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Last 6 Months Expected Current Affairs Questions (Apr to Sep 2019)
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1. April 2019 – Expected Current Affairs Questions 310 2 – 19
2. May 2019 – Expected Current Affairs Questions 395 19 – 41
3. June 2019 – Expected Current Affairs Questions 200 41 – 55
4. July 2019 – Expected Current Affairs Questions 400 55 – 90
5. Aug 2019 – Expected Current Affairs Questions 374 91 – 109
6. Sep 2019 – Expected Current Affairs Questions 539 109 – 142
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April 2019 – Expected Current Affairs Questions
1. India and which country signed a memorandum of understanding on defence and security equipment described as a ‘step
change’ in the long-standing defence relationship between the two countries __________: United Kingdom
2. world’s first 3D printed vascularized engineered heart using a patient’s own tissues and biological materials was discovered
by which country ________: Israel
3. India and Pakistan held a meeting to discuss various issues related to the speedy completion of the proposed Kartarpur
corridor from _________ to ___________: Punjab to Narowal
4. The second edition of the bilateral maritime exercise‘IN – VPN BILAT EX’ between India and which country _________:
Vietnam
5. Person of Indian Origin (PIO) Keshav Raghvan has been chosen to lead the team to be sent to space by NASA. What is the
team name? Cubesat
6. UN cultural experts have offered to help in rebuilding the iconic structure of ________, in _____ after it caught fire in april:
Notre Dame cathedral, Paris
7. Who has launched a taxi-hailing service in Tokyo named S.Ride? Sony
8. A team of scientists led by San Diego State University has discovered a third planet in a two-star system named ________:
Kepler-47
9. The BCCI named young wicket-keeper_________ and veteran batsman _________ among the standbys for India’s World
Cup 2019 squad: Rishabh Pant and Ambati Rayudu
10. Who will going to host 2020 Olympic and Paralympic: Tokyo, Japan
11. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued “Minimum Standards for a Currency Chest”, the guidelines for banks to set up new
currency chests and answer the given below:
i) The area of the strong room or vault of the new currency chest shall be of at least ________square feet: 1500
ii) The currency chests should have a processing capacity of ______pieces of banknotes per day: 6,60,000
iii) For banks situated in the hilly and inaccessible places, the processing capacity shall be________ pieces of
banknotes per day: 2,10,000
iv) The new chests shall maintain Chest Balance Limit (CBL) of ________: Rs 10 billion
12. _________ has become the first Indian gaming company to be valued at over $1 billion also it has entered India’s growing
club of unicorns : Dream 11
13. _________was positioned as the world’s top recipient of remittances with its diaspora sending USD 79 billion back home in
2018, according to the World Bank’s latest Migration and Development Brief: India
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14. Government hasreleased National Institutional Ranking Framework -2019 (NIRF) and presented the India Rankings awards
and the Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) to topinstitutions.. Answer the given below
i) Who released NIRF? Ram Nath Kovind
ii) _________ranked on top in overall category in NIRF-2019: IIT Madras
iii) _________ranked number one in ARIIA: Miranda House College
15. Scientists created world’s first gene-edited reptile in ________: Anolis lizard
16.Graham Reid appointed as chief coach of Indian men’s hockey team, he belongs to which country: Australia
17. World Homoeopathy Day 2019 will be observed across the world on _________ : April 10
18. BSE and ________ are the first Indian exchanges to enter into the MoU with Moscow exchange to connect investor
community and companies in both countries besides allowing a capital formation platform: India INX
19. The theme of International Mine Awareness Day 2019 was __________: United Nations Promotes SDGs – Safe Ground –
Safe Home”.
20. The theme of the National Maritime Day 2019 celebrations is___________: “Indian Ocean-An Ocean of opportunity”.
21. __________could be blacklisted by the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) due to insufficient actions to block
the flow of funds and activities of the terror groups: Pakistan
22. ___________ announced to soon remove the practice of using cats in research work. According to a watchdog group, the
use of cats involved forced “cannibalism” and resulted in killing of over 3000 cats since 1982: The U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA)
23. NuGen Mobility Summit 2019 to be held at __________: Manesar, Haryana
24. The United Arab Emirates (UAE)honored_________with its highest decoration, Zayed Medal in recognition of his “pivotal
role” in strengthening ties between the two nations: PM Narendra Modi
25. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) entered into__________ Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs), including 3
Bilateral APAs (BAPAs), in March: 18
26. RBI changed the LCR norms to provide extra 2% to lenders. What is the full form of LCR? : Liquidity Coverage ratio.
27. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released its First Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement 2019-20 cuts repo rate to
________: 6%
28. ___________has announced the launch of an industry-first debit card-based authentication solution on NPCI’s e-Mandate
API platform: Kotak Mahindra Bank
29. The governmentraises authorised capital of Allahabad Bank to Rs 8,000 cr to which bank? Allahabad bank
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30. _________ committee on Reserve Bank of India’s capital framework is expected to peg the central bank’s excess capital at
Rs 1-3 lakh crore, which would be 0.5-1.5% of GDP, according to BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research: Bimal Jalan
31. Which bank signed an MOU for financing Earth Moving and Construction Equipment manufactured by BEML: Syndicate
Bank
32. Which ministry has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
(CSIR)for cooperation in research and education in areas of traditional systems of medicine and its integration with modern
science : Union Ministry of AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy)
33. Which navy ships reached Qingdao, China to participate in the International Fleet Review (IFR) as part of 70th Anniversary
celebrations of People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLA Navy)? INS Kolkata, INS Shakti
34. Indonesia has released a special commemorative stamp to mark the 70th anniversary of the establishment of its
diplomatic ties with India. What is the theme of it? Ramayana
35. NASA has revealed about mercury planet in our solar system that says it has a massive solid inner core. What is that
mission name? NASA’s MESSENGER mission
36. Who were awarded with the Swacchta Pakhwada Awards-2019? All India Radio and the Publication Division and Children’s
Film Society of India
37. The World Book and Copyright Day was observed across the world on _________: April 23
38. Asia Badminton Championships held at_________: Wuhan, China
39. Which team emerged as winner of the 2019 Santosh Trophy? Services team
40. Which country has exchanged views to strengthen bilateral, political and economic ties, including boosting cooperation at
the United Nations and other international forum? Netherland
41. Who has been appointed as the first women vice-chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia University? Najma Akhtar
42. Who has honored with the Order of St Andrew the Apostle, the highest order of the Russian Federation, for promoting
partnership and friendly relations between the two countries? Prime Minister Narendra Modi
43. Who awarded at Global Water Summit in London as Public Water Agency of the Year award? National Mission for Clean
Ganga or Namami Gange
44. Who is the Guest of Honour country at the 2019 Abu Dhabi International Book Fair (ADIBF)? India
45. ___________ carried out its first commercial launch with its Falcon Heavy rocket by placing a Saudi satellite in orbit:
SpaceX
46. What is the name of new human species found in Philippines by scientist? Homo luzonensis
47. The International Day of Human Space Flight was observed across the world on_______ April 12
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48. Who were named The Wisden Almanack’s Leading Cricketer of the Year for 2018? Virat Kohli and Smriti Mandhana
49. What is the growth rate in financial year 2020-21 by ADB? 7.3%
50. What is the theme of World Health Day 2019? Universal Health Coverage: Everyone, Everywhere
51. In which district the Indian Army has discovered the wreckage of a World War II vintage US Air Force aircraft? Roing
district, Arunachal Pradesh
52. Indian Navy has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with _______ to undertake joint research and
development of advanced technologies for the Indian Navy: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
53. Staff Major General (Navy) Abdulla Hassan M A Al-Sulaiti, visited Indiaaimed at consolidating bilateral naval relations
between both the countries to explore new avenues for naval cooperation. Abdulla belongs to which country’s commander
__________: Qatar
54. The 7th Foreign Office consultations between India and __________: Italy
55. Which state government to submit a quarterly report on the issue of solid waste management by only treats 49 percent of
the wastewater before dumping it into the Ganga River by NGT? West Bengal
56. Who has become the first Indian to be elected as a member of the FIFA Executive Council? Praful Patel
57. Who is the new President of the World Bank? David Malpass
58. Who took charge as the new President of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)? Vikram Kirloskar
59. Who has received honorary doctorate from The University of Law, London? Actor Shah Rukh Khan
60. Which Japan’s spacecraft recently dropped an explosive on an asteroid to make a crater? Hayabusa-2
61. Which government declared a state of national disaster after the massive blaze engulfed five cities and counties along the
northeastern coast? South Korea
62. As per latest FIFA rankings, answer the following questions
i) Rank of India in all over ________: 101
ii) Rank of India in Asia ________: 18
iii) In top of the list _______: Belgium
63. What is the theme of International Day of Sport for Development and Peace? Sports for the SDGs
64. Which bank launches “NRI-Insta-Online” paperless account opening facility for NRI? IDBI bank
65. What is the name of Long Range Sub-Sonic Cruise Missile test fired by DRDO in odisha? Nirbhay
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66. The Union Cabinet, chaired by the___________ approved the creation of one post of Deputy Comptroller & Auditor
General (Coordination, Communication and Information System) in Pay Level-17 in the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor
General of India (CAG): Prime Minister Narendra Modi
67. Indian Institute of Technology, Madras has established a ‘Cold Spray’ SMART (Surface Modification and Additive Research
Technologies) Laboratory in collaboration with General Electric (GE).The project is funded under which yojana? Uchchatar
Avishkar Yojana
68. Who has won the chinese grand prix for a record sixth time? Lewis Hamilton
69. Who has appointed executive director of PNB? Rajesh Kumar Yaduvanshi
70. Who has appointed as PwC new chief people officer? Padmaja Alaganandan
71. The United Nations owes India ________ the highest it has to pay to any country, for the peacekeeping operations: USD 38
million
72. The merger of Bank of Baroda, Vijaya Bank, and Dena Bank became effective on April 1 so all branches will function as a
branch of which bank’s branch? BOB bank
73. Which country imposes anti-dumping duty on imports of a certain type of sheet used in solar cell making from China,
Malaysia, Saudi Arabia and Thailand for five years to safeguard domestic players against cheap shipments? India
74. ISRO launches EMISAT satellite along with how many satellites? 29
Notes:
These include 20 Flock-4A satellites and 4 Lemur satellites.
Number of satellites sent by other countries
i) Spain= 1
ii) Lithuania=2
iii) Switzerland=1
iv) USA=24
75. Which country’s has agreed to issue equivalency for all Indian degrees? UAE
76. Zuzana Caputova has been elected as the first female President of which country? Slovakia
77. What is the name of satellite launched by china of its new-generation data relay satellites into orbit that will provide data
relay, measurement and control services for its manned spacecraft? Tianlian II-01
78. The theme of 2019 World Autism Awareness Day is ___________: Assistive Technologies, Active Participation
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79. What is the name 84th foundation day of Odisha? Utkal Divas
80. Roger Federer lifted his fourth ATP Miami Open title by defeating________: John Isner
81. Who took charge as the new Chief Executive of the International Cricket Council? India’s Manu Sawhney
82. The BSE has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with which bank to strengthen the BSE Startups platform?
HDFC bank
83. Which bank will develop an agri-digital platform called ‘Baroda Kisan’ in order to provide solutions for all major agricultural
requirements? BOB
84. What is the joint military exercise of India and Singapore? Bold Kurukshetra
Notes: It held in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh
85. The Union government has retained the interest rate for General Provident Fund (GPF), Contributory Provident Fund and
other related schemes at ________ for the first quarter of current financial year: 8%
86. Which country has becomes YouTube’s largest market? India
87. What is the name of mobile applaunched by president for families of martyred CRPF troops? Veer Parivar App
88. Who has appointed as first chief justice of new Andhra Pradesh high court? Justice Vikram Nath
89. Who is the secretary of defence finance? Gargi Kaul
90. UNICEF has recently released a report on situation of children of which country that they are facing due to climate change?
Bangladesh
91. Scientists unveiled the landmark photo of a black hole captured through which telescope project? The Event Horizon
Telescope project
92. Scientists found new state of matter, solid and liquid at the same timewhen applying high pressures and temperatures to
___________: Potassium
93. Name the former finance minister who recently passed away? K M Mani
94. Based on the recommendation of which committee, the Reserve Bank has divested its entire stake in National Housing
Bank (NHB) and the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)? Second Narasimham committee
95. Who is the the new Managing Director and CEO of Indian Overseas Bank from July 1, 2019? Former Dena Bank MD Karnam
Sekar
96. Who took charge as zonal manager of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), South Central Zone? Mini Ipe
97. Which Indian Coast Guard Vessel was commissioned recently? C-441
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98. The Supreme Court on constituted a three-judge panel headed by__________, the senior-most judge in apex court after
the Chief Justice of India (CJI), to inquire into the sexual harassment complaint by a former junior court assistant against CJI
Ranjan Gogoi: Justice SA Bobde
99. From which country the Union Government extended the ban on import of milk and its products, including chocolates, till
laboratories at ports for testing the presence of toxic chemical melamine? China
100. Who have signed a joint framework aimed at strengthening partnership in counter-terrorism efforts? The United Nations
and the European Union (EU)
101. The UAE Space Agency and Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) have announced 85 percent completion of the
gulf nation’s which project? Hope Probe
102. Which country sets up coordinating council to attract Indian investments? Kazakhstan
103. Which country plans to send a manned mission to the moon and to build a research station there within the next decade?
China
104. Which species are currently listed as Critically Endangered by International Union for Conservation of Nature(IUCN)?111
lemur species
105. International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace was observed by the United Nations (UN) on ________:
April 24
106. Reserve Bank of India’s weekly statistical supplement showed that Loans of Indian banks jumped _____% year-on-
year,while deposits rose________% : 13.2% & 10%
107. Which tech giant has partnered with bullion refiner MMTC-PAMP India to allow users to buy and sell gold through the
app? Google pay
108. Which national aviator’s guild (NAG), appealed the State Bank of India (SBI) to release funds of Rs 1500 crore to infuse in
the sinking carrier as part of a debt-restructuring plan? Jet Airways
109. Indian Navy launches__________to boost warship design capabilities: Virtual Reality Centre
110. Who achieved a career-high ranking of 80 in the latest ATP ranking and he belongs to which sports? Prajnesh
Gunneswaran, Tennis
111. Which government has decided to send the bill for ratification of the Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal (BBIN) initiative for
road and rail connectivity to its upper senate? Bhutan
112. Who built World’s largest airplane? Stratolaunch
113. Who is going to host world’s leading Artificial Intelligence Summit? UAE
114. Who is the new president of Palestinian? Mahmoud Abbas
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115. India signed an agreement with which bank for setting up India-Africa Institute of Agriculture and Rural Development
(IAIARD) in Malawi? NABCONS bank
116. India and which country signeda joint statement reiterating their commitment in enhancing cooperation in areas of
mutual interest, in particular reforms of the UNSC, fight against terrorism and climate change? Bolivia
117. The supply of ultra-clean Euro-VI grade fuelbegan in cities adjoining the National Capital Region (NCR) of which states?
Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh
118. The Union Ministry of Home Affairs extended the “disturbed area” tag under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act
(AFSPA) for three districts of ___________: Arunachal Pradesh
119. Which variety of turmeric indigenous to southern Odisha, got the Geographical indication (GI) tag from Intellectual
Property India? Kandhamal Haldi
120. Which country approved sales of 24 multi-role MH-60 Romeo Seahawk helicopters to India? USA
121. Which country names new imperial era as Reiwa? Japan
122. Which country recently joins International Solar Alliance? Bolivia
123. Who has emerged as a global leader in online voting with 44% of votes in the recently concluded parliamentary elections
in the country? Estonia
124. Algeria’s President ________announced that he will resign from his position before his mandate expires: Abdelaziz
Bouteflika
125. India finishes with how many gold medals at Asian Airgun Championships? 16
126. Who has appointed as Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary? Sohail Mahmood
128. Who has appointed as Royal Enfield CEO? Vinod K Dasari
129. Savings bank account holders of which bank having more than Rs 1 lakh balance will earn a quarter percentage point less
interest? SBI
130. The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) approved the merger of IndusInd Bank with __________: Bharat Financial
Inclusion (BFIL).
131. India has notified the inter-governmental agreement with which country for exchange of country-by-country (CbC)
reports on multinational companies regarding income allocation and taxes paid in order to help check cross-border tax
evasion? USA
132. The Home Ministry has ordered for advance release of financial assistance of how many rupees for four states to assist
them in undertaking preventive and relief measures in response to cyclonic storm FANI? 1086 crore rupees
133. The Shanghai Co-operation Organization (SCO) Defence Ministers’ conclave was held at? Kyrgyzstan
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134. Who has becomes first Indian wrestlerto be invited by American wrestling body for a special fight at iconic Madison
Square Garden in New York, United States.? Bajrang Punia
135. Who has been named the 2019 footballer of the year by the Football Writers’ Association (FWA)? Raheem Sterling
136. International Dance Day is observed on________: April 29
137. International Jazz Day is observed on_______: April 30
138. A total of 3,000 kg of solid waste has been collected from ________since the launch of an ambitious clean-up campaign in
Nepal: Mt. Everest
139. Which country announces ban on face veil after Easter attacks? Sri Lanka
140. What is the name of world’s first floating nuclear power plant to begin operations at Russia? Akademik Lomonosov
141. Oldest single footprintfound in __________: Chile
142. Who was appointed as the Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the office of Lokpal? Dilip Kumar
143. Who sworn-in as Israel’s PM? Benjamin Netanyahu
144. Who has appointed as New Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh high court? Justice P.R. Ramachandra Menon
145. Who has appointed as New Chief Justice Of Rajasthan High court? Justice Ravindra Bhat
146. Name the former India footballer who recently passes away? Kannan
147. Which payment bank launched a two-wheeler insurance product in association with Bharti AXA General Insurance? Airtel
Payments Bank
148. Which IT major has announced a partnership with global IT giant Google to become a Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
premier partner? HCL Technologies
149. Who has become first Indian woman scientists selected for Fellow of Royal Society (FRS), London? Gagandeep Kang
150. The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) honoured how many Indian peacekeepers, serving the mission, with Medals of
Honour for their supreme dedication and sacrifices in Malakal, South Sudan? 150
151. What is the rank of India in World Press Freedom Index 2019? 140
Notes: Total= 180
Top= Norway
151. Which company plans to close down online retail operations in China, admitting defeat to local e-commerce rivals such as
Alibaba and JD.com? Amazon
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152. NASA announced that astronaut __________is going to have her mission on the International Space Station (ISS)
extended to 328 days. She would set a record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman: Christina Koch
153. Name the Pakistanfinance minister who resigned from the cabinet recently? Asad Umar
154. Name the Mali’s Prime Minister who resigned along with his entire government? Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga
155. What is the name of a book containing English translation of the 100-year-old Punjabi poem about Jallianwala Bagh
massacre? Khooni Vaisakhi
156. Name the NASA’s first female astronaut candidate who passed away recently? pilot Jerrie Cobb
157. RBI soon to release Rs 20 banknote, Answer the following
i) Color of banknote____________: Greenish yellow
ii) Motif________: Ellora caves (Maharastra)
iii) Size__________: 63mm×129mm
Notes: 20rs note bearing signature of Shaktikanta Das, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India.
While 200,500,2000,10 rs note note bearing signature of Urjit Patel, former governor of RBI
But, Reserve Bank of India will shortly issue Rs 200 and Rs 500 denomination Banknotes in Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series
bearing the signature of Shaktikanta Das, RBI Governor.
158. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) launched the ‘Malaria Elimination Research Alliance (MERA) India’, to
eliminate Malaria from India by __________: 2030
159. Former Indian Army Chief General (Retired) Dalbir Singh Suhag was appointed as India’s High Commissioner to the island
nation__________: Seychelles.
160. Which country placed India again in ‘Priority Watch List’? USA
161. World Day for Safety and Health at Work was observed_______: April 28
162. What is the theme of World Intellectual Property Day 2019?“Reach for Gold: IP and Sports”
163. Which bank launched India’s first ‘Green Car Loan’ (Electric Vehicle), to encourage customers to buy Electric Vehicles? SBI
164. Nasim Zaidi is the non-executive and non-independent director of ______has quit the board recently: Jet Airways
165. Which company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Gulf based Emirates to enter into a reciprocal
codeshare agreement? Spicejet
166. Which insurance company has launched a product to protect businesses from financial and reputational losses due to
cyber-attacks? SBI General Insurance
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167. What is the name of guided missile destroyer launched by Indian Navy? Imphal
168. Who is the managing director of Twitter India? Manish Maheshwari
169. Who is to be featured as the official Guest of Honour in upcoming Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, ADIBF 2019? India
170. Saudi Arabia and the UAE announced financial support of three billion dollars for the people of _________: Sudan
171. Who has issued a warning, cautioning its citizens from travelling to Sri Lanka? UAE
172. Volodymyr Zelensky is the president of which country? Ukrainian
173. Which cabinet has adopted the National Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2031? UAE
174. Asian Athletics Championship 2019 has begun in? Doha, Qatar
174. Who won silver medal in women’s javelin throw in Asian Athletics Championship 2019? Annu Rani
175. What is the theme of Global Earth Day-2019? Protect Our Species
176. What is the rank of India in cancer preparedness index? 19
Notes: Total =28
Top= Australia
177. Which has received approval from the Reserve Bank of India for implementing e-mandates for both internet banking and
debit cards? National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)
Notes:
Till date, YES Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Axis Bank and IndusInd Bank are the private players to implement this service, while
Central Bank of India, Bank of Baroda and Punjab National Bank are the public lenders who have started the service. Prior to
all others, Kotak Mahindra Bank is the first and the only lender to have gone live with both net banking and debit card-based
mandates.
178. A bench headed by Justice L Nageswara Rao directed ________to review its policy to disclose information relating to
banks under RTI: Federal bank
179. UK, India experts explore smart tech solution for Indian farmersin the states of Haryana, __________, Maharashtra and
Karnataka: Punjab
180. In 23rd edition of the Asian Athletics Championship, India finished fourth in the tournament of how many medals? 17
(3G+7S+7S)
181. Which countrybecomes first nation to vaccinate children against Malaria? Malawi
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182. Which country was stressed by India to representation among the ranks of the permanent members of the UN Security
Council? Africa
183. Zoologists have discovered two new bird species in the Wakatobi Archipelago of which country? Indonesia
184. NASA’s Insight lander recorded first earthquake in which planet? Mars
185. Madhur Bhandarkar was honoured with the prestigious Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Award, he is a___________: Film
maker
186. The theme of the World Malaria Day 2019 was ___________: Zero malaria starts with me
187. Who topped in Global Talent Competitiveness Index 2019? Switzerland
Notes: Rank of India= 80
188. Which bank announced its merging with mortgage financier, Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd? Lakshmi Vilas Bank
189. The Indian Army received its first batch of _________artillery guns a formal function organised at GCF, Jabalpur: Dhanush
190. India and ________have agreed to increase cooperation in security and defence spheres in several areas, including
regional security, curbing drug smuggling and human trafficking: Sri Lanka
191. The Indian Army is planning to use a modified version of the _______assault rifle in carbine role for its troops deployed
during counter-insurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir: AK-203
192. Which battle is commemorated in 75th anniversary by the Army Ordnance Corps at Kangla Tongbi War Memorial near
Imphal, Manipur? The Battle of Imphal or Kangla Tongbi
193. The biannual Army Commanders’ Conference 2019 began in_________: New Delhi
194. Who took oath as the new Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court? Justice Pradeep Nandrajog
195. Who presented Gallantry medals to six Jawans posthumously on the occasion of 54th Valour Day of Central Reserve
Police Force, CRPF? President Ram Nath Kovind
196. Who clinched the Malaysia Open in Kuala Lumpur? Lin Dan
197. Lin Dan belongs to which sports? Badminton
198. Who steps down as US Homeland Security Secretary? Kirstjen Nielsen
199. ADB said India is expected to grow at _______ in the current fiscal? 7.2%
200. Which artificial intelligence firm was acquired by Reliance Jio Digital Services? Haptik
201. Which state government launches digital portal for MSME? Telangana
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202. The bilateral maritime exercise between Indian Navy and Royal Australian Navy, AUSINDEX-19 begun in ___________:
Visakhapatnam
203. The Indian Army has successfully built the longest suspension bridge ‘Maitri Bridge’ over which river? Indus River
204. Who has launched new fact-checking service to fight fake news ahead of elections? WhatsApp
206. Which country launching the world’s first fully-fledged 5G mobile networks? South Korea
207. Who has announced new visa guidelines as per which family members of foreign citizens, including Indians, working in
the country will now be able to get an “expat visa”? UAE
208. Who has appointed as MD of IL&FS? CS Rajan
209. Who has appointed asExecutive Vice-Chairmanof IL&FS?Vineet Nayyar
210. Who was the gay African-American woman was elected as the mayor of America’s third-largest city-Chicago? Lori
Lightfoot
211. Who appointed as the head of the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar by UN? Nicholas Koumjian
212. Which has joined hand with International Cricket Councilto fight corruption in sport? Interpol
213. Which startup got approval from RBI to set up regulatory sandbox? Fintech start-up
214. Who has announced a strategic alliance to offer joint loans for infrastructure equipment under a co-lending arrangement
with Srei Equipment Finance Limited? BOB
215. Who bought 25% stake in Reliance Industries’ refining and petrochemicals businesses? Saudi Aramco
216. Who has signed an MoU with a Japanese firm to develop drones in India? IIT Hyderabad
217. What is the theme of World Heritage Day 2019?Rural Landscapes
218. What is the name of Sri Lanka’s first satellite into space from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops
Flight Facility on Virginia’s East Shore? Raavana-1
219. Who has supervised the test-firing of a new type of “tactical guided weapon”? North Korean leader Kim Jong Un
220. Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific Congress 2019 held in __________: New Delhi
221. Which spacecraft by NASAfound lakes of liquid methane on Saturn’s moon Titan? Cassini spacecraft
222. What is the name of 1st Satellite launched by Nepal? NepaliSat-1
223. Who has been appointed as India’s next High Commissioner to South Africa? Jaideep Sarkar
224. How many Indians are placed in TIME’s 100 Most Influential People-2019 list? 3
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Notes:
i) Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani
ii) public-interest litigators Arundhati Katju and Menaka Guruswamy
225. Who has regained the world number one spot in the men’s 65kg freestyle category, as per the latest rankings issued by
United World Wrestling? Bajrang Punia
226. The International Hockey Federation has imposed a hefty fine of 170,000 Euros on___________for not honouring the Pro
League commitments? Pakistan Hockey Federation
227. Who has become the 'first Indian shipyard' to build and deliver 100 warships? Garden Reach Ship Builders and Engineers
Ltd
228. Who has developed its ‘largest power storage system in Asia’ at Osaka train station in Japan to reduce energy demand
and provide emergency backup power to trains in Japan? Tesla
229. Who is the MD and CEO of ICICI Securities? Vijay Chandok
230. The Reserve Bank set the average base rate to be charged from borrowers by non-banking financial companiesand micro-
finance institutionsat_________: 9.21%
231. Who tops at 4G Availability Chart In India? Dhanbad
232. Who won Azlan Shah Hockey Cup? South Korea
233. Who has joined hands with global investor private infrastructure ROADIS to set up a platform for investing up to $2billion
in road project in India? NII
234. Which village in Imphal West district of Manipur has become India’s first carbon-positive settlement? Phayeng Village
235. Who acquired 66.15% stake in Mindtree? L&T
236. What is the theme of National Maritime Day? Indian Ocean-An Ocean of opportunity
237. Who becomes 1stIndian In FIFA Executive Council? Praful Patel
238. What is the name of joint military exercise between Morocco and the US? African Lion 2019
239. Which bank has inked a long-term agreement with State-run power giant National Thermal Power Corporation? Canara
Bank
240. Who has named as the ‘Global Slag Company of the Year’ at the 14th Global Slag Conference and Exhibition 2019? Tata
Steel
241. Who conferred Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman Awards at New Delhi? Vice President Venkaiah Naidu
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242. What is India’s GDP growth rate expected in fiscal year 2019-20, as per World Bank? 7.5%
243. What is the theme of World Health Day 2019? Universal health coverage (UHC): Everyone, Everywhere
244. Who won 2019 Malaysia Openin Men's Singles category after defeating Chen Long of China? Lin Dan
245. Name the 2002 Medicine Nobel Prize Winner who passes away recently? Sydney Brenner
246. What is the most powerful operational rocket in the world? SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy
247. Google launched ____________a new open platform from Google Cloud, that lets users run applications from anywhere:
Anthos
248. Who has bagged the prestigious 'AIMA Managing India Award 2019 for outstanding PSU of the year’? Indian Oil
Corporation (IOC)
249. Which bank has partnered with credit profiler CreditVidya to improve the lender's customer experience? RBL bank
250. Which bank has been identified as number 1 bank by customers in India, as per Forbes World's Best Bank survey? HDFC
bank
251. The All India Tennis Association has signed a MoU with _________ to train Indian junior players under world-renowned
Serbian coaches: Serbian Tennis Federation
252. Who has partnered with FICCI Ladies Organization to Launch Women’s Safety App ‘My Circle’? Bharti Airtel
253. Where is India's first 'Voter Park' was inaugurated? Gurugram, Haryana
254. Who has partnered with India in the field of Communications? Cambodia
255. Who has joined hand with Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute map, validate and protect smaller wetlands in
coastal regions? ISRO
256. Who has become the first Indian to be appointed Chair of International Hockey Federation Health and Safety
Committee?Bibhu Kalyan Nayak
257. Who has been honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award 2019 during 4th APJ Abdul Kalam Innovation Conclave? Dr. A
K Singh
258. Who Won The World Press Photo Award 2019? John Moore
259. Who acquired Wibmo? PayU
260. What is the theme for World Allergy Week 2019? The Global Problem of Food Allergy
261. Who won the 43rd edition of the Paris Marathon in men?Abrha Milaw
262. Who won the 43rd edition of the Paris Marathon in women?Gelete Burka
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263. Who won 2019 Masters To Claim 15th Major in Golf? Tiger Woods
264. Name the renowned Hindi poet who recently passes away? Pradeep Choubey
265. India’s first exotic Bird Park ‘Essel World Bird Park’ located in? Mumbai
266. Which state celebrate Rongali Bihu Festival? Odisha
267. 8th edition of Home Expo India 2019 begin in? Greater Noida
268. Who Develops World’s First Armed Amphibious Drone Boat? China
269. Who were awarded Pulitzer Prizes for their separate investigations of President Donald Trump and his family? The New
York Times and The Wall Street Journal
270. Who have been selected for UNESCO/Guillermo Cano Press Freedom Prize 2019? Kyaw Soe Oo, and Wa Lone
271. Who will going to Sets Up 5G Lab For Banking, Financial Sector? Institute for Development and Research in Banking
Technology
272. Who Clinched Dutch International Badminton Title? Shuttler Harsheel Dani
273. Name the Renowned Space Scientist Who died recently? SK Shivakumar
274. The Indian Council of Medical Research has launched the ‘Malaria Elimination Research Alliance’ to eliminate the disease
from India by_________: 2030
275. Who has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Indian army to build four underground tunnels along
China and Pakistan borders for storage of ammunition and other war-related equipment? National Hydroelectric Power
Corporation
276. Who Wins 2019 Tagore Literary Prize? Rana Dasgupta , novel: ‘Solo’
277. Which is the World’s Third Company To Be Worth $1 Trillion? Microsoft
278. 5th Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) Media Summit on Climate Action and Disaster Preparedness held in
____________: Kathmandu
279. Who won gold medal in ISSF World Cup in 10m Air pistol? Abhishek Verma
280. Who has won Asian Snooker Tour Title? Pankaj Advani
281. Name the British film editor who passes away? Terry Rawlings
282. Which country launched Asian Tea Alliance to boost tea trade? China
283. Who has partnered with Department of Posts in a bid to transform it into a multi-service digital hub? TCS
284. Which has become the first Indian retail company to clock more than Rs 1 lakh crore in annual revenues? Reliance retail
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285. Who was honoured with ‘Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant Award‘ for his book titled ‘Samvidhan Kavya‘?Sunil Kumar Gautam
286. Who has been selected for the National Intellectual Property Award 2019? KAU IPR Cell
--Intellectual Property Rights Cell (IPR Cell) of Kerala Agricultural University (KAU)
287. Who has been inducted into the prestigious Cleveland International Hall of fame for his contribution in applications in
systems biology, global issues, and sustainable development? Sree Sreenath
288. What is the rank of India in startup Ecosystem Ranking? 17
289. World Creativity and Innovation Day is celebrated every year on_________: 21st April
290. Name the eminent folk singer who died recently? Amar Paul
291. Name the Paranormal Investigatorwho died recently? Lorraine Warren
292. Government Hikes Customs Duty On Wheat to__________: 40%
293. Who met face-to-face with Vladimir Putinfor the first time and vowed to seek closer ties? Kim Jong Un
294. Who has partnered with UN To Strengthen Partnership in Counter-Terrorism Efforts? EU
295. Who hosted second edition of Belt and Road Forum? China
296. Who partnered with Canara HSBC OBC Life to launch ‘Webassurance’? Canara Bank
297. Who has been honoured with the Order of Ikhamanga in the Silver Division?Jacques Kallis
298. Who won the Barcelona Open 2019? Dominic Thiem (Austria)
299. Who is the First Female Umpire In Men's ODI? Claire Polosak
300. Who won the Stuttgart's Porsche Grand Prix? Petra Kvitova(Czech Republic)
301. Who won the Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2019? F1 Racer Valtteri Bottas
302. Who topped in 2019 Asian Athletics Championships? Bahrain
Notes: India’s rank = 4
303. Name the Tony award winner who died recently? Mark Medoff
304. Name the former India footballer who died recently? Pungam Kannan
Notes: He was known as the ‘Pele of Asia’.
305. What is the naval exercise between India and France? Varuna
306. How much EXIM bankhas provided soft loans to Rwanda? USD 266.60 million
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307. Who has honoured with new fellows of the UK's Royal Society? Yusuf Hamied
308. Name the all-rounder who died recently? Con de Lange
309. Who is the goodwill ambassador of SCCWC? Mithali Raj
310. Astronomers captured first ever image of Black Hole, which is located in a distant galaxy known as? Messier 87
May 2019 – Expected Current Affairs Questions
1. The Second Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Mass Media Forum is being held at_____________: Bishkek,
Kyrgyzstan
2. DRDO successfully test fired a guided bomb from a____________ at Pokhran in Rajasthan: SU-30 MKI Aircraft
3. Who inaugurated the Sahara Naval Hostel for the „Veer Naris‟ at VasantKunj, New Delhi? Lt Governor of Delhi Shri Anil
Baijal
4. Where did 5th Smart Cities India 2019 Expo inaugurated? New Delhi
5. Name the two countries which were declared as malaria free by WHO? Algeria, Argentina
Notes:
i) Algeria is the 2nd country in Africa to be recognised as malaria free after Mauritius.
ii) Argentina is the 2nd country in South America to be recognised as malaria free after Paraguay.
6. Who sworn-in as new president of South Africa? Cyril Ramaphosa
7. Who becomes second UK PM to resign over Brexit failure? Theresa May

