr. Sumitra Sastri Answer: C
D. Dr. Sarasathi Sastri The government sold enemy shares worth around Rs.
E. Dr. Sravanthi Sastri 1,150 crore in IT firm Wipro to Life Insurance
Answer: A Corporation and two other state-owned insurers.
Enemy property refers to the assets left behind by
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people who migrated to Pakistan or China and are no 1066. The International Day of Sport for
longer citizens of India. According to block deal data Development and Peace (IDSDP) was observed
available with BSE, the Custodian of Enemy Property across the world on what date?
for India sold more than 4.43 crore Wipro shares at a A. April 06
price of Rs. 258.90 per share. B. April 07
1064. Name the well known economists, called as C. April 08
the Father of Entrepreneurship Movement in D. April 09
India, who died recently? E. April 10
A. Viharidas Gopaldas Patel Answer: A
B. Vishnu Pandya The International Day of Sport for Development and
C. Genabhai Dargabhai Patel Peace (IDSDP) was observed across the world on
D. Girish Bharadwaj April 6, 2019. The date commemorates the
E. None of these inauguration of the first ever Olympic games of the
Answer: A modern era in Athens, Greece in 1896.The day aims
Padma Shri Dr. Viharidas Gopaldas Patel, fondly to spread awareness about the positive influence that
known as VG, a noted economist and hailed as the sports can have on the advancement of human rights
‘Father of Entrepreneurship Movement’ in the and economic development.
country, has passed away.An eminent economist and 1067. World Health Day is celebrated worldwide
international figure in the sphere of entrepreneurship, every year on 7th April. What was the theme of
small industry policies and growth management.His the day for the year 2019?
book “The Seven Business Crisis & How to Beat A. Global Health Coverage: Everyone, Everywhere
Them” (reissued as When the Going gets Tough) is a B. Universal Health Coverage: Everyone,
best seller. Equally acclaimed are “Managing India’s Everywhere
Small Industrial Economy” and “Entrepreneurship C. Complete Health Coverage: Everyone,
Development Programme in India and its Relevance Everywhere
to Developing Countries”. D. Regular Health Checkup: Everyone, Everywhere
1065. Game Changer is the biography of which E. None of these
cricket player? Answer: B
A. Shayne Warne World Health Day is celebrated worldwide every
B. Anil Kumble year on 7th April. Various programs and
C. Harbhajan Singh arrangements are managed by World Health
D. Shahid Afridi Organisation. It was first time celebrated in 1950.
E. Daniel Vettori The day is marked as global health awareness day
Answer: D and draw worldwide attention to a specific subject of
Shahid Afridi’s biography is called Game Changer major importance to global health each year. The
and its hitting shelves on April, 30th. That certainly is theme for the year 2019 is Universal Health
good news for fans and book readers alike.The book Coverage: Everyone, Everywhere
has been penned by Wajahat Saeed Khan, a 1068. Which bank has announced the launch of
journalist. Game Changer is a book about one of the Chat Banking services for customers via
most famous people in modern cricket history. Even WhatsApp, marking a global first in the Islamic
after retirement, Shahid Khan Afridi remains one of banking sector.
the biggest brands in Pakistan. The cricketer-turned- A. National Bank of Abu Dhabi
philanthropist is regarded as one of the most B. Dubai Islamic Bank
charitable celebrities globally. C. ARKBANK
D. Emirates Islamic
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E. None of these was the interim President of the World Bank during
Answer: D this period from February to March. She is the chief
Emirates Islamic has announced the launch of Chat executive officer of the World Bank.
Banking services for customers via WhatsApp, 1071. Who becomes 1st Indian Member of FIFA
marking a global first in the Islamic banking Executive Council?
sector.The bank’s customers will now able to conduct A. Praful Patel
daily banking activities via WhatsApp in a seamless B. Vineet Nayya
and hassle-free manner. The Chat Banking solution, C. Bijay Kumar
supported by Infobip, further enhances Emirates D. CS Rajan
Islamic’s suite of digital banking channels and allows E. GC Chaturvedi
customers to use features such as checking account Answer: A
balances and temporarily blocking or unblocking of The All India Football Federation (AIFF) President
an existing card. Praful Patel been elected as the member of the FIFA
1069. What was the volume of priority sector Executive Council during the 29th Asian Football
lending certificates (PSLCs) in the financial year Confederations (AFC) Congress in Kuala Lampur in
2018-19? Malaysia on April 6, 2019.He was one of the eight
A. Rs 1.9 trillion candidates competing for the spot in the election and
B. Rs 50,000 crore received 38 votes out of the 46 voting members. India
C. Rs 2.1 trillion has recently acquired the rights to host the 2020 FIFA
D. Rs 3.3 trillion Women’s U-17 World Cup.
E. Rs 2.8 trillion 1072. Justice Pradeep Nandrajog takes oath as
Answer: D new Chief Justice of which high court?
The priority sector lending certificates (PSLCs) A. Allahabad High Court
volume rocketed to Rs. 3.3 trillion in FY19,up from B. Bombay High Court
Rs. 1.9 trillion in the last financial year and Rs. C. Patna High Court
50,000 crore in FY17.PSLCs are used to enable D. Madras High Court
banks to achieve the priority sector lending target and E. Delhi High Court
sub-targets by purchasing these instruments in the Answer: B
event of shortfall. Those falling short of targets have Justice Pradeep Nandrajog took oath as the new Chief
the choice to place money with Nabard and Sidbi at Justice of the Bombay High Court. He was serving as
low interest rates or invest in PSLCs issued by fellow the Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court since
lenders which carry higher coupon. March 2017, following his transfer from the Delhi
1070. Who was appointed as President of World High Court.
Bank? 1073. State-run power giant NTPC has inked a
A. Kristalina Georgieva term-loan agreement with which bank to raise Rs.
B. David Malpass 2,000 crore, which would be used to part finance
C. Robert Zoellick its capital expenditure?
D. Paul Wolfowitz A. Canara Bank
E. None of these B. Andhra Bank
Answer: B C. Bank of Baroda
David Malpass, a senior US Treasury official in D. Syndicate Bank
President Donald Trump’s administration, was E. Central Bank of India
unanimously chosen as the next president of the Answere: A
World Bank. He succeeds Jim Yong-Kim who State-run power giant NTPC has inked a term-loan
stepped down on February 1. Kristalina Georgieva agreement with Canara Bank to raise Rs. 2,000 crore,
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which would be used to part finance its capital Public sector lender Bank of India offered to sell a 25
expenditure.The loan facility is extended at an per cent stake in its joint venture company Star Union
interest rate linked to 3-Month MCLR of the Bank. In Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co Ltd for approximately Rs.
February this year, NTPC had signed a term loan 1,106 crore ($159.87 million).Star Union Dai-ichi
agreement for Rs. 5,000 crore with State Bank of Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (SUD Life) is a joint venture
India. The loan facility from SBI was also aimed at (JV) of Bank of India, Union Bank of India and Dai-
part financing the company’s capital expenditure. ichi Life, a leading life insurance company of Japan.
1074. Who were named as female and male Bank of India to sell 6.49 crore shares, or 25.02 per
sportsperson of the year in the ESPN India Multi- cent stake, in Star Union Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co
Sport Awards for their achievements in 2018? at a floor price of 170.50 per share.
A. PV Sindhu and Neeraj Chopra 1076. Which city hosted the 3 day long National
B. Sina Nehwal and Neeraj Chopra Cardiology Conference 2019?
C. PV Sindhu and Jaspal Rana A. Lucknow
D. Sina Nehwal and Jaspal Rana B. Ahemadabad
E. None of these C. Chennai
Answer: A D. Hyderabad
Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu and star javelin E. New Delhi
thrower Neeraj Chopra were named as female and Answer: A
male sportsperson of the year in the ESPN India Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the
Multi-Sport Awards for their achievements in 2018. National Cardiology Conference 2019 being held at
Sportsperson of the Year (Male) – Neeraj Chopra Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of medical
(athletics) sciences. The 3-day conference organised by Dept of
Sportsperson of the Year (Female) – P V Sindhu Cardiology in which leading national and
(badminton) international experts from Europe, USA, Japan,
Comeback of the Year – Saina Nehwal (badminton) Singapore South Korea, Indonesia and Australia will
Coach of the Year – Jaspal Rana (shooting) deliberate on the latest topics of Interventional
Emerging Sportsperson of the Year – Saurabh cardiology and cutting edge technology. The
Chaudhary (shooting) conference being held for the first time in Uttar
Team of the Year – Women’s team (table tennis) Pradesh offers an opportunity to showcase newer
Match of the Year – Amit Panghal vs Hasanboy innovations in Cardiology that can help deliver cost-
Dusmatov (boxing) effective cardiology care to patients.
Differently-abled athlete of the Year – Ekta Bhyan 1077. ‘African Lion’ is a joint military exercise
(para-athletics) between Morocco and which country?
Moment of the Year – Women’s 4x400m relay A. Russia
Lifetime Achievement Award – Pradip Kumar B. India
Banerjee (football) C. US
1075. Bank of India to sell what percent of its D. China
stake in life insurance JV SUD Life Insurance for E. Germany
Rs. 1,106 crore? Answer: C
A. 10% The Morocco-US sponsored exercise “African Lion
B. 25% 2019” takes place from March 16 to April 7, 2019, in
C. 30% Morocco. The annual exercise involves various types
D. 35% of training including command, maneuvering, peace-
E. 28% keeping and aerial refuelling. The drills also include
Answer: B
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training on counter-terrorism operations, land and air 1080. Nobel laureate Sydney Brenner recently
exercises as well as a tactical simulation passed away. He was associated with which field?
1078. Name the winner of the men’s single title in A. Economy
the 2019 Malaysia Open Badminton tournament B. Peace
A. Lin Dan C. Physics
B. Shi Yuqi D. Chemistry
C. Chen Long E. Medicine
D. Jonatan Christie Answer: E
E. None of these Sydney Brenner, a South African-born, Nobel Prize-
Answer: A winning biologist has passed away. He was jointly
The 2019 Malaysia Open, officially the CELCOM won the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
AXIATA Malaysia Open 2019, is a badminton for “discoveries concerning genetic regulation of
tournament which takes place at Axiata Arena organ development and programmed cell death”.
in Malaysia from 2 to 7 April 2019 and has a total 1081. National Handloom Week observed from
purse of $700,000. A. 7th April to 14th April
B. 8th April to 15th April
C. 9th April to 16th April
D. 10th April to 17th April
E. None of these
Answer: A
National Handloom Week observed from 7th April to
14th April. It is a celebration of the country’s 5,000-
year old tradition of hand weaving cloths. On this
occasion, a book named ‘The Indian textile
Sourcebook’ authored by Avalon Fotheringham and
published by Thames and Hudson will be launched.
The National Handloom Day is observed on 7th
August every year across India. It was on this day
that the Swadeshi Movement was launched in 1905.
1079. Women’s cricket all rounder Elriesa 1082. Which country introduces world’s first
Theunissen-Fourie who died recently, played for online safety regulations?
which country? A. USA
A. New Zealand B. UK
B. South Africa C. Canada
C. Bangladesh D. Germany
D. Sri Lanka E. India
E. West Indies Answer: B
Answer: B The UK government has introduced the world’s first
Former South Africa Women all rounder, Elriesa framework designed to hold internet companies
Theunissen-Fourie,has passed away.She represented accountable for the safety of those using their
South Africa in three One-Day Internationals and one services, as well to tackle potential harm to
T20I in 2013. The medium pacer was even part of users. Under the Online Harms whitepaper, which is
South Africa’s 2013 World Cup squad. a joint proposal from the Department for Digital,
Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the Home
Office, social media and technology companies will
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need to take reasonable steps to protect their E. Indo Tibetan Border Police
customers from threats stemming from their Answer: E
offerings. Border guarding force Indo Tibetan Border Police
1083. As per the World Banks projection, the (ITBP) along with Sky Running Association of India
GDP growth of India is expected to be at _______ organised the National Sky Running Championship at
percent in the fiscal year 2019-20 Mountaineering and Skiing Institute of ITBP at Auli
A. 7.3% in Uttarakhand. This is the first time such
B. 7.0% championship was organised at a high altitude of up
C. 7.2% to 4000 metres. The high altitude marathon was
D. 7.5% organised for both junior and senior categories.
E. 7.8% Various athletes from ITBP, Himachal Pradesh,
Answer: D Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and
India’s GDP growth is expected to accelerate Uttarakhand participated in the
moderately to 7.5 percent in fiscal year 2019-20. The championship.Mayank Dimri of Uttarakhand won the
Economy driven by continued investment race while ITBP’s constables Vinod Singh and Padna
strengthening, particularly private-improved export Tundup finished at second and third places.
performance and resilient consumption The real GDP 1086. Which Indian naval ships to take part in
growth is estimated at 7.2 percent in financial year Chinese Navy's anniversary celebrations?
2018-19, Meanwhile, agriculture growth was robust A. INS Vikranth
at 4 per cent B. INS Shakti
1084. Name the India's first indigenously built C. INS Kolkata
long range artillery guninducted by the Army? D. Both (a) and (b)
A. Glock E. Both (b) and (c)
B. Vidhwansak Answer: E
C. Dhanush Two Indian naval ships — INS ‘Kolkata’ and
D. Satrujit ‘Shakti’ — would take part in the Chinese Navy’s
E. Tavor 70th anniversary of celebrations. The two ships are
Answer: C scheduled to visit Chinese port of Qingdao from 21 to
Country’s first indigenously designed and developed 26 April to participate in an International Fleet
first batch of six Dhanush artillery gun was inducted Review to celebrate the 70th anniversary of PLA
in the Indian Army during a ceremony held at at Gun Navy INS Kolkata is the lead ship of the Kolkata-
Carriage Factory (GCF), Jabalpur. Dhanush is a 155 class stealth guided-missile destroyers of the Indian
mm, 45-calibre towed artillery gun with a range of 36 Navy. INS Shakti is tanker and supply ship.
km and has demonstrated a range of 38 km with 1087. Who was elected as the new president of
specialised ammunition. The Dhanush gun system is International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) –
based on the designs of the Bofors howitzer. Dhanush India?
is the third type of artillery gun to be inducted into A. Vikramjit Sahney
the force after the K-9 Vajra and the M-777 ultra- B. Arunachalam Vellayan
light howitzers. C. Chirayu R Amin
1085. Which central armed police force organized D. Subhrakant Panda
First National Sky Running Championship. E. None of these
A. Assam Rifles Answer: A
B. Border Security Force SUN Group Chairman Vikramjit Singh Sahney
C. Central Industrial Security Force elected as the new president of International Chamber
D. Central Reserve Police Force of Commerce (ICC) – India.The chamber would
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work with the government to promote India’s the Ministry of Human Resource Development.The
external trade. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has
1088. Biannual Army Commanders Conference topped the list of higher education institutes. IISc
begins in which city? Bengaluru has come in second and IIT-Delhi has
A. New Delhi been ranked third in the HRD ministry’s national
B. Kolkata ranking of higher institutes. Among the colleges,
C. Mumbai Delhi University’s Miranda House has topped the
D. Varanasi national ranking of colleges while St. Stephens has
E. Jodhpur been ranked fourth.
Answer: A 1091. Which Station has become the first ever
The biannual Army Commanders’ Conference began railway station in the Indian Railways to get an
in New Delhi. Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman ISO certification from the National Green
will deliver her opening address at the conference. Tribunal (NGT)?
Important issues that are likely to be discussed are the A. Vijayawada
management of the extant security dynamics, B. Ahemdabad
mitigation of future security threats and enhancement C. Guwahati
of combat edge over potential adversaries. D. Bangalore
1089. Isaak Hayik set a new world record as the E. Chennai
world’s oldest person to play in a professional Answer: C
soccer match. He belongs to which country? The Guwahati Railway Station has become the first
A. Berlin ever railway station in the Indian Railways to get an
B. Germany ISO certification from the National Green Tribunal
C. Austria (NGT) for providing passenger amenities in a clean
D. Israel and green environment.The station also has amenities
E. France such as High-class reserve (VIP) lounge, waiting
Answer: D rooms, AC and non-AC retiring rooms, food courts
73-year-old Israeli Isaak Hayik set a new world and sanitation facilities. ISO stands for “International
record as the world’s oldest person to play in a Organisation for Standardisation” that is responsible
professional soccer match.Hayik was born in Iraq and for establishing the standard in different areas of
immigrated to Israel. He was officially recognized in activities.
an award ceremony attended by representatives from 1092. Based on the Supreme Court’s latest order,
the Guinness World Record organization. how many VVPAT per Assembly constituency will
1090. The National Institutional Rankings be done in 2019 Lok Sabha Polls?
Framework list for the best institutes of 2019 has A. 2
been released by the Ministry of Human Resource B. 1
Development. Which IIT tops NIRF ranking C. 5
2019? D. 4
A. IIT Delhi E. 7
B. IIT Madras Answer: C
C. IIT Kharagpur The Supreme Court has ordered the Election
D. IIT Bombay Commission to increase the VVPAT count of one
E. IIT Roorkey randomly selected electronic voting machine per
Answer: B Assembly constituency to five in the Lok
The National Institutional Rankings Framework list Sabha polls.
for the best institutes of 2019 has been released by
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1093. What day would be observed across the D. Google

world on April 10 every year? E. ANC Delivers
A. World Hepatitis Day Answer: D
B. World Water Day Google’s parent company Alphabet was launched its
C. World Health Day first public drone delivery service in Canberra,
D. World Homoeopathy Day Australia. Alphabet made its first delivery after
E. World Environment Day getting approval from the country’s civil aviation
Answer: D authority. Wing, the company’s drone delivery arm,
The World Homoeopathy Day 2019 will be observed was testing drone delivery in Australia since 2014
across the world on April 10. The day is observed to and delivered medicines, chocolate to 3,000 homes in
commemorate the birth anniversary of the founder of the last 18 months
Homoeopathy, Dr. Christian Fredrich Samuel 1096. SBI cuts interest rate on home loans up to
Hahnemann. A two day convention is being ₹30 Lakh by how many basic points.
organised on 9-10th April 2019 by the Central A. 5
Council for Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH), an B. 10
autonomous research organisation, Ministry of C. 15
AYUSH on the occasion of the World Homoeopathy D. 20
Day at Dr. Ambedkar International Centre in New E. 25
Delhi. Answer: B
1094. Which becomes first city to implement 24x7 The State Bank of India has re-priced home loans up
pollution charge zone? to Rs 30 lakh by 10 basis points. Accordingly, the
A. Paris interest rate on housing loans of such size will now
B. London be in the range of 8.6 to 8.9 per cent. The new one-
C. Singapore year marginal cost of funds-based lending rate is
D. Washington DC down to 8.50 per cent now from 8.55 per cent. This is
E. Beijing the first reduction by SBI in over 17 months.
Answer: B 1097. What is the minimum Chest Balance Limit
London became the first city in the world to (CBL) specified as per the recent notification of
implement a special Ultra Low Emission Zone RBI with regards to the minimum standards for
(ULEZ) that would charge an entry fee for older setting up of a new Currency Chests?
vehicles if they do not meet the emission standards. A. Rs.1000 crore
The Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) will help B. Rs.500 crore
address London’s toxic air health crisis that currently C. Rs.250 crore
leads to thousands of premature deaths annually, and D. Rs.750 crore
increases the risk of asthma, cancer and dementia. E. Rs.1500 crore
Motorists who drive into the zone in a vehicle that Answer: A
does not meet the new emission standard (petrol-run The Reserve Bank of India came out with guidelines
vehicles that do not meet Euro 4 standards and diesel- for banks to set up new currency chests, which
run vehicles that do not meet Euro 6) will have to pay include a minimum area of 1,500 square feet for the
a daily charge. strong room.For those situated in hilly/ inaccessible
1095. Which company Launched First Drone places, the strong room/ vault area of at least 600 sq
Delivery Service in Australia? ft. Besides, the new chests should have a processing
A. Amazon capacity of 6.6 lakh pieces of banknotes per day. For
B. DTDC Australia those situated in the hilly/ inaccessible places, the
C. Tansdirect capacity of 2.1 lakh pieces of banknotes per day. An
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RBI appointed committee had recommended that the will move to Syndicate Bank as officer on special
apex bank should encourage banks to open large duty and full-time director. Murali Ramaswami,
currency chests with modern facilities and Chest another executive director at Vijay Bank, will move
Balance Limit (CBL) of at least Rs 1,000 crore. This to Bank of Baroda.
has been done on the recommendation of Shri D.K. 1100. Which country has topped the world’s
Mohanty Committee. remittance receiving nation list in 2018 based on
1098. According to the IMF report, the GDP of the World Bank’s Migration and Development
India is expected to grow at what percent in 2019- Report?
20 A. Philippines
A. 7.1% B. China
B. 7.3% C. India
C. 7.4% D. Mexico
D. 7.5% E. Russia
E. 7.6% Answer: C
Answer: B According to the latest edition of the World Bank
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) cut India’s report, India has retained its top spot on
GDP growth forecast for 2019-20, following similar remittances.India was followed by China ($ 67
action by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and billion), Mexico ($ 36 billion), the Philippines ($ 34
the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).In India, growth is billion), and Egypt ($ 29 billion). Remittances grew
projected to pick up to 7.3% in 2019 (2019-20) and by more than 14 percent in India.
7.5% in 2020 IMF said in its World Economic 1101. The stock exchange BSE has signed an MoU
Outlook report. Both ADB and RBI last week cut with which among the following banks to spread
their 2019-20 growth projection for India to 7.2% awareness about the benefits of listing on BSE
from 7.4% earlier. The Central Statistics Office Startups platform?
