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Q.1 Ministry of Information Technology recently announced new BHIM 2.0,

now the app would be available in 13 new languages, which are the new

three languages added?

Answer: Haryanvi, Bhojpuri and Konkani.

Explanation: Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union IT Minister, also launched a

Start-Up Hub Portal and Indian Software Product Registry at IT Ministry's

MeitY Start-up Summit held in New Delhi.

Q.2 Who recently became the first Indian man to win a gold medal at Wushu

World Championships held in Shanghai, China?

Answer: Praveen Kumar (from Haryana)

Q.3 Name the Hindi writer who has been honoured with Vyas Samman 2018

(given by K K Birla Foundation) for his collection of poems “Jitne Log Utne

Prem”?

Answer: Leeladhar Jagudi

Q.4 Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) observed Vigilance Awareness

Week from 28th October to 2nd November, 2019, what was the theme this

year?

Answer: Integrity – a way of life.

Q.5 Indian military recently held joint military exercise “SHAKTI’ with

______ in Rajasthan recently.

Answer: French troops

Explanation: Also, second edition of Indo – French Knowledge Summit

was recently held at University of Lyon in France.

Q.6 Which company launched the worlds' first blockchain-based carbon

trading exchange?

Answer: Singapore-based AirCarbon Pte

Q.7 India recently signed an MoU with which countries to create a trans-

boundary wildlife conservation park?

Answer: Nepal and Bhutan

Q.8 Who has been named as the brand ambassadors of PM Modi’s “Bharat

Ki Laxmi” campaign which honours Indian women who have made a mark

with their achievements in various fields for public good?

Answer: Shuttler PV Sindhu and actress Deepika Padukone

Q.9 Government of India has recently accorded ‘Maharatna’ status to?

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Answer: Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) (Headquarter:

Mumbai) and Power Grid Corporation (Headquarter: Gurgaon).

Q.10 In a unique gesture to mark 550th birth anniversary of Baba Guru

Nanak Dev which airlines painted Sikh religious symbol ‘Ik Onkar’ on the

tail of one of its aircraft?

Answer: Air India

Q.11 Which state government has signed a Letter of Understanding (LoU)

with UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund) to provide safe drinking

water to every household in the state?

Answer: Odisha (CM: Naveen Patnaik Governor: Ganeshi Lal)

Q.12 Economist and author Bibek Debroy have come out with English

translations of two Hindu mythological texts "Markendya Purana" and "The

Bhagavad Gita"

Answer:

Q.13 The 2019 Military World Games (also known as Olympic Games for

military) were held in?

Answer: Wuhan, China.

Explanation: India won six gold, one silver and three bronze medals. Para-

Athlete Anandan Gunasekaran bagged three gold medals for India.

Q.14 The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare released the 14th

National Health Profile (NHP) 2019. As per the report Life expectancy in

India has increased from 49.7 years in 1970-75 to _____ in 2012-16.

Answer: 68.7 years

Explanation: The infant mortality rate has declined considerably (33 per

1,000 live births in 2016), however differentials of rural (37) & urban (23)

are still high.

Q.15 Who has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of

Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)?

Answer: Pankaj Kumar

Q.16 To implement “Integrated Irrigation Project for Climate Resilient

Agriculture” in order to strengthen smallholder farmers Odisha government

has signed what amount loan agreement with the World Bank?

Answer: 165 million USD

Q.17 European Union (EU) has awarded the ‘Sakharov Prize for Human

Rights’ to?




Answer: Ilham Tohti, who has been jailed and sentenced to life

imprisonment in China for “separatism”.

Q.18 CBSE and NCERT have launched an online aptitude test ____ in a bid

to help students make right career choices?

Answer: ‘Tamanna’ (Try and Measure Aptitude And Natural Abilities)

Q.19 Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the National Highway

Authority of India (NHAI)?

Answer: Sukhbir Singh Sandhu

Q.20 Which country won the men’s Sultan of Johor Cup hockey tournament

held at Johor Bahru in Malaysia?

Answer: Great Britain (defeated India)

Q.21 Vice President Venkaiah Naidu presented the “Most Eminent Senior

Citizen Award” to?

Answer: Scholar, legal luminary and former Attorney General of India Shri

K Parasaran.

Q.22 Name the authors who jointly won the Booker Prize 2019?

Answer: Canadian author Margaret Atwood and Anglo-Nigerian author

Bernardine Evaristo for “The Testaments” and for “Girl, Woman, Other”

respectively.

Explanation: Jokha Alharthi of Oman (Capital: Muscat, Currency: Rial).

won the prestigious Man Booker International Prize for her Arabic novel

“Celestial Bodies”.

Q.23 Which state government has launched flagship scheme “Mukhya

Mantri Kanya Sumangala Yojana” to provide Rs 15,000 to every family

where a girl child is born?

Answer: Uttar Pradesh (CM: Yogi Adityanath, Governor: Anandiben Patel)

Q.24 Which state topped the University-Industry Linkages (UILs) by

scoring 7.8 on a scale of ten in a study conducted by the PhD Chamber of

Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) and Ministry of Science and Technology?

Answer: Karnataka


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Q.25 The 18th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit was held in?

Answer: Baku, Azerbaijan

Q.26 The India Energy Forum organized the 11th Nuclear Energy Conclave

was recently held in New Delhi, the theme of the event was?

Answer: “Economics of Nuclear Power-Innovation towards safer and cost-

effective technologies”.

Q.27 Who has been appointed as the new Director General of International

Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) (Headquarter: Vienna, Austria)?

Answer: Rafael Mariano Grossi of Argentina

Q.28 A team of researchers from India and United Kingdom collaborated

to create a new robot named what?

Answer: “Pepe” which encourages children to wash their hands.

Q.29 Name the NASA astronauts who made history when they ventured

outside International Space Station (ISS) for first ever all women

spacewalk?

Answer: Jessica Meir and Christina Koch

Q.30 Name the joint exercise which Indian Air Force participated in with

Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO) at Masirah, Oman?

Answer: EX-EASTERN BRIDGE-V

Explanation: Also, third edition of bilateral joint exercise “Al Nagah” was

conducted between the armies of India and Oman (Capital: Muscat,

Currency: Rial)

Q.31 Internationally acclaimed Painter Kalidas Karmakar passed away he

was from which country?

Answer: Bangladesh

Explanation: Also, three-day long festival of Baul songs named Indo-

Bangla Baul Music Festival recently held in Dhaka.

Q.32 Who has been was appointed as 47th Chief Justice of India (CJI).?

Answer: Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde. He’ll take oath on 18th November

Q.33 Which Swedish environmental activist won the Amnesty

International’s ‘Ambassadors of Conscience’ award for the year 2019?

Answer: Greta Thunberg from sweden

Q.34 Who is India’s richest man as mentioned in the IIFL Wealth-Hurun

India Rich List 2019?




Answer: Reliance Industries’ Chairman Mukesh Ambani

Q.35 Pranab Mukherjee, released a book entitled ‘Reset: Regaining India’s

Economic Legacy’ penned by?

Answer: Subramanian Swamy

Q.36 Name the longest tunnel in India which will be rechristened after

Bhartiya Jansangh founder Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee?

Answer: Chenani - Nashri tunnel (9.2Km) that links Kashmir with Jammu

Q.37 Union Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister Mahendra

Nath Pandey has announced to set up 14 Authorized World Skills India

Training Centres across 9 cities in country for media and entertainment

sector. Name the cities?

Answer: Chandigarh, New Delhi, Chennai, Trivandrum, Indore, Pune,

Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Shillong.

Q.38 Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated Col. Chewang Rinchen

Setu (Bridge) at?

Answer: Ladakh

Q.39 On the occasion of World Food Day, the United Nations World Food

Programme (UNWFP) launched its global cinema campaign “Feed Our

Future” at?

Answer: Mumbai

Q.40 Name the president of Indonesia who recently sworn into office for

his second and final five-year term?

Answer: Joko Widodo

Q.41 Where has first artificial intelligence university in the world been set

up?

Answer: Abu Dhabi, UAE

Q.42 Name the bilateral air exercise between Japanese Air Self Defence

Force (JASDF) and Indian Air Force (IAF) which was recently held in

Panagarh, West Bengal?

Answer: SHINYUU Maitri-19

Q.43 India Mobile Congress the largest mobile technology event in South

Asia was organized at New Delhi, the theme of the event was?

Answer: IMAGINE a new CONNECTED world




Q.44 6th India water week, was recently organised in New Delhi. The Theme

of the week was?

Answer: “Water Cooperation – Coping with 21st Century Challenges”.

Q.45 India and the United States will hold their first tri-services exercise

code-named as ‘Tiger Triumph’?

Answer: Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.

Q.46 CBDT has newly set up National e-Assessment Centre (NeAC) for

electronically assessing the tax returns, who appointed as the first Principal

Chief Commissioner of Income Tax of NeAC?

Answer: Krishna Mohan Prasad

Q.47 According to the Lancet report, “The burden of child and maternal

malnutrition and trends in its indicators in the states of India: The Global

Burden of Disease Study 1990–2017” which states witnessed death rates

due to malnutrition?

Answer: Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Assam

Explanation: Two-thirds of the children below 5 years deaths in 2017

(706,000 out of 1.04 million) in India are still attributable to malnutrition.

However, the deaths caused by malnutrition have shown a much smaller

decrease to 68.2% in 2017 from 70.4% in 1991.

Q.48 24th World Energy Congress was recently held at?

Answer: Abu Dhabi

Q.49 Department of Biotechnology has started the which initiative designed

on the concept of ‘Prevention is better than Cure’ to create awareness about

genetic disorders amongst clinicians and establish molecular diagnostics in

hospitals?

Answer: UMMID (Unique Methods of Management and treatment of

Inherited Disorders)

Q.50 With an aim to spread awareness about nutrition of children and

women, which state government in collaboration with United Nations

International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) unveiled a mascot

named ‘Tikki Mausi’?

Answer: Odisha (CM: Naveen Patnaik Governor: Ganeshi Lal)

Q.51 In an effort to reach out to every tuberculosis (TB) patient in the

country, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched which campaign?

Answer: TB Harega, Desh Jeetega




Q.52 Which state government has launched twin schemes for the public

welfare called ‘Aponar Apon Ghar Scheme’(a home loan subsidy scheme),

‘Abhinandan’ (an Education Loan Subsidy scheme)?

Answer: Assam (CM: Sarabananda Sonowal, Governor: Jagdish Mukhi)

Q.53 The “Daughter from a Wishing Tree” is written by?

Answer: Sudha Murthy

Q.54 Who has written the new book named ‘Girl Power: Indian Women Who

Broke The Rules’?

Answer: Neha J Hiranandani

Q.55 Who won the Best Men’s player award in the Best FIFA Football

Awards 2019 presented recently?

Answer: Lionel Messi (Argentina)

Explanation: Best Women’s Player: Megan Rapinoe (United States).

Q.56 Name the owner of the iconic Britannia & Co restaurant (Mumbai) who

passed away recently?

Answer: Boman Rashid Kohinoor

Q.57 In the third Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Rates for 2019-20, what is

the repo rate and reverse repo rate announced by RBI?

Answer: Repo Rate: 5.15%

Reserve Repo Rate: 4.90%

Q.58 What are the interest rate on Small Savings Scheme for Quarter- 3

FY 2019-20?

Answer: National Savings Certificate (NSC): 7.9%

Public Provident Fund (PPF): 7.9%

Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP): 7.6%

Sukanya Samriddhi Account Scheme: 8.4%

Q.59 Name the Physicist and Cosmologist who was conferred the

prestigious M P Birla Memorial Award 2019 for his contributions to the world

of cosmology?

Answer: Thanu Padmanabhan

Q.60 Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) signed the 300th Advance

Pricing Agreement (APA) recently, the agreements were signed with?

Answer: United Kingdom (UK)




Q.61 World Trade Organisation (WTO) in its report reduced the global trade

growth forecast to what percent for 2019?

Answer: 1.2%

Q.62 Book titled “Mind Master: Winning lessons from a Champion’s Life”

has been authored by?

Answer: Chess legend Vishwanathan Anand

Explanation: Also, 14-year old R Praggnanandhaa from Chennai won the

Gold in Under-18 Open category of World Youth Chess Championship held

in Mumbai.

Q.63 Who has been appointed as the new Director-General of National

Security Guard (NSG)?

Answer: Anup Kumar Singh

Q.64 To strengthen its oversight of commercial banks, urban co-operative

banks (UCBs) and non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), RBI has

decided to operationalise 'unified departments for supervision and

regulation' with effect from?

Answer: November 1, 2019

Q.65 Who has been appointed as the Vice-Chairman of World Steel

Association (Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium)?

Answer: Sajjan Jindal, Chairman and Managing Director, JSW Steel

Q.66 The RBI issued guidelines on 'on tap' authorisation for Bharat Bill

Payment Operating Unit (BBPOU), Trade Receivables Discounting System

(TReDS) and White Label ATMs (WLAs), what is the minimum Paid up

capital requirement for each?

Answer: BBPOU: Rs 100 crores, TReDS: Rs 25 crores and WLA: Rs 100

crores.

Q.67 Which company has launched “i-SERV”, a first-of-its-kind video

calling service within the life insurance industry?

Answer: Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance





Q.68 Which state government organised India’s first training and

performance programme of world famous KHON Ramlila, a masked form of

Ramlila art of Thailand, in collaboration with Thailand government?

Answer: Uttar Pradesh

Q.69 The Union Minister of Tribal Affairs recently announced the second

phase of which program which aims to inspire, guide and encourage tribal

girls across India to become village level digital leaders for their

community?

Answer: GOAL (Going Online As Leaders). The program was launched by

Facebook to empower women by providing digital literacy, leadership, life

skills and entrepreneurship skills.

Q.70 Which company has become the first company in India to hit the

market capitalisation (m-cap) of Rs.9 lakh crore?

Answer: Mukesh Ambani-led Oil-to-telecom major Reliance Industries

(RIL)

Explanation: Also, Reliance Industries has been ranked 106 globally and

is the highest-ranked Indian firm on the Fortune Global 500 list.

Q.71 Mastercard along with which cricketer launched a nationwide

campaign dubbed as ‘Team Cashless India’ to accelerate the acceptance

and adoption of digital payments in India?

Answer: MS Dhoni

Q.72 Who has been appointed as the chairman of Indian Banks Association

(IBA) (Headquarter: Mumbai)?

Answer: SBI Chairman Rajnish Kumar

Q.73 The Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Report 2019 was published

bythe United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

According to the report NTMs have increased in the past two decades and

are affecting trade as well sustainable development goals (SDGs) in Asian

countries, what is the full form of NTMs?

