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• Narendra Singh Tomar - Minister of
Parliament / Politics
Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Minister
of Rural Development; And Minister of
Who is the Speaker of 17th Lok Sabha?
Panchayati Raj.
a. Maneka Gandhi • Ravi Shankar Prasad - Minister of Law
b. Uma Bharti and Justice; Minister of Communications
c. Sambita Patra and Minister of Electronics and
d. Om Birla Information Technology.
• Harsimrat Kaur Badal - Food Processing
Answer: d. Om Birla Industries Minister.
• Thawar Chand Gehlot- Minister of Social
Justice and Empowerment.
• Subrahmanyam Jaishankar - Foreign
Minister.
• Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank - Human
Central Government Resource Development Minister.
• Arjun Munda - Minister of Tribal Affairs
Prime Minister: Narendra Modi
• Smriti Zubin Irani - Minister of Women
Prime Minister is also in-charge of these
and Child Development and Minister of
ministries:
Textiles.
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and
• Dr. Harsh Vardhan - Minister of Health
Pensions;
and Family Welfare; Minister of Science
Department of Atomic Energy;
and Technology and Minister of Earth
Department of Space; And
Sciences.
All important policy issues; And
• Prakash Javadekar - Minister of
All other departments not allocated to any
Environment, Forest and Climate Change
minister.
and Minister of Information and
Broadcasting.
Cabinet Ministers:
• Piyush Goyal - Railway Minister and
• Rajnath Singh - Defence Minister. Minister of Commerce and Industry.
• Amit Shah - Home Minister. • Dharmendra Pradhan - Minister of
• Nitin Jairam Gadkari - Minister of Road Petroleum and Natural Gas; And Steel
Transport and Highways; And Minister of Minister.
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. • Mukhtar Abbas Naqv - Minority Affairs
• DV Sadananda Gowda - Minister of Minister.
Chemicals and Fertilizers. • Prahlad Joshi - Minister of Parliamentary
• Nirmala Sitharaman - Finance Minister Affairs; Minister of Coal; And Minister of
and Minister of Corporate Affairs. Mines.
• Ram Vilas Paswan - Minister of • Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey -Minister of
Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
Distribution. • Arvind Ganpat Sawant - Minister of
Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.
• Giriraj Singh - Minister of Fisheries, ---------------
Animal Husbandry and Dairy Name the largest district in the country?
• Gajendra Singh Shekhawat - Minister of
Water Power. a. Kargil b. Jammu
c. Srinagar d. Leh
---------------
Who is the 47th Chief of India? Answer: d. Leh (District of Ladakh)
a. S A Bobde b. N V Ramanna ---------------

c. Indu Malhotra d. Arun Mishra In which district are the districts of Gilgit,
Gilgit Wazarat , Chilhas presently in the
Answer: a. S A Bobde possession of Pakistan?
- His full name is Sharad Arvind Bobde. a. Kargil b. Jammu

- Justice Bobde took oath on 18 November c. Leh d. Srinagar
2019
- He will remain as Chief Justice till 23rd April Answer: c. Leh
2021.
---------------
--------------- Muzaffarabad and Mirpur, occupied by
Who was appointed the chairperson of the Pakistan, are situated to which union
Public Accounts Committee of territory?
Parliament?
a. Jammu - Kashmir
a. Adhiranjan Chaudhary b. Ladakh
b. Amit Shah c. Delhi
c. Om Birla d. Puducherry
d. Meenakshi Lekhi
Answer: a. Jammu - Kashmir
Answer: a. Adhiranjan Chowdhury
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- He is the leader of the Congress
Who issues the official map of the
Parliamentary Party in the Lok Sabha.
country?
---------------
a. Geological survey of India
What is the name of the largest union
b. Survey of India
territory of the country?
c. Archaeological survey of India
a. Jammu - Kashmir d. None of these
b. Ladakh
Answer: b. Survey of India
c. Delhi
d. Puducherry - Surveyor General of India: Lt. General
Lagirish Kumar.
Answer: b. Ladakh
Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh is R. K. Mittal.

How many centrally administered states Name the first Lieutenant Governor of UT
(UTs) are there in the country? Ladakh?
a. 6 a. GC Murmu
b. 7 b. Radha Krishna Mathur
c. 8 c. PS Sreedharanpillai
d. 9 d. Satya Pal Malik
Answer: d. 9 Answer: b. Radha Krishna Mathur
- Earlier there were 7 union territories in the ----------------------------------

country, but Jammu-Kashmir and Ladakh Name the last Governor of Jammu and
have become two separate union territories. Kashmir
UT (Union Territorries) in the country a. GC Murmu b. Radha Krishna Mathur

- Jammu Kashmir - Ladakh c. PS Sreedharanpillai d. Satyapal Malik
- Delhi - Puducherry
- Chandigarh - Andaman and Nicobar Islands Answer: d. Satyapal Malik
- Dadar & Nagar Haveli - Daman & Diu
-----------------------------------
- Lakshadweep
Winter session of Parliament started on 18
With this change, now the number of union
November 2019. Which of the following is
territories in the country has increased to 9.
the session of Rajya Sabha?
- On August 5, the government decided in the
Parliament to remove two sections of Article a. 200th
370 and 35A from Jammu and Kashmir.
b. 205th
c. 225th
----------------------------
d. 250th
Name the first Lieutenant Governor of UT
Jammu and Kashmir?
Answer:d. 250th
a. G C Murmu
--------------------------
b. Radha Krishna Mathur Under which Article of the Constitution,
c. P S Sreedharanpillai
President's rule continued in Maharashtra
d. Satyapal Malik
from November 12 to 23?
Answer: a. GC Murmu (Girish Chandra

a. Article 365
Murmu)
b. Article 356
c. Article 352
------------------------------ d. None of these
Answer:b. Article 356

Which cabinet minister associated with Former Maharashtra Chief Minister
Shiv Sena has resigned from the Union Devendra Fadnavis held the post of CM
Cabinet? for how many days in his second term?
a. Rahul Raut a. 2 days b. 3 days

b. Arvind Ganpat sawant c. 4 days d. 5 days
c. Arvind Kumar
d. None of these Answer b. 3 days
Answer: b. Arvind Ganpat sawant ----------------------------

Uddhav Thackeray became ………th Chief
- He had the responsibility of Ministry of Minister of Maharashtra on 28 November?
Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise
a. 15th
----------------------------------- b. 18th
Under which law / rule did the Prime c. 20th
Minister recommend the removal of d. 29th
President's rule in Maharashtra from the
President without cabinet approval? Answer : b. 18th
--------------------------
a. Govt. of India President Rules
The constitutional bench of how many
b. Govt. of India Business Rules
judges of the Supreme Court ruled that
c. Govt. of India Transaction Rules
the Chief Justice of India (CJI Office) is
d. The Government of India (Transaction of
under the purview of the RTI?
Business) Rules 1961
a. 4
Answer:d. The Government of India
b. 5
(Transaction of Business) Rules 1961
c. 10
d. 12
-----------------------
Name the alliance of Shiv Sena, NCP and
Answer :b. 5
Congress?
- This Constitutional Bench was presided

a. National Democratic Alliance (NDA)
over by the then Chief Justice Ranjan
b. United Progressive Alliance (UPA)
Gogoi.The Constitutional Bench comprised of
c. Progressive Alliance (UPA)
Justice N.V. Raman, Justice D.Y.
d. Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA)
Chandrachud, Justice Deepak Gupta and
Justice Sanjeev Khanna.
Answer d. Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi
(MVA) ------------------------------
------------------------------

The Home Ministry has revoked the --------------------------
citizenship of Ramesh Chennamaneni, Which state government has issued
who is the legislator of which state? helpline number 14400 for complaints
related to corruption?
a. Tamil Nadu b. Telangana
c. Karnataka d. Andra Pradesh a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Haryana
Answer :b. Telangana c. Andra Pradesh
- Ramesh Chennamaneni is from TRS party d. Maharashtra
and MLA from Vemulawada
Answer c. Andra Pradesh
-----------------------------
Which state government's cabinet has - Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan
decided to create the Foreign Cooperation Mohan Reddy released this help line number.
Department? On this helpline number, people can complain
about corruption activities in government
a. Uttar Pradesh b. Haryana departments.
c. Punjab d. Andra Pradesh
-------------------------------
Answer b. Haryana In which state will it be necessary to get
outsiders registered for staying for more
------------------------------
than 24 hours?
The Parliament has approved the merger
of which of the two Union Territories (UTs) a. West Bengal b. Assam
? c. Meghalaya d. Himachal Pradesh
a. Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh Answer: c. Meghalaya

b. Chandigarh and Delhi
c. Daman and Diu and Dadar and Nagar - The state government has recently
Haveli approved an ordinance to change the
d. Andaman Nicobar and Puducherry MRSSA (Meghalaya Residents Safety and
Security Act, 2016).
Answer c. Daman and Diu and Dadar and - According to the Deputy CM Prestone
Nagar Haveli Tynsong 'there is a rule under section 4 (a) of
it, which states that any person who is not a
------------------------------
Meghalaya citizen and wants to stay in the
In which state the Law Commission has
state for more than 24 hours, shall have to
drafted a bill to enact a strong law to stop
inform about it (Registration for it to be done)
forced conversions?
- Violation of this law will be taken under
Indian Penal Code (IPC).
a. Karnataka b. Uttarakhand
- This law is for those people, who want to
c. Odisha d. Uttar Pradesh
come to Meghalaya as tourists, labourers or
Answer d. Uttar Pradesh for business or other reasons.

---------------------------- - In the 90-seat Haryana Vidhan Sabha, the
Jammu - Kashmir has become the ……… Bharatiya Janata Party got the maximum
Union Territory of Legislative Assembly? seats (40).
However, it was far away from majority.
a. Second b. The third - Indian National Congress has got 31 seats.
c. Fourth d. Fifth - Jananayak Janata Party (JJP) has got 10
seats.
Answer: b. The third
- Finally, BJP formed the govt. with the
support of JPP & some independent.
Delhi and Puducherry are already the Union
-------------------------------
Territory of the Legislative Assembly.
Which party won the most seats in
---------------------------- Maharashtra assembly elections?
Which state government has decided not
a. BJP b. Congress
to give government jobs to persons
c. NCP d. Shiv Sena
having more than two children from the
year 2021?
Answer: a. BJP
a. Rajasthan b. Manipur
- BJP has got 105 seats in Maharashtra
c. Assam d. Uttarakhand
Assembly with 288 seats.
- While Shiv Sena has got 56 seats.
Answer: c. Assam
- NCP has got 54 seats and Congress has
The Union Cabinet has decided to got 44 seats.
regularize illegal colonies of which union - In Maharashtra, BJP and Shiv Sena alliance
territory? got majority.
- But finally, Shiv Sena, NCP & Congress
a. Puducherry b. Chandigarh made an alliance Maharashtra Vikash Aghadi
c. Delhi d. Andaman Nicobar (MVA) & formed govt.
Answer: c. Delhi ------------------------------

Which foreign delegation visited Kashmir
- With this, 40 lakh people living in illegal for the first time after the removal of the
colonies will get the right of ownership. provisions of Article 370?
------------------------------ a. British MPs

Which party won the most seats in b. European Union MPs
Haryana assembly elections? c. German MPs
d. None of these
a. JJP b. Congress
c. BJP d. INLD Answer: b. European Union MPs
Answer: c. BJP - Although the European Union Parliament

has said that the visit of MPs is private.

--------------------------- Which state's anti-terrorism law was
According to the amendment in the rules approved by the President, in which
by the Law Ministry, how many people tapped telephone conversations would
over the age will now be able to use the now be considered a valid proof?
postal ballot?
a. Gujarat b. Bihar
a. 70 c. Maharashtra d. Haryana
b. 65 Answer: a. Gujarat
c. 80
d. 75 - President Ramnath Kovind gave his
approval to the 'Gujarat Terrorism and
Answer: c. 80 Organized Crime Control (GCTOC) Bill'
(Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organized
The Law Ministry has amended the rules to Crime Bill).
increase the scope of 'absentee voters'. - was considered a controversial anti-
The Law Ministry has issued this directive by terrorism law.
amending the Election Rules, 1961. - In this BJP-ruled state, this bill was passed
- Under this, senior citizens and disabled in March 2015.
voters above 80 years of age have been
included, who will be able to vote through ----------------------------
postal ballot. Which state assembly has passed a bill to
- 'Absentee voter' refers to a person who is increase the maximum sentence from
unable to reach the polling station. three years to seven years against
conversion by force, inducement or
------------------------------ through marriages solemnised for the
The Central government have decided to “sole purpose” of adopting a new
withdraw SPG protection of which religion?
leaders?
a. Bihar b. Himachal Pradesh
a. Sonia Gandhi c. Maharashtra d. Assam
b. Rahul Gandhi
c. Priyanka Gandhi Answer: b. Himachal Pradesh
d. All of the above
- The name of this bill is Religious Freedom
Answer: d. All of the above (Sonia Gandhi, Bill 2019.
Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi) - This bill will replace the Himachal Pradesh
Religious Freedom Act 2006.
- The Ministry of Home Affairs has taken this - The new law provides for imprisonment of
decision. up to seven years, while the old law provided
- Now they have been given Z plus level of for imprisonment for three years.
security. - If any marriage is just for conversion, then it
- Now, CRPF commandos are protecting the will be considered invalid under section five of
Gandhi family. this bill.

--------------------- - He is the leader of the Congress
Which sections of Article 370 of the Parliamentary Party in the Lok Sabha.
Constitution have been scrapped by the
President? ----------------------------
What are the provisions in the Motor
a. section 1 b. Section 2 Vehicles (Amendment) Act 2019?
c. Section 3 d. b and c
a. 5000 fine for driving without license
Answer: d. b and c (section 2 and section b. 10,000 fine for drunken driving
3) c. A fine of 5000 on the phone while driving
d. All of the above
- The central government has not completely
removed Article 370. Actually, Article 370 is Answer: d. All of the above
divided into three parts. Section 1, Section 2
and Section 3. - The specialty of this law will be that the
According to the statement of the Home amount of fine will increase by 10 percent
Minister in Parliament, 370 (1) is properly every year.
maintained. Whereas only 370 (2) and (3)
Some important points:
have been removed.
- A fine of Rs 1000/- would be imposed on not
- The order to remove both sections of
wearing seat belt.
section 370 has come into force immediately
- A person not wearing helmet will be
with the President's notification. With this,
disqualified from holding license for three
Section 35A was also abolished, which stated
months with a fine of Rs 1,000.
dual citizenship in the state.
- Earlier there was no provision for not giving
What is 370 (1) way to vehicles engaged in emergency
According to its provision, various articles of services, but now a fine of Rs 10,000 or jail
the constitution can be applied to Jammu and term of up to 6 months or both can be
Kashmir by presidential order after consulting imposed.
the government of Jammu and Kashmir. - Driving without a license can result in a fine
of Rs 5,000 or up to three months in jail or
-------------- both. If caught again, a fine of 10,000 rupees
Who has been appointed the chairman of or up to 1 year can be imprisoned or both.
the Public Accounts Committee of - Despite disqualification, a fine of Rs 5,000
Parliament? will be imposed on driving or imprisonment
for three months or both.
a. Adhir Ranjan Chaudhary ➤ For the very first time on speeding or
b. Amit Shah
racing on road, a fine of Rs 5000 in the first or
c. Om Birla d. Meenakshi lekhi
jail for three months or both, but if caught a
second time, it can be a fine of Rs 10,000 or
Answer: a. Adhir Ranjan Chaudhary
jail for up to 1 year or both.
➤ Overloading - Fine at the rate of Rs

20000/- and Rs 2000/- per ton. Which of the following provisions is there
(Note - Although many states have exempted in the Anti Terror Bill (The Unlawful
monetary fines in this rule.) Activities (Prevention) Amendment Law
2019 (UAPA))?
---------------------
What is the provision in the Muslim a. Along with organizations, individuals can
Women (Protection of Marriage Rights) also be declared terrorists
Act 2019? b. The assets of terrorists and terrorist
organizations will be confiscated
a. Declaring Instant triple talaq (talaq-e- c. a. and b.
biddah) as illegal d. None of these
b. Provision to immediately consider triple
talaq as a cognizable offense, ie police can Answer: c. a. and b.
arrest without warrant.
c. There is a provision for a sentence of three ---------------
years for instant divorce. A committee has submitted the draft of
d. all of the above the National Education Policy to the Union
Minister of Human Resource
Answer: d. all of the above Development, who is the chairman of this
committee?
----------------
What is the maximum provision of a. Nripendra Mishra
punishment in the POSCO (Amendment) b. Dr. Kasturirangan
Act 2019? c. Ajay Bisaria
d. None of these
a. Capital punishment
b. Life imprisonment Answer: b. Dr. Kasturirangan
c. 20 years imprisonment
d. None of these ----------------------
In which country did PM Narendra Modi
Answer: a. Capital punishment make his first foreign trip in his second
term?
- Those who commit sexual assault on a child
under 16 years of age shall be punished with a. Malaysia
imprisonment of up to 20 years, which may b. Maldives
carry life imprisonment as well as fine. c. Mali
- In the case of rape with children, the d. Bangladesh
minimum punishment has been increased
from 10 years to 20 years and maximum Answer: b. Maldives
punishment could be death penalty . --------------------
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In which country did PM Narendra Modi --------------------
inaugurate the coastal surveillance radar Which political party of Northeast India
system made in India? became the first party to achieve the
status of National Party?
a. South Africa b. Israel
c. Maldives d. None of these a. Assam Gana Parishad
b. National People's Party
Answer: c. Maldives c. North East Democratic Alliance
------------------- d. Bodoland People's Front
Name the oldest mosque in Maldives,
whose protection was announced by PM Answer: b. National People's Party
Narendra Modi in the Parliament there?
---------------------
A Saturday Mosque Where did S Jaishankar make his first
b. Friday Mosque / Hukuru Miski foreign tour after assuming the office of
c. Mali Mosque foreign minister?
d. None of these
a. Nepal b. Afghanistan
Answer: b. Friday Mosque / Hukuru Miski c. Bhutan d. None of these
PM Narendra Modi addressed the Answer: c. Bhutan

Parliament of Maldives on 8 June, what is
the name of this Parliament? ------------------
Who has been appointed as the working
a. The People's Parliament president of Bharatiya Janata Party?
b. The People's Majlis
c. The People's Organization a. Rajnath Singh b. J P Nadda
d. None of these c. Nitin Gadkari d. Amit Shah
Answer: b. The People's Majlis Answer: b J P Nadda
------------------ ------------------
Under which policy did PM Narendra Modi How many judges' Constitutional Bench
visit Sri Lanka on 9 June after Maldives in ruled on the Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri
his second term? Masjid land dispute in Ayodhya?
a. Neighbour First (Neighbourhood First) a. 4 b. 5

b. Friends nations c. 6 d. 7
c. BIMSTEC Policy
Answer: b. 5
d. None of these
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Answer: a. Neighbour First
(Neighbourhood First)

Who was the fifth judge of the -The Supreme Court has asked the Center to
constitutional bench that ruled on the form a trust for the construction of the temple.
Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land - Supreme Court has asked the Center to
dispute in Ayodhya along with the then make a plan within three months, according
Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Ashok to which the Board of Trustees will be
Bhushan, DY Chandrachud & SA Bobde? decided. These people will see the work of
temple construction.
a. Aqeel Abdul Qureshi - The court rejected the claim of Nirmohi
b. Mohammad rafiq Akhara, the party in the land dispute, but
c. S. Abdul Nazir asked it to be included in the trust for the
d. Radhakrishna Pathak construction of the temple.
Answer: c. S. Abdul Nazir ----------------------------

- The then Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, How much area of the controversial land
Justice Ashok Bhushan, Justice DY of Ayodhya has the Supreme Court given
Chandrachud, Justice SA Bobde (new CJI on to 'Ramlala'?
18 November) and Justice S Abdul Nazir.
a. 67.7 acres of land b. 2.77 acres
-------------------------- c. 1.27 acres d. None of these
To whom has the Supreme Court decided
to give ownership of the controversial Answer: b. 2.77 acres
land of Ayodhya?
----------------------------
a. 'Ramlala' balswaroop of Lord Ramchandra The Supreme Court has advised the
b. Nirmohi Arena Center and the State government to give
c. Ramjanmabhoomi Trust how much land for the construction of the
d. Sunni Central Waqf Board mosque in Ayodhya's controversial land
decision?
Answer: a. 'Ramlala' balswaroop of Lord
Ramchandra a. 67.7 acres b. 2.77 acres
- A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court c. 5 acres d. None of these
gave a unanimous verdict by 5-0. Answer: c. 5 acres
---------------------------- ------------------------
What direction did the Supreme Court give Under which Article of the Constitution,
to the Central Government for the the Supreme Court asked the Central
construction of a temple on the Government to form a trust for the
controversial land of Ayodhya? disputed 2.77 acres of land in Ayodhya?
a. Forming a committee b. Create trust a. Article 142 b. Article 146

c. Law making d. None of these c. Article 182 d. Article 112
Answer: b. Create trust Answer: a. Article 142

--------------------------
Under which Article of the Constitution,
the Supreme Court ordered the Muslims to
give 5 acres of land for construction of
mosque in Ayodhya?
a. Article 142 b. Article 146

c. Article 182 d. Article 112
Answer: a. Article 142
----------------------------
How many pages did the Supreme Court
give it’s decision on the controversial land
dispute case in Ayodhya?
a. 1145 b. 1245
c. 1345 d. 1045
Answer: d. 1045
- CJI Ranjan Gogoi read the excerpts of this

much awaited decision in a packed court
room with lawyers and journalists and it took
them 45 minutes.
-------------------------
The verses (Shlokas) of which religious
books have been included as witnesses(
proofs) by the Supreme Court in the
Ayodhya land dispute case?
a. Valmiki Ramayana
b. Skanda Purana
c. a and b
d. None of these
Answer: c. a and b (Valmiki Ramayana and

Skanda Purana)

Recently who resigned as the chairman of
Appointments Zee Entertainment?
a. Pankaj Patel
Who was sworn in as the 47th Chief b. Amit Goenka
Justice (CJI) of the country? c. Subhash Chandra
d. MA Yusuf Ali
a. Justice Ranjan Gogoi
b. Justice Arun Mishra Answer c. Subhash Chandra
c. Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde
---------------------------------
d. None of these
Who was appointed the new chairman of
Answer: c. Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde the Staff Selection Commission (SSC)?
---------------------------- a. Vijay Tiwari

Who has been appointed the new country b. Rakesh Paswan
manager of Google India? c. Braj Raj Sharma
d. None of these
a. Sanjay Gupta
b. R. Madhavan Answer: c. Braj Raj Sharma
c. Modesty
-------------------------------
d. Rajan Anandan
Who has been appointed as the new CEO
Answer a. Sanjay Gupta of UIDAI?
- He will take over in 2020. He has been a. Pankaj Kumar

made the Country Manager and Vice b. Nandan Nilekani
President of Google India. c. NR Narayana Murthy
d. Rakesh Kumar
-----------------------
An administrative council has been Answer: a. Pankaj Kumar
formed in the Union Territory of Jammu - He is a 1987 batch IAS officer.
and Kashmir, who was its chairman?
--------------------------
a. Chief Secretary Who is the chairman of BCCI?
b. Lt. governor
a. R. M. Lodha b. Vinod Rai
c. Vice-Governor's Advisor
c. Jai Shah d. Saurabh Ganguly
d. None of these
Answer: d. Saurabh Ganguly

Answer b. Lt. governor
- He took over charge on 23 October 2019.

- He has become the 39th head of BCCI.
- Vice President of BCCI: Mahim Verma,

- Secretary: Jai Shah - Other members of the committee are Arun
- Treasurer: Arun Dhumal Goyal and Giriraj Prasad Gupta.
- Joint Secretary: Jayesh George - This committee has been formed by the
Ministry of Home Affairs.
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Who has been appointed the Director ------------------------
General of National Security Guard What is the maximum limit for a person to
(NSG)? receive a gift which he is not required to
inform to the Government as per the new
a. Arun Tiwari b. Anup Singh amendment of the Foreign Contribution
c. Alok Prasad d. Bhushan Singh (Regulation) Act (FCRA), 2011?
Answer: b. Anup Singh a. Rs 1 lakh b. 2 lakhs

c. Rs 3 lakh d. Rs 5 lakh
- His term will be till 30 September 2020.
Answer: a. Rs 1 lakh
---------------------------
Who is the Principal Secretary to the - It has recently been amended. Earlier, the
Prime Minister? limit was Rs 25,000 as per the market value
of the gift in India.
a. PK Mishra b. Nripendra Mishra
c. PK Sinha d. None of these ------------------------------
Who was elected the new head of the
Answer: a. PK Mishra
International Monetary Fund (Managing
Director)?
-----------------------
Who is the prime advisor to the Prime
a. David Lipton b. Geeta Gopinath
Minister?
c. Kristalina Georgieva d. Christine
Lagarde
a. PK Mishra b. Nripendra Mishra
c. PK Sinha d. None of these
Answer: a. Kristalina Georgieva
- She is an economist from Bulgaria.
Answer: c. PK Sinha
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-----------------------
Who is the first tribal female commercial
Who is the chairman of the three-member
pilot?
advisory committee to oversee the
division of assets between Ladakh and
a. Anupriya Patel
Jammu and Kashmir (Union Territory)?
b. Anupriya Madhumita Lakra
c. Anupriya Pandora
a. Giriraj Prasad Gupta b. Arun Goyal
d. Anupriya Rakesh
c. Sanjay mitra d. None of these
Answer: b. Anupriya Madhumita Lakra

Answer: c. Sanjay mitra
- She is a tribal resident of Odisha.

----------------------- Who is the Secretary of Defence of India?
Who has been appointed as the 25th
Director General (DG) of BSF (Border a. Rakesh Kumar b. Ajay Vikram
Security Force)? c. Rajeev Gauba d. Ajay Kumar
a. Lachhu Ram Answer: d. Ajay Kumar

b. Rajni Kant Mishra
------------------------------
c. Vivek Kumar (VK) Johri
d. Sanjeev Kumar Singh
Who became the new chairman and

Answer: c. Vivek Kumar (VK) Johri
managing director of Power Grid
- He took charge on August 31, 2019.
Corporation of India?
-------------------
a. Azhar Umri
Who has been appointed as the chairman
b. Vijay Kapoor
of the World Election Body Association
c. Kandikuppa Srikanth
(AWEB)?
d. None of these
a. Joseph Rofer
Answer: c. Kandikuppa Srikanth
b. Johnson Row
c. Alif Anwar
-------------------
d. Sunil Arora
Who has been appointed as the Finance
Secretary by the Central Government?
Answer: d. Sunil Arora
a. Arvind Panagariya
- Chief Election Commissioner of India has
b. Subhash Chandra Garg
become the chairman of the World Election
c. Rajiv Kumar
Body Association (AWEB).
d. None of these
- His term will be two years.
Answer: c. Rajiv Kumar

---------------------
Who has been appointed the new cabinet
-------------------
secretary of the country? Who has been appointed the new
chairperson of the National Anti-
a. Rajiv Kumar
profiteering Authority?
b. Rajiv Gauba
c. Rakesh Sinha a. Badri Narayan Sharma
d. NR Pillai
b. Ajay Kumar Pal
c. Shrikant Sharma
Answer: b. Rajiv Gauba
d. None of these
------------------------------
Answer: a. Badri Narayan Sharma

------------------- Which period has been declared by
Who became the first female flight Government of India as International
commander of India? Construction Technology Year?
a. Ishtar Jahan a. April 2019 - March 2020

b. Shalija Dhami b. July 2019 - March 2020
c. Avni Chaturvedi c. April 2019 - March 2022
d. None of these d. None of these
Answer: b. Shalija Dhami Answer: a. April 2019 - March 2020
- She took over as flight commander of - Construction – Technology year will focus
Chetak helicopter unit at Hindon Airbase, on advanced construction technology which
Ghaziabad. is necessary to meet the increasing demand
for home construction in the country.
---------------------------
Who has been appointed as the Green ---------------------------
Ambassador of Manipur? Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah was
again elected President of the Asian
a. Valentina Elangbam b. Arun Shourie Olympic Committee, from which country?
c. Vimala Pandey d. Ajay Paswan
a. Brazil b. Saudi Arab
Answer: a. Valentina Elangbam c. UAE d. Kuwait
- She is 9 years old and is a fifth class
student. Answer: d. Kuwait
------------------------ - The headquarters of the committee is

Who was appointed the chairman of the located in Kuwait City.
National Book Trust?
-------------------------------
a. Anamika Who was appointed Director General of
b. Govind Prasad Sharma National Archives?
c. Prashant Dhawan
d. None of these a. RK Rahat
b. PK Singh
Answer: b. Govind Prasad Sharma c. PV Ramesh
d. None of these
- Establishment of National Book Trust - Year
1957. Answer: c. PV Ramesh
------------------- ----------------------

Who was appointed the new director of - The University of Peace was established in
Bhabha Atomic Research Center? 1980 after passing resolution 35/55 of the
United Nations General Assembly.
a. Adhir Ranjan Chaudhary - The main campus of this university is
b. Ajay Kumar Sahni located in a country called Costa Rica in
c. Ajit Kumar Mohanty Central America.
d. Raje Singh
----------------------
Answer: c. Ajit Kumar Mohanty Who was appointed the chairman of LIC?
------------------------ a. Akhil Srivastava

Which Indian-American has been elected b. SK Goswami
as the Goodwill Ambassador of the United c. Rajendra Mittal
Nations Development Program? d. MR Kumar
a. Vijaya Lakshmi b. Rahat Indori Answer: d. MR Kumar

c. Vinod Kumar Mehta d. Padma Lakshmi
- LIC was established on 1 September 1956.
Answer: d. Padma Lakshmi - Headquarters – Mumbai
------------------------- ---------------------------------
Which Indian was appointed the Chief Who was appointed India's first
Scientist of the World Health transgender election ambassador?
Organization?
a. Gauri Sawant
a. Dr. Vijay Kumar b. Rani Mukherjee
b. Dr. James c. Rajendra share
c. Dr. Soumya Swaminathan d. None of these
d. None of these
Answer: a. Gauri Sawant
Answer: c. Dr. Soumya Swaminathan
- For the first time in India, a transgender has
-------------------------------- been elected an election ambassador. She
Which Indian was awarded an honorary hails from Maharashtra. The appointment
doctorate by University of Peace? took place in March.
- Transgender people got the right to vote for
a. Venkaiah Naidu
the first time in 2014, following a Supreme
b. Narendra Modi
Court order.
c. Vijay Kumar Jaiswal
d. None of these ----------------------------
Answer: a. Venkaiah Naidu

Who has been nominated India's first ------------------------
Lokpal? Who is India's ambassador to China?
a. AK Banerjee a. Vikram Misri b. Gautam Bambawale

b. Pinaki Chandra Ghosh c. Rakesh Asthana d. None of these
c. Rajendra Mittal
d. None of these Answer: a. Vikram Misri
Answer: b. Pinaki Chandra Ghosh -----------------

- He is a former Supreme Court judge. Who is the Director General of Sashastra
Seema Bal (SSB)?
-----------------------
Who became the first woman Chief a. Vivek Majumdar b. Pawan Bansal
Economist of the International Monetary c. Kumar Rajesh Chandra d. Ajeet Ranade
Fund?
Answer: c. Kumar Rajesh Chandra
a. Geeta Gopinath b. Raghuram Rajan
-------------
c. Geeta Shivani d. None of these
Who is the Chief Information
Answer: a. Geeta Gopinath Commissioner in Central Information
Commission?
- Geeta Gopinath is the 11th Chief Economist
of the International Monetary Fund. a. Rajesh Awasthi
b. Sudhir Bhargava
------------- c. Vanaja N. Sarna
Who is the Chairman of Railway Board? d. Neeraj Kumar Gupta
a. Vinod Kumar Yadav Answer: b. Sudhir Bhargava

b. Ashutosh Mishra
c. Santosh Yadav -------------------
d. K.K.Mittal Which Indian was again appointed as the
Regional Director of South East Asia
Answer: a. Vinod Kumar Yadav Region of WHO?
------------- a. Dr. Poonam Khetrapal

Who is the Vice President and MD of b. Rajendra Menon
Facebook India? c. Upendra Kumar
d. None of these
a. Mohan Sachdeva
b. Ajeet mohan Answer: a. Dr. Poonam Khetrapal
c. Kumar Solanki
d. Mohan Prabhakar -----------------------------------
Answer: b. Ajeet mohan

Who was appointed as Chairman and CMD Who has recently taken over as the full-
of BSNL? time Director General of DGCA?
a. Vikas Swaroop a. Arun Kumar

b. Imran Akhtar b. Praveen Kumar
c. Praveen Kumar Purwar c. Ashwini Chaubey
d. None of these d. Vikas Sharma
Answer: c. Praveen Kumar Purwar Answer: a. Arun Kumar
------------- ----------------------------
Who has been appointed the new Speaker Which Indian was appointed MD and CFO
of the European Parliament? (Chief Financing Officer) of World Bank?
a. David Maria Sassoli a. PK Gupta b. Anshula Kant

b. Roger David c. Dinesh Kumar d. Arijit Basu
c. Mariano
d. None of these Answer: b. Anshula Kant
Answer: a. David Maria Sassoli -----------------

Who among the following has been
-------------- appointed as Judge of Singapore
Who has been appointed the new head of International Commercial Court (SICC)?
the European Central Bank?
a. Justice RK Pachauri
a. David Maria Sassoli b. Justice BS Verma
b. Christine Lagarde c. Justice SS Dhingra
c. Rogan Frederer d. Justice AK Sikri
d. None of these
Answer: d. Justice AK Sikri
Answer: b. Christine Lagarde
------------------
- Christine Lagarde, Director General of the Which cricketer has been created as the
International Monetary Fund (IMF), will be the brand ambassador of redBus?
new head of the European Central Bank.
- She will be the first woman to head the a. Virat Kohli
European Central Bank. b. Virender Sehwag
c. Rahul Dravid
------------------- d. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Answer: d. Mahendra Singh Dhoni

----------------- -----------------
Which cricketer has been created as the Who has recently been appointed MD &
brand ambassador of Funtasy 11? CEO of Canara Bank?
a. Ajit Agarkar a. R.A. Sankaranarayanan

b. Laxmipati balaji b. Arvind R. Subramanyam
c. Ramesh Powar c. Vivek Bansal
d. Murali Karthik d. Jyoti Kumar Verma
Answer: d. Murali Karthik Answer: a. R.A. Sankaranarayanan
Funtasy 11 is a gaming startup. ----------------

Who was appointed the CMD of NBCC
------------------------- (National Building Construction
Who has been appointed as the Managing Corporation)?
Director of Twitter India?
a. Rajendra Rajan b. Anoop Kumar Mittal
a. Balaji Krish c. Shiv Das Meena d. None of these
b. Manish Maheshwari
c. Taranjit Singh Answer: c. Shiv Das Meena
d. Amitabh Kant
-----------------------
Answer: b. Manish Maheshwari Who was recently sworn in as the Chief
Justice of the Bombay High Court?
- He has been the Digital CEO of Network 18.
a. Justice Anant Hegde
---------------- b. Justice Basant Sawant
Who was elected the new president of the c. Justice Pradeep Nandrajog
World Bank? d. None of these
a. Ivanka Trump b. David Malpass Answer: c. Justice Pradeep Nandrajog

c. Isaka Vorotawa d. None of these
---------------------
Answer: b. David Malpas Who has been appointed as the first
woman Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia
----------------------
Islamia University?
Who was appointed the new President of
the Federation of Indian Industry (CII)? a. Nazma Akhtar b. Sabiri Khatoon
c. Ajda Jasheen d. Sara Malik
a. Vikram Kirloskar b. Aditya Birla
c. Adi Godrej d. None of these Answer: a. Nazma Akhtar
Answer: a. Vikram Kirloskar - She is the first woman to get this position in
the university's history of almost 100 years.

------------------- -------------------
Who has been appointed the chairman of Name the king of Thailand, who was
the Export Promotion Council for recently appointed constitutional
Handicrafts (EPCH)? emperor?
a. Ravinder Kumar Passi a. Vajiralongkorn

b. Ajay Kumar Passi b. Suthida Tidjai
c. Amarendra Kumar Tiwari c. Bhumibol Adulyadej
Answer: Answer: a. Ravinder Kumar Passi Answer: a. Vajiralongkorn
------------------- -------------------------
Who was appointed the CEO of ICC? Whom has Fashion e-commerce platform
Myntra appointed its first official brand
a. Ajay Vikram ambassador?
b. Manu Bhakar
c. Asma Jahangir a. Ajay Devgan and Kajol
d. Manu Sahni b. Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma
c. Sania Mirza
Answer: d. Manu Sahni d. None of these
(Note - ICC Chairman is Shashank Manohar) Answer: b. Virat Kohli and Anushka
Sharma
--------------------------------
Who became the first independent female -------------------
director of Bombay Stock Exchange? Recently which Indian judge was included
in the Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral
a. R Madhavan
Tribunal?
b. M. Jayashree Vyas
c. Mamta Vajpayee a. Justice (retd) AK Sikri
d. None of these b. Justice (retd) KS Radhakrishnan
c. Justice RS Khan
Answer: b. M. Jayashree Vyas
d. None of these
-------------------
Answer: b. Justice (retd) KS
Which of these has become the new
Radhakrishnan
emperor of Japan?
-------------------
a. Akohito b. Naruhito
Which Indian has been appointed as the
c. Jovailo d. Heisei
Advocate for Sustainable Development
Goals of the United Nations?
Answer: b. Naruhito

a. Sania Mirza ----------------
b. Amitabh Bachchan What is the name of the youngest MP of
c. Abhishek Bachchan the country elected in the Indian Lok
d. Diya mirza Sabha Elections 2019?
Answer: d. Diya mirza a. Ambika Singh

b. Lalita Kumari
------------------------ c. Chandrani Murmu
Which Indian has been re-elected to the d. Pratibha Anand
International Narcotics Control Board?
Answer: c. Chandrani Murmu
a. Aviral Panagariya b. Avinash Chandra
c. Jagjit Pavadia d. None of these - She has reached the House after contesting
from Keonjhar Lok Sabha seat on Biju Janata
Answer: c. Jagjit Pavadia Dal (BJD) ticket.
- She is a member of the International ---------------------

Narcotics Control Board since 2015. Who has been appointed as the President
of Indian Export Federation?
---------------------
Who is the first woman to join the a. Vipul Purohit
International Panel of ICC Match b. Sharad Kumar Saraf
Referees? c. Ajay Kumar Dubey
d. Virat Singh
a. GS Lakshmi
b. Chhaya Sharma Answer: b. Sharad Kumar Saraf
c. Basanti Devi
d. None of these -------------------
Which company has appointed Sandeep
Answer: a. GS Lakshmi Patil as Managing Director (India)?
------------------ a. Flipkart
Who has been appointed as Chairman of b. Truecaller
News Broadcasting Standards Authority c. Facebook
(NBSA)? d. Amazon
a. Justice Vijay Bhavani Answer: b. Truecaller

b. Abhay Sreeniwas Oka
c. Justice AK Sikri -------------------
d. None of these
Answer: c. Justice AK Sikri (former

Supreme Court judge)

Who has been appointed as the brand Which Indian has been elected external
ambassador by the state government to auditor of the World Health Organization
promote yoga in Goa? (WHO)?
a. Ramdev a. Rajiv Mahrishi

b. Namrata Menon b. VK Shanglu
c. Yusuf Zaidi c. Vinod Rai
d. None of these d. Shashikant Sharma
Answer: b. Namrata Menon Answer: a. Rajeev Mahrishi
------------------- - He is also the CAG (Comptroller and Auditor

Who was appointed the head of the Navy General) of India.
of India?
-------------------------
a. Sunil Lamba The Central Government has reconstituted
b. Ajendra Pal Singh the NITI Aayog and made whom it’s
c. Karambir Singh Deputy Chairman?
d. None of these
a. Amit Shah
Answer: c. Karambir Singh b. Rajiv Kumar
c. Narendra Singh
- He replaced Admiral Sunil Lamba. d. Ajay Kumar
------------------- Answer: b. Rajiv Kumar

The central government has re-appointed
Ajit Doval as NSA (National Security - Rajiv Kumar has again been appointed as
Advisor). What status has been given to the Deputy Chairman of NITI Aayog.
him along with it?
-----------------
a. State Minister Who is the new executive chairman of
b. Cabinet Minister Wipro?
c. Prime minister
d. None of these a. Rashad Premji
b. Abidali Jade Neemuchwala
Answer: b. Cabinet Minister c. Azim Premji
Earlier, NSA was given the status of Minister d. None of these
of State.
Answer: a. Rashad Premji
-------------------
-------------------

Who has been appointed the Director --------------------
General of Indian Meteorological Who was appointed the Director General
Department (IMD)? of Bureau of Police Research &
Development?
a. Ajay Pal Singh Rana
b. Umaid Singh Mohapatra a. RS Jadoun
c. Ajay Kumar Tyagi b. VS Kaamudi
d. Mrityunjay Mohapatra c. SR Singh
d. None of these
Answer: d. Mrityunjay Mohapatra
Answer: b. VS Kaamudi
- He is also called Cyclone Man
----------------------------
-------------------------- Who is the brand ambassador of
Who has been appointed the interim Japanese electronics firm Casio India for
chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Bank? its product G-Shock?
a. Pervez Ahmed b. RK Chibber a. Salman Khan

c. Adil Khan d. None of these b. Tiger shroff
c. Shahrukh Khan
Answer: b. RK Chibber
d. Amitabh Bachchan
-------------------
Answer: b. Tiger shroff
Which state has 5 deputy CMs appointed
for the first time in the country's history? ---------------
Who has been appointed by the Central
a. Tamil Nadu
Government as the new Chairman-cum-
b. Kerala
Managing Director [CMD] of Mahanadi
c. Andhra Pradesh
Coalfield Limited?
d. Bihar
a. Yusuf Khan
Answer: c. Andra Pradesh
b. Anubhav Paswan
- Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (CM)
c. Ajay Kumar Shukla
Jagan Mohan Reddy.
d. None of these
-------------------
Answer: c. Ajay Kumar Shukla
Which Indian was elected a member of the
American Philosophical Society? --------------
a. Karan Thapar b. Romila Thapar

c. Ashok Thapar d. Girish Banerjee
Answer: b. Romila Thapar

Who has been appointed as its new brand Who has been appointed as the new head
ambassador by Hero MotoCorp Limited? of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW)
by the Central Government?
a. Yerry Fernando Mina Gonzalez
b. Sachin Tendulkar a. Arvind Kumar
c. Saurabh Ganguly b. Samant Kumar Goyal
d. Manu bhakar c. Arvind Paswan
d. Vijay Kumar Thakur
Answer: a. Yerri Fernando Meena
Gonzalez Answer: b. Samant Kumar Goyal
- Yerri Mina holds the record for the most ------------------

goals scored in a single World Cup by a Who has been appointed the new head of
defender in the 2018 FIFA (Federation the Indian Coast Guard?
Internationale de Football Association) World
Cup, France. a. K. Natarajan
b. R Sundaram
-------------------------- c. RV Pillai
Who has been appointed the director of d. Amar Nath Paswan
the Nehru Center in London?
Answer: a. K. Natarajan
a. Amish Tripathi
b. Arun Tripathi
c. Umesh Tripathi
d. Rajendra Swaroop Tripathi
Answer: a. Amish Tripathi
------------------------
Who has been appointed the new head of
Intelligence Bureau (IB) by the Central
Government?
a. Arvind Kumar
b. Samant Kumar Goyal
c. Arvind Paswan
d. Vijay Kumar Thakur
Answer: a. Arvind Kumar
---------------------

---------------------------
Economic Name the first company in the country
with a market capitalization of 10 lakh
In the second quarter (July-September) of crores?
the financial year,what was the GDP
a. Tata Sons
growth rate of the country?
b. Reliance Industries Limited
a. 7 percent c. TCS
b. 6.5 percent d. Infosys
c. 5 percent
Answer b. Reliance Industries Limited
d. 4.5 percent
- Reliance's market capitalization at BSC

Answer d. 4.5 percent
(Bombay Stock Exchange) exceeded one
- GDP growth rate in the first quarter was 5
million crore rupees on 28 November due to
percent.
RIL's good performance in the stock market.
---------------------------- - Last month i.e. in October 2019, Reliance
What was the industrial growth of the core Industries crossed the market capitalization of
sector in the country in October 2019? nine lakh crores.
- Reliance Industries is the sixth largest
a. - 5.8 percent petrochemical company in the world.
b. - 4.8 percent
c. - 3.8 percent -------------------------
d. - 2.8 percent In the first half (April to September) of the
financial year 2019, how many rupees
Answer a. - 5.8 percent fraud cases were reported in government
banks?
- Core Sector - 8 Major Industries: Coal,
Crude Oil, Natural Gas, Cement, Steel, a. 95,760 crores
Electricity, Fertilizer, Refinery Products. b. 96,760 crores
c. 97,760 crores
---------------------------- d. 98,760 crores
What was the fiscal deficit of the country
in the first seven months of the financial Answer a. 95,760 crores
year (April to October 2019)?
- 5,743 total fraud cases.
a. 6.2 trillion rupees - Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman gave
b. 7.2 trillion rupees this information in the Rajya Sabha on 19
c. 8.2 trillion rupees November 2019.
d. 9.2 trillion rupees
--------------------------
Answer b. 7.2 trillion rupees {7.2 lakh SBI has reduced India's GDP growth
crore rupees} ($ 100.32 billion)

forecast for 2019-20 from 6.1% to what Actually, its report got in the media.
percentage? Accordingly, in 2017-18, the average monthly
expenditure of the countrymen has come
a. 5.5% b. 5.8% down to Rs 1,446 as compared to Rs 1,501 in
c. 5% d. 5.2% 2011-12.
- This is a decline of 3.7%. Whereas each
Answer c. 5%
time it used to grow.
- The survey was conducted between July
- State Bank of India (SBI) has reduced the
2017 and June 2018.
growth rate to 4.2% in the second quarter of
- For the first time in the last 40 years,
the current financial year.
consumer spending has come down.
- The country's first quarter (April-June) GDP
was 5%, which is the lowest in the last 6
--------------------------------
years.
The BRICS Trade Council has set a target
of how much mutual trade till the next
-----------------------
Summit (2020)?
How much has the rating agency Moody's
Investors Service reduced India's GDP
a. 400 billion dollars
growth estimate for the current financial
b. 50 billion dollars
year?
c. 300 billion dollars
d. 500 billion dollars
a. 5.8%
b. 5.6%
Answer d. 500 billion dollars
c. 5.5%
d. 5% - The 11th BRICS Summit took place in Brazil
on 13 and 14 November.
Answer b. 5.6%
------------------------------
- Moody's has reduced the growth rate
Which company incurred the largest loss
estimate from 5.8% to 5.6% for the current
in Indian corporate history (Rs 50,921
financial year (2019-20).
crore)?
----------------------
a. Reliance Communications
The Central Government has decided not
b. Vodafone idea
to issue Consumer Expenditure Survey
c. Airtel
(Consumer Expenditure Survey) for 2017-
d. BSNL
18, who has done this survey?
Answer b. Vodafone idea
a. NSO
b. NTO - Vodafone Idea has a loss of Rs 50,921
c. RBI crore in the second quarter (July-September
d. Finance Ministry 2019).
- While Airtel has said that it has suffered a
Answer a. NSO (National Statistics Office)

loss of Rs 23,045 crore. - CarDekho acquired Carmudi, a Philippine
- It is being said that this is the biggest loss in online classified car advertising company.
India's telecom history. - Kardekho already exists in the Indonesian
market. There, the company operates under
--------------------------- the brand name OTO.com.
In which city will the SCO's Council of
Heads of Government 2020 be organized -------------------------------------
in India? The Union Cabinet has approved the
creation of an Alternative Investment Fund
a. Mumbai (AIF) of how much amount to complete the
b. Chennai stalled housing project?
c.New Delhi
d. Shimla a. 10,000 crores
b. 15,000 crores
Answer c. New Delhi c. 20,000 crores
d. 25,000 crores
---------------------------------
The Union Cabinet has approved to Answer: d. 25,000 crores
increase the authorized capital of Food
Corporation of India (FCI) from 3500 - The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime
crores to how much? Minister Narendra Modi has taken this
decision on 6th November.
a. 5,000 crores - For this, a fund of 10 thousand crores will be
b. 10,000 crores made available by the government.
c. 15,000 crores The remaining amount will be borne by
d. 20,000 crores several institutions including SBI and LIC.
Answer b. 10,000 crores --------------------------------

Formation of FCI - Under Food India has decided not to sign World's
Corporation Act 1964 Largest Free Trade Pact, name it?
-------------------------- a. RCEP
Which foreign company has Kardekho, an b. UCEP
online company in the automotive sector, c. RERA
acquired? d. None of these
a. Carmudi Answer: a. RCEP

b. Bimudi
c. Transco - RCEP: The Regional Comprehensive
d. None of these Economic Partnership
Answer a. Carmudi ----------------------------

How much has the RBI estimated the GDP --------------------------
growth rate in the current financial year Moody's Investor Service has reduced
(2019-2020)? India's rating from 'stable' to what?
a. 6.9 percent a. Positive

b. 6.1 percent b. Negative
c. 3.7 percent c. Stable
d. 5 percent d. None of these
Answer: b. 6.1 percent Answer: b. Negative
- RBI has reduced the gross domestic Moody's has said that the government has
product (GDP) growth rate to 6.1 percent. not been able to overcome the economic
- It was 6.9 percent earlier. slowdown and the pace of growth will be less
- GDP growth rate has come down to 5 than before.
percent in the first quarter of the current - This estimate of a well-known rating agency
financial year, which is its six-year low. is a setback for the Government of India.
----------------------------- What did the government say?