(CSO) to trim its 2018-19 forecast to 7% in February A. SBI
from 7.2% estimated in the previous month. B. ICICI
1099. Karnam Sekar to take over as MD, CEO of C. Bank of Baroda
which bank? D. HDFC
A. Indian Overseas Bank E. Axis
B. IndusInd Bank Answer: D
C. Bank of India The BSE has signed a memorandum of understanding
D. Union Bank of India (MoU) with HDFC Bank with an objective to
E. Indian Bank strengthen the BSE Startups platform. The exchange
Answer: A had launched the startup platform on December 22,
Karnam Sekar, MD and CEO of the Dena Bank, will with an aim to encourage entrepreneurs to get listed
take over as MD and CEO of Indian Overseas Bank and raise equity capital for their growth and
from July 1. His term will end in June next year. He expansion. BSE is the first exchange to have
will work as officer on special duty and whole-time launched the Start Up platform. The idea was to help
director with IOB till the end of June this year.R A entrepreneurs look beyond the conventional channels
Sankara Narayanan, former MD and CEO of Vijaya of raising capital and enable them to list on the stock
Bank, will move to Canara Bank in the same exchange to further enhance the credibility of the
position. His term will end in January 2020. R K firm.
Yaduvanshi, executive director at Dena Bank, will 1102. Which IIT in collaboration with General
move as executive director of Punjab National Bank. Electric (GE) established India’s first ‘Cold
Nageshwara Rao, executive director at Vijaya Bank,
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Spray’ SMART (Surface Modification and the official fantasy cricket partner of IPL 2019. MS
Additive Research Technologies) Laboratory? Dhoni is the brand ambassador of Dream11
A. IIT Roorkee 1105. Under the recommendation of which
B. IIT Delhi committee, RBI has issued minimum standards
C. IIT Bombay for setting up of a new Currency Chests?
D. IIT Kharkpur A. Y.V.Reddy Committee
E. IIT Madras B. Bimal Jalan Committee
Answer: E C. D.K. Mohanty Committee
IIT Madras in collaboration with General Electric D. D. Subbarao Committee
(GE) established India’s first ‘Cold Spray’ SMART E. None of these
(Surface Modification and Additive Research Answer: C
Technologies) Laboratory. With this, IIT Madras is An RBI appointed committee had recommended that
now the only academic institution in India, which has the apex bank should encourage banks to open large
a first-of-its-kind High-Pressure Cold Spray (HPCS) currency chests with modern facilities and Chest
facility.The lab has been set up with the Government Balance Limit (CBL) of at least Rs 1,000 crore.This
of India’s support under its ‘Uchchatar Avishkar has been done on the recommendation of Shri D.K.
Yojana’ (UYAY). Mohanty Committee.
1103. Bold Kurukshetra 2019 is a joint military 1106. Which day is observed on 11th April?
exercise being held between the Armies of India A. World Heritage Day
and which country? B. National Security Day
A. Sri Lanka C. National Safe Motherhood Day
B. Iran D. International Customs Day
C. Malaysia E. None of these
D. Singapore Answer: C
E. Vietnam National Safe Motherhood Day (NSMD) is observed
Answer: D annually on 11 April to raise awareness about the
Armed forces of India and Singapore kicked off a proper healthcare of women and maternity facilities
joint military exercise, ‘Bold Kurukshetra–2019’, in to pregnant and lactating women.This day also focus
Jhansi’s Babina Cantonment.The three-day exercise on reducing anaemia among women, institutional
is aimed at bolstering cooperation against terrorism, delivery, for better pre and post natal health care etc.
developing defence technology and improving which are necessary for mothers. National Safe
maritime security. Motherhood Day is an initiative of the White Ribbon
1104. Dream11 is an Indian online firm related to Alliance India (WRAI), to enforce that women must
which of the following fields? have the availability and adequate access to care
A. Games and Sports during Pregnancy childbirth and postnatal services.
B. News and Articles 1107. Recently, India has built a 25-bed maternity
C. Grocery hospital in which country under the Government
D. Education of India's Small Development Projects Scheme?
E. None of these A. Nepal
Answer: A B. Bangladesh
Dream11 an online gaming firm has received C. Sri Lanka
secondary investment by Steadview Capital. With D. Bhutan
this Dream11’s valuation has become more than $1 E. Vietnam
billion and hence making it the first Indian gaming Answer: A
company to enter the Unicorn club.Dream11 is also
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India has built a 25-bed maternity hospital in Nepal. applicable on provident funds of central government
The hospital has been built under the Government of employees, railways and defence forces.
India’s Small Development Projects Scheme. Indian 1110. IRDAI has mandated all the insurance
Ambassador to Nepal Manjeev Singh Puri companies to devise a mechanism for
inaugurated the Chandra Narayan Yadav Memorial sharing status of claims with policyholders
Maternity Hospital in Siraha district. It will also help effective from________
in reducing maternal and child mortality rate. Health A. 1 June 2019
is one of the core areas of cooperation between India B. 1 May 2019
and Nepal. Several health posts, nursing campuses C. 1 July 2019
maternity centres, eye hospitals, naturopathy D. 1 August 2019
hospitals have been undertaken under the E. 1 September 2019
Government of India’s Small Development Project Answer: C
scheme. The Insurance Regulatory and Development
1108. The National Green Tribunal has slapped an Authority of India (IRDAI) has advised all the
interim penalty of what amount on the Andhra insurance company to devise a framework to share
Pradesh government for inaction to prevent illegal the status of claims by developing a tracking
sand mining in the state. mechanism for policyholders so as to enable them to
A. Rs.50 crore know the status of their claim. Insurance companies
B. Rs.75 crore will have to inform about claim settlement status to
C. Rs.85 crore policyholders at various stages of processing from
D. Rs.95 crore July.
E. Rs.100 crore 1111. Which asset management company ranked
Answer: E 1st in terms of assetsunder management?
The National Green Tribunal has slapped an interim A. ICICI Prudential Asset Management Co. Ltd
penalty of Rs 100 crore on the Andhra Pradesh B. Birla Sun Life Asset Management
government for inaction to prevent illegal sand C. HDFC Asset Management Co. Ltd
mining in the state.The tribunal headed by Justice D. L&T Finance Limited
Adarsh Kumar Goel who is the chairperson of NGT E. Reliance Capital Asset Management Limited
directed the state government to deposit Rs 100 crore Answer: C
‘environment compensation’ with the Central India’s asset management companies (AMCs) own
Pollution Control Board (CPSB) within a month. assets under management (AUM) worth Rs24.46
1109. What will be the rate of interest applicable trillion, according to data released by the Association
for the General Provident Fund (GPF) in the first of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi). HDFC Asset
quarter of the FY20? Management Co. Ltd has claimed the top spot with
A. 7.7% an average AUM of Rs3.42 trillion, overtaking ICICI
B. 8.5% Prudential Asset Management Co. Ltd with an
C. 7.9% average AUM of at Rs3.20 trillion. Out of the total
D. 8% industry assets, a huge 82.7% is owned by the top 10
E. 8.2% AMCs, who have owned around 80% of the industry
Answer: D assets over at least three years now.
The government has retained the interest rate for 1112. Benjamin Netanyahu is elected as the Prime
General Provident Fund (GPF) and other related Minister of which country?
schemes at 8 per cent for the April-June quarter. The A. Israeil
interest rate on GPF was at 8 per cent in the January- B. Iran
March quarter of 2018-19. The interest rate will be C. Syria
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D. Russia 1115. According to a report released by the United
E. State of Palestine Nations Population Fund, India’s population grew
Answer: A at what percent average annual rate between 2010
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu looks all but certain and 2019?
to stay in office for a record fifth term after his A. 1.0%
biggest election challenger, Benny Gantz, admitted B. 1.1%
defeat.With more than 99 percent of votes counted, C. 1.2%
Netanyahu’s Likud tied with Gantz’s Blue and White, D. 1.3%
gaining 35 seats each Number of right-wing parties E. 1.4%
has expressed their support for Netanyahu, a coalition Answer: C
between Likud and smaller right-wing parties could India’s population grew at an average annual rate of
form a 65 seat majority. 1.2 per cent between 2010 and 2019 to 1.36 billion,
1113. Who was appointed as the first Chief Justice more than double the annual growth rate of China,
of Andhra Pradesh High Court? according to a report by the United Nations
A. Sanjay Sahoo Population Fund.India’s population in 2019 stood at
B. Mahendra Choudary 1.36 billion, growing from 942.2 million in 1994 and
C. Chittaranjan Reddy 541.5 million in 1969. India’s population grew at
D. Vikram Nath average annual rate of 1.2 per cent between 2010 and
E. None of these 2019, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency
Answer: D said in the State of World Population 2019 report.
Senior judge of Allahabad high court, Justice Vikram According to the report, in India, total fertility rate
Nath, was appointed as the first Chief Justice of per woman was 5.6 in 1969, dropping to 3.7 in 1994
Andhra Pradesh High Court.A collegium of Supreme and 2.3 in 2019.
Court comprising Chief Justice of India Ranjan 1116. Who among the following has been named
Gogoi and judges S A Bobde and N V Ramana as the ‘Leading Cricketer of Year’ 2019 by
recommended the name of Justice Nath as the chief Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack?
justice of the AP High Court. The new high court for A. Virat Kohli
Andhra Pradesh was created on January 1 this year, B. Jos Buttler
following the bifurcation of a combined high court C. Jaspreeth Bhumrah
for AP and Telangana, which had been operating D. MS Dhoni
from Hyderabad since June 2, 2014, when the two E. Aaron Finch
Telugu states got separated. Answer: A
1114. Who was named as the Haiti’s new Prime Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli and women’s
Minister? cricketer Smriti Mandhana were named the Leading
A. Jovenel Moise Cricketers in the World in the 2019 edition of the
B. Jean-Michel Lapin Wisden Cricketers. Kohli has won the honour for an
C. Jean-Henry Ceant unprecedented third year in a row while it’s the first
D. Jean-Moise Ceant time Smriti has won the honour. Afghanistan spinner
E. None of these Rashid Khan was named the Leading T20 cricketer
Answer: B for the second year in a row. Kohli was also named as
Haiti’s President Jovenel Moise confirmed Jean- one of Wisden’s Five Cricketers of the Year
Michel Lapin as the country’s new prime minister. alongside English cricketers Jos Buttler, Sam Curran,
He succeeds Jean-Henry Ceant. Lapin is the third Rory Burns and Tammy Beaumont. Wisden has been
Premier under President Moise since he came to awarding cricketers since 1889 and it is considered
office in February 2017. one of the most prestigious honours in the sport.
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1117. Name the winner of the ‘Women’s Leading it sufficiently funded, which will help in meeting
Cricketer of Year’ 2019 by Wisden Cricketers’ its various requirement
Almanack A. Rs.6,300 crore
A. Smriti Mandhana B. Rs.6,200 crore
B. Meg Lanning C. Rs.6,000 crore
C. Heather Knight D. Rs.6,500 crore
D. Amy Satterthwaite E. Rs.6,700 crore
E. None of these Answer: D
Answer: A BSNL has collected a record revenue of Rs.6,500
Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli and women’s crore from enterprise segment, making it sufficiently
cricketer Smriti Mandhana were named the Leading funded, which will help in meeting its various
Cricketers in the World in the 2019 edition of the requirement. BSNL has been ailing because of a high
Wisden Cricketers. Kohli has won the honour for an revenue-to-wage ratio as a large number of
unprecedented third year in a row while it’s the first government employees were transferred by the
time Smriti has won the honour. Afghanistan spinner telecom department to the telecom PSU.
Rashid Khan was named the Leading T20 cricketer 1120. India has become YouTube’s largest and
for the second year in a row. Kohli was also named as fastest growing market with ____ million Indians
one of Wisden’s Five Cricketers of the Year watching the video-sharing website every month
alongside English cricketers Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, A. 255 million
Rory Burns and Tammy Beaumont. Wisden has been B. 250 million
awarding cricketers since 1889 and it is considered C. 260 million
one of the most prestigious honours in the sport. D. 265 million
1118. Manpreet Kaur is related to which sport? E. 300 million
A. Jeweling Throw Answer: D
B. Discus Throw India has become YouTube’s largest and fastest
C. Long Jump growing market with 265 million Indians watching
D. Hammer Throw the video-sharing website every month. In the last
E. Shot Puts year, YouTube’s consumption on mobile has
Answer: E increased to 85%, with 60% of the watch time
Asian champion shot putter Manpreet Kaur has been coming from outside the six largest metros in India.
banned for four years by the National Anti-Doping Today, YouTube creators have become effective
Agency (NADA) for flunking four dope tests in storytellers, with more than 1,200 Indian creators
2017. The period of suspension would begin from crossing the million subscriber-milestone, compared
July 20, 2017, the date of her provisional suspension, to five years ago, when there were only two creators.
according to an order of the anti-doping disciplinary 1121. Which among the following days was
panel (ADDP) of the NADA.Manpreet tested positive observed across the world on April 12, 2019?
four times in 2017. The first was at the Asian Grand A. International Day of Human Space Flight
Prix at Jinhua, China on April 24, followed by B. World Hemophilia Day
Federation Cup in Patiala (June 1), Asian Athletics C. World Heritage Day
Championships in Bhubaneswar (July 6) and the D. World Amatuer Radio Awarness Day
Inter-State Championships in Guntur (July 16). She E. International Children’s Book Day
won gold in all these meets. Answer: A
1119. BSNL has collected a record revenue of The International Day of Human Space Flight was
Rs._____ crore from enterprise segment, making observed across the world on April 12, 2019. The
day celebrates the anniversary of the first ever human
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space flight undertaken by Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet Aayog; Secretaries of Ministry of Water Resources,
Union citizen then. The day was proclaimed at the Ministry of Urban Development and Ministry of
65th session of the United Nations General Assembly Environment; Director General of National Mission
on April 7, 2011 for Clean Ganga and Chairman of Central Pollution
1122. What is the deadline granted by European Control Board. The NGT has directed the Central
Union to United Kingdom for Brexit? Monitoring Committee to give its report by July 31,
A. 31st December while the first meeting of the Committee may be held
B. 31st October by June 30.
C. 30th November 1124. Funtasy11, a fantasy sports platform, has
D. 30th September roped in whom as its brand ambassador?
E. 31st August A. Virendra Shewag
Answer: B B. Lakshmipati Balaji
The UK and the European Union have agreed to C. Mohamad Kaif
extend Brexit until October 31. The decision was D. Murali Karthik
taken at an emergency meeting in Brussels where the E. Haribajan Singh
EU leaders agreed to offer British Prime Minister Answer: D
Theresa May a six-month extension. In March, Funtasy11, a fantasy sports platform, has roped in
British Prime Minister Theresa May had requested former Indian cricketer Murali Kartik as its brand
the European Union to grant the United Kingdom a ambassador. After partnering with the recently
short term extension till June 30 to prevent the U.K. concluded Premier Badminton League (PBL) as the
leaving the bloc without a deal, because the British ‘Official Fan Engagement Partner’, the company
Parliament has repeatedly failed to decide on the believes bringing in Kartik will further strengthen its
terms of the exit. If United Kingdom stays beyond user base in the rapidly growing fantasy gaming
May 22, it will have to take part in European space. A classical left-arm spinner, Kartik has
Parliament elections in May 2019 or else leave the represented India across formats between 2000 and
bloc on June 1 without deal. If the extension had not 2007.
been agreed to, Britain would have left the bloc 1125. Who among the following has been
without a deal on April 12. appointed as NBCC Chairman and Managing
1123. Which among the following body has Director?
formed a Central Monitoring Committee to A. Rajagopala Chari
prepare and enforce national plan to tackle B. Vijayendra Bhoopati
pollution of over 350 river stretches in the C. Sarveswaran Iyer
country? D. Aarnath Thripati
A. NITI Aayog E. Shiv Das Meena
B. Ministry of Environment Answer: E
C. NGT Shiv Das Meena, Additional Secretary of the
D. Central Pollution Control Board Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA)
E. None of these has been appointed as the Chairman cum Managing
Answer: C Director (CMD) of National Buildings Construction
The Nation Green Tribunal (NGT) bench headed by Corporation (NBCC).Earlier, Meena has served as
Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel, has formed Joint Secretary, MoHUA and Ministry of Urban
a Central Monitoring Committee that will prepare Development,Principal Secretary Public &
and implement a national plan to make over 350 river Rehabilitation Department, Tamil Nadu Government
stretches across the country pollution free.The and Principal Secretary to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister
committee would comprise a representative of NITI among others.
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1126. Recently, which onlne payments company A. China

has announced its partnership with MMTC- B. Denmary
PAMP India for buying and selling of gold C. Serbia
through the application? D. Hongkong
A. PhonePe E. Malaysia
B. Google Pay Answer: C
C. Paytm The All India Tennis Association (AITA) has signed
D. Mobikiwi an MoU with Serbian Tennis Federation (STF) to
E. None of these train Indian junior players under world renowned
Answer: B Serbian coaches, at the RK Khanna Stadium. The two
Aiming to make Google Pay more useful for Indian federations expressed their intention to cooperate
users, Google announced its partnership with within the scope of mandates and sphere of
MMTC-PAMP India for buying and selling of gold competence to work towards the development of
through the application.MMTC-PAMP India Pvt. Ltd junior tennis players in India. Both the federations
is an internationally recognised metal and mining have also agreed to work on the education of
service provider. Google Pay users can purchase gold officials, coaches and physical trainers and their
for any value that will be stored in secure vaults on exchange for tournaments.
their behalf by MMTC-PAMP. The users can buy 1129. Who has been selected for the Saraswati
and sell the gold any time at the latest price, refreshed Samman 2018?
every few minutes, as displayed on the Google Pay A. Sitanshu Yashaschandra
app. B. Karunakara Sastry
1127. India in association with which country C. Sugathakumari
launched a joint programme that will work D. K Siva Reddy
towards addressing a range of challenges around E. R Nagi Reddy
smart cities and clean technologies among others? Answer: D
A. Sweden Telugu poet K Siva Reddy has been selected for the
B. Switzerland prestigious Saraswati Samman, 2018 for his
C. Denmark collection of poetry titled Pakkaki Ottigilite. The
D. Germany award carries a cash prize of 15 lakh rupees, a
E. Finland citation and a plaque. The award, instituted by the
Answer: A KK Birla Foundation in 1991, is given annually for
India and Sweden launched a joint programme that an outstanding literary work written in any Indian
will work towards addressing a range of challenges language and published during the last 10 years.
around smart cities and clean technologies among 1130. Name the Indian who has been selected for
others. The programme was co-funded by Indian the New Zealand Prime Minister’s Sir Edmund
Department of Science and Technology (DST) and Hillary Fellowship for 2019?
Swedish agency Vinnova. Vinnova will provide A. Deepa Malik
funding to Swedish participants up to 2,500,000 B. Mary Kom
Swedish Krona (around Rs 1.87 crore) as grant. On C. Devendra Jhajharia
the Indian side, conditional grant of up to 50 per cent D. Mithali Raj
(with a limit of Rs 1.5 crore) per project will be E. PV Sindhu
provided to the Indian partners. Answer: A
1128. The All India Tennis Association (AITA) has Rio Paralympics silver medallist Deepa Malik has
signed an MoU with whichcountires Tennis been named as the recipient of the New Zealand
Federation to train Indian junior players? Prime Minister’s Sir Edmund Hillary Fellowship for
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2019.The first Indian woman to earn a medal at the B. Motorsports photographer
Paralympic Games, Deepa has won 58 national and C. Agricultural scientist
23 international medals. A recipient of the Padma D. Astronaut
Shri and Arjuna Award, she has entered the Limca E. Scientist
Book of World Records four times. Answer: B
1131. Eni Nuraeni was named by Asian Athletic Veteran Indian motorsport photographer George
Association (AAA) as the best athletic coach in Francis has passed away. He was attended first race
Asia for short-haul run category this year. He in 1984 at Sholavaram while his last major
hails from which country? assignment was the MRF Challenge in February 2019
A. Indonesia at the MMRT, Chennai.
B. Malaysia 1134. PAISALO Digital Limited signed the first
C. USA co-origination loan agreement with which bank?
D. China A. Canara Bank
E. Russia B. State Bank of India
Answer: A C. Corporation Banl
Indonesian Eni Nuraeni was named by Asian Athletic D. Karnataka Bank
Association (AAA) as the best athletic coach in Asia E. Punjab National Bank
for short-haul run category this year. It was Answer: B
announced by Indonesian athletic sports association PAISALO Digital Limited signed the first co-
(PB PASI). Eni coaches young sprinter Lalu origination loan agreement with State Bank of India,
Muhammad Zohri to win the 100m gold medal in the first agreement of its kind in the country that State
10.20 seconds in the 2019 Grand Prix Malaysia Open Bank of India has signed. Introducing a platform for
athletics championships. Earlier, Zohri won the 100m the last mile customer, the loan ticket is designed at
in 10.18 in the IAAF World U20 Championships in Rs 10,000 to 2 lakh. The company expects to
Tampere, Finland in 2018, where he also won the disburse 200,000 loan applications in FY20.
gold medal in 10.27 in the Asian Junior PAISALO Digital Limited is a leading systemically
Championships in Gifu, Japan. important non-deposit taking NBFC registered with
1132. Name the new open platform from Google the Reserve Bank of India, in operations since 1992.
Cloud, that lets users run applications from The agreement was signed with a vision of
anywhere? empowering the AGRI, MSME segment and small
A. Athnes businesses.
B. Artius 1135. Which public sector company has bagged
C. Avitions the prestigious ‘AIMA Managing India Award
D. Ausos 2019 for outstanding PSU of the year’?
E. Anthos A. Indian Oil Corporation
Answer: E B. Gail India
Google launched Anthos, a new open platform from C. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
Google Cloud, that lets users run applications from D. Bharat Petroleum
anywhere.Anthos allows users to run applications, E. None of these
unmodified, on existing on-premise hardware or on Answer: A
the public cloud, and is based on the Cloud Services Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) bagged the prestigious
Platform that Google announced last year. ‘AIMA Managing India Award 2019 for outstanding
1133. George Francis who passed away recently PSU of the year.’The award was presented by former
was a well known ___________ President Pranab Mukherjee to Sanjiv Singh,
A. Journalist Chairman, Indian Oil. The AIMA awards declared
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under 11 categories, shortlisted 11 eminent Answer: A
enterprises and personalities of the country for their National Institute of Educational Planning and
contribution to nation-building. Administration Professor Najma Akhtar was
1136. World Allergy Week (7-13 April), an annual appointed Vice Chancellor of New Delhi’s Jamia
World Allergy Organization initiative to raise Millia Islamia, becoming the first woman to head the
awareness of, and advocate for, better 99-year-old university. Akhtar is the head of the
management and prevention of allergies and Department of Training and Capacity Building in
related diseases such as asthma. What is the theme Education at the National Institute of Educational
of the day for the year 2019? Planning and Administration in New Delhi. She has
A. The Global Problem of Food Allergy been appointed Jamia vice chancellor for five years.
B. The Global Problem of Water Allergy 1139. Name the festival of harvest that is being
C. The Global Problem of Air Allergy celebrated with traditional enthusiasm in the
D. The Global Problem of Minerals Allergy northern part of the country?
E. None of these A. Lohri
Answer: A B. Onam
World Allergy Week (7-13 April), an annual World C. Vishu
Allergy Organization initiative to raise awareness of, D. Baisakhi
and advocate for, better management and prevention E. Gudi Padawa
of allergies and related diseases such as asthma. The Answer: D
theme of the day for the year 2019 is The Global The festival of harvest Baisakhi is being celebrated
Problem of Food Allergy. With 9 out of 10 people on with traditional enthusiasm in the northern part of the
the planet breathing polluted air, known to both cause country. Baisakhi is celebrated with much fanfare in
and exacerbate allergies, this is an important Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh. Traditional folk
initiative. dances are performed on this day. Baisakhi also
1137. Who was appointed Secretary, Defence commemorates the formation of Khalsa Panth by
Finance? Guru Gobind Singh in 1699.
