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Important days of August

 International Day of Friendship: July 30
 World Wide Web Day: August 01, 2019
 Hiroshima Day (Anti Nuclear Day/ Nagasaki Day) : August 6
 5th National Handloom Day: August 7
 Nagasaki Day: 9th August
 International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples or World Tribal Day :
August 9
 Theme 2019: Indigenous Languages.
 World Biofuel Day: August 10
 2019 Theme – “Production of Biodiesel from Used Cooking Oil (UCO)”.
 International Youth Day: 12 August
 Theme : “Transforming education”
 World Lion Day – August 10, 2019
 World Elephant Day: August 12

Orbituaries
  Cafe Coffee Day founder : VG Siddhartha
 National Award recipient and renowned artist Karpuri Devi, who helped revive the
art of Madhubani paintings, passed away at a hospital in the Madhubani district of
Bihar. She was 94.
 Former England county cricketer : Malcolm Nash
 Veteran Telugu actor : Devadas Kanakala
 Veteran Gujarati journalist, author and columnist : Kanti Bhatt
 'Beloved' author and Nobel laureate (the first African-American woman to win a
Nobel Prize): Toni Morrison
 Renowned educationist and founder of the Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan (PSBB)
Group of Schools : Mrs. Y.G.Parthasarathy
 Veteran film director and Hrithik Roshan’s grandfather : J. Om Prakash
 Senior advocate and former Additional Solicitor General: Amarendra Sharan
 Noted freedom fighter Dayanidhi Nayak passed away at the age of 95. He was a part
of Quit India movement

Q) Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has launched Atal
Community Innovation Centre in which city to encourage the spirit of innovation at the
community level?
A. Mumbai
B. Surat
C. Lucknow
D. New Delhi

Q) Airtel has unveiled e-governance platform SWAN for which state?

A. Gujarat
B. Madhya Pradesh
C. Uttar Pradesh
D. Bihar

Q) India has signed a deal worth around Rs 1,500 crore to acquire R-27 air-to-air
missiles from which country?
A. Japan
B. Israel
C. France
D. Russia

Q) Which player has been suspendedby Board of Control for Cricket in India for 8
months for a doping violation?
A. Prithvi Shaw
B. Yuzvendra Chahal
C. Yashasvi Jaiswal
D. Shubhman Gill

Q) Cabinet has given nod to the setting up of ISRO Technical Liaison Unit (ITLU) in
which country?
A. France
B. Russia
C. Israel
D. Japan
Q) 52nd ASEAN summit is being held in which country?
A. Vietnam
B. Malaysia
C. Cambodia
D. Thailand

Q)Who has been appointed as the new finance secretary?

A. Subhash Chandra Garg
B. Rajiv Kumar
C. Anshu Prakash
D. Atanu Chakraborty

Previous Appointments :
 Ajay Kumar Bhalla was appointed as the new Union Home Secretary
 Atanu Chakraborty has been appointed as the new Economic Affairs Secretary
 Anshu Prakash has been appointed as the new Telecom Secretary.

Q) Who has been given the additional charge of the counterterror force NSG?
A. Sudeep Lakhtakia
B. S S Deswal
C. V K Johri
D. Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar

Q) The 22nd National Conference on e-Governance will be held in which state?

A. Assam
B. Sikkim
C. West Bengal
D. Meghalaya

Q) Which company has launched an initiative called ‘Samarth’, aimed at bringing

India’s artisans, weavers, and handicrafts producers onto e-commerce?
A. Tata
B. Amazon
C. Flipkart
D. Big Bazaar

Q1) Who has won the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award for journalism?
A. Sudhir Chaudhary
B. Ravish Kumar
C. Rahul Kanwal
D. Dibang

Q) CRISIL has predicted India’s GDP growth rate for FY20 at what percent?
A. 7.1 %
B. 7 %
C. 6.8 %
D. 6.9 %
  Asian Development Bank has lowered the India’s GDP growth to 7% for
financial year 2019-20 RBI – 6.9%
 The Economic Survey expects India's gross domestic product (GDP) to grow at 7%
for financial year 2019-20
 IMF : India’s economy is set to grow at 7.0 percent in 2019, picking up to 7.2
percent in 2020.
 World Bank : growth in India is projected at 7.5 per cent in Fiscal Year 2019/20
(April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020)
 OECD: India is projected to strengthen to close to 7.25% in FY19 and close to 7.5%
in FY20.

Q) Name the new platform which is a joint venture of three Central Public Sector
Enterprises NALCO, HCL and MECL which will be setup by Ministry of Mines?
A. VAKIL
B. SIDDHI
C. KABIL
D. ANMOL

Q) Women and Child Development Ministry is observing World Breastfeeding Week

with the theme _______?
A. Women, work and breastfeeding
B. Breastfeeding: Empowering Women
C. Breastfeeding Foundation Of Life.
D. Empower Parents, Enable Breastfeeding

Q) Which Payment bank has decided to convert itself into Small Finance Bank in order
to offer small loans to customers?
A. Fino Payment Bank
B. India Post Payment Bank
C. Jio Payment Bank
D. Airtel Payment Bank

Q14) In a first after Partition, a Sikh religious procession, which is also known as _____,
carrying Guru Granth Sahib from Pakistan has arrived in India?
A. Granth Yatra
B. Nagar Kirtan
C. Guru Kirtan
D. Nanak Panth

Q) Which state has launched an awareness campaign named as ‘Save Green, Stay
Clean’?
A. Himachal Pradesh
B. Rajasthan
C. West Bengal
D. Jharkhand

Q) Name the first Indian bank which has been linked up with China National Advance
Payment System?
A. Bank of Baroda
B. State Bank of India
C. Axis Bank
D. Yes bank

 It has also been decided to bifurcate the state into two Union territories comprising
of Jammu and Kashmir, which will have a legislature, and Ladakh, which will be
without a legislature.
 With this India now has 28 states and 9 Union Territories
 This announcement was made by Home Minister Amit Shah in the Rajya Sabha on
August 5, 2019.

Q) Who has become the 1st person in history to cross the English Channel on the jet-
powered hoverboard?
A. Franky Zapata
B. Aaron Smith
C. Felix Baker
D. Daniel Atkinson

Q) The Centre has approved the Rs 4,900 crore project for interlinking of Kosi and
___________ rivers of Bihar?
A. Bagmati
B. Gandak
C. Mohana
D. Mechi

Q) Canine distemper is a contagious and serious disease caused by a _____?

A. Bacteria
B. Fungi
C. Virus
D. Protozoan

Q) The Sachivalaya or Secretariat building in of which state will now be called ‘Lok
Seva Bhavan’?
A. Bihar
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Kerala
D. Odisha

Q) DRDO has successfully test-fired indigenously developed Quick Reaction Surfaceto-

Air missiles (QRSAM) which has a strike range of _______?
A. 25 – 30 km
B. 35 – 40 km
C. 45 – 55 km
D. 60 – 70 km

Q) Which state has passed a bill providing for life imprisonment and a fine up to ₹5 lakh to
convicts in cases of mob lynching involving the victim’s death?
A. Madhya Pradesh
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Haryana
D. Rajasthan
Q) According to UGC, all universities in India will get the final subscription to access
which Swedish software from September 1, 2019?
A. Urkund
B. Celestia
C. AutoTutor
D. DISTAR

Q) The Department of Biotechology (DBT) plans to scan nearly ____ Indian genomes
over the next five years, under Genome India Initiative?
A. 10,000
B. 20,000
C. 30,000
D. 35,000

Q) Who has bagged gold in women's 53kg category of the Poland Open wrestling
tournament in Warsaw?
A. Babita Kumari
B. Sakshi Malik
C. Kavita Devi
D. Vinesh Phogat

Q) Accoring to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), the rural settlement Bharati
Huda in Jalalpur village in Odisha’s Cuttack district is __________years old?
A. 3600 years
B. 2500 years
C. 1400 years
D. 4000 years

Q) The Gandhi Nagar model village built with Indian assistance was inaugurated in
which country?
A. Nepal
B. Bhutan
C. SriLanka
D. Bangladesh

 The first model village built with Indian assistance under the Model Villages Program
was inaugurated at Ranidugama in Gampaha in Sri Lanka.
 It is a part of housing project meant for war affected people and estate workers.

Q) Which city has got its first ‘pink toilet’ dedicated to women with facilities for
sanitary napkins and baby care?
A. Pune
B. Bhopal
C. Surat
D. Noida

 Karnataka flagged off the ‘Pink Sarathi’ vehicles procured by the Bangalore
Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) under the ‘Nirbhaya’ scheme.
  The BMTC now has a fleet of 25 Pink Sarathi vehicles fitted with GPS and public
announcement systems. It will deploy these vehicles to attend to the grievances of
women passengers in city buses.
 Greater Hyderabad has integrated the Pink toilets named “She Mart and Loo’s” in
order to provide women with safe and hygienic toilets
 Pink Coaches : Indian Railways Northeast Frontier Railway zone started an
initiative to bring a special portion of the SLR coach with pink colour.
 It is mainly introduced in order to bring women passengers with better safety and
security.This special colour will help the women passenger to easily identify the
coach in rush hours.
 Around eight trains in Rangiya division of the Northeast Frontier Railway has begun
operations with some pink coaches.
 Pink Buses : The Uttar Pradesh government will soon launch 'Pink' air-conditioned
buses exclusively for women.
 The 'Pink' buses will have panic buttons installed for emergencies.

Q) Indian Film actor Aamir Khan has launched the Mission Shakti Sports Initiative in
which state?
A. Gujarat
B. Rajasthan
C. Himachal Pradesh
D. Maharashtra

Q) In a first-of-its-kind initiative in the country, a 3-D Smart Traffic Signal called

'Intelights‘ was launched in which city?
A. Noida
B. Mohali
C. New Delhi
D. Hyderabad

Q) Which company has announced to buy majority stake in a Mumbai based

technology startup ‘Fynd’ which is funded by Google?
A. Microsoft
B. Wipro
C. Tata
D. Reliance

 Thailand Open Badminton Winners

 Men’s Doubles: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty of India
 Women’s Singles: Chen Yufei of China
 Men’s Singles: Chou Tien-chen of Chinese Taipei

Q) Apple in partnership with which company has started the issue of its Credit Card
that is named “Apple Card”?
A. MasterCard
B. Citibank
C. Goldman Sachs
D. American Express
Q) Which state has flagged of five anti-riot police vehicle known as ‘vajra’?
A. Arunachal Pradesh
B. Assam
C. West Bengal
D. Sikkim

Q) The US treasury department has labeled which country as a “currency

manipulator”?
A. Russia
B. China
C. Spain
D. Poland

Q) Bill mandating death penalty for ‘honour killing’ was passed in which state’s
Legislative Assembly?
A. Gujarat
B. Bihar
C. Rajasthan
D. Uttar Pradesh

Q Pathamadai Silk Mat of which state has recently granted a GI tag?

A. Tamil Nadu
Andhra Pradesh
B. Kerala
C. Odisha

Q) Sushma Swaraj was the youngest Cabinet minister of which state/UT at the age of
25?
A. Gujarat
B. Punjab
C. Haryana
D. New Delhi

Q) The Reserve Bank of India in its third Bi-monthly monetary policy has fixed the
repo rate at what percent?
A. 5.40%
B. 5.15%
C. 5.65%
D. 5.75%

 The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI's) monetary policy committee (MPC) decided to
reduce the repo rate by 35 basis points (bps) to 5.40 per cent to help revive the
economy.
 It was the fourth straight rate cut by the central bank in 2019.
 The marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and the Bank Rate has been adjusted to
5.65 per cent.
 The reverse repo rate now stands at 5.15 per cent.
 The six-member committee lowered the FY20 GDP (gross domestic product) growth
forecast to 6.9 per cent from 7 per cent, earlier.
Q) The RBI has decided to allow which service round-the-clock 24x7 in December
2019?
A. NEFT
B. RTGS
C. IMPS
D. All of the above

Q) Arka Suprabath is a new variety of ______?

A. Jackfruit
B. Banana
C. Grapes
D. Mango

Q) Who has sworn in as the chairman and managing director (CMD) of state-owned
Power Grid Corporation?
A. Anil Kumar Chaudhary
B. Shashi Shanker
C. Kandikuppa Sreekant
D. Gurdeep Singh

Q) Yasin, Balaban and Ghaem are the three missiles launched by which country?
A. Israel
B. Iran
C. Pakistan
D. Iraq

Q) The Rajya Sabha has passed the National Institute of Design (Amendment) Bill, 2019
which seeks to declare ____________ National Institutes of Design as institutions of
national importance?
A. Three
B. Four
C. Five
D. Seven

Q) Which state government has launched a new higher education model called as
Resource Assistance for Colleges with Excellence (RACE)?
A. Madhya Pradesh
B. West Bengal
C. Himachal Pradesh
D. Rajasthan

Q) According to the Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas released by the World Resource
Institute (WRI), which country has been ranked as the most water stress country?
A. Qatar
B. Israel
C. Lebanon
D. Iran

Q) National Council of Applied Economic Research(NCAER) has predicted India’s

GDP growth rate for FY20 at what per cent?
A. 6.8%
B. 6.5%
C. 6.7%
D. 6.2%

Q) World’s first self-standing crutch has been designed by the students of which IIT
institution?
A. IIT Delhi
B. IIT Roorkee
C. IIT Bombay
D. IIT Madras

Q) Who is the author of the book “Bolna Hi Hai”?

A. Rajat Sharma
B. Om Malik
C. Ravish Kumar
D. Vinod Dua

Q) The third International Electric Vehicle (EV) Conclave was held in which state?
A. Uttar Pradesh
B. Rajasthan
C. Uttarakhand
D. Haryana

Q) Which IIT institution has introduced Project Water Chakra to recycle urine?
A. IIT Hyderabad
B. IIT Madras
C. IIT Bombay
D. IIT Delhi

Q) Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh will be turning into separate union territories
on___________?
A. October 31, 2019
B. August 15, 2019
C. October 2, 2019
D. December 31, 2019

Q) The Virasat-e-Khalsa museum of which state/UT is all set to find a place in the Asia
Book of Records for becoming the most visited museum in the Indian sub-continent on
a single day?
A. Haryana
B. New Delhi
C. Punjab
D. Uttar Pradesh

Q) Which state has launched the ‘Mukhya Mantri Krishi Ashirwad Yojana’?
A. Bihar
B. Jharkhand
C. Assam
D. Gujarat
Q) Which state will be launching the Mukhya Mantri Parivar Samridhi Yojana on
August 21?
A. Haryana
B. Uttarakhand
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Chhattisgarh

Q) Rotavirus is responsible for around _______% of total child mortality every year in
India?
A. 20%
B. 15%
C. 10%
D. 25%

Q) Gogabeel, an ox-bow lake in which state, has been declared as the state’s first
‘Community Reserve’?
A. Himachal Pradesh
B. Arunachal Pradesh
C. Assam
D. Bihar

Q) Which state was declared as the Most Film-Friendly State at 66th National Film
Awards announced?
A. Madhya Pradesh
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Goa
D. Uttarakhand

Q) The Indian Army has launched “Mission Reach Out” in which city?
A. Pahalgam
B. Kulgam
C. Jammu
D. Srinagar

Q) Google has honored Dr Vikram Sarabhai on his _____________ birthday with a

doodle.
A. 125th
B. 100th
C. 115th
D. 111th

Q) Alejandro Eduardo Giammattei Falla has been elected as the new President of which
country?
A. Honduras
B. El Salvador
C. Guatemala
D. Belize

Q) Which state has topped the list of states in India in terms of GDP growth rate in
2018-19?
A. Bihar
B. West Bengal
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. Telangana

Q) Who will become the first woman to head the Indian National Science Academy
(INSA)?
A. Geeta Dharmarajan
B. Vasudha Prakash
C. Chandrima Shaha
D. Vimla Kaul

Q) Union Environment minister has launched a website which contains all the
information related to _________ ?
A. COP 14
B. COP 15
C. COP 19
D. COP 18

Q) Kajin Sara lake which is in news recently is located in which country?

A. Myanmar
B. Bhutan
C. Nepal
D. Sri Lanka

Q) Listening, Learning & Leading is a book written by?

A. Arun Jaitley
B. Venkaiah Naidu
C. Shashi Tharoor
D. Nitin Gadkari

Q) Singapore Convention on Mediation, is an agreement to settle ________?

A. cross-border commercial disputes
B. cross-border land disputes
C. cross-border terrorism
D. cross-border money laundering

Q) Who has become the youngest Indian to score a double century in first-class cricket
against West Indies?
A. Shubman Gill
B. Prayas Ray Barman
C. Sandeep Lamichhane
D. Kamlesh Nagarkoti

Q) The Khadi and Village Industry Commission launched which mission on World
Tribal Day?
A. Leather Mission
B. Bee Mission
C. Handloom Mission
D. Bamboo Mission
Q) In which country the multilateral military exercise ‘TSENTR-2019’ is scheduled to
be held from 10 September to 21 September?
A. Mangolia
B. Turkmenistan
C. Russia
D. China

Q) Which state’s “Vriksharopan Mahakumbh” drive has created world record after
planting more than 22 crore saplings?
A. Himachal Pradesh
B. Gujarat
C. Bihar
D. Uttar Pradesh

Q) Which movie has won the Best Hindi Film award at the 66th National Film awards?
A. Raazi
B. Andhadhun
C. Uri
D. Badhai Ho

List of winners of the 66th National Film awards

 Best Director: Uri : The Surgical Strike- Aditya Dhar
 Best Actor: Ayushmann Khuranna for Andhadhun and Vicky Kaushal for Uri :
The Surgical Strike
 Best Actress: Keerthy Suresh for Mahanati
 (Jury head - Rahul Rawail)

Q) Tripura government will construct 1,447 check dams with the financial assistance
from which country?
A. Israel
B. France
C. Russia
D. Japan

Q) The players of which sports will now come under the ambit of the National Anti-
Doping Agency (NADA)?
A. Hockey
B. Cricket
C. Table Tennis
D. Golf

Q) Thar Express runs between Jodhpur and which city of Pakistan?

A. Islamabad
B. Karachi
C. Multan
D. Lahore
Q) Which country was struck by super typhoon Lekima?
A. Japan
B. Malaysia
C. Thailand
D. China

Q) Who is the author of the book Resurgent India?

A. Bimal Jalan
B. Raghuram Rajan
C. Urjit Patel
D. R Gandhi

Q) Name the Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan which was recently expelled?
A. Ajay Bisaria
B. Vinay Kumar
C. Srikumar Menon
D. Sanjiv Ranjan

Q) Which mobile company has launched the Mobile Operating System named
HarmonyOS?
A. Samsung
B. Xiaomi
C. Oppo
D. Huawei

Q) Which state has topped the rankings in Breastfeeding and Infant and Young Child
Feeding Practices in the country?
A. Gujarat
B. Nagaland
C. Himachal Pradesh
D. Manipur

Q) Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) has launched which

initiative to create awareness about Water Conservation among all school students in
the country?
A. Samagra Shiksha - Jal Suraksha
B. Jal Surakasha - Bhavishya Raksha
C. Neer Suraksha – Kartavya Hamara
D. Ujjawal Bhavishya – Rakshit Jal Astitva

Q) Who has been awarded the MS Swamianathan award for Environment Protection
A. José Graziano da Silva
B. Achim Steiner
C. Kenneth M Quinn
D. António Guterres

Q) To curb air pollution, Indian Army has launched e-cars in which city?
A. Dehradun
B. Pune
C. New Delhi
D. Meerut

Q) Who has been appointed as the United States' ambassador to the United Nations?
A. Kelly Knight Craft
B. Steve King
C. Lisa Johnson
D. Scott Brown

Q) Malabar Gold & Diamonds has appointed which Bollywood actor as its brand
ambassador?
A. Akshay Kumar
B. Hrithik Roshan
C. Anil Kapoor
D. Shahid Kapoor

Q)Who has been awarded the National order of Merit by the President of Guinea?
A. Narendra Modi
B. Pratibha Patil
C. Ram Nath Kovind
D. Amit Shah

Q) Aadi Perukku festival was celebrated in which state?

A. Adhra Pradesh
B. Kerala
C. Odisha
D. Tamil Nadu

Q) Operation Muskaan is an initiative of which Police?

A. Bhopal Police
B. Delhi Police
C. Hyderabad Police
D. Mumbai Police

Vhali Dikri Yojna launched in Gujarat

 According to scheme, the State Government will pay Rs. 4,000 to every girl child at
the time of admission to Standard 4th
 Rs. 6,000 at the time of taking admission to Standard IX, Rs. 1-lakh at the time of
taking admission for higher education at the age of 18
 Rs. 1-lakh at the time of marriage.
 Rs.133-crore has been allocated for this scheme

Q) Who has took over as the Controller General of Accounts (CGA)?

A. Anthony Lianzuala
B. Giriraj Prasad Gupta
C. Vikas Malhotra
D. Ranveer Bhatia
Q) Which state will provide the free second gas cylinder refill under Pradhan Mantri
Ujjwala A. Yojana (PMUY)?
A. Bihar
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Jharkhand

Q)World’s first hyperloop transportation system will come up in which state?

A. Gujarat
B. Maharashtra
C. Goa
D. Himachal Pradesh

Q) The Ministries of Earth Sciences and Agriculture have launched which mobile
application to help farmers?
A. Barkha
B. Amber
C. Meghdoot
D. Nabh

Q) Isro to set up new centre (Space Situational Awareness Control Centre) to protect
Indian satellites from space debris in which city?
A. Nellore
B. Bengaluru
C. Hyderabad
D. New Delhi

Q) Who is the author of the book Super Century – What India Must Do To Rise by
2050?
A. Rajat Sharma
B. Rahul Kanwal
C. Raghav Bahl
D. Vinod Dua

Q) Centre has approved to increase the strength of Supreme Court judges from 30 to
_____?
A. 32
B. 33
C. 34
D. 35

Q) A mobile library bus service under the “Ghar Ghar Dastak Ghar Ghar Pustak”
Scheme was launched in which city?
A. Pune
B. Agra
C. New Delhi
D. Bhopal

Q) India and which country have launched a joint initiative named Innovating for
Clean Air (IfCA)?
A. United Kingdom
B. Germany
C. France
D. Serbia

Q) The central government has given permission for how many protected monuments
across the country to be open to public from sunrise till 9 p.m?
A. Five
B. Ten
C. Eight
D. Fifteen

Q) Who has been nominated as a Director on the Central Board of Directors of Reserve
Bank of India?
A. Subhash Chandra Garg
B. H R Khan
C. Rajiv Bhalla
D. Atanu Chakraborty

Q) As per the government report India received the highest-ever FDI inflow of
$_________ billion during the fiscal ended March 2019?
A. $64.37 billion
B. $44.37 billion
C. $72.37 billion
D. $55.37 billion

Q) Which cricketer was honoured with Bharat Gaurav Award by East Bengal club?
A. Sourav Ganguly
B. Rahul Dravid
C. Kapil Dev
D. Sunil Gavaskar

Q) Scientists from which IIT has developed eco-friendly solar cells by using ‘kumkum
dye’?
A. IIT Delhi
B. IIT Madras
C. IIT Roorkee
D. IIT Hyderabad

Q) Who has been the given additional charge of the post of Director General Narcotics
Control Bureau?
A. Rakesh Asthana
B. Abhay
C. Sudeep Lakhtakia
D. Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar

Q)As per the Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, Indian needs exports of
________ trillion to become 5 trillion dollar economy?
A. 0.50 trillion
B. 0.75 trillion
C. 1.50 trillion
D. 1.00 trillion

Q) Who has been appointed as the new director of Abdus Salam International Centre
for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste, Italy?
A. Mani Bhaumik
B. Atish Dabholkar
C. Rohan Kulkarni
D. Dipan Ghosh

Q) Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) would set up a Pashmina testing centre in which
city?
A. Gangtok
B. Itanagar
C. Leh
D. Kohima
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Important days
 World Photography Day: August 19
 World Humanitarian Day : 19 August
 WHD 2019 campaign: #WomenHumanitarians.
 World Mosquito Day: August 20
 World Senior Citizen Day: August 21
 International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism: August
21
 International Day Against Nuclear Tests: 29 August

Obituaries:
 Naval war hero and Kirti Chakra awardee Commander Noel Kelman passed away.
Commander Kelman was awarded the Kirti Chakra for valour during the liberation of
Goa in 1961.
 Socialist leader and former MLA of Palghar Navnitbhai Shah passed away. He took
part in the freedom struggle in 1942 at the Gowalia Tank maidan in Mumbai. He was
elected as the first Sarpanch of Palghar (Maharashtra) in 1952 and as MLA in 1957
and 1962.
 Congress (MLA) from the Mukerian assembly seat in Punjab, Rajnish Kumar Babbi
passed away. He was first elected to the Punjab Vidhan Sabha in the 2012 assembly
polls as an Independent from Mukerian
  Former Indian cricketer and Tamil Nadu opener, VB Chandrasekhar Renowned
Bangladeshi novelist and the Ekushey Padak winning author Rizia Rahman passed
away
 Veteran journalist and senior anchor at Doordarshan (DD) News, Neelum Sharma
passed away
 Veteran Odisha based journalist and columnist Ranjit Guru passed away
 Three-time Oscar winner and triple BAFTA winner legendary animation director
Richard Williams passed away
 Eminent Punjabi writer and Sahitya Akademi winner Professor Niranjan Singh
Tasneem passed away
 Thresia Thomas (88), alias Kuttiyamma, who was considered the first woman hunter
in Kerala, passed away
 Ajjikuttira Kariappa Subbaiah, the first president of BJP from Karnataka
 Former Volkswagen Chief Ferdinand Piech Passes Away at 82

Q) Which bank has become the first in the country to deploy industrial ‘Robotic Arms’
to count currency notes?
A. Yes Bank
B. HDFC Bank
C. ICICI Bank
D. Axis Bank

Q) What was the rank of the Mumbai in the recently released Safe Cities Index 2019 by
the Economist Intelligence Unit?
A. 45th
B. 52nd
C. 35th
D. 29th

Q) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched a nation-wide ‘Fit India Movement’
from which city?
A. Mumbai
B. Bengaluru
C. Lucknow
D. New Delhi

Q) Dindigul lock and Kandangi saree of which state have been given the Geographical
Indication (GI) tag?
A. Andhra Pradesh
B. Kerala
C. Tamil Nadu
D. Karnataka

Q) Which Caribbean nation has released the Gandhi postal stamp to 150th birth
anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi?
A. Jamaica
B. Puerto Rico
C. Saint Lucia
D. Dominican Republic
Q) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved to set up how many new
government medical colleges across India by the 2021-22 academic session?
A. 45
B. 75
C. 20
D. 60

Q) Astra Rafael which is an Indo-Israel joint venture has opened its facility for defence
communication system in which city?
A. New Delhi
B. Pune
C. Hyderabad
D. Kochi

Q) The Lt. Governor of which Union Territory has launched a "QR Code Scheme"
feature for its Himmat Plus safety app?
A. Chandigarh
B. Daman and Diu
C. Puducherry
D. Delhi

Q) India's First Sky Cycling Park will be opened in which city?

A. Manali
B. Kasol
C. Rishikesh
D. Dehradun

Q) Which city has created a Guinness record with ‘green’ Ganesha idols?
A. Pune
B. Bengaluru
C. Kolkata
D. Indor

Q) Pakistan will get about $________ billion from the Asian Development Bank (ADB)
for various development projects over the next three years?
A. $7 billion
B. $5 billion
C. $3 billion
D. $ 4 billion

Q) Nirmala Sitharaman has announced the merger of 10 nationalised banks, this will
reduce the number of public sector banks to __________from 27?
A. 17
B. 12
C. 15
D. 18

 Oriental Bank of Commerce and United Bank merged with Punjab National
Bank - second largest PSB in India with a total business of Rs 17.5 lakh crore.
  Canara Bank and Syndicate Bank will be Rs 15.20 lakh crore. It will become the
fourth largest PSB in the country.
 Union+Andhra+Corporation Banks to be 5th largest PSB with Rs 14.6L Cr.
business
 Indian & Allahabad Banks to be 7th largest PSB with Rs 8.08 lakh crore business.

Q) Cabinet has approved 100% FDI for which sector?