Answer: Non-tariff measures. NTMs affect 58 per cent of the trade in Asia-

Pacific.

Q.74 Who has been appointed as the new Controller General of Accounts,

Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure?

Answer: Shri J.P.S. Chawla

Q.75 Name the Russian astronaut who passed away recently and who

walked for the first time in space in 1965?




Answer: Alexei Leonov

Q.76 The 2019 Nobel prize for Physics was awarded to?

Answer: Swiss Scientists Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz and Canadian –

American physicist James Peebles.

Explanation: The American was awarded for his contribution towards

“theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology”. The other half was shared

between the Swiss scientists for their work on “Discovery of an exoplanet

orbiting a star similar to sun”.

Q.77 A joint military training exercise “Vajra Prahar” was conducted

between India and?

Answer US in Seattle, US.

Q.78 According to Ministry of Finance guidelines, banks will not impose

charges or Merchant Discount Rate on customers as well as merchants on

digital payments made to establishments having turnover in excess of?

Answer: Rs 50 crores

Q.79 C-40 summit to show how cities are delivering their strong

commitments for healthier, sustainable, resilient and inclusive future to

take place in?

Answer: Copenhagen.

Q.80 Which bank has launched digital fixed-deposit (FD) product named

‘Express FD’ which can be opened in three minutes through the digital route

without opening a savings account by investing a minimum Rs 5,000.?

Answer: Axis Bank

Q.81 RBI came up with a new reporting system for all co-operative banks

(urban, State & district central) called CISBI in which they will submit

information related to opening/ closing/ conversion of branches, offices,

customer service points like ATMs in a single proforma online, what is the

full form of CISBI?

Answer: Central Information System for Banking Infrastructure

Q.82 Who was awarded Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration for

the years 2017 and 2018 for his services in promoting and preserving

national integration in the country?

Answer: Environmentalist Chandi Prasad Bhatt

Q.83 49th edition World Artistic Gymnastics Championships 2019 was

held?




Answer: Stuttgart, Germany

Explanation: American gymnast Simon Biles became the highest medal

winning female gymnast in the history.

Q.84 Name the renowned saxophone player & Padma Shri awardee who

passed away in Mangaluru recently?

Answer: Kadri Gopalnath

Q.85 RBI has given its final nod to Kerala Government for the formation of

Kerala Bank, how many District Co-operative Banks (DCBs) will be merged

with Kerala State Co-operative Bank?

Answer: 13

Q.86 Name the marathon runner from Kenya who became the first person

in the history to run a marathon in under 2 hours by finishing the 42Km

marathon in 1 hour, 59 minutes, 40.2 seconds in Vienna?

Answer: Eliud Kipchoge

Q.87 Who was selected by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

for prestigious Asia Environmental Enforcement Award?

Answer: Ramesh Pandey

Q.88 Name the scheme launched to provide free medicines for pregnant

women and there by bringing down the Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) and

Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) in the country?

Answer: SUMAN scheme – “Surakshit Matritva Aashwasan”

Q.89 Which 14-day programme was launched from ISRO to identify and

encourage talented children to enrich their skills and knowledge?

Answer: Pradhan Mantri Innovative Learning Programme – DHRUV

Q.90 According to the Edelgive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2019 by

Hurun India, who is India’s most generous philanthropists who contributed

Rs 826 crore during the financial year 2018-19 (FY19)?

Answer: HCL (Hindustan Computer Limited) Chairman Shiv Nadar

Q.91 38th India Carpet Expo was organised by CEPC – Carpet Export

Promotion Council at?

Answer: Varanasi

Q.92 Name the Scientists who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry?

Answer: John B Goodenough (US), M Stanley Whittingham (US) and Akira

Yoshino (Japan) for the development of lithium-ion batteries.




Q.93 25th Technology Summit was organised in association with which

nation in New Delhi?

Answer: Netherlands

Explanation: Theme of the event was Young entrepreneurship

Q.94 Part of the Ek Bharat Shreshta Bharat initiative, the Rashtriya Sanskrit

Mahotsav was conducted in?

Answer: Jabalpur, MP by the Ministry of Culture. (Union Culture

Minister: Prahlad Singh Patel).

Q.95 Name the initiative under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National

Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY – NRLM) which was launched with an aim to

bring the rural women SHGs – Self Help Groups under one platform was

launched in New Delhi?

Answer: SARAS Aajeevika Mela

Q.96 Organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), in partnership

with Union Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, India Sports Summit- Fitness:

$10 Billion Opportunity’ was held in?

Answer: New Delhi

Q.97 Who won the Sveriges Riksbank (Nobel) Prize in Economic Sciences

2019?

Answer: Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer for their

experimental approach to reduce global poverty.

Q.98 Where was AIBA (Headquarter: Lausanne, Switzerland) Women’s

World Boxing Championships 2019 held?

Answer: Ulan-Ude, Russia

Explanation: India’s Manju Rani won the silver medal whereas MC

Marykom, Jamuna Boro and Lovlina Borgohain won the bronze medals.

Q.99 The 100th Nobel Prize for peace has been awarded to?

Answer: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abhiy Ahmed Ali for his efforts to

resolve border conflict with Eritrea and for his overall contribution to peace

and international cooperation.

Q.100 Minister for Textiles Smriti Zubin Irani recently launched Project

SURE aimed at sustainable fashion, what is the full form of SURE?

Answer: Sustainable Resolution

Q.101 Which state topped the “Child well-being index” released by World

Vision India?




Answer: Kerala (CM: Pinarayi Vijayan, Governor: Arif Mohammed Khan)

Q.102 Intel Corp launched its latest processor, it’s first AI chip. What is the

name of the chip?

Answer: Spring Hill

Q.103 PM Modi launched $4.2 million redevelopment project of 200-year-

old Shreenathji or Lord Sri Krishna temple at?

Answer: Manama, Bahrain

Q.104 Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya passed away in Mumbai recently,

she was India’s first woman ________?

Answer: Director General of Police

Q.105 India won the SAFF Under-18 football Championship by defeating

which country in the final held in Kathmandu, Nepal?

Answer: Bangladesh

Q.106 Where has been a fun zone, the first of its kind in Indian Railways,

been set up?

Answer: Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

Q.107 The joint military training exercise between India and US named

Yudh Abhyas – 2019 was held recently in?

Answer: Washington

Q.108 Who is the new CEO of Chinese firm “Alibaba” after the retirement

of Jack Ma?

Answer: Daniel Zhang

Q.109 Ram Jethmalani, passed away recently he was a former?

Answer: Union Law Minister and a renowned lawyer.

Q.110 Indian Air Force (IAF) has resurrected which Ambala - based Air

Force Station (AFS) squadron also known as ‘Golden Arrows’, which will

operate the Rafale fighter jets?

Answer: Squadron number 17

Q.111 Union Ministry of Civil Aviation organised country’s first ever

helicopter summit at?

Answer: Dehradun

Q.112 Where did PM Modi launch nationwide campaign “Swachhta Hi Seva

2019” (SHS) under Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) recently?




Answer: Mathura

Explanation: The SHS which means “Cleanliness is service” is observed

from 11th September to October 2nd 2019. The theme for 2019 is ‘plastic

waste awareness and management’.

Q.113 7th regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), Seventh

East Asia Economic Ministers Summit and 16th ASEAN India Economic

Ministers (AEM) meeting was recently held at?

Answer: Bangkok

Q.114 Which state topped the second edition of perception-based index of

mobility of goods and efficiency, the Logistics Ease Across Different States

(LEADS) index?

Answer: Gujarat

Explanation: Also, Gujarati community across the globe celebrated New

year “Bestu Varas”.

Q.115 On the basis of recommendations of committee headed by Y.H.

Malegam, the RBI has revised that concurrent auditors will be appointed

for a period of not more than?

Answer: Three years. Also, the age limit for retired staff of concurrent

auditors will be capped at 70 years.

Q.116 South Asia’s tallest tower, 350-metre-tall 17-storey lotus tower was

recently opened at?

Answer: Colombo, Sri Lanka

Q.117 The government announced introduction which scheme to replace

the existing Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) from January

1, 2020?

Answer: Remission of Duties or Taxes on Export Products (RoDTEP)

Q.118 Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN) and Sa-Dhan along with

FIDC (Finance Industry Development Council) have jointly launched the

CRL for the micro credit industry. What is the full form of CRL?

Answer: Code for Responsible Lending (CRL)

Q.119 According to the United Nations (UN) ‘The International Migrant

Stock 2019’ report, which country topped the country of origin of

international migrants in 2019 with 17.5 million migrants globally?

Answer: India




Q.120 The Export Credit Guarantee Corporation (ECGC) has released a

new Export Credit Insurance Scheme (ECIS) called _______ to ease the

lending of loan to exporters so that they can get loans easily from banks.

Answer: NIRVIK (Niryat Rin Vikash Yojana)

Q.121 Union Ministry of Home Affairs has announced to set up world-class

National Police University (NPU) at?

Answer: Greater Noida

Q.122 23rd session of the United Nations World Tourism Organization’s

(UNWTO) General Assembly for 2019 was recently held in?

Answer: Saint Petersburg, Russia

Q.123 Which state government has declared 2020 as Year of Artificial

Intelligence?

Answer: Telangana (CM: K. Chandrasekhar Rao, Governor: Tamilisai

Soundarajan)

Q.124 20th IIFA awards 2019 were given recently, which film won the “Best

Film” award?

Answer: Raazi

Explanation: 20th IIFA awards 2019:

Best actor: Ranveer Singh (Padmavat)

Best Actress: Alia Bhatt (Raazi)

Best film: Raazi

Best Director: Sriram Raghavan (Andhadhun)

Q.125 Name the Indian photographer who was awarded the inaugural

“Acadmie des beaux-arts Photography Award – William Klein”?

Answer: Raghu Rai

Q.126 Which country won its second FIBA basketball World Cup title after

defeating Argentina in the gold medal game held in Beijing, China?

Answer: Spain

Q.127 The Indian Navy recently participated in the bilateral exercise

‘Samudra Laksamana’ with which country’s Navy?

Answer: Malaysia (Capital: Kuala Lumpur, Currency: Ringgit)

Q.128 Rights activist Agnes Kharshiing from which state was honoured

with the 11th International Hrant Dink award for the year 2019?




Answer: Meghalaya

Q.129 PM Modi and Mongolian President Khaltmaagiin Battulga, jointly

unveiled a statue of Lord Buddha at?

Answer: Ulaanbaatar

Q.130 The first World Youth Conference for Kindness was recently

organised by UNESCO at?

Answer: New Delhi

Q.131 Where will Maharashtra set up ‘Swachh Bharat World University’ to

mark Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary?

Answer: Wardha

Q.132 After a recent tax cut by the Union government, new manufacturing

companies will have to pay corporate tax rate of?

Answer: 15%

Explanation: Union government has cut corporate tax rate for companies

that do not avail of any tax incentive to 22%. Effective corporate tax rate

after surcharge will be 25.17%. New manufacturing companies (firms,

incorporated after October 1, 2019 and starting operations before March

31, 2023) will have to pay an even lower corporate tax rate of 15%.

Q.133 According to the RBI data the aggregate savings deposits in the

Indian private and public sector banks (PSBs) reached what amount as on

March 31, 2019?

Answer: Rs 39.72 lakh crores

Q.134 Traditional Neermahal Jal Utsav with boat race & swimming

competitions was recently organised at Rudrasagar lake in?

Answer: Agartala

Q.135 Pankaj Advani won his 22nd world title by winning IBSF World

Billiards Championship 2019 held in?

Answer: Myanmar

Explanation: He along with Aditya Mehta also clinched International

Billiards & Snooker Federation (IBSF) World Snooker Team Championship

2019 held in Mandalay, Myanmar.


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Q.136 RBI has increased the loan sanction limit for small exporters under

Priority Sector Lending (PSL) by banks to what amount per borrower in

order to boost credit to the export sector?


Q.137 Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat, won a bronze medal in the women’s

53kg category at the “2019 World Wrestling Championships” held at?

Answer: Nur-sultan, Kazakhstan

Q.138 Which Payments Bank, has launched “Bharosa” savings account

services with the aim of deepening the financial inclusion in India?

Answer: Airtel Payments Bank

Q.139 Finance Minister recently announced merger of the country's top

Public Sector Banks (PSBs). After merging there would be how many PSBs

(Public Sector Banks)?

Answer: 12

Explanation: Merger 1- Punjab National Bank (Anchor bank), Oriental

Bank of Commerce, United Bank of India (the merged entity would be

the second largest PSB in the country after SBI).

Merger 2-Union Bank of India (Anchor Bank), Andhra Bank, Corporation

Bank

Merger 3-Canara Bank (Anchor Bank), Syndicate Bank

Merger 4-Indian Bank (Anchor Bank), Allahabad Bank

Q.140 Which Indian retired army officer has been appointed as the head

of UN mission in Hodeidah, Yemen?

Answer: Abhijit Guha

Q.141 “Srivilliputtur Palkova” a sweet which is prepared from high quality

flavour of milk with sugar has recently got a GI Tag, the sweet is from

which state?

Answer: Tamil Nadu

Explanation: Geographical Indication (GI) tags were also recently given

to Dindigul locks and Kandangi saree from Tamil Nadu by GI – Registry

Chennai.

Q.142 Who is the director of the Indian documentary film named “I’m

Jeeja” which bagged the top award in the “under 30 minutes category” at

the 2019 ‘We Care Film Festival on Disability Issues’?

Answer: Swati Chakraborty




Q.143 Who has been appointed as Principal Secretary to Prime Minister

Narendra Modi?

Answer: Pramod Kumar Mishra

Explanation: Also, another IAS Pramod Kumar Sinha has been appointed

as the new Principal Advisor to PM.

Q.144 Name the largest teachers training programme in the world

launched by Union HRD minister with an aim to motivate and equip teachers

to encourage and foster critical thinking in students?

Answer: NISHTHA

Q.145 PM Modi launched Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan-Dhan Yojana (PM-

KMY) at?

Answer: Ranchi

Q.146 Which country has honored Indian Ambassador Navdeep Singh Suri

with its highest civilian honor “Order of Zayed II award” recently?

Answer: UAE

Q.147 Which team won the 2019 Duleep trophy held at Chinnaswamy

Stadium, Bengaluru?

Answer: India Red

Q.148 NITI Ayog has selected McKinsey & Company to set up India’s first

Digital Capability Centre (DCC) at?

Answer: New Delhi

Q.149 Which state will set up India’s first International Women’s Trade

Centre (iWTC) to boost women entrepreneurship and secure gender parity?