A. Chender Kaul 1140. Who has been conferred with the “Order of
B. Gargi Kaul Saint Andrew The Apostle”, the highest civilian
C. Siddhardh Kaul award of Russia for 2019?
D. Vikram Kaul A. Narendra Modi
E. Naroji Kaul B. Xi Jinping
Answer: B C. Donald Trump
The Centre has appointed Gargi Kaul, officer of the D. Ram Nath Kovind
Indian Audit and Accounts Service (IA&AS), as E. None of these
Secretary, Defence Finance. Kaul was earlier Answer: A
Financial Advisor, Defence Services in the Defence Russia has conferred Indian PM Narendra Modi with
Ministry. the country’s highest civilian award. The Indian
1138. Who becomes New Delhi’s Jamia Millia Prime Minister has been honoured with the Order of
Islamia, as the first woman to head the 99-year- Saint Andrew The Apostle for exceptional services in
old university? promoting special & privileged strategic partnership
A. Najma Akhtar between Russia and India.
B. Shaline Navab 1141. Which country has been selected as the
C. Habebunisa Begam Guest of Honour country for the Abu Dhabi
D. Sofia Ali International Book Fair (ADIBF) 2019?
E. None of these A. India
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B. France D. Andhra Pradesh
C. China E. Mizoram
D. Singapore Answer: B
E. Nepal Two schemes of the West Bengal government for
Answer: A skill development and distribution of bi-cycles to
UAE has announced that India will be the Guest of students have won the prestigious World Summit on
Honour country at the Abu Dhabi International Book the Information Society (WSIS) awards of the United
Fair, ADIBF 2019, to be held from 24th to 30th of Nations. The schemes are “Utkarsh Bangla” and
this month. The fair aims to highlight the UAE’s rich “Sabooj Sathi”. The “Utkarsh Bangla” project aims at
heritage, showcasing its authenticity and modernity, creating a pool of skilled candidates who are industry
as well as its cultural and literary output. India’s ready, while under the “Sabooj Sathi” scheme, bi-
participation in the fair is expected to attract cycles are distributed to students between class IX
significant increase in the number of visitors with and XII studying in government run and government
various events and activities which will be held aided schools and madrashas of the state.
throughout the entire duration of ADIBF. The Indian 1144. Name the online payments company that has
Pavilion will host Indian writers, authors and literary recently acquired the US-based financial
scholars who will serve as ambassadors for the technology firm Wibmo.
literature and art of their country. A. PayU
1142. Who received 'CEO of the Year' award at B. PayPal
the inaugural edition of ETPrime Women C. MobiKwik
Leadership Awards (ETPWLA) in Mumbai? D. Paytm
A. M Sashikala E. PhonePe
B. Alice G. Vaidyan Answer: A
C. Usha Ramaswamy Digital payments facilitator PayU has acquired US-
D. Reena Bhatnagar based financial technology firm Wibmo for USD 70
E. None of these million (about Rs 484 crore), that will help the
Answer: B company scale-up its business. Under the agreement,
Alice G. Vaidyan, Chairman and Managing Director, PayU and Wibmo businesses will continue to run
General Insurance Corporation of India received separately. Wibmo, a digital payment security and
‘CEO of the Year’ award at the inaugural edition of mobile payment technologies firm, will continue to
ETPrime Women Leadership Awards (ETPWLA) in operate and serve all of its clients as a wholly-owned
Mumbai. Hailing the virtues of leadership and subsidiary of PayU
success, ETPWLA is here to set a benchmark of 1145. Which Indian bank has been ranked as the
success for women in business and inspire a million number 1 bank in India for customer satisfaction
others to come forward and wield the baton of as per the World’s Best Bank Survey of Forbes for
excellence. The awards recognise women leaders India?
who have helped create a new and lasting template A. State Bank of India
for leadership. B. Axis Bank
1143. ‘Sabooj Sathi’Scheme have won the C. HDFC Bank
prestigious World Summit on the Information D. ICICI Bank
Society (WSIS) awards of the United Nations. The E. DBS Bank
scheme is launched in which state? Answer: C
A. Maharashtra HDFC Bank has been at the forefront in leveraging
B. West Bengal technology to give its 43 million customers a superior
C. Madhya Pradesh banking experience. Apart from HDFC Bank, it was
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another private-owned lender ICICI Bank which took 1148. The 2019 Ambedkar Jayanti marked the
the second spot in Forbes list for India. At third rank ___________ birth anniversary of the Father of
was DBS, followed by Kotak Mahindra Bank and Indian Constitution.
IDFC Bank taking fourth and fifth spot. Banks like A. 125
Syndicate Bank, PNB, Allahabad Bank, Vijaya Bank B. 121
and Axis Bank were also in top 10. C. 128
1146. As per Air Quality in India 2014-2019’ D. 130
report, which city ranked 1st as the most polluted E. 132
city? Answer: C
A. New Delhi India celebrated Ambedkar Jayanti on April 14, 2019,
B. Kanpur to commemorate the 128th birth anniversary of the
C. Faridabad architect of the Indian Constitution, Dr BR Ambedkar
D. Roorkee Often called as Babasaheb, he was born on 14 April
E. Varanasi 1891.He was independent India’s first law and justice
Answer: B minister as well as a founding father of the Republic
The quality of air in Varanasi, Prime Minister Modi’s of India. Ambedkar was posthumously conferred
2014 Lok Sabha constituency, is positioned 3rd on with the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian award,
the WHO’s (World Health Organisation) list of 15 in 1990.
most polluted cities in the world, by the ‘Political 1149. India marked the _____________
Leaders Position and Action on Air Quality in India anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in
2014-2019’ report, released by Climate Trends. 2019
Kanpur (in Uttar Pradesh) is the most polluted city in A. 100
the world and is positioned 1 on the list. 14 of the 15 B. 101
most polluted cities in the world (mentioned by C. 102
World Health Organisation (WHO) are in India. Out D. 103
of them, 4 are in Uttar Pradesh. WHO’s report states E. 104
that Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh is witnessing a rise in Answer: A
the number of people suffering from allergies and Commemorating the 100 years of Jallianwala Bagh
respiratory problems due to huge amount of massacre, Vice-President of India M Venkaiah Naidu
construction in the city.in Haryana is in 2nd position released the commemorative postage stamp at the
after Kanpur. Jallianwala Bagh memorial.The Vice-President also
1147. India’s first-of-its-kind ‘Voter Park’ was released coins of Rs 100 with ‘Centenary of
inaugurated in ______ Jallianwala Bagh Massacre’ written on it and the
A. Bangaluru memorial drawn on it. The postage stamp also bears
B. Gurugram the image of the Jallianwala Bagh memorial and one
C. Hyderabad of the stamps is dedicated to the martyrs who lost
D. New Delhi their lives in the massacre. It took place on 13 April,
E. Vijayawada 1919 at Amritsar and is also known as Amritsar
Answer: B massacre. On this day, British troops under the
India’s first-of-its-kind ‘Voter Park’ was inaugurated Command of Gen Dyer fired on a large crowd of
in Gurugram on 11 April 2019. It is aimed at unarmed Indians in Amritsar in Punjab of India.
increasing voter awareness and educating people Several hundred peoples were killed and many
about the electoral process. Haryana Chief Electoral hundreds were wounded.
Officer Rajeev Ranjan inaugurated the park in Vikas 1150. The 21st ASEAN-India Senior Officials’
Sadan building complex. Meeting (SOM) was held in which city?
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A. Kolkata E. Syria
B. New Delhi Answer: B
C. Hyderabad New Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Ishtaye
D. Noida and his cabinet members were sworn in before
E. Bangalore President Mahmoud Abbas at his headquarters in the
Answer: B West Bank city of Ramallah. Ishtaye will serve as the
The 21st ASEAN-India Senior Officials’ Meeting minister of interior and minister of Waqf, or religious
(SOM) was held from 11-12 April 2019 at New affairs, until two new ministers are named. The new
Delhi. India congratulated Thailand on its assuming government consists of 24 ministers from the
the Chairmanship of ASEAN for 2019 and welcomed Palestine Liberation Organization, or PLO, Abbas’
its role as Country Coordinator of the ASEAN-India Fatah Party, the Palestinian People’s Party, the FIDA
dialogue partnership for the period 2018-2021. The party and the Palestinian Popular Struggle Front, in
Meeting decided to impart urgency to Cooperation in addition to independent figures.
Renewable Energy and hold an ASEAN-India 1153. Who has been selected for the 2019
Conference on Renewable Energy in 2019. The UNESCO/Guillermo Cano Press Freedom Prize?
Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and ASEAN A. Kyaw Soe Oo and Wa Lone
Centre for Energy (ACE) would be the co-partners B. Gao Yu
for this project. The ASEAN-India partnership is C. Ahmad Zeidabadi and Amira Hass
being implemented through the ‘Plan of Action D. Dawit Isaak
(2016-20) to implement the ASEAN-India E. None of these
Partnership for Peace, Progress and Shared Answer: A
Prosperity’. The 2019 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano Press Freedom
1151. The Spring Meeting 2019 of the Boards of Prize, which honours the defence and promotion of
Governors of the World Bank Group (WBG) and press freedom, is being awarded to Wa Lone and
the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was held Kyaw Soe Oo as a tribute to their courage and
in which city? commitment to freedom of expression, according to a
A. Singapore press release from UNESCO. The two journalists
B. Paris had been working on stories about a military
C. Washington D.C crackdown and alleged human rights violations in
D. Geneva Rakhine state in Myanmar when they were
E. Beijing arrested. They were also named as TIME’s Person of
Answer: C the Year, along with three other journalists and a
The Spring Meeting 2019 of the Boards of Governors news organization.
of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the 1154. Who conferred with Lifetime Achievement
International Monetary Fund (IMF) was held between Award during 4th APJ Abdul Kalam Innovation
April 8-14, 2019 in Washington DC, US. Finance Conclave at Chandigarh University, Mohali?
Minister Arun Jaitley and Economic Affairs A. Dr. A K Singh
Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg represented India in B. Dr. Naurudin Shah
the meeting. C. Dr. Malhotra Aditya
1152. Mohammed Ishtaye sworn in as new Prime D. Dr. Naresh Prajapati
Minister of which country? E. None of these
A. Jordan Answer: A
B. Palestine Dr A K Singh was conferred with Lifetime
C. Israel Achievement Award during 4th APJ Abdul Kalam
D. Lebanon Innovation Conclave at Chandigarh University,
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Mohali. Dr A K Singh, director at Life Sciences, month and 1st of next month. The two day event will
DRDO, was honoured with Lifetime Achievement be hosted by the UAE National Programme for
Award for his rich contribution in the field of life Artificial Intelligence, with the support of
sciences, aerospace and aeronautics. The conclave International Telecommunication Union( ITU), and
was organised by the university to mark World the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO),
Creativity and Innovation Day. Dr Singh joined and in strategic partnership with Smart Dubai
DRDO in 1988 and worked on various R&D projects. 1157. The Department of Telecom (DoT)
He has developed a “Diagnobact” kit, for detection of approved the merger of Tata Teleservices and
infectious lesion. He has also introduced and nurtured ______
pharmacosyntigraphy A. BSNL
1155. Who won the World Press Photo of the Year B. Reliance Jio
award? C. Bharti Airtel
A. Robert Capa D. Idea
B. Henri Cartier-Bresson E. None of the above
C. John Moore Answer: C
D. Walker Evans Bharti Airtel has confirmed that it has received in-
E. Roger Fenton principal approval from the telecom department for
Answer: C merger with Tata Teleservices (TTSL), subject to the
A photo of a 2-year-old girl crying near the US- condition that Sunil Mittal firm provides bank
Mexico border has won the World Press Photo of the guarantees of about Rs. 7,200 crore.Manoj Sinha,
Year award.The image, titled “Crying Girl on the telecom minster has conditionally approved the
Border,” was taken by Getty photographer and merger and that letters mentioning the guarantees
Pulitzer Prize-winner John Moore on June 12 near were sent to Tata Teleservices Limited and its listed
McAllen, Texas. The Netherlands-based World Press unit Tata Teleservices Maharashtra (TTML).
Photo organization announced the award at a 1158. The first ever test flight of the world’s
ceremony in Amsterdam. Dutch/Swedish largest airplane named Stratolaunch took place in
photographer Pieter Ten Hoopen has won the World which city?
Press Story of the Year for the image of movement of A. Oslo
thousands of Central American migrants who joined B. Dubai
a caravan heading to the United States border C. Paris
between October and November 2018. D. California
1156. Which country is going to host the world’s E. Florida
foremost Artificial Intelligence Summitbetween Answer: D
30th of this month and 1st of next month? Stratolaunch, the private launch company founded by
A. China the late billionaire Paul Allen, has just flown the
B. India world’s largest aircraft for the first time. The massive
C. Russia airplane, which has a wingspan bigger than a football
D. UAE field and is designed to launch rockets from the air,
E. US took off on its maiden test flight from the Mojave Air
Answer: D and Space Port in Mojave, California.
UAE is set to host the world’s foremost Artificial 1159. The FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) has
Intelligence,AI Summit to empower global dialogue partnered with which Indian company to launch a
on the future of government, business and society. mobile app named My Circle for women’s safety?
The inaugural ‘AI Everything’, AIE will take place at A. Bharti Airtel
the Dubai World Trade Centre, between 30th of this B. Paytm
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C. BSNL Vadrevu Veeralakshmi Devi reviewed the work.
D. NPCI Penned by Dr. Chandrasekhar in English with title ‘A
E. Google Ray of Hope’ the autobiography was translated into
Answer: A Telugu by Godavarthi Satyamurthy.
Bharti Airtel in collaboration with FICCI Ladies 1162. Name the Formula 1 champion to clinch the
Organisation launched a mobile app, My Circle, to 2019 Chinese Grand Prix ?
help women in case they face any problem or a panic A. Max Verstappen
situation.The application is carrier agnostic which B. Valtteri Bottas
would work on phones with any telecom service C. Sebastian Vettel
network, both Airtel and non-Airtel. “My Circle app D. Lewis Hamilton
enables women to send SOS alerts to any five of their E. None of these
family or friends in 13 languages including English, Answer: D
Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Lewis Hamilton won the Chinese Grand Prix to seize
Punjabi, Bangla, Urdu, Assamese, Oriya, and the overall lead from his Mercedes team mate Valtteri
Gujarati”. Bottas in Formula One’s 1,000th world
1160. Recently released book ‘Diary of an championship.The win was the 75th of Hamilton’s
Awesome Friendly Kid’ is authored by _____. career, second in a row after his lucky triumph in
A. Zachary Gordon Bahrain and sixth in China.
B. Dav Pilkey 1163. Meena Kumari Maisnam is an Indian player
C. Jeff Kinney related to which sports?
D. Robert Capron A. Shooting
E. None of these B. Boxing
Answer: C C. Athletics
Jeff Kinney, an eminent author has emerged out with D. Weightlifting
a new book titled “Diary of an Awesome Friendly E. Badminton
Kid: Rowley Jefferson’s Journal”. The book is Answer: B
written from the opinion of Rowley Jefferson, the India finished with 5 medals in the Boxing World
best friend of ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ supporter Greg Cup which concluded at Cologne, Germany. Meena
Heffley. This book is Jeff Kinney’s first outside of Kumari Maisnam continued her fine run to win gold
his “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” series. The book is in the 54 kg. Reigning youth world champion Sakshi
written in Kinney’s trademark humour. It will also (57 kg) and India Open champion Pwilao Basumatary
mark around 350 black-and-white illustrations. (64 kg) settled for the silver. Pinki Rani (51 kg) and
1161. Name the autobiography of noted social Parveen ( 60 kg) won bronze.
worker Sankurathri Chandrasekhar, that was 1164. Which among the following teams has won
released at a function recently. the 2019 Indian Super Cup of Football?
A. Suryakiranam A. FC Delhi Dynamos
B. Ashakiranam B. Chennaiyin FC
C. Chandrakiranam C. FC Jamshedpur
D. Ujvalakiranam D. FC Goa
Answer: B Answer: D
‘Ashakiranam,’ an autobiography of noted social The 2019 Super Cup was the second edition of the
worker Sankurathri Chandrasekhar, was released at a Super Cup, the main club knockout football
function.Religious scholar Chaganti Koteswara Rao competition in India. The competition is sponsored
released the book while writer and literary critic by Hero MotoCorp and is officially known as the
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Hero Super Cup. FC Goa emerged as champions of E. Poet
the 2019 Super Cup as they pipped Chennaiyin FC 2- Answer: E
1 in a tense affair at the Kalinga Stadium, Odisha. Hindi poet Pradeep Choubey has passed away.
1165. Who is the winner of the men’s single title at Choubey, known for his humorous poetry, is survived
the 2019 Singapore Open by his daughter and son, the latter living in Mumbai
A. Anthony Sinisuka Ginting He quit his job at Dena Bank to pursue his passion of
B. Srikanth Kidambi poetry
C. Viktor Axelsen 1167. Who become Marylebone Cricket Club
D. Kento Momota (MCC) Honorary Life Member on 12 April 2019
E. None of these A. Inzamam-ul-Haq
Answer: D B. Waqar Younis
The 2019 Singapore Open, was a badminton C. Wasim Akram
tournament which took place at Singapore Indoor D. Shahid Afridi
Stadium in Singapore from 9 to 14 April 2019. E. Shoaib Akhtar
CATEGORIES WINNERS RUNNER Answer: A
UP Inzamam-ul-Haq and Mark Boucher, the former
Men’s Single Kento Momota Anthony South Africa wicketkeeper, were made Honorary Life
(Japan) Sinisuka Members of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) on
Ginting 12 April 2019. The two have been included in
(Indonesia) recognition of their outstanding achievements in
Women’s Single Tai Tzu-ying Nozomi cricket. Inzamam is now the fifth Honorary Life
(Taiwan) Okuhara Member of the MCC from his country, after Imran
(Japan) Khan, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and Shahid
Afridi.
Men’s Double Takeshi Mohammad 1168. What is the deadline set by CBDT for its
Kamura and Ahsan and officers to dispose of all cases related to
Keigo Sonoda Hendra demonetisation where assessment is required to be
(Japan) Setiawan framed?