The World Bank has recently reduced - After the downgrading of the rating by
India's projected growth rate to what Moody’s, the Government said that even
percent for the current financial year? though the agency lowered India's rating, the
Indian economy is among the fastest growing
a. 6 percent economies.
b. 5 percent
c. 7 percent -------------------------------
d. 8 percent
To how much has the Central Government
Answer: a. 6 percent raised the minimum support price (MSP)
of wheat for 2019-20?
------------------------------
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has a. Rs 2,025 per quintal
reduced India's GDP growth rate estimate b. Rs 1,925 per quintal
from 7 percent to what percent for the c. Rs 1,825 per quintal
financial year 2019-20? d. Rs 1,840 per quintal
a. 6.8 percent Answer: b. Rs 1,925 per quintal

b. 6.9 percent
c. 6.1 percent - The central government has increased the
d. None of these MSP of wheat by 85 rupees.
- MSP of barley also increased by Rs 85 to
Answer: c. 6.1 percent Rs 1,525 per quintal.

---------------------------- --------------------------
To what extent has the central Which state / union territory has the
government decided to increase the highest minimum wage in the country?
minimum support price (MSP) of pulses?
a. Karnataka b. Uttar Pradesh
a. Rs 88 per quintal b. Rs 85 per quintal c. Maharashtra d. Delhi
c. 200 per quintal
d. 325 per quintal Answer: d. Delhi
Answer: d. 325 per quintal ----------------------------

The Delhi government has increased the
- MSP of lentils increased by Rs 325 to Rs minimum wage (unskilled) to how much?
4,800 per quintal.
- MSP of gram increased by Rs. 255 to Rs. a. Rs 4628 per month
4,875 per quintal. b. Rs 8632 per month
- MSP of rapeseed / mustard increased by Rs c. Rs 12244 per month
225 to Rs 4,425 per quintal d. Rs14842 per month
- MSP of Souflavar increased by Rs 270 to
Answer: d. Rs 14842 per month
Rs 5,215 quintal
- The National Minimum Wage (unskilled) is

---------------------
4628, while in Delhi it has now tripled to Rs
The Central Government has decided to
14842.
merge which two government telecom
State/ unskilled/ semi-skilled/skilled
companies?
Delhi /14,842 /16,341/ 17,991
a. BSNL and MTNL Uttar Pradesh /5,750 /6,325 /7,085
b. BSNL and VSNL Haryana/ 8,827 /9,268 /10,218
c. MTNL and VSNL Gujarat/ 8,190/ 8,398 /8,632
d. None of these
---------------------------
Answer: a. BSNL and MTNL How many rupees commemorative coin
was released by Prime Minister Narendra
- On 23 October 2019, the Union Cabinet Modi on the occasion of 150th birth
chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi in
took this decision. Ahmedabad, Gujarat?
- The government has approved a revival
package of Rs 68,751 crore for loss-making a. 150 rupees
public sector telecom companies. b. 200 rupees
Under the scheme, government bonds worth c. 100 rupees
Rs 15,000 crore will be issued. - While assets d. 50 rupees
worth Rs 38,000 crore will be sold and
Answer: a. 150 rupees
collected.

-------------------------- - It means TDS will be levied on cash
For which industry has the HS Code withdrawals over one crore rupees from a
recently been released for recognition in bank or any place.
international trade?
---------------------
a. Khadi Which type of loans has RBI ordered
b. Honey banks to link to the repo rate?
c. Milk
d. The cloth a. Home loan
b. Auto loan
Answer: a. Khadi c. Personal loan
d. All types of loans
What is HS Code:
- Harmonized system is a six-digit Answer: d. All types of loans
international identification code.
- It is developed by the World Customs ----------------------
Organization. The central government has announced
- With the HS code, now consumption abroad the merger of how many public sector
can be marked separately from textile. banks & converting them into 4 banks?
Currently, more than 200 countries are using
a. 10
the HS code system for the collection of
b. 8
international trade data.
c. 5
- Khadi and Village Industries Commission
d. 4
(KVIC)
Khadi and Village Industries Commission -
Answer: a. 10
Chairman Vinai Kumar Saxena
- Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
-----------------
made this announcement on 30 August 2019.
How much TDS would now be deducted
for cash withdrawals exceeding Rs 1 crore --------------------
with effect from September 1, 2019? The central government has announced
the merger of which Banks with Punjab
a. 10%
National Bank?
b. 7%
c. 5% a. Oriental Bank of Commerce and United
d. 2% Bank of India
b. State Bank of India and Union Bank
Answer: d. 2% c. Canara Bank and Syndicate Bank
d. None of these
- The Department of Revenue, Ministry of
Finance has made this provision in order to
Answer: a. Oriental Bank of Commerce
discourage cash transactions and move
and United Bank of India
towards a low cash economy.

- It will be the second largest bank in the The Union Government has announced
country, with an estimated turnover of Rs the merger of which banks with Indian
17.95 lakh crore. Bank?
-------------------- a. Andhra Bank and Corporation Bank

The Central Government has announced b. Allahabad Bank
the merger of which banks with Canara c. Syndicate Bank
Bank? d. None of these
a. Oriental Bank of Commerce and United Answer: b. Allahabad Bank

Bank of India
b. State Bank of India and Union Bank - It will be the seventh largest bank in the
c. Syndicate Bank country. Its estimated turnover will be - 8.08
d. None of these lakh crore.
---------------------
Answer: c. Syndicate Bank Merger-1
- Punjab National Bank, Oriental Bank of
- It will be the fourth largest bank in the Commerce and United Bank of India -
country. Its estimated turnover will be Rs (Second largest bank, business - Rs. 17.95
15.20 lakh crore’ lakh crore)
------------------- Merger-2
Union Government has announced the - Canara Bank and Syndicate Bank
merger of which banks with Union Bank of - (Fourth largest bank, turnover-Rs.15.20 lakh
India? crore)
a. Andhra Bank and Corporation Bank Merger-3

b. State Bank of India and Union Bank Union Bank, Andhra Bank and Corporation
c. Syndicate Bank Bank
d. None of these - (Fifth largest bank, turnover - Rs. 14.6 lakh
crore)
Answer: a. Andhra Bank and Corporation
Bank Merger-4
- Indian Bank, Allahabad Bank
- It will be the fifth largest bank in the country.
- (Seventh largest bank, turnover-Rs. 8.08
Its estimated turnover will be -14.6 lakh
lakh crore)
crores.
- After merger of these 10 banks there will
now be four banks.
-------------------
As of March 2017, the number of public
sector banks in the country was 27.
---------------------

In the year 2017, the Modi government c. 1.76 lakh crores
merged banks in its last tenure also . d. 1.89 lakh crores
State Bank of India (SBI) , it’s 5 of its
associate banks- Answer: c. 1.76 lakh crores
- State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur, - RBI will transfer a large part of this amount
- State Bank of Hyderabad, i.e. Rs 1.23 lakh crore from Surplus Fund and
- State Bank of Mysore, the remaining Rs 52,637 crore from Surplus
- State Bank of Travancore, Reserve.
- State Bank of Patiala
---------------------
- and Bharatiya Mahila Bank were merged.
Based on the recommendations of which
After this, in 2019 they merged with Bank of committee, has RBI announced a grant of
Baroda with: Rs 1.76 lakh crore to the central
- Vijaya Bank and government?
- Dena Bank
a. Bimal Jalan Committee
- Another bank IDBI Bank's majority share b. RK Dhawan Committee
was bought by LIC. This made it a private c. Rakesh Tiwari Committee
bank. d. None of these
- So there are now 18 public sector banks.
Answer: a. Bimal Jalan Committee
Of these, 10 banks will be merged into four
banks. --------------------------
After this, 12 public sector banks will remain.
According to the latest World Bank report,
the Indian economy has fallen from
-------------------
number 5 to what place in the world?
In the first quarter (April-June 2019) of the
current financial year, the GDP growth
a. 7th
rate of the country decreased to?
b. 8th
c. 9th
a. 5 percent b. 6 percent
d. 10th
c. 7 percent d. 8 percent
Answer: a. 7th
Answer: a. 5 percent
- The crown of the fifth major economy of the

--------------------
world has been taken away from India.
How much amount has been announced
According to World Bank data, in the year
by the RBI to the Central Government as
2018, Britain and France's economy recorded
Surplus Fund and Dividend?
higher growth than India, due to which they
a. 1.13 Lakh Crore have jumped one place each.
b. 1.24 lakh crores - Britain has reached 5th position while
France has been placed at sixth position.

---------------- --------------------------------
The Central Government has reduced GST Whom has The Prevention of Money
on electric vehicles from 12% to how Laundering Court declared the country's
much? first fugitive economic criminal?
a. 5% a. Nirav Modi
b. 10% b. Anil Ambani
c. 11% c. Mehul Choksi
d. 8% d. Vijay Mallya
Answer: a. 5% Answer: d. Vijay Mallya
- This decision has been taken in the meeting -----------------

of Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council on Which bank has merged with Bank of
28 July under the chairmanship of Union Baroda & Dena Bank ?
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
a. Canara Bank b. Vijaya Bank
--------------- c. Bank of India d. Overseas bank
The first state in the country to issue
spice bonds on the London Stock Answer: b. Vijaya Bank
Exchange?
-------------
a. Bihar b. Maharashtra While presenting the budget 2019, the
c. Kerala d. Gujarat central government has set a target of
creating an economy of how much
Answer: c. Kerala amount in the next five years?
- Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund a. 5 trillion dollars b. 3 trillion dollars

Board {KIIFB} has issued spice bonds worth c. 2 trillion dollars d. 50 trillion dollars
Rs 2150 crore.
Answer: a. 5 trillion dollars
---------------
According to the latest report of the -------------------
Geological Survey of India (GSI), which According to the budget speech given by
state has 35 percent of India's graphite Nirmala Sitharaman, which institute will be
reserves? established to promote research in the
country?
a. Arunachal Pradesh
b. Uttar Pradesh a. National Research Foundation
c. Himachal Pradesh b. National Scholars Foundation
d. Punjab c. Research Institute of India
d. All India Research Institute
Answer: a. Arunachal Pradesh
Answer: a. National Research Foundation

- In the general budget 2019, the central Which Payments Bank has announced to
government has made a provision of Rs 400 cease operations?
crore for higher education.
a. Paytm Payments Bank
----------------------- b. Vodafone Payments Bank
'Utkarsh 2022' is related to which c. Airtel Payments Bank
organization? d. Aditya Birla Idea Payments Bank
a. State Bank of India Answer: d. Aditya Birla Idea Payments

b. IIT Bank
c. Reserve Bank of India
d. None of these -------------------------------
Recently who became the first non-
Answer: c. Reserve Bank of India banking financial company (NBFC) to
receive $ 100 million green energy funding
- RBI has recently finalized the three-year from AIIB (Asian Infrastructure Investment
roadmap, named it 'Utkarsh 2022'. Bank)?
- It aims to improve the regulation and
supervision of the central bank. a. HFDC
b. L&T Infrastructure Finance Company
----------------------- Limited
c. Money market
Which new section has been added to the
d. None of these
SEBI Act to take action against entities
that tamper with electronic databases? Answer: b. L&T Infrastructure Finance
Company Limited
a. HAS33
b. 15HAA - This loan amount will be used for wind and
c. UE33 solar energy projects.
d. None of these
------------------------
Answer: b. 15HAA Which is the first Indian state to receive
funds under World Bank's Climate
According to the Finance Bill 2019, a new
Resistance Capacity Program?
section "15HAA" has been added to the SEBI
Act, under this section action will be taken a. Kerala
against units that tamper with electronic b. Bihar
database. c. Uttar Pradesh
- Now SEBI can impose a fine of up to Rs 1 d. Delhi
crore on the broker for not following the rules.
Answer: a. Kerala
------------------

- The World Bank has approved $ 250 million GSP means Generalized System of
for Kerala's "Resilient Kerala Program (RKP)" Preferences.
under the Climate Resistance Capacity.
--------------------
------------------- Which Indian PSU was the most profitable
For which project Life Insurance company in the financial year 2018-19?
Corporation of India (LIC) will provide a
loan facility of Rs 1.25 lakh crore by the a. IOCL
year 2024? b. ONGC
c. BPCL
a. Bharatmala Project d. Coal India
b. Sagar Project Answer: b. ONGC
c. Power Project
d. Smart city Project -------------------
Which companies have signed an
Answer: a. Bharatmala Project agreement to build a joint venture for the
construction of the world's longest LPG
------------------ pipeline from Kandla to Gorakhpur?
Who is the chairman of the
cryptocurrency panel proposing to ban a. IOCL, BPCL, HPCL
private digital currency in India? b. BPCL, HPCL
c. HPCL, IOCL
a. Rahul Mathur d. Reliance and Adani
b. Rajendra Tiwari
c. Subhash Chandra Garg Answer: a. IOCL, BPCL, HPCL
d. None of these
- Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL), Bharat
Answer: c. Subhash Chandra Garg Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL),
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
- This committee has recommended that (HPCL)
private cryptocurrency should be banned in
the country. ---------------------
On which financial transaction has the RBI
----------------- abolished levy of fees to promote digital
India has been removed from which status transactions?
by the US under which thousands of
goods could be exported to the US at no a. RGTS
charge? b. NEFT
c. IMPS
a. ASP b. GSP d. RGTS and NEFT
c. CSP d. CTBT
Answer: d. RGTS and NEFT
Answer: b. GSP

RGTS: Real Time Gross Settlement System - There have been a total of 53,334 fraud
NEFT: National Electronic Funds Transfer cases in 11 years.
--------------- -------------------
According to RBI report, the share of e- The Government of India has reduced the
money in India's payment systems has contribution rate under the Employees
increased to what percentage in 2017 as State Insurance Act from 6.5% to how
compared to the year 2012? much?
a. 10 percent b. 15 percent a. 5%
c. 20.4 percent d. 21.5 percent b. 4%
c. 3
Answer: d. 21.5 percent d. 2%
- RBI's new report 'Benchmarking India's Answer: b. 4%

Payment Systems' states that the share of e-
money in India's payment systems has ----------------------
increased to 21.5 percent in 2017 from 0.8 Facebook has announced the launch of
percent in 2012. digital currency by which name?
------------------ a. Lotu
By which year has the central government b. Libra
set a target of making India's economy 5 c. Hink
trillion dollars (5 thousand billion dollars = d. Currency
350 lakh crore rupees)?
Answer: b. Libra
a. 2020 b. 2022
c. 2024 d. 2030 - Facebook will launch Libra next year (2020).
Answer: c. 2024 ------------------

Which insurance company has launched
- In the 5th meeting of the Governing Council cyber defence insurance?
of NITI Aayog, PM Narendra Modi said this
on 15 June 2019. a. SBI General Insurance
b. National Insurance
------------------ c. Max Life
According to the latest RBI report, how d. None of these
many rupees of bank fraud were reported
in the last 11 years (2008-09 and 2018-19)? Answer: a. SBI General Insurance
a. 2.05 lakh crores b. 1.05 lakh crores - To protect businesses from financial and
c. 5 lakh crores d. 3.05 lakh crores reputational losses due to cyber attacks, we
have our new product - Cyber Defence
Answer: a. 2.05 lakh crores Insurance.

---------------- RBI has announced the issuance of new
Which bank has launched India's first 20 rupee notes, which historical place is
'Green Car Loan'? depicted in it?
a. SBI a. Qutub Minar

b. PNB b. Taj Mahal
c. RBI c. Red Fort
d. HDFC d. Ellora Cave
Answer: a. SBI Answer: d. Ellora Cave
- On 22 April 2019 World Earth Day, SBI has ------------------

launched India's first 'Green Car Loan' to Which IT company has signed an
encourage people to buy electric vehicles. agreement with India Post to improve the
postal system?
---------------
What is the percentage increase in India's a. Tata Consultancy Services
exports in the financial year 2018-19? b. Infosys
c. Live
a. 10 percent d. None of these
b. 9 percent
c. 8 percent Answer: a. Tata Consultancy Services
d. 7 percent
-----------------------
Answer: b. 9 percent The Reserve Bank of India, after the
recommendation of which committee,
- The Ministry of Commerce has released its decided to sell its stake in NABARD and
data recently. NHB to the government?
----------------- a. Amrit Lal Nagar Samiti

The country's largest car manufacturer b. Narasimhan Committee
has decided to stop selling diesel cars c. Ayaz Kumar
from April 1 next year. Name this d. None of these
company?
Answer: b. Narasimhan Committee
a. Hyundai
b. Mahindra The Reserve Bank of India has sold its entire
c. Ford stake in NABARD and National Housing Bank
d. Maruti Suzuki (NHB) to the government for Rs 20 crore and
Rs 1,450 crore respectively.
Answer: d. Maruti Suzuki
----------------------
-------------------

Which country was India's largest crude
oil supplier in 2018-19?
a. Saudi Arabia
b. Iran
c. Iraq
d. UAE
Answer: c. Iraq
-------------------
Which Indian company has recently
acquired the famous toy company Hemlez
of UK?
a. Mahindra and Mahindra

b. Tata motors
c. Wipro
d. Reliance Industries
Answer: d. Reliance Industries
--------------------
In what name has NABARD started a Rs
700 crore venture capital fund to fund
startups in rural areas?
a. Nabventures
b. Nesventure
c. Grameenventure
d. None of these
Answer: a. Nabventures
--------------------

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh recently
Defence visited the Kranji War Memorial of which
country?
For the first time, India decided to open a. Malaysia b. Bhutan

which missile test range to another c. Indonesia d. Singapore
country for testing?
Answer d. Singapore
a. Chandipur Integrated Test Range, Odisha
b. Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Andhra ---------------------------
Pradesh Name the first woman Judge Advocate
c. Vikram Sarabhai Space Station, Kerala General (JAG) of the Indian Army sent on
d. None of these a foreign mission?
Answer a. Chandipur Integrated Test a. Lieutenant Colonel Kamala Sharma

Range, Odisha b. Lt Col Shanti Verma
c. Lieutenant Colonel Jyoti Sharma
------------------------------- d. None of these
India has signed a Letter of Intent for the
missile test of which country in the Answer c. Lieutenant Colonel Jyoti
Chandipur Integrated Test Range? Sharma
a. North Korea - She will serve the government of the East

b. Sri Lanka African country of Seychelles as a legal
c. Singapore expert and give hes opinion about the
d. France Defence and Military Act.
- Earlier, in September 2019, Wing
Answer c. Singapore Commander Anjali Singh was appointed as
the first female military diplomat at the Indian
- Letter of Intent was signed between the two Embassy in Russia.
during the visit of Defence Minister Rajnath
Singh to Singapore. --------------------------
The central government has banned the
----------------------------- rebel group "Hynniewtrep National
Which central paramilitary force has been Liberation Council" (HNLC), which state is
proposed by the Ministry of Home Affairs the organization active in?
to merge with ITBP?
a. Mizoram
a. B S F b. Tamil Nadu
b. CISF c. Nagaland
c. CRPF d. Meghalaya
d. Assam Rifles
Answer d. Meghalaya
Answer d. Assam Rifles

--------------------------- Karakoram range of the Himalayas.
The central government has extended the - The length of this glacier is 76 kilometers, it
ban on the National Democratic Front of is the longest glacier in the Karakoram range.
Bodoland (NDFB) for five years, in which - Its height is between 3,620 meters to 5,753
state is it active? meters.
- India controlled Siachen Glacier in 1984 by
a. Mizoram Operation Meghdoot.
b. Tamil Nadu
c. Assam ---------------------------
d. Meghalaya France handed over the first Rafale fighter
jet to India, what is its tail number?
Answer c. Assam
a. RB 001
---------------------------- b. Modi 001
A t which place did the Indian Army first c. India 001
test the anti-tank missile 'Spike' missile in d. PR 001
November 2019?
Answer: a. RB 001
a. Pokhran of Rajasthan
b. Mhow in Madhya Pradesh - First Rafale's tail number is RB001. The
c. Balasore of Orissa number is dedicated to Air Force Chief RKS
d. None of these Bhadauria who played a key role in the
Rafale Deal.
Answer b. Mhow in Madhya Pradesh - On 8 October 2019, Defence Minister
Rajnath Singh reached Marinac Airbase in
-------------------------------------
Bordeaux, France and received the first
The Central Government has announced
Rafale fighter jet from France.
to open the world's highest war zone for
- It is a trainer aircraft.
tourists, name it?
--------------------------
a. Kargil
Who became the first female flight
b. Siachen
commander of India?
c. Kanchenjunga
d. None of these a. Ishtar Jahan
b. Shalija Dhami
Answer: b. Siachen
c. Avni Chaturvedi
d. None of these
- The area from Siachen Base Camp (located
at an altitude of 12,300 feet) to Kumar Post
Answer: b. Shalija Dhami
(situated at an altitude of 15,600 feet) will
now be open for tourists. - She took over as flight commander of
- This will boost tourism in Ladakh. Chetak helicopter unit at Hindon Airbase of
- Siachen Glacier is located in the eastern Ghaziabad.

- The post of flight commander is the second ---------------------------
major post in the flight commander unit, Who is the Deputy Chief of Air Force?
meaning that Dhami is the second major
officer in the unit after the commanding a. Air Marshal HS Arora
officer. b. Air Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadoria
- The first fighter pilot is Avani Chaturvedi. c. Air Marshal Anil Khosla
d. Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa
-------------------------
Which company has manufactured Answer: a. Air Marshal HS Arora
Apache helicopters inducted into Indian
--------------------------
Air Force on 3 September 2019?
Who has become the first female military
a. Boeing b. Airbus diplomat?
c. Dassault d. None of these
a. Wing Commander Anjali Singh
Answer: a. Boeing b. Wing Commander Ananya Sen
c. Wing Commander Sunanda Arya
- Indian Airforce included eight Apache d. Wing Commander Aarti Prajapati
helicopters built by American aerospace
company Boeing. Answer: a. Wing Commander Anjali Singh
--------------------- - Wing Commander Anjali Singh has become

Who has been appointed the new the first woman military diplomat of India to
chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee be deployed for any Indian mission abroad.
(Army-Navy-Airforce)? - Russian Embassy tweeted that Anjali has
taken over as 'Deputy Air Attache' at the
a. Air Marshal BS Dhanao Indian Embassy.
b. General Bipin Rawat - She took office on 10 September.
c. Rajnath Singh
d. Admiral Karmaveer Singh ---------------------
India successfully test-fired its
Answer: b. General Bipin Rawat indigenously built air-to-air 'Astra' missile
with which fighter plane on 17
------------------------- September?
Who is the Chief of Air Force?
a. Sukhoi 30 MKI b. Mig 21
a. Air Marshal HS Arora c. Tejas d. None of these
b. Air Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadoria
c. Air Marshal Anil Khosla Answer: a. Sukhoi 30 MKI
d. Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa
The state-of-the-art missile has a strike range
Answer: b. Air Marshal Rakesh Kumar of more than 70 km which can fly towards the
Singh Bhadoria target at a speed of 5,555 km per hour.

--------------------- ------------------------------
Submarine INS Khanderi was inducted Rajnath Singh became the first Defence
into the Navy on 28 September, under Minister to fly in which home-built
which project was it prepared? aircraft?
a. Project 75 a. Jaguar
b. Project Scorpene b. Mirage
c. Project 85 c. Sukhoi
d. Project submarine d. Tejas
Answer: a. Project 75 Answer: d. Tejas
- Under Project 75, India is building the next - Defence Minister Rajnath Singh rode Tejas,
generation indigenous submarine. a light fighter aircraft made in the country in
- India's second Scorpene class Submarine Bengaluru and with this he became the first
INS Khanderi joined the Navy on 28 Defence Minister of the country to do so.
September 2019. - The aircraft, designed by Hindustan
- INS Khanderi was inducted into the Navy in Aeronautical Limited (HAL), was first
the presence of Defence Minister Rajnath conceived in 1983.
Singh and Naval Chief Admiral Karambir
Singh. ----------------------
Ministry of Defence has signed an
-------------------------- agreement with which country to
Submarine INS Khanderi has the ability to purchase R-27 missiles in July 2019?
dive to a depth of how many meters in the
sea? a. Israel
b. Usa
a. 300 meters b. 450 m c. Russia
c. 350 m d. 650 m d. France
Answer: c. 350 m Answer: c. Russia
--------------------- -------------------
Which country has supplied the bomb The AH-64E Apache helicopter inducted
SPICE-2000 to the Indian Air Force (IAF)? into the Indian Air Force is built by which
country?
a. United States of america
b. Israel a. France
c. Russia b. USA
d. China c. Britain
d. Germany
Answer: b. Israel
Answer: b. USA

- AH-64E Apache Attack Helicopter --------------
manufactured by American Company Boeing The Simbex-2019 (SIMBEX-19) naval war
is considered to be the most modern and exercise took place between India and
deadly helicopter in the world. which country from 16 May to 22 May
2019?
------------------
In May 2019, Indian Navy warships INS a. Singapore b. Nepal
Kolkata and INS Shakti participated in c. China d. Russia
which joint military exercise in the South
China Sea? Answer: a. Singapore
a. Group Sail b. War games ---------------------------

c. Black Hawk d. Push Above Who has been appointed the first head of
the Armed Forces Special Operations
Answer: a. Group Sail Division?
Japan, Philippines and USA also participated a. Major General A.K. Dhingra
in this war exercise. b. Major General R.K. Solitaire
c. Major General P.K. Awasthi
----------------- d. Major General Sundar Bharoch
In which place did the three Indian armies
practice 'Bull Strike' exercise in May Answer: a. Major General A.K. Dhingra
2019?
-----------------------------
a. Teresa Island Which aircraft has been certified by the
b. North Sentinel Island Indian Airforce to operate with buoy-jet
c. Carlo Island fuel?
d. Sound island
a. AN 32 b. Dryness
Answer: a. Teresa Island c. Mig 21 d. None of these
- This island is located in the Andaman and Answer: a. AN 32

Nicobar Islands.
----------------------
------------------- The first Rafale fighter plane will join
What is the status given by the Ministry of which squadron of the Air Force?
Defence to the Military Nursing Staff?
a. Golden Arrow 10 Squadron
a. Soldier b. Agra 18 Squadron
b. Nursing staff c. Golden Arrow 17 Squadron
c. Ex-servicemen d. None of these
d. None of these
Answer: c. Golden Arrow 17 Squadron
Answer: c. Ex-servicemen

- This squadron was commanded by Air Chief -----------------
Marshal BS Dhanoa during the Kargil War in Which agency has announced the creation
1999. of an agency to deal with space war?
------------- a. DSRO
Which aircraft has been deployed by the b. Apro
Indian Navy for anti-piracy operations in c. SWMO
the Gulf of Aden near Oman? d. OSWP
a. P-8 India (P-8I) Answer: a. DSRO - Defence Space

b. AN - 32 Research Agency (DSRO)
c. C-130J
d. None of these ------------------------
Which two countries' armies organized
Answer: a. P-8 India (P-8I) Operation Sunrise 2?
- India has been taking anti-piracy operations a. India and China

in the Gulf of Aden since 2008. b. India and Nepal
c. China and Pakistan
----------------- d. India and Myanmar
With which country has India signed a
deal worth Rs 300 crore for the purchase Answer: d. India and Myanmar
of SPICE Bomb?
Under this operation, active terrorist groups
a. USA b. UK were targeted in Manipur, Nagaland and
c. Uae d. Israel Assam.
Answer: d. Israel ------------------

What was the codename of India's
- The Indian Air Force has signed a deal Airstrike (26 February 2019) in Balakot,
worth Rs 300 crore to purchase more than Pakistan?
100 Spice Bombs from Israel.
a. Operation Monkey
---------------------------- b. Operation Panic
Which Air Force ship went missing on c. Operation Fox
June 3 from Mechuka airbase near China d. Operation tiger
border in Arunachal Pradesh?
Answer: a. Operation monkey
a. Sukhoi SU-30
b. C-130J ----------------------------
c. C-130 Hercules
d. AN-32
Answer: d. AN-32

Which artillery Gun was recently added to - It aims to carry forward the Indo-Pacific
the Indian Army? policy presented by Prime Minister Modi at
the Shangri-La Dialogue in 2018.
a. Dhanush Howitzer
b. T90 ---------------
c. Howitzer Which country went to participate in the
d. None of these International Fleet Review held at the 70th
anniversary celebrations of naval warship
Answer: a. Dhanush Howitzer INS Kolkata and Shakti PLA?
- It is developed by the Ordnance Factory a. China

Board (OFB), Kolkata based on the b. America
requirements of the Indian Army and c. Russia
manufactured by the Gun Carriage Factory d. Spain
(GCF), Jabalpur.
That's why it is also called 'Desi Bofors'. Answer: a. China
------------------- - Both these warships arrived in Qingdao,

Project-75 India is related to which Indian China on 21 April 2019.
armed force?
a. Navy b. Air Force

c. Army d. CRPF
Answer: a. Navy
- To control the increasing dominance of

China in the Indian Ocean region, the Indian
Navy has launched Project 75 India. - Under
this project the Navy wants to build six
conventional diesel-electric submarines.
---------------------
Under which ministry has the Central
Government established the Indo-Pacific
wing?
a. Ministry of Finance
b. home Ministry
c. Ministry of Defense
d. foreign Ministry
Answer: d. Foreign Ministry

-----------------------------
Military Exercises The maritime exercise "Zair-Al-Bahr" (roar
of the sea) took place between which
A 'sea power' (Samudra Shakti) naval countries?
exercise was organized between India and
the navies of which country? a. India and Qatar
b. India and Bangladesh
a. Nepal b. China c. India and Saudi Arabia
c. Japan d. Indonesia d. India and Yemen
Answer d. Indonesia Answer a. India and Qatar
- On November 12, 2018, the first bilateral - The event took place from 17 to 21
naval exercise 'Samudra Shakti' was November 2019.
conducted between India and Indonesia. - This was the first joint bilateral maritime
- This exercise was conducted in the Bay of exercise between India and Qatar.
Bengal.
--------------------------------
----------------------------- Kajind is a military exercise between
Which first female officer has been which countries?
selected by Navy to be deployed abroad
as 'Naval Attche'? a. India and Israel
b. India and Sri Lanka
a. Karbi Gogoi b. Lalitha Mathur c. India and Nepal
c. Anjali Mohan d. Nandini Awasthi d. India and Kazakhstan
Answer a. Karbi Gogoi Answer: d. India and Kazakhstan
- She is Lieutenant Commander in the Navy. - This exercise was held from 02 October to
- The Navy has selected Karbi Gogoi as 15 October 2019 in Pithoragarh.
Assistant Naval Attache at the Indian ---------------------------
Embassy in Moscow. Which joint military exercise took place
between India and France from 31 October
---------------------------- to 13 November 2019?
In which state was the 'Tiger Triumph' tri-
service military exercise organized a. Defence-2019
between the US and India (13 to 21 b. Practice power-2019
November)? c. Might
d. Vaibhav-2019
a. Gujarat b. Andra Pradesh
c. Rajasthan d. Mizoram Answer: b. 'Practice power-2019'
Answer b. Andra Pradesh - This military exercise took place in

Rajasthan.

------------------------------ Vajra Prahar 2019 military exercise was
Which Indian armed force has decided to organized between India and which
organize a practice called 'Sindhu country?
Sudarshan' from 29 November to 4
December 2019? a. Japan
b. China
a. Army c. USA
b. Air Force d. France
c. Navy
d. B S F Answer: c. USA
Answer: a.Army - The exercise started in Seattle, US on 13

October and lasted till 28 October, 2019.
- This exercise will be held in the desert of
Rajasthan from 29 November to 4 December --------------------------
2019. 'Shinyu Maitri' aerial warfare exercise took
- 40,000 jawans will participate in it. place between India and which country
from 17 to 23 October 2019?
--------------------------
The military exercise 'Ekuverin' was held a. China
in Pune, Maharashtra between which b. Japan
countries? c. Myanmar
d. Bhutan
a. India - Maldives
b. India - Nepal Answer: b. Japan
c. India - China
--------------------------
d. India – Russia
'Eastern Bridge-V' war exercise was
Answer: a. India – Maldives organized by India along with which
country's air force?
--------------------------
The 'Dharma Guardian' practice took place a. Saudi Arabia
between India and which country from 19 b. Oman
October to 2 November 2019? c. Egypt
d. Azerbaijan
a. China
b. Japan Answer: b. Oman
c. America
- This exercise started on 17 October, it will
d. France
conclude on 26 October.
Answer: b. Japan
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-----------------------

Which Indian armed force conducted the SLINEX 2019 exercise is conducted
Changthang Prahar war exercise in between which two countries?
Ladakh?
a. India and Pakistan
a. Army b. India and China
b. Air Force c. India and Sri Lanka
c. Navy d. India and USA
d. B S f
Answer: c. India and Sri Lanka
Answer: a. Army
- SLINEX (Sri Lanka India Naval Exercise)
- During this time the army practiced to 2019
improve its war fighting ability. - Held between 7 September and 14
Infantry, mechanized forces, T-72 tanks, September.
artillery guns and UAVs were used in this - There is a seventh version of SLINEX in
exercise. 2019.
------------------------- ----------------------
In which state was the 'Himvijay' war The war exercise 2019 between India and
exercise organized in October 2019? US was organized in which city from 5
September to 18 September?
a. Uttar Pradesh b. Tripura
c. Mizoram d. Arunachal Pradesh a. Delhi b. Washington
c. New York d. Mumbai
Answer: d. Arunachal Pradesh
Answer: b. Washington
----------------------
In which country is the multinational - The event is being held at the joint base
practice called Tsentr 2019 organized? Lewis-McChord in the US capital
Washington.
a. China - This is the 15th edition of 'War Practice'.
b. Japan
c. Australia ---------------------
d. Russia The war exercise 2019 between India and
US was organized in which city from 5
Answer: d. Russia (Orenburg) September to 18 September?
- The exercise was held between 9 a. Delhi

September to 23 September. b. Washington
- The forces of China, Kazakhstan, India, c. New York
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Pakistan and d. Mumbai
Uzbekistan participated in this exercise.
Answer: b. Washington

- The event is being held at the joint base - The Indian delegation was headed by Vice
Lewis- McChord in the US capital Admiral Ajit Kumar, Flag Officer
Washington. Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval
- This is the 15th edition of 'War Practice' Command and INS Tarkash.
--------------------- ---------------------
Which company has manufactured 'Al Nagah 2019' joint military exercise was
Apache helicopters inducted into Indian organized between India and which other
Air Force on 3 September 2019? country?
a. Boeing b. Airbus a. Russia

c. Dassault d. None of these b. Oman
c. Sri Lanka
Answer: a. Boeing d. Japan
---------------------
Ministry of Defence has signed an Answer: b. Oman
agreement with which country to
purchase R-27 missiles in July 2019? - Its third edition was held in Mount Jabal Al
Akhdar (Oman) from 12 to 25 March 2019.
a. Israel
b. USA ---------------------
c. Russia 'Sampriti war exercise' took place between
d. France India and which country in March 2019?
Answer: c. Russia a. Bangladesh

b. Sri Lanka
- India has signed a Rs 1,500 crore deal with c. Afghanistan
Russia for the purchase of air-to-air R-27 d. Usa
missiles.
- These missiles will be deployed in the Answer: a. Bangladesh
fighter aircraft Sukhoi-30 MKI.
- It was organized in Tangail, Bangladesh.
---------------------
----------------------------
Which Indian Navy warship participated in
The 12th joint military exercise 'Bold
the Russian Navy Parade Day on 28 July?
Kurukshetra-2019' between India and
a. INS Tarkash which country concluded on 11 April?
b. INS Vikrant
a. Nepal
c. INS Vikramaditya
b. China
d. INS Talwar
c. Singapore
Answer: c. INS Tarkash\ d. Russia
Answer: c. Singapore

----------------------
“Mitra Shakti-VI” exercise was held
between which two countries?
a. India and Sri Lanka

b. India and Pakistan
c. India and America
d. India and China
Answer: a. India and Sri Lanka
A war exercise called Mitra Shakti was

organized between India and Sri Lanka from
26 March to 8 April. It began on 26 March in
Diyatalawa, Sri Lanka.
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What was the name of the Naval exercises
organized between India and Vietnam
from 13 to 16 April 2019 ?
a. IN-VPN BILAT EX b. Peace war EX

c. Indo Vietnam EX d. None of these
Answer: a. IN-VPN BILAT EX
- This exercise took place in Cam Ranh Bay,

Vietnam.
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With which country will India organize the
Varun 2019 military exercise in May?
a. China b. Sri Lanka

c. France d. Usa
Answer: c. France
-------------------

--------------------------
Events When is the 550th birth anniversary of
Guru Nanak Dev being celebrated?
Which country's President has been made
a. 12 November
the Chief Guest of Republic Day 2020?
b. 13 November
a. Russia b. Ukraine c. 14 November
c. Switzerland d. Brazil d. Nov 15
Answer d. Brazil Answer a. 12 November 2019
- President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, will be - Guru Nanak was the founder and first Guru
the chief guest at the Republic Day of the Sikh community.
celebrations of India next year.
--------------------------
----------------------- What is the theme of 11th BRICS Summit
The famous Harihar area of Bihar, 2019?
Sonepur Mela, is mainly which of the
a. BRICS Integration
following?
b. Unity for economic growth
a. Cattle fair c. Be one for the future
b. Bird fair d. Economic Growth for Innovative Future
c. Chhath Mela
Answer d. Economic Growth for
d. None of these
Innovative Future
Answer a. Cattle fair
- Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi
- Sonepur fair is held every year on Kartik attended the 11th BRICS Summit on 13
Purnima (November-December) in Sonepur, November 2019 in Brazil.
Bihar. BRICS - Brazil, Russia, India, China, and
- The fair is also known as 'Harihar Kshetra South Africa
Mela'.
---------------------------
------------------------------ In which country will the 12th BRICS
Who inaugurated the Integrated Check Summit 2020 be held?
Post in the Indian Part of Kartarpur
Corridor on 9th November? a. China
b. Russia
a. Narendra Modi c. South Africa
b. Amit Shah d. India
c. Rajnath Singh
Answer b. Russia
d. Manmohan singh
Answer a. Narendra Modi - It will be held in July 2020.

---------------------- - Fatehpur Sikri (1986)
Where was the fifth International Yoga - Great Living Chola Temple (1987,2004)
Conference (15 November 2019) held? - Group of monuments at Hampi (1986)
- Group of monuments at Mahabalipuram
a. Mysore (1984)
b. Patna - Group of Monuments at Pattadakal (1987)
c. Mumbai - Hill Forts of Rajasthan (2013)
d. Chennai - Historical City of Ahmedabad (2017)
- Humayun's Tomb, Delhi (1993)
Answer a. Mysore
- Jaipur City, Rajasthan (2019)
- Khajuraho Group of Monuments (1986)
-----------------------------
- Mahabodhi Temple Complex in Bodh Gaya
When was the World Heritage Week
(2002)
organized by UNESCO?
- Mountain Railways of India
a. 14 to 20 November (1999,2005,2008)
b. 20 to 24 November - Qutub Minar and its monuments, Delhi
c. 19 to 25 November (1993)
d. 30 November to 6 December - Rani-ki-Vav (Stepwell of the Queen) in
Patan, Gujarat (2014)
Answer c. 19 to 25 November - Red Fort Complex (2007)
- Bhimbetka's Rock Shelter (2003)
- There are 38 World Heritage Sites in the - Sun Temple, Konark (1984)
country. Out of these, 30 are cultural sites - Taj Mahal (1983)
(cultural sites) and seven are natural sites - Archaeological Work of La Corbusier, an
(natural sites). In addition there is a mixed outstanding contribution to the modern
site. movement (2016)
- Jantar Mantar, Jaipur (2010)
World Heritage sites in India - Cultural Site
- Mumbai's Victorian Gothic and Art Deco
(30)
Ensemble (2018)
Place and Announced Year
- Agra Fort (1983) Natural Sites (7)
- Ajanta Caves (1983) - Great Himalayan National Park
- Nalanda, Archaeological Site of Nalanda Conservation Area (2014)
Mahavihara, Bihar (2016) - Kaziranga National Park (1985)
- Buddhist Monument at Sanchi (1989) - Keoladeo National Park (1985)
- Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park - Manas Wildlife Sanctuary (1985)
(2004) - Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Park (1988,2005)
Victoria Terminus) (2004) - Sunderban National Park (1987)
- Churches and Convents of Goa (1986) - Western Ghats (2012)
- Elephanta Caves (1987)
- Ellora Caves (1983)

Mixed Site (1) -------------------------------
- Khangchendzonga National Park 'Arun Bhoomi' is the first Hindi newspaper
(Kanchenjunga National Park - Sikkim) of which state?
(2016)
a. Kerala b. Tamil Nadu
---------------------------- c. Telangana d. Arunachal
Where was the National Tribal Festival Pradesh
'Adi Mahotsav 2019' held (16 November to
30 November)? Answer d. Arunachal Pradesh
a. Delhi b. Lucknow - In November, Arunachal Pradesh Chief

c. Ranchi d. Bastar Minister Pema Khandu launched the first
Hindi newspaper of the state, 'Arun Bhoomi'.
Answer: a. Delhi
-------------------------------
--------------------------- Governor's conference was held at
Which country is the partner country in Rashtrapati Bhavan on 23-24 November
the 39th Indian International Trade Fair? 2019, it was the .........
a. China a. 20th b. 40th

b. Japan c. 50th d. 80th
c. Afghanistan
d. South Korea Answer c. 50th
Answer: c. Afghanistan -------------------------

In which city is the 8th International
- Indian International Trade Fair started on 14 Tourism Mart being organized?
November at Pragati Maidan in Delhi.
- The theme of this trade fair is based on a. Dispur
"Ease of Doing Business". b. Imphal
- Afghanistan is the partner country in this c. New Delhi
fair, while South Korea is the focus country. d. None of these
--------------------------- Answer b. Imphal (Manipur)

In which state was the first agricultural
-------------------------------------
international buyer-seller conference
Who led the Indian Parliamentary Party at
organized?
the 6th G20 Parliament Speaker's
a. Arunachal Pradesh Summit?
b. Rajasthan
a. Rajnath Singh b. Narendra Modi
c. Andhra Pradesh
c. Piyush Goyal d. Om Birla
d. Odisha
Answer: d. Om Birla
Answer a. Arunachal Pradesh

- The event was organized by Inter - Earlier in India, Interpol General Assembly
Parliament Union in Tokyo, Japan on 4 was organized in 1997.
November 2019.
---------------------------
-------------------------------- Which historical city of India held the
In which city was the Future Investment second informal meeting between Prime
Initiative 2019 (FII) conference held, in Minister Modi and Chinese President Xi
which PM Narendra Modi took part? Jinping?
a. New Delhi b. Riyadh a. Mahabalipuram

c. Abu Dhabi d. Dubai b. Wuhan
c. Chennai
Answer: b. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) d. Ratlam
- Riyadh is the capital of Saudi Arabia. Answer: a. Mahabalipuram

- This event is happening from 29 to 31
October 2019. ----------------------------
In which city was the Internet of Things
----------------------------- (IoT) India Congress 2019 organized?
Who represented the Indian delegation at
the 18th Head of Nations Summit of the a. Coimbatore
Non-Aligned Movement? b. Varanasi
c. Pune
a. Narendra Modi d. Bangalore
b. Ramnath Kovind
c. M. Venkaiah Naidu Answer: d. Bangalore
d. Rajnath Singh
- This was the fourth edition.
Answer: c. M. Venkaiah Naidu - Its theme was "Mainstreaming the Internet
of Things".
- The 18th Summit of the Non-Aligned
Movement was held in Baku, Azerbaijan on ---------------------------
25–26 October 2019. Howdy Modi was organized in which US
city?
---------------------------
In which country will the 91st Interpol a. New york
General Assembly be organized in 2022? b. Houston
c. Washington
a. England d. Texas
b. France
c. China Answer: b. Houston\
d. India
Answer: d. India

------------------------------ Cleanliness Festival 2019 ( Swachchta
In which city was the 52nd ASEAN Foreign Mahotsava) was organized on 6
Ministers' Meeting held? September 2019 in which city?
a. New Delhi a. New Delhi

b. Bangkok b. Mumbai
c. Mumbai c. Patna
d. Chennai d. Chennai
Answer: b. Bangkok Answer: a. New Delhi
- Bangkok, the capital of Thailand. - Cleanliness Festival 2019( Swachchta

- The 52nd ASEAN Foreign Minister's Mahotsava) was organized at Vigyan
Meeting was held from 29 July to 3 August. Bhawan, New Delhi.
- Foreign Minister S Jaishankar represented - The event was organized by the Union
India. Ministry of Water Power.
On this occasion, President Ram Nath Kovind
ASEAN presented the Swachh Bharat Awards.
- Inter-governmental organization of 10
Southeast Asian countries ---------------------------
- Member Countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, In which city did the Garuda-VI practice
Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, between India and France begin?
Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam
a. Delhi
--------------------- b. Chandigarh
Where was the fifth International Dharma- c. Mont- de -Marsan
Dhamma Conference held on 27-28 July d. None of these
2019?
Answer: c. Mont- de - Marsan, France
a. Rajgir
b. Patna - This exercise took place between 1 to 12
c. Gaya July, 2019.
d. Varanasi
------------------
Answer: a. Rajgir (Bihar) Where will the prestigious IIFA Awards
2019 of India be held?
- The conference was inaugurated by Union
Minister Kiren Rijiju. a. Bhutan b. Sri Lanka
c. China d. Nepal
--------------------------
Answer: d. Nepal
- This is the twentieth International Indian

Film Academy Award (IIFA).

------------------- ------------------
Athi Varadar is a celebration of which Where was the SAARC Film Festival 2019
state? held?
a. Tamil Nadu a. New Delhi

b. Orissa b. Mumbai
c. Bihar c. Lahore
d. None of these d. Colombo
Answer: a. Tamil Nadu Answer: d. Colombo

- Bengali film, Nagarkirtan was awarded Best
- The festival started in Kanchipuram, Tamil Feature Film.
Nadu. - Best Director Award went to Kaushik
In this festival, the deity is taken out once in Ganguly for Nagarkirtan.
40 years, the last time the deity was taken out - Riddhi Sen won the Best Actor Award and
of the temple on July 2, 1979. Prabuddh Banerjee won the Best Original
Score award for Nagarkirtan.
---------------------
India launched Chandrayaan 2 on 22 July ------------------
2019. Name its rover? In which city was the 5th International
Police Expo 2019 organized on 19-20
a. Vikram
July?
b. Pragyan
c. Chandrayaan a. Mumbai
d. Chandra rover b. Lucknow
c. New Delhi
Answer: b. Pragyan
d. None of these
- Chandrayaan 2 was launched with the help

Answer: c. New Delhi
of rocket GSLV-Mark-III.
------------------
------------------
11th DefExpo India - 2020 will be held from
India launched Chandrayaan 2 on 22 July
5-6 February 2020 in which city?
2019. Name its lander?
a. Lucknow
a. Vikram
b. Patna
b. Pragyan
c. Kanpur
c. Chandrayaan
d. Chennai
d. Chandra rover
Answer: a. Lucknow
Answer: a. Vikram
- The theme will be "India - Emerging Hub of
Defence Manufacturing".

