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1. Ravi Shankar Prasad has launched the commemoration of 4 years of which initiative?
(1) Make in India (2) Start-up India (3) Digital India
(4) PMJDY (5) Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
2. One Nation One Ration Card scheme will be available across the country from __________.
(1) July 1, 2020 (2) October 1, 2019 (3) December 1, 2020
(4) January 1, 2020 (5) June 1, 2019
3. P.K. Purwar has assumed the additional charge of Chairman & Managing Director of __________.
(1) Vodafone (2) Airtel (3) BSNL
(4) Jio (5) None of the above
4. Who among the following has taken charge as the chief of Indian Coast Guard?
(1) Rajendra Singh (2) Sunil Lanba (3) Karambir Singh
(4) Krishnaswamy Natarajan (5) Robin K. Dhowan
5. India signed Rs. 200 crore Strum Ataka anti-tank missile deal with which of the following countries?
(1) Australia (2) Israel (3) China
(4) Japan (5) Russia
6. UGC recently approved a new initiative STRIDE to boost research culture. What does 'D' stands for?
(1) Developing (2) Data (3) Dream
(4) Demographic (5) Disciplinary
7. Germany's Ursula von der Leyen nominated to lead which of the following International Organisation's
Commission?
(1) OECD (2) EU (3) IMF
(4) WTO (5) IFC
8. Which of the following mobile application was recently integrated with IRCTC for train ticket bookings?
(1) Rail-Sahyog (2) Rail-Suvidha (3) Rail-Yatri
(4) Rail-Sawari (5) Rail-Sansaar
9. Which railway zone has commissioned the longest electrified tunnel recently?
(1) Southern Railway (2) Northern Railway (3) South Western Railway
(4) South Central Railway (5) North Central Railway
10. Who among the following has been named the winner of the 2019 Global Excellence Awards by USISPF?
(1) Ajay Banga (2) Sundar Pichai (3) John Thompson
(4) NK Singh (5) Nandan Nilekani
11. The Unique Identification Authority of India has set up its first "Aadhar Seva Kendra" in _____________.
(1) New Delhi & Hyderabad (2) Vijayawada & Bengaluru (3) Greater Noida & Hyderabad
(4) Chennai & Bengaluru (5) New Delhi & Vijayawada
12. Which program has been launched by Reliance Jio for first-time Internet users?
(1) Digital Skywalk (2) Digital Udaan (3) Digital Whiteboard
(4) Digital Skylink (5) Digital Sakhi
13. Who won men's singles Canada Open badminton-2019?

(1) Li Shi Feng (2) Lin Dan (3) Chen Long
(4) Taufik Hidayat (5) Parupalli Kashyap
14. Who has been made as the new EU chief?

(1) Ursula von der Leyen (2) Takehiko Nakao (3) Jin Liquin
(4) K.V. Kamath (5) Christine Lagarde
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15. Which state government launched the portal 'Meri Fasal Mera Byora' ?
(1) West Bengal (2) Haryana (3) Rajasthan
(4) Maharashtra (5) Tamil Nadu
16. Who has been sworn in as Greece's new Prime Minister?

(1) Ashraf Ghani (2) Edi Rama (3) Mauricio Macri
(4) Kyriakos Mitsotakis (5) Charles Michel
17. England defeated New Zealand in astonishing Cricket World Cup final,2019. Who among the following was
adjudged Player of the Tournament?
(1) Rohit Sharma (2) Kane Williamson (3) Ben Stokes
(4) Virat Kohli (5) Joe Root
18. Who won the British Grand Prix for a record 6th time?
(1) Sebastian Vettel (2) Lewis Hamilton (3) Valtteri Boltas
(4) Richard Petty (5) Nigel Mansell
19. Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju conferred Arjuna Awards to _________ recently.
(1) Virat Kohli (2) Mary Kom (3) Neeraj Chopra
(4) Rohan Bopanna (5) Vijender Singh
20. The Indian Armed Force’s first space war drill named ______________ has started recently.
(1) IndSpaceEx (2) ArmySpace Ex (3) ExIndiaSpace
(4) ExSpaceIndia (5) None of the above
21. Indian Council of Medical Research launched a platform named _________ to improve quality of health and
demographic data.
(1) National Medical Quality Data (2) National Quality Research Data (3) National Medical Research Data
(4) National Data Research Forum (5) National Data Quality Forum
22. Which of the following counties is set to extend assistance to boost India's agricultural productivity?
(1) Portugal (2) Argentina (3) Australia
(4) Japan (5) China
23. Recently, what edition of Economic census has begun from Tripura?
(1) 6th (2) 7th (3) 8th
(4) 9 th (5) 5th
24. Which city has been named as the World's Best City for students by QS Quacquarelli Symonds?
(1) Melbourne (2) London (3) Tokyo
(4) New York (5) Berlin
25. The Union Cabinet has approved the setting up of ISRO Technical Liaison Unit at which place?
(1) Moscow (2) Los Angeles (3) Beijing
(4) Dhaka (5) Tokyo
26. Director Hal Prince, who won the Tony awards __________ times, has died recently.
(1) 7 (2) 10 (3) 29
(4) 15 (5) 21
27. Recently, Indian Army has launched E Cars in partnership with ___________ to combat pollution.
(1) EESL (2) NTPC (3) REC
(4) Power Grid (5) NHPC
28. Indian Army launched Mission _____________ in Jammu to ensure basic necessities & essential services in
the area.
(1) Rahat (2) Raftar (3) Reach Out
(4) Rejuvenation (5) Roll Over
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29. Indian junior shuttlers won 6 medals at the Junior International Championships which concluded in
Pazardzhik, ___________.
(1) Bulgaria (2) Finland (3) Hungary
(4) Denmark (5) Netherlands
30. Recently, reserachers at __________________ have developed a sensor device to detect heart diseases.
(1) IIT Delhi (2) IIT Kharagpur (3) IIT Hyderabad
(4) IIT Mandi (5) None of the above
31. Who among the following bagged Clark Bavin Award, 2019?
(1) Vivek Menon (2) Sudarshan Motwani (3) Sanjay Mitra
(4) None of these (5) Vinod Dua
32. Recently, which ministry has launched an initiative named 'NISHTHA'?

(1) Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (2) Ministry of Human Resource Development
(3) Ministry of Finance (4) Ministry of Home Affairs
(5) Ministry of Coal
33. Which will be the first middle east country to launch the Rupay Card?
(1) Iran (2) Saudi Arabia (3) UAE
(4) Kuwait (5) Bahrain
34. Recently, the English version of the Diary of Manu Gandhi was launched by Prahlad Singh Patel. The book
was originally written in __________ language.
(1) Gujarati (2) Marathi (3) Rajasthani
(4) Hindi (5) Bengali
35. Which state has ranked last in the list of the State Rooftop Solar Attractiveness Index "SARAL"?
(1) Uttarakhand (2) Haryana (3) Jammu and Kashmir
(4) Rajasthan (5) Uttar Pradesh
36. Recently, President Ram Nath Kovind has inaugurated the first World Youth Conference on Kindness in
___________.
(1) Chennai (2) New Delhi (3) Bengaluru
(4) Mumbai (5) Kolkata
37. PV Sindhu has become the first Indian to win badminton world championships gold in Basel by defeating
_______________.
(1) Chen Yufei (2) Akane Yamaguchi (3) Sayaka Takahashi
(4) Carolina Marin (5) Nozomi Okuhara
38. What edition of the G7 summit was held in France?

(1) 44 (2) 45 (3) 46
(4) 43 (5) 47
39. NTPC Ltd. has announced the commissioning of its first electric vehicle (EV) charging station along with the
_____________.
(1) ONGC (2) SAIL (3) BPCL
(4) OICL (5) GAIL
40. Which of the following was adjudged as the best 'Swachh Iconic Place' under the Swachh Bharat Mission?
(1) Howraj Junction (2) Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (3) Chennai Central
(4) Gorakhpur Railway Station (5) Kharagpur Railway Station
41. Which edition of the joint military training, Exercise Yudh Abhyas - 2019 was recently conducted between
India & USA?
(1) 11th (2) 12th (3) 13th
(4) 14 th (5) 15th
42. Who was recently conferred with the 'Lamp of Peace of Saint Francis ' award ?
(1) Muhammad Yunus (2) Amartya Sen (3) Jean Dreze Answer keys
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43. India-Russia recently have set up a target of reaching $30 billion in bilateral trade by __________.
(1) 2025 (2) 2024 (3) 2022
(4) 2021 (5) 2020
44. Who recently kick-started POSHAN Maah 2019 with a year-long social & mass media campaign on the Eat
Right India movement?
(1) Smriti Irani (2) Harsimrat Kaur (3) Harsh Vardhan
(4) Narendra Modi (5) M Venkaiah Naidu
45. Gujarat state government has signed Sister State MoU with which of the following American State?
(1) Delaware (2) Connecticut (3) Florida
(4) Pennsylvania (5) Illinois
46. President Ram Nath Kovind, inaugurated the National Youth Summit in ____________.
(1) Lucknow (2) New Delhi (3) Bhopal
(4) Gangtok (5) None of these
47. Who among the following is current Chairman of Association of World Election Bodies?
(1) Ashok Lavasa (2) Sunil Arora (3) Shashi Shekhar
(4) P Rawat (5) Atul Kulkarini
48. Which Indian city came at 5th position in Asia Pacific Co-living Index?
(1) Delhi (2) Bengaluru (3) Hyderabad
(4) Gurgaon (5) Mumbai
49. Recently, PM Modi has launched a campaign 'Swachhata Hi Seva' at _______________.

(1) Varanasi (2) Vadodara (3) Greater Noida
(4) Mathura (5) Kanpur
50. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana at which of the
following cities?
(1) Lucknow (2) Bhopal (3) Ranchi
(4) Gandhinagar (5) Raipur
51. Union HRD Minister presented CBSE Teacher Awards - 2018. He also launched CBSE's portal '___________'
on Diksha App.
(1) Kartavya (2) Sameeksha (3) Vidhyaguru
(4) Vidyadhan (5) VidhyaBharat
52. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's Father BN Yugandhar passed away. He was a ___________.
(1) Former CJI (2) Former CAG (3) Former IAS officer
(4) Former SBI Chairman (5) None of these
53. Who clinched men's singles title at the Belgian International Challenge 2019?
(1) Lakshya Sen (2) Sourabh Verma (3) Sameer Verma
(4) Ajay Jayaram (5) K Srikanth
54. Wipro Infrastructure and ___________, recently signed MoU in the areas of aerospace, industrial
automation etc.
(1) BHEL (2) BEML (3) SAIL
(4) BSNL (5) BPCL
55. Ramkumar Ramamoorthy has been appointed chairman and managing director of ____________.
(1) Google India (2) Microsoft India (3) Cognizant India
(4) Samsung India (5) Apple India
56. ISRO and __________________ have signed a memorandum of understanding for the development of
human-centric systems for Gaganyaan Project.
(1) NASA (2) DRDO (3) DARPA
(4) BARC (5) None of the above
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57. Name the air to air missile which was tested recently by the Indian Air Force.
(1) Falco (2) Stinger (3) Sidewinder
(4) Astra (5) Python
58. According to the data from UNDESA, _____________ region hosted the highest number of immigrants.
(1) North America (2) South America (3) European
(4) Asia (5) Northern Africa
59. A mobile app 'Tatpar' has been launched by ____________ recently.

(1) Delhi Police (2) Chhattisgarh Police (3) Hyderabad Police
(4) Mangaluru Police (5) Chennai Police
60. ___________ a documentary film directed by Nirmal Chander Dandriyal, based on the struggle of a farmer,
has been nominated for the Oscars.
(1) Wild Tiger (2) Moti Bagh (3) Mountain Within
(4) Kaagaz ki Kahti (5) Amoli
61. What was the theme of International Youth Day 2019?

(1) Growing and accessible education (2) Making education more friendly (3) None of these
(4) Transforming education (5) Youth & Education
62. Which government scheme is set to offer teleconsultation services to its beneficiaries recently?
(1) Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (2) Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana
(3) Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (4) Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana
(5) Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-dhan
63. Which city police department launched a special wing 'Thozhi'to support and protect victims of POCSO
cases?
(1) Delhi (2) Kochi (3) Bangalore
(4) Hyderabad (5) Chennai
64. Who received the 2019-Global Goalkeeper Award?

(1) Narendra Modi (2) Donald Trump (3) Vladimir Putin
(4) Boris Johnson (5) Angela Merkel
65. Who won the 25th Senior Women's National Football Championship?
(1) Jammu & Kashmir (2) Arunachal Pradesh (3) Manipur
(4) Mizoram (5) Railways
66. Which Indian athlete honoured with IAAF Veteran Pin for the contribution to the growth of the sports?
(1) Anju Bobby George (2) Neelam Jaswant Singh (3) Kavita Tungar
(4) Ranjith Kumar Jayaseelan (5) P.T Usha
67. Which is the joint military exercise between India and Kazakhstan?
(1) Nomadic Elephant (2) Surya Kiran (3) Kazinad
(4) Indra (5) Desert Strike
68. Which Indian state is awarded for the water conservation and efficient use practices, by the National Water
Mission of the Government of India?
(1) Rajasthan (2) Gujarat (3) Maharashtra
(4) Uttarakhand (5) Haryana
69. Which Indian state has decided to impose a green tax besides the banning of single-use plastic?
(1) Karnataka (2) Kerala (3) Tamil Nadu
(4) Andhra Pradesh (5) Telangana
70. Which of the following conglomerates recently became the market access partner of Kerala Startup Mission-
KSUM?
(1) TATA Group (2) reliance Group (3) Aditya Birla Group
(4) Future Group (5) Mahindra Group
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71. India defeated which nation by in the final of South Asian Football Federation Under-18 Championship 2019
to lift the title?
(1) Bangladesh (2) Maldives (3) Nepal
(4) Sri Lanka (5) Pakistan
72. Who among the following received the M P Birla Memorial Award 2019?
(1) Jayant Narlikar (2) Govind Swarup (3) Thanu Padmanabhan
(4) M. S. Raghunathan (5) B. V. Sreekantan
73. GoAir has successfully tested TaxiBot - a semi-robotic pilot-operated tow vehicle - at which of the following
Airports in India?
(1) Kempegowda International Airport (2) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
(3) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (4) Indira Gandhi International Airport
(5) Swami Vivekanand Airport
74. Which railway zone has topped the railways' cleanliness survey 2019?
(1) North Western Railway Zone (2) South East Central Railway Zone (3) East Central Railway Zone
(4) Southern Railway Zone (5) East Coast Railway Zone
75. Who among the following has recently bagged the most effective Swachhata Ambassador award?
(1) Akshay Kumar (2) Shahrukh Khan (3) Vinod Tare
(4) Sachin Tendulkar (5) Priyanaka Chopra
76. PM Narendra Modi has set a deadline to achieve the target of eradicating single-use plastic from India by
______________.
(1) 2021 (2) 2022 (3) 2023
(4) 2024 (5) 2025
77. The government had launched PRAKASH portal for monitoring coal supply to power plants in New Delhi.
What is 'H' in PRAKASH?
(1) Holistic (2) Head (3) Highly
(4) Harmony (5) Hedge
78. Which state government recently started a new governance initiative named 'Mo Sarkar'?
(1) Jharkhand (2) Chhattisgarh (3) West Bengal
(4) Assam (5) Odisha
79. Ministry of Tourism launched Audio Guide facility App "Audio Odigos" for ________ sites of India (including
Iconic Sites).
(1) 12 (2) 23 (3) 17
(4) 8 (5) 24
80. England all-rounder ______________ has been voted Professional Cricketers' Association player of the
year.
(1) Jos Butler (2) Ben Stokes (3) J Bairstow
(4) Joe Root (5) Jason Roy
81. NITI Aayog and which UN organisation in India launched Youth Co: Lab recently?
(1) UNDP (2) UNICEF (3) UNESCO
(4) FAO (5) UNHRC
82. India's first e-waste clinic is to be set up in which of the following cities?
(1) Hyderabad (2) Pune (3) Jaipur
(4) Noida (5) Bhopal
83. World Athletics Championship 2019 is hosted in which of the following cities?
(1) Muscat (2) Dubai (3) Doha
(4) Manama (5) Kuwait City
84. Festival of Fulpati is celebrated in which country?

(1) Bhutan (2) Bangladesh (3) Myanmar Answer keys
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85. Bangladesh has agreed to allow India to withdraw 1.82 cusec of water from which of the following rivers?
(1) Feni (2) Meghna (3) Gumti
(4) Titas (5) Dakatia
86. Who among the following has been named the Goodwill Ambassador for indigenous peoples by UNESCO?
(1) Salma Hayek (2) Maite Perroni (3) Yalitza Aparicio
(4) Kate del Castillo (5) Jacqueline Bracamontes
87. William Kaelin, Gregg Semenza, Peter Ratcliffe have been conferred Nobel__________ Prize 2019.
(1) Physics (2) Literature (3) Medicine
(4) Chemistry (5) None of these
88. Which is the world's most competitive economy according to the Global Competitiveness Index compiled by
Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF)?
(1) Germany (2) USA (3) Russia
(4) Singapore (5) China
89. Who won the Asia Environmental Enforcement Award by the United Nations Environment Programme?
(1) Ajay Bhushan Pandey (2) Surender Singh (3) Yalitza Aparicio
(4) Ramesh Pandey (5) James Peebles
90. What is the theme for the 2019 World Mental Health Day?
(1) Young people and mental health in a changing world (2) Mental health in the workplace
(3) Psychological and mental health first aid for all (4) Suicide prevention
(5) Dignity in mental health
91. HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal recently launched which scheme for the talented students to realize their
full potential?
(1) Aapoorna (2) Mahila Samakhya (3) Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan
(4) Dhruv (5) Rusa
92. Who became the first female player to complete 20 years in international cricket?
(1) Mithali Raj (2) Smriti Shriniwas Mandhana (3) Meg Lanning
(4) Dane van Niekerk (5) Amy Ella Satterthwaite
93. Which Indian state government started Garbage Cafe to provide free meal in exchange of plastic waste?
(1) Jharkhand (2) Bihar (3) West Bengal
(4) Chhattisgarh (5) Rajasthan
94. Who won the Nobel literature prize for 2019?

(1) Peter Handke (2) Olga Tokarczuk (3) Akira Yoshino
(4) James Peebles (5) William G Kaelin
95. Government launched SUMAN initiative recently. It is related to which among the following fields?
(1) Defence (2) Education (3) Health
(4) Agriculture (5) Industry
96. Indian Railways ,recently launched which of the following apps to facilitate passengers?
(1) Sankalp (2) Sahyatri (3) Railyatri
(4) Railmail (5) None of these
97. Abiy Ahmed has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2019 in recognition of his efforts to end his
country's long-running border conflict with Eritrea. He is a Prime Minister of _____________.
(1) Nigeria (2) Ghana (3) Kenya
(4) Ethiopia (5) Tanzania
98. Eliud Kipchoge has become the first person to run the marathon under two hours. He belongs to which
country?
(1) Norway (2) South Korea (3) Spain
(4) Kenya (5) Sweden
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99. India and Japan held the military Exercise ____________ in Mizoram.
(1) VAJRA PRAHAR (2) DHARMA GUARDIAN (3) GARUDA SHAKTI
(4) HAND IN HAND (5) VARUNA
100. The first female head of _______________ award body, Sara Danius has died recently at the age of
57.
(1) FIFA (2) Nobel (3) Man Booker
(4) BAFTA (5) Pulitzer Prize
101. Who won the Dutch open men's singles badminton title?
(1) Yusuke Onodera (2) Sourabh Verma (3) Marcus Ellis
(4) Lakshya Sen (5) Wahyu Nayaka
102. Who won Gold in the World Women's Boxing (48-kg category) Championship that held in Russia?
(1) Manju Rani (2) Ekaterina Paltceva (3) Cecilia Braekhus
(4) Christina Hammer (5) Amanda Serrano
103. 10th National Cultural Festival under the 'Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat' campaign is to be held at the
Indian state of?
(1) Maharashtra (2) Haryana (3) Madhya Pradesh
(4) Uttarakhand (5) Bihar
104. Who has been selected as the new BCCI President?

(1) Jay Shah (2) Sourav Ganguly (3) Arun Dhumal
(4) Sachin Tendulkar (5) Kapil dev
105. Which among the following books jointly won the 2019 Booker Prize?
(1) Quichotte & Girl, Woman, Other (2) The Testament & Quichotte
(3) The Testament & Girl, Woman, Other (4) A Sorrow Beyond Dreams & storm Still
(5) Storm Still & Slow homecoming
106. How much amount of financial assistance will be given to the farmers per annum in 3 installments
under YSR Rythu Bharosa - PM Kisan Samman Yojana?
(1) 10,500 Rs (2) 13,500 Rs (3) 15,000 Rs
(4) 25,000 Rs (5) 16,500 Rs
107. Which is the first airline in the world to use a Taxibot on a A320 aircraft with passengers on-board?
(1) Go Air (2) Indigo (3) Jet Airways
(4) Air India (5) Spice Jet
108. What is India's ranking according to the recently published Global Hunger Index report?
(1) 102 (2) 110 (3) 95
(4) 95 (5) 99
109. When is the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty observed internationally?
(1) October 16 (2) November 15 (3) September 11
(4) November 18 (5) October 17
110. Which state government launched 'Navodayam' scheme for MSMEs?

(1) Telangana (2) Andhra Pradesh (3) Karnataka
(4) Tamil Nadu (5) Kerala
111. Who won the Asian Junior Boxing Championships that is held in UAE?
(1) India (2) Myanmar (3) Uzbekistan
(4) Japan (5) China
112. Which Indian state spent highest on urban development according to study by the CARE Ratings?
(1) Telangana (2) Bihar (3) Uttar Pradesh
(4) Maharashtra (5) Tamil Nadu
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113. Which is the country's most populated city according to the Central Pollution Control Board's AQI
figures?
(1) Noida (2) Indore (3) Cochin
(4) Loni (5) Kota
114. Who has been appointed as the Director-General of the National Security Guard?
(1) Ved Marwah (2) Rajendra Sinhji (3) N.Srinagesh
(4) K.S. Thimayya (5) Anup Kumar Singh
115. Who won the Most Eminent Senior Citizen Award?

(1) Sanjeev Kapoor (2) Ravish Kumar (3) Sonam Wangchuk
(4) Anshu Gupta (5) K Parasaran
116. Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the book 'Bridgital Nation'. Who are the authors of the book?
(1) N Chandrasekaran & Roopa Purushottam (2) Azim Premji & Lakshmi Mittal
(3) Pallonji Mistry & Shiv Nadar (4) Dilip Shanghvi & Kumar Birla
(5) Gautam Adani & Anshula Kant
117. Which Indian organization has recently adopted over 100 villages & 100,000 acres of farm area in
Punjab & Haryana to enable zero crop residue burning?
(1) NITI Ayog (2) BSNL (3) Indian railways
(4) Confederation of Indian Industry (5) Public Health Engineering Department
118. Which state has been ranked as most unsafe for women according to the NCRB 2017 report?
(1) Uttar Pradesh (2) West Bengal (3) Maharashtra
(4) Bihar (5) Gujarat
119. Toyota has partnered with which company develop a compact battery Electric Vehicle for India?
(1) Renault Nissan (2) Maruti Suzuki (3) Mahindra & Mahindra
(4) Tata Motors (5) Volkswagen
120. Who bagged the Udyog Rattan Award from the Indian Government for the outstanding contribution
to the economic development of the country?
(1) Ravish Kumar (2) Bharat Vatwani (3) Sonam Wangchuk
(4) Thakur Anup Singh (5) Nambi Narayan
121. How much is the amount given under Uttar Pradesh government's 'Kanya Sumangala Yojana' to
every family in which a girl child takes birth?
(1) 10,000 Rs (2) 15,000 Rs (3) 12,000 Rs
(4) 13,000 Rs (5) 16,000 Rs
122. Microsoft is partnering with which telecom operator to empower small businesses in India?
(1) BSNL-MTNL (2) Airtel (3) Vodafone-Idea
(4) Tata Docomo (5) Reliance Jio
123. Which among the following Indian city is not included in the next year's Ease of doing business
survey published by world bank?
(1) Kolkata (2) Chennai (3) Bengaluru
(4) New Delhi (5) Mumbai
124. Which district has become the first kerosene-free district of Gujarat under the Ujjwala Yojana?
(1) Ahmedabad (2) Vadodara (3) Surat
(4) Tapi (5) Gandhinagar
125. What is the rank of India in the Global Health Security Index published by World Health
Organization?
(1) 56th (2) 57th (3) 55th
(4) 52 nd (5) 54th
126. Who has been appointed first Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh?

(1) Girish Chander Murmu (2) P S Sreedharan Pillai (3) Dineshwar Sharma
(4) Radha Krishna Mathur (5) S.P Malik
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127. ________ clinched Swiss Open Crown, 2019.