(Indonesia) A. May 31
Women’s Mayu Kim Hye- B. July 31
Double Matsumoto and jeong and C. April 30
Wakana Kong Hee- D. June 30
Nagahara yong (South E. August 31
(Japan) Korea) Answer: D
Mixed Double Dechapol Tan Kian Tax authorities have set a deadline of June 30 to clear
Puavaranukroh Meng and Lai up all demonetisation-related cases.In its interim
and Sapsiree Pei Jing action plan for the first quarter of 2019-20, the
Taerattanachai (Malaysia) Central Board of Direct Tax (CBDT) has instructed
(Thailand) its officials to dispose of all cases related to
1166. Pradeep Choubey was a famous demonetisation where assessment is required to be
___________ who died recently. framed.
A. Journalist 1169. EsselWorld Launches India’s First Foreign
B. Actor Interactive Bird Park in which city?
C. Freedom fighter A. Mumbai
D. Author B. New Delhi
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C. Hyderabad irrespective of caste, creed, faith, religion and belief,
D. Lucknow take part in the Bihu Festival. Three Bihu festivals
E. Chennai are celebrated in a year called as Rongali Bihu or
Answer: A Bohag Bihu, Bhugali (Magh Bihu) and Kangali (Kati
India’s first exotic Bird Park ‘EsselWorld Bird Park’ Bihu) for marking the distinctive phase in the farming
was launched by EsselWorld Leisure Pvt. Ltd., the calendar.
family entertainment arm of the $6-billion Essel 1172. Who among the following has beend choosed
Group in Mumbai.It is home to over 500 exotic birds as the new part-time chairman of City Union
from more than 60 species of flying, terrestrial and Bank Ltd.
aquatic birds and has 200 species of special plants A. K. Mahesh
and trees for the birds. The star attractions at the Bird B. R. Mohan
Park are the African Grey Parrot, Blue Gold Macaw, C. A. K. Vijay
Cockatiel, Rainbow Lorikeet, Toucan, Black Lory, D. J. Siddhardh
Violet Turaco and many other varieties of bird. E. None of these
EsselWorld is the largest amusement park in the Answer: B
country The board of City Union Bank Ltd. recommended its
1170. Name the the initiative of the Rotary Club of independent director R. Mohan to be the next part-
Madras North to provide sanitary napkins to the time chairman with effect from May 4. The board
students. also forwarded an application to this effect to the
A. Project Suvidha Reserve Bank of India as the present incumbent S.
B. Project Sutradhari Mahalingam’s tenure ends on May 3 Mr. Mohan,
C. Project Kannamma who has been associated with the bank since 1975,
D. Project Kowsalya was promoted as the chief general manager in 2011
E. None of these and in 2014 he was inducted on to the board
Answer: C 1173. Who has been named the National
Project Kannamma is the initiative of the Rotary Club Basketball Coaches Association’s 2019 Coach of
of Madras North to provide sanitary napkins to the the Year?
students.Under the Project Kannamma, sanitary A. Nick Nurse
napkins are provided to over 300 students from B. Luke Walton
across Government Schools in and around Chennai. C. Steve Kerr
1171. One of the most popular festivals of the state D. Brad Stevens
Rongali Bihu festival is celebrated in which state? E. Mike Budenholzer
A. Assam Answer: E
B. Arunachal Pradesh Milwaukee Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer has been
C. Mizoram named the National Basketball Coaches
D. Meghalaya Association’s 2019 Coach of the
E. Manipur Year.Budenholzer, led the Bucks to 60 victories
Answer: A marking Milwaukee’s best regular season since 1980-
The Bihu Festivals is one of the most popular 81–and the league’s best record, 60–22, in his first
festivals of Assam, a north-eastern state in India. The season with the team. This year’s recognition marks
Bihus are the most important festivals of Assam, the second time in Budenholzer’s career that he’s
which are celebrated each year on April 14th with won a Coach of the Year award. He received the Red
loads of fun and abundance. Of the three Bihu Auerbach Trophy, which is selected by the media, as
Festivals held in Assam, the Rongali Bihu Festival is the NBA’s Coach of the Year in 2014-15
celebrated in Spring. The Assamese people,
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1174. Who addressed at the 4th Resilient Cities D. Sweden

Asia-Pacific Congress 2019, organised by the E. India
International Council for Local Environmental Answer: B
Initiatives, in New Delhi? China has successfully tested the world’s first armed
A. M. Venkaiah Naidu amphibious drone boat which the Chinese military
B. Narendra Modi analysts claimed could be used in land assault
C. Narendra Modi operations and is capable of forming a combat triad
D. Pranab Mukherjee with aerial drones and other drone ships.Built by
E. Amith Shah Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group under China
Answer: A Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC), the drone
Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu addresses at the ship, named Marine Lizard, successfully passed
4th Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific Congress 2019, delivery checks and left factory on April 8 in Wuhan,
organised by the International Council for Local capital of Central China’s Hubei Province. Having a
Environmental Initiatives, in New Delhi. The RCAP maximum operation range of 1,200 km, the Marine
2019 is a platform for discussing the opportunities Lizard can be remotely controlled via satellites. The
and mechanisms of executing the Nationally 12-meter-long Marine Lizard is a trimaran propelled
Determined Contributions (NDCs). by a diesel-powered hydrojet and can reach a
1175. Name the India’s first indigenously designed maximum speed of 50 knots while maintaining
and developed long-range sub-sonic cruise missile stealth
A. Prithvi 1177. Name the winner of the 2019 Masters
B. Akash Tournament for golf?
C. Nirbhay A. Tiger Woods
D. Neer B. Rory McIlroy
E. None of these C. Phil Mickelson
Answer: C D. Justin Thomas
India successfully test-fired its first indigenously E. None of these
designed and developed long-range sub-sonic cruise Answer: A
missile ‘Nirbhay’ from a test range in Odisha.The American professional golfer Tiger Woods clinched
missile is equipped with a Ring Laser Gyroscope his fifth Masters and an overall 15th major title, after
(RLG) based guidance, control and navigation winning 2019 Masters Tournament held at Augusta
system. It is also armed with a MEMS- based Inertial National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia between
Navigation System (INS) and the GPS system.The April 11–14, 2019. His earlier Masters victories came
Nirbhay missile also has capability of striking a in 1997, 2001, 2002 and 2005.
multiple targets at a time. The missile is nuclear 1178. Indian sports person Harsheel Dani is
capable, can be equipped with 300kg warhead. It has related to which sports?
an ability to reach speed of 0.6-0.7 Mach and can be A. Golf
deployed from multiple platforms.The missile weighs B. Tennis
1,500 kg, width of 0.52 meters and has a wingspan of C. Badminton
2.7 metre. D. Hockey
1176. Marine Lizard, world’s first armed E. Basket Ball
amphibious drone boat, was recently tested by Answer: C
which country? India’s Harsheel Dani recovered from a game down
A. France to get the better of Denmark’s Mads Christophersen
B. China to clinch the Dutch International badminton title in
C. United States Wateringen, The Netherlands. The 22 year old won
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the Ghana international crown in 2018 second Karvy C. Indonesia
All India junior-ranking badminton tournament in D. India
2012. E. Singapore
1179. Christian Garin won his ATP title in the Answer: D
final of the US Men’s Clay Court Championships India is joining hands with Japan and the United Arab
in Houston. He hails from which country? Emirates (UAE) to implement two projects in Africa
A. Palestine as it seeks to extend its footprint on the continent
B. Chile where strategic rival China has made deep
C. Norway inroads.While India will build a cancer hospital in
D. Bhutan Kenya in collaboration with Japan, it will partner
E. Uruguay with the UAE to set up an information and
Answer: B communications technology (ICT) centre in Ethiopia.
Chilean professional tennis player Christian Garin Through this partnership, India has undertaken many
(22) won his first ATP title in 10 years in the final of projects like the ambitious Pan African e-network
the US Men’s Clay Court Championships in Houston. project on tele-education and tele-medicine which
He beat Norway’s Casper Ruud. provides “integrated” satellite, fiber optics and
1180. Name the renowned space scientist and wireless network between educational and medical
former Indian Space Research Organisation institutes in Africa and India.
Satellite Center (ISAC) director who passes away 1182. Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements
recently. in newspaper, magazine and online journalism,
A. Dr. SK Shivakumar literature, and musical composition in the United
B. Dr. Anand Kumar States. Which newpaper won the prize in the
C. Dr. Jaya Prakash Public service category?
D. Dr. Dinesh Malhotra A. Suwannee Democrat
E. Dr. Sanjeev Mishra B. Star-Banner
Answer: A C. Stuart News
Renowned space scientist and former Indian Space D. Space Coast Daily
Research Organisation Satellite Center (ISAC) E. Sun-Sentinel
director Dr SK Shivakumar passed away.Dr Answer: E
Shivakumar was part of the team that developed the Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in
telemetry system for Chandrayaan-I – India’s first newspaper, magazine and online journalism,
lunar exploration mission.Shivakumar was associated literature, and musical composition in the United
with the ISRO for over two decades and had States. South Florida Sun-Sentinel newspaper won
contributed immensely to the mission planning and the prize in the Public service category.
analysis of several Indian satellite missions, including 1183. Which day is observed on 17th April
Bhaskara, Apple, IRS and INSAT. He has been A. World Day of Handicapped
awarded the Rajyotsava Award, an honorary B. World Ozone Day
doctorate from Mysore University and the prestigious C. World Haemophilia Day
Padma Shri in 2010. D. World Coconut Day
1181. Which country is joining hands with Japan E. None of these
and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Answer: C
implement two projects in Africa as it seeks to World Haemophilia Day is observed on 17 April
extend its footprint on the continent? every year to increase awareness about haemophilia
A. Saudi Arabia disease and other inherited bleeding disorders.In
B. South Korea 1989, World Haemophilia Day was started by the
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World Federation of Haemophilia (WFH) in honour E. Chennai
of WFH founder Frank Schnavel’s birthday. Answer: B
1184. Google opens first Artificial Intelligence lab The Institute for Development and Research in
in which African country? Banking Technology (IDRBT), an arm of Reserve
A. Kenya Bank of India, has launched a 5G Use Cases Lab for
B. Ghana banking and financial sector.The 5G technology,
C. Algeria along with blockchain, will be progressively adopted
D. Sudan by banks. 5G had already arrived in the world and the
E. South Africa department had already launched test beds for 5G use
Answer: B in the academia in Hyderabad, Chennai and
Tech giant Google is all set to exhibit itself as AI first Bangalore to develop 5G for Indian use. It will also
company in front of the world by opening new collaborate with various stakeholders including
research centers across the globe such as in Tokyo, banks, government and financial institutions for 5G
Zurich, New York, and Paris. Following this idea, the promotion and absorption of best practices.
company has opened its first center in Africa in 1187. Which among the following bank launches
Ghana capital city, Accra. Using Google’s AI paperless account facility for NRIs?
machine app ‘TensorFlow’, farmers analyze the issue A. Corporation Bank
with their plants and boost their production. B. Syndicate Bank
TensorFlow was outsourced by the company to help C. Bank of Baroda
developers generate solutions to real-world problems. D. IDBI Bank
1185. What was the total amount of sovereign loan E. UCO Bank
committed by the ADB to India in the year 2018? Answer: D
A. USD 2 billion The Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) living in nearly 40
B. USD 3 billion countries will now be able to open account in IDBI
C. USD 5 billion Bank without submitting paper documents.IDBI
D. USD 7 billion Bank has launched ‘NRI-Insta-Online’ account
E. USD 9 billion opening process for NRIs residing in Financial
Answer: B Action Task Force (FATF) member countries. The
ADB committed to provide USD 3 billion in person will not be required to furnish physical
sovereign loans to India in 2018, the highest level of documents as well as KYC proofs for opening an
assistance since sovereign operations began in the account with the bank.
country in 1986.The Asian Development Bank 1188. The 8th edition of Home Expo India 2019
(ADB), owned by 68 member countries, committed a was hosted by which city?
total of USD 3.88 billion, including sovereign loans A. Hyderabad
and co-financing during the year ended December B. Mumbai
2018. C. Greater Noida
1186. The Institute for Development and Research D. Pune
in Banking Technology (IDRBT), an arm of E. New Delhi
Reserve Bank of India, has launched a 5G Use Answer: C
Cases Lab for banking and financial sector. The 8th edition of Home Expo India 2019 began at
IDRBT is headquarted at which city? India Expo Centre and Mart in Greater Noida. It
A. Mumbai covers sectors with maximum thrust and growth
B. Hyderabad potential in home decor, furnishing, furniture,
C. New Delhi flooring and textiles. About 500 companies in
D. Kolkata permanent marts will be exhibiting their collection
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under these categories. The three-day exhibition has D. Saritha Chandran
been organized by the Export Promotion Council for E. Vidyavathi Prabhakar
Handicrafts. Handicrafts exports during the year Answer: A
2018-19 was to the tune of 26 thousand 590 crore PwC has named Padmaja Alaganandan as its new
rupees registering a growth of 15.46 per cent over the chief people officer. Alaganandan, who was leader-
previous year. people and organisation at PwC earlier, takes over
1189. How many Indian banks have been honored from Jagjit Singh. Alaganandan is also in the PwC’s
with the Celent Model Bank 2019 Awards India leadership team since January 2019.
A. one 1192. Who was named as the goodwill ambassador
B. five at the Street Child Cricket World Cup?
C. seven A. Smrithi Mandana
D. two B. Mithali Raj
E. three C. Shikha Pandey
Answer: D D. Harmanpreet Kaur
Celent Model Bank 2019 Awards has been E. Priyanka Roy
announced by Celent in New York. 22 Banks from Answer: B
across the world have been awarded in different Indian women’s cricket team captain Mithali Raj has
categories. Two banks from India has won the been named the goodwill ambassador of Team India
awards. The banks are: Fincare Small Finance Bank, at the Street Child Cricket World Cup (SCCWC).
India and Paytm Payments Bank, India. The award She, alongside Saurav Ganguly and Rajasthan
recognizes LAP (Loans Against Property) D.Lite, a Royals, joins in supporting the team as they gear up
tab-based solution designed and developed in-house for the final match at Lords, just ahead of the ICC
by Fincare SFB for origination and instant Cricket World Cup in May this year
underwriting of loans against property targeted at 1193. Bus ticketing platform redBus has
micro and small enterprises. appointed which Indian cricketer as its brand
1190. Which among the following banks appoints ambassador?
Rajesh Yaduvanshi as Executive Director? A. Virat Kohli
A. Syndicate Bank B. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
B. Bank of Baroda C. Virendra Shewag
C. Punjab National Bank D. Hardik Pandya
D. Allahabad Bank E. Jasprith Bhumrah
E. Union Bank of India Answer: B
Answer: C Bus ticketing platform redBus announced that it has
Punjab National Bank (PNB) has appointed Rajesh appointed cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni as its
Kumar Yaduvanshi as the Executive Director of the brand ambassador.Redbus will reach out to its
bank.Yaduvanshi brings with him a diversified audience across the country through various media
experience of over 3 decades in the banking industry, channels, both online and offline.
having held senior positions in the banking sector 1194. World Health Organization (WHO) raised
both in India and abroad. He has also worked with alarm over a ____ % increase in the case of
Dena Bank in capacity of the Executive Director. measles globally in the first quarter of 2019
1191. PwC appoints whom as its new chief people compared with last year
officer? A. 220 %
A. Padmaja Alaganandan B. 280 %
B. Yashodhara Srivastsav C. 250 %
C. Mrunali Anne D. 300 %
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E. 350% Jewel. The Jewel Changi Airport is about $1.3 billion
Answer: D dollar project, connecting three of the four terminals
World Health Organization (WHO) raised alarm over at Changi Airport with the aim to increase the
a 300 per cent increase in the case of measles number of passengers coming to Singapore for visits
globally in the first quarter of 2019 compared with and stopovers. Inside is a lush four-story tiered
last year. The UN body agreed the provisional data garden, more than 280 retail and dining outlets, a
indicated a clear trend, with all regions of the world hotel, a multi-screen IMAX theater and its
seeing outbreaks. The WHO had an early trend for centerpiece: a 130-foot-tall Rain Vortex, which is the
2019 likely underestimated the severity of the world’s tallest indoor waterfall.
outbreaks since only about one in 10 actual measles 1197. Which Indian Public Sector lender has
cases was reported. Around 170 countries have become the first to shift to EMV chip cards as per
reported 112,163 measles cases to WHO. Africa has RBI Mandate?
witnessed the most dramatic rise – up 700% which A. Bank of Baroda
has weaker vaccination coverage than other regions. B. Punjab National Bank
At this time in 2018, 163 countries had reported C. Canara Bank
28,124 cases. D. Syndicate Bank
1195. When is World Heritage Day observed? E. Allahabad Bank
A. April 16 Answer: C
B. April 15 ACI Worldwide, a global provider of realtime
C. April 17 electronic payment and banking solutions, announced
D. April 18 that Canara Bank has successfully rolled out major
E. April 19 new functionality to support EMV card acquiring
Answer: D across its ATM network and Aadhaar
World Heritage Day is celebrated every year on 18 Authentication.Canara Bank, one of India’s largest
April to preserve the human heritage and to recognise public sector banks with nearly 6,300 branches and a
all the efforts of relevant organizations.The network of more than 10,000 ATMs, is the first
International Council on Monuments and Sites public sector bank to shift to EMV chip and PIN for
(ICOMOS) in 1982 announced, 18 April as the card present transactions across the country’s vast
World Heritage Day. This was approved by General ATM network. The EMV shift, as in other major
Assembly of UNESCO in 1983, with an aim of global markets, is aimed at reducing lost and stolen
enhancing awareness about the importance of cultural card fraud and making counterfeit card fraud more
heritage, monuments and to conserve them. World difficult. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had set a
Heritage Day is also called The International Day for deadline of December 31, 2018 for the switch,
Monuments and Sites mandating use of an embedded chip to replace the
1196. The world’s tallest indoor waterfall has traditional magnetic stripe card.
recently been launched in which country? 1198. Which among the following organisations
A. China have launched the first ever pseudo-token named
B. Singapore “Learning Coin” to educate its employee about
C. USA blockchain?
D. United Arab Emirates I. World Bank
E. India II. International Monetary Fund
Answer: B III. World Economic Forum
Singapore’s Changi Airport has long been touted as A. Only I
the “best airport in the world.” ,when it will officially B. Only II & III
open a dazzling presecurity attraction known as C. Both I & II
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D. Both I & III its monthly user base by the end of the year. The
E. All of the together integration of UPI will simplify the mutual fund
Answer: C payment experience for millions of ETMONEY users
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World as the company continues its journey to simplify the
Bank are launching their own blockchain and digital financial lives of new age Indians. They can select
currency to familiarize staff with the concepts. The from a list of UPI-enabled apps installed on their
currency will only be accessible within the phone including Google Pay, BHIM UPI and
organizations and will not be able to buy real-world PhonePe among others.
goods and services. But a model digital currency 1201. Which Bank has received approval from the
economy will operate, as a kind of trial run. Staff will Competition Commission of India (CCI) for the
earn the tokens by achieving training goals, then proposed scheme of amalgamation of Gruh
exchange their earnings for rewards of some Finance with the bank
kind. The tokens will be accessed on an app called A. Bandhan Bank
‘Learning Coin’ to emphasize its educational use. B. Paytm Payment Bank
The app will also support the institutions’ blogs, C. Corporation Bank
research and video content. D. Bank of India
1199. Recently, RBI Issues what denomination E. Allahabad Bank
Indian rupee notes with Governor Shaktikanta Answer: A
Das' signature? Bandhan Bank has received approval from the
A. Rs.10 Competition Commission of India (CCI) for the
B. Rs.20 proposed scheme of amalgamation of Gruh Finance
C. Rs.50 with the bank.Gruh Finance, the affordable housing
D. Rs.100 finance arm of HDFC Ltd, was taken over by
E. Rs.200 Bandhan Bank in a share-swap deal in JanuaryThe
Answer: C approval has been made under sub-section (1) of
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday issued Section 31 of the Competition Act, 2002. As part of
banknotes of Rs. 50 denomination bearing the the deal, Bandhan Bank has to transfer 14.9% stake
signature of Governor Shaktikanta Das. The design of to HDFC for merging Gruh Finance with itself.
these notes is similar in all respects to Rs. 50 1202. Name the Indian who has been appointedin
banknotes in Mahatma Gandhi (new) series. The geospatial advisory committee by US.
dimension of Rs. 50 note is 66 mm x 135 mm. In the A. Sanjay Kumar
back side of the note has Hampi with chariot as B. Vikram Kumar
motif. C. Santosh Kumar
1200. Which of the following has become India’s D. Suresh Kumar
first comprehensive financial services app to E. Murali Kumar
integrate UPI? Answer: A
A. GROWW Delhi-based Sanjay Kumar, CEO of Geospatial
B. ETMONEY Media and Communications and Secretary General of
C. FUNDSINDIA World Geospatial Industry Council, is the first Indian
D. KUVERA to be inducted to NGAC. Kumar was conferred the
E. None of these Global Geospatial Industry Ambassador award by the
Answer: B United Nations Global Geospatial Information
India’s largest app for financial services, ETMONEY Management. The NGAC gives advice and
has integrated Unified Payment Interface (UPI) as a recommendations on National Geospatial Policy and
payment method on its platform as it looks to double management issues, the development of the National
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Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI), and the E. Nine
implementation of the Geospatial Data Act of 2018. Answer: B
1203. Who has been appointed as India's next Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani and
High Commissioner to South Africa? public-interest litigators Arundhati Katju and Menaka
A. Mahesh Bhoopati Guruswamy, who spearheaded a historic legal battle
B. Vinod Srivatsav for LGBTQ rights in India, are among the Indians
C. Jaideep Sarkar who have been named by TIME magazine in its
D. Kiran Pratap prestigious list of the 100 most influential people in
E. None of these the world.The list includes Indian-American
Answer: C comedian and TV host Hasan Minhaj, US President
Jaideep Sarkar has been appointed as India’s next Donald Trump, Pope Francis, Chinese President Xi
High Commissioner to South Africa.He served in Jinping, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, iconic
Indian Missions in Tokyo, Seoul and Bangladesh as golfer Tiger Woods and Facebook founder Mark
well. The government also appointed Suhel Ajaz Zuckerberg. The illustrious list also includes US
Khan, presently serving as India’s Deputy Chief of Open winner Naomi Osaka, actor Mahershala Ali,
Mission in Saudi Arabia, as next Ambassador to Oscar-winning actor Rami Malek, former first lady
Lebanon Michelle Obama, South Africa’s President Cyril
1204. The second edition of the bilateral maritime Ramaphosa, Oscar-winning singer and actor Lady
exercise between Indian Navy and Vietnam Gaga, Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Mohamed bin
Peoples’ Navy (IN – VPN BILAT EX) took place Zayed, Special counsel Robert Mueller and Speaker
at which of the given areas? Nancy Pelosi.
