CURRENT AFFAIRS - APRIL

1. Question: Who was named 2019 FWA footballer of the year?

Answer: Manchester City and England forward Raheem Sterling.

2. Question: Who was recommended for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2019 recently
by the Wrestling Federation of India?
Answer: Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat. Current number one wrestler, Punia
recently won the Asian Wrestling Championships in Xi'an, China.

3. Question: During April 2019 who became Jamia Millia Islamia’s first-ever woman Vice-
Chancellor?
Answer: Najma Akhtar

4. Question: What is the name of Nepal’s first satellite that was launched on 18 April 2019?
Answer: NepaliSat 1. It was launched from the Virginia-based station of NASA in
the United States. This satellite will collect information about country’s topography
and Earth’s magnetic field.

5. Question: How many medals did India win at the 23rd edition of the Asian Athletics
Championship that concluded in Doha, Qatar?
Answer: 17 medals (3 Gold, 7 silver and 7 bronze) finished fourth in the tournament.
Bahrain topped the tally with 11 gold, 7 silver and 4 bronze.

6. Question: Which country recently became the world's first to launch malaria vaccine?
Answer: Malawi, Africa. Called 'RTS,S' (trade name Mosquirix), is to date the only
vaccine that can reduce malaria in children. The project to develop this vaccine was
undertaken by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and funded by Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation.

7. Question: Who wins Santosh Trophy 2019?

Answer: The Services have lifted the Santosh Trophy, beating Punjab 1-nil in the
final at Ludhiana.

8. Question: Manish Maheshwari is appointed as MD of which company?

Answer: Twitter India. In 2018, Taranjeet Singh had stepped down. Maheshwari
has previously served as the CEO of Network18 Digital.
9. Question: Amar Paul was associated with which field?
Answer: Music. Eminent Bengali folk singer Amar Paul passed away following a
cardiac arrest. He was 97.

10. Question: International NGO, Reporters without Borders has released the World Press
Freedom Index 2019. What is India's rank?
Answer: 140th. The list has been topped by Norway which is followed by Finland,
Sweden, Netherlands and Denmark. India has dropped two places 138 in 2018 to be
ranked 140th out of 180 countries.

11. Question: Bamboo rice has shown up in which state after 4 decades?
Answer: Odisha. It had last witnessed Bamboo rice in 1979. Bamboo rice is believed
to contain a low glycaemic index compared to other varieties and it is good for
diabetics.

12. Question: The 8th edition of Home Expo India 2019 was held in which city?
Answer: India Expo Centre and Mart, Greater Noida. The three-day exhibition has
been organized by the Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH).

13. Question: Who was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Palestinian in April 2019?
Answer: Mohammad Shtayyeh. The new government was formed after former
Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah resigned in January 2019.

14. Question: Who is selected for Saraswati Samman 2018?

Answer: Telugu poet K Shiva Reddy, for his work Pakkaki Ottigilite which is a
collection of poetry. Saraswati Samman Award was instituted by the KK Birla
Foundation in the year 1991.

15. Question: Which company has emerged as world’s most profitable company during April
2019?
Answer: Saudi Arabia's oil company, Saudi Aramco. The company generated $111.1
billion in net profits during 2018. It handily beat Apple ($59.5 billion in net profits
in 2018).

16. Question: Julian Assange, Wikileaks co-founder was arrested in which country?
Answer: Ecuadorian embassy in London, UK. Assange took refuge in the embassy in
2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden over a sexual assault case that has since been
dropped.
17. Question: Who is appointed as First Chief Justice of New Andhra Pradesh High Court?
Answer: Justice Vikram Nath, the senior most judge of Allahabad High Court, was
appointed as the first Chief Justice of the newly-constituted Andhra Pradesh High
Court.

18. Question: Who is named Wisden's Leading Cricketer 2019?

Answer: Virat Kohli for the third straight time. Kohli was also picked as one of the
Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Year.

19. Question: Which engineering institution was ranked the best in the National Institutional
Ranking Framework -2019?
Answer: IIT Madras topped the ranking in the list of top ten engineering institutions
in India.

20. Question: Who won the men’s singles event at the Malaysia Open, held in Kuala
Lumpur?
Answer: Chinese badminton ace Lin Dan. The title is Lin's first win this year and
also his first major success since taking the Malaysia Open in 2017.

21. Question: Who is named as New Chief Coach of India Men's Hockey Team?
Answer: Graham Reid. Reid was the defender and midfielder for the Australian
National team and was part of the silver medal winning team at the 1992 Barcelona
Olympics.

22. Question: Who has been elected as the new President of the World Bank?
Answer: Senior US Treasury official David Malpass.

23. Question: Which Railway Station becomes 1st to get ISO Certification from National
Green Tribunal (NGT)?
Answer: Guwahati Railway Station. The ISO certification received by Guwahati
Railway Station is ISO-14001, which is for Environment Management System as per
international norms which were upgraded in 2015.

24. Question: Who becomes 1st Indian in FIFA Executive Council?

Answer: Praful Patel, president of All India Football Federation (AIFF). Patel serves
as a Senior Vice President at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
 25. Question: Which city will host the Nepal-India Franchise Investment Expo and Conclave
2019?
Answer: Kathmandu. The conclave will be organised by the Federation of Nepalese
Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FNCCI).

26. Question: Which country has approved the sale of 24 MH 60 Romeo Seahawk
helicopters to India?
Answer: USA, at an estimated cost of 2.4 billion US dollars. These maritime
helicopters are designed to hunt down submarines, as well as knock out ships and
conduct search-and-rescue operations at sea.

27. Question: Who assumed the charge as the new Chief Executive of the ICC on 1 April
2019?
Answer: Manu Sawhney, the ex-CEO of Singapore Sports Hub and ex-Managing
Director of ESPN Star Sports. He replaced David Richardson of South Africa.

28. Question: Who won the men’s singles title at the Yonex-Sunrise India Open badminton
tournament?
Answer: Viktor Axelsen defeated Kidambi Srikanth in New Delhi. Thailand's
Ratchanok Intanon has become the first women's singles shuttler to win the title
three times. Her earlier victories came in 2013 and 2016.