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According to the instructions of the India will organize Varun 2019 exercise in
Supreme Court, how many cases will be association with which country?
registered in any district of the country
under the POCSO Act? a. Pakistan
b. Bangladesh
a. More than 100 c. France
b. More than 200 d. None of these
c. More than 300
d. More than 400 Answer: c. France
Answer: a. More than 100 A "Varun naval exercise" will be held between
India and France in May.
-----------------
Which country was made the Guest of -------------------------
Honour at the Abu Dhabi International When is the birth anniversary of
Book Fair (ADIBF) 2019? Babasaheb Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar
celebrated?
a. Pakistan
b. Sri Lanka a. 14 April
c. China b. 6 December
d. India c. 15 April
d. 13 April
Answer: d. India
Answer: a. 14 April
-----------------
In which country will the G-20 summit be - He was born on 14 April 1891. While died
organized in 2020? on 6 December 1956.
a. Saudi Arab b. India -----------------------

c. Pakistan d. USA Cyclonic storm Fani (FANI) first reached
which part of India on 3 May?
Answer: a. Saudi Arab
a. West Bengal
--------------------- b. Odisha
In which country will the G-20 summit be c. Kerala
organized in 2022? d. Maharashtra
a. Saudi Arab Answer: b. Odisha

b. India
c. Pakistan -----------------
d. USA
Answer: b. India

Who represented the Indian delegation in Which country will host the 14th session
the ministerial meeting of the 16th Asian of the Conference of Parties (COP-14) of
Cooperation Dialogue? the UNCCD (United Nations Convention to
Combat Desertification)?
a. General V.K Singh
b. Sushma Swaraj a. Pakistan
c. Rajnath Singh b. China
d. Narendra Modi c. Afghanistan
d. India
Answer: a. Minister of State for External
Affairs General V.K. Singh Answer: d. India
- Asia Cooperation Dialogue was organized
from 30 April to 2 May 2019 in Doha, Qatar. - will be held at the India Expo Center and
- Its theme was "Partners in Progress". Mart, New Delhi from September 2 to 13,
2019.
---------------- ---------------------------------------------
Who is the first woman in the world to
cross the Atlantic Ocean alone in Light
Sports Aircraft (LSA)?
a. Captain Arohi Pandit

b. Captain Radhika Apte
c. Captain Susheela Das
d. None of these
Answer: a. Captain Arohi Pandit
-------------------
In which state was Mela Kheer Bhavani
organized?
a. Karnataka
b. Jammu and Kashmir
c. Punjab
d. Himachal Pradesh
Answer: b. Jammu and Kashmir
------------------------

----------------------------
Important Days When is World Diabetes Day celebrated?
When is National Legal Services Day a. 12 November

celebrated? b. 13 November
c. 14 November
a. 7 November b. 8 November d. Nov 15
c. 9 November d. 10 November
Answer c. 14 November
Answer c. 9 November
----------------------
---------------------------- In whose memory is Children's Day
On which day is National Education Day celebrated on 14 November?
celebrated?
a. 10 November a. Jawahar Lal Nehru
b. 11 November b. Dr. BR Ambedkar
c. 12 November c. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan
d. 13 November d. A P J Abdul Kalam
Answer b. 11 November Answer a. Jawahar Lal Nehru
- This day is celebrated on the birth - This day is celebrated in memory of

anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the “chacha” Nehru.
first Education Minister of India. - The first Prime Minister of the country,
Nehru was born on 14 November 1889 in
-------------------------- Allahabad.
When is National Cancer Awareness Day
celebrated? ----------------------
When is Mass Broadcasting Day
a. 5 November b. 6 November celebrated in India?
a. 11 November
Answer c. 7 November b. 12 November
c. 13 November
----------------------------
d. 14 November
When is 'World Science Day for Peace and
Development' celebrated for peace and Answer b. 12 November
development?
On this day in 1947, Mahatma Gandhi came
a. 9 November b. 10 November to the studio of All India Radio for the first
c. 11 November d. 12 November time and spoke on the radio.
- This day was declared as Public
Answer b. 10 November
Broadcasting Day in the year 2000.

------------------------ ---------------------------------
When is World Pneumonia Day International Men’s Day is celebrated on
celebrated? which day?
a. 11 November a. 19 November
b. 12 November b. 18 November
c. 13 November c. 17 November
d. 14 November d. 16 November
Answer b. 12 November Answer a. 19 November
- This day is being celebrated every year - This day is mainly celebrated to protect men
since 2009. from discrimination, exploitation, oppression,
- Theme of the year 2019 - Healthy Lungs for violence and inequality and to give them their
all rights.
- The theme of this year's day is "Making a
---------------------------- Difference for Men and Boys."
When is World Toilet Day celebrated?
a. 19 November ---------------------
b. 20 November When is National Epilepsy Day
c. 21 November celebrated?
d. 22 November
a. 7 November
Answer a. 19 November b. 17 November
c. 27 November
---------------------------- d. None of these
Which day has been dedicated by the Answer b. 17 November
United Nations to commemorate people
killed in road accidents? - 120 million people in India suffer from
epilepsy.
a. First sunday of november - Neurocysticerosis is the most common
b. Second sunday of november cause of epilepsy in people aged 15 to 50
c. Third sunday of november years.
d. Fourth sunday of November - It is often caused by eating infected pork or
un-washed underground vegetables.
Answer c. Third Sunday of November (17
- Some causes of epilepsy are also genetic.
November)
National Epilepsy Day is observed every year
on 17 November to spread awareness in the
- It is celebrated on the third Sunday of
society about epilepsy
November every year.
On this day, the people and their family
-------------------------------
members are remembered.

On which day is World Fisheries Day - It is celebrated on the third Wednesday of
celebrated? November every year.
- This time it was on 20 November.
a. 11 November b. 20 November
c. 21 November d. Nov 15 ------------------------------
On which day is the Constitution Day
Answer c. 21 November celebrated every year in India?
------------------------------- a. 22 November
When is World Television Day celebrated? b. 24 November
c. 25 November
a. 11 November
d. 26 November
b. 20 November
c. 21 November Answer d. 26 November
d. Nov 15
- On this day, the efforts of Dr. Bhimrao
Answer c. 21 November Ambedkar, the creator of the Constitution, are
- It aims to shed light on the role of broadcast remembered.
media. - Constitution was adopted on 26 November
1949 on behalf of the Constituent Assembly
--------------------------
of India.
When was World Antibiotic Awareness
- This day is also the birth anniversary of Dr.
Week (WAAW) 2019 celebrated?
Ambedkar.
a. 4 - 10 November
b. 11- 27 November ----------------------------
c. 18 - 24 November On which day is National Milk Day
d. None of these celebrated in India?
Answer c. 18 - 24 November a. 25 November

- 2019 Theme - "Antibiotics: Handle with b. 26 November
Care" c. 27 November
- This objective is to prevent the misuse of d. 24 November
antibiotics.
Answer b. 26 November
------------------------------
When was World Chronic Obstructive - This day is the birthday of Dr. Varghese
Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Day 2019 Kurien, called the father of the White
celebrated? Revolution.
a. 17 November b. 18 November -----------------------------------

Answer d. 20 November

What is the theme of Vigilance Awareness The purpose of this day is to emphasize the
Week 2019 (28 October to 2 November)? protection of snow leopards in the Himalayan
region.
a. Integrity - a way of life
b. Be vigilant ----------------------------------
c. Honesty in life When was National Postal Week
d. None of these celebrated?
Answer: a. Integrity - a way of life a. 9 to 15 October

b. 10 to 16 October
- The Central Vigilance Commission c. 6 to 12 October
celebrates the week of Sardar Vallabhbhai d. None of these
Patel as Vigilance Awareness Week every
year. Answer: a. 9 to 15 October
------------------------------- -------------------------
When is World Polio Day celebrated? When is World Post Day celebrated?
a. 22 October a. 9 October b. 10 October

b. 23 October c. 11 October d. 12 October
c. 24 October
d. 25 October Answer: a. 9 October
Answer: c. 24 October - It commemorates the founding of the

Universal Postal Union in Bern, Switzerland
----------------------------- in 1874.
On which day is United Nations Day
celebrated? -----------------------------
On which day is the World Day Against
a. 20 October the Death Penalty celebrated?
b. 21 October
c. 24 October a. 12 October b. 10 October
d. 22 October c. 11 October d. 13 October
Answer: c. 24 October Answer: b. 10 October
------------------------ -------------------------------
When is International Snow Leopard Day When is World Food Day celebrated?
celebrated? a. 14 October
b. 15 October
a. 21 October b. 22 October c. 16 October
c. 23 October d. 24 October d. 17 October
Answer: c. 16 October
Answer: c. 23 October

---------------------------- When is World Iodine Deficiency
International Rural Women's Day is Disorders (IDD) Prevention Day
celebrated on which day? celebrated?
a. 11 October a. 20 October
b. 12 October b. 21 October
c. 13 October c. 22 October
d. 15 October d. 23 October
Answer: d. 15 October Answer: b. 21 October
---------------------------- - Every year this day is celebrated on 21

When is International Day for Natural October.
Disaster Reduction celebrated? - It aims to spread awareness about the
importance of iodine.
a. 10 October - Iodine is very important for normal thyroid
b. 11 October function and body development.
c. 12 October
d. 13 October -----------------------
Which state government has declared the
Answer: d. 13 October year 2020 as the Artificial Intelligence
Year?
The theme of the Day of 2019 is "Reduce
disaster damage to critical infrastructure and a. Telangana
disruption of basic services". b. Madhya Pradesh
c. Bihar
------------------------
d. Uttar Pradesh
When is International Poverty Eradication
Day celebrated? Answer: a. Telangana
a. 17 October b. 18 October - A national level data science centre will also

c. 19 October d. 21 October be built in Telangana.
Answer: a. 17 October ----------------------

On which day is the World Habitat Day
- The theme of International Poverty
celebrated?
Eradication Day this year is "Theme: Acting
together to Empower Children, their families a. First Monday of August
and Communities to End Poverty" (Working b. First Monday of January
unitedly to empower children, their families c. First Monday of October
and communities to end poverty). d. First Monday of November
--------------------------- Answer: c. First Monday of October

This year, World Habitat Day was observed in the constitution.
on 7th October. - In India, Hindi and English are officially used
- This year’s theme - "Frontier Technology as for official work.
an innovative tool to convert waste into - As per 2011 census, 43.63% of Indians use
money" Hindi as their mother tongue.
--------------------------- -------------------
When is Mental Health Day celebrated? What day is World Ozone Day celebrated?
a. 8 October a. 13 September
b. 9 October b. 14 September
c. 10 October c. 15 September
d. 11 October d. 16 September
Answer: c. 10 October Answer: d. 16 September

- This year i.e. World Ozone Day 2019 theme
------------------------ is '32 years and Healing '.
When is the International Day Against
Nuclear Testing celebrated? ------------------------
On which day is Engineers Day
a. 9 August celebrated?
b. 19 August
c. 29 August a. 10 September
d. None of these b. 12 September
c. 14 September
Answer: c. 29 August d. 15 September
----------------------- Answer: d. 15 September

When is National Hindi Day celebrated in
India? - This day is celebrated to commemorate the
birthday of Dr. Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya,
a. 14 September the renowned engineer of India.
b. 15 September - He was born on 15 September 1861 in
c. 16 September Mysore.
d. 17 September
----------------------
Answer: a. 14 September When is International Day of Democracy
celebrated?
On September 14, 1949, the Constituent
Assembly elected the official language of a. 15 September b. 16 September
India under Hindi Article 343. c. 17 September d. 18 September
- Hindi language is written in Devanagari
script. Answer: a. 15 September
There are a total of 22 scheduled languages

- The theme of International Democracy Day - This year the theme of International Day of
2019 is 'Participation' Peace is named - Climate Action for Peace.
---------------------- On which date does the Indian Army
When is International Ozone Conservation celebrate Haifa Day every year?
Day celebrated?
a. 22 September
a. 15 September b. 23 September
b. 16 September c. 24 September
c. 17 September d. 25 September
d. 18 September
Answer: b. 23 September
Answer: b. 16 September
- Haifa Day is celebrated in Israel every year
- It aims to spread awareness about the on 23 September and the Indian Army also
conservation of ozone layer and find solutions celebrates this day as Haifa Day
for its conservation. - Haifa is a major city of Israel. India played a
major role in liberating it from the Turks'
---------------------- occupation.
On which day is World Alzheimer's Day
celebrated? - 44 soldiers of India were martyred in this
war.
a. 24 September - Soldiers were sent from India to help the
b. 23 September British Army.
c. 22 September - Since Haifa was liberated only on 23
d. 21 September September 1918, this day is celebrated as
Haifa Day.
Answer: d. 21 September
--------------------------
- This disease is commonly known as
When is World Tourism Day celebrated?
amnesia.
- Earlier this disease was commonly found in a. 25 November
the elderly, but now young people are also b. 26 November
falling victim to it. c. 27 November
- It is named after Doctor Alois Alzheimer. d. 28 November
----------------------------- Answer: c. 27 November

On which day is 'World Peace Day'
celebrated? - The theme of World Tourism Day this time
is "Tourism and Jobs: A Better Future for All"
a. 21 September b. 22 September - India got the responsibility of hosting the
c. 23 September d. 24 September World Tourism Day 2019 this year.
- Every year different countries host this day.
Answer: a. 21 September

When is National Science Day celebrated? ---------------------------
When is World Radio Day celebrated?
a. 28 February
b. 28 June a. 12 February
c. 28 April b. 23 February
d. 28 May c. 3 February
d. 13 February
Answer: a. 28 February
- It is celebrated in memory of Scientist and Answer: d. 13 February
Nobel Prize winner C.V. Raman.
----------------
----------------- When is the International Day of Women
What was the theme of National Science and Girls in Science celebrated?
Day 2019?
a. 10 February
a. Science for all b. 11 February
b. Impact of science c. 1 February
c. Science for people, people for science d. 21 February
d. None of these
Answer: b. 11 February
Answer: c. Science for people, people for
science ----------------------
When is World Cancer Day celebrated?
-----------
When is International Mother Language a. 1 February
Day celebrated? b. 2 February
c. 4 February
a. 21 February d. 3 February
b. 26 February
c. 28 February Answer: c. 4 February
d. 1 February
------------------
Answer: a. 21 February When is World Sparrow Day celebrated?
-------------------- a. 20 March
When is International Child Cancer Day b. 22 March
celebrated? c. 21 March
d. 20 November
a. 25 February
b. 27 February Answer: a. 20 March
c. 15 February - The theme of World Sparrow Day 2019 is "I
d. 1 February Love Sparrows".
Answer: c. 15 February

--------------------- The day was approved by UNESCO in 1999.
When is the International Day of
Happiness celebrated? ------------------------
When is World Meteorological Day
a. 22 March celebrated?
b. March 21
c. 20 March a. 23 May
d. 25 March b. 23 April
c. 23 June
Answer: c. 20 March d. 23 March
- In the year 2019, the theme of this day was Answer: d. 23 March
"Happier Together".
- Year 2019 Theme - "Sun, Earth and
-------------------------- Weather"
When is World Water Day celebrated? ---------------------------------
When is World (TB) Tuberculosis Day
a. 21 March b. 22 March celebrated?
c. 24 March d. 27 March
a. 15 March b. 18 March
Answer: b. 22 March c. 24 March d. 30 March
- The theme of the year 2019 is "Leaving No Answer: c. 24 March

One Behind". - India has set a target to make India TB free
by the year 2025.
--------------------------------
When is International Forest Day ---------------------------------
celebrated? When is World Theater Day celebrated?
a. March 21 a. 27 June b. 27 March

b. 21 June c. 27 May d. 27 April
c. 21 May
d. 21 April Answer: b. 27 March
Answer: a. March 21 ------------------------------

- Theme of 2019 is “ Forest and Education”. When is Rajasthan Day celebrated?
------------------------------ a. 30 February
When is world poetry day celebrated? b. 30 June
c. 30 March
a. 22 March b. 21 March d. None of these
c. 23 March d. 24 March
Answer: c. 30 March
Answer: b. March 21

Rajasthan was established on 30 March When is World Kidney Day celebrated?
1949.
a. On second Thursday of March
------------------------------ b. On second Thursday of July
What is the theme of International Wildlife c. On second Thursday of April
Day 2019 held on 3 March? d. None of these
a. Water is life Answer: a. On second Thursday of March

b. Save water
c. Underwater Life: For People and Homes Theme of the Year 2019 - "Kidney Health for
d. None of these Everyone Everywhere"
-----------------
Answer: c. Underwater Life: For People When is World Consumer Rights Day
and Homes celebrated?
--------------------------------- a. 12 March b. 20 March

When is International Women's Day c. 30 March d. 15 March
celebrated?
Answer: d. 15 March
a. 8 March
b. 12 March ------------------------------
c. 11 March When is National Youth Day celebrated?
d. 10 March
a. 2 January
Answer: a. 8 March b. 10 January
c. 11 January
----------------------------- d. 12 January
When is Tibet National Rebellion Day
celebrated? Answer: d. 12 January
a. 11 April National Youth Day is celebrated every year

b. 10 March on 12 January on the occasion of the birthday
c. 30 March of social reformer, thinker Swami
d. None of these Vivekananda.
Answer: b. 10 March -------------

On which day is International Braille Day
- On March 10, 1959, thousands of Tibetans celebrated?
protested on the streets of Lhasa against the
illegal occupation of Tibet by China. a. 03 January b. 04 January
c. 05 January d. 06 January
------------------------------
Answer: b. 04 January
In memory of Louis Braille

------------- ------------------
When is International Customs Day When is National Voters Day celebrated?
celebrated?
a. 20 January
a. 12 January b. 21 January
b. 22 January c. 22 January
c. 21 January d. 25 January
d. 26 January
Answer: d. 25 January
-------------
------------- When is National Girl Child Day
When was the first United Nations celebrated?
Education Day celebrated?
a. 14 January
a. 24 January 2019 b. 27 January
b. 24 January 2018 c. 22 January
c. 24 January 2017 d. 24 January
d. 24 January 2016
Answer: a. 24 January 2019
National Girl Child Day is celebrated every
The proposal was prepared by 58 countries year in India on 24 January, with the aim of
including Nigeria for International Education spreading awareness about child sex ratio at
Day. all levels and promoting the empowerment of
girls.
---------------
In which city was the Pravasi Bharatiya --------------
Sammelan 2019 organized? When is World Population Day
celebrated?
a. Varanasi b. Kolam
c. Lucknow d. Prayagraj a. 12 July b. 23 July
c. 11 May d. 11 July
Answer: a. Varanasi
Answer: d. 11 July
-------------
When is Army Day celebrated in India? ------------------
When is National Doctor's Day celebrated
a. 11 January in India?
b. 15 January
c. 25 January a. 3 July b. 4th of July
d. 5 January c. 1 July d. None of these
Answer: b. 15 January Answer: c. 1 July

- This day is celebrated in honor of Dr. ----------------------
Bidhan Chandra Roy, the physician and the When was Nelson Mandela International
second Chief Minister of West Bengal, whose Day 2019 celebrated?
birth and death coincidentally are of the same
day. a. 13 July b. 23 July
c. 18 July d. 21 July
-------------------
When is World Youth Skills Day Answer: c. 18 July
celebrated?
This year marks the 101st birth anniversary of
a. 12 July b. 11 January Nelson Mandela, who was born on July 18,
c. 21 July d. 15 July 1918.
Answer: d. 15 July ------------------------------

- Theme "Learning to Learn for Life and Which great freedom fighter's birth
Work" anniversary is celebrated on 23 July every
year?
-------------------
When is the World Day for International a. Bhagat Singh
Justice celebrated? b. Rajguru
c. Chandrashekhar Azad
a. 20 July d. Ram Prasad Bismil
b. 17 July
c. 12 July Answer: c. Chandrashekhar Azad
d. 23 July
- Shaheed Chandrashekhar Azad was born
Answer: b. 17 July on 23 July 1906 in Bhabra village of Jhabua
district of Madhya Pradesh.
------------------ ----------------
When is International Shark Awareness When was the 159th Income Tax Day
Day celebrated? celebrated in India?
a. 11 July a. 24 July
b. 14 July b. 25 July
c. 3 July c. 21 July
d. None of these d. 22 July
Answer: b. 14 July Answer: a. 24 July

------------------
- Theme "Sharks in Peril: The Need to Work
in the Mediterranean"

Which anniversary is being celebrated in - This time’s theme - Fire prevention is better
the year 2019 of Kargil Vijay Diwas than fire fighting '
celebrated every year on 26 July?
----------------
a. 17th Intellectual Property Day is celebrated all
b. 18th over the world on which day?
c. 19th
d. 20th a. 22 April
b. 24 April
Answer: d. 20th c. 20 April
d. 26 April
- Kargil War started from 03 May 1999.
- This war lasted for about two and a half Answer: d. 26 April
months and ended on 26 July 1999.
----------------------
-------------- When is United Nations English Language
On which day is National Panchayati Raj Day celebrated?
Day celebrated?
a. 23 April
a. 24 April b. 23 April b. 24 April
c. 22 April d. 21 April c. 25 April
d. 26 April
Answer: a. 24 April
Answer: a. 23 April
-----------------
On which day is Earth Day celebrated - April 23 is William Shakespeare's date of
worldwide? birth and death. For this reason, this day was
chosen as English Language Day
a. 20 April
b. 22 April ----------------
c. 21 April What is the theme of World Heritage Day
d. 15 April 2019 celebrated on 18 April?
Answer: b. 22 April a. Urban landscape

b. Rural landscape
------------------- c. Tell heritage
When is National Fire Service Week d. None of these
celebrated?
Answer: b. Rural landscape
a. 14 April to 20 April b. 24 April to 30 April
c. 11 April to 18 April d. None of these ------------------
Answer: a. 14 April to 20 April\

When is National Civil Service Day ------------------
celebrated? What is the theme of World Allergy Week
2019?
a. 21 April
b. 22 April a. Global problem of food allergy
c. 23 April b. Global problem of air pollution allergy
d. 24 April c. Global chemical allergy problem
d. None of these
Answer: a. 21 April
--------------- Answer: a. Global problem of food
On which day is World Book and allergies
Copyright Day celebrated? This year World Allergy Week was observed
between 7 and 13 April.
a. 22 April
b. 23 April -----------------
c. 25 April When is World Liver Day celebrated?
d. 20 April
a. 11 April
Answer: b. 23 April b. 12 April
c. 19 April
------------------- d. 21 April
When is the World Immunization Week
being celebrated in 2019? Answer: c. 19 April
a. 20 to 24 April -----------------
b. 21 to 38 April When is World Haemophilia Day
c. 24 to 30 April celebrated?
d. None of these
a. 19 April
Answer: c. 24 to 30 April b. 18 April
Its theme "Protected together: Vaccines c. 17 April
work". d. None of these
--------------------------------
When is Safety and Health Day celebrated Answer: c. 17 April
at the workplace around the world?
- It was the 30th World Haemophilia Day.
a. 24 April 2019 - The theme of this year's World Haemophilia
b. 25 April 2019 Day is 'To proceed and recognize' or
c. 26 April 2019 'Outreach and Identification'.
d. 28 April 2019
-----------------
Answer: d. 28 April 2019

When is Himachal Day celebrated? When is National Maritime Day
celebrated?
a. 10 April b. 11 April
c. 15 April a. 3 April
d. 16 April b. 5 April
c. 4 April
Answer: c. 15 April d. 6 April
- Himachal Pradesh was formed on April 15, Answer: b. 5 April

1948.
-----------------------
--------------- When is World Health Day celebrated?
When was the 100th anniversary of
Jallianwala Bagh massacre celebrated? a. 17 April
b. 27 April
a. 11 April 2019 c. 7 April
b. 12 April 2019 d. None of these
c. 13 April 2019
d. 14 April 2019 Answer: c. 7 April
Answer: c. 13 April 2019 Theme - "Universal Health Coverage"
- On April 13, 1919, hundreds of people were -----------------

killed in Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar. It is the When is World Homeopathy Day
saddest massacre in the history of India. celebrated?
------------ a. 10 April
On which day is International Manned b. 7 April
Space Flight Day celebrated worldwide? c. 17 April
d. 27 April
a. 10 April b. 11 April
c. 12 April d. 13 April Answer: a. 10 April
Answer: c. 12 April -----------------------

When is National Safe Motherhood Day
On this day, Yuri Gagarin of the Soviet Union celebrated?
flew in space for the first time. This day is
celebrated in memory of this. a. 7 April
b. 11 April
---------------------- c. 17 April
d. 27 April
Answer: b. 11 April
Theme - "Midwives for Mothers"

------------------- ---------------------
On which day is Press Independence Day When was World Laughter Day celebrated
celebrated? in the year 2019?
a. 30 April a. May 5, 2019 b. May 6, 2019

b. may 1st c. May 7, 2019 d. May 8, 2019
c. 2 May
d. 3 May Answer: a. May 5, 2019
Answer: d. 3 May ----------------------

------------------------------ What is the theme of World Asthma Day
What is the theme of 3 May World Press 2019 celebrated on the first Tuesday of
Freedom Day 2019? May?
a. Media liability a. STOP for asthma

b. Mass media b. It's time to control asthma
c. Media for democracy c. You can control your asthma
Answer: c. Media for Democracy Answer: a. STOP for asthma ( STOP

means Symptom evaluation, Test response,
------------------------------ Observe & assess, Proceed to adjust
When is International Firefighters' Day treatment)
celebrated? - World Asthma Day is celebrated all over the
world on the first Tuesday of May every year.
a. 4 May 2019 - The theme of World Asthma Day for the
b. 5 May 2019 year 2019 is 'Stop for Asthma'.
c. 6 May 2019
d. 1 May 2019 ---------------------------
When is International Midwives’ Day
Answer: a. 4 May 2019 celebrated?
- Red and blue ribbon is the symbol of a. 3 May

International Fire Day. b. 4 May
------------------------- c. 5 May
When was Coal Miners Day 2019 d. 6 May
celebrated?
Answer: c. 5 May
a. May 1st
b. 2 May The theme of this year's celebration was
c. 3 May 'Midwives: Defenders of Women's Rights'
d. 4 May
Answer: d. 4 May

------------------- - It is celebrated twice a year, on the second
When is International Road Safety Week Saturday in May and October.
celebrated?
--------------------
a. 01 to 07 May When was National Technology Day 2019
b. 06 to 12 May celebrated to mark India's technological
c. 15 to 21 May progress?
d. 22 to 28 May
a. 10 May
Answer: b. 06 to 12 May b. 11 May
c. 12 May
----------------- d. 13 May
When was the 158th birth anniversary of
Rabindra Nath Tagore celebrated? Answer: b. 11 May
a. 9 May 2019 - This day commemorates the successful

b. 10 May 2019 launch of the Shakti-I nuclear missile on May
c. 11 May 2019 11, 1998 at Pokhran Test Range in
d. 12 May 2019 Rajasthan.
Answer: a. 9 May 2019 -------------------------

- The 158th birth anniversary of Ravindra When is International Nurses Day 2019
Nath Tagore, the first Nobel laureate in Asia celebrated?
and composer of India's national anthem,
was celebrated on 9th May 2019. a. 10 May
b. 11 May
---------------------- c. 12 May
When is Red Cross Day celebrated? d. 14 May
a. 7 May Answer: c. 12 May

b. 8 May
c. 9 May -----------------
d. 10 May When is the International Day of Living
Together in Peace celebrated?
Answer: b. 8 May
a. 14 May
---------------------- b. 15 May
When was International Migratory Bird c. 16 May
Day 2019 celebrated recently? d. 17 May
a. 11 May b. 12 May Answer: c. 16 May

c. 13 May d. 10 May
Answer: a. 11 May

----------------- --------------------
When is International Family Day When is World Hypertension Day
celebrated? celebrated?
a. 14 May a. 13 May
b. 15 May b. 17 May
c. 16 May c. 16 May
d. 17 May d. 22 May
Answer: b. 15 May Answer: b. 17 May
- This day is declared by the United Nations ----------------

(UN) General Assembly. To promote digital payments, the
--------------------- committee constituted under whose
When is the state day of Sikkim chairmanship has suggested 'Payment
celebrated? and Settlement Systems in India: Vision
2019 - 2021' to the RBI Governor?
a. 11 May
b. 14 May a. HR Khan
c. 16 May b. Kishore Sansi
d. 18 May c. Aruna Sharma
d. Nandan Nilekani
Answer: c. 16 May
Answer: d. Nandan Nilekani
- On 16 May 1975, Sikkim was officially
merged into the Union of India. ---------------------
When is World Bee Day celebrated?
---------------------
When is World Telecom and Information a. 14 May
Society Day celebrated? b. 16 May
c. 18 May
a. 15 May b. 16 May d. 20 May
c. 17 May d. 18 May
Answer: d. 20 May
Answer: c. 17 May - This year's theme - 'Save the Bees'
- Theme 'Reducing the standardization gap'.
----------------------
--------------------- When is International Museum Day
When is National Dengue Day celebrated? celebrated?
a. 13 May b. 15 May a. 14 May b. 16 May

c. 16 May d. 22 May c. 18 May d. 20 May
Answer: c. 16 May Answer: c. 18 May.

-------------------- -------------------------
Which state has announced the year 2020 When is International Asteroid Day
as Farmers' Year? celebrated?
a. Meghalaya a. 29 June
b. Mizoram b. 30 June
c. Punjab c. 27 June
d. Kerala d. 28 June
Answer: a. Meghalaya Answer: b. 30 June
--------------------- ------------------
When is International Biodiversity Day When is World Milk Day celebrated?
celebrated?
a. 1 June b. 2 June
a. 18 May c. 3 June d. 4 June
b. 20 May Answer: a. 1 June
c. 22 May - Theme of this time - Drink milk today and
d. 24 May every day.
Answer: c. 22 May -------------------

- The theme this time - our biodiversity, our When is Telangana State Formation Day
food, our health celebrated?
------------------ a. 1 June
When is International Turtle Day b. 2 June
celebrated? c. 3 June
d. 4 June
a. 23 May
b. 24 May Answer: b. 2 June
c. 25 May - Telangana was established on 2 June 2014.
d. 26 May
Answer: a. 23 May ---------------
When is World Environment Day
------------------- celebrated?
When is Statistics Day celebrated?
a. 3 June
a. 29 June b. 4 June
b. 30 June c. 5 June
c. 27 June d. 6 June
d. 28 June
Answer: c. 5 June
Answer: a. 29 June - World Environment Day 2019 theme is 'Air
pollution'.

----------------------- On which day is the World Child Labour
When is World Cycle Day celebrated? Prohibition Day organized?
a. 3 June a. 12 June
b. 4 June b. 15 June
c. 5 June c. 10 June
d. 6 June d. 08 June
Answer: a. 3 June Answer: a. 12 June
------------------------------ --------------
When is the International Day for Children When is World Blood Donor Day
of Aggression celebrated? celebrated?
a. 1 June a. 11 June b. 12 June

b. 2 June c. 13 June d. 14 June
c. 3 June
d. 4 June Answer: d. 14 June
Answer: d. 4 June -----------------

When is World Desertification and
------------------------------ Drought Prevention Day celebrated?
When is World Ocean Day celebrated?
a. 6 June c. 18 June d. 19 June
b. 7 June
c. 8 June Answer: b. 17 June
d. 9 June
------------------
Answer: c. 8 June What is the theme of 5th International
- The theme of World ocean day 2019 is Yoga Day 2019?
'Gender and the Ocean'.
a. Yoga with gurus
-------------------
b. Yoga by gurus
When is World Brain Tumor Day
c. Yoga and gurus
celebrated?
d. Learn Yoga by Guru
a. 6 June
Answer: a. Yoga with gurus
b. 7 June
c. 8 June
- International Yoga Day is observed on 21
d. 9 June
June every year since 2014.
Answer: c. 8 June -----------------------

---------------------

When is World Music Day celebrated? -------------------------------
When is International Day of Philanthropy
a. 20 June b. 18 June celebrated?
a. 5 September
Answer: c. 21 June b. 6 September
c. 7 September
- The theme of World Music Day 2019 is
d. 8 September
'Music at the intersections'.
----------------
When is World Refugee Day celebrated? ----------------------
When is the International Day Against
Nuclear Testing celebrated?
a. 9 August
Answer: a. 20 June
b. 19 August
The theme is "Step With Refugees - Take a
c. 29 August
Step on World Refugee Day".
d. None of these
-------------------
Answer: c. 29 August
When is International Literacy Day
celebrated? -----------------------
When was the 100th birth anniversary of
writer Amrita Pritam celebrated?
a. 27 August 2019
Answer: c. 8 September
b. 31 August 2019
c. 30 August 2019
----------------------
d. None of these
When is National Teachers' Day
celebrated in India?
Answer: b. 31 August 2019
- Amrita Pritam was born on 31 August 1919
in Gujranwala, Punjab province of Pakistan.
- She died on 31 October 2005.
-------------------------
Teachers' Day is celebrated to commemorate
the birth anniversary of the first Vice When is World Coconut Day celebrated?
President and second President of India, Dr.
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.
- Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was born on 5
September 1888 in the Madras Presidency of Answer: a. 2 September
British India.

-------------------- - Former Prime Minister of the country Shri
When is World Organ Donation Day Rajiv Gandhi was born on 20 August,
celebrated?
------------------
a. 23 August b. 14 August When is World Senior Citizen's Day
c. 11 August d. 13 August celebrated?
Answer: d. 13 August a. 21 August b. 22 August

c. 23 August d. 30 August
-----------------
When is International Youth Day Answer: a. 21 August
celebrated?
------------------------------
a. 14 August When is World Biofuel Day celebrated?
b. 12 August
c. 17 August a. August 15
d. 22 August b. 26 August
c. 10 August
Answer: b. 12 August d. 5 August
----------------------- Answer: c. 10 August

National Sports Day is celebrated on 29th
August, on the birth anniversary of which -----------------
sportsperson? When was the 100th birth anniversary of
Vikram Sarabhai, the father of Indian
a. Major Dhyanchand space program celebrated?
b. Sachin Tendulkar
c. Kapil Dev a. 12 August 2019
d. None of these b. 13 August 2019
c. 11 August 2019
Answer: a. Major Dhyanchand d. 10 August 2019
- On August 29, 114th birthday of hockey Answer: a. 12 August 2019

magician Major Dhyanchand was celebrated. - He was born on 12 August 1919 in
- He was born in 1905 in Allahabad. Ahmedabad.
-------------------- ---------------------
When is Harmony Day celebrated in India? When is National Handloom Day
a. 21 August b. 22 August
c. 23 August d. 20 August a. 15 August b. 26 August
c. 7 August d. 5 August
Answer: d. 20 August
Answer: c. 7 August

------------------------------- When is World Breastfeeding Week
What is the theme of World Tribal Day (9 celebrated?
August) 2019?
a. 2 to 8 August
a. Foreign languages b. 1 to 7 August
b. Indigenous dialect c. 31 August
c. Indigenous state d. 30 August
d. Indigenous languages
Answer: b. 1 to 7 August
Answer: d. Indigenous languages
------------------------------
--------------------
What is the theme of World Breastfeeding When is International Tigers Day
Week 2019 by Food and Nutrition Board? celebrated?
a. Empower parents, Enable Breastfeeding a. 30 July

b. Breastfeeding boon b. 1 August
c. Breastfeeding Healthy Children c. 31 July
d. None of these d. 29 July
Answer: a. Empower parents, Enable Answer: d. 29 July

Breastfeeding
------------------------------
- World Breastfeeding week was observed When is World Hepatitis Day celebrated?
between 1 to 7 August, 2019.
a. 28 July
------------------- b. 29 July
When is World Day Against Human c. 30 July
Trafficking observed? d. 31 July
a. 29 July Answer: a. 28 July

b. 30 July
-------------------
c. 31 July
When is the death anniversary of Dr. APJ
d. 2 August
Abdul Kalam celebrated?
Answer: b. 30 July
a. 25 July
- 2019 theme is 'Human trafficking: Call your
b. 26 July
government To Action'.
c. 27 July
----------------- d. 28 July
Answer: c. 27 July

- Former President of India and Indian Missile
Man APJ Abdul Kalam died on 27 July 2015
due to a heart attack while delivering a
lecture in Shillong.
- He was born on 15 October 1931 in
Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu.
-------------------
When is National Broadcasting Day
a. 20 July b. 21 July
c. 22 July d. 23 July
Answer: d. 23 July
- On July 23, 1927, the first radio broadcast

was started in India.
- It was broadcast from a Bombay station
under a private company "Indian
Broadcasting Company".
That is why National Broadcasting Day is
celebrated in India on this day.
--------------------
Which month has been declared by the
Central Government as 'National Nutrition
Month' in 2019?
a. July
b. August
c. September
d. October
Answer: c. September
- Its aim is to end the problem of malnutrition
in the country.

- Former Comptroller and Auditor General
Books-Writers (CAG) has written this book. It was recently
launched by Vice President M Venkaiah
Who is the author of the book "Bridget Naidu.
Nation"?
----------------------------
a. Raghuram Rajan Who is the author of the book 'Education'?
b. N. Chandrasekaran
c. Roopa Purushottam a. Manish Sisodia b. Arvind kejriwal
d. b and c c. Abhivan Pandey d. Pranab Mukherjee
Answer: d. b and c (N. Chandrasekaran Answer: a. Manish Sisodia

and Rupa Purushottam)
In this book, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister
- PM Narendra Modi launched this book on Manish Sisodia has told about the new
20 October 2019. experiences and experiences of schooling in
- N. Chandrasekaran - Chairman of Tata Delhi.
Sons - This book was launched by former
- Rupa Purushottam - Chief Economist, Tata President Pranab Mukherjee on 6 September
Sons 2019.
--------------------------- ----------------------
Who is the author of the book 'Mind Who is the author of the book "Kashmir's
Master: Winning Lessons from a Untold Story: Declassified"?
Champions Life'?
a. Rakesh Upadhyay
a. Manmohan Singh b. Ratan Tata b. Iqbal Chand Malhotra and Maroof Raza
c. Viswanathan Anand d. Rohit Sharma c. Meher Chandra Rajput
d. None of these
Answer: c. Viswanathan Anand
Answer: b. Iqbal Chand Malhotra and
- In this book Vishwanathan Anand has Maroof Raza
mentioned his best victory and worst defeat.
- The book is written by filmmaker Iqbal
--------------------------- Chand Malhotra and defence expert Maroof
Who is the author of the book 'Rethinking Raza.
Good Govennance'? - It has described the history of Kashmir upto
the present, the special situation of Kashmir
a. Amit Shah
has also been described in this book.
b. M. Venkaiah Naidu
c. Ramnath Kovind ---------------------
d. Vinod Rai
Answer: d. Vinod Rai

Who is the author of the book 'Saraswati c. Kamlesh Patel
Civilization: A Paradigm Shift in Ancient d. Rajesh Pilot
Indian History'?
Answer: c. Kamlesh Patel
a. Major General (Retd) GD Bakshi
b. General (retired) VK Singh ---------------------------
c. Vasant Shinde Who is the author of the book "Tiger
d. None of these Woman"?
Answer: a. Major General (Retd) GD a. Sirsho Bandopadhyay

Bakshi b. Rajesh Joshi
c. Harmendra Singh
--------------------- d. None of these
Who is the author of the book "Fire and
Fury Corps - Saga of Valor, Fortitude and Answer: a. Sirsho Bandopadhyay
Sacrifice"?
- Sirsho Bandopadhyay is a Bengali novelist.
a. General Dalbir Singh Suhag - This novel is based in Calcutta in the 1880s.
b. Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh
---------------------------
c. General VK Singh
Who is the author of the book "Every Vote
d. General VP Malik
Counts - The Story of India's Elections"?
Answer: b. Lieutenant General Ranbir
a. Vijay Kumar
Singh
b. Naveen Chawla
- He is the Commander of the Northern c. Anandi Ben Patel
Command of the Indian Army. d. None of these
- This book contains the details of the history
Answer: b. Naveen Chawla
and achievements of the Indian Army's "Fire
- He is the former Chief Election
and Fury".
Commissioner.
- This is the Army Division, formed in October
1962. --------------------------------
- "Fire and Fury" protects the Line of Control
Who is the author of the book "Indian
(LoC) and Line of Actual Control (LAC) in
Fiscal Federalism"?
Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir.
a. Dr. Y. V. Reddy
---------------------------
b. DY Patil
Who is the author of the book "Designing
c. Rajendra Ranjan
Destiny: The Heartfulness Way"? d. None of these
a. Amarendra Singh Answer: a. Dr. Y. V. Reddy

b. Vijay Kumar

- He is the former Governor of RBI. The co- -------------
author of this book is Dr. G. R. Reddy. Who is the author of the book
'Chandrashekhar: The Last Icon of
-------------------------------- Ideological Politics'?
Who is the author of the book "Gandhi:
The Writer"? a. Meenakshi lekhi
b. Harivansh
a. VK Singh c. Ravidutt Vajpayee
b. YK Tiwari d. b. And c
c. Lalu Prasad Yadav
d. Bhavani Bhattacharya Answer: d. b. And c. (Harivansh, Deputy
Chairman of the Rajya Sabha and Ravidutt
Answer: d. Bhavani Bhattacharya Vajpayee, who is doing doctorate on Indo-
China relations from Deakin University,
---------------------------
Melbourne (Australia))
Who is the author of a book titled 'A Prime
Minister to Remember: Memoirs of a -----------------
Military Chief'? Name the autobiography written by former
Pakistan national cricket team captain
a. Admiral Sushil Kumar
Shahid Afridi?
b. Rajiv Kumar
c. Amit Kumar a. Afridi
d. None of these b. Sixer
c. Boom Boom
Answer: a. Admiral Sushil Kumar
d. Game changer
- This book has been written by Admiral
Sushil Kumar, former Chief of Naval Staff. Answer: d. Game changer
- The book is co-written by Afridi and
--------------------
journalist Wajahat S Khan.
Who is the author of the book "Kargil:

-----------------
Untold Stories from the War"?
Which actor has written a novel called
"Doophari"?
a. Rachna Bisht Rawat
b. Amish Tripathi
a. Pankaj Kapoor
c. Ajay Baital
b. Shahrukh Khan
d. None of these
c. Amarendra Tyagi
d. None of these
Answer: a. Rachna Bisht Rawat
Answer: a. Pankaj Kapoor

- This book is based on the writer's interviews
with the families of the soldiers and martyrs
who took part in the war.

-------------- ---------------------
Who is the author of the book 'Coming Who is the author of the book 'Cricket
Round the Mountain'? World Cup: The Indian Challenge'?
a. PK Mishra a. Rahul Dravid

b. Padma Lakshmi b. Sachin Tendulkar
c. Chetan Bhagat c. Ashish banerjee
d. Ruskin Bond d. Ashish Ray
Answer: d. Ruskin Bond Answer: d. Ashish Ray
----------------------------------------- Eminent cricket broadcaster Ashish Ray has

Who is the author of the book "Politics of written a new book based on the World Cup,
Jugaad: The Coalition Handbook"? which tells the journey of India from 1975 till
now.
a. Arul Hasan
b. Ahsan Jaffrey ------------------
c. Saba Naqvi Whose autobiography is 'My Life, My
d. None of these Mission'?
Answer: c. Saba Naqvi a. Swami Agnidev

b. Swami Ramdev
--------------------------- c. Narendra Modi
Who is the author of the book 'My d. Rajnath Singh
Seductious Heart'?
Answer: b. Swami Ramdev
a. Priyanka Chopra
b. Taslima Nasreen - He has written this book with senior
c. Arundhati Roy journalist Uday Mahurkar.
d. None of these
--------------------
Answer: c. Arundhati Roy Who is the author of the book "Let's Talk
on- Air: Conversations with Radio
----------------------- Presenters"?
Name the author of the book 'New Delhi a. Rakesh Anand Bakshi
Conspiracy'? b. RK Dhawan
c. Ratnesh Kumar
a. Priyanka Chopra
d. None of these
b. Taslima Nasreen
c. Arundhati Roy Answer: a. Rakesh Anand Bakshi
d. Meenakshi Lekhi - This book describes the life of 14 popular
radio presenters in India.
Answer: d. Meenakshi Lekhi

-------------------------
Who is the author of the book
"Undaunted: Saving the Idea of India"?
a. Kuldeep Nayyar
b. Narendra Modi
c. P Chidambaram
d. None of these
Answer: c. P Chidambaram
- In this book, the present government has

been criticized on various grounds.
-----------------
Who is the author of the book "India in
Distress"?
a. Lalu Prasad Yadav

b. Akhilesh Yadav
c. Mamta Banerjee
d. None of these
Answer: c. Mamta Banerjee

----------------

--------------------------
Sports Who is first in the ICC Player Rankings
2019 Men's ODI All-Rounder Rankings
Which country will host the Men's Hockey
released in November?
World Cup in the year 2023?
a. Hardik Pandya
a. England
b. Mohammad Nabi
b. Malaysia
c. Canada c. Ben stokes
d. Chris vox
d. India
Answer d. India
Answer c. Ben Stokes (England)
----------------------------
-----------------------------
35th National Junior Athletics
Who is first in the ICC Player Rankings
Championship 2019 was held in which
2019 Men's ODI Team Rankings released
state?
in November?
a. Bengaluru, Karnataka
a. India
b. Guntur, Andhra Pradesh
b. New zealand
c. Guwahati, Assam
c. Australia
d. Bhubaneswar, Odisha
d. England
Answer b. Guntur, Andhra Pradesh

Answer d. England
------------------------------
-------------------------------
Who is in the first place in the men's ODI
Q. What is India's position in the ICC
batting rankings of ICC Player Rankings
Player Rankings 2019 Men's T20 Team
2019 released in November?
Rankings released in November?
a. Rohit Sharma b. Virat Kohli

a. The first b. Second
c. Babar Azam d. David Warner
c third d. Fifth
Answer b. Virat Kohli

Answer d. Fifth
------------------------------
-----------------------------
Who is the first in the men's ODI (ODI)
Who is in the first place in the Men’s T20
bowling rankings of ICC Player Rankings
batting rankings of ICC Player Rankings
a. Jaspreet Bumrah b. Trent Bolt
a. Babar Azam
c. Mujib ur Rehman d. Kagiso Rabada
b. David mallen
c. Rohit Sharma
Answer a. Jaspreet Bumrah
d. Lokesh Rahul
Answer a. Babar Azam (Pakistan)

---------------------------- ------------------------------
Who is in the first place in the Mens T20 Which Indian player has been named in
Bowling rankings of ICC Player Rankings the TIME 100 Next list?
a. Rohit Sharma b. Duti Chand
a. Jaspreet Bumrah b. Trent Bolt c. Smriti Mandhana d. PV Sindhu
c. Rashid Khan d. Kagiso Rabada
Answer b. Duti Chand
Answer c. Rashid Khan (Afghanistan)
----------------------
---------------------------- What is thw new name of the International
Which player won the gold medal in the Association of Athletics Federations
javelin-throw competition at the World (IAAF)?
Para-Athletics Championships?
a. Athletics Union b. World athletics
a. Ajit Pal Singh c. Union of athletics
b. Sunder Singh Gurjar d. World Athletics Federation
c. Arjun Singh Malik
d. Devendra Verma Answer b. World athletics
Answer b. Sunder Singh Gurjar ------------------------------

Who has become the first Asian country
---------------------- to put match fixing in the category of
Which medal did Para athlete Sandeep crime?
Chaudhary win in the World F-Athletics
Championships in the joint F42-64 a. Bangladesh
category in the Javelin throw event? b. India
c. Pakistan
a. Gold b. Silver d. Sri Lanka
c. Bronze d. None of these
Answer d. Sri Lanka
Answer a. Gold
------------------
------------------------ Which Indian boxer has been selected as
Who has become the second player in the a member in the International Boxing
world to score 2 double centuries in the Association (AIBA) Athletes Commission?
lowest innings in a Test match?
a. Mary Kom
a. Mayank Agarwal b. Laishram Sarita Devi
b. Virat Kohli c. Vipin Sawant
c. Rohit Sharma d. None of these
d. Cheteshwar Pujara
Answer a. Mayank Agarwal Answer b. Laishram Sarita Devi

-------------------------------- -----------------------------
India's shooter Manu Bhakar won which After 20 years who achieved Olympic
medal in the 10 meter pistol event of ISSF quota in horse riding for India?
Shooting World Cup?
a. Rajendra Singh
a. Gold b. Fawad Mirza
b. Silver c. Yusuf Mirza
c. Bronze d. Amar Jeet Tyagi
d. None of these
Answer b. Fawad Mirza
Answer a. Gold
----------------------------
-----------------------------
India's shooter Elavenil Valarivan won Who is the winner of 18th FIFA Under 17
which medal in the 10 meter air rifle event World Cup Trophy 2019?
of ISSF Shooting World Cup?
a. Spain
a. Gold
b. Mexico
b. Silver
c. Brazil
c. Bronze
d. France
d. None of these
Answer c. Brazil
Answer a. Gold
------------------------------
-------------------------------- India won its first pink ball test match
India's shooter Divyansh Panwar won from which country?
which medal in the 10 meter air rifle event
a. Pakistan
of ISSF Shooting World Cup?
b. Sri Lanka
a. Gold b. Silver c. Bangladesh
c. Bronze d. None of these d. Brazil
Answer a. Gold Answer c. Bangladesh
---------------------------------- -----------------------------
India played an international test match Which batminton player won the men's
with which country for the first time with singles title of the Scottish Open 2019?
pink ball?
a. Rafael Nadal
a. Pakistan b. Lakshya Sen
b. Bangladesh c. George Gimmick
c. Afghanistan d. Matthew Orwell
d. England
Answer b. Lakshya Sen
Answer b. Bangladesh

----------------------------- -------------------------
Which country won the Davis Cup 2019 Which country will organize the FIFA Club
title? World Cup 2021?
a. India b. Japan a. France b. Japan

c china d. Spain c. Afghanistan d. China
Answer d. Spain Answer: d. China
- Rafael Nadal of Spain won the 6th Davis -------------------------

Cup title for Spain. He is the world's number- Who is the winner of Vijay Hazare Trophy
1 player. 2019?
- While this is Rafael Nadal's 32nd
consecutive win in the Davis Cup. a. Tamil Nadu
- He has become the first player in the b. Karnataka
tournament's 119-year history to win 32 c. Bihar
consecutive matches. d. Assam
---------------------------------------- Answer: b. Karnataka

Which player won the Swiss Open Indoor
- Karnataka defeated Tamil Nadu by 60 runs
Championship title (tennis) for a record
in the final of Vijay Hazare Trophy to clinch
10th time?
the title.
a. Alex Minaur b. Roder French
--------------------------
c. Roger Federer d. None of these
Which country did the Indian women's
Answer: c. Roger Federer hockey team defeat to qualify for the
Tokyo Olympics?
- Swiss tennis star Roger Federer held the
Swiss Open Indoor Championship title for the a. USA b. Russia
10th time here on 27 October 2019. c. Canada d. China
----------------------- Answer: a. USA

Shakib Al Hasan who has been banned for
------------------------------
two years by The International Cricket
Which country did the Indian men's
Council (ICC) is the captain of which
hockey team defeat to qualify for the
country?
Tokyo Olympics?
a. Pakistan
a. USA b. Russia
b. Bangladesh
c. Canada d. China
c. Myanmar
d. Usa Answer: b. Russia
Answer: b. Bangladesh

Which Indian won the men's singles title Africa.
in the 2019 Bahrain International Series Mithali Raj has captained 167 matches.
Badminton?
------------------------
a. Juhi Devangan Who became the winner of World Billiards
b. Jason Anthony Ho Shu Champion 2019?
c. Gaurav Prasad
d. Priyanshu Rajawat a. Sourav Kothari
b. Peter Gilchrist
Answer: d. Priyanshu Rajawat c. Ami Adhar
d. Robert d'souza
- He defeated Jason Anthony Ho-sho of
Canada in the final. Answer: b. Peter Gilchrist
---------------------------- - On 12 October 2019, Peter Gilchrist of

Which Indian won the mixed doubles title Singapore defeated Indian player Saurabh
in the 2019 Bahrain International Series Kothari to win this championship.
Badminton?
----------------------------
a. Juhi Devangan and Venkat Gaurav Prasad Which medal did Mary Kom win at the
b. Juhi Devangan and Priyanshu Rajawat World Boxing Championships 2019?
c. Priyanshu Rajawat and Venkat Gaurav
Prasad a. Gold b. Silver
d. None of these c. Bronze d. None of these
Answer: a. Juhi Devangan and Venkat a. Answer: c. Bronze (Bronze Medal)

Gaurav Prasad
- Mary kom lost to Turkish boxers in the semi-
- The duo became champions after defeating finals.
Thailand's Pannavat Therapanithan and After winning this medal, Mary Kom has
Kanayat Sudchoichom. beome a boxer to win the maximum medals
at the World Boxing Championships.
------------------------------
Mithali Raj,the first captain of the Indian ---------------------------
women's team has won how many Who is the gymnast who has won the
matches in international cricket? most world medals?
a. 100 matches b. 200 matches a. Liu Tingting b. Vitali Sherbo

c. 300 matches d. 150 matches c. Simon Biles d. Li Shijia
Answer: a. 100 matches Answer: c. Simon Biles

- She is an American and is called Gymnastic
Mithali Raj has achieved this feat after Queen.
winning the ODI series 3-0 against South

--------------------------------- According to the ICC, if a match is now a tie,
Who became the winner of IBSF World then its result will be extracted through the
Billiards Champion (Long-Up Format super over and this super over will be played
{Long Format}) 2019? until one team scores more runs than the
other.
a. Sourav Kothari - Actually, after England and New Zealand
b. Peter Gilchrist scored 15–15 in the Super Over in the World
c. Ami Adhar Cup 2019, England were declared winners
d. Robert d'souza due to more boundaries.
- This led to controversy. For this reason, now
Answer: b. Peter Gilchrist
the super over has been made the basis of
victory.
- On 12 October 2019, Peter Gilchrist of
Singapore defeated Indian player Saurabh
-------------------------
Kothari to win this championship.
What is the new name of Ferozeshah Kotla
---------------------------
Stadium?
Which football player has won the

a. Amar Singh Stadium b. Arun Jaitley
European Golden Shoe title for the 2018-
Stadium
19 season?
c. Narendra Modi Stadium d. Bhagat Singh
Stadium
a. Christian Ronaldo b. Harry ken
c. Lionel Messi d. Virgil van
Answer: b. Arun Jaitley Stadium
Answer: c. Lionel Messi

--------------------
Who won the 2019 International Billiards &
- Argentine footballer Lionel Messi, who
Snooker Federation (IBSF) World Billiards
scored 36 goals for Barcelona, was awarded
Championship title in Myanmar?
the Golden Shoe Award for the sixth time and
is the first player to win this award for three
a. Pankaj Advani
consecutive years.
b. Rakesh Advani
c. Ajay Vikram Singh
---------------------------
d. None of these
What rule has the ICC announced to
choose a winner in case of a tie in a match
Answer: a. Pankaj Advani
in place of the maximum number of
- This is Pankaj's 5th title in the last 6 years in
boundaries?
the short format of billiards.
a. Super over
----------------------
b. Three balls
c. knock out
d. First run
Answer: a. Super over

Who won the men's doubles title of Japan - Rohit Sharma created history by scoring a
Open 2019? century in both innings of a Test match
played against South Africa. He set a record
a. Novak Djokovic and Nicolas Mahut by hitting 13 sixes in this test.
b. Nicolas Mahut and Edward Rodger
c. Edourd Roger Vasselin ----------------------
d. None of these Who has become the first Indian batsman
in history to be stumped in both innings of
Answer: a. Novak Djokovic and Nicolas a Test?
Mahut
a. Rohit Sharma
(Pair of France's Nicolas Mahut and Edouard b. KL Rahul
Rodger Vasselin) c. Virat Kohli
d. Shikhar Dhawan
- They defeated Croatia's pair of Nicola
Mektich and Franco Skugor 7-6, 6-4 in the Answer: a. Rohit Sharma
final.
------------------------ Before Rohit Sharma, no Indian batsman has
Who won the men's singles title of Japan been dismissed in both innings of the same
Open 2019? Test match.
- In the first innings of the match, Quinton
a. Novak Djokovik b. Nicolas Mahut Dickock stumped Rohit Sharma off the ball of
c. Ed0oud Roger Vasselin Keshav Maharaj of South Africa.
d. John Millman Keshav Maharaj, who dismissed Rohit
Sharma in the first innings, took his wicket in
Answer: a. Novak Djokovik
the second innings as well.
- He defeated John Millman of Australia.