A. Digital media
B. Coal mining
C. Power exchanges
D. Retail trading

Q) Name the Indian who has won the gold medal at World Skills International
Competition 2019 in Kazan, Russia?
A. Pranav Udayark
B. Shweta Ratanpura
C. Sanjoy Pramanik
D. Aswatha Narayana

Q) Which country has become the World’s first country to launch Biometric Seafarer
Identity Document (BSID)?
A. Russia
B. United States
C. India
D. China

Q) Who has clinched the gold medal in women 10m air rifle at the ISSF rifle/pistol
World Cup in Brazil?
A. Elavenil Valarivan
B. Anjum Moudgil
C. Manu Bhaker
D. Rahi Sarnobat

Q) The Uttarakhand government has decided to form a Special Tiger Force for which
Tiger Reserve?
A. Rajaji Tiger Reserve
B. Kalagarh Tiger Reserve
C. Corbett Tiger Reserve
D. Orang Tiger Reserve

Q) Who has been appointed as India’s Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates?
A. Navdeep Suri
B. Akash Nigam
C. Pavan Kapoor
D. Surjeet Pate

Q) The 12th India Security Summit was held in which city recently?
A. Aligarh
B. New Delhi
C. Udaipur
D. Vellore

Q) National Sports Day 2019 is observed every year on?

A. 28 August
B. 27 August
C. 30 August
D. 29 August

Q) In which city the campaign titled - 10 Hafte, 10 Baje 10 minute Har Ravivar, Dengue
Par War” will be launched?
A. Munger
B. Delhi
C. Ranchi
D. Lucknow

Q) Who has been selected as the next chairman of Coal India?

A. A K Jha
B. Shashi Shanker
C. Anil Kumar Chaudhary
D. Pramod Agarwal

Q) Who will be honoured with the 2019 UEFA President’s Award?

A. David Beckham
B. Wayne Rooney
C. Eric Cantona
D. Zinedine Zidane

Q) 25th Senior Women’s National Football Championship will be held in

which state?
A. Odisha
B. Gujarat
C. Arunachal Pradesh
D. Uttarakhand

Q) Which country has successfully test-fired surface-to-surface ballistic missile

'Ghaznavi’?
A. Iran
B. Iraq
C. Taiwan
D. Pakistan

Q) Name the chief of NASA who has declared pluto a planet once
again?
A. Jim Bridenstine
B. Robert Lightfoot
C. Christopher Scolese
D. James Morhard
Q) Name the app which was created by Noida girls and has won the U.S. tech prize
recently?
A. Vidur
B. Maitri
C. Akshaya
D. Damini

Q) Which state has launched DEET application to improve the employment ecosystem
in the State?
A. Andhra Pradesh
B. Tamil Nadu
C. Odisha
D. Telangana

Q) Lionel Aingimea has won the election for President of which country?
A. Nauru
B. Palau
C. Tuvalu
D. Kiribati

Q) FICCI has forecasted India’s GDP growth for FY 20 at what percent?

A. 6.5%
B. 6.9%
C. 6.1%
D. 6.3%

Q) Who has become the first Indian to win a set against Roger Federer?
A. Sumit Nagal
B. Gaurav Natekar
C. Vishal Uppal
D. Sumant Misra

Q) Who has become the first female officer to be appointed as flight commander of a
flying unit?
A. Nivedita Choudhary
B. Punita Arora
C. Priya Jhingan
D. Shalija Dhami

Q) Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP) has set up a waste plastic to diesel plant in which
city?
A. Shimla
B. Lucknow
C. Dehradun
D. Amravati

Q) India and Nepal have launched a launched a bus service which will connect
Kathmandu to which city of West Bengal?
A. Kolkata
B. Siliguri
C. Haldia
D. Darjeeling

Q) The 18th Conference of the Parties (CoP18) of (CITES) was recently held in which
city?
A. New Delhi
B. Rome
C. Paris
D. Geneva

Q) Human Resource Ministry has launched which Portal to improve school education
system?
A. Karmath
B. Sangrah
C. Shagun
D. Dastak

Q) Which company has delivered the 11th C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft to
the Indian Air Force?
A. Airbus
B. Sukhoi
C. Boeing
D. Dassault Falcon

Q) India has partnered with which country to build the world’s first space-based ship
automatic identification system (AIS)?
A. Japan
B. Russia
C. France
D. Israel

Q) India’s first woman Director General of Police (DGP) passed away recently, what
was her name?
A. Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
B. Archana Ramasundaram
C. Meera Borwankar
D. Sanjukta Parashar

Q) Which company has launched its first artificial intelligence chip Springhill?
A. Intel
B. Samsung
C. Qualcomm
D. Toshiba

Q) Union Minister of Textiles Smriti Irani laid the foundation stone of the Integrated
Textiles Tourism Complex in which state?
A. Assam
B. Arunachal Pradesh
C. Mizoram
D. Meghalaya
Q) India has pledged to restore 50 lakh hectares of degraded land by which year?
A. 2025
B. 2030
C. 2028
D. 2032

Q) What is new the price fixed for the Jan Aushadhi Suvidha OxoBiodegradable
Sanitary Napkin?
A. Rs 1 per pad
B. Rs 2.50 per pad
C. Rs 1.50 per pad
D. Rs 2 per pad

Q) Microsoft India launched a program under which it will train __________

government employees over the next year on artificial intelligence and cloud computing
skills?
A. 1,000
B. 3,000
C. 5,000
D. 10,000

Q) Which cricket Stadium will be remaned after late Arun Jaitley?

A. Wankhede Stadium
B. Holkar Stadium
C. Barkatullah Khan Stadium
D. Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium

Q) Pal Benko who passed away recently was associated with which sport?
A. Badminton
B. Hockey
C. Polo
D. Chess

Q) Which bank has launched India's first one-time password (OTP) facility for ATM
withdrawals?
A. Canara Bank
B. Indian Bank
C. Punjab National Bank
D. State Bank of India

Q) Prakash Javadekar has inaugurated the National Centre for Avian Ecotoxicology in
which city?
A. New Delhi
B. Bengaluru
C. Hyderabad
D. Coimbatore

Q) The 45th Group of 7 or G7 Summit was held in which country?

A. France
B. Italy
C. Japan
D. Germany

Q) NASA has named the rock on Mars in honour of which iconic English band?
A. The Stone Poneys
B. The Rolling Stones
C. Stonebolt
D. 12 Stones

Q) President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the first-ever World Youth Conference in
which city?
A. Nagpur
B. Amravati
C. Kochi
D. New Delhi

Q) Which country has officially become the 73rd non-regional member of the Asian
Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)?
A. Serbia
B. Bolivia
C. Greece
D. Luxembourg

Q) Which company has acquired 49% stake in Kishore Biyani’s Future Coupons?
A. Flipkart
B. Amazon
C. Reliance
D. IndiaMART

Q) As per the Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan India will
have how many CNG stations in the next five years?
A. 12,000
B. 10,000
C. 15,000
D. 22,000

Q) The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has constituted Advisory Board for
Banking Frauds (ABBF) headed by T M Bhasin to examine bank fraud over Rs
_______________crore?
A. Rs 20 Crore
B. Rs 50 Crore
C. Rs 35 Crore
D. Rs 25 Crore

Q) Which of the following football clubs has won the 129th Durand Cup?
A. Mohun Bagan
B. FC Goa
C. Gokulam Kerala FC
D. Army Green
Q) The government will prepare a detailed roadmap for the nationwide distribution of
fortified ________ through ration shops?
A. Wheat
B. Rice
C. Pulses
D. Maize

Q) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the $4.2 million redevelopment project
of the 200-year-old Sri Krishna’s Shreenathji Temple in which country?
A. UAE
B. Bahrain
C. Qatar
D. France

Q)Which among the following Indian structures featured in Time’s 2019 list of 100
greatest places in world?
A. Sanchi Stupa
B. Ajanta Caves
C. Fatehpur Sikri
D. Statue of Unity

Q) The new Android version or Android Q of Google will now be officially known as
__________?
A. Android 10
B. Android NL
C. Android 13
D. Android XV

Q) An Advisory Committee for Fit India Movement has been formed under whose
chairmanship?
A. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
B. Kiren Rijiju
C. Narinder Dhruv Batra
D. Himanta Biswa Sarma

Q) Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has inaugurated FSSAI’s National Food
Laboratory (NFL) in which city?
A. New Delhi
B. Dehradun
C. Ranchi
D. Ghaziabad

Q) Shah Rukh Khanhas launched heritage postal stamp of which station on the
completion of 130 years of the railway station?
A. Nagpur station
B. Bandra station
C. Pune Junction
D. Dadar station
Q) Who has become the fastest Indian bowler to scalp 50 Test wickets?
A. Bhuvneshwar Kumar
B. Mohammed Shami
C. Kuldeep Yadav
D. Jasprit Bumrah

Q) Who was recently conferred ‘The King Hamad Order of the Renaissance’?
A. Donald Trump
B. Justin Trudeau
C. Narendra Modi
D. Benjamin Netanyahu

Q) Who has become the first Indian to win a Badminton World Championships gold?
A. Saina Nehwal
B. Ashwini Ponnappa
C. P. V. Sindhu
D. Rituparna Das

Q) Who has been chosen for the ‘Eminent Engineer Award for the Year 2019’ by the
Institution of Engineers (India)?
A. Prabhakar Singh
B. Nand Kumar Sai
C. Vinod Kumar Yadav
D. Utpal Bora

Q) Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced to celebrate September as a month of

________?
A. Martyrs
B. Artifical Intelligence
C. Nutrition
D. Science

Q) Shripad Yesso Naik inaugurated the two-day National Conference on Varmam

Science in which city?
A. New Delhi
B. Chennai
C. Pune
D. Amravati

Q) Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has announced that FASTags
will become mandatory for all vehicles from which month?
A. November 2019
B. January 2020
C. December 2019
D. March 2020

Q) Which state government has decided to canalise all rivers in the State, taking
technical support from the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank?
A. Assam
B. Bihar
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. Punjab

Q) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has announced a Rs 500 crore mega plan to
develop which place into a World Heritage City?
A. Puri
B. Cuttack
C. Konark
D. Sambalpur

Q) Name the Constable from Maharashtra who has won three medals at the recently
concluded World Police and Fire Games International Championship held in Chengdu,
China?
A. Aarti Kanekar
B. Neelam Vaidya
C. Monali Jadhav
D. Kalpana Saroj

Q) The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has declared which Energy as
renewable energy?
A. Geothermal
B. Biomass
C. Ocean
D. Thermal

Q) Which country has launched the floating nuclear reactor in Arctic?

A. Finland
B. Sweden
C. Denmark
D. Russia

Q) Who has become the first Indian male in 36 years to secure a medal in the BWF
World Championships?
A. Kidambi Srikanth
B. Ajay Jayaram
C. B Sai Praneeth
D. Prannoy Kumar

Q)Which state has been ranked first in Composite Water Management Index 2.0
prepared by NITI Aayog?
A. Uttar Pradesh
B. Gujarat
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Andhra Pradesh

Q) Government has announced to launch an e-commerce portal named “what” for the
benefit of MSME sector in India?
A. Bharat Craft
B. Naya Bharat
C. Vikraya
D. Samridh Bharat

Q) NASA has confirmed the Clipper Mission, an interplanetary mission to study

Jupiter’s which moon?
A. Ganymede
B. Europa
C. Callisto
D. Metis

Q) Discovery India and WWF India have partnered together to protect___________?

A. Tigers
B. Sunderbans
C. Asiatic lion
D. Western Ghats

Q) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated a monument in which country

dedicated to victims of two deadly Air India plane crashes in 1950 and 1966?
A. Italy
B. France
C. Bulgaria
D. Norway

Q) Which country has unveiled its new missile defence system “Bavar-373”?
A. Iran
B. Israel
C. Taiwan
D. India

Q) India’s GDP growth will grow at what percent in the FY 2020 as per the Moody’s?
A. 6.7%
B. 6.2%
C. 6.5%
D. 6.9%

Q) Which country launched an unmanned rocket carrying a life-size humanoid robot

named Fedor, (Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research)?
A. China
B. Japan
C. Russia
D. United States

Q) Who has been appointed as team India’s new batting coach?

A. Sanjay Bangar
B. Bharath Arun
C. R. Sridhar
D. Vikram Rathour

Q) Who has become the first woman to fly solo across Atlantic and Pacific Ocean?
A. Priya Jhingan
B. Aarohi Pandit
C. Gunjan Saxena
D. Nivedita Choudhary

Q) Which Ministry launched the Sabka Vishwas - Legacy Dispute Resolution Scheme
recently?
A. Ministry of Home Affairs
B. Ministry of Finance
C. Ministry Of Commerce And Industry
D. Ministry Of Consumer Affairs

Q) As per the SARAL Index which state has emerged as the best state for setting up a
roof top solar project?
A. Gujarat
B. Odisha
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. Karnataka

Q) Who has been conferred the ‘Pushkin Medal – 2019’?

A. Meeta Narain
B. Anita Vaidya
C. Nishtha Sharma
D. Suniti Singh

Q) Super 50 programme was recently launched in which state?

A. Bihar
B. Jharkhand
C. Uttar Pradesh
D. Maharashtra

Q) Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju and former India football captain Baichung Bhutia has
recently flagged off Op-Blue Freedom in which city?
A. New Delhi
B. Hyderabad
C. Dehradun
D. Pune

Q)Who has been appointed as new Defence Secretary?

A. Sanjay Mitra
B. Rajiv Bhalla
C. Ajay Kumar
D. Anurag Patidar

Q) Abdalla Hamdok has become the Prime Minister of which country?

A. Turkey
B. Egypt
C. Sudan
D. Nigeria
 National Sports Awards -2019 : List of All the winner
RAJIV GANDHI KHEL RATNA AWARD
 Bajrang Punia (Wresting)
 Ms. Deepa Malik (Para Athletics)
 DRONACHARYA AWARD (Regular Category)
 Vimal Kumar(Badminton)
 Sandeep Gupta(Table Tennis)
 Mohinder Singh Dhillon(Athletics)

DRONACHARYA AWARD (Life-Time Category)

 Sanjay Bhardwaj (cricket), Rambir Singh Khokar (kabaddi) and Mezban Patel
(hockey).

Dhyan Chand Award:

 Manoj Kumar (wrestling),
 C Lalremsanga (archery),
 Arup Basak (table tennis),
 Nitten Kirrtane (tennis) and Manuel Fredricks (hockey).

Arjuna Award:
Ravindra Jadeja (cricket), Mohammed Anas Yahiya (athletics), Gurpreet
Singh Sandhu (football), Sonia Lather (boxing), Chinglensana Singh Kangujam
(hockey), S
Bhaskaran (bodybuilding), Ajay Thakur (kabaddi), Anjum Moudgil (shooting),
Bhamidipati
Sai Praneeth (badminton). Tajinder Pal Singh Toor (athletics), Pramod Bhagat (para
sports-badminton), Harmeet Rajul Desai (table tennis), Pooja Dhanda (wrestling),
Fouaad Mirza (equestrian), Simran Singh Shergill (polo), Poonam Yadav (cricket),
Swapna Burman (athletics), Sundar Singh Gurjar (para sports-athletics) and Gaurav
Singh Gill (motorsports).

Q)Who has become the first Asian swimmer to cross the Catalina Channel of America?
A. Sandeep Sejwal
B. Sajan Prakash
C. Satyendra Singh Lohia
D. Anshul Kothari

Q) Babulal Gaur who passed away recently was former Chief Minister of which state?
A. Chhattisgarh
B. Madhya Pradesh
C. Bihar
D. Jharkhand
Q) Which state has rolled out Mahatma Gandhi Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana?
A. Haryana
B. Rajasthan
C. Gujarat
D. Punjab

Q) There has been a ______per cent decline in the number of forest wildlife populations
since 1970, according to the first-ever global assessment of forest biodiversity by World
Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)?
A. 34 %
B. 53 %
C. 47%
D. 38%

Q) Human Resources Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ launched the

Integrated Teachers Training Programme, named what?

A. NISHTHA
B. SHIKSHA
C. KARTAVYA
D. HAUSLA

Q) Amazon has opened its largest global campus building in which city?
A. Pune
B. Hyderabad
C. Bengaluru
D. Mumbai

Q) The Indian Railways has decided to put a ban on single-use plastic materials on its
premises, including trains with effect from
A. 31 October
B. 1 September
C. 2 October
D. 14 November

Q)Which railway station has become the 3000th station in the country to have free
public Wi-Fi?
A. Hoshiarpur
B. Kapurthala
C. Nagrota
D. Ellenabad

Q) Postal Department has released a stamp of which train recently, the price of the
stamp is kept at Rs 5?
A. Vande Bharat Express
B. Humsafar Express
C. UDAY Express
D. Antyodaya Express
Q) The Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) has come up with a new
scheme named “what” with the sole objective of funding exploration of new scientific
and engineering ideas having global impact?
A. SUPRA
B. START
C. NAINL
D. VENT

Q) The Union Home Ministry has fixed the retirement age of all Central Armed Police
Force (CAPF) personnel at _____ years?
A. 57 years
B. 65 years
C. 60 years
D. 62 years

Q) Noted Indian music director Mohammed Zahur Khayyam Hashmi who passed away
recently was born in which state?
A. Haryana
B. Maharashtra
C. Bihar
D. Punjab

Q) Which state government has classified Nictoine as “Class A poison”?

A. Odisha
B. Andhra Pradesh
C. Karnataka
D. Bihar

Q) Name the scientist of Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) who was
awarded JC Bose Fellowship?
A. Ajay Gaur
B. Hitendra Kumar Patel
C. Shrish Tiwari
D. K Thangaraj

Q) Who has been appointed as the President of the Paytm?

A. Tushar Vaidya
B. Madhur Deora
C. Rakesh Mishra
D. Shashi Singh

Q) Ashley Cole has announced his retirement from professional football, he played for
which country?
A. Spain
B. England
C. Germany
D. Croatia

Q) Who has been elected as an Honorary Life Member of the Marylebone Cricket Club
(MCC)?
A. Aaron Finch
B. Mitchell Starc
C. Steve Smith
D. Mitchell Johnson

Q) Sadbhavana Diwas is celebrated every year on which date to commemorate the birth
anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi?
A. August 20
B. August 19
C. August 21
D. August 18

Q) A book on Indian Economy (1870-2019) titled RESET is written by whom?

A. Raghuram Rajan
B. Arvind Subramanian
C. Subramanian Swamy
D. Urjit Patel

Q) Railways' second double-decker Uday Express will run between Visakhapatnam and
which city?
A. Bengaluru
B. Guntur
C. Tirupati
D. Vijayawada

Q) PM Modi has recently inaugurated Mangdechhu hydroelectric power plant in which

country?
A. Nepal
B. Bhutan
C. Sri Lanka
D. Malaysia

Q) Jagannath Mishra who passed away recently was the former Chief Minister of which
state?
A. Jharkhand
B. Himachal Pradesh
C. Bihar
D. Uttar Pradesh

Q) Which state has announced to set up ‘Lemru Elephant Reserve’ to provide

permanent habitat for the wild elephants in the state?
A. Karnataka
B. Odisha
C. Rajasthan
D. Chhattisgarh

Q) Researchers at IIT Madras have developed which Industrial and Field Robot?
A. SmartRob
B. GraspMan
C. AptMan
D. ProRob

Q) Who has claimed gold medals in both singles and doubles titles in Tennis events
during the World Police and Fire Games (WPFG) 2019?
A. Ashish Kapoor
B. Balbir Kumar Bawa
C. Gaurav Yadav
D. Sharad Satya Chauhan

Q) Which state has approved the conservation plan of Ansupa Lake?

A. Himachal Pradesh
B. Assam
C. Odisha
D. Andhra Pradesh

Q) Which documentary will receive the Guinness Award in the category of longest
documentary?
A. 100 Years of Chrysostum
B. The Cure for Insomnia
C. Crude Oil
D. World of Snakes

Q) Which state will get the India’s First Central Institute of Chemical Engineering &
Technology (CICET)?
A. Punjab
B. Haryana
C. Rajasthan
D. Gujarat

Q) Which country will honour the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the
“Order of Zayed“?
A. Qatar
B. UAE
C. Saudi Arab
D. Kuwait

Q) Which Country has honoured first glacier 'okjokull' lost to climate change with
funeral and plaque?
A. Iceland
B. Chile
C. Argentina
D. Greenland

Q) According to a report by Greenpeace, which country is the world’s largest emitter of

anthropogenic sulphur dioxide?
A. China
B. United States
C. India
D. Japan
Q) According to the Ministry’s 100-day plan, the Pradhan Mantri Laghu Vyapari
Maan-Dhan scheme would target enrolling _______ crore subscribers by 2023-2024?
A. 1 Crore
B. 2 Crore
C. 4 Crore
D. 5 Crore

Q) Which airline has become the first Indian airline to fly over North Pole?
A. IndiGo
B. SpiceJet
C. GoAir
D. Air India

Q) Which Indian Cricketer will have a stand named after him at the Feroz Shah Kotla
Stadium?
A. Rohit Sharma
B. Suresh Raina
C. Virat Kohli
D. Yuvraj Singh

Q) World's first museum dedicated to the life and teachings of 16th century saint and
social reformer Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was opened in which state?
A. Odisha
B. West Bengal
C. Uttar Pradesh
D. Rajasthan

Q) Which country has launched the Smart Dragon-1 rocket (SD-1) recently?
A. Japan
B. Russia
C. Israel
D. China

Q) Former prime minister Manmohan Singh was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha
from which state?
A. Punjab
B. Rajasthan
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Chhattisgarh

Q) Rajnath Singh has approved a Committee to review Defence Procurement

Procedure under whose chairmanship?
A. Apurva Chandra
B. Vikas Bahel
C. Anirudhh Singh
D. Harshit Saxena

Q) Which state launched a scheme named “School Fagadaba”(Make education better)

to improve the infrastructure of government schools in the state?
A. Mizoram
B. Nagaland
C. Sikkim
D. Manipur

Q) Who is the author of the novel “Second Night”?

A. Sharat Sabharwal
B. Rajiv Dogra
C. Vijay K. Nambiar
D. Satish Chandra

Q) Recently India has launched the Rupay Card in which country?

A. Thailand
B. Estonia
C. Latvia
D. Bhutan

Q) President Ram Nath Kovind has inaugurated the Presidential Guest House named
“what” at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai?
A. Jal Kiran
B. Surya Kiran
C. Veer Bhawan
D. Shaurya Sadan

Q) Which state has increased the reservation quota for OBCs from 14% to 27%?
A. Rajasthan
B. Tamil Nadu
C. Chhattisgarh
D. Bihar

Q) The Indian Embassy in Bulgaria has felicitated which filmmaker on the

Independence Day?
A. Rohit Shetty
B. Anurag Kashyap
C. Karan Johar
D. Farhan Akhtar

Q) Which country has got its first National Essential Diagnostics List (NEDL)?
A. Sweden
B. France
C. India
D. Norway

Q) Which two states are the partner states for the 54th “Know India Programme”?
A. Gujarat and Maharashtra
B. Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand
C. Bihar and Jharkhand
D. Punjab and Haryana

Q) Indian men’s cyclist won the historic gold medal at World Junior Track Cycling
Championships by beating which country?
A. China
B. Malaysia
C. Australia
D. Britain

President Awards Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman for

2019
 PRAKRIT: Ashish Kumar Jain
 PALI: Anoma Shriram Sakhare

Q) President Ram Nath Kovind has inaugurated an underground Bunker Museum at

Raj Bhavan in which city?
A. Mumbai
B. New Delhi
C. Patna
D. Lucknow

Q) Indonesia has decided to move its capital from Jakarta to ______?

A. Medan
B. Borneo
C. Padang
D. Palu City

Q) Tawlhlohpuan fabric of which state has got the GI Tag recently?

A. Assam
B. Nagaland
C. Mizoram
D. Manipur

 Mizo Puanchei of Mizoram received the GI tag

 Tirur Betel leaf from Kerala also received the GI tag

Q) Indian Navy will organise the multilateral naval exercise MILAN at Visakhapatnam
in which year?
A. 2020
B. 2022
C. 2021
D. 2023

Q) Which state will set up Atal Bihari Vajpayee residential schools for children of
labourers in all 18 divisions of state?
A. Karnataka
B. Gujarat
C. Uttar Pradesh
D. Madhya Pradesh

Q) The Central government has launched San-Sadhan Hackathon for providing

affordable toilet solutions for whom?
A. Divyang
B. Transgender
C. Women
D. Government Schools

Q) As per RBI, banks have to identify at least how many branches in a State/Union
Territory where they have presence to accept the deposits under the Gold Monetization
Scheme?
A. Five
B. Ten
C. One
D. Three

Q) Padma Shri awardee Damodar Ganesh Bapat who passed away recently was known
for his social work in tribal areas of which state?
A. West Bengal
B. Madhya Pradesh
C. Chhattisgarh
D. Jharkhand

Q) Which state has announced the “Mo Sarkar” initiative with an aim to ensure
transparency in the governance of the state?
A. Bihar
B. Rajasthan
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. Odisha

Q) 28th Ministerial meeting of BASIC countries was held in which country?

A. Brazil
B. India
C. China
D. South Africa

Q) Name the wrestler who has been nominated for the country’s highest sporting
honour — the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award?
A. Bajrang Punia
B. Sakshi Malik
C. Vinesh Phogat
D. Sushil Kumar

Q) National tribal festival “Aadi Mahotsav” began in which state/UT?

A. Himachal Pradesh
B. Puducherry
C. Ladakh
D. Arunachal Pradesh

Q) On occassion of Independence day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced to

invest _____lakh crore rupees in infrastructure building?
A. 50
B. 100
C. 250
D. 75

Q) Who has been conferred with Dr A P J Abdul Kalam award for the year 2019 by the
Tamil Nadu government?
A. K Sivan
B. Ritu Karidhal
C. Muthayya Vanitha
D. A S Kiran Kumar

Q) Which state has dedicated the 'Jung-E-Azadi' memorial to its people?

A. Haryana
B. Punjab
C. Chhattisgarh
D. Gujarat

Q) Researchers of which Indian Institute of Technology have turned eggshells into a

potential material for bone implants?
A. IIT Delhi
B. IIT Roorkee
C. IIT Bombay
D. IIT Hyderabad

Q) The first deployment of the Railway’s commando unit CORAS (Commando for
Railway Security) will be in which state?
A. Bihar
B. Jharkhand
C. Chhattisgarh
D. Uttar Pradesh

Q) Tamil Nadu has become the ______th indian state to declare a state butterfly?
A. Fourth
B. Fifth
C. Sixth
D. Seventh

Q)Which date has been chosen for celebrating Tamil Nadu Day?
A. November 1
B. December 1
C. September 3
D. October 5

Q) A powerful tropical storm Krosa has hit which country recently?

A. Japan
B. South Korea
C. China
D. Norway

 Japan
 Typhoon Nari
  Typhoon Francisco
 Typhoon Faxai

Q) Which country has won the 5th International Army Scout Masters competition?
A. Russia
B. China
C. Armenia
D. India

Q) Which Identification Number has been made compulsory by CBDT from October 1
to each of its communication?
A. PIN
B. CIN
C. DIN
D. SIN

Q) Who has been appointed as one of the six members of the Athletes Commission of
the Asian Athletics Association (AAA)?
A. P T Usha
B. Amrit Pal
C. Milkha Singh
D. Anju Bobby George

Q) Who has become the first batsman to score 20,000 international runs in a single
decade?
A. Rohit Sharma
B. M S Dhoni
C. Virat Kohli
D. Shikhar Dhawan

Q) Who has been awarded the 2019 Prem Bhatia Award for Outstanding Political
Reporting?
A. Ravish Kumar
B. Rajdeep Sardesai
C. Arnab Goswami
D. Rajat Sharma

Q) Golden Butterfly tea is a tea speciality of which state?