29. Question: Which Indian label bagged the spot of No. 1 YouTube Channel recently by
crossing 100 million subscribers?
Answer: T-Series by defeating Swedish YouTuber ‘PewDiePie’ channel.

30. Question: The Bank of Baroda became the third largest lender of India by merging with
which two banks?
Answer: Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank became a part of the Bank of Baroda. It is
now India's second largest Public Sector Bank after the SBI and India’s third
largest lender overall after the SBI and ICICI.

31. Question: ISRO on April 1, 2019 launched which satellite?

Answer: Electronic Intelligence Satellite EMISAT along with 28 other satellites of
global customers. Emisat was launched into an altitude of 749 km orbit, while the 28
satellites were launched at an altitude of 504 km orbit.

CURRENT AFFAIRS - MAY

1. Question: India invited which group of countries at the oath-taking ceremony of PM
Narendra Modi?
Answer: BIMSTEC. Sooronbay Jeenbekov, the President of Kyrgyzstan who is the current
Chair of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and Mauritius Prime Minister
Pravind Jugnauth have also been invited.

2. Question: United States recently removed which country from its currency monitoring
watchlist?
Answer: India. The US placed India, China, Japan, Germany, Switzerland and
South Korea in the bi-annual currency watch list in October 2018.

3. Question: The first match of ICC World Cup 2019 will be held between which two
nations?
Answer: England vs South Africa.

4. Question: The Orchha town was recently added to the tentative list of World Heritage
Sites of UNESCO. Where is the Orchha town located?
Answer: Madhya Pradesh. It is famous for its four palaces - Jahangir Palace, Rai
Praveen Mahal, Raja Mahal, and Sheesh Mahal.

5. Question: Who won the Man Booker International Prize 2019?

Answer: Oman author Jokha Alharthi for her novel “Celestial Bodies”. With this,
Alharthi became the first Arabic-language writer to win the prize and the first
female writer from Oman to have her work translated into English.

6. Question: Who wins Italian Open Title 2019?

Answer: Rafael Nadal beats Novac Djocovic in finals, while in women's section
Karolina Pliskova beats Yohana Konta.

7. Question: Which country has received the first pair of Mi-24 attack helicopters from
India?
Answer: Afghanistan. The choppers were purchased from Belarus.In December
2015, India had first delivered the Mi-24 Helicopters to Afghanistan.

8. Question: Which country is set to host after Korea Football Association (KFA) withdrew
its bid to host the Football Asian Cup 2023?
Answer: China. KFA announced that they are pulled out to strategically focus on a
joint bid with North Korea to host Women’s World Cup in 2023. Last time China
hosted Asian Cup in 2004. This year the Asian Cup was held in UAE in which Qatar
defeated Japan.
9. Question: Who was awarded with the prestigious Sasakawa Award 2019?
Answer: The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction honoured Dr
Pramod Kumar Mishra, Additional Principal Secretary to Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, with the “Sasakawa Award 2019”.

10. Question: Which country has become the second country in the world after the UK to
declare “climate emergency” ?
Answer: Ireland.

11. Question: Exercise Bull Strike 2019 was held at which place?
Answer: All three wings of the Indian Armed Forces jointly carried out Exercise
Bull Strike at Teressa Island in Andaman and Nicobar.

12. Question: Who wins Madrid Open men's title 2019?

Answer: Novak Djokovic of Serbia beat Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece to win his third
Madrid Open title 2019.

13. Question: Who won the 2019 McCain Institute Award for Courage and Leadership?
Answer: Chhaya Sharma, who headed the investigation team of the infamous
Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case.

14. Question: Which British toy company was acquired by the Reliance Brands, a subsidiary
of Reliance Industries (RIL) for a cash deal, worth USD 88.6 million?
Answer: Hamleys Global Holdings Limited

15. Question: Who was appointed as coach of Indian men’s football team ?
Answer: Igor Stimac. He succeeds Stephen Constantine. In his 14 year career span,
Stimac coached the Croatian national team between 2012 and 2013.

16. Question: Aircraft, Antonov An-12 was in the news recently, it is from which country?
Answer: Georgia. It entered the Indian air space from an unauthorised air route &
it was forced to land at Jaipur airport. It had got airborne from Tbilisi (Georgia) for
Delhi via Karachi.

17. Question: Who was appointed as the President of the United Nations General
Assembly(UNGA)?
Answer: Nigerian Professor, Tijjani Mohammad Bande. He is the second Nigerian to
 be appointed to this post, prior being Mr. Joseph Nanven Garba(1989-1990). Prof.
Tijjani Bande will succeed Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces.

18. Question: Which state police has deployed the first Anti-Naxal Women’s Commando
unit named “Danteshwari Ladake” or “Fighters of Goddess Danteshwari”?
Answer: Chhattisgarh. The unit comprised of 30 women commandos led by Deputy
Superintendent of Police (DSP) Dineshwari Nand. Out of these 30 women
commandos, 10 are surrendered women Naxals.

19. Question: Which country has launched its first private rocket named “Momo-3” into
space recently?
Answer: Japan. The unmanned rocket was launched by Japanese aerospace start-up
Interstellar Technology Inc.

20. Question: Which country’s Airborne Early Warning and Control Helicopter named
“Kamov Ka-31” is set to be acquired by Indian Navy?
Answer: Russia. These 10 helicopters are worth Rs 3,600 crore.

21. Question: Which country is set to host the 45th G7 summit in August, 2019?
Answer: France.France, which is the chair of the G-7 grouping has invited India to
the summit. The group consists of US, UK, Canada, France, Germany, Japan and
Italy.

22. Question: Which is the primary host for Tuta absoluta, a pest in the news recently?
Answer: Tomato. Tuta absoluta is a species of moth in family Gelechiidae known by
the common names tomato leafminer, tomato pinworm.

23. Question: Brasilia Declaration (2015), seen in the newspapers recently, is associated what
?
Answer: Road safety. In 2015, India became a signatory to the Brasilia Declaration
on Road Safety, where we committed to halving road crash deaths by 2020.

24. Question: Name the former chief of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), who
has been conferred France’s highest civilian award “Knight of the Legion of Honour”
recently?
Answer: A S Kiran Kumar, for his invaluable contribution to the development of the
India-France space cooperation.
 25. Question: Cyclone Fani hits Odisha and West Bengal recently, which country has
suggested the name “Fani”?
Answer: Bangladesh. The word Fani (pronounced as Foni) means snake.