(1) Dominic Thiem (2) Diego Schwartzman (3) Alex de Minaur
(4) Rafael Nadal (5) Roger Federer
128. President Ram Nath Kovind signed a warrant appointing Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde as the
________ Chief Justice of India.
(1) 47th (2) 45th (3) 48th
(4) 44 th (5) 46th
129. Who secured the first position in 'The Best-Performing CEOs in the World, 2019' list published by
Harvard Business Review?
(1) Jeff Bezos (2) Ajay Banga (3) Shantanu Narayen
(4) Satya Nadella (5) Jensen Huang
130. Which Indian institution created the first ever Indian Brain Atlas (IBA)?
(1) IIIT Hyderabad (2) JNU, Delhi (3) IIT Roorke
(4) IISC, Bangalore (5) University of Kota
131. Union Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan released the 14th National Health Profile (NHP), 2019. Who
prepares the NHP report?
(1) National Institute of Biologicals (2) Indian Institute of Public Health
(3) National Institute of Health and Family Welfare (4) Central Bureau of Health Intelligence
(5) National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences
132. Who has been appointed as the Lieutenant Governor of the union territory Jammu & Kashmir?
(1) Girish Chand Murmu (2) R.K Mathur (3) D K Joshi
(4) Praful Patel (5) V.P. Singh Badnore
133. Which Indian state will celebrate Chhath festival to worship the Sun God?
(1) West Bengal (2) Uttar Pradesh (3) Haryana
(4) Meghalaya (5) Bihar
134. Where is the world's first blockchain-based carbon trading exchange launched ?
(1) Malaysia (2) Japan (3) Singapore
(4) China (5) Philippines
135. Which Indian city has been designated as a member of UCNN in the field of Gastronomy by
UNESCO?
(1) Mumbai (2) Chennai (3) Hyderabad
(4) New Delhi (5) Bengaluru
136. Which country will host the COP 25 climate summit on 2019 December 2-13?
(1) Chile (2) Germany (3) Spain
(4) Poland (5) Mexico
137. Kolkata International Film Festival is set to begin on November 8. Which is the focus Country of this
year's festival?
(1) Bhutan (2) Nepal (3) Malaysia
(4) Russia (5) Germany
138. Which edition of Goa International film festival is to be held in the month of November-2019?
(1) 75th (2) 60th (3) 50th
(4) 25 th (5) 30th
139. Who won the Gold in the 53kg women's wrestling UWW Under-23 World Championships?
(1) Haruna Okuno (2) Pooja Gehlot (3) Zeynep Yetgil
(4) Becky Lynch (5) Charlotte Flair
140. Odisha tagged with which state under Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat-an initiative of Government of
India?
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141. Which country will spend $1.12 billion on green urban mobility projects in India over a 5-year
period?
(1) New Zealand (2) Germany (3) Thailand
(4) Russia (5) USA
142. Siemens Ltd signed MOU with which firm for collaboration on technologies to support the energy
transition in India?
(1) Reliance (2) NTPC (3) HPCL
(4) Tata motors (5) TERI
143. Which of the following is the joint military exercise between India and Uzbekistan?
(1) Dustlik (2) Konkan (3) Vajra Prahar
(4) Kurukhestra (5) Lamitye
144. Which of the following newly launched IT initiative of the central government will help the public to
know the daily Customs clearance times of import cargo at various ports and airports?
(1) ATHITHI (2) CERT-IN (3) ICEDASH
(4) RAKTKOSH (5) KHOYA PAYA
145. 15-day National Tribal festival- Aadi Mahotsav is set to begin in New Delhi in the month of
November. Who is the union minister of tribal affairs?
(1) Arjun Munda (2) Jual Oram (3) Harsimrat Kaur Badal
(4) Pralhad Joshi (5) Arvind Ganpat Sawant
146. India's Lakshya Sen has won the SaarLorLux Open badminton tournament held at Saarbrucken in
Germany. Whom he defeated in the finals?
(1) Christo Popov (2) Ethan Rose (3) Wolfgang Gnedt
(4) Lei Lan Xi (5) Sen Weng Hong Yang
147. Italy will next year become the world's first country to make it compulsory for schoolchildren to
study about climate change issues. Which is the official currency presently used in Italy?
(1) Lira (2) Pound (3) Dollar
(4) Franc (5) Euro
148. Ghaziabad has emerged as the new affordable housing hotspot according to a joint report by
Anarock & Naredco. Ghaziabad belongs to the Indian state of?
(1) Haryana (2) Uttarakhand (3) Madhya Pradesh
(4) Uttar Pradesh (5) Jharkhand
149. Who among the following became the first Indian to get Deming award for total quality
management?
(1) Gurpratap Boparai (2) Rahul Bajaj (3) Pawan Munjal
(4) Venu Srinivasan (5) Ravindra Chandra Bhargava
150. Which of the following states was conferred 'global agriculture award' by Indian chamber of food and
agriculture, recently?
(1) Uttar Pradesh (2) Kerala (3) Tamil Nadu
(4) Odisha (5) Gujarat
151. Pravind Kumar Jugnauth has been re-elected as Prime Minister of which of the following countries?
(1) Indonesia (2) Mauritius (3) Maldives
(4) Nepal (5) None of these
152. ____________ recently, unanimously passed climate change law in order to reduce its carbon
emissions to zero by 2050.
(1) Brazil (2) New Zealand (3) India
(4) Australia (5) Japan
153. Who among the following has become first recipient of George Schaller Lifetime Award?
(1) Latika Nath (2) Rajeev Pillay (3) Ajay Desai
(4) K. Ullas Karanth (5) A.J.T Johnsingh Answer keys
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154. James Peebles was conferred Nobel Prize in Physics 2019 for ______________.
(1) the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star
(2) the optical tweezers and their application to biological systems
(3) his method of generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses
(4) theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology
(5) decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves
155. As per latest Indian Ports Association report ,Coal imports at major ports saw a _______% dip to 51
MT in April-October.
(1) 10 (2) 12 (3) 15
(4) 18 (5) 22
156. NASA showcased an early version of its first all-electric experimental aircraft, the
_________"Maxwell,".
(1) X-17 (2) X-27 (3) X-37
(4) X-47 (5) X-57
157. According to the India Justice Report 2019, which state has topped the list among Large & Mid-sized
states?
(1) Maharashtra (2) Tamil Nadu (3) Kerala
(4) Uttar Pradesh (5) Andhra Pradesh
158. Kento Momota defeated ______________ to win Fuzhou China Open Badminton title 2019 recently.
(1) Anders Antonsen (2) Shi Yu Qi (3) Chen Long
(4) Tien-Chen (5) Viktor Axelsen
159. Ministry of Environment has granted clearance to the ___________ to set up a Rs 766-crore 2G
ethanol plant in Panipat.
(1) GAIL (2) ONGC (3) IOCL
(4) HPCL (5) BPCL
160. TN Seshan has died recently at the age of 86. He was the former ___________.
(1) Chief Justice of India (2) Chief Economic Advisor (3) Chief Air Marshal
(4) Chief Election Commissioner (5) Chief Vigilance Commissioner
161. Who among the following has been assigned the heavy industries and public enterprises portfolio by
President of India?
(1) D. V. Sadananda Gowda (2) Dharmendra Pradhan (3) Rao Inderjit Singh
(4) Prakash Javadekar (5) Nitin Jairam Gadkari
162. Which state government has launched the 'e-Ganna app' for sugarcane farmers of the state?
(1) Haryana (2) Uttar Pradesh (3) Gujarat
(4) Chhattisgarh (5) Jharkhand
163. Which among the following has developed a paper-based sensor to detect the quality of Milk?
(1) IIT Kanpur (2) IIT Bombay (3) IIT Guwahati
(4) IIT Madras (5) IIT Kharagpur
164. Who among the following has been named in the TIME 100 Nex list recently?
(1) Mary Kom (2) Dutee Chand (3) PV Sindhu
(4) Sakshi Malik (5) Hima Das
165. Which country held Secretary-level bilateral meeting in New Delhi & discussed cooperation in the
fight against tax evasion?
(1) Sri Lanka (2) Switzerland (3) UAE
(4) None of these (5) Germany
166. _________ has become first women from the Navy to be posted as a Defence Attache at an Indian
mission abroad(Moscow).
(1) Mitali Madhumita (2) Priya Jhingan (3) Vasundhara Chouksey
(4) Karabi Gogoi (5) Anjana Bhaduria Answer keys
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167. Tobacco Board of India bagged ________ in the Most Impressive Public Service Initiative category,
2019.
(1) Golden Reel Award (2) Golden Ticket Award (3) Golden Leaf Award
(4) Golden iHeart Award (5) Golden Feast Award
168. Sharad Kumar and Mariyappan have qualified for 2020 Paralympics after the win in the World Para-
Athletics Championships in Dubai. Which is the selected location for the 2020 Paralympics?
(1) Tokyo, Japan (2) Beijing, China (3) Los Angeles, US
(4) Moscow, Russia (5) Geneva, Switzerland
169. Which is the selected location for the two-day International Conference on Yoga?
(1) Chennai (2) Mysuru (3) Gandhinagar
(4) New Delhi (5) Hyderabad
170. Which among the following has released the 'Health System for a New India: Building Blocks-
Potential Pathways to Reform' report?
(1) Access Health International (2) PWC Indiafor (3) Ministry of Health and Family welfare
(4) NITI Ayog (5) All India Institutes of Medical Sciences
171. Which is the selected location for the 63rd National Shotgun Shooting Championship Competitions?
(1) Patna (2) Mumbai (3) Kolkata
(4) New Delhi (5) Chennai
172. Dr. Harsh Vardhan inaugurated ________National Summit on Good, Replicable Practices and
Innovations in Public Health Care Systems in New Delhi.
(1) 9th (2) 7th (3) 6th
(4) 5 th (5) 8 th
173. Laishram Sarita Devi elected as member of AIBA athletes commission at the election of the Athletes
Commission members conducted during the AIBA Men and Women World Boxing Championships 2019 held
in ________.
(1) Japan (2) Mongolia (3) Ghana
(4) Egypt (5) Russia
174. Greek tennis player Stefanos Tsitsipas has won the ATP Finals that held in London defeating
__________.
(1) Dominic Thiem (2) Roger Federer (3) Daniil Medvedev
(4) Novak Djokovic (5) Alexander Zverev
175. The Committee on Rights of the Child along with representatives of the ________state Government
and other NGOs have set up the core committee to chalk out a policy to eradicate child labour from the
state.
(1) Bihar (2) West Bengal (3) Odisha
(4) Jharkhand (5) Sikkim
176. Which online ride-hailing company partnered with Microsoft Research to measure street level air
quality data in Delhi-NCR?
(1) Uber (2) Ola Cabs (3) Meru Cabs
(4) Carzonrent (5) Mega Cabs
177. ISRO would launch its Cartosat-3 satellite along with 13 commercial nano satellites from the US
using PSLV-C47. Cartosat-3 is a?
(1) Navigation satellite (2) Search & Rescue satellite (3) Earth imaging & mapping satellite
(4) Communication satellite (5) Remote sensing satellite
178. Where was the second edition of South Asia Safety Summit held at?
(1) Dhaka, Bangladesh (2) Colombo, Sri Lanka (3) Kabul, Afghanistan
(4) Male, Maldives (5) New Delhi, India
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179. Which state government decided to provide 1 Tola (11.66 grams) Gold to Brides free of cost
belonging to the economically weaker sections of the society as a unique initiative to check child marriage?
(1) Sikkim (2) Nagaland (3) Assam
(4) Manipur (5) Tripura
180. Which is the first country in the world to introduce World Health Organisation-recommended Typhoid
Conjugate Vaccine (TCV) in its national immunisation program?
(1) China (2) India (3) Pakistan
(4) Nepal (5) Vietnam
181. Who has been selected for the prestigious Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace?
(1) Jon Sopel (2) David Attenborough (3) Lyse Doucet
(4) Robert Ballard (5) Terry Virts
182. What is the position of New Delhi in the Knight Frank's Prime Global Cities Index Q3 2019 report?
(1) 10th (2) 12th (3) 8th
(4) 9 th (5) 11 th
183. Who has been selected for the PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) India's 'Person of
the Year for 2019' award?
(1) Shashi Tharoor (2) Virat Kohli (3) Hema Malini
(4) Jacqueline Fernandez (5) KS Panicker Radhakrishnan
184. German development bank KfW has consented to lend Rs 1735 crore to which of the following state
government for expanding Zero-Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) in the State?
(1) Telangana (2) Kerala (3) Andhra Pradesh
(4) Tamil Nadu (5) Karnataka
185. Which city topped in the new index of the world's 113 cities in terms of economic & social inclusivity?
(1) Bengaluru, India (2) Zurich, Switzerland (3) Vienna, Austria
(4) Copenhagen, Denmark (5) Helsinki, Finland
186. Which of the following airport introduced country's first dedicated FASTag Car Parking space?
(1) Lokpriya Gopinath International Airport, Guwahati
(2) Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi
(3) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, Ahmedabad
(4) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad
(5) Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport, Lucknow
187. What is the target date for the Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 2.0 complete implementation?
(1) April 2025 (2) March 2020 (3) January 2030
(4) December 2019 (5) June 2022
188. Which of the following word was declared by Oxford Dictionary as the 2019 Word of the Year?
(1) flight shame (2) climate denial (3) eco-anxiety
(4) extinction (5) climate emergency
189. Ocean Dance Festival is the largest international dance festival of which of the following countries?
(1) Sri Lanka (2) Myanmar (3) China
(4) Bangladesh (5) Mauritius
190. Indian Navy is set to get designate Sub-Lieutenant _______________ as 1st ever woman pilot.
(1) Neha (2) Shivangi (3) Harpreet
(4) Manisha (5) Prerna
191. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated 11th edition of Agro Vision summit in ____________.
(1) Pune (2) Bhopal (3) Rohtak
(4) Nagpur (5) Ludhiana
192. Recently, Rafael Nadal has won the 6th Davis Cup title after defeating ____________.
(1) Grigor Dimitrov (2) Kei Nishikori (3) Stefanos Tsitsipas
(4) Denis Shapovalov (5) Grigor Dimitrov Answer keys
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193. How many medals have won by India in the U-15 Asian Wrestling Championships?
(1) 17 (2) 28 (3) 34
(4) 23 (5) 19
194. The Sumatran rhinoceros has become extinct in which place?

(1) Malaysia (2) Singapore (3) Thailand
(4) Bangladesh (5) India
195. 'Greenhouse Gas Bulletin' is published annually by which of the following organisation?
(1) United Nations Environment Programme (2) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(3) United Nations Children's Fund (4) World Meteorological Organisation
(5) World Health Organisation
196. An exclusive bus service for women passengers named 'She Shuttle' was recently launched in which
city?
(1) Pune (2) New Delhi (3) Kolkata
(4) Bengaluru (5) Hyderabad
197. Indian Railway Institute for Financial Management was recently set up in which of the following
states?
(1) Madhya Pradesh (2) Tamil Nadu (3) Telangana
(4) Maharashtra (5) Chhattisgarh
198. Who among the following launched web-portal of the 'National Youth Parliament Scheme' recently?
(1) Narendra Modi (2) Ram Nath Kovind (3) M Venkaiah Naidu
(4) Pranab Mukherjee (5) Rajnath Singh
199. Guru Ghasidas National Park is situated in which of the following states in India?
(1) Uttar Pradesh (2) Chhattisgarh (3) Haryana
(4) Rajasthan (5) Gujarat
200. 8 young radio journalists from Odisha were awarded by _____________under the “Empowering
Adolescent & Youth through Community Radios in Odisha.
(1) UNESCO (2) UNEP (3) UNICEF
(4) WHO (5) Amnesty International
201. Renowned _______________ Sudhir Dar recently passed away at the age of 87.
(1) cartoonist (2) journalist (3) news anchor
(4) novelist (5) poet
202. Recently, Indian Army successfully test-fired Spike LR missile from which of the following states?
(1) Madhya Pradesh (2) Odisha (3) Andhra Pradesh
(4) Rajasthan (5) Gujarat
203. Sports Ministry has constituted committee , headed by _____________to review Draft National
Sports Code.
(1) Justice N.V Ramana (2) Justice Arun Kumar Mishra (3) Justice Ashok Bhushan
(4) Justice Navin Sinha (5) Justice Mukundakam Sharma
204. What was the theme for International Volunteer Day (IVD) for Economic and Social
Development,2019?
(1) “Make Chance for individual volunteers” (2) “Volunteers build Resilient Communities”
(3) “Global Applause – give volunteers a hand” (4) "Volunteer for an inclusive future"
(5) “Make change happen, volunteer!”
205. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu launched the ‘Bharatiya Poshan Anthem’ in New Delhi. The anthem
has been sung by__________.
(1) Arijit Singh (2) Sonu Nigam (3) Kailash Kher
(4) Sukhwinder Singh (5) Shankar Mahadevan
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206. Who among the following has been elected new president of Mauritius?
(1) Pritivirajsing Roopun (2) Pravind Jugnauth (3) None of these
(4) Ameenah Gurib-Fakim (5) Veerasamy Ringadoo
207. Bhaskar Menon,87 passed away ,recently. He was a renowned___________.

(1) Mathematician (2) Journalist (3) Cricketer
(4) Footballer (5) Singer
208. Under 'Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat' Nagaland has partnered with which of the following states to
celebrate spirit of national integration?
(1) Bihar (2) Jharkhand (3) Madhya Pradesh
(4) Uttar Pradesh (5) Assam
209. A military exercise named ‘Iron Union 12’ commenced recently. It is held between which among the
following countries?
(1) USA and India (2) USA, UAE and India (3) USA and Japan
(4) USA, Japan and India (5) USA and UAE
210. What edition of Hornbill Festival has begun in Nagaland recently?

(1) 17th (2) 18th (3) 19th
(4) 20 th (5) 22nd
211. Which country has become the first country to make the entire Haj process on digital?
(1) Oman (2) Israel (3) Iran
(4) India (5) None of these
212. Recently, Lewis Hamilton has won the 2019 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix by defeating whom among the
following?
(1) Sebastian Vettel (2) Valtteri Bottas (3) Max Verstappen
(4) Charles Leclerc (5) None of these
213. Government, recently launched the ________ round of the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS)
meant to stimulate air connectivity in an affordable way.
(1) 2nd (2) 3rd (3) 4th
(4) 5 th (5) 7 th
214. Which state government has decided to provide 25% subsidy & 100% stamp duty waiver for setting
up defence industry in the state?
(1) Kerala (2) Uttarakhand (3) Uttar Pradesh
(4) Jharkhand (5) Odisha
215. Union Cabinet approved introduction of Personal Data Protection Bill in Parliament. The bill has been
prepared by expert committee headed by_____________.
(1) Justice Mukesh Jain (2) Justice S K Tripathi (3) Justice B.N. Srikrishna
(4) Justice Sanjay Seth (5) Justice H.L. Dattu
216. DC Fontana passed away at the age of 80. She was a renowned____________.
(1) Director (2) Actor (3) Singer
(4) Chess Player (5) Writer
217. Who among the following bagged Right Livelihood Award,2019 for protecting the Amazon rainforest?
(1) Evaristo Nugkuag (2) Jose Lutzenberger (3) Alla Yaroshinskaya
(4) Davi Kopenawa Yanomami (5) None of these
218. Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP26) will take place in __________ between 9 and 20
November 2020.
(1) Oslo (2) Rome (3) New Delhi
(4) Glasgow (5) Shanghai
219. Former J&K governor advisor K Vijay Kumar has been appointed to___________.
(1) Ministry of Science and Technology (2) Ministry of Defence (3) Ministry of Home Affairs
(4) Ministry of Commerce (5) Ministry of Corporate Affairs
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220. Aberdeen in _____________ adjudged best police station in Country.

(1) Andaman and Nicobar Islands (2) Gujarat (3) Puducherry
(4) Odisha (5) Goa
221. Sanna Marin has been elected as the youngest ever Prime Minister of which of the following
countries?
(1) Norway (2) Finland (3) Switzerland
(4) Denmark (5) None of these
222. India inched up one spot to rank 129th out of 189 countries on the 2019 Human Development Index
(HDI) released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Which country secured the top
spot?
(1) Norway (2) Switzerland (3) Sweden
(4) Germany (5) France
223. Paul Volcker, who passed away at the age of 92, was a well-known________.
(1) Actor (2) Politician (3) Economist
(4) Biologist (5) Athlete
224. UN started to celebrate 11th of December as the International Mountain Day from the year 2003.
What is the 2019 theme for the day?
(1) Mountains Matter
(2) Mountains under Pressure: climate, hunger, migration
(3) Mountain cultures: Celebrating diversity and strengthening identity
(4) Mountain Calling
(5) Mountains matter for youth
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225. World Bank, Kerala government and the central government has signed a loan agreement of
___________ for the first resilient Kerala Programme.
(1) $ 200 million (2) $ 250 million (3) $ 150 million
(4) $ 100 million (5) $ 300 million
226. Recently, RBI has set up a six-member committee headed by ___________ to review regulatory
norms for core investment companies.
(1) Prasanna Kumar (2) Tapan Ray (3) Revathy Iyer
(4) Injeti Srinivas (5) Sachin Chaturvedi
227. Recently, ICICI Bank has joined hands with ______________ for commercial vehicle financing.
(1) IndoStar (2) Bajaj Finserv (3) Muthoot Finance
(4) SREI (5) Edelweiss
228. As per the Economic survey, around ___________ percentage of rural India has been covered under
the Swachh Bharat Mission.
(1) 95.6% (2) 94.4% (3) 92.8%
(4) 96.2% (5) 99.2%
229. Finance Minister has proposed to provide _____________ crore for recapitalization of Public Sector
Banks.
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(1) Rs. 70000 Crore (2) Rs. 81000 Crore (3) Rs. 65000 Crore
(4) Rs. 1.05 Lakh Crore (5) Rs. 90000 Crore
230. Which among the following will be helpful in fighting the unstructured loans in the banking sector in
case of the loans turning bad by sharing information regarding willful defaulters?
(1) Defaulters list (2) Willful list (3) Prospective client list
(4) Central fraud registry (5) Other than those given in options
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231. Which among the following offers buyers’ credit and line of credit to foreign governments and banks?
(1) ECGC (2) EXIM Bank (3) Bank of Baroda
(4) SIDBI (5) NABARD
232. Anshula Kant has been appointed as the MD and CFO of ______________.
(1) ADB (2) AIIB (3) World Bank
(4) IMF (5) UNDP
233. According to the latest annual Economic survey, India will overtake Japan to become the third
largest economy in ______________.
(1) 2022 (2) 2023 (3) 2024
(4) 2025 (5) 2026
234. Which international organization has been provided $ 100 million to L&T Infrastructure Finance for
wind & solar infrastructure projects?
(1) ADB (2) NDB (3) AIIB
(4) World Bank (5) IMF
235. According to a report by RBI, _________________ is the most affordable city for homebuyers.
(1) Mumbai (2) Bhubaneswar (3) Bengaluru
(4) Chennai (5) Hyderabad
236. RBI is set to release Currency Identification App For Visually Challenged. ₹ the currency symbol for
the Indian rupee has been designed by ____________.
(1) Amitesh Bhatnagar (2) Udaya Kumar (3) Atul Kocchar
(4) Sumit Sangwan (5) None of these
237. India is set to become the first recipient of local currency financing by ___________.
(1) ADB (2) World Bank (3) AIIB
(4) IMF (5) NDB
238. Repco MFI won award from Nabard for Self Help Group linkage in which of the following state in
India?
(1) Telangana (2) Tamil Nadu (3) Karnataka
(4) Jharkhand (5) Bihar
239. HDFC Bank announced de-listing of Global Depository Receipts from ________________ Stock
Exchange.
(1) Luxembourg (2) Italian (3) Frankfurt
(4) Athens (5) Tokyo
240. Which state government has signed a memorandum of understanding with Bombay Stock Exchange
to facilitate MSMEs raise capital?
(1) Telangana (2) Odisha (3) Haryana
(4) Uttar Pradesh (5) Chhattisgarh
241. According to the International Monetary Fund, India's current account balance deficit grew to
__________ in 2018-19.
(1) $ 68 billion (2) $ 72 billion (3) $ 56 billion
(4) $ 81 billion (5) $ 78 billion
242. Recently, the government has approved an outlay of ______________ Crore for the implementation
of the Agriculture Export Policy scheme.
(1) ₹ 206.8 Crore (2) ₹ 280.6 Crore (3) ₹ 232.5 Crore
(4) ₹ 235.8 Crore (5) ₹ 256.9 Crore
243. In 2018-19, the Foreign Direct Investment inflow has registered a growth of ____________.
(1) 45% (2) 67% (3) 79%
(4) 82% (5) 54%
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244. Recently, the Inter – Ministerial committee has recommended ban on ___________ in India.
(1) P-Notes (2) CryptoCurrency (3) Digital Currency
(4) Fiat Currency (5) Depository Receipts
245. Recently, The National Payment Corporation of India has tied up with _______________ to launch
the global Rupay Card.
(1) Discover (2) Algo Charge (3) Aliant Payment
(4) JCB (5) Checkout
246. According to the RBI data for the FY 2018-19, which among the following states did not report a
single incident?
(1) Arunachal Pradesh (2) Meghalaya (3) Tripura
(4) Both (A) and (B) (5) Both (A) and (C)
247. Which bank has recently launched the lending program "Smart Edge" for MSMEs?
(1) ICICI Bank (2) HDFC Bank (3) YES Bank
(4) State Bank of India (5) Axis Bank
248. Which Bank Ltd has appointed SBI's Sanjeev Naryani as its head of business recently?
(1) ICICI Bank (2) HDFC Bank (3) Axis Bank
(4) RBL Bank (5) Bandhan Bank
249. Who among the following has been appointed as the Finance Secretary?
(1) Ajay Kumar Bhalla (2) Atanu Chakraborty (3) Rajiv Kumar
(4) Anil Kumar Khachi (5) Anuradha Mitra
250. As per the report by CRISIL, what is the projected growth rate of India for the fiscal year 2019-20?
(1) 7% (2) 6.9% (3) 6.8%
(4) 6.7% (5) 6.6%
251. According to the data by the World Bank, India has emerged as ____________ largest economy in
the global GDP rankings in 2018.
(1) 7th (2) 6th (3) 5th
(4) 8 th (5) 4 th
252. The Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill, 2019 sets _________ day deadline for rescuing companies
in distress to fast track cleaning up of bad assets.
(1) 270 (2) 180 (3) 330
(4) 90 (5) 45
253. SBI, Shanghai became the first Indian bank to link up with China's CNAPS system. What does A
stands for in CNAPS?
(1) Actual (2) Attribution (3) Assest
(4) Advance (5) Artificial
254. The National Housing Bank (NHB) has decided to infuse an additional Rs ____________ crore into
housing finance companies (HFCs) to improve liquidity in the sector.
(1) 15,000 (2) 10,000 (3) 20,000
(4) 7.000 (5) 5000
255. Which among the following has announced the launch of Identity Check Express to secure online
transactions?
(1) Visa (2) EuroPay (3) Mastercard
(4) RuPay (5) None of the above
256. The centre has proposed guidelines for e-commerce firms that entail a _____________ day deadline
to effect refund request.
(1) 21 days (2) 7 days (3) 14 days
(4) 30 days (5) 45 days
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257. What is the expected growth rate of India for Financial Year 20, by National Council of Applied
Economic Research (NCAER)? (August,2019)
(1) 6.8% (2) 6.2% (3) 6.4%
(4) 6.9% (5) 6.6%
258. Recently,___________________ has proposed to set up a central payment fraud registry to monitor
digital payment frauds in real-time
(1) NPCI (2) RBI (3) Ministry of Finance
(4) NACH (5) DICGC
259. RBI set up committee on computerization of banks in India under the chairmanship of
_____________________
(1) YB Damle (2) C Rangarajan (3) TNA Iyer
(4) WS Saraf (5) KS Shere
260. _____________ , recently got Scheduled Bank status.