A. West Bengal
B. Nagaland
C. Assam
D. Karnataka

Q) The Free Voice: On Democracy, Culture and the Nation is the book written by
whom?
A. Amitav Ghosh
B. Ravish Kumar
C. Shashi Tharoor
D. Vikram Seth
 Books:
 Iqbal Chand Malhotra and Maroof Raza Pens Book Titled ‘Kashmir’s Untold Story:
Declassified’
 The book has been written by filmmaker Iqbal Chand Malhotra and defence analyst
Maroof Raza.
 ‘the Diary of Manu Gandhi’ : edited and translated by Dr Tridip Suhrud,
 Big Billion Startup: The Untold Flipkart Story : Mihir Dalal
 “Flawed: The Rise and Fall of India’s Diamond Mogul Nirav Modi” by Pavan C Lall

Q) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced an outlay of Rs___________lakh

crore for Jal Jeevan Mission to bring tap water to every house?
A. Rs 3.5 lakh crore
B. Rs 4.5 lakh crore
C. Rs 2.5 lakh crore
D. Rs 1.5 lakh crore

Q) The Tamil Nadu government has announced to create two more districts, with this
the total number of discticts in the state will be?
A. 32
B. 35
C. 37
D. 40

 Vellore district will be trifurcated to create Ranipet and Tirupattur

 Tenkasi district was carved out of Tirunelveli district, and Chengalpet, south of
Chennai, carved out of Kancheepuram district.
 These were the 34th and 35th districts of Tamil Nadu.
 In January, the government had announced the creation of the state’s 33rd district —
Kallakurichi, carved out of Villuppuram district.

Q) Kolkata Knight Riders has appinted whom as the head coach?

A. Ricky Ponting
B. Virendra Sehwag
C. Brendon McCullum
D. Sanath Jayasuriya

 England's World Cup-winning coach Trevor Bayliss will take charge of Sunrisers
Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League in 2020

Q) Foundation Stone for Indian Institute of Skills, was recently laid in which city?
A. New Delhi
B. Jaipur
C. Raipur
D. Mumbai

Q Who has become the India’s first junior World Champion in 18 years?
A. Deepak Punia
B. Palwinder Singh Cheema
C. Ramesh Kumar
D. Udey Chand

200 Best Current Affairs - Free PDF

 200 Best Current Affair September Part 1

Important Days:
 International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances : 30 August
 World Coconut Day: September 02
 The theme of 2019 World Coconut Day is ‘Coconut for Family Wellness’.
 International Day of Charity: September 5
 International Literacy Day: 08th September
 The Theme of International Literacy Day 2019 is Literacy and Multilingualism.
 World Suicide Prevention Day: September 10
 2019 Theme: Working Together to Prevent Suicide.
 World First Aid Day: 14 September

Orbituaries
 Pakistan’s master leg-spinner Abdul Qadir passed Away. Qadir, who played in 67
Tests and 104 ODIs had a total 368 wickets in his international career.
 Tonga's Prime Minister Akilisi Pohiva dies aged 78 Indonesia's former President B J
Habibie (Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie) passed away
 Formula 2 racer Anthoine Hubert passed away on August 31, 2019, after sustaining
injuries in a horrific crash during the feature race at Spa-Francorchamps in the
Belgian GP.
  The 4 Times Emmy Award-winning actress Valerie Harper passed away. She also has
Golden Globe award for playing the brash New Yorker on “The Mary Tyler Moore
Show”.
 Sahitya Akademi Award-winning writer Kiran Nagarkar passed away. His novel
“Cuckold” (1997) won him the 2001 Sahitya Akademi award. He wrote his first book
Saat Sakkam Trechalis in 1974 in his mother tongue, Marathi.
 Veteran Congress leader and former MP Sukhdev Singh Libra passed away. He was
the member of the 14th and 15th Lok Sabhas.
 Senior journalist Dilip Satpathy passes away at the age of 56 years. He was based in
Odisha
 Veteran freedom fighter Heeralal Sharma, who played a significant role in India’s
independence has passed away. He was 95.
 Tamil Film Director, Actor and Cinematographer Raja Sekar passed away. He was a
part of the director duo Robert-Rajasekar

Q) Gorewada International Zoo will be set up in which city?

A. Pune
B. Nagpur
C. Nashik
D. Mumbai

Q) Who is the author of the book “Obama: The Call of History”?

A. Peter Baker
B. Julian Barnes
C. Michael Donkor
D. Nick White
Q) The Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has launched the which campaign to
link beneficiaries of PMAY (urban) to other central schemes such as Ujjawala and
Ayushman Bharat?
A. Angikaar
B. Garima
C. Samavesh
D. Vridhi

Q) Which state has launched the ‘Walk to Work’ campaign in the state?
A. Manipur
B. Arunachal Pradesh
C. Nagaland
D. Meghalaya

Q) The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has launched which ecourse to create
awareness about natural hazards?
A. Mother Nature
B. Vulnerability Atlas of India
C. Seismic Zone of India
D. Conservation – The only way

Q) Government e Marketplace has signed an MoU with which bank to boost MSME
ecommerce sales?
A. SIDBI
B. NABARD
C. NHB
D. RBI

Q) Which Indian Airline has banned the usage of single-use plastic on the flight of its
subsidiaries from October 2, 2019?
A. IndiGo
B. SpiceJet
C. Air India
D. Vistara

Q) Who has bagged the Men's Player of the Year award for the 2018-19 UEFA
Champions League campaign?
A. Van Dijk
B. Lionel Messi
C. Alisson Becker
D. Neymar

Q) Mukhyamantri Parivar Samridhi Yojana was launched in which state?

A. Punjab
B. Rajasthan
C. Haryana
D. Uttar Pradesh

New Governors Appointed for 5 States

 The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind has approved the appointment of new
Governors of 5 states on September 01, 2019.
 Maharashtra – Bhagat Singh Koshyari (former Uttarakhand Chief Minister)
 Kerala – Arif Mohammed Khan
 Himachal Pradesh – Bandaru Dattatraya
 Rajasthan – Kalraj Mishra
 Telangana – Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan

Q) The Revenue Department has announced that the from September 01, 2019, what
per cent TDS will be deducted on cash withdrawal of over Rs 1 crore within a year?
A. 1 %
B. 3 %
C. 2 %
D. 1.5 %

Q) Name the American Racer who passed away recently, she was known popularly by
the nickname of “fastest woman on four wheels”?
A. Della Woods
B. Jessica Hawkins
C. Louise Cook
D. Jessi Combs

Q)Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) has partnered with which company to roll out
Build for Digital India’ programme?
A. Google
B. Microsoft
C. Wipro
D. Facebook

Q) Who has taken over as the new Director General (DG) of the Border Security Force
(BSF)?
A. Rajni Kant Mishra
B. Vivek Kumar Johri
C. Arun Bhagat
D. Raman Srivastava

Q) Who has been appointed as the officer on special duty (OSD) in the Prime Minister’s
Office?
A. Nripendra Misra
B. Ajay Raj Sharma
C. Pradeep Kumar Sinha
D. Birbal Nath

Q) Which country has won the SAFF U-15 Championships title?

A. Nepal
B. India
C. Maldives
D. Sri Lanka

Q) The entire month of September 2019 will be celebrated as the Rashtriya Poshan
Maah under which theme?
A. Balanced Diet
B. Complementary Feeding
C. Fortified Diet
D. No to Malnutrition

Q) Which government scheme has been conferred the prestigious SKOCH Governance
Gold Award?
A. Prime Minister Ujjwala Plan
B. Atal Pension Yojana
C. Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-NULM
D. Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana

Q) Who has taken charge as Vice Chief of the Army Staff?

A. Manoj Mukund Naravane
B. Devraj Anbu
C. Sarath Chand
D. Avtar Singh Lamba

Q) The economic growth slowed to a seven-year low of _______ per cent in April to
June quarter from 8 per cent a year ago?
A. 6 %
B. 5%
C. 7 %
D. 6.5%

Q) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has committed over $_______ billion in lending
to India over the next three years (2020-22)?
A. $ 10 billion
B. $ 5 billion
C. $ 12 billion
D. $ 7 billion

Q) India's first hospital train Lifeline Express also known as “Hospital on Wheels” was
inaugurated in which city?
A. Mumbai
B. New Delhi
C. Kochi
D. Chennai

Q) The Election Commission has launched a new mega programme named EVP across
the country. What is the full form of EVP?
A. Election Verification Programme
B. Elected Verified Programme
C. Election Voters Programme
D. Electors Verification Programme

Q) Google has celebrated the _______th birth anniversary of renowned Punjabi poet,
Amrita Pritam with a Google Doodle on August 31, 2019?
A. 150th
B. 100th
C. 200th
D. 125th

Q) Indonesia has moved its capital from Jakarta to _________?

A. West Kalimantan
B. West Sumatra
C. East Java
D. East Kalimantan

Q) Who is the author of the book “A Short History of Indian Railways”?

A. Sucheta Dalal
B. Biju Govind
C. Kalki Krishnamurthy
D. Rajendra B Aklekar

Q) Which IIT institution has collaborated with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to develop
the National Artificial Intelligence Resource Portal (NAIRP)?
A. IIT Delhi
B. IIT Bombay
C. IIT Kharagpur
D. IIT Madras
Q) Which country will train four Indian astronauts for India’s ambitious manned
mission to space, Gaganyaan?
A. Japan
B. Russia
C. Israel
D. Australia

Q) India will launch which project to carry out deep underwater studies in 2022?
A. Samudrayaan
B. Sagaryaan
C. Jal Tarang
D. Mahasagar

Q) 15th Indo-US Joint Military Exercise Yudh Abhyas 2019 will be held in which city?
A. New York
B. Seattle
C. Boston
D. Washington

Q)Who has assumed charge as the Chairman of Association of World Election

Bodies(AWEB) for the term 2019-21?
A. Sunil Arora
B. Kalyan Sundaram
C. Sukumar Sen
D. Nagendra Singh

Q) Who will be honoured with the prestigious 'Global Goalkeeper Award' by the Bill
and Melinda Gates Foundation ?
A. Amit Shah
B. Ram Nath Kovind
C. Venkaiah Naidu
D. Narendra Modi

Q) The High Commissions of Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and Fiji
jointly organised a cultural event ‘Namaste Pacific’ in which city?
A. New Delhi
B. Mumbai
C. Lucknow
D. Hyderabad

Q) IRDAI has set up a nine member panel to review its three-year old guidelines on
trade credit insurance under whose chairmanship?
A. Ishaat Hussain
B. Atul Sahai
C. Sandeep Bakshi
D. Kuldeep Patel

Q) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated 'Garvi Gujarat', the second state
bhawan of the Gujarat government in which city?
A. Mumbai
B. Bengaluru
C. Surat
D. New Delhi

Q) Who has become the fastest Indian wicket keeper to claim 50 dismissals in Test
cricket?
A. Rishabh Pant
B. Naman Ojha
C. KL Rahul
D. Dinesh Karthik

Q) Who is the author of the novel ‘Quichotte’ ?

A. Lucy Ellmann
B. Elif Shafak
C. Salman Rushdie
D. Bernardine Evaristo

Q) Oleksiy Honcharuk has been appointed New Prime Minister of which country?
A. Japan
B. Ukraine
C. Nigeria
D. Sweden

Q) Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu has dedicated India’s longest

electrified rail tunnel between Cherlopalli and ____________stations of Andhra
Pradesh?
A. Rapuru
B. Anantapur
C. Hindupur
D.Tenali

Q) The Reserve Bank will soon introduce varnished currency notes of which
denomination on a field trial basis?
A. ₹50
B. ₹200
C. ₹500
D. ₹100

Q) The 67th Nehru Trophy boat race, which is being deemed as the biggest water event
in Asia, was recently held at which city of Kerala?
A. Manjeri
B. Kottayam
C. Alappuzha
D. Kollam

Q) Which Holy place has been adjudged as the “Best Swachh Iconic place” in the
country in the ‘Swachh Iconic Places’?
A. Kedarnath
B. Tirupati Balaji
C. Shirdi Sai Mandir
D. Vaishno Devi temple

Q) Which country has unveiled its new unmanned aerial vehicle “Kian” in a bid to
enhance country’s defence system?
A. Israel
B. Russia
C. Iran
D. Japan

FIFA unveils official emblem for Qatar World Cup 2022

 The FIFA World Cup 2022 will be held in Qatar. FIFA has announced the official
emblem for the event.

Q) A mobile application named ‘C-Plan’ has been launched by which state?

A. Gujarat
B. Bihar
C. Uttar Pradesh
D. Madhya Pradesh

Q) India has announced a line of credit worth USD _____________ Billion for the
development of the Far East region of Russia?
A. USD 1 Billion
B. USD 2 Billion
C. USD 3 Billion
D. USD 4 Billion

Q) Which state has signed an MoU for sister state with the Delaware State of America?
A. Assam
B. Mizoram
C. Gujarat
D. West Bengal

Q) Nuakhai Juhar is a crop festival celebrated in which state?

A. Kerala
B. Chhattisgarh
C. Assam
D. Odisha

Q) India has been ranked at what position in the World Travel and Tourism
Competitiveness Index 2019?
A. 40th
B. 34th
C. 50th
D. 63rd

Q) Which city has topped the most liveable city in the world 2019?
A. Vienna
B. Melbourne
C. Sydney
D. Osaka

Q) Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus from which country was conferred the
‘Lamp of Peace of Saint Francis’ award by the Vatican?
A. India
B. Pakistan
C. South Africa
D. Bangladesh

Q) Centre has launched Rs 125 Crore worth which Initiative at IIT Kharagpur?
A. YUVA
B. SATHI
C. STAR
D. ABHI

Q) Cricketer Rohit Sharma has launched which campaign in partnership with WWF
India and Animal Planet?
A. Rohit4Rhinos
B. Rhinos2Save
C. SaveRhinos
D. Rhinos4World

Q) Robert Mugabe who passed away recently was the former President of which
country?
A. Nigeria
B. Kenya
C. Ghana
D. Zimbabwe

Q) The HRD Ministry has awarded Institution of Eminence (IoE) status to how many
public institutes?
A. Four
B. Three
C. Five
D. Six

These Public Institutes are:

 Delhi University
 Banaras Hindu University
 University of Hyderabad
 IIT-Madras
 IIT-Kharagpur

Q)An Indian Army team has successfully summited Mount Leo Pargyil (6773M), this
mountain is located in which state?
A. Himachal Pradesh
B. Uttarakhand
C. Jammu and Kashmir
D. Arunachal Pradesh

Q) Which state has won the IT Excellence Award, 2019 for using information
technology in the field of disaster management?
A. Andhra Pradesh
B. Odisha
C. Tamil Nadu
D. Maharashtra

Q) Indian army will participate in a multilateral exercise “TSENTR 2019” which will be
held in which country?
A. Russia
B. France
C. Japan
D. South Korea

Q) Central Board of Secondary Education has partnered with which company to build
AI learning for schools?
A. Wipro
B. Google
C. Microsoft
D. IBM
Q) Which state has got the first electric bus Shivaee for intercity services?
A. Gujarat
B. Maharashtra
C. Bihar
D. Tamil Nadu

Q) Which State/UT has decided to include other backward class and general category
students in its ‘Jai Bheem Mukhyamantri Yojana?
A. Karnataka
B. Delhi
C. Gujarat
D. Puducherry

Q) First Mega Food Park of Telangana was inaugurated in which district?

A. Nizamabad
B. Adilabad
C. Karimnagar
D. Siddipet

Q) The connection of Vikram lander was lost when it was _____ km away from Moon’s
Surface?
A. 2.1 km
B. 2.3 km
C. 2.5 km
D. 2.7 km

Q) Which state has come forward to set up replicas of all 51 shaktipeeths situated in the
Indian subcontinent?
A. Arunachal Pradesh
B. Manipur
C. Tripura
D. Nagaland

Q) Who is the author of the book “Savarkar: Echoes from a Forgotten Past, 1883–1924?
A. Kewal Dheer
B. Vish Dhamija
C. Debashis Sarkar
D. Vikram Sampath

Q) Who has won the women’s singles title of US Open 2019?

A. Bianca Andreescu
B. Serena Williams
C. Naomi Osaka
D. Ashleigh Barty

Q) Ram Jethmalani who passed way recently was born in which of the following
provinces of Pakistan?
A. Sindh
B. Punjab
C. Balochistan
D. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Q) India-Sri Lanka Maritime Fleet Exercise SLINEX 2019 is being held in which city?
A. Kochi
B. Visakhapatnam
C. Coimbatore
D. Mysuru

Q) The Union Government will spend Rs _______lakh crore in the next five years
under the newly formed Jal Jeevan Mission?
A. 2.5
B. 4.5
C. 3.5
D. 1.5

Q) Ramnath Kovind is the first-ever Indian President to visit which of the following
countries?
A. Slovakia
B. Iceland
C. Switzerland
D. Slovenia

Q) Which of the following is organising an ultra-marathon named as ‘Kargil to Kohima

(K2K): Glory Run’?
A. Indian Air Force
B. Indian Army
C. Border Security Force
D. Sashastra Seema Bal

Q) Union Minister of Environment Prakash Javdekar has recently inaugurated the new
building of Wildlife Institute of India in which city?
A. Shimla
B. Dehradun
C. Pune
D. New Delhi

Q) India’s first ‘water-grid’ will come up in which state?

A. Maharashtra
B. Gujarat
C. Bihar
D. Jharkhand

Q) Loktantra Ke Swar (Khand 2)’ and ‘The Republican Ethic (Volume 2)’ are the
books that contain speeches of which of the following politicians?
A. Amit Shah
B. Narendra Modi
C. Ram Nath Kovind
D. Sushma Swaraj
Q) Who will be awarded with the ‘Daughter Of The Nation’ title?
A. Asha Bhosle
B. Lata Mangeshkar
C. Shreya Ghoshal
D. Kavita Krishnamurthy

Q) Who has been elected Chairman of Press Trust of India (PTI)?

A. Vijay Kumar Chopra
B. N Ravi
C. Vineet Jain
D. Aditya Singh

Q) India’s first International Women’s Trade Centre (iWTC) will be set up in which
state?
A. Gujarat
B. Andhra Pradesh
C. Kerala
D. Uttar Pradesh

Q) A fun zone, the first of its kind in India, has been set up by the Railways at which
Railway Station?
A. Delhi
B. Visakhapatnam
C. Bhopal
D. Pune

Q) Bureau of Energy Efficiency has organised the International Conference ANGAN in

which city?
A. New Delhi
B. Pune
C. Kochi
D. Lucknow

Q) Which Team has Clinched the Duleep Trophy title 2019?

A. India Green
B. India Blue
C. India Yellow
D. India Red

Q) The country’s first-ever Helicopter Summit was held in which city?

A. Shimla
B. Dehradun
C. New Delhi
D. Pune

Q) Veeru Krishnan who passed away recently was associated with which classical
dance?
A. Bharatanatyam
B. Kathak
C. Kathakali
D. Kuchipudi

Q) Hurricane Dorian recently struck which country?

A. Bahamas
B. Jamaica
C. Chile
D. Argentina

Q) Who has become the new Chairman of Alibaba?

A. Daniel Zhang
B. Darren Woods
C. Daymond John
D. Steve Rowe

Q) India and which country have inaugurated the Motihari-Amlekhgunj oil pipeline?
A. Bangladesh
B. Myanmar
C. Bhutan
D. Nepal

Q) The 22nd Session of UN Committee on Convention on Rights of Persons with

Disabilities was held in which city?
A. Bern
B. Geneva
C. Zurich
D. Basel

Q) Dr Yusuf Hamied who has been inducted as honorary fellow of the Royal Society is
the chairman of which company?
A. Lupin
B. Piramal
C. Sun Pharmaceutical
D. Cipla

Q) Who has been appointed as the chief justice of the Gujarat High Court?
A. Hrishikesh Roy
B. Vikram Nath
C. Sanjay Kumar Seth
D. Krishna Murari

Q) Who has become the first T20I bowler to take 100 wickets?
A. Trent Boult
B. Lasith Malinga
C. Mohammed Shami
D. Mohammad Hafeez

Q) Which state government has announced penalty and imprisonment on defacing trees
on the roadside?
A. Gujarat
B. Assam
C. Tamil Nadu
D. Andhra Pradesh

Q) India will restore ________ million hectares of degraded land by 2030?

A. 21 million hectares
B. 32 million hectares
C. 26 million hectares
D. 18 million hectares

Q) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the Kisan Man Dhan Yojana (KMDY)
scheme on September 12, 2019 from which state?
A. Jharkhand
B. Bihar
C. Rajasthan
D. Uttar Pradesh

Q) Narendra Modi has launched the National Animal Disease Control Programme
(NADCP) in which city?
A. Jaipur
B. Surat
C. Mathura
D. Bhopal

Q) India has finalised a road map to spend how much billion dollars in the next five to
seven years to modernise the armed forces?
A. $130 billion
B. $100 billion
C. $120 billion
D. $150 billion

Q) Who has become the world’s youngest open water swimmer to cross the English
Channel in 13 hours and 26 minutes?
A. Nikita Khurana
B. Anchal Thakur
C. Nishtha Nigam
D. Gaurvi Singhvi

Q) Which state government is going to launch an online service for those wanting to
adopt a cow?
A. Uttar Pradesh
B. Rajasthan
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Gujarat

Q) Who has been appointed as the Principal Secretary to Prime Minister?

A. Nripendra Misra
B. P.K. Mishra
C. Ajay Sharma
D. Pushpendra Singh
Q) The Central Government has constituted a three-member committee under whose
chairmanship to look into the distribution of assets and liabilities of Jammu and
Kashmir between two successor Union territories?
A. Sanjay Mitra
B. Arun Goyal
C. Giriraj Prasad Gupta
D. Vinit Jain

Q) Who will be inducted into the 2019 Asia Pacific Golf Hall of Fame?
A. Jack Nicklaus
B. Gary Player
C. Pawan Munjal
D. David Chu

Q) 24th World Energy Congress was held in which city?

A. New Delhi
B. Abu Dhabi
C. Tokyo
D. London

Q) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate to the nation India’s second riverine
Multi-Modal terminal (MMT) built at Sahibganj in which state?
A. Bihar
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Jharkhand
D. Haryana

Q) Which state has the lowest consumption of iodised salt in India as per the Iodine
Survey 2018 – 2019?
A. Tamil Nadu
B. Andhra Pradesh
C. Odisha
D. Jharkhand

Q) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched a campaign named Swachhata Hi Seva
(SHS) 2019 from which city?
A. Jharkhand
B. Mathura
C. Indore
D. New Delhi

Q) Which state’s famous sweet srivilliputtur palkova has received the geographical
indication tag?
A. Andhra Pradesh
B. Tamil Nadu
C. Kerala
D. Karnataka

Q) Which company has introduced two mobile applications named ‘Good Vibes’ and
‘Relumino’ for the deaf-blind and people with low vision in the country?
A. Google
B. Apple
C. Samsung
D. Microsoft

Q) India and Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed 200 million dollar loan
agreement to upgrade rural roads in 34 districts of which state to improve road safety?
A. Gujarat
B. Jharkhand
C. Uttar Pradesh
D. Maharashtra

Q) Which state has launched the Mukhyamantri Vyapari Samuhik Niji Durghatna
Beema Yojana” and “Mukhyamantri Vyapari Kshatipurti Beema Yojana“?
A. Haryana
B. Punjab
C. Bihar
D. Rajasthan

Q) Name the India’s second Scorpene-class attack submarine which will be

commissioned into the Navy on September 28 in Mumbai, Maharashtra?
A. INS Vela
B. INS Kalvari
C. INS Karanj
D. INS Khanderi

Q) Which Indian Diplomat was honoured with the First Class Order of Zayed II award
by UAE?
A. Virendra Dayal
B. Vikas Swarup
C. Navdeep Singh Suri
D. Jayant Prasad

Q) Who has become the first tribal girl of Odisha's Malkangiri district to have become a
pilot?
A. Anupriya Lakra
B. Rashmi Sharma
C. Shivika Khurana
D. Nisha Chaturvedi

Q) Which movie has won the Golden Lion Award at the 76th Venice International Film
Festival?
A. A star is Born
B. Roma
C. The Shape of Water
D. Joker

Q) Who has been conferred the “Lata Mangeshkar Award” for the year 2019- 20?
A. Snehal Bhatkar
B. Kary Arora
C. Usha Khanna
D. Vishal Bhardwaj

Q) PM Modi has launched the ‘Swarojgar’ pension scheme for self-employed in which
the pensioners will get Rs ______ per month after completing 60 years of age?
A. 3,000
B. 5,000
C. 6,000
D. 4,000

Q)Who has scripted history by becoming the first woman to claim two hattricks in
white-ball cricket?
A. Meghann Moira
B. Katherine Helen
C. Sarah Jane
D. Megan Schutt

Q) Indo-Thailand joint military exercise Maitree 2019 will take place from from 16-29
Sep 2019 in which state?
A. Assam
B. Meghalaya
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. Himachal Pradesh

Q) Name the second Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEWC) aircraft which was
handed over by DRDO to the Indian Air Force?
A. Mitra
B. Nayan
C. Netra
D. Vayu

Q) Which country recently has become a member of the Global Antimicrobial

Resistance (AMR) Research and Development (R&D) Hub?
A. India
B. Sweden
C. Norway
D. France

Q) How many Indian women police officers were honoured by the United Nations for
their commendable services in the world body’s mission in South Sudan?
A. Six
B. Eight
C. Five
D. Ten

1. Reena Yadav (Inspector Chandigarh Police)

2. Gopika Jahagirdar (DSP, Maharashtra Police)
3. Bharati Samantray (DSP, Ministry of Home Affairs)
4. Ragini Kumari (Inspector, Ministry of Home Affairs)
5. Kamal Shekhawat (ASP, Rajasthan Police)
Q) Which country has flagged off ‘Make In India’ train - Pulathisi Express?
A. Bhutan
B. Sri Lanka
C. Nepal
D. Myanmar

Q) Mahabaleshwara MS, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of which

bank, has been inducted to the managing committee of Indian Banks’ Association
(IBA)?
A. Bank of Maharashtra
B. Karnataka Bank
C. Canara Bank
D. Bank of India

Q) Who has been appointed as the head of the UN mission in Hodeidah, Yemen?
A. Anil Chauhan
B. Abhay Krishna
C. Bimal Verma
D. Abhijit Guha

Q) Who has been nominated for the prestigious Padma Vibhushan award?
A. PV Sindhu
B. Mary Kom
C. Vinesh Phogat
D. Hima Das

Q) Who has been appointed as the Brand Ambassador Of Fit India Movement?
A. Hrithik Roshan
B. Shilpa Agrawal
C. Rujuta Diwekar
D. Tiger Shroff

Q) Audio equipment maker JBL has signed which Bollywood actor as its newest global
brand ambassador?
A. Ranveer Singh
B. Varun Dhawan
C. Ranbir Kapoor
D. Hrithik Roshan

Q) Which state has topped logistics Ease Across Different States (LEADS) index?
A. Rajasthan
B. Gujarat
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. Maharashtra

Q) ‘Mukhya Mantri Dal Poshit Yojana’ has been launched by which state?
A. Assam
B. West Bengal
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Uttarakhand
Q) National Green Tribunal (NGT) has set up a committee to stop illegal groundwater
extraction under whose chairmanship?
A. Akhil Kumar
B. Gautam Saxena
C. Adarsh Kumar Goel
D. Rajeev Kumar

Q) “The Daughter from a Wishing Tree” has been written by whom?

A. Sudha Murthy
B. Usha Ananthasubramanian
C. Shikha Sharma
D. Arundhati Bhattacharya

Q) Indian Army will conduct Exercise ‘HimVijay’ in which two states?

A. Arunachal Pradesh and Assam
B. West Bengal and Bihar
C. Gujarat and Maharashtra
D. Nagaland and Mizoram

Q) Which state has launched a web portal, named the Jan Soochna Portal-2019?
A. Madhya Pradesh
B. Rajasthan
C. Gujarat
D. Uttarakhand

Q) BN Yugandhar who passed away recently was a former bureaucrat and had served
as secretary of which former prime minister?
A. PV Narasimha Rao
B. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Inder Kumar Gujral
C. Manmohan Singh

Q) Where will the International Ramayana Festival 2019 inaugurated?

A. Mathura
B. Bhopal
C. New Delhi
D. Jaipur

Q) Hindi Day is observed every year on?

