Most Important One Liner Questions January Part-I

Most Important One Liner Questions January PART II

1. Who has set up a world record in indoor rowing 11. A 2+2 Inter-Sessional meeting between the United
by completing 1 lakh meters in above-40 years States and India took recently place in ___________.
category? Ans- Delhi
Ans- Shakil Ahmed
12. The Department of Science and Technology (DST)
2. Ananth Narayanan has stepped down as CEO of along with Doordarshan (DD), Prasar Bharati
Myntra and Jabong. Who has been named as new today launched two science communication
head of these two firms? initiatives, __________ and _________.
Ans- Amar Nagaram Ans- DD Science, India Science

3. Government e Marketplace (GeM) has launched
“Womaniya on GeM” initiative. GeM is a 100%
government owned company set up under the
aegis of ____________.
Ans- Ministry of Commerce and Industry
4. Sir Michael Atiyah passed away at the age of 89.
He was a well-known_______.
Ans- Mathematician
5. The Madras High Court has set up an expert
committee to find a solution to root out invasive
species of plants from the Western Ghats. The
committee shall be headed by __________.
Ans- Cherukuri Raghavendra Babu
13. Lenin Rajendran has passed away at 67. He was a
renowned director and screenwriter of _______ film
industry.
Ans- Malayalam
14. Who has taken over as the chief coach for the
country’s female boxers?
Ans- Mohammed Ali Qamar
15. The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced
that __________ has been appointed as the
organization’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
Ans- Manu Sawhney

6. Who has won the under-8 category at the Kids’

Golf World Championship organized by US kids
Golf in Malaysia?
Ans- Kartik Singh

7. The theme of the National Youth Parliament

Festival 2019 is_______________.
Ans- Be the Voice of New India and Find solutions
and contribute to policy

8. Indian army day is celebrated on ________.

Ans- 15 January

9. National Youth Parliament Festival 2019 held at

________. 16. Name the Indian football team head coach who has
Ans- New Delhi resigned from the post.
Ans- Stephen Constantine
10. In which state India got its largest startup
ecosystem recently? 17. The theme of the ‘Global Aviation Summit 2019' is
Ans- Kerala _________.
Ans- Flying for all

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18. Who has become the 2nd youngest in the world 31. At which Military Station, Bilateral army exercise,
and the youngest Grand Master in Indian? IMBEX 2018-19 took place?
Ans- D Gukesh Ans- Chandimandir

20. The government has constituted a seven-member
Group of Ministers (GoM) to boost the real estate
sector under the GST regime. This committee shall
be headed by ____________.
Ans- Nitin Patel
23. The government has approved a capital infusion of
INR________ in state-owned Exim Bank to expand
its business.
Ans- 6,000 crore
24. A ministerial panel headed by ___________ will
examine uniformity of taxation on lottery under
GST and other issues arising out of it.
Ans- Sudhir Mungantiwar
25. Which of the following stated government
launched farm debt-waiver scheme named ‘Jai
Kisan Rin Mukti Yojana’?
Ans- Madhya Pradesh
26. The Cabinet has approved an increase in the
authorized capital of Exim Bank from ________ to
__________.
Ans- Rs. 10,000 crore, Rs. 20,000 crore
27. Which of the following country took the
chairmanship of the group 'Group of 77' (G77)
from Egypt for 2019?
Ans- Palestine
32. India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra), a Fitch Group
Company, estimated India’s GDP growth ____ in the
financial year 2019-20.
Ans- 7.5 %
33. Dr. Jitendra Singh inaugurated the UNNATI
(Unispace Nanosatellite Assembly & Training)
programme recently. It was organised by______.
Ans- ISRO
34. PM Modi inaugurated Vibrant Gujarat Global
Trade Show at Gandhinagar. What is its tagline?
Ans- From Charkha to Chandrayaan
35. 'Global Risk Report' is released annually by which
of the following organisation?
Ans- World Economic Forum
36. 10th edition of the India Rubber Expo held at
_______.
Ans- Mumbai
37. Who among the following has won 2019 Japan
Prize for his contributions in the field of
“Biological Production, Ecology”?
Ans- Dr. Rattan Lal