(1) Equitas Small Finance Bank (2) A U Small Finance Bank (3) Jana Small Finance Bank
(4) Capital Small Finance Bank (5) ESAF Small Finance Bank
261. ______ is set to provide $200 million for all-weather rural road project in Maharashtra.
(1) AIIB (2) ADB (3) EBRD
(4) IMF (5) NDB
262. IFC and MIGA have signed an agreement to support wind farm in ______________.
(1) Nigeria (2) Kenya (3) Ghana
(4) Egypt (5) Morocco
263. CAIT has partnered with which bank to launch an initiative "Digi Vyapari-Safal Vyapari"?
(1) ICICI Bank (2) Axis Bank (3) HDFC Bank
(4) RBL Bank (5) Karnataka Bank
264. Finance Ministry has planned for a _____-point Key Performance Indicators for bench-marking 18
PSBs.
(1) 10 (2) 12 (3) 15
(4) 20 (5) 16
265. India has contributed _____________ million to the UN Special Purpose Trust Fund for the Resident
Coordinator System.
(1) $ 2 million (2) $ 1.5 million (3) $ 1 million
(4) $ 2.5 million (5) $ 0.5 million
266. _________by IDBI Bank is a first of its kind Mobile Money payment solution.
(1) PayBid (2) PayId (3) Bipay
(4) IDBIMob (5) PayApt
267. Jaishankar R. Padmanabhan has been selected as an Executive Director of _______________.

(1) Exim Bank (2) SEBI (3) SIDBI
(4) NABARD (5) National Housing Bank
268. A government panel headed by Akhilesh Ranjan has recommended cutting the corporate tax rate to
______________ for all companies.
(1) 25% (2) 30% (3) 15%
(4) 20% (5) 35%
269. RBI, recently permitted processing of e-mandate on credit & debit cards for recurring transactions
(merchant payments) with a cap of Rs. _________.
(1) Rs 2,000 (2) Rs 1,000 (3) Rs 1,500
(4) Rs 3,000 (5) None of these
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270. Bandhan Bank has launched a co-branded credit card with ____________ to offer complete services
to its existing customers.
(1) Deutsche Bank (2) ICICI Bank (3) Bank of America
(4) DBS Bank (5) Standard Chartered Bank
271. National Housing Board will provide an additional liquidity support of ________________ to HFCs.
(1) Rs 10000 Crore (2) Rs 15000 Crore (3) Rs 20000 Crore
(4) Rs 25000 Crore (5) Rs 30000 Crore
272. The Central Vigilance Commission has constituted Advisory Board for Banking Frauds to examine
bank fraud over _______________.
(1) ₹ 75 Crore (2) ₹ 25 Crore (3) ₹ 50 Crore
(4) ₹ 100 Crore (5) ₹ 20 Crore
273. RBI has decided to transfer 1.76 lakh crore rupees as dividend & surplus reserve to the government.
The move was based on recommendation of a committee headed by _____________.
(1) Bimal Jalan (2) Viral Acharya (3) B Srinivasan
(4) BP Kanungo (5) Nachiket Mor
274. Samsung India tied up with Mastercard and which other bank in India for mobile payments?
(1) Bank of India (2) ICICI Bank (3) RBL Bank
(4) Bank of Baroda (5) Allahabad Bank
275. Recently, A Fintech panel suggested legal framework to protect digital services consumers in which
of the following points?
(1) use of drones for field assessments (2) artificial intelligence (AI) to reduce frauds
(3) Relieving people from KYC cmpliance for e-wallets (4) A & B Only
(5) B & C Only
276. Pravin Jadhav was recently appointed as the MD & CEO of which of the following company?
(1) Trident Solutions (2) Truecaller India (3) Amazon Pay
(4) Paytm Money (5) Airtel Payments Bank
277. Task force headed by whom among the following recommended setting up of a self-regulatory body
(SRB), to oversee the proposed secondary market?
(1) T.N. Manoharan (2) Shashi Shekhar (3) Urjit Patel
(4) BP Kanungo (5) Pami Dua
278. Fin Min sets up task force headed by identify infra projects worth ₹100 trillion. It will be headed
by___________.
(1) Subash Chandra Garg (2) Bimal Jalan (3) Atanu Chakraborty
(4) Sanjay Shekhar (5) None of these
279. New Development Bank to lend Rs _________ crore to Andhra Pradesh.

(1) 4,000 (2) 5,000 (3) 6,000
(4) 7,000 (5) 8,000
280. American Express introduces __________ Credit Card for millennials in India.
(1) GreenEarn (2) GOEarn (3) SmartEarn
(4) AmexEarn (5) ExEarn
281. In FY-20, NBFCs are expected to grow by __________, as per Ratings agency India Ratings.
(1) 4-5% (2) 6-7% (3) 8-9%
(4) 10-12% (5) 6-9%
282. Recently, RBI Panel under the chairmanship of ________________ has recommended that an
intermediary be set up under the National Housing Bank (NHB).
(1) Bimal Jalan (2) Pami Dua (3) VK Johri
(4) Usha Thorat (5) Harsh Vardhan
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283. Reserve Bank of India (RBI),recently reduced the risk weight requirement for consumer loans to
_________ per cent , from previous 125 per cent.
(1) 75 (2) 90 (3) 100
(4) 110 (5) None of these
284. RBI panel, headed by ______________ recently suggested measures to boost credit to farm sector.
(1) B P Kanungo (2) Subhash Chandra Garg (3) Bimal Jalan
(4) Y V Reddy (5) M K Jain
285. Govt forms IT Standing Committee, names ______________ as head.

(1) Shashi Tharoor (2) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (3) Anurag Thakur
(4) Amit Shah (5) None of these
286. RBI has proposed Rs _________ crore minimum capital for small banks under 'on tap' licence
regime.
(1) 100 (2) 200 (3) 300
(4) 400 (5) 500
287. ______________& BillDesk recently partnered to roll out interface for recurring payments.
(1) RBI (2) Visa (3) Mastercard
(4) None of these (5) SBI
288. Export Guarantee Corporation of India (ECGC) ,recently launched ‘________’ scheme to enhance
loan availability of exporters and MSMEs.
(1) Sankalp (2) Utkarsh (3) Pradaan
(4) None of these (5) Nirvik
289. The preseident of _______________, Takehiko Nakao has announced his resignation recently.
(1) World Bank (2) AIIB (3) ADB
(4) WEF (5) IMF
290. The government has waived ____________ year lock-in period on investments made by non-
residents in the Infrastructure Debt Funds.
(1) 3 (2) 2 (3) 4
(4) 5 (5) 8
291. Which among the following has launched 'Bharosa' savings account services recently?
(1) Paytm Payments Bank (2) ESAF Small Finance Bank (3) Airtel Payments Bank
(4) Jio Payments Bank (5) Jana Small Finance Bank
292. The Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill, 2019 has set ___________ day deadline for rescuing
companies in distress to fast track cleaning up of bad assets.
(1) 330 (2) 270 (3) 364
(4) 180 (5) 129
293. SEBI has set up an expert committee headed by __________ to suggest the norms for social stock
exchanges.
(1) Ishaat Hussain (2) TV Mohandas Pai (3) Amit Chandra
(4) PS Jayakumar (5) Mallikarjuna Rao
294. Recently, Alison Rose has been appointed as the Chief Executive of ___________.
(1) HSBC Bank (2) Barclays Bank (3) National Bank of Australia
(4) Lloyds Banking Group (5) RBS Bank
295. Recently, Bank of Baroda launched Centralised Processing hubs at ____________ for farmers.
(1) Bengaluru (2) Chennai (3) Hyderabad
(4) Mumbai (5) Vadodara
296. As per the RBI's notification, the bank should have to reverse failed transactions with the maximum
of __________________ days of failed transactions.
(1) T + 3 (2) T + 4 (3) T + 2 Answer keys
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297. RBI, recently approved reappointment of Shyam Srinivasan as CEO of_________.

(1) Lakshmi Vilas Bank (2) RBL Bank (3) Yes Bank
(4) Federal Bank (5) ICICI Bank
298. NRIs with Indian Passport can now apply for Aadhaar on arrival without ________-day waiting
period.
(1) 167 (2) 175 (3) 182
(4) 199 (5) 220
299. Who among the following has been appointed as the AMFI Chairman?
(1) Ajay Banga (2) Saurabh Nanavati (3) Sanjay Sanyal
(4) Nilesh Shah (5) Sanjeet Mitra
300. What is the net owned fund requirements for HFC in order to get registered with NHB?
(1) Rs. 2 crore (2) Rs. 5 crore (3) Rs. 10 crore
(4) Rs. 25 crore (5) Rs. 50 crore
301. Who has been appointed as the new IMF (International Monetary Fund) Managing Director?
(1) Christine Lagarde (2) Mariya Gabriel (3) Jim Yong Kim
(4) Kristalina Georgieva (5) Irina Bokova
302. Which bank launched a co-branded fuel card in partnership with Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)?
(1) Axis (2) ICICI (3) HDFC
(4) Yes Bank (5) HSBC
303. ___________Payments Bank Ltd, is set to start its commercial operations shortly.
(1) India Post Payments Bank (2) Fino Payments Bank (3) Jio Payments Bank
(4) Paytm Payments Bank (5) NSDL Payments Bank
304. Which bank became the first Indian bank to have an office in Australia's Victoria?
(1) Union Bank (2) Indian Bank (3) SBI
(4) Canara Bank (5) Punjab National Bank
305. Which bank launched the digital fixed-deposit product called 'Express FD'?
(1) Yes Bank (2) ICICI (3) Standard Chartered Bank
(4) Dhanalakshmi Bank (5) Axis Bank
306. SS Mallikarjuna Rao has been appointed as the new CEO & Managing Director of which Public Sector
Bank?
(1) Union Bank of India (2) Bank of India (3) Punjab National Bank
(4) Allahabad Bank (5) Indian Overseas Bank
307. RBI gave approval to which state government for the merger of all the district co-operative banks
into one bank?
(1) Maharashtra (2) Punjab (3) Uttar Pradesh
(4) Karnataka (5) Kerala
308. How much is the minimum paid up equity capital for TReDS (Trade Receivables Discounting System)
under the RBI guidelines on ‘on tap' authorisation on payment systems?
(1) 100 Crores (2) 250 Crores (3) 75 Crores
(4) 25 Crores (5) 50 Crores
309. Businesses with an annual turnover of more than _______ will have to mandatorily offer electronic
mode of payments to their customers from 1 November according to the latest finance ministry
announcements.
310. Who has been has been elected as the chairman of Indian Banks Association for the fiscal 2019-20?
(1) G Rajkiran Rai (2) S.S Mallikarjuna Rao (3) Rajnish Kumar
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311. Which among the following country has been recently removed from the 'Grey List' of FATF (Financial
Action Task Force)?
(1) Sudan (2) Libya (3) Cuba
(4) Sri Lanka (5) Iran
312. IMF sees Indian economic growth rebounding to 7% in the next financial year 2020. What is the IMF
growth prediction for the year 2019?
(1) 6.0% (2) 6.5% (3) 6.1%
(4) 6.4% (5) 6.2%
313. Government of India, Government of Odisha and _____ signed a US$165 million loan agreement to
support climate resilient agriculture in Odisha.
(1) World Bank (2) Asian Development Bank (3) International Monetary Fund
(4) New Development Bank (5) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
314. Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd recently launched its 1st overseas branch at ____________International
Financial Centre.
(1) Singapore (2) Tokyo (3) Beijing
(4) Paris (5) Dubai
315. ___________ has decided to continue with $ 6 bn annual lending support to India.
(1) IMF (2) World Bank (3) AIIB
(4) ADB (5) NDB
316. MSTC Ltd tied up with which Bank for the development of a dedicated e-auction platform directly
linked with Indian Banking Association's portal for sale of NPAs through the SARFAESI Act?
(1) Allahabad Bank (2) Indian Overseas Bank (3) Bank of Maharashtra
(4) State Bank of India (5) Syndicate Bank
317. Which is the selected location for the buyer-seller meet for farm products organised by Central
Marine Fisheries Research Institute & Krishi Vigyan Kendra with the support of NABARD?
(1) Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu (2) Mysore, Karnataka (3) Kochi, Kerala
(4) Madurai, Tamil Nadu (5) Trivandrum, Kerala
318. RBI working group on core investment companies ,recently submitted its report. The committee was
headed by___________.
(1) Bimal Jalan (2) VG Kanan (3) Tapan Ray
(4) Injeti Srinivasan (5) Usha Thorat
319. _____________ has sanctioned $451 Million Loan to Boost Power Transmission Capacity in Tamil
Nadu.
(1) NDB (2) AIIB (3) IMF
(4) ADB (5) EBRD
320. According to RBI's recent data, countries Gold reserves increased by $301 million to $__________
billion.
(1) 12.346 (2) 15.678 (3) 21.679
(4) 27.353 (5) None of these
321. RBI has increased the household income limits for borrowers of NBFCs and microfinance institutions
(MFIs) from 1 lakh to _______ lakh rupees.
(1) 1.25 (2) 1.50 (3) 1.60
(4) 2.00 (5) None of these
322. ___________ has ,recently withdrawn some exemptions granted to mortgage finance companies.
(1) GoI (2) RBI (3) SEBI
(4) NHB (5) None of these
323. Entities desirous to function / operate / provide platforms for Bharat Bill Payment Operating Unit
(BBPOU) are need to have a networth of ₹ ______ crore.
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324. NCDEX launched return based agricultural futures index partnering with _________ Indices Limited.
(1) BSE (2) MCX (3) India INX
(4) NSE (5) CSE
325. Moody's Investors Service revised India's economic growth forecast for current year to ________%.
(1) 5.3 (2) 5.5 (3) 5.6
(4) 5.8 (5) 6.1
326. According to the corporate affairs ministry notification, RBI can seek resolution of NBFCs having
assets worth of at least Rs _______ crores under the insolvency law.
(1) 500 Cores (2) 300 Crores (3) 100 Crores
327. According to the SEBI disclosure norms, net worth requirement of Portfolio Managers has been
enhanced from 2 crore to _____amending Portfolio Managers Regulations, 2019.
328. Which online payments system firm decided to buy rewards platform Honey Science for $4 billion?
(1) Paytm (2) FreeCharge (3) MobiKwik
(4) Amazon Pay (5) PayPal
329. RBI has formed a ______ member advisory committee to assist the administrator of troubled
mortgage lender DHFL.
(1) 5 (2) 4 (3) 3
(4) 6 (5) 2
330. As per PLFS Survey by NSO, urban unemployment rate dropped to the lowest level in four quarters
at ________ during January-March 2019
(1) 8.3% (2) 9.3% (3) 7.3%
(4) 12.3% (5) 6.3%
331. What percentage of India's population suffers from disability as per the recently released survey by
NSO?
(1) 2.2% (2) 10.2% (3) 4.2%
(4) 7.2% (5) 5.2%
332. NSO survey has found that ______________ percentage of rural households disposed of waste
water without treatment.
(1) 45% (2) 52% (3) 48%
(4) 56% (5) 42%
333. As per the NSO's Drinking Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Housing Condition in India” report,
____________ of urban households had access to toilets during 2018.
(1) 96.2% (2) 97.4% (3) 91.4%
(4) 93.7% (5) 95.8%
334. Which among the following has planned to use its payments platform to foray into credit business
early 2020?
(1) PhonePe (2) Paytm (3) Free Charge
(4) True Caller (5) WhatsApp
335. Ashok Leyland entered into a 2-year MoU with ___________ to offer customised financial solutions
to customers.
(1) ICICI Bank (2) HDFC Bank (3) Axis Bank
(4) Punjab National Bank (5) State Bank of India
336. Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs recently approved hike in FCI's authorised capital to
________________.
(1) ₹ 10,000 crore (2) ₹ 12,000 crore (3) ₹ 15,000 crore
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337. Which of the following banks, recently appointed Bhuwan Chandra as its new Chief Financial Officer
(CFO)?
(1) Union Bank of India (2) Bank of Baroda (3) Indian Bank
(4) Indian Overseas Bank (5) Allahabad Bank
338. As per the RBI’s fifth bi-monthly monetary policy statement for 2019-20 the real GDP growth
forecast for 2019-20 has been slashed to _______%.
(1) 5.6 (2) 5.4 (3) 5.0
(4) 6.0 (5) 5.8
339. __________, recently approved investing $575 million in suburban railways and Tata Cleantech.
(1) IMF (2) IFC (3) ADB
(4) AIIB (5) EBRD
340. Which of the following small finance banks is set to make the stock market debut in December,2019?
(1) Ujjivan Small Finance Bank (2) Capital Small Finance Bank Ltd
(3) Suryoday Small Finance Bank Ltd (4) Jana Small Finance Bank Ltd
(5) ESAF Small Finance Bank Ltd
341. As per the Survey of Professional Forecasters on Macroeconomic Indicators, the Real Gross Domestic
Product is likely to grow at ____________ in 2019-20. (December,2019)
(1) 5.1% (2) 5.6% (3) 5.3%
(4) 6.2% (5) 5.2%
342. Recently, Odisha government has reduced the financial assistance given to farmers under KALIA
scheme to ______________ per annum.
(1) ₹ 6000 (2) ₹ 5000 (3) ₹ 6000
(4) ₹ 4000 (5) ₹ 7500
343. Companies seeking to raise up to Rs ______ crore can now file their draft papers with regional
offices of the Securities and Exchange Board of India.
(1) 500 (2) 750 (3) 1000
(4) 1250 (5) 2000
344. The National Stock Exchange (NSE) ,recently decided to cancel the licence of ___________ due to
non-compliance of the regulatory provisions of the Exchange.
(1) HDFC Securities Ltd (2) Motilal Oswal Securities Ltd (3) Sharekhan Ltd
(4) Karvy Stock Broking Ltd (5) Zerodha
345. In December 2019 ,Reserve Bank of India imposed ₹ 1.5 Crore penalty on which bank under the sec
47 A of Banking Regulation Act, 1949?
(1) Bank of Baroda (2) Union Bank of India (3) Allahabad Bank
(4) Corporation Bank (5) Andhra Bank
346. _________ has invested USD 200 million in Mahindra and Mahindra Financial Services to create a
dedicated pool of financing for MSMEs in low-income states.
(1) ADB (2) AIIB (3) IMF
(4) IFC (5) EBRD
347. What is the projected GDP growth rate of India for the Financial Year 2018-19 by CRISIL?
(1) 4.7 (2) 4.9 (3) 5.0
(4) 5.1 (5) 5.5
348. In December, 2019 Walmart launched a co-branded credit card in partnership with which bank?
(1) Citi Bank (2) ICICI Bank (3) Bandhan Bank
(4) HDFC Bank (5) Axis Bank
349. Asian Development Bank is set to advance _________ USD 206 million for civic infrastructure.
(1) Uttar Pradesh (2) Tamil Nadu (3) Telangana
(4) Bihar (5) Jharkhand
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350. According to Finance Ministry Public sector banks (PSBs) disburse ₹________trillion loans in
October-November.
(1) 4.67 (2) 3.56 (3) 2.78
(4) 3.34 (5) None of these
351. Which of the following banks re-appointed Rajendran Chinna Veerappan as MD & CEO?
(1) Bandhan Bank (2) Lakshmi Vilas Bank (3) Dena Bank
(4) CSB Bank (5) DBS Bank
352. National Stock Exchange (NSE) launched Nifty Bharat Bond Index series. What will be its unit size?
(1) ₹1,000 (2) ₹3,000 (3) ₹7,000
(4) ₹10,000 (5) ₹15,000
353. As per the recent guidelines, Payments banks may convert to a small finance bank after ________
years of business.
(1) 2 (2) 3 (3) 4
(4) 5 (5) 7
354. Canada’s biggest public pension fund is set to invest up to $_________ mn. in India’s National
Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF).
(1) 200 (2) 300 (3) 400
(4) 600 (5) 900
355. Jairam Sridharan resigned as chief financial officer (CFO) of which of the following banks?
(1) Axis Bank (2) Bank of Baroda (3) Yes Bank
(4) ICICI Bank (5) HDFC Bank
356. According to RBI, round-the-clock transactions will be allowed under the National Electronic Funds
Transfer (NEFT) system from December ______.
(1) 16 (2) 22 (3) 25
(4) 27 (5) 31
357. NTPC has signed a term loan of Rs 5,000 crore with which of the following banks recently?
(1) IDBI (2) SBI (3) BOB
(4) PNB (5) None of these
Insurance
358. Which among the following has partnered with Airtel Payments Bank to offer pure term insurance
policy to customers?
(1) Aviva Life Insurance (2) Aegon Life Insurance (3) Birla Sun Life Insurance
(4) Bharti AXA Life Insurance (5) HDFC Life Insurance
359. IRDAI has constituted a seven-member working group headed by ________ to update norms for
insurance surveyors.
(1) Yegna Priya Bharat (2) PJ Joseph (3) Suresh Mathur
(4) YM Deosthalee (5) Injeti Srinivas
360. Which company has partnered with Paisabazaar.com to offer financial products?
(1) Samsung (2) Google (3) TCS
(4) Wipro (5) Infosys
361. Uttar Pradesh government has become No.1 in the implementation of PM Suraksha Bima Yojana.
What is the annual premium of the scheme?
(1) ₹ 330 (2) ₹ 1000 (3) ₹ 12
(4) ₹ 500 (5) ₹ 100
362. ______________ has entered into a MoU with Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Co Ltd for providing
insurance cover for accidental death.
(1) Corporation Bank (2) BOB (3) None of the above
(4) Union Bank of India (5) SBI
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363. Private sector general insurer _____________ will soon be entering the health insurance segment.
(1) Liberty Insurance (2) Digit Insurance (3) None of these
(4) Universal Sompo Insurance (5) Max Bupa Insurance
364. Recently, Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance has tied up with _____________ to offer mobile based
group insurance solutions.
(1) WhatsApp (2) True Caller (3) PhonePe
(4) Paytm (5) MobiKwik
365. Siddhartha Mohanty recently took over as MD, CEO of ____________.