A. 15 September
B. 13 September
C. 12 September
D. 14 September

Q) The Haryana Government has appointed which crickter as the first Chancellor of
Sports University, Rai (Sonepat)?
A. Kapil Dev
B. Vinod Kambli
C. Sandeep Patil
D. Ajay Jadej
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Important Days

 World Water Monitoring Day: September 18

 World Patient Safety Day 2019: 17 September
 The theme for the first World Patient Safety Day is “Patient Safety: a global health
priority” and the slogan is ”Speak up for patient safety.
 World Alzheimer's Day is observed on September 21
 The theme for World Alzheimer's Month 2019 : raising awareness and challenging
stigma.
 International Day of Peace: September 21
Theme 2019 – Climate Action for Peace
 International Day of Democracy: September 15
The theme for 2019 International Day of Democracy is “Participation”
 International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer or World Ozone Day :
16 September
Theme of the day for 2019: 32 Years and Healing
 The International Day of Sign Languages : 23 September
The theme of Sign languages Day 2019 is – Sign Language Rights for All.
 28 September - World Rabies Day 2019
 World Heart Day - September 29
Theme - MY Heart, Your Heart

Obituaries
 Malayalam Writer Sivaraman Cheriyanad
 Film editor Sanjib Kumar Datta, edited movies like Iqbal, Ek Hasina Thi and
Mardaani to his credit
 Robert Garrison – Actor, born in Poland
 Iconic American singer-songwriter Eddie Money
 Renowned film director Shyam Ramsay
 Jacques Chirac - former President of France
 American Television producer, Four-time Emmy Award winner “J Michael
Mendel”
 Ex-president of Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
 Veteran actor S.K. Padmadevi, He was part of the first Kannada talkie film
 Bhagat Ram Vats, a former PTI Journalist who travelled extensively with first prime
minister
Jawaharlal Nehru
 Former football player Fernando Ricksen (Netherlands) passed away.
 Veteran cricketer Madhav Apte
 Robert S Boyd, American Pulitzer Prize winning journalist

Important Books
 The book titled “The Cousins Thackeray: Uddhav, Raj and the Shadow of their
Senas” written by the journalist Dhaval Kulkarni
 Award-winning author Siddharth Shanghvi book titled “Loss”.
Q) September 15 is celebrated as National Engineers’ Day in India and in which two
countries?
A. Sri Lanka and Tanzania
B. Bhutan and Nepal
C. Myanmar and Indonesia
D. China and Japan

Q) Name the India’s first company which has provided broadband services to the
maritime sector?
A. Essel
B. Nelco
C. Bharti Airtel
D. Reliance

Q) President Ram Nath Kovind has inaugurated a bronze bust of Mahatma Gandhi in
which city of Switzerland?
A. Bern
B. Zürich
C. Villeneuve
D. Lausanne

Q) Which state government has decided that the Chief Minister and other state
ministers will pay their own income taxes?
A. Madhya Pradesh
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Himachal Pradesh
D. Gujarat

Q) The government is set to launch a major programme offering 1,000 PhD fellowships
to the students of whch organization at IITs in India?
A. ASEAN
B. BRICS
C. SAARC
D. BIMSTEC

Q) Union Minister for Environment and Forest Prakash Javadekar has recently flagged
off a Jaldoot vehicle in which city?
A. New Delhi
B. Jaipur
C. Surat
D. Pune

Q) An innovative project for constructing a floating school for marginalised children in

which country has been awarded the prestigious Aga Khan Architecture Award 2019?
A. Nepal
B. Bangladesh
C. Bhutan
D. India

Q) Which country has become the 79th member of International Solar Alliance?
A. Palau
B. South Sudan
C. Cameroon
D. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Q) Union Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), Dr.

Mahendra Nath Pandey laid the foundation stone for Indian Institute of Skills in which
city recently?
A. Bhopal
B. New Delhi
C. Mumbai
D. Jaipur

Q) The world's first malaria vaccine was recently being launched in which country?
A. Kenya
B. Nigeria
C. Cameroon
D. Sudan

Q) UNESCO has decided to translate and publish an anthology of the writings of which
Sikh Guru in world languages?
A. Guru Nanak Dev
B. Guru Gobind Singh
C. Guru Tegh Bahadur
D. Guru Arjan

Q) Which country has topped the CPJ (Committee to Protect Journalists) list of worst
countries for press censorship?
A. North Korea
B. Turkmenistan
C. Saudi Arabia
D. Eritrea

CPJ'S 10 MOST CENSORED COUNTRIES

1. Eritrea
2. North Korea
3. Turkmenistan
4. Saudi Arabia
5. China
6. Vietnam
7. Iran
8. Equatorial Guinea
9. Belarus
10. Cuba

Q) Which movie has become the only Indian film to feature in “The Guardian” list of
100 Best Films of the 21st century?
A. Black Friday
B. Haider
C. Kadvi Hawa
D. Gangs Of Wasseypur

Q) Which country has won the Basketball World Cup held in Beijing, China?
A. Argentina
B. Germany
C. Brazil
D. Spain

Q) US President Donald Trump joined PM Narendra Modi at a mega event named

"Howdy, Modi”, the event was held in which city?
A. Chicago
B. Seattle
C. Houston
D. Los Angeles

Q) Polish WW-II Memorial Pillar was recently inaugurated in which city?

A. Satara
B. Pune
C. Nashik
D. Kolhapur

Q) Who has won the Best Actress award at the Indian International Film Festival of
Boston?
A. Kangana Ranaut
B. Neena Gupta
C. Alia Bhatt
D. Priyanka Chopra

Q) Neermahal Jal Utsav was recently concluded in which state?

A. Nagaland
B. Assam
C. West Bengal
D. Tripura

Q) Dikshi Hydroelectric Project was recently inaugurated in which state?

A. Himachal Pradesh
B. Arunachal Pradesh
C. Assam
D. Manipur

Q) 11th International Hrant Dink Award has been won by whom?

A. Agnes Kharshiing
B. Ritu Jaiswal
C. Veda Kumar
D. Somen Debnath

Q) SITMEX-2019 is a trilateral exercise between India, Singapore and which country?

A. Japan
B. Malysia
C. Thailand
D. Sri Lanka

Q) Ministry of Commerce & Industry through Export Credit Guarantee Corporation

(ECGC) has introduced which Export Credit Insurance Scheme (ECIS)?
A. NIRVIK
B. ABHIK
C. VINIT
D. ABHIR

Q) Who has been conferred the Dr Kalam Smriti International Excellence Award 2019?
A. KP Sharma Oli
B. Sheikh Hasina
C. Lotay Tshering
D. Vladimir Putin

Q) India has commenced a special training programme for the civil servants of which
two countries at Mussoorie in Uttarakhand?
A. Nepal & Sri Lanka
B. Bhutan & Myanmar
C. Maldives & Bangladesh
D. Bhutan & Bangladesh

Q) Mukhya Mantri Seva Sankalp Helpline '1100’ was recently launched in which state?
A. Himachal Pradesh
B. Uttarakhand
C. Assam
D. West Bengal

Q) What is the full form of SIMS which was recently launched by the government?
A. Steel Import Mega Solution
B. Solar Impact Monitoring System
C. Steel Import Monitoring System
D. Silicon Import Monitoring System

Q) India has successfully test-fired air-to-air missile Astra which has strike range of?
A. 70 km
B. 45 km
C. 125 km
D. 100 km

Q) Bill and Melinda Gates has honored whom with Global Goalkeeper Award?
A. Donald Trump
B. Narendra Modi
C. Justin Trudeau
D. Scott Morrison

Q) Who has become India's first female military diplomat to be posted in any of the
Indian missions abroad?
A. Anjali Singh
B. Deepa Kumari
C. Anwesha Chaudhary
D. Khyati Saxena

Q) Which country has unveiled 350-metre-tall 17-storey Lotus Tower which is

considered to be the South Asia’s tallest tower?
A. Japan
B. China
C. Sri Lanka
D. India

Q) According to United Nations Report, India was the leading country of origin of
international migrants in 2019 with a ________million strong diaspora?
A. 11.8 million
B. 10.7 million
C. 7.8 million
D. 17.5 million

Q) Hyderabad Karnataka region of Karnataka state has been renamed as

______________?
A. Kalyana Karnataka
B. Hitkari Karnataka
C. Sukhi Karnataka
D. Samridh Karnataka

Q) Which documentary film has been nominated for the Oscars, this films is based on
the struggle of a farmer in a remote Uttarakhand village?
A. Kaagaz Ki Kashti
B. Amoli
C. Moti Bagh
D. Eknathji
Q) Name the American swimmer who has become the first person to swim across the
English Channel four times non-stop in a 54-hour?
A. Sarah Thomas
B. Katie Ledecky
C. Jenny Thompson
D. Brooke Bennett

Q) Which state will host the United Nations International Conference on drugs,
HIV/AIDS?
A. Assam
B. Nagaland
C. Manipur
D. West Bengal

Q) Indian Air Force has started receiving the Spice-2000 bombs from which country?
A. Russia
B. United States
C. Israel
D. France

Q) Who has become the first Indian wrestler to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics 2020?
A. Geeta Phogat
B. Babita Kumari
C. Vinesh Phogat
D. Sakshi Malik

Q) India’s first National Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Hub was inaugurated in

which city?
A. New Delhi
B. Kolkata
C. Hyderabad
D. Kochi
Q) South Asia’s first environmental school (WESc) will come up in which state?
A. Kerala
B. Karnataka
C. Odisha
D. Andhra Pradesh

Q) Which animal has been chosen by the Beijing for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games?
A. Shark
B. Tortoise
C. Panda
D. White Bear
  The panda is named Bing Dwen Dwen , A lantern child called Shuey Rhon Rhon

Q) The Ministry of Home Affairs is set to launch India’s first Central Police University
in which city?
A. New Delhi
B. Dehradun
C. Hyderabad
D. Greater Noida

Q) Beauty brand, Body Shop has appointed which bollywood actress as new brand
ambassador?
A. Alia Bhatt
B. Shraddha Kapoor
C. Aditi Haider
D. Kareena Kapoor

Q) Google has launched an artificial intelligence (AI) lab called Google Research India
in which city?
A. Hyderabad
B. Pune
C. Bengaluru
D. New Delhi

Q) Who has been appointed as the National Security Adviser of United States of
America?
A. Robert O’Brien
B. John Bolton
C. Ben Carson
D. Rick Perry

Q) Who has been felicitated in the US with a prestigious Education Excellence Award
2019?
A. Anand Kumar
B. Byju Raveendran
C. Arvind Gupta
D. Aditya Kumar

Q) Who has been appointed as the next Air Chief?

A. Surinder Mehra
B. Swaroop Krishna Kaul
C. Pradeep Vasant Naik
D. RKS Bhadauria

Q) Havells India Limited has appointed whom as the Brand Ambassador for its male
grooming products?
A. Varun Dhawan
B. Ayushman Khurrana
C. Vicky Kaushal
D. Siddharth Malhotra

Q) The Government of Maharashtra has decided to set up ‘Swachh Bharat World

University’ in which city?
A. Pune
B. Wardha
C. Latur
D. Ahmednagar

Q2) Who has won the Best Actress award at the 20th edition of International Indian
Film Academy Awards (IIFA) 2019?
A. Deepika Padukone
B. Kangana Ranaut
C. Alia Bhatt
D. Neena Gupta

 Best Film – Raazi

 Best Actor (Female) – Alia Bhatt for Raazi
 Best Actor (Male) – Ranveer Singh for Padmaavat
 Best Director – Sriram Raghavan for Andhadhun

Q)Which state will observe 2020 as Year of Artificial Intelligence?

A. Andhra Pradesh
B. Tamil Nadu
C. Odisha
D. Telangana

Q) The government has approved ________ % interest rate on employees provident

fund for 2018-19?
A. 8.55%
B. 8.65%
C. 8.75%
D. 8.60%
Q) As per Finance Minister, no stressed MSME will be declared as NPA till
___________?
A. November 30, 2019
B. January, 2020
C. December 31, 2019
D. March 31, 2020

Q) Ministry of Human Resource Development has announced a new PPP Scheme name
NEAT? What is the full form of NEAT?
A. National Educational Alliance for Technology
B. National Educational Artificial Technology
C. National Elementary Academy for Technology
D. National Educational Academy for Technicians

Q) SEBI has constituted a working group on Social Stock Exchanges (SSE) under the
chairmanship of whom?
A. Ajay Tyagi
B. Ananta Barua
C. S.K. Mohanty
D. Ishaat Hussain

Q) The Government of India has announced a significant reduction in corporate tax

rate for domestic company to _________%?
A. 15 %
B. 27 %
C. 22 %
D. 18 %

Q) Which movie has been chosen as India's official entry for the 92nd Oscars?
A. Andhadhun
B. Uri
C. Badhaai Ho
D. Gully Boy

Q) Which state will host the country's first-ever 'trans art festival‘?
A. Odisha
B. Karnataka
C. Kerala
D. Maharashtra

Q) Data Security Council of India (DSCI) has collaborated with the electronics and IT
ministry (MeitY) and which company to launch a nationwide awareness campaign
'Digital Payment Abhiyan‘?
A. Microsoft
B. Facebook
C. Wipro
D. Google

Q) NTPC will set up country’s biggest solar park in which state?

A. Madhya Pradesh
B. Gujarat
C. Uttar Pradesh
D. Arunachal Pradesh

Q) Who has created history by becoming the first Indian male boxer to reach the final
of AIBA World Boxing Championships?
A. Amit Panghal
B. Akhil Kumar
C. Shiva Thapa
D. Sachin Siwach

Q) Which State/UT has launched “Champions Campaign” to fight dengue?

A. Ladakh
B. Gujarat
C. Uttar Pradesh
D. Delhi

Q) Which dance has created history yet again by breaking into the Guinness book of
world records as the largest Ladakhi dance?
A. Jabro Dance
B. Cham Dance
C. Shon Dance
D. Shondol Dance

Q) High Court of which state has stated that the right to have access to the Internet is
part of the fundamental right to education as well as the right to privacy under Article
21 of the Constitution?
A. Madhya Pradesh
B. Rajasthan
C. Himachal Pradesh
D. Kerala

Q) Who has won women’s singles title at China Open Badminton Title 2019?
A. Nozomi Okuhara
B. Carolina Marin
C. Tai Tzu Ying
D. P V Sindhu

Q) The Indian Railway has installed a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle crushing
machine in which train?
A. Avadh Express
B. Azad Hind Express
C. Mumbai Rajdhani Express
D. Chetak Express

Q) Which state and New Jersey in the United States of America have inked a sister state
agreement?
A. Jharkhand
B. Rajasthan
C. Gujarat
D. Himachal Pradesh

Q) Who has won the first Gauri Lankesh award for Journalism?
A. Rajat Sharma
B. Sudhir Chaudhary
C. Anjana Om Kashyap
D. Ravish Kumar

Q) Madhya Pradesh government has appointed which Bollywood actor as the brand
ambassador to promote state’s traditions and tourist places?
A. Shahrukh Khan
B. Govinda
C. Irfan Khan
D. Varun Dhawan

Q) The tourism sector of which state has won three prestigious Pacific Asia Travel
Association (PATA) Gold awards in Nur-Sultan (Astana), Kazakhstan?
A. Karnataka
B. Uttarakhand
C. Assam
D. Kerala

Q) The government has announced to set up a national eassessment centre (NeAC) in

which of these cities?
A. Bengaluru
B. Dehradun
C. New Delhi
D. Pune

Q) “Exercise Tiger Triumph” will be conducted between India and which country?
A. United States
B. Japan
C. Russia
D. China

Q) The Navy has planned to name the seventh ship in the P17A frigate series as
_______?
A. Aparna
B. Jaladhija
C. Mahendragiri
D. Mukund

Q) Which among the following travel groups collapsed recently due to bankruptcy?
A. Virgin Atlantic Airways
B. Thomas Cook
C. Qantas Airways
D. Qatar Airways
Q) Union Government has launched which initiative to tackle inherited genetic
diseases?
A. SAHAY
B. MADAD
C. UMMID
D. KHAIRIYAT

Q) Who has won the best FIFA player of the year award for a record sixth time?
A. Virgil van Dijk
B. Cristiano Ronaldo
C. Lionel Messi
D. Luis Suárez

Q) The 2019 UN Climate Action Summit was held in which of the following cities?
A. New York
B. Los Angeles
C. Houston
D. Chicago

Q) The tickets of which color will be issued to women passengers under the Delhi
government's scheme for free travel in DTC?
A. Blue
B. Yellow
C. Pink
D. Green

Q) Union Minister for Home Affairs, Shri Amit Shah has recently launched three
citizen centric services of the Chandigarh Police, which among the following was not
included?
A. ERSS- Dial 112
B. E-Beat Book
C. E-Saathi App
D. Strike App

Q) Which is the first Indian Railways station to be awarded with green ‘Platinum
rating’ by the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC)?
A. Palanpur Junction
B. Secunderabad junction
C. Lucknow Junction
D. Ahmedpur Junction

Q) Who will receive this year’s Dada Sahab Phalke award?

A. Dharmendra
B. Sharmila Tagore
C. Amitabh Bachchan
D. Waheeda Rehman

Q) “How dare you? You have stolen my dreams, my childhood with your empty words”
are the words said by whom?
A. Greta Thunberg
B. Malala Yousafzai
C. Jaden Anthony
D. Martinez

Q) The Centre has introduced a new scheme - Assistance for Deep Sea Fishing - for
fishermen of which state?
A. Andhra Pradesh
B. Kerala
C. Tamil Nadu
D. West Bengal

Q) Which state has recently launched “Aponar Apon Ghar” scheme?

A. Manipur
B. West Bengal
C. Assam
D. Nagaland

Q) 25th Senior Women's National Football Championship has been won by ______?
A. Services
B. Railways
C. Goa
D. Manipur

Q) Defense Minister Rajnath Singh has formally commissioned which Coast Guard
offshore patrol vessel at the Chennai Port Trust in Chennai?
A. Varaha
B. Samarth
C. Sankalp
D. Veera

Q) Who has become the first woman officer from Arunachal Pradesh to be elevated to
the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Indian Army?
A. Gum Tayeng
B. Ponung Doming
C. Binny Yanga
D. Tongam Rina

Q) SASTRA Ramanujan prize for 2019 will be conferred on whom?

A. Artur Avila
B. Umesh Vazirani
C. Peter Whittle
D. Adam Harper

Q) The fifth edition of India International Science Festival (IISF) will be held in which
city?
A. New Delhi
B. Kolkata
C. Mumbai
D. Dehradun
Q) Which Indian girl has received the Changemaker Award at the Goalkeepers Global
Goals Awards?
A. Manjut Apte
B. Nimrit Sharma
C. Anju Nigam
D. Payal Jangid

Q) Who has clinched FIDE's 2019 Women's Grand Prix title held in Skolkovo, Russia?
A. Koneru Hampi
B. Padmini Rout
C. Harika Dronavalli
D. Tania Sachdev

Q) Team of which IIT institution has developed a One-Rupee Test device to Measure
Haemoglobin Levels?
A. IIT Delhi
B. IIT Bombay
C. IIT Madras
D. IIT Kharagpur

Q) National unity and integrity award has been constituted on whose name?
A. Veer Savarkar
B. Mahatma Gandhi
C. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
D. Subhash Chandra Bose

Q) Kristalina Georgieva who has been selected as the new head of the International
Monetary Fund(IMF) hails from which country?
A. Germany
B. Bulgaria
C. Sweden
D. United States

Q) World Maritime Day 2019 was observed on?

A. 25 September
B. 24 September
C. 26 September
D. 23 September

Q) Who has elected for a second term as president of the International Association of
Athletics Federations’ (IAAF)?
A. Primo Nebiolo
B. Adriaan Paulen
C. Lamine Diack
D. Sebastian Coe

Q) Centre has reconstituted the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister
(EAC-PM) for a period of two years under whose chairmanship?
A. Ramesh Chand
B. Bibek Debroy
C. Rajiv Kumar
D. V. K. Saraswat

Q) Who will take over as the new Chairman of Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC)?
A. BS Dhanoa
B. V K Johri
C. Surjeet Singh Deswal
D. Bipin Rawat

Q) The first-ever India-Caricom Leaders’ Summit was held in which city?

A. New Delhi
B. New York
C. Sydney
D. Kingston

Q) Payment technology company Visa has appointed whom as its Brand Ambassador?
A. PV Sindhu
B. Mary Kom
C. Saina Nehwal
D. Hima Das

Q) The 23rd edition “Malabar 2019” maritime exercise is being conducted in which
city?
A. Tokyo
B. Osaka
C. Kobe
D. Sasebo

Q) Who has been appointed as goodwill ambassador for Maharashtra Assembly polls?
A. Madhuri Dixit
B. Rani Mukherjee
C. Shilpa Shetty
D. Sonali Bendre

Q) Who has been honoured with International Association of Athletics Federations

(IAAF) Veteran Pin?
A. Jinson Johnson
B. PT Usha
C. Neeraj Chopra
D. Dutee Chand

Q) Who among the following has won the Sweden's alternative Nobel Prize?
A. Davi Kopenawa
B. Guo Jianmei
C. Greta Thunberg
D. All of the above

Q) What is the rank of India in IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking 2019?
A. 58th
B. 44th
C. 38th
D. 20th

Q)Who is the author of the book ‘Reset: Regaining India’s Economic Legacy?
A. Subramanian Swamy
B. Suresh Prabhu
C. Shashi Tharoor
D. Raghuram Rajan

Q) The AYUSH Ministry has unveiled which comic book series for children to make
them aware of the importance of medicinal plants and their use for home remedies?
A. Professor Ayushman
B. Doctor Ayush
C. Vriksh aur Sehat
D. Paudhe Hamare Mitra

Q) Who has been appointed as chairman of the International Egg Commission (IEC)?
A. Uttaradevi Rao
B. B Soundararajan
C. Suresh Chitturi
D. Jagbir Singh Dhull

Q) World Tourism Day was observed on?

A. 26 September
B. 27 September
C. 25 September
D. 24 September

Q) Which state has unveiled Mascot ‘Tiki Mausi’ to Combat Malnutrition Among
Children & Women?
A. Karnataka
B. Andhra Pradesh
C. Odisha
D. Rajasthan

Q)Indo-Kazakhstan Joint Military Exercise KAZIND will be held in which of the

following places?
A. Dehradhun
B. Shimla
C. Vishakhapatnam
D. Pithoragarh

Q) Which country has launched World’s Biggest Transport Space Ship dubbed as
Kounotori8?
A. Russia
B. Japan
C. China
D. Israel
Q) Green Bonds named FX piles has been launched by which bank?
A. World Bank
B. Asian Development Bank
C. Bank of International Settlements
D. New Development Bank

Q) Which state has bagged the Best State award for overall growth in tourism category
at the National Tourism Awards 2017-18?
A. Goa
B. Rajasthan
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Andhra Pradesh

 Goa and Madhya Pradesh were the joint winners in the Adventure Tourism category
 Uttarakhand won the award for the Best Film Promotion-Friendly State.
 Telangana won the award for the Best State for the innovative use of IT.

Q) Who has been appointed as the Vice Chief of Indian Air Force?
A. HS Arora
B. RKS Bhadauria
C. B Suresh
D. Raghunath Nambiar

Q) The metro rail in Bhopal will be named after Raja Bhoj. Raja Bhoj was the ruler of
which dynasty?
A. Kanva dynasty
B. Shishunaga dynasty
C. Haryanka dynasty
D. Parmar dynasty

Q) As per the annual Airport Service Quality survey conducted by the ACI, which
airport has been recognised as the best airport in terms of services offered to
passengers?
A. Jaipur International Airport
B. Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
C. Cochin International Airport
D. Chennai International Airport

Q) Which company has received the United Nations Global Climate Action Award in
the ‘Climate Neutral Now’ category?
A. Wipro
B. TCS
C. Tech Mahindra
D. Infosys

Q) What was the name of the co-owner of Mumbai's iconic eatery Britannia & Co who
passed away recently?
A. Rashid Kohinoor
B. Boman Rashid Kohinoor
C. Cyrus Poncha
D. Nusli Wadia

Q) The second Uday Expres which was recently flagged off will run from
Visakhapatnam to _________?
A. Vijayawada
B. Guntur
C. Kurnool
D. Tirupati

Q) The President of India Ram Nath Kovind has launched the first Indigenous High-
Temperature Fuel Cell System in which city recently?
A. Bengaluru
B. Pune
C. Hyderabad
D. New Delhi

Q) To tackle Islamophobia, Pakistan, Turkey and which country will jointly launch an
English language TV channel?
A. Israel
B. Malaysia
C. Kuwait
D. Jordan

Q) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has launched which campaign to eliminate
TB from India?
A. TB Mukt Bharat
B. TB Se Jeet, Desh ki Jeet
C. TB Mukt, Ujjwal Bharat
D. TB Harega, Desh Jeetega

Q) Which country has launched three commemorative coins to mark the 550th birth
anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev ji?
A. Bhutan
B. United States
C. Canada
D. Nepal

Q) Which International Airport has installed a big statue of an elephant in front of the
airport?
A. Jaipur International Airport
B. Pune International Airport
C. Bangalore International Airport
D. Mangalore International Airport
Q) The first ship of the P-17A frigates named “what” was launched by Rajnath Singh in
in Mumbai?
A. Mahendragiri
B. Nilgiri
C. Himgiri
D. Udaygiri

Q) A new Centre of the Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology

(CIPET) will soon be set up in which state?
A. Telangana
B. Andhra Pradesh
C. Karnataka
D. Kerala

Q) Which country is looking at investing $100 billion in India?

A. UAE
B. Qatar
C. Saudi Arabia
D. United States

Q) Who has scripted history by becoming the first Arab to reach the International
Space Station?
A. Muhammed Faris
B. Abdul Ahad Mohmand
C. Musa Manarov
D. Hazzaa al-Mansoori

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 Obituaries
 Hindi and Marathi film-theatre actor - Viju Khote
 Jessye Norman - the renowned international opera star, 4 times Grammy awards
winner
 Dr Hargovind Trivedi - renowned kidney transplant surgeonThe second highest
Buddhist leader of Bangladesh - Satyapriya Mohathero
 Noted saxophone player - Kadri Gopalnath
 Farook Khan - a prominent Indian-origin journalist in South Africa
 Diahann Carroll - singer and actress
 Rip Taylor - comedian
 Former diplomat K P S Menon
 Mexican singer & six-time Grammy Award nominee José José
 Sully – K POP Singer from South Korea

Important Days :
 International Coffee Day: October 1
 World Vegetarian Day: October 1
 International Day of Older Persons: October 1
 Theme 2019: The Journey to Age Equality
 World Space Week: October 4-10
 The 2019 theme: “The Moon: Gateway to the Stars”
 National Wildlife Week – October 2 to 8
 Theme 2019- Life Below Water: For people and planet
 World Cotton Day : October 7World Habitat Day – 7 October
  World Day for Decent Work : 7th October
 Theme = “Investing in care for gender equality”
 World Post Day 2019 : October 9
 In India, the National Postal Day is celebrated annually on 10 October
 World Mental Health Day is observed on 10 October
 World Sight Day 2019: October 10
 Theme: Vision First
 World Obesity Day is observed on 11 October
 World Arthritis Day: 12 October
 The World Arthritis Day theme 2019 is Time2Work
 Second Friday of October (11th October) was World Egg Day
 Theme - “Eat Your Egg Today And Every Day
 Bernardine Evaristo (UK) & Margaret Atwood (Canada) 2019 Booker Prize

Q) The Nobel Prize in Economics 2019 has been awarded to whom?

A.Abhijit Banerjee
B.Esther Duflo
C.Michael Kremer
D.All of the above

Q) Name the Indian nun from Kerala who was declared Saint by Pope Francis?
A.Bridget Sequeira
B.Lissy Vadakkel
C.Sister Jesme
D. Mariam Thresia

Q) Which state is organizing the 10th edition of the Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav -
National Cultural Festival?
A.Rajasthan
B.Gujarat
C.Madhya Pradesh
D.Haryana

Q) Who is the author of the book “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We
Have and the Breakthroughs We Need”?
A.Bill Gates
B.Abidali Neemuchwala
C.Salil Parekh
D.Rajesh Gopinathan

Q) The 10th edition of the joint military exercise named "Vajra Prahar" is taking place
between India and which country?
A.Singapore
B.United States
C.Russia
D.France

Q) Who was bestowed with the lifetime achievement award at the the second edition of
the Indian Sports Honours (ISH)?
A.Pulella Gopichand
B.Milkha Singh
C.Sunil Chhetri
D.Smriti Mandhana

Q) Google Doodle recently honoured which Bengali poet and activist on her 155th birth
anniversary?
A.Kamini Roy
B. Sarojini Naidu
C. Satarupa Sanyal
D.Kusumkumari Das

Q) Who has become the country’s first visually challenged woman IAS officer?
A.Pranjal Patil
B.Neha Kumari
C.Anjali Nigam
D.Kirti Acharya

Q) The World Bank has predicted the GDP Growth rate for India for fiscal year 2019-
20 at what percent?
A.6.1%
B.6 %
C.5.9%
D.6.3%

Q) Alexei Leonov who passed away recently was a ___________?

