Exclusive GA MCQs For IBPS Clerk Main

Exclusive GA MCQs for IBPS Clerk Main
1. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) lowered India’s economic growth forecast for FY2019 to what per cent recently?
1) 4.9 per cent
2) 5.1 per cent
3) 5.3 per cent
4) 5.5 per cent
5) 5.7 per cent
2. State Bank of India (SBI) has announced to reduce MCLR by 10 basis points across all one-year products. In the term MCLR,
letter ‘C’ denotes
1) Cost
2) Call
3) Coverage
4) Collection
5) Collateral
3. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) banned Russia for four years from participation in global sporting events recently.
WADA is headquartered in
1) Paris, France
2) Frankfurt, Germany
3) Rome, Germany
4) Montreal, Canada
5) New York, US
4. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) launched its earth observation satellite RISAT-2BR1 on PSLV-C48 recently.
It was PSLV’s ____ mission.
1) 46th
2) 47th
3) 48th
4) 49th
5) 50th
5. The United States, Mexico and which of the following countries signed a trade agreement named USMCA recently?
1) Austria
2) Chile
3) Canada
4) Colombia
5) Australia
6. What is India’s position on 2020 Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) released at the COP25 climate summit in
Spanish capital Madrid recently?
1) Fifth
2) Sixth
3) Seventh
4) Eighth
5) Ninth
7. Which country finished on top of the medal table (with 312 medals) at the 13th South Asian Games which concluded recently
in Kathmandu, Nepal?
1) India
2) Nepal
3) Sri Lanka
4) Maldives
5) Bhutan
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8. The Parliament passed the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) recently. The Bill is aimed at providing Indian citizenship to
illegal non-Muslim migrants from
1) Pakistan
2) Bangladesh
3) Afghanistan
4) All the above
5) None of these
9. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) recently started the hearing on the case of Rohingya atrocities by Myanmar. The ICJ is
based in
1) Oslo
2) Madrid
3) The Hague
4) Rome
5) Stockholm
10. Which country has topped the 2019 Human Development Index (HDI)?
1) Sweden
2) Norway
3) Denmark
4) Finland
5) Switzerland
11. Who among the following is the new Chairman of the National Stock Exchange (NSE)?
1) Purushottam Saraf
2) Bhaskar Banerjee
3) Sethurathnam Ravi
4) Dhirendra Swarup
5) Girish Chandra Chaturvedi
12. Indian Railways completed free WiFi installation at 5,500th station recently which was Mahuamilan station. The station is
located in which state?
1) Odisha
2) Kerala
3) Karnataka
4) Jharkhand
5) Andhra Pradesh
13. Who among the following won the women's Ballon d'Or for 2019?
1) Lucy Bronze
2) Megan Rapinoe
3) Carli Lloyd
4) Samantha Kerr
5) Rose Lavelle
14. Which state govt recently set up 15 Anti-Depredation Squads of the Forest department to deal with human-wildlife conflicts
in the state?
1) Assam
2) Sikkim
3) Uttarakhand
4) Chhattisgarh
5) West Bengal
15. Who among the following won the Miss Universe 2019 crown recently?
1) Vartika Singh
2) Catriona Gray
3) Zozibini Tunzi
4) Kiara Ortega
5) Madison Anderson
16. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and which country recently signed a new USD 5.5 billion agreement to boost the
latter's growth and economic reforms?
1) Greece
2) Turkey
3) Italy
4) Ukraine
5) Argentina
17. Santhali language made its debut in Rajya Sabha when Sarojni Hembram used it to raise a matter during the Zero Hour.
Sarojni is a lawmaker from which state?
1) Jharkhand
2) Odisha
3) Bihar
4) Haryana
5) West Bengal
18. Who among the following won the women’s singles title of the 2019 Syed Modi International badminton tournament?
1) Jung Kyung Eun
2) Baek Ha Na
3) Carolina Marin
4) PV Sindhu
5) Phittayaporn Chaiwan
19. What is India’s position on the 2019 Human Development Index (HDI)?
1) 121st
2) 123rd
3) 125th
4) 127th
5) 129th
20. Which of the following airlines has signed a codeshare agreement with Lufthansa? It is sixth such agreement with an
international airline by the domestic full service carrier.
1) Vistara
2) IndiGo
3) GoAir
4) AirAsia India
5) Spicejet
21. Human Library, a concept which seeks to replace books with humans, was held in which city in India recently? It is known
as the City of Palaces.
1) Mysuru
2) Kochi
3) Bengaluru
4) Chennai
5) Hyderabad
22. India is all set to transfer the Russian-origin INS Sindhuvir submarine to which of the following countries?
1) Bangladesh
2) Maldives
3) Bhutan
4) Myanmar
5) Thailand
23. The panel which will look into the content and propriety of govt advertisements to check their adherence to Supreme Court
guidelines will be headed by
1) AK Tandon
2) OP Rawat
3) BB Tandon
4) Rajat Sharma
5) Piyush Pandey
24. Sanna Marin was elected as the youngest-ever (34-year-old) Prime Minister of which of the following countries recently?
1) Sweden
2) Spain
3) Finland
4) Denmark
5) Norway
25. According to a new report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), worldwide arms sales rose by
nearly five per cent in 2018. The world's largest arms maker was
1) Airbus
2) Sukhoi
3) BAE Systems
4) Dassault Aviation
5) Lockheed Martin
26. Which golf country recently abolished the rules requiring restaurants to provide separate entrances and seating areas for
women?
1) UAE
2) Qatar
3) Bahrain
4) Kuwait
5) Saudi Arabia
27. Aadhaar seeding was made mandatory for the fourth tranche under the PM Kisan scheme. The annual income support given
to farmers under this scheme is
1) Rs 2,000
2) Rs 4,000
3) Rs 6,000
4) Rs 8,000
5) Rs 10,000
28. Which firm recently sought govt nod for the infusion of Rs 4,900 cr investment from Singapore-based Singtel and other
entities, a move that would make it a foreign entity?
1) MTNL
2) Vodafone Idea
3) Bharti Telecom
4) Reliance Jio Infocomm
5) Reliance Communication
29. The Indian Rafale fighter jets will fly with the sign ‘BS’ on their tail. Here, the term ‘BS’ denotes
1) Bharat Series
2) Bhagat Singh
3) Bihang Series
4) Birender Singh
5) Baaz Series
30. According to the Climate Risk Index 2020, the most affected country in 2018 was
1) Haiti
2) Japan
3) Germany
4) Philippines
5) Puerto Rico
31. The 2020 edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will be focused around who among the following
personalities?
1) Mrinal Sen
2) Uttam Kumar
3) Prithviraj Kapoor
4) Shyam Benegal
5) Satyajit Ray
32. What is India’s ranking as the most vulnerable country to climate change, according to the Climate Risk Index 2020?
1) Fifth
2) Sixth
3) Seventh
4) Eighth
5) Ninth
33. The ambitious Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC) of which of the following cities was inaugurated by Chief
Minister Manohar Lal Khattar recently?
1) Chandigarh
2) Patiala
3) Gurgaon
4) Dehradun
5) Lucknow
34. The RBI released its fifth bi-monthly Monetary Policy recently. The marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and Bank Rate has
been set at
1) 5.10 per cent

2) 5.20 per cent
3) 5.30 per cent
4) 5.40 per cent
5) 5.50 per cent
35. The Fifteenth Finance Commission was constituted by the President on 27 Nov 2017 to make recommendations for a period
of five years from 1 Apr ____ to 31 Mar____.
1) 2019, 2024
2) 2020, 2025
3) 2021, 2026
4) 2022, 2027
5) 2023, 2028
36. Bhaskar Menon passed away recently. He was a veteran

1) journalist
2) cartoonist
3) biologist
4) singer
5) classical dancer

37. International Finance Corporation (IFC) invested $200 million in Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services recently. IFC is a
member of
1) IMF
2) WTO
3) World Bank
4) Federal Reserve
5) European Central Bank
38. Govt launched the 4th round of Regional Connectivity Scheme - UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik) recently. The scheme
was first launched in Oct
1) 2012
2) 2013
3) 2014
4) 2015
5) 2016
39. India conducted the night trial of its indigenously developed, nuclear-capable surface-to-surface Prithvi-II missile recently.
The missile has a strike range of
1) 300 km
2) 350 km
3) 400 km
4) 450 km
5) 500 km
40. Who among the following won the Ballon d'Or award for the world's best player for a record sixth time recently?
1) Mohamed Salah
2) Sadio Mane
3) Virgil van Dijk
4) Lionel Messi
5) Cristiano Ronaldo
41. The three-day National Conference of Directors General and Inspectors General of Police was held recently in which city?
1) Pune
2) Mumbai
3) Patna
4) Bengaluru
5) Hyderabad
42. The Nationwide GST Stakeholder Feedback Diwas for new GST returns was/will be observed on which date?
1) 01 Dec
2) 07 Dec
3) 17 Dec
4) 27 Dec
5) 31 Dec
43. The National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) system will allow round-the-clock transactions from

1) 11 December 2019
2) 13 December 2019
3) 16 December 2019
4) 19 December 2019
5) 21 December 2019
44. The RBI maintained the reverse repo rate at what per cent at the recent fifth bi-monthly monetary policy of financial year
2019-20?
1) 4.45 per cent
2) 4.60 per cent

3) 4.75 per cent
4) 4.90 per cent

5) 5.05 per cent
45. Aberdeen Police station has been ranked first in the list of the best-performing police stations in the country. The police
station is located in
1) Gujarat
2) Rajasthan
3) Maharashtra
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Andaman & Nicobar Islands
46. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) group and their allies have decided to cut oil production by
500,000 barrels per day. Which of the following is NOT a member of OPEC?
1) UAE
2) Libya
3) Algeria
4) Ecuador
5) Mongolia
47. Jairam Sridharan resigned as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of which of the following banks recently?
1) HDFC Bank
2) ICICI Bank
3) YES Bank
4) Axis Bank
5) Federal Bank
48. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently tightened norms for ARCs. Here, the term ARC means
1) Asset Restructuring Companies
2) Asset Reconstruction Companies
3) Asset Repatriation Companies
4) Asset Resolution Companies
5) None of these
49. ______ will become the world’s most valuable publicly traded company once it starts trading on the bourses. It raised $25.6
bn from the world’s biggest IPO recently.
1) Aramco
2) RIL
3) TCS
4) PDVSA
5) Huawei

50. __________ opened its Global Business Service Centre in India’s first operational International Financial Services Centre
(IFSC) situated in GIFT City. It is the first foreign bank to set up operation there.
1) CITI Bank
2) Standard Chartered
3) Bank of America
4) Deutsche Bank
5) Royal Bank of Scotland
51. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has raised the lending limit for Peer-To-Peer (P2P) platforms
1) Rs 20 lakh
2) Rs 25 lakh
3) Rs 50 lakh
4) Rs 75 lakh
5) Rs 1 cr
52. Which state govt launched “Madhu” app recently? It is an e-learning mobile phone application for school students to
understand their subjects in a better and efficient way.
1) Odisha
2) Kerala
3) Sikkim
4) Assam
5) Jharkhand
53. ________ has been certified as India’s first “Eat Right Station” with a 4-Star rating awarded by the FSSAI.
1) Anand Vihar Terminal
2) Gorakhpur
3) Varanasi Junction
4) New Delhi Railway Station
5) Mumbai Central Terminus
54. Which team was recently bestowed with the Christopher Martin-Jenkins Spirit of Cricket award for its exemplary show of
sportsmanship during the World Cup final?
1) Australia
2) New Zealand
3) South Africa
4) England
5) Bangladesh
55. The “Hand-in-Hand 2019” joint military exercise is scheduled to be held at Umroi in Meghalaya. The exercise will be held
between India and
1) Russia
2) Japan
3) US
4) China
5) South Korea
56. The Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria participated in the Pacific Air Chiefs’ Symposium 2019 (PACS
2019) in which country recently?
1) France
2) Germany
3) Spain
4) US
5) UK
57. ________ was awarded “Lifetime of Public Service Award” at ET Awards 2019. He was the former Finance Minister of the
country.
1) Natwar Singh
2) Arun Jaitley
3) Jaswant Singh
4) Yashwant Sinha
5) Manmohan Singh
58. Who among the following has been named “2019 Person of the Year” by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
(PETA)?
1) Bryan Adams
2) Anushka Sharma
3) Russell Brand
4) Jacqueline Fernandez
5) Joaquin Phoenix
59. Pritivirajsing Roopun was elected as the new president in which of the following countries recently?
1) Fiji
2) Suriname
3) Mauritius
4) Seychelles
5) Trinidad and Tobago
60. Who among the following was recently elected as the new president of the Manila-headquartered Asian Development Bank
(ADB)?
1) Masatsugu Asakawa
2) Masayoshi Son
3) Haruhiko Kuroda
4) Tedros Adhanom
5) KV Kamath
61. The three-day-long North East Food Show was held in the capital city of which of the following states recently? It was
dubbed as the biggest ever food show of the region.
1) Mizoram (Aizawl)
2) Tripura (Agartala)
3) Meghalaya (Shillong)
4) Sikkim (Gangtok)
5) Arunachal Pradesh (Itanagar)
62. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is mulling to amend regulatory guidelines for primary UCBs. Here, the term UCBs stands
for
1) Urban Corporate Banks
2) Urban Co-ordination Banks
3) Urban Category Banks
4) Urban Co-operative Banks
5) None of these
63. Union Minister for Food Processing Harsimrat Kaur Badal inaugurated Avantee mega Food Park in Dewas in which state
recently?
1) Rajasthan
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Chhattisgarh
4) Maharashtra
5) Madhya Pradesh
64. Sri Lanka and Maldives recently agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation. While Colombo is the capital of Sri Lanka, the
capital of Maldives is
1) Suva
2) Male
3) Paramaribo
4) Port Louis
5) Naypyitaw
65. Union Home Ministry has sanctioned what amount from Nirbhaya Fund for setting up and strengthening of Women Help
Desks in Police Stations across states and UTs?
1) Rs 100 cr
2) Rs 150 cr
3) Rs 200 cr
4) Rs 250 cr
5) Rs 300 cr
66. The Fifteenth Finance Commission submitted its report for 2020-21 to President Ram Nath Kovind recently. The chairman of
the Commission is
1) NK Singh
2) Ashok Lahiri
3) Anoop Singh
4) Ramesh Chand
5) Ajay Narayan Jha
67. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), in its fifth bi-monthly Monetary Policy, kept the policy repo rate unchanged at
1) 5.05 per cent

2) 5.10 per cent
3) 5.15 per cent
4) 5.20 per cent

5) 5.25 per cent
68. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released the Economic Survey of India, 2019
recently. The OECD is based in
1) Perth
2) Paris
3) Rome
4) Oslo
5) Madrid
69. The RBI lowered the growth forecast of the Indian economy to what per cent in the fifth bi-monthly monetary policy review?
1) 6 per cent
2) 5.6 per cent
3) 5.3 per cent
4) 5.1 per cent
5) 5 per cent
70. The foreign exchange reserves of India hit a new high as of 3 Dec 2019. For the first time, the reserves touched
1) $441 billion
2) $445 billion
3) $451 billion
4) $456 billion
5) $461 billion
71. At the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), the ICFT’s UNESCO Gandhi medal award was given to which film
directed by Riccardo Salvetti?
1) Marighella
2) Hellaroo
3) Abou Leila
4) Monsters
5) Rwanda
72. According to section 272B of the Income Tax Act, if the PAN or Aadhaar number quoted by an individual is wrong, a
penalty of what amount can be levied on each misinformation?
1) Rs 5,000
2) Rs 10,000
3) Rs 15,000
4) Rs 20,000
5) Rs 25,000
73. Who among the following has been promoted as the new CEO of Alphabet, the parent company of Google?
1) Sundar Pichai
2) Nikesh Arora
3) Larry Ellison
4) Satya Nadella
5) Shantanu Narayen
74. The US Congress passed the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act recently to help Uyghurs and other Muslim ethnic minorities
residing in which country?
1) Chile
2) Cambodia
3) Venezuela
4) China
5) Colombia
75. The Election Commission will soon implement Political Parties Registration Tracking Management System. The present
(23rd) Chief Election Commissioner is
1) Ashok Lavasa
2) Sunil Arora
3) Sushil Chandra
4) Rajiv Gauba
5) Rajiv Mehrishi
76. Navy Day was celebrated on 4 Dec. Navy Day is celebrated every year to commemorate the Indian Navy’s audacious and
devastating attack on
1) Gwadar port
2) Lahore Port
3) Port of Pasni
4) Keti Bandar
5) Karachi harbour
77. The Union Cabinet approved a proposal to extend reservation for SCs and STs in the Lok Sabha and the State Assemblies for
another 10 years till
1) 2029
2) 2030
3) 2031
4) 2032
5) 2033
78. The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) targets adding one crore subscribers to Atal Pension
Yojana in FY21. The present chairman of PFRDA is Hemant G Contractor and its headquarters is located in
1) Hyderabad
2) Bengaluru
3) New Delhi
4) Lucknow
5) Mumbai
79. The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for services expanded to ______ in November 2019.
1) 49.2
2) 50.4
3) 51.5
4) 52.7
5) 53.9
80. The Union Cabinet recently approved Bharat Bond Exchange Traded Fund which would be the first corporate bond ETF in
the country. It will have two maturity series -
1) 1 and 8 years
2) 2 and 9 years
3) 3 and 10 years
4) 4 and 11 years
5) 5 and 12 years
81. Usha Jadhav won the best actress award at the Golden Jubilee Edition of International Film Festival of India (IFFI) for which
of the following films?
1) Balloon
2) Jallikattu
3) Particles
4) Marighella
5) Mai Ghat
82. Priyam Garg will lead defending champions India in 2020 Under-19 ICC Cricket World Cup to be held in
1) South Africa
2) Australia
3) England
4) New Zealand
5) Bangladesh
83. Typhoon “Kammuri” hit which of the following countries recently? It is the 20th typhoon to hit the country in 2019.
1) Cambodia
2) Venezuela
3) Philippines
4) Mexico
5) South Korea
84. The leaders of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) met recently in which city to mark the 70th birthday of the
organization? The twenty-nine member alliance was founded in 1949.
1) Brussels
2) Paris
3) Frankfurt
4) London
5) Rome
85. Walmart India launched a co-branded credit card exclusively for members of its “B2B Cash & Carry” stores recently in
partnership with
1) ICICI Bank
2) HDFC Bank
3) Axis Bank
4) IDBI Bank
5) Kotak Mahindra Bank
86. Who among the following has become Indian Navy’s first woman pilot? She hails from Fatehabad in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur
district.
1) Shivangi
2) Mohana Singh
3) Bhawana Kanth
4) Avani Chaturvedi
5) Gunjan Saxena
87. India’s first maritime museum is being set up at Lothal in which state?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Karnataka
3) Telangana
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) Gujarat
88. The government appointed who among the following as the new Controller General of Accounts (CGA) recently?
1) Usha Ram
2) R Radhakrishna
3) Pravin Srivastava
4) Soma Roy Burman
5) Radha Binod Burman
89. The joint military exercise ‘SURYA KIRAN – XIV’ was held between India and which country recently?
1) Bhutan
2) Myanmar
3) Nepal
4) Bangladesh
5) Sri Lanka
90. The 20th Edition of Hornbill Festival was celebrated in which state recently? Neiphiu Rio is the present Chief Minister of the
state.
1) Tripura
2) Nagaland
3) Meghalaya
4) Sikkim
5) Arunachal Pradesh
91. Japan recently announced to post a liaison officer at the Information Fusion Centre - Indian Ocean Region (IFC-IOR) created
by India in
1) Noida
2) Bengaluru
3) Hyderabad
4) New Delhi
5) Gurugram
92. Who among the following won the men’s singles title of the 2019 Syed Modi International badminton tournament?
1) Kidambi Srikanth
2) Wang Tzu Wei
3) Sourabh Verma
4) Parupalli Kashyap
5) Sun Feixiang
93. Mark Carney has been appointed as the new United Nations Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance. He is the
outgoing governor of
1) Federal Reserves
2) Bank of Japan
3) Bank of England
4) Swiss National Bank
5) Reserve Bank of Australia
94. Which of the following countries took over the G20 Presidency from Japan recently? It is the first Arab nation to assume the
G20 presidency.
1) UAE
2) Qatar
3) Bahrain
4) Saudi Arabia
5) Kuwait
95. Sanjay Dhotre inaugurated the India Pavilion at International Book Fair in Guadaljara, Mexico recently. In the present Union
Govt, he is the Minister of State for
1) Human Resource Development
2) Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare
3) External Affairs
4) Home Affairs
5) Civil Aviation
96. Which of the following has become the first country to make the entire process for pilgrims going on Haj completely digital?
1) Pakistan
2) Bangladesh
3) Maldives
4) Indonesia
5) India
97. The Govt’s nationwide vaccination drive Intensified Mission Indradhanush 2.0 aims at immunizing children under the age of
2 years and pregnant women against how many vaccine preventable diseases?
1) Five
2) Six
3) Seven
4) Eight
5) Nine
98. The IHS Markit India Manufacturing PMI rose to ________ in Nov 2019.
1) 50.8
2) 51.2
3) 51.6
4) 52
5) 52.4
99. The initial public offer (IPO) of Ujjivan Small Finance Bank was launched recently. The bank is headquartered in
1) Chennai
2) Hyderabad
3) Bengaluru
4) Kochi
5) Bhubaneswar
100. The Goods and services tax (GST) collection recovered to a seven-month high in Nov 2019 which was
1) Rs 1.03 trillion
2) Rs 1.01 trillion

3) Rs 99,103 billion
101. Seu Jorge won the best actor’s award at the Golden Jubilee Edition of International Film Festival of India (IFFI) for the film
Marighella which is a/an
1) Brazilian film
2) Mexican film
3) Spanish film
4) Chinese film
5) Japanese film
102. India announced USD 50 million line of credit to which of the following countries recently to tackle terrorism? The latter’s
president visited India recently.
1) Maldives
2) Mauritius
3) Myanmar
4) Bangladesh
5) Sri Lanka
103. India and which country held the inaugural meeting of the Foreign and Defence Ministerial Dialogue (2+2) in New Delhi
recently?
1) Australia
2) Russia
3) Japan
4) France
5) South Korea
104. The “Dharma Guardian-2019” and “SHINYUU Maitri-2019” military exercises are conducted between India and which of
the following countries regularly?
1) Sweden
2) Canada
3) Germany
4) Japan
5) Italy
105. Rating agency Crisil recently cut the growth forecast for India’s GDP in the current financial year (2019-20) to what per
cent?
1) 5.1 per cent
2) 5.3 per cent
3) 5.5 per cent
4) 5.8 per cent
5) 6.1 per cent
106. King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia came to India on a five-day official visit recently. They are the King and Queen of
1) Spain
2) Italy
3) Norway
4) Sweden
5) Denmark
107. Steve Smith completed the milestone of 7000 Test runs in only his 70th Test recently becoming the fastest ever to achieve
the feat. He plays for
1) New Zealand
2) West Indies
3) Zimbabwe
4) South Africa
5) Australia
108. The 13th South Asian Games were formally inaugurated in which of the following cities recently?
1) Kathmandu
2) Colombo
3) Dhaka
4) Male
5) New Delhi
109. The RBI imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 1.50 crore on which of the following public sector banks recently? PV Bharathi
is the present CEO of the bank.
1) Indian Bank
2) Syndicate Bank
3) Corporation Bank
4) Indian Overseas Bank
5) Oriental Bank of Commerce
110. Which of the following has become the first Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) to list its commercial papers
borrowing of Rs 100 crore on the bourses?
1) IIFL Finance
2) Aditya Birla Finance
3) Reliance Capital
4) PNB Housing Finance
5) Indiabulls Housing Finance
111. Seu Jorge won the best actor’s award at the Golden Jubilee Edition of International Film Festival of India (IFFI) for the film
Marighella which is a/an
1) Brazilian film
2) Mexican film
3) Spanish film
4) Chinese film
5) Japanese film
112. India announced USD 50 million line of credit to which of the following countries recently to tackle terrorism? The latter’s
president visited India recently.
1) Maldives
2) Mauritius
3) Myanmar
4) Bangladesh
5) Sri Lanka
113. India and which country held the inaugural meeting of the Foreign and Defence Ministerial Dialogue (2+2) in New Delhi
recently.
1) Australia
2) Russia
3) Japan
4) France
5) South Korea
114. The “Dharma Guardian-2019” and “SHINYUU Maitri-2019” military exercises are conducted between India and which of
the following countries regularly?
1) Sweden
2) Canada
3) Germany
4) Japan
5) Italy
115. Rating agency Crisil recently cut the growth forecast for India’s GDP in the current financial year (2019-20) to what per
cent?
1) 5.1 per cent
2) 5.3 per cent
3) 5.5 per cent
4) 5.8 per cent
5) 6.1 per cent
116. King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia came to India on a five-day official visit recently. They are the King and Queen of
1) Spain
2) Italy
3) Norway
4) Sweden
5) Denmark
117. Steve Smith completed the milestone of 7000 Test runs in only his 70th Test recently becoming the fastest ever to achieve
the feat. He plays for
1) New Zealand
2) West Indies
3) Zimbabwe
4) South Africa
5) Australia
118. The 13th South Asian Games were formally inaugurated in which of the following cities recently?
1) Kathmandu
2) Colombo
3) Dhaka
4) Male
5) New Delhi
119. The RBI imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 1.50 crore on which of the following public sector banks recently? PV Bharathi
is the present CEO of the bank.
1) Indian Bank
2) Syndicate Bank
3) Corporation Bank
120. Which of the following has become the first Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) to list its commercial papers
borrowing of Rs 100 crore on the bourses?
1) IIFL Finance
2) Aditya Birla Finance
3) Reliance Capital
4) PNB Housing Finance
5) Indiabulls Housing Finance
121. The Indian Army successfully test fired two Spike long-range missiles at Mhow in Madhya Pradesh recently. Spike is a/an
1) anti-tank missile
2) anti-aircraft missile
3) anti-submarine missile
4) air defence system
5) hypersonic missile
122. The Exercise Mitra Shakthi-VII was conducted at Kumaon Regiment camp premises in Pune between the army contingents
of India and which country recently?
1) Myanmar
2) Bhutan
3) Thailand
4) Sri Lanka
5) Vietnam
123. India announced USD 400-mn line of credit to which country recently to strengthen its economy?
1) Maldives
2) Sri Lanka
3) Bhutan
4) Bangladesh
5) Nepal
124. The best director award, at the Golden Jubilee Edition of International Film Festival of India (IFFI), went to Lijo Jose
Pellissery for his film
1) Balloon
2) Mai Ghat
3) Marighella
4) Particles
5) Jallikattu
125. Yasuhiro Nakasone passed away recently. He was the former Prime Minister of which of the following countries?
1) South Korea
2) Cambodia
3) Japan
4) Singapore
5) Mongolia
126. A military court in which country recently sentenced President Desi Bouterse to 20 years in prison over the executions of
political opponents?
1) Mauritius
2) Seychelles
3) Fiji
4) Suriname
127. In a bid to ensure purity, the Govt has made hallmarking for Gold jewellery and artefacts mandatory from 15th January
1) 2020
2) 2021
3) 2022
4) 2023
5) 2024
128. The core sector growth disappointed once again, registering a contraction of what per cent in October 2019?
1) 4.8 per cent
2) 5 per cent
3) 5.2 per cent
4) 5.4 per cent
5) 5.8 per cent
129. Indian economy recorded slowest growth rate in six years during July-September quarter of FY20. The second quarter GDP
growth rate was
1) 4.1 per cent
2) 4.3 per cent
3) 4.5 per cent
4) 4.7 per cent
5) 4.9 per cent
130. Who among the following has composed the corporate anthem for India's largest FMCG company Hindustan Coca-Cola
Beverages (HCCB)?
1) Ilaiyaraaja
2) Ismail Darbar
3) Vishal Bhardwaj
4) KJ Yesudas
5) AR Rahman

