Practice Questions

June, 2019

Current Affairs
(MCQs and One Liner)
 CONTENTS
Practice Questions 1
National News 1
 MCQs 1
 One Liner 2
International News 3
 MCQs 3
 One Liner 4
Economics & Financial Awareness 5
 MCQs 5
 One Liner 6
Science and Technology 6
 MCQs 6
 One Liner 8
Ecology and Environment 9
 MCQs 9
 One Liner 10
Art and Culture 11
 MCQs 11
Defence & Security – National/International 11
 MCQs 11
 One Liner 12
Honours / Awards 12
 MCQs 12
 One Liner 14
Sports 15
 MCQs 15
 One Liner 16
Appointments/Resignations 16
 MCQs 16
 One Liner 16
Obituaries 17
 MCQs 17
 One Liner 17
Important Days and Themes 17
 MCQs 17
 One Liner 17
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Answers and explanation 18
National News 18
 MCQs 18
 One Liner 18
International News 19
 MCQs 19
 One Liner 20
Economics & Financial Awareness 21
 MCQs 21
 One Liner 22
Science and Technology 23
 MCQs 23
 One Liner 24
Ecology and Environment 25
 MCQs 25
 One Liner 26
Art and Culture 27
 MCQs 27
Defence & Security – National/International 28
 MCQs 28
 One Liner 28
Honours / Awards 29
 MCQs 29
 One Liner 29
Sports 30
 MCQs 30
 One Liner 31
Appointments/Resignations 32
 MCQs 32
 One Liner 32
Obituaries 32
 MCQs 32
 One Liner 32
Important Days and Themes 33
 MCQs 33
 One Liner 33

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Practice Questions
NATIONAL NEWS
MCQs
1. Consider the following statements :
1. Jal Shakti scheme would run from
July 1 to September 115 in states
rainfall during north–east monsoon.
2. States receiving rainfall in the
retreating or north–east monsoon
would be covered under Jal Shakti
scheme from October 1 to
November 30.
Which of the statements given above
is/are correct?
a) 1 only b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2 d) Neither 1 nor 2
2. Which among the following chief
ministers did not attended Niti Aayog’s
5th Governing Council meeting?
a) K Chandrashekhar Rao (Telangana)
b) Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh
c) Himachal Pradesh chief minister
Jairam Thakur
d) All of the above
3. Which of the following statements with
regard to cyclone Vayu is correct?
a) The name Vayu was provided by India
b) Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Vayu
was a strong tropical cyclone that
caused moderate damage in Gujarat
during June 2019.
c) Vayu was the third tropical
depression, third cyclonic storm and
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second very severe cyclonic storm of
the 2019 North Indian Ocean
cyclone season, and the first of
which to form in the Arabian Sea.
d) All of the above
4. The National Investigation Agency is a
central agency established by the
Indian Government to combat terror in
India in the aftermath of 26/11
Mumbai terror attacks. The National
Investigation Agency (NIA) was
established in which year?
a) 2009 b) 2008
c) 2010 d) 2011
5. Which among the following ministry is
empowered to revise National
Education Policy?
a) Ministry of Human Resource
Development
b) Ministry of Urban Development
c) Ministry of Finance
d) Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
6. Arrange the following states in
descending order in terms of overall
health performance according to Niti
Aayog’s health index report.
a) Kerala > Andhra Pradesh >
Maharashtra
b) Kerala > Telangana > Andhra
Pradesh
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c) Kerala > Maharashtra > Tamil Nadu
d) Kerala > Odisha > Andhra Pradesh
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7. The Niti Aayog health index is classified 11. According to a report released by the
into which among the following United Nations World Food
categories? Programme in collaboration with the
a) Larger states, medium states and Ministry of Statistics, the prevalence of
smaller states stunting in children under five years of
b) States and Union territories age in descending order is:
c) States, Union territories with a) Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand,
legislature and Union territories and Meghalaya
without legislature b) Meghalaya, Uttar Pradesh,
d) Larger states, smaller states, and Jharkhand, and Bihar
Union territories c) Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand,
and Meghalaya
8. Who among the following launched d) Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh,
Swachh Survekshan 2020 League in and Meghalaya
New Delhi?
a) Union Housing and Urban Affairs 12. The blood samples of suspected nipah
Minister Hardeep Singh Puri patients are being tested at the
b) Prime Minister Narendra Modi National Institute of Virology. Where is
c) Yoga Guru Ramdev this located?
d) Union Home Minister Amit Shah a) Chennai b) Bengaluru
c) Pune d) Mumbai
9. The Central Bureau of Investigation
looks into corruption cases related to – One Liner
a) Corruption by Central Govt. servants 1. Jal Shakti Abhiyan seems to follow
b) Corruption by the employees of which previous campaign? _____
public sector undertakings
c) Corruption by the Public Sector 2. Niti Aayog’s 5th Governing Council
Banks and their employees meeting was held on _____
d) All of the above
3. Kerala has offered to assist Tamil Nadu
10. The Union Cabinet approved the in tackling the crisis caused by water
Muslim Women (Protection of Rights scarcity by delivering 20 lakh litres of
on Marriage) Bill, 2019, which drinking water through the _____
prescribes a penalty of up to how many
years imprisonment for an offence? 4. Name the strongest tropical cyclone to
2

a) three years b) one year affect the Saurashtra Peninsula of

c) two years d) four years northwestern India in 21 years _____

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5. The proposed changes in the National International News
Investigation Agency (NIA) act include a
bill to empower the agency to carry out MCQs
searches in a state without consent of 1. Name the President of South Africa
_____ who represented his government at
informal BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India,
6. Three of the six convicted in the rape–
China and South Africa) leaders meet
and–murder case of an eight–year–old
on the sidelines of the G20 Summit
nomadic girl in Kathua were awarded
Osaka?
life imprisonment by a special court
recently. Kathua is located in _____ a) Jacob Zuma b) David Mabuza
c) Cyril Ramaphosa d) Nelson Mandela
7. As per the Niti Aayog health index
released on June 25, based on 23 2. Head of which country chaired RIC
health indicators, in terms of Union (Russia, India and China) framework,
Territories, topper was _____ that met on sidelines of G 20 Summit,
Osaka.
8. The Central Bureau of Investigation a) Russia b) India
traces its origin to the Special Police
c) China d) Japan
Establishment (SPE) which was set up
in _____
3. UN Security Council (UNSC) has 10
9. Last year, the Supreme Court had non–permanent members, elected on
struck down which section of the a regional basis to serve a term of
Aadhaar Act, which had made the use a) 1 year b) three years
of Aadhaar mandatory for availing c) two years d) four years
various services _____
4. Which among the following country is
10. According to a report released by the not a permanent member of UNSC?
United Nations World Food a) Russia
Programme in collaboration with the b) People’s Republic of China
Ministry of Statistics, stunting, a c) United States
measure of chronic malnutrition, in d) European Union
children in India under the age of five in
the last decade, has reduced at a rate
5. India and Maldives have signed a MoU,
of about _____
which is aimed at launching passenger
and cargo shipping services between
3

11. Natural host and reservoir of Nipah

virus, which remain uninfected with the two countries. Which ports are
virus are _____ proposed to be connected?