A.Astronaut
B.Doctor
C.Politician
D.Author

Q) Dharma Guardian is the joint military exercise between India and which country?
A.Russia
B.Bangladesh
C.South Korea
D.Japan

Q) India and Asian Development Bank have signed 190 million dollar loan agreement
for improving road connectivity in which of the following states?
A.Haryana
B.Rajasthan
C.Gujarat
D.Punjab
Q) Who has become the first athlete to run a marathon in less than two hours?
A.Eliud Kipchoge
B.Duncan Kibet
C.Nobert Kigen
D.Deressa Chimsa

Q) International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction was observed on?

A.October 11
B.October 12
C.October 10
D.October 13

Q) The World Youth Chess Championship was recently concluded

in which city?
A.Pune
B.Mumbai
C.Cuttack
D.New Delhi

Q) Which country is invited for the 25th Technology Summit which will be held in
New Delhi?
A.Italy
B.Canada
C.Netherlands
D.France

Q) Union government is set to launch which program to help girl students to opt for
STEM education?
A.Vigyan Jyoti
B.Vigyan Setu
C.Vigyan Gyan
D.Vigyan Stambh

Q) 7th Edition Of C40 World Mayors Summit 2019 was held in which city recently?
A.London
B.Paris
C.Copenhagen
D.Tokyo

Q20) 'YSR Kanti Velugu‘ scheme has been launched by which of the following states?
A.Tamil Nadu
B.Andhra Pradesh
C.Odisha
D.Karnataka

Q) Who has received 'The Order of the Green Crescent', the highest Civilian Honour of
Comoros?
A. M Venkaiah Naidu
B.Ram Nath Kovind
C.Narendra Modi
D.Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

Q) The first National Hindi Science writers conference was held in which city?
A.Jabalpur
B.Ranchi
C.Patna
D.Lucknow

Q) Who has been awarded Australian sport’s highest individual honour ‘The Don’
Award?
A.Ashleigh Barty
B.Simona Halep
C.Angelique Kerber
D.Victoria Azarenka

Q) 2nd “India-China Informal Summit” between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and
China’s President Xi Jinping took place at?
A.Kanchipuram
B.Mamallapuram
C.Rameshwaram
D.Madurai

Q) Which state will set up Kanyashree University in Nadia district to empower girls?
A.Himachal Pradesh
B.Jharkhand
C.Rajasthan
D.West Bengal

Q) National Tribal Dance Festival will be held in which city from December 27?
A.Bhopal
B.Raipur
C.Agra
D.Jaipur

Q) Who has been awarded the Indira Gandhi award for national integration for the
years 2017 and 2018?
A.Chandi Prasad Bhatt
B.Anadish Pal
C.Pradip Krishen
D.Sunderlal Bahuguna

Q) Typhoon Hagibis has hit which country recently?

A.China
B.Indonesia
C.Russia
D.Japan

Q) Which institution has bagged the first prize at Kayakalp Awards for maintaining
cleanliness within the institute premises?
A.JIPMER, Puducherry
B.PGIMER, Chandigar
C.AIIMS Delhi
D.Safdarjung Hospital, Delhi

Q) On the occasion of 87th raising day of IAF Prime Minister Narendra Modi has
launched a commemorative stamp of which Air Marshal to honour him?
A.Om Prakash Mehra
B.Arjan Singh
C.Dilbagh Singh
D.Swaroop Krishna Kaul

Q) Abiy Ahmed Ali who has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2019 is the Prime
Minister of which country?
A.Ethiopia
B. Eritrea
C. Somalia
D.Kenya

Q) Garbage Cafe was recently inaugurated in which city of Chhattisgarh?

A.Raipur
B. Bilaspur
C.Bhilai
D.Ambikapur

Q) Who has been declared as Muslim Man of the Year 2020 by Jordan’s Royal Islamic
Strategic Studies Centre?
A. Abdul Hamid
B. Ashraf Ghani
C. Imran Khan
D.Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

Q) Start-up cure.fit has appointed which cricketer as the Brand Ambassador for its
premium sportswear and shoe range Cultsport?
A.Jasprit Bumrah
B.Yuzvendra Singh Chahal
C.K. L. Rahul
D.Hardik Pandya

Q) Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr Harsh Vardhan has launched
SUMAN initiative in New Delhi. What does”M” in SUMAN stands for?
A.Mahila
B. Matra
C.Matritva
D.Maata

Q) Which Fintech start-up has received a licence from the Reserve Bank of India to set
up a non-banking financial company?
A.Lendingkart
B.Capital Float
C.Home Credit
D.Shubh Loans

Q) SARAS Aajeevika Mela was inaugurated in which of the following cities?

A.New Delhi
B.Jaipur
C.Lucknow
D.Bhopal

Q) The 9th Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Intersessional

Ministerial Meeting will be held in which of the following countries?
A. Japan
B. Singapore
C. China
D.Thailand

Q) International Day of the Girl Child is observed every year on?

A.October 10
B.October 9
C.October 11
D.October 12

Q) Name the satellite launched by NASA to explore the mysterious, dynamic region
where air meets space?
A.Icon
B.Zoom
C.Tops
D.Note

Q) Union Minister Nityanand Rai has launched which mobile application that will help
the railway police in addressing complaints of passengers from across India?
A.Musafir
B.Sahyatri
C.Safar
D.Disha

Q) Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs has recently launched which mobile app to
promote plantation of trees?
A.mVrikshropan
B.mHariyali
C.mRopan
D.mVanaspati
Q) Which city is set to become the first Indian city to issue vending certificates to the
vendors to give them the right to do business from a fixed spot?
A.Surat
B.Pune
C.Bhopal
D.Delhi

Q) The Union Government is planning an ambitious plan to create a 1,400km long and
5km wide green belt from which state to the Delhi-Haryana border?
A.Maharashtra
B. Gujarat
C.Punjab
D.Rajasthan

Q) Name the disaster warning device launched by government to warn fishermen of any
danger?
A.PISCES
B.GEMINI
C.LEO
D.TAURUS

Q) Which company has partnered with the Ministry of Tourism & various cultural
institutions for the project “ Crafted in India”?
A.Facebook
B.Wipro
C.Google
D.Tata

Q) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has launched ‘Farishte Dilli Ke’, a new
initiative aimed at _________?
A.Felicitating citizens who take accident victims to hospitals
B. Felicitating citizens who bring new ideas to save environment
C.Felicitating citizens who help acid attack survivors
D.All of the above

Q14) 2019 Nobel Prize for literature has been awarded to whom?
A.Olga Tokarczuk
B.Kazuo Ishiguro
C.Peter Handke
D.Bob Dylan

Q) Name the astronaut of NASA who has been honoured with one of the highest
honours of Russia - “The Order of Courage“?
A. Jonny Kim
B. Bob Hines
C.Robb Kulin
D.Nick Hague

Q) The Reserve Bank of India has rejected the merger proposal of Indiabulls Housing
Finance with which bank?
A. Lakshmi Vilas Bank
B. South Indian Bank
C. City Union Bank
D.Dhanlaxmi Bank

Q) The union government has collaborated with which Indian Institute of Management
(IIM) to launch a new programme 'Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship‘?
A.IIM Indore
B.IIM Ahmedabad
C.IIM Nagpur
D.IIM Bangalore

Q) What is the rank of India in the Global Competitiveness Index compiled by

Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF)?
A. 58th
B. 44th
C. 70th
D. 68th

Q) Which Bollywood singer was honoured with doctorate degree from University Of
Salford in England?
A. Sonu Nigam
B. Asha Bhosle
C. Shreya Ghoshal
D. Arijit Singh

Q) Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has recently launched the eco-friendly
green firecrackers, these crackers were developed by ?
A. CSIR
B. DRDO
C. IIT Madras
D. IIT Delhi

Q) Which state Police has become the first in country to integrate police patrol systems
with passenger cabs?
A. Tamil Nadu
B. Andhra Pradesh
C. Telangana
D. Odisha

Q) Which of the following states has introduced Mukhya Mantri Kanya Sumangala
Yojana?
A. Rajasthan
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Gujarat

Q) Government has announced what per cent Dearness Allowance for Central
Government employees and pensioners?
A. 3%
B. 5%
C. 2%
D. 6%

Q) Name the ambitious Pradhan Mantri Innovation Learning Programme which starts
on October 10 from ISRO?
A. PARAM
B. STAR
C. DHRUV
D. SHOOL

Q) The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry will be awarded to whom?

A. John D Goodenough
B. M. Stanley Whittingham
C. Akira Yoshino
D. All of the above

Q) Who is the author of the book Kohinoor Express?

A. Kabir Khan
B. Rensil D'Silva
C. Mahesh Bhatt
D. Spike Lee

Q) Who has won the MotoGP World Championship 2019 title?

A. Fabio Quartararo
B. Danny Kent
C. Jorge Martin
D. Marc Marquez

Q) Group SEB India has roped in which Bellwood actress as a brand ambassador for its
popular home brands, Maharaja Whiteline?
A. Alia Bhatt
B. Shraddha Kapoor
C. Katrina kaif
D. Yami Gautam

Q) Who has won FIDE Chess World Cup 2019?

A.Teimour Radjabov
B.Ding Liren
C. Levon Aronian
D. Gata Kamsky

Q) Who among the following pair has been appointed as the brand ambassadors of
Lay’s?
A. Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh
B. Saif Ali Khan And Kareena Kapoor
C. Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt
D. Disha Patni and Tiger Shroff
Q) World Mental Health Day is observed every year on?
A. October 7
B. October 8
C. October 9
D. October 10

 Every year about 800,000 people die due to suicide, which makes it one suicide every
40 seconds.
 Hence, this year’s theme is “40 seconds of action”

Q) Reliance Mutual Fund has been renamed as ___________?

A. Nippon Reliance Mutual Fund
B. Nippon India Mutual Fund
C. Nippon Mutual Fund
D. Nippon First India Mutual Fund

Q) Who has become the youngest ever cricketer to take a hat-trick in T20Is?
A. Dasun Shanaka
B. Shehan Jayasuriya
C. Mohammad Hasnain
D. Bhanuka Rajapaksa

Q) Name the US woman gymnast who has clinched a record-extending 15th world
championship title by winning gymnastics team Gold in Stuttgart, Germany?
A. Simone Biles
B. Shawn Johnson
C. Jordyn Wieber
D. Kerri Strug

Q) Ministry of Jal Shakti has launched which initiative under the Namami Gange
Programme to raft across the entire stretch of over 2500 km of the Ganga River?
A.Ganga Rafting Abhiyan
B. Ganga Khel Abhiyan
C.Ganga Aamantran Abhiyan
D.Ganga Jagrukta Abhiyan

Q) Who has been selected for the prestigious Asia Environmental Enforcement Award
by the United Nations Environment Programme?
A.Ramesh Pandey
B.Sourav Gupta
C.Anand Sharma
D.Anugrah Singh

Q) Who has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics for theoretical discoveries in
physical cosmology?
A.Michel Mayor
B. James Peebles
C.Didier Queloz
D.G. Kaelin
Q) The month of October is observed every year as the Awareness Month of which
disease?
A.Breast Cancer
B. AIDS
C.Tuberculosis
D.Leprosy

Q) With finding of 20 more moons orbiting the Saturn, the total number of Saturnian
moons reached to?
A.79
B.82
C.91
D.77

Q) Ginger Baker who passed away recently was the co founder of which band?
A.The Kinks
B.Pulp
C.Cream
D.The Police

Q) Who will be awarded with the prestigious Mahaveer Award-2019?

A.Sheela Balaji
B.Anand Kumar
C.Sapam Singh
D.Medha Patkar

Q) India’s first e-waste clinic will be set up in which of the following cities?
A.New Delhi
B.Bhopal
C.Lucknow
D.Nashik

Q) Name the only Indian researcher selected among the 300 researchers to join the
largest ever Arctic expedition (MOSAiC)?
A.Vishnu Nandan
B.Ganesh Subramaniam
C.Atul Gurtu
D.Ajay Sood

Q) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will perform ‘Shastra Pooja’ (worship of weapons)
on the occasion of Dussehra in which country?
A. Sweden
B. Russia
C.France
D.Israel

Q) As per the new findings which country is home to Asia’s oldest bamboo?
A.India
B.Nepal
C.Thailand
D.China

Q) Indian Army has organized the “Veer Kutumb Rally” in which of the following
places?
A.Rajasthan
B.Himachal Pradesh
C.Gujarat
D.Jammu & Kashmir

Q) The 50th International Film Festival of India, IFFI 2019, will be held from
November 20- 28 in which of the following states?
A.Tamil Nadu
B.Maharashtra
C.Goa
D.Assam

Q) Who has won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for the year 2019?
A.William Kaelin
B.Gregg Semenza
C.Peter Ratcliffe
D.All of the above

Q) Dr Harsh Vardhan has launched which website on oral health information?

A.eDantseva
B.eOralhygiene
C.eSwasthya
D.eMukhwas

Q) The Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog and which organization have
jointly launched Youth Co:Lab which aims at accelerating social entrepreneurship and
innovation in young India?
A. WTO
B. Facebook
C. Google
D. UNDP

Q) What is the theme of the National Wildlife Week 2019 which is being observed from
October 2 to 8?
A. Living with Wildlife
B. Wildlife and Water
C. Big cats – predators under threat
D. Life Below Water: For people and planet

Q) Indian Army will begin its first mountain combat exercise ‘Him Vijay’ in which
state?
A. Arunachal Pradesh
Uttarakhand
B. Himachal Pradesh
C. Assam

Q) UNESCO has appointed whom as its goodwill ambassador for indigenous peoples?
A. Priyanka Chopra
B. Yalitza Aparicio
C. Miley Cyrus
D. Scarlett Johansson

Q) Which Union Ministry has instituted Vayoshreshtha Samman-2019?

A. Ministry of Human Resource Development
B. Ministry of Culture
C. Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
D. Ministry of Women and Child Development

Q) The Centre has imposed a fine of Rs _________ for immersing idols in the Ganga
and its tributaries under a 15-point directive issued to states?
A. Rs 50,000
B. Rs 40,000
C. Rs 60,000
D. Rs 30,000

Q) Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpes Viruses (EEHV) has killed by five elephants in

which of the following states?
A. Karnataka
B. Madhya Pradesh
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. Odisha

Q) Which Indian cricketer has become the first Indian player to play 100 T20
internationals?
A. Harmanpreet Kaur
B. Virat Kohli
C. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
D. Smriti Mandhana

Q) The National Health Authority (NHA) has joined hands with which company for the
implementation of the government's flagship health scheme, Ayushman Bharat-
Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana?
A. Wipro
B. Facebook
C. Google
D. Intel
Q) What is the new name of the New Delhi-Ludhiana Intercity Express?
A. Sarbat Da Bhala Express
B. Bharat Express
C. Sehat Sarbat Express
D. Eklavya Express

Q) Who has been appointed the new CEO of My Gov India?

A. Arvind Gupta
B. Vinod Rai
C. Abhishekh Singh
D. Vijay Chakraborty

Q) Which of the following states has launched the YSR Vahana Mitra scheme?
A. Tamil Nadu
B. Telangana
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. Karnataka

Q) The National Basketball Association brought to India the first-ever Floating

Basketball Court in the Arabian Sea in which city?
A. Mumbai
B. Kochi
C. Mangalore
D. Panjee

Q) Who has been appointed as the new Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court?
A. Ravi Shanker Jha
B. Arup K. Goswami
C. Lingappa Narayana Swamy
D. Ajai Lamba

Q) World Teachers’ Day or International Teachers’ Days was observed on?

A. October 4
B. October 3
C. October 5
D. October 2

 Theme of World Teachers’ Day 2019 : Young Teachers: The future of the
Profession’.
 The World Animal Day (WAD) is celebrated every year on 4th October

Q) Which state cabinet has approved India’s first sports university?

A.Punjab
B.Chandigarh
C.Haryana
D.Delhi

Q) Which state has become the first state in the country to launch the ‘Policy on
Pneumoconiosis Detection, Prevention, Control and Rehabilitation’?
A. Gujarat
B. Rajasthan
C. Jharkhand
D. Goa

Q) Village Secretariat system was launched in which state?

A.Tamil Nadu
B.Kerala
C.Andhra Pradesh
D.Telangana

Q) PM Narendra Modi has inaugurated Metro Service and ENT hospital in which of
the following countries?
A. Thailand
B. Indonesia
C. Mauritius
D. France

Q) Which country will withdraw from OPEC in January 2020 due to financial
problems?
A. Angola
B. Ecuador
C. Gabon
D. Nigeria

Q) Ministry of Tourism has recently launched which Audio Guide facility App for 12
sites of India?
A. Audio Odigo
B. India on Audio
C. Audio Usher
D. Audio Guide

Q) Tenth edition of the Joint Military Exercise Ekuverin will be conducted between
India and which country?
A. Sri Lanka
B. Japan
C. Myanmar
D. Maldives

Q) Which state has launched an awareness campaign - - Urjagiri -- which aims at

stopping power theft and saving?
A. Haryana
B. Rajasthan
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Uttarakhand
Q) Government has launched which portal for better coordination among the ministries
of power, coal and Indian Railways for coal supply to power plants?
A. Apoorti
B. Prakash
C. Urja
D. Siddhi

Q) Exercise Nomadic Elephant-XIV is a joint military training between India and

which country?
A. Singapore
B. Mongolia
C. Cambodia
D. Malaysia

Q) Who has been appointed as the new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
(CEO) of Oil India Limited?
A. Sushil Chandra Mishra
B. Anil Kumar Jha
C. Anil Kumar Chaudhary
D. Shashi Shanker

Q) Which state is going to get its seventh tiger reserve — the Ratapani Tiger Reserve?
A. Rajasthan
B. Madhya Pradesh
C. Karnataka
D. Jharkhand

Q) Name the India's first private train which was flagged off recently and will be run by
IRCTC?
A. Gatimaan Express
B. Vande Bharat Express
C. Uday Express
D. Tejas Express

Q20) What is the new Repo Rate fixed by RBI in its 4th Bi-monthly Monetary Policy?
A. 5.40%
B. 5.15%
C. 5.25%
D. 5.75%

Q) Which state has launched the Mukhyamantri Suposhan Abhiyaan or Chief Minister
Nutrition Scheme?
A. Madhya Pradesh
B. Jharkhand
C. Chhattisgarh
D. Odisha

Q) Who has been appointed as the MD and CEO of Punjab National Bank?
A. SS Mallikarjuna Rao
B. Sunil Mehta
C. Rakesh Sharma
D. Padmaja Chunduru

Q) Who has won the Nansen Award of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR)?
A. Camilo Marks
B. Chris Sidoti
C. Tejshree Thapa
D. Azizbek Ashurov

Q) Who has taken charge as the President of England's 232 years old Marylebone
Cricket Club (MCC)?
A. Ricky Ponting
B. Kumar Sangakkara
C. Brian Lara
D. Sunil Gavaskar

Q) Who has received the ‘Most Effective Swachhata Ambassador’ Award?

A. Akshay Kumar
B. Priyanka Chopra
C. Saina Nehwal
D. Sachin Tendulkar

Q) Which railway station has topped the Indian Railways Station Cleanliness Survey
2019?
A. Jaipur
B. Jodhpur
C. Durgapura
D. Jammu Tawi

Top 5 cleanest railway stations in India 2019

 Jaipur
 Jodhpur
 Durgapura
 Jammu Tawi
 Gandhinagar Jaipur

Top 5 cleanest suburban railway stations in India 2019

 Andheri
  Virar
 Naigaon
 Kandivli
 Santragachi

Top 5 cleanest railway zones in India 2019

 North Western Railway
 South East Central Railway
 East Central Railway
 South Central Railway
 South Western Railway

Q) Which athelete has surpassed Usain Bolt's world record tally of gold medals at
World Championships?
A. Shelly-Ann
B. Allyson Felix
C. Natosha Jordan
D. Timara Chapman

Q) Union Home Minister Amit Shah has flagged off second Vande Bharat Express
which runs between Delhi and __________?
A. Lucknow
B. Amritsar
C. Kolkata
D. Katra

Q) Which country’s court has dismissed Pakistan's Claim Over Nizam of Hyderabad's
Funds?
A.Netherlands
B.United Kingdom
C.United States
D.France

Q) India's largest 'charkha' (spinning wheel) made of used plastic waste was
inaugurated in which city recently?
A.New Delhi
B. Ahmedabad
C.Noida
D.Gurugram
Q) Paryatan Parv 2019 was held from 2nd to 13th October, 2019 across the country. It
was launched in which city?
A.New Delhi
B.Surat
C.Lucknow
D.Ahmedabad

Q) Ministry of Finance has launched which Number system of the Central Board of
Direct Taxes (CBDT) on 1 October 2019?
A.Taxation
B.Documetation
C.Audit
D.Electornic

Q) Who has become the first girl student to win President of India Prize?
A. Priya Mallik
B. Anwesha Khurana
C. Kavitha Gopal
D. Mauli Dey

Q) Who has been appointed as Executive Director for India at International Monetary
Fund for a period of three years?
A. Subir Gokarn
B. Abhijit Banerjee
C. Surjit Bhalla
D. Avinash Dixit

Q) All Public Sector Banks in India to have Uniform timings across all states from
which
date?
A. October 1, 2019
B. November 1, 2019
C. December 1, 2019
D. January 1, 2020

Q) Which state in large states category has topped the School Education Quality Index
(SEQI) released by NITI Aayog?
A. Kerala
B. Rajasthan
C. Karnataka
D. Uttar Pradesh

Best performing Large states

1.Kerala
2.Rajasthan
3.Karnataka
  Worst performing Big state - Uttar Pradesh

Best performing Small states

1.Manipur
2.Tripura
3.Goa

 Worst performing Small state - Arunachal Pradesh

 Best performing UT – Chandigarh
 Worst performing UT - Lakshadweep

Q) The Rapid Action Force (RAF) is a specialised wing of the which of the following
Central Armed Police Forces?
A. Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)
B. Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
C. Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)
D. National Security Guard (NSG)

Q) The 64th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC), 2019 was held in which
of the following countries?
A. Kenya
B. Tanzania
C. Uganda
D. Rwanda

Q) Name the scientist who has been awarded the M P Birla Memorial Award 2019 for
his contributions to the world of cosmology?
A. Thanu Padmanabhan
B. Prashant Dwivedi
C. Amol Namdeo
D. Chinmoy Das

Q) Doordarshan along with which organization jointly telecast a TV bilingual

programme ‘Mahatma Lives‘ or ‘Bapu Zinda Hain’ on 1-2 October 2019?
A. Discovery
B. UNESCO
C. National Geographic
D. UNHCR

Q) Who has been recommended by Supreme Court as the next Chairman of Armed
Forces Tribunal?
A. Surya Kant
B. Rajendra Menon
C. Sanjiv Khanna
D. Krishna Murari

Q) Which country has won the won the SAFF Under-18 football Championship 2019?
A. Bangladesh
B. Maldives
C. Nepal
D. India

Q) President Ram Nath Kovind presented President’s Colors award to which of the
following corps of Indian Army?
A. Indian Army Aviation Corps
B. Corps of Signals
C. Corps of Engineers
D. Corps of Army Air Defence

Q) Which bank has become the first Indian bank to have a branch in the Australian
state of Victoria?
A. Bank of Baroda
B. State Bank of India
C. Axis Bank
D. Yes Bank

Q) Which state has launched an initiative named 'WING - Women Rise Together‘
which is a capacity development programme for women-led startups?
A. Karnataka
B. Rajasthan
C. Kerala
D. Odisha

Q) The Indian Railways has now enabled QR code-based paperless ticket booking at 12
stations of which Railway zone?
A. South Western Railway (SWR)
B. North Western Railway (NWR)
C. West Central Railway (WCR)
D. North Western Railway (NWR)

Q) A 5-judge Constitution bench has been set up by Supreme court under whose
chairmanship in order to hear the petitions related to abrogation of Articles 370 and
35A in Jammu and Kashmir?
A. N.V. Ramana
B. Aniruddha Bose
C. Krishna Murari
D. Hrishikesh Roy

Q) Who has been conferred the Saraswati Samman award for his collection Pakkaki
Ottigilite in 2018?
A. Jaladi Raja Rao
B. Pingali Suranna
C. K Siva Reddy
D. Nandi Thimmana

Q) International Astronomical Union has named a minor planet between Mars and
Jupiter after which Indian classical singer?
A. Pandit Maniram
B. Pandit Jasraj
C. Nirmala Devi
D. Ratnakar Pai

Q) Bathukamma which is a flower festival is being held in which state?

A. Tamil Nadu
B. Kerala
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. Telangana

Q) Which railway station has become the 5,000th railway station to be Wi – Fi enabled?
A.Nagore railway station
B.Midnapore railway station
C.Gauriganj railway station
D.Ahmednagar railway station

Q) Which fashion retailer has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US?
A.Shasa
B.H&M
C.Forever 21
D.Mango

Q) The 11th edition of DefEXpo will be held in which city from 05 - 08 February, 2020?
A.Indore
B.New Delhi
C.Pune
D.Lucknow

Q18) The Indian Air Force will celebrate its _________TH anniversary on 08 Oct 2019?
A.78th
B.87th
C.90th
D.85th

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Important Days
 World Food Day 2019: 16 October
 The theme of this year’s World Food Day is “Our Actions Are Our Future,
Healthy Diets for A #ZeroHunger World
 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty: October 17 2019 Theme:
Acting Together to Empower Children, their Families and Communities to End
Poverty.
 World Maths Day is celebrated on 15 October
 Global Handwashing Day is celebrated on 15 October every year The theme for
2019 Global Handwashing Day is Clean Hands for All
 World Osteoporosis Day: October 20
 2019 the Global WOD Campaign theme is “THAT’S OSTEOPOROSIS”.
 Police Commemoration Day (Police Martyr’s Day) is observed every year on 21
October
 The International Snow Leopard Day is celebrated on 23rd October
 International Stuttering Awareness Day: October 22 Theme 2019: “Growth
Through Speaking”
 United Nations Day: October 24
 World Polio Day is celebrated annually on October 24
 World Development Information Day: October 24
 International Animation Day: October 28
 World Day for Audiovisual Heritage: October 27 The theme of the World Day
for Audiovisual Heritage 2019: “Engage the Past Through Sound and Images”.
  World Stroke Day is observed on October 29. Theme for this year is ‘Cut Stroke in
Half’
 International Internet Day was observed on 29 October

Obituaries
 Sara Danius, the first female head of the prestigious Swedish body that awards the
Nobel Prize in Literature, has died
 Legendary Cuba ballet dancer Alicia Alonso passes away
 Internationally acclaimed painter of Bangladesh Kalidas Karmakar passed away in
Dhaka
Oracle Corp co-Chief Executive Officer Mark Hurd passed away.
 Writer and philosopher K.B. Siddaiah passes away
 Dadu Chougule, wrestler and recipient of Major Dhyanchand award, passed away
 Actor T.P. Radhamani, who was active in Malayalam and Tamil films, passed away
 Veteran sports journalist and author K R Wadhwaney passed away at the age of 90
years Wadhwaney was the Sports Editor of the Indian Express newspaper
 Former Gujarat Chief Minister Dilip Parikh passed away. Mr Parikh served as the
13th Chief Minister of Gujarat between October 1997 and March 1998
 Padma awardee Yoga grandma V Nanammal dies at 99 in Coimbatore
 K-pop star Sulli, formerly of the band f(x), was found dead at her home in Seongnam,
South Korea
 Don Valentine, founder of Sequoia Capital passed away on Friday at his home in
Woodside, California. Valentine was aged 87

Q) Who has won women’s singles title at French Open (badminton)?

A.Carolina Marin
B.An Se-young
C.Nozomi Okuhara
D.P. V. Sindhu

Q) Filipe Nyusi has won the Presidential election of which country?