26. Question: What was the theme of this year's World Press Freedom Day 2019 which was
celebrated on May 3, 2019?
Answer: This year's theme is “Media for Democracy: Journalism and Elections in
Times of Disinformation.” This is the 26th year that WPFD is celebrated around the
globe since it was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in December 1993.

27. Question: Geological sites, Mawmluh cave and Therriaghat cave were in news recently.It
is located in which State?
Answer: Meghalaya. The Geological Survey of India (GSI) North Eastern Region
(NER) installed 2 geological display boards at these sites sites with geo-scientific
information.

28. Question: When the Labour Day is observed in India every year?
Answer: 1st May. The theme of International Labour Day 2019 is “Sustainable
Pension for all: The Role of Social Partners”.
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CURRENT AFFAIRS – JUNE

1. Question: When was the International Day of Parliamentarism was observed ?
Answer: June 30. The year 2018 marks the first celebration of International Day of
Parliamentarism.

2. Question: Which Bank has signed a loan agreement of $250 million (Rs 1,725 crore) with
Kerala for its Resilient Programme ?
Answer: World Bank. It will enhance the state’s resilience against the impact of
natural disasters and climate change.

3. Question: Who has author of book, “A Prime Minister to Remember -Memories of a

Military Chief”?
Answer: Former Navy Chief Admiral Sushil Kumar. The book talks about his
distinguished career in the Indian Navy. It also talks about the Admiral, who served
with Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee from 1998 to 2001.

4. Question: The 14th Group of Twenty (G20) Osaka summit was held at the “International
Exhibition Center” in which country?
 Answer: Japan. Focus areas from India's perspective are corruption and fugitive
economic offenders as well as tackling terrorism. It is the first G20 summit to be
hosted in Japan.

5. Question: What is the venue of 2026 Winter Olympics?

Answer: Northern Italy, with hosting to be shared by Milan.

6. Question: Which conglomerate on 26 June 2019 acquired a controlling stake in IT

services company Mindtree?
Answer: Larsen and Toubro (L&T). With this the group marked the first successful
hostile takeover in Indian IT sphere.

7. Question: Who was appointed the new head of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) by the Union
Government?
Answer: Arvind Kumar. He replaced Rajiv Jain, who completed an extended tenure
as the IB chief.

8. Question: Who was appointed as the chief of Research and Analysis Wing(RAW) for a
fixed two-year term?
Answer: Samant Goel. He was part of planning the Balakot air strikes and also had
a role in surgical strikes after Uri attack. He replaced Anil Dhasmana.

9. Question: Which state again topped the NITI Aayog’s Health Index for 2019 that was
released?
Answer: Kerala, while Uttar Pradesh retained the worst performer tag. Kerala was
followed by Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. Among the UTs, Chandigarh
jumped one spot to top the list, followed by Dadra and Nagar Haveli.

10. Question: Which Deputy Governor of the RBI resigned six months before the scheduled
end of his term?
Answer: Viral Acharya. Viral, who was in charge of monetary policy, will return to
New York University as an economics professor in August instead of February 2020.

11. Question: Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project is a multi-purpose irrigation project in

which state?
Answer: Telangana. The project starts at the confluence point of Pranahita River
and Godavari River, which is at Kaleshwaram village. The project is an off-shoot of
the original Pranahita-Chevella Lift Irrigation Scheme taken up by the Congress
government in 2007 when Andhra Pradesh was not divided.
12. Question: Who won the French Grand Prix 2019 ?
Answer: Five time Formula one (F1) world champion, Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes.

13. Question: Who was selected as main Indian opposition party Congress’ leader in the Lok
Sabha?
Answer: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, a 5-time Congress Lok Sabha MP from West
Bengal. Mallikarjun Kharge was the leader of the Congress in the previous Lok
Sabha but he lost the election this time.

14. Question: Who was unanimously elected as the new Speaker of 17th Lok Sabha ?
Answer: Om Birla, a two-term BJP Lok Sabha MP from Kota (Rajasthan) and a 3-
time MLA from Kota South assembly.

15. Question: Who was crowned as Miss India 2019 ?

Answer: Suman Rao, a CA aspirant from Rajasthan, was crowned the new Miss
India 56th Femina Miss India 2019 pageant.

16. Question: Name the activist whose "Fridays For Future" campaign won Amnesty
International Human Rights award.
Answer: Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg and her Fridays for
Future protest movement won an Amnesty International Human Rights award for
their "unique leadership and courage in standing up for human rights."

17. Question: In June 2019 India’s first Dinosaur Museum and Fossil Park was opened in
which state?
Answer: Gujarat’s Mahisagar district's Raiyoli village. This is third such facility in
the world. The museum has 10 galleries showcasing the evolution and extinction of
dinosaurs.

18. Question: Name the cryptocurrency, which is set to be launched by Facebook in 2020.
Answer: Libra. It will be governed by the independent Libra Association,
headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

19. Question: Which country is set to ban sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030?
Answer: Ireland. This is one of 180 measures the Irish government published in the
“Climate Action Plan”. The Irish Government’s objective is to put the country to
achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

20. Question: Where was the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit 2019 held?
Answer: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
21. Question: Noted writer, actor & director Girish Karnad, who does recently, was conferred
the prestigious Jnanpith Award in which year?
Answer: 1998, for his contribution to Kannada literature.

22. Question: Who was honoured with the country’s highest literary honour, 54th Jnanpith
Award in New Delhi?
Answer: Noted English Fiction writer Amitav Ghosh.Ghosh is known for his novels
such as Shadow Lines, The Glass Palace, The Hunger Tide, River of smoke, Flood of
Fire. Amitav Ghosh is also recipient of the Padma Shri (2007) and Sahitya Akademi
Awards.

23. Question: Who was appointed as the interim Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) for
a term of four years or till he attains the age of 65?
Answer: Sharad Kumar. He will replace KV Chowdary. Mr. Sharad Kumar was a
former head of the National investigation agency (NIA).