Answer: Kerala (CM: Pinyari Vijayan, Governor: Arif Mohammed Khan)

Q.150 Which country has recently inaugurated Southeast Asia’s largest

solar power farm called ‘Dau Tieng Solar Power Complex’?

Answer: Vietnam (Capital: Hanoi, Currency: Dong)

Q.151 RBI recently amended the Large Exposures Framework (LEF) and

hence increased the bank’s loan exposure limit to a single NBFC (non-

banking financial company) to what percent?

Answer: 20%

Q.152 Which state recently released Biofuels rules -2019 and hence

became the first state in the country to have a Biofuel Policy?

Answer: Rajasthan (CM: Ashok Gehlot, Governor: Kalraj Mishra)




Explanation: Also, government of India signed a 190 million USD loan with

the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to upgrade road transport in the state

of Rajasthan

Q.153 Which Indian journalist was chosen for 2019 Ramon Magsaysay

Award (also known as Noble of Asia) for harnessing journalism to give voice

to the voiceless?

Answer: Ravish Kumar (from NDTV)

Q.154 Who recently became first woman to get elected as President of

Indian National Science Academy (INSA) (Headquarter: New Delhi)?

Answer: Chandrima Shaha

Q.155 Indian Navy recently participated with which Navy in the annual

bilateral exercise “KONKAN-19”?

Answer: United Kingdom

Q.156 Jyske Bank has launched the world’s first negative interest rate

loans (at -0.5%), the bank is located in which country?

Answer: Denmark (Capital: Copenhagen, Currency: Krone)

Q.157 Which state government recently announced “Mo Sarkar” initiative

to ensure transparency in governance focusing fully on the common

public?

Answer: Odisha

Q.158 Who has been recently appointed as the new Cabinet Secretary?

Answer: Rajiv Gauba

Q.159 Name the players in the Indian team that won India’s first ever

Gold in a World Cycling competition in World Junior Track Cycling

Championship held at Frankfurt, Germany?

Answer: Esow Alben, Ronaldo Singh, James Singh and Rojit Singh

Q.160 Mohammed Zahur ‘Khayyam’ Hashmi passed away recently he was

a famous?

Answer: Music Composer

Q.161 Union Ministry of Mines has set up joint venture company named

________ to ensure a consistent supply of critical and strategic minerals

to the Indian domestic market.

Answer: KABIL (Khanij Bidesh India Ltd.)




Q.162 Who won the first Atal Bihari Vajpayee Life-Term Achievement

Award recently?

Answer: Folk musician Thanga Darlong

Q.163 Where has Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP) set up a waste plastic

to diesel plant recently?

Answer: Dehradun

Q.164 Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) backed first space

museum was recently opened in the Birla Science Museum located at?

Answer: Hyderabad

Q.165 Minister of Earth Science & Science and Technology Dr. Harsh

Vardhan has launched which new mobile application to provide forecast

relating to temperature, rainfall, humidity, and wind speed and direction?

Answer: Meghdoot

Q.166 With 15% of all the SO2 (Sulphur Dioxide) hotspots in the world,

which country according to environmental organization, Greenpeace, is the

world’s top emitter of Anthropogenic Sulphur Dioxide?

Answer: India

Q.167 Nanaji Deshmukh was recently awarded Bharat Ratna, he is from

which field?

Answer: Educator and a social worker

Explanation: Along with Nana, Bhupen Hazarika a playback singer, lyricist,

musician, singer, poet and film-maker from Assam, widely known as

Sudhakantha and former President Pranab Mukherjee were also awarded

Bharat Ratna.

Padma Vibhushan was conferred on four personalities namely:

Teejan Bai (Chattisgarh) for art & folk, Ismail Omer Gulleh (from Dijbouti)

Public Affairs, Anil Kumar Manibhai (Maharashtra) for Industry and

Infrastructure and Balwant Moreshwar Purandare (Maharashtra) for acting

and theatre.

Q.168 Which state government recently announced its State Water Policy

2019 thus becoming the first state in the country to have a State Water

Policy?

Answer: Meghalaya (CM: Conrad Sangma, Governor: Tathagata Roy)

Q.169 Leaders of which geo-political group were invited during the oath-

taking ceremony of the PM Modi for the 17th Lok Sabha?




Answer: BIMSTEC (The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical

and Economic Cooperation) headquartered at Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Also, BIMSTEC member countries (Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri

Lanka, Thailand, Nepal, and Bhutan) celebrated the BIMSTEC Day on

June 25 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Q.170 Union government has approved Rs. 1600 crore expenditure for pre-

investment activities for the Dibang Multipurpose Project in?

Answer: Arunachal Pradesh (CM: Pema Khandu, Governor: BD Mishra)

Q.171 Which state government and Bombay stock exchange (BSE) have

signed a pact to encourage and support state’s micro, small and medium

enterprises (MSMEs) to raise capital?

Answer: Haryana (CM: Manohar Lal Khattar, Governor: Satyadev Naryan

Arya)

Q.172 Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ recently launched

which scheme to train institutions who want to acquire National

Accreditation and Assessment Council (NAAC) accreditation?

Answer: Paramarsh

Q.173 The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared which two

countries as ‘Malaria-Free’ countries after no cases of indigenous

transmission of disease were recorded?

Answer: Algeria (Capital: Algiers, Currency: Dinar) and Argentina

(Capital: Buenos Aires, Currency: Peso)

Explanation: Also, World Health Organization (WHO) has for the first time

recognised “burn-out” in its International Classification of Diseases

(ICD). The decision was taken during the 72nd session of World Health

Assembly (WHA) held in Geneva. The theme of the session was: “Universal

Health Coverage: Leaving no one behind”.

Q.174 India's first tree ambulance was recently initiated in which city by

Green man of India Dr K Abdul Ghani?

Answer: Chennai

Q.175 Who has been appointed as the Deputy Executive Director of United

Nations entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women - UN

Women?

Answer: Anita Bhatia

Q.176 In LinkedIn’s fourth edition of Top Companies list for India 2019,

which company was ranked at first place as the best workplace in India?




Answer: Flipkart

Q.177 Who is the new Chief of Indian Airforce?

Answer: Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria.

Explanation: Also, Admiral Karambir Singh is the 24th Chief of Indian

Navy.

Q.178 National Housing Bank (NHB) recently infused what amount in

NBFCs for Housing Finance Companies (HFCs) as additional liquidity for

individual housing loans for affordable housing?

Answer: Rs. 10,000 crores

Q.179 The Mahatma Gandhi IT and Biotechnology Park (MGIT-BP) was

recently inaugurated at?

Answer: Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) (Capital: Abidjan (Yamoussoukro is

political capital), Currency: Franc)

Q.180 Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) will provide Line of Credit

(LoC) worth what amount to Ghana and Mozambique for agricultural and

railway projects respectively?

Answer: USD 150 and 90 million respectively

Q.181 Name the nuclear-powered Arctic icebreaker recently launched by

Russia named at Baltic Shipyard in St. Petersburg to tap the commercial

potential of Arctic Ocean?

Answer: Ural

Q.182 Which state government has launched the initiative - “Mission

Shakti”, to train athletes from tribal areas for international sports events

such as Olympics?

Answer: Maharashtra (Governor: Bhagat Singh Koshyari)

Q.183 Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) laid foundation stone

for Space Situational Awareness Control Centre in __________ to protect

Indian satellites from space debris.

Answer: Bengaluru

Q.184 The year 2019 has been declared as __________ by UN General

Assembly, so as to bring awareness to importance of linguist.

Answer: International Year of Indigenous Languages

Q.185 Name the tribal woman from Odisha, who became the youngest MP

in the current Lok Sabha?




Answer: Chandrani Murmu of Biju Janata Dal (BJD)

Q.186 Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) recently released

a five-year vision plan named to transform higher education with the help

of more than 50 initiatives, what is the plan?

Answer: Education Quality Upgradation and Inclusion Programme (EQUIP)

Q.187 Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), Bharat Petroleum

Corporation Limited (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited

(HPCL) signed an agreement to form a Joint Venture (JV) for laying the

world’s longest Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) pipeline from Kandla,

Gujarat to?

Answer: Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh (CM: Yogi Adityanath, Governor:

Anandiben Patel)

Explanation: Also, Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) has become the

first Indian company to buy U.S. crude oil by signing USD 1.5 billion deal

for 60,000 barrels.

Q.188 Name the only Indian orangutan who recently died at the age of 41

in Nandankanan Zoological Park in Bhubaneswar, Odisha?

Answer: Binny

Q.189 Under the recent pension scheme (Pradhan Mantri Karam Yogi

Maandhan) for all shopkeepers, retail traders and self-employed persons,

a minimum monthly pension of what amount would be given?

Answer: Rs. 3,000

Explanation: All small shopkeepers and self-employed persons as well as

the retail traders with GST turnover below Rs. 1.5 crore and age between

18-40 years, can enrol for this scheme. The scheme would benefit more

than 3 crore small shopkeepers and traders.

Q.190 Name the mission announced by the Union Finance Minister in the

recent budget to provide “Har Ghar Jal” (piped water supply) to all rural

households by 2024?

Answer: Jal Jeevan Mission (New Ministry- “Jal Shakti Mantralaya” will

complete the mission). Gajendra Singh Shekhawat is the Jal Shakti

Minister.

Q.191 Union Cabinet has recently approved what percent FDI in digital

media under government route?

Answer: 26%




Explanation: To help revive economic activity, Union Cabinet has

approved 100 percent FDI under the automatic route in contract

manufacturing and also for sale of coal, coal mining activities. The

government has also diluted the current 30 per cent domestic sourcing

norms for the single brand retail trade (SBRT) sector.

Q.192 Name the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India who has

been elected as external auditor of the World Health Organization (WHO)?

Answer: Rajiv Mehrishi

Q.193 The 2019 (8th edition) of the Indo-Myanmar coordinated patrol

(IMCOR) between the Navies of India and Myanmar was recently held at?

Answer: Port Blair at Andaman and Nicobar

Explanation: Also, another Naval Exercise between the two nations called

IMNEX-2019 was recently held in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.

Q.194 The 2019 Shanghai Cooperation Summit was recently held at?

Answer: Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan (Currency: Som)

Explanation: Various side summits of SCO like, Mass Media Forum,

Foreign Ministers Summit, Finance Minister’s summit were too held in

Bishkek.

Q.195 Name the disaster warning system launched by Union Science and

Technology Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan to provide information related to

disaster warnings when fishermen move away from the coast?

Answer: Gagan Enabled Mariner’s Instrument for Navigation and

Information (GEMINI)

Q.196 Which Indian received the 'UNSDG 10 Most Influential People in

Healthcare Award' recently?

Answer: Patanjali Ayurveda’s Acharya Balkrishna

Q.197 As per Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

approximately how many villagers were given Digital Education under

Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA)?

Answer: 2.22 crores

Q.198 Which village recently became the first village in India to have zero

wooden stoves?

Answer: Bancha in Betul district of Madhya Pradesh.

Q.199 Which month has been celebrated as the National Nutrition Week

(Poshan Maah)?




Answer: September. The theme was: Complementary Feeding.

Q.200 Who is the author of “Carpenters and Kings: Western Christianity

and the Idea of India”?

Answer: Siddhartha Sarma

Q.201 As per Union environment ministry’s “Elephant population census”,

which state has maximum elephants in India?

Answer: Karnataka

Q.202 Union government, state government of Kerala and World Bank

signed a loan agreement of what amount for the Kerala Resilient

Programme?

Answer: $250 million (Rs 1,725 crore)

Q.203 Manipur recently received a “Museum of Peace” built on the

memories of Battle of Imphal, which country gifted this museum?

Answer: Japan

Q.204 A week-long exercise between the Indian army and the Indian Air

Force (IAF) – Kharga Prahar was recently held in?

Answer: Ambala, Punjab

Q.205 Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani inaugurated India’s first

Dinosaur Museum-cum-Park at?

Answer: Balasinor town of Mahisagar district.

Q.206 India won the women’s FIH Series Finals Hockey Tournament by

beating which team in the finals?

Answer: Japan

Q.207 External Affairs Minister Shri Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

inaugurated e-Vidyabharti (tele-education) and e-ArogyaBharti (Tele-

Medicine) projects for which countries on the 55th anniversary of Indian

Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) which is India’s flagship

capacity building programme?

Answer: 54 African countries


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Q.208 Who was honored with the highest civilian award of Mexico termed

“Orden Mexicana del Aguila Azteca” (Order of the Aztec Eagle) recently?

Answer: Former President Pratibha Patil

Explanation: Also, it is the top ranked Indian company in the ‘world’s

2,000 largest public companies’, compiled by Forbes magazine, with global

rank of 71.

Q.209 Name the telescope which discovered 20 new moons of Saturn?

Answer: Subaru telescope, with this Saturn has a total of 82 moons.

Q.210 A two-day Elephanta festival of art and culture was recently held on

Elephanta-Gharapuri (island) at?

Answer: Mumbai, the theme for this year was ‘Swarang’

Explanation: Also, Third edition of International Sunflower Seed and Oil

Conference (ISSOC) 2019 in Maharashtra, Mumbai.

Q.211 PM Modi along with Chinese President Xi Jing Ping held second

informal summit at?

Answer: Mahabalipuram or Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu (first one was held

in Wuhan)

Q.212 Who won the US Open 2019 in the men’s and women’s singles

category?

Answer: Women: Bianca Andreescu (Canada) defeated Serena Williams

Men: Rafael Nadal (Spain) defeated Daniil Medvedev (Russia)

Explanation:

Wimbledon 2019 winners:

Men’s Category: Novak Djokovic from Serbia (Capital: Belgrade

Currency: Dinar) defeated Roger Federer from Switzerland (Capital: Bern

Currency: Franc)

Women’s Category: Simona Halep from Romania (Capital: Bucharest,

Currency: Leu) defeated Serena Williams (US)

French Open

Men’s category: Rafael Nadal (Spain) (his 12th French open title) defeated

Dominic Thiem from Austria (Capital: Vienna, Currency: Euro) in the

men’s singles event.




Women’s category: Ashleigh Barty (Australia) won the women’s singles

title defeating Marketa Vondrousova from Czech Republic (Capital: Prague,

Currency: Koruna)

Q.213 Where were largest War Game of the Indian Navy - the Theatre

Level Operational Readiness Exercise (TROPEX 19) recently held?

Answer: Kochi

Explanation: Four-day International Shark Meet was also recently held at

Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), Kochi.

Q.214 India has joined which organisation’s G20 Global Smart Cities

Alliance on Technology Governance, a league of 15 of world’s leading city

networks and technology governance organisations?