A. Cam Ranh Bay 1206. The novel titled “Quichotte” has been
B. Agatti Island written by__________
C. Binh Ba Island A. Taslima Nasrin
D. Campbell Bay B. Arundhati Roy
E. None of these C. Salman Rushdie
Answer: A D. V.S. Naipaul
The Indian Navy undertook the second edition of the E. None of these
bilateral maritime exercise between Indian Navy and Answer: C
Vietnam People Navy at/ off Cam Ranh Bay, Spanish classic “Don Quixote”, which remains the
Vietnam from 13 to 16 Apr 19. The maiden edition most-translated book in the world after the Bible, has
was conducted from 21 to 26 May 18 at Da Nang, inspired a new novel by Man Booker Prize-winning
Vietnam. The exercise was undertaken as a part of author Salman Rushdie, publisher Penguin Random
the ongoing Overseas Deployment of Eastern Fleet House India.The novel “Quichotte” which is
ships to South East Asian countries. IN Ships Kolkata expected to hit Indian stands in August this year.
under the command of Capt Aditya Hara and Shakti Rushdie’s “Quichotte” is the story of “an ageing
under the command of Capt Sriram Amur travelling salesman who falls in love with a TV star
participated in the exercise, comprising a harbour and and sets off to drive across America on a quest to
a sea phase. prove himself worthy of her hand”.
1205. How many Indians have been listed in the 1207. Name the first satellite launched by Nepal.
list of Time 100 Most Influential People 2019? A. NepaliSat-1
A. One B. NepalSat-I
B. Three C. KrunSat-1
C. Five D. SatNepali-1
D. Seven E. SatNep-1
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Answer: A M1Xchange. The cost of funds will be reduced for

Nepal successfully launched its first satellite MSMEs as banks will be bidding based on the risk
NepaliSat-1 into space from Virginia in the United rating of a corporate.
States. The satellite, developed by two Nepalis — 1210. Which IIT has signed a Memorandum of
Abhas Maskey and Hariram Shrestha — at Japan’s Understanding (MoU) with Japanese firm Terra
Kyushu Institute of Technology. NepaliSat-1 is a low Drone Corporation and its Indian subsidiary to
orbit satellite. It will be stationed at the International set up a first-of-its-kind Centre of Excellence
Space Station for a month and then it will be sent to (CoE) for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, or
orbit the earth. The satellite will take photographs on drones.Terra Drone India?
a regular basis to gather geographical information of A. IIT Roorkee
the country. It weighs 1.3 kilograms, making it a B. IIT Hyderabad
small satellite with limited capability. C. IIT Delhi
1208. Name the first satellite launched by Sri D. IIT Madras
Lanka. E. IIT Kharkpur
A. Vibhishana-1 Answer: B
B. Raavana-1 IIT Hyderabad has signed a Memorandum of
C. Kumbhakarna-1 Understanding (MoU) with Japanese firm Terra
D. Rama-1 Drone Corporation and its Indian subsidiary to set up
E. Anjaneya-1 a first-of-its-kind Centre of Excellence (CoE) for
Answer: B Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, or drones. Terra Drone
Sri Lanka’s first satellite ‘Raavana-1’ was launched India. It will help IIT Hyderabad in organising
into space from NASA’s Flight Facility on Virginia’s workshops, seminars, lectures and joint projects. It
east shore. ‘Raavana 1’ weights around 1.05 kg and plans to offer internship programmes to students.
the lifespan of the satellite is around one and a half 1211. International Hockey Federation imposes
years.The satellite was designed and built at the fine on which countries Hockey Federationfor not
Kyushu Institute of Technology in Japan by two Sri honouring the Pro League commitments?
Lankan research engineers. A. India
1209. Which bank has partnered with M1Xchange B. Pakistan
Trade Receivables Discounting System (TReDS) C. Bhutan
platform for MSME bill discounting? D. Nepal
A. Karnataka Bank E. New Zealand
B. Andhra Bank Answer: B
C. Bank of Maharashtra The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has
D. Punjab National Bank imposed a hefty fine of one lakh seventy-six thousand
E. None of these Euros on Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) for not
Answer: C honouring the Pro League commitments. PHF was
Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) has partnered with fined for not sending the national team for the Pro
M1Xchange Trade Receivables Discounting System League matches in Argentina, Australia and New
(TReDS) platform for MSME bill Zealand.
discounting.TReDS is a digital platform to support 1212. Son of late ND Tiwari, Rohit Shekhar
micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to get Tiwari, who passed away recently, was the
their bills financed at a competitive rate through an member of which political party?
auction where multiple registered financiers can A. BSP
participate. Mynd Solutions is a technology B. Indian National Congress
management firm which runs the TReDS platform of C. BJP
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D. AAP research study has been published on 15th April,
E. RLD 2019 in ‘The Astrophysical Journal Letters’. TESS
Answer: C was launched to Earth orbit in April 2018 on a
Rohit Shekhar, son of late Uttar Pradesh and SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.One tool termed as ‘Planet
Uttarakhand chief minister N D Tiwari has died.In Finder Spectrograph’ (PFS) on the ‘Magellan II
January 2017, Rohit Shekhar had joined the telescope’ in Chile helped to confirm the planetary
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Senior Congress leader nature of the TESS signal and measure the mass of
Narayan Dutt Tiwari, who was the only politician to HD 21749b. HD 21749b is about 23 times heavier
have served as the chief minister of two states, died at and 2.7 times wider than Earth. It is gaseous, has a
New Delhi on October 18, 2018. He was a three-time substantial atmosphere but not as puffy as Uranus and
chief minister of Uttar Pradesh and also served as the Neptune. HD 21749b has an orbital period of 36 Erth
CM of Uttarakhand between 2002 and 2007. He later days.
served as the Governor of Andhra Pradesh from 2007 1215. Name the third offshore patrol vessels
to 2009. (OPV) of the Indian Coast Guard commissioned
1213. Which General Insurance company has recently
received preliminary approval from regulator A. ICGS Veera
Irdai to foray into non-life business B. ICGS Saraswati
A. Indiabulls C. ICGS Mayur
B. Dewan Housing Finance Corporation D. ICGS Vedanta
C. India Infoline E. None of these
D. Max Bupa General Insurance Answer: A
E. None of the above Chief of Army Staff, General Bipin Rawat,
Answer: A commissioned the Indian Coast Guard Ship Veera on
Indiabulls General Insurance has received April 15, 2019 at Naval Jetty at the dockyard in
preliminary approval from regulator Irdai to foray Visakhapatnam. Veera is the third in the series of
into non-life business.In January, another subsidiary seven offshore patrol vessels of the Coast Guard
Indiabulls Life Insurance Company had received R1 being built by L&T Ship Building at its facility at
approval from Insurance Regulatory and Kattupalli in Chennai.
Development Authority of India. The company is in 1216. Saudi government raises India's Haj quota
the process of moving ahead with the next step of to what amount from one lakh seventy five-
filing its application for thousand?
registration with Irdai. A. Rs.1.8 lakh
1214. First Earth-Size planet, HD ______ B. Rs.1.95 lakh
discovered recently by NASAs TESS Exoplanet C. Rs.2 lakh
Mission D. Rs.2.05 lakh
A. HD 21749a E. Rs.2.10 lakh
B. HD 21749b Answer: C
C. HD 21749c Saudi Arabia has issued a formal order increasing the
D. HD 21749d Haj quota of India to two lakhs from one lakh seventy
E. HD 21749e five-thousand. In February this year, the Saudi Crown
Answer: B Prince Mohammed bin Salman at a meeting with
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced that
discovered an Earth-sized planet, HD 21749b and a Indian Haj quota would be increased by 25 thousand
“sub-Neptune” world, revolving around the star, HD to two lakhs. This is the third hike in three
21749. The star lies 53 light-years from Earth. The consecutive years. As many as 2,340 Indian Muslim
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women will go for the pilgrimage without male and expansion of the Kigali SEZ in Rwanda. USD
companion or Mehram. This is the third hike in three 100 million for financing three agriculture project
consecutive years. In 2017, the quota was increased schemes — Warufu Multipurpose Project, Mugesera
by 35,000 while last year, it was raised by 5,000 to Irrigation Project and Nyamukana Irrigation Project.
take the number to 1,75,000 USD 66.60 million will be funded for the Base-
1217. With which bank did Srei Equipment Butaro-Kidaho Road Project.
Finance have entered into a co-lending 1219. Cholamandalam MS General Insurance gets
arrangement for infrastructure equipment? ISO 31000:2018 certification. Who is the
A. Bank of Baroda managing director of the company?
B. Syndicate Bank A. Takahiko Shibakawa
C. Bank of India B. V Suryanarayanan
D. Punjab National Bank C. S. S. Gopalarathnam
E. Corporation Bank D. Vedanarayanan Seshadri
Srei Equipment Finance Ltd (SEFL) and India’s Answer: C
second largest state-run lender Bank of Baroda have Cholamandalam MS General Insurance Company
entered into a co-lending arrangement for Limited has been certified with ISO 31000. S. S.
infrastructure equipment. The offerings would Gopalarathnam is the MD of the company. ISO
include both business to business (B2B) and business 31000:2018 is an international risk management
to customer (B2C) propositions. The partnership will standard. The standard provides guidelines,
allow Kolkata-based Srei Infrastructure Finance Ltd’s principles, framework, and a process for managing
equipment finance arm and Bank of Baroda to risk. It can be used by any organization regardless of
collaborate and widen their respective customer base. its size, activity or sector. The Certificate is valid for
As part of the arrangement, the companies will use a period of 3 years from April 07, 2019, to April 06,
iQuippo, a digital marketplace for origination of 2022.
loans, collection of loan dues, and auction and 1220. Which foreign bank has appointed Kaushik
valuation of equipment Shaparia as the chief executive officer for India?
1218.Exim Bank has provided soft loans of A. Citibank
apporoximately what million USD to Rwanda for B. Standard Chartered Bank
various projects. C. HSBC Bank
A. 266 million USD D. Deutsche Bank
B. 286 million USD E. Bank of Scotland
C. 256 million USD Answer: D
D. 296 million USD Deutsche Bank appointed Kaushik Shaparia as the
E. 246 million USD chief executive officer for India to succeed Ravneet
Answer: A Gill. Gill left the bank to head private lender YES
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) stated that Exim Bank earlier this year. Shaparia’s appointment will be
Bank has provided soft loans of USD 266.60 million effective from May 2019. Shaparia served as Asia
to Rwanda for various projects.The funding, done in Pacific Head of Corp¬orate Banking Coverage within
three separate tranches to Rawanda, is to support Institu¬tio¬nal and Treasury Coverage, as well as
agricultural projects, development of special Global Head of Subsidiary Coverage and has a 30-
economic zones (SEZs) and for financing road year experience at the bank
project in the African nation. According to the 1221. Suhel Ajaz Khan appointed as the next
agreements, Exim Bank will provide USD 100 Ambassador of India to which country?
million for financing the development of two SEZs A. Libya
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B. Lebanon More than 200,000 military and police have served
C. Syria over the past 70 years and 168 Indian military
D. Jordan personnel have lost their lives under the UN flag.
E. Egypt India is the second largest contributor of
Answer: B peacekeepers to UNMISS with more than 2,400
Dr. Suhel Ajaz Khan has been appointed as the next military and police personnel currently deployed the
Ambassador of India to the Republic of Lebanon. mission. UNMISS stated that the Indian Horizontal
Khan a 1997 batch Indian Foreign Service officer, Mobility Engineering Company serving with the
was presently working as Deputy Chief of Mission in mission completed the renovation of 145 km of
the Embassy of India, Riyadh roadway connecting Bentiu and Leer “easing the way
1222. What is India’s rank in the World Press for the delivery humanitarian aid, trade and inter-
Freedom Index 2019? communal dialogue.”
A. 154 1224. The book containing English translation of
B. 140 the Punjabi poem, ‘Khooni Vaisakhi’ was
C. 137 launched in which country?
D. 125 A. UAE
E. 132 B. Singapore
Answer: B C. Nepal
India has dropped two places on a global press D. UK
freedom index to be ranked 140th out of 180 E. USA
countries in the annual report released by Reporters Answer: A
Without Borders. The World Press Freedom Index The book containing English translation of the
2019 topped by Norway. Paris-based Reporters Sans Punjabi poem, ‘Khooni Vaisakhi’ was launched in
Frontieres (RSF), or Reporters Without Borders, is a UAE. The poem was translated by Suri whose
non-profit organisation that works to document and grandfather revolutionary poet and novelist Nanak
combat attacks on journalists around the world.At the Singh, a Jallianwala Bagh survivor, wrote it after
bottom of the Index, both Vietnam (176th) and China witnessing first-hand the events of April 13, 1919,
(177th) have fallen one place and Turkmenistan when British troops fired upon crowds of protestors
(down two at 180th) is now last, replacing North peacefully demonstrating against the Rowlatt Act of
Korea (up one at 179th). the British Raj
1223. How many Indian peacekeepers serving 1225. Name the Indian Wrestler who has regained
with the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) the world number one spot in the men’s 65-
have received medals of honour for their kilogram in World Wrestling Rankings
dedicated service and sacrifice? A. Jinder Mahal
A. 110 B. Yogeshwar Dutt
B. 115 C. Sushil Kumar
C. 120 D. Bajrang Punia
D. 125 E. None of these
E. 130 Answer: D
Answer: E India’s Bajrang Punia has regained the world number
A total of 150 Indian peacekeepers serving with the one spot in the men’s 65-kilogram freestyle category
UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) have rankings.The rankings were released by United
received medals of honour for their dedicated service World Wrestling. He won Gold in the Asian Games
and sacrifice. India is one of the top troop and Commonwealth Games as well as a silver in the
contributing countries to UN peacekeeping missions.
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World Championships last year, secured 58 points World Liver Day 2019 is observed on April 19. Liver
ahead of Akhmed Chakaev of Russia is one of the most important organs in the digestive
1226. Name the NASA austranout is going to set system. Digesting food and flushing out harmful
record for the longest spaceflight by a woman. toxins from the body are two of the essential
A. Sunita Williams functions of liver.
B. Peggy Whitson 1229. India observes the Civil Service Day on what
C. Christina Koch date?
D. Sally Ride A. April 18
E. Valentina Tereshkova B. April 19
Answer: C C. April 20
NASA astronaut Christina Koch is going to have her D. April 21
mission on the International Space Station (ISS) E. April 22
extended to 328 days. This would set a record for the Answer: D
longest single spaceflight by a woman. Koch arrived Every year on 21 April Civil Service Day is
at the space station on March 14 and now is celebrated to rededicate and to recommit themselves
scheduled to remain in orbit until February 2020. She to the cause of the people. On this day Civil servants
will eclipse the record of 288 days set by former from various parts of the country come together,
NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson in 2016-17. The share their experiences and also learn other’s
longest single spaceflight by a NASA astronaut is experiences of working in the public sector.
340 days, set by former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly 1230. When is the World Creativity and
during his one-year mission in 2015-16. Innovation Day celebrated?
1227. Name the NASA's 1st female astronaut A. April 21
candidate, who passed away recently. B. Third Sunday of April
A. Sunita Williams C. April 20
B. Peggy Whitson D. Third Saturday of April
C. Jerrie Cobb E. Fourth Sunday of April
D. Sally Ride Answer: A
E. Valentina Tereshkova The World Creativity and Innovation Day (WCID) is
Answer: C celebrated on April 21 every year to raise awareness
America’s first female astronaut candidate, pilot of the role of creativity and innovation in “problem-
Jerrie Cobb, has passed away. In 1961, Cobb became solving and in implementation of the Sustainable
the first woman to pass astronaut testing. Altogether, Development Goals. The Day is a part of the United
13 women passed the arduous physical testing and Nations resolution entitled “Transforming our world:
became known as the Mercury 13. None of the the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.”
Mercury 13 ever reached space. Cobb served for 1231. Which day is observed on 22nd April
decades as a humanitarian aid pilot in the Amazon A. World Monkey Day
jungle B. World Water Day
1228. When is World Liver Day observed? C. World Radio Day
A. April 20 D. Civil Service Day
B. April 18 E. World Earth Day
C. April 19 Answer: E
D. April 17 This day is observed every year on 22 April to mark
E. Apil 22 the anniversary of the birth of the modern
Answer: C environmental movement in 1970. The theme for the
year 2019 is Protect Our Species. In the Universe
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Earth is the only planet where life is possible and so an independent scientific academy of the UK and the
it is necessary to maintain this natural asset. World Commonwealth, dedicated to promoting excellence
Earth Day is celebrated to increase awareness about in science. His honorary fellowship of the world’s
the importance of the planet. oldest scientific academy came alongside 51 new
1232. Which payments bank has appointed Sairee fellows and 10 new foreign members as part of the
Chahal to its board of Directors? 2019 cohort
A. Paytm Payments Bank 1235. Name the Indian-American Professor
B. Airtel Payments Bank inducted into Cleveland International Hall of
C. Fino Payments Bank Fame?
D. Jio Payments Bank A. Sree Sreenath
E. None of these B. Gautham Siraj
Answer: A C. Nitin Patwari
Paytm Payments Bank Ltd (PPB) has appointed D. Siddharth Sharma
entrepreneur Sairee Chahal to its board of directors. E. None of these
Chahal is the founder and CEO of SHEROES — a Answer: A
community platform for women. An Indian-American scientist and social activist has
1233. Name the lady who becomes first Indian been inducted into the prestigious Cleveland
woman to be elected Royal Society Fellow? International Hall of fame for his contribution in
A. Prachand Gupta applications in systems biology, global issues and
B. Gagandeep Kang sustainable development. Prof Sree Sreenath, a long-
C. Jwala Singh time faculty at Case Western Reserve University, was
D. Kangana Peshwar inducted this week into the Cleveland International
E. None of these Hall of Fame, along with five other inductees Dr
Answer: B Akram Boutros, Ingrida Bublys, Paul Burik, Richard
The Royal Society of London has announced a list of Fleischman, and Marilyn Madigan. Sreenath has been
51 eminent scientists elected to its fellowship in the President of Sewa International since 2009.Sewa
year 2019. Among these are Gagandeep Kang, who is International is a charitable organisation specialising
now with the Translational Health Science and in disaster recovery, education, volunteering and
Technology Institute, Faridabad. Dr. Kang is the first development.
Indian woman to be elected to the Fellow of the 1236. Which state Agricultural Universities IPR
Royal Society (FRS). Princeton professors Manjul cell has been selected for the National Intellectual
Bhargava and Akshay Venkatesh have also been Property Award 2019?
elected to the FRS. A. Andhra Pradesh
1234. Who among the following has been elected B. Kerala
an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society, U.K. for C. Tamil Nadu
his service to the cause of science? D. Maharashtra
A. Yusuf Hamied E. Mizoram
B. Younis Hamied Answer: B
C. Sarfaraj Khan The Intellectual Property Rights cell (IPR cell) of
D. Mohamad Shazad Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) has been
E. None of these selected for the National Intellectual Property Award
Answer: A 2019 for its contributions in facilitating registration
Cipla chairman Yusuf Hamied has been elected an of Geographical Indications (GI) and promotion of
Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society, U.K. for his registered GI in the country. The award comprising a
service to the cause of science. The Royal Society is prize money of Rs1 lakh, citation and memento will
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be presented in a function to be held in New Delhi on maritime security cooperation throughout the Indo-
April 26, World IP Day. The award constituted by Pacific.
Indian Intellectual Property Office under the central 1239. With which country does France to hold
ministry of industry and commerce is conferred on largest ever 'Varuna' naval exercise off Goa
persons and organisations working in the field of coast?
patents, trademarks and Geographical Indications
(GI). A. India
1237. Name the Malayalam film directed by B. Sri Lanka
Jayaraj won the best cinematography award at C. Nepal
the Beijing International Film Festival? D. Bhutan
A. Bhayanakam E. Germany
B. Veeram Answer: A
C. Ottal India and France will conduct their largest ever naval
D. Thillakam exercise ‘Varuna’ in May 2019. The objective of this
E. Gulmohar exercise is to expand the strategic partnership
Answer: A between India and France in the Indian Ocean region
Malayalam film Bhayanakam (Fear) directed by (IOR).Varuna Naval Exercise will take place off Goa
Jayaraj won the best cinematography award at the and Karwar from 1 May 2019
Beijing International Film Festival. The 1240. Name the new guided missile destroyer that
cinematography was done by Nikihil S Praveen. The islaunched by Navy chief recently?
film had also won the best cinematography award at A. INS Imphal
the 65th National Film Awards. The film portrays the B. INS Bhopal
visits of first World War veteran to a small village in C. INS Shilong
the backwaters of Kerala’s Kuttanand as a postman D. INS Vikram
during the World War-II. He shares with the families E. None of these
the good and bad news of the soldiers who took part Answer: A
in the war. Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba launched the third
Zero was screened at the end of the festival. ship of Project 15B, a guided missile destroyer
1238. Which is the partner country to join for the Imphal, at Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders, Mumbai.
25th CARAT Exercise Seriesbetween the U.S. The launch marks yet another significant milestone in
Navy, U.S. Marine Corps? the annals of the indigenous warship design and
A. India construction programme of India. With a launch
B. Sri Lanka weight of 3,037 tonnes, the vessel made its first
C. Malaysia contact with water with full fanfare during the
D. Qatar launching ceremony.
E. Russia 1241. What is India’s rank in the Startup
Answer: B Ecosystem Ranking for 2019 by StartupBlink?
