static awareness quiz for ibps clerk mains 2019
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Static Awareness Quiz for IBPS Clerk Mains 2019 Q1. Union Minister of State for Home Affairs has released the Bureau of Police Research and Development’s flagship publication “Data on Police Organizations” (DoPO 2018) in New Delhi. Who among the following is the present Union Minister of State for Home Affairs? (a) Sanjeev Kumar Balyan (b) Ramdas Athawale (c) Babul Supriyo (d) G. Kishan Reddy (e) Parshottam Rupala Q2. Chenani-Nashri Tunnel renamed as Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Tunnel. Where is Chenani-Nashri Tunnel situated? (a) Gujarat (b) Maharashtra (c) J&K (d) Uttarakhand (e) Himachal Pradesh Q3. World Bank has released Ease of Doing business Rankings which includes 190 countries. As per the rankings, India has jumped 14 places and has been ranked at 63rd among 190 countries. Where is the headquarters of World Bank? (a) New York, US (b) Geneva, Switzerland (c) Beijing, China (d) Paris, France (e) Washington DC, US Q4. Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) celebrated its 58th Raising Day on 24th October 2019. Who is the present Director-General of ITBP? (a) R K Bhatia (b) Subhas Goswami (c) Surjeet Singh Deswal (d) R K Pachnanda (e) Krishna Chaudhary Q5. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare will observe the Vigilance Awareness Week from 28th October to 2nd November, 2019. Who is the present Health and Family Welfare Minister? (a) Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ (b) Harsh Vardhan (c) Prakash Javadekar (d) Smriti Zubin Irani (e) Pralhad Joshi
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Q6. Ladakh administration is organizing the first-ever Ladakh Literature festival. The 3-day
Literature Festival is being organized from 29 to 31 October 2019. Who is the present Lt.
Governors & Administrators of Ladakh?
(a) Anil Baijal
(b) Shri Girish Chandra Murmu
(c) Kiran Bedi
(d) Radha Krishna Mathur
(e) Shri Dineshwar Sharma
Q7. The Government of India, Government of Odisha and the World Bank have signed a USD 165
million loan agreement. Who is the present chief minister of Odisha?
(a) Naveen Patnayak
(b) N. Biren Singh
(c) Kamal Nath
(d) Ashok Gehlot
(e) Biplab Kumar Deb
Q8. Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) in association with Universal Sompo General Insurance Co Ltd.
has launched upgraded health care plus insurance policy. Where is the headquarters of Indian
Overseas Bank?
(a) Kolkata, West Bengal
(b) Bengaluru, Karnataka
(c) Chennai, Tamil Nadu
(d) Mumbai, Maharashtra
(e) Pune, Maharashtra
Q9. Senior BJP leader Manohar Lal Khattar was sworn in as the chief minister of Haryana for
second straight time, with the support of Dushyant Chautala led Jannayak Janta Party. Name the
present governor of Haryana.
(a) Najma Heptulla
(b) Arif Mohammed Khan
(c) Satyadev Narayan Arya
(d) Bandaru Dattatraya
(e) Vajubhai Vala
Q10. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and National Council for Educational
Research and Training (NCERT)have launched an online aptitude test called ‘Tamanna’. Who is
the present Director of NCERT?
(a) Murali Monahar Putti
(b) Madhuree M. Shahane
(c) Chand Kiran Saluja
(d) Hrushikesh Senapaty
(e) Anil Swarup
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Q11. Odisha has inked a Letter of Understanding (LoU) on “drink from tap mission” with the
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). UNICEF found in which of the following year?
(a) 1947
(b) 1948
(c) 1949
(d) 1946
(e) 1950
Q12. The Zozo Championship 2019 tournament title was clinched by America’s Tiger Woods, aged
43, which was his 82nd PGA Tour crown. Tiger Woods belongs to which of the following country?