Answer: World Economic Forum’s (WEF) (Headquarter: Cologny,

Switzerland)

Q.215 P Rajagopal passed away in Chennai recently, he was the founder

of which popular South Indian food chain?

Answer: Saravana Bhavan

Q.216 Which sand artist from Puri, Odisha was awarded People’s Choice

Prize at the Boston International Sand Art Championship 2019?

Answer: Sudarshan Pattnaik

Q.217 Which Indian bodybuilder has clinched Mr. South Asia title at

12th South Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championship held in

Kathmandu?

Answer: Ravinder Kumar Malik

Q.218 Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has announced that Aramco will buy

20 % stake of RIL’s oil and chemicals business for about $15 billion, Aramco

is a company in which country?

Answer: Saudi Arabia

Q.219 Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar’s which film has been included into

NFAI (National Film Archives of India)?

Answer: Indu Sarkar

Q.220 Who was honoured with entrepreneur of the Year award 2019 for

his excellence in the service sector and for his contributions and

achievements in the business industry?

Answer: Ruhan Rajput




Q.221 Nandan Nilekani has come up with which RBI backed platform which

will help individuals and small businesses share their digital financial data

with third-parties in a safe and secure manner?

Answer: “Sahamati”- an account aggregator model

Q.222 As per the Economic Survey 2018-19, to achieve the objective of

becoming a US $5 trillion economy by 2024-25, India needs to sustain

a real GDP growth rate of?

Answer: 8%. (India will be a US$ 3 trillion economy in FY-20)

Explanation: To achieve 8% growth, “Virtuous Cycle” of savings,

investment and exports catalyzed and supported by a favorable

demographic phase is required.

Q.223 Name the Indian cricketer who became the first ever, female match

referee, to be included into the International Cricket Council (ICC)’s

International Panel of Match Referees?

Answer: GS Lakshmi

Q.224 RBI recently allowed which foreign bank to provide regular bank

services in India?

Answer: Bank of China

Q.225 Fourth edition of India’s largest confluence of digital-technology

stakeholders, the Internet of Things (IoT) India Congress 2019 was recently

held at?

Answer: Bengaluru

Q.226 Which team won the Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) championship

recently?

Answer: Chennai Lions

Q.227 Recently Vice President Venkaiah Naidu announced that India will

open its High Commission in which country?

Answer: Sierra Leone (Capital: Freetown, Currency: Leone). He also

announced $30 million credit line for rice cultivation.

Explanation: He also visited Comoros (Capital: Moroni, Currency: Franc)

India and extended more than $60 million line of credit to Union of Comoros

in the field of Energy and Maritime Defence Cooperation.

He was given ‘The Order of the Green Crescent’, the highest Civilian Honour

of Comoros, in Moroni.




Q.228 As per a Reserve Bank of India directive Non-Banking Finance

Companies (NBFCs) with assets size of over what amount have to appoint

a chief risk officer to improve standards of their risk management?


Q.229 Name the joint military drill conducted by Navy, Air Force and Army

to showcase joint operations capability of the armed forces?

Answer: BullStrike

Explanation: The annual Joint Military Exercise ‘Hand-in-Hand’ between

India and China will be held in Shillong, Meghalaya this December.

Q.230 The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

recently conferred ‘Sasakawa Award 2019’ for Disaster Risk Reduction

(DRR) on whom?

Answer: Pramod Kumar Mishra

Q.231 Which bank recently bought a 9.9% stake in India International

Exchange (INX), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bombay Stock Exchange

(BSE) for nearly Rs. 31 crores?

Answer: ICICI

Explanation: The bank has also launched a new digital platform called

‘InstaBIZ’ targeted at MSMEs and self-employed customers, enable them

to undertake their business banking transactions digitally and instantly.

Q.232 Aadi Mahotsav or National Tribal Festival was recently organised at?

Answer: Leh & Ladakh

Q.233 SBI’s Shanghai branch has become the first Indian Bank to be

connected to CNAPS which is the real-time settlement services for all

payments cleared in China, expand CNAPS.

Answer: China’s National Advance Payment System (CNAPS)

Q.234 As per the Union Budget 2019-20 what amount has been allocated

to Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Program

(MGNREGP)?


Explanation: Also, the government has allocated Rs. 75,000 crores for

Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) scheme in the budget.

Q.235 Where was triennial International Seed Testing Association (ISTA)

Congress recently held for the first time in Asia?

Answer: Hyderabad




Q.236 Which state recently became the first state to tap into masala bond

market by listing its masala bond worth of USD 312 million) in London Stock

Exchange (LSE)?

Answer: Kerala

Q.237 Indian para-swimming team created history by becoming the first

Asian swimming team to cross which 42 km long channel in 11 hours 34

minutes?

Answer: Catalina

Explanation: Team comprised of Satendra Singh (MP), Rimo Saha

(Bengal), Jagdish Chandra (Rajasthan), Chetan, Gita Chaudhary

(Maharashtra) and Anjani Patel (Chhattisgarh).

Q.238 Name the campaign launched by Union Environment Ministry to

spread awareness about Air pollution?

Answer: Hawa Aane De

Q.239 Who recently became world’s first woman to cross Atlantic Ocean

solo in a Light Sports Aircraft (LSA) named Mahi?

Answer: Aarohi Pandit

Explanation: Also, flight lieutenant Bhawana Kanth made history when

she became the first women of Indian Air Force to qualify to undertake

combat mission on a fighter jet.

Also, Hina Jaiswal created history by becoming the first woman flight

engineer of Indian Air Force (IAF).

Q.240 BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange) has launched which app to enable

more participation and help mutual fund distributors process transactions

faster?

Answer: BSE StAR MF

Q.241 Which former Indian Supreme Court Justice has been appointed as

a judge of Supreme Court of Fiji’s non-resident panel?

Answer: Madan B Lokur

Q.242 Which state government has launched “School Fagadaba” (Make

education better) scheme with the aim to improve the infrastructure,

quality education and overall improvement of government schools?

Answer: Manipur (CM: N Biren Singh). Explanation: Manipur has also

topped rankings in Breastfeeding and Infant and Young Child Feeding

Practices in India, as per a report on “Breastfeeding” released by Union

Health Minister Dr. Harshvardhan




Q.243 Which country recently became the world's first country to measure

its success based on the well-being of its citizens?

Answer: New Zealand (Capital: Wellington, Currency: Dollar)

Q.244 66th National Film awards were announced recently, which film won

the award for the Best Feature Film?

Answer: Hellaro (Gujarati)

Explanation: Best Hindi Movie: Andhadhun

Most Film Friendly State: Uttarakhand

Best Actor: Ayushmann Khurrana (‘Andhadhun’) & Vicky Kaushal (‘Uri’)

Best Actress: Keerthy Suresh for ‘Mahanati’ (Telugu)

Best Director: Aditya Dhar for- ‘Uri: The Surgical Strike’

Q.245 INS Kolkata and INS Shakti of the Indian Navy participated in

International Maritime Defence Exhibition Asia (IMDEX Asia-2019) held at?

Answer: Singapore

Explanation: After IMDEX, the same ships participated in the 26th edition

of Singapore India Maritime Bilateral Exercise (SIMBEX).

Q.246 Name the new commercial arm of ISRO which was recently

inaugurated in Bengaluru?

Answer: New Space India Limited (NSIL)

Q.247 English-language monthly magazine ‘Euromoney’ has named which

bank as the ‘World’s Best Bank?

Answer: Singapore based DBS bank

Q.248 Which state topped in 2017-18 in the Composite Water Management

Index (CWMI 2.0) report released by NITI Aayog recently?

Answer: Gujarat

Q.249 Name the woman who recently became first Indian to claim a world

title in motorsports by winning FIM World Cup in women’s category?

Answer: Aishwarya Pissay (Karnataka)

Q.250 Which architectural heritage town has been included in tentative list

of UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites recently?

Answer: Orchha in Madhya Pradesh (CM: Kamal Nath, Governor: Lalji

Tandon).




Explanation: Also, India’s first cow sanctuary “Kamdhenu Gau

Abhyaranya” is located in Agar Malwa, Madya Pradesh (MP).

Q.251 ‘One Nation One Ration Card’ scheme, under which beneficiaries can

buy subsidized food grains from any ration shop in the country has to be

implemented by?

Answer: June 30, 2020

Q.252 Which former Supreme Court judge has been appointed as an

International Judge of Singapore International Commercial Court

?

Answer: Justice A K Sikri

Q.253 Renowned author Amitav Ghosh was felicitated with 54th Jnanpith

Award for his outstanding contribution to enrichment of Indian Literature

in which language?

Answer: English. His latest novel is Gun Island.

Q.254 According to the Sample Registration System (SRS), India’s infant

mortality rate declined from 42 in 2012 to what in 2017?

Answer: 33

Explanation: Madhya Pradesh and Assam had the worst IMR of 47 and 44

respectively while Kerala and Tamil Nadu recorded the lowest IMR of 10

and 16 respectively.

Q.255 Which Indian IPS officer will be honoured with prestigious UN medal

called Dag Hammarskjöld Medal for courage and sacrifice in line of duty?

Answer: Late IPS Jitender Kumar

Q.256 Which city recently became the world’s most southernmost city?

Answer: Puerto Williams, in Chile (Capital: Santiago, Currency: Peso)

Q.257 Name the three-year road map to be adopted by RBI for

strengthening regulation and supervision among other functions of the

central bank?

Answer: Utkarsh 2022

Q.258 L&T Finance Services Ltd. recently launched which campaign an

educational program aimed at financial inclusion of rural women in

Villupuram District, Tamilnadu?

Answer: Digital Sakhi

Q.259 Who has been appointed as the new MD and CFO of World Bank?




Answer: Anshula Kant

Q.260 Which Indian artist recently won the biennial Joan Miro Prize named

after Spanish painter and sculptor Joan Miró?

Answer: Nalini Malani

Q.261 As per Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade

(DPIIT), India received a Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) of what amount

in the FY – 19?

Answer: $64.37 billion

Explanation: Also, as per World Investment Report released by UNCTAD

(Headquarter: Geneva) FDI to India grew by 6 per cent to USD 42 billion

in 2018, The report also ranked India among the top 20 host economies for

FDI inflows in 2017-18.

Q.262 Indian Women’s Rugby team claimed their first ever international

women’s 15s victory after beating which team in the Asian Women Rugby

Championship Division 1 held in Philippines, Manila?

Answer: Singapore

Q.263 Dr Hargovind Laxmishanker Trivedi passed away recently, he was

a?

Answer: Noted nephrologist

Q.264 WHO (Headquarter: Geneva, Switzerland) recently declared Sri

Lanka as free from which disease?

Answer: Measles

Explanation: Also, Sri Lanka’s airlines has been named the ‘World’s Most

Punctual Airline’ for second consecutive time by global flight tracker,

‘Flightstats.

Q.265 The Women Sangams (groups) of Deccan Development Society of

which state were honoured with Equator Prize 2019 by United Nations

Development Programme (UNDP) for their contribution to ecology and

innovations in rainfed millet cultivation?

Answer: Telangana (CM: K. Chandrashekar Rao, Governor: E. S. L.

Narasimhan)

Q.266 Who recently became the first independent woman director to the

board of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)?

Answer: M. Jayshree Vyas




Q.267 In a bid to promote research in cutting edge areas of science, the

Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) plans to launch which new

scheme to fund scientists?

Answer: “Supra” (Scientific and Useful Profound Research Advancement)

Q.268 Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited recently partnered with which IT

major to accelerate the digital transformation of the Indian economy and

society?

Answer: Microsoft

Q.269 In which country PM Modi recently inaugurated Mangdechhu

hydroelectric power plant?

Answer: Bhutan

Explanation: There he also inaugurated Ground Earth Station and

SATCOM network developed with assistance from ISRO and launched

“Rupay” card. The government of India would also provide additional $100

mn to the Bhutan government under the currency swap agreement.

Q.270 17th edition of the IAAF World Athletics Championships for 2019 was

held at?

Answer: Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar. The event mascot

was “Falah”, an anthropomorphic falcon.

At the championships India’s Avinash Sable qualified for Tokyo Olympics

in men’s 3000m steeplechase event. Annu Rani became the first Indian to

reach the finals of the women’s javelin throw event.

Q.271 Where was India's first garbage café recently opened, under which

any person fetching plastic waste to the garbage cafe will be assured of a

meal?

Answer: Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh

Explanation: The state government will also set up “Lemru Elephant

Reserve” in the state.

Q.272 Who won the 2019 Nobel Medicine Prize for their work on how

cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability?

Answer: Britain’s Peter Ratcliffe and William Kaelin and Gregg Semenza

of US

Q.273 The Medical and Health Department of which state was recently

conferred with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Tobacco Control

Award for 2019 in recognition of its achievements in the field of tobacco

control?




Answer: Rajasthan (CM: Ashok Gehlot, Governor: Kalraj Mishra)

Explanation: Rajasthan was also awarded “best innovation and initiative

leadership award” at the 14th World Education Summit-2019, held at New

Delhi.

Q.274 Who was awarded the 2019 UN High Commissioner for Refugees

(UNHCR) prestigious Nansen Award?

Answer: Azizbek Ashurov from Krygzstan (Currency: Som, Capital:

Bishkek)

Q.275 Where is 1,000-year-old Shawala Teja Singh Temple located which

was re-opened for devotees for the first time since partition?

Answer: Sialkot, Pakistan

Q.276 Which company recently launched its own operating system called

“HarmonyOS” recently?

Answer: Huawei (Chinese)

Q.277 ADB recently approved what amount loan for road infrastructure

improvement project in Maharashtra?

Answer: USD 200 million

Explanation: Maharashtra also bagged first Hyperloop Project in the World

(worth 10$billion or Rs. 70,000 crores), the proposed hyperloop will

connect Mumbai with Pune.

Q.278 Who has been appointed as the President of India’s largest digital

payment company PayTm?

Answer: Madhu Deora

Q.279 Fifth International Dharma-Dhamma conference was recently held

at?

Answer: Rajgir, Bihar

Q.280 Second joint military exercise ‘Dharma Guardian-2019’ to promote

military cooperation was recently held between India and Japan at?

Answer: Mizoram

Q.281 Which special railway unit for the Indian railways was recently

launched by union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal?

Answer: CORAS (Commandos for Railway Security)

Q.282 Where will be the 11th biennial arms exhibition ‘DefExpo 2020’ held

in the month of February next year?




Answer: Lucknow

Q.283 India has recently contributed what amount to the United Nation

Special Purpose Trust Fund (SPTF)?