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8. Who is the CM of Andhra Pradesh? Jagan Mohan Reddy
9. Chandrani Murmu, is the youngest loksabha MP of which state? Odisha
10. Which Bank has launched „Corp SME Suvidha‟, a product for GST-registered MSMEs? Corporation Bank
11. RBI proposed to Introduce LCR to all NBFC‟s with an asset size of __________and above: 50 billion rupees
12. Name the former Malaysian king who recently passed away? Sultan Ahmad Shah
13. Who is appointed as the new Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)? Lieutenant
General Shailesh Tinaikar
14. BIMSTEC leaders invited to PM designate Modi‟s oath-taking ceremony. BIMSTEC contain how many countries? 7
Notes:
The countries are India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Nepal, and Bhutan.
15. Who sworn-in as Arunachal Pradesh CM? Pema Khandu
16. RBI has extended the RTGS Timing by how many hours? 1.5 hrs
Notes:
- From 4:30PM to 6PM.
17. Who sworn-in as the President of Nigeria? MuhammaduBuhari
18. Who has been nominated as next Parliamentary Speaker of Maldives? MohamadNasheed
19. Peter O‟Neill Stepped down from the position of Prime Minister of which country? Papua New Guinea
20. Who sworn-in as Australia‟s new PM? Scott Morrison
21. Who is the new chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court? Justice AK Mittal
22. L.V.Navaneeth is the new CEO of which company? The Hindu
23. What is the theme of Menstrual Hygiene day? It’s Time for Action
24. The Orchha town has been included in list of the World Heritage Sites of UNESCO. It is located in which state? Madhya
Pradesh
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Notes:
Orchha town situated on the banks of the river Betwa
25. Who has been elected to the Executive Board of the first UN-Habitat Assembly? India
26. Country‟s first all-women crew to fly which helicopter? Mi-17 V5 helicopter
27. Who launched a nuclear-powered icebreaker, to tap the Arctic‟s commercial potential? Russia
28. Who has ousted in no-confidence vote in Austria? Sebastian Kurz
29. Who launched „Bank on Wheels‟ facility? IOB
30. Who plans to launch „GlobalCoin‟ cryptocurrency in 2020? Facebook
31. DRDO successfully test fired the new version of which surface to air defence missile system? Akash
32. Name the action choreographer- filmmaker who passed away recently? VeeruDevgan
33. Who won gold medal in ISSF shooting World Cup in 10m air pistol? SaurabhChaudhary
34. World Thyroid Day was observed across the world on _________: May 25
35. Who set for record fifth term as Odisha CM? Naveen Patnaik
36. US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister NarendraModi have agreed to meet at the G-20 Summit in which
country? Japan
37. After 36 years of service, Indian Navy‟s frontline missile destroyer, _________has been decommissioned: INS Ranjit
38. Who was honoured with the „Global Asian of the Year‟ award? HemaDivakar
39. Who sets Guinness World Records for Longest Dancing? Bandana
40. Who launched its first ever moon-sighting website? Pakistan

Notes:
---The website named as website “pakmoonsighting.pk”
41. Tamil Nadu Chamber Foundation announced the launch of _________, an international food and kitchen equipment expo
in Madurai: Vibrant Tamilnadu
42. Who sworn in as Sikkim CM? P S Golay
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43. ISRO‟s new commercial arm called NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) was officially inaugurated in which city? Bengaluru
44. French Open Tennis begins in ___________: Paris
45. Who has bagged the Plame d‟Or for his film „Parasite‟ at the 72nd Canned Film Festival in France? Bong JoonHo
46. Who has won for the second time in the Sekisui Open? Mahesh Mangaonkar
47. Who won gold medal in Women‟s 10m air rifle in ISSF world cup? ApurviChandela
48. China won the Sudirman Cup. It belongs to which sports? Badminton
49. Central Water Commission issued “drought advisory” to how many states? 6
Notes:
Those states are Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu
50. Which gramin bank is among India‟s top three Regional Rural Banks out of 45 Regional Rural Bank? Tripura Gramin Bank
51. Who won North Macedonia‟s presidential elections? StevoPendarovski
52. Which Show has been named as most viewed stand-up comedian in India and abroad by World Book of Records London?
Comedy Nights with Kapil
53. National Cadet Corps Girls expedition team of 20 from Sikkim flagged off to which mountain? Mt Tenchenkhang
54. Who led the six-member task force on the development of the secondary market: T. N. Manoharan,
55. What is the new computer programme developed by Australian National University which help to develop precision
medicine? Flye
56. What are the two new formats of Badminton launched by BWF?AirBadminton& Triples
57. The 76th edition of Italian Open which is also known as? Rome Masters
Notes:
---Men‟s Singles - Rafael Nadal (Spain)
---Women‟s Singles - Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic)
58. Who deciphered the world‟s most mysterious 600-year old manuscript named „Voynich Manuscript‟? Dr. Gerard Cheshire
59. Name the legendary stand-up comedian who passed away recently? Sammy Shore
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60. Name the former FIFA panel referee who passed away recently? ShivappaShetty
61. World Metrology Day was observed on_______: May 20
62. What is theme of World bee day which is celebrated on May 20? Save the Bees
63. Which government is set to revamp „Ujala Clinics‟ for adolescents? Rajasthan
64. Who led panel submitted report to RBI regarding the promotion of digital payments? NandanNilekani
65. Who has launched a specialized insurance cover „Mumbai Local Train Cover„ for passengers travelling in local trains? Bajaj
Finance Ltd
66. Who were honoured for their work to help people change the trajectory of their lives by Ministry of Social Justice and
Empowerment? Antano and Harini
67. Which painting sold for record breaking $110.7 million at Sotheby‟s auction? Mueles
68. Who has honoured with Sasakawa Award 2019? Dr. Pramod Kumar Mishra
69. Who won the Best Child Actor award for his performance in „Chippa‟ at 19th New York Indian Film Festival? Sunny Pawar
70. Who is the Indian YouTuber named among the Top 10 „Next Generation Leaders 2019‟ by Time Magazine? Ajey Nagar
71. Who appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Kingdom of Eswatini? RadhaVenkataraman
72. Himalaya MEN names ViratKohli and __________ as its brand ambassadors: Rishabh Pant
73. Who inaugurated Lokpal website? Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose
74. India delivered 2 Mi-24 helicopters to which country? Afghanistan
75. Name the Germany‟s Double Olympic biathlon champion who announced the retirement recently? Laura Dahlmeier
76. Name the person who spotted „Yeti‟ footprint passed away? Naik Narayan Singh
77. Name the world-famous Chinese-American architect who designed Louvre Pyramid, passed away? Ieoh Ming Pei
78. National Dengue Day observed on___________: May 16
79. Anti-dumping duty of 1,633.17 $ per ton imposed on __________ imports from Indonesia: saccharin
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80. Name the telugu actor who passed away recently? RallapalliVenkataNarasimhaRao
81. India finds problems with current methodology of STRI computed by OCED. What is the abbreviation of STRI? Service
Trade Restrictiveness Index
82. Who is the Afghanistan‟s High Peace Council Secretary recently visited India? UmerDaudzai
83. What is the India‟s fastest train which completed 1 Lakh kilometers without missing a single trip? Vande Bharat Express
84. Which state became first to list Masala Bond in overseas market? Kerala
85. G7 Environment Ministers met in___________: France
86. Who unveiled a new „Merit-Based Immigration System‟? US President Donald Trump
87. Who has partnered with Google on the occasion of World Telecom Day to expand its footprint in the country? BSNL
88. Who signed MoU with French based firm RakutenAquafadas to enhanced customer experience offerings? Tech Mahindra
89. Which Government limits the weight of school bags not more than 10% of the child‟s weight? Karnataka
90. A counter terror force National Security Guards (NSG) commandos have created the history by scaling the___________in
the first attempt: Mount Everest
91. Internet sensation __________ passed away: Grumpy Cat

Notes:
--- Tardar Sauce commonly called Grumpy Cat
92. What is the theme of International Museum Day 2019?“Museums as Cultural Hubs: The future of tradition”
93. International Day of Vesak 2019 was observed on __________: 18th May
Notes:
--- 2,563rd birth anniversary of the Lord Buddha
94. Which government approved Farmers‟ Commission which would seek to look into the issues faced by farmers? Meghalaya
95. Which place becomes the first where women handle entire work of counting votes? Harda district of Madhya Pradesh
96. A Lancet study evaluated that ___________ had the highest mortality rate among children under five years of age
in 2015: India
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Notes:
i) The study also found great differences on child mortality rates between richer and poorer states, the highest
mortality rate being in Assam which was more than 7 times that in Goa.
ii) Uttar Pradesh recorded the highest number of preterm birth complications in 2015 with 84,362 children
under 5 years of age, Bihar recorded 36,289 children, Madhya Pradesh recorded 35,503 and Rajasthan recorded
casualty of 30,402 children.
97. Who is the head of the panel for housing loan securitization? Harsh Vardhan.
98. For the first time who will host the 5th Army International Scout Masters Competition as part of the International Army
Games? India
99. Which airport gets „International‟ Status? Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport of Indore
100. Who has published „Payment and Settlement Systems in India: Vision 2019 – 2021‟ to promote innovation, cyber-
security, and financial inclusion? RBI
101. Council of European Chambers of Commerce honour whom for promoting Children‟s Rights? Anil Kapoor
102. Who is the next High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Nauru? Ms. Padmaja
103. What is app launched by BSE to help mutual fund distributors to accelerate transactions process? BSE StAR MF
104. Who has partnered with online retail giant Amazon India to launch a Souvenir Store? Doordarshan
105. Where did the new vine snake species discovered after a gap of 113 years? Odisha
106. Scientists of Germany found a new bird like Dinosaur called? AlcmonavisPoeschli
107. The Squash Rackets Federation of India (SRFI) entered into a tie-up with______ to improve Indian Squash? HCL
108. Who will host the Asian Cup 2023 after withdrawal from South Korea? China
109. Name the former South Asian Games swimming champion who passed away? MB Balakrishnan
110. Name the former PM of Australia who died recently? Bob Hawke
111. Who assumed command as Chief of Staff of the Eastern Naval Command? Vice Admiral Atul Kumar Jain
112. Who appointed as India Managing Director of Truecaller? SandeepPatil
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113. Who assumed charge as the Commissioner of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation? Praveen Pardeshi
114. CBIC launches Project ________ for CBIC officers for over 400 formations of CBIC across India: SPARROW
115. The 11th India Iran Joint Consular Committee Meeting (JCCM) held in_______: New Delhi
116. Who has partnered with India for bilateral relation includes political, economic, defence, and international cooperation
related to United Nations? Botswana
117. Who provides approval for the promulgation of ordinance on Maratha quota? Maharashtra
118. GSI in its report notified that the highest graphite reserves of India are found in___________: Arunachal Pradesh
119. Who becomes the first country in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage? Taiwan
120. CTBTO has offered India an „Observer„status and access to the International Monitoring System data. Where is it’s
headquarter? Vienna, Austria
Notes:
--- CTBTO= Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation
121. The 26th edition of Singapore India Maritime Bilateral Exercise (SIMBEX) held in_______: Singapore
122. What is the rank of India in Global Drug survey? 16th
123. Who has launched a pilot scheme for fintech Non-Banking Financing Companies to give financial assistance up to Rs. 10
crore in order to boost digital lending? SIDBI
124. Who has partnered with IBM to jointly setup data lab in India to improve business efficiency and profitability? HDFC
ERGO
125. According to Crisil, how many bad loans were recovered through the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code? 70,000 crore
126. NitinChugh is the MD and CEO of which bank? Ujjivan Small Finance Bank
127. Indian Coast Guard Ship _______ decommissioned at Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh: Vigraha
128. Union Ministry of Environment has announced a project to create DNA Database for which animal? Rhinos
129. India‟s SouravGanguly, Sanjay Manjrekar, and __________ inducted in the ICC commentary panel for World Cup 2019:
HarshaBhogle
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130. India‟s only orangutan named ___________ dies in Odisha zoo: Binny
131. Which state celebrated its 44th Statehood Day on May 16? Sikkim
Notes:
---Sikkim is also known as India‟s Organic State
132. Who will go paperless by undertaking an initiative to digitize all its records under the project E-Vidhan? Kerala
133. Who conducted a 4-day official Visit to Vietnam to enhance the bilateral ties? M Venkaiah Naidu
134. Who launched Nabventures to give support to agriculture, food, rural start-ups? NABARD
135. Who launched „Mosquito Disease Protection Policy‟ which will cover people against common mosquito-borne diseases?
HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company
136. Who launches two Type 052D new guided missile destroyers? Chinese Navy
137. What is the collaborated project between Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Science, Education and
Research, Persistent Systems and the National Centre for Cell Science to understand the role of tissues and cell in the human
body? MANAV- Human Atlas
138. What is the name of 100% recyclable plastic created by U.S. Department of Energy? Polydiketoenamine(PDK)
139. Who created the World‟s Smallest Colour Pixels by trapping the particles of light under the tiny rocks of gold? University
of Cambridge, UK
140. Non-venomous species of „rain snake‟ discovered in__________:Mizoram
141. Which animal‟s entire genome has been sequenced for the very first time byscientists from Council of Scientific and
Industrial Research-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology?Asiatic Lion
142. International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Relays 2019 was held in Nissan Stadium. Where is the
stadium located in?Japan
143. Who won Spanish grand prix? Lewis Hamilton
144. Mutua Madrid Open 2019 held in ___________: Madrid, Spain
145. Who won Mutua Madrid Open in men‟s single? Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
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146. Who won Mutua Madrid Open in women‟s single?Kiki Bertens (Netherlands)
147. Who have deployed first ever Anti-Naxal women‟s commando unit named DanteshwariLadake‟ or „Fighters of Goddess
Danteshwari‟? Chhattisgarh police
148. Meeting of the Regional Heads of Customs Administration of Asia Pacific Region of the World Customs Organisation held
in?Kochi
149. Which airport has been ranked as the world‟s 8thbest airport? Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
Notes:
Top of the list-- Hamad International Airport, Qatar
150. Which guided missile destroyer participated in „Group Sail‟ exercisewith Japan, Philippines and US in South China Sea?
INS Kolkata and INS Shakti
151. Who chaired the 15th finance commission with RBI and Banks & Financial Institutions? Shri N.K. Singh
152. Which company surpassed the Reliance Industries Limited to become the India‟s most valued firm by market
capitalization? TCS
153. Border Road Organisation officials have created India‟s first ever ice cafe in________: Gaya village, J&K
154. DGFT has prohibited the imports of non-BIS compliant second-hand electronics and IT goods. What is the abbreviation of
DGFT? Directorate General of Foreign Trade
155. Who has appointed as the President of UN General Assembly? Tijjani Bande
156. Who took over the command of air force station Faridabad in a ceremonial parade at station parade ground? Captain
Chandra Shekhar Bhatt
157. Who is appointed as new CBO and COO of Karnataka bank? Balachandra Y V
158. Who developed a microprocessor named „AJIT‟?IIT Bombay
159. Who has launched the world’s first highest resolution image sensor? Samsung
160. Wildlife Experts from Institute for Conservation of Nature and Forest shave confirmed that `the reappearance of brown
bear in__________? Portugal
161. A new species of pit viper named “Trimeresurusarunachalensis” was found in_________: Itanagar
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162. Name the tamil novelist and Sahitya Akademi Awardee who died recently? Thoppil Mohamed Meeran
163. Which country has partnered with India to strengthen ties on Indo-Pacific Cooperation? UK
164. Ocean Conference 2020 is going to held in_______: Portugal
165. Which country has detected a case with the rare monkey pox virus? Singapore
166. Who has begun testing the ALFA-X version of it‟s fastest-ever Shinkansen bullet train? Japan
167. Who is the Indian football team coach? Igor Stimac
168. Who is the next Ambassador of India to the State of Eritrea? Subhash Chand
169. Who has acquired 100% stake in British toy major Hamleys Global Holdings Limited? Reliance
170. UNEP Report states that ________&__________tops a list of nations for illegal sand mining: India & China
171. For which animal world’s 1stparent-wise genome has developed? Water buffaloes
172. Which type of species has discovered recently that can detect wavelengths? Fish
173. Name the famous footballer who retired recently? Yaya Toure
174. Name the founder of ITC who passed away recently? YC Deveshwar
175. Maker of one of world’s finest whiskies, passed away? Neelakanta Rao Jagdale
176. What is the theme of World Migratory Bird Day 2019? Protect Birds: Be the Solution to Plastic Pollution
177. Which government released Healthcare Investment Policy-2019? J&K
178. According to WHO‟s report, India faces severe shortage of healthcare providers, especially in Bihar, Jharkhand,
________and Rajasthan: UP
179. The 58th Venice Biennale is held at_____________: Italy
180. Meetings of the COPs to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions held in____________: Switzerland
181. Who has selected London as the center to develop WhatsApp‟s mobile payment service? Facebook
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182. Who has been conferred with the 2019 McCain Institute Award for Courage and Leadership? Chhaya Sharma
183. How many Indians have one among 17 new advocates to achieve Sustainable Development Goals? 2
Notes:
--- Indian actress DiaMirza and Alibaba Chief Jack Ma
184. What is the name of world‟s first women‟s cricket magazine? CRICZONE
185. The 17thedition of India‟s most prestigious international motorsport event, Desert Storm Rally 2019 held innwhich state?
Rajasthan
186. Name the British actor who recently passes away? Clement von Franckenstein
187. Name the bhojpuri vocal artist, Padma Shri awardee who passed away?HiralalYadav
188. What is the theme for the International Nurses Day 2019? Nurses – A Voice to Lead –Health for All
189. Who has been appointed as the Chief Secretary of Maharashtra? Ajoy Mehta
190. Mr Sedat Onal, deputy minister of Foreign Affairs of which country visited India for enhancing investment and trade
relations? Turkey
191. Which Australian flight carrier has operated as world‟s first zero waste commercial flight? Qantas
192. Which AI technology has developed by YES bank to enable touchless hiring? Talocity
193. What is the name of the app by Bharatpe for merchant services? Bharatpe for Merchants
194. Who has signed a protocol for exportation of Indian chilli meal? China
195. Who is the second most followed politician globally on social media, overtakes Trump? Narendra Modi
196. Who is appointed as member of Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal? KS Radhakrishnan
197. WHO partnered with IFBA to eliminate industrially produced trans-fat (iTFA) from food supply worldwide by
____________: 2023
198. The Food and Drug Administration has approved first vaccine named _________for the prevention of dengue disease:
Dengvaxia
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199. Who launched Election Guard a free open-source Software Development Kit to help nations to carry out secure and
verifiable voting? Microsoft
200. Indigenous Biodiversity Foundation have sighted 363 nests of the grizzled giant squirrel, a large tree squirrel at
Pakkamalaireserve forests in which state? Tamil Nadu
201. Who has announced to sponsor Afghanistan team in upcoming World Cup 2019? Amul
202. Name the first chronicler of India‟s partition and a Sikh historian who passed away? Kirpal Singh
203. The Indian Army is commemorating „2019‟ as the_________: Year of Next of Kin
204. The 158thbirth anniversary of Tagore was celebrated today on__________: May 9
205. What is the theme of 5thUnited Nations Global Road Safety Week? Leadership for road safety
206. Who hosted a 2-day ministerial meeting of WTO to discuss issues facing the multi-lateral trading system? India
207. Who launched the programme “Yuva Vaigyanic Karyakram”? ISRO
208. The Central Government has extended the ban on LTTE for an additional 5 years with immediate effect. What is the
abbreviation of LTTE? Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
209. All Indian armed forces comprising Indian Army, Indian Navy and Indian Air Force hold joint exercise___________at
Teressa Island in Andaman and Nicobar: Bull Strike
210. Who has partnered with BhartiAirtelto offer insurance for prepaid customers? HDFC Life
211. Which online travel booking portal has partnered with ICICI bank to launch its travel card? Goibibo
212. Paytm collaborated with _________ to launch its 1st credit card called „Paytm First Card‟: Citibank
213. Who won the CEAT Cricket Rating awards? Virat Kohli and Smriti Mandhana
214. Who is appointed as CEO of LIC Mutual Fund? Dinesh Pangtey
215. Who became the first woman female ICC match referee? GS Lakshmi
216. Who has appointed to Supreme Court of Fiji for three years? Madan Bhimrao Lokur
217. Who is the brand ambassador of Merchant service and UPI payments app BharatPe? Salman Khan
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218. Which high-speed expendable aerial target drone was successfully conducted the flight test by DRDO? ABHYAS
219. What is the name of mission to moon by NASA? Artemis
220. Who became the highest wicket-taking women spinner in ODI cricket? Sana Mir
Who has clinched his first win of 2019 FIA Formula 3 (F3) season in Barcelona? JehanDaruvala
223. Name the Hollywood actor-singer died recently? Doris Day
224. Which state celebrates Brahmakalashothsava festival? Karnataka
225. Who has signed MOU signed with Department of Biotechnology for joint collaboration on cancer research? Department
of Atomic Energy
226. The meeting of Council of Foreign Ministers of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation held in ____________: Kyrgyzstan
227. Who has agreed to sell air-defense missiles to Japan & South Korea? USA
228. The four countries USA, Japan, South Korea, and Australia have kicked off first-of-its-kind ___________ exercise in Guam,
USA: Pacific Vanguard Naval
229. Who partnered with SEBI to introduce Regulatory Sandbox Framework for Fintech Startups? IRDAI
230. How much load ADB granted to India for railway track electrification project? $750 mn
231. 576thRBI‟s Central Board meeting held at___________: Chennai
232. UN downgraded the global economy growth forecast to _________ in 2019: 2.7%
233. What is India’s GDP growth to how many percent in FY20 by OCED? 7.5%
234. Who bought the India International Exchange (INX) after BSE‟s approval? ICICI bank
235. Who led the High-level Committee of Companies in its report to Oil Ministry has suggested short-term, medium-term and
long-term strategies to reduce crude oil imports? Anil Kakodkar, and Sidharth Pradhan
236. Jokha Alharthi won Man Booker International Prize 2019 for which novel? Celestial Bodies
237. Who receives Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Yale University for achievements in business? Indra Nooyi
238. Name the Indian scientist who won German Chemistry Prize? Dr. Ankur Patwardhan
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239. Who won the Claims Excellence Award by FICCI? Bharti AXA Life Insurance
240. Who has honoured with „Global Asian of the Year‟ Award for Contribution to Women’s Healthcare Ecosystem?
HemaDivakar
241. Who becomes 1st fighter pilot of IAF to undertake combat missions? Lieutenant Bhawana Kanth
242. Who surpassed Tata Group in terms of market capitalisation and became the most valuable business house? HDFC group
243. Who takes oath as President of Ukraine? Volodymyr Zelenskiy
244. Who re-elected as President of South Africa? Cyril Ramaphosa
245. Which country banned the use of Chinese digital wallets Alipay and WeChat? Nepal
246. Which cruise missile from Su-30 MKI fighter aircrafthas successfully test-fired? BrahMos
247. Vice President of India, Shri M Venkaiah Naidu called to protect and promote which cattle breed at Swarna Bharat Trust
in Vijayawada, Andra Pradesh? Ongole
248. Name the seventh King of Malaysia who passed away? Sultan Ahmad Shah Sultan Abu Bakar
249. Who records 15% GSDP growth in FY19 with Rs. 8, 66,875 crore? Telangana
250. NMCG, HCL Foundation and INTACH inked MoU for Rudraksh Plantation in which state? Uttarakhand
251. The Indian Navy‟s Service Selection Board was inaugurated at __________: Kolkata
252. Where the 6th Session of the biennial Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction has started? Geneva, Switzerland
253. The opening ceremony of the Global Influence of Asian Civilizations forum was held in_______: Beijing, China
254. Who has partnered with IMGC (India Mortgage Guarantee Corporation) for a mortgage guarantee-backed home
loan? HDFC
255. RBI has imposed Rs 1 crore fine to which bank because of its failure to fully automate the non-performing asset (NPA)
identification process? Nanital Bank
256. Who climbs Mt. Everest for the 23rd time and broke his own record? Nepali Sherpa Kami Rita
257. Who became first woman in the world to cross the Atlantic Ocean solo in a Light Sports
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Aircraft (LSA)? Captain AarohiPandit
258. Who is the new chairman of ITC? SanjivPuri
259. Who has appointed as the first chief of armed forces special operations division? Major General A K Dhingra
260. Who appointed as the chairperson of the News Broadcasting Standards Authority? A K Sikri
261. Who appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Bosnia & Herzegovina? Kumar Tuhin
262. Who has been appointed as the Additional Director to Yes Bank for two years? R Gandhi
263. In which state India’s smallest orchids “Lecanorchis Taiwaniana” discovered? Assam
264. Which bird which extinct of 136,000 years ago is reappeared? White-throated rail
265. International Day of Families observed on_________:May 15
266. 8th Indo-Myanmar Coordinated Patrol began in___________:Port Blair
267. What is a campaign by UN Environment India in order to raise awareness on illegal wildlife trade? Not all animals migrate
by choice
268. TAPIgas pipeline meet held in Turkmenistan. What is the abbreviation of TAPI? Turkmenistan-Afghanistan- Pakistan-
India
269. Who has partnered with Ola cabs to provide a flexible and convenient payment system to its customers? SBI Credit Card
270. Who has partnered with World Bank world‟s first blockchain bond transaction? Commonwealth Bank of Australia
271. RBI data said that debit card swipes on Point of Sales (PoS) terminals have been increased over ________ in March 2019:
27%
272. RBI has directed NBFC which have assets over Rs 5000 crore to appoint a CRO. What is the abbreviation of CRO? Chief risk
officer
273. What is the name of cloud computing platform proposed by NITI Aayog? AIRAWAT
274. Which Charity run by Indian in UAE enters Guinness World Records for holding longest iftar? Pehal Charitable Trust
275. UNESCO incorporated Indian part of ___________in tentative list of World Heritage Sites: KailashMansarovar
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Notes:
--- It is located in China
276. Who has become the first black African woman to conquer Mt. Everest in her fourth attempt? SarayKhumalo
277. Who is re-elected as President of Indonesia for the second term? JokoWidodo
278. Who becomes team sponsor of Indian Wheelchair Cricket Association for Asia Cup 2019? Helo
279. Name the three time formula one world champion and aviation entrepreneur passed away? Andreas Nikolaus Lauda
280. May 21 observes as _____________: National Anti-Terrorism Day
281. World Aids Vaccine Day is observed on__________:May 18

