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Which scheme has recently been approved by the

Union Cabinet worth Rs 6,000 crore for the permanent

management of ground water resources?

Atal Bhujal Yojana

Who took charge as the new President of FICCI?

Dr Sangita Reddy

Who has been appointed as the Senior Vice President

of FICCI?

Uday Shankar

Recently President Ram Nath Kovind has launched

the Red Cross Society of India mobile app for which

state branch?

Telangana

The 'Janata Clinic' scheme is an initiative of which

Indian state?

Rajasthan

Name the UAE's export credit agency, which has

recently signed a MoU with the Export Credit

Guarantee Agency of Oman to enhance trade and

economic cooperation between the two countries?

Etihad Credit Insurance

In a unique initiative to tackle air pollution, an

''Oxygen Parlour'' has recently been opened at which

railway station in Maharashtra?

Nashik

Which bank has partnered with Magicbricks for the

listing and e-auctioning of immovable properties,

repossessed by the bank through recovery

proceedings?

Federal Bank What is the rank of Uttar Pradesh on the chart of

sexual harassment cases of women at work places

registered in online complaint management system,

SHe-Box?

2nd

Who has recently been awarded the Army Design

Bureau Excellence Award for developing 'Sarvatra'

bulletproof jacket?

Anoop Mishra

Which Indian player has been named captain of

Cricket Australia's (CA) Test XI of the decade?

Virat Kohli

Who has been named captain of Cricket Australia's

(CA) ODI team of the decade?

MS Dhoni

Recently the Defense Research and Development

Organization (DRDO) has successfully conducted a

flight test of QRSAM from Chandipur, off the Odisha

coast. What is the expanded form of QRSAM?

Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile

Emanuel Ungaro, who died recently, was the famous

fashion designer of which country?

France

Vernon Philander, who recently announced his

retirement, is related to which sport?

Cricket

Who has been appointed as the 33rd Foreign Secretary

of India?

Harsh Vardhan Shringla

Who is current and 32nd Foreign Secretary of India?

Vijay Keshav Gokhale

Who has recently announced his resignation as

Boeing's chief executive officer?

Dennis Muilenburg

Who has been named as the new Chief Executive

Officer of Boeing, American Aerospace company?

David Calhoun

Vidushi Savita Devi, who passed away recently, was

famous for which singing style of Indian classical

music?

Thumri




Which team has won the Italian Super Cup by

defeating Serie A champions Juventus recently?

Lazio

Recently the Delhi Cabinet has approved which policy

to tackle air pollution?

Electric vehicle policy

Thomas Chandy, who died recently, was the

famous__.

Politician

Veteran writer L S Sheshagiri, who died recently, was

widely known for his ___.

English-Kannada dictionary

Under New Delhi's Electric Vehicle Policy, how much

incentive will be given on the purchase of battery-

operated two-wheelers?

10,000

Which state government has launched 'Netanna

Nestham' welfare scheme for handloom weavers in the

state?

Andhra Pradesh

Who has been appointed as the first woman Chief

Technology Officer at the US government's powerful

Federal Communications Commission?

Monisha Ghosh

Name the present Indian-American Chairman of the

FCC?

Ajit Pai

Who have claimed the men's and women's titles,

respectively, in the 2019 Hainan Danzhou

International Marathon?

KemboiI Ezekiel Kipruto and Meskerem Tesfaye

Fikadu

For which film, Aditya Dhar won the Best Director

award at the 66th National Film Awards?

Uri

Who were jointly awarded the best actor award at the

66th National Film Awards?

Ayushmann Khurrana and Vicky Kaushal

For which film, Ayushmann Khurrana has won the

Best Actor National Film Award 2019?

Andhadhun

Who won the Best Actress Award at the 66th National

Film Awards?

Keerthy Suresh

Akshay Kumar-starrer ___ was awarded the best film

on social issues at the 66th National Film Awards.

Padman

Who took charge as the 82nd President of the

Association of Surgeons of India (ASI)?

Dr. P. Raghu Ram

Which famous archaeologist of India has been

honored at the Silver Jubilee International Conference

of Art recently held in Dhaka?

R. Nagaswamy

Which Indian shuttler has won the Men's singles

Bangladesh Junior International Badminton Series

2019 in Dhaka?

Meiraba Luwang

Who has been appointed as the Lokayukta of

Telangana?

CV Ramulu

Who has been appointed as the Upa Lokayukta of

Telangana?

V Niranjan Rao

Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a 25-ft

bronze statue of late Prime Minister Atal Bihari

Vajpayee in which city?

Lucknow

Who won Bengaluru Open Golf Championship 2019?

Abhinav Lohan




What is the theme of ASSOCHAM annual conference

held in New Delhi recently?

New India Aspiring for a USD 5 trillion economy

How many years of ASSOCHAM (Associated

Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India)

completed recently?

100 years

The RBI has announced to buy and sell government

securities under OMO for Rs 10000 crore each. What

does OMO stands for?

Open Market Operation

Recently Ethiopia launched its first satellite and with

this it became ___ African country to put a satellite

into space.

11th

Who have been named International Tennis

Federation's (ITF) World Champions for 2019?

Rafael Nadal and Ashleigh Barty

Which country became the first to recognize Indian

Pharmacopoeia?

Afghanistan

Who is the first Australian woman to reach the WTA

world number one ranking since Evonne Goolagong

Cawley in 1976?

Ashleigh Barty

Which Indian weightlifter has won the gold in

women's 49kg category at the 6th Qatar International

Cup in Doha?

Mirabai Chanu

Mirabai Chanu is related to which sport?

Weightlifting

Which country has announced the launch of the

Gandhi Citizenship Education Award to uphold the

ideals of Mahatma Gandhi in perpetuity?

Portugal

The first year's Gandhi Citizenship Education Award

by Portugal will be dedicated to __.

Animal welfare

Name the India's first online healthcare service app for

the LGBTQ community?

Shifa Care

Shifa Care, India's first online healthcare service

provider has been launched for which community?

LGBTQ community

Who has been appointed as new Managing Director

(MD) of Covestro India?

Anand Srinivasan

Where is the headquarters of Covestro located?

Leverkusen, Germany

Which football team has been crowned FIFA ''Team

of the Year'' 2019?

Belgium

The Indian men's football team remained static at __

spot in the year-ending FIFA rankings 2019.

108th

Who has been appointed as chairman and MD of

national reinsurer General Insurance Corporation of

India (GIC Re)?

Devesh Srivastava

Who has been appointed as chairman and MD of

Agriculture Insurance Corporation of India?

Malay Kumar Poddar

What is the strike range of DRDO's upgraded Pinaka

Missile System?

75 kilometres

What was the previous striking range of Pinaka

missile system developed by Defense Research and

Development Organization, which has now increased

to 75 km?

40 km




Who has been appointed as the managing director of

Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies

for its India operations?

Ashmita Sethi

Which bank becomes 3rd Indian company to cross

$100 billion in market capitalisation?

HDFC Bank

Where is the headquarters of HDFC Bank located?

Mumbai

Who has been appointed as the batting coach of Indian

Premier League (IPL) franchise Kings XI Punjab?

Wasim Jaffer

Kings XI Punjab has named Wasim Jaffer as it's ___

for the forthcoming IPL season.

batting coach

Recently India and ___ have signed an agreement for

the transfer of critical defence technology during the

'2+2' Dialogue.

US

India and US had signed the defense pact known as

COMCASA in the first round of '2 + 2' ministerial

dialogue. What is the full form of COMCASA?

Communications Compatibility and Security

Agreement

Who has been appointment as the Managing Director

of Micron Technology India?

Anand Ramamoorthy

Where is the headquarters of Micron Technology

located?

US

Which three companies have recently partnered to

make their smart home devices more compatible?

Apple, Amazon, Google

Which space agency's first exoplanetary mission,

Characterizing Exoplanet Satellite (Cheops) has been

successfully launched?