A. Malawi
B. Zambia
C.Tanzania
D.Mozambique

 Antonio Costa has been re-elected as the Prime Minister of Portugal after winning the
general elections.
 Sophie Wilmes chosen as first woman prime minister of Belgium
 Kais Saied is elected as the new President of Tunisia
 Joko Widodo - Indonesian President for second term
 Joko Widodo - Indonesian President for second term
 Alberto Fernandez elected president of Argentina
 President Evo Morales has been declared the winner of of the Bolivian election,
despite disputed results that have sparked riots and claims of fraud

Q) The government has set up a committee of secretaries (CoS) under whose

chairmanship to suggest measures to mitigate financial stress in the telecom sector?
A.Ajit Seth
B.Pramod Kumar Singh
C.Ajay Kumar Bhalla
D.Rajiv Gauba

Q) Who has smashed the record for summiting the world’s 14 highest peaks, racing up
all “8000 metres ” in just seven month?
A.Nirmal Purja
B.Santosh Yadav
C.Nawang Sherpa
D.Harish Kapadia

 Coming Round the Mountain : Ruskin Bond

 Mount Leo pargyil – Himachal, Indian army
 Kajin Sara lake in Nepal - new record of being the world’s highest lake
 Nepal’s Kami Rita scaled Mount Everest for Record 23rd time
 National Geographic Society (NGS), a US based organization installed world’s
highest operating weather stations on Mount Everest
 29 May: International Everest Day
 Deepa Malik wins New Zealand PM’s Sir Edmund Hillary Fellowship

Q) Who has been elected as the new Director General of the International Atomic
Energy Agency?
A.Hans Blix
B.Yukiya Amano
C.Sigvard Eklund
D.Rafael Grossi

Q) Which state has become the first State in the country to enact a law on contract
farming?
A.Andhra Pradesh
B.Rajasthan
C.Tamil Nadu
D.Telangana

Q) Who is the author of the book The Unquiet River: A biography of the Brahmaputra?
A.Arupjyoti Saikia
B.Sharada Srinivasan
C.Vibha Tripathi
D.Achala Moulik
Q) Which Bollywood Actress has been appointed as the brand ambassador of the Rising
Himachal Global Investors’ Meet 2019?
A.Alia Bhatt
B.Yami Gautam
C.Kriti Kharbanda
D.Kangana Ranaut

Q) Indian Railways’ Central Railway zone conducted which operation recently against
ticket touts involved in e-ticketing?
A.Operation Dhanush
B.Operation Teer
C.Operation Saavdhan
D.Operation Sakht

Q) ‘PRAKHAR’ which is an anti-street crime van is an initiative of which state

government?
A.Uttar Pradesh
B.Delhi
C.Puducherry
D.Gujarat

Q) Which country will buy Brahmos missile from India?

A.Vietnam
B.Palau
C.Philippines
D.Indonesia

Q) What is ‘Cosmic Yeti’?

A.A star
B.A galaxy
C.A Dwarf Planet
D.A Meteorite

Q) The GoI has launched the first ever common foundation course called “__________”
for civil servants at the Statue of Unity, Kevadia, Gujarat?
A.Aarambh
B.Sutra
C. Prarambh
D.Shubh

Q) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh would represent India at the Shanghai Cooperation
Organisation (SCO) which will be held in which country?
A.Kazakhstan
B. Uzbekistan
C.Kyrgyzstan
D.Russia

Q) Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde was appointed as the _______th Chief Justice of India?
A.46th
B.48th
C.45th
D.47th
Q) Name the Indian Origin CEO who has/have been featured in a list of Harvard
Business Review's world's top 10 best-performing chief executives?
A.Ajay Banga
B.Shantanu Narayen
C.Satya Nadella
D.All of the above

Q) Nirmala Sitharaman has released a special commemorative coin on Paramahansa

Yogananda to mark his ______th birth anniversary?
A.100th
B.125th
C.110th
D.150th

Q) Which cyclone has become the first Super Cyclone in Arabian Sea in 12 years?
A.Cyclone Gonu
B.Cyclone Luban
C.Cyclone Megh
D.Cyclone Kyarr

Q) The operation carried out by United States to kill Al-Baghdadi has been named after
whom?
A.Georgi Lazov
B.Nicholas Evan Berg
C.Kayla Mueller
D.John Roy Young

Q) Who has become the first woman Prime Minister of Belgium?

A.Dilma Rousseff
B.Erna Solberg
C.Jacinda Ardern
D.Sophie Wilmes

Q) Under whose chairmanship IRDAI sets up panel to evaluate application under

regulatory sandbox?
A.K.Ganeshan
B.Pournima Gupte
C.S Sadagopan
D.Praveen Kutumbe

Q) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the Rupay Card in which of the
following countries?
A.Saudi Arabia
B.Oman
C.Argentina
D.Japan

Q) Which IIT Institution along with School of Architecture, Bhubaneswar have

developed bio-bricks from agricultural waste?
A.IIT Madras
B.IIT Delhi
C.IIT Hyderabad
D.IIT Kanpur

 The ambitious Pradhan Mantri Innovation Learning Programme, DHRUV, started

from ISRO in Bengaluru and concluded on 24th of this month at IIT, Delhi.
 The ambitious new scheme that aims to hone the skills of the brightest Indian students
in classes IX to XII
 IIT Madras will collaborate with ExxonMobil on Research in Energy and Biofuels.
The 5-year joint-research agreement focuses on biofuels, data analytics, gas
conversion and transport, and is intended towards finding low-emission solutions.
 The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) on Wednesday
announced its partnership with Indian Institute of Management (IIM)- Bangalore to
launch a new programme 'Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship‘

Q) The ASI (Archaeological Survey of India) has recently discovered that Andhra
Pradesh had a maritime center near the banks of which river around 2,000 years ago?
A.Swarnamukhi
B.Sabari
C.Munneru
D.Penna

Q) Which airline has depicted 'Ik Onkar' on the tail of one of its aircraft to mark 550th
birth anniversary of Sri Guru Nanak Dev?
A.GoAir
B.IndiGo
C.Air India
D.SpiceJet

Q) Uttar Pradesh has entered into the Guinness Books of World Records for lightening
record number of diyas on any occasion, the program took place on the banks of which
river?
A.Sarayu
B.Gomti
C.Yamuna
D.Ken

Q) What is the rank of India in Global Health Security Index?

A.50th
B.89th
C.57th
D.45th

Q) Which state has launched an online portal named SMARTPORT for implementing
the Ease of Doing Business Reforms related to trade and export promotion in all ports
in the state?
A.Kerala
B.Odisha
C.Telangana
D.Andhra Pradesh
Q) Under whose chairmanship a committee has been formed to resolve differences
between the Niti Aayog and the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) over who will
implement its ambitious artificial intelligence mission?
A.Vijay Raghavan
B. Rajeev Kumar
C.R Gandhi
D.Sunil Mehta

Q) Which state has inked a Letter of Understanding (LoU) on "drink from tap mission"
with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)?
A.Karnataka
B.Bihar
C.Rajasthan
D. Odisha

Q18) Which spance Agency will launch a Golf Cart-Sized Rover “VIPER” on Moon to
Search For water?
A.JAXA
B.NASA
ISRO
C.Roscosmos

Q) Which of the following teams has won the 2019-20 Vijay Hazare Trophy?
A.Karnataka
B.Delhi
C.Punjab
D.Tamil Nadu

Q) The DEFCOM 2019 is scheduled to be held on 26 and 27 November 2019 in which of

the following cities?
A.Pune
B.New Delhi
C.Bengaluru
D.Shimla

Q) Which Lucknow based school has won the Guinness World Record for becoming the
‘world’s largest school’ in terms of strength of students?
A.City Montessori School
B.Times Value School
C.Siddhartha Public School
D.Navyug Public Schoo

Q) The aim of Colombo Declaration is to halve nitrogen waste by which year?

A.2025
B.2028
C.2035
D.2030

Q) Which Indian Women Cricketer has won the 2019 Wisden India Almanack
‘Cricketer of the Year’ award?
A.Mithali Raj
B.Smriti Mandhana
C.Jhulan Goswami
D.Harmanpreet Kaur

 Wisden India Almanack Cricketer of the Year award : Jasprit Bumrah, Smriti
Mandhana, Pakistan’s Fakhar Zaman, Sri Lanka’s Dimuth Karunaratne and
Afghanistan Rashid Khan
 Wisden India Hall of Fame– Gundappa Viswanath and Lala Amarnath
 Wisden India Book of the Year– “Cricket Country: The Untold History of the First
All India Team” by Prashant Kidambi.

Q) Exercise Shakti is a joint military exercise between India and which country?
A.France
B.Bangladesh
C.Sri Lanka
D.Russia

Q) Which company has developed a 54 qubit (quantum bit) processor named

“Sycamore”?
A.Intel
B.Google
C.IBM
D.Samsung

Q) The disabled and people over _______ years of age can now cast their vote through
postal ballot?
A.70 years
B.80 years
C.75 years
D.85 years

Q) National Unity Day will be observed on?

A.October 31
B.October 30
C.October 29
D.October 28

Q) Which district of Gujarat has become the first Kerosene-free district of the state?
A.Ahmedabad
B.Gandhinagar
C.Jamnagar
D.Dahod

Q) The Central Government and the World Bank have signed a loan agreement worth
$165 million to support smallholder farmers in the which state?
A.Karnataka
B.Madhya Pradesh
C.Odisha
D.Bihar
  India, ADB sign 190 million dollar loan agreement for improving road connectivity in
Rajasthan.
 India extends over 60 million dollar line of credit to Comoros for Energy and
Maritime Defence Cooperation
 India extends Line of Credit worth USD 30 mn to Sierra Leone for irrigation
development

Q) Who has been appointed as the chairman of Airports Authority of India?

A.Balram Singh
B.Arvind Singh
C.Sukhbir Singh Sandhu
D.Vijayendra

Other Appointments

 Sukhbir Singh Sandhu will head the National Highways Authority of India
 Ganji Kamala V Rao has been named the chairman and managing director, India
Tourism Development Corporation
 Pramod Kumar Tiwari, director general of the Bureau of Indian Standards in the
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
 IAS officer Amit Yadav, has been appointed as the director general, directorate
general of foreign trade.
 IAS officer Vijayendra will be chairman & managing director, National Small
Industries Corporation Ltd.

Q) Indian Railways has launched ‘one touch ATVM’ at 42 suburban stations of which
railway zone over Mumbai Suburban Network?
A.Western Railway (WR)
B.Southern Railway (SR)
C.South Central Railway (SCR)
D.Central Railway(CR)

Q) Who has been awarded the Sakharov Prize for 2019?

A.Ilham Tohti
B.Oleg Sentsov
C.Nadia Murad
D.Denis Mukwege

Q) Indo-Tibetan Border Police celebrated its ___________th Raising Day on 24th

October 2019?
A.60th
B.58th
C.45th
D.64th

Q) Under the Mukhya Mantri Kanya Sumangala Yojana,cash amount of Rs.________

will be provided to every family in which a girl child takes birth?
A.Rs.12,000
B.Rs.10,000
C.Rs.15,000
D.Rs.20,000

Q) Which payment system has won the DigiDhan Mission Fin-tech Award 2018-2019
for 'Innovation in Digital Payments through Emerging Technology' at the MeitY Start-
up Summit 2019?
A.Google Pay
B. PhonePe
C.BharatPe
D.BHIM

Q) Under "Augmentation of Basic Amenities and Development of Heritage and

Architecture" (ABADHA) scheme Odisha will develop which city as World-class
Heritage city?
A.Cuttack
B.Puri
C.Konark
D.Bhubaneswar

Q) Government of India has accorded ‘Maharatna’ status to which public sector

undertaking(PSU)?
A. Shipping Corporation of India(SCI)
B. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL)
C.Power Grid Corporation.
D.A&B
E. B&C
F. Only B

Q) A Memorandum of Understanding has been drafted by India, Nepal and which

country to create a trans-boundary wildlife conservation park?
A.Bangladesh
B.Myanmar
C.Bhutan
D.Afghanistan

Q) Government has approved the establishment of two operational commands for ITBP
in which two cities?
A.Chandigarh and Guwahati
B.Pune and Ranchi
C.Shillong and Imphal
D.Dehradun and Shimla

Q) The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and National Council of

Educational Research and Training (NCERT) have launched an online aptitude test for
Classes 9 and 10 dubbed as _________?
A. Abhilasha
B. Manorath
C.Tamanaa
D.Armaan
Q) Indians from now on will require no Visa to visit which country?
A.Spain
B.Brazil
C.Japan
D.South Korea

New Governors Appoitnment

 Girish Chandra Murmu : First Lieutenant-Governor of Jammu and Kashmir.

 Radha Krishna Mathur : Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh.
 Satya Pal Malik : Governor of Goa.
 Sreedharan Pillai : Governor of Mizoram

Q) United Nations Day is observed every year on ?

A.October 22
B.October 21
C.October 23
D.October 24

Q) What is the rank of India in World Bank’s ease of doing business Report 2020?
A.70th
B.63rd
C.50th
D.42nd

Q) Which bank’s Heritage Museum was recently been inaugurated in Bengaluru?

A. Dena Bank
B. Axis Bank
C. HDFC Bank
D. Vijaya Bank

Q) Name the Belgian Paralympic athlete who has ended her life at the age of 40 through
euthanasia?
A.Melissa Tapper
B.Marieke Vervoort
C.Natalia Partyka
D.Paola Fantato

Q) Which among the following is the world’s loudest bird which hits 125.4 decibels?
A.White Bellbird
B.Flamingo
C.Lark
D.Albatross

Q) Scientists of which university have developed an ‘artificial leaf’ that uses

sunlight to produce the gas -- called syngas?
A.Boston University
B. Oxford University
C. University of Melbourne
D.Cambridge University
Q) Government of India is to organize 4th Ayurveda day on which date?
A.25 October
B.26 October
C.27 October
D.28 October

Q) Which bank has won the DigiDhan Mission Digital Payments Award 2018-19 for the
Overall Performance in Digital Payments?
A.Yes Bank
B.HDFC Bank
C.Axis Bank
D.Federal Bank

Q) Which bollywood actor has joined hands with UNICEF and Ministry of Women and
Child Development to raise awareness and speak up against sexual abuse of children?
A.Vicky Kaushal
B. Hrithik Roshan
C. Ayushmann Khurrana
D.Varun Dhawan

Q) Under ‘Mission Indradhanush 2.0’ children of up to _______ years of age and all
pregnant women will be covered?
A.2 years
B.3 years
C.4 years
D.5 years

Q) The Central Pollution Control Board has developed which mobile application that
will enable it to inspect industries through live streaming videos?
A.E-Inspection
B. Inspection Cop
C.E-Surveillance
D.e-Sahaj

Q) As per the new notification by government, all officials under Groups ‘A’ and ‘B’
categories shall not accept any gift without the sanction of the government if the value
exceeds Rs _________?
Rs 2,000
Rs 7,000
Rs 4,000
Rs 5,000

Q) Which Institution has topped the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) India University Rankings
2020?
A.IIT Delhi
B.IIT Bombay
C.IISC Bangalore
D.IIT Kharagpur
Q) Indian Army will conduct an exercise ‘Sindhu Sudarshan’ from 29 November to 4
December 2019 in which state?
A.Gujarat
B.Andhra Pradesh
C.Rajasthan
D.Goa

Q) What is rank of India in the Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index (MMGPI)
2019?
A.17th
B.12th
C.21st
D.32nd

Q) Who has become the first Indian man to win a gold medal at the Wushu World
Championships?
A.Praveen Kumar
B.Mir Asker Ali
C.Uchit Sharma
D.Arun Nagar

Q) The government has decided to merge lossmaking telecom firm BSNL with which
company?
A.Jio
B.Airtel
C.MTNL
D.Vodafone Idea

Q) Which state will provide no Government jobs to persons with more than 2 children
after 1 January 2021?
A.West Bengal
B.Assam
C.Rajasthan
D.Uttar Pradesh

Q) Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of Staff Selection Commission?
A.Braj Raj Sharma
B.Sanjeev Nandan Sahai
C.Tuhin Kanta Pandey
D.Sanjeev Gupta

New Appointments:

 Sanjeev Nandan Sahai will be the new Power Secretary.

 Pankaj Kumar will be the new CEO of Unique Identification Authority of India

Q) Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with the members of US India Strategic
Partnership Forum (USISPF) in New Delhi where he defined three D’s. The three D’s
stand for?
A. Diplomat, Dynamic And Democracy
B. Diversity, Democracy And Demography
C. Dimaag, Diversity And Democracy
D. Democracy, Demography And Dimaag

Q) India has opened which battlefield for tourists now?

A.Drass
B.Kargil
C.Siachen
D.Longewala

Q) Which among the following parties is set to form a minority government in Canada?
A.People's Party of Canada
B. New Democratic Party
C. Conservative Party
D. Liberal Party

Q) Naruhito has formally been ascended to the throne as the Emperor of which
country?
A.China
B.Indonesia
C.Japan
D.South Korea

Q) The world's longest flight has landed safely in which city, more than 19 hours 16
minutes after leaving New York City?
A.Sydney
B.Italy
C.Tokyo
D.Madrid

Q) Where was Col. Chewang Rinchen Setu (Bridge) inaugurated by Defence Minister
Rajnath Singh?
A.Shillong
B.Leh
C.Itanagar
D.Ladakh

Q) Which country has won the men’s Sultan of Johor Cup hockey tournament 2019?
A.India
B.Malaysia
C.Australia
D.Great Britain

Q) The 18th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit will be held in which of the
following places?
A.Aden, Yemen
B.Havana, Cuba
C.Rabat, Morocco
D.Baku, Azerbaijan
Q) Which is the only non English film to be played at Royal Albert Hall in London since
its inauguration 148 years ago?
A.Gully Boy
B.Baahubali: The Beginning
C.Andhadhun
D.Mission Mangal

Q) The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has launched which campaign
to raise awareness and take steps against hunger and malnutrition in India?
A.Feed Our Future
B.Feed Our People
C.Stop Hunger
D.Hunger is Painful

Q) From November 1, Merchant Discount Rate will not be applicable on digital

payments made to establishments having an annual turnover of more
than____________?
A.₹30 crore
B.₹20 crore
C.₹70 crore
D.₹50 crore

Q) Which pharmaceutical company is working with Drug Controller General of India

(DCGI) to launch pretomanid, a medicine used to treat drug- resistant tuberculosis
(TB)?
A.Cadila Healthcare
B.Mylan
C.Glenmark
D.Cipla

Q) Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has conferred the Most Eminent Senior Citizen
Award to whom?
A.Ashok Desai
B.Soli Sorabjee
C. K. Parasaran
D.Mukul Rohatgi

Q) Sudarshan Chakra Vahini of Indian Army is conducting two-day long war exercise
in which of the following cities?
A.Jaisalmer
B.Cuttack
C.Hyderabad
D.Jaipur

Q) Which state government has decided to do away with personal interviews for
recruitment of staff and limit the process only to written examination?
A.Rajasthan
B.Chhattisgarh
C.Andhra Pradesh
D.Tamil Nadu
Q) Government is pushing to achieve 10 per cent blending percentage of ethanol in
petrol by which year?
A.2021
B.2022
C.2023
D.2020

Q) Which team has won the Pro Kabaddi League title 2019?
A.Bengal Warriors
B.Dabang Delhi
C.UP Yoddha
D.Puneri Paltan

Q) Who has become India's 65th Chess Grandmaster?

A.Raunak Sadhwani
B. Prithu Gupta
C.Girish Koushik
D.Gukesh D

Q) Ministry of Defence (MoD) will increase the defence export to around Rs.35,000
crore by which year?
A.2025
B.2023
C.2024
D.2022

Q) A team of German researchers has discovered the world’s fastest ant, the Saharan
silver ant in the Douz area of which country?
A.Tunisia
B.Nigeria
C.Egypt
D.Algeria

Q) Name the NASA’s female astronauts who have made space history as they completed
their firstever spacewalk?
A. Christina Koch
B. Jessica Meir
C. Peggy Whitson
D.A&B
E. B&C
F. All of the above

Q) Who has been appointed as DirectorGeneral of the National Security Guard (NSG)?
A.Anup Kumar Singh
B.V K Johri
C.Arvind Kumar
D.Surjeet Singh Deswal

Q) Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC) has conducted the second edition of which
joint services exercise from 14 Oct to 18 Oct 19?
A.DANX-19
B.PANX-19
C.TANX-19
D.CANX-19

Q) According to a national milk sample safety quality survey which state accounts
for highest number of cases of adulteration in milk?
A.Telangana
B.Madhya Pradesh
C.Kerala
D.Uttar Pradesh

Q) ‘Dr.YSR Navodayam’ scheme has been launched by which state?

A.Telangana
B.Tamil Nadu
C.Andhra Pradesh
D.Odisha

Q) Who has been appointed as the new chairman of Indian Banks’ Association?
A.Sunil Mehta
B.Rajnish Kumar
C.Jitendra Rai Goyal
D.Sushil Muhnot

Q) The second edition of ‘India Myanmar Naval Exercise’ IMNEX-2019 has begun in
which of the following cities? (Myanmar journalists ‘Wa Lone’ and ‘Kyaw Soe Oo’)
A.Cuttack
B.Pune
C. Visakhapatnam
D.Udaipur

Q) Which will be the host country of 91st Interpol General Assembly in 2020?
A.Japan
B.China
C.Chile
D.India

Q) Which state has topped the NITI Aayog’s India Innovation Index 2019 in the
category of Major State?
A.Tamil Nadu
B.Maharashtra
C.Telangana
D.Karnataka

NITI Aayog Innovation Index 2019

 Best Major state – Karnataka, (followed by Tamil Nadu and Maharasthra)
 Worst - Jharkhand is last, Bihar is 2nd Last ‘Union Territories (UTs)/City and Small
States (Best)- Delhi
  ‘Union Territories (UTs)/City and Small States (Worst) – Lakshasweep
 Best North-eastern/Himalayan state - Sikkim
 Worst - Meghalaya

Q) The World Steel Association (Worldsteel) has elected whom as the ViceChairman of
the association for one year?
A.Sajjan Jindal
B.T V Narendran
C.L N Mittal
D.Anil Kumar Chaudhary

Q) The Indian Army has begun to digitize its official records under its new programme
called “________”?
A.START
B.OASIS
C.REACH
D.NEST

Q) Jaffna International Airport was recently inaugurated in which of the following

countries?
A.India
B.Nepal
C.Bhutan
D.Sri Lanka

Q) Which country has signed a deal to 'lease' an entire Tulagi island situated in the
Solomon Islands?
A.Russia
B.China
C.Japan
D.South Korea

Q) Blue Star has appointed whom as its brand ambassador?

A.Ranveer Singh
B.Virat Kohli
C.Rohit Sharma
D.Ranbir Kapoor

Q) National Institute of Nutrition (NIN)’ postal stamp of which face value was recently
released to commemorate its centenary celebration?
A.₹5
B.₹10
C.₹20
D.₹50

Q) India’s longest Tunnel Chenani-Nashri on NH 44, in Jammu and Kashmir will

renamed after whom?
A.Atal Bihari Vajpayee
B.Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
C.Lal Bahadur Shastri
D.Sushma Swaraj

Q) The Ministry of Tribal Affairs has launched which Internship Programme on

October 17, 2019 to help tribals?
A.Van Sampati
B.Van Dhan
C.Van Mahotsav
D.Van Nidhi

Q) Mind Master: Winning Lessons from a Champion’s Life is written by whom?

Sachin Tendulkar
Pankaj Advani
Viswanathan Anand
Sunil Chhetri

Q) Joint air training exercise ‘EX EASTERN BRIDGE-V is being held between Indian
and which country?
A.UAE
B.Qatar
C.Oman
D.Russia

Q) Which city has been selected to host the 5th Edition of World Coffee Conference
from 7-9 September 2020?
A.New Delhi
B.Chennai
C.Amravati
D.Bengaluru

Q) What is the rank of India in Global Hunger Index?

A.103rd
B.88th
C.100th
D.102nd

Q) Indian Railways will become ”Net Zero" carbon emitter by which year?
A.2040
B.2038
C.2030
D.2025

Q) KHON Ramlila is a masked form of Ramlila art of which country?

A.Nepal
B.Thailand
C.Indonesia
D.Sri Lanka

Q) Which of the following two countries were re-admitted as ICC members in a meeting
held in Dubai?
A.Nepal and Afghanistan
B.Zimbabwe and Ireland
C.Zimbabwe and Nepal
D.Scotland and Ireland

Q) Who has assumed charge as the new Controller General of Accounts?

A.J.P.S. Chawla
B.Girish Chandra Murmu
C.Anoop Srivastava
D.Bhupendra Singh

Q) As per the recent data released which state has the highest prevalence of HIV?
A.Manipur
B.West Bengal
C.Mizoram
D.Nagaland

Q) In a big boost to strengthen rural infrastructure, government will spend how much
amount for infrastructural development in the villages across the country?
A. 15 lakh crore
B. 20 lakh crore
C. 35 lakh crore
D.25 lakh crore

Q) Under ‘GOAL’ initiative which company will train 5,000 women in India’s tribal
districts?
A.Google
B.Facebook
C.Wipro
D.Microsoft

Q) India-Japan Joint Air Force Exercise ‘Shinyuu Maitri’ will be held in which of the
following states?
A.West Bengal
B.Rajasthan
C.Himachal Pradesh
D.Andhra Pradesh

Q) Mastercard has launched a campaign named “Team Cashless India”, who is the
brand ambassador of Mastercard and this campaign?
A.Virat Kohli
B.P V Sindhu
C.Mary Kom
D.M S Dhoni

Q) Who has become the youngest batsman to score a double century in List A (One-
Day) cricket?
A.Aryan Juyal
B.Yashasvi Jaiswal
C.Yash Rathod
D.Pavan Shah

Q) Dr Harsh Vardhan has launched which Food Safety Scheme to engage youth with
the food safety ecosystem at ground level?
A.Poshan
B.Paushtik
C.Mitra
D.Tijori

Q) India and China hasve decided to establish “sister-state relations” between which
Indian state and Fujian Province?
A.Andhra Pradesh
B.Gujarat
C.Tamil Nadu
D.Odisha

 'Sister State Partnership' agreement signed between Telangana and New Jersey
 Delhi, Moscow signed twin-city agreement
 The cities of Kobe in Japan and Ahmedabad in Gujarat, India signed to be sister-cities
 Gujarat Government and Delaware State of America signed MoU -Memorandum of
Understanding for sister state.
 Gujarat and New Jersey in USA inked a 'sister state agreement'

Q) Which among the following organization has adopted the ‘Clean Air Cities
Declaration’?
A.WTO
B.UNDP
C.IUCN
D.C40 Cities

Q) World Students’ Day was observed on?

A.October 14
B.October 12
C.October 13
D.October 15

Q) Which airline has become the first airline in the world to use a Taxibot on a A320
aircraft with passengers onboard?
A.Emirates
B.Air India
C.Qatar
D.Singapore

Q) Who has become the first black woman to win the prestigious 2019 Booker Prize?
A.Margaret Atwood
B.Lucy Ellmann
C.Daisy Johnson
D.Bernardine Evaristo
Q) Good Economics for Hard Times – Better Answers to our Biggest Problems is
written by whom?
A.Amartya Sen
B.Manmohan Singh
C.Abhijit Banerjee
D.Kaushik Basu

India wins four UNESCO heritage awards

1. Vikram Sarabhai Library, IIM Ahmedabad – Award of Distinction
2. Keneseth Eliyahoo Synagogue, Mumbai - Award of Merit
3. Our Lady of Glory Church, Mumbai – Award of Merit
4. Flora Fountain, Mumbai – Honourable Mention

Q) Reserve Bank of India has stopped the printing of which currency notes?
A.Rs 500
B.Rs 2,000
C.Rs 100
D.Rs 200

Reserve Bank of India printing Press

 Nasik ( Maharashtra)
 Dewas (Madhya Pradesh )
 Mudran at Mysuru( Karnataka)
 Salboni (West Bengal)

Q20) Which country’s company “Total” has announced acquisition of 37.4 per cent
stake in Gautam Adani-led Adani Gas?
A.Italy
B.France
C.Japan
D.Russia

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Obituaries
 Mathematician Vashishtha Narayan Singh who challenged Einstein's theory, passed
away.
 Former chief election commissioner (CEC), TN Seshan passed away . He was the
10th Chief Election Commissioner of India
 Padma Shri-awardee Dhrupad vocalist Ramakant Gundecha passed away.
 Former Lok Sabha member and Communist Party of India (CPI) leader Gurudas
Dasgupta passed away
 Actor and comedian John Witherspoon passed away recently
 Sahitya Akademi awardee writer Nabaneeta Dev Sen passed away
 Krishan Kumar Modi passed away. He was former president of FICCI
 Movie producer Champak Jain passed away
 Popular Telugu actress Geetanjali Ramakrishna passed away
 First female UN refugee chief Sadako Ogata passed away. She served as the Chief of
the UN refugees from 1991-2000.
 The World Diabetes Day (WDD) was observed globally on 14 November.
 The theme for diabetes awareness month and World Diabetes Day 2019 “Family
and Diabetes”.
 World Pneumonia Day: November 12 This year the theme for World Pneumonia
Day is "healthy lungs for all"
 National Legal Services Day: November 9
 International Day of Radiology: November 8
 The theme for 2019 IDoR is Sports Imaging
  7th November is observed as National Cancer Awareness Day
 World Tsunami Awareness Day 2019 – 5 november
 The theme of the world tsunami awareness day is "Sendai Seven
Campaign".
 World Vegan Day : 1st November
 National Unity Day 2019/ Rashtriya Ekta Diwas : October 31
 The World Cities Day (WCD) : 31 October Theme : changing the world: Innovations
and better life for future generations

Q) Which state government has decided to institute Suraj award to promote organ
donation?
A. Odisha
B. Kerala
C. Karnataka
D. Andhra Pradesh

Q) Which state has launched e-ganna app for sugarcane farmers?