----------------------
- Japan Open is a men's tennis competition,
Who won the gold medal in the 110 kg
held at Musashino Forest Sports Park, Tokyo.
weight category at the World Powerlifting
- This competition is being organized since
Championships?
1973.
a. Anubhav Singh
-------------------------
b. Jakov Vichova
Who is the first batsman to score two
c. Surendra Singh
centuries in the first Test match as an
d. HK Sharma
opener?
Answer: c. Surendra Singh
a. Rohit Sharma
- Resident of Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
b. Virat Kohli
- This championship took place in
c. Ravichandran Ashwin
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
d. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Answer: a. Rohit Sharma

------------------------------ Duti completed the 100-meter race in 11.22
Who is the first female cricketer to seconds in the semi-finals of the ongoing
complete 20 years in international cricket? 59th National Open Athletics Championships
at Birsa Munda Athletics Stadium, Ranchi.
a. Harmanpreet Kaur b. Mithali Raj - Duti broke her own record, which she made
c. Rajni Yadav d. Meera Kumar during the Asian Championship in April this
year.
Answer: b. Mithali Raj
-------------------------
Who became the winner of World Billiards
---------------------------
Champion 2019?
Which batsman has scored the most double
centuries in Test cricket from India?
a. Sourav Kothari
b. Peter Gilchrist
a. Rohit Dhawan
c. Ami Adhar
b. Virat Kohli
d. Robert d'souza
c. Virender Sehwag
d. None of these
Answer: b. Peter Gilchrist
Answer: b. Virat Kohli

- On 12 October 2019, Peter Gilchrist of
Singapore defeated Indian player Saurabh
- He made this record during the Test match
Kothari to win this championship.
against South Africa.
- He scored his seventh double century in
----------------------------
Test cricket on 11 October 2019.
In which state will the 25th Senior
- Kohli left behind Sachin Tendulkar and
Women's National Football Championship
Virender Sehwag, who scored 6 double
(September 10 to September 24, 2019) be
centuries in Test cricket.
held?
- The record for most (12) double centuries in
Tests is in the name of Australian legend Sir a. Arunachal Pradesh
Don Bradman b. Kerala
c. Bihar
-----------------------------
d. Punjab
Which Indian woman runner broke her
own national record in the 59th National Answer: a. Arunachal Pradesh
Open Athletics Championship and won - The championship will be held in a town
the gold medal in the women's 100m called Pasighat in East Siang district.
event? - 30 teams from across the country will
participate in this championship.
a. Duti Chand b. Sudha Singh
c. PT Usha d. Tintu Luka ----------------------------
Answer: a. Duti Chand

Who has become the third Indian bowler -------------------
to take a hat-trick in Test cricket? Which form of cricket has Mithali Raj
announced to retire from?
a. Jasprit Bumrah
b. Virat Kohli a. One day
c. Sachin Tendulkar b. T20
d. KL Rahul c. Test
d. All of the above
Answer: a. Jasprit Bumrah
Answer: b. T20
- He did this feat against West Indies on 21 ------------------
August 2019. In which Indian stadium is the Virat Kohli
- Harbhajan Singh is the first Indian to take a Pavilion Stand built?
hat-trick in Tests for India.
- He took hattrick (Ricky Ponting, Adam a. Wankhede Stadium
Gilchrist and Shane Warne) against Australia b. Eden Garden Stadium
in 2001 in Kolkata. c. Nehru Stadium
After them, this feat was done by fast bowler d. Arun Jaitley Stadium
Irfan Pathan (Salman Butt, Younis Khan and
Mohammad Yusuf) against Pakistan in 2006. Answer: d. Arun Jaitley Stadium
------------------ - The new pavilion stand of Arun Jaitley

Who is the fastest Indian wicketkeeper to Stadium has been named after Virat Kohli in
take 50 catches in Test cricket? view of his unmatched contribution to cricket.
- Arun Jaitley Stadium was formerly known as
a. Parthiv Patel Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium.
b. Rishabh Pant
c. Mahendra Singh Dhoni -----------------------
d. Dinesh Karthik Indian sportsman Ronaldo Laitonjam is
associated with which sport?
Answer: b. Rishabh Pant
a. Cycling
------------------- b. Cricket
Under whose captaincy has India won the c. Volleyball
most Test matches? d. Tennis
a. Mahendra Singh Dhoni Answer: a. Cycling

b. Sourav Ganguly
c. Virat Kohli - He won the fourth gold medal in the 2019
d. None of these Track Asia Cup competition.
- India has won the most medals in this
Answer: c. Virat Kohli competition, India has won 10 gold, 8 silver
and 7 bronze medals.

------------------------------- - She qualified for the Tokyo Olympics by
Which Indian cricket team's former defeating America's Sarah Hildebrandt at the
captain has been appointed as the first World Wrestling Championships.
Chancellor of Haryana Sports University? - Many women have competed in Olympics,
but Vinesh Phogat became the first Indian
a. Mahendra Singh Dhoni wrestler to qualify for the 2020 Olympic
b. Kapil Dev Games.
c. Anil Kumble
d. Saurabh Ganguly ---------------------------
Indian Wrestler Vinesh Phogat has
Answer: b. Kapil Dev recently won which medal in the 53 kg
weight category of the World Wrestling
- Haryana Sports University is the third sports
Championships in Kazakhstan?
university in the country which has been
started by a state government. a. gold medal
Prior to this, sports universities are being b. silver medal
operated in Gujarat (Swarnim Gujarat Sports c. bronze medal
University) and Chennai (Tamil Nadu d. None of these
Physical Education and Sports University).
Answer: c. bronze medal
-----------------------
Former Indian all-rounder Dinesh Mongia - Vinesh Phogat is the first Indian wrestler to
announced his retirement from which achieve quota for Tokyo Olympics.
form of cricket on 17 September 2019? - Vinesh Phogat is the 2014 Commonwealth
Games gold medalist in women's wrestling.
a. One day cricket b. Test cricket
c. T20 cricket d. All formats of cricket ----------------------
Which team won the 2019 Under-19 Asia
Answer: d. All formats of cricket Cup cricket tournament?
- He last played cricket matches for Punjab in a. Bangladesh

2007. b. Pakistan
- Member of the World Cup runners-up team c. Sri Lanka
in the year 2003. d. India
-------------------- Answer: d. India

Who became the first Indian wrestler to
qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics? - India's Under-19 cricket team has won this
title.
a. Vinesh Phogat b. Rashmi Desai - India defeated Bangladesh by 5 runs in the
c. Madhuri Phogat d. None of these final.
- India has also won this title in 1989, 2003,
Answer: a. Vinesh Phogat
2012, 2013-14, 2016, 2018.
- 'Man of the Match' went to Atharva Who became the winner in the men's
Ankolekar of India. singles category in Denmark Open
Badminton Competition 2019?
----------------------
What is the name of India's youngest a. Kento Momota b. Nozomi Okuhara
cricketer to play international women's c. Marcus Fernaldi Gideon d. Kevin Sanjay
Twenty20 cricket? Sukamuljo
a. Nandini Dasgupta Answer: a. Kento Momota (Japan)

b. Shefali Verma
c. Deepti Tyagi ---------------------------
d. Kalpana Narayan Who became the winner in the women's
singles category in Denmark Open
Answer: b. Shefali Verma Badminton Competition 2019?
- She is only 15 years old.
-She participated in the match against South a. Bik Ha
Africa at the age of 15 and 239 days. b. Nozomi Okuhara
Before Shefali, Gargi Banerjee was the c. Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
youngest player to debut in international d. Jung Kyung-Eun
cricket from India.
Answer: b. Nozomi Okuhara
------------------------
---------------------
Who is the first Indian male boxer to win a
Who is the Indian to win a gold medal in
silver medal at the World Boxing
the men's Sanda category at the Wushu
Championships?
World Championships 2019?
a. Amit Panghal
a. Alok Kumar
b. Gaurav Bidhuri
b. Praveen Kumar
c. Manish Kaushik
c. Bhaskaran Pathak
d. Shiva Thapa
d. None of these
Answer: a. Amit Panghal
Answer: b. Praveen Kumar
- He became the first Indian male boxer to
win a silver medal at the World
- Praveen Kumar won the gold medal on 23
Championship. October at the ongoing Wushu World
- He won this medal in the 52 kg weight
Championships 2019 in Shanghai, China.
category.
- Praveen defeated Diaz 2–1 in the men's
Manish Kaushik won the bronze medal in the Sanda category of the 15th World Wushu
63kg category. Championship.
-------------------------
------------------------------
What is the mascot for the 2022 Winter Who won the FIFA Best Male Coach 2019
Olympics? Award?
a. Elephant a. Jill Ellis

b. Tiger b. Jürgen Klopp
c. Bing dwen dwen c. Silvia Greco
d. cheerful panda d. Megan Rapinoe
Answer: c. Bing Dwen Dwen (smiling Answer: b. Jürgen Klopp

panda) - He is German.
- The Winter Olympics will be held in Beijing, ------------------------
the capital of China ( 4 to 20 February 2019). Who won the FIFA Best Female Coach
------------------------------ 2019 Award?
Which player won the FIFA Best Male
Player 2019? a. Jill Ellis
b. Jürgen Klopp
a. Lionel Messi c. Silvia Greco
b. Jürgen Klopp d. Megan Rapinoe
c. Daniel Zasori
d. Marc-Andre Ter Steg Answer: a. Jill Ellis
- She is an American.
Answer: a. Lionel Messi --------------------------
- Barcelona star striker Lionel Messi won the Who won the FIFA Best Male Goalkeeper
award for the sixth point and became the first 2019 Award?
player to do so.
- Lionel Messi has previously won this award a. Van Veenendaal
in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2015. b. Jürgen Klopp
---------------------------- c. Daniel Zsori
Who received the FIFA Best Female Player d. Marc-Andre Ter Stegen
2019 award?
Answer: d. Marc-Andre Ter Stegen
a. Jill Ellis - He is German.
b. Jürgen Klopp
---------------------------
c. Silvia Greco
Who won the FIFA Best Female
d. Megan Rapinoe
Goalkeeper 2019 Award?
Answer: d. Megan Rapinoe
a. Van Veenendaal
- America's Forward Megan Rapinoe won this
b. Jürgen Klopp
award among women.
c. Daniel Zasori
- She belongs to America and she played an
d. Megan Rapinoe
important role in winning the World Cup to
America's team. Answer: a. Van Veenendaal
-------------------------
-------------------------- - Indian football team defeated Bangladesh to
FIFA Best Player 2019: Complete List of win the title of SAFF Under-18
Awards Championship.
Best Male Player 2019: Lionel Messi - India defeated Bangladesh 2–1 in the title
Best Female Player 2019: Megan Rapinoe match played in Nepal.
Best Men's Coach 2019: Jurgen Klopp
Best Women's Coach 2019: Jill Ellis --------------------------
Puskus Award: Daniel Zsori Which cricketer has made a record of
Best Male Goalkeeper 2019: Marc-Andre Ter playing 100 international T20 matches for
Stegen the first time in India?
Best Female Goalkeeper 2019: Van
a. Smriti Mandhana b. Harmanpreet Kaur
Veenendaal
c. Virat Kohli d. Rohit Sharma
Best Fan Award 2019: Sylvia Greco
Best Fair Play Award: Leeds United and
Answer: b. Harmanpreet Kaur
Marcelo Bielassa
- She is followed by Rohit Sharma, who has
------------------------------- played 95 International T20 matches.
Which athlete was awarded the Veteran
- In the women's cricket world, 10 players
Pin Award by the International Athletics
have played more than 100 T20
Foundation (IAAF)? Internationals so far.
- New Zealand's Suzy Bates is in first place
a. PT Usha b. Mary Kom
having played 111 matches.
c. Vinesh Phogat d. Sania Mirza
------------------------
Answer: d. PT Usha
Which Indian male player recently made
- She is popularly known as Udan Pari. the record for playing the 100th
- PT Usha received this award at the 52nd International T20 match?
Conference of the IAAF on 24 September in
a. MS Dhoni
Doha (Qatar).
b. Virat Kohli
- PT Usha has received the Arjuna Award in
c. Shikhar Dhawan
1983.
d. Rohit Sharma
In 1985, he was also awarded the Padma
Shri.
Answer: d. Rohit Sharma
--------------------------
- He made a record of playing the 100th
Which country has recently won the Under match as soon as he took part in the second
18 SAFF Football Championship-2019? T20 match played against Bangladesh.
- He is the first male cricketer to make this
a. Nepal b. Japan
record.
c. Bangladesh d. India
Before that, Harmanpreet Kaur has played
Answer: d. India
100 T20 cricket matches. --------------------------
---------------------------- Who won the women's singles title at the
US Open (Tennis) 2019?
Which team won the Deodhar Trophy 2019
title? a. Bianca Andreescu
b. Serena Williams
a. India A c. Bianca Chatterjee
b. India B d. None of these
c. India C Answer: a. Bianca Andreescu
d. India D - She is Canadian and only 19 years old
tennis player.
Answer: b. India B
- She thus prevented Serena from winning
her record 24th Grand Slam.
- India B defeated India C by 51 runs and
won the Deodhar Trophy.
-------------------
- It was chosen among the three teams
Which state's sedan secondary school
selected by the BCCI.
team won the Under-14 Subroto Cup
International Football Tournament?
------------------------------
Which country's team won the Rugby
a. Karnataka
World Cup 2019?
b. Mizoram
c. Assam
a. England
d. Uttar Pradesh
b. South Africa
c. USA
Answer: b. Mizoram
d. Japan
------------------------------
Answer: b. South Africa

Which player has the record of becoming
the youngest captain of Test cricket?
-------------------------
Which player won the US Open 2019
a. Virat Kohli
Men's Singles title (Mans Singles)?
b. Rashid Khan
c. AB de Villiers
a. Rafael Nadal
d. Joe Roots
b. Daniil Medvedev
c. Roger Frederer
Answer: b. Rashid Khan (Afghan
d. None of these
cricketer)
Answer: a. Rafael Nadal

- Rashid Khan went on to captain the Test
- Spain's legendary player Rafael Nadal won
match at the age of 20 years 350 days.
the 19th Grand Slam title of his career.
-----------------------
- He defeated Daniil Medvedev of Russia.
Which Indian wrestler has been given top Answer: c. Virat Kohli
priority in the World Championship? - Under the captaincy of Virat Kohli, India has
won 28 Test matches in 48 Tests.
a. Bajrang Punia
b. Sushil Kumar -------------------
c. Yogeshwar Dutt Which form of cricket has Mithali Raj
d. Pawan Kumar announced to retire from?
Answer: a. Bajrang Punia a. One day b. T20

- Top seed has been given in the 65 kg c. Test d. All of the above
freestyle category of the World Wrestling
Competition held from 14 September in Noor Answer: b. T20
Sultan of Kazakhstan. Although she will continue to play ODI cricket.
⦁ Mithali Raj made this announcement on 3
----------------------- September 2019.
Who is the fastest Indian wicketkeeper to ⦁ Mithali Raj has the record of playing the
take 50 catches in Test cricket? most matches and scoring the most runs for
India in T20 cricket.
a. Parthiv Patel ⦁ Mithali Raj has scored a total of 2,364 runs
b. Rishabh Pant in 89 T20 Internationals.
c. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
d. Dinesh Karthik ⦁ Mithali Raj is the first woman to score a
double century in a Test cricket match.
Answer: b. Rishabh Pant ⦁ She had secured first position in the ICC
World Rankings in the years 2010, 2011 and
- He did this feat in the ongoing Test series
2012.
between India and the West Indies.
⦁ Mithali Raj is the only woman cricketer to
-He has beaten the record of previous Test
cross 6,000 runs in women's one day
cricketer M S Dhoni.
international cricket.
- - Rishabh Pant caught 50 catches in 11
Tests while Mahendra Singh Dhoni took 50 -------------------
catches in 15 Tests. Who is the first Indian player to win a gold
medal at the World Badminton
------------------
Championship (WBC)?
Under whose captaincy has India won the
most Test matches?
a. Mansi Joshi
b. Saina Nehwal
a. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
c. Jwala Gutta
b. Sourav Ganguly
d. PV Sindhu
c. Virat Kohli
d. None of these Answer: d. PV Sindhu
- PV Sindhu won this championship on 25
August,
- She created history by defeating No.4 Omi - He has also crossed the English Channel.
Okuhara, the world number 4 player. - Satendra Singh Lohia is from Gwalior. He
crossed the Catalina Channel in 11 hours 34
------------------------------ minutes with a five-member team,
Which state will host the 36th National
Games (from 20 October to 4 November ------------------------------
2020)? Who is the first Indian to win a gold medal at
the World Junior Wrestling Championships
a. Assam b. Goa after 18 years?
c. Odisha d. West Bengal
a. Deepak Rohgi
Answer: b. Goa b. Deepak Punia
c. Rakeb Bajaj
- After being postponed again, now the 36th
d. None of these
National Games will be held in Goa from
October 20 to November 4 next year. Answer: b. Deepak Punia
- The 36th National Games will be held in - Deepak Punia won the gold medal in the 86
Goa from October 20 to November 4, 2020. kg category in Tallinn, Estonia, defeating
Russia's Alik Shebzukhov in the final.
---------------------
BCCI has given the title sponsorship -----------------------
rights of the Indian team to which Which former Indian athlete has been
company for the next five years? appointed as a member of the "Athletes
Commission of the Asian Athletics
a. Facebook
Association"?
b. Twitter
c. Paytm a. P.T. Usha
d. None of these b. PV Indus
c. RK Rahmat
Answer: c. Paytm
d. None of these
- The main sponsor is BYJU’s
Answer: a. P.T. Usha
--------------------
Satendra Singh Lohia who became the - The "Athletes Commission of the Asian
first Asian swimmer to cross the Catalina Athletics Association" consists of 6 members,
Channel of America, belongs to which the Chairman of the Commission is Andrea
state? Abduvaliev of Uzbekistan.
a. Punjab ------------------------
b. Odisha
c. Madhya Pradesh
d. Chhattisgarh
Answer: c. Madhya Pradesh
Which state launched Mission Shakti for - Rohit Sharma has overtaken Caribbean
the game? Storm opener batsman Chris Gayle in the
matter of hitting sixes in T20 international
a. Bihar cricket.
b. Rajasthan - Rohit has now got 107 sixes in 96 matches.
c. Madhya Pradesh
d. Maharashtra - He also became the first batsman to score
2400 runs at international level.
Answer: d. Maharashtra --------------------
Jerlin Anika who won the gold medal at
- Film actor Aamir Khan launched an initiative
the 2019 World Deaf Youth Badminton
called "Mission Shakti" of Maharashtra
Championships, is from which state?
Government, to provide training to players
from tribal areas for international a. Odisha
competitions. b. Madhya Pradesh
- It aims to prepare tribal students for the c. Himachal Pradesh
2024 Olympics. d. Tamil Nadu
----------------------
Which Indian female wrestler won the gold Answer: d. Tamil Nadu
medal in the 53 kg weight category in the - This championship was held in Taipei,
2019 Poland Open wrestling competition? Taiwan.
-She has also won two silver and one bronze
a. Rani Rogato medals in the under-18 category.
b. Vinesh Phogat Jerlin Anika is just 15 years old and studies in
c. Sushma Bhati class 10 in Madurai.
d. None of these -------------------------
Who is the first player (women and men)
Answer: b. Vinesh Phogat
to score 100 wickets and 1000 runs in a
- In September 2019, Vinesh Phogat will
T20 International match?
represent India at the World Championships
in Nursultan, Kazakhstan. a. Alice Parry
b. Smriti Mandhana
-----------------
c. Shahid Afridi
Who has become the” highest sixes”
d. Virat Kohli
cricketer in T20 International cricket?
Answer: a. Alice Parry (Australian
a. Rohit Sharma
cricketer)
b. VardanSharma
- She is a female cricketer of Australia.
c. Virat Kohli
-She made this record on 28 July 2019, when
d. Sunil Lamba
her team was playing against England.
Parry, 28, has played 104 T20 Internationals
Answer: a. Rohit Sharma
till 28 July, scoring 1005 runs and taking 103
wickets in total.
Talking about men's cricket, Pakistan's - This suspension is from 16 March 2019 to
Shahid Afridi came closest to this double. He 15 November 2019.
has 1416 runs and 98 wickets in T20 - During this time Prithvi Shaw will be
International to his credit. suspended from all formats of the game.
Talking about the batsmen who have scored Apart from Shaw, two other domestic players
the most runs in T20 International cricket in Akshay Dullarwar of Vidarbha and Divya
men's cricket, Rohit Sharma of India is at the Gajraj of Rajasthan were also found guilty of
top in this list. Rohit has scored 2331 runs in violating the Anti-Doping Code of the Cricket
94 matches. Board.
---------------
----------------------
Who has been appointed by the Indian What is a dope test?
Federation of Sports Gaming (IFSG) as - Dope test is done to catch the use of
Ombudsman and Ethics Officer? strength enhancing drugs.
- Urine samples of players are taken in dope
a. Justice AK Sikri test before any event or during training camp.
b. Justice Mukesh Meena These tests are conducted by NADA
c. Justice RK Dhawan (National Anti Doping Agency) or WADA
d. None of these (World Anti Doping Agency).
Answer: a. Justice AK Sikri - Nada's labs are in Delhi and Wada's labs
------------ are in many places in the world.
Who won the Formula One German Grand
Prix 2019? - WADA was established on 10 November
1999 in Switzerland to stop the growing trend
a. Roger Frederer of drugs in international games. After this,
b. Max Verstappen NADA was established in every country.
c. Sebastian Vettel -----------------
d. None of these Which Union Territory team has recently
been recognized by the BCCI?
Answer: b. Max Verstappen
------------------ a. Chandigarh
For how many months did BCCI suspend b. Andaman Nicobar
cricketer Prithvi Shaw from cricket for c. Puducherry
failing the doping test? d. Daman Diu
a. 8 months Answer: a. Chandigarh

b. 9 months
c. 10 months - Now the Chandigarh team can take part in
d. 12 months Ranji Trophy.
Apart from this, the Chandigarh team can
Answer: a. 8 months participate in all the domestic competitions
organized by the BCCI.
--------------------- c. Badminton
Which company recently became the d. None of these
sponsor of the Indian cricket team?
Answer: a. Cricket
a. Byju -----------------------
b. Lux Which team won the 2019 Syed Mushtaq
c. Mi Ali Trophy?
d. None of these
a. Bihar
Answer: a. Byju b. Punjab
c. Karnataka
- Now his name will be seen on the jersey of d. None of these
the Indian cricket team.
Answer: c. Karnataka
---------------------------- - This trophy is organized by BCCI.
The Central Government has approved the ----------------------------
establishment of a sports centre in which In which country will the FIFA U-17
city for the physically challenged Women's World Cup 2020 be held?
(Divyang)?
a. Britain
a. Gwalior b. France
b. Agra c. Sri Lanka
c. Jaipur d. India
d. Udham Singh Nagar
Answer: d. India
Answer: a. Gwalior - This event is held every two years.
- In 2018 it was held in Uruguay, which was
----------------------------------
won by Spain.
Which Indian wrestler won the gold medal
in the 65 kg freestyle at the Dan Kolov- ---------------------------------
Nicola petrov 2019 tournament in Which team recently won the Indian Super
Bulgaria? League (Football) title?
a. Sakshi Malik b. Sarita More a. Delhi FC

c. Bajrang Punia d. None of these b. Chennai FC
c. Bangalore FC
Answer: c. Bajrang Punia
d. None of these
----------------------------------
Which sport has been included for the Answer: c. Bengaluru
2022 Asian Games, not previously
included? ----------------
a. Cricket
b. Racing
How many medals did India win in the a. Cricket b. Basketball
Special Olympic Games 2019? c. Breakdancing, Skateboarding, Sport
Climbing and Surfing
a. 338 d. None of these
b. 368
c. 868 Answer: c. Breakdancing, Skateboarding,
d. 968 Sport Climbing and Surfing
Answer: b. 368 ------------------------

Which player won the ICC Cricket of the
- This includes 85 gold, 154 silver and 129 Year 2018 title?
bronze medals.
------------------------- a. Sachin Tendulkar
Which team won the title of SAFF b. Virat Kohli
Women's Championship 2019? c. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
d. None of these
a. India
b. Afghanistan Answer: b. Virat Kohli
c. China
d. Sri Lanka -------------
Where was the second edition of Khelo
Answer: a. India India Games organized?
- India won this title by defeating Nepal in the
final. a. Chandigarh b. Patiala
- This final match was played at the Shaheed c. Mumbai d. Pune
Rangshala Stadium in Biratnagar, Nepal.
Answer: d. Pune
- SAFF - South Asian Football Federation
------------------------ ------------
Who became the President of Indian
Who became the youngest player to win a
Basketball Association?
gold medal at the Khelo India Youth
Games 2019?
a. K. Govindaraj b. R. Madhavan
c. K. Gopal Swami d. None of these
a. Umaid Singh
b. Abhinav Shaw
Answer: a. K. Govindaraj
c. Manik Shaw
- He was again elected to this post. d. None of these
--------------------------- Answer: b. Abhinav Shaw

The International Olympic Committee has He won a gold medal in shooting. He is only
recommended which sports to be 10 years old.
included in the 2024 Paris Olympic -------------
Games?
Who became the captain who took the a. 25 years
most catches in a match? b. 30 years
c. 40 years
a. Mahendra Singh Dhoni d. 71 years
b. Adam Gilchrist
c. Virat Kohli Answer: d. 71 years
d. Sarfaraz Ahmed
- Indian team has won this four-match Test
Answer: d. Sarfaraz Ahmed series 2-1.
Cheteshwar Pujara was given the Man of the
The current captain of the Pakistani cricket Series award for his outstanding
team, Sarfraz Ahmed, took 10 catches in the performance.
Test match played against South Africa. With
this, he overtook Dhoni and Adam Gilchrist. -------------------
Which player defeated Saina Nehwal to
------------------- win Indonesia Masters 2019 title?
Which country won the 2019 Hopman Cup
title? a. Zhang Shuai
b. Carolina Marin
a. India c. Samantha Stosur
b. Switzerland d. None of these
c. Pakistan
d. France Answer: b. Carolina Marin
- This was Saina's first Indonesia Masters
Answer: b. Switzerland title.
Switzerland won the 31st edition of the
Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia, with Roger ----------------
Federer and Belinda Bencich in the Swiss Who won the men's singles title at the
team. Australian Open 2019 tennis tournament?
------------- a. Roger Frederer b. Rafael Nadal

Name the first player to win the Hopman c. Marin d. Novak Djokovik
Cup three times?
Answer: d. Novak Djokovik
a. Alexander Zverev
b. Angel Kerber --------------------------
c. Roger Federer Who won the women's singles title at the
d. Belinda Bencich Australian Open 2019 tennis tournament?
Answer: c. Roger Federer a. Noami Osaka b. Petra Kvitova

c. Sania Mirza d. None of these
-------------------
After how many years, India won the Answer: a. Noami Osaka
cricket test series in Australia?
------------- ---------------
Who won the Men's double category title Who was chosen as Player of the Series in
at the Australian Open 2019 tennis Cricket World Cup 2019?
tournament?
a. John Pearce and Henry Quinton b. Kane Williamson
b. Pierre-Hughes Herbert and Nicolas Mahut c. Virat Kohli
c. Henry Quinton and Nicolas Mahut d. None of these
d. None of these
Answer: b. Kane Williamson
Answer: b. Pierre-Hughes Herbert and
Nicolas Mahut - New Zealand captain Kane Williamson was
named Player of the Series.
-------------
Who won the women's double category ------------------
title at the Australian Open 2019 tennis Which Indian has been elected a member
tournament? of the International Olympic Committee?
a. Kristina Mladenovic and Zhang Shuai a. Abhishek Das

b. Taymiya Babos and Christina Mladenovic b. Narinder Batra
c. Samantha Stosur and Zhang Shuai c. Virat Kohli
Answer: c. Samantha Stosur and Zhang Answer: b. Narinder Batra

Shuai
- He is the President of the Indian Olympic
----------------
Association.
Which team won the ODI Cricket World
------------------------------
Cup 2019?
Who has been appointed the head of the
a. England National Cricket Academy?
b. India
c. New Zealand
b. Vijay Tiwari
d. Afghanistan
c. Rahul Dravid d. None of these
Answer: a. England
Answer: c. Rahul Dravid
- England has won the ODI Cricket World
------------------------------
Cup for the first time.
- Ben Stokes, who performed brilliantly in
England in this match, was declared Man of
the Match.
The ICC has recently announced the - Third Gold: Hima completed the women's
World Cup team of the tournament, which 200 meters race in 23.43 seconds at the
Indian players have been included in it? Kladno Memorial Athletics held in the Czech
Republic on 13 July.
a. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli - Fourth Gold: Won Gold Medal in 200 meter
b. MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma race in 'Tabor Athletics' on 17 July.
c. Jasprit Bumrah and Rohit Sharma - Fifth Gold: On 20 July, Hima also won the
d. Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma gold medal in the 400 meter race of an
international event released in the Czech
Answer: c. Jasprit Bumrah and Rohit
Republic.
Sharma
-------------------
- New Zealand captain Ken Williamson, who
Who won the women's singles title at the
has become the player of the tournament,
2019 Wimbledon Tennis Tournament?
has been made the captain of this team.
---------------------- a. Aruna Das
Which country will host the International b. Serena Williams
Shooting World Cup 2020? c. Simona Halep
d. None of these
a. Indonesia b. Thailand
c. South Korea d. India Answer: c. Simona Halep
- She hails from Romania.
Answer: d. India
-------------------
-------------------
Which Indian wicketkeeper batsman has
Who is the runner up to win the fifth gold
recently started two months training in the
medal in 19 days?
parachute regiment of the Territorial Army
in Jammu and Kashmir?
a. PT Usha
b. Hima Das
a. Dinesh Karthik
c. Anandi Das
b. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
d. None of these
c. Naman Ojha
d. Parthiv Patel
Answer: b. Hima Das
Answer: b. Mahendra Singh Dhoni

- First Gold: On July 2, Hima took part in the
- Former captain of Indian team Mahendra
200 meter race at the Poznan Athletics Grand
Singh Dhoni was given the rank of honorary
Prix. She won the gold by completing that
lieutenant colonel in the Territorial Army /
race in 23.65 seconds.
Territorial Army in the year 2011.
- Second Gold: Hima won the gold medal by
completing the 200 meters race in 23.97
---------------------
seconds at the Kutno Athletics Meet in
Which former Indian batsman has recently
Poland on 7 July.
been inducted into the Hall of Fame by the points) is at number two.
International Cricket Council (ICC)? - and Cheteshwar Pujara (881 points) is third.
a. Sachin Tendulkar ---------------------------

b. Saurabh Ganguly Which place has Ravindra Jadeja ranked
c. Yuvraj Singh in the ICC Test Bowlers rankings?
d. Kapil Dev
a. Second b. The third
Answer: a. Sachin Tendulkar c. Fifth d. The sixth
The ICC had inducted former cricketers
Bishan Singh Bedi, Kapil Dev, Sunil Answer: d. The sixth
Gavaskar, Anil Kumble and Rahul Dravid in
- Team India's Ravindra Jadeja and
the Hall of Fame from India before Sachin.
Ravichandran Ashwin are in sixth and tenth
--------------------- position respectively.
Which cricket team has been suspended - While in first place is Australia's fast bowler
by the ICC with immediate effect on Pat Cummins.
government interference?
---------------------
a. Zimbabwe Cricket Team What is the position of India in ICC Test
b. Australia cricket team Team Rankings?
c. Indian Cricket Team
a. First b. Second
d. England cricket team
c. Third d. The fourth
Answer: a. Zimbabwe Cricket Team
Answer: a. The first

After this ban, now Zimbabwe will not be able
India ranks first in the team rankings, followed
to play international cricket until the ICC
by New Zealand (2), South Africa (3),
removes this ban from them.
England (4) and Australia (5).
---------------------
---------------------
Which Indian player is at number one in
Which position has the Indian football team
the ICC Test batsmen rankings?
recently got in the world rankings
a. Mahendra Singh Dhoni released by FIFA?
b. Rohit Sharma
a. 105
c. Virat Kohli
b. 111
d. Shikhar Dhawan
c. 103
Answer: c. Virat Kohli d. 125
- This report has been released on 22 July
Answer: c. 103
2019.
- Belgium at number one
- New Zealand captain Ken Williamson (913
- Brazil in second place
- France on third
- England and fourth c. 12
- Uruguay is on the fifth d. 13
-------------------------------------------------- -
Which team has recently won the Santosh Answer: d. 13
Trophy 2019 title? - Boxer Amit Panghal won the gold medal in
the 52 kg category.
a. Mumbai - Boxer Pooja Rani won gold medal in 81 kg
. Surat category.
c. Services ----------------
d. West Bengal In the Asian Athletics Championships
2019, India finished fourth by winning how
Answer: c. Services many medals?
- Services football team represents Indian a. 17 medals

Defense Services in Santosh Trophy. b. 15 medals
c. 18 medals
------------------------ d. 4 medals
Indian boxer Amit Panghal won which
medal in the 52 kg weight category of the Answer: a. 17 medals
Asian Championship? - It consists of 3 Gold, 7 Silver (Silver) and 7
Bronze (Bronze).
a. Silver medal b. Gold medal Gold medal winners of India.
c. Bronze medal d. None of these - The first gold medal was won by 30-year-old
Gomthi Marimuthu in the 800 meters.
Answer: b. Gold medal
- Tejinder Pal Singh Toor won the gold medal
in the men's shot put.
------------------
- PU Chitra won gold in the 1500 meter race.
Which Indian player won the 2019 Dutch
---------------
International Badminton title?
Which Indian wrestler won the gold medal

a. Harsheel Dani
in the Asian Wrestling Championship
b. Anubhav Khanna
2019?
c. Suresh Kunwar
d. None of these
a. Yogeshwar Dutt
b. Sakshi Malik
Answer: a. Harsheel Dani
c. Ravindra Khatri
-----------------
How many medals did India win in the d. Bajrang Poonia
Asian Boxing Championship 2019?
Answer: d. Bajrang Poonia
- World No.1 wrestler Bajrang Punia has
a. 10
given India the first gold medal in 65 kg
b. 11
category.
-------------- oldest football player in the world, he
Which player won India's first gold medal belongs to which country?
at the 23rd Asian Athletics
Championships? a. Israel
b. Palestine
a. Parul Chaudhary c. America
b. Annu Rani d. France
c. Gomthi Marimuthu
d. Gavit Murali Answer: a. Israel
Answer: c. Gomthi Marimuthu - He played professional football at the age of

73.
- On 22 April 2019, Gomti won the gold medal
in the 800 meters race. This is India's first ------------------
gold medal in the championship. Which female boxer won the gold medal in
--------------------- the 54 kg category at the Cologne Boxing
Which Indian player won the 2019 Dutch World Cup 2019?
International Badminton title?
a. Sakshi Rohilla
a. Vipin Mehta b. Aarti Teotia
b. Mike faint c. Tripti Desai
c. PV Sindhu d. Meena Kumari
d. Harsheel Dani
Answer: d. Meena Kumari
Answer: d. Hersheel Dani - The event was held on 13 April 2019 in
Cologne, Germany.
----------------
Who became the first captain to win 100 --------------------
matches in IPL? Who won the 2019 Miami Open tennis
tournament title in men's singles?
a. Virat Kohli
b. Kane Williamson a. Graham Reid
c. Ravichandran Ashwin b. Peter Black
d. Mahendra Singh Dhoni c. Roger Federer
d. None of these
Answer: d. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Answer: c. Roger Federer
- Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Legendary tennis player Roger Federer won
Singh Dhoni has become the first captain to the 2019 Miami Open tennis tournament title
win 100 matches in the history of IPL. in the men's singles category. In the final,
they defeated last-time winner John Isner.
---------------- This is Roger Federer's 28th Masters title and
73-year-old Isaac Hayek has become the overall 101st title.
------------------- c. Louis Hamilton
Who has become the first female umpire d. None of these
of a men's ODI cricket match?
Answer: c. Louis Hamilton
a. Claire Polosak -----------------------
b. Rajani Kumari In which weight class did Meena Kumari
c. Maxi win gold medal in Cologne Boxing World
d. None of these Cup 2019?
Answer: a. Claire Polosak a. 94 kg

- She is 31 years old. And hails from b. 64 kg
Australia. c. 54 kg
---------------- d. 34 kg
Answer: b. 54 kg
Which team won the Sultan Azlan Shah - Cologne Boxing World Cup 2019 was held
hockey tournament? in Cologne, Germany. India won a total of five
medals in this competition.
a. South Korea
b. USA --------------------
c. India Who was elected the Goodwill
d. Pakistan Ambassador of the Indian team in the
Street Child Cricket World Cup?
Answer: a. South Korea
--------------------- a. Ajuman Tiwari
Which country recently won the ICC Test b. Neha Dhupia
Championship mace for the third c. Mithali Raj
consecutive time? d. Rahul Dravid
a. India Answer: c. Mithali Raj

b. Pakistan
c. South Africa -------------------
d. None of these Divyansh Singh Panwar, who qualified for
Tokyo Olympics, is related to which
Answer: a. India sport?
----------------------------
Who won the 2019 Formula 1 Bahrain a. Cricket
Grand Prix competition? b. Shooting
c. Racing
a. Honey Osaka d. None of these
b. Roger Federer
Answer: b. Shooting
- Divyansh Panwar recently won a silver Saurabh Chaudhary and Manu Bhakar: 10m
medal in the 10-meter air rifle event at the Air Pistol (Mixed Team) Gold
ISSF World Cup, with which he has qualified
for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. ------------------------
Which Indian footballer has become the
--------------------- one to have played the maximum number
Player Abhishek Verma is related to which of international football matches?
game?
a. Anirudh Thapa
a. Cricket b. Sunil Chhetri
b. Swimming c. Abhishek Yadav
c. Shooting d. Robin Singh
d. None of these
Answer: b. Sunil Chhetri
Answer: c. Shooting - Sunil Chhetri played his 108th match for
India in the Kings Cup against Karkau,
- He won a gold medal in the International however India lost in this match.
Shooting Federation (ISSF) World Cup in
Beijing, which he won in the 10 meter air ----------------------------
pistol event. Who won the French Open 2019 Men's
Singles title for the 12th time, setting a
--------------------- record?
Which position did India get in the medal
table in 2019 ISSF (International Shooting a. Rafael Nadal
Sport Federation) World Cup 3? b. Dominic Theme
c. Novak Djokovic
a. First d. None of these
b. Second
c. Third Answer: a. Rafael Nadal
d. The fourth
----------------------
Answer: a. The first Yuvraj Singh retired from which of the
following types of cricket?
- India won 5 gold medals and a total of 6
medals and topped the medal table. a. One day cricket
b. Domestic cricket
Shooter Event Name Medal c. IPL
Saurabh Chaudhary (World Record) 10m Air d. International cricket
Pistol Gold
Apurvi Chandela 10m Air Rifle Gold Answer: d. International cricket
Rahi Sarnobat 25m Pistol Gold
Divyansh Singh Panwar, Anjum Moudgil-10 --------------------
Meter Air Rifle (Mixed Team) - Gold Who won the 2019 Pacific International
Snooker Championship?
a. Sourav Kothari Answer: b. Gold medal
b. Anil Kothari - Bajrang Punia has won the gold medal in
c. Ajay Kothari the 65 kg weight category.
d. Vimal Kothari -------------------
Answer: a. Sourav Kothari

As the official sponsor of the cricket team
- The event took place in Melbourne, of which neighboring country, has the
Australia. Indian dairy brand Amul tied up for the
Cricket World Cup 2019?
------------------
a. Pakistan
b. Bangladesh
Renowned badminton player Lee Chong
c. Sri Lanka
Wei has announced his retirement, he is a
d. Afghanistan
player from which country?
Answer: d. Afghanistan
a. China
b. Malaysia ------------------
c. Singapore Who is the winning team of IPL 2019?
d. New zealand
a. Chennai Super Kings
Answer: b. Malaysia b. Mumbai Indians
-------------- c. Delhi Capitals
In which country will the Winter Olympic d. None of these
Games be held in 2026?
Answer: b. Mumbai Indians
a. USA
b. France --------------------
c. Germany Which player has won the Orange Cap title
d. Italy in IPL 2019?
Answer: d. Italy a. Virat Kohli

--------------------- b. David Warner
Indian wrestler Bajrang Poonia has won c. Imran Tahir
which medal in the Ali Aliyev tournament d. MS Dhoni
played in Russia on 02 May 2019?
Answer: b. David Warner
a. Silver medal
b. Gold medal He is a player of the Sunrisers Hyderabad
c. Bronze medal team.
d. None of these
---------------
Which player has won the Purple Cap title
in IPL 2019?
a. Shubman Gill b. David Warner

c. Imran Tahir d. Ambati Rayudu
Answer: c. Imran Tahir
- Chennai Super Kings team player Imran

Tahir won the Purple Cap title.
Who has won the 2019 Spanish Grand Prix

title?
a. Alexander Albon b. Walteri Bottas

c. Sebastian Vettel d. Lewis Hamilton
Answer: d. Lewis Hamilton
------------------------------
In which country will the 2023 Asian Cup
football tournament be held?
a. Russia b. India
c. China d. Bangladesh
Answer: c. China
Who was given the Indira Gandhi Peace
Awards Prize 2018?
a. CSE b. Sunita Narayan

c. Manmohan Singh d. None of these
Which Indian has been elected to the
board of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Answer a. CSE (Centre for Science and
in New York? Environment)
a. Deepika Padukone - On behalf of CSE, its Director General

b. Nita Ambani Sunita Narayan took this award.
c. Sania Mirza
--------------------------------
d. Priyanka Chopra
Who has been chosen as Person of the
Answer b. Nita Ambani Year 2019 by PETA India?
------------------------- a. Maneka Gandhi b. Hrithik Roshan