European Space Agency

Recently the European Space Agency's first

exoplanetary mission, the Characterizing Exoplanet

Satellite (Cheops) has been successfully launched via

which rocket?

Russian Soyuz rocket

Who holds the numero uno position in the 2019

Forbes India Celebrity 100 list?

Virat Kohli

Who is the top Bollywood star on the 2019 Forbes

India Celebrity 100 list?

Akshay Kumar

Which state government has launched the 'Jalsathi'

programme to ensure supply of safe drinking water in

the state?

Odisha

Shreeram Lagoo, who recently passed away, was the

famous?

Actor

Recently Odisha CM has launched which program to

ensure supply of safe drinking water to all households

in the state?

Jalsathi

Who has been honoured with the Sahitya Akademi

Award- 2019 for his Poetry „ Chheelate Hue Apne

Ko‟?

Nand Kishore

In Sanskrit, Penna Madhusudan will get the Sahitya

Akademi Award- 2019 for his Poetry ___.

Prajnachakshusham

Who has won the Sahitya Akademi Award 2019 for

his book 'An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in

India'?

Shashi Tharoor




How many new personalized playlists have recently

been launched by YouTube Music under the "Mixed

for You" section?

3rd

Recently under which section, three personalized

playlists - "Discover Mix", "New Release Mix" and

"Your Mix" have been launched by YouTube Music?

"Mixed for you"

Who has been named as ICC Women's Cricketer of

the Year 2019?

Ellyse Perry (Australian all-rounder)

Who won the ICC Women's 2019 T20I Player of the

Year award?

Alyssa Healy (Australia wicketkeeper)

Chanida Sutthiruang is related to which sport?

Cricket

Da Chen, who died recently, was the famous?

Author

What is India's rank in the World Economic Forum's

(WEF) Global Gender Gap Report 2020?

112th

What is the capital of Romania?

Bucharest

Which country has topped the World Economic

Forum's (WEF) Global Gender Gap Report 2020?

Iceland

Which country is ranked the worst (153rd) in the

World Economic Forum's (WEF) Global Gender Gap

Report 2020?

Yemen

The first WEF Gender Gap Index was published in

2006 when India was ranked at ___ position.

98th

Gitanath Ganguly, Who died recently, was the

President of which oldest existing association football

club in India?

Mohun Bagan

Name the focal theme country of 44th International

Kolkata Book Fair?

Russia

Government e-commerce portal GeM has launched

which national outreach programme to bring on-board

more local sellers?

GeM Samvaad

Recently the government e-commerce portal GeM has

launched GeM Samvaad, a national outreach program

to bring __.

More local vendors on-board

Who has been appointed as the chairman-cum-

managing director of NALCO?

Sridhar Patra

Where is the headquarters of National Aluminium

Company Limited (NALCO) located?

Bhubaneswar, Odisha

The National Broadband Mission, Which is recently

launched by Union Telecom Minister, is a part of ___

. National Digital Communications Policy, 2018

In the recently launched National Broadband Mission,

the 10 percent of the funds will come from USOF.

What the expanded form of USOF?

Universal Service Obligation Fund

Recently SBI has signed a loan agreement worth of

___ with KfW,a German state-owned development

bank for establishing an energy-efficient housing

programme in India.

USD 277 million (about Rs 1,958 crore)

India has secured a USD 277 million loan from which

country to establish an energy-efficient housing

programme?

Germany

Recently, NCLAT has restored Cyrus Mistry as the

executive chairman of Tata Sons and ruled that his

ouster in ___ was illegal.




2016

Who has been named as next Indian Army Chief?

Manoj Mukund Naravane

Manoj Mukund Narwana, who has been named

India‟s next Army Chief, will replace __

General Bipin Rawat Name the Tata group‟s airline whose Chief

Commercial Officer (CCO) Sanjeev Kapoor has

resigned from his post recently?

Vistara Who has recently been named as the Chief

Commercial Officer (CCO) of the Tata group airline

„Vistara‟?

Vinod Kannan

Which company has ended Indian Oil Corporation

Limited‟s 10-year reign as India‟s largest company on

Fortune India 500 list?

Reliance Industries (RIL) ONGC was ranked __ in the Fortune India 500 list for

the year 2019, the same as in 2018.

3rd

Anna Karina, who passed away recently, was the __

veteran actress.

Danish-French

Who took charge as the new Secretary, Information

and Broadcasting Ministry?

Ravi Mittal

Who has been appointed as Secretary, Department of

Higher Education?

Amit Khare

Who has been crowned Miss World 2019?

Toni Ann Singh

Suman Rao, Who won Miss World Asia 2019 title, is

from which state of India?

Rajasthan

Which IT giant has won the prestigious United

Nations Global Climate Action Award in the „Climate

Neutral Now‟ category at COP 25 in Spain?

Infosys

Who is the founder and CEO of SpaceX?

Elon Musk

Who is the current President and COO of of SpaceX?

Gwynne Shotwell

Infosys has recently won the United Nations Global

Climate Action Award in which category?

Carbon Neutral Now

Which automobile manufacturer has recently joined

hands with Federal Bank for dealer and retail car

financing?

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd

Which Indian actress has recently been awarded the

UNICEF‟s Danny Kaye Humanitarian Award in New

York?

Priyanka Chopra

Recently who became the first Indian celeb to be

honored at the Marrakech Film Festival?

Priyanka Chopra

Which Bollywood star has been named as Pepsi‟s new

brand ambassador?

Salman Khan

Where is the headquarter of Federal Bank located?

Kochi, Kerala

Who became the first non-footballer in the history of

the La Liga league to have become a brand

ambassador?

Rohit Sharma

Which state goverment has won the „World Habitat

Award‟ for its ambitious initiative- Jaga Mission?

Odisha

JAGA Mission is an initiative of which state

government?

Odisha




Gollapudi Maruti Rao, who died recently, was the

veteran actor of which regional cinema?

Telugu

Which Canada-based small satellite startup has

teamed up with SpaceX to launch its own

nanosatellite constellation?

Kepler Communications

Who has been named the first-ever India brand

ambassador of top Spanish football club Real Madrid?

Rohit Sharma

Who has been appointed as the Managing Director

and CEO of Ashok Leyland?

Vipin Sondhi

Name the Parent company of Ashok Leyland?

Hinduja Group

Where is the Headquarters of Ashok Leyland situated?

Chennai

Who has topped Forbes‟ 2019 list of The World‟s 100

Most Powerful Women?

Angela Merkel (German Chancellor)

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was ranked ___

in the Forbes 2019 list of 100 most powerful women

in the world.

34th

Who has become South Africa‟s first director of

cricket on interim basis?

Graeme Smith

Who has been appointed as acting chief executive of

Cricket South Africa?

Jacques Faul

Who has been sworn in as President of Argentina?

Alberto Fernandez

Who has become the first Indian batsman to smash

400 sixes in international cricket?

Rohit Sharma

Which environmental activist has been named TIME‟s

2019 Person of the Year?

Greta Thunberg

16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg, who

recently grabbed the attention of the whole world,

hails from which country?

Sweden

Who has been reappointed as the captain of

Afghanistan cricket team across all three formats?

Asghar Afghan

Asghar Afghan is related to which sport? Cricket

Who is set to be appointed as additional director of the

Paytm Financial Services?

Rohit Lohia

In which year, Paytm was founded by Vijay Shekhar

Sharma in Noida?

2010

What is the theme of the 107th edition of Indian

Science Congress (ISC)?

“Science and Technology: Rural Development”

Which edition of the Indian Science Congress (ISC)

will be inaugurate by PM Narendra Modi on January

3?

107th

Who will inaugurate the five day 107th session of the

Indian Science Congress?

Narendra Modi

What is the theme of the 16th Ryan International

Childrens Festival 2019?