Answer: $1 million

Q.284 Recently Geographical Indications Registry under DPIIT granted GI

tag to Tirur betel leaf, it is found in which state?

Answer: Kerala

Explanation: The GI Tag was also given to following entities:

Tawlhlohpuan woven fabric: Mizoram, Colorful Shawl Mizo

Puanchei: Mizoram and Palani panchamirtham, given as ‘prasadam’:

Murugan temple, Palani, Tamil Nadu.

Q.285 Who has been chosen for Sangita Kalanidhi Award 2019?

Answer: Carnatic vocalist S. Sowmya

Q.286 7th Economic Census (EC) for the year 2019 which is conducted by

the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI)

commenced from which state?

Answer: Tripura

Q.287 Which state has been adjudged the best overall, among larger states

awards in terms of rural cleanliness in the annual sanitation survey 2019?

Answer: Tamil Nadu. Mizoram took the top spot in the smaller states and

UTs category.

Explanation: Among districts, Peddapalli district of Telangana became the

cleanest district in the country.

Q.288 As per the fourth tiger census (2018) released by PM Modi, India

now has how many tigers?

Answer: 2,967 i.e. a growth of 33 per cent from the figures of the previous

census (2013).

Explanation: MP has the highest number of tigers at 526, followed by

Karnataka at 524. India has 70% of world tigers.

Also, MP’s Pench Sanctuary and Kerala’s Periyar sanctuary emerged as the

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Q.289 Which Indian former athlete has been appointed as one of the six

members of the Asian Athletics Association’s (AAA) Athletes Commission?

Answer: PT Usha

Q.290 Who is the author of the novel “Second Night” released recently?

Answer: Rajiv Dogra

Q.291 Name “India’s lightest bullet-proof jacket” which was launched

recently at the International Police Expo 2019 in New Delhi?

Answer: Bhabha Kavach

Q.292 Who is the new PM of Britain?

Answer: Boris Johnson (Conservative Party)

Q.293 Which former Governor of RBI has recently released his new Book

‘Resurgent India’?

Answer: Bimal Jalan

Q.294 5th World Parliament of Science, Religion and Philosophy 2019 with

the theme of ‘Role of Science, Religion and Philosophy for World Peace and

well-being of Mankind’ was organised in?

Answer: Pune

Q.295 Which country will withdraw from 14-nation Organization of the

Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) from 1 January 2020?

Answer: Ecuador (Capital: Quito Currency: US Dollar)

Q.296 14th edition of Indo–Mongolian joint military training called Exercise

Nomadic Elephant- was held at?

Answer: Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh.

Q. 297 The first e-waste clinic of India will be set up at?

Answer: Bhopal

Q.298 Chandrayaan-2 was launched recently from Satish Dhawan Space

Center in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh by which launch vehicle?

Answer: Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III (GSLV Mk III-

M1)

Explanation: Chandrayaan-2 has 3 components- Orbiter, lander (Called

Vikram) and Rover (called Pragyan).

Also, Muthaya Vanitha was Project Director and Ritu Karidhal was Mission

Director of Chandrayaan-2.




Q.299 England beat New Zealand in the finals held at Lord’s, London UK to

win the 12th ICC Cricket World Cup, who won the Man of the Match (MoM)

in the finals?

Answer: Ben Stokes (England)

Explanation: Kane Williamson (New Zealand) was the Man of the

tournament. Golden Bat- Rohit Sharma

Q.300 Subir Vithal Gokarn passed away recently, he was a?

Answer: Famous economist and former RBI Deputy Governor

Q.301 The 39th World Congress of Poets was inaugurated at the Kalinga

Institute of Industrial Technology, the theme was?

Answer: Compassion through Poetry.

Q.302 According to a new report “Benchmarking India’s Payment

Systems”, released by RBI the share of e-Money in India’s payment

systems raise to what percent in 2017 from 0.8 percent in 2012?

Answer: 21.5

Explanation: Also, as per the recent Union Budget, Reserve Bank of India

(RBI) will now be the regulator of Housing Finance Firms (HFFs) instead of

NHB (National Housing Bank).

Q.303 Global Conference-cum- expo on ‘Spirituality for Unity, Peace and

Prosperity’ was held in?

Answer: Mount Abu, Rajasthan

Q.304 Where is Chaukhandi Stupa, an ancient Buddhist site located which

has been declared as ‘protected area of national importance’ by

Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) recently?

Answer: Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh

Q.305 The annual military exercise called KAZIND 2019 between India and

Kazakhstan (Capital: Nur-sultan, Currency: Tenge) army was recently

held at?

Answer: Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand

Q.306 Name the scheme launched by University Grants Commission (UGC)

to boost research culture and innovation in colleges and universities?

Answer: STRIDE (Scheme for Trans-disciplinary Research for India’s

Developing Economy)

Q.307 What was the code name of the war games conducted by Indian

Armed forces in Arunachal Pradesh along China border?




Answer: “Operation HimVijay”

Explanation: The Balakot strikes done by IAF in Pakistan were code named

as “Operation Bandar”

Q.308 Which Indian professional squash player, won the national squash

title for the record 17th time at the 76th Senior National Squash

Championship, 2019 held in Pune in the women’s category?

Answer: Joshna Chinappa

Explanation: Mahesh Mangaonkar won the men’s title.

Q.309 India hosted the Intersessional meeting of Kimberley Process (KP)

2019 recently at?

Answer: Mumbai, Maharashtra. The Kimberley Process Certification

scheme outlines rules that govern trade in rough diamonds.

Q.310 Union Power Minister Raj Kumar Singh and Coal, Mines and

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi have jointly launched which

Portal in New Delhi with an aim to bring better coordination for coal supplies

among all stakeholders?

Answer: PRAKASH– Power Rail Koyla Availability through Supply

Harmony

Q.311 Who won the Femina Miss India World 2019 beauty pageant?

Answer: Suman Rao from Rajasthan

Q.312 Girish Karnad passed away recently in Bengaluru, Karnataka, he

was a?

Answer: Playwright, actor and Jnanpeeth awardee

Q.313 Which country has become first Arab country to be granted full

membership of Financial Action Task Force (FATF) (Headquarters: Paris,

France)?

Answer: Saudi Arabia (Capital: Riyadh, Currency: Dinar)

Explanation: Also, UAE (Capital: Abu Dhabi, Currency: Dirham) has

launched the new anti-money laundering platform, called (goAML), to

gather and analyse intelligence submitted by reporting entities.

Q.314 Which state government recently launched “Mukhyamantri Krishi

Ashirwad Yojana”?

Answer: Jharkhand (CM: Raghubar Das, Governor: Draupadi Murmu)




Explanation: Also, on International Yoga Day, Prime Minister Narendra

Modi performed Yoga asana along with 40,000 participants at Ranchi,

Jharkhand.

Q.315 Name Sri Lanka’s first ever satellite, designed and developed by two

Sri Lankan engineers which was successfully placed into orbit recently?

Answer: Raavana-1

Q.316 As per the Union Budget an encyclopaedia would be developed on

which among the following Indian personalities?

Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

Q.317 As per the NITI Aayog’s recent index “Healthy States, Progressive

India: Report on Rank of States and UTs”, which state topped the rankings

in the bigger states’ category?

Answer: Kerala. (UP was the worst performer in this category).

Explanation: Mizoram was ranked first in the smaller states category and

Chandigarh topped the rankings in the UTs category.

Q.318 What is the name of the Facebook’s cryptocurrency which the social

media giant will roll-out in 2020?

Answer: Libra

Q.319 Which Indian plant has become the first and the only Indian

manufacturing plant that has been included in prestigious Lighthouse

Network of the World Economic Forum (Headquarter: Cologny,

Switzerland)?

Answer: Tata Steel Kalinganagar (Odisha)

Q.320 National Nutrition Survey conducted by UNICEF and Ministry of

Health and Family Welfare, which state has the highest number of

adolescents who were obese or overweight?

Answer: Tamil Nadu and Goa

Explanation: Around 10% of children in the age group of 5 to 9 years and

adolescents in the age group 10 to 19 years are pre – diabetic. 5% of them

were overweight and 5% suffered from blood pressure. One in five children

in the age group 5 to 9 years were stunted.

Q.321 Which state government has started first of its kind Village

Secretariat system at Karapa village, the secretariat will act as a bridge

between the government and the people by rendering over 500 types of

services at their doorstep?




Answer: Andhra Pradesh

Q.322 Himachal Pradesh CM Jai Ram Thakur flagged off a one-month

program ‘Pragati Rath’ of which bank to make people aware of financial and

digital literacy?

Answer: HDFC bank

Q.323 Union government has approved setting up of Tripura’s first-ever

Special Economic Zone (SEZ) at?

Answer: Paschim Jalefa village in Sabroom with an estimated investment

around Rs 1550 crores.

Q.324 Who has been appointed as the new Chairman and Managing

Director (CMD) of NBCC (National Buildings Construction Corporation)?

Answer: PK Gupta

Q.325 Who would be awarded the ‘Daughter of the Nation’ award by the

government?

Answer: Legendary Singer Lata Mangeshkar

Q.326 Name the Indian grandmaster who won the Fide World Grand Prix

2019 title held in Skolkovo, Russia?

Answer: Koneru Hampi (from Andhra Pradesh)

Q.327 Prime Minister Narendra Modi has declared FY-20 as which year?

Answer: Construction-Technology

Q.328 Union Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari recently inaugurated

9th International Micro irrigation conference at?

Answer: Aurangabad, Maharashtra. Theme of the conference: Micro

Irrigation and Modern Agriculture.

Q.329 Which city has become the world’s most dynamic city in the City

Momentum Index released by the property consultant JLL?

Answer: Bengaluru

Q.330 The first Sheikh Saud International Prize for Materials Research

would be awarded to which Indian scientist for his contribution to material

research?

Answer: Bharat Ratna scientist C N R Rao

Q.331 Which team defeated Punjab Royals to claim the fourth edition of

the Pro Wrestling League (PWL)?

Answer: Haryana Hammers




Q.332 Which city has been recognised as ‘World Capital of Architecture’ for

2020 by UNESCO?

Answer: Rio De Janerio. Theme: All the worlds. Just one world.

Q.333 Which state government recently launched ‘One Family One Job’

scheme, under which for every family one government job would be

allotted?

Answer: Sikkim (Governor: Ganga Prasad, CM: (Prem Singh Tamang) PS

Golay).

Q.334 Which Bollywood singer has been honoured with ‘Magnificent

Performing Arts Award’ at the 21st century Icon Awards in London?

Answer: Sonu Nigam

Q.335 Who has been awarded the International Gandhi Peace Prize for

2018?

Answer: Yohei Sasakawa (from Japan)

Explanation: Winners of other years are: Vivekananda Kendra in

Kanyakumari (2015), Akshaya Patra Foundation and Sulabh International

(2016) and Ekal Abhiyan Trust (2017).

Q.336 Which are the top three railway stations those who have topped the

Railway Cleanliness Survey 2019?

Answer: Jaipur, Jodhpur, and Durgapura (all three are in Rajasthan)

Q.337 Oil India Limited (OIL) has appointed whom as its new Chairman

and Managing Director (CMD)?

Answer: Sushil Chandra Mishra

Q.338 Which country has declared the ancient Hindu religious site of “Panj

Tirath” as a national heritage?

Answer: Pakistan. The site is located in Peshawar.

Q.339 Which Bollywood actor will be honoured with India’s highest award

in cinema, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2018?

Answer: Amitabh Bachchan

Q.340 The government has approved establishment of two new benches

of National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), one at Amaravati

and the other at?

Answer: Indore

Q.341 The UN Climate Change Summit, 2019 was held in?




Answer: New York. The key focus of the summit was to accelerate the

actions to implement Paris agreement.

Explanation: PM Modi, also inaugurated the Gandhi Peace Garden at the

UN headquarters in New York, he also inaugurated a 50 kilowatt ‘Gandhi

Solar Park’ at the UN Headquarters.

Q.342 Where was 21st edition of the Commonwealth Table Tennis

Championships held recently where India won 15 medals including 7 Golds?

Answer: Cuttack, Odisha

Explanation: Harmeet Desai and Ayhika Mukherjee won Gold Medals in

the Men’s and Women’s singles category respectively.

Q.343 Who was awarded with the annual Gandhi Mandela Peace Medal

2019?

Answer: Thich Nhat Hanh (from Vietnam)

Q.344 Which Indian company launched “Samarth”, an initiative to bring

Indian artisans, weavers, and makers of handicrafts to its platform?

Answer: Flipkart (owned by Walmart)

Q.345 Who won the Chinese, Bahrain, Canadian, French, Spanish, British

and Monaco Grand Prix 2019?

Answer: Lewis Hamilton (drives for Mercedes) of United Kingdom

Explanation: Valtteri Bottas (Finland): Japanese, Azerbaijan Grand Prix

Max Verstappen (Belgium): Austrian, German

Sebastian Vettel (Germany): Singaporean

Charles Leclerc (Monaco): Italian, Belgian Grand Prix

Q.346 In the recent QS World University Ranking 2020 which IIT emerged

as India’s best institution?

Answer: IIT-Bombay (global ranking 152)

Explanation: IIT – Bombay also secured top position in the QS India

University Rankings.

Q.347 Where was G20 summit 2019 held?

Answer: Osaka, Japan. (G20 Summit 2020 would be held in Riyadh, Saudi

Arabia).

Q.348 Which constitutional amendment granted 10% quota in jobs,

educational institutions for (EWS) economically weaker sections in general

category including Jains, Sikhs, Muslims, etc?




Answer: 103rd

Explanation: For the implementation of the quota, Articles 15 and 16 of

the Constitution was amended. Also, Gujarat was the first state to

implement 10% quota to EWS (Economically Weaker sections).

Q.349 Renukaji Dam Multi-Purpose Project which would be constructed

jointly by six states, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi,

Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh would be built on?

Answer: Giri river (tributary of the Yamuna) at Sirmour district of Himachal

Pradesh.

Q.350 'Pradhan Mantri Shram-Yogi Mandhan' (PM-SYM) has been launched

for unorganised sector workers to provide pensionary benefits to at least

how many labourers and workers in the unorganised sector?

Answer: 10 crores

Explanation: Under the scheme Rs 3000 per month after 60 years of age

with an affordable contribution of only Rs 100/55 per month. The scheme

was launched by PM at Gujarat.

Q.351 14th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel

Convention (BC COP-14), the 9th meeting of the Conference of the Parties

to the Rotterdam Convention (RC COP-9) and the 9th meeting of the

Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention (SC COP-9) was

held recently at?