24. Question: Who wins women’s singles title of French Open 2019?
Answer: Ashleigh Barty of Australia after defeating Marketa Vondrousova of Czech
Republic. Ashleigh is a former cricketer but in 2016 she returned back to tennis, her
first love.

25. Question: Who wins Men’s singles title of French Open 2019?
Answer: Rafael Nadal (Spain) won his 18th tennis Grand Slam title as he defeated
Austrian Dominic Thiem. He is now just 2 titles behind Roger Federer’s all time
record of 20 Grand Slam titles. This was Nadal’s 12th French Open title, which is
the highest by any man.

26. Question: Which country is set to host the 45th session of the G7 Summit?
Answer: Biarritz, France. PM Modi was invited as a special invitee. The Seven (G7)
countries are Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the
United States. The G7 Summit 2018 (44th Summit) was held in Quebec, Canada.

27. Question: Name the organization, whose founder and Executive Chairman Azim Premji
is set to retire on June 30, 2019.
Answer: Wipro. Premji will remain on the board as Non-Executive Chairman for a
period of 5 years from July 31 to July 30, 2024.
28. Question: BSBD Account was in news recently what is the full form of BSBD ?
Answer: Basic Savings Bank Deposit (BSBD). Basic Savings Bank Deposit (BSBD)
Account has been designed as a savings account.

29. Question: What is India’s rank in the first-ever Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
Gender Index that was released during June 2019?
Answer: 95th out of 129 countries. Denmark was ranked at the 1st place and Chad
at 129th place.

30. Question: Who is the voice-chairperson of the government’s reconstituted policy think
tank, National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog ?
Answer: Rajiv Kumar was retained as the Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog.

31. Question: Who was elected the Prime Minister of Thailand on 5 June 2019?
Answer: Prayuth Chan-ocha of Palang Pracharat party as Prime Minister for a
second term. Prayuth was a chief of staff of the Royal Thai Army from 2008 to 2009.

32. Question: Which country terminates preferential trade status for India under Generalized
System of Preference (GSP) recently?
Answer: USA. GSP is the largest and oldest US trade preference programme and is
designed to promote economic development by allowing duty-free entry for
thousands of products from designated beneficiary countries. India was its biggest
beneficiary.

33. Question: Government approves how much Monthly Pension Scheme for small retail
traders and shopkeepers after they attain the age of 60 years?
Answer: 3000. All small shopkeepers, self-employed persons and retail traders aged
between 18-40 years and with Goods and Service Tax (GST) turnover below Rs.1.5
crore can enrol for pension scheme.

34. Question: Who will head the new “Jal Shakti” Ministry?
Answer: Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. The Centre has created a new Ministry called
“Jal Shakti” by merger of Ministries of Water Resources, River Development &
Ganga Rejuvenation along with Drinking Water and Sanitation.

35. Question: Who is the 24th Indian Navy Chief or Chief of the Naval Staff?
Answer: Admiral Karambir Singh. He commissioned into the Indian Navy in July
1980, he earned his wings as a helicopter pilot in 1981 and has flown extensively on
the Chetak (Alouette) and Kamov helicopters. He is also the first helicopter pilot
from the Indian Navy to lead the naval armed forces. Having commanded missile
 corvette INS Vijaydurg, guided-missile destroyers INS Rana & INS Delhi during his
almost 40-year career, he will be Navy chief till November 2021.

CURRENT AFFAIRS – JULY

1. Question: Which nation has proposed to ban the return of extremists for 2 years?
Answer: Australia. Around 230 Australians had flown to Syria and Iraq to fight with
extremist groups since 2012.

2. Question: Which nation has agreed to provide 2,500 metric tons of rice to Bangladesh for
the Rohingya refugees?
Answer: China. This is part of nine instruments signed between Bangladesh and
China on July 4, 2019.

3. Question: The longest Electrified Railway Tunnel has been commissioned in which state?
Answer: Andhra Pradesh. The South Central Railway (SCR) has commissioned the
longest electrified tunnel of 6.6 km between Cherlopalli and Rapuru stations in the
state of Andhra Pradesh.

4. Question: PM Narendra Modi constituted a High-powered Committee of Chief Ministers

for ‘Transformation of Indian Agriculture’. The Committee is headed by whom?
Answer: The 9 member committee is headed by Devendra Fadnavis, the Chief
Minister of Maharashtra.

5. Question: Which organisation launched the STRIDE scheme to boost research culture in
institutions?
Answer: University Grants Commission (UGC) to enhance the research culture and
innovation in colleges and universities. STRIDE stands for “Scheme for Trans-
disciplinary Research for India’s Developing Economy.”

6. Question: Which state declared Yeoman as the state’s butterfly?

Answer: ‘Tamil Yeoman’ butterfly was declared as Tamil Nadu state butterfly. It is
also known as ‘Tamil Maravan’

7. Question: Who has become the first woman elected to lead European Union
Commission?
Answer: German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen to replace Jean-Claude
Juncker.
8. Question: Which state government has decided to prepare the National Citizen Register
on the basis of Assam Government?
Answer: Nagaland

9. Question: Which state government approved amendment in the Factory Act of 1948 to
allow women for working in the night shift?
Answer: Goa. Now women can work in the night shifts in Goa.

10. Question: Which Indian government department is taking trails of Tri-NETRA

technology?
Answer: Indian Railways in an attempt to avoid train accidents, has initiated a
process to launch the Terrain Imaging for Diesel Drivers - Infrared Enhanced
Optical and Radar Assisted (Tri-NETRA) system. Indian Railways is 4th largest
railway network in the world.

11. Question: Which Country has left membership of the International Whaling Commission
and resumed hunting whales?
Answer: Japan.

12. Question: India recently signed a deal to buy ‘Strum Ataka’ anti-tank missile from which
country?
Answer: Russia. India signed Rs 200 crore deal to buy ‘Strum Ataka’ anti-tank
missile for making its fleet of Mi-35 attack choppers. Recently, the Indian Air Force
has also acquired the Spice-2000 stand-off weapon system from Israel.

13. Question: What is the theme of National Doctor’s Day 2019 which was celebrated on 1st
July?
Answer: Indian Medical Association announces the theme “Zero tolerance to
violence against doctors and clinical establishment” this year.

