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Year 2019 Current Affairs
January to December 2019
Total Page : 616
Topic Page No.
Polity - 4
Appointment - 36
Economic - 69
Defence - 101
Military exercise - 121
Events - 133
Days - 154
Book-writer - 219
Sports - 230
Awards - 312
Index - 403
Scientific Researches - 438
Historical Places - 467
Deaths - 472
Culture - 498
Schemes - 503
Foreign - 559
GI tag - 606
Governor & CM - 610
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Parliament / Politics
Who is the Speaker of 17th Lok Sabha?
a. Maneka Gandhi
b. Uma Bharti
c. Sambita Patra
d. Om Birla
Answer: d. Om Birla
Central Government
Prime Minister: Narendra Modi
Prime Minister is also in-charge of these
ministries:
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and
Pensions;
Department of Atomic Energy;
Department of Space; And
All important policy issues; And
All other departments not allocated to any
minister.
Cabinet Ministers:
• Rajnath Singh - Defence Minister.
• Amit Shah - Home Minister.
• Nitin Jairam Gadkari - Minister of Road
Transport and Highways; And Minister of
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
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• DV Sadananda Gowda - Minister of
Chemicals and Fertilizers.
• Nirmala Sitharaman - Finance Minister and
Minister of Corporate Affairs.
• Ram Vilas Paswan - Minister of Consumer
Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
• Narendra Singh Tomar - Minister of
Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Minister of
Rural Development; And Minister of
Panchayati Raj.
• Ravi Shankar Prasad - Minister of Law and
Justice; Minister of Communications and
Minister of Electronics and Information
Technology.
• Harsimrat Kaur Badal - Food Processing
Industries Minister.
• Thawar Chand Gehlot- Minister of Social
Justice and Empowerment.
• Subrahmanyam Jaishankar - Foreign
Minister.
• Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank - Human
Resource Development Minister.
• Arjun Munda - Minister of Tribal Affairs
• Smriti Zubin Irani - Minister of Women and
Child Development and Minister of Textiles.
• Dr. Harsh Vardhan - Minister of Health and
Family Welfare; Minister of Science and
Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences.
• Prakash Javadekar - Minister of
Environment, Forest and Climate Change and
Minister of Information and Broadcasting.
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• Piyush Goyal - Railway Minister and Minister
of Commerce and Industry.
• Dharmendra Pradhan - Minister of Petroleum
and Natural Gas; And Steel Minister.
• Mukhtar Abbas Naqv - Minority Affairs
Minister.
• Prahlad Joshi - Minister of Parliamentary
Affairs; Minister of Coal; And Minister of
Mines.
• Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey -Minister of Skill
Development and Entrepreneurship.
• Arvind Ganpat Sawant - Minister of Heavy
Industries and Public Enterprises.
• Giriraj Singh - Minister of Fisheries, Animal
Husbandry and Dairy
• Gajendra Singh Shekhawat - Minister of
Water Power.
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Who is the 47th Chief of India?
a. S A Bobde b. N V Ramanna
c. Indu Malhotra d. Arun Mishra
Answer: a. S A Bobde
- His full name is Sharad Arvind Bobde.
- Justice Bobde took oath on 18 November 2019
- He will remain as Chief Justice till 23rd April
2021.
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Which party won the most seats in
Jharkhand assembly election 2019 result?
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a. B J P
b. Congress
c. JM
d. RJD
Answer: c. JM
- Votes were counted for the 81 assembly seats
of Jharkhand on 23 December 2019.
Seats according to party -
JMM = 30
BJP = 25
Congress = 16
RJD = 1
AJSU = 2
Jharkhand vikash morcha = 3
Seats by alliance
JMM + INC + RJD = 47
BJP = 25
JVM = 3
AJSU = 2
Other = 4
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Allahabad High Court revoked the
membership of which Vidhan Sabha member
in December 2019 because of contesting on
the basis of wrong documents?
a. Amrish Patel
b. Abdulla Azam Khan
c. Mahendra Awadhesh
d. Zakir Hussain
Answer: b. Abdulla Azam Khan
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- The court said that Abdullah Azam was not 25
years old at the time of election.
- He is the son of Samajwadi Party MP Azam
Khan.
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Under which law did the government shut
down the internet in 8 states and union
territories of the country in December 2019?
a. CRPC, 1973
b. Indian Telegraph Act, 1985
c. Temporary Suspension of Telecom Services
(Public Emergency or Public Safety) Rules, 2017
d. All of the above
Answer: d. All of the above
- Governments under different circumstances
resort to different laws to ban internet service.
Protests have been taking place across the
country ever since the revised law of citizenship
(CAA) came into existence on 13 December.
In December 2019, the internet remained stalled
in these states for several days.
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How many Bills were passed by both the
Houses in the Winter Session of Parliament
(2019)?
a. 10 bills
b. 12 Bills
c. 15 bills
d. 20 bills
Answer: c. 15 bill
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Out of these 15 bills, 11 were passed in both the
houses in this session.
In this session, 14 bills were passed in Lok
Sabha and 15 in Rajya Sabha.
- Winter session of Parliament lasted from 18
November to 13 December 2019.
A total of 20 meetings were held during this
period in 26 days.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi said
that in this session, the working efficiency of Lok
Sabha was 116% and that of Rajya Sabha was
99%.
Among the important bills passed by both the
houses during the session
- Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019
- SPG Amendment Bill,
- Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial
Amendment Bill,
- The Constitution (126th Amendment) Bill, 2019
(SC ST reservation to be extended for ten years)
- Taxation law amendment bill
- The Electronic Cigarettes (Production,
Manufacture, Import, Export, Distribution,
Storage and Advertising) Restrictions Bill, 2019
- The Ordnance Act (Amendment) Bill, 2019
- Chitfund Amendment Bill
- Bill related to the rights of bisexual persons
- The National Capital Territory (Recognition of
Property Rights of Residents of Unauthorized
Colonies) Bill, 2019
- The Constitution (126th Amendment) Bill, 2019
- International Financial Services Center
Authority Bill, 2019
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Which Assembly passed the bill to complete
the hearing of the rape case in 14 days and
the provision of death sentence to the
convict in 21 days, on 13 December 2019?
a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Bihar
c. Telangana
d. Andhra Pradesh
Answer: d. Andhra Pradesh
- The name of the law will be - Andhra Pradesh
Criminal Law (Amendment) Act 2019
With this, Andhra Pradesh has become the first
state to include the provision of capital
punishment in the case of rape.
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After Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and
Mizoram, the Central Government has now
implemented the Inner Line Permit(ILP) in
which fourth state, so that permission has to
be taken to go there first?
a. Manipur b. Assam
c. Tripura d. Meghalaya
Answer: a. Manipur
Manipur is the fourth state after Arunachal
Pradesh, Nagaland and Mizoram where the
Inner Line Permit ie ILP has come into force.
- Inner line permit is a travel document issued by
the Government of India (for its citizens), so that
they can travel for a specified period in a
protected area.
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- Meaning, if someone from any part of India
goes to Manipur, then he cannot go there until
he gets permission.
- President Ram Nath Kovind signed this order
on 11 December 2019.
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Who was appointed the chairperson of the
Public Accounts Committee of Parliament?
a. Adhiranjan Chaudhary
b. Amit Shah
c. Om Birla
d. Meenakshi Lekhi
Answer: a. Adhiranjan Chowdhury
- He is the leader of the Congress Parliamentary
Party in the Lok Sabha.
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What is the name of the largest union
territory of the country?
a. Jammu – Kashmir b. Ladakh
c. Delhi d. Puducherry
Answer: b. Ladakh
Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh is R. K. Mittal.
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Name the largest district in the country?
a. Kargil b. Jammu
c. Srinagar d. Leh
Answer: d. Leh (District of Ladakh)
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In which district are the districts of Gilgit,
Gilgit Wazarat , Chilhas presently in the
possession of Pakistan?
a. Kargil b. Jammu
c. Leh d. Srinagar
Answer: c. Leh
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Muzaffarabad and Mirpur, occupied by
Pakistan, are situated to which union territory
map?
a. Jammu – Kashmir b. Ladakh
c. Delhi d. Puducherry
Answer: a. Jammu - Kashmir
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Who issues the official map of the country?
a. Geological survey of India
b. Survey of India
c. Archaeological survey of India
d. None of these
Answer: b. Survey of India
- Surveyor General of India: Lt. General Lagirish
Kumar.
How many centrally administered states
(UTs) are there in the country?
a. 6
b. 7
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c. 8
d. 9
Answer: d. 9
- Earlier there were 7 union territories in the
country, but Jammu-Kashmir and Ladakh have
become two separate union territories.
UT (Union Territorries) in the country
- Jammu Kashmir - Ladakh
- Delhi - Puducherry
- Chandigarh - Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Dadar & Nagar Haveli - Daman & Diu
- Lakshadweep
With this change, now the number of union
territories in the country has increased to 9.
- On August 5, the government decided in the
Parliament to remove two sections of Article 370
and 35A from Jammu and Kashmir.
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Name the first Lieutenant Governor of UT
Jammu and Kashmir?
a. G C Murmu
b. Radha Krishna Mathur
c. P S Sreedharanpillai
d. Satyapal Malik
Answer: a. GC Murmu (Girish Chandra
Murmu)
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Name the first Lieutenant Governor of UT
Ladakh?
a. GC Murmu
b. Radha Krishna Mathur
c. PS Sreedharanpillai
d. Satya Pal Malik
Answer: b. Radha Krishna Mathur
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Name the last Governor of Jammu and
Kashmir
a. GC Murmu b. Radha Krishna Mathur
c. PS Sreedharanpillai d. Satyapal Malik
Answer: d. Satyapal Malik
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Winter session of Parliament started on 18
November 2019. Which of the following is the
session of Rajya Sabha?
a. 200th
b. 205th
c. 225th
d. 250th
Answer:d. 250th
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Under which Article of the Constitution,
President's rule continued in Maharashtra
from November 12 to 23?
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a. Article 365
b. Article 356
c. Article 352
d. None of these
Answer:b. Article 356
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Which cabinet minister associated with Shiv
Sena has resigned from the Union Cabinet?
a. Rahul Raut
b. Arvind Ganpat sawant
c. Arvind Kumar
d. None of these
Answer: b. Arvind Ganpat sawant
- He had the responsibility of Ministry of Heavy
Industries and Public Enterprise
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Under which law / rule did the Prime Minister
recommend the removal of President's rule in
Maharashtra from the President without
cabinet approval?
a. Govt. of India President Rules
b. Govt. of India Business Rules
c. Govt. of India Transaction Rules
d. The Government of India (Transaction of
Business) Rules 1961
Answer:d. The Government of India
(Transaction of Business) Rules 1961
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Name the alliance of Shiv Sena, NCP and
Congress?
a. National Democratic Alliance (NDA)
b. United Progressive Alliance (UPA)
c. Progressive Alliance (UPA)
d. Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA)
Answer d. Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA)
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Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra
Fadnavis held the post of CM for how many
days in his second term?
a. 2 days b. 3 days
c. 4 days d. 5 days
Answer b. 3 days
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Uddhav Thackeray became ………th Chief
Minister of Maharashtra on 28 November?
a. 15th
b. 18th
c. 20th
d. 29th
Answer : b. 18th
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The constitutional bench of how many judges
of the Supreme Court ruled that the Chief
Justice of India (CJI Office) is under the
purview of the RTI?
a. 4
b. 5
c. 10
d. 12
Answer :b. 5
- This Constitutional Bench was presided over by
the then Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi.The
Constitutional Bench comprised of Justice N.V.
Raman, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, Justice
Deepak Gupta and Justice Sanjeev Khanna.
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The Home Ministry has revoked the
citizenship of Ramesh Chennamaneni, who is
the legislator of which state?
a. Tamil Nadu b. Telangana
c. Karnataka d. Andra Pradesh
Answer :b. Telangana
- Ramesh Chennamaneni is from TRS party and
MLA from Vemulawada
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Which state government's cabinet has
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decided to create the Foreign Cooperation
Department?
a. Uttar Pradesh b. Haryana
c. Punjab d. Andra Pradesh
Answer b. Haryana
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The Parliament has approved the merger of
which of the two Union Territories (UTs) ?
a. Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh
b. Chandigarh and Delhi
c. Daman and Diu and Dadar and Nagar Haveli
d. Andaman Nicobar and Puducherry
Answer c. Daman and Diu and Dadar and
Nagar Haveli
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In which state the Law Commission has
drafted a bill to enact a strong law to stop
forced conversions?
a. Karnataka b. Uttarakhand
c. Odisha d. Uttar Pradesh
Answer d. Uttar Pradesh
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Which state government has issued helpline
number 14400 for complaints related to
corruption?
a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Haryana
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c. Andra Pradesh
d. Maharashtra
Answer c. Andra Pradesh
- Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan
Mohan Reddy released this help line number.
On this helpline number, people can complain
about corruption activities in government
departments.
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In which state will it be necessary to get
outsiders registered for staying for more than
24 hours?
a. West Bengal b. Assam
c. Meghalaya d. Himachal Pradesh
Answer: c. Meghalaya
- The state government has recently approved
an ordinance to change the MRSSA (Meghalaya
Residents Safety and Security Act, 2016).
- According to the Deputy CM Prestone Tynsong
'there is a rule under section 4 (a) of it, which
states that any person who is not a Meghalaya
citizen and wants to stay in the state for more
than 24 hours, shall have to inform about it
(Registration for it to be done)
- Violation of this law will be taken under Indian
Penal Code (IPC).
- This law is for those people, who want to come
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to Meghalaya as tourists, labourers or for
business or other reasons.
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Jammu - Kashmir has become the ………
Union Territory of Legislative Assembly?
a. Second b. The third
c. Fourth d. Fifth
Answer: b. The third
Delhi and Puducherry are already the Union
Territory of the Legislative Assembly.
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Which state government has decided not to
give government jobs to persons having
more than two children from the year 2021?
a. Rajasthan b. Manipur
c. Assam d. Uttarakhand
Answer: c. Assam
The Union Cabinet has decided to regularize
illegal colonies of which union territory?
a. Puducherry b. Chandigarh
c. Delhi d. Andaman Nicobar
Answer: c. Delhi
- With this, 40 lakh people living in illegal
colonies will get the right of ownership.
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Which party won the most seats in Haryana
assembly elections?
a. JJP b. Congress
c. BJP d. INLD
Answer: c. BJP
- In the 90-seat Haryana Vidhan Sabha, the
Bharatiya Janata Party got the maximum seats
(40).
However, it was far away from majority.
- Indian National Congress has got 31 seats.
- Jananayak Janata Party (JJP) has got 10
seats.
- Finally, BJP formed the govt. with the support
of JPP & some independent.
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Which party won the most seats in
Maharashtra assembly elections?
a. BJP b. Congress
c. NCP d. Shiv Sena
Answer: a. BJP
- BJP has got 105 seats in Maharashtra
Assembly with 288 seats.
- While Shiv Sena has got 56 seats.
- NCP has got 54 seats and Congress has got
44 seats.
- In Maharashtra, BJP and Shiv Sena alliance
got majority.
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- But finally, Shiv Sena, NCP & Congress made
an alliance Maharashtra Vikash Aghadi (MVA) &
formed govt.
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Which foreign delegation visited Kashmir for
the first time after the removal of the
provisions of Article 370?
a. British MPs
b. European Union MPs
c. German MPs
d. None of these
Answer: b. European Union MPs
- Although the European Union Parliament has
said that the visit of MPs is private.
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According to the amendment in the rules by
the Law Ministry, how many people over the
age will now be able to use the postal ballot?
a. 70
b. 65
c. 80
d. 75
Answer: c. 80
The Law Ministry has amended the rules to
increase the scope of 'absentee voters'.
The Law Ministry has issued this directive by
amending the Election Rules, 1961.
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- Under this, senior citizens and disabled voters
above 80 years of age have been included, who
will be able to vote through postal ballot.
- 'Absentee voter' refers to a person who is
unable to reach the polling station.
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The Central government have decided to
withdraw SPG protection of which leaders?
a. Sonia Gandhi
b. Rahul Gandhi
c. Priyanka Gandhi
d. All of the above
Answer: d. All of the above (Sonia Gandhi,
Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi)
- The Ministry of Home Affairs has taken this
decision.
- Now they have been given Z plus level of
security.
- Now, CRPF commandos are protecting the
Gandhi family.
Which state's anti-terrorism law was
approved by the President, in which tapped
telephone conversations would now be
considered a valid proof?
a. Gujarat b. Bihar
c. Maharashtra d. Haryana
Answer: a. Gujarat
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- President Ramnath Kovind gave his approval to
the 'Gujarat Terrorism and Organized Crime
Control (GCTOC) Bill' (Gujarat Control of
Terrorism and Organized Crime Bill).
- was considered a controversial anti-terrorism
law.
- In this BJP-ruled state, this bill was passed in
March 2015.
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Which state assembly has passed a bill to
increase the maximum sentence from three
years to seven years against conversion by
force, inducement or through marriages
solemnised for the “sole purpose” of
adopting a new religion?
a. Bihar b. Himachal Pradesh
c. Maharashtra d. Assam
Answer: b. Himachal Pradesh
- The name of this bill is Religious Freedom Bill
2019.
- This bill will replace the Himachal Pradesh
Religious Freedom Act 2006.
- The new law provides for imprisonment of up to
seven years, while the old law provided for
imprisonment for three years.
- If any marriage is just for conversion, then it will
be considered invalid under section five of this
bill.
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Which sections of Article 370 of the
Constitution have been scrapped by the
President?
a. section 1 b. Section 2
c. Section 3 d. b and c
Answer: d. b and c (section 2 and section 3)
- The central government has not completely
removed Article 370. Actually, Article 370 is
divided into three parts. Section 1, Section 2 and
Section 3.
According to the statement of the Home Minister
in Parliament, 370 (1) is properly maintained.
Whereas only 370 (2) and (3) have been
removed.
- The order to remove both sections of section
370 has come into force immediately with the
President's notification. With this, Section 35A
was also abolished, which stated dual citizenship
in the state.
What is 370 (1)
According to its provision, various articles of the
constitution can be applied to Jammu and
Kashmir by presidential order after consulting the
government of Jammu and Kashmir.
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Who has been appointed the chairman of the
Public Accounts Committee of Parliament?
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a. Adhir Ranjan Chaudhary b. Amit Shah
c. Om Birla d. Meenakshi lekhi
Answer: a. Adhir Ranjan Chaudhary
- He is the leader of the Congress Parliamentary
Party in the Lok Sabha.
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What are the provisions in the Motor Vehicles
(Amendment) Act 2019?
a. 5000 fine for driving without license
b. 10,000 fine for drunken driving
c. A fine of 5000 on the phone while driving
d. All of the above
Answer: d. All of the above
- The specialty of this law will be that the amount
of fine will increase by 10 percent every year.
Some important points:
- A fine of Rs 1000/- would be imposed on not
wearing seat belt.
- A person not wearing helmet will be disqualified
from holding license for three months with a fine
of Rs 1,000.
- Earlier there was no provision for not giving
way to vehicles engaged in emergency services,
but now a fine of Rs 10,000 or jail term of up to 6
months or both can be imposed.
- Driving without a license can result in a fine of
Rs 5,000 or up to three months in jail or both. If
caught again, a fine of 10,000 rupees or up to 1
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year can be imprisoned or both.
- Despite disqualification, a fine of Rs 5,000 will
be imposed on driving or imprisonment for three
months or both.
➤ For the very first time on speeding or racing
on road, a fine of Rs 5000 in the first or jail for
three months or both, but if caught a second
time, it can be a fine of Rs 10,000 or jail for up to
1 year or both.
➤ Overloading - Fine at the rate of Rs 20000/-
and Rs 2000/- per ton.
(Note - Although many states have exempted
monetary fines in this rule.)
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What is the provision in the Muslim Women
(Protection of Marriage Rights) Act 2019?
a. Declaring Instant triple talaq (talaq-e-biddah)
as illegal
b. Provision to immediately consider triple talaq
as a cognizable offense, ie police can arrest
without warrant.
c. There is a provision for a sentence of three
years for instant divorce.
d. all of the above
Answer: d. all of the above
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What is the maximum provision of
punishment in the POSCO (Amendment) Act
2019?
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a. Capital punishment
b. Life imprisonment
c. 20 years imprisonment
d. None of these
Answer: a. Capital punishment
- Those who commit sexual assault on a child
under 16 years of age shall be punished with
imprisonment of up to 20 years, which may carry
life imprisonment as well as fine.
- In the case of rape with children, the minimum
punishment has been increased from 10 years to
20 years and maximum punishment could be
death penalty .
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Which of the following provisions is there in
the Anti Terror Bill (The Unlawful Activities
(Prevention) Amendment Law 2019 (UAPA))?
a. Along with organizations, individuals can also
be declared terrorists
b. The assets of terrorists and terrorist
organizations will be confiscated
c. a. and b.
d. None of these
Answer: c. a. and b.
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A committee has submitted the draft of the
National Education Policy to the Union
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Minister of Human Resource Development,
who is the chairman of this committee?
a. Nripendra Mishra
b. Dr. Kasturirangan
c. Ajay Bisaria
d. None of these
Answer: b. Dr. Kasturirangan
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In which country did PM Narendra Modi make
his first foreign trip in his second term?
a. Malaysia
b. Maldives
c. Mali
d. Bangladesh
Answer: b. Maldives
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In which country did PM Narendra Modi
inaugurate the coastal surveillance radar
system made in India?
a. South Africa b. Israel
c. Maldives d. None of these
Answer: c. Maldives
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Name the oldest mosque in Maldives, whose
protection was announced by PM Narendra
Modi in the Parliament there?
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A Saturday Mosque
b. Friday Mosque / Hukuru Miski
c. Mali Mosque
d. None of these
Answer: b. Friday Mosque / Hukuru Miski
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PM Narendra Modi addressed the Parliament
of Maldives on 8 June, what is the name of
this Parliament?
a. The People's Parliament
b. The People's Majlis
c. The People's Organization
d. None of these
Answer: b. The People's Majlis
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Under which policy did PM Narendra Modi
visit Sri Lanka on 9 June after Maldives in his
second term?
a. Neighbour First (Neighbourhood First)
b. Friends nations
c. BIMSTEC Policy
d. None of these
Answer: a. Neighbour First (Neighbourhood
First)
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Which political party of Northeast India
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became the first party to achieve the status
of National Party?
a. Assam Gana Parishad
b. National People's Party
c. North East Democratic Alliance
d. Bodoland People's Front
Answer: b. National People's Party
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Where did S Jaishankar make his first foreign
tour after assuming the office of foreign
minister?
a. Nepal b. Afghanistan
c. Bhutan d. None of these
Answer: c. Bhutan
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Who has been appointed as the working
president of Bharatiya Janata Party?
a. Rajnath Singh b. J P Nadda
c. Nitin Gadkari d. Amit Shah
Answer: b J P Nadda
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How many judges' Constitutional Bench
ruled on the Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid
land dispute in Ayodhya?
a. 4 b. 5
c. 6 d. 7
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Answer: b. 5
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Who was the fifth judge of the constitutional
bench that ruled on the Ram Janmabhoomi-
Babri Masjid land dispute in Ayodhya along
with the then Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi,
Ashok Bhushan, DY Chandrachud & SA
Bobde?
a. Aqeel Abdul Qureshi
b. Mohammad rafiq
c. S. Abdul Nazir
d. Radhakrishna Pathak
Answer: c. S. Abdul Nazir
- The then Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice
Ashok Bhushan, Justice DY Chandrachud,
Justice SA Bobde (new CJI on 18 November)
and Justice S Abdul Nazir.
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To whom has the Supreme Court decided to
give ownership of the controversial land of
Ayodhya?
a. 'Ramlala' balswaroop of Lord Ramchandra
b. Nirmohi Arena
c. Ramjanmabhoomi Trust
d. Sunni Central Waqf Board
Answer: a. 'Ramlala' balswaroop of Lord
Ramchandra
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- A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court gave
a unanimous verdict by 5-0.
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What direction did the Supreme Court give to
the Central Government for the construction
of a temple on the controversial land of
Ayodhya?
a. Forming a committee b. Create trust
c. Law making d. None of these
Answer: b. Create trust
-The Supreme Court has asked the Center to
form a trust for the construction of the temple.
- Supreme Court has asked the Center to make
a plan within three months, according to which
the Board of Trustees will be decided. These
people will see the work of temple construction.
- The court rejected the claim of Nirmohi Akhara,
the party in the land dispute, but asked it to be
included in the trust for the construction of the
temple.
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How much area of the controversial land of
Ayodhya has the Supreme Court given to
'Ramlala'?
a. 67.7 acres of land b. 2.77 acres
c. 1.27 acres d. None of these
Answer: b. 2.77 acres
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The Supreme Court has advised the Center
and the State government to give how much
land for the construction of the mosque in
Ayodhya's controversial land decision?
a. 67.7 acres b. 2.77 acres
c. 5 acres d. None of these
Answer: c. 5 acres
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Under which Article of the Constitution, the
Supreme Court asked the Central
Government to form a trust for the disputed
2.77 acres of land in Ayodhya?
a. Article 142 b. Article 146
c. Article 182 d. Article 112
Answer: a. Article 142
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Under which Article of the Constitution, the
Supreme Court ordered the Muslims to give 5
acres of land for construction of mosque in
Ayodhya?
a. Article 142 b. Article 146
c. Article 182 d. Article 112
Answer: a. Article 142
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How many pages did the Supreme Court give
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it’s decision on the controversial land
dispute case in Ayodhya?
a. 1145 b. 1245
c. 1345 d. 1045
Answer: d. 1045
- CJI Ranjan Gogoi read the excerpts of this
much awaited decision in a packed court room
with lawyers and journalists and it took them 45
minutes.
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The verses (Shlokas) of which religious
books have been included as witnesses(
proofs) by the Supreme Court in the Ayodhya
land dispute case?
a. Valmiki Ramayana
b. Skanda Purana
c. a and b
d. None of these
Answer: c. a and b (Valmiki Ramayana and
Skanda Purana)
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Appointments
Who was appointed as Foreign Secretary by
the Central Government?
a. Anita Nair
b. Harsh Vardhan Shringla
c. Ruchi Ghanshyam
d. None of these
Answer: b. Harsh Vardhan Shringla
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The Union Government has merged eight
cadres of officers of Railways into which
cadre?
a. IRMS
b. IAS
c. IRS
d. IFS
Answer: a. IRMS (Indian Railway Management
Service)
- Indian Railway Management Service
- To become an officer, now candidates, like
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)
candidates, have to appear in the UPSC Civil
Services Prelims Exam.
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Who is the chairman of the trade organization
FICCI?
a. Usha Kothari
b. Vandan Sarita
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c. Sangeeta Reddy
d. None of these
Answer: c. Sangeeta Reddy
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Which American citizen of Indian origin has
been made the director of the National
Science Foundation (NSF) of America?
a. Rahul Sachdeva
b. Pankaj Agnihotri
c. Sethuraman Panchanathan
d. Pramod Mistry
Answer: c. Sethuraman Panchanathan
- US government body NSF helps in research
work in all non-medical fields including science
and engineering.
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Who was appointed the first Lokayukta of
Telangana?
a. G. Chandraya
b. CV Ramulu
c. K. Chandrasekhar Rao
d. Tamilisai Soundararajan
Answer: b. CV Ramulu
- This appointment was made in December
2019.
- He is a former judge of the Hyderabad High
Court.
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Who was appointed the new Chairman and
Managing Director (CMD) of GIC (General
Insurance Corporation India)?
a. Amresh Shrivastava
b. Aarohi Mukherjee
c. Devesh Srivastava
d. Devendra Sharma
Answer: c. Devesh Srivastava
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Who was appointed the new director of
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police
Academy?
a. Atul Karnwal
b. Aarohi Mukherjee
c. Amresh Shrivastava
d. None of these
Answer: a. Atul Karnwal
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Who has been appointed as CMD of NALCO?
a. Shridhar Patra
b. Rakesh Shukla
c. Sambita Patra
d. None of these
Answer: a. Shridhar Patra
- Chairman of National Aluminum Company
Limited (NALCO)
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Who is the chairman of Indian Oil
Corporation (IOC)?
a. Srikanth Madhav Vaidya
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b. SSV Ramkumar
c. G. K. Satish
d. Sanjeev Singh
Answer: a. Srikanth Madhav Vaidya
- He will replace Sanjeev Singh who is retiring in
June 2020.
- Vaidya will take over as chairman in June and
will have a three-year term.
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Actor Salman Khan has been named the
brand ambassador of which beverage
product?
a. Pepsi
b. Coca-Cola
c. Thumbs up
d. Slice
Answer: a. Pepsi
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Under whose leadership has the Supreme
Court set up a commission to investigate the
alleged encounter by the police in the
Hyderabad rape and murder case?
a. VS Sirpurkar
b. RS Parikh
c. Rajendra Menon
d. AK Sikri
Answer: a. VS Sirpurkar
- Supreme Court on 12 December 2019 ordered
the creation of a commission of inquiry.
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- VS Sirpurkar is a retired Supreme Court
Justice. Full name is Justice Vikas Sridhar
Sirpurkar.
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Who was sworn in as the 47th Chief Justice
(CJI) of the country?
a. Justice Ranjan Gogoi
b. Justice Arun Mishra
c. Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde
d. None of these
Answer: c. Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde
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Who has been appointed the new country
manager of Google India?
a. Sanjay Gupta b. R. Madhavan
c. Modesty d. Rajan Anandan
Answer a. Sanjay Gupta
- He will take over in 2020. He has been made
the Country Manager and Vice President of
Google India.
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An administrative council has been formed in
the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir,
who was its chairman?
a. Chief Secretary
b. Lt. governor
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c. Vice-Governor's Advisor
d. None of these
Answer b. Lt. governor
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Recently who resigned as the chairman of
Zee Entertainment?
a. Pankaj Patel b. Amit Goenka
c. Subhash Chandra d. MA Yusuf Ali
Answer c. Subhash Chandra
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Who was appointed the new chairman of the
Staff Selection Commission (SSC)?
a. Vijay Tiwari b. Rakesh Paswan
c. Braj Raj Sharma d. None of these
Answer: c. Braj Raj Sharma
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Who has been appointed as the new CEO of
UIDAI?
a. Pankaj Kumar b. Nandan Nilekani
c. NR Narayana Murthy d. Rakesh Kumar
Answer: a. Pankaj Kumar
- He is a 1987 batch IAS officer.
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Who is the chairman of BCCI?
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a. R. M. Lodha b. Vinod Rai
c. Jai Shah d. Saurabh Ganguly
Answer: d. Saurabh Ganguly
- He took over charge on 23 October 2019.
- He has become the 39th head of BCCI.
- Vice President of BCCI: Mahim Verma,
- Secretary: Jai Shah
- Treasurer: Arun Dhumal
- Joint Secretary: Jayesh George
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Who has been appointed the Director General
of National Security Guard (NSG)?
a. Arun Tiwari b. Anup Singh
c. Alok Prasad d. Bhushan Singh
Answer: b. Anup Singh
- His term will be till 30 September 2020.
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Who is the Principal Secretary to the Prime
Minister?
a. PK Mishra b. Nripendra Mishra
c. PK Sinha d. None of these
Answer: a. PK Mishra
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Who is the prime advisor to the Prime
Minister?
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a. PK Mishra b. Nripendra Mishra
c. PK Sinha d. None of these
Answer: c. PK Sinha
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Who is the chairman of the three-member
advisory committee to oversee the division of
assets between Ladakh and Jammu and
Kashmir (Union Territory)?
a. Giriraj Prasad Gupta b. Arun Goyal
c. Sanjay mitra d. None of these
Answer: c. Sanjay mitra
- Other members of the committee are Arun
Goyal and Giriraj Prasad Gupta.
- This committee has been formed by the
Ministry of Home Affairs.
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What is the maximum limit for a person to
receive a gift which he is not required to
inform to the Government as per the new
amendment of the Foreign Contribution
(Regulation) Act (FCRA), 2011?
a. Rs 1 lakh b. 2 lakhs
c. Rs 3 lakh d. Rs 5 lakh
Answer: a. Rs 1 lakh
- It has recently been amended. Earlier, the limit
was Rs 25,000 as per the market value of the gift
in India.
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Who was elected the new head of the
International Monetary Fund (Managing
Director)?
a. David Lipton b. Geeta Gopinath
c. Kristalina Georgieva d. Christine Lagarde
Answer: a. Kristalina Georgieva
- She is an economist from Bulgaria.
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Who is the first tribal female commercial
pilot?
a. Anupriya Patel
b. Anupriya Madhumita Lakra
c. Anupriya Pandora
d. Anupriya Rakesh
Answer: b. Anupriya Madhumita Lakra
- She is a tribal resident of Odisha.
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Who has been appointed as the 25th Director
General (DG) of BSF (Border Security Force)?
a. Lachhu Ram
b. Rajni Kant Mishra
c. Vivek Kumar (VK) Johri
d. Sanjeev Kumar Singh
Answer: c. Vivek Kumar (VK) Johri
- He took charge on August 31, 2019.
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Who has been appointed as the chairman of
the World Election Body Association
(AWEB)?
a. Joseph Rofer
b. Johnson Row
c. Alif Anwar
d. Sunil Arora
Answer: d. Sunil Arora
- Chief Election Commissioner of India has
become the chairman of the World Election Body
Association (AWEB).
- His term will be two years.
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Who has been appointed the new cabinet
secretary of the country?
a. Rajiv Kumar
b. Rajiv Gauba
c. Rakesh Sinha
d. NR Pillai
Answer: b. Rajiv Gauba
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Who is the Secretary of Defence of India?
a. Rakesh Kumar b. Ajay Vikram
c. Rajeev Gauba d. Ajay Kumar
Answer: d. Ajay Kumar
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Who became the new chairman and
managing director of Power Grid Corporation
of India?
a. Azhar Umri
b. Vijay Kapoor
c. Kandikuppa Srikanth
d. None of these
Answer: c. Kandikuppa Srikanth
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Who has been appointed as the Finance
Secretary by the Central Government?
a. Arvind Panagariya
b. Subhash Chandra Garg
c. Rajiv Kumar
d. None of these
Answer: c. Rajiv Kumar
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Who has been appointed the new
chairperson of the National Anti-profiteering
Authority?
a. Badri Narayan Sharma
b. Ajay Kumar Pal
c. Shrikant Sharma
d. None of these
Answer: a. Badri Narayan Sharma
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Who became the first female flight
commander of India?
a. Ishtar Jahan
b. Shalija Dhami
c. Avni Chaturvedi
d. None of these
Answer: b. Shalija Dhami
- She took over as flight commander of Chetak
helicopter unit at Hindon Airbase, Ghaziabad.
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Who has been appointed as the Green
Ambassador of Manipur?
a. Valentina Elangbam b. Arun Shourie
c. Vimala Pandey d. Ajay Paswan
Answer: a. Valentina Elangbam
- She is 9 years old and is a fifth class student.
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Who was appointed the chairman of the
National Book Trust?
a. Anamika
b. Govind Prasad Sharma
c. Prashant Dhawan
d. None of these
Answer: b. Govind Prasad Sharma
- Establishment of National Book Trust - Year
1957.
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Which period has been declared by
Government of India as International
Construction Technology Year?
a. April 2019 - March 2020
b. July 2019 - March 2020
c. April 2019 - March 2022
d. None of these
Answer: a. April 2019 - March 2020
- Construction – Technology year will focus on
advanced construction technology which is
necessary to meet the increasing demand for
home construction in the country.
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Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah was again
elected President of the Asian Olympic
Committee, from which country?
a. Brazil b. Saudi Arab
c. UAE d. Kuwait
Answer: d. Kuwait
- The headquarters of the committee is located in
Kuwait City.
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Who was appointed Director General of
National Archives?
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a. RK Rahat
b. PK Singh
c. PV Ramesh
d. None of these
Answer: c. PV Ramesh
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Who was appointed the new director of
Bhabha Atomic Research Center?
a. Adhir Ranjan Chaudhary
b. Ajay Kumar Sahni
c. Ajit Kumar Mohanty
d. Raje Singh
Answer: c. Ajit Kumar Mohanty
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Which Indian-American has been elected as
the Goodwill Ambassador of the United
Nations Development Program?
a. Vijaya Lakshmi b. Rahat Indori
c. Vinod Kumar Mehta d. Padma Lakshmi
Answer: d. Padma Lakshmi
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Which Indian was appointed the Chief
Scientist of the World Health Organization?
a. Dr. Vijay Kumar
b. Dr. James
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c. Dr. Soumya Swaminathan
d. None of these
Answer: c. Dr. Soumya Swaminathan
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Which Indian was awarded an honorary
doctorate by University of Peace?
a. Venkaiah Naidu
b. Narendra Modi
c. Vijay Kumar Jaiswal
d. None of these
Answer: a. Venkaiah Naidu
- The University of Peace was established in
1980 after passing resolution 35/55 of the United
Nations General Assembly.
- The main campus of this university is located in
a country called Costa Rica in Central America.
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Who was appointed the chairman of LIC?
a. Akhil Srivastava b. SK Goswami
c. Rajendra Mittal d. MR Kumar
Answer: d. MR Kumar
- LIC was established on 1 September 1956.
- Headquarters – Mumbai
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Who was appointed India's first transgender
election ambassador?
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a. Gauri Sawant b. Rani Mukherjee
c. Rajendra share d. None of these
Answer: a. Gauri Sawant
- For the first time in India, a transgender has
been elected an election ambassador. She hails
from Maharashtra. The appointment took place
in March.
- Transgender people got the right to vote for the
first time in 2014, following a Supreme Court
order.
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Who has been nominated India's first
Lokpal?
a. AK Banerjee b. Pinaki Chandra Ghosh
c. Rajendra Mittal d. None of these
Answer: b. Pinaki Chandra Ghosh
- He is a former Supreme Court judge.
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Who became the first woman Chief
Economist of the International Monetary
Fund?
a. Geeta Gopinath b. Raghuram Rajan
c. Geeta Shivani d. None of these
Answer: a. Geeta Gopinath
- Geeta Gopinath is the 11th Chief Economist of
the International Monetary Fund.
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Who is the Chairman of Railway Board?
a. Vinod Kumar Yadav
b. Ashutosh Mishra
c. Santosh Yadav
d. K.K.Mittal
Answer: a. Vinod Kumar Yadav
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Who is the Vice President and MD of
Facebook India?
a. Mohan Sachdeva b. Ajeet mohan
c. Kumar Solanki d. Mohan Prabhakar
Answer: b. Ajeet mohan
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Who is India's ambassador to China?
a. Vikram Misri b. Gautam Bambawale
c. Rakesh Asthana d. None of these
Answer: a. Vikram Misri
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Who is the Director General of Sashastra
Seema Bal (SSB)?
a. Vivek Majumdar b. Pawan Bansal
c. Kumar Rajesh Chandra d. Ajeet Ranade
Answer: c. Kumar Rajesh Chandra
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Who is the Chief Information Commissioner
in Central Information Commission?
a. Rajesh Awasthi
b. Sudhir Bhargava
c. Vanaja N. Sarna
d. Neeraj Kumar Gupta
Answer: b. Sudhir Bhargava
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Which Indian was again appointed as the
Regional Director of South East Asia Region
of WHO?
a. Dr. Poonam Khetrapal
b. Rajendra Menon
c. Upendra Kumar
d. None of these
Answer: a. Dr. Poonam Khetrapal
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Who was appointed as Chairman and CMD of
BSNL?
a. Vikas Swaroop
b. Imran Akhtar
c. Praveen Kumar Purwar
d. None of these
Answer: c. Praveen Kumar Purwar
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Who has been appointed the new Speaker of
the European Parliament?
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a. David Maria Sassoli
b. Roger David
c. Mariano
d. None of these
Answer: a. David Maria Sassoli
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Who has been appointed the new head of the
European Central Bank?
a. David Maria Sassoli
b. Christine Lagarde
c. Rogan Frederer
d. None of these
Answer: b. Christine Lagarde
- Christine Lagarde, Director General of the
International Monetary Fund (IMF), will be the
new head of the European Central Bank.
- She will be the first woman to head the
European Central Bank.
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Who has recently taken over as the full-time
Director General of DGCA?
a. Arun Kumar b. Praveen Kumar
c. Ashwini Chaubey d. Vikas Sharma
Answer: a. Arun Kumar
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Which Indian was appointed MD and CFO
(Chief Financing Officer) of World Bank?
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a. PK Gupta b. Anshula Kant
c. Dinesh Kumar d. Arijit Basu
Answer: b. Anshula Kant
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Who among the following has been
appointed as Judge of Singapore
International Commercial Court (SICC)?
a. Justice RK Pachauri
b. Justice BS Verma
c. Justice SS Dhingra
d. Justice AK Sikri
Answer: d. Justice AK Sikri
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Which cricketer has been created as the
brand ambassador of redBus?
a. Virat Kohli
b. Virender Sehwag
c. Rahul Dravid
d. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Answer: d. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
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Which cricketer has been created as the
brand ambassador of Funtasy 11?
a. Ajit Agarkar
b. Laxmipati balaji
c. Ramesh Powar
d. Murali Karthik
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Answer: d. Murali Karthik
Funtasy 11 is a gaming startup.
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Who has been appointed as the Managing
Director of Twitter India?
a. Balaji Krish
b. Manish Maheshwari
c. Taranjit Singh
d. Amitabh Kant
Answer: b. Manish Maheshwari
- He has been the Digital CEO of Network 18.
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Who was elected the new president of the
World Bank?
a. Ivanka Trump b. David Malpass
c. Isaka Vorotawa d. None of these
Answer: b. David Malpas
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Who was appointed the new President of the
Federation of Indian Industry (CII)?
a. Vikram Kirloskar b. Aditya Birla
c. Adi Godrej d. None of these
Answer: a. Vikram Kirloskar
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Who has recently been appointed MD & CEO
of Canara Bank?
a. R.A. Sankaranarayanan
b. Arvind R. Subramanyam
c. Vivek Bansal
d. Jyoti Kumar Verma
Answer: a. R.A. Sankaranarayanan
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Who was appointed the CMD of NBCC
(National Building Construction
Corporation)?
a. Rajendra Rajan b. Anoop Kumar Mittal
c. Shiv Das Meena d. None of these
Answer: c. Shiv Das Meena
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Who was recently sworn in as the Chief
Justice of the Bombay High Court?
a. Justice Anant Hegde
b. Justice Basant Sawant
c. Justice Pradeep Nandrajog
d. None of these
Answer: c. Justice Pradeep Nandrajog
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Who has been appointed as the first woman
Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia
University?
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a. Nazma Akhtar b. Sabiri Khatoon
c. Ajda Jasheen d. Sara Malik
Answer: a. Nazma Akhtar
- She is the first woman to get this position in the
university's history of almost 100 years.
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Who has been appointed the chairman of the
Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts
(EPCH)?
a. Ravinder Kumar Passi
b. Ajay Kumar Passi
c. Amarendra Kumar Tiwari
d. None of these
Answer: Answer: a. Ravinder Kumar Passi
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Who was appointed the CEO of ICC?
a. Ajay Vikram
b. Manu Bhakar
c. Asma Jahangir
d. Manu Sahni
Answer: d. Manu Sahni
(Note - ICC Chairman is Shashank Manohar)
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Who became the first independent female
director of Bombay Stock Exchange?
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a. R Madhavan
b. M. Jayashree Vyas
c. Mamta Vajpayee
d. None of these
Answer: b. M. Jayashree Vyas
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Which of these has become the new emperor
of Japan?
a. Akohito b. Naruhito
c. Jovailo d. Heisei
Answer: b. Naruhito
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Name the king of Thailand, who was recently
appointed constitutional emperor?
a. Vajiralongkorn
b. Suthida Tidjai
c. Bhumibol Adulyadej
d. None of these
Answer: a. Vajiralongkorn
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Whom has Fashion e-commerce platform
Myntra appointed its first official brand
ambassador?
a. Ajay Devgan and Kajol
b. Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma
c. Sania Mirza
d. None of these
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Answer: b. Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma
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Recently which Indian judge was included in
the Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral
Tribunal?
a. Justice (retd) AK Sikri
b. Justice (retd) KS Radhakrishnan
c. Justice RS Khan
d. None of these
Answer: b. Justice (retd) KS Radhakrishnan
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Which Indian has been appointed as the
Advocate for Sustainable Development Goals
of the United Nations?
a. Sania Mirza
b. Amitabh Bachchan
c. Abhishek Bachchan
d. Diya mirza
Answer: d. Diya mirza
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Which Indian has been re-elected to the
International Narcotics Control Board?
a. Aviral Panagariya b. Avinash Chandra
c. Jagjit Pavadia d. None of these
Answer: c. Jagjit Pavadia
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- She is a member of the International Narcotics
Control Board since 2015.
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Who is the first woman to join the
International Panel of ICC Match Referees?
a. GS Lakshmi b. Chhaya Sharma
c. Basanti Devi d. None of these
Answer: a. GS Lakshmi
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Who has been appointed as Chairman of
News Broadcasting Standards Authority
(NBSA)?
a. Justice Vijay Bhavani
b. Abhay Sreeniwas Oka
c. Justice AK Sikri
d. None of these
Answer: c. Justice AK Sikri (former Supreme
Court judge)
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What is the name of the youngest MP of the
country elected in the Indian Lok Sabha
Elections 2019?
a. Ambika Singh
b. Lalita Kumari
c. Chandrani Murmu
d. Pratibha Anand
Answer: c. Chandrani Murmu
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- She has reached the House after contesting
from Keonjhar Lok Sabha seat on Biju Janata
Dal (BJD) ticket.
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Who has been appointed as the President of
Indian Export Federation?
a. Vipul Purohit
b. Sharad Kumar Saraf
c. Ajay Kumar Dubey
d. Virat Singh
Answer: b. Sharad Kumar Saraf
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Which company has appointed Sandeep Patil
as Managing Director (India)?
a. Flipkart b. Truecaller
c. Facebook d. Amazon
Answer: b. Truecaller
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Who has been appointed as the brand
ambassador by the state government to
promote yoga in Goa?
a. Ramdev
b. Namrata Menon
c. Yusuf Zaidi
d. None of these
Answer: b. Namrata Menon
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Who was appointed the head of the Navy of
India?
a. Sunil Lamba
b. Ajendra Pal Singh
c. Karambir Singh
d. None of these
Answer: c. Karambir Singh
- He replaced Admiral Sunil Lamba.
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The central government has re-appointed Ajit
Doval as NSA (National Security Advisor).
What status has been given to him along with
it?
a. State Minister
b. Cabinet Minister
c. Prime minister
d. None of these
Answer: b. Cabinet Minister
Earlier, NSA was given the status of Minister of
State.
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Which Indian has been elected external
auditor of the World Health Organization
(WHO)?
a. Rajiv Mahrishi
b. VK Shanglu
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c. Vinod Rai
d. Shashikant Sharma
Answer: a. Rajeev Mahrishi
- He is also the CAG (Comptroller and Auditor
General) of India.
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The Central Government has reconstituted
the NITI Aayog and made whom it’s Deputy
Chairman?
a. Amit Shah
b. Rajiv Kumar
c. Narendra Singh
d. Ajay Kumar
Answer: b. Rajiv Kumar
- Rajiv Kumar has again been appointed as the
Deputy Chairman of NITI Aayog.
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Who is the new executive chairman of
Wipro?
a. Rashad Premji
b. Abidali Jade Neemuchwala
c. Azim Premji
d. None of these
Answer: a. Rashad Premji
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Who has been appointed the Director General
of Indian Meteorological Department (IMD)?
a. Ajay Pal Singh Rana
b. Umaid Singh Mohapatra
c. Ajay Kumar Tyagi
d. Mrityunjay Mohapatra
Answer: d. Mrityunjay Mohapatra
- He is also called Cyclone Man
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Who has been appointed the interim
chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Bank?
a. Pervez Ahmed b. RK Chibber
c. Adil Khan d. None of these
Answer: b. RK Chibber
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Which state has 5 deputy CMs appointed for
the first time in the country's history?
a. Tamil Nadu
b. Kerala
c. Andhra Pradesh
d. Bihar
Answer: c. Andra Pradesh
- Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (CM) Jagan
Mohan Reddy.
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Which Indian was elected a member of the
American Philosophical Society?
a. Karan Thapar b. Romila Thapar
c. Ashok Thapar d. Girish Banerjee
Answer: b. Romila Thapar
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Who was appointed the Director General of
Bureau of Police Research & Development?
a. RS Jadoun
b. VS Kaamudi
c. SR Singh
d. None of these
Answer: b. VS Kaamudi
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Who is the brand ambassador of Japanese
electronics firm Casio India for its product G-
Shock?
a. Salman Khan
b. Tiger shroff
c. Shahrukh Khan
d. Amitabh Bachchan
Answer: b. Tiger shroff
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Who has been appointed by the Central
Government as the new Chairman-cum-
Managing Director [CMD] of Mahanadi
Coalfield Limited?
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a. Yusuf Khan
b. Anubhav Paswan
c. Ajay Kumar Shukla
d. None of these
Answer: c. Ajay Kumar Shukla
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Who has been appointed as its new brand
ambassador by Hero MotoCorp Limited?
a. Yerry Fernando Mina Gonzalez
b. Sachin Tendulkar
c. Saurabh Ganguly
d. Manu bhakar
Answer: a. Yerri Fernando Meena Gonzalez
- Yerri Mina holds the record for the most goals
scored in a single World Cup by a defender in
the 2018 FIFA (Federation Internationale de
Football Association) World Cup, France.
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Who has been appointed the director of the
Nehru Center in London?
a. Amish Tripathi
b. Arun Tripathi
c. Umesh Tripathi
d. Rajendra Swaroop Tripathi
Answer: a. Amish Tripathi
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Who has been appointed the new head of
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Intelligence Bureau (IB) by the Central
Government?
a. Arvind Kumar
b. Samant Kumar Goyal
c. Arvind Paswan
d. Vijay Kumar Thakur
Answer: a. Arvind Kumar
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Who has been appointed as the new head of
the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) by
the Central Government?
a. Arvind Kumar
b. Samant Kumar Goyal
c. Arvind Paswan
d. Vijay Kumar Thakur
Answer: b. Samant Kumar Goyal
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Who has been appointed the new head of the
Indian Coast Guard?
a. K. Natarajan
b. R Sundaram
c. RV Pillai
d. Amar Nath Paswan
Answer: a. K. Natarajan
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Economic
Which bank has implemented OTP based
ATM cash withdrawal process?
a. SBI and ICICI
b. PNB and HDFC
c. HDFC and PNB
d. RBI
Answer: a. SBI and ICICI
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Which e-auction platform has been
launched by the Finance Minister, in which
there will be online auction of assets
attached by banks?
a. eMitra
b. eBkray
c. eBhakti
d. eRaja
Answer: b. eBkray (E-Sales)
- This platform will be able to auction online the
assets attached by banks.
- The platform will provide links of all PSB's e-
auction property information, search properties
etc.
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Central Government has approved the grant
of Rs 8,655 crore as new capital to which
three banks in December 2019?
a. Allahabad Bank, UCO Bank, SBI
b. HDFC Bank, UCO Bank, SBI
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c. UCO Bank, Indian Bank, SBI
d. Allahabad Bank, UCO Bank and Indian
Overseas Bank
Answer: d. Allahabad Bank, UCO Bank and
Indian Overseas Bank
- Rs 2,153 crore to Allahabad Bank,
2,142 crore to UCO Bank and
- 4,630 crores will be released to Indian
Overseas Bank (IOB).
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Who completed the acquisition of the debt-
ridden Ruchi Soya Industries?
a. Reliance Industries
b. Patanjali Ayurved
c. Britannia
d. Nestle
Answer: b. Patanjali Ayurved
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Which financial organization decided to
simultaneously buy and sell bonds under
'Operation Twist' on 23 December 2019?
a. SBI
b. RBI
c. HDFC
d. ICICI
Answer: b. RBI
- In the financial world, the operation of buying
and selling bonds simultaneously by the central
bank is known as Operation Twist.
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- The US Central Bank Federal Reserve did this
about a decade ago.
- In the fiscal year 2011-12, the US Federal
Reserve had taken such a step in view of making
long-term debt cheaper.
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Who became the third Indian company to
cross the hundred billion dollar mark in
terms of market capital?
a. Reliance Industries Limited
b. Tata Consultancy Services
c. HDFC bank
d. SBI
Answer: c. HDFC Bank (in December 2019)
- First Reliance Industries Limited crossed the
hundred billion dollar market cap.
- While Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) was
the second company.
- Now the third company has become HDFC.
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How much has the GST Council fixed the
GST rate for lottery?
a. 5%
b. 12%
c. 18%
d. 28%
Answer: d. 28%
- The Goods and Services Tax Council has fixed
the GST rate at 28% on state-run and private
lottery.
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Who has been appointed the head of the
Group of Ministers (GoM) on Integrated
Goods and Services Tax (IGST) in place of
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman?
a. Dharmendra Pradhan
b. Narendra Modi
c. VK Singh
d. Sushil Kumar Modi
Answer: d. Sushil Kumar Modi
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Reliance Industries decided to sell telecom
tower assets of Jio to which company for Rs
25,215 crore?
a. Airtel
b. Vodafone idea
c. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP
d. None of these
Answer: c. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP
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In the second quarter (July-September) of the
financial year,what was the GDP growth rate
of the country?
a. 7 percent
b. 6.5 percent
c. 5 percent
d. 4.5 percent
Answer d. 4.5 percent
- GDP growth rate in the first quarter was 5
percent.
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What was the industrial growth of the core
sector in the country in October 2019?
a. - 5.8 percent
b. - 4.8 percent
c. - 3.8 percent
d. - 2.8 percent
Answer a. - 5.8 percent
- Core Sector - 8 Major Industries: Coal, Crude
Oil, Natural Gas, Cement, Steel, Electricity,
Fertilizer, Refinery Products.
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What was the fiscal deficit of the country in
the first seven months of the financial year
(April to October 2019)?
a. 6.2 trillion rupees
b. 7.2 trillion rupees
c. 8.2 trillion rupees
d. 9.2 trillion rupees
Answer b. 7.2 trillion rupees {7.2 lakh crore
rupees} ($ 100.32 billion)
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Name the first company in the country with a
market capitalization of 10 lakh crores?
a. Tata Sons
b. Reliance Industries Limited
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c. TCS
d. Infosys
Answer b. Reliance Industries Limited
- Reliance's market capitalization at BSC
(Bombay Stock Exchange) exceeded one million
crore rupees on 28 November due to RIL's good
performance in the stock market.
- Last month i.e. in October 2019, Reliance
Industries crossed the market capitalization of
nine lakh crores.
- Reliance Industries is the sixth largest
petrochemical company in the world.
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In the first half (April to September) of the
financial year 2019, how many rupees fraud
cases were reported in government banks?
a. 95,760 crores
b. 96,760 crores
c. 97,760 crores
d. 98,760 crores
Answer a. 95,760 crores
- 5,743 total fraud cases.
- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman gave this
information in the Rajya Sabha on 19 November
2019.
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The Central Government has decided not to
issue Consumer Expenditure Survey
(Consumer Expenditure Survey) for 2017-18,
who has done this survey?
a. NSO
b. NTO
c. RBI
d. Finance Ministry
Answer a. NSO (National Statistics Office)
Actually, its report got in the media.
Accordingly, in 2017-18, the average monthly
expenditure of the countrymen has come down
to Rs 1,446 as compared to Rs 1,501 in 2011-
12.
- This is a decline of 3.7%. Whereas each time it
used to grow.
- The survey was conducted between July 2017
and June 2018.
- For the first time in the last 40 years, consumer
spending has come down.
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The BRICS Trade Council has set a target of
how much mutual trade till the next Summit
(2020)?
a. 400 billion dollars
b. 50 billion dollars
c. 300 billion dollars
d. 500 billion dollars
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Answer d. 500 billion dollars
- The 11th BRICS Summit took place in Brazil on
13 and 14 November 2019.
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Which company incurred the largest loss in
Indian corporate history (Rs 50,921 crore)?
a. Reliance Communications
b. Vodafone idea
c. Airtel
d. BSNL
Answer b. Vodafone idea
- Vodafone Idea has a loss of Rs 50,921 crore in
the second quarter (July-September 2019).
- While Airtel has said that it has suffered a loss
of Rs 23,045 crore.
- It is being said that this is the biggest loss in
India's telecom history.
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In which city will the SCO's Council of Heads
of Government 2020 be organized in India?
a. Mumbai b. Chennai
c.New Delhi d. Shimla
Answer c. New Delhi
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The Union Cabinet has approved to increase
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the authorized capital of Food Corporation of
India (FCI) from 3500 crores to how much?
a. 5,000 crores
b. 10,000 crores
c. 15,000 crores
d. 20,000 crores
Answer b. 10,000 crores
Formation of FCI - Under Food Corporation Act
1964
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Which foreign company has Cardekho, an
online company in the automotive sector,
acquired?
a. Carmudi b. Bimudi
c. Transco d. None of these
Answer a. Carmudi
- CarDekho acquired Carmudi, a Philippine
online classified car advertising company.
- Cardekho already exists in the Indonesian
market. There, the company operates under the
brand name OTO.com.
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The Union Cabinet has approved the creation
of an Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) of
how much amount to complete the stalled
housing project?
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a. 10,000 crores b. 15,000 crores
c. 20,000 crores d. 25,000 crores
Answer: d. 25,000 crores
- The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi has taken this decision on 6th
November 2019.
- For this, a fund of 10 thousand crores will be
made available by the government.
The remaining amount will be borne by several
institutions including SBI and LIC.