Answer: Geneva, Switzerland

Explanation: The theme of the meeting was “Clean Planet, Healthy

People: Sound Management of Chemicals and Waste”

Q.352 Who was awarded the University of Pennsylvania’s Carnot Prize

2018 for the transformational changes brought by him during his tenure as

the Union Minister in the previous Modi Government?

Answer: Piyush Goyal

Q.353 IRDAI in the month of January set up a panel headed by whom to

identify domestically systematically important insurers (SIIs)?

Answer: Praveen Kutumbe

Q.354 The CM of Tripura Biplab Kumar Deb unveiled the official logo of

Tripura tea. The logo features which iconic landmark?

Answer: Neermahal, the iconic landmark in Rudijala, Tripura (CM: Biplab

Kumar Deb, Governor: Ramesh Bais)

Explanation: Also, recently Kharchi Puja was held in Tripura.




Q.355 RBI has approved Pasargad Bank of which country to open branches

in Mumbai for easing trade related transactions?

Answer: Iran (Capital: Tehran, Currency: Dinar)

Q.356 The central banks of which two countries will launch a common

digital currency called “Aber”?

Answer: UAE (Capital: Abu Dhabi, Currency: Dirham) and Saudi Arabia

(Capital: Riyadh, Currency: Riyal).

Q.357 Japan Prize Foundation announced whom as the recipient of the

2019 Japan Prize in the field of “Biological Production, Ecology”?

Answer: Dr. Rattan Lal

Q.358 Government of India signed an agreement with which organisation

for India’s participation in Programme for International Student Assessment

(PISA) 2021?

Answer: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD

(Headquarter: Paris).

Q.359 Niti Aayog in the month of May proposed a what amount initiative

for the establishment of AIRAWAT, a cloud computing platform along with

research institutes?

Answer: 7,500 crores

Q.360 To give a fillip to digital lending, SIDBI has started a pilot scheme

to extend financial assistance of up to what amount to new-age fintech non-

banking finance companies (NBFCs) engaged in financing small businesses

and other income-generating activities?

Answer: Rs. 10 crores

Q.361 In the month of February where was the fourth edition of

International Spice Conference held?

Answer: Hyderabad. Theme: ‘Challenges of Change, Redefining the Value

Chain’.

Q.362 A new RBI policy for overseas borrowings allows all eligible

borrowers to raise External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) up to what

amount per financial year under the automatic Route?

Answer: $750 million


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Q.363 In the month of March who was appointed as the first ombudsman

for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)?

Answer: D K Jain

Q.364 To help boost liquidity particularly among small and marginal

farmers in the farming sectors RBI has announced to increase the limit on

collateral-free agriculture loans to what amount from Rs.1 lakh?

Answer: Rs.1.6 lakhs

Q.365 The annual multinational maritime exercise Cutlass Express was

held recently; Indian Navy was represented in the exercise by ship?

Answer: INS Trikand.

Q.366 Name the hurricane recently which hit Bahamas and the South

eastern United States (US)?

Answer: Dorian

Q.367 Name the annual military exercise held at Nashik in which Indian

army recently showcased its artillery firepower by using ultra-light

Howitzers and indigenous Swathi weapon-locating radar?

Answer: “Exercise Topchi”

Explanation: Indian army recently conducted the disaster relief exercise

‘Exercise Rahat’ in Jaipur, Kota and Alwar in Rajasthan.

Q.368 Which country’s central bank announced the discontinuation of its

official currency, U.S. dollar and launched a new currency called RTGS

dollars, to resolve a long-term monetary crisis?

Answer: Zimbabwe (Capital: Harare)

Q.369 A first-of-its kind ‘Trip Protector’ insurance policy was launched by

which General Insurance Company for non-life insurance segment in India?

Answer: HDFC ERGO

Q.370 A recent study based on the National Sample Survey Organization

(NSSO) data shows that India has how many health workers per 10,000

people?

Answer: 20.6 health workers

Explanation: Also, as per the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) for

2017-18” by NSSO Nagaland has the highest unemployment rate

among the states with 21.4%. The overall unemployment rate in India is

6.1%.




Q.371 Who has been recently appointed as the Managing Director of

National Housing Bank (NHB)?

Answer: Sarada Kumar Hota

Q.372 Which Asset Management Company (AMC) recently became the first

Indian fund house to launch WhatsApp transaction platform for mutual fund

transactions for new as well as existing investors?

Answer: Motilal Oswal Asset Management Company (AMC)

Q.373 Name the Bengaluru-based medical doctor who was honoured with

the 'Global Asian of the Year 2018-19' award for her services and

contributions to the women's healthcare ecosystem?

Answer: Hema Divakar

Explanation: Also, Health Ministry has launched ‘LaQshya’ (Labour

room Quality improvement Initiative) initiative to improve quality of care

in labor room and maternity operation theatres in public health facilities.

Q.374 Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh released the list of best

performing police stations across the nation, which police station has been

ranked first?

Answer: Kalu (Bikaner, Rajasthan)

Explanation: Also, Keonjhar Police, Odisha, in collaboration with India Post

has issued postage stamps, each featuring the Ashok Chakra Awardees

from Police across the country, under the “My Stamp” scheme.

Q.375 A loan agreement of $40 million was signed between the Union

Government, Government of Himachal Pradesh and which international

institution for bringing clean and reliable drinking water to the citizens of

Greater Shimla area?

Answer: World Bank[GT1][GT2]

Q.376 Which state government has announced a new scheme called

“Arundhati” to provide gold at free of cost to the brides?

Answer: Assam

Q.377 Who has been appointed as the Managing Director (MD) of India’s

first international financial services center-Gujarat International Finance

Tec-City (Gift City?

Answer: Tapan Ray

Explanation: Also, UK- based Standard Chartered Bank has become the

first foreign bank to launch operations at International Financial Service

Centre (IFSC), Gujarat.




Q.378 Name the legacy dispute resolution scheme for tax payers that

started off with its operation from September 1, 2019?

Answer: Sabka Vishwas

Q.379 Which bank has become the first bank in India to deploy industrial

‘robotic arms’ to count millions of notes in currency chests across the

country?

Answer: ICICI (Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India)

Q.380 INTERPOL Secretary General, Mr. Jürgen Stock, recently met Union

Home Minister, Shri Amit Shah, and assured the best support for the fight

against terror, International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) is

headquartered at?

Answer: Lyon, France

Q.381 What is the disinvestment target in the Union Budget 2019-20?

Answer: Rs 1, 05,000 crores

Explanation: It is to be noted that Article 112 of the Indian

Constitution envisages the Annual Financial Statement (Budget).

Q.382 Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated country’s longest

electrified rail tunnel (length 6.7 Km) in which state recently?

Answer: Cherlopalli and Rapuru in Andhra Pradesh

Q.383 Name the Indian writer announced as the 2019 winner of the Nine

Dots Prize; a prestigious book prize created to award innovative thinking

that addresses contemporary issues around the world?

Answer: Annie Zaidi

Q.384 Which country has the highest number of 'living' indigenous

languages in the world?

Answer: Papua New Guinea (Capital: Port Moresby, Currency: Kina)

Explanation: India stands fourth with 453 indigenous languages.

Q.385 Which city recently became the second Indian city to be listed as a

heritage city by UNESCO (Headquarter: Paris)?

Answer: Jaipur (first city was Ahmedabad)

Q.386 Which yojana that has been proposed by the Union Government for

the fisheries sector?

Answer: Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana




Q.387 Who was appointed as the new chairman of the Central Board of

Direct Taxes (CBDT)?

Answer: Pramod Chandra Modi

Q.388 As per the Union Budget, one woman in every SHG will also be made

eligible for a loan up to______ under the MUDRA scheme?

Answer: Rs 1 lakh

Q.389 As per the Union budget, from September 01, TDS of 2% would be

levied on cash withdrawal exceeding what amount in a year from a bank

account?

Answer: Rs. 1 Crore

Q.390 Where was the second edition of World Count festival 2019 held

recently?

Answer: Pune

Q.391 Which state government has launched the second edition of the

water conservation scheme Sujalam Sufalam Jal Sanchay Abhiyan and

financial assistance scheme ‘Vhali Dikri Yojna’ for the welfare of girl child?

Answer: Gujarat (CM: Vijay Rupani, Governor: Acharya Dev Vrat)

Explanation: Also, a water conservation scheme ‘Jal Amrutha’ was

launched by Karnataka CM (current Karnataka CM is B.S. Yediyurappa).

Q.392 RBI and central bank of which bank recently did the USD 75- billion

swap agreement, which would act as a cushion against any sharp swings in

the local currency whenever the international financial markets turn

volatile?

Answer: Japan

Q.393 Ministry of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, launched which

initiative to promote start-ups, women and youth advantage through e-

transactions on Government e Marketplace (GeM)?

Answer: SWAYATT

Q.394 The Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks

(CGPDTM) has granted GI tag for Kolhapuris Chappals jointly to which two

states for making these chappals?

Answer: Karnataka and Maharashtra

Explanation: Himachal Pradesh’s ‘kala jeera’ (black cumin) and ‘chulli

‘(dried apricot) oil have also received Geographical Indication (GI) tag.




Q.395 Indian Navy launched which operation in the Persian Gulf and the

Gulf of Oman recently to reassure Indian flagged vessels transiting through

the area following the recent maritime incidents in the region?

Answer: Operation Sankalp

Q.396 What is the fiscal deficit target for the FY-20 (2019-20) as per the

Union Budget 2019-20?

Answer: 3.3% (the fiscal deficit target for FY-21 is estimated at 3%.)

Q.397 Which state government announced a Universal Old Age Pension

scheme, named Mukhya Mantri Vriddha Pension Yojana (MMVPY), the

scheme facilitates the amount of Rs. 400 monthly pensions for all in the

state above the age of 60 years?

Answer: Bihar (CM: Nitish Kumar, Governor: Phagu Chauhan)

Explanation: Also, India’s first Dolphin Research Center to come up in

Patna University.

Q.398 World Bank, UN Women and Small Industries Development Bank of

India (SIDBI) launched new social impact bonds exclusively for women,

called Women’s Livelihood Bonds (WLBs), with an initial corpus of what

amount?


Q.399 India has opened its first specialized hydrotherapy treatment centre

for elephants suffering from arthritis, joint pain and foot ailments in?

Answer: Mathura, Uttar Pradesh

Explanation: India’s first plant to produce diesel from plastic waste was

recently launched in Mathura, UP.

Q.400 The Prime Minister’s Awards for outstanding contribution for

Promotion and Development of Yoga 2019 were announced by the Ministry

of AYUSH recently, who were the winners in national and international

category respectively?

Answer: Swami Rajarshi Muni and Antonietta Rozzi of Italy

Q.401 Which state government has launched a massive campaign called

‘Dastak’ to eradicate deadly Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) and

Japanese Encephalitis?

Answer: Uttar Pradesh (CM: Yogi Adityanath, Governor: Anandiben Patel)

Q.402 As per Central Statistics Office (CSO) India’s per capita income in

real terms (at 2011-12 prices) during 2018-19 is likely to attain a level of

what amount for the fiscal year 2018-19?




Answer: Rs 91,921

Explanation: Also, Union Agriculture Minister (Narendra Tomar) has stated

that the average monthly income per agricultural household from all

sources is Rs. 6,426 in the country according to the NSSO Survey of

Agricultural Households.

Q.403 Recently Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has

operationalized first ‘Aadhaar Seva Kendra’ (ASKs) in?

Answer: Delhi and Vijayawada

Q.404 The Indian Air Force and French Air Force have participated in a

bilateral air exercise ______ at Mont de Marsan in France.

Answer: Garuda VI

Explanation: Also, Varuna is the name of the bilateral naval exercise held

between India and France in Arabian Sea.

Q.405 Which state topped the NITI Aayog’s “Agricultural Marketing and

Farmer Friendly Reforms Index” (AMFFRI) for the year 2019?

Answer: Maharashtra

Explanation: As per RBI, Maharashtra also registered the highest number

of Automated Teller Machine (ATM) frauds (233) in India for the FY 2018-

19.

Q.406 Which former Supreme Court judge has been appointed as a

member of Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal (CSAT)?

Answer: KS Radhakrishnan

Q.407 World Corporate Social Responsibility Congress (World CSR

Congress 2019) which promotes Entrepreneurship, Social Responsibility,

Sustainability and Social Development was recently held at?

Answer: Mumbai

Q.408 Spotted Cheetahs which are being translocated from Namibia

(Capital: Windhoek, Currency: Rand, Namibian Dollar) would be kept at

which sanctuary?

Answer: Nauradehi sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh

Q.409 According to a survey by Transparency International, which Indian

state topped the ranking of the best practices followed by states in budget

formulation?

Answer: Assam




Q.410 Namwar Singh passed away in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, he was a

famous?

Answer: Hindi author, known for his satirical approach in Hindi literature.

Q.411 Which country introduced a new “GAFA tax” of 3% on companies

Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon to ensure the global giants pay a fair

share of taxes on their massive businesses?

Answer: France (Capital: Paris, Currency: Euro)

Q.412 Which team won the inaugural edition of the Pro Volleyball League

(PVL) by defeating Calicut Heroes in Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai?

Answer: Chennai Spartans

Q.413 Which city has included Hindi as the third official language to be

used in its courts, alongside Arabic and English?

Answer: Abu Dhabi

Q.414 Vice President of India, Shri Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the 13th

edition of the annual Global Healthcare Summit (GHS) recently at?

Answer: Hyderabad

Q.415 Which country honoured PM Modi with its highest honour- ‘Order of

the Distinguished Rule of Nishan Izzuddeen’?

Answer: Maldives

Explanation: UAE (Capital: Abu Dhabi, Currency: Dirham) also honoured

Modi with its highest civilian award, the Zayed Medal for boosting the

bilateral ties between both of the nations.

Also, Bahrain (Capital: Manama, Currency: Dinar) awarded PM Modi with

"The King Hamad Order of the Renaissance".

Q.416 India has signed an MoU with which country for the establishment

of the Joint Task Force on Blue Economy?

Answer: Norway (Capital: Oslo, Currency: Krone). Prime Minister of

Norway Erna Solberg was recently three-day state visit to India.

Q.417 The Nobel Prize in Literature for the year 2018 which couldn’t be

given last year was awarded to?

Answer: Polish author Olga Tokarczuk.

Explanation: For 2019 the Noble Prize was awarded to Austrian author

Peter Handke.




Q.418 Where did PM Modi launch the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi

(PM-KISAN) scheme?

Answer: Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh (CM: Yogi Adityanath, Governor:

Anandi Ben Patel)

Explanation: Union Cabinet also recently has increased the ambit of PM-

KISAN to all 14.5 crore farmers farmer families, irrespective of the size of

their landholding.