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a) Cochin in India and Kulhudhuhfushi 10. Peace to Prosperity economic
in the Maldives. workshop was held in which country?
b) Navasheva (Jawaharlal Nehru Port) a) Palestine b) Bahrain
and Male in the Maldives c) Israel d) USA
c) Murmagoa and and Kulhudhuhfushi
One Liner
in the Maldives
1. Newly elected President of Brazil who
d) New Mangalore and Male in the
represented his government at G20
Maldives
Summit, held in Osaka is _____

6. Which country was the largest 2. 2020 G–20 summit would be held in
beneficiary of the Generalized System _____
of Preference (GSP) programme of USA
in 2017? 3. India has already held a non–
a) Pakistan b) India permanent seat on the UNSC for _____
c) China d) Japan 4. The United Nations Security Council
consists of members _____
7. Indian PM attended SCO Summit at
Bishkek recently. In which country is 5. Democratic Republic of Congo and
Bishkek located? Uganda are located in which continent?
a) Kazakhstan b) Uzbekistan _____
c) Turkey d) Kyrgyzstan
6. Which country will pay for mandarin
teachers’ salaries in private school in
8. 30th anniversary of 1989 Tiananmen
Nepal? _____
crackdown in Beijing was marked on
which day recently? 7. Khyber Pakthunkhwa is part of which
a) 4th June b) 5th June country? _____
c) 15th June d) 30th June
8. Theme of 34th ASEAN Chairmanship
9. Front Altair and Kokuka Courageous 2019’s theme was _____
were in news. What are these? 9. On which date, Normandy was invaded
a) Dormant volcanoes which became by allied forces of US, UK and France?
active in Japan _____
b) Port cities in Portugal
c) Two oil tankers which were 10. President of Kyrgyzstan is _____
sabotaged in Strait of Hormuz
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11. Sanctions has been imposed on

d) Missiles launched by France and
President of Iran. Name the President
North Korea respectively
_____

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Economics & Financial Awareness 5. What is the name of digital wallet built
by Facebook to launch its own
MCQs cryptocurrency?
1. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) a) DropBit b) Electrum
at its meeting in June 2019 has decided c) GreenAddress d) Calibra
to change the stance of monetary
policy to 6. National Sample Survey Office (NSSO)
a) accommodative b) neutral came under the Ministry of Statistics
c) calibrated tightening d) tight and Program Implementation (MOSPI)
in
2. As the Periodic Labour Force Survey for a) 1970 b) 1975
2017–18, which Union Territories has c) 1980 d) 1972
highest and lowest unemployment
rate? 7. Due to the escalating trade war
a) Chandigarh and Lakshdweep between the US and China, and rising
respectively protectionism, the International
b) Chandigarh and Dadra and Nagar Monetary Fund has cut its global
Haveli respectively growth forecast for 2019 by 20 basis
c) Lakshadweep and Dadra and Nagar points to
Haveli respectively a) 3.3% b) 3.5%
d) Andaman and Nicobar Islands and c) 4% d) 2.3%
Lakshdweep respectively
8. In just two months, the fiscal deficit –
3. The Periodic Labour Force Survey for
the gap between income and expenditure
2017–18, shows huge variations among
for the government – reached at
the states. Goa and Kerala are high in
a) 25% of full year target
a) female unemployment
b) 35% of full year target
b) male unemployment
c) 52% of full year target
c) female employment
d) 40% of full year target
d) male employment

9. Identify the States where female

4. Who among the following is Managing
unemployment rate is lower than male
Director of International Monetary
unemployment by at least half?
Fund (IMF)?
a) Madhya Pradesh
a) Jim Yong Kim
b) Rajasthan
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b) Christine Lagarde
c) Margaret Chan c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Roberto Azevedo d) All of the above

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10. UK Sinha committee has recommended 7. India’s trade deficit in May expanded to
to revise the collateral free loan limit to a six–month high of _____
a) Rs 10 lakh b) Rs 20 lakh
c) Rs 30 lakh d) Rs 40 lakh 8. Mortgage lenders are regulated by the
_____
One Liner
1. On the basis of an assessment of the 9. Jet Airways was founded by _____
current and evolving macroeconomic
situation, the Monetary Policy 10. GDP Growth during Jan–March 2019
Committee (MPC) at its meeting in June
quarter in agriculture was _____
2019 decided to reduce the policy repo
rate to _____
Science and Technology
2. State which has lowest unemployment
MCQs
rate as per figures tabled by the
1. The CRISPR–Cas9 is gene editing tool
government in Parliament is _____
and has an enzyme which acts like a
3. Centre’s target is to have 30% electric molecular scissor to cut the DNA. Name
vehicles by _____ the enzyme.
a) Cas9 b) ZFNs
4. On the basis of an assessment of the c) TALENs d) None of the above
current and evolving macroeconomic
situation, the Monetary Policy 2. In 1969, Neil Armstrong undertook the
Committee (MPC) at its meeting in June Apollo 11 mission to which celestial
2019 decided to change reverse repo body?
rate to _____ a) Callisto b) Titan
c) Europa d) Moon
5. Niti Aayog has proposed to make
mandatory for all commercial cars to go 3. The tool, known as ‘AWaRe’ was
electric from _____ launched by WHO with objective to
a) aware people about Ebola
6. On the basis of an assessment of the
b) limit drugs that are at risk of
current and evolving macroeconomic
resistance
situation, the Monetary Policy
c) prevent non–communicable
Committee (MPC) at its meeting in June
diseases
2019 decided to keep the marginal
6

d) spread awareness about air

standing facility (MSF) rate and the
Bank Rate to _____ pollution

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4. Antibiotics that are used to treat the 10. Consider the following statements with
most common and serious infections regard to DNA Technology (Use and
according to WHO are categorised as Application) Regulation Bill:
a) Aware b) Watch 1. The bill seeks to establish a
c) Reserve d) Access National DNA Data Bank and
Regional DNA Data Banks.
5. Department of Defense of which
2. The legislation also seeks to
country has for the first time sent
satellites to orbit using the SpaceX establish a DNA Regulatory Board.
Falcon Heavy vehicle? Which of the statements given above
a) USA b) UK is/are correct?
c) Japan d) India a) 1 only
b) 2 only
6. The Dragonfly mission is part of c) Both 1 and 2
competitive New Frontiers Program of d) Neither 1 nor 2
which space agency?
a) JAXA b) Nasa 11. Which among the following is/are
c) ISRO d) ESA
benefits of carbon quantum dots
(CQDs)?
7. Landscape of which celestial body is
dominated by “sand dunes” and a) diagnostic tools for bio–imaging
“waterways” composed of b) chemical sensing
hydrocarbons – liquid methane and c) opto–electronics
ethane as per the recent information? d) All of the above
a) Europa b) Callisto
c) Titan d) Moon 12. Photoluminescence, is a property in
which–
8. The proposed Indian space station is a) the material absorbs light and re–
expected to have a payload of emits it as a spectrum.
a) 10 tonnes b) 20 tonnes
b) there is emission of light
c) 40 tonnes d) 100 tonnes
(luminescence), as the result of a
9. Which among the following countries is chemical reaction
not part of International Space Station c) there is technique that allows the
(ISS)? measurement of the gamma
a) Canada and European Union radiation emitted
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b) Russia and Japan d) None of the above

c) USA
d) North Korea and Pakistan

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13. What are rankings of IIT Delhi and the One Liner
Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru 1. In 2012, scientists discovered that
in QS World University Rankings for Clustered regularly interspaced short
2020? palindromic repeats or CRISPR is a key
a) 152 and 184 respectively part of the _____
b) 182 and 184 respectively
2. As per World Health Organisation,
c) 182 and 152 respectively
antibiotics to be used sparingly or
d) 192 and 84 respectively
preserved and used only as a last resort
are categorised as _____
14. Which institution scored high in terms
of citations per faculty, achieving a 3. As per World Health Organisation,
perfect 100 in that indicator in QS ‘Watch’ is that category of antibiotics
World University Rankings for 2020? that are available in the healthcare
a) IISc, Bengaluru b) IIT Bombay system at _____
c) IIT Delhi d) IIT Madras
4. India has set its eye on building its own
15. Sri Lanka’s first satellite was designed space station in _____
and developed by
5. Chairman of Indian Space Research
a) Tharindu Dayaratne
Organisation (ISRO) is _____
b) Dulani Chamika
c) Both a and b 6. Indian Space Research Organisation
d) Chandra Wickramasinghe (ISRO) plans to build a permanent
space station to conduct in space _____
16. On Earth, methane is produced in large
part by 7. As per QS World University Ranking,
a) Living things the top private university in the country
b) Non– living things is _____
c) Yeast only
8. Cabinet cleared DNA Technology (Use
d) Blue green algae only
and Application) Regulation Bill which
seeks to control the use of DNA
17. NASA has sent a rover to Mars which technology for establishing the _____
has recorded presence of methane.
What is the name of the rover? 9. Under the DNA Technology (Use and
8

