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NATIONAL  Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu handed without approval by the Council. This will ensure
over papers for an LPG connection to Jasmina that the future of about 17 thousand students
Government Extends CLSS for MIG scheme
Khatoon from Shivpark, Khanpur in New Delhi to having degrees from such institutions is secured.
till 31st march,2020:
mark the 6 crore LPG connections under PMUY.
 The Ministry of Housing & Urban
 Beneficiaries will receive direct LPG subsidy Government Launches ‘Swachh Survekshan
Affairs headed by Minister of State Hardeep S.
through PAHAL (PratyakshaHastaantaritLaa 2019’:
Puri, extended the Credit-Linked Subsidy
bh) digital payment scheme.  Union Housing and Urban Affairs
Scheme (CLSS) for Middle Income Group (MIG)
Minister, Hardeep Singh Puri, launched
Scheme by another 12 months till March 31,
Parliament passes RTE Act amendment to the ‘Swachh Survekshan 2019’, the fourth
2020.
abolish no detention policy: edition of the annual nationwide cleanliness
 Around 93, 007 beneficiaries have been
 The Indian Parliament on January 3, 2018 survey of urban India in New Delhi.
covered till date and have already received Rs
passed the Right of Children to Free and  The Swachh Survekshan 2019 aims to
1,960.45 crore of subsidy in the scheme under
Compulsory Education (Amendment) Bill, evaluate the achievements in the cleanliness
which the government provides a subsidy of up
2018 that seeks to do away with the no- level in urban areas of the country. It is
to Rs 2.67 lakh on home loans.
detention policy in schools. launched as a part of ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’.
 The scheme covers two income segments in
the MIG viz. Rs 6,00,001 to Rs 12,00,000 per
 Under the current provisions of the Act, no
student can be detained up to class VIII. The Govt launches Green-Ag, GEF-assisted
annum for MIG-I and Rs 12,00,001 to Rs
motion to pass the bill was accepted by voice project, in partnership with FAO
18,00,000 per annum for MIG-II.
vote in the upper house of the Parliament, the  The Minister of State for Agriculture &
Rajya Sabha. Farmers Welfare Shri ParshottamRupala
M Venkaiah Naidu conferred textiles
 The key aim behind the move is to rebuild informed that the Government had launched
awards in New Delhi:
the education system of the country, which is a Global Environment Facility (GEF) assisted
 The Vice President of India, Shri M
at present broken, as per the Union HRD project namely, “Green – Ag: Transforming
Venkaiah Naidu conferred awards 17 persons
Minister. Indian Agriculture for global environment
for their outstanding contribution in different
benefits and the conservation of critical
fields of textiles sector during the day
Rs 185 cr released since FY 2015-16 to biodiversity and forest landscapes” in
long ‘National Conclave on
enhance female literacy rate among collaboration with the Food and Agriculture
Accomplishments and Way Forward for
Scheduled Tribes: Organisation (FAO) during September, 2018.
Textiles Sector’ in New Delhi.
 The Centre has released around Rs 185  The project was launched in high-
 During the ceremony Vice President, Shri
crore since financial year 2015-2016 to bridge conservation-value landscapes of five States
Naidu was presented commemorative stamps on
the gap betweenliteracy levels of tribal girls namely (i) Madhya Pradesh: Chambal
GI registered handicrafts.
and the general female population. Landscape, (ii) Mizoram: Dampa Landscape,
 The scheme, being implemented (iii) Odisha: Similipal Landscape,

Government sets up export promotion cell
through voluntary and non-governmental (iv)Rajasthan: Desert National Park Landscape
for MSMEs:
organisations, aims at reducing the dropout and v) Uttarakhand: Corbett-Rajaji Landscape.
 Giriraj Singh, Minister of Micro, Small and
rate at the elementary level by creating the
Medium Enterprises (MSME) informed the
required ambience for the education of tribal Ministry of HRD constitutes a task force to
parliament that the MSME ministry has
girls. look into the issue of JNV:
established an Export Promotion Cell with an aim
 The government has constituted a task force
to create a sustainable ecosystem for entire
Parliament passes National Council for to look into the issues of suicides of the
MSME development.
Teacher Education (Amendment) Bill, 2018: students in Jawahar NavodayaVidyalayas.The
 Evaluation of readiness of MSMEs to export
 The Indian Parliament passed the National task force has been constituted under the
their products and services.
Council for Teacher Education Chairmanship of Psychiatrist, Dr Jitendra Nagpal.
 Recognition of areas where improvements
(Amendment) Bill, 2018, following the  The task force will look into the
are required in order to be able to export
approval of the Rajya Sabha. circumstances leading to the suicidal deaths of
effectively and efficiently.
 The Bill seeks to amend the National Council students residing in the hostels of Jawahar
for Teacher Education (NCTE) Act, 1993.The Bill NavodayaVidyalayas residential schools. It will
Govt Releases 6-Crore LPG Connections
was introduced by the Union Minister of Human also suggest ways and means to arrest the trend
under PMUY:
Resource Development, Prakash Javadekar in of suicides by students.
 The government gave out the 6-crore free
Lok Sabha on December 18, 2017.
cooking gas (LPG) connection as the scheme to
 The bill aims to grant retrospective Govt Allocates Rs 10,900 Cr For
make available cleaner fuel in every household
recognition to Central and State institutions Development Of 40 Satellite Launch
kitchens under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala
which had conducted teacher education courses Vehicles:
Yojana (PMUY).
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 According to Indian Space Research  This was made after a directive from the Vardhan launched National Clean Air
Organisation (ISRO) Chairman Dr K Sivan National Commission for Scheduled Tribes Programme (NCAP) in New Delhi.
statement,the Union Government has (NCST) suggested to do so.  It will be a mid-term, five-year action plan
allocated 10,900 crore rupees for the with 2019 as the first year.
development of 40 satellite launch vehicles in Cabinet approves ST status to 6 Assam  It will be launched in the 43 smart cities
the next four years. communities: falling in the list of the 102 non-attainment
 Dr. Sivan also stated that Chandrayan  Union Cabinet has approved Scheduled cities, under the Smart Cities program. Selection
Mission will be launched within three Tribe (ST) status to six communities of Assam. of 102 non-attainment cities identified with
months. It will land in one part of the Moon  The communities that are proposed to be respect to ‘Ambient Air Quality India’ report of
which is still unexplored. extended ST status include, Koch Rajbongshi, 2011-15 and WHO report of 2014-2018.
Tai Ahom, Chutiya, Matak, Moran and the
UGC decides to set up CARE to refine and tea tribes. Ravi Shankar Inaugurates NIC Command &
strengthen research publication:  The move came before the centre introduced Control Centre at National Informatics
 UGC decides to set up Consortium for the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019 in Lok Centre (NIC), New Delhi:
Academic and Research Ethics (CARE) to Sabha, this amendment bill will give a status to  Ravi Shankar Prasad,Minister for
refine and strengthen research publication. the various tribal people Electronics & IT and Law and Justice
 UGC has constituted a Committee under the inaugurated NIC’s(National Informatics
Chairmanship of Prof. P. Balram, to review its UDAN-3:Andaman to be first Island to Centre) Command & Control Centre (CCC) and
quality mandate relating to promotion of operate seaplanes Centre of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence by
Research and to review the existing M.Phil/  According to the Ministry of Civil NIC, it has stamina to transform societies in the
Ph.D Regulations. Aviation, islands in Andaman will soon be regime of transparency and efficient
 The good quality Research Journals in connected by seaplanes that can land on or governance.
disciplines under Social Sciences, Humanities, take-off from the water.  NIC as of now has 4 National Data Centres
Languages, Arts, Culture, Indian Knowledge  under the UdeDesh ka AamNagrik and 30 Mini Data Centres across the country
Systems etc., will be maintained by CARE and (UDAN) scheme the government has approved hosting over 10,000 e-Governance applications.
referred to as ‘CARE Reference List of Quality flight operations on13 water aerodrome routes
Journals’. in order to facilitate it. PM Releases Commemorative Coin of Rs.
350 To Mark Birth Anniversary of Guru
Lok Sabha passes “The DNA Technology IRCTC Partners with Bharti AXA General Gobind Singh:
(Use and Application) Regulation Bill – Insurance:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi released a
2019”:  IRCTC- Indian Railway Catering and commemorative coin of Rs. 350 in the national
 The Lok Sabha passed “The DNA Tourism Corporation, the Railways’ subsidiary, capital to mark the birth anniversary
Technology (Use and Application) will offer insurance of up to INR 50 lakh for celebrations of Guru Gobind Singh jee.
Regulation Bill, 2019” by voice vote after a free for air passengers who book their tickets  The Prime Minister was addressing a select
brief discussion. through its portal.IRCTC has tied up gathering at his residence, 7 Lok Kalyan Marg
 The Bill has been formulated recognizing the with Bharti-Axa for the offer. after releasing the commemorative coin to mark
need for regulation of the use and application  IRCTC has tied up with Galileo, a computer the birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh jee.
ofDeoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) reservation system, for powering the flight
technology, for establishing identity of missing search engine. US Launches New Innovation Initiative
persons, victims, offenders, under trials and atRaisina Dialogue 2019:
unknown deceased persons. Bureau of Energy Efficiency and CPWD  The United States Chamber of
signed MoU for 5 years on promoting Commerce’s Global Innovation Policy
“Web- Wonder Women” Campaign launched energy efficiency in buildings: Centre (GIPC) launched an innovation initiative
to recognize Indian origin female drivers-  The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) at the Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi.
of- change: and the Central Public Works Department  The initiative, titled “Fair Value for
 The Ministry of Women and Child (CPWD) signed a memorandum of Innovation”, will examine economic
Development, Government of India, has understanding (MoU) on cooperation in building underpinnings that would enable breakthrough
launched an online campaign, ‘#www: Web- energy efficiency for five years. innovation, and explore how policymakers can
WonderWomen’ to recognize the exceptional  The MOU was signed by Shri Abhay Bakre, harness innovation capital in India and around
women who have been driving positive agenda Director General, BEE and Shri Prabhakar Singh, the globe through research, advocacy,
of social change via social media. Director General, CPWD. partnerships, and programs.
 The partners of the campaign  This MOU was in line with Government of  “The promise of India’s innovation ecosystem
are: Breakthrough and Twitter India. India’s vision for achieving energy security, is real, and the U.S. industry has a stake in it,”
economic growth and environmental said Patrick Kilbride, Senior Vice President of
Indian Forest Service to be renamed as sustainability. GIPC.
Indian Forest and Tribal Service: DoPT
 The Department of Personnel and Dr. Harsh Vardhan launched National Clean Economic Quota Bill [103rd Constitution
Training (DoPT) proposed renaming of Air Programme (NCAP) in New Delhi: Amendment] Gets President’s Assent:
the Indian Forest Service as Indian Forest  The Union Minister of Environment, Forest  The President of India Ram Nath
and Tribal Service. and Climate Change, Dr. Harsh Kovindgave his assent to The Constitution (One
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Hundred and Third Amendment) which aims to Union Home Minister approves Task Force will be headed by a NITI Aayog member
provide reservation in public employment and report on Space Technology in Border (Health) will be the recommending body to
higher education for economically weaker Management: National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority
sections.  Rajnath Singh, the Union Home Minister (NPPA).
 The Rajya Sabha had passed the has approved the report of Task Force created
Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty- by Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to
Fourth Amendment) Bill 2019, which identify areas for use of Space Technology in Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba
envisages giving up to 10% quota to improving Border Management. commissions new Naval Air Base INS
economically weaker section. The Lok Sabha had  The task force was headed by the Joint Kohassa:
passed the bill, the previous day, with 323 out of Secretary Border Management (BM) and  Navy Chief Admiral Sunil
326 MPs present voting in its favour. included members from BSF, Department of Lanba commissioned the new Naval Air Base
Space and BM Division, MHA. ‘INS Kohassa’ at Diglipur in Andaman and
Fifteenth Finance Commission to Visit Nicobar Islands.
Tripura: Saksham 2019, annual event of PCRA,  The new airbase, named ‘INS Kohassa’ at
 Furthering its dialogues with the different launched by Petroleum ministry in New Diglipur, will be used to handle operations of
states of the country, the 15th Finance Delhi: helicopters and small aircraft like the Dornier.
Commission will be visiting Tripura from 16 – 18  ‘Saksham’, an annual high intensity one- The airport at Diglipur will be utilised for both
January 2019. The Commission led by the month long people-centric mega campaign of Defence and civil aircraft.
Chairman, Dr. N.K. Singh will include its Petroleum Conservation Research
Members and Senior Officials. This will be the Association (PCRA) was launched by Cabinet approves creation of the National
17th State of India that the Commission will be the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. Bench of the Goods and Services Tax
visiting.  ‘Saksham’ Cycle Day in 200 cities, Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT):
 The Commission will also visit the Palatana Cyclothons, Workshops for drivers of commercial  The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime
Thermal Power Project in the State. vehicles, Nationwide campaign through Radio, Minister Shri Narendra Modi approved the
TV, Digital Cinemas, Outdoor media etc. will be creation of theNational Bench of the Goods
Right of Children to Free and Compulsory conducted, with a focus on reaching out and Services Tax Appellate
Education (Amendment) Act, 2019 officially to various segments of fuel users. Tribunal (GSTAT) to ensure better resolution
came into force:  It was launched by Shri. Rajiv Bansal, Addl of GST-related disputes. The National Bench
 The President of India, Shri. Ram Nath Secretary & Financial Adviser Ministry of would be set up in New Delhi.
Kovind gave his assent to the Right of Petroleum and Natural Gas.PCRA utilized the  The main objective to create the bench is
Children to Free and Compulsory Education social media platforms for various customized to fast-track the process of GST-related
(Amendment) Act, 2019.It was passed by the campaigns through Facebook, twitter, MyGov dispute resolution and hear appeals related to
rd
Parliament on 3 January, 2019. platform. disputes between states, as well as disputes
 It has also been notified in the Gazette of between the Centre and states.
India on January 16, 2019, which is when it Coins in the denomination of Rs 100 and Rs
came into force. 5 to commemorate MGR’s 102nd birth Union minister Gadkari laid foundation for
anniversary: Namami Ganga project in Agra and
India’s 2nd Defence Innovation Hub to  Two Commemorative coins in the Mathura:
come up in Nashik: denomination of Rs 100 and Rs 5 were released  Nitin Gadkari, Minister for Road Transport &
 Nashik in Maharashtra will be the site of to mark the 102ndBirth Anniversary of late Highways, Shipping and Water Resources, River
the country’s second defence innovation Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.G. Development & Ganga Rejuvenation laid
hub afterCoimbatore in Tamil Nadu. Ramachandran. foundation stone for six Namami Ganga
 Union Minister of State for Defence  Commemorative coins were released by project in Agra and Mathura.
Subhash Bhamre stated that the defence Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami and  There were four projects in Mathura that cost
innovation hub at Nashik will help local Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam. of Rs 511.74 crore. Out of the four,two were
industries and entrepreneurs in the country’s  A 66 feet wide and 52 feet tail “Dr MGR sewage projects. The first one was a integrated
defence sector. Centenary Arch” which was constructed near sewerage infrastructure in the city on Hybrid
Marina Beach was also unveiled. Annuity Mode with the motive of ‘One-City-
FinMin launched the ‘Know Your Budget’ One-Operator’.
series to educate people on Twitter: Government constitutes NITI Aayog-led
 Finance Ministry started ‘Know Your Committee to monitor drug prices: PSLV-C44 successfully launches Microsat-R
Budget’ series to educate people on Twitter  The government, acting through and Kalamsat-V2:
about the importance of Union Budget and its the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers,  India’s Polar Satellite Launch
making. has decided to establish a committee Vehicle (PSLV-C44) has successfully
 The series began with explaining the terms: under NITI Aayog, that will be tasked with injected Microsat-R (Imaging Satellite)
Union Budget and Vote on Account.The recommending price controls and monitoring the and Kalamsat-V2 satellites into their
government on February 1, 2019 would unveil prices of specific drugs and health products designated orbits.
the interim Budget for 2019-20. to ensure their affordability.  It is lifted off at from the First Launch Pad
 The Standing Committee on Affordable at Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR,
Medicines and Health Products (SCAMHP) which Sriharikota. It is the46th flight of

PSLV and first flight of PSLV-DL variant.
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Microsat-R was successfully injected  Minister of State for Youth Affairs & Sports Android App “Roshni”, using image processing
intointended orbit of 274 km. (Independent Charge) Col. Rajyavardhan and analytics.This app was launched
Rathoreinaugurated the National Declamation inChandigarh.
Prime Minister launches PravasiTeerth Contest (24th& 25th January) organized  The team prepared a rich dataset of more
Darshan Yojana: by Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan than 13000 images of INR currency notes
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched (NYKS) with the support of Department of under varied real-world conditions.The user
the PravasiTeerth Darshan Yojana under Youth Affairs. has to bring the currency note in front of the
which a group of Indian diaspora will be taken  The aim of the National Declamation Contest phone camera and the App would give an audio
on a government-sponsored tour of religious is to further strengthen the spirit of intimation about the currency note
places in India twice a year. Nationalism and Patriotic feeling amongst denomination.
 All people of Indian-origin aged 45 to 65 youth and masses for wholehearted participation
can apply and a group will be selected out of in nation building. Venkaiah Naidu Presents
them with first preference given to people from ChhatraViswakarma and Sansad Adarsh
‘Girmitiya countries’ such as Mauritius, Fiji, Ministry of Defence Launches ‘RDP INDIA Gram Yojana (SAGY) Awards:
Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, 2019’:  The Vice president of India Shri M Venkaiah
and Jamaica.  As a new initiative in sync with the Digital Naidu presented the 2nd ChhatraViswakarma
 He also released two books – ‘Kashi: The India campaign of the Government, Ministry of Award to Students and their mentors
Universe of Crafts and Textiles’ & ‘Indian Defence had launched a mobile app ‘RDP and Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana Yojana
Textiles: History, Splendour, Grandeur’. India 2019’ on the Republic Day, with the (SAGY) awards to institution at an event
 He also unveiled a plaque to mark the intent of making available the highlights of the organized by All India Council for Technical
inauguration of an Integrated Textile Office Republic Day event, not only to the spectators at Education (AICTE) at New Delhi.
Complex, atChowkaghat. Rajpath, but also to the general public all over  The theme of 2nd ChhatraViswakarma Award
the world. was ‘Empowerment of villages through
Cabinet decides to strengthen NE  This app contains information about the technologies’ whereas the theme of Sansad
autonomous councils: Parade on Rajpath, New Delhi, including Order Adarsh Gram Yojana was “Developed Village –
 Cabinet has approved the landmark of the March, details of the tableaux presented Developed Nations”.
amendment to Article 280 of the Constitution by different States and Ministries, children
to increase powers of Autonomous Councils cultural performances, fly past and names of Government approves setting up of three
in Sixth Schedule areas of North East. recipients of Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal new naval air squadrons:
 The proposed amendment will give more Puraskar 2019.The app also had the provision  Government approved Setting up of Three
powers to Autonomous District Councils for live streaming of the Parade. Naval air Squadrons in Gujarat and Tamil
of Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nadu. This Decision is taken to enrich the
Tripura KarbiAnglong Autonomous Territorial BFW, Universal Robots to Co-Create Robots Indian Navy’s Overall Strength.
Council and Dima Hasao Autonomous Territorial for MSMEs:  In addition to this approval Government of
Council.  Bharat Fritz Werner Ltd (BFW), a India also approved recruitment of ManPower for
 The State Election Commissions will hold Bengaluru-based machining solution provider, Dornier Surveillance Squadrons located in Kerala
elections to Autonomous Councils, village and has partnered with Universal Robots, a Danish and Andaman Islands.
municipal councils in the scheduled areas of robot maker and a leader in collaborative robots,  In 2016, contract for procurement
Assam, Mizoram and Tripura. One-third of to co-create robots for MSME sector. of Dornier 228 maritime surveillance
seats will be reserved for women in the village  BFW and Universal Robots plan to redefine aircraft was signed with Hindustan
and municipal councils. At least two nominated the production processes by deploying the Aeronautics Limited.
members in all autonomous councils will be robotic arms through modular, flexible and
women. user-friendly integration solution platform Veer Savarkar International Airport
— Arjun. Declared As Authorized Immigration Check
SC to take ‘in-chamber’ decision on pleas  This aims to disrupt the traditional Post:
against Article 35A: production set-up of MSME segment with top-  Veer Savarkar International
 The Supreme Court said it will be taking notch automation solutions and will Airport in Port Blair has been declared as an
an “in-chamber” decision on the listing of dramatically impact productivity, quality and authorized Immigration Check post for entry
petitions challenging the constitutional working conditions. into/exit from India with valid travel documents
validity of Article 35-A, which provides special for all classes of passengers.
rights and privileges to permanent residents IIT Ropar launches Android App to help  Andaman and Nicobar Police has been
of Jammu and Kashmir. visually impaired recognise currency: appointed as the ‘Civil Authority’ for the
 The oral observation came from a Bench led  The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), purpose of the immigration check post. The
by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi in Ropar, has developed an app Roshni that announcement was made by Information, Public
response to an oral mentioning for early hearing would help theVisually Impaired to Relations and Tourism Division of Andaman and
of the petitions. recognise currency notes.It is often difficult for Nicobar Administration.
the visually impaired people to identify the
Col. Rajyavardhan Rathore Inaugurates denomination of the currency note. Indian Navy inducted two Fast Interceptor
National Declamation Contest on Patriotism  To assist them easily determine Craft (FIC) into its fleet at Nagapattinam:
and Nation Building: denomination of INR currency notes, a team  The Indian Navy inducted two Fast
from IIT Ropar, Punjab has developed an Interceptor Craft (FIC) at Nagapattinam,
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Tamil Nadu, to boost coastal security.The  The Union Defence Minister Nirmala  Union Minister for Road Transport &
vessels were acquired for Sagar Prahari Bal, a Sitharaman inaugurated the 426.60 m Highways, Shipping, Water Resources, River
unit of the Navy. long Pre-Stressed Concrete Box Girder Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
 The boats can carry a variety of armament type Diffo bridge over Diffo river on Roing – Shri Nitin Gadkari will inaugurate the newly
from heavy machine guns to grenade launchers Koronu- Paya road in Arunachal Pradesh. built, 5.1 km long, four-lane, cable stayed
with the upper deck canopies bullet-proof.  The construction of the bridge began in bridge over river Mandovi in Goa.
2011. The total cost to build the bridge was Rs  It will facilitate routing of Mumbai bound
STATES NEWS 4,847.83 lakh and was funded by the Union traffic coming in from Bangalore via Ponda
ministry of road transport and highways. route and Old Goa towards NH-17, bypassing
ANDHRA PRADESH
India’s longest single lane steel cable the main Panjim City.
Chandrababu Naidu launches ‘NCBN app’ to
suspension bridge opens in Arunachal GOA
connect with commoners:
Pradesh:  Capital: Panaji
 Chief Minister N. Chandrababu
 Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema  Chief minister: Manohar Parrikar
Naidu launched the Prana Raksha web
Khandu inaugurated India’s longest 300-meter  Governor:Mridula Sinha
application developed by the Chittoor police at
single- lane steel cable suspension
Kuppam, Andhra Pradesh.
bridge over Siang River in Upper Siang district GUJARAT
 The app has been designed to save the lives
of state bordering China. Gujarat Becomes 1st State to Implement
of road accident victims and reach out to
 The suspension bridge, also known 10% Quota To EWS:
women in distress.
as Byorung Bridge was built at a cost of Rs  Gujarat Government has announced that
 The Prana Raksha app, which works on the
4,843 crore and funded by the ministry of the benefits of 10 per cent quota for
SoS and panic button features, would enable
development of North Eastern Region under Economically Weaker sections of general
users to immediately contact the police.
Non-Lapsable Central Pool of Resources scheme. category in educationalinstitutions and
Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu unveils government jobs will be applicable from

Arunachal govt declares Pakke Hornbill midnight tonight.
schemes for marginalized Brahmins:
Fest as ‘state festival’:  Official release said that this 10 per cent
 Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister
 Arunachal Pradesh Chief quota for the economically weaker class from
Chandrababu Naidu unveiled various welfare
Minister, Pema Khandu declared PakkePaga the general category will be over and above the
scheme for the marginalized and
Hornbill Festival (PPHF) as the “State existing 49 per cent quota for SC, ST and OBC.
economically backward Brahmins through AP
Festival” during a valedictory ceremony of the AIR Ahmedabad correspondent reports that
Brahmin Welfare Corporation such as
fourth edition of the festival at Seijosa in East Gujarat is the first state to implement
distribution of Cars to the Unemployed
Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh. Government’s historic and unprecedented
Brahmin youths, loans and subsidies.
 In the PPHF festival is celebrated to the first decision to implement the 10 per cent
 Andhra Pradesh is the first state of the
time in 2015 to recognize the role played by the reservation for general category poor
country which has established a Brahmin
resident Nyishi tribe in conserving hornbills in candidates.
Corporation which aims to help poor people of
the Pakke Tiger Reserve (PTR).
Brahmin families by providing financial  The Centre had taken the decision under
ARUNACHAL PRADESH
assistance for education, coaching, Article 46 of Guiding Principles of Constitution
 Capital:Itanagar
entrepreneurship, skill development and of India after Amendment of the Articles 15
 Chief Minister: Pema Khandu
welfare and culture. and 16, incorporating 10 per cent reservation
 Governor: Brigadier B.D. Mishra
for Economically Weaker Sections.
Andhra’s Polavaram irrigation project GUJARAT

ASSAM
creates Guinness World Records:  Chief Minister: Vijay Rupani
Dedicated RPF women squad “JOYTI
 The Polavaram irrigation project in  Governor: Om Prakash Kohli
BAHINI” launched in Guwahati:
Andhra Pradesh created two Guinness World  Capital: Ahmedabad
 The Northeast Railway sector has
Records for ‘pouring the highest amount of
launched a dedicated woman squad ‘JYOTI
concrete’ and ‘largest continuous concrete HARYANA
BAHINI’ to enhance security of women in
pour in 24 hours’. Haryana government approves 11 projects
railway station and trains. The ‘JoymatiBahini’
 The Polavaram irrigation project is located to resurrect Saraswati river:
was launched recently by NF Railway’s Inspector
in West Godavari district of Andhra  Haryana Saraswati Heritage
General and Principal Chief Security
Pradesh. The project has entered the Guinness Development Board (HSHDB) met under the
Commissioner B B Mishra.
World Records for pouring 32,100 cubic meters chairmanship of chief minister Manohar Lal
 This has been launched in Kamkhya station
of concrete non-stop in 24 hours. Khattar and approved 11 major projects,
of Guwahati. In case of emergency the number
ANDHRA PRADESH including the restoration of heritage
alloted to seek help of this squad is 182.
 Capital: Amaravati sites, along the course of the river.
ASSAM
 Chief Minister: N Chandrababu Naidu
 These include the construction of
 Governor: E.S.L. Narasimhan
 Capital: Dispur
SombSaraswati barrage, Saraswati reservoir and
 Chief minister: SarbanandaSonowal
Adi Badri dam on Somb river, a tributary of the
ARUNACHAL PRADESH  Governor: Jagdish Mukhi
Yamuna that originates in the Shivalik Hills.
The Diffo Bridge in Arunachal Pradesh
HARYANA
being inaugurated by defence minister GOA
 Capital: Chandigarh
Nirmala Sitharaman: Nitin Gadkari to Inaugurate Cable Stay
 Chief Minister: Manohar Lal Khattar
Bridge over River Mandovi in Goa:
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 Governor:Satyadev Narayan Arya  It has been launched by ISRO as part of is a part of welfare measures
initiative by United Nations Office for Outer towards PravasiMalayalis.
JAMMU & KASHMIR Space Affairs to commemorate the 50th  Under the scheme, a regular pension would
Gadkari To Inaugurate First Inter-State anniversary of the first United Nations be provided to Non – Resident Keralites on a
Bridge in Jammu And Kashmir Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses one-time payment of Rs.5 Lakh where the
 Nitin Gadkari to inaugurate first inter-state of Outer Space (UNISPACE-50). payment would be deposited with Kerala
bridge in Jammu and Kashmir. It was built at KARNATAKA Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB)
a cost of Rs 150 crore in a span of three and a  Capital: Bangalore for financing infrastructure projects.
half years linking areas of Katthua district  Chief minister: H. D. Kumaraswamy Kerala
with Punjab.  Governor:VajubhaiVala  Capital: Thiruvananthapuram
 The bridge also called as Keediyan-Gandiyal  Chief Minister: Pinarayi Vijayan
bridge is 1.2 km-long on the river Ravi. KERALA  Governor: P Sathasivam
Kerala State Cabinet approved Kerala
Jammu and Kashmir Governor gives assent Pravasi Welfare Act: MADHYA PRADESH
to Jammu and Kashmir Reservation  The Kerala State Cabinet decided to MP Govt bans purchase of new vehicles,
(Amendment) Bill, 2014 recommend the Governor to promulgate an ACs:
 Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Ordinance amending the Kerala Pravasi  Government of Madhya Pradesh, Kamal
Malik gave his assent to Jammu and Kashmir Welfare Act. Nath, banned the purchase of new vehicles and
Reservation (Amendment) Bill 2014. The bill  The Act aims at providing a regular income air conditioners (ACs) by the government
will grant reservation to people belonging to for Non-Resident Keralites (NoRKs) departments due to huge debt of the state.
the Pahari community for government jobs. returning home.  Also, the expenditure incurred on office items
 The amendment creates a separate category  The amount collected through the scheme has been limited on the basis of the difference
for the person belongings to Pahari community, will be used to fund development activities taken between the allocated budget for these expenses
clan or tribe having distinct, cultural ethnic and up by Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund in the financial year 2018-19 and the
linguistic identify among the Socially and Board (KIIFB) and other agencies. expenditure incurred in the financial year 2017-
Educationally Backward classes (other than SC 18.
and ST). Central approved formation of Centre for Madhya Pradesh
JAMMU & KASHMIR Classical Language in Tirur, Kerala:  Capital: Bhopal
 Capital: Jammu (winter), Srinagar  The Union Government issued its nod for  Chief Minister: Kamal Nath
(Summer) setting up the Centre for Classical Language at
 Governor:Anandiben Patel
 Chief Minister: Vacant (presidential rule) the ThunchathEzhuthachan Malayalam University
 Governor: Satya Pal Malik in Tirur, Kerala.
MAHARASHTRA
 As per the notification, the state government PM Narendra Modi Inaugurates Country’s
JHARKHAND will enter into an MOU with the Union Ministry First National Museum of Indian Cinema in
One-day Global Skill Summit 2019 held in of Human Resources Development. Mumbai:
Ranchi, Jharkhand:  The centre is aimed at study and research  Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra
 The one-day Global Skill Summit 2019 was and other aspects of Malayalam language and its Modi launched the Country’s First National
held in Ranchi, Jharkhand. It is the only state development. Museum of Indian Cinema in Mumbai,
where overall three global summits were Kochi to get India’s largest public sector Maharashtra, that seeks to portray over a
organized in a row merely in four years by the refinery: century-old journey of movies in India.
state government.  Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to  The state-of-the-art museum has been built
 The theme of the Summit was: ‘Skilling the nation an integrated refinery expansion at a cost of Rs 140.61 crore and is housed in two
Youth, Enabling Youth’. It was under complex of the public sector Bharat Petroleum buildings – the New Museum Building and the
the #MOMEMTUM JHARKHAND campaign. Corporation in Kochi, Kerala. 19th century historic palace Gulshan Mahal – in
JHARKHAND  He also laid the foundation stone for a the Films Division campus in Mumbai.
 Capital: Ranchi petrochemical complex at the refinery and a skill
 Chief Minister: Raghubar Das development institute PM Modi launches road, sewerage projects
 Governor: DraupadiMurmu at Ettumanoor besides inaugurating a in Maharashtra:
mounded storage vessel at the LPG bottling  PM Modi launched the four-laning of
KARNATAKA plant of the Indian Oil Corporation Limited. Solapur-Osmanabad section of NH-211,
DoS Dr. Jitendra Singh inaugurated ISRO’s
underground sewerage system and three
UNNATI in Bengaluru: Kerala Government launch a ‘Pravasi sewage treatment plants.
 Minister of State in Department of Space Dr. Dividend Pension Scheme’ to provide
 It was launched in road and underground
Jitendra Singh inaugurated the 1st batch of regular pension to Non-Resident Keralites:
sewerage system projects developed at an
UNNATI programme of Indian Space Research  Kerala’s Governor P. Sathasivam in his investment of Rs.1,100 crore.
Organisation (ISRO) in Bengaluru, address to the state assembly announced Kerala
 Mr. Modi also laid the foundation stone for a
Karnataka. government will soon launch a ‘Pravasi
Rs.1,811 crore housing project of 30,000 units
 The full form of UNNATI is: Unispace Dividend Pension Scheme’ to provide regular
under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. Mr.
Nanosatellite Assembly and pension to Non-Resident Keralites. This scheme
Modi commissioned the four-laned 98.717 km
Training programme.
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Solapur- Tuljapur-Osmanabad section on NH- inaugurated 12 projects worth over Rs. 1500 merging two pension schemes –Old Age
211 (New NH-52). crore. Pension and Odisha Disability Pension
2nd Regional Conference on “Deendayal  Addressing a public gathering, he schemes.
Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme (DDRS)” inaugurated 12 projects consisting of eight key Odisha C.M Naveen Patnaik Announces
held at Mumbai development projects related to water supply Interest-Free Loans for Women Self-Help
 Ministry of Social Justice & and tourism and four schemes in Manipur. Groups:
Empowerment, Department of MANIPUR  The chief minister also distributed financial
Empowerment of Persons with  Capital: Imphal assistance of Rs. 3,000 each to six
Disabilities organized the 2nd regional  Chief Minister: Shri. N Biren Singh lakh women self-help groups as part of the
conference at Nehru Centre, Mumbai, on a  Governor:Dr. Najma A. Heptulla state government’s efforts to digitally empower
scheme titled ‘Deendayal Disabled women. There are around six lakh WSHGs in
Rehabilitation Scheme (DDRS)’. ODISHA Odisha.
 The conference consisted of Programme Naveen Patnaik announced extension of  During the convention, Mr Patnaik launched
Implementing Agencies (PIAs) from the Western free health services under Biju Swasthya a scheme to distribute Rs. 15,000 seed money
Region of the country which further would Kalyan Yojana: per group to three lakh new self-help groups. He
culminate in a National Conference in New  Odisha Chief Minister, Shri Naveen also handed over revolving fund of Rs. 25 lakhs
Delhi. Patnaik announced the extension of free health to 338 block federations.
 The Regional Conference was organized in services under Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana  The chief minister announced incentives of
order to disseminate the provisions of the (BSKY) to all medical colleges and hospitals of Rs. 500 per month for anganwadi workers and
revised scheme (2018) and to create better Odisha from 1st February 2019. Rs. 200 for helpers.
linkages between the department, agencies and  Earlier the free health services under Biju ODISHA
stakeholders associated with the scheme. Swasthya Kalyan Yojana also known cashless  Capital: Bhubaneswar
care were available to all at sub-centres in  Chief Minister: Naveen Patnaik
India Africa Field Training Exercise villages and district headquarters hospitals.
 Governor: Ganeshi Lal
(IAFTX)- 2019 held in Pune:
 The final planning conference to work out the Dharmendra Pradhan launched Ujjwala
SIKKIM
modalities for Indian Africa Field sanitary napkin initiative in Odisha:
Sikkim will become first state to roll out
Training Exercise (IAFTX)-2019 is being  Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra
Universal Basic Income:
conducted at Pune on 23-24 January 2019. Pradhan launched the Ujjwala Sanitary Napkin
 Sikkim, though being a smallest
 The joint training exercise is being conducted initiative in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
state have set a initiative to introduce UBI in
with more than a dozen African countries &  To provide access to hygiene products and
the entire nation.
India. It aims at synergising humanitarian mine employment to opportunities in every district of
 Sikkim’s long lasting chief minister and head
action and joint peace operations. the state.
of Sikkim’s ruling party (Sikkim democratic
 The IAFTX-2019 is a positive step towards  Around 100 local manufacturing units will be
front) Pawan Kumar chamling, quoted that if
growing political and military ties with the set up by oil marketing companies at Common
everything goes right then Sikkim would be the
member nations of African continent and will Service Centres (CSCs) across 93 blocks in
first state to implement UNIVERSAL BASIC
boost the already strong strategic cooperation all 30 districts of Odisha in the first phase.
INCOME SYSTEM and execute it by 2022.
between the countries.
SIKKIM
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik launches
 Capital:Gangtok
2nd World Orange Festival Begins in Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and
 Chief Minister: Pawan Kumar Chamling
Nagpur: Income Augmentation (KALIA):
 Governor: Ganga Prasad
 The second World Orange Festival has  Chief Minister Shri Naveen
begun in Nagpur. The festival, while offering its Patnaik launches Krushak Assistance for
TELANGANA
famed oranges to the world, will also showcase Livelihood and Income Augmentation
Two-day conference on ‘Envisioning Agro
and brand the exquisite fruit in order to boost (KALIA) Naveen Patnaik launched Rs 10,000
Solutions for Smart and Sustainable
its export. crore Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and
Agriculture’ at Hyderabad:
 Agricultural experts and scientists from Income Augmentation (KALIA) scheme.
 Vice-President of India Shri Venkaiah Naidu
various countries will participate in the  This scheme consists of a life insurance
inaugurated the 2-days Agri-Vision 2019
workshops and guide farmers. of Rs.2 lakh for 57 lakh farmers and would
conference on ‘envisioning Agro-solutions
MAHARASHTRA grant them crop loans at zero percent interest.
for smart and Sustainable Agriculture” in
 Capital: Mumbai
Hyderabad, Telangana. The conference was
 Chief Minister: DevandraFadnavis Odisha CM hiked Rs.200 per month under th
concluded on 18 January 2019.
 Governor: Vidyasagar Rao Madhu Babu Pension Yojana scheme:
 The Agro-vision 2019 conference was jointly
 Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced
organized by the Professor Jayashankar
MANIPUR in a video conference on “Ama Gaon, Ama
Telangana State Agricultural University
PM inaugurated 12 projects worth over Rs. Bikash” a hike of Rs 200 per month in the
(PJTSAU), Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
1500 crore on his a day visit to Imphal, social security pension under Madhu Babu
and Cornell University, USA.
Manipur: Pension Yojana (MBPY).
 On the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra  The state government launched Madhu Babu
Modi’s one day visit to Imphal, Manipur, he Pension Yojana on January 1, 2008, by
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MNJ Institute becomes the first State-run UTTAR PRADESH UP govt to give pension of Rs 500 to
hospital in Telangana to enter into 15th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas Begins At destitute persons:
Guinness Book of World Records: Varanasi:  UP government announced to give a
 MNJ Institute of Oncology and Regional  The 3-day event of the 15th edition of monthly pension of Rs.500 to the destitute
Cancer Centre has become the first State-run Pravasi Bhartiya Divas begins at Varanasi in women in Varanasi. The pension will be
hospital in Telangana to enter into Guinness Uttar Pradesh for the first time. provided to Hindu sadhus who are above the age
Book of World Records.  ‘Role of Indian Diaspora in building New of 60. The scheme is also likely to benefit the
 The Guinness recognition to the hospital has India’ is the theme for this year. Information seers in Uttar Pradesh.
come for conducting the largest men’s health and Broadcasting Minister Rajyavardhan  This measure came immediately after the
awareness programme on prostate cancer, Rathore inaugurated several exhibitions implementation of 10 per cent reservation for
which was attended by 487 men in a single day. including a digital exhibition on the theme of ‘Ek economically weak in the general category in the
Bharat Swacch Bharat: Sardar Patel and upcoming educational year.
Secunderabad Railway Station is the first Gandhi keSapno ka Bharat. President of India inaugurated Gandhian
Railway station to hoist Tricolour National Resurgence Summit in Prayagraj, Uttar
flag on a 100 feet tall pole: PM Modi inaugurated 6th International Rice Pradesh
 Secunderabad Railway Station, in Research Institute in Varanasi:  President of India Shri. Ramnath Nath
Hyderabad, became the first railway  Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Kovind inaugurated the three-day Gandhian
station of South-Central Railway (SCR) zone to Varanasi and Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh. He Resurgence Summit on the occasion of Father
hoist a huge tricolour on a 100-foot tall pole. dedicated the 6th International Rice of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi’s 150
 This was done according to the Railway Research Institute (IRRI), South Asia birth anniversary at Prayagraj in Uttar
Board’s order to hoist the national flag at 75 Regional Center (ISARC) to the nation Pradesh. It concludes on 19th January,2019.
A1 category railway stations. in Varanasi.  The summit was organised by the Parmarath
 He also released a commemorative postal Niketan, the HarijanSevak Sangh and the Global
IIT-Hyderabad Announces Launch Of Full- stamp on Maharaja Suheldev. Interfaith WASH Alliance.
Fledged B.Tech In Artificial Intelligence :  The Institute is built at the campus of UP third state to approve quota for poor
 A full-fledged B-Tech programme National Seed Research and Training Center among upper castes:
in Artificial Intelligence would be introduced (NSRTC) in Varanasi. During the visit, he laid the  Uttar Pradesh became the third
by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) foundation stone of medical College in Ghazipur. state after Jharkhand and Gujarat to approve
Hyderabad, from the coming academic year. the 10 per cent reservation for economically
 The new course will have an intake of around DeenDayal Veterinary University, to set up backward among upper castes in jobs and
20 students would be through the JEE-Advanced first goat fertility lab in the state of Uttar educational institutions.
test. Pradesh:  The Approval was given in a meeting headed
 Besides IIT, Carnegie Mellon  The DeenDayal Veterinary University in by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath.
University and Massachusetts Institute of Uttar Pradesh proposed to set up the first goat UTTAR PRADESH
Technology (MIT), both of which are in the US, fertility lab in the state under Rastriya Krashi  Capital: Lucknow
offer full-fledged B.Tech programmes in AI. Vikas Yojna at the cost of Rs 22 crore.  Chief Minister: Yogi Adityanath
TELANGANA  The University has entered into a contract
 Governor: Ram Naik
 Capital: Hyderabad with Pradeshik cooperative Dairy Federation for
 Chief Minister: K Chandrashekar Rao marketing.
WEST BENGAL
 Governor: E.S.L. Narasimhan  It aims to achieve 4% annual growth in
WB govt announces two initiatives for
agriculture through development of Agriculture
farmers:
TRIPURA and its allied sectors.
 The West Bengal government
Tripura unveils official logo for its tea:
announced two welfare initiatives for farmers.
 The Tripura government has unveiled Centre Approves Renaming of Allahabad As
Both initiatives, which are part of the ‘Krishi
an official logo for the state’s tea to Prayagraj:
KrishakBondhu’ scheme came into effect
popularise the beverage and to promote the  The Union Home Ministry (MHA) approved
from January 1,2019.
potentiality of tourism. the Uttar Pradesh government’s proposal to
 The first of the two initiatives will provide Rs
 The logo features Tripura’s iconic landmark, rename Allahabad as Prayagraj.
2 lakh to the family of a deceased farmer
the “Neermahal” which is the largest and one-  MHA had earlier approved the renaming of
(farmers aged between 18 to 60 years dies a
of-its-kind water palace in India. the British-era railway station Robertsgang as
natural or unnatural death, the state
 The palace located around 53 km west of Sonbhadra, Farah Town railway station
government will pay his family Rs 2 lakh). Under
Agartala, was built by then Tripura King Bir near Mathura and iconic Mughalsarai junction
the second initiative, farmers would get Rs
Bikram Kishore DebbarmanManikya (1908-1947) after DeenDayal Upadhyay — both in Uttar
2,500 twice a year for growing a single crop
in the middle of Rudrasagar Lake. Pradesh.
on one acre of land.
TRIPURA  The Centre had also approved the renaming WEST BENGAL
 Capital: Agartala of Chhatrapati Shivaji International  Capital: Kolkata
 Chief Minister:Biplab Kumar Deb Airport in Mumbai as Chhatrapati Shivaji  Chief Minister: Mamata Banerjee
 Governor:Kaptan Singh Solanki ‘Maharaj’ International Airport, earlier.  Governor:Keshari Nath Tripathi
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NATIONAL SUMMITS
Summit Key points/Theme Held in
106th Indian Science Congress (ISC)-2019 Theme: ‘Future India: Science and Technology’ Jalandhar, Punjab
29th Indian Paint Conference – 2019 Theme: ‘Paints Pe Charcha – NayeAayaam’ Agra, Uttar Pradesh
India Steel 2019 – Exhibition and Conference The event provides an opportunity for all the Mumbai, Maharashtra
stakeholders to deliberate and identify ways to
contribute towards building a robust roadmap for
the further growth of the steel sector.
9-day long International Kite Festival It marks the Uttarayan or Makar Sankranti, the Ahmedabad, Gujarat
day when winter season starts changing to
summer and farmers welcome the approaching
harvest season, at Sabarmati River.
Indian Panorama Film Festival The festival is being organized by the Directorate New Delhi, India
of Film Festivals, Ministry of Information and
Broadcasting.
4th Edition of Raisina Dialogue Theme: “A World Reorder: New Geometries; Fluid New Delhi, India
Partnerships; Uncertain Outcomes”.
1st ‘National Consultation on Child Protection’ The objectives of the meeting are to follow up on New Delhi, India
the exercise of monitoring of the CCIs by
States/UTs, to deliberate upon various aspects of
child protection.
32nd Meeting of GST Council The limit of Annual Turnover in the preceding New Delhi, India
Financial Year for availing Composition Scheme
for Goods shall be increased to Rs 1.5 crore.
National Youth Parliament Festival 2019 It is inaugurated byMinister of Youth Affairs and New Delhi, India
Sports, Col Rajyavardhan Rathore
10th edition of the India Rubber Expo – 2019 To improve productivity of the sector enabling Mumbai, Maharashtra
India’s efforts to become a 5 trillion-dollar
economy.
2 Day Global Investors Summit The state government would soon unveil e- Chennai, Tamil Nadu
vehicle policy to give a boost to electric vehicles
manufacturing in the state. It is inaugurated by
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
25th International conference and exhibition on Theme: “Next Gen Broadcasting in the IT World” New Delhi, India
terrestrial and satellite broadcasting, BES EXPO
2019
Second World Integrated Medicine Forum 2019 This forum will strengthen regulatory framework Goa, India
worldwide, to assure that the users of
Homoeopathy could have wider access to quality-
assured homeopathic medicines.
INTERNATIONAL Venezuela’s President breaks diplomatic complete a solo trek across