Q.419 Asia competitiveness institute (ACI) has released the Ease of Doing

Business Rankings for Indian states. Which state has topped the rankings?

Answer: Andhra Pradesh (CM: Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy, Governor: Biswa

Bhusan Harichandan) has topped the Ease of Doing Business rankings.

Q.420 The Union Government has announced which animal as the mascot

for the 13th Conference of Parties (COP) of the UN Convention on the

conservation of migratory species (CMS) to be held in Gujarat next year?

Answer: Great Indian Bustard has been fondly known as “Gibi”

Q.421 Who was awarded the prestigious Global Future for Nature Award

2019 for her work on marine conservation?

Answer: Dr Divya Karnad

Q.422 The eighth edition of joint military exercise ‘Sampriti-2019’ was

recently held between India and?

Answer: Bangladesh in Tangail, Bangladesh.

Q.423 “Mukhyamantri Anchal Amrit Yojana” scheme was launched by

which state government under which 100 ml milk will be provided twice a

week, free of cost, to 2.5 lakh children?

Answer: Uttarakhand (CM: Trivendra Singh Rawat, Governor: Baby Rani

Maurya).

Q.424 On the occasion of the 150th Gandhi Jayanti on October 02, Union

Minister for Women and Child Development and Textile Mrs Smriti Irani

inaugurated a 1,650-kg ‘charkha’ (spinning wheel) made of plastic waste,

the world’s largest, at?

Answer: Noida, Uttar Pradesh.

Q.425 Who was honoured with 2019 “India’s Most Powerful Women in

Media” award held in London, United Kingdom?

Answer: Kallie Puri




Q.426 External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar attended fourth Indian Ocean

Conference 2019 held at?

Answer: Maldives

Explanation: 10th edition of the joint military exercise between India and

Maldives named Ekuverin was recently held at Pune.

Q.427 Vatican City conferred Prof Muhammad Yunus with 2019 ‘Lamp of

Peace of Saint Francis’ award’, he is a former Nobel Laureate from which

country?

Answer: Bangladesh

Q.428 “Nuakhai Juhar”, a harvest festival welcoming the newly harvest

crop of the season was celebrated in which state recently?

Answer: Odisha

Q.429 What is the name of NASA’s (National Aeronautics and Space

Organization) mission to moon which is to be achieved by 2024?

Answer: Artemis

Q.430 Which bank has signed MoU with the Government of India to provide

$250 million support to the National Rural Economic Transformation Project

(NRETP)?

Answer: World Bank

Q.431 Which state recently launched “Mukhyamantri Parivar Samman

Nidhi” scheme?

Answer: Haryana (CM: Manohar Lal Khattar, Governor: Satyadev Naryan

Arya)

Explanation: Haryana government has also launched ‘Mukhya Mantri

Parivar Samriddhi Yojna’ under which Rs 6,000 per year will be given to

each eligible family of the state.

Q.432 Exim Bank (Headquarter: Mumbai) signed a loan agreement of

USD 83.11 million with which country for financing three solar power

projects?

Answer: Congo (Capital: Brazzaville, Currency: Franc)

Q.433 Divya Satija from Haryana is associated with which sport?

Answer: Swimming

Explanation: At the 73rd Glenmark National senior aquatics championships

2019, held at Bhopal Rujuta became the fastest female swimmer of India




winning the title in 50m freestyle and gold in the women’s 50m breaststroke

was won by Divya Satija (Haryana).

Q.434 Journalist, ‘Raghu Karnad’ received the prestigious Windham

Campbell prize for his debut book, what is the name of the book?

Answer: Farthest Field: An Indian story of Second World War

Q.435 Which Indian Low-cost carrier recently became the first member of

global airlines’ grouping International Air Transport Association (IATA)

(Headquarter: Montreal, Canada)?

Answer: SpiceJet

Q.436 The Automatic Exchange of Information (AEoI) between India and

Switzerland kicked off from September 01 between Indian and which

country?

Answer: Switzerland

Q.437 Which organisation has initiated Young Scientist Programme named

“Yuva VIgyani KAryakram” – (Yuvika) for school children with a purpose to

enhance their interest in the emerging areas of Space activities?

Answer: ISRO

Q.438 Name the joint operation carried out by Indian and Myanmar armies

to wipe out the insurgent camps planning to hit the Indian workers at the

Kaladan Transit project?

Answer: Operation Sunrise

Q.439 In the month of March India launched its third IT corridor in which

country?

Answer: China, the corridor is in Xuzhou city, China. The earlier two

corridors are located at Dalian and Guiyang cities.

Q.440 Power Finance Corporation (PFC) has acquired majority stake

(52.63%) in REC Ltd (formerly Rural Electrification Corporation Limited) by

paying what amount?


Explanation: PFC thus became India’s second largest govt-owned

Financial Firm after State Bank of India (SBI), based on market

capitalization.


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Q.441 Tesla has developed its ‘largest power storage system in Asia in

which country?

Answer: Japan

Q.442 Name the American professor and Mathematician who became the

first woman to be conferred with Abel Prize also known as Nobel prize of

mathematics?

Answer: Karen Uhlenbeck

Explanation: She was recognized for her work in the field of gauge theory

and geometric analysis.

Q.443 Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) launched first ever

‘Terracotta Grinder’ in which city?

Answer: Varanasi

Q.444 Africa-India Joint Field Training Exercise (AFINDEX-19) between

Indian Army and 16 African nations was recently held at?

Answer: Pune, Maharashtra (Governor: Bhagat Singh Koshyari)

Q.445 Minister of Woman and Child Affairs Smriti Irani recently awarded

which Uttar Pradesh district for good work in sex ratio awareness and

outreach activities under the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) campaign?

Answer: Etawah

Explanation: Other nine districts are: Arunachal Pradesh: East

Kameng, Haryana: Mahendragarh -Bhiwani, Uttarakhand: Udham Singh

Nagar, Tamilnadu: Namakkal, Maharashtra: Jalgaon, Chattisgarh: Raigarh,

Rajasthan: Jodhpur.

Q.446 Which Indian company has become the first Indian company to

manufacture and deliver 100 warships?

Answer: Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd., GRSE

Q.447 Who has won the Pritzker Architecture Prize 2019?

Answer: Japanese architect Arata Isozaki

Q.448 DRDO recently conducted a successful Anti-Satellite (ASAT) missile

test “Mission Shakti”, with this India became the fourth country in the world

to acquire the strategic capability to shoot down enemy satellites, which are

the other three countries?

Answer: US, Russia and China

Q.449 Global Skill Summit 2019 was recently held at?




Answer: Ranchi, Jharkhand. Theme: Skilling Youth, Enabling Youth.

Q.450 64th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC) for 2019 was

held in?

Answer: Kampala, Uganda recently under the theme ‘Adaption,

engagement, and evolution of parliaments in a rapidly changing

Commonwealth’.

Q.451 Who has been appointed as the Principal Spokesperson of the

government of India?

Answer: Kuldeep Singh Dhatwalia

Q.452 Who has been was appointed as the Managing Director (MD) and

Chief Executive of the Punjab National Bank (PNB)?

Answer: S. S. Mallikarjuna Rao

Q.453 Which Kenyan Maths and Physics teacher has been conferred with

the prestigious Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize for 2019?

Answer: Peter Tabichi

Q.454 Which railway station became the 5000th railway station to be

enabled with Wi-fi?

Answer: Midnapore railway station of West Bengal

Explanation: The project for providing Wi-fi was started by RailTel in 2016.

Q.455 Which dance has entered into Guinness book of world records as the

largest Ladakhi dance?

Answer: Ladakhi Shondol

Q.456 As per 2018 global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), India’s

poverty rate has shown a drastic decrease between 2005-06 and 2015-16.

The poverty rate has decreased from 55% to?

Answer: 28%. In the said period 271 million people are moved out of

poverty in India.

Explanation: More than half of the India’s multidimensional poor are from

the four states Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh while

Delhi, Kerala and Goa have lowest multidimensional poverty.

Q.457 President Ram Nath Kovind was recently honoured with which

country’s highest civilian award the “Grand Order of the King of Tomislav”?

Answer: Croatia’s (Capital: Zagreb, Currency: Kuna)




Q.458 For which state the World Bank recently launched Rice Knowledge

Bank project to magnify knowledge on rice production technologies and

techniques?

Answer: Assam

Q.459 As per the report ‘OpenSignal’s hottest city for 4G Availability’,

which Indian city became the number one city in terms of highest 4G

availability in India?

Answer: Dhanbad

Explanation: Also, according to a recent report by Pune based antivirus

firm Quick-heal, Mumbai is the most vulnerable city to cyberattacks in

2019.

Q.460 “Marayoor jaggery” got Geographical Indication (GI) tag from the

central government recently, it is associated with which state?

Answer: Idukki, Kerala

Explanation: Geographical Indication (GI) tag was also granted by the

Geographical Indication Registry to Erode turmeric.

Also, ‘Sirsi Supari’ cultivated in Yellapura, Siddapura and Sirsi talukas of

Karnataka, has received the Geographic Indication (GI) tag recently.

Q.461 USD 455 million agreement was signed between which bank and

the Government of India for financing the Andhra Pradesh Rural Roads

Project?

Answer: Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

Explanation: India will also be the first recipient of local currency financing

by the Asian Infrastructure and Investment Bank (AIIB).

Q.462 Which Indian site was accorded with the status of ‘Wetland of

International Importance’ in the Ramsar Convention?

Answer: Sundarban Rain forests (Mangrove) in the West Bengal.

Q.463 Where did Election Commission of India (ECI) hosted fourth General

Assembly of Association of World Election Bodies (A-WEB) recently?

Answer: Bengaluru

Q.464 India has announced contribution of what amount to Global Fund

for AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFTAM) (Headquarter: Geneva, Switzerland)

recently?

Answer: $22 million




Q.465 Recently a new railway zone (18th in the country) was announced,

it would be called Southern Coast Railway and it will be headquartered in?

Answer: Vishakhapatnam

Q.466 Loan agreement of what amount was signed between the Central

government, Chhattisgarh state government (CM: Bhupesh Bhagel,

Governor: Anusuiya Uikey) and the World Bank?

Answer: $25.2 million

Q.467 Godavari Mega Aqua Food Park, first aqua mega food park was

recently inaugurated at?

Answer: West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh

Q.468 Which Ministry won the award of “Best ministry” for Implementation

of Swachhata Action Plan for 2018-19 in the Swachh Mahotsav 2019 held

in New Delhi recently?

Answer: Ministry of Railways

Explanation: Also, Best Swachh iconic Places: Chhatrapati Shivaji

Maharaj Terminus (CSMT), Mumbai and Vaishno Devi Shrine Board in

Jammu and Kashmir

Q.469 For improving drainage infrastructure in Dibrugarh town of Assam,

Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Government of India signed a loan

agreement of what amount?

Answer: USD 26-million

Q.470 PV Sindhu recently became first Indian to win a Badminton World

Championships gold; the World Championship was held at?

Answer: Switzerland

Q.471 Loan agreement of what amount was signed between the World

Bank, Union government & representatives of 5 states for the Additional

Financing of the Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP)?

Answer: $137 million

Q.472 World’s largest e-waste recycling plant has recently been opened in

which city?

Answer: Dubai

Q.473 What is the new capital of Kazakhstan which it has renamed to

recognize its outgoing President Nursultan Nazarbayev?

Answer: Nursultan




Q.474 Which bank has been ranked first among public sector banks in the

implementation of 'reforms agenda', as per the BCG-IBA’s “EASE Reforms

for Public Sector Banks” report?

Answer: Punjab National Bank

Q.475 Google India has unveiled which app which focuses on improving

the reading and comprehension skills of students, especially the ones in

rural areas?

Answer: Bolo

Q.476 Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar

has recently inaugurated the National Centre for Avian Ecotoxicology at

Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural Sciences (SACON) at?

Answer: Coimbatore

Q.477 Which Indian port operator has become the first Indian port operator

to achieve a new record of handling 200 million tonnes (MT) cargo

movement in 2018-19?

Answer: Adani Port and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ)

Q.478 ASSOCHAM, has conferred ‘Non-Life Insurer of the Year Award

2019′ to which company?

Answer: Bharti AXA General Insurance

Explanation: ASSOCHAM (Associated Chambers of Commerce and

Industry) also in the month of August organised 12th India Security Summit

in New Delhi. The theme of this edition of summit was “Towards New

National Cyber Security Strategy”.

Q.479 As per SARAL (State Rooftop Solar Attractiveness) Index launched

by RK Singh, the Union Minister of State for Power and New & Renewable

energy, which state was ranked at the top spot?

Answer: Karnataka

Q.480 According to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) survey

Singapore, Paris and Hong Kong are the world’s most expensive cities.

Which city is cheapest city in the world list?

Answer: Caracas, capital of Venezuela

Explanation: Bengaluru, Chennai and New Delhi were ranked at 5th, 7th

and 8th position respectively among the cheapest cities.

Q.481 Recently President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the Festival of

Innovation and Entrepreneurship (FINE) at?

Answer: Gandhinagar, Gujarat.




Q.482 Rio Paralympics Indian silver medallist Deepa Malik has been

honoured which award in recognition of her “inspiring achievements”?

Answer: New Zealand Prime Minister’s Sir Edmund Hillary Fellowship for

2019.

Q.483 Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Mr. Takehiko Nakao

recently committed what amount to India over the next 3 years (2020-22)

in support of new flagship initiatives?

Answer: $12 billion

Q.484 Which state government has launched the Emissions Trading

Scheme (ETS) which is a regulatory tool that is aimed at reducing the

pollution load in an area and at the same time minimising the cost of

compliance for the industry?

Answer: Surat in Gujarat

Explanation: ETS is a market in which the traded commodity is Particulate

Matter Emissions. It is also being described as the world’s first market for

trading in particulate matter emissions.

Q.485 Which Indian bank has launched the first debit card-based

authentication solution on NPCI’s e-Mandate API (Application Program

Interface) platform thus becoming the first ever Destination Bank to go live

with both Net Banking and Debit Card-based e-mandate authentication?

Answer: Kotak Mahindra Bank

Q.486 Name the eminent Archeologist who has been conferred with

prestigious Punyabhushan award for his long-standing contribution to the

field of Indian archaeology?

Answer: Dr. G.B. Deglurkar

Q.487 The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has

partnered with which IT major to roll-out 'Build for Digital India’?