(1) LIC HFL (2) PNB HFL (3) Canfin Homes Pvt Ltd
(4) HDFC Home Loans (5) national Housing Bank
366. SBI Life Insurance and _______________ have inked a bancassurance pact to offer holistic financial
planning solutions.
(1) Indian Overseas Bank (2) Corporation Bank (3) Andhra Bank
(4) Indian Bank (5) Karur Vysysa Bank
367. Which of the following Public sector banks has signed agreement with Cholamandalam MS General
Insurance?
(1) UCO Bank (2) SBI (3) BOB
(4) Union Bank of India (5) Indian Bank
368. HDFC Life Insurance included in MSCI index. 'C' in MSCI stands for__________.
(1) Control (2) Care (3) Capital
(4) Charge (5) Council
369. OYO has partnered with _________________ to launch insurance cover for guests recently.
(1) TATA AIG General Insurance (2) Bajaj Allianz General Insurance (3) ACKO General Insurance
(4) Future Generali General Insurance (5) Cholamandalam MS General Insurance
370. Aditya Birla Health Insurance has entered into a bancassurance partnership with which among the
following banks?
(1) Andhra Bank (2) ICICI Bank (3) HDFC Bank
(4) Axis Bank (5) Bandhan Bank
371. _____________ has partnered with ZestMoney, a consumer lending fintech, to offer credit
insurance.
(1) Bajaj Allianz General Insurance (2) HDFC General Insurance (3) Liberty General Insurance
(4) Cholamandalam MS General Insurance (5) Acko General Insurance
372. Akshaya Patra Foundation has partnered with _______________ to support the mid-day meal
programme for government schools.
(1) HDFC Standard Life Insurance (2) Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance (3) Aviva Life Insurance
(4) Bharti AXA Life Insurance (5) Tata AIG Life Insurance
373. Which bank recently tied up with TATA AIG insurance for diverse range of general insurance policies
benefiting the bank's customers?
(1) South Indian Bank (2) Federal Bank (3) Corporation Bank
(4) Indian Bank (5) Indian Overseas Bank
374. IDBI Bank launched repo rate-linked home, auto loans recently. Which of the following entities own
the controlling stake in IDBI?
(1) Life Insurance Corporation (2) ICICI Bank (3) HDFC Bank
(4) United India Insurance (5) New India Assurance
375. The New Motor Vehicles Act came into force recently. As per the new norms, Fine for driving without
a license is now Rs __________.
(1) 1,000 (2) 2,000 (3) 3,000
(4) 5,000 (5) 4,000
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376. LIC assets rise to ₹ ___________ lakh crore, as per recent reports.
(1) 24.45 (2) 27.33 (3) 31.11
(4) 45.77 (5) 57.77
377. Employees' State Insurance Corporation signed MoU with which of the following banks to provide e-
payment services directly to the bank accounts of all ESIC beneficiaries?
(1) ICICI (2) PNB (3) SBI
(4) HDFC (5) BOB
378. IDBI Bank announced the plan to sell its stake in its insurance joint venture IDBI ___________ Life
Insurance Company.
(1) Indian (2) Union (3) Federal
(4) Standard (5) New
379. ___________ & Can Fin Homes Limited announced a corporate agency agreement for the
distribution of the general insurer’s products.
(1) HDFC General Insurance (2) Aditya Birla Health Insurance Co. Ltd.
(3) Bharti AXA General Insurance Co. Ltd. (4) Bajaj Allianz General Insurance
(5) None of these
380. IDBI Bank announced its decision to launch co-branded credit card with which of the following
organisation?
(1) EPFO (2) NHB (3) RBI
(4) LIC (5) NABARD
381. State Bank of India has planned to sell ____________ percent stake in SBI Life Insurance for ₹ 3465
Crore.
(1) 4.5% (2) 6.5% (3) 3.5%
(4) 5.0% (5) 2.5%
382. National Health Authority and __________ have recommended measures to check frauds and data
standardization.
(1) LIC (2) ESIC (3) SEBI
(4) SIDBI (5) IRDAI
383. Ayushman Bharat - PMJAY has partnered with which cab service provider to offer benefits to its
customers?
(1) Uber (2) Fast Track (3) Ola
(4) Zoom Car (5) Star Taxi
384. Indian Bank has inked a bancassurance agreement with ___________ to offer health insurance
solutions recently.
(1) Tata AIG Health Insurance (2) Apollo Munich Health Insurance
(3) Max Bupa Health Insurance (4) Bajaj Allianz General Insurance
(5) Star Health and Allied Insurance
385. ___________ & Bharti AXA Life, recently tied up to offer pre-paid plan with term cover to its
customers.
(1) Vodafone (2) Reliance Jio (3) Airtel
(4) BSNL (5) None of these
386. SBI life insurance signed an agreement with which home finance company to offer its insurance
products to home finance companies' customers?
(1) HDFC Housing Finance (2) Repco Home Finance (3) LIC Housing Finance
(4) ICICI Home Finance (5) None of these
387. Government recently raised Rs 4,368 crore through Bharat-22 ETFs. Which of the following entity
manages the fund?
(1) SBI MF (2) ICICI MF (3) LIC of India
(4) UTI Asset Management (5) IDFC
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388. Which life insurance company launched video calling service 'i-SERV'?
(1) Life Insurance Company (2) HDFC Life Insurance Company
(3) Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance (4) Max New Insurance Company
(5) Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance Company
389. Which of the following banks unveiled a health insurance policy with Universal Sompo?
(1) Indian Overseas Bank (2) Federal bank (3) Canara bank
(4) Punjab National bank (5) State Bank of India
390. IRDAI formed a panel to vet proposals for innovations which is chaired by________.
(1) S. Sadagopan (2) K. Natarajan (3) Ajay Kumar Tyagi
(4) A K Lavasa (5) Sanket Seth
391. Minister of State (I/C) for Labour & Employment Santosh Gangwar launched 3 Apps: UAN
Registration, E-Inspection & Digi Locker-developed by EPFO. What does 'U' in the acronym UAN represents?
(1) Unity (2) Umbrella (3) Union
(4) Umang (5) Universal
392. Bajaj Allianz General Insurance, launched mobile app _________ catering to the specific needs of
farmers.
(1) BajajFarm (2) Farmsandesh (3) FarmGyan
(4) Farmitra (5) Farmfaith
393. Life Insurance Corporation of India recently, invested Rs 2,500 crore in which of the following
housing finance companies?
(1) Indiabulls Housing Finance Limited (2) L&T Housing Finance Limited
(3) PNB Housing Finance Limited (4) HDFC Housing Finance
(5) ICICI Home Finance
394. Which among the following companies have entered into the Morgan Stanley Capital International -
India Index?
(1) SBI Life & Bajaj Allianz Life (2) HDFC Standard Life & SBI Life
(3) ICICI Prudential Life & HDFC Standard Life (4) SBI Life & ICICI Prudential Life
(5) PNB MetLife Insurance & SBI Life
395. IRDAI, recently called for wellness features in health insurance plans. 'D' in IRDAI stands
for_________.
(1) Department (2) Depository (3) Development
(4) None of these (5) Division
396. Muthoot Finance announced its intention to acquire _________________ for ₹ 215 crore to enter
mutual fund space by February 2020.
(1) Birla Sun life Asset Management (2) IDBI Asset Management
(3) Taurus Asset Management (4) HDFC Asset Management
(5) UTI Asset Management
397. IndiaFirst Life Insurance partnered with which of the following business entity for 'Insurance Khata'?
(1) Spice Money (2) Udaan Pay (3) Paypal
(4) PayU (5) Zest Money
398. According to recent _______ norms, Banks can hold more than 10% in multiple insurance firms.
(1) SEBI (2) RBI (3) IRDAI
(4) Ministry of Finance (5) IBBI
399. IRDAI, recently approved sale of ______% stake in Max Bupa Health Insurance to True North.
(1) 15 (2) 24 (3) 33
(4) 51 (5) 78
400. Which of the following private insurers launched 'Super Top Up' Plan, recently?
(1) Apollo Munich Health Insurance (2) Star Health and Allied insurance
(3) ManipalCigna Health Insurance (4) Future Generali India Insurance Answer keys
(5) Bajaj Allianz General Insurance
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Name of Tiger Reserve(TR) State
Nagarjunsagar Srisailam Andhra Pradesh
Namdapha Arunachal Pradesh
Kamlang Tiger Reserve Arunachal Pradesh
Pakke TR Arunachal Pradesh
Manas TR Assam
Nameri TR Assam
Orang TR Assam
Kaziranga TR Assam
Valmiki TR Bihar
Udanti-Sitanadi TR Chhattisgarh
Achanakmar TR Chhattisgarh
Indravati TR Chhattisgarh
Palamau TR Jharkhand
Bandipur TR Karnataka
Bhadra TR Karnataka
Dandeli-Anshi TR Karnataka
Nagarahole TR Karnataka
Periyar TR Kerala
Parambikulam TR Kerala
Kanha TR Madhya Pradesh
Bandhavgarh TR Madhya Pradesh
Panna TR Madhya Pradesh
Satpura TR Madhya Pradesh
Sanjay-Dubri TR Maharashtra
Melghat TR Maharashtra
Tadoba-Andhari TR Maharashtra
Sahyadri TR Maharashtra
Nawegaon-Nagzira TR Maharashtra
Bor TR Maharashtra
Dampa TR Mizoram
Simplipal TR Odisha
Satkosia TR Odisha
Ranthambore TR Rajasthan
Sariska TR Rajasthan
Mukandra Hills TR Rajasthan
Kalakad-Mundanthurai TR Tamil Nadu
Anamalai TR Tamil Nadu
Mudumalai TR Tamil Nadu
Satyamangalam TR Tamil Nadu
Kawal TR Telangana
Amrabad TR Telangana
Dudhwa TR Uttar Pradesh
Pilibhit TR Uttar Pradesh
Amangarh TR Uttar Pradesh
Corbett TR Uttarakhand
Rajaji TR Uttarakhand
Sunderbans TR West Bengal
Buxa TR West Bengal
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National Parks
Name of National Park (NP) State
Papikonda NP Andhra Pradesh
Rajiv Gandhi (Rameswaram) NP Andhra Pradesh
Sri Venkateswara NP Andhra Pradesh
Mouling NP Arunachal Pradesh
Namdapha NP Arunachal Pradesh
Dibru-Saikhowa NP Assam
Kaziranga NP Assam
Manas NP Assam
Nameri NP Assam
Rajiv Gandhi Orang NP Assam
Valmiki NP Bihar
Guru Ghasidas (Sanjay) NP Chhattisgarh
Indravati (Kutru) NP Chhattisgarh
Kanger Valley NP Chhattisgarh
Mollem NP Goa
Vansda NP Gujarat
Blackbuck (Velavadar) NP Gujarat
Gir NP Gujarat
Marine (Gulf of Kachchh) NP Gujarat
Kalesar NP Haryana
Sultanpur NP Haryana
Great Himalayan NP Himachal Pradesh
Inderkilla NP Himachal Pradesh
Khirganga NP Himachal Pradesh
Pin Valley NP Himachal Pradesh
Simbalbara NP Himachal Pradesh
City Forest (Salim Ali) NP Jammu & Kashmir
Dachigam NP Jammu & Kashmir
Hemis NP Jammu & Kashmir
Kishtwar NP Jammu & Kashmir
Betla NP Jharkhand
Anshi NP Karnataka
Bandipur NP Karnataka
Bannerghatta NP Karnataka
Kudremukh NP Karnataka
Nagarahole (Rajiv Gandhi) NP Karnataka
Anamudi Shola NP Kerala
Eravikulam NP Kerala
Mathikettan Shola NP Kerala
Pambadum Shola NP Kerala
Periyar NP Kerala
Silent Valley NP Kerala
Bandhavgarh NP Madhya Pradesh
Dinosaur Fossils NP Madhya Pradesh
Fossil NP Madhya Pradesh
Indira Priyadarshini Pench NP Madhya Pradesh
Kanha NP Madhya Pradesh
Madhav NP Madhya Pradesh
Panna NP Madhya Pradesh
Sanjay NP Madhya Pradesh
Satpura NP Madhya Pradesh
Van Vihar NP Madhya Pradesh
Chandoli NP Maharashtra
Gugamal NP Maharashtra
Nawegaon NP Maharashtra
Pench (Jawaharlal Nehru) NP Maharashtra
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Sanjay Gandhi (Borivilli) NP Maharashtra

Tadoba NP Maharashtra
Keibul-Lamjao NP Manipur
Balphakram NP Meghalaya
Nokrek Ridge NP Meghalaya
Murlen NP Mizoram
Phawngpui Blue Mountain NP Mizoram
Intanki NP Nagaland
Bhitarkanika NP Odisha
Simlipal NP Odisha
Desert NP Rajasthan
Keoladeo Ghana NP Rajasthan
Mukundra Hills NP Rajasthan
Ranthambhore NP Rajasthan
Sariska NP Rajasthan
Khangchendzonga NP Sikkim
Guindy NP Tamil Nadu
Gulf of Mannar Marine NP Tamil Nadu
Indira Gandhi (Annamalai) NP Tamil Nadu
Mudumalai NP Tamil Nadu
Mukurthi NP Tamil Nadu
Kasu Brahmananda Reddy NP Telangana
Mahaveer Harina Vanasthali NP Telangana
Mrugavani NP Telangana
Clouded Leopard NP Tripura
Bison (Rajbari) NP Tripura
Dudhwa NP Uttar Pradesh
Corbett NP Uttarakhand
Gangotri NP Uttarakhand
Govind NP Uttarakhand
Nanda Devi NP Uttarakhand
Rajaji NP Uttarakhand
Valley of Flowers NP Uttarakhand
Buxa NP West Bengal
Gorumara NP West Bengal
Jaldapara NP West Bengal
Neora Valley NP West Bengal
Singalila NP West Bengal
Sunderban NP West Bengal
Campbell Bay NP Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Galathea Bay NP Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Mahatama Gandhi Marine (Wandoor) NP Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Middle Button Island NP Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Mount Harriett NP Andaman & Nicobar Islands
North Button Island NP Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Rani Jhansi Marine NP Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Saddle Peak NP Andaman & Nicobar Islands
South Button Island NP Andaman & Nicobar Islands
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Wildlife Sanctuaries
Wildlife Sanctuaries State
Pulicat Lake WLS Andhra Pradesh
Coringa WLS Andhra Pradesh
Kambalakonda WLS Andhra Pradesh
Dibang WLS Arunachal Pradesh
Kamlang WLS Arunachal Pradesh
Kane WLS Arunachal Pradesh
Amchang WLS Assam
Burachapari WLS Assam
Garampani WLS Assam
Nambor WLS Assam
Pabitora WLS Assam
Gautam Budha WLS Bihar
Kusheshwar Asthan Bird WLS Bihar
City Bird WLS Chandigarh
Sukhna Lake WLS Chandigarh
Barnawapara WLS Chhattisgarh
Sarangarh-Gomardha WLS Chhattisgarh
Fudam WLS Daman & Diu
Asola Bhati (Indira Priyadarshini) WLS Delhi
Cotigaon WLS Goa
Dr. Salim Ali Bird (Chorao) WLS Goa
Gaga (Great Indian Bustard) WLS Gujarat
Jessore Sloth Bear WLS Gujarat
Khijadiya Bird WLS Gujarat
Nal Sarovar Bird WLS Gujarat
Ratanmahal Sloth Bear WLS Gujarat
Wild Ass WLS Gujarat
Abubshehar WLS Haryana
Chhilchhila Lake WLS Haryana
Bandli WLS Himachal Pradesh
Chandratal WLS Himachal Pradesh
Lippa Asrang WLS Himachal Pradesh
Rakchham Chitkul (Sangla Valley) WLS Himachal Pradesh
Sech Tuan Nala WLS Himachal Pradesh
Changthang WLS Jammu & Kashmir
Hokersar WLS Jammu & Kashmir
Surinsar Mansar WLS Jammu & Kashmir
Kodarma WLS Jharkhand
Lawalong WLS Jharkhand
Mahuadanr Wolf WLS Jharkhand
Topchanchi WLS Jharkhand
Adichunchunagiri Peacock WLS Karnataka
Attiveri Bird WLS Karnataka
Daroji Bear WLS Karnataka
Ghataprabha Bird WLS Karnataka
Gudavi Bird WLS Karnataka
Gudekote Sloth Bear WLS Karnataka
Ranebennur Black Buck WLS Karnataka
Ranganathittu Bird WLS Karnataka
Ramadevara Betta Vulture WLS Karnataka
Chinnar WLS Kerala
Mangalavanam Bird WLS Kerala
Thattekad Bird WLS Kerala
Pitti (Bird Island) WLS Lakshadweep
Orcha WLS Madhya Pradesh
Pachmarhi WLS Madhya Pradesh
Karanja Sohal Blackbuck WLS Maharashtra
Naigaon Peacock WLS Maharashtra
Narnala Bird WLS Maharashtra
Thane Creek Flamingo WLS Maharashtra
Yangoupokpi Lokchao WLS Manipur
Khongjaingamba Ching WLS Manipur
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Baghmara Pitcher Plant WLS Meghalaya

Narpuh WLS Meghalaya
Nongkhyllem WLS Meghalaya
Siju WLS Meghalaya
Khawnglung WLS Mizoram
Thorangtlang WLS Mizoram
Fakim WLS Nagaland
Puliebadze WLS Nagaland
Rangapahar WLS Nagaland
Bhitarkanika WLS Odisha
Lakhari Valley WLS Odisha
Nandankanan WLS Odisha
Gahirmatha (Marine) WLS Odisha
Nandankanan WLS Odisha
Oussudu WLS Puducherry
Harike Lake WLS Punjab
Bir Aishvan WLS Punjab
Bir Bunerheri WLS Punjab
Jamwa Ramgarh WLS Rajasthan
Kailadevi WLS Rajasthan
Phulwari Ki Nal WLS Rajasthan
Sawai Man Singh WLS Rajasthan
Todgarh Raoli WLS Rajasthan
Fambong Lho WLS Sikkim
Kyongnosla Alpine WLS Sikkim
Pangolakha WLS Sikkim
Gangaikondam Spotted Dear WLS Tamil Nadu
Kanjirankulam Bird WLS Tamil Nadu
Karaivetti Bird WLS Tamil Nadu
Karikilli Birds WLS Tamil Nadu
Oussudu Lake Bird Sanctuary Tamil Nadu
Srivilliputhur Grizzled Squirrel WLS Tamil Nadu
Vaduvoor Birds WLS Tamil Nadu
Vedanthangal Lake Birds WLS Tamil Nadu
Vellanadu Blackbuck WLS Tamil Nadu
Kinnersani WLS Telangana
Manjeera Crocodile WLS Telangana
Pranahita WLS Telangana
Gumti WLS Tripura
Rowa WLS Tripura
Sepahijala WLS Tripura
Trishna WLS Tripura
Jai Prakash Narayan (Surhatal) Bird WLS Uttar Pradesh
Kaimur WLS Uttar Pradesh
Katerniaghat WLS Uttar Pradesh
Nawabganj Bird WLS Uttar Pradesh
Samaspur Bird WLS Uttar Pradesh
Sur Sarovar Bird WLS Uttar Pradesh
Turtle WLS Uttar Pradesh
Askot WLS Uttarakhand
Binsar WLS Uttarakhand
Nandhaur WLS Uttarakhand
Sonanadi WLS Uttarakhand
Bethuadahari WLS West Bengal
Chapramari WLS West Bengal
Chintamani Kar Bird WLS West Bengal
Jorepokhri Salamander WLS West Bengal
Pakhi Bitan Bird WLS West Bengal
Ramnabagan WLS West Bengal
Sajnakhali WLS West Bengal
Senchal WLS West Bengal
Haliday Island WLS West Bengal
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Important Static and Current info-

State Capital Chief Minister Governor
Andhra Amaravati Y. S. Jaganmohan Biswa Bhusan
Pradesh Reddy Harichandan
Arunachal Itanagar Pema Khandu Brigadier BD Mishra
Pradesh (retd)
Assam Dispur Sarabananda Jagdish Mukhi
Sonowal
Bihar Patna Nitish Kumar Phagu Chauhan
Chhattisgarh Raipur Bhupesh Baghel Anusuiya Uikey
Goa Panaji Pramod Sawant S.P Malik
Gujarat Gandhi Nagar Vijaybhai R. Acharya Devvrat
Rupani
Haryana Chandigarh Manohar Lal Satyadev Narayan
Khattar Arya
Himachal Shimla Jai Ram Thakur Bandaru Dattatraya
Pradesh
Jharkhand Ranchi Raghubar Das Draupadi Murmu
Karnataka Bengaluru B S Yediyurappa Vajubhai Rudabhai
Vala
Kerala Thiruvananthapuram Pinarayi Vijayan Arif Mohammed
Khan
Madhya Bhopal Kamal Nath Lalji Tandon
Pradesh
Maharashtra Mumbai Uddhav Thackrey Bhagat Singh
Koshyari
Manipur Imphal N Biren Singh Padmanabha
Balkrishna Acharya
(Add. Charge)
Meghalaya Shillong Conrad Sangma R N Ravi (add.charge)
Mizoram Aizawl Pu Zoramthanga P S Sreedharan
Pillai
Nagaland Kohima Neiphiu Rio R N Ravi
Odisha Bhubaneshwar Naveen Patnaik Ganeshi Lal
Punjab Chandigarh Amarinder Singh V P Singh Badnore
Rajasthan Jaipur Ashok Gehlot Kalraj Mishra
Sikkim Gangtok Prem Singh Ganga Prasad
Tamang(PS
Golay)
Tamil Nadu Chennai Edappadi K. Banwarilal Purohit
Palaniswami
Telangana Hyderabad K. Chandrasekhar Tamilisai
Rao Soundararajan
Tripura Agartala Biplab Kumar Deb Ramesh Bais
Uttar Pradesh Lucknow Yogi Adityanath Anandiben Patel
Uttarakhand Dehradun Trivendra Singh Baby Rani Maurya
Rawat
West Bengal Kolkata Mamata Banerjee Jagdeep Dhankhar
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Complete List of Union Ministers