a) Spirit b) Curiosity Application) Regulation Bill, in order to

c) Opportunity d) Beagle 2 collect DNA samples from the people,
_____

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10. Assam Scientists develop cancer cell
detection ‘dots’ from _____
11. Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) have
been obtained recently from low
quality and high sulphur _____
12. Sri Lanka’s first satellite was deployed
using the JAXA (Japanese Aerospace
and Exploration Agency) owned _____
13. Ranking of IIT–Bombay in the QS World
University Rankings for 2020 is _____
14. In a bid to make babies immune to
infection by the human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a
researcher from the Southern
University of Science and Technology in
Shenzhen, China, used a clinically
untested gene editing tool (CRISPR–
Cas9) to modify a particular gene.
Name the researcher _____
Ecology and Environment
MCQs
1. Papikonda National Park is located near
which among the following multi–
purpose river projects?
a) Sri Ram Sagar project
b) Babli project
c) Icchampally project
d) Polavaram project
2. India recently won solar case where
USA was providing incentives to some
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a) California, Connecticut, Delaware,
b) Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota
c) Montana and Washington
d) All of the above
3. As per the latest findings, scientists
have shown that Himalayan glaciers
have lost more than a quarter of their
ice mass since
a) 1975 b) 1980
c) 1990 d) 1960
4. Which of the statements with regard to
World Trade organization’s ruling in
India–US solar case is correct?
1. The WTO panel upheld India’s
claim that 8 states had broken the
rules by incentivizing the use of
local content.
2. WTO’s ruling included U.S.
arguments which suggested India’s
complaint would have little, if any,
effect.
Select the correct option
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
5. Which among the following publishes
the details of new species of plants in
India?
a) Forest Survey of India
b) Bombay natural History Society
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of its states. Which among the

c) Indian Council of Forestry Research
following states of USA were providing
d) Botanical Survey of India
solar incentives?

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6. Between 2010 and 2019, botanists and 11. Which among the following facts is/are
taxonomists working on Impatiens –– a correct?
group of plants commonly known as a) Capital of Kerala is Cochin
Balsams or jewel–weeds –– discovered b) Present Chief Minister of Kerala is
how many new species? Pinarayi Vijayan
a) 23 b) 32 c) Current Governor of the Kerala state
c) 10 d) 15 is P. Sathasivam.
d) Only b and c
7. Which state has second highest
12. The proposed Polavaram multi–
number of species of balsams in the
purpose river project would supply
country?
water to which districts?
a) Arunachal Pradesh
a) East Godavari district and Krishna
b) Sikkim
district
c) Nagaland b) West Godavari district and Krishna
d) Assam district
c) Guntur district and Krishna district
8. Hydrotheraphy treatment, which has d) West Godavari district and Kadapa
been started for large animals recently, district
is useful for treatments of
a) Arthritis b) Join pain One Liner
c) Foot ailments d) All of the above 1. Impatiens –– a group of plants
commonly known as Balsams are
9. US has accused that India’s solar power mainly found in _____
policies had cut US solar exports by
more than– 2. Technique of using high pressure jet
a) 70% b) 90% sprays that create water pressure that
c) 50% d) 30% help in increasing blood circulation is
called _____
10. India’s first solar– powered cruise boat
that is going to be launched will be 3. As per latest findings published in
Science Advances Journal, in the 21st
powered by motor that can source
century, the world’s average
energy from
temperatures has _____
a) Solar panels
b) Battery
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4. North Pacific right whale’s song was

c) Generator
documented by researchers of the
d) All of the above _____

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5. The scientific name of North Pacific 14. When did India brought solar case
right whale, which was in news recently dispute before World Trade
is _____ Organisation against USA for the first
time? _____
6. A zoologist who studies reptiles and
amphibians such as frogs and 15. Which act of whales has been studied
salamanders is called _____ recently as an act of looking for date?
_____
7. A first intact head of a gigantic adult
which died about 32,000 years ago and
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was preserved in permafrost has been
found in the Russian Arctic. Name the
MCQs
animal _____
1. As per the Archeological Survey of India
which site, excavated recently was the
8. Tirekhtyakh River is located in which
country? _____ largest necropolis of the late Harappan
period datable to around early part of
9. What is scientific name of impressed second millennium BCE?
tortoise discovered recently in North– a) Mehrauli b) Kalibangan
east India? _____ c) Sadikpur Sanauli d) Alamgirpur

10. Mathura is located on the banks of 2. What was the name of Ranjit Singh's
which river, where hydrotheraphy for youngest queen?
elephants has been started recently by a) Maharani Gul Bahar Begum
government and non–governmental b) Maharani Raj Banso
agencies? _____ c) Maharani Gulab Kaur
d) Maharani Jindan
11. Who among the following scientists
have analysed four decades of ice loss Defence & Security –
for 650 of the largest glaciers across a
National/International
2,000 km transect across the
Himalayas? _____
MCQs
1. Who among the following is head of
12. Name the order of reptile that includes
the Cabinet Committee on Security?
turtles, terrapins and tortoises _____
a) Home Minister
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b) Prime Minister
13. The Asian Forest Tortoise, the largest in
mainland Asia, is found only in which c) National Security Advisor
parts of the country? _____ d) Defence Minister

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2. Defence Space Agency (DSA) comprises 3. Paralysis below the neck where all four
members of the limbs, as well as the torso, are typically
a) Indian Army affected is called _____
b) Indian Navy
c) Indian Air Force 4. Name the travel portal, that caters for
d) All three services the personal travel of the military and
paramilitary forces personnel by
3. Defence Space Agency (DSA) is being aggregating defence fares and getting
set up in exclusive discounts _____
a) Chennai b) Bengaluru
c) Hyderabad d) Mumbai 5. The Navy issued an ‘Expression of
Interest’ for shortlisting potential
4. Navy wants to build submarines for strategic partners for the construction
45000 Rs under which initiative of the of _____
government?
a) Skill India 6. Chinese new ballistic missile, JL–3 may
b) Stand up India be equipped with how many
c) Make in India independent guided nuclear
d) Start Up India warheads? _____

5. Army’s Paraplegic Rehabilitation Honours / Awards

Centre (PRC) is located at
a) New Delhi b) Mohali MCQs
c) Shimla d) Hyderabad 1. Who among the following had been
conferred Order of Aztec Eagle award?
6. Paralysis in the lower half of the body a) Nelson Mandela
and both legs is called b) Pratibha Patil
a) Tetraplegia b) Paraplegia c) Shyama Prasad Ganguly
c) Monoplegia d) Quadriplegia d) All of the above

One Liner 2. Who among the following founded

1. Defence Space Research Agency Order of Aztec Eagle award?
(DSRA) is being created under a _____ a) Luis Echeverría Álvarez
b) Abelardo L. Rodriguez
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2. Which agency has been created to help

c) Carlos Salinas de Gortari
the country fight wars in the space?
d) Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon
_____

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3. Who among the following is present 9. English language was added to the list
President of Mexico? of languages for consideration after
a) Andrés Manuel López Obrador which Jnanpith Award?
b) Vicente Fox a) 1st b) 29th
c) Felipe Calderón c) 40th d) 49th
d) Enrique Peña Nieto
10. The Gold Card is a scheme of
4. ‘India Day’ was celebrated recently in permanent residency for industrialists,
the Parliament of which country? entrepreneurs and specialised talents
a) United Kingdom b) USA launched by which country?
c) Japan d) France a) Iran
b) United Arab Emirates
5. The Pilkington Prize awards was c) South Africa
established by d) Turkey
a) Ramon Magsaysay
11. Which among the following statements
b) Joseph Pulitzer
with regard to United Arab Emirates
c) Sir Alastair Pilkington
is/are correct?
d) Alfred Nobel
a) Capital of UAE is Abu Dhabhi
b) Largest city of UAE is Dubai
6. Pilkington awards are given to
c) The present President of the
acknowledge excellence in
country is Khalifa bin Zayed Al
a) sports b) journalism
Nahyan
c) social service d) teaching
d) All of the above

