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BEWAL CLASSES 9024080855, 9828013714, 9828165558 www.facebook.com/BEWALSIR 1 CURRENT AFFAIRS OCT 2019 1.A pilot project for ushering ‘Industry 4.0’ — a concept about automation, interconnectivity and data exchange to boost productivity — has been launched in which state? A)TamilNadu B)Odisha C)Bihar D)Uttar Pradesh ans:D 2.The 7th World Hindu Economic Forum (WHEF) 2019 was held in which city/UT? A)Mumbai B)NewDelhi C)Chennai D)Kolkata ans: A 3.A 10 day ‘Langur Mela’ commenced in which city? A)Amravati B)Amritsar C)Lucknow D)Pune ans: B 4.Recently DRDO testfired land-attack version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from which state? A)Odisha B)Kerala C)TamilNadu D)Maharashtra 5.The Festival of Dashain started in which country? A)Thailand B)Singapore C)Nepal D)Bhutan ans: C 6.Recently the government banks across which state has been changed and will now function from 10 AM to 4 PM from October 1,2019? A.)Odisha B)MaharashtraC)TamilNaduD)Telangana 7.Which country won the final of SAFF U-18 Championship 2019 to lift the title? A)Pakistan B)Bhutan C)India D)Bangladesh ans: C 8.Who won the Buenos Aires ATP Challenger Tournament 2019? A)Facundo Bognis B)Leander Paes C)Davis Lewis D)Sumit Nagal ans: D 9.who won the men’s singles title at the Maldives International Challenge? A)Kaushal Dharmamer B)Sumit Nagal C)Siril Verma D)Lakshya Sen ans: A 10.Who won the Men’s Korea Open 2019? A)Sumit Nahal B)Kento Momota C)Chou Tien Chen D)Yosuke Nakasakhi ans: B 11.who has won the WTA Wuhan Open held in Wuhan, China?A)Peng Shuai B)Madison Keys C)Aryna Sabalenka D)Wang Quang ans: C 12.Recently the International Astronomical Union (IAU) has named an asteroid after which personality? A)Lata Mangeshkar B)Pandit Jasraj C)Pandit Arogya D)Amitabh Bacchhan ans: B 13.Who was conferred with the ‘India’s Most Powerful Women in Media’ award at the famed Confluence Excellence awards? A)Rohini Singh B)Anjana Om Kashyap C)Indra Nooyi D)Kalli Purie ans: D 14.Who has received the M P Birla Memorial Award 2019 for his contributions to the world of cosmology? A)Nandkishor Awasthi B)Thanu Padmanabhan C)Sanju Prasad D)RK Sinha ans: B 15.Who has been conferred with the Best Tourist Guide Award (2017-18) by the Ministry of Tourism for his lifetime contribution to the tourism industry? A)Atul Chaturvedi B)Kailash Bhatia C)Tapan Kumar Mishra D)Ankit Khandelwal ans: C 16.Who has won the Royal Society Science Book Prize 2019 for her second book ‘Invisible Womenans: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men’? A)Caroline Criado Perez B)Samuel Johnson C)Greogara Gretia D)Alex Michaelides ans: A 17.Recently Viju Khote passed away.He was related to which field? A)Politics B)sport C)Actor D)Poet ans: C 18.Recently KPS Menon passed away.He was related to which field? A)Social Activist B)Sports C)Diplomat D)Actor ans: C 19.What is the theme of this year’s World Heart Day? A)Heart Health B)Your Heart Campaign C)My Heart,Your Heart D)Share the Power ans: C 20.What is theme of this year’s International

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CURRENT AFFAIRS OCT 2019

1.A pilot project for ushering ‘Industry 4.0’ — a

concept about automation, interconnectivity and data

exchange to boost productivity — has been launched

in which state? A)TamilNadu B)Odisha

C)Bihar D)Uttar Pradesh ans:D

2.The 7th World Hindu Economic Forum (WHEF)

2019 was held in which city/UT?

A)Mumbai B)NewDelhi C)Chennai D)Kolkata ans: A

3.A 10 day ‘Langur Mela’ commenced in which city?

A)Amravati B)Amritsar C)Lucknow D)Pune ans: B

4.Recently DRDO testfired land-attack version of

BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from which state?

A)Odisha B)Kerala C)TamilNadu D)Maharashtra

5.The Festival of Dashain started in which country?

A)Thailand B)Singapore C)Nepal D)Bhutan ans: C

6.Recently the government banks across which state

has been changed and will now function from 10 AM

to 4 PM from October 1,2019?

A.)Odisha B)MaharashtraC)TamilNaduD)Telangana

7.Which country won the final of SAFF U-18

Championship 2019 to lift the title?

A)Pakistan B)Bhutan C)India D)Bangladesh ans: C

8.Who won the Buenos Aires ATP Challenger

Tournament 2019? A)Facundo Bognis B)Leander

Paes C)Davis Lewis D)Sumit Nagal ans: D

9.who won the men’s singles title at the Maldives

International Challenge?

A)Kaushal Dharmamer B)Sumit Nagal

C)Siril Verma D)Lakshya Sen ans: A

10.Who won the Men’s Korea Open 2019?

A)Sumit Nahal B)Kento Momota

C)Chou Tien Chen D)Yosuke Nakasakhi ans: B

11.who has won the WTA Wuhan Open held in

Wuhan, China?A)Peng Shuai B)Madison Keys

C)Aryna Sabalenka D)Wang Quang ans: C

12.Recently the International Astronomical Union

(IAU) has named an asteroid after which personality?

A)Lata Mangeshkar B)Pandit Jasraj

C)Pandit Arogya D)Amitabh Bacchhan ans: B

13.Who was conferred with the ‘India’s Most Powerful

Women in Media’ award at the famed Confluence

Excellence awards?

A)Rohini Singh B)Anjana Om Kashyap

C)Indra Nooyi D)Kalli Purie ans: D

14.Who has received the M P Birla Memorial Award

2019 for his contributions to the world of cosmology?

A)Nandkishor Awasthi B)Thanu Padmanabhan

C)Sanju Prasad D)RK Sinha ans: B

15.Who has been conferred with the Best Tourist

Guide Award (2017-18) by the Ministry of Tourism for

his lifetime contribution to the tourism industry?

A)Atul Chaturvedi B)Kailash Bhatia

C)Tapan Kumar Mishra D)Ankit Khandelwal ans: C

16.Who has won the Royal Society Science Book

Prize 2019 for her second book ‘Invisible Womenans:

Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men’?

A)Caroline Criado Perez B)Samuel Johnson

C)Greogara Gretia D)Alex Michaelides ans: A

17.Recently Viju Khote passed away.He was related

to which field?

A)Politics B)sport C)Actor D)Poet ans: C

18.Recently KPS Menon passed away.He was related

to which field?

A)Social Activist B)Sports C)Diplomat D)Actor ans: C

19.What is the theme of this year’s World Heart Day?

A)Heart Health B)Your Heart Campaign

C)My Heart,Your Heart D)Share the Power ans: C

20.What is theme of this year’s International

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Translation Day? A)Translation and Indigenous

Languages B)Languages and Culture C)Indigenous

Languages D)Learn Languages ans: A

21.What is the capital of Argentina?

A)Buenos Aires B)Casa Rosada

C)Rome D)Paris ans: A

22.What is the currency of Maldives?

A)won B)Krone C)Rufiyaa D)Rupee ans: C

23.Where is the HQ of International Astronomical

Union?

A)Paris B)London C)Beijing D)NewYork ans: A

24.Which organisation joined hands with Doordarshan

for TV show to commemorate the 150th birth

anniversary of the Father of the Nation?

A)WHO B)UNESCO C)RBI D)UNICEF ans: B

25.Which state recently launched the ‘Plants for

Plastic’ campaign?

A)Sikkim B)Maharashtra C)Bihar D)Assam ans: D

26.Which state retained its top place in Niti Aayog’s

School Education Quality Index (SEQI)?

A)Andhra Pradesh B)Kerala C)Assam D)TamilNadu

27.The Gandhi Film Festival to be held in which

city/UT?

A)Mumbai B)Chennai C)NewDelhi D)Lucknow ans: A

28.The 6th edition of International Conference

Mascrade 2019 (Movement Against Smuggling and

Counterfeit Trade) was held in which city/UT?

A)Pune B)Chennai C)NewDelhi D)Mumbai ans: C

29.Which has become the first Indian bank to have a

branch in the Australian state of Victoria?

A)IDBI B)SBI C )PNB D)BOB ans: B

30.According to RBI data,India’s current account

deficit narrowed to how much percent of GDP?

A)2% B)2.5% C)3% D)4% ans: A

31.Which Insurance Company recently tied up with

Paytm for a Corporate Agency tie up to offer

comprehensive life insurance solutions?

A)Aegon Life Insurance B)Max Bupa Life Insurance

C)IDBI Federal D)SBI Life Insurance ans: A

32.The World Tournoi satellite competition is being

held in which country?

A)Singapore B)Thailand C)Belgium D)Canada ans:C

33.Who has won his 4th 100 metres title at IAAF

World Championship? A)Rupert Boneham B) USAIN

BOLT C)Rob Mariano D)Ozzy Lusth ans: B 34.Who has won Russian Grand Prix? A)Valtteri Bottas B)Sebastian Vettel C)Lewis Hamilton D)Nico Rosberg ans: C 35.Who has been appointed as the Principal Director General of Press Information Bureau? A)Rajesh Kumar Vyas B)Vikas Chaturvedi C)NKSingh D)KS Dhatwalia ans: D 36.Who has been appointed as bank administrator of Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative Bank Limited?

A)Jai Bhagwan Boria B)S Waryam Singh C)N Vishwanathan D)Tanmay Kumar ans: A 37.Recently Jessie Norman passed away.She was related to which field? A)Actress B)Philosophy C)Opera star D)Author ans: C 38.Recently V Ganesan passed away.He was related to which profession? A)Sports B)Army C)Navy D)Actor ans: B 39.Where is the HQ of UNESCO? A)Rome B)Zurich C)Paris D)Geneva ans: C

40.Where is the HQ of Federation of Indian Chambers

of Commerce & Industry?

A)NewDelhi B)Pune C)Mumbai D)Kolkata ans: A

41.On the occasion of which birth anniversary of

Mahatma Gandhi,PM Modi declared India to be an

‘open defecation free’ (ODF) country?

A)150th B)100th C)175th D)155th ans: A

42.Recently President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated

the 70th TB (tuberculosis) seal campaign of the

Tuberculosis Association of India in which city/UT?

A)Pune B)Kochi C)NewDelhi D)Kolkata ans: C

43.Recently Smriti Irani inaugurated world’s largest

plastic made charkha in which city/UT?

A)NewDelhi B)Noida C)Kolkata D)Lucknow ans: B

44.Recently Ram Vilas Paswan launched which

application for registering consumer grievances?

A)Consumer App B)Grievence App

C)Consumer Redressing App

D)Consumer Grievance App ans: A

45.Recently Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)

has launched DIN.What does “I” stands in DIN?

A)Identity B)IdentificationC)Imagine

D)Immediateans:B

46.which state government has launched the ‘Village

Secretariat system’? A)Odisha B)Telangana

C)Assam D)Andhra Pradesh ans: D

47.Which state has recently has launched five new

schemes like Mukhyamantri Suposhan Abhiyaan on

October 2 to mark the 150th birth anniversary of

Mahatma Gandhi?

A)Odisha B)Chhattisgarh C)Bihar D)Assam ans: B

48.which state government launched a policy to

promote buy-back of the non-recyclable and single-

use plastic waste from the rag pickers and

households? A)Himachal Pradesh B)Uttar Pradesh

C)Assam D)Sikkim ans: A

49.Recently Union Minister for Micro, Small and

Medium Enterprises Nitin Gadkari launched which

bottles of of 700 ml to 900 ml capacity made by a

Tripura-based organisation?

A)Bamboo B)plastic C)Thermocol D)Rubber ans: A

50.Which organisation has completed full one year of

a total ban on all types of water bottles packaged or

otherwise on the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma

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Gandhi? A)DRDO B)RBI C)ISRO D)SAIL ans: A

51.The exercise KAZIND is a exercise between India

and which other country?

A)China B)Afghanistan C)Kazakhstan D)Uzbekistan

52.Which organisation of India have provided helpline

numbers to tackle age fraud in game?

A)Indian Carrom Federation B)Shooting Federation of

India C)Indian Olympic Committee

D)Board of Control for Cricket in India ans: D

52.The 10th Asian Age Group Championships 2019 is

being held in which city?

A)Kolkata B)Pune C)NewDelhi D)Bengaluru ans: D

53.Who scripted history by scoring the highest-ever

individual score in women’s T20I?