Union Minister Portfolio Constituency
Narendra Modi Ministry of personnel, public Varanasi, UP
grievances and pensions
Rajnath Singh Ministry of Defence Lucknow, UP
Amit Shah Ministry of Home Affairs Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Nitin Gadkari Ministry of Road Transport and Nagpur, Maharashtra
Highways & Ministry of Micro, Small
and Medium enterprises
DV Sadananda Gowda Ministry of Chemical and Fertilizers Bangalore North, Karnataka
Nirmala Sitharaman Ministry of Finance & Ministry of Rajya Sabha
Corporate Affairs
Ram Vilas Paswan Ministry of Consumer affairs, food and NA
public distribution
Narendra Singh Tomar Ministry of agriculture and farmers Morena, M.P
welfare, Ministry of Rural Development
& Ministry of Panchayati Raj
Ravi Shankar Prasad Ministry of Law and Justice, Ministry of Patna Sahib, Bihar
communications & Ministry of
Electronics and Information
Technology
Harsimrat Kaur Badal Ministry of Food Processing Industries Bathinda, Punjab
Thaawar Chand Gehlot Ministry of Social justice and Rajya Sabha(M.P)
empowerment
Dr Subrahmanyam Ministry of External Affairs Rajya Sabha (Gujarat)
Jaishankar
Ramesh Pokhriyal Ministry of Human Resource Haridwar, Uttarakhand
‘Nishank’ Development
Arjun Munda Ministry of Tribal Affairs Khunti, Jharkhand
Smriti Zubin Irani Ministry of Women and child Amethi, UP
Development & Ministry of Textiles
Dr Harsh Vardhan Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Chandni Chowk, Delhi
Ministry of Science and Technology &
Ministry of Earth Sciences
Prakash Javadekar Ministry of environment, forest and Rajya Sabha(M.P)
climate change & Ministry of
Information and Broadcasting
Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public
Enterprise
Piyush Goyal Ministry of Railways & Ministry of Rajya Sabha(Maharashtra)
Commerce and Industry
Dharmendra Pradhan Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas Rajya Sabha(M.P)
& Ministry of Steel
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Ministry of Minority Affairs Rajya Sabha(Jharkhand)
Pralhad Joshi Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Dharwad, Karnataka
Ministry of coal & Ministry of Mines
Dr Mahendra Nath Ministry of Skill Development and Chandauli, UP
Pandey Entrepreneurship
Giriraj Singh Ministry of Animal Husbandry, dairying Begusarai, Bihar
and fisheries
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connectivity under BharatNet Project to 9. 4
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the longest electrified tunnel of 6.6 km built at
2. 1 a total cost of ₹ 460 crore between Cherlopalli
One Nation One Ration Card scheme will allow and Rapuru stations. It is a part of
portability of food security benefits, will be Obulavaripalli-Venkatachalam new railway line.
available across the country from July 1, 2020.
It means poor migrant workers will be able to 10. 1
buy subsidized rice and wheat from any ration The US-India Strategic Partnership Forum
shop in the country. honours Mastercard CEO and President Ajay
Banga and Wipro Chairman Azim Premji with
3. 3 the 2019 Global Excellence Awards at its
The government has appointed MTNL Second Annual Leadership Summit in
Chairman and Managing Director P.K. Purwar Washington.
as the CMD of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd for a
period of three months. He is expected to 11. 5
follow the directions by the Department of The Unique Identification Authority of India
Telecom. has set up its first 'Aadhaar Seva Kendra' in
Delhi and Vijayawada. Also, it plans to set up
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Director General Krishnaswamy Natarajan took centres will facilitate enrolment, updating and
over as the 23rd Chief of Indian Coast Guard. other activities.
He replaced Rajendra Singh, who was the first
cadre officer to head the force. Natarajan is a 12. 2
5th Batch Officer of the Indian Coast Guard. Reliance Jio launched a new initiative called
‘Digital Udaan’. This is a digital literacy
5. 5 programme that will help those with internet
India signed a deal to acquire Strum Ataka but are not savvy enough to use the various
anti-tank missile from Russia for its fleet of Mi- apps and features available online.
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title,Li Shi Feng defeated India's Parupalli
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University Grants Commission approved a new place at Markin-MacPhail Centre in Canada.
Scheme for Trans-disciplinary Research for
India's Developing Economy. It will provide 14. 1
support to research projects that are socially The EU's new president-elect Ursula von der
relevant, locally need-based, nationally Leyen made her first trip to Brussels since
important & globally significant being nominated, as senior officials sought to
shore up support for her appointment in the
7. 2 European Parliament.
European Union (EU) leaders have put forward
their nominations for the bloc's top jobs, with 15. 2
a woman, German Defence Minister Ursula von The Haryana government announced the
der Leyen proposed as European Commission launch of 'Meri Fasal Mera Byora' portal
Chief for the first time. whereby farmers can avail benefits of several
government schemes directly after uploading
8. 3 their crop-related details. This simple system
RailYatri obtained the IRCTC license and under will enable farmers to self-report their land
it, it has now been authorised to continue its
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and crop details and help them receive the country next month. The IT-enabled
benefits of government schemes. economic census would be done by the
Common Service Centres in each gram
16. 4 panchayat.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis has been sworn in as
Greece's new PM, after New Democracy party 24. 2
won a landslide over leftist Syriza.Results London has been named as the world's best
showed New Democracy gaining 39.85% of city for students for the 2nd consecutive year,
the vote in snap election. beating international cities like Tokyo &
Melbourne that came 2nd & 3rd respectively.
17. 2 The 'QS Best Student Cities Ranking' compiled
Kane Williamson was named Player of the by QS Quacquarelli Symonds.
Tournament. England became only the 3rd
team after India and Australia to win the World 25. 1
Cup on their home soil defeating New Zealand Cabinet has given nod to the setting up of
in final. England ended a long wait. They ISRO Technical Liaison Unit (ITLU) at Moscow
reached the final of the World Cup for the first in Russia. ITLU will also support the ongoing
time since 1992. bilateral programmes of cooperation in space
technology and act on behalf of ISRO.
18. 2
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton beat his 26. 5
teammate Valtteri Bottas to take another win A Broadway director and producer Harold
of the season. In fact, this is Hamilton's 6th Prince has died at the age of 91. He was the 2-
win at Silverstone as he edges further towards -time Tony award winner. He was famous for
the world title with a lead of 39 points. his fluid, cinematic director’s touch and was
unpredictable and uncompromising in his
19. 4 choice of stage material. He also was a
Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju recipient of a Kennedy Center Honor.
conferred Arjuna Awards to tennis player
Rohan Bopanna and women cricketer Smriti 27. 1
Mandhana. Bopanna who won the tennis gold Indian Army has launched an ecological
medal in men’s double category in Asian initiative with employing E Cars in partnership
Games 2018. with EESL. It plans to operate a batch of 10 E-
Cars as a pilot project and increase the
20. 1 number of E Cars in Delhi to ensure economy,
The Indian armed forces conduct the country's efficiency and minimal emissions.
first-ever stimulated space warfare exercise
named ‘IndSpaceEx’. It aims to assess 28. 3
‘imminent threats’ to the nation beyond earth. Army has launched "Mission Reach Out" in
It also plans on drafting a joint space doctrine Jammu to ensure basic necessities & essential
for future battles. services are available in the region post the
abrogation of the provisions of Article 370 &
21. 5 reorganisation of J&K
Indian Council of Medical Research launched a Chief of the Army Staff: Bipin Rawat
platform named National Data Quality Forum
(NDQF) to improve quality of health and 29. 1
demographic data. It would integrate learning Indian junior shuttlers won 6 medals at the
from scientific &evidence-based initiatives via Bulgarian Junior Inter'nl Championships which
periodic workshops& conferences. concluded in Pazardzhik, Bulgaria. Gold medals
were won by Samiya Imad Faruqui in women's
22. 2 singles, the duo of Edvin Joy and Shruti Mishra
Argentina within the strategic partnership with in Mixed Doubles.
India, has decided to be a partner for the Indian tally comprised of 3 gold, 1 silver, 2
development of the agricultural sector in India bronze.
and further cooperate in this sector through
technological exchanges that can boost the 30. 3
productivity. Researchers at IIT Hyderabad are collaborating
with research institutions across the world to
23. 2 develop a device to detect heart diseases with
India’s seventh Economic Census began from high speed, sensitivity and reliability. The
Tripura and a similar task would be launched device can also be extended to the detection of
in other States and Union Territories across other diseases.
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31. 1 climate, oceans & digital transformation. The

Conservationist Vivek Menon, head of Delhi- summit focused on fighting income and gender
based conservation non-profit, Wildlife Trust of inequality & protecting biodiversity.
India awarded the prestigious Clark R Bavin
Wildlife Law Enforcement Award for the year 39. 4
2019. He co-founded TRAFFIC India with his NTPC Ltd. has announced the commissioning
mentor the late Ashok Kumar. of its first electric vehicle (EV) charging station
along with the Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL).
32. 2 The charging station has been installed at an
Min of HRD launched the National Initiative for IOCL petrol pump in Greater Noida.
School Heads & Teachers' Holistic
Advancements (NISHTHA). It is aimed at 40. 2
training over 42 L teachers in India. He Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
launched its website, training modules, primer Terminus (CST) has been adjudged as the best
booklet & mobile app built for the purpose. 'Swachh Iconic Place' under the Swachh Bharat
Mission. Award will be received by the Ministry
33. 3 of Railways jointly along with BMC and CSR
The UAE is the first Middle East country to partner.
launch the RuPay Card. The card is a first Swachh Bharat Mission launched: 2nd Oct
Indian domestic Debit and Credit Card 2014
payment network, with acceptance at ATMs,
POS devices and e-commerce websites. It was 41. 5
launched in 2012. As part of the ongoing Indo-US defence
cooperation, 15th edition of the joint military
34. 1 training, Exercise Yudh Abhyas - 2019 is being
The book originally has written in the Gujarati conducted at Joint Base Lewis Mc Chord,
language. Prahlad Singh Patel launched the Washington, USA.
book titled- the Diary of Manu Gandhi’ in New Exercise Sampriti is held b/w Indo-Bangladesh
Delhi. English translation of the book will help military
the entire world to understand the life of
Mahatma Gandhi. The book has been edited 42. 1
and translated by Dr. Tridip Suhrud. Nobel Laureate from Bangladesh Professor
Muhammad Yunus was conferred the 'Lamp of
35. 3 Peace of Saint Francis ' award by the Vatican
Jammu and Kashmir has been ranked last in for his contribution towards establishing peace
the rankings. Acc. to the State Rooftop Solar & harmony at the historical Papal Basilica of
Attractiveness Index "SARAL" released by Min Assisi in Italy.
of New & Renewable Energy, Karnataka has
emerged as the best state for setting up a 43. 1
rooftop solar project Telangana, Gujarat, India-Russia signed a 5-year road map for
Andhra Pradesh come next in the rankings. cooperation in the energy sector, cooperation
in the production of spare parts for Russian-
36. 2 Indian military equipment to infrastructure
President Kovind inaugurated the first World finance. Target of $30 billion in bilateral trade
Youth Conference on Kindness in New Delhi. It by 2025 was also set.
is organized with an aim to impart critical Russia President: Vladimir Putin; Currency:
competencies in global youth & enable them to Russian Ruble
transform themselves & build long-lasting
peace in their communities. 44. 3
“Eat Right, Stay Fit, Tabhi India Super Fit”,
37. 5 stating this Dr Harsh Vardhan launched the Eat
PV Sindhu became the 1st Indian to win Right India Movement of FSSAI, the new
badminton World Championships gold by healthy eating approach which places citizens
beating Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in Basel. It at the centre of a Health Revolution through
was Sindhu's 5th World Championships medal. food and fitness.
She won a silver in 2016 Rio Olympic Games, The campaign ‘Eat Right India’ with its new
silver at Gold Coast Commonwealth Games logo and tagline ‘Sahi Bhojan. Behtar Jeevan’
were released by the Health Minister,
38. 2
Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the 45. 1
45th edition of G7 Summit in France. He Gujarat Government & Delaware State of
addressed sessions on the environment, America signed MoU for sister state.
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Cooperation in the field of services and was the Prime Minister.

investment opportunities in GIFT IFSC were He served in the Prime Minister's Office and
discussed during the meeting b/w delegation the Planning Commission.
of Delaware state of America & CM Vijay
Rupani 53. 1
Gujarat Capital: Gandhinagar; Governor: Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen stunned second
Acharya Devvrat seed Victor Svendsen of Denmark in straight
games to clinch men's singles title at the
46. 2 Belgian International Challenge 2019 held in
President Ram Nath Kovind, inaugurated the Brussels.
National Youth Summit in New Delhi, Lakshya Sen WOrld Ranking: 81 (Men's
organised by the Youth Awakening. Speaking Singles)
on the occasion, President said that today's
India is full of youth power having immense 54. 2
talent and energy Defence PSU BEML Ltd and Wipro
Infrastructure Engineering (WIN) have signed
47. 2 an MoU to work together in the areas of
Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora aerospace, industrial automation, 3-D printing,
recently assumed Chairmanship of Association artificial intelligence and hydraulic system
of World Election Bodies for the term 2019-21 engineering.
as India takes over the Chair from Romania.
India was nominated to be Vice-Chair, AWEB 55. 3
at the General Assembly held in 2017. Cognizant Technology Solutions has appointed
Ramkumar Ramamoorthy as chairman and
48. 5 managing director of Cognizant India and head
Mumbai occupied 5th position in a report of India Operations. He has played a leading
titled- Insights on Co-living - An Asia-Pacific role in developing many of their India-based
Perspective, which covered 20 major Asia- portfolios.
Pacific cities. New Delhi is ranked 11th and
Bengaluru 19th. Beijing, Tokyo, Shanghai & 56. 2
Hong Kong occupy the top 4 slots. Report ISRO inked MoUs with DRDO for development
classified cities with 6 key attributes. of human-centric systems for the Gaganyaan
project. Space food, space crew health
49. 4 monitoring & emergency survival kit, radiation
PM Narendra Modi launched Swachhata Hi measurement & protection, parachutes for safe
Seva (SHS) 2019, a massive countrywide recovery are to be provided by DRDO.
awareness and mobilization campaign on
Swachhata at Mathura, UP. It is specially 57. 4
focused on ‘plastic waste awareness and Indian Air Force has flight-tested air-to-air
management’. missile Astra off the coast of Odisha. It was
launched from a Sukhoi Su-30 MKI combat
50. 3 aircraft as a part of User trials. It was tracked
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the using radars, electro-optical tracking sensors &
Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana at struck its target.
Ranchi. The Scheme will secure the lives of 5
Crore Small and Marginal Farmers by providing 58. 3
a minimum pension of Rs 3000 per month, to As per the data from Union Nations Dept of
those who attain 60 years of age. Economic & Social Affairs, India has emerged
as the leading country of origin for immigrants
51. 4 followed by Mexico. European region (82 mn)
Union Human Resource Development Minister hosted the highest number of immigrants,
presented CBSE Teacher Awards - 2018 to 34 followed by North America (59 mn).
teachers of the country. He also launched
CBSE's portal 'Vidyadhan' on Diksha App, a 59. 1
Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing's. Delhi Police has launched a newly integrated
one-touch mobile app 'Tatpar' to provide
52. 3 safety & a convenient online mode on 24x7
Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya basis to its citizen. With this app, people can
Nadella's father and former IAS officer BN share information to police about a suspicious
Yugandhar passed away, 80 after brief illness. vehicle or person or of a crime.
He was the top bureaucrat in the Rural
Development Ministry when PV Narasimha Rao
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Moti Bagh, a documentary film directed by the sport. IAAF chief Sebastian Coe presented
Nirmal Chander Dandriyal, based on the her the Veteran Pin. It was presented during
struggle of a farmer in a remote Himalayan the 52nd IAAF Congress at Doha.
village, has been nominated for the Oscars,
announced by Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh 67. 3
Rawat. Joint Military Exercise KAZIND-2019 between
92nd Academy Awards 2020 to be held in LA, India and Kazakhstan will be conducted at
California Pithoragarh from 02 to 15 October 2019. The
exercise will comprise of nearly 100 soldiers
61. 4 from both Indian and Kazakhstan Army
The theme of International Youth Day 2019, according to the PIB press release.
“Transforming education”. It highlights efforts
to make education more relevant, equitable 68. 1
and inclusive for all youth, including efforts by Rajasthan awarded for water conservation and
youth themselves. Rooted in Goal 4 of the efficient use practices by the National Water
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – Mission of the Government of India under
to “ensure inclusive and equitable quality Category 2-Promotion of citizen and state
education and promote lifelong learning action for water conservation, augmentation
opportunities for all”. and preservation-of awards. The Tejpur Minor
project won the second prize.
62. 4
The Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana 69. 4
(PMJAY) health insurance scheme is set to Andhra Pradesh government decided to
offer teleconsultation services to its patients. It impose a green tax besides banning single-use
is due to the centre’s plans to widen the plastic. To keep a check on pollution by
coverage of the scheme and thus reduce industrial houses, the state will collect the
health expenditures. Ayushman Bharat will green tax. CM Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy
offer teleconsultation by 2022. announced the decisions. The CM plans a
committee for the environment protection.
63. 5
Chennai police will soon launch a special wing 70. 4
- ‘Thozhi’ (friend), comprising women police As per MoU b/w Future Group & Kerala Startup
personnel to support and protect victims of Mission KSUM, it will shortlist 20 companies in
POCSO cases and their parents, and guide a year which will be prospective clients for
them through legal procedures.TN Govt is Future Group. KSUM would provide a platform
planning Fast Track Courts to handle POCSO to Future Group twice every year to speak
cases. TN Govt is planning Fast Track Courts about their business.
to handle POCSO cases. Huddle Kerala 2019 event took place in
Kovalam
64. 1
PM Narendra Modi received the 2019 Global 71. 1
Goalkeeper Award for Swachh Bharat Mission India defeated Bangladesh by 2-1 in the final
from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The of SAFF Under-18 Championship 2019 to lift
award ceremony took place on the side-lines of the title in Kathmandu. India's Ninthoinganba
the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Meetei was declared Most Valuable Player of
session. Swachh Bharat Mission was launched the championship. Host Nepal had lifted earlier
on October 2, 2014. 2 editions of the Championship.
South Asian Football Federation HQ: New Delhi
65. 3
Manipur have clinched the title of the 25th 72. 3
Senior Women's National Football Physicist Thanu Padmanabhan received the M
Championship for the 20th time. Manipur P Birla Memorial Award 2019 for his
defeated Railways in 1-0. Bala Devi is the contributions to the world of cosmology. The
highest scorer in the tournament with 20 Award comprises a citation, trophy and a
goals. Tournament was held at Pasighat, cheque for Rs 2,51,000.
Arunachal Pradesh He was conferred Padma Shri in 2007
66. 5 73. 4
International Association of Athletic GoAir has successfully tested TaxiBot 'a semi-
Federations honoured the Indian track and robotic pilot-operated tow vehicle' at New
field legend PT Usha with a Veteran Pin in Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport.
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TaxiBots will also ensure faster turnaround and Somerset batsman Tom Banton was voted
result in better on-time performance. young player of the year
74. 1 81. 1
North Western Railway followed by South East Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog &United
Central Railway and East Central Railway are Nations Development Programme India
the top three railway zones. launched Youth Co: Lab which aims at
Three railway stations named Jaipur, Jodhpur accelerating social entrepreneurship &
& Durgapura in Rajasthan bagged top honours innovation in young India. it will convene a
among 720 stations in the railways' cleanliness series of Youth dialogue across several cities.
survey unveiled by Piyush Goyal. Andheri, Youth Co:Lab co-created in 2017 by UNDP and
Virar & Naigaon railway stations were the top Citi Foundation.
3 among 109 suburban stations.
82. 5
75. 4 Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the
Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar bagged the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) have
Most Effective Swachhata Ambassador award joined hands to set up the country’s first e-
at the fifth edition of the Safaigiri Awards for waste clinic here, that would enable
utilizing his popularity and fame to ensure segregation, processing and disposal of waste
India achieves its goal of a Swachh Bharat. from both household and commercial units.
CPCB will provide technical support at the unit
76. 2
PM Narendra Modi has set a deadline to 83. 3
achieve the target of eradicating single-use Sifan Hassan completed a historic
plastic from India by 2022. The initiative will 1,500/10,000 metres double at the World
benefit the environment, decongest roads and Athletics Championship, held in Doha, Qatar.
sewer lines, and protect biodiversity. She became the first athlete, male or female,
77. 4 to win the two events at a single Olympic
The government had launched PRAKASH - Games or world championships.
Power Rail Koyla Availability through Supply Hellen Obiri of Kenya retained women's
Harmony- portal in New Delhi. The portal is 5,000m triple jump title
designed to help in mapping and monitoring
entire coal supply chain for power plants. 84. 4
The portal was launched by RK Singh & Fulpati is observed on the 7th day of Dashain
Pralhad Joshi. festival. In Nepali, "Ful" means flower and
"Pati" means leaves and plants. There is a
78. 5 tradition in Nepal to bring 9 types of Fulpati
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched into homes on the 7th day of Navaratri.
the government's new governance initiative Nepal President Bidya Devi Bhandari; PM: K.P.
'Mo Sarkar'. The objective of the programme is Sharma Oli
to provide service with dignity to people who
are coming to government offices for different 85. 1
purposes. Bangladesh has agreed to allow India to
Odisha Governor - Ganeshi Lal. withdraw 1.82 cusec of water from trans-
border Feni river to meet the demand of
79. 1 drinking water for the people of Tripura’s
Min of Tourism has launched the Audio Guide Sabroom town.
facility Audio Odigos for 12 sites of India India and Bangladesh have signed an MoU that
(Including Iconic sites). The app contains an will enable Delhi to set up a coastal
inbuilt map of site for smooth navigation surveillance system radar in Bangladesh. Other
during the tour. The audio can be chosen in agreements signed by the two countries
their preferred language & version. include MoU for Standard Operating Procedure
App offers verified content, with visuals & on the use of Chattogram and Mongla Ports
voice over support.
86. 3
80. 2 UNESCO has appointed Mexican actress Yalitza
England all-rounder Ben Stokes has been Aparicio as its goodwill ambassador for
voted Professional Cricketers' Association indigenous peoples. She was chosen for her
player of the year. He helped England win the commitment to fight racism and advocate for
World Cup for the first time and made a gender equality and indigenous rights.
remarkable unbeaten 135 to win the third
Ashes Test against Australia at Headingley.
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87. 3 Ambikapur is Chhattisgarh's first dustbin-free

The 2019 Nobel Prize for Physiology or city.
Medicine has been awarded to scientists
William G Kaelin, Jr, Peter J Ratcliffe and 94. 1
Gregg L Semenza. They received the award The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2018 is
jointly for their discoveries of "how cells sense awarded to the Polish author Olga Tokarczuk &
and adapt to oxygen availability,". for the year 2019 is awarded to the Austrian
author Peter Handke. Literature Nobel prize
88. 4 was suspended in 2018 after a sexual assault
India has moved down 10 places to the 68th scandal. Olga Tokarczuk won the Man Booker
rank while Singapore has replaced the US as International Prize last year.
the world’s most competitive economy
according to the Global Competitiveness Index 95. 3
compiled by Geneva-based World Economic Dr Harsh Vardhan launched Surakshit Matritva
Forum (WEF). India ranks high in terms of Aashwasan-SUMAN, an initiative in New Delhi.
macroeconomic stability & market size. The initiative was launched during the 13th
Conference of Central Council of Health and
89. 4 Family Welfare. It provides a positive birth
Indian Forest Service officer Ramesh Pandey experience to mother & infant. It aims at
has been selected for the Asia Environmental assuring quality health care at no cost.
Enforcement Award by the United Nations
Environment Programme. His work in 96. 2
combating trans-boundary environmental The Indian Railways has launched a website
crime has been recognised by the selection www.railways.delhipolice.gov.in and the app
panel. Pandey will receive the award at the Sahyatri. This will facilitate the railway police
United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok. in addressing complaints of passengers from
across India and crime detection by integrating
90. 4 the criminal database online
World Mental Health Day is observed on 10
October, with the objective of raising 97. 4
awareness of mental health issues around the Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been
world and mobilizing efforts in support of awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2019 in
mental health. This year's theme is suicide recognition of his efforts to end his country's
prevention. World Federation for Mental Health long-running border conflict with Eritrea. Last
organizes the day. year Abiy & Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki
formally restored relations.
91. 4
HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal will launch 98. 4
Pradhan Mantri Innovative Learning Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge has completed the
Programme- 'DHRUV'. It helps talented first-ever marathon under two hours in the
students to realize their full potential and Austrian capital of Vienna, two years since he
contribute to society. Programme is called fell 25 seconds short. He ran forty-two
after the Pole Star. Every student is to be kilometres in 1 hour, 59 minutes and 40
called as DHRUV TARA. seconds at Vienna's Prater-Hauptallee.
92. 1 99. 2
India women's cricket captain Mithali Raj India & Japan held a joint military exercise in
became the first female player to last more Mizoram from Oct 19 to Nov 2. The focus of
than 20 years in international cricket. She the 2-week-long exercise Dharma Guardian
achieved the feat while leading India to an was to increase the interoperability btw the
eight-wicket win over South Africa Women in two forces & enhance coordination and
the first ODI at Vadodara. Mithali played 204 counter-terrorism.
ODIs till now.
100. 2
93. 4 Sara Danius, the 1st female head of the
'Garbage Cafe' commenced in Ambikapur, Swedish body that awards the Nobel Prize in
Chhattisgarh will provide free meal in Literature, has died. She was 57. She was a
exchange of plastic waste. This is to mark the literature critic, Professor and writer, served as
150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. the 1t female permanent secretary of Swedish
Collected garbage will be sold at the Solid Academy b/w 2015 & 2018.
Liquid Resources Management Centre.
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101. 4 aircraft tractor for taxiing an aircraft from

Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen clinched maiden parking bay to runway & vice versa & it will
BWF World Tour title by winning the Dutch reduce fuel consumption. Air India Chairperson
Open men's singles at Almere in the & MD- Ashwani Lohani.
Netherlands. Lakshya, currently ranked 72nd,
had won the Belgian Open last month and 108. 1
reached the finals of Polish Open this year. He India slipped to the 102 spots in the Global
defeated Yusuke Onodera of Japan in Dutch Hunger Index which features 117 countries,
Open. according to Concern Worldwide-agency that
102. 2 compiles the report. Central African Republic
Manju Rani clinches silver after losing to topped the report. 9 countries of concern were
Russia's Ekaterina Paltceva in the Women's omitted due to lack of data. 17 countries
World Boxing Championships 2019.Paltceva shared the top rank.
defeated Rani 4 -1 in 48-kg category in the
final match of the tournament. Rani hails from 109. 5
Indian state of Haryana. Championship took UN celebrates International Day for the
place at Ulan-Ude in Russia. Eradication of Poverty on October 17. It
promotes people’s awareness of the need to
103. 3 eradicate poverty worldwide. 2019 theme is-
10th edition of the Rashtriya Sanskriti “acting together to empower children, their
Mahotsav-National Cultural Festival will take families & communities to end poverty”.
place in Madhya Pradesh. Union Ministry of Adoption of Convention on the Rights of the
Culture will organize the event & it will be held Child was on 1989.
from October 14th to 21st under the 'Ek
Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat' campaign. The 110. 2
concept of the festival was conceived in the Andhra Pradesh Govt launched a scheme
year 2015. called YSR Navodayam for MSMEs. The
scheme aims to bail out MSMEs in the State &
104. 2 provide them financial relief by restructuring
Former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly their bank loans before March 31,2020. AP CM
has been selected as the new President of the YS Jagmohan Reddy inaugurated the scheme.
Board of Control for Cricket in India. BCCI also Bank loans up to a ceiling of Rs 25 crores will
selected Jay Shah as Secretary & Arun Dhumal be restructured.
as Treasurer. Ganguly is the 2nd India
cricketer to become BCCI president. He is the 111. 3
current President of Cricket Association of Indian boxers clinched 21 medals-including 6
Bengal. golds and 9 silvers- to end with the best medal
haul among 26 competing countries at the
105. 3 Asian Junior Championships held in UAE. But
Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo have team finished as 2nd behind Uzbekistan which
jointly won the 2019 Booker Prize. Atwood's had a better gold count of 8. Uzbekistan
'The Testament' & 'Girl, Woman, Other' by clinched a total of 20 medals.
Evaristo shared the prize. British Indian
novelist Salman Rushdie's 'Quichotte' was 112. 5
among the 6 books shortlisted for the prize.2 Telangana toped in capex on irrigation during
shared the prize even though Booker rule says 2015-19 according to study by CARE Ratings.
not to divide. But it stands 7th among the top 10 States in
terms of expenditure incurred on capital
106. 2 outlay/asset creation (capex). Tamil Nadu
Andhra Pradesh CM Y.S Jaganmohan Reddy spent highest on urban development. Bihar
will launch YSR Rythu Bharosa - PM Kisan spent highest on rural development.
Samman Yojana. Under the scheme, farmers
will get financial assistance of Rs 13,500 per 113. 4
annum in 3 instalments, with the State Govt Ghaziabad’s Loni emerged as the most
contributing Rs 7,500 & the Centre Rs 6,000. polluted city in the country as per Central
State Govt allocated budget of Rs 5,500 crore Pollution Control Board’s AQI figures. The AQI
for the scheme. figures for Ghaziabad ranked in the “very
poor” category &topped the list of 108 most
107. 4 polluted cities. Loni’s AQI figure is 359. AQI –
Air India became the first airline in the world Air Quality Index.
to use a Taxibot on a A320 aircraft with
passengers on-board. Taxibot is a robot-used
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Senior IPS officer of Gujarat cadre Anup economic development of the country. Thakur
Kumar Singh has been appointed as Director- Anup Singh- Chairman & MD of Marg ERP won
General of the National Security Guard. The the award.
appointment was approved by the
Appointments Committee of the Cabinet. His 121. 2
appointment will be up to September 2020. UP govt will launch its flagship scheme Kanya
NSG is a counter terrorism unit under the Sumangla Yojna. The scheme will provide
Home Affairs ministry. 15,000 Rs in a phased manner to every family
in which a girl child takes birth & parents have
115. 5 to take care of girl child's health & education
Venkaiah Naidu presented Most Eminent to get the benefit. Funds will be released in
Senior Citizen Award to former Attorney instalments.
General K. Parasaran. He was honoured with
the award on the Elder's Day celebration of 122. 5
Age Care India. He was awarded for Microsoft is bringing the power of Cloud to
contribution to the field of law & justice. It is small businesses in India through partnership
an organization working for the welfare of the with Reliance Jio. Jio will leverage the
elderly. Microsoft Azure cloud platform to develop
innovative cloud solutions focused on the
116. 1 needs of Indian businesses.
PM unveiled the book 'Bridgital Nation' & Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced the
presented its 1st copy to Ratan Tata. It has deal.
been written by N Chandrasekaran & Roopa
Purushottam. It presents a vision of the future 123. 2
where technology & human beings co-exist in The World Bank’s ease of doing business
a mutually beneficial ecosystem. Event was survey, which so far covered only Delhi and
held in New Delhi. Mumbai, will include Bengaluru and Kolkata
from next year. World Bank has decided to
117. 4 have four cities each from countries with more
CII has adopted over 100 villages & 100,000 than 100 million population. US & China will
acres of farm area in Punjab & Haryana to also have two more cities included.
enable zero crop residue burning. Air quality
monitors have been installed to monitor village 124. 5
level air pollution data & to measure the Gandhinagar district of Gujarat has become
impact of reduced stubble burning. CII- the 1st Kerosene-free district of the state.
Confederation of Indian Industry. Home Minister Amit Shah has allotted 1000
LPG connections to the women beneficiaries of
118. 1 Gandhinagar district under the Ujjwala Yojana
Uttar Pradesh has been ranked as the most with the help of ONGC.
unsafe for women according to the NCRB 2017
report, followed by Maharashtra & West 125. 2
Bengal. The data comes after a 2-year delay. According to GHSI 2019 report by WHO, world
Among UTs Delhi recorded the most murder is unprepared for outbreaks of major infectious
cases followed by Chandigarh & Puducherry. diseases, with Asian countries facing
The annual ‘Crime in India’ report was last significant risks, Thailand & South Korea were
released in 2016. among the best-performing countries in Asia,
while India was at 57th rank.
119. 2
Toyota has reiterated its commitment to a 126. 4
joint electrification strategy with Suzuki Girish Chander Murmu, appointed the 1st LG
following the announcement made to this of J&K .R K Mathur will be 1st LG of Ladakh. P
effect in March. They will develop a compact S Sreedharan Pillai will take charge as new
battery EV for India. Maruti Suzuki is working governor of Mizoram, while S.P Malik will
on an electric version of the Wagon R. It could govern Goa. Dineshwar Sharma has been
cost in the range of ₹ 12-15 lakhs. appointed as administrator to Lakshadweep.
120. 4 127. 5
The promoter of Marg ERP which provides Top-seeded Federer, 38, won the Swiss Open
inventory & accounting software has bagged for a 10th time, beating 20-year-old Alex de
Udyog Rattan Award from the Govt. This Minaur of Australia, 6-2, 6-2, for his fourth
award is conferred annually to Indian citizens title of 2019 and the 103rd title of his career.
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Jimmy Connors is the all-time men’s leader 134. 3

with 109 tournament wins. Dominic Thiem AirCarbon Pte launched the worlds’ 1st
beat Diego Schwartzman to grab Vienna Open blockchain-based carbon trading exchange.
title. This will allow airlines & other corporate
buyers to buy as well sell tokens backed by
128. 1 carbon offset credits approved by the
President Ram Nath Kovind signed a warrant International Civil Aviation Organisation.
appointing Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde as the AirCarbon Pte Ltd is based on Singapore.
next Chief Justice of India. Justice Bobde will
take oath as CJI on November 18. He will 135. 3
succeed Ranjan Gogoi. Arvind Bobde's term UNESCO has designated Mumbai as a member
will run until April 23, 2021. Bobde will be the of UCNN in the field of film & Hyderabad in the
47th Chief Justice of India. field of Gastronomy. UCCN is a network of
cities which are active centres of cultural
129. 5 activities in their respective countries. It is
Three Indian-origin CEOs have featured in 'The created in 2014.
Best-Performing CEOs in the World, 2019' Culture Minister- Shri Prahlad Singh Patel.
published by Harvard Business Review. Adobe
CEO Shantanu Narayen(6th), MasterCard CEO 136. 3
Ajay Banga (7th) & Microsoft chief Satya Spanish govt confirmed to host the COP 25
Nadella (9th) featured in the list. American climate summit after Chile abandoned plans to
company NVIDIA's CEO Jensen Huang topped hold it due to anti-government protests.
the list. Scheduled dates are December 2-13. Pedro
Sanchez is the Spanish Prime Minister &
130. 1 Sebastian Pinera is the Chile's President.
Researchers at the IIIT Hyderabad have Spain Capital-Madrid, Chile Capital-Santiago.
created the 1st ever Indian Brain Atlas. The
next step is to prepare atlases for different age 137. 5
groups to study age related effects on brain Kolkata International Film Festival will start on
anatomy. The average brain size of an Indian November 8. Satyajit Ray directed Gupi
was smaller in comparison. First digital human Gayen, Bhagha Bayen will be the inaugural
brain atlas has been created on 1933. film. 214 Feature Films and 152 Short &
Documentary Films from 76 countries will be
131. 4 screened during 8-day long festival.
Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan released the Germany is the Focus Country of this year’s
14th National Health Profile (NHP), 2019 and festival.
its e-book in New Delhi. The NHP covers
comprehensive health information. It is an 138. 3
important source of understanding the needs Actor Rajinikanth will receive the Special Icon
and issues of the population. NHP is prepared award at the Golden Jubilee of International
by the Central Bureau of Health Intelligence. Film Festival of India, IFFI in Goa. The award
will be presented in recognition of his
132. 1 outstanding contribution to Indian cinema,
2 union Territories of J&K and Ladakh have during the past several decades.
come into existence on the birth anniversary of I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar announced
the Iron man of India-Sardar Patel. RK Mathur this.
is the 1st Lieutenant Governor of UT Ladakh & 139. 1
Girish Chand Murmu took over as the 1st Pooja Gehlot (53kg) in wrestling claimed
Lieutenant Governor of UT J&K. Umang Narula India's 2nd silver medal after going down to
is the advisor to the Lt Governor of Ladakh. Japan's Haruna Okuno in the finals of the
UWW Under-23 World Championships. Pooja
133. 5 lost 0-2 to Okuno. She had entered the finals
In Bihar, the 4 days long auspicious Chhath after beating Zeynep Yetgil in semi.
festival worship of the Sun God begun on 31 Ravinder (61kg) had won India's first silver
October. Nahay Khaya Devotees specially earlier.
women across the state will take holy dip in
water bodies. Kharna will be observed which 140. 1
mark beginning of 36 hr long fast. Festival will Odisha tagged with Maharashtra under Ek
end with the obeisance paid to the rising Sun. Bharat Shreshtha Bharat-an initiative of GOI to
pay tribute to Sardar Patel, for his
contributions. This programme is being run at
the behest Niti Aayog & it can build bonds b/w
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the people of various States. 147. 5

States will organize different programmes to Italy will next year become the world’s 1st
promote culture. country to make it compulsory for
schoolchildren to study about climate change
141. 2 issues. All schools will have 33 hours per year
Germany will spend 1 bn euros on green urban to climate change issues. Italy Education
mobility projects over a 5-year period under Minister Lorenzo Fioramonti proposed this.
the new German Indian partnership. This was Italy Capital-Rome, Currency- Euro (Replaced
agreed during Angela Merkel’s visit to India & Lira in 2002).
the funds will be used to finance several
environment friendly projects. 148. 4
They agreed to foster cooperation on low- Ghaziabad has emerged as the new affordable
carbon mobility solutions. housing hotspot according to a joint report by
Anarock & Naredco. Noida, Greater Noida &
142. 5 Ghaziabad are the 3 cities in UP to have
Siemens Ltd has signed a MoU with NTPC Ltd witnessed the maximum decline in the overall
to analyse reference use cases of hydrogen unsold housing stock in 2 years.
sector-coupling for various stream Naredco- National Real Estate Development
applications. It has also inked a separate MoU Council.
with TERI for collaboration on technologies to
support the energy transition in India. 149. 4
MD & CEO of Siemens Limited- Sunil Mathur. Venu Srinivasan, chairman of TVS Motor
Company and Sundaram Clayton has been
143. 1 conferred with the prestigious Deming
First ever India-Uzbekistan joint military ‘Distinguished Service Award For
exercise-Dustlik 2019 begun at Tashkent, Dissemination and Promotion Overseas’, at a
Uzbekistan. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh & ceremony held in Tokyo.
his Uzbekistan counterpart General Bakhodir
Nizamovich Kurbanov presided over the 150. 3
Curtain Raiser of the military drill. Indian chamber of food and agriculture has
Both the nations signed 3 MOUs in the military conferred ‘global agriculture award’ on Tamil
field. Nadu for its excellence in agriculture sector.
Food grain production in the state surpassed
144. 3 100 lakh metric sixth time in a row for the past
Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled 2 IT Initiatives- eight years.
ICEDASH & ATITHI for improved pace of
customs clearance of imported goods & 151. 2
facilitating arriving international passengers. Mauritius' ruling Militant Socialist Movement
ICEDASH helps the public to know the daily (MSM) has won more than half of
Customs clearance times of import cargo. parliamentary seats, securing incumbent Prime
ATITHI-facilitate faster clearance by Customs Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth a five-year
at the airport. term. MSM won 35 of the 62 seats up for
grabs while its rivals.
145. 1
15-day Aadi Mahotsav, National Tribal festival 152. 2
will be held in New Delhi from 16 November. Jacinda Ardern’s historic climate legislation
The theme of the festival is a celebration of was passed in the New Zealand Parliament
the spirit of tribal culture, craft, cuisine & with near-unanimous support , committing the
commerce. Tribal artisans from 27 states will country to reduce its carbon emissions to zero
participate in the event. by 2050 and meet its commitments under the
Union Minister of tribal affairs- Arjun Munda. Paris climate accords.
146. 5 153. 4
India's Lakshya Sen has won the SaarLorLux The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS, New
Open badminton tournament at Saarbrucken York) honoured Dr. K. Ullas Karanth, upon his
in Germany. He defeated Sen Weng Hong retirement, with The Wildlife Conservation
Yang of China in the finals. Lakshya Sen from Society’s George Schaller Lifetime Award in
Uttarakhand had entered the final beating Wildlife Conservation Science.
Kiran George in an all-Indian semi-final.
Lakshya Sen men’s singles world ranking-51. 154. 4
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2019 was awarded
"for contributions to our understanding of the
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evolution of the universe and Earth's place in 162. 2

the cosmos" with one half to James Peebles UP government launched a dedicated web
"for theoretical discoveries in physical portal and a mobile application, e-Ganna App,
cosmology", the other half jointly to Michel for sugarcane farmers of the state. Cane
Mayor and Didier Queloz "for the discovery of supply slip will now be issued to the farmers
an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star." by sugar mills online. It helps in eradicating
cane mafia and middleman.
155. 4
According to latest Indian Ports Association 163. 3
report, Thermal coal imports declined by Image
17.69% to 51.10 million tonnes at the IIT-Guwahati scientists develop a paper-based
country's top 12 major ports during April- sensor to check milk quality at home
October this fiscal.Thermal coal is the Researchers at the Indian Institute of
mainstay of India's energy programme. Technology (IIT) Guwahati have developed a
paper-based sensor to detect the quality of
156. 5 milk, without the need for special equipment
NASA showcased an early version of its first and instruments. It can be applied for quick
all-electric experimental aircraft, the X-57 onsite analysis.
"Maxwell," at aeronautics lab in the California
desert. It has been adapted from a Italian- 164. 2
made Tecnam P2006T twin-engine propeller India sprinter Dutee Chand has been named in
plane. X-57 has been under development since the TIME 100 Next, an expansion of the TIME
2015. 100 list .The list highlights 100 rising stars
who are shaping the future of business,
157. 1 entertainment, sports, politics, health, science,
India Justice Report 2019 ranks individual activism etc.
Indian states in relation to their capacity to
deliver access to justice. Maharashtra topped 165. 2
the list among Large & Mid-sized states while India & Switzerland held Secretary-level
in small sized states Goa was ranked top bilateral meeting in New Delhi & discussed
cooperation in the fight against tax evasion.
158. 4 The first transmission of financial account
Kento Momota won his 10th title as Japan's information on an automatic basis b/w the two
world No 1 defeated Taiwan's world No 2 Tien- countries was held in September 2019.
Chen to retain his Fuzhou China Open
Badminton crown. Chen Yufei similarly 166. 4
successfully defended the women's title with a Lt. Cdr. Karabi Gogoi a naval engineer, will
victory over Japan's Nozomi Okuhara. become the first woman officer from the Navy
to be posted as a Defence Attache at an Indian
159. 3 mission abroad. She has been posted as the
Ministry of Environment has granted clearance Assistant Naval Attache at the Indian embassy
to the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd to set up a Rs in Moscow.
766-crore 2G ethanol plant in Haryana's
Panipat district. Ethanol produced will be used 167. 3
for blending in transportation fuel. Tobacco Board of India has been awarded the
Golden Leaf Award in the Most Impressive
160. 4 Public Service Initiative category, 2019, for its
TN Seshan, the election commissioner of India efforts to initiate various sustainability (green)
who took charge as the 10th Election initiatives in Flue-Cured Virginia (FCV) tobacco
Commissioner of India & transformed the way cultivation in India.
polls were conducted contested in the country
passed away in Chennai. He was 86. 168. 1
Sharad Kumar and Mariyappan claimed silver
161. 4 and bronze medal respectively in the World
President Ram Nath Kovind assigned Prakash Para-Athletics Championships in Dubai. India
Javadekar the heavy industries and public has nine medals- two gold, two silver and five
enterprises portfolio after Arvind Sawant bronze-from the Championships. China lead
resigned.He is already in charge of the Ministry the medals tally with 53 medals.
of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, They qualified for 2020 Tokyo Paralympics by
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. the win.
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Shripad Yesso Naik inaugurated two days West Bengal Government has constituted a
International Conference on Yoga at Mysuru, core committee to chalk out a policy to
Karnataka. The theme of the conference is eradicate child labour from the state. The
‘Yoga for Heart Care’. More than 700 national Committee on Rights of the Child along with
and international delegates are expected to representatives of the State Government and
participate in the conference. other NGOs have set up the core committee.
Naik is the Union Minister of State (I/C) for The first meeting of the panel has already
AYUSH and Defence. taken place.
170. 4 176. 2
NITI Aayog released the 'Health System for a Ola has entered with Microsoft Research to
New India: Building Blocks-Potential Pathways measure street level air quality data in Delhi-
to Reform' Report on 18 Nov. The report will NCR, to support in the government's efforts to
be released by Rajiv Kumar in the presence of combat air pollution. Ola Mobility Institute &
Bill Gates & representatives from national & Microsoft Research will conduct research to
international academia. provide periodic reports.
ACCESS Health Intl & PWC India for collecting Data would be collected through sensors
the data. mounted on Ola cabs.
171. 4 177. 3
The 63rd National Shotgun Shooting ISRO would launch its earth imaging &
Championship Competitions 2019 begins in mapping satellite Cartosat-3 along with 13
New Delhi on 17 Nov. The women's trap commercial nano satellites from the US, on
qualification will kick off the competition at the Nov 25. India’s PSLV-C47 would launch the
Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range with 71 entries satellites, into Sun Synchronous Orbit from
across the senior and junior categories. Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Andhra Pradesh.
The National Rifle Association of India Cartosat-3 is a third-generation agile advanced
organizes the event. satellite.
172. 3 178. 5
Minister for MoHFW Dr. Harsh Vardhan Union Minister Smriti Irani addressed the
inaugurated the 6th National Summit on Good, second edition of South Asia Safety Summit in
Replicable Practices and Innovations in New New Delhi. She stressed the need to ensure
Delhi. Summit launched SAANS (Social the safety of women and children in the
Awareness and Action to Neutralise Pneumonia country. By the end 2019, every district will
Successfully) campaign to control Pneumonia. have an operational one-stop centre.
Web portal for home-based care of children She is in charge of the Women and Child
was also launched. Development ministry. Facebook partnered
with W&CD ministry for the summit.
173. 5
Laishram Sarita Devi of Manipur is among the 179. 3
6 boxers from 5 continents who were elected In a unique initiative to check child marriage,
as members of AIBA Athletes Commission. She Assam approves Arundhati scheme to provide
was inspired by Muhammad Ali and turned 1 Tola (11.66 grams) Gold to Brides free of
professional in boxing in the year 2000 & she cost belonging to the economically weaker
works as the DSP in Manipur Police. sections of the society. The parent’s annual
AIBA Men and Women World Boxing income should be below Rs 5 lakh.
Championships 2019 held in Russia. Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 exists
in India.
174. 1
Greek tennis player Stefanos Tsitsipas has won 180. 3
the ATP Finals on 17 Nov beating Austria's Pakistan is the first country to introduce World
Dominic Thiem 6-7, 6-2, 7-6. This was the Health Organisation-recommended typhoid
debut of Tsisipas in ATP Finals. The match, conjugate vaccine in its national immunisation
which was held at the O2 Arena in London, program. About 1.2 crore doses of the vaccine
lasted for 2 hours and 36 minutes. have been supplied by Hyderabad-based
He had qualified for the finals after defeating Bharat Biotech for this initiative.
Roger Federer. Global Alliance for Vaccine Initiative funds for
the project.
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The Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, The Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 2.0
Disarmament and Development for 2019 will that is to be rolled out from 2 December
be conferred on renowned naturalist and 2020 will focus on 272 districts of 27 states &
broadcaster Sir David Attenborough. It is 652 blocks of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar among
awarded to Attenborough for a lifetime of hard-to-reach and tribal populations which will
doing more to reveal the wonders of the be completed by March 2020.
natural world. Aim is to achieve 90% immunisation coverage
Internationall jury chaired by Pranab across India.
Mukherjee was in the panel.
188. 5
182. 4 Oxford Dictionaries has named 'climate
Delhi, Mumbai & Bengaluru figure in Knight emergency' as its 2019 Word of the Year,
Frank's Prime Global Cities Index Q3 2019. choosing it from an all-environmental shortlist
The Prime Global Cities Index ranked New that also included- climate action, climate
Delhi as the ninth fastest growing prime denial, eco-anxiety, extinction and flight
residential market in the world. Bengaluru and shame. Use of term climate emergency
Mumbai ranked 20th and 28th respectively. increased hundredfold last year
Moscow leads the index while Seoul is at the
bottom of the list. 189. 4
4-day long Ocean Dance Festival 2019 kicked
183. 2 off in Cox Bazar of Bangladesh. Ocean Dance
Virat Kohli bagged PETA India's 'Person of the Festival is the largest international dance
Year for 2019' for his animal advocacy efforts. festival of the country. Theme of this year's
His efforts to improve conditions for animals festival is 'Bridging the distance' or Durotter
include sending a letter to officials calling for Shetubandhan.
the release of Malti, an elephant used for rides Bangladesh PM: Sheikh Hasina; Currency:
at Amer Fort. Taka
PETA- People for the Ethical Treatment of
Animals. 190. 2
Indian Navy is set to get its 1st ever woman
184. 3 pilot as Sub-Lieutenant. She would complete
German development bank KfW has consented her training & joins naval operations on 2
to lend Rs 1735 crore to the Andhra Pradesh December. She was inducted into the Indian
government for expanding Zero-Budget Navy's Academy in Ezhimala as SSC (Pilot)
Natural Farming (ZBNF) in the State. State and was commissioned in June 2018.
Govt has drawn up a plan to take up ZBNF in She Hails from Muzaffarpur in Bihar
1725 villages, involving seven lakh farmers.
KfW name originally comes from Kreditanstalt 191. 4
für Wiederaufbau. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari stressed upon the
importance of Agricultural allied businesses for
185. 2 the development of farmers in Vidarbha region
Bangalore emerged as India's highest ranked of Maharashtra inaugurating the 11th edition
city at No. 83 in a new index of the world's of Agro Vision- 2019, at Reshimbag Ground of
113 cities in terms of economic & social Nagpur, Maharashtra
inclusivity, topped by Zurich. The first-ever 4-day event will comprise of national Agri
Prosperity & Inclusion City Seal and Awards exhibition workshop
(PICSA) Index was released in Spain.
Delhi & Mumbai ranked 101 and 107 192. 4
respectively. In tennis, world number 1 Rafael Nadal has
clinched sixth Davis Cup title for Spain after
186. 4 beating Denis Shapovalov of Canada in front of
GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited a jubilant home crowd in Madrid. Nadal
has introduced 'FASTag Parking' for its defeated Shapovalov 6-3, 7-6 (9-7) to clinch
customers in line with the Central govts vision Spain’s 2-0 win against Canada.
of 'One Nation One Tag FASTag' for quicker
entry and exit from the airport. It was 193. 2
launched in collaboration with NPCI. In wrestling, India concluded its campaign at
The facility was initially started with ICICI the Under-15 Asian Championships with 28
FASTag. medals, including 13 gold, 14 silver and a
bronze at Taichung, China. India finished on
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top of the team rankings in the freestyle Sitanadi in Gariaband and Achanakmar in
category with 225 points. Bilaspur.
194. 1 200. 3
The Sumatran rhinoceros has become extinct 8 young radio journalists from Odisha were
in Malaysia, after the last of the species in the awarded by UNICEF under the “Empowering
country succumbed to cancer. The Wildlife Adolescent & Youth through Community Radios
Department in eastern Sabah state on Borneo in Odisha” for their endeavours to make the
island said the rhino, named Iman, died of youth in state more socially responsive &
natural causes engaged society to bring effective changes
Odisha Governor: Ganeshi Lal; CM: Naveen
195. 4 Patnaik
Concentration of CO2 rose from 405.5 ppm in
2017 to 407.8 ppm in 2018. Since 1990, 201. 1
warming effect of greenhouse gases surged by Acclaimed cartoonist Sudhir Dar whose works
43%, as per WMO annual Greenhouse Gas graced several newspapers in a career
Bulletin. The increase above annual average spanning 58 years, passed away at the age of
increase of 2.06 ppm over the past decade 87. Dhar began his career with The Statesman
World Meteorological Organization HQ: in 1961 after which he moved to Hindustan
Geneva, Switzerland Times
His cartoons also appeared in The
196. 5 Independent, NY Times etc.
Rachakonda Police inaugurated the exclusive
bus service for women passengers at Infosys, 202. 1
Pocharam Village in Hyderabad. ‘She Shuttle' Indian Army successfully fired 2 newly
is equipped with CCTV cameras, a lady acquired Spike LR anti-tank missiles at
security guard & a smartphone application for Infantry School at Mhow, Madhya Pradesh,
every passenger with a panic button which is a 4th gen missile that can engage a
Telangana Governor: Tamilisai Soundararajan target with precision at ranges up to 4 kms
India is 33rd country having Spike missile as
197. 3 part of inventory
Indian Railway Institute for Financial
Management is a new entity, set up to impart 203. 5
professional training in management of railway Sports Ministry constituted a 13-member
finances. It was formally inaugurated by Vinod expert committee to review the Draft National
Kumar Yadav, Chairman, Railway Board, on a Sports Code. The committee will be headed by
14-acre campus at Moula-Ali, Secunderabad, former Supreme Court judge Justice
Telangana Mukundakam Sharma. Former sports persons
Minister for Railways: Piyush Goyal Gagan Narang, Bhaichung Bhutia are part of it.
198. 2 204. 4
President Ram Nath Kovind launched the web- International Volunteer Day (IVD) for
portal of “National Youth Parliament Scheme” Economic and Social Development is observed
The web-portal of National Youth Parliament on 5 December. IVD is an opportunity for us
Scheme is available at www.nyps.mpa.gov.in. all to promote volunteerism, encourage
Objective of the portal is to increase the governments to support volunteer efforts and
outreach of the youth parliament programme recognize volunteer contributions to the
of the Ministry to hitherto untouched sections achievement of the Sustainable Development
& corners of the country. Goals (SDGs) at local, national and
Samvidhan Diwas- 70th anniversary of international levels. "Volunteer for an
constitution adoption inclusive future" is theme for the day.
199. 2 205. 5
The Chhattisgarh government recently decided Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu launched the
to declare Guru Ghasidas National Park in the ‘Bharatiya Poshan Anthem’ in New Delhi. It
state's Korea district as a tiger reserve. aims towards taking the message of making
The decision was taken at a meeting of India malnutrition free to all corners of the
Chhattisgarh State Wildlife Board chaired by country. The anthem has been conceptualised
Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel. by Union Ministry of Women and Child
Presently the state has three tiger reserves, Development (MoWCD) and has been penned
namely Indravati in Bijapur district, Udanti- by noted lyricist Prasoon Joshi and sung by
Shankar Mahadevan.
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More than 12 crore women, over six crore men 212. 3