28. The Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2018 has been
conferred on___________.
Ans- Yohei Sasakawa

29. Who has become the first Indian and youngest

man to climb the 7 highest peaks and volcanic
summits across all continents?
Ans- Satyarup Siddhanta

30. The Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2017 has been
conferred on ____________ for their contribution in
providing Education for Rural and Tribal Children
in remote areas pan India, Rural Empowerment,
Gender and Social Equality.
Ans- Ekal Abhiyan Trust
38. Who among the following has become the first
Indian athlete to receive a nomination in the
prestigious Laureus World Comeback of the Year
Award?
Ans- Vinesh Phogat

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39. 25th International conference and exhibition on
terrestrial and satellite broadcasting, BES EXPO
2019 held in_______.
Ans- New Delhi
40. Which of the following project is the first National
Highway project in the country taken up on a
50:50 Centre-State partnership?
Ans- Kollam Bypass
41. Reliance Retail and Reliance Jio Infocomm would
jointly launch a new e-commerce platform in the
country. ________ would be the first state to get it.
Ans- Gujarat
42. The theme for BES EXPO 2019 is _________.
Ans- Next Gen Broadcasting in the IT World
43. Which team has become the first visiting side to
win a bilateral series (two or more matches) in all
three formats in Australia?
Ans- India
44. Fitch Rating company Headquarters is in ________.
Ans- New York
45. Who among the following was announced to be
the recipient of the 2019 Japan Prize on of
“Materials and Production” field.
Ans- Yoshio Okamoto
46. HDFC Standard Life Insurance has changed its
name to ____________.
Ans- HDFC Life Insurance
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47. Which country will host the 14th session of the
Conference of Parties to the United Nations
Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)?
Ans- India
48. Which of the following country has launched
startup Star-ALE’s mini-satellite aimed to deliver
the world’s first artificial meteor shower?
Ans- Japan
49. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) and
_______are in dialogue to form a world-class
consortium to initially build 1GWh lithium-ion
battery plant in India.
Ans- Libcoin
50. Which state has launched a project for Sustainable
Catchment Forest Management that would help
develop the quality of forestlands and livelihood of
forest dwellers in the state?
Ans- Tripura
51. ________will be the site of the country’s second
defence innovation hub after Coimbatore in Tamil
Nadu.
Ans- Nashik
52. Saksham, an annual high intensity one-month long
people-centric mega campaign is launched by
_______.
Ans- Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
53. India has recently signed a long-term contract
with ________ for supply of uranium ore
concentrates to widen its source base for the
nuclear fuel.
Ans- Uzbekistan
54. Mary Oliver passed away at 83. She was a well
known ________.
Ans- Writer
55. Who has been appointed as the Director General
(Investigation) in the National Human Rights
Commission.
Ans- Prabhat Singh
56. The Swedish Parliament approved _________ as
Prime Minister for a second four-year term.
Ans- Stefan Lofven
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57. UNESCO has named ________ as the World Capital of Ans- Mumbai
Architecture for 2020.
Ans- Rio de Janeiro 70. Who has become the first player in history to win
the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Cricketer of
58. Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated the Year, the ICC Men’s Test Player of the Year and
the 426 meters long Diffo Bridge. It is built over the ICC ODI Player of the Year awards?
_______. Ans- Virat Kohli
Ans- Chipu River

59. Which of the following city hosted the 15th edition

of Pravasi Bhartiya Divas?
Ans- Varanasi

60. What is the theme of the Pravasi Bhartiya Divas

2019?
Ans- Role of Indian Diaspora in building New India

61. Which of the following city hosted the Arab

Economic and Social Development Summit?
Ans- Beirut

62. Name the world’s oldest man, who has died at the
age of 113.
Ans- Masazo Nonaka
71. Who has been chosen for the first Sheikh Saud
63. Who among the following won the International International Prize for Materials Research by the
Tennis Federation’s 25,000-dollar Women’s Centre for Advanced Materials of the United Arab
tournament in Singapore? Emirates (UAE)?
Ans- Ankita Raina Ans- CNR Rao