25th annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and A. 37th
Training (CARAT) exercise series between the U.S. B. 20th
Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and the armed forces of C. 17th
partner nations held on April 19, 2019 at Hambantota D. 3rd
Port in Sri Lanka.CARAT, the U.S. Navy’s oldest E. 46th
and longest continually-running regional exercise in Answer: A
South Asia and Southeast Asia, strengthens India ranked 17 among 100 countries, based on the
partnerships between regional navies and enhances strength of its startup ecosystem. Top three spots
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remained unchanged with the United States, United 3rd Ladies Asian Snooker Championship from April
Kingdom and Canada. Bangalore, New Delhi and 27 to May 3.Internationally renowned players from
Mumbai were the top cities in the Indian startup around 15 Asian countries will be participating in this
ecosystem championship. The participating countries include
1242. Which payments bank ties up with Bharti India, China, Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong,
AXA for two wheeler insurance? Qatar, Syria, Korea, Japan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Iran
A. Paytm Payments Bank and others.
B. Airtel Payments Bank 1245. Santosh trophy is associated with which
C. Fino Payments Bank sport?
D. Jio Payments Bank A. Football
E. None of these B. Cricket
Answer: B C. Badminton
Airtel Payments Bank has tied up with Bharti AXA D. Hockey
General Insurance to offer two-wheeler insurance to E. None of these
its customers across India.This insurance will be Answer: A
available on My Airtel app and at over 40,000 Airtel Services won their sixth Santosh Trophy title with a
Payments Bank – banking points, with presence even 1-0 victory over home side Punjab, thanks to a
in rural India. second-half strike by Bikash Thapa at the Guru
1243. Name the mobile application that has Nanak Stadium.This was the 73rd edition of the
recently launched by The Election Commission of game.
India (ECI)? 1246. Con de Lange who passed away recently was
A. Voter Turnon app a cricketer from which country?
B. Voter Turnout app A. Ireland
C. Voter Turnoff app B. Netherlands
D. Voter Turnin app C. Afghanistan
E. None of the above D. Scotland
Answer: B E. Kenya
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has Answer: D
launched a new mobile app for the voters across the Scotland all-rounder Con de Lange lost his long
country to see the realtime availability of voter battle with brain tumour and passed away, aged
turnout during the election season in the country.The 38.The South Africa-born de Lange played 21
beta version of the ECI’s Voter Turnout app is internationals for Scotland, making his debut in a
available for download on the Google Play Store and T20I against Ireland in June 2015.
as of now it has been downloaded over 5,000 times. 1247. Rama Sengupta Paul who died recently was
1244. Which city is going to host Asian Billiards, a well known with which profession?
Snooker C'ships? A. Cricketer
A. Chandigarh B. Journalist
B. New Delhi C. Mountaineer
C. Mumbai D. Actress
D. Chennai E. None of these
E. Hyderabad Answer: C
Veteran lady mountaineer of the country Rama
Answer: A Sengupta Paul, who led the first successful all
Chandigarh will host the 18th Asian Billiards, the women expedition to Kerdarnath Dome in Garhwal
20th Under-21 Asian Snooker Championship and the
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Himalaya, died here following a cardiac arrest. She Answer: B
was 66. The Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony (Shilanyas
1248. When was the World Book and Copyright Vidhi) of the first traditional Hindu Mandir in Abu
Day observed every year? Dhabi.Mahant Swami Maharaj, the sixth spiritual
A. 19th April successor of Bhagwan Swaminarayan and the
B. 20th April spiritual head of BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha, will
C. 21st April also preside over the foundation stone laying
D. 22nd April ceremony of the BAPS Hindu Mandir in Abu Dhabi.
E. 23rd April The first traditional temple in Abu Dhabi will act as a
Answer: E catalyst for the flourishment of humanitarian values
Every year on 23rd April this day is celebrated to and harmony between the two countries. The temple
promote the enjoyment of books and reading. It is will become a medium to represent India’s identity.
necessary to recognise the magical powers of books 1251. Which among the following banks has
because they generate a link between the past and the become the first Destination Bank to go live with
future, a bridge between generations and across Net Banking and Debit Card-based e-mandate?
cultures. A. HDFC Bank
1249. The UAE Cabinet has approved the B. Kotak Mahindra Bank
National Artificial Intelligence Strategy to become C. Punjab National Bank
global leader in artificial intelligence by which D. State Bank of India
year? E. Axis Bank
A. 2030 Answer: B
B. 2035 Kotak Mahindra Bank has announced the launch of
C. 2031 an industry-first debit card-based authentication
D. 2025 solution on NPCI’s e-Mandate API platform.Kotak
E. 2025 becomes the first Destination Bank to go live with
Answer: C Net Banking and Debit Card-based e-mandate
The UAE’s Cabinet has adopted a new ‘National authentication, the bank said in a statement adding
Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2031’ aimed at that the capability will enable its customers to create
positioning the UAE as a global leader in AI.The electronic mandates (similar to the erstwhile eNACH
strategy will also seek to develop an “integrated with Aadhaar + OTP) via both the Debit Card and
system that employs artificial intelligence in vital Net Banking channels. In a first-of-its-kind initiative
areas in the UAE.” The strategy includes eight in the industry, customers can register both physical
objectives, including establishing an incubator for AI and e-mandates on a single platform with validation
innovations, the employment of AI in customer on the mandate fields to remove rejections on account
service, attracting and training AI talent and research of various reasons.
capabilities and providing a data-driven infrastructure 1252. Which General Insurance company
to support AI experiments. launches cyber defence insurance for businesses?
1250. The Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony A. Tata AIG General Insurance
(Shilanyas Vidhi) of the first traditional Hindu B. Reliance General Insurance
Mandir in UAE was held in which city? C. SBI General Insurance
A. Dubai D. New India Assurance
B. Abu Dhabi E. Oriental Insurance Company
C. Umm Al Quawain Answer: C
D. Masdar City SBI General Insurance has launched a product to
E. Sharjah protect businesses from financial and reputational
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losses due to cyber attacks. In the initial phase, the Bureau of Police Research and Development
focus will be on SMEs and mid-market (BPR&D), Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of
businesses.This offers protection against the growing India, awarded Sunil Kumar Gautam, IPS, Special
threat of cyber breaches and is designed to protect Commissioner of Police, Operations, Delhi Police
against major insurable cyber exposures like hacking with ”Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant Award” for the
attacks, identity theft, disclosure of sensitive year 2018-19 for his book ”Samvidhan Kavya”
information and business interruption. The new (Constitution of India in Poetic form).The BPR&D
insurance plan of SBI General Insurance comes with rewards 5 best books of Hindi on Police, Forensic
CyRUSS (Cyber Risk Underwriting and Solution Science, Criminology relatef subjects. Cash prize is
Suite). CyRUSS is a cloud-based tool for commercial also given. Apart from this, books of
cyber polices including risk assessment, ongoing risk four other police officers from across the country
management and claim management as well. have also been rewarded.
1253. The Asian Tea Alliance (ATA) is a union of 1255. Who has been appointed as the new
how many Asian countries to promote tea trade? Managing Director of Twitter India?
A. Ten A. Manish Maheshwari
B. Three B. Ashish Chauhan
C. Five C. Sandeep Srivastava
D. Seven D. Gaurav Bhushan
E. Six E. None of these
Answer: C Answer: A
Indian Tea Association, China Tea Marketing Twitter India appointed Manish Maheshwari, former
Association, Indonesian Tea Marketing Association, CEO of Network18 Digital, as Managing Director for
Sri Lanka Tea Board and Japan Tea Association- the the country operations -nearly eight months after its
five bodies from five tea growing and consuming Country Director Taranjeet Singh quit.Balaji Krish,
countries in Asia- have now come forward to form who has been leading Twitter India’s team in the
what is called The Asian Tea Alliance (ATA). The interim, will return to Twitter’s global headquarters
whole idea is to boost tea trade from these countries. in San Francisco to resume his role as Global Head of
ATA, which was floated in Guizhou in China, will Revenue Strategy and Operations at Twitter.
now work towards enhancing tea trade, cultural 1256. Volodymyr Zelensky has recently won the
exchanges, technology exchanges, promoting tea Presidential election of which country?
globally, enhancing global consumption of tea, while A. Ukraine
creating a sustainability agenda for the future of B. Bhutan
Asian tea. Earlier, Indian Tea Association and China C. Peru
Tea Marketing Association teamed up to promote D. Slovakia
green and black tea consumption in major tea markets E. Syria
of Europe, the US, Russia and West Asia, besides
India and China. Answer: A
1254. Who among these has won the Pandit Volodymyr Zelensky, a comedian with no political
Govind Ballabh Pant Award for 2018-19? experience who plays the country’s president on a TV
A. Indrajit Gupta show, has won Ukraine’s presidential election in a
B. Ashok Krishna Dutt landslide, according to a national exit poll. The poll
C. Biren Roy showed Zelensky receiving 73% of the vote,
D. Sunil Kumar Gautam sweeping away Ukraine’s incumbent president, Petro
E. None of these Poroshenko, who conceded defeat.
Answer: D
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1257. Name the former Indian cricketer who has E. Infosys

been choosen as the Corporate Ambassador for Answer: A
Dubai based ‘RAKEZ’ to the Indian Business India’s largest IT services company Tata Consultancy
Community? Services has deployed an integrated solution for India
A. VVS Lakshman Post that has helped modernise a network of more
B. Saurav Ganguly than 1.5 lakh post offices in the country. The
C. Ravi Sastri partnership was aimed at equipping India Post with
D. Sachin Tendulkar modern technologies and systems to enable it to offer
E. Zaheer Khan more services to the customers in an effective
Answer: C manner. In 2013, the Mumbai-based company had
“Champion of Champions”, Former Cricketer Ravi announced receiving an over Rs 1,100- crore multi-
Shastri appointed as Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone year contract from the Department of Posts (DoP) for
(RAKEZ) exclusive Corporate Ambassador to the an end-to-end IT modernisation programme.
Indian Business Community. As brand Ambassador 1260. Which among the following Indian Navy
Ravi Shastri may attract more Indian business leaders Ships going to participate in IFR in China?
to set up or expand their operations in UAE through A. INS Vikramaditya, INS Vikrant
RAKEZ. This first-of-its-kind approach is one of the B. INS Arihant, INS Viraat
many other initiatives that RAKEZ will be launching C. INS Kolkata, INS Shakti
in the future to attract more investors from all over D. INS Arihant, INS Shakti
the world and boost the economic growth of Ras Al E. INS Kolkata, INS Vikrant
Khaimah. Answer: C
1258. India ranks what position in Index of The Indian Navy ships Kolkata and Shakti are
Cancer Preparedness? scheduled to arrive at Qingdao in China on April 21
A. 21st to participate in the International Fleet Review (IFR)
B. 19th as a part of the 70th anniversary celebrations of
C. 23rd People Liberation’s Army (PLA-Navy).International
D. 52nd Fleet Review (IFR) is a parade of naval ships,
E. 63rd aircraft, and submarines, and is organised by nations
to promote goodwill, strengthen cooperation and
Answer: B showcase their organisational capabilities. The Indian
India was ranked at 19 out of 28 countries in Index of Navy would be represented in the Chinese IFR by
Cancer Preparedness (ICP) released by the Economist indigenously built stealth guided missile destroyer
Intelligence Unit (EIU). It was released as part of the INS Kolkata and fleet support ship INS Shakti.
report titled “Cancer preparedness around the world: 1261. India was ranked ____ position among 100
National readiness for a global epidemic” Top 3 countries in Startup Ecosystem Ranking for 2019
countries are: Australia (1st), Netherlands (2nd) and released by StartupBlink
Germany (3rd). Bottom three are: Saudi Arabia A. 15th position
(28th), Romania (27th) and Egypt (26th) B. 17th position
1259. Which IT sector major modernises 1.5 lakh C. 16th position
post offices under multi-year deal with India Post? D. 18th position
E. 21st position
A. TCS Answer: B
B. Wipro India was ranked 17th position among 100 countries
C. Tech Mahindra in Startup Ecosystem Ranking for 2019 released by
D. Capgemini StartupBlink. It was ranked 37th spot last year. The
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report ranks countries based on the strength of its E. Rs 10000 cr
startup ecosystem. It takes into consideration startup Answer: D
ecosystems of 1,000 cities and 100 countries for the State-owned Allahabad Bank the government has
ranking. China was ranked 27th. Bangalore, New increased its authorised capital by Rs. 5,000 crore to
Delhi, Rs. 8,000 crore. The central government after
1262. 1Recently, MoU was signed between consultation with the Reserve Bank of India has
Ministry of AYUSH and CSIR. What is the increased the authorised capital of the bank from Rs.
meaning of S in AYUSH? 3,000 to Rs. 8,000 through Gazette Notification. The
A. Shringaar increase in authorised capital will help enable the
B. Siddha bank to raise further fund up to a maximum ceiling of
C. Sarvgun Rs. 8,000 crore.
D. Sampann 1265. What is the new Minimum subscription
E. Shakti requirement for Real Estate Investment Trusts
Answer: B (REITs) as defined by SEBI?
AYUSH- Ayurveda, Yoga & naturopathy, Unani, A. Rs 1 lakh
Siddha & Homoeopathy. MOU was signed between B. Rs 50,000
the Ministry of AYUSH and Council of Scientific C. Rs 2 lakh
and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi for D. Rs 75,000
cooperation in research and education in areas of E. Rs 85,000
traditional systems of medicine and its integration Answer: B
with modern science. Markets regulator Sebi has reduced the minimum
1263. Which day is observed on 24th April subscription requirement as well as defined trading
A. National Vaccination Day lots for Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and
B. National Maritime Day Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs). REITs
C. National Panchayati Raj Day have to offer their units in lots worth at least Rs.
D. World Sparrow Day 50,000 in initial and follow on public offers. The
E. National Voters Day minimum value of a single lot should be Rs. 1 lakh in
Ansswer: C the case of InvITs.
National Panchayati Raj Day is celebrated every year 1266. The Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards are
on 24 April in India. On this day Constitution came presented annually to honor extraordinary work
into force with effect from 24 April, 1993.In 2010 the in which field?
first National Panchayati Raj Day was celebrated. A A. Journalism
new part in the Constitution Part IX was added by B. Business Program
passing 73rd Amendment Act from Article 243 to C. Sports
243 (O) titled “The Panchayats” and a new Eleventh D. Television and Films
Schedule consisting E. Social Service
of 29 subjects within the functions of Panchayats Answer: B
were also added. Winners in the sixth annual Asia-Pacific Stevie
1264. What is the new authorized capital of the Awards, the awards programme to recognise
Allahabad Bank as notified by the Central innovation in business throughout the entire Asia-
Goernment? Pacific region.Among the winners of the 2019 Asia-
A. Rs 2000 cr Pacific Stevie Awards are 18 organisations in India.
B. Rs 3000 cr In total, they’ll receive 43 Stevie Awards: 10 Gold
C. Rs 5000 cr Stevies, 19 Silver and 14 Bronze. This high number
D. Rs 8000 cr of Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevies is evidence of the
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great performance of organisations in India. Among B. Vikas Khhana
the top overall winners are PT Petrokimia Gresik C. Ranveer Brar
(Indonesia) with eight Gold, nine Silver and 15 D. Madhur Jaffrey
Bronze Stevie Awards and SM Supermalls E. None of these
(Philippines) with three Gold, 25 Silver and 20 Answer: B
Bronze Stevie wins. Michelin-star chef Vikas Khanna has been named
1267. The London School of Economics has brand ambassador of a leading cultural organisation
recently created a new Chair in Inequality Studies which will organise the annual New York Indian
under the name of which famous economist? Film Festival next month that showcases the celebrity
A. Raghuram Rajan chef’s film ‘The Last Color’ and Nawazuddin
B. Amartya Sen Siddiqui-starrer ‘Photograph’. The IAAC will present
C. Jagdish Bhagwati the New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF), North
D. Arvind Subramanian America’s longest-running and most prestigious
E. None of these Indian film festival from May 7 to 12. Sarod maestro
Answer: B Ustad Amjad Ali Khan has accepted to join the IAAC
The London School of Economics and Political board.
Science (LSE) has announced the creation of the 1270. Which country nominated as Guest of
Amartya Sen Chair in Inequality Studies, named in Honour at 29th Abu Dhabi International Book
honour of the India-born economist, philosopher and Fair?
Nobel laureate, who was Professor of Economics at A. Germany
LSE from 1971-82.Sen won the Nobel Prize in B. India
Economics in 1998 and National Humanities Medal C. Russia
in 2012, and is the recipient of many other honors. He D. Australia
works in welfare economics, development E. China
economics, social choice theory, economic theory, Answer: B
and political philosophy. India has been nominated as the “Guest of Honour”
1268. Name the Assocham Secretary General who country at the 29th edition of the Abu Dhabi
resigns recently? International Book Fair (ADIBF).India’s selection as
A. U K Varma the guest of honour reflects the strong relations
B. Siddhrath Mishra between the leadership and the people of the UAE
C. Vikranth Sharma and India. Indian Ambassador to the UAE, Navdeep
D. Anujeeth Patnaik Singh Suri added that 30 publishing houses from
E. None of these India will take part in the fair. Books on the life and
Answer: A struggle of Mahatma Gandhi will be on display as
Uday Kumar Varma, a former bureaucrat who took part of the 150th birth anniversary celebrations. An
over as the Secretary General of Assocham in August annual fair is a major event in the publishing sector in
last year, has resigned from the post.Verma resigned the Middle East and North Africa. It will conclude
from the industry chamber last week and Assocham on the 30th of this month.
Deputy Secretary General Saurabh Sanyal is 1271. Indian Ambassador presented 100
discharging the duties of secretary general at present. motorized wheelchairs to the Afghan National
1269. Name the star chef who has been named Army (ANA). Who is the current Ambassador to
brand ambassador of a leading cultural Afghanistan?
organisation which will organise the annual New A. Vinay Kumar
York Indian Film Festival next month? B. Gautam Bambawale
A. Sanjeev Kapoor C. Ruchi Ghanashyam
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D. Harsh Vardhan Shringla B. Bank of Baroda
E. None of these C. Syndicate Bank
Answer: A D. Bank of Maharashtra
Indian Ambassador Vinay Kumar presented 100 E. State Bank of India
motorized wheelchairs to the Afghan National Army Answer: C
(ANA).India also remains committed to extending Syndicate Bank and BEML have signed a MoU for
medical relief and assistance to the ANA personnel. financing Earth Moving & Construction Equipment
Till date, Indian Army has also trained 4880 ANA manufactured by BEML.Under the MOU, BEML
personnel in various professional, educational and will nominate Syndicate Bank as a preferred financer
military training programs, including training ANA for financing its customers. The customers under the
doctors and medical technicians tie-up arrangement will be provided loans in the
1272. Ministry of Ayush and Council of Scientific range of Rs. 20 lakh to Rs. 3 crore and preferential
and Industrial Research (CSIR) has signed MoU pricing by Syndicate Bank. Financing Equipment of
for cooperation in which of the following sector? BEML will be covered under ‘SPECIAL’ scheme of
A. Research and Education of traditional system of the Bank. Syndicate Bank and BEML expect to book
medicines business worth Rs.100 crore by March 2020.
B. Occupational Safety and Health 1274. Which team has won the 6th Santosh
C. Road Infrastructure Sector Trophy Football Tournament title that held in
D. Geology and Mineral Resources Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana?
E. None of these A. Assam Football Team
Answer: A B. Goa Football Team
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was C. Services Football Team
signed between the Ministry of AYUSH and Council D. Delhi Football Team
of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for E. None of these
cooperation in research and education in areas of Answer: C
traditional systems of medicine and its integration With a second-half strike by Bikash Thapa at the
with modern science. Under the MoU, both the Guru Nanak Stadium in Ludhiana, Services won their
organisations will jointly pursue R&D covering 6th Santosh Trophy Football Tournament title with a
fundamental research; AYUSH specific diagnostic 1-0 victory over Punjab. The Services football team
tools; linking microbiome, gene expression and represents the Indian defense services in the Santosh
prakriti; multi-ingredient herbal formulations, Trophy.Earlier, Punjab beat Goa 2-1 to reach the
including their standardisation; exploring modern Santosh Trophy-finals for the 1st time in 8 years.The
scientific methods for integration with traditional last time that Services played in the Santosh Trophy
Indian Systems of Medicine (ISM); linking disease final was in 2015, at the same venue and against the
signatures; preserving and protecting traditional same opposition, Punjab. Then they had won the
knowledge related to the Indian systems of healthcare match by 5-4 on penalties after it ended 0-0 post extra
through the existing TKDL platform; and, time.
Development of international standardised 1275. India’s Bajrang Punia is related with which
terminologies (disease-morbidity codes) in Ayurveda, sport?
Siddha and Unani (ASU), Database on Medicinal A. Wrestling
plants, Foods, etc. B. Badminton
1273. With which bank does BEML have signed a C. Athletics
MoU for financing Earth Moving & Construction D. Kabbaddi
Equipment manufactured by BEML? E. None of these
A. Punjab National Bank Answer: A
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India clinched one gold, one silver and bronze at the B. Zimbabwe
Asian Wrestling Championship in China’s Xian. C. Mali
World number one Bajrang Punia logged 10 points in D. Madagascar
a row in the gold medal bout to reclaim his Asian E. Syria
Championship crown. He defeated Kazakhstan’s Answer: A
Sayatbek Okassov. Another Indian Parveen Rana, The world’s first malaria vaccine has been launched
lost to Bahman Mohammad Teymouri of Iran in the in Malawi after concerted efforts of over 30 years to
final 0-3 in 79kg category securing a silver medal. In protect children from the deadly disease that claims
97 Kg category Satywart Kadian, picked a bronze over 435,000 lives globally every year. The launch of
medal defeating Haobin Gao of China by 8-2. the first and only malaria vaccine, known as RTS,S
1276. Which of the following dates is observed as makes Malawi the first of three countries in Africa
the International Day of Multilateralism and where it will be made available to children up to 2
Diplomacy for Peace? years of age. Ghana and Kenya will introduce the
A. April 24 vaccine in the coming weeks.
B. April 23 1279. Which country released a special
C. April 22 commemorative stamp on the theme of Ramayana
D. April 21 to mark the 70th anniversary of diplomatic ties
E. April 20 with India?
Answer: A A. Malaysia
The International Day of Multilateralism and B. Bhutan
Diplomacy for Peace was officially proclaimed to be C. Indonesia
observed ever year on 24 April by the UN General D. Sri Lanka
Assembly on December 12, 2018 through resolution E. Nepal
A/RES/73/127. The Day is a reaffirmation of the UN Answer: C
Charter and its principles of resolving disputes Indonesia released a special commemorative stamp
among countries through peaceful means. on the theme of Ramayana to mark the 70th
1277. World Malaria Day is an international event anniversary of diplomatic ties with India.The stamp,
observed every year on 25 April. What is the designed by renowned Indonesian sculptor Padmashri
theme of the day for the year 2019? Bapak Nyoman Nuart, features a scene from Hindu
A. Zero malaria starts with me epic Ramayana in which Jatayu valiantly fought to
B. Invest in the future: defeat malaria save Sita. India’ Ambassador Pradeep Kumar Rawat
C. Ready to beat malaria and Indonesia’s Deputy Foreign Minister
D. End Malaria For Good Abdurrahman Mohammad Fachir jointly presided
E. Achieving Progress and Impact over the inaugural event organised to flag off the 70th
Answer: A anniversary of establishment of diplomatic ties
World Malaria Day is an international event observed between the two countries.
every year on 25 April. The theme of the day for the 1280. Israel has announced to name a community
year 2019 is “Zero malaria starts with me”. This day in its Golan Heights after which of these leaders?
is celebrated to spread awareness about malaria A. Barack Obama
disease globally and also gives people the chance to B. Narendra Modi
promote or learn about the efforts made to prevent C. Vladimir Putin
malaria around the world. D. Donald Trump
1278. Which country has launched the world’s E. Xi Jinping
first and only vaccine for malaria? Answer: D
A. Malawi
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intends to the promotion of press freedom, particularly in the
to name a new settlement in the Golden heights after face of great personal risk”.