A)SuzieBates B)Mithali Raj

C)Ellese Perry D)Alyssa Healy ans: D

54.Who was appointed as executive director for India

at International Monetary Fund?

A)TN Manoharan B)Surjit S Bhalla

C)Amitabh Kant D)Rakesh Singh ans: B

55.Who has assumed charge as the Commander of

the Central Command of Indian Army.?

A)Karambir Singh B)Dalbir Singh

C)Abhay Krishna D)Iqroop Singh Ghuman ans: D

56.Who was presented with most effective Swachchta

Ambassador Award by President Ram Nath Kovind?

A)Virat Kohli B)MS Dhoni

C)Sachin Tendulkar D)Saurav Ganguly ans: C

57.When is International Day of Non Violence

observed?

A)October 4 B)October 3 C)October 1 D)October 2

58.Where is the HQ of Central Board of Direct Taxes?

A)Mumbai B)Chennai C)NewDelhi D)Kolkata ans: C

59.What is the capital of Kazakhstan?

A)Akmola B)Nursultan C)Bishkek D)Astana ans: B

60.Recently to intensify bilateral relations,PM Sheikh

Hasina visited India.She is the PM of which nation?

A)Myanmar B)Bangladesh C)Bhutan D)SriLanka

61.Recently Union Home Minister Amit Shah flagged

off Vande Bharat Express from which city/UT to Shri

Mata Vaishnodevi Katra?

A)NewDelhi B)Mumbai C)Kanpur D)Lucknow ans: A

62.Recently as per Railway Minister Piyush

Goyal,India Railways will connect the country from

Kashmir to Kanyakumari by which year?

A)2022 B)2024 C)2025 D)2021 ans: A

63.Uptill which date, Persons of Indian Origin (PIO)

cards along with valid foreign passport will be

considered for exit/entry into India?

A)31st March 2020 B)31st December 2020

C)28th February 2021 D)30th November 2021 ans: A

64.Which state government launched an awareness

campaign — Urjagiri — which aims at stopping power

theft and saving?

A)Maharashtra B)OdishaC)BiharD)Uttarakhand ans:D

65.Which country unveiled the DF-41 intercontinental-

range ballistic missile?

A)China B)India C)Usa D)Russia ans: A

66.Which country/island issued a postal stamp bearing

the image of Mahatma Gandhi to celebrate the 150th

birth anniversary of India’s founding father?

A)Madagascar B)Thailand

C)SriLanka D)Myanmarans:A

67.In which country,Indian Embassy organised a

‘Gandhi March for Non-Violence’ to commemorate the

150th birth anniversary of the Mahatma?

A)Kazakhstan B)UzbekistanC)Thailand D)Netherlands

68.Which bank has launched digital fixed deposit

product “Express FD”? A)SBI B)IDBI Bank C)Axis

Bank D)Federal Bankans: C

69.At how much percent world trade will grow for 2019

according to World Trade Organisation?

A)2.2% B)1.5% C)3.0% D)1.2% ans: D

70.What is the interest rate for Public Provident Fund

for the third quarter of FY 20?

A)8.1% B)7.7% C)7.9% D)8.0% ans: C

71.Recently SEBI eased norms to allow smart cities

raise funds through which bonds?

A)Feni B)Union C)Muni D)Bullish ans: C

72.Recently Non-banking finance company Paisalo

Digital has signed a co-origination loan agreement

with 73.which bank to empower farmers, MSME

segment and small businesses?

A)Bank of Baroda B)Canara Bank

C)IDBI Bank D)SBI ans: A

74.Recently the NBA is bringing India’s first-ever

Floating Basketball Court in which city/UT?

A)Chennai B)Pune C)Mumbai D)NewDelhi ans: C

75.Which cricketer bagged the Professional

Cricketers’ Association Players’ Player of the Year

award? A)Steve Smith B)Virat Kohli

C)Ben Stokes D)Alastair Cook ans: C

76.Who has been appointed as the principal

spokesperson of the government?

A)Nitin Namdeo B)Rakesh Watsal

C)Manish Sahu D)Kuldeep Singh Dhatwalia ans: D

77.Recently Vice President Nitin Misra of which

company resigned?

A)PayPal B)PhonePe C)Myntra D)Paytm ans: D

78.Who is the author of book “India and the

Netherlands – Past, Present and Future”?

A)NK Chaturvedi B)Rishi Raj

C)Gopal Ayer D)Venu Rajamony ans: D

79.What is the currency of Netherlands?

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A)Euro B)Dollar C)Won D)Krone ans: A

80.Where is the HQ of Paytm?

A)Kanpur B)Noida C)Gurugram D)Mumbai ans: B

81.Where is the HQ of National Basketball

Association?

A)London B)Rome C)Paris D)NewYork ans: D

82.Where is the HQ of World Trade Organisation?

A)Rome B)Geneva C)Paris D)London ans: B 83.Recently Tourism Ministry launched which application for 12 sites of India on occasion of Paryatan Parv 2019? A)Audio Sarang B)Audio Odigos C)Audio Vars D)Audio Oreo ans: B 84.Recently government launched which portal for monitoring coal supply to power plants? A)CHAMAK B)VARUN C)PRANJAY D)PRAKASH ans:D 85.Recently which state has become the fully electrified states in the country after providing electricity to over 5 lakh 15 thousand households under the Soubhagya Yojana? A)Andhra Pradesh B)Telangana C)Odisha D)Assam ans: B 86.Recently CMYogi Adityanath flagged off Tejas Express from Lucknow to which city/UT? A)NewDelhi B)Jammu C)Kanpur D)Varanasi ans: A 87.Recently Union Ministers Piyush Goyal, Harsh Vardhan and Harsimrat Kaur Badal flagged off which express at New Delhi Railway Station? A)Sarbat Da Bhala Express B)Sher E Punjab Express C)Shatabdi Express D)Tejas Express ans: A 88.Recently which state government announced to set up a sports university? A)Bihar B)Haryana C)Delhi D)Uttar Pradesh ans: C 89.Which state became the third state to ban certain categories of pan masala? A)Rajasthan B)Maharashtra C)Odisha D)Bihar ans: A 90.Which city railway station topped the list of cleanest railway stations in the country, as per a report ‘Swachh Rail, Swachh Bharat 2019’ released by Ministry of Railways? A)Jaipur B)Indore C)Lucknow )Bhopal ans: A 91.Which city hosted the IANCON 2019, 27th Annual Conference of the Indian Academy of Neurology? A)Ahmedabad B)Hyderabad C)Pune D)Bangalore 92.Which organisation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to provide project management consultancy for the development of National Sports University at Imphal, Manipur? A)Carrom Federation of India B)National Buildings Construction Corporation C)Archery Association of India D)Olympic Council of India ans: B 93.Which country has unveiled the bust of Mahatma Gandhi in Zagreb to commemorate the leader’s 150th birth anniversary? A)Canada B)Zimbabwe C)Marshall Islands D)Croatia ans: D 94.Which bank has signed MoU with Indian Army for customised services to account holders? A)UCO Bank B)IDBI Bank C)Punjab National Bank )Bank of Baroda ans: D

95.Recently the RBI lowered the Recently the RBI lowered the GDP growth forecast for current financial year 2019-20 to how much percent? A)6.1% B)6.3% )6.6% D)6.9% ans: A 96.Which Indian cricketer recently resigned from the Cricket Advisory Committee of BCCI? A)Sanjay Manjrekar B)Ajay Jadeja C)Kapil Dev D)Saurav Ganguly ans: C 97.Recently Indian men’s hockey team defeated which country to maintain their 100 percent record in the tour? A)Canada B)Netherlands C)Belgium )Australia 98.Who was appointed as the Managing Director(MD)and Chief Executive of the Punjab National Bank(PNB)? A)Rajesh Menon B)SS Mallikarjuna Rao C)Sunil Mehta D)PV Bharathi ans: B 99.Who was appointed the chief executive officer of MyGov India, the government’s citizen-centric online platform? A)Abhimanyu Pratap B)Abhishek Singh C)Vikas Singh D)Rajesh Singh Chaturvedi ans: B 100.Who has been appointed as new MD and CEO of Oil India Company Limited? A)PC Chandra B)Sanjiv Ranjan C)Utpal Bora D)Sushil Chandra Mishra ans: D 101.Who has been appointed as the new Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of NBCC(National Buildings Construction Corporation) Limited? A)NC Chandra B)Shiv Das Meena C)PK Gupta D)TN Manoharan ans: C 102.Who was awarded the 2019 UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) prestigious Nansen Award? A)Azizbek Ashurov B)Eli Latsoudi C)Zannah Mustapha D)Aqeela Asifi ans: A 103.Who is the author of book “The Tech Whisperer”? A)Manoj Sinha B)MK Haroon C)Jaspreet Bindra D)TV Shah ans: C 104.Recently Hargovind Laxmishanker Trivedi passed away.He was related to which field? A)Author B)Philosopher C)SurgeonD)Social Activist ans:C 105.Recently Eric Pleskow passed away.He was related to which field? A)Actor B)Film Producer C)Author D)Philosopher ansB 106.Where is the HQ of National Building Construction Corporation? A)LucknowB)Chennai C)MumbaiD)NewDelhi ans: D 107.What is the currency of Croatia? A)Rufiyaa B)Krone C)Kuna D)Won ans: C 108.Where is the. HQ of Bank of Baroda? A)Chennai B)Surat C)Vadodara D)Mumbai ans: C

109.Recently Union Minister for Petroleum and

Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan launched a

customer outreach initiative “Grahak Mela Camp” in

which city?

A)Mumbai B)Lucknow C)Bhubaneswar D)Shillong

110.The 8th International Chefs Conference held in

which city?

A)Mumbai B)NewDelhi C)Kolkata D)Pune ans:B

111.Recently Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai

Ram Thakur launched the Pragati Rath of which

bank?

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A)HDFC Bank B)IDBI Bank C)SBI D)PNB ans:A

112.Which state government launched the YSR

Vahana Mitra scheme? A)Odisha B)TamilNadu

C)Assam D)Andhra Pradesh ans: D

113.Which state government launched a campaign to

make state pothole-free?

A)Jharkhand B)Maharashtra C)Delhi D)Bihar ans: C

114.The India-Bangladesh Business Forum was held

in which city/UT?

A)NewDelhi B)Mumbai C)Kathmandu D)Dhaka ans: A

115.What is the rank of India in the Global Firepower

Index 2019? A)5th B)4th C)3rd D)7th ans: B

116.The 14th edition of Indo – Mongolian joint military

training “Nomadic Elephant” held in which state?

A)Gujarat B)Himachal Pradesh

C)Kerala D)TamilNadu ans: B

117.Which city ranked the smartest city in 2019 by the

very-first edition of the IMD Smart City Index 2019

(SCI)? A)NewDelhi B)MauritiusC)Bangkok

D)Singapore ans:D

118.Which bank launched three new digital products

called, UCash, Digilocker and an app in Kolkata, West

Bengal? A)Union Bank of India B)PNB

C)United Bank of India D)UCO Bank ans: D

119.Which bank has signed a pact with CSC e-

Governance Services India to extend its banking and

other services to the country’s rural regions?

A)Federal Bank B)Kotak Mahindra Bank

C)HDFC Bank D)ICICI Bank ans: D

120.Recently which platform got Corporate Agency

license from Insurance Regulatory Development

Authority (IRDA).?

A)Mobikwik B)InstantPayC)Paytm D)Freecharge

121.Recently the National Health Authority has signed

statement of intent with which company to collaborate

and strengthen the implementation of Ayushmaan

Bharat Scheme?

A)Cisco B)Wipro C)Microsoft D)Google ans: D

122.Who has been elected as the president of

Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA)?

A)Daksh Goriyal B)Seema Rawat

C)Vaibhav Gehlot D)Dinesh Dixit ans: C

123.Who has been elected the president of Mumbai

Cricket Association (MCA)?

A)Sanjay Naik B)Amol Kale

C)Alok Awasthi D)Vijay Patil ans: D

124.Who has been named Professional Cricketer

Association Player of the year Award?

A)Samuel Jones B)Virat Kohli

C)BenStokes D)Steve Smith ans: C

125.Who will be given the prestigious Mahaveer

Award-2019 instituted by Bhagwan Mahaveer

Foundation for his contributions in the field of

education? A)Anand Kumar B)Richard Smith

C)Naveen Seth D)Indra Nooyi ans: A

126.Who has bagged the Face of Asia award at the

Busan International Film Festival in Busan, South

Korea? A)Bhumi Pednekar B)Diya Mirza

C)Disha Patani D)Priyanka Chopra ans: A

127.Recently Farook Khan passed away.He was

related to which field? A)Social Activist B)Sports

C)Journalist D)Actor ans: C

128.Recently Krishna Gopalkrishna Kadekodi passed

away.She was related to which profession?