Answer: Google (Headquarter: California, US)

Explanation: National Health Authority (NHA) has also joined hands with

Google to collaborate as well as strengthen the implementation of

government’s flagship health insurance scheme, Ayushman Bharat-

Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY).


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Q.488 Which team bagged the 6th Santosh Trophy Football Tournament

title held at Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana, Punjab?

Answer: Services

Q.489 Name the campaign launched by Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of

State of Housing and Urban Affairs, to bring the PMAY-U (Pradhan Mantri

Awas Yojana-Urban) beneficiaries into the fold of other schemes like the

Ujjawala (free gas connections) and Ayushman Bharat (health protection

scheme)?

Answer: Angikaar

Q.490 Google has launched a new open platform named ____ to run and

manage apps from anywhere?

Answer: Anthos

Explanation: Also, Google has launched new subsea cable network

“Equiano” to connect African and European continent.

Q.491 Who is the new president of the World bank?

Answer: Davis Malpass

Q.492 To boost tea trade, cultural and technical exchanges as well as

global promotion of tea, the Asian Tea Alliance (ATA), a union of five tea-

growing and consuming countries, was opened where?

Answer: Guizhou, China

Explanation: The members of the alliance are Tea Associations of India,

Sri Lanka, Indonesia, China and Japan.

Q.493 According to World Bank’s Migration and Development Brief, India

retained its position as the world’s top recipient of remittances in 2018 with

total remittances amounting to?

Answer: 79$ billion

Q.494 Which Indian aircraft carrier becomes first Indian airline to fly over

North Pole?

Answer: Air India

Explanation: Air India is also the first Indian air line to ban single use

plastic from October 01, 2019.

Q.495 Reserve Bank of India has set the limits for Ways and Means

Advances (WMA)?

Answer: Rs. 75000 crores




Explanation: The rate of interest issued on the Ways and Means Advances

(WMA) will be Repo Rate while the overdraft will exceed the Repo Rate by

flat 2%.

Q.496 Which telecom major has launched a mobile app, “My Circle” in

collaboration with FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) to assist women in case

they face any panic situation or problem?

Answer: Bharti Airtel

Q.497 Union government has recently increased the authorized capital of

which state-owned from Rs. 3,000 crores to Rs. 8,000 crores?

Answer: Allahabad Bank (Headquarters: Kolkata)

Q.498 Kandhamal Haldi (turmeric), has received the Geographical

Indications (GI) tag from Intellectual Property India, it is grown in which

Indian state?

Answer: Odisha

Explanation: Odisha also recently received GI Tag for Rasagola, a popular

dessert of Odisha.

Q.499 “Phayeng”, a scheduled caste village of the Chakpa community of

which state has been tagged as India’s first carbon-positive settlement?

Answer: Manipur (Imphal West district)

Explanation: Shirui Lily Festival was recently celebrated in Manipur.

Q.500 RBI has divested its entire stake in National Housing Bank (NHB)

and National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) to the

central government for what amounts respectively?

Answer: Rs 1,450 crores and Rs 20 crores

Explanation: Now the central government holds a 100% stake in both

these financial institutions.

Q.501 Which Indian Railway Station has become the first ever railway

station in the Indian Railways to get an ISO (International Organisation for

Standardisation) certification from the National Green Tribunal (NGT)?

Answer: Guwahati Railway Station

Q.502 RBI recently extended the ombudsman scheme coverage to non-

deposit taking NBFCs (Non-banking Financial Companies) having asset size

of _____ or higher?

Answer: Rs.100 crores




Q.503 The Intellectual Property Rights Cell (IPR Cell) of which university

has been selected for the National Intellectual Property Award 2019?

Answer: Kerala Agricultural University (KAU)

Explanation: Also, Benny Antony, MD of the Kochi-based Arjuna Natural

Ltd, has been conferred with the National Intellectual Property Award for

2019.

Q.504 Which bank has launched ’Web-assurance’ to enable its customers

to purchase life insurance in a convenient and hassle-free way?

Answer: Canara Bank (Headquarter: Bengaluru)

As per the report, “BrandZ Top 75 Most Valuable Indian Brands 2019

ranking” which bank was declared the country’s most valuable brand for

the sixth consecutive year?

Answer: HDFC Bank (it has a brand value of $ 22.70 billion)

Q.505 The IAU – International Astronomical Union (Headquarters: Paris)

has named a minor planet between Mars and Jupiter after which Indian

classical singer?

Answer: Pandit Jasraj.

Q.506 Bathukamma, the nine-day long flower festival of?

Answer: Telangana (CM: K. Chandrasekhar Rao, Governor: Tamilisai

Soundarajan)

Q.507 Under Fit India Movement, which state has launched “Walk to Work”

initiative?

Answer: Meghalaya (CM: Conrad Sangma, Governor: Tathagat Roy)

Q.508 Joint training exercise “MITRASHAKTI – VI” was recently conducted

between Indian and which country’s military?

Answer: Sri Lanka

Q.509 Who became the first woman umpire to stand in a men’s ODI cricket

match recently?

Answer: Australia’s Claire Polosak. She officiated the match between

Oman and Namibia.

Q.510 Which Small Finance Bank has been honoured with the prestigious

Celent Model Bank 2019 Award in Financial Inclusion category, for

‘Redesigning Lending to Reach Small Businesses’?

Answer: Fincare Small Finance Bank (SFB) (Headquarter: Bengaluru)




Q.511 Which Telugu poet has been honoured with the prestigious

Saraswati Samman, 2018 for his collection of poetry titled ‘Pakkaki

Ottigilite’?

Answer: K Siva Reddy

Q.512 India’s which payment platform has been adjudged as the world’s

best real-time payment service at annual Flavours of Fast report for 2019?

Answer: India’s Immediate Payment Service (IMPS)

Q.513 World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have

launched a private blockchain and quasi-crypto currency called ______ for

better understanding of blockchain technology and the function of crypto

assets.

Answer: Learning Coin

Q.514 Which Indian women’s footballer along with Sunil Chhetri won the

footballer of the year award at All India Football Federation (AIFF) 2018-19

awards?

Answer: Ashalata Devi (From Manipur)

Q.515 To honour which Indian Nobel laureate the London School of

Economics and Political Science (LSE) has created his chair in Inequality

Studies?

Answer: Amartya Sen

Explanation: He has also been honoured with the prestigious Bodley

Medal; highest honour bestowed by the University of Oxford’s world-

famous Bodleian Libraries.

Q.516 Which team won the second edition of Hero Super Cup 2019 after

beating Chennaiyin FC in the final at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar?

Answer: FC Goa

Q.517 Which bank has launched a Preventive Vigilance (PV) portal to

facilitate its staff members to check procedural lapses as well as promote

good practices?

Answer: Punjab National Bank

Q.518 Who has been awarded the second edition of Rabindranath Tagore

Literary Prize 2019 for his novel “Solo”?

Answer: British Indian novelist Rana Dasgupta

Q.519 Astronomers captured the First Image of a Black Hole which was a

halo of dust and gas, at the center of which galaxy?




Answer: M87 (Messier 87). The image was captured with Event Horizon

Telescope (EHT).

Q.520 Which company recently became the third company after Apple and

Amazon to reach a valuation of $1 trillion for the first time?

Answer: Microsoft

Q.521 Name the first malaria vaccine which has been tested in Malawi

(Capital: Lilongwe, Currency: Kwacha)?

Answer: RTS,S also known as “Mosquirix”. The vaccine has created by

British Pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).

Q.522 Who has been honored with the Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Nobel

Award by International Human Rights Council?

Answer: Sudhanshu Kumar

Q.523 Who has been appointed as chairman of the International Egg

Commission (IEC)?

Answer: Suresh Chitturi

Q.524 Three-day joint military exercise ‘Bold Kurukshetra–2019’ was

recently held in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh between India and?

Answer: Singapore

Q.525 Where was the 3rd World Hindu Economic Forum 2019 recently held

with the theme “Prosperous Society: Stronger Society” to bring together

financially successful members in Hindu society?

Answer: Mumbai

Q.526 Where would be the fifth edition of the Indian International Science

Festival (IISF) held in?

Answer: Kolkata, theme for 2019 is “RISEN India – Research, Innovation,

and Science Empowering the Nation”.

Q.527 Malabar Exercise 2019, the trilateral maritime exercise between

navies of India, Japan and the US was recently held at the coast off?

Answer: Japan

Q.528 “The Overstory” by Richard Powers and “Fairview” by Jackie Sibblies

Drury have won which prize in fiction and drama recently?

Answer: Pulitzer Prize

Q.529 Name the Chairman and Managing Director of the General Insurance

Corporation of India (GIC) who has been honoured with the Freedom of the




City of London for the recognition of her work to promote insurance ties

between India and the UK?

Answer: Alice G. Vaidyan

Q.530 The 91st Academy Awards or Oscars ceremony was recently held in

Los Angeles, California, which film won the “Best Film” award?

Answer: Green Book

Explanation: Best Actor: Rami Malik, Bohemian Rhapsody

Best Actress: Olivia Coleman, The Favourite

Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron, Roma

Best Foreign Film: Roma

Q.531 Which Indian historian has recently won prestigious Dan David Prize

of Israel for the year 2019 for his work on inter-cultural encounters?

Answer: Sanjay Subrahmanyam

Q.532 Which Indian former cricketer recently became the sixth Indian to

be inducted into International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Hall of Fame?

Answer: Sachin Tendulkar

Explanation: Along with Sachin, South African pace legend Allan Donald

and Australian woman cricketer Cathryn Fitzpatrick were also inducted.

Q.533 Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved which scheme

to provide financial support to Integrated Bioethanol Projects using

renewable feedstock?

Answer: “Pradhan Mantri JI-VAN (Jaiv Indhan- Vatavaran Anukool fasal

awashesh Nivaran) Yojana

Q.534 Which are the top two countries for investment through FDI in India

during 2017-18?

Answer: Mauritius (USD 13.41 billion) and Singapore (USD 9.27 billion)

Explanation: Netherlands became the third largest source of Foreign

Direct Investment (FDI) in (investment of USD 2.67 billion) across all

sectors.

Q.535 Which financial institution launched 5$ billion Action Plan for Healthy

Oceans and Sustainable Blue Economies for the Asia and Pacific region?

Answer: Asian Development Bank (ADB) (Headquarter: Manila,

Philippines)




Q.536 Which cricketer has been named as the first non-British president

of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)?

Answer: Kumar Sangakkara (Former Sri Lanka cricket team captain).

Q.537 Who has been appointed as the country’s first Lokpal or the anti-

corruption ombudsman?

Answer: Former Supreme Court Judge Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose.

Q.538 Which former ISRO chief has been conferred with France’s highest

civilian award “Knight of the Legion of Honour” recently?

Answer: AS Kiran Kumar (Current ISRO Chief: K Sivan)

Q.539 Under which state government’s “Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana”

(SSBY), around 4500 journalists would be provided universal health

insurance scheme?

Answer: Punjab

Q.540 Which state government along with WEF’s Centre for Fourth

Industrial Revolution (C4IR) Network announced the launch of drone-

delivery project called ‘Medicine from the Sky’?

Answer: Telangana

Q.541 Who has been appointed as Chairman of the Association of Mutual

Funds in India (AMFI)?

Answer: Nilesh Shah

Q.542 Which company has launched project ‘Sangam’ to accelerate

Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) in India?

Answer: Microsoft

Explanation: Also, Microsoft India, launched a new e-commerce platform

‘re-weave.in’ under project ReWeave to aid handloom weavers in India.

Q.543 Which former athlete was presented with Veteran Pin award by

International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF), in recognition of

her contribution to the growth of sport?

Answer: PT Usha

Q.544 Which state was ranked the best in the NITI Aayog’s School

Education Quality Index (SEQI) to quantify and measure the performance

of states and union territories in the field of school education?

Answer: Kerala. Uttar Pradesh came in last.

Q.545 What is the color of the cover page of Economic Survey?




Answer: Blue, this year the survey is guided by “Blue Sky thinking” i.e.

out of the box thinking.

Q.546 Which e-commerce company inaugurated its single-largest campus

in the world in terms of area (9 acres) in Hyderabad, Telangana recently?

Answer: Amazon

Explanation: Amazon also launched project “Zero” to tackle counterfeit

products.

Q.547 Which Indian company won the United Nations Global Climate Action

Award (UNGCAA) in the ‘Climate Neutral Now’ category?

Answer: Infosys. The company was honoured for its initiative “Infosys’

Journey to Carbon Neutrality”.

Explanation: Infosys was also ranked third best company in the overall

list and the best Indian company in the Forbes World’s best ‘regarded’

companies list 2019.

Q.548 Which Indian Chef was recently awarded with French government’s

‘Chevalier de l’Ordre du Mrite Agricoleto’ (Order of Agricultural Merit)?

Answer: Priyam Chatterjee

Q.549 Which actor’s autobiography titled “Lessons Life Taught Me,

unknowingly” was launched recently?

Answer: Anupam Kher

Q.550 Name the founder of the largest coffee chain in India, Cafe Coffee

Day (CCD) who passed away in Mangaluru recently?

Answer: V. Siddhartha Hegde

Q.551 Which state won the Best State for Comprehensive Development of

Tourism in the National Tourism Awards for 2017-18?

Answer: Andhra Pradesh

Explanation: Uttarakhand won the best film promotion friendly state.

Q.552 Which cricketer recently became the first person to replace as a

concussion substitute in Test cricket?

Answer: Marnus Labuschagne (Australia), he replaced Steve Smith in a

match against England.

Q.553 PM Modi received which award ‘by the Bill and Melinda Gates

Foundation in New York?

Answer: Global Goalkeeper Award




Explanation: Rajasthan’s Payal Jangir also received the Changemaker

Award 2019 by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Q.554 Who is the head (chairwoman) of the International Monetary Fund

(Headquarter: Washington DC)?

Answer: Kristalina Georgieva from Bulgaria (Capital: Sofia, Currency:

Lev)

Explanation: Chief Economist of IMF: Gita Gopinath

Also, recently Indian government appointed economist Surjit S Bhalla as

the Executive Director (ED) for India on the board of the International

Monetary Fund (IMF)

Q.555 As per the new rules (under Section 230 of Companies Act, 1956)

by IBBI, promoters and other stakeholder would get how many days after

the commencement of insolvency proceedings to re-take control of the

company through agreements with creditors?

Answer: 90

Q.556 Which country recently became the first country to use 5G network

in the world?

Answer: South Korea (Currency: Won, Capital: Seoul)

Explanation: Also, first district to use 5G is Shanghai, China.

Q.557 The 18th Conference of the Parties (CoP18) of Convention on

International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)

was recently held at?

Answer: Geneva

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