7. Who among the following writer is the

12. Who among the following has won
first English language writer to become
Miss Universe Australia 2019?
a Jnanpith laureate recently? a) Bhasha Mukherjee
a) Amitav Ghosh b) Salman Rushdie b) Priya Serrao
c) Amish Tripathi d) Kiran Desai c) Aishwarya Vallem
d) Tanvi Gujral
8. Who among the following is the first
recipient of Jnanpith Award? 13. Who among the following would be
a) D. V. Gundappa honoured with the UNICEF Danny Kaye
b) Viswanatha Satyanarayana
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Humanitarian Award?
c) G. Sankara Kurup a) Priyanka Chopra b) Sushmita Sen
d) Kazi Nazrul Islam c) Aishwarya Rai d) Madhuri Dixit

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14. United Nations Children’s Fund
(UNICEF) headquarters is located at
a) Geneva, Switzerland
b) New York, USA
c) Lyon, France
d) Vienna, Austria
15. Which among the following statements
given below is/are correct?
1. Capital of Mexico is Canberra
2. Capital of Tripura is Kohima
Select the correct options
a) 1 only b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2 d) Neither 1 nor 2
One Liner
1. BBC Food and Farming
ceremony was held at _____
2. How many Indian nationals had been
conferred Order of Aztec Eagle prior to
Pratibha Patil, who was conferred this
year by Mexican government? _____
3. Name the Indian actress who has
worked with Unicef since 2006 and was
appointed the national and global
Unicef Goodwill Ambassador for Child
Rights in 2010 and 2016 _____
4. A Dutch university team of four
students, including two Indians, won
this year’s prestigious ‘Airbus Fly Your
Ideas’ competition for their prototype
on the application of wireless systems
in aircraft instead of traditional wired
systems. What was the name of the
team _____
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5. Aztec Eagle award was created in
_____
6. Governor and Chief Minister of Tripura
respectively are _____
7. Noted music composer and director
Rahul Dev Burman was popularly
known as _____
8. Name the Home Secretary of Britain
who released ‘100 most Influential in
UK–India Relations: Celebrating
Women’ list in Parliament _____
9. Who among the following is Finance
minister of India? _____
Awards 10. When was first Pilkington Prizes
awarded? _____
11. Name the author of the Glass Palace
and Sea of Poppies, who was given
India’s highest literary award _____
12. Award which is the highest literary
award in India and can only be
conferred upon an Indian citizen is
_____
13. The first Jnanpith award which was
given in 1965 was given to writer of
which language? _____
14. The largest expatriate presence in the
United Arab Emirates is _____
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15. Miss Universe Australia competition,
2019 was held in which Australian city?
_____
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Sports 5. Who among the following were
champions of the 2019 Annual King’s
MCQs Cup Football Tournament commonly
1. Who among the following highlighted referred to as 2019 King’s Cup?
the importance of the government’s a) Thailand b) India
flagship ‘Khelo India Programme’ in the c) Vietnam d) Curaçao
joint sitting of the two Houses of
6. Which among the following teams
Parliament in New Delhi?
among the following won 2019 Copa
a) President Ram Nath Kovind
America?
b) Prime Minister Narendra Modi
a) Chile b) Brazil
c) Union Sports Minister, Kiren Rijiju
c) Peru d) Argentina
d) Union HRD Minister, Prakash
Javedkar 7. Who among the following organized
2019 Copa América?
2. Under ‘Khelo India Programme’, what a) CONMEBOL b) FIFA
is the number of talented new players c) UEFA d) AFC
would be selected and trained every
year? 8. Who is first tennis player to ever win
a) 1500 the same Slam 12 times?
b) 2000 a) Pete Sampras
c) 2500 b) Dominic Theim
d) 3000 c) Rafale Nadal
d) Roger Federer
3. Which among the following is
European football’s governing body? 9. Who among the following was sacked
by Hockey India from the post of junior
a) FIFA
men’s hockey team coach recently?
b) UEFA
a) Harendra Singh b) Jude Felix
c) CONMEBOL
c) Graham Reid d) Sjoerd Marijne
d) AFC
10. Junior hockey eight–nation
4. Who among the following is present tournament was held recently where
coach of Indian football team? Indian Junior men’s hockey team
a) Stephen Constantine finished a disappointing sixth. Name
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b) Albert Rica the place.

c) Igor Stimac a) New Delhi b) Jakarta
d) Kushal Das c) Seoul d) Madrid

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One Liner
1. How many medals have been won by
India in shooting in the 2018 Gold Coast
CWG? _____
2. Shooting has featured in every
Commonwealth Games since _____
3. Some women football players from
YUWA, a NGO flied to Lyon to take part
in Street Football World Festival 2019.
The team from Yuwa, is supported by
_____
4. Yuwa is a non–profit organization
based in _____
5. World Archery Youth Championship, is
going to be held in _____
6. Which city/cities will host 2026 Winter
Olympics? _____
7. India proposed to host the 2023
International Olympic Committee
session in Mumbai, which is expected
to choose the host city for _____
8. An International Olympic Committee
Session is the general meeting of the
members of the IOC. This held once a
year in which each member has _____
9. 37th Balaton International
Festival was held in _____
Practice Questions June, 2019
Appointments/Resignations
MCQs
1. Who among the following is the first
Indian woman to be elected as an
individual member of the International
Olympic Committee in 2016?
a) Tina Ambani
b) P T Usha
c) Nita Ambani
d) Mary Kom
2. Which among the following is/are not a
duty of pro–tem speaker?
a) He presides over the first sitting of
the Rajya Sabha.
b) He administers the oath of office to
the newly elected MPs
c) He oversee the election of the
Speaker of Lok Sabha.
d) He presides over the first sitting of
the Lok Sabha
One Liner
1. Name the institution that was
established in 2015, by the NDA
government, to replace the Planning
Commission _____
2. RBI’s youngest deputy governor, post–
economic liberalization who resigned
Chess recently is _____
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10. Nations League championship, 2019

final match was held in _____

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Obituaries Important Days and Themes

MCQs MCQs
1. Who among the following wrote his 1. Consider the following statements with
first play Yayati in 1961, and Tughlaq regards to World Environment Day:
(1964) and Hayavadana (1972) later? 1. In 2019, China will host the global
a) Girish Karnad World Environment Day
b) Vijaya Nirmala celebrations
c) Mohammed Morsi 2. Theme for 2019 World
Environment day was– ‘Beat Air
d) Shyam Sunder Mitra
Pollution’.
Which of the statements given above
2. Azad Gomantak Dal was a
is/are correct?
revolutionary group who were
a) 1 only b) 2 only
determined to fight Portuguese to free
c) Both 1 and 2 d) Neither 1 nor 2
which Indian state?
a) Puducherry
One Liner
b) Goa
1. The Themes for International Day of
c) Hyderabad
Yoga at United Nations and Ministry of
d) Junagarh
Ayush were _____