Notes:
--- The day is also known as HIV Vaccine Awareness Day.
282. Which government has proposed a single-window mechanism for authenticating land titles? Maharashtra
283. Mumbai Metro One Private Limited has announced a tie-up with__________ for card payment: Instamojo
284. Which city tops the list of most vulnerable cities to cyber-attacks in 2019? Mumbai
285. Which place India ranked in Kids Right Index 2019? 117
Notes:
--- Top – Iceland
286. Who has launched „golden card‟ permanent residency scheme to woo wealthy investors and exceptional talents? UAE
287. Which Bank introduced Savings Bank product named “KBL SB Salary” for salaried class? Karnataka bank
288. According to RBI data, Bank credit has increased by how many percent to infrastructure sector in FY19? 18.5%
289. Who has tied up with Sri Sri Tattvausers can avail a discount of 15%? SBI
290. Who signed a defence contract worth of Rs 300 crore with Indian Navy? Tech Mahindra
291. Indian Economy projected to grow at ________ in fiscal year 2020 as per UN report: 7.1%
292. Who honoured with John F Kennedy Profile in Courage Award 2019? Nancy Pelosi
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293. Who ranked first on Hurun India Art List 2019? Sculptor Anish Kapoor
294. Who has honoured with Japan‟s „Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star Award‟? Shyam Saran
295. Who has becomes India‟s biggest firm in terms of revenue by overtaking Indian Oil Corporation? Reliance Industries
Limited
296. ISRO launched PSLV C-46 rocket carrying which earth observation satellite? RISAT-2B
297. NASA Researchers discovered water and organic molecules on the surface of_________: Ultima Thule
298. Who has developed microscope for surgery without cutting skin? University of British Columbia
299. Who has returned to world No.1 after winning US PGA Championship? Brooks Koepka
300. Name the renowned film historian, researcher, and director who passed away? Vijaya Mulay
301. Which government introduced ordinance to bring medical admissions under SEBC quota? Maharashtra
302. Name the veteran Congress leader who passed away recently? KadavoorSivadasan
303. Who has signed an „Affiliation Charter‟ with Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) “Shaurya”? Battalion of the Assam Rifles
304. The Border Personnel Meet between the armies of India and ________ was held in Eastern Ladakh: China
305. 5th Smart Cities India 2019 Expo inaugurated in __________: New Delhi
306. Who led the high-level panel suggested for „Elephant Bonds‟ for infrastructure projects and investing undisclosed
income? Surjit Bhalla
307. The second Urban 20 (U20) Mayors summit was held in_________: Tokyo
308. RBI permitted modern currency chests to hike service charges from Rs. 5 to ___________: Rs.8
309. Who becomes the first Indian woman to scale world‟s fifth highest mountain Mount Makalu? PriyankaMohite
310. Who achieved Guinness World Records Certificate for „Largest Laundry Lesson‟ under
#ShareTheLoad Campaign? Ariel India
311. Who has conferred with UN Dag Hammarskjold Medal during the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers?
Jitender Kumar
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312. Gov. has cleared the appointment of how many new Supreme Court judges? 4
Notes:
---The new appointees are – Justices B R Gavai, Justice Surya Kant, Justice Aniruddha Bose and Justice A S Bopanna
313. Who is the brand ambassador of India‟s second largest tractor manufacturer TAFE? Akshay Kumar
314. Who discovered 18 hidden „Earth-sized Exoplanets‟ outside our Solar System? NASA
315. Who flagged off the shipment of India‟s largest liquid hydrogen storage tank in Andhra Pradesh? K. Sivan
316. Which ballistic missile has test-fired by Pakistan? Shaheen-II
317. Who launched the first batch of 60 small satellites into low-Earth orbit for Elon Musk‟s new Starlink internet service?
SpaceX
318. Name the earth‟s oldest fungi fossil aged 1billion years discovered? Ourasphairagiraldae
319. New medicinal plants of Zeliangrong ethnic group were found in which place? Manipur
320. Who topped in ODI all-rounders list? Shakib Al Hasan
321. Name the renowned Kenyan author and gay rights activist who died recently? BinyavangaWainaina
322. What is the theme of International Commonwealth Day? A Connected Commonwealth
323. What is the theme of World Turtle Day was observed on May 23? Adopt, Don’t Shop
324. Verna is the joint exercise between India and which country? France
323. India and ________agreed to jointly produce film on the life of MujiburRahman: Bangladesh
324. Pak named its retaliatory action against India____________: Operation Swift Retort
325. Who has partnered with GE Healthcare became strategic partner for health-tech innovation? NASSCOM
326. Who has signed a contract with defence ministry to build eight anti-submarine warfare shallow water crafts for Indian
Navy? Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers
327. Who has signed MoU with DCIL in the fields like water resources, power and infrastructure, port and harbour
dredging?WAPCOS
Notes:
DCIL: Dredging Corporation of India Limited
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WAPCOS: Water & Power Consultancy Services
328. Who is the first time inJapan‟s modern History that the country has both an Emporer and Emeritus? Emperor Akihito
329. Who resigned from Archery Association of India chief? BVP Rao
330. Who has collaborated with the BGI-Shenzhen to sequence genetic code to develop chickpeas resistant to vagaries of
weather conditions? ICRISAT
Notes:
---ICRISAT- The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
331. In which base camp near mythical Himalayan beast “Yeti” foot print found? Makalu Base Camp
332. Name the US Judge and Civil Rights who died recently? Damon J. Keith
333. Who distributed 1 lakh bee-boxes under the „Honey Mission‟ initiative? Khadi and Village Industries Commission
334. Who celebrates its foundation day on 1stMay? Gujarat
335. The 11thmeeting of the joint working group on counter-terrorism between India and which country held in May?
Australia
336. Who collaborates with IBM and signs a multi-million dollar IT deals? Vodafone Idea
337. According to ADB‟s report, Asia-Pacific is estimated to grow _______ in 2019: 5.7%
338. Who has signed an agreement with CBDT to seize evaders to decrease black money generation? Goods and Services Tax
Network (GSTN)
339. Who topped in attracting Indian investments with an all-time high record of 52 investment projects in 2018? London
340. The article titled „Coalgate 2.0‟ written by whohas won the Asian College of Journalism’s (ACJ) Award for Investigative
Journalism? Nileena MS
341. Name the president of Paytm who quit his job recently? BhushanPatil
342. Ministry of Defence approved Indian Navy‟s Rs 3,600 crore deal for how many “Kamov Ka-31” Helicopters? 10
343. Researchers identify drugs that block which genome editing? CRISPR-Cas9
344. Name the former Chief Justice of Madras and Kerala High Courts died? Justice
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Subhashan Reddy
345. International Firefighters‟ Day is observed on ___________: May 4
346. Geological Survey of India (GSI) North Eastern Region (NER) installed 2 Geological Display Boards at ________cave and
_________ cave in Meghalaya: Mawmluh cave and Therriaghat cave
347. Who launched One Touch with the help of Google Smart Lock for seamless transactions? PayPal India
348. Who signed MoU with ARAIon different projects related to e-mobility? BHEL
349. Who has been named as the first non-British president of Marylebone Cricket Club? Sri Lankan cricketer Kumar
Sangakkara
350. Who took charge as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Training Command? Air Marshal SK Ghotia
351. Who appointed as first Independent Woman Director to BSE board? M JayshreeVyas
352. Who launches „Bharat fibre‟ for high-speed broadband Internet service with local channel partner in Pulwama? BSNL
353. Indian archaeologists recently unearthed a life-sized stucco sculpture from a Buddhist site at _____________: Phanigiri,
Telangana
354. Who achieves World No. 1 ISSF Rankings in 10m Air Rifle? ApurviChandela
355. Who won PFA Players‟ Player of the Year Award? Liverpool’s Virgil Van Dijk
356. _________ and ISRO sign agreement for Gaganyaan Astronaut Selection and Training: IAF
357. Who is the Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh HC? P.R. RamachandraMenon
358. Who was appointed as Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court? Abhay Oka
359. Who was appointed as Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court? ShripathiRavindra
360. Who gets an all-women patrol unit “Rani Abbakka Force”? Mangaluru police
361. Name the veteran Kannada cinema, political satirist who died recently? Master Hirannaiah
362. Who collaborates with CSC e-Governance Services India to scale-up „Unnat Bharat Abhiyan‟ scheme? IIT Kanpur
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363. Who launched 5$ billion Action Plan for Healthy Oceans and Sustainable Blue Economies for the Asia and
Pacific region? ADB
364. Who has was awarded 27thP.C. Chandra Puraskaar ?Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty
365. Who is the new head coach for Indian Men‟s Volleyball team? DraganMihailovic
366. ViratKohli and Anushka Sharma as its first brand ambassadors of which e-commerce
platform? Myntra
367. Who developed its first privately developed rocket “Momo-3” into space? Japan
368. Who launched Falcon-9 rocket for space station resupply mission with Dragon Spacecraft? SpaceX
369. Book „Game Changer‟ is the autobiography of which sports man? ShahidAfridi
370. May 5 observed as _____________: World Laughter Day
371. Name the head of Muslim royal dynasty passed away? Adiraja Sultana FathimaMuthuBeevi
372. Gov. has mandated ___________Number plates on all electric vehicles in India? Green
373. The 14thedition of Sino-Indian border trade opens at__________: Sikkim
374. Who has inked MoU with Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) to launch Centre of Excellence for Waste to Wealth
Technologies? IIT-Delhi
375. The 16th Ministerial Meeting of Asia Cooperation Dialogue held in Doha with the theme of _____________: Partners in
Progress
376. SEBI has banned _________ from securities market for 6 months owing to the Co-Location Case: NSE
377. Who emerged as the 3rdlargest source of FDI in India? Netherlands
378. Who has conferred „Knight of the Legion of Honour‟ Award? K.Sivan
379. Who declared as the top military officer of the 29-nation NATO military alliance? Tod D. Wolters
380. The 340m wide asteroid named_________ will fly past Earth like a „moving star- like point of light‟ on April: 99942
Apophis
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381. Who will host Asian Youth Women Handball Championship 2019? Jaipur
382. Who won gold at Ali Aliev Tournament 2019? BajrangPunia
383. Name the Barcelona and Spain legend footballer who announced retirement? Xavi Hernandez
384. Name the actor who played Chewbacca in Star Wars passed away? Peter Mayhew
385. Name the Communist Party of India leader and former finance minister passed away? V Viswanatha Menon
386. Who released its ownBlockchain–based Service? Microsoft
387. SWIFT India and South Asia Conference was held in_________:Mumbai
388. Environment Ministry has launched the song ____________ to spread awareness about Air pollution: Hawa Aane De
389. With whom Honda Motorcycle partnered for retail financing? IDFC First Bank
390. RBI permitted Banks to use Aadhaar only for DBT accounts for KYC requirements. What is DBT stands for? Direct Benefit
Transfer
391. Who appointed as brand ambassador to promote yoga in Goa? Namrata Menon
392. Who bought 75% stake of Dutch bank? Infosys
393. ISRO has signed MoU with whom to set up space technology? IIT Guwahati
394. Astronomers discovered the Forbidden Planet, NGTS- 4b in the __________: Neptunian Desert
395. What is the name of new wasp found in goa? Kudakrumia Rangnekari
June 2019 –Expected Current Affairs Questions
1) Who has been appointed as UN Deputy Executive Director?

Ans: Anita Bhatia
2) World Milk Day is Observed on Which Date ?

Ans: 1st June
3) FICCI survey forecasted India’s GDP Growth at ___ % for FY20?

Ans: 7.1 %
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4) Reserve Bank of India formed a committee on the development of the Secondary Market Corporate Loans. The committee
is headed by ___ ?
Ans: TN Manoharan
5) Veteran television actor Carmine Caridi passed away. He belonged to which country ?
Ans: USA
6) Who recently took charge as the Chief of Indian Navy ?

Ans: Karambir Singh
7) Which country will host 2020 Asia Cup Cricket ?

Ans: Pakistan
8) Who recently Sworn in as President of El Salvador ?

Ans: Nayib Bukele
9) World Bicycle Day was Celebrated on Which Date ?

Ans: 3rd June
10) Which former President of India recently conferred with Mexico’s highest civilian honour ?
Ans: Pratibha Patil
11) In the 17th Lok Sabha Election, Who became the youngest MP of India ?
Ans:ChandraniMurmu
12) Which State will host 10th National Science Film Festival of India in 2020 ?
Ans: Tripura
13) Recently BM Khaitan Passed Away. He was veteran ___ ?

Ans: Industrialist and Tea Tycoon
14) Who elected as External Auditor for WHO ?

Ans: Rajiv Mehrishi
15) Recently, Ujjivan Small Finance Bank has appointed ____ as its independent director.
Ans :Sachin Bansal ( Flipkart co-founder )
16) Which Committee Revised the Draft National Educational Policy ?

Ans:Kasturirangan Committee
17) International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression was observed on which date ?
Ans: 04th June
18) What is the theme for World Environment Day 2019 ?

Ans:Beat Air Pollution'.
19) What was the theme for Financial Literacy Week 2019 ?
Ans: ‘ Farmers and How they benefit by using a formal Banking System ‘
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20) Ruma Guha Thakurta recently passed away. She was veteran ___?
Ans: Bengali Singer
21) Book On World Cup “Cricket World Cup: The Indian Challenge” Launched. Who is the author of this book ?
Ans: Ashis Ray
22) India has successfully test fired Brahmos Supersonic Cruise Missile from ____.
Ans:Chandipur in Odisha
23) Who has been appointed as Chief of India Meteorological Department (IMD) ?
Ans:Mrutyunjay Mohapatra
24) What is the Current Repo Rate ?

Ans: 5.75 %
25) According to World Bank, India to grow at ___ % for next three years ?
Ans: 7.5 %
26) Champions League football Architect Lennart Johansson Passes Away. He was from which country ?
Ans: Sweden
27) Which Indian Footballer became the Most Capped India Player ?
Ans: Sunil Chhetri
28) Recently Prakash Pant Passed Away. He was the former Finance Minister of Which State ?
Ans: Uttarakhand
29) Which country will host 2023 Asia Cup Football ?

Ans: China
30) India signed 300 Cr deal with _____ to buy SPICE bombs.
Ans: Israel
31) Which country launched “Long March 11 rocket “, a rocket to space from a ship at sea ?
Ans: China
32) Malcolm John Rebennack died at the age of 77 in USA. He was veteran ___?
Ans: Musician
33) What was the theme of World Food Safety Day 2019 ?
Ans:“Food Safety, everyone’s business”
34) PM Modi reconstituted NITI Aayog. Who is the Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog ?
Ans: Rajiv Kumar
35) Who has been appointed as Chairman of Axis Bank ?

Ans: Rakesh Makhija
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36) Which company recently launched an Education Programme‘ DigitalSakhi ‘ ?

Ans: L & T Financial Services
37) Which Country launched the first Arctic train Service ‘ Zarengold ‘ ?
Ans: Russia
38) Which Institution has launched a Fiscal Performance Index (FPI) to assess state and central budgets ?
Ans:Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
39) Maldives conferred its highest award ‘Nishan Izzuddin’ to ____ ?

Ans: Narendra Modi
40) Which Cabinet Minister of India led the Indian delegation to G20 Ministerial meeting in Japan ?
Ans: Piyush Goyal
41) The RBI has slapped a penalty of Rs. 2 crores on ____ Bank for the non-state lender’s failure to adhere to the regulator’s
diktat on promoter shareholding.
Ans: Kotak Mahindra Bank
42) 2019 FIFA women World cup organised in which Country ?

Ans: France
43) World Oceans Day was observed on Which Date ?

Ans: 8th June
44) According to Goldman Sachs, India’s GDP growth may expand to ___ percent in 2019-20.
Ans: 7.2 %
45) Who has been elected as the Prime Minister of Thailand ?

Ans:Prayuth Chan-ocha
46) Who has sworn in as Chief Justice Of Delhi High Court ?

Ans: Justice DhirubhaiNaranbhai Patel
47) Who have won 2019 French Open Title ?

Ans: Rafael Nadal
48) The National Center for Good Governance (NCGG) signed MoU with ___ for capacity building of 1000 Maldives civil
servants over the next 5 years.
Ans: Maldives
49) Who have won 2019 7th Canadian Grand Prix ?

Ans: Lewis Hamilton
50) Which Automobile Company won the Gold Award in South Africa for fairing on various indicators, including level of
satisfaction among its network of dealers and the manner of allocation of vehicles to them ?
Ans: Mahindra
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51) Padma Shri and Padma Bhusha awardee Girish Karnad Passes Away. He was veteran ___ ?
Ans: Noted actor and filmmaker
52) World’s most punctual airline tag won by which Airlines ?

Ans:Srilankan Airlines
53) India’s first mutual fund side pocket initiated by which Company ?
Ans: Tata Mutual Fund
54) A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) and ______ for
automatic data exchange.
Ans: Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
55) Who has been named interim CVC Vigilance Commissioner ?

Ans: Sharad Kumar
56) Indian Railway Station Development Corporation (IRSDC) entered a Tripartite Agreement with ____ which will finance up
to 7,00,000 EURO for Railway Development.
Ans:French Railways (SNCF) & AFD, a French Agency
57) Which country announced to Ban Single Use Plastics From 2021 ?
Ans: Canada
58) Recently R V Janakiraman passed away. He was the former Chief Minister of which State ?
Ans: Puducherry
59) Which Indian Cricketer announced his retirement from all forms of Cricket ?
Ans: Yuvraj Singh
60) Annual festival of Kheer Bhawani Mela celebrated in Which State ?

Ans: Jammu and Kashmir
61) 16th Asia Media Summit held in ___ ?

Ans: Siem Ramp, Cambodia
62) World Day Against Child Labor was observed on Which Date ?
Ans: 12th June,
63) What was the theme of World Day Against Child Labor 2019 ?
Ans:Children shouldn’t work in fields, but on dreams!
64) RBI Constituted a Committee to review ATM pricing. Committee will be chaired by ___ ?
Ans: VG Kannan
65) Which Novelist recently honoured with Jnanpith Award 2019 ?

Ans: Amitav Ghosh
66) Who has been re-appointed as Principal Secretary to PM Modi ?

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Ans: Nripendra Mishra
67) Central India got its First Sikh Museum in which city ?
Ans: Raipur, Chhattisgarh
68) Which Country will invest Rs 13,000 crore in North-East in infrastructure projects?
Ans: Japan
69) Which Bank signed Bancassurance corporate agency agreement with Max Bupa ?
Ans: IDBI Bank
70) The Reserve Bank of India slapped a monetary penalty Rs. ____ each on Private sector lender ‘Yes Bank’ and Online Wallet
Service, ’ZipCash Card Services’ for violating PPI (prepaid payment instrument) norms pertaining to issuance and operation of
PPIs.
Ans: 11.25 Lacs
71) Which Indian Sportsperson named Forbes Highest paid athlet ?

Ans: Virat Kohli
72) International Albinism Awareness Day 2019 observed on ___ ?

Ans: 13th June
73) Veteran ____ Rajanath Singh ‘ Surya ‘ passed away.

Ans: Journalist
74) China appointed ___ as new envoy to India ?

Ans: Sun Weidong
75) Who has recently elected as President of Kazakhstan ?

Ans:Kassyam-JomartTokayev
76) Which Tech Giant rolled out ‘ Tech Bee ‘ programme, a company initiative under which it trains and hires students who
have completed XII th standard, across several states ?
Ans: HCL
77) Which Indian Actress honoured with a humanitarian award by UNICEF ?

Ans: Priyanka Chopra
78) According to Analytics firm TRA, which brand has emerged as most trusted Brand in India in 2019 ?
Ans: Dell
79) Government Recently Reduced ESI Contribution Rate to ___ ?

Ans: 4 %
80) RBI will infuse ____ into the financial system through Bond Purchase ?
Ans: 12,500 Crore
81) What was the theme of World Blood Donor Day 2019 ?
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Ans:’ Blood Donation and Universal Access to safe Blood Transfusion
82) India ranked ____ in Global Peace Index 2019?

Ans: 141st
83) Which country topped Global Global Peace Index 2019?
Ans:Iceland
84) Which NGO recently has been awarded the BBC World Service Global Champion Award ?
Ans:Akshay Patra Foundation
85) World Elder Abuse Awareness Day observed on which date ?

Ans: 15th June
86) Which Gram Panchayat became Karnataka’s First Solar Powered Gram Panchayat ?
Ans: Udupi’s Amasebailu
87) Recently HDFC sold 4.22% stake in _____ for ₹899 crore ?
Ans:Gruh Finance
88) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh formed a committee under One Rank One Pension (OROP) Scheme. Newly constituted
committee is headed by ____
Ans: Shri Sanjiv Mittal (CGDA)
89) ______ is crowned as Miss India 2019

Ans: Suman Rao
90) Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, announced the appointment of ___ India’s High Commissioner to
Republic of Tuvalu
Ans: Ms. Padmaja
91) To review LPG marketing the Central Government constituted a five-member committee headed by economist ____
Ans: Kirit Parikh
92) The 2nd Meeting of India-Italy Joint Working Group (JWG) on Counter Terrorism was held in _____
Ans: New Delhi
93) _______sworn in as first female president of Slovakia

Ans: Zuzana Caputova
94) ____ took over the role of Director (Projects) in Power Finance Corporation Ltd (PFC).
Ans: Mr. Ravinder Singh Dhillon
95) RBI appoints _____ as Executive Director

Ans: Rabi Mishra
96) Assam Transport Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary launched State Transport Corporation’s ____app
Ans: Chalo app
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97) 14th session of the Conference of Parties (COP-14) of United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) will
be hosted at ____
Ans: New Delhi
98) Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) will honour Finance Minister ____ and External Affairs Minister ____ with ‘Distinguished
Alumni Award’
Ans: Nirmala Sitharaman , Dr S Jaishankar
99) ____ wins blitz event at 2019 Asian Continental Chess Championship held in Xingtai, China
Ans: Nihal Sarin
100) ______ has won the 119th United States (US) open 2019 held at Pebble Beach Golf Links, California.
Ans: Gary Woodland
101) New Lok Sabha Speaker is ____

Ans: Om Birla
102) Fitch reduces India growth forecast for FY20 from 6.8% to____
Ans: 6.6%
103) WHO launched a new tool to handle AMR named ____

Ans: AWaRe” (Access, Watch, and Reserve),
104) Food Safety and Standards Authority(FSSAI) to label high fat, sugar and salt content levels on the front side of the
package with _____
Ans: “red-color-coding”.
105) ____ sworn in as the Governor of Manipur

Ans: Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya
106) Central Railway and ____ emerged as champions of Youth hockey 2019
Ans: Union Bank of India
107) International Asteroid Day 2019 observed on _____

Ans: June 30
108) India signs ____ million World Bank loan to develop Rajasthan’s Roads and Highways
Ans: $250
109) As per NSSO Survey, ______ occupies the top position in the unemployment rate
Ans: : Nagaland
110) ____, from Bangalore has won the Commonwealth Secretary-General’s Innovation for Sustainable Development Award
2019 in the “People” category in London
Ans: Nitesh Kumar Jangir
111) National Statistics Day 2019 observed on _____

Ans: June 29
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112) ____ state launches Krishi Kiosk for farmers.

Ans: Haryana
113) The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the bill to fine people with _____ for blocking
ambulances
Ans: Rs 10,000
114) 7th India and Brunei Darussalam Foreign Office Consultations held in _____
Ans: New Delhi
115) 32nd edition of ISTA Congress took place in _____

Ans: Hyderabad
116) ______, was one among the 100 most influential women driving the UK-India relationship forward.
Ans: Nirmala Sitharaman
117) Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) elected _____ as its new President.
Ans: Sharad Kumar Saraf
118) _____ has assumed charge as the National Housing Bank (NHB) Managing Director for a period of three years.
Ans: Sarada Kumar Hota
119) ____ to host 2026 Winter Olympics

Ans: Italy
120) Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) and institutions under it, successfully observed SwachhtaPakhwada
(cleanliness fortnight) from June ____ 2019
Ans: 1-15
121) MobiKwik partnered with ____ to launch ‘shampoo-sachet’ health plan.

Ans: Max Bupa
122) Kalu police station in _____ district of Rajasthan was ranked the best police station in the country.
Ans: Bikaner
123) World Bank commits ____ loan for Uttarakhand Public Financial Management Strengthening Project
Ans: $31.58 mn
124) ____ signed a contract with Airbus for cabin and cargo design engineering
Ans: Tech Mahindra
125) Malayalam film ‘______’ won an award at Shanghai International film festival
Ans: Veyilmarangal
126) Government of India has extended the tenure of ______, CEO(Chief Executive Officer) of Government’s think tank NITI
Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India), by two years, up to June 30, 2021
Ans: Amitabh Kant
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127) ______, Amazon India Senior Vice-President and Country Head, was named as the new Chairman of Internet and Mobile
Association of India (IAMAI).
Ans: Amit Agarwal
128) ________, 1984 batch officer, has been appointed as new Director General (DG) of Indian Coast Guard (ICG).
Ans: Krishnaswamy Natarajan
129) NASA’s Curiosity rover detects high amounts of ____ on Mars

Ans: Methane
130) ____ of Mysore, Karnataka became India’s 63rd Grandmaster (GM) at the 37th Balaton International Chess Festival in
Hungary
Ans: Girish A. Koushik
131) _____ won the Mallorca Open Title 2019

Ans: Sofia Kenin
132) ______ 2019 observed on June 21

Ans: World Hydrography day
133) ____ gifts Imphal Peace Museum to Manipur, built on WWII memories.
Ans: Japan
134) Government of ____ to get $147 Million Loan from World Bank
Ans: Jharkhand
135) ____ and ____ sign MoU to form a joint venture to enter Power Distribution Business
Ans: NTPC , PGCIL
136) United Arab Emirates’ Central Bank in Abu Dhabi announced that it’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) launched a new
reporting platform ‘_____’
Ans: goAML
137) Maruti Suzuki inks partnership with ____ for dealer financing
Ans: Bank of Baroda
138) ____ won French Grand Prix 2019
Ans: Lewis Hamilton
139) ______ won the FIH ( FédérationInternationale de Hockey) Women’s Series Finals after defeating Japan
Ans: Indian Women’s Hockey team
140) _______ defeated David Goffin to win the 27th edition of the Halle Open 2019 (also known as Noventi Open 2019)
Ans: Roger Federer
141) 35th Goods and Service Tax (GST) Council Meeting was held in ______
Ans: New Delhi
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142) ____ became the first country which approves to replace 25 year old trade deal North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA)
Ans: Mexico
143) Balakot airstrikes code named as ‘______’by IAF

Ans: Operation Bandar
144) ____ appointed to the post of Representative of India in the Council of ICAO
Ans: Shefali Juneja
145) Rajasthan Government to give unemployment allowance to unemployed graduates up to _____ per month
Ans: Rs 3,500
146) Maharashtra government announced scheme for smokeless kitchens ____

Ans: ‘Chullah-free and smoke-free Maharashtra”
147) _______, honoured with ‘Innovative Research Excellence Award 2019’

Ans: Dr Gaurav Nigam
148) DD India channel will be broadcasted in _____

Ans: Bangladesh & South Korea
149) India’s ace cueist ____ clinched the 35th men’s Asian Snooker Championship in Doha
Ans: Pankaj Advani
150) Yoga guru Baba Ramdev has penned an Autobiography titled _______
Ans: ‘My Life, My Mission’
151) United Nations Public Service Day is celebrated on _____

Ans: 23rd June
152) International Olympic Day is celebrated on _____

Ans: 23rd June
153) _____ sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court
Ans: Justice V Ramasubramanian
154) _____ sworn-in as the second Chief Justice of Telangana High Court
Ans: Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan
155) ____ has granted financial support of $15 million to Niger for the African Union Summit
Ans: India
156) Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs chaired the 20th Meeting of the Financial Stability and Development
Council (FSDC) held in _____.
Ans: New Delhi
157) _______ government makes mandatory for trekkers to carry a GPS device
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Ans: Himachal Pradesh
158) Canara Bank customers can deposit cash of up to _____ for free only thrice a month
Ans: Rs 50,000
159) ICANN partners NASSCOM to develop tech, standards for IoT devices. What is abbreviation of ICANN?
Ans: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
160) _____ is celebrated around the world on 20th June

Ans: World Refugee Day
161) ________, an Indian engineer has won the 2019 Commonwealth Secretary General's Innovation for Sustainable
Development Award in the “People” category in London
Ans: Nitesh Kumar Jangir
162) In the recently released QS World University rankings for 2020, _____ is ranked 152
Ans: IIT-Bombay
163) NCERT organises National Yoga Olympiad of school children in ____

Ans: New Delhi
164) International Day Of Yoga: ____

Ans: 21st June
165) G20 Ministerial Meeting on Energy Transitions and Global Environment for Sustainable Growth held in _____
Ans: Karuizawa, Japan
166) Deputy Prime Minister of Russia _____ Visited India & invited Indian Investments in the Russian Far East.
Ans: YuryTrutnev
167) Indian Navy's first Naval Air Squadron 550 celebrated its Diamond Jubilee at naval base ____
Ans: Kochi
168) ____ will overtake China as the most populous country by 2027 and will have almost 1.64 billion inhabitants by 2050
Ans: India
169) According to the President of India, construction or upgradation of about 35,000 kilometres of national highways are to
be undertaken by 2022 under ____
Ans: 'Bharatmala Project'.
170) _____ will head the panel set up by SEBI to review margins on derivatives
Ans: NSE Clearing Ltd.
171) Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the merger of the Indiabulls Housing Finance and _____
Ans: Lakshmi Vilas Bank
172) World Archery appointed ____ as an independent person to sort out the ongoing mess in the Archery Association of India
Ans: Abhinav Bindra
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173) The International Day of Yoga Theme 2019?