„Generation Equal‟ Which Indian shooter has won the top honours at the

FICCI India Sports Awards 2019?

Saurabh Chaudhary

Name the Indian women hockey player, who won the

top honours at the FICCI India Sports Awards 2019?

Rani Rampal




Recently Indian men‟s football team captain Sunil

Chhetri has signed a three-year deal with which global

sports giant?

PUMA

In which year, Sunil Chhetri was conferred with the

Padma Shri?

2019

Gabriel Barbosa is related to which sport?

Football

Who has recently been selected as the brand

ambassador of National Anti-Doping Agency

(NADA)?

Suniel Shetty

Where is the headquarters of National Anti-Doping

Agency (NADA) situated?

New Delhi

Recently Odisha government has announced to set up

45 fast track courts for speedy disposal of which

cases?

Sexual crimes against women and children

Recently the Odisha government has decided to set up

how many fast-track courts to hear cases of sexual

offenses against women and children?

45

In which year, Fast track courts were introduced in

India?

2000

Recently Alberto Fernandez became new President of

which country?

Argentina

What is the theme of BioAsia 2020, the flagship event

of Telangana‟s pharma and biotech industry?

Today For Tomorrow

Who is the current Governor of Telangana?

Tamilisai Soundararajan

Government of Telangana has announced that ___

will be its country partner for the 17th edition of

BioAsia॰

Switzerland

Recently how many medals has India won to top the

13th South Asian Games?

312

This year which edition of the South Asian Games

was held in Nepal?

13th

The fourth edition of International Seminar cum

Exhibition on Naval Weapon Systems „NAVARMS-

19‟ has started in which city?

New Delhi

What is the theme of „NAVARMS-19‟, the only

international seminar and exhibition on Naval

Weapon Systems conducted in India?

Make in India – Fight Category: Opportunities

and Imperatives

The Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) is

jointly presented by Germanwatch and ___.

Climate Action Network

What is India‟s rank in the 2019 Climate Change

Performance Index (CCPI)?

9th

Which Indian chess grandmaster has won the FIDE

Open category of the London Chess Classic?

Praggnanandhaa

Name the Onida‟s Chairman, who has been conferred

with the “Lifetime Achievement award” by CEAMA?

Mr. Gulu Mirchandani

What does CEAMA stands for?

Consumer Electronics and Appliances

Manufacturers Association

FICCI is set to organize 9th Global Sports Summit

named:




TURF 2019

This year which edition of the global sports summit

„Turf‟ will be organized by FICCI?

9th

Which country has recently been banned from global

sports for 4 years over doping by World Anti-Doping

Agency (WADA)?

Russia

Recently, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)

has banned Russia from global sports for how many

years?

4

Name the former Federal Reserve Chairman, who

died recently?

Paul Volcker

Who won the Miss Universe 2019 title?

Zozibini Tunzi

Who has become the first tennis player to win

Canada‟s athlete of the year award?

Bianca Andreescu

Which is the best governed Union Territory

according as per latest Good Governance Index?

Puducherry Who has won the Golden Ball for the best player in

Brazil‟s 2019 Series A championship?

Gabriel Barbosa

What is India‟s rank in the 2019 UN‟s human

development index?

129th

Which country holds the top spot in the 2019 human

development index by United Nations Development

Programme (UNDP)?

Norway

Which city has been selected as the world‟s leading

Sports tourism Destination at the 26th edition of the

World Travel Awards (WTA)?

Abu Dhabi

Who has been elected as the president of News

Broadcasters Federation‟s governing board?

Arnab Goswami

Who is the current vice President of News

Broadcasters Federation?

MV Shreyams Kumar

Recently India‟s Exim Bnk has provided ___line of

credit to Bangladesh for defence-related procurement

in the neighbouring country.

USD 500 million

„Iron Union 12‟ is a joint military exercise between

the ground forces of which two countries?

UAE & US

Who has been elected as new Prime Minister of

Finland?

Sanna Marin

Recently Sanna Marin has become the youngest-ever

Prime Minister of which country?

Finland

Name the chairman of Indian Council of Social

Science Research (ICSSR), who died recently?

Braj Bihari Kumar

Braj Bihari Kumar, who died recently, was the

chairman of which government organisation?

Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)

Recently Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has increased

the peer-to-peer (P2P) platforms lending limit from

Rs. 10 lakhs to ___.

Rs 50 lakh

Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the

governing board of the NSE?

Girish Chandra Chaturvedi

Who is the current MD & CEO of National Stock

Exchange of India Limited?

Vikram Limaye




Zozibini Tunzi, who recently crowned Miss Universe

2019, is from which country?

South Africa

Which edition of the Embassy‟s annual film festival

“Ambassador‟s Choice: Screening of Films” has

started in Riyadh?

8th

What is the title of the 8th edition of the recently

started Embassy‟s annual film festival in Riyadh?

Ambassador‟s Choice: Screening of Films

Rene Auberjonois, who passed away recently, was the

famous?

Actor

Mark Milligan, who recently announced his

retirement, has captained the ___ international soccer

team.

Australian

Mark Milligan is related to which sports?

Soccer

Who recently became the first-ever female coach in

the Big Bash League?

Julia Price

Julia Price is related to which sport?

Cricket

Ranveer Singh won the Best Actor Male (popular)

Star Screen Award 2019 for his performance in which

film?

Gully Boy

Who has bagged the Best Actor Male (Critic‟s choice)

Star Screen Award 2019?

Ayushmann Khurrana

Who won the Best Actress (Popular) title at the Star

Screen Awards 2019?

Alia Bhatt

According to ISRO, PSLV-C48 rocket will launch

which latest spy satellite of India on December 11?

RISAT-2BR1

Which rocket had launched the India‟s latest spy

satellite RISAT-2BR1 on December 11?

PSLV-C48

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved an

emergency loan worth ___ for Pakistan.

$1 billion

The current Repo Rate as recent fixed by the RBI is:

5.15%

Where is the headquarters of Asian Development

Bank located?

Philippines

Who has been appointed as a senior security advisor

in the Union Home Ministry headed by Amit Shah?

K Vijay Kumar

Former J&K Governor‟s advisor K Vijay Kumar has

recently been appointed as Senior Security Advisor in

which ministry of India?

Ministry of Home Affairs

Who has recently stepped down from the post of chief

financial officer of Axis Bank?

Jairam Sridharan

Who is the current chairman of Axis Bank?

Rakesh Makhija

Subhash Vagal, who recently passed away, was the

Bollywood‟s popular ___.

Make-up artist

Who won the Sudan Polo Cup recently?

Indian Army

The Sudan Cup is one of the most prestigious polo

tournaments played between the Indian Army and

___.

British Army

Which Police station in the Andaman and Nicobar

Islands has topped the 2019 list of India‟s Top 10

Police Stations?




Aberdeen

Recently which police station of Gujarat has secured

the second rank among the top 10 police stations in

India?

Balasinor

Which state government has recently distributed the

first Pashu Kisan credit cards in India?

Haryan

The First Pashu Kisan credit cards in India were

distributed to 101 animal farmers in which district of

Haryana?

Bhiwani

Name an actor in the popular American television

series „Friends‟, who passed away recently?

Ron Leibman

Which state government has recently set up 15 Anti-

Depredation Squads of the Forest department to deal

with human-wildlife conflicts in the state?

Assam

Which Indian men‟s doubles pair has been nominated

for „Most Improved Player of the Year‟ award by

Badminton World Federation (BWF)?

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty

Which Indian para-shuttler has been nominated for

„Male Para Badminton Player of the Year‟ award by

BWF?

Pramod Bhagat

Which Kerala nurse was posthumously awarded the

Florence Nightingale Award 2019, who died last year

while treating people suffering from Nipah virus?

Lini PN

Mirabai Chanu is related to which sport?

Weightlifting

Florence Nightingale Awards are given to which

personnel in the field of medicine?