One Liner 2. World Day Against Child Labour

1. Name the person who received Padma (WDACL) was celebrated on _____
Shri in 1974, Padma Bhushan in 1992,
the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1994 and 3. Name the day that was celebrated on
the Jnanpith Award in 1998, and passed 26th June, 2019. _____
away recently _____
4. Theme for World Day to Combat
2. Fort of Caxias where Mohan Ranade, a Desertification and Drought 2019 is
Goan revolutionary was kept is located _____
in _____
5. National Statistics Day is celebrated on
_____
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(Answers and explanation)
National News
MCQs
1. c;
2. d; The Governing Council, which
embodies NITI Aayog’s objectives of
cooperative federalism, presents a
platform to discuss inter–sectoral
and federal issues to accelerate the
implementation of the national
development agenda.
3. d; Vayu originated from a low–pressure
area that was first noted by the India
Meteorological Department (IMD) on
9 June, near the northern Maldives.
The name vayu is derived from a
Sanskrit and Hindi word meaning
‘wind’.
4. b; The agency is empowered to deal
with terror related crimes across
states.
5. a; Amid the uproar over the draft
version of the National Education
Policy (NEP) 2019 which mandated
compulsory learning of Hindi in non–
Hindi speaking states, the Ministry of
Human Resource Development
(MHRD) released a revised version of
the policy, modifying the clause.
6. a; Kerala again tops the list for the
second time in a row in terms of
overall health performance. Andhra
Pradesh holds the second position
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whereas Maharashtra occupies the
third spot.
7. d; The Niti Aayog health index is
classified into larger states, smaller
states, and Union territories
categories for better comparison.
8. a; The league will be a quarterly
cleanliness assessment of cities and
towns in India and will be integrated
with Swachh Survekshan 2020.
9. d;
10. a; Muslim Women (Protection of Rights
on Marriage) Bill, 2019 provides for
subsistence allowance to married
Muslim women and their children.
11. a; The prevalence of stunting in
children under five years of age is the
highest in Bihar (48%), Uttar Pradesh
(46%), Jharkhand (45%), and
Meghalaya (44%).
12. c; Human get infected with Nipah virus
by direct contact with the body
secretion of infected animals or by
ingestion of contaminated food
products.
One Liner
1. Gram Swaraj Abhiyan
2. 15th June
The fifth meeting of the Governing
Council of NITI Aayog was held under
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the chairmanship of the Prime Minister
Shri Narendra Modi at Rashtrapati
Bhawan.
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3. Rail Network International News
Despite rainfall deficit, the storage in
MCQs
Kerala’s reservoirs is much better than
in Tamil Nadu. 1. c; Indian PM Modi congratulated Cyril
Ramaphosa on his election as the
4. Cyclone Vayu
President of South Africa as the BRICS
5. Director General of Police (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South
Africa) leaders met on the sidelines of
The proposed bill seeks to widen the
the G20 Summit Osaka.
scope of cases that National
2. b; Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a
Investigation Agency (NIA) can
tri–lateral meeting with Chinese
investigate.
President Xi Jinping and Russian
6. Jammu and Kashmir President Vladimir Putin and
discussed issues like terrorism and
7. Chandigarh
climate change on the sidelines of the
8. 1941 G–20 summit in Osaka.
The Delhi Special Police Establishment 3. c; The body’s presidency rotates
Act was brought into force in 1946.The monthly among its members.
DSPE acquired its popular current 4. d; Soviet Union (now represented by
name, Central Bureau of Investigation Russia), the United Kingdom, France,
(CBI), through a Home Ministry Republic of China (now represented
resolution dated 1.4.1963. by the People’s Republic of China),
and the United States – serve as the
9. Section 57
body’s five permanent members.
10. 1% per year These can veto any substantive
resolution.
At the current rate of 1 % per year
reduction in stunting, 31.4% children 5. a; A MoU is signed between Indian and
Maldives, aimed at launching
will be stunted by 2022, this was the
passenger and cargo shipping
slowest rate of decline among
services between the ports of Cochin
emerging countries, and most
in India and Kulhudhuhfushi in the
countries in Asia. Maldives.
11. Fruit bats 6. b; President Donald Trump has
Fruit bats of family Pteropodidae are terminated India’s designation
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the natural host and reservoir of Nipah effective June 5, 2019 as a

beneficiary developing nation under
virus, while they remain uninfected.
the key GSP trade programme.