A. Rajasthan
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Bihar
D. Jharkhand

Q) The 2019 World Kabaddi Cup will be held in which of the following states?
A. Haryana
B. Punjab
C. Gujarat
D. Rajasthan

Q) Under whose chairmanship a committee has been made to draft a new National
Water Policy (NWP)?
A. Inderjit Singh
B. Montek Singh Ahluwalia
C. Jaswant Singh
D. Mihir Shah

Q) As per the SBI research report, what would be the GDP Growth rate of India for
Fiscal Year 2020?
A. 6.1%
B. 5.9%
C. 5 %
D. 6.3%

 Moody's cuts India's GDP growth forecast to 5.6% for 2019 For 2020 - 6.6%
For 2021 - 6.7 per cent
 Nomura cuts GDP prediction for India to 4.9% for FY20; 6.1% for FY21
 Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofAML) has predicted India’s GDP growth rate for
2019-20(FY20) at 5.8%.
 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has predicted
India’s GDP growth rate for 2020-2024 at 6.6%.
Q) As per the judgement of the SupremeCourt, who among the following alsocomes
under the Right to Information(RTI) Act?
A. Office of President of India
B. Office of Chief Justice of India
C. Office of Prime Minister of India
D. Office of Vice Presient of India

Q) Which state will launch the Sishu Suraksha App?

A. Karnataka
B. Rajasthan
C. Himachal Praddesh
D. Assam

Q) Which edition of India International Trade Fair 2019 will be held in Delhi?
A. 40th
B. 39th
C. 38th
D. 37th

Q) Who has been added to the board of the New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art?
A. Indra Nooyi
B. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
C. Chanda Kochhar
D. Nita Ambani

Q) Public Service Broadcasting Day is observed every year in India on?

A. 13 November
B. 12 November
C. 11 November
D. 10 November

Q) World’s first CNG port terminal will be established in which city of Gujarat?
A. Vadodara
B. Jamnagar
C. Navsari
D. Bhavnagar

Q) Who has become the fastest Indian cricketer to take 50 T20I wickets?
A. Jasprit Bumrah
B. R Ashwin
C. Deepak Chahar
D. Yuzvendra Chahal

Q) The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has proposed to merge which Central
paramilitary force with ITBP?
A. Sashastra Seema Bal
B. Central Reserve Police Force
C. Border Security Force
D. Assam Rifles
Q) Which country has won 2019 Fed Cup Title?
A. United States
B. France
C. Australia
D. Germany

Q) The ‘Air Fest-2019’ was held in which city by the Indian Air Force, recently?
A. Pune
B. Kanpur
C. Nagpur
D. New Delhi

Q) The Defence Innovations Conference ‘Def-Connect’ was held in which city to

showcase the accomplishments of the Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX)
initiative?
A. New Delhi
B. Lucknow
C. Bengaluru
D. Hyderabad

Q) The Jammu and Kashmir government has set up a panel to declare which Lake and
its surrounding areas as an eco-sensitive zone (ESZ)?
A. Dal Lake
B. Gadsar Lake
C. Wular Lake
D. Mansar Lake

Q) Who has been roped in as the Brand Ambassador of Chelsea Football Club (FC) for
India?
A. Varun Dhawan
B. Arjun Kapoor
C. Ayushmann Khurrana
D. Vicky Kaushal

Q) Global sports brand, Trusox has roped in which India cricketer as its brand
ambassador for India?
A. Virat Kohli
B. Rohit Sharma
C. K L Rahul
D. Hardik Pandya

Q) In India the National Education Day is celebrated every year on?

A. 12 November
B. 11 November
C. 10 November
D. 9 November

Q) India’s first elephant memorial was opened on which highway?

A. Delhi to Amritsar
B. Agra to Mumbai
C. Pune to Machilipatnam
D. Agra-Mathura

Q) Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) will set up a 2G ethanol plant in which of the
following districts of Haryana?
A. Faridabad
B. Jhajjar
C. Panipat
D. Karnal

Q) Which state has decided to seek UNESCO World Heritage Site status for 14 Hoysala
temples?
A. Tamil Nadu
B. Karnataka
C. Odisha
D. Kerala

Q) Under whose chairmanship a panel has been formed to implement Union Home
Minister Amit Shah's order for 100 days homestay to CAPF jawans?
A. Atul Karwal
B. Surinder Singh
C. Anil Chauhan
D. Satinder Kumar Saini

Q) Who was awarded the Wildlife Conservation Society’s George Schaller Lifetime
Award in Wildlife Conservation Science?
A. Rajeev Pillay
B. K. Ullas Karanth
C. Aaron Lobo
D. Ajay Desai

Q) Name the forest guard who has won the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) Earth Heroes
award 2019?
A. Dimbeshwar Das
B. Mohan Singh
C. Virag Sharma
D. Rajeev Singh

Q) Indian Railways has launched which cartoon character through an animated

short film video to spread awareness of maintaining safety among passengers?
A. Hanuman Bhaiya
B. Ramu Bhaiya
C. Gappu Bhaiya
D. Motu Bhaiya

Q) The government has launched which unique mentorship programme under which
civil service probationers will have to adopt a youth to provide career and professional
guidance?
A. Nurture the Future
B. The Future Youth
C. The Youth Participation
D. Young Workforce

Q) Which television personality will receive the Carol Burnett Award for lifetime
achievement at the 2020 Golden Globes?
A. Ellen DeGeneres
B. Oprah Winfrey
C. Barbara Walters
D. Sharon Osbourne

Q) Name the writer who will be honoured with the Tata Literature Live! Lifetime
Achievement award 2019?
A. Bhavna Chauhan
B. Hemant Shesh
C. Shanta Gokhale
D. Rajesh Talwar

Q) Who has become the youngest Indian cricketer to score a half-century in

international cricket?
A. Mansi Joshi
B. Shafali Verma
C. Pramila Bhatt
D. Priya Punia

Q) Which state celebrated its foundation day on 9 November 2019?

A. Uttarakhand
B. Himachal Pradesh
C. Gujarat
D. Assam

Q) Google celebrated _____th anniversary of fall of Berlin Wall with special doodle?
A. 40th
B. 30th
C. 25th
D. 50th

Q) When is World Science Day for Peace and Development celebrated every year?
A. 11 November
B. 9 November
C. 8 November
D. 10 November

Q) Titan Eyewear has appointed which Bollywood actor as its Brand Ambassador?
A. Vicky Kaushal
B. Ayushman Khurrana
C. Rajkumar Rao
D. Varun Dhawan

Q) Which state had accounted for 50% of Northeast violence in 2018, as per a Union
Home Ministry report?
A. Manipur
B. Mizoram
C. Nagaland
D. Arunachal Pradesh

Q) The first-ever joint tri-service exercise named INDRA 2019 will be held between
India and which country from December
10-19?
A. France
B. Sweden
C. Russia
D. Malaysia

Q) Google India has appointed whom as its new country manager?

A. Sandeep Sinha
B. Sanjay Gupta
C. Karthik Reddy
D. Rajat Kumar Gupta

Q) What is the name of the firs electric airplane unveiled by NASA?

A. G-27 Maxwell
B. X-57 Maxwell
C. Y-34 Maxwell
D. Z-66 Maxwell

Q) The Indian Air Force has launched which multiplayer version of its interactive
mobile game?
A. Indian Air Force – Air Conflicts
B. Indian Air Force – Heroes Above
C. Indian Air Force - A Cut Above
D. Indian Air Force – A Daring Show

Q) Tiger TRIUMPH, the first-ever Tri-Services Amphibious Exercise between India

and United State (US) is scheduled to be held from November 13 – 21 in which state?
A. Andhra Pradesh
B. Kerala
C. Goa
D. Tamil Nadu

Q) Which upcoming Bollywood movie has stirred fears of impacting India’s relations
with Afghanistan over the portrayal of a character, Ahmad Shah Abdali?
A. Panipat
B. Tanhaji
C. Laal Kaptaan
D. Prthiviraj Chauhan

Q) India and which country held the Joint Naval Exercise "Samudra Shakti" in Bay Of
Bengal?
A. Malaysia
B. Singapore
C. Indonesia
D. Thailand

Q) Nicola Adams has announced her retirement from which of the following sports?
A. Boxing
B. Badminton
C. Gymnastics
D. Shooting

Q) Which General Insurance has launched a new mobile app called ‘Farmitra’?
A. Bharti AXA
B. Edelweiss
C. Bajaj Allianz
D. Kotak Mahindra

 SAMADHAN Portal - Ministry of Labour and Employment

 LADIS portal - Inland Waterways Authority of India
 ENSURE Portal - Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
 DBT Tribal web portal - Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs launched
 PaiSA’ portal - Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
 Nyaya Bandhu - Law ministry

Q) Who has has become the second fastest Indian to score 2,000 runs in oneday
internationals?
A. Shikhar Dhawan
B. Smriti Mandhana
C. Virat Kohli
D. Mithali Raj

Q) Which writer has been selected for the 29th Vyas Samman?
A. Kunwar Narayan
B. Geet Chaturvedi
C. Vishwanath Tripathi
D. Nasira Sharma

Q) The 11th BRICS Summit was held in which country?

A. Brazil
B. China
C. South Africa
D. Russia

Q) Which of the following countries will host the men’s Hockey World Cup in 2023?
A. Netherlands
B. India
C. Spain
D. Belgium

Q) Who has become the first cricketer in the world to score 2500 runs in T20Is?
A. Virat Kohli
B. Rohit Sharma
C. Joe Root
D. Kane Williamson

Q) Indian Railways’ Western Railway Zone has introduced which rake for the local
trains in Mumbai?
A. Surya Rake
B. Uttam Rake
C. Shool Rake
D. Anand Rake

Q) Minister of Coal and Mines, Shri Pralhad Joshi has announced hike in ex-gratia
amount from Rs 5 lakhs to Rs _______ lakhs, for fatal coal mines accidents?
A. 10 lakh
B. 12 lakh
C. 7 lakh
D. 15 lakh

Q) Who has been chosen for the prestigious Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award, presented by
the Press Council of India?
A. Sudhir Agarwal
B. Mahendra Mohan Gupta
C. Narendra Mohan
D. Gulab Kothari

Q) Name the vessel which is the second in the series of five fast patrol vessels (FPV)
delivered to the Indian Coast Guard by GRSE?
A. ICGS Annie Besant
B. ICGS Rani Abbakka
C. ICGS Rani Avanti Bai
D. ICGS Rani Durgavati

Q) The ministry of commerce and industries has allocated a separate Harmonized

System(HS) code to Khadi fabrics, HS is a _________ digit identification code?
A. Seven
B. Six
C. Twelve
D. Fifteen

Q) Which IT firm has acquired BORN Group, a New York-based digital content and
production agency, for $95 million?
A. Wipro
B. TCS
C. Tech Mahindra
D. Infosys

Q) The Indian Railways has installed two 'Health ATMs' at which railway station in
Uttar Pradesh?
A. Charbagh railway station
B. Kiraoli railway station
C. Fatehpur Sikri railway station
D. Allahabad City railway station

Q) Which state government has decided to ban diesel-run autorickshaws from 2021 in
the State capital?
A. Jharkhand
B. Gujarat
C. Bihar
D. Uttar Pradesh

Q) Who has been elected as the President of UAE?

A. Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed
B. Saud bin Rashid
C. Hamad bin Mohammed
D. Zayed bin Sultan

Q) Union Minister of State for Human Resources Development Sanjay Dhotre launched
which Portal of Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti?
A. Sarv Shiksha
B. Shala Darpan
C. Paathshala
D. Unnati

Q) FSSAI has released draft regulations of Safe Food and Healthy Diet for school
children, under which it has imposed a ban on the sale of soft drinks, potato wafers and
other junk foods within _____________ meters of school campus?
A. 100 m
B. 150 m
C. 125 m
D. 50 m

 Union Minister of Health Harsh Vardhan launched the ‘Trans Fat Free’ logo of
FSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India) at 8th International Chefs’
Conference held in New Delhi
 As part of ‘Eat Right India’ led by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
(FSSAI), India targets to reduce industrially produced trans fatty acids on food supply
to less than 2% by 2022
 Dr Harsh Vardhan inaugurated Food Safety and Standard Authority of India’s
(FSSAI) National Food Laboratory (NFL) in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
 7 June – 1st ever World Food Safety Day Theme- ‘Food Safety, everyone’s business’
WHO + FAO
(FSSAI) launched Swasth Bharat Yatra Best state – Tamil Nadu
 FSSAI launched campaign “Heart Attack Rewind”, calling for elimination of
industrially produced transfat in the food supply.
 FSSAI - B Sesikeran committee to review food labelling standards Rita Teaotia
(Chairperson

Q) To mark the ______th anniversary of Ganga being declared as national river,

NMCG has organized the ‘Ganga Utsav’ in Major Dhyanchand stadium in New Delhi?
A. 10th
B. 11th
C. 15th
D. 12th

Q) According to India Justice Repor (IJR) 2019 which is the top state in delivering
justice to its citizens?
A. Maharashtra
B. Kerala
C. Tamil Nadu
D. Punjab

Q) Cyclone Bulbul is the name suggested by which country?

A. Sri Lanka
B. Bangladesh
C. Pakistan
D. Nepal

Bulbul - Pakistan
Fani – Bangladesh
Vayu – India
Hikaa – Maldives
Kyarr - Myanmar
Maha - Oman

Q) Skincare brand Joy has appointed whom as its Brand Ambassador?

A. Alia Bhatt
B. Kriti Sanon
C. Deepika Padukone
D. Kareena Kapoor

Q) What is the rank of India in the 2019Women, Peace, and Security Index?
A. 84th
B. 78th
C. 110th
D. 133rd

Q) The Union Cabinet approved an MoU between India and Bangladesh on the
withdrawal of 1.82 cusecs of water from which river by India?
A. Meghna River
B. Surma River
C. Feni River
D. Padma River

Q) For the first time in six decades which state celebrated its formation day on
November 1?
A. Karnataka
B. Kerala
C. Tamil Nadu
D. Gujarat
Q) Who was conferred with the prestigious Deming Prize at a ceremony held in Tokyo?
A. Ratan Tata
B. Venu Srinivasan
C. Rishad Premji
D. Natarajan Chandrasekaran

Q) The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) conducted the Regional Level Search and Rescue
Workshop and Exercise 2019 (ReSAREX19) in which state?
A. Andhra Pradesh
B. Goa
C. Odisha
D. Rajasthan

Q) Which bank will provide a $451 million (appx. Rs.3,200 crore) loan for power
connectivity between Chennai-Kanyakumari Industrial Corridor (CKIC) in Tamil
Nadu?
A. World Bank
B. New Development Bank
C. Asian Development Bank
D. IMF

Q) Which IIT institution has launched the country’s “first indigenously” designed
standing wheelchair named ‘Arise’?
A. IIT Madras
B. IIT Delhi
C. IIT Bombay
D. IIT Kanpur

Q) SRSS -1 is the first ever satellite of which country?

A. Cuba
B. Sudan
C. Jamaica
D. Pakistan

Q) Students of which city has Guinness World Record for the largest astrophysics
lesson and assembly of spectroscopes?
A. Delhi
B. Pune
C. Kolkata
D. Chennai

Q) The State Government of Himachal Pradesh organized Rising Himachal Global

Investors’ Meet 2019 in which city?
A. Manali
B. Dharamshala
C. Shimla
D. Kasauli

Q) P.S Sreedharan Pillai has been appointed as the governor of which Northeast state?
A. Assam
B. Tripura
C. Mizoram
D. Nagaland

Q) FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2020 will be held in which country?
A. India
B. Russia
C. Japan
D. South Korea

Q) Who has been appointed as the chairman of the Land Ports Authority of India
(LPAI)?
A. Arun Kumar Singh
B. Aditya Mishra
C. Satya Narayan Pradhan
D. Navin Kumar Singh

Q) Who has won the women’s singles tittle at the WTA Finals 2019?
A. Ashleigh Barty
B. Elina Svitolina
C. Naomi Osaka
D. Simona Halep

 US OPEN 2019
 Bianca Andreescu (Canada)
 Wimbledon 2019
 Simona Halep (Romania)
 Australian Open
 Naomi Osaka (Japan)
 French Open
 Ashleigh Barty (Australia)

Q) The Union Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has

launched the Skills Build platform in collaboration with which company?
A. Microsoft
B. IBM
C. Wipro
D. Google

 Google and Union Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) launched ‘Build for
Digital India’ programme for engineering students.
 Google launched Bolo to tutor children to read Hindi and English
 Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs partnered with Google to launch Loo
Review campaign on Google Map
 Google’s new project ‘Crafted in India’, in partnership with Ministry of
Tourism
 NHA and Google tie up for Ayushman Bharat Implementation
 Government of India – IBM – AI in agriculture
 GOAL Initiative – Facebook
 Google – 27th September 2019 – 21st birthday
  Founder – Sergey Brin + Larry Page
 Instagram Founder – Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger
 Whatsapp founders - Brian Acton and Jan Koum

Q) Which of the following ministries has launched the Wastelands Atlas – 2019?
A. Ministry of Rural Development
B. Ministry of Home Affairs
C. Ministry of Jal Shakti
D. Ministry of Coal

Q) Which railway station has become the first railway station under Southern Railway
to become visually challengedfriendly?
A. Madurai
B. Kollam
C. Coimbatore
D. Tirunelveli

Q) Katerniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary is located in which of the following states?

A. Assam
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Gujarat
D. West Bengal

Q) The National Research Institute of Unani Medicine for Skin Disorders (NRIUMSD)
was recently launched in which of the following cities?
A.New Delhi
B.Amravati
C.Hyderabad
D.Kanpur

Q) Which of the following novels has won the 2019 JCB prize for Literature?
A. The Far Field
B. City of Girls
C. The Bride Test
D. Lost Children Archive

Q) Which state has partnered with Abhijit Banerjee’s Lateef Jameel

Poverty Action Lab to minimise poverty?
A. Gujarat
B. Karnataka
C. Odisha
D. Rajasthan

Q) Which country has been made the focus country for the 25th Kolkata International
Film Festival?
A. France
B. Russia
C. Japan
D. Germany
Q) Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri has inaugurated a new Guru Nanak Chair at
which University?
A. Oxford University
B. University of Birmingham
C. Stanford University
D. Harvard University

Q) Which of the following ministries has launched two new IT initiatives - ICEDASH
and ATITHI?
A. Ministry of Jal Shakti
B. Ministry of Finance
C. Ministry of Defence
D. Ministry of Railways

Q) The Central government will invite President of which country as the chief guest to
the Republic Day celebrations 2020?
A. Sweden
B. United States
C. Brazil
D. Germany

Q) AHTUs will be set up in all districts across the nation, What does “H” stands for in
AHTUs?
A. Human
B. Hand
C. Hostel
D. Home

Q) Which has become the first Government hospital in India to have Robotic Surgery
Facility?
A. Safdarjang Hospital, Delhi
B. TATA Memorial Hospital, Mumbai
C. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi
D. Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi

Q) Which city held the title for the world’s most polluted city in the latest edition of
Guinness World Records 2020?
A. Delhi
B. Greater Noida
C. Kanpur
D. Patna

Q) Under Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat initiative which state has been tagged with
Maharashtra to promote art, culture and tourism of their respective states?
A. Goa
B. Tripura
C. Odisha
D. Andhra Pradesh
Q) In which state the first micro composting centre (MCC) was inaugurated?
A. Telangana
B. Odisha
C. Karnataka
D. Tamil Nadu

Q) India is planning to open 100 additional airports by which year?

A. 2023
B. 2024
C. 2022
D. 2025

Q) Pegasus which is news recently is a ____________?

A. Trojan
B. Worm
C. Spyware
D. Rootkit

Q) Who has become the first female President of Ethiopia?

A. Sahle-Work Zewde
B. Tarja Halonen
C. Helen Clark
D. Dalia Itzik

Q) Union Home Minister Amit Shah will inaugurate the Shanghai Cooperation
Organisation Joint Exercise on Urban Earthquake Search and Rescue (SCOJtEx) in
which city?
A. Pune
B. Bengaluru
C. New Delhi
D. Mumbai

Q) Which country has won the 2019 Rugby World Cup?

A. England
B. South Africa
C. Japan
D. Scotland

Q) The telecom regulator has mandated a minimum ring duration of __________

seconds for outgoing mobile calls before they are disconnected?
A. 30 seconds
B. 45 seconds
C. 20 seconds
D. 60 seconds

Q) India has ranked at which place in 2019 Global Microscope Report on Financial
Inclusion?
A. Sixth
B. Tenth
C. Third
D. Fifth

Q) Who will be honoured with the Icon of Golden Jubilee award at the 50th edition of
International Film Festival of India (IFFI)?
A. Prabhas
B. Rajnikanth
C. Amitabh Bachchan
D. Shahrukh Khan

French actress Isabelle Huppert will receive the lifetime achievement award for foreign
artists at the 50th edition of International Film Festival of India (IFFI)

Q) In which city UN Climate Change Conference (COP 25) will be organized from 2 to
13 December?
A. Malaga
B. Barcelona
C. Seville
D. Madrid

Q) Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu has inaugurated the 21st North East Book Fair in
which of the following cities?
A. Dispur
B. Guwahati
C. Imphal
D. Gangtok

Q) Which Institution is going to set up a space technology cell in collaboration with the
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)?
A. IIT Madras
B. IIT Kanpur
C. IIT Delhi
D. IIT Lucknow

Q) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has presented the prestigious Award for
Corporate Excellence to which company for saving water?
A. Pepsico India
B. ITC Limited
C. Nestlé
D. Procter and Gamble

Q) Coal India has a target to produce 1 billion tons of coal by which year?
A. 2025
B. 2022
C. 2026
D. 2024

Q) Which two countries have signed the International Solar Alliance’s (ISA)
Framework Agreement?
A. Eritrea
B. Saint Lucia
C. Saint Kitts and Nevis
D. A & B
E. B & C
F. A & C

Q) Dustlik 2019 is a joint military exercise between India and which country?
A. Turkmenistan
B. Kazakhstan
C. Kyrgyzstan
D. Uzbekistan

Prabal Dostyk - Kazakhstan

Khanjar - Kyrgyzstan

Q) Which company will buy Fitbit for $2.1 billion?

A. Google
B. Amazon
C. ITC
D. Microsoft

Q) Who is the author of the book The Hindu Way: An Introduction to Hinduism?
A. Kewal Dheer
B. Akash Dixit
C. Amish Tripathi
D. Shashi Tharoor

HRD Minister and Harsimrat Kaur badal to launch 3 books on Guru Nanak Dev Ji
Guru Nanak Bani, Nanak Bani, and Sakhian Guru Nanak Dev

Chief Justice of India Justice Ranjan Gogoi released the Assamese version of the book
‘Courts of India: Past to Present’ in Guwahati

Q) Who will be the new MD & CEO for the IndusInd Bank?
A. Romesh Sobti
B. Sumant Kathpalia
C. Sunil Mehta
D. Rajeev Kumar

Q) Which Railway zone has become the first zone in the country to install bio-toilets in
all the passenger trains running under it?
A. South Central Railway
B. Western Railway
C. West Central Railway
D. Eastern Railway

Q) Which power plant has celebrated its 50th anniversary on 28 October, 2019?
A. Kaiga Nuclear Power Plant
B. Narora Atomic Power Station
C. Tarapur Atomic Power Station
D. Madras Atomic Power Station

Q) Central Government has increased the target for e-transactions in the financial year
ending March 2020 to _________billion by volume?
A.55 billion
B.45 billion
C.50 billion
D.40 billion

Q) Which country has launched the worlds’ first blockchain-based carbon trading
exchange?
A.United States
B.France
C.Singapore
D.China

Q) The third edition of Global Ayurveda Summit 2019 was inaugurated in which of the
following states?
A. Karnataka
B. Kerala
C. Odisha
D. Maharashtra

Q) Which Nuclear Power Plant was recently attacked by the malware?

A. Kaiga
B. Tarapur
C. Rawatbhata
D. Kudankulam

Q) Online shopping site ShopClues has decided to merge its business with which e-
commerce platform?
A. Qoo10
B. Shopify
C. Big Cartel
D. Amazon

Q) ________ will ban all political advertising worldwide from 22 November 2019?
A. Google
B. Twitter
C. Facebook
D. LinkedIn

Q) Which of the following cities has now been officially designated as a UNESCO
Creative City of Gastronomy?
A. New Delhi
B. Hyderabad
C. Bhopal
D. Bengaluru
  Mumbai has been designated as Creative City of Films

Q) What number of government vehicles will be converted into e-vehicles to make them
eco-friendly?
A. 3 Lakh
B. 1 lakh
C. 5 lakh
D. 4 lakh

Q) World Heritage-listed Shuri Castle which has been destroyed by a massive fire is
located in which of the following countries?
A. South Korea
B. Japan
C. China
D. Ukraine

Q) Who will now be eligible to apply for National Pension System (NPS)?
A.Non Resident Indians
B.Overseas Citizens of India
C.Refugees in India
D.All of the above

Q) As per the 14th National Health Profile (NHP) 2019, Life Expectancy of females is
______ years?
A.68.7 years
B.67.4 years
C.70.2 years
D. 59.9 years

Q) National Day for Disaster Reduction is observed every year on 29 October to

commemorate destruction brought by which cyclone?
A.Super Cyclone 1999
B.Cyclone Hudhud
C.Cyclone Fani
D.Cyclone Ochki

Q) Around 2,209 panchayats were brought under natural farming under Prakritik
Kheti Khushaal Kissan Yojana of which state?
A. Uttarakhand
B. Harayana
C. Himachal Pradesh
D. Rajasthan

Q) Vice President Venkaiah Naidu has unveiled a ________point reform charter for
functioning of the Parliament and State Legislatures?
A.Ten
B.Twenty
C.Twelve
D.Fifteeen
Q) Researchers of which institution has created the first ever Indian Brain Atlas (IBA)?
A. IIT Delhi
B. IIIT Hyderabad
C. IICB Kolkata
D. IIT Madras

Q) Which country has been declared as the Guest of Honour at the 38th edition of the
Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) 2019?
A. India
B. Mexico
C. France
D. Sweden

Q) The 28th Vyas Samman for the year 2018 was conferred on whom?
A. Surinder Verma
B. Sunita Jain
C. Mamta Kalia
D. Leeladhar Jagoori

Q) Which is the focus country of the 3rd edition of the Guwahati International Film
Festival?
A. Mexico
B. Australia
C. Iran
D. Russia

Q) Who has been appointed as the new Ambassador of India to UAE?

A. Pavan Kapoor
B. Navdeep Singh Suri
C. Ajay Bisaria
D. Gautam Bambawale

Q) Which country is hosting the 35th ASEAN Summit?