Nurses

Where is the first mega food park of central India

„Avantee‟ located?

Dewas

Name the first mega food park of Central India, which

has been recently inaugurated by Union Food

Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal in Dewas?

Avantee

Recently, which edition of the National Public

Procurement Conclave has been inaugurated by the

Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush

Goyal in New Delhi?

3rd

The third edition of National Public Procurement

Conclave has started in which city?

New Delhi

Who is at the number one position in IMDb‟s Top 10

Stars of Indian Cinema and Television 2019 list?

Priyanka Chopra

Who is on the second spot in IMDb 2019 list of Indian

celebrities?

Disha Patani

Who is stepping down after five years from the post of

CEO of Gates Foundation ?

Sue Desmond-Hellmann

Who will be the new CEO of the Bill & Melinda

Gates Foundation from February 2020?

Mark Suzman

Who has been appointed as the new CEO of Football

Federation Australia (FFA)?

James Johnson

Name the first Dronacharya Awardee in Table Tennis,

who died recently?

Bhawani Mukherji

Bhavani Mukherjee, who died recently, was the first

Dronacharya Awardee in which sport?

Table tennis




Recently RBI has announced that it will introduce a

new type of prepaid payment instrument (PPI) which

can be used for transactions up to how many rupees?

10,000 rupees

The new rotavirus vaccine ROTAVAC-5D has been

designed and developed by which company?

Bharat Biotech

Recently Vice President of India has launched the new

Rotavirus vaccine ___ designed and developed by

Bharat Biotech.

ROTAVAC-5D

Bob Willis, who died recently, was the former captain

of which national cricket team?

England

„HAND-IN-HAND‟ 2019 is a joint military exercise

between which two countries?

India-China

This year in Meghalaya, India and China will carry

out a major military exercise called?

„Hand-in-Hand‟

What is the theme of 8th India-China joint training

exercise „HAND-IN-HAND 2019‟?

Counter terrorism under United Nations mandate

Which state goverment has launched a smart learning

phone application “Madhu” app for school children?

Odisha

Recently Odisha government has launched which

smart learning app for school children in the state?

“Madhu” app

Recently the “Madhu” app has been launched for

which group of people in Odisha?

School Students

Which Hollywood star has been named PETA‟s 2019

Person of the Year?

Joaquin Phoenix

According to the Global Climate Risk Index 2020,

What is India‟s rank among the climate-affected

countries in 2018?

5th

According to the Global Climate Risk Index 2020,

which is the most climate affected country in 2018?

Japan

Recently India has gifted a ”Made in India” patrol

vessel to the Maldives named:

“KAAMIYAAB”

Recently India has gifted a ”Made in India” patrol

vessel named “KAAMIYAAB” to which country?

Maldives

Who has been conferred with the Lifetime

Achievement award for Public Service at the

Economic Times Award 2019?

Arun Jaitley

Which railway station got India‟s first „Eat Right

Station‟ certification from FSSAI?

Mumbai Central Railway Station

The Mumbai Central Station has recently been given

which certificate by the Food Safety and Standards

Authority of India (FSSAI)?

Eat Right Station

Who has become the CEO of Alphabet, the parent

company of Google?

Sundar Pichai

Who has officially stepped down as CEO of

Alphabet?

Larry Page

Recently Asian Development Bank and India have

signed a 206 million dollar loan agreement to

strengthen urban services in 5 cities of which Indian

state?

Tamil Nadu

Recently, Asian Development Bank and India have

signed a ___ loan agreement to strengthen urban

services in 5 cities of Tamil Nadu.




206 million dollar

The „Bharatiya Poshan Anthem‟ has been penned by

which noted lyricist?

Prasoon Joshi

In which year, Poshan Abhiyan was launched by

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with an objective to

make India malnutrition free by 2022?

2018

Recently Uttar Pradesh government has announced to

provide what percentage subsidy for setting up

defense industry in the state?

25%

Which state government has decided to provide 25

percent subsidy & full stamp duty waiver for defence

industry?

Uttar Pradesh

Name the South Korean pop star and actor, who died

recently at the age of 27?

Cha In-ha

Who has been named Series A Footballer of the Year

2019?

Cristiano Ronaldo

Series-A Player of the Year Award is given for the

best performance in which sport?

Football

Who is the newly elected president of Asian

Development Bank (ADB)?

Masatsugu Asakawa

On January 17, 2020, Matsugu Asakawa will assume

office as the ___ President of Asian Development

Bank (ADB).

10th

Who recently won Abu Dhabi Grand Prix?

Lewis Hamilton

Recently which phase of the regional connectivity

scheme „Udaan‟ has been launched by the

government?

4th

What does „UDAN‟ stands for?

Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik

Which national cricket team has been awarded the

MCC‟s Christopher Martin-Jenkins (CMJ) Spirit of

Cricket Award 2019?

New Zealand

Name the Singer Rihanna‟s fashion house, which won

the Urban Luxe Award at the 2019 British Fashion

Awards?

Fenty

Who won Designer of the Year award at the 2019

British Fashion Awards?

Daniel Lee

Who recently won the men‟s Ballon d‟Or award for a

record sixth time?

Lionel Messi

Who became new President of European

Commission?

Ursula von der Leyen

Who won 2019 women‟s Ballon d‟Or award?

Megan Rapinoe

Indo-Sri Lankan joint Military & Army Exercise

„Mitra Shakti 2019‟ has recently started in which city?

Pune

Name the first Arab nation to take over the G20

presidency?

Saudi Arabia

Recently from which country Saudi Arabia has taken

over the G20 Presidency?

Japan

Who has been appointed as the new Controller

General of Accounts (CGA)?

Soma Roy Burman

Which edition of joint military & Army Exercise

Mitra Shakti 2019 has recently begun in Pune?

7th

Mitra Shakti 2019 is the joint military & Army

Exercise between India and which country?

Sri Lanka




Shelley Morrison, who died recently, was the famous

actress of which country?

America

Which country has become the first to make the entire

process for pilgrims going on Haj completely digital?

India

Name the mobile app, which has been developed for

the health facility of pilgrims going to Haj?

E-MASIHA

Who is the first woman to hold the EU‟s top job as

President of the European Commission, which has

officially begun its new five-year term recently?

Ursula von der Leyen

What E-MASIHA stands for?

E-Medical Assistance System for Indian Pilgrims

Abroad

Which edition of the annual Hornbill Festival has

started in Nagaland?

20th

Hornbill Festival is a celebration held every year in

___.

Nagaland

Hornbill Festival, which is celebrated every year in

Nagaland, is also known as__

Festival of Festivals

Who recently won gold in women‟s 55kg category at

the Senior Wrestling National Championships in

Jalandhar?

Vinesh Phogat

Recently how many spike antitank guided missile

(ATGM) has been successfully tested by Indian Army

in Mhow, Madhya Pradesh?

2nd

Who won gold in women‟s 62kg category at the

Senior Wrestling National Championships?

Sakshi Malik

Who has been chosen for the 55th Jnanpith Award?

Akkitham

Akkitham, who recently won 55th Jnanpith award, is

the eminent poet of which regional language?

Malayalam

Who has been named sportswoman of the year at the

Sports Journalists‟ Association (SJA) British Sports

Awards?

Dina Asher-Smith

Which cricketer has been named sportsman of the

year at SJA British Sports awards?

Ben Stokes

Dina Asher-Smith is related to which sport?

Sprint

Who recently won the Sports Journalists‟ Association

(SJA) President‟s Award?

John Blackie

Name the renowned US rock climber, who recently

died in Mexico fall?

Brad Gobright

Tukaram Dighole, who died recently, was the famous

personality in which field?

Politics

Which city will host the 3rd Military Literature

Festival (MLF)?

Chandigarh

Who will inaugurate the 3rd Military Literature

Festival (MLF) in Chandigarh?