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7. d; Prime Minister Narendra Modi took
part in the Shanghai Cooperation
Organisation (SCO) summit held at
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. According to the
Bishkek Declaration of the Shanghai
Cooperation Organisation’s Heads of
State Council, the member states
stressed that acts of terrorism and
extremism cannot be justified.
8. a; 4th June marked 30th anniversary of
1989 Tiananmen crackdown in
Beijing. The United States marked
the occasion by hailing the “heroic”
movement of 1989 and denouncing a
“new wave of abuses” in China.
9. c; The 23 sailors aboard the
Norwegian–owned Front Altair were
taken to Iran while 21 more on the
Japanese–owned Kokuka
Courageous were rescued by a US
warship.
10. b; The Palestinians vowed to reject a
US–led peace initiative to be
presented in Bahrain. Led by
President Donald Trump’s son–in–
law and adviser Jared Kushner, the
Peace to Prosperity economic
workshop that begins proposes
raising more than $50 billion in fresh
investment for the Palestinians and
their Arab neighbours with major
projects to boost infrastructure,
education, tourism and cross–border
trade.
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One Liner
1. Jair Bolsonaro
The Indian Prime Minister, who was in
Osaka for the G20 Summit,
congratulated Jair Bolsonaro on being
elected as the President of Brazil and
welcomed him in the BRICS family.
2. Saudi Arabia
The 2020 G20 Riyadh summit will be
the fifteenth meeting of Group of
Twenty (G20). It will be held on 21–22
November 2020 in the city of Riyadh,
the capital of Saudi Arabia
3. Seven terms
Seven terms of India: 1950–1951,
1967–1968, 1972–1973, 1977–1978,
1984–1985, 1991–1992 and 2011–
2012. India announced its candidacy
for the 2021–22 seat at the end of
2013.
4. Fifteen
The Security Council originally
consisted of 11 members–five
permanent members and six
nonpermanent members elected by
the UN General Assembly for two–year
terms. An amendment to the UN
Charter in 1965 increased council
membership to 15, including the
original five permanent members and
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10 nonpermanent members.
5. Africa
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6. China
According to a report, the assurance by
China that it will pay for teachers’
salaries have encouraged many private
schools to include Mandarin as a
mandatory subject.
7. Pakistan
Pakistan has announced the first Sikh–
only school in Peshawar in Khyber
Pakthunkhwa
8. “Advancing Partnership
Sustainability”
34th Association of Southeast Asian
Nations (ASEAN) Summit was held in
Bangkok. PM Prayut Chan–o–cha of
Thailand, held the ASEAN Chair in 2019.
9. 6th June, 1944
President Trump, French President
Emmanuel Macron and other world
leaders marked the 75th anniversary of
the Normandy invasion of June 6, 1944
that helped liberate Europe from Nazi
Germany and set the foundation for
the modern transatlantic alliance.
10. Sooronbay Jeenbekov
Prime Minister Narendra Modi took
part in the Shanghai Cooperation
Organisation (SCO) summit held at
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and met Mr.
Sooronbay Jeenbekov. The latter had
visited India on 31st May to attend PM
Modi’s oath taking ceremony in New
Delhi.
11. Hassan Rouhani
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Economics & Financial Awareness
MCQs
1. a; The change in stance to
“accommodative” means there is a
possibility of further monetary easing
in the months ahead.
2. c; Among Union Territories Dadra and
Nagar Haveli has a low
unemployment rate of 0.6%.
Lakshadweep has a 50.5% female
for
unemployment rate.
3. a; Goa and Kerala are high in female
unemployment (respectively 26.0%
and 23.3%) but their respective male
unemployment rates are three times
lower (8.1% and 6.2%), giving them
overall rates of 13.9% and 11.4%.
4. b; Jim Yong Kim is president of World
Bank. Margaret Chan is President of
World Health Organization (WHO).
Roberto Azevedo is president of
World trade Organisation
5. d; The new digital currency will be
overseen by a nonprofit association.
A digital wallet called Calibra is being
built by a Facebook subsidiary for
Apple– and Android–powered
smartphones and integrated with the
social network’s Messenger and
WhatsApp mobile services.
6. d; NSSO was established as part of the
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Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), as an
independent and non–bureaucratic
data gathering organisation.
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7. a; International Monetary Fund has cut
its global growth forecast for 2019 by
20 basis points to 3.3%, the lowest
since the 2008 financial crisis,
blaming the US–China trade tensions,
loss of momentum in Europe and the
uncertainty surrounding Brexit.
8. c; In just two months, the fiscal deficit –
the gap between income and
expenditure for the government –
has consumed over half of the annual
Budget Estimate, data released
revealed.
9. d; States showing the opposite trend –
female unemployment lower than
male unemployment by at least half
– include Bihar (2.8% to 7.4%, overall
7.2%), Madhya Pradesh (2.1% to
5.3%, overall 4.5%), Rajasthan (2.3%
to 6.0%, overall 5.0%) and Uttar
Pradesh (3.1% to 6.9%, overall 6.4%).
10. b; The same should also apply to loans
sanctioned under the Pradhan
Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) and to
Self–help group (SHG) based
enterprises.
One Liner
1. 5.75 per cent
Repo rate is the rate at which Reserve
Bank of India lends money to all the
commercial banks in the country in
the event of scarcity of funds.
2. Meghalaya
Nagaland has the highest
unemployment rate among the
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states and Union Territories (UTs) of
India at 21.4%, and Meghalaya the
lowest at 1.5%, as per figures tabled
by the government in Parliament.
3. 2030
Electric vehicles are also less
polluting than those which run on
fossil fuel.
4. 5.50 per cent
Reverse Repo rate is the rate at which
Reserve Bank of India borrows funds
from all the other commercial banks
in the country.
5. April 2026
The Union Government of India has
proposed to have an all–electric fleet
of commercial cars from April 2026 in
the country. All the cars sold in the
Indian market from April 2026 for
commercial purposes would be
electric.
6. 6.0 per cent
Bank Rate is defined as the rate at
which the central bank is ready to
purchase the financial instruments,
that are covered under section 49 of
the RBI Act.MSF stands for Marginal
Standing Facility availed by the banks
only when the excess SLR of their net
demand and time liabilities has been
exhausted
7. $15.4 billion
22
Import growth outpaced export
growth following a 37% jump in gold
imports.
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8. National Housing Bank
The airline was grounded on 17 April
after it failed to repay its creditors
and was not able to meet operational
costs due to lack of funds.
9. Naresh Goyal
National Housing Bank, a smallest of the four Galilean moons
Government of India owned entity,
was set up on 9 July 1988 under the
National Housing Bank Act, 1987.
NHB is an apex financial institution
for housing.
10. 2.9%
Slowdown in the economy was led by
sluggish growth in the agriculture,
forestry and fishing sector (2.9%
growth), the mining sector (1.3%
growth) and manufacturing (6.9%).
Science and Technology
MCQs
1. a; Zinc–finger nucleases (ZFNs) are
artificial restriction enzymes
generated by fusing a zinc finger
DNA–binding domain to a DNA–
cleavage domain. By taking
advantage of endogenous DNA repair
machinery, these reagents can be
used to precisely alter the genomes
of higher organisms.Transcription
activator–like effector nucleases
(TALEN) are restriction enzymes that
can be engineered to cut specific
sequences of DNA.
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2. d; Callisto is the second–largest moon
of Jupiter, after Ganymede. It is the
third–largest moon in the Solar
System after Ganymede and Saturn’s
largest moon Titan, and the largest
object in the Solar System not to be
properly differentiated. Europa is the
orbiting Jupiter, and the sixth–closest
to the planet of all the 79 known
moons of Jupiter. It is also the sixth–
largest moon in the Solar System.
3. b;
4. d;
5. a; The mission’s success is significant
for SpaceX, as it is the first time the
US Department of Defense has sent
satellites to orbit using the
company’s much–vaunted Falcon
Heavy vehicle. The US Air Force is
working toward certifying the rocket
for its National Security Space Launch
program, through which it intends to
ensure access to space for the US
government.
6. b; The Dragonfly mission is part of
Nasa’s competitive New Frontiers
Program and is aimed at
understanding how chemistry gave
way to biology. Scientists have long
considered Titan an attractive place
to study whether it would be capable
of supporting microbial life.
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7. c; Its surface is composed of water ice,
frozen as hard as rock.
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8. b;
9. d; The International Space Station is a
space station in low Earth orbit. The
ISS programme is a joint project
between five participating space
agencies: NASA, Roscosmos, JAXA,
ESA, and CSA.
10. c;
11. d; Researchers are trying to develop
fluorescent carbon nanomaterials at
one–twentieth the cost of imported
CQDs.
12. a; Researchers from IIT Madras have
found a way of enhancing this
property about 30 times in tungsten
diselenide, by drop–casting gold
nanoparticles on to a two–
dimensional film. The work is
published in Applied Physics Letters.
13. b; The QS World University Rankings
2020 was released on 19 June 2019 in
London.
14. a;
15. c; Tharindu Dayaratne and Dulani
Chamika were studying space
engineering at Japan’s Kyushu
Institute of Technology.
16. a; The American space agency’s Mars
rover Curiosity has recorded its
largest measurement yet of
methane. But although the robot’s
big onboard chemistry lab – the
Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM)
instrument – can detect the gas’s
presence, it can say nothing about
the source.
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17. b; Curiosity rover is currently helping to
determine whether Mars could ever
have supported life, and search for
evidence of past or present life on
Mars.
One Liner
1. Immune System
The CRISPR/Cas system is
endogenously found in a wide range
of bacteria and serves as a defense
mechanism against invading viruses.
The CRISPR portion of the system
functions as an “immune memory”
which stores the unique viral DNA
sequence in–between sections of
regularly interspaced palindromic
repeated segments.
2. Reserve
The World Health Organization
(WHO) has launched a global
campaign that urges countries to
adopt its new online tool aimed at
guiding policy–makers and health
workers to use antibiotics safely and
more effectively.
3. All Times
The tool, known as ‘AWaRe’,
classifies antibiotics into three
groups: Access – antibiotics used to
treat the most common and serious
infections. Watch – antibiotics
available at all times in the healthcare
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system Reserve – antibiotics to be
used sparingly or preserved and used
only as a last resort.
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4. Low Earth Orbit
5. K. Sivan
The Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO) is the space
agency of the Government of India
headquartered in the city of
Bengaluru. Vikram Sarabhai was
widely regarded as the father of
India’s space programme.
6. Microgravity Experiments
The microgravity of space allows
astronauts to carry out experiments
that would not be possible in the
gravity of Earth. There are more than
300 experiments currently
happening aboard the International
Space Station (ISS). Astronauts are
studying things like DNA sequencing
plant growth, and even how their
own health is impacted aboard the
ISS. Scientists are eager to know the
health effects of long–term space
travel.
7. The Manipal Academy of Higher
Education
Manipal Academy of Higher
Education, falls within the 701–750
ranking band.
8. Identity of a person
9. A written consent is required
Under the DNA Technology (Use and
Application) Regulation Bill, Consent
is not required for offences with
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punishment of more than seven
years of imprisonment or death.
10. Coal
11. Coals
The team, led by Binoy Kumar Saikia
and Tonkeswar Das, has applied for a
patent for their chemical method of
producing carbon quantum dots
(CQDs) from cheap, abundant, low–
quality and high–sulphur coals.
12. Kibo experiment module
Sri Lanka’s first satellite Raavana–1
was deployed to the 400–km of orbit
at an inclination of 51.6 degrees
using the JAXA (Japanese Aerospace
and Exploration Agency) owned Kibo
experiment module.
13. 152
IIT Bombay was the second Indian
Institutes of Technology to be
established in 1958 with assistance
from UNESCO and with funds
contributed by the Soviet Union.
14. He Jiankui
Ecology and Environment
MCQs
1. d; Polavaram project reservoir covers
the famous Papikonda National Park.
Papikonda Wildlife Sanctuary was
25
established in 1978. It was upgraded
to a national park in 2008.
2. d;
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3. a; Comparing data obtained by Cold 11. d; Capital
War–era spy satellites with images
from modern stereo satellites, 12. b; This project gives major boost to
scientists have shown that Himalayan
glaciers have lost more than a
quarter of their ice mass since 1975, One Liner
with melting occurring twice as fast 1.
after the turn of the century as
average temperatures rose.
4. c;
5. Botanical Survey of India (BSI), is the
apex taxonomic research
organization of the country which is
under the Ministry of Environment,
Forest & Climate Change. 2.
6. a;
7. b; Of the 83 species described, 45 are
from Arunachal Pradesh, 24 from
Sikkim and 16 species common to
both states.
8. d; Specialised hydrotherapy treatment
is useful for elephants suffering from 3.
arthritis, joint pain and foot ailments
9. b; India is regarded by the global solar
industry as one of the most
promising markets. In the solar panel
manufacturing sector, the Indian
government allows 100% foreign 4.
investment as equity and it qualifies
for automatic approval.
10. d; The hybrid vessel will be powered by
a motor that can source energy from
solar panels, battery, and generator.
Its battery will have 80 KWh (kilowatt
hour) power backup.
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of Kerala is
Thiruvananthapuram
tourism sector in Godavari Districts
Eastern Himalayas
This species has been used as
indigenous traditional medicine in Asia
for rheumatism, fractures, and other
ailments. Impatiens balsamina,
commonly known as balsam, is a
species of plant native to India and
Myanmar.
Hydrotherapy
Hydrotherapy is the use of water in the
treatment of different conditions,
including arthritis and related
rheumatic complaints. Hydrotherapy,
formerly called hydropathy and also
called water cure, is a part of
alternative medicine
Increased
Himalayan glaciers have lost more than
a quarter of their ice mass, with melting
occurring twice as fast after the turn of
the century as average temperatures
rose.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration is an American scientific
agency within the United States
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Department of Commerce that focuses
on the conditions of the oceans, major
waterways, and the atmosphere.
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5. Eubalaena japonica 12. Chelonian
The International Union for Chelonian is an order of reptile that
Conservation of Nature categorizes the includes turtles, terrapins and
species as “Endangered”, and tortoises.
categorizes the Northeast Pacific
13. Northeast India
population as “Critically Endangered”.
This is the first record of the tortoise in
6. Herpetologist
India, taking the count to five and the
A herpetologist is someone who non–marine chelonian count to 29.
specializes in the study of reptiles and
14. 2016
amphibians.
7. Wolf The WTO officially commenced on 1
January 1995 under the Marrakesh
8. Russia Agreement, signed by 123 nations on
Tirekhtyakh River is located in Russia’s 15 April 1994, replacing the General
remote Arctic region of Yakutia. Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
Covered with thick fur, the head was (GATT), which commenced in 1948.
found by a local on the banks of the
15. Singing
Tirekhtyakh River in Russia’s remote
Arctic region of Yakutia last summer. For the first time, scientists have
recorded singing by one of the rarest
9. Manouria Impressa
whales on Earth, and it just might be
A team of herpetologists from the looking for a date.
Forest Department and two NGOs –
Help Earth and Turtle Survival Alliance Art and Culture
(TSA) – found the Impressed Tortoise
MCQs
(Manouria impressa) in Yazali area of
the Lower Subansiri district of 1. c; As per ASI and later studies the
Arunachal Pradesh a few days ago. remains found in 2005-06, the
10. Yamuna “Sanauli cemetery”, belonged to Late
Harappan Phase
11. J.M. Maurer
2. d; Maharani Jind Kaur was regent of the
In an article published in the Science
Sikh Empire from 1843 until 1846.
Advances journal, J.M. Maurer and co–
She was the youngest wife of the first
authors analysed four decades of ice
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Maharaja of the Sikh Empire, Ranjit