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India has decided not to sign World's Largest
Free Trade Pact, name it?
a. RCEP b. UCEP
c. RERA d. None of these
Answer: a. RCEP
- RCEP: The Regional Comprehensive
Economic Partnership
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The World Bank has recently reduced India's
projected growth rate to what percent for the
current financial year?
a. 6 percent b. 5 percent
c. 7 percent d. 8 percent
Answer: a. 6 percent
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To how much has the Central Government
raised the minimum support price (MSP) of
wheat for 2019-20?
a. Rs 2,025 per quintal
b. Rs 1,925 per quintal
c. Rs 1,825 per quintal
d. Rs 1,840 per quintal
Answer: b. Rs 1,925 per quintal
- The central government has increased the
MSP of wheat by 85 rupees.
- MSP of barley also increased by Rs 85 to Rs
1,525 per quintal.
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To what extent has the central government
decided to increase the minimum support
price (MSP) of pulses?
a. Rs 88 per quintal
b. Rs 85 per quintal
c. 200 per quintal
d. 325 per quintal
Answer: d. 325 per quintal
- MSP of lentils increased by Rs 325 to Rs 4,800
per quintal.
- MSP of gram increased by Rs. 255 to Rs.
4,875 per quintal.
- MSP of rapeseed / mustard increased by Rs
225 to Rs 4,425 per quintal
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- MSP of Sunflower increased by Rs 270 to Rs
5,215 quintal
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The Central Government has decided to
merge which two government telecom
companies?
a. BSNL and MTNL
b. BSNL and VSNL
c. MTNL and VSNL
d. None of these
Answer: a. BSNL and MTNL
- On 23 October 2019, the Union Cabinet
chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi took
this decision.
- The government has approved a revival
package of Rs 68,751 crore for loss-making
public sector telecom companies.
Under the scheme, government bonds worth Rs
15,000 crore will be issued. - While assets worth
Rs 38,000 crore will be sold and collected.
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Which state / union territory has the highest
minimum wage in the country?
a. Karnataka
b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Maharashtra
d. Delhi
Answer: d. Delhi
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The Delhi government has increased the
minimum wage (unskilled) to how much?
a. Rs 4628 per month
b. Rs 8632 per month
c. Rs 12244 per month
d. Rs14842 per month
Answer: d. Rs 14842 per month
- The National Minimum Wage (unskilled) is
4628, while in Delhi it has now tripled to Rs
14842.
State/ unskilled/ semi-skilled/skilled
Delhi /14,842 /16,341/ 17,991
Uttar Pradesh /5,750 /6,325 /7,085
Haryana/ 8,827 /9,268 /10,218
Gujarat/ 8,190/ 8,398 /8,632
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How many rupees commemorative coin was
released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on
the occasion of 150th birth anniversary of
Mahatma Gandhi in Ahmedabad, Gujarat?
a. 150 rupees b. 200 rupees
c. 100 rupees d. 50 rupees
Answer: a. 150 rupees
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For which industry has the HS Code recently
been released for recognition in international
trade?
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a. Khadi b. Honey
c. Milk d. The cloth
Answer: a. Khadi
What is HS Code:
- Harmonized system is a six-digit international
identification code.
- It is developed by the World Customs
Organization.
- With the HS code, now consumption abroad
can be marked separately from textile.
Currently, more than 200 countries are using the
HS code system for the collection of international
trade data.
- Khadi and Village Industries Commission
(KVIC)
Khadi and Village Industries Commission -
Chairman Vinai Kumar Saxena
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How much TDS would now be deducted for
cash withdrawals exceeding Rs 1 crore with
effect from September 1, 2019?
a. 10%
b. 7%
c. 5%
d. 2%
Answer: d. 2%
- The Department of Revenue, Ministry of
Finance has made this provision in order to
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discourage cash transactions and move towards
a low cash economy.
- It means TDS will be levied on cash
withdrawals over one crore rupees from a bank
or any place.
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Which type of loans has RBI ordered banks
to link to the repo rate?
a. Home loan
b. Auto loan
c. Personal loan
d. All types of loans
Answer: d. All types of loans
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The central government has announced the
merger of how many public sector banks &
converting them into 4 banks?
a. 10 b. 8
c. 5 d. 4
Answer: a. 10
- Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
made this announcement on 30 August 2019.
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The central government has announced the
merger of which Banks with Punjab National
Bank?
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a. Oriental Bank of Commerce and United Bank
of India
b. State Bank of India and Union Bank
c. Canara Bank and Syndicate Bank
d. None of these
Answer: a. Oriental Bank of Commerce and
United Bank of India
- It will be the second largest bank in the country,
with an estimated turnover of Rs 17.95 lakh
crore.
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The Central Government has announced the
merger of which banks with Canara Bank?
a. Oriental Bank of Commerce and United Bank
of India
b. State Bank of India and Union Bank
c. Syndicate Bank
d. None of these
Answer: c. Syndicate Bank
- It will be the fourth largest bank in the country.
Its estimated turnover will be Rs 15.20 lakh
crore’
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Union Government has announced the
merger of which banks with Union Bank of
India?
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a. Andhra Bank and Corporation Bank
b. State Bank of India and Union Bank
c. Syndicate Bank
d. None of these
Answer: a. Andhra Bank and Corporation
Bank
- It will be the fifth largest bank in the country. Its
estimated turnover will be -14.6 lakh crores.
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The Union Government has announced the
merger of which banks with Indian Bank?
a. Andhra Bank and Corporation Bank
b. Allahabad Bank c. Syndicate Bank
d. None of these Answer: b. Allahabad
Bank
- It will be the seventh largest bank in the
country. Its estimated turnover will be - 8.08 lakh
crore.
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Merger-1
- Punjab National Bank, Oriental Bank of
Commerce and United Bank of India - (Second
largest bank, business - Rs. 17.95 lakh crore)
Merger-2
- Canara Bank and Syndicate Bank
- (Fourth largest bank, turnover-Rs.15.20 lakh
crore)
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Merger-3
Union Bank, Andhra Bank and Corporation Bank
- (Fifth largest bank, turnover - Rs. 14.6 lakh
crore)
Merger-4
- Indian Bank, Allahabad Bank
- (Seventh largest bank, turnover-Rs. 8.08 lakh
crore)
- After merger of these 10 banks there will now
be four banks.
As of March 2017, the number of public sector
banks in the country was 27.
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In the year 2017, the Modi government
merged banks in its last tenure also .
State Bank of India (SBI) , it’s 5 of its
associate banks-
- State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur,
- State Bank of Hyderabad,
- State Bank of Mysore,
- State Bank of Travancore,
- State Bank of Patiala
- and Bharatiya Mahila Bank were merged.
After this, in 2019 they merged Bank of Baroda
with:
- Vijaya Bank and
- Dena Bank
- Another bank IDBI Bank's majority share was
bought by LIC. This made it a private bank.
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- So there are now 18 public sector banks.
Of these, 10 banks will be merged into four
banks.
After this, 12 public sector banks will remain.
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In the first quarter (April-June 2019) of the
current financial year, the GDP growth rate of
the country decreased to?
a. 5 percent b. 6 percent
c. 7 percent d. 8 percent
Answer: a. 5 percent
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How much amount has been announced by
the RBI to the Central Government as
Surplus Fund and Dividend?
a. 1.13 Lakh Crore b. 1.24 lakh crores
c. 1.76 lakh crores d. 1.89 lakh crores
Answer: c. 1.76 lakh crores
- RBI transfer a large part of this amount i.e. Rs
1.23 lakh crore from Surplus Fund and the
remaining Rs 52,637 crore from Surplus
Reserve.
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Based on the recommendations of which
committee, has RBI announced a grant of Rs
1.76 lakh crore to the central government?
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a. Bimal Jalan Committee
b. RK Dhawan Committee
c. Rakesh Tiwari Committee
d. None of these
Answer: a. Bimal Jalan Committee
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According to the latest World Bank report,
the Indian economy has fallen from number 5
to what place in the world?
a. 7th
b. 8th
c. 9th
d. 10th
Answer: a. 7th
- The crown of the fifth major economy of the
world has been taken away from India.
According to World Bank data, in the year 2018,
Britain and France's economy recorded higher
growth than India, due to which they have
jumped one place each.
- Britain has reached 5th position while France
has been placed at sixth position.
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The Central Government has reduced GST on
electric vehicles from 12% to how much?
a. 5%
b. 10%
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c. 11%
d. 8%
Answer: a. 5%
- This decision has been taken in the meeting of
Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council on 28
July under the chairmanship of Union Finance
Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
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The first state in the country to issue spice
bonds on the London Stock Exchange?
a. Bihar b. Maharashtra
c. Kerala d. Gujarat
Answer: c. Kerala
- Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board
{KIIFB} has issued spice bonds worth Rs 2150
crore.
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According to the latest report of the
Geological Survey of India (GSI), which state
has 35 percent of India's graphite reserves?
a. Arunachal Pradesh
b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Himachal Pradesh
d. Punjab
Answer: a. Arunachal Pradesh
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Whom has The Prevention of Money
Laundering Court declared the country's first
fugitive economic criminal?
a. Nirav Modi
b. Anil Ambani
c. Mehul Choksi
d. Vijay Mallya
Answer: d. Vijay Mallya
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Which bank has merged with Bank of Baroda
& Dena Bank ?
a. Canara Bank
b. Vijaya Bank
c. Bank of India
d. Overseas bank
Answer: b. Vijaya Bank
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While presenting the budget 2019, the central
government has set a target of creating an
economy of how much amount in the next
five years?
a. 5 trillion dollars b. 3 trillion dollars
c. 2 trillion dollars d. 50 trillion dollars
Answer: a. 5 trillion dollars
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According to the budget speech given by
Nirmala Sitharaman, which institute will be
established to promote research in the
country?
a. National Research Foundation
b. National Scholars Foundation
c. Research Institute of India
d. All India Research Institute
Answer: a. National Research Foundation
- The finance minister announced stablish the
foundation in the chairmanship of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi.
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'Utkarsh 2022' is related to which
organization?
a. State Bank of India
b. IIT
c. Reserve Bank of India
d. None of these
Answer: c. Reserve Bank of India
- RBI has recently finalized the three-year
roadmap, named it 'Utkarsh 2022'.
- It aims to improve the regulation and
supervision of the central bank.
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Which new section has been added to the
SEBI Act to take action against entities that
tamper with electronic databases?
a. HAS33 b. 15HAA
c. UE33 d. None of these
Answer: b. 15HAA
According to the Finance Bill 2019, a new
section "15HAA" has been added to the SEBI
Act, under this section action will be taken
against units that tamper with electronic
database.
- Now SEBI can impose a fine of up to Rs 1
crore on the broker for not following the rules.
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Which Payments Bank has announced to
cease operations?
a. Paytm Payments Bank
b. Vodafone Payments Bank
c. Airtel Payments Bank
d. Aditya Birla Idea Payments Bank
Answer: d. Aditya Birla Idea Payments Bank
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Recently who became the first non-banking
financial company (NBFC) to receive $ 100
million green energy funding from AIIB
(Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank)?
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a. HFDC
b. L&T Infrastructure Finance Company Limited
c. Money market d. None of these
Answer: b. L&T Infrastructure Finance
Company Limited
- This loan amount will be used for wind and
solar energy projects.
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Which is the first Indian state to receive
funds under World Bank's Climate
Resistance Capacity Program?
a. Kerala
b. Bihar
c. Uttar Pradesh
d. Delhi
Answer: a. Kerala
- The World Bank has approved $ 250 million for
Kerala's "Resilient Kerala Program (RKP)" under
the Climate Resistance Capacity.
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For which project Life Insurance Corporation
of India (LIC) will provide a loan facility of Rs
1.25 lakh crore by the year 2024?
a. Bharatmala Project
b. Sagar Project
c. Power Project
d. Smart city Project
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Answer: a. Bharatmala Project
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Who is the chairman of the cryptocurrency
panel proposing to ban private digital
currency in India?
a. Rahul Mathur
b. Rajendra Tiwari
c. Subhash Chandra Garg
d. None of these
Answer: c. Subhash Chandra Garg
- This committee has recommended that private
cryptocurrency should be banned in the country.
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India has been removed from which status by
the US under which thousands of goods
could be exported to the US at no charge?
a. ASP b. GSP
c. CSP d. CTBT
Answer: b. GSP
GSP means Generalized System of Preferences.
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Which Indian PSU was the most profitable
company in the financial year 2018-19?
a. IOCL b. ONGC
c. BPCL d. Coal India
Answer: b. ONGC
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Which companies have signed an agreement
to build a joint venture for the construction of
the world's longest LPG pipeline from Kandla
to Gorakhpur?
a. IOCL, BPCL, HPCL
b. BPCL, HPCL
c. HPCL, IOCL
d. Reliance and Adani
Answer: a. IOCL, BPCL, HPCL
- Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL), Bharat
Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL),
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
(HPCL)
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On which financial transaction has the RBI
abolished levy of fees to promote digital
transactions?
a. RGTS
b. NEFT
c. IMPS
d. RGTS and NEFT
Answer: d. RGTS and NEFT
RGTS: Real Time Gross Settlement System
NEFT: National Electronic Funds Transfer
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According to RBI report, the share of e-
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money in India's payment systems has
increased to what percentage in 2017 as
compared to the year 2012?
a. 10 percent b. 15 percent
c. 20.4 percent d. 21.5 percent
Answer: d. 21.5 percent
- RBI's new report 'Benchmarking India's
Payment Systems' states that the share of e-
money in India's payment systems has
increased to 21.5 percent in 2017 from 0.8
percent in 2012.
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By which year has the central government
set a target of making India's economy 5
trillion dollars (5 thousand billion dollars =
350 lakh crore rupees)?
a. 2020 b. 2022
c. 2024 d. 2030
Answer: c. 2024
- In the 5th meeting of the Governing Council of
NITI Aayog, PM Narendra Modi said this on 15
June 2019.
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According to the latest RBI report, how many
rupees of bank fraud were reported in the last
11 years (2008-09 and 2018-19)?
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a. 2.05 lakh crores b. 1.05 lakh crores
c. 5 lakh crores d. 3.05 lakh crores
Answer: a. 2.05 lakh crores
- There have been a total of 53,334 fraud cases
in 11 years.
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The Government of India has reduced the
contribution rate under the Employees State
Insurance Act from 6.5% to how much?
a. 5% b. 4%
c. 3% d. 2%
Answer: b. 4%
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Facebook has announced the launch of
digital currency by which name?
a. Lotu b. Libra
c. Hink d. Currency
Answer: b. Libra
- Facebook will launch Libra next year (2020).
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Which insurance company has launched
cyber defence insurance?
a. SBI General Insurance
b. National Insurance
c. Max Life
d. None of these
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Answer: a. SBI General Insurance
- To protect businesses from financial and
reputational losses due to cyber attacks, we
have our new product - Cyber Defence
Insurance.
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Which bank has launched India's first 'Green
Car Loan'?
a. SBI b. PNB
c. RBI d. HDFC
Answer: a. SBI
- On 22 April 2019 World Earth Day, SBI has
launched India's first 'Green Car Loan' to
encourage people to buy electric vehicles.
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What is the percentage increase in India's
exports in the financial year 2018-19?
a. 10 percent b. 9 percent
c. 8 percent d. 7 percent
Answer: b. 9 percent
- The Ministry of Commerce has released its
data recently.
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The country's largest car manufacturer has
decided to stop selling diesel cars from April
1 next year. Name this company?
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a. Hyundai b. Mahindra
c. Ford d. Maruti Suzuki
Answer: d. Maruti Suzuki
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RBI has announced the issuance of new 20
rupee notes, which historical place is
depicted in it?
a. Qutub Minar b. Taj Mahal
c. Red Fort d. Ellora Cave
Answer: d. Ellora Cave
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Which IT company has signed an agreement
with India Post to improve the postal
system?
a. Tata Consultancy Services
b. Infosys
c. Live
d. None of these
Answer: a. Tata Consultancy Services
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The Reserve Bank of India, after the
recommendation of which committee,
decided to sell its stake in NABARD and NHB
to the government?
a. Amrit Lal Nagar Samiti
b. Narasimhan Committee
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c. Ayaz Kumar
d. None of these
Answer: b. Narasimhan Committee
The Reserve Bank of India has sold its entire
stake in NABARD and National Housing Bank
(NHB) to the government for Rs 20 crore and Rs
1,450 crore respectively.
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Which country was India's largest crude oil
supplier in 2018-19?
a. Saudi Arabia b. Iran
c. Iraq d. UAE
Answer: c. Iraq
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In what name has NABARD started a Rs 700
crore venture capital fund to fund startups in
rural areas?
a. Nabventures b. Nesventure
c. Grameenventure d. None of these
Answer: a. Nabventures
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Defence Who became the 28th Army Chief (Army
Chief) of India?
a. Mukund Narwane
b. Karambir Singh
c. Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadoria
d. Bipin Singh
Answer: a. General Mukund Narwane
- He replaced General Bipin Rawat on 31
December 2019, who retired on the same day.
- Narwane's term will be till April 2022
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Who is the first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS)
of India?
a. General Bipin Rawat
b. General Mukund Narwane
c. General Asif Khan
d. General BS Tyagi
Answer: a. General Bipin Rawat
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What is the maximum age limit for the post of
Chief of Defence Staff ?
a. 62 years
b. 65 years
c. 70 years
d. 75 years
Answer: b. 65 years
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According to the Ministry of Defence, this
amendment has been done in December 2019
under the rules of Army, Navy and Airforce.
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Which armed force has banned the use of
social media site and Facebook App by its
employees?
a. ITBP
b. Navy and Army
c. CISF
d. B S F
Answer: b. Navy and Army
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Which fighter plane of the Indian Air Force
flew its last flight to Jodhpur on 27 December
2019 before retirement?
a. MiG-21
b. Mirage-2000
c. MiG-29
d. MiG-27
Answer: d. MiG-27
- MiG-27 fighter jet is known as the hero of
Kargil war.
- It took its last flight from Jodhpur on 27
December.
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The second 2 + 2 talks between India and US
were held in which city on 18 December
2019?
a. New Delhi
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b. Washington
c. New york
d. Mumbai
Answer: b. Washington
In this meeting, Foreign Minister S.K. Jaishankar
and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and US
Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and US
Secretary of Defence Mark Esper participated.
In the meantime, the two countries signed the
Industrial Security Agreement for the transfer of
defence technology.
In addition, an agreement was signed for
cooperation in the field of space and defence.
2 + 2 dialog (2 + 2 dialog)
- It is based on the 2 + 2 dialogue between India
and Japan, in which the foreign ministers and
secretaries of both the countries and the defence
ministers and secretaries take part.
- This dialogue will replace the Indo-US Strategic
and Business Dialogue.
- The objective of this dialogue is to promote
strategic cooperation between the two countries
and to maintain security and peace in the Indo-
Pacific region.
- Strategic, defence and defence relations are
the focal points of discussion in this dialogue.
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The International Exhibition on Naval
Weapons NAVARMS-19 was held in which
city on 12–13 December 2019?
a. Bhopal
b. Bangalore
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c. Delhi
d. Lucknow
Answer: c. Delhi
- It was organized by the Indian Navy in
association with the Indian Industry Association
(CII).
- This event has been going on since the year
2007.
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For the first time, India decided to open
which missile test range to another country
for testing?
a. Chandipur Integrated Test Range, Odisha
b. Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Andhra
Pradesh
c. Vikram Sarabhai Space Station, Kerala
d. None of these
Answer a. Chandipur Integrated Test Range,
Odisha
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India has signed a Letter of Intent for the
missile test of which country in the
Chandipur Integrated Test Range?
a. North Korea
b. Sri Lanka
c. Singapore
d. France
Answer c. Singapore
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- Letter of Intent was signed between the two
during the visit of Defence Minister Rajnath
Singh to Singapore.
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Which central paramilitary force has been
proposed by the Ministry of Home Affairs to
merge with ITBP?
a. B S F
b. CISF
c. CRPF
d. Assam Rifles
Answer d. Assam Rifles
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh recently
visited the Kranji War Memorial of which
country?
a. Malaysia b. Bhutan
c. Indonesia d. Singapore
Answer d. Singapore
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Name the first woman Judge Advocate
General (JAG) of the Indian Army sent on a
foreign mission?
a. Lieutenant Colonel Kamala Sharma
b. Lt Col Shanti Verma
c. Lieutenant Colonel Jyoti Sharma
d. None of these
Answer c. Lieutenant Colonel Jyoti Sharma
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- She will serve the government of the East
African country of Seychelles as a legal expert
and give her opinion about the Defence and
Military Act.
- Earlier, in September 2019, Wing Commander
Anjali Singh was appointed as the first female
military diplomat at the Indian Embassy in
Russia.
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The central government has banned the rebel
group "Hynniewtrep National Liberation
Council" (HNLC), which state is the
organization active in?
a. Mizoram
b. Tamil Nadu
c. Nagaland
d. Meghalaya
Answer d. Meghalaya
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The central government has extended the
ban on the National Democratic Front of
Bodoland (NDFB) for five years, in which
state is it active?
a. Mizoram
b. Tamil Nadu
c. Assam
d. Meghalaya
Answer c. Assam
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A t which place did the Indian Army first test
the anti-tank missile 'Spike' missile in
November 2019?
a. Pokhran of Rajasthan
b. Mhow in Madhya Pradesh
c. Balasore of Orissa
d. None of these
Answer b. Mhow in Madhya Pradesh
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The Central Government has announced to
open the world's highest war zone for
tourists, name it?
a. Kargil
b. Siachen
c. Kanchenjunga
d. None of these
Answer: b. Siachen
- The area from Siachen Base Camp (located at
an altitude of 12,300 feet) to Kumar Post
(situated at an altitude of 15,600 feet) will now
be open for tourists.
- This will boost tourism in Ladakh.
- Siachen Glacier is located in the eastern
Karakoram range of the Himalayas.
- The length of this glacier is 76 kilometers, it is
the longest glacier in the Karakoram range.
- Its height is between 3,620 meters to 5,753
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meters.
- India controlled Siachen Glacier in 1984 by
Operation Meghdoot.
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France handed over the first Rafale fighter jet
to India, what is its tail number?
a. RB 001
b. Modi 001
c. India 001
d. PR 001
Answer: a. RB 001
- First Rafale's tail number is RB001. The
number is dedicated to Air Force Chief RKS
Bhadauria who played a key role in the Rafale
Deal.
- On 8 October 2019, Defence Minister Rajnath
Singh reached Marinac Airbase in Bordeaux,
France and received the first Rafale fighter jet
from France.
- It is a trainer aircraft.
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Who became the first female flight
commander of India?
a. Ishtar Jahan
b. Shalija Dhami
c. Avni Chaturvedi
d. None of these
Answer: b. Shalija Dhami
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- She took over as flight commander of Chetak
helicopter unit at Hindon Airbase of Ghaziabad.
- The post of flight commander is the second
major post in the flight commander unit, meaning
that Dhami is the second major officer in the unit
after the commanding officer.
- The first fighter pilot is Avani Chaturvedi.
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Which company has manufactured Apache
helicopters inducted into Indian Air Force on
3 September 2019?
a. Boeing b. Airbus
c. Dassault d. None of these
Answer: a. Boeing
- Indian Airforce included eight Apache
helicopters built by American aerospace
company Boeing.
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Who has been appointed the new chairman
of the Chiefs of Staff Committee (Army-Navy-
Airforce)?
a. Air Marshal BS Dhanao
b. General Bipin Rawat
c. Rajnath Singh
d. Admiral Karmaveer Singh
Answer: b. General Bipin Rawat
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Who is the Chief of Air Force?
a. Air Marshal HS Arora
b. Air Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadoria
c. Air Marshal Anil Khosla
d. Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa
Answer: b. Air Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh
Bhadoria
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Who is the Deputy Chief of Air Force?
a. Air Marshal HS Arora
b. Air Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadoria
c. Air Marshal Anil Khosla
d. Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa
Answer: a. Air Marshal HS Arora
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Who has become the first female military
diplomat?
a. Wing Commander Anjali Singh
b. Wing Commander Ananya Sen
c. Wing Commander Sunanda Arya
d. Wing Commander Aarti Prajapati
Answer: a. Wing Commander Anjali Singh
- Wing Commander Anjali Singh has become the
first woman military diplomat of India to be
deployed for any Indian mission abroad.
- Russian Embassy tweeted that Anjali has taken
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over as 'Deputy Air Attache' at the Indian
Embassy.
- She took office on 10 September.
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India successfully test-fired its indigenously
built air-to-air 'Astra' missile with which
fighter plane on 17 September?
a. Sukhoi 30 MKI b. Mig 21
c. Tejas d. None of these
Answer: a. Sukhoi 30 MKI
The state-of-the-art missile has a strike range of
more than 70 km which can fly towards the
target at a speed of 5,555 km per hour.
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Submarine INS Khanderi was inducted into
the Navy on 28 September, under which
project was it prepared?
a. Project 75
b. Project Scorpene
c. Project 85
d. Project submarine
Answer: a. Project 75
- Under Project 75, India is building the next
generation indigenous submarine.
- India's second Scorpene class Submarine INS
Khanderi joined the Navy on 28 September
2019.
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- INS Khanderi was inducted into the Navy in the
presence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and
Naval Chief Admiral Karambir Singh.
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Submarine INS Khanderi has the ability to
dive to a depth of how many meters in the
sea?
a. 300 meters b. 450 m
c. 350 m d. 650 m
Answer: c. 350 m
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Which country has supplied the bomb SPICE-
2000 to the Indian Air Force (IAF)?
a. United States of america
b. Israel
c. Russia
d. China
Answer: b. Israel
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Rajnath Singh became the first Defence
Minister to fly in which home-built aircraft?
a. Jaguar
b. Mirage
c. Sukhoi
d. Tejas
Answer: d. Tejas
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- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh rode Tejas, a
light fighter aircraft made in the country in
Bengaluru and with this he became the first
Defence Minister of the country to do so.
- The aircraft, designed by Hindustan
Aeronautical Limited (HAL), was first conceived
in 1983.
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Ministry of Defence has signed an agreement
with which country to purchase R-27 missiles
in July 2019?
a. Israel
b. Usa
c. Russia
d. France
Answer: c. Russia
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The AH-64E Apache helicopter inducted into
the Indian Air Force is built by which
country?
a. France
b. USA
c. Britain
d. Germany
Answer: b. USA
- AH-64E Apache Attack Helicopter
manufactured by American Company Boeing is
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considered to be the most modern and deadly
helicopter in the world.
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In May 2019, Indian Navy warships INS
Kolkata and INS Shakti participated in which
joint military exercise in the South China
Sea?
a. Group Sail
b. War games
c. Black Hawk
d. Push Above
Answer: a. Group Sail
Japan, Philippines and USA also participated in
this war exercise.
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In which place did the three Indian armies
practice 'Bull Strike' exercise in May 2019?
a. Teresa Island
b. North Sentinel Island
c. Carlo Island
d. Sound island
Answer: a. Teresa Island
- This island is located in the Andaman and
Nicobar Islands.
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What is the status given by the Ministry of
Defence to the Ex. Military Nursing Staff?
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a. Soldier
b. Nursing staff
c. Ex-servicemen
d. None of these
Answer: c. Ex-servicemen
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The Simbex-2019 (SIMBEX-19) naval war
exercise took place between India and which
country from 16 May to 22 May 2019?
a. Singapore
b. Nepal
c. China
d. Russia
Answer: a. Singapore
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Who has been appointed the first head of the
Armed Forces Special Operations Division?
a. Major General A.K. Dhingra
b. Major General R.K. Solitaire
c. Major General P.K. Awasthi
d. Major General Sundar Bharoch
Answer: a. Major General A.K. Dhingra
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Which aircraft has been certified by the
Indian Airforce to operate with buoy-jet fuel?
a. AN 32 b. Dryness
c. Mig 21 d. None of these
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Answer: a. AN 32
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The first Rafale fighter plane will join which
squadron of the Air Force?
a. Golden Arrow 10 Squadron
b. Agra 18 Squadron
c. Golden Arrow 17 Squadron
d. None of these
Answer: c. Golden Arrow 17 Squadron
- This squadron was commanded by Air Chief
Marshal BS Dhanoa during the Kargil War in
1999.
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Which aircraft has been deployed by the
Indian Navy for anti-piracy operations in the
Gulf of Aden near Oman?
a. P-8 India (P-8I)
b. AN - 32
c. C-130J
d. None of these
Answer: a. P-8 India (P-8I)
- India has been taking anti-piracy operations in
the Gulf of Aden since 2008.
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With which country has India signed a deal
worth Rs 300 crore for the purchase of SPICE
Bomb?
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a. USA
b. UK
c. Uae
d. Israel
Answer: d. Israel
- The Indian Air Force has signed a deal worth
Rs 300 crore to purchase more than 100 Spice
Bombs from Israel.
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Which Air Force ship went missing on June 3
from Mechuka airbase near China border in
Arunachal Pradesh?
a. Sukhoi SU-30
b. C-130J
c. C-130 Hercules
d. AN-32
Answer: d. AN-32
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Which agency has announced the creation of
an agency to deal with space war?
a. DSRO
b. Apro
c. SWMO
d. OSWP
Answer: a. DSRO - Defence Space Research
Agency (DSRO)
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Which two countries' armies organized
Operation Sunrise 2?
a. India and China
b. India and Nepal
c. China and Pakistan
d. India and Myanmar
Answer: d. India and Myanmar
Under this operation, active terrorist groups were
targeted in Manipur, Nagaland and Assam.
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What was the codename of India's Airstrike
(26 February 2019) in Balakot, Pakistan?
a. Operation Monkey
b. Operation Panic
c. Operation Fox
d. Operation tiger
Answer: a. Operation monkey
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Which artillery Gun was recently added to the
Indian Army?
a. Dhanush Howitzer
b. T90
c. Howitzer
d. None of these
Answer: a. Dhanush Howitzer
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- It is developed by the Ordnance Factory Board
(OFB), Kolkata based on the requirements of the
Indian Army and manufactured by the Gun
Carriage Factory (GCF), Jabalpur.
That's why it is also called 'Desi Bofors'.
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Project-75 India is related to which Indian
armed force?
a. Navy
b. Air Force
c. Army
d. CRPF
Answer: a. Navy
- To control the increasing dominance of China
in the Indian Ocean region, the Indian Navy has
launched Project 75 India. - Under this project
the Navy wants to build six conventional diesel-
electric submarines.
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Under which ministry has the Central
Government established the Indo-Pacific
wing?
a. Ministry of Finance
b. home Ministry
c. Ministry of Defense
d. foreign Ministry
Answer: d. Foreign Ministry
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- It aims to carry forward the Indo-Pacific policy
presented by Prime Minister Modi at the Shangri-
La Dialogue in 2018.
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Which country went to participate in the
International Fleet Review held at the 70th
anniversary celebrations of naval warship
INS Kolkata and Shakti PLA?
a. China
b. America
c. Russia
d. Spain
Answer: a. China
- Both these warships arrived in Qingdao, China
on 21 April 2019.
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Military Exercises
The fifth round of maritime talks between
India and Japan was held in which city on 26
December 2019?
a. New Delhi
b. Tokyo
c. Mumbai
d. Chennai
Answer: b. Tokyo
- During this dialogue both countries agreed to
further strengthen maritime cooperation.
- The first round of the India-Japan Maritime
Dialogue was held in 2013 in New Delhi.
- For India and Japan, the importance of
maritime security is immense, economically both
countries depend on maritime trade. Therefore, it
is necessary to work together for the protection
of maritime trade.
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The annual 'Surya Kiran' military exercise
which was concluded on December 16, 2019
was held between which two countries ?
a. India - Bangladesh
b. India - Sri Lanka
c. India - Nepal
d. India - China
Answer: c. India - Nepal
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The 'Indra practice' organized between
which two countries on 10 to 19 December
2019?
a. India and China
b. India and USA
c. India and France
d. India and Russia
Answer: d. India and Russia
- This is a tri-service exercise. Meaning that
three armies took part.
- The opening ceremony of this exercise was
held in Babina, Uttar Pradesh.
- The main event was held in Goa and Pune.
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A 'sea power' (Samudra Shakti) naval
exercise was organized between India and
the navies of which country?
a. Nepal b. China
c. Japan d. Indonesia
Answer d. Indonesia
- On November 12, 2018, the first bilateral naval
exercise 'Samudra Shakti' was conducted
between India and Indonesia.
- This exercise was conducted in the Bay of
Bengal.
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Which first female officer has been selected
by Navy to be deployed abroad as 'Naval
Attche'?
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a. Karbi Gogoi b. Lalitha Mathur
c. Anjali Mohan d. Nandini Awasthi
Answer a. Karbi Gogoi
- She is Lieutenant Commander in the Navy.
- The Navy has selected Karbi Gogoi as
Assistant Naval Attache at the Indian Embassy
in Moscow.
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In which state was the 'Tiger Triumph' tri-
service military exercise organized between
the US and India (13 to 21 November)?
a. Gujarat b. Andra Pradesh
c. Rajasthan d. Mizoram
Answer b. Andra Pradesh
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The maritime exercise "Zair-Al-Bahr" (roar of
the sea) took place between which
countries?
a. India and Qatar
b. India and Bangladesh
c. India and Saudi Arabia
d. India and Yemen
Answer a. India and Qatar
- The event took place from 17 to 21 November
2019.
- This was the first joint bilateral maritime
exercise between India and Qatar.
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Kajind is a military exercise between which
countries?
a. India and Israel
b. India and Sri Lanka
c. India and Nepal
d. India and Kazakhstan
Answer: d. India and Kazakhstan
- This exercise was held from 02 October to 15
October 2019 in Pithoragarh.
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Which joint military exercise took place
between India and France from 31 October to
13 November 2019?
a. Defence-2019
b. Practice power-2019
c. Might
d. Vaibhav-2019
Answer: b. 'Practice power-2019'
- This military exercise took place in Rajasthan.
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Which Indian armed force has decided to
organize a practice called 'Sindhu
Sudarshan' from 29 November to 4 December
2019?
a. Army
b. Air Force
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c. Navy
d. B S F
Answer: a.Army
- This exercise was held in the desert of
Rajasthan from 29 November to 4 December
2019.
- 40,000 jawans participated in it.
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The military exercise 'Ekuverin' was held in
Pune, Maharashtra between which countries?
a. India - Maldives
b. India - Nepal
c. India - China
d. India – Russia
Answer: a. India – Maldives
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The 'Dharma Guardian' practice took place
between India and which country from 19
October to 2 November 2019?
a. China
b. Japan
c. America
d. France
Answer: b. Japan
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Vajra Prahar 2019 military exercise was
organized between India and which country?
a. Japan
b. China
c. USA
d. France
Answer: c. USA
- The exercise started in Seattle, US on 13
October and lasted till 28 October, 2019.
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'Shinyu Maitri' aerial warfare exercise took
place between India and which country from
17 to 23 October 2019?
a. China
b. Japan
c. Myanmar
d. Bhutan
Answer: b. Japan
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'Eastern Bridge-V' war exercise was
organized by India along with which
country's air force?
a. Saudi Arabia
b. Oman
c. Egypt
d. Azerbaijan
Answer: b. Oman
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- This exercise started on 17 October, it will
conclude on 26 October.
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Which Indian armed force conducted the
Changthang Prahar war exercise in Ladakh?
a. Army
b. Air Force
c. Navy
d. B S f
Answer: a. Army
- During this time the army practiced to improve
its war fighting ability.
Infantry, mechanized forces, T-72 tanks, artillery
guns and UAVs were used in this exercise.
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In which state was the 'Himvijay' war exercise
organized in October 2019?
a. Uttar Pradesh b. Tripura
c. Mizoram d. Arunachal Pradesh
Answer: d. Arunachal Pradesh
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In which country is the multinational practice
called Tsentr 2019 organized?
a. China
b. Japan
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c. Australia
d. Russia
Answer: d. Russia (Orenburg)
- The exercise was held between 9 September to
23 September.
- The forces of China, Kazakhstan, India,
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan
participated in this exercise.
SLINEX 2019 exercise is conducted between
which two countries?
a. India and Pakistan
b. India and China
c. India and Sri Lanka
d. India and USA
Answer: c. India and Sri Lanka
- SLINEX (Sri Lanka India Naval Exercise) 2019
- Held between 7 September and 14 September.
- There is a seventh version of SLINEX in 2019.
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The war exercise 2019 between India and US
was organized in which city from 5
September to 18 September?
a. Delhi b. Washington
c. New York d. Mumbai
Answer: b. Washington
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- The event is being held at the joint base Lewis-
McChord in the US capital Washington.
- This is the 15th edition of 'War Practice'.
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The war exercise 2019 between India and US
was organized in which city from 5
September to 18 September?
a. Delhi
b. Washington
c. New York
d. Mumbai
Answer: b. Washington
- The event is being held at the joint base Lewis-
McChord in the US capital Washington.
- This is the 15th edition of 'War Practice'
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Which company has manufactured Apache
helicopters inducted into Indian Air Force on
3 September 2019?
a. Boeing b. Airbus
c. Dassault d. None of these
Answer: a. Boeing
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Ministry of Defence has signed an agreement
with which country to purchase R-27 missiles
in July 2019?
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a. Israel
b. USA
c. Russia
d. France
Answer: c. Russia
- India has signed a Rs 1,500 crore deal with
Russia for the purchase of air-to-air R-27
missiles.
- These missiles will be deployed in the fighter
aircraft Sukhoi-30 MKI.
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Which Indian Navy warship participated in
the Russian Navy Parade Day on 28 July?
a. INS Tarkash
b. INS Vikrant
c. INS Vikramaditya
d. INS Talwar
Answer: c. INS Tarkash\
- The Indian delegation was headed by Vice
Admiral Ajit Kumar, Flag Officer Commanding-in-
Chief, Western Naval Command and INS
Tarkash.
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'Al Nagah 2019' joint military exercise was
organized between India and which other
country?
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a. Russia
b. Oman
c. Sri Lanka
d. Japan
Answer: b. Oman
- Its third edition was held in Mount Jabal Al
Akhdar (Oman) from 12 to 25 March 2019.
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'Sampriti war exercise' took place between
India and which country in March 2019?
a. Bangladesh
b. Sri Lanka
c. Afghanistan
d. Usa
Answer: a. Bangladesh
- It was organized in Tangail, Bangladesh.
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The 12th joint military exercise 'Bold
Kurukshetra-2019' between India and which
country concluded on 11 April?
a. Nepal
b. China
c. Singapore
d. Russia
Answer: c. Singapore
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“Mitra Shakti-VI” exercise was held between
which two countries?
a. India and Sri Lanka
b. India and Pakistan
c. India and America
d. India and China
Answer: a. India and Sri Lanka
A war exercise called Mitra Shakti was organized
between India and Sri Lanka from 26 March to 8
April. It began on 26 March in Diyatalawa, Sri
Lanka.
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What was the name of the Naval exercises
organized between India and Vietnam from 13
to 16 April 2019 ?
a. IN-VPN BILAT EX b. Peace war EX
c. Indo Vietnam EX d. None of these
Answer: a. IN-VPN BILAT EX
- This exercise took place in Cam Ranh Bay,
Vietnam.
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Events Which country has been chosen as the Focus
Country at the 44th Calcutta Book Fair?
a. Russia b. China
c. France d. USA
Answer: a. Russia
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The first Global Refuge Forum was held in
which city on 17–18 December 2019?
a. New York
b. Paris
c. New Delhi
d. Geneva
Answer: d. Geneva
- It was organized by the United Nations Human
Rights Agency and the Government of
Switzerland.
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National Tribal Dance Festival was organized
in which city of Chhattisgarh on December
27-29, 2019?
a. Bilaspur b. Raipur
c. Durg d. Bhilai
Answer: b. Raipur
- Around 1400 artists participated in this dance
festival.
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- Artists from Sri Lanka, Belarus, Uganda and
Bangladesh took part in it.
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Where was the first meeting of National
Ganga Council held on 14 December 2019?
a. New Delhi
b. Patna
c. Lucknow
d. Kanpur
Answer: d. Kanpur (Chandrashekhar Azad
Agricultural University)
- The President of the National Ganga Council is
the Prime Minister.
There were many ministers including UP CM
Yogi Adityanath, Uttarakhand CM Trivendra
Singh Rawat, Union Environment Minister
Prakash Javadekar.
- It also entrusted the council with overall
responsibility for pollution prevention and
rejuvenation of the Ganges river basin, including
the Ganges and its tributaries.
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Japan's PM Shinzo Abe postponed tour to
India due to protests in Assam, where was
the summit meeting between the two
countries to be held on December 15 to 17?
a. New Delhi
b. Guwahati
c. Dispur
d. Mumbai
Answer: b. Guwahati
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There was a massive protest in Assam over the
new citizenship law.
Due to this, the summit meeting between Prime
Minister Narendra Modi and Japan's PM Shinzo
Abe was postponed.
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Which country's President has been made
the Chief Guest of Republic Day 2020?
a. Russia b. Ukraine
c. Switzerland d. Brazil
Answer d. Brazil
- President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, will be the
chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations of
India next year.
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The famous Harihar area of Bihar, Sonepur
Mela, is mainly which of the following?
a. Cattle fair
b. Bird fair
c. Chhath Mela
d. None of these
Answer a. Cattle fair
- Sonepur fair is held every year on Kartik
Purnima (November-December) in Sonepur,
Bihar.
- The fair is also known as 'Harihar Kshetra
Mela'.
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Who inaugurated the Integrated Check Post
in the Indian Part of Kartarpur Corridor on 9th
November?
a. Narendra Modi
b. Amit Shah
c. Rajnath Singh
d. Manmohan singh
Answer a. Narendra Modi
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When is the 550th birth anniversary of Guru
Nanak Dev being celebrated?
a. 12 November
b. 13 November
c. 14 November
d. Nov 15
Answer a. 12 November 2019
- Guru Nanak was the founder and first Guru of
the Sikh community.
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What is the theme of 11th BRICS Summit
2019?
a. BRICS Integration
b. Unity for economic growth
c. Be one for the future
d. Economic Growth for Innovative Future
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Answer d. Economic Growth for Innovative
Future
- Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi attended
the 11th BRICS Summit on 13 November 2019
in Brazil.
BRICS - Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South
Africa
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In which country will the 12th BRICS Summit
2020 be held?
a. China
b. Russia
c. South Africa
d. India
Answer b. Russia
- It will be held in July 2020.
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Where was the fifth International Yoga
Conference (15 November 2019) held?
a. Mysore
b. Patna
c. Mumbai
d. Chennai
Answer a. Mysore
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When was the World Heritage Week
organized by UNESCO?
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a. 14 to 20 November
b. 20 to 24 November
c. 19 to 25 November
d. 30 November to 6 December
Answer c. 19 to 25 November
- There are 38 World Heritage Sites in the
country. Out of these, 30 are cultural sites
(cultural sites) and seven are natural sites
(natural sites). In addition there is a mixed site.
World Heritage sites in India - Cultural Site
(30)
Place and Announced Year
- Agra Fort (1983)
- Ajanta Caves (1983)
- Nalanda, Archaeological Site of Nalanda
Mahavihara, Bihar (2016)
- Buddhist Monument at Sanchi (1989)
- Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park
(2004)
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria
Terminus) (2004)
- Churches and Convents of Goa (1986)
- Elephanta Caves (1987)
- Ellora Caves (1983)
- Fatehpur Sikri (1986)
- Great Living Chola Temple (1987,2004)
- Group of monuments at Hampi (1986)
- Group of monuments at Mahabalipuram (1984)
- Group of Monuments at Pattadakal (1987)
- Hill Forts of Rajasthan (2013)
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- Historical City of Ahmedabad (2017)
- Humayun's Tomb, Delhi (1993)
- Jaipur City, Rajasthan (2019)
- Khajuraho Group of Monuments (1986)
- Mahabodhi Temple Complex in Bodh Gaya
(2002)
- Mountain Railways of India (1999,2005,2008)
- Qutub Minar and its monuments, Delhi (1993)
- Rani-ki-Vav (Stepwell of the Queen) in Patan,
Gujarat (2014)
- Red Fort Complex (2007)
- Bhimbetka's Rock Shelter (2003)
- Sun Temple, Konark (1984)
- Taj Mahal (1983)
- Archaeological Work of La Corbusier, an
outstanding contribution to the modern
movement (2016)
- Jantar Mantar, Jaipur (2010)
- Mumbai's Victorian Gothic and Art Deco
Ensemble (2018)
Natural Sites (7)
- Great Himalayan National Park Conservation
Area (2014)
- Kaziranga National Park (1985)
- Keoladeo National Park (1985)
- Manas Wildlife Sanctuary (1985)
- Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National
Park (1988,2005)
- Sunderban National Park (1987)
- Western Ghats (2012)
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Mixed Site (1)
- Khangchendzonga National Park
(Kanchenjunga National Park - Sikkim) (2016)
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Where was the National Tribal Festival 'Adi
Mahotsav 2019' held (16 November to 30
November)?
a. Delhi b. Lucknow
c. Ranchi d. Bastar
Answer: a. Delhi
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Which country is the partner country in the
39th Indian International Trade Fair?
a. China
b. Japan
c. Afghanistan
d. South Korea
Answer: c. Afghanistan
- Indian International Trade Fair started on 14
November at Pragati Maidan in Delhi.
- The theme of this trade fair is based on "Ease
of Doing Business".
- Afghanistan is the partner country in this fair,
while South Korea is the focus country.
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In which state was the first agricultural
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international buyer-seller conference
organized?
a. Arunachal Pradesh
b. Rajasthan
c. Andhra Pradesh
d. Odisha
Answer a. Arunachal Pradesh
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'Arun Bhoomi' is the first Hindi newspaper of
which state?
a. Kerala
b. Tamil Nadu
c. Telangana
d. Arunachal Pradesh
Answer d. Arunachal Pradesh
- In November, Arunachal Pradesh Chief
Minister Pema Khandu launched the first Hindi
newspaper of the state, 'Arun Bhoomi'.
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Governor's conference was held at
Rashtrapati Bhavan on 23-24 November 2019,
it was the .........
a. 20th
b. 40th
c. 50th
d. 80th
Answer c. 50th
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In which city is the 8th International Tourism
Mart being organized?
a. Dispur
b. Imphal
c. New Delhi
d. None of these
Answer b. Imphal (Manipur)
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Who led the Indian Parliamentary Party at the
6th G20 Parliament Speaker's Summit?
a. Rajnath Singh b. Narendra Modi
c. Piyush Goyal d. Om Birla
Answer: d. Om Birla
- The event was organized by Inter Parliament
Union in Tokyo, Japan on 4 November 2019.
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In which city was the Future Investment
Initiative 2019 (FII) conference held, in which
PM Narendra Modi took part?
a. New Delhi b. Riyadh
c. Abu Dhabi d. Dubai
Answer: b. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
- Riyadh is the capital of Saudi Arabia.
- This event is happening from 29 to 31 October
2019.
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Who represented the Indian delegation at the
18th Head of Nations Summit of the Non-
Aligned Movement?
a. Narendra Modi
b. Ramnath Kovind
c. M. Venkaiah Naidu
d. Rajnath Singh
Answer: c. M. Venkaiah Naidu
- The 18th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement
was held in Baku, Azerbaijan on 25–26 October
2019.
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In which country will the 91st Interpol
General Assembly be organized in 2022?
a. England
b. France
c. China
d. India
Answer: d. India
- Earlier in India, Interpol General Assembly was
organized in 1997.
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Which historical city of India held the second
informal meeting between Prime Minister
Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping?
a. Mahabalipuram
b. Wuhan
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c. Chennai
d. Ratlam
Answer: a. Mahabalipuram
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In which city was the Internet of Things (IoT)
India Congress 2019 organized?
a. Coimbatore
b. Varanasi
c. Pune
d. Bangalore
Answer: d. Bangalore
- This was the fourth edition.
- Its theme was "Mainstreaming the Internet of
Things".
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Howdy Modi was organized in which US city?
a. New york
b. Houston
c. Washington
d. Texas
Answer: b. Houston\
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In which city was the 52nd ASEAN Foreign
Ministers' Meeting held?
a. New Delhi
b. Bangkok
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c. Mumbai
d. Chennai
Answer: b. Bangkok
- Bangkok, the capital of Thailand.
- The 52nd ASEAN Foreign Minister's Meeting
was held from 29 July to 3 August.
- Foreign Minister S Jaishankar represented
India.
ASEAN
- Inter-governmental organization of 10
Southeast Asian countries
- Member Countries: Indonesia, Malaysia,
Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei,
Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam
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Where was the fifth International Dharma-
Dhamma Conference held on 27-28 July
2019?
a. Rajgir
b. Patna
c. Gaya
d. Varanasi
Answer: a. Rajgir (Bihar)
- The conference was inaugurated by Union
Minister Kiren Rijiju.
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Cleanliness Festival 2019 ( Swachchta
Mahotsava) was organized on 6 September
2019 in which city?
a. New Delhi
b. Mumbai
c. Patna
d. Chennai
Answer: a. New Delhi
- Cleanliness Festival 2019( Swachchta
Mahotsava) was organized at Vigyan Bhawan,
New Delhi.
- The event was organized by the Union Ministry
of Water Power.
On this occasion, President Ram Nath Kovind
presented the Swachh Bharat Awards.
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In which city did the Garuda-VI practice
between India and France begin?
a. Delhi
b. Chandigarh
c. Mont- de -Marsan
d. None of these
Answer: c. Mont- de - Marsan, France
- This exercise took place between 1 to 12 July,
2019.
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Where will the prestigious IIFA Awards 2019
of India be held?
a. Bhutan b. Sri Lanka
c. China d. Nepal
Answer: d. Nepal
- This is the twentieth International Indian Film
Academy Award (IIFA).
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Athi Varadar is a celebration of which state?
a. Tamil Nadu
b. Orissa
c. Bihar
d. None of these
Answer: a. Tamil Nadu
- The festival started in Kanchipuram, Tamil
Nadu.
In this festival, the deity is taken out once in 40
years, the last time the deity was taken out of the
temple on July 2, 1979.
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India launched Chandrayaan 2 on 22 July
2019. Name its rover?
a. Vikram
b. Pragyan
c. Chandrayaan
d. Chandra rover
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Answer: b. Pragyan
- Chandrayaan 2 was launched with the help of
rocket GSLV-Mark-III.
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India launched Chandrayaan 2 on 22 July
2019. Name its lander?
a. Vikram
b. Pragyan
c. Chandrayaan
d. Chandra rover
Answer: a. Vikram
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Where was the SAARC Film Festival 2019
held?
a. New Delhi
b. Mumbai
c. Lahore
d. Colombo
Answer: d. Colombo
- Bengali film, Nagarkirtan was awarded Best
Feature Film.
- Best Director Award went to Kaushik Ganguly
for Nagarkirtan.
- Riddhi Sen won the Best Actor Award and
Prabuddh Banerjee won the Best Original Score
award for Nagarkirtan.
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In which city was the 5th International Police
Expo 2019 organized on 19-20 July?
a. Mumbai
b. Lucknow
c. New Delhi
d. None of these
Answer: c. New Delhi
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11th DefExpo India - 2020 will be held from 5-
6 February 2020 in which city?
a. Lucknow
b. Patna
c. Kanpur
d. Chennai
Answer: a. Lucknow
- The theme will be "India - Emerging Hub of
Defence Manufacturing".
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According to the instructions of the Supreme
Court, how many cases will be registered in
any district of the country under the POCSO
Act?
a. More than 100
b. More than 200
c. More than 300
d. More than 400
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Answer: a. More than 100
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Which country was made the Guest of
Honour at the Abu Dhabi International Book
Fair (ADIBF) 2019?
a. Pakistan
b. Sri Lanka
c. China
d. India
Answer: d. India
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In which country will the G-20 summit be
organized in 2020?
a. Saudi Arab b. India
c. Pakistan d. USA
Answer: a. Saudi Arab
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In which country will the G-20 summit be
organized in 2022?
a. Saudi Arab
b. India
c. Pakistan
d. USA
Answer: b. India
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India will organize Varun 2019 exercise in
association with which country?
a. Pakistan
b. Bangladesh
c. France
d. None of these
Answer: c. France
A "Varun naval exercise" will be held between
India and France in May.
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When is the birth anniversary of Babasaheb
Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar celebrated?
a. 14 April
b. 6 December
c. 15 April
d. 13 April
Answer: a. 14 April
- He was born on 14 April 1891. While died on 6
December 1956.
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Cyclonic storm Fani (FANI) first reached
which part of India on 3 May?
a. West Bengal
b. Odisha
c. Kerala
d. Maharashtra
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Answer: b. Odisha
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Who represented the Indian delegation in the
ministerial meeting of the 16th Asian
Cooperation Dialogue?
a. General V.K Singh
b. Sushma Swaraj
c. Rajnath Singh
d. Narendra Modi
Answer: a. Minister of State for External
Affairs General V.K. Singh
- Asia Cooperation Dialogue was organized from
30 April to 2 May 2019 in Doha, Qatar.
- Its theme was "Partners in Progress".
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Who is the first woman in the world to cross
the Atlantic Ocean alone in Light Sports
Aircraft (LSA)?
a. Captain Arohi Pandit
b. Captain Radhika Apte
c. Captain Susheela Das
d. None of these
Answer: a. Captain Arohi Pandit
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In which state was Mela Kheer Bhavani
organized?
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a. Karnataka
b. Jammu and Kashmir
c. Punjab
d. Himachal Pradesh
Answer: b. Jammu and Kashmir
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Which country will host the 14th session of
the Conference of Parties (COP-14) of the
UNCCD (United Nations Convention to
Combat Desertification)?
a. Pakistan
b. China
c. Afghanistan
d. India
Answer: d. India
- will be held at the India Expo Center and Mart,
New Delhi from September 2 to 13, 2019.
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Important Days
When is the Foundation Day of South Asian
Association for Regional Cooperation
(SAARC) celebrated?
a. 8 December
b. 9 December
c. 10 December
d. 11 December
Answer: a. 8 December
- The Declaration of the SAARC Group was
signed on 8 December 1985. Therefore this day
is celebrated.
- The last SAARC Summit was held in
Kathmandu in 2014.
- The 2016 summit was to be held in Islamabad,
Pakistan, but India refused to participate in it
after the Uri terror attack. The conference was
cancelled after Bangladesh, Bhutan and
Afghanistan also declined.
- Headquarters: Kathmandu, Nepal
SAARC Members - India, Pakistan, Bangladesh,
Sri Lanka, Nepal, Maldives, Bhutan and
Afghanistan
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Which state was ranked first in the Union
Territories category in the Good Governance
Index (Good Governance Index) 2019
released by the Central Government?
a. Jammu and Kashmir
b. Puducherry
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c. Delhi
d. Chandigarh
Answer: b. Puducherry
It is followed by Chandigarh, Delhi, Daman and
Diu, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Dadar and
Nagar Haveli and Lakshadweep.
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When is National Good Governance Day
celebrated?
a. 24 December
b. 25 December
c. 26 December
d. 27 December
Answer: b. 25 December
- Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee
was born on 25 December 1924.
- His birthday is celebrated as Good Governance
Day.
- This day was first celebrated in 2014.
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In which city did Prime Minister Modi unveil
the 25-feet-high statue of former Prime
Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his 95th
birth anniversary (25 December 2019) ?
a. New Delhi
b. Mumbai
c. Noida
d. Lucknow
Answer: d. Lucknow
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- This statue has been installed in the Lok
Bhavan (Secretariat) of Lucknow.
- The weight of the statue is 5 tons. It was
brought from Rajasthan to Lucknow.
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When is National Consumer Day celebrated?
a. 22 December
b. 23 December
c. 24 December
d. 25 December
Answer: c. 24 December
- On December 24, 1986, the Consumer
Protection Act, 1986 was approved by the
President.
Therefore, this day is celebrated as National
Consumer Day.
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When is National Mathematics Day
celebrated?
a. 22 December
b. 23 December
c. 24 December
d. 25 December
Answer: a. 22 December
- This day was announced by Dr. Manmohan
Singh on 26 February 2012.
- This day is celebrated in memory of the great
mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan.
- Srinivasa Ramanujan was born on December
22, 1887 in Erode, Madras Presidency.
- He died on April 26, 1920.
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When is National Farmers Day celebrated?
a. 22 December
b. 23 December
c. 24 December
d. 25 December
Answer: b. 23 December
- This day is celebrated in memory of former
Prime Minister of India Chaudhary Charan
Singh.
- This day is also celebrated as Charan Singh
Jayanti.
- On 23 December 1902, Chaudhary Charan
Singh was born.
- Chaudhary Charan Singh was the fifth Prime
Minister of India, he was the Prime Minister of
the country from 28 July 1979 to 14 January
1980.
- He died on 29 May 1987 in New Delhi.
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When is International Human Unity Day
celebrated?
a. 20 December
b. 21 December
c. 22 December
d. 23 December
Answer: a. 20 December
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On what day is Minority Rights Day
celebrated?
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a. 12 December
b. 18 December
c. 14 December
d. 10 December
Answer: b. 18 December
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On which day is the Victory Day celebrated to
commemorate the victory of the Indian Army
in the Indo-Pak war of 1971?
a. 16 December
b. 17 December
c. 18 December
d. 19 December
Answer: a. 16 December
In 1971, on this day in front of India, Pakistan
had accepted its defeat.
- On 16 December 1971, 93,000 Pakistani
soldiers surrendered before the Indian Army
Commander Lt Gen Jagjit Singh Arora in Dhaka.
After 12 days of war, Pakistan gave up and East
Pakistan became an independent country.
- Bangladesh was formed after India's victory in
this war.