Ans: Yoga for Climate Action
174) World Music Day is observed every year on ____

Ans: June 21
175) _____ won the women’s javelin bronze in the 58th Ostrava Golden Spike athletics meet, an IAAF World Challenge event
Ans: Annu Rani
176) The Department of Higher Education of HRD Ministry has finalized and released a five year vision plan named ____
Ans: Education Quality Upgradation and Inclusion Programme (EQUIP).
177) The GoI has reduced interest rates for small savings schemes by ____ for the July-September quarter of the 2019-20
financial year
Ans: 10 basis points
178) Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced an annual financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh to "_____" or their
spouse
Ans: loktantrasenanis
179) The _____ has allowed Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs) to buy financial assets from other ARCs
Ans: Reserve Bank of India
180) The Reserve Bank relaxed the leverage ratio (LR) to ____ for Domestic Systemically Important Banks (DSIBs) and 3.5% for
other banks
Ans: 4%
181) India has signed a loan agreement worth 400 million dollar with the _____ to help treat and eliminate Tuberculosis from
the country
Ans: World Bank
182) The GoI, the Government of Kerala and the World Bank have signed the Loan Agreement of ____ for the First Resilient
Kerala Program
Ans: USD 250 million
183) IIT Kanpur honours India's chief national badminton coach ____ with honorary doctorate on the occasion of their 52nd
convocation
Ans: Pullela Gopichand
184) BSES Yamuna Power Ltd launches behavioural energy saving app _____
Ans: Susthome
185) A statue of _______, the legendary ruler of Punjab, was unveiled at the Lahore Fort on his 180th death anniversary
Ans: Maharaja Ranjit Singh
186) G-20 summit has begun in Osaka, Japan. The theme of the summit is ?
Ans: Human centredfuture society
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187) India born ____ has won the Miss Universe Australia title for 2019.
Ans: Priya Serrao
188) ____ is in top 20 most expensive cities in Asia for expatriates

Ans: Mumbai
189) The costliest city in the world for the second consecutive year is ____
Ans: Hong Kong
190) ____ becomes the fastest cricketer to score 20,000 international runs
Ans: Virat Kohli
191) ____ has, for the first time, opened its laboratories for Indian school students to undergo two-week training
Ans: The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)
192) World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is being observed on _____

Ans: 15th June
193) The _____ will now come under the purview of Right to Information Act and Central Vigilance Commission (CVC)
guidelines
Ans: Jammu and Kashmir Bank
194) _____ hosts 32nd edition of the International Seed Testing Association congress
Ans: Telangana
195) The Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister set up a Beekeeping Development Committee under the
Chairmanship of ______ to identify ways of advancing beekeeping in India
Ans: Bibek Debroy
196) ____ of The Tribune has bagged the prestigious RedInk Award for 'Journalist of the Year'
Ans: Rachna Khaira
197) The _____ has distributed 250 NavIC Messaging Receivers to fishermen of Kerala on a trial basis
Ans: Indian Space Research Organisation
198) ____ was chosen as the theme of 17th Run against Drug Abuse
Ans: ‘Listen First’
199) _____ becomes firstchinese to head FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization)
Ans: Qu Dongyu
200) _____ becomes the first female CEO of Warner Bros

Ans: Ann Sarnoff
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July 2019 – Expected Current Affairs Questions
1. Under Whom Telecom Ministry Forms Committee To Spell Out Revival Plans For Telecom Sector.?
Ans: Aruna Sundararajan
2. Which Scheme Will Be Available Across The Country For Subsidized Foodgrains From Any Ration Shop.?
Ans: „One Nation One Ration Card‟
3. Which (Amendment) Bill, Become The First Legislation To Be Passed By The Newly Constituted 17th Lok
Sabha.?
Ans: Special Economic Zones Bill
4. What Is The Reason For A High Powered Panel Of Cms Headed By Maharashtra Cm Devendra Fadnavis By Pm?
Ans: Transformation Of Indian Agriculture And Raising Farmers‟ Income
5. Which Scheme Is Launched By The Government To Create Awareness On Benefits Of Water Conservation. ?
Ans: Jal Shakti Abhiyan
6. Which initiative is launched by UGC to boost research and culture in India?
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Ans: STRIDE
7. Where Did 82 Members “Special Rhino Protection Force” (Srpf) Was Deployed With An Objective To Protect
The One-Horned Rhinoceros. ?
Ans: Kaziranga National Park (Knp) Assam
8. Where Was The First Ever India International Cooperatives Trade Fair (Iictf) Will Be Held in?
Ans: Pragati Maidan, New Delhi
9. What Celebration Was Held Without Traditional Exchange Of Sweets Between Indo-Pak In J&K ?
Ans: Chamliyal Mela
10. The Garuda VI Bilateral Exercise started between india and france in which place?
Ans: Mont De Marsan In France
11. Who Is The United States (Us) Secretary Of State, Visited India recently?
Ans: Michael R. Pompeo
12. The government has formed a committee of experts on data protection headed by Justice (Retd) BN Srikrishna of
Supreme Court to study the issues on________________?
Ans: Data protection and frame Data Protection Bill.
13. Who stated that cooperative sector export-promotion forum (CSEPF) will be created under the NCDC.?
Ans: Piyush Goyal
14. National Film Heritage Mission Project reviewed by which ministry?
Ans: Prakash Javadekar
15. Union Cabinet gives nod to grant which status to paramilitary forces.?
Ans: OGAS
16. Govt sets a target to raise health services expenditure to_______ % of GDP by 2025?
Ans: 2.5
17. Govt signs SoI with which to find a solution in the field of Agriculture through AI& weather tech?
Ans: IBM
18. _______and _______sign MoU to develop newer genetic disease diagnostic methods?
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Ans: CCMB and CDFD
19. AYUSH collaborated with ministry for digitisation of AYUSH sector?
Ans: MeitY
20. UIDAI started its first Aadhaar Seva Kendra in which places?
Ans: Delhi and Vijayawada
21. Railways aim to install CCTV cameras in over how many train coaches by March 2021?
Ans: 7,020
22. Which ministry launched digital initiative?
Ans: Ravishankar prasad
23. ICMR released a report on NCDs titled as?
Ans: “India: Health of the Nation‟s States”
24. The 3rd edition of International Sunflower Seed and Oil Conference(ISSOC) 2019 will be held in__________?
Ans: Mumbai
25. PM launched a tree plantation drive at Harahua primary school in ____________forest on____________the by
planting a sapling.?
Ans: Anand Kanan , Panch Kosi Marg
26. Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill supersedes the Medical Council of India (MCI) for a period of how
many years with effect from September 26, 2018?
Ans: 2 years
27. How many Indian metros are hotspots of air pollutant nitrogen oxide under green peace india?
Ans: Six
28. The Indian Army releases special tribute video to commemorate 20 years of ___________?
Ans: 'Operation Vijay'
29. The highways of ______________are India‟s first highway corridors to get charging stations for electric vehicles
by March 2020.?
Ans: Delhi-Jaipur and Delhi-Agra
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30. The sanitation coverage in the rural areas jumped to ______from 38% in 2014: Jal Shakti ministry?
Ans: 99%
31. Who Released State Of The Education Report For India 2019 In New Delhi Children with Disabilities?
Ans: UNESCO
32. ______________was the centre of all policies of the Modi 2.0 Government, Union Budget 2019-20.?
Ans: “Gaon, Garib and Kisan” (Village, Poor, and Farmer)
33. Name India's first Design Development Centre launched in Surat, Gujarat?
Ans: 'Fashionova'
34. India‟s longest electrified railway tunnel commissioned is situated between ?
Ans: Cherlopalli and Rapuru stations in Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh
35. BPR&D sign MoU with which institute for Yoga education and training programs?
Ans: Morarji Desai National Institute Yoga
36. Unmanned Level Crossings in all Broad-Gauge Network removed by which ministry?
Ans: Union Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal
37. Which minister stated total female enrollment ratio in secondary education increased to 80.29% in 2016-17?
Ans: Smriti Irani
38. ____________launched Agricultural Marketing and Farmer Friendly Reforms Index 2019?
Ans: NITI Aayog
39. Around 35 crore LED bulbs distributed under which scheme saved Rs 18,341 crore annually?
Ans: UJALA
40. Government increased the budget for drug de-addiction measures to_____________?
Ans: Rs 135 crore
41. Government extends which card facility to fisheries, animal husbandry sector?
Ans: Kisan Credit Card
42. MGIT-BP, India-assisted IT- Biotechnology Park inaugurated in which country?

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Ans: Cote d‟Ivoire
43. India signs worth Rs.200 cr deal with Russia for acquiring which anti tank missile?
Ans: „Strum Ataka‟ ,the anti-tank missiles
44.„One Nation One Ration Card‟ scheme will be available across the country from ?
Ans: July 1, 2020
45. ISA‟s First Joint Security Exercise named ___________held in Abu Dhabi?
Ans: „ISALEX19‟
46. India slips 1 place to ___in terms of money in Swiss Banks?
Ans: 74th
47. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Visit to Japan to attend the G20 Summit 2019 held in which place?
Ans: Osaka, Japan
48. Japan officially resumes commercial whaling after more than How many years?
Ans: 30 years
49. India pledged to contribute _________to UN Palestine refugee agency in 2019?
Ans: $5 million
50 Which state was named among best performing states in 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' scheme?
Ans: Uttarakhand
51. Government of New Zealand has officially banned single- use plastic shopping bags with effect from?
Ans: 1 July 2019.
52. Which organisation launches its first guidelines on self-care interventions for health?
Ans: WHO
53. Which country passes a legislative provision to grant India a NATO ally-like status?
Ans: US
54. Which agency confirms Iran breached enriched Uranium Stockpile limit set by 2015 nuclear deal?
Ans: IAEA
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55. Which country lists Balochistan Liberation Army and Husain Ali Hazzima as SDGTs?
Ans: US
56. Which country supports India in countering Terror?
Ans: Kuwait
57. India ranks _________ in Most Powerful Passport index 2019, Japan and Singapore holding the top spot?
Ans: 86th
58. IL&FS board sets up sub-committee to oversee which process ?
Ans: Disinvestment
59. The Finance Ministry of India has launched the __________ tranche of Electoral Bonds sale from July 1-10?
Ans: 11th
60. SBI tie-up with __________to finance infrastructure projects?
Ans: NIIF
61. Which Bank tied up with IndoStar Capital for commercial vehicle financing?
Ans: ICICI
62. Karnataka Bank launches web tool for NPA recovery process named as ?
Ans: „Vasool So-Ft‟
63. Airtel Payments Bank ties up with__________ to offer the Bharti AXA Life POS Saral Jeevan Bima Yojana ?
Ans: Bharti AXA Life Insurance
64. RBI forms Working group under whom to review the regulatory guidelines on core investment companies ?
Ans: Tapan Ray
65. RBI gets the power to regulate housing finance companies instead of?
Ans: NHB
66. Hong Kong Govt donates over $9 million to cyclone ________hit Odisha?
Ans: “ Fani”
67. Punjab & Sind Bank sets up centralised hub___________ to process retail and MSME loans?
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Ans: „Cen-MARG‟
68. Reliance Jio partners with Facebook to launch which literacy drive for first-time internet users in India?
Ans: “'Digital Udaan”
69. As per ILO, India could lose how many million jobs in 2030 due to Global warming?
Ans: 34million
70. Who Ratifies International convention to curb company profit sharing?
Ans: GOI
71. ___________ launches “World Skills India”-International Cloud Computing Challenge 2019?
Ans: NASSCOM & NSDC
72. Which company included in WEF‟s Global Lighthouse Network?
Tata Steel Kalinganagar
73. According to the World Bank data for 2018, India‟s turnover ratio fell by ______in 10 years?
Ans: 60%
74. In recognition of best practices in CSR ,which company has selected for the prestigious President‟s award?
Ans: NALCO
75. Who becomes the first civil servant & IPS Officer to conquer the „Seven Summits‟ challenge
Ans: Aparna Kumar
76.Who awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at UK-India Awards 2019?
Ans: Mark Tully
77. Which institute awarded an honorary doctorate to Pullela Gopichand
Ans: IIT Kanpur (Indian Institutes of Technology)
78. World Economic Forum Awardswhich company as 2019 Technology Pioneer?
Ans: Quantela Inc
79. USISPF honors with whom for Global Excellence Award 2019?
Ans: Wipro Chairman Azim Premji & Mastercard CEO and President Ajay Banga
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80. Which place in india declared as a World Heritage site by UNESCO?
Ans: Jaipur
81. MTNL Chairman PK Bharwar assumes additional responsibility as ?
Ans: BSNL CMD
82.Who takes over as new MD and CEO of IOB?
Ans: Karnam Sekar
83.Vishwanathan reappointed as____________ for one year?
Ans: RBI deputy governor
84. Which company appoints Manoj Kumar Nambiar as chairman & Vineet Chattreem as vice chairman?
Ans: MFIN
85. Shri Rabindra Panwar given additional charge as ___________?
Ans: Secretary to the Ministry of Textiles
86. Who has been appointed as an additional director on Board of Directors (BOD) of Jammu and Kashmir Bank by
Reserve Bank of India?
Ans: AK Misra
87. Who appointed as IMF interim leader?
Ans: David Lipton
88. EU leaders nominate whom to lead EU Commission?
Ans: von der Leyen
89. Who is the 'rock star' of international finance to become first female ECB president?
Ans: Christine Lagarde
90.Who is appointed as the Director of Institute of Banking Personnel Selection?
Ans: Harideesh Kumar
91.Who is appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited(BHEL)
Ans: Dr.Nalin Shinghal
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92. Airtel completed merger with which company for consumer mobile business?
Ans: Tata Tele's
93. YES Bank acquires how much stake in Eveready Industries by invoking pledged shares?
Ans: 9.47%
94. Which country has tested its latest submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), JL-3?
Ans: China
95. NASA's PUNCH mission has selected Indian Scientist _______________ as its co-investigator?
Ans: Dipankar Banerjee
96. International team of researchers has discovered the source of FRB 180924, a mysterious powerful pulse of
cosmic energy known as ?
Ans: Fast Radio Burst
97. NASA planned to send which drone mission to Titan for looking origins & signs of life?
Ans: „Dragonfly‟
98. Army signed MoU with ___________to develop revamped app?
Ans: NeGD
99. ISRO signed a contract with Russian company Glavkosmos to train Indian astronauts for which mission?
Ans: „Gaganyaan‟
100. Who presented the Economic Survey 2018-19.?
Ans: Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman
101.Which bank will shut down its operations within 18 months of launch due to “unanticipated developments in the
business landscape that have made the economic model unviable”.?
Ans: Aditya Birla Idea Payments Bank
102. The Reserve Bank of India has imposed a penalty on two online payment solutions providers , _____________
for non compliance of regulatory guidelines.?
Ans: Mobikwik Systems and Hip Bar
103. India will be the first recipient of local currency financing by the which bank?
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Ans: Asian Infrastructure and Investment Bank (AIIB).
104. The World Bank (WB) reaffirmed the support to the state of Andhra Pradesh with over how much amount of
fund?
Ans: $1 billion
105. PNB Housing Finance raises how much from World Bank Group member IFC?
Ans: $100 million
106. Standard Chartered is all set to be the first foreign bank to initiate operations at_____________?
Ans: GIFT IFSC
107.Govt panel headed by SC Garg recommends banning all private cryptocurrencies & jail time of up to how many
years?
Ans: 10 years
108.How much will LIC offers to fund high way projects?
Ans: 1.25trillion
109.The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and Japan Credit Bureau (JCB) International along with
domestic banks, launched ?
Ans: RuPay JCB Global Cards
110. The government fixed the price of the new series of . Sovereign Gold Bonds (SGBs) at
How much amount per gram?
Ans: 3443
111. Which company is constituting a sub-committee to oversee the process of divestment of its assets.?
Ans: Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Ltd
112. South Korean multinational conglomerate, Samsung partners with,which company India's largest online
marketplace to offer financial products.?
Ans: Paisabazaar.com
113. An internal committee of the __________recommended the timing of the functioning of the foreign exchange
market from 9 am to 9 pm instead of 9 am to 5 pm.?
Ans: Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

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114. Total deposits in over 36.06 crore bank accounts opened under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY)
was at ________________?
Ans: Rs 1,00,495.94 crore.
115. Govt infused how much amount into PSBs in 11 Years between FY09 and FY19?
Ans: 3.15lakh crore
116. which healthcare proposed to setup Rs 750 crore project in Rudraprayag district, Uttarakhand?
Ans: Six Sigma Healthcare
117. The World Bank had withdrawn how much amount for Amaravati Capital City project in Andhra Pradesh, the
ambitious project of former chief minister Chandrababu Naidu?
Ans: $300 million
118.According to the Bank of England, Alan Turing, a crack code-breaker and visionary mathematician who set the
foundations for artificial intelligence (AI) will feature on __________?
Ans: Britain‟s new £50 banknote.
119. HDFC Bank has terminated and de-listed its 22 outstanding GDRs from the which stock exchange citing low
trading volume of GDRs.?
Ans: Luxembourg Stock Exchange
120. HDFC & CSC launches co-branded _________________for small traders and village level entrepreneurs
(VLEs) ?
Ans: „Small Business MoneyBack Credit Card‟
121. HDFC ERGO entered Bancassurance Corporate Agency Agreementwith which company?
Ans: Muthoottu Mini Financiers Ltd
122. which is an online marketplace for buying and selling used cars has received a license of a Non-banking Finance
Company from the Reserve Bank of India?
Ans: CARS24
123.India‟s largest private sector bank, ICICI(Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India) launched a new
digital platform called _______?
Ans: „InstaBIZ‟
124. ADB lowers India‟s FY2020 GDP growth forecast to _____?

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Ans: 7%
125.Andhra Bank launched its AI (Artificial Intelligence) interactive assistant called _________at a function in
Hyderabad, Telangana.?
Ans: “ABHi”
126. Apple will acquire “the majority” of Intel‟s smartphone modem business for how much amount?
Ans: $1 billion
127. Seventh Economic Census has been started from which state?
Ans: Tripura
128. India's. current account deficit (CAD) is expected to remain largely steady at 16 billion to 17 billion dollars
or_____per cent of GDP in the first quarter (April to June) of the current fiscal year 2019-20?
Ans: 2.3%
129. The Noida authority signed a MoU with which company to install 100 electric vehicle(EV) charging stations at
parking lots across the city.?
Ans: Energy Efficiency Services Limited
130.The National Health Authority and the Healthcare Federation of India signed MoU, to improve the efficiency of
Service Delivery under which scheme?
Ans: Ayushman Bharat scheme
131. Parliament adopts statutory resolution for levying 200% duty on which country goods?
Ans: pakistan
132. The US approved foreign military sales worth __________to support India‟s C-17 military transport aircraft?
Ans: $670 million
133.Who,signed an MoU with BRICS Chamber of Commerce and Industry for promoting trade and investments
between BRICS countries and the eastern part of India?
Ans: Bharat chamber of commerce
134. Indian multinational corporation based in Bengaluru, Infosys has opened its new state-of-the-art Cyber Defence
Center in which country?
Ans: Bucharest, Romania.
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135. Who has signed an MoU with IIT, Kanpur for research collaboration in newly emerging technologies and
broadcasting-related areas in New Delhi?
Ans: Prasar Bharati
136.Where does Indian ship sails for carrying cargo from Bhutan?
Ans: Narayanganj in Bangladesh
137. Under which National Agriculture Development Scheme, Agri Business Incubation Centre has been set up by
the Union Agriculture Ministry in Indira Gandhi Agriculture University of Raipur, Chhattisgarh ?
Ans: (RAFTAAR) Remunerative Approaches for Agriculture and Allied sector Rejuvenation
138. Who has mentioned that India will surpass Japan to be the world‟s third largest economy in 2025 and it will
overtake the United Kingdom (UK) to become the fifth biggest economy in 2019
Ans: IHS Markit
139. Who is Donkupar Roy ?
Ans: Former Meghalaya Speaker
140. What is the reason behind ,Assam Gas Company Limited (AGCL), Oil India Limited (OIL) and GAIL Gas
Limited (GGL) signing an agreement ?
Ans: For setting up of a new company for implementation of the City Gas Distribution (CGD) network
141. Which gets $100 mn order for Barak-8 missile kits for Indian Army and Air Force?
Ans: KRAS
142. Which is the India‟s first Ethanol based motorcycle launched by TVS Motor ?
Ans: „TVS Apache RTR 200 Fi E100‟
143. What is award given to “Find The Incredible You” Campaign Of The Tourism Ministry?
Ans: PATA Gold Award 2019
144. How much fund does the Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) and the Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) allotted
for pipeline project from Motihari in Bihar to Amelkhgunj in Nepal?
Ans: Rs 325 crore
145. According to which fund India‟s current account (CA) balance deficit rose to $68 billion in 2018-19 from $49
billion 2019-20?
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Ans: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
146. Who stated that the bilateral trade between India and Bangladesh accounted to $9.5 billion for 2017-18?
Ans: FBCCI President, Sheikh Fazle Fahim
147. How much coal production is centred to increase by 2022-23?
Ans: One billion tone
148.Which country has established a fast-track mechanism to facilitate investment ?
Ans: India & Italy
149. Which Bill contains tax proposals for the current fiscal year?
Ans: The Finance Bill 2019
150. Which Bill criminalizes instant triple talaq among Muslims and attracts a jail term of three years for the
husband?
Ans: Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill 2019
151. Which has reconstituted the Group of Ministers (GoM) looking after the issues of how to prevent sexual
harassment at workplace and strengthen legal frameworks?
Ans: GoI
152. Who has taken oath as karnataka CM ?
Ans: BS Yeddyurappa
153. In Which area Government is planning to set up Community Radio Centres?
Ans: all coastal places
154. How much is the average monthly income per agricultural household from all sources , said Minister of
Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar?
Ans: less than Rs. 6,500
155. Under Which scheme Govt sanctioned project for development of Tirthankar Circuit covering sites associated
with Jainism?
Ans: Swadesh Darshan Scheme
156. Which zone has started a unique initiative to earmark a special portion of the SLR coach with pink colour done
to specially help the women passengers?
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Ans: Northeast Frontier Railway zone
157. Which Agency has praised PMUY for providing free cooking gas connection to poor ?
Ans: IEA
158. Who has launched Atal Community Innovation Centre in New Delhi?
Ans: Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Dharmendra Pradhan
159. During the International Bus and Car show, For which Scheme approval was given for inter-state travel for bus
operators by Union Transport Minister?
Ans: National permit scheme
160. How much fund has allotted by Ministry of Development of North East Region for 49 projects in the first month
of 100 days action plan of the government?
Ans: 1231 crore
161. Which University coordinates, determines and maintains standards of higher education, has released a list of 23
universities which are declared“self-styled” and “unrecognized”?
Ans: The University Grants Commission(UGC)
162. What has been set up by the commerce and industry ministry in order to improve the availability of funds for
traders and to reduce compliance burden?
Ans: “National Traders Welfare Board”
163. Which General Stores Depot (GSD) has become the first in Indian Railways to portray a heritage gallery of the
printing and allied machines used in the WR Printing Press since 1948?
Ans: WR Mahalaxmi
164. For what purpose Hyderabad based Indian biotechnology research establishments, Centre for Cellular and
Molecular Biology (CCMB) and Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) ?
Ans: To enable newer diagnostic methods to treat genetic disorders
165. With whom AYUSH collaborated for digitisation of AYUSH sector?
Ans: MeitY
166. Which state has processed the largest percentage of solid waste until November 2018?
Ans: Chhattisgarh and Telangana