A)Social Activist B)Actress

C)Philosopher D) philatelist ans: D

129.Recently which Bangladesh Buddhist leader

passed away in Dhaka?

A)Satyapriya Mohathero B)M Mujabedeen

C)Shoaib Rahim Talat D)Tameem Iqbal ans: A

130.What is the theme of this year’s World Teachers

Day 2019? A)Young and Energetic Teachers

B)Teachers evolving Education lives

C)Transformation of Education

D)Young Teachersans: The future of the

Profession

131.Where is the HQ of HDFC Bank?

A)Mumbai B)Chennai C)Lucknow D)Delhi ans: A

132.What is the currency of Mongolia?

A)Won B)Krone C)Euro D)Togrog ans: D

133.Where is the HQ of UCO Bank?

A)NewDelhi B)Chennai C)Kolkata D)Mumbai ans: C

134.Recently PM Modi inaugurated metro service and

ENT hospital in which country?

A)Mauritius B)Thailand C)Netherlands D)Bhutanans:A

135.Who will head the committee that has been setup

to prepare the contours of a new industrial policy to

make India a manufacturing hub?

A)Amitabh Kant B)Guruprasad Mohapatra

C)PV Bharathi D)TN Manoharan ans: B

136.Recently the Centre has reduced the interest on

House Building Advance to how much percent?

A)8.0% B)7.1% C)7.9% D)7.7% ans: C

137.Recently Rajasthan and which other state

launched inter-State portability for ration cards to

facilitate the distribution of foodgrains to beneficiaries

of the National Food Security scheme?

A)TamilNadu B)Andhra Pradesh

C)Maharashtra D)Haryana ans: D 138.In which city,India’s first e waste clinic will be set up? A)Gorakhpur B)Lucknow C)Bhopal D)Indore 139.Which state tops the list where the most cancer patients availed treatment under Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana? A)Kerala B)Odisha C)TamilNadu D)Maharashtra ans:C

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140.Which became the first state to launch policy on Pneumoconiosis? A)TamilNadu B)Rajasthan C)Haryana D)Bihar ans: B 141.Recently which state gets in-principle nod from Centre to set up its first SEZ at Sabroom? A)Odisha B)Assam C)Tripura D)Mizoram ans: C 142.The 5th World Parliament of Science, Religion and Philosophy 2019 held in which city? A)Pune B)Mumbai C)Chennai D)Lucknow ans: A 143.Which city to host National Health Informatics Meet in 2020? A)Kolkata B)Pune C)Mumbai D)Kochi 144.Recently Indian Army got Spike anti tank guided missiles from which country? A)Iran B) Israel C)USA D)Australia ans: B 145.Recently Claudio Marchisio announced his retirement from which sport? A)Basketball B)Tennis C)Cricket D)Football ans: D 146.Who has been appointed as the Lokpal of Punjab? A)Shashank Singh B)Vinod Kumar Sharma C)Arun Dubey D)Vikas Swarup ans: B 147.Who has been named as UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Indigenous Peoples? A)Dia Mirza B)Yalitza Aparicio C)Melinda Cooper D)Emma Watson ans: B 148.Who has been awarded the 10th Social Entrepreneur of the year Award 2019? A)Amardeep Singh and NK Goswami B)Shravan Dubey and Rohit Gupta C)Anurag Kishor and Vikas Chaturvedi D)Shanti Raghavan and Dipesh Sutariya ans: D 149.What is the theme of this year’s World Space Week? A)The Moonans: Gateway to the Stars B)Earth and Sun C)Spaceans:The Universe D)Planets and Galaxies ans: A 150.What is the theme of this year’s Wildlife Week? A)Life below waterans: for people and planet B)Water and Living C)Save Environment D)Life is Water ans: A 151.What is the currency of Mauritius? A)Krone B)Rupee C)Won D)Rufiyaa ans: B 152.Where is the HQ of UNESCO? A)NewYork B)Rome C)Paris D)Geneva ans: C

153.Recently the The All India Institute of Medical

Sciences in collaboration with the Union Health

Ministry launched which application on oral health

awareness?

A)eDantSeva B)Oral HygieneC)EOral D)eDant ans: A

154.Which city hosted the 39th World Congress of

Poets? A)Kochi B)Bhubaneswar C)Lucknow

D)Kanpur

155.As per Indian Meterological Department,which

state tops the list with highest number of dry districts?

A)Odisha B)Bihar C)Rajasthan D)Haryana ans: D

156.Peddapalli district of which state topped the rural

Swachhta survey?

A)Telangana B)Bihar C)Assam D)TamilNadu ans: A

157.Recently Indian Army biggest mountain combat

exercise ‘Him Vijay’ held in which state?

A)Manipur B)Sikkim C)Assam D)Arunachal Pradesh

158.The exercise Ekuverin is between India and which

other country?

A)Mauritius B)MaldivesC)Thailand D)Singapore ans:B

159.Who will head the panel set up by IRDA to

standardise title insurance for home buyers in India?

A)TN Bakshi B)TL Alamelu

C)NK Singh D)VR Bhanushali ans: B

160.Which country to quit OPEC in 2020 in search of

bigger export revenue?

A)Rwanda B)Singapore C)Ecuador D)Ukraine ans: C

161.Recently U Gro Capital has tied up with which

bank for co-origination loans to SMEs?

A)Canara Bank B)IDBI Bank

C)uCO bank D)Bank of Baroda ans: D

162.Which bank has launched ‘Debit Card EMI facility’

for its existing customers,?

A)Canara Bank B)SBI C)BOB D)pNB ans: B

163.Who has become the 1st Indian to play 100 T20

International matches?

A)Harmanpreet Kaur B)Smriti Mandhana

C)Mithali Raj D)jhulan Goswami ans: A

164.Who has won women’s China Open 2019?

A)PV Sindhu B)Naomi Osaka

C)Ashleigh Barty D)Sania Mirza ans: B

165.Who won men’s singles Japan Open 2019?

A)Leander Paes B)Roger Federer

C)John Millman D)Novak Djokovic ans: D

166.Who has won the Hero Women’s Indian Open

held at Gurugram, Haryana?

A)Christine Wolf B)Christinea Paliskova

C)Naomi Osaka D)Sammy Nancy ans: A

167.Who has become the youngest player to take a

T20 hat-trick? A)Mohammed Shoaib B)Mohammed

Nabi C)Jasprit Bumrah D)Mohammed Hasnain D

168.Who has been appointed as new PM of Portugal?

A)Pedro Passos B)Antonia Costa

C)Marcelo Vieeera D)Anibal Cavaco ans: B

169.Who has been awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in

Physiology? A) William G. Kaelin Jr B) Sir Peter J.

Ratcliffe C) Gregg L. Semenza D)All of the above

170.Recently Diahann Carroll passed away.She was

related to which field?

A)Journalist B)Sports C)Actress D)Poet ans: C

171.What is the theme of this year’s World Habitat

Day? A)Frontier Technologies as an innovative Tool to

Transform Waste into Wealth

B)Housing Policies,Affordable Homes

C)Habitats and the World Policies

D)Homes and Technology ans: A

172.Where is the HQ Of Indian Meterology Department?

A)Mumbai B)Chennai C)NewDelhi D)Lucknow ans: C

173.What is the capital of Maldives?

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A)Thimphu B)Colombo C)Male D)Maafushi ans: C

174.Where is the HQ of IRDAI? A)Surat

B)Ahmedabad C)Hyderabad D)Mumbai ans:C

175.How much amount was offered by India to

Mongolia for building oil refinery?

A)$236 million B)$250 million

C)$275 million D)$300 million ans: A

176.Recently Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh

Shekhawat launched which initiative to connect with

stakeholders of of the rivers?

A)Ganga Rejuvenation B)Ganga Amantaran

C)Swach Ganga D)Pavitra Ganga ans: B

177.Who will head the high level inter-ministerial

committee to check money laundering activities?

A)nK Singh B)Ajay Tyagi

C)Ajay Bhushan Pandey D)TN Manoharan ans: C

178.As announced by Union Minister Prakash

Javedkar, Bharat Stage (BS) VI fuel will be made

available in the country from Which day?

A)April 1,2020 B)Feb 1,2020

C)Dec 31,2019 D)Jan 1,2020 ans: A

179.Which country recently handed over the Rafale

fighter jet to India?

A)Russia B)France C)USA D)Israel ans: B

180.Which state launched Mukhya Mantri Kanya

Sumangala Yojana?

A)Bihar B)Haryana C)Odisha D)Uttar Pradesh ans:D

181.Which state government has integrated panic

button for taxi riders?

A)Bihar B)Telangana C)Andhra Pradesh

D)Odishaans: 182.According to e-Conomy SEA, a

report jointly published by Google,South East Asia

Internet economy to exceed to how much amount this

year? A)$100 billion B)$150 billion

C)$200 billion D)$300 billion ans: A

183.Recently S&P Global Ratings reduced India’s

growth projection for 2019-20 to how much percent?

A)6.5% B)6.6% C)6.1% D)6.3% ans: D

184.The FIA Women’s Grand Prix 2019 held in which

country? A)India B)Russia C)USA D)France ans: B

185.Which country to host 3×3 basketball qualifiers for

the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in March next year?

A)Singapore B)India C)Bhutan D)Nepal ans: B

186.Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz; James Peebles

won the 2019 Noble Prize for Physics for which of the

following work?

A)For decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and

the observation of gravitational waves.

B)For their method of generating high-intensity, ultra-

short optical pulses.

C)For shedding light on the evolution of the universe

and discovering planets orbiting distant suns.

D)For the optical tweezers and their application to

biological systems. ans: D

187.Who has been selected for the prestigious Asia

Environmental Enforcement Award by the United

Nations Environment Programme?

A)Vikas Chaturvedi B)Ramesh Pandey

C)Ram Singh D)Amardeep Goswami ans: B

188.Recently Arjun Bansal and which other Indian

personality featured in Fortune’s 2019 ‘40 Under 40’

list? A)Indra Nooyi B)Vinod Singh

C)Ritesh Agarwal D)Ankiti Bose ans: D

189.Recently M Gopal Gowda passed away.He was

related to which field?

A)Author B)Artist C)Director D)Sports ans: B

190.What is the capital of Mongolia?

A)Beijing B)Monrovia C)Ulannbaatar D)Nur Sultan

191.What is the capital of Vietnam?

A)Hanoi B)Monrovia C)Bishkek D)Thimphu ans: A

192.What is the capital of Indonesia?

A)Surabaya B)Jakarta C)Rome D)Bali ans: B

193.Recently External Affairs Minister (EAM) S

Jaishankar inaugurated which telecom education

project for the African Countries?

A)e VidyaBharti B)ByjuC)e BharatEdu D)e IndiaEdu

194.Recently the Central Board of Direct Taxes has

launched which scheme that eliminates physical

interface between an assessing officer and an

assessee? A)Faceless e-Assessment B)Faceless ID

C)Facial Assesses D)Face Recognition ans: A

195.Recently the government inaugurated 1st Day

Care Recreation Centre for senior citizens in which

place?

A)Leh B)Dehradun C)Ladakh D)Srinagar ans: A

196.What is the rank of India in latest Annual Global

Competitiveness Index?

A)66th B)64th C)68th D)61st ans: C

197.Recently which mutual fund was renamed as

Nippon India Mutual Fund?

A)L&T B)Reliance C)HDFC D)iDBI ans: B

198.Recently which company received a licence from

the Reserve Bank of India to set up a non-banking

financial company? A)Shubh Loans B)Ekgrata

C)Fincare D)Manapurram Finance ans: A

199.Recently Bombay Stock Exchange joined hands

with which organisation to enhance MSME and start-

up environment?

A)FICCI B)RBI C)NASSCOM D)SIDBI ans: A

200.Which country topped the spot in latest ICC

Women’s ODI rankings?

A)England B)Australia C)india D)Pakistan ans: B

201.Who won 15th World Gymnastics Championships

Title? A)Shannon Miller B)Nastia Luikin

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C)Simone Biles D)Nellie Philips ans: C

202.Recently Bastian Schweinsteiger has announced

his retirement from which sports?

A)Badminton B)Tennis C)Football D)Cricket ans: C

203.Who won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry?

A) John B. Goodenough B) M. Stanley Whittingham

C) Akira Yoshino D)All of the above ans: D

204.Which film has won the People’s Choice Award at

the recently concluded My Rode Reel film

competition? A)Spirit of Kerala B)Lucknow Nawabs

C)Andhadhun D)The Sky is Pink ans: A

205.Recently who has been conferred with an

honorary doctorate by the University of Salford in

Greater Manchester, England?