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On the recommendation of India, which day
has the United Nations General Assembly
(UNGA) declared International Tea Day?
a. 15 December
b. 20 December
c. 22 December
d. 21 May
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Answer: d. 21 May
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When is International Day of Neutrality
celebrated?
a. 12 December
b. 13 December
c. 14 December
d. 15 December
Answer: a. 12 December
- It aims to spread awareness about the value of
neutrality in international relations.
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When is National Energy Conservation Day
celebrated?
a. 12 December
b. 13 December
c. 14 December
d. 15 December
Answer: c. 14 December
- This day is celebrated, under the Ministry of
Vidyut, with the objective of spreading
awareness about the importance of energy
efficiency and conservation.
- This day is being organized by the Bureau of
Energy Efficiency under the Union Ministry of
Energy since 1991.
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When was the 69th death anniversary of
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel celebrated?
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a. 12 December 2019
b. 13 December 2019
c. 14 December 2019
d. 15 December 2019
Answer: d. 15 December 2019
- India's first Home Minister Sardar Patel died on
15 December 1950 in Mumbai.
- He was born on 31 October 1875 in Kheda
district of Gujarat to a peasant family.
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When is International Mountains Day
celebrated?
a. 1 December
b. 5 December
c. 10 December
d. 11 December
Answer: d. 11 December
-The theme this time was- Mountains matter for
Youth.
- The day was established by the United Nations
General Assembly in 2003 by passing a
resolution.
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When is International Universal Health
Coverage Day celebrated?
a. 11 December
b. 08 December
c. 14 December
d. 12 December
Answer: d. 12 December
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- Celebration of this day was started in 2017 by
the United Nations.
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When is the Foundation Day of UNICEF
celebrated?
a. 10 December
b. 13 December
c. 11 December
d. 09 December
Answer: c. 11 December
- UNICEF was established on 11 December
1946 by the United Nations General Assembly.
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On which state's foundation day is the
Hornbill Festival organized?
a. Madhya Pradesh
b. Maharashtra
c. Mizoram
d. Nagaland
Answer: d. Nagaland
Nagaland was given the status of state on 1
December 1963, Nagaland was the 16th state of
India.
- Hornbill Festival is organized in Nagaland from
1 to 10 December.
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When is Indian Navy's submarine day
celebrated?
a. 8 December
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b. 9 December
c. 10 December
d. 11 December
Answer: a. 8 December
- On December 8, 1967, the country's first
submarine INS Kaveri was inducted into the
Indian Navy.
After 29 years of service, this submarine was
lifted from circulation on 31 May 1996.
- INS Kaveri was a submarine purchased from
Russia.
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On which day is International Human Rights
Day celebrated?
a. 8 December
b. 9 December
c. 10 December
d. 11 December
Answer: c. 10 December
- Topic - 'Youth should take steps for human
rights'.
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When is National Legal Services Day
celebrated?
a. 7 November b. 8 November
c. 9 November d. 10 November
Answer c. 9 November
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On which day is National Education Day
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celebrated?
a. 10 November
b. 11 November
c. 12 November
d. 13 November
Answer b. 11 November
- This day is celebrated on the birth anniversary
of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the first Education
Minister of India.
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When is National Cancer Awareness Day
celebrated?
a. 5 November b. 6 November
c. 7 November d. 8 November
Answer c. 7 November
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When is 'World Science Day for Peace and
Development' celebrated for peace and
development?
a. 9 November b. 10 November
c. 11 November d. 12 November
Answer b. 10 November
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When is World Diabetes Day celebrated?
a. 12 November
b. 13 November
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c. 14 November
d. Nov 15
Answer c. 14 November
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In whose memory is Children's Day
celebrated on 14 November?
a. Jawahar Lal Nehru
b. Dr. BR Ambedkar
c. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan
d. A P J Abdul Kalam
Answer a. Jawahar Lal Nehru
- This day is celebrated in memory of “chacha”
Nehru.
- The first Prime Minister of the country, Nehru
was born on 14 November 1889 in Allahabad.
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When is Mass Broadcasting Day celebrated
in India?
a. 11 November
b. 12 November
c. 13 November
d. 14 November
Answer b. 12 November
On this day in 1947, Mahatma Gandhi came to
the studio of All India Radio for the first time and
spoke on the radio.
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- This day was declared as Public Broadcasting
Day in the year 2000.
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When is World Pneumonia Day celebrated?
a. 11 November
b. 12 November
c. 13 November
d. 14 November
Answer b. 12 November
- This day is being celebrated every year since
2009.
- Theme of the year 2019 - Healthy Lungs for all
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When is World Toilet Day celebrated?
a. 19 November
b. 20 November
c. 21 November
d. 22 November
Answer a. 19 November
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Which day has been dedicated by the United
Nations to commemorate people killed in
road accidents?
a. First sunday of november
b. Second sunday of november
c. Third sunday of november
d. Fourth sunday of November
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Answer c. Third Sunday of November (17
November)
- It is celebrated on the third Sunday of
November every year.
On this day, the people and their family
members are remembered.
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International Men’s Day is celebrated on
which day?
a. 19 November
b. 18 November
c. 17 November
d. 16 November
Answer a. 19 November
- This day is mainly celebrated to protect men
from discrimination, exploitation, oppression,
violence and inequality and to give them their
rights.
- The theme of this year's day is "Making a
Difference for Men and Boys."
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When is National Epilepsy Day celebrated?
a. 7 November
b. 17 November
c. 27 November
d. None of these
Answer b. 17 November
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- 120 million people in India suffer from epilepsy.
- Neurocysticerosis is the most common cause
of epilepsy in people aged 15 to 50 years.
- It is often caused by eating infected pork or un-
washed underground vegetables.
- Some causes of epilepsy are also genetic.
National Epilepsy Day is observed every year on
17 November to spread awareness in the society
about epilepsy
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On which day is World Fisheries Day
celebrated?
a. 11 November b. 20 November
c. 21 November d. Nov 15
Answer c. 21 November
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When is World Television Day celebrated?
a. 11 November
b. 20 November
c. 21 November
d. Nov 15
Answer c. 21 November
- It aims to shed light on the role of broadcast
media.
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When was World Antibiotic Awareness Week
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(WAAW) 2019 celebrated?
a. 4 - 10 November
b. 11- 27 November
c. 18 - 24 November
d. None of these
Answer c. 18 - 24 November
- 2019 Theme - "Antibiotics: Handle with Care"
- This objective is to prevent the misuse of
antibiotics.
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When was World Chronic Obstructive
Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Day 2019
celebrated?
a. 17 November b. 18 November
c. 19 November d. 20 November
Answer d. 20 November
- It is celebrated on the third Wednesday of
November every year.
- This time it was on 20 November.
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On which day is the Constitution Day
celebrated every year in India?
a. 22 November
b. 24 November
c. 25 November
d. 26 November
Answer d. 26 November
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- On this day, the efforts of Dr. Bhimrao
Ambedkar, the creator of the Constitution, are
remembered.
- Constitution was adopted on 26 November
1949 on behalf of the Constituent Assembly of
India.
- This day is also the birth anniversary of Dr.
Ambedkar.
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On which day is National Milk Day celebrated
in India?
a. 25 November
b. 26 November
c. 27 November
d. 24 November
Answer b. 26 November
- This day is the birthday of Dr. Varghese Kurien,
called the father of the White Revolution.
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What is the theme of Vigilance Awareness
Week 2019 (28 October to 2 November)?
a. Integrity - a way of life
b. Be vigilant
c. Honesty in life
d. None of these
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Answer: a. Integrity - a way of life
- The Central Vigilance Commission celebrates
the week of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel as
Vigilance Awareness Week every year.
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When is World Polio Day celebrated?
a. 22 October
b. 23 October
c. 24 October
d. 25 October
Answer: c. 24 October
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On which day is United Nations Day
celebrated?
a. 20 October
b. 21 October
c. 24 October
d. 22 October
Answer: c. 24 October
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When is International Snow Leopard Day
celebrated?
a. 21 October b. 22 October
c. 23 October d. 24 October
Answer: c. 23 October
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The purpose of this day is to emphasize the
protection of snow leopards in the Himalayan
region.
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When was National Postal Week celebrated?
a. 9 to 15 October
b. 10 to 16 October
c. 6 to 12 October
d. None of these
Answer: a. 9 to 15 October
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When is World Post Day celebrated?
a. 9 October b. 10 October
c. 11 October d. 12 October
Answer: a. 9 October
- It commemorates the founding of the Universal
Postal Union in Bern, Switzerland in 1874.
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On which day is the World Day Against the
Death Penalty celebrated?
a. 12 October b. 10 October
c. 11 October d. 13 October
Answer: b. 10 October
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When is World Food Day celebrated?
a. 14 October
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b. 15 October
c. 16 October
d. 17 October
Answer: c. 16 October
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International Rural Women's Day is
celebrated on which day?
a. 11 October
b. 12 October
c. 13 October
d. 15 October
Answer: d. 15 October
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When is International Day for Natural
Disaster Reduction celebrated?
a. 10 October
b. 11 October
c. 12 October
d. 13 October
Answer: d. 13 October
The theme of the Day of 2019 is "Reduce
disaster damage to critical infrastructure and
disruption of basic services".
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When is International Poverty Eradication
Day celebrated?
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a. 17 October b. 18 October
c. 19 October d. 21 October
Answer: a. 17 October
- The theme of International Poverty Eradication
Day this year is "Theme: Acting together to
Empower Children, their families and
Communities to End Poverty" (Working unitedly
to empower children, their families and
communities to end poverty).
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When is World Iodine Deficiency Disorders
(IDD) Prevention Day celebrated?
a. 20 October
b. 21 October
c. 22 October
d. 23 October
Answer: b. 21 October
- Every year this day is celebrated on 21
October.
- It aims to spread awareness about the
importance of iodine.
- Iodine is very important for normal thyroid
function and body development.
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Which state government has declared the
year 2020 as the Artificial Intelligence Year?
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a. Telangana
b. Madhya Pradesh
c. Bihar
d. Uttar Pradesh
Answer: a. Telangana
- A national level data science centre will also be
built in Telangana.
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On which day is the World Habitat Day
celebrated?
a. First Monday of August
b. First Monday of January
c. First Monday of October
d. First Monday of November
Answer: c. First Monday of October
This year, World Habitat Day was observed on
7th October.
- This year’s theme - "Frontier Technology as an
innovative tool to convert waste into money"
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When is Mental Health Day celebrated?
a. 8 October
b. 9 October
c. 10 October
d. 11 October
Answer: c. 10 October
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When is the International Day Against
Nuclear Testing celebrated?
a. 9 August
b. 19 August
c. 29 August
d. None of these
Answer: c. 29 August
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When is National Hindi Day celebrated in
India?
a. 14 September
b. 15 September
c. 16 September
d. 17 September
Answer: a. 14 September
On September 14, 1949, the Constituent
Assembly elected the official language of India
under Hindi Article 343.
- Hindi language is written in Devanagari script.
There are a total of 22 scheduled languages in
the constitution.
- In India, Hindi and English are officially used for
official work.
- As per 2011 census, 43.63% of Indians use
Hindi as their mother tongue.
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What day is World Ozone Day celebrated?
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a. 13 September
b. 14 September
c. 15 September
d. 16 September
Answer: d. 16 September
- This year i.e. World Ozone Day 2019 theme is
'32 years and Healing '.
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On which day is Engineers Day celebrated?
a. 10 September
b. 12 September
c. 14 September
d. 15 September
Answer: d. 15 September
- This day is celebrated to commemorate the
birthday of Dr. Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya,
the renowned engineer of India.
- He was born on 15 September 1861 in Mysore.
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When is International Day of Democracy
celebrated?
a. 15 September b. 16 September
c. 17 September d. 18 September
Answer: a. 15 September
- The theme of International Democracy Day
2019 is 'Participation'
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When is International Ozone Conservation
Day celebrated?
a. 15 September
b. 16 September
c. 17 September
d. 18 September
Answer: b. 16 September
- It aims to spread awareness about the
conservation of ozone layer and find solutions
for its conservation.
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On which day is World Alzheimer's Day
celebrated?
a. 24 September
b. 23 September
c. 22 September
d. 21 September
Answer: d. 21 September
- This disease is commonly known as amnesia.
- Earlier this disease was commonly found in the
elderly, but now young people are also falling
victim to it.
- It is named after Doctor Alois Alzheimer.
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On which day is 'World Peace Day'
celebrated?
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a. 21 September b. 22 September
c. 23 September d. 24 September
Answer: a. 21 September
- This year the theme of International Day of
Peace is named - Climate Action for Peace.
On which date does the Indian Army
celebrate Haifa Day every year?
a. 22 September
b. 23 September
c. 24 September
d. 25 September
Answer: b. 23 September
- Haifa Day is celebrated in Israel every year on
23 September and the Indian Army also
celebrates this day as Haifa Day
- Haifa is a major city of Israel. India played a
major role in liberating it from the Turks'
occupation.
- 44 soldiers of India were martyred in this war.
- Soldiers were sent from India to help the British
Army.
- Since Haifa was liberated only on 23
September 1918, this day is celebrated as Haifa
Day.
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When is World Tourism Day celebrated?
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a. 25 November
b. 26 November
c. 27 November
d. 28 November
Answer: c. 27 November
- The theme of World Tourism Day this time is
"Tourism and Jobs: A Better Future for All"
- India got the responsibility of hosting the World
Tourism Day 2019 this year.
- Every year different countries host this day.
When is National Science Day celebrated?
a. 28 February
b. 28 June
c. 28 April
d. 28 May
Answer: a. 28 February
- It is celebrated in memory of Scientist and
Nobel Prize winner C.V. Raman.
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What was the theme of National Science Day
2019?
a. Science for all
b. Impact of science
c. Science for people, people for science
d. None of these
Answer: c. Science for people, people for
science
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When is International Mother Language Day
celebrated?
a. 21 February
b. 26 February
c. 28 February
d. 1 February
Answer: a. 21 February
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When is International Child Cancer Day
celebrated?
a. 25 February
b. 27 February
c. 15 February
d. 1 February
Answer: c. 15 February
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When is World Radio Day celebrated?
a. 12 February
b. 23 February
c. 3 February
d. 13 February
Answer: d. 13 February
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When is the International Day of Women and
Girls in Science celebrated?
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a. 10 February
b. 11 February
c. 1 February
d. 21 February
Answer: b. 11 February
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When is World Cancer Day celebrated?
a. 1 February
b. 2 February
c. 4 February
d. 3 February
Answer: c. 4 February
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When is World Sparrow Day celebrated?
a. 20 March
b. 22 March
c. 21 March
d. 20 November
Answer: a. 20 March
- The theme of World Sparrow Day 2019 is "I
Love Sparrows".
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When is the International Day of Happiness
celebrated?
a. 22 March
b. March 21
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c. 20 March
d. 25 March
Answer: c. 20 March
- In the year 2019, the theme of this day was
"Happier Together".
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When is World Water Day celebrated?
a. 21 March b. 22 March
c. 24 March d. 27 March
Answer: b. 22 March
- The theme of the year 2019 is "Leaving No
One Behind".
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When is International Forest Day celebrated?
a. March 21
b. 21 June
c. 21 May
d. 21 April
Answer: a. March 21
- Theme of 2019 is “ Forest and Education”.
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When is world poetry day celebrated?
a. 22 March b. 21 March
c. 23 March d. 24 March
Answer: b. March 21
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The day was approved by UNESCO in 1999.
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When is World Meteorological Day
celebrated?
a. 23 May
b. 23 April
c. 23 June
d. 23 March
Answer: d. 23 March
- Year 2019 Theme - "Sun, Earth and Weather"
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When is World (TB) Tuberculosis Day
celebrated?
a. 15 March b. 18 March
c. 24 March d. 30 March
Answer: c. 24 March
- India has set a target to make India TB free by
the year 2025.
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When is World Theater Day celebrated?
a. 27 June b. 27 March
c. 27 May d. 27 April
Answer: b. 27 March
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When is Rajasthan Day celebrated?
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a. 30 February
b. 30 June
c. 30 March
d. None of these
Answer: c. 30 March
Rajasthan was established on 30 March 1949.
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What is the theme of International Wildlife
Day 2019 held on 3 March?
a. Water is life
b. Save water
c. Underwater Life: For People and Homes
d. None of these
Answer: c. Underwater Life: For People and
Homes
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When is International Women's Day
celebrated?
a. 8 March
b. 12 March
c. 11 March
d. 10 March
Answer: a. 8 March
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When is Tibet National Rebellion Day
celebrated?
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a. 11 April
b. 10 March
c. 30 March
d. None of these
Answer: b. 10 March
- On March 10, 1959, thousands of Tibetans
protested on the streets of Lhasa against the
illegal occupation of Tibet by China.
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When is World Kidney Day celebrated?
a. On second Thursday of March
b. On second Thursday of July
c. On second Thursday of April
d. None of these
Answer: a. On second Thursday of March
Theme of the Year 2019 - "Kidney Health for
Everyone Everywhere"
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When is World Consumer Rights Day
celebrated?
a. 12 March b. 20 March
c. 30 March d. 15 March
Answer: d. 15 March
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When is National Youth Day celebrated?
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a. 2 January
b. 10 January
c. 11 January
d. 12 January
Answer: d. 12 January
National Youth Day is celebrated every year on
12 January on the occasion of the birthday of
social reformer, thinker Swami Vivekananda.
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On which day is International Braille Day
celebrated?
a. 03 January b. 04 January
c. 05 January d. 06 January
Answer: b. 04 January
In memory of Louis Braille
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When is International Customs Day
celebrated?
a. 12 January
b. 22 January
c. 21 January
d. 26 January
Answer: d. 26 January
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When was the first United Nations Education
Day celebrated?
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a. 24 January 2019
b. 24 January 2018
c. 24 January 2017
d. 24 January 2016
Answer: a. 24 January 2019
The proposal was prepared by 58 countries
including Nigeria for International Education Day.
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In which city was the Pravasi Bharatiya
Sammelan 2019 organized?
a. Varanasi b. Kolam
c. Lucknow d. Prayagraj
Answer: a. Varanasi
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When is Army Day celebrated in India?
a. 11 January
b. 15 January
c. 25 January
d. 5 January
Answer: b. 15 January
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When is National Voters Day celebrated?
a. 20 January
b. 21 January
c. 22 January
d. 25 January
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Answer: d. 25 January
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When is National Girl Child Day celebrated?
a. 14 January
b. 27 January
c. 22 January
d. 24 January
Answer: d. 24 January
National Girl Child Day is celebrated every year
in India on 24 January, with the aim of spreading
awareness about child sex ratio at all levels and
promoting the empowerment of girls.
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When is World Population Day celebrated?
a. 12 July b. 23 July
c. 11 May d. 11 July
Answer: d. 11 July
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When is National Doctor's Day celebrated in
India?
a. 3 July b. 4th of July
c. 1 July d. None of these
Answer: c. 1 July
- This day is celebrated in honor of Dr. Bidhan
Chandra Roy, the physician and the second
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Chief Minister of West Bengal, whose birth and
death coincidentally are of the same day.
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When is World Youth Skills Day celebrated?
a. 12 July b. 11 January
c. 21 July d. 15 July
Answer: d. 15 July
- Theme "Learning to Learn for Life and Work"
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When is the World Day for International
Justice celebrated?
a. 20 July
b. 17 July
c. 12 July
d. 23 July
Answer: b. 17 July
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When is International Shark Awareness Day
celebrated?
a. 11 July
b. 14 July
c. 3 July
d. None of these
Answer: b. 14 July
- Theme "Sharks in Peril: The Need to Work in
the Mediterranean"
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When was Nelson Mandela International Day
2019 celebrated?
a. 13 July b. 23 July
c. 18 July d. 21 July
Answer: c. 18 July
This year marks the 101st birth anniversary of
Nelson Mandela, who was born on July 18,
1918.
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Which great freedom fighter's birth
anniversary is celebrated on 23 July every
year?
a. Bhagat Singh
b. Rajguru
c. Chandrashekhar Azad
d. Ram Prasad Bismil
Answer: c. Chandrashekhar Azad
- Shaheed Chandrashekhar Azad was born on
23 July 1906 in Bhabra village of Jhabua district
of Madhya Pradesh.
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When was the 159th Income Tax Day
celebrated in India?
a. 24 July
b. 25 July
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c. 21 July
d. 22 July
Answer: a. 24 July
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Which anniversary is being celebrated in the
year 2019 of Kargil Vijay Diwas celebrated
every year on 26 July?
a. 17th
b. 18th
c. 19th
d. 20th
Answer: d. 20th
- Kargil War started from 03 May 1999.
- This war lasted for about two and a half months
and ended on 26 July 1999.
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On which day is National Panchayati Raj Day
celebrated?
a. 24 April b. 23 April
c. 22 April d. 21 April
Answer: a. 24 April
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On which day is Earth Day celebrated
worldwide?
a. 20 April
b. 22 April
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c. 21 April
d. 15 April
Answer: b. 22 April
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When is National Fire Service Week
celebrated?
a. 14 April to 20 April
b. 24 April to 30 April
c. 11 April to 18 April
d. None of these
Answer: a. 14 April to 20 April\
- This time’s theme - Fire prevention is better
than fire fighting '
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Intellectual Property Day is celebrated all
over the world on which day?
a. 22 April
b. 24 April
c. 20 April
d. 26 April
Answer: d. 26 April
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When is United Nations English Language
Day celebrated?
a. 23 April
b. 24 April
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c. 25 April
d. 26 April
Answer: a. 23 April
- April 23 is William Shakespeare's date of birth
and death. For this reason, this day was chosen
as English Language Day
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What is the theme of World Heritage Day
2019 celebrated on 18 April?
a. Urban landscape
b. Rural landscape
c. Tell heritage
d. None of these
Answer: b. Rural landscape
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When is National Civil Service Day
celebrated?
a. 21 April
b. 22 April
c. 23 April
d. 24 April
Answer: a. 21 April
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On which day is World Book and Copyright
Day celebrated?
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a. 22 April
b. 23 April
c. 25 April
d. 20 April
Answer: b. 23 April
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When is the World Immunization Week being
celebrated in 2019?
a. 20 to 24 April
b. 21 to 38 April
c. 24 to 30 April
d. None of these
Answer: c. 24 to 30 April
Its theme "Protected together: Vaccines work".
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When is Safety and Health Day celebrated at
the workplace around the world?
a. 24 April 2019
b. 25 April 2019
c. 26 April 2019
d. 28 April 2019
Answer: d. 28 April 2019
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What is the theme of World Allergy Week
2019?
a. Global problem of food allergy
b. Global problem of air pollution allergy
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c. Global chemical allergy problem
d. None of these
Answer: a. Global problem of food allergies
This year World Allergy Week was observed
between 7 and 13 April.
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When is World Liver Day celebrated?
a. 11 April
b. 12 April
c. 19 April
d. 21 April
Answer: c. 19 April
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When is World Haemophilia Day celebrated?
a. 19 April
b. 18 April
c. 17 April
d. None of these
Answer: c. 17 April
- It was the 30th World Haemophilia Day.
- The theme of this year's World Haemophilia
Day is 'To proceed and recognize' or 'Outreach
and Identification'.
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When is Himachal Day celebrated?
a. 10 April b. 11 April
c. 15 April
d. 16 April
Answer: c. 15 April
- Himachal Pradesh was formed on April 15,
1948.
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When was the 100th anniversary of
Jallianwala Bagh massacre celebrated?
a. 11 April 2019
b. 12 April 2019
c. 13 April 2019
d. 14 April 2019
Answer: c. 13 April 2019
- On April 13, 1919, hundreds of people were
killed in Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar. It is the
saddest massacre in the history of India.
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On which day is International Manned Space
Flight Day celebrated worldwide?
a. 10 April b. 11 April
c. 12 April d. 13 April
Answer: c. 12 April
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On this day, Yuri Gagarin of the Soviet Union
flew in space for the first time. This day is
celebrated in memory of this.
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When is National Maritime Day celebrated?
a. 3 April
b. 5 April
c. 4 April
d. 6 April
Answer: b. 5 April
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When is World Health Day celebrated?
a. 17 April
b. 27 April
c. 7 April
d. None of these
Answer: c. 7 April
Theme - "Universal Health Coverage"
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When is World Homeopathy Day celebrated?
a. 10 April
b. 7 April
c. 17 April
d. 27 April
Answer: a. 10 April
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When is National Safe Motherhood Day
celebrated?
a. 7 April
b. 11 April
c. 17 April
d. 27 April
Answer: b. 11 April
Theme - "Midwives for Mothers"
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On which day is Press Independence Day
celebrated?
a. 30 April
b. may 1st
c. 2 May
d. 3 May
Answer: d. 3 May
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What is the theme of 3 May World Press
Freedom Day 2019?
a. Media liability
b. Mass media
c. Media for democracy
d. None of these
Answer: c. Media for Democracy
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When is International Firefighters' Day
celebrated?
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a. 4 May 2019
b. 5 May 2019
c. 6 May 2019
d. 1 May 2019
Answer: a. 4 May 2019
- Red and blue ribbon is the symbol of
International Fire Day.
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When was Coal Miners Day 2019 celebrated?
a. May 1st
b. 2 May
c. 3 May
d. 4 May
Answer: d. 4 May
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When was World Laughter Day celebrated in
the year 2019?
a. May 5, 2019 b. May 6, 2019
c. May 7, 2019 d. May 8, 2019
Answer: a. May 5, 2019
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What is the theme of World Asthma Day 2019
celebrated on the first Tuesday of May?
a. STOP for asthma
b. It's time to control asthma
c. You can control your asthma
d. None of these
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Answer: a. STOP for asthma ( STOP means
Symptom evaluation, Test response, Observe &
assess, Proceed to adjust treatment)
- World Asthma Day is celebrated all over the
world on the first Tuesday of May every year.
- The theme of World Asthma Day for the year
2019 is 'Stop for Asthma'.
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When is International Midwives’ Day
celebrated?
a. 3 May b. 4 May
c. 5 May d. 6 May
Answer: c. 5 May
The theme of this year's celebration was
'Midwives: Defenders of Women's Rights'
When is International Road Safety Week
celebrated?
a. 01 to 07 May b. 06 to 12 May
c. 15 to 21 May d. 22 to 28 May
Answer: b. 06 to 12 May
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When was the 158th birth anniversary of
Rabindra Nath Tagore celebrated?
a. 9 May 2019
b. 10 May 2019
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c. 11 May 2019
d. 12 May 2019
Answer: a. 9 May 2019
- The 158th birth anniversary of Ravindra Nath
Tagore, the first Nobel laureate in Asia and
composer of India's national anthem, was
celebrated on 9th May 2019.
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When is Red Cross Day celebrated?
a. 7 May
b. 8 May
c. 9 May
d. 10 May
Answer: b. 8 May
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When was International Migratory Bird Day
2019 celebrated recently?
a. 11 May b. 12 May
c. 13 May d. 10 May
Answer: a. 11 May
- It is celebrated twice a year, on the second
Saturday in May and October.
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When was National Technology Day 2019
celebrated to mark India's technological
progress?
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a. 10 May
b. 11 May
c. 12 May
d. 13 May
Answer: b. 11 May
- This day commemorates the successful launch
of the Shakti-I nuclear missile on May 11, 1998
at Pokhran Test Range in Rajasthan.
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When is International Nurses Day 2019
celebrated?
a. 10 May b. 11 May
c. 12 May d. 14 May
Answer: c. 12 May
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When is the International Day of Living
Together in Peace celebrated?
a. 14 May
b. 15 May
c. 16 May
d. 17 May
Answer: c. 16 May
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When is International Family Day celebrated?
a. 14 May
b. 15 May
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c. 16 May
d. 17 May
Answer: b. 15 May
- This day is declared by the United Nations (UN)
General Assembly.
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When is the state day of Sikkim celebrated?
a. 11 May
b. 14 May
c. 16 May
d. 18 May
Answer: c. 16 May
- On 16 May 1975, Sikkim was officially merged
into the Union of India.
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When is World Telecom and Information
Society Day celebrated?
a. 15 May b. 16 May
c. 17 May d. 18 May
Answer: c. 17 May
- Theme 'Reducing the standardization gap'.
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When is National Dengue Day celebrated?
a. 13 May b. 15 May
c. 16 May d. 22 May
Answer: c. 16 May
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When is World Hypertension Day celebrated?
a. 13 May b. 17 May
c. 16 May d. 22 May
Answer: b. 17 May
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To promote digital payments, the committee
constituted under whose chairmanship has
suggested 'Payment and Settlement Systems
in India: Vision 2019 - 2021' to the RBI
Governor?
a. HR Khan
b. Kishore Sansi
c. Aruna Sharma
d. Nandan Nilekani
Answer: d. Nandan Nilekani
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When is World Bee Day celebrated?
a. 14 May
b. 16 May
c. 18 May
d. 20 May
Answer: d. 20 May
- This year's theme - 'Save the Bees'
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When is International Museum Day
celebrated?
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a. 14 May b. 16 May
c. 18 May d. 20 May
Answer: c. 18 May.
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Which state has announced the year 2020 as
Farmers' Year?
a. Meghalaya
b. Mizoram
c. Punjab
d. Kerala
Answer: a. Meghalaya
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When is International Biodiversity Day
celebrated?
a. 18 May b. 20 May
c. 22 May d. 24 May
Answer: c. 22 May
- The theme this time - our biodiversity, our food,
our health
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When is International Turtle Day celebrated?
a. 23 May
b. 24 May
c. 25 May
d. 26 May
Answer: a. 23 May
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When is Statistics Day celebrated?
a. 29 June
b. 30 June
c. 27 June
d. 28 June
Answer: a. 29 June
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When is International Asteroid Day
celebrated?
a. 29 June
b. 30 June
c. 27 June
d. 28 June
Answer: b. 30 June
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When is World Milk Day celebrated?
a. 1 June b. 2 June
c. 3 June d. 4 June
Answer: a. 1 June
- Theme of this time - Drink milk today and every
day.
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When is Telangana State Formation Day
celebrated?
a. 1 June
b. 2 June
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c. 3 June
d. 4 June
Answer: b. 2 June
- Telangana was established on 2 June 2014.
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When is World Environment Day celebrated?
a. 3 June b. 4 June
c. 5 June d. 6 June
Answer: c. 5 June
- World Environment Day 2019 theme is 'Air
pollution'.
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When is World Cycle Day celebrated?
a. 3 June
b. 4 June
c. 5 June
d. 6 June
Answer: a. 3 June
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When is the International Day for Children of
Aggression celebrated?
a. 1 June
b. 2 June
c. 3 June
d. 4 June
Answer: d. 4 June
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When is World Ocean Day celebrated?
a. 6 June
b. 7 June
c. 8 June
d. 9 June
Answer: c. 8 June
- The theme of World ocean day 2019 is 'Gender
and the Ocean'.
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When is World Brain Tumor Day celebrated?
a. 6 June
b. 7 June
c. 8 June
d. 9 June
Answer: c. 8 June
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On which day is the World Child Labour
Prohibition Day organized?
a. 12 June
b. 15 June
c. 10 June
d. 08 June
Answer: a. 12 June
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When is World Blood Donor Day celebrated?
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a. 11 June b. 12 June
c. 13 June d. 14 June
Answer: d. 14 June
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When is World Desertification and Drought
Prevention Day celebrated?
a. 16 June b. 17 June
c. 18 June d. 19 June
Answer: b. 17 June
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What is the theme of 5th International Yoga
Day 2019?
a. Yoga with gurus
b. Yoga by gurus
c. Yoga and gurus
d. Learn Yoga by Guru
Answer: a. Yoga with gurus
- International Yoga Day is observed on 21 June
every year since 2014.
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When is World Music Day celebrated?
a. 20 June b. 18 June
c. 21 June d. 19 June
Answer: c. 21 June
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- The theme of World Music Day 2019 is 'Music
at the intersections'.
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When is World Refugee Day celebrated?
a. 20 June
b. 18 June
c. 14 June
d. 19 June
Answer: a. 20 June
The theme is "Step With Refugees - Take a Step
on World Refugee Day".
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When is International Literacy Day
celebrated?
a. 6 September b. 7 September
c. 8 September d. 9 September
Answer: c. 8 September
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When is National Teachers' Day celebrated in
India?
a. 5 September b. 6 September
c. 7 September d. 8 September
Answer: a. 5 September
Teachers' Day is celebrated to commemorate
the birth anniversary of the first Vice President
and second President of India, Dr. Sarvepalli
Radhakrishnan.
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- Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was born on 5
September 1888 in the Madras Presidency of
British India.
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When is International Day of Philanthropy
celebrated?
a. 5 September
b. 6 September
c. 7 September
d. 8 September
Answer: a. 5 September
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When is the International Day Against
Nuclear Testing celebrated?
a. 9 August
b. 19 August
c. 29 August
d. None of these
Answer: c. 29 August
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When was the 100th birth anniversary of
writer Amrita Pritam celebrated?
a. 27 August 2019
b. 31 August 2019
c. 30 August 2019
d. None of these
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Answer: b. 31 August 2019
- Amrita Pritam was born on 31 August 1919 in
Gujranwala, Punjab province of Pakistan.
- She died on 31 October 2005.
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When is World Coconut Day celebrated?
a. 2 September b. 1 September
c. 22 September d. 12 September
Answer: a. 2 September
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When is World Organ Donation Day
celebrated?
a. 23 August b. 14 August
c. 11 August d. 13 August
Answer: d. 13 August
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When is International Youth Day celebrated?
a. 14 August
b. 12 August
c. 17 August
d. 22 August
Answer: b. 12 August
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National Sports Day is celebrated on 29th
August, on the birth anniversary of which
sportsperson?
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a. Major Dhyanchand
b. Sachin Tendulkar
c. Kapil Dev
d. None of these
Answer: a. Major Dhyanchand
- On August 29, 114th birthday of hockey
magician Major Dhyanchand was celebrated.
- He was born in 1905 in Allahabad.
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When is Harmony Day celebrated in India?
a. 21 August b. 22 August
c. 23 August d. 20 August
Answer: d. 20 August
- Former Prime Minister of the country Shri Rajiv
Gandhi was born on 20 August,
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When is World Senior Citizen's Day
celebrated?
a. 21 August b. 22 August
c. 23 August d. 30 August
Answer: a. 21 August
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When is World Biofuel Day celebrated?
a. August 15
b. 26 August
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c. 10 August
d. 5 August
Answer: c. 10 August
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When was the 100th birth anniversary of
Vikram Sarabhai, the father of Indian space
program celebrated?
a. 12 August 2019
b. 13 August 2019
c. 11 August 2019
d. 10 August 2019
Answer: a. 12 August 2019
- He was born on 12 August 1919 in
Ahmedabad.
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When is National Handloom Day celebrated
in India?
a. 15 August b. 26 August
c. 7 August d. 5 August
Answer: c. 7 August
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What is the theme of World Tribal Day (9
August) 2019?
a. Foreign languages
b. Indigenous dialect
c. Indigenous state
d. Indigenous languages
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Answer: d. Indigenous languages
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What is the theme of World Breastfeeding
Week 2019 by Food and Nutrition Board?
a. Empower parents, Enable Breastfeeding
b. Breastfeeding boon
c. Breastfeeding Healthy Children
d. None of these
Answer: a. Empower parents, Enable
Breastfeeding
- World Breastfeeding week was observed
between 1 to 7 August, 2019.
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When is World Day Against Human
Trafficking observed?
a. 29 July
b. 30 July
c. 31 July
d. 2 August
Answer: b. 30 July
- 2019 theme is 'Human trafficking: Call your
government To Action'.
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When is World Breastfeeding Week
celebrated?
a. 2 to 8 August
b. 1 to 7 August
c. 31 August
d. 30 August
Answer: b. 1 to 7 August
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When is International Tigers Day celebrated?
a. 30 July
b. 1 August
c. 31 July
d. 29 July
Answer: d. 29 July
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When is World Hepatitis Day celebrated?
a. 28 July
b. 29 July
c. 30 July
d. 31 July
Answer: a. 28 July
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When is the death anniversary of Dr. APJ
Abdul Kalam celebrated?
a. 25 July
b. 26 July
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c. 27 July
d. 28 July
Answer: c. 27 July
- Former President of India and Indian Missile
Man APJ Abdul Kalam died on 27 July 2015 due
to a heart attack while delivering a lecture in
Shillong.
- He was born on 15 October 1931 in
Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu.
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When is National Broadcasting Day
celebrated in India?
a. 20 July b. 21 July
c. 22 July d. 23 July
Answer: d. 23 July
- On July 23, 1927, the first radio broadcast was
started in India.
- It was broadcast from a Bombay station under
a private company "Indian Broadcasting
Company".
That is why National Broadcasting Day is
celebrated in India on this day.
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Which month has been declared by the
Central Government as 'National Nutrition
Month' in 2019?
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a. July
b. August
c. September
d. October
Answer: c. September
- Its aim is to end the problem of malnutrition in
the country.
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Books-Writers
Who is the author of the book "Politics of
Opportunism: Regional Parties, Coalitions,
Centre-State Relations in India"?
a. Raghuram Rajan b. S. Gurumurthy
c. RNP Singh d. Neeraj Bajpai
Answer: c. RNP Singh
- He is a former officer of the Intelligence
Bureau.
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Who is the author of the book 'Mind Master:
Winning Lessons from a Champion's Life'?
a. Viswanathan Anand
b. Susan Ninan
c. a and b
d. None of these
Answer: c. a and b (Vishwanathan Anand and
Susan Ninan)
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Who is the author of the book "Bridget
Nation"?
a. Raghuram Rajan
b. N. Chandrasekaran
c. Roopa Purushottam
d. b and c
Answer: d. b and c (N. Chandrasekaran and
Rupa Purushottam)
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- PM Narendra Modi launched this book on 20
October 2019.
- N. Chandrasekaran - Chairman of Tata Sons
- Rupa Purushottam - Chief Economist, Tata
Sons
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Who is the author of the book 'Mind Master:
Winning Lessons from a Champions Life'?
a. Manmohan Singh b. Ratan Tata
c. Viswanathan Anand d. Rohit Sharma
Answer: c. Viswanathan Anand
- In this book Vishwanathan Anand has
mentioned his best victory and worst defeat.
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Who is the author of the book 'Rethinking
Good Govennance'?
a. Amit Shah
b. M. Venkaiah Naidu
c. Ramnath Kovind
d. Vinod Rai
Answer: d. Vinod Rai
- Former Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG)
has written this book. It was recently launched by
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu.
Who is the author of the book 'Education'?
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a. Manish Sisodia b. Arvind kejriwal
c. Abhivan Pandey d. Pranab Mukherjee
Answer: a. Manish Sisodia
In this book, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish
Sisodia has told about the new experiences and
experiences of schooling in Delhi.
- This book was launched by former President
Pranab Mukherjee on 6 September 2019.
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Who is the author of the book "Kashmir's
Untold Story: Declassified"?
a. Rakesh Upadhyay
b. Iqbal Chand Malhotra and Maroof Raza
c. Meher Chandra Rajput
d. None of these
Answer: b. Iqbal Chand Malhotra and Maroof
Raza
- The book is written by filmmaker Iqbal Chand
Malhotra and defence expert Maroof Raza.
- It has described the history of Kashmir upto the
present, the special situation of Kashmir has also
been described in this book.
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Who is the author of the book 'Saraswati
Civilization: A Paradigm Shift in Ancient
Indian History'?
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a. Major General (Retd) GD Bakshi
b. General (retired) VK Singh
c. Vasant Shinde
d. None of these
Answer: a. Major General (Retd) GD Bakshi
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Who is the author of the book "Fire and Fury
Corps - Saga of Valor, Fortitude and
Sacrifice"?
a. General Dalbir Singh Suhag
b. Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh
c. General VK Singh
d. General VP Malik
Answer: b. Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh
- He is the Commander of the Northern
Command of the Indian Army.
- This book contains the details of the history and
achievements of the Indian Army's "Fire and
Fury".
- This is the Army Division, formed in October
1962.
- "Fire and Fury" protects the Line of Control
(LoC) and Line of Actual Control (LAC) in
Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir.
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Who is the author of the book "Designing
Destiny: The Heartfulness Way"?
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a. Amarendra Singh
b. Vijay Kumar
c. Kamlesh Patel
d. Rajesh Pilot
Answer: c. Kamlesh Patel
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Who is the author of the book "Tiger
Woman"?
a. Sirsho Bandopadhyay
b. Rajesh Joshi
c. Harmendra Singh
d. None of these
Answer: a. Sirsho Bandopadhyay
- Sirsho Bandopadhyay is a Bengali novelist.
- This novel is based in Calcutta in the 1880s.
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Who is the author of the book "Every Vote
Counts - The Story of India's Elections"?
a. Vijay Kumar
b. Naveen Chawla
c. Anandi Ben Patel
d. None of these
Answer: b. Naveen Chawla
- He is the former Chief Election Commissioner.
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Who is the author of the book "Indian Fiscal
Federalism"?
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a. Dr. Y. V. Reddy
b. DY Patil
c. Rajendra Ranjan
d. None of these
Answer: a. Dr. Y. V. Reddy
- He is the former Governor of RBI. The co-
author of this book is Dr. G. R. Reddy.
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Who is the author of the book "Gandhi: The
Writer"?
a. VK Singh
b. YK Tiwari
c. Lalu Prasad Yadav
d. Bhavani Bhattacharya
Answer: d. Bhavani Bhattacharya
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Who is the author of a book titled 'A Prime
Minister to Remember: Memoirs of a Military
Chief'?
a. Admiral Sushil Kumar
b. Rajiv Kumar
c. Amit Kumar
d. None of these
Answer: a. Admiral Sushil Kumar
- This book has been written by Admiral Sushil
Kumar, former Chief of Naval Staff.
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Who is the author of the book "Kargil: Untold
Stories from the War"?
a. Rachna Bisht Rawat
b. Amish Tripathi
c. Ajay Baital
d. None of these
Answer: a. Rachna Bisht Rawat
- This book is based on the writer's interviews
with the families of the soldiers and martyrs who
took part in the war.
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Who is the author of the book
'Chandrashekhar: The Last Icon of
Ideological Politics'?
a. Meenakshi lekhi
b. Harivansh
c. Ravidutt Vajpayee
d. b. And c
Answer: d. b. And c. (Harivansh, Deputy
Chairman of the Rajya Sabha and Ravidutt
Vajpayee, who is doing doctorate on Indo-China
relations from Deakin University, Melbourne
(Australia))
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Name the autobiography written by former
Pakistan national cricket team captain Shahid
Afridi?
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a. Afridi
b. Sixer
c. Boom Boom
d. Game changer
Answer: d. Game changer
- The book is co-written by Afridi and journalist
Wajahat S Khan.
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Which actor has written a novel called
"Doophari"?
a. Pankaj Kapoor
b. Shahrukh Khan
c. Amarendra Tyagi
d. None of these
Answer: a. Pankaj Kapoor
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Who is the author of the book 'Coming
Round the Mountain'?
a. PK Mishra
b. Padma Lakshmi
c. Chetan Bhagat
d. Ruskin Bond
Answer: d. Ruskin Bond
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Who is the author of the book "Politics of
Jugaad: The Coalition Handbook"?
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a. Arul Hasan
b. Ahsan Jaffrey
c. Saba Naqvi
d. None of these
Answer: c. Saba Naqvi
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Who is the author of the book 'My Seductious
Heart'?
a. Priyanka Chopra
b. Taslima Nasreen
c. Arundhati Roy
d. None of these
Answer: c. Arundhati Roy
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Name the author of the book 'New Delhi
Conspiracy'?
a. Priyanka Chopra
b. Taslima Nasreen
c. Arundhati Roy
d. Meenakshi Lekhi
Answer: d. Meenakshi Lekhi
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Who is the author of the book 'Cricket World
Cup: The Indian Challenge'?
a. Rahul Dravid
b. Sachin Tendulkar
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c. Ashish banerjee
d. Ashish Ray
Answer: d. Ashish Ray
Eminent cricket broadcaster Ashish Ray has
written a new book based on the World Cup,
which tells the journey of India from 1975 till
now.
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Whose autobiography is 'My Life, My
Mission'?
a. Swami Agnidev
b. Swami Ramdev
c. Narendra Modi
d. Rajnath Singh
Answer: b. Swami Ramdev
- He has written this book with senior journalist
Uday Mahurkar.
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Who is the author of the book "Let's Talk on-
Air: Conversations with Radio Presenters"?
a. Rakesh Anand Bakshi
b. RK Dhawan
c. Ratnesh Kumar
d. None of these
Answer: a. Rakesh Anand Bakshi
- This book describes the life of 14 popular radio
presenters in India.
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Who is the author of the book "Undaunted:
Saving the Idea of India"?
a. Kuldeep Nayyar
b. Narendra Modi
c. P Chidambaram
d. None of these
Answer: c. P Chidambaram
- In this book, the present government has been
criticized on various grounds.
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Who is the author of the book "India in
Distress"?
a. Lalu Prasad Yadav
b. Akhilesh Yadav
c. Mamta Banerjee
d. None of these
Answer: c. Mamta Banerjee
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Sports Fast bowler Peter Siddle announced his
retirement in December 2019, he is a player
from which country?
a. India
b. England
c. New Zealand
d. Australia
Answer: d. Australia
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Which Indian grandmaster won the World
Rapid Championship 2019 (Chess) title?
a. Koneru Humpy
b. Viswanathan Anand
c. Lei Tingjie
d. None of these
Answer: a. Koneru Humpy
- Koneru Humpy made this achievement after
defeating China's Lei Tingjie in the Blitz Playoff
on 28 December 2019.
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Who was chosen as the international
competition ambassador of the 17th Tata
Mumbai Marathon?
a. Shannon Miller
b. Sania Mirza
c. Sachin Tendulkar
d. Narendra Modi
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Answer: a. Shannon Miller
- He is an American gymnast.
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In which year has tennis player Leander Paes
announced his retirement?
a. 2020
b. 2021
c. 2022
d. 2019
Answer: a. 2020
- Paes, 46, made this announcement on 25
December 2019.
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Which medals did Manu Bhakar win in the
Senior and Junior category of Women's 10m
Air Pistol in National Shooting
Championships 2019?
a. gold medal
b. silver medal
c. bronze medal
d. None of these
Answer: a. gold medal
- Manu won Gold in Individual and Team events
in Senior and Junior category of 10m Air Pistol.
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Which Indian cricketer broke the 22-year-old
record of Sri Lankan batsman Sanath
Jayasuriya for scoring the most runs in a
calendar year (2019)?
a. Virat Kohli
b. Rohit Sharma
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c. Rishabh Pant
d. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Answer: b. Rohit Sharma
Sanath Jayasuriya scored 2387 runs in the year
1997 as an opener.
- Rohit Sharma scored 2442 runs as an opener
in the year 2019.
- Now Rohit Sharma has overtaken him.
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Which player of the South African cricket
team has announced his retirement from
international cricket in December 2019?
a. Hashim Amla
b. Kagiso Rabada
c. Stephen cook
d. Vernon Philander
Answer: d. Vernon Philander
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Which Indian cricketer has been named as
the captain of Cricket Australia (CA) test
team of this decade?
a. Virat Kohli
b. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
c. Ravichandran Ashwin
d. Rahul Dravid
Answer: a. Virat Kohli
- Virat Kohli has been included in both Test and
ODI teams. He is the only Indian player to be
selected in both teams.
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- It is an honorary team, a team is formed to give
prestige to the cricketers of the world. This team
does not play.
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Cricket Australia (CA) declared ODI team of
this decade, which Indian cricketer has been
named as its captain?
a. Virat Kohli
b. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
c. Ravichandran Ashwin
d. Rahul Dravid
Answer: b. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
- Cricket Australia announced their ODI and Test
team of the decade on 24 December 2019.
- MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma have been
included in the ODI team.
- Virat Kohli has been included in both Test and
ODI teams. He is the only Indian player to be
selected in both teams.
- It is an honorary team, a team is formed to give
prestige to the cricketers of the world. This team
does not play.
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Which Indian shuttler won the title of men's
singles in Bangladesh Junior International
Badminton Series 2019?
a. Amir Bawana
b. Maisnam Meiraba Luwang
c. Ismail Usman
d. None of these
Answer: b. Maisnam Meiraba Luwang
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- Indian shuttler Maisnam Meiraba Luwang has
won the men's singles title in Bangladesh Junior
International Badminton Series 2019.
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Who won the 2019 ITF World Tennis
Championship title in men's singles?
a. Roger Frederer
b. Rafael Nadal
c. Stephanos TSitsipas
d. None of these
Answer: b. Rafael Nadal
- He was the World No.1 player in the year
2019.
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Who won the 2019 ITF World Tennis
Championship title in women's singles
category?
a. Ashleigh Barty
b. Sania Mirza
c. Isto Mirza
d. None of these
Answer: a. Ashleigh Barty
- He is Australia's tennis player.
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Which female weightlifter won two new
national records along with winning bronze
medal in Qatar International Cup 2019?
a. Karnam Malleshwari
b. Hina Khan
c. Jigisha Patel
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d. Rakhi Halder
Answer: d. Rakhi Halder
She made this record by lifting a total of 218 kg
with 95 kg in snatch and 123 kg in clean and
jerk.
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Which club won the FIFA Club World Cup
2019?
a. Real Madrid
b. Flamingo
c. Liverpool
d. None of these
Answer: c. Liverpool
Liverpool is a football club in England.
- Liverpool defeated Club Flamingo of Brazil to
win the Club World Cup title.
- In the year 2018, this competition was won by
Real Madrid.
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Which country team has been chosen as the
'Team of the Year' 2019 by FIFA for the
second time in a row?
a. Russia
b. France
c. Belgium
d. Brazil
Answer: c. Belgium
- In this list, world champion France remains
second and Brazil remains third.
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State the status of Indian football team in
FIFA's December 2019 rankings?
a. 98
b. 100
c. 105
d. 108
Answer: d. 108
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Which medal did Indian weightlifter Mirabai
Chanu win in the 6th Qatar International
Cup?
a. Gold
b. A bronze
c. Silver
d. None of these
Answer: a. Gold
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Who is the first Indian to take two hat-tricks
in ODI (ODI) cricket?
a. Kuldeep Yadav
b. Virat Kohli
c. Jaspreet Bumrah
d. Mohammad Shami
Answer: a. Kuldeep Yadav
- Indian spinner Kuldeep Yadav made history on
18 December 2019.
- He achieved a hat-trick in the second ODI
against West Indies.
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- Earlier, he did the first hat-trick against
Australia in 2017 at the Eden Gardens ground in
Kolkata.
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Who was selected for International Cricket
Council (ICC) Woman Cricketer of the Year
2019 (Rachel Hayhoe-Flint Award)?
a. Alyssa Healy
b. Alice perry
c. Chanida Sutthiruang
d. Smriti Mandhana
Answer: b. Alice Perry (Australia)
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Who was selected for the ICC Women's ODI
(One Day International) Player of the Year
2019 title?
a. Alyssa Healy
b. Alice Perry
c. Chanida Sutthiruang
d. Memorize
Answer: b. Alice Perry (Australia)
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Who was selected for ICC Women's T20 I
(T20 International) Player of the Year 2019
title?
a. Alyssa Healy
b. Alice Perry
c. Chanida Sutthiruang
d. Smriti Mandhana
Answer: a. Alyssa Healy (Australia)
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Who was selected for the ICC Women's
Emerging Player of the Year 2019 title?
a. Alyssa Healy
b. Alice Perry
c. Chanida Sutthiruang
d. Smriti Mandhana
Answer: c. Chanida Sutthiruang (Thailand)
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Which Indian player has been included in ICC
Women's ODI and T20 Team of the Year 2019
(both)?
a. Smriti Mandhana
b. Jhulan Goswami
c. Poonam Yadav
d. Shikha Pandey
Answer: a. Smriti Mandhana
- Indian women's team opener Smriti Mandhana
was included in the ICC Women's ODI and T20
Team of the Year.
Bowlers Jhulan Goswami, Poonam Yadav and
Shikha Pandey have also been included in the
ODI team.
- Deepti Sharma got into T20 team with
Mandhana.
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Who was the captain of ICC Women's ODI
International and T20 International Team of
the Year 2019?
a. Smriti Mandhana
b. Meg Lanning
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c. Chanida Sutthiruang
d. Alice Perry
Answer: b. Meg Lanning (Australia)
- Meg Lanning of Australia has been elected
captain of both ODI International and T20
International teams.
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Who has been made Brand Ambassador of
Spanish Football League 'La Liga' ?
a. Rohit Sharma
b. Virat Kohli
c. Lionel Messi
d. Bichhendri Pal
Answer: a. Rohit Sharma
In December 2020, he was made the brand
ambassador.
- He is the first non-footballer to become the
brand ambassador of La Liga.
- La Liga are among the most popular football
leagues in the world.
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Aleem Dar, who holds the record for umpiring
the most Test matches, is from which
country?
a. Afghanistan
b. England
c. Pakistan
d. India
Answer: c. Pakistan
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- Aleem Dar has broken the record of umpiring
Steve Bucknor in most Test matches.
- Dar achieved this feat in the Test match played
in Perth between Australia and New Zealand,
this was Aleem Dar's 129th Test match.
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How many medals did India win in the 13th
South Asian Games?
a. 310
b. 312
c. 173
d. 44
Answer: b. 312
- The 13th South Asian Games ended in Nepal.
- India won the most medals (312), including 174
gold medals, 93 silver medals and 45 bronze
medals.
- Host Nepal is second and Sri Lanka is third.
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Who became the first Indian player to play
150 Ranji matches?
a. Devendra Bundela
b. Wasim Jaffer
c. Mohammad Kaif
d. Rahul Dravid
Answer: b. Wasim Jaffer
- Veteran batsman Wasim Jaffer became the first
cricketer to play 150th Ranji match in the Ranji
Trophy season started on 9 December 2019.
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The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)
imposed a four-year ban on which country so
that it will not be able to participate in the
Olympics, FIFA World Cup and Paralympics?
a. China
b. Russia
c. India
d. USA
Answer: b. Russia
- Russia will no longer participate in the Japan
Olympics in 2020 and the Football World Cup in
2022 in Qatar.
Due to this ban of WADA, now Russia will
neither be able to host any kind of games for the
next four years nor will it tender for hosting the
Olympic 2032 and Paralympic Games 2032.
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Which country will host the Men's Hockey
World Cup in the year 2023?
a. England
b. Malaysia
c. Canada
d. India
Answer d. India
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35th National Junior Athletics Championship
2019 was held in which state?
a. Bengaluru, Karnataka
b. Guntur, Andhra Pradesh
c. Guwahati, Assam
d. Bhubaneswar, Odisha
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Answer b. Guntur, Andhra Pradesh
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Who is in the first place in the men's ODI
batting rankings of ICC Player Rankings 2019
released in November?
a. Rohit Sharma b. Virat Kohli
c. Babar Azam d. David Warner
Answer b. Virat Kohli
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Who is the first in the men's ODI (ODI)
bowling rankings of ICC Player Rankings
2019 released in November?
a. Jaspreet Bumrah b. Trent Bolt
c. Mujib ur Rehman d. Kagiso Rabada
Answer a. Jaspreet Bumrah
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Who is first in the ICC Player Rankings 2019
Men's ODI All-Rounder Rankings
released in November?
a. Hardik Pandya
b. Mohammad Nabi
c. Ben stokes
d. Chris vox
Answer c. Ben Stokes (England)
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Who is first in the ICC Player Rankings 2019
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Men's ODI Team Rankings released in
November?
a. India
b. New zealand
c. Australia
d. England
Answer d. England
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Q. What is India's position in the ICC Player
Rankings 2019 Men's T20 Team Rankings
released in November?
a. The first b. Second
c third d. Fifth
Answer d. Fifth
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Who is in the first place in the Men’s T20
batting rankings of ICC Player Rankings 2019
released in November?
a. Babar Azam
b. David mallen
c. Rohit Sharma
d. Lokesh Rahul
Answer a. Babar Azam (Pakistan)
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Who is in the first place in the Mens T20
Bowling rankings of ICC Player Rankings
2019 released in November?
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a. Jaspreet Bumrah b. Trent Bolt
c. Rashid Khan d. Kagiso Rabada
Answer c. Rashid Khan (Afghanistan)
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Which player won the gold medal in the
javelin-throw competition at the World Para-
Athletics Championships?
a. Ajit Pal Singh
b. Sunder Singh Gurjar
c. Arjun Singh Malik
d. Devendra Verma
Answer b. Sunder Singh Gurjar
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Which medal did Para athlete Sandeep
Chaudhary win in the World F-Athletics
Championships in the joint F42-64 category
in the Javelin throw event?
a. Gold b. Silver
c. Bronze d. None of these
Answer a. Gold
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Who has become the second player in the
world to score 2 double centuries in the
lowest innings in a Test match?
a. Mayank Agarwal
b. Virat Kohli
c. Rohit Sharma
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d. Cheteshwar Pujara
Answer a. Mayank Agarwal
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Which Indian player has been named in the
TIME 100 Next list?
a. Rohit Sharma b. Duti Chand
c. Smriti Mandhana d. PV Sindhu
Answer b. Duti Chand
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What is thw new name of the International
Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)?
a. Athletics Union b. World athletics
c. Union of athletics
d. World Athletics Federation
Answer b. World athletics
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Who has become the first Asian country to
put match fixing in the category of crime?
a. Bangladesh
b. India
c. Pakistan
d. Sri Lanka
Answer d. Sri Lanka
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Which Indian boxer has been selected as a
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member in the International Boxing
Association (AIBA) Athletes Commission?
a. Mary Kom
b. Laishram Sarita Devi
c. Vipin Sawant
d. None of these
Answer b. Laishram Sarita Devi
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India's shooter Manu Bhakar won which
medal in the 10 meter pistol event of ISSF
Shooting World Cup?
a. Gold
b. Silver
c. Bronze
d. None of these
Answer a. Gold
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India's shooter Elavenil Valarivan won which
medal in the 10 meter air rifle event of ISSF
Shooting World Cup?
a. Gold
b. Silver
c. Bronze
d. None of these
Answer a. Gold
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India's shooter Divyansh Panwar won which
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medal in the 10 meter air rifle event of ISSF
Shooting World Cup?
a. Gold b. Silver
c. Bronze d. None of these
Answer a. Gold
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India played an international test match with
which country for the first time with pink
ball?
a. Pakistan
b. Bangladesh
c. Afghanistan
d. England
Answer b. Bangladesh
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After 20 years who achieved Olympic quota
in horse riding for India?
a. Rajendra Singh
b. Fawad Mirza
c. Yusuf Mirza
d. Amar Jeet Tyagi
Answer b. Fawad Mirza
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Who is the winner of 18th FIFA Under 17
World Cup Trophy 2019?