A. Cambodia
B. Thailand
C. Indonesia
D. Malaysia

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Important Days
 Indian Army celebrates Poonch Link Up Day on November 23rd, 2019
 World COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) 2019 : November 20
 The 2019 theme : “All Together to End COPD
 World Television Day: November 21
 Transgender Day of Remembrance (International Transgender Day of
Remembrance): November 20
 World Philosophy Day 2019: 21 November
 World Fisheries Day: November 21 Theme : Social Responsibility in the fisheries
value chain
 Women's Entrepreneurship Day (WED): November 19
 National Epilepsy Day is observed on 17 November every year.
 World Antibiotic Awareness Week - 18-24 November 2019
 Africa Industrialization Day: 20 November 2019 Theme: “Positioning African
Industry to Supply the AfCFTA Market”
 International Students’ Day: November 17
 World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims 2019: November 17
Theme 2019 – Life is not a car part
 National Press Day: 16th November International Day for Tolerance: 16th
November

Obituaries:
  Renowned mathematician Vashishtha Narayan Singh passes away
 Veteran actor Shaukat Kaifi passes away
 The General Secretary of the Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) and former
West Bengal Minister Kshiti Goswami passed away.

Q) Living Root Bridges which were in news recently is situated in which state?
A. Meghalaya
B. Nagaland
C. Arunachal Pradesh
D. Himachal Pradesh

Meghalaya
 High Court CJ - Muhammad Raffiq National Games 2022
 22nd National Conference on e-Governance 2019 held at Shillong
 Hand-in-Hand’ in Meghalaya in December 2019 Donkupar Roy – former CM,
Meghalaya passed away

Tourism
 Sri Lanka & Myanmar - visa-on-arrival to Indians
 India will give Visa-on-arrival to South Korea & UAE

Q) Bougainville which was in news recently is an autonomous region of which country?

A. Chad
B. Cameroon
C. Papua New Guinea
D. Benin

Q) Which Rhino has gone extinct in Malaysia?

A. Sumatran rhinoceros
B. Javan rhinoceros
C. Black rhinoceros
D. White rhinoceros

Q) Which state observes ‘Sangai Festival’ every year?

A. Arunachal Pradesh
B. Assam
C. Manipur
D. Meghalaya

Q) Which umpire has written the book ‘Finding the Gaps’?

A. Paul Wilson
B. Peter Willey
C. Simon Taufel
D. Aleem Dar

Q) The International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women is held
on__________?
A. November 23
B. November 24
C. November 26
D. November 25

“Orange the World: Generation Equality Stands Against Rape”

Q) The Etawah Lion Safari which has been opened for public is located in which state?
A. Jharkhand
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Bihar
D. West Bengal

Q) Name the winner of 2019 Davis CupTennis title?

A. SUI
B. Serbia
C. Spain
D. USA

Q) What is the rank of India in the Nomura’s Food Vulnerability Index (NFVI) 2019?
A. 20th
B. 44th
C. 50th
D. 38th

Q) Who has been conferred with Lesley Ho Asian Film Talent Award at the Singapore
International Film Festival?
A. Rajkummar Rao
B. Irfan Khan
C. Nawazuddin Siddiqui
D. Ayushmann Khurrana

Q) What would be India’s GDP growth rate in 2020 as per OECD?

A. 5.8%
B. 6.4%
C. 6.2%
D. 5.5%

 Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofAML) has predicted India’s GDP growth
rate for 2019-20(FY20) at 5.8%.
 Japanese brokerage firm Nomura has cut its GDP forecast for India to 4.9
percent for FY20. For 2020-21 (FY21) : 6.1%
 Moody’s revises India GDP forecast to 5.6 % in 2019
India’s GDP growth rate prediction for 2020 as per Moody’s6.6%.
 India’s GDP growth rate prediction for 2021 as per Moody’s6.7%.
 Fitch Ratings slashed India's GDP growth forecast in the current fiscal to 5.5 per
cent
 GDP expansion will pick up to 6.2 per cent in the next financial year (2020-21)
 World Bank : For 2019 – 2020 : 6%
 Country would expected to gradually recover to 6.9 per cent in 2021 and 7.2 per
cent in 2022.

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

 lowered India's growth forecast from 7.2 per cent to 6.5 per cent for the current
fiscal.
 India is expected to rebound to 7.2 per cent growth infiscal 2021
 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut its economic growth forecast for 2019-20 to 6.1
per cent.
 The GDP growth will recover to 7 per cent in 2020-21
 National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) : (GDP) growth for
2019-20 at 4.9 per cent
 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) cut its projections for India’s growth to
6.1 per cent for 2019-20

Q) As per the data provided by the Ministry of Tourism on Foreign Tourist Arrivals
(FTAs) which state saw the most visits by foreign tourists in 2018?
A. Maharashtra
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. Tamil Nadu

Q) Which state has decided to declare Guru Ghasidas National Park in Koriya district
as the Tiger Reserve?
A. Chhattisgarh
B. Jharkhand
C. Bihar
D. Rajasthan

Q) Which state government has decided to legalize the cultivation of cannabis in the
state for medical and industrial purposes?
A. Assam
B. Sikkim
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Uttar Pradesh

 Ratapani Tiger Reserve

 Bhoj Metro
 Bhoj Wetland – Ramsar Site

Q) The Union Cabinet has recently approved establishment of the National Institute of
Sowa Rigpa (NISR) under which union ministry?
A. Ministry of Home Affairs
B. Ministry of Corporate affairs
C. Ministry of AYUSH
D. Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Q) Which state has launched the YSR Matsyakara Bharosa scheme?
A. Tamil Nadu
B. Karnataka
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. Odisha

Q) Who was awarded the 28th Bihari Puraskar for 2018 for her novel ‘Swapnapash’?
A. Gauri Ayyub
B. Kumari Radha
C. Nikita Singh
D. Manisha Kulshreshtha

Q) Which among the following organizations has launched a 28-page booklet called
From uttapam to sprouted dal parantha?
A. UNICEF
B. FAO
C. FSSAI
D. World Food Programme

Q) Which among the following has achieved the highest road length in the country
under PMGSY in the year 2019?
A. Assam
B. Arunachal Pradesh
C. Jammu & Kashmir
D. Rajasthan

Q) The third Military Literature Festival will be held in which city?

A. Chandigarh
B. New Delhi
C. Dehradun
D. Imphal

Q) Kailash Joshi who passed away recently was the former Chief Minister of which
state?
A. Chhattisgarh
B. Bihar
C. Jharkhand
D. Madhya Pradesh

Q) What is the rank of India in the WHO study of the lowest level of insufficient
physical activity among adolescents?
A. Eight
B. Fourth
C. Second
D. Tenth

Q) How many Gram Panchayats will be connected with internet broadband by March
2020?
A. 1 lakh
B. 2 lakh
C. 3 lakh
D. 4 lakh

Q) Who has taken oath as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka?

A. Gotabhaya Rajapaksa
B. Sajith Premadasa
C. Mahinda Rajapaksa
D. Maithripala Sirisena

Q) Who has become the Brand Ambassador Of Women’s T20 Blind Cricket
Tournament?
A. Smriti Mandhana
B. Mithali Raj
C. Jhulan Goswami
D. Harmanpreet Kaur

Q) ‘Arpa Pairi Ke Dhaar, Mahanadi he apaar’ has been declared the state song of
which state?
A. Madhya Pradesh
B. Rajasthan
C. Chhattisgarh
D. Jharkhand

Q) Who has been appointed as the Global Brand Ambassador for footwear brand
Crocs?
A. Deepika Padukone
B. Priyanka Chopra Jonas
C. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
D. Alia Bhatt

 Footwear brand Red Chief : Vicky Kaushal

 Emami ropes in Tiger shroff as brand ambassador for HE Magic Duo
 Skincare brand Namyaa Ropes In Swara Bhaskar As Brand Ambassador
 Skincare brand Joy names Kriti Sanon as brand ambassador for Honey Almond
lotion
 Titan Eyewear unveils
 #FindYourSignatureStyle campaign with
 Ayushmann Khurrana

Q) Which word has been named Collins Dictionary’s 2019 word of the year?
A. Climate Action
B. Green Energy
C. Climate Denial
D. Climate Strike

Q) What is the rank of India in 2019 Global Terrorism Index (GTI)?

A. 6th
B. 10th
C. 7th
D. 3rd
Q) Which country has approved to sell 13 MK45 Naval guns and related equipment to
India?
A. United States
B. Russia
C. France
D. Israel

Q) Union Minister for Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has released a short
documentary film on Water Conservation named “what”?
A. Shikhar Se Pukar
B. Pani Aur Prithvi
C. Abhi Nahi Toh Kabhi Nahi
D. Pani – Har Boond Kimati

Q) Which State’s Law Commission has recommended seven-years of jail term for
forced conversion?
A. West Bengal
B. Kerala
C. Uttar Pradesh
D. Rajasthan

Q) The Centre has constituted a high-level committee, to suggest necessary policy

initiatives for attracting more investments into the Petroleum, Chemicals and
Petrochemical Investment Regions PCPIR, under whose chairmanship?
A. Rajat Bhargava
B. Sudhir Bhargava
C. Ashok Chawla
D. Ashok Kumar Gupta

Q) Kalaburgi Airport of which state was recently inaugurated under the UDAN (Ude
Desh ka Aam Naagrik)-Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS)?
A. Kerala
B. Andhra Pradesh
C. Tamil Nadu
D. Karnataka

Q) Who has become the first Indian to be crowned Mr Universe 2019 title at the 11th
World Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championship (WBPF) 2019?
A. Murli Kumar
B. Rajendran Mani
C. Varinder Singh Ghuman
D. Chitharesh Natesan

Q) Government is planning to merge Daman and Diu with which of the following Union
Territories?
A. Lakshadweep
B. Dadra and Nagar Haveli
C. Andaman and Nicobar Islands
D. Puducherry
Q) World’s biggest Islamic Congregation “Aalmi Tablighi Ijtima” is being held in
which city?
A. Lucknow
B. Kochi
C. Agra
D. Bhopal

Q) Indian Army has dedicated the Army Goodwill Park as a mark of paying tribute to
which soldier?
A. Subedar Chuni Lal
B. Capt Vikram Batra
C. Lance Naik Nazir Ahmed Wani
D. Major Saurabh Kalia

The Indian Army digitized their official records under its new programme called
“OASIS”-Officers Automated Structures Information System

Q) Munderwa Sugar Mill was recently inaugurated in which of the following states?
A. Madhya Pradesh
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Rajasthan
D. Bihar

Q) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has become the longest-serving Prime Minister in the
history of Japan by surpassing whose record?
A. Yoshiro Mori
B. Yukio Hatoyama
C. Toshiki Kaifu
D. Katsura Taro

Q) SITMEX is a trilateral maritime exercise between India, Singapore and which

country?
A. Thailand
B. Indonesia
C. Japan
D. Australia

Q) Who has been conferred with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Indian
Council of Medical Research (ICMR)?
A. Ajay Piramal
B. Nandini Piramal
C. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
D. Dilip Shanghvi

Karnataka
 Karnataka Topped NITI Aayog's India Innovation Index

GI Tag
  Sirsi Supari , Bababudangiri Arabica Coffee, Chikmaguluru Arabica Coffee,
Coorg Arabica Coffee, Gulbarga tur dal (Kalaburagi red gram), Kolhapuri
chappals
 SARAL - 'State Rooftop Solar Attractiveness Index’ State of Karnataka got first
rank in the Index
 India and ADB signed 91 million USD to improve water resources in Karnataka

Q) Where is world's first Muslim yoga camp being held?

A. Himachal Pradesh
B. Kerala
C. Uttar Pradesh
D. Uttarakhand

Q) President Ram Nath Kovind awarded the President’s Colour to which of the
following institution?
A. Indian Military Academy
B. Indian Air Force Academy
C. Indian Naval Academy
D. National Defence Academy

Q) NASA scientists have recently detected water vapor on which Jupiter’s moon?
A. Amalthea
B. Ganymede
C. Methis
D. Europa

Q) Who is set to become India’s youngest judge?

A. Mayank Pratap Singh
B. Tanvi Mathur
C. Deeksha Madaan
D. Pramil Kumar Mathur

Q) Which state has launched the SAVERA Scheme for senior citizens?
A. Bihar
B. Madhya Pradesh
C. Uttar Pradesh
D. Chhattisgarh

Q) Name the First woman pilot of Indian Navy who will join Naval operations on
December 2?
A. Shivangi
B. Vartika Josh
C. Pratibha Jamwal
D. Aishwarya Boddapati

Q) Which disease was responsible for the mass death of migratory birds at the Sambhar
Lake in Rajasthan?
A. Avian influenza
B. Avian botulism
C. Avian pox
D. Avian malaria

Q) Police of which city has launched cybersecurity interactive robotic agent named
CYBIRA?
A. Bhopal
B. Hyderabad
C. New Delhi
D. Visakhapatnam

Q) Which city has become the first in India to install Reverse Transcription Polymerase
Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) Machines?
A. New Delhi
B. Kolkata
C. Bengaluru
D. Amravati

Q) Who has won the gold medal in the Women’s 10m Air Pistol at 2019 ISSF World
Cup?
A. Rahi Sarnobat
B. Apurvi Chandela
C. Manu Bhaker
D. Seema Tomar

Q) Which Indian Ministry has signed a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) with Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) for support in innovation?
A. Ministry of Home Affairs
B. Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare
C. Ministry of Human Resource Development
D. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

 Facebook Partners with WCD Ministry To Boost Digital Literacy

 Facebook also announced the launch of global literacy program ‘We Think
Digital’
 Facebook – GOAL initiative (Tribal Ministry)
 Health Ministry Launched ' SAANS ' Campaign Aimed At Reducing Child
Mortality Due To Pneumonia
 Prakash Javadekar Given Charge Of The Ministry Of Heavy Industries &
Public Enterprises
 Government launched PRAKASH Portal made by NTPC for monitoring coal
supply to power plants
 Jal Shakti Ministry Organise ‘Ganga Utsav ’ In New Delhi to mark 11 years of
Ganga river declared as national river
 Ministry Of Finance Launched " ICEDASH " And " ATITHI ”
 HRD Ministry launched the Pradhan Mantri Innovative Learning Programme
called ‘Dhruv’, a platform to help meritorious students achieve excellence in
science, performing arts and creative writing SHAGUN App Shala Darpan App

Q) GRSE has recently delivered which Fast Patrol Vessel - third in the series of the FPV
to the Indian Coast Guard?
A. ICGS Amrit Kaur
B. ICGS Kamla Devi
C. ICGS Kanaklata Barua
D. ICGS Draupadi

Q) Which state has ranked top in the Swachh Survekshan Grameen Awards 2019?
A. Andhra Pradesh
B. Gujarat
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Tamil Nadu

Overall Ranking:
 Top 3 States – 1) Tamil Nadu, 2) Haryana, 3) Gujarat
 Top 3 Districts – 1) Peddapalli, Telangana, 2) Faridabad, Haryana, 3) Rewari,
Haryana
 State with maximum citizen participation – Uttar Pradesh

Q) Who has been named as the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
India’s Person of the Year 2019?
A. John Abraham
B. Virat Kohli
C. Ravichandran Ashwin
D. Shahid Kapoor

Q12) Who has been awarded the International Children’s Peace Prize 2019?
A. Greta Thunberg
B. Bana Alabed
C. Timoci Naulusala
D. Ridhima Pandey

Cameroonian peace activist Divina Maloum, aged 15, also received the International
Children's Peace Prize

Q) Name the first Hindi newspaper which was recently launched in Arunachal
Pradesh?
A. Matra Bhoomi
B. Aruna Bhoomi
C. Swaraj Path
D. Agnibaan

Q) Kranji War Memorial which is news recently is located in which country?

A. France
B. Germany
C. Singapore
D. Japan

Q) To safeguard which critically endangered species, the Ministry of Environment has

decided to declare their habitats as conservation reserves?
A. Great Indian Bustard
B. Lesser Florican
C. Indian Vulture
D. Nilgiri Tahr

Q) Who has become the first ever Hindu minister in the Cabinet of Canada?
A. Riya Sharma
B. Anita Anand
C. Bardish Chagger
D. Navdeep Bains

Q) The International Principal’s Education Conference (IPEC) was organized in which

city?
A. Ahmedabad
B. Bhopal
C. Nagpur
D. New Delhi

Super 30 founder and noted mathematician Anand Kumar was honored with Nachiketa
Sarvottama AwardAir Fest 2019 - Nagpur

1. Indra Jatra festival, Fulpati Festival - NEPAL

2. Naropa festival – Ladakh ('Kumbh of Himalayas’)
3. Bihu - Assam
4. Nuakhai festival - Odisha
5. Hornbill - Nagaland
6. Jhiri Mela, Naropa Festival - Jammu kashmir
7. Behdinkhelam festival & Cherry Blossoms Festival - Meghalaya
8. Dwijing Festival + Parag Festival, Ambubachi Mela - Assam
9. Khrachi Puja - Tripura
10. Lokrang Festival – Madhya Pradesh
11. Sangai Festival – Manipur
12. Harela Festival - Uttarakhand
13. Bathukamma Floral Festival - Telangana

Q) Paradise Beach was recently declared as ‘no plastic’ zone. The beach is located in
which state/UT?
A. Andaman & Nicobar
B. Goa
C. Odisha
D. Puducherry

Q) The Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2019 will be
conferred on whom?
A. Manmohan Singh
B. Angela Merkel
C. David Attenborough
D. Sheikh Hasina
Q) Which company has recently launched cloud game streaming service “Stadia” ?
A. Microsoft
B. Google
C. Sony
D. Nexon

Q) Which state has approved Arundhati scheme to provide 1 Tola Gold to Brides free of
cost?
A. Odisha
B. Chhattisgarh
C. Assam
D. Uttarakhand

Q) Which country has won the 18th edition of the FIFA Under 17 World Cup trophy?
A. Mexico
B. Brazil
C. Nigeria
D. Netherlands

Q) Who has been elected as the President of Gymnastics Federation of India?

A. Shantikumar Singh
B. Ashok Kumar Gupta
C. Sudhir Mital
D. Arvind Saxena

Q) When is World Children’s Day observed?

A. November 20
B. November 19
C. November 18
D. November 17

Q) Jayakwadi Dam which was in news recently is located in which of the following
cities?
A. Nashik
B. Pune
C. Aurangabad
D. Mumbai

Q) Which company has launched 60 Starlink satellites for cheaper global Internet?
A. Google
B. Facebook
C. Space X
D. Boeing

Q) Which state has made sanitary napkins mandatory for all the industries and
factories for their women staff?
A. Gujarat
B. Assam
C. Rajasthan
D. West Bengal
Q) The modern railway coach factory is using which humanoid robot to transport
documents from one place to another?
A. Sona 1.5
B. Rani 1.5
C. Radha 1.5
D. Krish 1.5

Q) Census 2021 will be conducted in how many languages?

A. 17
B. 20
C. 13
D. 16

Q) Which state government has launched Mukhyamantri Septic Tank Safai Yojana?
A. Delhi
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Bihar
D. Jharkhand

 Delhi Cabinet will setup India’s first Sports University NITI Aayog innovation index
Most innovative UT – Delhi
 The Delhi government signed a twin city agreement with Moscow
 AIIMS, Delhi - Won the Kayakalp award by Minister for Health and Family Welfare
(MoHFW)
 Indian Railways launched ‘Sewa Service’ trains with first train from Delhi-Shamli
 Justice Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel is Chief Justice of Delhi High Court
 Feroz Shah Kotla Cricket Ground in Delhi renamed as Arun Jaitley Stadium and stand
has been named after Virat Kohli
 Delhi cabinet approved free ride to women in DTC buses and cluster buses from 29
October 2019 Pink colored Tickets
 Culture Minister, Prahlad Singh Patel inaugurated the architectural illumination of the
historic Safdarjung Tomb in New Delhi
 UIDAI started its first Aadhaar Seva Kendra in Delhi and Vijayawada Anij Baijal,
Lieutenant Governor of Delhi has inaugurated Sahara Hostel for ‘Naval Widows’ or
‘Veer Naris’ at Vasant Kunj in New Delhi

Q) North India’s first sugar mill to produce ethanol direct from sugarcane has been
unveiled in which city?
A. Lucknow
B. Agra
C. Kanpur
D. Gorakhpur

Q) Za’ir-Al-Bahr (Roar of the Sea) is the maiden bilateral maritime exercise between
India and which country?
A. Jordan
B. Qatar
C. Kuwait
D. Comoros

 1st-ever India-Uzbekistan joint military exercise - Dustlik-2019

 Indo-French joint military exercise under 'Exercise Shakti-2019' in Rajasthan
 India and China will hold a joint military exercise on counter-terrorism, called ‘Hand-
in-Hand’, in Meghalaya in December 2019

Q) Which Bank has approved USD 91 million loan for Comprehensive

WaterManagement in Karnataka?
A. Asian Development Bank
B. World Bank
C. New Development Bank
D. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

Q) What is the theme of the World Toilet Day 2019?

A. Toilets and jobs
B. Tourism and water
C. Leaving no one behind
D. Wastewater

 International Mens Day is observed on 19 November 2019 "Making a Difference

for Men and Boys"

Q9) What is the rank of India in the latest edition of the IMD World Talent Ranking
Report?
A. 59th
B. 53rd
C. 40th
D. 39th

Q) ISRO will launch Cartosat-3 and 13 commercial nanosatellites into Sun Synchronous
orbit through which Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle?
A. PSLV-C45
B. PSLV-C47
C. PSLV-C42
D. PSLV-C49

Q) Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Harsh Vardhan has launched which
campaign aimed at reducing child mortality due to pneumonia?
A. SEHAT
B. JEEVANT
C. SAANS
D. VAAYU

 SAANS 'Social Awareness and Action to Neutralise Pneumonia Successfully’

Q) The World Bank has submitted a master plan to invest 300 million USD to develop
which city?
A. Bengaluru
B. Hyderabad
C. Varanasi
D. Kolkata

Q) Union Home Minister Amit Shah has launched the supply of special wintergrade
diesel for which region?
A. Shimla
B. Tawang
C. Lachen
D. Ladakh

Q) The 4th edition of India International Cherry Blossom Festival was celebrated in
which of the following cities?
A. Itanagar
B. Dispur
C. Shillong
D. Kohima

Q) The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has been officially

renamed as____________?
A.World Athletics
B.Global Athletics
C.International Atheletics Federations
D.Association of Atheltics

Q) Which state has launched the Rythu Mitra mobile app for farmers?
A. Tamil Nadu
B. Andhra Pradesh
C. Kerala
D. Telangana

Q) Which Indian Boxer has been elected as members of AIBA Athletes Commission?
A. Jamuna Boro
B. Mary Kom
C. Laishram Sarita Devi
D. Pinki Rani

Q) The Tral Wildlife Sanctuary will function as a protected wildlife corridor for which
of the following species?
A. Gaur
B. Hangul
C. Markhor
D. Nilgiri tahr

Q) Which country has become the first country in the world to introduce a new typhoid
vaccine?
A. China
B. United States
C. India
D. Pakistan
Q) Which state’s Mukhyamantri Nishulk Dava Yojana has secured the first rank from
the National Health Mission?
A. Gujarat
B. Madhya Pradesh
C. Odisha
D. Rajasthan

Q) Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan both are related to which sports?
A. Badminton
B. Chess
C. Tennis
D. Golf

Q) Which country is set to host 8th International Conference on Agricultural Statistics

(ICAS-VIII) ?
A. China
B. Australia
C. India
D. Spain

 India will host 2019 World Kabaddi Cup from December 1 to 9 in Punjab
 India will host the Hockey World cup 2023
 India will be the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 host country.
 India to host 91st Interpol General Assembly in 2022
 India will host the next edition of the 'No Money For Terror'
 conference to be held in 2020 INDIA will host G20 Summit 2022
 India set to host FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in 2020

Which of the following ministry will launch the Bharatiya Poshan Krishi Kosh?
A. Women and Child Development Ministry
B. Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare
C. Ministry of Jal Shakti
D. Ministry of Corporate Affairs

Q) Which two tea varieties of Darjeeling have received the “Geographical Indication”
tag?
A. Butter Tea
B. Green Tea
C. White Tea
D. A & B
E. B & C
F. A & C

Q) Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has set up a
Development Council for ___________?
A. Electric Vehicles
B. Bicycle
C. Diesel Cars
D. Hydrogen Vehicles
Q) The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will invest how much
amount in India for Wind and solar projects?
A. 200 million USD
B. 150 million USD
C. 100 million USD
D. 75 million USD

 AIIB has approved 500 million USD for Mumbai suburban rail infrastructure
project
 Bangalore Metro & Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) – 2300
CRORE LOAN (335 million USD)

Q) Which bank has secured the top position in terms of achievement of Rupay Card
transaction targets among the 56 RRBs across the country?
A. J&K Grameen Bank
B. Assam Gramin Vikash Bank
C. Punjab Gramin Bank
D. Tripura Gramin Bank

Q) Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has become the first Indian to receive the
Golden Sand Art Award of which country?
A. Germany
B. France
C. Italy
D. Spain

Q) Which among the following has been awarded the Golden Leaf Award at Tab Expo
2019 event in Amsterdam, Netherlands?
A. Tea Board of India
B. Coffee Board of India
C. Tobacco Board of India
D. National Jute Board

 SAMADHAN Portal - Ministry of Labour and Employment

 LADIS portal - Inland Waterways Authority of India
 ENSURE Portal - Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
 DBT Tribal web portal - Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs launched
 'PaiSA’ portal - Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
 Nyaya Bandhu - Law ministry

Q) Which state has launched the NaduNedu programme which aims at transforming
government schools into vibrant and competitive institutions?
A. Tamil Nadu
B. Odisha
C. Karnataka
D. Andhra Pradesh

Q) National Initiative for School Heads’ and Teachers’ Holistic Advancement

(NISHTHA) has recently been launched in which Union Territory?
A. Ladakh
B. Jammu & Kashmir
C. Puducherry
D. Daman & Diu

Q) India’s first ever day-night pink ball Test match was played at which of the following
stadiums?
A. Arun Jaitley Stadium
B. Holkar Stadium
C. Wankhede Stadium
D. Eden Gardens

The pink balls for the upcoming Test has been made by Sanspareils Greenlands (SG) of
Meerut

Q) Sisseri River Bridge was recently inaugurated by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in
which of the following states?
A. Assam
B. Nagaland
C. Himachal Pradesh
D. Arunachal Pradesh

Q) The archaeological experts from Pakistan and Italy have discovered a 3000- year-old
city named “what” in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province?
A. Bazeera
B. Wazeera
C. Nazeera
D. Tanzeera

Q) India’s first full-fledged international cruise terminal will come in which of the
following cities?
A. Hyderabad
B. Panaji
C. Kochi
D. Mumbai

Q) Who has been appointed as the Indian Army's first female Judge Advocate General
officer to be deployed on a foreign mission?
A. Divya Ajith Kumar
B. Priya Jhingan
C. Jyoti Sharma
D. Nivedita Choudhary

Q) The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the merger of the BNP
Paribas (BNPP) Mutual Fund with the mutual fund of which bank?
A. Bank of Baroda
B. Punjab National bank
C. State Bank of India
D. Axis Bank
Q) When was UNESCO World Heritage Week observed?
A. 15 to 21 November
B. 16 to 22 November
C. 19 to 25 November
D. 17 to 23 November

Q) Which country's satellite Hayabusa-2 has started a journey to return to Earth from
an asteroid named Ryugu?
A. China
B. Japan
C. South Korea
D. Israel

Q) Which Indian player has been named in TIME 100 Next list?
A. Virat Kohli
B. Dutee Chand
C. Mary Kom
D. Neeraj Chopra

Q) Which country has invited PM Modi for the Victory Day celebrations on May 09,
2020?
A. United States
B. Russia
C. Australia
D. France

Q) According to UNICEF, India stood at what position when comes to the number of
deaths of children under the age of five in 2018 due to pneumonia?
A. First
B. Second
C. Third
D. Fourth

Q) Who will become the first woman officer from the Navy to be posted as an Assistant
Naval Attache at an Indian mission abroad?
A. Karabi Gogoi
B. Payal Gupta
C. Pratibha Jamwal
D. Vartika Joshi

Q) Who has been named as the Chief of the FIFA global football development?
A. Antonio Conte
B. Arsene Wenger
C. Diego Simeone
D. Leonardo Jardim

Q) Medipally police station has become the first child friendly police station in which of
the following states?
A. Tamil Nadu
B. Telangana
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. Karnataka

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