(a) Australia
(b) America
(c) Spain
(d) France
(e) Sweden
Q13. The International Cricket Council has banned Bangladesh Test and T20 Captain Shakib Al
Hasan for 2 years from all forms of cricket. Where is the headquarters of ICC?
(a) The Hague, The Netherland
(b) Rome, Italy
(c) Dubai, United Arab Emirates
(d) London, UK
(e) Vienna, Austria
Q14. Birender Singh Yadav has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of
Iraq. Who among the following is the present President of Iraq?
(a) Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
(b) Abdul Rahman Arif
(c) Jalal Talabani
(d) Fuad Masum
(e) Barham Salih
Q15. The Reserve Bank has imposed a penalty of Rs 35 lakh on Tamilnad Mercantile Bank for
violating norms on fraud classification and notification. Who is the present governor of RBI?
(a) Y. Venugopal Reddy
(b) Shaktikanta Das
(c) D. Subbarao
(d) Urjit Patel
(e) Raghuram Rajan
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Q16. The Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs has released a special commemorative
coin on Paramahansa Yogananda. The coin has been released to mark Paramahansa Yogananda’s 125th birth anniversary. Who among the following is the present Union Minister for Finance &
Corporate Affairs? (a) Narendra Singh Tomar
(b) Harsimrat Kaur Badal (c) Nitin Jairam Gadkari
(d) Nirmala Sitharaman (e) D. V. Sadananda Gowda
Q17. Facebook has unveiled a ‘Preventive Health’ tool that connects people to health resources
and sends check-up reminders. Facebook has launched the tool in the United States. Who among the following is the present CEO of Facebook?
(a) Larry Page
(b) Mark Zuckerberg
(c) Sundar Pichai
(d) Jan Koum (e) Tim Cook
Q18. According to the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, the appointed day for the
two Union Territories J&K and Ladakh was October 31. Who is the present Lt. Governor of J&K? (a) Praful Patel
(b) Anil Baijal (c) Girish Chandra Murmu
(d) D K Joshi
(e) V.P. Singh Badnore
Q19. President of India Ram Nath Kovind has approved the Tamil Nadu Agricultural Produce and Livestock Contract Farming and Services (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2019. Who is the
present Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu? (a) Edappadi K. Palaniswami
(b) Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy (c) Vijay Rupani
(d) Raghubar Das (e) B. S. Yediyurappa
Q20. The 38th edition of the Sharjah International Book Fair
(SIBF) 2019 was inaugurated by Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad
Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, UAE. What is the currency of UAE?
(a) Lek (b) Kwanza
(c) Manat (d) Dirham
(e) Dinar
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Q21. Prime Minister of Lebanon, Saad Hariri has resigned from the portfolio amid anti-
government protests. What is the capital of Lebanon?
(a) Minsk
(b) Yerevan
(c) Tirana
(d) Luanda
(e) Beirut
Q22. Rafael Mariano Grossi of Argentina has been elected as the new Director-General of the
International Atomic Energy Agency. Where is the headquarters of International Atomic Energy
Agency?
(a) New York, US
(b) Vienna, Austria
(c) Mandaluyong, Philippines
(d) Brussels, Belgium
(e) Lausanne, Switzerland
Q23. Former Mumbai Police Commissioner and Maharashtra DGP Datta Padsalgikar have been
appointed as Deputy National Security Advisor (NSA). Who among the following is the present
National Security Advisor (NSA) of India?
(a) Brajesh Mishra
(b) J. N. Dixit
(c) M. K. Narayanan
(d) Ajit Doval
(e) Shivshankar Menon
Q24. The bilateral ‘Exercise SHAKTI’ between the armies of India and France will be conducted
from 31st October to 13th November 2019 at Foreign Training Node in Mahajan Field Firing
Ranges, Rajasthan. Who is the present president of France?
(a) Benoit Hamon
(b) Jean Lassalle
(c) Emmanuel Macron
(d) Marine Le Pen
(e) Francois Fillon
Q25. The government of Pakistan released a new coin to commemorate the 550th anniversary of
Baba Guru Nanak. What is the capital of Pakistan?