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a. Spain
b. Mexico
c. Brazil
d. France
Answer c. Brazil
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India won its first pink ball test match from
which country?
a. Pakistan
b. Sri Lanka
c. Bangladesh
d. Brazil
Answer c. Bangladesh
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Which batminton player won the men's
singles title of the Scottish Open 2019?
a. Rafael Nadal
b. Lakshya Sen
c. George Gimmick
d. Matthew Orwell
Answer b. Lakshya Sen
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Which country won the Davis Cup 2019 title?
a. India b. Japan
c china d. Spain
Answer d. Spain
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- Rafael Nadal of Spain won the 6th Davis Cup
title for Spain. He is the world's number-1 player.
- While this is Rafael Nadal's 32nd consecutive
win in the Davis Cup.
- He has become the first player in the
tournament's 119-year history to win 32
consecutive matches.
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Which player won the Swiss Open Indoor
Championship title (tennis) for a record 10th
time?
a. Alex Minaur b. Roder French
c. Roger Federer d. None of these
Answer: c. Roger Federer
- Swiss tennis star Roger Federer held the Swiss
Open Indoor Championship title for the 10th time
here on 27 October 2019.
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Shakib Al Hasan who has been banned for
two years by The International Cricket
Council (ICC) is the captain of which
country?
a. Pakistan
b. Bangladesh
c. Myanmar
d. Usa
Answer: b. Bangladesh
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Which country will organize the FIFA Club
World Cup 2021?
a. France b. Japan
c. Afghanistan d. China
Answer: d. China
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Who is the winner of Vijay Hazare Trophy
2019?
a. Tamil Nadu
b. Karnataka
c. Bihar
d. Assam
Answer: b. Karnataka
- Karnataka defeated Tamil Nadu by 60 runs in
the final of Vijay Hazare Trophy to clinch the title.
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Which country did the Indian women's
hockey team defeat to qualify for the Tokyo
Olympics?
a. USA b. Russia
c. Canada d. China
Answer: a. USA
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Which country did the Indian men's hockey
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team defeat to qualify for the Tokyo
Olympics?
a. USA b. Russia
c. Canada d. China
Answer: b. Russia
Which Indian won the men's singles title in
the 2019 Bahrain International Series
Badminton?
a. Juhi Devangan
b. Jason Anthony Ho Shu
c. Gaurav Prasad
d. Priyanshu Rajawat
Answer: d. Priyanshu Rajawat
- He defeated Jason Anthony Ho-sho of Canada
in the final.
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Which Indian won the mixed doubles title in
the 2019 Bahrain International Series
Badminton?
a. Juhi Devangan and Venkat Gaurav Prasad
b. Juhi Devangan and Priyanshu Rajawat
c. Priyanshu Rajawat and Venkat Gaurav Prasad
d. None of these
Answer: a. Juhi Devangan and Venkat
Gaurav Prasad
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- The duo became champions after defeating
Thailand's Pannavat Therapanithan and Kanayat
Sudchoichom.
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Mithali Raj,the first captain of the Indian
women's team has won how many matches
in international cricket?
a. 100 matches b. 200 matches
c. 300 matches d. 150 matches
Answer: a. 100 matches
Mithali Raj has achieved this feat after winning
the ODI series 3-0 against South Africa.
Mithali Raj has captained 167 matches.
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Who became the winner of World Billiards
Champion 2019?
a. Sourav Kothari
b. Peter Gilchrist
c. Ami Adhar
d. Robert d'souza
Answer: b. Peter Gilchrist
- On 12 October 2019, Peter Gilchrist of
Singapore defeated Indian player Saurabh
Kothari to win this championship.
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Which medal did Mary Kom win at the World
Boxing Championships 2019?
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a. Gold b. Silver
c. Bronze d. None of these
a. Answer: c. Bronze (Bronze Medal)
- Mary kom lost to Turkish boxers in the semi-
finals.
After winning this medal, Mary Kom has beome
a boxer to win the maximum medals at the World
Boxing Championships.
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Who is the gymnast who has won the most
world medals?
a. Liu Tingting b. Vitali Sherbo
c. Simon Biles d. Li Shijia
Answer: c. Simon Biles
- She is an American and is called Gymnastic
Queen.
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Who became the winner of IBSF World
Billiards Champion (Long-Up Format {Long
Format}) 2019?
a. Sourav Kothari
b. Peter Gilchrist
c. Ami Adhar
d. Robert d'souza
Answer: b. Peter Gilchrist
- On 12 October 2019, Peter Gilchrist of
Singapore defeated Indian player Saurabh
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Kothari to win this championship.
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Which football player has won the European
Golden Shoe title for the 2018-19 season?
a. Christian Ronaldo b. Harry ken
c. Lionel Messi d. Virgil van
Answer: c. Lionel Messi
- Argentine footballer Lionel Messi, who scored
36 goals for Barcelona, was awarded the Golden
Shoe Award for the sixth time and is the first
player to win this award for three consecutive
years.
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What rule has the ICC announced to choose
a winner in case of a tie in a match in place of
the maximum number of boundaries?
a. Super over
b. Three balls
c. knock out
d. First run
Answer: a. Super over
According to the ICC, if a match is now a tie,
then its result will be extracted through the super
over and this super over will be played until one
team scores more runs than the other.
- Actually, after England and New Zealand
scored 15–15 in the Super Over in the World
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Cup 2019, England were declared winners due
to more boundaries.
- This led to controversy. For this reason, now
the super over has been made the basis of
victory.
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What is the new name of Ferozeshah Kotla
Stadium?
a. Amar Singh Stadium b. Arun Jaitley Stadium
c. Narendra Modi Stadium d. Bhagat Singh
Stadium
Answer: b. Arun Jaitley Stadium
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Who won the 2019 International Billiards &
Snooker Federation (IBSF) World Billiards
Championship title in Myanmar?
a. Pankaj Advani b. Rakesh Advani
c. Ajay Vikram Singh d. None of these
Answer: a. Pankaj Advani
- This is Pankaj's 5th title in the last 6 years in
the short format of billiards.
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Who won the men's doubles title of Japan
Open 2019?
a. Novak Djokovic and Nicolas Mahut
b. Nicolas Mahut and Edward Rodger
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c. Edourd Roger Vasselin
d. None of these
Answer: a. Novak Djokovic and Nicolas
Mahut
(Pair of France's Nicolas Mahut and Edouard
Rodger Vasselin)
- They defeated Croatia's pair of Nicola Mektich
and Franco Skugor 7-6, 6-4 in the final.
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Who won the men's singles title of Japan
Open 2019?
a. Novak Djokovik b. Nicolas Mahut
c. Ed0oud Roger Vasselin
d. John Millman
Answer: a. Novak Djokovik
- He defeated John Millman of Australia.
- Japan Open is a men's tennis competition, held
at Musashino Forest Sports Park, Tokyo.
- This competition is being organized since 1973.
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Who is the first batsman to score two
centuries in the first Test match as an
opener?
a. Rohit Sharma
b. Virat Kohli
c. Ravichandran Ashwin
d. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
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Answer: a. Rohit Sharma
- Rohit Sharma created history by scoring a
century in both innings of a Test match played
against South Africa. He set a record by hitting
13 sixes in this test.
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Who has become the first Indian batsman in
history to be stumped in both innings of a
Test?
a. Rohit Sharma
b. KL Rahul
c. Virat Kohli
d. Shikhar Dhawan
Answer: a. Rohit Sharma
Before Rohit Sharma, no Indian batsman has
been dismissed in both innings of the same Test
match.
- In the first innings of the match, Quinton
Dickock stumped Rohit Sharma off the ball of
Keshav Maharaj of South Africa.
Keshav Maharaj, who dismissed Rohit Sharma
in the first innings, took his wicket in the second
innings as well.
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Who won the gold medal in the 110 kg weight
category at the World Powerlifting
Championships?
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a. Anubhav Singh
b. Jakov Vichova
c. Surendra Singh
d. HK Sharma
Answer: c. Surendra Singh
- Resident of Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
- This championship took place in Coimbatore,
Tamil Nadu.
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Who is the first female cricketer to complete
20 years in international cricket?
a. Harmanpreet Kaur b. Mithali Raj
c. Rajni Yadav d. Meera Kumar
Answer: b. Mithali Raj
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Which batsman has scored the most double
centuries in Test cricket from India?
a. Rohit Dhawan
b. Virat Kohli
c. Virender Sehwag
d. None of these
Answer: b. Virat Kohli
- He made this record during the Test match
against South Africa.
- He scored his seventh double century in Test
cricket on 11 October 2019.
- Kohli left behind Sachin Tendulkar and
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Virender Sehwag, who scored 6 double
centuries in Test cricket.
- The record for most (12) double centuries in
Tests is in the name of Australian legend Sir Don
Bradman
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Which Indian woman runner broke her own
national record in the 59th National Open
Athletics Championship and won the gold
medal in the women's 100m event?
a. Duti Chand b. Sudha Singh
c. PT Usha d. Tintu Luka
Answer: a. Duti Chand
Duti completed the 100-meter race in 11.22
seconds in the semi-finals of the ongoing 59th
National Open Athletics Championships at Birsa
Munda Athletics Stadium, Ranchi.
- Duti broke her own record, which she made
during the Asian Championship in April this year.
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Who became the winner of World Billiards
Champion 2019?
a. Sourav Kothari
b. Peter Gilchrist
c. Ami Adhar
d. Robert d'souza
Answer: b. Peter Gilchrist
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- On 12 October 2019, Peter Gilchrist of
Singapore defeated Indian player Saurabh
Kothari to win this championship.
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In which state will the 25th Senior Women's
National Football Championship (September
10 to September 24, 2019) be held?
a. Arunachal Pradesh
b. Kerala
c. Bihar
d. Punjab
Answer: a. Arunachal Pradesh
- The championship will be held in a town called
Pasighat in East Siang district.
- 30 teams from across the country will
participate in this championship.
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Who has become the third Indian bowler to
take a hat-trick in Test cricket?
a. Jasprit Bumrah
b. Virat Kohli
c. Sachin Tendulkar
d. KL Rahul
Answer: a. Jasprit Bumrah
- He did this feat against West Indies on 21
August 2019.
- Harbhajan Singh is the first Indian to take a hat-
trick in Tests for India.
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- He took hattrick (Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist
and Shane Warne) against Australia in 2001 in
Kolkata.
After them, this feat was done by fast bowler
Irfan Pathan (Salman Butt, Younis Khan and
Mohammad Yusuf) against Pakistan in 2006.
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Who is the fastest Indian wicketkeeper to
take 50 catches in Test cricket?
a. Parthiv Patel
b. Rishabh Pant
c. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
d. Dinesh Karthik
Answer: b. Rishabh Pant
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Under whose captaincy has India won the
most Test matches?
a. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
b. Sourav Ganguly
c. Virat Kohli
d. None of these
Answer: c. Virat Kohli
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Which form of cricket has Mithali Raj
announced to retire from?
a. One day
b. T20
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c. Test
d. All of the above
Answer: b. T20
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In which Indian stadium is the Virat Kohli
Pavilion Stand built?
a. Wankhede Stadium
b. Eden Garden Stadium
c. Nehru Stadium
d. Arun Jaitley Stadium
Answer: d. Arun Jaitley Stadium
- The new pavilion stand of Arun Jaitley Stadium
has been named after Virat Kohli in view of his
unmatched contribution to cricket.
- Arun Jaitley Stadium was formerly known as
Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium.
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Indian sportsman Ronaldo Laitonjam is
associated with which sport?
a. Cycling
b. Cricket
c. Volleyball
d. Tennis
Answer: a. Cycling
- He won the fourth gold medal in the 2019 Track
Asia Cup competition.
- India has won the most medals in this
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competition, India has won 10 gold, 8 silver and
7 bronze medals.
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Which Indian cricket team's former captain
has been appointed as the first Chancellor of
Haryana Sports University?
a. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
b. Kapil Dev
c. Anil Kumble
d. Saurabh Ganguly
Answer: b. Kapil Dev
- Haryana Sports University is the third sports
university in the country which has been started
by a state government.
Prior to this, sports universities are being
operated in Gujarat (Swarnim Gujarat Sports
University) and Chennai (Tamil Nadu Physical
Education and Sports University).
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Former Indian all-rounder Dinesh Mongia
announced his retirement from which form of
cricket on 17 September 2019?
a. One day cricket b. Test cricket
c. T20 cricket d. All formats of cricket
Answer: d. All formats of cricket
- He last played cricket matches for Punjab in
2007.
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- Member of the World Cup runners-up team in
the year 2003.
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Who became the first Indian wrestler to
qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics?
a. Vinesh Phogat b. Rashmi Desai
c. Madhuri Phogat d. None of these
Answer: a. Vinesh Phogat
- She qualified for the Tokyo Olympics by
defeating America's Sarah Hildebrandt at the
World Wrestling Championships.
- Many women have competed in Olympics, but
Vinesh Phogat became the first Indian wrestler
to qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games.
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Indian Wrestler Vinesh Phogat has recently
won which medal in the 53 kg weight
category of the World Wrestling
Championships in Kazakhstan?
a. gold medal
b. silver medal
c. bronze medal
d. None of these
Answer: c. bronze medal
- Vinesh Phogat is the first Indian wrestler to
achieve quota for Tokyo Olympics.
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- Vinesh Phogat is the 2014 Commonwealth
Games gold medalist in women's wrestling.
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Which team won the 2019 Under-19 Asia Cup
cricket tournament?
a. Bangladesh b. Pakistan
c. Sri Lanka d. India
Answer: d. India
- India's Under-19 cricket team has won this title.
- India defeated Bangladesh by 5 runs in the
final.
- India has also won this title in 1989, 2003,
2012, 2013-14, 2016, 2018.
- 'Man of the Match' went to Atharva Ankolekar
of India.
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What is the name of India's youngest
cricketer to play international women's
Twenty20 cricket?
a. Nandini Dasgupta
b. Shefali Verma
c. Deepti Tyagi
d. Kalpana Narayan
Answer: b. Shefali Verma
- She is only 15 years old.
-She participated in the match against South
Africa at the age of 15 and 239 days.
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Before Shefali, Gargi Banerjee was the youngest
player to debut in international cricket from India.
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Who is the first Indian male boxer to win a
silver medal at the World Boxing
Championships?
a. Amit Panghal
b. Gaurav Bidhuri
c. Manish Kaushik
d. Shiva Thapa
Answer: a. Amit Panghal
- He became the first Indian male boxer to win a
silver medal at the World Championship.
- He won this medal in the 52 kg weight
category.
Manish Kaushik won the bronze medal in the
63kg category.
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Who became the winner in the men's singles
category in Denmark Open Badminton
Competition 2019?
a. Kento Momota b. Nozomi Okuhara
c. Marcus Fernaldi Gideon d. Kevin Sanjay
Sukamuljo
Answer: a. Kento Momota (Japan)
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Who became the winner in the women's
singles category in Denmark Open
Badminton Competition 2019?
a. Bik Ha
b. Nozomi Okuhara
c. Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
d. Jung Kyung-Eun
Answer: b. Nozomi Okuhara
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Who is the Indian to win a gold medal in the
men's Sanda category at the Wushu World
Championships 2019?
a. Alok Kumar
b. Praveen Kumar
c. Bhaskaran Pathak
d. None of these
Answer: b. Praveen Kumar
- Praveen Kumar won the gold medal on 23
October at the ongoing Wushu World
Championships 2019 in Shanghai, China.
- Praveen defeated Diaz 2–1 in the men's Sanda
category of the 15th World Wushu
Championship.
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What is the mascot for the 2022 Winter
Olympics?
a. Elephant
b. Tiger
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c. Bing dwen dwen
d. cheerful panda
Answer: c. Bing Dwen Dwen (smiling panda)
- The Winter Olympics will be held in Beijing, the
capital of China ( 4 to 20 February 2019).
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Which player won the FIFA Best Male Player
2019?
a. Lionel Messi
b. Jürgen Klopp
c. Daniel Zasori
d. Marc-Andre Ter Steg
Answer: a. Lionel Messi
- Barcelona star striker Lionel Messi won the
award for the sixth point and became the first
player to do so.
- Lionel Messi has previously won this award in
2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2015.
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Who received the FIFA Best Female Player
2019 award?
a. Jill Ellis
b. Jürgen Klopp
c. Silvia Greco
d. Megan Rapinoe
Answer: d. Megan Rapinoe
- America's Forward Megan Rapinoe won this
award among women.
- She belongs to America and she played an
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important role in winning the World Cup to
America's team.
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Who won the FIFA Best Male Coach 2019
Award?
a. Jill Ellis
b. Jürgen Klopp
c. Silvia Greco
d. Megan Rapinoe
Answer: b. Jürgen Klopp
- He is German.
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Who won the FIFA Best Female Coach 2019
Award?
a. Jill Ellis
b. Jürgen Klopp
c. Silvia Greco
d. Megan Rapinoe
Answer: a. Jill Ellis
- She is an American.
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Who won the FIFA Best Male Goalkeeper
2019 Award?
a. Van Veenendaal
b. Jürgen Klopp
c. Daniel Zsori
d. Marc-Andre Ter Stegen
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Answer: d. Marc-Andre Ter Stegen
- He is German.
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Who won the FIFA Best Female Goalkeeper
2019 Award?
a. Van Veenendaal
b. Jürgen Klopp
c. Daniel Zasori
d. Megan Rapinoe
Answer: a. Van Veenendaal
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FIFA Best Player 2019: Complete List of
Awards
Best Male Player 2019: Lionel Messi
Best Female Player 2019: Megan Rapinoe
Best Men's Coach 2019: Jurgen Klopp
Best Women's Coach 2019: Jill Ellis
Puskus Award: Daniel Zsori
Best Male Goalkeeper 2019: Marc-Andre Ter
Stegen
Best Female Goalkeeper 2019: Van Veenendaal
Best Fan Award 2019: Sylvia Greco
Best Fair Play Award: Leeds United and Marcelo
Bielassa
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Which athlete was awarded the Veteran Pin
Award by the International Athletics
Foundation (IAAF)?
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a. PT Usha b. Mary Kom
c. Vinesh Phogat d. Sania Mirza
Answer: d. PT Usha
- She is popularly known as Udan Pari.
- PT Usha received this award at the 52nd
Conference of the IAAF on 24 September in
Doha (Qatar).
- PT Usha has received the Arjuna Award in
1983.
In 1985, he was also awarded the Padma Shri.
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Which country has recently won the Under 18
SAFF Football Championship-2019?
a. Nepal b. Japan
c. Bangladesh d. India
Answer: d. India
- Indian football team defeated Bangladesh to
win the title of SAFF Under-18 Championship.
- India defeated Bangladesh 2–1 in the title
match played in Nepal.
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Which cricketer has made a record of playing
100 international T20 matches for the first
time in India?
a. Smriti Mandhana b. Harmanpreet Kaur
c. Virat Kohli d. Rohit Sharma
Answer: b. Harmanpreet Kaur
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- She is followed by Rohit Sharma, who has
played 95 International T20 matches.
- In the women's cricket world, 10 players have
played more than 100 T20 Internationals so far.
- New Zealand's Suzy Bates is in first place
having played 111 matches.
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Which Indian male player recently made the
record for playing the 100th International T20
match?
a. MS Dhoni
b. Virat Kohli
c. Shikhar Dhawan
d. Rohit Sharma
Answer: d. Rohit Sharma
- He made a record of playing the 100th match
as soon as he took part in the second T20 match
played against Bangladesh.
- He is the first male cricketer to make this
record.
Before that, Harmanpreet Kaur has played 100
T20 cricket matches.
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Which team won the Deodhar Trophy 2019
title?
a. India A
b. India B
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c. India C
d. India D
Answer: b. India B
- India B defeated India C by 51 runs and won
the Deodhar Trophy.
- It was chosen among the three teams selected
by the BCCI.
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Which country's team won the Rugby World
Cup 2019?
a. England
b. South Africa
c. USA
d. Japan
Answer: b. South Africa
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Which player won the US Open 2019 Men's
Singles title (Mans Singles)?
a. Rafael Nadal
b. Daniil Medvedev
c. Roger Frederer
d. None of these
Answer: a. Rafael Nadal
- Spain's legendary player Rafael Nadal won the
19th Grand Slam title of his career.
- He defeated Daniil Medvedev of Russia.
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Who won the women's singles title at the US
Open (Tennis) 2019?
a. Bianca Andreescu
b. Serena Williams
c. Bianca Chatterjee
d. None of these
Answer: a. Bianca Andreescu
- She is Canadian and only 19 years old tennis
player.
- She thus prevented Serena from winning her
record 24th Grand Slam.
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Which state's sedan secondary school team
won the Under-14 Subroto Cup International
Football Tournament?
a. Karnataka
b. Mizoram
c. Assam
d. Uttar Pradesh
Answer: b. Mizoram
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Which player has the record of becoming the
youngest captain of Test cricket?
a. Virat Kohli
b. Rashid Khan
c. AB de Villiers
d. Joe Roots
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Answer: b. Rashid Khan (Afghan cricketer)
- Rashid Khan went on to captain the Test match
at the age of 20 years 350 days.
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Which Indian wrestler has been given top
priority in the World Championship?
a. Bajrang Punia
b. Sushil Kumar
c. Yogeshwar Dutt
d. Pawan Kumar
Answer: a. Bajrang Punia
- Top seed has been given in the 65 kg freestyle
category of the World Wrestling Competition held
from 14 September in Noor Sultan of
Kazakhstan.
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Who is the fastest Indian wicketkeeper to
take 50 catches in Test cricket?
a. Parthiv Patel
b. Rishabh Pant
c. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
d. Dinesh Karthik
Answer: b. Rishabh Pant
- He did this feat in the ongoing Test series
between India and the West Indies.
-He has beaten the record of previous Test
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cricketer M S Dhoni.
- - Rishabh Pant caught 50 catches in 11 Tests
while Mahendra Singh Dhoni took 50 catches in
15 Tests.
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Under whose captaincy has India won the
most Test matches?
a. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
b. Sourav Ganguly
c. Virat Kohli
d. None of these
Answer: c. Virat Kohli
- Under the captaincy of Virat Kohli, India has
won 28 Test matches in 48 Tests.
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Which form of cricket has Mithali Raj
announced to retire from?
a. One day b. T20
c. Test d. All of the above
Answer: b. T20
Although she will continue to play ODI cricket.
⦁ Mithali Raj made this announcement on 3
September 2019.
⦁ Mithali Raj has the record of playing the most
matches and scoring the most runs for India in
T20 cricket.
⦁ Mithali Raj has scored a total of 2,364 runs in
89 T20 Internationals.
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⦁ Mithali Raj is the first woman to score a double
century in a Test cricket match.
⦁ She had secured first position in the ICC World
Rankings in the years 2010, 2011 and 2012.
⦁ Mithali Raj is the only woman cricketer to cross
6,000 runs in women's one day international
cricket.
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Who is the first Indian player to win a gold
medal at the World Badminton Championship
(WBC)?
a. Mansi Joshi
b. Saina Nehwal
c. Jwala Gutta
d. PV Sindhu
Answer: d. PV Sindhu
- PV Sindhu won this championship on 25
August,
- She created history by defeating No.4 Omi
Okuhara, the world number 4 player.
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Which state will host the 36th National
Games (from 20 October to 4 November
2020)?
a. Assam b. Goa
c. Odisha d. West Bengal
Answer: b. Goa
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- After being postponed again, now the 36th
National Games will be held in Goa from October
20 to November 4 next year.
- The 36th National Games will be held in Goa
from October 20 to November 4, 2020.
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BCCI has given the title sponsorship rights of
the Indian team to which company for the
next five years?
a. Facebook
b. Twitter
c. Paytm
d. None of these
Answer: c. Paytm
- The main sponsor is BYJU’s
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Satendra Singh Lohia who became the first
Asian swimmer to cross the Catalina Channel
of America, belongs to which state?
a. Punjab
b. Odisha
c. Madhya Pradesh
d. Chhattisgarh
Answer: c. Madhya Pradesh
- He has also crossed the English Channel.
- Satendra Singh Lohia is from Gwalior. He
crossed the Catalina Channel in 11 hours 34
minutes with a five-member team,
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Who is the first Indian to win a gold medal at the
World Junior Wrestling Championships after 18
years?
a. Deepak Rohgi
b. Deepak Punia
c. Rakeb Bajaj
d. None of these
Answer: b. Deepak Punia
- Deepak Punia won the gold medal in the 86 kg
category in Tallinn, Estonia, defeating Russia's
Alik Shebzukhov in the final.
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Which former Indian athlete has been
appointed as a member of the "Athletes
Commission of the Asian Athletics
Association"?
a. P.T. Usha
b. PV Indus
c. RK Rahmat
d. None of these
Answer: a. P.T. Usha
- The "Athletes Commission of the Asian
Athletics Association" consists of 6 members,
the Chairman of the Commission is Andrea
Abduvaliev of Uzbekistan.
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Which state launched Mission Shakti for the
game?
a. Bihar
b. Rajasthan
c. Madhya Pradesh
d. Maharashtra
Answer: d. Maharashtra
- Film actor Aamir Khan launched an initiative
called "Mission Shakti" of Maharashtra
Government, to provide training to players from
tribal areas for international competitions.
- It aims to prepare tribal students for the 2024
Olympics.
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Which Indian female wrestler won the gold
medal in the 53 kg weight category in the
2019 Poland Open wrestling competition?
a. Rani Rogato
b. Vinesh Phogat
c. Sushma Bhati
d. None of these
Answer: b. Vinesh Phogat
- In September 2019, Vinesh Phogat will
represent India at the World Championships in
Nursultan, Kazakhstan.
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Who has become the” highest sixes”
cricketer in T20 International cricket?
a. Rohit Sharma
b. VardanSharma
c. Virat Kohli
d. Sunil Lamba
Answer: a. Rohit Sharma
- Rohit Sharma has overtaken Caribbean Storm
opener batsman Chris Gayle in the matter of
hitting sixes in T20 international cricket.
- Rohit has now got 107 sixes in 96 matches.
- He also became the first batsman to score
2400 runs at international level.
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Jerlin Anika who won the gold medal at the
2019 World Deaf Youth Badminton
Championships, is from which state?
a. Odisha
b. Madhya Pradesh
c. Himachal Pradesh
d. Tamil Nadu
Answer: d. Tamil Nadu
- This championship was held in Taipei, Taiwan.
-She has also won two silver and one bronze
medals in the under-18 category.
Jerlin Anika is just 15 years old and studies in
class 10 in Madurai.
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Who is the first player (women and men) to
score 100 wickets and 1000 runs in a T20
International match?
a. Alice Parry
b. Smriti Mandhana
c. Shahid Afridi
d. Virat Kohli
Answer: a. Alice Parry (Australian cricketer)
- She is a female cricketer of Australia.
-She made this record on 28 July 2019, when
her team was playing against England.
Parry, 28, has played 104 T20 Internationals till
28 July, scoring 1005 runs and taking 103
wickets in total.
Talking about men's cricket, Pakistan's Shahid
Afridi came closest to this double. He has 1416
runs and 98 wickets in T20 International to his
credit.
Talking about the batsmen who have scored the
most runs in T20 International cricket in men's
cricket, Rohit Sharma of India is at the top in this
list. Rohit has scored 2331 runs in 94 matches.
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Who has been appointed by the Indian
Federation of Sports Gaming (IFSG) as
Ombudsman and Ethics Officer?
a. Justice AK Sikri
b. Justice Mukesh Meena
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c. Justice RK Dhawan
d. None of these
Answer: a. Justice AK Sikri
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Who won the Formula One German Grand
Prix 2019?
a. Roger Frederer
b. Max Verstappen
c. Sebastian Vettel
d. None of these
Answer: b. Max Verstappen
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For how many months did BCCI suspend
cricketer Prithvi Shaw from cricket for failing
the doping test?
a. 8 months
b. 9 months
c. 10 months
d. 12 months
Answer: a. 8 months
- This suspension is from 16 March 2019 to 15
November 2019.
- During this time Prithvi Shaw will be suspended
from all formats of the game.
Apart from Shaw, two other domestic players
Akshay Dullarwar of Vidarbha and Divya Gajraj
of Rajasthan were also found guilty of violating
the Anti-Doping Code of the Cricket Board.
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What is a dope test?
- Dope test is done to catch the use of strength
enhancing drugs.
- Urine samples of players are taken in dope test
before any event or during training camp. These
tests are conducted by NADA (National Anti
Doping Agency) or WADA (World Anti Doping
Agency).
- Nada's labs are in Delhi and Wada's labs are in
many places in the world.
- WADA was established on 10 November 1999
in Switzerland to stop the growing trend of drugs
in international games. After this, NADA was
established in every country.
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Which Union Territory team has recently
been recognized by the BCCI?
a. Chandigarh
b. Andaman Nicobar
c. Puducherry
d. Daman Diu
Answer: a. Chandigarh
- Now the Chandigarh team can take part in
Ranji Trophy.
Apart from this, the Chandigarh team can
participate in all the domestic competitions
organized by the BCCI.
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Which company recently became the
sponsor of the Indian cricket team?
a. Byju
b. Lux
c. Mi
d. None of these
Answer: a. Byju
- Now his name will be seen on the jersey of the
Indian cricket team.
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The Central Government has approved the
establishment of a sports centre in which city
for the physically challenged (Divyang)?
a. Gwalior
b. Agra
c. Jaipur
d. Udham Singh Nagar
Answer: a. Gwalior
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Which Indian wrestler won the gold medal in
the 65 kg freestyle at the Dan Kolov-Nicola
petrov 2019 tournament in Bulgaria?
a. Sakshi Malik b. Sarita More
c. Bajrang Punia d. None of these
Answer: c. Bajrang Punia
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Which sport has been included for the 2022
Asian Games, not previously included?
a. Cricket
b. Racing
c. Badminton
d. None of these
Answer: a. Cricket
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Which team won the 2019 Syed Mushtaq Ali
Trophy?
a. Bihar
b. Punjab
c. Karnataka
d. None of these
Answer: c. Karnataka
- This trophy is organized by BCCI.
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In which country will the FIFA U-17 Women's
World Cup 2020 be held?
a. Britain
b. France
c. Sri Lanka
d. India
Answer: d. India
- This event is held every two years.
- In 2018 it was held in Uruguay, which was won
by Spain.
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Which team recently won the Indian Super
League (Football) title?
a. Delhi FC
b. Chennai FC
c. Bangalore FC
d. None of these
Answer: c. Bengaluru
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How many medals did India win in the
Special Olympic Games 2019?
a. 338
b. 368
c. 868
d. 968
Answer: b. 368
- This includes 85 gold, 154 silver and 129
bronze medals.
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Which team won the title of SAFF Women's
Championship 2019?
a. India
b. Afghanistan
c. China
d. Sri Lanka
Answer: a. India
- India won this title by defeating Nepal in the
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final.
- This final match was played at the Shaheed
Rangshala Stadium in Biratnagar, Nepal.
- SAFF - South Asian Football Federation
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Who became the President of Indian
Basketball Association?
a. K. Govindaraj b. R. Madhavan
c. K. Gopal Swami d. None of these
Answer: a. K. Govindaraj
- He was again elected to this post.
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The International Olympic Committee has
recommended which sports to be included in
the 2024 Paris Olympic Games?
a. Cricket b. Basketball
c. Breakdancing, Skateboarding, Sport Climbing
and Surfing
d. None of these
Answer: c. Breakdancing, Skateboarding,
Sport Climbing and Surfing
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Which player won the ICC Cricket of the Year
2018 title?
a. Sachin Tendulkar
b. Virat Kohli
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c. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
d. None of these
Answer: b. Virat Kohli
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Where was the second edition of Khelo India
Games organized?
a. Chandigarh b. Patiala
c. Mumbai d. Pune
Answer: d. Pune
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Who became the youngest player to win a
gold medal at the Khelo India Youth Games
2019?
a. Umaid Singh
b. Abhinav Shaw
c. Manik Shaw
d. None of these
Answer: b. Abhinav Shaw
He won a gold medal in shooting. He is only 10
years old.
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Who became the captain who took the most
catches in a match?
a. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
b. Adam Gilchrist
c. Virat Kohli
d. Sarfaraz Ahmed
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Answer: d. Sarfaraz Ahmed
The current captain of the Pakistani cricket team,
Sarfraz Ahmed, took 10 catches in the Test
match played against South Africa. With this, he
overtook Dhoni and Adam Gilchrist.
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Which country won the 2019 Hopman Cup
title?
a. India
b. Switzerland
c. Pakistan
d. France
Answer: b. Switzerland
Switzerland won the 31st edition of the Hopman
Cup in Perth, Australia, with Roger Federer and
Belinda Bencich in the Swiss team.
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Name the first player to win the Hopman Cup
three times?
a. Alexander Zverev
b. Angel Kerber
c. Roger Federer
d. Belinda Bencich
Answer: c. Roger Federer
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After how many years, India won the cricket
test series in Australia?
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a. 25 years
b. 30 years
c. 40 years
d. 71 years
Answer: d. 71 years
- Indian team has won this four-match Test
series 2-1.
Cheteshwar Pujara was given the Man of the
Series award for his outstanding performance.
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Which player defeated Saina Nehwal to win
Indonesia Masters 2019 title?
a. Zhang Shuai
b. Carolina Marin
c. Samantha Stosur
d. None of these
Answer: b. Carolina Marin
- This was Saina's first Indonesia Masters title.
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Who won the men's singles title at the
Australian Open 2019 tennis tournament?
a. Roger Frederer b. Rafael Nadal
c. Marin d. Novak Djokovik
Answer: d. Novak Djokovik
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Who won the women's singles title at the
Australian Open 2019 tennis tournament?
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a. Noami Osaka b. Petra Kvitova
c. Sania Mirza d. None of these
Answer: a. Noami Osaka
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Who won the Men's double category title at
the Australian Open 2019 tennis tournament?
a. John Pearce and Henry Quinton
b. Pierre-Hughes Herbert and Nicolas Mahut
c. Henry Quinton and Nicolas Mahut
d. None of these
Answer: b. Pierre-Hughes Herbert and
Nicolas Mahut
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Who won the women's double category title
at the Australian Open 2019 tennis
tournament?
a. Kristina Mladenovic and Zhang Shuai
b. Taymiya Babos and Christina Mladenovic
c. Samantha Stosur and Zhang Shuai
d. None of these
Answer: c. Samantha Stosur and Zhang
Shuai
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Which team won the ODI Cricket World Cup
2019?
a. England
b. India
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c. New Zealand
d. Afghanistan
Answer: a. England
- England has won the ODI Cricket World Cup
for the first time.
- Ben Stokes, who performed brilliantly in
England in this match, was declared Man of the
Match.
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Who was chosen as Player of the Series in
Cricket World Cup 2019?
a. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
b. Kane Williamson
c. Virat Kohli
d. None of these
Answer: b. Kane Williamson
- New Zealand captain Kane Williamson was
named Player of the Series.
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Which Indian has been elected a member of
the International Olympic Committee?
a. Abhishek Das
b. Narinder Batra
c. Virat Kohli
d. None of these
Answer: b. Narinder Batra
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- He is the President of the Indian Olympic
Association.
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Who has been appointed the head of the
National Cricket Academy?
a. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
b. Vijay Tiwari
c. Rahul Dravid d. None of these
Answer: c. Rahul Dravid
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The ICC has recently announced the World
Cup team of the tournament, which Indian
players have been included in it?
a. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli
b. MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma
c. Jasprit Bumrah and Rohit Sharma
d. Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma
Answer: c. Jasprit Bumrah and Rohit Sharma
- New Zealand captain Ken Williamson, who has
become the player of the tournament, has been
made the captain of this team.
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Which country will host the International
Shooting World Cup 2020?
a. Indonesia b. Thailand
c. South Korea d. India
Answer: d. India
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Who is the runner up to win the fifth gold
medal in 19 days?
a. PT Usha
b. Hima Das
c. Anandi Das
d. None of these
Answer: b. Hima Das
- First Gold: On July 2, Hima took part in the 200
meter race at the Poznan Athletics Grand Prix.
She won the gold by completing that race in
23.65 seconds.
- Second Gold: Hima won the gold medal by
completing the 200 meters race in 23.97
seconds at the Kutno Athletics Meet in Poland
on 7 July.
- Third Gold: Hima completed the women's 200
meters race in 23.43 seconds at the Kladno
Memorial Athletics held in the Czech Republic on
13 July.
- Fourth Gold: Won Gold Medal in 200 meter
race in 'Tabor Athletics' on 17 July.
- Fifth Gold: On 20 July, Hima also won the gold
medal in the 400 meter race of an international
event released in the Czech Republic.
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Who won the women's singles title at the
2019 Wimbledon Tennis Tournament?
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a. Aruna Das
b. Serena Williams
c. Simona Halep
d. None of these
Answer: c. Simona Halep
- She hails from Romania.
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Which Indian wicketkeeper batsman has
recently started two months training in the
parachute regiment of the Territorial Army in
Jammu and Kashmir?
a. Dinesh Karthik
b. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
c. Naman Ojha
d. Parthiv Patel
Answer: b. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
- Former captain of Indian team Mahendra Singh
Dhoni was given the rank of honorary lieutenant
colonel in the Territorial Army / Territorial Army in
the year 2011.
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Which former Indian batsman has recently
been inducted into the Hall of Fame by the
International Cricket Council (ICC)?
a. Sachin Tendulkar
b. Saurabh Ganguly
c. Yuvraj Singh
d. Kapil Dev
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Answer: a. Sachin Tendulkar
The ICC had inducted former cricketers Bishan
Singh Bedi, Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar, Anil
Kumble and Rahul Dravid in the Hall of Fame
from India before Sachin.
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Which cricket team has been suspended by
the ICC with immediate effect on government
interference?
a. Zimbabwe Cricket Team
b. Australia cricket team
c. Indian Cricket Team
d. England cricket team
Answer: a. Zimbabwe Cricket Team
After this ban, now Zimbabwe will not be able to
play international cricket until the ICC removes
this ban from them.
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Which Indian player is at number one in the
ICC Test batsmen rankings?
a. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
b. Rohit Sharma
c. Virat Kohli
d. Shikhar Dhawan
Answer: c. Virat Kohli
- This report has been released on 22 July 2019.
- New Zealand captain Ken Williamson (913
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points) is at number two.
- and Cheteshwar Pujara (881 points) is third.
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Which place has Ravindra Jadeja ranked in
the ICC Test Bowlers rankings?
a. Second b. The third
c. Fifth d. The sixth
Answer: d. The sixth
- Team India's Ravindra Jadeja and
Ravichandran Ashwin are in sixth and tenth
position respectively.
- While in first place is Australia's fast bowler Pat
Cummins.
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What is the position of India in ICC Test Team
Rankings?
a. First b. Second
c. Third d. The fourth
Answer: a. The first
India ranks first in the team rankings, followed by
New Zealand (2), South Africa (3), England (4)
and Australia (5).
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Which position has the Indian football team
recently got in the world rankings released
by FIFA?
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a. 105
b. 111
c. 103
d. 125
Answer: c. 103
- Belgium at number one
- Brazil in second place
- France on third
- England and fourth
- Uruguay is on the fifth
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Which team has recently won the Santosh
Trophy 2019 title?
a. Mumbai
. Surat
c. Services
d. West Bengal
Answer: c. Services
- Services football team represents Indian
Defense Services in Santosh Trophy.
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Indian boxer Amit Panghal won which medal
in the 52 kg weight category of the Asian
Championship?
a. Silver medal b. Gold medal
c. Bronze medal d. None of these
Answer: b. Gold medal
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Which Indian player won the 2019 Dutch
International Badminton title?
a. Harsheel Dani
b. Anubhav Khanna
c. Suresh Kunwar
d. None of these
Answer: a. Harsheel Dani
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How many medals did India win in the Asian
Boxing Championship 2019?
a. 10
b. 11
c. 12
d. 13
Answer: d. 13
- Boxer Amit Panghal won the gold medal in the
52 kg category.
- Boxer Pooja Rani won gold medal in 81 kg
category.
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In the Asian Athletics Championships 2019,
India finished fourth by winning how many
medals?
a. 17 medals
b. 15 medals
c. 18 medals
d. 4 medals
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Answer: a. 17 medals
- It consists of 3 Gold, 7 Silver (Silver) and 7
Bronze (Bronze).
Gold medal winners of India.
- The first gold medal was won by 30-year-old
Gomthi Marimuthu in the 800 meters.
- Tejinder Pal Singh Toor won the gold medal in
the men's shot put.
- PU Chitra won gold in the 1500 meter race.
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Which Indian wrestler won the gold medal in
the Asian Wrestling Championship 2019?
a. Yogeshwar Dutt
b. Sakshi Malik
c. Ravindra Khatri
d. Bajrang Poonia
Answer: d. Bajrang Poonia
- World No.1 wrestler Bajrang Punia has given
India the first gold medal in 65 kg category.
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Which player won India's first gold medal at
the 23rd Asian Athletics Championships?
a. Parul Chaudhary
b. Annu Rani
c. Gomthi Marimuthu
d. Gavit Murali
Answer: c. Gomthi Marimuthu
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- On 22 April 2019, Gomti won the gold medal in
the 800 meters race. This is India's first gold
medal in the championship.
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Which Indian player won the 2019 Dutch
International Badminton title?
a. Vipin Mehta
b. Mike faint
c. PV Sindhu
d. Harsheel Dani
Answer: d. Hersheel Dani
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Who became the first captain to win 100
matches in IPL?
a. Virat Kohli
b. Kane Williamson
c. Ravichandran Ashwin
d. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Answer: d. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
- Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh
Dhoni has become the first captain to win 100
matches in the history of IPL.
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73-year-old Isaac Hayek has become the
oldest football player in the world, he
belongs to which country?
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a. Israel
b. Palestine
c. America
d. France
Answer: a. Israel
- He played professional football at the age of
73.
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Which female boxer won the gold medal in
the 54 kg category at the Cologne Boxing
World Cup 2019?
a. Sakshi Rohilla
b. Aarti Teotia
c. Tripti Desai
d. Meena Kumari
Answer: d. Meena Kumari
- The event was held on 13 April 2019 in
Cologne, Germany.
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Who won the 2019 Miami Open tennis
tournament title in men's singles?
a. Graham Reid
b. Peter Black
c. Roger Federer
d. None of these
Answer: c. Roger Federer
Legendary tennis player Roger Federer won the
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2019 Miami Open tennis tournament title in the
men's singles category. In the final, they
defeated last-time winner John Isner. This is
Roger Federer's 28th Masters title and overall
101st title.
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Who has become the first female umpire of a
men's ODI cricket match?
a. Claire Polosak
b. Rajani Kumari
c. Maxi
d. None of these
Answer: a. Claire Polosak
- She is 31 years old. And hails from Australia.
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Which team won the Sultan Azlan Shah
hockey tournament?
a. South Korea
b. USA
c. India
d. Pakistan
Answer: a. South Korea
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Which country recently won the ICC Test
Championship mace for the third consecutive
time?
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a. India b. Pakistan
c. South Africa d. None of these
Answer: a. India
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Who won the 2019 Formula 1 Bahrain Grand
Prix competition?
a. Honey Osaka b. Roger Federer
c. Louis Hamilton d. None of these
Answer: c. Louis Hamilton
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In which weight class did Meena Kumari win
gold medal in Cologne Boxing World Cup
2019?
a. 94 kg b. 64 kg
c. 54 kg d. 34 kg
Answer: b. 54 kg
- Cologne Boxing World Cup 2019 was held in
Cologne, Germany. India won a total of five
medals in this competition.
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Who was elected the Goodwill Ambassador
of the Indian team in the Street Child Cricket
World Cup?
a. Ajuman Tiwari
b. Neha Dhupia
c. Mithali Raj
d. Rahul Dravid
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Answer: c. Mithali Raj
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Divyansh Singh Panwar, who qualified for
Tokyo Olympics, is related to which sport?
a. Cricket
b. Shooting
c. Racing
d. None of these
Answer: b. Shooting
- Divyansh Panwar recently won a silver medal
in the 10-meter air rifle event at the ISSF World
Cup, with which he has qualified for the 2020
Tokyo Olympics.
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Player Abhishek Verma is related to which
game?
a. Cricket
b. Swimming
c. Shooting
d. None of these
Answer: c. Shooting
- He won a gold medal in the International
Shooting Federation (ISSF) World Cup in
Beijing, which he won in the 10 meter air pistol
event.
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Which position did India get in the medal
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table in 2019 ISSF (International Shooting
Sport Federation) World Cup 3?
a. First
b. Second
c. Third
d. The fourth
Answer: a. The first
- India won 5 gold medals and a total of 6
medals and topped the medal table.
Shooter Event Name Medal
Saurabh Chaudhary (World Record) 10m Air
Pistol Gold
Apurvi Chandela 10m Air Rifle Gold
Rahi Sarnobat 25m Pistol Gold
Divyansh Singh Panwar, Anjum Moudgil-10
Meter Air Rifle (Mixed Team) - Gold
Saurabh Chaudhary and Manu Bhakar: 10m Air
Pistol (Mixed Team) Gold
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Which Indian footballer has become the one
to have played the maximum number of
international football matches?
a. Anirudh Thapa
b. Sunil Chhetri
c. Abhishek Yadav
d. Robin Singh
Answer: b. Sunil Chhetri
- Sunil Chhetri played his 108th match for India
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in the Kings Cup against Karkau, however India
lost in this match.
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Who won the French Open 2019 Men's
Singles title for the 12th time, setting a
record?
a. Rafael Nadal
b. Dominic Theme
c. Novak Djokovic
d. None of these
Answer: a. Rafael Nadal
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Yuvraj Singh retired from which of the
following types of cricket?
a. One day cricket
b. Domestic cricket
c. IPL
d. International cricket
Answer: d. International cricket
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Who won the 2019 Pacific International
Snooker Championship?
a. Sourav Kothari
b. Anil Kothari
c. Ajay Kothari
d. Vimal Kothari
Answer: a. Sourav Kothari
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- The event took place in Melbourne, Australia.
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Renowned badminton player Lee Chong Wei
has announced his retirement, he is a player
from which country?
a. China b. Malaysia
c. Singapore d. New zealand
Answer: b. Malaysia
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In which country will the Winter Olympic
Games be held in 2026?
a. USA b. France
c. Germany d. Italy
Answer: d. Italy
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Indian wrestler Bajrang Poonia has won
which medal in the Ali Aliyev tournament
played in Russia on 02 May 2019?
a. Silver medal b. Gold medal
c. Bronze medal d. None of these
Answer: b. Gold medal
- Bajrang Punia has won the gold medal in the
65 kg weight category.
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As the official sponsor of the cricket team of
which neighboring country, has the Indian
dairy brand Amul tied up for the Cricket
World Cup 2019?
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a. Pakistan
b. Bangladesh
c. Sri Lanka
d. Afghanistan
Answer: d. Afghanistan
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Who is the winning team of IPL 2019?
a. Chennai Super Kings
b. Mumbai Indians
c. Delhi Capitals
d. None of these
Answer: b. Mumbai Indians
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Which player has won the Orange Cap title in
IPL 2019?
a. Virat Kohli
b. David Warner
c. Imran Tahir
d. MS Dhoni
Answer: b. David Warner
He is a player of the Sunrisers Hyderabad team.
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Which player has won the Purple Cap title in
IPL 2019?
a. Shubman Gill b. David Warner
c. Imran Tahir d. Ambati Rayudu
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Answer: c. Imran Tahir
- Chennai Super Kings team player Imran Tahir
won the Purple Cap title.
Who has won the 2019 Spanish Grand Prix
title?
a. Alexander Albon b. Walteri Bottas
c. Sebastian Vettel d. Lewis Hamilton
Answer: d. Lewis Hamilton
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In which country will the 2023 Asian Cup
football tournament be held?
a. Russia b. India
c. China d. Bangladesh
Answer: c. China
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Awards Who won the title of Miss World 2019?
a. Toni-Ann Singh
b. Opelie Mezzino
c. Suman Rao
d. Vanessa Ponce
Answer: a. Toni-Ann Singh (Jamaican resident)
- Indian-origin Jamaican-based Toni-Ann Singh
(23 years) was elected Miss World 2019.
- The event was held in London.
- Suman Rao of India was the second runner-up
at number three in Miss World competition.
Miss World and Miss Universe were elected in
2019
- In 2019, both Miss World and Miss Universe
black beauties have been selected.
- Earlier on 8 December 2019, 26 year old
Jojibini Tunji Miss Universe 2019 of South Africa
was elected.
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Who won the title of Miss World Asia 2019?
a. Aditi Rao
b. Suman Rao
c. Aastha Chatterjee
d. Tony V Singh
Answer: b. Suman Rao
Suman Rao was born on 23 November 1998 in
Udaipur, Rajasthan.
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- Her father Ratan Singh Rao is a jeweller, while
mother Sushila Kunwar Rao is a homemaker.
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Which authors were awarded the Akashdeep
Samman-2019?
a. Amit Rajadesai and Gyanranjan
b. Vidyut Bharti and Akhil Sharma
c. Dalbir Singh and Gyanranjan
d. Gyanranjan and Bhalchandra Nemade
Answer: d. Gyanranjan and Bhalchandra
Nemade
Under this, he was given five lakh rupees and
citation.
- Bhalchandra Nemade is a famous Marathi
litterateur.
- While Gyanranjan is a Hindi writer.
- This award is given by the Media Institute
'Amar Ujala'.
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Which actor was honored with the
Dadasaheb Phalke Award by the President on
29 December 2019?
a. Nana Patekar
b. Amitabh Bachchan
c. Shahrukh Khan
d. Alok Nath
Answer: b. Amitabh Bachchan
Dadasaheb Phalke Award
- Dadasaheb Phalke Award is an annual award
given by the Government of India.
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- This award is given to a person for his lifetime
contribution to Indian cinema.
- This award started from the year 1969 on the
birth centenary of Dadasaheb Phalke.
- This award was presented to actress Devika
Rani for the first time.
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Who was described the world's most famous
teenager on the decade by the United
Nations?
a. Greta Thunberg
b. Malala Yousafzai
c. Marley Diaz
d. Christina Martin
Answer: b. Malala Yousafzai
- The United Nations has stated this in its report
'Decade in Review'.
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Who was honored with the Army Design
Bureau Excellence Award 2019 for bullet
proof jacket 'universal armor'?
a. Major Anoop Mishra
b. Major Alok Verma
c. Lieutenant Vimal Jalan
d. None of these
Answer: a. Major Anoop Mishra
- He has been given this honour for the
development of 'universal armour'.
- Sarvatra Kavach is an indigenously
manufactured bullet proof jacket.
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- This jacket sniper can protect soldiers from
steel bullets also.
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Who was selected for the Sahitya Akademi
Award 2019 for his contribution to the
English language?
a. Shashi Tharoor
b. Anees Salim
c. Chinoid cavity
d. Nand Kishore Acharya
Answer: a. Shashi Tharoor
- This award has been received for 'An Era of
Darkness' written by him on the British era.
- This book was released in 2016.
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Who was selected for the Sahitya Akademi
Award 2019 for his contribution to the Hindi
language?
a. Shashi Tharoor
b. Anees Salim
c. Chinmay Guha
d. Nand Kishore Acharya
Answer: d. Nand Kishore Acharya
- He has been givenit for the poem “Cheelte
huey Apne Ko'.
- The honour will be given on 25 February 2020
in New Delhi.
- The prize is given as a tamaraphalak, shawl
and an amount of one lakh rupees.
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Sahitya Akademi Award 2019
• Assamese - Jayashree Goswami Mahant -
Chanakya (novel)
• Badla - Chinmaya Guha - Ghumar Darja
Thele (essay)
• Bodo - Phukan Chandra Basumatari - Aakhai
Athumanifroy (Poem)
• Dogri - Om Sharma 'Jandrayadi' - Badralata
Darpan (Essay)
• English - Shashi Tharoor - An Era of
Darkness (non-fiction prose)
• Gujarati - Ratilal Borisagar - Mojma re woon
re! (Essay)
• Hindi - Nand Kishore Acharya - Peeling
Yourself (Poem)
• Kannada - Vijaya - Kudi Esaru
(Autobiography)
• Kashmiri - Abdul Ahad Hajini - Akh Yaad Akh
Qayamat (Story Collection)
• Konkani - Nilba A Khandekar - The Words
(Poem)
• Maithili - Kumar Manish Arvind - Gingeek
Orion Karate (poem)
• Malayalam - V. Madhusudhanan Nair - Achan
Piranna Vidu (Poem)
• Manipuri - Beryl Thanga (L Biramangal
Singh) - E Amadi Adungigi Ethat (novel)
• Marathi - Anuradha Patil - Probably Ajunahi
(Poem)
• Odia - Tarun Kanti Mishra - Bhaswati (Story
Collection)
• Punjabi - Kirpal Kazakh - Endless (Story
Collection)
• Rajasthani - Ramswaroop Kisan - Barika
Baat (Story Collection)
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• Sanskrit - Nenna-Madhusudan -
Pragyachakshusham (poem)
• Santali - Kali Charan Hembram - Sisirajali
(Story Collection)
• Sindhi - Ishwar Murjani - Jijal (Story
Collection)
• Tamil - Cho. Dharman - Sul (novel)
• Telugu - Bandi Narayana Owner -
Sepatbhoomi (novel)
• Urdu - Shafe Kidwai - Savneh-e-Sir Syed: A
Bajjid (Biography)
• Nepali language awards will be announced
later.
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Who won the DSC Award 2019 in South Asian
Literature?
a. Amitabh Bagchi
b. Anees Salim
c. Chinmay Guha
d. Nand Kishore Acharya
Answer: a. Amitabh Bagchi
- He has received this award for his novel 'Half
the Night is Gone'.
- The award was announced at the IME Nepal
Literature Festival in Nepal.
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In which country were Indian peacekeepers
honoured with United Nations medals?
a. South Africa
b. South Sudan
c. Nepal
d. Congo
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Answer: b. South Sudan
- 850 Indian peacekeepers working in South
Sudan were awarded the United Nations Medal.
Indian soldiers have been given this honour for
their contribution in establishing peace in Sudan
and for selfless service.
At present, there are 2,342 Indian soldiers and
25 police personnel working in the UNMISS -
United Nations Mission in South Sudan.
- Mission in this country was started in July 2011
when South Sudan gained independence from
Sudan.
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Which state government has been awarded
the 'World Habitat Award' by UN Habitat?
a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Odisha
c. Karnataka
d. Uttarakhand
Answer: b. Odisha
- Government of Odisha conferred 'World Habitat
Award' for 'Jaga Mission'.
Under this mission, the Odisha government
provided land rights certificates to 52, 682 urban
poor families living in slums.
- This mission is being carried out by Tata Trust
and Norman Foster Foundation.
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Which port was declared as 'Port of Call'
under the "Coastal Shipping Agreement"
between India and Bangladesh?
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a. Mongla
b. Chattogram
c. a and b
d. None of these
Answer: c. a and b
- The Ministry of Shipping (Ministry of Shipping -
Ministry of shipping) announced that Mongla and
Chattogram (both in Bangladesh) have been
declared as Port of Call under the "Coastal
Shipping Agreement" between India and
Bangladesh.
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Which city was chosen as the Sports
Tourism Destination at the 2019 World Travel
Awards?
a. Mumbai
b. Abu Dhabi
c. Jaipur
d. Paris
Answer: b. Abu Dhabi
- Abu Dhabi has been given this title for the 7th
consecutive time.
- It is the capital of United Arab Emirates (UAE).
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Whom has Time magazine selected 'Person
of the Year' for the year 2019?
a. Greta Thunberg
b. Narendra Modi
c. Hamid Karzai
d. Donald trump
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Answer: a. Greta Thunberg
- Greta has achieved this honour at the youngest
age.
- She has been talked about her influential and
aggressive speeches.
- She also gave a speech at the United Nations
Climate Action Summit this year.
- Wherein, she said “ how dare you”.
- This speech was praised all over the world.
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Puma has appointed Sunil Chhetri as brand
ambassador, with which sport is he
associated?
a. Cricket
b. Tennis
c. Football
d. Chase
Answer: c. Football
- Sunil Chhetri is currently ranked second in the
list of current goal scorers in international
football.
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Who was selected by the Indian Jnanpith for
the 33rd Murtidevi Award?
a. Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari
b. Akhilesh Chandra
c. Suryapratap Bhushan
d. Ashutosh Mishra
Answer: a. Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari
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- He is the former president of Sahitya Akademi
and a noted poet-critic.