Rajnath Singh

Which edition of Military Literature Festival (MLF)

will be held in Chandigarh on December 13?

3rd

Which UK organisation has been appointed as advisor

for the strategic sale of Bharat Petroleum Corporation

Ltd (BPCL)?

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd

Where is the Headquarters of Bharat Petroleum

Corporation Ltd (BPCL) located?

Mumbai, Maharashtra

Where is the Headquarters of Deloitte Touche

Tohmatsu Limited situated?

New York, United States

Recently with which state government, the Toshiba

Group has signed a deal for making lithium-ion

batteries?

Kerala

The Toshiba Group has signed a deal with the Kerala

government for manufacturing___

lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries

Paramananda Sahu, who died recently, was the

prominent theatre artist of ___

Odisha

Who recently took oath as Chief Minister of

Maharashtra?

Uddhav Thackeray

Who is the present governor of Maharashtra?

Bhagat Singh Koshyari

Who won gold in the women‟s individual recurve

event of the 21st Asian archery Championships in

Bangkok?

Deepika Kumari

Ankita Bhagat is related to which sport?

Archery

Which University of New Zealand has recently signed

an agreement with the National Institute of Fashion




Technology (NIFT) to collaborate in the field of

„Sustainable Fashion‟?

Massey University

Recently New Zealand‟s Massey University signed an

agreement with which Indian Institute to collaborate

in the area of „sustainable fashion‟?

National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT)

Which French-Swiss film won the Golden Peacock

Award at the 50th International Film Festival of India

(IFFI)?

Particles

Who is the director of the film „Particles‟, which won

the Golden Peacock Award at 50th International Film

Festival of India (IFFI)?

Blaise Harrison

Who won IFFI 2019 „Best Director Award‟?

Lijo Jose Pellissery

Who won Best Actor (Male) Award at 2019

International Film Festival of India (IFFI)?

Seu Jorge

Recently Usha Jadhav has won the IFFI 2019 Best

Actress award for which regional cinema film titled

„My Bhatt: Crime Number 103/2005‟?

Marathi

Yasuhiro Nakasone, who recently passed away, was

the former Prime Minister of which country?

Japan

Name the one of Japan‟s longest-reigning Prime

Minister, who died recently?

Yasuhiro Nakasone

In which city of Madhya Pradesh, the Indian Army

has successfully tested the two Spike long-range anti-

tank missiles recently?

Mhow

Martin Armiger, who died recently, was the famous

music composer of which country?

Australi

The 1st International Conference on “Landslides Risk

Reduction and Resilience” has recently begun in

which city?

New Delhi

Who has inaugurated the 1st International Conference

on “Landslides Risk Reduction and Resilience” in

New Delhi?

G Kishan Reddy

The 47th All India Police Science Congress (AIPSC)

has recently begun in which city?

Lucknow

Who has inaugurated the ongoing 47th All India

Police Science Congress (AIPSC) in Lucknow?

Kiran Bedi

Balasingh, who passed away recently, was the

renowned actor of which regional cinema?

Tamil

Archer Abhishek Verma along with ___ claimed top

honours in the compound mixed pair event to fetch

India‟s lone gold at the 21st Asian Archery

Championship.

Jyothi Surekha Vennam

What does PSLV stands for?

Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle

Recently the Lok Sabha has passed a bill for the

merger of which two union territories of India?

Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli

Which Indian aerospace engineer has been awarded

honorary fellowship 2019 by Royal Aeronautical

Society of UK?

G Satheesh Reddy

Who became the first Indian recipient of an honorary

fellowship by the Royal Aeronautical Society of UK

in over 100 years?

G Satheesh Reddy

Name the ISRO‟s first indigenously designed

processor, which recently guided the PSLV-C47

rocket?

Vikram

Clive James, who died recently, was the famous

broadcaster and writer of which country?

Australia

Which university has become Madhya Pradesh‟s first

varsity to be accorded A-plus grade by the National

Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC)?

Devi Ahilya University

Devi Ahilya University, which recently got A-plus

grade from NAAC, is located in which city of Madhya

Pradesh?

Indore

Who has been appointed the new chief executive of

the World Squash Federation (WSF)?

William Louis-Marie

William Louis-Marie, who recently became CEO of

World Squash Federation, was the former executive

director of which sport organization?

International Boxing Association (AIBA)

Abhishek Verma and Jyothi Surekha Vennam is

related to which sports?

Archery

Recently RBI has imposed a penalty of Rs. 40000 on

which co-operative bank for non-submission of

returns under Section 27 (2) of the Banking

Regulation Act, 1949?

Krishna Pattana Sahakar Bank Niyamitha




Recently under which section of the Banking

Regulation Act 1949, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

has fined three cooperative banks including Nesargi

Urban Cooperative Bank Limited for non-submission

of returns?

Section 27 (2)

Name the Earth imaging satellite of India, which

ISRO has successfully launched with 13 nano

satellites of US?

Cartosat-3

ISRO has successfully launched India‟s Earth imaging

satellite „Cartosat-3‟ along with 13 nano-satellites of

which country?

US

Sudhir Dhar, who recently passed away, was the

famous___

Cartoonist

Who has been appointed as chairman and managing

director (CMD) of Hindustan Copper Ltd?

Arun Kumar Shukla

Where is the headquarters of Hindustan Copper Ltd

situated?

Kolkata, India

Who is the youngest artiste ever to be named

Billboard‟s Woman of the Year?

Billie Eilish

Which pop star will be honored with the „Woman of

the Decade‟ award at 2019 Billboard‟s event?

Taylor Swift

Which Indian archer has clinched a bronze in the

men‟s recurve individual event of the Asian Archery

Championships 2019?

Atanu Das

Recently with whom, Atanu Das won a bronze in the

recurve mixed team event at Asian Archery

Championships?

Deepika Kumari

Who has recently been presented with the „Quality

Ratna‟ award by the CII Institute of Quality?

Suresh Krishna

Which country will host the military drill „Milan

2020‟ in March?

India

How many countries have been invited for the

military drill „Milan 2020‟ in India?

41

Sushil Kumar, who recently passed away, was the

Indian Navy Chief from ___

1998-2001

The book titled “A Prime Minister to Remember –

Memories of a Military Chief” written by former

Naval Chief Sushil Kumar is based on which former

Prime Minister?

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Who will be honoured with the 27th Ekalabya Award

for 2019?

Jhilli Dalabehera

Jhilli Dalabehera, who recently won 27th Ekalabya

Award, is associated with which sports?

Weightlifting

Recently Emirates has signed a codeshare and

interline agreement with which Indian airline to give

travellers to and from India seamless access to a wider

and a stronger route network?

SpiceJet

Recently Spicejet has signed its first-ever codeshare

agreement with___

Emirates

Recently, which grading system has been initiated by

PM Narendra Modi in schools across the country?

Fit India School grading system

Who has recently launched the Fit India School

grading system in schools across the country?

Narendra Modi

Which ministry has recently launched the Credit-

linked Subsidy Services Awas Portal (CLAP)?

Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

What is the expanded form of CLAP, which was

recently launched by Ministry of Housing and Urban

Affairs in New Delhi?

Credit-linked Subsidy Services Awas Portal

Who recently won Romania‟s presidential election?

Klaus Iohannis

What is the capital of Romania?

Bucharest

Nimish Pilankar, who passed away recently, was the

renowned sound editor of which regional cinema?

Hindi

Who won gold in men‟s category at the 63rd National

Shotgun Shooting Championship in New Delhi?

Sangram Dahiya

Who won gold women‟s category at the 63rd National

Shotgun Shooting Championship?

Varsha Varman

Name the Kerala cadre IAS officer, who is set to join

the United Nations World Tourism Organisation

(UNWTO)?

Suman Billa

Where is the headquarters of United Nations World

Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) located?

Madrid, Spain




Safari Park has recently inaugurated in which district

of Uttar Pradesh?