A)Asha Bhosle B)Lata Mangeshkar

C)ARRahman D)Arijit Singh ans: A

206.Where is the HQ of Central Board of Dir ect Taxes?

A)Mumbai B)Chennai C)NewDelhi D)Kolkata ans: C

207.Where is the HQ of World Economic Forum?

A)London B)Paris C)Rome D)Geneva ans: D

208.Recently Don Pramudwinai,foreign minister of

which country was on 3 day visit to India?

A)Bhutan B)Thailand C)Singapore D)Netherlands

209.Recently which Pradhan Mantri Innovative

Learning Programme has been launched from Indian

Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Headquarters at

Bengaluru?

A)Dhruv B)Samarth C)Kaushal D)Akanksha ans: A

210.Recently the Union Cabinet approved how much

percent hike in DA to Central government employees?

A)2% B)4% C)5% D)6% ans: C

211.Recently the central government extended

Aadhar seeding date for PM KISAN scheme to which

date? A)November 30 B)October 31

C)December 31 D)October 30 ans: A

212.Recently Union Minister of State for Home,

Nityanand Rai launched which application to facilitate

railway passengers?

A)Suraksha B)Samarg C)Sahyatri D)Samarth ans: C

213.Which state government launched a new eye care

programme named ‘Dr. YSR Kanti Velugu’ on the

occasion of World Sight Day?

A)WestBengal B)Telangana

C)Odisha D)Andhra Pradesh ans: D

214.Recently PM Narendra Modi released a

commemorative stamp in honour of which personality?

A)Mahatma Gandhi B)Karambir Singh

C)Arjan Singh D)VeerSavarkar ans: C

215.Which polar polar researcher from Kerala will join

largest ever Arctic expedition “MOSAiC Expedition“?

A)Samarth Sen B)Dharmendra Singh

C)Vishnu Nandan D)Vikas Chaturvedi ans: C

216.which system was recently developed by research

agencies to warn fishermen of danger?

A)VIRGO B)GEMINI C)OKCHI D)FENI ans: B

217.Recently India handed over 10,000 vials of anti-

rabies vaccines to which country?

A)Singapore B)Thailand C)Myanmar D)Bhutan ans:C

As per scientists from USA,which planet overtook

218.Jupiter as the planet with most moons?

A)Mercury B)Pluto C)Saturn D)Neptune ans: C

219.Who received the Russian Order of Courage from

President Vladimir Putin?

A)Bill Roberts B)Arnold V

C)Nick Hague D)Toni Morrison ans: C

220.Recently RBI rejected which bank plan to merge

with Indiabulls Housing Finance?

A)Kotak Mahindra Bank B)Lakshmi Vilas Bank

C)IDBI Bank D)Federal Bank ans: B

221.Recently RBI has given the final approval for the

merger of which state district cooperative banks?

A)TamilNadu B)Uttar Pradesh

C)Kerala D)Odisha ans: C

222.As per World Bank,Asia Pacific growth may slow

to how much percent in 2019?

A)5.2% B)5.6% C)5.8% D)6.2% ans: C

223.Which state signed MoU with Bahrain for

cooperation in Fin-Tech, ICT and IoT start-ups?

A)Maharashtra B)OdishaC)TamilNaduD)Kerala ans:D

224.Recently at how much percent India GDP will

grow in FY20 according to India Ratings?

A)6.3% B)6.2% C)6.1% D)6.5% ans: C

225.who has become the first woman cricketer to

complete 20 years in the international cricket?

A)Ellyse Perry B)Jhulan Goswami

C)Smriti Mandhana D)Mithali Raj ans: D

226.The 4th Elite Men’s National Boxing

Championships held at which state?

A)Himachal Pradesh B)Assam

C)TamilNadu D)Bihar ans: A

227.Who will become the first woman referee to

officiate in an International Cricket Council (ICC)

event? A)T Lakshmi B)PC Chandranima

C)GS Lakshmi D)Scotty Perry ans: C

228.Who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature

2019?

A)Abhijeet Banerjee B)Esther Duflo

C)Peter Handke D)Olga Tokarczuk ans: C

229.Which holiday destination bagged the prestigious

National Tourism Award 2017-18?

A)Kolkata B)Daman Diu

C)Lakshadweep D)Andaman Holidays ans: D

230.Recently which state government Felicitated PV

Sindhu who became the first Indian to win the BWF

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World Championship?

A)TamilNadu B)OdishaC)Kerala D)WestBengal ans:C

231.Which Company has been conferred the title of

India’s Greatest Brand 2018-19 at the Asian Business

and Social Summit organised by AsiaOne & URS

Media? A)Mahindra and Mahindra B)Godrej

C)Sun Pharma D)J Mitra And Co ans: D

232.what is the theme of this year’s World Mental

Health Day? A)Mental Health in the Workplace

B)Mobilizing efforts for mental health

C)Young people and mental health

D)Mental Health Promotion and Suicide Prevention

what is theme of this year’s World Sight Day?

233.A)Stronger Together B)Eye care for All

C)Vision First D)Universal Eye Health ans: C

234.What is the capital of Thailand? A)Thimphu

B)Pattaya C)BahtBangkok D)Phuget ans:C

235.What is the capital of Myanmar?

A)Yangon B)Phuket C)Bandar Saw D)Naypayitaw

236.Where is the HQ of Lakshmi Vilas Bank?

A)Mumbai B)Delhi C)Chennai D)Kolkata ans: C

Recently the central government launched which

237.scheme which assures free medicines for

pregnant womens?

A)SHISHU B)ARYA C)SUMAN D)ANSH ans: C

238.India’s first plastic to diesel conversation plant to

be operational in which city?

A)Surat B)Bhopal C)Indore D)Mathura ans: D

239.The C40 Climate Change Summit held in which

country?

A)India B)Thailand C)Denmark D)Netherlands ans: C

240.the first-ever ‘India International Cooperatives

Trade Fair'(IICTF) held in which city/UT?

A)NewDelhi B)Pune C)Nagpur D)Lucknow ans: A

241.Recently the SARAS Aajeevika Mela has begun

at Which city?

A)Kanpur B)Mumbai C)NewDelhi D)Pune ans: C

242.The 38th India Carpet Expo was held in which

city? A)Lucknow B)Ahmedabad C)Varanasi D)Surat

ans: C

243.The two-day ISRO World Space Week-2019

exhibition was held in which state?

A)Karnataka B)Assam C)Odisha D)TamilNadu ans: D

244.The 9th Regional Comprehensive Economic

Partnership (RCEP) Intersessional Ministerial meeting

held in which city?

A)KathmanduB)NewDelhi C)Bangkok D)Amsterdam

245.Recently the Government e-Marketplace (GeM)

signed a Memorandum of Understanding with which

bank for transfer of funds through GeM Pool Accounts

(GPA)? A)IDBI Bank B)Canara Bank

C)Union Bank of India D)United Bank of India ans: C

246.Recently International rating agency Moody’s

lowered India’s GDP growth to how much percent?

A)5.5% B)5.4% C)5.6% D)5.8% ans: D

247.Recently World Bank lowered India’s GDP growth

forecast at how much percent for FY20?

A)5.8% B)6.2% C)6.0% D)6.1% ans: C

248.Who became the first Indian to score 40 hundreds

as skipper? A)Rohit Sharma B)Shikhar Dawan

C)MS Dhoni D)Virat Kohli ans: D

249.Who surpassed the record of former Australia

cricketer Don Bradman to record the most number of

150 plus scores as captain in international cricket?

A)Ben Stokes B)Faf Du Plessis

C)Virat Kohli D)Steve Smith ans: C

250.Which player has most double hundreds for an

Indian batsman? A)Shikhar Dhawan B)Rohit Sharma

C)MS Dhoni D)Virat Kohli ans: D

251.Which country has broken the record for most

consecutive wins in women’s ODI cricket with their

18th triumph? A)South Africa B)India C)Australia

D)England ans: C

252.Who was appointed as Chief Operating Officer of

Yes Bank ? A)Radhika Sen B)Jasneet Bachal

C)Rakesh Makhija D)Anita Pai ans: D

253.Recently PM Abiy Ahmed Ali of which country

was awarded the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize for his

efforts to achieve peace and international

cooperation? A)Eithopia B)South Africa

C)Zimbabwe D)Afghanistan ans: A

254.Recently Kadri Gopalnath passed away.He was

related to which field?

A)Saxophonist B)director C)Actor D)Journalist ans: A

255.What is the theme of this year’s International Day

of the Girl Child?

A)GirlForceans: Unscripted and unstoppable

B)Empower Girlsans:Emergency Response

C)A Skilled Girlforce D)Girls Progress=Goals ans: A

256.What is the currency of Denmark?

A)Riel B)Dinar C)Krone D)Won ans: C

Where is the HQ of ISRO?

A)Bengaluru B)Mumbai C)Chennai D)NewDelhians: A

257.Where is the HQ of World Bank?

A)Paris B)Rome C)Washington DC D)NewYork ans:C

259.Recently India announced how much amount of

line of credit to Comoros in the field of energy and

maritime defence cooperation?

A)$40 million B)$ 35 million

C)$50 million D)$60 million ans: D

260.Who was conferred the highest Civilian Honour of

Comoros — The Order of the Green Crescent?

A)M Venkaiah Naidu B)Ram Nath Kovind

C)Narendra Modi D)Arvind Kejriwal ans: A

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261.Recently which application was launched by

ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs to encourage

Public engagement in planting trees and other such

Green drives?

A)mRopan B)mSurveskshan C)mPlant D)mHariyali

262.Which country has recently joined has the league

of 15 of the world’s leading city networks and

technology governance organisations?

A)India B)China C)Pakistan D)Thailand ans: A

263.Recently the Southern Western Railway has

installed the public refrigerator in which state to avoid

wastage of food?

A)WestBengal B)Odisha C)TamilNadu D)Karnataka

Recently the 2nd edition of Coordinated Patrol

264.(CORPAT) started between India and which other

country?

A)Myanmar B)China C)Nepal D)Bangladesh ans: D

265.Recently Minister of State for Youth and Sports

Kiren Rijiju inagurated 1st India Sports Summit 2019

in which city? A)Mumbai B)NewDelhi C)Chennai

D)Pune

266.The 2nd “India-China Informal Summit” begun in

which state?

A)Kerala B)Karnataka C)TamilNadu D)Sikkim ans: C

267.Recently scientist from which state discovered

new subterranean fish species like eel?

A)TamilNadu B)Maharashtra C)KeralaD)Assam ans:C

268.Which organisation launched first World report on

vision? A)UNESCO B)UNICEF C)WHO D)NITI Aayog

269.Who become the first country in the world to ban

ads for the most unhealthy sugary drinks in its latest

move to combat rising diabetes rates? A)Singapore B)india C)Australia D)USA ans: A 270.What is rank of India passport in the latest global passport Index released by Henley & Partners? A)77 B)80 C)79 D)82 ans: D 271.Recently RBI imposed a penalty of �12.88 lakh on which prepaid payment instrument issuer company? A)Balancehero India Private B)Toyota Financial Services India. C)Mahindra and Mahindra D)L&T ans: A 272.Recently which company has received a non-banking financial company (NBFC) licence from the Reserve Bank of India? A)Credit Saison India B)Credit Suisse India C)L&T D)Mahindra and Mahindra ans: A 273.Who has been awarded Australian sport’s highest individual honour ‘The Don’ Award at the annual Sport Australia Hall of Fame? A)Ellyse Perry B)Nick Jonhnson C)Ashleigh Barty D)Steve Smith ans: C 274.Who has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer of MasterCard India? A)RK Singh B)CV Chaturvedi C)Rakesh Asthana D)Vikas Verma ans: D 275.Who topped the list on Forbes’ list of richest

Indians for the year 2019? A)Aziz Premji B)Ritesh Agarwal C)G Adani D)Mukesh Ambani ans: D 276.Recently Robert Forster passed away.He was related to which field? A)Journalist B)Film Director C)Sports D)Actor ans:D 277.What is the theme of this year’s World Egg Day? A)Eggs as the source of life B)Egg for Sustainable Life C)Protein for Life D)Eat your egg today and every 278.What is the theme of this year’s World Migratory Bird Day? A)Sustainable Development of Wildlife B)Preserve Environment and Birds C)Their future is our future D)Protect Birdsans: Be the Solution to Plastic

Pollution! 279.What is the capital of Comoros? A)Praia B)Castries C)Banjul D)Moroni ans: D 280.Where is the HQ of World Economic Forum? A)France B)USA C)Switzerland D)Netherlands 281.Where is the HQ of World Health Organisation? A)Washington DC B)Paris C)Geneva D)Rome ans: C

282.Recently Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a

meeting on ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’ Programme

in which city?