(a) Multan
(b) Rawalpindi
(c) Lahore
(d) Karachi
(e) Islamabad
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Q26. The people over 80 years of age and Persons with Disability can now cast their votes through
postal ballot. Who the present Minister of Law and Justice?
(a) Piyush Goyal
(b) Ravi Shankar Prasad
(c) Arjun Munda
(d) Thaawar Chand Gehlot
(e) Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
Q27. Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan inaugurated the 3rd edition of Global Ayurveda
Summit 2019. Who among the following is the present Chief Minister of Kerala?
(a) Neiphiu Rio
(b) V. Narayanasamy
(c) Edappadi K. Palaniswami
(d) K. Chandrashekhar Rao
(e) Pinarayi Vijayan
Q28. Russia’s Knyaz Vladimir submarine of Borei-class vessel, test-fired its most advanced
nuclear-powered missile named, Bulavaintercontinental ballistic missile which precisely hit the
target range of 1000 km away in the Russian region of Kamchatka. What is the capital of Russia?
(a) Novosibirsk
(b) Yekaterinburg
(c) Moscow
(d) Saint Petersburg
(e) Kazan
Q29. Sanjeev Nandan Sahai assumed charge as Secretary, Ministry of Power. Prior to this, he was
serving as the Special Secretary in the Ministry of Power. Who is the present Minister of State
(Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Power?
(a) Kiren Rijiju
(b) Mansukh L. Mandaviya
(c) Hardeep Singh Puri
(d) Prahalad Singh Patel
(e) Raj Kumar Singh
Q30. The 35th ASEAN Summit began in Bangkok, Thailand from October 31 to 4 November. How
many members are present in ASEAN members country?
(a) 5
(b) 15
(c) 12
(d) 10
(e) 11
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Q31. Punjab State Cabinet passed a unanimous resolution to institute Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji Award
for Promotion of Peace and Interfaith Understanding, in commemoration of the 550th Prakash
Purb of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji. Who is the present governor of Punjab?
(a) VP Singh Badnore
(b) Biswa Bhusan Harichandan
(c) Satyadeo Narayan Arya
(d) Acharya Dev Vrat
(e) Bandaru Dattatraya
Q32. The spain will host the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 25) from 2 to 13 December.
What is the capital of spain?
(a) Granada
(b) Madrid
(c) Valencia
(d) Barcelona
(e) Seville
Q33. Private sector lender Dhanlaxmi Bank managing director (MD) and chief executive officer
(CEO) T. Latha has resigned. The bank’s board has accepted the resignation. On which year
Dhanlaxmi Bank was established?
(a) 1924
(b) 1925
(c) 1926
(d) 1927
(e) 1928
Q34. Government e-Marketplace (GeM) has signed MoU with Indian Bank and Canara Bank. Who
among the following is the present MD & CEO of Canara Bank?
(a) Parthasarathi Mukherjee
(b) Romesh Sobti
(c) P. S. Jayakumar
(d) Dinabandhu Mohapatra
(e) R A Sankara Narayanan
Q35. The Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT-D) will set up
a space technology cell (STC) in collaboration with the Indian
Space Research Organization (ISRO). Name the present Director
of IIT Delhi.
(a) Sumant Sinha
(b) V Ramgopal Rao
(c) G Narendra Kumar
(d) U.P. Singh
(e) V.K.Tewari
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Q36. UNESCO has designated Mumbai as a member of UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) in
the field of FILM and Hyderabad in the field of GASTRONOMY. Where is the headquarters of
UNESCO?
(a) Dubai, UAE
(b) Brussels, Belgium
(c) Paris, France
(d) Jakarta, Indonesia
(e) Manila, Phillipines
Q37. Siemens Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with NTPC Limited to
identify, evaluate and set up reference use cases of hydrogen sector-coupling for various
upstream and downstream applications. Where is the headquarters of NTPC?