Etawah

Which Automobile company has signed a two-year

MoU with ICICI Bank for vehicle financing?

Ashok Leyland Ltd.

Recently with which bank, Commercial vehicle

manufacturer Ashok Leyland has entered into a two-

year MoU for vehicle financing?

ICICI Bank

Name the first Indian and only tennis player to

compete at seven Olympic Games, who recently

announced his retirement?

Leander Paes

Who have been named the world athletes of the year

in track and field category?

Eliud Kipchoge and Dalilah Muhammad

Recently with whom, All India Institute of Ayurveda

(AIIA) has inked a MoU to promote research and

developing guidelines for integrating Ayurveda

principles with modern medicine?

Western Sydney University, Australia

Which Indian shuttler has won the Scottish Open

men‟s single title 2019?

Lakshya Sen

Lakshya Sen is related to which sport?

Badminton

Who has won the Davis Cup title 2019?

Rafael Nadal

Recently world number one Rafael Nadal has clinched

___ Davis Cup title for Spain.

6th

Which Indian actor has been conferred with Lesley

Ho Asian Film Talent Award at Singapore

International Film Festival recently?

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Recently Nawazuddin Siddiqui received Lesley Ho

Asian Film Talent Award at the Singapore

International Film Festival for his performance in ___

Sacred Games

Which finance company has announced that it will

acquire IDBI Asset Management Limited and IDBI

MF Trustee Company for Rs 215 crore?

Muthoot Finance Ltd (MFIN)

Recently Muthoot Finance Ltd (MFIN) has announced

to buy IDBI Asset Management Limited and IDBI MF

Trustee Company for ___.

Rs 215 crore

Kshiti Goswami, who recently passed away, was the

famous___.

Politician

Which company has topped the list of 30 major willful

defaulters released by RBI recently?

Geetanjali Gems

Name the chairman of „Geetanjali Gems‟ which has

topped the 30 willful defaulters list released by RBI?

Mehul Choksi

Which state government has decided to launch a

three-day intensive campaign to eradicate Filaria?

Uttar Pradesh

Recently Uttar Pradesh government has decided to

launch a three-day intensive campaign in 47 districts

to eradicate ___.

Filaria

Who has been appointed as the new chief secretary

of Assam?

Kumar Sanjay Krishna

Which Indian Player has been included in the list of

five cricketers of the decade announced by Wisden?

Virat Kohli

Lets Recap

1. Which state has topped the first ever India

Innovation Index launched by NITI Aayog

recently? Karnataka

2. As per India Innovation Index 2019, which state

took the top spot among the north- eastern & hill

states? Sikkim

3. Which movie won the best film from India

Award at the Asian Academy Creative Awards?

Gully Boy

4. „India, Japan joint Air Force exercise „Shinyuu

Maitri 2019‟ has started in which state of India?

West Bengal

5. Who has been appointed as the vice chairman of

World Steel Association (worldsteel)? Sajjan

Jindal

6. Who is the newly appointed chairman of World

Steel Association (worldsteel)? Yu Yong

7. Who won his sixth European Golden Boot as the

top scorer in the European leagues? Lionel

Messi

8. Which state has become the first to bring private

schools and colleges under the ambit of

Maternity Benefit Act? Kerala

9. Recently the Finance and Planning departments

of which state govt. has signed a tripartite MoU

with CEGIS for “improving socio-economic

outcomes and quality of public expenditure” in

the State? Telangana




10. Recently, Telangana govt has signed a MoU

with CEGIS. what does CEGIS stands for?

Centre for Effective Governance of Indian

States

11. Who has inaugurated the 20th All India

Conference of Directors of Fingerprint Bureaus,

being organised by NCRB? G. Kishan Reddy

12. What is the expanded form of „NAFIS‟, a

network based pan India system for recording

and sharing of fingerprints of criminals in

various crimes? National Automated

Fingerprint Identification System

13. Recently, The Minister of State for Home has

inaugurated the 20th All India Conference of

Directors of Fingerprint Bureaus, being

organised by NCRB. what does NCRB stands

for? National Crime Records Bureau

14. Who took charge as Member (Materials

Management), Railway Board & ex-officio

Secretary to Govt. of India? P. C. Sharma

15. Who has inaugurated the 41st DRDO Directors‟

Conference in New delhi? Shri Rajnath Singh

16. Who has been appointed as the new Law

Secretary (Secretary, Legal Affairs) in the Union

Law Ministry? Anoop Kumar Mendiratta

17. Who has been recently appointed as the Chief

Product & Technology Officer of Flipkart?

Jeyandran Venugopal

18. Recently which new scheme has been introduced

by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India

(FSSAI) to engage motivated individuals with

the food safety ecosystem at ground level? Food

Safety Mitra (FSM)

19. How many UAE players have been suspended

by the ICC recently on corruption charges? 3

20. Who has been concurrently accredited as the

next Ambassador of India to Georgia? Kishan

Dan Dewal

21. Who is the newly appointed Controller General

of Accounts, Ministry of Finance, and

Department of Expenditure? J.P.S. Chawla

22. What is the rank of India in this year‟s Global

Hunger Index (GHI)? 102

23. As per this year‟s Global Hunger Index (GHI),

which country has the severest problem of

hunger ranked at 117? Central African

Republic

24. India‟s Flora Fountain, which has been recently

chosen for the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards

for Cultural Heritage, is located in which city?

Mumbai

25. This year, how many sites from India have been

chosen for the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards

for Cultural Heritage Conservation? Four

26. Sophia Kokosalaki, who recently passed away,

was a famous? Designer

27. Which Bollywood actor has been honoured at

Joy Forum 2019 Riyadh for his contribution to

the world‟s film industry? Shah Rukh Khan

28. Recently, the Joy Entertainment Industry Forum

(Joy Forum 2019) was organized by: Saudi

Arabian General Entertainment Authority

(GEA)

29. Who has been conferred with the Madhya

Pradesh government‟s National Kishore Kumar

Samman for 2018-19? Priyadarshan

30. Priyadarshan, who has recieved National

Kishore Kumar Samman for 2018-19, is a

famous? Director and Producer

31. Who has been selected for the National Kishore

Kumar Samman for 2017-18? Waheeda

Rehman

32. Which team won the 2019 SAFF U−15

Women‟s Championship? India

33. SAFF U−15 Women‟s Championship is

associated to which sports? Football

34. Which country won the inaugural edition of the

SAFF U-15 Women‟s Championship in 2017?

Bangladesh

35. Who has won Tunisia‟s presidential election

with 72.71 present of votes? Kais Saied

36. Which two female authors won the Booker Prize

for Fiction 2019 in London? Margaret

Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo

37. Who recently became the second female author

to win the Booker Prize twice? Margaret

Atwood

38. Booker Prize 2019 was given for which two

books? „The Testaments‟ & „Girl, Woman,

Other‟

39. Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a

key deal with which country during a key visit

for an OPEC+ grouping aimed at stabilizing

global oil prices? Saudi Arabia

40. Earlier this year, which airline became the third

domestic carrier to complete Taxibot trials? Air

India

41. How much penalty has been imposed on

Lakshmi Vilas Bank for non-compliance with




certain provisions of directions issued by RBI on

„Income Recognition and Asset Classification

(IRAC) norms? 1 crore

42. The Reserve Bank has imposed a monetary

penalty of ___ on Syndicate Bank for violating

asset classification and fraud detection norms.

Rs 75 lakh

43. Which Indian shuttler has won the men‟s singles

title at Bahrain International Series? Priyanshu

Rajawat

44. Which Indian badminton player has won the

silver in women‟s singles at 2019 Bahrain

International Series? Ira Sharma

45. Which department of Ministry of Commerce and

Industry has launched the mobile application

L2Pro India on Intellectual Property Rights

(IPRs)?