A)Pune B)Kolkata C)NewDelhi D)Mumbai ans: C

283.Recently Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal

launched which scheme to honour good samaritans

who take accident victims to hospital?

A)Jabaaz Dilliwites B)Dilli ke Bande

C)Nek Farishte D)Farishte Dilli ke ans: D

284.Recently India’s first Garbage Café was

inaugurated in which state?

A)Chhattisgarh B)Odisha C)Bihar D)Kerala ans: A

285.The National Indigenous Seeds Festival held at

which state? A)Manipur B)SikkimC)Assam D)Kerala

286.Recently which Indian nun sister was declared

saint by Pope Francis at a grand ceremony at the

Vatican City, Rome?

A)Mary Joseph B)Natalia Gabriel

C)Dorothy Gabriel D)Mariam Thresia ans: D

287.The Inter Parliamentarian Union (IPU) Meeting

held in which country?

A)Thailand B)South Africa

C)Denmark D)Serbia ans: D

288.The exercise Vajra Prahar is between India and

which other country?

A)SriLanka B)France C)Russia D)USA ans: D

289.Recently which typhoon hitted Japan with full

force?

A)Huru B)Feni C)Katrina D)Hagibis ans: D

290.Recently India signed how much amount of loan

agreement with Asian Development Bank for

improving road connectivity in Rajasthan?

A)$190 million B)$150 million

C)$200 million D)$250 million ans: A

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291.What is the rank of India in the Brand Finance

Nation ranking of 2019 released by independent brand

valuation consultancy Brand Finance?

A)2nd B)6th C)5th D)7th ans: D

293.Who has won the gold in the under-18 open

category in the World Youth Chess Championship?

A)S Shivakumar B)Dayanand Shetty

C)Chinmaya Kumar SinghD)R Praggnanandhaa

294.Eliud Kipchoge has become the 1st athlete to run

sub 2-hour marathon.He belongs to which country?

A)Kenya B)Zimbabwe C)South AfricaD)Rwanda

295.The 2019 World Women’s Boxing Championships

is being held in which country?

A)India B)USA C)France D)Russia ans: D

296.Recently Sara Danuis passed away.She was

related to which field?

A)Sports B)social Activist C)Actress D)Writerans: D

297.Recently Alexei Leonov passed away.He was

related to which field? A)Author B)Film Director

C)actor D)Cosmonautans: D

298.What is the theme of this year’s International Day

for Disaster Risk Reduction?

A)Reducing Exposure,Reducing Displacement

B)Home Safe Homeans:Reducing Disasters

C)Acting together to reduce damage of disasters

D)Reduce disaster damage to critical infrastructure

and disruption of basic services ans: D

299.What is the theme of this year’s World Arthritis

Da? A)TimeUp B)Time2Work

C)Arthritis around World D)Raise awareness ans: B

300.What is the capital of Serbia?

A)Bucharest B)Novi Sad C)Belgrade D)Praia ans: C

301.Where is the HQ of Asian Development Bank?

A)NetherlandsB)DenmarkC)ChinaD)Philippines ans:D

302.Recently Union Road Transport Minister Nitin

Gadkari inaugurated a conference on ‘One Nation

One Fastag’ in which city/UT?

A)Pune B)NewDelhi C)Kolkata D)Chennai ans: B

303.Recently Power and New & Renewable Energy

Minister R K Singh said that India will achieve 175GW

of renewable energy target by which year?

A)2025 B)2024 C)2020 D)2022 ans: D

304.Recently India signed a line of credit of how much

amount with Sierra Leone?

A)USD 30 million B)USD 25 million

C)USD 39 million D)USD 45 million ans: A

305.Which state government recently announced to

set up Skills and Entrepreneurship University?

A)WestBengal B)Bihar C)NewDelhi D)Uttar Pradesh

306.Recently who took charge as Sub-Collector of

Thiruvananthapuram? A)Anvi Nigam B)Pranjal Patil

C)Arundhoy Roy D)Arundhati Singh ans: B

307.Recently the Army Commanders’ Conference was

held in which city/UT?

A)Lucknow B)ChennaiC)NewDelhi D)Mumbai ans: C

308.The 10th edition of the Rashtriya Sanskriti

Mahotsav-National Cultural Festival held in which

state/UT? A)NewDelhi B)Madhya Pradesh

C)Bihar D)Odisha ans: B

309.Who has become the most-followed elected world

leader on photo-sharing app Instagram?

A)Christine Ligarde B)Barack Obama

C)Donald Trump D)Narendra Modi ans: D

310.Recently the BRICS Culture Ministers’ meeting

held in Which country?

A)Canada B)Russia C)india D)Brazil ans: D

311.Recently the Life Insurance Council has decided

to launch the Indian life insurance industry’s first joint

mass media campaign with what slogan?

A)Jeevan ka Insurance B)Jeevan Labh

C)Life ka Insurance D)Sabse Pehle Life Insurance

312.Recently the World Bank cutted India’s GDP

growth rate to how much percent?

A)5.8% B)6.2% C)6% D)5.5% ans: C

313.Who won the Dutch Open men’s singles title

2019? A)Rafael Nadal B)Roger Federer

C)Yusuke Onodera D)Lakshya Sen ans: D

314.The 2019 World Women’s Boxing Championships

is being held in which country?

A)Russia B)India C)USA D)Netherlands ans: A

315.Who lifted the 26th All India Railway Hockey

Championship trophy? A)Western Central Railway B)North Eastern Railway C)Services D)South Eastern Railway ans: D 316.Who has been appointed as President of the Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance (IPA) for 2019-2021? A)Anuradha Chowdhury B)Niranjan Roy C)Saurav Kaushik D)K Satish Reddy ans: D 317.Who won the 2019 Noble Prize in Economics? A)Abhijit Banerjee B)Esther Duflo C)Michael Kremer D)All of the above ans: D 318.Which country won the eighth edition of the Beijing International Horticultural Exhibition 2019 under outdoor garden category? A)India B)Australia C)BrazilD)China ans: A 319.Who was conferred the Madhya Pradesh government’s National Kishore Kumar Samman for 2018-19? A)Priyadarshan B)Sameer C)AR Rahman D)Anurag ashyap ans: A 320.When is World Cotton Day observed? A)14 Oct B)11 Oct C)7 Oct D)8 Oct ans: C 321.What is the theme of this year’s World Standards Day? A)Cities and standards B)Standards makes cities smarter C)International Standards and fourth Industrial Revolution D)Video standards create a global stage ans: D 322.What is the capital of Sierra Leone? A)Rome B)FreetownC)Santiago D)GeorgeTown ans:B

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323.Where is the HQ of World Bank? A)Geneva B)Rome C)Washington DCD)Geneva ans:C

324.Recently Guruprasad Mohapatra, Secretary,

Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal

Trade (DPIIT), launched the website and mobile

application Learn to Protect, Secure and Maximise

Your Innovation on Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)

in which city/UT?

A)NewDelhi B)Pune C)Kanpur D)Kolkata ans: A

325.Which state launched the YSR Rytu Bharosa –

PM Kisan scheme? A)Telangana B)Odisha

C)Andhra Pradesh D)Maharashtra ans: C

326.Which airline became first airlineglobally to use

‘Taxibot’ on Airbus flight?

A)Emirates B)AirIndiaC)indigo D)Qatar Airways ans:B

327.Recently which city hosted the first National Hindi

Science writers conference?

A)Lucknow B)Pune C)satna D)Bhopal ans: A

328.The 2nd phase of an Indo-Dutch project called

Local Treatment of Urban Sewage Streams for

Healthy Reuse, or LOTUS-HR was launched in which

city/UT?

A)Lucknow B)Chennai C)NewDelhi D)Mumbai ans: C

329.Recently Indian Army organized Sangam Youth

Festival in which state?

A)Uttarakhand B)Punjab

C)Maharashtra D)Jammu and ashmir ans:D

330.Recently RBI imposed a penalty of �1 crore on

which bank for non-compliance with certain provisions

of directions on Income Recognition and Asset

Classification (IRAC) norms?A)SBI B)Syndicate Bank

C)Lakshmi Vilas Bank D)IDBI Bank ans: C

331.Which bank has launched a new Fixed Deposit

(FD) scheme – FD Health?A)IDBI Bank B)ICICI Bank

C)Canara Bank D)Federal Bank ans: B

332.3Recently ICC readmitted Zimbabwe and which

other country as ICC members?

A)Bhutan B)Russia C)Nepal D)USA ans: C

333.Who won men’s singles title at the Bahrain

International Series Badminton at Isa Town, Bahrain?

A)Priyanshu Rajawat B)Lakshya Sen

C)Vinayak Raj D)Ranjit Singh Chaturvedi ans: A

334.Recently Kais Saied is elected as the new

President of Which country?

A)Tunisia B)Uganda C)Zimbabwe D)wanda ans: A

335.As per Edelgive Hurun India Philanthropy List

2019,who topped the list for 2019 as top

philanthropistg? A)Gautam Adani B)Mukesh Ambani

C)Aziz Permji D)Shiv Nadar ans: D

336.Recently Margaret Atwood and whom have jointly

won the 2019 Booker Prize?

A)Bernardine Evaristo B)Stephen Lewis

C)Rogarlatta Johnson D)Dwayne Flair ans: A

337.What is the theme of this year’s International Day

of Rural Women?

A)Rural Women and Girls Building Climate Resilience

B)Climate is Changing

C)Challenge and Opportunities in Climate Resilient

Environment D)Eliminating Rural Poverty ans: A

338.When is World Students Day observed?

A)Oct 17 B)Oct 16 C)Oct 15 D)Oct 14 ans: C

339.Where is the HQ of AirIndia? A)Lucknow

B)Chennai C)NewDelhi D)Mumbai ans: C

340.Where is the HQ of ICICI Bank?

A)Lucknow B)Chennai C)Mumbai D)NewDelhi ans: C

341.Which state government has set up Kanyashree

University to empower girls?

A)Sikkim B)Assam C)Manipur D)WestBengal ans: D

342.Recently Union Minister for Health and Family

Welfare Harsh Vardhan launched which scheme to

engage motivated individuals with the food safety

ecosystem at ground level?

A)Food Safety Mitra B)Food Seva

C)Food Safety Health D)Food Eat ans: A

343.Recently as announced by Indian Army, it will

become a net-zero carbon emitter by which year?

A)2040 B)2022 C)2030 D)2025 ans: C

344.Recently which organisation launched a launched

a revamped and streamlined programme to attract

investments into India and strengthen Make in India?

A)RBI B)SIDBI C)Central bureau of Investigation

D)Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs

345.The 41st DRDO Directors Conference was held in

which city/UT?

A)Lucknow B)Chennai C)NewDelhi D)Mumbai ans: C

346.What is the rank of India in the 2019 Global

Hunger Index? A)95 B)117 C)102 D)99 ans: C

347.As per wealth intelligence firm’s ‘The Wealthiest

Citie s Worldwide in 2019’ list,which city has the

highest number of wealthiest people in the world?

A)Beijing B)Amsterdam C)NewYork D)London ans: C

348.Recently RBI has decided to operationalise

‘unified departments for supervision and regulation’

with effect from which day?

A)December 1 B)November 30

C)October 31 D)November 1 ans: D

349.At how much percent India GDP will grow in 2019

according to International Monetary Fund?

A)6.5% B)5.8% C)6.2% D)6.1% ans: D

350.At how much percent global GDP will grow

according to International Monetary Fund?

A)2.5% B)3% C)3.2% D)3.7% ans: B

351.Who topped the list of latest ICC Women’s ODI

rankings 2019? A)Harmanpreet Kaur B)Smriti

Mandhana C)Ellyse Perry D)Amy Satterthwaiteans: D

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352.Who won the 2019 Japanese Grand Prix?

A)Valtteri Bottas B)Sebastian Vettel

C)Lewis Hamilton D)Nico Rosberg ans: A

353.Who assumes charge as new Controller General

of Accounts? A)JPS Chawla B)Anoop Kumar

C)Nikhil Swani D)Giriraj P Gupta ans: A

354.Who has been appointed as the new Law

Secretary (Secretary, Legal Affairs) in the Union Law

Ministry? A)Pramod Bhat Chaturvedi B)AK Jain

C)NK Singh D)Anoop Kumar Mendiratta ans: D

355.Recently India’s Flora Fountain has been chosen

for the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural

Heritage Conservation.It is located in which city?