Which Indian won the BRICS Innovator c. Virat Kohli d. Alia Bhatt
Prize 2019 (BRICS-Young Innovator Answer c. Virat Kohli
Award)?
-------------------------
a. Ramesh Prakash Who has been given the Children's Right
b. Ravi Prakash Foundation International Children's Peace
c. Anand Bharti Prize 2019?
d. Vijay Mittal
a. Greta Thunberg and Divina Maloum
Answer b. Ravi Prakash b. Greta Thunberg and Neha Gupta
c. Greta Thunberg and Abraham M.
--------------------------- Keita
Who has been selected for Indira Gandhi d. Leena Davaluri
Peace Prize 2019? b. Answer a. Greta Thunberg and
Divina Maloum
a. Manmohan Singh
b. Juliun Assange -------------------------------
c. David Attenborough Who was awarded the Bihari Award for the
d. None of these year 2018?
Answer c. David Attenborough a. Manisha Kulshrestha

b. Nanda Bhardwaj
--------------------------- c. Hemant Shesh
d. Alka Saraogi
Answer a. Manisha Kulshrestha

- She has been awarded this award for her
novel 'Swapnapash' on 22 November 2019. Member),
- The K.K. The Birla Foundation award is - Justice Pradeep Kumar Mohanty (Judicial
given annually to a writer of Rajasthan for his Member),
notable contribution to Hindi or Rajasthani - Justice Ajay Kumar Tripathi (Judicial
language. Member),
- Dinesh Kumar Jain (Non-Judicial Member),
--------------------------- - Archana Ramasundaram (Non-Judicial
Chitharesh Natesan who recently became Member),
Mr. Universe 2019 is from which state? - Mahender Singh (Non-Judicial Member) &
- Dr Inderjeet Prasad Gautam (Non-Judicial
a. Rajasthan b. Bihar
Member),
c. Kerala d. Odisha
- Secretary Lokpal - B. K. Agarwal
--------------------------
Answer c. Kerala
Which word has been chosen by Oxford
- He became the first Indian to win the title of Dictionary as Word of the Year 2019?
Mr. Universe.
a. Climate emergency
-----------------------------
b. Terrorism
Whose motto is "Ma Gridhah:
c. Clean environment
Kasyasvidhanam", which has been
d. None of these
released recently?
Answer a. Climate emergency
a. Indian Standards Bureau
------------------------------
b. Lokpal
Which is the first university in Madhya
c. Vigilance Commission
Pradesh to get A + grade from NAAC?
d. Finance Ministry
a. Vikram University
Answer b. Lokpal
b. Makhanlal Chaturvedi University of
- Ma Gridha = Greed, don't do it, Journalism
- Kasyasvit = someone, c. Devi Ahilya University
- Dhanam = of wealth d. None of these
Ma Gridha: Kasyasvidhanam" - Do not covet
Answer c. Devi Ahilya University
anyone's wealth.
- Lokpal Chairman Pinaki Chandra Ghose
------------------------------
launched the Lokpal logo and motto on 27
The Central Government has approved the
November.
name of Darbhanga Airport in Bihar after
- The logo of the Lokpal includes the shapes
whom?
of the ombudsman, the people, vigilance, the
law and the judicial. a. Darbhanga Maharaj b. Vidyapati
The Chairman of Lokpal: Justice Pinaki c. Sanjay Kumar d. None of these
Chandra Ghose
The Members of Lokpal: Answer b. Vidyapati
- Justice Dilip Babasaueb Bhosale (Judicial - The proposed Darbhanga airport will be
named after the famous Maithili poet Economics.
Vidyapati. - She has been an advisor to former US
- Bihar Minister Sanjay Kumar Jha made this President Barack Obama.
announcement. Michael Kramer
- He is American.
----------------------------- - Kramer is a professor at Harvard University.
Which economist of Indian origin won the 54 years old, a development economist.
2019 Nobel Prize in Economics?
Abhijeet Banerjee
a. Raghuram Rajan - Abhijeet Banerjee's full name is Abhijeet
b. Abhijeet Banerjee Vinayak Banerjee.
c. Rakesh Khanna - Born on 21 February 1961 in Kolkata.
d. Vijay Chauhan - Mother Nirmala Banerjee was a professor at
Kolkata's Centre for Studies in Social
Answer: b. Abhijeet Banerjee
Sciences.
---------------------
- Father Deepak Banerjee was the head of
Which three economists won the 2019
Economics Department in Presidency
Nobel Prize in Economics?
College.
- Abhijeet did his graduation at Presidency
a. Abhijeet Banerjee, Esther Duflo and
College, Kolkata.
Michael Kramer
- MA in Economics from JNU in 1983.
b. Abhijeet Banerjee, Raghuram Rajan,
- PhD from Harvard University in 1988.
Michael Kramer
Abhijeet is 58 years old and a US citizen.
c. Viswajit Ghosh, Abhijeet Banerjee, Esther
- Abhijeet Banerjee and his wife Esther Duflo
Duflo
are currently Professor of Economics at
d. None of these
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Answer: a. Abhijeet Banerjee, Esther Duflo in the US.
and Michael Kramer - Abhijeet has written 7 books on Economics
to guide the world.
- All three will be given the Nobel of - He gained fame in 2011 from his book Poor
Economics for their efforts towards reducing Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way
global poverty. to Fight Global Poverty.
- Abhijeet Banerjee and Esther Duflo are - Banerjee, along with Duflo and Sendil
spouses. Mullinathan, founded Abdul Latif Jamil
- After 21 years, an Indian was elected for Poverty Action Lab (J-Pal) in the year 2003.
Nobel prize in Economics.
- Earlier Professor Amartya Sen was given -------------------------
this honor in 1998.
Esther Duflo (France)
- Youngest woman to win Nobel in
economics.
- The second woman to get the Nobel of
Which country's Prime Minister was humanity.
selected for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize? v. Subramanian Chandrasekhar (1983)
- Indian-American Chandrasekhar was
a. India: Narendra Modi awarded the Nobel of Physics along with
b. Pakistan: Imran Khan William A. Faller.
c. Israel: Benjamin Netanyahu - This award was given to him in the field of
d. Ethiopia: Abi Ahmed Ali theoretical study of physical processes in the
development and structure of stars.
Answer: d. Ethiopia: Abi Ahmed Ali
vi. Amartya Sen (1998)
- Ethiopia is an African country.
- Nobel was awarded in 1998 for his efforts
- He will be given this prestigious award for
towards welfare economics.
playing a major role in resolving the border
vii. Venkataraman Ramakrishnan
dispute with neighboring Eritrea for years.
- India-born Ramakrishnan was awarded in
- Abi Ahmed, 43 years old, is also known as
chemistry in 2009.
'Nelson Mandela' of Ethiopia.
- This honor was conferred with two other
scientists on the study of the structure and
-------------------------------
function of ribosomes.
How many Indians or people of Indian
viii. Kailash Satyarthi (2014)
origin have been selected for the Nobel
- was awarded the Nobel for Peace.
Prize till now?
- He was given this honor along with
a. 6 Pakistan's child rights activist Malala
b. 7 Yusufzai.
c. 8 ix. Abhijeet Banerjee (2019)
d. 9 5 Nobel Prizes to people with Indian
citizenship
Answer: d. 9 - Rabindranath Tagore (Literature) (1913)
- CV Raman (Science) (1930)
- Prior to Abhijeet Banerjee, 8 Indians have - Mother Teresa (Peace) (1979)
received Nobel honors. - Amartya Sen (Economics) (1998)
i. Rabindra Nath Tagore (1913) - Kailash Satyarthi (Peace) (2014)
- Nobel was awarded in the field of literature.
ii. CV Raman (1930) ---------------------
- Nobel in the field of Physics was awarded. Which scientists have been selected for
This award was given to him for his work on the Nobel Prize for Medicine / Physiology
the spread of light. (Medicine) (Year 2019)?
iii. Har Govind Khurana (1968)
- Indian-American Khurana was awarded this a. William G. Kaelin b. Peter j. Ratcliffe
honor in the field of Physiology or Medicine. c. Greg L. Semenza d. All of the above
- Nobel Prize in 'Explaining the Genetic Code
Answer: d. All of the above (William G.
and Its Functions in Protein Synthesis'
Kaelin of America, Greg L. Semenza and
iv. Mother Teresa (1979)
Peter J. Ratcliffe of Britain)
- was given for her efforts in the service of
- These scientists discovered how human 85-year-old Gandhian environmentalist Bhatt
cells sense and adapt to changes in oxygen has been associated with the Chipko
levels. movement. – He is also the recipient of
------------------------ Padma Bhushan, Ramon Magsaysay and
Who won the 2019 Sakharov Prize for Gandhi Peace Prize.
Human Rights? 'Indira Gandhi National Integration Award'
- The Congress instituted this award in
a. Ilham Tohti b. Rajendra Mathur memory of former Prime Minister Indira
c. RK Madhavan d. John milton Gandhi.
- Indira Gandhi Peace Prize is given in
Answer: a. Ilham Tohti
memory of former Prime Minister of India,
Indira Gandhi.
- The European Union Parliament has
announced this.
---------------------------
- Ilham Tohti, an Uyghur economist fighting
Who has got the first position in "Forbes
for the rights of China’s Uyghur minority was
India Rich List 2019"?
given this prestigious honor for human rights.
a. Mukesh Ambani
------------------------
b. Azim Premji
Which African country gave the highest
c. Hinduja Brothers
civilian honor 'The Order of the Green
d. Gautam Adani
Crescent' to Vice President M Venkaiah
Naidu? Answer: a. Mukesh Ambani
- Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh
a. South Africa b. Comoros
Ambani is ranked first for 12 consecutive
c. Madagascar d. Mozambique
years.
- Mukesh Ambani has total assets of $ 51.4
Answer: b. Comoros
billion. Mukesh Ambani's total assets have
- M. Venkaiah Naidu was on a tour of
increased by four million dollars compared to
Comoros and Sierra Leone from 10 October
last year
to 14 October.
On 12 October here, Comoros President Ajali
------------------------------
Asoumani gave this honor.
Who has got second place in "Forbes
India Rich List 2019"?
--------------------------
Who was selected for the 31st 'Indira
a. Anil Ambani
Gandhi National Integration Award' (2017-
b. Azim Premji
18)?
c. Hinduja Brothers
d. Gautam Adani
a. Chandi Prasad Bhatt b. Satish Dhawan
c. TM Krishna d. Gulzar
Answer: d. Gautam Adani
Answer: a. Chandi Prasad Bhatt
- Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani has This institution, founded by her in 1914, now
jumped eight places to become the second has about 2000 nuns.
richest Indian in this list. - Mariam Thresia built and operated many
- Gautam Adani has total assets of $ 15.7 schools, hostels, orphanages and convents.
billion. According to Forbes, Adani has got - Sister Mariam Thresia has often been
this success due to all kinds of business from compared to Mother Teresa because of her
the airport to the data center. service.
- Anil Ambani is out of the top 10 list. A total of five received the title of Saint in
2019
Top 10 list Sister Mariam Thracia of India
1. Mukesh Ambani 2. Gautam Adani - British Cardinal John Henry Newman,
3. Hinduja Brothers 4. Pallonji Mistry - Swiss Marguerite Bays
5. Uday Kotak 6. Shiva Nadar - Sister Dulce Lopes of Brazil and
7. Radhakrishna Damani 8. Godrej Family - Italian sister Giuseppina Vannini
9. Lakshmi Mittal 10. Kumar Birla
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--------------------------- Which Union Minister led the Indian
Which Indian nun was given the status of delegation during the declaration of the
a saint by Pope Francis 93 years after her title of Saint Mariam Thresia in Vatican
death? City?
a. Mariam Thresia a. S. Jaishankar

b. Madam Maria b. V. Muralitharan
c. Maryam Sen c. K. Rajasekaran
Answer: a. Mariam Thresia Answer: b. V. Muralitharan (Minister of

State for External Affairs)
- Pope Francis in Vatican City announced to
grant her the title of Saint on 13 October -----------------------------
2019. Who has been selected by the Press
- Mariam Thresia made a great effort for the Council of India (PCI) for the Rajaram
education and empowerment of girls in Mohan Roy Award 2019?
Kerala.
- 93 years after her death,she was given the a. Ravish Kumar
title of saint. b. Gulab Kothari
c. Rajesh Joshi
Mariam Thresia d. Rajdeep Sardesai
- She was born on 26 April 1876 in Thrissur
district, Kerala. Answer: b. Gulab Kothari
She died on 8 June 1926 at the age of 50. - He is the President of Rajasthan Patrika
- Mariam Thresia established a congregation Group.
called Holy Family. -------------------------
Who is the first black woman to win the Goalkeeper Award' by the Bill & Melinda
Booker Prize? Gates Foundation?
a. Bernadin Avaristo a. Naveen Patnaik

b. Margaret Atwood b. Narendra Modi
c. Taslima Nasreen c. Bill Gates
d. None of these d. Dr. Harshvardhan
Answer: a. Bernadin Avaristo Answer: b. Narendra Modi

--------------------------- - Prime Minister Narendra Modi was honored
Name the joint winners of Booker Prize for the 'Swachh Bharat' campaign by the Bill
2019? and Melinda Foundation.
----------------------
a. Bernardine Evaristo and Taslima Nasrin Who is the first Indian female athlete to be
b. Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo nominated for the Padma Vibhushan
c. Taslima Nasreen and Margaret Atwood Award?
d. None of these
a. Mary Kom b. Rajni Mathur
Answer: b. Margaret Atwood and c. Sonia Singh d. None of these
Bernardine Evaristo
Usually this award is not given jointly. But this Answer: a. Mary Kom
time these rules have been sidelined.
- Margaret Atwood is a 79-year-old Canadian. - India's star boxer MC Mary Kom became
- Margaret Atwood was awarded the Booker the first Indian female athlete to be nominated
Prize for her book 'The Testament' and for the Padma Vibhushan.
Bernadine Evaristo for her book 'Girl, - She is the first female boxer to become the
Woman, Other'. 6-time World Amateur Boxing Champion.
--------------------------- - Marykom was awarded the Padma Shri in
Who was awarded the National Kishore 2006,
Kumar Award 2018-19? - While in 2013 she was awarded the Padma
Bhushan.
a. Priyadarshan b. Rakesh Roshan ----------------------
c. Amitabh Bachchan d. Sanjay Dutt Which Indian police officer has been
selected for the 2019 Asia Society Game
Answer: a. Priyadarshan Changer Award?
- Famous film director and producer
Priyadarshan was awarded the National a. Deepa Malik
Kishore Kumar Award 2018-19. b. Pushpa Khan
- For the year 2017-18, the award was given c. Chhaya Sharma
to actress Waheeda Rehman. d. Asha Sharma
------------------------ Answer: c. Chhaya Sharma

Which Indian was awarded the 'Global
-She investigated the 2012 Nirbhaya -----------------------
gangrape. Who won the Best Actor title at the IIFA
----------------------- Awards 2019?
Which music director has been selected
for Maharashtra Government's Lata a. Ishaan Khattar b. Ranveer singh
Mangeshkar Award for the year 2019-20? c. Harshdeep Kaur d. Shahrukh Khan
a. Pritam Chakraborty Answer: b. Ranveer Singh (for film

b. Vidyasagar Padmavat)
c. Usha Khanna
d. Abhinav Moitra -----------------------
Who won the Best Actress award at the
Answer: c. Usha Khanna IIFA Awards 2019?
- She is a well-known musician. a. Sara Ali Khan

- The award was instituted in 1993. b. Vibha Saraf
- This award is given for contribution in the c. Alia Bhatt
field of music. d. Deepika Padukone
- The winner of this award is given five lakh
rupees in cash, a citation and a memento. Answer: c. Alia Bhatt (for film Raazi)
--------------------------
Who won the title of Best Movie at the IIFA
-----------------------
Awards 2019?
Who won the Best Debut -Actor title at the
a. Sanju b. Raazi IIFA Awards 2019?
c. Andhadhun d. Padmavat
a. Ishaan Khattar b. Ranveer singh
Answer: b. Raazi c. Harshdeep Kaur d. Amal Malik
- This is the 20th edition of the Academy
Answer: a. Ishaan Khattar (for the film
Awards, which was held in Mumbai this time.
Dhadak)
------------------------
------------------------
Who won the Best Director title at the IIFA
Who won the Best Debut-Actress title at the
Awards 2019?
IIFA Awards 2019?
a. Shriram Raghavan
a. Vibha Saraf
b. Ranveer singh
b. Alia Bhatt
c. Harshdeep Kaur
c. Sara Ali Khan
d. Amal Malik
d. None of these
Answer: a. Sriram Raghavan (for film
Answer: c. Sara Ali Khan (for the film
Andhadhun)
Kedarnath)
------------------------ Best Actor --Ranveer Singh-- Padmavat
Who won the Best Playback Singer-Male Best actress --Alia Bhatt---Raazi
title at the IIFA Awards 2019? Best Debut (Actor) ---Ishaan Khattar ---
Dhadak
a. Ajay Singh Best Debut (Actress)--- Sara Ali Khan---
b. Honey Singh Kedarnath
c. Guru Randhawa Best Supporting Actor - Vicky Kaushal ---
d. Arijit Singh Sanju
Best Supporting Actress - Aditi Rao Hydari ---
Answer: d. Arijit Singh (for Song Ae Watan
Padmavat
(Raazi))
Best playback singer Arijit Singh--- Ae Watan
(Raazi)
------------------------
Best playback singer --Harshadeep Kaur,
Who won the Best Playback Singer-
Vibha Saraf --Dilbaro (Raazi)
Female at the IIFA Awards 2019?
Best Musicians Amaal Malik, Guru
a. Harshadeep Kaur Randhawa, Roach Kohli, Saurabh-Vaibhav,
b. Vibha Saraf Honey Singh, Jack Knight - Sonu Ke Titu Ki
c. a and b Sweety
d. None of these Best Story--- Shriram Raghavan and Pooja
Lodha Surti ---Andhadhun
Answer: c. a and b (Harshadeep Kaur, Best songwriter-- Amitabh Bhattacharya ---
Vibha Saraf) for Song Dilbaro (Raazi) 'Dhadak' title song
------------------------ --------------------------
Who won the title of Best Musician at the - Deepika Padukone was awarded IIFA's
IIFA Awards 2019? Special Award for Best Actress in the last 20
years for the film 'Chennai Express'.
a. Amal Malik, Guru Randhawa Hrithik Roshan and Ameesha Patel starrer
b. Rochak Kohli, Saurabh-Vaibhav film 'Kaho Naa Pyar Hai' was awarded the
c. Honey Singh, Jack Knight Best Film of the last 20 years.
d. All of the above - Rajkumar Hirani was awarded the Best
Director Award in the last 20 years.
Answer: d. All of the above (Amaal Malik,
- Pritam received IIFA's Special Award for
Guru Randhawa, Roach Kohli, Saurabh-
Best Music in the last 20 years.
Vaibhav, Honey Singh, Jack Knight) for
Renowned choreographer Saroj Khan was
“Sonu ke teetu ki sweety”.
given a special award for her unprecedented
complete list :- contribution to Hindi cinema.
Award category Who got For what
------------------------------
Best movie -- Raazi
Best Director ---Shriram Raghavan –
Andhadhun
Which film has been selected as India's (Succession)
official entry in the Best International Best Supporting Actor in a Drama
Feature Film category for the 92nd Series:Peter Dinklage ( Game of Thrones)
Academy (Oscar) Awards? Outstanding Variety Talk Series: Last Week
Tonight with John Oliver
a. Kabir Singh Director for Variety Series: Don Roy King
b. Uri - The Surgical Strike (Saturday Night Live)
c. Mission Mangal Outstanding Variety Sketch Series: Saturday
d. Gully Boy Night Live
Writing for Variety Series: Tonight's Last
Answer: d. Gully Boy
Week with John Oliver
Best Mini Series: Chernobyl
--------------------------
Best Lead Actress in Mini Series or TV
Who won the Outstanding Drama Series
Movie: Michelle Williams (Fosse / Verdon)
(Best Drama Series) award at Emmy
Best Television Movie: Black Mirror:
Awards 2019?
Bandersnatch
a. Sacred Games Best Lead Actor in a Mini Series or TV
b. Lust stories Movie:Jharrel Jerome (When They See Us}
c. Ozark Writing for MiniSeries, Movie or Drama: Craig
d. Game of Thrones Mazin (Chernobyl)
----------------------------
Answer: d. Game of thrones Which actor has been selected for the
Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest
- Like last year, this year also “The Game of award in Indian cinema?
Thrones” won the most awards.
- Emmy Awards 2019 was the 71st edition of a. Amitabh Bachchan
these awards in which 'Sacred Games' and b. Salman Khan
'Lust Stories' of India were nominated. c. Aamir Khan
-------------------------- d. Anil Kapoor
Winners list
Answer: a. Amitabh Bachchan
⦁ Best Drama Series: Game of Thrones ----------------------
⦁ Best Comedy Series: Fleabag Which Indian has been awarded the
Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series: Killing 'Changemaker Award' by Bill & Milinda
Eve Gates Foundation for bringing change in
Direction for drama series: Jason Bateman society?
(Ozark)
Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series: Billy a. Lalitha Malik b. Suman Awasthi
Porter (Pose) c. Payal Jangid d. Pallavi Nath
Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series:
Answer: c. Payal Jangid
Julia Garner (Ozark)
Writing for a drama series: Jessie Armstrong
- She is from Rajasthan. Age is 17 years. ------------------------
- The Changemaker Award has been given to Who received the M P Birla Memorial
bring change in society. Award 2019?
--------------------------- a. Rajdev Singh

Who was awarded the Bill & Milinda Gates b. Viren Acharya
Foundation Global Goalkeepers Award? c. Thanu Padmanabhan
d. Bhanu Mehta
a. Narendra Nath
b. Amit Shah Answer: c. Thanu Padmanabhan
c. Narendra Modi - He is a physicist and astronomer.
d. Roger Federer
-----------------------------
Answer: c. Narendra Modi Who was chosen for the Vyas Samman of
the year 2019?
- Modi was given this award for Swachh
Bharat Abhiyan. a. Vishwanath Tripathi
b. Nasira Sharma
---------------------------- c. Narendra Kohli
In whose name was the highest civilian d. Mannu Bhandari
honor for national unity established by the
central government? Answer: b. Nasira Sharma
a. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel - She has been selected for her novel “Kagaz
b. Bhagat Singh ki Nao”.
c. Chandrashekhar Azad - This award is given by KK Birla Foundation
d. Bhimrao Ambedkar to the best Hindi literary work published over
a period of 10 years.
Answer: a. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel A few days ago, Leeladhar Jagudi received
the 28th Vyas Samman (2018).
----------------------------
When did PM Narendra Modi declare India ----------------------------
to be open defecation free? Which government educational institutes
have been accorded the status of 'Institute
a. 1 October 2019
of Eminence' (Special Institutions) by the
b. 15 August 2019
Ministry of Human Resource Development
c. 2 October 2019
in September 2019?
d. 1 October 2019
Answer:
Answer: c. 2 October 2019
- University of Delhi (DU),
- PM Modi announced this at the 'Swachh
- IIT Madras,
Bharat Divas' event held in Sabarmati,
- IIT Kharagpur,
Ahmedabad.
- University of Hyderabad and Thus there are a total of 8 private institutions
- Kashi Hindu University (BHU) with the status of Institute of Eminence.
The total number of private and government
- Institute of Eminencetargets to develop 20 institutions has increased to 16.
world class institutions, which will bring India
on the global education map. -----------------------
To whom did President Ram Nath Kovind
⦁ In July 2018 also three government give the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 2019
institutions were included in this - Award?
IIS, Bangalore
IIT, Delhi a. Vimal Kumar
IIT, Mumbai b. Deepa Malik
c. Sandeep Gupta
Thus, a total of 8 government institutions d. None of these
have been given the status of 'Institute of
Eminence'. Answer: b. Deepa Malik
- The government has taken this decision on - The President gave this award on 29 August
the advice of the expert committee of UGC. 2019.
--------------------
Which private educational institutes have ----------------
been conferred with 'Institute of Who received the Dronacharya Award
Eminence' (Special Institution) status by 2019?
the Ministry of Human Resource
a. Vimal Kumar and Sandeep Gupta
Development in September 2019?
b. Deepa Malik
Answer: c. Sandeep Gupta
- Amrita Vidyapeetham, d. None of these
- Vellore Institute of Technology (Tamil
Answer: a. Vimal Kumar and Sandeep
Nadu),
Gupta
- Jamia Hamdard University (Delhi),
-------------------
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology
Dhyanchand Award 2019
(Odisha) and
- Bharti Institute Satya Bharti Foundation 1. Manuel Fredericks - Hockey
(Mohali} 2. Arup Basak - Table Tennis
3. Manoj Kumar - Wrestling
⦁ In July 2018 also three private institutions
4. Nitten Kirrtane - Tennis
were included in this -
5. C. Lalremsanga - Archery
- Manipal Higher Education Institute, Manipal
- Birla Institute of Technology and Science, ----------------------
Pilani (Bits Pilani)
- Jio Institute under Green Field category
Which film was selected the Best Hindi \Which film was chosen the best film on
Film for the 66th National Film Awards? social subjects for the 66th National Film
Awards?
a. Andhadhun
b. Padmavat a. Padman
c. Badhai Ho b. Padmavat
d. Uri: The Surgical Strike c. Badhai Ho
Answer: a. Andhadhun Answer: a. Padman
- Ayushmann Khurrana and Tabu starrer The --------------------

film is directed by Shriram Raghavan. Who was chosen as the Best Director for
the 66th National Film Awards?
---------------------
Which film was selected for the Best a. Ayushman Khurana
Feature Film Award under the 66th b. Shriram Raghavan
National Film Awards? c. Aditya Dhar
d. None of these
a. Andhadhun
b. Padmavat Answer: c. Aditya Dhar
c. Badhai Ho - He has been voted the best director for the
d. Hellaro film 'Uri: The Surgical Strike'.
Answer: d. Hellaro ---------------------

Who was jointly selected for the 66th
- Gujarati film 'Hellaro' was selected for Best National Film Award for Best Actor?
Feature Film Award.
--------------------- a. Ayushman Khurana and Vicky Kaushal
Which film was selected the Best b. Shriram Raghavan and Vicky Kaushal
Entertainment Film for the 66th National c. Aditya Dhar and Ayushman Khurana
Film Awards? d. None of these
a. Andhadhun Answer: a. Ayushman Khurana and Vicky

b. Padmavat Kaushal
c. Badhai Ho
d. Hellaro - Ayushmann Khurrana has been jointly
selected for Best Actor Award for the film
Answer: c. Badhai Ho 'Andhadhun' and Vicky Kaushal for 'Uri: The
Surgical Strike'.
- This award has been selected for giving
healthy entertainment. ------------------------
---------------------
Who was chosen the Best Actress for the Who received the “Most Film Friendly
66th National Film Awards? State” (Best Film Friendly State) Award
under the 66th National Film Awards?
a. Tabu
b. Kirti Suresh a. Bihar
c. Rani Mukherjee b. Uttarakhand
d. None of these c. Uttar Pradesh
d. Maharashtra
Answer: b. Kirti Suresh Answer: b. Uttarakhand-
- Kirti Suresh was selected for Best Actress
Award for her performance in Telugu film ---------------------
'Mahanti'. Who was chosen the Best Music Director
for the 66th National Film Awards?
-------------------
Who was chosen the Best Film on a. Ayushman Khurana
Environmental Protection for the 66th b. Shriram Raghavan
National Film Awards? c. Sanjay Leela Bhansali
d. None of these
a. Paani
b. Padmavat Answer: c. Sanjay Leela Bhansali
c. Badhai Ho - He won this award for the film Padmavat.
d. Hellaro ---------------------
Answer: aPaani - 66th National Film Awards

- This is a Marathi film. National Film Awards were announced in 31
categories for feature films.
--------------------- - 23 non-feature and 31 feature films have
Who was awarded the Nargis Dutt Award been announced for the award.
for Best Feature Film on National ⦁ Best Actor Award: Ayushmann Khurrana (
Integration under the 66th National Film Badhai Ho), Vicky Kaushal (Uri: The Surgical
Awards? Strike)
⦁ Best Actress Award: Kirti Suresh (Mahanati)
a. Paani
⦁ Special Mention Award (Non-Feature)
b. Padmavat
⦁ Mahaan Hutatma - Sagar Puranic
c. Ondala Eradala
⦁ Glow Warm in a Jungle- Ramana Dumpala
d. Hellaro
⦁ Laddu - Sameer Sadhwani and Kishore
Answer: c. Ondala Eradala Sadhwani
- This is a Kannada film. ⦁ Best Narration - Madhubani - The Station of
Color
---------------------- ⦁ Voice- Deepak Agnihotri, Urvija Upadhyay
⦁ Best Music Film - Jyoti - Director Kedar
Divekar
⦁ Best Audiography - Children of the Soil - ⦁ Special Mention (Feature)
Bishwadeep Chatterjee ⦁ Nathikcharami (Kannada) - Shruti Hariharan
⦁ Best Location Sound - The Secret Life of ⦁ Kadak (Hindi) - Chandrachud Rai (actor)
Frogs - Ajay Bedi ⦁ Joseph (Malayalam) - Joju George (actor)
⦁ Best Cinematography - The Secret Life of ⦁ Sudani from Nigeria (Malayalam) - Savitri
Frogs - Ajay Bedi and Vijay Bedi (Actress)
⦁ Best Beat Direction - Ai Shapath - Gautam
Waje ⦁ Best Rajasthani Film- Turtle- Dinesh S
⦁ Best Film on Family Value – Chalo Jeete Yadav
hain - Mangesh Hadavale ⦁ Best Panchinga Film - In the Land of Poison
⦁ Best Shot Fiction Film - Kaasav - Aditya Women - Manju Bora
Subhash Jambhale ⦁ Best Sherdupan Film - Mishing - Bobby
^ Social Justice Film- Why Me- Harish Shah Sharma Barua
⦁ Social Justice Film- Ekant- Neeraj Singh ⦁ Best Garo Film - Mama - Dominic Sangma
⦁ Best Investigative Film - Amoli - Jasmin ⦁ Best Marathi Film- Bhonga- Shivaji Lotan
Kaur and Avinash Roy Patil
⦁ Best sports film - Swimming through the ⦁ Best Tamil Film - Baram - Priya
Darkness - Supriyo Sen Krishnaswamy
⦁ Best Educational Film - Sarala Virala - ⦁ Best Hindi Film - Andhadhun - Shriram
Aregowda Raghavan
⦁ Best film on social issue- Tala te kunji- ⦁ Best Urdu Film- Hamid- Aijaz Khan
Shilpi Gulati ⦁ Best Bengali Film - Ek J Chilo Raja - Srjeet
Mukherjee
⦁ Best Environmental Film - The World's Most ⦁ Best Malayalam Film- Sudani from Nigeria-
Famous Tiger - Subia Nalamuthu Zakaria
⦁ Best Promotional Film - Rediscovering ⦁ Best Telugu Film - Mahanati - Nag Ashwin
Jazam - Avishan Maurya and Kriti Gupta ⦁ Best Kannada Film - Nathicharami -
^ Best Sciences and Technology Film - GD Manjunath S (Mansoor)
Naidu: The Edison of India - Ranjeet Kumar ⦁ Best Konkani Film - Amori - Dinesh P
⦁ Best Arts and Cultural Film - Bunkar: The Bhogle
Last of the Varanasi Weavers - Satyaprakash ⦁ Best Assamese Film - Bulbul Can Sing -
Upadhyay Reema Das
⦁ Best Debut Non-Feature Film of a Director - ⦁ Best Punjabi Film- Harjita- Vijay Kumar
Faluda - Sagnik Chatterjee Arora
⦁ Best Gujarati Film- Reva- Rahul
⦁ Best Non-Feature Falim (Shared) - Sun
Surendrabhai Bhole, Vineet Kumar Ambubhai
Rise - Vibha Bakshi Kanojiya
⦁ Best Non-Feature Film - The Secret Life of
Frogs - Ajay Bedi and Vijay Bedi ⦁ Best Action Director Award - Kannada film
⦁ Best Music Director- Padmavat- Sanjay KGF - Vikram More and Anbu Ariv
Leela Bhansali ⦁ Best choreography - Padmavat - Kruti
Mahesh Madya and Jyoti Tomar - Gana -
Ghoomar - Ghoomar Myvi Manave
⦁ Best Special Effects- Telugu Film O-Shruti ⦁ Best Male Playback Singer - Film
Creative Studio Padmavat, Arijit Singh - Binte Dil misriya Me
⦁ Best Special Effects - Kannada Film KGF - ⦁ Best Child Artist - Kannada Film Ondala
Unify Media Eradala - Rohit
⦁ Best Lyrics - Kannada film Nathicharami - ⦁ Best Child Artist - Punjabi Film Harjita -
⦁ Music Director- Manjunath S (Mansoor) - Sameep Singh
Song - Mayavi Manve ⦁ Best Child Artist - Urdu Film Hamid - Talha
⦁ Best Background Music - Uri: The Surgical Arshad Reshi
Strike - Shashwat Sachdev ⦁ Best Child Artist - Marathi Film Naal -
Srinivas Pokle
⦁ Best Makeup Artist - Telugu Film O - ⦁ Best Supporting Actress – Badhai Ho-
Ranjeet Surekha Sikri
⦁ Best costume designer- Telugu film- ⦁ Best Supporting Actor - Marathi Film-
Mahanati- Indrakshi Patnaik, Gaurang Shah Chumbak - Swanand Kirkire
and Archana Rao
⦁ Best Production Design - Malayalam Film - -----------------------
Kamara Sambhavam - Bengal Which camp was started by PM Narendra
⦁ Best Editing - Kannada film Nathicharami - Modi on 29 August 2019 for the fitness of
Nagendra's Ujjayani the people?
⦁ Best Audiography (Location Sound
Recordist) - Marathi film Tendalya- Gaurav a. Fit India Movement
Verma b. Stay fit india
⦁ Best Audiography (Best Sound Designer) - c. India fit
Uri: The Surgical Strike - Bishwadeep d. None of these
Deepak Chatterjee
Answer: a. Fit India Movement
⦁ Best Audiography (Re-recordist of the final
mixed track) - Telugu film Rangasthalam - -----------------
Raja Krishnan MR Who was awarded the Bharat Ratna on 8
⦁ Best Screenplay (Original) - Telugu film Chi August 2019?
Arjun La So - Rahul Ravindran
⦁ Best Screenplay (Adapted) - Andhadhun- a. Pranab Mukherjee
Shriram Raghavan, Arijit Biswas, Yogesh b. Nana ji Deshmukh
Chandrakar, Hemant Rao and Pooja Ladha c. Bhupen Hazarika
Surti d. All above
⦁ Best Screenplay (Dialogue) - Bengali Movie
Date - Churni Ganguly Answer: d. All the above (Pranab
⦁ Best Cinematography - Malayalam Film - Mukherjee, Nanaji Deshmukh, Bhupen
Ulu - M.J. Radhakrishnan Hazarika)
⦁ Best Female Playback Singer - Kannada - Nanaji Deshmukh and Bhupen Hazarika
Film Nathicharami - Bindu Malini - Song - were posthumously awarded the Bharat
Ratna, the country's highest civilian honor by
President Ramnath Kovind. Rameshwar Jangra -Air Adventure
- Together with these three celebrities, 48 Wangchuk Sherpa -Lifetime Achievement
celebrities have been awarded Bharat Ratna
so far. Tenzing Norgay
----------------- - Tenzing Norgay was a Nepali climber.
Who has been awarded the 'Lamp of - He along with Sir Edmund Hillary of N-ew
Peace of St. Francis' 2019 honor? Zealand first climbed Mount Everest on 29
May 1953.
a. Robert d'souza
b. Rakesh Mohan -------------------
c. Muhammad Yunus Who has become the third Indian bowler
d. None of these to take a hat-trick in Test cricket?
Answer: c. Muhammad Yunus a. Jasprit Bumrah

- He is a Bangladeshi social entrepreneur, b. Virat Kohli
banker, economist and civil society leader. c. Sachin Tendulkar
- Earlier in 2008, Muhammad Yunus was d. KL Rahul
awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Answer: a. Jasprit Bumrah
----------------- - She did this feat against West Indies on 21
Who is the first female IPS officer to win August 2019.
the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure - Harbhajan Singh (against Australia in 2001)
Awards 2018? is the first Indian to take a hat-trick in Tests
for India.
a. Prabhat Raju Koli After him, this feat was done by fast bowler
b. Dipankar Ghosh Irfan Pathan in 2006 against Pakistan.
c. Manikandan K.
d. Aparna Kumar ------------------
Who was given the Best Clean Iconic
Answer: d. Aparna Kumar Place Award during Swachhta Mahotsav
- Aparna Kumar is a 2002 batch IPS officer of 2019?
Uttar Pradesh cadre.
- President Ramnath Kovind gave this award a. Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (Jammu
on 29 August 2019. and Kashmir)
b. Chandigarh
Other winners - Tenzing Norgay National c. Tirupati Mala Temple
Adventure Awards 2018 d. None of these
Name - categories Answer: a. Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine

Aparna Kumar- Land Adventure Board (Jammu and Kashmir)
Late Shri Dipankar Ghosh - Land Adventure - President Ramnath Kovind gave these
Manikandan K- Land adventure awards.
Prabhat Raju Koli- Water Adventure
-------------------- The 25th Senior Women's National
Who was awarded the Swachh Award in Football Championship (10 September to
the Swachhta Action Plan category during 24 September, 2019) was held in which
Swachhta Mahotsav 2019. state?
a. Ministry of Agriculture b. Railway ministry a. Arunachal Pradesh

c. Ministry of Mining d. Ministry of Tourism b. Kerala
c. Bihar
Answer: b. Railway ministry d. Punjab
--------------------- Answer: a. Arunachal Pradesh

Who was awarded the Swachhta ----------------------------
Pakhwada Award during Swachhta Who has been appointed as the brand
Mahotsav 2019? ambassador of Gujarat Suicide
Prevention?
a. Antiquity department
b. Science and Technology Department a. PV Sindhu b. R K Lakshman
c. Department of Defence c. Rakesh Sinha d. Sachin Tendulkar
d. None of these
Answer: a. PV Sindhu (Pusarla Venkata
Answer: c. Department of Defence Sindhu)
------------------
---------------------
PM Narendra Modi has been awarded the
Which states were given awards for open
highest civilian honor by the United Arab
defecation and behavioral change during
Emirates, name it?
the Cleanliness Festival 2019.
a. Zayed Azam b. Order of zayed
a. Gujarat b. Sikkim
c. Order of emirates d. None of these
c. a and b d. None of these
Answer: b. Order of zayed
Answer: c. a and b (Gujarat and Sikkim)
-----------------------------------------
Which award was awarded by Bahrain to
-------------------------
Prime Minister Modi?
Which village was given the Gram Ganga
Award during the Cleanliness Festival
a. King Hamad Order of the Peace
2019?
b. King Hamad Order of the Renaissance
c. Peace award
a. Baghori village of Uttarkashi
d. None of these
b. 'Jameen' villages of Bihar
c. 'Balua' villages of Uttar Pradesh
Answer: b. King Hamad Order of the
d. None of these
Renaissance
(King Ahmed Order of the Renaissance)
Answer: a. Baghori village of Uttarkashi
-------------------
- Global awards given to Prime Minister --------------------
Modi after 2014 Which model / doctor of Indian origin won
1. Aamir Amanullah Khan Award: the title of Miss England 2019?
Afghanistan's highest civilian honor
2. Order of King Abdulaziz Sash: Saudi a. Usha Tiwari b. Neha Mathur
Arabia's highest civilian honor c. Bhasha Mukherjee d. None of these
3. Grand Caller of the State of Palestine: The
Answer: c. Bhasha Mukherjee
highest honor given by Palestine to foreign
- She is 23 years old.
dignitaries.
- He is a doctor.
4. Seoul Peace Prize: Awarded by Seoul
Peace Prize Foundation of South Korea
------------------
5. Champions of Earth Award: This is the
The government of Guinea (African
highest environmental honor of the United country) has given the highest honor to
Nations, the award is given by the United
President Ramnath Kovind, what is the
Nations Environment Program.
name of this award?
6. Order of Zayed: UAE Highest Civilian
Award a. National order of merit
---------------------- b. National pride award
Who was awarded the Dr. APJ Abdul c. International friendship award
Kalam Award by the Government of Tamil d. None of these
Nadu?
Answer: a. National order of merit
a. K. Kasturirangan - President Kovind reached Guinea on 2
b. K. Sivan August. He is the first Indian Head of State to
c. R. Swaminathan travel in the West African country.
d. None of these
-----------------
Answer: b. K. Sivan Which Indian journalist won the 'Ramon
- Dr. K Sivan, head of the Indian Space Magsaysay Award 2019'?
Research Organization
a. Anarb Goswami
------------------ b. Ravish Kumar
Which organization recently announced c. Sudhir Chaudhary
the Vikram Sarabhai Journalism Award? d. Anjana Om Kashyap
a. ISRO Answer: b. Ravish Kumar

b. D R d o
c. NASA - Magsaysay Award is also considered the
d. None of these Nobel of Asia.
Apart from Ravish Kumar, four other people
Answer: a. ISRO have also received the 2019 Ramon
Magsaysay Award.
- Among the winners, Swe Win from -------------------
Myanmar, Which Indian woman boxer won the gold
Angkhana Nilapaijit from Thailand, medal in the 51 kg weight category at the
Raymundo Pujante Cayabyab from the 23rd President's Cup?
Philippines and
Kim Jong-ki from South Korea. a. Mary Kom
- Ravish Kumar is the sixth journalist who has b. Pinky Rani
received this award. c. Sushmita Rai
Earlier, Amitabh Chaudhary (1961), BG d. None of these
Varghese (1975), Arun Shourie (1982), RK
Answer: a. Mary Kom
Laxman (1984), P. Sainath (2007) have
received this award.
- The event took place in Labuan Bajo,
Indonesia.
-----------------------
- He won this gold by defeating Australia's
Who became the first pilot of the Indian
April Franks.
Air Force to complete the wingsuit sky
dive jump? -------------------
Which Indian scientist was awarded the
a. Rakesh Awasthi
Missile Systems Award 2019 by the
b. Avni Sharma
American Institute of Aeronautics and
c. Adarsh Nander
Astronautics?
d. Tarun Chaudhary
a. K Sivan
Answer: d. Tarun Chaudhary
b. R Madhavan
- He did this task on 21-22 July 2019, from c. Dr. G. Satish Reddy
Mi-17 helicopter, jumped from a height of d. None of these
8500 feet.
Answer: c. Dr. G. Satish Reddy
- He did this work at Jodhpur Air Force
- He is the Chief of the Scientific and Defence
Station in Rajasthan.
Research and Development Organization
- He was wearing a special kind of wing suit.
(DRDO).
------------------ ----------------
Which Indian sand artist was honored with Which Indian entrepreneur was awarded
the 'People's Choice Award' at the the 2019 Commonwealth Youth Award for
prestigious 'America's Sand Sculpting Asian Region?
Festival 2019'?
a. Padmanabhan Gopalan b. R Pillai
a. Nitish Bharti b. Rahul Arya c. Rajendra Madhwan d. None of these
c. Narayan Sahu d. Sudarshan
Answer: a. Padmanabhan Gopalan
Patnaik
Answer: d. Sudarshan Patnaik
- Gopalan is the founder of "No Food Waste". Which Indian was awarded the 'Grand
Commonwealth Youth Award for Asian Order of the King of Tomislav', Croatia's
Region is awarded to youth aged 15 to 29 highest civilian honor?
who strive to achieve the Sustainable
Development Goals. a. Narendra Modi
b. Ramnath Kovind
-------------- c. Nitish Kumar
Which former ISRO scientist was awarded d. Rajnish Kumar
the Padma Bhushan Award?
Answer: b. Ramnath Kovind
a. Rajendra Swamy b. Nambi Narayan - President Kovind is the first Indian national
c. Vijay Paswan d. None of these to visit Croatia.
--------------------------------
Answer: b. Nambi Narayan Which Indian was awarded the Bodley
Medal 2019 of Oxford University?
- Padma Bhushan is the third highest civilian
award given by the Government of India. a. Rahul Mahajan b. Rajendra Mittal
Nambi Narayan was working on a cryogenic c. Amartya Sen d. None of these
project of ISRO, then in 1994 he was
implicated in a false charge of espionage. Answer: c. Amartya Sen
The Supreme Court acquitted him from all - The award is presented by the famous
charges in 1998, declaring him innocent. Bodleian Libraries of Oxford University.
------------------------ ---------------------------
Who won the Vyas Samman of 2018? Who was awarded the Pravasi Bharatiya
Samman 2019?
a. Ramdarash Mishra
b. Mamta Kalia a. Dr. Vijay Kumar Jaiswal b. Aman Singh
c. Leeladhar Jagudi Rajput
d. Vishwanath Tripathi c. Dr. Rajendra Joshi d. None of these
Answer: c. Leeladhar Jagudi Answer: c. Dr. Rajendra Joshi

- He lives in Switzerland.
- This honor was given for his poetry - This is the highest honor given to overseas
collection "Jitne log Utne Prem" by the K K Indians.
Birla Foundation. ------------------------------
- Vyas Samman is a major literary honor, it Which Indian was awarded the Philip
started in 1991. The award is provided by the Kotler Presidential Award?
K K Birla Foundation.
------------------------ a. Narendra Modi b. Lal Krishna Advani
c. Murali Manohar Joshi d. Taran Taran
Answer: a. Narendra Modi
------------------- -------------------------
Recently who became the youngest Indian Who received the Padma Bhushan Award
mountaineer to climb 7 highest volcanic 2019?
mountains in the world and 7 highest
mountains in 7 continents? ⦁ John Chambers (Overseas-USA), (Trade &
IndustryTechnology)
a. Uday Swarup ⦁ Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, (Public Affairs)
b. Satyarupa Siddhanta (Kolkata) ⦁ Praveen Gordhan (Foreign-South Africa),
c. Arup Kumar (Public Affairs)
d. None of these ⦁ Monsieur Dharm Pal Gulati, (Trade &
IndustryFood Processing)
Answer: b. Satyarupa Siddhanta (Kolkata) ⦁ Darshan Lal Jain, (Social Work)
⦁ Ashok Laxmanrao Kukade, (Medicine-
Satyarup achieved this feat in 35 years and
Affordable Healthcare)
nine months, breaking the record of
⦁ Kariya Munda, (Public Affairs)
Australian climber Daniel Bull (36 years 157
⦁ Dhaditya Mukherjee, (Art-Music-Sitar)
days).
⦁ Mohanlal Vishwanathan Nair, (Art-Acting-
------------- Film)
Who was awarded the Saraswati Samman ⦁ S. Nambi Narayan, (Science & Engineering-
for the year 2017? Space)
⦁ Kuldeep Nayar (posthumous), (Literature &
a. Sitanshu Yashaschandra b. Arvind Das Education (Journalism))
c. Bawar Khan d. None of these ⦁ Bachendri Pal, (SportsMountaineering)
⦁ VK Shunglu, (Civil Service)
Answer: a. Sitanshu yashaschandra
⦁ Hukumdev Narayan Yadav (Public Affairs)
He is a prominent Gujarati poet, playwright.
He was awarded the Saraswati Award for his ------------------------
collection of poems titled "Vakhar" published Who is the first transgender to be awarded
in 2009. the Padma Shri?
---------------------------------- a. Rajani Devi

Who received the Padma Vibhushan b. Hiren Padya
Award 2019? c. Dancer Nataraj
d. None of these
Answer:
- Tejan Bai (Art-Vocals-Folk) Answer: c. Dancer Nataraj
- Ismail Omar Guelleh (Foreigner-Djibouti) She is a Bharatanatyam expert, in addition to
(Public Affairs) the Thanjavur-based heroine sentiment.
- Anilkumar Manibhai Naik (Trade &
IndustryInfrastructure) ---------------------------
- Balwant Moreshwar Purandare (Art-
Acting-Theater)
Who has been selected by the Central d. Goodwill Ambassador of the World Health
Government for the Gandhi Peace Prize Organization Yohei Sasakawa
2017?
Answer: a. Vivekananda Center of
a. Vivekananda Center of Kanyakumari Kanyakumari
b. Akshay Patra Foundation and Sulabh
International Vivekananda Kendra was chosen for the
c. Ekal AbhiyanTrust honor for contributing to the development of
d. Goodwill Ambassador of the World Health rural development, education and natural
Organization Yohei Sasakawa resources.
Answer: c. . Ekal AbhiyanTrust --------------------