- Madhusudan Anand, director of the Bharatiya
Jnanpith has made this announcement.
- It has been decided to award for his work 'Asti
Aur Bhavati'.
- In the Murthy Devi Award to be given by
Jnanpith, Dr. Tiwari will be given Saraswati
statue, citation and a prize money of four lakh
rupees.
- Murti Devi Award is given to a work written in
constitutionally recognized language.
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Which Indian has been elected to the board
of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New
York?
a. Deepika Padukone
b. Nita Ambani
c. Sania Mirza
d. Priyanka Chopra
Answer b. Nita Ambani
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Which Indian won the BRICS Innovator Prize
2019 (BRICS-Young Innovator Award)?
a. Ramesh Prakash
b. Ravi Prakash
c. Anand Bharti
d. Vijay Mittal
Answer b. Ravi Prakash
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Who has been selected for Indira Gandhi
Peace Prize 2019?
a. Manmohan Singh
b. Juliun Assange
c. David Attenborough
d. None of these
Answer c. David Attenborough
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Who was given the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize
2018?
a. CSE b. Sunita Narayan
c. Manmohan Singh d. None of these
Answer a. CSE (Centre for Science and
Environment)
- On behalf of CSE, its Director General Sunita
Narayan took this award.
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Who has been chosen as Person of the Year
2019 by PETA India?
a. Maneka Gandhi b. Hrithik Roshan
c. Virat Kohli d. Alia Bhatt
Answer c. Virat Kohli
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Who has been given the Children's Right
Foundation International Children's Peace
Prize 2019?
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a. Greta Thunberg and Divina Maloum
b. Greta Thunberg and Neha Gupta
c. Greta Thunberg and Abraham M. Keita
d. Leena Davaluri
b. Answer a. Greta Thunberg and Divina
Maloum
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Who was awarded the Bihari Award for the
year 2018?
a. Manisha Kulshrestha
b. Nanda Bhardwaj
c. Hemant Shesh
d. Alka Saraogi
Answer a. Manisha Kulshrestha
- She has been awarded this award for her novel
'Swapnapash' on 22 November 2019.
- The K.K. The Birla Foundation award is given
annually to a writer of Rajasthan for his notable
contribution to Hindi or Rajasthani language.
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Chitharesh Natesan who recently became Mr.
Universe 2019 is from which state?
a. Rajasthan b. Bihar
c. Kerala d. Odisha
Answer c. Kerala
- He became the first Indian to win the title of Mr.
Universe.
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Whose motto is "Ma Gridhah:
Kasyasvidhanam", which has been released
recently?
a. Indian Standards Bureau
b. Lokpal
c. Vigilance Commission
d. Finance Ministry
Answer b. Lokpal
- Ma Gridha = Greed, don't do it,
- Kasyasvit = someone,
- Dhanam = of wealth
Ma Gridha: Kasyasvidhanam" - Do not covet
anyone's wealth.
- Lokpal Chairman Pinaki Chandra Ghose
launched the Lokpal logo and motto on 27
November.
- The logo of the Lokpal includes the shapes of
the ombudsman, the people, vigilance, the law
and the judicial.
The Chairman of Lokpal: Justice Pinaki Chandra
Ghose
The Members of Lokpal:
- Justice Dilip Babasaueb Bhosale (Judicial
Member),
- Justice Pradeep Kumar Mohanty (Judicial
Member),
- Justice Ajay Kumar Tripathi (Judicial Member),
- Dinesh Kumar Jain (Non-Judicial Member),
- Archana Ramasundaram (Non-Judicial
Member),
- Mahender Singh (Non-Judicial Member) &
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- Dr Inderjeet Prasad Gautam (Non-Judicial
Member),
- Secretary Lokpal - B. K. Agarwal
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Which word has been chosen by Oxford
Dictionary as Word of the Year 2019?
a. Climate emergency
b. Terrorism
c. Clean environment
d. None of these
Answer a. Climate emergency
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Which is the first university in Madhya
Pradesh to get A + grade from NAAC?
a. Vikram University
b. Makhanlal Chaturvedi University of Journalism
c. Devi Ahilya University
d. None of these
Answer c. Devi Ahilya University
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The Central Government has approved the
name of Darbhanga Airport in Bihar after
whom?
a. Darbhanga Maharaj b. Vidyapati
c. Sanjay Kumar d. None of these
Answer b. Vidyapati
- The proposed Darbhanga airport will be named
after the famous Maithili poet Vidyapati.
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- Bihar Minister Sanjay Kumar Jha made this
announcement.
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Which economist of Indian origin won the
2019 Nobel Prize in Economics?
a. Raghuram Rajan
b. Abhijeet Banerjee
c. Rakesh Khanna
d. Vijay Chauhan
Answer: b. Abhijeet Banerjee
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Which three economists won the 2019 Nobel
Prize in Economics?
a. Abhijeet Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael
Kramer
b. Abhijeet Banerjee, Raghuram Rajan, Michael
Kramer
c. Viswajit Ghosh, Abhijeet Banerjee, Esther
Duflo
d. None of these
Answer: a. Abhijeet Banerjee, Esther Duflo
and Michael Kramer
- All three will be given the Nobel of Economics
for their efforts towards reducing global poverty.
- Abhijeet Banerjee and Esther Duflo are
spouses.
- After 21 years, an Indian was elected for Nobel
prize in Economics.
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- Earlier Professor Amartya Sen was given this
honor in 1998.
Esther Duflo (France)
- Youngest woman to win Nobel in economics.
- The second woman to get the Nobel of
Economics.
- She has been an advisor to former US
President Barack Obama.
Michael Kramer
- He is American.
- Kramer is a professor at Harvard University.
54 years old, a development economist.
Abhijeet Banerjee
- Abhijeet Banerjee's full name is Abhijeet
Vinayak Banerjee.
- Born on 21 February 1961 in Kolkata.
- Mother Nirmala Banerjee was a professor at
Kolkata's Centre for Studies in Social Sciences.
- Father Deepak Banerjee was the head of
Economics Department in Presidency College.
- Abhijeet did his graduation at Presidency
College, Kolkata.
- MA in Economics from JNU in 1983.
- PhD from Harvard University in 1988.
Abhijeet is 58 years old and a US citizen.
- Abhijeet Banerjee and his wife Esther Duflo are
currently Professor of Economics at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in
the US.
- Abhijeet has written 7 books on Economics to
guide the world.
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- He gained fame in 2011 from his book Poor
Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to
Fight Global Poverty.
- Banerjee, along with Duflo and Sendil
Mullinathan, founded Abdul Latif Jamil Poverty
Action Lab (J-Pal) in the year 2003.
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Which country's Prime Minister was selected
for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize?
a. India: Narendra Modi
b. Pakistan: Imran Khan
c. Israel: Benjamin Netanyahu
d. Ethiopia: Abi Ahmed Ali
Answer: d. Ethiopia: Abi Ahmed Ali
- Ethiopia is an African country.
- He will be given this prestigious award for
playing a major role in resolving the border
dispute with neighboring Eritrea for years.
- Abi Ahmed, 43 years old, is also known as
'Nelson Mandela' of Ethiopia.
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How many Indians or people of Indian origin
have been selected for the Nobel Prize till
now?
a. 6
b. 7
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c. 8
d. 9
Answer: d. 9
- Prior to Abhijeet Banerjee, 8 Indians have
received Nobel honors.
i. Rabindra Nath Tagore (1913)
- Nobel was awarded in the field of literature.
ii. CV Raman (1930)
- Nobel in the field of Physics was awarded. This
award was given to him for his work on the
spread of light.
iii. Har Govind Khurana (1968)
- Indian-American Khurana was awarded this
honor in the field of Physiology or Medicine.
- Nobel Prize in 'Explaining the Genetic Code
and Its Functions in Protein Synthesis'
iv. Mother Teresa (1979)
- was given for her efforts in the service of
humanity.
v. Subramanian Chandrasekhar (1983)
- Indian-American Chandrasekhar was awarded
the Nobel of Physics along with William A. Faller.
- This award was given to him in the field of
theoretical study of physical processes in the
development and structure of stars.
vi. Amartya Sen (1998)
- Nobel was awarded in 1998 for his efforts
towards welfare economics.
vii. Venkataraman Ramakrishnan
- India-born Ramakrishnan was awarded in
chemistry in 2009.
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- This honor was conferred with two other
scientists on the study of the structure and
function of ribosomes.
viii. Kailash Satyarthi (2014)
- was awarded the Nobel for Peace.
- He was given this honor along with Pakistan's
child rights activist Malala Yusufzai.
ix. Abhijeet Banerjee (2019)
5 Nobel Prizes to people with Indian citizenship
- Rabindranath Tagore (Literature) (1913)
- CV Raman (Science) (1930)
- Mother Teresa (Peace) (1979)
- Amartya Sen (Economics) (1998)
- Kailash Satyarthi (Peace) (2014)
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Which scientists have been selected for the
Nobel Prize for Medicine / Physiology
(Medicine) (Year 2019)?
a. William G. Kaelin b. Peter j. Ratcliffe
c. Greg L. Semenza d. All of the above
Answer: d. All of the above (William G. Kaelin
of America, Greg L. Semenza and Peter J.
Ratcliffe of Britain)
- These scientists discovered how human cells
sense and adapt to changes in oxygen levels.
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Who won the 2019 Sakharov Prize for Human
Rights?
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a. Ilham Tohti b. Rajendra Mathur
c. RK Madhavan d. John milton
Answer: a. Ilham Tohti
- The European Union Parliament has
announced this.
- Ilham Tohti, an Uyghur economist fighting for
the rights of China’s Uyghur minority was given
this prestigious honor for human rights.
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Which African country gave the highest
civilian honor 'The Order of the Green
Crescent' to Vice President M Venkaiah
Naidu?
a. South Africa b. Comoros
c. Madagascar d. Mozambique
Answer: b. Comoros
- M. Venkaiah Naidu was on a tour of Comoros
and Sierra Leone from 10 October to 14
October.
On 12 October here, Comoros President Ajali
Asoumani gave this honor.
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Who was selected for the 31st 'Indira Gandhi
National Integration Award' (2017-18)?
a. Chandi Prasad Bhatt b. Satish Dhawan
c. TM Krishna d. Gulzar
Answer: a. Chandi Prasad Bhatt
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85-year-old Gandhian environmentalist Bhatt
has been associated with the Chipko movement.
– He is also the recipient of Padma Bhushan,
Ramon Magsaysay and Gandhi Peace Prize.
'Indira Gandhi National Integration Award'
- The Congress instituted this award in memory
of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
- Indira Gandhi Peace Prize is given in memory
of former Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi.
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Who has got the first position in "Forbes
India Rich List 2019"?
a. Mukesh Ambani
b. Azim Premji
c. Hinduja Brothers
d. Gautam Adani
Answer: a. Mukesh Ambani
- Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani
is ranked first for 12 consecutive years.
- Mukesh Ambani has total assets of $ 51.4
billion. Mukesh Ambani's total assets have
increased by four million dollars compared to last
year
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Who has got second place in "Forbes India
Rich List 2019"?
a. Anil Ambani
b. Azim Premji
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c. Hinduja Brothers
d. Gautam Adani
Answer: d. Gautam Adani
- Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani has
jumped eight places to become the second
richest Indian in this list.
- Gautam Adani has total assets of $ 15.7 billion.
According to Forbes, Adani has got this success
due to all kinds of business from the airport to
the data center.
- Anil Ambani is out of the top 10 list.
Top 10 list
1. Mukesh Ambani 2. Gautam Adani
3. Hinduja Brothers 4. Pallonji Mistry
5. Uday Kotak 6. Shiva Nadar
7. Radhakrishna Damani 8. Godrej Family
9. Lakshmi Mittal 10. Kumar Birla
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Which Indian nun was given the status of a
saint by Pope Francis 93 years after her
death?
a. Mariam Thresia
b. Madam Maria
c. Maryam Sen
d. None of these
Answer: a. Mariam Thresia
- Pope Francis in Vatican City announced to
grant her the title of Saint on 13 October 2019.
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- Mariam Thresia made a great effort for the
education and empowerment of girls in Kerala.
- 93 years after her death,she was given the title
of saint.
Mariam Thresia
- She was born on 26 April 1876 in Thrissur
district, Kerala.
She died on 8 June 1926 at the age of 50.
- Mariam Thresia established a congregation
called Holy Family.
This institution, founded by her in 1914, now has
about 2000 nuns.
- Mariam Thresia built and operated many
schools, hostels, orphanages and convents.
- Sister Mariam Thresia has often been
compared to Mother Teresa because of her
service.
A total of five received the title of Saint in 2019
Sister Mariam Thracia of India
- British Cardinal John Henry Newman,
- Swiss Marguerite Bays
- Sister Dulce Lopes of Brazil and
- Italian sister Giuseppina Vannini
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Which Union Minister led the Indian
delegation during the declaration of the title
of Saint Mariam Thresia in Vatican City?
a. S. Jaishankar
b. V. Muralitharan
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c. K. Rajasekaran
d. None of these
Answer: b. V. Muralitharan (Minister of State
for External Affairs)
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Who has been selected by the Press Council
of India (PCI) for the Rajaram Mohan Roy
Award 2019?
a. Ravish Kumar
b. Gulab Kothari
c. Rajesh Joshi
d. Rajdeep Sardesai
Answer: b. Gulab Kothari
- He is the President of Rajasthan Patrika Group.
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Who is the first black woman to win the
Booker Prize?
a. Bernadin Avaristo
b. Margaret Atwood
c. Taslima Nasreen
d. None of these
Answer: a. Bernadin Avaristo
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Name the joint winners of Booker Prize 2019?
a. Bernardine Evaristo and Taslima Nasrin
b. Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo
c. Taslima Nasreen and Margaret Atwood
d. None of these
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Answer: b. Margaret Atwood and Bernardine
Evaristo
Usually this award is not given jointly. But this
time these rules have been sidelined.
- Margaret Atwood is a 79-year-old Canadian.
- Margaret Atwood was awarded the Booker
Prize for her book 'The Testament' and
Bernadine Evaristo for her book 'Girl, Woman,
Other'.
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Who was awarded the National Kishore
Kumar Award 2018-19?
a. Priyadarshan b. Rakesh Roshan
c. Amitabh Bachchan d. Sanjay Dutt
Answer: a. Priyadarshan
- Famous film director and producer
Priyadarshan was awarded the National Kishore
Kumar Award 2018-19.
- For the year 2017-18, the award was given to
actress Waheeda Rehman.
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Which Indian was awarded the 'Global
Goalkeeper Award' by the Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation?
a. Naveen Patnaik
b. Narendra Modi
c. Bill Gates
d. Dr. Harshvardhan
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Answer: b. Narendra Modi
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi was honored for
the 'Swachh Bharat' campaign by the Bill and
Melinda Foundation.
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Who is the first Indian female athlete to be
nominated for the Padma Vibhushan Award?
a. Mary Kom b. Rajni Mathur
c. Sonia Singh d. None of these
Answer: a. Mary Kom
- India's star boxer MC Mary Kom became the
first Indian female athlete to be nominated for
the Padma Vibhushan.
- She is the first female boxer to become the 6-
time World Amateur Boxing Champion.
- Marykom was awarded the Padma Shri in
2006,
- While in 2013 she was awarded the Padma
Bhushan.
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Which Indian police officer has been selected
for the 2019 Asia Society Game Changer
Award?
a. Deepa Malik
b. Pushpa Khan
c. Chhaya Sharma
d. Asha Sharma
Answer: c. Chhaya Sharma
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-She investigated the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape.
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Which music director has been selected for
Maharashtra Government's Lata Mangeshkar
Award for the year 2019-20?
a. Pritam Chakraborty
b. Vidyasagar
c. Usha Khanna
d. Abhinav Moitra
Answer: c. Usha Khanna
- She is a well-known musician.
- The award was instituted in 1993.
- This award is given for contribution in the field
of music.
- The winner of this award is given five lakh
rupees in cash, a citation and a memento.
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Who won the title of Best Movie at the IIFA
Awards 2019?
a. Sanju b. Raazi
c. Andhadhun d. Padmavat
Answer: b. Raazi
- This is the 20th edition of the Academy Awards,
which was held in Mumbai this time.
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Who won the Best Director title at the IIFA
Awards 2019?
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a. Shriram Raghavan
b. Ranveer singh
c. Harshdeep Kaur
d. Amal Malik
Answer: a. Sriram Raghavan (for film
Andhadhun)
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Who won the Best Actor title at the IIFA
Awards 2019?
a. Ishaan Khattar b. Ranveer singh
c. Harshdeep Kaur d. Shahrukh Khan
Answer: b. Ranveer Singh (for film Padmavat)
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Who won the Best Actress award at the IIFA
Awards 2019?
a. Sara Ali Khan
b. Vibha Saraf
c. Alia Bhatt
d. Deepika Padukone
Answer: c. Alia Bhatt (for film Raazi)
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Who won the Best Debut -Actor title at the
IIFA Awards 2019?
a. Ishaan Khattar b. Ranveer singh
c. Harshdeep Kaur d. Amal Malik
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Answer: a. Ishaan Khattar (for the film
Dhadak)
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Who won the Best Debut-Actress title at the IIFA
Awards 2019?
a. Vibha Saraf
b. Alia Bhatt
c. Sara Ali Khan
d. None of these
Answer: c. Sara Ali Khan (for the film
Kedarnath)
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Who won the Best Playback Singer-Male title
at the IIFA Awards 2019?
a. Ajay Singh
b. Honey Singh
c. Guru Randhawa
d. Arijit Singh
Answer: d. Arijit Singh (for Song Ae Watan
(Raazi))
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Who won the Best Playback Singer-Female at
the IIFA Awards 2019?
a. Harshadeep Kaur
b. Vibha Saraf
c. a and b
d. None of these
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Answer: c. a and b (Harshadeep Kaur, Vibha
Saraf) for Song Dilbaro (Raazi)
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Who won the title of Best Musician at the IIFA
Awards 2019?
a. Amal Malik, Guru Randhawa
b. Rochak Kohli, Saurabh-Vaibhav
c. Honey Singh, Jack Knight
d. All of the above
Answer: d. All of the above (Amaal Malik,
Guru Randhawa, Roach Kohli, Saurabh-
Vaibhav, Honey Singh, Jack Knight) for
“Sonu ke teetu ki sweety”.
complete list :-
Award category Who got For what
Best movie -- Raazi
Best Director ---Shriram Raghavan – Andhadhun
Best Actor --Ranveer Singh-- Padmavat
Best actress --Alia Bhatt---Raazi
Best Debut (Actor) ---Ishaan Khattar ---Dhadak
Best Debut (Actress)--- Sara Ali Khan---
Kedarnath
Best Supporting Actor - Vicky Kaushal ---Sanju
Best Supporting Actress - Aditi Rao Hydari ---
Padmavat
Best playback singer Arijit Singh--- Ae Watan
(Raazi)
Best playback singer --Harshadeep Kaur, Vibha
Saraf --Dilbaro (Raazi)
Best Musicians Amaal Malik, Guru Randhawa,
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Roach Kohli, Saurabh-Vaibhav, Honey Singh,
Jack Knight - Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety
Best Story--- Shriram Raghavan and Pooja
Lodha Surti ---Andhadhun
Best songwriter-- Amitabh Bhattacharya ---
'Dhadak' title song
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- Deepika Padukone was awarded IIFA's Special
Award for Best Actress in the last 20 years for
the film 'Chennai Express'.
Hrithik Roshan and Ameesha Patel starrer film
'Kaho Naa Pyar Hai' was awarded the Best Film
of the last 20 years.
- Rajkumar Hirani was awarded the Best Director
Award in the last 20 years.
- Pritam received IIFA's Special Award for Best
Music in the last 20 years.
Renowned choreographer Saroj Khan was given
a special award for her unprecedented
contribution to Hindi cinema.
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Which film has been selected as India's
official entry in the Best International Feature
Film category for the 92nd Academy (Oscar)
Awards?
a. Kabir Singh
b. Uri - The Surgical Strike
c. Mission Mangal
d. Gully Boy
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Answer: d. Gully Boy
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Who won the Outstanding Drama Series
(Best Drama Series) award at Emmy Awards
2019?
a. Sacred Games
b. Lust stories
c. Ozark
d. Game of Thrones
Answer: d. Game of thrones
- Like last year, this year also “The Game of
Thrones” won the most awards.
- Emmy Awards 2019 was the 71st edition of
these awards in which 'Sacred Games' and 'Lust
Stories' of India were nominated.
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Emmy Awards 2019 Winners list
• Best Drama Series: Game of Thrones
• Best Comedy Series: Fleabag
• Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series: Killing
Eve
• Direction for drama series: Jason Bateman
(Ozark)
• Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series: Billy
Porter (Pose)
• Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series:
Julia Garner (Ozark)
• Writing for a drama series: Jessie Armstrong
(Succession)
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• Best Supporting Actor in a Drama
Series:Peter Dinklage ( Game of Thrones)
• Outstanding Variety Talk Series: Last Week
Tonight with John Oliver
• Director for Variety Series: Don Roy King
(Saturday Night Live)
• Outstanding Variety Sketch Series: Saturday
Night Live
• Writing for Variety Series: Tonight's Last
Week with John Oliver
• Best Mini Series: Chernobyl
• Best Lead Actress in Mini Series or TV Movie:
Michelle Williams (Fosse / Verdon)
• Best Television Movie: Black Mirror:
Bandersnatch
• Best Lead Actor in a Mini Series or TV
Movie:Jharrel Jerome (When They See Us}
• Writing for MiniSeries, Movie or Drama: Craig
Mazin (Chernobyl)
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Which actor has been selected for the
Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest
award in Indian cinema?
a. Amitabh Bachchan
b. Salman Khan
c. Aamir Khan
d. Anil Kapoor
Answer: a. Amitabh Bachchan
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Which Indian has been awarded the
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'Changemaker Award' by Bill & Milinda Gates
Foundation for bringing change in society?
a. Lalitha Malik b. Suman Awasthi
c. Payal Jangid d. Pallavi Nath
Answer: c. Payal Jangid
- She is from Rajasthan. Age is 17 years.
- The Changemaker Award has been given to
bring change in society.
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Who was awarded the Bill & Milinda Gates
Foundation Global Goalkeepers Award?
a. Narendra Nath
b. Amit Shah
c. Narendra Modi
d. Roger Federer
Answer: c. Narendra Modi
- Modi was given this award for Swachh Bharat
Abhiyan.
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In whose name was the highest civilian honor
for national unity established by the central
government?
a. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
b. Bhagat Singh
c. Chandrashekhar Azad
d. Bhimrao Ambedkar
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Answer: a. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
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When did PM Narendra Modi declare India to
be open defecation free?
a. 1 October 2019
b. 15 August 2019
c. 2 October 2019
d. 1 October 2019
Answer: c. 2 October 2019
- PM Modi announced this at the 'Swachh Bharat
Divas' event held in Sabarmati, Ahmedabad.
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Who received the M P Birla Memorial Award
2019?
a. Rajdev Singh
b. Viren Acharya
c. Thanu Padmanabhan
d. Bhanu Mehta
Answer: c. Thanu Padmanabhan
- He is a physicist and astronomer.
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Who was chosen for the Vyas Samman of the
year 2019?
a. Vishwanath Tripathi
b. Nasira Sharma
c. Narendra Kohli
d. Mannu Bhandari
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Answer: b. Nasira Sharma
- She has been selected for her novel “Kagaz ki
Nao”.
- This award is given by KK Birla Foundation to
the best Hindi literary work published over a
period of 10 years.
A few days ago, Leeladhar Jagudi received the
28th Vyas Samman (2018).
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Which government educational institutes
have been accorded the status of 'Institute of
Eminence' (Special Institutions) by the
Ministry of Human Resource Development in
September 2019?
Answer:
- University of Delhi (DU),
- IIT Madras,
- IIT Kharagpur,
- University of Hyderabad and
- Kashi Hindu University (BHU)
- Institute of Eminencetargets to develop 20
world class institutions, which will bring India on
the global education map.
⦁ In July 2018 also three government institutions
were included in this -
IIS, Bangalore
IIT, Delhi
IIT, Mumbai
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Thus, a total of 8 government institutions have
been given the status of 'Institute of Eminence'.
- The government has taken this decision on the
advice of the expert committee of UGC.
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Which private educational institutes have
been conferred with 'Institute of Eminence'
(Special Institution) status by the Ministry of
Human Resource Development in September
2019?
Answer:
- Amrita Vidyapeetham,
- Vellore Institute of Technology (Tamil Nadu),
- Jamia Hamdard University (Delhi),
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology
(Odisha) and
- Bharti Institute Satya Bharti Foundation
(Mohali}
⦁ In July 2018 also three private institutions were
included in this -
- Manipal Higher Education Institute, Manipal
- Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
(Bits Pilani)
- Jio Institute under Green Field category
Thus there are a total of 8 private institutions
with the status of Institute of Eminence.
The total number of private and government
institutions has increased to 16.
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To whom did President Ram Nath Kovind
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give the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 2019
Award?
a. Vimal Kumar
b. Deepa Malik
c. Sandeep Gupta
d. None of these
Answer: b. Deepa Malik
- The President gave this award on 29 August
2019.
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Who received the Dronacharya Award 2019?
a. Vimal Kumar and Sandeep Gupta
b. Deepa Malik
c. Sandeep Gupta
d. None of these
Answer: a. Vimal Kumar and Sandeep Gupta
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Dhyanchand Award 2019
1. Manuel Fredericks - Hockey
2. Arup Basak - Table Tennis
3. Manoj Kumar - Wrestling
4. Nitten Kirrtane - Tennis
5. C. Lalremsanga - Archery
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Which film was selected the Best Hindi Film
for the 66th National Film Awards?
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a. Andhadhun
b. Padmavat
c. Badhai Ho
d. Uri: The Surgical Strike
Answer: a. Andhadhun
- Ayushmann Khurrana and Tabu starrer The
film is directed by Shriram Raghavan.
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Which film was selected for the Best Feature
Film Award under the 66th National Film
Awards?
a. Andhadhun
b. Padmavat
c. Badhai Ho
d. Hellaro
Answer: d. Hellaro
- Gujarati film 'Hellaro' was selected for Best
Feature Film Award.
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Which film was selected the Best
Entertainment Film for the 66th National Film
Awards?
a. Andhadhun
b. Padmavat
c. Badhai Ho
d. Hellaro
Answer: c. Badhai Ho
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- This award has been selected for giving healthy
entertainment.
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\Which film was chosen the best film on
social subjects for the 66th National Film
Awards?
a. Padman
b. Padmavat
c. Badhai Ho
Answer: a. Padman
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Who was chosen as the Best Director for the
66th National Film Awards?
a. Ayushman Khurana
b. Shriram Raghavan
c. Aditya Dhar
d. None of these
Answer: c. Aditya Dhar
- He has been voted the best director for the film
'Uri: The Surgical Strike'.
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Who was jointly selected for the 66th
National Film Award for Best Actor?
a. Ayushman Khurana and Vicky Kaushal
b. Shriram Raghavan and Vicky Kaushal
c. Aditya Dhar and Ayushman Khurana
d. None of these
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Answer: a. Ayushman Khurana and Vicky
Kaushal
- Ayushmann Khurrana has been jointly selected
for Best Actor Award for the film 'Andhadhun'
and Vicky Kaushal for 'Uri: The Surgical Strike'.
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Who was chosen the Best Actress for the
66th National Film Awards?
a. Tabu
b. Kirti Suresh
c. Rani Mukherjee
d. None of these
Answer: b. Kirti Suresh
- Kirti Suresh was selected for Best Actress
Award for her performance in Telugu film
'Mahanti'.
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Who was chosen the Best Film on
Environmental Protection for the 66th
National Film Awards?
a. Paani
b. Padmavat
c. Badhai Ho
d. Hellaro
Answer: aPaani
- This is a Marathi film.
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Who was awarded the Nargis Dutt Award for
Best Feature Film on National Integration
under the 66th National Film Awards?
a. Paani
b. Padmavat
c. Ondala Eradala
d. Hellaro
Answer: c. Ondala Eradala
- This is a Kannada film.
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Who received the “Most Film Friendly State”
(Best Film Friendly State) Award under the
66th National Film Awards?
a. Bihar
b. Uttarakhand
c. Uttar Pradesh
d. Maharashtra
Answer: b. Uttarakhand-
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Who was chosen the Best Music Director for
the 66th National Film Awards?
a. Ayushman Khurana
b. Shriram Raghavan
c. Sanjay Leela Bhansali
d. None of these
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Answer: c. Sanjay Leela Bhansali
- He won this award for the film Padmavat.
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- 66th National Film Awards
National Film Awards were announced in 31
categories for feature films.
- 23 non-feature and 31 feature films have been
announced for the award.
⦁ Best Actor Award: Ayushmann Khurrana (
Badhai Ho), Vicky Kaushal (Uri: The Surgical
Strike)
⦁ Best Actress Award: Kirti Suresh (Mahanati)
⦁ Special Mention Award (Non-Feature)
⦁ Mahaan Hutatma - Sagar Puranic
⦁ Glow Warm in a Jungle- Ramana Dumpala
⦁ Laddu - Sameer Sadhwani and Kishore
Sadhwani
⦁ Best Narration - Madhubani - The Station of
Color
⦁ Voice- Deepak Agnihotri, Urvija Upadhyay
⦁ Best Music Film - Jyoti - Director Kedar Divekar
⦁ Best Audiography - Children of the Soil -
Bishwadeep Chatterjee
⦁ Best Location Sound - The Secret Life of Frogs
- Ajay Bedi
⦁ Best Cinematography - The Secret Life of
Frogs - Ajay Bedi and Vijay Bedi
⦁ Best Beat Direction - Ai Shapath - Gautam
Waje
⦁ Best Film on Family Value – Chalo Jeete hain -
Mangesh Hadavale
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⦁ Best Shot Fiction Film - Kaasav - Aditya
Subhash Jambhale
^ Social Justice Film- Why Me- Harish Shah
⦁ Social Justice Film- Ekant- Neeraj Singh
⦁ Best Investigative Film - Amoli - Jasmin Kaur
and Avinash Roy
⦁ Best sports film - Swimming through the
Darkness - Supriyo Sen
⦁ Best Educational Film - Sarala Virala -
Aregowda
⦁ Best film on social issue- Tala te kunji- Shilpi
Gulati
⦁ Best Environmental Film - The World's Most
Famous Tiger - Subia Nalamuthu
⦁ Best Promotional Film - Rediscovering Jazam -
Avishan Maurya and Kriti Gupta
^ Best Sciences and Technology Film - GD
Naidu: The Edison of India - Ranjeet Kumar
⦁ Best Arts and Cultural Film - Bunkar: The Last
of the Varanasi Weavers - Satyaprakash
Upadhyay
⦁ Best Debut Non-Feature Film of a Director -
Faluda - Sagnik Chatterjee
⦁ Best Non-Feature Falim (Shared) - Sun Rise -
Vibha Bakshi
⦁ Best Non-Feature Film - The Secret Life of
Frogs - Ajay Bedi and Vijay Bedi
⦁ Best Music Director- Padmavat- Sanjay Leela
Bhansali
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⦁ Special Mention (Feature)
⦁ Nathikcharami (Kannada) - Shruti Hariharan
⦁ Kadak (Hindi) - Chandrachud Rai (actor)
⦁ Joseph (Malayalam) - Joju George (actor)
⦁ Sudani from Nigeria (Malayalam) - Savitri
(Actress)
⦁ Best Rajasthani Film- Turtle- Dinesh S Yadav
⦁ Best Panchinga Film - In the Land of Poison
Women - Manju Bora
⦁ Best Sherdupan Film - Mishing - Bobby
Sharma Barua
⦁ Best Garo Film - Mama - Dominic Sangma
⦁ Best Marathi Film- Bhonga- Shivaji Lotan Patil
⦁ Best Tamil Film - Baram - Priya Krishnaswamy
⦁ Best Hindi Film - Andhadhun - Shriram
Raghavan
⦁ Best Urdu Film- Hamid- Aijaz Khan
⦁ Best Bengali Film - Ek J Chilo Raja - Srjeet
Mukherjee
⦁ Best Malayalam Film- Sudani from Nigeria-
Zakaria
⦁ Best Telugu Film - Mahanati - Nag Ashwin
⦁ Best Kannada Film - Nathicharami - Manjunath
S (Mansoor)
⦁ Best Konkani Film - Amori - Dinesh P Bhogle
⦁ Best Assamese Film - Bulbul Can Sing -
Reema Das
⦁ Best Punjabi Film- Harjita- Vijay Kumar Arora
⦁ Best Gujarati Film- Reva- Rahul Surendrabhai
Bhole, Vineet Kumar Ambubhai Kanojiya
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⦁ Best Action Director Award - Kannada film KGF
- Vikram More and Anbu Ariv
⦁ Best choreography - Padmavat - Kruti Mahesh
Madya and Jyoti Tomar - Gana - Ghoomar -
Ghoomar
⦁ Best Special Effects- Telugu Film O-Shruti
Creative Studio
⦁ Best Special Effects - Kannada Film KGF -
Unify Media
⦁ Best Lyrics - Kannada film Nathicharami -
⦁ Music Director- Manjunath S (Mansoor) - Song
- Mayavi Manve
⦁ Best Background Music - Uri: The Surgical
Strike - Shashwat Sachdev
⦁ Best Makeup Artist - Telugu Film O - Ranjeet
⦁ Best costume designer- Telugu film- Mahanati-
Indrakshi Patnaik, Gaurang Shah and Archana
Rao
⦁ Best Production Design - Malayalam Film -
Kamara Sambhavam - Bengal
⦁ Best Editing - Kannada film Nathicharami -
Nagendra's Ujjayani
⦁ Best Audiography (Location Sound Recordist) -
Marathi film Tendalya- Gaurav Verma
⦁ Best Audiography (Best Sound Designer) - Uri:
The Surgical Strike - Bishwadeep Deepak
Chatterjee
⦁ Best Audiography (Re-recordist of the final
mixed track) - Telugu film Rangasthalam - Raja
Krishnan MR
⦁ Best Screenplay (Original) - Telugu film Chi
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Arjun La So - Rahul Ravindran
⦁ Best Screenplay (Adapted) - Andhadhun-
Shriram Raghavan, Arijit Biswas, Yogesh
Chandrakar, Hemant Rao and Pooja Ladha Surti
⦁ Best Screenplay (Dialogue) - Bengali Movie
Date - Churni Ganguly
⦁ Best Cinematography - Malayalam Film - Ulu -
M.J. Radhakrishnan
⦁ Best Female Playback Singer - Kannada Film
Nathicharami - Bindu Malini - Song - Myvi
Manave
⦁ Best Male Playback Singer - Film Padmavat,
Arijit Singh - Binte Dil misriya Me
⦁ Best Child Artist - Kannada Film Ondala
Eradala - Rohit
⦁ Best Child Artist - Punjabi Film Harjita -
Sameep Singh
⦁ Best Child Artist - Urdu Film Hamid - Talha
Arshad Reshi
⦁ Best Child Artist - Marathi Film Naal - Srinivas
Pokle
⦁ Best Supporting Actress – Badhai Ho- Surekha
Sikri
⦁ Best Supporting Actor - Marathi Film-Chumbak
- Swanand Kirkire
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Which camp was started by PM Narendra
Modi on 29 August 2019 for the fitness of the
people?
a. Fit India Movement
b. Stay fit india
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c. India fit
d. None of these
Answer: a. Fit India Movement
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Who was awarded the Bharat Ratna on 8
August 2019?
a. Pranab Mukherjee
b. Nana ji Deshmukh
c. Bhupen Hazarika
d. All above
Answer: d. All the above (Pranab Mukherjee,
Nanaji Deshmukh, Bhupen Hazarika)
- Nanaji Deshmukh and Bhupen Hazarika were
posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna, the
country's highest civilian honor by President
Ramnath Kovind.
- Together with these three celebrities, 48
celebrities have been awarded Bharat Ratna so
far.
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Who has been awarded the 'Lamp of Peace of
St. Francis' 2019 honor?
a. Robert d'souza
b. Rakesh Mohan
c. Muhammad Yunus
d. None of these
Answer: c. Muhammad Yunus
- He is a Bangladeshi social entrepreneur,
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banker, economist and civil society leader.
- Earlier in 2008, Muhammad Yunus was
awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Who is the first female IPS officer to win the
Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards
2018?
a. Prabhat Raju Koli
b. Dipankar Ghosh
c. Manikandan K.
d. Aparna Kumar
Answer: d. Aparna Kumar
- Aparna Kumar is a 2002 batch IPS officer of
Uttar Pradesh cadre.
- President Ramnath Kovind gave this award on
29 August 2019.
Other winners - Tenzing Norgay National
Adventure Awards 2018
Name - categories
Aparna Kumar- Land Adventure
Late Shri Dipankar Ghosh - Land Adventure
Manikandan K- Land adventure
Prabhat Raju Koli- Water Adventure
Rameshwar Jangra -Air Adventure
Wangchuk Sherpa -Lifetime Achievement
Tenzing Norgay
- Tenzing Norgay was a Nepali climber.
- He along with Sir Edmund Hillary of N-ew
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Zealand first climbed Mount Everest on 29 May
1953.
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Who has become the third Indian bowler to
take a hat-trick in Test cricket?
a. Jasprit Bumrah
b. Virat Kohli
c. Sachin Tendulkar
d. KL Rahul
Answer: a. Jasprit Bumrah
- She did this feat against West Indies on 21
August 2019.
- Harbhajan Singh (against Australia in 2001) is
the first Indian to take a hat-trick in Tests for
India.
After him, this feat was done by fast bowler Irfan
Pathan in 2006 against Pakistan.
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Who was given the Best Clean Iconic Place
Award during Swachhta Mahotsav 2019?
a. Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (Jammu and
Kashmir)
b. Chandigarh
c. Tirupati Mala Temple
d. None of these
Answer: a. Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board
(Jammu and Kashmir)
- President Ramnath Kovind gave these awards.
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Who was awarded the Swachh Award in the
Swachhta Action Plan category during
Swachhta Mahotsav 2019.
a. Ministry of Agriculture b. Railway ministry
c. Ministry of Mining d. Ministry of Tourism
Answer: b. Railway ministry
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Who was awarded the Swachhta Pakhwada
Award during Swachhta Mahotsav 2019?
a. Antiquity department
b. Science and Technology Department
c. Department of Defence
d. None of these
Answer: c. Department of Defence
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Which states were given awards for open
defecation and behavioral change during the
Cleanliness Festival 2019.
a. Gujarat b. Sikkim
c. a and b d. None of these
Answer: c. a and b (Gujarat and Sikkim)
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Which village was given the Gram Ganga
Award during the Cleanliness Festival 2019?
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a. Baghori village of Uttarkashi
b. 'Jameen' villages of Bihar
c. 'Balua' villages of Uttar Pradesh
d. None of these
Answer: a. Baghori village of Uttarkashi
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The 25th Senior Women's National Football
Championship (10 September to 24
September, 2019) was held in which state?
a. Arunachal Pradesh
b. Kerala
c. Bihar
d. Punjab
Answer: a. Arunachal Pradesh
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Who has been appointed as the brand
ambassador of Gujarat Suicide Prevention?
a. PV Sindhu b. R K Lakshman
c. Rakesh Sinha d. Sachin Tendulkar
Answer: a. PV Sindhu (Pusarla Venkata
Sindhu)
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PM Narendra Modi has been awarded the
highest civilian honor by the United Arab
Emirates, name it?
a. Zayed Azam b. Order of zayed
c. Order of emirates d. None of these
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Answer: b. Order of zayed
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Which award was awarded by Bahrain to
Prime Minister Modi?
a. King Hamad Order of the Peace
b. King Hamad Order of the Renaissance
c. Peace award
d. None of these
Answer: b. King Hamad Order of the
Renaissance
(King Ahmed Order of the Renaissance)
- Global awards given to Prime Minister Modi
after 2014
1. Aamir Amanullah Khan Award: Afghanistan's
highest civilian honor
2. Order of King Abdulaziz Sash: Saudi Arabia's
highest civilian honor
3. Grand Caller of the State of Palestine: The
highest honor given by Palestine to foreign
dignitaries.
4. Seoul Peace Prize: Awarded by Seoul Peace
Prize Foundation of South Korea
5. Champions of Earth Award: This is the highest
environmental honor of the United Nations, the
award is given by the United Nations
Environment Program.
6. Order of Zayed: UAE Highest Civilian Award
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Who was awarded the Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
Award by the Government of Tamil Nadu?
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a. K. Kasturirangan
b. K. Sivan
c. R. Swaminathan
d. None of these
Answer: b. K. Sivan
- Dr. K Sivan, head of the Indian Space
Research Organization
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Which organization recently announced the
Vikram Sarabhai Journalism Award?
a. ISRO
b. D R d o
c. NASA
d. None of these
Answer: a. ISRO
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Which model / doctor of Indian origin won the
title of Miss England 2019?
a. Usha Tiwari b. Neha Mathur
c. Bhasha Mukherjee d. None of these
Answer: c. Bhasha Mukherjee
- She is 23 years old.
- He is a doctor.
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The government of Guinea (African country)
has given the highest honor to President
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Ramnath Kovind, what is the name of this
award?
a. National order of merit
b. National pride award
c. International friendship award
d. None of these
Answer: a. National order of merit
- President Kovind reached Guinea on 2 August.
He is the first Indian Head of State to travel in
the West African country.
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Which Indian journalist won the 'Ramon
Magsaysay Award 2019'?
a. Anarb Goswami
b. Ravish Kumar
c. Sudhir Chaudhary
d. Anjana Om Kashyap
Answer: b. Ravish Kumar
- Magsaysay Award is also considered the Nobel
of Asia.
Apart from Ravish Kumar, four other people
have also received the 2019 Ramon Magsaysay
Award.
- Among the winners, Swe Win from Myanmar,
Angkhana Nilapaijit from Thailand,
Raymundo Pujante Cayabyab from the
Philippines and
Kim Jong-ki from South Korea.
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- Ravish Kumar is the sixth journalist who has
received this award.
Earlier, Amitabh Chaudhary (1961), BG
Varghese (1975), Arun Shourie (1982), RK
Laxman (1984), P. Sainath (2007) have received
this award.
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Who became the first pilot of the Indian Air
Force to complete the wingsuit sky dive
jump?
a. Rakesh Awasthi
b. Avni Sharma
c. Adarsh Nander
d. Tarun Chaudhary
Answer: d. Tarun Chaudhary
- He did this task on 21-22 July 2019, from Mi-17
helicopter, jumped from a height of 8500 feet.
- He did this work at Jodhpur Air Force Station in
Rajasthan.
- He was wearing a special kind of wing suit.
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Which Indian sand artist was honored with
the 'People's Choice Award' at the
prestigious 'America's Sand Sculpting
Festival 2019'?
a. Nitish Bharti b. Rahul Arya
c. Narayan Sahu d. Sudarshan Patnaik
Answer: d. Sudarshan Patnaik
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Which Indian woman boxer won the gold
medal in the 51 kg weight category at the
23rd President's Cup?
a. Mary Kom
b. Pinky Rani
c. Sushmita Rai
d. None of these
Answer: a. Mary Kom
- The event took place in Labuan Bajo,
Indonesia.
- He won this gold by defeating Australia's April
Franks.
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Which Indian scientist was awarded the
Missile Systems Award 2019 by the American
Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics?
a. K Sivan
b. R Madhavan
c. Dr. G. Satish Reddy
d. None of these
Answer: c. Dr. G. Satish Reddy
- He is the Chief of the Scientific and Defence
Research and Development Organization
(DRDO).
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Which Indian entrepreneur was awarded the
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2019 Commonwealth Youth Award for Asian
Region?
a. Padmanabhan Gopalan b. R Pillai
c. Rajendra Madhwan d. None of these
Answer: a. Padmanabhan Gopalan
- Gopalan is the founder of "No Food Waste".
Commonwealth Youth Award for Asian Region is
awarded to youth aged 15 to 29 who strive to
achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
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Which former ISRO scientist was awarded
the Padma Bhushan Award?
a. Rajendra Swamy b. Nambi Narayan
c. Vijay Paswan d. None of these
Answer: b. Nambi Narayan
- Padma Bhushan is the third highest civilian
award given by the Government of India.
Nambi Narayan was working on a cryogenic
project of ISRO, then in 1994 he was implicated
in a false charge of espionage.
The Supreme Court acquitted him from all
charges in 1998, declaring him innocent.
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Who won the Vyas Samman of 2018?
a. Ramdarash Mishra
b. Mamta Kalia
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c. Leeladhar Jagudi
d. Vishwanath Tripathi
Answer: c. Leeladhar Jagudi
- This honor was given for his poetry collection
"Jitne log Utne Prem" by the K K Birla
Foundation.
- Vyas Samman is a major literary honor, it
started in 1991. The award is provided by the K
K Birla Foundation.
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Which Indian was awarded the 'Grand Order
of the King of Tomislav', Croatia's highest
civilian honor?
a. Narendra Modi
b. Ramnath Kovind
c. Nitish Kumar
d. Rajnish Kumar
Answer: b. Ramnath Kovind
- President Kovind is the first Indian national to
visit Croatia.
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Which Indian was awarded the Bodley Medal
2019 of Oxford University?
a. Rahul Mahajan b. Rajendra Mittal
c. Amartya Sen d. None of these
Answer: c. Amartya Sen
- The award is presented by the famous
Bodleian Libraries of Oxford University.
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Who was awarded the Pravasi Bharatiya
Samman 2019?
a. Dr. Vijay Kumar Jaiswal
b. Aman Singh Rajput
c. Dr. Rajendra Joshi
d. None of these
Answer: c. Dr. Rajendra Joshi
- He lives in Switzerland.
- This is the highest honor given to overseas
Indians.
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Which Indian was awarded the Philip Kotler
Presidential Award?
a. Narendra Modi b. Lal Krishna Advani
c. Murali Manohar Joshi d. Taran Taran
Answer: a. Narendra Modi
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Recently who became the youngest Indian
mountaineer to climb 7 highest volcanic
mountains in the world and 7 highest
mountains in 7 continents?
a. Uday Swarup
b. Satyarupa Siddhanta (Kolkata)
c. Arup Kumar
d. None of these
Answer: b. Satyarupa Siddhanta (Kolkata)
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Satyarup achieved this feat in 35 years and nine
months, breaking the record of Australian
climber Daniel Bull (36 years 157 days).
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Who was awarded the Saraswati Samman for
the year 2017?
a. Sitanshu Yashaschandra b. Arvind Das
c. Bawar Khan d. None of these
Answer: a. Sitanshu yashaschandra
He is a prominent Gujarati poet, playwright. He
was awarded the Saraswati Award for his
collection of poems titled "Vakhar" published in
2009.
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Who received the Padma Vibhushan Award
2019?
Answer:
- Tejan Bai (Art-Vocals-Folk)
- Ismail Omar Guelleh (Foreigner-Djibouti)
(Public Affairs)
- Anilkumar Manibhai Naik (Trade &
IndustryInfrastructure)
- Balwant Moreshwar Purandare (Art-Acting-
Theater)
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Who received the Padma Bhushan Award
2019?
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Answer:
⦁ John Chambers (Overseas-USA), (Trade &
IndustryTechnology)
⦁ Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, (Public Affairs)
⦁ Praveen Gordhan (Foreign-South Africa),
(Public Affairs)
⦁ Monsieur Dharm Pal Gulati, (Trade &
IndustryFood Processing)
⦁ Darshan Lal Jain, (Social Work)
⦁ Ashok Laxmanrao Kukade, (Medicine-
Affordable Healthcare)
⦁ Kariya Munda, (Public Affairs)
⦁ Dhaditya Mukherjee, (Art-Music-Sitar)
⦁ Mohanlal Vishwanathan Nair, (Art-Acting-Film)
⦁ S. Nambi Narayan, (Science & Engineering-
Space)
⦁ Kuldeep Nayar (posthumous), (Literature &
Education (Journalism))
⦁ Bachendri Pal, (SportsMountaineering)
⦁ VK Shunglu, (Civil Service)
⦁ Hukumdev Narayan Yadav (Public Affairs)
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Who is the first transgender to be awarded
the Padma Shri?
a. Rajani Devi
b. Hiren Padya
c. Dancer Nataraj
d. None of these
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Answer: c. Dancer Nataraj
She is a Bharatanatyam expert, in addition to the
Thanjavur-based heroine sentiment.
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Who has been selected by the Central
Government for the Gandhi Peace Prize
2017?
a. Vivekananda Center of Kanyakumari
b. Akshay Patra Foundation and Sulabh
International
c. Ekal AbhiyanTrust
d. Goodwill Ambassador of the World Health
Organization Yohei Sasakawa
Answer: c. Ekal AbhiyanTrust
Selected for 2017 for providing education to
tribal and rural children in remote areas of India,
rural empowerment, gender and social equality.
----------------------- Who has been selected by the Central
Government for the Gandhi Peace Prize
2016?
a. Vivekananda Center of Kanyakumari
b. Akshay Patra Foundation and Sulabh
International
c. Ekal AbhiyanTrust
d. Goodwill Ambassador of the World Health
Organization Yohei Sasakawa
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Answer: b. Akshay Patra Foundation and Sulabh
International
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Who has been selected by the Central
Government for the Gandhi Peace Prize
2015?
a. Vivekananda Center of Kanyakumari
b. Akshay Patra Foundation and Sulabh
International
c. . Ekal AbhiyanTrust
d. Goodwill Ambassador of the World Health
Organization Yohei Sasakawa
Answer: a. Vivekananda Center of
Kanyakumari
Vivekananda Kendra was chosen for the honor
for contributing to the development of rural
development, education and natural resources.
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Who won the Best Actor (Drama) Award at
the 76th Golden Globe Awards 2019?
a. Rami Malek b. Glenn close
c. The wife d. Christian Bale
Answer: a. Ramee Malek
- He was given this award for the film Bohemian
Rapsody.
- The award ceremony was held at the Hotel The
Beverly Hilton in California, USA.
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Who won the Best Actress (Drama) award at
the 76th Golden Globe Awards 2019?
a. Christian Bale
b. Glenn Close
c. Darren Chris
d. Sandra Oh
Answer: b. Glenn Close (The Wife)
- He was given this award for the film The Wife.
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Who won the Best Director (in any motion
picture) award at the 76th Golden Globe
Awards 2019?
a. Rami Malek
b. Glenn Close
c. Alfonso Cuaron (Roma)
d. None of these
Answer: c. Alfonso Cuaron (Roma)
- He was given this award for the film Roma.
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Who won the Best Motion Picture (Film)
Drama Award at the 76th Golden Globe
Awards 2019?
a. The Wife
b. Vice
c. The Favorite
d. Bohemian Rapasody
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Answer: d. Bohemian Rapasody
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Complete list of winners of 76th Golden
Globe Awards 2019
(Golden Globes 2019: List of Winners):
⦁ Best Motion Picture - Drama: Bohemian
Rapsody
⦁ Best Motion Picture - Musical / Comedy: Green
Book
⦁ Best Director - Motion Picture: Alfonso Cuaron
(Roma)
⦁ Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama:
Glenn Close (The Wife)
⦁ Best Actor in a Motion Picture-Drama: Ramee
Malek (Bohemian Rapsody)
⦁ Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical /
Comedy: Olivia Coleman (The Favorite)
⦁ Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical /
Comedy: Christian Bale (Vice)
⦁ Best Motion Picture-Animated: Spidar Man:
Into the Spider Verse
⦁ Best Motion Picture-Foreign Language: Roma
(Mexico)
^ Best Actress in a Supporting Role in Any
Motion Picture: Regina King (If Beale Street
Could Talk)
⦁ Best Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion
Picture: Mahershala Ali (Green Book)
⦁ Best Screenplay-Motion Picture: Green Book
⦁ Best Original Score-Motion Picture: Justin
Hurwitz (First Man)
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⦁ Best Original Song-Motion Picture: Shallow (A
Star Is Born)
⦁ Best Television Series - Drama: The
Americans
⦁ Best Television Series - Musical / Comedy: The
Kominsky Method
⦁ Best Television Series Limited Series / Motion
Picture Made for TV: The Assassination of
Gianni Versace
⦁ Best Actress in a Television Series - Drama:
Sandra Oh (Killing Eve)
⦁ Best Actor in a Television Series - Drama:
Richard Madden (Bodyguard)
⦁ Best Actress in a Television Series-Musical /
Comedy: Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous
Mrs. Maisel)
^ Best Actor in a Television Series - Musical /
Comedy: Michael Douglas (The Kominsky
Method)
⦁ Best Actress in a Limited Series / Motion
Picture Made for TV: Patricia Arquette (Escape
from Dannemora)
^ Best Actor in a Limited Series / Motion Picture
Made for TV: Darren Criss (The Assassination of
Gianni Versace)
⦁ Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series,
Limited Series / Motion Picture Made for TV:
Patricia Clarkson (Sharp Objects)
⦁ Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series,
Limited Series / Motion Picture Made for TV: Ben
Wishaw (A Very English Scandal)
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The Government of Karnataka has decided to
give the AISA-Karnataka Visvesvaraya Solar
Award in the name of which eminent
engineer to promote solar energy worldwide?
a. Jessie Bose
b. A P J Abdul Kalam
c. Satyendra Nath Basu
d. M. Visvesvaraya
Answer: d. M. Visvesvaraya
- This award will be given to one country in the
world every year for better work in the field of
floating solar projects.
- Earlier, the Haryana government also gave the
AISA-Haryana Kalpana Chawla Solar Award in
the name of astronaut Kalpana Chawla.
Karnataka is the second state in the country
after Haryana to have decided to start such an
award.
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Which butterfly species was recently
declared the official butterfly of Tamil Nadu?
a. Tamil Yeoman b. Yoya manai
c. Youman India d. None of these
Answer: a. Tamil yeoman
- This butterfly is found in the Western Ghats.
Tamil Nadu is the fifth state in the country to
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have selected the official butterfly species. -
Tamil Nadu has 32 butterfly hotspots.
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Which Indian business leaders have been
selected by the USISPF for the Global
Excellence Award?
a. Ajay Banga and Azeem Premji
b. Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tenulkar
c. Azim Premji and Ratan Tata
d. None of these
Answer: a. Ajay Banga and Azeem Premji
- The 2019 Global Excellence Award has been
received by Ajay Banga, CEO of US-India
Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF)
MasterCard and Azim Premji, Chairman of
Wipro.
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Which police station in India has been ranked
first in the ranking of police stations by the
Union Home Ministry?
a. Kalu Police Station of Bikaner
b. Andaman-Nicobar Islands Campbell Police
Station
c. Farakka Police Station of Murshidabad District
d. Jalandhar
Answer: a. Kalu Police Station of Bikaner
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- Second place Campbell Police Station located
in Nicobar district of Andaman and Nicobar
Islands
- Third place is Farakka Police Station of
Murshidabad district of West Bengal.
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Recently which state government has
decided to give 10,000 rupees every month to
the Padma awardees of the state who are
struggling with the economic crisis?
a. Government of Bihar
b. Government of Punjab
c. Government of Odisha
d. Government of Jharkhand
Answer: c. Government of Odisha
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Recently who has been selected for Sangeet
Natak Akademi Fellowship (Akademi Ratna)
by Sangeet Natak Akademi?
a. Zakir Hussain, Sonal Mansingh,
b. Jatin Goswami and K. Kalyanasundaram Pillai
c. a. And b.
d. None of these
Answer: c. a. And b. (Tabla maestro Zakir
Hussain, classical dancer Sonal Mansingh,
dancer Jatin Goswami and scientist K.
Kalyanasundaram Pillai)
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Which Indian female cricketer was honored
with the Arjuna Award 2018?
a. Manu Bhakar
b. Anandi Ben
c. Smriti Mandhana
d. None of these
Answer: c. Smriti Mandhana
- Union Sports Minister Kiran Rijiju honored her
with the Arjuna Award on 16 July 2019.
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Which award has been recently given to
tennis player Rohan Bopanna by the Central
Government?
a. Khel Ratna Award
b. Arjuna Award
c. Dronacharya award
d. None of these
Answer: b. Arjuna Award
- Union Sports Minister Kiran Rijiju honored him
with the Arjuna Award on 16 July 2019.
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Which Bollywood actor will be awarded an
honorary doctorate by La Trobe University in
Melbourne on 9 August 2019?
a. Shahrukh Khan
b. Salman Khan
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c. Ijaz Khan
d. Ajay Devgn
Answer: a. Shahrukh Khan
He is being given this title for the work done for
the upliftment of the children of the
underprivileged and for the empowerment of
women.
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Which players have been selected for the
Mohun Bagan Ratna Award 2019?
a. Keshav Dutt and Prasoon Banerjee
b. Arijit Bagui and Prasoon Banerjee
c. Mohammad Shami and Keshav Dutt
d. Ashok Chatterjee
Answer: a. Keshav Dutt and Prasoon
Banerjee
- Keshav Dutt (93 years), is a hockey player.
- While Prasoon Banerjee (64 years) is the
former captain of the Indian football team.
- He is also a Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha
Member) from Trinamool Congress.
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Name the first woman IPS who has hoisted
the tricolor of India on seven ranges of the
world?
a. Aparna Kumar b. Deepka Suri
c. Aparna Thakur d. PT Usha
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Answer: a. Aparna Kumar
Aparna is a 2002 batch UP cadre IPS officer.
Aparna also made a successful climb to Mount
Everest in 2016.
- She recently hoisted the tricolor on Mount
Denali, Alaska, USA. - - She withstood 250 km of
icy winds and minus 40 degree temperature.