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167. Under whom Telecom Ministry forms committee to spell out revival plans for Telecom sector?
Ans: Aruna Sundararajanto
168. Which architectural illumination of the historic sculpture has inaugurated by Culture Minister, Prahlad Singh
Patel in New Delhi?
Ans: Safdarjung Tomb
169. Which is the part of National Film Archives ?
Ans: National award-winning filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar‟s „Indu Sarkar‟
170. Which Bill was passed by Parliament after the Rajya Sabha approved it unanimously ?
Ans: Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Bill 2019
171.Which scheme was approved in order to boost research culture in India, the University Grants Commission
(UGC) ?
Ans: Scheme for Trans-disciplinary Research for India‟s Developing Economy (STRIDE).
172. Where is the first ever India International Cooperatives Trade Fair (IICTF) will be held ?
Ans: Pragati Maidan, New Delhi
173. Where does the Singapore based Global Indian International School (GIIS) will launch the concept of SMART
Campus ?
Ans: Hadapsar and Balewadi campuses in Pune, Maharashtra
174. How many farmer families received first two instalments of Rs 2000 each under PMKSNY?
Ans: More than 7 crore 32 lakh
175. How much GST rate on electric vehicles has been reduced?
Ans: 5%.
176. Who has awarded as FRCS of Thailand?
Ans: Raghu Ram
177. Funds raised by startups will not require any scrutiny by which department?
Ans: I-T department
178. Which is awarded as CSR Implementation Partner in the leadership category?
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Ans: Genesis foundation
179. Who is awarded as The prestigious “Indian Women of Influence” award at the House of Lords, The United
Kingdom Parliament, London?
Ans: Priya Priyadarshini
180. Which is to be launched for promoting startups and to help matchmaking for funds?
Ans: TV channel
181. Which policy hopes to transform Indian education into one of the best in the world, with focus on bringing in
foreign students?
Ans: National educational policy
182.How much fund was proposed for Railway infrastructure?
Ans: ₹50 lakh crores
183. By which year every single rural family, except those who are unwilling to take the connection, electricity and
clean cooking will have facility?
Ans: 2022, the 75th year of Independence
184. Under Which Scheme the pension benefit will be extended to 3 crore retail traders?
Ans: PM Karam Yogi Maan Dhan Scheme
185. How much loans has proposed to MSMEs?
Ans: ₹1 crore
186. Which country has test-launched a medium-range ballistic missile inside its borders- Shahab-3?
Ans: Iran
187. Under which regional connectivity scheme ,The Civil Aviation ministry added 8 more routes ,making the total
operational routes to 194?
Ans: UDAN scheme
188. Who has banned colistin antibiotic used in the poultry industry for producing animals, aqua farming, etc?
Ans: The Union Health Ministry
189. Which bridges were inaugurated by the defence minister in Kathua and Samba districts of Jammu and Kashmir?
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Ans: Ujh and Basantar
190. Which state was ranked first for implementing most of the marketing reforms?
Ans: Maharashtra
191. Who is the 3-time chief minister of Delhi ,recently passed away?
Ans: Sheila Dikshit
192. Which state tops in ATM frauds ?
Ans: Maharashtra
193. Where does Kerala Tourism organized 5-day annual Nishagandhi Monsoon Ragas Music Fest 2019 ?
Ans: Kanakakkunnu, Thiruvananthapuram
195.In which Scheme Uttarakhand was named among best performing states ?
Ans: 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao'
196. 1800 Bangladeshi civil servants will be trained at the National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG) in which
place ?
Ans: Mussoorie, Uttarakhand between 2019-2025
197. Who is the President Of Montenegro, recently passed away?
Ans: Momir Bulatovic
198. Which is the most-awaited trains on the route announced in 2016, is set to be the first train to be operated by
private players?
Ans: Delhi-Lucknow Tejas Express
199. Who launched a project for undertaking „immunocontraceptive measures‟ for population management of 4
species of wild animals namely Elephant, Wild boar, Monkeys and Blue Bull (Nilgai)?
Ans: Union MoEFCC
200. Which Bill was passed by Parliament, which allows voluntary use of Aadhaar as proof of identity?
Ans: Aadhaar Amendment Bill
201. Where will be India‟s first elephant rehabilitation centre will be set up by the Kerala State Government ?
Ans: Kottoor
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202. First cow sanctuary set up in which state ?
Ans: Kamdhenu Gau Abhyaranya in Madhya Pradesh
203. Which was the first state in India to ensure water conservation with its State Water Policy ?
Ans: Meghalaya
204. What Scheme was launched by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to improve quality of care in
labor room and maternity operation theatres in public health facilities?
Ans: „LaQshya‟ (Labour room Quality improvement Initiative)
205. For how many days the budget session of Parliament extended ?
Ans: 8days till august 7th
206. What is the FRP approved by the PM for sugarcane payable by sugarmills ?
Ans: Rs 275 per quintal
207. With whom Population Council partnershiped to launch the National Data Quality Forum (NDQF) ?
Ans: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)‟s National Institute for Medical Statistics (ICMR-NIMS)
208. What was the plan approved by the National Green Tribunal to Delhi government?
Ans: To tap the Yamuna rainwater by building a 1,000 acre mega reservoir
209. Which committee has approved the creation of a 4 million metric tonne sugar NSE 1.00 % buffer stock for one
year ?
Ans: Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA)
210. Which data shows 50% of Engineering graduates receive job offers?
Ans: AICTE
211. Where did celestial object has landed that weighs more than 10 kilograms?
Ans: Madhubani, Bihar
212. Which is the India's fastest train that successfully completed its test run from New Delhi to Katra in eight hours
?
Ans: Vande Bharat Express
213. Which centre received a state-of-the-art facility for its genomic studies division?
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Ans: The Centre For Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB)
214.Where did the Cabinet of Haryana set up Haryana Sports University?
Ans: Rai, Sonepat
215. Which is the popular dessert of Odisha, has received the geographical indication tag from the Registrar of
Geographical Indication?
Ans: Rasagola
216. Which state announced that Sachivalaya or Secretariat building will now be called „Lok Seva Bhavan‟?
Ans: Odisha
217. Which state has launched a helpline, “Jeene Do”?
Ans: Jammu and Kashmir
218.Which state has highest number of senior citizens with more than one crore 54 lakh?
Ans: Uttar Pradesh
219.Where will be the world‟s tallest statue, 251-metre-tall statue of Lord Ram in Ayodhya will be set up ?
Ans: Uttar Pradesh
220.Which state has set a target of becoming a $1-trillion economy in the next three years?
Ans: Uttar Pradesh
221. Which State Cooperative Seed Federation will produce its own seeds in addition with distribution and marketing
of certified and high-quality seeds to farmers?
Ans: Madhya Pradesh
222. Who is the the new Deputy CM of Goa?
Ans: Chandrakant Kavlekar
223. Which state announced that Damanganga-Pinjal project will meet the water needs of Mumbai till 2060?
Ans: Maharashtra
224. How much fund has approved for multi- modal integration project at the 148th board meeting of the MMRDA
by Maharashtra?
Ans: Rs 3500 crore
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225. Which scheme will be soon operationalize by Puducherry?
Ans: Bicycle-Sharing Scheme
226. Which state cleared amendments to Factories Act,1948 allowing women to work legally during night hours
(between 7 pm to 6 am) in factories of the state?
Ans: Goa
227. Which is the fifth state to announce its state butterfly?
Ans: Tamil Nadu
228. Which butterfly is known as „Tamil Maravan‟?
Ans: „Tamil Yeoman‟
229. Which butterfly is declared as Tamilnadu state butterfly?
Ans: „Tamil Yeoman‟, found in the Western Ghats
230. What is the portal for farmers launched by Haryana Government?
Ans: „Meri Fasal Mera Byora'
231. Which state announced the plan of launching India‟s first-ever „Water Taxis‟,which will allow people to travel
in inland waterways?
Ans: Goa
232. With whom did Delhi police signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to set up rooftop solar energy
systems?
Ans: Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI)
233. Which government set to bring legislation for ensuring Journalists‟ job security?
Ans: West Bengal
234.Which state announced 'Jan Choupal' program?
Ans: Chhattisgarh
235. Which govt launches toll-free „CM helpline 1076‟ for complaint registration?
Ans: Uttar Pradesh
236. Which state is directed to deposit 100 Crore as Fine imposed by NGT for Illegal Coal Mining?
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Ans: Meghalaya
237. Which state Government has implemented the Centre's Witness Protection Scheme?
Ans: Odisha
238. Which scheme has announced to protect witnesses and their family members from threats against their lives and
reputation?
Ans: Centre's Witness Protection Scheme
239. Which Government launched a 15-day “Happiness Utsav” across all its 1,031 schools?
Ans: Delhi
240. Which state increased the financial aid to families of Jawans Martyred in war or war like situations and to
disabled soldiers hailing from the state from Rs 25 lakhs to Rs 1 crore?
Ans: Maharashtra
241. Which government is planning to recast its Industrial Policy Resolution (IPR) which was last revised in 2015?
Ans: Odisha
242. Which plan has aim to make Odisha, one among the top 3 states in „Ease of Doing Business‟?
Ans: recasting of Industrial Policy Resolution (IPR)
243. With whom the state Government of Haryana have signed a pact to encourage and support state‟s micro, small
and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to raise capital?
Ans: India‟s leading Bombay stock exchange (BSE)
244. Which state launched
Ans: Uttar Pradesh
245. Which camp is launched to eradicate deadly Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) and Japanese Encephalitis
(JE) disease?
Ans: “Dastak Campaign”
246. Which state govt implemented a one-time settlement‟ scheme for debt trapped state cooperative banks?
Ans: Uttarakhand
247. Which state has declared as "disturbed area"?
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Ans: Nagaland
248. Where did the 25th 'Bhamashah Sammelan' held ?
Ans: Birla Auditorium ,Rajasthan
249. Which state govt announced the establishment of a Vedic education and culture board in Rajasthan?
Ans: Jaipur
250. Where did the world famous Jagannath Rath Yatra 2019(also known as Chariot Festival) began?
Ans: Puri in Odisha
251. In which state Operation Khumaar launched to make 312 panchayats free from tobacco?
Ans: J&K
252. Which state launched a revamped website of Tourism department – tourismodishatourism.gov.in?
Ans: Odisha
253. Which state has received affiliation from the Board of Control for Cricket in India, thus providing an
opportunity for the city cricketers to play in BCCI tournament?
Ans: Chandigarh
254. Which state has stood first in the country with total 261.97 megawatts (MW) of installed rooftop solar capacity?
Ans: Gujarat
255. Which Bank has sanctioned Rs 1925 Cr project for up-gradation of power generation and distribution in
Tripura?
Ans: Asian Development Bank
256. Which state has Dracaena cambodiana, discovered by Researchers?
Ans: a dragon tree species in the Dongka Sarpo area of West Karbi Anglong district in Assam.
257. How much patients have been infected with dengue according to Directorate General of Health Services
(DGHS)?
Ans: 10528
258. Which country inaugurated its first model village built with Indian assistance?
Ans: Sri Lanka
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259. Which is the world's largest burn and plastic surgery institute?
Ans: Sheikh Hasina National Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute
260. Which state has Sheikh Hasina National Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute?
Ans: Bangladesh
261. Which is the World‟s Best Student City in QS Best Student Cities Ranking 2019?
Ans: London
262. Which agency confirmed that Iran had exceeded a limit on its enriched uranium reserves set by a 2015 nuclear
deal/Iran deal by 300 kilograms?
Ans: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
263. Which country India in countering terror?
Ans: Kuwait
264. Which report is released by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)?
Ans: Global Study on Homicide
265. In which country measles disease has been eradicated?
Ans: Sri Lanka
266. Where did 19th Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers Meeting for the year 2019?
Ans: London, UK
267. How much pilgrims are allowed by Pakistan per day throughout the year to visit Gurudwara Kartarpur Sahib
situated in Kartarpur, Narowal District, Pakistan?
Ans: 5,000 Sikh
268. With whom Sri Lanka signed $91.26 million agreement for the up-gradation of 130 km rail track located
between Colombo and Jaffna?
Ans: IRCON (Indian Railway Construction Company) International Limited
269.What is the theme of „Mainstreaming Ayurveda Startups, Innovation and Branding‟?
Ans: Global Ayurveda Summit
270. Where did Women Startup Summit 2019 held?
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Ans: Kochi
271. where 44th session of the World Heritage Committee in 2020 held?
Ans: The city of Fuzhou (China)
272. Where 3rd edition of International Sunflower Seed and Oil Conference(ISSOC) 2019 held?
Ans: Mumbai
273. Where RBI‟s Central Board of Directors‟ 577th meeting held?
Ans: New Delhi
274. Where 13th Global Healthcare Summit held?
Ans: Hyderabad
275. Where 11th biennial arms exhibition „DefExpo 2020‟ held?
Ans: Lucknow
276. Which conference has a theme “Promotion and Consolidation of Peace through Respect for International Law”?
Ans: NAM Ministerial Meeting
277. Where USISPF 2nd annual leadership summit held?
Ans: Washington DC, US
278.Where 5th edition of Dharma-Dhamma conference held?
Ans: Rajgir, Bihar
279. Which company has jumped 42 places to become the highest-ranking Indian firm on the Fortune Global 500
list?
Ans: Reliance Industries ltd
280. Which country became the 76th country to sign the International Solar Alliance (ISA) Framework Agreement?
Ans: Palau
281. India holds which rank in Most Powerful Passport index 2019?
Ans: 86th
282. Which state tops “most digitised cities” list: Razorpay report 2019?
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Ans: Silicon Valley of India, Bengaluru
283. Which state passed Employment of Local Candidates in Industries/Factories Act, 2019, which reserves 75%
private job to locals across factories, industrial units, joint ventures and private projects taken under the Public-
Private Partnership (PPP) model?
Ans: Andhra Pradesh
284. Which country signs MoU on Defence Co-Operation with India?
Ans: Myanmar
285. Who join hands with Tata Medical Center to form Comprehensive Digital Archive of Cancer Imaging?
Ans: IIT Kharagpur
286. Who has approved the merger of National Institute of Miners' Health with Indian Council of Medical Research
and National Institute of Occupational Health?
Ans: Union Cabinet
287. Who has won the gold medal in the World Deaf Youth Badminton Championships?
Ans: Tamil Nadu girl Jerlin Anika
288. Where did World Deaf Youth Badminton Championships held?
Ans: Taipei
289. Who retains the title at 46th National Women Chess Championship 2019?
Ans: Bhakti Kulkarni
290. Which state host the 21st Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship 2019?
Ans: Odisha
291. Who won the World Boxing Council (WBC) Asia silver welterweight championship 2019 ?
Ans: Vaibhav Yadav, Indian pro boxer
292. Where World Boxing Council (WBC) Asia silver welterweight championship 2019 held ?
Ans: Pattaya, Thailand
293. Who became India‟s 64th Grandmaster (GM)?
Ans: Prithu Gupta of Delhi, aged 15 years
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294. Who won 2019 Austrian Grand Prix?
Ans: Max Verstappen
295. Who was nicknamed as 'Dhing Express'?
Ans: Indian sprint runner Hima Das
296. Who won the gold medal in women‟s 200m with a timing of 23.65 seconds in Poznań Athletics Grand Prix
2019?
Ans: Hima Das
297. Where did Hima Das & Muhammad Anas win gold in the 400m race held?
Ans: Prague, Czech Republic
298. Who has set to host 2020 FIFA women U-20 World cup?
Ans: Nigeria
299. Who is the 1st man to swim under 57 sec in the 100m breaststroke?
Ans: Adam Peaty
300. Where 34th edition of Sailing Championship 2019 has concluded ?
Ans: Telangana
301. Where did International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun 2019 was
held?
Ans: Suhl, Germany
302. Who won record sixth British Grand Prix at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, United Kingdom?
Ans: Lewis Hamilton
303. Who has removed a ban on the Kuwait Olympic Committee (KOC) and permitted to compete in the 2020
Olympics?
Ans: International Olympic Committee (IOC)
304. Who was the first cricketer to reach 1000 runs & 100 wickets in T20 format?
Ans: Ellyse Perry of Australia
305. How many medals won by Indian track and field athletes on the 1st day of the Qasanov Memorial Meet 2019?
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Ans: six (3Gold,2 Silver,1Bronze)
306. Which country Topped The Medal Tally In The Championship Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship
2019- Overview?
Ans: India
307. Who won silver at the Ready Steady Tokyo test event for the 2020 Olympic Games held in Tokyo, Japan?
Ans: Indian archer Deepika Kumari
308. Who is the official sponsor of Indian Cricket Team that replaced Oppo ?
Ans: Byju‟s
309. Who has won the US PGA title at the Barracuda Championship?
Ans: American Collin Morikawa
310. Which force has received 1st batch of 4 of total 22 AH-64E Apache Guardian Attack helicopters from US
(United States)aerospace major Boeing at Hindon airbase in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh(UP)?
Ans: Indian Air Force (IAF)
311. Which was called as “India‟s lightest bulletproof jacket” was launched at the International Police Expo?
Ans: Bhabha Kavach
312. Where did Indian Army successfully conducted the trials of third Generation Anti-Tank Guided Missile- NAG ?
Ans: Pokhran, Rajasthan
313. Which operation, code was launched by the Border Security Force (BSF) to fortify Anti-Infiltration Grid along
the Pakistan border in Punjab and Jammu?
Ans: 'Sudarshan'
314. In which operation the Delhi Police Crime Branch has rescued 333 children in 7 months?
Ans: 'Operation Milap‟
315. Who is the author of "Chandra Shekhar - The Last Icon of Ideological Politics"?
Ans: Harivansh and Ravi Dutt Bajpai
316. Who is the author of „Who Stole My Job‟?
Ans: Sunil Mishra
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317. Who is the author of Vivekadeepini ?
Ans: Adi Shankaracharya
318. Who is the author of “War over Words: Censorship in India, 1930-1960”?
Ans: Devika Sethi
319. Who is the author of “Kargil: Untold stories from the War”?
Ans: Rachna Bisht Rawat
320. Who is the author of 'Whispers of Time‟?
Ans: Dr. Krishna Saksena
321. Who is the author of „New-Age Technology and Industrial Revolution 4.0‟?
Ans: Dr Narendra Jadhav
322. Which is the china‟s first commercial rocket?
Ans: iSpace "Interstellar Glory Space Technology"
323. Which country successfully test-fired two short-range ballistic missiles off its East coast?
Ans: North Korea
324. Which is nickname of India‟s heaviest rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Mk-III, carried
the Chandrayaan-2 mission?
Ans: „Bahubali‟
325. From Where did „Bahubali‟ carried the Chandrayaan-2 mission successfully ?
Ans: Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota, off the coast of Andhra Pradesh.
326. Which company launched an Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE) preparation
app called JEE Ready?
Ans: Amazon, an e-commerce and tech giant
327. Which mission will trap scientists in ice to study the impact of climate change?
Ans: Arctic mission
328. Who discovered new gene linked to schizophrenia?
Ans: Indian and Australian scientists

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329. Who unveiled the First-ever image of quantum entanglement "Bell entanglement" ?
Ans: physicists of Glasgow University
330. Which agency has successfully launched Proton-M rocket carrying the Spektr- RG(Spectrum Roentgen Gamma)
space telescope from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan?
Ans: Russian space agency
331. How much species of orchid or taxa has been stated by India in The Botanical Survey of India (BSI) in its First
Comprehensive Census of Orchids of India ?
Ans: 1256
332. Which research team has found that electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes-ECs) damage brain cells?
Ans: University of California, Riverside (UCR)
333. Which Institute has developed two interconnected android smartphone applications named „CARE4U‟which
will inform the caregiver when the elderly person falls down with the exact location?
Ans: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur
334. Who is appointed as first female President of European Commission?
Ans: Ursula von der Leyen
335. Who is appointed as Governor of Himachal Pradesh?
Ans: Kalraj Mishra
336. Who is appointed as Chief Financial Officer- Coca-Cola India & SW Asia?
Ans: Harsh Bhutani
337. Who is appointed as Joint Secretary to President Ram Nath Kovind?
Ans: Ajay Bhadoo
338. Who is appointed as Indian Brand Ambassador of leading fitness brand Reebok?
Ans: Varun Dhawan
339. Who is appointed as Commonwealth Table Tennis Federation- secretary-general?
Ans: M P Singh
340. Who is LinkedIn as country manager for India?
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Ans: Ashutosh Gupta
341. Who is appointed as new prime minister of Greece?
Ans: Kyriakos Mitsotakis
342. Who is appointed as Himachal Governor?
Ans: Kalraj Mishra
343. Who is appointed as new CEO- Accenture Inc?
Ans: Julie Sweet
344. Who is appointed as Singapore International Commercial Court JUDGE?
Ans: AK Sikri
345. Who is appointed as Governors of Chhattisgarh?
Ans: Anusuiya Uikey
346. Who is appointed as Governors of Madhya Pradesh?
Ans: Lal Ji Tandon
347. Who is appointed as Bihar Governor?
Ans: Phagu Chauhan
348. Who is appointed as Tripura Governor?
Ans: Ramesh Bais
349. Who is appointed as Private Secretary to PM Modi?
Ans: Vivek Kumar
350. Who is appointed as Ambassador To Israel?
Ans: Sanjeev Kumar Singla
351. Who is appointed as chairman of the estimates committee?
Ans: Girish Bhalchandra Bapat
352. Who is appointed as MD and CEO of IOB?
Ans: Karnam Sekar

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353. Who is appointed as IMF interim leader?
Ans: David Lipton
354. Who is appointed as Director of Institute of Banking Personnel Selection?
Ans: Harideesh Kumar
355. Who is appointed as Britain‟s Home Secretary?
Ans: Priti Patel
356. Who is appointed as Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) ?
Ans: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
357. Who is appointed as New Finance Secretary?
Ans: Rajiv Kumar
358. Who is appointed as Ambassador to Paraguayan Republic?
Ans: Dinesh Bhatia
359. Who is appointed as Additional charge of NSG?
Ans: S.S Deswal
360. who resigned as Congress President?
Ans: Rahul Gandhi
361. Who resigned as MD of IMF?
Ans: Christine Lagarde
362. Who resigned as Punjab Cabinet Minister?
Ans: Navjot Singh Sidhu
363.Who Resigns-prime minister (PM) of Kosovo?
Ans: Ramush Haradinaj
364. Who was awarded as Miss Deaf World 2019?
Ans: Vidisha Baliyan
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365. Which airport was Shortlisted for Leading European Architecture Forum (LEAF) Awards in category of best
future building under construction project?
Ans: Trichy International Airport
366. Who was awarded as People's Choice Prize at Boston International Sand Art Championship?
Ans: Sudarsan Pattnaik
367. Who was awarded as „Best Farm to Fork Fresh Meat Brand‟ ?
Ans: Zappfresh
368. Who was awarded as The first civil servant & IPS Officer to conquer the „Seven Summits‟ challenge?
Ans: Aparna Kumar
369. Who was awarded as Honorary doctorate by IIT Kanpur ?
Ans: Pullela Gopichand
370. Who was awarded as World Economic Forum's(WEF)?
Ans: Quantela Inc
371. Who was awarded as World Wealth Yoga Championship 2019 ?
Ans: Toran Yadav
372. Who was awarded as The most valued firm by market capitalization ?
Ans: Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL)
373. Who was awarded as Honorary Doctorate by Melbourne's La Trobe?
Ans: Shah Rukh Khan
374. Who was awarded as FRCS of Thailand ?
Ans: Raghu Ram
375. Who was awarded as„Best Feature Film‟ at SAARC film festival 2019 ?
Ans: Kaushik Ganguly‟s Bengali film Nagarkirtan
376. Who was awarded as Gandhi Mandela Peace Medal ?
Ans: Buddhist teacher and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh
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377. Who was awarded as2nd Richest Person In The World: Bloomberg ?
Ans: French Tycoon Bernard Arnault Overtakes Bill Gates
378. Who was awarded as India‟s most valuable brand for 2019: Brand Finance India 100 2019 report?
Ans: “Tata”
379. Who was awarded as Outstanding performance in terms of Self-Help Group (SHG)?
Ans: Repco MFI
380. Who was awarded as First Pilot of IAF To perform Wingsuit Skydive Jump?
Ans: Wing Commander Tarun Chaudhri
381. Who was awarded Society Global Indian Icon Award 2019 ?
Ans: Dinesh Tiwari
382. Which was awarded as 'Best Innovation Award' for the year 2019 ?
Ans: NFR's Plan Bee
383. Who was awarded as Sangita Kalanidhi Award 2019?
Ans: Carnatic vocalist S. Sowmya
384. Who was awarded as Inaugural Tribute Actor award in Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)?
Ans: Meryl Streep
385. Who was awarded as The “Mr. South Asia” award at 12th South Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports
Championship 2019?
Ans: Ravinder Kumar Malik
386. Who was awarded as Sports Journalists Federation of India 2019 Awards ?
Ans: Prakash Padukone
387. Who was awarded as Sportsperson of the Year 2019?
Ans: Pankaj Advani (Billiards and Snooker) and Bajrang Punia (Wrestling).
388. Who was awarded Global Excellence Award of the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF)?
Ans: Wipro Chairman Azim Premji & Mastercard CEO and President Ajay Banga
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389. Who is former Australian Tennis Star who has recently passed away?
Ans: Peter McNamara
390.Who was the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief recently passed away?
Ans: Yukiya Amano
391. Who is the former India football goalkeeper who has passed away?
Ans: AU Celestine
392.Who is the inventor of computer password, recently passed away?
Ans: Fernando Corbato
393.Who is the Bengali actor , recently passed away?
Ans: Sharp Dutt
394.Who is the Leg-spinner of India , recently passed away?
Ans: Rakesh Shukla
395. Who is the Uttarakhand Governor, recently passed away?
Ans: Sudershan Agarwal
396. Who is Malayalam film director, recently passed away?
Ans: Babu Narayanan
397. Who is Telugu writer and lyricist, recently passed away?
Ans: Srikanth Sharma
398. Who is Tunisia's President, recently passed away?
Ans: Beji Caid Essebsi
399. Who is Former RBI deputy Governor, recently passed away?
Ans: SubirGokarn
400. Who is Union Minister & Senior Congress leader, recently passed away?
Ans: Jaipal Reddy
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Aug 2019 – Expected Current Affairs Questions