(a) Mumbai
(b) Kolkata
(c) Chennai
(d) New Delhi
(e) Cochin
Q38. Noted writer Anand has been selected for the 27th Ezhuthachan Puraskaram 2019. This
award is given by Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award and the Government of Kerala.Which of the
following National Park is situated in Kerala?
(a) Anamudi Shola National Park
(b) Anshi National Park
(c) Balphakram National Park
(d) Bandipur National Park
(e) Bannerghatta National Park
Q39. A documentary on Real Kashmir Football Club has bagged the prestigious British Academy of
Film and Television Awards (BAFTA) and Scotland Awards at a glittering ceremony Scotland.
What is the capital of Scotland?
(a) Inverness
(b) Aberdeen
(c) Dundee
(d) Edinburgh
(e) Glasgow
Q40. Who among the following is the present Director-General, Central Council for Research in
Unani Medicine (CCRUM)?
(a) Pankaj M Shah
(b) S. Venkatesh
(c) V. K. Paul,
(d) Jagat Ram
(e) Asim Ali Khan
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Q41. Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for AYUSH inaugurated National Research
Institute of Unani Medicine for Skin Disorders (NRIUMSD) upgraded from Central Research
Institute of Unani Medicine (CRIUM) at Erragadda, Hyderabad. Who is the present Union Minister
of State (Independent Charge) for AYUSH?
(a) Raj Kumar Singh
(b) Kiren Rijiju
(c) Shripad Yesso Naik
(d) Jitendra Singh
(e) Rao Inderjit Singh
Q42. Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the 21st North East Book Fair in Guwahati,
Assam. Who is the present chief minister of Assam?
(a) Sarbananda Sonowal
(b) Conrad Sangma
(c) Raghubar Das
(d) Pema Khandu
(e) Zoramthanga
Q43. Which of the following year UNESCO was found?
(a) 1943
(b) 1944
(c) 1945
(d) 1946
(e) 1947
Q44. The 50th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will honour superstar Rajinikanth with a
special Icon of Golden Jubilee Award and the Life Time Achievement Award for a Foreign Artiste
will be conferred to French Actress Isabelle Huppert. Who is the present governor of Goa?
(a) Jagdeep Dhankhar
(b) Satya Pal Malik
(c) Bhagat Singh Koshyari
(d) Anandiben Patel
(e) Baby Rani Maurya
Q45. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo presented the prestigious Award for Corporate
Excellence to Pepsico India. Who among the following is the present Chairman and CEO of
Pepsico?
(a) Dina Dublon
(b) Mary T. Barra
(c) Albert P. Carey
(d) Caleb Bradham
(e) Ramon Laguarta
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Q46. The first-ever containerised cargo movement via Indo-Bangladesh protocol route and
Brahmaputra river will start from West Bengal’s Haldia. Who is the present governor of West
bengal?
(a) Jagdeep Dhankhar
(b) R. N. Ravi
(c) P.S. Sreedharan Pillai
(d) Vajubhai Vala
(e) Satyadeo Narayan Arya
Q47. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Guyana’s GDP is expected to be more at
86% in 2020 after expanding 4.4% in 2019. What is the capital of Guyana?
(a) Mahdia
(b) Lethem
(c) Bartica
(d) George Town
(e) Anna Regina
Q48. The Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Amarinder Singh has launched a first of its kind job helpline
number 76260-76260 for the unemployed youth of the state under ‘Ghar Ghar Rozgar’
programme. What is the capital of Punjab?
(a) Amaravati
(b) Chandigarh
(c) Shimla
(d) Lucknow
(e) Dehradun
Q49. Senior IPS officer Aditya Mishra was appointed as the chairman of the Land Ports Authority
of India (LPAI). Where is the headquarters of Land Ports Authority of India (LPAI)?
(a) Kolkata
(b) Pune
(c) Chennai
(d) Bengaluru
(e) New Delhi
Q50. A private sector lender, IndusInd Bank has appointed its
consumer banking head Suman Kathpalia, as its new Managing
Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Where is the
headquarters of IndusInd Bank?