131. The Union Cabinet recently approved the MoU between India and which country on bilateral cooperation for prevention of
trafficking in persons? Naypyitaw is its capital.
1) Bhutan
2) Myanmar
3) Philippines
4) Vietnam
5) Cambodia
132. The golden jubilee edition of International Film Festival of India (IFFI) culminated in Goa recently. Which film was given
the best film award at IFFI 2019?
1) Balloon
2) Mai Ghat
3) Particles
4) Jallikattu
5) Marighella
133. Who among the following was appointed as the first chairman of the steering committee of the Code for Responsible
Lending (CRL) in micro-credit recently?
1) Bibek Debroy
2) Amitabh Kant
3) R Gandhi
4) HR Khan
5) Rajiv Gauba
134. The govt has earmarked a budget of what amount for the ‘POSHAN Abhiyaan’, a three- year nutritional programme for
children and women?
1) Rs 3,076 cr
2) Rs 5,056 cr
3) Rs 7,036 cr
4) Rs 7,526 cr
5) Rs 9,046 cr
135. The book titled “Good Economics for Hard Times” has been authored by who among the following?
1) Abhijit V Banerjee and Esther Duflo
2) Daniel Cohen
3) Camille Landais
4) Emmanuel Saez
5) Thomas Piketty and Aurelie Filippetti
136. Uddhav Thackeray was sworn in as the 19th Chief Minister of Maharashtra recently. Among the partners of Maha Vikas
Aghadi govt, he is the president of
1) Shiv Sena
2) State Congress
3) NCP
4) Republican Party of India
5) Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
137. Deepika Kumari won gold medal at the 21st Asian Championships in Bangkok recently. Deepika is associated with which
game?
1) Boxing
2) Weightlifting
3) Wrestling
4) Shot put
5) Archery
138. Brad Gobright, who passed away recently, was a world-renowned

1) cartoonist
2) boxer
3) rock climber
4) painter
5) author
139. A 6.4 magnitude earthquake rocked Albania recently killing at least 46 people. The capital of Albania is Tirana and its
currency is
1) cedi
2) peso
3) kuna
4) lek
5) rand
140. The Islamist National Congress Party, once led by the ousted President Omar al-Bashir, was dissolved in which country
recently?
1) Egypt
2) Sudan
3) Algeria
4) Yemen
5) Somalia
141. The govt is looking to tighten the CAFE norms, in a bid to push automakers to increase production of electric vehicles.
Here, the term CAFE means
1) Collective Average Fuel Economy
2) Corporate Average Fuel Economy
3) Common Average Fuel Economy
4) Comprehensive Average Fuel Economy
5) None of these
142. Sudhir Dar passed away recently. He was a renowned

1) flutist
2) singer
3) lyricist
4) cartoonist
5) classical dancer
143. The 47th All India Police Science Congress (AIPSC) was organised in which of the following cities recently?
1) Patna
2) Bhopal
3) Jaipur
4) Chandigarh
5) Lucknow
144. Sports Ministry has constituted a 13-member expert committee to review the Draft National Sports Code. The expert
committee will be headed by
1) Ajay Singh
2) Bhaichung Bhutia
3) Justice Mukundakam Sharma
4) Gagan Narang
5) Pulella Gopichand
145. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan is the present President of which of the following countries? He reiterated support for
the aspirations of the Palestinian people recently.
1) UAE
2) Bahrain
3) Kuwait
4) Qatar
5) Saudi Arabia
146. Gotabaya Rajapaksa came to New Delhi recently on a three-day state visit. He is the present President of which of the
following countries?
1) Thailand
2) Mauritius
3) Philippines
4) Vietnam
5) Sri Lanka
147. Which of the following has become the first Indian company to hit the Rs 10 lakh crore market valuation level?
1) TCS
2) RIL
3) Wipro
4) HDFC Bank
5) Hindustan Unilever
148. The MoUs inked between India and which country in the field of combating illicit trafficking and smuggling of narcotic
drugs, psychotropic substances and chemical precursors was approved by the Union Cabinet recently?
1) Maldives
2) Mauritius
4) Saudi Arabia
5) Afghanistan
149. Which of the following is top ranked Indian institution at overall 34th place in the “QS World University Rankings: Asia
2020”?
1) IIT Madras
2) University of Delhi
3) IIT Bombay
4) IISc, Bengaluru
5) Jadavpur University
150. The Union Cabinet approved the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) between India and which country
recently? Santiago is the capital of that country.
1) Chile
2) Spain
3) Finland
4) Suriname
5) Poland
151. Who among the following is the chairman of the International Jury of the 50th International Film Festival of India (IFFI)?
1) John Bailey
2) Paul Schrader
3) James Cameron
4) Michael Shamberg
5) Steven Spielberg
152. Who among the following is the Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying in the present Union Cabinet? He
has said that India is the largest milk-producing country in the world.
1) Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
2) Arvind Sawant
3) Giriraj Singh
4) Ashwini Kumar Choubey
5) Mahendra Nath Pandey
153. Which state govt has announced to set up state's first vulture conservation and breeding centre in farenda area of
Maharajganj district?
1) Bihar
2) Assam
3) Odisha
4) Himachal Pradesh
5) Uttar Pradesh
154. The Devi Ahilya University has become the first varsity of which of the following states to be accorded A-plus grade by the
National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC)?
1) Uttar Pradesh (Lucknow)
2) Uttarakhand (Dehradun)
3) Bihar (Nalanda)
4) Madhya Pradesh (Indore)
5) Rajasthan (Bikaner)
155. The two-day seminar “DEFCOM INDIA 2019” was organised in which of the following cities recently? The theme of the
seminar was “Communications: A Decisive Catalyst for Jointness”.
1) Pune
2) New Delhi
3) Bengaluru
4) Chennai
5) Nasik
156. Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) London has conferred the Honorary Fellowship of the Society for the year 2019 to the
present Secretary Department of Defence R&D and Chairman DRDO
1) Tessy Thomas
2) VK Saraswat
3) G Satheesh Reddy
4) Avinash Chander
5) Kailasavadivoo Sivan
157. The national space agency Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched India’s latest earth
observation satellite
1) Cartosat-3
2) EMISAT
3) Microsat-R
4) IRNSS-1A
5) Astrosat
158. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved to increase the authorized capital of Food Corporation
of India (FCI) from the existing Rs 3,500 cr to
1) Rs 5,000 cr
2) Rs 7,500 cr
3) Rs 8,000 cr
4) Rs 9,500 cr
5) Rs 10,000 cr
159. The Union Cabinet extended the term of the 15th Finance Commission by 11 months recently. Now, the present
Commission is valid till
1) 31 March 2020
2) 30 June 2020
3) 31 August 2020
4) 30 October 2020
5) 31 December 2020
160. Fitch group firm India Ratings and Research recently lowered India's second quarter GDP growth to
1) 4.5 per cent
2) 4.7 per cent
3) 4.9 per cent
4) 5.1 per cent
5) 5.3 per cent
161. The anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal got its logo and motto recently. Who among the following was appointed as the
first Lokpal of India in Mar 2019?
1) Anil R Dave
2) Dipak Misra
3) Arun Kumar Mishra
4) Jagdish Singh Khehar
5) Pinaki Chandra Ghose
162. The SBI has recommended that to make insolvency and bankruptcy code (IBC) successful, the govt should increase the
minimum threshold limit for IBC proceedings which at present is
1) Rs 1 lakh
2) Rs 2 lakh
3) Rs 5 lakh
4) Rs 10 lakh
5) Rs 50 lakh
163. The initial public offering (IPO) of Catholic Syrian Bank (CSB) was over-subscribed recently. The CSB is headquartered in
1) Nagpur, Maharashtra
2) Bengaluru, Karnataka
3) Thrissur, Kerala
4) Manipal, Karnataka
5) Chennai, Tamil Nadu
164. According to the latest National Statistical Office (NSO) survey report, about what per cent of total households in India
used liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for cooking in 2018?
1) 52 per cent
2) 61 per cent
3) 73 per cent
4) 84 per cent
5) 91 per cent
165. Subhash Chandra resigned as the chairman of which of the following entertainment companies in India recently?
1) Den Networks
2) TV18 Broadcast
3) Balaji Telefilms
4) Zee Entertainment
5) Media Matrix
166. India is planning to migrate rupee trading back home. As of now, which of the following cities does more rupee trading than
Mumbai?
1) Paris
2) Singapore
3) Port Luis
4) New York
5) London
167. The World Water Technology and Environmental Control Conference and Exhibition (WATEC) was held recently in which
country? The WATEC included a unique event dedicated especially to India.
1) Sweden
2) Norway
3) Israel
4) Finland
5) Denmark
168. Which country will host naval drill “Milan 2020” in Mar in which 41 nations from South Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa and
Europe will participate?
1) Japan
2) China
3) Bangladesh
4) India
5) Indonesia

169. The Indian Railway Institute of Financial Management (IRIFM) is situated in which of the following cities? Vinod Kumar
Yadav, Chairman of Railway Board, formally inaugurated the institute.
1) Vadodara
2) Hyderabad
3) Chennai
4) Varanasi
5) Patna
170. Which of the following state govts has decided to declare Guru Ghasidas National Park in the state's Korea district as a tiger
reserve?
1) Chhattisgarh
2) Jharkhand
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Maharashtra
5) Gujarat
171. The International Film festival of India (IFFI) presented films by renowned filmmaker Takashi Miike recently. Takashi is a
renowned filmmaker hailing from
1) South Korea
2) Vietnam
3) Philippines
4) Thailand
5) Japan
172. It was for the first time that an Indian Legislature hosted the Commonwealth Youth Parliament recently. The legislature
which hosted the event is
1) Delhi Assembly
2) Bihar Assembly
3) Haryana Assembly
4) Uttarakhand Assembly
5) Gujarat Assembly
173. Uttar Pradesh govt launched a massive immunisation campaign against the filariasis or Filaria recently. Central govt has set
which year as the deadline for complete eradication of filaria from country?
1) 2020
2) 2021
3) 2022
4) 2023
5) 2024
174. Who among the following won the sixth Davis Cup title for Spain after beating Denis Shapovalov of Canada recently?
1) Daniil Medvedev
2) Novak Djokovic
3) Roger Federer
4) Rafael Nadal
5) Dominic Thiem
175. The floating school named ‘The Arcadia Education Project’ situated in which of the following countries won “Aga Khan
Architecture Award” recently?
1) Myanmar
2) Maldives
3) Bangladesh
4) Sri Lanka
5) Bhutan
176. The Centre has extended the ban on the insurgent group National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) by another five
years. NDFB is based in
1) Tripura
2) Sikkim
4) Assam
5) West Bengal
177. The two-day Air Force Commanders' Conference was held recently in which city? Defence Minister Rajnath Singh
inaugurated the meet.
1) New Delhi
2) Mumbai
3) Jaipur
4) Ghaziabad
5) Chandigarh
178. Which of the following firms bought Nokia’s defunct handset factory near Chennai for close to $30 mn (Rs 215 cr)
recently?
1) Foxconn
2) Dixon Technologies
3) SFO Technologies
4) Elin Electronics
5) Salcomp
179. The National Cadet Corps (NCC) celebrated its 71 st Raising Day on 24 Nov. NCC, the largest uniformed youth organisation
in the world is headquartered in
1) Pune
2) New Delhi
3) Nagpur
4) Bhopal
5) Kolkata
180. The RBI should allow fully digital version of SFBs when it finalises guidelines for ‘on-tap’ licensing of such banks. Here,
the term SFBs means
1) Small Future Banks
2) Small Feature Banks
3) Small Finance Banks
4) Small Functional Banks
5) None of these
181. Which country was the most affected by terrorism in 2018 as per the annual report by the Sydney-based Institute for
Economics and Peace?
1) Syria
2) Iraq
3) Nigeria
4) Pakistan
5) Afghanistan
182. The 8th National Tribal Craft Mela was organised at the tribal museum complex in which city recently?
1) Ranchi
2) Raipur
3) Bhopal
4) Bhubaneswar
5) Hyderabad
183. Etawah lion safari was opened for public in which of the following states recently?
1) Uttarakhand
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Bihar
4) Haryana
5) Madhya Pradesh
184. The Govt has announced plans to merge two Union Territories. One of them is Daman and Diu and the other is
1) Andaman and Nicobar
2) Lakshdweep
3) Dadra and Nagar Haveli
4) Puducherry
5) Ladakh
185. The Sangai Festival 2019 was celebrated in which of the following states recently? N Biren Singh is the Chief Minister of
the state.
1) Manipur
2) Mizoram
3) Sikkim
4) Nagaland
5) Meghalaya
186. A potential vaccine against diarrhea named ETVAX has been developed by the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. The
capital of Sweden is
1) Oslo
2) Stockholm
3) Copenhagen
4) Helsinki
5) Amsterdam
187. Which state govt recently announced that the sportspersons in the state will now get a 5 per cent reservation in state
government jobs?
1) Bihar
2) Rajasthan
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Telangana
188. Researchers have found the most uninhabitable place on the earth - Dallol geothermal field - in which country? It does not
harbour any form of life despite presence of water:
1) Ethiopia
2) Cambodia
3) Eretria
4) Chad
5) Chile
189. According to DBS Bank, India's economic growth will weaken in second half of FY20. DBS Bank is based in
1) Switzerland
2) France
3) Germany
4) Mauritius
5) Singapore
190. The World Trade Organization’s (WTO)’s Appellate Body could become dysfunctional on Dec 11 due lack of staff. The
present Director General of WTO is
1) Pascal Lamy
2) David Malpass
3) Roberto Azevedo
4) Christine Lagarde
5) Kristalina Georgieva
191. Tens of thousands of Colombians took to the streets of the capital city recently amid a general strike to protest the policies
of President Ivan Duque. The capital of Colombia is
1) Bogota
2) Baku
3) Bamako
4) Nassau
5) Yerevan
192. Which state govt has announced to ban manufacturing, sale and storage of single-use plastic from Jan 1, 2020? Arif
Mohammad Khan is the present Governor of the state.
1) Karnataka
2) Kerala
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) Telangana
193. Which country will host the first-ever counter-terrorism exercise for the Quad countries, including India, the US, Japan and
Australia? It would be a table-top exercise.
1) India
2) US
3) Japan
4) Australia
5) India and Japan jointly
194. What is India’s position on the annual report by the Sydney-based Institute for Economics and Peace ranking countries most
affected by terrorism?
1) Fifth
2) Sixth
3) Seventh
4) Eighth
5) Ninth
195. Which of the following firm bought IDBI Asset Management Company (AMC) for Rs 215 cr recently?
1) Muthoot Finance
2) Mahindra & Mahindra Finance
3) Bajaj Finserv
4) HDB Finance
5) Cholamandalam Finance
196. Which of the following countries recently approved the sale of 13 MK45 Naval gun worth $1bn to India?
1) Russia
2) UK
3) Israel
4) Germnay
5) US
197. Devendra Fadnavis was sworn in by Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari as Chief Minister of Maharashtra recently. Who was
sworn in as deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra?
1) Sanjay Raut
2) Supriya Sule
3) Uddhav Thackeray
4) Praful Patel
5) Ajit Pawar
198. India and which of the following countries will jointly hold celebratory activities to mark 70th anniversary of diplomatic
ties in 2020?
1) Russia
2) France
3) Japan
4) China
5) UK
199. Which of the following states/UTs has achieved the highest Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) road length in
the country during the current year (so far)?
1) Bihar
2) Maharashtra
3) Odisha
4) Jharkhand
5) Jammu & Kashmir
200. Who among the following won the Brazilian Formula One Grand Prix 2019?
1) Lewis Hamilton
2) Valtteri Bottas
3) Max Verstappen
4) Daniel Ricciardo
5) Sebastian Vettel
201. The researchers of the University of Gothenburg in which of the following countries have developed a potential Diarrhea
vaccine?
1) Sweden
2) Norway
3) Denmark
4) Finland
5) Netherlands
202. Which of the following technology firms has launched its 'K-12 Education Transformation Framework' to facilitate
comprehensive digital transformation of schools in India?
1) IBM
2) Microsoft
3) Apple
4) Google
5) Lenovo
203. Which state govt has announced that it will offer 10 grams of gold as a gift to every adult bride under 'Arundhati Swarna
Yojana'? The bride should have completed at least 10th standard.
1) Odisha
2) Haryana
3) Assam
4) Jharkhand
5) West Bengal
204. The tiny South Pacific nation of Tuvalu has rejected offers from Chinese firms to build artificial islands that would help it
deal with rising sea levels. The capital of Tuvalu is
1) Yaren
2) Tarawa
3) Honiara
4) Funafuti
5) Suva
205. The RBI appointed who among the following as the administrator of DHFL to run the affairs of the entity? He is the former
MD and CEO of Indian Overseas Bank.
1) Rajiv Lall
2) NS Kannan
3) NS Venkatesh
4) JB Bhoria
5) R Subramaniakumar
206. Bangalore is India's highest ranked (83) city at the first-ever Prosperity & Inclusion City Seal and Awards (PICSA) Index.
The index is topped by
1) Zurich, Switzerland
2) Paris, France
3) Rome, Italy
4) New York, US
207. The ‘India Rubber Meet 2020 (IRM 2020)’, the fifth edition in the series, will be organised in which city on Feb 28 and 29,
2020?
1) Bengaluru
2) Mysuru
3) Hyderabad
4) Mamallapuram
5) Kochi
208. The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) rejected India’s proposal to deploy low power transmission for offering
5G services in the 26 GHz band. The ITU is headquartered in
1) Tokyo
2) Geneva
3) Singapore
4) Seoul
5) New York
209. Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) is located in which city? It recently confirmed that Avian Botulism was the
reason for mass mortality of birds in Sambhar Lake in Rajasthan.
1) Pune
2) Chandigarh
3) Chennai
4) Manipal
5) Bareilly
210. Who among the following is set to become the first woman pilot of the Indian Navy? The girl, from Muzaffarpur (Bihar),
will join Naval operations in Kochi on Dec 2.
1) Gunjan Saxena
2) Bhawana Kanth
3) Shivangi
4) Avani Chaturvedi
5) Mohana Singh Jitarwal
211. Mullaperiyar Dam is situated in which of the following states? The Central Govt recently said that the dam situated in
Idukki district is safe in all aspects.
1) Karnataka
2) Odisha
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Kerala
5) Telangana
212. India has become the first major ship recycling nation to ratify the convention for safe and environmentally sound recycling
of ships. The convention related to safe ship recycling is
1) Geneva Convention
2) Montreal Protocol
3) Hong Kong International Convention
4) Kyoto Protocol
5) Chicago Convention
213. The first ever pink ball Test match between India and Bangladesh will be played at which of the following stadia?
1) Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi
2) Eden Gardens, Kolkata
3) Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
4) Green Park Stadium, Kanpur
5) M Chinnaswami Stadium, Bengaluru
214. NITI Aayog has released the report on ‘Health Systems for a New India: Building Blocks – Potential Pathways to Reforms’.
The present Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog is
1) Amitabh Kant
2) Arvind Panagariya
3) Bibek Debroy
4) Subhash Chandra Garg
5) Dr Rajiv Kumar
215. The 12th edition of Urban Mobility India Conference and Expo 2019 was held recently in which city?
1) Lucknow
2) Bhopal
3) Jaipur
4) Chennai
5) Pune
216. India's Manu Bhaker and Elavenil Valarivan won gold medals in the World Cup Finals at Putian in China recently. Both of
them are associated with the game of
1) Shooting
2) Boxing
3) Archery
4) Weightlifting
5) Wrestling
217. Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan recently reviewed the preparedness with States for roll out of IMI 2.0. Here, the term
IMI means
1) Immunisation Mission Indradhanush
2) Intensified Mission Indradhanush
3) Integrated Mission Indradhanush
4) Intervention Mission Indradhanush
5) None of these
218. Mahinda Rajapaksa was sworn in as the new Prime Minister in which of the following countries recently?
1) Mauritius
2) Bhutan
3) Myanmar
4) Sri Lanka
5) Thailand
219. The feature film Hellaro was the opening film of Indian panorama at the 50th International Film Festival of India (IFFI),
Goa. Hellaro is a
1) Marathi film
2) Bengali film
3) Assamese film
4) Tamil film
5) Gujarati film
220. The Centre has given in-principle approval for strategic disinvestment of the govt shareholding in five public sector
enterprises. Which of the following is NOT one of them?
1) BPCL
2) Shipping Corporation of India
3) Container Corporation of India
4) North Eastern Electric Power Corporation
5) None of these
221. The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) will operate and manage luxury train, Golden Chariot from
Mar 2020. For this, IRCTC has signed an agreement with the State Tourism Development Corporation of which state?
1) Rajasthan
2) Gujarat
3) Himachal Pradesh
4) Karnataka
5) Tamil Nadu

222. The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) will now be known as
1) Global Athletics
2) World Athletics
3) Athletics Federations
4) Athletics Organisation
5) International Athletics
223. The 2nd edition of South Asia Safety Summit was held recently in which city? The Women and Child Development
Minister Smriti Irani addressed the summit.
1) Mumbai
2) Bhopal
3) Jaipur
4) Bengaluru
5) New Delhi
224. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met Heng Swee Keat during his recent visit to which country? Heng is Deputy Prime
Minister and Finance Minister of that country.
1) Philippines
2) Vietnam
3) Singapore
4) Japan
5) South Korea
225. Public sector banks (PSBs) reported frauds of what amount in the first six months of the current financial year (2019-20)?
1) Rs 95,700 cr
2) Rs 97,500 cr
3) Rs 99,300 cr
4) Rs 1,01,100 cr
5) Rs 1,05,900 cr
226. Rana Kapoor and other promoters sold their remaining stake in which of the following banks recently? The promoter
entities now hold 900 shares in the bank.
1) Yes Bank
2) Federal Bank
3) IndusInd Bank
4) Karnataka Bank
5) RBL Bank
227. According to Rural Development Minister Narendra Tomar’s reply in the Lok Sabha, work of how many days per
household was given under MNREGS in 2018-19 as against mandated 100 days?
1) 150 days
2) 125 days
3) 95 days
4) 75 days
5) 51 days
228. Harmeet Desai is associated with which of the following games? He beat compatriot Amalraj Anthony to clinch Indonesia
Open recently.
1) Tennis
2) Table tennis
3) Badminton
4) Squash
5) Snooker
229. The Sudarshan Chakra Corps of the Indian Army conducted 'Sindhu Sudarshan' exercise in which state with around 40,000
soldiers recently?
1) Punjab
2) Himachal Pradesh
3) Gujarat
4) Rajasthan
5) Haryana
230. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated Sisseri Bridge built by the Border Road Organisation (BRO) on Pasighat-
Bomjir Highway in which state recently?
1) Himachal Pradesh
2) Sikkim
4) Tripura
5) Nagaland
231. Navies of India and which of the following countries held a five-day bilateral maritime exercise named “Za'ir-Al-Bahr
(Roar of the Sea)” recently?
1) Qatar
2) Bahrain
3) Iran
4) Iraq
5) Saudi Arabia
232. ISRO will launch Cartosat-3 and 13 commercial nanosatellites into Sun Synchronous orbit from Satish Dhawan Space
Centre. The present chairman of ISRO is
1) BN Suresh
2) Ritu Karidhal
3) K Radhakrishnan
4) AS Kiran Kumar
233. The nation remembered former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her 102nd birth anniversary on 19 Nov. Her birth
anniversary is celebrated as
1) National Valour Day
2) National Unity Day
3) National Integration Day
4) National Resolve Day
5) National Women’s Day
234. India-Pakistan Davis Cup tie has been shifted from Islamabad to the capital of Kazakhstan which is
1) Astana
2) Tashkent
3) Dushanbe
4) Nur-Sultan
5) Bishkek
235. Who among the following has been named FIFA's Chief of global football development?
1) Mesut Ozil
2) Arsene Wenger
3) Jose Mourinho
4) Lionel Messi
5) Alex Ferguson
236. India has pledged to contribute what amount for various operational activities of development across the UN agencies for
the year 2020?
1) USD 11.5 mn
2) USD 12 mn
3) USD 12.5 mn
4) USD 13 mn
5) USD 13.5 mn
237. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India have signed a USD 91 million loan to modernize an
irrigation system in the state of
1) Karnataka
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Rajasthan
4) Odisha
5) Maharashtra
238. The Centre has specifically brought Non Banking Finance Companies (NBFCs) with the assets size over what amount under
the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) fold?
1) Rs 500 cr
2) Rs 750 cr
3) Rs 1,000 cr
4) Rs 1,250 cr
5) Rs 1,500 cr
239. The Olympic Association of which state will launch a new programme called “Grassroot Olympic - Mission Talent Hunt”
to identify the sports talent in the state?
1) Manipur
2) Sikkim
3) Assam
4) Haryana
5) Kerala
240. Who among the following Indian boxers has been elected unopposed to the International Boxing Association’s first-ever
athletes commission to represent the Asian bloc?
1) Sarjubala Devi
2) Mary Kom
3) Pooja Rani
4) L Sarita Devi
5) Nikhat Zareen
241. Justice Dr Ravi Ranjan took oath as the new Chief Justice of which of the following High Courts recently?
1) Delhi High Court
2) Patna High Court
3) Jharkhand High Court
4) Madras High Court
5) Allahabad High Court
242. India recorded the best-ever nine medals haul at the World Para Athletics Championship 2019 held recently in
1) Qatar
2) Tokyo
3) Riyadh
4) Manila
5) Dubai
243. Vashishtha Narayan Singh passed away recently. He was a renowned