relations with US over: Antarctica without any assistance.
Germany Gives Nod to $8 Billion Tunnel
Link to Denmark:
 Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is  He finished the 1,500km journey across the
breaking off diplomatic relations with the United frozen continent in 54 days, lugging his supplies
 German authorities gave their approval to
States and is giving embassy personnel 72 on a sled as he skied in bone-chilling
an US$8 billion (6.30 billion pounds) rail and
hours to get out of the country. temperatures from north to south.
road tunnel linking Denmark and Germany,
despite environmental objections.
 Maduro made his announcement after
President Donald Trump officially recognized Uzbekistan promotes 2019 as year of
 It is part-funded by the European Union. The
Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s interim leader. investment in backdrop of wider business
19 km (11.8 mile) Fehmarnbelt link,
Venezuela with India:
connecting the Danish island of Lolland to the
 Capital- Caracas  President of Uzbekistan,
island of Fehmarn on the German side, was due
 Currency- Venezuelan bolívar ShavkatMirziyoyev announced 2019 as
to be completed in 2024.
the ‘Year of Active Investment and Social
 The project, priced at 52.6 billion Danish
US Adventurer Completes 1st Unaided Solo Development’ in the backdrop of proposed
crowns ($8.1 billion), comprises a four-lane
Trek Across Antarctica: investments from India to boost the economy of
motorway and a two-track railway. It is part-
 A 33-year-old man Colin O’Brady from the Central Asian country, in his annual address
funded by the European Union.
the United States become the first person to to the Parliament.
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 The President stated that concrete measures  World’s first television channel dedicated  This bill will be in line with the standards set
will be taken on creating an open economy, to human rights was launched in London by by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
radically improving the business environment the International Observatory of Human Iran
and investment climate and reducing the state Rights (IOHR).  Capital: Tehran
presence in the economy.  It would be a web-based channel would bring
 Currency: Iranian rial
human rights issues to audiences in over 20
U.S, Israel quit UNESCO citing bias: countries across Europe, Latin America and the
Palestine took over the Chair of the Group
 The United states of America Middle East.
of 77 (G-77) for 2019 from Egypt:
(USA) and Israel officially quit the United
 Palestine took over the chairmanship of
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural President Trump signs ‘Asia Reassurance
the Group of 77 from Arab Republic of
Organization (UNESCO) amid concerns that Initiative Act’ into law:
Egypt.
the organization fosters anti-Israel bias.  US president has signed the ‘Asia
 Prior to this, Egypt was the previous Chair of
 UNESCO was established in 1945 after the Reassurance Initiative Act’. The law aims at
the bloc which is a coalition of 134 developing
end of world war II to foster peace and it is best countering theencroaching influence and
countries, along with China.
known for its World Heritage programs which growing threat from China, and
 The decision to elect Palestine as 2019
designates cultural sites and aims to preserve to reinvigorate U.S. leadership in Asia.
Chair of the G77 was taken in September 2018
traditions.  The act aims to establish a multifaceted U.S.
by the foreign ministers of the Groups’ member
 Both the countries filed the notice to strategy to increase U.S. security, economic
States.
withdraw from the organization in 2017. interests, and values in the Indo-Pacific
 The main functions of G 77 is to
UNESCO region.
promote collective economic interests and
 Headquarters: Paris, France
enhance joint negotiating capacity with UN
 Director-General: Audrey Azoulay Arunima Sinha, First Female Amputee to
Agencies and to promote South-South
Scale Mt Everest:
cooperation for development.
Qatar to withdraw from OPEC in January  Setting a first-of-its-kind record, Indian
2019: mountaineer 30-year-old Arunima

AAI Signs MoU with SAMEER for Boosting
 Qatar has withdrawn its membership from Sinha became the first female amputee to
Communication:
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting climb Mount Vinson, the highest peak
 Airports Authority of India (AAI) signed
Countries (OPEC). of Antarctica.
MoU with Society for Applied
 Qatar, which joined OPEC in 1961 and is the  She was also the world’s first woman
Microwave Electronics Engineering and
first Middle East country to withdraw from the amputee to climb Mount Everest .With this,
Research (SAMEER) for joint research
organisation. Arunima has created a world record by
programs in the field of Communication
 The decision came amid the becoming the first female amputee to climb 5
Navigation and Surveillance (CNS).
ongoing diplomatic and economic blockade mountains of the world.
 The MOU, on the one hand, will provide for
imposed on the country by its Persian Gulf
the transfer of skill by SAMEER experts in the
neighbours and several Arab states. Japan launches Epsilon-4 rocket with 7
areas of Radio Frequency, Millimetre Wave
Qatar satellites:
and Antenna-related solutions to AAI domain
 Capital: Doha  Japan launched the Epsilon – 4
experts, while on the other hand, it will pave
 Currency: Qatari riyal rocket carrying 7 satellites developed by private
way for exposure for the SAMEER researchers to
sector companies and Universities from the
the challenging Aviation field.
France to introduce tax on global internet, Uchinoura Space Center in Kagoshima.
 Ranade affirmed that the MOU would provide
technology firms:  The Epsilon series was developed in a bid to
for the synergy of capabilities of both the
 France will introduce its own tax on put small satellites into orbit at a low lost.
organisations in their respective domains leading
large internet and technology
to mutually beneficial and lasting solutions in the
companies from January 1. Rio named as World Capital of Architecture
ever-growing field of Aviation.
 France has been pushing hard for a new so- for 2020 by UNESCO:
called “GAFA tax” — named after Google,  The Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro has
ASI declared 6 monuments of national
Apple, Facebook and Amazon -to ensure the been named as the World Capital of
importance in 2018:
global giants pay a fair share of taxes on their Architecture for 2020 by the UN Educational,
 The 125-year-old Old High Court
massive business operations in Europe. Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Building in Nagpur, Maharashtra, and two
 French finance Minister Bruno Le  Rio will be the first city to receive the title
Mughal-era monuments in Agra — Haveli of
Maire says the tax on large internet and under a programme launched together by
Agha Khan and Hathi Khana — are among
technology companies will be introduced from UNESCO and the International Union of
the six monuments declared protected and of
January 1 and expects to collect $570 million. Architects (UIA) in November 2018.
national importance by the Archaeological
France Earlier Paris and Melbourne secured the
Survey of India (ASI) in 2018.
 Capital: Paris position.
 The ancient Neemrana Baori in
 Currency: Euro, CFP Franc
Rajasthan’s Alwar district; the Group of
 President: Emmanuel Macron Iran approved anti-money laundering bill
Temples at RanipurJharail in Odisha’s Bolangir
for ease of business:
district; and the Vishnu Temple in Kotali,
IOHR launched world’s first television  Iranian council known as the Expediency
Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand, are the three
channel dedicated to human rights has Council approved an anti-money
other monuments that have been listed.
been launched in London: laundering bill to ease trade.
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Macedonia To Be Renamed Republic of Coast. It covered 7516.6km Indian Coastline

Union Cabinet approves 10% reservation North Macedonia: and Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of India.
for economically weaker sections in general  Macedonia’s parliamenthas passed an  The exercise is conducted in collaboration
category: amendment to the constitution to rename the with Ministry of Defence, Home Affairs, Shipping,
 The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister country Republic of North Macedonia, as Petroleum and Natural Gas, Fisheries, Customs,
Narendra Modi approved 10 % quota in jobs agreed with Greece to put an end to a 27-year State Governments and other agencies of Centre
and educational institutions for economically dispute. and States.
weaker sections in general category.  The countries struck the deal on the new  The aim of the Exercise Sea Vigil is to
 For the implementation of the name in June, but Macedonia will start using it validate the effectiveness of measures taken
quota, Articles 15 and 16 of the only after the parliament in Athens also ratifies since terror attack in Mumbai.
Constitution will have to be amended. the agreement.
 The reservation will also be availed for Shanghai opens world’s longest 3D-printed
admission in higher in higher educational Facebook to Set Up Institute for AI Ethics concrete bridge:
institutions.Article 15states that the State shall with Initial Investment of $7.5 Million:  Shanghai is now home to the world’s
not discriminate against any citizen on grounds  Social media giant Facebook announced longest 3D-printed concrete bridge,
only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth that it will create an independent Institute for produced by a team from the Tsinghua
or any of them. Ethics in Artificial intelligence (AI) with an University School of Architecture in Beijing.
 Article 16 guarantees the Equality of initial investment of $7.5 million over a period  The pedestrian crossing was modelled on the
opportunity in matters of public employment of five years. famed Zhaozhou Bridge, which was built
with no discrimination being done on basis of  Technical University of Munich (TUM) in between 589 and 618 in Hebei province,
religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth. Germany will collaborate with this project which northern China, and is the country’s oldest
aims to explore fundamental issues standing bridge.
Guatemala unilaterally terminate the affecting the use and impact of AI.
International Commission against Impunity Govt declares sugarcane juice as ‘national
in Guatemala (CICIG) agreement: India, Japan Undergo Disaster Control drink’ of Pakistan:
Exercise: Yokohama  The Pakistan government
 The Foreign Minister of Guatemala
 Indian and Japanese Coast declared sugarcane juice as the “national
Sandra Jovel notified the United Nations
Guards started disaster, search and rescue drink” of the country.They came at this decision
secretary-general about the Government’s
exercises off the cost ofYokohama in after asking People’s opinion in twitter to choose
decision to terminate the agreement which
Japan. ICGS Shaunak is the main Indian Coast one among orange,carrot and sugarcane.
established the International Commission
Guard Ship taking part in the drills.
against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG).
 Rajendra Singh, Chief of Indian Coast Israel Touts Successful Test of Arrow-3
 UN Secretary-General Antonio
Guard and his Japanese counterpart Shuichi Missile Interceptor:
Guterres has “strongly rejected” the
Iwanami reviewed the drills.The Coast guards  Israel successfully tested the Arrow 3
Guatemalan Government’s decision to
of India and Japan was working together after missile system from Central Israel,it is done in
unilaterally terminate the International
the establishment of deeper ties between the collaboration with American Missile Defense
Commission against Impunity in Guatemala
two countries. Agency.
(CICIG).
 Arrow 3is considered to be the next step in
Guatemala
Indian Navy commenced largest ever the defence system,which would help the Israel
 Capital: Guatemala City
coastal defence Exercise SEA VIGIL: Military Force to attack their enemies from a
 Currency: Guatemala Quetzal
 Indian Navy commenced largest ever greater distance and greater height.
 Prime Minister: Benjamin Netanyahu
coastal defence exercise SEA VIGIL in Indian
INTERNATIONAL SUMMITS
Summit Key points/theme Held in
48th World Economic Forum Annual Meet Theme: ‘Globalization 4.0: Shaping a Global Davos, Switzerland
Architecture in the Age of the Fourth Industrial
Revolution’
4th Edition of Arab Economic and Social To make a joint statement on a 29-item agenda Beirut, Lebanon
Development Summit that ranges from discussions on an Arab free
trade zone and the economic effect of Syrian
refugees on host countries.
7th ASEAN-India Tourism Ministers meeting Union Tourism Minister K. J. Alphons, co-chaired Ha Long City, Viet Nam
the 7th Meeting of Tourism Ministers of ASEAN-
India with Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism
of Viet Nam, Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Thien.
First India-Central Asia Dialogue Aims at taking forward the bilateral relations Samarkand, Uzbekistan
which have strengthened following the Prime
Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to all the five
Central Asian nations – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
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Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan – in

2015 and the EAM’s tour across the region in
August 2018.
LIST OF AGREEMENTS/MOU’S SIGNED BY INDIA WITH VARIOUS COUNTRIES:
Country Prime Minister Key Areas Capital/Currency

Australia Scott Morrison To collaborate with SIMTARS (Safety Canberra/ Australian Dollar
in Mines, Testing and Research
Station) for implementation of risk-
based safety management system,
providing training and modernising
R&D laboratory of DGMS
(Directorate General of Mines
Safety)
Morocco SaadeddineOthmani On cooperation in the area of Cyber Rabat/ Moroccan dirham
Security
Sri Lanka RanilWickremsinghe To provide modern infrastructural Colombo, Sri Jayawardenepura
facilities to Swami Vipulananda Kotte /Rupee
Institute of Aesthetic Studies of
Eastern University in Batticaloa
district of Sri Lanka.
Mongolia UkhnaagiinKhürelsükh In the field of art and culture & to Ulaanbaatar/ Mongolian tögrög
strengthen Embassy of Mongolia
and International Chamber of Media
and Entertainment Industry
(ICMEI).
Uzbekistan Abdulla Aripov Long Term Contract with for Supply Tashkent/Uzbekistani som
of Uranium ore concentrates to
widen its source base for the nuclear
fuel.
Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani (President) For 26 projects worth 9.5 million Kabul/ Afghan Afghani
dollars in the field of infrastructure,
public services such as health clinics
and governance-related projects.
Japan Shinzō Abe Dr. C.S. Mohapatra, Additional Tokyo/Yen
Secretary, Department of Economic
affairs, Government of India and Mr.
Katsuo Matsumoto, Chief
Representative, Japan International
Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed
the Loan Agreement under Japan’s
Official Development Assistance
Loan Program.
Maldives Ibrahim Mohamed Solih (President) On the facilitation of visa Male/ Maldivian Rufiyaa
arrangements.
in India’s manufacturing, services and system and the development and regulation of
BANKING & ECONOMY infrastructure sector. the financial sector.

 This is the first such report that has been
RBI NEWS
th
18 edition of India’s Fiscal Stability Report published after Mr. Shaktikanta Das became
RBI Initiates Industrial Outlook Survey and
was released by RBI: governor in December following Urjit Patel’s
Services and infrastructure Outlook Survey:
 The central bank of India, Reserve Bank of departure.
 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has
India (RBI) released 18th Fiscal Stability
initiated two surveys namely, Industrial
Report of India. RBI Lifts Six Month Ban from Paytm
Outlook Survey (IOS), and Services and
 This report has been prepared by the Sub- Payments Bank:
Infrastructure Outlook Survey (SIOS).
 The two quarterly surveys aim to examine
Committee of the Financial Stability and  After almost six months of the ban, the
Development Council (FSDC) on the risks to Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has allowed Paytm
the current situation including the job scenario
financial stability, the strength of the financial

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Payments Bank to restart opening new accounts in Nepal, under the Foreign Exchange Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mallikarjuna Rao
for its consumers. Management Act (FEMA). and SBI Life MD & CEO Sanjeev Nautiyal.
 Paytm Payments Bank stopped enrolling new Allahabad Bank
customers in June 2018, following an audit by RBI expected to pay government up to Rs  Headquarters: Kolkata
the RBI, which made certain observations about 40,000 crore interim dividend:  MD & CEO:S SMallikarjuna Rao
the process the company follows in acquiring  The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is likely
new customers and its adherence to know- to transfer an interim dividend of up to Rs Govt Allows Iranian Bank To Open Mumbai
your-customer (KYC) norms. 30,000 crore to Rs 40,000 crore ($4.32 Branch:
Paytm billion-$5.8 billion) to the government by March.  Nitin Gadkari has announced that the
 Managing director and CEO: Satish Kumar  The funds are crucial to meet the fiscal government has allowed an Iranian
Gupta deficit target of 3.3 percent of the GDP for the bank Pasargad Bank to open a branch in
financial year ending in March, as the Mumbai within the next three months.
RBI limits customer liability in fraudulent government’s revenue shortfall may be as high Alongside, India’s UCO Bank will open a
PPI transactions: as Rs 1 lakh crore. branch in Iran.
 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued a  The move is aimed at circumventing US
notification for all authorised non-bank Prepaid RBI injected 10,000 crore rupees into the trade and investment sanctions as India builds a
Payment Instrument (PPI) Issuers in order system through the purchase of strategic port in the West Asian country.
to limit the liability of Customers in government securities
unauthorised electronic payment transactions  The Reserve Bank of India announced that Insolvency and Bankruptcy Awareness
in Prepaid Payment Instruments it will inject 10,000 crore rupees into the Programme held in Gujarat:
(PPIs) comprising mobile wallets, prepaid system to increase liquidity through open  The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of
payments cards, and paper vouchers such as market operations (OMOs). India organised an Insolvency and
Sodexo.  The offers have been instructed to be Bankruptcy Awareness
 The RBI said frauds due to third-party breach submitted in electronic format on the RBI Core Programme at Vadodara, Gujarat.
where neither the customer nor the PPI issuer is Banking Solution (E-Kuber) system.  It is organised in collaboration with three
at fault, there cannot be any liability for the  It also plans to inject liquidity under OMOs Insolvency Professional Agencies, namely, the
customer, in case the incident in reported for 50,000 crore rupees in January 2019. Indian Institute of Insolvency Professionals
within three days.  The central bank has so far injected of ICAI (lead partner), the ICSI Institute of
 If the fraud is reported Rs.20,000 through OMOs in January 2019. Insolvency Professionals, and the
between three and seven days, customer Insolvency Professional Agency of Institute
liability will amount to the transaction value RBI fined Bank of Maharashtra with 1 of Cost Accountants of India.
or Rs.10,000, whichever is lower whereas for Crore:

fraud reported over seven days, the liability of Sri Lanka Central Bank gets $400 million
 Reserve Bank of India (RBI), imposed a Rs
the customer will be according to the board- from RBI under SAARC Swap facility:
1-crore penalty on state-owned Bank of
approved policy of the PPI issuer.  Sri Lanka Central Bank announced that
Maharashtra (BoM) for non-compliance of Know
the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has agreed
Your Customer (KYC) guidelines and fraud-
RBI allows ‘tokenisation’ for more secure to provide $400 million under a swap
classification norms.
card transactions: arrangement to boost the island nation’s
 The penalty has been imposed on failure of
 The Reserve Bank of India has reserves.
the bank to follow the rules and regulation
allowed tokenization of debit, credit and  These are to be made available under the
issued by the RBI.
prepaid card transactions to enhance the (SAARC) South Asian Association for
 In the year 2018, the RBI had imposed a
safety of the digital payment’s ecosystem in the Regional Cooperation SWAP facility.
penalty of Rs 1 crore on BoM on account
country. of delay on the part of the bank to detect
 “Tokenisation and de-tokenisation” shall be GST exemption limit doubled to give relief
and report fraud in accounts.
performed only by the authorized card network to small businesses:
RBI
and recovery of original Permanent Account  Finance Minister Arun Jaitley raised the
 Headquarters: Mumbai
Number (PAN) should be feasible for the annual turnover for availing composition scheme
 Governor:Shaktikanta Das
authorized card network only. to Rs 1.5 crore from Rs 1 crore effective
from April 1, 2019 to provide relief to small
OTHER BANKING & FINANCIAL businesses under Goods and Services (GST)
Nepal’s central bank asked RBI to declare
new Indian currency notes legal in a NEWS regime.
written plea: Allahabad Bank, SBI Life join hand for  It is said that “those who come under the
bancassurance partnership: composition scheme will pay tax quarterly, but

 The Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB), Nepal’s
 A ‘bancassurance’ pact was signed the return will be filed once a year”.
central monetary authority, wrote to
 The Goods and Services (GST) exemption
the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to legalize between State-owned Allahabad Bank and
limit has been doubled to Rs. 40 lakh annual
Indian currency notes of denominations higher SBI Life Insuranceto sell the policies of the
insurer from over 3,200 branches of the turnover and Rs 20 lakh for northeastern
than Rs 100 in Nepal.
Allahabad Bank. states.
 The Indian bank bills Rs 200, Rs 500 and
Rs 2,000 which are greater than the said  The agreement was signed in the presence of
amount has been asked to be made legal tender Allahabad Bank Managing Director (MD) and
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SEBI allows custodial services in  Other parties include: Punjab National Bank,  IIT Bombay and 7 public sector oil
commodity market, paves way for MF Bank of Baroda, Bank of Maharashtra as well as companies inked a memorandum of
entry: the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India. understanding (MoU) for setting up Centre of
 Markets regulator SEBI has Excellence in Oil, Gas and Energy.
allowed custodial services in the commodity Bharti AXA Life uses WhatsApp to deliver  The MoU was signed by heads of Indian Oil
derivatives market which would policy, renewal premium: Corp (IOC),Oil and Natural Gas Corp
enable participation of institutional  Private sector insurer Bharti AXA Life (ONGC),GAIL India Ltd,Bharat Petroleum
investors, including mutual funds, in the Insurance started delivering policies and Corp Ltd (BPCL),Hindustan Petroleum Corp
segment. renewal premium receipt to customers via Ltd (HPCL),Oil India Ltd and Engineers
 Under the new framework, existing instant messaging platform WhatsApp as a part India Ltd.
custodians will be permitted to add commodities of its alternative service option to the policy  This would link up energy industry and
as an asset class and provide physical delivery holders. academics to help jointly address energy
of both the securities and commodities,  Bharti AXA Life Insurance, a joint venture requirements with new and innovative,
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). between Bharti Enterprises and French indigenous technology.
Securities and Exchange Board of India Insurance major AXA is one of the first few
 Chairman: Ajay Tyagi insurers to provide the option of policy contract, HDFC MF overtakes ICICI Prudential MF to
 Headquarters: Mumbai renewal premium receipts and claim intimation become largest AMC:
through WhatsApp.  HDFC Mutual Fund has surpassed ICICI
IDFC Bank Re-Named IDFC First Bank: Bharti AXA Life Insurance Prudential MF to regain top position after two
 Private sector lender IDFC Bank said its  MD & CEO: Vikas Seth years as thelargest asset management
name has been changed to IDFC First Bank company (AMC).
Ltd with effect from Saturday ICICI bank, SBFC joined hands to provide  While HDFC MF looks after assets worth Rs
from 12th January 2019. loans worth Rs. 1 crore to MSMEs for 15- 3.35 lakh crore, ICICI Prudential MF manages Rs
 IDFC Bank and non-banking financial year tenure: 3.08 lakh crore, according to AMFI data.
company Capital First had announced  ICICI Bank, in a first-of-its-kind  In the October-December quarter, AUM
completion of their merger on December 18, programme, signed a Memorandum of under HDFC MF have risen by more than 9 per
creating a combined loan asset book of Rs 1.03 Understanding (MoU) with Small Business cent when compared to the previous quarter. In
lakh crore for the merged entity. FinCredit India Pvt. Ltd. (SBFC), a the same period, AUM plunged 0.6 per cent for
 Following the merger, the board of IDFC systemically important Non-Banking Finance ICICI Prudential MF.
Bank had approved the appointment of V Company for entrepreneurs, to jointly provide HDFC Mutual Fund
Vaidyanathan, founder and chairman of credit worth up to Rs 1 crore to MSMEs for a  Headquarters: Mumbai.
Capital First Ltd, as managing director and tenure of 15 years.  Managing Director:Milind Barve
chief executive officer of the merged entity.  Under this arrangement, ICICI Bank will co-
 The combined entity will serve 7.2 million originate loan against property with SBFC at a HDFC Standard Life Insurance renamed to
customers through 203 bank branches, 129 mutually agreed ratio. HDFC Life Insurance:
ATMs and 454 rural business ICICI Bank  HDFC Standard Life Insurance renamed
correspondent centres.  Headquarters: Mumbai itself to HDFC Life Insurance,following the
receipt of relevant approvals from regulatory
 MD& CEO: Sandeep Bakshi
PSU Syndicate Bank and SBI Life Insurance authorities.
sign a bancassurance pact:  The change in name is effective right off the
India cuts duty on refined, crude palm oil
 Syndicate Bank and SBI Life
from ASEAN to 40 and 45 percent bat and the company will henceforth operate
Insurance signed a bancassurance under the nameHDFC Life Insurance
respectively:
pact aiming to offer a comprehensive financial Company Ltd.
 The ministry of finance announced that
planning solution to its customers.
the government has cut import duties on crude
 This was signed between Syndicate Bank MD
and refined palm oil from Southeast Asian
Microsoft launches e-platform under
& CEO, Mrutyunjay Mahapatra and MD and CEO Project ReWeave to help Handloom
countries or ASEAN countries.
of SBI Life, Sanjeev weavers:
 This move was taken under the India-ASEAN
Syndicate Bank
Free Trade Agreement and Malaysia under the
 Microsoft India has launched a new e-
 Headquarters: Manipal, Karnataka India-Malaysia Comprehensive Economic
commerce platform re-weave.in for handloom
weavers under its Project ReWeave.
Cooperation Agreement (IMCECA).
Banks led by SBI agreed to finance Nagpur-
 The duty on crude palm oil from Malaysia,
 This e-commerce platform will help connect
Mumbai Samruddhi Corridor artisans to buyers directly, enabling them to
Indonesia and other members of the
 The Maharashtra Chief Minister’s Office in expand to newer customers and markets.
Association of South East Asian Nations was cut
Mumbai announced that SBI along with others to 40 per cent from 44 per cent.  Microsoft in association with the National
banks agreed to provide finance for Nagpur- ASEAN Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) also
Mumbai ‘Samruddhi Corridor’ expressway  Headquarters: Jakarta, Indonesia curated a special curriculum in ‘CAD and Color
project. for Handloom Weaving’ to provide digital
 Among the consortium of banks, SBI will be Seven Oil PSUs signed pact with IIT training in handloom design.
providing the highest amount which is Rs. 8,500 Bombay to set up centre of excellence:
crore.
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Dell Organizes India’s First Policy Hack for  Indian highways management company ltd.
Teachers: (IHMCL) had launched the national electronic India Among the Most Trusted Nations
 Dell organizes an interactive hackathon, as a toll collection program (NETC) under the Globally: Edelman Trust Barometer report
part of its three-city PolicyHack series for brand name “FASTag” in April 2016.  According to the 2019 report released by
teacher who are focused on their learning  FASTag can be recharged by using UPI Edelman Trust Barometer, ahead of the World
journey. (unified payment interface) platform. In the first Economic Forum (WEF) meet here, noted that
 Dell has collaborated with UNESCO phase, the tags will be available across 50 Fuel the Global Trust Index witnessed a marginal
Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Station in Delhi NCR, which will subsequently be increase of 3 points to 52.India is among the
Peace and Sustainable Development expanded to outlets across India. most trusted nations globally when it comes to
(MGIEP) and Ignus for its first-of-its-kind government, business, NGOs and media.
hackathon with an aim to create a platform Centre infuses Rs 3,076 crore capital into  China topped the Trust Index among both
where teachers, school representatives and a UCO Bank: the informed public and the general
cross-sectional group expert related to education  State-run lender UCO bank, formerly United population segments, with scores of79 and
can interact with each other. Commercial Bank, announced that Government 88 respectively. India was at the 2nd
 The PolicayHack was conducted in two levels of India has infused Rs 3076 crore of capital place in the informed public
where over 80 schools Pan India shared their into it by the way of preferential allotment. category and 3rd place in the general
statements of purposes.  The UCO Bank has posted a net loss of Rs. population category.
1136.44 Crore in the second quarter

Government Merges Three Regional Rural of FY19 against a net loss of Rs. 622.56 crore Andhra tops ACI’s Ease of Doing Business
Banks Into Single: for the same period of previous fiscal. index:
 The government has amalgamated  Gross NPA (Non-performing assets) of UCO  In the latest ranking of Singapore’s Asia
three Regional Rural Banks -Punjab Gramin bank fell marginally from Rs. 29786.41 crore to Competitiveness Institute’s (ACI), Ease of
Bank, MalwaGramin Bank and Sutlej Rs. 29581.49 crore during the September Doing Business (EDB) index 2018, Andhra
Gramin Bank into a single RRB with effect from Quarter of FY19. Pradesh emerged on top of the 21 states of
January 1. UCO Bank India that were considered for the ranking, while
 The sponsor banks of the RRBs are National  Headquarters: Kolkata, West Bengal Maharashtra and Delhi came in second and third
Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development  MD & CEO: Atul Kumar Goel place, respectively.
(NABARD), the Government of Punjab and  Andhra Pradesh rose from the 5th rank in
Punjab National Bank, State Bank of India and Reliance Industries gets CCI nod to acquire 2016 to the top spot in 2018.
Punjab and Sind Bank. Hathway, DEN:  The ACI’s EDB index is based upon three
 Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance parameters called ABC -Attractiveness to
Jana Small Finance Bank Launches Current Industries has received a go ahead from the Investors, Business Friendliness and
Account with Unique Auto-Sweep Facility: Competition Commission of India (CCI) to Competitiveness Policies. The index captured
 The private sector Jana Small Finance acquire majority stakes in two of India’s the business environment at the sub-national
Bank has launched a new Current largest cable operators – DEN Networks level on the basis of 72 hard and soft indicators.
Account with Auto-Sweep facility that will and Hathway Cable & Datacom for high
enable bank’s existing and potential new speed broadband network under JioGigaFiber. India Poised to Become Third-Largest
Consumer Market: WEF
customers to auto sweep-in and sweep-out the  RIL said it will acquire 66% in
idle funds in the current account to Sweep Fixed DEN and 51.3% in Hathway for a total  According to World Economic
Deposit and earn high interest. consideration of Rs 5,230 crore. Forum, India is poised to become the third-
 The new facility will enable current account largest consumer market behind only the US
holders to earn higher interest on the idle SBI Card and Etihad Guest tie-up to launch and China. The report was titled as ‘Future of
funds while providing the flexibility of using the premium card for international travel Consumption in Fast-Growth Consumer
Market – India’.
funds when the need in business arises.  SBI Card and Etihad Guest, the loyalty
 The customers will be able to earn interest programme of Etihad Airways, have joined  Consumer spending in India is expected to
of 8.5 percent for a tenor of 365 days on hands to launch a travel specific Visa credit grow from USD 1.5 trillion at present to nearly
sweep deposit. card for members and Indian travellers. USD 6 trillion by 2030.
JANA SMALL FINANCE BANK  This is the first international co-brand  According to World Economic Forum (WEF),
 Headquarters: Bengaluru partnership of SBI Card, the country’s second with an annual GDP growth rate of 7.5 per cent,
 MD & CEO: Ajay Kanwal largest credit card issuer.It has been launched India is currently the world’s sixth-largest
against the backdrop of increasing international economy.
NHAI to collaborate with Oil Marketing travel in the country.