14. Question: Which state has launched a campaign to eradicate Acute Encephalitis
Syndrome (AES) disease?
Answer: Uttar Pradesh. A large scale campaign to eradicate deadly Acute
Encephalitis Syndrome and Japanese Encephalitis disease was launched in Uttar
Pradesh.

15. Question: Which State or Union Territory of India has decided to introduce a bi-cycle
sharing scheme?
Answer: Pondicherry.
16. Question: Which city of India has recently (July, 2019) been included in the list of World
Heritage Sites by UNESCO?
Answer: The 'Pink City' Jaipur. The decision was taken at the 43rd session of the
Unesco World Heritage Committee.

17. Question: Which indigenous missile has recently been upgraded from 290 kilometers
range to 500 kilometers range?
Answer: BrahMos missile, which cruises at almost three times the speed of sound at
Mach 2.8.

18. Question: India's which first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) which will be delivered to
the Indian Navy in 2021 for advanced trials?
Answer: India’s first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) Vikrant. IAC Vikrant is
being built by Cochin Shipyard Limited.

19. Question: Who has been recently appointed as head of the National Cricket Academy?
Answer: Former Indian captain Rahul Dravid is appointed as the Head of Cricket at
the National Cricket Academy (NCA).

20. Question: Which state government has announced for monthly Rs. 10K allowance for
Padma award winners facing financial problems?
Answer: Odisha. The proposal was made by the state Culture department.

21. Question: Reliance Jio tied-up with which social media platform for ‘Digital Udaan’
initiative?
Answer: Reliance Jio tied-up with Facebook to launch a countrywide digital literacy
drive ‘Digital Udaan’ for its growing base of Jio Phone users.

22. Question: India and which country recently resolved to exchange crucial information on
drug trafficking and precursors?
Answer: Myanmar. The decision came after 4th Director General level talks between
Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control
(CCDAC) in New Delhi.

23. Question: India played Cricket World Cup 2019 semi finals with which team?
Answer: India and New Zealand faced each other for the first time in the World Cup
2019 tournament in the Semi-finals.
24. Question: The RBI finalised a ‘Three Year Roadmap’ to improve supervision and
regulation. What is the name of roadmap?
Answer: Utkarsh 2022.

25. Question: Which state has recently announced a solar award in the name of Bharat Ratna
M. Visvesvaraya?
Answer: Karnataka government has decided to award the Karnataka Visvesvaraya
Solar Award in the name of Bharat Ratna M. Visvesvaraya. This award will be
given every year for a country in the world to do better in the field of Floating Solar
Project.

26. Question: Which company has launched the first electric SUV in India?
Answer: Hyundai Motor. The SUV will offer a range of 452 km/charge, according to
ARAI certification.

27. Question: DRDO carries out three successful tests of which tank destroyer missile in one
day in Pokhran?
Answer: Nag anti-tank missile. The missiles were test-fired during both day and
night during the trials.

28. Question: Which country was recently declared measles free by World Health
Organization?
Answer: Sri Lanka

29. Question: Which Indian sprinter won gold in 100m race during 30th Summer University
Games held in Italy?
Answer: Dutee Chand. She has become the first Indian sprinter to win 100m Gold in
this race. Dutee Chand clocked 11.32 seconds to win this gold.

30. Question: Which company has recently acquired the American software company Red
Hat?
Answer: IBM has wrapped up its USD 34 billion acquisition of Red Hat, completing
the 2nd largest tech acquisitions of all time.

31. Question: In order to prevent the sale of unauthorized water bottles, by which name has
the campaign was launched by RPF?
Answer: The Railway Protection Force (RPF) launched an all-India drive called
"Operation Thirst".
32. Question: Name of the virus that hit 1.5 crore android devices across the country recently.
Answer: Agent Smith

33. Question: India’s Child mortality reduced to what percent as per the UN's
Multidimensional Poverty Index 2019?
Answer: 2.2 percent. India’s Child mortality dropped from 4.5 percent to 2.2
percent. India successfully lifted over 250 million people out of poverty during 2006
– 2016.

34. Question: Who was appointed as the Secretary (Overseas Indian affairs) in the External
Affairs Ministry?
Answer: Vikas Swarup was appointed as Secretary (Overseas Indian affairs) in the
Union External Affairs Ministry.

35. Question: Which state plans to develop Centres of Excellence for skill development in
the aviation Industry?
Answer: Gujarat. This was announced by Captain Ajay Chauhan, Director of Civil
Aviation - Government of Gujarat at 2nd Gujarat Aviation Conclave Conference on
Business Opportunities in the aviation sector held in Ahmedabad.

36. Question: Which General Insurance Company will be merged with "National Insurance
Company Limited" and "United India Assurance Company Limited" to create a single
insurance entity?
Answer: Oriental India Insurance Company Limited.

37. Question: Which nation will host the ICC World Cup 2023?
Answer: India will be hosting the 13th edition of the men's Cricket World Cup. This
will be the first time that the cricket tournament will be solely hosted by India.

38. Question: Which nation won the ICC World Cup 2019?
Answer: England won their maiden World Cup title after a win in the super over.
England and New Zealand both ended up with the same number of runs in the
super over but England were declared winners as they had scoed more boundaries
in the match.

39. Question: Which tennis player recently won the second Wimbledon title by defeating
Roger Federer?
Answer: Novak Djokovic defeated Federer in the longest ever final and settled by an
historic tie-break.
40. Question: In order to facilitate trade between Bangladesh and which country, India has
set up a waterway in Brahmaputra River?
Answer: Bangladesh. Bhutan can now transport goods to Bangladesh through India.
The transportation that will save 30 % cost and 8-10 days of time.

41. Question: Who has recently been appointed World Bank Managing Director (MD) and
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)?
Answer: Anshula Kant, managing director of the State Bank Of India, has been
appointed as managing director and chief financial officer of the World Bank.

42. Question: Christine Lagarde has resigned as the Managing Director of which
International Financial body?
Answer: International Monetary Fund (IMF). Lagarde’s name is in consideration
for the post of the head of the European Central Bank.

43. Question: Which state cabinet has announced to increase the financial assistance given to
the families of martyrs from Rs 25 lakh to Rs 1 crore?
Answer: Maharashtra Government. They have also decided to increase the
assistance to partially disabled soldiers.