64. Which of the following city hosted the World 72. Who among the following has been awarded the
Economic Forum (WEF) annual meet? “Woman’s Voice Award” at the Apeejay Kolkata
Ans- Davos Literary Festival (AKLF)?
Ans- Ranjani Murali
65. The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India
(IBBI) has set up an 11-member working group 73. China’s economy grew at _____ in 2018, its slowest
under the Chairmanship of____________. rate in almost 3 decades.
Ans- UK Sinha Ans- 6.6%

66. Who has been appointed as MD and CEO of IDFC
First Bank for a period of three years?
Ans- V Vaidyanathan
67. Who among the following was presented with the
prestigious 2019 Rosa Park Trailblazer award?
Ans- Gurinder Singh Khalsa
68. Who has been sworn in as Madagascar President?
Ans- Andry Rajoelina
69. India Steel 2019 Exhibition and Conference was
hosted by_________.
74. Which country topped the Trust Index among both
the informed public and the general population
segments, as per the 2019 Edelman Trust
Barometer report?
Ans- China
75. Who has been bestowed with Sansad Ratna Award
for his distinguished performance as a
parliamentarian under Jury Committee Special
Award category?
Ans- Anurag Thakur

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76. Which country has banned the use of Indian
currency notes of Rs 2,000, Rs 500 and Rs 200
denominations?
Ans- Nepal
77. ______ has launched a new e-commerce platform
re-weave.in for handloom weavers under its
Project ReWeave, part of its philanthropic
initiatives.
Ans- Microsoft India
78. Who is the Chief Guest of the 15th Pravasi
Bharatiya Diwas Convention?
Ans- Pravind Jugnauth
79. Who is the Guest of Honor at the 15th Pravasi
Bharatiya Diwas Convention?
Ans- Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi
80. Omega Healthcare Management Services has signed
a pact with ______ for advanced use of the latest
technology in providing healthcare solutions.
Ans- IIIT-Bangalore
81. Name India’s premier container port that got
listed amongst the top 30 container ports globally,
as per the latest Lloyds Report.
Ans- Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust
82. Who among the following was named the
International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Emerging
Player Of The Year?
Ans- Rishabh Pant
83. Raghbir Singh Bhola has passed away aged 92. He
was a well-known _________.
Ans- Hockey player
84. India ranks _____ on the global talent competitive
index?
Ans- 80th
85. Which of the following firm has announced that it
will create an independent Institute for Ethics in
Artificial intelligence (AI) with an initial
investment of $7.5 million over a period of five
years?
Ans- Facebook
86. Who has become the fastest Indian bowler to
claim 100 ODI wickets?
Ans- Mohammed Shami
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87. Which state government has declared Pakke Paga
Hornbill Festival (PPHF) as the “State Festival”?
Ans- Arunachal Pradesh
88. The government has constituted a high power
committee to monitor the pricing of medicines and
healthcare products. The committee will be
headed by a ___________.
Ans- Niti Aayog Member (Health)
89. Ten years after “26/11”, the Indian Navy
commenced the largest coastal defence exercise
off the Indian coast. What is the name of the
exercise?
Ans- SEA VIGIL
90. The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind
conferred the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal
Puraskar 2019. The names of awardees were
finalized by the National Selection Committee
under the Chairpersonship of _________.
Ans- Maneka Gandhi
91. The Cabinet has approved amendment to the
‘Framework on Currency Swap Arrangement for
SAARC Member Countries’ to incorporate ‘Standby
Swap’ amounting to ________ operated within the
overall size of the facility.
Ans- USD 400 million
92. Who among the following has been named the
interim Finance Minister and interim Minister of
Corporate Affairs?
Ans- Piyush Goyal
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93. The final planning conference to work out the
modalities for Indian Africa Field Training
Exercise (IAFTX)-2019 was conducted at ________.
Ans- Pune
94. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the
Pravasi Teerth Darshan Yojana under which a
group of Indian diaspora will be taken on a
government-sponsored tour of religious places in
India ______a year.
Ans- 2 times
95. _______ Government organised the 2nd edition of
Global Investor summit in __________.
Ans- Tamil Nadu, Chennai
96. Which of the following country has announced
that he is breaking off diplomatic ties with the
United States?
Ans- Venezuela
97. Three Indian expats from ______ won the
prestigious Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award the
highest honor conferred on Indian diaspora.
Ans- The UAE
98. Indian Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba
commissioned the new Naval Air Base _________ at
Diglipur in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Ans- INS Kohassa
99. 2nd World Integrated Medicine Forum 2019 was
held in______.
Ans- Goa
100. National Girl Child Day is celebrated in India on___.
Ans- 24 January
101. The theme of National Girl Child Day 2019 is
________.
Ans- Empowering Girls for a Brighter Tomorrow
102. On 3 December 2018, the United Nations General
Assembly adopted with consensus a resolution
proclaiming ____as International Day of Education.
Ans- 24 January
103. Vodafone Idea announced that its board had
approved a rights issue of _______to existing eligible