Companies for issuance of FASTags through UN office on drugs and crime (UNODC)
 The card will be available in two variants,
petroleum retail outlets: released “Global Report on Trafficking in
Etihad Guest SBI Card and Etihad Guest SBI
 Indian Highways Management Company Persons 2018”:
Premier Card, will bring an unmatched value
Ltd. (IHMCL), a company promoted by NHAI, proposition to Etihad Guest members and  UN office on Drugs and Crime
has signed MOUs with state-run Oil Marketing international travellers from India. (UNODC) released a latest Global
Companies (IOCL, BPC, and HPC). It will ensure Report on “Trafficking in Persons”, which
availability of FASTags at petroleum outlets RANKINGS/INDEXES/GDP FORECAST BY reveals that the number of human trafficking
across India. VARIOUS ORGANISATIONS victims around the world is on the rise while
armed groups and terrorists are trafficking
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women and children to generate funds and  The Growth rate of India may further steps forward to 79th rank. A total of 190
recruit. improve by at least 1 per cent by the reforms countries are analyzed here.
 While the average numbers of reported designed to address the structural problems of  The Henley index ranks world’s passports
victims had fluctuated during the earlier years the economy. based on how many countries they can get the
for which UNODC had collected data, the global holder access without a prior visa. An Indian
trend has shown a steady increase since 2010. India ranks sixth in GDPR readiness index: passport holder can visit 61 countries without a
Cisco pre-travel visa.
India to overtake UK in the world’s largest  The report released by CISCO on 2019
economy rankings: Data Privacy Benchmark Study ranked India 14th Global Risks Report, the 2019 edition,
 According to a report by global in 6th position in General Data Protection was released by World Economic Forum:
consultancy firm PwC, India is likely to Regulation (GDPR) readiness index.  The World Economic Forum released
surpass the United Kingdom in the world’s  As per the report 65% of India its 14th edition of annual Global Risk Report
largest economy rankings in 2019, to organization are better prepared for GDPR 2019 ahead of the World Economic Forum’s
become the world’s fifth largest economy. making India the 6th best prepared nation to Annual Meeting in Davos.
 PwC’s Global Economy Watch report projects deal with the nee data privacy regulation which  The report’s findings are based on the
real GDP growth of 1.6% for the UK, 1.7% for all organizations operating within the European annual Global Risks Perception Survey, which
France and 7.6% for India in 2019. Union and European Economic Area are asks the Forum’s network of business,
 The US was the world’s largest economy with mandated to comply with. government, civil society and thought leaders to
a size of 19.39 trillion dollars, followed by China gauge the risks facing our world.
at 12.23 trillion dollars at the second place in Indians biggest supporters of international  The report also warns of the macroeconomic
2017. aid: WEF global survey risks that could be faced ahead in 2019.
 The World Economic Forum
Cyber frauds in Indian banking sector hiked (WEF) released a survey ahead of its annual India ranks 54th in ‘Bloomberg Innovation
over 50% in FY18: meeting which states that Indians are biggest Index’ of 60 economies:
 According to the Reserve Bank of India’s supporters of international aid. 95 per cent of  India is ranked at the 54th Position with a
Report on Trend and Progress of Banking in Indians supported the international aid and score of 47.93 out of 100 among the world’s
India 2017-18, India witnessed a jumped of 159 expect India to help other nations. most innovative countries according to
per cent to almost Rs.110 crore, from Rs.42.3  Pakistan and Indonesia are on the second the Bloomberg 2019 Innovative Index.
crore in 2017-18. position with 94 per cent of the people’s  South Korea has retained its top spot with a
 The volume of cyber fraud at banks has affirmative replies. score of 87.38, Germany ranked second with a
doubled in a year.  South Asian Countries like India, Pakistan score of 87.30 whereas Finland has been
 A total of 2,059 cases of cyber fraud were and Bangladesh exhibit widespread support for ranked at the third spot with a score of 85.70.
reported in 2017-18 amounting to Rs 109.6 international aid leaving behind European
crore countries. India’s GDP expected to grow at 7.3% in

WEF 2018-19: World Bank
India Ranks 80th

on Global Talent  Headquarters: Switzerland  World Bank projected India’ GDP,
Competitive Index 2019:  Executive Chairman: Klaus Schwab expected to grow at 7.3% in the fiscal
 According to the report of the 6th edition year 2018-19, and 7.5% in the following two
of Global Talent Competitive Index (GTCI) India’s GDP to grow at 7.2% in 2018-19: years.
2019 released by INSEAD business school in  Central Statistics Office (CSO) stated that  The Bank said India will continue to be the
partnership with Tata the Indian economy is expected to grow at 7.2 fastest growing major economy in the world. In
Communications and Adecco per cent in 2018-19, a tad higher from 6.7 India, the growth has accelerated, driven by an
Group , India has moved up one position to per cent in the previous fiscal, mainly due to upswing in consumption, and investment growth
rank 80th on the Global Talent Competitive improvement in the performance of agriculture has firmed as the effects of temporary factors
Index 2019 ranking. and manufacturing sectors wane, the World Bank said in its latest report.
 The top 5 countries in the index WORLD BANK

 The increase is being expected with the
included Switzerland followed by Singapore,  President: Jim Yong Kim
improvement in performance of agriculture and
the US, Norway and Denmark. manufacturing sectors.  Headquarters: Washington, D.C., United
 The top-ranked city this year States

 The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) had
is Washington, DC, followed by  CEO: Kristalina Georgieva
expanded by 7.1 percent in 2016-17 and 8.2
Copenhagen, Oslo, Vienna and Zurich. percent in 2015-16.
India’s GDP set to eclipse US’ by 2030:
India to grow at 7-7.5% over next few Standard Chartered

India Ranks 79th, Japan Tops List of Most
years: PM’s Economic Advisory Council: Powerful Passports: Henley Passport Index
 Standard Chartered released its long term
 Economic Advisory Council of Prime forecast which states that India will surpass the
 According to Henley Passport Index, which
Minister (EAC-PM) headed by NITI Aayog U.S to become the world’s second largest
keeps in record and analyses of every country’s
Member Bibek Debroy said in a report that economy by 2030 while China will be at First
travel afford revealed a report of powerful
India will continue to grow in the 7 to 7.5 per Position.
passport holding country, in which Japan has
cent range in the next few years despite global retained its position to the top for the
and structural challenges. consecutive year and India has leaped two
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 China will become the largest economy  It will need to provide cash support in  According to SEBI, the committee would
by 2020, using purchasing power parity the range of Rs 10,000-12,000 per annum to comprise prominent financial economists
exchange rates and nominal GDP make it completely cash neutral and the annual and market practitioners. Another key task of
 India to accelerate to 7.8 percent by the cost of such a scheme is Rs.1.2 lakh crore per the committee will be to maintain
2020s while China will moderate to 5 percent by annum. databases relevant for capital market
2030 reflecting a natural slowdown given the regulation research.
economy’s size. Indian economy may grow 7.4% in FY19,
Standard Chartered 7.6% in FY20: UN report UK Sinha-headed working group to suggest
 Headquarter: London  India’s economy is expected to grow at 7.4 suitable framework:

per cent during 2018-19 and improve to 7.6  Former Chairman of Securities and
 Chairman: Jose Vinals
per cent in the next fiscal, said a UN report. Exchange Board of India (SEBI), U.K.
 The United Nations’ World Economic Sinha will head an 11-member working group
GDP growth likely to be tad higher at 7.5%
Situation and Prospects (WESP) 2019 report constituted by the Insolvency and Bankruptcy
in FY20: India Ratings and Research:
also expects India’s gross domestic product board of India (IBBI) to study the concept
 A Fitch group company India ratings and
(GDP) to expand by 7.4 per cent in 2020-21. of ‘Group Insolvency’ and suggest a suitable
research estimated that India’s GDP growth to
framework.
be a “tad higher” at 7.5% in financial year
World Economic Situation and Prospects  Group Insolvency will be very beneficial in a
2019-20. Earlier it was 7.2% during fiscal year
2019: situation where two or more applications are
2018-19.
 The World Economic Situation and pending in the same court against debtors in the
 The economy seen a growth rate of 7.2% in
Prospects 2019 offers timely warnings about a same group.
the current financial year against 6.7% in the
range of macroeconomic challenges facing
previous year estimated by Central Statistics
policymakers as they aim to deliver on the GST panel headed by Dy. CM of Bihar
Office (CSO).
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. approved Kerala levying 1% calamity cess
 According to India Ratings investments are
 It is the Joint report of UN-DESA, for 2 yrs:
slow but steady gaining traction with gross fixed
UNCTAD) and the five UN regional  The Group of States’ Finance Ministers
capital formation growing 12.2% in FY19 and
commissions. (GoFM) led by Deputy Chief Minister of
projected to grow at 10.3% in FY20.
 Global growth is expected to remain at 3.0 Bihar, Sushil Kumar Modi approved levy
per cent in 2019 and 2020, however, the of 1%‘calamity cess’ by Kerala for a period of
China’s economy grew 6.6% in 2018, the
steady pace of expansion in the global economy two years to fund rehabilitation work in the state
slowest pace in 28 years
masks an increase in downside risks that could of Kerala.
 China announced that its official economic
potentially exacerbate development challenges  It will recommend the same to the GST
growth came in at 6.6 percent in 2018 — the
in many parts of the world, according to council meeting which will be held in January 10,
slowest pace since 1990.The world’s 2nd
the World Economic Situation and Prospects 2019.
biggest economy was grappling with the effects
2019.  It also suggested the GST council to
of the current trade war with the US and
allow additional borrowing over the
declining exports.
permitted limit by states hit by natural
 According to China’s National Bureau of
calamity.
Statistics (NBS) the last year’s growth rate was COMMITTEES
down from 6.8% in 2017and was the lowest RBI set up 5-member panel under Nandan
RBI Forms Expert Panel On MSMEs under
since 1990 when the growth rate was 3.9%. Nilekani to boost digital payments:
Ex-SEBI Chief UK Sinha:
 The Reserve Bank of India constituted a
 The Reserve Bank set up an expert
India to grow by 7.5% in 2019: CII 5-member high-level committee under
committee under former SEBI chairman U K
 In its report titled ‘Growth Outlook for Aadhaar architect Nandan Nilekani to
Sinha to suggest long-term solutions for the
2019’, Confederation of Indian Industry suggest measures to strengthen the safety and
economic and financial sustainability of the
(CII) stated that India will remain the fastest security of digital payments in the country.
MSME sector.
growing major economy with GDP growth  With the suggested measures, the committee
 The eight-member committee will also
estimated to be 7.5% in FY19. shall submit its report within a period of 90 days
examine the factors affecting the timely and
 Better demand conditions, settled GST from the date of its first meeting.
adequate availability of finance to the sector.
implementation, capacity expansion resulting  The decision aims to encourage digitisation
from growing investments in infrastructure and of payments and enhance financial
Government notifies High-Level Committee
better credit inflow especially in the service inclusion through digitisation.
for implementation of Clause VI of Assam
sector (that is of 24%) were the reasons cited
Accord:
for this growth. SEBI constitutes Research Advisory
 Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of
Committee (RAC): Headed by Sankar De
India has notified a High-level committee of
Unconditional cash transfer to farmer  In order to strengthen its research function
nine members under the chairmanship of Shri
better option: SBI Report and enhance its linkage to policy making,
M.P. Bezbarauah for implementation of
 As per the ‘SBI Ecowrap’ report, the SEBI has constituted a Research Advisory
Clause VI of the Assam Accord.
government should opt for the unconditional Committee headed by Dr.Sankar De and
 The Committee will submit its report within 6
cash transfer to farmers to alleviate comprising of prominent financial economists
months from the date of notification.
agrarian distress rather than Universal and market practitioners as members.
Basic Income (UBI) scheme.
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 The 9-member Committee headed by retired  The committee will also look whether private and review the creation of new capacity every
IAS M.P. Bezbarauah includes eminent persons authorized by the states are misusing two years after that.
Assamese persons from different fields. the lower rate and getting enriched themselves  In a 41-page report, the panel has also
Maharashtra Finance Minister Sudhir at the cost of the state or not and suggest suggested that no additional seats should be
Mungantiwar panel is formed to study measures to curb it. approved in traditional engineering areas such
uniform tax rate on lottery: as mechanical, electrical, civil and electronics.
 The GST council has constituted an eight- Panel suggests not to allow new AICTE
member Group of Ministers (GoM) headed Engineering colleges from 2020:  Chairman: Anil Sahasrabudhe
by Maharashtra State Finance Minister,  A government appointed panel headed  Headquarters: New Delhi
Sudhir Mungantiwar to suggest whether a by IIT- Hyderabad chairman B V R Mohan
uniform tax rate should be imposed on lotteries Reddy has suggested to the All India Council
or the current differential tax rate system be for Technical Education (AICTE) to stop
continued. setting up new engineering colleges from 2020
APPOINTMENTS IN BOTH NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL

Designation Current Previous
MD & CEO of Axis Bank Amitabh Chaudhry Shikha Sharma
New Chairman of Railway Board Vinoth Kumar Yadav Ashwani Lohani
nd
President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro (2 Term) -
New Vice President & MD of Facebook India Ajit Mohan Umang Bedi
MD & CEO of IDFC First Bank V Vaidyanathan -
Director General (Investigation) of National Prabhat Singh Gurbachan Singh
Human Rights Commission
New President of the Alliance for Media Freedom Narasimhan Ram -
(AFMF)
1st Chief Justice of Telangana HC Justice T B N Radhakrishnan -

New President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro -
Member of Office and Secrecy in UPSC Dr. T.C.A Anant -
Chief Operations Officer (COO) of RBL Bank Pankaj Sharma -
Executive Chairman of National Legal Services Justice AK Sikri -
Authority (NALSA)
Prime Minister of Taiwan Su Tseng-chang William Lai
Secretary of the Competition Commission of India P K Singh -
(CCI)
Acting Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation of Hemant Bhargava VK Sharma

India
Director General & Chairman of Ordnance Saurabh Kumar -

Factories (DGOF)
President approved elevation of two Justice to Justice Dinesh Maheshwari (Karnataka High -
Supreme Court Court)
Justice Sanjiv Khanna (Delhi High Court)
New Chief Justice Of Pakistan Justice Asif Saeed Khosa Justice Saqib Nisar
Acting Deputy Defence Secretary of Pentagon David Norquist Kevin Sweeney
(US)
President of Madagascar Andry Rajoelina -
Head of Financial Technology Partnerships and Amrish Rau -

investments for Naspers’ fintech business
Director General of the (DG) Sashastra Seema Kumar Rajesh Chandra S.S. Deswal
Bal (SSB)
Interim President of World Bank Kristalina Georgieva (from 1 February 2019) Jim Yong Kim
India’s new ambassador to China Vikram Misri -
First Indian to Head Global Solar Council, USA Pranav R Mehta -
First Woman chief economist of IMF Gita Gopinath (India - born) Maurice (Maury) Obstfeld
MD & CEO of YES Bank Ravneet Singh Gill Rana Kapoor
Interim Minister of Finance & Corporate Affairs Piyush Goyal Arun Jaitley
New Prime Minister of Burkina Faso Joseph Marie Dabiré -
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RESIGNATION
 Pentagon Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Defence (US) - Kevin Sweeney
 Chairman of the National Stock Exchange of India Ltd (NSE) - Ashok Chawla
 Malaysia’s King - Muhammad V
 Head Coach of the Indian Football Team - Stephen Constantine
RETIREMENT
 South African Allrounder - Cricketer Albie Morkel
BRAND AMBASSADOR
 Commonwealth of Learning Goodwill Ambassador -Karthyayani Amma (Kerala)
 Event ambassador for the 16th Tata Mumbai Marathon - M C Mary Kom
AWARDS & HONOURS

AWARDS WINNERS
3 Indian-origin women scientists awarded in 60 Superstars of STEM Onisha Patel, Devika Kamath and Asha Rao
(Science, Technology, Engineering &Mathematics) list by Australian
government
National Nritya Shiromani Award 2019 US-based Kathak dancer AninditaNeogyAnaam
Received Honorary Membership of the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) Virat Kohli and coach Ravi Shastri (for their contribution to the sport of
cricket)
ICSIs Lifetime Achievement Award for ‘Translating Excellence in Godrej Group Chairman Adi Godrej
Corporate Governance into Reality”
12th Shankar Vaidya Shree Award 2018 Dr.Rajan Deshpande
Team awarded for Legion of Honour French Football Team
National Geospatial Award for Excellence -2017 (Life Time IIT Roorkee professor Jayanta Kumar Ghosh (for his contribution towards
Achievement Award) by the Indian Society for Remote Sensing the development of geospatial science and applications)
Rosa Park Trailblazer award 2019 Indian-American philanthropist and entrepreneur Gurinder Singh Khalsa
Two Gold Medals at the World Memory Championships held in Hong Dhruv Manoj (“names and faces” and “random words” disciplines)
Kong
‘Woman’s Voice Award’ at the Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival (AKLF) US-based Indian poet Ranjani Murali
First-ever Philip Kotler Presidential award Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Sheikh Saud International Prize for Materials Research 2018 Bharat RatnaCNR Rao
Kabi Samrat Upendra Bhanja National Award 2018 Prof. Manoj Das (for Lifetime Achievement in literature)
&
Noted Folk dance Guru NabaghanaParida(Dakshin Odisha
LoksanakrutiSamman 2018)
By Indian Council for Child Welfare (ICCW) for receiving National WahengbamLamnganba Singh
Bravery Award 2018
Lifetime Achievement Award by the Mantralaya and Journalist Dinu Randive
VidhimandalVartahar Sangh of Maharashtra
Honoured by Bimal Roy Memorial and Film Society Asha Parekh and FarooqueShaikhat
‘Exhibitor of the Year Award’ at 106th Indian Science Congress in Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Pavilion
Punjab
Gandhi Peace Prize for 2018 WHO Goodwill ambassador YoheiSasakawa
2019 Japan Prize Dr. Rattan Lal (for his contributions in “Biological Production, Ecology”)
Dr. Yoshio Okamoto (for his contributions in “Materials and Production” field)
Won Prestigious Laureus World Comeback of the Year Award 2018 Indian female wrestlerVineshPhogat
Three Indian expats From UAE Win Prestigious Girish Pant, Surender Singh Kandhari and Dr ZulekhaDaud
PravasiBharatiyaSamman Award
Won Subhash Chandra Bose AapdaPrabandhanPuraskar 2019 8th Battalion of National Disaster Response Force
Republic Day Journalism Award 2019 Veteran Journalist and Former Editor Dhirendra Nath Chakraborty.
Romain Rolland Book Prize 2019 Tamil translation of Andrei Makine’s “La vie d’un homme inconnu” (The
Life of an Unknown Man) at the Jaipur Literature Festival. The book was
translated by S R Kichenamourty.
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The Hindu Prize 2018: Fiction and Non- Lyon (Aus), JaspritBumrah (Ind), Kagiso  Women's Singles: Japan Naomi Osaka
Fiction and The Hindu Young World Rabada (SA), Mohammad Abbas (Pak)  Men's Doubles: France Pierre-Hugues
GoodBooks Awards  ICC ODI Team of the Year: Rohit Herbert / France Nicolas Mahut
The Hindu Prize 2018 was announced in the Sharma (Ind), Jonny Bairstow (Eng), Virat Kohli  Women's Doubles: Australia Samantha
Hindu Litfest 2018 held in Chennai. (Ind, captain), Joe Root (Eng), Ross Stosur / China Zhang Shuai
 Neelum Saran Gour wins the The Hindu Taylor (NZ), Jos Buttler (Eng, wicket-  Mixed Doubles: Czech
Prize 2018 – FICTION for the book ‘Requiem keeper), Ben Stokes (Eng), Mustafizur RepublicBarboraKrejčíková/United States
in Raga Janki’. Rahman (Ban), Kuldeep Yadav (Ind), Rashid Rajeev Ram
 ManoranjanByapari wins The Hindu Prize Khan (Afg), JaspritBumrah (Ind)

2018 – NON FICTION for the Indonesia Masters Title: Complete List
The Indonesia Masters 2019 Title took place
book ‘Interrogating My Chandal Life’. SPORTS
 Vinayak Varma wins Best Picture Book: at the IstoraSenayan in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Khelo India Youth Games 2019:
Story for ‘Angry Akku’ CATEGORY WON BY
 Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG),
 Rajiv Eipe wins Best Picture Book: Women’s Indian ace Badminton player,
formerly Khelo India School Games (KISG),
Illustration for ‘Ammachi’s Amazing Singles title SainaNehwal
meaning Play India Youth Games, held annually
Machines’ in January or February, are the national level
 Venita Coelho wins Best Picture Book: multidisciplinary grassroot games in India held Men’s singles Anders Antonsen of Denmark
Fiction for ‘Boy No 32’ for two categories, namely under-17 title
 MamtaNainy wins Best Picture Book: yearsschool students and under-21 college
Non-Fiction for ‘A Brush with Indian Art’. students. Men’s Doubles Indonesia Marcus Fernaldi
History Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya
ICC AWARDS 2018:  On 31 January 2018, Prime Minister, sukamuljo
The ICC Awards are a set of sports awards Narendra Modi, declared open the inaugural Women’s Ayaka Takahashi and Misaki
for cricket. The awards recognise and honour Khelo India School Games at the opening Doubles Matsutomo of Japan
the best international cricket players of the ceremony based on Guru–shishya tradition held
Title Mixed Chinese mixed doubles pair of
previous 12 months. The awards have been at Indira Gandhi Arena. From the 2019 events,
Doubles Zheng Siwei and Huang
institutionalised by International Cricket Council Khelo India School Games were renamed to
Yaqiong
since 2004. Between 2011 and 2014 the awards Khelo India Youth Games.
were known, for sponsorship reasons, as the LG  The first edition of the event was kicked off
Sydney and Brisbane chosen to host $15
ICC Awards. in New Delhi.
million 24 team ATP Cup in 2020:
Winners of 2018  The second edition of the event was kicked
 Australian cities Sydney and Brisbane have
 Cricketer of the Year: Virat Kohli (India) off in Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, a
been announced as the first two host
 Test Player of the Year: Virat Kohl (India) sports complex situated in Belawadi,
locations for the newest team event in
 ODI Player of the Year: Virat Kohli (India) Pune,Maharashtra. The theme of the Games
men’s tennis from January 2020.
 Twenty20 International Performance of revolved around ‘khelogetohkhiloge’ (if you
 A total $15 million prize fund will be on
the Year: Aaron Finch (Australia) play, you will prosper).
offer for 100 participating players.
Overall Winners
 Emerging Player of the Year: Rishabh
 Maharashtra won the overall trophy with a
Pant (India)
India 1st away team to win bilateral series
total of 228 medals (85 gold, 62 silver and 81
 Associate Player of the Year: Calum
in all formats in Australia:
bronze). 2nd Haryana -178 medals (62 gold, 56
MacLeod (Scotland)
silver and 60 bronze) while 3rd Delhi -136
 India defeated Australia in the third ODI at
 Umpire of the Year: Kumar
Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) to win the ODI
medals (48 gold, 37 silver and 51 bronze).
Dharmasena (Sri Lanka)
 Individually, Karnataka swimmer Srihari series by 2-1 and became the first Visiting
 Women's Cricketer of the Year: Smriti team to win bilateral series across the three
Nataraj(16-year-old’s timing of 26.16 secs in
Mandhana (India) formats against Australia in Australian soil.
50m backstroke)became the most medals
 Women's ODI Cricketer of the  Indian team lead by Virat Kohli also became
winner by competing in seven events in the U-
Year: Smriti Mandhana (India) the first ever Indian side to win bilateral ODI
21 category and winning all of them.
 Women's T20I Cricketer of the series in Australia.
 Ten-year-old Abhinav Shaw became the
Year: Alyssa Healy (Australia)
youngest gold medalist in shooting.
 Women's Emerging Cricketer of the
Static Ishant, Shami, Bumrah breaks 34-year-old
Year: Sophie Ecclestone record with 131 wickets in 2018:
Sports Authority of India
 Spirit of Cricket: Kane Williamson (New  Headquarters: Delhi; Director General:  Indian pace trio of Ishant Sharma,
Zealand) Mohammed Shami and JaspritBumrah broke
Neelam Kapoor
 Fan's Moment of the Year: India win U19 the 34-year record of highest test wickets in a
World Cup 2019 Australian Open: calendar year to become the most successful
 ICC Test Team of the Year: Tom  The 2019 Australian Open was a Grand pace trio with 131 wickets in 2018.
Latham (NZ), Dimuth Karunaratne (SL), Virat Slam tennis tournament that took place at  The record was previously held by West
Kohli (Ind, captain), Kane Williamson Melbourne Park. It was the 107th edition of Indies seamers Joel Garner, Michael Holding
(NZ), Henry Nicholls (NZ), Rishabh Pant (Ind, the Australian Open, the 51st in the Open Era, and Malcolm Marshall who had taken 130
wicket-keeper), Jason Holder (WI), Nathan and the first Grand Slam of the year. wickets in 1984.
 Men's Singles: Serbia Novak Djokovic

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Virat Kohli Beats Sachin Tendulkar to Switzerland’s Roger Federer and Belinda USA Cricket becomes ICC’s 105th member:
Become the Fastest 19000 International Bencic captured the Hopman Cup title for a  The International Cricket Council
Runs: second year: (ICC) announced USA Cricket as
 30 years old Indian cricket team  Switzerland’s Roger Federer and Belinda its 105th member. Headquarter: Dubai, UAE.
captain, Virat Kohli beats Cricketing Bencic captured the Hopman Cup title for a  USA Cricket came into existence
legend Sachin Tendulkar’s to become second year which was held in Perth, Western after USACA was expelled in June 2017 for lack
the fastest batsman to score 19000 Australia, edging Germany’s Alexander of cooperation in terms of unifying the cricket
international runs on the 1st day of 4th Test Zverev and Angelique Kerber in a deciding community in the country.
Match in Sydney against Australia. mixed doubles match—and in a single deciding  The application of USA Cricket to become
 Virat Kohli crossed 19000 runs mark in 399 point—to seal victory at the team exhibition the 93rd Associate member in compliance with
innings whereas Sachin Tendulkar took 432 event. the ICC constitution, was accepted as per the
innings to score 19000 runs.  It is a mixed competition in which male and recommendation of the seven-member
female players are on combined teams and Membership Committee to the ICC Board last
Lovlina wins gold medal, Manisha settles represent their countries.It was Switzerland’s year.
for silver in Women’s National Boxing fourth title overall, behind only the United States
Championships: with six. Mary Kom attained number one position in
 World Championship bronze medallist AIBA rankings:
Assam’s LovlinaBorgohain claimed the gold JaspritBumrah finishes 2018 as the highest  36 years old boxer, M C Mary Kom attained
medal while Haryana boxerManisha Moun had wicket-taker across all formats: the first position in the latest ranking released
to settle with silver at the Women’s National  25 years old Indian fast bowler by the International Boxing Association
Boxing Championships held at the JSW JaspritBumrah finishes 2018 as the highest (AIBA) in the Light Fly 45-48 kilograms
Sports’ Inspire Institute of international wicket-taker of 2018 with 78 category with 1700 points.
Sports Vijayanagara, Karnataka. wickets after taking 9 wickets in the 3 rd Test  Ukraine’s Hanna Okhoto ranked number 2
 LovlinaBorgohain of Assam won the gold Match against Australia held in Melbourne in the ranking released by AIBA
in 69 kg category bout.Manisha Moun lost to Cricket Ground, Australia. with 1100 points.
Meenakumari of All India Police (AIP) in the  South African fast bowler Kagiso Rabada  Mary Kom will have to jump to 51 kg
finals of 54 kg class. ranked 2nd in the list of Highest International category in order to participate in 2020 Olympics
wicket taker of 2018 with 77 wickets. because 48 kg Category is not included in the
National Table Tennis Championship Begins Olympics yet.
in Cuttack: Nishikori & Pliskova win Brisbane
 The 80th National Table Tennis International title: Bengaluru Raptors Win Premier Badminton
Championship began at Jawaharlal Nehru  The Brisbane International 2019 was League Title:
Indoor Stadium in Cuttack. As many as 35 played on outdoor hard courts  Bengaluru Raptors have won their first
teams, including 550 players from different parts in Brisbane, Queensland,Australia. ever Premier Badminton League title. In the
of the country are participating in the mega  It was the eleventh edition of the tournament title clash played at Bengaluru last night,
championship. and took place as part of the Australian Open Bengaluru edged out Mumbai Rockets, with a 4-
Series in preparation for the first Grand Slam of 3 win.
India’s Ankita Raina Wins ITF’s the year.  Star player Kidambi Srikanth, Vu Ji Trang
Tournament in Singapore:  Kei Nishikori won his first ATP title since and the Men’s Doubles pair of Mohammad
 India’s Ankita Raina has won Memphis in 2016 with a dominating final set to Ahsan and Hendra Satiawan won their
the International Tennis beat Daniil Medvedev 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 in the matches for Bengaluru guiding them to victory.
Federation’s 25,000-dollar Women’s Brisbane International final. Award Winners:
tournament in Singapore by defeating the top  Pliskova improved her record in Brisbane  Best Comeback of the Tie – Sameer Verma
seed World No. 122, Arantxa Rus of to 13-2 and joined Victoria Azarenka (2009,  Attacking Player of the Tie – Kidambi
the Netherlands, 6-3, 6-2 in the final of the 2016) and Serena Williams (2013-14) as
Srikanth
$25,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament. the third woman to win the tournament twice.
 Indian Oil Indian Player of the Tie – Kidambi
Srikanth
Rishabh Pant 1st ever Indian wicketkeeper Mohamed Salah Once Again Named African
to slam Test ton in Australia:
 Smartest Player of the Tie – Sameer Verma
Footballer of The Year:
 India’s wicket keeper Rishabh Pant became  Attacking Player of the League – Mathias
 Egypt and Liverpool forward Mohamed
the first Indian wicket keeper batsman to score Christiansen
Salah has been named African Footballer of
a century in Test against Australia on Australian the Year for thesecond time in a row.He  Emerging Player of the League – Anders
soil after hitting 159 runs on the 2 nd day of received the award at a ceremony in Senegal. Antonsen
4 th
Test Match at Sydney, Australia.  The Premier League’s player of the year  Indian Oil Indian Player of the League –
 Rishabh pant broke Farokh Engineer’s record scored 44 goals in 52 games for Liverpool last Sameer Verma
of highest Test runs against Australia on season.Houston Dash and South Africa  Vodafone Smartest Player of the League –
Australian soil. Farokh Engineer scored 89 runs forward Thembi Kgatlana was named Kidambi Srikanth
in 1967. Women’s Player of the Year.
Dhoni Joins Elite List Of Indian Cricketers
To Score Ten Thousand Runs:
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 The seasoned Mahendra Singh Dhoni Antonsen wins first Indonesia Masters title: BOOKS & AUTHOR
became the fifth player to score ten thousand  Danish player Anders Antonsen won his
Harivansh Narayan Singh launched the
runs for India in One-day International first ever Indonesia Masters after defeating
book ‘A Crusade Against Corruption’ in New
Cricket, adding another feather to his illustrious world number
Delhi:
cap. oneKentoMomota of Japan to claim the 2019
 Vice-Chairman of Rajya Sabha, Harivansh
 Dhoni thus joined an elite list of Indian title.
Narayan Singh launched Manohar Manoj`s
cricketers who had previously achieved the feat,  Antonsen, who was not accompanied by his
book ‘A Crusade Against Corruption’ at the
which include Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav coach, reached the final of the the championship
Press Club of India in New Delhi.
Ganguly, Rahul Dravid and Virat Kohli. for the first time and managed to upset Momota
 Manoj after massive research and deep
 In 330 ODIs for India, the wicketkeeper- 21-16, 14-21 and 21-16 in a game that lasted
observations stated that the book written over a
batsman has now over 10,050 runs at an one hour and 19 minutes.
period of 15 years is claimed as
average of 49.75, including nine centuries and
the ‘Encyclopaedic snapshot on Corruption
67 fifties. Overall, Dhoni is the 13th player in Brisbane Heat win their maiden women’s
in India’.
history to score 10,000 runs in the ODIs. Big Bash title:
Vice President of India launched the book
 Australian T20 cricket team “Brisbane
‘Universal Brotherhood through Yoga”:
Mohammed Shami is the fastest Indian Heat” won their maiden Women’s Big Bash
 Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu launched
bowler to reach 100 ODI wickets: League (WBBL) title by defeating Sydney Sixers
the book ‘Universal Brotherhood Through
 Mohammed Shami succeeded the Indian in the final by three wickets at Drummoyne Oval
Yoga’ in New Delhi.The book is compiled
record holder by Irfan Pathan to become the in Sydney, Australia.
by Bharatiya Sanskrit Pitham
fastest Indian bowler to claim 100 ODI  Beth Mooney from ‘Brisbane Heat’ was
 The book begins with the foundations, i.e.,
wickets. awarded as the Player of the match for her
the philosophy behind all Yoga practices: The
 Shami got this milestone at his 56 th match knock of 65 runs from just 46 balls.
Yoga of Patanjali, the Yoga-Vashistha, the Yoga
th
whereas Irfan got in his 59 match.The world
in the Bhagavad Gita, the Yoga in the Puranas,
record is currently held by Afghanistan leg-
and so on.
spinner Rashid Khan.
IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE DAY

Important Day Observed/ Celebrated Theme of 2019
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Defence Research and Development Organisation January 1 -
(DRDO) Day
World Braille Day January 4th -
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NRI Day or PravasiBharatiya Divas January 9 "Role of Indian Diaspora in building a New India".
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World Hindi Day January 10 -
26th Army Air Defence Day January 10th -
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Indian Army Day January 15 -
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National Youth Day January 12 -
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47th Statehood Day of Manipur, Meghalaya, and January 21 -
Tripura
National Girl Child Day January 24th “Empowering Girls for a Brighter Tomorrow”.
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International Day of Education January 24 “Education: A Key Driver for Inclusion and
Empowerment”
69th foundation day of Uttar Pradesh January 24th -
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9th National Voters Day January 25 “No Voter to be Left Behind”
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India’s Republic Day January 26 -
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International Customs Day January 26 -
International Holocaust Remembrance Day January 27th “Holocaust Remembrance: Demand and Defend
Your Human Rights”.
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World Leprosy Eradication Day January 27 (Last Sunday of January) -
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Martyrs Day January 30 -
OBITUARY
Name Field Country
Raghbir Singh Bhola Former India hockey player Pakistan
Michel Legrand Oscar-winning French composer France
Atin Bandyopadhyay Sahitya Akademi award winning Bengali writer West Bengal, India
Russell Baker Pulitzer Prize winning writer Virginia, USA
Kader Khan Veteran actor-writer Canada
C H Loknath Veteran Kannada actor Karnataka, India
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DibyenduPalit Renowned Bengali writer West Bengal, India