A)Lucknow B)Ahmedabad C)Mumbai

D)Chennaians:C

356.What is the theme of this year’s World Food Day?

A)Our Actions Are Our Future B)Change the future of

migration C)Ending Hunger by 2025

D)Foodans:A life ans: A

357.Whereis the HQ of Central Board of Indirect

Taxes and Customs?

A)Chennai B)Kolkata C)NewDelhi D)Mumbai ans: C 358.Where is the HQ of Defence Reasearch and Development Organisation? A)Mumbai B)Chennai C)NewDelhi D)Lucknowans: C

359.Recently Railway Minister Piyush Goyal flagged

off 9 Sewa Service Trains in which city/UT?

A)Chennai B)Lucknow C)NewDelhi D)Mumbai ans: C

360.Recently the Chenani-Nashri tunnel of which state

has been renamed after Bharatiya Jana Sangh

founder Shyama Prasad Mukherjee?

A)Punjab B)Uttarakhand

C)Jammu and Kashmir D)Himachal Pradesh ans: C

361.Which state culture department is going to

organise training & performance programme of KHON

Ramlila? A)Uttar Pradesh B)Maharashtra

C)Himachal Pradesh D)Punjab ans: A

362.The 5th Edition of World Coffee Conference to be

held in which city?

A)NewDelhi B)MumbaiC)Chennai D)Bengaluru ans:D

363.The exercise Shinyuu Maitri is between India and

which other country?

A)SriLanka B)Japan C)Mongolia D)Russia ans: B

364.Recently Shirui Lily Festival was inaugurated in

which state? A)Manipur B)NagalandC)Assam

D)Sikkimans:A

365.Who recently set a world record for “The most full

contact knee strikes in three minutes (one leg)

(female), 263 strikes” & “The most full contact knee

strikes alternate legs in one minute(female),120

strikes”? A)Kiran Uniyal B)Nirmala Devi

C)Jayshree Tiwari D)Kusum Singh ans:a

366.The exercise EX EASTERN BRIDGE-V’ was

recently held between India and which other country?

A)Thailand B)Mongolia C)Australia D)Oman ans: D

367.What is the rank of India in World Giving Index

2019? A)80 B)73 C)82 D)89 ans: C

368.Recently India handed over second pair of Mi-24V

helicopters to which country?

A)Zimbabwe B)Israel C)Afghanistan D)Iran ans: C 369Which country announced the establishment of world’s 1st Artificial Intelligence university? A)Russia B)UAE C)USA D)Iran ans: B 370.Recently which bank completed its acquisition with Gruh Finance? A)Federal Bank B)Kotak Mahindra Bank C)iDBI Bank D)Bandhan Bank ans: D 371.According to World Bank,which country halved its poverty rate since the 1990s? A)Japan B)SriLanka C)India D)China ans: C 372.Which Company along with cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni partenered to build Team Cashless India? A)Microsoft B)Amazon C)Mastercard D)Google ans:C 373.Which country won the SAFF U-15 women’s championship 2019? A)India B)Nepal C)Pakistan D)Bhutan ans: A 374.Who became the youngest batsman to score a double century in List A (One-Day) cricket? A)Rahul Singh B)Priyam Garg C)Ayush Badoni D)Yashasvi Jaiswal ans: D 375.Who received the 2018/19 Golden Shoe of the year? A)Lionel Messi B)Neymar C)Mesut Ozil D)Eden Hazard ans: A 376.Recently Jenny Gunn announced his retirement from which sports? A)Cricket B)Football C)Hockey D)Tennis ans: A 377.Who was given additional charge of Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy? A)VK Venugopal B)N Narayan C)Amit Khare D)TNSingh ans: C 378.What is the theme of this year’s Global Handwashing Day? A)Make Handwashing a Habit B)Our Hands Our Future C)Clean Hands-A recipe for Hands D)Clean Hands for All 379.What is the theme of this year’s International Day for the Eradication of Poverty? A)Accelerating global action for a world without poverty B)Moving from Humiliation and Exclusion to participationans:Ending poverty in all its forms C)Building a Sustainable Futureans:Coming together to end poverty D)Acting Together to Empower Children, their Families and Communities to End Poverty ans: D 380.What is the currency of Japan? A)Won B)Krone C)euro D)Yen ans: D 381.What is the currency of Oman? A)Euro B)Rial C)Krone D)Dinar ans: B 382.Where is the HQ of Bandhan Bank? A)NewDelhi B)Kolkata C)Mumbai D)Chennaians: B

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383.According to 20th Livestock Census released by

the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying,

Livestock population in India raised by how much

percent? A)4.2% B)4.4% C)4.6% D)4.5% ans: C

384.What is the rank of India in female representation

at senior management levels according to a new study

by the Credit Suisse Research Institute (CSRI)?

A)24th B)21st C)23rd D)22nd ans: C

385.According to India Innovation Index 2019,which

state is the most innovative major state in India?

A)Maharashtra B)GujaratC)Karnataka D)Assam

386.Recently the annual Ganges river dolphin census

was held in which state?

A)Uttar Pradesh B)Maharashtra C)Bihar D)Assam

387.Recently Union Minister for Health and Family

Welfare Harsh Vardhan released a postal stamp to

commemorate the centenary celebrations of the city-

based ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) in

which city ?

A)Kochi B)Nagpur C)NewDelhi D)Pune ans: C

388.Which state government constituted two

committees to deal over water disputes with Kerala

relating to the Parambikulam-Aliyar Project (PAP) and

the Pandiyar-Punnampuzha project?A)TamilNadu

B)Karnataka C)Odisha D)Assam ans: A

389.Recently Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh

Kamal Nath formally inaugurated the 2-day

Magnificent Madhya Pradesh Conference in which

city?A)Indore B)Bhopal C)Satna D)Chindwara

390.Recently Nitin Gadkari announced the naming of

which national highway as “Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji

Marg.? A)705AA B)703AA C)800BB D)700BB as: B

391.In which city,first Robo Chef Restaurant was

opened recently?

A)Surat B)Chennai C)Bhubaneswar D)Mumbai ans: C

392.Recently Indian Army signed MoU with which

organisation for facilitating modern-day IT jobs for

veterans?A)NASSCOM B)Wipro C)TCS D)RBI a:A

393.What is the rank of India in 2019 Hurun Global

Unicorn List? A)1st B)2nd C)3rd D)4th ans: C

394.Which country set to introduce web tax on digital

giants from 2020?

A)Afghanistan B)Israel C)Iran D)Italy ans: D

395.Recently Baul Festival concluded in which

country?

A)India B)Bangladesh C)Bhutan D)Nepal ans: B

396.Recently India arm of Netherlands-based Home

Credit Group has tied up with which bank for joint

lending to tap the large unbanked customer base

across the country? A)SBI B)federal Bank

C)IDBI Bank D)Karur Vysya Bank ans: D

397.Recently Insurance Australia Group (IAG) has

decided to sell its 26 per cent stake in which life

insurance company? A)SBI General Insurance

B)IDBI Federal

C)Max Bupa Health Insurance D)ICICI Prudential

398.Who was elected as vice chairman of World Steel

Association? A)Indra Nooyi B)Manohar Singh

C)RK Sinha D)Sajjan Jindal ans: D

399.Which city corporation has been placed in a zero-

waste cities list and received an award for its green

city projects at International Zero Waste Cities

Conference (IZWCC ) held in Malaysia?

A)Thiruvananthapuram B)Kochi

C)Surat D)Lucknow ans: A

400.Recently PV Krishnamoorthy passed away.He

was related to which field?

A)Sports B)Actor C)Journalist D)Director ans: C

401.Where is the HQ of Credit Suisse?

A)Rome B)Zurich C)Budapest D)Pune ans: B

402.Whereis the HQ of NASSCOM?

A)Lucknow B)Mumbai C)NewDelhi D)Chennaians: C

403.What is the currency of Italy?

A)Peso B)Euro C)Dollar D)Rupee ans: B

404.Recently the Indian Railways will run its first

Buddhist Circuit train between India and which other

country?

A)Nepal B)Bhutan C)China D)Myanmar ans: A

405.The 11th Edition of Nuclear Energy Conclave

2019 held in which city?

A)Chennai B)NewDelhi C)Mumbai D)Lucknow ans:

B

406.Which country will host 91st Interpol General

Assembly in 2022? A)China B)Russia C)India

D)USA

407.Recently which state government released

IRONMAN 70.3 postal stamp? A)Maharashtra B)Goa

C)Uttar Pradesh D)Bihar ans: B

408.As per recent data, Indian defence exports to

grow to how much amount by 2024?

A)�35000 cr B)�30000 cr C)�27000 cr D)�32500 crans:

A

409.The 2nd edition of Danx 19 was held at which

place? A)NewDelhi B)Assam

C)Andaman and Nicobar Islands D)Lakhadweep

410.Karnataka,Gujarat and which other state have

topped in the University-Industry Linkages in a

research report conducted by the PHD Chamber of

Commerce and Industry?

A)Kerala B)Maharashtra C)TamilNadu D)Assamans:A

411.Recently United Nation General Assembly has

elected how many member states to Human Rights

Council? A)10 B)11 C)12 D)14 ans: D

412.Recently Christina Koch and which other

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astronaut have made history by completing the first-

ever all-female spacewalk?

A)Krishtlina Georgia B)Christiana George

C)Jessica Meir D)Sandy Rose ans: C

413.Which country to remain on FATF grey list till

February 2020? A)Iran

B)IsraelC)PakistanD)Afghanistan ans: C

414.The 2019 Asian Track Cycling Championships is

being held in which country?

A)South Korea B)North Korea C)Australia D)USA

415.Who was appointed as whole time member of

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI)?

A)Sudhaker Shukla B)Rashmi Jagwani

C)NK Chaturvedi D)Nilesh Shah ans: A

416.Who was appointed as the new chief of the

European Central Bank? A)Christine Lagarde

B)Krystillane GeorgiaC)Indra Nooyi D)David

Malpass ans: A

417.Recently Kalidas Karmakar passed away.He was

related to which field?

A)Director B)Sports C)actor D)Painter ans: D

418.Recently Alicia Alonso has passed away.He was

related to which field?

A)Painter B)Actor C)Dancer D)Philanthropist ans: C

419.Who is the author of book “Mind Masterans:

Winning Lessons from a Champion’s Life”?

A)Sachin Tendulkar B)MS Dhoni

C)Saurav Ganguly D)Viswanathan Anand ans: D

420.What is the currency of Nepal?

A)Euro B)Rial C)Rupee D)Dinar ans: C

421.Where is the HQ of United Nations Human Rights

Council? A)NewYork B)Geneva C)Rome D)Budapest

422.Recently the king of which country Willem

Alexander visited India?

A)Thailand B)England C)Hungary D)Netherlands

423.Recently which ministry inaugurated an e-portal

and a YouTube channel of Rashtriya Centre for

Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT) to promote

Indian culture? A)Ministry of Human Resource

Development B)Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers

C)Ministry of Defence D)Ministry of Culture ans: D

424.The 1st edition of Asia Health-2019 conference

was held in which city?

A)Mumbai B)NewDelhi C)Chennai D)Lucknow ans: B

425.The exercise IMNEX 19 recently held between

India and which other country?

A)Myanmar B)Thailand C)SriLanka D)Russia ans: A

426.The Sudarshan Chakra Vahini War exercise

begins in which city?

A)Jaisalmer B)Surat C)Chennai D)Kanpur ans: A

427.Recently 2nd edition of the Indo-French

knowledge summit 2019 held in which city?

A)Bron B)Mumbai C)Lyon D)NewDelhi ans: C

428.Recently which country has been removed from

the list of Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for

money laundering? A)SriLanka B)Nepal C)Pakistan

D)Afghanistanans: A

429.Recently which organisation released the 2019

edition of Global Tuberculosis(TB) report?

A)UNESCO B)UNICEF C)WHO D)FAO ans: C

430.As per Finance Ministry, businesses with an

annual turnover of how much amount will have to

mandatorily offer electronic mode of payments to their

customers from 1 November?

A)�50 cr B)�75 cr C)�15 cr D)�25 cr ans: A

431.The 2019 World Deaf tennis championship is

being held in which country?

A)Israel B)England C)Netherlands D)Turkey ans: D

432.Who topped the list in the world’s highest-paid

female athletes by Forbes?

A)Caroline Marine B)Serena Williams

C)PV Sindhu D)Venus Williams ans: B

433.Who was elected as new chairman of Indian

Banks’ Association(IBA)?