equity shareholders in line with the
recommendations of the capital raising committee.
Ans- Rs25,000 crore
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104. Yes Bank has appointed veteran banker ___________
as its new MD & CEO, who will join the bank on or
before March 1, 2019.
Ans- Ravneet Singh Gill
105. Indian economy is expected to accelerate at a rate
of ______ in 2019-20, according to a report by the
United Nations.
Ans- 7.6%
106. Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah has been
elected as _______ new king by the members of the
country’s royal families.
Ans- Malaysia’s
107. Krishna Sobti has passed away in Delhi. She was a
well known_______.
Ans- Writer
108. The Defence Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO) has successfully test fired
Long Range Surface to Air Missile (LR-SAM) from
naval warship ________.
Ans- INS Chennai
109. IndiGo owner InterGlobe Aviation has appointed
___________ as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
of the company with immediate effect.
Ans- Ronojoy Dutta
110. The government has instituted an annual award
titled Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan
Puraskar. This year _______has been selected for the
Award.
Ans- 8th Battalion of NDRF
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111. Russell Baker has passed away. He was a noted
__________.
Ans- Writer
112. National Voters Day is celebrated every year on __.
Ans- 25 January
113. What is the theme for National Voters Day 2019?
Ans- No Voter to be left behind
114. Sahitya Akademi award winning _______writer Atin
Bandyopadhyay passed away of brain stroke at
the age of 85.
Ans- Bengali
115. Johan Botha has announced his retirement. He was
a _______.
Ans- Cricketer
116. The _______government has decided to form a ‘State
Tiger Protection Force’ to save the Big Cat
population in the State.
Ans- Telangana
117. Which state government has declared Pakke Paga
Hornbill Festival (PPHF) as the “State Festival”?
Ans- Arunachal Pradesh
118. Which country has declared sugarcane juice as the
“national drink” of the country?
Ans- Pakistan
119. Which state government has floated a ‘Pravasi
Dividend Pension Scheme’ to provide regular
pension to Non-Resident people of the state?
Ans- Kerala
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120. Which state has announced the launch of the ‘Yuva
Swabhiman Yojana’ for youths from the
economically weaker sections in urban areas?
Ans- Madhya Pradesh
121. The Oxford Dictionaries announced _______ as the
Hindi Word of the Year.
Ans- Nari Shakti
122. Insurance Regulatory Development Authority of
India (IRDAI) has set up a panel headed by
____________, to identify domestically systematically
important insurers (SIIs).
Ans- Praveen Kutumbe
123. Which of the following ministry has launched a
mobile app ‘RDP India 2019’?
Ans- Ministry of Defence
124. SBI Card and __________ have joined hands to launch
a travel-specific Visa credit card for members and
Indian travellers.
Ans- Etihad Guest
125. India’s fastest indigenous train which will run
from Delhi to Varanasi has been named as ________.
Ans- Vande Bharat Express
126. Michel Legrand has passed away aged 86. He was
a well known________.
Ans- Composer
127. Assam government has conferred the Republic
Day Journalism Award 2019 to veteran
journalist____________.
Ans- Dhirendra Nath Chakraborty
128. According to CISCO, India ranks ____in GDPR
Readiness Index.
Ans- 6th
129. West Indies player _________ has become the first
player from the country in 45 years to top the list
of all-rounders in the International Cricket Council
Test Player Rankings.
Ans- Jason Holder
130. Who among the following won the Australian
Open 2019, Men’s Singles tennis title?
Ans- Novak Djokovic
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131. Who among the following won the Australian
Open 2019, Women’s Singles tennis title?
Ans- Naomi Osaka
132. Who among the following won DAIHATSU
Indonesia Masters 2019, Women’s Singles
badminton title?
Ans- Saina Nehwal
133. Who among the following won DAIHATSU
Indonesia Masters 2019, Men’s Singles badminton
title?
Ans- Anders Antonsen
134. Which of the following movie has took home the
top award for best performance by a cast in a
motion picture at the 2019 Screen Actors Guild
Awards?
Ans- Black Panther
135. The 25th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards took
place in-
Ans- Los Angeles
136. Jason Holder has become the first player from the
country in 45 years to top the list of all-rounders
in the International Cricket Council Test Player
Rankings. He is play for which country?
Ans- West Indies
141. The Council of Europe had launched a Data
Protection Day to be celebrated each year on
___________ January, the date on which the Council
of Europe’s data protection convention, known as
“Convention 108”, was opened to the signature.
Ans- 28th January
142. A 5.1-km long cable-stayed “Atal Setu” on the
Mandovi river in-
Ans- Goa
143. Uttarakhand’s first tulip garden will come up over
50 hectares of forest land in ___________________
district at a cost of Rs 50 crore.
Ans- Pithoragarh
144. Who has become the first Hindu woman to have
been appointed as a civil judge in Pakistan after
passing an examination for induction of judicial
officers?
Ans- Suman Kumari
145. A 5.1-km long cable-stayed “Atal Setu” on the
Mandovi river in Goa, a ______________ such bridge to
connect the state capital with North Goa, was
opened to the public by Union Minister Nitin
Gadkari.
Ans- third