1) economist
2) astronaut
3) biologist
4) mathematician
5) industrialist
244. Who among the following won the ATP Men's summit clash in London recently?
1) Stefanos Tsitsipas
2) Dominic Thiem
3) Rafael Nadal
4) Novak Djokovic
5) Alexander Zverev
245. Gotabaya Rajapaksa won the recent Presidential election in which of the following countries?
1) Mauritius
2) Sri Lanka
3) Suriname
4) Myanmar
5) Cambodia
246. The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has prepared an initial draft industrial policy whic h
targets to raise value addition in the manufacturing sector to $1 trillion by
1) 2021
2) 2022
3) 2023
4) 2024
5) 2025
247. Who is the present chairman of Nabard? He has said that Nabard has still headroom to raise about Rs 35,000 crore this
fiscal (2019-20).
1) Hemant G Contractor
2) Subhash Chandra Khuntia
3) Ashok Kumar Mathur
4) Harsh Kumar Bhanwala
5) Ajay Narayan Jha
248. The Saudi Arabia’s energy giant Aramco has put a value of what amount in what could be the world’s biggest IPO?
1) $2 trillion
2) $1.71 trillion
3) $1.51 trillion
4) $1.25 trillion
5) $1 trillion
249. Who among the following won the Panasonic Open India Trophy golf title recently?
1) Arjun Prasad
2) Veer Ahlawat
3) Joohyung Kim
4) Vikrant Chopra
5) S Chikkarangappa
250. ______ was conferred the Italian Golden Sand Art Award, 2019 in Rome, recently, becoming the first Indian to win the
prestigious award for his contribution to sand art.
1) Sudarsan Pattnaik
2) Nitish Bharti
3) Sarvam Patel
4) Badal Barai
5) Manas Kumar
251. Who is the present Union Minister of State for AYUSH and Defence? He inaugurated the two-days international conference
on Yoga in Mysuru recently.
1) Shripad Yesso Naik
2) Pramod Sawant
3) Santosh Gangwar
4) Jitendra Singh
5) Rao Inderjit Singh
252. Which is the host city for the National Tribal Festival “Aadi Mahotsav” in 2019? The theme of the event is celebration of
the Spirit of Tribal Culture, Craft, Cuisine and Commerce.
1) Shimla
2) New Delhi
3) Jaipur
4) Bhopal
5) Chennai
253. The fourth Cherry Blossom Festival was celebrated in which of the following cities from 13th-16th November?
1) Gangtok
2) Agartala
3) Guwahati
4) Aizawl
5) Shillong
254. The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Harsh Vardhan launched “SAANS” campaign recently. The campaign is
aimed at reducing child mortality due to
1) tuberculosis
2) diarrhea
3) pneumonia
4) pollution
5) polio
255. The green and white tea of the hills of which of the following cities have been registered as geographical indication (GI)
products in India?
1) Wayanad
2) Mandi
3) Munnar
4) Darjeeling
5) Chikmagalur
256. The 2019 World Kabaddi Cup will take place from December 1 to 9. India will host this event in
1) Haryana
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Odisha
4) West Bengal
5) Punjab
257. Which of the following has become the first country in the world to introduce a new typhoid vaccine? The country is facing
an outbreak of a drug-resistant strain of the fatal disease.
1) Bangladesh
2) Sri Lanka
3) Maldives
4) Pakistan
5) Mauritius
258. Who among the following has won the BRICS-Young Innovator Prize for inventing an affordable indigenous milk chilling
unit for smaller and marginal rural dairy farmers?
1) Divya Sharma
2) Shiv Prakash Singh
3) Ravi Prakash
4) Koushik Chakraborty
5) Paltu Kumar Dhal
259. Which of the following agencies expects an annual private investment worth $100 million a year in solar and wind projects
in India? Jin Liqun is the present President and Chairman of the agency.
1) NDB
2) AIIB
3) ADB
4) Word Bank
5) Softbank
260. India successfully conducted the first night trial of nuclear-capable intermediate range ballistic missile Agni-II from the
Abdul Kalam Island recently. The Island is situated in
1) Odisha
2) Karnataka
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Telangana
261. The General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was held
recently at its headquarters in
1) Rome
2) London
3) Paris
4) New York
5) Stockholm
262. As per the economic think-tank National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), India’s GDP growth is likely
to decline to what per cent in the second quarter of the present fiscal (2019-20)?
1) 4.9 per cent
2) 5.1 per cent
3) 5.3 per cent
4) 5.6 per cent
5) 5.9 per cent
263. The exports from India shrunk for the third straight month in October 2019 at what per cent rate?
1) 1.7 per cent
2) 1.5 per cent
3) 1.3 per cent
4) 1.1 per cent
5) 0.9 per cent
264. The Madhepura Electric Locomotive Pvt. Ltd. (MELPL) is a joint venture of Indian Railways and M/s Alstom of which of
the following countries? The Indian Railways has entered into Procurement cum Maintenance Agreement with MELPL.
1) Switzerland
2) France
3) Japan
4) China
5) South Korea
265. Which state government recently launched a dedicated web portal and a mobile application, e-Ganna App, for sugarcane
farmers of the state?
1) Gujarat
2) Maharashtra
3) Karnataka
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Uttar Pradesh
266. Justice Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi was sworn in as the new Chief Justice of which of the following High Courts recently?
1) Gauhati High Court
3) Tripura High Court
4) Patna High Court
5) Delhi High Court
267. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is evaluating loans worth over $2.2 billion for various projects in India.
The AIIB is headquartered in
1) Beijing
2) Tokyo
3) Manila
4) Bangkok
5) Hanoi
268. Which of the following is the host city for the World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 (WRC-19)?
1) Athens, Greece
2) Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt
3) Ankara, Turkey
4) Lima, Peru
5) Williongton, New Zealand
269. Indian astronauts are undergoing training at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre in which of the following
countries?
1) Japan
2) US
3) Sweden
4) Russia
5) Norway
270. A mystery illness killed over 8,000 birds at the Sambhar Lake, India’s largest inland salt water lake, recently. The lake is
situated in which state?
1) Telangana
2) Karnataka
3) Odisha
4) Jharkhand
5) Rajasthan
271. Which country has announced to host the BRICS Digital Health Summit on innovative solutions to a healthy lifestyle?
1) Brazil
2) China
3) Russia
4) India
5) South Africa
272. As per the “Key Indicators: Household Consumer Expenditure in India” survey, the average amount of money spent by a
person in a month fell for the first time in four decades in 2017-18 to
1) Rs 1,163
2) Rs 1,215
3) Rs 1,244
4) Rs 1,348
5) Rs 1,446
273. India had the second-highest number of deaths of children under the age of five in 2018 due to pneumonia according to a
new report by the UN. The country responsible for the highest number of deaths in 2018 was
1) Ethiopia
2) Nigeria
3) Pakistan
4) Bangladesh
5) Democratic Republic of Congo
274. The Depositor Education and Awareness Fund (DEAF) is an initiative introduced in 2014 by
1) RBI
2) IRDAI
3) SIDBI
4) NABARD
5) SEBI
275. The NISHTHA initiative was launched in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir recently. This initiative has been
launched for
1) armed forces
2) guides
3) school heads and teachers
4) govt employees
5) shopkeepers
276. A state of emergency was declared in which country recently as an exceptional tide surged through the UNESCO city
Venice?
1) Spain
2) Italy
3) Greece
4) Norway
5) Switzerland
277. A massive earthquake of 7.4 magnitude hit the Malaku islands in which country recently? The earthquake also triggered a
tsunami warning in the region.
1) Japan
2) South Korea
3) Cambodia
4) Indonesia
5) Malaysia
278. Which country has the highest business bribery risk among South Asian courtiers, according to the Trace Bribery Matrix? It
released the annual ranking for 200 countries recently.
1) Sri Lanka
2) Maldives
3) Thailand
4) Vietnam
5) Bangladesh
279. Jair Bolsonaro will be the Chief Guest at India’s Republic Day celebrations in 2020. Jair is the present president of which of
the following countries?
1) Venezuela
2) Spain
3) Brazil
4) Netherlands
5) South Africa
280. Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy launched the ‘Nadu-Nedu’ programme to introduce English medium from classes 1
to 6 in state-run schools in which state recently?
1) Andhra Pradesh
2) Telangana
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Karnataka
5) Kerala
281. An Ebola vaccine is to be offered to around 50,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as part of a major clinical
trial. The capital of DR Congo is
1) Dodoma
2) Kinshasa
3) Kigali
4) Gitega
5) Kampala
282. The inflation based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) surged to what per cent in October 2019?
1) 3.52 per cent
2) 3.82 per cent
3) 4.12 per cent
4) 4.32 per cent
5) 4.62 per cent
283. The inflation based on the wholesale price index (WPI) was what per cent in October 2019?
1) 0.33 per cent
2) 0.28 per cent
3) 0.22 per cent
4) 0.16 per cent
5) 0.12 per cent
284. The 39th India International Trade Fair (IITF) was organised in which of the following cities recently?
1) Mumbai
2) Ahmedabad
3) New Delhi
4) Bengaluru
5) Gurugram
285. Employees of Indian startups are reaping rich returns via ESOP, an employee benefit plan that gives workers ownership
interest in the company. Here, the term ESOP means
1) Employee Stock Ownership Plan
2) Employer Share Ownership Plan
3) Employer Stock Ownership Plan
4) Employee Share Ownership Plan
5) None of these
286. India and Russia will hold their maiden Bilateral Regional Forum at the level of Russian Provinces and Indian States to be
held in
1) 2020
2) 2021
3) 2022
4) 2023
5) 2024
287. Chandra Shekhar Ghosh has been chosen as the “Business Standard Banker of the Year” for 2018-19. Shekhar is the
founder, managing director and chief executive officer of
1) IndusInd Bank
2) Federal Bank
3) Karnataka Bank
4) IDFC First Bank
5) Bandhan Bank
288. In its first approach to the international market, the BHIM-UPI QR-based payments was demonstrated at the FinTech
Festival in which country recently?
1) Iran
2) Japan
3) Singapore
4) Indonesia
5) UAE
289. Moody’s Investors Service has cut India’s economic growth forecast for current year (2019) to what per cent from 5.8 per
cent estimated earlier?
1) 5.3 per cent
2) 5.4 per cent
3) 5.5 per cent
4) 5.6 per cent
5) 5.7 per cent
290. The 7th International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Asia Regional Conservation Forum meeting was held
recently in which city?
1) Kabul
2) Islamabad
3) Dhaka
4) Colombo
5) Kathmandu

291. Facebook has launched a new payments system called Facebook Pay that will work across its app ecosystem. Which of the
following apps is NOT owned by Facebook?
1) WhatsApp
2) Instagram
3) Messenger
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 3)
292. Who among the following was named to the board of the largest US art museum “Metropolitan Museum of Art” recently?
1) Indra Nooyi
2) Nita Ambani
3) Chanda Kochhar
4) Shikha Sharma
5) Arundhati Bhattacharya
293. The Supreme Court recently upheld the disqualification of 17 Congress-JD(S) MLAs of which state on orders of the then
Speaker of the state assembly?
1) Delhi
2) Gujarat
3) Bihar
4) Odisha
5) Karnataka
294. The Banks Board Bureau (BBB) recommended three names for top posts at Bank of Baroda, Canara Bank and Bank of
India recently. The present Chairman of BBB is
2) David Rasquinha
3) Mohammad Mustafa
5) Bhanu Pratap Sharma
295. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) held the interest rates at an all-time low of 1 per cent recently. The currency of
New Zealand is
1) New Zealand dollar
2) New Zealand pound
3) New Zealand peso
4) New Zealand rand
5) New Zealand ngultrum
296. N Biren Singh is the present Chief Minister of which of the following states? He urged the people of the state to maintain
calm till the decades-old Naga political problem is resolved.
1) Mizoram
2) Nagaland
3) Meghalaya
4) Tripura
5) Manipur
297. Justice Muhammad Raffiq took oath as the new Chief Justice of which of the following High Courts recently?
1) Bombay High Court
2) Karnataka High Court
3) Meghalaya High Court
4) Rajasthan High Court
5) Gujarat High Court
298. According to Ecowrap, a monthly report by the Economic Research Department of State Bank of India (SBI), the second-
quarter GDP growth rate is likely to slip to
1) 4.1%
2) 4.2%
3) 4.3%
4) 4.5%
5) 4.6%
299. Amid a fractured mandate in recent assembly polls and political logjam, President's Rule was imposed in Maharashtra
recently. The present governor of the state is
1) Kalraj Mishra
2) BC Khanduri
3) Bandaru Dattatreya
4) Bhagat Singh Koshyari
5) Arif Mohammad Khan
300. Which of the following firms has launched a new programme called Project Zero, in a bid to fight against counterfeit and
fake goods on its platform?
1) Amazon
2) Snapdeal
3) Flipkart
4) Shopclues
5) Infibeam
301. Which is the host city for the fifth edition of Global Exhibition on Services (GES) 2019?
1) Gurugram
2) Noida
3) Bengaluru
4) Chennai
5) New Delhi
302. Anjani Kumar has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to
1) Chad
2) Ghana
3) Kenya
4) Sudan
5) Mali
303. Sundar Singh is associated with which of the following games? He won a gold medal in an event in Dubai recently.
1) Javelin throw
2) Shot put
3) Pole vault
4) Fencing
5) Discuss throw
304. Justice Sanjay Karol was sworn in as the new Chief Justice of which of the following High Courts recently?
2) Delhi High Court
3) Kerala High Court
4) Patna High Court
305. Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) will not regulate the fees charged by resolution professionals (RP) as
announced by the present chairman of IBBI who is
1) Piruz Khambatta
2) MS Sahoo
3) SJ Mukhopadhaya
4) J Satyanarayana
306. The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) or the factory output contracted by what per cent in September 2019?
1) 3.9 per cent
2) 4.1 per cent
3) 4.3 per cent
4) 4.6 per cent
5) 4.9 per cent
307. More than Rs 5,000 cr worth dues have been declared so far under the government’s ‘Sabka Vishwas Scheme.’ The scheme
is for settling pending disputes of
1) service tax
2) central excise
3) Kisan Credit Cards
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 2)
308. In a bid to boost the ailing real estate sector, the Centre has proposed to create a Category II AIF to provide last-mile
funding to the sector. Here, the term AIF means
1) Alternate Investment Fund
2) Allotted Investment Fund
3) Approved Investment Fund
4) Advance Investment Fund
5) None of these
309. India pacer Deepak Chahar recorded the best-ever figures in the Twenty20 Internationals when he returned figures 6 for 7
runs in 3.2 overs against Bangladesh at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium situated in
1) Mumbai
2) Nagpur
3) Pune
4) Nashik
5) Aurangabad
310. The Ministry of Environment has granted clearance to the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) to set up a 2G ethanol plant
(worth Rs 766 crore) in
1) Gorakhpur, UP
2) Indore, MP
3) Bhubaneswar, Odisha
4) Panipat, Haryana
5) Ranchi, Jharkhand
311. Which of the following is the “Country of focus” at the 50th edition of International Film Festival of India (IFFI)? Eight
movies from this country will be screened at IFFI.
1) China
2) Japan
3) Russia
4) South Korea
5) France
312. The 11th BRICS Summit will be held in Brazilian capital Brasilia. The currency of Brazil
1) Rand
2) Baht
3) Kyat
4) Real
5) Peso
313. The National Education Day (11 Nov) is observed every year in India to commemorate the Birth Anniversary of Maulana
Abul Kalam Azad. In Independent India, he was the first
1) Home Minister
2) Education Minister
3) Law Minister
4) Family Welfare Minister
5) Finance Minister
314. TN Seshan passed away recently in Chennai. Known as a great reformer, he was the former
1) RBI Governor
2) comptroller and auditor general of India
3) chief justice of India
4) chief information commissioner
5) chief election commissioner
315. Arvind Sawant resigned recently as the Minister of

1) Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
2) Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
3) Chemicals and Fertilizers
4) Human Resource Development
5) Social Justice and Empowerment
316. Jana Small Finance Bank, a scheduled commercial bank, raised Rs 225 cr in equity recently. The bank founded in 2007 is
headquartered in
1) Ranchi
2) Lucknow
3) Mumbai
4) Pune
5) Bengaluru
317. According to Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data, India Inc’s ECBs surge 53% in first half of fiscal year to $25 billion. Here,
the term ECB means
1) Extra Commercial Borrowing
2) Extended Commercial Borrowing
3) External Commercial Borrowing
4) External Corporate Borrowing
5) None of these
318. The assembly elections are going to be held in Jharkhand. The Vidhan Sabha of the state comprises how many Members of
Legislative Assembly (MLAs)?
1) 92
2) 86
3) 81
4) 74
5) 71
319. The Bolivian President Evo Morales recently announced new presidential elections after a report from the Organization of
American States (OAS) found serious irregularities in last polls. The capital of Bolivia is
1) Sucre
2) Baku
3) Dili
4) Quito
5) Asuncion
320. Which of the following countries won the Fed Cup 2019 women’s team tennis tournament?
1) Spain
2) Norway
3) Netherlands
4) France
5) France
321. Public sector Indian Bank has signed a memorandum of understanding with Muthoot Microfinance to serve micro, small
and medium enterprises. Indian bank is headquartered in
1) Chennai
2) Bengaluru
3) Mysuru
4) Hyderabad
5) Kochi
322. Who among the following was conferred the ABLF Global Asian Award, for “powerful individual whose business footprint
and commitment to excellence have engaged international interest and attention" recently?
1) Gautam Adani
2) Dilip Shanghvi
3) Azim Premji
4) Mukesh Ambani
5) Kumar Mangalam Birla
323. The Indian Coast Guard conducted the Regional level Search and Rescue Workshop and Exercise - 2019 (ReSAREX -
2019) recently in
1) Mumbai
2) Goa
3) Kandla
4) Visakhapatnam
5) Kolkata
324. The Export-Import (Exim) Bank has provided a $30 million line of credit to Ghana for potable water project in the country.
1) Yerevan
2) Bamako
3) Bogota
4) Accra
5) Nassau
325. Nabaneeta Dev Sen passed away recently. He was a noted

1) sculpture
2) classical singer
3) writer
4) classical dancer
5) cartoonist
326. The World Science Day for Peace and Development is an international day observed every year on which date?
1) 11 November
2) 10 November
3) 11 November
4) 21 November
5) 30 November
327. The ministerial meeting of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) was held recently in which city?
1) Port Luis
2) Nairobi
3) Kuala Lumpur
4) Abu Dhabi
5) Paramaribo
328. Who among the following was conferred the “Infosys Prize 2019 for Engineering and Computer Science” recently?
1) Dinesh Paliwal
2) Nikesh Arora
3) Satya Nadella
4) Sundar Pichai
5) Sunita Sarawagi
329. The inaugural ministerial session of Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference (ADIPEC) was attended
by India’s Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel
1) Dharmendra Pradhan
2) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
3) Prakash Javadekar
4) Piyush Goyal
5) Baijayant Panda
330. Union Minister of State for Human Resources Development Sanjay Dhotre launched the “Shala Darpan Portal” recently for
1) Sainik School
2) National Institute of Open Schooling
3) IGNOU
4) Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti
5) Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan
331. The RBI has increased the household income limits for borrowers of Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) and
microfinance institutions (MFIs) from Rs 1 lakh to
1) Rs 1.25 lakh
2) Rs 1.50 lakh
3) Rs 1.75 lakh
4) Rs 2 lakh
5) Rs 2.25 lakh
332. According to the report “Indian Tech Startup Ecosystem - Leading Tech in the 20s” released by Nasscom, what is India’s
position in the world in terms of number of starups?
1) First
2) Second
3) Third
4) Fourth
5) Fifth
333. Uttarakhand celebrated its Foundation Day on 9 Nov. The present Chief Minister of the state is
1) Bhupesh Baghel
2) Acharya Devvrat
3) Virbhadra Singh
4) Trivendra Singh Rawat
5) Jai Ram Thakur
334. The landmark verdict to build Ram Temple in Ayodhya was delivered by a five-member Supreme Court bench recently.
Who among the following was NOT a part of the bench?
1) S Abdul Nazeer
2) Ashok Bhushan
3) DY Chandrachud
4) SA Bobde
5) None of these
335. Which country will host the 2023 Men's Hockey World Cup from 13-29 Jan in 2020?
1) China
2) India
3) Malaysia
4) Japan
5) South Korea
336. Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth has claimed victory in the recent elections held in which of the following countries?
1) Cambodia
2) Fiji
3) Mauritius
4) Suriname
337. According to the ‘Freedom on the Net 2019’ report by Freedom House, which country is the world’s best protector of
internet freedom?
1) Iceland
2) Finland
3) Denmark
4) Norway
5) Sweden
338. The Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GPSE) delivered the fast patrol vessel ‘Annie Besant’ to the Indian Coast
Guard recently. GPSE is located in
1) Mumbai
2) Kandla
3) Chennai
4) Visakhapatnam
5) Kolkata
339. The former President Lula da Silva walked free from jail after spending a year and a half behind bars for corruption in
which country recently?
1) Venezuela
2) Brazil
3) Kenya
4) Zimbabwe
5) Peru
340. The Sanskrit Bharati Vishwa Sammelan was held recently in which of the following cities?
1) Patna
2) Chennai
3) Mysuru
4) New Delhi
5) Varanasi
341. Which of the following states is on the top of the list (for states with population of over one crore each) in the India Justice
Report (IJR) 2019?
1) Kerala
2) Punjab
3) Haryana
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Maharashtra
342. The Khadi and Village Industries Commission is a statutory body founded in 1956. The present chairman of the KVIC is
1) KV Chowdary
2) Arvind Saxena
3) Vinai Kumar Saxena
4) A Surya Prakash
5) Shashi Shekhar Vempati
343. The ICC Men's T20 World Cup will be held in which of the following countries from 18th October to 15th November in
2020?
1) Australia
2) England
3) South Africa
4) New Zealand
5) Bangladesh
344. The 10th Asian Conference on Emergency Medicine (ACEM) was held in which city in India recently?
1) Bengaluru
2) Ahmedabad
3) Chennai
4) New Delhi
5) Hyderabad
345. The 11th BRICS Summit will be hosted by which of the following cities? The theme of the 2019 Summit is “Economic
Growth for an Innovative Future”.
1) Beijing
2) Brasilia
3) Durban
4) Saint Petersburg
5) New Delhi
346. A Guinness World Record of most students assembling radio kits simultaneously was created recently during India
International Science Festival (IISF) held in
1) Pune
2) Bhopal
3) Kochi
4) Kolkata
5) Bengaluru
347. Gulab Kothari was chosen for the Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award, presented by the Press Council of India (PCI) recently. He
is the present chairman of
1) HT Group
2) Rajasthan Patrika group
3) Living Media India
4) Amrita Bazar Patrika
5) Jagran Prakashan
348. The withdrawal of a coin, note, or precious metal from use as legal tender is called demonetisation. Which of the following
notes was/were demonetised on 8 Nov 2016?
1) Rs 500
2) Rs 1,000
3) Rs 2,000
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 2)
349. Dimbeshwar Das won RBS Earth Heroes Award 2019 recently. He is a guard at Kaziranga forests (known for one-horn
rhinos) located in the state of
1) Jharkhand
2) West Bengal
3) Assam
4) Karnataka
5) Madhya Pradesh
350. The bilateral naval exercise “Samudra Shakti” was conducted between India and which of the following countries in Bay of
Bengal recently?
1) Indonesia
2) Malaysia
3) Vietnam
4) Bangladesh
5) Singapore
351. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan was re-elected as President for a fourth five-year term in which country recently?
1) UAE
2) Iran
3) Qatar
4) Bahrain
5) Saudi Arabia
352. Which country recently stepped up activity at its underground “Fordow” nuclear plant?
1) Japan
2) Israel
3) Syria
4) Iran
5) North Korea

353. In an ambush on a convoy transporting employees of a Canadian mining company in Burkina Faso, 37 people were killed
recently. The capital of Burkina Faso is
1) Asuncion
2) Georgetown
3) Accra
4) N'Djamena
5) Ouagadougou
354. In a move to give impetus to the export of Khadi, the government has allocated a separate HS code for Khadi fabric. Here,
the term HS means
1) Home System
2) Holistic System
3) Harmonized System
4) Horticulture System
5) None of these
355. The first-ever tri-services amphibious exercise named “Tiger TRIUMP” will be held between India and which country in
Visakhapatnam and Kakinada?
1) UK
2) US
3) France
4) Japan
5) Russia
356. Which of the following cyclonic storms originated in Bay of Bengal recently?
1) Bulbul
2) Laila
3) Nilam
4) Helen
5) Lehar
357. According to the India Justice Report (IJR) 2019, an initiative of Tata Trusts, the justice delivery system in which state is
the worst among the large states?
1) Kerala
2) Punjab
3) Haryana
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Uttar Pradesh
358. Which of the following Indian airlines recently signed a one-way codeshare agreement with Qatar Airways for Delhi-Doha
flights?
1) GoAir
2) IndiGo
3) SpiceJet
4) AirAsia India
5) Vistara
359. The RBI’s working group set up to review the extant regulations on CICs has favoured restricting the number of layers of
such entities within a group to two by 2021. Here, the term CICs means
1) Capital Investment Companies
2) Credit Investment Companies
3) Core Investment Companies
4) Crisis Investment Companies
5) None of these
360. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman recently announced to set up a fund to salvage stalled residential projects in the
country. The size of the fund will be
1) Rs 20,000 cr
2) Rs 25,000 cr
3) Rs 30,000 cr
4) Rs 35,000 cr
5) Rs 50,000 cr
361. The parliamentary standing committee on information technology has decided to examine the WhatsApp snooping case.
The committee is headed by
1) Shashi Tharoor
2) Jairam Ramesh
3) Jyotiraditya Scindia
4) P Chidambaram
5) Subramanian Swamy
362. The Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) Igniter Complex was inaugurated recently at High Energy
Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL) situated in
1) Bengaluru
2) Chennai
3) Hyderabad
4) Mysuru
5) Pune
363. ______ will provide a loan of $451mn to strengthen power connectivity between the southern and northern parts of the
Chennai-Kanyakumari Industrial Corridor (CKIC) in Tamil Nadu.
1) IMF
2) AIIB
3) ADB
4) NDB
5) World Bank
364. The naval exercise named “Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT)-2019” was held recently in Chattogram
between Bangladesh and which country?
1) Japan
2) India
3) China
4) US
5) Russia
365. The 6th Parliamentary Speakers’ Summit of G20 Countries was held in which of the following cities recently?
1) Manila
2) Tokyo
3) Bangkok
4) Hanoi
5) Beijing
366. Lonar Lake, also known as Lonar crater, is a notified National Geo-heritage Monument situated in Buldhana district of
which state?
1) Odisha
2) Karnataka
3) Maharashtra
4) Gujarat
5) Rajasthan
367. Who among the following has been appointed as the new chairman of the Land Ports Authority of India (LPAI)?
1) PK Mishra
2) Ajit Seth
3) Nripendra Mishra
4) Rajeev Topno
5) Aditya Mishra
368. Manu Bhaker claimed a gold medal in the 14th Asian Championship in Doha recently. She is associated with which game?
1) Shooting
2) Sprint
3) Boxing
4) Shot put
5) Discuss throw
369. India and Uzbekistan signed three MoUs in the fields of military medicine and military education during Defence Minister
Rajnath Singh’s recent visit. The capital of Uzbekistan is
1) Dushanbe
2) Tashkent
3) Ashgabat
4) Bishkek
5) Nur-Sultan
370. The biennial Commonwealth Law Ministers’ Conference was held recently in which city? The theme of the conference was
‘Equal Access to Justice and the Rule of Law’.
1) Sydney
2) Ottawa
3) Male
4) Colombo
5) Port Luis
371. By 2024, the World Health Organisation (WHO) will identify which of the following habits as an addictive disorder? This
habit causes financial stress to millions each year.
1) Watching cricket
2) Playing BUBG
3) Online shopping
4) Using WhatsApp
5) Using Facebook
372. The RBI has issued compensation guidelines for whole-time directors and CEOs of foreign and private banks. Now, if the
variable pay is up to 200 per cent of the fixed pay, at least _______ of it should be in non-cash.
1) 20 percent
2) 25 percent
3) 30 percent
4) 40 percent
5) 50 percent
373. A state of the art museum, exhibiting more than 600 artifacts unearthed at the historic Keeladi site in Sivaganga district, will
soon come up in which state?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Karnataka
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Telangana
5) Kerala
374. PS Sreedharan Pillai assumed the office of Governor of which of the following states recently?
1) Odisha
2) West Bengal
3) Jharkhand
4) Mizoram
5) Maharashtra
375. Which of the following teams won the Deodhar Trophy 2019 cricket tournament recently?
1) India A
2) India B
3) India C
4) Services
5) Mumbai
376. A strong earthquake shook Chile recently, rattling buildings and rendering lives scattered. The capital of Chile is
1) Santiago
2) Bogota
3) Caracas
4) Manama
5) Nassau
377. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is an autonomous body responsible for co-ordinating agricultural
education and research in India. The present Director General of ICAR is
1) Sudhanshu Vrati
2) Sankar Datta
3) Islam A Siddiqui
4) Vineet Nayar
5) Trilochan Mohapatra
378. Who among the following is the Agriculture Minister in the present Union Cabinet? He released the fifth edition of
Wastelands Atlas – 2019 recently.
1) Ram Vilas Paswan
2) Radha Mohan Singh
3) Narendra Singh Tomar
4) DV Sadananda Gowda
5) Thawar Chand Gehlot
379. Union Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change and Information & Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar visited
which city recently to attend the 15th meeting of the Governing Council of South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme
(SACEP)?
1) Colombo
2) Male
3) Thimphu
4) Dhaka
5) Naypyitaw
380. The Services Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) contracted for second straight month in October and remained at
1) 48.7
2) 49.2
3) 49.7
4) 50.4
5) 50.9
381. Which of the following countries won the Rugby World Cup 2019 held in Japan recently?
1) New Zealand
2) England
3) South Africa
4) Japan
5) France
382. India's Lakshya Sen won the SaarLorLux Open tournament in Germany recently. He is associated with which of the
following games?
1) Tennis
2) Badminton
3) Squash
4) Snooker
5) Table tennis
383. In which country, the cleric-cum-politician Maulana Fazlur Rehman recently threatened to lockdown the entire country in a
bid to force Prime Minister to resign?
1) Bangladesh
2) Maldives
3) Afghanistan
4) Pakistan
5) Malaysia
384. Which of the following is the host city for the fifth India International Science Festival (IISF)?
1) Mumbai
2) New Delhi
3) Bengaluru
4) Hyderabad
5) Kolkata
385. The Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman cleared the initial public offering (IPO) of state oil giant Aramco in which
country recently?
1) Saudi Arabia
2) UAE
3) Bahrain
4) Qatar
5) Iran
386. Which of the following extremely severe cyclones was reported by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) to hit
Gujarat?
1) Phailin
2) Maha
3) Fani
4) Gaja
5) Wardah
387. Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu unveiled the 'Red Atlas Action Plan Map' prepared by the Ministry of Earth Sciences for
the flood mitigation in the city of
1) Mumbai
2) Ahmedabad
3) Kochi
4) Chennai
5) Mysuru
388. Union Minister of State for AYUSH Shripad Yesso Naik inaugurated the National Research Institute of Unani Medicine for
Skin Disorders (NRIUMSD) in which city recently?
1) Bhopal
2) Jaipur
3) Patna
4) Lucknow
5) Hyderabad
389. Who among the following won the 2019 JCB prize for Literature for the novel titled The Far Field?
1) Madhuri Vijay
2) Nikki Haley
3) Jhumpa Lahiri
4) Chitra Banerjee
5) Dinesh D'Souza
390. Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited which city recently to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-
India, East Asia and Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) summits?
1) Tokyo
2) Manila
3) Bangkok
4) Hanoi
5) Male