A)PV Bharathi B)NK Singh

C)Sunil Arora D)Rajnish Kumar ans: D

434.Who was honoured with the ‘Most Eminent Senior

Citizen Award’? A)Sunil Awasthi B)NK Bhargav

C)K Parasaran D)VC Chaturvedi ans: C

435.Who was bestowed with honorary doctorate

(Doctor of Letters) by the Dr MGR Educational and

Research Institute?

A)Edappadi K Palaniswami B)Sarbanda Sonowal

C)Yogi Adityanath D)Ranjan Gogoi ans: A

436.Recently KB Siddhaiah has passed away.He was

related to which field?

A)Director B)Painter C)Writer D)Actor ans: C

437.What is the currency of Netherlands?

A)Won B)Peso C)Euro D)dollar ans: C

438.What is the currency of Turkey?

A)Won B)Lira C)Rand D)Krone ans: B

439.Recently Union Cabinet approved merger of

which company with MTNL?

A)Jio B)BSNL C)Vodafone D)Idea ans: B

440.Which country install Electronic Interlocking

System on Grand Chord route?

A)Norway B)Russia C)India D)Maharashtra ans: C

441.Which state government decided to give no

government jobs having more than two children after

January 1, 2021?

A)Assam B)Maharashtra C)Bihar D)Manipur ans: A

442.As per Crime in India Report 2017,which state

tops the list of states in crimes against women?

A)Uttar Pradesh B)Maharashtra C)Bihar D)Assam

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443.The 1st MeitY Start-up Summit held in which city?

A)Pune B)Chennai C)Mumbai D)NewDelhi ans: D

444.The 1st India-Bangladesh Stakeholders’ meet

was held in which city?

A)Pune B)Mumbai C)Gangtok D)Guwahati ans: D

445.Which platform was launched for national

repository of India’s cyber tech capabilities?

A)SagarRatna B)TechSagar

C)TechFriend D)TechFit ans: B

446.Recently President Ram Nath Kovind laid

foundation stone of Sri Sathya Sai Sanathana

Samskruti Project in which country?

A)Nepal B)Japan C)Myanmar D)Thailand ans: B

447.As per McKinsey’s Global Banking Annual

Review, India’s revenue growth in banking sector

dropped to how much percent?

A)12.5% B)11.2% C)10.5% D)10.3% ans: D

448.Recently Pine Labs has joined hands with which

bank to offer EMI facility for its debit card customers?

A)SBI B)IDBI C)Canara Bank D)Federal Bank ans: A

449.Which team won Pro Kabaddi Title?

A)Lucknow nawabs B)Pune Warriors

C)Bengal Warriors D)Dabang Delhi ans: C

450.The 2019 World Military Games held in which

country?

A)Netherlands B)Myanmar C)India D)China ans: D

451.Who took over as the president of the Board of

Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)?

A)Sachin Tendulkar B)VVS Laxman

C)Saurav Ganguly D)MS Dhoni ans: C

452.The 2024 Olympic Games will held in which city?

A)NewDelhi B)Geneva C)Paris D)Rome ans: C

453.Who was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of

Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI),?

A)Nilesh Jain B)D Arora

C)Sunil Arora D)Pankaj Kumar ans: D

454.Who has been appointed as the Policy Advisor in

the External Affairs Ministry in the rank of Additional

Secretary? A)NK Singh B)Ramesh Singh

C)Ashok Malik D)Sunil Jain ans: C

455.Which City college students win Marconi Awards

for apps on women safety and checking air pollution?

A)Delhi B)Lucknow C)Mumbai D)Chennai ans: A

456.Which Company has won the DigiDhan Mission

Fin-tech Award 2018-2019 for ‘Innovation in Digital

Payments through Emerging Technology’ at the MeitY

Start-up Summit 2019 held in Delhi? A)PhonePe

B)Paytm C)BharatPe D)Mobikwik ans: C

457.Which Institute tops the list in annual university

rankings 2020 published by Quacquarelli Symonds

(QS),? A)IISc Bengaluru B)IIM Lucknow

C)IIT Kanpur D)IIT Bombay ans: D

458.What is the theme of this year’s International

Stuttering Awareness Day (ISAD)?

A)Growth Through Speaking B)Listen and Heard

C)raise your voice D)Hearing voice ans: A

459.Where is the HQ of BSNL?

A)Lucknow B)Chennai C)NewDelhi D)Mumbai ans:C

460.What is the currency of Bangladesh?

A)Rupee B)Krone C)Taka D)Won ans: C

461.Recently which country launched online portal to

facilitate pilgrims visit to Kartarpur Corridor?

A)India B)Pakistan C)Bhutan D)Nepal ans: A

462.Recently PV Sindhu and which other personality

was named the ambassadors for Bharat Ki Laxmi, an

initiative by Prime Minister Narendra Modi?

A)Disha Patani B)Deepika Padukone

C)Sania Mirza D)Katrina Kaif ans: B

463.Which state government plans to make state child

marriage free by 2030?

A)Maharashtra B)Uttar Pradesh C)Odisha D)Bihar

464.Recently The Vijaya Bank Heritage Museum was

inaugurated in which city?

A)Bengaluru B)Kolkata C)Pune D)Chennai ans: A

465.Recently how much amount was paid by Bharat

Electronics Limited to the government as dividend?

A)�236.19 cr B)�225.98 cr

C)�228.97 cr D)�200.05 cr ans: A

466.According to report by Ookla, Broadband

download speeds in India rose by how much percent

during Q2-Q3 2019?

A)11.5% B)14.8% C)15.5% D)16.5% ans: D

467.According to a study published in report Current

Biology,which is world’s loudest bird? A)Bellbird

B)Sunbird C)Peafowl D)Drongos ans: A

468.Recently which financial services company

secured a non-banking finance company licence from

the Reserve Bank of India?

A)Shrishti B)Vyash C)Akansha D)Vreedhi ans: D

469.Recently the Central Government, Odisha

government and the World Bank signed a loan

agreement worth how much amount to support

smallholder farmers in the state? A)$165 million

B)$150 million C)$200 million D)$145 million ans: A

470.What is the rank of India in the World Bank’s Ease

of Doing Business 2020 survey?

A)71 B)83 C)63 D)92 ans: C

471.Recently which bank signed MoU with

government e marketplace to offer a number of

services including transfer of funds through GeM Pool

Accounts (GPA)? A)IDBI Bank B)Federal Bank

C)Canara Bank D)Kotak Mahindra Bank ans: B

472.Recently which Indian para athlete wins three

gold medals at World Military Games in

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Wuhan,China?

A)Subedar Anandan Gunasekaran B)Pradhan Singh

C)Alok Singh Trilok D)Panchanand Pachuriya ans:A

473.Who has become the 1st Indian man to win a gold

medal at the Wushu World Championships?

A)Sanjay Chaturvedi B)Triloknath Awasthi

C)Madhav Singh D)Praveen Kumar ans: D

Championships held in Shanghai.

475.What is the rank of India in the latest FIFA

rankings? A)100 B)102 C)106 D)104 ans: C

476.Recently Abhishek Nayar announced his

retirement from which sports?

A)Baseball B)Football C)Tennis D)Cricket ans: D

477.Who has made history by becoming the first

female umpire to officiate in a men’s first-class game

in South Africa? A)Lauren Agenbag B)Ellyse Perry

C)E Watson D)GS Lakshmi ans: A

478.Recently Tom Sole,Abiodun Abioye and Selladore

Kumar were banned from which sports?

A)Basketball B)Football C)Tennis D)Cricket ans: D

479.Which country to host first edition of the new FIFA

Club World Cup in 2021?

A)Brazil B)Netherlands C)China D)USA ans: C

480.Who has been conferred life membership by

Mohun Bagan Athletic Club?

A)BS Doval B)Abhijeet Banerjee

C)Saurav Ganguly D)NK Dhanojia ans: B

481.Who is the author of Ten Studies in Kashmirans:

History and Politics? A)Roopa Singh B)Ashish Ray

C)Nilanjana Roupy D)Kashinath Pandit ans: D

482.Recently TPRadhamani passed away.He was

related to which field?

A)Sports B)Poet C)Journalist D)Actor ans: D

483.Recently Marieke Vervoort ended her life.She was

related to which profession? A)Social Activist

B)Philosophy C)Author D)Sports ans: D

484.where is the HQ of Bharat Electronics Limited?

A)Mumbai B)Bengaluru

C)NewDelhi D)Chennai ans: B

485.Where is the HQ of VijayaBank?

A)Kolkata B)Pune C)Mumbai D)Bengaluru ans: D

486.Where is the HQ of Federal Bank?

A)New B)Mumbai C)Kochi D)Chennai ans: C 487.Recently Indian Railways has launched which machine to render fast ticketing to millions of commuters? A)Pay More B)One Pay ATM C)One Touch ATVM D)C Pay ans: C 488.Recently the government accorded ‘Maharatna’ status to state-owned Hindustan Petroleum and which other organisation? A)BSNL B)Shipping Corporation of India C)Nuclear Power Corporation of India D)Power Grid Corporation ans: D 489.Recently which department released a

commemorative stamp on Siachen Glacier? A)Ministry of Finance B)Department of Dairying and Fisheries C)Department of Post D)Ministry of Defence ans: C 490.Recently which Bollywood actor joined hands with UNICEF and Ministry of Women and Child Development to raise awareness and speak up against sexual abuse of children? A)Amitabh Bacchhan B)Ayushmaan Khuraana C)Shahrukh Khan D)Salman Khan ans: B 491.What is the rank of India in terms of providing pension and retirement benefits to citizens according to report by Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index (MMGPI) 2019? A)35 B)31 C)32 D)33 ans: C 492.according to the Credit Suisse Research Institute (CSRI),global wealth has risen by how much amount in 2019? A)$9 trillion B)$8 trillion C)$7 trillion D)$5 trillion ans: A 493.The 18th NAM Summit held in which city? A)Astana B)Baku C)Copenhagen D)Bishkek ans: B 494.Which year will mark the 75th anniversary of United Nations (UN)? A)2025 B)2022 C)2021 D)2020 ans: D 495.According to Fitch Ratings,at how much percent India GDP will grow for FY20? A)6.6% B)6.0% C)5.6% D)5.5% ans: D 496.Recently which company took acquisition in Bengaluru-based tech startup Vahan? A)BSNL B)Airtel C)Vodafone Idea D)Jio ans: B 497.Which statewon the Vijay Hazare trophy? A)TamilNadu B)Karnataka C)Assam D)Odisha ans: B 498.Who was appointed as the new Administrator of Lakshadweep? A)Dineshwar Sharma B)Arif Khan C)Kalraj Mishra D)Anandiben Patel ans: A 499.Who was appointed as new Governor of Mizoram? A)Gita Naik B)Ram Naik C)PS Sreedharan Pillai D)Kalraj Mishra ans: C 500.Who was appointed as the first Lt Governor of Jammu and Kashmir? A)Girish Chandra Murmu B)Satya Pal Malik C)Ram Sevak Kushwaha D)RadhaKrishna Mathur ans: A 501.Who has been named the winner of Australia India Science, Research and Development category at the 2019 India Australia Business and Community Awards (IABCA)? A)Arunima Bhateja B)Neena Mitter C)SwapnilSingh Chaturvedi D)Beena Singh ans: B 502.Who won the 2019 Sakharov Prize? A)Kursk Morji B)Saumya Swaminathan C)Lee Ching Wei D)IIham Tohti ans: D 503.What is the theme of this year United Nations Day? A)Environment protection B)Universe and Earth C)Planet and Earth D)Our Planet,Our Future ans: D 504.What is the theme of this year’s WorldPolio Day? A)Stories of Progressans: Past and present B)End Polio now,make history today C)A celebration of unsung heroes of polio eradication D)Polio Eradication and Planet ans: A 505.Where is the HQ of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited? A)Pune B)Mumbai C)NewDelhi D)Chennai ans: B 506.Where is the HQ of UNICEF? A)RomeB)Washington DC C)NewYorkD)London

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507.What is the currency of Azerbaijan? A)Won B)Manat C)Lira D)Krone ans: B

508.Which railway zone has launched new application

“Rail Dhandora”? A)Eastern Railway B)Western

RailwaysC)Southern Railways D)North Central

Railway

509.Which state has inked a Letter of Understanding

(LoU) on “drink from tap mission” with the United

Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)?

A)Maharashtra B)Uttarakhand

C)Odisha D)Madhya radesh ans: C

510.Recently the Central Board of Secondary

Education (CBSE) and National Council for

Educational Research and Training (NCERT) have

launched which online test for class 9th and 10 th

students?

A)Smriti B)Utkarsh C)Tamanna D)Anvesha ans: C

511.‘The Global Bio-India 2019 will be held in which

city? A)NewDelhi B)Mumbai C)Chennai D)Lucknow

512.Which bank in association with Universal Sompo

General Insurance Co Ltd. has launched an upgraded

health care plus insurance policy?