137. Name the former Defence Minister, who passed

away in Delhi at the age of 88 recently.
Ans- George Fernandes

138. Who has been appointed Regional Director for

World Health Organization South-East Asia, for a
second five-year term?
Ans- Poonam Khetrapal Singh

139. Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas

Naqvi stated that GST on Haj has been reduced
from 18% to ________ and this will significantly
lower the airfare thus saving Haj pilgrims’ 113
crore rupees this year.
Ans- 05%

140. Rohit Paudel has become the youngest male 146. Which country has replaced Japan as the world’s
cricketer to score an international fifty at the age 2nd largest steel producing country, according to
of 16 years and 146 days, breaking Sachin the World Steel Association?
Tendulkar’s previous mark. He is play for which Ans- India
country?
Ans- Nepal 147. Which of the following country has received the
Award of Excellence for ‘Best in Show’ at the New
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York Times Travel Show 2019, the largest travel
show in North America?
Ans- India

148. Which country is the largest producer of crude

steel, accounting for more than 51% of production,
according to the World Steel Association?
Ans- China

149. In which state the Adivasi Mela-2019 inaugurated

recently?
Ans- Odisha

150. Which country has continued to be the largest

source of FDI in India (19.7%) followed by the US
and UK according to RBI?
Ans- Mauritius

151. Who has been appointed as the part-time

chairman of Kerala based private sector lender
Federal Bank recently?
Ans- Dilip Sadarangani

152. Which organisation has launched the National

Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP) to
attract talent and strengthen higher agricultural
education in the country?
Ans- ICAR

153. KJ Alphons, Union Minister for Tourism has

inaugurated the first project under the Swadesh
Darshan Project of the Union Ministry of Tourism
at-
Ans- Gangtok, Sikkim

154. The Civil Aviation ministry launched the country’s

first Geographical Indication (GI) store at Dabolim
International Airport in-
Ans- Goa

155. Which country has been ranked in Bloomberg’s

2019 list of most innovative countries in the
world– 2019 Bloomberg Innovation Index for the
first time ever?
Ans- India

156. Transparency International has released the

Global Corruption Index 2018. India rose by 3
points to __________ in the list of 180 countries in
the world with a score of 41.
Ans- 78

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