John C. Bogle Vanguard Group Founder
Mary Oliver Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Florida, USA
Masazo Nonaka World’s Oldest Man Japan
ENGLISH VOCABULARY Meaning: Cease to resist an opponent or an Meaning: Prevent (something) from being
unwelcome demand; yield. known; keep secret.
1) Elevation
Example: “The patriots had to capitulate to the Example:”They were at great pains to conceal
Meaning: The action or fact of raising or being
enemy forces” that information from the public”
raised to a higher or more important level, state,
Synonyms: Surrender, Yield Synonyms: Hide, Cover up.
or position.
Antonyms: Resist Antonyms: show, uncover
Example: “Her sudden elevation to the cabinet”
10) Armistice 19) Reliable
Synonyms: Promotion, Advancement
Meaning: An agreement made by opposing Meaning: Consistently good in quality or
Antonyms: Demotion
sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time; performance; able to be trusted.
2) Inexplicable
a truce. Example:”A reliable source of information”
Meaning: Unable to be explained or accounted
Example: “The Italian government signed an Synonyms: Dependable, Good.
for.
armistice with the Allies” Antonyms: Bad, Undependable.
Example: “For some inexplicable reason her
Synonyms: Truce, Ceasefire 20) Anomaly
mind went completely blank”
Antonyms: Declaration of war, Hostilities Meaning: Something that deviates from what is
Synonyms: Unaccountable, Puzzling
11) Acrimony standard, normal, or expected.
Antonyms: Understandable
Meaning: Bitterness or ill feeling. Example:”There are a number of anomalies in
3) Flawed
Example: “The AGM dissolved into acrimony” the present system”
Meaning: Having or characterized by a
Synonyms: Bitterness, Rancour Synonyms: Oddity, Peculiarity.
fundamental weakness or imperfection.
Antonyms: Goodwill Antonyms: Normality, Conformity.
Example: “A Fatally flawed strategy”
12) Hostile 21) Rely
Synonyms: Unsound, Defective
Meaning: Showing or feeling opposition or Meaning: Depend on with full trust or
Antonyms: Sound
dislike; unfriendly. confidence.
4) Denying
Example:”A hostile audience” Example:”I know I can rely on your discretion”
Meaning: Refuse to give (something requested
Synonyms:Antagonistic, Aggressive Synonyms: Depend, Count.
or desired) to (someone).
Antonyms: Friendly, Mild Antonyms: Doubt, Disbelieve.
Example: “The inquiry was denied access to
13) Vital 22) Hurdle
intelligence sources”
Meaning:Absolutely necessary; essential. Meaning: A problem or difficulty that must be
Synonyms: Refuse, Rebuff
Example:”Secrecy is of vital importance” overcome.
Antonyms: Accept
Synonyms:Essential, Crucial Example:”Many would like to emigrate to the
5) Betrays
Antonyms: Unimportant, Peripheral United States, but face formidable hurdles”
Meaning: Expose (one’s country, a group, or a
14) Deteriorated Synonyms: Obstacle, Difficulty.
person) to danger by treacherously giving
Meaning: Become progressively worse. Antonyms: Advantage, Assistance
information to an enemy.
Example:”Relations between the countries had 23) Emphasis
Example: “A double agent who betrayed some
deteriorated sharply” Meaning: Special importance, value, or
400 British and French agents to the Germans”
Synonyms:Worsen, Decline prominence given to something.
Synonyms: Break faith with
Antonyms: Improve Example:”They placed great emphasis on the
Antonyms: Be loyal to
15) Credible individual’s freedom”
6) Fragility
Meaning: Able to be believed; convincing. Synonyms: Prominence, Importance.
Meaning: The quality of being easily broken or
Example: “Few people found his story credible” Antonyms: Insistence, Significance
damaged.
Synonyms: Acceptable, Reliable 24) Rationale
Example:”Osteoporosis is characterized by bone
Antonyms: Untrustworthy Meaning: A set of reasons or a logical basis for
fragility”
16) Inhabited a course of action or belief.
Synonyms: Frailty, Weakness
Meaning:(Of a person, animal, or group) live in Example:”He explained the rationale behind the
Antonyms: Robustness
or occupy (a place or environment). change”
7) Legitimised
Example:”A bird that inhabits North America” Synonyms: Reasoning, Thinking.
Meaning: Make legitimate.
Synonyms: Occupy. Antonyms: Reality, Proof
Example: “Voters legitimize the government
Antonyms: uninhabited, unpopulated. 25) Staggering
through the election of public officials”
17) Aspiration Meaning: Astonish or deeply shock.
Synonyms: Validate, Legitimate
Meaning: A hope or ambition of achieving Example:”I was staggered to find it was six
Antonyms: Outlaw
something. o’clock”
8) Incursions
Example:”The needs and aspirations of the Synonyms: Astonish, Amaze.
Meaning: An invasion or attack, especially a
people” Antonyms: Unimpressive, Unremarkable.
sudden or brief one.
Synonyms: Desire, Hope. 26) Manoeuvre
Example: “Incursions into enemy territory”
Antonyms: apathy, unconcern Meaning: Carefully guide or manipulate
Synonyms: Attack on, Assault on
18) Conceal (someone or something) in order to achieve an
Antonyms: Retreat
end.
9) Capitulates
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Example:”They were manoeuvring him into Synonyms: Captive, Prisoner. Meaning: (especially of a position or view) not
betraying his friend” Antonyms: Captor able to be maintained or defended against attack
Synonyms: Intrigue, Plot. 36) Intended or objection.
Antonyms: Ignorance, Honesty. Meaning: Planned or meant. Example: “this argument is clearly untenable”
27) Revive Example: “The intended victim escaped” Synonyms: Unarguable, Flawed
Meaning: Give new strength or energy to. Synonyms: Deliberate, Intentional. Antonyms: Tenable, Defensible
Example:”The cool, refreshing water revived us Antonyms: Unfixed 46) Disdain
all” 37) Proximity Meaning: The feeling that someone or
Synonyms: Reinvigorate, Revitalize. Meaning: Nearness in space, time, or something is unworthy of one’s consideration or
Antonyms: Destroy, Agitate relationship. respect.
28) Tenure Example: “Do not operate microphones in close Example: “her upper lip curled in disdain”
Meaning: The holding of an office. proximity to television sets” Synonyms: Contempt, Scorn
Example:”His tenure of the premiership would Synonyms: Closeness, Nearness. Antonyms: Admiration, Respect
be threatened” Antonyms: Diatance, Remoteness 47) Apportioned
Synonyms: Incumbency, Term of office. 38) Rebellion Meaning: Divide up and share out.
Antonyms: Misconception, Release Meaning: An act of armed resistance to an Example: “voting power will be apportioned
29) Probably established government or leader. according to contribution”
Meaning: Almost certainly; as far as one knows Example: “The authorities put down a rebellion Synonyms: Allocate, Distribute
or can tell. by landless colonials” Antonyms: Withhold, Refuse
Example: “She would probably never see him Synonyms: Revolt, Insurrection. 48) Denting
again” Antonyms: Calm, Obedience. Meaning: Have an adverse effect on; diminish.
Synonyms: Possibly, Perhaps. 39) Averse Example: “this neither deterred him nor dented
Antonyms: Inprobably, Uncertain Meaning: Having a strong dislike of or his enthusiasm”
30) Coalition opposition to something. Synonyms: Diminish, Reduce
Meaning: A temporary alliance for combined Example: “As a former CIA director, he is not Antonyms: Increase
action, especially of political parties forming a averse to secrecy” 49) Awkward
government. Synonyms: Opposed to, Against. Meaning: Causing inconvenience, anxiety, or
Example: “A coalition between Liberals and Antonyms: Friendly, Sympathetic embarrassment.
Conservatives” 40) Robust Example: It was an awkward situation, because
Synonyms: Alliance, Union. Meaning: Strong and healthy; vigorous. the restaurant was too expensive for us but we
Antonyms: Separation, Disunion Example: “The Caplan family are a robust lot” didn’t want to just get up and walk out.
31) Vows Synonyms: Strong, Vigorous Synonyms: Difficult, Unpleasant
Meaning: Solemnly promise to do a specified Antonyms: Fragile, Lethargic Antonyms: Relaxed, Easy
thing. 41) Deceit 50) Ruthless
Example: “The rebels vowed to continue Meaning: The action or practice of deceiving Meaning: Having or showing no pity or
fighting” someone by concealing or misrepresenting the compassion for others.
Synonyms: Pledge, Promise. truth. Example: “a ruthless manipulator”
Antonyms: Break, Breach Example: “A web of deceit” Synonyms: Merciless, Cruel
32) Drove Synonyms: Lying, Pretence. Antonyms: Gentle, Compassionate
Meaning: Urge or force (animals or people) to Antonyms: Truth, Reality 51) Furnish
move in a specified direction. 42) Bolsters Meaning: To supply or provide something
Example: “They drove a flock of sheep through Meaning: Support or strengthen. needed.
the centre of the city” Example: “The fall in interest rates is starting to Example: Jeanne’s catering company furnished
Synonyms: Impel, Urge. bolster confidence” all the food for the party.
Antonyms: Spittle, Drool Synonyms: Strengthen, Support. Synonyms: Provide, Supply
33) Confined Antonyms: Discourage, Block. Antonyms: Divest
Meaning: (Of a space) restricted in area or 43) Reluctant 52) Endure
volume; cramped. Meaning: Unwilling and hesitant; disinclined. Meaning: To continue to exist for a long time.
Example: “Her fear of confined spaces” Example: “today, many ordinary people are still Example: The political system established in
Synonyms: Restricted, Limited reluctant to talk about politics” 1400 endured until about 1650.
Antonyms: Release, Neglect Synonyms: Unwilling, Grudging Synonyms: Continue, Persist
34) Rely Antonyms: Willing, Eager Antonyms: Fade, Short-lived
Meaning: Depend on with full trust or 44) Expediency 53) Anxiety
confidence. Meaning: The quality of being convenient and Meaning: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or
Example: “I know I can rely on your discretion” practical despite possibly being improper or unease about something with an uncertain
Synonyms: Depend, Count. immoral; convenience. outcome.
Antonyms: Disbelieve, Distrust Example: “an act of political expediency” Example: “he felt a surge of anxiety”
35) Hostage Synonyms: Convenience, Advantage Synonyms: Worry, Concern
Meaning: A person seized or held as security Antonyms: Disadvantage Antonyms: Calmness, Serenity
for the fulfilment of a condition. 45) Untenable 54) Controversy
Example: “They were held hostage by armed Meaning: Prolonged public disagreement or
rebels” heated discussion.
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Example: “the design of the building has caused Meaning: Sumptuously rich, elaborate, or Meaning: (with reference to something
controversy” luxurious. unpleasant or unwelcome) intensely.
Synonyms: Disagreement, Dispute Example: “a lavish banquet” Example: “the whole situation was acutely
Antonyms: Agreement, Accord Synonyms: Lush, Gorgeous embarrassing”
55) Fuelled Antonyms: Meagre Synonyms: Extremely, Very
Meaning: Sustain or inflame (an intense 65) Vagaries Antonyms: Slightly
feeling). Meaning: An unexpected and inexplicable 75) Collided
Example: “his resignation fuelled speculation of change in a situation or in someone’s behaviour. Meaning: Hit by accident when moving.
an imminent cabinet reshuffle” Example: “the vagaries of the weather”. Example: “She collided with someone”
Synonyms: Stimulate, Intensify Synonyms: Quirk, Oddity. Synonyms: Conflict, Clash
Antonyms: Dampen Antonyms: Choice, Economy. Antonyms: Coalesce
56) Threatening 66) Erstwhile 76) Negligent
Meaning: Having a hostile or deliberately Meaning: Former. Meaning: Failing to take proper care over
frightening quality or manner. Example: “the erstwhile president of the something.
Example: “her mother had received a company” Example: “The council had been negligent in its
threatening letter” Synonyms: Former, Sometime supervision of the children in care”
Synonyms: Menacing, Scary Antonyms: Present, Future Synonyms: Careless, Remiss
Antonyms: Distant, Pleasant 67) Indigenous Antonyms: Careful, Attentive
57) Compliance Meaning: Originating or occurring naturally in a 77) Hired
Meaning: The state or fact of according with or particular place; native. Meaning: Employ (someone) for wages.
meeting rules or standards. Example: “the indigenous peoples of Siberia” Example: “Management hired and fired labour
Example: “all imports of timber are in Synonyms: Native, Aboriginal in line with demand”
compliance with regulations” Antonyms: Expatriate, Migrant Synonyms: Employ, Engage
Synonyms: Obedience to, Accordance with 68) Preferential Antonyms: Dismiss
Antonyms: Violation, Infringement Meaning: Of or involving preference or 78) Aggrieved
58) Barring partiality; constituting a favour or privilege. Meaning: Feeling resentment at having been
Meaning: Except for; if not for. Example: “preferential interest rates may be unfairly treated.
Example: “barring accidents, we should win” offered to employees” Example: “They were aggrieved at the
Synonyms: Excepting, Excluding Synonyms: Special, Better outcome”
Antonyms: Approval, Support. Antonyms: Fairness. Synonyms: Resentful, Angry
59) Evasive 69) Deter Antonyms: Pleased
Meaning: Directed towards avoidance or Meaning: Prevent the occurrence of. 79) Articulated
escape. Example: “strategists think not only about how Meaning: Having two or more sections
Example: “they decided to take evasive action” to deter war, but about how war might occur” connected by a flexible joint.
Synonyms: Avoiding, Dodging Synonyms: Prevent, Stop Example: “An articulated lorry”
Antonyms: Direct Antonyms: Encourage Synonyms: Segmented, Attached
60) Outstanding 70) Casting Antonyms: Fixed
Meaning: Not yet paid, resolved, or dealt with. Meaning: Discard. 80) Corollary
Example: “much of the work is still Example: “he jumped in, casting caution to the Meaning: A proposition that follows from (and
outstanding” wind” is often appended to) one already proved.
Synonyms: Incomplete, Undone Synonyms: Discard, Reject Example: “The huge increases in
Antonyms: Paid, Finished Antonyms: Accept unemployment were the corollary of expenditure
61) Alleviate 71) Estrangement cuts”
Meaning: Make (suffering, deficiency, or a Meaning: The fact of no longer being on friendly Synonyms: Consequence, Result
problem) less severe. terms or part of a social group. Antonyms: Cause, Origin
Example: “he couldn’t prevent her pain, only Example: “the growing estrangement of the 81) Belied
alleviate it” police from their communities” Meaning: (Of an appearance) fail to give a true
Synonyms: Reduce, Relieve Synonyms: Alienation, Hostility impression of (something).
Antonyms: Aggravate Antonyms: Unity, Reconciliation Example: “His lively, alert manner belied his
62) Looming 72) Foes years”
Meaning: (of an event regarded as threatening) Meaning: An enemy or opponent. Synonyms: Contradict, Disprove
seem about to happen. Example: “his work was praised by friends and Antonyms: Reveal
Example: “there is a crisis looming” foes alike” 82) Perilous
Synonyms: Threaten, Impend Synonyms: Rival, Adversary Meaning: Full of danger or risk.
Antonyms: Distant, Remote. Antonyms: Friend Example: “A perilous journey south”
63) Revert 73) Veteran Synonyms: Dangerous, Hazardous
Meaning: Return to (a previous state, practice, Meaning: A person who has had long Antonyms: Safe, Secure
topic, etc.). experience in a particular field. 83) Intense
Example: “he reverted to his native language” Example: “a veteran of two world wars” Meaning: Having or showing strong feelings or
Synonyms: Return, Regress Synonyms: Expert, Old-hand opinions; extremely earnest or serious.
Antonyms: Continue, Improve. Antonyms: Novice, Recruit Example: “An intense young woman,
64) Lavish 74) Acutely passionate about her art”
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Synonyms: Passionate, Ardent Synonyms: Enhance, Reinforce 103) Congruence
Antonyms: Apathetic Antonyms: Spoil, Devalue Meaning: Agreement or harmony;
84) Horrific 94) Wrecked compatibility.
Meaning: Causing horror. Meaning: Spoil completely. Example: “The results show quite good
Example: “Horrific injuries” Example: “an eye injury wrecked his chances of congruence with recent studies”
Synonyms: Dreadful, Horrendous. a professional career” Synonyms: Compatibility, Conformity
Antonyms: Delightful, Pleasant. Synonyms: Ruin, Spoil Antonyms: Conflict
85) Countenance Antonyms: Facilitate 104) Seldom
Meaning: Admit as acceptable or possible. 95) Comply Meaning: Not often; rarely.
Example: “He was reluctant to countenance the Meaning: Act in accordance with a wish or Example: “Islay is seldom visited by tourists”
use of force” command. Synonyms: Rarely, Infrequently
Synonyms: Tolerate, Permit. Example: “we are unable to comply with your Antonyms: Often, Frequently
Antonyms: Disturbance, Anxiety. request” 105) Dwindled
86) Deliberate Synonyms: Observe, Obey Meaning: Diminish gradually in size, amount, or
Meaning: Done consciously and intentionally. Antonyms: Ignore, Disobey strength.
Example: “A deliberate attempt to provoke 96) Allies Example: “Traffic has dwindled to a trickle”
conflict” Meaning: A person or organization that Synonyms: Diminish, Decrease
Synonyms: Intentional, Calculated. cooperates with or helps another in a particular Antonyms: Increase, Flourish
Antonyms: Ignorant, Uncareful. activity. 106) Oppressive
87) Misadventure Example: “he was forced to dismiss his closest Meaning: Inflicting harsh and authoritarian
Meaning: Death caused by a person political ally” treatment.
accidentally while performing a legal act without Synonyms: Associate, Friend Example: “An oppressive dictatorship”
negligence or intent to harm. Antonyms: Enemy, Opponent Synonyms: Harsh, Cruel
Example: “the coroner recorded a verdict of 97) Embolden Antonyms: Lenient, Humane
death by misadventure” Meaning: Give (someone) the courage or 107) Frustration
Synonyms: Accident, Problem confidence to do something. Meaning: The feeling of being upset or annoyed
Antonyms: Advantage, Perfection. Example: “emboldened by the claret, he as a result of being unable to change or achieve
88) Instill pressed his knee against hers” something.
Meaning: Gradually but firmly establish (an Synonyms: Encourage, Hearten Example: “Tears of frustration rolled down her
idea or attitude) in a person’s mind. Antonyms: Dishearten, Discourage cheeks”
Example: “The standards her parents had 98) Tumultuous Synonyms: Exasperation, Annoyance
instilled into her” Meaning: Excited, confused, or disorderly. Antonyms: Satisfaction
Synonyms: Inculcate, Implant. Example: “a tumultuous crowd” 108) Exemptions
Antonyms: Neglect, Uproot. Synonyms: Tempestuous, Stormy Meaning: The action of freeing or state of being
89) Chaos Antonyms: Peaceful, Uneventful free from an obligation or liability imposed on
Meaning: Complete disorder and confusion. 99) Misery others.
Example: “Snow caused chaos in the region” Meaning: A state or feeling of great physical or Example: “Vehicles that may qualify for
Synonyms: Disorder, Disarray. mental distress or discomfort. exemption from tax”
Antonyms: Organization, Calm. Example: “a man who had brought her nothing Synonyms: Immunity, Exception
90) Bolster but misery” Antonyms: Liability
Meaning: Support or strengthen. Synonyms: Unhappiness, Distress 109) Resumption
Example: “The fall in interest rates is starting to Antonyms: Contentment, Pleasure Meaning: The action of beginning something
bolster confidence” 100) Ferocity again after a pause or interruption.
Synonyms: Strengthen, Support. Meaning: The state or quality of being Example: “With peace came the resumption of
Antonyms: Undermine. ferocious. foreign imports”
91) Setback Example: “the ferocity of the storm caught Synonyms: Restart, Recommencement
Meaning: A reversal or check in progress. them by surprise” Antonyms: Suspension, Abandonment
Example: “a serious setback for the peace Synonyms: Savagery, Brutality 110) Defiant
process” Antonyms: Gentleness Meaning: Showing defiance.
Synonyms: Problem, Difficulty 101) Mitigate Example: “A defiant gesture”
Antonyms: Breakthrough Meaning: Make (something bad) less severe, Synonyms: Intransigent, Resistant
92) Curtailed serious, or painful. Antonyms: Apologetic, Cooperative
Meaning: Reduce in extent or quantity; impose Example: “drainage schemes have helped to 111) Emboldened
a restriction on. mitigate this problem” Meaning: Give (someone) the courage or
Example: “civil liberties were further curtailed” Synonyms: Alleviate, Reduce confidence to do something.
Synonyms: Reduce, Cut Antonyms: Aggravate, Increase Example: “Emboldened by the claret, he
Antonyms: Increase, Lengthen 102) Provocative pressed his knee against hers”
93) Enriched Meaning: Causing anger or another strong Synonyms: Encourage, Hearten
Meaning: Improve or enhance the quality or reaction, especially deliberately. Antonyms: Dishearten, Discourage
value of. Example: “A provocative article” 112) Implicit
Example: “her exposure to museums enriched Synonyms: Annoying, Irritating Meaning: Suggested though not directly
her life in France” Antonyms: Soothing, Calming expressed.
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Example: “Comments seen as implicit criticism Example: Mounting anxiety/excitement. Meaning: Bitter indignation at having been
of the policies” Synonyms: Increase, Intensify treated unfairly.
Synonyms: Implied, Indirect Antonyms: Decrease Example: “His resentment at being demoted”
Antonyms: Explicit, direct 123) Inquest Synonyms: Bitterness, Irritation
113) Vigilant Meaning: An inquiry by a coroner’s court into Antonyms: Contentment, Happiness
Meaning: Keeping careful watch for possible the cause of a death. 133) Lapses
danger or difficulties. Example: “they held an inquest into the death Meaning: (Of a right, privilege, or agreement)
Example: “The burglar was spotted by vigilant of her daughter” become invalid because it is not used, claimed,
neighbours” Synonyms: Enquiry, Investigation or renewed; expire.
Synonyms: Watchful, Observed Antonyms: Conclusion, Findings. Example: “He let his membership of CND lapse”
Antonyms: Negligent, Inattentive 124) Acute Synonyms: Expire, Terminate
114) Rival Meaning: (of an unpleasant or unwelcome Antonyms: Current, Valid
Meaning: A person or thing competing with situation or phenomenon) present or 134) Allied
another for the same objective or for superiority experienced to a severe or intense degree. Meaning: Joined by or relating to members of
in the same field of activity. Example: “an acute housing shortage” an alliance.
Example: “He has no serious rival for the job” Synonyms: Severe, Critical Example: “Allied territories”
Synonyms: Competitor, Opponent Antonyms: Negligible Synonyms: Federal, Associated
Antonyms: Partner, Ally 125) Shrank Antonyms: Independent, Hostile
115) Ostensibly Meaning: Become or make smaller in size or 135) Hatred
Meaning: As appears or is stated to be true, amount. Meaning: Intense dislike; hate.
though not necessarily so; apparently. Example: “the workforce shrank to a thousand” Example: “Racial hatred”
Example: “The party secretary resigned, Synonyms: Diminish, Reduce Synonyms: Loathing, Hate
ostensibly from ill health” Antonyms: Expand, Increase Antonyms: Love, Liking
Synonyms: Apparently, Seemingly 126) Mended 136) Faint
Antonyms: Genuinely, Really Meaning: Improve (an unpleasant situation). Meaning: Lacking conviction or enthusiasm;
116) Ruffle Example: “quarrels could be mended by feeble.
Meaning: Disconcert or upset the composure of talking” Example: “She sent him a faint answering
(someone). Synonyms: Remedy, Settle smile”
Example: “Lancaster had been ruffled by her Antonyms: Destroy, Worsen. Synonyms: Unenthusiastic, Weak
questions” 127) Unremitting Antonyms: Strong
Synonyms: Annoy, Irritate Meaning: Never relaxing or slackening; 137) Curtailing
Antonyms: Soothe, Calm incessant. Meaning: Reduce in extent or quantity; impose
117) Objection Example: “Unremitting drizzle” a restriction on.
Meaning: An expression or feeling of Synonyms: Relentless, Continual Example: “Civil liberties were further curtailed”
disapproval or opposition; a reason for Antonyms: Intermittent, Spasmodic Synonyms: Reduce, Cut
disagreeing. 128) Defended Antonyms: Increase, Lengthen
Example: “they have raised no objections to the Meaning: Resist an attack made on (someone 138) Amenable
latest plans” or something); protect from harm or danger. Meaning: Open and responsive to suggestion;
Synonyms: Protest, Demur Example: “We shall defend our island, whatever easily persuaded or controlled.
Antonyms: Approval, Acceptance the cost” Example: “Parents who have amenable
119) Quash Synonyms: Protect, Guard children”
Meaning: Reject as invalid, especially by legal Antonyms: Attack Synonyms: Complaint, Biddable
procedure. 129) Idle Antonyms: Uncooperative
Example: “his conviction was quashed on Meaning: Without purpose or effect; pointless. 139) Abandon
appeal” Example: “He did not want to waste valuable Meaning: Give up completely (a practice or a
Synonyms: Cancel, Reverse time in idle chatter” course of action).
Antonyms: Validate Synonyms: Frivolous, Trivial Example: “He had clearly abandoned all
120) Elevate Antonyms: Serious, Meaningful pretence of trying to succeed”
Meaning: Raise to a more important or 130) Imperative Synonyms: Renounce, Relinquish
impressive level. Meaning: Giving an authoritative command; Antonyms: Keep, Claim
Example: “he was elevated to Secretary of peremptory. 140) Reviled
State” Example: “The bell pealed again, a final Meaning: Criticize in an abusive or angrily
Synonyms: Promote, Upgrade imperative call” insulting manner.
Antonyms: Demote Synonyms: Peremptory, Imperious Example: “He was now reviled by the party that
121) Diverse Antonyms: Submissive he had helped to lead”
Meaning: Showing a great deal of variety; very 131) Curtail Synonyms: Criticize, Censure
different. Meaning: Reduce in extent or quantity; impose Antonyms: Praise, Extol
Example: “a culturally diverse population” a restriction on. 141) Fragment
Synonyms: Various, Manifold Example: “Civil liberties were further curtailed” Meaning: Break or cause to break into
Antonyms: Similar, Uniform Synonyms: Reduce, Decrease fragments.
122) Mounting Antonyms: Increase, Lengthen Example: “Lough Erne fragmented into a series
Meaning: Gradually increasing. 132) Resentment of lakes”
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Synonyms: Break up, Break. Example: “Newspapers have become Synonyms: Fasten, Secure
Antonyms: Whole, Entirely. increasingly partisan” Antonyms: Unhitch
142) Mandate Synonyms: Biased, Prejudiced. 160) Scuppering
Meaning: The authority to carry out a policy, Antonyms: Unbiased, Disinterested. Meaning:Prevent from working or succeeding;
regarded as given by the electorate to a party or 151) Exemplified thwart.
candidate that wins an election. Meaning: Illustrate or clarify by giving an Example: “plans for a bypass were scuppered
Example: “He called an election to seek a example. by a public inquiry”
mandate for his policies” Example: “he exemplified his point with an Synonyms: Wreck, Destroy
Synonyms: Authority, Approval. anecdote” Antonyms: Further, Promote
Antonyms: Breach, Refuse. Synonyms: Illustrate, Demonstrate 161) Complacent
143) Overture Antonyms: Confuse, Puzzle. Meaning:Showing smug or uncritical
Meaning: An introduction to something more 152) Contour satisfaction with oneself or one’s achievements.
substantial. Meaning: An outline representing or bounding Example: “you can’t afford to be complacent
Example: “The talks were no more than an the shape or form of something. about security”
overture to a long debate” Example: “She traced the contours of his face Synonyms: Smug, Satisfied
Synonyms: Preliminary, Prelude. with her finger” Antonyms: Dissatisfied, Humble
Antonyms: Conclusion, Withdrawal. Synonyms: Outline, Shape. 162) Exodus
144) Bargain Antonyms: Affection, Burden. Meaning:A mass departure of people.
Meaning: Negotiate the terms and conditions of 153) Grapples Example: “the annual exodus of sun-seeking
a transaction. Meaning:Struggle to deal with or overcome (a Canadians to Florida”
Example: “He bargained with the local council difficulty or challenge). Synonyms: Withdrawal, Evacuation
to rent the stadium” Example: “other towns are still grappling with Antonyms: Arrival
Synonyms: Haggle, Barter. the problem” 163) Unenviable
Antonyms: Differ, Dispute. Synonyms: Tackle, Confront Meaning: Difficult, undesirable, or unpleasant.
145) Subvert Antonyms: Avoid Example: “an unenviable reputation for
Meaning: Undermine the power and authority of 154) Sunk drunkenness”
(an established system or institution). Meaning:Gradually decrease or decline in value, Synonyms: Disagreeable, Unpleasant
Example: “An attempt to subvert democratic amount, quality, or intensity. Antonyms: Enviable, Desirable
government” Example: “their output sank to a third of the 164) Benign
Synonyms: Destabilize, Unsettle. pre-war figure” Meaning:Gentle and kind.
Antonyms: Improve, Uphold, Comply. Synonyms: Fall, Drop Example: “his benign but firm manner”
146) Defection Antonyms: Rise Synonyms: Kind, Friendly
Meaning: The desertion of one’s country or 155) Dwindling Antonyms: Unfriendly, Hostile
cause in favour of an opposing one. Meaning:Diminish gradually in size, amount, or 165) Consequences
Example: “His defection from the Labour Party” strength. Meaning:A result or effect, typically one that is
Synonyms: Desertion, Absconding. Example: “traffic has dwindled to a trickle” unwelcome or unpleasant.
Antonyms: Plenty, Enough. Synonyms: Diminish, Decrease Example: “abrupt withdrawal of drug treatment
147) Muster Antonyms: Increase, Flourish can have serious consequences”
Meaning: Assemble (troops), especially for 156) Depreciating Synonyms: Result, Outcome
inspection or in preparation for battle. Meaning:Diminish in value over a period of Antonyms: Cause
Example: “17,000 men had been mustered on time. 166) Eve
Haldon Hill” Example: “the latest cars will depreciate heavily Meaning:The day or period of time immediately
Synonyms: Assemble, Bring together. in the first year” before an event or occasion.
Antonyms: Single, Unit. Synonyms: Devalue, Cheapen Example: “on the eve of her departure he gave
148) Resolve Antonyms: Appreciate her a little parcel”
Meaning: Settle or find a solution to (a problem 157) Intensive Synonyms: Period before, Day before
or contentious matter). Meaning:Concentrated on a single subject or Antonyms: Day after
Example: “The firm aims to resolve problems into a short time; very thorough or vigorous. 167) Eviction
within 30 days” Example: “she undertook an intensive Arabic Meaning:The action of expelling someone from
Synonyms: Settle, Sort out. course” a property; expulsion.
Antonyms: Uncertanity, Reluctance. Synonyms: Thorough, Rigorous Example: “the forced eviction of residents”
149) Intervene Antonyms: Superficial, Partial Synonyms: Expulsion, Ejection
Meaning: Take part in something so as to 158) Tightening Antonyms: Admission
prevent or alter a result or course of events. Meaning:Make or become tight or tighter. 168) Remorse
Example: “He acted outside his authority when Example: “he tightened up the clips” Meaning: Deep regret or guilt for a wrong
he intervened in the dispute” Synonyms: Secure, Strengthen committed.
Synonyms: Intercede, Involve oneself. Antonyms: Loosen, Slacken Example: “they were filled with remorse and
Antonyms: Connect, Combine 159) Hooked shame”
150) Partisan Meaning: Attach or fasten with a hook or Synonyms: Contrition, Repentance
Meaning: Prejudiced in favour of a particular hooks. Antonyms: Indifference
cause. Example: “the truck had a red lamp hooked to 169) Glorious
its tailgate” Meaning:Having a striking beauty or splendour.
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Example: “a glorious autumn day” Antonyms: Stable, Consistent Example: “a garden built to celebrate
Synonyms: Wonderful, Marvelous 179) Denied Napoleon’s many triumphs”
Antonyms: Horrid, Miserable Meaning: State that one refuses to admit the Synonyms: Victory, Win
170) Retained truth or existence of. Antonyms: Defeat
Meaning: Continue to have (something); keep Example: “Both firms deny any responsibility 189) Fruitfully
possession of. for the tragedy” Meaning: Producing good results.
Example: “Labour retained the seat” Synonyms: Contradict, Repudiate Example: It was a most fruitful discussion, with
Synonyms: Keep, Hang on Antonyms: Confirm both sides agreeing to adopt a common policy.
Antonyms: Lose, Abolish 180) Cessation Synonyms: Good
171) Integrity Meaning: The fact or process of ending or being Antonyms: Worst, Fruitless
Meaning: The condition of being unified or brought to an end. 190) Slim
sound in construction. Example: “the cessation of hostilities” Meaning: (of something abstract, especially a
Example: “The structural integrity of the novel” Synonyms: End, Termination chance or margin) very small.
Synonyms: Soundness, Strength Antonyms: Start, Resumption Example: “there was just a slim chance of
Antonyms: Fragility 181) Escalated success”
172) Disregarded Meaning: Make or become more intense or Synonyms: Slight, Slender
Meaning: Pay no attention to; ignore. serious. Antonyms: Good, Strong
Example: “The body of evidence is too Example: “the disturbance escalated into a full- 191) Devolve
substantial to disregard” scale riot” Meaning: Transfer or delegate (power) to a
Synonyms: Ignore, Discount Synonyms: Develop, Increase lower level, especially from central government
Antonyms: Heed, Pay attention to Antonyms: Shrink to local or regional administration.
173) Diminished 182) Equilibrium Example: “measures to devolve power to a
Meaning: Make or become less. Meaning: A state in which opposing forces or Scottish assembly”
Example: “The new law is expected to diminish influences are balanced. Synonyms: Delegate, Assign
the government’s chances” Example: “the task is the maintenance of social Antonyms: Centralize, Retain
Synonyms: Decrease, Decline equilibrium” 192) Persistent
Antonyms: Increase, Flare up Synonyms: Balance, Equality Meaning: Continuing firmly or obstinately in an
174) Abandoned Antonyms: Imbalance opinion or course of action in spite of difficulty or
Meaning: Give up completely (a practice or a 183) Complementary opposition.
course of action). Meaning: Combining in such a way as to Example: “one of the government’s most
Example: “He had clearly abandoned all enhance or emphasize the qualities of each persistent critics”
pretence of trying to succeed” other or another. Synonyms: Tenacious, Determined
Synonyms: Renounce, Relinquish Example: “they had different but Antonyms: Irresolute
Antonyms: Keep, Claim complementary skills” 193) Antediluvian
175) Propriety Synonyms: Supportive, Compatible Meaning: Extremely old-fashioned.
Meaning: Conformity to conventionally Antonyms: Incompatible Example: My mother has some hopelessly
accepted standards of behaviour or morals. 184) Conflict antediluvian ideas about the role of women.
Example: “He always behaved with the utmost Meaning: A prolonged armed struggle. Synonyms: Out of date, Outdated
propriety” Example: “regional conflicts” Antonyms: Modern, Up to date
Synonyms: Decorum, Respectability Synonyms: War, Campaign 194) Overwhelming
Antonyms: Impropriety, Indecorum Antonyms: Peace Meaning: Very great in amount.
176) Demonstrable 185) Isolated Example: “his party won overwhelming
Meaning: Clearly apparent or capable of being Meaning: Having minimal contact or little in support”
logically proved. common with others. Synonyms: Enormous, Immense
Example: “The demonstrable injustices of Example: “he lived a very isolated existence” Antonyms: Small
racism” Synonyms: Solitary, Outlying 195) Resilience
Synonyms: Verifiable, Provable Antonyms: Accessible Meaning: The capacity to recover quickly from
Antonyms: Unverifiable 186) Savage difficulties; toughness.
177) Discretion Meaning: Extremely violent, wild, or Example: “the often-remarkable resilience of so
Meaning: The quality of behaving or speaking in frightening. many British institutions”
such a way as to avoid causing offence or Example: a brutal and savage attack. Synonyms: Flexibility
revealing confidential information. Synonyms: Attack, Condemn Antonyms: Vulnerability, Weakness
Example: “She knew she could rely on his Antonyms: Praise, Commend 196) Demonstrate
discretion” 187) Disparate Meaning: Clearly show the existence or truth of
Synonyms: Circumspection, Care Meaning: Essentially different in kind; not able (something) by giving proof or evidence.
Antonyms: Indiscretion, Rashness to be compared. Example: “their shameful silence demonstrates
178) Capriciously Example: “they inhabit disparate worlds of their ineptitude”
Meaning: Given to sudden and unaccountable thought” Synonyms: Reveal, Indicate
changes of mood or behaviour. Synonyms: Different, Dissimilar Antonyms: Hide
Example: “A capricious and often brutal Antonyms: Homogeneous 197) Fatal
administration” 188) Triumph Meaning: Causing death.
Synonyms: Fickle, Inconstant Meaning: A great victory or achievement. Example: “a fatal accident”
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Synonyms: Deadly, Mortal Example: “the mood at the meeting was 216) Dubious
Antonyms: Harmless, Superficial belligerent” Meaning: Hesitating or doubting.
198) Vexed Synonyms: Hostile, Aggressive Example: “I was rather dubious about the
Meaning: (of a problem or issue) difficult and Antonyms: Friendly, Peaceable whole idea”
much debated; problematic. 207) Manifest Synonyms: Doubtful, Uncertain
Example: “the vexed question of how much Meaning: Clear or obvious to the eye or mind. Antonyms: Certain, Definite
money the government is going to spend” Example: “her manifest charm and proven 217) Inclusion
Synonyms: Debatable, Contentious ability” Meaning: The action or state of including or of
Antonyms: Undisputed, Resolved Synonyms: Obvious, Clear being included within a group or structure.
199) Emphasised Antonyms: Hidden, Secret Example: “They have been selected for
Meaning: Give special importance or value to 208) Transgressions inclusion in the scheme”
(something) in speaking or writing. Meaning: An act that goes against a law, rule, Synonyms: Incorporation, Addition
Example: “they emphasize the need for daily, or code of conduct; an offence. Antonyms: Exclusion, Omission
one-to-one contact between parent and child” Example: “I’ll be keeping an eye out for further 218) Diminishing
Synonyms: Highlight, Spotlight transgressions” Meaning: Make or become less.
Antonyms: Understate Synonyms: Offence, Crime Example: “The new law is expected to diminish
200) Prudent Antonyms: Obedience the government’s chances”
Meaning: Acting with or showing care and 209) Bolstered Synonyms: Decrease, Decline
thought for the future. Meaning: Support or strengthen. Antonyms: Increase
Example: “no prudent money manager would Example: “the fall in interest rates is starting to 219) Naive
authorize a loan without first knowing its bolster confidence” Meaning: (Of a person) natural and unaffected;
purpose” Synonyms: Strengthen, Support innocent.
Synonyms: Wise, Sagacious Antonyms: Undermine Example: “Andy had a sweet, naive look when
Antonyms: Imprudent, Unwise 210) Elite he smiled”
201) Tranquillity Meaning: A select group that is superior in Synonyms: Innocent, Artless
Meaning: The quality or state of being tranquil; terms of ability or qualities to the rest of a group Antonyms: Sophisticated, Worldly
calm. or society. 220) Scarce
Example: “passing cars are the only noise that Example: “The elite of Britain’s armed forces” Meaning: Occurring in small numbers or
disturbs the tranquility of rural life” Synonyms: Best, Pick quantities; rare.
Synonyms: Peace, Repose Antonyms: Dregs Example: “The freshwater shrimp becomes
Antonyms: Commotion 211) Appetite scarce in soft water”
202) Acquiescence Meaning: A strong desire or liking for Synonyms: Rare, Unusual
Meaning: The reluctant acceptance of something. Antonyms: Common
something without protest. Example: “Her appetite for life” 221) Truancy
Example: “in silent acquiescence, she rose to Synonyms: Craving, Longing Meaning: The action of staying away from
her feet” Antonyms: Aversion school without good reason; absenteeism.
Synonyms: Permit, Allow 212) Swampy Example: “Fines to tackle truancy”
Antonyms: Forbid, Refusal Meaning: Characteristic of or resembling a Synonyms: Absenteeism, Absence
203) Concessions swamp. Antonyms: Attendance
Meaning: The action of conceding or granting Example: “A swampy area” 222) Burgeoning
something. Synonyms: Marshy, Boggy Meaning: Begin to grow or increase rapidly;
Example: “this strict rule was relaxed by Antonyms: Firm, Dry flourish.
concession” 213) Surmount Example: “Manufacturers are keen to cash in on
Synonyms: Admission, Acceptance Meaning: Overcome (a difficulty or obstacle). the burgeoning demand”
Antonyms: Denial, Retention Example: “All manner of cultural differences Synonyms: Grow, Expand
204) Embarked were surmounted” Antonyms: Shrink
Meaning: Begin (a course of action). Synonyms: Overcome, Conquer 223) Cripples
Example: “she embarked on a new career” Antonyms: Be beaten by Meaning: Cause a severe and almost
Synonyms: Begin, Start 214) Beaming insuperable problem for.
Antonyms: End, Close Meaning: Used to describe a smile that is very Example: “Developing countries are crippled by
205) Jeopardised wide and happy, or someone who is smiling in their debts”
Meaning: Put (someone or something) into a this way. Synonyms: Ruin, Destroy
situation in which there is a danger of loss, Example: A beaming smile. Antonyms: Boost
harm, or failure. Synonyms: Laughing, Smiling 224) Acquittal
Example: “a devaluation of the dollar would Antonyms: Dull, Ugly. Meaning: A judgement or verdict that a person
jeopardize New York’s position as a financial 215) Galvanise is not guilty of the crime with which they have
center” Meaning: Shock or excite (someone) into taking been charged.
Synonyms: Threaten, Endanger action. Example: “The trial resulted in an acquittal”
Antonyms: Safeguard Example: “the urgency of his voice galvanized Synonyms: Absolution, Clearing
206) Belligerent them into action” Antonyms: Conviction
Meaning: Hostile and aggressive. Synonyms: Jolt, Impel 225) Erring
Antonyms: Demotivate
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Meaning: Be mistaken or incorrect; make a Synonyms: Abundant, Plentiful Example: “His fundamental antipathy to
mistake. Antonyms: Meagre capitalism”
Example: “The judge had erred in ruling that 236) Depleted Synonyms: Hostility, Antagonism.
the evidence was inadmissible” Meaning: Use up the supply or resources of. Antonyms: Approval, Kindness.
Synonyms: Mistake, Miscalculate Example: “fish stocks are severely depleted” 246) Promptly
Antonyms: Innocent, Well behaved Synonyms: Exhaust, Consume Meaning: With little or no delay; immediately.
226) Bureaucratic Antonyms: Augment, Increase Example: “He paid the fine promptly”
Meaning: Relating to a system of government 237) Comprehensive Synonyms: Punctually, On time.
in which most of the important decisions are Meaning: Of large content or scope; wide- Antonyms: Slowly, Late.
taken by state officials rather than by elected ranging. 247) Rivalry
representatives. Example: “a comprehensive collection of Meaning: Competition for the same objective or
Example: “Well-established bureaucratic photographs” for superiority in the same field.
procedures” Synonyms: Inclusive, Complete Example: “There always has been intense
Synonyms: Administrative, Official Antonyms: Partial, Selective rivalry between the clubs”
Antonyms: Simple, Relaxed 238) Prosperity Synonyms: Competitiveness, Competition.
227) Hasten Meaning: The state of being prosperous. Antonyms: Accord, Peace.
Meaning: Move or travel hurriedly. Example: “a long period of peace and 249) Eradicate
Example: “We hastened back to Paris” prosperity” Meaning: Destroy completely; put an end to.
Synonyms: Hurry, Dash Synonyms: Wealth, Success Example: “This disease has been eradicated
Antonyms: Dawdle, Crawl Antonyms: Hardship, Failure from the world”
228) Peril 239) Dwindles Synonyms: Get rid of, Eliminate.
Meaning: Serious and immediate danger. Meaning: Diminish gradually in size, amount, or Antonyms: Schedule, Assist.
Example: “You could well place us both in peril” strength. 250) Array
Synonyms: Danger, Risk Example: “traffic has dwindled to a trickle” Meaning: Display or arrange (things) in a
Antonyms: Safety, Security Synonyms: Diminish, Decrease particular way.
229) Tremendous Antonyms: Increase, Flourish Example: “The manifesto immediately divided
Meaning: Very great in amount, scale, or 240) Vigour the forces arrayed against him”
intensity. Meaning: Effort, energy, and enthusiasm. Synonyms: Arrange, Assemble
Example: “Penny put in a tremendous amount Example: “they set about the new task with Antonyms: Entity, Unit.
of time” vigour” 251) Shrink
Synonyms: Huge, Enormous Synonyms: Good condition, Robustness Meaning: Become or make smaller in size or
Antonyms: Tiny, Small Antonyms: Weakness amount.
230) Outlawing 241) Tactic Example: “The workforce shrank to a thousand”
Meaning: Ban or make illegal. Meaning: An action or strategy carefully Synonyms: Contract, Diminish.
Example: “secondary picketing has been planned to achieve a specific end. Antonyms: Extend, Rise.
outlawed” Example: “The minority attempted to control 252) Viable
Synonyms: Ban, Prohibit the Council by a delaying tactic” Meaning: Capable of working successfully;
Antonyms: Permit, Allow Synonyms: Strategy, Scheme feasible.
231) Humility Antonyms: Imprudent, Unwise. Example: “The proposed investment was
Meaning: The quality of having a modest or low 242) Quest economically viable”
view of one’s importance. Meaning: A long or arduous search for Synonyms: Workable, Feasible.
Example: “He needs the humility to accept that something. Antonyms: Unfeasible, Unpractical.
their way may be better” Example: “The quest for a reliable vaccine has 253) Unison
Synonyms: Modesty, Meekness intensified” Meaning: Simultaneous performance or
Antonyms: Pride Synonyms: Search, Hunt. utterance of action or speech.
232) Reassure Antonyms: Retreat. Example: “‘Yes, sir,’ said the girls in unison”
Meaning: Say or do something to remove the 243) Stitch Synonyms: Simultaneously, At (one and) the
doubts and fears of (someone). Meaning: Make, mend, or join (something) with same time.
Example: “He understood her feelings and tried stitches. Antonyms: Opposition, Separation.
to reassure her” Example: “Stitch a plain seam with right sides 254) Brutal
Synonyms: Comfort, Soothe together” Meaning: Savagely violent.
Antonyms: Alarm, Unnerve Synonyms: Sew, Baste. Example: “A brutal murder”
234) Arid Antonyms: Comfort, Ease. Synonyms: Savage, Cruel.
Meaning: (of land or a climate) having little or 244) Rampant Antonyms: Gentle, Calm.
no rain; too dry or barren to support vegetation. Meaning: (Especially of something unwelcome) 255) Breakthrough
Example: “the arid plains north of Cape Town” flourishing or spreading unchecked. Meaning: A sudden, dramatic, and important
Synonyms: Dry, Thirsty Example: “Political violence was rampant” discovery or development.
Antonyms: Wet, Fertile Synonyms: Uncontrolled, Unrestrained. Example: “A major breakthrough in the fight
235) Bountiful Antonyms: Gentle, Controlled, Restrained. against AIDS”
Meaning: Large in quantity; abundant. 245) Antipathy Synonyms: Advance, Development.
Example: “the ocean provided a bountiful Meaning: A deep-seated feeling of aversion. Antonyms: Decline, Stepback.
supply of fresh food” 256) Confrontation
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Meaning: A hostile or argumentative situation Example: “The current economic crisis” Meaning: Corresponding in size or degree; in
or meeting between opposing parties. Synonyms: Catastrophe, Calamity. proportion.
Example: “A confrontation with the legislature” Antonyms: Benefit, Miracle Example: “Salary will be commensurate with
Synonyms: Conflict, Clash. 267) Witnessed age and experience”
Antonyms: Peace, Calm. Meaning: See (an event, typically a crime or Synonyms: Equivalent, Equal.
257) Allege accident) happen. Antonyms: Inadequate, Unsuitable.
Meaning: Claim or assert that someone has Example: “Staff who witnessed the murder” 277) Intervene
done something illegal or wrong, typically Synonyms: See, Observe. Meaning: Take part in something so as to
without proof. Antonyms: Reject, Refutation prevent or alter a result or course of events.
Example: “He alleged that he had been 268) Trigger Example: “He acted outside his authority when
assaulted” Meaning: Cause (a device) to function. he intervened in the dispute”
Synonyms: Claim, Assert Example: “Burglars fled empty-handed after Synonyms: Intercede, Involve oneself.
Antonyms: Withhold, Protest triggering the alarm” Antonyms: Leave, Connect.
258) Utterance Synonyms: Activate, Set off. 278) Fortunes
Meaning: A spoken word, statement, or vocal Antonyms: Destroy, Prevant. Meaning: Chance or luck as an arbitrary force
sound. 269) Gauge affecting human affairs.
Example: “He whispered, as if to lend his Meaning: Judge or assess (a situation, mood, Example: “Some malicious act of fortune keeps
utterances an added confidentiality” etc.). them separate”
Synonyms: Remark, Comment. Example: “She was unable to gauge his mood” Synonyms: Chance, Accident.
Antonyms: Request, Silence Synonyms: Assess, Evaluate. Antonyms: Misfortune, Poverty.
259) Halt Antonyms: Estimate, Unimportance. 279) Impose
Meaning: Bring or come to an abrupt stop. 270) Irony Meaning: Force (an unwelcome decision or
Example: “There is growing pressure to halt the Meaning: A state of affairs or an event that ruling) on someone.
bloodshed” seems deliberately contrary to what one expects Example: “The decision was theirs and was not
Synonyms: Stop, Come to a halt. and is often wryly amusing as a result. imposed on them by others”
Antonyms: Start, Endurance. Example: “The irony is that I thought he could Synonyms: Fist, Force.
260) Dismantle help me” Antonyms: Forget, Prevent.
Meaning: Take (a machine or structure) to Synonyms: Paradox, Paradoxical nature. 280) Injunction
pieces. Antonyms: Approval, Respect. Meaning: An authoritative warning or order.
Example: “The engines were dismantled, and 271) Consent Example: “The court has issued an injunction to
the bits piled into a heap” Meaning: Permission for something to happen prevent the airline from increasing its prices”
Synonyms: Take apart, Take to pieces or agreement to do something. Synonyms: Order, Ruling.
Antonyms: Construct, Repair Example: “No change may be made without the Antonyms: Allowance, Answer.
261) Inoperable consent of all the partners” 281) Heal
Meaning: Not able to be used. Synonyms: Agreement, Assent. Meaning: Cause (a wound, injury, or person) to
Example: “The airfield was bombed and made Antonyms: Denial, Refusal. become sound or healthy again.
inoperable” 272) Alienation Example: “His concern is to heal sick people”
Synonyms: Unusable, Out of action. Meaning: The state or experience of being Synonyms: Make better, Make well.
Antonyms: Curable, Operable. alienated. Antonyms: Neglect, Unsettle.
262) Rhetoric Example: “A sense of alienation from our 282) Barred
Meaning: The art of effective or persuasive environment” Meaning: Prevent or prohibit (someone) from
speaking or writing, especially the exploitation of Synonyms: Isolation, Detachment doing something or from going somewhere.
figures of speech and other compositional Antonyms: Connection, Agreement. Example: “Journalists had been barred from
techniques. 273) Accusation covering the elections”
Example: “He is using a common figure of Meaning: A charge or claim that someone has Synonyms: Prohibit, Debar.
rhetoric, hyperbole” done something illegal or wrong. Antonyms: Admit, Accept.
Synonyms: Oratory, Eloquence. Example: “Accusations of bribery” 283) Cramped
Antonyms: Quiest, Conciseness. Synonyms: Allegation, Charge. Meaning: Inhibit the development of.
263) Unravel Antonyms: Approval, Commendation. Example: “Tighter rules will cramp economic
Meaning: Investigate and solve or explain 274) Deploy growth”
(something complicated or puzzling). Meaning: Bring into effective action. Synonyms: Hinder, Impede
Example: “They were attempting to unravel the Example: “Small states can often deploy Antonyms: Huge, Uncramped.
cause of death” resources more freely” 284) Chronicle
Synonyms: Solve, Resolve. Synonyms: Use, Utilize. Meaning: Record (a series of events) in a
Antonyms:Tangle, Tie. Antonyms: Conceal, Disturb. factual and detailed way.
264) Conciliatory 275) Premeditate Example: “His work chronicles 20th-century
Meaning: Intended or likely to placate or pacify. Meaning: Think out or plan (an action, migration”
Example: “A conciliatory approach” especially a crime) beforehand. Synonyms: Record, Put on record.
Synonyms: Propitiatory, Placatory. Example: “Premeditated murder” Antonyms: Conceal, Secret.
Antonyms: Refusing, Stubborn Synonyms: Planned, Intentional. 285) Acerbic
265) Crisis Antonyms: Forget, Ignore. Meaning: (Especially of a comment or style of
Meaning: A time of intense difficulty or danger. 276) Commensurate speaking) sharp and forthright.
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Example: “His acerbic wit” Meaning: Make (something) impure by BANKING AWARENESS
Synonyms: Sharp, Sarcastic. exposure to or addition of a poisonous or
Q.1) Which of the following bank has signed a
Antonyms: Mild, Calm polluting substance.
‘Bancassurance’ pact with SBI Life Insurance to
286) Sequel Example: “The site was found to be
sell the policies of the insurer from over 3,200
Meaning: A published, broadcast, or recorded contaminated by radioactivity”
branches, recently?
work that continues the story or develops the Synonyms: Pollute, Adulterate.
a) Andhra Bank b) Bank of Baroda
theme of an earlier one. Antonyms: Mend, Improve.
c) Allahabad Bank d) Canara Bank
Example: “The sequel to Home Alone” 295) Contagious
e) Bank of India
Synonyms: Follow-up, Continuation. Meaning: (Of a disease) spread from one
Q.2) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has agreed to
Antonyms: Start, Initiation. person or organism to another, typically by
provide $400 million under a swap arrangement
287) Offended direct contact.
to which of the following bank to boost the
Meaning: Resentful or annoyed, typically as a Example: “A contagious disease”
island nation’s reserves?
result of a perceived insult. Synonyms: Infectious, Communicable.
a) Bank of Israel
Example: “He sounded rather offended” Antonyms: Harmless, Noncommunicable
b) Central Bank of Sri Lanka
Synonyms: Upset, Hurt 296) Unrivalled
c) Bank Negara Malaysia
Antonyms: Pleased, Charmed. Meaning: Better than everyone or everything of
d) Bank of Thailand
288) Communiqué the same type.
e) Central Bank of Cuba
Meaning: An official announcement or Example: “The paper’s coverage of foreign
Q.3) SEBI has constituted a Research Advisory
statement, especially one made to the media. news is unrivalled”
Committee headed by ______, in order to
Example: “the country’s foreign ministry issued Synonyms: Unequalled, Without equal.
strengthen its research function and enhance its
a communique” Antonyms: Ordinary, Unimpressive.
linkage to policy making, recently?
Synonyms: Message, Notification 297) Precaution
a) U. K. Sinha b) Bimal Jalan
Antonyms: Silence, Neglect. Meaning: A measure taken in advance to
c) Dr. Sankar De d) C. B. Bhave
289) Eerie prevent something dangerous, unpleasant, or
e) Dr. K M Abraham
Meaning: Strange and frightening. inconvenient from happening.
Q.4) World Bank has projected India’ GDP,
Example: “An eerie green glow in the sky” Example: “He had taken the precaution of
expected to grow at 7.3% in the fiscal year
Synonyms: Uncanny, Sinister. seeking legal advice”
2018-19, and ______ in the following two years.
Antonyms: Ordinary, Plain. Synonyms: Safeguard, Preventative/preventive
a) 7.6% b) 7.7%
290) Outbreak measure.
c) 7.8% d) 7.5%
Meaning: A sudden occurrence of something Antonyms: Neglect, Ignorance.
e) 7.9%
unwelcome, such as war or disease. 298) Midst
Q.5) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley raised the
Example: “The outbreak of World War II” Meaning: The middle part or point.
annual turnover for availing composition scheme
Synonyms: Eruption, Flare-up. Example: “He left his flat in the midst of a
to Rs 1.5 crore from Rs 1 crore effective from
Antonyms: Conclusion, Peace. rainstorm”
________ to provide relief to small businesses
291) Convulsion Synonyms: Middle, Centre.
under Goods and Services (GST) regime.
Meaning: A sudden, violent, irregular Antonyms: Outside, Exterior.
a) August 1, 2019 b) March 1, 2019
movement of the body, caused by involuntary 299) Emphatic
c) May 1, 2019 d) June 1, 2019
contraction of muscles and associated especially Meaning: (Of an action or its result) definite
e) April 1, 2019
with brain disorders such as epilepsy, the and clear.
Q.6) According to the Standard Chartered
presence of certain toxins or other agents in the Example: “An emphatic World Cup win”
report, its long term forecast India will surpass
blood, or fever in children. Synonyms: Conclusive, Decisive.
the which country to become the world’s second
Example: “Toxic side effects like convulsions” Antonyms: Narrow.
largest economy by 2030 while China will be at
Synonyms: Fit, Seizure. 300) Detention
First Position?
Antonyms: Harmony, Peace. Meaning: The action of detaining someone or
a) Malaysia b) USA
292) Stutter the state of being detained in official custody.
c) Russia d) Australia
Meaning: Talk with continued involuntary Example: “The fifteen people arrested were still
e) UK
repetition of sounds, especially initial in police detention”
Q.7) Securities and Exchange Board of India
consonants. Synonyms: Custody, Imprisonment
(SEBI) has constituted an 11-member working
Example: “The child was stuttering in fright” Antonyms: Assistance, Freedom.
group by the Insolvency and Bankruptcy board
Synonyms: Stammer, Stumble.
of India (IBBI) to study the concept of ‘Group
Antonyms: Continue
Insolvency’ and suggest a suitable framework.
293) Suspect
a) Bimal Jalan b) U.K. Sinha
Meaning: Have an idea or impression of the
c) Dr. Sankar De d) C. B. Bhave
existence, presence, or truth of (something)
e) Dr. K M Abraham
without certain proof.
Q.8) Which of the following entity has allowed
Example: “If you suspect a gas leak, do not
tokenization of debit, credit and prepaid card
turn on an electric light”
transactions to enhance the safety of the digital
Synonyms: Have a suspicion, Have a feeling.
payments ecosystem in the country?
Antonyms: Innocent, Trustworthy.
a) NPCI b) IRDAI
294) Contaminate
c) SIDBI d) RBI
e) SEBI
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Q.9) Which of the following country’s central a) Upendra Kunitia b) P K Sinha Q.25) Headquarters of Allahabad Bank is located
bank has wrote to the Reserve Bank of India c) Deepak Mishra d) U K Sinha in which city?
(RBI) to legalize Indian currency notes of e) Krishnamurthy Subramanian a) Hyderabad b) Mangalore
denominations higher than Rs 100, recently? Q.18) Who is the MD & CEO of IDFC First Bank? c) Mumbai d) Kolkata
a) Bangladesh b) Nepal a) C. B. Bhave b) Dr. K M Abraham e) New Delhi
c) Sri Lanka d) Bhutan c) Mrutyunjay Mahapatra Q.26) HDFC Standard Life Insurance has
e) Myanmar d) V Vaidyanathan e) Shaktikanta Das renamed itself to _________, following the
Q.10) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is likely Q.19) Which of the following Private sector receipt of relevant approvals from regulatory
to transfer an interim dividend of up to Rs insurer has started delivering policies and authorities, recently.
30,000 crore to how much crore to the renewal premium receipt to customers via a) HDFC Insurance
government by March 2019? instant messaging platform WhatsApp as a part b) HDFC Life
a) Rs.50,000 crore b) Rs.75,000 crore of its alternative service option to the policy c) HDFC Standard Insurance
c) Rs.35,000 crore d) Rs.60,000 crore holders? d) HDFC Life Insurance
e) Rs.40,000 crore a) Canara HSBC OBC Life Insurance e) HDFC Life Insured Company
Q.11) Which of the following entity has allowed b) Aviva Life Insurance Q.27) Which of the following company has
custodial services in the commodity derivatives c) Bharti AXA Life Insurance launched a new e-commerce platform re-
market which would enable participation of d) SBI Life Insurance weave.in for handloom weavers under its
institutional investors, including mutual funds, in e) Birla Sun Insurance “Project ReWeave” in association with the
the segment, recently? Q.20) Which of the following private sector National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT)
a) NPCI b) IRDAI lender in a first-of-its-kind programme, signed a also curated a special curriculum in ‘CAD and
c) SIDBI d) RBI Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Color for Handloom Weaving’ to provide digital
e) SEBI Small Business FinCredit India Pvt. Ltd. (SBFC) , training in handloom design?
Q.12) Headquarters of IDFC Bank is in a systemically important Non-Banking Finance a) Amazon India b) Microsoft India
________. Company for entrepreneurs, to jointly provide c) IBM India d) Wipro
a) Mangalore b) Chennai credit worth up to Rs 1 crore to MSMEs for a e) TCS
c) Mumbai d) Bangalore tenure of 15 years, recently? Q.28) Which of the following Company has
e) Hyderabad a) IndusInd Bank b) HDFC Bank organized India’s First Policy Hack for Teachers
Q.13) Syndicate Bank and with which bank has c) South Indian Bank d) Axis Bank in collaboration with UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi
signed a bancassurance pact aiming to offer a e) ICICI Bank Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable
comprehensive financial planning solution to its Q.21) According to the Reserve Bank of India’s Development (MGIEP) and Ignus, recently?
customers? Report on Trend and Progress of Banking in a) Dell b) TCS
a) Canara HSBC OBC Life Insurance India 2017-18, India banking sector witnessed c) Wipro d) IBM
b) Aviva Life Insurance on over how much percent hike in cyber frauds e) Microsoft
c) Bharti AXA Insurance in 2017-18? Q.29) The government has amalgamated three
d) SBI Life Insurance a) 50 per cent b) 25 per cent Regional Rural Banks namely Punjab Gramin
e) Birla Sun Insurance c) 10 per cent d) 30 per cent Bank, MalwaGramin Bank and _________ into a
Q.14) The Maharashtra Chief Minister has e) 40 per cent single RRB with effect from January 1, 2019.
announced that State Bank of India along with Q.22) Which of the following institution and 7 a) Jharkhand Gramin Bank
other banks agreed to provide finance for which public sector oil companies has inked a b) Bihar Gramin Bank
expressway project? Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for c) Sutlej Gramin Bank
a) Mumbai-Delhi b) Chennai-Mumbai setting up Centre of Excellence in Oil, Gas and d) VananchalGramin Bank
c) Nagpur-Mumbai d) Pune - Aurangabad Energy, recently? e) Saurashtra Gramin Bank
e) Nashik - Kolhapur a) IIT Madras b) IIT Bombay Q.30) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has
Q.15) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed c) IIT Bangalore d) IIT Kharagpur issued a notification for all authorised non-bank
a Rs 1-crore penalty on which bank for non- e) IIT Delhi PPI Issuers in order to limit the liability of
compliance of Know Your Customer (KYC) Q.23) Which of the following mutual fund has Customers in unauthorised electronic payment
guidelines and fraud-classification norms on surpassed ICICI Prudential MF to regain top transactions in PPIs comprising mobile wallets,
January 18, 2019? position after two years as the largest Asset prepaid payments cards, and paper vouchers
a) Andhra Bank b) Allahabad Bank Management Company (AMC) ? such as Sodexo. Expand the term PPI.
c) Indian Bank a) SBI Technology Opportunities Fund a) Primary Payment Instrument
d) Bank of Maharashtra e) Bank of India b) Aditya Birla Sun Life Digital India Fund b) Partial Payment Instrument
Q.16) According to the Fitch group company c) Reliance Arbitrage Fund c) Permanent Payment Instrument
India ratings and research estimated that India’s d) HDFC Mutual Fund d) Post-paid Payment Instrument
GDP growth to be at ________ in financial year e) Tata Digital India Fund e) Pre-paid Payment Instrument
2019-20. Q.24) China has announced that its official Q.31) The Reserve Bank of India has constituted
a) 7.7% b) 7.8% economic growth came in at _______ in 2018, a 5-member high-level committee under whom
c) 7.5% d) 7.4% the slowest pace since 1990, this was due to to suggest measures to strengthen the safety
e) 7.3% grappling with the effects of the current trade and security of digital payments in the country,
Q.17) The Reserve Bank has set up an expert war with the US and declining exports. recently?
committee under whom to suggest long-term a) 6.3 percent b) 6.4 percent a) Shaktikanta Das b) Arun Jaitley
solutions for the economic and financial c) 6.7 percent d) 6.6 percent c) Ajay Narayan Jha d) Nandan Nilekani
sustainability of the MSME sector? e) 6.8 percent e) Bibek Debroy
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Q.32) Which of the following small finance bank Q.39) A government has constituted the panel to Q.46) Who has been appointed as the new Vice
has launched a new Current Account with Auto- suggest that All India Council for Technical President and MD of Facebook India?
Sweep facility that will enable bank’s existing Education (AICTE) to stop setting up new a) Krishna Murthy b) Britain Hook
and potential new customers to auto sweep-in engineering colleges from 2020 and review the c) Ajay Kumar d) Ajit Mohan
and sweep-out the idle funds in the current creation of new capacity every two years after e) BrahmDutt
account to Sweep Fixed Deposit and earn high that. Who is the head of the panel? Q.47) Which of the following state has put a ban
interest, recently? a) Nandan Nilekani on the purchase new vehicles and Air
a) Ujjivan Small Finance Bank b) B V R Mohan Reddy Conditioners (ACs) by the government
b) AU Small Finance Bank c) Bibek Debroy departments along with a slew of other items?
c) Jana Small Finance Bank d) P K Mishra a) Andhra Pradesh b) Madhya Pradesh
d) Fincare Small Finance Bank e) Arun Kumar Singh c) Maharashtra d) Punjab
e) Equitas Small Finance Bank Q.40) The Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS) e) Haryana
Q.33) Indian Highways Management Company for MIG (Middle Income Group) Scheme has Q.48) The West Bengal government has
Ltd. (IHMCL) , a company promoted by which been extended by ________. announced two welfare initiatives under ‘Krishi
government agency, has signed MOUs with a) April 30, 2021 KrishakBondhu’ scheme for farmers. The first of
state-run Oil Marketing Companies (IOCL, BPC, b) March 31, 2020 the two initiatives will provide _________ to the
and HPC) to ensure availability of FASTags at c) June 30, 2020 family of a deceased farmer. Under the second
petroleum outlets across India? d) August 31, 2021 initiative, farmers would get _______ twice a
a) National Informatics Centre e) December 31, 2019 year for growing a single crop on one acre of
b) National Highways Authority of India Q.41) The government has appointed whom as land
c) Press Information Bureau the new Chief Information Commissioner from a) Rs.2.5 lakh and Rs.1,500
st
d) Planning Commission January 1 , 2019 onwards? b) Rs.1.5 lakh and Rs.2,500
e) NITI Aayog a) Suresh Chandra c) Rs.4 lakh and Rs.3,500
Q.34) According to the Confederation of Indian b) Anjali Bhardwaj d) Rs.3 lakh and Rs.2,000
Industry (CII) report titled ‘Growth Outlook for c) Neeraj Kumar Gupta e) Rs.2 lakh and Rs.2,500
2019’, stated that India will remain the fastest d) Yashwardhan Kumar Sinha Q.49) Under which yojana the Credit Linked
growing major economy with GDP growth e) Sudhir Bhargava Subsidy Scheme (CLSS) is worked, and also
estimated to be ________ in FY19. Q.42) The ministry has established an export channelized through two central nodal agencies
a) 7.3% b) 7.5% promotion cell to create a sustainable ecosystem viz., Housing & Urban Development Corporation
c) 7.7% d) 7.9% for micro, small and medium enterprises (HUDCO) and National Housing Bank (NHB) ?
e) 8.0% (MSMEs) and also proposed to formulate a a) Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana
Q.35) After almost six months of the ban, the governing council that will be chaired by b) RashtriyaSwasthyaBima Yojana
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has allowed which _________. c) Janani Suraksha Yojana
payment bank to restart opening new accounts a) Ram Mohan Mishra d) Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana
for its consumers, recently? b) Dr. Arun Kumar Panda e) Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
a) Airtel Payments Bank c) Giriraj Singh Q.50) Who has taken oath as the member of
b) Paytm Payments Bank d) Raj Kumar Digvijay Office & Secrecy in UPSC?
c) Fino Payments Bank e) B.B. Vikram a) Dr. T.C.A Ajay b) Dr. T.C.A Anant
d) Jio Payments Bank Q.43) Which two countries officially quit the c) Dr. T.C.A Akash d) Dr. T.C.A Aravind
e) Aditya Birla Payments Bank United Nations Educational, Scientific and e) Dr. T.C.A Akshay
Q.36) Which edition of India’s Fiscal Stability Cultural Organization (UNESCO) with the close Q.51) The number of complaints registered at
Report was released by Reserve Bank of India, of 2018? banking ombudsman offices have seen a how
recently? a) United States and Iraq much percent increase in the fiscal year 2018,
th th
a) 17 b) 15 b) Iraq and Iran with majority of these complaints coming from
c) 12th d) 10th c) Qatar and Israel urban centres owing to increased awareness and
th
e) 18 d) Iran and United States poor internal redressal mechanisms of banks?
Q.37) State-run lender UCO bank, formerly e) United States and Israel a) 75% b) 50%
United Commercial Bank, has announced that Q.44) France will introduce its own “GAFA tax" c) 15% d) 25%
Government of India has infused _______ of on large internet and technology companies e) 35%
capital into it by the way of preferential from January 1, finance minister Bruno Le Maire Q.52) Who has been appointed as the Chief
allotment. said that amid difficulties in finalising a new EU- Operations Officer (COO) of RBL Bank?
a) Rs.1076 crore b) Rs.2076 crore wide levy. Expand the term GAFA. a) Ashok Chawla b) Arjan Kumar Sikri
c) Rs.4076 crore d) Rs.5076 crore a) Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon c) Vishwavir Ahuja d) Pankaj Sharma
e) Rs.3076 crore b) Google, Apple, Flipkart and Amazon e) P K Singh
Q.38) Who has been appointed as the MD & CEO c) Google, Alibaba, Facebook and Amazon Q.53) Commerce Ministry's investigation arm
of Axis Bank? d) Google, Apple, Flipkart and Alibaba Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR)
a) Girish Chandra Chaturvedi e) Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple said imposition of the duty on imports of
b) Sandeep Bakhshi Q.45) Headquarters of Jana Small Finance Bank ________from China would help minimise
c) Amitabh Chaudhry is in _________. impact of dumped imports.
d) Shyamala Gopinath a) Hyderabad b) Bangalore a) Fluorophlogopite
e) BrahmDutt c) Mumbai d) Kolkata b) Fluoroethylene polymer
e) New Delhi c) Fused quartz
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d) Fluoroelastomers a) 7.8% b) 8.7% a) Ashok Kumar Gupta
e) Ferrovanadium alloy c) 8.0% d) 8.5% b) VK Sharma
Q.54) In how many states nation has achieved e) 7.7% c) Hemant Bhargava
another milestone in the power sector with Q.63) Which of the following bankhave entered d) P K Singh
completion of electrification in hundred percent into an agreement with SREI Equipment Finance e) Saurabh Kumar
household at the year end? for financing the MSME and agriculture sectors? Q.71) Which of the following country
a) 24 b) 27 a) United Bank of India hasapproved an anti-money laundering bill, a
c) 25 d) 26 b) Bank of India major step towards reforms that would bring its
e) 21 c) Bank of Maharashtra people into line with global norms and could
Q.55) India would not impose anti-dumping duty d) Bandhan Bank facilitate foreign trade in the face of U.S
on _______ from China, European Union and e) Union Bank of India sanctions?
the US as the commerce ministry's investigation Q.64) IRDAI slapped how much lakh penalty to a) Yemen b) Saudi Arabia
arm DGTR has not found any impact on the United India Insurance for violating norms c) Qatar d) Iran
domestic industry due to the alleged dumped regarding the settlement of motor claims, e) Iraq
imports. recently? Q.72) As per the new RBI guidelines, after the
a) Rubber b) Ceramic a) Rs.4 lakh b) Rs.7 lakh customer reports the fraud, the Prepaid Payment
c) Coated paper d) Kitchen Products c) Rs.6 lakh d) Rs.5 lakh Instruments (PPI) issuer has to credit the
e) None of these e) Rs.3 lakh amount involved in the unauthorised transaction
Q.56) Who has been appointed as the secretary Q.65) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has to the customer’s PPI within ________.
of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) ? allowed lenders to recast loans of stressed a) 3 days b) 5 days
a) Ashok Kumar Gupta b) VK Sharma Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) , c) 10 days d) 15 days
c) Hemant Bhargava d) P K Singh provided the total fund and non-fund-based e) 20 days
e) Saurabh Kumar exposure to such a borrower does not exceed Q.73) Under the “Mission Shakti” Odisha
Q.57) India's defence sector has received how _______ as on January 1, 2019. government zero percent interest loan scheme
much crore in foreign direct investment during a) Rs.40 crore b) Rs.25 crore for SHG Women and also providing Seed money
2014-18, said by the commerce ministry. c) Rs.15 crore d) Rs.20 crore of ________ to every women of SHG Group and
a) Rs.6.21 crore b) Rs.4.21 crore e) Rs.35 crore also _______ to each WSHGs to buy a
c) Rs.3.21 crore d) Rs.2.21 crore Q.66) Who has become the first businessman to Smartphone so that they may connect with the
e) Rs.1.21 crore be declared EFO under the provisions of the new digital world.
Q.58) Who has been appointed as the Executive Fugitive Economic Offenders Act which came into a) Rs.15,000 and Rs.2,000
Chairman of National Legal Services Authority existence in August last year? b) Rs.14,000 and Rs.5,000
(NALSA) ? a) Archana Bhargava b) Mehul Choksi c) Rs.13,000 and Rs.4,000
a) Justice Ashok Chawla c) Chanda Kochhar d) Vijay Mallya d) Rs.10,000 and Rs.3,000
b) Justice Arjan Kumar Sikri e) Nirav Modi e) Rs.15,000 and Rs.3,000
c) Justice Vishwavir Ahuja Q.67) Japanese internet conglomerate SoftBank Q.74) The Union Cabinet has approved how
d) Justice Pankaj Sharma Group Corp's early-stage investment vehicle, much percent reservation in jobs and
e) Justice P K Singh SoftBank Ventures Korea, has been renamed as educational institutions for the economically
Q.59) Government of India has launched __________. backward section in the general category,
‘Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana’ a) SoftBank Ventures recently?
(Saubhagya) to achieve the goal of universal b) SoftBank Ventures Asset a) 14 per cent b) 10 per cent
household electrification in the country by c) SoftBank Ventures Africa c) 18 per cent d) 12 per cent
__________. d) SoftBank Ventures Association e) 15 per cent
a) 31st March 2019 b) 31st May 2019 e) SoftBank Ventures Asia Q.75) The Ministry of Human Resource
c) 31st August 2019 Q.68) Which bankhas announced that Development has introduced a ________
d) 31st December 2019 e) 31st July 2019 Krishnamurthy V Subramanian has resigned as grading index to assess the quality of school
Q.60) Which of the following state emerged on independent director from its board following his education offered by states, recently.
top of Asia Competitiveness Institute (ACI) , appointment as the Chief Economic Advisor a) 80-point b) 90-point
Singapore's 2018 Ease of Doing Business (EDB) (CEA) to the government? c) 50-point d) 70-point
Index ABC rankings for economies of 21 states a) IDBI Bank b) Bandhan Bank e) 60-point
of India? c) Bank of Baroda d) Bank of India Q.76) Egypt has opened West Asia's largest
a) Telangana b) Andhra Pradesh e) Canara Bank cathedral in its New Administrative Capital, 45
c) Madhya Pradesh d) Assam Q.69) Government has notified the High Level kilometres east of Cairo. Who was inaugurated
e) Maharashtra Committee (HLC) for implementation of Clause 6 this New Administrative Capital?
Q.61) Who got resigned as the chairman of the of Assam Accord. Committee has been given a a) Tamim bin Hamad
National Stock Exchange of India Ltd (NSE) over broad mandate. It is headed by _________. b) Abdul Fattah al-Sisi
Aircel-Maxis charges? a) Ramesh Borpatragohain c) Muhammad bin Nayef
a) Ashok Chawla b) Arjan Kumar Sikri b) RongbongTerang d) Barham Salih