and 13 crore children were reached through Mercedes’ driver Lewis Hamilton has won the
various activities undertaken during POSHAN 2019 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix by defeating Red
Maah in September last year. He said, it must Bull’s Max Verstappen. It was Hamilton’s 11th
be ensured that the momentum is not victory out of 21 races. It moves his career
weakening to achieve the target of total to 84 wins. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc stood
malnutrition free India by 2022. at 3rd place in the event.
206. 1 213. 3
Lawmakers in Mauritius elected former arts Government has launched the fourth round of
and culture minister Pritivirajsing Roopun as the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS)
president of the island nation. His predecessor meant to stimulate air connectivity in an
Ameenah Gurib-Fakim resigned in March 2018 affordable way, which is a part of its plan to
after being embroiled in a scandal over her use operationalize over 100 airports in smaller
of a credit card to buy luxury personal items. towns and cities over the next five years.
The focus of the fourth round of RCS will be
207. 2 bringing connectivity to priority areas like
Veteran journalist Bhaskar Menon passed North East India, Jammu and Kashmir,
away , recently. He handled several key news Ladakh, hilly states in others parts of the
developments, including the assassination of country, and islands.
former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi at
Sriperumbudur near Chennai in May, 1991. He 214. 3
was originally from Kerala but he grew up in Uttar Pradesh govt. has decided to provide
Chennai and other places. 25% subsidy & 100% stamp duty waiver for
setting up defence industry in the state.
208. 3 Development Min. Satish Mahana said that the
Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat programme benefit will apply to builders who are set to
brought in the states of Nagaland & MP as one provide homes to buyers by June 2021.
to celebrate the spirit of national integration
through the structured engagement b/w the 215. 3
states. Directorate of Higher Education of Cabinet approved the introduction of the
Govt-Nagaland is the nodal dept. Personal Data Protection Bill in Parliament.It
deals with the broad guidelines on the
209. 5 collection, storage, & processing of personal
'Iron Union 12' is a joint military exercise data, the consent of individuals, penalties &
between the ground forces of the UAE and compensation, & a code of conduct. Bill has
the United States. been prepared by committee headed by
'Iron Union 12' would see the two sides take Justice B.N. Srikrishna.
part in joint military cooperation to enhance
combat and tactical capabilities. 216. 5
The joint military exercises of the UAE Armed Dorothy Catherine "DC" Fontana, the first
Forces with fraternal and friendly countries female writer for 'Star Trek', passed away. She
takes place in a manner consistent with latest was 80. She penned numerous stories for the
developments and reflects the UAE Armed original 'Star Trek' TV series, and developed
Forces' determination to stand firmly against one of its signature characters, Spock.
all threats and challenges facing the region.
217. 4
210. 4 Yanomami shaman Davi Kopenawa, the “Dalai
The Hornbill Festival has begun at Naga Lama of the Rainforest,” has received this
Heritage Kisama in Nagaland. It is the 20th year’s Right Livelihood Award, also known as
edition of the festival. It is an annual tourism the “Alternative Nobel Prize” at Stockholm,
promotional event to showcase the state’s Sweeden. He lives in his community, Watoriki
traditional & rich cultural heritage in all its practising shamanism.
ethnicity, diversity & grandeur.
218. 4
211. 4 COP26 is the 26th UN Climate Change Summit
India has become the 1st country to make the and will take place in Glasgow ( City in
entire process for pilgrims going on Haj Scotland) between 9 and 20 November
completely digital. e-visa, Haj mobile app, e- 2020.Glasgow Science Centre will hold a series
MASIHA health facility, e-luggage pre-tagging of events linking up with the COP26 UN
are providing info regarding accommodation & Climate Summit.
transportation in Mecca & Madina.
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Former advisor to the Governor of the India inched up one spot to rank 129th out of
erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir, K. 189 countries on the 2019 Human
Vijay Kumar, has been appointed as a senior Development Index (HDI) released by the
security advisor in the Union Home Ministry United Nations Development Programme
headed by Amit Shah. He will be in the (UNDP). Inequality and deprivation continue to
position for a period of one year. be high in the country. Norway secured the 1st
rank. Switzerland & Ireland secured 2nd & 3rd
220. 1 ranks, respectively.
Aberdeen Police station in the Andaman and
Nicobar Islands ranks first in the list of the 223. 3
best-performing police stations in the country Paul Volcker, the former chairman of the
while dealing with a property offence, a crime Federal Reserve known for his battles against
against women and weaker sections. Balasinor inflation in the late 1970s and early 1980s,
police station in Gujarat secured the second passed away at the age of 92. He passed away
rank. at his home in New York, USA from
complications related to his prostate cancer.
221. 2 Volcker served as a key financial adviser to
Finland's Social Democrats elected former Obama from 2009.
transport minister-Sanna Marin to the post of
Prime Minister, making her the youngest head 224. 5
of govt in the country's history. She will The increasing attention to the importance of
succeed Antti Rinne who stepped down after mountains led the UN to declare 2002 as the
several weeks of political crisis. Finland UN International Year of Mountains. The first
Capital- Helsinki, Currency- Euro. international Mountain Day was celebrated in
2003.From then on 11th of December is
dedicated as the day for mountains. 2019
Theme: Mountains Matter for Youth.
Finance
225. 2 has been covered in the last four years under

GoI, Kerala govt & World Bank signed a loan SBM.
agreement of $250 million for the First
Resilient Kerala Programme to enhance the 229. 1
state's resilience against the impact of natural Public Sector Banks are provided Rs 70,000
disasters and climate change. crore capital to boost credit for a strong
impetus to the economy. Government will
226. 2 provide one time six months' partial credit
RBI has set up a working group to review the guarantee to Public Sector Banks for first loss
regulatory and supervisory framework for core of up to 10%.
investment companies. The 6-member panel
will be headed by Tapan Ray. It will suggest 230. 4
measures Central Fraud Registry has been
to strengthen corporate governance & conceptualized as a central database in order
disclosure requirements for CICs. to create a list of borrowers who have
defaulted on loan repayments. However, this
227. 1 registry will also help in deciding whether
ICICI Bank has tied up with NBFC IndoStar loans should be given to an individual or a
Capital for vehicle financing for small and company and also to start a banking
medium fleet owners to buy new & old relationship with any prospective client. This is
commercial vehicles. Under this partnership, maintained and updated by Reserve Bank of
IndoStar will originate and India
service the customers through the entire loan
lifecycle. 231. 2
EXIM Bank was set up in the year 1982 with
228. 5 an objective of ensuring that exports from
Many states have achieved 100 per cent open India are increased manifold and no stone is
defecation free status and individual household unturned in achieving that objective. The
latrine coverage since the launch of Swachh Export Import Bank of India is known as the
Bharat Mission. Around 99.2% of rural India organization to extend lines of credit as well to
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foreign governments in case of trade 239. 1

arrangements between India and various HDFC Bank announced that it has terminated
countries and de-listed its global depository receipts
(GDRs) from the Luxembourg Stock Exchange
232. 3 due to low trading volume. As many as 22
Anshula Kant, an Indian national, has been GDRs have been de-listed.
appointed the next MD and CFO of World
Bank. Ms. Kant will be the first woman CFO of 240. 3
the Bank. Ms. Kant will be responsible for BSE has inked a pact with Haryana to
financial and risk management and report to encourage and support state's MSMEs to raise
Mr. Malpass. capital. By getting listed on the BSE's SME
platform, the enterprises will get equity
233. 4 financing opportunities to grow their business
India will overtake the UK to become the from expansion to acquisition.
world's 5th biggest economy and will surpass
Japan to be the third largest in 2025. The 241. 1
Finance Ministry has published an economic According to the International Monetary Fund,
roadmap to 2025 in its latest annual Economic India's current account balance deficit grew to
Survey. $68 billion in 2018-19 from $49 billion. India's
overall international reserves stood at $411.9
234. 3 billion at the end of March 2019.
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank will give
a $100-million loan to L&T Infrastructure 242. 1
Finance Company for wind and solar The government has approved an outlay of Rs
infrastructure projects in India. This is the first 206.8 crore for 2019-19 for a central sector
time AIIB is extending a loan to a non-banking scheme titled ‘Implementation of Agriculture
finance company. Export Policy’. The policy seeks to double farm
exports to $60 billion by 2022.
235. 2
According to a report by the Reserve Bank 243. 3
India, Bhubaneswar remains the most Foreign Direct Investment inflow has increased
affordable city for homebuyers, while Mumbai to 64.38 bn USD in 2018-19, registering a
remains the least affordable one in India. RBI growth of 79%. The intent is to make the FDI
has been conducting a quarterly residential policy more investor-friendly & remove the
asset price monitoring survey (RAPMS) since policy bottlenecks that have been hindering
July 2010. investment inflow into the country.
236. 2 244. 2
The Indian rupee sign ₹ is designed by Udaya An Inter-Ministerial Committee has
Kumar, it was presented to the public by the recommended ban on the crypto currencies in
Government of India on 15 July 2010, India & imposing fines and penalties for
following its selection through an "open" carrying on any activities connected with it.
competition among Indian residents. The panel was constituted in Nov 2017 to
study the issues related to virtual currencies.
237. 3
India is set to be the first recipient of local 245. 4
currency financing by the Asian Infrastructure NPCI & JCB International, with domestic
and Investment Bank. Local currency financing banks, have launched RuPay JCB Global Cards.
provides more options to borrowers India is Banks including SBI, PNB, Axis Bank, Union
the second-largest shareholder of Beijing- Bank, Central Bank of India, Andhra Bank,
based AIIB with a 7.5% stake. CUB & TJSB Bank will issue cards, which will
be accepted at all POS terminals & ATMs.
238. 2
Repco Micro Finance has received Nabard’s 246. 5
award for outstanding performance in terms of According to the RBI data, Maharashtra topped
self-help group linkage in Tamil Nadu for in ATM frauds in 2018-19 with 233 cases.
2018-19. It has provided SHG loans worth Delhi grabbed the second spot followed by
₹3600 Cr to over 12 L individual beneficiaries Tamil Nadu. Assam, Arunachal Pradesh &
through 60,000 SHGs. Tripura were the only 3 states that didn’t
report a single incident.
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Yes Bank has announced a surrogate lending S.K. Hota
program ‘Smart Edge’ through which an MSME
can avail secured working capital limits from ₹ 255. 3
1 - 3 Crore in the form of Overdraft, Letter of Mastercard launched the Identity Check
Credit & Financial Bank Guarantees. Express, a next-generation, mobile-first
authentication solution that aims to redefine e-
248. 5 commerce journey for Indian consumers. It
Bandhan Bank Ltd has appointed State Bank of will help eliminate needless friction & enhance
India's Sanjeev Naryani as its head of the security of online transactions.
business. He will lead the private lender’s
branch banking, wholesale banking, agri- 256. 3
business, retail lending, third-party products The Centre has proposed guidelines for e-
and digital banking verticals. commerce firms that entail a 14-day deadline
to effect refund request, mandate e-tailers to
249. 3 display details of sellers supplying goods &
Government has designated financial services services on their websites & moot the
secretary Rajiv Kumar as finance secretary. He procedure to resolve consumer complaints.
succeeds Subash Chandra Garg, who was
shifted to the position of power secretary. 257. 2
Kumar has played a crucial role in initiating NCAER forecasted India's GDP growth is likely
banking reforms for state-run banks. to be 6.2% during the current fiscal, down
from 6.8% in 2018-19, on account of flat
250. 2 growth in agriculture sector & Gross Value
Crisil has cut its estimate of India’s GDP Added at basic prices at 6% for 2019-20 on a
growth by 20 basis points to 6.9% for FY year-on-year (y-o-y) basis.
2019-20, following a triangulation of downside
risks. The risks include weak monsoon, slowing 258. 2
global growth & sluggish high-frequency data RBI has proposed to set up a central payment
for the first quarter. fraud registry, which will monitor digital
payment frauds in real-time. The move is
251. 1 expected to boost customer confidence in the
Acc. to the data by World Bank, India has been payments systems.
pushed to the 7th place in the global GDP
rankings in 2018 with a GDP of $2.7 trillion. 259. 2
USA remains the top economy with a GDP of The Reserve Bank of India had appointed a
$20.5 trillion followed by China, Japan. UK & committee on computerization under the
France placed at 5th & 6th place. Chairmanship of Dr. C Rangarajan, the then
governor of RBI in 1983 to look into the
252. 3 modalities of drawing up the phased plan of
LS passed the Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) computerization for the banking industry
Bill, 2019 that sets 330-day deadline for covering the period 1985 to 1989.
rescuing companies in distress to fast track
cleaning up of bad assets. It aimed at ensuring 260. 3
timely resolution and at bringing more clarity Jana Small Finance Bank Ltd, which
on various provisions. commenced banking operations in March
2018, has got the status of a Scheduled Bank.
253. 4 It has been put in the list of the banks
State Bank of India's Shanghai branch is included in the second schedule of RBI Act
connected to China's National Advance 1934. It was established as a financial service
Payment System (CNAPS) & became the first company in 2009. Ajay Kanwal, is current MD
Indian Bank to operationalize it. The CNAPS is & CEO of Jana Small Finance Bank.
launched to boost international use of the
Chinese currency Yuan. 261. 2
Asian Development Bank (ADB) has
254. 2 approved a USD 200 million loan for improving
National Housing Bank is infusing an additional road infrastructure in 34 districts of
Rs 10,000 crore in NBFCs with a view to Maharashtra to better connect rural areas with
improving the flow of funds for housing loan. markets and services. It will also work with the
Govt approved the Reserve Bank of India rural infrastructure agency, the Maharashtra
norms for credit guarantee to the non-banking Rural Road Development Association (MRRDA).
financial institutions (NBFCs).
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262. 4 corporate tax rates in the world with annual

IFC and MIGA, members of the World Bank sales of up to Rs 400 crore.
Group, have signed an agreement to support
the development of a 252-megawatt wind farm 269. 1
by Lekela in Egypt’s Red Sea governorate. IFC RBI permitted processing of e-mandate on
will provide $84m financing while MIGA will credit & debit cards for recurring transactions
offer $122m in financial guarantees. (merchant payments) with a cap of Rs 2,000.
It is applicable for transactions performed
263. 3 using all types of cards - debit, credit & PPIs,
CAIT has partnered with HDFC Bank, including wallets.
Mastercard, Common Service Centres of Meity
& Global Linkers to launch an initiative ‘Digi 270. 5
Vyapari-Safal Vyapari’ to accelerate Bandhan Bank launched a co-branded credit
acceptance of digital payments among card with Standard Chartered to offer a
merchants across the country. complete suite of services to customers.
Standard Chartered bank will take the credit
264. 5 risk, Bandhan Bank will be responsible for
Finance Ministry plans to kickstart an elaborate identifying & issuing cards to its customers.
exercise whereby it will closely monitor their
achievements on 16 key performance 271. 3
indicators at the branch, region, State & National Housing Bank will provide additional
national level. The banks will then be liquidity support of Rs 20,000 crore to housing
benchmarked against the 18 PSBs’ average. finance companies to boost credit support for
The 16 KPIs that the Ministry will be tracking the purchase of houses. It will increase the
include credit for infrastructure, farm sector, total liquidity support to Rs 30,000 crore.
blue economy, housing, MSMEs, Stand-Up
India scheme, education, exports, green 272. 3
economy, cleanliness activities, financial The Central Vigilance Commission has
inclusion and women’s empowerment; and constituted Advisory Board for Banking Frauds
others such as direct benefit transfer, digital headed by former Vigilance Commissioner T M
economy, ATM usage and performance, ease Bhasin to examine bank fraud over Rs 50 crore
of living and corporate social responsibility. and recommend action. The ABBF is formed in
consultation with the RBI.
265. 3
India has contributed $1 mn to the UN Special 273. 1
Purpose Trust Fund for the Resident RBI has decided to transfer 1.76 lakh crore
Coordinator System. The SPTF established to rupees as dividend & surplus reserve to the
receive, consolidate, manage & account for all govt. Iincludes over Rs 1,23000 cr of surplus
financial transactions of the new Resident for the year 2018-19 & 52,637 crore rupees of
Coordinator system in an effective way excess provisions identified as per revised
Economic Capital Framework
266. 5 The move is based on the recommendation of
“PayApt” by IDBI Bank is a first of its kind Bimal Jalan panel
Mobile Money payment solution.
It enables us to make "one click payment" 274. 3
directly from your smart phone. It comes with Mastercard, RBL Bank & Samsung India have
a host of features which allow us to go announced the launch of Samsung Pay for RBL
cashless for your day to day transactions. Bank’s credit card holders. It allows RBL Bank
Mastercard credit card holders to make
267. 5 contactless mobile payments using their
National Housing Bank has selected Jaishankar Samsung Pay-enabled phones.
R. Padmanabhan for appointment to the post Mastercard HQ: New York; CEO: CEO: Ajaypal
of Executive Director. He is currently Chief Singh Banga
General Manager at India Infrastructure
Finance Co Ltd (IIFCL). 275. 4
A panel on fintech has pitched for development
268. 1 of a marketplace model for peer-to-peer (P2P)
A government panel has recommended cutting lending, virtual banking to allow lenders to
the corporate tax rate to 25% from 30% for all operate without branches, use of drones for
companies & scrapping surcharges on tax field assessments & artificial intelligence (AI)
payments. India has one of the highest to reduce frauds.
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Panel suggested dedicated National Digital 282. 5

Land Records Mission 6-member RBI committee, under the
chairmanship of Harsh Vardhan has
276. 4 recommended that an intermediary be set up
Paytm Money, the wholly-owned subsidiary of under the National Housing Bank (NHB),
One97 Communications that owns and wherein the government will have a 51%
operates Paytm has elevated Pravin Jadhav as ownership.
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Proposed initial capital for intermediary: Rs
and also plans to invest Rs 250 crore over the 500 crore
next 18-24 months.
Founder and CEO of Paytm: Vijay Shekhar 283. 3
Sharma Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reduced the risk
weight requirement for consumer loans to 100
277. 1 per cent, a move that will reduce cost of such
Task force headed by Canara Bank chairman loans. Currently, the risk weight requirement
T.N. Manoharan recommended setting up of a for such loans is 125 per cent. It would not be
self-regulatory body (SRB), to oversee the applicable to credit cards.
proposed secondary market. SRB’s role will be
to standardize loan process, ensure 284. 5
standardization of practices & promote growth Reserve Bank of India panel has recommended
It suggests setting up of SRBs within 3 months suitable measures, including the setting up of
of acceptance of the recommendations of the a credit guarantee scheme jointly by the
committee. Centre and States. This is meant to address
gaps in credit delivery to the agriculture
278. 3 sector. It was headed by MK Jain, Deputy
Finance ministry has set up task force headed Governor RBI
by the finance ministry’s economic affairs
secretary, Atanu Chakraborty. It will draw up 285. 1
plan for the ‘national infrastructure pipeline’ Govt. formed a Standing Committee for
from 2019-20 to 2024-25. The task force will Information Technology comprising of 31
submit the report on the plan for 2019-20 by Members of Parliament (MP) from LS & RS
October 31. It also includes 5 other officials with Shashi Tharoor as Chairperson .
from think tank NITI Aayog. Committee may be asked to look into the Data
Protection Bill whenever it is tabled in the
279. 3 parliament.
New Development Bank (NDB) has decided to
lend Rs 6,000 crores to Andhra Pradesh 286. 2
Government for various projects. The amount The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) proposed a
will be used for social infrastructure projects minimum equity capital of Rs 200 crore to set
and will be repaid in 32 years. The New up a small finance bank (SFB) under the 'on
Development Bank was set up in 2015 by tap' licence regime to expand the banking
BRICS nations. services through high technology-low cost
operations.
280. 3
American Express, the world’s largest card 287. 2
issuer by purchase volume, has launched the Visa, a global leader in payments technology,
SmartEarn Credit Card for millennials in India. and BillDesk, leader in the Indian payments
It carries an annual fee of ₹495, along with business, have partnered to roll out of SI-Hub,
₹500 cashback in the first year in the form of a seamless and secure way to make recurring
statement credit. payments using cards with a one-time
enrollment.
281. 4
India Ratings revised its outlook for the NBFCs 288. 5
to negative from stable maintaining its Export Guarantee Corporation of India (ECGC)
negative outlook on large ticket housing has launched a new scheme called ‘Nirvik’
finance companies (HFCs). Growth forecast for under which up to 90% of the principal and
NBFCs for FY-20 revised to 10-12% from the interest will be covered under insurance. Both
earlier estimate of 15%. pre and post shipment credit will also be
India Ratings GDP growth forecast- 6.7% for covered under the new scheme.
FY20
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Asian Development Bank President, Takehiko RBI released a framework for TAT for failed
Nakao has announced his resignation which transactions & compensation for customers.
will be effective from January 16 next year. The bank will have to pro-actively reverse
During his tenure, he expanded the operations failed transactions within a max of T 5 days of
of the funding agency from USD 14 bn in 2013 failed transaction & compensation will be
to USD 22 bn in 2018. paying ₹100/day to the a/c holder.
290. 1 297. 4
Govt has waived 3-year lock-in period on Reserve Bank of India has approved the re-
investments made by non-residents in appointment of Shyam Srinivasan as the
infrastructure debt funds, to promote funding Managing Director and CEO of Federal Bank for
in the infrastructure sector. The amendments another year, giving him a full decade as the
in the tax laws were made to provide an head of the private sector lender.
exemption from income tax to IDFs in 2011.
298. 3
291. 3 NRIs with Indian passport can now apply for
Airtel Payments Bank has launched Bharosa biometric ID on arrival without the 182-day
savings account services, designed for waiting period. In case NRI's passport does not
deepening the financial inclusion in India. SB have Indian address, he shall be allowed to
account would offer ₹ 5 L personal accident submit any of the other UIDAI-approved
insurance on maintaining the balance of ₹ 500 documents as proof of address.
along with one debit transaction per month
299. 4
292. 1 Nilesh Shah, MD of Kotak Mahindra Asset
The Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill, 2019 Management, has been appointed as the
sets a 330-day deadline for rescuing Chairman of the Association of Mutual Funds in
companies in distress to fast track cleaning up India (AMFI). He will be succeeding Nimesh
of bad assets in India’s banking system. Shah, MD and CEO of ICICI Prudential AMC.
The Bill also restores higher rights that Saurabh Nanavati CEO of Invesco Mutual Fund
secured lenders have over operational is the new AMFI Vice-Chairman.
creditors on the proceeds of sale or liquidation
of the defaulting company. 300. 3
For commencing the housing finance business,
293. 1 an HFC is required to have the following in
The working group will be headed by Ishaat addition to the requirements under the
Hussain. Sebi set up a 15-member expert Companies Act, 1956: Certificate of
panel to make recommendations on setting up registration from NHB. Minimum net owned
so-called social stock exchanges in the fund of Rs. 10 Crores.
country. These exchanges allow companies
operating in sectors such as health, 301. 4
environment and transportation to raise risk The International Monetary Fund formally
capital. selected Kristalina Georgieva of Bulgaria as the
IMF MD. She will succeed Christine Lagarde.
294. 5 Kristalina was previously the CEO of World
Royal Bank of Scotland named Alison Rose as Bank.She is the second woman ever to lead
its new chief executive. She will be the 1st the IMF.
woman to lead the bank. Currently, she is the
deputy head of RBS group’s Natwest Holdings 302. 3
retail & commercial banking division. She will HDFC Bank in partnership with Indian Oil
replace Ross McEwan on Nov 1. launched a co-branded fuel card for users from
non-metro cities and town. It will be available
295. 3 on both RuPay and Visa platforms. HDFC MD:
Bank of Baroda launched centralised hubs at Aditya Puri
Gandhinagar & Hyderabad. The bank launched
its Agri digital platform ‘Baroda Kisan’. It can 303. 5
be accessed on mobiles by farmers. The portal NSDL Payments Bank Ltd (NPBL), the wholly-
will cater to the services including weather owned subsidiary of National Securities
forecasts, crop conditions, the moisture levels Depository Ltd (NSDL), is set to start its
of the soil, information on crop worms, etc. commercial operations shortly. The depository
received approval from the RBI to commence
operations in October 2018.
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SBI opened its office in Melbourne & became Sri Lanka has been removed from the 'Grey
the first Indian bank to have a branch in the List' of FATF. FATF is an inter-governmental
Australian state of Victoria. Victoria already body established in 1989 to combat money
has the presence of leading Indian businesses- laundering, terrorist financing & other related
including Cipla, Cyient, HCL, Infosys, Ramco, threats to the integrity of the international
Zomato etc. SBI Managing Director is Dinesh financial system. FATF-Financial Action Task
Kumar Khara. Force.
305. 5 312. 3
Axis Bank announced the launch of a digital IMF sees Indian economic growth rebounding
fixed-deposit product called ‘Express FD’. to 7% in next FY 2020, supported by measures
Customer can open an Express FD account in like monetary policy stimulus & corporate
three minutes through the digital mode income tax cuts. IMF projected 6.1 % growth
without opening a savings account with the for 2019. Jonathan Ostry is the Deputy
bank. Express FD offers attractive interest Director of the Asia Pacific Dept of IMF.
rates & zero issuance fees Kristalina Georgieva is the current MD &
Chairwoman of IMF.
306. 3
Union government appointed SS Mallikarjuna 313. 1
Rao, Managing Director and CEO of Allahabad Govt of India, Govt of Odisha & World Bank
Bank as the new Managing Director and Chief signed a US$165 million loan agreement to
Executive Officer of Punjab National Bank. He support smallholder farmers. It aims to
is to replace Sunil Mehta strengthen the resilience of production
systems as well as to improve the marketing
307. 5 of their produce for increased income. It will
RBI has given the final approval for the merger strengthen resilience of farmers against
of district co-operative banks in Kerala. The adverse climate.
combined entity will be called as ‘Kerala Bank'.
District co-operative banks will be 314. 5
amalgamated with Kerala State Co-operative Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd has launched its 1st
Bank to form the Kerala Bank. Under the overseas branch at Dubai International
arrangement 13 DCBs will be merged. Financial Centre (DIFC). This is in addition to
the banking unit at the International Financial
308. 4 Centre at GIFT City in Gujarat.
RBI issued guidelines on ‘on tap' authorisation Headquarters: Mumbai
of payment systems with an aim to encourage Ceo & MD: Uday Kotak
innovation & competition. RBI decided to offer
on-tap authorisation for Bharat Bill Payment 315. 2
Operating Unit, Trade Receivables Discounting According to World Bank President David
System & White Label ATMs. Minimum paid up Malpass the multi-lateral funding agency will
equity capital for TReDS should be 25 crore continue with $ 6 billion lending target for
Rs. India. Visiting head of the World Bank met
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance
309. 1 Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. World Bank right
Businesses with an annual turnover of more now has 97 projects with $ 24 billion
than ₹ 50 crore will have to mandatorily offer committed
the electronic mode of payments to their
customers from 1 November. MDR- charge 316. 1
that banks impose on commercial MSTC tied up with Allahabad Bank for the
transactions-will not be levied on development of a dedicated e-auction platform
customers/merchant. MDR - Merchant directly linked with Indian Banking
Discount Rate. Association's portal for sale of NPAs through
the SARFAESI Act. MSTC is a GOI company
310. 3 engaged in domestic & international trading.
SBI's head Rajnish Kumar has been elected as MSTC (Metal Scrap Trade Corporation Limited)
the chairman of Indian Banks Association for has HQ in Kolkata.
the fiscal 2019-20. Union Bank of India's G
Rajkiran Rai, S.S Mallikarjuna Rao of PNB & 317. 3
Madhav Kalyan of JP Morgan Chase Bank have Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute &
been elected as deputy chairmen. Rakesh Krishi Vigyan Kendra with the support of
Shamra is the honorary secretary of IBA. NABARD will conduct a buyer-seller meet for
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food & agriculture products on November. liquid commodities traded on NCDEX's