loss for 650 of the largest glaciers
Singh, and the mother of the last
across a 2,000 km transect across the
Maharaja, Duleep Singh.
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Defence & Security –
National/Internationa
MCQs
1. b; Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS)
is chaired by the Prime Minister of
India. The CCS consists of the
following members: Prime Minister,
Minister of Home Affairs, Minister of
Defence, Minister of External Affairs
and Minister of Finance and
Corporate Affairs
2. d; In April, the government established
the Defence Space Agency, or DSA, to
command the space assets of the
Army, Navy and Air Force, including
the military’s anti–satellite
capability. The agency is also to
formulate a strategy to protect
India’s interests in space, including
addressing space–based threats.
3. b; The DSA is being set up in Bengaluru
under an Air Vice Marshal–rank
officer and will gradually take over
the space–related capabilities of the
three forces
4. c; Spain has expressed interest,
however belatedly, to be a part of the
pre–bidding process for Rs 45,000
crore Indian requirement for an
advanced line of conventional
submarines.
5. b; The idea of building Paraplegic
Rehabilitation Centre was conceived
after the 1971 Indo–Pak War when
there were 60 Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)
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casualties. The foundation stone was
laid on 23 June 1973 and the Centre
was inaugurated by (Late) Shri
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, the then
President of India on 20 Sep 1974.
6. b; Paraplegia is an impairment in motor
or sensory function of the lower
extremities.
One Liner
1. Joint Secretary–level scientist
Defence Space Research Agency
(DSRA) has been entrusted with the
task of creating space warfare
weapon systems and technologies.
2. Defence Space Agency (DSA)
3. Quadriplegia
Quadriplegia, which is often referred
to as tetraplegia, is paralysis below
the neck. All four limbs, as well as the
torso, are typically affected
4. UdChalo
In a bid to make wounded soldiers,
who are now confined to
wheelchairs, self–reliant, an initiative
‘UdChalo’ is all set to take off at the
PRC. The PRC has joined hands with
UdChalo with an aim to empower the
disabled military veterans.
5. Six P–75 (I) submarines
6. 10
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China has successfully tested its
latest submarine–launched ballistic
missile, the JL–3.
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Honours / Awards
MCQs
1. d;
2. b; Abelardo L. Rodriguez was former
President of Mexico who created
‘Order of Aztec Eagle’ Award in 1933.
3. a;
4. a; ‘India Day’ was celebrated in the UK
Parliament in London
5. c; Alfred nobel created Nobel Prize,
Ramon Magsaysay initiated Ramon
Magsaysay awards, Pulitzer Prize
were instituted in 1917 and named
after the US Publisher Joseph
Pulitzer.
6. d; Manali Desai and Nikku Madhusudan
won Pilkington prize for excellence in
teaching for their innovative and
passionate lectures and for going
beyond the call for duty in helping
students in various ways.
7. a; Author Amitav Ghosh was felicitated
with the 54th Jnanpith Award for his
“outstanding contribution to the
enrichment of Indian Literature in
English”.
8. c; Kazi Nazrul Islam (Bengali), D. V.
Gundappa (Kannada), Viswanatha
Satyanarayana (Telugu) were other
contenders for the first Jnanpith
Award.
9. d;
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10. b; The UAE government announced the
Gold Card in order to attract
investors, entrepreneurs, specialised
talents, researchers and
professionals to the country.
11. d;
12. b; Bhasha Mukherjee, British Indian
medic, was crowned Miss England
2019. Aishwarya Vallem and Tanvi
Gujral were declared first and second
runner ups in the Teen India USA
category of 37th annual Miss India
USA.
13. a; Unicef will honour Indian actress
Priyanka Chopra with the Danny Kaye
Humanitarian Award at the Unicef
Snowflake Ball, New York in
December.
14. b;
15. d; Capital of Mexico is Mexico City.
Capital of Tripura is Agartala
One Liner
1. Bristol
‘BBC World Service Global Champion
Award for programming’, recognises
a person or project that is changing
the way the world produces,
processes, consumes or thinks about
food for the better.
2. 13
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3. Priyanka Chopra
4. The team ‘Zero Heroes’
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Sujay Narayana, who along with Sports
Ashwij Narayanyan, Niels Hokke and
Nikas (Dutch and German) won the MCQs
25,000 euro prize at the grand finale.
1. a; Ram Nath Kovind is currently serving
5. 1933 as the 14th President of India, in
6. Ramesh Bais and Biplab Deb office since 25 July 2017. Previously
he had served as the Governor of
7. Pancham Da
Bihar from 2015 to 2017 and was a
8. Sajid Javid Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
The 100 most influential list called from 1994 to 2006.
Nirmala Sitharaman one of India’s 2. c; Union Minister of Sports Kiren Rijiju
most “powerful women” and announced that 3rd edition of Khelo
credited her for playing a “pivotal” India Youth Games will be held in
role in the bilateral relationship Guwahati, Assam between 18–30
between the countries as the former January 2020. Khelo India
Defence Minister of India and now as programme’s inaugural edition was
the finance minister. held in New Delhi in 2018.
9. Nirmal Sitharaman 3. b; UEFA had accused the AC Milan club
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman of violating financial fair play
is among the 100 most influential regulations over the past three
women, who have played a seasons and the Court of Arbitration
significant role in strengthening for Sport ruled in their favour.
relations between India and the UK.
4. c; The former Croatian international
10. 1994 Igor Stimac is the new Indian football
11. Amitav Ghosh team coach on a two–year period. A
new–look Indian football team beat
12. The Jnanpith Award
hosts Thailand 1–0 to hand head
13. Malayalam language coach Igor Stimac his first win and
14. Indian finish third in the King’s Cup
tournament.
Indians are largest ethnic groups,
accounting for approximately 27% in 5. d; 47th King’s Cup, the annual
United Arab Emirates. international men’s football
tournament was organised by
15. Melbourne
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Football Association of Thailand.