Secretary Department for Promotion of

Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)

46. Which two countries have been readmitted as

ICC Members following the conclusion of the

ICC Board meetings in Dubai? Zimbabwe and

Nepal

47. The first edition of U-19 Women‟s T20 World

Cup will be played in which country in 2021?

Bangladesh

48. Recently, ICC has decided to increase the prize

money for ICC women‟s events by: USD 2.6

million

49. As per RBI, what is the new withdrawal limit for

the customers of scam- hit Punjab and

Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank? 40,000

50. What was the initial withdrawal limit set by RBI

on the harried customers of PMC bank, which

was subsequently raised to 10,000 and Rs.

25,000 after protests? Rs. 1,000

51. Recently which bank re-entered in the list of

India‟s top-10 most valued domestic firms by

their market valuation? State Bank of India

(SBI)

52. Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways

and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises will

inaugurate a conference on One Nation One

FASTag in which city? New Delhi

53. Name the three economists, who have been

awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic

Sciences for their experimental approach to

alleviating global poverty? Abhijit Banerjee,

Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer

54. This year, the Nobel prize in economics has been

awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and

Michael Kremer for their experimental approach

to alleviating ___. Global Poverty

55. Recently with which nation, India has signed six

agreements including 30 mn dollar line of credit

for rice cultivation? Sierra Leone

56. Under which programme, the 10th edition of

„Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav‟ will take place in

Madhya Pradesh from 14th to 21st October

2019?

Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat

57. The 10th edition of „Rashtriya Sanskriti

Mahotsav‟ under the Ministry of Culture to be

inaugurated in which city? Jabalpur

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

category in the 2019 World Youth Chess

Championship? R Praggnanandhaa

59. Which city is the venue of 2019 World Youth

Chess Championship? Mumbai

60. Which country will host the men‟s World

Boxing Championship in 2021? India

61. In which category, Manju Rani bagged the silver

in World 2019 Women‟s Boxing

Championships? Light flyweight (48kg)

62. Which Indian shuttler has won the first BWF

World Tour Super 100 title of his career by

winning the 2019 Dutch Open? Lakshya Sen

63. Who won Women‟s Singles title at 2019 Dutch

Open? Wang Zhiyi

64. Recently ____ and China inked 18 agreements

and two letters of understanding of exchange

following the conclusion of the state visit of

President Xi Jinping to the nation. Nepal

65. In which weight class, legendary boxer MC

Mary Kom has won bronze in World Women‟s

Boxing Championships? flyweight(51-kg)

66. „DHARMA GUARDIAN-2019‟ is a joint

military exercise between which two countries?

India & Japan

67. Name the first human to walk in space 54 years

ago, who passed away recently? Alexei Leonov

68. Which institute has bagged the first prize under

the Kayakalp Awards Scheme for maintaining

cleanliness within the institute premises and

showing dedication towards the mission of the

„Swachh Bharat Abhiyan‟? All India Institute

of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)

69. Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs has

launched the mobile app ___ to encourage




Public engagement in planting trees and other

such Green drives. MHariyali

70. Recently with which country, India has signed 6

MoUs in the fields of health and medicine, arts

and culture, defence, exemption of Visas, e-

VBAB & in the field of Protocol for

consultations between two countries? Comoros

71. Which Indian personality has been recently

conferred with the „Order of the Green

Crescent‟, the highest civilian honour of the

Union of Comoros? Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu

72. What is the expanded form of ICON, a satellite

to explore the mysterious, dynamic region where

air meets space? Ionospheric Connection

Explorer

73. Which space agency has launched a satellite

called ICON to explore the mysterious, dynamic

region where air meets space? NASA

74. Who has won the Nobel Peace Prize for 2019?

Abiy Ahmed Ali

75. Abiy Ahmed Ali, who has been honoured with

2019 Nobel Peace Prize, is a current Prime

Minister of which country? Ethiopia

76. Recently the Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed Ali has

been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2019 for his

initiative to resolve the border conflict with

which neighbouring country? Eritrea

77. Which ministry has launched a mobile

application „Sahyatri‟ that will help the railway

police in addressing complaints of passengers

from across India? Ministry of Home Affairs

78. Which country has allowed women to serve in

the armed forces as it embarks on a broad

programme of economic and social reforms?

Saudi Arabia

79. Recently the first National Hindi Science writers

conference has been held in which city?

Lucknow

80. Padma Shri awardee Kadri Gopalnath, who

recently passed away, was famous for playing

which musical instrument? Saxophone

81. Recently the first satellite service spacecraft

„MEV-1‟ was launched via which rocket?

Proton

82. Name the first satellite service spacecraft, which

has been recently launched by aerospace

company Northrop Grumman? Mission

Extension Vehicle-1 (MEV-1)

83. Recently, Government e-Marketplace (GeM) has

signed a MoU with which bank to facilitate a

cashless, paperless and transparent payment

system? Union Bank of India

84. What is the expanded form of GeM, one stop

platform facilitating online procurement of

common use goods and services required by

various government departments, organisations,

Public Sector Units? Government e-

Marketplace

85. The Reserve Bank of India has approved merger

of which state‟s district cooperative banks with

its State Co-operative Bank, paving the way for

the state government to set up its own bank?

Kerala

86. Who has been appointed as a Chief Operating

Officer (COO) of Yes Bank? Anita Pai

87. Recently Jasneet Bachal has been appointed as

Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of ___ bank.

Yes bank

88. Which UN organisation will be the first to

accept and disburse donations in crypto

currencies? UNICEF

89. The UN children‟s agency, UNICEF, has now

started accepting and disbursing donations

through which two crypto currencies? ether

and bitcoin

90. Which American actor-filmmaker will be

honoured with the Artistic Excellence Award at

the 2019 Morelia Film Fest? Robert Redford

91. Robert Redford, who is in news recently, is

related to which field? Film

92. Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature for

2019?

Peter Handke

93. Who won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature?

Olga Tokarczuk

94. Who has become the oldest person to ever win a

Nobel Prize at the age of 97? John B

Goodenough

95. Name the three scientists, who have been jointly

awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry?

John B Goodenough, M Stanley Whittingham

and Akira Yoshino

96. Recently, which astronaut has been awarded

with one of Russia‟s highest honours „the Order

of Courage‟? Nick Hague

97. Which nation has decorated NASA astronaut

Nick Hague, who survived an aborted space

launch last year, with one of its highest honours,

the Order of Courage? Russia




98. Recently, The government has increased the

dearness allowance (DA) for central govt

employees from 12% to ___. 17%

99. The government has announced a hike of

______in the dearness allowance paid to central

government employees. 5 percentage

100. Name the Sprinter, who won two gold medals at

the 2017 Asian Championships, has been banned

for four years for doping? Nirmala Sheoran

101. The Central Sector Scheme, namely, the Pradhan

Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN)

provides income support to land-holding

farmers‟ families, subject to certain exclusions,

by way of payment of ___ per year. Rs.6000

102. Union HRD Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal

„Nishank‟ to launch a unique Pradhan Mantri

Innovative Learning Programme from ISRO

called: „DHRUV‟

103. What is the name of a newly discovered

antibiotic, which is produced by a soil bacterium

found deep in the tropical forests of Mexico?

Phazolicin

104. Which Mexican actress has been named as a

UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Indigenous

Peoples? Yalitza Aparicio

105. Who won men‟s singles title at 2019 China

Open (tennis)? Dominic Thiem

106. Name a Gujarati film, which has been chosen as

the opening feature film of the Indian Panorama,

2019? Hellaro

107. Who has won Tunisia‟s presidential election

with 72.71 present of votes? Kais Saied

108. Salwa Eid Naser, who became the first woman

athlete from Asia to win 400m gold, is from

which country? Bahrain

109. Where did the 5th World Parliament of Science,

Religion and Philosophy will be held? Pune

110. India has started joint military training Exercise

“Nomadic Elephant-XIV” with which of the

following countries? Mongolia

111. Who recently won the Women‟s Player of the

summer at the Professional Cricketers‟

Association awards? Sophie Ecclestone

112. Which Indian actress won her first International

award at the 2019 Busan International Film

Festival in South Korea? Bhumi Pednekar

113. Who recently won his first Japan Open title?

Novak Djokovic

114. Recently, the Reserve Bank of India has raised

the lending cap for microfinance institutions to

___ against the earlier limit of 1 lakh, to improve

credit availability in rural and semi-urban areas.