391. India signed an agreement with which country recently to launch the RuPay card there? PM Narendra Modi visited the
country recently.
1) Qatar
2) Bahrain
3) Oman
4) Iran
5) Saudi Arabia
392. Which private sector bank is likely to appoint Sumant Kathpalia as its new Managing Director and CEO? Bank’s current
MD and CEO Romesh Sobti retires in March 2020.
1) IndusInd Bank
2) Federal Bank
3) Karnataka Bank
5) RBL Bank
393. Which of the following IITs is going to set up a space technology cell in collaboration with the Indian Space Research
Organization (ISRO)?
1) Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
2) Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
3) Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
4) Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
5) None of these
394. The OCIs will now be eligible to apply for the National Pension System (NPS) at par with Non Resident Indians (NRIs).
Here, the term OCI means
1) Obvious Citizens of India
2) Outside Citizens of India
3) Overseas Citizens of India
4) Offshore Citizens of India
5) None of these
395. Which of the following cities will host the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 25) from 2 to 13 December? Earlier Chile
stepped down as host for the event.
1) Amsterdam
2) Madrid
3) Stockholm
4) Oslo
5) Rome
396. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the 21st North East Book Fair in which city recently?
1) Kohima
2) Gangtok
3) Imphal
4) Agartala
5) Guwahati
397. The UNESCO has designated which of the following Indian cities as a member of UNESCO Creative Cities Network
(UCCN) in the field of FILM?
1) Mumbai
2) Bengaluru
3) Chennai
4) Hyderabad
5) Panaji
398. Who among the following will receive the Special Icon award at the Golden Jubilee edition of the International Film
Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa?
1) Dharmendra
2) Kamal Haasan
3) Rajinikanth
4) Naseeruddin Shah
5) Mithun Chakraborty
399. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addressed the recent Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit meeting held in
Tashkent? Tashkent is the capital city of
1) Tajikistan
2) Uzbekistan
3) Russia
4) Kazakhstan
5) Kyrgyzstan
400. Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio launched an ‘Ex-gratia Scheme for Students’ studying outside the state and belonging to certain
categories. Rio is the present Chief Minister of
1) Tripura
2) Manipur
3) Mizoram
4) Nagaland
5) Assam
401. Which country recently pledged to invest 1 bn euros over the next five years on environmentally-friendly urban mobility in
India?
1) Germany
2) France
3) Netherlands
4) Canada
5) Spain
402. The Goods and services tax (GST) collection in the month of October was
1) Rs 91,916 crore
2) Rs 92,350 crore
3) Rs 93,442 crore
4) Rs 94,538 crore
5) Rs 95,380 crore
403. The government has ordered an SFIO probe into alleged financial irregularities at mortgage lender Dewan Housing Finance
Ltd (DHFL). Here, the term SFIO means
1) Serial Fraud Investigation Office
2) Specific Fraud Investigation Office
3) Serious Fraud Investigation Office
4) Sequential Fraud Investigation Office
5) None of these
404. The RBI has refused to relent on its guidelines requiring chief executives of private banks to mandatorily retire at the age of
70. Due to this Aditya Puri will have to step down as managing director and CEO of which bank next year?
1) IndusInd Bank
2) ICICI Bank
3) YES Bank
4) HDFC Bank
5) IDFC First Bank
405. The 5th International Conference - ROADTECH 2019 - was held recently in which of the following cities?
1) Mumbai
2) New Delhi
3) Hyderabad
4) Chennai
5) Bengaluru

406. Who is the Minister for Environment and Climate Change in the present Union Govt? He has said that all the 5 lakh govt
vehicles will be converted into e-vehicle in a phased manner.
2) Harsh Vardhan
3) Piyush Goyal
4) Nitin Gadkari
5) Ram Vilas Paswan
407. India is set to conduct its first-ever military exercise named DUSTLIK-2019 with which of the following countries?
1) Kazakhstan
2) Tajikistan
3) Uzbekistan
4) Turkmenistan
5) Kyrgyzstan
408. The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has unearthed a trade centre of early historic period in Gottiprolu which is
situated in the state of
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Andhra Pradesh
3) Telangana
4) Karnataka
5) Maharashtra
409. The Govt has approved the proposal of setting-up of a New Regional Centre of the GB Pant Institute of Himalayan
Environment & Development at which of the following cities?
1) Sri Nagar
2) Shimla
3) Itanagar
4) Ladakh
5) Gangtok
410. The 28th Vyas Samman for the year 2018 was conferred on who among the following recently? He was chosen for the
award for his poetry collection Jitne Log Utne Prem.
1) Ravindra Prabhat
2) Pawan Karan
3) Padma Sachdev
4) Prasoon Joshi
5) Leeladhar Jagoori
411. Shiva Thapa and Pooja Rani are associated with which of the following games? They clinched gold medal in Olympic Test
event for the game recently.
1) Wrestling
2) Weightlifting
3) Boxing
4) Shooting
5) Archery
412. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed an AIP system which is used in diesel-
electric submarines. Here, the term AIP means
1) Air Intake Propulsion
2) Air Injection Propulsion
3) Air Intensive Propulsion
4) Air Independent Propulsion
5) None of these
413. Chile has pulled out of hosting the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) and UN global climate gatherings (COP25)
due to anti-govt protests. The capital of Chile is
1) Santiago
2) Male
3) Manama
4) Lima
5) Baku
414. Judge Abduylqawi Yusuf is the present President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The ICJ is located in
1) Vienna
2) Geneva
3) Paris
4) Rome
5) The Hague
415. The former Parliamentarian Gurudas Dasgupta passed away recently. He was associated with which of the following
political parties?
1) BJP
2) CPI
3) Congress
4) RJD
5) NCP
416. Alberto Fernandez won the recent presidential elections in which of the following countries?
1) Austria
2) New Zealand
3) Canada
4) Italy
5) Argentina
417. The dreaded Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed by special US forces in which of the following countries
recently?
1) Syria
2) Libya
3) Yemen
4) Afghanistan
5) Pakistan
418. The erstwhile Governor of Jammu & Kashmir, Satya Pal Malilk, has been transferred to which state?
1) Gujarat
2) Bihar
3) Goa
4) Jharkhand
5) Kerala
419. The 35th ASEAN Summit began in which of the following cities recently?
1) Manila
2) Bangkok
3) Hanoi
4) Bandar Seri Begawan
5) Singapore
420. The United Nations General Assembly has designated which of the following dates as the as World Cities Day?
1) 01 October
2) 03 October
3) 13 October
4) 23 October
5) 31 October
421. Three Indian-origin CEOs have been included in Harvard Business Review's top 10 best-performing CEOs. On the 6th spot
in the list is Shantanu Narayen who is the present CEO of
1) Lockheed Martin
2) JPMorgan Chase
3) DBS Bank
4) MasterCard
5) Adobe
422. The International Cricket Council (ICC) banned Shakib Al Hasan from all cricket for two years recently. He is the present
Test and T20 Captain of
1) Pakistan
2) Bangladesh
3) Afghanistan
4) South Africa
5) England
423. Saad Hariri resigned recently as the Prime Minister of which of the following countries? A massive anti-government protest
was going on in the country.
1) Libya
2) Syria
3) Jordan
4) Lebanon
5) Nigeria
424. Jammu and Kashmir High Court Chief Justice Gita Mittal will administer oath of office to who among the following as the
first Lieutenant Governor of the new Union Territory Jammu & Kashmir?
1) Girish Chandra Murmu
2) Satya Pal Malik
3) Anandiben Patel
4) Baby Rani Maurya
5) Jagdeep Dhankhar
425. The RBI has imposed Rs 1 crore monetary penalty on which of the following private sector banks for non-compliance with
the guidelines on promoter holding?
1) IDFC First Bank
2) IDBI Bank
3) Bandhan Bank
4) YES Bank
426. “The Supreme Court ruling on AGR may prove a death blow for telcos” was the new in financial newspapers recently.
Here, the term AGR means
1) Accumulated Gross Revenue
2) Advance Gross Revenue
3) Adjusted Gross Revenue
4) Accredited Gross Revenue
5) None of these
427. Atanu Chakraborty was appointed as the Department of Expenditure secretary recently. Currently, he is the
1) Economic Affairs Secretary
2) DIPAM Secretary
3) Cabinet Secretary
4) Civil Aviation Secretary
5) Home Secretary
428. Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Future Investment Initiative 2019 during his visit to which of the following
countries recently?
1) Qatar
2) Iran
3) Kuwait
4) Oman
5) Saudi Arabia

429. Rafael Grossi has been appointed as the new director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). He is a
diplomat from
1) Peru
2) Argentina
3) Norway
4) France
5) Germany
430. The World Savings Day is observed every year on which date?
1) 03 October
2) 13 October
3) 23 October
4) 30 October
5) 31 October
431. The pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty bagged silver medal in doubles event at French Open recently. Both
of them are associated with the game of
1) Tennis
2) Badminton
3) Table tennis
4) Squash
5) Snooker
432. Who among the following has been appointed as the first Lieutenant Governor of the newly formed Union Territory
Ladakh?
1) Kalraj Mishra
2) Om Prakash Kohli
3) Draupadi Murmu
4) Radha Krishna Mathur
5) Kiran Bedi
433. President Ram Nath Kovind presented the National CSR Awards recently to select companies for their outstanding
contribution. Here, the term CSR means
1) Corporate Specific Responsibility
2) Corporate Selective Responsibility
3) Corporate Social Responsibility
4) Corporate Serial Responsibility
5) None of these
434. The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) observed vigilance awareness week starting from 28 Oct till 02 Nov. The CVC
was created in
1) 1964
2) 1974
3) 1984
4) 1994
5) 2004
435. Tiger Woods made history when he won the Zozo Championship in Japan recently. He plays
1) Chess
2) Snooker
3) Squash
4) Shooting
5) Golf
436. Alberto Fernandez won the recent presidential election in Argentina. The capital of Argentina is
1) Buenos Aires
2) Bogota
3) Nassau
4) Willington
5) Cape Town
437. Kali Tiger Reserve is a protected area and tiger reserve. It is located in which of the following states?
1) Karnataka
2) West Bengal
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Chhattisgarh
438. Manohar Lal Khattar was sworn in as new Chief Minister of which of the following states recently?
1) Maharashtra
2) Karnataka
3) Haryana
4) Himachal Pradesh
5) Chhattisgarh
439. Surjit S Bhalla has been appointed as the Executive Director (for India) on the board of the International Monetary Fund
(IMF). The IMF has its headquarters located in
1) Washington DC
2) Frankfurt
3) New York
4) Paris
5) Geneva
440. The RBI has imposed a penalty of Rs 35 lakh on Tamilnad Mercantile Bank for violating the norms on frauds classification
and notification. The bank is headquartered in
1) Salem
2) Thoothukudi
3) Tirunelveli
4) Ooty
5) Coimbatore
441. Sukhbir Singh Sandhu took over as the chairman of which of the following recently?
1) National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)
2) National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC)
3) Central Public Works Department (CPWD)
4) Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)
5) Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC)
442. Transactions using the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) hit a landmark of one billion in October 2019. The UPI platform
was launched by NPCI in which year?
1) 2013
2) 2014
3) 2015
4) 2016
5) 2017
443. New Zealand has topped the World Bank’s Ease of Doing business Rankings for 2019. Which country is at the bottom
(190th) of the rankings?
1) Ghana
2) Somalia
3) Chad
4) Nigeria
5) Syria
444. Which of the following forces celebrated its 58th Raising Day on 24 October 2019?
1) Assam Rifles
2) Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
3) Border Security Force (BSF)
4) Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)
5) Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)
445. Who among the following has won the European Parliament's top human rights prize “Sakharov Prize”?
1) Angkhana Neelaphaijit (Thailand)
2) Ko Swe Win (Myanmar)
3) Ilham Tohti (China)
4) Kim Jong-ki (South Korea)
5) Ryan Cayabyab (Philippines)
446. The government accorded 'Maharatna' status to which of the following public sector companies recently?
1) Power Grid Corporation
2) Hindustan Petroleum
3) Bharat Electronics Ltd
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 2)
447. Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) in association with Universal Sompo General Insurance Co launched an upgraded health care
plus insurance policy recently. IOB is headquartered in
1) Chennai
2) Bengaluru
3) Hyderabad
4) Kolkata
5) New Delhi
448. Who among the following won the Wisden India Almanack Cricketer of the Year award recently?
1) Rohit Sharma
2) Hardik Pandya
3) Jasprit Bumrah
4) Mohammed Shami
5) Bhuvneshwar Kumar
449. The Global Bio-India 2019, one of the largest biotechnology stakeholders conglomerate will be held for the first time in
(Nov 2019) India in
1) Mumbai
2) Bengaluru
3) Jaipur
4) New Delhi
5) Ahmedabad
450. The M Chinnaswamy Stadium is located in which of the following cities?

1) Chennai
2) Bengaluru
3) Kochi
4) Manipal
5) Mysuru
451. Which of the following batswoman won the Wisden India Almanack Cricketer of the Year award recently?
1) Smriti Mandhana
2) Priya Punia
3) Poonam Yadav
4) Veda Krishnamurthy
5) Harmanpreet Kaur
452. Which of the following teams won the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2019-20 final recently?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Mumbai
3) Karnataka
4) Chhattisgarh
5) Vidarbha
453. India’s Prithvi Sekhar won the men’s final of the World Deaf tennis championship recently. The games were held in
Antalya situated in which country?
1) Greece
2) Turkey
3) Kenya
4) Bahrain
5) Colombia
454. The World Day for Audiovisual Heritage is observed every year on which date?
1) 02 October
2) 07 October
3) 17 October
4) 27 October
5) 31 October
455. Dilip Parikh passed away recently. He was the former Chief Minister of which state?
1) Haryana
2) Punjab
3) Rajasthan
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Gujarat
456. To help students make the right career choices, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and National Council for
Educational Research and Training (NCERT) have launched an online aptitude test called
1) Tamanna
2) Taiyari
3) Vision
4) Prayas
5) Saksham
457. The Central Govt, the World Bank and which State Govt have signed a USD 165 million loan agreement to support Climate
Resilient Agriculture for 1.25k small farmers?
1) Telangana
2) Odisha
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Karnataka
5) Kerala
458. The Philippines has expressed interest in acquiring Brahmos missiles from India. The capital of Philippines is Manila and its
currency is
1) Rand
2) Kyat
3) Peso
4) Ngultrum
5) Baht
459. The common foundation course for civil service probationers was held at the Statue of Unity in Gujarat recently. The name
of the course is
1) Daksh
2) Diksha
3) Disha
4) Aarambh
5) Aahwan
460. The National Unity Day is observed every year on which date?
1) 01 October
2) 03 October
3) 13 October
4) 23 October
5) 31 October
461. Which country has appointed Emannuel Lenain as its new ambassador to India?
1) France
2) Germany
3) UK
4) Spain
5) Norway
462. The consumer watchdog (ACCC) of which country recently started legal action against Google for allegedly misleading
customers about collection and uses of personal location data?
1) Austria
2) Canada
3) Sweden
4) Turkey
5) Australia
463. “The Best-Performing CEOs in the World, 2019” list compiled by the Harvard Business Review (HBR) is topped by Jensen
Huang who is the present CEO of
1) Nike
2) Adobe
3) NVIDIA
4) DBS Bank
5) MasterCard
464. The seventh edition of Tawang Festival was held recently in which of the following states? Pema Khandu is the present
Chief Minister of the state.
1) Assam
2) Sikkim
3) Chhattisgarh
5) Himachal Pradesh
465. President Jose Mario Vaz announced sacking of the government with immediate effect in the West African country Guinea
Bissau recently. The capital of Guinea Bissau is
1) Nassau
2) Bissau
3) Yerevan
4) Bamako
5) Manama
466. Which country will hold the first phase of “Bishwa Ijtema”, the second largest congregation of Muslim community after
Hajj in January 2020?
1) Pakistan
2) Saudi Arabia
3) Indonesia
4) Afghanistan
5) Bangladesh
467. The bilateral “Exercise SHAKTI” will be held between India and which country from 31 October to 13 November 2019 in
Rajasthan?
1) France
2) Russia
3) Vietnam
4) Japan
5) Sri Lanka

468. Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde was appointed as the next Chief Justice of India (CJI) recently. He will be _____ CJI.
1) 45th
2) 46th
3) 47th
4) 48th
5) 49th
469. The govt has set up Committee of Secretaries (CoS) to suggest measures to mitigate financial stress in telecom sector amid
Supreme Court order. The CoS is headed by
1) Ajit Seth
2) Pramod Kumar Misra
3) Nripendra Misra
4) Rajiv Gauba
5) Sanjay Mitra
470. Lalit Kala Akademi has scheduled an year-long programme in the honour of Vishnu Shridhar Wakankar who discovered
Bhimbetka rock shelters situated in the state of
1) Rajasthan
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Haryana
4) Jharkhand
5) Maharashtra
471. In the present Union Government, Pramod Kumar Das has been appointed as the new
1) Home Secretary
2) External Affairs Secretary
3) Defence Secretary
4) Civil Aviation Secretary
5) Minority Affairs Secretary
472. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has allowed non-oil companies to start fuel retailing business.
Earlier, a minimum prior investment of what amount in the domestic oil and gas sector was mandatory to start fuel retailing?
1) Rs 500 crore
2) Rs 1000 crore
3) Rs 1500 crore
4) Rs 2000 crore
5) Rs 2500 crore
473. The government has renamed Chenani-Nashri tunnel situated in which state on national highway 44 as Dr Syama Prasad
Mookerjee Tunnel?
1) Himachal Pradesh
2) Jammu & Kashmir
3) Uttarakhand
4) Jharkhand
5) West Bengal
474. Who among the following has become the third Indian batsman to reach the top 10 in all three formats? He achieved the
feat after a memorable series against South Africa recently.
1) Virat Kohli
2) Gautam Gambhir
3) Rohit Sharma
4) Ajinkya Rahane
5) Cheteshwar Pujara
475. Which country will host the inaugural edition of the expanded 24-team Club World Cup football tournament?
1) China
2) Vietnam
3) Japan
4) South Korea
5) Malaysia
476. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu addressed Indian diaspora during his recent visit to Azerbaijan. The capital of Azerbaijan
is
1) Bamako
2) Manama
3) Baku
4) Yerevan
5) Nassau
477. The private sector IDFC First Bank finally moved into profitability in the second quarter of the current fiscal. The present
CEO of IDFC First Bank is
1) Rana Kapoor
2) V Vaidyanathan
3) KV Kamath
4) Kalpana Morparia
5) Rajiv Lall
478. The Banks Board Bureau (BBB) has recommended the name of Challa Sreenivasuluas as a Managing Director (MD) in the
State Bank of India (SBI). The present Chairman of BBB is
1) NK Singh
2) Sunil Arora
3) Rajiv Gauba
5) Shashi Kant Sharma
479. Freddy Svane is the new ambassador of which of the following countries to India?
1) Sweden
2) Norway
3) Finland
4) Canada
5) Denmark
480. Who among the following has been appointed as the new secretary of the department of investment and public asset
management (DIPAM)?
1) Tuhin Kanta Pandey
2) Anil Kumar Khachi
3) Alok Tandon
4) Leena Nandan
5) Rajesh Bhushan
481. Who among the following has been appointed as the new chairman of the Staff Selection Commission (SSC)?
2) Alok Tandon
3) Pramod Kumar Das
4) Sanjeev Gupta
5) Braj Raj Sharma
482. Who among the following has been appointed as the new CEO of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI),
which issues Aadhaar?
1) Pankaj Kumar
2) Leena Nandan
3) Rajesh Bhushan
4) Tuhin Kanta Pandey
5) Pradip Kumar Tripathi
483. The Government hiked Minimum Support Price (MSP) for Rabi crops for marketing season 2020-21 recently. The MSP of
wheat has been increased by Rs 85 per quintal to
1) Rs 1,798 per quintal
484. President Ram Nath Kovind laid the foundation stone for Sri Sathya Sai Sanathana Samskruti Project at Sai no Sato,
Kakegawa, in which country recently?
1) Bhutan
2) Japan
3) Thailand
4) Philippines
5) South Korea
485. In the present Union Government, Pramod Kumar Das has been appointed as the new secretary of
1) Home Affairs
2) External Affairs
3) Civil Aviation
4) Minority Affairs
5) DIPAM
486. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) recently allowed companies with a net worth of at least what amount
to get into auto fuel retailing business?
1) Rs 50 crore
2) Rs 100 crore
3) Rs 150 crore
4) Rs 250 crore
5) Rs 500 crore
487. The Govt recently approved the merger of BSNL and MTNL and for the two financially stressed entities, cleared a relief
package of about
1) Rs 30,000 crore
2) Rs 40,000 crore
3) Rs 50,000 crore
4) Rs 60,000 crore
5) Rs 70,000 crore
488. What is India’s ranking in terms of ease-of-doing-business on the World Bank’s ‘Doing Business 2020’ report for 2019?
1) 31st
2) 46th
3) 52nd
4) 63rd
5) 77th
489. Angela Merkel is scheduled to visit India on a three-day official visit beginning October 31. She is the present Chancellor of
1) Austria
2) Sweden
3) Germany
4) Italy
5) Netherlands
490. The Union Cabinet has approved cadre review of some cadres of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP). The present Director
General of the ITBP is
1) SS Deswal
2) Pranay Sahay
3) VK Johri
4) Archana Ramasundram
5) Arun Kumar Sinha

491. Who is the Minister of Panchayati Raj in the present Union Government? He conferred the national Panchayat Awards 2019
recently.
2) Parshottam Rupala
3) Radha Mohan Singh
4) Ravi Shankar Prasad
5) Thawar Chand Gehlot
492. Two BrahMos surface-to-surface missiles were test-fired by Indian Air Force recently at Trak Island situated in
1) Lakshdweep
2) Dadar & Nagar Haveli
3) Daman & Diu
4) Odisha
5) Andaman & Nicobar Islands
493. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change launched the first national protocol to enumerate the population of
which of the following animals? 23 Oct is celebrated as the international day of this animal.
1) Gaur
2) Indian Rhinoceros
3) Snow leopard
4) Bengal tiger
5) Black buck
494. ______ is issued by registered foreign portfolio investors to overseas investors who wish to be part of the Indian stock
market without registering themselves directly. Investments for this instrument dip for fourth straight month in Sep.
1) Treasury bill
2) Commercial paper
3) Gilt-edged securities
4) P-note
5) External Commercial Borrowing
495. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will skip the 18th Non-Aligned Movement summit second time in a row this year. The
NAM Summit is scheduled to be held in
1) Havana, Cuba
2) Baku, Azerbaijan
3) Tehran, Iran
4) Porlamar, Venezuela
5) Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt
496. The former India captain Sourav Ganguly took over as the new president of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)
recently. He is ______ president of BCCI.
1) 36th
2) 37th
3) 38th
4) 39th
5) 40th
497. Which of the following agencies launched a cinema advertisement campaign ‘Feed Our Future’ in India recently?
1) FAO
2) WFP
3) IFAD
4) ILO
5) WTO
498. The State Cabinet in which state has announced that no government jobs will be given to persons having more than two
children after January 1, 2021?
1) Kerala
2) Sikkim
3) Nagaland
4) Tripura
5) Assam
499. Who among the following has/have joined Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a promotional video for his ‘Bharat Ki
Laxmi’ movement?
1) PV Sindhu
2) Deepika Padukone
3) Mary Kom
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 2)
500. In the present Union Government, Sanjeev Nandan Sahai has been appointed as the new
1) Power Secretary
2) Aviation Secretary
3) Home Secretary
4) Commerce Secretary
5) Revenue Secretary
501. The Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme 2019-20 (Series-6) opened recently. The scheme was first launched on 5 Nov in which
year?
1) 2014
2) 2015
3) 2014
4) 2017
5) 2018
502. The Sultan of Johor Cup is associated with which of the following games? Indian junior team lost to Great Britain recently
at Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
1) Hockey
2) Football
3) Cricket
4) Basketball
5) Volleyball
503. The 7th CISM World Military Games are being held in which city? India is being represented by 54 athletes in nine sports
in the Games.
1) Tokyo, Japan
2) Manila, Philippines
3) Hanoi, Vietnam
4) Bangkok, Thailand
5) Wuhan, China
504. Emperor Naruhito completed his ascension to the ancient Chrysanthemum throne in which country recently? President Ram
Nath Kovind attended the enthronement ceremony.
1) Brunei
2) Spain
3) Netherlands
4) Japan
5) Poland
505. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party returned to power albeit as a weakened minority government in which country
after the recent general elections?
1) Australia
2) Austria
3) Canada
4) New Zealand
5) Sweden

506. The National Crime Bureau Statistics for the year 2017 was released on Oct 21, 2019. According to the report, which state
has topped in grave crimes?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Karnataka
3) Kerala
4) Odisha
5) Maharashtra
507. Union Minister of Electronics and Information Technology (MeiTY) Ravi Shankar Prasad unveiled BHIM 2.0 recently.
Here, the term BHIM means
1) Bharat Interchange for Money
2) Bharat Intermediary for Money
3) Bharat Interface for Money
4) Bharat Initiative for Money
5) None of these
508. The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) recently cleared procurement of indigenously designed and developed equipment
worth over
1) Rs 2,300 cr
2) Rs 2,500 cr
3) Rs 2,800 cr
4) Rs 3,100 cr
5) Rs 3,300 cr
509. Col Chewang Rinchen Setu was inaugurated recently by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. India's highest altitude all-
weather permanent bridge is located in
1) Shimla
2) Gangtok
3) Shillong
4) Ladakh
5) Aizawl
510. The RBI has started searching for the new director at the Institute for Development & Research in Banking Technology
(IDRBT). The institution exclusively focused on banking technology is located in
1) Chennai
2) Hyderabad
3) Bengaluru
4) Mumbai
5) New Delhi
511. Which country recently pledged to invest 1 bn euros over the next five years on environmentally-friendly urban mobility in
India?
1) Germany
2) France
3) Netherlands
4) Canada
5) Spain
512. The Goods and services tax (GST) collection in the month of October was
1) Rs 91,916 crore
2) Rs 92,350 crore
3) Rs 93,442 crore
4) Rs 94,538 crore
5) Rs 95,380 crore
513. The government has ordered an SFIO probe into alleged financial irregularities at mortgage lender Dewan Housing Finance
Ltd (DHFL). Here, the term SFIO means
1) Serial Fraud Investigation Office
2) Specific Fraud Investigation Office
3) Serious Fraud Investigation Office
4) Sequential Fraud Investigation Office
5) None of these
514. The RBI has refused to relent on its guidelines requiring chief executives of private banks to mandatorily retire at the age of
70. Due to this Aditya Puri will have to step down as managing director and CEO of which bank next year?
1) IndusInd Bank
2) ICICI Bank
3) YES Bank
4) HDFC Bank
5) IDFC First Bank
515. The 5th International Conference - ROADTECH 2019 - was held recently in which of the following cities?
1) Mumbai
2) New Delhi
3) Hyderabad
4) Chennai
5) Bengaluru
516. Who is the Minister for Environment and Climate Change in the present Union Govt? He has said that all the 5 lakh govt
vehicles will be converted into e-vehicle in a phased manner.
2) Harsh Vardhan
3) Piyush Goyal
4) Nitin Gadkari
5) Ram Vilas Paswan
517. India is set to conduct its first-ever military exercise named DUSTLIK-2019 with which of the following countries?
1) Kazakhstan
2) Tajikistan
3) Uzbekistan
4) Turkmenistan
5) Kyrgyzstan
518. The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has unearthed a trade centre of early historic period in Gottiprolu which is
situated in the state of
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Andhra Pradesh
3) Telangana
4) Karnataka
5) Maharashtra
519. The Govt has approved the proposal of setting-up of a New Regional Centre of the GB Pant Institute of Himalayan
Environment & Development at which of the following cities?
1) Sri Nagar
2) Shimla
3) Itanagar
4) Ladakh
5) Gangtok
520. The 28th Vyas Samman for the year 2018 was conferred on who among the following recently? He was chosen for the
award for his poetry collection Jitne Log Utne Prem.
1) Ravindra Prabhat
2) Pawan Karan
3) Padma Sachdev
4) Prasoon Joshi
5) Leeladhar Jagoori

521. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) gets most of its resources through member quotas but sometimes also rely on the
special fund, known as the NAB. Here, the term NAB means
1) New Assignment to Borrow
2) New Arrangements to Borrow
3) New Application to Borrow
4) New Approval to Borrow
5) None of these
522. Which state has topped among hilly states on the NITI Aayog's first ever India Innovation Index?
2) Himachal Pradesh
3) Uttarakhand
4) Sikkim
5) Jammu and Kashmir
523. Astronauts form which country recently made space history, completing the first spacewalk by an all-woman team when
they stepped outside the International Space Station?
1) Russia
2) Japan
3) US
4) South Korea
5) China
524. The Army Commanders’ Conference was held in which city recently? Defence Minister Rajnath Singh called for jointness
among forces as ‘operational necessity’ at the conference.
1) Jammu
2) Mumbai
3) Chennai
4) Port Blair
5) New Delhi
525. A collaboration between researchers from the India and which country has resulted in a new robot which encourages
children to wash their hands? The robot is named Pepe.
1) UK
2) Israel
3) Sweden
4) Norway
5) Netherlands
526. Raunak Sadhwani is associated with which of the following games?