Indian born Priya Serrao, has won the Curaçao were champions of
Miss Universe Australia title, 2019. tournament.

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6. b; Brazil won their ninth title by
defeating Peru 3–1 in the final.
Argentina took third place by beating
Chile 2–1 in the third–place match
7. a; 2019 Copa America was the 46th
edition of the Copa América, the
international men’s association
football championship organized by
South America’s football ruling body
CONMEBOL. It was held in Brazil and
took place between 14 June to 7 July
2019 at 6 venues across the country.
8. c; For the 12th time, Rafael Nadal is the
French Open men’s singles
champion. The longtime Nike athlete
defeated Dominic Thiem in the finals.
With the win, the 33–year–old
Spaniard is the first tennis player to
ever win the same Slam 12 times.
9. a; Harendra Singh was removed from
Senior Hockey coach position last
year. Graham Reid is present hockey
coach of senior men’s hockey team.
Sjoerd Marijne is coach of senior
women’s team.
10. d;
One Liner
1. 16
India had won as many as 16 medals
in shooting out of 66 in the 2018 Gold
Coast CWG.
2. 1966
Shooting did not featured in
Edinburgh Commonwealth Games
1970.
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3. BookASmile
4. Jharkhand
This NGO provides skill training and
helps girls to script their future
endeavours.
5. Madrid
The World Archery has appointed
celebrated shooter Abhinav Bindra as
an “independent person” in a
selection panel which will pick Indian
team for the event. IOA secretary
general Rajeev Mehta and a
representative from the Sport
Ministry will also be part of the panel.
6. Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo
The 2026 Winter Olympics and
Paralympics will be held in Italian
cities of Milan and Cortina
d’Ampezzo.
7. 2030 Winter Olympics
Indian Olympic Association president
Narinder Batra and IOC member Nita
Ambani submitted the formal bid to
the IOC chief Thomas Back on the
sidelines of the governing body’s
134th Session held in Mumbai.
8. One Vote
General Meeting is the IOC’s
supreme organ and its decisions are
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final.
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9. Hungary
Girish Kaushik became India’s 63rd
Grandmaster at the 37th Balaton
International Chess Festival in
Hungary. Koushik has become the
third Grandmaster from Karnataka.
10. Porto, Portugal
Nations League championship has
been won by Portugal by defeating
Netherlands. Nations League
championship final match was held
on 9 June 2019 at the Estádio do
Dragão in Porto, Portugal
Appointments/Resignations
MCQs
1. c; Reliance Foundation Chairperson
Nita Ambani was elected as an
individual member of the IOC in
2016. She is the first Indian woman to
be elected to the prestigious seat.
2. ; Pro–tem speaker donot preside over
the first sitting of Rajya Sabha.
One Liner
1. Niti Aayog
The Prime Minister is the Ex–officio
chairman of Niti Aayog.
2. Viral Acharya
Viral Acharya who had joined the
Reserve Bank in January 2017, was
the RBI’s youngest deputy governor,
post–economic liberalization.
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Obituaries
MCQs
1. a; Jnanpith award winning playwright,
actor and filmmaker Girish Karnad,
aged 81, died in Bengaluru. Karnad
was known for his versatile career
spanning across mediums and
genres.
2. b; The Goa liberation movement was a
movement which sought to end
Portuguese colonial rule in Goa,
India. The movement built on the
small scale revolts and uprisings of
the 19th century, and grew powerful
during the period 1940–1961. The
movement was conducted both
inside and outside Goa, and was
characterised by a range of tactics
including nonviolent
demonstrations, revolutionary
methods and diplomatic efforts.
However, Portuguese control of its
Indian colonies ended only when
India invaded Goa in 1961 and
incorporated the territories into the
Indian Union
One Liner
1. Girish Karnad
Throughout his career, Girish Karnad
received many awards and
recognitions, beginning with the
Padma Shri in 1974, Padma Bhushan
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in 1992, the Sahitya Akademi Award
in 1994 and the Jnanpith Award in
1998.
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2. Lisbon, Portugal
Mohan Ranade, was arrested by
Portuguese police in 1955, after he
was found attacking the Betim Police
Station. He was incarcerated at the 3.
Fort of Caxias near Lisbon, Portugal
and was kept in solitary confinement
for six years. After serving 14 years in
a Portuguese prison, Ranade was
released in January 1969.
Important Days and Themes
MCQs
1. c; World Environment Day is celebrated 4.
every year on 5th June.
One Liner
1. Yoga for Climate Action, and Yoga for
Heart respectively
International Yoga Day was celebrated
on 21st June across the world. It was on
11 December in 2014, the United
Nations General Assembly declared
that every year, on 21st of June the
International Day of Yoga will be
celebrated. This year, it was fifth
International Day of Yoga.
5.
2. 12th June
Theme for World Day Against Child
Labour 2019 is– Children should not
work in fields but on dreams. The
International Labour Organization
(ILO), the United Nations body that
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regulates the world of work, launched
the World Day Against Child Labour in
2002 in order to bring attention and
join efforts to fight against child labour.
International Day against Drug Abuse
and Illicit Trafficking
Theme for International Day against
Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2019
is– Health for Justice, Justice for Health.
The International Day Against Drug
Abuse and Illicit Trafficking is a United
Nations International Day against drug
abuse and the illegal drug trade.
Let’s grow the future together
World Day to Combat Desertification
and Drought 2019 is celebrated on 17th
June. In 1994, the United Nations
General Assembly declared June 17 the
“World Day to Combat Desertification
and Drought” to promote public
awareness of the issue, and the
implementation of the United Nations
Convention to Combat Desertification
in those countries experiencing serious
drought and/or desertification,
particularly in Africa.
29th June
Theme for National Statistics Day 2019
is– Sustainable Development Goals.
The Sustainable Development Goals
are a collection of 17 global goals set by
the United Nations General Assembly
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in 2015 for the year 2030.