44. Question: Who has been appointed as a Judge of Singapore International Commercial
Court (SICC)?
Answer: India's Former Supreme Court judge Justice Sikri. His tenure will start
from August 1, 2019 & ends on 04 January 2021.

45. Question: The 21st Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship began in which city?
Answer: Jawaharlal Indoor Stadium, Cuttack in Orissa. Players from India,
Singapore, Malaysia, England, Scotland and Australia will be competing in the
championship.

46. Question: Which state government has recently announced the addition of Maithili
language as an alternative subject from the 8th to 12th standard?
Answer: Delhi Government. Just like Urdu and Punjabi Maithili will be introduced
in Delhi Government schools.

47. Question: Pakistan has agreed to allow visa-free travel through Kartarpur Corridor to visit
Gurudwara Kartarpur Sahib for how many pilgrims per day?
Answer: 5,000 Sikh pilgrims per day.
48. Question: WHO has declared Ebola outbreak in which country as a global health
emergency?
Answer: Democratic Republic of Congo. The deadly Ebola virus has killed over 1700
people in DR Congo.

49. Question: Who won her fourth gold within 15 days time in 200m race in the Tabor
Athletics Meet in Czech Republic?
Answer: Hima Das.

50. Question: What is the name of L&T's group chairman who has recently been appointed
the non-executive chairman of IT company MindTree?
Answer: A. M. Naik. He will replace Krishnakumar Natarajan, who resigned as the
chairman and a board member from Mindtree.

51. Question: The ICJ ruled in favour of India on July 17, directing Pakistan to review and
reconsider Kulbhushan Jadhav’s execution with how many votes?
Answer: The ICJ ruled in favour of India by 15 to 1 votes. Among the 16 judges,
only Pakistani judge dissented.

52. Question: Which country signed agreement with India to upgrade railway lines?
Answer: Sri Lanka recently signed USD 91.26 million agreement with India to
upgrade Railway tracks connecting the North and South. It would be the first time
in 100 years that Sri Lanka would be upgrading this 130 km-long railway line.

53. Question: Who was appointed as the Private Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi?
Answer: Vivek Kumar, an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer of 2004 batch. He is
currently serving as the Director of the Prime Minister’s Office (PM0).

54. Question: NASA is commemorating the 50th launch anniversary of which history
mission in July?
Answer: Apollo 11, the first manned lunar mission that landed Neil Armstrong and
Buzz Aldrin on the Moon on July 20, 1969.

55. Question: Chandrayaan-2, on July 22, took off from which space center in India?
Answer: Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota. Chandrayaan-2 consists of an
orbiter that will observe the surface of the Moon and become a source of
communication between Earth and the Moon mission.
56. Question: What is the venue of 11th DefExpo India-2020?
Answer: Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The biennial Expo will be a 4-day event,
beginning from 5 to 8 February 2020.

57. Question: Which government department has initiated 'no bill, no payment' campaign on
complaints about vendors charging money arbitrarily?
Answer: Indian Railway. This policy is an outcome of overpricing tactic of the
vendors.

58. Question: Who is appointed as the Vice Chief of Indian Army?

Answer: Lt Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane, the Commander of Eastern Army.
Naravane will succeed Lt Gen D Anbu, who will retire on August 31, 2019.

59. Question: Who won the 2019 Sangita Kalanidhi award of Madras Music Academy?
Answer: Carnatic vocalist S. Sowmya. Sowmya will now preside over the 93rd
annual conference of Academy which will be held between December 2019 and
January 2020.

60. Question: When is National Broadcasting Day observed every year in India?
Answer: 23rd July. In 1927, the Indian Broadcasting Company began radio
broadcasting from Bombay station on this day. On June 8, 1936, the Indian State
Broadcasting Service became AIR (All India Radio).

61. Question: Former Japanese diplomat Yukiya Amano passed away recently at the age of
72. Amano was the chief of which UN agency?
Answer: The International Atomic Energy Agency which regulates nuclear issues
worldwide since 2009.

62. Question: According to the IMF’s World Economic Outlook, July 2019 what will be the
growth rate of India in year 2020-21?
Answer: 7.2%. India’s economy will grow at 7% in the year 2019, picking up to 7.2
% in the year 2020-21.

63. Question: After successful launch of Chandrayaan-2 by India, which country has
expressed a desire to work on space programs with India?
Answer: China has also shared its desire to work with India for upcoming outer
space programmes. China has launched its five lunar exploration missions to the
Moon till date.
64. Question: Which country has recently imposed Carbon Tax?
Answer: South Africa. The carbon tax aims to reduce 34 percent carbon emissions
by 2020 and 42 per cent emissions by 2025.

65. Question: Who has been chosen as the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?
Answer: Boris Johnson

66. Question: Which state government has decided to bring a legislation to ensure journalists’
job security?
Answer: West Bengal

67. Question: What is the rank of India in the latest FIFA rankings?
Answer: The Indian football team moved down by two places to 103. Belgium tops
the list.

68. Question: Which Indian Naval Ship is participating in the Russian Navy Day Parade?
Answer: INS Tarkash. The Russian Baby Day is celebrated every year on the 28th of
July.

69. Question: Which of the following has been announced as the official sponsor of Team
India?
Answer: Byju’s, replacing Oppo. Byju’s will be sponsoring Team India from
September 5, 2019 until March 31, 2022.

70. Question: Which state has received a GI tag for its rasagola?
Answer: Odisha, a year after West Bengal got the GI tag for its version of Rasagola
in November 2017. Odisha had been claiming the geographical tag for the sweet
since a few years. GI registry based in Chennai, issued the formal certification for
“Odisha Rasagola".

71. Question: Which city will host the 2020 Khelo India Youth Games?
Answer: Guwahati, Assam. The third edition of games will begin from 18 January
2020.

72. Question: Who won the Gold Medal in 51 kg category of 23rd President's Cup Boxing
Tournament?
Answer: Mary Kom & Simranjit Kaur won the gold medal in 51kg category and
60kg category respectively each in the 23rd President's Cup Boxing Tournament
held in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia.
 73. Question: Who has been appointed as the UK's first Indian-origin Home Secretary?
Answer: Priti Patel. She succeeds Pakistani-origin Sajid Javid, who has been
appointed as the first ethnic minority Chancellor of the Exchequer.