1) Cricket
2) Hockey
3) Badminton
4) Billiards
5) Chess
527. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has signed 30 licensing agreements for Transfer of Technology
(ToT) recently. The present head of the DRDO is
1) G Satheesh Reddy
2) Avinash Chander
3) VK Saraswat
4) Tessy Thomas
5) S Christopher
528. The Govt has approved the proposal for girls to take admission in Sainik schools from 2021. Earlier, a pilot project was
initiated by the Defence Ministry for admission of girl children in Sainik School Chhingchhip which situated in
1) Manipur
2) Tripura
3) Mizoram
4) Assam
5) Jharkhand
529. President Joko Widodo was sworn into office for his second and final five-year term in which country recently?
1) Brunei
2) Indonesia
3) Singapore
4) Malaysia
5) Philippines
530. Defence of Andaman and Nicobar Islands exercise 2019 (Danx-19) was held recently. The capital of Andaman and Nicobar
Islands is
1) Silvassa
2) Daman
3) Pondicherry
4) Port Blair
5) Kavaratti
531. The World Steel Association (Worldsteel) has elected who among the following as the new Vice-Chairman of the
association for one year?
1) Lakshmi Mittal
2) TV Narendran
3) YU Yong
4) Sajjan Jindal
5) Choi Jeong-Woo
532. A software named Officers Automated Structured Information System (Oasis) has been launched by the Indian Army which
has started _______ of the Army officers.
1) vocational training
2) digitising the records
3) handling complaints
4) morale boosting
5) transfer and posting
533. The global Finance Ministers recently agreed to double a key pool of money that the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
can use to aid distressed countries. The present Managing Director of the IMF is
1) Christine Lagarde
2) David Malpass
3) Mariya Gabriel
4) Jim Yong Kim
534. The National Highway No. 703AA situated in which of the following states was named “Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji Marg”
recently?
1) Maharashtra
2) Haryana
3) Punjab
4) Himachal Pradesh
5) Jammu & Kashmir
535. Which state has topped among major states on NITI Aayog's first ever India Innovation Index? It is aimed at examining the
innovation capabilities and performance of Indian states.
1) Karnataka
2) Gujarat
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Odisha
5) Uttarakhand

536. India and the Philippines committed to work closely to defeat and eliminate terrorism during the recent visit of President
Ram Nath Kovind to the country. The present President of the Philippines is
1) Lee Hsien Loong
2) Nguyen Xuan Phuc
3) Prayut Chan-o-cha
4) Moon Jae-in
5) Rodrigo Duterte
537. Indian Air Force held the bilateral joint exercise with the air force of which of the following countries at Air Force Base
Masirah recently. The exercise was named Ex Eastern Bridge-V.
1) Oman
2) Bahrain
3) UAE
4) Kuwait
5) Saudi Arabia
538. Anup Kumar Singh has been appointed as the new Director-General of which of the following forces?
1) Border Security Force
2) Central Reserve Police Force
3) National Security Guard
4) Special Protection Group
5) Central Industrial Security Force
539. Which country will host the 91st Interpol General Assembly in 2022? Based in Lyon, France, Interpol is an international
police cooperation organisation with 194 members.
1) China
2) India
3) Japan
4) Russia
5) Sweden
540. The nationwide protests paralysed Lebanon recently as thousands of demonstrators protested against the economic crisis
and the corruption. The capital of Lebanon is
1) Bamako
2) Manama
3) Nassau
4) Beirut
5) Yerevan
541. Which country has topped the 2019 Hurun Global Unicorn List? The list ranks world’s billion-dollar tech ‘start-ups’
founded in the 2000s and not yet listed on a public exchange.
1) UK
2) US
3) China
4) Israel
5) Singapore
542. The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying released the 20th Livestock Census -2019 recently. Which state has
reported the highest increase (over 23 per cent) in livestock population?
1) Bihar
2) Telangana
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) West Bengal
543. The RBI has decided to offer on-tap authorisation for White Label ATMs (WLAs). The minimum net worth for entities
desirous of entering the WLA segment should be
1) Rs 50 crore
2) Rs 100 crore
3) Rs 150 crore
4) Rs 200 crore
5) Rs 250 crore
544. The golden Jublee edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will be held from November 20-28 in
1) Mumbai
2) Chennai
3) Jaipur
4) Goa
5) New Delhi
545. The 2020 G7 Summit will take place in which of the following countries? It will be 46th edition of the G7 Summit.
1) US
2) Canada
3) Russia
4) France
5) Germany
546. The US slapped tariffs on a record $7.5-billion worth of goods from which of the following countries/unions recently?
1) China
2) India
3) Venezuela
4) African Union
5) European Union
547. In Jammu & Kashmir, a special mobilization drive shall be undertaken for enrolment under PM-LVMY in the state. In the
term PM-LVMY, letters LVMY stands for
1) Lachar Vriddh Maan Dhan Yojana
2) Lachar Vyapari Maan Dhan Yojana
3) Laghu Vyapari Maan Dhan Yojana
4) Laghu Vaishy Maan Dhan Yojana
5) None of these
548. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet recently approved the appointment of who among the following as a whole-
time member of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI)?
1) Sudhaker Shukla
2) Rajiv Mani
3) Shashank Saksena
4) Gyaneshwar Kumar Singh
5) Unnikrishnan A
549. Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has recommended who among the following to be appointed as the next Chief Justice
of India (CJI)?
1) R Banumathi
2) SA Bobde
3) NV Ramana
4) Arun Kumar Mishra
5) Rohinton Fali Nariman
550. Which of the following has become the first company in India to hit the market capitalisation of Rs 9 lakh crore?
1) TCS
2) HDFC
3) IOC
4) RIL
5) Infosys
551. The RBI has decided to offer on-tap authorisation for Trade Receivables Discounting System (TReDS). In case of TReDS,
the minimum paid up equity capital should be
1) Rs 25 crore
2) Rs 50 crore
3) Rs 75 crore
4) Rs 100 crore
5) Rs 125 crore
552. The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying released the 20th Livestock Census -2019 recently. The total number
for livestock in India has been pegged at around
1) 519 million
2) 522 million
3) 526 million
4) 535 million
5) 550 million
553. Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Tourism and Culture Prahlad Singh Patel inaugurated Shirui Lily Festival,
2019 in Ukhrul in which state recently?
1) Sikkim
2) Jharkhand
3) Chhattisgarh
4) West Bengal
5) Manipur
554. Which country has announced the establishment of the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence
(MBZUAI)? It will be the first graduate-level, research-based AI university in the world.
1) Qatar
2) Bahrain
3) UAE
4) Kuwait
5) Saudi Arabia
555. The Weather Company is a weather forecasting and information technology company which is a unit of which of the
following technology firms?
1) Softbank
2) IBM
3) Microsoft
4) Google
5) Facebook
556. What is India’s ranking in 2019 Hurun Global Unicorn List? The list ranks world’s billion-dollar tech ‘start-ups’ founded in
the 2000s and not yet listed on a public exchange.
1) Second
2) Third
3) Fourth
4) Fifth
5) Sixth
557. The DIIs joined hands with foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) in net buying transactions on Indian bourses recently. Here,
the term DII means
1) Direct Institutional Investors
2) Diversified Institutional Investors
3) Designated Institutional Investors
4) Domestic Institutional Investors
5) None of these
558. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is the apex body in India for the formulation, coordination and promotion
of biomedical research. It is headquartered in
1) Mumbai
2) Pune
3) Bengaluru
4) Hyderabad
5) New Delhi
559. The government expanded the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (PM-EAC) recently. Who among the
following has/have been appointed as the new members to PM-EAC?
1) Nilesh Shah
2) Neelkanth Mishra
3) Anantha Nageswaran
4) All the above
5) Only 1) and 3)
560. Who among the following was presented with the European Golden Shoe award for the sixth time recently?
1) Gareth Bale
2) Luis Suarez
3) Lionel Messi
5) Antoine Griezmann
561. The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is observed every year on which date?
1) 01 October
2) 07 October
3) 17 October
4) 27 October
5) 31 October
562. Which of the following banks has launched a new Fixed Deposit (FD) scheme called “FD Health” which offers FD with a
health benefit through a critical illness coverage?
1) HDFC Bank
2) IDBI Bank
3) ICICI Bank
4) Axis Bank
5) YES Bank
563. Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo have jointly won the 2019 Booker Prize. While Atwood has been awarded for
“The Testament”, Evaristo has been awarded for
1) Quichotte
2) Girl, Woman, Other
3) Exit West
4) Lincoln in the Bardo
5) Milkman
564. The RBI has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 1 crore on which of the following private sector banks for violating asset
classification and fraud detection norms?
1) Karnataka Bank
2) South Indian Bank
3) Karur Vysya Bank
4) Lakshmi Vilas Bank
5) Federal Bank
565. Exports in September 2019 contracted for the third time in the first six months of the current fiscal year. The exports
contracted by
1) 6.1 per cent
2) 6.3 per cent
3) 6.5 per cent
4) 6.7 per cent
5) 6.9 per cent
566. The RBI has decided to offer on-tap authorisation for Bharat Bill Payment Operating Unit (BBPOU). To operate as an
BBPOU, an entity should have a net worth (to be maintained at all times) of
1) Rs 25 crore
2) Rs 50 crore
3) Rs 100 crore
4) Rs 125 crore
5) Rs 150 crore
567. Who among the following is the present Information and Broadcasting Secretary? He has been given the additional charge
of Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy.
1) Rina Ray
2) Amit Khare
3) Anup Wadhawan
4) Ajay Kumar Bhalla
5) Pradeep Singh Kharola
568. The World Economic Outlook (WEO) is a report usually prepared twice a year by which of the following institutions?
1) WEF
2) WTO
3) World Bank
4) IMF
5) Federal Reserve
569. Mastercard launched a nationwide initiative named “Team Cashless India” to accelerate the acceptance and adoption of
digital payments. The initiative has been launched in association with
1) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
2) Virat Kohli
3) Kapil Dev
4) Rohit Sharma
5) Sachin Tendulkar
570. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cut India’s growth forecast for the current fiscal year (2019-20) by 90 basis
points to
1) 5.4 per cent
2) 5.6 per cent
3) 5.8 per cent
4) 6.1 per cent
5) 6.3 per cent
571. The annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank will take place in October 2019 in IMF
headquarters located in
1) New York
2) Washington DC
3) Paris
4) Geneva
5) Frankfurt
572. The World Food Day is celebrated every year on which date? The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN was
founded on this dated in 1945.
1) 01 October
2) 06 October
3) 16 October
4) 26 October
5) 31 October
573. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping have decided to designate which of the following years as
the “Year of India-China Cultural and People to People Exchanges”?
1) 2019
2) 2020
3) 2021
4) 2022
5) 2023
574. Who among the following has become the most-followed world leader on Instagram with over 30 million followers?
1) Vladimir Putin
2) Barack Obama
3) Donald Trump
4) Narendra Modi
5) Angela Merkel
575. The World Trade Organization (WTO) recently formally allowed which of the following countries to impose trade
sanctions on up to 7.5 bn dollars worth of European Union goods?
1) China
2) India
3) US
4) Japan
5) South Korea
576. The consumer price index (CPI) based retail inflation spiked to what per cent in September 2019?
1) 3.12 per cent
2) 3.36 per cent
3) 3.54 per cent
4) 3.78 per cent
5) 3.99 per cent
577. The 10th edition of the “Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav-National Cultural Festival” was organized by the Union Ministry of
Culture in which state under the “Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat” campaign?
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Rajasthan
3) Karnataka
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Kerala
578. Which of the following has become the first airline in the world to use a Taxibot on a A-320 aircraft with passengers on
board? Taxibot is a robot-used aircraft tractor for taxiing an aircraft.
1) Air India
2) Vistara
3) AirAsia India
4) SpiceJet
5) Go Air
579. The states of Haryana and Maharashtra will go to polls soon. While Haryana has 90 members in its Legislative Assembly,
Maharashtra has
1) 176
2) 183
3) 225
4) 244
5) 288
580. Who among the following, along with Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, have been awarded 2019 Nobel Prize in
Economic Sciences for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty?
1) Piti Disyatat
2) Phillip Swagel
3) Michael Kremer
4) Rachel Glennerster
5) Joshua Angrist
581. The book “Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems” has been authored by who among
the following?
2) Phillip Swagel and Michael Kremer
3) Amartya Sen
4) Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo
5) Raghuram Rajan
582. The RBI imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 75 lakh on which of the following public sector banks recently for violating
asset classification and fraud detection norms?
1) Allahabad Bank
2) Syndicate Bank
3) Corporation Bank
583. Who among the following is all set to become the new president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)?
1) Sourav Ganguly
2) Anil Kumble
3) Virender Sehwag
4) Rahul Dravid
5) Gautam Gambhir
584. According to the World Bank’s report “South Asia Economic Focus, Making (De) Centralization Work”, which of the
following is the fastest growing economy in South Asia at present?
1) Maldives
2) Sri Lanka
3) Thailand
4) Bhutan
5) Bangladesh
585. Typhoon “Hagibis” battered which of the following countries recently? Several people were killed and injured due to the
typhoon.
1) Myanmar
2) Japan
3) Philippines
4) Singapore
5) Malaysia
586. The BRICS Culture Ministers' meeting was held recently in which country in Curitiba city? Union Minister of State for
Culture and Tourism Prahlad Singh Patel participated in the meet.
1) China
2) Russia
3) India
4) South Africa
5) Brazil
587. King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima visited New Delhi recently on a five-day visit. Willem is the present King of
1) Spain
2) Sweden
3) Netherlands
4) Greece
5) Colombia
588. India and which country signed six agreements during Vice President Venkaiah Naidu’s recent visit there. India has
extended a credit line of 30 million US Dollars for rice cultivation to that country.
1) Sierra Leone
2) Guinea
3) Liberia
4) Senegal
5) Ghana

589. PS Jayakumar retired as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD & CEO) of which of the following public
sector banks recently?
1) Allahabad Bank
2) Bank of India
3) Syndicate Bank
4) Punjab National Bank
5) Bank of Baroda
590. The wholesale price index (WPI) based inflation was what per cent in September 2019?
1) 0.24 per cent
2) 0.33 per cent
3) 0.64 per cent
4) 0.87 per cent
5) 1.08 per cent
591. The World Bank recently cut India’s economic growth forecast for FY20 to what per cent?
1) 5.3 per cent
2) 5.6 per cent
3) 5.8 per cent
4) 6 per cent
5) 6.1 per cent
592. Peddapalli district won the first place award in the national Swachh Sarvekshan 2019 (which was the world’s largest
cleanliness survey) conducted recently. Peddapalli is located in
1) Andhra Pradesh
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Telangana
4) Karnataka
5) Kerala
593. Vice President Venkaiah Naidu was conferred “The Order of the Green Crescent” award during his recent visit to which
country? It is the highest Civilian Honour of that country.
1) Comoros
2) Djibouti
3) Seychelles
4) Madagascar
5) Ethiopia
594. According to the Reserve Bank of India’s scheduled banks’ statement of position in India, credit growth in the first half of
FY20 slowed year-on-year to
1) 7.87 per cent
2) 8.74 per cent
3) 9.47 per cent
4) 10.52 per cent
5) 12.38 per cent
595. Who among the following has been selected for the prestigious Asia Environmental Enforcement Award by the United
Nations Environment Programme?
1) Salman Haidar
2) Syed Akbaruddin
3) Shyam Saran
4) Ramesh Pandey
5) Harsh Vardhan Shringla
596. Abiy Ahmed was awarded 2019 Nobel Peace Prize for his peacemaking efforts with Eritrea. Abiy is the present Prime
Minister of
1) Djibouti
2) Somalia
3) South Sudan
4) Uganda
5) Ethiopia
597. The political leadership of 16 participating countries of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) will
meet for the 3rd Leaders' Summit on Nov 4, 2019 in
1) Beijing
2) Manila
3) Bangkok
4) Hanoi
5) Singapore
598. Who among the following has been conferred the Madhya Pradesh government's “National Kishore Kumar Samman” for
2018-19?
1) SS Rajamouli
2) Mani Ratnam
3) Priyadarshan
4) Rajinikanth
5) Kamal Haasan
599. India and Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed 190 million dollar loan agreement for improving road connectivity
in which state?
1) Maharashtra
2) Bihar
3) Jharkhand
4) Chhattisgarh
5) Rajasthan
600. The joint military exercise “Vajra Prahar” was held recently between India and which of the following countries?
1) Russia
2) US
3) Japan
4) South Korea
5) Malaysia
601. India has joined G20 Global Smart Cities Alliance on Technology Governance. It was established in June 2019, in
conjunction with the G20 Summit held in 2019 in
1) Osaka, Japan
2) New Delhi, India
3) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
4) Buenos Aires
5) Hamburg, Germany
602. Which of the following cities will host the 2019 First Global DXB Challenge, a large gathering for creative young minds in
the fields of robotics and artificial intelligence?
1) Tokyo
2) New York
3) Beijing
4) Dubai
5) Paris
603. Which of the following countries has topped the Brand Finance Nation ranking for 2019?
1) US
2) China
3) Japan
4) Germany
5) South Korea
604. The RBI has introduced a new reporting system – the Central Information System for Banking Infrastructure (CISBI) – for
which of the following types of banks?
1) Foreign Banks
2) Private Banks
3) Co-operative Banks
4) Small Finance Banks
5) Regional Rural Banks
605. Peter Handke was awarded 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is an author belonging to which country?
1) UK
2) Spain
3) Norway
4) Sweden
5) Austria
606. The second edition of Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) of the navies of India and which of the following countries
commenced in Northern Bay of Bengal recently?
1) Sri Lanka
2) Maldives
3) Myanmar
4) Bangladesh
5) Thailand
607. The SARAS Aajeevika Mela was organised by the Ministry of Rural Development in which of the following cities
recently?
1) Bhopal
2) New Delhi
3) Lucknow
4) Hyderabad
5) Patna
608. MC Mary Kom settled for a bronze medal in the semifinal of the World Women's Boxing Championships 2019 played at
Ulan Ude in which country?
1) Russia
2) Belarus
3) Ukraine
4) Romania
5) Mongolia
609. India extended over 60 million dollar line of credit to which country for energy and maritime defence cooperation recently?
1) Madagascar
2) Seychelles
3) Djibouti
5) Comoros
610. Union Bank of India (UBI) reduced the EBLR by 25 basis points (bps) to 8 per cent recently. Here, the term EBLR means
1) Extended Benchmark Lending Rate
2) Especial Benchmark Lending Rate
3) External Benchmark Lending Rate
4) Estimated Benchmark Lending Rate
5) None of these
611. Who among the following has bagged the top spot in Forbes' list of the richest Indians for the year 2019?
1) Samprada Singh
2) Uday Kotak
3) Pallonji Mistry
4) Mukesh Ambani
5) Gautam Adani
612. The index of industrial production (IIP) declined by what per cent in August 2019?
1) 1.1 per cent
2) 1.3 per cent
3) 1.6 per cent
4) 1.9 per cent
5) 2.1 per cent
613. The World Migratory Bird Day is observed every year on second Saturday of October. In 2019 it was observed on
1) 02 October
2) 10 October
3) 12 October
4) 22 October
5) 31 October
614. Biplab Kumar Deb inaugurated the ‘AngiKaar’ campaign in his state recently. He is the present Chief Minister of
1) Tripura
2) Assam
3) Sikkim
4) Manipur
5) Nagaland
615. Which of the following is set to become the first country in the world to ban advertisements for the most unhealthy sugary
drinks?
1) Japan
2) South Korea
3) Malaysia
4) Vietnam
5) Singapore
616. The government of Prime Minister Viorica Dancila collapsed in a no-confidence vote in Romania recently. The capital of
Romania is
1) Sofia
2) Ljubljana
3) Bucharest
4) Bratislava
5) Chisinau
617. Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal attended the 9th Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Intersessional
Ministerial meeting in which city recently?
1) Manila
2) Tokyo
3) Willington
4) Bangkok
5) Seoul
618. Who among the following was awarded 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature? The 2018 Prize was delayed by a year following a
scandal.
1) Joanna Bator
2) Olga Tokarczuk
3) Andrzej Stasiuk
4) Ruskin Bond
5) Jhumpa Lahiri
619. The Surakshit Matritva Aashwasan (SUMAN) initiative for quality health care at no cost was launched during the 13th
Conference of Central Council of Health and Family Welfare held recently in
1) Jaipur
2) New Delhi
3) Bhopal
4) Amritsar
5) Lucknow
620. What is India’s position in the Brand Finance Nation ranking of 2019? It has a brand value of USD 2.6 trillion at present.
1) 1st
2) 2nd
3) 3rd
4) 5th
5) 7th
621. Justice JK Maheshwari has been appointed as the new Chief Justice of which of the following High Courts?
1) Madhya Pradesh High Court
2) Andhra Pradesh High Court
5) Himachal Pradesh High Court
622. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu embarked on an official visit to Sierra Leone recently. The capital of Sierra Leone is
1) Conakry
2) Monrovia
3) Bamako
4) Freetown
5) Dakar
623. The International Day of the Girl Child is observed every year on which date?
1) 01 October
2) 10 October
3) 11 October
4) 21 October
5) 31 October
624. India Ratings and Research recently pared India’s gross domestic product (GDP) forecast for 2019-20 to what per cent?
1) 6.1 per cent
2) 6.3 per cent
3) 6.7 per cent
4) 6.9 per cent
5) 7.3 per cent
625. Who among the following has become the first female player to last more than 20 years in international cricket? She has
played 204 ODIs till now, the most by a female.
1) Mithali Raj
2) Smriti Mandhana
3) Jhulan Goswami
4) Harmanpreet Kaur
626. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu embarked on a five-day visit to Comoros and Sierra Leone recently. The capital of
Comoros is
1) Dakar
2) Ouagadougou
3) Abuja
4) Freetown
5) Moroni
627. Legal adviser in India's Permanent Mission to the UN Yedla Umasankar called for increased cooperation between the
Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and the UN recently. FATF is based in
1) Geneva
2) New York
3) Paris
4) Rome
5) Frankfurt
628. Union Minister for Human Resources Development Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank launched an innovative learning
programme in Bengaluru recently to mentor selected aspirants. The programme is named
1) GATI
2) UDAAN
3) WINGS
4) DHRUV
5) SHINE
629. After getting nod from the RBI, ‘Kerala Bank’ would be formed by amalgamating the district co-operative banks (DCBs)
with Kerala State Co-operative Bank. Present Chief Minister of Kerala is
1) Oommen Chandy
2) Pinarayi Vijayan
3) Ramesh Chennithala
4) Kodiyeri Balakrishnan
5) VS Achuthanandan
630. International rating agency Moody's recently announced the lowering of India's Gross Domestic Products (GDP) growth in
the fiscal year ending in March 2020 to what per cent?
1) 5.8 per cent
2) 6.1 per cent
3) 6.3 per cent
4) 6.6 per cent
5) 6.9 per cent
631. The RBI rejected the proposed merger of Indiabulls Housing Finance with which of the following private sector banks
recently?
1) Karnataka Bank
2) Dhanlaxmi Bank
3) IndusInd Bank
4) Federal Bank
632. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to meet for the second informal summit in
Mahabalipuram in Tamil Nadu. The first informal summit between them took place in
1) Ahmedabad
2) Wuhan
3) Varanasi
4) Shanghai
5) Mumbai
633. Justice Arup K Goswami has been appointed as the new Chief Justice of which of the following High Courts?
3) Sikkim High Court
5) Patna High Court
634. The Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has proposed an overhaul in the taxation system for
multinational companies. OECD is headquartered in
1) Vienna
2) Sydney
3) Madrid
4) Paris
5) Athens
635. The government has set up a high-level inter-ministerial committee to prevent money laundering activities. The Committee
is headed by the revenue secretary
3) Atanu Chakraborty
5) Ajay Bhushan Pandey
636. Justice Indrajit Mohanty took oath as the new Chief Justice of which of the following High Courts recently?
1) Rajasthan High Court
2) Sikkim High Court
4) Madhya Pradesh High Court
637. Which bank has launched ‘Debit Card EMI facility’ for its existing customers? The facility can be availed irrespective of
the saving bank account balance.
1) Central Bank of India
2) Corporation Bank
3) Bank of Baroda
4) State Bank of India
638. James Peebles, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz won the Nobel Prize 2019 for
1) Literature
2) Peace
3) Physics
4) Chemistry
5) Physiology or Medicine
639. Japan's Nippon Life Insurance recently invested Rs 6,000 crore in which of the following Mutual Funds to emerge as the
single largest shareholder (with 75 per cent stake)?
1) Larsen & Toubro
2) Reliance Mutual Fund
3) ICICI Bank Mutual Fund
4) India Infoline Mutual Fund
5) SBI Mutual Fund
640. The Indian Air Force (IAF) celebrated its 87th anniversary on which date recently? The IAF was founded on this date in
1932.
1) 09 October
2) 08 October
3) 07 October
4) 06 October
5) 05 October
641. India has been ranked at 68th place on the annual Global Competitiveness Index compiled by Geneva-based World
Economic Forum (WEF). Which country has topped the GCI 2019?
1) US
2) Netherlands
3) South Korea
4) Singapore
5) Switzerland
642. National Westminster Bank, commonly known as NatWest, is a major retail and commercial bank of which country? It has
launched a new benchmark called ‘Sonia’ to replace Libor.
1) Switzerland
2) Singapore
3) US
4) France
5) UK