US President Donald Trump. This decision has been 1283. Who has been conferred with the National
taken as an expression of gratitude towards Mr Intellectual Property Award for 2019 in the
Trump for his historic decision to recognise Israel’s category of Top Individual for Patents and
sovereignty over the Golan Heights.Israel captured Commercialization?
the Golan from Syria in a 1967 war and annexed the A. Steve Antony
territory in 1981, however, the move was not B. Mark Antony
recognized internationally, until Trump signed a C. Antony Malcam
decree recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the D. Benny Antony
strategic plateau. E. None of these
1281. Which country has successfully tested the Answer: D
world’s first floating nuclear power plant (NPP), Benny Antony, Joint Managing Director, the Kochi-
Akademik Lomonosova? based Arjuna Natural Ltd, has been conferred with
A. India the National Intellectual Property Award for 2019 in
B. Russia the category of Top Individual for Patents and
C. China Commercialization.Along with the National IP
D. Bhutan Award, the Intellectual Property Office India and the
E. Germany World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
have jointly conferred the ‘WIPO Medal for
Answer: B Inventors’ The Indian Intellectual Property Office
Russia has successfully tested the world’s first bestows National Intellectual Property (IP) awards to
floating nuclear power plant (NPP), Akademik outstanding innovators, organisations and companies
Lomonosova subsidiary of Rosatom nuclear in the field of patents, designs, trademarks and
corporation. geographical indications on the occasion of World IP
1282. Who has been named as the 71st World Day every year.
Press Freedom Hero by the International Press 1284. For the first time, Pradhan Mantri Mudra
Institute (IPI)? Yojana missed its loan disbursement target in
A. Beena Sarwar FY19 by what amount?
B. Hamid Mir A. Rs 25000
C. Somy Ali B. Rs 26000
D. Cyril Almeida C. Rs 27000
E. None of these D. Rs 30000
Answer: D E. Rs 24000
A Pakistani journalist has won the World Press Answer: C
Freedom Hero award of The International Press Small business loans disbursed under the Pradhan
Institute (IPI) for his “critical” and “tenacious Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) have fallen short of
coverage” of the civil-military relations in Pakistan. the target set for 2018-19.Against a target of Rs. 3-
The IPI, a global network of editors, media lakh crore, only Rs. 2.73-lakh crore was disbursed as
executives and leading journalists in over 100 on March 31, 2019, according to government data.
countries, named Dawn Assistant Editor Cyril This is first time that the target was unmet in the last
Almeida as its 71st World Press Freedom Hero. IPI’s three years. There have been reports of a 50 per cent
World Press Freedom Hero Award honours increase in the non-performing assets of Mudra loans
journalists “who have made significant contributions in the first three quarters of last fiscal.
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1285. Which bank has launched India’s first D. Capgemine

‘Green Car Loan’ to encourage customers to buy E. None of these
electric vehicles? Answer: B
A. State Bank of India Chinese telecom company Huawei’s business arm,
B. Bank of Baroda Huawei Cloud, and IT firm, Infosys, signed a
C. Punjab National Bank memorandum on strategic cooperation to jointly
D. Syndicate Bank develop solutions around cloud computing services
E. Bank of Maharashtra for business organisations.The cloud computing
Answer: A system helps entities use software, store data and
State Bank of India announced the country’s first other IT related work without the need to buy
‘Green Car Loan’ (Electric Vehicle) to encourage complete software or hardware that they may need
customers to buy electric vehicles. The new scheme for computing purposes.
will offer loan at 20 basis points lesser than the 1288. Name the government only chat appthat is
interest rate on the existing car loan schemes.The launched by France government?
EMI per Rs. 1 lakh will be lower at Rs. 1,468 for 96 A. Sahap
months against Rs. 1,622 for 84 months, based on the B. Mahap
maximum tenor, in line with the existing scheme. C. Tchap
1286. What is the shareholding of the Government D. Khuap
of India in National Housing Bank? E. None of these
A. 75% Answer: C
B. 85% France made good on its promise to launch a secure
C. 95% government-only chat app although it almost didn’t
D. 55% turn out that way. The country has introduced a beta
E. 100% version of Tchap, a messaging app that helps officials
Answer: E communicate with each other through Android, iOS
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has divested its and the web with reportedly greater security. All
entire stake in Nabard and National Housing Bank private conversations are encrypted end-to-end,
(NHB) for Rs. 20 crore and Rs. 1,450 crore, on 26 antivirus software screens all attachments and all data
February and 19 March, respectively.With this, the is stored in France. You only need a French
Government of India now holds 100% stake in both government email address to sign up, though, and
the financial institutions. RBI held 100% that’s where the security issue resided.
shareholding in NHB, which was divested on 19 1289. Name the Indian female cricketer who was
March 2019. The current change in the capital awarded as the ‘Best Sportsperson’ award by the
structure of both the financial institutions was Calcutta Sports Journalists’ Club?
brought in by the Government of India through A. Jhulan Goswami
amendments to the NABARD Act, 1981 and the B. Smriti Mandana
NHB Act, 1987 C. Mithali Raj
1287. Chinese telecom company Huawei’s business D. Amita Sharma
arm, Huawei Cloud, signed a memorandum on E. Harmanpreet Kaur
strategic cooperation to jointly develop solutions Answer: A
around cloud computing services for business Jhulan Goswami, world’s leading wicket-taker in
organisations with which IT company? women’s one-day internationals, was awarded the
A. Wipro ‘Best Sportsperson’ award by the Calcutta Sports
B. Infosys Journalists’ Club.The CSJS also honoured Bengal’s
C. TCS Ranji Trophy winning captain and former national
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selector Sambaran Banerjee and former India winger C. Bank of Mexico
Sukumar Samajpati with the ‘Lifetime Achievement’ D. RBI
awards. Awardees: Best Sportsperson: Jhulan E. None of these
Goswami; Lifetime Achievement awards: Sambaran Answer: D
Banerjee and Sukumar Samajpati; Special award The Reserve Bank of India is the first central bank in
(bridge): Shibnath De Sarkar and Pranab Bardhan; the Asia-Pacific region to begin an explicit interest
Special award (kabaddi): Payel Chowdhury; rate easing cycle. The monetary policy committee led
Promising Sportsperson of the Year: Neelash Saha. by Shaktikanta Das cut the repo rate by 0.25
1290. Punekar Puranik Yogendra first ethnic percentage point in February 2019 and again by 0.25
Indian to win Japan election. He belongs to which percentage point in March 2019, taking the total repo
city? rate down to 6 per cent, the lowest in about nine years
A. Mumbai since 2010 Inflation at 2.9 per cent has remained
B. Kolkata within the RBI’s comfort zone of 4 per cent (+/- 2 per
C. Pune cent). Fitch has predicted GDP growth rate of 6.8%
D. Jaipur in FY20 for India.
E. Aizwal 1293. Which among the given banks has received
Answer: C the approval from National Company Law
A Pune-born man has become the first ethnic Indian Tribunal (NCLT) recently to merge with the
to contest and win an election in Japan. “Yogi”, has NBFC Bharat Financial Inclusion?
been elected to Tokyo’s Edogawa Ward A. Yes Bank
assembly.Puranik Yogendra, a naturalized Japanese, B. Kotak Mahindra Bank
secured 6,477 votes, the fifth highest of the 226,561 C. IndusInd Bank
valid ballots cast, in the April 21 poll, part of unified D. HDFC Bank
local elections held across Japan, the Asahi Shimbun E. Karnataka Bank
1291. Which day is observed on 26th April? Answer: C
A. Legal Services Day NCLT Mumbai approves IndusInd Bank and Bharat
B. World Intellectual Property Day Financial Inclusion Ltd merger. As per the report, the
C. World Day of Handicapped merger is expected to complete within 2-4 weeks.
D. National Post Day Post-merger, microfinance firm Bharat Financial will
E. World Immunization Day become a subsidiary of the private lender
Answer: B 1294. Name the Indian cryptocurrency exchange
World Intellectual Property Day is observed annually which has launched first of its kind wholesale
on 26 April. The theme for the year 2019 is Reach for cryptocurrency trading platform.
Gold: IP and Sports. The event was established by the A. Zebpay
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in B. BuyUcoin
2000 to “raise awareness of how patents, copyright, C. UNOCOIN
trademarks and designs impact on daily life” and “to D. Coinsecure
celebrate creativity, and the contribution made by E. None of these
creators and innovators to the development of Answer: B
societies across the globe” BuyUcoin, is a New Delhi based Indian
1292. According to Fitch Ratings, which is the first Cryptocurrency Exchange, which is the second oldest
central bank of Asia-Pacific (APAC) region to Cryptocurrency Exchange in India, has announced
start interest rate easing cycle? the launch of a new and unique platform for
A. Central Bank of the Russia wholesale cryptocurrency trading which allows its
B. Federal Reserve users to trade on a large scale with low price
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fluctuations.The platform currently works on free B. Rajni Patwardhan
trading model, charges zero fee on any trade. The C. Sarojini Dikhale
platform is aptly described and known as OTC (Over- D. Mini Ipe
the-counter) desk. It is preferred by traders who deal E. None of these
with cryptocurrency in bulk and want to resist much Answer: D
price fluctuations during the trade. Mini Ipe took charge as zonal manager of Life
1295. Which airways has become the first airline Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), South Central
in the Gulf region to operate a flight without any Zone. She is the first woman zonal manager (in-
single-use plastics on board? charge) of the corporation. LIC’s South Central Zone
A. Oman Air comprises the States of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh
B. Guldf Air and Karnataka. Prior to the present assignment, she
C. Etihad Airways was executive director (International Operations)
D. Emirates looking after the foreign operations of LIC’s
E. Air Arabia subsidiaries, joint ventures and branches. She has
Answer: C also worked as director and CEO of LICHFL
The UAE’s flag carrier Etihad Airways has become Financial Services Ltd.
the first airline in the Gulf region to operate a flight 1298. Who has been honored with the Master
without any single-use plastics on board. The Deenanath Mangeshkar Lifetime Award 2019?
objective is to raise awareness about pollution. The A. Helen
milestone flight is part of Etihad’s pledge to reduce B. Javed Akhtar
single-use plastic usage by 80 per cent not just in- C. Salim Khan
flight, but across the entire organisation by the end of D. Mahesh Bhatt
2022 E. Madhur Bhandarkar
1296. Ex-army chief Dalbir Singh Suhag Answer: C
appointed as India high commissioner to which National Award-winning filmmaker Madhur
country? Bhandarkar, popular scriptwriter Salim Khan and
A. Maldives yesteryears dancing diva Helen were honoured with
B. Madagascar the prestigious Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Award
C. Seychelles at a ceremony
D. Mauritius 1. For music and art – Classical dancer, Smt.
E. None of these Sucheta Bhide-Chapekar
Answer: C 2. Lifetime award (Jeevan Gaurav Puraskar) –
Former Army chief Dalbir Singh Suhag has been Salim Khan
appointed as India’s next high commissioner to 3. Special Award – Madhur Bhandarkar (for
Seychelles. General (retired) Suhag was the Army his contribution to Indian Cinema)
chief from July 31, 2014, to December 31, 2016. He 4. Special Award – Helen (for her contribution
was also part of the Indian Peace Keeping Force to Indian Cinema)
(IPKF) in Sri Lanka in 1987. India is developing 5. The Vagvilasini Award – Vasant Abaji
Assumption Island in Seychelles as a naval base to Dahake (for Literature)
expand its footprint in the strategically-key region 6. Mohan Wagh Award – Bhadrakali
1297. Who among the following has become the Productions “Soyare Sakal” (for Best Drama
first female to be appointed as the Zonal Manager of the Year)
of Life Insurance Corporation of India for South 7. Anandmayee Puraskar – Pandit Suresh
Central Zone Talwalkar of Taalyogi Ashram (for espousing
A. Usha Sangwan a social cause)
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1299. Name the winner of Rabindranath Tagore A. 17

Literary Prize 2019 for Literature? B. 21
A. Swapan Saha C. 19
B. Manoj Michigan D. 23
C. Rana Dasgupta E. 15
D. N K Salil Answer: A
E. Visherwar Iyer The 23rd edition of the Asian Athletics
Answer: C Championship concluded in Doha, Qatar. India ended
The second edition of Rabindranath Tagore Literary at the fourth spot in the medals tally with 3 Gold, 7
Prize was awarded to author Rana Dasgupta for his Silver and 7 Bronze. Bahrain topped the table with 11
2010 novel “Solo”, a tale of estrangement and the Gold, 7 Silver and 4 Bronze. China was second with
ultimate failure of material existence.An amount of 10 Gold, 13 Silver and 7 Bronze The four-day event
$10,000, a Tagore statue and a certificate for saw participation from 63 nations across the world.
contribution to literature was given to Dasgupta. The Gold winners
Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize for social Tejinder Pal Singh Toor- Men’s Shot put
achievement was awarded to Yohei Sasakawa, the Gomathi Marimuthu- Women’s 800 m
World Health Organization Goodwill Ambassador U. Chitra- Women’s 1500 m
for Leprosy Elimination, for “his incredible efforts to 1302. Saurabh Chaudhary is an Indian athlete
uproot leprosy and great contribution to world related to which event?
peace”. The Prize was also awarded to Taiwan A. Javelin Throw
President Tsai Ing-wen as “a beacon of democracy”, B. Shot Put
1300. Which cityhosted the ABU Media Summit C. 10,000 m
on Climate Action and Disaster Preparedness D. Relay Race
2019? E. 10 metres Air Pistol
A. New Delhi Answer: E
B. Bejing India opened its medal account with gold each in 10
C. Khatmandu metres Air Rifle Mixed Team and 10 metres Air
D. Colombo Pistol Mixed team events at ISSF World Cup in
E. Thimphu Beijing. Young shooters Manu Bhaker and Saurabh
Answer: C Chaudhary took the top spot in the 10 metres Air
5th Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) Media Pistol Mixed Team event. Anjum Moudgil and
Summit on Climate Action and Disaster Preparedness Divyansh Singh Panwar won the gold in the 10
began in Kathmandu. The theme of the two-day metres Air Rifle Mixed Team event.
summit is “Media Solutions for Sustainable Future: 1303. The World Immunization Week 2019 is
Saving Lives, Building Resilient being observed worldwide between April 24 and
Communities”. Nepal’s Minister for Communication April 30 to promote the importance of vaccination
and Information Technology Gokul Prasad Baskota and immunization. What is the theme for the year
inaugurated the summit. The basic aim of the summit 2019?
is to address the issue of fully utilizing media’s A. Protected Together: Vaccines Work
potential of accelerating climate action and disaster B. Close the immunization gap
preparedness and connect stakeholders to media C. Are you up-to-date
professionals for collaboration and joint practical D. Protect your world – get vaccinated
projects. E. Immunization saves lives
1301. How may medals have been won by India at Answer: A
the 2019 Doha Asian Athletics Championships?
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The World Immunization Week 2019 is being 1306. RBI to introduce new Rs. 20 banknote.
observed worldwide between April 24 and April 30 What is the Dimension of the new Rs 20
to promote the importance of vaccination and denomination banknote?
immunization. The Day is initiated by the efforts of A. 63 mm x 132 mm
World Health Organisation. The theme for the year B. 63 mm x 129 mm
2019 is Protected Together: Vaccines Work C. 63 mm x 122 mm
1304. What is the rate of interest approved by the D. 63 mm x 136 mm
Ministry of Finance on Employees’ Provident E. 63 mm x 133 mm
Fund (EPF) for 2018-19? Answer: B
A. 8.25% The Reserve Bank of India announced it will
B. 8.00% “shortly” issue banknotes of Rs 20 denomination in
C. 8.65% the Mahatma Gandhi (new) series.The new Rs. 20
D. 8.15% note will feature a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi on the
E. 8.68% front and a motif of the Ellora caves on the back,
Answer: C “depicting the country’s cultural heritage”, The RBI
The Finance Ministry has approved 8.65 per cent rate said the base colour of the note is greenish yellow. It
of interest on Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) for will bear the signature of RBI Governor Shaktikanta
2018-19 as decided by retirement fund body EPFO, Das. Dimension of the banknote will be 63 mm x 129
benefitting more than 6 crore formal sector workers. mm
The Department of Financial Services (DFS), a wing 1307. Which among the following companies
of Finance Ministry, has given its concurrence to becomes world's third company to be worth $1
Employees Provident Fund Organisation’s (EPFO) trillion?
decision to provide 8.65 per cent rate of interest for A. Microsoft
2018-19 to its subscribers. The EPFO had provided a B. Samsung
five-year low interest rate of 8.55 per cent to its C. Facebook
subscribers for 2017-18. D. Amazon
1305. The MERA India initiative aims to eliminate E. Alphabet
Malaria in India by which year? Answer: A
A. 2035 Microsoft has reached a valuation of one trillion
B. 2022 dollars for the first time after posting a 19pc increase
C. 2025 in profits.It makes Microsoft only the third publicly-
D. 2030 traded company in history to reach the threshold,
E. 2032 after Apple and Amazon passed it. Apple was the
Answer: D first to hit the historic mark in August, followed by
The Indian Council of Medical Research has Amazon, which operates cloud-computing services
launched the ‘Malaria Elimination Research Alliance that compete with Microsoft
(MERA) India’ – a conglomeration of partners 1308. Who has been named as the new Chief
working on malaria control – in order to prioritise, Executive Officer (CEO) of SWIFT?
plan and scale up research to eliminate the disease A. Yawar Shah
from India by 2030.The National Vector Borne B. Javier Perez Tasso
Diseases Control Program (NVBDCP) of India has C. Gottfried Leibbrandt
developed a comprehensive framework to achieve the D. Andrew Torchia
overarching vision of “Malaria free India by 2030”. E. None of these
Answer: B
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The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial access basic payment and banking services. These
Telecommunication (SWIFT) has named Javier include cash withdrawals and deposits as well as
Pérez-Tasso as its new CEO.He will replace the balance enquiries.
present CEO Gottfried Leibbrandt on July 01, 2019. 1311. Aegon Life Insurance company has joined
1309. Which countries scientists have succeeded in with which technology company to launch an Rs
creating what they called the first-ever artificial 20 smart digital insurance product?
crater on an asteroid, a step towards shedding A. Paytm
light on how the solar system evolved. B. PayPal
A. India C. PhonePe
B. China D. MobiKwik
C. Japan E. None of these
D. Russia Answer: D
E. USA Aegon Life Insurance, pioneer of digital insurance in
Answer: C India and MobiKwik, India’s leading FinTech
Japanese scientists have succeeded in creating what Company; have joined hands to launch an Rs 20
they called the first-ever artificial crater on an smart digital insurance product.The strategic partners
asteroid, a step towards shedding light on how the have announced the launch of an assorted insurance
solar system evolved.The announcement comes after product called the Aegon Life Group Term Plus Plan
the Hayabusa2 probe fired an explosive device at the with both death and accidental disability benefit,
Ryugu asteroid early this month to blast a crater in available exclusively on MobiKwik App. One can
the surface and scoop up material, aiming to purchase this plan by paying as little as Rs 20 in
reveal more about the origins of life on Earth. premium for a sum assured of Rs 2 lakhs which
1310. Wirecard, the global innovation leader in includes term insurance and accidental disability.
digital financial technoloy, has tied up with which 1312. Name the winner of the inaugural Asian
Indian bank, to promote financial inclusion in Snooker Tour
India? A. Aditya Mehta
A. HDFC Bank B. Ehsan Heydari Nezhad
B. RBL Bank C. Pankaj Advani
C. Axis Bank D. Yasin Merchant
D. IndusInd Bank E. None of these
E. State Bank of India Answer: C
Answer: B India’s ace cueist Pankaj Advani defeated Ehsan
The new services are powered by India’s Aadhaar Heydari Nezhad of Iran 6-4 to claim the inaugural
Enabled Payment Services (AEPS) to enable Asian Snooker Tour title.Advani had earlier won the
customer identification at the point-of-sale Wirecard, second leg of the Tour in China. The Tour was held
the global innovation leader in digital financial in three parts and played in Doha (Qatar), Jinan
technology, announced an expanded partnership with (China) and Bengaluru (India).