c) Vishwavir Ahuja d) Pankaj Sharma c) M.P. Bezbarauah e) Hassan Rouhani
e) P K Singh d) Subhash Das Q.77) Name thePayU India’s CEO, joined as the
Q.62) What is the rate of Interest for the 5-Year e) Dhiren Bezbaruah head of financial technology partnerships and
Senior Citizen Savings Schemewith respect to Q.70) Who has been appointed as the acting investments for Naspers’ fintech.
January 1, 2019 to March 31, 2019? chairman of Life Insurance Corporation of India? a) Rakesh Asthana b) Alok Verma
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c) Kumar Rajesh Chandra Q.86) The Comptroller and Auditor General of Asian nationshas been cut to _______ from 44
d) Amrish Rau e) Vikram Misri India (CAG) was entrusted with the per cent.
Q.78) The ministerial panel under Bihar Deputy responsibility of periodically reviewing the a) 37 per cent b) 38 per cent
Chief Minister Sushil Modi has approved levy of compliance of the provisions of the Fiscal c) 42 per cent d) 40 per cent
how much percent as ‘calamity cess’ by Kerala Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) e) 30 per cent
for a period of two years to fund rehabilitation Act, 2003 and present such reviews before both Q.94) Headquarters of Global Solar Council
work in the state hit by floods? the Houses of Parliament under which section of (GSC) is located in _________.
a) 3.5% b) 2.5% the Act? a) Mumbai, India
c) 1.5% d) 1% a) Section 12A b) Section 3A b) New Delhi, India
e) 2% c) Section 5A d) Section 7A c) Vienna, Austria
Q.79) Name the certificate that has granted by e) Section 6A d) Geneva, Switzerland
RBI to IndiaMoneyMart, that validates the web Q.87) NABARD said it will provide early stage e) Washington D.C., USA
and app-based platform's strong framework to capital to agriculture and rural enterprises Q.95) The Indian Army and which of the
make lending and borrowing transparent, digital through which venture capital entity, recently? following public sector bank have signed a
and convenient in conformation to the regulatory a) NABAVENTURES Ltd Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the
requirements. b) NABARD VENTURES Ltd Defence Salary Package on Jan 8, 2019?
a) NBFC-P2C Certificate c) AGRIVENTURES Ltd a) Canara Bank
b) NBFC-B2B Certificate d) NABVENTURES Ltd b) Bank of India
c) NBFC-P2P Certificate e) AGROVENTURES Ltd c) Bank of Baroda
d) NBFC-P2B Certificate Q.88) Affordable Housing Finance Company d) Punjab & Sind Bank
e) NBFC-B2P Certificate Aadhar Housing Finance has received fresh e) Punjab National Bank
Q.80) As per the National Sample Survey, there subsidy worth how much crore under Credit Q.96) In a bid to attract more airline bookings
are an estimated 39 lakh people employed as Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS) from National through its portal, Indian Railway Catering and
domestic workers by private households, of Housing Bank (NHB) , recently? Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) , the Railways’
which _______ are female domestic workers. a) Rs.145.56 crore b) Rs.155.56 crore subsidiary which is known more for online train
a) 29 lakhs b) 24lakhs c) Rs.165.56 crore d) Rs.185.56 crore ticket bookings, will offer insurance from Bharti-
c) 20 lakhs d) 26 lakhs e) Rs.175.56 crore Axaof up to ________ for free for air passengers
e) 25 lakhs Q.89) Under which article of the Constitution will who book their tickets through its portal.
Q.81) Who has been appointed as the President have to be amended for implementation of 10 a) Rs.15 lakh b) Rs.25 lakh
of Global Solar Council (GSC) from January 1, per cent reservation in jobs and educational c) Rs.50 lakh d) Rs.75 lakh
2019? institutions for the economically backward e) Rs.20 lakh
a) S K Johnson b) Saravana Kumar section in the general category, recently? Q.97) What is the rate of Interest for the
c) Sanjay Singh d) Pranav R Mehta a) Article 14 b) Article 16 Sukanya Samriddhi Account Scheme with
e) Prakash Mishra c) Article 15 d) Both a and b respect to January 1, 2019 to March 31, 2019?
Q.82) Who has removed from the director of the e) Both b and c a) 7.8% b) 8.7%
Central Bureau of Investigation, barely 48 hours Q.90) What is the rate of Interest for the 5-Year c) 8.0% d) 8.5%
after he was reinstated by the Supreme Court? Recurring Depositwith respect to January 1, e) 7.7%
a) Mallikarjun Kharge b) Alok Verma 2019 to March 31, 2019? Q.98) As per theWorld Economic Forum report,
c) Nageswara Rao d) AK Sikri a) 7.8% b) 7.3% India is poised to become the _________ largest
e) AK Patnaik c) 8.0% d) 8.5% consumer market and consumer spending in
Q.83) The United Nations Office on Drugs and e) 7.7% India & it is expected to grow from $ 1.5 trillion
Crime (UNODC) has released the Global Report Q.91) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has at present to nearly $ 6 trillion by 2030.
on Trafficking in Persons 2018. Headquarters of allowed lenders to recast loans of stressed a) Second b) Third
UNODC is in _________. Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) , c) Fourth d) Sixth
a) Mumbai, India provided the total fund and non-fund-based e) Fifth
b) New Delhi, India exposure to such a borrower 25 crore rupees as Q.99) As per the prediction of Standard
c) Vienna, Austria on January 1, 2019, and the restructuring has to Chartered Plc for world's Gross Domestic Product
d) Geneva, Switzerland be implemented by ________. (GDP) rankings, India will likely be larger than
e) Washington D.C., USA a) April 30, 2021 b) March 31, 2020 which country by 2020 while Indonesia will
Q.84) The Reserve Bank of India has permitted c) June 30, 2020 d) August 31, 2021 break into the top 5 economies?
card payment companies to offer their e) December 31, 2019 a) Germany b) USA
customers a ________ service to facilitate card Q.92) The Centre has released around how c) China d) Japan
transactions in a secured manner much crore since financial year 2015-2016 to e) Mexico
a) Virtual b) Parallel bridge the gap between literacy levels of tribal Q.100) Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
c) Queued d) Tokenised girls and the general female population, the has taken a decision to revise the advertisement
e) Online Centre has informed Parliament? rates for print media by announcing a hike of
Q.85) Name the India-born joined as the first a) Rs.685 crore b) Rs.585 crore ______ over and above the existing rate
woman chief economist of International c) Rs.385 crore d) Rs.285 crore structure for advertisement in print media by the
Monetary Fund. e) Rs.185 crore Bureau of Outreach and Communication
a) Malika Senthil b) Atharaiya Singh Q.93) The government has cut import duties on (erstwhile DAVP) .
c) Gita Gopinath d) ParmelaGokulnath crude and refined palm oil effective to comply a) 8% b) 10%
e) Anitha Sukumaran with preferential trade pacts with Southeast c) 5% d) 25%
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e) 15% Q.109) In which place Dell, as a part of its Q.117) Government has announced that Bharat
Q.101) According to the latest Lloyds report, three-city PolicyHack series, host an interactive Heavy Electricals Limited and which company
which of the following port became the only hackathon, recently? are in dialogue to form a world class consortium
Indian port to be listed amongst the world’s top a) New Delhi b) Bangalore to initially build the first lithium Ion battery plant
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30 container ports, at 28 position? c) Mumbai d) Hyderabad in India?
a) Panambur Port b) Cochin Port e) Jaipur a) PowerEX b) Libcoin
c) Paradip Port d) Sardar Vallabhai Q.110) As per the World Economic Forum (WEF) c) Jiangxi d) Elektrobit
Patel Port report, India has become the _____ most e) Albemarle
e) Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust attractive investment market for global CEOs as Q.118) Flipkart promoted who has its head of
Q.102) Who was appointed as the Chief per PwC Survey conducted with more than 1300 Fashion department Myntra – Jabong’s Fashion
Technology Officer (CTO) of insurance website CEOs in 91 countries. and lifestyle categories as an additional
nd rd
and comparison portal PaisaBazaar.com? a) 2 b) 3 responsibility?
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a) Ajith Sonowal b) Rajan Agarwal c) 4 d) 5 a) Rishab Mehta b) Rishi Vasudev
c) Ajith Joshi d) MadhumitaRajan e) 8th c) Abhishek Pandey d) Sujutha Sajin
e) Rahul Agarwal Q.111) Who is the head of the eight-member e) Rishikesh Sharma
Q.103) India is likely to surpass the United Group of Ministers (GoM) formed by Goods and Q.119) The Government has decided to set up a
Kingdom in the 2019 rankings of world’s largest Services Tax (GST) Council to suggest whether a Standing Committee on Affordable Medicines
economies by increased rate at what percent of uniform tax rate should be imposed on lotteries and Health Products (SCAMHP) to recommend
GDP growth? or the current differential tax rate system be price controls and monitor prices of specific
a) 1.6% b) 2.2% continued? drugs and health products. The Committee will
c) 3.2% d) 4.1% a) P K Mishra b) Thomas Bosch be headed by ______.
e) 5.5% c) Bibek Debroy a) Indian Medical Association
Q.104) Under which article of amendment of the d) Sudhir Mungantiwar e) Amit Mitra b) NITI Aayog
Constitution, union government has approved to Q.112) Which of the following city has emerged c) National Pharmaceutical Association
increase financial and executive powers of the as the World’s Most Dynamic City in the 6th City c) Ministry of Finance
10 Autonomous Councils in Sixth Schedule areas Momentum Index, released by property e) Ministry of AYUSH
of North East? consultant JLL? Q.120) 15th edition of PravasiBharatiya Divas
a) 543 b) 362 a) Hyderabad b) Mumbai celebrations was held in _______.
c) 298 d) 152 c) Bangalore d) New Delhi a) Mumbai b) New Delhi
e) 280 e) Kochi c) Varanasi d) Jaipur
Q.105) Finance Ministry has asked the public Q.113) As per an official release by Central e) Bangalore
sector banks to bring down the government’s Statistics Office (CSO) , India’s headline inflation Q.121) Name the Indian-American lawmaker
equity to what percent in the first phase? rate based on the Consumer Price Index appointed as a member of a Congressional
a) 52% b) 27% (combined) reduced to an 18-month low of what committee on intelligence of America, becoming
c) 34% d) 44% percent in December 2018? the first South Asian to serve in the powerful
e) 50% a) 4.22% b) 2.19% body tasked to strengthen U.S.’s national
Q.106) As per an official release by Central c) 3.12% d) 1.14% security.
Statistics Office (CSO) , wholesale inflation has e) 2.50% a) Rajesh Khanna b) Abilash Chandra
softened to an eight-month low of what percent Q.114) Name the scheme that was launched by c) Madan Lal Khurana d) JashnAdia
in December 2018? Prime Minister Narendra Modi, through which a e) Raja Krishnamoorthy
a) 1.5% b) 2.7% group of Indian origin people currently in Q.122) In which place Minister of State in
c) 1.9% d) 4.1% different nations will be taken to all religious Department of Space Dr. Jitendra Singh has
e) 3.8% places in India twice a year. inaugurate the 1st batch of UNNATI programme
Q.107) Japanese investment giant SoftBank has a) PravasiDesh Darshan Yojana of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) ,
decided to invest how much dollars for over 40 b) Pradhan Mantri Pravasi Darshan Yojana recently?
% stake in BrainBees Solutions, that owns and c) PravasiTeerth Darshan Yojana a) New Delhi b) Hyderabad
operates omni-channel baby and mother care d) Pradhan Mantri PravasiBakthi Yojana c) Bangalore d) Chennai
product retailer FirstCry? e) Pravasi Mantri Desh Darshan Yojana e) Mumbai
a) $400 million b) $350 million Q.115) What is the rate of Interest for the Kisan Q.123) Who has been appointed as the new
c) $200 million d) $160 million Vikas Patra with respect to January 1, 2019 to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Myntra and
e) $460 million March 31, 2019? Jabong?
Q.108) Name the head of the Committee to a) 7.8% b) 8.7% a) Vishnu Srinivasan b) Amar Nagaram
study the existing Special Economic Zone (SEZ) c) 8.0% d) 8.5% c) Sumit Agarwal d) Vasuki Rawat
policy of India, states that, the Government has e) 7.7% e) Ananth Narayanan
to set a target of creating 100 million jobs and Q.116) India has decided to purchase how much Q.124) As per the Tele-density data of India
achieving 25% of GDP from manufacturing dollar worth of oil and gas from the United released by Telecom Regulatory Authority of
sector by 2022. States per annum and $18 billion worth of India (TRAI) , overall Tele-density in India
a) Nitesh Gupta b) Bibek Debroy defence equipment, recently? climbed to what percent at the end of November
c) Uday Kotak d) Amit Prithvi a) $20 billion b) $10 billion 2018?
e) Baba Kalyani c) $5 billion d) $8 billion a) 65.66% b) 91.21%
e) $15 billion c) 45.90% d) 38.75%
e) 85.61%
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Q.125) Andhra Pradesh government has decided e) USD 400 million e) 8th
to give only ______ % for upper caste “Kapus” Q.132) As per the India ratings and research, a Q.140) What is the rate of Interest for the Public
out of the 10% quota for economically weaker Fitch group company, has estimated that India’s Provident Fund Scheme with respect to January
sections provided by the Centre recently. GDP growth to be what percent in financial year 1, 2019 to March 31, 2019?
a) 7% b) 5% 2019-20? a) 7.8% b) 8.7%
c) 8% d) 6% a) 7.5% b) 7.4% c) 8.0% d) 8.5%
e) 4% c) 7.6% d) 7.3% e) 7.7%
Q.126) With the support of which organisation, e) 7.9% Q.141) United Nations has released the World
the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and Q.133) As per the Times Higher Education (THE) Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) report
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Emerging Economies University Rankings, how which projected India’s Gross Domestic Product
Development (OECD) implemented the 5-year many Indian institutions has made it to the (GDP) to grow at what percent during 2018-19
‘Working for Health’ global action plan, recently? Emerging Economies University Rankings 2019 and improve to 7.6 % in the next fiscal?
a) Workforce Support Committee (WSC) report? a) 7.4% b) 7.3%
b) World Health Organization (WHO) a) 36 b) 25 c) 7.2% d) 7.5%
c) World Economic Forum (WEF) c) 49 d) 55 e) 7.0%
d) World Human Rights Organization (WHRO) e) 50 Q.142) As per a report published by CRISIL
e) Labour Welfare Board (LWB) Q.134) Name the former SBI Managing Director (Credit Rating Information Services of India
Q.127) Centre has advised the states to increase who was appointed as the ICICI Bank’s Limited) , which state has been ranked the Top
the spending under District Mining Fund (DMF) independent director for the period of 5 years. State in terms of Gross State Domestic Product
because only 24 % of _________ crore allocated a) R Gandhi (GSDP) with a growth rate of 11.3 % in financial
for Pradhan Mantri KhanijKshetra Kalyan Yojana b) Arundathi Bhattacharya year 2017-2018?
(PMKKKY) is spent until now? c) B Sriram a) Gujarat b) Karnataka
a) Rs. 12,678 crore b) Rs. 23,606 crore d) Akash Parekh c) Bihar d) Uttar Pradesh
c) Rs. 42,560 crore d) Rs. 33,420 crore e) Bimal Jalan e) Andhra Pradesh
e) Rs. 25,506 crore Q.135) As per the first advance estimates of Q.143) Who is the head the seven-member
Q.128) Reserve Bank of India has rationalised National Income at Constant (2011-1b) and committee formed by the GST (Goods and
the overseas borrowing norms allowing a Current Prices, for the financial year 2018-2019, Services Tax) Council to look into revenue
uniform borrowing limit of how much million released by Central Statistics Office (CSO) , the shortfall being faced by the states after the GST
rupees a year across tenors in its New External growth rate in Per Capita Income is estimated at roll-out, and suggest steps for augmenting
Commercial Borrowings (ECB) Framework? what percent during 2018-19? collections, recently?
a) Rs.250 million b) Rs.400 million a) 6.4% b) 6.1% a) Nitish Kumar b) Sushil Modi
c) Rs.500 million d) Rs.750 million c) 6.3% d) 6.2% c) P J Joseph
e) Rs.850 million e) 6.5% d) Debashish Banerjee e) Bibek Debroy
Q.129) Under Japan’s Official Development Q.136) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has raised a Q.144) As per “The India Manufacturing
Assistance Loan Program, Government of India red-flag that bad loans under PMMY (Pradhan Barometer 2019” report by global consulting
and Japan International Cooperation Agency Mantri Mudra Yojana) launched in 2015, have firm PwC and Federation of Indian Chambers of
(JICA) has signed a Loan Agreement of how risen to how much rupees? Commerce and Industry (FICCI) , India’s
much amount for Japan India Cooperative a) Rs.11,000 crore b) Rs.13,000 crore economy has been projected to grow anywhere
Actions towards Sustainable Development Goal c) Rs.24,000 crore d) Rs.20,000 crore between ______ and ______?
in India? e) Rs.15,000 crore a) 7.3% - 7.4% b) 7.3% - 7.5%
a) Rs.550 Crore b) Rs.800 Crore Q.137) According to the World Economic Forum c) 7.4% - 7.6% d) 7.3% - 7.7%
c) Rs.450 Crore d) Rs.700 Crore (WEF) , with an annual GDP growth rate of what e) 7.4% - 7.8%
e) Rs.950 Crore percent, India is currently the world's sixth- Q.145) Which of the following entity made
Q.130) Which of the following bank has largest economy? changes in the Gold Monetization Scheme (GMS)
recommended Unconditional Cash Transfer to a) 7.6 % b) 7.2 % 2015?
farmers to alleviate the agrarian distress instead c) 7.4 % d) 7.7 % a) Ministry of Finance
of Universal Basic Income (UBI) scheme in its e) 7.5% b) Reserve Bank of India
Ecowrap report? Q.138) Securities and Exchange Board of India c) Securities Exchange Board of India
a) Reserve Bank of India (SEBI) has issued drafts norm for commodity d) World Bank
b) National Bank for Agriculture and Rural indices allowing trading in commodity-index- e) SIDBI
Development based futures. What is the maximum & Q.146) Who was appointed as an additional and
c) State Bank of India minimum weightage constituent? independent director of Tata Consultancy
d) Small Industries Development Bank of India a) 25% and 1.5% b) 20% and 1% Services (TCS) for 5 years?
e) ICICI Bank c) 45% and 2% d) 50% and 1.5% a) Daniel Collins b) Frank Gallagher
Q.131) An agreement was signed between e) 35% and 1% c) Dominic Collins d) Samuel Calla Ethan
Export-Import Bank of India and the Q.139) As per the 2019 Edelman Trust e) Daniel Houghes Callahan
Government of Uzbekistan on a Line of Credit of Barometer report, India is at which place in the Q.147) As per norms for mutual fund
how much dollars, supported by the Indian informed public category and at third place in investments in derivatives issued by SEBI, the
Government for financing housing and social the general population category in the Trust total notional value of call options written by a
infrastructure projects in Uzbekistan? Index? scheme shall not exceed what percent of total
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a) USD 200 million b) USD 250 million a) 5 b) 4 market value of equity shares held in that
c) USD 150 million d) USD 300 million c) 2nd d) 1st scheme?
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a) 20% b) 30% concentration by which yeartaking 2017 as the c) Rs.350 d) Rs.200
c) 10% d) 15% base year for the comparison of concentration? e) Rs.100
e) 25% a) 2020 b) 2030 Q.164) Who has been appointed as the new
Q.148) “The Outbreak Readiness and Business c) 2024 d) 2035 Chief Information Officer and spokesperson of
impact white paper” has released by World e) 2025 the CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) ?
Economic Forum in collaboration with the Q.156) Finance ministry has exempted rupee a) Alok Verma b) Abhishek Dayal
Harvard Global Health Institute. As per this, payments to which company that it gets from c) Nitin Wakankar d) Sharad Agarwal
Pandemics will cause annual economic losses of Indian refiners, from a withholding tax? e) Akshat Ramesh
what percent of global GDP? a) National Iranian Oil Company Q.165) Which of the following state government
a) 0.7% b) 0.5% b) Saudi Arabian Oil Company has launched “Jai Kisan Rin Mukti Yojana”, which
c) 0.4% d) 0.3% c) Israel Oil Exporters Corporation is a Rs 50,000 crore farm loan waiver scheme
e) 0.6% d) Egyptian Oil Company for farmers, recently?
Q.149) Which of the following company has e) Qatar Oil Company a) Maharashtra b) Telangana
announced that it will create an independent Q.157) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed c) Rajasthan d) Bihar
Institute for Ethics in Artificial intelligence (AI) a penalty of how much crore rupees on Citibank e) Madhya Pradesh
with an initial investment of $7.5 million over a India for non-compliance in criteria for directors Q.166) Who is the head of the committee that
period of five years? of the bank? was constituted by Election Commission of India
a) Google b) Microsoft a) Rs.2 crore b) Rs.3 crore (ECI) to look into Section 126 of the
c) Facebook d) Oracle c) Rs.4 crore d) Rs.5 crore Representation of the People Act 1951?
e) Yahoo e) Rs.1 crore a) N Ram b) Umesh Sinha
Q.150) Microfinance Company Svamaan Q.158) Which of the following state has quit c) P J Joseph
Financial Services has received approval as RBI from the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan d) Debashish Banerjee e) Ramesh Sinha
Registered Non-Banking Financial Company – Arogya Yojana due to the use of Prime Minister’s Q.167) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has
Micro Finance Institution (NBFC – MFI) . Who is picture in the official poster of the centre-state approved which country’s Pasargad Bank to
the founder of Svamaan Financial Services? joint scheme? open branches in Mumbai for easing trade
a) Rakesh Mathur b) Savitri Shekar a) Tamil Nadu b) Uttar Pradesh related transactions?
c) Kiran Kumar d) Anushree Jindal c) Madhya Pradesh d) West Bengal a) Egypt b) Afghanistan
e) Koushik Kumar e) Manipur c) Myanmar d) Iran
Q.151) According to a report released by Q.159) Name the person who was named e) Iraq
INSEAD business school in partnership with Tata interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Q.168) Which of the following country has
Communications and Adecco Group, what is the Accenture. topped the 11th edition of EIU Democracy Index
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rank of India in the 6 edition of Global Talent a) Joseph Maynard b) David Rowland 2018 released by the Economist Intelligent Unit
Competitive Index (GTCI) 2019? c) Michelle Robbins d) Jimmy Steve compiling the state of democracies in 167
a) 11th b) 50th e) Pierre Nanterme countries in the world?
c) 31st d) 80th Q.160) What is the rank of India in the Henley a) Iceland b) Norway
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e) 98 Passport Index 2019 of most powerful c) Sweden d) New Zealand
Q.152) Nepal’s central bank has banned the use passports? e) Switzerland
of Indian currency notes above which a) 56th b) 112th Q.169) As per the Annual Status of Education
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denomination? c) 95 d) 79 Report (ASER) 2018 by NGO Pratham, one out
a) Rs.500 b) Rs.50 e) 108th of every _____ Class 8 students in rural India is
c) Rs.100 d) Rs.1000 Q.161) Which state government has announced unable to read to read even a Class 2 text?
e) Rs. 2000 a hike of Rs 200 per month in the social security a) 5 b) 6
Q.153) Which of the following city has been pension under Madhu Babu Pension Yojana c) 7 d) 4
named by United Nations Educational, Scientific (MBPY) ? e) 8
and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as the a) Assam b) Bihar Q.170) Competition commission of India (CCI)
World Capital of Architecture for 2020, recently? c) Odisha d) Andhra Pradesh has approved which company and Witzig
a) Johannesburg, South Africa e) Jharkhand Advisory services’ deal to acquire Aditya Birla,
b) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Q.162) Composition Scheme will be made recently?
c) Kuala Lampur, Malaysia available for Suppliers of Services (or Mixed a) Walmart b) Amazon
d) Dubai, United Arab Emirates Suppliers) with a Tax Rate of 6% (3% CGST c) Snapdeal d) Reliance Retail
e) Melbourne, Australia +3% SGST) having an Annual Turnover in the e) Alibaba
Q.154) Name the convener of the 7-member preceding financial year up to _____ lakhs, as Q.171) Omega Healthcare Management Services
Group of Ministers (GoM) under the title ‘GoM for announced in the GST Council’s 32nd Meeting in has signed a MoU with which institute for
boosting Real Estate Sector under the GST New Delhi? advanced use of latest technology in providing
regime’ announced by Finance Ministry. a) Rs.50 lakhs b) Rs.100 lakhs healthcare solutions, recently?
a) Krishna Byre Gowda b) Rajesh Agarwal c) Rs.20 lakhs d) Rs.40 lakhs a) IIT Madras b) NIT Warangal
c) Nitin Patel d) Manoj Sinha e) Rs.60 lakhs c) IIIT Bangalore d) BITS Pilani
e) R K Mishra Q.163) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has e) IIT Delhi
Q.155) National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) released a commemorative coin of how much Q.172) Union Cabinet has approved the creation
launched by Union Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan in rupees on Guru Govind Singh ji in New Delhi on of National Bench of the Goods and Services Tax
New Delhi, has set a national level target of his 352nd birth anniversary? Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT) for better resolution
20%–30% reduction of PM2.5 and PM10 a) Rs.250 b) Rs.150
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of GST-related disputes. Who will preside over e) Madhya Pradesh e) USD 300 million
the National Bench? Q.180) What is the rate of Interest for the 5- Q.188) According to a Home Ministry
a) President of India Year National Savings Certificate with respect to communique, Aadhaar Card has been added in
b) Prime Minister of India January 1, 2019 to March 31, 2019? the valid travel documents now and Indians
c) Union Finance Minister a) 7.8% b) 8.7% under 15 and over ____ years of age can travel
d) Reserve Bank Governor c) 8.0% d) 8.5% to Nepal and Bhutan if they have a valid
e) Finance Secretary e) 7.7% Aadhaar Card?
Q.173) Which of the following country has Q.181) Competition Commission of India (CCI) a) 40 b) 55
topped the Bloomberg Innovation Index 2019 for gave approval to which of the following company c) 65 d) 60
the sixth time in a row with a total score of for the acquisition of Den Networks and Hathway e) 58
87.38? Cable and Datacom, recently? Q.189) As per a report released by India Rating,
a) Germany b) Vietnam a) Infosys b) Reliance Industries India’s fiscal deficit may go up to ____ % in
c) Argentina d) South Korea c) Wipro d) HCL financial year 2020 due to populist schemes like
e) United Arab Emirates e) TCS farm loan waivers.
Q.174) As per Vision 2040 document released at Q.182) According to the “Vision 2040 document” a) 4.5 % b) 3.2 %
the Global Aviation Summit (GAS) 2019, India is released at the Global Aviation Summit (GAS) c) 1.8 % d) 2.9 %
expected to become the ________ largest 2019, aims to have _____ air passengers in e) None of these
aviation market by 2022? 2040 from 187 million air passengers in 2018? Q.190) Reserve Bank of India has initiated two
a) Second b) Third a) 4.12 billion b) 3.35 billion quarterly surveys named Services and
c) Fourth d) Fifth c) 4.55 billion d) 2.78 billion Infrastructure Outlook Survey (SIOS) and
e) Sixth e) 1.12 billion ________ to examine the current situation
Q.175) What is the rank of India in the 11th Q.183) According to the United Nations Office on including the job scenario in India’s
edition of EIU Democracy Index 2018 released Drugs and Crime’s (UNODC) Global Report on manufacturing, services, infrastructure sectors
by the Economist Intelligent Unit compiling the “Trafficking in Persons”, in which, more victims and business situation for January-March 2019?
state of democracies in 167 countries in the of human trafficking were reported to UNODC in a) Industrial Outsource Survey (IOS)
world? 2016 than at any time in the past 13 years, and b) Business Outlook Survey (BOS)
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a) 75 b) 24 children account for what percent of those being c) Manufacturing Status Survey (MSS)
c) 41st d) 55th trafficked? d) Manufacturing Readiness Survey (MRS)
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e) 60 a) 50% b) 25% e) Industrial Outlook Survey (IOS)
Q.176) GST Council has approved doubling of c) 60% d) 30% Q.191) Who will replace Rana Kapoor as MD and
exemption threshold under Goods and Services e) 45% CEO of Yes bank on 1st March 2019?
Tax (GST) regime to Rs 40 lakh along with Q.184) As per the first advance estimates of a) Anuradha Ramakrishnan
raising the turnover limit under composition National Income at Constant (2011-1b) and b) Shiksha Sharma c) Prithvi Jain
scheme to how much crore with effect from April Current Prices, for the financial year 2018-2019, d) Anmol Sinha e) Ranveet Gill
1, 2019? released by Central Statistics Office (CSO) , Q.192) According to the Bloomberg 2019
a) Rs.3.5 crore b) Rs.2 crore Consumer Price Index (CPI) has shown a rise of Innovative Index, what is the rank of India
c) Rs.2.5 crore d) Rs.3 crore what percent during April-November 2018-19? among the world’s most innovative countries?
e) Rs.1.5 crore a) 3.9% b) 3.2% a) 66th b) 75th
Q.177) Jammu and Kashmir Law Department c) 3.6% d) 3.7% c) 54th d) 88th
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has set up a State law commission to identity e) 3.5% e) 30
redundant and obsolete laws that can be Q.185) As per the “Future of Consumption in Q.193) Supreme Court has issued a notice to the
repealed and suggest measures for quick Fast- Growth Consumer Market- India” report Centre on a plea challenging the government’s
redress of public grievances, for 3 years, under released by World Economic Forum, India is set notification authorizing of how many central
the chairmanship of _______. to become the world’s _____ largest consumer agencies to intercept, monitor and decrypt any
a) Justice M K Hanjura market by 2030. computer system?
b) Justice Azeem Bahadur a) Second b) Third a) 5 b) 10
c) Justice Vinay Mishra c) Fourth d) Fifth c) 6 d) 9
d) Justice L M Sushil Kumar e) Sixth e) 15
e) Justice Hasmukh Adhia Q.186) According to the World Economic Q.194) In which city “Global Housing Technology
Q.178) Uttar Pradesh government has Situation and Prospects 2019 report by United Challenge-India” (GHTC- India) has launched to
announced a monthly pension of _____ rupees Nations, the projected the Global growth to build houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-
to the destitute women in Varanasi. remain at what percent in 2019 and 2020? Urban (PMAY-U) Mission?
a) Rs.1000 b) Rs.200 a) 3.0% b) 4.1% a) Mumbai b) New Delhi
c) Rs.500 d) Rs.700 c) 6.4% d) 5.3% c) Kolkata d) Kanpur
e) Rs.1500 e) 4.5% e) Bangalore
Q.179) Which of the following state in Q.187) The Union Cabinet has given ex-post Q.195) As per the first advance estimates of
collaboration with World Health Organization facto approval for amendment to the National Income at Constant (2011-1b) and
(WHO) recommended triple-drug therapy for 'Framework on Currency Swap Arrangement for Current Prices, for the financial year 2018-2019,
lymphatic filariasis to speed up elimination of the SAARC Member Countries' to incorporate a released by Central Statistics Office (CSO) ,
disease, recently? 'Standby Swap' amounting to _______. Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF) , at
a) Rajasthan b) Gujarat a) USD 200 million b) USD 250 million current prices is estimated at ________ crore in
c) Maharashtra d) Telangana c) USD 150 million d) USD 400 million 2018-19?
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a) Rs. 44.45 lakh crore JANUARY MONTH QUIZ e) Malaysia
b) Rs. 55.58 lakh crore Q.11) Mallikarjuna Rao is the MD & CEO of which
Q.1) Cabinet apprised of MoU between India and
c) Rs. 67.45 lakh crore of the following bank?
which of the following country on Co-Operation
d) Rs. 32.56 lakh crore a) Andhra Bank
in the area of Cyber Security?
e) Rs. 45.86 lakh crore b) Oriental Bank of Commerce
a) South Africa b) Palestine
Q.196) The domestic aviation market in India c) Punjab National Bank
c) Ghana d) Swaziland
has been growing at what percent annually for d) Allahabad Bank
e) Morocco
the last 4 years and this growth has been the e) Bandhan Bank
Q.2) Who will be honoured with the National
highest in the world, as announced in the Global Q.12) Who is the Minister of State (Independent
NrityaShirmonai Award 2019?
Aviation Summit (GAS) 2019 in Mumbai? Charge) Housing & Urban Affairs?
a) Anushkha Sharma b) SunanyaHazarilal
a) 50% b) 35% a) Inderjith Singh Rao
c) Shovana Narayanan d) KumudiniLakhiya
c) 20% d) 75% b) Manoj Sinha
e) AninditaNeogyAnaam
e) 15% c) Hardeep Singh Puri
Q.3) According to the report titled “Growth
Q.197) First Inter-state trade of groundnut d) Raj Kumar Singh
Outlook for 2019” – by CII, India will remain the
through e-NAM was initiated with the between a e) Jitendra Singh
fastest growing major economy with GDP growth
farmer in Telangana and a trader in Andhra Q.13) Who became the first from United States
estimated to be _______ in FY19.
Pradesh. In the term e-NAM, “M” denotes to become the first person to complete a solo
a) 7.3% b) 7.0%
________. trek across Antartica without any assistance?
c) 7.8% d) 7.5%
a) Marketing b) Market a) Louis Rudd
e) 7.1%
c) Management d) Marketplace b) Colin O’Bradly
Q.4) Who became the Highest International
e) Maintenance c) Jeff Thompson
Wicket Taker of 2018 in International Cricket?
Q.198) Who has appointed as the interim d) Rudyard Son Antony
a) Rashid Khan b) Adeel Rashid
finance and corporate affairs minister because of e) Vidmar
c) Kuldeep Yadav d) JaspritBumrah
Arun Jately’s health issues, recently? Q.14) Who inaugurated the 106th Indian Science
e) Kagiso Rabada
a) K J Alphons Congress (ISC) 2019 in Jalandhar, Punjab?
Q.5) How many Indian Origin Women scientists
b) Narendra Singh Tomar a) Ram Nath Kovind b) Narendra Modi
were among the 60 Superstars of STEM
c) Piyush Goyal c) Sushma Swaraj d) JualOram
(Science, Technology, Engineering and
d) Suresh Prabhu e) Rajnath Singh
Mathematics) list?
e) Nitin Gadkari Q.15) Canberra is the capital of which of the
a) 5 b) 10
Q.199) As per IRDAI’s Annual Report 2017-18, following country?
c) 7 d) 3
which of the following insurance company has a) India b) South Africa
e) 8
overtaken Life Insurance Corporation of India c) Spain d) Morocco
Q.6) Which government has awarded the 60
(LIC) to the best track record in terms of claims e) Australia
Superstars of STEM?
settlement for individual deaths in FY18? Q.16) When is the DRDO Day observed?
a) Spain b) Singapore
a) National Insurance Company a) December 31 b) January 1
c) Australia d) New Zealand
b) General Insurance Corporation of India c) January 2 d) January 3
e) Mexico
c) Bharti AXA Life Insurance e) December 30
Q.7) Who launched the Ujjwala Sanitary Napkin
d) Birla Sun Life Insurance Q.17) Who is sworn in as the New President of
Initiative in Bhubaneswar, Odisha?
e) Max Life Insurance Brazil?
a) Anant Kumar Geete
Q.200) Who is the MD & CEO of Allahabad Bank? a) Viktor Orban
b) Rajnath Singh
a) S Harisnakar b) Benjamin Neytanyahu
c) Harsh Vardhan
b) Atul Kumar Goel c) Jair Bolsonaro
d) Dharmendra Pradhan
c) Ashok Kumar Pradhan d) Michel Temer
e) JualOram
d) S SMallikarjuna Rao e) Dilma Rousseff
Q.8) Which State will have separate High Court
e) A S Rajeev Q.18) Who is sworn in as the new Chief Justice
from 1st January 2019?
of Telangana HC?
a) Jharkhand b) Tamil Nadu
a) C. Praveen Kumar
c) Odisha d) West Bengal
b) S.V Bhatt
e) Telangana
c) Akula Venkata Sesha Sai
Q.9) Which country has given their approval nod
d) Durga Prasad Rao
to $8 Billion Tunnel Link to Denmark?
e) T.B. RadhaKrishnan
a) Spain b) England
Q.19) Who has been appointed as the New
c) Denmark d) France
Chairman of Railway Board?
e) Germany
a) Ashwani Lohani b) VK Yadav
Q.10) Which country has announced 2019 as the
c) RajenGohain d) Arun Kumar
“Year of Announcement and Social
e) VP Pathak
Development” in the backdrop of proposed
Q.20) Who will take charge as the MD & CEO of
investments from India to boost the economy of
Axis Bank?
the Central Asian Country in his annual address
a) Sanjiv Misra b) Amitabh Chaudhry
to the Parliament?
c) Samir K Basu d) Som Mittal
a) Russia b) Khazakastan
e) Rajiv And
c) Uzbekistan d) Singapore
Q.21) Where is the Headquarters of Axis Bank?
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a) New Delhi b) Manipal a) Lengpui Airport a) Kumaraswamy
c) Bengaluru d) Chennai b) Swami Vivekananda Airport b) Pinarayi Vijayan
e) Mumbai c) Birsa Munda Airport c) Naveen Patnaik
Q.22) Central Government has infused Rs.3,076 d) Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport d) EddapadiPalaniswamy
Crores Capital into which of the following bank? e) Veer Savarkar International Airport e) Kamal Nath
a) United Bank of India b) Dena Bank Q.33) Who has been appointed as the Chief Q.43) Who is the Governor of West Bengal?
c) Bank of Baroda d) UCO Bank Operations Officer of RBL? a) KN Tripathi b) BD Mishra
e) Vijaya Bank a) Vijay Mahajan b) Rama Bijapurkar c) Jagdish Mukhi d) Lalji Tandon
Q.23) The 18th Edition of the India’s Fiscal c) Palepu Sudhir Rao d) JairajPurandare e) Satyadev Narayan Arya
Stability Report was released by ____? e) Panjak Sharma Q.44) Who will inaugurate the 106th Indian
a) SEBI b) NABARD Q.34) Who was nominated as the Executive Science Congress at Lovely professional
c) RBI d) NPCI Chairman of NALSA? University in Phagwara near Jalandha?
e) CII a) Deepak Misra b) Ranjan Gogoi a) Kamal Nath b) OP Kohli
Q.24) RBI has lifted the six months ban of which c) AK Sikri d) Rajendra Menon c) Vidya Sagar Rao d) Narendra Modi
of the following Payments Bank? e) Surya Kant e) Ram Nath Kovind
a) Airtel Payments Bank Q.35) Who is appointed as the new Secretary of Q.45) DibyenduPalit who passed away recently
b) India Post Payments Bank CCI? was a famous ______.
c) Fino Payments Bank a) U.C Nahta b) Augustine Peter a) Politician b) Painter
d) Jio Payments Bank c) Ashok Kumar Gupta d) Anant Kumar c) Cricketer d) Writer
e) Paytm Payments Bank e) P K Singh e) Economist
Q.25) Satish Kumar Gupta is the CEO & Q.36) Who is appointed as LIC’s Acting Q.46) Who beat Sachin Tendulkar to score the
Managing Director of which of the following Chairman? fastest 19000 International Runs?
Payments Bank? a) Hemant Bhargava a) Usman Khawaja b) Hashim Amla
a) Airtel Payments Bank b) Venugopal c) Joe Root d) Virat Kohli
b) India Post Payments Bank c) Subhash Chandra Garg e) Aaron Finch
c) Fino Payments Bank d) Girish Chandra Murmu Q.47) Which Educational Institution has
d) Jio Payments Bank e) Alice Vaidyan developed a paper sensor that can detect
e) Paytm Payments Bank Q.37) Who takes over as the chairman of freshness of milk?
Q.26) Which country is set to introduce Tax on Ordinance Factory Board? a) IIT Madras b) IIT Kanpur
Global Internet & Technology Firms? a) S P Mishra b) Hari Mohan c) IIT Delhi d) IIT Mumbai
a) Spain b) Mexico c) Vidya Sagar Verma d) Arun Kumar Jain e) IIT Guwahati
c) Norway d) Sweden e) Saurabh Kumar Q.48) Who is recently named as the Acting
e) France Q.38) Which team has been awarded the Legion Deputy Defence Secretary of USA?
Q.27) Which country is set to withdraw from of Honour? a) David Nquest b) David Volgrem
OPEC in January 2019? a) French Football Team c) David Edwards d) David Norquist
a) Iran b) Iraq b) Belgium Football Team e) David Moses
c) Qatar d) Palestine c) Croatia Football Team Q.49) Who is appointed as the New Chief Justice
e) Israel d) England Football Team of Pakistan?
Q.28) Which two countries quit UNESCO citing e) Ghana Football Team a) Anwar Zaheer Jamali b) JawwadS.Khwaja
bias? Q.39) Which country will host the 2022 Edition c) Nasir-Il-Mulk d) Javadi Iqbal
a) USA & MEXICO b) USA & ISRAEL of World Cup Football? e) Asif Saeed Khan Khosa
c) USA & CANADA d) USA & PALESTINE a) Japan b) Qatar Q.50) What is the Headquarters of ASEAN?
e) USA & INDIA c) Russia d) Brazil a) Singapore b) China
Q.29) Who is the Minister of Micro, Small and e) Canada c) India d) Indonesia
Medium Enterprises? Q.40) Who was facilitated with the National e) Japan
a) Anant Kumar geete b) Rajnath Singh Geospatial Award for Excellence – 2017 (Life Q.51) Which Country has cut the duty on
c) Narendra Modi d) Harpreet Singh Time Achievement Award) by the Indian Society refined, crude palm oil from ASEAN to 40 and 45
e) Giriraj Singh for Remote Sensing for his Contribution towards percent?
Q.30) Who is the President of France? the development of Geospatial Science and a) Singapore b) China
a) Emmanuel Macron b) Le Pen Applications? c) India d) Indonesia
c) Francis Hollande d) Nicolas Sarkozy a) JK Ghosh b) Anand Upadyay e) Japan
e) Jacques Chirac c) Alan German d) Aravind Gupta Q.52) Who became the First Female Amputee to
Q.31) Who has signed the “Asia Reassurance e) Seshan Raj Scale Mt.Everest?
initiative Act”? Q.41) Which State Government has banned the a) Arunima Sinha b) Asha Hhajhria
a) Narendra Modi b) Imran Khan purchase of New Vehicles and Air Conditioners c) Harshit Saumitra d) Tashi Malik
c) Dilma Rouseff d) Andrés Manuel (ACs) due to huge debt of the state? e) Kushang Sherpa
López Obrador a) Himachal Pradesh b) Karnataka Q.53) Who launched the NCBN App to connect
e) Donald Trump c) West Bengal d) Madhya Pradesh with the Commoners?
Q.32) Which Airport has been declared as an e) Tamil Nadu a) Narendra Modi b) Mamata Banerjee
authorized Immigration Check post for entry Q.42) Who launched the Rs.10,000 Crore c) Kamal Nath d) Palaniswamy
into/exit from India with valid travel documents Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income e) Chandrababu Naidu
for all classes of passengers? Augumentation (KALIA) Scheme?
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Q.54) The centre has released around how many a) Ministry of Home Affairs Q.75) With Whom did Belinda Bencic captured
crores since financial year 2015-2016 to bridge b) Ministry of External Affairs the Hopman Cup title for a second year?
the gap between literacy levels of tribal girls and c) Ministry of Human Resource Development a) Leander Peas b) Henri Laacsonan
the general female population? d) Ministry of Information & Broadcasting c) Rohan Bopanna d) Mark Rosset
a) Rs.195 Crore b) Rs.295 Crore e) None of these e) Roger Federer
c) Rs. 895 Crore d) Rs.185 Crore Q.66) Who is the governor of Assam? Q.76) Govt Allocates _____ Cr For Development
e) Rs. 285 Crore a) E.S.L. Narasimhan Of 40 Satellite Launch Vehicles according to
Q.55) When was the World Braille Day b) Vijay Rupani Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
observed? c) Om Prakash Kohli Chairman.
a) January 1 b) January 2 d) SarbanandaSonowal a) Rs.11000 b) Rs.10900
c) January 3 d) January 4 e) Jagdish Mukhi c) Rs.10000 d) Rs.11900
e) January 5 Q.67) Secunderabad Railway Station is the first e) Rs.12900
Q.56) Who became the 1st ever Indian Wicket Railway station to hoist Tricolour National flag on Q.77) RBI limits customer liability in fraudulent
keeper to slam a Test Century in Australia? a 100 feet tall pole.It is Located in which state? PPI transactions.What is the acronym for PPI?
a) Rahul Dravid b) NayanMongia a) Telangana b) Odisha a) Prepaid Payment Instruments
c) WridhimanSaha d) Rishab pant c) Maharashtra d) Madhya Pradesh b) Post Prepaid Instruments
e) MS Dhoni e) Rajasthan c) Post Payment Instruments
th
Q.57) Where did the 80 National Table Tennis Q.68) The nine-day long international kite d) Prepaid Payment Instructions
Championship began? festival which marks the Uttarayan or Makar e) Payment Prepaid Instruments
a) New Delhi b) Kanpur Sankranti, the day when winter season starts Q.78) Who won the Brisbane International Men’s
c) Cuttack d) Mumbai changing to summer kicked off in which city? Title 2019?
e) Guwahati a) Vadodara b) Ahmedabad a) Alexander Zverev
Q.58) Who is recently named/appointed as the c) Surat d) Rajkot b) Andy Murray
Head of Financial Technology in Naspers? e) Gandhinagar c) Roger Federer
a) David Nquest b) Amrish Rau Q.69) Which of the following Chief Minister has d) Kei Nishikori
c) Laurant Le Moal d) Jose Velez unveiled various welfare scheme for the e) Daniil Medvedev
e) Patrick Ellis marginalized and economically backward Q.79) Who won the Brisbane International
Q.59) Who recently Selected by the ICCW for Brahmins through AP Brahmin Welfare Women’s Title 2019?
receiving National Bravery Award? Corporation? a) Karolina Pliskova
a) Anwar Nazia b) Tarah Peju a) Jagdish Mukhi b) Victoria Azarenka
c) Rajput Hirani d) Moneesh Mohan b) Chandrababu Naidu c) Serena Williams
e) WahengbamLamnganba Singh c) SarbanandaSonowal d) Simona Halep
Q.60) Which state government topped the ACI’s d) Vijay Rupani e) Caroline Wozniacki
Ease of Doing Business Index? e) E.S.L. Narasimhan Q.80) Who will assume the Role of Interim
a) Tamil Nadu b) Maharashtra Q.70) Indian Panorama Film Festival begins in President of World Bank?
c) Nagaland d) Sikkim which place? a) Jim Yong Kim
e) Andhra Pradesh a) New Delhi b) Panaji b) Kritalina Georgieva
Q.61) PM Narendra Modi has inaugurated 12 c) Chandigarh d) Hyderabad c) Robert B.Zoellick
Projects worth over Rs.1500 Crore on his visit to e) Mumbai d) Paul Wolfowitz
which of the following state? Q.71) Which of the following country approved e) James D.Wolfensohn
a) Tamil Nadu b) Maharashtra anti-money laundering bill for ease of business? Q.81) Who was reinstated as CBI Chief by
c) Nagaland d) Manipur a) Syria b) Iran Supreme Court?
e) Andhra Pradesh c) Vietnam d) China a) Rakesh Asthana
Q.62) Who launched the Swachh Survekshan e) Japan b) Alok Verma
2019 in New Delhi? Q.72) Which of the following is the currency of c) MannenNagaeshwara Rao
a) Hardeep Singh Puri Iran? d) Anil Sinha
b) S.K Mohanty a) ringrit b) rial e) Ranjith Sinha
c) Gurumoorthy Mahalingam c) pound d) dollar Q.82) Who is appointed as the Director General
d) Injeti Srinivas e) euro (DG) of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) ?
e) UK Sinha Q.73) Airports Authority of India (AAI) signed a) Rajini Kant Mishra
Q.63) Where is the headquarters of FAO? MoU with _____ for joint research programs in b) Archana Ramasundaram
a) Luxembourg b) Switzerland the field of Communication Navigation and c) B.D Sharma
c) Canada d) USA Surveillance (CNS) ? d) Arun Chaudhary
e) Italy a) JAMEER b) SAEERM e) Kumar Rajesh Chandra
Q.64) Which State Announces Interest-Free c) SAMEER d) JAMREE Q.83) Who is the Vice (Deputy) Chairman of
Loans for Women Self-Help Groups in the state? e) None of these Rajya Sabha?
a) Odisha b) Maharashtra Q.74) Dinu Randive conferred with lifetime a) Harivansh Narayan Singh
c) Uttar Pradesh d) Madhya Pradesh achievement award.He belongs to which of the b) Venkaiah Naidu
e) Rajasthan following field? c) Ghulam Nabi Azad
Q.65) Which of the following ministry constituted a) Sports b) Journalist d) Sikander Bakht
a task force to look into the issues of suicides of c) Musician d) Politics e) Japial Reddy
the students in Jawahar NavodayaVidyalayas? e) None of these
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Q.84) Which Organization has stated that the e) January 11 c) Ranjan Gogoi d) Narendra Modi
Indian Economy is expected to grow 7.2% in Q.94) Which country became the 105th member e) Aravind Kejriwal
2018-2019? of International Cricket Council? Q.105) Indian Government has allowed which
a) World Bank a) Saudi Arabia b) Ireland foreign bank to open a branch in Mumbai within
b) International Monetary Fund c) Russia d) Sweden the next three months.
c) European Bank for Reconstruction and e) USA a) Bank Sepah b) Keshavarzi Bank
Development Q.95) Who won the African Female Footballer of c) Bank Melli Iran d) Tejarat Bank
d) Central Statistics Office the year 2018? e) Bank Pasargad
e) Moody’s a) Thembi Kgatlana b) AsisatOshoala Q.106) Under whom did the 32nd GST Council
Q.85) Which country opened West Asia’s Largest c) GaëlleEnganamouit d) Genoveva Añonma Meeting was held in New Delhi?
Cathedral? e) Perpetua Nkwocha a) Ram Nath Kovind b) Narendra Modi
a) South Sudan b) Egypt Q.96) Which country is poised to become the c) Sushma Swaraj d) Rajnath Singh
c) Ghana d) Lesotho 3rd largest Consumer Market according to World e) Arun Jaitley
e) South Africa Economic Forum? Q.107) As per the GST Council’s 32nd Meeting,
Q.86) Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is the President of a) USA b) France what is the threshold for registration for service
which of the Following Country? c) China d) India providers?
a) South Sudan b) Egypt e) Russia a) Rs.30 lakhs b) Rs.40 Lakhs
c) Iraq d) Iran Q.97) Where is the headquarters of World c) Rs.80 Lakhs d) Rs.46 Lakhs
e) Cambodia Economic Forum? e) Rs.20 Lakhs
Q.87) Who has conferred the Textile Awards a) USA b) England Q.108) Who launched the National Clean Air
which was held in New Delhi? c) Belgium d) Russia Programme (NCAP) in New Delhi?
a) Narendra Modi e) Switzerland a) Ram Nath Kovind b) Narendra Modi
b) Ram Nath Kovind Q.98) Standard Chartered released its long term c) Sushma Swaraj d) Harsh Vardhan
c) Devendra Fadnavis forecast which states that India will surpass the e) Chandra Babu Naidu
d) Venkaiah Naidu which country to become the world’s second Q.109) Who inaugurated the NIC Command
e) Chandrashekar Rao largest economy by 2030 while China will be at &Center at National Informatics Centre (NIC) ,
Q.88) Who is the author of the book “A Crusade First Position. New Delhi?
Against Corruption” which was released by Rajya a) USA b) England a) Ram Nath Kovind b) Narendra Modi
Sabha Deputy Chairman? c) Belgium d) Russia c) Sushma Swaraj d) Harsh Vardhan
a) Harpreet Singh Kaudia e) Switzerland e) Ravi Shankar Prasad
b) Mulk Raj Anand c) Prem Chand Q.99) Which country will become the largest Q.110) One Day Global Skill Summit 2019 was
d) Amitav Gosh e) Manohar Manoj economy by 2020, using purchase power parity held in which of the following City?
Q.89) Ajay Kanwal is the CEO & MD of which of exchange rates and nominal GDP? a) Chennai b) New Delhi
the Small Finance Bank? a) USA b) Russia c) Kolkata d) Ranchi
a) ESAF Small Finance Bank c) Japan d) India e) Mumbai
b) Equitas Small Finance Bank e) China Q.111) Pawan Kumar Chamling is the Chief
c) AU Small Finance Bank Q.100) According to World Bank Projection, Minister of which of the following state?
d) Suryoday Small Finance Bank India’s GDP is expected to grow at what a) Nagaland b) Sikkim
e) Jana Small Finance Bank percentage in the fiscal year 2018-2019? c) Manipur d) Arunachal Pradesh
Q.90) Who will take charge as India’s new a) 7.0% b) 7.1% e) Meghalaya
Ambassador to China? c) 7.2% d) 7.3% Q.112) DraupadiMurmu is the Governor of which
a) Ahmad Javed e) 7.4% of the following state?
b) Vikram Misri Q.101) Which organization has constituted a a) Tamil Nadu b) Himachal Pradesh
c) Sumit Seth Research Advisory Committee headed by Dr. c) Arunachal Pradesh d) Madhya Pradesh
d) D.B. Venkatesh Varma Sankar De? e) Jharkhand
e) G. Balasubramanian a) RBI b) NPCI Q.113) What is the Currency of Guatemala?
Q.91) Where did the Second Khelo India Youth c) Finance Ministry d) SEBI a) Dollar b) Tapze
Games 2019 began? e) FICCI c) Quetzal d) Dinar
a) Tamil Nadu b) West Bengal Q.102) First India-Central Asia Dialogue will be e) Peso
c) Jharkhand d) Maharashtra held in which of the following Country? Q.114) Who was appointed as the Taiwan PM?
e) New Delhi a) Russia b) Armenia a) Ma Ying-jeou b) Wu Den-Yih
Q.92) Which two cities where announced as the c) Uzbekistan d) Tajikistan c) Tsai Ing-Wen d) Su Jia-Chuyan
first two host locations for the newest team e) Turkmenistan e) Su Tseng-Chang
event in men’s tennis from January 2020? Q.103) Which will soon be connected by Q.115) Albie Morkle who announced retirement
a) London & Qatar Seaplanes that can land on or take off from recently belongs to which country?
b) Sydney & Brisbane water? a) South Africa b) Zimbabwe
c) New York & Washington D.C a) Tamil Nadu b) Andhra Pradesh c) England d) Australia
d) Mumbai & Bengaluru c) Goa d) Andaman e) New Zealand
e) Hong Kong & Beijing e) Kerala Q.116) When is the Army Air Defence Day
Q.93) When is the World Hindi Day observed? Q.104) Who launched the Road, Sewage observed?
a) January 9 b) January 10 projects in Maharashtra? a) January 9 b) January 10
c) January 8 d) January 7 a) Ram Nath Kovind b) Sushma Swaraj c) January 11 d) January 12
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e) January 13 e) Mizoram a) Rs.12000 Crores b) Rs.15000 Crores
Q.117) When is the National Youth Day Q.129) Which state became the 1st state to c) Rs.20000 Crores d) Rs.10000 Crores
observed? implement 10% Quota to EWS? e) Rs.25000 Crores
a) January 11 b) January 12 a) Tamil Nadu b) Uttar Pradesh Q.139) Which Organization has released the
c) January 13 d) January 10 c) Telangana d) Madhya Pradesh 14th Global Risks Report – 2019 th Edition?
e) January 9 e) Gujarat a) World Bank
Q.118) Who joined the elite list of Indian Q.130) John C.Bogle who passed away recently b) International Monetary Fund
Cricketers to score Ten Thousand Runs? was the founder of which of the following c) ASEAN
a) Shikhar Dhawan b) Rohit Sharma companies? d) BRICS Bank
c) Dinesh Karthik d) MS Dhoni a) Vanguard Group b) Charles Schwab e) World Economic Forum
e) Ambati Rayidu c) Ally Invest d) Etrade Q.140) 2nd World Orange Festival began in which
Q.119) Who became the youngest gold medallist e) Tradestation of the following city?
in Shooting in the Khelo India Youth Games Q.131) Who recently stepped down as the Coach a) Mumbai b) New Delhi
2019? of Indian Football Team? c) Kolkata d) Aizwal
a) Devanshi Rana b) Abhinav Shaw a) Armando Colaco b) Savio Medeira e) Nagpur
c) Mehul Ghosh d) Rana Singh Meeru c) Islam Ahmedov d) Wim Koevermans Q.141) Cabinet Approved the MoU between
e) YashwanthSairawa e) Stephen Constantine India and which of the following Country on the
Q.120) Where did the Khelo India Youth Games Q.132) Which country hosts the AFC Asian Cup safety of Mines,Testing and Research Station?
2019 is happening? 2019? a) Albania b) Russia
a) Madhya Pradesh b) Himachal Pradesh a) Sri Lanka b) Iran c) China d) Sri Lanka
c) Haryana d) Maharashtra c) Turkey d) Japan e) Australia
e) Tamil Nadu e) United Arab Emirates Q.142) Who inaugurated the 10th Edition of the
st
Q.121) Which team won the 1st ever Premier Q.133) World’s 1 television channel dedicated India Rubber Expo – 2019 in Mumbai?
Badminton League Title 2018 – 2019? to human rights was launched in which of the a) Ram Nath Kovind b) Narendra Modi
a) Chennai Smashers b) Awadhe Warriors following city by the International Observatory of c) Nirmala Sitharaman d) Sushma Swaraj
c) Pune 7 Aces d) North Eastern Human Rights (IOHR) ? e) Suresh Prabhu
Warriors a) New York b) Washington DC Q.143) Who is named as the Event Ambassador
e) Bengaluru Raptors c) Brussels d) London of 16th Tata Mumbai Marathon?
Q.122) Who became the Vodafone Smartest e) New Delhi a) VineshPhogat
Player of the League – PBL 2018 – 2019? Q.134) Name the Chief Justice of Delhi High b) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
a) Sameer Verma b) Kidambi Srikanth Court who was elevated as Supreme Court c) M C Mary Kom
c) Mathias Christiansen d) Anders Antonsen Judges by President Ram Nath Kovind? d) Sania Mirza
e) Rafael Chris Addock a) Dinesh Maheswari e) Hima Das
Q.123) Who became the attacking player of the b) Sanjiv Khanna Q.144) Which Country has launched Epsilon – 4
PBL 2018 – 2019? c) Indira Bannerjee Rocket with 7 Satellites?
a) Sameer Verma b) Kidambi Srikanth d) Yameshwaranchellapa a) China b) Russia
c) Mathias Christiansen d) Anders Antonsen e) Tharun Kumar Rao c) India d) Japan
e) Rafael Chris Addock Q.135) Who is recently announced as the e) France
Q.124) Which book won “The Hindu Prize – Non- recipient of the 2019 Japan Prize by the Japan Q.145) Mary Oliver who died recently is a
Fiction” Award in the Hindu Litfest2019? Prize Foundation in the field of “Biological famous?
a) Neelum Saran Gour b) ManoranjanByapari Production and Ecology”? a) Poet b) Sports Person
c) Vinayak Varma d) Rajiv Eipe a) Dr.HiedoHosono b) Jennifer A.Doudna c) Politician d) Investment Banker
e) Venita Coelho c) Steven D. Tanksley d) Alain Fischer e) Scientist
Q.125) Who was awarded the 1st ever Kotler e) Rattan Lal Q.146) Which country took over the Chair of the
Presidential Award? Q.136) Who was named as the recipient of Group of 77 (G-77) for 2019?
a) Donald Trump b) Jim Yong Kim Gandhi Peace Prize 2018? a) Palestine b) Egypt
c) Vladimir Putin d) Cyril Ramaphosa a) ISRO c) Ecuador d) Bolivia
e) Narendra Modi b) Vivekananda Kendra e) Fiji
Q.126) Who is the chairman of UPSC? c) Sulabh International Q.147) Which country has signed the long-term
a) Upendra Yogandrenath d) Ekal Abhiyan Trust contract with Uzbekistan for the supply of
b) Yash Reddy c) T.C.A Anant e) YoheiSasakawa uranium?
d) Arvind Saxena e) Balasubramanium Q.137) A.S.Rajeev is the MD & CEO of which of a) Russia b) Australia
Q.127) Skopje is the capital of which of the the following Nationalized Bank? c) India d) China
following countries? a) Punjab National Bank e) Ecuador
a) Republic of Macedonia b) Bank of Baroda Q.148) India and which of the following country
b) Latvia c) Monaco c) Karnataka Bank has signed a powerful MoU at ICMEI?
d) Greece e) Slovenia d) ESAF Small Finance Bank a) England b) France
Q.128) 15th Finance Commission headed by e) Bank of Maharashtra c) Mozambique d) Philippines
Dr.N.K Singh have visited which of the following Q.138) How many Crores will be injected by RBI e) Mongolia
countries recently? into the system to increase liquidity through Q.149) Who is the Prime Minister of Vietnam?
a) Sikkim b) Nagaland open market operations (OMOs) on January a) Nguyen PhuTrong b) NguyễnTấnDũng
c) Assam d) Tripura 2019? c) Nguyen Xuan Phuc d) Nguyen Phu Tan
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e) Nguyen Zuan Dung Q.159) Where did the 25th International a) RivoRakotovao
st
Q.150) Who became the 1 Indian Athlete to be conference and exhibition on terrestrial and b) Andry Rajoelina
nominated in Laureus World Comeback of the satellite broadcasting, BES EXPO 2019 held? c) Didier Ratsirahonana
Year Award? a) Nagpur b) New Delhi d) HyppoliteRamaroson
a) Mary Kom b) Sania Mirza c) Allahabad d) Surat e) Marc Ravalomanana
c) Mainika Batra d) Hima Das e) Kochi Q.170) Which top conglomerate has launched a
e) VineshPhogat Q.160) According to a report by global new e-commerce platform re-weave.in for
Q.151) Indian Navy inducted two Fast consultancy firm PwC,India is likely to surpass handloom weavers under its Project ReWeave?
Interceptor Craft (FIC) into its fleet at _______in the world’s largest economy rankings a) Apple b) Microsoft
________ in Tamil Nadu? in 2019, to become the world’s fifth largest c) Samsung d) Asus
a) Kanyakumari b) Thirunelveli economy. e) Blackberry
c) Nagapattinam d) Cuddalore a) United Kingdom b) France Q.171) Which country has announced that its
e) Salem c) Italy d) Spain economy grew at 6.6% in 2018, the lowest in 28
Q.152) Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman e) Norway years?
inaugurated the 426.60 m long Diffo bridge in Q.161) NHRC is Headquartered in _______. a) USA b) Russia
which of the following state? a) Bangalore b) Mumbai c) England d) China
a) Sikkim b) Rajasthan c) New Delhi d) Kolkata e) India
c) Andhra Pradesh d) Gujarat e) Mangalore Q.172) Which country topped the informed
e) Arunachal Pradesh Q.162) ________ announces launch of full- public and General Population segments in the
Q.153) In which of the following city did the fledged B.Tech in Artificial Intelligence. Global Trust Index by the Edelman Trust
Country’s First National Museum of Indian a) IIT-H b) NIFT Barometer Report?
Cinema inaugurated? c) NIIT d) IIT-N a) India b) England
a) Kochi b) Mumbai e) MIT c) Norway d) China
c) Kolkata d) Pune Q.163) By defeating whom did India’s Ankita e) USA
e) Bengaluru Raina won ITF’s tournament in Singapore? Q.173) Which City is named as the World Capital
Q.154) What is the theme of the 15th edition of a) Martina Hingis b) Chris Evert of Architecture for 2020 by UNESCO?
Pravasi Bhartiya Divas which begins at Varanasi c) Rod Laver d) Steffi graf a) New Delhi b) Washington DC
in Uttar Pradesh for the first time? e) Arantxa Rus c) Rio De Janeiro d) Madrid
a) ‘Role of Indian Diaspora in determination New Q.164) Who is the Indian-American presented e) Pettersburg
India’ with the prestigious Rosa Park Trailblazer Q.174) According to the Survey released by
b) ‘Role of Indian Distance in building New India’ award? World Economic Forum (WEF) ahead of its
c) ‘Role of Indian Diaspora in building New India’ a) Jibnandha das annual meeting which country is the biggest
d) ‘Role of Indian Diaspora in sustained New b) Kaifiazmi supporter of international aid?
India’ c) Jayantra Mahapatra a) Pakistan b) Indonesia
e) ‘Role of Indian Determination in building New d) Gurinder Singh Khalsa c) Bangladesh d) India
India’ e) Mahkanlal Chaturvedi e) Sri Lanka
Q.155) Who announced the extension of free Q.165) LovlinaBorgohain is related to which of Q.175) An MoU was signed between India and
health services under Biju Swasthya Kalyan the following sport? which of the following country to modernize
Yojana(BSKY) to all medical colleges and a) Cricket b) Boxing facilities at Vipulananda Institute of Aesthetic
hospitals of Odisha from 1st February 2019? c) Wrestling d) Tennis Studies in Batticaloa?
a) Nitish Kumar b) Raghubar Das e) Chess a) Pakistan b) Maldives
c) Naveen Patnaik d) Devendra Fednavis Q.166) Which State emerged as the Top State c) Sri Lanka d) Singapore
e) Arvind Kejriwal with 228 Medals in the Khelo India Youth Games e) Malaysia
Q.156) Shri Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the 2- 2018 – 2019? Q.176) India Steel 2019 – Exhibition and
days Agri-Vision 2019 conference on ‘envisioning a) Tamil Nadu b) Kerala Conference began in?
Agro-solutions for smart and Sustainable c) New Delhi d) Mizoram a) Chennai b) Kolkata
Agriculture” in _______ e) Maharashtra c) Hyderabad d) Bengaluru
a) Pune b) Kochi Q.167) Who has been chosen for the 1st ever e) Mumbai
c) Kolkata d) Bengaluru Sheikh Saud International Prize for Materials Q.177) Where is the headquarters of UNESCO?
e) Hyderabad Research? a) Washington DC b) Shanghai
Q.157) The 48th WEF -World Economic Forum a) K Sivan b) G Madhavan Nair c) Singapore City d) Paris
annual meet had begun in ______. c) K Radhakrishnan d) CNR Rao e) London
a) Greece b) Switzerland e) Venki Ramakrishnan Q.178) Which country has launched a satellite to
c) France d) Italy Q.168) Who won the “Women’s Voice Award” at create world’s first artificial meteor shower?
e) Spain AKLF 2019? a) India b) China
Q.158) The 4th edition of Arab Economic and a) Ranjani Sisodia c) Russia d) USA
Social Development Summit held in Beirut.Beirut b) Ranjani Murali e) Japan
is the capital of which of the following country? c) Ranjani Chitra Q.179) Who was named as the ICC “Emerging
a) Lebanon b) Vietnam d) Ranjani Chopra Player of the Year” award 2018?
c) Indonesia d) Syria e) Ranjani Banerjee a) MS Dhoni b) Rishabh Pant
e) South Korea Q.169) Who is sworn in as the President of c) Virat Kohli d) Tim Paine
Madagascar? e) Johan Botha
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Q.180) Who was named as the ICC “Associate c) Venkaiah Naidu d) Sushma Swaraj Q.201) What is the name of the new naval air
Player of the Year” award 2018? e) Nitin Gadkari base that is commissioned by Navy Chief
a) William Porterfield Q.191) “Keediyan-Gandiyal” Bridge is built on Admiral Sunil lamba?
b) Ryan Ten Doeschate c) George Dockrell the river of ________. a) INS Virat b) INS Khali
d) Calum Macleod e) Sophie Ecclestone a) Brahmaputra b) Godavari c) INS Khosala d) INS Indra
Q.181) Raghbir Singh Bhola who died recently is c) Ravi d) Chenab e) INS Kohassa
related to which sport? e) Jhelum Q.202) India Africa Field Training Exercise
a) Cricket b) Hockey Q.192) Government has constituted a committee (IAFTX) - 2019 was held in ________.
c) Basketball d) Athletics to monitor drug prices and which organization is a) Chennai b) Vishakhapatnam
e) Hockey leading the committee? c) Panaji d) Mumbai
Q.182) Which International Organization a) SEBI b) RBI e) Pune
releases the Global Talent Competitive Index c) Ministry of Health d) NITI Aayog Q.203) Nitin Gadkari will inaugurate the newly
(GTCI) ? e) Ministry of Ayurveda built, 5.1 km long, four-lane, cable stayed bridge
a) World Economic Forum Q.193) International Day of Education is over river Mandovi in ______.
b) International Monetary Fund observed on? a) Haryana b) Karnataka
c) World Bank a) January 24 b) January 23 c) Uttar Pradesh d) Punjab
d) INSEAD Business School c) January 22 d) January 21 e) Goa
e) Cambridge University e) January 20 Q.204) Who has inaugurated the National
Q.183) Which country topped the 6th Edition of Q.194) What is the theme of the National Girl Declamation Contest (24th& 25th January)
the Global Talent Competitive Index (GTCI) Child Day? organized by Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan
2019? a) Empowering Girls for a Brighter Tomorrow (NYKS) with the support of Department of Youth
a) USA b) Norway b) BetiBachao, BetiPadhao Affairs?
c) Denmark d) Singapore c) Safety and Development of girl child a) Nirmala Sitharaman
e) Switzerland d) Save the Girl Child” b) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Q.184) Who was named as the Women’s e) Empowering to save the girl child c) Piyush Goyal
Cricketer of the Year 2018 released by ICC? Q.195) Who is the fastest Indian bowler to reach d) Rajnath Singh
a) Alyssa Healy b) SmirtiMandhana 100 ODI wickets? e) Rajya Vardhan Rathore
c) Harmanpreet Kaur d) Sophie Ecclestone a) Ishant Sharma Q.205) Which state’s government has unveiled
e) Suzie Bates b) Bhuvneshwar Kumar an official logo for the state’s tea to popularise
Q.185) IBBI has organized an Insolvency and c) Umesh Yadav the beverage and to promote the potentiality of
Bankruptcy Awareness Programme in which of d) JaspritBumrah tourism?
the state? e) Mohammed Shami a) Mizoram b) Tripura
a) Tamil Nadu b) Telangana Q.196) Which country successfully tested the c) Manipur d) Arunachal Pradesh
c) Karnataka d) Uttar Pradesh Arrow 3 missile system in collaboration with e) Meghalaya
e) Gujarat American Missile Defence Agency? Q.206) _____ is now home to the world’s
Q.186) Which Social Media firm will setup an a) France b) China longest 3D-printed concrete bridge, produced by
Institute for AI Ethics with an Initial Investment c) Japan d) Israel a team from the Tsinghua University School of
of $7.5 Million? e) USA Architecture in Beijing.
a) Twitter b) Snapchat Q.197) Who initiated two surveys namely, a) Chengdu b) Hong Kong
c) Facebook d) Google Industrial Outlook Survey (IOS) , and Services c) Shanghai d) Guangzhou
e) LinkedIn and Infrastructure Outlook Survey(SIOS) ? e) Tianjin
Q.187) Which country has signed MoU with India a) RBI b) NITI AAYOG Q.207) As per the ‘SBI Ecowrap’ report, the
worth $9.5 Millionor infrastructure, public c) SEBI d) HRD Ministry government should opt for the unconditional
services such as health clinics and governance- e) FICCI cash transfer to farmers to alleviate agrarian
related projects.? Q.198) Which exercise is done to validate the distress rather than UBI scheme.What is the
a) Pakistan b) Sri Lanka effectiveness of measures taken since terror acronym for UBI Scheme?
c) Bhutan d) Singapore attack in Mumbai on 26/11? a) Universal Basic Income
e) Afghanistan a) Sea Vigil b) Malabar b) Universal Benefit Income
Q.188) Which State has declared Pakke Hornbill c) Milan d) SIMBEX c) Universal Bounced Income
Fest as “State Festival”? e) INDRA d) Universal Betterment Income
a) Mizoram b) Meghalaya Q.199) Where did the Second World Integrated e) None of these
c) Tripura d) Sikkim Medicine Forum 2018 happen? Q.208) As per UN Report India’s economy is
e) Arunachal Pradesh a) Tamil Nadu b) Karnataka expected to grow at 7.4 per cent during 2018-19
Q.189) Namdhapa National Park is in which of c) Madhya Pradesh d) Goa and improve to ____ per cent in the next fiscal.
the following state? e) Arunachal Pradesh a) 7.7 b) 7.5
a) Rajasthan b) Jammu & Kashmir Q.200) Who laid foundation for Namami Ganga c) 7.8 d) 7.9
c) Madhya Pradesh d) Nagaland project in Agra and Mathura? e) 7.6
e) Arunachal Pradesh a) Narendra Modi b) Ram Nath Kovind Q.209) The United Nations’ World Economic
Q.190) Who inaugurated the “Keediyan- c) Sushma Swaraj d) Piyush Goyal Situation and Prospects (WESP) 2019 report also
Gandiyal” Bridge, the first Interstate bridge in e) Nitin Gadkari expects India’s gross domestic product (GDP) to
Jammu & Kashmir? expand by ___ per cent in 2020-21.
a) Narendra Modi b) Ram Nath Govind a) 7.6 b) 7.8
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c) 7.5 d) 7.4 Q.219) International Holocaust Remembrance a) IIT Mumbai b) IIT Ropar
e) 7.7 Day is observed as? c) IIT Madras d) IIT Delhi
Q.210) After resignation of Paul a) January 26 b) January 25 e) IIT Guwahati
KabaThieba,Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré has c) January 24 d) January 23 Q.229) Which ministry has launched the “RDP
been appointed as the new Prime Minister of e) January 27 INDIA 2019”?
which of the following country? Q.220) Name the mobile application that has a) Ministry of HRD b) Ministry of Coal
a) Nigeria b) Ghana launched by North Central Railway (NCR) to help c) Ministry of Defence d) Ministry of Sports
c) Burkina Faso d) Liberia navigate the attendees of Kumbh Mela to be Affairs
e) Benin held in Prayagraj city from January 15- March 4, e) Ministry of Railways
Q.211) Which of the following state being the 2019. Q.230) Which State Government has launched
first Indian state to roll out Universal Basic a) Kumbh Rail Seva Mobile App the “Pravasi Dividend Pension Scheme” to
Income (UBI) and implement the scheme by b) Kumbh Mela Assist Mobile App provide regular pension to the Non-Resident
2022? c) Kumbh Rail Service Mobile App Citizens of their state?
a) Telangana b) Gujarat d) Kumbh Mela Seva Mobile App a) Tamil Nadu b) Kerala
c) Sikkim d) Arunachal Pradesh e) Rail KumbhSeva Mobile App c) Karnataka d) Andhra Pradesh
e) Jharkhand Q.221) Who won the First Indonesia Masters e) Odisha
Q.212) Which of the following country has Title 2019? Q.231) Who won the Australian Open Men’s title
retained its top position in the Henley Passport a) Anders Antonsen b) KentoMomota 2019?
Index 2019 of most powerful passports, c) Kim Yong d) Lin Dan a) Kei Nishikori b) Roger Federer
recently? e) Sai praneeth c) Rafael Nadal d) Novak Djokovic
a) China b) Japan Q.222) Which book have won the “Romain e) Milas Raonic
c) Singapore d) United States Rolland Book Prize” for “Literary Translation” at Q.232) Who won the Australian Open – Women’s
e) UAE the Jaipur Literary Festival? Singles Title 2019?
Q.213) Which state government has decided to a) Main Gumshuda a) Serena Williams b) Petra Kvitova
give two LED bulbs, a DC fan and a mobile b) Once Upon a Time in India c) EleniaVesnia d) Naomi Osaka
charging socket as freebies to farmers enrolling c) EeChuttuvattathuNinakkuVazhiThettathirikkan e) Cara Black
under the Atal Solar Krishi Pump Yojana? d) Fukushima, OruPerazhivinKathai Q.233) Who won the Australian Open – Men’s
a) Telangana b) Uttar Pradesh e) The Life of an Unknown Man Doubles Title 2019?
c) Bihar d) Maharashtra Q.223) Who was entitled the “Republic Day a) Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut
e) Andhra Pradesh Journalism Award 2019” by the Assam b) Henri Kontinen and John Peers
Q.214) Name the head of the task force that has Government? c) Leander Paes& Marcus Nicola
been constituted by Ministry of Human Resource a) Kanak Sen Deka d) Mike Bryan & Jack Sock
Development to look into the circumstances of b) D N Chakraborty e) Oliver Marach& Mate Pavić
reported suicides of 49 students of residential c) Dr D VeerendraHeggade Q.234) Who is the First Asian player to win
Jawahar NavodayaVidyalayas (JNVs) between d) Kottayan K. Venugopal Singles Grand Slam Title?
2013 and 2017, recently. e) Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan a) Kimiko Date b) Li Na
a) Dr.Navjeet Singh b) Dr. Naveen Kumar Q.224) What is the position of India in the c) Naomi Osaka d) Zheng Ji
c) Dr. Raghav Natwar d) Dr. Mithila Yadav Recently released 2019 Data Privacy Benchmark e) ParadornSrichaphan
e) Dr. Jitendra Nagpal Study by CISCO in General Data Protection Q.235) Who won the Mixed Doubles – Australian
Q.215) National Green Tribunal imposed a fine Regulation (GDPR) Readiness Index? Open Title 2019?
st nd
of how much rupees on Meghalaya government a) 1 b) 2 a) Abigail Spears & Juan Sebastián Cabal
for its failure to curb illegal coal mining in the c) 3rd d) 6th b) BarboraKrejčíková& Rajeev Ram
th
state? e) 8 c) Latisha Chan & Ivan Dodig
a) Rs.100 crore b) Rs.150 crore Q.225) SBI Card has partnered with which of the d) Nicole Melichar& Alexander Peya
c) Rs.200 crore d) Rs.250 crore following Airways Loyalty programme to launch e) Bethanie Mattek-Sands & Jamie Murray
e) Rs.300 crore a travel specific Visa Credit Card for members Q.236) Who won the Women’s Doubles –
Q.216) Which Team won their Maiden Women’s and Indian Travellers? Australian Open 2019?
Big Bash Title? a) Gulf Air b) Mandin Airways a) Samantha Stosur & Zhang Shuai
a) Sydney Sixers b) Adelaide Strikers c) Sri Lankan Airways d) Ethiad Airways b) BarboraKrejčíková&KateřinaSiniaková
c) Melbourne Renegades d) Perth Scorchers e) Air Vistara c) Ashleigh Barty&CoCoVandeweghe
e) Brisbane Heat Q.226) Which Juice is Declared as the National d) TímeaBabos& Kristina Mladenovic
Q.217) Who was announced as the “Player of Drink of Pakistan? e) Serena Williams & Venus Williams
the Tournament” in the recently ended Women’s a) Lemon Juice b) Mulberry Juice Q.237) Where is the headquarters of WHO?
Big Bash Title 2018? c) Carrot Juice d) Orange Juice a) Geneva b) New Delhi
a) Beth Mooney b) Harmanpreet Kaur e) Sugarcane Juice c) Jakarta d) Washington DC
c) Steffanie Taylor d) Ellyse Perry Q.227) Which city is set to get India’s Largest e) Benn
e) Suzie Bates Public Sector Refinery? Q.238) Who was reappointed as the WHO
Q.218) Michel Legrand who died recently was a a) Chennai b) Kolkata Regional Director for South – East Asia?
famous ________. c) Ranchi d) Kochi a) Abdul Bin Salam
a) Writer b) Composer e) Panaji b) Gita Gopinath
c) Cinematographer d) Journalist Q.228) Which IIT has launched an Android App c) Poonam Khetrapal Singh
e) Politician to help visually impaired recognise currency? d) Marget Chan
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e) Anders Nordstorm revenue collection of Rs 1598.49 crore during Q.14) 15% of 200 + 20% of 400 - 35% of 200
Q.239) Which Railways bagged number one the year 2017-18? =x
position for cleanliness in the country in the a) Arunachal Pradesh b) Madhya Pradesh a) 80 b) 70 c) 10
survey conducted by Trains Cleanliness Survey c) Uttar Pradesh d) Maharashtra d) 20 e) 40
conducted by IRCTC? e) Gujarat Q.15) 120% 𝑜𝑓 200 + 400 + √3600 = 𝑥
a) Southern Railways b) Eastern Railways Q.250) Y.K. SailasThangal concurrently a) 500 b) 600 c) 700
c) Northern Railways d) Western Railways accredited as the next Ambassador of India to d) 800 e) 1000
e) Konkan Railways the Republic of _______. Q.16) 240×2+300×4+150×3 = x
Q.240) In which state did the Country’s (India’s) a) Mali b) Niger a) 2240 b) 2430 c) 2230
second Tulip Garden to be built? c) Liberia d) Cameroon d) 2130 e) 2530
a) Jammu & Kashmir b) Madhya Pradesh e) Ghana Q.17) 25% of 800+ 30% of 1000 = x+40% of
c) Goa d) Punjab 300
e) Uttarakhand SIMPLIFICATION a) 480 b) 360 c) 380
Q.241) Which country have signed an d) 350 e) 400
Q.1) 20% of 240+54% of 20-20% of 360= (?) -
agreement (Protocol) for exports of Tobacco 1
Q.18) 1 + 2 − 3 + 4 = 𝑥
2 1 2
15 3 9 6 9
Leaves to China? 7 11 13
a) 1.8 b) 2.4 c) 5.6 a) 3 b) 7 c) 6
18 18 18
a) Nepal b) Sri Lanka
d) 2.8 e) 1.2 d) 5
1
e) 4
11
c) Singapore d) India 2 4 6 15
2 18
Q.2) × × × × (? ) = 96
e) Philippines 3 5 7 19 Q.19) 350 + 400+ 45% of 2000 = x+700
a) 234 b) 254 c) 266 a) 900 b) 950 c) 800
Q.242) Which state has launched Jiban Sampark
d) 276 e) 289 d) 750 e) 1000
project for the welfare of the Particularly
4 6 14 33
Q.3) × × × × 120 = (? ) 2
Q.20) 𝑜𝑓 1596 × 4 = 𝑜𝑓 ?
1
Vulnerable Tribal Groups? 7 11 15 72 7 2
a) Tamil Nadu b) Maharashtra a) 15 b) 18 c) 21 a) 3217 b) 3648 c) 3898