643. The three-day India International Cooperative Trade Fair was held recently in which city? This was India's first and the
largest international cooperatives trade fair.
1) New Delhi
2) Mumbai
3) Ahmedabad
4) Bhopal
5) Jaipur
644. Consumer confidence in India dipped to six-year low in September according to RBI's consumer sentiment survey report.
The Current Situation Index (CCI) fell to ____ in September.
1) 87.8
2) 88
3) 89.4
4) 92.5
5) 95.7
645. Puducherry government would move the Supreme Court against the move of Karnataka to construct a dam in Mekadatu.
The present Chief Minister of Puducherry is
1) V Narayanasamy
2) Edappadi K Palanisamy
3) O Panneerselvam
4) Pinarayi Vijayan
5) YS Jaganmohan Reddy
646. ________ in collaboration with the Union Health Ministry has launched the first-ever website and mobile application 'e-
DantSeva' on oral health awareness.
1) WHO
2) BHU
3) AMU
4) Medanta
5) AIIMS
647. The Indian-origin Singaporean judge Kannan Ramesh was sworn in as a Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court in
1) Vietnam
2) Thailand
3) Brunei
4) Philippines
5) Myanmar
648. The center-left Socialists led by Prime Minister Antonio Costa won the recent general elections in Portugal. The capital of
Portugal is
1) Oslo
2) Helsinki
3) Stockholm
4) Lisbon
5) Copenhagen
649. The World Trade Organisation (WTO) hosted the first World Cotton Day (WCD) celebrations in Geneva on which date
recently?
1) 01 October
2) 07 October
3) 17 October
4) 27 October
5) 31 October
650. Revenue Secretary inaugurated National E-Assessment Centre (Delhi) and Regional E-Assessment Centers recently. The
present Revenue Secretary is
651. William G Kaelin, Jr, Peter J Ratcliffe and Gregg L Semenza won the 2019 Nobel Prize for
1) Physiology or Medicine
2) Peace
3) Physics
4) Chemistry
5) Literature
652. The World Post Day is observed every year on which date?
1) 01 October
2) 09 October
3) 19 October
4) 29 October
5) 31 October
653. The 63rd Dhammachakra Pravartan Din was celebrated at Deekshabhoomi in which state recently? The day pays homage to
Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar.
1) Gujarat
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Maharashtra
5) Karnataka
654. Who among the following has been appointed as the new Managing Director & CEO of Punjab National Bank (PNB)?
1) RA Sankara Narayanan
2) Aditya Puri
3) SS Mallikarjuna Rao
4) Karnam Sekar
5) AK Goel
655. Farook Khan passed away recently. He was a veteran journalist and a cultural activist of Indian origin settled in which of
the following countries?
1) Mauritius
2) South Africa
3) Suriname
4) Singapore
5) Indonesia
656. Who among the following won the men’s singles title of the 2019 Japan Open recently?
1) John Millman
2) Andy Murray
3) Roger Federer
4) Novak Djokovic
5) Rafael Nadal
657. Who among the following won the Hero Women's Indian Open 2019 title in Gurugram recently?
1) Christine Wolf
2) Aditi Ashok
3) Maha Haddioui
4) Noora Tamminen
5) Marianne Skarpnord
658. Who among the following won the women’s singles title of the 2019 China Open tennis tournament?
1) Ashleigh Barty
2) Alison Riske
3) Bianca Andreescu
4) Caroline Wozniacki
5) Naomi Osaka
659. The World Habitat Day is observed every year on which of the following dates?
1) 01 October
2) 07 October
3) 17 October
4) 27 October
5) 31 October
660. The joint military exercise “Nomadic Elephant- XIV” was held between India and which of the following countries
recently?
1) Russia
2) Japan
3) South Korea
4) Vietnam
5) Mongolia
661. The National Health Authority (NHA) has joined hands with which firm to strengthen the implementation of the health
scheme, Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY)?
1) Google
2) Facebook
3) WhatsApp
4) Hike
5) Airtel
662. The United Nations’ cultural agency UNESCO has appointed Yalitza Aparicio as its goodwill ambassador for indigenous
peoples. Yalitza is an actress who hails from
1) Canada
2) Austria
3) Mexico
4) Australia
5) France
663. Justice Vinod Kumar Sharma was appointed as the new Lokpal in which of the following states recently?
1) Haryana
2) Uttarakhand
3) Rajasthan
4) Punjab
5) Chhattisgarh
664. India’s first e-waste clinic is to be set up in which city? It is being set up as a three-month pilot project and would be
replicated across the country.
1) Bengaluru
2) Bhopal
3) Hyderabad
4) Noida
5) Gurugram
665. Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy launched the YSR Vahana Mitra scheme in which state recently? It provides Rs
10,000 allowance to self-employed drivers.
1) Andhra Pradesh
2) Telangana
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Karnataka
5) Odisha

666. Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur launched “Pragati Rath” of which of the following banks recently aimed at providing
financial and digital literacy to the people in Himachal Pradesh?
1) ICICI Bank
2) Axis Bank
3) HDFC Bank
5) YES Bank
667. The World Teachers’ Day is observed every year on which date?
1) 01 October
2) 05 October
3) 15 October
4) 25 October
5) 31 October
668. The National Basketball Association brought to India the first-ever Floating Basketball Court in the Arabian Sea in which of
the following cities recently?
1) Kandla
2) Visakhapatnam
3) Kolkata
4) Chennai
5) Mumbai
669. Satyapriya Mohathero passed away recently. He was the second highest Buddhist leader of which country?
1) Myanmar
2) China
3) Thailand
4) Bangladesh
5) Sri Lanka
670. Who among the following has become the first Indian cricketer (male or female) to play 100 Twenty20 Internationals
(T20Is)?
1) Rohit Sharma
2) MS Dhoni
3) Harmanpreet Kaur
4) Mithali Raj
5) Smriti Mandhana
671. Justice Lingappa Narayana Swamy has been appointed as the new Chief Justice of which of the following High Courts in
place of Justice Ramasubramanian?
1) Himachal Pradesh High Court
2) Karnataka High Court
4) Andhra Pradesh High Court
672. UCO Bank, the regional bank for the east, launched three new digital products - UCash, Digilocker and an app - in Kolkata
recently. The present Managing Director and CEO of the bank is
1) RA Sankara Narayanan
2) Aditya Puri
3) Karnam Sekar
4) SS Mallikarjuna Rao
5) AK Goel
673. Who among the following was elected as the new president of the Mumbai Cricket Association recently?
1) Ajinkya Naik
2) Vijay Patil
3) Sanjay Naik
4) Jagdish Achrekar
5) Mayank Khanwala
674. Who among the following has been appointed as the new Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
1) Hrishikesh Roy
2) S Ravindra Bha
3) Krishna Murari
4) Ravi Shanker Jha
5) V Ramasubramanian
675. The Central Govt has given in-principle approval for setting up of SEZ at Sabroom in which of the following states at an
estimated investment of Rs 1550 crore? It will be the first-ever SEZ of the state.
1) Tripura
2) Sikkim
3) Manipur
4) Assam
5) Nagaland
676. The second ‘Vande Bharat Express’ was flagged off between Delhi and Katra recently. The first Vande Bharat Express was
started between Delhi and which city in February 2019?
1) Ahmedabad
2) Bhopal
3) Jaipur
4) Lucknow
5) Varanasi
677. Home Minister Amit Shah recently announced that Mizoram will have a broad gauge railway line by 2021. The present
Chief Minister of Mizoram is
1) Conrad Sangma
2) Neiphiu Rio
3) Zoramthang
4) Prem Singh Tamang
5) Biplab Kumar Deb
678. Who among the following was the chief guest at the 33rd edition of the India Economic Summit organised by the World
Economic Forum (WEF) recently in New Delhi?
1) Ibrahim Mohamed Solih
2) Shiekh Hassina
3) Maithripala Sirisena
4) Aung San Suu Kyi
5) Lotay Tshering
679. The economic offences wing (EOW) of the Mumbai police arrested Joy Thomas in connection with the alleged multi-crore
scam at which of the following banks? Joy is the suspended MD of the bank.
1) Dena Bank
2) UCO Bank
4) PMC Bank
5) RBL Bank
680. Which of the following firms became the first member to exit Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency alliance recently? The
alliance is intended to oversee Libra cryptocurrency.
1) Lyft
2) Visa
3) Uber
4) PayPal
5) Mastercard
681. The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for services sector decreased in September to
1) 47.8
2) 48.7
3) 49.6
4) 50.9
5) 51.7
682. The RBI has announced that the limit for lending by NBFC-Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs) to every eligible borrower is
increased from the current Rs 1 lakh to
1) Rs 1.25 lakh
2) Rs 1.50 lakh
3) Rs 1.75 lakh
4) Rs 2 lakh
5) Rs 2.25 lakh
683. In its fourth bi-monthly monetary policy statement on 4 Oct, the RBI revised the GDP outlook for 2020-21 to
1) 6.1 per cent
2) 6.4 per cent
3) 6.6 per cent
4) 6.9 per cent
5) 7.2 per cent
684. The coastal town of Mamallapuram (aka Mahabalipuram) is set to host the informal summit between Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The city is located in which of the following states?
1) Kerala
2) Karnataka
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) Madhya Pradesh
685. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) slashed the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) by 25 basis
points on 4 Oct. The new repo rate is
1) 5.05 per cent
2) 5.10 per cent
3) 5.15 per cent
4) 5.20 per cent
5) 5.25 per cent
686. The first corporate run train of the country was flagged off recently in Uttar Pradesh by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
The train which will run between Lucknow and Delhi is named
1) Pawan Express
2) Hamsafar Express
3) Janata Express
4) Nijta Express
5) Tejas Express
687. What is the new reverse repo rate after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced its fourth bi-monthly monetary policy
statement on 4 Oct?
1) 4.75 per cent
2) 4.80 per cent
3) 4.85 per cent
4) 4.90 per cent
5) 4.95 per cent
688. Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr. Harshvardhan has said that members of the NMC will be elected soon through
lottery system. Here, the term NMC means
1) National Mobility Commission
2) National Maternity Commission
3) National Medical Commission
4) National Meditation Commission
5) None of these
689. In its fourth bi-monthly monetary policy statement on 4 Oct, the RBI revised the gross domestic product (GDP) outlook for
2019-20 to
1) 6.1 per cent
2) 6.3 per cent
3) 6.5 per cent
4) 6.7 per cent
5) 6.9 per cent
690. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has raised the household income limit for borrowers of NBFC-MFIS for urban and semi-
urban areas from the current Rs 1.6 lakh to
1) Rs 1.8 lakh
2) Rs 2 lakh
3) Rs 2.2 lakh
4) Rs 2.5 lakh
5) Rs 3 lakh
691. The Composite Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) Output Index that maps both the manufacturing and services sector
decreased in September to
1) 48.9
2) 49.8
3) 50.2
4) 51.6
5) 52.6
692. Ravneet Gill is the present Managing Director and CEO of which of the following private sector banks? The stock of the
bank fell 23 per cent recently.
1) YES Bank
2) IndusInd Bank
3) Federal Bank
5) Karnataka Bank
693. What is the current marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and the Bank Rate after the RBI announced its fourth bi-monthly
monetary policy review recently?
1) 5.10 per cent
2) 5.20 per cent
3) 5.30 per cent
4) 5.40 per cent
5) 5.50 per cent
694. In the present Union Cabinet, Mahendra Nath Pandey is the Minister of State for
1) Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
2) Health and Family Welfare
3) Drinking Water and Sanitation
4) Statistics and Programme Implementation
5) Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
695. President Ram Nath Kovind presented the most effective ‘Swachchta Ambassador’ award to who among the following on
the occasion of 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi (02 Oct)?
1) Amitabh Bachchan
2) Vidya Balan
3) Ramdev
4) Priyanka Chopra
5) Sachin Tendulkar
696. The National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval went on a two-day visit to which of the following countries recently? He
held discussions with the crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman there.
1) UAE
2) Qatar
3) Bahrain
4) Saudi Arabia
5) Iran
697. Who among the following clinched the women’s singles title of the 2019 Korea Open badminton tournament recently?
1) Wang Yihan
2) Ratchanok Intanon
3) He Bingjiao
4) Saina Nehwal
5) Carolina Marin
698. The Finance Ministry has made it clear that companies opting for a lower tax of 22 per cent will not be eligible for MAT
credit. Here, the term MAT means
1) Minimum Advance Tax
2) Minimum Alternative Tax
3) Minimum Accounting Tax
4) Minimum Approved Tax
5) None of these
699. Who among the following has been appointed as the Executive Director for India on the board of the International Monetary
Fund (IMF)?
1) Surjit S Bhalla
2) Amarjeet Sinha
3) Asha Ram Sihag
4) Bibek Debroy
5) Viral Acharya
700. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) launched DIN system recently. Here, the expanded form the term DIN is
1) Destination Identification Number
2) Documentation Identification Number
3) Departmental Identification Number
4) Designation Identification Number
5) None of these
701. The National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC) bagged a contract worth Rs 400 crore, recently, to develop
National Sports University at
1) Gangtok, Sikkim
2) Kohima, Nagaland
3) Guwahati, Assam
4) Imphal, Manipur
5) Aizawl, Mizoram
702. The three-day event named 7th annual World Hindu Economic Forum (WHEF) was held recently in which city in India?
1) Bengaluru
2) New Delhi
3) Noida
4) Gurugram
5) Mumbai
703. Typhoon “Mitag” hit which of the following countries recently? It was categorised in the second-strongest typhoon level.
1) Taiwan
2) Cambodia
3) Venezuela
4) Mexico
5) Colombia
704. The ‘Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey’ was conducted between February 2016 and October 2018 by the Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare and the
1) WHO
2) AIIMS
3) UNICEF
4) Red Cross
5) Rotary International
705. India successfully test fired a land-attack version of BrahMos supersonic missile from Chandipur coast in Odisha’s Balasore
district recently. BrahMos is a joint venture between our DRDO and the NPOM of
1) Sweden
2) France
3) Russia
4) US
5) Japan
706. Kerala was the best performer on the School Education Quality Index released by the NITI Aayog recently. Which of the
following states came in last with a score of 36.4% on the index?
1) West Bengal
2) Assam
3) Jharkhand
4) Bihar
5) Uttar Pradesh
707. Who among the following won the women’s 100 metres final at the 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships held in
Doha, Qatar?
1) Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
2) Sherone Simpson
3) Carmelita Jeter
4) Allyson Felix
5) Elaine Thompson
708. Jose Jose passed away recently. He was a legendary Mexican

1) cartoonist
2) singer
3) journalist
4) philanthropist
5) industrialist
709. Who among the following clinched the men’s singles title at the 2019 Korea Open badminton tournament recently?
1) Parupalli Kashyap
2) Srikanth Kidambi
3) Lee Chong Wei
4) Kento Momota
5) Chou Tien-chen
710. Who among the following has been appointed as the Principal Director General of Press Information Bureau (PIB)?
1) Satyendra Prakash
2) KS Dhatwalia
3) Ira Joshi
4) Jawhar Sircar
5) A Surya Prakash
711. Who among the following won the 2019 Russia Grand Prix F1 Championship recently?
1) Charles Leclerc
2) Valtteri Bottas
3) Max Verstappen
4) Kimi Raikkonen
5) Lewis Hamilton

712. Government has issued a notification regarding minimum stipend payable to trade apprentices. Now, the minimum monthly
stipend, based on qualification, will range from
1) Rs 3,000-Rs 7,000
2) Rs 4,000-Rs 8,000
3) Rs 5,000-Rs 9,000
4) Rs 6,000-Rs 10,000
5) Rs 7,000-Rs 11,000
713. The Govt launched the fourth installment of the Bharat-22 ETF recently, which is expected to help the exchequer garner up
to Rs 8,000 crore. Here, the term ‘ETF’ means
1) Externally Traded Fund
2) Entrusted Traded Fund
3) Expedited Traded Fund
4) Exchange Traded Fund
5) None of these
714. The International Day of Older Persons is observed every year on which date?
1) 01 October
2) 10 October
3) 11 October
4) 21 October
5) 31 October
715. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently superseded the Board of which of the following banks and appointed Jai
Bhagwan Bhoria as the bank's administrator?
1) Laxmi Vilas Bank
2) YES Bank
3) Federal Bank
4) Dhanlaxmi Bank
5) Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative Bank
716. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has named an asteroid, discovered in 2006, after Indian classical singer Pandit
Jasraj. The IAU is headquartered in
1) Paris
2) London
3) New York
4) Geneva
5) Vienna
717. Kalli Purie was conferred with the “India’s Most Powerful Women in Media” award at the Confluence Excellence awards.
She is the vice-chairperson of the
1) ZEE Media Group
2) The Times Group
3) India Today Group
4) The Hindu Group
5) HT Media
718. The growth of the eight core industries contracted to what per cent in August 2019?
1) 0.7 per cent
2) 0.5 per cent
3) 0.4 per cent
4) 0.2 per cent
5) 0.1 per cent
719. Which of the following firms recently submitted a proposal evincing preliminary interest to supply F-21 fighter jets to the
Indian Air Force?
1) SAAB
2) Dassault
3) Boeing
4) Lockheed Martin
5) Bell
720. India’s current account deficit (CAD) narrowed to what amount in the April-June 2019?
1) $11.22 billion
2) $12.43 billion
3) $13.64 billion
4) $14.30 billion
5) $15.13 billion
721. The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) has appointed who among the following as its new Director-
General?
1) Siddhartha Lal
2) Rajesh Menon
3) Pawan Munjal
4) Rajiv Bajaj
5) Pawan Kumar Goenka
722. Which of the following banks has become the first Indian bank to have a branch in the Australian state of Victoria?
1) Bank of Baroda
2) Corporation Bank
5) State Bank of India
723. According to the “School Education Quality Index” released recently by the Niti Aayog which state is the best performer
among 20 large states with a score of 76.6%?
1) Kerala
2) Karnataka
3) Gujarat
4) Odisha
5) Tamil Nadu
724. The former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin was elected President of which of the following cricket associations
recently?
1) Goa Cricket Association
2) Jharkhand Cricket Association
3) Hyderabad Cricket Association
4) Kerala Cricket Association
5) Maharashtra Cricket Association
725. India, the US and Japan began a trilateral maritime exercise in the Pacific Ocean recently. The annual exercise is named
1) Malabar 2019
2) Surya Kiran
3) Hand in Hand
4) Brazen Chariots
5) Emerald Mercury
726. The Midnapore railway station in which of the following states recently became the 5000th railway station in India to be
WiFi enabled?
1) Jharkhand
2) Chhattisgarh
3) Telangana
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) West Bengal
727. The grand celebrations of “Bada Dashain” festival began in which of the following countries recently? It is the biggest
festival of the country.
1) Sri Lanka
2) Mauritius
3) Myanmar
4) Nepal
5) Suriname
728. Which of the following gulf countries recently announced to offer tourist visas for the first time? It is seen as a part of a
push to diversify its economy.
1) Iran
2) Saudi Arabia
3) Qatar
4) Kuwait
5) UAE
729. The RBI initiated Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) against which of the following private sector banks recently? The
merger of the bank with Indiabulls Housing Finance is in process.
1) Karnataka Bank
2) IndusInd Bank
4) Federal Bank
5) RBL Bank
730. Suresh Chitturi has been appointed as chairman of the International Egg Commission (IEC) for the next two years. The IEC
has its administration office located in
1) UK
2) China
3) India
4) South Korea
5) Philippines
731. The teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has been named as one of four winners of the 2019 Right Livelihood Award.
She belongs to
1) Norway
2) Finland
3) Canada
4) Netherlands
5) Sweden
732. President Ram Nath Kovind presented awards to the winners of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards. These awards are
given for the outstanding contributions in the field of
1) art
2) film and television
3) sports
4) literature
5) science and technology
733. A joint military exercise between India and Kazakhstan is scheduled to be conducted at Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand. The
exercise is named
1) INDKA-2019
2) IKLNEX-2019
3) KILNEX-2019
4) KAZIND-2019
5) HINDKAZ-2019
734. Which of the following countries hosted the World Tourism Day (27 Sep) this year with the theme ‘Tourism and Jobs: a
better future for all’?
1) China
2) India
3) Maldives
4) Thailand
5) Malaysia
735. Which of the following countries launched the world's biggest transport space ship “Kounotori8” to the International Space
Station (ISS) recently?
1) Japan
2) US
3) Russia
4) China
5) France
736. Which of the following payments banks and HDFC ERGO General Insurance Co recently launched an innovative Mosquito
Diseases Protection Policy (MDPP)?
1) Fino Payments Bank
2) Jio Payments Bank
3) India Post Payments Bank
4) Paytm Payments Bank
5) Airtel Payments Bank
737. Which of the following teams won the SAFF U-18 Championship title in Kathmandu recently?
1) Bangladesh
2) India
3) Maldives
4) Nepal
5) Sri Lanka
738. ________ has been selected as the best airport in terms of services it offered to passengers by Airport Council International
(ACI) in 5-15 mn passenger category among the airports in the Asia-Pacific region.
1) Visakhapatnam International Airport
2) Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport
3) Indira Gandhi International Airport
4) Cochin International Airport
5) Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport
739. What is India’s ranking in terms of digital competitiveness in the world according to the IMD World Digital
Competitiveness Ranking 2019 (WDCR)?
1) 28th
2) 35th
3) 44th
4) 52nd
5) 63rd
740. Which of the following state govts recently announced that the metro rail in the capital of the state will be named “Raja
Bhoj”, an 11th century ruler?
1) Rajasthan
2) Gujarat
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Uttarakhand
5) Himachal Pradesh
741. Rupa Gurunath became the first woman president of a BCCI State Association recently. She has been elected as the
president of the
1) Andhra Pradesh Cricket Association
2) Arunachal Pradesh Cricket Association
3) Assam Cricket Association
4) Baroda Cricket Association
5) Tamil Nadu Cricket Association
742. Which of the following firms has bagged the UN Global Climate Action Award in the 'Climate Neutral Now' category? It is
the only corporate from India to earn the recognition.
1) Infosys
2) Wipro
3) TCS
4) Tech Mahindra
5) HCL
743. The World Rabies Day is observed every year on which date?
1) 02 September
2) 08 September
3) 18 September
4) 28 September
5) 30 September
744. Vice President M Venkaiah presented the prestigious Saraswati Samman award, conferred by the KK Birla Foundation, to
K Siva Reddy for his collection of poems titled Pakkaki Ottigilite. Reddy is a
1) Tamil poet
2) Telegu poet
3) Malayalam poet
4) Kannada poet
5) English poet
745. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh commissioned INS Khanderi into Indian Navy in Mumbai recently. INS Khanderi is a/an
1) Helicopter carrier
2) Submarine
3) Missile destroyer
4) Anti-submarine ship
5) Fast Patrol Ship
746. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has given approval to the acquisition of 70 per cent stake in Saudi Basic
Industries Corporation (SABIC) by Aramco. Aramco is firm based in
1) Iran
2) Iraq
3) Qatar
4) Saudi Arabia
5) UAE
747. Twenty countries recently signed an agreement at the United Nations to stop the spread of fake news online. The accord was
initiated by
1) Freedom House
2) Committee to Protect Journalists
3) International Freedom of Expression Exchange
4) United Nations Human Rights Council
5) Reporters Without Borders
748. The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) will send a team of investigators to probe alleged violations in
Venezuela. The capital of Venezuela is
1) Caracas
2) Manama
3) Baku
4) Nassau
5) Yerevan
749. According to the latest data on public debt, the total liabilities of the Govt of India at end-June 2019 increased to
1) Rs 82.46 lakh crore

750. The former president Pranab Mukherjee released the book named ‘Reset: Regaining India’s Economic Legacy’ recently.
The book has been authored by
1) Urjit Patel
2) Raghuram Rajan
3) P Chidambaram
4) Manmohan Singh
751. Prime Minister Narendra Modi won the 'Global Goalkeeper Award’ at the annual Goalkeeper awards given by Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation. Another Indian, Payal Jangid, received ‘Goalkeeper’ award in which of the following categories?
1) Progress
2) Campaign
3) Changemaker
4) Goalkeepers Voice
5) Innovation
752. Jacques Chirac passed away recently. He was the former president of which of the following countries?
1) Spain
2) US
3) Canada
4) France
5) Sweden
753. The Centre recently approved the construction of how many houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban)? With
this announcement the total number of houses sanctioned under the scheme reaches to over 90 lakh.
1) 0.92 lakh
2) 0.94 lakh
3) 0.98 lakh
4) 1.14 lakh
5) 1.23 lakh
754. The International Cricket Council (ICC) recently inked an agreement with which of the following to provide it exclusive
digital content rights for select cricket matches in the Indian subcontinent for the next four years?
1) Amazon
2) Facebook
3) Google
4) Apple
5) Netflix
755. The Goods and Services Tax (GST) rate was hiked on railway wagon and coaches recently to
1) 5 per cent
2) 10 per cent
3) 12 per cent
4) 18 per cent
5) 28 per cent
756. Religare Finvest (RFL) recently accused Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB) of misappropriating Rs 790 crore it kept with the bank
as a fixed deposit. LVB is headquartered in
1) Hyderabad
2) Bengaluru
3) Manipal
4) Manglore
5) Chennai
757. Deepak Punia claimed world number one spot in a category in which of the following sports recently?
1) Wrestling
2) Weightlifting
3) Boxing
4) Shot put
5) Shooting
758. In which country, a powerful earthquake (6.5-magnitude) rocked the remote Maluku islands recently? More than 23 people
have been reported killed by the earthquake so far.
1) Malaysia
2) South Korea
3) Japan
4) Indonesia
5) Thailand
759. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu conferred National Tourism Awards on the occasion of World Tourism Day (WTD)
recently. The WTD is observed on
1) 30 September
2) 27 September
3) 17 September
4) 07 September
5) 02 September
760. Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York recently. This was the _____
Session of the UNGA.
1) 71st
2) 72nd
3) 73rd
4) 74th
5) 75th
761. Punjab National Bank’s (PNB) Board gave its nod for capital raising of upto Rs 3,000 crore via Tier-I bonds recently. The
present MD and CEO of PNB is
1) PS Jayakumar
2) Sunil Mehta
3) Sankara Narayanan
4) TM Bhasin
5) TN Manoharan
762. The US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) recently issued an alert regarding which of the following drugs popularly
indicated for acidity?
1) Ranitidine
2) Gasorid
3) Rabeprazole
4) Esmodan
5) Domperidone
763. Google celebrated its 21st birthday recently on which of the following dates? Google was founded by PhD students Larry
Page and Sergey Brin at Stanford University.
1) 07 September
2) 17 September
3) 21 September
4) 25 September
5) 27 September
764. The Women and Child Development and Mission Shakti departments of which of the following states in collaboration with
the UNICEF launched a mascot named “Tikki Mausi” recently? It is aimed at spreading awareness about child and woman's
nutrition.
1) West Bengal
2) Jharkhand
3) Odisha
4) Karntaka
5) Gujarat

765. Which of the following has emerged as the most valued Indian brand in the latest list of top ten brands, prepared by the
world’s largest media buyer WPP?
1) SBI
2) LIC
3) Airtel
4) Reliance Jio
5) HDFC Bank
766. The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council revised tax rate on hotel rooms recently. Now, the rate of GST on room tariffs
of below Rs 1,000 per night will be
1) 0 per cent
2) 5 per cent
3) 12 per cent
4) 18 per cent
5) 28 per cent
767. The world athletics governing the body, International Association of Athletic Federations (IAAF) recently honoured who
among the following with a ‘Veteran Pin’ in recognition of her contribution to the growth of the sport?
1) Tintu Lukka
2) PT Usha
3) Dutee Chand
4) Milkha Singh
5) Hima Das
768. Abortion was decriminalised in which of the following countries recently? This happened after last remaining state of the
country where it was illegal, New South Wales (NSW), voted to reform its laws recently.
1) Austria
2) Spain
3) Netherlands
4) Australia
5) New Zealand
769. Kristalina Georgieva has been elected as the new head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The economist succeeds
hails from which country?
1) Romania
2) Hungary
3) Bulgaria
4) Croatia
5) Greece
770. Union Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister DV Sadananda Gowda has announced that a new Centre of the Central Institute of
Plastics Engineering and Technology (CIPET) will soon be set up at Medak in
1) Telangana
2) Odisha
3) Jharkhand
4) Gujarat
5) West Bengal
771. Prime Minister Gaston Browne has said that Mehul Choksi would be extradited to India once he exhausts his legal options.
Gaston is the present Prime Minister of
1) Venezuela
2) Cambodia
3) Colombia
4) Mauritania
5) Antigua and Barbuda
772. Who among the following won the best FIFA Men’s Player of the year award recently?
1) Virgil van Dyk
2) Lionel Messi
4) Gareth Bale
5) Kylian Mbappe
773. The government reconstituted the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister for a period of another two years
recently. Who among the following has been retained as the chairman of the EAC-PM?
1) Ratan Watal
2) Ashima Goyal
3) Bibek Debroy
4) Sajjid Chenoy
5) Shamika Ravi
774. The International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons is observed every year on which date?
1) 02 Sep
2) 06 Sep
3) 16 Sep
4) 26 Sep
5) 30 Sep
775. The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India is collecting past documents to be kept in a museum it is setting up in
1) New Delhi
2) Bhopal
3) Shimla
4) Bengaluru
5) Hyderabad
776. The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council recently slashed tax rate on hotel rooms with tariffs of above Rs 7,500 per
night to what per cent?
1) 0 per cent
2) 5 per cent
3) 10 per cent
4) 12 per cent
5) 18 per cent
777. The RBI imposed restrictions on Punjab And Maharashtra Co-operative (PMC) Bank for six months recently. Now, the
savings account holders with the PMC Bank cannot withdraw more than
1) Rs 1,000
2) Rs 2,000
3) Rs 2,500
4) Rs 5,000
5) Rs 10,000
778. The Centre has instituted the highest civilian award in the field of contribution to the unity and integrity of India. The award
is set up in the name of
1) Mahatma Gandhi
2) Rajendra Prasad
3) Subhas Chandra Bose
4) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
5) Bhagat Singh
779. India has announced allocation of what amount as grant towards the implementation of high impact developmental project
in Pacific Island countries?
1) USD 04 million
2) USD 08 million
3) USD 12 million
4) USD 14 million
5) USD 15 million