Selected for 2017 for providing education to Who won the Best Actor (Drama) Award at
tribal and rural children in remote areas of the 76th Golden Globe Awards 2019?
India, rural empowerment, gender and social
a. Rami Malek b. Glenn close
equality.
c. The wife d. Christian Bale
------------------------
Answer: a. Ramee Malek
Who has been selected by the Central
- He was given this award for the film
Government for the Gandhi Peace Prize
Bohemian Rapsody.
2016?
- The award ceremony was held at the Hotel
a. Vivekananda Center of Kanyakumari The Beverly Hilton in California, USA.
-----------------
International
Who won the Best Actress (Drama) award
c. . Ekal AbhiyanTrust
at the 76th Golden Globe Awards 2019?
d. Goodwill Ambassador of the World Health
Organization Yohei Sasakawa
a. Christian Bale
b. Glenn Close
Answer: b. Akshay Patra Foundation and
c. Darren Chris
Sulabh International
d. Sandra Oh
---------------
Answer: b. Glenn Close (The Wife)
Who has been selected by the Central
- He was given this award for the film The
Government for the Gandhi Peace Prize
Wife.
2015?
----------------
a. Vivekananda Center of Kanyakumari
International
c. . Ekal AbhiyanTrust
Who won the Best Director (in any motion Into the Spider Verse
picture) award at the 76th Golden Globe ⦁ Best Motion Picture-Foreign Language:
Awards 2019? Roma (Mexico)
^ Best Actress in a Supporting Role in Any
a. Rami Malek Motion Picture: Regina King (If Beale Street
b. Glenn Close Could Talk)
c. Alfonso Cuaron (Roma) ⦁ Best Actor in a Supporting Role in Any
d. None of these Motion Picture: Mahershala Ali (Green Book)
⦁ Best Screenplay-Motion Picture: Green
Answer: c. Alfonso Cuaron (Roma)
Book
- He was given this award for the film Roma.
⦁ Best Original Score-Motion Picture: Justin
----------------- Hurwitz (First Man)
Who won the Best Motion Picture (Film) ⦁ Best Original Song-Motion Picture: Shallow
Drama Award at the 76th Golden Globe (A Star Is Born)
Awards 2019? ⦁ Best Television Series - Drama: The
Americans
a. The Wife ⦁ Best Television Series - Musical / Comedy:
b. Vice The Kominsky Method
c. The Favorite ⦁ Best Television Series Limited Series /
d. Bohemian Rapasody Motion Picture Made for TV: The
Assassination of Gianni Versace
Answer: d. Bohemian Rapasody ⦁ Best Actress in a Television Series - Drama:
Sandra Oh (Killing Eve)
-----
⦁ Best Actor in a Television Series - Drama:
Complete list of winners of 76th Golden
Richard Madden (Bodyguard)
Globe Awards 2019
⦁ Best Actress in a Television Series-Musical
(Golden Globes 2019: List of Winners):
/ Comedy: Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous
⦁ Best Motion Picture - Drama: Bohemian
Mrs. Maisel)
Rapsody
^ Best Actor in a Television Series - Musical /
⦁ Best Motion Picture - Musical / Comedy:
Comedy: Michael Douglas (The Kominsky
Green Book
Method)
⦁ Best Director - Motion Picture: Alfonso
⦁ Best Actress in a Limited Series / Motion
Cuaron (Roma)
Picture Made for TV: Patricia Arquette
⦁ Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama:
(Escape from Dannemora)
Glenn Close (The Wife)
^ Best Actor in a Limited Series / Motion
⦁ Best Actor in a Motion Picture-Drama:
Picture Made for TV: Darren Criss (The
Ramee Malek (Bohemian Rapsody)
Assassination of Gianni Versace)
⦁ Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical /
⦁ Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a
Comedy: Olivia Coleman (The Favorite)
Series, Limited Series / Motion Picture Made
⦁ Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical /
for TV: Patricia Clarkson (Sharp Objects)
Comedy: Christian Bale (Vice)
⦁ Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series,
⦁ Best Motion Picture-Animated: Spidar Man:
Limited Series / Motion Picture Made for TV: -------------------
Ben Wishaw (A Very English Scandal) Which Indian business leaders have been
selected by the USISPF for the Global
------------------- Excellence Award?
The Government of Karnataka has
decided to give the AISA-Karnataka a. Ajay Banga and Azeem Premji
Visvesvaraya Solar Award in the name of b. Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tenulkar
which eminent engineer to promote solar c. Azim Premji and Ratan Tata
energy worldwide? d. None of these
a. Jessie Bose Answer: a. Ajay Banga and Azeem Premji

b. A P J Abdul Kalam
c. Satyendra Nath Basu - The 2019 Global Excellence Award has
d. M. Visvesvaraya been received by Ajay Banga, CEO of US-
India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF)
Answer: d. M. Visvesvaraya MasterCard and Azim Premji, Chairman of
Wipro.
- This award will be given to one country in
the world every year for better work in the -------------------
field of floating solar projects. Which police station in India has been
- Earlier, the Haryana government also gave ranked first in the ranking of police
the AISA-Haryana Kalpana Chawla Solar stations by the Union Home Ministry?
Award in the name of astronaut Kalpana
Chawla. a. Kalu Police Station of Bikaner
Karnataka is the second state in the country b. Andaman-Nicobar Islands Campbell Police
after Haryana to have decided to start such Station
an award. c. Farakka Police Station of Murshidabad
District
----------------- d. Jalandhar
Which butterfly species was recently
declared the official butterfly of Tamil Answer: a. Kalu Police Station of Bikaner
Nadu?
- Second place Campbell Police Station
a. Tamil Yeoman b. Yoya manai located in Nicobar district of Andaman and
c. Youman India d. None of these Nicobar Islands
- Third place is Farakka Police Station of
Answer: a. Tamil yeoman Murshidabad district of West Bengal.
- This butterfly is found in the Western Ghats.
Tamil Nadu is the fifth state in the country to ------------------
have selected the official butterfly species. - Recently which state government has
Tamil Nadu has 32 butterfly hotspots. decided to give 10,000 rupees every
month to the Padma awardees of the state
who are struggling with the economic tennis player Rohan Bopanna by the
crisis? Central Government?
a. Government of Bihar a. Khel Ratna Award

b. Government of Punjab b. Arjuna Award
c. Government of Odisha c. Dronacharya award
d. Government of Jharkhand d. None of these
Answer: c. Government of Odisha Answer: b. Arjuna Award
-------------------- - Union Sports Minister Kiran Rijiju honored

Recently who has been selected for him with the Arjuna Award on 16 July 2019.
Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship
(Akademi Ratna) by Sangeet Natak -----------------------
Akademi? Which Bollywood actor will be awarded an
honorary doctorate by La Trobe University
a. Zakir Hussain, Sonal Mansingh, in Melbourne on 9 August 2019?
b. Jatin Goswami and K. Kalyanasundaram
Pillai a. Shahrukh Khan
c. a. And b. b. Salman Khan
d. None of these c. Ijaz Khan
d. Ajay Devgn
Answer: c. a. And b. (Tabla maestro Zakir
Hussain, classical dancer Sonal Answer: a. Shahrukh Khan
Mansingh, dancer Jatin Goswami and He is being given this title for the work done
scientist K. Kalyanasundaram Pillai) for the upliftment of the children of the
underprivileged and for the empowerment of
----------------------- women.
Which Indian female cricketer was
honored with the Arjuna Award 2018? --------------------
Which players have been selected for the
a. Manu Bhakar Mohun Bagan Ratna Award 2019?
b. Anandi Ben
c. Smriti Mandhana a. Keshav Dutt and Prasoon Banerjee
d. None of these b. Arijit Bagui and Prasoon Banerjee
c. Mohammad Shami and Keshav Dutt
Answer: c. Smriti Mandhana d. Ashok Chatterjee
- Union Sports Minister Kiran Rijiju honored
her with the Arjuna Award on 16 July 2019. Answer: a. Keshav Dutt and Prasoon
Banerjee
-----------------------
Which award has been recently given to - Keshav Dutt (93 years), is a hockey player.
- While Prasoon Banerjee (64 years) is the
former captain of the Indian football team.
- He is also a Member of Parliament (Lok -------------------
Sabha Member) from Trinamool Congress. Which Indian-American has been selected
for the USIBC Global Leadership Award
------------------ 2019?
Name the first woman IPS who has
hoisted the tricolor of India on seven a. Sundar Pichai
ranges of the world? b. S Sundaram
c. Rajiv Kumar
a. Aparna Kumar b. Deepka Suri d. None of these
c. Aparna Thakur d. PT Usha
Answer: a. Sundar Pichai
Answer: a. Aparna Kumar - Indian-origin Google CEO Sundar Pichai
and President of Nasdaq, Edna Friedman
Aparna is a 2002 batch UP cadre IPS officer.
have been selected for the prestigious Global
Aparna also made a successful climb to
Leadership Award 2019.
Mount Everest in 2016.
- She recently hoisted the tricolor on Mount -----------------------
Denali, Alaska, USA. - - She withstood 250 PM Narendra Modi has been honored with
km of icy winds and minus 40 degree the highest honor of Maldives, name it?
temperature.
a. Mark Izzuddin
----------------- b. Mark A Pak
Which former Indian President has c. Mark a respect
recently been awarded the 'Order of the d. Nishan e Maldives
Aztec Eagle', the highest civilian honor
given to foreign nationals of Mexico? Answer: a. Mark Izzuddin
a. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam -----------------

b. Pratibha Patil Where is Chaukhandi Stupa located?
c. Pranab Mukherjee
d. K. R Narayanan a. Sarnath b. Patna
c. Chennai d. Jorhat
Answer: b. Pratibha Patil
Answer: a. Sarnath
--------------------------
Jc Who has been selected for the Daniel - Why in discussion - On June 10, 2019, the
Awards 2019? Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) declared
Chaukhandi Stupa as a 'monument of
a. Raveena b. Urmila national importance'.
c. Sheela d. None of these
-------------------
Answer: c. Sheela (Malayalam Actress)
Who received the country's highest ---------------
literary honor, 54th Jnanpith Award, 2018? Who won the Miss India 2019 title?
a. Amitav Ghosh a. Shreya Shankar

b. Gopalakrishna Gandhi b. Suman Rao
c. Pratibha Ray c. Shivani Jadhav
d. Amarjeet Sahni d. None of these
Answer: a. Amitav Ghosh Answer: b. Suman Rao

Suman Rao, 22, is a resident of Rajasthan.
He is the first English writer to be awarded
the Jnanpith Award. -----------------
- On 12 June 2019, former Governor of West Which Indian NGO was awarded the 2019
Bengal, Gopalkrishna Gandhi presented the BBC World Service Global Champion
award to Amitav Ghosh. Award?
----------------- a. Deep Patra

Which Indian actress has been selected b.Akshay Patra
by UNICEF for the 'Danny Kaye Human c. Sulabh International
Rights Award'? d. None of these
a. Deepika Padukone Answer: b. Akshay Patra

b. Alia Bhatt
c. Priyanka Chopra - This NGO provides mid-day meals to
d. Disha Patani millions of children in schools across the
country.
Answer: c. Priyanka Chopra
- She is also the Goodwill Ambassador of -----------------
UNICEF. Mahmoud Abbas, the President of which
country has awarded the Star of
--------------------------- Jerusalem to Sheikh Mohammed Munir
To which Indian has Italy awarded the Ansari, a citizen of India?
'Night of Order of the Star of Italy'?
a. Afghanistan
a. Pragya Singh b. Iraq
b. Pratishtha Singh c. Palestine
c. Lorenzo Angloni d. Iran
d. None of these
Answer: c. Palestine
Answer: b. Pratishtha Singh
- is a writer and teaches Italian language, -'Star of Jerusalem 'is the highest honor given
literature and cultural history at the University by the Palestine government to foreign
of Delhi. nationals.
------------------------------
Which two states have been jointly given ------------------
GI tag for Kolhapuri chappal product? Who has been selected for the Prime
Minister's Yoga Awards 2019 in the
a. Bihar and Maharashtra Organization category (International)?
b. Karnataka and Gujarat
c. Maharashtra and Orissa a. Japan Yoga Niketan
d. Maharashtra and Karnataka b. Israel Yoga School
c. US Yoga College
Answer: d. Maharashtra and Karnataka d. None of these
------------------ Answer: a. Japan Yoga Niketan

Who has been selected for the Prime
Minister's Yoga Awards 2019 in the -------------------
individual category (national)? Which photo has won the World Press
Photo Award 2019?
a. Baba Ramdev b. Swami Rajarshi Muni
c. Ajay Tiwari d. None of these a. Photo of a little girl crying on the US-
Mexican border
Answer: b. Swami Rajarshi Muni, Gujarat b. Furious photo of a masked Venezuelan
protester
- He is the Chairman of Lakulish Yoga
c. Photo of foreign tourist in Taj Mahal
University of Gujarat.
d. None of these
-------------------
Answer: a. Photo of a little girl crying on
the US-Mexican border
Minister's Yoga Awards 2019 in the
Personal category (International)? - The award has been announced on 12 April.
- The legendary Getty photographer John
a. Antonietta Rozzi b. Antino Guterres
Moore took this photo on 12 June 2018 in the
c. Imran Khan d. None of these
Rio Grande Valley.
Answer: a. . Antonietta Rozzi (Italy)

-----------------
----------------
Who has been selected for UNESCO /
Guillermo Cano Press Freedom Awards
Minister Yoga Awards 2019 in the
2019?
Organization category (National)?
a. Wa Lone b. Kyaw soe Oo
a. Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga
c. a and b d. None of these
b. Rajendra Yoga School
c. Bihar School of Yoga Answer: c. a and b (Wa Lone and Kyaw
d. None of these Soe Oo)
Answer: c. Bihar School of Yoga, Munger - They are both Reuters reporters.
------------------- Russia has announced its highest honor
The poet of which language Siva Reddy to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi,
has been selected for the prestigious name this honor?
Saraswati Samman 2018?
a. Order of Great Award
a. Hindi b. Order of Saint Andrew
b. Awadh c. Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle
c. Telugu d. None of these
d. Urdu
Answer: c. Order of Saint Andrew the
Answer: c. Telugu Apostle
--------------- ---------------------
Which state's 'Utkarsh Bangla' and Who has been selected for the Saraswati
'Sabooj Saathi' project was awarded the Samman 2018?
UN-supported "WSIS Prize 2019"?
a. Namwar Singh
a. Bihar b. K. Siva Reddy
b. West Bengal c. Giriraj Kishore
c. Orissa d. None of these
d. Uttar Pradesh
Answer: b. K. Siva Reddy
Answer: b. West Bengal - He is being given this honor for his poetic
- Both projects are from West Bengal collection "Pakkaki Ottigilite".
- Every year this honor is awarded to a
---------------------- masterpiece published in the languages
India's Para Athlete Deepa Malik has been recorded in the eighth schedule of the
selected for the Sir Edmund Hillary constitution.
Fellowship awarded by which country's - This literature award Is given by the K K
government in April 2019? Birla Foundation.
a. Government of China --------------------

b. New Zealand Government Which India's flagship program was
c. Government of Russia awarded the Public Water Agency of the
d. Government of Japan Year at the Global Water Summit?
Answer: b. New Zealand Government a. Ganga Action Plan

b. Namami Gange
-She won a silver medal in the 2016 Shot Put
c. Yamuna Action Plan
F53 event at the Rio Paralympics.
d. None of these
----------------------
Answer: b. Namami Gange
The National Mission for Clean Ganga or Mother', developed a vaccine against Rota
Namami Gange program was awarded the virus and first identified by AIIMS, New Delhi
title of "Public Water Agency of the Year" by in 1985.
the Global Water Intelligence at the Global
Water Summit in London. ----------------
Cipla's chairman has received a UK Royal
----------------- Society Honorary Fellowship (Honor),
Pulitzer Prize 2019 name them?
Journalism
Category: winner a. Gagandeep Kang b. Amarendra Das
Public Service: Employees of South Florida c. Yusuf Hamid d. None of these
Sun Sentinel
Answer: c. Yusuf Hamid (82)
Criticism: Carlos Lozada of The Washington
- He received the honor on 18 April 2019
Post
Editorial Writing: Brent Staples of The New
------------------
York Times
Which gallantry award was awarded to
Books, Drama, and Music Wing Commander Abhinandan by the
Category: winner
Indian Air Force?
Novel: "The Overstory" by Richard Powers
Drama: "Fairview" by Jackie Sibblies Drury a. PVC
History: "Frederick Douglass" by David W. b. Gallantry cycle
Blight c. Veer Chakra
Biography or Autobiography: "The New d. Mahavir Chakra
Negro" by Jeffrey C. Stewart
Poem: "With" by Forest Gender Answer: c. Veer Chakra
General Nonfiction: "Amity and Prosperity" by
Eliza Griswold -------------
Music: "Prism" by Ellen Reid The London School of Economics and
Special Citation: Aretha Franklin Political Science (LSE) has established a
new Chair (Chair) to study inequality in
---------------------- the name of which Indian economist?
Who became the first Indian woman
scientist to receive the Royal Society a. Raghuram Rajan
Fellowship (Honor)? b. Amartya Sen
c. Arvind Subramanyam
a. Randeep Kang d. Manmohan Singh
b. Gagandeep Kang
c. Sunita Tiwari Answer: b. Amartya Sen
d. Sumitra Paswan - London Chair of Economics (LSE) has
established this Chair (Peetha) on April 19,
Answer: b. Gagandeep Kang 2019 in the name of Nobel Prize winner
- Dr. Kang called India's vaccine 'God Amartya Sen.
----------------------- Which former chairman of ISRO hasbeen
Which Indian film won the Best awarded by its highest civilian honor
Cinematography Award at the Beijing 'Chevalier De La Leigion D Honneurl' by
International Film Festival 2019? France?
a. Andhadhun a. Shailesh Nayak

b. Bhayankam b. K. Kasturirangan
c. Toilet - a love story c. Satish Dhawan
d. None of these d. AS Kiran Kumar
Answer: b.Bhayankam Answer: d. AS Kiran Kumar

- This is a Malayalam film.
-------------------
-------------------- The Indian Postal Department issued a
Which Bollywood actress has been postage stamp on the 750th birth
awarded the 'Dadasaheb Phalke anniversary of Vedanta Desikan, who was
Excellence Award for Emerging Talent of he?
the Year' for the second time?
a. Vaishnava philosopher b. Creator of
a. Ahna Kumra Paduka Sahasram
b. Kareena kapoor c. Vaishnav Guru d. All of the above
c. Anushka Sharma
d. Sunny leone Answer: d. All of the above
- Vaishnavas were philosophers and the most
Answer: a. Ahna Kumra brilliant supporters of Sri Vaishnavism in the
post-Ramanuja period.
------------------
Who has won the IPI (International Press ---------------------
Institute) World Press Freedom Hero Who won the McCain Institute Award 2019
Award 2019? for courage and leadership?
a. Ravish Kumar a. Lakshmi Mittal

b. Cyril Almeida b. Anamika Das
c. Amitabh Kant c. Chhaya Sharma
d. Rajdeep Sardesai d. None of these
Answer: b. Cyril Almeida Answer: c. Chhaya Sharma

- He is the editor and columnist of Pakistan's - She is an IPS officer.
Dawn newspaper.
------------------
----------------------
Which Indian was awarded the UN Raposody)
Sasakawa Award 2019 for Disaster Risk ⦁ Supporting Actress: Rachel Weisz (The
Reduction? Favorite)
⦁ Supporting Actor: Mahershala Ali (Green
a. Ajay Kumar Paswan Book)
b. Pramod Kumar Mishra ⦁ Director: Alfonso Cuarón (Roma)
c. Vijay Das ⦁ Costume Design: The Favourite
d. None of these ⦁ Make Up and Hair: The Favourite
⦁ Music: A Star Is Born
Answer: b. Pramod Kumar Mishra
⦁ Animated Film: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-
-------------------- Verse
Who was selected for the prestigious Man ^ British short animation film: Roughhouse
Booker International Award for the year ⦁ Cinematography: Roma
2019? ⦁ Documentary: Free Solo
⦁ Edition: Vice
a. Jokha Alharthi ⦁ Special Visual Effects: Black Panther
b. Kevin Jude
c. Ambricia Parker --------------------
d. Jemima Arnold Which Indian was awarded the Seoul
Peace Prize 2018?
Answer:a. Jokha Alharthi
- Writer of Oman. a. Pranab Mukherjee
- Honor for his book Celestial Bodies. b. Narendra Modi
- Jokha is the first Arabic-language writer to c. Anandi Ben Patel
be selected for the award. d. Azam Khan
----------------------------- Answer: b. Narendra Modi

Which film won the title of Best Film at the ---------------------
72nd BAFTA Film Awards 2019? Which film was given the title of Best
Picture at the Oscars?
a. Laila
b. Love a. Roma b. Green book
c. Roma c. Domi Xi d. Skin
d. None of these
Answer: b. Green book
Answer: c. Roma
2019 Oscar Winners List
Winners of BAFTA Film Awards 2019: ⦁ Documentary (Feature) - Free Solo
⦁ Best Film: Roma Actress in a Supporting Role - Regina King, If
⦁ Outstanding British film: The Favourite Beale Street Could Talk
⦁ Best Actress: Olivia Coleman (The Favorite) ⦁ Cinematography - Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
⦁ Best Actor: Rami Melek (Bohemian ⦁ Foreign Language Film - Alfonso Cuarón,
Roma
Actor in Supporting Role - Mahershala Ali, ---------------------------------
Green Book Who won the title of Miss Deaf World
⦁ Animated Feature Film - Spider-Man: Into 2019?
the Spider-Verses, Bob Persichetti, Peter
Ramsay, Rodney Rothman a. Priyanka Das
⦁ Animated Short Film - Domi Xi, Bao b. Vidisha Baliyan
^ Documentary short subject - Rezka c. Afsara Mitra
Zehtabchi and Melissa Burton, Period: End of d. None of these
Sentence
Answer: b. Vidisha Baliyan
⦁ Live Action Short Film - Gaia Native and
- 21-year-old Vidisha Baliyan from
Jamie Ray Newman, Skin
Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh became the
⦁ Best Original Screenplay - Nick Vellalonga,
first Indian to win the Miss Deaf World 2019
Brain Curry, Peter Farrelli, Green Book
title.
⦁ Best Adapted Screen Play - Spike Lee,
- She is deaf.
Shaan McKitterick, Jason Bloom, Raymond
Mansfield, Jordan Peele, Blackclansman
⦁ Original Score - Ludwig Goranson, Black
Panther
⦁ Original Song - Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson,
Anthony Rosomando, Andrew Wyatt,
"Shallow" A Star Is Born
⦁ Best Actor in Leading Role - Rami Malek,
Bohemian Rapsody
⦁ Best Actress in Leading Role - Olivia
Coleman, The Favourite
⦁ Best Director - Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
⦁ Best Picture - Green Book
The 91st Academy Awards were held at the
Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, California.
-----------------
"Period. End of Sentence ”film won the

Best Documentary Short Subject Award at
the Oscars 2019, who is the Indian
producer of the film?
a. Gunit Monga b. Gugul Tiwari

c. Vijay Kumar d. None of these
Answer: a. Gunit Monga
In the IMD World Talent Ranking 2019,
Index India has slipped six places to which
place?
What score has India achieved in the a. 55th

Freedom on the Net (FoTN) report 2019 b. 49th
released by the international organization c. 59th
'Freedom House'? d. 69th
a. 100 Answer c. 59th

b. 25
c. 50 The rankings
d. 55 1. Switzerland
2. Denmark
Answer d. 55 3. Sweden
- The report is titled The Crisis of Social 4. Austria
Media. 5. Luxembourg
- India got 55 marks out of total 100 marks. -----------------------------
According to the report 'Road Accidents
---------------------------- in India - 2018' released by the central
According to the latest UNICEF report, government, what is the percentage
what is India's position in the deaths of increase in road accidents during this
children (up to 5 years) from pneumonia? period?
a. The first a. 0.46 percent
b. Second b. 0.50 percent
c. The third c. 0.64 percent
d. The fourth d. 2.50 percent
Answer b. Second Answer a. 0.46 percent
- In India, 1,27,000 children under the age of - This report was released by the Union
five died in the year 2018. Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
- 14 children die every hour from pneumonia. - More than 1.5 lakh (1,51,471) people lost
About half of deaths due to pneumonia are their lives in road accidents in the country in
related to air pollution. 2018,
- 27 percent deaths occurred from outdoor air - During this time, a 2.4% increase in deaths
pollution and 22 percent from indoor air was recorded, while the last time in 2017,
pollution. 1.47 lakh were people killed.
- There were an average of 1,280 road
---------------------------
accidents and 415 deaths per day.
- 17 people lost their lives every hour.
- Road traffic injuries are the eighth leading
cause of deaths in India in 2018.
------------------------------ deaths and suicides in India", which state had
According to the report 'Road Accidents the highest number of suicides in 2016?
in India - 2018' released by the Central
Government, which state had the most a. Bihar
accidents during this period? b. Maharashtra
c. Punjab
a. Tamil Nadu d. Haryana
b. Madhya Pradesh
c. Uttar Pradesh Answer b. Maharashtra
d. Maharashtra
- This report has been released by NCRB this
Answer a. Tamil Nadu month (November 2019) after a long gap of
three years.
----------------------------- Suicide of farmers in the country
According to the report 'Road Accidents - 2016: 11,379 farmers died
in India - 2018' released by the central - 12,360 farmers died in 2014
government, which state had the highest - 12,602 farmers died in 2015.
number of deaths during this period?\ ----------------------------
What is India’s rank in the Global Bribery
a. Tamil Nadu Risk Index 2019 (Global Bribery Risk Index
b. Madhya Pradesh 2019)?
c. Uttar Pradesh
d. Maharashtra a. 8
b. 38
Answer c. Uttar Pradesh c. 58
d. 78
--------------------------------
According to the latest report by the Answer d. 78
National Statistics Office (NSO), how
many percent of people aged seven or -------------------------------
above are literate in India? Which institution ranks first in the 2020
QS India University Rankings?
a. 97.7 percent
b. 87.7 percent a. IIT Bombay
c. 77.7 percent b. IIT Kanpur
d. 67.7 percent c. IIT Patna
d. IIT Delhi
Answer c. 77.7 percent
Answer: a. IIT Bombay
-----------------------------------
According to the latest report of National - IISc Bangalore is ranked second and IIT
Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), "Accidental Delhi is ranked third.
--------------------------- --------------------------
Which place has India climbed to after According to the 20th Livestock Census
ascending 14 places in World Bank's (2018), which state has the highest
'Ease of Doing Business 2019-20' index? livestock population?
a. 14 a. Uttar Pradesh
b. 43 b. Bihar
c. 63 c. Punjab
d. 102 d. West Bengal
Answer: c. 63 Answer: a. Uttar Pradesh

- India was ranked 77 in the list of last year - Recently the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal
(2018-19). Husbandry and Dairying (Ministry of
- In 2014, India was ranked 142 in this Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying)
ranking. has released the 20th Livestock Census
Report.
Top 5 Countries in Ease of Doing Business Uttar Pradesh has the highest livestock of
Rankings 67.8 million, followed by Rajasthan, Madhya
Pradesh and West Bengal.
Country ------rank
New Zealand- 1 ------------------------------
Singapore -2 What is the increase in the number of
Hong Kong, China -3 animals in India as compared to the year
Denmark- 4 2012 as per the recently concluded
Korea- 5 Livestock census?
------------------------- a. 4.63 percent

Which position has India got in the Global b. 3.96 percent
Hunger Index (GHI) 2019? c. 2.14 percent
d. 1.71 percent
a. 94
b. 99 Answer: a. 4.63 percent
c. 102
d. 108 ---------------------------
According to the 20th Livestock Census
Answer: c. 102 (2018), which state has the largest
- This index is of 117 countries. India is increase in the number of animals?
ranked 102 in this.
- It was at 55th placec in GHI in the year a. Uttar Pradesh b. Bihar
2014, and reached 102nd position in 2019. c. Punjab d. West Bengal
- 100th position was achieved in the year
2017, Answer: d. West Bengal
- was ranked 103 in the year 2018. According to Livestock Census-2018, the
total livestock population in the country is -------------------------------
535.78 million. Who has got the first place in the list of
- Livestock census - an increase of 4.6% Northeast and hill states in India
compared to 2012. Innovation Index 2019?
- West Bengal has the largest increase in
cattle (23%), followed by Telangana (22%). a. Sikkim
- The number of total cattle in the country has b. Himachal Pradesh
increased by 0.8%. c. Uttarakhand
- This increase is mainly a result of rapid d. Assam
increase in the population of varna sankara
Answer: a. Sikkim
cattle and indigenous female cattle.
In the category of Northeast and hill states,

---------------------------
Sikkim is in the first place, Himachal Pradesh
Which state ranks first among the big
is in the second place and Uttarakhand is in
states in the India Innovation Index 2019
the third place.
released by NITI Aayog?
------------------------------
a. Maharashtra b. Karnataka
What was India's position in the World
c. Uttar Pradesh d. Telangana
Competitiveness Economy Index 2019
Answer: b. Karnataka (Global Competitiveness Index)?
- Tamil Nadu in second place
a. 58th
- Maharashtra in third place
b. 68th
- Jharkhand is at the bottom of it.
c. 70th
- Uttar Pradesh ranks seventh.
d. 16th
- India Innovation Index is prepared on the
lines on which Global Innovation Index is
Answer: b. 68th
prepared.
- This index has been released by the World
--------------------------- Economic Forum.
Which Union Territory has got the first
- India was ranked 58 in the ranking in the
place in the list of Union Territories in
year 2018.
India Innovation Index 2019? - This time it has slipped ten places to 68th
position in the year 2019.
a. Goa b. Daman and Diu
Ranking of neighbouring countries -
c. Delhi d. Puducherry
China - 28th
Answer: c. Delhi Sri Lanka - 84th
Bangladesh - 105th
- Second Place - Chandigarh Nepal - 108th
- Third place - Goa Pakistan - 110th
- Fourth place – Puducherry
World Competitive Index 2019 - The process of making NRC list started 4
1. Singapore 2. America years ago
3. Hong Kong 4. Netherlands
5. Switzerland 6. Japan What is citizenship register?
7. Germany 8. Sweden - This is a detailed report of citizens living in a
9. United Kingdom 10. Denmark state or country.
- The first citizenship register in India was
India's position in the index prepared after the census in 1951.
- India is ranked 15th by the World Economic - All those recorded in this register were
Forum in terms of corporate governance. considered citizens of India.
- Second in shareholder governance - This is the only register having the details of
- India is third in market size the citizens of India.
- India is ranked number three in terms of
renewable energy. NRC in Assam
- 109th in terms of life expectancy Indian citizenship rules in Assam were
- Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index changed by amending the citizenship law of
has jumped 6 places to 34th place in 2019. 1986.
- Under which only people living in India from
-------------------------- 1951 to 24 March 1971 would be considered
How many people have been included in as Indians.
the final list of the National Register of
Citizens (NRC) in Assam? What was the need of NRC in Assam?
After the increasing activities of illegal
a. 4,11,21,004 foreigners in Assam around 1980, the
b. 2,11,21,004 demand for updating NRC increased.
c. 3,11,21,004 A memorandum was submitted to the Center
d. None of these in 1980 by the All Assam Students Union and
the Assam Gana Parishad demanding the
Answer: c. 3,11,21,004 (3 crore 11 lakh 21 renewal of NRC. This memorandum was
thousand four) submitted to protect the culture of Assam
from illegal immigrants coming to Assam from
- State Coordinator of NRC, Prateek Hazarika
Bangladesh.
said that 19,06,657 (19 lakh 6 thousand six
In a review meeting chaired by the then
hundred fifty seven) people have been
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2005, it
removed from the final list of NRC.
was decided to update the NRC.
- People from outside NRC will now have to
- In 2010, the pilot project to update the NRC
appeal to the foreign tribunal within the
had to be abruptly stopped when 4 people
stipulated time.
were killed and many were injured during a
- The Government of Assam will establish
violent demonstration over it in Assam's
400 Foreigners Tribunals to look into matters
Barpeta district.
related to those removed from the final list of
- Subsequently applications were sought in
National Citizenship Register (NRC) in the
the year 2015. During this time around 6.6
state.
crore applications were received, out of which a. Kerala b. Rajasthan
3.29 crore people of Assam had applied to c. Karnataka d. Uttar Pradesh
register their names.
Answer: a. Kerala
--------------------- - The index is classified into three parts - big
What percentage of interest has been states, small states and union territories.
announced by EPFO to 6 crore account - Among the 20 big states, Kerala is in the
holders for the year 2018-19? first place, while Rajasthan is in the second
place and Karnataka is in the third place.
a. 8.65% b. 8.63% - While Uttar Pradesh is on the lowest rung.
c. 8.60% d. 8.57% - NITI Aayog has prepared this index based
on the data for the year 2016-17.
Answer: a. 8.65%
- 8.65% interest has been approved by the --------------------------------
Finance Ministry. Which state ranks first among the big
- 6 crore account holders will benefit from states in NITI Aayog's School Education
this. Quality Index?
-------------------- a. Tripura b. Goa

What is the rank of India in IMD World c. Arunachal Pradesh d. Manipur
Digital Competitiveness Ranking 2019?
Answer: d. Manipur
a. 42nd - Manipur in the first place, Tripura on the
b. 43rd second and Goa on the third.
c. 44th
d. 47th Union Territory Ranking
1. Chandigarh
Answer: c. 44th 2. Dadra and Nagar Haveli
3. Delhi
- 63 countries have been evaluated in this
------------------------
ranking based on knowledge and use of
Which city of India has recently been
digital technology.
included in the cooking category in
- India was ranked 48th in the year 2018.
UNESCO's UCCN (UNESCO Creative City
Now India has jumped four places.
Network) list?
- USA is in first place
- Singapore is in the second place a. Lucknow
- Sweden is in the third place b. Hyderabad
c. Amritsar
-------------------------
d. Udaipur
Which state ranks first among small states
in NITI Aayog's School Education Quality Answer: b. Hyderabad
Index?
Hyderabad has been named as a creative 7. Toronto (Canada) 8. Tokyo (Japan)
city in the category of cuisine (cooking) for 9. Copenhagen (Denmark) 10. Adelaide
Biryani and other delicious dishes. (Australia)
------------------------- Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)

Which city of India has recently been - It is an economic analyst and advisory body.
included in the Creative Cities category of - It was established in 1946.
films in UNESCO's UCCN (UNESCO - It is headquartered in London, United
Creative City Network) list? Kingdom.
a. Lucknow ----------------------
b. Hyderabad What is the rank of India in World
c. Amritsar Economic Forum's World Travel and
d. Mumbai Tourism Competitiveness Index 2019?
Answer: d. Mumbai a. 31st

b. 32nd
- Mumbai has been declared a member of the c. 33rd
creative city of films. d. 34th
- UNESCO has added both cities in the
UCCN (UNESCO Creative City Network) list Answer: d. 34th
along with 64 other cities around the world.
Now a total of 246 cities have been added to - India's rank has improved by 6 places.
this list. - Spain ranks first in this index, followed by
France, Germany, Japan and America.
----------------------------
According to the index 2019 released by ----------------------
EIU (Economist Intelligence Unit), which is According to the June 2019 report
the best livable city in the world? released by the World Gold Council, which
country's central bank is ranked 10th in
a. Vienna (Austria) the world in terms of gold reserves?
b. Melbourne, Australia)
c. Sydney, Australia) a. France b. China
d. Mumbai c. India d. Bangladesh
Answer: a. Vienna (Austria) Answer: c. India

Delhi ranks 118th and Mumbai 119th in this
According to the World Gold Council's June
list of 140 cities.
report, RBI had purchased 52.3 tonnes of
10 best cities to live in gold in FY 2019 to increase its foreign
1. Vienna (Austria) 2. Melbourne (Australia) exchange reserves.
3. Sydney (Australia) 4. Osaka (Japan)
-------------------
5. Calgary (Canada) 6. Vancouver (Canada)
How many people were included in the According to the tiger census report 2018,
filing list of National Civil Register (NRC) which state has the most tigers?
in Assam?
a. Bihar
a. 4,11,21,004 b. Uttar Pradesh
b. 2,11,21,004 c. Madhya Pradesh
c. 3,11,21,004 d. Gujarat
d. None of these
Answer: c. Madhya Pradesh
Answer: c. 3,11,21,004 (3 crore 11 lakh 21
thousand four) According to All India Tiger Estimation Report
2018, there are 2,967 tigers in the country.
- State Coordinator of NRC, Prateek Hazarika - This report was made public on World Tiger
said that 19,06,657 (19 lakh 6 thousand six Day (29 July) by Prime Minister Modi.
hundred fifty seven) people have been - 526 tigers in Madhya Pradesh,
removed from the final list of NRC. - 524 in Karnataka,
- People from outside NRC will now have to - 442 tigers in Uttarakhand,
appeal to the foreign tribunal within the - 312 tigers in Maharashtra and
stipulated time. - Tamil Nadu has 264 tigers.
--------------------- --------------------
According to QS Best Student Cities According to the All India Tiger Estimation
Ranking which is the best city for 2018 report released by Prime Minister
students in the world? Narendra Modi recently, what is the
number of tigers in India?
a. Delhi
b. Paris a. 2967
c. New York b. 2890
d. London c. 2712
d. 2600
Answer: d. London
Answer: a. 2967
in India
- Bangalore (81st place) According to new figures, the number of
- Mumbai (85th place), tigers in the country has reached 2967.
- Delhi (113th place) and According to this, the number of tigers has
- Chennai (115th place) increased by 741 as compared to the year
2014.
--------------------
------------------
Which company is the top Indian company The Fortune Global 500 ranking is created by
in the Fortune Global 500 List 2019? an American magazine called Fortune.
a. Adani Enterprises ---------------------------

b. Reliance Industries Limited Which public sector bank was ranked first
c. Tata Sons in the EASE index?
d. None of these
a. Punjab National Bank b. Oriental Bank of
Answer: b. Reliance Industries Limited Commerce
(RIL) c. Bank of India d. Indian Overseas Bank
- Reliance is ranked 106 this year, improving Answer: a. Punjab National Bank
its ranking by 42 places.
Earlier, Indian Oil Corporation was the top - The central government released a report
Indian company in the Fortune Global 500 based on EASE (Enhanced Access & Service
list. Excellence) reforms of public sector banks in
March 2019.
Other Indian companies: - Punjab National Bank got 78.4 out of 100
- Indian Oil Corporation (137th) was earlier points.
ranked 168th. - Bank of Baroda to 77.8,
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (160th - State Bank of India 74.6,
place), - Oriental Bank of Commerce 69,
- State Bank of India (236th place), - 67.5 to Canara Bank and
- Tata Motors (265th place), - Syndicate Bank received 67.1 points.
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (275th
place) and ------------------------
- Rajesh Exports (495th place). Which city got the first position in the
Cleanliness Survey 2019?
Top 10 Companies
1. Walmart (American Retail Company) a. Kolkata
2. Sinopec Group (China's state-run oil and b. Indore
gas company) c. Jabalpur
3. Royal Dutch Shell (Dutch Company) d. Patna
4. China National Petroleum
Answer: b. Indore
5. State Grid
6. Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabian Oil
- Indore city of Madhya Pradesh ranked first
Company in "Swachh Survekshan 2019" for the third
7. British Petroleum (British Oil and Gas consecutive year.
Company)
In the list of cleanest cities, Ambikapur of
8. Exxon Mobil
Chhattisgarh was second and Mysore of
9. Volkswagen Karnataka was in third place.
10. Toyota Motors
- Bhopal was voted the cleanest capital city in
the 2019 survey. are ranked after Finland.
- In the category of 3 lakh to 1 million - None of the world's largest economies could
population, Ujjain was awarded the "Cleanest find a place in the top 10.
Medium City" award.
- Gauchar of Uttarakhand was voted "Best --------------
Ganga Town". Which position has India got in the World
- New Delhi Municipal Corporation was Economic Forum Global Energy
awarded the Cleanest Smart City Award. Transition Index 2019?
- Ahemdabad Award for "Cleanest Big" City
a. 80th b. 45th
- Raipur was awarded the "Fastest Moving
c. 44th d. 76th
Big City" award.
Answer: d. 76th
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- This time the rank of India has increased by
According to the World Gold Council,
two places.
what is the rank of India in terms of gold
- This annual list has been prepared by the
reserves?
World Economic Forum.
a. 11th b. 12th
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c. 23rd d. 21st
Which state ranks first in NITI Aayog's
Answer: a. 11th 2019 AMFFR Index?
- India has been ranked 11th in the list of gold a. Maharashtra b. Bihar
reserves in March 2019. India's estimated c. Gujarat d. None of these
gold reserves is 607 tonnes.
Answer: a. Maharashtra
- America ranks first in this list, the US gold
- NITI Aayog recently released AMFFR
reserves are 8,133.5 tonnes. - In second
(Agricultural Marketing and Farmer Friendly
place is Germany with 3,369.7 tonnes.
Reforms Index).
------------------ - Gujarat is in second place, Gujarat has got
Which place did India get in the World a score of 71.5 out of 100.
Happiness Index 2019? - Gujarat is followed by Rajasthan and
Madhya Pradesh.
a. 140th b. 122nd
c. 111th d. 163rd ------------------
What was India's position in the Global
Answer: a. 140th Innovation Index 2019 {Global innovation
index (GII)}?
- United Nations Sustainable Development
Solutions Network [UNDSN] released World a. 57th b. 52nd
Happiness Report 2019. c. 50th d. 58th
- Finland has been ranked first.
Denmark, Norway, Iceland and Netherlands Answer: b. 52nd
- India has climbed five places from the 57th ------------------
position of the previous year (2018) to 52nd How long was HD Kumaraswamy's second
position in the year 2019. term as the Chief Minister of Karnataka?
- Switzerland still ranks first in GII. It is
followed by Sweden, the United States, the a. 14 months
Netherlands, Britain, Finland, Denmark, b. 23 months
Singapore, Germany and Israel. c. 21 months
d. 56 months
--------------------
Answer: a. 14 months
HD Kumaraswamy resigned due to defeat of
Who has been appointed the new Home confidence motion in Karnataka Assembly on
Secretary by the Central Government? 23 July 2019.
- This was his second term as Chief Minister.
a. Ajay Kumar Bhalla
b. Devendra Pal Singh -------------------
c. Amitabh Chakraborty Which rank did India get in the
d. Somesh Dasgupta Sustainable Development Goal Gender
Index?
Answer: a. Ajay Kumar Bhalla
a. 10th
------------------ b. 40th
Who has been appointed the new c. 60th
Economic Affairs Secretary by the Central d. 95th
Government?
Answer: d. 95th
a. Atanu Chakraborty
b. Subhash Chandra Garg --------------------
c. Amitabh Chakraborty What is the position of India in the Global
d. Somesh dasgupta Peace Index (Global Peace Index) 2019?
Answer: a. Atanu Chakraborty a. 141st

b. 51st
---------------------- c. 41st
Who has been elected the chairman of the d. 111th
Commonwealth Table Tennis Association
(CTTF)? Answer: a. 141st
- The Australian think tank Institute for
a. Vivek Kohli Economics and Peace (IEP) issues this
b. Kishen Narsi report.
c. Ajuvendra Chauhan
d. Virendra Singh Tomar --------------
Answer: a. Vivek Kohli
Who is ranked at the top among Indian Meanwhile, China's population has increased
institutions in the QS (Quacquarelli by 0.5% yearly. China's population is 1.42
Symonds) World University Rankings billion
2020? - The report states that in India, the total
fertility rate per woman decreased from 5.6%
a. IIT Bombay b. IIT Kanpur in 1969 to 3.7% in 1994 and 2.3% in 2019.
c. IISC Bangalore d. IIT Madras - In India, life expectancy at birth is 47 years
in 1969, 60 years in 1994 and now, 69 years
Answer: a. IIT Bombay 152nd Rank
in 2019. Thus life expectancy at birth has
Rankings:
increased.
⦁ IIT-Bombay: 152nd rank
⦁ IIT Delhi: 182nd rank ---------------------
⦁ IISc Bangalore: 184th Rank What position has India got in the World
⦁ IIT Madras: 271st rank Press Freedom Index 2019?
⦁ IIT Kharagpur: 281 rank
⦁ IIT Kanpur: 291st rank a. 5th
⦁ IIT Roorkee: 383rd Rank b. 10th
c. 138th
---------------------- d. 140th
Which university is the world's top
university in the QS (Quacquarelli Answer: d. 140th
Symonds) World University Rankings?
Top 10 Countries
a. Harvard University 1. Norway 2. Finland
b. Stanford University 3. Sweden 4. Netherlands
c. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 5. Denmark 6. Switzerland
(MIT) 7. New Zealand
d. California Institute of Technology (Caltech) 8. Jamaica
9. Belgium
Answer: c. Massachusetts Institute of 10. Costa Rica
Technology (MIT)
---------------
------------------ Name the best educational institution of
According to the latest report of the India in NIRF ranking 2019 released by
United Nations Population Fund, at what Union Ministry of Human Resource
percentage India's population has grown Development?
annually to reach 1.36 billion between
2010 and 2019. a. IIT Madras
b. IIT Delhi
a. 1.1% b. 2.2% c. IIT Patna
c. 1.6% d. 1.2% d. IIT Kanpur
Answer: d. 1.2% Answer: a. IIT Madras
NIRF Ranking 2019
IIT Madras ranked first in overall category.
AIIMS Delhi stood first in medical category.
- Miranda House Delhi stood first in the
college category.
IIM Bangalore ranked first in the category of
management.
National Law School of India University
Bangalore ranked first in law.
IIT Kharagpur stood first in the category of
establishment.
IISc ranked first in the university category.
- IIT Madras and IIT Delhi top the list of
engineering institutes.
- IIT Chennai ranks first, IISc Bangalore in
second place and IIT Delhi in third place in
the Higher Education Institute ranking of the
Ministry of Human Resource Development.
- Jamia Hamdard is the best pharmacy
institute.
-----------------------
Which position did India get in the Cancer
Preparedness Index 2019 released by the
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)?
a. 19th b. 14th
c. 17th d. 27th
Answer: a. 19th
- Australia ranks first, followed by
Netherlands and Germany.
----------------------------
Scientific research Which oil company has launched a diesel
that does not freeze to minus 30 degrees
Celsius in Ladakh?
In which country was the use of the first
typhoid vaccine, recognized by the World a. HPCL b. BPCL
Health Organization, started? c. IOCL d. Reliance
a. India Answer c. IOCL

b. Bangladesh
c. Myanmar -----------------------------
d. Pakistan What is the name of the first electric
Answer d. Pakistan aircraft launched by NASA?
---------------------- a. X-21 turbine