1) Which Country is the fifth largest investor in Africa with cumulative investment at over 54 billion US dollars?
India
2) Which project is expected to provide 56 TMC of drinking water and supply another 10 TMC for industrial
purposes? Kaleshwaram project
3) When did National Academy of Art or Lalit Kala Akademi, celebrated its 65th Foundation Day in New Delhi?
On 5th August
4) Chief Minister Vijay Rupani had also launched which project to eliminate malnutrition among the girls in the
age group of 14 to 18? 'Purna' project
5) PM Modi announced to celebrate which as a month of nutrition? September
6) How much amount Manoj Tiwari has allocated for purchase of two mini-buses for differently able students
studying in Delhi University? Rs.20 lakh
7) Which portal is based on other e-commerce portals like ‘Alibaba’ and ‘Amazon’? “Bharatcraft” portal
8) Actor Shah Rukh Khan launched heritage postal stamp of which station on the completion of 150 years of
the railway station? Bandra station
9) Forest Department and Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Mountaineering and Allied Sports joined hands and
developed which park? sky cycling park in Gulaba
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10) The Union Cabinet has approved setting up of how much new Medical Colleges by 2021-22? 75 Medical
Colleges
11) The unique tribal eco tourism programme, being conducted in various parts of the Western Ghats in
Tamilnadu, will be restarted from When? 2nd September
12) Which party will soon touch the seven crore members mark through the membership drive that began on
6th of July and concluded on 20th of this month? Bharatiya Janata Party
13) Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar has handed over how much
amount from Compensatory Afforestation Fund to various states? Forty seven thousand crore rupees
14) In order to commemorate 50th year of Vivekanand rock memorial, Which programme, has been planned
from 2nd September across the country? EK BHARAT-VIJAYEE BHARAT
15) Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that government has set a target of setting up how much AYUSH
centres across India? 12,500 AYUSH centres
16) Centre plans to provide Wi-Fi to all villages with connectivity between how much Mbps speed under the
GramNet initiative? 10Mbps to 100 Mbps
17) Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda launched which mobile
application? “Janaushadhi Sugam”
18) Which country has became the first country in the world to issue Biometric Seafarer Identity Document
(BSID)? India
19) Which app permits users to volunteer and present to old-age homes and orphanages? Maitri
20) Union Cabinet approved how much amount for Kosi-Mechi interlinking project in Bihar? Rs. 4,900 crore
21) Where was the Seventh meeting of the India-Bangladesh Home Minister Level Talks held? New Delhi.
22) Which is India’s first 3-D Smart Traffic Signal devised on the wireless system? 'Intelights'.
23) Government has sanctioned how much electric buses in 64 cities for intracity and intercity operations under
the second phase of FAME India scheme? 5595
24) Union HRD Minister to launched which Drive to create awareness about water conservation among all
school students in the country? ‘Samagra Shiksha-Jal Suraksha’
25) Indian Railways has cancelled which train after Pakistan suspended operations on its side? Samjhauta
Express
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26) Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Indian Railways launched which Operation, a Special Drive to curb
unidentified vehicles? “Number Plate”
27) The Bar Council of India (BCI) imposed a temporary ban ofhow much years on opening new law colleges?
3yrs
28) President of India, Shri Ram NathKovind inaugurated Which Conference on kindness at Vigyan Bhawan in
New Delhi? The first World Youth Conference
29) Jaganmohan Reddy announced which programme to provide doorstep governance to people involving
2.8Lakh volunteers? ‘Village Volunteer System’
30) N Biren Singh has launched which scheme with the aim to improve the infrastructure, quality education and
overall improvement of government schools? "School Fagadaba" (Make education better)
31) Naveen Patnaik announced the which initiative? “Mo Sarkar”
32) The Punjab State Government has announced to bring around how much journalists into the ambit of its
recently launched flagship universal health insurance scheme "Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana" (SSBY)? 4500
33) The local Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) announced which state has recorded highest ever
rainfall in last 24 hours by breaking the last 70 years’ record? Himachal Pradesh
34) Which state government signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP) for implementing Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs) by etting up of a Sustainable
Development Goals Coordination Centre (SDGCC) ? government of Punjab
35) Bihar government has sought how much amount from the Centre for construction of roads damaged due to
recent floods in the state? two thousand crores
36) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced a special package of how much amount to develop Puri as
a World Heritage City? Rs 500 crore
37) The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will spend about how much amount on setting up social
media management teams? Rs 6 crore
38) Which government has launched 'Mo College' initiative? Odisha
39) The Odisha government launched which scheme for 2019? Odisha Small Savings Incentive Scheme
40) Which state has retained its first position in the Composite Water Management Index (CWMI) 2.0
announced by the NITI Aayog? Gujarat
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41) Which country became the fourth African country to join the Global Coalition of the willing on Pollinators on
July 25, 2019? Nigeria
42) Bangladesh signed a deal with which country for the supply of uranium for its 2,400 MW Rooppur Nuclear
Power Plant (RNPP)? Russia
43) Which country launched the world’s first floating nuclear reactor? Russia
44) Which country has been placed on the blacklist of the Financial Action Task Force’s Asia Pacific Group?
Pakistan
45) Where was Northeast Regional Conference on Transformation of Indian Agriculture held? Guwahati
46) Where was TechEx – a technology exhibition held? IIT Delhi
47) Where was The Second All India Annual Conference of Indian Information Service (IIS) Officers held? Pravasi
Bhartiya Kendra in New Delhi.
48) Where was India's largest education Brainstorm held? Udaipur
49) Where was National Conference on E-Governance held? Meghalaya
50) Where was G7 Summit held? France
51) Where was International dialogue on South-South and Triangular Cooperation held? New Delhi.
52) Where was 6th Convocation Ceremony of Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan held? New Delhi
53) Where was First World Youth Conference held? Vigyan Bhavan, Delhi.
54) Where was Seventh Community Radio Sammelan held? New Delhi
55) Where was Fourth edition of Internet of Things India Congress held? Bengaluru
56) Where was RDSO organizes Mega trafficker Meet held? Lucknow
57) Where was Integrated Online junction for School Education Shagun held? New Delhi
58) Where was The twelfth India Security Summit held? New Delhi
59) Where was 26th Ladakhi Kisan Jawan Vigyan Mela held? Leh
60) Where was 3rd International Electric Vehicle (EV) Conclave held? Manesar, Haryana
61) Where was Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) organized the fourth edition of the
National Entrepreneurship Awards held? New Delhi
62) Where was Two Day exhibition on DAE Technologies held? New Delhi
63) Where was 24th meeting of Western Zonal Council held? Panaji in Goa
64) Which country is named as the world’s best city for students? London
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65) Forbes reported that the global Big Data software market will have how much percent of growth worth $31B
in 2019? 14%
66) Bollywood Actor Akshay Kumar made it to which position on the Forbes magazine’s Worlds Highest-Paid
Actors Of 2019 list? 4th Position
67) Which scheme secured the highest position with first ranking issued by the National Health Mission (NHM)
among the sixteen states of the country? Rajasthan’s free medicine scheme
68) Prime Global Cities Index of London based consultancy Knight Frank ranked which state as the 10th fastest
growing prime market globally? Delhi
69) Who has won Forbes magazine’s highest-paid woman in the music category for the year 2019 with earnings
of $185 million (Rs 1,300 crore)? Taylor Swift
70) Which city has ranked as the 45th safest city on the Safe Cities Index (SCI)? Mumbai
71) India signed an MoU with which country on Cooperation in the field of Traditional Systems of Medicine and
Homeopathy? Gambia
72) How much loan was provided by Asian Development Bank (ADB) for Road Infrastructure development of
Maharashtra? $200 million
73) Which government and Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) signed a memorandum of understanding
(MoU) to give a push to the state's endeavour in space technology? Kerala
74) Which Ministry and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) launched the Swachh Survekshan 2020? Ministry of Housing
75) Microsoft and Indian School of Business (ISB) have signed an MoU to set up an AI Digital Lab powered by
which company? PlatiFi technologies(a Microsoft partner)
76) Who is appointed as High Commissioner of India to the Cook Islands? Ms. Padmaja
77) Who is appointed as Ambassador of India to the United Arab Emirates(UAE)? Pavan Kapoor
78) Who is appointed as Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Coal India Limited (CIL)? Pramod Agrawal
79) Who is appointed as Paytm president? Amit Nayyar
80) Who is appointed as MD & CEO of LVB,Resigns? Parthasarathi Mukherjee
81) Who is appointed as CBDT Chairman? Pramod Chandra Mody
82) Who is appointed as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the PMO? PK Sinha
83) Who is appointed as Interim chairman- Cafe Coffee Day? S V Ranganath
84) Who is appointed as Additional charge as Narcotics control Bureau secretary? Rakesh Asthana
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85) Who is appointed as Controller General of Accounts (CGA)? Girraj Prasad Gupta
86) Who is appointed as Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)?
Guruprasad Mohapatra
87) Who is appointed as Secretary in Ministry of Textiles? Ravi Capoor
88) Who is appointed as Governor of Nagaland? R N Ravi
89) Who is appointed as Permanent representative of India to the economic community of West African States?
Abhay Thakur
90) Who is appointed as Director of Italy based International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)? Atish
Dabholkar
91) Who is appointed as Special Secretary to President Ram Nath Kovind? Bala Prasad
92) Who is appointed as High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Cyprus? Madhumita Hazarika Bhagat
93) Who is appointed as MD&CEO of LIC Housing Finance? Siddhartha Mohanty
94) Who is appointed as Director (operations) at the Bengaluru based Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL)? M S
Velpari
95) Who is appointed as HSBC’s interim CEO? Noel Quinn
96) Who is appointed as Chairman and MD of Power Grid? Kandikuppa Sreekant
97) Who is appointed as New director (exploration) in ONGC? Rajesh Kumar Srivastava
98) Who is appointed as Director (finance) in IOC? Sandeep Kumar Gupta
99) Who is appointed as Miss World Diversity? Naaz Joshi
100) Who is appointed as New prime minister of Sudan? Abdalla Hamdok
101) Who is appointed as New home secretary? Ajay Kumar Bhalla
102) Who is appointed as Cabinet Secretary? Rajeev Gauba
103) Who is appointed as Defence Secretary? Ajay Kumar
104) Who is appointed as Italian PM steps down? Giuseppe Conte
105) Who is appointed as CEO of vodafone India? Ravinder Takkar
106) Who is appointed as Director of National Institute of Health and Family Welfare (NIHFW)? Harshad
Pandurang Thakur
107) Who is appointed as Asian Athletics Association's Athletes Commission member? PT Usha
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108) Who is appointed as Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) of Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation
(CDSCO)? VG Somani
109) Who is appointed as President of Guatemala? Alejandro Giammattei
110) Who is appointed as Fiji’s SC judge? Madan Lokur
111) Who is appointed as First woman president of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA)? Chandrima
Shaha
112) Who is appointed as YES bank- Chief Financial Officer (CFO)? Anurag Adlakha
113) Who is appointed as Ambassador of India to the Republic of Congo? Shri Ghotu Ram Meena
114) Who is appointed as Interim president of the Congress party? Sonia Gandhi
115) Who is the first cricketer to reach the rare milestone of scoring 1000 runs? Australia all-rounder Ellyse Perry
116) Which country topped the latest ICC Test team rankings? India
117) Who is named as Professional Cricketers Association’s Player of the month of July 2019? Ravichandran
Ashwin
118) Who is topped Forbes magazine's list of the highest-paid women in sports for the fourth straight year? US
tennis superstar Serena Williams
119) Who is appointed as a member of the Asian Athletics Association’s (AAA) Athletes Commission? Legendary
Indian sprinter P.T. Usha
120) Who has won FIM World Cup in the women’s category after the final round of the championship in
Hungary? Aishwarya Pissay
121) Who is was appointed as the head coach of Bangladesh, replacing Steve Rhodes (English cricket coach and
former cricketer) by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB)? Russell Domingo
122) Who has launched a fifth Fast Patrol Vessel (FPV) for the Indian Coast Guard (ICG)? Garden Reach
Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE)
123) India plans to launch which satellite in the month of October-November? Cartosat-3
124) Who became the first female officer in the country to become the Flight Commander of a flying unit? S
Dhami
125) Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal launched a QR Code Scheme on which app which can be used by cab or
auto-rickshaw passengers to verify the identity of the driver and raise an alarm? Himmat Plus app
126) Who is the publisher of 'Kashmir’s untold story: Declassification’? Bloomsbury
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127) Who is the author of the novel “Second Night”? Rajiv Dogra
128) Who has launched the book called ‘the Diary of Manu Gandhi ’?Shri Prahlad Singh Patel
129) Who has launched the book titled ‘Oru Manidhan Oru Iyakkam Kalaignar Mu. Karunanidhi’ in Tamil
language? K Veeramani
130) Who has awarded Pushkin Medal 2019? Professor Meeta Narain of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)
131) Who has won Smart Policing Awards at the Homeland Security 2019? Dr. Jitendra Singh
132) Which bank is awarded as ‘World’s Best Bank’ by Euromoney magazine? DBS bank
133) Who has won ‘Eminent Engineer Award’ for the Year 2019? Prabhakar Singh
134) Who has won the Bronze medal at the 2019 ‘Technovation challenge’? Five girls from Noida for developing
a mobile app named ‘Maitri’
135) Which company has won the Best navratna award in manufacturing category? Indian oil and natural gas
company, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL)
136) Who has won Bharat Gaurav Award 2019? Kapil Dev
137) Who has won the Entrepreneur of the year award 2019? Ruhan Rajput
138) Which company won 2019NCPEDP-Mphasis Universal Design Award? Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi
(IIT-D)
139) Who has won A.P.J. Abdul Kalam award? ISRO chairman K.Sivan
140) Which is the Best Hindi Film in 66th National Film Awards? Andhadhun
141) Which is the Best Action Film in 66th National Film Awards? KGF
142) Who is awarded as Best Actor 66th National Film Awards? Ayushmann Khurrana for Andhadhun and Vicky
Kaushal for URI
143) Who is awarded as Best Director 66th National Film Awards? Aditya Dhar for URI
144) Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) introduced which project to recycle urine? Water Chakra
145) Which company launched its own Operating System (OS) named as HongMengOS in Chinese/ HarmonyOS in
English? Huawei Technologies
146) Which drug was developed by New York based non profit organisation TB alliance? Pretomanid
147) Which country has got its first National Essential Diagnostics List (NEDL) finalized by the Indian Council of
Medical Research (ICMR)? India
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148) Which country launched its first unmanned rocket carrying a life-size humanoid robot named 'Fedor' (Final
Experimental Demonstration Object Research) in Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft? Russia
149) Who approved the proposal to declare ocean energy as renewable energy? R K Singh
150) Union government has enrolled around 150 million workers over the next three years under which scheme?
Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-dhan (PM-SYM)
151) What is the theme of International Day of the World's Indigenous People ? Indigenous Languages
152) What is the theme of World Biofuel Day? Production of Biodiesel from Used Cooking Oil (UCO)
153) What is the theme of International Youth Day? Transforming education
154) What is the theme of International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition?
Remember Slavery: The Power of the Arts for Justice
155) Who was the Former Indian cricketer recently passed away? VB Chandrasekhar
156) Who was the Padma Shri awardee and renowned social worker, recently passed away? Damodar Ganesh
Bapat
157) Who was the Former DD news anchor recently passed away? Neelam Sharma
158) Who was the Former finance minister recently passed away? Shri ArunJaitley
159) Who was the Former Indian Navy Commander recently passed away? Noel Kelman
160) Who was India's first woman Director General of Police (DGP) recently passed away? Kanchan Chaudhary
Bhattacharya
161) Who was the National Bravery Award winner recently passed away? Situ Mallick
162) Who was the Renowned Srilankan contemporary poet and fiction writer recently passed away? Jean
Arasanayagam
163) Who was the Noted educationalist, journalist and social worker recently passed away? YG Rajalakshmi
Parthasarathy
164) Who was the Former external affairs minister recently passed away? Sushma Swaraj
165) Who was the Indian coffee tycoon recently passed away? V. G. Siddhartha Hegde
166) Who was the England cricketer recently passed away? Malcolm Nash
167) Name the Madhubani painting and Sujni artist recently passed away? Karpuri Devi
168) Name the Greenpeace warrior & a founder of Global Wind Energy Council recently passed away? Steve
Sawyer
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169) Name the youngest sister of former Queen of the Netherlands- Beatrix recently passed away? Dutch
Princess Christina
170) Who is Richard Williams recently passed away? Triple Oscar-winning and triple BAFTA-winning animator
171) Name the Hollywood actor recently passed away? Peter Fonda
172) Name the Bangladeshi novelist recently passed away? Rizia Rahman
173) Name the Eminent Punjabi writer and Sahitya Akademi (1999) award winner recently passed away? Niranjan
Singh Tasneem
174) Who is Umesh Bhat Bhavikeri recently passed away? Former Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of
Ankola (Karnataka)
175) Name the Veteran Odisha based journalist recently passed away? Ranjit Guru
176) Name the Bihar chief minister recently passed away? Jagannath Mishra
177) Who is Mohammed Zahur 'Khayyam' Hashmi recently passed away? Veteran music director-composer
178) Who is Babulal Gaur Hashmi recently passed away? Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
179) Who is Dayanidhi Nayak recently passed away? Renowned freedom fighter
180) Who is Takis (Panayiotis Vassilakis) recently passed away? Greek sculptor
181) Who is Amarendra Sharan recently passed away? Former Additional Solicitor General (ASG)
182) Who is Vidya Sinha recently passed away? Veteran actress
183) Who is José Luis Brown recently passed away? Argentina’s football legend
184) Who is Madan Mani Dixit recently passed away? Nepal's veteran Journalist
185) Who is DJ Arafat recently passed away? Ivorian musician
186) Who is Navnitbhai Shah recently passed away? Socialist leader and former MLA
187) Who is Mukerian Rajnish Kumar Babbi recently passed away? Punjab Congress MLA
188) Who is Nimu Bhowmik recently passed away? Veteran Bengali actor
189) Who is Ferdinand Karl Piëch recently passed away? Architect of Volkswagen's global expansion
190) Who is Nicolas Leoz recently passed away? Former South American football chief
191) Who is Valerie Harper recently passed away? Veteran comedian and four-time Emmy winner
192) Who is D.A. Pennebaker recently passed away? Oscar-winning documentary maker
193) Who is Kanti Bhatt recently passed away? Veteran Gujarati journalist, author, and columnist
194) Who is Anant Setalvad recently passed away? Veteran cricket commentator of All India Radio
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195) Who is Jean Arasanayagam recently passed away? Renowned Srilankan contemporary poet and fiction
writer
196) Who is YG Rajalakshmi Parthasarathy recently passed away? Noted educationalist, journalist and social
worker
197) Who is Bjorg Lambrecht recently passed away? Belgian cyclist
198) Who is J. Om Prakash recently passed away? Veteran Bollywood filmmaker
199) Who is Toni Morrison recently passed away? Nobel Prize winning novelist
200) Which insurance company launched a cheaper term plan called 'Jeevan Amar' which will extend more
benefits and flexibility to its policyholders.? Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)
201) Which institute have developed a new class of Robotic System called “GraspMan’, which has a human hand
like grasping, manipulation and locomotion abilities.?Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM)
202) New Book titled Kashmir’s untold story: Declassification, written by? Iqbal Chand Malhotra
203) New novel A splendid Second Night written by whom? Rajiv Dogra
204) Who written the book titled “A Short History of Indian Railways”? Rajendra B Aklekar
205) Who written the book titled ‘Jin Dhoondha Tin Paaiyan’? O P Singh
206) Book titled Oru Manidhan, Oru Iyakkam has been released. It depicts life of whom? Late M Karunanidhi ,
the former Tamilnadu chief minister.
207) Who written the book titled Big Billion Startup: The Untold Flipkart Story? Mihir Dalal
208) Who written the book titled “Obama: The Call of History”? Peter Baker
209) Who written the book titled 'Sridevi: Girl Woman Superstar'? Satyarth Nayak
210) Recently PM Narendra Modi launched a nation-wide ‘Fit India Movement’ in Which city/UT? NewDelhi
211) The Dominican Republic has released a postal stamp to mark which birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi?
150th
212) Which has become the first country in the world to issue Biometric Seafarer Identity Document, BSID,
capturing the facial biometric data of seafarers? India
213) Recently the cabinet approved establishment of how many medical colleges by 2022? 75
214) Recently HRD Minister Ramesh pokhriyal Nishank launched which web portal to provide all-inclusive
information on school education? Shagun
215) The Union Government approved how much percent FDI in coal mining and contract manufacturing? 100%
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216) The 12th India Security Summit was held in Which city/UT? NewDelhi
217) Recently Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal launched which scheme on Himmat Plus App for women safety and
security? QR Code
218) Union Minister for Science and Technology, Dr. Harsh Vardhan and Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Trivendra
Singh Rawat inaugurated a waste plastics to diesel plant in which city? Dehradun
219) Recently a state-of-the-art, over 20,000 sq ft facility of an Indo-Israel joint venture to design, develop and
manufacture tactical communication systems for Indian armed forces was inaugurated in which city/UT?
Hyderabad
220) Who was named as chairman of senior selection committee by Delhi and District Cricket Association? Atul
Wassan
221) Ajanta Mendis announced his retirement from which sports? Cricket
222) Cecil Wright announced his retirement from which sports? Cricket
223) Which Indian Film bagged the top award in the ‘Under 30 minute’ category at the 14th edition of the ‘We
Care Film Festival on Disability Issues’? I m Jeeja
224) Recently Palghar Navnitbhai Shah passed away.He was related to which field? Socialist leader and former
MLA from Maharashtra
225) Recently Rajnish Kumar Babbi passed away.He was related to which field? Congress MLA from Mukerian
Assembly seat in Punjab
226) How much amount was released by Centre to all states for promoting afforestation? 47436 cr
227) Recently Union Minister Prakash Javadekar inagurated Gorewada International Zoo in which city? Nagpur
district of Maharashtra.
228) Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated Aqua Aquaria India 2019 in which city? Hyderabad,
Telangana.
229) Which state inagurated ‘walk to work’ campaign under Fit India Movement? Meghalaya
230) Dindigul lock and Kandangi saree of which state got Geographical Indication Tag? Tamil Nadu
231) Which Country Carried Out Test Missile Of Ghaznavi? Pakistan
232) Which state felicitated several athletes with Biju Patnaik Sports Award? Odisha
233) The International Athletic Meeting 2019 held In which country? Czech Republic
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234) Who bagged the Forward of the Season award for the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League campaign? Lionel
Messi
235) Nimu Bhowmik passes away.He was related to which field? Veteran actor
236) The lifeline Express, also known as “Hospital on Wheels”, has been inaugurated in which state? Maharashtra
237) Which state government recently banned Pan Masala containing magnesium carbonate in the state, said
commissioner of food safety? Bihar
238) The Mega Vendor Meet 2019 held in Which city? Lucknow
239) Which bank Recently has been granted extension for its banking license by the RBI? Rupee Cooperative
Bank Limited
240) Who has become the first Indian cricketer to score over 6,000 runs and take over 300 wickets in first-class
cricket and still not have played for Team India? Jalaj Saxena
241) Parthasarathi Mukherjee announced resignation from post of CEO.He was the former CEO of which bank?
Lakshmi Vilas Bank
242) Who has created a new history by reading continuously for 27 hours and five minutes while making his way
to the Golden Book of World Records? Alauddin
243) Who is the first female flight commander? Shalija Dhami
244) Who is the Highest-paid woman in music for the year 2019? Taylor Swift
245) SKOCH Governance Gold Award for the year 2019 won by? DAY-NULM
246) Who won IBC's Highest Honor in Amsterdam? Andy Serkis
247) Who won Pride of Nation Award’? Dr Vinayak S Hiremath
248) Who won JC Bose Fellowship for the year 2019 Award? Chief scientist K Thangaraj of CCMB
249) Who set the World record for solving pyraminx puzzles? Chinmay Prabhu
250) Who won 2019 South Asian Spelling Bee competition? Navneeth Murali
251) Who won Clark Bavin Award 2019? Vivek Menon
252) Who is in 4th spot in 2019 highest paid actors list? Akshay Kumar
253) Who got Honorary doctorate degree by Melbourne's La Trobe University recently? Shah Rukh Khan
254) Who got ''Chevalier de l''Ordre du Merite Agricoleto'' by the govt of France? Priyam Chatterjee
255) Which island is chosen by Indonesian government to set up its new capital ? Borneo island
256) Where was the 1st India-Ghana Foreign Office Consultations held recently ? New Delhi
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257) Who is the chairman of the newly constituted, ‘Startup Cell’ ? P.K. Dash
258) Who won the National Yoga awards for the year 2019 in Individual Category in PM’s Award for Outstanding
Contribution for Promotion and Development of Yoga ? Swami Rajarshi Muni
259) Who won the National Yoga awards for the year 2019 in Individual-International category in PM’s Award for
Outstanding Contribution for Promotion and Development of Yoga ? Ms. Antonietta Rozzi, Italy
260) Which organisation won the National Yoga awards for the year 2019 in Organisation-National category in
PM’s Award for Outstanding Contribution for Promotion and Development of Yoga ? Bihar School of Yoga,
Munger, Bihar
261) Scientists from which institute have developed the biggest-ever computer chip using carbon nanotubes
(CNT)- RV16XNano ? Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
262) Who is the author of the book titled “A Short History of Indian Railways”? Rajendra B Aklekar
263) Which Radio Community won the first prize in National Awards for Community Radio for 2019 under the
“Community Engagement Category” ? Radio Namaskar for Ama Priya Pakhala
264) Where was the India’s 1st automated battery charging & changing station for e-buses inaugurated ?
Ahmedabad, Gujarat
265) Which city topped in the 2019 world’s Safe Cities Index ? Tokyo
266) Which entity has signed MoU with Cochin International Airport Limited ( CIAL) for the commencement of
Naval air operations ? Naval Air Enclave
267) Name the temple offering, which is the first to receive Geographical Identity (GI) tag? ‘Panchamirtham’ of
Palani Dandayuthaswamy temple
268) Name the app, which is set to be launched by the government of India to aid farmers in accessing cutting-
edge technology at affordable prices ? Uber for tractors
269) Which country’s cricket association announced a new guidelines with the International Cricket Council’s
(ICC) gender recognition policy to include transgender players to play cricket ? Australia
270) Gaby Lewis is associated with which sport ? Cricket
271) Which country’s ship named ‘Stratton’, visited India recently ? United States
272) Where was the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and United States Coast Guard (USCG) Stratton took part in an
Indo-USCG joint exercise held ? Chennai
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273) Which state has topped in the implementation of free medicine scheme as per the National Health Mission
(NHM) ? Rajasthan
274) Who presented the 4th Edition of annual ANUBHAV awards 2019 ? Jitendra Singh
275) Who topped in the Forbes magazine’s world’s Highest-Paid actresses of 2019 list with the earning of $56
million ? Scarlett Johansson
276) What is the name of the rock on Mars, which is kept in honour of the iconic English band by National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) ? Rolling Stones Rock
277) Where was the National Centre for Avian Ecotoxicology centre inaugurated ? Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
278) Monali Jadhav is associated with which sport ? Archery
279) Heritage postal stamp of which railway station was introduced recently? Bandra railway station
280) Where was the 28th session of BASIC (Brazil, South Africa, India, and China) Ministerial meeting 2019 on
Climate Change held ? Sao Paulo, Brazil
281) Where was the 18th edition of World Police and Fire Games (WPFG) 2019 held ? Chengdu, China
282) Who won the 2019 Bombay Gymkhana Youth Snooker Open title ? Kreishh Gurbaxani
283) Which state’s ox-bow lake received the 1st ‘Community Reserve’ status in the state recently ? Bihar
284) Which Indian city, will hold the Regional Conference on Good Governance ? Jaipur, Rajasthan
285) Where was the 8th Inter-Sessional Ministerial Meeting of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
(RCEP) 2019 held ? Beijing, China
286) Which country has imposed a ban on Burqa or niqab in public places, including public transport, government
buildings and at health and education institutions ? Netherland
287) Where was the Magomed Salam Umakhanov Memorial International Boxing Tournament 2019 held?
Kaspiysk, Russia
288) Lovlina Borgohain is associated with which sport ? Boxing
289) D.A. Pennebaker passed away recently, he was associated with which field ? Film Maker
290) World Breastfeeding Week is observed on? first week of August (aug 1-7)
291) When is Hiroshima day is observed? Aug 6
292) When is National Handloom day is observed? Aug 7
293) International Day of the World’s Indigenous People day is observed on? Aug 9
294) Nagasaki Day is observed annually on? Aug 9
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295) World Biofuel Day is Observed on? Aug 10