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Which former Indian President has recently
been awarded the 'Order of the Aztec Eagle',
the highest civilian honor given to foreign
nationals of Mexico?
a. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
b. Pratibha Patil
c. Pranab Mukherjee
d. K. R Narayanan
Answer: b. Pratibha Patil
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Jc Who has been selected for the Daniel
Awards 2019?
a. Raveena b. Urmila
c. Sheela d. None of these
Answer: c. Sheela (Malayalam Actress)
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Which Indian-American has been selected for
the USIBC Global Leadership Award 2019?
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a. Sundar Pichai
b. S Sundaram
c. Rajiv Kumar
d. None of these
Answer: a. Sundar Pichai
- Indian-origin Google CEO Sundar Pichai and
President of Nasdaq, Edna Friedman have been
selected for the prestigious Global Leadership
Award 2019.
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PM Narendra Modi has been honored with the
highest honor of Maldives, name it?
a. Mark Izzuddin
b. Mark A Pak
c. Mark a respect
d. Nishan e Maldives
Answer: a. Mark Izzuddin
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Where is Chaukhandi Stupa located?
a. Sarnath b. Patna
c. Chennai d. Jorhat
Answer: a. Sarnath
- Why in discussion - On June 10, 2019, the
Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) declared
Chaukhandi Stupa as a 'monument of national
importance'.
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Who received the country's highest literary
honor, 54th Jnanpith Award, 2018?
a. Amitav Ghosh
b. Gopalakrishna Gandhi
c. Pratibha Ray
d. Amarjeet Sahni
Answer: a. Amitav Ghosh
He is the first English writer to be awarded the
Jnanpith Award.
- On 12 June 2019, former Governor of West
Bengal, Gopalkrishna Gandhi presented the
award to Amitav Ghosh.
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Which Indian actress has been selected by
UNICEF for the 'Danny Kaye Human Rights
Award'?
a. Deepika Padukone
b. Alia Bhatt
c. Priyanka Chopra
d. Disha Patani
Answer: c. Priyanka Chopra
- She is also the Goodwill Ambassador of
UNICEF.
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To which Indian has Italy awarded the 'Night
of Order of the Star of Italy'?
a. Pragya Singh
b. Pratishtha Singh
c. Lorenzo Angloni
d. None of these
Answer: b. Pratishtha Singh
- is a writer and teaches Italian language,
literature and cultural history at the University of
Delhi.
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Who won the Miss India 2019 title?
a. Shreya Shankar
b. Suman Rao
c. Shivani Jadhav
d. None of these
Answer: b. Suman Rao
Suman Rao, 22, is a resident of Rajasthan.
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Which Indian NGO was awarded the 2019
BBC World Service Global Champion Award?
a. Deep Patra
b.Akshay Patra
c. Sulabh International
d. None of these
Answer: b. Akshay Patra
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- This NGO provides mid-day meals to millions of
children in schools across the country.
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Mahmoud Abbas, the President of which
country has awarded the Star of Jerusalem to
Sheikh Mohammed Munir Ansari, a citizen of
India?
a. Afghanistan
b. Iraq
c. Palestine
d. Iran
Answer: c. Palestine
-'Star of Jerusalem 'is the highest honor given by
the Palestine government to foreign nationals.
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Which two states have been jointly given GI
tag for Kolhapuri chappal product?
a. Bihar and Maharashtra
b. Karnataka and Gujarat
c. Maharashtra and Orissa
d. Maharashtra and Karnataka
Answer: d. Maharashtra and Karnataka
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Who has been selected for the Prime
Minister's Yoga Awards 2019 in the individual
category (national)?
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a. Baba Ramdev b. Swami Rajarshi Muni
c. Ajay Tiwari d. None of these
Answer: b. Swami Rajarshi Muni, Gujarat
- He is the Chairman of Lakulish Yoga University
of Gujarat.
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Who has been selected for the Prime Minister's
Yoga Awards 2019 in the Personal category
(International)?
a. Antonietta Rozzi b. Antino Guterres
c. Imran Khan d. None of these
Answer: a. . Antonietta Rozzi (Italy)
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Who has been selected for the Prime Minister
Yoga Awards 2019 in the Organization
category (National)?
a. Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga
b. Rajendra Yoga School
c. Bihar School of Yoga
d. None of these
Answer: c. Bihar School of Yoga, Munger
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Who has been selected for the Prime
Minister's Yoga Awards 2019 in the
Organization category (International)?
a. Japan Yoga Niketan
b. Israel Yoga School
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c. US Yoga College
d. None of these
Answer: a. Japan Yoga Niketan
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Which photo has won the World Press Photo
Award 2019?
a. Photo of a little girl crying on the US-Mexican
border
b. Furious photo of a masked Venezuelan
protester
c. Photo of foreign tourist in Taj Mahal
d. None of these
Answer: a. Photo of a little girl crying on the
US-Mexican border
- The award has been announced on 12 April.
- The legendary Getty photographer John Moore
took this photo on 12 June 2018 in the Rio
Grande Valley.
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Who has been selected for UNESCO /
Guillermo Cano Press Freedom Awards
2019?
a. Wa Lone b. Kyaw soe Oo
c. a and b d. None of these
Answer: c. a and b (Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe
Oo)
- They are both Reuters reporters.
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The poet of which language Siva Reddy has
been selected for the prestigious Saraswati
Samman 2018?
a. Hindi
b. Awadh
c. Telugu
d. Urdu
Answer: c. Telugu
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Which state's 'Utkarsh Bangla' and 'Sabooj
Saathi' project was awarded the UN-
supported "WSIS Prize 2019"?
a. Bihar
b. West Bengal
c. Orissa
d. Uttar Pradesh
Answer: b. West Bengal
- Both projects are from West Bengal
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India's Para Athlete Deepa Malik has been
selected for the Sir Edmund Hillary
Fellowship awarded by which country's
government in April 2019?
a. Government of China
b. New Zealand Government
c. Government of Russia
d. Government of Japan
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Answer: b. New Zealand Government
-She won a silver medal in the 2016 Shot Put
F53 event at the Rio Paralympics.
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Russia has announced its highest honor to
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, name
this honor?
a. Order of Great Award
b. Order of Saint Andrew
c. Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle
d. None of these
Answer: c. Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle
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Who has been selected for the Saraswati
Samman 2018?
a. Namwar Singh
b. K. Siva Reddy
c. Giriraj Kishore
d. None of these
Answer: b. K. Siva Reddy
- He is being given this honor for his poetic
collection "Pakkaki Ottigilite".
- Every year this honor is awarded to a
masterpiece published in the languages
recorded in the eighth schedule of the
constitution.
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- This literature award Is given by the K K Birla
Foundation.
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Which India's flagship program was awarded
the Public Water Agency of the Year at the
Global Water Summit?
a. Ganga Action Plan
b. Namami Gange
c. Yamuna Action Plan
d. None of these
Answer: b. Namami Gange
The National Mission for Clean Ganga or
Namami Gange program was awarded the title
of "Public Water Agency of the Year" by the
Global Water Intelligence at the Global Water
Summit in London.
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Pulitzer Prize 2019
Journalism
Category: winner
Public Service: Employees of South Florida Sun
Sentinel
Criticism: Carlos Lozada of The Washington
Post
Editorial Writing: Brent Staples of The New York
Times
Books, Drama, and Music
Category: winner
Novel: "The Overstory" by Richard Powers
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Drama: "Fairview" by Jackie Sibblies Drury
History: "Frederick Douglass" by David W. Blight
Biography or Autobiography: "The New Negro"
by Jeffrey C. Stewart
Poem: "With" by Forest Gender
General Nonfiction: "Amity and Prosperity" by
Eliza Griswold
Music: "Prism" by Ellen Reid
Special Citation: Aretha Franklin
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Who became the first Indian woman scientist
to receive the Royal Society Fellowship
(Honor)?
a. Randeep Kang
b. Gagandeep Kang
c. Sunita Tiwari
d. Sumitra Paswan
Answer: b. Gagandeep Kang
- Dr. Kang called India's vaccine 'God Mother',
developed a vaccine against Rota virus and first
identified by AIIMS, New Delhi in 1985.
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Cipla's chairman has received a UK Royal
Society Honorary Fellowship (Honor), name
them?
a. Gagandeep Kang b. Amarendra Das
c. Yusuf Hamid d. None of these
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Answer: c. Yusuf Hamid (82)
- He received the honor on 18 April 2019
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Which gallantry award was awarded to Wing
Commander Abhinandan by the Indian Air
Force?
a. PVC
b. Gallantry cycle
c. Veer Chakra
d. Mahavir Chakra
Answer: c. Veer Chakra
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The London School of Economics and
Political Science (LSE) has established a new
Chair (Chair) to study inequality in the name
of which Indian economist?
a. Raghuram Rajan
b. Amartya Sen
c. Arvind Subramanyam
d. Manmohan Singh
Answer: b. Amartya Sen
- London Chair of Economics (LSE) has
established this Chair (Peetha) on April 19, 2019
in the name of Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen.
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Which Indian film won the Best
Cinematography Award at the Beijing
International Film Festival 2019?
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a. Andhadhun
b. Bhayankam
c. Toilet - a love story
d. None of these
Answer: b.Bhayankam
- This is a Malayalam film.
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Which Bollywood actress has been awarded
the 'Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Award for
Emerging Talent of the Year' for the second
time?
a. Ahna Kumra
b. Kareena kapoor
c. Anushka Sharma
d. Sunny leone
Answer: a. Ahna Kumra
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Who has won the IPI (International Press
Institute) World Press Freedom Hero Award
2019?
a. Ravish Kumar
b. Cyril Almeida
c. Amitabh Kant
d. Rajdeep Sardesai
Answer: b. Cyril Almeida
- He is the editor and columnist of Pakistan's
Dawn newspaper.
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Which former chairman of ISRO hasbeen
awarded by its highest civilian honor
'Chevalier De La Leigion D Honneurl' by
France?
a. Shailesh Nayak
b. K. Kasturirangan
c. Satish Dhawan
d. AS Kiran Kumar
Answer: d. AS Kiran Kumar
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The Indian Postal Department issued a
postage stamp on the 750th birth anniversary
of Vedanta Desikan, who was he?
a. Vaishnava philosopher b. Creator of Paduka
Sahasram
c. Vaishnav Guru d. All of the above
Answer: d. All of the above
- Vaishnavas were philosophers and the most
brilliant supporters of Sri Vaishnavism in the
post-Ramanuja period.
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Who won the McCain Institute Award 2019 for
courage and leadership?
a. Lakshmi Mittal
b. Anamika Das
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c. Chhaya Sharma
d. None of these
Answer: c. Chhaya Sharma
- She is an IPS officer.
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Which Indian was awarded the UN Sasakawa
Award 2019 for Disaster Risk Reduction?
a. Ajay Kumar Paswan
b. Pramod Kumar Mishra
c. Vijay Das
d. None of these
Answer: b. Pramod Kumar Mishra
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Who was selected for the prestigious Man
Booker International Award for the year
2019?
a. Jokha Alharthi
b. Kevin Jude
c. Ambricia Parker
d. Jemima Arnold
Answer:a. Jokha Alharthi
- Writer of Oman.
- Honor for his book Celestial Bodies.
- Jokha is the first Arabic-language writer to be
selected for the award.
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Which film won the title of Best Film at the
72nd BAFTA Film Awards 2019?
a. Laila
b. Love
c. Roma
d. None of these
Answer: c. Roma
Winners of BAFTA Film Awards 2019:
⦁ Best Film: Roma
⦁ Outstanding British film: The Favourite
⦁ Best Actress: Olivia Coleman (The Favorite)
⦁ Best Actor: Rami Melek (Bohemian Raposody)
⦁ Supporting Actress: Rachel Weisz (The
Favorite)
⦁ Supporting Actor: Mahershala Ali (Green Book)
⦁ Director: Alfonso Cuarón (Roma)
⦁ Costume Design: The Favourite
⦁ Make Up and Hair: The Favourite
⦁ Music: A Star Is Born
⦁ Animated Film: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-
Verse
^ British short animation film: Roughhouse
⦁ Cinematography: Roma
⦁ Documentary: Free Solo
⦁ Edition: Vice
⦁ Special Visual Effects: Black Panther
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Which Indian was awarded the Seoul Peace
Prize 2018?
a. Pranab Mukherjee
b. Narendra Modi
c. Anandi Ben Patel
d. Azam Khan
Answer: b. Narendra Modi
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Which film was given the title of Best Picture
at the Oscars?
a. Roma b. Green book
c. Domi Xi d. Skin
Answer: b. Green book
2019 Oscar Winners List
⦁ Documentary (Feature) - Free Solo
Actress in a Supporting Role - Regina King, If
Beale Street Could Talk
⦁ Cinematography - Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
⦁ Foreign Language Film - Alfonso Cuarón,
Roma
Actor in Supporting Role - Mahershala Ali, Green
Book
⦁ Animated Feature Film - Spider-Man: Into the
Spider-Verses, Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsay,
Rodney Rothman
⦁ Animated Short Film - Domi Xi, Bao
^ Documentary short subject - Rezka Zehtabchi
and Melissa Burton, Period: End of Sentence
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⦁ Live Action Short Film - Gaia Native and Jamie
Ray Newman, Skin
⦁ Best Original Screenplay - Nick Vellalonga,
Brain Curry, Peter Farrelli, Green Book
⦁ Best Adapted Screen Play - Spike Lee, Shaan
McKitterick, Jason Bloom, Raymond Mansfield,
Jordan Peele, Blackclansman
⦁ Original Score - Ludwig Goranson, Black
Panther
⦁ Original Song - Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson,
Anthony Rosomando, Andrew Wyatt, "Shallow"
A Star Is Born
⦁ Best Actor in Leading Role - Rami Malek,
Bohemian Rapsody
⦁ Best Actress in Leading Role - Olivia Coleman,
The Favourite
⦁ Best Director - Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
⦁ Best Picture - Green Book
The 91st Academy Awards were held at the
Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, California.
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"Period. End of Sentence ”film won the Best
Documentary Short Subject Award at the
Oscars 2019, who is the Indian producer of
the film?
a. Gunit Monga b. Gugul Tiwari
c. Vijay Kumar d. None of these
Answer: a. Gunit Monga
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Who won the title of Miss Deaf World 2019?
a. Priyanka Das
b. Vidisha Baliyan
c. Afsara Mitra
d. None of these
Answer: b. Vidisha Baliyan
- 21-year-old Vidisha Baliyan from
Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh became the first
Indian to win the Miss Deaf World 2019 title.
- She is deaf.
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Index According to the India State of Forest Report
2019, which state has the highest forest
cover in terms of area in India?
a. Bihar
b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Madhya Pradesh
d. Assam
Answer: c. Madhya Pradesh
- Madhya Pradesh has the highest forest cover
in terms of area.
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Which state was ranked first in the category
of big states in the Good Governance Index
(Good Governance Index) 2019 released by
the central government?
a. Andhra Pradesh
b. Telangana
c. Tamil Nadu
d. Odisha
Answer: c. Tamil Nadu
In this index, the states and union territories are
divided into three groups.
- Major States, North-East and Hill States and
Union Territories.
- Tamil Nadu has got the first position in the
category of big states.
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- It is followed by Maharashtra, Karnataka,
Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh.
- Odisha, Bihar, Goa and Uttar Pradesh are in
the list of poor performing states.
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Which state was ranked first in the category
of hill states in the Good Governance Index
(Good Governance Index) 2019 released by
the central government?
a. Himachal Pradesh
b. Uttarakhand
c. Tripura
d. Mizoram
Answer: a. Himachal Pradesh
After this, Uttarakhand, Tripura, Mizoram,
Sikkim, Assam have been ranked.
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Which state was ranked first in the Union
Territories category in the Good Governance
Index (Good Governance Index) 2019
released by the Central Government?
a. Jammu and Kashmir
b. Puducherry
c. Delhi
d. Chandigarh
Answer: b. Puducherry
It is followed by Chandigarh, Delhi, Daman and
Diu, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Dadar and
Nagar Haveli and Lakshadweep.
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Who has been ranked first in the list of the
highest-grossing top-100 Indian celebrities
released by Forbes India for the year 2019?
a. Salman Khan
b. Virat Kohli
c. Ranveer singh
d. Akshay Kumar
Answer: b. Virat Kohli
- In the 2019 list, Kohli has reached the first
place, leaving behind Salman with an earnings of
Rs 252.72 crore.
- Akshay Kumar is in second place and Salman
Khan in third place in this list.
- Alia Bhatt secured 8th position while Deepika
Padukone ranked 10th.
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What is the ranking of India in the Global
Gender Gap Index 2019?
a. 112
b. 108
c. 102
d. 80
Answer: a. 112
- India lags behind Nepal and Bangladesh in
gender inequality.
- India was ranked 108 in 2018.
- In 2019, India moved to 112th position.
- India has lost four ranks in terms of gender
inequality compared to the year 2018.
Ranking in the year 2019
1. Iceland
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2. Norway
3. Finland
4. Sweden
5. Nicaragua
6. New Zealand
7. Ireland
8. Spain
9. Rwanda
10. Germany ‘
Yemen's worst case
- The worst is located in Yemen. It’s ranking is
153. While Iraq’s is 152nd.
Status of neighbouring countries
- Bangladesh ranked 50th.
- Nepal ranked 101st,
- Sri Lanka at 102nd position
- China ranked 106th
- Pakistan is ranked 151.
- India was ranked 98 in the year 2006.
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
has been ranked in the list of 100 most
powerful women in the world released by
Forbes on December, 2019. What is her rank?
a. 33
b. 41
c. 34
d. 45
Answer: c. 34
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- On December 13, 2019, Forbes 2019 16th
annual ranking of the world's 100 most powerful
women list was released.
Category Name Country
34 Nirmala Sitharaman India
1 Angela Merkel Germany
2 Christine Lagarde France
3 Nancy Pelosi United States (US)
4 Ursula von der Leyen Belgium
5 Mary Barra United States
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What is India's ranking in Human
Development Index-2019 released by United
Nations Development Program (UNDP)?
a. 129
b. 132
c. 139
d. 142
Answer: a. 129
- Human Development Index
- India has improved its ranking by one position.
Top 10 countries included in human
development index ranking
Ranking country
1 Norway
2 Switzerland
3 Australia
4 Ireland
5 Germany
6 Iceland
7 Hongkong
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8 Sweden
9 Singapore
10 Netherlands
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Who won the 42nd Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation
Award?
a. Rajesh Mitra
b. Shaheen Mistry
c. Ajay Banga
d. Rahul Bajaj
Answer: b. Shaheen Mistry
- She is associated with Teach for India
organization.
- This award is given for human and social work.
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What score has India achieved in the
Freedom on the Net (FoTN) report 2019
released by the international organization
'Freedom House'?
a. 100
b. 25
c. 50
d. 55
Answer d. 55
- The report is titled The Crisis of Social Media.
- India got 55 marks out of total 100 marks.
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According to the latest UNICEF report, what
is India's position in the deaths of children
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(up to 5 years) from pneumonia?
a. The first
b. Second
c. The third
d. The fourth
Answer b. Second
- In India, 1,27,000 children under the age of five
died in the year 2018.
- 14 children die every hour from pneumonia.
About half of deaths due to pneumonia are
related to air pollution.
- 27 percent deaths occurred from outdoor air
pollution and 22 percent from indoor air pollution.
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In the IMD World Talent Ranking 2019, India
has slipped six places to which place?
a. 55th
b. 49th
c. 59th
d. 69th
Answer c. 59th
The rankings
1. Switzerland
2. Denmark
3. Sweden
4. Austria
5. Luxembourg
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According to the report 'Road Accidents in
India - 2018' released by the central
government, what is the percentage increase
in road accidents during this period?
a. 0.46 percent
b. 0.50 percent
c. 0.64 percent
d. 2.50 percent
Answer a. 0.46 percent
- This report was released by the Union Ministry
of Road Transport and Highways.
- More than 1.5 lakh (1,51,471) people lost their
lives in road accidents in the country in 2018,
- During this time, a 2.4% increase in deaths was
recorded, while the last time in 2017, 1.47 lakh
were people killed.
- There were an average of 1,280 road accidents
and 415 deaths per day.
- 17 people lost their lives every hour.
- Road traffic injuries are the eighth leading
cause of deaths in India in 2018.
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According to the report 'Road Accidents in
India - 2018' released by the Central
Government, which state had the most
accidents during this period?
a. Tamil Nadu
b. Madhya Pradesh
c. Uttar Pradesh
d. Maharashtra
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Answer a. Tamil Nadu
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According to the report 'Road Accidents in
India - 2018' released by the central
government, which state had the highest
number of deaths during this period?\
a. Tamil Nadu
b. Madhya Pradesh
c. Uttar Pradesh
d. Maharashtra
Answer c. Uttar Pradesh
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According to the latest report by the National
Statistics Office (NSO), how many percent of
people aged seven or above are literate in
India?
a. 97.7 percent
b. 87.7 percent
c. 77.7 percent
d. 67.7 percent
Answer c. 77.7 percent
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According to the latest report of National Crime
Records Bureau (NCRB), "Accidental deaths
and suicides in India", which state had the
highest number of suicides in 2016?
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a. Bihar
b. Maharashtra
c. Punjab
d. Haryana
Answer b. Maharashtra
- This report has been released by NCRB this
month (November 2019) after a long gap of
three years.
Suicide of farmers in the country
- 2016: 11,379 farmers died
- 12,360 farmers died in 2014
- 12,602 farmers died in 2015.
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What is India’s rank in the Global Bribery
Risk Index 2019 (Global Bribery Risk Index
2019)?
a. 8
b. 38
c. 58
d. 78
Answer d. 78
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Which institution ranks first in the 2020 QS
India University Rankings?
a. IIT Bombay
b. IIT Kanpur
c. IIT Patna
d. IIT Delhi
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Answer: a. IIT Bombay
- IISc Bangalore is ranked second and IIT Delhi
is ranked third.
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Which place has India climbed to after
ascending 14 places in World Bank's 'Ease of
Doing Business 2019-20' index?
a. 14
b. 43
c. 63
d. 102
Answer: c. 63
- India was ranked 77 in the list of last year
(2018-19).
- In 2014, India was ranked 142 in this ranking.
Top 5 Countries in Ease of Doing Business
Rankings
Country ------rank
New Zealand- 1
Singapore -2
Hong Kong, China -3
Denmark- 4
Korea- 5
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Which position has India got in the Global
Hunger Index (GHI) 2019?
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a. 94
b. 99
c. 102
d. 108
Answer: c. 102
- This index is of 117 countries. India is ranked
102 in this.
- It was at 55th placec in GHI in the year 2014,
and reached 102nd position in 2019.
- 100th position was achieved in the year 2017,
- was ranked 103 in the year 2018.
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According to the 20th Livestock Census
(2018), which state has the highest livestock
population?
a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Bihar
c. Punjab
d. West Bengal
Answer: a. Uttar Pradesh
- Recently the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal
Husbandry and Dairying (Ministry of Fisheries,
Animal Husbandry and Dairying) has released
the 20th Livestock Census Report.
Uttar Pradesh has the highest livestock of 67.8
million, followed by Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh
and West Bengal.
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What is the increase in the number of
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animals in India as compared to the year
2012 as per the recently concluded Livestock
census?
a. 4.63 percent
b. 3.96 percent
c. 2.14 percent
d. 1.71 percent
Answer: a. 4.63 percent
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According to the 20th Livestock Census
(2018), which state has the largest increase in
the number of animals?
a. Uttar Pradesh b. Bihar
c. Punjab d. West Bengal
Answer: d. West Bengal
According to Livestock Census-2018, the total
livestock population in the country is 535.78
million.
- Livestock census - an increase of 4.6%
compared to 2012.
- West Bengal has the largest increase in cattle
(23%), followed by Telangana (22%).
- The number of total cattle in the country has
increased by 0.8%.
- This increase is mainly a result of rapid
increase in the population of varna sankara
cattle and indigenous female cattle.
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Which state ranks first among the big states
in the India Innovation Index 2019 released
by NITI Aayog?
a. Maharashtra b. Karnataka
c. Uttar Pradesh d. Telangana
Answer: b. Karnataka
- Tamil Nadu in second place
- Maharashtra in third place
- Jharkhand is at the bottom of it.
- Uttar Pradesh ranks seventh.
- India Innovation Index is prepared on the lines
on which Global Innovation Index is prepared.
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Which Union Territory has got the first place
in the list of Union Territories in India
Innovation Index 2019?
a. Goa b. Daman and Diu
c. Delhi d. Puducherry
Answer: c. Delhi
- Second Place - Chandigarh
- Third place - Goa
- Fourth place – Puducherry
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Who has got the first place in the list of
Northeast and hill states in India Innovation
Index 2019?
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a. Sikkim
b. Himachal Pradesh
c. Uttarakhand
d. Assam
Answer: a. Sikkim
In the category of Northeast and hill states,
Sikkim is in the first place, Himachal Pradesh is
in the second place and Uttarakhand is in the
third place.
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What was India's position in the World
Competitiveness Economy Index 2019
(Global Competitiveness Index)?
a. 58th
b. 68th
c. 70th
d. 16th
Answer: b. 68th
- This index has been released by the World
Economic Forum.
- India was ranked 58 in the ranking in the year
2018.
- This time it has slipped ten places to 68th
position in the year 2019.
Ranking of neighbouring countries -
China - 28th
Sri Lanka - 84th
Bangladesh - 105th
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Nepal - 108th
Pakistan - 110th
World Competitive Index 2019
1. Singapore 2. America
3. Hong Kong 4. Netherlands
5. Switzerland 6. Japan
7. Germany 8. Sweden
9. United Kingdom 10. Denmark
India's position in the index
- India is ranked 15th by the World Economic
Forum in terms of corporate governance.
- Second in shareholder governance
- India is third in market size
- India is ranked number three in terms of
renewable energy.
- 109th in terms of life expectancy
- Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index has
jumped 6 places to 34th place in 2019.
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How many people have been included in the
final list of the National Register of Citizens
(NRC) in Assam?
a. 4,11,21,004
b. 2,11,21,004
c. 3,11,21,004
d. None of these
Answer: c. 3,11,21,004 (3 crore 11 lakh 21
thousand four)
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- State Coordinator of NRC, Prateek Hazarika
said that 19,06,657 (19 lakh 6 thousand six
hundred fifty seven) people have been removed
from the final list of NRC.
- People from outside NRC will now have to
appeal to the foreign tribunal within the
stipulated time.
- The Government of Assam will establish 400
Foreigners Tribunals to look into matters related
to those removed from the final list of National
Citizenship Register (NRC) in the state.
- The process of making NRC list started 4 years
ago
What is citizenship register?
- This is a detailed report of citizens living in a
state or country.
- The first citizenship register in India was
prepared after the census in 1951.
- All those recorded in this register were
considered citizens of India.
- This is the only register having the details of the
citizens of India.
NRC in Assam
Indian citizenship rules in Assam were changed
by amending the citizenship law of 1986.
- Under which only people living in India from
1951 to 24 March 1971 would be considered as
Indians.
What was the need of NRC in Assam?
After the increasing activities of illegal foreigners
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in Assam around 1980, the demand for updating
NRC increased.
A memorandum was submitted to the Center in
1980 by the All Assam Students Union and the
Assam Gana Parishad demanding the renewal
of NRC. This memorandum was submitted to
protect the culture of Assam from illegal
immigrants coming to Assam from Bangladesh.
In a review meeting chaired by the then Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh in 2005, it was
decided to update the NRC.
- In 2010, the pilot project to update the NRC
had to be abruptly stopped when 4 people were
killed and many were injured during a violent
demonstration over it in Assam's Barpeta district.
- Subsequently applications were sought in the
year 2015. During this time around 6.6 crore
applications were received, out of which 3.29
crore people of Assam had applied to register
their names.
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What percentage of interest has been
announced by EPFO to 6 crore account
holders for the year 2018-19?
a. 8.65% b. 8.63%
c. 8.60% d. 8.57%
Answer: a. 8.65%
- 8.65% interest has been approved by the
Finance Ministry.
- 6 crore account holders will benefit from this.
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What is the rank of India in IMD World Digital
Competitiveness Ranking 2019?
a. 42nd
b. 43rd
c. 44th
d. 47th
Answer: c. 44th
- 63 countries have been evaluated in this
ranking based on knowledge and use of digital
technology.
- India was ranked 48th in the year 2018. Now
India has jumped four places.
- USA is in first place
- Singapore is in the second place
- Sweden is in the third place
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Which state ranks first among small states in
NITI Aayog's School Education Quality
Index?
a. Kerala b. Rajasthan
c. Karnataka d. Uttar Pradesh
Answer: a. Kerala
- The index is classified into three parts - big
states, small states and union territories.
- Among the 20 big states, Kerala is in the first
place, while Rajasthan is in the second place
and Karnataka is in the third place.
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- While Uttar Pradesh is on the lowest rung.
- NITI Aayog has prepared this index based on
the data for the year 2016-17.
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Which state ranks first among the big states
in NITI Aayog's School Education Quality
Index?
a. Tripura b. Goa
c. Arunachal Pradesh d. Manipur
Answer: d. Manipur
- Manipur in the first place, Tripura on the
second and Goa on the third.
Union Territory Ranking
1. Chandigarh
2. Dadra and Nagar Haveli
3. Delhi
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Which city of India has recently been
included in the cooking category in
UNESCO's UCCN (UNESCO Creative City
Network) list?
a. Lucknow
b. Hyderabad
c. Amritsar
d. Udaipur
Answer: b. Hyderabad
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Hyderabad has been named as a creative city in
the category of cuisine (cooking) for Biryani and
other delicious dishes.
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Which city of India has recently been
included in the Creative Cities category of
films in UNESCO's UCCN (UNESCO Creative
City Network) list?
a. Lucknow
b. Hyderabad
c. Amritsar
d. Mumbai
Answer: d. Mumbai
- Mumbai has been declared a member of the
creative city of films.
- UNESCO has added both cities in the UCCN
(UNESCO Creative City Network) list along with
64 other cities around the world.
Now a total of 246 cities have been added to this
list.
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According to the index 2019 released by EIU
(Economist Intelligence Unit), which is the
best livable city in the world?
a. Vienna (Austria)
b. Melbourne, Australia)
c. Sydney, Australia)
d. Mumbai
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Answer: a. Vienna (Austria)
Delhi ranks 118th and Mumbai 119th in this list
of 140 cities.
10 best cities to live in
1. Vienna (Austria) 2. Melbourne (Australia)
3. Sydney (Australia) 4. Osaka (Japan)
5. Calgary (Canada) 6. Vancouver (Canada)
7. Toronto (Canada) 8. Tokyo (Japan)
9. Copenhagen (Denmark) 10. Adelaide
(Australia)
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
- It is an economic analyst and advisory body.
- It was established in 1946.
- It is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.
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What is the rank of India in World Economic
Forum's World Travel and Tourism
Competitiveness Index 2019?
a. 31st
b. 32nd
c. 33rd
d. 34th
Answer: d. 34th
- India's rank has improved by 6 places.
- Spain ranks first in this index, followed by
France, Germany, Japan and America.
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According to the June 2019 report released
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by the World Gold Council, which country's
central bank is ranked 10th in the world in
terms of gold reserves?
a. France b. China
c. India d. Bangladesh
Answer: c. India
According to the World Gold Council's June
report, RBI had purchased 52.3 tonnes of gold in
FY 2019 to increase its foreign exchange
reserves.
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How many people were included in the filing
list of National Civil Register (NRC) in
Assam?
a. 4,11,21,004
b. 2,11,21,004
c. 3,11,21,004
d. None of these
Answer: c. 3,11,21,004 (3 crore 11 lakh 21
thousand four)
- State Coordinator of NRC, Prateek Hazarika
said that 19,06,657 (19 lakh 6 thousand six
hundred fifty seven) people have been removed
from the final list of NRC.
- People from outside NRC will now have to
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appeal to the foreign tribunal within the
stipulated time.
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According to QS Best Student Cities Ranking
which is the best city for students in the
world?
a. Delhi
b. Paris
c. New York
d. London
Answer: d. London
in India
- Bangalore (81st place)
- Mumbai (85th place),
- Delhi (113th place) and
- Chennai (115th place)
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According to the tiger census report 2018,
which state has the most tigers?
a. Bihar
b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Madhya Pradesh
d. Gujarat
Answer: c. Madhya Pradesh
According to All India Tiger Estimation Report
2018, there are 2,967 tigers in the country.
- This report was made public on World Tiger
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Day (29 July) by Prime Minister Modi.
- 526 tigers in Madhya Pradesh,
- 524 in Karnataka,
- 442 tigers in Uttarakhand,
- 312 tigers in Maharashtra and
- Tamil Nadu has 264 tigers.
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According to the All India Tiger Estimation
2018 report released by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi recently, what is the number
of tigers in India?
a. 2967
b. 2890
c. 2712
d. 2600
Answer: a. 2967
According to new figures, the number of tigers in
the country has reached 2967.
According to this, the number of tigers has
increased by 741 as compared to the year 2014.
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Which company is the top Indian company in
the Fortune Global 500 List 2019?
a. Adani Enterprises
b. Reliance Industries Limited
c. Tata Sons
d. None of these
Answer: b. Reliance Industries Limited (RIL)
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- Reliance is ranked 106 this year, improving its
ranking by 42 places.
Earlier, Indian Oil Corporation was the top Indian
company in the Fortune Global 500 list.
Other Indian companies:
- Indian Oil Corporation (137th) was earlier
ranked 168th.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (160th place),
- State Bank of India (236th place),
- Tata Motors (265th place),
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (275th
place) and
- Rajesh Exports (495th place).
Top 10 Companies
1. Walmart (American Retail Company)
2. Sinopec Group (China's state-run oil and gas
company)
3. Royal Dutch Shell (Dutch Company)
4. China National Petroleum
5. State Grid
6. Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabian Oil Company
7. British Petroleum (British Oil and Gas
Company)
8. Exxon Mobil
9. Volkswagen
10. Toyota Motors
The Fortune Global 500 ranking is created by an
American magazine called Fortune.
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Which public sector bank was ranked first in
the EASE index?
a. Punjab National Bank b. Oriental Bank of
Commerce
c. Bank of India d. Indian Overseas Bank
Answer: a. Punjab National Bank
- The central government released a report
based on EASE (Enhanced Access & Service
Excellence) reforms of public sector banks in
March 2019.
- Punjab National Bank got 78.4 out of 100
points.
- Bank of Baroda to 77.8,
- State Bank of India 74.6,
- Oriental Bank of Commerce 69,
- 67.5 to Canara Bank and
- Syndicate Bank received 67.1 points.
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Which city got the first position in the
Cleanliness Survey 2019?
a. Kolkata
b. Indore
c. Jabalpur
d. Patna
Answer: b. Indore
- Indore city of Madhya Pradesh ranked first in
"Swachh Survekshan 2019" for the third
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consecutive year.
In the list of cleanest cities, Ambikapur of
Chhattisgarh was second and Mysore of
Karnataka was in third place.
- Bhopal was voted the cleanest capital city in
the 2019 survey.
- In the category of 3 lakh to 1 million population,
Ujjain was awarded the "Cleanest Medium City"
award.
- Gauchar of Uttarakhand was voted "Best
Ganga Town".
- New Delhi Municipal Corporation was awarded
the Cleanest Smart City Award.
- Ahemdabad Award for "Cleanest Big" City
- Raipur was awarded the "Fastest Moving Big
City" award.
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According to the World Gold Council, what is
the rank of India in terms of gold reserves?
a. 11th b. 12th
c. 23rd d. 21st
Answer: a. 11th
- India has been ranked 11th in the list of gold
reserves in March 2019. India's estimated gold
reserves is 607 tonnes.
- America ranks first in this list, the US gold
reserves are 8,133.5 tonnes. - In second place is
Germany with 3,369.7 tonnes.
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Which place did India get in the World
Happiness Index 2019?
a. 140th b. 122nd
c. 111th d. 163rd
Answer: a. 140th
- United Nations Sustainable Development
Solutions Network [UNDSN] released World
Happiness Report 2019.
- Finland has been ranked first.
Denmark, Norway, Iceland and Netherlands are
ranked after Finland.
- None of the world's largest economies could
find a place in the top 10.
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Which position has India got in the World
Economic Forum Global Energy Transition
Index 2019?
a. 80th b. 45th
c. 44th d. 76th
Answer: d. 76th
- This time the rank of India has increased by
two places.
- This annual list has been prepared by the
World Economic Forum.
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Which state ranks first in NITI Aayog's 2019
AMFFR Index?
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a. Maharashtra b. Bihar
c. Gujarat d. None of these
Answer: a. Maharashtra
- NITI Aayog recently released AMFFR
(Agricultural Marketing and Farmer Friendly
Reforms Index).
- Gujarat is in second place, Gujarat has got a
score of 71.5 out of 100.
- Gujarat is followed by Rajasthan and Madhya
Pradesh.
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What was India's position in the Global
Innovation Index 2019 {Global innovation
index (GII)}?
a. 57th b. 52nd
c. 50th d. 58th
Answer: b. 52nd
- India has climbed five places from the 57th
position of the previous year (2018) to 52nd
position in the year 2019.
- Switzerland still ranks first in GII. It is followed
by Sweden, the United States, the Netherlands,
Britain, Finland, Denmark, Singapore, Germany
and Israel.
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Who has been appointed the new Home
Secretary by the Central Government?
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a. Ajay Kumar Bhalla
b. Devendra Pal Singh
c. Amitabh Chakraborty
d. Somesh Dasgupta
Answer: a. Ajay Kumar Bhalla
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Who has been appointed the new Economic
Affairs Secretary by the Central Government?
a. Atanu Chakraborty
b. Subhash Chandra Garg
c. Amitabh Chakraborty
d. Somesh dasgupta
Answer: a. Atanu Chakraborty
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Who has been elected the chairman of the
Commonwealth Table Tennis Association
(CTTF)?
a. Vivek Kohli
b. Kishen Narsi
c. Ajuvendra Chauhan
d. Virendra Singh Tomar
Answer: a. Vivek Kohli
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How long was HD Kumaraswamy's second
term as the Chief Minister of Karnataka?
a. 14 months
b. 23 months
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c. 21 months
d. 56 months
Answer: a. 14 months
HD Kumaraswamy resigned due to defeat of
confidence motion in Karnataka Assembly on 23
July 2019.
- This was his second term as Chief Minister.
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Which rank did India get in the Sustainable
Development Goal Gender Index?
a. 10th b. 40th
c. 60th d. 95th
Answer: d. 95th
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What is the position of India in the Global
Peace Index (Global Peace Index) 2019?
a. 141st b. 51st
c. 41st d. 111th
Answer: a. 141st
- The Australian think tank Institute for
Economics and Peace (IEP) issues this report.
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Who is ranked at the top among Indian
institutions in the QS (Quacquarelli
Symonds) World University Rankings 2020?
a. IIT Bombay b. IIT Kanpur
c. IISC Bangalore d. IIT Madras
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Answer: a. IIT Bombay 152nd Rank
Rankings:
⦁ IIT-Bombay: 152nd rank
⦁ IIT Delhi: 182nd rank
⦁ IISc Bangalore: 184th Rank
⦁ IIT Madras: 271st rank
⦁ IIT Kharagpur: 281 rank
⦁ IIT Kanpur: 291st rank
⦁ IIT Roorkee: 383rd Rank
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Which university is the world's top university
in the QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) World
University Rankings?
a. Harvard University
b. Stanford University
c. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
d. California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Answer: c. Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT)
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According to the latest report of the United
Nations Population Fund, at what percentage
India's population has grown annually to
reach 1.36 billion between 2010 and 2019.
a. 1.1% b. 2.2%
c. 1.6% d. 1.2%
Answer: d. 1.2%
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Meanwhile, China's population has increased by
0.5% yearly. China's population is 1.42 billion
- The report states that in India, the total fertility
rate per woman decreased from 5.6% in 1969 to
3.7% in 1994 and 2.3% in 2019.
- In India, life expectancy at birth is 47 years in
1969, 60 years in 1994 and now, 69 years in
2019. Thus life expectancy at birth has
increased.
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What position has India got in the World
Press Freedom Index 2019?
a. 5th b. 10th
c. 138th d. 140th
Answer: d. 140th
Top 10 Countries
1. Norway 2. Finland
3. Sweden 4. Netherlands
5. Denmark 6. Switzerland
7. New Zealand 8. Jamaica
9. Belgium 10. Costa Rica
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Name the best educational institution of India
in NIRF ranking 2019 released by Union
Ministry of Human Resource Development?
a. IIT Madras b. IIT Delhi
c. IIT Patna d. IIT Kanpur
Answer: a. IIT Madras
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NIRF Ranking 2019
IIT Madras ranked first in overall category.
AIIMS Delhi stood first in medical category.
- Miranda House Delhi stood first in the college
category.
IIM Bangalore ranked first in the category of
management.
National Law School of India University
Bangalore ranked first in law.
IIT Kharagpur stood first in the category of
establishment.
IISc ranked first in the university category.
- IIT Madras and IIT Delhi top the list of
engineering institutes.
- IIT Chennai ranks first, IISc Bangalore in
second place and IIT Delhi in third place in the
Higher Education Institute ranking of the Ministry
of Human Resource Development.
- Jamia Hamdard is the best pharmacy institute.
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Scientific research
Who has set a new record of the longest stay
by a woman in a space station?
a. Christina Koch
b. Peggy Whitson
c. Cosmonaut Valery Polakov
d. None of these
Answer: a. Christina Koch
- She broke the 288-day record in space that
was first created by NASA astronaut Peggy
Whitson in 2017.
- She will return to Earth in February 2020 as
scheduled. By then, they will have more than
300 days in space.
- She reached the International Space Station on
14 March 2019.
Male -
- The world record for the longest mission in
space for any astronaut is named after
Cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov, who spent 438
consecutive days on Russia's former space
station Mir from January 1994 to March 1995.
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Which country for the first time in the world
deployed the hypersonic nuclear missile
system (27 times the speed of voice) in its
military fleet?
a. India
b. France
c. USA
d. Russia
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Answer: d. Russia
- Russia's Hyper Sonic Nuclear Missile System is
named Avangard.
- Its speed mac is 20 to 27. 9 kilometers in one
second. Approx 32,202.36 Kilometers per Hour.
- It can kill up to six thousand kilometers.
- On December 27, the missile was inducted into
the army. Now its place of deployment has been
kept a secret. However, it is believed that it will
be deployed in the mountainous area of Ural.
- The Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM)
Avangard is capable of carrying two megatons
(about 2 billion kg) of nuclear warheads at a
time.
- Putin has said that no country in the world has
any kind of hypersonic missile. We are ahead in
this field.
- None of its missile systems can be intercepted.
Not even the US Patriot or Russia's S400.
Types of missiles
- Sub Sonic
- Super Sonic
- Hypersonic
- Sub Sonic - It will grow at a speed of Mach
0.8. Will go through the speed of sound 332
meters per second means 1195 kilometers per
hour.
- Super Sonic - This speed can be up to 2-3
Mach. Meaning two to three times faster than the
speed of the sound Kilometers per Hour
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- India and Russia have jointly made Brahmo
missile. But the range of its Indian variants is not
more than 500 km.
- In comparison, Russia has an intercontinental
missile which. Can kill up to 9 thousand
kilometers.
- hypersonic -
Now Russia has also launched the world's first
hyper sonic speed missile.
- Means faster than Mach 5 speed.
- US could not make it. China says it will test in
the future.
- Russia Clearly states that the speed of the
Avangard is more than 5 Mach. 32,202.36
Kilometers per Hour
- Putin says that once it is launched, it cannot be
stopped.
- It can tolerate temperatures up to two thousand
celsius.
- Russia tested it in December 2018. At that time
he hit the target 6 thousand kilometers away.
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Which company has started work on Project
Kuiper for Internet, under which thousands of
satellites will be launched in space?
a. Reliance Industries
b. Amazon
c. Space x
d. ISRO
Answer: b. Amazon
- Under this, about three thousand satellites will
be placed in the lower Earth orbit.
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- so that every area of the earth can have access
to the internet.
Why the name Kuiper?
- Who is called Kuiper - On the outer side of our
solar system (solar system), that is, where
Neptune, the last planet of the solar system,
comes, is surrounded by steroids.
- Our solar system is surrounded by these
asteroids.
- Its name is Kuiper Belts.
- The name was named after the scientist Gerard
Kuiper.
Amazon Idea based on this
- Amazon Idea is very much like Kuiper Belts.
Similarly, there will be three thousand satellites
in the coming times.
- 2 thousand kilometers from the surface of the
Earth is called Low Earth Orbit.
- He will place three thousand two hundred
satellites. Only up to 400 kilometers.
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IAU (Paris-based International Astronomical
Union) named a dwarf star after which Indian
scientist in December 2019?
a. Bibha Chaudhary
b. A P J Abdul Kalam
c. Jagdish Chandra Basu
d. None of these
Answer: a. Bibha Chaudhary
- Paris-based International Astronomical Union
(IAU) has named a dwarf star (Dwarf Star) in
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Sextons planetarium after Dr. Bibha Chaudhary,
an Indian woman scientist.
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Which Indian startup won the European
Space Agency's 'Copernicus Masters Social
Entrepreneurship Challenge' (Space Oscar)
award?
a. Blue sky analytics
b. Angel analytics
c. Wipro Infocomm
d. None of these
Answer: a. Blue sky analytics
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In December 2020, the Parliament approved
the proposal of how much amount for
development of small satellite launch vehicle
(SSLV) for small satellites of ISRO?
a. 10.97 crores
b. 11.97 crores
c. 12.97 crores
d. 13.97 crores
Answer: b. 11.97 crores
- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled in
Parliament the supplementary demands for the
grant of 2019-20. It also had an SSLV.
- Its estimated cost is 30 crores.
- It would be easier and less expensive to send
small satellites into space via SSLV.
- Through this, satellites up to 500 kg weight can
be placed in lower orbit.
- Its first flight is expected early next year.
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- ISRO launches most of its consumers' satellites
through Polar Satellites Launch Vehicle (PSLV).
- ISRO has so far sent 319 satellites from 33
countries into space. These countries include
countries like America, Britain, France, Korea,
Canada, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Finland,
Israel.
Many times Nano Satellites are also launched
through PSLV.
- In such a situation ISRO felt the need to
develop SSLV.
- It is also important in this direction that in the
coming years ISRO wants to establish its strong
presence in the large market of launching
satellites.
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NASA has designed the world's most
powerful rocket, name it?
a. Space Launch System (SLS)
b. Super rocket
c. Mac launch
d. None of these
Answer: a. Space Launch System (SLS)
- The height of this rocket is 212 feet.
- This rocket can achieve a speed of 23 Mach
(28,400 kilometers per hour).
- This rocket will probably be used in the Artemis
mission.
- NASA will send astronauts to the moon under
the Artemis mission.
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ISRO launched the RISAT-2BR1 satellite with
the help of which launch vehicle, on 11
December 2019?
a. PSLV C48
b. GSLV C48
c. PSLV R48
d. GSLV R48
Answer: a. PSLV C48
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In which country was the use of the first
typhoid vaccine, recognized by the World
Health Organization, started?
a. India
b. Bangladesh
c. Myanmar
d. Pakistan
Answer d. Pakistan
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Which company has launched 60 Starlink
satellites for cheap global internet?
a. ISRO
b. NASA
c. Space x
d. None of these
Answer c. Space x
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Which planet has recently confirmed that
NASA has found water vapour on the moon
Europa?
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a. Jupiter
b. Earth
c. Saturn
d. Mars
Answer a. Jupiter
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Which space agency has recently completed
the first global geologic mapping of Saturn's
moon Titan?
a. Isro b. NASA
c. JAXA d. ISEA
Answer b. NASA
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Which oil company has launched a diesel
that does not freeze to minus 30 degrees
Celsius in Ladakh?
a. HPCL b. BPCL
c. IOCL d. Reliance
Answer c. IOCL
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What is the name of the first electric aircraft
launched by NASA?
a. X-21 turbine
b. X-57 maxwell
c. IA-67 Sky
d. MP-11 Level
Answer b. X-57 maxwell
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- 14 electric motors have been used in it, which
is powered by lithium ion batteries.
- The aircraft has been under construction since
2015. Development is currently underway.
- Carbon emissions are reduced due to batteries.
Engine noise is also less.
- Operational cost will also be reduced by 40
percent.
- 12 small motors and two large motors are fitted.
- Its speed is 175 mph.
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DRDO has recently declared how many of its
patents to domestic industrial organizations
free of charge?
a. 450
b. 500
c. 620
d. 800
Answer a. 450
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India launched Cartosat 3 and 13 US
satellites on which series of rockets on 27
November?
a. PSLV-C47
b. GSLV-MK3
c. ASLV
d. SLV
Answer a. PSLV-C47
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India has placed Cartosat 3 in which orbit of
the Earth?
a. Geostationary orbit
b. Polar orbit
c. Sun-synchronous orbit
d. None of these
Answer c. Sun-synchronous Orbit (Sun
synchronous orbit)
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Cartosat Series's .........th satellite Cartosat 3
was launched?
a. 5 b. 7
c. 8 d. 9
Answer d. 9
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Cartosat 3 Satellite was launched under which
program of ISRO?
a. Indian Remote Sensing Program
b. Indian Space Sensing Program
c. Indian Border Remote Sensing Program
d. Indian Polar Program
Answer: a. Indian Remote Sensing Program
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Which company of ISRO got the job of
launching 13 American Nano Satellites?
a. Antrix Corporation Limited
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b. New Space India limited
c. a and b
d. None of these
Answer b. New Space India limited
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How many kilometers before landing on the
lunar surface did the contact of Chandracyan
2’s lander Vikram break from the Earth?
a. 2 kilometers
b. 2.1 km
c. 2.5 km
d. 1 kilometer
Answer: b. 2.1 km
- It happened in the early hours of 7 September
2019.
- The lander was named after Dr. Vikram A.
Sarabhai, the father of the Indian space
program.
- Rover weighing 27 kg was ‘Pragyan’ within the
lander Vikram.
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In which country are the Indian Air Force
pilots training for the Gaganyaan mission?
a. USA b. France
c. Germany d. Russia
Answer: d. Russia
- This training has started in the second week of
October.
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Mission Gaganyaan
- ISRO has fixed the deadline on December
2021 for Mission Gaganyaan.
- The Union Cabinet also approved a budget of
Rs 10,000 crore for Mission Gaganyaan.
In this mission, three astronauts will be sent to
space for 5-7 days.
- India will become the fourth country to do such
a feat.
- GLSV Mk-III launch vehicle will be used for
Gaganyaan mission.
- Mission Gaganyaan's space craft will have a
crew module and a service module.
- It will weigh about 7 tons. In this mission, three
astronauts will be sent to space for 5-7 days.
- This spacecraft will be placed in an orbit of
Earth at an altitude of 300-400 km.
- Crew module size will be 3.7 meters and
service module size will be 7 meters.
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According to new research, which planet has
the highest number of moons?
a. Saturn b. Jupiter
c. Mars d. Earth
Answer: a. Saturn
According to the International Astronomical
Union's Minor Planet Center, the number of
moons on the planet Saturn has increased to 82.
Of these, 20 new moons have been confirmed
by astronomers recently.
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Before this, Jupiter (Jupiter) planet had
maximum 79 moons.
- 20 new moons of Saturn are very small in size
and each has a diameter of about 5 km.
- 17 out of 20 small moons are seen coming from
other direction on the planet.
- It is possible that there may be a 100 more
such moons on Saturn planet. Astronomers are
searching for them.
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Scientists have discovered water vapour on
which super Earth planet (Exo Planet/extra
solar) with the help of Hubble Space
Telescope?
a. K2-15 b. K2-18b
c. K1-18b d. None of these
Answer: b. K2-18b
- Scientists at University College London have
discovered water vapour in the atmosphere of
'K2-18b', a planet in the shape of Earth.
- NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has been
used for this.
- K2-18b has a mass of 8 times that of Earth.
- It is orbiting a red dwarf star which is 110 light
years away from Earth.
- The planet was discovered by NASA's Kepler
Telescope in 2015.
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After which Indian classical musician is a
small planet named?
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a. Pandit Bhimsen Joshi
b. Lata Mangeshkar
c. Kumar Gandharva
d. Pandit Jasraj
Answer: d. Pandit Jasraj
- International Astronomical Union (IAU) Space
scientists of the International Astronomical Union
discovered the planet 13 years ago on 11
November 2006.
- It is a minor planet between Mars and Jupiter.
At that time, its number was placed 2006 VP 32
(Number-300128).
- It is now named 'Panditraj' on 23 September
2019.
- Pandit Jasraj was born on 28 January 1930.
- Pandit Jasraj is the first musician of India and
the fourth musician worldwide, after whom the
planets in space are named.
- Before them the planets have been named
after the great composers Mozart, Beethoven
and Tenor Luciano Pavarotti.
About Pandit Jasraj
- He was born on 28 January 1930 in Hissar.
- He belongs to the Mewat Gharana of music.
He has been awarded the Padma Vibhushan
(2000), Padma Bhushan (1990), Padma Shri
(1975) and the Lata Mangeshkar Award.
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When was the 1st All-Female Spacewalk (the
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only women's spacewalk in space for the first
time) organized?
a. 19 October 2019
b. 20 October 2019
c. 21 October 2019
d. 22 October 2019
Answer: c. 21 October 2019 (Jessica Meir and
Christina Koch)
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How many scientists have signed a joint
declaration declaring a global climate
emergency?
a. 15482
b. 11258
c. 6449
d. 8317
Answer: b. 11258
11258 scientists from 153 countries around the
world have declared a climate emergency.
- Scientists have declared emergency and said
that the situation which has arisen due to climate
change is not easy to avoid.
- 69 Indian scientists are also signed in this
manifesto.
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For how many seconds has the TRAI set the
ring time (bell time) of the mobile phone?
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a. 30 seconds
b. 40 seconds
c. 55 seconds
d. 60 seconds
Answer: a. 30 seconds
Earlier, there was no minimum time limit for bells
in India.
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For how many seconds has the TRAI set the
ring time (bell time) of the landline phone?
a. 30 seconds
b. 40 seconds
c. 55 seconds
d. 60 seconds
Answer: d. 60 seconds
- Mobile bell will ring for 30 seconds and landline
for 60 seconds.
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Which company has launched a mobile
operating system called HarmonyOS?
a. Huawei b. Google
c. Microsoft d. Alphabet
Answer: a. Huawei
- Chinese telecom company Huawei has
launched its operating system Harmony OS.
(Hongmeng in Chinese).
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- Huawei has been working on this operating
system since 2012.
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Reliance Jio has partnered with which
company for cloud technology?
a. Google
b. Amazon
c. Microsoft
d. None of these
Answer: c. Microsoft
- These two companies will work together in the
field of data analytics, artificial intelligence,
blockchain, internet of things, etc.
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Which country has sent a robot named
'Fedor' to the International Space Station
(ISS) in the rocket?
a. USA
b. Russia
c. Japan
d. India
Answer: b. Russia
- This is the first robot sent by Russia to space.
- The height of 'Fedor' is one meter 80
centimeters (5 feet 11 inches).
- It weighs 160 kg. The use of this robot is to test
the new emergency rescue system.
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Which organization has tested quick reaction
surface to air missiles (QRSAM)?
a. Indian Army
b. D R D O
c. ISRO
d. None of these
Answer: b. D R D O
- The test took place at the Integrated Testing
Center (ITR) at Chandipur, Odisha.
- A missile capable of hitting in all weather and
every region can be mounted on a truck.
- This missile is capable of detecting and
distinguishing targets in no time.
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With which satellite has NASA discovered the
first 'Super Earth GJ 357d' exoplanets?
a. TESS b. Earth
c. PESS d. None of these
Answer: a. TESS
- The planet was discovered earlier this year
through NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey
Satellite, TESS.
- Exoplanets are planets that lie outside our solar
system and rotate around any star.
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Researchers of which Indian organization
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have discovered 28 new stars in the "Milky
Way" galaxy?
a. ARIES b. ISRO
c. BARC d. None of these
Answer: a. ARIES
(Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational
Sciences)
- It is the autonomous body of the Indian
Government's Department of Science and
Technology.
- Devasthal optical telescope installed in Nainital
in 2016 was used to discover 28 new stars in
Milky Way galaxy.
- Researchers are led by Dr. Sneh Lata and Dr.
A.K. Pandey.
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Which Indian organization organized the
"Young Scientist Program" for school
students?
a. FICCI b. D R D O
c. Railway d. ISRO
Answer: d. ISRO
- ISRO selected 100 students from across the
country for the Young Scientist program. They
were told about the practical process of satellite
manufacturing.
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What deadline has been set by ISRO for
Mission Gaganyaan?
a. December 2020 b. December 2021
c. December 2022 d. December 2019
Answer: b. December 2021
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Which space observatory did Indian
astronomers use to discover a new star
cluster called NGC 2808?
a. Minnesota
b. Kalam SAT
c. Astrosat
d. None of these
Answer: c. Astrosat
- NGC 2808 Star Cluster is 47,000 light years
away from Earth. Astrosat was launched in
September 2015. It is orbiting the Earth at an
altitude of 650 kilometers, its tenure is five years.
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With the help of which telescope
astronomers discovered 83 supermassive
black holes 13 billion years away from Earth?
a. Astrosat
b. EuroSat
c. Subaru Telescope
d. None of these
Answer: c. Subaru Telescope
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Astronomers from Japan, Taiwan and Princeton
University have discovered the supermassive 83
black holes 13 billion years away from Earth. For
this, the "Hyper Suprem Cam" instrument of
Subaru Telescope of Japan's National
Observatory has been used. This telescope is
located on Mount Maunakea in Hawaii. This
supermassive black hole can be billions of times
larger than the Sun.