A)Indian Overseas Bank B)Allahabad Bank

C)Indian Bank D)Bank of Baroda ans: A

513.Who won the men’s Wisden India Almanack

Cricketer of the Year award?

A)RohitSharma B)JaspritBumrah

C)KL Rahul D)Virat Kohli ans: B

514.Who has been appointed as the chairman of

Airports Authorityof India?

A)Sukhbir SinghSandhu B)PC Mody

C)Ashwani Lohani D)Arvind Singh ans: D

515.The promoter of which company has bagged

Udyog Rattan Award from the Government recently?

A)Infosys B)TCS C)Intel D)Marg ERP ans: D

516.Recently who took overJeff Bezos to become the

world’s richest person? A)Aziz Premji B)Indranooyi

C)BillGates D)Mukesh Ambani ans: C

517.Recently Dilip Parikh passed away.He was the

former CM of which state? A)Odisha B)Assam

C)Gujarat D)Maharashtra ans: C

518.Where is the HQ ofIndian Overseas Bank?

A)Lucknow B)Delhi C)Chennai D)Mumbai ans: C

519.Whereis the HQ ofAirports Authority of India?

A)Mumbai B)NewDelhi

C)Lucknow D)Chennai ans: B

520.Recently as per government order,the disabled

and people over how much years of age can now cast

their vote through postal ballot?A)85 years B)90 years

C)80 years D)75 years ans: C

521.Who will head the panel that has been set up to

resolve MeitY and Niti fight over AI?

A)Arvind Dutta B)PC Ghosh

C)GC Murmu D)K VijayRaghavan ans: D

522.Who will head the committee that has been set up

by IRDAI to evaluate application under regulatory

sandbox? A)MK Singh B)Arvind Dutta

C)S Sadagopan D)kVenugopal ans: C

523.What is the rank of India in Global Health Security

Index? A)57 B)55 C)56 D)58 ans: A

524.Which cyclone recently hitted Coast of Kerala

andTamilnadu?

A)Sierra B)Fani C)Kyarr D)Meti ans: C

525.Recently Britain’s Natural History Museum named

a tiny, blind and wingless beetle after which

personality? A)Greta Thunberg B)Christine Ligarde

C)Joseph Antony D)Theresa May ans: A

526.Recently New Development BankBoard of

Directors approved two projects worth how much

amount bringing the Bank’s portfolio to 44 projects?

A)USD 950 million B)USD 740 million

C)USD 700 million D)USD 800 million ans: D

527.The ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2020 to be held

in which country? A)England B)Australia C)South

Africa D)India ans: C

528.Who won the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss in

Isle of Man? A)Lee Cheng B)David Howell

C)T Antony D)Wang Hao ans: D

529.Recently Manohar Lal Khattar took oath as CM of

which state? A)Uttar Pradesh B)Delhi C)Haryana

D)Jharkhand a

530.Mokgweetsi Masisi was elected president of

which country?

A)Botswana B)UkraineC)Zimbabwe D)Belgradeans: A

531.Recently KR Wadhwaney passed away.He was

related to which field?

A)Social Activist B)Actor C)sports D)Journalistans: D

532.What is the theme of this year’s World Day for

Audiovisual Heritage? A)Visual and the World

B)Discover,Remember and Share

C)Your Story is Moving D)Engage the Past Through

Sound and Images ans: D

533.Where is the HQ of Indian Meteorological

Department? A)Lucknow B)Mumbai C)NewDelhi

D)Chennaians: C

534.Where is the HQ of New Development Bank?

A)Rome B)Manila C)Shanghai D)Beijing ans: C

535.Where was the 29th BASIC (Brazil, South Africa,

India, and China) Ministers’ Meeting on Climate

Change held in October 2019? A)Cape Town

B)Brasilia C)New Delhi D)Beijing ans: D

536.In October 2019, Unified Payments Interface

(UPI) crossed how many billion(s) transaction mark?

A)2 B)1 C)5 D)3 ans: B

537.From 2020, which two Indian cities will be

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included in the World Bank’s doing business report?

A)Bengaluru and Kolkata B)Delhi and Mumbai

C)Mumbai and Kolkata D)Delhi and Bengaluru

538.Who won the Mexico Grand Prix 2019?

A)Valtteri Bottas B)Lewis Hamilton

C)Charles Leclerc D)Sebastian Vettel ans: B

539.IAS Vijayendra has been appointed as the

Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of which

organization in October 2019?

A)National Small Industries Corporation Ltd (NSIC)

B)Power Grid Corporation C)Hindustan Petroleum

D)Employee’s State Insurance Corporation ans: A

540.Alberto Fernandez has been elected as the

President of which country?

A)Lebanon B)Britain C)Argentina D)Belgium ans: C

541.Filipe Nyusi has been elected as the President of

which country? A)Mali B)Portugal C)Lebanon

D)Mozambique ans: D

542.Sophie Wilmes has been appointed as the first

woman interim Prime Minister of which country?

A)Belarus B)Belgium C)Cameroon D)Haiti ans: B

543.C Raghavachari passed away recently. He was

related to which field? A)Politics B)Educationist

C)Journalism D)Businessman ans: C

544.Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won

which medal in French Open 2019 held in Paris?

A)Gold B)Silver C)Bronze D)None of these ans: B

545.What is the currency of Mozambique?

A)Rial B)Shekel C)Metical D)Manat ans: C

546.What is the currency of Argentina?

A)Peso B)Dollar C)Dram D)Rial ans: A

547.What is the currency of Belgium?

A)Franc B)Pound C)RubleD)Euro ans: D

548.Where is the HQ of National Small Industries

Corporation (NSIC) situated?

A)Chennai B)Bengaluru C)New Delhi

D)Hyderabadans:C 549.Who willhead the panel on measures to ease financial stress in telecom? A)Arvind Dutta B)Rajiv Mehta C)TN Manoharan D)Rajiv Gauba ans: D 550.Which common foundation course for civil service probationers is underway at the Statue of Unity in Kevadia, Gujarat? A)Ganesh B)Akash C)Arkash D)Aarambh ans: D 551.Which state has launched online platform SMARTPORT? A)Andhra Pradesh B)Madhya PradeshC)Maharashtra D)TamilNadu ans: A 552.Which district of Gujarat has become the first Kerosene-free district of the state? A)Vadodara B)Ahmedabad C)Gandhinagar D)Surat ans: C 553.Which state has launched a a social service initiative aimed at encouraging environment protection, blood donation and welfare of its citizens in

distress? A)Assam B)Odisha C)Maharashtra D)Bihar ans: B 554.Which state has announced several incentives for the athletes of the state after interactions with Sports Hostel students? A)WestBengal B)Assam C)Odisha D)Karnatakaans: C 555.Recently a new history was created at Ayodhya in UP as a record 6 lakh earthen lamps lit up.Ayodhya is situated on which river? A)Yamuna B)Sarayu C)Ganga D)Gomti ans: B 556.Which Company has launched Preventive Health’ Tool to Raise Awareness of Personal Health Concerns? A)Facebook B)Google C)Microsoft D)Amazon ans: A Recently who climbed all 14 of the world’s 8,000-metre-high mountains in a record-breaking 189 days? A)Swaminathan Swamy B)Kalidas Raman C)Nirmal Nims Purja D)Dwayne Johnson ans: C 557.Which company CEO topped the list in Best-Performing CEOs in the World, 2019 as per Harvard Business Review? A)Google B)Microsoft C)Apple D)Nvidia ans: D 558.10 chief executives on the list, 3 spots have been occupied by the Indian-origin CEOs.

Recently which company got approval from IRDAI to

sell life and non-life insurance products?

A)Hike B)Mobikwik C)Ebix )Paytm ans: C

559.Who won the Zozo Championship 2019?

A)Carlos Braithwaite B)Tim Joseph

C)Sam Snead D)Tiger Woods ans: D

560.Recently which Bangladeshi cricketer was banned

by ICC for not reporting a corrupt approach for 2

years? A)Shakib Al Hasan B)Masrafe Murtuza

C)Tamim Iqbal D)Mohammed Arif Khan ans: A

561.Who has been sworn as 47th Chief Justice of

India? A)HC Prasad B)N Ibotombi Singh

C)Sharad Arvind Bobde D)Ranjan Gogoi ans: C

562.Who has been appointed as Director General,

Bureau of Indian Standards?

A)Anoop Singh B)ArvindDutta

C)Alok Chaturvedi D)Pramod Kumar Tiwari ans: D

563.Who has taken charge as the new Director

General (DG) of National Security Guard (NSG)?

A)PC Chandra B)Arvind Chaturvedi

C)Atanu Chakraborty D)Anup Kumar Singh ans: D

564.Which organisation was conferred with the

National CSR Award 2018 for excellence in corporate

social responsibility by the Ministry of Corporate

Affairs? A)Edelweiss Financial Services Ltd

B)Paytm C)Airtel Payments Bank D)Freecharge

565.Recently V Nanammal passed away.He was

related to which field? A)Social Activist B)Actor

C)Yoga Teacher D)journalist ans: C

566.Recently Taro Chatung passed away.He was

related to which field?

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A)Sports B)author C)Journalist D)Actor ans: C

567.What is the theme of this year’s National

Ayurveda Day?A)Ayurveda for Prevention and Control

of Diabetes B)Ayurveda and Naturopethy

C)HerbalTreatment D)Yogic Breathing ans: A

568.Where is the HQ of IRDAI?

A)Delhi B)MumbaiC)Ahmedabad D)Hyderabadans: D

569.Where is the HQ of Nvidia? A)Rome B)New York

C)California D)Washington DC ans: C

570.Recently Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

has released a special commemorative coin on whose

125th birth anniversary?

A)Paramahansa Yogananda B)Sardar Patel

C)Yogiraj Hansmukh D)Arun Jaitley ans: A

571.Recently India has decided to adopt which

country model of human milk bank?

A)Zimbabwe B)Ukraine C)Brazil D)Russia ans: C

572.Which has become the first State in the country to

enact a law on contract farming?

A)TamilNadu B)KeralaC)Maharashtra D)Assamans: A

573.Recently a team of researchers has discovered a

new deep sea fish speciesism which state?

A)Karnataka B)TamilNadu C)Odisha D)Kerala ans: D

574.Which country has released a new coin to

commemorate the 550th anniversary of Baba Guru

Nanak? A)India B)Pakistan C)Nepal )Bhutan ans:B 575.According to a report by KPMG,Amazon,Apple and which other company tops the list of most disruptive firms? A)Google B)Alibaba C)Microsoft D)Paytm ans: B 576.Who won the Indian Golf Union Junior National Championship 2019? A)Aryan Singh B)TanmayParihar C)Sonmay Bhatt D)Arjun Bhati D 577.Who was appointed as Deputy National Security Advisor (NSA)? A)Dattatray Padsalgikar B)PS Singh C)Bandaru Dottarya D)Ajit Doval ans: A 578.Who has been given additional charge of the Department of Expenditure? A)Ankur Bhatia B)MMurmu C)Atanu Chakraborty D)Arvind Dutta ans: C 579.Who has been appointed as new director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a United Nations’ nuclear watchdog? A)Rafael Grossi B)Kyth Gener C)Christians Ligarde D)Theresa May ans: A 580.Recently Saad Hariri announced his resignation as PM of which country? A)Ukraine B)Afghanistan C)LebanonD)Norway ans:C 581.Which Institute has secured the 17th rank globally in the ‘Financial Times Masters in Management Rankings 2019.? A)IIM Kozhikode B)IIM Bengaluru C)IIM Lucknow D)IIM Calcutta ans: D 582.Which award has been constituted to commemorate All Time World Pioneers? A)Mahatma Gandhi Prize B)Gandhi Mandela Foundation C)Gandhi Peace Prize D)Nelson Mandela Prize

583.Recently Mano passed away.He was related to which field? A)Social Activist B)Journalists C)Sports D)Actor ans:D 584.Recently Lokayukta NVenkatachala passed away.He was the former Lokayukta ofwhichstate? A)TamilNadu B)Maharashtra C)Karnataka D)Kerala 585.Recently Digvijay Singh passed away.He was related to which field? A)Sports B)Social Activist C)Politics D)Actor ans: C 586.Recently first female UN Refugee Chief passed away.Name her? A)Tori Wilson B)Sadoko Ogata C)Aziz Banergutto D)Sadana Butto ans: B 587.What is the currency of Brazil? A)Rial B)Yen C)Real D)Rupee ans: C 588.Whereis the HQ of Amazon? A)Geneva B)Rome C)Seattle D)Portland ans: C