(a) Delhi
(b) Bengaluru
(c) Cochin
(d) Mumbai
(e) Kolkata
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Q51. The biennial Commonwealth Law Ministers’ Conference is being held in Colombo, Sri Lanka
from 4-7 November 2019. India will be represented at the conference by Union Minister for Law
and Justice Ravi Shankar Prasad. Who is the present president of Sri Lanka?
(a) Ranil Wickremesinghe
(b) Gotabaya Rajapaksa
(c) Mahinda Rajapaksa
(d) Sajith Premadasa
(e) Basil Rajapaksa
Q52. The world’s largest fertilizer cooperative Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited
(IFFCO) introduced India’s 1st nanotechnology-based product range by introducing Nano
Nitrogen, Nano Zinc, Nano Copper for on-field trials at an event held at its Kalol unit in Gujarat.
Who is the present Managing Director of IFFCO?
(a) Mangi Lal Danga
(b) Prem Chandra Munshi
(c) Dileep Sanghani
(d) Uday Shankar Awasthi
(e) B.S. Nakai
Q53. The Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE) launched the Skills Build
platform in collaboration with IBM. Who among the following is the present MD of IBM India Pvt
Ltd?
(a) Karan Bajwa
(b) Simon Christiansen
(c) James Young
(d) Sathya Venkatraman
(e) Virginia M. Ginni Rometty
Q54. Agriculture Minister released the 5th edition of Wastelands Atlas 2019. Who is the present
Agriculture Minister?
(a) Prakash Javadekar
(b) Arjun Munda
(c) Thaawar Chand Gehlot
(d) Ravi Shankar Prasad
(e) Narendra Singh Tomar
Q55. Sudan’s first-ever satellite for conducting research in military, economic and space
technology has been launched by China. What is the capital of sudan?
(a) Kassala
(b) Khartoum
(c) Port Sudan
(d) Omdurman
(e) Nyala
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Q56. MSTC Ltd has signed an agreement with Allahabad Bank for the development of a dedicated
e-Auction platform. Who among the following is the present MD & CEO of Allahabad Bank?
(a) Dinabandhu Mohapatra
(b) R A Sankara Narayanan
(c) S.S. Mallikarjuna Rao
(d) J Packirisamy
(e) P.S.Jayakumar
Q57. The 5th Edition of ‘Miss Asia Global Title 2019’ was organized at Gokulam Convention centre
in Kochi, Kerala. Which of the following wildlife sanctuary is situated in Kerala?
(a) Abubshehar Wildlife Sanctuary
(b) Semarsot Wildlife Sanctuary
(c) Tamor Pingla Wildlife Sanctuary
(d) Kurinjimala Wildlife Sanctuary
(e) Cotigaon Wildlife Sanctuary
Q58. Union Home Minister inaugurated the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) joint
exercise on urban earthquake search and rescue 2019 at the Ambedkar International Center in
New Delhi. Where is the headquarters of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)?
(a) Kathmandu, Nepal
(b) Ebene, Mauritius
(c) Jakarta, Indonesia
(d) Vienna, Austria
(e) Beijing, China
Q59. The Asian Development Bank will provide a $451 million (about Rs 3,200 crore) loan to
strengthen power connectivity between the southern and northern parts of the Chennai-
Kanyakumari Industrial Corridor (CKIC) in Tamil Nadu. In which year Asian Development Bank
was established?
(a) 1966
(b) 1967
(c) 1968
(d) 1969
(e) 1970
Q60. Union Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik
inaugurated the Defence Research & Development Organisation
(DRDO) Igniter Complex at High Energy Materials Research
Laboratory (HEMRL) in Pune, Maharashtra. Who is the present
chairman of DRDO?
(a) Salim Ali
(b) G. N. Ramachandran
(c) G. Satheesh Reddy
(d) Avinash Chander
(e) Meghnad Saha
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