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India successfully test-fired anti-satellite
missile, what was the name given to this
mission?
a. Mission Gaganyaan
b. Mission Shakti
c. Mission Arogya
d. Mission Antriksh
Answer: b. Mission Shakti
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Spektr-RG telescope is associated with
which country?
a. Russia
b. India
c. China
d. Britain
Answer: a. Russia
- This powerful X-ray telescope "Spektr-RG" has
been installed in space.
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Which state has reported a case of Nipah
virus infection in June 2019?
a. Kerala b. Tamil Nadu
c. Odisha d. Telangana
Answer: a. Kerala
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Which disease killed several hundred
children in Muzaffarpur, Bihar?
a. Acute encephalitis syndrome b. Diarrhea
c. Malaria d. None of these
Answer: a. Acute encephalitis syndrome
(Chamki Bukhar)
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India has announced to build its own 'space
station' in space by which year?
a. 2025 b. 2030
c. 2050 d. 2045
Answer: b. 2030
- It will be one of the most ambitious projects of
India.
- Main objective: India's astronauts can spend
15-20 days in space.
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What year has ISRO set for Mission Venus
(Venus planet)?
a. 2020 b. 2022
c. 2023 d. 2024
Answer: c. 2023
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Which organization has established the
weather station on Mount Everest, the
world's highest peak?
a. India Meteorological Department
b. National Geographic Society (NGS)
c. Nepal Meteorological Department
d. None of these
Answer: b. National Geographic Society
(NGS)
- Established at an altitude of 27,658 feet (8,430
meters) above sea level, this station is fully
automated.
- It is in a place called Balcony.
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Who is the female director of Mission
Chandrayaan-2?
a. K. Sivan
b. Muthayya Vanitha
c. Rajni Tiwari
d. Veena Muthaiya
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Answer: b. Muthayya Vanitha
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With the help of which telescope, the first
picture (photo) of a black hole has been
taken?
a. Hubble telescope
b. Event Horizon Telescope
c. James web space telescope
d. Spitzer telescope
Answer: b. Event Horizon Telescope
- Scientists have taken a photo of a black hole
for the first time. Before this, the photos you
would see of a black hole were made by
scientists in a virtual way.
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Name the world's most powerful operational
rocket, whose first commercial flight has
been successful recently?
a. Falcon 9
b. Falcon Heavy
c. Falcon Booster
d. Falcon Light
Answer: b. Falcon Heavy
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Nepal has sent its first satellite into space,
name it?
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a. NepaliSat-1
b. Nepasat-1
c. EverestSat-1
d. NepaliSpace-1
Answer: a. NepaliSat-1
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According to the US space agency NASA,
which planet's largest moon Titan has more
than 100 meters of methane deep and small
lakes?
a. Saturn b. Mercury
c. Venus d. Mars
Answer: a. Saturn
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Which NASA mission found that deep
methane lakes also exist on the moon Titan
of Saturn?
a. Cassini b. Kepler
c. Hobbit d. Discovery
Answer: a. Cassini
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The satellite 'Ravan-1 which has been
launched from America belongs to which
neighboring country of India?
a. Pakistan b. Afghanistan
c. Bangladesh d. Sri Lanka
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Answer: d. Sri Lanka
- This is Sri Lanka's first satellite Ravana-1.
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Through which mission have scientists
discovered the Earth-like planet HD21749c?
a. TESS Mission
b. TERA Mission
c. TISS Mission
d. None of these
Answer: a. TESS Mission (Transiting
Exoplanet Survey Satellite)
- The planet named HD 21749C is equal to 89%
of the Earth's diameter.
- This planet is circling a star. Its mass is 70%
that of the Sun, it is 53 light years away in the
southern constellation reticulum.
- This planet is the 10th planet discovered by
TESS, hundreds of other possible planets are
being researched right now.
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In which country was the world's first malaria
vaccine launched?
a. India
b. Kenya
c. Ghana
d. Malawi
Answer: d. Malawi
April 25 is World Malaria Day.
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Which robotic lander recorded Marsquake
(earthquake) on Mars for the first time?
a. Insight b. Chandrayaan 2
c. Luna 2 d. Luna 6
Answer: a. Insight
- This is NASA's robotic lander.
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Which country launched the 5G network
nationally for the first time in the world?
a. France
b. North Korea
c. South Korea
d. USA
Answer: c. South Korea
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Which is the first railway station to get ISO
certificate?
a. Patna Railway Station
b. Guwahati Railway Station
c. New Delhi Railway Station
d. Howrah Railway Station
Answer: b. Guwahati Railway Station
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In which country Homo luzonensis, a new
species of ancient human was discovered?
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a. Philippines
b. India
c. Spain
d. France
Answer: a. Philippines
- The teeth and bones of this new human
species have been found in the excavations of
Callao caves, Phillipines. These remains are
50,000 to 67,000 years old.
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Through which satellites did ISRO track
Hurricane FANI, saving millions of people
from major losses?
a. Insat-3D & Insat-3DR
b. Scatsat-1 & Oceansat-2
c. Megha Tropiques
d. All of the above
Answer: d. All of the above
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In which state Indian botanical researches
have discovered the species of blood oozing
tree Dracaena cambodiana?
a. Assam b. Tamil Nadu
c. Kerala d. Punjab
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Answer: a. Assam
- This tree has been found in Dongka Sarpo area
of West Karbi Anglong district of Assam.
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Which space agency launched the SPHEREx
mission to investigate the origins of the
universe?
a. ISRO b. NASA
c. NADA d. None of these
Answer: b. NASA
- This spacecraft will study the creation of the
universe. Scientists will collect data of 300
million galaxies through this mission.
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Historic Sites
In which state has the oldest inscription of
South India been discovered in December
2019?
a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Kerala
c. Delhi
d. Andhra Pradesh
Answer: d. Andhra Pradesh
- By far the oldest Sanskrit inscription of South
India has been found by the Archaeological
Survey of India (ASI) in Andhra Pradesh.
- This Sanskrit inscription has been discovered
at Chebrolu village in Guntur district of Andhra
Pradesh.
According to experts, this inscription gives
information about Saptamatruka. In
Saptamatruka Hinduism, seven goddesses are
called.
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Supreme Court has decided to send the
hearing of the religious issue of Sabarimala
temple, entry of women in mosques and
circumcision of women in Bohra society to a
higher bench of how many judges?
a. 4 b. 5
c. 6 d. 7
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Answer d. 7
Suranga Bawdi included in the World
Monument Monitoring List-2020 is in which
state?
a. Odisha
b. Karnataka
c. Uttar Pradesh
d. Gujarat
Answer b. Karnataka
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Thousands of birds have died due to
unknown disease in Sambhar lake, in which
state it is located?
a. Punjab
b. Himachal Pradesh
c. Rajasthan
d. Madhya Pradesh
Answer c. Rajasthan
- About 1000 birds of 15 species have been
found dead in the lake area.
- Birds have been dying here for 15 days.
- Medical team has sent samples of dead birds
to Ludhiana and Bhopal lab for examination.
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The Cabinet of Maharashtra government
passed a budget of 20 crores for the
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preservation and promotion of Raigad Fort, it
was whose the ruling capital?
a. Shivaji Maharaj
b. Aurangzeb
c. Peshwa Bajirao
d. None of these
Answer a. Shivaji Maharaj
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Which city of Rajasthan has been declared a
UNESCO World Heritage Site?
a. Delhi
b. Jaipur
c. Raipur
d. None of these
Answer: b. Jaipur
- This announcement was made at the 43rd
session of UNESCO in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Jaipur was founded in 1727 AD under the
patronage of Sawai Jai Singh II.
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Where is the Budj Bim Cultural Landscape
which has been included in the UNESCO
World Heritage Site list?
a. India
b. Australia
c. Brazil
d. None of these
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Answer: b. Australia
- Budj Bim Cultural Landscape is located in
southwest Victoria, Australia.
- This place is important in the culture of the
natives.
- This place was built by Gunditjamara people
about 6,600 years ago.
- Evidence of about 300 circular stone huts have
been found at this place.
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Which place of Iraq has recently been
declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
a. Baghdad
b. Frankfurt
c. Babylon
d. None of these
Answer: c. Babylon
- It is an ancient Mesopotamian city.
- Babylon has recently been voted a UNESCO
World Heritage Site.
- Babylon is world famous for "Hanging
Gardens", it is one of the wonders of the ancient
world. - Although the condition of this place is
quite bad, it is absolutely in need of protection.
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In which country is Mounded Tombs located,
which has been declared a UNESCO World
Heritage Site?
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a. Japan
b. Australia
c. Germany
d. Usa
Answer: a. Japan
There are 49 mausoleums in Osaka province of
Japan, which are from the 3rd to 6th century.
- There are mounds of different sizes, including a
big mound which looks like a key hole. This
mound is named after Emperor Nintoku and is
the largest mausoleum in Japan.
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Deaths
The head of which monastery Vishvesh
Tirtha Swami passed away on 29 December
2019?
a. Pejavar Math
b. Pir Panja Math
c. Mahadev Math
d. Anand Math
Answer: a. Pejavar Math
- This monastery is in Karnataka. The Chief
Minister of Karnataka has said that the final
ceremony will be held with state honour.
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Writer, Dr. Ganga Prasad Vimal died in Sri
Lanka on 23 December 2019, he was the
author of which language?
a. Tamil
b. Telugu
c. English
d. Hindi
Answer: d. Hindi
- He was a famous Hindi poet and writer.
- He died in a road accident in Sri Lanka on 23
December 2019.
Vimal was 80 years old, having held major
responsibilities in various institutions including
Jawaharlal Nehru University, University of Delhi
and Central Hindi Institute.
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- His famous poetry collections include 'Bodhi-
Vriksha', Itna Kuch”, Sannate se Muthbhed’,
‘Main wahan Hoon’ and ‘Kuch toh hai’ etc.
His last novel published in 2013 is Manuskhor.
- Vimal's story collections 'Koi Shuruaat', ‘Ateet
Mein Kuch’, 'Idhar-Udhar', 'Bahar Na Bhitar' also
have their place in Hindi literature.
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Thumri expert Vidushi Savita Devi passed
away on 20 December 2019, to which gharana
did she belong?
a. Banaras Gharana
b. Lucknow Gharana
c. Jaipur Gharana
d. None of these
Answer: a. Banaras Gharana
- She was an expert in classical music.
He died at the age of 80 in Gurugram.
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Shriram Laghu passed away on 17 December
2019, he was connected to which field?
a. film
b. music
c. sport
d. Politics
Answer: a. film
- Worked in Hindi and Marathi films.
- Legendary actor Shriram Lagoo passed away
on 17 December. He was 92 years old.
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- He died at Dinanath Mangeshkar Hospital in
Pune.
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Geeta Siddharth died on 14 December 2019,
she was related to which field?
a. film
b. music
c. sport
d. Politics
Answer: a. film
- Geeta Siddhartha Kaka died recently.
- She has worked in films like Garam Hawa,
Parichay, Sholay, Trishul, Disco Dancer,
Shaukeen and Earth.
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Gollapudi Maruti Rao passed away on 12
December 2019, he was the actor of which
regional cinema?
a. Hindi
b. Bengali
c. Oriya
d. Telugu
Answer: d. Telugu
- He acted in about 250 films in four decades.
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George Laurer, the inventor of the bar code,
died on 5 December 2019, from which
country was he?
a. USA
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b. France
c. England
d. Germany
Answer: a. USA
- American engineer George Laurer invented the
bar code.
- He worked as an Electrical Engineer at IBM,
during which he led the development of bar
code.
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TN Seshan died on 10 November 2019, he
was the ……… .. Chief Election
Commissioner?
a. 10th
b. 11th
c. 12th
d. 15th
Answer a. 10th
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Renowned mathematician Vashishtha
Narayan Singh passed away on 14 November
2019, he was from which state?
a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Andra Pradesh
c. Bihar
d. Maharashtra
Answer c. Bihar
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The President of which country 'Sheikh
Sultan bin Zayed Al Nahyan' passed away on
18 November 2019?
a. UAE
b. Saudi Arab
c. Iran
d. Kuwait
Answer a. UAE (United Arab Emirates)
- He was elected the President of the UAE for
the fourth time in November.
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Former Chief Minister of which state Kailash
Joshi passed away on 24 November 2019?
a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Rajasthan
c. Punjab
d. Madhya Pradesh
Answer d. Madhya Pradesh
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Shaukat Kaifi died on 23 November 2019,
which of the following was she?
a. Singer
b. Player
c. Theatre Artist and Actress
d. None of these
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Answer c. Theatre Artist and Actress
- She acted in films like Bazaar, Umrao Jaan and
Salaam Bombay.
-She was the mother of actress Shabana Azmi
and the wife of Kaifi Azmi.
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Sudhir Dhar died on November 26, which
field was he associated with?
a. Music
b. Cartoon
c. Sports
d. Politics
Answer b. Cartoon
- He was a well-known cartoonist. He died on
November 26, 2019.
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What is the name of the first person to
spacewalk into space, who died on 11
October 2019?
a. Alexey Leonov b. Fyodor Gorbachov
c. Joseph Houston d. Mark Elliot
Answer: a. Alexey Leonov
- He was 85 years old.
Alexei Leonov stepped out of his spacecraft on
18 March 1965 with the help of a cable of about
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16 feet long, traveling for 12 minutes and nine
seconds in space.
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What is the name of the artist who plays Kalia
in the Bollywood film 'Sholay', who died on
30 September 2019?
a. Sanjay Singh
b. Veju Khote
c. Viren Prajapati
d. Arun Nath
Answer: b. Veju Khote
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When did veteran lawyer and former Union
Minister Ram Jethmalani die?
a. 6 September 2019
b. 7 September 2019
c. 8 September 2019
d. 9 September 2019
Answer: c. 8 September 2019
- He died at the age of 95 years.
- Ram Jethmalani was born on 14 September
1923 in Shikarpur in Sindh province (then part of
India and now part of Pakistan).
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Robert Mugabe died at the age of 95 on 6th
September 2019.He was the former Prime
Minister of which country?
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a. South Africa
b. Zimbabwe
c. Brazil
d. Indonesia
Answer: b. Zimbabwe
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Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya, India's
first female DGP, passed away on 26 August
2019, she was the former DGP of which
state?
a. Punjab
b. Bihar
c. Uttar Pradesh
d. Uttarakhand
Answer: d. Uttarakhand
- She was appointed DGP of Uttarakhand in
2004,
- Significantly, she was the second woman IPS
officer of India (first lady IPS officer was Kiran
Bedi). She retired in 2007
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Mohammad Zahoor Khayyam Hashmi died on
19 August 2019, he was associated with
which field?
a. Literature
b. sport
c. Music
d. Politics
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Answer: c. Music
- He was 92 years old.
He won three Filmfare Awards, Sangeet Natak
Akademi Award in 2007 and Padma Bhushan
Award in 2011.
- In 1981, he gave music for the film Umrao
Jaan, which was one of his most successful
films, he was also awarded the National Award
and Filmfare Award for this film.
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Dr. Jagannath Mishra died on 19 August
2019, he was the former Chief Minister of
which state?
a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Bihar
c. Punjab
d. Delhi
Answer: b. Bihar
- He was the Chief Minister of Bihar thrice.
He was convicted in the fodder scam by a CBI
court in Ranchi on 30 September 2013,
- He was imprisoned for four years and fined Rs
2 lakh.
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Babulal Gaur died on 21 August 2019, he was
the former Chief Minister of which state?
a. Punjab
b. Odisha
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c. Madhya Pradesh
d. Chhattisgarh
Answer: c. Madhya Pradesh
He was the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
from August 2004 to November 2005, he
represented Govindpura Assembly seat 10
times.
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J Om Prakash died on 7 August 2019, which
of the following was he related to?
a. Movies
b. Science
c. Art
d. Literature
Answer: a. Movies
- J Om Prakash died at the age of 93.
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When did former foreign minister Sushma
Swaraj die?
a. 6 August 2019
b. 5 August 2019
c. 4 August 2019
d. None of these
Answer: a. 6 August 2019
- She was 67 years old.
- Sushma Swaraj was ill for a long time.
- She was born on 14 February 1952.
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⦁ In 1977, when she was 25 years old, she
became the youngest cabinet minister in India.
She was then Labor Minister in Chaudhary Devi
Lal's government in Haryana.
At the age of just 27, she held the post of
president of Janata Party in Haryana.
⦁ She was also the first woman Chief Minister of
Delhi (13 October 1998 - 3 December 1998).
⦁ 21 December 2009 - 26 May 2014 She was the
Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha.
⦁ She was the External Affairs Minister from 26
May 2014 - 30 May 2019.
Sushma Swaraj was the second woman after
Indira Gandhi to hold the post of foreign minister.
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MK Seetharam Kulal died on July 28, which
of the following was he?
a. Poet and lyricist
b. Playwright
c. Author
d. All of the above
Answer: d. All of the above
- He was a famous playwright, writer and former
president of Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy.
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When did Subir Gokarn, an economist and
former deputy governor of RBI, died?
a. 30 July 2019 b. 10 July 2019
c. 20 July 2019 d. 3 July 2019
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Answer: a. 30 July 2019
- He was appointed as Executive Director on the
board of International Monetary Fund (IMF) in
2015 by the Narendra Modi government.
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Vitthalbhai Hansrajbhai Radadiya passed
away on 29 July 2019, which of the following
was he?
a. Farmer, leader and politician
b. A singer
c. A player
d. None of these
Answer: a. Farmer, leader& politician
- He was a former MP from Porbandar in
Gujarat.
Name the founder of Cafe Coffee Day (CCD),
who died in the last week of July?
a. VG Siddhartha
b. SV Rangnathan
c. SM Krishna
d. Vijay Tripathi
Answer: a. VG Siddhartha
- VG Siddharth was missing since the evening of
29 July and his body was exhumed from the
Nethravati river inUllal, Mangaluru on the
morning of 31 July.
-He is believed to have committed suicide.
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Earlier, he had issued a letter.
- He was the son-in-law of former External
Affairs Minister and former Karnataka Chief
Minister SM Krishna.
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Scientist John Robert Schrieffer died on 27
July 2019, due to which theory did he get the
Nobel Prize in 1972?
a. Superconductivity
b. Nuclear Fission
c. Quantum computer
d. None of these
Answer: a. Superconductivity
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Donkupar Roy passed away on 28 July, he
was the current Speaker (Speaker) and
former Chief Minister of which state
assembly?
a. Mizoram b. Uttar Pradesh
c. West Bengal d. Meghalaya
Answer: d. Meghalaya
- He has also been the Chief Minister of
Meghalaya for one year from 2008 to 2009.
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Former Union Minister S Jaipal Reddy
passed away on 28 July 2019, which political
party was he associated with?
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a. B J P
b. Congress
c. RJD
d. Aidmk
Answer: b. Congress
S. Jaipal Reddy was a minister in the Manmohan
Singh-led government from 2004 to 2014.
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Kiran Nagarkar died on 5 September 2019,
she was associated with which field?
a. art
b. Literature
c. music
d. film
Answer: b. Literature
- Kiran Nagarkar was an English-Marathi
litterateur and playwright.
- His major compositions are: 'Saat Sakkam
Trechalis'( Seven Sixes are Fourty-three)
'Ravana and Eddie', 'Cuckold', 'Jasoda' etc.
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Maate Mahadevi died on 14 March 2019, she
was the head of which community?
a. Hindu
b. Lingayat
c. Radhaswami
d. None of these
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Answer: b. Lingayat
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Chinmoy Roy died on 17 March 2019, he was
the actor of which regional cinema?
a. Bengali cinema b. Oriya Cinema
c. Hindi cinema
d. Assamese Cinema
Answer: a. Bengali cinema
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Manohar Parrikar died on 17 March 2019,
which political party did he belong to?
a. Congress
b. JDU
c. Bharatiya Janata Party
d. None of these
Answer: c. Bharatiya Janata Party
- He was the Chief Minister of Goa.
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Haku Shah died on 21 March, he was
associated with which field?
a. music b. art
c. sport d. None of these
Answer: b. art
- He is known for his work on tribal themes and
folk art.
- He was awarded the Padma Shri Award in
1989.
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Ashitha died, which language writer was
she?
a. Hind b. Urdu
c. Persian d. Malayalam
Answer: d. Malayalam
- Ashita was a leading Malayalam writer.
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When did former defence minister George
Fernandes die?
a. January 29, 2019
b. 01 January 2019
c. 02 January 2019
d. None of these
Answer: a. January 29, 2019
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When did actor Kader Khan die?
a. 31 December 2018
b. 01 January 2019
c. 02 January 2019
d. None of these
Answer: a. 31 December 2018
- He died on December 31, 2018 at 6 pm
Canadian time.
- Kader Khan started his acting career in the
year 1973 with the film 'Daag'.
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When did legendary cricket coach Ramakant
Achrekar die?
a. 1 January 2019
b. 2 January 2019
c. 3 January 2019
d. None of these
Answer: b. 2 January 2019
He received the Dronacharya Award in the year
1990 and the Padma Shri in 2010.
- He had been the coach of many cricketers
including Sachin Tendulkar, Vinod Kambli.
- Ramakant Achrekar was born in the year 1932.
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Bhanu Pratap Singh passed away on 24
January 2019, he was associated with which
field?
a. Writing
b. Politics
c. Bollywood
d. None of these
Answer: b. Politics
Bhanu Pratap Singh was a former Union Minister
and former Governor of Goa. He recently died on
January 24, 2019 in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
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When did the famous writer Krishna Sobti
die?
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a. January 25, 2019
b. January 26, 2019
c. January 27, 2019
d. None of these
Answer: a. January 25, 2019
Renowned Hindi writer Krishna Sobti passed
away on 25 January 2019. She was 93.
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Dibyendu Palit died on 3 January 2019, he
was a famous writer in which language?
a. Bangla
b. Punjabi
c. Hindi
d. Urdu
Answer: a. Bangla
- He died at the age of 79 in Calcutta, West
Bengal.
- He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in
1998 for the novel "Anubhav".
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Recently M.J. Radhakrishnan passed away,
he was the filmmaker of which regional
cinema?
a. Kannada Cinema
b. Bhojpuri Cinema
c. Malayalam cinema
d. Marathi cinema
Answer: c. Malayalam cinema
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Recently Swaroop Dutta passed away, which
regional cinema was he associated with?
a. Bhojpuri Cinema
b. Marathi cinema
c. Oriya Cinema
d. Bengali cinema
Answer: d. Bengali cinema
- Swaroop Dutta was a Bengali actor, he died on
July 17, 2019.
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When did former Delhi Chief Minister and
Congress leader Sheila Dixit die?
a. 21 July 2019
b. 20 July 2019
c. 19 July 2019
d. 18 July 2019
Answer: b. 20 July 2019
- Sheila Dixit died at the age of 81 on 20 July
2019.
She was the Chief Minister of Delhi for 15
consecutive years from 1998 to 2013.
After this, she was also the Governor of Kerala in
2014.
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Yukiya Amano died recently, which
international organization did he head?
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a. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
b. United Nations organisation
c. UNESCO
d. None of these
Answer: a. International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA)
- He died on 18 July 2019. He was the head of
the IAEA since 2009.
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When did freedom fighter and former MP
Purnanand Panuli die at the age of 94?
a. April 13, 2019
b. April 14, 2019
c. April 15, 2019
d. April 11, 2019
Answer: a. April 13, 2019\
- He died in Delhi.
- He was known for participating in the Quit India
Movement at the age of 17.
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On 2 April 2019, J Alxander professionally
known as Mahendran died, he was a
filmmaker of which regional cinema?
a. Hindi cinema b. Malayalam cinema
c. Tamil cinema d. None of these
Answer: c. Tamil cinema
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Nobel laureate Sydney Brenner died on 5
April 2019, from which country?
a. India
b. South Africa
c. USA
d. None of these
Answer: b. South Africa
- He was a biologist. He was awarded the Nobel
Prize in medicine in 2002.
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Dr. S.K. Shivkumar died on 14 April 2019, he
was associated with which field?
a. Space science
b. Forensic science
c. Microbiology
d. None of these
Answer: a. Space science
- Dr. S. K. Sivakumar was the director of 'Indian
Space Research Organization Satellite Center'.
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Name the author of the book 'Madras
Discoverad', who died on 20 April 2019?
a. Subbiah Muthiah
b. Rahul Tiwari
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c. Abhay Kumar Dubey
d. None of these
Answer: a. Subbiah Muthiah
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Amar Paul died on 20 April 2019, he was a
famous folk singer of which language?
a. Bhojpuri b. Oriya
c. Assamese d. Bengali
Answer: d. Bengali
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Master Hirannaiah died at the age of 85
recently, he was associated with which field?
a. Hindi actor and political satirist
b. Oriya actor and political satirist
c. Bengali actor and political satirist
d. Kannada actor and political satirist
Answer: d. Kannada actor and political
satirist
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Actor Mrinal Mukherjee died on 7 May 2019,
he mostly acted in which language films?
a. Bengali b. Oriya
c. Punjabi d. Hindi
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Answer: a. Bengali
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Name the chairman of private company ITC,
who died on 11 May?
a. Harman Preet
b. Yogesh Upadhyay
c. Sanjeev Puri
d. Yogesh Chander Deveshwar (Y C
Deveshwar)
Answer: d. Yogesh Chander Deveshwar (Y C
Deveshwar)
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What is the name of the famous “Birha”
singer who was also known as Birha Samrat,
and died in Varanasi on 12 May 2019?
a. Hiralal Yadav
b. Ashwini Chaubey
c. Ramesh Chandra
d. Kamal Kishore Narayan
Answer: a. Hiralal Yadav
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The producer of the famous animation video
'Ek Chidiya, Anek Chidiyan' on Doordarshan
and famous film historian has passed away
at the age of 98, name him?
a. Vijaya Mulay b. Vijaya Sachdeva
c. Jaganari Singh d. Mohani Rai
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Answer: a. Vijaya Mulay
- This song was part of the 'Ek Anek aur Ekta'
documentary made in 1974.
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Which state's folk artist Harish died on 2
June who was also known as 'Queen
Harish'?
a. Madhya Pradesh b. Rajasthan
c. Punjab d. Karnataka
Answer: b. Rajasthan
- He was a man, but in his female disguise, he
made his world-wide identity with the Ghoomar
and Chakri dance of Rajasthan.
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Dinyar Contractor died on 5 June, which of
the following was he?
a. Comedian
b. Film and theater actor
c. The model
d. all of above
Answer: d. all of above
- He was 79 years old.
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Ruma Guha Thakurta passed away on 3 June
2019, she was the actress of which regional
cinema?
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a. Hindi cinema
b. Tamil cinema
c. Bengali cinema
d. Gujarati Cinema
Answer: c. Bengali cinema
- Ruma Guha Thakurta was a Bengali actress
and singer, recently died at the age of 84 in
Calcutta, West Bengal.
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Recently Jaspal Singh Kalra died, which area
was he associated with?
a. film
b. music
c. Cooking
d. None of these
Answer: c. Cooking
- Jaspal Singh Kalra was a famous celebrity
chef, he died on 4 June in New Delhi.
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Prakash Pant died on 5 June, he was the
Finance Minister of which state?
a. Bihar b. Rajasthan
c. Madhya Pradesh d. Uttarakhand
Answer: d. Uttarakhand
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Girish Karnad died on 10 June 2019, he was
associated with which field?
a. film
b. Theater
c. Literature
d. All of the above
Answer: d. All of the above (film, theater and
literature)
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RV Janakiraman passed away on 10 June
2019, he was the former Chief Minister of
which state / union territory?
a. Karnataka
b. Puducherry
c. Bihar
d. Uttar Pradesh
Answer:b. Puducherry
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Writer Namvar Singh died on 19 February 2019,
which language did he write in?
a. Urdu b. English
c. Hindi d. Bangla
Answer: c. Hindi
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Culture
The 11-day 'Dhanu Jatra' festival is held in
which state?
a. Bihar b. Jharkhand
c. Odisha d. Chhattisgarh
Answer: c. Odisha
- The famous eleven day long 'Dhanu Jatra'
festival was held in Bargarh, Odisha in
December 2019.
- It features a theatrical performance based on
the mythology of Lord Krishna and his maternal
uncle Kansa.
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The National Tribal Dance Festival was held
in which city on 27–29 December 2019?
a. Raipur b. Azamgarh
c. new Delhi d. Pune
Answer: a. Raipur
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In which state is the Sangai festival
celebrated?
a. Nagaland b. Manipur
c. Arunachal Pradesh d. Assam
Answer b. Manipur
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In which state was the Rongali Bihu festival
celebrated recently?
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a. Assam
b. Mizoram
c. Manipur
d. Karnataka
a. Assam
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In which state was the 2019 Singhey Khababs
Sindhu Festival (Sindhu Darshan Festival)
recently celebrated?
a. Uttarakhand b. Assam
c. Tamil Nadu d. Jammu Kashmir
Answer: d. Jammu Kashmir
- 2019 Singhey Khababs Sindhu Festival was
celebrated in Leh of Ladakh region of Jammu
and Kashmir.
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Which state is hosted the 10th National
CulturalFestival?
a. Andhra Pradesh b. Madhya Pradesh
c. Gujarat d. Maharashtra
Answer: b. Madhya Pradesh
- The event was organized by the Ministr y of
Culture in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.
- Started on 14 October and held till 21 October.
- It is part of the 'Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat'
campaign.
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In which state is the Shirui Lily Festival
organized?
a. Manipur b. Assam
c. Nagaland d. Arunachal Pradesh
Answer: a. Manipur
- The annual Shirui Lily Festival 2019 was
organized this time in a place called Ukhrul in
Manipur.
In this festival, folk songs and folk dances are
performed by different communities. It is the
cultural festival of the state.
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Kullu is a famous festival held in the state of
Dussehra?
a. Uttarakhand b. Himachal Pradesh
c. Arunachal Pradesh d. Sikkim
Answer: b. Himachal Pradesh
- The famous 'Kullu Dussehra' started on 8
October at Dhalpur Maidan in Kullu district in
Himachal Pradesh.
- It lasts for a week.
- This festival is unique because when Dussehra
ends in the rest of the country, it begins.
- It has been celebrated since the 17th century.
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Which state celebrated 'Nuakhai' on 3
September?
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a. Odisha
b. Bihar
c. Chhattisgarh
d. Jharkhand
Answer: a. Odisha
- This festival is celebrated for welcoming of new
crop.
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In which region was the National Tribal
Festival "Adi Mahotsav" organized in
August?
a. Leh-Ladakh
b. Srinagar
c. Jammu
d. Chennai
Answer: a. Leh-Ladakh
- It was organized by Union Ministry of Tribal
Affairs and Tribal Cooperative Marketing
Development Federation of India (TRIFED).
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- The theme of the nine-day festival was "A
celebration of the spirit of Tribal Craft,
Culture and Commerce". Which state does
Kharchi Puja belong to?
a. Bihar
b. Punjab
c. Tripura
d. Sikkim
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Answer: c. Tripura
- In this puja the land is worshiped.
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40th International Annual Desert Festival
2019 was held in which district of Rajasthan
on January?
a. Jaipur
b. Jaisalmer
c. Udaipur
d. Kota
Answer: b. Jaisalmer
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Which state government made a law making
Sanskrit the second official language?
a. Himachal Pradesh
b. Bihar
c. Chhattisgarh
d. Andhra Pradesh
Answer: a. Himachal Pradesh
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Schemes & Planning
The central government approved the
updating of the National Population Register
(NPR), how long will it last?
a. April to September 2020
b. January to September 2020
c. April to December 2020
d. March to September 2020
Answer: a. April to September 2020
- Whereas in the second phase, from 9 February
to 28 February 2021, the entire population will be
computed (sense-census).
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What is National Population Register?
- NPR details all local residents of the country.
- If an outsider (foreign) person has been living in
any part of the country for more than six months,
then his details will also be recorded in the NPR.
- It is prepared at gram panchayat, tehsil, state
and national level.
- It is mandatory for every local resident of the
country to register with NPR.
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Difference between NPR, NRC and CAA?
- NPR = It is used by the government to
implement the schemes. Information provided by
people in NPR is considered correct. There is no
need to give your proof in this. This is not proof
of citizenship.
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- NRC = It identifies migrants living illegally in the
country. For this, documents of citizenship
identification are sought from the people. NRC
has come into force in Assam recently.
- CAA = Under this, citizenship will be given to
Hindus, Christians, Sikhs, Parsis, Jains and
Buddhists due to religious persecution from
Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. Those
who have come before 31 December 2014 will
get citizenship.
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When was NPR first made?
- It was launched in the UPA government led by
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
- The information for NPR was collected while
going door-to-door in 2010 for the 2011 census.
- This data was updated in 2015 by conducting
door-to-door survey.
- This information was also digitized.
- Now it is being updated by the Central
Government only.
Which law provides for NPR?
The Citizenship Act, 1955 was amended in the
year 2004, under which provisions of NPR were
added.
- These provisions have been set out in section
14A of the Citizenship Act, 1955.
- The central government can issue a national
identity card by compulsory registration of every
citizen of the country.
- The government can prepare the register of
every citizen of the country and a National
Registration Authority can also be constituted for
this.
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Which state will not update NPR?
- Assam
- In all the states and union territories except
Assam, information will be taken from house to
house from April to September 2020. The NRP
will be updated.
What is its purpose?
- Its purpose is to create a database based on
the complete identity and other information of
every resident of the country.
- The government uses this to formulate its
plans, prevent fraud and extend the benefit of
schemes to every family.
How will registration be done in NPR?
- Union Information and Broadcasting Minister
Prakash Javadekar said that all the figures of the
register will be taken on the mobile app.
- During April 2020 to September 2020, workers
engaged in preparing NPR will gather data from
door to door.
- The entire process will be under the
supervision of government officials appointed to
decide the NPR.
What information will be recorded in NPR?
- The government clarified the doubts about the
NPR and census, saying that for NPR, Indian
citizens will not have to provide biometric,
Aadhaar card details or any other documents.
This information has to be given -
- Includes the person's name, relationship with
the head of the family, father's name, mother's
name, wife or husband's name (if married),
gender, date of birth, current address,
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nationality, permanent address, occupation and
biometric details.
How many states refused to implement NPR
- Chief Ministers of ten states of the country have
said that they will not implement the NPR.
Because they feel that this is a step in the
direction of NRC.
In Assam, the census in 1951 was considered as
NRC. The National Register for Citizens was
prepared on the same basis.
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Which secure messaging app is the central
government developing?
a. GIMS
b. Sathi
c. SARKAR
d. India
Answer: a. GIMS (Government Instant
Messaging System)
- Employees of Central Government, State
Government and organizations will be able to
use this app for secure communication.
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What kind of registers web portal has been
launched by the central government to trace
and block stolen mobile phones?
a. Central Equipment Identity Register
b. Central Mobile Identity Register
c. Phone block registers
d. None of these
Answer: a. Central Equipment Identity Register
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Website: www.ceir.gov.in/
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Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
has announced a loan of how much amount
for solar energy and irrigation projects in
India in December 2019?
a. 200 million dollars
b. 210 million dollars
c. 300 million dollars
d. 500 million dollars
Answer: b. 210 million dollars
- Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is
headquartered in Beijing, the capital of China.
- India is the second largest shareholder among
its 100 members and the largest loan recipient
country.
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Assam government launched Abhinandan
Yojana in December 2019, what is the
scheme related to?
a. Education subsidy
b. Transport subsidy
c. Farmer subsidy
d. None of these
Answer: a. Education subsidy
The scheme aims to provide a maximum subsidy
of Rs 50,000 in loans to students eligible for
higher education.
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- The benefit of this scheme will be given to
those students who apply for a loan of Rs one
lakh or more for higher education.
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The Central Government has approved the
Kerala Semi-High Speed Rail (SHSR) Corridor
Project, what is it named?
a. Gold line
b. silver Line
c. Yellow line
d. Blue line
Answer: b. silver Line
- The length of this project is 532 km (Kasagador
to Thiruvananthapuram).
- The cost of the scheme is Rs 56,443 crore.
- 2024 deadline set for the project.
- This highspeed corridor project will be run by
Kerala Rail Development Corporation (KRDCL),
a joint venture between the Government of
Kerala and the Ministry of Railways.
- After the construction of this corridor, the
distance between Thiruvananthapuram and
Kasaragod will be reduced from 12 hours to 4
hours.
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Which state government decided to celebrate
the year 2020 as Good Governance
Resolution Year?
a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Haryana
c. West Bengal
d. Rajasthan
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Answer: b. Haryana
For this, the state government has sought
suggestions from the people for reforms.
- This announcement was made during the
program organized on the occasion of Good
Governance Day (25 December).
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In which city of India will the first university
be established for the transgender
community?
a. Lucknow
b. Delhi
c. Kushinagar
d. Thiruvananthapuram
Answer: c. Kushinagar (Uttar Pradesh)
- This university will be established in the
Fazilnagar section of Kushinagar district.
- This will be the first such university in the
country where people of third gender will be able
to take education.
- This university is being constructed by All India
Kinnar Shiksha Seva Trust.
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Which of these cards has been made
mandatory for Pradhan Mantri Vyay Vandana
Yojana?
a. Pan Card
b. Ration card
c. Aadhar Card
d. Credit Card
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Answer: c. Aadhar Card
- Pradhan Mantri Vyay Vandana Yojana is a
pension scheme for senior citizens.
- Now the beneficiaries of this scheme will have
to provide proof of Aadhaar number.
- The Union Finance Ministry has issued a
notification under the Aadhaar (Targeted
Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies,
Benefits and Services) Act, 2016.
- It has been said in this notification that if a
person wants to take advantage of the Pradhan
Mantri Vyaya Vandana Yojana, then he should
have Aadhaar.
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In which railway station was the first oxygen
parlour opened?
a. Mumbai Central
b. new Delhi
c. Nasik
d. Agra
Answer: c. Nasik
- It has been opened in December 2019.
- Its aim is to provide clean air experience to the
people.
- This oxygen parlour is started by Indian
Railways in association with 'Aero Guard'.
There are about 1500 plants in this oxygen
parlour, these plants play a useful role in making
the air present in the railway station clean.
- Such plants have been planted in the oxygen
parlour, which absorb harmful pollutants from the
air.
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Which scheme has been launched by the
central government for management of under
ground water?
a. Advani Ground Water Scheme
b. Atal Ground Water Scheme
c. Nehru Ground Water Scheme
d. Ambedkar Ground Water Scheme
Answer: b. Atal Ground Water Scheme
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Atal
Ground Water Scheme on 25 December 2019.
- The Union Cabinet has approved Rs 6000
crore for this scheme.
The objective of this scheme is to focus on water
resources, river development and Ganga
conservation.
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Which state government has launched
Netanna Nestham scheme?
a. Karnataka
b. Mizoram
c. Punjab
d. Andra Pradesh
Answer: d. Andra Pradesh
- Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S.
Jaganmohan Reddy recently wrote ‘Y.S.R.
Netanna Nestham Yojana has been launched.
- This scheme will benefit 85,000 handloom
weaver families of the state.
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24,000 rupees will be provided to the beneficiary
family.
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In December 2019, the Union Cabinet
approved the name of Rohtang Tunnel after
which former Prime Minister?
a. Manmohan Singh
b. Indra Kumar Gujral
c. Indira Gandhi
d. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Answer: d. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
- The new name will be Atal Tunnel.
- Under the leadership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, it
has been decided to construct the tunnel under
Rohtang Pass on June 3, 2000, this tunnel is
strategically important.
- Total length is 8.8 km.
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Which State / Union Territory Cabinet has
approved the Electric Vehicle Policy 2019?
a. Delhi cabinet
b. Bihar cabinet
c. Jharkhand Cabinet
d. Punjab cabinet
Answer: a. Delhi cabinet
Taking a major step to tackle air pollution, the
Delhi government has approved the Electric
Vehicle Policy 2019 (Delhi Electric Vehicle Policy
2019).
What is the provision for this?
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- Government will give subsidy to promote e-
vehicles.
- To implement this policy, an electric vehicle
board will be formed.
- Charging facility every three kilometers
- Target to build 35 thousand electric vehicles
and 250 charging stations in a year
- Changing building boils, charging at least 20
percent parking in parking lots
- Vehicles account for the most share of Delhi's
pollution.
- Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal while
announcing that the capital of the country will
now become the capital of electric vehicles.
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Which scheme has been announced by the
Maharashtra government to pardon loans up
to Rs 2 lakh?
a. Mahatma Jyotirao Phule loan waiver scheme
b. Mahatma Gandhi loan waiver scheme
c. Shivaji Maharaj Loan Waiver Scheme
d. None of these
Answer: a. Mahatma Jyotirao Phule loan waiver
scheme
- Maharashtra government announced in
December 2019.
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Which state government launched the
Jalsathi program in December 2019?
a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Madhya Pradesh
c. Andra Pradesh
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d. Odisha
Answer: d. Odisha
- Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik recently
started a program called 'Jalsathi' to ensure the
supply of safe drinking water in the state.
Under this launch, water quality testing kits and
POS (point of sale) machines were distributed to
women volunteers.
- These women are named Jalsathi.
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By which year, under the National Broadband
Mission, the target is to provide broadband
connectivity to all villages?
a. 2020
b. 2021
c. 2022
d. 2023
Answer: c. 2022
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Which state / union government launched
free Wi-Fi service on 19 December 2019?
a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Rajasthan
c. Puducherry
d. Delhi
Answer: d. Delhi
- Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal inaugurated 109
hotspots in Delhi on 19 December 2019.
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In which district of Madhya Pradesh was the
'Tansen Samaroh-2019' organized in
December?
a. Jabalpur
b. Gwalior
c. Indore
d. Nagpur
Answer: b. Gwalior
- It is a classical music festival.
- It is being organized by Ustad Alauddin Khan
Academy of Arts and Music.
- It is organized in memory of the great musician
Tansen.
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The Government of Maharashtra has decided
to rename the 'Mumbai-Nagpur Super
Communication Samriddhi Express' as?
a. Bal Keshav Thackeray
b. Shivaji Maharaj
c. Lala Lajpat Rai
d. Narendra Modi
Answer: a. Bal Keshav Thackeray
- Maharashtra cabinet also approved additional
share capital of Rs 3,500 crore to reduce the
debt burden to be taken for this project.
Mumbai-Nagpur Samriddhi Express:
- It is a 700 km Super Expressway, scheduled to
be completed in 2021.
- The expressway is expected to cut travel time
between Mumbai and Nagpur by nine hours.
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- Estimated total cost of the project is
approximately Rs 55,335 crore.
- Road construction of the project will be
completed within the next 3 years.
- The previous government of Maharashtra had
planned to name the expressway after Atal
Bihari Vajpayee (former Prime Minister of India).
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Which state government has launched
schemes called 'Vijayamritam' and
'Sahachari'?
a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Madhya Pradesh
c. Kerala
d. Tamil Nadu
Answer: c. Kerala
Under this, financial assistance will be provided
to the persons with high marks in the degree.
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For the first time, which paramilitary force
has launched a matrimonial portal for its
personnel?
a. BSF
b. ITBP
c. CISF
d. SSB
Answer: b. ITBP
- The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has
launched a matrimonial portal to help find a
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partner for their unmarried, widowed / widower
and divorced personnel.
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How many Sanskrit institutions have been
given the status of Central University by the
Central Sanskrit University Bill, 2019?
a. two
b. three
c. Four
d. Five
Answer: b. three
- National Sanskrit Sansthan (Bhopal),
- Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit
Vidyapeeth (New Delhi)
- Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth (Tirupati, Andhra
Pradesh)
- All these were till now Deemed Sanskrit
University.
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The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet has approved
amendment in the State Universities Act 1973
to establish a new university in Aligarh by
what name?
a. A P J Abdul Kalam
b. Saint Avaidyanath
c. Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh
d. None of these
Answer c. Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh
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In which city will the world's first CNG port
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terminal be built?
a. Mumbai
b. Kolkata
c. Bhavnagar
d. Chennai
Answer c. Bhavnagar (Gujarat)
- On November 11, the Gujarat Infrastructure
Development Board (GIDB), chaired by the Chief
Minister of Gujarat, Vijay Bhai Rupani, approved
its proposal.
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In which state Defence Minister Rajnath
Singh inaugurated the Sisiri bridge
connecting Dibang Valley to Siang?
a. Arunachal Pradesh
b. Mizoram
c. Manipur
d. Assam
Answer a. Arunachal Pradesh
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Which ministry has launched the SAANS
campaign?
a. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
b. Home Ministry
c. Ministry of Information Technology
d. Human Resource Development Ministry
Answer a. Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare
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Which state government has formulated the
'Arundhati Swarna Yojana' to give 10 grams
of gold to each bride?
a. Bihar
b. Madhya Pradesh
c. Haryana
d. Assam
Answer d. Assam
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How many languages will Jagannana 2021
have?
a. 10 b. 16
c. 20 d. 33
Answer b. 16
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Which companies have approved the
disinvestment decision of the Central Cabinet
Committee on Economic Affairs?
a. BPCL, Shipping Corporation of India
b. Container Corporation of India
c. Tehri Hydro Development Corporation, North
Eastern Electric Power Corporation
d. All of the above
Answer d. All of the above
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Where has the Union Cabinet approved the
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establishment of the National Institue of
Sowa Rigpa ?
a. Srinagar b. Leh
c. Chandigarh d. None of these
Answer b. Leh
Sowa-Rigpa Medicine System
- It is an ancient treatment system practiced in
the Himalayan regions including Tibet.
- It is popular in Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh,
Darjeeling in West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh
and Union Territory of Ladakh.
- It is believed that Buddha (Gautama) taught the
original text book 'Ragyud-Bzi' of Sowa-Rigpa
and is closely associated with Buddhist
philosophy.
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Which state has launched a three-week
special campaign to eradicate filariasis in
November and December 2019?
a. Odisha b. Jharkhand
c. Bihar d. Uttar Pradesh
Answer d. Uttar Pradesh
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In which state is Guru Ghasidas National
Park where it has been announced to make a
tiger reserve?
a. Gujarat
b. Rajasthan
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c. Chhattisgarh
d. Madhya Pradesh
Answer c. Chhattisgarh
Currently, there are three Tiger Reserves in
Chhattisgarh- Achanakmar Tiger Reserve,
Udanti-Sitanadi Tiger Reserve and Indravati .
- Including the new tiger reserve, now there will
be four tiger reserves in the state.
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Which state government announced 5%
reservation for athletes in government jobs?
a. Madhya Pradesh
b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Manipur
d. Chhattisgarh
Answer a. Madhya Pradesh
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To what date has the Union Cabinet extended
the term of the 15th Finance Commission by
one year?
a. 30 October 2020
b. 30 October 2021
c. 10 October 2020
d. 30 October 2022
Answer a. 30 October 2020
- 15th Finance Commission Chairman NK Singh
- Ramesh Chand is a part-time member of the
15th Finance Commission.
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The proposed Atlin Hydroelectric Project is
related to which state?
a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Haryana
c. Andra Pradesh
d. Arunachal Pradesh
Answer d. Arunachal Pradesh
- The Central Government has recommended
the Biodiversity Studies for a 3,097 MW capacity
atlin hydroelectric project.
- It is feared that 2,80,000 trees will be destroyed
due to this project and 6 species of mammals
may become extinct.
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Which state government has decided to
launch Project 'Shakti' to make people aware
of crimes?
a. Odisha
b. Himachal Pradesh
c. Rajasthan
d. Madhya Pradesh
Answer d. Madhya Pradesh
- Government of Madhya Pradesh has decided
to launch Project 'Shakti' to make people aware
of crimes.
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For which educational institution did
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President Ramnath Kovind launch the Global
Alumni Endowment Fund?
a. IIT Guwahati
b. IIM Bangalore
c. IIT Delhi
d. IIM Ahmedabad
Answer: c. IIT Delhi
- 'IIT- Delhi Global Alumni Endowment Fund' was
launched at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 31 October
2019.
- The first target in the endowment fund for IITs
has been set at Rs 250 crore.
125 crores will be given by two IIT alumni in it.
- Which includes Flipkart founders Sachin Bansal
and Binny Bansal. He is an alumnus of IIT Delhi.
- Binny has given 100 crores and Sachin has
given 25 crores.
By the end of the year 2020, the target of this
endowment fund is Rs 1,000 crore.
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Which state government has launched the
Chief Minister Kanya Sumangala Yojana?
a. Bihar
b. Odisha
c. Madhya Pradesh
d. Uttar Pradesh
Answer: d. Uttar Prades
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- It aims to ensure the empowerment of girls.
- It was launched on Dhanteras (25 October).
Under this scheme, 15,000 rupees will be
provided to each family on the birth of a girl child.
- Government will send this amount to
beneficiary's account in several stages, this
amount will be given on the occasion of many
achievements like vaccination, 1, 5, 9 and
admission in graduation etc.
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Which plan has been made by the Odisha
government to develop Puri as a world
heritage city?
a. ABADHA
b. PURI Devlopment
c. ABRAC
d. None of these
Answer: a. ABADHA
- ABADHA = Augmentation of Basic Amenities
and Development of Heritage and Architecture
(ABADHA).
- There is a plan to spend 3208 crores under
this.
The Central Government has announced to
name the Chenani Nashri tunnel in Jammu
and Kashmir after whom?
a. Mahatma Gandhi
b. Keshav Dutt
c. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
d. Veer Savarkar
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Answer: c. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
- He was the founder of the Bharatiya Jana
Sangh.
- In 2017, the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi
dedicated this 9.2 km long tunnel to the nation.
- This tunnel reduces the distance between
Jammu and Srinagar by 31 km.
- This tunnel is located on National Highway-44.
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Which state has announced an amount of
51,000 rupees under the Chief Minister's
Kanya Vivah / Nikah Yojana for toilets in the
in-laws' house.
a. Bihar b. Odisha
c. Punjab d. Madhya Pradesh
Answer:d. Madhya Pradesh
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Which scheme has been launched by the
Central Government to encourage students
to undertake 'STEM education'?
a. Jyoti Anand Scheme
b. Vigyan Jyoti Scheme
c. Science welfare scheme
d. Shiksha Jyoti Scheme
Answer: b. Vigyan Jyoti Scheme
STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering,
Mathematics
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Through this scheme, 100 girls from 550 districts
will be trained by the year 2020-2025.
- These students will be selected on the basis of
their percentage.
- Girls of class 9 to 12 will be included in this
scheme.
Under this scheme, science camp will be
organized for girl students in IITs and national
laboratories.
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Which state government has launched YSR
Rythu Bharosa Scheme 2019(For farmers)?
a. Andhra Pradesh
b. Gujarat
c. Madhya Pradesh
d. Karnataka
Answer: a. Andra Pradesh
The objective of this scheme will be to provide
financial assistance of Rs 13,500 to the farmers
in three installments every year.
- The state government will contribute Rs 7500 in
this scheme, while the central government will
contribute Rs 6000 in it.
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In which state India's longest electrified
railway tunnel was inaugurated on 1
September 2019?
a. Karnataka
b. Mizoram
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c. Andra Pradesh
d. Assam
Answer: c. Andra Pradesh
In Andhra Pradesh, Vice President Venkaiah
Naidu dedicated India's longest electrified
railway tunnel to the nation.
- This tunnel is located between Cherlopalli and
Rapuru in Andhra Pradesh.
- The length of the electrified railway tunnel is 6.6
km.
- This tunnel is part of the recently completed
113 km Obulavaripalli-Venkatachalam new
railway line.
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Which month was declared by the Central
Government as 'National Nutrition Month' in
2019?
a. July
b. August
c. September
d. October
Answer: c. September
- Its aim is to end the problem of malnutrition in
the country.
- This campaign will be run throughout the
month, the purpose of this campaign is to convey
the message of 'Har Ghar Nurturing Festival'.
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PM Modi launched the National Animal
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Disease Control Program on September 11,
their goal is to eradicate which disease?
a. Foot & Mouth Disease (FMD)
b. Animal Malta-Fever(Brucellosis)
c. a and b d. None of these
Answer: c. a and b (mouthpump-hoof and
animalistic Malta-fever) [Foot & Mouth
Disease (FMD) and Brucellosis]
- PM Modi launched the National Animal Disease
Control Program in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh on
September 11, 2019.
- This program will run till the year 2024 (duration
of five years).
- During this, the cost will be Rs. 12,652 crore.
- Under this, cow, buffalo, sheep, goat and pig
will be saved from Foot & Mouth diseases.
Female children of milch animals will be
vaccinated every year to protect them from
animalistic Malta-fever.
- In an effort to reduce both these diseases,
more than 60 crore animals will be vaccinated
across the country.
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By which year is the goal to eradicate
Mukhpaka-Khurpaka and animalistic Malta-
fever under the National Animal Disease
Control Program?
a. Year 2025 b. Year 2030
c. Year 2022 d. Year 2050
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Answer: b. Year 2030
- Target to control diseases by year 2025 and
eradication of diseases by 2030.
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In which state Prime Minister Narendra Modi
has recently inaugurated the new assembly
building?
a. Telangana b. Jharkhand
c. Bihar d. Assam
Answer: b. Jharkhand
- After 19 years of formation of a separate state,
now Jharkhand has got its own assembly.
- The assembly building of Jharkhand has been
constructed at a cost of Rs. 1238 crore.
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In which city has the second women's post
office been opened in the country?
In which city has the first women's post
office opened in Bihar?
a. Gaya b. Hajipur
c. Patna d. Darbhanga
Answer: c. Patna (in the premises of Bihar
Public Service Commission)
- This women's post office established in the
premises of Bihar Public Service Commission is
the second woman post office in the country and
the first woman post office in Bihar.
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There are women in this post office from
postmaster to postman and in future also there
will be women only.
- The first women's post office is at Shastri
Bhavan in Delhi.
- Postal Central Government has decided to
open one women post office in all postal circles
for the empowerment of women.
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Where is India's tallest air traffic control
tower (ATC tower)?
a. Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi
b. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International
Airport, Mumbai
c. Jai Prakash Narayan International Airport,
Patna
d. None of these
Answer: a. Indira Gandhi International
Airport, Delhi
- India's tallest air traffic control tower has been
inaugurated by Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep
Singh Puri .
- Its height is 102 meters.
- It has been prepared for 250 crores rupees.
Apart from this, there are instruments worth Rs
100 crore( Total 350 crores).
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In which city will the National Police
University be established?
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a. Patna
b. Delhi
c. Chandigarh
d. Greater Noida
Answer: d. Greater Noida
- The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has
announced this.
- In this multi-disciplinary university, information
related to various police related disciplines will
be provided.
- The university will be in an area of 100 acres in
the Tech Zone in IT Park of Greater Noida.
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The central government has approved a plan
to write a history of India's borders, who has
been elected its nodal agency?
a. Indian Council of Historical Research
b. Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML)
c. Directorate general of archives
d. None of these
Answer: b. Nehru Memorial Museum &
Library (NMML)
- It is an autonomous organization under the
Union Ministry of Culture.
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Which state government has launched 'Upon
your home' scheme?
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a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Madhya Pradesh
c. Rajasthan
d. Assam
Answer: d. Assam\
- It is a loan subsidy scheme for home
construction.
Under this, financial assistance will be given for
the purchase or construction of the first house by
the family.
- Subsidy up to Rs 2.50 lakh will be given for
loan amount of Rs 5 to 40 lakh.
Home Minister Amit Shah started the Vande
Bharat Express to travel from Delhi to which
religious place?
a. Ajmer (Ajmer Sharif) b. Katra (Vaishno Devi)
c. Haridwar d. Patna sahib
Answer: b. Katra (Vaishno Devi)
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah flagged off the
Vande Bharat Express for Vaishno Devi.
- Vande Bharat Express will reach Katra from
Delhi in 8 hours.
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Name the first private (corporate) train in the
country?
a. Vande Bharat b. Tejas
c. Moving d. Amrapali
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Answer: b. Tejas
- UP CM Yogi Adityanath flagged off the
country's first private (corporate) train Tejas
Express on 04 October 2019 from Lucknow
Junction.
- It will be fully operated by IRCTC (Indian
Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation).
- This train will stop at Kanpur and Ghaziabad
and reach New Delhi.
The number of the Tejas Express is 00501.
- This train will start running regularly from 06
October.
- Tejas Express is a medium speed train with
modern facilities. Its maximum speed is 160
kilometers.
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By when has the Union Ministry of
Environment announced to implement BS VI
(Bharat Stage VI) vehicle emission
standards?
a. January 2020
b. April 2020
c. December 2019
d. April 2021
Answer: b. April 2020
- India will start adopting BS VI vehicle emission
standards instead of BS IV standards from April
2020.
In such a situation, only BS VI vehicles can be
sold.
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- Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar
said on October 7 that about Rs 60,000 crore
has been spent on adopting BS VI fuels.
- Government companies will invest about Rs
28,000 crore in oil refinery to supply BS-VI fuel.
- BS-VI vehicles and fuel will reduce harmful
gases emitted from vehicles, and this will reduce
pollution.
What is Bharat Stage Emission Standards
- It is an emission standard set by the
Government of India, it is based on the
European Regulations.
- Its purpose is to control the pollution emitted by
vehicles.
- This standard is set by the Central Pollution
Control Board.
It was first introduced in the country in the year
2000.
- New vehicles are manufactured in the country
based on these standards.
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Which is the first state in the country to
implement the new law on contract farming?
a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Tamil Nadu
c. Bihar
d. Madhya Pradesh
Answer: b. Tamil Nadu
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Where was South Asia's first cross-border
petroleum pipeline built?
a. Motihari and Amlekhganj (Nepal)
b. Mumbai and Amlekhganj (Nepal)
c. Chennai and Amlekhganj (Nepal)
d. Porbandar and Amlekhganj (Nepal)
Answer: a. Motihari and Amlekhganj (Nepal)
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the
petroleum product pipeline between Motihari and
Amlekhganj (Nepal) on 10 September.