Which company has launched 60 Starlink b. X-57 maxwell
satellites for cheap global internet? c. IA-67 Sky
d. MP-11 Level
a. ISRO
b. NASA Answer b. X-57 maxwell
c. Space x
- 14 electric motors have been used in it,
d. None of these
which is powered by lithium ion batteries.
Answer c. Space x - The aircraft has been under construction
since 2015. Development is currently
------------------------------- underway.
Which planet has recently confirmed that - Carbon emissions are reduced due to
NASA has found water vapour on the batteries. Engine noise is also less.
moon Europa? - Operational cost will also be reduced by 40
a. Jupiter percent.
b. Earth - 12 small motors and two large motors are
c. Saturn fitted.
d. Mars - Its speed is 175 mph.
Answer a. Jupiter
------------------------
---------------------------------- DRDO has recently declared how many of
Which space agency has recently its patents to domestic industrial
completed the first global geologic organizations free of charge?
mapping of Saturn's moon Titan? a. 450
a. Isro b. NASA b. 500
c. JAXA d. ISEA c. 620
d. 800
Answer b. NASA Answer a. 450
----------------------------- ---------------------------
India launched Cartosat 3 and 13 US Which company of ISRO got the job of
satellites on which series of rockets on 27 launching 13 American Nano Satellites?
November? a. Antrix Corporation Limited
b. New Space India limited
a. PSLV-C47 c. a and b
b. GSLV-MK3 d. None of these
c. ASLV Answer b. New Space India limited
d. SLV
----------------------------------
Answer a. PSLV-C47 How many kilometers before landing on
the lunar surface did the contact of
-----------------------------
Chandracyan 2’s lander Vikram break
India has placed Cartosat 3 in which orbit
from the Earth?
of the Earth?
a. 2 kilometers
a. Geostationary orbit
b. 2.1 km
b. Polar orbit
c. 2.5 km
c. Sun-synchronous orbit
d. 1 kilometer
d. None of these
Answer c. Sun-synchronous Orbit (Sun Answer: b. 2.1 km
synchronous orbit)
- It happened in the early hours of 7
----------------------------- September 2019.
Cartosat Series's .........th satellite Cartosat - The lander was named after Dr. Vikram A.
3 was launched? Sarabhai, the father of the Indian space
program.
a. 5 b. 7
- Rover weighing 27 kg was ‘Pragyan’ within
c. 8 d. 9
the lander Vikram.
Answer d. 9
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In which country are the Indian Air Force
-----------------------------
pilots training for the Gaganyaan
Cartosat 3 Satellite was launched under
mission?
which program of ISRO?
a. USA b. France
a. Indian Remote Sensing Program
c. Germany d. Russia
b. Indian Space Sensing Program
c. Indian Border Remote Sensing Program
Answer: d. Russia
d. Indian Polar Program
- This training has started in the second week
of October.
Answer: a. Indian Remote Sensing
Mission Gaganyaan
Program
- ISRO has fixed the deadline on December
2021 for Mission Gaganyaan. ---------------------------
- The Union Cabinet also approved a budget Scientists have discovered water vapour
of Rs 10,000 crore for Mission Gaganyaan. on which super Earth planet (Exo
In this mission, three astronauts will be sent Planet/extra solar) with the help of Hubble
to space for 5-7 days. Space Telescope?
- India will become the fourth country to do
such a feat. a. K2-15 b. K2-18b
- GLSV Mk-III launch vehicle will be used for c. K1-18b d. None of these
Gaganyaan mission.
Answer: b. K2-18b
- Mission Gaganyaan's space craft will have a
- Scientists at University College London
crew module and a service module.
have discovered water vapour in the
- It will weigh about 7 tons. In this mission,
atmosphere of 'K2-18b', a planet in the shape
three astronauts will be sent to space for 5-7
of Earth.
days.
- NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has been
- This spacecraft will be placed in an orbit of
used for this.
Earth at an altitude of 300-400 km.
- K2-18b has a mass of 8 times that of Earth.
- Crew module size will be 3.7 meters and
- It is orbiting a red dwarf star which is 110
service module size will be 7 meters.
light years away from Earth.
------------------------ - The planet was discovered by NASA's
According to new research, which planet Kepler Telescope in 2015.
has the highest number of moons?
-----------------------
a. Saturn b. Jupiter After which Indian classical musician is a
c. Mars d. Earth small planet named?
Answer: a. Saturn a. Pandit Bhimsen Joshi

b. Lata Mangeshkar
According to the International Astronomical c. Kumar Gandharva
Union's Minor Planet Center, the number of d. Pandit Jasraj
moons on the planet Saturn has increased to
82. Of these, 20 new moons have been Answer: d. Pandit Jasraj
confirmed by astronomers recently.
- International Astronomical Union (IAU)
Before this, Jupiter (Jupiter) planet had
Space scientists of the International
maximum 79 moons.
Astronomical Union discovered the planet 13
- 20 new moons of Saturn are very small in
years ago on 11 November 2006.
size and each has a diameter of about 5 km.
- It is a minor planet between Mars and
- 17 out of 20 small moons are seen coming
Jupiter.
from other direction on the planet.
At that time, its number was placed 2006 VP
- It is possible that there may be a 100 more
32 (Number-300128).
such moons on Saturn planet. Astronomers
- It is now named 'Panditraj' on 23 September
are searching for them.
2019.
- Pandit Jasraj was born on 28 January 1930. - Scientists have declared emergency and
- Pandit Jasraj is the first musician of India said that the situation which has arisen due to
and the fourth musician worldwide, after climate change is not easy to avoid.
whom the planets in space are named. - 69 Indian scientists are also signed in this
- Before them the planets have been named manifesto.
after the great composers Mozart, Beethoven
and Tenor Luciano Pavarotti. --------------------------
For how many seconds has the TRAI set
About Pandit Jasraj the ring time (bell time) of the mobile
- He was born on 28 January 1930 in Hissar. phone?
- He belongs to the Mewat Gharana of music.
He has been awarded the Padma Vibhushan a. 30 seconds
(2000), Padma Bhushan (1990), Padma Shri b. 40 seconds
(1975) and the Lata Mangeshkar Award. c. 55 seconds
d. 60 seconds
---------------------------
When was the 1st All-Female Spacewalk Answer: a. 30 seconds
(the only women's spacewalk in space for Earlier, there was no minimum time limit for
the first time) organized? bells in India.
a. 19 October 2019 -----------------------------

b. 20 October 2019 For how many seconds has the TRAI set
c. 21 October 2019 the ring time (bell time) of the landline
d. 22 October 2019 phone?
Answer: c. 21 October 2019 (Jessica Meir a. 30 seconds

and Christina Koch) b. 40 seconds
c. 55 seconds
--------------------------- d. 60 seconds
How many scientists have signed a joint
declaration declaring a global climate Answer: d. 60 seconds
emergency? - Mobile bell will ring for 30 seconds and
landline for 60 seconds.
a. 15482
b. 11258 ----------------------
c. 6449 Which company has launched a mobile
d. 8317 operating system called HarmonyOS?
Answer: b. 11258 a. Huawei b. Google

c. Microsoft d. Alphabet
11258 scientists from 153 countries around
the world have declared a climate Answer: a. Huawei
emergency.
- Chinese telecom company Huawei has Which organization has tested quick
launched its operating system Harmony OS. reaction surface to air missiles (QRSAM)?
(Hongmeng in Chinese).
- Huawei has been working on this operating a. Indian Army
system since 2012. b. D R D O
c. ISRO
------------------- d. None of these
Reliance Jio has partnered with which
company for cloud technology? Answer: b. D R D O
- The test took place at the Integrated Testing
a. Google Center (ITR) at Chandipur, Odisha.
b. Amazon - A missile capable of hitting in all weather
c. Microsoft and every region can be mounted on a truck.
d. None of these - This missile is capable of detecting and
distinguishing targets in no time.
Answer: c. Microsoft
-----------------------
- These two companies will work together in With which satellite has NASA discovered
the field of data analytics, artificial the first 'Super Earth GJ 357d'
intelligence, blockchain, internet of things, exoplanets?
etc.
a. TESS b. Earth
--------------------------- c. PESS d. None of these
Which country has sent a robot named
'Fedor' to the International Space Station Answer: a. TESS
(ISS) in the rocket?
- The planet was discovered earlier this year
a. USA through NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey
b. Russia Satellite, TESS.
c. Japan - Exoplanets are planets that lie outside our
d. India solar system and rotate around any star.
Answer: b. Russia ---------------------

- This is the first robot sent by Russia to Researchers of which Indian organization
space. have discovered 28 new stars in the
- The height of 'Fedor' is one meter 80 "Milky Way" galaxy?
centimeters (5 feet 11 inches).
- It weighs 160 kg. The use of this robot is to a. ARIES b. ISRO
test the new emergency rescue system. c. BARC d. None of these
------------------------------ Answer: a. ARIES
(Aryabhatta Research Institute of

Observational Sciences)
- It is the autonomous body of the Indian - NGC 2808 Star Cluster is 47,000 light years
Government's Department of Science and away from Earth. Astrosat was launched in
Technology. September 2015. It is orbiting the Earth at an
- Devasthal optical telescope installed in altitude of 650 kilometers, its tenure is five
Nainital in 2016 was used to discover 28 new years.
stars in Milky Way galaxy.
---------------------
- Researchers are led by Dr. Sneh Lata and With the help of which telescope
Dr. A.K. Pandey. astronomers discovered 83 supermassive
black holes 13 billion years away from
---------------------------------- Earth?
Which Indian organization organized the
"Young Scientist Program" for school a. Astrosat
students? b. EuroSat
c. Subaru Telescope
a. FICCI b. D R D O d. None of these
c. Railway d. ISRO
Answer: c. Subaru Telescope
Answer: d. ISRO
Astronomers from Japan, Taiwan and
- ISRO selected 100 students from across the Princeton University have discovered the
country for the Young Scientist program. supermassive 83 black holes 13 billion years
They were told about the practical process of away from Earth. For this, the "Hyper Suprem
satellite manufacturing. Cam" instrument of Subaru Telescope of
-------------------------------- Japan's National Observatory has been used.
What deadline has been set by ISRO for This telescope is located on Mount
Mission Gaganyaan? Maunakea in Hawaii. This supermassive
black hole can be billions of times larger than
a. December 2020 b. December 2021
the Sun.
c. December 2022 d. December 2019
--------------------------
Answer: b. December 2021
India successfully test-fired anti-satellite
missile, what was the name given to this
---------------------
mission?
Which space observatory did Indian
astronomers use to discover a new star
a. Mission Gaganyaan
cluster called NGC 2808?
b. Mission Shakti
c. Mission Arogya
a. Minnesota
d. Mission Antriksh
b. Kalam SAT
c. Astrosat
Answer: b. Mission Shakti
d. None of these
Answer: c. Astrosat
---------------------- -----------------------
Spektr-RG telescope is associated with What year has ISRO set for Mission Venus
which country? (Venus planet)?
a. Russia a. 2020 b. 2022

b. India c. 2023 d. 2024
c. China
d. Britain Answer: c. 2023
Answer: a. Russia ------------------

- This powerful X-ray telescope "Spektr-RG" Which organization has established the
has been installed in space. weather station on Mount Everest, the
world's highest peak?
----------------
Which state has reported a case of Nipah a. India Meteorological Department
virus infection in June 2019? b. National Geographic Society (NGS)
c. Nepal Meteorological Department
a. Kerala b. Tamil Nadu d. None of these
c. Odisha d. Telangana
Answer: b. National Geographic Society
Answer: a. Kerala (NGS)
-------------------- - Established at an altitude of 27,658 feet

Which disease killed several hundred (8,430 meters) above sea level, this station is
children in Muzaffarpur, Bihar? fully automated.
- It is in a place called Balcony.
a. Acute encephalitis syndrome b. Diarrhea
c. Malaria d. None of these -----------------------
Who is the female director of Mission
Answer: a. Acute encephalitis syndrome Chandrayaan-2?
(Chamki Bukhar)
a. K. Sivan
---------------- b. Muthayya Vanitha
India has announced to build its own c. Rajni Tiwari
'space station' in space by which year? d. Veena Muthaiya
a. 2025 b. 2030 Answer: b. Muthayya Vanitha

c. 2050 d. 2045
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Answer: b. 2030
- It will be one of the most ambitious projects
of India.
- Main objective: India's astronauts can spend
15-20 days in space.
With the help of which telescope, the first According to the US space agency NASA,
picture (photo) of a black hole has been which planet's largest moon Titan has
taken? more than 100 meters of methane deep
and small lakes?
a. Hubble telescope
b. Event Horizon Telescope a. Saturn b. Mercury
c. James web space telescope c. Venus d. Mars
d. Spitzer telescope
Answer: a. Saturn
Answer: b. Event Horizon Telescope
- Scientists have taken a photo of a black -------------------
hole for the first time. Before this, the photos Which NASA mission found that deep
you would see of a black hole were made by methane lakes also exist on the moon
scientists in a virtual way. Titan of Saturn?
-------------------- a. Cassini b. Kepler

Name the world's most powerful c. Hobbit d. Discovery
operational rocket, whose first
Answer: a. Cassini
commercial flight has been successful
recently?
---------------------
The satellite 'Ravan-1 which has been
a. Falcon 9
launched from America belongs to which
b. Falcon Heavy
neighboring country of India?
c. Falcon Booster
d. Falcon Light
a. Pakistan b. Afghanistan
c. Bangladesh d. Sri Lanka
Answer: b. Falcon Heavy
Answer: d. Sri Lanka

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- This is Sri Lanka's first satellite Ravana-1.
Nepal has sent its first satellite into space,
name it?
------------------
Through which mission have scientists
a. NepaliSat-1
discovered the Earth-like planet
b. Nepasat-1
HD21749c?
c. EverestSat-1
d. NepaliSpace-1
a. TESS Mission
b. TERA Mission
Answer: a. NepaliSat-1
c. TISS Mission
---------------------- d. None of these
Answer: a. TESS Mission (Transiting

Exoplanet Survey Satellite)
- The planet named HD 21749C is equal to ---------------------
89% of the Earth's diameter. Which is the first railway station to get ISO
- This planet is circling a star. Its mass is 70% certificate?
that of the Sun, it is 53 light years away in the
southern constellation reticulum. a. Patna Railway Station
- This planet is the 10th planet discovered by b. Guwahati Railway Station
TESS, hundreds of other possible planets are c. New Delhi Railway Station
being researched right now. d. Howrah Railway Station
-------------------- Answer: b. Guwahati Railway Station

In which country was the world's first
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malaria vaccine launched?
In which country Homo luzonensis, a new
a. India species of ancient human was
b. Kenya discovered?
c. Ghana
a. Philippines
d. Malawi
b. India
Answer: d. Malawi c. Spain
April 25 is World Malaria Day. d. France
---------------- Answer: a. Philippines

Which robotic lander recorded Marsquake
- The teeth and bones of this new human
(earthquake) on Mars for the first time?
species have been found in the excavations
a. Insight b. Chandrayaan 2 of Callao caves, Phillipines. These remains
c. Luna 2 d. Luna 6 are 50,000 to 67,000 years old.
Answer: a. Insight ---------------------

- This is NASA's robotic lander. Through which satellites did ISRO track
Hurricane FANI, saving millions of people
------------------- from major losses?
Which country launched the 5G network
nationally for the first time in the world? a. Insat-3D & Insat-3DR
b. Scatsat-1 & Oceansat-2
a. France c. Megha Tropiques
b. North Korea d. All of the above
c. South Korea
d. USA Answer: d. All of the above
Answer: c. South Korea -------------------
In which state Indian botanical researches
have discovered the species of blood
oozing tree Dracaena cambodiana?
a. Assam b. Tamil Nadu

c. Kerala d. Punjab
Answer: a. Assam
- This tree has been found in Dongka Sarpo
area of West Karbi Anglong district of Assam.
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Which space agency launched the
SPHEREx mission to investigate the
origins of the universe?
a. ISRO b. NASA
c. NADA d. None of these
Answer: b. NASA
- This spacecraft will study the creation of the

universe. Scientists will collect data of 300
million galaxies through this mission.
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- Medical team has sent samples of dead
Historic Sites birds to Ludhiana and Bhopal lab for
examination.
Supreme Court has decided to send the
hearing of the religious issue of -------------------------
Sabarimala temple, entry of women in The Cabinet of Maharashtra government
mosques and circumcision of women in passed a budget of 20 crores for the
Bohra society to a higher bench of how preservation and promotion of Raigad
many judges? Fort, it was whose the ruling capital?
a. 4 a. Shivaji Maharaj
b. 5 b. Aurangzeb
c. 6 c. Peshwa Bajirao
d. 7 d. None of these
Answer d. 7 Answer a. Shivaji Maharaj
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Suranga Bawdi included in the World Which city of Rajasthan has been declared
Monument Monitoring List-2020 is in a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
which state?
a. Delhi
a. Odisha
b. Jaipur
b. Karnataka
c. Raipur
c. Uttar Pradesh
d. None of these
d. Gujarat
Answer: b. Jaipur
Answer b. Karnataka
- This announcement was made at the 43rd

---------------------------------
session of UNESCO in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Thousands of birds have died due to
Jaipur was founded in 1727 AD under the
unknown disease in Sambhar lake, in
patronage of Sawai Jai Singh II.
which state it is located?
-----------------------
a. Punjab
Where is the Budj Bim Cultural Landscape
b. Himachal Pradesh
which has been included in the UNESCO
c. Rajasthan
World Heritage Site list?
d. Madhya Pradesh
a. India
Answer c. Rajasthan
b. Australia
- About 1000 birds of 15 species have been c. Brazil
found dead in the lake area. d. None of these
- Birds have been dying here for 15 days.
Answer: b. Australia
- Budj Bim Cultural Landscape is located in century.
southwest Victoria, Australia. - There are mounds of different sizes,
- This place is important in the culture of the including a big mound which looks like a key
natives. hole. This mound is named after Emperor
- This place was built by Gunditjamara people Nintoku and is the largest mausoleum in
about 6,600 years ago. Japan.
- Evidence of about 300 circular stone huts -----------------
have been found at this place.
-----------------------
Which place of Iraq has recently been
declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
a. Baghdad
b. Frankfurt
c. Babylon
d. None of these
Answer: c. Babylon
- It is an ancient Mesopotamian city.

- Babylon has recently been voted a
UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Babylon is world famous for "Hanging
Gardens", it is one of the wonders of the
ancient world. - Although the condition of this
place is quite bad, it is absolutely in need of
protection.
-----------------
In which country is Mounded Tombs
located, which has been declared a
UNESCO World Heritage Site?
a. Japan
b. Australia
c. Germany
d. Usa
Answer: a. Japan
There are 49 mausoleums in Osaka province

of Japan, which are from the 3rd to 6th
Former Chief Minister of which state
Deaths Kailash Joshi passed away on 24
November 2019?
TN Seshan died on 10 November 2019, he
was the ……… .. Chief Election a. Uttar Pradesh
Commissioner? b. Rajasthan
c. Punjab
a. 10th
d. Madhya Pradesh
b. 11th
Answer d. Madhya Pradesh
c. 12th
d. 15th ------------------------------
Answer a. 10th Shaukat Kaifi died on 23 November 2019,
which of the following was she?
---------------------------
Renowned mathematician Vashishtha a. Singer
Narayan Singh passed away on 14 b. Player
November 2019, he was from which state? c. Theatre Artist and Actress
d. None of these
a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Andra Pradesh Answer c. Theatre Artist and Actress
c. Bihar
d. Maharashtra - She acted in films like Bazaar, Umrao Jaan
and Salaam Bombay.
Answer c. Bihar -She was the mother of actress Shabana
Azmi and the wife of Kaifi Azmi.
--------------------------
The President of which country 'Sheikh ---------------------------
Sultan bin Zayed Al Nahyan' passed away Sudhir Dhar died on November 26, which
on 18 November 2019? field was he associated with?
a. UAE a. Music
b. Saudi Arab b. Cartoon
c. Iran c. Sports
d. Kuwait d. Politics
Answer a. UAE (United Arab Emirates) Answer b. Cartoon

- He was elected the President of the UAE for
the fourth time in November. - He was a well-known cartoonist. He died on
November 26, 2019.
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What is the name of the first person to --------------------------------
spacewalk into space, who died on 11 Robert Mugabe died at the age of 95 on
October 2019? 6th September 2019.He was the former
Prime Minister of which country?
a. Alexey Leonov b. Fyodor Gorbachov
c. Joseph Houston d. Mark Elliot a. South Africa
b. Zimbabwe
Answer: a. Alexey Leonov c. Brazil
d. Indonesia
- He was 85 years old.
Alexei Leonov stepped out of his spacecraft Answer: b. Zimbabwe
on 18 March 1965 with the help of a cable of
about 16 feet long, traveling for 12 minutes --------------------
and nine seconds in space. Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya, India's
first female DGP, passed away on 26
----------------------- August 2019, she was the former DGP of
What is the name of the artist who plays which state?
Kalia in the Bollywood film 'Sholay', who
died on 30 September 2019? a. Punjab
b. Bihar
a. Sanjay Singh c. Uttar Pradesh
b. Veju Khote d. Uttarakhand
c. Viren Prajapati
d. Arun Nath Answer: d. Uttarakhand
Answer: b. Veju Khote - She was appointed DGP of Uttarakhand in

2004,
----------------------- - Significantly, she was the second woman
When did veteran lawyer and former IPS officer of India (first lady IPS officer was
Union Minister Ram Jethmalani die? Kiran Bedi). She retired in 2007
a. 6 September 2019 -------------------------------

b. 7 September 2019 Mohammad Zahoor Khayyam Hashmi died
c. 8 September 2019 on 19 August 2019, he was associated
d. 9 September 2019 with which field?
Answer: c. 8 September 2019 a. Literature

b. sport
- He died at the age of 95 years.
c. Music
- Ram Jethmalani was born on 14 September
d. Politics
1923 in Shikarpur in Sindh province (then
part of India and now part of Pakistan). Answer: c. Music
- He was 92 years old. ----------------------
He won three Filmfare Awards, Sangeet J Om Prakash died on 7 August 2019,
Natak Akademi Award in 2007 and Padma which of the following was he related to?
Bhushan Award in 2011.
- In 1981, he gave music for the film Umrao a. Movies
Jaan, which was one of his most successful b. Science
films, he was also awarded the National c. Art
Award and Filmfare Award for this film. d. Literature
------------------------------ Answer: a. Movies

Dr. Jagannath Mishra died on 19 August - J Om Prakash died at the age of 93.
2019, he was the former Chief Minister of
------------------
which state?
When did former foreign minister Sushma
a. Uttar Pradesh Swaraj die?
b. Bihar
a. 6 August 2019
c. Punjab
b. 5 August 2019
d. Delhi
c. 4 August 2019
Answer: b. Bihar d. None of these
- He was the Chief Minister of Bihar thrice. Answer: a. 6 August 2019

He was convicted in the fodder scam by a
- She was 67 years old.
CBI court in Ranchi on 30 September 2013,
- Sushma Swaraj was ill for a long time.
- He was imprisoned for four years and fined
- She was born on 14 February 1952.
Rs 2 lakh.
⦁ In 1977, when she was 25 years old, she

------------------------------
became the youngest cabinet minister in
Babulal Gaur died on 21 August 2019, he
India.
was the former Chief Minister of which
She was then Labor Minister in Chaudhary
state?
Devi Lal's government in Haryana.
a. Punjab At the age of just 27, she held the post of
b. Odisha president of Janata Party in Haryana.
c. Madhya Pradesh ⦁ She was also the first woman Chief Minister
d. Chhattisgarh of Delhi (13 October 1998 - 3 December
1998).
Answer: c. Madhya Pradesh ⦁ 21 December 2009 - 26 May 2014 She was
He was the Chief Minister of Madhya the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok
Pradesh from August 2004 to November Sabha.
2005, he represented Govindpura Assembly ⦁ She was the External Affairs Minister from
seat 10 times. 26 May 2014 - 30 May 2019.
Sushma Swaraj was the second woman after
Indira Gandhi to hold the post of foreign Name the founder of Cafe Coffee Day
minister. (CCD), who died in the last week of July?
--------------- a. VG Siddhartha
MK Seetharam Kulal died on July 28, b. SV Rangnathan
which of the following was he? c. SM Krishna
d. Vijay Tripathi
a. Poet and lyricist
b. Playwright Answer: a. VG Siddhartha
c. Author
d. All of the above - VG Siddharth was missing since the
evening of 29 July and his body was
Answer: d. All of the above exhumed from the Nethravati river inUllal,
- He was a famous playwright, writer and Mangaluru on the morning of 31 July.
former president of Karnataka Tulu Sahitya -He is believed to have committed suicide.
Academy. Earlier, he had issued a letter.
- He was the son-in-law of former External
----------------------- Affairs Minister and former Karnataka Chief
When did Subir Gokarn, an economist and Minister SM Krishna.
former deputy governor of RBI, died?
---------------
a. 30 July 2019 b. 10 July 2019 Scientist John Robert Schrieffer died on
c. 20 July 2019 d. 3 July 2019 27 July 2019, due to which theory did he
get the Nobel Prize in 1972?
Answer: a. 30 July 2019
a. Superconductivity
- He was appointed as Executive Director on
b. Nuclear Fission
the board of International Monetary Fund
c. Quantum computer
(IMF) in 2015 by the Narendra Modi
d. None of these
government.
Answer: a. Superconductivity
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---------------
Vitthalbhai Hansrajbhai Radadiya passed
Donkupar Roy passed away on 28 July, he
away on 29 July 2019, which of the
was the current Speaker (Speaker) and
following was he?
former Chief Minister of which state
assembly?
a. Farmer, leader and politician
b. A singer
a. Mizoram b. Uttar Pradesh
c. A player
c. West Bengal d. Meghalaya
d. None of these
Answer: d. Meghalaya
Answer: a. Farmer, leader& politician
- He has also been the Chief Minister of
- He was a former MP from Porbandar in
Meghalaya for one year from 2008 to 2009.
Gujarat.
--------------------- ----------------------------
Former Union Minister S Jaipal Reddy Chinmoy Roy died on 17 March 2019, he
passed away on 28 July 2019, which was the actor of which regional cinema?
political party was he associated with?
a. Bengali cinema b. Oriya Cinema
a. B J P c. Hindi cinema
b. Congress d. Assamese Cinema
c. RJD Answer: a. Bengali cinema
d. Aidmk
----------------------
Answer: b. Congress Manohar Parrikar died on 17 March 2019,
which political party did he belong to?
S. Jaipal Reddy was a minister in the
Manmohan Singh-led government from 2004 a. Congress
to 2014. b. JDU
c. Bharatiya Janata Party
----------------- d. None of these
Kiran Nagarkar died on 5 September 2019,
she was associated with which field? Answer: c. Bharatiya Janata Party
- He was the Chief Minister of Goa.
a. art
b. Literature --------------------------------
c. music Haku Shah died on 21 March, he was
d. film associated with which field?
Answer: b. Literature a. music b. art

- Kiran Nagarkar was an English-Marathi c. sport d. None of these
litterateur and playwright.
- His major compositions are: 'Saat Sakkam Answer: b. art
Trechalis'( Seven Sixes are Fourty-three) - He is known for his work on tribal themes
'Ravana and Eddie', 'Cuckold', 'Jasoda' etc. and folk art.
- He was awarded the Padma Shri Award in
------------------------------- 1989.
Maate Mahadevi died on 14 March 2019,
she was the head of which community? ----------------------------------
Ashitha died, which language writer was
a. Hindu she?
b. Lingayat
c. Radhaswami a. Hind b. Urdu
d. None of these c. Persian d. Malayalam
Answer: b. Lingayat Answer: d. Malayalam

- Ashita was a leading Malayalam writer.
------------------------------ --------------
When did former defence minister George Bhanu Pratap Singh passed away on 24
Fernandes die? January 2019, he was associated with
which field?
a. January 29, 2019
b. 01 January 2019 a. Writing
c. 02 January 2019 b. Politics
d. None of these c. Bollywood
d. None of these
Answer: a. January 29, 2019
Answer: b. Politics
----------------------- Bhanu Pratap Singh was a former Union
When did actor Kader Khan die? Minister and former Governor of Goa. He
recently died on January 24, 2019 in Bhopal,
a. 31 December 2018
Madhya Pradesh.
b. 01 January 2019
c. 02 January 2019 -------------
d. None of these When did the famous writer Krishna Sobti
die?
Answer: a. 31 December 2018
- He died on December 31, 2018 at 6 pm a. January 25, 2019
Canadian time. b. January 26, 2019
- Kader Khan started his acting career in the c. January 27, 2019
year 1973 with the film 'Daag'. d. None of these
------------- Answer: a. January 25, 2019

When did legendary cricket coach Renowned Hindi writer Krishna Sobti passed
Ramakant Achrekar die? away on 25 January 2019. She was 93.
a. 1 January 2019 -------------

b. 2 January 2019 Dibyendu Palit died on 3 January 2019, he
c. 3 January 2019 was a famous writer in which language?
d. None of these
a. Bangla
Answer: b. 2 January 2019 b. Punjabi
c. Hindi
He received the Dronacharya Award in the
d. Urdu
year 1990 and the Padma Shri in 2010.
- He had been the coach of many cricketers Answer: a. Bangla
including Sachin Tendulkar, Vinod Kambli. - He died at the age of 79 in Calcutta, West
- Ramakant Achrekar was born in the year Bengal.
1932. - He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi
Award in 1998 for the novel "Anubhav".
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Recently M.J. Radhakrishnan passed Yukiya Amano died recently, which
away, he was the filmmaker of which international organization did he head?
regional cinema?
a. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
a. Kannada Cinema b. United Nations organisation
b. Bhojpuri Cinema c. UNESCO
c. Malayalam cinema d. None of these
d. Marathi cinema
Answer: a. International Atomic Energy
Answer: c. Malayalam cinema Agency (IAEA)
------------------- - He died on 18 July 2019. He was the head

Recently Swaroop Dutta passed away, of the IAEA since 2009.
which regional cinema was he associated
with? --------------------------------
When did freedom fighter and former MP
a. Bhojpuri Cinema Purnanand Panuli die at the age of 94?
b. Marathi cinema
c. Oriya Cinema a. April 13, 2019
d. Bengali cinema b. April 14, 2019
c. April 15, 2019
Answer: d. Bengali cinema d. April 11, 2019
- Swaroop Dutta was a Bengali actor, he died Answer: a. April 13, 2019\
on July 17, 2019.
- He died in Delhi.
--------------------- - He was known for participating in the Quit
When did former Delhi Chief Minister and India Movement at the age of 17.
Congress leader Sheila Dixit die?
----------------
a. 21 July 2019 On 2 April 2019, J Alxander professionally
b. 20 July 2019 known as Mahendran died, he was a
c. 19 July 2019 filmmaker of which regional cinema?
d. 18 July 2019
a. Hindi cinema b. Malayalam cinema
Answer: b. 20 July 2019 c. Tamil cinema d. None of these
- Sheila Dixit died at the age of 81 on 20 July Answer: c. Tamil cinema

2019.
She was the Chief Minister of Delhi for 15 ----------------------
consecutive years from 1998 to 2013.
After this, she was also the Governor of
Kerala in 2014.
Nobel laureate Sydney Brenner died on 5 Amar Paul died on 20 April 2019, he was a
April 2019, from which country? famous folk singer of which language?
a. India a. Bhojpuri b. Oriya

b. South Africa c. Assamese d. Bengali
c. USA
d. None of these Answer: d. Bengali
Answer: b. South Africa -----------------------

Master Hirannaiah died at the age of 85
- He was a biologist. He was awarded the recently, he was associated with which
Nobel Prize in medicine in 2002. field?
------------------- a. Hindi actor and political satirist

Dr. S.K. Shivkumar died on 14 April 2019, b. Oriya actor and political satirist
he was associated with which field? c. Bengali actor and political satirist
d. Kannada actor and political satirist
a. Space science
b. Forensic science Answer: d. Kannada actor and political
c. Microbiology satirist
d. None of these
-----------------
Answer: a. Space science Actor Mrinal Mukherjee died on 7 May
2019, he mostly acted in which language
- Dr. S. K. Sivakumar was the director of films?
'Indian Space Research Organization
Satellite Center'. a. Bengali b. Oriya
c. Punjabi d. Hindi
-----------------
Name the author of the book 'Madras Answer: a. Bengali
Discoverad', who died on 20 April 2019?
-------------------
a. Subbiah Muthiah Name the chairman of private company
b. Rahul Tiwari ITC, who died on 11 May?
c. Abhay Kumar Dubey
d. None of these a. Harman Preet
b. Yogesh Upadhyay
Answer: a. Subbiah Muthiah c. Sanjeev Puri
d. Yogesh Chander Deveshwar (Y C
----------------- Deveshwar)
Answer: d. Yogesh Chander Deveshwar (Y

C Deveshwar)
-------------------- ------------------
What is the name of the famous “Birha” Dinyar Contractor died on 5 June, which
singer who was also known as Birha of the following was he?
Samrat, and died in Varanasi on 12 May
2019? a. Comedian
b. Film and theater actor
a. Hiralal Yadav c. The model
b. Ashwini Chaubey d. all of above
c. Ramesh Chandra
d. Kamal Kishore Narayan Answer: d. all of above
- He was 79 years old.
Answer: a. Hiralal Yadav
------------------
------------------ Ruma Guha Thakurta passed away on 3
The producer of the famous animation June 2019, she was the actress of which
video 'Ek Chidiya, Anek Chidiyan' on regional cinema?
Doordarshan and famous film historian
has passed away at the age of 98, name a. Hindi cinema
him? b. Tamil cinema
c. Bengali cinema
a. Vijaya Mulay b. Vijaya Sachdeva d. Gujarati Cinema
c. Jaganari Singh d. Mohani Rai
Answer: c. Bengali cinema
Answer: a. Vijaya Mulay
- Ruma Guha Thakurta was a Bengali actress
- This song was part of the 'Ek Anek aur Ekta' and singer, recently died at the age of 84 in
documentary made in 1974. Calcutta, West Bengal.
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Which state's folk artist Harish died on 2 Recently Jaspal Singh Kalra died, which
June who was also known as 'Queen area was he associated with?
Harish'?
a. film
a. Madhya Pradesh b. Rajasthan b. music
c. Punjab d. Karnataka c. Cooking
d. None of these
Answer: b. Rajasthan
Answer: c. Cooking
- He was a man, but in his female disguise,
he made his world-wide identity with the - Jaspal Singh Kalra was a famous celebrity
Ghoomar and Chakri dance of Rajasthan. chef, he died on 4 June in New Delhi.
---------------------
Prakash Pant died on 5 June, he was the
Finance Minister of which state?
a. Bihar b. Rajasthan
c. Madhya Pradesh d. Uttarakhand
Answer: d. Uttarakhand
----------------
Girish Karnad died on 10 June 2019, he
was associated with which field?
a. film
b. Theater
c. Literature
d. All of the above
Answer: d. All of the above (film, theater

and literature)
------------------
RV Janakiraman passed away on 10 June
2019, he was the former Chief Minister of
which state / union territory?
a. Karnataka
b. Puducherry
c. Bihar
d. Uttar Pradesh
Answer:b. Puducherry
--------------------
Writer Namvar Singh died on 19 February
2019, which language did he write in?
a. Urdu
b. English
c. Hindi
d. Bangla
Answer: c. Hindi
- The event was organized by the Ministr y of
Culture Culture in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.
- Started on 14 October and held till 21
In which state is the Sangai festival October.
celebrated? - It is part of the 'Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat'
campaign.
a. Nagaland b. Manipur
c. Arunachal Pradesh d. Assam -------------------------
In which state is the Shirui Lily Festival
Answer b. Manipur organized?
------------------------------ a. Manipur b. Assam

In which state was the Rongali Bihu c. Nagaland d. Arunachal Pradesh
festival celebrated recently? Answer: a. Manipur
- The annual Shirui Lily Festival 2019 was
a. Assam organized this time in a place called Ukhrul in
b. Mizoram Manipur.
c. Manipur In this festival, folk songs and folk dances are
d. Karnataka performed by different communities. It is the
cultural festival of the state.
a. Assam
---------------------- ---------------------------
In which state was the 2019 Singhey Kullu is a famous festival held in the state
Khababs Sindhu Festival (Sindhu Darshan of Dussehra?
Festival) recently celebrated?
a. Uttarakhand b. Himachal Pradesh
a. Uttarakhand b. Assam c. Arunachal Pradesh d. Sikkim
c. Tamil Nadu d. Jammu
Kashmir Answer: b. Himachal Pradesh
- The famous 'Kullu Dussehra' started on 8
Answer: d. Jammu Kashmir October at Dhalpur Maidan in Kullu district in
Himachal Pradesh.
- 2019 Singhey Khababs Sindhu Festival was
- It lasts for a week.
celebrated in Leh of Ladakh region of Jammu
- This festival is unique because when
and Kashmir.
Dussehra ends in the rest of the country, it
--------------------------------- begins.
Which state is hosted the 10th National - It has been celebrated since the 17th
CulturalFestival? century.
a. Andhra Pradesh b. Madhya Pradesh ----------------------

c. Gujarat d. Maharashtra
Answer: b. Madhya Pradesh
Which state celebrated 'Nuakhai' on 3 40th International Annual Desert Festival
September? 2019 was held in which district of
Rajasthan on January?
a. Odisha
b. Bihar a. Jaipur
c. Chhattisgarh b. Jaisalmer
d. Jharkhand c. Udaipur
d. Kota
Answer: a. Odisha
- This festival is celebrated for welcoming of Answer: b. Jaisalmer
new crop. ----------------------
Which state government made a law
--------------------- making Sanskrit the second official
In which region was the National Tribal language?
Festival "Adi Mahotsav" organized in
August? a. Himachal Pradesh
b. Bihar
a. Leh-Ladakh c. Chhattisgarh
b. Srinagar d. Andhra Pradesh
c. Jammu
d. Chennai Answer: a. Himachal Pradesh
--------------
Answer: a. Leh-Ladakh
- It was organized by Union Ministry of Tribal
Affairs and Tribal Cooperative Marketing
Development Federation of India (TRIFED).
--------------------------
- The theme of the nine-day festival was
"A celebration of the spirit of Tribal Craft,
Culture and Commerce". Which state does
Kharchi Puja belong to?
a. Bihar
b. Punjab
c. Tripura
d. Sikkim
Answer: c. Tripura
- In this puja the land is worshiped.
-----------------------------------------
Which ministry has launched the SAANS
Schemes & Planning campaign?
The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet has approved a. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
amendment in the State Universities Act b. Home Ministry
1973 to establish a new university in c. Ministry of Information Technology
Aligarh by what name? d. Human Resource Development Ministry
a. A P J Abdul Kalam Answer a. Ministry of Health and Family

b. Saint Avaidyanath Welfare
c. Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh
d. None of these -------------------------------
Answer c. Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh Which state government has formulated
the 'Arundhati Swarna Yojana' to give 10
------------------------------- grams of gold to each bride?
In which city will the world's first CNG port a. Bihar
terminal be built? b. Madhya Pradesh
a. Mumbai c. Haryana
b. Kolkata d. Assam
c. Bhavnagar
d. Chennai Answer d. Assam
Answer c. Bhavnagar (Gujarat) ----------------------------

How many languages will Jagannana 2021
- On November 11, the Gujarat Infrastructure have?
Development Board (GIDB), chaired by the
Chief Minister of Gujarat, Vijay Bhai Rupani, a. 10 b. 16
approved its proposal. c. 20 d. 33
---------------------------- Answer b. 16
In which state Defence Minister Rajnath
Singh inaugurated the Sisiri bridge ------------------------------
connecting Dibang Valley to Siang? Which companies have approved the
disinvestment decision of the Central
a. Arunachal Pradesh Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs?
b. Mizoram
c. Manipur a. BPCL, Shipping Corporation of India
d. Assam b. Container Corporation of India
c. Tehri Hydro Development Corporation,
Answer a. Arunachal Pradesh North Eastern Electric Power Corporation
-------------------------- d. All of the above
Answer d. All of the above
---------------------------- Udanti-Sitanadi Tiger Reserve and Indravati .
Where has the Union Cabinet approved - Including the new tiger reserve, now there
the establishment of the National Institue will be four tiger reserves in the state.
of Sowa Rigpa ?
-----------------------------
a. Srinagar b. Leh Which state government announced 5%
c. Chandigarh d. None of these reservation for athletes in government
jobs?
Answer b. Leh
a. Madhya Pradesh
Sowa-Rigpa Medicine System b. Uttar Pradesh
- It is an ancient treatment system practiced c. Manipur
in the Himalayan regions including Tibet. d. Chhattisgarh
- It is popular in Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh,
Darjeeling in West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh Answer a. Madhya Pradesh
and Union Territory of Ladakh.
- It is believed that Buddha (Gautama) taught -----------------------------------
the original text book 'Ragyud-Bzi' of Sowa- To what date has the Union Cabinet
Rigpa and is closely associated with Buddhist extended the term of the 15th Finance
philosophy. Commission by one year?
--------------------------- a. 30 October 2020

Which state has launched a three-week b. 30 October 2021
special campaign to eradicate filariasis in c. 10 October 2020
November and December 2019? d. 30 October 2022
a. Odisha b. Jharkhand Answer a. 30 October 2020

c. Bihar d. Uttar Pradesh - 15th Finance Commission Chairman NK
Singh
Answer d. Uttar Pradesh - Ramesh Chand is a part-time member of
the 15th Finance Commission.
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In which state is Guru Ghasidas National The proposed Atlin Hydroelectric Project
Park where it has been announced to is related to which state?
make a tiger reserve?
a. Gujarat a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Rajasthan b. Haryana
c. Chhattisgarh c. Andra Pradesh
d. Madhya Pradesh d. Arunachal Pradesh
Answer c. Chhattisgarh Answer d. Arunachal Pradesh

Currently, there are three Tiger Reserves in
Chhattisgarh- Achanakmar Tiger Reserve,
- The Central Government has recommended given 25 crores.
the Biodiversity Studies for a 3,097 MW By the end of the year 2020, the target of this
capacity atlin hydroelectric project. endowment fund is Rs 1,000 crore.
- It is feared that 2,80,000 trees will be
destroyed due to this project and 6 species of -----------------------------
mammals may become extinct. Which state government has launched the
Chief Minister Kanya Sumangala Yojana?
---------------------------
Which state government has decided to a. Bihar
launch Project 'Shakti' to make people b. Odisha
aware of crimes? c. Madhya Pradesh
a. Odisha d. Uttar Pradesh
b. Himachal Pradesh
Answer: d. Uttar Prades
c. Rajasthan
d. Madhya Pradesh
- It aims to ensure the empowerment of girls.
Answer d. Madhya Pradesh
- It was launched on Dhanteras (25 October).
- Government of Madhya Pradesh has Under this scheme, 15,000 rupees will be
decided to launch Project 'Shakti' to make
provided to each family on the birth of a girl
people aware of crimes.
child.
- Government will send this amount to
-----------------------------------------------
beneficiary's account in several stages, this
For which educational institution did
amount will be given on the occasion of many
President Ramnath Kovind launch the
achievements like vaccination, 1, 5, 9 and
Global Alumni Endowment Fund?
admission in graduation etc.
a. IIT Guwahati ------------------------------
b. IIM Bangalore Which plan has been made by the Odisha
c. IIT Delhi government to develop Puri as a world
d. IIM Ahmedabad heritage city?
Answer: c. IIT Delhi a. ABADHA

b. PURI Devlopment
- 'IIT- Delhi Global Alumni Endowment Fund' c. ABRAC
was launched at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 31 d. None of these
October 2019.
- The first target in the endowment fund for Answer: a. ABADHA
IITs has been set at Rs 250 crore. - ABADHA = Augmentation of Basic
125 crores will be given by two IIT alumni in Amenities and Development of Heritage and
it. Architecture (ABADHA).
- Which includes Flipkart founders Sachin - There is a plan to spend 3208 crores under
Bansal and Binny Bansal. He is an alumnus this.
of IIT Delhi.
- Binny has given 100 crores and Sachin has
The Central Government has announced STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering,
to name the Chenani Nashri tunnel in Mathematics
Jammu and Kashmir after whom? Through this scheme, 100 girls from 550
districts will be trained by the year 2020-
a. Mahatma Gandhi 2025.
b. Keshav Dutt - These students will be selected on the basis
c. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee of their percentage.
d. Veer Savarkar - Girls of class 9 to 12 will be included in this
scheme.
Answer: c. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
Under this scheme, science camp will be
organized for girl students in IITs and national
- He was the founder of the Bharatiya Jana
laboratories.
Sangh.
- In 2017, the Prime Minister Shri Narendra
-------------------------
Modi dedicated this 9.2 km long tunnel to the
Which state government has launched
nation.
YSR Rythu Bharosa Scheme 2019(For
- This tunnel reduces the distance between
farmers)?
Jammu and Srinagar by 31 km.
- This tunnel is located on National Highway- a. Andhra Pradesh
44. b. Gujarat
c. Madhya Pradesh
---------------------------
d. Karnataka
Which state has announced an amount of
51,000 rupees under the Chief Minister's Answer: a. Andra Pradesh
Kanya Vivah / Nikah Yojana for toilets in The objective of this scheme will be to
the in-laws' house. provide financial assistance of Rs 13,500 to
the farmers in three installments every year.
a. Bihar b. Odisha
- The state government will contribute Rs
c. Punjab d. Madhya Pradesh
7500 in this scheme, while the central
government will contribute Rs 6000 in it.
Answer:d. Madhya Pradesh
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In which state India's longest electrified
Which scheme has been launched by the
railway tunnel was inaugurated on 1
Central Government to encourage
September 2019?
students to undertake 'STEM education'?
a. Jyoti Anand Scheme a. Karnataka

b. Vigyan Jyoti Scheme b. Mizoram
c. Andra Pradesh
c. Science welfare scheme
d. Assam
d. Shiksha Jyoti Scheme

Answer: b. Vigyan Jyoti Scheme
In Andhra Pradesh, Vice President Venkaiah
Naidu dedicated India's longest electrified - PM Modi launched the National Animal
railway tunnel to the nation. Disease Control Program in Mathura, Uttar
- This tunnel is located between Cherlopalli Pradesh on September 11, 2019.
and Rapuru in Andhra Pradesh. - This program will run till the year 2024
- The length of the electrified railway tunnel is (duration of five years).
6.6 km. - During this, the cost will be Rs. 12,652
- This tunnel is part of the recently completed crore.
113 km Obulavaripalli-Venkatachalam new - Under this, cow, buffalo, sheep, goat and
railway line. pig will be saved from Foot & Mouth
diseases.
------------------- Female children of milch animals will be
Which month was declared by the Central vaccinated every year to protect them from
Government as 'National Nutrition Month' animalistic Malta-fever.
in 2019? - In an effort to reduce both these diseases,
more than 60 crore animals will be vaccinated
a. July
across the country.
b. August
c. September -------------------
d. October By which year is the goal to eradicate
Mukhpaka-Khurpaka and animalistic
Answer: c. September
Malta-fever under the National Animal
- Its aim is to end the problem of malnutrition
Disease Control Program?
in the country.
- This campaign will be run throughout the a. Year 2025 b. Year 2030
month, the purpose of this campaign is to c. Year 2022 d. Year 2050
convey the message of 'Har Ghar Nurturing
Festival'. Answer: b. Year 2030
- Target to control diseases by year 2025 and
----------------------- eradication of diseases by 2030.
PM Modi launched the National Animal
Disease Control Program on September ---------------------
11, their goal is to eradicate which In which state Prime Minister Narendra
disease? Modi has recently inaugurated the new
assembly building?
a. Foot & Mouth Disease (FMD)
b. Animal Malta-Fever(Brucellosis) a. Telangana b. Jharkhand
c. a and b d. None of these c. Bihar d. Assam
Answer: c. a and b (mouthpump-hoof and Answer: b. Jharkhand

animalistic Malta-fever) [Foot & Mouth
Disease (FMD) and Brucellosis] - After 19 years of formation of a separate
state, now Jharkhand has got its own
assembly.
- The assembly building of Jharkhand has - India's tallest air traffic control tower has
been constructed at a cost of Rs. 1238 crore. been inaugurated by Civil Aviation Minister
Hardeep Singh Puri .
------------------- - Its height is 102 meters.
In which city has the second women's - It has been prepared for 250 crores rupees.
post office been opened in the country? Apart from this, there are instruments worth
In which city has the first women's post Rs 100 crore( Total 350 crores).
office opened in Bihar?
---------------------
a. Gaya b. Hajipur In which city will the National Police
c. Patna d. Darbhanga University be established?
Answer: c. Patna (in the premises of Bihar a. Patna

Public Service Commission) b. Delhi
c. Chandigarh
- This women's post office established in the
d. Greater Noida
premises of Bihar Public Service Commission
is the second woman post office in the Answer: d. Greater Noida
country and the first woman post office in
Bihar. - The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has
There are women in this post office from announced this.
postmaster to postman and in future also - In this multi-disciplinary university,
there will be women only. information related to various police related
- The first women's post office is at Shastri disciplines will be provided.
Bhavan in Delhi. - The university will be in an area of 100
- Postal Central Government has decided to acres in the Tech Zone in IT Park of Greater
open one women post office in all postal Noida.
circles for the empowerment of women.
-------------------------
--------------------- The central government has approved a
Where is India's tallest air traffic control plan to write a history of India's borders,
tower (ATC tower)? who has been elected its nodal agency?
a. Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi a. Indian Council of Historical Research

b. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International b. Nehru Memorial Museum & Library
Airport, Mumbai (NMML)
c. Jai Prakash Narayan International Airport, c. Directorate general of archives
Patna d. None of these
d. None of these
Answer: b. Nehru Memorial Museum &
Answer: a. Indira Gandhi International Library (NMML)
Airport, Delhi
- It is an autonomous organization under the - UP CM Yogi Adityanath flagged off the
Union Ministry of Culture. country's first private (corporate) train Tejas
Express on 04 October 2019 from Lucknow
------------------- Junction.
Which state government has launched - It will be fully operated by IRCTC (Indian
'Upon your home' scheme? Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation).
- This train will stop at Kanpur and Ghaziabad
a. Uttar Pradesh
and reach New Delhi.
b. Madhya Pradesh
The number of the Tejas Express is 00501.
c. Rajasthan
- This train will start running regularly from 06
d. Assam
October.
- Tejas Express is a medium speed train with
Answer: d. Assam\
modern facilities. Its maximum speed is 160
- It is a loan subsidy scheme for home kilometers.
construction.
--------------------
Under this, financial assistance will be given
By when has the Union Ministry of
for the purchase or construction of the first
Environment announced to implement BS
house by the family.
VI (Bharat Stage VI) vehicle emission
- Subsidy up to Rs 2.50 lakh will be given for
standards?
loan amount of Rs 5 to 40 lakh.
Home Minister Amit Shah started the Vande
a. January 2020
Bharat Express to travel from Delhi to which
b. April 2020
religious place?
c. December 2019
d. April 2021
a. Ajmer (Ajmer Sharif) b. Katra (Vaishno
Devi)
Answer: b. April 2020
c. Haridwar d. Patna sahib
- India will start adopting BS VI vehicle
emission standards instead of BS IV
Answer: b. Katra (Vaishno Devi)
standards from April 2020.
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah flagged off In such a situation, only BS VI vehicles can
the Vande Bharat Express for Vaishno Devi. be sold.
- Vande Bharat Express will reach Katra from - Union Environment Minister Prakash
Delhi in 8 hours. Javadekar said on October 7 that about Rs
60,000 crore has been spent on adopting BS
------------------------- VI fuels.
Name the first private (corporate) train in - Government companies will invest about Rs
the country? 28,000 crore in oil refinery to supply BS-VI
fuel.
a. Vande Bharat b. Tejas - BS-VI vehicles and fuel will reduce harmful
c. Moving d. Amrapali gases emitted from vehicles, and this will
reduce pollution.
Answer: b. Tejas
What is Bharat Stage Emission Standards video conferencing with Nepal Prime Minister
- It is an emission standard set by the KP Sharma Oli.
Government of India, it is based on the
European Regulations. -----------------------
- Its purpose is to control the pollution emitted Where is the country's largest detention
by vehicles. center for foreign prisoners being built?
- This standard is set by the Central Pollution
a. In Goalpara district of Assam
Control Board.
b. In Jalpaiguri, West Bengal
It was first introduced in the country in the
c. Guwahati district of Assam
year 2000.
d. Goa
- New vehicles are manufactured in the
country based on these standards.
Answer: a. In Goalpara district of Assam
---------------------- - It will be ready next year (year 2020).