74. Question: As per a recent UN report, how many children have been killed and injured in
armed conflicts?
Answer: 12,000 children were killed and injured in armed conflicts last year, with
Afghanistan, Palestine, Syria and Yemen topping the casualty list.

75. Question: Which country has built the first of its kind Underwater Military Museum?
Answer: Jordan

76. Question: According to the Tiger Census Report 2018, which state of India has the
highest tiger presence?
Answer: Madhya Pradesh. India now has as many as 2,967 tigers in the wild, with
more than half of them in Madhya Pradesh (526) and Karnataka (524).

CURRENT AFFAIRS – AUGUST

1. Question: The 52nd ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting (AMM-52) has taken place in
which city?
Answer: Bangkok, Thailand.

2. Question: Which union ministry has launched the Atal Community Innovation Centre
(ACIC) in New Delhi?
Answer: Union Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel, Dharmendra
Pradhan. The ACIC is a new initiative of Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) to support
community innovation drive in the country.

3. Question: Which Indian personality has been honoured with the prestigious 2019 Ramon
Magsaysay Award?
Answer: NDTV India's senior executive editor, Ravish Kumar, for his news show,
Prime Time, which deals with real-life & under-reported problems of ordinary
people. The Award is the highest honour given to Asian individuals and
organisations and often referred to as the Asian version of the Nobel Prize.

4. Question: On pilot basis, the One Nation-one Ration Card scheme has been implemented
in which states?
 Answer: Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat from 1st August
2019. Families who have food security cards can buy subsidized rice and wheat from
any ration shop in these states. Their ration cards should be linked with Aadhar
Number to avail this service.

5. Question: Which state government has launched ‘Save Green, Stay Clean’ campaign?
Answer: The West Bengal Government. The State Government will distribute more
than 1 lakhs saplings throughout the state for spreading of greenery.

6. Question: Which union ministry is conducting India’s first national Time Release Study
(TRS)?
Answer: The Department of Revenue under the Ministry of Finance, to enable faster
movement of cargo across borders to benefit traders. The initiative is on ground
lead by the Central Board of Indirect Tax and Customs.

7. Question: Which state government has launched Vhali Dikri Yojna for the welfare of girl
child?
Answer: Gujarat. The State Government will pay Rs. 4,000 to every girl child at the
time of admission to Standard 4th, Rs. 6,000 at the time of taking admission to
Standard IX, Rs. 1-lakh at the time of taking admission for higher education at the
age of 18 and another Rs. 1-lakh at the time of marriage. Approx, Rs.133-crore has
been allocated for this scheme.

8. Question: Name the 23-year-old Indian-origin doctor, who has been crowned Miss
England 2019?
Answer: Bhasha Mukherjee. She holds two different medical degrees & has an IQ of
146, which makes her officially a 'genius'.

9. Question: As per which committee's report, UGC has recommended 20 institutions for
Institutes of Eminence (IoE)?
Answer: N. Gopalaswami Committee. Those selected will be given greater autonomy
and freedom to decide fees, course durations and governance structures. The public
institutions will also receive a government grant of Rs 1,000 crore, while the private
institutions will not get any funding under the scheme.

10. Question: Which year is set as target to achieve 100 GW by solar energy?
Answer: 2022. In 2010, The mission was inaugurated by former Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh with a target of 20GW by 2022 which was then increased by the
Modi government to 100 GW by 2022.
11. Question: Which country hosts the world’s largest SO2 emission hotspot?
Answer: South Africa. India is the largest emitter of anthropogenic sulphur dioxide
in the world, as per the data released by environmental NGO Greenpeace in 2019.
Anthropogenic sulphur dioxide is produced from burning of coal and it is known to
largely contribute to air pollution.

12. Question: PM Modi recently inaugurated Mangdechhu hydroelectric power plant in

which country?
Answer: Bhutan. Mangdechhu hydroelectric power plant is a one of the major
projects under Bhutan's initiative to generate 10,000 MW hydropower by 2020. PM
also launched RuPay Card in Bhutan.

13. Question: Which three banks will be merged into a single entity to form the 2nd largest
bank of India?
Answer: Punjab National Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce, United Bank of India
will be merged as one single entity. Punjab National Bank will be the anchor bank.

14. Question: Which city topped in the 2019 world’s Safe Cities Index ?
Answer: The overall list was topped by Tokyo(Japan) followed by Singapore and
Osaka in 2nd and 3rd spots respectively.

15. Question: Which country will be the host of G7 summit 2020?

Answer: The United States will be hosting G7 Summit 2020.

16. Question: Which team won Durand Cup-2019 title?

Answer: Gokulam Kerala FC. It has become second football club of Kerala to win
the title after 22 years. The match was played at Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata.

17. Question: Who was appointed as the Chairman-cum-Managing Director(CMD) to Coal

India Limited (CIL)?
Answer: Pramod Agrawal, a 1991 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS). He
will succeed incumbent Anil Kumar Jha retiring in January 2020.

18. Question: Which Indian player has become the first Indian ever to clinch a gold in the
Badminton World Championship title?
Answer: PV Sindhu. She earned the title of world champion by crushing Nozomi
Okuhara in straight sets of 21-7, 21-7.

19. Question: By which year, government of India has set goals to eliminate HIV/AIDS?
Answer: 2030. Estimated AIDS related death declined by 71% since its peak in 2005.
 As per UNAIDS 2018 report, the global average for decline in new infections and
AIDS related deaths from peak has been 47% and 51% respectively.

20. Question: Which state has topped in the implementation of free medicine scheme as per
the National Health Mission (NHM)?
Answer: Rajasthan. In the rankings issued by the National Health Mission (NHM),
Rajasthan Government Chief minister Ashok Gehlot’s flagship free medicine
scheme secured the first rank among the 16 states in India.

21. Question: Who was recently appointed as Defence Secretary in the Ministry of Defence?
Answer: Ajay Kumar was appointed as the Defence Secretary in the Ministry of
Defence. Kumar is a 1985-batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

22. Question: What is the name of new Android version launched by Google on August 22,
2019?
Answer: Android 10, breaking its 10-year old tradition of naming Android versions
after desserts or sweets.