Participants from Kerala, TN & Karnataka will platform.
bring their products at the meet.
Three-day buyer-seller meet will be held at 325. 3
Kochi, Kerala. Moody’s Investors Service slashed India’s
economic growth forecast for current year to
318. 3 5.6% from 5.8% estimated earlier, saying GDP
As per the recommendations of Working Group slowdown is lasting longer than previously
to Review Regulatory and Supervisory expected. It expected economic activity to pick
Framework for Core Investment up in 2020 & 2021 to 6.6% & 6.7%,
Companies(CICs) headed by Tapan Ray, CICs
will have to form board level committees, 326. 1
appoint independent directors and conduct RBI can seek resolution of NBFCs having
internal audits. assets worth of at least Rs 500 cr under the
insolvency law. They can take up for resolution
319. 4 under the "generic framework" of the
ADB has sanctioned a $451 million loan to Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code by the
Tamil Nadu for a project that will enable better notification specifying the categories of FSPs.
power transfer between the southern part of FSP- Financial Service Provider.
the Chennai-Kanyakumari Industrial Corridor
(CKIC) and the northern regions where there 327. 1
is higher power demand. In case of default in repayment of loans
beyond 30 days, listed companies will have to
320. 4 disclose the fact of such default within 24
According to RBI’s recent data, The country's hours. Net worth requirement of portfolio
foreign exchange reserves rose by $3.515 managers has been enhanced from 2 crore to
billion to touch a fresh lifetime high of 5 crore amending PM Regulations, 2019.
$446.098 billion in the week to November 1, SEBI Chairman- Ajay Tyagi.
helped by increase in foreign currency assets.
Gold reserves increased by $301 million to 328. 5
$27.353 billion. PayPal Holdings Inc is to buy privately held
shopping & rewards platform Honey Science
321. 1 Corp for USD 4 billion. The deal for the
RBI has increased the household income limits platform that finds & applies coupon codes on
for borrowers of Non-Banking Financial popular sites will add to the PayPal's ability to
Companies (NBFCs) and microfinance help merchants deliver offers.
institutions (MFIs) from 1 lakh to 1.25 lakh After the deal, Honey will retain its HQ & brand
rupees.For urban or semi-urban areas limit has in Los Angeles.
been increased from 1.6 lakh to 2 lakh rs.
329. 3
322. 2 RBI has formed a 3-member advisory
Reserve Bank of India has withdrawn some committee to assist the administrator of
exemptions granted to mortgage finance troubled mortgage lender DHFL. Rajiv Lall, of
companies in terms of complying with IDFC; N.S. Kannan, MD & CEO, ICICI
regulations such as provisions and creation of Prudential Life; & N.S. Venkatesh, CEO, AMFI,
reserve fund that would put them on par with are part of the committee
other non-banking finance companies. Dewan Housing Finance Ltd Head Office: New
Delhi
323. 2
According to the Reserve Bank of India 330. 2
,entities desirous to function / operate / As per PLFS Survey by NSO, urban
provide platforms for Bharat Bill Payment unemployment rate dropped to the lowest
Operating Unit (BBPOU) and White Label ATMs level in four quarters at 9.3 per cent during
(WLAs) will need to have a networth of ₹100 January-March 2019. Also, urban
crore. unemployment rate (UR) was 9.9% in April-
June 2018, 9.7% in July-September 2018 &
324. 4 9.9% in Oct-Dec 2018
NCDEX launched return based agricultural NSO is a wing functioning under MoSPI
futures index partnering with NSE Indices
Limited, to maintain & disseminate real-time 331. 1
NCDEX AGRIDEX values. AGRIDEX tracks & Persons with disability in the population was
replicates the performance of the 10 most 2.2 % during July-Dec 2018 in the country, as
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per National Statistical Office. Prevalence of rate has been kept unchanged at 5.15%. In
disability was higher among males than 2019, the RBI has cut repo rate by 135 basis
females. Among males, prevalence of disability points so far to a nine-year low of 5.15%.
was 2.4% & 1.9% among females. RBI has lowered its real GDP growth forecast
Union Minister MoSPI (I/C): Rao Inderjit Singh. for 2019-20 from 6.1% in the October policy
to 5%.
332. 3
48.1% of rural households disposed of waste 339. 4
water without treatment. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
NSO survey has found that 80.4% of rural (AIIB) has approved an investment of $575
households have no arrangement for garbage million in suburban railways and renewable
collection & that garbage collection was better energy sector, taking to its total commitment
in urban India, with the panchayat or in India to nearly $3 billion. It will extend a
municipality corporation making arrangements long-term project loan to Mumbai Urban
for 74.1% of the households. Transport Corporation for $500 while the rest
$75 million will be invested in Tata Cleantech
333. 1 Capital.
Around 71.3% of rural households & 96.2% of
urban households had access to toilets during 340. 1
2018, as per NSO’s “Drinking Water, Ujjivan Small Finance Bank, which recently
Sanitation, Hygiene and Housing Condition in concluded its Rs 750-crore initial public
India” report. The survey was conducted offering, is set to make the stock market
between July-December 2018. debut. The shares will be listed on the BSE and
the National Stock Exchange (NSE).
334. 4 Microfinance lender Ujjivan Financial Services
Truecaller plans to use its payments platform is the holding company of Ujjivan Small
to foray into credit business early 2020, Finance Bank.
turning it into a complete fin-tech company, as
per a recent announcement by co-founder 341. 3
Nami Zarringhalam. As per the Survey of Professional Forecasters
on Macroeconomic Indicators, Real gross
335. 1 domestic product (GDP) is likely to grow at
Ashok Leyland entered into a 2-year MoU with 5.3% in 2019-20 and by 6.4% in 2020-21.
ICICI Bank to offer customised financial Real private final consumption expenditure
solutions to customers across India with a (PFCE) growth is expected at 4.4% during
focus on semi-urban & rural geographies. 2019-20, improving to 6.4% during 2020-21.
ICICI will be a preferred financier for providing Real gross value added (GVA) is expected to
finance to Ashok leyland customers grow by 5.3% in 2019-20 and further by 6.3%
ICICI Bank CEO: Sandeep Bakhshi; HQ: in 2020-21, supported by upticks in industrial
Mumbai and services sector activity.
The growth of real gross fixed capital
336. 1 formation (GFCF) is likely to moderate to 4.9%
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs in 2019-20 but improve to 6.5% in 2020-21.
approved an increase in the authorised capital The Reserve Bank has been conducting the
of Food Corporation of India to Rs 10,000 Survey of Professional Forecasters (SPF) since
crore from ₹3,500 crore. The move will help September 2007. Forty-one panellists
FCI raise more money in the reduce the participated in the 61st round of the survey
borrowings of FCI, save interest cost of FCI. conducted during November 2019.
FCI was constituted under the Food
Corporations Act, 1964 342. 4
Odisha government has reduced the financial
337. 4 assistance given to farmers under the Kalia
Bhuwan Chandra, General Manager,attached scheme to ₹ 4000 per annum from ₹ 10000.
to Balance Sheet Management Department, The decision to reduce the Kalia assistance
has been appointed as the Chief Financial was taken after the Odisha government
Officer of Indian Overseas Bank, with effect merged the Kalia scheme with the Centres
from 01.12.2019. He is a Graduate in Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-
Agriculture. KISAN).
The actual cultivators (share croppers) who
338. 3 are landless, if any, will continue to get
As per the fifth bi-monthly monetary policy assistance from Kalia i.e. Rs 10,000 annually,
statement for 2019-20 by RBI the policy repo
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since they are not considered under PM- infrastructure in Tiruchi and other cities in
KISAN. Tamil Nadu and strengthen the capacities of
The big/large farmers are eligible to get urban local bodies (ULBs) for improved service
assistance from PM-KISAN scheme which is Rs delivery in the state. This is the second project
6,000 per annum. loan for the ADB-supported USD 500 million
multi-tranche financing for the Tamil Nadu
343. 2 Urban Flagship Investment Programme,
Companies seeking to raise up to Rs 750 approved in September 2018
crore can now file their draft papers with
regional offices of the Securities and Exchange 350. 5
Board of India. Till now, merchant bankers on According to FM Public sector banks have
behalf of the companies were allowed to file disbursed loans of ₹2.39 trillion in Nov. to non-
the papers for issues worth up to Rs 500 crore bank lenders, large & small businesses, as well
with regional office of SEBI concerned. as farmers, & ₹2.52 trillion in Oct. Corporate
houses borrowed the most during Oct-Nov
344. 4 followed by MSMEs & farm loans.
The National Stock Exchange (NSE) has
decided to cancel the licence of Karvy Stock 351. 4
Broking (KSBL).The brokerage house was The Kerala based CSB Bank, formerly known
restricted by SEBI from doing client business as formerly known as Catholic Syrian Bank, re-
as cases of client default came to light. KSBL is appointed Rajendran Chinna Veerappan as
one of the largest case of broker defaults so Managing Director & CEO of the Bank. He has
far. The NSE said it took the step against been on CSB board since November 2016 &
Karvy due to non-compliance of the regulatory have been re-appointed for another 3 years.
provisions of the Exchange.
352. 1
345. 4 The National Stock Exchange launched Nifty
RBI has imposed a penalty of ₹1.50 Cr on Bharat Bond Index series, which will track a
Corporation Bank for non-compliance with portfolio of AAA-rated bonds issued by
certain provisions of directions. The penalty government entities. The first two indices in
has been imposed in exercise of powers vested the series are for April 2023 and April 2030.
in the RBI under the provisions of Sec 47 A of The unit size will be of ₹1,000.
the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.
353. 4
346. 4 Payments banks can apply for conversion into
International Finance Corporation has small finance banks (SFBs) after five years of
anchored an investment of USD 200 million in operation. According to the guidelines both
Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services to banks should come under the non-operating
create a dedicated pool of financing for MSMEs financial holding company (NOFHC) structure.
in low-income states. At least USD 100 million
will be earmarked for women-owned MSMEs. 354. 4
Canada’s biggest public pension fund is set to
347. 4 invest up to $600 mn. in India’s National
CRISIL has cut the growth forecast for the Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF).The
current FY to 5.1% from 6.3%. The agency deal includes a commitment of $150 million in
stated that the growth in the 2nd half of 2019- NIIF’s Master Fund & co-investment rights of
20 will go up to 5.5%, up from 4.75% in the up to $450 million in future.
1st half. Crisil's revision is among the lowest
after Nomura's 4.7% forecast. 355. 3
Axis Bank’s group executive and chief financial
348. 4 officer (CFO) Jairam Sridharan has resigned.
Walmart India, in partnership with HDFC He joined Axis Bank in June 2010 from Capital
Bank, launched a co-branded credit card One Financial, a consumer bank based in
exclusively for members of its Best Price Richmond, VA (USA). He earlier worked with
Modern Wholesale ‘B2B Cash & Carry’ stores. ICICI Bank.
The co-branded credit card offers free credit
up to 50 days.
349. 2
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has
agreed to advance a loan of US $206 million to
develop water supply and sewerage
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According to RBI, round-the-clock transactions Power generation company NTPC has signed a
will be allowed under the National Electronic term loan agreement for Rs 5,000 crore with
Funds Transfer (NEFT) system from December State Bank of India, extended at an interest
16. It will be available on all days of the year, rate linked to 3-month MCLR for 15 year
including holidays. NEFT is used for fund tenure to be utilised to part finance the capital
transfers of up to ₹2 lakh. expenditure of NTPC. Present installed capacity
of NTPC: 57,356 MW across 54 stations.
Insurance
364. 5
358. 4 Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance has tied up with
Airtel Payments Bank has partnered with MobiKwik to offer mobile-based group
Bharti AXA Life Insurance to offer Bharti AXA insurance solutions. Through the partnership,
Life POS Saral Jeevan Bima Yojana. It is a pure the company will offer life insurance in the
life term insurance plan aimed at the under- variants of ₹1 Lakh, ₹3 Lakh & ₹5 Lakh via
insured and uninsured MobiKwik’s wallet app & website.
segments in India.
365. 1
359. 1 Siddhartha Mohanty has assumed charge as
The 7-member group is headed by Yegna Priya Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Bharat. of the LIC Housing Finance (LIC HFL). Prior to
The group has been formed to address areas this, Mohanty was the company's COO. He
pertaining to licensing, renewal and IIISLA served as the Executive Director - Legal of Life
Membership in the context of the existing Insurance Corporation of India.
regulatory framework for Surveyors and Loss LIC HFL was incorporated in 1989.
Assessors.
366. 4
360. 1 SBI Life Insurance & Indian Bank have entered
South Korean tech giant Samsung announced into a bancassurance pact to offer holistic
its partnership with Paisabazaar.com, an online financial planning solutions to the latter’s
marketplace for financial products in customers. The partnership will see over 2,851
India.Paisabazaar.com will now support branches of Indian Bank spread across the
Samsung Pay to provide users with a one stop country selling SBI Life product
solution to their financial requirements.
367. 5
361. 3 Indian Bank signed a corporate agency
Uttar Pradesh has become No. 1 in agreement with Cholamandalam MS General
implementation of PM Suraksha Bima Yojana. Insurance Company for distribution of its
1.95 Cr people have been given insurance insurance products to bank customers. Indian
cover under the scheme till 31 Mar 2019. Bank has 2,872 branches, across the country.
People can get an accidental insurance cover
of ₹ 2 L by paying a nominal premium of ₹ 12 368. 3
annually. Global provider of capital market indices,
Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI),
362. 1 has included HDFC Life Insurance Company to
Credit rating agency CRISIL has revised its its Global Standard Index. However, it has
rating outlook on the long-term debt excluded Union Bank from its India Smallcap
instruments, fixed deposit programme and Index. MSCI Indexes are used as the base for
long term bank facilities of PNB Housing exchange-traded funds.
Finance Ltd to ‘negative’ from ‘stable’ while
reaffirming the ratings at ‘AA /FAAA’. 369. 3
OYO has partnered ACKO General Insurance to
363. 2 launch insurance cover for guests at booking
Private sector general insurer Digit Insurance price for its properties. The guests will get
will soon be entering the health insurance insurance against accidental death, baggage
segment. The company that currently sells loss & accidental medical expenses for the
motor insurance, international travel entire duration of their stay.
insurance, home insurance and mobile
insurance will sell medical policies as well.
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Aditya Birla Health Insurance has entered into manual intervention as an integrated and
a bancassurance partnership with Axis Bank. automated process.
Through this partnership, ABHI will offer health Chairman, ESI Corporation: Santosh Kumar
insurance solutions to the Axis bank’s Gangwar
customers across its 4,094 branches and
digital channels. 378. 3
IDBI Bank announced the plan to sell its stake
371. 5 in its insurance joint venture IDBI Federal Life
Acko General Insurance has partnered with Insurance Co, while JP Morgan India has been
ZestMoney, a consumer lending fintech, to mandated to manage the process for the
offer credit insurance. It will help ZestMoney same. IDBI Bank owns 48% of the insurance
customers cover their monthly EMI payments company.
during times of crisis. Vler Technologies Pvt LIC of India owns majority stake in IDBI Bank
Ltd is subsidiary of Acko General Insurance.
379. 4
372. 4 Bajaj Allianz General Insurance & Can Fin
Bharti AXA Life Insurance has partnered with Homes Limited announced a corporate agency
Akshaya Patra Foundation to support and agreement for the distribution of the general
contribute to the mid-day meal programme for insurer’s products. Bajaj will offer personal
government school children. Akshaya Patra is lines of insurance products, such as health,
running a mid-day meal programme to mark personal accident, travel etc.
its 13th foundation day.
380. 4
373. 4 IDBI Bank seeking a huge potential customer
Tata AIG General Insurance will work with the base in LIC’s 29 crore policyholders, 11.80
Indian bank for sales training, product support lakh agents, and 1.12 lakh employees to
and ensuring smooth operational processing of cross-sell, among others, credit cards and
diverse range of general insurance policies home loans has planned to launch a co-
benefiting the bank’s customers branded credit card with LIC CSL.
Indian Bank Headquarters: Chennai LIC acquired 51% stake in IDBI in Jan 2019
CEO: Padmaja Chunduru
381. 1
374. 1 SBI will raise up to Rs 3,465 crore by
LIC-owned IDBI is offering home loan for up to offloading up to 4.5 percent stake in SBI Life
₹75 lakh with a tenor of up to 35 years at an Insurance Co to bring down the promoter
interest rate of 8.30% p.a. It has also shareholding. The floor price for the share sale
introduced bulk deposits linked to the repo has been fixed at Rs 770 per equity share.
rate in select buckets of home and auto loan
products. 382. 5
National Health Authority and Insurance
375. 4 Regulatory and Development Authority of India
Under new rules, Driving under the influence have launched a report recommending best
of alcohol, will attract a penalty of Rs practices, common standards, collaborative
10,000/imprisonment. Fine for jumping red- measures and IT framework for data
light has been revised to Rs 5000, while standardization and to check frauds.
driving without wearing seat belt will attract Rs
1000 fine. 383. 3
Fine for driving without a license is now Rs Ayushman Bharat – PMJAY has partnered with
5,000 Ola to extend the welfare to its drivers. The
partnership will provide comprehensive health
376. 3 insurance for secondary & tertiary care to the
LIC said its assets have grown to over ₹31.11 drivers working with the cab aggregator and
lakh crore. With the increased business, the their families.
market share of the insurer rose to 73.1% at
the end of July 2019. LIC started with an initial 384. 3
capital of ₹5 crore in 1956. Max Bupa has announced a bancassurance
corporate agency agreement with Indian Bank.
377. 3 As part of the tie-up, Max Bupa’s offerings will
Employees’ State Insurance Corporation include both retail and group health insurance
signed MoU with SBI to provide e-payment products besides Indemnity and Fixed Benefit
services directly to the bank accounts of all products.
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Airtel has tied up with Bharti AXA Life Minister of State (I/C) for Labour &
Insurance to offer pre-paid plan with insurance Employment-Santosh Gangwar.
protection cover for its customers, as part of
its strategy to leverage the deep penetration 392. 4
of mobile services to build a financially secure Bajaj Allianz General Insurance, launched
India. The product combines Airtel’s deep mobile app ‘Farmitra’ catering to the specific
distribution reach with Bharti AXA Life’s needs of farmers. Through this app, farmers
expertise in insurance. will get insurance solution along with other
information & advisories which will cater to
386. 2 their day to day farming needs.
SBI Life Insurance has signed a corporate
agency agreement with city-based Repco 393. 3
Home Finance Ltd to offer the company’s According to PNB Housing Finance , LIC has
range of products to RHFL customers. This tie- invested Rs 2,500 crore in the company by
up will enable every RHFL customer to meet subscribing to its secured redeemable non-
their diverse insurance needs. Repco Home convertible debentures (NCDs). This issuance
Finance Ltd, MD and CEO is Yashpal Gupta. is through private placement basis with a
door-to-door tenure of 10 years.
387. 2
Government has raised Rs 4,368 crore through 394. 4
the fourth tranche of the Bharat-22 exchange Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI)
traded fund (ETF). Government has decided to re-balanced its India index under its semi-
exercise its green-shoe option & retain Rs annual review. Of the 8 additions it did to the
4,368 crore of the overall bids received over 2 index, 2 belong to the insurance sector – SBI
days. Life and ICICI Prudential Life Insurance.
ICICI Mutual Fund (MF) manages the Bharat-
22 ETF 395. 3
The Insurance Regulatory
388. 3 and Development Authority of India has
Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance launched i-SERV-a suggested that there should be no
first-of-its-kind video calling service within the discrimination in providing any of the wellness
life insurance industry. It is designed to features offered to the same or similar placed
enhance the customer experience & provide categories of policyholders of the health
swift resolutions to their queries. Service is insurance product.
available in 112 cities. Bajaj Allianz Life
Insurance Chairman-Sanjiv Bajaj. 396. 2
Muthoot Finance will acquire IDBI Asset
389. 1 Management for ₹215 crore to enter mutual
Indian Overseas Bank on Friday unveiled an fund space. The deal, which is subject to
healthcare insurance policy through online necessary regulatory approvals including
platform in association with Universal Sompo markets regulator Sebi, is expected to be
General Insurance Company Ltd. The co- completed by February-end 2020
branded healthcare policy designed by IDBI Mutual Fund has an asset base of over
Universal Sompo General Insurance. It is ₹5,300 crore
offered with a sum insured from Rs 50,000 to
Rs 15 lakhs. 397. 1
IndiaFirst Life Insurance has entered into a
390. 1 strategic & technical partnership with Spice
IRDAl has formed an 8-member committee, Money, a tech-led financial services provider,
with IIIT- Bangalore Director S. Sadagopan as for distribution / marketing of ‘insurance
the chairperson, to evaluate proposals it has khata’ through the latter’s platform, which has
started receiving for implementing innovations nearly 3 lakh customers
in the sector under a regulatory sandbox Insurance Khata is targeted at the
approach. informal/agriculture sector
391. 5
Santosh Gangwar launched 3 Apps: Universal
Account Number Registration, E-Inspection &
Digi Locker-developed by EPFO at its 67th
Foundation Day on November 1st. Apps will
enhance the Ease of Doing Business & promote
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Insurance Regulatory and Development Insurance Regulatory and Development
Authority of India (IRDAI) has allowed banks Authority of India (IRDAI) approved the sale of
to remain promoters of insurance companies. its 51 per cent stake in Max Bupa Health
Under consideration is a proposal to allow Insurance Company to private equity firm True
banks to hold more than 10% in one or more North.
insurance companies if they give up With the deal getting regulatory approval, Max
management control. Under existing India will exit the health insurance business.
regulations, one bank cannot be a promoter in
a multiple insurance companies in the same 400. 3
segment. ManipalCigna announced the launch of
'ManipalCigna Super Top Up' health insurance
plan. It will provide a health cover upto Rs 30
lakh of sum insured. It covers both Allopathic
and AYUSH in-patient treatments up to sum
insured.
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