Which is the first state in the country to
- 3000 people can be placed in it.
implement the new law on contract
- It will cost 46.5 crores.
farming? In this detention centre, foreign criminals and
those who have been declared as foreign by
a. Uttar Pradesh
tribunals shall be detained.
b. Tamil Nadu
c. Bihar
⦁ Detention limit fixed for 3 years
d. Madhya Pradesh
Recently, the Supreme Court had set the limit
of detention of foreigners for 3 years.
Answer: b. Tamil Nadu
After this limit is over, these people will be
--------------------------------- able to get bail after giving bond of one lakh
Where was South Asia's first cross-border rupees on behalf of two Indian citizens.
petroleum pipeline built?
-------------------------
a. Motihari and Amlekhganj (Nepal) In which state India's longest electrified
b. Mumbai and Amlekhganj (Nepal) railway tunnel was inaugurated on 1
c. Chennai and Amlekhganj (Nepal) September 2019?
d. Porbandar and Amlekhganj (Nepal)
a. Karnataka
Answer: a. Motihari and Amlekhganj b. Mizoram
(Nepal) c. Andhra Pradesh
d. Assam
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated
the petroleum product pipeline between Answer: c. Andra Pradesh
Motihari and Amlekhganj (Nepal) on 10
In Andhra Pradesh, Vice President Venkaiah
September.
Naidu dedicated India's longest electrified
- He has inaugurated this pipeline through
railway tunnel to the nation.
- This tunnel is located between Cherlopalli - Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal started
and Rapuru in Andhra Pradesh. this initiative from 1 September.
- The length of the electrified railway tunnel is - This initiative aims to work for the
6.6 km. prevention of dengue and chikungunya.
- This tunnel is part of the recently completed
113 km Obulavaripalli-Venkatachalam new -------------------------
railway line. Which country has issued Facial
Biometric Data Based Identity Document
------------------- for Sailors?
In which city is the National Bird
Toxicology Center established? a. China
b. India
a. Coimbatore b. Varanasi c. Pakistan
c. Pune d. Bhopal d. USA
Answer: a. Coimbatore Answer: b. India

--------------------------
In which city will the Gorewada - This will ease the movement of Indian
International Zoo be established? seafarers and also make it easy to get jobs.
a. Gorakhpur --------------------
b. Nagpur Which state recently launched Chief
c. Chhotanagpur Minister Krishi Aashirwad Yojana?
d. Chandigarh
a. Punjab b. Uttar Pradesh
Answer: b. Nagpur c. Jharkhand d. Haryana
- This zoo will have activities like Biopark, Answer: c. Jharkhand

Indian Safari, African Safari, Night Safari,
- Under this scheme, funds will be directly
Research, Education, and Training etc.
transferred to the accounts of the farmers of
-------------------------- the state.
Which state government decided to
-----------------------
launch an initiative called "10 weeks, 10
How many new government medical
o'clock, 10 minutes - every Sunday,
colleges have been approved by the Union
against dengue"?
Cabinet?
a. Arunachal Pradesh
a. 70
b. Kerala
b. 73
c. Bihar
c. 84
d. Delhi
d. 75
Answer: d. Delhi
Answer: d. 75
- The Cabinet Committee on Economic After banning liquor, which state
Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Narendra government has now banned the
Modi gave this approval on 28 August 2019. production, preservation and sale of
24,000 crore to be spent in phases in the next “paan masala”?
3 years.
- To be linked with existing district hospitals a. Bihar b. Himachal Pradesh
or referred hospitals by 2021-22. c. Maharashtra d. Assam
- This will create 15,700 new seats for MBBS.
Answer: a. Bihar
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---------------------
In which city of Maharashtra was a British
Which state government has planned to
underground bunker converted into a
provide the Atal Bihari Vajpayee
museum?
Residential School yojna for the children
a. Mumbai of labourers?
b. Pune
a. Uttar Pradesh b. Bihar
c. Chandigarh
c. Haryana d. Himachal Pradesh
d. Kolhapur
Answer: a. Uttar Pradesh

Answer: a. Mumbai
- These schools will be opened in all 18

- This museum is spread over an area of
mandals of Uttar Pradesh.
15,000 sq ft.
- This museum has virtual reality booths, -------------------
through which people can see about the 19th
Which state has launched the "Village
century.
Volunteer System", which has more than 2.8
lakh volunteers?
------------------------------
Which state government launched the
a. Bihar
"Mahatma Gandhi Sarbat Sehat Bima
b. Tamil Nadu
Yojna”? c. Andra Pradesh
d. Telangana
a. Punjab b. Odisha
c. Madhya Pradesh d. Chhattisgarh
- It aims to provide government services at
Answer: a. Punjab
people’s homes.
- The Punjab government has integrated this - Identity cards will be issued to these
scheme with the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya volunteers and they will be given Rs 5,000 as
Yojana (PMJAY) of the Central Government. an allowance per month.
------------------- ---------------------
In which city has India's first private space - Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani
science museum been opened? launched "Vhali Dikri" scheme in Rajkot on 3
August.
a. Patna Its aim is to increase the sex ratio by
b. Bhubaneswar increasing the girl child birth rate.
c. Hyderabad - Government of Gujarat will provide Rs.
d. None of these 4,000 on admission of girl child in fourth
grade.
Answer: c. Hyderabad
6,000 rupees will be provided on admission to
- ISRO has provided 65 spacecrafts, satellites
the ninth grade.
and rockets etc.as models for this museum.
- One lakh rupees will be provided at the time
- Models of GSLV Mark III, GSLV Mark II,
of marriage.
PSLV Chandrayaan-1, Mars Orbiter
Spacecraft, Aryabhatta, Bhaskar, Rohini etc. -------------------
will be available in this museum. In how many scheduled languages will the
2021 census be done?
----------------------
Which state has launched a higher a. 5 b. 10
education model called "RACE"? c. 15 d. 18
a. Bihar b. Rajasthan Answer: d. 18

c. Madhya Pradesh d. Uttar Pradesh
- Census 2021 will be conducted in 18 out of
Answer: b. Rajasthan 22 scheduled languages.
- "Resource Assistance for Colleges with Earlier, the 2011 census was conducted in 16
Excellence" scheduled languages.
Under this model, emphasis will be laid on
the distribution of faculty and movable -------------------
property in government colleges, so that the To connect Kosi and which river in Bihar,
best use of resources will be possible. the central government has approved a
project of Rs 4,900 crore?
--------------------
Which state government has recently a. Ganges
launched the Vhali dikri Yojna for the b. Yamuna
welfare of girls? c. Budhi Gandak
d. Mechi
a. West Bengal
b. Goa Answer: d. Mechi
c. Andhra Pradesh
d. Gujarat ---------------------
Answer: d. Gujarat
The "One Nation One Ration Card" Which state ranks first in the installation
scheme has been launched under which of rooftop solar projects in India?
pilot project?
a. Gujarat
a. Telangana b. Bihar
b. Andra Pradesh c. Punjab
c. Maharashtra and Gujarat d. Arunachal Pradesh
d. All of the above
Answer: a. Gujarat
Answer: d. All of the above (Telangana, - On 23 July 2019, Union Minister of Power
Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and and Minister of New and Renewable Energy
Gujarat) RK Singh has informed in the Parliament that
Gujarat ranks first.
- To promote national food security, the - Gujarat has 261.97 MW (MW) capacity
Government of India has launched the "One rooftop 100 projects.
Country - One Ration Card" scheme on a - Maharashtra (198.52 MW) in second place
pilot basis in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu (151.62 MW) in third place.
Maharashtra and Gujarat. Currently, the total rooftop solar installation in
- This scheme has come into effect from India is of 1,700.54 MW capacity.
August 1, 2019.
What is one country one ration card scheme ---------------------
With the ration card, families can buy rice and In which city was the first printing press
wheat at cheaper rates from any ration shop heritage gallery of Indian Railways
in these states. opened?
- The central government has targeted to
implement the scheme across the country by a. Mumbai b. Guwahati
August 2020. c. Patna d. Kolkata
------------------ Answer: a. Mumbai

The government of which state / union
- Western Railway (Western Railway) has
territory has decided to give full subsidy
started the first printing press heritage gallery
to electricity users up to 200 units?
at Mahalaxmi, Mumbai.
a. Uttar Pradesh
--------------------
b. Bihar
Which state has a water harvesting
c. Puducherry
scheme called "Jalamrit"?
d. Delhi
a. Karnataka b. Bihar
Answer: d. Delhi
c. Uttar Pradesh d. None of these
-----------------
Answer: a. Karnataka
In March 2019, Karnataka launched a water Which state launched the Yuva Shree
harvesting scheme called "Jalamrit". Arpan Yojana?
- Scientific methods are to be used for water
storage in the state under this scheme. a. Bihar
b. Uttar Pradesh
----------------------------- c. West Bengal
G-One (Bio-fuel environment friendly crop d. None of these
residue prevention) scheme belongs to
which ministry of central government? Answer: c. West Bengal
a. home Ministry It aims to encourage entrepreneurship among

b. Ministry of Textiles the youth.
c. Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural ---------------------------------
Gas Which state launched the Chief Minister
d. Ministry of Defence Aanchal Amrit Yojana?
Answer: c. Union Ministry of Petroleum a. Rajasthan

and Natural Gas b. Madhya Pradesh
c. Bihar
--------------------- d. Uttarakhand
Financial assistance will be provided
under this scheme for prevention of crop Answer: d. Uttarakhand
residue and ethanol production.
Mukhyamantri Aanchal Amrit Yojana has
STARS (Scheme for Translational and
been launched to provide milk to children in
Advanced Research in Science) belongs
Anganwadi centers.
to which ministry of central government?
- In Uttarakhand, about 18,000 children are
a. Human resource development ministry malnourished.
b. Home Ministry
----------------
c. Ministry of Defence
Which state recently launched the "One
d. Ministry of Women and Child Welfare
Family One Job" scheme?
Answer: a. Human resource development
a. Orissa
ministry
b. Bihar
- The scheme was launched on the occasion c. Sikkim
of National Science Day (28 February). d. Nagaland
Objective - To provide funds for scientific
Answer: c. Sikkim
research projects.
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In which state was the Dolaithabi Barrage ------------------
Project started? Which state government has decided to
declare Ratapani Wildlife Sanctuary as a
a. Assam b. Manipur reserve for tigers?
c. Nagaland d. Tripura
a. Government of Madhya Pradesh
Answer: b. Manipur b. Government of Tamil Nadu
- On January 4, 2019, Prime Minister, c. Government of Karnataka
Narendra Modi inaugurated 12 projects worth d. Himachal Pradesh Government
more than 1500 crores in Imphal, Manipur.
Answer: a. Government of Madhya
----------------------------------------- Pradesh
Recently which state / union territory
government has announced the inclusion ------------------
of Maithili as an optional subject from 8th Which is the first state in the country to
to 12th? reserve 75% jobs for local youth?
a. Delhi Government a. Punjab

b. Government of Uttar Pradesh b. Gujarat
c. Government of Bihar c. Andhra Pradesh
d. Government of Maharashtra d. Bihar
Answer: a. Delhi Government Answer: c. Andra Pradesh
---------------- ------------------
Which state cabinet has recently Which state government's pilot project is
announced to increase financial "Medicine from the Sky"?
assistance to families of martyred soldiers
from 25 lakh rupees to 1 crore? a. Telangana Government b. Government of
Tamil Nadu
a. Haryana b. Telangana c. Government of Bihar d. Government of
c. Madhya Pradesh d. Maharashtra Andhra Pradesh
Answer: d. Maharashtra
Answer: a. Telangana Government
-------------------------- Under this scheme, emergency medical items
Which state government has decided to like blood, vaccines, medical samples, organs
establish India's first "Space Park"? etc. will be delivered by drone.
a. Government of Assam ------------------

b. Government of Kerala
c. Delhi Government d. None of these
Answer: b. Government of Kerala
Where is India's first foreign interactive 'Aapki Beti' scheme is related to which
bird park started? state government?
a. Delhi a. Bihar
b. Patna b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Mumbai c. Madhya Pradesh
d. Chandigarh d. Rajasthan
Answer: c. Mumbai Answer: d. Rajasthan

- The name of this park is 'Esselworld Bird - The Rajasthan government has recently
Park'. It was launched on 11 April 2019. increased the financial assistance to
------------------- schoolgirls under this scheme.
Home Ministry has started phone number ------------------
112, what is it? The Central Government has extended the
Pradhan Mantri Kisan Yojana to how many
a. Police helpline number farmers?
b. Fire helpline number
c. Female helpline number a. 1.5 crore farmers
d. Countrywide Emergency Helpline Number b. 13.5 crore farmers
c. 45.5 crore farmers
Answer: d. Countrywide Emergency d. 14.5 crore farmers
Helpline Number
----------------- Answer: d. 14.5 crore farmers
Which campaign has been launched by - It’s decision was taken in the first meeting of
India to eradicate malaria? the second term of the Modi government.
(The meeting was held on 31 May.
a. My life b. My health
c. Our country d. My india ------------------
India has signed an agreement with which
Answer: d. My india (Mera India) country to set up a National Maritime
------------------ Museum in Lothal?
By which year, under the Mera India
campaign, a target has been set to a. America b. Japan
eradicate malaria in the country? c. Portugal d. France
a. 2050 b. 2020 Answer: c. Portugal

c. 2030 d. None of these
- Lothal is in Gujarat.
Answer: c. 2030 - It was a port city in the Indus Valley
------------------- Civilization.
------------------ -----------------
Which state has launched Pink Sarathi Carmichael coal mine project is related to
vehicles for the safety of women? which country?
a. Madhya Pradesh b. Bihar a. India b. Argentina

c. Rajasthan d. Karnataka c. USA d. Australia
Answer: d. Karnataka Answer: d. Australia

- Adani Group has got final approval for this
------------------------ disputed project.
Where is India's first dinosaur museum
cum park inaugurated? ------------------
Which state government has now
a. Gujarat b. Delhi announced a press release in Sanskrit as
c. Bihar d. Tamil Nadu well?
Answer: a. Gujarat (in Raiyoli village of a. Bihar b. Jharkhand

Balasinor town in Mahisagar district) c. Uttar Pradesh d. Madhya Pradesh
- In the village of Raiyoli in Balasinor town in Answer: c. Uttar Pradesh

Mahisagar district of Gujarat.
--------------------
-------------------- Which state cabinet has approved the
Which state is the first to give pension to proposal to punish children leaving
all the elderly aged 60 years and above? elderly parents?
a. Bihar b. Uttar Pradesh a. Uttar Pradesh b. Rajasthan

c. Punjab d. Andra Pradesh c. Bihar d. Karnataka
Answer: a. Bihar Answer: c. Bihar

- Children can be sent to jail on charges of
- Government of Bihar has launched
leaving elderly parents.
Universal Old Age Pension Scheme on 14
June 2019. -----------------------
The UP government's cabinet has passed
---------------------
a resolution of Rs 181.82 crore for the
By which year the central government has
under-construction martyr Ashfaqulla
targeted to provide clean drinking water to
Khan Zoological Park, where is this Zoo
all?
Park located?
a. 2024 b. 2030
a. Lucknow b. Kanpur
c. 2022 d. 2054
c. Unnao d. Gorakhpur
Answer: a. 2024
Answer: d. Gorakhpur
- It was earlier called Gorakhpur Zoo. It will -----------------------
be on an area of 291 acres. Which state launched Mukhyamantri
Swabhimaan Yojana?
--------------------
Which state has started the 'Mukhyamantri a. Rajasthan
Yuva Sambal Yojana' giving b. Bihar
unemployment allowance of 3000 to 3500 c. Madhya Pradesh
rupees? d. Odisha
a. Bihar Answer: c. Madhya Pradesh

b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Rajasthan - Its aim is to provide employment to
d. Kerala unemployed youth.
For a period of 100 days, youth will be given
Answer: c. Rajasthan a stipend of Rs 4000 per month.
Under this scheme, the unemployed youth in ---------------------

the state who have a bachelor's or any Which state launched the Kalia
equivalent degree will now be given an Scholarship Scheme?
allowance of Rs 3000 per month by the
government. a. Punjab
b. Haryana
-------------------- c. Odisha
Name the world's largest multi-stage lift d. None of these
irrigation project, whose first phase was
inaugurated by CMs of three states? Answer: c. Odisha
a. Kaleswaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP) - Government of Odisha launched "Kalia

b. Hirakud Dam Project Scholarship Scheme". KALIA - Krishak
c. Sardar Sarovar Project Assistance for Livelihood and Income
d. Bhakra Nangal Project Augmentation.
92% farmers of the state will be covered
Answer: a. Kaleswaram Lift Irrigation under this scheme.
Project (KLIP)
------------------------
- On June 21, 2019, Telangana Chief Minister Which country has prepared a plan for the
K.K. Chandrasekhar Rao, Andhra Pradesh formation of Space Force?
Chief Minister Jaganmohan Reddy and
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra a. Russia
Fadnavis jointly inaugurated its first phase. b. Japan
c. America
d. France
Answer: c. America
----------------------
Which state announced the Chief Minister
Old Age Pension Scheme?
a. West Bengal
b. Bihar
c. Rajasthan
d. None of these
Answer: b. Bihar
The Bihar government has announced the

Chief Minister Old Age Pension Scheme,
people above 60 years of age will get the
benefit of this scheme.
--------------------------
India has signed a memorandum of
Foreign understanding (MoU) with which country
to take 1.82 cusecs of water from river
Feni for drinking water supply scheme?
a. Pakistan
Which country has opposed the inclusion b. Sri Lanka
of Kalapani region in the new political map c. Nepal
of India? d. Bangladesh
a. Pakistan Answer d. Bangladesh

b. Bhutan
----------------------------
c. China
The President of which country invited
d. Nepal
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for
Answer d. Nepal his victory day celebration?\
-------------------------------- a. China b. Russia

Which country approved 'GV-971', the c. Japan d. USA
world's first drug for Alzheimer's
Answer b. Russia
disease?\
---------------------------
a. India
Who was elected the new President of Sri
b. China
Lanka?
c. France
d. Japan
a. Gotabaya Rajapaksa
b. Mahinda Rajapaksa
Answer b. China
c. Sajit premadasa
------------------------------ d. Mahinda Deshpriya
Which country has banned the Islamist
Answer a. Gotabaya Rajapaksa
organization Allar Dol?
---------------------------------
a. India
b. Pakistan Who has been nominated as the new
c. Iran Prime Minister by the Sri Lankan
d. Bangladesh President?
Answer d. Bangladesh a. Ranil Wickremesinghe

b. Mahinda Rajapaksa
-------------------------- c. Maithripala Sirisena
d. Sajit Premdasa
Answer b. Mahinda Rajapaksa
--------------------------------- -----------------------------
The President of which country arrived in Which storm caused a lot of damage and
India on 28 November 2019 under the first devastation in West Bengal, India and in
official foreign visit after assuming neighbouring Bangladesh?
power?
a. Big
a. Asif Ghani of Afghanistan b. Nightingale
b. Ivo Morales of Bolivia c. Harare
c. Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil d. Champak
d. Gotabaya Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka
Answer b. Nightingale
Answer d. Gotabaya Rajapaksa of Sri
Lanka - More than 21 lakh people have been
evacuated to safe places in Bangladesh due
--------------------------- to this storm.
Which former Maldives President was - Many people were killed.
sentenced to 5 years in prison in a - The cyclone caused winds at a speed of
corruption case? 130 kilometers per hour.
a. Abraham Mohammed Sohail - The cyclone hit the bank of Gangasagar and
b. Abdulla Yameen Gayoom it moved towards the 'Khulna' area which also
c. Mohammad Nasheed contains the Sundarbans.
d. Faisal Naseem
-----------------------------
Answer b. Abdulla Yameen Gayoom Upto when has the European Union
extended the time limit for Brexit?
- On 28 November, the court sentenced it.
- The former president was heavily a. 30 November
dependent on China for political and b. 31 December
economic support during his five-year term. c. 31 January
- During his tenure, he kept opponents in jail d. 31 March
or forced him to remain in exile.
- Yameen had to face defeat in the 2018 Answer: c. 31 January
elections.
Brexit = British exit
--------------------------- - European Union member countries have
Who is the first Hindu woman to get a agreed to extend Brexit deadline.
place in the Central Cabinet of Canada? - The first deadline was 31 October.
a. Anita Anand b. Harjeet Sajjan --------------------------

c. Anandi Kaur d. None of these
Answer a. Anita Anand
Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi was killed in the --------------------------------
action of the US Army, he was the chief of PM Modi has announced how much loan
which terrorist organization? facility to Russia?
a. Hamas a. One billion dollars

b. al Qaeda b. Two billion dollars
c. Islamic state c. Three billion dollars
Answer: c. Islamic State (IS) Answer: a. One billion dollars (7.1

thousand crores rupees)
- American President Donald Trump told the
world that during an operation by the US - Modi announced this on 5 September 2019
Special Forces, Baghdadi blew himself up at the Fifth Eastern Economic Forum (EEF).
with a jacket loaded with a bomb. - India will work closely with Russia for the
- 48 years of Baghdadi showed the whole development of the Far East region.
world a very frightening picture of terrorism. - He also announced a loan of one billion
dollars for the development of this resource-
------------------------ rich region of Russia.
Which country has eliminated the need for
visas for Indian businessmen? --------------------
Which policy was announced by PM
a. Brazil b. USA Narendra Modi with the intention of
c. Canada d. Britain strengthening activities with the Far East
region of Russia?
Answer: a. Brazil
a. Act for South b. Act for east
--------------------
c. Act for North d. None of these
With which country did India sign the
Kartarpur Sahib Corridor Agreement? Answer: b. Act for east
- In the presence of Russian President
a. Pakistan
Vladimir Putin, the Prime Minister also
b. China
introduced the policy "Act in the Far East"
c. Bangladesh
(Act for East).
d. Afghanistan
- This policy has been introduced with the
intention of strengthening activities with
Answer: a. Pakistan
Russia's Far East region.
- India has signed an agreement with - Modi said that my government is actively
Pakistan on the modalities of operation of working on the policy of Act East. This will
Kartarpur Sahib Corridor at Zero Point give a new dimension to our economic
International Boundary Dera Baba Nanak. diplomacy.
- PM Modi made a two-day visit (4-5
September 2019) to Russia to attend the 20th
India-Russia Annual Summit and Fifth -------------------------
Eastern Economic Forum meeting. Who has been elected the new President
- India signed about 50 agreements worth $ 5 of Tunisia?
billion in EEF-2019.
a. Mohammad Alberuni
------------------ b. Altaf hussain
Britain has decided to issue a c. Kais Saied d. Iftikhar Jahan
commemorative coin on the occasion of
the 150th birth anniversary of which great Answer: c. Kais Saied
Indian?
- He was an independent candidate.
a. Maotse Tung - He has been a Professor of Law.
b. Dalai Lama - Nearly 77 percent of the votes were in
c. Jawahar Lal Nehru support of Kais while his rival Karoui received
d. Mahatma Gandhi 23 percent of the votes.
Answer: d. Mahatma Gandhi ------------------------

Recently China has leased the island of
- UK Finance Minister Sajid Javid has Tulagi, in which country is it located?
announced this.
- The British Government has asked the a. Australia b. New zealand
Royal Mint of Britain to make coin so that the c. Solomon Islands d. Brazil
world never forgets Gandhi's learning.
Answer: c. Solomon Islands
Prime Minister of the UK: Boris Johnson
- Chinese company 'Sam Enterprise Group'

----------------------------
has entered into a secret deal with the
Which country recently allowed women to
government of Solomon Islands,
join the army for the first time?
Under this deal, the island of Tulagi will be
a. Japan leased to the Chinese company for 75 years.
b. Sri Lanka - Britain and Japan had used the island as
c. Saudi Arab the first South Pacific military headquarters.
d. Pakistan - Located near Solomon Islands, Australia.
Answer: c. Saudi Arab ---------------------------

- Now any woman here can serve in the Who was re-elected in Indonesia's
armed forces. presidential election?
Earlier in the year 2018, Saudi Arabia allowed
a. Joko Widodo b. Al Hadidi
women to join the security forces. Now
c. Ober Vidodo d. Ahadam Villori
permission has also been granted to join the
army.
Answer: a. Joko Widodo
In 2018, women were allowed to drive
- He was recently sworn in as the President
vehicles. of Indonesia in the capital Jakarta.
- Indonesia is a country located in Southeast Tegchenling Monastery was built in the 19th
Asia, it is situated between the Indian Ocean century.
and the Pacific Ocean.
- Currency Indonesian Rupiah -----------------------
- The world's largest island country (the Which 178-year-old travel company in
world's largest island nation) More than 18 Britain declared itself bankrupt?
thousand islands
a. Thomas Cook
------------------------- b. Royal Travel
Name the 16-year-old activist who shook c. UK Cook
the world leaders with his speech at the d. None of these
United Nations Climate Change
Answer:a. Thomas Cook
Conference?
------------------------
a. Greta Thunberg
To which organization did India gift
b. Elena Marquis
Gandhi Solar Park, which was inaugurated
c. Martha Fellowes
by PM Modi on September 24?
d. Lara Gutenberg
a. World bank
Answer: a. Greta Thunberg
b. United Nations (UN)
-------------------------------- c. International Monitoring Fund
Mongolia's President Khaltamaagiin d. BRICS Bank
Battulga and Prime Minister Narendra
Answer: b. United Nations organisation
Modi unveiled the golden statue of Lord
- It is installed on the roof of the United
Buddha at the Gandan Tegchenling
Nations in New York.
Monastery on September 20, in which city
The park has 193 solar panels for each of the
is it located?
countries of the United Nations.
a. Ulaanbaatar - It has cost $ 1 million to build.
b. New Delhi
-------------------------
c. Paris
The Prime Minister of Mauritius has won
d. Ghazni
the election again, name him?
Answer: a. Ulaanbaatar (capital of
a. Praveen Jagannath
Mongolia)
b. Alok Nath
- Mongolia's President Khaltamaagiin c. Vikram Jagannath
Battulga and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, d. None of these
who visited India, unveiled the golden statue
Answer: a. Praveen Jagannath
of Lord Buddha at the Gandan Tegchenling
monastery in Ulaanbaatar, through video
-----------
conferencing from New Delhi. - Gandan Which country has recently reported to
the United Nations to initiate the process Wilmes as interim Prime Minister on 27
of separation from the Paris Agreement October 2019.
{United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change (UNFCCC)}? -----------------
PM Modi has announced how much loan
a. Nepal facility to Russia?
b. China
c. America a. One billion dollars
d. Russia b. Two billion dollars
c. Three billion dollars
Answer: c. America d. None of these
After completion of this process, America will
be the only country to leave this agreement. Answer: a. One billion dollars (7.1
thousand crores rupees)
-----------------------------
Who was elected the President of the - Modi announced this on 5 September 2019
United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the fourth at the Fifth Eastern Economic Forum (EEF).
time?
--------------------
a. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Which policy was announced by PM
b. Sheikh khalifa bin azam Narendra Modi with the intention of
c. Sheikh Khalifa Nahyan Arabic strengthening activities with the Far East
d. None of these region of Russia?
Answer: a. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al a. Act for South b. Act for east
Nahyan c. Act for North d. None of these
- He is elected for the fourth time for a five-
Answer: b. Act for east
year term.
- The Supreme Council of the UAE re-elected
- In the presence of Russian President
him as President and expressed confidence
Vladimir Putin, the Prime Minister also
in his leadership. introduced the policy "Act in the Far East"
(Act for East).
--------------------------------
Name the first female Prime Minister of
------------------
Belgium, who has recently taken charge? Which country has announced to make
eastern Kalimantan province of Borneo
a. Winstal Wilmes
island the new capital of the country?
b. Sophie Wilmes
c. Sophia Hamra a. Indonesia b. Vietnam
d. None of these c. Malaysia d. Thailand
Answer: b. Sophie Wilmes

Answer: a. Indonesia
- King Philip of Belgium appointed Sophie
- The capital of Indonesia is currently Jakarta.
The city of Jakarta is slowly drowning in ---------------------
water. Which country has made PAN card
- The possibility of this city becoming mandatory for Indian citizens?
completely submerged in a few years is being
raised. a. China
b. Russia
-------------------------- c. Nepal
Which country cancelled peace talks with d. France
Taliban?
Answer: c. Nepal
a. Afghanistan
b. USA - For the Indians who are in government jobs
c. Pakistan or employed in Nepal, the government there
d. India has made PAN card mandatory.
- Without this, no Indian will get a job there
Answer: b. USA now.
- US President Donald said on 9 September
2019 that the long-running talks with the ---------------------
Taliban ended today without any conclusion. In which continent are the Amazon
rainforests located where there is a
----------------------- massive fire?
In which country is the Stromboli volcano
located ? a. South America
b. North America
a. Pakistan b. France c. Europe
c. Japan d. Italy d. Asia
Answer: d. Italy Answer: a. South America

- The Stromboli volcano in Italy exploded in
the first week of September. ------------------------------
- This is the second explosion in two months. The 45th G-7 summit was held in which
The volcano erupted in July as well. city on 24 to 26 August 2019?
------------------ a. Biarritz
Which country launched the world's first b. Paris
floating nuclear power plant? c. Nice
d. Leon
a. USA b. India
c. China d. Russia Answer: a. Biarritz (France)
Member Country -
Answer: d. Russia France, United States, Italy, Canada,
- Russia launched the world's first floating Germany, Japan, United Kingdom
nuclear power plant :Akademik Lomonosov. - France specially invited to India this time.
------------------ ------------------
What was the theme of the 45th G-7 Which temple, about 1000 years old, has
Summit? been opened in Pakistan to Hindus after
72 years?
a. Combating inequality
b. Opposing inequality a. Shawala Teja Singh Temple
c. Development with inequality b. Ashoka Temple
d. None of these c. Shiva Temple
d. None of these
Answer: a. Combating inequality
Answer: a. Shawala Teja Singh Temple
------------------------------
Which storm hit the east of China in - This temple was sealed for the last 72
August 2019, displacing more than 1 years. This temple is opened to devotees for
million people? the first time after partition.
Shawala Teja Singh Temple
a. Lekima - It was built by Teja Singh. This temple is
b. Zeliang dedicated to Lord Shiva.
c. Loloma
d. Yukima --------------------
Which African countries visited the Indian
Answer: a. Lekima President for the first time (28 July to 3
During this storm, strong winds moved at a August)?
speed of 187 kilometers per hour and there
was heavy rain. a. Benin
b. Gambia
-------------------- c. Guinea
According to the new law of which d. All of the above
country, now women can take passports
themselves, get married and travel abroad Answer: d. All of the above (Benin,
without the permission of parents? Gambia and Guinea)
a. South Africa ---------------

b. North Korea Chagos island is a disputed issue
c. Saudi Arabia between which two countries?
d. UAE
a. Russia and China
Answer: c. Saudi Arabia b. France and USA
Earlier, under the Mail Guardianship system, c. India and Pakistan
women had to get the approval of a male d. United Kingdom and Mauritius
member of the family for the journey.
Answer: d. United Kingdom and Mauritius
- The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has
asked the United Kingdom to hand over SIPRI - Stockholm International Peace
Chagos Island (Diego Garcia) to Mauritius. Research Institute
- India ranks second on this list.
--------------------------- India's share of global arms imports was
Who has become the new President of 9.5% in the period 2014-18 while Saudi
Senegal? Arabia's share was 12%.
The largest arms exporters of 2014-18 are:
a. Emmanuel Macron
America, Russia, France, Germany and
b. Rajendra Prasad
China.
c. Macky Sall
The largest arms importing countries for
d. None of these
2014-18 are: Saudi Arabia, India, Egypt,
Australia and Algeria.
Answer: c. Macky Sall
-----------------
- Macky Sall was re-elected President of
Which country changed the name of its
Senegal.
capital Astana to Nur-sultan?
- Senegal is located on the west coast of
Africa.
a. Russia
b. Kazakhstan
------------------------------
c. Brazil
Who became the Prime Minister of
d. None of these
Palestine?
Answer: b. Kazakhstan
a. Mohammad Mushtaq
b. Mohammad shtayyeh
----------------------------------
c. Sohail Khan Abbasi
Hayabusa 2 spacecraft is related to which
d. None of these
country?
Answer: b. Mohammad shtayyeh

a. Japan
b. Russia
- He became PM again in March.
c. China
------------------------- d. USA
According to the SIPRI report, which is the
Answer: a. Japan
world's largest arms importer country?
- Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa 2 landed on
a. Pakistan Ryugu asteroid.
b. Saudi Arabia - Its purpose was to obtain samples from the
c. India surface of Ryugu. These samples will be
d. Usa brought back to Earth by 2020.
Answer: b. Saudi Arabia ----------------------
The Golan heights which are in the -------------
headlines are situated between which two Which port has India started operating for
countries? the first time abroad?
a. China and Japan a. Hambantota Port

b. Syria and Israel b. Shahid Beheshti Port
c. North Korea and South Korea c. Gwadar Port
Answer: b. Syria and Israel Answer: b. Shahid Beheshti Port,

Chabahar
- On this hill in March, US President Donald ----------------
Trump signed a declaration recognizing World Economic Forum 2019 took place in
Israel's sovereignty. which city?
- Earlier the US used to consider the Golan
heights as an occupied Syrian territory. a. Frankfurt b. Moscow
-------------------------------- c. Davos d. Delhi
Who became the first Hindu woman judge Answer: c. Davos

of Pakistan? The annual meeting of the World Economic
Forum took place in Davos, Switzerland on
a. Anju Verma b. Rupa Kumari January, 2019.
c. Roopa Ganguly d. Suman Kumari
-------------
Answer: d. Suman Kumari Which neighboring country of India
------------- declared sugarcane juice a national drink?
Which word was chosen by Oxford
Dictionary as Hindi Word of the Year a. Myanmar b. Pakistan
2018? c. Bangladesh d. China
a. Aadhaar Answer: b. Pakistan

b. Naari Shakti
c. Muhim ----------------------
d. Uri Who was sworn in as the 42nd President
of Brazil on 2 January?
Answer: b. Naari Shakti
a. Jair Bolsonaro
- It was announced recently at Jaipur b. Fernando Hadad
Literature Festival. c. Infano Runalo
- In the year 2017, Oxford Dictionary declared d. None of these
"Aadhaar" as the Hindi Word of the Year.
Answer: a. Jair Bolsonaro
--------------- Bangladesh with a thumping majority and
Which European country has introduced gave her a third term.
'GAFA' Tax (Google, Apple, Facebook and
Amazon Tax)? -------------
Which country has officially renounced
a. Germany b. Japan UNESCO membership apart from the US?
c. France d. Britain
a. China b. Russia
Answer: c. France c. Iran d. Israel
- This tax is named after the initials of the Answer: d. Israel

world's largest Internet and technology
companies, "Google, Apple, Facebook and - America and Israel officially separated from
Amazon". United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on 01
------------------ January 2019.
Which Hindu religious place was declared -------------
a national monument in Pakistan? Who became the new Prime Minister of
Greece (Greece) recently?
a. Katas Raj b. Panj Tirath
c. Hinglaj Temple d. None of these a. Kyriakos Mitsotakis
b. Alexis Tsipras
Answer: b. Panj Tirath c. Djokavic
d. None of these
- It is located in Peshawar. Panj Tirath gained
fame due to the five ponds of water available Answer: a. Kiriyakos Mitsotakis
there.
- It is believed that this place was related to - Greece is a country located in Europe. It
Pandu of Mahabharata period. declared independence from the Ottoman
Empire on March 25, 1821.
------------- - Its capital is located in Athens.
Who became the Prime Minister for the third
time in Bangladesh? -----------------------
Recently which company has acquired the
a. Sheikh Hasina American software company Red Hat?
b. Khaleda Jiya
c. Hasin Jahan a. Microsoft b. Dell
d. None of these c. IBM d. None of these
Answer: a. Sheikh Hasina Answer: c. IBM
- On December 31, 2018, Prime Minister - International Business Machines (IBM)

Sheikh Hasina's coalition won the election of acquired American software company Red
Hat for $ 34 billion. The acquisition will - In the Democratic Republic of Congo, more
strengthen IBM's cloud business. than 1600 people have died due to Ebola.
- This is the fifth such declaration in history.
----------------------- --------------------
In which gurudwara has Pakistan agreed Name the new Prime Minister (PM) of
to give visa-free entry for a year to Indian Britain?
pilgrims?
a. Boris Johnson
a. Panja Sahib b. Jeremy Hunt
b. Nankana Sahib c. Theresa May
c. Kartarpur Sahib d. Philip Hammond
d. Dera sahib
Answer: a. Boris Johnson
Answer: c. Kartarpur Sahib
---------------------
- Pakistan will allow entry to about 5,000 Which Indian-origin woman has been
people every day over a period of one year. made the UK Home Secretary / Minister?
- Corridor is being built from Wagah border till
Kartarpur Sahib. a. Preeti Patel
b. Rishi Sunak
------------------- c. Priyanka Johnson
On which social media company / website d. None of these
has the US Federal Trade Commission
(FTC) recommended a $ 5 billion penalty Answer: a. Preeti Patel (47 years)
in the data leak case?
- She has become the first Home Secretary /
a. Twitter b. Facebook Minister of Indian origin.
c. Instagram d. TIC Toc Apart from him, Alok Sharma, originally from
Agra, Uttar Pradesh, has been made the
Answer: b. Facebook Minister of State for International
Development.
----------------------
MP Rishi Sunak, son-in-law of India's veteran
The World Health Organization (WHO)
businessman NR Narayana Murthy, has been
declared the Ebola outbreak in which
given the responsibility of Chief Secretary in
African country to be a global health
the Treasury Ministry. He will also join the
emergency?
cabinet.
a. Brazil
---------------------
b. Democratic Republic of Congo
c. Indonesia
d. Afghanistan
Answer: b. Democratic Republic of Congo
Which country issued the Ramayana- In which country was the world's highest
based stamp on the completion of 70 indoor waterfall opened?
years of diplomatic relations with India?
a. India
a. Maldives b. Afghanistan
b. Indonesia c. France
c. Sri Lanka d. Singapore
d. Myanmar
Answer: d. Singapore
Answer: b. Indonesia
- The world's tallest 131 feet high indoor
- The design of this postage stamp has been waterfall has been opened at Jewel Changi
designed by renowned Indonesian sculptor Airport in Singapore.
Padmashri Bapak Nyoman Nuarta. ----------------
---------------- In which city is Notre Dame, the famous

Which city has been declared as the World church that was in the limelight due to
Book Capital for 2019 by UNESCO? arson?
a. Delhi a. Mumbai
b. Kuala Lumpur b. London
c. Sharjah c. Paris
d. Paris d. Berlin
Answer: c. Sharjah Answer: c. Paris
- Sharjah, the city of Saudi Arab Emirates, ---------------

has been declared the World Book Capital for Who has won the presidential election in
2019. Ukraine?
-------------------------- a. Volodymyr Oleksandrovich Zelensky

Which city has been declared as the World b. Petro Poroshenko
Book Capital for 2020 by UNESCO? c. Iroshaka Fulakova
d. None of these
a. Delhi
b. Kuala Lumpur Answer: a. Volodymyr Oleksandrovich
c. Sharjah Zelensky
d. Paris - He is basically a comedian and a lawyer.
-------------------
Answer: b. Kuala Lumpur
----------------
Name the Prime Minister of Palestine Lomonosov, the world's first floating nuclear
Government, who took oath on 14 April power plant.
2019?
---------------------------
a. Mohammad Shtayyeh Who has become the first person of Indian
b. Rami Hamdalla origin to win elections in Japan?
c. Mahmoud Abbas d. None of these
a. Puranic Yogendra
Answer: a. Mohammad Shtayyeh b. Alok Nath
c. Hamendra Shrivastava
-------------------- d. None of these
The world's largest aircraft successfully
made its first test flight to California on Answer: a. Puranic Yogendra
April 14, which company made it? - He used to live in Pune in India.
a. Stratolaunch b. Microsoft ----------------

c. Google d. Boeing Which country will host the G20 summit in
the year 2020?
Answer: a. Stratolaunch
Stratolaunch Systems Corporation a. India
- Stratolaunch was founded in 2011 by b. France
Microsoft co-founder the late Paul Allen. c. Saudi Arabia
d. Usa
--------------
Army overthrows the President in African Answer: c. Saudi Arabia
country Sudan, Name that President?
-------------------
a. Omar Al Bashir Which country's note has been awarded
b. Abdul Fatah Abdurrahman Burhan the "Bank Note of the Year" 2018 award?
c. Awad Ibn Auf
d. None of these a. India
b. America
Answer: a. Omar Al Bashir c. China
d. Canada
--------------------
Which country recently completed the Answer: d. Canada
testing of the world's first floating nuclear - International Bank Note Society has
power plant? announced this.
a. China b. America -------------------

c. France d. Russia
Answer: d. Russia
- Russia completes the trial of Academik
Who became the first country in the world ------------------------
to implement Climate Emergency? Who has been re-elected as the President
of South Africa?
a. United Kingdom
b. India a. Cyril Ramaphosa
c. USA b. Jacob Zuma
d. France c. Pretoria
d. None of these
Answer: a. United Kingdom
Answer: a. Cyril Ramaphosa
--------------------
Who has become the new Prime Minister ---------------
of Mali? Where will the United Nations General
Assembly (UNGA) 2020 Conference be
a. Boubou Cisse held?
b. Boubacar Keita
c. Boubeye Maiga a. Lisbon b. Paris
d. None of these c. London d. Mumbai
Answer: a. Boubou Cisse Answer: a. Lisbon

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Who has been appointed the new - It will be held from 2 to 6 June 2020 in
President of Panama? Lisbon, Portugal.
a Boubacar Keita -------------------

b. Boubeye Maga Before launching WhatsApp in India, at
c. Laurentino Cortizo which place has Facebook decided to
d. None of these make it’s centre for its global operations?
Answer: c. Laurentino Cortizo a. Delhi b. London

c. Tokyo d. Kabul
-------------------
Who has been appointed the new Answer: b. London
president of the United Nations General
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Assembly (UNGA)?
The Indian government has extended the
a. Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garce ban against LTTE with immediate effect
b. Tijjani Muhammad Bande for how many more years?
c. Nanwen Garba
a. Seven years b. Eight years
d. Antonio Guterres
c. Five years d. Ten years
Answer: b. Tijjani Muhammad Bande
Answer: c. Five years
------------------ ----------------------
The first country in Asia to have legalized Who has been appointed the new
gay marriage? President of El Salvador?
a. China b. India a. Nayib Bukele

c. Pakistan d. Taiwan b. Sanchez Ceren
c. Yusuf Rajid
Answer: d. Taiwan d. None of these
- Taiwan's parliament approved the bill giving Answer: a. Nayib Bukele

legal recognition to gay marriage on 17 May
2019. --------------------
India and which country have agreed to
------------------- start the ferry service for the first time?
What is the status given by CTBTO
(Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty a. South Africa
Organization) to India? b. Israel
c. Maldives
a. Observer b. Member d. None of these
c. Chairman d. None of these
Answer: c. Maldives
Answer: a. Observer
-------------------
----------------- Who has been elected Prime Minister of
Who has been re-elected President of Thailand?
Indonesia?
a. Prayut Chan-O-Cha
a. Joko Widodo b. Prabowo Subianto b. Thanthorn Juangeroon Gurangkit
c. Halaf Fando d. None of these c. Maha Vajiralongkorn
d. None of these
Answer a. Joko Widodo
Answer :a. Prayut Chan-O-Cha
-----------------
Which country has made a provision to --------------------
give details of their social media in the Who has been elected the new President
details given by the people in visa of Kazakhstan?
applications, while changing their visa
rules? a. Fakhtun e Jama
b. Kassym Jomart Tokayev
a. India b. America c. Nursultan Nazarbayev
c. Nepal d. China d. None of these
Answer: b. America Answer: b. Kassym Jomart Tokayev
------------------- - With this the number of permanent
What target has been set the UK members in the group rose to 39.
government for carbon emmissions by
2050 by introducing legislation in -------------------
Parliament? Which will be the world's highest railway
line?
a. Zero
b. One percent a. Bilaspur-Manali railway line
c. 5 percent b. Delhi-Howrah railway line
d. None of these c. Srinagar-Jammu Railway Line
d. None of these
Answer: a. Zero
Answer: a. Bilaspur-Manali railway line
--------------------
Who was sworn in as the first female - Altitude will be 5,360 meters above sea
president of Slovakia? level.
- The new Bilaspur-Manali railway line will be
a. Zuzana Caputova the highest railway line in the world.
b. Maros Sefkovic - There will be a total of 30 stations in this
c. Jojov Vakochivo railway line. This railway line will be located
d. None of these very close to the India-China border.
- This railway line will be ready by 2022.
Answer: a. Zuzana Caputova - 465 km long railway line will be constructed
at a cost of Rs 83,360 crore.
--------------------
Former President of which country ---------------------------
Mohammed Morsi died on 17 June 2019 Which country's President has been
during a court hearing? elected as the President of the African
Union?
a. Jordan b. Iron rods
c. Egypt d. Pakistan a. Russia
b. Egypt
Answer: c. Egypt
c. South Africa
d. Zambia
--------------------------
Who has become the first Arab country to
Answer: b. Egypt
subscribe to the Financial Action Task
Force (FATF)? - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has
been appointed as the President of the
a. Iran b. Iraq
African Union.
c. Saudi Arabia d. Britain
Answer: c. Saudi Arabia
----------------------
Which nuclear missile treaty was
suspended between Russia and the US?
a. Anti-nuclear treaty
b. Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF)
Pact
c. Nuclear Missile Test Ban Treaty
d. None of these
Answer: b. Intermediate Range Nuclear

Forces (INF) Pact
It was an important winter treaty, which

prohibited the manufacture and testing of
nuclear missileswhich can be launched from
land upto a distance of 500-5000 kilometers.
---------------
India has recently signed an agreement to
train civil servants of which neighboring
country?
a. Pakistan b. China
c. Bangladesh d. None of these
Answer: c. Bangladesh
-----------------
Which country has decided to include
Hindi as the third official language in the
courts?
a. South Africa b. United Arab Emirates

c. Zambia d. Russia
Answer: b. United Arab Emirates

- In Abu Dhabi, Hindi was included in the
court as the third official language.
Earlier, two other official languages of the
Abu Dhabi Court are Arabic and English.
-----------------
- This prasad is offered at the
GI Tag Dhandayuthapani Swamy Temple in Palani.
Palani panchateertham is made from banana,
Which place's green and white tea has ghee, cardamom, jaggery, honey etc.
recently been given a GI tag?
--------------------
a. Darjeeling Which state's Rasgola got GI tag?
b. Assam
c. All of the above a. Punjab
d. None of these b. Bengal
c. Odisha
Answer: a. Darjeeling d. Gujarat
- Darjeeling black tea has already been given
GI tag. Answer: c. Odish
--------------------------------- A certificate has been issued to register this

Which state's Kandangi sari and Dindigul dessert as 'Odisha Rasgola'.
locks have been awarded GI tag? - Earlier West Bengal received it in 2017 for
its 'Rasgulla'.
a. Tamil Nadu ------------------
b. Bihar
c. Assam
d. Kerala
Answer: a. Tamil Nadu

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- Dindigul Locks are known for their excellent
quality and durability. अफेयर्स के वीडियो को दे ख र्कते हैं
- Kandangi saree is made in Karaikudi taluk
of Sivaganga district.
----------------
"Panchatheertham" Prasadam of Palani
temple was awarded GI tag, in which state
is this temple located?
a. Bihar
b. Kerala
c. Tamil Nadu
d. Andra Pradesh
Answer: c. Tamil Nadu
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a. Neighbour First (Neighbourhood First) a. 4 b. 5

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Answer: a. Article 142

- CJI Ranjan Gogoi read the excerpts of this

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- He will take over in 2020. He has been a. Pankaj Kumar

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- He took over charge on 23 October 2019.

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Answer: b. Anupriya Madhumita Lakra

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Who became the new chairman and

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