780. Which of the following states clinched the title of the 25th Senior Women's National Football Championship for the 20th
time recently?
1) Manipur
2) Railways
3) Services
4) Tamil Nadu
781. Who among the following is the present Minister for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension? He launched Centralized
Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) of Department of Posts in New Delhi recently.
1) Shripad Naik
2) Jugal Kishore Sharma
3) Prahlad Singh Patel
4) Rao Inderjit Singh
5) Dr Jitendra Singh
782. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation awarded Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently for the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
launched by his govt. The name of the award is
1) Mr Clean
2) Order of Cleanliness
3) Global Goalkeeper
4) Global Wish Master
5) Ambassador of Cleanliness
783. Bangladesh, Myanmar and which of the following countries have agreed to form a tripartite joint working mechanism to
oversee the repatriation process of Rohingyas to Myanmar?
1) India
2) China
3) Sri Lanka
4) Japan
5) US
784. The Gandhi Solar Park was inaugurated recently at the United Nations headquarters situated in which city recently?
1) Paris
2) Geneva
3) Vienna
4) New York
5) Washington DC
785. The International Day of Sign Languages is observed every year on which of the following dates?
1) 02 September
2) 03 September
3) 13 September
4) 23 September
5) 30 September
786. A deep depression over the Arabian Sea recently intensified into a cyclonic storm which will hit Gujarat coast as per the
India Meteorological Department (IMD). The name of the storm is
1) Hikaa
2) Vayu
3) Sagar
4) Megh
5) Lehar
787. India and which of the following countries are set to hold their first tri-services exercise codenamed “Tiger Triumph” at
Visakhapatnam and Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh) in Nov?
1) UK
2) US
3) France
4) Israel
5) Russia
788. Who among the following won the 2019 Singapore Grand Prix F1 championship recently?
1) Valtteri Bottas
2) Sebastian Vettel
3) Charles Leclerc
4) Max Verstappen
5) Lewis Hamilton
789. The World Health Organization (WHO) recently declared which of the following days as the first World Patient Safety
Day?
1) 01 September
2) 07 September
3) 17 September
4) 27 September
5) 30 September
790. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) recently arrested the Sunil Surendrakumar Kakkad under Prevention of Money
Laundering Act (PMLA) in a bank fraud case. Kakkad is Chief Managing Director of
1) Mindtree
2) Sai Infosystem
3) Infosys
4) HCL
5) Tech Mahindra
791. The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council cut tax rate on hotel rooms with tariffs of up to Rs 7,500 per night to what per
cent recently?
1) 0 per cent
2) 05 per cent
3) 10 per cent
4) 12 per cent
5) 18 per cent
792. The Science and Technology and Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan launched ‘UMMID’ initiative to tackle which of the
following diseases of newborn babies?
1) HIV
2) Tuberculosis
3) Bronchitis
4) Rickets
5) Inherited genetic diseases
793. At the United Nations Climate Action Summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a path-breaking pledge to more than
double India’s non-fossil fuel target to
1) 185 gigawatts
2) 250 gigawatts
3) 315 gigawatts
4) 375 gigawatts
5) 450 gigawatts
794. The National Conference on Agriculture for Rabi Campaign 2019 was organized recently at National Agricultural Science
Complex (NASC) situated in
1) Pune
2) Lucknow
3) New Delhi
4) Chandigarh
5) Hyderabad

795. The new book titled Being Gandhi is authored by who among the following? It has been published to mark the 150th
anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
1) Paro Anand
2) Shanta Gokhale
3) Jerry Pinto
4) Anita Nair
5) Chetan Bhagat
796. Who among the following has been elected as the new chairman of the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) for 2019-20?
1) Piyush Pandey
2) Sam Balsara
3) Prasoon Joshi
4) Sumanto Chattopadhyay
5) Madhukar Kamath
797. Which of the following powerful typhoons hit Japan’s main island of Honshu recently?
1) Trami
2) Tapah
3) Tokage
4) Yancy
5) Lionrock
798. Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed 50,000 Indian Americans in a programme "Howdy! Modi" organised in NRG
Stadium in which city during his recent US visit?
1) New York
2) Los Angeles
3) Houston
4) Seattle
5) Boston
799. P Jayarama Bhat was unanimously elected as the Chairman of the governing board of Southern India Banks’ Staff Training
College (SIBSTC), Bengaluru recently. He is the present chairman of
2) City Union Bank
3) Catholic Syrian Bank
4) Karnataka Bank
5) Karur Vysya Bank
800. Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) raised Rs 500 cr through issuance of Basel III compliant Tier II bonds recently. The IOB is
headquartered in
1) Hyderabad
2) Chennai
3) Bengaluru
4) Mangalore
5) Kochi
801. The RBI recently approved the re-appointment of Shyam Srinivasan as the Managing Director and CEO of which of the
following private sector banks?
1) IndusInd Bank
2) RBL Bank
3) YES Bank
5) Federal Bank
802. The average global temperature during which of the following five-year periods was the hottest on record as per a recent
report of the United Nations?
1) 2015-2019
2) 2014-2018
3) 2013-2017
4) 2012-2016
5) 2011-2015
803. The C40 Summit will be held in which city in October 2019? The leaders of several cities will deliberate on the climate
crisis impacting the world at the summit.
1) Oslo, Norway
2) Helsinki, Finland
3) Stockholm, Sweden
4) Copenhagen, Denmark
5) Willington, New Zealand
804. Who among the following won the 2019 Singapore Grand Prix F1 championship recently?
1) Charles Leclerc
2) Lewis Hamilton
3) Sebastian Vettel
4) Valtteri Bottas
5) Max Verstappen
805. The recently published book For the Record is a memoir by who among the following former Prime Ministers of the United
Kingdom?
1) Gordon Brown
2) David Cameron
3) Boris Johnson
4) Theresa May
5) Tony Blair
806. Which of the following films has been selected as India's official entry in the International Feature Film category at the
Oscars 2020?
1) Mission Mangal
2) Saaho
3) Kabir Singh
4) Gully Boy
5) Uri: The Surgical Strike
807. Divij Sharan and Igor Zelenay beat Matteo Berrettini and Simone Bolelli to win the doubles title of the ATP Tour tennis
tournament in St. Petersburg recently. Igor Zelenay is a tennis player from
1) Slovakia
2) Slovenia
3) Sweden
4) Spain
5) Switzerland
808. The 16th Session of the Joint Economic Commission (JEC) between India and BLEU was convened in New Delhi recently.
Here, the term BLEU means
1) Bulgaria Luxembourg Economic Union
2) Brazil Latvia Economic Union
3) Belgium Luxembourg Economic Union
4) Belarus Lithuania Economic Union
5) None of these
809. Data Security Council of India (DSCI), in collaboration with the electronics and IT ministry (MeitY) and Google India has
launched nationwide awareness campaign 'Digital Payment Abhiyan'. DSCI is an industry body on data protection setup by
1) SWIFT
2) RBI
3) CII
4) FICCI
5) Nasscom

810. NTPC is planning to set up a 5 gigawatt solar park in which of the following states which would be the biggest in the
country?
1) Gujarat
2) Maharashtra
3) Uttarakhand
4) Himachal Pradesh
5) Uttar Pradesh
811. Which of the following state govts recently launched “Champions Campaign” to fight dengue?
1) West Bengal
2) Maharashtra
3) Rajasthan
4) Delhi
5) Haryana
812. The Board of Directors of which of the following banks recently approved the appointment of Samuel Joseph Jebaraj as
Deputy Managing Director (DMD) of the bank?
1) IDFC First Bank
2) IDBI Bank
3) YES Bank
4) RBL Bank
5) Bandhan Bank
813. Who among the following was honoured with the “Magnificent Performing Arts Award” at the annual 21st Century Icon
Awards in London recently?
1) Udit Narayan
2) Kumar Sanu
3) Shreya Ghoshal
4) Neeti Mohan
5) Sonu Nigam
814. The 20th edition of International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) 2019 was announced recently. Which of the
following films won the Best Film award?
1) Sanju
2) Dhadak
3) Raazi
4) Andhadhun
5) Padmaavat
815. The 55th Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) Day was celebrated at the High Commission of India in
1) Bangladesh
2) Mauritius
3) Cambodia
4) Bahrain
5) Mongolia
816. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced big relief for corporate sector recently. For new manufacturing companies
the existing tax rate is 25 per cent which has been brought down to
1) 10 per cent
2) 11.5 per cent
3) 12 per cent
4) 12.5 per cent
5) 15 per cent
817. Who among the following has been appointed as the next chief of Air Staff by the Government? He will take charge from
BS Dhanoa.
1) Rajiv Dayal Mathur
2) SBP Sinha
3) Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria
4) Rajiv Dayal Mathur
5) Chandrashekharan Hari Kumar
818. 408 women artists performed the Shondol dance on the occasion of the Annual Naropa Festival near the world-famous
Hemis Monastery in which city recently? It created a Guinness book of world records.
1) Gangtok
2) Ladakh
3) Agartala
4) Kohima
5) Shillong
819. Which of the following cities in northeast will have a full-fledged regional office of the Food Corporation of India (FCI) by
the beginning of 2020?
1) Guwahati
2) Aizawl
3) Itanagar
4) Imphal
5) Dispur
820. Governor Jagdip Dhankar had to visit Jadavpur University to rescue Union Minister Babul Supriyo recently. Dhankar is the
present Governor of which of the following states?
1) West Bengal
2) Odisha
3) Jharkhand
4) Assam
5) Andhra Padesh
821. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar visited Finland recently and held discussion on cross-border terrorism with the top
Finnish leadership. The capital of Finland is
1) Stockholm
2) Oslo
3) Helsinki
4) Copenhagen
5) Amsterdam
822. Union Home Minister Amit Shah recently launched three citizen-centric services - Emergency Response Support System
(ERSS-Dial 122), e-Beat Book and e-Saathi mobile application. The services belong to
1) New Delhi
2) Mumbai
3) Pune
4) Jaipur
5) Chandigarh
823. Max Bupa, a standalone health insurance player, has announced a bancassurance corporate agency agreement with Indian
Bank. Indian Bank is headquartered in
1) Hyderabad
2) Bengaluru
3) Kochi
4) Chennai
5) Mumbai
824. The International Day of Peace is observed every year on which date?
1) 01 September
2) 02 September
3) 11 September
4) 21 September
5) 30 September

825. The Indian Air Force opened Vijaynagar advanced landing ground (ALG) recently. This airstrip is located in which of the
following states?
1) Tripura
2) Sikkim
3) Uttarakhand
4) Himachal Pradesh
826. Who among the following was conferred the “Education Excellence Award 2019” in the US recently by the Foundation For
Excellence (FFE)?
1) Anand Kumar
2) Aditya Kumar
3) Abdul Malik
4) Roshni Mukherjee
5) Byju Raveendran
827. Which state government has decided to declare 2020 as Artificial Intelligence year by organising various activities related to
the emerging technology?
1) Karnataka
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Telangana
4) Gujarat
5) Maharashtra
828. The maiden trilateral naval exercise involving India, Singapore and Thailand was held recently at Port Blair. The exercise
was named
1) TISMEX-19
2) SITMEX-19
3) ISTMEX-19
4) SLINEX-19
5) ISTNEX-19
829. Four new judges were appointed to the Supreme Court recently. With these four appointments the strength of the Supreme
Court has reached the highest ever level of
1) 31
2) 32
3) 33
4) 34
5) 35
830. The Government has approved what per cent interest rate on deposits in Employees Provident Fund (EPF) for 2018-19?
1) 8.35 per cent
2) 8.45 per cent
3) 8.55 per cent
4) 8.65 per cent
5) 8.75 per cent
831. Bajrang Punia and Ravi Dahiya qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics recently. Both of them are associated with which of
the following games?
1) Boxing
2) Wrestling
3) Weightlifting
4) Shooting
5) Archery
832. Khaltmaagiin Battulga visited India recently and with PM Narendra Modi unveiled a statue of Lord Buddha at Gandan
Monastery in his country through video-conferencing. He is the present President of
1) Cambodia
2) Venezuela
3) Mongolia
4) Vietnam
5) Philippines
833. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman recently announced a big reduction in income tax rate for corporates. The government
has slashed basic corporate tax for domestic firms to
1) 12 per cent
2) 15 per cent
3) 18 per cent
4) 20 per cent
5) 22 per cent
834. Alison Rose has been appointed as the new chief executive officer of which of the following banks? She is the first female
head of the bank.
1) Royal Bank of Scotland
2) Standard Chartered
3) CITI Bank
4) Bank of America
5) HSBC
835. The police of which of the following cities returned a 12th Century AD Bronze image of Buddha which was stolen from the
Archaeological Survey of India’s (ASI) Nalanda site museum?
1) London
2) New York
3) Paris
4) Frankfurt
5) Singapore
836. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has joined hands with Defence Research and Development Organisation
(DRDO) for the human space mission which India plans to send with three Indians by
1) 2020
2) 2021
3) 2022
4) 2023
5) 2024
837. Who among the following was conferred “Dr Kalam Smriti International Excellence Award 2019” recently? The award is
given every year to honour statesmen or leaders who have shown excellence in their respective fields to achieve the best for their
countries.
1) Ranil Wickremesinghe
2) KP Sharma Oli
3) Ashraf Ghani
4) Ibrahim Mohamed Solih
5) Sheikh Hasina
838. Chief Minister Jairam Thakur launched “Mukhya Mantri Seva Sankalp Helpline 1100” in which of the following states
recently?
1) Uttarakhand
2) Chhattisgarh
3) Jharkhand
4) Himachal Pradesh
5) Karnataka
839. Which of the following countries unveiled South Asia’s tallest tower (350-metre-tall) recently? The tower is constructed at a
cost of over $100 million, 80% of which was funded by China.
1) Bangladesh
2) Sri Lanka
3) Myanmar
4) Maldives
5) Pakistan
840. The 5th International Ramayan Festival was held recently in which city? The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR)
organised the festival.
1) New Delhi
2) Chandigarh
3) Bhopal
4) Jaipur
5) Chennai
841. Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa recently announced that the Hyderabad Karnataka region of Karnataka state will now be
called “Kalyana Karnataka.” The present governor of the state is
1) Tamilisai Soundararajan
2) Bandaru Dattatraya
3) Bhagat Singh Koshiyari
4) Arif Mohammed Khan
5) Vajubhai Vala
842. Indian Army and the US Army conducted their annual bilateral military exercise recently. The exercise is named
1) Exercise Tsentr
2) Ajeya Warrior
3) Yudh Abhyas
4) Mitra Shakti
5) INDRA
843. The National Centre for Clean Coal Research and Development (NCCCR&D) was launched recently at the Indian Institute
of Science (IISc.) The IISc is located in
1) Varanasi
2) Guwahati
3) Kharagpur
4) Bengaluru
5) Hyderabad
844. Sa-Dhan is the RBI-recognised self-regulatory organisation and industry association for which of the following?
1) Cooperatives
2) Microfinance industry
3) Regional Rural Banks
4) NBFCs
5) Asset Reconstruction Companies
845. The World Bamboo Day is observed every year on which date? India is the world’s second-largest cultivator of bamboo
after China with over 130 species.
1) 01 September
2) 08 September
3) 18 September
4) 28 September
5) 30 September
846. Who among the following has become the first Indian wrestler to qualify for 2020 Tokyo Olympics?
1) Vinesh Phoga
2) Pooja Dhanda
3) Babita Kumari
4) Geeta Phogat
5) Sakshi Malik
847. According to the “International Migrant Stock 2019” released by the Population Division of the UN Department of
Economic and Social Affairs, which country tops in term of origin of international migrants in 2019?
1) Mexico
2) China
3) Philippines
4) Indonesia
5) India
848. In a bid to boost domestic manufacturing, the government has removed custom duty imposed on import of open cell TV
panel. The custom duty was being levied at rate of
1) 5 per cent
2) 7 per cent
3) 9 per cent
4) 11 per cent
5) 12 per cent
849. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently released ‘frequently asked questions’ on ODI. Here, the term ODI means
1) Original Direct Investment
2) Offered Direct Investment
3) Operational Direct Investment
4) Overseas Direct Investment
5) None of these
850. Indian Air Force (IAF) and Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight tested indigenous
air-to-air missile recently which is named
1) Nag
2) ASTRA
3) Brahmos
4) Nirbhay
5) Akash
851. The National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) has said that it has oversight powers on the auditors of nationalised
banks as well. The present chairperson of NFRA is
1) Mohammad Mustafa
4) Rangachari Sridharan
5) RV Verma
852. Which city recently overtook India’s financial capital Mumbai to become the top center for trading “rupee” according to the
latest survey by the Bank for International Settlements?
1) Port Luis
2) Singapore
3) London
4) Tokyo
5) Tehran
853. The Reserve Bank of India has decided to expand scope and coverage of Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS). At present
BBPS does not cover
1) gas bills
2) telecom bills
3) water bills
4) electricity bills
5) None of these
854. Takehiko Nakao resigned as the President of which of the following financial institutions recently? His resignation will be
effective from 16 January 2020.
1) ADB
2) WTO
3) IMF
4) AIIB
5) NDB

855. The Sports University of Haryana is the third sports university established by a state government in India. The other two
sports universities are established in the states of
1) Gujarat and Tamil Nadu
2) Assam and Manipur
3) Rajasthan and Jharkhand
4) Karnataka and Kerala
5) Uttarakhand and Odisha
856. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Abhijit Guha as the head of the UN mission in Hodeidah
recently. Hodeidah is a city situated in
1) Sudan
2) Nigeria
3) Chad
4) Libya
5) Yemen
857. Indian Army and Indian Air Force will carry out a massive joint war game codenamed “HimVijay” in October in which of
the following states?
1) Himachal Pradesh
2) Uttarakhand
4) Assam
5) Jammu & Kashmir
858. Which of the following states launched the first-ever public information portal named the “Jan Soochna Portal-2019”
recently? It will provide information about government authorities and departments suo motu to the public.
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Bihar
4) Rajasthan
5) Haryana
859. Which of the following countries won the 2019 FIBA basketball World Cup title recently in Beijing? It was the second
world title for the country.
1) Argentina
2) Spain
3) Malaysia
4) China
5) France
860. Which of the following has become the first Indian company to provide quality broadband services to the maritime sector?
It provides maritime connectivity using satellite technology.
1) Reliance Jio
2) Bharti Airtel
3) Nelco
4) BSNL
5) Modi Telstra
861. Who among the following won the fourth straight final in the 150-up format at the IBSF World Billiards Championship
recently? It was his record 22nd world title.
1) Lucky Vatnani
2) Yasin Merchant
3) Manan Chandra
4) Geet Sethi
5) Pankaj Advani
862. Justice P Lakshmana Reddy was appointed as the first Lokayukta of which of the following states recently?
1) Andhra Pradesh
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Telangana
4) Maharashtra
5) Gujarat
863. The restored iconic heritage structure, Jaykar Bungalow, was inaugurated by the Union Minister of Information and
Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar recently in
1) Manglore
2) Pune
3) Chennai
4) Bhopal
5) Kolkata
864. “Altico default on interest payment” was the news in financial newspapers recently. One of the largest investors in Altico,
Mashreqbank PSC, is based in
1) Riyadh
2) Manama
3) Doha
4) Abu Dhabi
5) Tehran
865. Kaushal Dharmamer clinched men's singles title of the Myanmar International Series defeating Karono Karono recently.
Kaushal is associated with which game?
1) Tennis
2) Squash
3) Badminton
4) Billiards
5) Table tennis
866. President Ram Nath Kovind held talks with his counterpart Borut Pahor in the capital Ljubljana in his recent visit to which
of the following countries?
1) Slovenia
2) Slovakia
3) Eretria
4) Estonia
5) Ghana
867. Merged entity of Punjab National Bank, United Bank of India and Oriental Bank of Commerce will come into force from
Apr 1, 2020. The present Managing Director and CEO of PNB is
1) Ashok Kumar Pradhan
2) PV Bharathi
3) Rakesh Sharma
4) Mukesh Kumar Jain
5) Sunil Mehta
868. The government has fixed a minimum export price of ______ on onions in order to check exports and bring down spiralling
prices in the local market.
1) $650 per tonne
2) $700 per tonne
3) $750 per tonne
4) $800 per tonne
5) $850 per tonne
869. The biscuit industry is demanding to lower Goods and Services Tax (GST) on biscuits priced at Rs 100 per kg or below.
Currently, the entire biscuits category attracts GST at
1) 05 per cent
2) 10 per cent
3) 12 per cent
4) 18 per cent
5) 28 per cent
870. Kodela Sivaprasada Rao passed away recently. He was the former speaker of the Legislative Assembly of
1) Andhra Pradesh
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Karnataka
4) Kerala
5) Odisha
871. Yemen's Houthi group attacked two oil processing plants in which of the following countries recently? The incident may
send oil prices soaring.
1) Qatar
2) Bahrain
3) UAE
4) Iraq
5) Saudi Arabia
872. The Indian Air Force has started receiving the 'building blaster' version of the Spice-2000 bombs. The Balakot air strike-
fame bombs are being supplied by
1) Russia
2) Sweden
3) UK
4) Israel
5) France
873. The book titled Bolna Hi Hai : Loktantra, Sanskriti Aur Rashtra Ke Bare Mein has been penned by who among the
following?
1) Abhisar Sharma
2) Vinod Dua
3) Ravish Kumar
4) Punya Prasun Bajpai
5) Sudhir Chaudhary
874. The International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer is observed every year on which date?
1) 01 Sep
2) 06 Sep
3) 16 Sep
4) 26 Sep
5) 30 Sep
875. India’s goods exports contracted 6.05 per cent to what amount in August (year-on-year)? The trade deficit in August was
$13.45 billion.
1) $21.61 billion
2) $22.42 billion
3) $24.34 billion
4) $25.72 billion
5) $26.13 billion
876. The FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup (2020) will be hosted by which country? It will be held from 2nd to 21st November
2020.
1) India
2) China
3) Sri Lanka
4) Myanmar
5) Bangladesh
877. In an effort to revive exports, the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman recently announced export incentive scheme
of what amount?
1) Rs 10,000 crore
2) Rs 20,000 crore
3) Rs 30,000 crore
4) Rs 50,000 crore
5) Rs 70,000 crore
878. A special window of what amount has been announced by the Govt to provide last mile funding for unfinished housing
projects in the country?
1) Rs 5,000 crore
2) Rs 8,000 crore
3) Rs 10,000 crore
4) Rs 12,000 crore
5) Rs 15,000 crore
879. Which of the following countries won the U-19 Asia Cup cricket tournament?
1) Bangladesh
2) India
3) Sri Lanka
4) Pakistan
5) Afghanistan
880. The Sardar Sarovar Dam is a gravity dam on the Narmada river situated in which state? It is set to overflow at its full
138.68-metre height for the first time.
1) Punjab
2) Haryana
3) Uttarakhand
4) Gujarat
5) Maharashtra
881. The researchers at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) succeeded in fabricating a non-silicon
hybrid diode recently. IISER is based in
1) Bengaluru
2) Pune
3) Hyderabad
4) Chennai
5) Bhopal
882. The Engineers Day is observed in India every year on which date? This day is the birth date of Mokshagundam
Visvesvaraya, the most celebrated engineer in India.
1) 01 Sep
2) 05 Sep
3) 15 Sep
4) 25 Sep
5) 30 Sep
883. Which of the following banks is going to launch a co-branded credit card with the LIC of India? LIC of India is the parent
firm of the bank.
1) IDFC First Bank
2) Axis Bank
3) IndusInd Bank
4) RBL Bank
5) IDBI Bank
884. Who among the following has been appointed as the first Chancellor of the Haryana Sports University at Rai in Sonipat
district?
1) Kapil Dev
2) Dhanraj Pillay
3) Sunil Gavaskar
4) Bhaichung Bhutia
5) Pullela Gopichand