296) World Elephant Day is celebrated on? August 12
297) World organ donation day observed on? August 13
298) International Left-Handers Day was observed on? August 13
299) International Youth Day is observed on? August 12
300) On which date, Pakistan observed its Independence Day as Kashmir Solidarity : Day ? August 14
301) India Celebrates 73rd Independence Day on? August 15
302) When is Parsi New Year ‘Navroz or Jamshedi Navroz’ celebrated ? August 17
303) World photography day is celebrated on? August 19
304) World Humanitarian Day is observed on ? August 19
305) World Mosquito Day is observed annually on? August 20
306) World Senior Citizen Day is observed annually on? August 21
307) International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism is observed on? 21st August
308) The first ‘International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief’ was
observed on? August 22
309) International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition is observed on ? August 23
310) National Eye Donation Fortnight is observed from? August 25- September 8
311) Women’s Equality Day is celebrated annually on ? August 26
312) National Sports Day is observed on ? August 29
313) International Day against Nuclear Tests is observed on ? August 29
314) International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances is observed on? 30th August
315) Which bank launched a co-branded credit card in association with Standard Chartered bank? Bandhan Bank
316) Which bank has liberalised the end-use stipulations for the External Commercial Borrowings both for
corporates as well as liquidity starved non-banking lenders? Reserve Bank
317) Which bank allowed Bank of China to offer regular banking services in the country? Reserve Bank of India
(RBI)
318) What amount of penalty is imposed by The Reserve Bank of India on seven public sector banks for violating
norms on current account opening? ₹11 crores
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319) Which branch of State Bank of India linked to China's National Advanced Payment System (CNAPS)? State
Bank of India’s Shanghai branch
320) Which company introduced a free video streaming service to draw new users from small towns and cities in
India? Flipkart (Walmart)
321) Who announced third bi-monthly policy review by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) for 2019-20? RBI
Governor Shaktikanta Das
322) Which Bank has launched India's first one-time password (OTP) facility for ATM withdrawals? Canara Bank
323) Which bank issued guidelines on Interest Subvention Scheme (ISS) for Kisan Credit Card (KCC) to Fisheries
and Animal Husbandry farmers during the year 2018-19 and 2019-20? The Reserve Bank of India(RBI)
324) Which bank partnered with Incuspaze Solutions Private Limited (Incuspaze) to open a coworking space,
designed for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises(MSMEs) and startups? The Small Industries
Development Bank of India (SIDBI)
325) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) extended the banking license of Rupee Cooperative Bank Ltd till which date?
November 30, 2019
326) Which bank has partnered with BookMyForex.com to launch a co-branded multi-currency forex travel card
for Indian overseas travelers? YES Bank
327) Which bank announced that the National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) facility will be available round-
the-clock for the customers? The Reserve Bank of India
328) Which bank has cut the home loan rates after RBI's repo rate cut of 35 bps for the fourth time in a row? The
State Bank of India (SBI)
329) Which bank announced that it has got the status of a Scheduled Bank from RBI? Jana Small Finance Bank Ltd
330) Which bank has entered into a corporate agency agreement with Cholamandalam MS General Insurance
Company Ltd (Chola MS) for distribution of the latter's insurance products to Indian Bank customers? Indian
Bank
331) Which India has tied up with technology business incubator Social Alpha? DBS Bank
332) Which bank has partnered with digital healthcare platform Practo to launch an industry first co-branded
health credit card? Private sector RBL Bank
333) Which bank planned to linked its home loan product to RBI’s (Reserve Bank of India (RBI) repo rate after
State Bank of India (SBI)? Bank of Baroda (BoB)
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334) Which company has partnered with ZestMoney to offer credit card insurance to its (ZestMoney) customers?
Insurtech company Acko General Insurance
335) Which bank has signed a bancassurance agreement with General insurance company? Karur Vysya
Bank(KVB)
336) Which company has provided an app-based personal credit line to customers has announced to provide its
customers with a lifetime credit limit of up to Rs. 5 lakh instantly starting from Rs. 3,000? MoneyTap
337) Which bank has released its annual report for the fiscal year (FY) 2018-19? Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
338) Which bank signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Tata AIG General Insurance to offer Tata
AIG General Insurance’s diverse range of general insurance policies to the bank’s customers? Indian Bank
339) How much amount is Approved by RBI Board to transfer for Govt as it Accepts Bimal Jalan Panel
Recommendation? Rs 1.76 Lakh Crore
340) Which airline hoisted its Boeing 777 aircraftover the zero degrees the North Pole? Air India
341) Which ministry has amended the Companies (Share Capital & Debentures) Rules by removing Debenture
Redemption Reserve(DRR) requirement for Listed Companies, NBFCs(Non Banking Financial Company) and
HFCs (Housing Finance Companies)? Ministry of Corporate Affairs
342) Which company has signed a joint venture (JV) with Rural NBFC (Non Banking Financial Company) Mahindra
& Mahindra Financial Services Ltd Ideal Finance Ltd (IFL) for the acquisition of up to 58.2 % stake in the Ideal
Finance for LKR- (Sri Lankan Rupees) 2 billion (nearly Rs 80 crore)? Ideal Finance Ltd (IFL)
343) Which place has ranked as the 10th fastest growing prime market globally by Prime Global Cities Index Q1
2019 of London based consultancy Knight Frank? Delhi
344) Kishore Biyani-led Future Group announced that American e-commerce giant Amazon.com is acquiring how
much percent stake in a group entity — Future Coupons Ltd? 49%
345) NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar today met Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan in New Delhi
and discussed which scheme? Rice Fortification Pilot Scheme
346) Who announced that government is determined for the privatization of Air India and people are interested
in buying it? Civil Aviation Minister Mr Hardeep Singh Puri
347) When Air India will completely ban use of plastic in Alliance Air and Air India Express? From 2nd October
348) Which company launched its latest processor, its first using artificial intelligence (AI), designed for large
computing centers? Intel Corporation
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349) How much amount The total gross revenue collected under Goods and Services Tax, GST in the month of
July, 2019? 1,02,083 crore rupees
350) Which network will shut down its entire 3G network across India’s 22 telecom circles by March 2020? Bharti
Airtel
351) Which department has released draft guidelines on e-commerce titled 'e-commerce guidelines for consumer
protection 2019'? The Department of Consumer Affairs
352) How much amount is raised by IIFL Finance through a public issue of bonds? Rs 1,000 crore
353) Which company announced the launch of the one-of-its-kind initiative, 'Speed Dial Max Life Insurance - Your
Partner for Life' further reinforcing its customer obsession? Max Life Insurance Co Ltd
354) Which is the Country’s first corporate credit card for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) lunched by
EnKash? ‘Freedom Card'
355) Which companies have a unique relationship and their main aim is at accelerating the digital transformation
of the Indian economy and society? Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (Jio) and Microsoft Corporation
companies
356) Union Government is planning to launch which e-commerce portal for MSME’s? “Bharatcraft”
357) Which company has launched a program called ‘Digital Governance Tech Tour’ in line with the Digital
initiative of the Indian government to train 5000 government employees over a period of 12 months on AI
(artificial intelligence) and cloud computing skills? Microsoft India
358) GeM signed Mou with which bank to enable growth of MSMEs, Start-ups and Women Entrepreneurs? SIDBI
359) Which department frames 5-member special cell to redress grievances of start-ups? Central Board of Direct
Taxes (CBDT)
360) Tea grown in which state record height set by Assam tea? Arunachal Pradesh
361) Ahmedabad-Mumbai Central Tejas Express and the Delhi-Lucknow Tejas Express to be run by which pilot
project? Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC)
362) Which company signs MoU with Indian School of Business (ISB) to set up AI Digital Lab? Microsoft
363) Nitin Gadkari stated that the government’s planned e-commerce portal Bharatcraft has the potential to
achieve revenues of around how much amount in 2-3 years? Rs 10 lakh crore
364) India Ratings downs GDP forecast to how much percentage for FY'20? 6.7%
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365) Which company sets up India’s 1st FinTech centre of excellence-“Fin Blue” in Chennai, Tamil Nadu? Software
Technology Parks of India (STPI)
366) India's GDP growth estimated at how much percent for Q1 of 2019-20: FICCI Survey? 6.0%
367) Which company expands collaboration with Prasar Bharati for live and archival content digitization? Google
368) Which company launches identity check express to secure online transactions? Mastercard
369) Which flight based company launched Mumbai-Dubai flight services from August 2? Vistara
370) Edelweiss Tokio Life signs agreement with which company to offer miniature insurance? Mobikwik
371) Which company set up to ensure supply of critical Minerals to Indian domestic market? Khanij Bidesh India
limited (KABIL)
372) Where did the 225th meeting of Central Board of Trustees (CBT) held? Hyderabad, Telangana
373) Which e-commerce company inaugurates its world’s largest campus in Hyderabad? Amazon
374) Which campaign launched by HAL to bring PMAY(U) beneficiaries into Ujjawala Ayushman Bharat fold?
Angikaar campaign
Sep 2019 – Expected Current Affairs Questions
Current Affairs Banking Quiz September 2019:
1.Which Bank has joined Samsung India to launch the Samsung Pay for RBL Bank’s Mastercard credit card
customers? RBL Bank
2.Which Bank declared to be the first bank in the country to deploy industrial robotic arms to count currency notes?
India's ICICI Bank
3.Cabinet has approved recapitalization of which Bank with a one-time infusion of funds by both Government and
LIC? IDBI Bank
4. Which bank has signed an agreement for priority sector lending to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME)
customers along with ECL Finance Ltd, a subsidiary of Edelweiss Financial Services? Central Bank of India
5. Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) signed Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with which bank for
direct transfer of benefits electronically into bank accounts of all stakeholders? State Bank of India
6.The Cabinet has approved a capital infusion of Rs 4,557 crore into which bank? IDBI Bank.
7.Wipro has won a 7-year contract worth of how much amount from ICICI Bank? $300 million
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8.Which bank is to implement the idea to develop a mobile application with an aim to help the visually impaired
people to identify currency notes? Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
9.Which bank is a government-run put up for sale nearly a dozen Non Performing Assets (NPA) to recover dues of
over Rs 1,234 crore? Punjab National Bank
10.Which bank announced its fifth-rate cut on its marginal cost of funds based lending rate by 10 basis points (bps)
across all tenors? SBI
11.Which bank backed UK Sinha committee has recommended that Telangana's innovative model for start-ups
should be assessed for possible replication in other states? Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
12. Which Bank has rolled out Aadhaar enabled payment system (AePS) services.?India Post Payments Bank (IPPB)
13. Which bank and Life Insurance Corporation of India Credit Cards Services (LIC CSL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of
LIC, will launch a co-branded credit card? The Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI Bank)
14.Which bank will provide Rs 3,000 crore assistance to finance mini and mega food parks across India. World Bank
15.In order to bring more transparency & address customer-centric issue, the Code for Responsible Lending (CRL)
for the microcredit industry was jointly launched by which company? Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN)
16.Finance Minister of India Smt Nirmala Sitharaman notified that 2% Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) on cash
payments above Rs 1 crore made through Agricultural Produce Market Committees (APMCs) will be exempted and
it is set to be effective from when? October 1, 2019.
17.Which bank has extended the use of the Bharat Bill Payment System(BBPS) for all recurring(repetitive) payments
such as school fees, insurance premiums and municipal taxes, Equated Monthly Installments (EMI) on a voluntary
basis except for prepaid recharges to extend the scope and coverage of BBPS? Reserve Bank of India(RBI)
18.Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment Santosh Kumar Gangwar
notified that over 6 crore members of the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) will get how much
percent interest on deposits, which will be credited to the accounts, for 2018-19 after the approval from the
Ministry of Finance? 8.65%
19. Which company has launched "Bharosa" savings account services with the aim of deepening the financial
inclusion in India? Airtel Payments Bank
20.Visa Inc, the world's leader in digital payments technology and which Indian online payment gateway company
have partnered for the launch of SI(standing instructions )-Hub which is a smooth and secure way to make recurring
payments using cards with a one-time enrollment? BillDesk
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21. Which company has partnered with PayU, a fintech firm that provides payment technology to online merchants
to offer cardless EMI (equated monthly installment) payment option to consumers? ZestMoney
22. Which Bank, Reserve Bank Of India(RBI) has directed the banks and non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) to
stop sharing the pattern of consumer’s credit information held by credit information companies (CICs) with
analytics firms , IT (Information Technology) companies, institutional agents and unregulated parties? Reserve Bank
Of India(RBI)
23.According to the Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2018-19 released by Which bank the aggregate
savings deposits in the Indian private and public sector banks (PSBs) reached Rs 39.72 lakh crore as on March 31,
2019? Reserve Bank of India (RBI),
24. Which Indian global telecommunications services company has tied up with Bharti AXA Life Insurance to offer
prepaid plan for its users along with insurance protection plan? Bharti Airtel
25.Which company has signed its second co-origination of loan agreement with major public sector bank in India?
Paisalo Digital (Formerly known as S.E Investments Limited)
26. Which company has released a new Export Credit Insurance Scheme (ECIS) called NIRVIK to ease the lending of
loan to exporters so that they can get loans easily from banks?The Export Credit Guarantee Corporation (ECGC)
27.Which department has expanded its speed post service to 6 new overseas destinations in Asia, Europe and South
America? Department of Posts
28.Which bank along with India’s central Banking Institution, and the regulator for the securities market in India,
SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India ) are jointly working on a framework that will freely enable exchange of
borrower information between banks and credit rating agencies (CRAs) in more accurate manner?Reserve Bank of
India (RBI)
29.Which bank along with the country’s central bank, has come out with a new order for banks and payment system
operators regarding the failed transaction of customers?Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
30.Following the recommendations of an expert committee headed by Y.H.Malegam, which bank has revised the
guidelines on concurrent audit system? Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
31.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) increased the loan sanction limit for small exporters as priority sector lending
(PSL) by banks to how much amount per borrower from Rs 25 crore in order to boost credit to the export sector? Rs
40 crore
32.In order to improve the risk management & ensure sufficient liquidity, the regulator for the securities market in
India, SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) has tightened the rules for mutual funds, in which it make it
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mandatory for liquid schemes to hold at least how much percent in liquid assets such as cash and cash equivalents
like treasury bills and repo on government securities? 20 %
33.Which bank has signed a bancassurance agreement with Max Bupa to provide Max Bupa’s suite of health
insurance products to its customers? Indian Bank
34.Which bank has launched its Agri digital platform Baroda Kisan?The state-owned Bank of Baroda
35.Private sector lender ICICI Bank is planning to open how much branches in the forthcoming financial year?450
36.Which bankbarred the Punjab & Maharashtra Cooperative Bank Ltd (PMC Bank), Mumbai to carry out the
majority of its routine business for 6 months?The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
37. Which bank has imposed restrictions on Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative Bank, under which the
depositors cannot withdraw more than Rs 1,000 from their accounts? The Reserve Bank of India
38.Which bank has signed a corporate agency agreement with city-based Repco Home Finance Ltd to offer the
company’s range of products to RHFL customers? SBI Life Insurance
39.Which bank is in partnership with Indian Oil launched a co-branded fuel card for users from non-metro cities and
towns which will be available on both RuPay and Visa platforms? HDFC Bank
40.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) increased the withdrawal limit for Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative Bank
(PMC) depositors to how much amount?Rs.10,000.
41.Where did the Union Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (Independent Charge), inaugurated the exhibition
of India Tourism Mart (ITM) 2019? New Delhi.
42.Which university hosted Global Goals Jam 3.0?World University of Design (WUD)
43.Which bank topped the WPP-Kantar BrandZ Top 75 Most Valuable Indian Brands ranking for the sixth time in a
row?HDFC Bank
44.In the 2-day event (September 5& 6, 2019) of national workshop on ‘Credit Linked Capital Subsidy and Delayed
Payment of MSMEs’ held at New Delhi, the Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Shri Nitin
Gadkari has launched which schemeto enable micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) access to capital? The
updated Credit linked Capital Subsidy Scheme (CLCSS)
45.Which bank barred the Equitas Small Finance Bank (ESFB) from opening new branches. The decision comes after
ESFB missed the deadline to list its shares on stock exchanges. The apex bank of the country, Reserve Bank of India
(RBI)
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46. Which Corporation has released a data on the new record created by Unified Payments Interface (UPI)
transactions that reached an overall high of 918 million transactions worth Rs 1.54 lakh crore by the end of August,
2019 crossing the 900 million transaction mark?National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)
47.All 19 public sector banks (PSB) including State Bank of India(SBI), Punjab National Bank (PNB), Bank of Baroda
(BOB) have initiated in-principle retail loan approval for customers availing housing and personal loans under the
online lending which platform? ‘PSB Loans in 59 Minutes’
48.Which bank barred the Equitas Small Finance Bank (ESFB) from opening new branches. The decision comes after
ESFB missed the deadline to list its shares on stock exchanges? The apex bank of the country, the Reserve Bank of
India (RBI)
49.Which bank selected Daffodil Software Pvt Ltd to develop a mobile phone-based application for visually impaired
people to identify currency notes. It informed the Bombay High Court that an internet connection would not be
required for its proposed mobile application?The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
50.The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved how much amount loan to upgrade about 2,100 kilometers of
rural roads to all-weather standards in Maharashtra’s 34 districts for better connecting rural areas with markets and
services? $ 200 million (about Rs 1,400 crore)
51. Union Minister for Communications, Electronics & Information Technology and Law & Justice Shri Ravi Shankar
Prasad announced that India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) has launched which Services at the first anniversary of its
business operations. With this, IPPB became the single largest platform in the country for providing interoperable
banking services to the customers of any bank including the 34 crore Jan Dhan account holders? Aadhaar Enabled
Payment System (AePS)
52. GST collection in the month of August stood at how much? 98 thousand 202 crore rupees.
53.The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) signed a statement of intent (SoI) with
whom?Google.
54.State-run oil refiner Indian Oil Corporation Ltd will set up a 1 Giga Watt (GW) plant to make batteries used for
running electric vehicles (EVs) in partnership with an overseas start-up using a which material? non-lithium ion raw
material
55.Which company has signed a partnership agreement with Japanese energy major Japan’s Energy For a New Era
(JERA)? Reliance Power
56.Rating agency CRISIL has revised India’s fiscal year 2020 GDP growth forecast to how much percent? 6.3%.
57.Where did Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) India’s largest power equipment manufacturer announced it
has commissioned a 1,320 Megawatt (Mw) power plant? Odisha.
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58.US internet giant Google agreed a settlement totaling how much amount to end a tax dispute in France under an
agreement announced in court? 945 million euros ($1.0 billion)
59.Which company along with Public Sector Unit (PSU) and Wipro Infrastructure Engineering (WIN) signed a
Memorandum of Understanding(MoU), to work in areas such as aerospace components through special economic
zone(SEZ) , industrial automation processing, 3- D printing, artificial intelligence and hydraulic system engineering
Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML).
60.Commerce and industry minister Shri Piyush Goyal (also railway minister) and Piyush Goyal and minister of State
Hardeep Singh puri launched which system for obtaining steel import information by the govt and other
stakeholders for efficient policy intervention. Piyush also launched a Common digital platform for electronic
Certificates of Origin (CoO) issuance? Steel Import Monitoring System (SIMS)
61.In order to boost foreign investment in the infrastructure sector, waived off the3-year lock-in period for
investments made by Non-Resident Indians(NRI) in Infrastructure Debt Funds (IDFs), as notified by which
department? Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).
62.To address the growing concern of plastic wastes 32 leading Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) companies
like Coca-Cola India, PepsiCo India, and Bislerietc are to jointly launch first-of- its-kind packaging waste management
venture named as what in the country that aims to create an ecosystem for post-consumer packaging collections
and optimization of material recycling processes? Karo Sambhav
63.Which Capital market regulator has formed a 15-member committee headed by Ishaat Hussain, Director at State
Bank of India(SBI) Foundation and former Tata Sons Director, to suggest possible measures and regulations in
creating the ‘social stock exchanges’? SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India)
64.Which bank notified that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) emerged as a top nation in making non-resident
investments in Indian mutual funds (MFs)? The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
65.In accordance with the provisions of the Coal Block Allocation Rules, 2017, made under the which act, the
WBPDCL has been allocated the Deocha Pachami Dewanganj-Harinsingha coal block located in West Bengal
containing an area of sq. km. with estimated reserves of 2102 Million Tonnes for generation of power? Mines and
Minerals (Development and Regulations) Act, 1957
66.Which company, the Bengaluru-based software services provider has tied up with Febraban, an industry body
representing the Brazil’s financial services industry?Wipro
67.Securities and Exchange Board of India has imposed a penalty of over how much amount on Aurobindo Pharma
and its promoters? Rs 22 crore
68.Indian companies Infosys, TCS and HDFC named as in the list of World’s Best Regarded Companies compiled by
which company? Forbes.
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69. Which bank has slashed its growth forecast for India for fiscal year 2019-20 to 6.5% from 7%. The Asian
Development Bank
70.BSNL launched a new Super Star 500 broadband plan that offers how much data at up to 50Mbps speed per
month? 500GB
71. Which company is planning to invest in technology start-ups. The minority investment in a company called
Meesho, its first investment globally? Facebook
72. Which government unveiled a linked back-series of India’s growth numbers from 1950-51 to 2003-04, with
2011-12 as the base year with an aim to arrange the GDP (Gross Domestic Products) figures from past years with
the new internationally accepted methodology that facilitates comparisons? Union government
78.Who notified that there are plans to waive off the debts of small distressed borrowers using the ‘fresh start’
provisions of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC)?Corporate Affairs Secretary Injeti Srinivas
79.Which educational board has joined hands with American multinational technology company, Microsoft to
incorporate cloud-based technology in high school teachers’ capacity building programs and teaching. This program,
designed for teachers of 8th to 10th grade, will be run in 10 cities across India from September 11, 2019. The
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)
Current Affairs Non- Banking Quiz September 2019:
1. Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan launched a new scheme of Annual Health Check-up for CGHS beneficiaries who
are pensioners of the Which age group? 75 years and above.
2. Bollywood has taken lead to promote India’s plastic free movement with Varun Dhawan's upcoming which
movie? "Coolie No. 1".
3. Which month will be celebrated as the Rashtriya Poshan Maah.? September
4. Union government has put restrictions on the import of Which products.? Agarbatti
5. Union Home Minister Amit Shah will address BJP's Maha Janadesh Yatra in Which Place? Solapur,Maharastra
6.Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday met his Singaporean counterpart K Shanmugam in Which place and
discussed several issues of mutual interest.? New Delhi
7. Union Minister for Culture and Tourism Prahlad Singh Patel on Saturday inaugurated gallery of confiscated and
retrieved antiquities in Which Place? Purana Quila in New Delhi.
8. Which Junction in northeast region has become the 4000th railway station in the country to have free public
WiFi.? Tinsukia Junction
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9. In Andhra Pradesh, Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu today dedicated the country's longest electrified rail tunnel
between Which place? Cherlopalli and Rapuru
10.Union Ministers Prakash Javadekar and Whom government approved the establishment of 75 new medical
colleges in the country.? Piyush Goyal
11. Which organization has announced that all airports in the country will be equipped with full-body scanners in
the next two years.? Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS)
12.Which Institute is going to implement the effectiveness of diet and lifestyle intervention with respect to lifestyle
diseases like Hypertension and diabetes.? Indian Council of Medical Research(ICMR)-National Institute of
Nutrition (NIN)
13. Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) launched the first-ever Terracotta Grinder at which place?
Sewapuri in Varanasi.
14. High Commissions of Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and Fiji jointly organised a cultural event,
Namaste Pacific in Which Place? New Delhi.
15. Asia's 5th Generation Virtual Reality based Advanced Driver Training Simulator Centre launched by whom? Rtn
G Chandramohan
16. Union Minister of state for civil aviation Hardeep Singh Puri inaugurated a new air traffic control (ATC) tower at
which place? Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi.
17. Minister of State for Culture and Tourism Prahalad Singh Patel inaugurated first-ever architectural LED
illumination at which place? Qutub Minar.
18. Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar unveiled the new logo and certificate design
of the which company? Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC).
19. Who is launching Rohit4Rhinos campaign, in partnership with WWF India and Animal Planet.? Rohit Sharma
20. Who addressed the 74th annual high-level UN General Assembly (UNGA) session? Prime Minister Narendra
Modi
21. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Aurangabad Industrial City (AURIC), India's first industrial smart city
in Which Place? Aurangabad, Maharashtra.
22. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a 50 kilowatt ‘Gandhi Solar Park at which place? UN headquarters.
23. Who has launched a single-window system ‘Private Security Agency Licensing Portal’.? Union Home Minister
Amit Shah
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24. Which organization is organizing a Cycle Rally on four different routes.? National Cadet Corps (NCC)
25. Who has rescheduled the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) election date to October 23. ? Committee
of Administrators (CoA)
26. The government has planned to introduce a mega plan to spend How much for fleet modernization in the next
5-7 years across all armed forces.? 130 billion
27. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana on the 12th of September at Which place
? Ranchi, Jharkhand.
28. Union Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (Independent Charge), Shri Prahlad Singh Patel inaugurated the
exhibition PRA-KASHI in Which Place ? New Delhi.
29. Who is the Prime Minister of St. Vincent and Grenadines met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his 5-
day visit to India.? Dr.Hon'ble Ralph Everard Gonsalves
30.Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the National Animal Disease Control Programme in Which Place ?
Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura.
31. The fresh batch of the newest central government services, the Indian Skill Development Services(ISDS)
commenced their training program at the Administrative Training Institute (ATI) in which Place ? Mysuru,
Karnataka.
32. Union Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani inaugurated Wi-Fi facility at 6 railway stations
including Which Place? Amethi
33. The ONGC will invest more than 13,000 crore rupees to raise its oil and gas exploration in Which state? Assam.
34. The iconic Feroz Shah Kotla stadium in New Delhi has been renamed as? Arun Jaitley Cricket stadium.
35.Which Ministry announced the implementation of television Programmes for the deaf audience.? Ministry of
Information and Broadcasting
36.Which Country has joined the Global Antimicrobial Resistance Research (AMR) and Development hub as a new
member.? India
37.Who attended the First Annual Innovation Festival of the MHRD’s Innovation Cell (MIC).? Union Human
Resource Development Minister, Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank
38. Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), laid the foundation stone for Indian Institute of
Skills (IIS) at Which place? Mumbai.
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39.Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region announced that the Railway link service between the Agartala-
Akhaura in Bangladesh will be completed by Which year for Development of Northeastern Region (DoNER).? 2020
40. Central Board of Secondary Education conferred Teacher's Award 2018 to How many teachers? 35 teachers and
Principal
41.Union Government has set a target of setting up how many Ayush Health and Wellness Centres across the
country.? 12500
42.President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated a bronze bust of Mahatma Gandhi in Villeneuve in which country?
Switzerland.
43.Government is launching a major programme offering 1000 PhD Fellowships to Whom at IITs in India.? ASEAN
students
44.Which Railway has installed a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle crushing machine in Mumbai Rajdhani
Express for the first time ever.? Western Railway
45. Central Board of Direct Tax (CBDT) has set up the National e-Assessment Centre (NeAC) in Which place? Delhi.
46.Which channel is celebrating its 60 years? Doordarsan
47.India will conduct a two-week special training programme for Maldivian civil servants from today in which
places? Delhi and Mussoorie.
48.Which ministry will undertake - Massive Shramdan drive with main focus on collection of plastic waste? Railways
49.Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju today flagged off Great Ganga Run-
2019 at Which place? Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi.
50.The GST Network has decided to make Aadhaar authentication or physical verification mandatory for new
dealers from Which month of next year to check malpractices in GST.? January
51.Which one became the 79th country to join the International Solar Alliance (ISA), an initiative by India aimed at
combating the threats of climate change and global warming.? Saint Vincent and Grenadines
52.Ministry of Commerce & Industry through Export Credit Guarantee Corporation has introduced a new Export
Credit Insurance Scheme called? NIRVIK.
53. India’s first National Antimicrobial Resistance Hub was recently inaugurated in Which place? Kolkata.
54.Which department unveiled a portal in Mumbai which will help mobile phone users trace their stolen or lost
mobile phones.? Department of Telecommunications (DoT)
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55. Central Board of Direct Tax (CBDT) has set up the National e-Assessment Centre (NeAC) in Which place? Delhi.
56.The union government launched Which system to provide advance information about steel imports to various
stakeholders including producers and importers to have effective policy interventions.? Steel import monitoring
system (SIMS)
57.Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers Shri Sadananda Gowda inaugurated the Annual Health Conference Pharma
Med HD 2019 transforming the perception of Indian HealthCare Industry in Which place ? New Delhi.
58. India Post expanded speed post service to six new foreign destinations in Which continents? Asia, Europe and
South America.
59. Under Which Ministry Government of India has taken an initiative to develop National Water Museum? Ministry
of Jal Shakti
60. Union Human Resource Development Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ launched several initiatives of All
India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) in Which place ? New Delhi.
61.Which company aims to train 10,000 faculty members from ITIs across India? IBM
62.The Ministry of Steel is organizing a day long ‘Chintan Shivir’ on September 23, 2019 at Which place ?
Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi.
63.The Delhi Cabinet chaired by the Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has approved the state government's proposal to
pay the CBSE examination fees for Which classes? class 10 and 12 students of its schools.
64. Which ministry has unveiled a Management Information System (MIS) for stakeholders of Accessible India
Campaign (AIC).? The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD) of the Ministry of Social
Justice and Empowerment
65. Which division of the Central Railway recovered Rs 7.88 crore fine from passengers travelling without tickets in
last five months.? Pune
66. Department of Telecom has approved multiple projects worth over of how much? Rs 8,500 crore.
67. Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) has partnered with Which company to extend
the welfare to its drivers.? Ola
68.Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mongolian President H.E. Mr. Khaltmaagiin Battulga jointly unveiled
Whose Statue ? Lord Buddha and his two disciples.
69.Nasscom’s Data Security Council of India (DSCI) collaborated with the electronics and IT ministry (MeitY) and
Google India to launch a nationwide awareness campaign known as? ‘Digital Payment Abhiyan’.
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70.Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) at the
United Nations Secretary-General (UNSG) Climate Action Summit which is being held in ? New York.
71. PM Narendra Modi announced that India is to increase the renewable energy target to How much? 450 GW.
72.Centre has proposed a digital census, a mobile app used to collect data to determine the population of the
country in the next census of India in Which year? 2021.
73. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will formally declare India as Open Defecation Free -ODF on 2nd October during
a function to be held in ? Ahmedabad
74. Dr Harsh Vardhan said that India is committed to eradicate TB before by which year? 2025.
75. The Centre has instituted the highest civilian award for contribution to the unity and integrity of India, in the
name of Whom? Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
76.Centre launched the new Tuberculosis (TB) Campaign on 25 September.? Harega Desh Jeetega
77. Who unveiled the first Indigenous High-Temperature Fuel Cell System.? The President of India Ramnath Kovind
78. Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS), Ministry of Jal Shakti, GoI launched the 10 Year Rural
Sanitation Strategy by which year? (2019-2029).
79.Which station became the 5000th railway station in the country to be Wi-Fi enabled.? Midnapore in West
Bengal
80.India handed over a new school building costing of how much to the Nepal government that would boost the
learning environment of students from the marginalized sections in the Himalayan nation.? Rs. 2.41 crores
81.Union Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the Delhi-Meerut Expressway phase-3, built at a cost of how much
amount ? Rs 1,058 crores.
82.The deadline to link permanent account number (PAN) with Aadhaar has been extended by three months till ?
31st of December.
83.Which ministry launched mass media campaign POSHAN Maah (nutrition campaign) 2019 to promote the “eat
right India movement” (launched 10th July 2018) to improve public health and combat negative nutritional trends.?
Union Health Minister Shri Harsh Vardhan
84. The 22nd edition of the India International Seafood Show (IISS) which is one of the largest seafood fairs in Asia,
is to be hosted by the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) in association with Seafood
Exporters Association of India (SEAI) in Which place ? Kochi
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85.Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman constituted a task force headed by Secretary of the Department of
Economic Affairs (DEA) Mr Atanu Chakraborty for drawing up National Infrastructure Pipeline of How much
amount? Rs 100 lakh crore
86. Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi inaugurated the first Metro Coach in Mumbai under the ‘Make in India’
initiative at Which place ? Jio World Centre, Maharashtra, Mumbai
87.The central government has approved the procurement of 6 squadrons of indigenous Akash Air Defense missile
for the Air Force at a cost of ? Rs 5,000 crore.
88. 9th edition of weeklong joint maritime naval exercise between India and Srilanka(SL) named SLINEX for the year
2019 has commenced in which place ? Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.
89. Women and Child Development and Textiles Minister Smriti Irani notified that the Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB)
incresed by How many points nationally since the implementation of the Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao (BBBP)
programme? 13 points
90. The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind has inaugurated the National Youth Summit 2019 held in which
place ? New Delhi.
91. A two-day long Western Air Command, Commanders’ Conference 2019 was held in which place ? New Delhi.
92.A fun zone, the first of its kind in Indian Railways, has been set up at which railway station ? Visakhapatnam
Railway Station, Andhra Pradesh
93.According to the Sample Registration Survey (SRS) for 2013-17 released by the Registrar General of India, the
overall life expectancy at birth in India improved to how many years from 68.7 years in 2012-16.? 69 years
94.The ministry of Aviation jointly with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) organized
the first helicopter summit 2019 in which place ? Dehradun, Uttarakhand
95.The Government of India (GoI) announced humanitarian assistance of how much amount as immediate disaster
relief to help people in The Bahamas affected by Hurricane (tropical cyclone) Dorian which has caused large scale
destruction.? $1 million
96.The union minister for environment, forest and climate change Shri Prakash Javadekar (also Information &
Broadcasting minister) flagged off a bus named as ? “Jaldoot” in Pune, Maharashtra
97. Who has inaugurated the renovated Jayakar bungalow (a famous heritage building of Pune) at National Film
Archive of India (NFAI)in Pune, Maharashtra.? Shri Prakash Javadekar, Minister of Information and Broadcasting
and Environment, Forest and Climate Change
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98.Marcin Przydacz, the deputy foreign minister of Poland unveiled a memorial pillar in which place in memory of
the 5000 polish refugee families that settled in Valivade during World War II (WWII) 80 years ago.? Valivade in
Kolhapur district of Maharashtra
99. India will conduct a two-week special training programme (STP) for 32-member delegation (70% of delegates
are women officials) of Maldivian Civil Servants at which place ? Mussoorie (Uttarakhand) and New Delhi
100.The group of ministers of Good and Service Tax Network (GSTN) headed by Sushil Kumar Modi (Bihar deputy
chief minister) notified that all the new dealers will have to mandatorily make Aadhaar verification or physical
verification from which year? January 1, 2020.
101.The elite Fire and Fury Corps celebrated its 20th raising day at which place ? Leh
102.Who launched “Champions Campaign” to fight dengue and urged citizens to become ‘champions’ and
encourage 10 friends to check their homes for mosquito larvae.? Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal
103.Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said a statue of former Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley would be installed
in Which place ? Patna.
104.Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami signed three agreements for collaboration in which sector
on the first day of his UK tour.? Healthcare sector
105.Shri Renuka Singh, Minister of State for Tribal Affairs will inaugurate National Tribal Festival Aadi Mahotsav
organised by Ministry of Tribal Affairs at which place ? India Expo Centre, Sector-62, Noida
106.The Uttarakhand government has determined to set up a Special Tiger Force for Which tiger reserve? Jim
Corbett Tiger Reserve.
107. Which government has announced a ban on wearing jeans and T-shirts within the state secretariat.? Bihar
108.Which state police started a separate cell to deal with all cases of crime against women.? Odisha
109.Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Garvi Gujarat Bhavan in which place ? New Delhi.
110. The much-awaited day, Nuakahi, for the people of which place came with much pomp and gaiety.? western
Odisha districts
111.Which state Government has announced a 4,750 crore rupees waiver on interest and penalty on crop loans.?
Haryana
112.Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced that a police academy of international standards
will be set up very soon in which place ? Lucknow.
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113.Which state government launched a new health insurance scheme called Ayushman Bharat-Mahatma Gandhi
Rajasthan Swasthya Bima Yojna (AB-MGRSBY) by integrating the Bhamashah Health Insurance Scheme(BSBY) of the
State Government and Ayushman Bharat- Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna Scheme(AB-PMJAY) of the Central
Government.? Rajasthan
114.Jammu and Kashmir government is planning to supply piped water to each and every household in the state by
which year? 2022.
115.In Madhya Pradesh, which temple in Ujjain will be developed on the lines of the ongoing development works at
Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi.? Mahakaleshwar
116.Which flight company has started the air shuttle service between Hisar and Chandigarh under the Ude Desh Ka
Aam Nagrik (UDAN) Regional Connectivity Service scheme? SpiceJet
117. Which temple won the Best Swachh Iconic Place in the country.? Vaishno Devi Shrine in Reasi district of
Jammu and Kashmir
118.Union DoNER Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh laid the foundation stone of North Eastern Regional Agricultural
Marketing Corporation Limited (NERAMAC), marketing complex in which place ? Guwahati.
119.State Judicial Academy of Jammu & Kashmir said that J&K and Ladakh will become two separate Union
territories (UTs) from which date but it will have a common high court.? 31 October
120. Kerala State government is to set up India's first International Women's Trade Centre (iWTC) in Which place ?
Kozhikode.
121. The campaign against single used plastic will be held in which state? Bihar
122. Tamilisai Soundararajan sworn in as the first woman governor of Which state? Telangana.
123.Which state government is getting ready to launch village-level secretariats from October 2, coinciding with
Gandhi Jayanti .? Andhra Pradesh
124. Maharashtra State Cabinet on Monday has decided to implement water grid projects worth of ? Rs 3,122
crore.
125.Mega Food Park will leverage an additional investment of about Rs 250 crore in 22 food processing units and
generate a turnover of about? Rs 14,000 crore
126.Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today approved a 1680.50 crore rupees water supply scheme
for which place ? Aurangabad in Marathwada region.
127.Which state government launched two insurance schemes for registered small and medium traders.? Haryana
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128. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis flagged off the trial run of the first Belapur to Pendhar Metro
rail project in which place ? Navi Mumbai.
129.Which state has launched “Jan Soochna Portal-2019” a public information portal to provide information about
government authorities and departments to the public.? Rajasthan
130.In Jammu & Kashmir, a plan of how much amount has been approved under various Centrally Sponsored
Schemes.? 827 crore rupees
131. In Madhya Pradesh, Chief Minister Kamal Nath today laid the foundation stone for around 7,500 crore rupees
metro rail project in which place? Indore.
132.790 Gram Panchayats have been connected with optical fibre in Pune district of Maharashtra under Which
scheme? the central Bharat Net scheme.
133.Who inaugurated Bihar's first all-women employee post office on the campus of Bihar Public Service
Commission? Union Minister of Communications and Electronics and Information Technology Ravi Shankar
Prasad
134.The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced that the schedule for elections in Maharashtra and Haryana
will take place on? 21 October 2019
135.The Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis has approved How much amount to water supply
scheme for Aurangabad town in the Marathwada region.? Rs.1680 crore
136.In which state, the three day long traditional Neermahal Jal Utsav concluded today with eye catching boat race
and swimming competitions at Rudrasagar lake.? Tripura
137.Union Minister for Environment and Forest and Information & Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar flagged off a
Jaldoot vehicle a travelling exhibition in which place ? Pune, Maharashtra.
138.Department of Telecommunications (DoT) unveiled a portal in which place which will help mobile phone users
trace their stolen or lost mobile phones.? Mumbai
139. Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa announced that the Which region has been renamed as ‘Kalyana
Karnataka’? Hyderabad-Karnataka
140. Which state chief minister dedicated the Dikshi Hydroelectric Project to the people of the state.? Arunachal
Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu
141.In which place along with non-governmental organization (NGO) Dogra Kranti Dal organized the first women-
only marathon? The Udhampur district of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K)
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142.Texas Instruments (TI), a US company, engaged in the design and development of semiconductors and software
will set up a hi-tech, cutting edge research lab at National Institute of Technology (NIT) in which place ? Trichy,
Tamilnadu.
143. Which place will be hosting the second flower festival of the year during the North East Monsoon in October
and November.? Udhagamandalam - Ooty - in Tamilnadu
144. Anil Baijal launched ‘Tatpar’ app, developed by the Which Police, which is a one-stop destination for access to
over 50 citizen-centric services.? Delhi
145.Union Power Minister RK Singh and Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik have jointly inaugurated 15
power projects and laid the foundation stone for 20 others worth of how much ? 10,000 crore rupees
146.Which State government decided to celebrate the year of 2020 as the Year of Artificial Intelligence.? Telengana
147.Union Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs Anurag Thakur announced that a cricket and sports
academy will be set up in Which place ? Ladakh.
148.India's largest energy conglomerate NTPC Ltd. has unveiled its plans to set up a 5 gigawatt (GW) solar park in
Which state? Gujarat.
149.Which State government has announced that it is to ban the private practice by doctors working in government
hospitals.? Andhra Pradesh
150.Union Power Minister RK Singh inaugurated 15 power projects and launched work on 20 other projects in
Which state for the first time.? Jammu & Kashmir
151.Which ministry has announced a new National Educational Alliance for Technology (NEAT) Artificial Intelligence
(AI) scheme.? The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD)
152.Which State governments have welcomed the ordinance brought by Central government to ban the e-
cigarettes.? Punjab and Haryana
153.Which State government will appoint filmstar Govinda as brand ambassador to promote the state’s traditions
and tourist places.? Madhya Pradesh
154.Pink tickets will be issued to women passengers under the Which government’s scheme for free travel in DTC?
Delhi
155.An online pollution certificate will be mandatory in which state from October 1? Odisha
156.Government has established a Cane and Bamboo Technology Park-cum-Office Premises of Cane and Bamboo
Technology Centre (CBTC) at which place ? Burnihat, Assam.
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157. Which place is to implement the Street Vending Act, 2014.? Delhi
158.Which has become the first state in the country to issue the highest number of golden cards under Ayushman
Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY).? Jammu and Kashmir
159.Which state Government has launched a housing loan subsidy scheme “Aponar Apon Ghar”.? Assam
160.Union Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister D V Sadananda Gowda announced that a new Centre of the Central
Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology (CIPET) will soon be set up at which place? Medak in Telangana
state.
161.A single emergency number was launched for police, fire and ambulance emergency services.? 112
162.Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath announced an annual support of How much amont to the
victims of triple talaq till their rehabilitation and they will get free legal aid.? Rs 6,000
163.The Tamil Nadu State government signed MoU for How much amount project with 15 investors.? Rs.5,574
crore
164.Which State government is planning to launch industrial projects worth Rs.65,000 crore in December 2019.?
Uttar Pradesh
165.Nasscom, has signed a statement of intent and has collaborated with the Which government and the state-
based ER&D firms.? Karnataka
166.The ten-day Mysuru Dasara festival was inaugurated by celebrated Kannada novelist ? Dr. S L Bhyrappa.
167.In Assam, in order to gradually collect and remove the harmful plastics from the ecosystem Bongaigaon
District administration is going to launch a campaign named as ? 'Plants for Plastic'.
168. China is planning to launch 27 new projects in Pakistan below the second phase of the how much amount
China-Pakistan Economic passageway (CPEC).? $60 billion
169.The 55th Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) Day was celebrated at the High Commission of
India in Which Place ? Dhaka, Bangladesh
170.The Governor of Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB), Dr Chiranjibi Nepal & Indian Ambassador Manjeev Singh Puri have
jointly released three coins (100, 1000 and 2500 Nepali rupees) bearing the Sikh symbol to commemorate the 550th
Birth Anniversary of Whom? Guru Nanak Dev.
171.Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest oil exporter is planning to invest how much amount in India in areas of
petrochemicals, infrastructure and mining.? USD 100 billion
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172.Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Shri Prakash Javadekar inaugurated a
unique exhibition on Mahatma Gandhi and Leo Tolstoy at which place ? Yasnaya Polyana.
173.Four-Kilometre walk for Peace and Tolerance by people of different nationalities will mark the Gandhi Jayanti
celebrations in which country? Dubai.
174.The Japan–India Defence Ministerial Meeting was held in Which place ? Tokyo
175.India and Pakistan today agreed to visa-free travel of Indian pilgrims, without any restrictions based on their
faith for Which Corridor.? Kartarpur Sahib corridor
176. Iranian Army unveiled a high-precision jet-propelled drone called? Kian.
177.Who won U17 Girls Subroto Cup International Football title.? Bangladesh Krida Shiksha Prothishtan (BKSP)
178.The eighth edition of Ladakh Marathon was held in which place ? Leh town
179.The 84th Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) was held in ? Greece.
180. Typhoon Faxai has hit which place ? Tokyo, Japan
181.The tie-up between India and Sri Lanka received a boost when a newly ‘Make In India’ train rake was flagged off
from Colombo Fort Railway station named as? “Pulathisi Express”
182.Which country has topped as the world's top oil exporter.? US
183.India is to join Bangladesh to commemorate 100 years of Bangabandhu, the founding father named ? Sheikh
Mujibur Rahman, in 2020.
184.The state-run Petronet LNG signed an initial agreement with the U.S. liquefied natural gas developer named as
? Tellurian Inc.
185.Which organization decided to translate and publish an anthology of the writings of Guru Nanak Dev in world
languages to mark his 550th birth anniversary.? United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO)
186. Who has became India's first female military diplomat to be posted in any of the Indian missions abroad.?
Anjali Singh
187.The 38th edition of the Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) will be organized from which date ? 30th of
October to 9th of November this year.
188. Which country has proposed to set up a monument in Tripura in memory of the martyrs of 1971 Bangladesh
Liberation War.? Bangladesh
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189.SriLanka unveiled South Asia’s tallest tower, costing over how much, 80% of which has been funded by China
under the controversial Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).? $100 million
190. Which place became the second US state to ban flavored e-cigarettes.? New York
191. Which police returned the 12th Century AD Bronze image of Buddha which was stolen from the Archaeological
Survey of India (ASI) Museum at Nalanda in 1961 to the Indian High Commission.? London
192.Which country announced that it is to implement the 2015 Paris Agreement to fight climate change.? Russia
193.CyCa OncoSolutions, founded by Dr Nusrat Sanghamitra, won the third prize at the She Loves Tech Global
Startup Competition 2019 held in Which place ? Beijing.
194.Which country launched an unmanned spacecraft towards the International Space Station after a fire early this
month delayed the mission.? Japan
195.Which country to enhancecooperation with India to combat terrorism, including choking funds to terror
networks and exchange of information and intelligence.? Saudi Arabia
196.Which country has lifted the ban on the exports of Hilsa fish to India as a goodwill gesture during the Durga
Puja.? Bangladesh
197.Which country is all set to celebrate Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary.? Australia
198.In a bid to prevent deaths and disabilities, Member countries of WHO (World Health Organisation) South-East
Asia Region have vowed to eradicate the highly infectious childhood killers diseases of measles & rubella by which
year? 2023.
199. The 14th Conference of Parties, COP14, to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification was held in ? Greater
Noida
200. 72nd Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia was held in ? New Delhi
201Which organization organized a one day National workshop on Post Disaster Needs Assessment? . National
Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM)
202.Who inaugurated Rural Investors and Start-up Conclave (RISC) 2019.? Union Agriculture Minister Narendra
Singh Tomar
203. Election Commission of India (ECI) is hosting the 4th General Assembly of Association of World Election Bodies
(AWEB) for the term 2019-21 was held in ? Bengaluru
204. Fourth South Asian Speakers Summit on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals was held in ? Maldives
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205. A joint India- New Development Bank workshop was held in ? New Delhi
206. A four-day international symposium on buckwheat is organised by North Eastern Hills University was held in ?
Meghalaya,Shillong
207. 1st National Conference on Cyber Crime Investigation and Cyber Forensics was held in ? New Delhi
208. Tourism & Culture Minister flags off 1st Mobile Science Exhibition in ? Leh Palace, in Leh
209. 7th Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) ministerial meeting was held in ? Bangkok, Thailand
210. Amit Shah hosted the two-day event of 68th Plenary session of the North Eastern Council 2019 in ? Guwahati,
Assam
211. 31st international conference on Sindh was held In? London
212. 7th World Hindu Economic Forum (WHEF) 2019 was held in ? Mumbai, Maharashtra
213. Union Environment Minister addresses the 5th Convocation of the Forest Research Institute was held in ?
Dehradun
214. The UN Committee on Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities was held in ? Geneva
215. An international conference Augmenting Nature by Green Affordable New-habitat was held in ? New Delhi
216. The 16th Session of the Joint Economic Commission (JEC) between India and Belgium Luxembourg Economic
Union (BLEU) was held in ? New Delhi
217. The National Conference of Farmers on crop residue management 2019 was held in ? New Delhi.
218. 24th World Energy Congress was held in ? Abu Dhabi
219. Nepal Infrastructure Summit 2019 was held in ? Kathmandu, Nepal.
220. Conference on military medicine for member nations of the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation was held in ?
New Delhi
221. Fifth International Ramayan Festival was held in ? New Delhi
222. 29th meeting of the Northern Zonal Council was held in ? Chandigarh
223. The 63rd Annual Regular Session of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference was
held in ? Vienna, Austria.
224. First Jammu International Film Festival was held in ? Jammu
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225. Ministry of Power conducted a National Conclave in MSME sector in ? New Delhi
226. The 5th edition of India International Science Festival (IISF) 2019 was held in ? Kolkata
227. Government organized an exhibition of India Tourism Mart (ITM) 2019 was held in ? New Delhi
228. 9th India-China Financial Dialogue held to strengthen cooperation was held in ? New delhi
229. 2nd Singapore - India Hackathon was held in ? IIT Madras, Chennai
230. The Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D) is organizing a National Level Seminar cum Exhibition
on Anti-Drone Technology at BPR&D was held in ? New Delhi
231. The 12th Meeting of National Institute of Technology, Science Education and Research (NITSER) was held in ?
New Delhi
232. The third edition of Bloomberg Global Business Forum was held in ? New York, USA.
233. President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated a seminar on Spirituality for Human and Social
Development was held in ? New Delhi.
234. The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) organized an
International Conference-cum-Buyer Seller Meet was held In? Agartala
235. According to the World Gold Council, Which countryleads the country list with total gold reserves of 8,133.5
tonnes? US
236.Which institutes have ranked among the top 200 in QS World Graduate Employability Rankings.? Three Indian
Institute of Technologies (IITs) and Delhi University
237. Global Liveability Index prepared by the Economist Intelligence Unit(EIU) ranked Which place in the 118th
spot? Delhi
238.Which company the leading international property consultancy launched a report titled Insights on Co-living an
Asia-Pacific Perspective.? Knight Frank India,
239. Which Business school ranked 7th globally and 1st in Asia in the Forbes Best International 1-Year Business
Schools 2019 rankings.? Indian School of Business (ISB) Hyderabad, Telangana
240. Which state topped the highest consumption of iodized salt? Jammu & Kashmir
241.Which film has become the only Indian film to feature in “The Guardian” list of 100 Best Films of the 21st
century.? Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap’s Gangs Of Wasseypur
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242.The International Migrant Stock 2019 was released by the Population Division of the which organization ? UN
Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA).
243.According to a global report, What is rank of India in World digital competitiveness rankings in 2019.? 44
244.Which automobile company has ranked among the top five ranked global automobile manufacturers in Forbes’
World’s Best Regarded Companies 2019 list.? Automotive giant Tata Motors
245.Which state Government and Delaware State of America signed MoU -Memorandum of Understanding for
sister state.? Gujarat
246.Which State traffic police have tied up with Google maps for real time traffic updates.? Gurugram
247.National Institution for Transforming India (Niti Aayog) has selected Which company to set up India’s first
Digital Capability Centre (DCC).? McKinsey & Company
248. Which Insurance has tied-up with Religare Health Insurance to offer a product which covers health, death and
illness.? PNB MetLife India Insurance Co. Ltd.
249.Thailand and India have signed agreements for how much amount? Rs 2,400 crores .
250.Which Organisation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Finance Industry Development
Council (FIDC).? The International Finance Corporation (IFC) part of the World Bank Group
251.India and Asian Development Bank signed how much amount agreement which will upgrade rural roads in 34
districts of Maharashtra to improve road safety.? 200 million dollar loan agreement
252. Paisalo Digital has signed its co-origination loan agreement with Which bank? Bank of Maharashtra.
253.India along with which country has signed Contract for Modernisation of Radar and Missile Systems of Delhi
Class of Indian Navy Ships.? Russia
254.Which Organisation joined hands with Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the
development of human-centric systems for the Human Space Mission to demonstrate its human space flight
capabilities? Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
255.Kerala signs a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Which country to strengthen cancer care in the
island nation.? Maldives
256.Which company has signed a partnership agreement with the state-owned operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.
(BSNL).? Google
257.India and Which country signed MoUs on space cooperation and disaster management? Mongolia
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258.NTPC Ltd signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Which state government.The agreement
aims to set up two hydro projects totalling 520 MW in the state.? Himachal Pradesh government
259.Which Organisation has signed MoU with the Central University of Jammu (CUJ). The aim is to establish the
Kalam Centre for Science and Technology (KCST) at the university.? Defence Research & Development Organisation
(DRDO)
260.Which bank has joined hands with India’s leading private sector general insurance company, HDFC ERGO
General Insurance Company to offer unique Mosquito Diseases Protection Policy (MDPP) to protect against
mosquito-borne diseases.? Airtel Payments Bank
261.Which university inked an agreement with IIT-Delhi for cooperation in research, education and technology
developments in science and other disciplines.? The Jawaharlal Nehru University
262.Who is Kim Ji Hyun recently resigned? Badminton coach
263.Who is appointed as the Ambassador of India to the Republic of Guinea Bissau? Godavarthi Venkata Srinivas
264. Who is appointed as the Chairman of the Association of Mutual Funds? Nilesh Shah
265. Who is appointed as the Brand ambassador of Visa? PV Sindhu
266. Who is appointed as IMF's new chief ? Kristalina Georgieva
267. Who is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ebay resigns? Devin Wenig
268. Who is appointed as New Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC)? Bipin Rawat
269. Who is appointed as New IAF Vice Chief? HS Arora
270. Who is appointed as Chairman of the International Egg Commission? Suresh Chitturi
271. Who is appointed as Dewan housing finance corporation ltd ceo? Vaijinath M. Gavarshetty
272. Who is appointed as New administrator of the Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank Ltd? Jai
Bhagwan Bhoria
273. Who is appointed as First female military diplomat to join Indian Mission in Russia? Anjali Singh
274. Who is appointed as Chairperson of PMLA Appellate Tribunal? Sunil Gaur
275. Who is appointed as Chairman and managing director(CMD) of Cognizant ? R Ramamoorthy
276. Who is appointed as Deputy Managing Director (DMD) of IDBI? Samuel Joseph Jebaraj
277. Who is appointed as 26th Chief of Air Staff ? Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria
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278. Who is appointed as MD & CEO of Federal Bank? Shyam Srinivasan
279. Who is appointed as The chairman of the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC)? Madhukar Kamath
280. Who is appointed as Pakistan army chief general? Qamar Javed Bajwa
281. Who is appointed as Press Trust of India Chairman? Vijay Kumar Chopra
282. Who is appointed as Press Trust of India Vice Chairman? Vineet Jain
283. Who is appointed as MD of Microsoft India? Rajiv Kumar
284. Who is appointed as New principal secretary to PM? P K Mishra
285. Who is appointed as Principal advisor to PM? P K Sinha
286. Who is appointed as JBL’s new global brand ambassador? Ranveer Singh
287. Who is appointed as Brand ambassador for Gatorade by pepsico India? Hima Das
288. Who is appointed as Lead UN's peace mission in Yemen? Abhijit Guha
289. Who is appointed as Director-General of BSF? Vivek Kumar Johri
290. Who is appointed as MD and CFO of the World Bank? Anshula Kant
291. Who is appointed as Paytm money MD and CEO? Praveen Jadhav
292. Who is appointed as Vice chief of Army staff? Manoj Mukund Naravane
293. Who is appointed as New prime minister of Ukraine? Oleksiy Honcharuk
294. Who is appointed as Indian ambassador to the Republic of Ecuador? Sanjiv Ranjan
295. Who is appointed as High Commissioner of India to the Kingdom of Lesotho? Jaideep Sarkar
296. Who is appointed as Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) chairman? Vinai Kumar Saxena
297. Who is appointed as General Counsel and Company Secretary of ICC? Jonathan Hall
298. Who is appointed as Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of Norway? B. Bala Bhaskar
299. Who is appointed as Governor of Telengana? Tamilisai Soundararajan
300. Who is appointed as Governor of Maharastra? Bhagat Singh Koshyari
301. Who is appointed as Governor of Rajasthan? Kalraj Mishra
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302. Who is appointed as Governor of Kerala? Arif Mohammed Khan
303. Who is appointed as Governor of Himachal Pradesh? Bandaru Dattatreya
304. Who is appointed as First Lokayukta of Andhra Pradesh? P Laxman Reddy
305.Which country set the record for the largest win in Twenty20 Internationals after it defeated Turkey in the
Romania Cup 2019.? Romania
306.Who won gold at ISSF World Cup 2019 at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.? Shooter Yashaswini Singh Deswal
307.Indian women's cricket great and ODI captain announced her retirement from T20 Internationals.Name them?
Mithali Raj
308.Who secured top spot in mens batting ranking in ICC? Virat kohli
309. Who secured top spot in mens Bowling ranking in ICC? Jasprit bumrah
310.Who won 1500m national record a silver in the ISTAF Berlin event.? Asian Games gold medallist Jinson
Johnson
311. Hamilton Masakadza has announced to retire from international cricket after conclusion of Bangladesh &
Afghanistan T20I Tri-series.He belong to which country? Zimbabwe
312.Who bagged the bronze medal in the World Wrestling Championships? Bajrang Punia
313.Which country unveiled the logo for the FIFA 2022 World Cup which will be hosted by the Gulf emirate? Qatar
314.Who settled for the silver medal at World Boxing Championships after he lost to Uzbekistan’s Shakhobidin
Zoirov 3-2 in the 52kg category final.? Amit Panghal
315.Who has won a bronze medal in men’s 61-kilogram freestyle category at the World Championship in Nur-
Sultan, Kazakhstan.? Indian wrestler Rahul Aware
316. Who has been appointed as head coach and chief selector of Pakistan’s cricket team.? Misbah-ul-Haq
317. Who Won gold at BWF World Championship.? P. V. Sindhu
318. Who won the 2019 US Open title? Rafael Nadal
319.Who won the women’s half-marathon event in 2019 Great North Run in Newcastle, England? Kenya’s Brigid
Kosgei
320.Who has won the Myanmar International Series. He defeated Indonesia’s Karono Karono by 18-21, 21-14, 21-
11 in the finals? Indian shuttler Kaushal Dharmamer
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321.Who won three-game over China's Sun Fei Xiang to claim the men's singles title at the USD 75,000 Vietnam
Open BWF Tour Super 100 badminton tournament.? India's Sourabh Verma
322.Spain defeated Argentina by 95-75 to win the Basketball World Cup held in ? Beijing, China.
323.Who increased his tally of world titles to twenty-two by winning the fourth final within the 150 at the IBSF
World Billiards Championship? Pankaj Advani
324.Who becomes the first Indian to complete the Enduroman. It is a triathlon from England to France which is
considered to be one of the toughest endurance competitions in the world.? Mayank Vaid
325.Who became the first person to swim across the English Channel four times non-stop in a 54-hour feat of
endurance.? American breast cancer survivor Sarah Thomas
326.Who announced his retirement from all forms of cricket? Former Indian Cricket all-rounder Dinesh Mongia
327.Who qualified for the 2020 Olympics after beating fancied American Sarah Hildebrandt in the World
Championships in Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan? India's star wrestler Vinesh Phogat
328. International Cricket Council has banned Which player from bowling in international matches for 1 year.? Sri
Lankan off-spinner Akila Dananjaya
329.What is latest FIFA ranking of India? 104
330.Who has won the Ladies European Tour Title at Lacoste Ladies French Open. She shot a four-under 67 to win
her first Ladies European Tour title.? Nelly Korda
331.Who clinched the men’s doubles title in ATP Tour tennis tournament in St. Petersburg, Russia.? Indian tennis
player Divij Sharan
332.Manipur defeated Railways by 1-0 to win the Senior Women’s National Football Championship held in ?
Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh.
333.Who has clinched Fide World Grand Prix 2019 title with 8 points from 11 rounds in Skolkovo, Russia.? Indian
chess grandmaster, Koneru Hampi of Gudivada ( Andhra Pradesh)
334.Who has became the youngest women player to play Twenty20 International (T20I) for India.? Shafali Verma
335. Which wrestler jumped to world number one position in 6kg.? World Championship silver medallist wrestler
Deepak Punia
336. Aryna Sabalenka has won the WTA Wuhan Open held in Wuhan, China? Aryna Sabalenka
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337.Who led the match against Bangladesh at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong(Bangladesh)
created record by becoming the youngest test cricket captain released by International Cricket Council(ICC) at the
age of 20 years and 350 days.? Afghanistan test cricket captain Rashid Khan
338.The World Wrestling Championships 2019 are scheduled to be held at Barys Arena in Which place? Nur-Sultan,
Kazakhstan
339. Who has announced retirement from all forms of football.? Cameroon football legend Samuel Eto’o(38)
340. Snake boat Nadubhagam Chundan which was rowed by Pallathuruthy Boat Club clinched the 67th Edition of
the Nehru Trophy 2019 in the boat race held at ? Punnamada Lake in Alappuzha, Kerala
341. Mohammad Nabi, aged 34, will retire from test cricket.He belons to which country? Afghanistan
342. Who has won the 2019 Italian Grand Prix? Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc(Monaco)
343. Who became the first bowler to take 100 wickets in the T20I (twenty-twenty International) format? Sri Lanka
cricket captain Lasith Malinga
344. Who defeated India green by an innings and 38 runs to win the 2019 Duleep trophy held at Chinnaswamy
Stadium, Bengaluru? India Red
345. Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) defeated Punjab National Bank (PNB) by 3-1 and clinched the 93rd All-India MCC-
Murugappa Gold Cup Hockey Tournament title for the year 2019 held at ? Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
346.Who won Classic Golf and Country Club International Championship 2019 and was awarded a cash prize of
$300,000 and a trophy? Indonesian golfer Rory Hie
347.Western Asian Youth and Junior Chess Championships 2019 was held at? Tivoli Grand Resort Hotel, New
Delhi.
348. Eight United States-made Apache AH-64E attack helicopters were inducted into the Indian Air Force, at Which
place ? Pathankot Air Force station.
349. Whom are flew together in a two-seater version of the Russian-origin legacy jet.? Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa
and Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman
350.Naval Quality Assurance Establishments is to host the Joint Naval Annual Quality Conclave (JNAQC) in which
place ? Visakhapatnam
351. Whom successfully summited Mount Leo Pargyil (6773M).? Indian Army
352. Indo-US defence cooperation, a joint military training, Exercise “Yudh Abhyas 2019”. This exercise is being
conducted at? Joint Base Lewis Mc Chord, Washington, USA
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353. Name the India’s 2nd Scorpene-class submarine, that will be commissioned into the Indian Navy by Defence
Minister Rajnath Singh.? INS Khanderi
354. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight tested an indigenously-
developed low weight, fire and forget Man-Portable Antitank Guided Missile (MPATGM) in the ranges of ? Kurnool,
Andhra Pradesh.
355.India and Thailand are all set to organize Joint Military Exercise MAITREE-2019 at Which place ? Foreign
Training Node, Umroi (Meghalaya)
356. A maiden trilateral exercise SITMEX, involving Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN), Royal Thailand Navy (RTN)
and Indian Navy (IN) started at Which place ? Port Blair.
357.State-run Bharat Electronics Ltd signed a contract with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in which place ? New
Delhi.
358.Defence minister Rajnath Singh has said, India will achieve 26 Billion dollars Defence Industry by which year?
2025.
359.The Indian Army conducted a massive rare exercise ‘Chang Thang’ in Which place ? Eastern Ladakh bordering
China.
360. The country’s first central police university will be set up by the Union home ministry off the Yamuna
Expressway in which place ? Greater Noida
361.Mumbai's Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) handed over India's second Scorpene submarine to the
Indian Navy named as? Khanderi
362. Defense Minister Rajnath Singh has formally commissioned the Indian Coast Guard offshore patrol vessel
‘Varaha’ at Which place ? Chennai Port Trust
363. The 23rd edition of the Trilateral Maritime exercise Malabar began at Which place? coast of Sasebo, Japan.
364. The Border Security Force (BSF) has launched a massive operation along the 180-km International Border (IB)
with which country? Pakistan
365.Joint Military Exercise KAZIND-2019 between India and Kazakhstan will be conducted at ? Pithoragarh,
Uttarakhand.
366. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today launched the website of 11th edition of DefEXpo, to be held in?
Lucknow
367. Book titled "India's Lost Frontier the Story of the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan" written by?
veteran civil servant Raghvendra Singh
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368. A new book entitled "First They Erased Our Name: A Rohingya Speaks" to be released by? Penguin Random
House (India)
369. Book titled “Phoolpur: Indian Flowers, Their Myths, Traditions and Usage” written by ? Jhelum Biswas Bose
370. A Coffee Table Book called ‘Glorious Diaspora- Pride of India’ on Pravasi Bharatiya Samman awardees was
released by? Venkaiah Naidu in New Delhi
371. Book titled 'Turbulence & Triumph: The Modi Years', jointly authored by whom? Rahul Agarwal and Bharathi
S Pradhan
372. ‘Himalayan Odyssey’ book written by whom? MP Veerendra Kumar
373. Book titled ‘Fortune Turners: The Quartet that spun India to glory’ on spin quartet written by? Aditya Bhushan
and Sachin Bajaj
374. Book "Rethinking Good Governance" authored by? Vinod Rai
375. Book "Game of Votes: Visual Media Politics and Elections in the Digital Era" penned by? Farhat Basir Khan
376. “Loss” book written by ? Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi
377. Book titled “Lal Bahadur Shastri: Politics and Beyond” authored by? Sandeep Shastri
378. 'Girl Power: Indian Women Who Broke The Rules' book written by whom? Neha J Hiranandani
379. Book titled 'Reset: Regaining India's Economic Legacy' written by? BJP MP Subramanian Swamy
380. New book titled "India in the Persianate Age: 1000-1765" by ? professor and author Richard M Eaton
381.Which is the Forbes’ World’s best 'regarded' companies list 2019? Visa
382. Which is the Indian companies in Forbes’ World’s best 'regarded' companies list 2019? Infosys
383.Who won Mrs India - Pride of the Nation 2019? Pooja Desai
384.Who won Dadasaheb Phalke award 2019? Amitabh Bachchan
385. Who won2019 SASTRA Ramanujan prize? UK mathematician Adam Harper
386. Who won2019 Right Livelihood Award? Greta Thunberg
387. Who won IIFL Wealth Hurun India Rich List 2019? Mukesh Ambani
388. Who won Changemaker Award 2019? Rajasthan’s Payal Jangir
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389.Which company is India's Most Valuable Brand for the 6th consecutive year? HDFC Bank
390.Which airport won Best airport in terms of customer satisfaction for the year 2018: ACI Survey? Cochin
International Airport Ltd
391.Who won UN global climate action award 2019 in 'climate neutral now' category? Infosys
392. Who won Saraswati Samman award 2018? K Siva Reddy
393. Who presented Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prizes 2019 ? Shri Ram NathKovind
394. Who won 31st Punyabhushan Award for 2019? G. B. Deglurkar
395. Who won 2019 MP Birla Memorial Award? Thanu Padmanabhan
396. Who won “The Guardian” list of 100 Best Films of the 21st century? Anurag Kashyap's ‘Gangs Of Wasseypur’
397. Which won Aga Khan Architecture Award 2019? Bangladesh school project, 'Arcadia Education Project’
398. Who won 2019 Asia Society Game Changers Award by Asia Society? Chhaya Sharma
399. Who won2019 “Acadmie des beaux-arts Photography Award - William Klein”? Raghu Rai
400. Who won 2019 Dr Kalam Smriti International Excellence Award? Sheikh Hasina
401. Who won2019 Amnesty’s ‘Ambassadors of Conscience’ award? Greta Thunberg
402. Who won 11th International Hrant Dink award for the year 2019? Agnes Kharshiing
403. Who won Indian International Film Festival 2019 awards? Bollywood actor Neena Gupta wins two award
404. Who confers The National Geoscience Awards For 2018 In Delhi? Union Minister Pralhad Joshi Confers
405. Who won Education Excellence Award 2019? Super 30 founder Anand Kumar
406.Which documentary film on the hard work of an elderly farmer, claims to have an entry at the Oscars 2020?
Moti Bagh
407.Who won Doctorate in Business by Ballsbridge University? Entrepreneur Kapil Pathare
408.Which company is Most valued domestic firm in market capitalization? Reliance Industries
409.Which state won 2019 PATA gold awards? Kerala
410.Which is World’s best real-time payment service in 6th annual Flavours of Fast report for 2019 by FIS? India’s
IMPS
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411. Who won Gauri Lankesh Memorial Award 2019? Ravish Kumar
412. Who won 'Magnificent performing arts award 2019'? Bollywood playback singer Sonu Nigam
413. Who won Lifetime achievement award at 19th Annual Asian Achievers Awards 2019? Anil Agarwal
414. Who is the Youngest person to clear 2019 “Mahapariksha” examination? Priyavrata
415. Which company won Indian Concrete Institute award 2019? Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Limited
(MEIL)
416. Who won Bill and Milinda Gates Foundation’s “Global Goalkeeper Award 2019 ”? Narendra Modi
417.Which state won 2019 IT Excellence Award for SATARK app? Odisha State Disaster Management Authority
(OSDMA)
418.Who won ‘Lamp of Peace of Saint Francis ‘ award by Vatican? Bangladesh’s Muhammad Yunus
419.Who won FIFAs Best Men’s Player Award? Lionel Messi
420. Who won FIFAs Best Women’s Player Award? Megan Rapinoe
421. Who won FIFAs Best Mens coach Award? Jurgen Klopp
422.Which one won Outstanding Drama Series in 71st Primetime Emmy Awards For 2019? Game of Thrones (HBO-
Home Box Office)
423. Which one won Outstanding Comedy Series in 71st Primetime Emmy Awards For 2019? Fleabag (Prime Video)
424. Which one won Outstanding Limited Series in 71st Primetime Emmy Awards For 2019? Chernobyl (HBO)
425.Name the lander of Chandrayaan-2 has undergone its first de-orbit manoeuvre successfully? Vikram
426.Which space agency has announced its plan to partner with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA) to stop asteroids hitting Earth.? European
427.Which country Japan woman becomes the first person in the world to receive a corneal transplant made from
induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS).? Japan
428Name the miniature satellite made by Aabhaas Sikka, a 17-year-old student successfully launched by NASA.?
RamanSat 2
429.Who is Hans Rausing recently passed away? Swedish billionaire
430. Who is Franco Columbu recently passed away? Italian born bodybuilder, powerlifter, actor and author
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431.Recently LaShawn Daniels passed away.He belongs to which field? songwriter of 'Destiny's Child'
432. Recently Kottakkal Chandrasekharan passed away.He belongs to which field? Kathakali maestro
433. Recently Abdul Qadir passed away.He belongs to which field? Former Pakistan cricketer
434. Recently Robert Mugabe passed away.He belongs to which field? Former Zimbabwean president
435. Recently Aalayam Sriram producer of ‘Bombay’ movie passed away.He belongs to which field?
436. Recently Kiran Nagarkar passed away.He belongs to which field? noted novelist and playwright
437. Recently Ram Jethmalani passed away.He belongs to which field? Well known lawyer and former Union
minister
438. Recently Veeru Krishnan passed away.He belongs to which field? Bollywood actor and renowned Kathak
dancer
439. Recently Robert Frank passed away.He belongs to which field? Documentary photographer
440. Recently Goverdhan Kalla passed away.He belongs to which field? Veteran Politician Congress Leader
441. Recently Akilisi Pohiva passed away.He belongs to which field? Climate change campaigner, Tongan PM
442. Recently Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie passed away.He belongs to which field? Former Indonesian president
443. Recently Charlie Cole passed away.He belongs to which field? Photographer
444. Recently BN Yugandhar passed away.He belongs to which field? father of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella
445. Recently Jean Edward Smith passed away.He belongs to which field? American historian and Francis Parkman
446. Recently Gyorgy Konrad passed away.He belongs to which field? Writer and Dissident of Hungary’s movement
of communist rule
447. Recently Bhagat Ram Vats passed away.He belongs to which field? former senior correspondent of Press Trust
of India
448. Recently Robert S Boyd passed away.He belongs to which field? Veteran American journalist & Pulitzer Prize
winner
449. Recently Shyam Ramsay passed away.He belongs to which field? Bollywood's famous horror film producer
450. Recently Fernando Ricksen passed away.He belongs to which field? Former Dutch football Player
451. Recently Zine el-Abidine Ben passed away.He belongs to which field? Former Tunisia president
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452. Recently Madhav Apte passed away.He belongs to which field? Former Indian test cricketer
453. Recently Davo Karnica passed away.He belongs to which field? An active mountain skier
454. Recently Jacques Rene Chirac passed away.He belongs to which field? Former French president
455. Recently J. Michael Mendel passed away.He belongs to which field? American television producer & a four-
time Emmy Award winner
456. Recently Boman Rashid Kohinoor passed away.He belongs to which field? Owner of the Britannia & Co
restaurant
457. Recently Kumara Padma Sivasankara Menon passed away.He belongs to which field? Former foreign secretary
458. Recently Viju khote passed away.He belongs to which field? Veteran Bollywood actor
459. Recently V Ganesan passed away.He belongs to which field? Indian National Army (INA) veteran
460. Which school won 2019 “Global Top 50 IB Schools 2019" list? India’s Dhirubhai Ambani International School
(DAIS)
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7. Who has launched a taxi-hailing service in Tokyo named S.Ride? Sony