23. Question: Where was the 4th United States-India Maritime Security Dialogue held?
Answer: California, U.S.

24. Question: Which Indian structures featured in Time’s 2019 list of 100 greatest places in
world?
Answer: India’s 'Statue of Unity' in Gujarat and Soho House in Mumbai.

25. Question: Who has become the first Indian to win world title in motorsports?
Answer: Aishwarya Pissay won the FIM World Cup in women’s category in
Hungary. Aishwarya Pissay also finished second in the FIM Junior category.

26. Question: Where was the 5th BRICS Minister of Environment Meeting held?
Answer: Sao Paulo, Brazil.

27. Question: Which film won the national film award 2019 for “Best Film”?
Answer: Gujarati Movie Hellaro won the “Best Film” award at the 66th national
film awards 2019.

28. Question: Who will be awarded with Vir Chakra in 2019?

Answer: Wing Commander Abhinandan Vardhman. Five Mirage-2000 fighter jet
 pilots who dropped bombs on the terror facility of the Jaish-e-Mohammed will also
get the Vayu Sena Medal for gallantry.

29. Question: Who was appointed as the chairman and managing director(MD) of Power
Grid Corporation of India Ltd ?
Answer: Kandikuppa Sreekant. He replaces Ravi P Singh.

30. Question: Name the first women chief minister of Delhi who passed away recently.
Answer: Sushma Swaraj, former external affairs minister and Delhi’s first female
chief minister, passed away on August 6, 2019.

31. Question: Who is the author of the book titled “Resurgent India”?
Answer: Former Governor of Reserve Bank of India, Bimal Jalan. The book has
been published by Harper Collins.

32. Question: Which of the following would be the new Union Territory without Legislature?
Answer: Ladakh. The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Bill, 2019 calls for
forming two Union Territories - Jammu and Kashmir with Legislature and Ladakh
without Legislature.

33. Question: Which country was labeled as a currency manipulator for the first time in 25
years by the United States(US)?
Answer: China. The US Treasury department defines currency manipulation as
when countries deliberately influence the exchange rate between their currency and
the US dollar to gain “unfair competitive advantage in international trade”.

34. Question: Which Article was scrapped by the Parliament recently?

Answer: Article 370. All the clauses of Article 370 were revoked, except Clause 1
which states that J&K is a part of India.

35. Question: India slipped to which position in the Global GDP ranking in 2018?
Answer: 7th place, reveals data compiled by the World Bank. India recorded a GDP
of $2.73 trillion in 2018, which is less than that of the UK ($2.82 trillion) and France
($2.78 trillion).

36. Question: RBI allows which Bank to offer regular banking services in India?
Answer: Bank of China. “Bank of China Limited” has been included in the 2nd
Schedule to the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.
 37. Question: Which city will host the 3rd edition of Khelo India Youth Games in 2020?
Answer: Guwahati, Assam, as announced by Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju.

38. Question: India signs Rs1,500 crore deal to acquire R-27 Air-to-Air Missiles from which
country?
Answer: From Russia for equipping Su-30MKI combat aircraft fleet of the Indian
Air Force. The missiles have been acquired under 10-I projects which mandate all
the 3 defence services to maintain critical weapon systems and spares for a specified
minimum period called as War Wastage Reserve (WWR).

39. Question: Cabinet approves ISRO Technical Liaison Unit (ITLU) at which city?
Answer: Moscow in Russia. The Cabinet has also approved the signing of United
Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements (UNISA). The Cabinet
also approved MoU between ISRO and the Bolivian Space Agency on Cooperation
in the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes.

40. Question: India and United Kingdom jointly launched a two year “Innovating for Clean
Air Initiative” (IfCA) in which city?
Answer: Bengaluru, Karnataka. It will support India’s aim to transit to Electric
Vehicles (EVs).

41. Question: To which government agency, Rakesh Asthana was appointed as the Director
General?
Answer: Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB). Asthana replaces Abhay, who was
appointed as a director of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy,
Hyderabad.

42. Question: Which city will host the 22nd National Conference on e-Governance 2019?
Answer: Shillong.

CUTRRENT AFFAIRS – SEPTEMBER

1. Question: Who was awarded with the Global Goalkeeper Award 2019 by Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation for Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (SBA) ?
Answer: PM Narendra Modi.

2. Question: Which country signed an agreement with Reliance Power of India to

set up gas-based plant in Meghnaghat?
Answer: Bangladesh, to set up 750 MegaWatt  gas-based power plant in
 Meghnaghat near Dhaka. The construction of the plant will be completed by
2022.

3. Question: What was the theme of the World Tourism Day 2019 ?
Answer: “Tourism and Jobs: A Better Future For All”. WTD is celebrated
annually on September 27.

4. Question: India has proposed to undertake deep ocean mining under which of
the following projects?
Answer: Samudrayaan. The 'Samudrayaan' project proposes to send men
into the deep sea in a submersible vehicle for ocean studies.

5. Question: Name the second woman, who has been elected as the Chief of the
International Monetary Fund (IMF) ?
Answer: Bulgaria’s economist Kristalina Georgieva. She will replace
Christine Lagarde, who resigned from her post after being elected
president of the European Central Bank (ECB).

Question: Who has become the fastest Indian keeper to claim 50 Test dismissals?
Answer: Rishabh Pant. He claimed his 50th test dismissal in his 11th test, while
former skipper MS Dhoni had taken 15 tests to reach the milestone.

Question: Who won the FIFA's Best Men's Player Award 2019 for his outstanding
performance recently?
Answer: Lionel Messi. It was Messi's sixth FIFA best player award. In women's
category, Megan Rapinoe has been awarded the FIFA Best Player Award 2019.

Question: Who has taken over as the new IAF Chief?

Answer: Air Marshal RKS Bhadauria.

Question: Who was selected for the 2019 Dadasaheb Phalke award,the highest award
in Indian cinema ?
Answer: Amitabh Bachchan. He will be presented with a Swarna Kamal (Golden
Lotus) medallion, a shawl and a cash prize of Rs 10 lakh during the award
presentation.