885. The Reserve Bank of India recently cut the risk weight for consumer credit, including personal loans, from 125 per cent to
1) 120 per cent
2) 115 per cent
3) 110 per cent
4) 105 per cent
5) 100 per cent
886. The State Bank of India (SBI) raised up to Rs 3,500 cr by selling 4.5 per cent stake in its insurance arm SBI Life. SBI Life
is a joint venture between SBI and
1) China Life
2) Anthem
3) UnitedHealth
4) BNP Paribas
5) State Farm Group
887. Which of the following has become the first country in Asia to require tobacco products to be sold without colourful brand
logos? Australia is the first country in world to do so.
1) Thailand
2) Japan
3) Philippines
4) South Korea
5) Sri Lanka
888. The scientists recently identified which of the following as the largest flying animal of all time?
1) T-rex
2) Triceratops
3) Cryodrakon boreas
4) Quetzalcoatlus northropi
5) Struthio camelus
889. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has proposed a minimum equity capital of what amount to set up a small finance bank
(SFB) under the ‘on tap’ licence regime?
1) Rs 100 crore
2) Rs 200 crore
3) Rs 250 crore
4) Rs 300 crore
5) Rs 500 crore
890. The RBI’s Internal Working Group (IWG) to review agricultural credit has proposed to replace interest subvention scheme
with Direct Benefit Transfer. The IWG was headed by
1) Mahesh Kumar Jain
2) Viral Acharya
3) NS Vishwanathan
4) BP Kanungo
5) Usha Thorat
891. Navdeep Singh Suri is present High Commissioner of India to which country? That country’s President Sheikh Khalifa bin
Zayed Al Nahyan bestowed the First Class Order of Zayed II award on him recently.
1) Iran
2) Bahrain
3) Qatar
4) Kuwait
5) UAE
892. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has set up a committee to work on a data governance
framework and suggest ways to regulate non-personal data. The Committee is headed by
1) Neeta Verma
2) Debjani Ghosh
3) Kris Gopalakrishnan
4) Lalitesh Katragadda
5) Rajesh Gopinathan
893. India and Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed a 200-million US dollar loan agreement for upgrading rural roads in
34 districts of
1) Gujarat
2) Rajasthan
3) Uttarakhand
4) Maharashtra
5) Chhattisgarh
894. Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) recently succeeded in the first “arrested landing” test in the country. The test was held
at the shore-based test facility, INS Hansa, located in
1) Gujarat
2) Goa
3) Maharashtra
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Odisha
895. The factory output, as measured by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), remained at what per cent in July 2019?
1) 1.2 per cent
2) 4.3 per cent
3) 4.6 per cent
4) 6.5 per cent
5) 6.6 per cent
896. The European Central Bank (ECB) cut interest rates further to minus 0.5% recently. The headquarters of the ECB is located
in
1) London, UK
2) Brussels, Belgium
3) Paris, France
5) Vienna, Austria
897. The recently published book titled Capital and Ideology has been authored by who among the following?
1) Thomas Piketty
2) David Malpass
4) Gita Gopinath
5) Emmanuel Saez
898. The rate of retail inflation, represented by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), was what per cent in August 2019 as per the
data released by the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation?
1) 3.15 per cent
2) 3.18 per cent
3) 3.21 per cent
4) 3.43 per cent
5) 3.65 per cent
899. President Ram Nath Kovind visited Switzerland recently on his three-nation visit. The currency of Switzerland is
1) Rand
2) Krona
3) Lev
4) Peso
5) Franc
900. Five Indian women police officers received the UN medal at a medal parade in the United Nations Mission in Juba recently.
Juba is the capital city of
1) Niger
2) Chad
3) Ghana
4) South Sudan
5) Somalia
901. PepsiCo India has roped in who among the following as the brand ambassador for its sports drink brand Gatorade?
1) Mary Kom
2) Hima Das
3) Sakshi Malik
4) Saina Nehwal
5) Mithali Raj
902. There has been an increase in digital payments across the country since 2016 and the popularity of BHIM payment app is
also multiplying. The term BHIM stands for
1) Bharat Interface for Merchants
2) Bharat Initiative for Money
3) Bharat Interface for Money
4) Bharat Initiative for Merchants
5) None of these
903. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cut its projection for India's economic growth by 0.3 percentage points to what
per cent for the fiscal year 2019-20?
1) 7 per cent
2) 7.2 per cent
3) 7.3 per cent
4) 7.4 per cent
5) 7.6 per cent
904. Which state Government recently launched two insurance schemes - Mukhyamantri Vyapari Samuhik Niji Durghatna
Beema Yojana and Mukhyamantri Vyapari Kshatipurti Beema Yojana – for traders recently?
1) Delhi
2) Uttarakhand
3) Rajasthan
4) Gujarat
5) Haryana
905. Who among the following has been appointed as the new principal secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi? He replaced
Nripendra Misra.
1) Ajay Kumar
2) Rajiv Kumar
3) Pramod Kumar Mishra
906. Dr Yusuf Hamied was inducted as honorary fellow of the Royal Society recently for his service to the cause of science.
Hamied is the present chairman of
1) Cipla
2) Lupin
3) Dr. Reddy Laboratories
4) Glenmark
5) Sun Pharmaceuticals
907. Mahabaleshwara MS has been inducted to the managing committee of Indian Banks’ Association (IBA). He is the present
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of
1) Bank of Baroda
3) Allahabad Bank
5) Karnataka Bank
908. Which of the following universities has topped the top 300 World University Rankings 2020 list by Times Higher
Education (THE)? India fails to feature in the top 300 World University Rankings 2020.
1) University of Cambridge
2) University of Oxford
3) Harvard University
4) Stanford University
5) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
909. Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to nation the second Multi Modal Terminal recently. The first Multi Modal
Terminal was built in Varanasi and the second one is located in Sahibganj in
1) Odisha
2) Chhattisgarh
3) Uttarakhand
4) Jharkhand
5) West Bengal
910. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight-tested indigenously-developed Man
Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) system recently. The present chairman of DRDO is
1) Tessy Thomas
2) Sanjay Mitra
3) S Christopher
4) G Satheesh Reddy
911. Geoffrey Boycott and Andrew Strauss were conferred knighthoods recently for their services to sport in England. Both of
them are associated with the game of
1) Football
2) Cricket
3) Hockey
4) Volleyball
5) Basketball
912. Pawan Munjal will be inducted to the 2019 Asia Pacific Golf Hall of Fame this year for his support to the sport in India and
around the world. He is the present Chairman and Managing Director of
1) Royal Enfield
2) Bajaj Auto
3) TVS Motor Company
4) Suzuki Motorcycle India
5) Hero MotoCorp
913. Which state Govt recently announced to build an International Women’s Trade Centre to boost entrepreneurship? The
centre will be ready in 2021 in Kozhikode.
1) Kerala
2) Karnataka
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Telangana
5) Andhra Pradesh
914. India will soon set up its first digital capability centre to showcase advanced technologies and provide a test bed for
emerging innovations. The Niti Aayog has roped in which company for setting up the centre.
1) Accenture
2) Ernst & Young
3) McKinsey & Co
4) Bain & Company
5) Boston Consulting Group
915. Which of the following among the 11 payments bank given licenses by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) four years ago have
shut its shop?
1) Jio Payments Bank
2) Airtel Payments Bank
3) Fino Payments Bank
4) Aditya Birla Idea Payments Bank
5) India Post Payments Bank
916. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the National Animal Disease Control Programme (NADCP) recently to eradicate
Foot and Mouth Disease and Brucellosis. The programme was launched from
1) Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
2) Sonipat, Haryana
3) Patiala, Punjab
4) Patna, Bihar
5) Hassan, Karnataka
917. Three African countries - Zambia, Ghana and Rwanda - have approached India with a proposal to export minerals in return
for infrastructure projects. The capital of Zambia is
1) Accra
2) Kigali
3) Lusaka
4) Gitega
5) Lilongwe
918. The World Suicide Prevention Day is observed every year on which date?
1) 01 September
2) 10 September
3) 11 September
4) 21 September
5) 30 September
919. The annual harvest festival Onam was celebrated recently with full fervor. Onam is the most popular festival of
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Telangana
3) Odisha
4) Assam
5) Kerala
920. Rana Kapoor is in talks with fintech major Paytm on a possible sale of his stake in which of the following private sector
banks? He is the founder and promoter of the bank.
1) YES Bank
2) IDFC First Bank
3) IndusInd Bank
4) Federal Bank
921. The coalition of Five Star Movement and Democratic Party, led by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, won a confidence vote
recently in which country?
1) Spain
2) Austria
3) Greece
4) Italy
5) Norway
922. Ram Jethmalani passed away recently. He was a former Union Minister and a veteran
1) bureaucrat
2) lawyer
3) cartoonist
4) journalist
5) author

923. Centre has set up a three-member panel to oversee the bifurcation of Jammu & Kashmir into two Union Territories. The
committee is headed by
1) Giriraj Prasad Gupta
2) Rajiv Gauba
3) Ajay Kumar
4) Arun Goyal
5) Sanjay Mitra
924. Brigid Kosgei ran the fastest half-marathon ever by a woman recently winning the Great North Run in the UK. She hails
from
1) Jamaica
2) Niger
3) Kenya
4) Ghana
5) Zambia
925. President Ram Nath Kovind went on an official visit to Slovenia recently. The capital of Slovenia is Ljubljana and its
currency is
1) Franc
2) Peso
3) Krona
4) Euro
5) Pound
926. The second of the six French-origin Scorpene diesel-electric submarines under construction at Mazagon Docks is to be
commissioned soon. The 1,565-tonne submarine is named
1) INS Kalvari
2) INS Khanderi
3) INS Karanj
4) INS Vela
5) INS Vagir
927. Who among the following has been elected as the new Chairman of the Press Trust of India (PTI), the country's premier
news agency?
1) Riyad Mathew (Malayala Manorama)
2) KN Shanth Kumar (Deccan Herald)
3) Mahendra Mohan Gupta (Dainik Jagran)
4) Vineet Jain (Bennett, Coleman and Co)
5) Vijay Kumar Chopra (Punjab Kesari)
928. In which of the following countries President Maithripala Sirisena brought the state television Rupavahini Corporation
under Minister of Defense recently?
1) Myanmar
2) Mauritius
3) Sri Lanka
4) Bangladesh
5) Seychelles
929. Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan participated in the 8th Asian Ministerial Energy Roundtable
(AMER8) held recently in
1) Abu Dhabi
2) Riyadh
3) Tehran
4) Manama
5) Doha
930. DPIIT of Commerce Ministry launched plastic waste management campaign under Swachhta Hi Sewa 2019 recently. Here,
the term DPIIT means Department for Promotion of Industry and ______
1) Information Technology
2) International Trade
3) Internal Transport
4) Integrated Truncation
5) Internal Trade
931. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Nepal's Prime Minister jointly inaugurate Motihari-Amlekhgunj cross border petroleum
pipeline recently. Nepal’s present Prime Minister is
1) KP Sharma Oli
2) Madhav Kumar Nepal
3) Bidhya Devi Bhandari
4) Sher Bahadur Deuba
5) Pushpa Kamal Dahal
932. The board of directors of Union Bank of India approved merger of Andhra Bank and Corporation Bank with itself recently.
The headquarters of Union Bank of India is located in
1) Kolkata
2) Chennai
3) Mumbai
4) Bengaluru
5) New Delhi
933. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) panel tasked with reviewing the existing state of housing finance securitisation submitted
its report recently. The Panel was headed by
1) Naresh Takkar
2) Harsh Vardhan
3) Atul Joshi
4) Rohit Sawhney
5) Rajesh Mokashi
934. Alibaba Group chairman Jack Ma stepped down recently. Who among the following has been appointed as his successor at
Alibaba?
1) Ma Huateng
2) Joseph C Tsai
3) Jonathan Louw
4) Daniel Zhang
5) Robin Li
935. The former Union Minister Kalraj Mishra took oath as the new governor of which state recently?
1) Rajasthan
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Chhattisgarh
4) Karnataka
5) Odisha
936. Who among the following won the men’s singles title of the US Open tennis tournament recently?
1) Daniil Medvedev
2) Dominic Thiem
3) Novak Djokovic
4) Rafael Nadal
5) Roger Federer
937. Which of the following powerful typhoons battered Tokyo recently?

1) Trami
2) Faxai
3) Jebi
4) Tokage
5) Yancy

938. The three-day long International conference ANGAN for Energy Efficiency in Building Sector was organized by Bureau of
Energy Efficiency recently in
1) Gurugram
2) Noida
3) Ghaziabad
4) Chandigarh
5) New Delhi
939. Duracell Inc is all set to acquire Eveready Industries’ battery and flashlight in Rs 1,600-1,700 crore. Dureacell is owned by
Berkshire Hathaway of
1) Bill Gates
2) Jeff Bezos
3) Warren Buffett
4) Carlos Slim
5) Larry Ellision
940. President Ramnath Kovind reached which of the following countries recently as part of his three nation tour. The capital of
the country is Reykjavík.
1) Poland
2) New Zealand
3) Greenland
4) Scotland
5) Iceland
941. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that India will raise target of restoring land with degraded status from 21 million
hectares to 26 million. The land has to be restored by
1) 2024
2) 2026
3) 2028
4) 2030
5) 2032
942. The auto industry is demanding a cut in the goods and services tax (GST) on cars. The present rate of GST on cars is
1) 0 per cent
2) 08 per cent
3) 10 per cent
4) 18 per cent
5) 28 per cent
943. The International Literacy Day is observed every year on which date?
1) 01 Sep
2) 08 Sep
3) 18 Sep
4) 28 Sep
5) 30 Sep
944. The SAT overturned a Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) order barring PW from auditing listed companies in
India recently. Here, the term SAT means
1) Sanctions Appellate Tribunal
2) Shareholding Appellate Tribunal
3) Securities Appellate Tribunal
4) Syndicate Appellate Tribunal
5) Substitute Appellate Tribunal
945. Who among the following won the women’s singles title of the US Open 2019?
1) Bianca Andreescu
2) Serena Williams
3) Angelique Kerber
4) Simona Halep
5) Naomi Osaka
946. The Fourth Indian Ocean Conference 2019 was organised in which of the following cities recently? The theme of the
conference was "Securing the Indian Ocean Region: Traditional and Non-Traditional Challenges".
1) Colombo (Sri Lanka)
2) Male (Maldives)
3) Naypyitaw (Myanmar)
4) Port Louis (Mauritius)
5) Victoria (Seychelles)
947. UNESCO and which of the following state governments joined hands recently to promote music, art and craft forms, and
other intangible cultural heritage of the state?
1) Bihar
2) Kerala
3) Assam
4) Tripura
5) Rajasthan
948. Who among the following won the 2019 Italian Grand Prix Formula One championship recently?
1) Fernando Alonso
2) Lewis Hamilton
3) Valtteri Bottas
4) Charles Leclerc
5) Max Verstappen
949. Which of the following teams won the Duleep Trophy (2019-20) cricket tournament?
1) India Green
2) North Zone
3) India Red
4) South Zone
5) India Blue
950. Which of the following cities will host the first conference on military medicine for Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
(SCO) member states in September 2019?
1) Delhi
2) Beijing
3) Islamabad
4) Astana
5) Tashkent
951. The Government has approved capital infusion plan of what amount in the three state-run general insurance companies?
1) Rs 8,000 crore
2) Rs 10,000 crore
3) Rs 12,000 crore
4) Rs 14,000 crore
5) Rs 15,000 crore
952. The scientists (347) associated with Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration were honored with the Breakthrough Prize in
Fundamental Physics (Oscars of science). They grabbed the first image of a/an
1) entire galaxy
2) satellite of Jupiter
3) quake on Mars
4) black hole
5) white dwarf
953. As announced by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, recently, India will spend what amount in the next five years under the
newly formed Jal Jeevan Mission?
2) Rs 2 lakh crore
4) Rs 3 lakh crore
954. B Bala Bhaskar has been appointed as India’s new ambassador to which of the following countries?
1) Denmark
2) Norway
3) Sweden
4) Finland
5) Spain
955. Legendary Leg spinner Abdul Qadir passed away, recently. He played for which of the following countries?
1) Bangladesh
2) India
3) Pakistan
4) England
5) Afghanistan
956. Who has been appointed as the new Indian ambassador to Norway?
1) B Bala Bhaskar
2) Sukhdev Singh
3) Krishan Kumar
4) Bhaskar Narayanan
5) None of these
957. Who among the following has assumed charge of Chairman of Association of World Election Bodies for a two-year term
till 2021?
1) Sunil Arora
2) Ashok Lavasa
3) Sushil Chandra
4) Om Prakash Rawat
5) Achal Kumar Jyoti
958. Recently, UNESCO has tied up with which of the following Indian states to promote states’ intangiable cultural heritage?
1) Rajasthan
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Telangana
5) West Bengal
959. ISRO has announced that it had lost contact with the moon lander ________ of its much anticipated project Chandrayan-2.
The lander was expected to land on Moon’s surface on Sept 07.
1) Adarsh
2) Vijay
3) Vikram
4) Vikrant
5) Swastika
960. A coffee table book titled “Glorious Diaspora-Pride of India” was released by
1) Kiren Rijiju
2) Ram Nath Kovind
3) Narendra Modi
4) M Venkaiah Naidu
5) None of these
961. Which bowler sets a new world record of taking maximum number of hat-tricks in international cricket?
1) Mohammad Amir
2) Jasprit Bumrah
3) Mitchel Starc
4) Trent Boult
5) Lasith Malinga
962. 6th India-China Strategic Economic Dialogue hosted in

1) New Delhi
2) Beijing
3) Guanghzou
4) Mumbai
5) Bengaluru
963. Veteran Congress leader and former MP Sukhdev Singh Libra passed away, recently. He represented which of the following
constituency?
1) Ajnala
2) Fatehgarh Sahib
3) Gurdaspur
4) Amritsar
5) Attari
964. International Literacy Day is celebrated every year on

1) 8 September
2) 5 September
3) 4 September
4) 11 September
5) 7 September
965. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will soft land the lander of Chandrayaan-2 on the moon on 7 September. What
is the name given to the lander?
1) Vikas
2) Pragyan
3) Pragati
4) Tejas
5) Vikram
966. States and districts were honoured recently for improved sex ratio and awareness generation under the Beti Bachao Beti
Padhao campaign. The campaign was launched in which year?
1) 2013
2) 2014
3) 2015
4) 2016
5) 2017
967. According to the Draft Report on Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana Survey, just one out of five beneficiaries of Mudra loan
used it for setting up a new business. The state where the maximum jobs were created by the scheme is
1) Gujarat
2) Maharashtra
3) Bihar
4) Karnataka
5) Tamil Nadu
968. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, during his recent visit, invited Japanese companies to participate in the Defence Expo
2020 which is scheduled to be held in
1) Patna
2) Bhopal
3) Jaipur
4) Lucknow
5) Chennai
969. The RBI has made it mandatory for banks to link all of their new loan products to an external benchmark like the policy
repo rate with effect from
1) 01 October 2019
2) 01 November 2019
3) 01 December 2019
4) 01 January 2020
5) 01 February 2020
970. Robert Mugabe passed away recently. He was the former President of which of the following countries?
1) Nigeria
2) Kenya
3) Jamaica
4) Zambia
5) Zimbabwe
971. Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Dr Mahathir bin Mohammad on the sidelines of Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in
Russia and discussed about extradition of Zakir Naik. Mahathir Mohammad is the present Prime Minister of
1) Indonesia
2) Malaysia
3) Mongolia
4) Cambodia
5) Brunei
972. _______ has received Indian patent for 20 years for its Portable Agriculture Network System (PANS) intended to protect
flexi-stem trees such as banana plants.
1) Central Agricultural University
2) Kerala Agricultural University
3) Punjab Agricultural University
4) Cochin University of Science and Technology
5) University of Agricultural Sciences, Banglore
973. Up to 20 lakh hectares of land in India will be improved through sustainable landscape management and public-private
finance as per a report by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). UNCCD has its permanent
Secretariat in
1) Paris
2) London
3) Bonn
4) Vienna
5) Sydney
974. Which of the following insurers is a three-way joint venture between Bank of Baroda, Andhra Bank, and Carmel Point
Investments India (a Warburg Pincus affiliate)?
1) IndiaFirst Life
2) Future Generali
3) New India Assurance
4) Cigna TTK
5) Digit Insurance
975. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the Aqua Aquaria India 2019 show organised by the Marine Products Export
Development Authority (MPEDA) recently in
1) Chennai
2) Kolkata
3) Vishakhapatnam
4) Mumbai
5) Hyderabad
976. Gujarat Government and Delaware State of which of the following countries signed an MoU for sister state recently?
1) France
2) Germany
3) Russia
4) US
5) Canada
977. Bianca Andreescu has become the first teen US Open semi-finalist in a decade. The 19-year-old hails from
1) Australia
2) Spain
3) Canada
4) Poland
5) Mexico
978. Professor Muhammad Yunus was conferred the “Lamp of Peace of Saint Francis” award by the Vatican recently. Yunus is a
Nobel Laureate from
1) Bangladesh
2) Maldives
3) Afghanistan
4) Pakistan
5) Indonesia
979. Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora assumed chairmanship of the Association of World Election Bodies (AWEB)
recently. AWEB was established on October 14, 2013 in Song-do in which country?
1) Japan
2) South Korea
3) Vietnam
4) Malaysia
5) Philippines
980. The South Asian Speakers' Summit concluded in which of the following cities recently? Pakistan tried to raise Kashmir
issue at the summit.
1) Islamabad
2) Male
3) Colombo
4) Dhaka
5) Kathmandu
981. India will contribute what amount towards implementation of the preparedness stream under the South-East Asia Health
Emergency Response Fund (SEARHEF)?
1) $50,000
2) $1,00,000
3) $1,50,000
4) $2,00,000
5) $2,50,000
982. The foreign direct investment (FDI) into India grew by 28 per cent to what amount during the first quarter (April-June) of
the current fiscal (2019-20) according to the government data?
1) $12.99 billion
2) $14.75 billion
3) $16.33 billion
4) $18.31 billion
5) $20.11 billion
983. India announced a line of credit worth what amount for the development of Far East region of Russia at the 5th Eastern
Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok?
1) $1 billion
2) $1.2 billion
3) $1.4 billion
4) $1.6 billion
5) $1.8 billion
984. The International Day of Charity is observed every year on which date?
1) 01 September
2) 05 September
3) 15 September
4) 25 September
5) 30 September
985. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh went to which of the following countries recently on a two-day visit and met his
counterpart Takeshi Iwaya?
1) Japan
2) South Korea
3) Vietnam
4) Thailand
5) Philippines
986. Mahakaleshwar temple will be developed on the lines of the ongoing development works at Kashi Vishwanath Temple in
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Mahakaleshwar temple is situated in
1) Jaipur, Rajasthan
2) Deoghar, Jharkhand
3) Ahmedabad, Gujarat
4) Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh
5) Mysore, Karnataka
987. Uttar Pradesh state govt has approved the transfer of 50 acres of land for the proposed Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical
University to be set up in
1) Gorakhpur
2) Lucknow
3) Ghaziabad
4) Noida
5) Kanpur
988. Who is the present Union Culture and Tourism Minister? He recently hinted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will make
key announcements for Ladakh soon.
1) Shripad Yesso Naik
3) RK Singh
4) Faggan Singh Kulaste
5) Prahlad Singh Patel
989. Who among the following Indian women cricketers announced her retirement from T20 Internationals recently? She is the
first Indian woman to reach the landmark of 2000 T20 runs.
1) Deepti Sharma
2) Smriti Mandhana
3) Mithali Raj
5) Harmanpreet Kaur
990. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin held India-Russia Annual Summit in which of the
following cities recently?
1) Sochi
2) New Delhi
3) Moscow
4) Varanasi
5) Vladivostok
991. What was the Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for services in August 2019? This index is based on a survey conducted
by IHS Markit.
1) 51
2) 51.2
3) 52.4
4) 52.6
5) 53.8
992. The Finance Ministry has allowed Public sector banks (PSBs) to create Chief General Manager (CGM) posts. CGM posts
can be created in PSBs that have total business of
1) Rs 5 lakh crore or higher
993. The RBI’s taskforce to look into ways to develop the secondary market for corporate loans submitted its report recently.
The taskforce was headed by Canara Bank Chairman
1) TN Manoharan
2) Jai Kumar Garg
3) Sunil Mehta
4) Mallikarjuna Rao
5) Rajnish Kumar
994. The Union Government has lined up what amount of investments in different sectors of fisheries in the next three to five
years to achieve the real goals of the ambitious Blue Revolution project?
1) Rs 10,000 crore
2) Rs 15,000 crore
3) Rs 20,000 crore
4) Rs 25,000 crore
5) Rs 30,000 crore
995. Virat Kohli recently surpassed who among the following to become India's most successful Test skipper? Under his
leadership the Indian team recorded its 28th win recently defeating West Indies.
1) Mohammad Azharuddin
2) Rahul Dravid
3) Kapil Dev
4) Sunil Gavaskar
5) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
996. The 72nd Session of World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia (SEARO) meeting was held recently
in which city in India?
1) New Delhi
2) Bengaluru
3) Hyderabad
4) Pune
5) Mumbai
997. The government recently approved recapitalization (with over Rs 9,000 crore) of which of the following banks with a one-
time infusion of funds by both Government and LIC?
1) Indian Bank
2) UCO Bank
3) IDBI Bank
4) Vijaya Bank
5) Bank of India
998. India will soon join developed nations in ocean studies with 'Samudrayaan' project to be conducted by the National Institute
of Ocean Technology (NIOT). NIOT is based in
1) Vishakhapatnam
2) Mumbai
3) Kolkata
4) Chennai
5) Kandla
999. Punjab National Bank’s board is considering capital infusion of up to Rs 18,000 crore. PNB is headquartered in
1) Mumbai
2) New Delhi
3) Amritsar
4) Patiala
5) Chandigarh
1000. The steering committee on fintech-related issues has recommended a comprehensive legal framework for consumer
protection. The panel was headed by
2) Guruprasad Mohapatra
1001. The Income Tax Department will automatically issue PAN to a taxpayer using Aadhaar number for filing returns. Here,
the term PAN means
1) Permanent Access Number
2) Permanent Authorisation Number
3) Permanent Accreditation Number
4) Permanent Account Number
5) None of these
1002. Which of the following telecom companies has launched a digital platform named Xstream? Its subscribers will be able to
access live TV, video, music, news and sports.
1) Reliance Jio
2) Bharti Airtel
3) BSNL
4) MTNL
5) Vodafone Idea
1003. In mega merger of public sector banks, two banks will be merged into Union Bank of India to form the fifth largest bank in
India in terms of business. One of them is Andhra Bank and the other is
1) Corporation Bank
2) Syndicate Bank
3) Canara Bank
4) Allahabad Bank
5) Central Bank of India
1004. Narendra Modi was awarded by which of the following foundations recently for his ambitious pet project, Swachh Bharat
Abhiyan?
1) The Rockefeller Foundation
2) Ford Foundation
3) Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
4) Open Society Foundations
5) Novo Nordisk Foundation
1005. Which of the following countries won the SAFF Under-15 title played at Kalyanai, West Bengal recently?
1) India
2) Nepal
3) Bangladesh
4) Sri Lanka
5) Myanmar
1006. Tejinderpal Singh Toor won a silver medal in Czech Republic recently. He is a
1) triple jumper
2) shot putter
3) boxer
4) shooter
5) archer
1007. The entire month of September is being celebrated as which of the following?
1) Rashtriya Shikshan Maah
2) Rashtriya Swachchhata Maah
3) Rashtriya Paryawaran Maah
4) Rashtriya Vriksharopan Maah
5) Rashtriya Poshan Maah
1008. The former Union Minister Arif Mohammed Khan has been appointed as the new governor of which of the following
states?
1) Karnataka
2) Telangana
3) Kerala
4) Tamil Nadu
5) Gujarat
1009. The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has said that the BHIM UPI merchant discount rate (MDR) for large
ticket transactions has been capped at a maximum of
1) Rs 100
2) Rs 200
3) Rs 300
4) Rs 400
5) Rs 500
1010. The collection from Goods and Services Tax (GST) in August 2019 was
1) Rs 98,202 crore
2) Rs 98,818 crore
3) Rs 99,132 crore
4) Rs 99,284 crore
5) Rs 98,645 crore
1011. Which country recently signed an agreement to buy 718 megawatts of electricity from India's Reliance Power over the
next 22 years?
1) Myanmar
2) Sri Lanka
3) Bhutan
4) Nepal
5) Bangladesh
1012. Bollywood has taken lead to promote India’s plastic free movement with Varun Dhawan's upcoming movie ________
becoming the first Bollywood film to go plastic-free.
1) Kabir Singh
2) Badla
3) Coolie No. 1
4) Hero No. 1
5) Satellite Shankar
1013. India hosted the 14th Conference of Parties, COP14, to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification in
1) Gurugram
2) Bengaluru
3) Chennai
4) Greater Noida
5) Hyderabad
1014. The biggest congregation of Dawoodi Bohra sect was held in which city with participation of more than twenty thousand
community members recently?
1) Kathmandu
2) Colombo
3) Naypyitaw
4) Dhaka
5) Islamabad
1015. Yashaswini Deswal won a gold medal in the women's event at the ISSF World Cup at in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil recently.
She is associated with the game of
1) Shot put
2) Squash
3) Snooker
4) Fencing
5) Shooting
1016. Which of the following hurricanes hit the Caribbean islands of the Bahamas causing severe flooding recently? It was a
category five storm.
1) Dorian
2) Fred
3) Delta
4) Helene
5) Beryl
1017. Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Bhagat Singh Koshyari has been appointed as the new Governor of
1) Maharashtra
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Bihar
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Rajasthan
1018. As per the data released by the central statistics office (CSO) recently, the agricultural growth for the June quarter (Apr-
Jun) was what per cent?
1) 1.75 per cent
2) 2.25 per cent
3) 2.75 per cent
4) 3.25 per cent
5) 3.75 per cent
1019. What was the IHS Markit India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) in August, 2019? It was lowest mark
since May 2018.
1) 50.1
2) 50.6
3) 51.4
4) 51.6
5) 52.1
1020. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman recently announced a big consolidation of public sector banks. As per the
announcement, Indian Bank and which of the following banks will be merged?
1) Allahabad Bank
2) UCO Bank
3) Syndicate Bank
4) Corporation Bank
5) Andhra Bank
1021. Which of the following state governments recently decided to form a Special Tiger Force for Corbett Tiger Reserve?
1) Uttarakhand
2) Jharkhand
3) Himachal Pradesh
4) Bihar
5) Odisha
1022. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) recently notified creation of a five-member special cell to address grievances
of startups. Present chairman of CBDT is
2) IJ Arora
3) Pranab Kumar Das
4) Pramod Chandra Mody
5) Debashish Chakrabarthy
1023. Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma urged the people of his state to walk to their office as part of “Fit India Movement”. He
is the present CM of
1) Tripura
2) Meghalaya
4) Nagaland
5) Manipur
1024. ________ has been appointed the officer on special duty (OSD) in the Prime Minister’s Office. He is supposed to take the
place of Nripendra Misra as Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister.
1) Anuradha Mitra
3) Rajiv Gauba
5) PK Sinha
1025. In which of the following states, the final list of National Register of Citizens (NRC) was released recently? More than 19
lakh people in the state have been excluded in the NRC.
1) West Bengal
2) Odisha
3) Assam
4) Jharkhand
5) Nagaland
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