c) Karnataka d) Odisha d) 16 e) 12 d) 3649 e) 3684
e) Jharkhand Q. 4) What value should come in place of the Q.21) 5376 ÷ 12 ÷ ? = 64
Q.243) Who launched Rs.1,100 crore Infra question mark (?) in the given question. a) 21 b) 14 c) 49
projects in Ganjam district? 84 × 456 2 50 × 288 d) 7 e) 3
= (? )3 + √
a) Narendra Modi b) Naveen Patnaik 2
2 × √1296 36 Q.22) 128 × 15 ÷ 5 + 2 = ? 2
c) Ram Nath Kovind d) Sushma Swaraj a) 7 b) 9 c) 11 a) 388 b) 324 c) 389

e) Arun Jaitley d) 6 e) None of these d) 402 e) 412
Q.244) Who launched / inaugurated the Third Q.5) 15% of 34600+ 27% of 11500+ 32% of
1
Q.23) 8 × 2 × ? = 12
2
3 5
Mandovi Bridge? 46600= (?) 4 2 3
a) b) c)
5 3 5
a) Manohar Parrikar b) Narendra Modi a) 23207 b) 24208 c) 15208 3 4
d) e)
c) Bipin Singh Hooda d) Nitin Gadkari d) 23407 e) 23702 7 7
e) Ram Nath Kovind Q.24) √784 × 3 − 80 ÷ 16 × ? = 632