i) Who released NIRF? Ram Nath Kovind

ii) _________ranked on top in overall category in NIRF-2019: IIT Madras

iii) _________ranked number one in ARIIA: Miranda House College

23. NuGen Mobility Summit 2019 to be held at __________: Manesar, Haryana

38. Asia Badminton Championships held at_________: Wuhan, China

62. As per latest FIFA rankings, answer the following questions

i) Rank of India in all over ________: 101

ii) Rank of India in Asia ________: 18

iii) In top of the list _______: Belgium

These include 20 Flock-4A satellites and 4 Lemur satellites.

Number of satellites sent by other countries

Notes: It held in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh

86. Which country has becomes YouTube’s largest market? India

89. Who is the secretary of defence finance? Gargi Kaul

112. Who built World’s largest airplane? Stratolaunch

114. Who is the new president of Palestinian? Mahmoud Abbas

121. Which country names new imperial era as Reiwa? Japan

122. Which country recently joins International Solar Alliance? Bolivia

126. Who has appointed as Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary? Sohail Mahmood

128. Who has appointed as Royal Enfield CEO? Vinod K Dasari

136. International Dance Day is observed on________: April 29

137. International Jazz Day is observed on_______: April 30

141. Oldest single footprintfound in __________: Chile

143. Who sworn-in as Israel’s PM? Benjamin Netanyahu

Notes: Total= 180

157. RBI soon to release Rs 20 banknote, Answer the following

i) Color of banknote____________: Greenish yellow

ii) Motif________: Ellora caves (Maharastra)

iii) Size__________: 63mm×129mm

168. Who is the managing director of Twitter India? Manish Maheshwari

172. Volodymyr Zelensky is the president of which country? Ukrainian

176. What is the rank of India in cancer preparedness index? 19

Notes: Total =28

187. Who topped in Global Talent Competitiveness Index 2019? Switzerland

Notes: Rank of India= 80

197. Lin Dan belongs to which sports? Badminton

198. Who steps down as US Homeland Security Secretary? Kirstjen Nielsen

208. Who has appointed as MD of IL&FS? CS Rajan

209. Who has appointed asExecutive Vice-Chairmanof IL&FS?Vineet Nayyar

217. What is the theme of World Heritage Day 2019?Rural Landscapes

222. What is the name of 1st Satellite launched by Nepal? NepaliSat-1

i) Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani

ii) public-interest litigators Arundhati Katju and Menaka Guruswamy

229. Who is the MD and CEO of ICICI Securities? Vijay Chandok

231. Who tops at 4G Availability Chart In India? Dhanbad

232. Who won Azlan Shah Hockey Cup? South Korea

235. Who acquired 66.15% stake in Mindtree? L&T

237. Who becomes 1stIndian In FIFA Executive Council? Praful Patel

259. Who acquired Wibmo? PayU

266. Which state celebrate Rongali Bihu Festival? Odisha

277. Which is the World’s Third Company To Be Worth $1 Trillion? Microsoft

288. What is the rank of India in startup Ecosystem Ranking? 17

291. Name the Paranormal Investigatorwho died recently? Lorraine Warren

292. Government Hikes Customs Duty On Wheat to__________: 40%

294. Who has partnered with UN To Strengthen Partnership in Counter-Terrorism Efforts? EU

302. Who topped in 2019 Asian Athletics Championships? Bahrain

Notes: India’s rank = 4

Notes: He was known as the ‘Pele of Asia’.