- He has inaugurated this pipeline through video
conferencing with Nepal Prime Minister KP
Sharma Oli.
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Where is the country's largest detention
center for foreign prisoners being built?
a. In Goalpara district of Assam
b. In Jalpaiguri, West Bengal
c. Guwahati district of Assam
d. Goa
Answer: a. In Goalpara district of Assam
- It will be ready next year (year 2020).
- 3000 people can be placed in it.
- It will cost 46.5 crores.
In this detention centre, foreign criminals and
those who have been declared as foreign by
tribunals shall be detained.
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⦁ Detention limit fixed for 3 years
Recently, the Supreme Court had set the limit of
detention of foreigners for 3 years.
After this limit is over, these people will be able
to get bail after giving bond of one lakh rupees
on behalf of two Indian citizens.
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In which state India's longest electrified
railway tunnel was inaugurated on 1
September 2019?
a. Karnataka
b. Mizoram
c. Andhra Pradesh
d. Assam
Answer: c. Andra Pradesh
In Andhra Pradesh, Vice President Venkaiah
Naidu dedicated India's longest electrified
railway tunnel to the nation.
- This tunnel is located between Cherlopalli and
Rapuru in Andhra Pradesh.
- The length of the electrified railway tunnel is 6.6
km.
- This tunnel is part of the recently completed
113 km Obulavaripalli-Venkatachalam new
railway line.
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In which city is the National Bird Toxicology
Center established?
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a. Coimbatore b. Varanasi
c. Pune d. Bhopal
Answer: a. Coimbatore
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In which city will the Gorewada International
Zoo be established?
a. Gorakhpur
b. Nagpur
c. Chhotanagpur
d. Chandigarh
Answer: b. Nagpur
- This zoo will have activities like Biopark, Indian
Safari, African Safari, Night Safari, Research,
Education, and Training etc.
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Which state government decided to launch
an initiative called "10 weeks, 10 o'clock, 10
minutes - every Sunday, against dengue"?
a. Arunachal Pradesh
b. Kerala
c. Bihar
d. Delhi
Answer: d. Delhi
- Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal started this
initiative from 1 September.
- This initiative aims to work for the prevention of
dengue and chikungunya.
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Which country has issued Facial Biometric
Data Based Identity Document for Sailors?
a. China
b. India
c. Pakistan
d. USA
Answer: b. India
- This will ease the movement of Indian
seafarers and also make it easy to get jobs.
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Which state recently launched Chief Minister
Krishi Aashirwad Yojana?
a. Punjab b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Jharkhand d. Haryana
Answer: c. Jharkhand
- Under this scheme, funds will be directly
transferred to the accounts of the farmers of the
state.
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How many new government medical colleges
have been approved by the Union Cabinet?
a. 70
b. 73
c. 84
d. 75
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Answer: d. 75
- The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave
this approval on 28 August 2019.
24,000 crore to be spent in phases in the next 3
years.
- To be linked with existing district hospitals or
referred hospitals by 2021-22.
- This will create 15,700 new seats for MBBS.
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In which city of Maharashtra was a British
underground bunker converted into a
museum?
a. Mumbai
b. Pune
c. Chandigarh
d. Kolhapur
Answer: a. Mumbai
- This museum is spread over an area of 15,000
sq ft.
- This museum has virtual reality booths, through
which people can see about the 19th century.
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Which state government launched the
"Mahatma Gandhi Sarbat Sehat Bima
Yojna”?
a. Punjab b. Odisha
c. Madhya Pradesh d. Chhattisgarh
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Answer: a. Punjab
- The Punjab government has integrated this
scheme with the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya
Yojana (PMJAY) of the Central Government.
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After banning liquor, which state government
has now banned the production, preservation
and sale of “paan masala”?
a. Bihar b. Himachal Pradesh
c. Maharashtra d. Assam
Answer: a. Bihar
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Which state government has planned to
provide the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Residential
School yojna for the children of labourers?
a. Uttar Pradesh b. Bihar
c. Haryana d. Himachal Pradesh
Answer: a. Uttar Pradesh
- These schools will be opened in all 18 mandals
of Uttar Pradesh.
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Which state has launched the "Village Volunteer
System", which has more than 2.8 lakh
volunteers?
a. Bihar
b. Tamil Nadu
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c. Andra Pradesh
d. Telangana
Answer: c. Andra Pradesh
- It aims to provide government services at
people’s homes.
- Identity cards will be issued to these volunteers
and they will be given Rs 5,000 as an allowance
per month.
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In which city has India's first private space
science museum been opened?
a. Patna
b. Bhubaneswar
c. Hyderabad
d. None of these
Answer: c. Hyderabad
- ISRO has provided 65 spacecrafts, satellites
and rockets etc.as models for this museum.
- Models of GSLV Mark III, GSLV Mark II, PSLV
Chandrayaan-1, Mars Orbiter Spacecraft,
Aryabhatta, Bhaskar, Rohini etc. will be available
in this museum.
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Which state has launched a higher education
model called "RACE"?
a. Bihar b. Rajasthan
c. Madhya Pradesh d. Uttar Pradesh
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Answer: b. Rajasthan
- "Resource Assistance for Colleges with
Excellence"
Under this model, emphasis will be laid on the
distribution of faculty and movable property in
government colleges, so that the best use of
resources will be possible.
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Which state government has recently
launched the Vhali dikri Yojna for the welfare
of girls?
a. West Bengal
b. Goa
c. Andhra Pradesh
d. Gujarat
Answer: d. Gujarat
- Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani launched
"Vhali Dikri" scheme in Rajkot on 3 August.
Its aim is to increase the sex ratio by increasing
the girl child birth rate.
- Government of Gujarat will provide Rs. 4,000
on admission of girl child in fourth grade.
6,000 rupees will be provided on admission to
the ninth grade.
- One lakh rupees will be provided at the time of
marriage.
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In how many scheduled languages will the
2021 census be done?
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a. 5 b. 10
c. 15 d. 18
Answer: d. 18
- Census 2021 will be conducted in 18 out of 22
scheduled languages.
Earlier, the 2011 census was conducted in 16
scheduled languages.
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To connect Kosi and which river in Bihar, the
central government has approved a project of
Rs 4,900 crore?
a. Ganges
b. Yamuna
c. Budhi Gandak
d. Mechi
Answer: d. Mechi
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The "One Nation One Ration Card" scheme
has been launched under which pilot
project?
a. Telangana
b. Andra Pradesh
c. Maharashtra and Gujarat
d. All of the above
Answer: d. All of the above (Telangana,
Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat)
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- To promote national food security, the
Government of India has launched the "One
Country - One Ration Card" scheme on a pilot
basis in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh,
Maharashtra and Gujarat.
- This scheme has come into effect from August
1, 2019.
What is one country one ration card scheme
With the ration card, families can buy rice and
wheat at cheaper rates from any ration shop in
these states.
- The central government has targeted to
implement the scheme across the country by
August 2020.
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The government of which state / union
territory has decided to give full subsidy to
electricity users up to 200 units?
a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Bihar
c. Puducherry
d. Delhi
Answer: d. Delhi
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Which state ranks first in the installation of
rooftop solar projects in India?
a. Gujarat
b. Bihar
c. Punjab
d. Arunachal Pradesh
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Answer: a. Gujarat
- On 23 July 2019, Union Minister of Power and
Minister of New and Renewable Energy RK
Singh has informed in the Parliament that
Gujarat ranks first.
- Gujarat has 261.97 MW (MW) capacity rooftop
100 projects.
- Maharashtra (198.52 MW) in second place and
Tamil Nadu (151.62 MW) in third place.
Currently, the total rooftop solar installation in
India is of 1,700.54 MW capacity.
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In which city was the first printing press
heritage gallery of Indian Railways opened?
a. Mumbai b. Guwahati
c. Patna d. Kolkata
Answer: a. Mumbai
- Western Railway (Western Railway) has
started the first printing press heritage gallery at
Mahalaxmi, Mumbai.
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Which state has a water harvesting scheme
called "Jalamrit"?
a. Karnataka b. Bihar
c. Uttar Pradesh d. None of these
Answer: a. Karnataka
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In March 2019, Karnataka launched a water
harvesting scheme called "Jalamrit".
- Scientific methods are to be used for water
storage in the state under this scheme.
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G-One (Bio-fuel environment friendly crop
residue prevention) scheme belongs to which
ministry of central government?
a. home Ministry
b. Ministry of Textiles
c. Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
d. Ministry of Defence
Answer: c. Union Ministry of Petroleum and
Natural Gas
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Financial assistance will be provided under
this scheme for prevention of crop residue
and ethanol production.
STARS (Scheme for Translational and
Advanced Research in Science) belongs to
which ministry of central government?
a. Human resource development ministry
b. Home Ministry
c. Ministry of Defence
d. Ministry of Women and Child Welfare
Answer: a. Human resource development
ministry
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- The scheme was launched on the occasion of
National Science Day (28 February).
Objective - To provide funds for scientific
research projects.
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Which state launched the Yuva Shree Arpan
Yojana?
a. Bihar
b. Uttar Pradesh
c. West Bengal
d. None of these
Answer: c. West Bengal
It aims to encourage entrepreneurship among
the youth.
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Which state launched the Chief Minister
Aanchal Amrit Yojana?
a. Rajasthan
b. Madhya Pradesh
c. Bihar
d. Uttarakhand
Answer: d. Uttarakhand
Mukhyamantri Aanchal Amrit Yojana has been
launched to provide milk to children in
Anganwadi centers.
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- In Uttarakhand, about 18,000 children are
malnourished.
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Which state recently launched the "One
Family One Job" scheme?
a. Orissa
b. Bihar
c. Sikkim
d. Nagaland
Answer: c. Sikkim
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In which state was the Dolaithabi Barrage
Project started?
a. Assam b. Manipur
c. Nagaland d. Tripura
Answer: b. Manipur
- On January 4, 2019, Prime Minister, Narendra
Modi inaugurated 12 projects worth more than
1500 crores in Imphal, Manipur.
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Recently which state / union territory
government has announced the inclusion of
Maithili as an optional subject from 8th to
12th?
a. Delhi Government
b. Government of Uttar Pradesh
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c. Government of Bihar
d. Government of Maharashtra
Answer: a. Delhi Government
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Which state cabinet has recently announced
to increase financial assistance to families of
martyred soldiers from 25 lakh rupees to 1
crore?
a. Haryana b. Telangana
c. Madhya Pradesh d. Maharashtra
Answer: d. Maharashtra
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Which state government has decided to
establish India's first "Space Park"?
a. Government of Assam
b. Government of Kerala
c. Delhi Government d. None of these
Answer: b. Government of Kerala
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Which state government has decided to
declare Ratapani Wildlife Sanctuary as a
reserve for tigers?
a. Government of Madhya Pradesh
b. Government of Tamil Nadu
c. Government of Karnataka
d. Himachal Pradesh Government
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Answer: a. Government of Madhya Pradesh
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Which is the first state in the country to
reserve 75% jobs for local youth?
a. Punjab
b. Gujarat
c. Andhra Pradesh
d. Bihar
Answer: c. Andra Pradesh
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Which state government's pilot project is
"Medicine from the Sky"?
a. Telangana Government b. Government of
Tamil Nadu
c. Government of Bihar d. Government of
Andhra Pradesh
Answer: a. Telangana Government
Under this scheme, emergency medical items
like blood, vaccines, medical samples, organs
etc. will be delivered by drone.
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Where is India's first foreign interactive bird
park started?
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a. Delhi
b. Patna
c. Mumbai
d. Chandigarh
Answer: c. Mumbai
- The name of this park is 'Esselworld Bird Park'.
It was launched on 11 April 2019.
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Home Ministry has started phone number 112,
what is it?
a. Police helpline number
b. Fire helpline number
c. Female helpline number
d. Countrywide Emergency Helpline Number
Answer: d. Countrywide Emergency Helpline
Number
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Which campaign has been launched by India
to eradicate malaria?
a. My life b. My health
c. Our country d. My india
Answer: d. My india (Mera India)
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By which year, under the Mera India
campaign, a target has been set to eradicate
malaria in the country?
a. 2050 b. 2020
c. 2030 d. None of these
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Answer: c. 2030
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'Aapki Beti' scheme is related to which state
government?
a. Bihar
b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Madhya Pradesh
d. Rajasthan
Answer: d. Rajasthan
- The Rajasthan government has recently
increased the financial assistance to schoolgirls
under this scheme.
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The Central Government has extended the
Pradhan Mantri Kisan Yojana to how many
farmers?
a. 1.5 crore farmers
b. 13.5 crore farmers
c. 45.5 crore farmers
d. 14.5 crore farmers
Answer: d. 14.5 crore farmers
- It’s decision was taken in the first meeting of
the second term of the Modi government. (The
meeting was held on 31 May.
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India has signed an agreement with which
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country to set up a National Maritime
Museum in Lothal?
a. America b. Japan
c. Portugal d. France
Answer: c. Portugal
- Lothal is in Gujarat.
- It was a port city in the Indus Valley Civilization.
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Which state has launched Pink Sarathi
vehicles for the safety of women?
a. Madhya Pradesh b. Bihar
c. Rajasthan d. Karnataka
Answer: d. Karnataka
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Where is India's first dinosaur museum cum
park inaugurated?
a. Gujarat b. Delhi
c. Bihar d. Tamil Nadu
Answer: a. Gujarat (in Raiyoli village of
Balasinor town in Mahisagar district)
- In the village of Raiyoli in Balasinor town in
Mahisagar district of Gujarat.
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Which state is the first to give pension to all
the elderly aged 60 years and above?
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a. Bihar b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Punjab d. Andra Pradesh
Answer: a. Bihar
- Government of Bihar has launched Universal
Old Age Pension Scheme on 14 June 2019.
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By which year the central government has
targeted to provide clean drinking water to
all?
a. 2024 b. 2030
c. 2022 d. 2054
Answer: a. 2024
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Carmichael coal mine project is related to
which country?
a. India b. Argentina
c. USA d. Australia
Answer: d. Australia
- Adani Group has got final approval for this
disputed project.
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Which state government has now announced
a press release in Sanskrit as well?
a. Bihar b. Jharkhand
c. Uttar Pradesh d. Madhya Pradesh
Answer: c. Uttar Pradesh
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Which state cabinet has approved the
proposal to punish children leaving elderly
parents?
a. Uttar Pradesh b. Rajasthan
c. Bihar d. Karnataka
Answer: c. Bihar
- Children can be sent to jail on charges of
leaving elderly parents.
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The UP government's cabinet has passed a
resolution of Rs 181.82 crore for the under-
construction martyr Ashfaqulla Khan
Zoological Park, where is this Zoo Park
located?
a. Lucknow b. Kanpur
c. Unnao d. Gorakhpur
Answer: d. Gorakhpur
- It was earlier called Gorakhpur Zoo. It will be on
an area of 291 acres.
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Which state has started the 'Mukhyamantri
Yuva Sambal Yojana' giving unemployment
allowance of 3000 to 3500 rupees?
a. Bihar
b. Uttar Pradesh
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c. Rajasthan
d. Kerala
Answer: c. Rajasthan
Under this scheme, the unemployed youth in the
state who have a bachelor's or any equivalent
degree will now be given an allowance of Rs
3000 per month by the government.
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Name the world's largest multi-stage lift
irrigation project, whose first phase was
inaugurated by CMs of three states?
a. Kaleswaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP)
b. Hirakud Dam Project
c. Sardar Sarovar Project
d. Bhakra Nangal Project
Answer: a. Kaleswaram Lift Irrigation Project
(KLIP)
- On June 21, 2019, Telangana Chief Minister
K.K. Chandrasekhar Rao, Andhra Pradesh Chief
Minister Jaganmohan Reddy and Maharashtra
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis jointly
inaugurated its first phase.
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Which state launched Mukhyamantri
Swabhimaan Yojana?
a. Rajasthan
b. Bihar
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c. Madhya Pradesh
d. Odisha
Answer: c. Madhya Pradesh
- Its aim is to provide employment to
unemployed youth.
For a period of 100 days, youth will be given a
stipend of Rs 4000 per month.
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Which state launched the Kalia Scholarship
Scheme?
a. Punjab
b. Haryana
c. Odisha
d. None of these
Answer: c. Odisha
- Government of Odisha launched "Kalia
Scholarship Scheme". KALIA - Krishak
Assistance for Livelihood and Income
Augmentation.
92% farmers of the state will be covered under
this scheme.
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Which country has prepared a plan for the
formation of Space Force?
a. Russia
b. Japan
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c. America
d. France
Answer: c. America
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Which state announced the Chief Minister
Old Age Pension Scheme?
a. West Bengal
b. Bihar
c. Rajasthan
d. None of these
Answer: b. Bihar
The Bihar government has announced the Chief
Minister Old Age Pension Scheme, people
above 60 years of age will get the benefit of this
scheme.
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Foreign Which international organization has
approved the proposal for international
policy making to combat cyber crime?
a. United Nations
b. world Bank
c. IMF
d. UNESCO
Answer: a. United Nations
- The United Nations on 27 December approved
a proposal for international policy formulation to
combat cybercrime.
For this, a meeting will be organized in August
2020. The draft submitted by Russia was
accepted by 193 member member countries.
Budapest Convention
- The Budapest Convention was the first treaty
on cybercrime, currently it is the only treaty
under the United Nations that deals with
cybercrimes.
- India and Brazil have not adopted this treaty,
these countries were not involved in its drafting.
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In which country did Funfone storm wreak
havoc on 25 December 2019?
a. Philippines
b. USA
c. Pakistan
d. Ukraine
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Answer: a. Philippines
- Thousands of people were trapped or taken to
high altitude relief camps due to the storm.
- Millions of homes have been destroyed.
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The former Prime Minister of which country
Charles Michel has taken charge as the
President of the European Council and the
European Commission?
a. Belgium
b. France
c. Iraq
d. Switzerland
Answer: a. Belgium
- He has held the post of President of the
European Council for five years.
- PM Narendra Modi has also talked to her on
phone on 23 December 2019.
- The two leaders agreed to hold the next India-
EU Summit in Brussels the following year (2020).
The dates in this regard will be decided through
diplomatic channels.
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What name have the eight African countries
changed their currency CFA Franc to?
a. Eco
b. pen
c. Swift
d. Dollar
Answer: a. Eco
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- These countries - Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-
Basau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal and
Togo.
- So far, the Frank Community of the Financial
Community of Africa was operating in these
countries.
CAFA was in force in 14 countries
- The CFA (Financial Community of Africa) franc
currency was applied to a total of 14 countries in
Africa. Now it is left in only 6 countries.
- The currency here was earlier associated with
the French currency.
- Because, these 8 countries were colonies of
France.
Except for Guinea-Bissau, all other countries had
been colonized by France long back.
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In which country has a Prime Minister been
appointed for the first time (in 2019) after
1976?
a. USA
b. France
c. Cuba
d. Benegal
Answer: c. Cuba
- President Miguel Diaz has appointed Manuel
Marrero Cruz as Prime Minister.
- The post of Prime Minister was removed in
1976 by the then revolutionary leader Fidel
Castro.
Cuba Capital: Havana.
Cuban Currency: Cuban Peso.
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Which President passed impeachment in the
House of Representatives of his country?
a. Vladimir Putin
b. Ramnath Kovind
c. Donald Trump
d. Emmanel Macro
Answer: c. Donald Trump
- Donald Trump has become the third President
of the US who has been impeached in the House
of Representatives.
- Two-thirds of Senate members are required to
remove the US President from office, while the
Republican Party currently has a majority in the
Senate.
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Which country announced the launch of the
Gandhi Citizenship Education Award to
uphold the ideals of Mahatma Gandhi in
perpetuity?
a. Russia
b. Portugal
c. Brasil
d. Canada
Answer: b. Portugal
- Portugal's Prime Minister Antonio Costa
recently visited India.
He has announced to launch the Gandhi
Citizenship Education Award, inspired by his
thoughts and quotes, to keep the ideals of
Mahatma Gandhi eternal.
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- This award will be given every year.
- The first year award will be dedicated to animal
welfare.
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Which former President of Pakistan was
sentenced to death by a court there for
treason, which was later adjourned?
a. Asif Ali Zardari
b. Arif Alvi
c. Mamnoon Hussain
d. Pervez Musharraf
Answer: d. Pervez Musharraf
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Which party got the majority in the General
Election held in Britain in December?
a. Labor party
b. Conservative Party
c. Scottish National Party
d. Liberal Democrats
Answer: b. Conservative Party
- Total seats in the British Parliament 650.
- Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative
Party won 365 seats
- Opposition Labor Party got 202 seats
- Boris Johnson to become Prime Minister of
Britain again.
15 Indians became MP
- This time the record has been elected by 15
Indian MPs. With the introduction of some new
faces, 12 MPs retained their seats.
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Which country has opposed the inclusion of
Kalapani region in the new political map of
India?
a. Pakistan
b. Bhutan
c. China
d. Nepal
Answer d. Nepal
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Which country approved 'GV-971', the world's
first drug for Alzheimer's disease?\
a. India
b. China
c. France
d. Japan
Answer b. China
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Which country has banned the Islamist
organization Allar Dol?
a. India
b. Pakistan
c. Iran
d. Bangladesh
Answer d. Bangladesh
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India has signed a memorandum of
understanding (MoU) with which country to
take 1.82 cusecs of water from river Feni for
drinking water supply scheme?
a. Pakistan
b. Sri Lanka
c. Nepal
d. Bangladesh
Answer d. Bangladesh
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The President of which country invited Indian
Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his victory
day celebration?\
a. China b. Russia
c. Japan d. USA
Answer b. Russia
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Who was elected the new President of Sri
Lanka?
a. Gotabaya Rajapaksa
b. Mahinda Rajapaksa
c. Sajit premadasa
d. Mahinda Deshpriya
Answer a. Gotabaya Rajapaksa
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Who has been nominated as the new Prime
Minister by the Sri Lankan President?
a. Ranil Wickremesinghe
b. Mahinda Rajapaksa
c. Maithripala Sirisena
d. Sajit Premdasa
Answer b. Mahinda Rajapaksa
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The President of which country arrived in
India on 28 November 2019 under the first
official foreign visit after assuming power?
a. Asif Ghani of Afghanistan
b. Ivo Morales of Bolivia
c. Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil
d. Gotabaya Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka
Answer d. Gotabaya Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka
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Which former Maldives President was
sentenced to 5 years in prison in a corruption
case?
a. Abraham Mohammed Sohail
b. Abdulla Yameen Gayoom
c. Mohammad Nasheed
d. Faisal Naseem
Answer b. Abdulla Yameen Gayoom
- On 28 November, the court sentenced it.
- The former president was heavily dependent on
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China for political and economic support during
his five-year term.
- During his tenure, he kept opponents in jail or
forced him to remain in exile.
- Yameen had to face defeat in the 2018
elections.
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Who is the first Hindu woman to get a place
in the Central Cabinet of Canada?
a. Anita Anand b. Harjeet Sajjan
c. Anandi Kaur d. None of these
Answer a. Anita Anand
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Which storm caused a lot of damage and
devastation in West Bengal, India and in
neighbouring Bangladesh?
a. Big
b. Nightingale
c. Harare
d. Champak
Answer b. Nightingale
- More than 21 lakh people have been
evacuated to safe places in Bangladesh due to
this storm.
- Many people were killed.
- The cyclone caused winds at a speed of 130
kilometers per hour.
- The cyclone hit the bank of Gangasagar and it
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moved towards the 'Khulna' area which also
contains the Sundarbans.
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Upto when has the European Union extended
the time limit for Brexit?
a. 30 November
b. 31 December
c. 31 January
d. 31 March
Answer: c. 31 January
Brexit = British exit
- European Union member countries have
agreed to extend Brexit deadline.
- The first deadline was 31 October.
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Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi was killed in the action
of the US Army, he was the chief of which
terrorist organization?
a. Hamas
b. al Qaeda
c. Islamic state
d. None of these
Answer: c. Islamic State (IS)
- American President Donald Trump told the
world that during an operation by the US Special
Forces, Baghdadi blew himself up with a jacket
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loaded with a bomb.
- 48 years of Baghdadi showed the whole world
a very frightening picture of terrorism.
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Which country has eliminated the need for
visas for Indian businessmen?
a. Brazil b. USA
c. Canada d. Britain
Answer: a. Brazil
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With which country did India sign the
Kartarpur Sahib Corridor Agreement?
a. Pakistan
b. China
c. Bangladesh
d. Afghanistan
Answer: a. Pakistan
- India has signed an agreement with Pakistan
on the modalities of operation of Kartarpur Sahib
Corridor at Zero Point International Boundary
Dera Baba Nanak.
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PM Modi has announced how much loan
facility to Russia?
a. One billion dollars
b. Two billion dollars
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c. Three billion dollars
d. None of these
Answer: a. One billion dollars (7.1 thousand
crores rupees)
- Modi announced this on 5 September 2019 at
the Fifth Eastern Economic Forum (EEF).
- India will work closely with Russia for the
development of the Far East region.
- He also announced a loan of one billion dollars
for the development of this resource-rich region
of Russia.
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Which policy was announced by PM
Narendra Modi with the intention of
strengthening activities with the Far East
region of Russia?
a. Act for South b. Act for east
c. Act for North d. None of these
Answer: b. Act for east
- In the presence of Russian President Vladimir
Putin, the Prime Minister also introduced the
policy "Act in the Far East" (Act for East).
- This policy has been introduced with the
intention of strengthening activities with Russia's
Far East region.
- Modi said that my government is actively
working on the policy of Act East. This will give a
new dimension to our economic diplomacy.
- PM Modi made a two-day visit (4-5 September
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2019) to Russia to attend the 20th India-Russia
Annual Summit and Fifth Eastern Economic
Forum meeting.
- India signed about 50 agreements worth $ 5
billion in EEF-2019.
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Britain has decided to issue a
commemorative coin on the occasion of the
150th birth anniversary of which great
Indian?
a. Maotse Tung
b. Dalai Lama
c. Jawahar Lal Nehru
d. Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: d. Mahatma Gandhi
- UK Finance Minister Sajid Javid has
announced this.
- The British Government has asked the Royal
Mint of Britain to make coin so that the world
never forgets Gandhi's learning.
Prime Minister of the UK: Boris Johnson
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Which country recently allowed women to
join the army for the first time?
a. Japan
b. Sri Lanka
c. Saudi Arab
d. Pakistan
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Answer: c. Saudi Arab
- Now any woman here can serve in the armed
forces.
Earlier in the year 2018, Saudi Arabia allowed
women to join the security forces. Now
permission has also been granted to join the
army.
In 2018, women were allowed to drive vehicles.
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Who has been elected the new President of
Tunisia?
a. Mohammad Alberuni
b. Altaf hussain
c. Kais Saied d. Iftikhar Jahan
Answer: c. Kais Saied
- He was an independent candidate.
- He has been a Professor of Law.
- Nearly 77 percent of the votes were in support
of Kais while his rival Karoui received 23 percent
of the votes.
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Recently China has leased the island of
Tulagi, in which country is it located?
a. Australia b. New zealand
c. Solomon Islands d. Brazil
Answer: c. Solomon Islands
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- Chinese company 'Sam Enterprise Group' has
entered into a secret deal with the government of
Solomon Islands,
Under this deal, the island of Tulagi will be
leased to the Chinese company for 75 years.
- Britain and Japan had used the island as the
first South Pacific military headquarters.
- Located near Solomon Islands, Australia.
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Who was re-elected in Indonesia's
presidential election?
a. Joko Widodo b. Al Hadidi
c. Ober Vidodo d. Ahadam Villori
Answer: a. Joko Widodo
- He was recently sworn in as the President of
Indonesia in the capital Jakarta.
- Indonesia is a country located in Southeast
Asia, it is situated between the Indian Ocean and
the Pacific Ocean.
- Currency Indonesian Rupiah
- The world's largest island country (the world's
largest island nation) More than 18 thousand
islands
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Name the 16-year-old activist who shook the
world leaders with his speech at the United
Nations Climate Change Conference?
a. Greta Thunberg
b. Elena Marquis
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c. Martha Fellowes
d. Lara Gutenberg
Answer: a. Greta Thunberg
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Mongolia's President Khaltamaagiin Battulga
and Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled
the golden statue of Lord Buddha at the
Gandan Tegchenling Monastery on
September 20, in which city is it located?
a. Ulaanbaatar
b. New Delhi
c. Paris
d. Ghazni
Answer: a. Ulaanbaatar (capital of Mongolia)
- Mongolia's President Khaltamaagiin Battulga
and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who visited
India, unveiled the golden statue of Lord Buddha
at the Gandan Tegchenling monastery in
Ulaanbaatar, through video conferencing from
New Delhi. - Gandan Tegchenling Monastery
was built in the 19th century.
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Which 178-year-old travel company in Britain
declared itself bankrupt?
a. Thomas Cook
b. Royal Travel
c. UK Cook
d. None of these
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Answer:a. Thomas Cook
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To which organization did India gift Gandhi
Solar Park, which was inaugurated by PM
Modi on September 24?
a. World bank
b. United Nations (UN)
c. International Monitoring Fund
d. BRICS Bank
Answer: b. United Nations organisation
- It is installed on the roof of the United Nations
in New York.
The park has 193 solar panels for each of the
countries of the United Nations.
- It has cost $ 1 million to build.
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The Prime Minister of Mauritius has won the
election again, name him?
a. Praveen Jagannath
b. Alok Nath
c. Vikram Jagannath
d. None of these
Answer: a. Praveen Jagannath
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Which country has recently reported to the
United Nations to initiate the process of
separation from the Paris Agreement {United
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Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCCC)}?
a. Nepal
b. China
c. America
d. Russia
Answer: c. America
After completion of this process, America will be
the only country to leave this agreement.
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Who was elected the President of the United
Arab Emirates (UAE) for the fourth time?
a. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
b. Sheikh khalifa bin azam
c. Sheikh Khalifa Nahyan Arabic
d. None of these
Answer: a. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al
Nahyan
- He is elected for the fourth time for a five-year
term.
- The Supreme Council of the UAE re-elected
him as President and expressed confidence in
his leadership.
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Name the first female Prime Minister of
Belgium, who has recently taken charge?
a. Winstal Wilmes
b. Sophie Wilmes
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c. Sophia Hamra
d. None of these
Answer: b. Sophie Wilmes
- King Philip of Belgium appointed Sophie
Wilmes as interim Prime Minister on 27 October
2019.
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PM Modi has announced how much loan
facility to Russia?
a. One billion dollars
b. Two billion dollars
c. Three billion dollars
d. None of these
Answer: a. One billion dollars (7.1 thousand
crores rupees)
- Modi announced this on 5 September 2019 at
the Fifth Eastern Economic Forum (EEF).
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Which policy was announced by PM
Narendra Modi with the intention of
strengthening activities with the Far East
region of Russia?
a. Act for South b. Act for east
c. Act for North d. None of these
Answer: b. Act for east
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- In the presence of Russian President Vladimir
Putin, the Prime Minister also introduced the
policy "Act in the Far East" (Act for East).
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Which country has announced to make
eastern Kalimantan province of Borneo
island the new capital of the country?
a. Indonesia b. Vietnam
c. Malaysia d. Thailand
Answer: a. Indonesia
- The capital of Indonesia is currently Jakarta.
The city of Jakarta is slowly drowning in water.
- The possibility of this city becoming completely
submerged in a few years is being raised.
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Which country cancelled peace talks with
Taliban?
a. Afghanistan
b. USA
c. Pakistan
d. India
Answer: b. USA
- US President Donald said on 9 September
2019 that the long-running talks with the Taliban
ended today without any conclusion.
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In which country is the Stromboli volcano
located ?
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a. Pakistan b. France
c. Japan d. Italy
Answer: d. Italy
- The Stromboli volcano in Italy exploded in the
first week of September.
- This is the second explosion in two months.
The volcano erupted in July as well.
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Which country launched the world's first
floating nuclear power plant?
a. USA b. India
c. China d. Russia
Answer: d. Russia
- Russia launched the world's first floating
nuclear power plant :Akademik Lomonosov.
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Which country has made PAN card
mandatory for Indian citizens?
a. China
b. Russia
c. Nepal
d. France
Answer: c. Nepal
- For the Indians who are in government jobs or
employed in Nepal, the government there has
made PAN card mandatory.
- Without this, no Indian will get a job there now.
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In which continent are the Amazon
rainforests located where there is a massive
fire?
a. South America
b. North America
c. Europe
d. Asia
Answer: a. South America
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The 45th G-7 summit was held in which city
on 24 to 26 August 2019?
a. Biarritz
b. Paris
c. Nice
d. Leon
Answer: a. Biarritz (France)
Member Country -
France, United States, Italy, Canada, Germany,
Japan, United Kingdom
- France specially invited to India this time.
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What was the theme of the 45th G-7 Summit?
a. Combating inequality
b. Opposing inequality
c. Development with inequality
d. None of these
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Answer: a. Combating inequality
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Which storm hit the east of China in August
2019, displacing more than 1 million people?
a. Lekima
b. Zeliang
c. Loloma
d. Yukima
Answer: a. Lekima
During this storm, strong winds moved at a
speed of 187 kilometers per hour and there was
heavy rain.
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According to the new law of which country,
now women can take passports themselves,
get married and travel abroad without the
permission of parents?
a. South Africa
b. North Korea
c. Saudi Arabia
d. UAE
Answer: c. Saudi Arabia
Earlier, under the Mail Guardianship system,
women had to get the approval of a male
member of the family for the journey.
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Which temple, about 1000 years old, has
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been opened in Pakistan to Hindus after 72
years?
a. Shawala Teja Singh Temple
b. Ashoka Temple
c. Shiva Temple
d. None of these
Answer: a. Shawala Teja Singh Temple
- This temple was sealed for the last 72 years.
This temple is opened to devotees for the first
time after partition.
Shawala Teja Singh Temple
- It was built by Teja Singh. This temple is
dedicated to Lord Shiva.
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Which African countries visited the Indian
President for the first time (28 July to 3
August)?
a. Benin
b. Gambia
c. Guinea
d. All of the above
Answer: d. All of the above (Benin, Gambia
and Guinea)
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Chagos island is a disputed issue between
which two countries?
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a. Russia and China
b. France and USA
c. India and Pakistan
d. United Kingdom and Mauritius
Answer: d. United Kingdom and Mauritius
- The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has
asked the United Kingdom to hand over Chagos
Island (Diego Garcia) to Mauritius.
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Who has become the new President of
Senegal?
a. Emmanuel Macron
b. Rajendra Prasad
c. Macky Sall
d. None of these
Answer: c. Macky Sall
- Macky Sall was re-elected President of
Senegal.
- Senegal is located on the west coast of Africa.
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Who became the Prime Minister of Palestine?
a. Mohammad Mushtaq
b. Mohammad shtayyeh
c. Sohail Khan Abbasi
d. None of these
Answer: b. Mohammad shtayyeh
- He became PM again in March.
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According to the SIPRI report, which is the
world's largest arms importer country?
a. Pakistan
b. Saudi Arabia
c. India
d. Usa
Answer: b. Saudi Arabia
SIPRI - Stockholm International Peace Research
Institute
- India ranks second on this list.
India's share of global arms imports was 9.5% in
the period 2014-18 while Saudi Arabia's share
was 12%.
The largest arms exporters of 2014-18 are:
America, Russia, France, Germany and China.
The largest arms importing countries for 2014-18
are: Saudi Arabia, India, Egypt, Australia and
Algeria.
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Which country changed the name of its
capital Astana to Nur-sultan?
a. Russia
b. Kazakhstan
c. Brazil
d. None of these
Answer: b. Kazakhstan
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Hayabusa 2 spacecraft is related to which
country?
a. Japan
b. Russia
c. China
d. USA
Answer: a. Japan
- Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa 2 landed on
Ryugu asteroid.
- Its purpose was to obtain samples from the
surface of Ryugu. These samples will be brought
back to Earth by 2020.
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The Golan heights which are in the headlines
are situated between which two countries?
a. China and Japan
b. Syria and Israel
c. North Korea and South Korea
d. None of these
Answer: b. Syria and Israel
- On this hill in March, US President Donald
Trump signed a declaration recognizing Israel's
sovereignty.
- Earlier the US used to consider the Golan
heights as an occupied Syrian territory.
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Who became the first Hindu woman judge of
Pakistan?
a. Anju Verma b. Rupa Kumari
c. Roopa Ganguly d. Suman Kumari
Answer: d. Suman Kumari
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Which word was chosen by Oxford
Dictionary as Hindi Word of the Year 2018?
a. Aadhaar
b. Naari Shakti
c. Muhim
d. Uri
Answer: b. Naari Shakti
- It was announced recently at Jaipur Literature
Festival.
- In the year 2017, Oxford Dictionary declared
"Aadhaar" as the Hindi Word of the Year.
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Which port has India started operating for the
first time abroad?
a. Hambantota Port
b. Shahid Beheshti Port
c. Gwadar Port
d. None of these
Answer: b. Shahid Beheshti Port, Chabahar
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World Economic Forum 2019 took place in
which city?
a. Frankfurt b. Moscow
c. Davos d. Delhi
Answer: c. Davos
The annual meeting of the World Economic
Forum took place in Davos, Switzerland on
January, 2019.
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Which neighboring country of India declared
sugarcane juice a national drink?
a. Myanmar b. Pakistan
c. Bangladesh d. China
Answer: b. Pakistan
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Who was sworn in as the 42nd President of
Brazil on 2 January?
a. Jair Bolsonaro
b. Fernando Hadad
c. Infano Runalo
d. None of these
Answer: a. Jair Bolsonaro
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Which European country has introduced
'GAFA' Tax (Google, Apple, Facebook and
Amazon Tax)?
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a. Germany b. Japan
c. France d. Britain
Answer: c. France
- This tax is named after the initials of the world's
largest Internet and technology companies,
"Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon".
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Which Hindu religious place was declared a
national monument in Pakistan?
a. Katas Raj b. Panj Tirath
c. Hinglaj Temple d. None of these
Answer: b. Panj Tirath
- It is located in Peshawar. Panj Tirath gained
fame due to the five ponds of water available
there.
- It is believed that this place was related to
Pandu of Mahabharata period.
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Who became the Prime Minister for the third time
in Bangladesh?
a. Sheikh Hasina
b. Khaleda Jiya
c. Hasin Jahan
d. None of these
Answer: a. Sheikh Hasina
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- On December 31, 2018, Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina's coalition won the election of
Bangladesh with a thumping majority and gave
her a third term.
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Which country has officially renounced
UNESCO membership apart from the US?
a. China b. Russia
c. Iran d. Israel
Answer: d. Israel
- America and Israel officially separated from
United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on 01 January
2019.
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Who became the new Prime Minister of
Greece (Greece) recently?
a. Kyriakos Mitsotakis
b. Alexis Tsipras
c. Djokavic
d. None of these
Answer: a. Kiriyakos Mitsotakis
- Greece is a country located in Europe. It
declared independence from the Ottoman
Empire on March 25, 1821.
- Its capital is located in Athens.
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Recently which company has acquired the
American software company Red Hat?
a. Microsoft b. Dell
c. IBM d. None of these
Answer: c. IBM
- International Business Machines (IBM)
acquired American software company Red Hat
for $ 34 billion. The acquisition will strengthen
IBM's cloud business.
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In which gurudwara has Pakistan agreed to
give visa-free entry for a year to Indian
pilgrims?
a. Panja Sahib
b. Nankana Sahib
c. Kartarpur Sahib
d. Dera sahib
Answer: c. Kartarpur Sahib
- Pakistan will allow entry to about 5,000 people
every day over a period of one year.
- Corridor is being built from Wagah border till
Kartarpur Sahib.
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On which social media company / website
has the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
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recommended a $ 5 billion penalty in the data
leak case?
a. Twitter b. Facebook
c. Instagram d. TIC Toc
Answer: b. Facebook
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The World Health Organization (WHO)
declared the Ebola outbreak in which African
country to be a global health emergency?
a. Brazil
b. Democratic Republic of Congo
c. Indonesia
d. Afghanistan
Answer: b. Democratic Republic of Congo
- In the Democratic Republic of Congo, more
than 1600 people have died due to Ebola.
- This is the fifth such declaration in history.
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Name the new Prime Minister (PM) of Britain?
a. Boris Johnson
b. Jeremy Hunt
c. Theresa May
d. Philip Hammond
Answer: a. Boris Johnson
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Which Indian-origin woman has been made
the UK Home Secretary / Minister?
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a. Preeti Patel
b. Rishi Sunak
c. Priyanka Johnson
d. None of these
Answer: a. Preeti Patel (47 years)
- She has become the first Home Secretary /
Minister of Indian origin.
Apart from him, Alok Sharma, originally from
Agra, Uttar Pradesh, has been made the Minister
of State for International Development.
MP Rishi Sunak, son-in-law of India's veteran
businessman NR Narayana Murthy, has been
given the responsibility of Chief Secretary in the
Treasury Ministry. He will also join the cabinet.
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Which country issued the Ramayana-based
stamp on the completion of 70 years of
diplomatic relations with India?
a. Maldives
b. Indonesia
c. Sri Lanka
d. Myanmar
Answer: b. Indonesia
- The design of this postage stamp has been
designed by renowned Indonesian sculptor
Padmashri Bapak Nyoman Nuarta.
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Which city has been declared as the World
Book Capital for 2019 by UNESCO?
a. Delhi
b. Kuala Lumpur
c. Sharjah
d. Paris
Answer: c. Sharjah
- Sharjah, the city of Saudi Arab Emirates, has
been declared the World Book Capital for 2019.
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Which city has been declared as the World
Book Capital for 2020 by UNESCO?
a. Delhi
b. Kuala Lumpur
c. Sharjah
d. Paris
Answer: b. Kuala Lumpur
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In which country was the world's highest
indoor waterfall opened?
a. India
b. Afghanistan
c. France
d. Singapore
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Answer: d. Singapore
- The world's tallest 131 feet high indoor waterfall
has been opened at Jewel Changi Airport in
Singapore.
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In which city is Notre Dame, the famous
church that was in the limelight due to
arson?
a. Mumbai
b. London
c. Paris
d. Berlin
Answer: c. Paris
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Who has won the presidential election in
Ukraine?
a. Volodymyr Oleksandrovich Zelensky
b. Petro Poroshenko
c. Iroshaka Fulakova
d. None of these
Answer: a. Volodymyr Oleksandrovich
Zelensky
- He is basically a comedian and a lawyer.
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Name the Prime Minister of Palestine
Government, who took oath on 14 April
2019?
a. Mohammad Shtayyeh
b. Rami Hamdalla
c. Mahmoud Abbas d. None of these
Answer: a. Mohammad Shtayyeh
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The world's largest aircraft successfully
made its first test flight to California on April
14, which company made it?
a. Stratolaunch b. Microsoft
c. Google d. Boeing
Answer: a. Stratolaunch
Stratolaunch Systems Corporation
- Stratolaunch was founded in 2011 by Microsoft
co-founder the late Paul Allen.
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Army overthrows the President in African
country Sudan, Name that President?
a. Omar Al Bashir
b. Abdul Fatah Abdurrahman Burhan
c. Awad Ibn Auf
d. None of these
Answer: a. Omar Al Bashir
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Which country recently completed the testing
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of the world's first floating nuclear power
plant?
a. China b. America
c. France d. Russia
Answer: d. Russia
- Russia completes the trial of Academik
Lomonosov, the world's first floating nuclear
power plant.
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Who has become the first person of Indian
origin to win elections in Japan?
a. Puranic Yogendra
b. Alok Nath
c. Hamendra Shrivastava
d. None of these
Answer: a. Puranic Yogendra
- He used to live in Pune in India.
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Which country will host the G20 summit in
the year 2020?
a. India
b. France
c. Saudi Arabia
d. Usa
Answer: c. Saudi Arabia
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Which country's note has been awarded the
"Bank Note of the Year" 2018 award?
a. India
b. America
c. China
d. Canada
Answer: d. Canada
- International Bank Note Society has
announced this.
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Who became the first country in the world to
implement Climate Emergency?
a. United Kingdom
b. India
c. USA
d. France
Answer: a. United Kingdom
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Who has become the new Prime Minister of
Mali?
a. Boubou Cisse
b. Boubacar Keita
c. Boubeye Maiga
d. None of these
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Answer: a. Boubou Cisse
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Who has been appointed the new President
of Panama?
a Boubacar Keita
b. Boubeye Maga
c. Laurentino Cortizo
d. None of these
Answer: c. Laurentino Cortizo
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Who has been appointed the new president
of the United Nations General Assembly
(UNGA)?
a. Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garce
b. Tijjani Muhammad Bande
c. Nanwen Garba
d. Antonio Guterres
Answer: b. Tijjani Muhammad Bande
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Who has been re-elected as the President of
South Africa?
a. Cyril Ramaphosa
b. Jacob Zuma
c. Pretoria
d. None of these
Answer: a. Cyril Ramaphosa
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Where will the United Nations General
Assembly (UNGA) 2020 Conference be held?
a. Lisbon b. Paris
c. London d. Mumbai
Answer: a. Lisbon
- It will be held from 2 to 6 June 2020 in Lisbon,
Portugal.
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Before launching WhatsApp in India, at which
place has Facebook decided to make it’s
centre for its global operations?
a. Delhi b. London
c. Tokyo d. Kabul
Answer: b. London
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The Indian government has extended the ban
against LTTE with immediate effect for how
many more years?
a. Seven years b. Eight years
c. Five years d. Ten years
Answer: c. Five years
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The first country in Asia to have legalized gay
marriage?
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a. China b. India
c. Pakistan d. Taiwan
Answer: d. Taiwan
- Taiwan's parliament approved the bill giving
legal recognition to gay marriage on 17 May
2019.
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What is the status given by CTBTO
(Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
Organization) to India?
a. Observer b. Member
c. Chairman d. None of these
Answer: a. Observer
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Who has been re-elected President of
Indonesia?
a. Joko Widodo b. Prabowo Subianto
c. Halaf Fando d. None of these
Answer a. Joko Widodo
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Which country has made a provision to give
details of their social media in the details
given by the people in visa applications,
while changing their visa rules?
a. India b. America
c. Nepal d. China
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Answer: b. America
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Who has been appointed the new President
of El Salvador?
a. Nayib Bukele
b. Sanchez Ceren
c. Yusuf Rajid
d. None of these
Answer: a. Nayib Bukele
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India and which country have agreed to start
the ferry service for the first time?
a. South Africa
b. Israel
c. Maldives
d. None of these
Answer: c. Maldives
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Who has been elected Prime Minister of
Thailand?
a. Prayut Chan-O-Cha
b. Thanthorn Juangeroon Gurangkit
c. Maha Vajiralongkorn
d. None of these
Answer :a. Prayut Chan-O-Cha
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Who has been elected the new President of
Kazakhstan?
a. Fakhtun e Jama
b. Kassym Jomart Tokayev
c. Nursultan Nazarbayev
d. None of these
Answer: b. Kassym Jomart Tokayev
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What target has been set the UK government
for carbon emmissions by 2050 by
introducing legislation in Parliament?
a. Zero
b. One percent
c. 5 percent
d. None of these
Answer: a. Zero
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Who was sworn in as the first female
president of Slovakia?
a. Zuzana Caputova
b. Maros Sefkovic
c. Jojov Vakochivo
d. None of these
Answer: a. Zuzana Caputova
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Former President of which country
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Mohammed Morsi died on 17 June 2019
during a court hearing?
a. Jordan b. Iron rods
c. Egypt d. Pakistan
Answer: c. Egypt
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Who has become the first Arab country to
subscribe to the Financial Action Task Force
(FATF)?
a. Iran b. Iraq
c. Saudi Arabia d. Britain
Answer: c. Saudi Arabia
- With this the number of permanent members in
the group rose to 39.
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Which will be the world's highest railway
line?
a. Bilaspur-Manali railway line
b. Delhi-Howrah railway line
c. Srinagar-Jammu Railway Line
d. None of these
Answer: a. Bilaspur-Manali railway line
- Altitude will be 5,360 meters above sea level.
- The new Bilaspur-Manali railway line will be the
highest railway line in the world.
- There will be a total of 30 stations in this
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railway line. This railway line will be located very
close to the India-China border.
- This railway line will be ready by 2022.
- 465 km long railway line will be constructed at a
cost of Rs 83,360 crore.
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Which country's President has been elected
as the President of the African Union?
a. Russia
b. Egypt
c. South Africa
d. Zambia
Answer: b. Egypt
- Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has
been appointed as the President of the African
Union.
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Which nuclear missile treaty was suspended
between Russia and the US?
a. Anti-nuclear treaty
b. Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF)
Pact
c. Nuclear Missile Test Ban Treaty
d. None of these
Answer: b. Intermediate Range Nuclear
Forces (INF) Pact
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It was an important winter treaty, which
prohibited the manufacture and testing of
nuclear missileswhich can be launched from land
upto a distance of 500-5000 kilometers.
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India has recently signed an agreement to
train civil servants of which neighboring
country?
a. Pakistan b. China
c. Bangladesh d. None of these
Answer: c. Bangladesh
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Which country has decided to include Hindi
as the third official language in the courts?
a. South Africa b. United Arab Emirates
c. Zambia d. Russia
Answer: b. United Arab Emirates
- In Abu Dhabi, Hindi was included in the court
as the third official language.
Earlier, two other official languages of the Abu
Dhabi Court are Arabic and English.
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GI Tag Which place's green and white tea has
recently been given a GI tag?
a. Darjeeling
b. Assam
c. All of the above
d. None of these
Answer: a. Darjeeling
- Darjeeling black tea has already been given GI
tag.
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Which state's Kandangi sari and Dindigul
locks have been awarded GI tag?
a. Tamil Nadu
b. Bihar
c. Assam
d. Kerala
Answer: a. Tamil Nadu
- Dindigul Locks are known for their excellent
quality and durability.
- Kandangi saree is made in Karaikudi taluk of
Sivaganga district.
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temple was awarded GI tag, in which state is
this temple located?
a. Bihar
b. Kerala
c. Tamil Nadu
d. Andra Pradesh
Answer: c. Tamil Nadu
- This prasad is offered at the Dhandayuthapani
Swamy Temple in Palani.
Palani panchateertham is made from banana,
ghee, cardamom, jaggery, honey etc.
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Which state's Rasgola got GI tag?
a. Punjab
b. Bengal
c. Odisha
d. Gujarat
Answer: c. Odish
A certificate has been issued to register this
dessert as 'Odisha Rasgola'.
- Earlier West Bengal received it in 2017 for its
'Rasgulla'.
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Other GI Tag
➢ Kandhamal Haladi (Agricultural) - Odisha
➢ Odisha Rasagola (Food Stuff)- Odisha
➢ Kodaikanal Malai Poondu (Agricultural)- Tamil Nadu
➢ Pawndum (Handicraft) -Mizoram
➢ Ngotekherh (Handicraft)- Mizoram
➢ Hmaram (Handicraft)- Mizoram
➢ Palani Panchamirtham (Food Stuff) - Tamil Nadu
➢ Tawlhlohpuan (Handicraft) - Mizoram
➢ Mizo Puanchei (Handicraft)- Mizoram
➢ Gulbarga Tur Dal (Agricultural) - Karnataka
➢ Tirur Betel Leaf (Tirur Vettila) (Agricultural)- Kerala
➢ Khola Chilli (Agricultural)- Goa
➢ Idu Mishmi Textiles (Handicraft) - Arunachal
Pradesh
➢ Dindigul Locks (Manufactured)- Tamil Nadu
➢ Kandangi Saree (Handicraft) - Tamil Nadu
➢ Srivilliputtur Palkova (Food Stuff) - Tamil Nadu
➢ Kaji Nemu (Agricultural) - Assam
➢ Jhabua Kadaknath - Black Chicken Meat (Food
Stuff) - Madhya Pradesh
➢ Boka Chaul (Agricultural) - Assam
➢ Alphonso (Agricultural) - Maharashtra
➢ RajKot Patola (Handicraft) - Gujarat
➢ Shahi Litchi of Bihar (Agricultural)- Bihar
➢ Sangli Turmeric (Agricultural)-Maharashtra
➢ Pethapur Printing Blocks (Handicraft) - Gujarat
➢ Kolhapuri Chappal (Handicraft)-
➢ (Karnataka & Maharashtra)
➢ Silao Khaja (Food Stuff) - Bihar
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➢ Coorg Arabica Coffee (Agricultura) - Karnataka
➢ Wayanaad Robusta Coffee (Agricultural) - Kerala
➢ Chikmagalur Arabica Coffee (Agricultural) -
Karnataka
➢ Araku Valley Arabica Coffee (Agricultural) -Andhra
Pradesh & Odisha
➢ Bababudangiris Arabica Coffee (Agricultural) -
Karnataka
➢ Himachali Kala Zeera (Agricultura) - Himachal
Pradesh
➢ Sirsi Supari (Agricultural) - Karnataka
➢ Himachali Chulli Oil (Manufactured)- Himachal
Pradesh
➢ Chunar Balua Patthar (Natural) -Uttar Pradesh
➢ Erode Manjal (Erode Turmeric) (Agricultural) - Tamil
Nadu
➢ Marayoor Jaggery (Marayoor Sharkara)
(Agricultural) - Kerala
➢ Thirubuvanam Silk Sarees (Handicraft) - Tamil
Nadu
➢ Jeeraphool (Agricultural)- Chhattisgarh
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Governor and Chief Minister
of the State and
Lieutenant Governor of the
Union Territory
Himachal Pradesh
Capital: Shimla
Governor: Bandaru Dattatreya
Chief Minister: Jairam Thakur Punjab
Punjab
Capital: Chandigarh
Governor: Vijendrapal Singh Badnaur
Chief Minister: Captain Amarinder Singh
Haryana
Capital: Chandigarh
Governor: Satyadev Narayan Arya
Chief Minister: Manohar Lal Khattar
Uttarakhand
Capital: Dehradun
Governor: Baby Rani Maurya
Chief Minister: Trivendra Singh Rawat
Uttar Pradesh
Capital: Lucknow
Governor: Anandiben Patel
Chief Minister: Adityanath Yogi
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Bihar
Capital: Patna
Governor: Fagu Chauhan
Chief Minister: Nitish Kumar
Jharkhand
Capital: Ranchi
Governor Draupadi Murmu
Chief Minister: Hemant Soren
West Bengal
Capital: Kolkata
Governor: Jagdeep Dhankhar
Chief Minister: Mamta Banerjee
Sikkim
Capital: Gangtok
Governor: Ganga Prasad
Chief Minister: Prem Singh Tamang
Assam
Capital: Dispur
Governor: Jagdish Mukhi
Chief Minister: Sarbananda Sonowal
Arunachal Pradesh
Capital: Itanagar
Governor: BD Mishra
Chief Minister: Pema Khandu
Nagaland
Capital: Kohima
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Governor: RN Ravi
Chief Minister: Nephiu Rio
Manipur
Capital: Imphal
Governor: Nejma Heptulla
Chief Minister: N. Biren Singh
Mizoram
Capital: Aizawl
Governor: K. Rajasekharan
Chief Minister: PU Joramthanga
Tripura
Capital: Agartala
Governor: Ramesh Bais
Chief Minister: Biplab Kumar Deb
Meghalaya
Capital: Shillong
Governor: Tathagata Roy
Chief Minister: Conrad Sangma
Rajasthan
Capital: Jaipur
Governor: Kalraj Mishra
Chief Minister: Ashok Gehlot
Gujarat
Capital: Gandhinagar
Governor: Acharya Devvrat
Chief Minister: Vijay Rupani
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Madhya Pradesh
Capital: Bhopal
Governor: Lalji Tandon
Chief Minister: Kamal Nath
Chhattisgarh
Governor: Anusuiya Uike
Chief Minister: Bhupesh Baghel
Odisha
Capital: Bhubaneswar
Governor: Ganeshi Lal
Chief Minister: Naveen Patnaik
Maharashtra
Capital: Mumbai
Governor: Bhagat Singh Koshari
Chief Minister: Uddhav Thackeray
Telangana
Capital: Hyderabad
Governor: Tamilsai Sundar-Rajan
Chief Minister: K. Chandrasekhar Rao
Andra Pradesh
Governor: Biswa Bhushan Harichandan
Chief Minister: YS Jaganmohan Reddy
Karnataka
Capital: Bengaluru
Governor: Vajubhai
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Chief Minister: BS Yeddyurappa
Tamil Nadu
Capital: Chennai
Governor: Banwari Lal Purohit
Chief Minister: K Palaniswami
Kerala
Capital: Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram)
Governor: Arif Mohammad Khan
Chief Minister: P. Vijayan
Goa
Capital: Panaji
Governor: Satpal Malik
Chief Minister: Pramod Sawant
Union Territory
Jammu and Kashmir
Lieutenant Governor: Girish Chandra Murm
Chief Minister :
Ladakh
Lt. Governor: Radha Krishna Mathur
Delhi
Deputy Governor: Anil Baijal
Chief Minister: Arvind Kejriwal
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Puducherry
Capital: Puducherry
Lieutenant Governor: Kiran Bedi
Chief Minister: V Narayanasamy
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Capital: Port Blair
Vice Governor: Admiral DK Joshi
Chandigarh
Administrator: VP Singh Badnaur
Dadar-Nagar Haveli and Daman-Diu
Administrator: Praful Patel
Lakshadweep
Capital: Kavaratti
Administrator: Dineshwar Sharma
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