Q.6) 23% of 26300+ 13% of 29000 =18% of (?)
Q.245) What is the name of the India’s 1st a) 56450 b) 55540 c) 56250 a) -141.6 b) 109.6 c) 116.9
Indigenously developed engineless high-speed d) 55450 e) 54550 d) -112.5 e) -109.6
train? 221×779 Q.25) ?=(22×5) +(12×10) -(4×15)

Q.7) + 3 = 7 × (? )
13×19
a) Vajra Bharat Express a) 140 b) 170 c) 180
a) 43 b) 97 c) 100
b) Atal Bharat Express d) 165 e) 290
d) 102 e) 104
c) Narendra Bharath Express Q.26) ?=15% of 120-22% of 150+11% of 200
Q.8) 2.321 + 5.212 + 16.563 + 0.904 = (? )2
d) Nehru Bharath Express a) -4 b) 9 c) 11
a) 30 b) 25 c) 6
e) Vande Bharat Express d) 7 e) 37
d) 5 e) 4
Q.246) Who won the New South Wales Men’s Q.27) 2? = 64 ÷ 32 × 8 ÷ 16
180
Q.9) 13 × 3 + 1700 + 2697−699+4 = { − (12 × 3 − 20 −
Amatuer Golf Championship? 12 a) 1 b) 2 c) 0
a) Karthik Sharma b) Tiger Woods 3)} × (? ) d) -1 e) None of these

3 2 7
c) Justin lark d) Suzie Macmohan a) 22 b) 32 c) 44 Q.28) ? = 2 + 1 + 3
5 5 10
e) Vishnu Vardhan d) 72 e) 91 a) 7
7
b) 6
7
c) 7
9
10 10 10
Q.247) When is the Data Protection Day Q.10) 45+20% of 800+200= x 1
d) 8 e) None of these
observed? a) 425 b) 405 c) 395 10
1
×88
a) January 27 b) January 26 d) 410 e) 450 Q.29) ? = 2
1 + (11 × 2)
×33
3
c) January 25 d) January 28 Q.11)
1
+ +
1 1
+ =𝑥−
1 1
2 4 16 8 16 a) 22 b) 23 c) 28
e) January 30 15
a) 1 b) 2 c) d) 16 e) 26
16
Q.248) Which country is set to issue ‘Panda
d)
14
e)
17 Q.30) 15+?=12+434-182+46-35
bond’ in Chinese currency? 16 16
a) 280 b) 255 c) 260
a) Italy b) Iran Q.12) 400+150+200+300 = x- 1200
c) France d) Germany a) 2150 b) 2250 c) 2500
√64×√36
d) 2400 e) 2000 Q.31) ? = 3 × √16
e) Pakistan √8
Q.249) Which government has remarkably Q.13) √17 × 13 + 29 + 150 = 𝑥 a) 48 b) 96 c) 84
succeeded in increasing the state revenue a) 21 b) 19 c) 22 d) 56 e) 78

? 14
generation in the past two years with the record d) 18 e) 20 Q.32) = (2.5 × 18) + ( ) − 32
2 √4
a) 44 b) 52 c) 74
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d) 86 e) 96 Q.51) 3 + 1
2 4 5
− 10 − 132 + 122 + =?+
1 20
d) 12 e) 54
5 15 9 9 45
Q.33) ? = 18% of 350 + 15% of 180 + 12% of 50 Q.70) 15% of 200+20% of 150+18% of 120=x
a) -45 b) -39 c) -34
a) 82 b) 96 c) 74 d) -31 e) None of these a) 61.6 b) 71.6 c) 81.6
d) 98 e) 72 (0.96+2.38)3 d) 91.6 e) None of these
Q.52) =? −10.66 − 5.66 + 3.66
(23+42 )×(12−32 ) 0.962 + 2.382 +1.92×2.38 1 2 3
Q.34) ? = Q.71) 5 + 7 + 13 = 𝑥
42 −(5×3) a) 18 b) 15 c) 21 5 5 5
a) 121 b) 119 c) 117 a) 26.2 b) 28.2 c) 36.2

d) 16 e) None of theses
d) 115 e) None of these 2 12 d) 38.2 e) None of these
Q.53) 26%𝑜𝑓 250 + % 𝑜𝑓 1500 − 𝑜𝑓775 =?
5 5
Q.35)
221×2
= (? ) × (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 3) Q.72) 7.04+18.06+5.90+12.5=x
√289 a) 1789 b) -2891 c) -1789
a) 40.5 b) 41.5 c) 42.5
a) 8 b) 10 c) 6 d) 1879 e) None of these
d) 43.5 e) None of these
d) 2 e) 12 Q.54) 1850 + √3136 ÷ √64 =? −259
3
40 54 70 88
Q.73) + + + =𝑥
Q.36) 150% of 2000+10% of 21870= (?)+2111 a) 2123 b) 1605 c) 2145
8 9 10 11
a) 3012 b) 3016 c) 3076 a) 16 b) 26 c) 36

d) 3011 e) 3009 d) 46 e) None of these
3
Q.55) √256 − (196 × ) +? = 12 Q.74) 5.5 × 2 + 6.2 × 5 + 7.5 × 4 + 33 = 𝑥
Q.37) 4
1.987+2.9854+2.7654+38765+876+0.2622=(? a) 32 b) 35 c) 36 a) 85 b) 90 c) 95
) d) 38 e) 30 d) 100 e) None of these
a) 31245 b) 31256 c) 39649 Q.56) 25% 𝑜𝑓 20% 𝑜𝑓 15% 𝑜𝑓 (? ) = 3 Q.75) 555.5+444.4+111.1=x
d) 45793 e) 23454 a) 400 b) 420 c) 540 a) 1115 b) 1110 c) 1111
Q.38) (3 × 3 − √25) × (? ) = (19.5 × 22) + d) 320 e) 280 d) 1112 e) None of these
(14.5 × 8) + (167.25 × 4)
1
Q.57) (4 − 3 ) × = (? )
2 7 Q.76) 3𝑥 × 81 × 27 = 319
5 7 8
a) 303.5 b) 203.5 c) 120 a) 12 b) 13 c) 14
a) 0.5 b) 0.1 c) 0.8
d) 0.6 e) 1.2
5 8 4
Q.39) √14400 × 1.5 − √14641 × = (? ) + 92 − 1
3 3 4 7 Q.77) 𝑜𝑓 120 + 𝑜𝑓 121 + 𝑜𝑓 81 = 𝑥
11 Q.58) 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑓 (? ) = 84 8 11 9
7 17 13
a) 77 b) 66 c) 65 a) 202 b) 201 c) 200
a) 1456 b) 1678 c) 1580
d) 1547 e) 1356
Q.40) 2188 + 6374 − 637 + 2313 =? −321 + 1234 Q.78) 153+224+333-55=x
Q.59) 4(100 × (? ) − 20) = 20% 𝑜𝑓 120
a) 7325 b) 8788 c) 9325 a) 650 b) 655 c) 660
a) 0.26 b) 0.24 c) 0.28
d) 0.32 e) 0.42
Q.41) 28% 𝑜𝑓 250 + 12% 𝑜𝑓 200 − 34% 𝑜𝑓 550 =? 3 1 2 Q.79) 12% of 50+10% of 150+18% of 150=x
Q.60) × × × (? ) = 75
10 5 5
a) 81 b) 82 c) -87 a) 54 b) 52 c) 50
a) 3225 b) 3250 c) 3125
d) 99 e) -93 d) 48 e) None of these
d) 3520 e) 3525
Q.42) 13 × 14 × 15 ÷ 3 × 4 × 5 =?× 100 Q.80) 25% of 2500+12.5% of 6800+ (?) = 39 2
2 2
Q.61) 35% × (3 + 4 ) = (? ) a) 40 b) 43 c) 29
a) 189 b) 177 c) 182 5 7
a) 2.58 b) 3.24 c) 2.56 d) 46 e) 48

d) 191 e) 197
Q.43) 27 ÷ (9 ÷ 3) × 11 + 234 − 412 =? −122 d) 3.12 e) 2.69 Q.81)
779
+
1147
+
2303
− 2 = (? )3
19 31 47
a) -199 b) -201 c) 58 Q.62) (√