RBL Bank to promote financial inclusion in India. 1313. Stéphanie Frappart who recently became
This partnership will make digital payment and the first female referee hails from which country?
banking transactions more readily accessible to all A. Australia
Indian citizens, including those living in remote B. New Zealand
areas. In partnership with RBL, Wirecard will C. South Africa
empower its retail agents, who serve as customer D. West Indies
service representatives in various areas across the E. France
country, to enable the financially underserved to Answer: E
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Stephanie Frappart will become the first woman to 1316. By what percent does the central
referee a French Ligue 1 football match when government increases the customs duty on
Amiens host Strasbourg on Sunday (April wheatcurb imports and protect the domestic
28).Stephanie Frappart, selected by FIFA for the industry.
Women’s World Cup in France, has been appointed A. 10%
by the FFF Refereeing Direction for the match on the B. 20%
34th day of Ligue 1 between Amiens SC and RC C. 30%
Strasbourg. She will also be the only referee from D. 40%
France who will be officiating at the Women’s World E. 50%
Cup to be held there this June. Answer: A
1314. When is the World Day for Safety and The government has hiked the customs duty on wheat
Health at Work celebrated? to 40 percent from 30 percent to curb imports and
A. April 25 protect the domestic industry. The Central Board of
B. April 26 Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has hiked the
C. April 27 basic customs duty (BCD) on wheat to 40 percent. In
D. April 28 May last year, the government had hiked BCD on
E. April 29 wheat to 30 percent from 20 percent. The country’s
Answer: D wheat production this season might cross 100 million
This day is observed on 28 April every year by the tonnes, an all-time high. The output stood at record
International Labour Organisation (ILO) since 2003. 99.70 million tonnes in the 2017-18 crop year (July-
This day marks how to improve occupational safety, June).
health and looks for continuing these efforts through 1317. Which city hosted the Second edition of Belt
several changes like technology, demographics, and Road Forum 2019?
climate change etc. The theme for 2019 is Safety and A. New Delhi
Health and the future of work. B. Beijing
1315. World Veterinary Day is observed on 28 C. Mascow
April globally to raise awareness in the public D. Washington D.C
about the important roles veterinarian’s plays. E. Geneva
What is the theme of the day for 2019? Answer: B
A. Value of Vaccination The second edition of Belt and Road Forum (BRF)
B. Antimicrobial resistance – from awareness to was held in Beijing, China from April 25th to April
action 27th, 2019 in which 37 heads-of-state and 159
C. The role of the veterinary profession in sustainable countries had participated along with United Nations
development to improve livelihoods, food security Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and International
and safety Monetary Chief (IMF) Christine Lagarde. The theme
D. Vector-Borne Diseases with a Zoonotic Potential of this event was “Belt and Road Cooperation:
E. None of these Shaping a Brighter Shared Future”.
Answer: A 1318. What is the new deadline for entities with
World Veterinary Day is observed on 28 April net worth of above Rs.10000 million to implement
globally to raise awareness in the public about the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) for participation in
important roles veterinarian’s plays. This day is non-derivative markets?
created by the World organisation for Animal Health A. 31 March 2020
and the World Veterinary Association. The theme for B. 31 December 2019
2019 is Value of Vaccination C. 30 April 2019
D. 31 December 2020
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E. 31 August 2020 B. 400 crore
Answer: B C. 300 crore
The RBI extended the deadline for Legal Entity D. 200 crore
Identifier (LEI) codes for participation in non- E. 100 crore
derivative markets. Now, the deadline for entities Answer: E
with net worth of over Rs. 1,000 crore to get the code The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi)
is December 31, 2019, against the earlier deadline of has prescribed that all recognised clearing
April 30 this year. This is also the deadline for those corporations in International Financial Services
with net worth between Rs. 200 crore and Rs. 1,000 Centre (IFSC), need to maintain Rs. 50 crore net
crore, while for entities with net worth of less than worth in the form of liquid assets on commencement
Rs. 200 crore, the deadline has been extended to of operations. SEBI has announced that the minimum
March 31, 2020. Net worth Requirements for Clearing Corporations in
1319. The NBFC Ombudsman Scheme 2018 has International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) over a
been extended to Non-Deposit Taking Non- period of three years from the commencement of
Banking Financial Companies with assets size of operations should be at least Rs 100 Crore. This has
Rs _________ and above been reduced from Rs. 300 crore earlier
A. Rs 100 crore 1321. Which among the following banks has
B. Rs 50 crore launched the life insurance product
C. Rs 200 crore ‘Webassurance’ in collaboration with its
D. Rs 150 crore insurance partner for the banks customers?
E. Rs 175 crore A. Axis Bank
Answer: A B. State Bank of India
Reserve Bank of India has announced to extend the C. HDFC Bank
ambit of Ombudsman scheme for NBFCs to all D. Canara Bank
eligible non-deposit taking NBFCs as well. The E. Punjab National Bank
scheme which lays down rules for redressal Answer: D
mechanism in cases of customer complaints was Public sector lender Canara Bank and its life
earlier applicable only to deposit-taking NBFCs. All insurance partner Canara HSBC Oriental Bank of
Non-Deposit Taking Non-Banking Financial Commerce Life Insurance announced the launch of
Companies having customer interface, with assets ’Webassurance’. Four life insurance products of
size of Rupees 100 crore or above will come within Canara HSBC OBC Life would be made available to
the ambit, and shall comply with the provisions of the customers of Canara Bank, covering the key needs of
Ombudsman Scheme for Non-Banking Financial child future, savings and investments, retirement
Companies. The scheme still excludes various NBFC planning and protection. Canara HSBC OBC Life is
groups such as Infrastructure Finance Companies jointly owned by two public sector banks Canara
(NBFC-IFC), Core Investment Company (CIC), Bank (51 per cent) and Oriental Bank of Commerce
Infrastructure Debt Fund-Non-Banking Financial (23 per cent) and HSBC Insurance (Asia Pacific)
Company (IDF-NBFC) and also NBFCs under Holdings (26 per cent), the Asian insurance arm of
liquidation. banking and financial services groups HSBC.
1320. SEBI has reduced the minimum Net worth 1322. IRDAI forms panel to review
Requirements for Clearing Corporations in microinsurance framework. Who is the chairman
International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) of the committee?
over a period of three years from the A. Suresh Mathur
commencement of operations to Rs _______ B. Subhash Chandra Khuntia
A. 500 crore C. Vijay Bhoopathi
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D. Ramesh Verma former Protea played 166 Tests, 328 ODIs and 25
E. None of these T20Is, returning 62 hundreds and 577 wickets.
Answer: A 1325. Indian Army has signed an MoU with which
The Insurance Regulatory and Development company for construction of tunnels on borders
Authority of India (IRDAI) has set up a committee to with China and Pakistan?
review the regulatory framework on microinsurance A. ONGC
and recommend measures to increase the demand for B. NTPC
such products. With IRDAI Executive Director C. NHPC
Suresh Mathur as the chairman, the 13-member panel D. HPCL
has been tasked with suggesting product designs with E. None of these
customer-friendly underwriting, including easy Answer: C
premium payment methods and simple claims Indian Army signed an MoU with National
settlement procedures Hydroelectric Power Corporation Limited (NHPC) to
1323. The Max Bupa Health insurance company construct tunnels on borders with China and Pakistan
has tied up with bank to launch AnyTimeHealth for storage of ammunition and other war-related
(ATH) machines? equipment. Under the pilot project, three tunnels will
A. Yes Bank be built on China border while one will be built along
B. ICICI Bank the Line of Control with Pakistan. It is difficult to
C. HDFC Bank move heavy equipment in the mountainous region
D. Kotak Mahindra Bank bordering China due to lack of infrastructure
E. Axis Bank development, the tunnel will strengthen the defensive
Answer: C capabilities of the Army as well as protect the
HDFC Bank and Max Bupa (insurance company) ammunition and other stored equipment from the air-
have launched a ‘‘AnyTimeHealth (ATH)’ machines. strikes and detection by the enemy satellite.
ATH machine is completely automated, technology- 1326. Claire Polosak who recently became the first
based model which allows customers to avail health female umpire to officiate men’s ODI hails from
assessment and buy a policy instantly, without any which country?
manual intervention. In the phase-1, 15-20 ATH A. Australia
machines will be installed at HDFC Bank branches B. New Zealand
across multiple cities. C. South Africa
1324. Who has been honoured with the Order of D. West Indies
Ikhamanga in the Silver Division. E. England
A. Jacques Kallis Answer: A
B. Stuart Broad Australia’s Claire Polosak will create history as the
C. Ricky Pointing first woman umpire ever to stand in a men’s One-Day
D. Kumara Sangarkara International when she takes the field in the final of
E. Sachin Tendulkar the ICC World Cricket League Division 2. She has
Answer: A also performed well in ICC events, standing in the
Ex-South Africa all-rounder Jacques Kallis has been semifinal of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2018
honoured with the Order of Ikhamanga in the Silver between England and India and four matches at the
Division. The national honour is bestowed by the ICC Women’s World Cup 2017, reflecting her rapid
President of South Africa on citizens who have made rise to success.
significant contributions to arts, literature, music, 1327. Name the player to win the Outstanding
journalism, culture and sports. Kallis has been Achievement as a Player award at the annual
rewarded for his successful cricketing career – the India Golf Industry Association (GIA) award 2019
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A. Shiv Kapur E. Sharath Kamal
B. Gaganjeet Bhullar Answer: E
C. Shubhankar Sharma Ace table tennis player A Sharath Kamal was
D. Anirban Lahiri honoured with the Sportsperson of the Year Award at
E. None of these the annual awards and scholarships function
Answer: B organised by the Tamil Nadu Sports Journalists’
Arjuna awardee and star Indian golfer Gaganjeet Association (TNSJA) and the India Cements.
Bhullar won the outstanding achievement as a player Legendary Indian tennis player Vijay Amritraj,
award at the fourth edition of the annual India Golf former India leg-spinner V V Kumar and Asian
Industry Association (GIA) awards at the Delhi Golf Games gold medallist (200m) R Gnanasekaran were
Club. The GIA awards were held along with the 8th felicitated with the India Cements-TNSJA Lifetime
India Golf & Turf Expo (IGTE), South Asia’s largest Achievement awards.
golf trade show. Vijay Divecha and Nonita Lal Coach of the year : R B RAMESH (chess coach)
Qureshi were awarded for their contribution to golf India Cements -TNSJA Team of the year 2018-19 :
coaching. Tamil Nadu Women’s Football team.
1328. Abhishek Verma is an Indian player related India Cements -TNSJA Young Achiever of the year
to which sports? 2018-19 : P M Tabitha( athlete)
A. Chess India Cements -TNSJA Young Achiever of the year
B. Hockey 2018-19 : D.Gukesh (world’s second youngest Grand
C. Shooting Master).
D. Tennis 1330. Negasso Gidada who passed away recently
E. Golf was the former President of which country?
Answer: C A. Germany
India topped the standings at the International B. Ethiopia
Shooting Sport Federation, ISSF World Cup on the C. Israel
final day in Beijing, bagging four medals comprising D. Colombia
3 Gold and a Silver. Indian shooter Abhishek Verma E. Uruguay
on Saturday won the gold medal in the 10m Air Pistol Answer: B
event at the ISSF World Cup being held in Beijing. Former Ethiopian president Negasso Gidada has died
Abhishek Verma’s brilliant performance in the in Germany where he was undergoing medical
Shooting World Cup Final also secured a fifth treatment for an unspecified illness. Negasso, who
Olympic quota for India. Anjum Moudgil and Apurvi was 75, was president between 1995 and 2001 and
Chandela (10m air rifle women), Saurabh Choudhary was the first head of state after Ethiopia adopted a
and Divyansh Panwar had earlier secured India four new constitution transforming the country into a
Olympic spots. Abhishek Verma topped the charts in federal state
the final. 1331. Pungam Kannan who passed away recently
1329. Who was honoured with the Sportsperson of was a former player of which sports?
the Year Award at the annual awards and A. Football
scholarships function organised by the Tamil B. Tennis
Nadu Sports Journalists' Association (TNSJA) C. Golf
and the India Cements. D. Hockey
A. Gurpreet Singh E. Badminton
B. Deepak Punia Answer: A
C. Sunil Kumar Former India footballer Pungam Kannan, who was
D. Bajrang Punia facing acute financial crisis, died following
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prolonged illness. He was 80. Kannan played 14 take action to ensure that such tragedies are not
matches for India and suffered a cardiac arrest earlier repeated. The day is also known as Workers’
this month. Memorial Day, International Commemoration Day
1332. Who has been appointed as Indias High (ICD) for Dead and Injured or Day of Mourning.
Commissioner to Seychelles Theme for 2019: “Dangerous substances – get them
A. Ajay Bisaria out of the workplace”.
B. Dalbir Singh 1335. When is the International Dance Day
C. Riva Ganguly Das celebrated?
D. Taranjit Singh Sandhu A. April 29
E. None of these B. April 27
Answer: B C. April 28
Former Indian Army Chief General (Retired) Dalbir D. April 30
Singh Suhag was appointed as India‘s High E. April 26
Commissioner to the island nation Seychelles on Answer: A
April 25, 2019. He is expected to take up the International Dance Day is a global celebration of
assignment shortly. dance, created by the Dance Committee of the
Dalbir Singh: He was the Army Chief from August 1, International Theatre Institute, the main partner for
2014 to December 31, 2016. He was also part of the the performing arts of UNESCO. The event takes
Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) in Sri Lanka in place every year on 29th April, the anniversary of the
1987. birth of Jean-Georges Noverre, the creator of modern
1333. Who won the Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2019. ballet.
A. Valtteri Bottas 1336. Which day is observed on 30th April
B. Lewis Hamilton A. World Asthma Day
C. Sebastian Vettel B. Ayushman Bharat Diwas
D. Max Verstappen C. World Milk Day
E. Charles Leclerc D. Photography Day
Valtteri Bottas won the Azerbaijan Grand Prix to Answer: B
retake the Formula One world championship lead Ayushman Bharat Diwas is to be celebrated across
from teammate Lewis Hamilton after a stunning the country on 30 April. It is a National Health
fourth successive one-two finish for Mercedes held at Protection Scheme (AB-NHPA) announced its launch
Baku.Sebastian Vettel in his Ferrari was a distant by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his
third. Independence speech of 2018.Let us tell you that
1334. When is the International Workers’ Ayushman Mitra has a plan to provide employment
Memorial Day observed? to the unemployed. This scheme is a part of India’s
A. April 26 plan. Let us study about the Ayushman Bharat
B. April 28 scheme through this article, what is its specialty and
C. April 25 how it will work, what will be the salary of
D. April 27 Ayushman Mitra, recruitment, eligibility criteria of
E. April 30 Ayushman Mitra etc.
Answer: B 1337. Environmental Ministry forms panel for
The International Workers Memorial Day is held effective implementation of NCAP. Who is the
annually all over the world on April 28 to remember chairman of the committee?
the workers who were killed, disabled, injured or A. C K Mishra
made unwell by their working environment and also B. Anand Sharma
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C. Vikram Seth Lokpal.He has been appointed for a period of six
D. Ravindra Nayak months on additional charge basis or till a new
E. None of these incumbent joins the post.
Answer: A 1340. Who among the given has been appointed as
The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate the technical director by AIFF for the Indian
Change (MOEFCC) announced that the committee National football team?
will be under the chairmanship of its Secretary, C K A. Fabio Cannavaro
Mishra, and will have one chief secretary each from B. Isac Doru
over 20 states and union territories, including Delhi, C. Jerzy Brzęczek
Jammu and Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh, as its D. Stanislav Cherchesov
members.In its endeavour to implement the National E. None of these
Clean Air Programme (NCAP), launched to tackle Answer: B
the air pollution menace in the country, the Centre All India Football Federation confirms the
has constituted a steering committee. The committee appointment of Mr. Isac Doru as its new Technical
will provide overall guidance and directions for Director. Mr. Doru was selected from a list of over 60
effective implementation of the NCAP for each candidates.The 56-year old comes with a rich
financial year experience of almost 29 years in International
1338. Which Indian company acquires Philippines Football across many countries namely France,
largest personal care company Splash Japan, USA, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Qatar amongst
Corporation? others. He was last employed as the Sporting Director
A. Infosys of three-time J-league Champions Yokohama
B. TCS Marinos FC.
C. Wipro 1341. Who has been appointed as the new Vice
D. HCL Chief of Indian Air Force to take office from May
E. Tech Mahindra 01, 2019?
Answer: C A. Shyam Bihari Prasad Sinha
Wipro Consumer Care signed an agreement to B. Balakrishnan Suresh
acquire Splash Corporation, a Philippines-based C. Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria
personal care company. Wipro stated that this is the D. Shirish Baban Deo
company’s 11th acquisition in the consumer line E. None of these
business, and the 9th acquisition in the personal care Answer: C
segment overall. Splash is the largest Philippine Air Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria will
personal care player and among the top five in the take over as the Vice Chief of Indian Air Force on
Philippines market. It recorded a revenue of $80 May 1 succeeding Air Marshal Anil
million last year. Khosla.Bhadauria is at present heading IAF’s
1339. Who has been appointed as the Officer on Bengaluru-based Training Command and in his
Special Duty (OSD) in the office of Lokpal? earlier avatar as the Deputy Chief, he was the
A. Pradeep Kumar Sinha chairman of the Indian negotiating team for the 36
B. Ypgesh Narayan Rafale combat aircraft deal with France.
C. Dilip Kumar 1342. The SCO Defence Ministers’ Meet 2019 has
D. Amit Singhal been organised in which country?
E. None of these A. India
Answer: C B. Kyrgyzstan
Senior IAS officer Dilip Kumar was appointed as the C. China
Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the office of D. Nepal
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E. Singapore in the 65-kg category at the ongoing Asian Wrestling
Answer: B Championships earlier this week, is the first Indian
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman held a bilateral wrestler to be invited by the American governing
meeting with her Chinese counterpart, General Wei body. Bajrang Punia will take part in the “Grapple at
Fenghe at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, the Garden — Beat the Streets” fight night, scheduled
SCO Defence Ministers’ Meet at Bishkek in to be held on May 6. He is currently the World No.1
Kyrgyzstan.India is also keen on deepening its in the 65-kg weight category.
security-related cooperation with SCO and its 1345. Name the winner of men’s single title at the
Regional Anti-Terrorism Structure (RATS) which 2019 Badminton Asia Championships?
specifically deals with issues relating to security and A. Kento Momota
defence B. Chen Long
1343. Which Indian ships are participating in the C. Shi Yuqi
ADMM-Plus Maritime Security Field Training D. Srikanth Kidambi
Exercise (FTX)? E. None of these
A. INS Kolkata & INS Shakti Answer: A
B. INS Sahyadri & INS Kolkata The 2019 Badminton Asia Championships was held
C. INS Arighat & INS Shakti at Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium in China from
D. INS Kamorta & INS Kolkata 23 to 28 April 2019.
E. INS Kolkata & INS Arighat Category Winners Runners
Answer: A Men’s singles Kento Momota Shi Yuqi
Two warships of the Indian Navy have reached the (Japan) (China)
South Korean port city of Busan after participating at Women’s singles Akane He
an international maritime parade off the coast of Yamaguchi Bingjiao
Qingdao in China. INS Kolkata and INS Shakti are in (Japan) (China)
Busan as part of a deployment of the eastern fleet to Hiroyuki Endo Marcus
the South China Sea. In a demonstration of India’s Men’s doubles and Yuta Fernaldi
Act East policy and the Indian Navy’s increasing Watanabe Gideon
footprint and operational reach, Indian naval ships (Japan) and Kevin
Kolkata and Shakti have arrived at Busan, South Sanjaya
Korea on a three-day visit as part of deployment of Sukamuljo
the Eastern Fleet to the South China Sea on April 28. (Indonesia)
The Navy said the two ships will participate in the Chen Qingchen Mayu
ADMM-Plus Maritime Security Field Training Women’s and Jia Yifan Matsumoto
Exercise (FTX) at Busan. doubles (China) and
1344. Who become first Indian wrestler to fight at Wakana
New York's iconic Madison Square Garden? Nagahara
A. Gurpreet Singh (Japan)
B. Deepak Punia Wang Yilü and
C. Sunil Kumar Mixed doubles Huang He Jiting
D. Bajrang Punia Dongping and Du
E. None of these (China) Yue
Answer: D (China)
Bajrang Punia is set to become the first wrestler from 1346. Who among the following has won the 2019
India to fight at the iconic Madison Square Garden in Barcelona Open?
New York. The 25-year-old, who won the gold medal
2019

A. Kei Nishikori World number three Petra Kvitova beat Estonian
B. Rafael Nadal Anett Kontaveit 6-3 7-6(2) to win Stuttgart’s Porsche
C. Fernando Verdasco Grand Prix 2019 held in Stuttgart, Germany from
D. Dominic Thiem April 22-28, 2019. This was the second title of the
E. None of these year for the Czech based Kvitova while the 27th of
Answer: D her career.
Dominic Thiem overpowered Daniil Medvedev to 1348. Chaudhary Vidyasagarwho passed away
win the Barcelona Open title, boosting his credentials recently was a ________ by profession.
as a potential Roland Garros champion.He is also the A. Journalist
first Austrian to take the Barcelona title since Thomas B. Politician
Muster in 1996. C. Actor
1347. Petra Kvitova has won the Stuttgart’s D. Director
Porsche Grand Prix 2019. She represents which E. Sports Person
country? Answer: B
A. Russia Former Himachal Pradesh minister and senior BJP
B. Czech Republic leader Chaudhary Vidyasagar passed away at the age
C. Germany of 84 in Kangra near Dharamshala.Vidyasagar was a
D. Romania four-time MLA from Kangra assembly constituency
E. France and worked as a minister in the state governments led
Answer: B by Shanta Kumar and Prem Kumar Dhumal
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