676×625
) × (? )% = 10 a) 3 b) 4 c) 5
169
d) 198 e) 43 d) 6 e) 7
a) 25 b) 20 c) 30
Q.44) 0.234 + 1.234 + 0.555 − 2.55 + 24 =? +0.473 Q.82)
√1849
× 391 + √32 − 22 − 1 = (? )2
d) 36 e) 40 731
a) 27 b) 32 c) 34
Q.63)
11
×
13
× (? ) = 143 a) 2 b) 3 c) 4
d) 23 e) 26 17 19
d) 5 e) 6
Q.45) √529 + √576 − √361 × 2 =? a) 332 b) 356 c) 342
Q.83) 1.234+3.543+6.765+87.65+(?)
d) 323 e) 312
a) 8 b) 9 c) 38 2
=(2.5+1.2×4+1.2+1.5)
Q.64) 2% 𝑜𝑓 5% 𝑜𝑓 7% 𝑜𝑓 100000 = (? )
d) 27 e) 13
a) 0.807 b) 0.808 c) 0.765
a) 5 b) 2 c) 9
Q.46) 11% 𝑜𝑓 2300 + 15% 𝑜𝑓 440 × √196 =? +177
d) 10 e) 7
a) 1134 b) 1210 c) 1354 Q.84) 350 × 2 + 1.2 × 5 + 6.2 × 5 + 1.5 × 2 =
Q.65) 112 + 132 × 72 −? = 282 ÷ √343
3
d) 1000 e) 1177 (? )% 𝑜𝑓 2000
34 15 21 a) 8210 b) 8274 c) 7860
Q.47) × × × 84 =? a) 39% b) 27% c) 37%
42 17 18
a) 89 b) 77 c) 85 d) 20% e) 23%
√7921+√6241
Q.66) =?
d) 90 e) 70 168 Q.85) 122 + 232 × 1.25 − 182 =?
1
Q.48) 2 + 5 − 1 + 2
1 3 11
=? a) 0 b) 12 c) 15 a) 422.45 b) 481.25 c) 438.75
4 7 8 14
15 45 25 d) 25 e) 1 d) 323.25 e) 429.50
a) 8 b) 8 c) 7 8 9
56 56 58
Q.67) 20%𝑜𝑓 285 − 16%𝑜𝑓 250 + 𝑜𝑓 261 − 𝑜𝑓216 = 2
Q.86) 1 + 5 − 6 + 2 =?
7 5 1
14 21 9 8
d) 9 e) 8 5 2 6 3
47 38 ? 9 29 5
a) 4 b) 5 c) 3
Q.49) 2 × 12 × 22 × 3 − 1212 =? 5 32 6
a) 6 b) -5 c) -4 2
a) 327 b) 381 c) 314 d) 5 e) None of these
d) 9 e) -11 5
d) 372 e) 311 Q.87) 1.5 × 3.2 × 7.5 + 23.5+? = 304 + 2.5

Q.68) 1114+114.1+141.4-11.41-111.4=?-11.14
Q.50) 55% 𝑜𝑓 980 × 75% 𝑜𝑓 680 + 60% 𝑜𝑓 990 ÷ a) 367 b) 289 c) 247
a) 1275.38 b) 1257.83 c) 1345.43
60% 𝑜𝑓 90 =? − 𝑜𝑓 162 ÷ 𝑜𝑓 36
5 5
d) 1354.34 e) None of these d) 234 e) 310
9 2
√2916 316 16
a) 274368 b) 274902 c) 274911 Q.69) 2015 ÷ 155 + 7 +?2 = 69 Q.88) × ÷ × 128 =?
24 27 219
d) 274132 e) None of these a) 49 b) 14 c) 7 a) 42936 b) 42019 c) 41920
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d) 41490 e) 46136 d) 3 e) 1 d) 1080 e) 1500
Q.89) 165 + 14.5 × 4+? = 198 + 28 Q.108) 133.242 + 1314.24 + 144.21 + 244.35 + Q.125) √225 × √64 × 2 × 11 =?
a) 3 b) 5 c) 11 1413.53 − 0.572 = (? ) a) 4150 b) 2640 c) 3005
d) 12 e) 9 a) 3249 b) 2455 c) 3246 d) 1250 e) 2050
1
Q.90) 4 × 4 ÷ 20
1 23
× 1
36
×1
3
× 𝑥 = 16 d) 4326 e) 3454 Q.126) (749 − √105625 − 124) ÷ (√1572516 −
9 2 16 111 4
√676 √1024
a) 11 b) 9 c) 10 Q.109) × × (6 × 3) + 1431 + 34 = (? ) 1104) =?
36 √169
d) 8 e) 12 a) 1498 b) 1232 c) 1499 a) 2 b) 4 c) 6
Q.91) 1
7
+ 2
5
+3
1
− 5
1
= ×𝑥
3 3
d) 1525 e) None of these d) 8 e) 12
8 4 8 4 8
Q.110) 12 × 2 2 2
+ √14884 + (? ) = (6.5 × 2)2 Q.127) 𝑥 2 + 16 − 22 + 68 = 92 , 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑋?
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 18
a) 3 b) 2 c) 1
d) 5 e) 6 a) 41 b) 39 c) 21
5 2 6 5 d) 5 e) 6
Q.92) 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑓 3 𝑜𝑓 1 𝑜𝑓 𝑥 = 2452 d) 31 e) 11
11 17 15 17
(42 + 32 )
Q.111) 12 × 12.5 + 18 × (? ) = (19 + 1)2 + (16.25 × 4) Q.128) = √?
a) 10450 b) 10241 c) 10330 5
d) 10660 e) None of these a) 16.5 b) 18.5 c) 17.5 a) 4 b) 25 c) 5

1 5 36 d) 12.5 e) 10.5 d) 16 e) 369
Q.93) 2 ÷ 1 ÷ +𝑥 =4
5 6 15
Q.112)
221
×
567
− (? ) = 18 2 Q.129) 1.01 + 3.03 + 2.02 + 4.04 + 5.05 = ?
a) 3.5 b) 4 c) 3 21 17
a) 15.05 b) 12.05 c) 15.15
d) 2 e) 2.5 a) 37 b) 18 c) 9
d) 14.15 e) 16.45
1 4 13 d) 3 e) 27
Q.94) (128 ÷ 8) × (1 + 4 ) + 44 × × 112 = 2𝑥 4𝑥+6 11
5 5 1456
Q.113) 2.334 + 54.24 + 45.24 − (? ) = 8.23 + 21.32 + Q.130) = 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑡 ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑋?
5𝑥+6 13
a) 43 b) 92 c) 70
10.45 + 0.814 a) 4 b) 5 c) 6
a) 82 b) 62 c) 61 d) 3 e) 2
Q.95) √256 = 𝑥 2 − 224 + 180 ÷ 12 1
d) 16 e) 59 Q.131) 17% of 300 is of X, then find out the
a) 25 b) 225 c) 15 3
Q.114) √4913 + (23.324 + 4324.24 + 313.3 − 0.864) =
3
value of 10% of X?
(? ) a) 5.13 b) 15.6 c) 51.3
210 176 5 221
Q.96) × ÷ × = 𝑥
15 8 60 17 a) 4698 b) 4688 c) 4378 d) 15.3 e) 31.5
a) 48268 b) 48048 c) 48008 d) 4677 e) 4489 Q.132) 1513 + 4513 - 2513 - 1753 = 𝑥 ×
d) 48028 e) None of these Q.115) 2, 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑥?
1 3
Q.97) 2 × ( ) % of 2400 − ( ) % of 1000 = x 7
a) 740 b) 880 c) 450
16 15 √6724 × 1.5 − √12321 × + 292 − 1 = 𝑥
2
a) 10 b) 3 c) 5 d) 720 e) 680
a) 564.5 b) 574.5 c) 546.5
d) 1 e) None of these 1 2
Q.133) ( + + ) 𝑜𝑓 42 = ?
5
d) 585.5 e) 486.5 7 3 6
2
Q.98) 25% of 360 + 15% of 220 – 140 × – 20 = x
7 Q.116) a) 73 b) 97 c) 67
a) 53 b) 73 c) 63 𝑥 = 522 + 3 × 2 + 4000 ÷ 2 𝑜𝑓 25% 𝑜𝑓 1600 d) 69 e) 86
d) 68 e) None of these a) 2155 b) 2715 c) 2615 Q.134) 112 + √25 − 26 = 𝑋 2 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑋?
Q.99) 105 × 1335 ÷ √225 = x + √169 d) 2705 e) None of these a) 11 b) 9 c) 12
a) 9342 b) 9332 c) 9164 Q.117) d) 7 e) 10
d) 9316 e) None of these 𝑥 = (69.3 × 15.2) + (4.5 × 18.5) + (7.25 × 44) Q.135)
15
×
16
×
17
……………..
179
=?
16 17 18 180
Q.100) 256 + √529 − 15 × 12 =? +72 a) 1355.61 b) 1445.61 c) 1455.61 1 1 1
a) b) c)
15 10 8
a) 34 b) 56 c) 72 d) 1545.61 e) 1544.61
1 1
d) e)
d) 48 e) 27 Q.118)
11 1
−[ +[ +[
1 7 1 1
− ( + ) ]]=? 12 20
30 6 5 12 3 4
Q.101)
1
× 987 + 15%𝑜𝑓 940+? = 267 Q.136) 21 × 14 ÷ 3 + 12 − 21 = ?
3 a) 1.5 b) -1.5 c) 1
a) 99 b) 89 c) 79
a) 203 b) 213 c) -203 d) 0 e) None of these
d) 69 e) 59
d) -222 e) -237 𝟑 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
Q.119) × [(𝟏 + ) (𝟏 + ) … … … . (𝟏 + )] =? Q.137) 21 × 11 + 4 − 8 × 16 ÷ 4 =?
𝟏𝟏 𝟑 𝟒 𝟏𝟐𝟎
Q.102) 345 + 543 + 453 + 354 =?
a) 121 b) 11 c) 10.6 a) 203 b) 213 c) 224
a) 1659 b) 1695 c) 1879
d) 7.82 e) None of these d) 209 e) 229
d) 1873 e) 1768
1 7
Q.120) 𝐼𝑓𝑋 = 2 + then the value of 4𝑥 + =? Q.138) 15 × 15 + 15 ÷ 15 − 15 + 115 =?
Q.103) 1854.5 + 984.75 + 1171.23−? = 565.48 (1+
1
1)
3
1−
2 a) 316 b) 327 c) 326
a) 3545 b) 3354 c) 3544 2
a) 11 b) 34/3 c) 11 d) 314 e) 321
d) 3445 e) 3454 3
12
d) 5 e) None of these Q.139) √2601 × 64 ÷ √64 =?×
Q.104) 12 ÷ 4 × 24 + √1764 =?× 4 13
Q.121) If a - b = 3 and a2 + b2 = 29, find the a) 421 b) 467 c) 431
a) 25.5 b) 32.4 c) 28.5
value of ab. d) 442 e) 458
d) 29.7 e) 43.6
a) 10 b) 12 c) 15 Q.140) 13% 𝑜𝑓 200 − 2.5% 𝑜𝑓 1000 × 12% 𝑜𝑓 50 =
Q.105) √552 + (8 × 3) + 346 + 432 + 246 + (? ) =
d) 18 e) None of these ? −125
1089
Q.122) 35 × √324 ÷ 7 − 73 =? −√16641 a) 5 b) 1 c) 0
a) 35 b) 32 c) 41
a) 119 b) 128 c) 146 d) 8 e) 9
d) 38 e) 25
d) 136 e) None of these Q.141) 4321 + 4433 − 2434 + 431 − 417 − 488 =?
102 156 1 1
Q.106) × + √9 − = (? ) 2 3
17 13 81 81 Q.123) (√100) + (√9) =? a) 5836 b) 5386 c) 5766
a) 72 b) 75 c) 70 a) 50 b) 25 c) 127 d) 5846 e) 5486
d) 65 e) 76 d) 225 e) 175 Q.142) 2.52 + 1.62 + 1.42 − 2.72 =?
2 2 1 9×3 15 Q.124) 8000 ÷ (5×2) + 774 - 191.667×3=? a) 18.06 b) 34.8 c) 3.48
Q.107) 1 ÷ 3 + √(3 − )+ = (? )
5 5 289 289 17
a) 1000 b) 1280 c) 1180 d) 42.9 e) 4.29
a) 4 b) 5 c) 2
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Q.143)
42
×
7
×
98
×
22
× 6 =? d) 7
3
e) 9
4
Q.180) 78×2+ 44×3-27×5=x
462 49 4 14 9 9
a) 3 b) 4 c) 6 Q.161) 56% 𝑜𝑓 650 + 87% 𝑜𝑓 200 − 21% 𝑜𝑓 800 + a) 157 b) 151 c) 159
d) 7 e) 8 12% 𝑜𝑓 150 =? d) 153 e) 149
Q.144) 11% 𝑜𝑓 200 + 45% 𝑜𝑓 60 − 8% 𝑜𝑓 250 =? a) 377 b) 376 c) 328 Q.181) 10000+1400×5+ 20% of 1000= x
a) 43 b) 38 c) 31 d) 388 e) 387 a) 17200 b) 17020 c) 19200
d) 29 e) 39
13 4 2 d) 19020 e) 18200
Q.162) × 51 + × 144 − × 51 + 111 =?
17 9 3 45
Q.145) 32 + 4378 − 322 ÷ 2 × 3 + √841 =? Q.182) 25% of 3000+ × 1200 = x
a) 172 b) 154 c) 180 15
a) 3896 b) 3998 c) 4023 d) 159 e) 150 a) 4530 b) 5430 c) 4350

d) 4189 e) 3956 Q.163) 4555 + 8646 + 231 − 5436 − 21 + 54 =? d) 4450 e) 4250
Q.146)
11
× 104 −
11
× 108 + × 336 =?
5
a) 8123 b) 8029 c) 7929 Q.183) 1200+ 2500+ 5400+7500+ 8400+ x=
13 27 6
d) 7156 e) 8213 30000

a) 334 b) 324 c) 312
1 16 7 45 a) 4000 b) 3000 c) 2000
d) 342 e) 326 Q.164) × × × × 289 =?
68 21 5 4
2 d) 8000 e) 5000
Q.147) ? = 14% of 350 + 𝑜𝑓 270 − 11% 𝑜𝑓 300 a) 51 b) 53 c) 49
3
Q.184) 70% of 25000+ 150×20-10000=x
a) 112 b) 216 c) 196 d) 62 e) 57
a) 10000 b) 11500 c) 9500
d) 262 e) 242 Q.165) 1.29 + 12.9 + 19.2 − 29.1 − 0.92 × 2 =?
d) 12000 e) 10500
Q.148) ? = (1.2 × 25) − ( × 32) + (3.5 × 22)
4 a) 3.55 b) 2.45 c) 1.25 1 1 3 3
5 Q.185) 1 + 3 + − 4 = 𝑥
d) 2.50 e) 4.15 4 2 4 8
a) 82.6 b) 81.4 c) 71.4 5 3 1
Q.166) 20% of 300+12% of 150+10% of 80=x a) 1 b) 2 c) 1
8 8 8
d) 84.1 e) 82.1
1
a) 66 b) 76 c) 86 d) 2
5
e) 3
3
Q.149) ? = √ √64 ÷ √256 × 82 ×

3 8 8
22 d) 96 e) None of these
Q.186) (1296 + (? )) ÷ 4 = 576
a) 4 b) 1 c) 3 Q.167) 9.09+6.08+12.07+15.05=x
a) 1004 b) 1005 c) 1010
d) 2 e) 5
a) 42.29 b) 43.29 c) 44.29
24 9 8 45 d) 1008 e) 1020
Q.150) ? = ( × × × ) d) 45.29 e) None of these
16 15 12 27
Q.187) 20% 𝑜𝑓(? ) + 40% 𝑜𝑓 500 = 280
1 5 2 1 7
a) 6 b) 7 c) 1 Q.168) 8 + 9 + 5 + 2 = 𝑥 +
6 6 3 2 6 a) 200 b) 300 c) 400
d) 3 e) 4 a) 24 b) 35 c) 32 d) 240 e) 280
?
Q.151) = (12 + 35) × (122 − (18 × 7)) d) 25 e) None of these Q.188) 1356 + 357 − 246 = 3755 − (? )
4
a) 3384 b) 3128 c) 3484 Q.169) 2.5 × 4 + 3.5 × 2 + 4.2 × 5 + 7.5 × 8 = 𝑥 a) 2290 b) 2288 c) 2456
d) 3834 e) None of these a) 97 b) 98 c) 99 d) 2480 e) 2454
Q.152) ? = 2 − 1 +
3 7 22
+
25
d) 100 e) None of these √256
4 8 4 8 Q.189) 3 × (154 − 131) = (? )
24 141 84 75 √512
3 1 1 Q.170) + + + =𝑥
a) 12 b) 9 c) 10 6 3 4 5 a) 45 b) 52 c) 46
4 2 8
1 1 a) 82 b) 83 c) 84 d) 64 e) 58
d) 9 e) 11
8 8
Q.153) ? = 13 ×
91
− 3 × 13 Q.190) ((1334 + (? )) ÷ 3) + ((124 + 136) ÷ 4) = 695
7 Q.171) 11.11+22.22+33.67+44=x
a) 160 b) 132 c) 128 a) 556 b) 473 c) 467
a) 99 b) 110 c) 111
53 −122 +72−112 ) Q.191) 426 + 3713 + 241 + 2461 + (? ) = 7023
Q.154) ? = Q.172) 43 × 256 × 4 = 42𝑥
√4
a) 197 b) 164 c) 182
a) 42.5 b) -44.5 c) -45.5 a) 4 b) 5 c) 6
d) 164 e) 146
d) 90 e) -85 d) 7 e) None of these
30 4 45
Q.192) 40% 𝑜𝑓 1920 + 60% 𝑜𝑓 3290 = (? )
Q.155) 23% of 200+?=25% of 480+160% of Q.173) 𝑜𝑓 4 + 𝑜𝑓 121 + 𝑜𝑓 5 = 𝑥
6 11 9
a) 2632 b) 3286 c) 2742
50+125% of 10 a) 85 b) 75 c) 79
d) 2538 e) 3288
a) 166.5 b) 154.4 c) 168.2 d) 89 e) None of these
d) 186.6 e) 156.6 Q.174) 182+222-121+252=x Q.193) √21 + √211 + √196 = (? )
12
Q.156) ? = 15
×60
× 132 ×
4 a) 565 b) 535 c) 545 a) 5 b) 6 c) 4
11
×51 6
17
a) 136 b) 614 c) 138
Q.175) 20% of 225+12% of 750+18% of 300=x Q.194)
2 5
× × 2625 = (? )
5 7
d) 126 e) 128
a) 184 b) 185 c) 186 a) 679 b) 750 c) 684
201
Q.157) × 12 + 18% 𝑜𝑓 250 =?
67 d) 187 e) None of these d) 890 e) 970
a) 78 b) 81 c) 62 Q.176) 30% of 1500 + 40% of 3700+ 19% of 1 2 2 132
Q.195) 2 − 6 + 7 =
d) 71 e) 80 7000 = x
3 5 7 ?
a) 51.5 b) 50.5 c) 52.5

Q.158) 2.5 × 3.5 × 1.5 × 26 =? +0.25 a) 3380 b) 3170 c) 3260
d) 54.5 e) 55.5
a) 339 b) 382 c) 341 d) 3340 e) 3080
Q.196) 15 × 6 + 13 × 5 − 17 × 8 ÷ 2 = 29 × ?
d) 388 e) 321 Q.177) 2000×15+4500×2=x+15000
Q.159) 13 + 122 − 11 + 83 − 33 =?2 a) 2 b) 3 c) 4
a) 26000 b) 20000 c) 18000
d) 5 e) 6
a) 225 b) 625 c) 5 d) 16000 e) 24000
Q.197) 35% of 420 + 46% of 250 – 30% of 140
d) 25 e) 15 Q.178) 1000+1500+ 2500- 10% of 20000 =x
= 20 × ?
Q.159) 15 × 4 ÷ 20 + 156 − 13 × 5 =? a) 1500 b) 2000 c) 2500
a) 15 b) 9 c) 7
a) 99 b) 97 c) 78 d) 3000 e) 3500
d) 13 e) 11
d) 81 e) 94 Q.179)
1
+ +
5 17
−
3
=𝑥
4 2 5 7
4 8 16 16
Q.198) 5 × 35 × 73 × 5 = 3511 ? 352 . Which of the
2 6
Q.160) 5 + 3 + 8 − 7 =? a) ¾ b) 5/4 c) 7/4
9 9 9 9
following symbol will come on the place of
8 1 2
a) 5 b) 5 c) 4 d) 3/2 e) None of these
9 3 3 question mark?
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a) × b) + c) - Q.217) 8? =
16
× 256 ×
23 d) 931 e) 900
64 42
d) ÷ e) ± 1 2 2 Q.232) 32 × {( ) ( ) ( ) } =?
4 2 5 2 7 2
a) 2 b) 1 c) 2 5 7 8
6 2 3 1 3 3 3
Q.199) + + + −? = 1
7 4 14 2
d) 2
3
e) None of these a) 5 b) 6 c) 7
15 2 13 5
a) b) c) d) 8 e) 9
14 7 28 34×12 15×45
Q.218) ? = ×
48×2 3×25
d)
1
e)
1
Q.233) 50% 𝑜𝑓 {186 ÷ 3 × 30 ÷ 6 × 60 ÷ 12 +
56 4
a) 38.25 b) 41.55 c) 36.50
(34 × 64)} =?
Q.200) 123.5 + 134.01 + 45.555 + 67.876 = ?
d) 31.75 e) 41.75
a) 370.491 b) 347.941 c) 370.941 a) 1750 b) 1754 c) 1863
√225
Q.219) ? = √121 × × √49 d) 1850 e) 1650
d) 379.041 e) 374.941 33
Q.201) 14 + 12 − 15 + 7 =? +18
2 2 2 3 2 a) 70 b) 35 c) 105 Q.234) 4 ×
1 41
÷ 1
3
×
9
× (? ) = 74
9 2 4 41
d) 15 e) 65 a) 8 b) 9 c) 10
a) 136 b) 137 c) 135
Q.220) ? = 33.03 + 133.33 − 333.33 + 1030.30
d) 134 e) 130 d) 11 e) 7
a) 813.33 b) 873.33 c) 893.03 7 5 1 1 3
Q.202) 0.1 + 0.12 + 0.123 + 0.1234 + 0.12345 Q.235) 1 + 2 +3 − 5 = × (? )
8 4 8 4 8
d) 843.33 e) 863.33
=? a) 9 b) 8 c) 4
4 3 2
a) 1.28685 b) 0.58985 c) 0.56595 Q.221) ? = of 77 + of 120 − of 108
7 10 9 d) 5 e) 6
d) 0.58495 e) 1.24985 a) 46 b) 96 c) 56
Q.236) 65% of 75% of 40% of (?) =3510
Q.203) −34 + 62 + 82 − 6 × 8 = ? d) 86 e) None of these
a) 12500 b) 18000 c) 16500
3 2 11
a) 16 b) 19 c) 18 Q.222) ? = % of 1600 − % of 2500 + % of 900 d) 17500 e) 15000
4 5 9
d) 17 e) 21 a) 13 b) 11 c) 12 3 2 2 4 ?
Q.237) (2 ÷ 4 ) + (7 ÷ 3 ) =
5 5 5 5 418
Q.204) 1.2 × 5 + 4 × 0.8 − 8 ÷ 0.4 = ? d) 21 e) 14
a) 1044 b) 1024 c) 1061
a) 10.8 b) 11.8 c) -12.7 1
(43 )2
Q.223) ? = ×
96 3
× √27 d) 1051 e) 1078
d) 9.7 e) -10.8 16 3÷27
2
a) 1436 b) 1156 c) 1186 Q.238) 45% 𝑜𝑓 960 + × 670 = (? )
Q.205) 987 + 876 + 765 + 654 = 345 + 456 + 5
567 + 789 + ? d) 1296 e) 1269 a) 700 b) 650 c) 750
a) 890 b) 1125 c) 725 d) 800 e) 900

Q.224) ? = √16 + √70 + √117 + √16 √289
d) 675 e) 925 Q.239)
3
× √729 × 20% 𝑜𝑓 6175 = (? )
√361
Q.206) 4591 + 3421 – 4531 – 6754 + x = 1 a) 25 b) 5 c) 4 a) 7959 b) 7085 c) 6890
a) 3272 b) 3273 c) 3275 d) 7 e) None of these d) 5895 e) 9945
d) 3276 e) 3274 ?2 44 128
Q.225) = × × 34
2 11 122
Q.207) 30% of 450 + 45% of 300 = 150% of X, Q.240) √504 + √620 + √4 + √63 × 7 = (? )
a) 26 b) 576 c) 24
find the value of X?
d) 16 e) 36 a) 27 b) 23 c) 24
a) 160 b) 180 c) 240
Q.226) Find the x value and answer the given d) 22 e) 26
d) 270 e) 135
question. Q.241) √2025 + (
√3136
) + 866.64 + 25.36 =?
Q.208) 252 + 45 + 332 = 1276 + x √784
98! × 96! × 109! × 198!
a) 483 b) 484 c) 485 197! × 95! × 97! × 108!
= 56448𝑥 a) 913 b) 942 c) 839
d) 486 e) None of these a) 3487 b) 3957 c) 3497 d) 939 e) 833

304
Q.209)
(12 ×13)+(13×12)
= 𝑥 d) 3597 e) None of these Q.242) 4000 + 48% 𝑜𝑓 1300 + =?
12 19
Q.227) Find the value of x and answer the given a) 4012 b) 4392 c) 4640
a) 13 b) 169 c) 144
questions. d) 4302 e) 4911
d) 24 e) 26
140275 4
Q.210) Find 21 + 22 + 23 + 24 + ……………. 48 + 18 × 99 × 17 – 89.5% 𝑜𝑓 39000 = 𝑥 – Q.243) 1 % 𝑜𝑓 3600 + 1750 + 120 − 48 =
5
25
49 + 50. ? +15% 𝑜𝑓 √676
a) 900 b) 1000 c) 2200
a) 1065 b) 1025 c) 1115 a) 1772.9 b) 1882.9 c) 1893.3
d) 1250 e) 950
d) 655 e) None of these d) 1782.9 e) 1832.8
Q.228) Find the x value and answer the given
1 2 3
Q.211) 3 + 8 + 12 = 𝑥 question. Q.244) 96 × 15 ÷ 3 × 13 + 566 =?
7 7 7
a) 43.86 b) 33.86 c) 23.86 7 94446 12643 a) 6806 b) 6608 c) 6680

49 × + =𝑥
198 87381 269 d) 6783 e) 6875
a) 90 b) 100 c) 220 8400 810
Q.212) 22.22+88.88+55.55+45.55=x Q.245) +3 +3
√729
=?
60
d) 250 e) 150 √729 √27
a) 212.2 b) 213.3 c) 214.4
a) 255 b) 241 c) 239
Q.229) Find the value of x and answer the given
d) 210 e) 222
question.
Q.213) 72𝑥 = 49 × 343 × 73 (42×
1
)
8 9 2 247 1
97+7+8+9 − 504 Q.246) ? = √49
× √169 ×
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 = 3𝑥 (24×52) (144)
1
−( )
2
39
d) 4 e) None of these a) 1.5 b) 0.25 c) 1.25
a) 10 b) 3 c) 0
25 22
Q.214) 𝑜𝑓 112 + 𝑜𝑓 25 + 12.5% 𝑜𝑓 400 = 𝑥 d) 0.75 e) 0.50
28 11 d) 9 e) 18
1
a) 250 b) 200 c) 150 Q.230) Find the x value and answer the given Q.247) ? = 28% of 650 + % of 5200 − 130% of 80
13
d) 100 e) None of these question. a) 72 b) 182 c) 90

Q.215) 255+445+200-300=x 7845 – 9859.14 + 8945.94 + 𝑥 = 23 × 138 +
2303
+ d) 82 e) None of these
47
a) 400 b) 500 c) 600 Q.248) ? =
445
×
648
×
446
×
1
45% 0f 9804 √25 12 18 534
a) 803 b) 873 c) 773 a) 248 b) 236 c) 223
Q.216) ? = 42% of 500 − 35% of 400 + 8% of 50
d) 793 e) 703 d) 251 e) 249
a) 88 b) 72 c) 74 21 43 33
Q.231) √676 × 25 + 19 × (4)2 – 609 ÷ 29 =? Q.249) ? = of 57 + of 75 + of 28
19 25 14
d) 81 e) 84
a) 920 b) 933 c) 940
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a) 258 b) 239 c) 274 216. (c) 217. (b) 218. (a) 219. (b) 220. (e) CURRENT AFFAIRS
d) 292 e) 285
221. (c) 222. (a) 223. (d) 224. (b) 225. (c)
1 1. (e) 2. (e) 3. (d) 4. (d) 5. (d) 6. (c) 7. (d) 8.
Q.250) ? = 11 × 53 ÷ √125 × 0.42 × 3
2 2 3
√64
226. (d) 227. (b) 228. (b) 229. (d) 230. (e)
(e) 9. (e) 10. (c) 11. (d) 12. (c) 13. (b) 14. (b)
a) 15 b) 121 c) 11
231. (b) 232. (d) 233. (c) 234. (e) 235. (b) 15. (e) 16. (b) 17. (c) 18. (e) 19. (b) 20. (b)
d) 55 e) 66
236. (b) 237. (c) 238. (a) 239. (e) 240. (b) 21. (e) 22. (d) 23. (c) 24. (e) 25. (e) 26. (e)
241. (d) 242. (c) 243. (b) 244. (a) 245. (c) 27. (c) 28. (b) 29. (e) 30. (a) 31. (e) 32. (e)
SIMPLIFICATION
246. (d) 247. (d) 248. (c) 249. (a) 250. (c) 33. (e) 34. (c) 35. (e) 36. (a) 37. (e) 38. (a)
ANSWER KEY:
39. (b) 40. (a) 41. (d) 42. (c) 43. (a) 44. (d)
1. (a) 2. (c) 3. (d) 4. (e) 5. (a) 6. (e) 7. (c) 8. 45. (d) 46. (d) 47. (e) 48. (d) 49. (e) 50. (d)
BANKING AWARENESS
(d) 9. (a) 10. (b) 11. (a) 12. (b) 13. (e) 14. (e) 51. (c) 52. (a) 53. (e) 54. (d) 55. (d) 56. (d)
1. (c) 2. (b) 3. (c) 4. (d) 5. (e) 6. (b) 7. (b) 8.
15. (c) 16. (d) 17. (c) 18. (e) 19. (b) 20. (b) 57. (c) 58. (b) 59. (e) 60. (e) 61. (d) 62. (a)
(d) 9. (b) 10. (e) 11. (e) 12. (c) 13. (d) 14. (c)
21. (d) 22. (a) 23. (c) 24. (e) 25. (b) 26. (d) 63. (e) 64. (a) 65. (c) 66. (e) 67. (a) 68. (b)
15. (d) 16. (c) 17. (d) 18. (d) 19. (c) 20. (e)
27. (c) 28. (a) 29. (e) 30. (c) 31. (b) 32. (d) 69. (b) 70. (a) 71. (b) 72. (b) 73. (c) 74. (b)
21. (a) 22. (b) 23. (d) 24. (d) 25. (d) 26. (d)
33. (b) 34. (c) 35. (d) 36. (c) 37. (c) 38. (a) 75. (e) 76. (b) 77. (a) 78. (d) 79. (a) 80. (b)
27. (b) 28. (a) 29. (c) 30. (e) 31. (d) 32. (c)
39. (e) 40. (c) 41. (e) 42. (c) 43. (e) 44. (d) 81. (b) 82. (e) 83. (a) 84. (d) 85. (b) 86. (b)
33. (b) 34. (b) 35. (b) 36. (e) 37. (e) 38. (c)
45. (b) 46. (d) 47. (e) 48. (b) 49. (d) 50. (b) 87. (d) 88. (e) 89. (e) 90. (b) 91. (d) 92. (b)
39. (b) 40. (b) 41. (e) 42. (b) 43. (e) 44. (a)
93. (b) 94. (e) 95. (a) 96. (d) 97. (e) 98. (a)
51. (d) 52. (d) 53. (c) 54. (a) 55. (b) 56. (a)
45. (b) 46. (d) 47. (b) 48. (e) 49. (d) 50. (b)
99. (e) 100. (d) 101. (d) 102. (c) 103. (d) 104.
57. (c) 58. (d) 59. (a) 60. (c) 61. (e) 62. (b)
51. (d) 52. (d) 53. (d) 54. (c) 55. (c) 56. (d) (d) 105. (e) 106. (e) 107. (e) 108. (d) 109. (e)
63. (d) 64. (e) 65. (d) 66. (e) 67. (a) 68. (b)
57. (e) 58. (b) 59. (a) 60. (b) 61. (a) 62. (b) 110. (d) 111. (b) 112. (e) 113. (c) 114. (e)
69. (c) 70. (c) 71. (a) 72. (d) 73. (b) 74. (e)
63. (a) 64. (d) 65. (b) 66. (d) 67. (e) 68. (b) 115. (a) 116. (b) 117. (b) 118. (d) 119. (b)
75. (c) 76. (a) 77. (d) 78. (b) 79. (d) 80. (d)
69. (c) 70. (c) 71. (d) 72. (c) 73. (e) 74. (b) 120. (d) 121. (e) 122. (b) 123. (c) 124. (b)
81. (c) 82. (d) 83. (b) 84. (c) 85. (b) 86. (d)
75. (d) 76. (b) 77. (d) 78. (d) 79. (c) 80. (d) 125. (e) 126. (d) 127. (a) 128. (d) 129. (e)
87. (c) 88. (e) 89. (a) 90. (d) 91. (a) 92. (e)
81. (d) 82. (b) 83. (c) 84. (d) 85. (c) 86. (d) 130. (a) 131. (e) 132. (e) 133. (d) 134. (b)
93. (a) 94. (c) 95. (c) 96. (b) 97. (d) 98. (c)
87. (d) 88. (e) 89. (e) 90. (b) 91. (b) 92. (e) 135. (e) 136. (e) 137. (e) 138. (d) 139. (e)
99. (b) 100. (e) 101. (c) 102. (b) 103. (d) 104.
93. (d) 94. (e) 95. (e) 96. (c) 97. (d) 98. (b) 140. (e) 141. (e) 142. (e) 143. (c) 144. (d)
(c) 105. (c) 106. (b) 107. (d) 108. (a) 109. (e)
145. (a) 146. (a) 147. (c) 148. (e) 149. (c)
99. (b) 100. (d) 101. (e) 102. (e) 103. (a) 104.
110. (d) 111. (c) 112. (e) 113. (c) 114. (d)
150. (e) 151. (c) 152. (e) 153. (b) 154. (c)
(e) 105. (a) 106. (e) 107. (a) 108. (e) 109. (a)
115. (b) 116. (b) 117. (c) 118. (d) 119. (b) 155. (c) 156. (e) 157. (b) 158. (a) 159. (b)
110. (c) 111. (d) 112. (c) 113. (b) 114. (c)
120. (c) 121. (a) 122. (c) 123. (c) 124. (a) 125. 160. (a) 161. (c) 162. (a) 163. (e) 164. (d)
115. (e) 116. (c) 117. (b) 118. (b) 119. (b)
(b) 126. (a) 127. (c) 128. (c) 129. (a) 130. (d) 165. (b) 166. (e) 167. (d) 168. (b) 169. (b)
120. (c) 121. (e) 122. (c) 123. (b) 124. (b)
131. (b) 132. (d) 133. (e) 134. (d) 135. (b) 170. (b) 171. (d) 172. (d) 173. (c) 174. (d)
125. (b) 126. (b) 127. (b) 128. (d) 129. (e)
136. (a) 137. (c) 138. (d) 139. (b) 140. (d) 175. (c) 176. (e) 177. (d) 178. (e) 179. (b)
130. (c) 131. (a) 132. (a) 133. (c) 134. (c) 135.
141. (c) 142. (a) 143. (d) 144. (e) 145. (b) 180. (d) 181. (b) 182. (d) 183. (e) 184. (b)
(b) 136. (a) 137. (e) 138. (b) 139. (c) 140. (c)
146. (c) 147. (b) 148. (d) 149. (c) 150. (a) 185. (e) 186. (c) 187. (e) 188. (e) 189. (e)
141. (a) 142. (c) 143. (b) 144. (d) 145. (b)
151. (b) 152. (d) 153. (c) 154. (a) 155. (e) 190. (e) 191. (c) 192. (d) 193. (a) 194. (a)
146. (e) 147. (d) 148. (a) 149. (c) 150. (d)
195. (e) 196. (d) 197. (a) 198. (a) 199. (d)
156. (b) 157. (c) 158. (d) 159. (e) 160. (e)
151. (d) 152. (c) 153. (b) 154. (c) 155. (c)
200. (e) 201. (e) 202. (e) 203. (e) 204. (e)
161. (d) 162. (c) 163. (b) 164. (a) 165. (b)
156. (a) 157. (b) 158. (d) 159. (b) 160. (d) 205. (b) 206. (c) 207. (a) 208. (e) 209. (d)
166. (c) 167. (a) 168. (d) 169. (b) 170. (e)
161. (c) 162. (a) 163. (c) 164. (c) 165. (e) 166. 210. (c) 211. (c) 212. (b) 213. (d) 214. (e)
171. (c) 172. (a) 173. (d) 174. (b) 175. (e)
(b) 167. (d) 168. (b) 169. (d) 170. (b) 171. (c) 215. (a) 216. (e) 217. (a) 218. (b) 219. (e)
176. (c) 177. (e) 178. (d) 179. (c) 180. (d)
172. (a) 173. (d) 174. (b) 175. (c) 176. (e) 220. (e) 221. (a) 222. (e) 223. (b) 224. (d)
181. (a) 182. (c) 183. (e) 184. (e) 185. (c)
177. (a) 178. (c) 179. (c) 180. (c) 181. (b) 225. (d) 226. (e) 227. (d) 228. (b) 229. (c)
186. (d) 187. (c) 188. (b) 189. (c) 190. (a)
182. (e) 183. (d) 184. (a) 185. (b) 186. (a) 230. (b) 231. (d) 232. (d) 233. (a) 234. (b)
191. (c) 192. (c) 193. (b) 194. (b) 195. (c)
187. (d) 188. (c) 189. (b) 190. (e) 191. (e) 235. (b) 236. (a) 237. (a) 238. (c) 239. (a)
196. (b) 197. (e) 198. (d) 199. (a) 200. (c)
192. (c) 193. (b) 194. (b) 195. (b) 196. (c) 240. (e) 241. (d) 242. (d) 243. (b) 244. (d)
201. (d) 202. (b) 203. (c) 204. (e) 205. (b)
245. (e) 246. (a) 247. (d) 248. (e) 249. (a)
197. (b) 198. (c) 199. (e) 200. (d)
206. (e) 207. (b) 208. (a) 209. (e) 210. (a)
250. (c)
211. (c) 212. (a) 213. (d) 214. (b) 215. (c)
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