1.25 lakh

115. For the first time, scientists have directly

observed something called ___ a vast network of

hydrogen channels believed to connect all the

galaxies in the universe. Cosmic web

116. Who has bagged the Professional Cricketers‟

Association Players‟ Player of the Year award

after his splendid show in the ICC Cricket World

Cup 2019? Ben Stokes

117. Who became the only Indian actress to feature in

the 2019 Business of Fashion list better known

as BoF 500? Deepika Padukone

118. Apart from Deepika Padukone, name the another

Indian fashion icon who made to the 2019

Business of Fashion list? Sanjeev Bahl

119. Which Indian woman chess player has moved to

the third spot in the latest rankings released by

the International Chess Federation (FIDE)?

Koneru Humpy

120. Padma Shri Awardee HL Trivedi, who recently

passed away, was a famous? Nephrologist

121. In which year, Noted Nephrologist Dr

Hargovind Laxmishanker Trivedi was awarded

Padma Shri, who recently passed away? 2015

122. Who has been appointed as the new Managing

Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of

Oil India Limited? Sushil Chandra

123. Recently, North Korea has successfully test-fired

a new submarine-launched ballistic missile

(SLBM), called: Pukguksong-3

124. Recently UP CM Yogi Adityanath has flagged

off India‟s first private train Tejas Express,

which will ply between___. Lucknow-Delhi

125. As per the Fourth Bi-monthly Monetary Policy

Statement, 2019-20 by RBI, What is the new

Repo Rate? 5.15%

126. Which bank has signed a Memorandum of

Understanding (MoU) with Indian Army, under

which the bank will offer customised services,

along with a host of facilities to account holders?

Bank of Baroda (BoB)

127. Recently Home Minister Amit Shah has flagged

off the Vande Bharat Express, which will ply

between___. Delhi and Katra

128. Who has been appointed as the chief executive

officer of MyGov India, the government‟s

citizen-centric online platform? Abhishek Singh




129. Name the India‟s oldest chimpanzee, who died

recently? Rita

130. Which Cricket legend has been conferred with

the „Most Effective Swachhata Ambassador‟

award by President Ram Nath Kovind? Sachin

Tendulkar

131. Name the senior group president and former

chief financial officer of Yes Bank, who has

resigned from his post recently? Rajat Monga

132. Jessye Norman, who died recently, she was a

famous? Opera singer

133. Who has been appointed as administrator for

Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative Bank

Limited (PMC)? Jai Bhagwan Bhoria

134. Which former India skipper has resigned from

his post as the head of the three-member ad-hoc

Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC)? Kapil

Dev

135. Which nation has passed a law allowing women

to pass their citizenship to their children? Iran

136. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has released a

commemorative Rs. ___ coin on Mahatma

Gandhi‟s birth anniversary in Gujarat. Rs 150

137. Name a woman, who recently won 1 crore on

Kaun Banega Crorepati, has been appointed as

Amravati district‟s ambassador for the Election

Commission‟s SVEEP programme? Babita

Tade

138. Who has set the world record for the highest-

ever T20I score by a woman recently? Alyssa

Healy

139. Where did the World Athletics Championships

2019 held? Doha, Qatar

140. Under which Act, Rajasthan govt. has banned

storage, distribution and sale of paan masala

containing magnesium carbonate, nicotine,

tobacco and mineral oil, and flavoured supari in

the state? Food Safety Act

141. Which state has become the third after

Maharashtra and Bihar to announce a ban on

categories of paan masala? Rajasthan

142. Which Indian railway stations were the top three

among 109 suburban stations in the recent

railways cleanliness survey? Andheri, Virar

and Naigaon

143. Which railway stations were ranked top three

stations out of 720 in the railways‟ cleanliness

survey unveiled by Railway Minister Piyush

Goyal recently? Jaipur, Jodhpur and

Durgapura

144. Who has been appointed as Punjab National

Bank‟s CEO and MD for up to September 18,

2021? SS Mallikarjuna Rao

145. Which three banks will be merged into a sole

entity to form the second-largest public sector

bank of India? United Bank, PNB & OBC

146. Which space agency has launched a new planet-

hunting telescope using a giant balloon, about

the size of an entire football field? NASA

147. What is the name of a NASA‟s new telescope to

observe planets similar to Earth, using a giant,

football field-sized helium balloon? PICTURE-

C

148. NASA‟s telescope “PICTURE-C”, which is in

news recently, is designed and built by:

University of Massachusetts Lowell

149. Recently the BCCI has started a 24×7 helpline

for cricketers in an effort to strengthen its stand

on zero-tolerance for ___ in cricket. Age fraud

150. Who has been appointed as the Executive

Director for India at the International Monetary

Fund (IMF)? Surjit Bhalla

151. Who is the current Managing Director of

International Monetary Fund (IMF)? Kristalina

Georgieva

152. After the launch of IPO what will be the new

Stake holding of Indian Railways in IRCTC

brand? 87.4%

153. Who clinched gold in the 100m women‟s World

Championship 2019? Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

154. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce who won gold in 100m

World C‟ship 2019 hails from which country?

Jamaica

155. What is the name of the Sony Interactive

Entertainment‟s Chairman who has resigned

from his post recently? Shawn Layden

156. Recently which Indian tennis player won the

Buenos Aires Challenger title 2019? Sumit

Nagal

157. Who took charge as the 26th Chief of the Indian

Air Force? Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria

158. In the recently conducted elections in

Afghanistan, who became the new President of

Afghanistan? Ashraf Ghani

159. What is the official language of Afghanistan?

Pashto, Dari

160. According to reports, who is reportedly working

on a partnership with ICICI Bank to offer

Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions to

users? PhonePe




161. Recently who became fastest Pakistani player to

score 1000 runs in a calendar year? Babar

Azam

162. Kerala CM _ has launched a capacity

development programme „WING – Women Rise

Together‟ for women-led startups. Pinarayi

Vijayan

163. What is the name of the programme launched by

Kerala Govt which aims to support aspiring and

established female entrepreneurs by giving them

access to incubation, workshops and investors?

WING – Women Rise Together

164. Which country is planning to invest $100 billion

in India in areas including infrastructure,

agriculture and petrochemicals? Saudi Arabia

165. According to a report by Internet & Mobile

Association of India, which country has the

highest number of active monthly internet users?

China

166. What is India‟s rank in the list of nations with

highest number of active monthly internet users?

2nd

167. This year which edition of GQ Men of the Year

Awards took place? 11th

168. Who has won the Actor of the Year award at the

11th edition of GQ Men of the Year Awards?

Ayushmann Khurrana

169. Who became the oldest person to win a medal in

World Athletics Championships history? Joao

Vieira

170. Recently who has laid the foundation stone of

the Bhopal metro rail project? Kamal Nath

171. Joao Vieira who became the oldest person to win

a medal in World Athletics Championships hails

from which country? Portugal

172. Where did the World Athletics Championships

2019 held? Doha, Qatar

173. Who has won gold in 100m race at the World

Athletics Championships 2019? Christian

Coleman

174. What is the name of the veteran actor who is

known for his roles as Kalia in Sholay? Viju

Khote

175. How much interime dividend will Government

seek from RBI towards the end of the financial

year? Rs. 30000 crore

176. By March 2019, RBI has transferred __ to the

government as interim dividend. Rs. 28000

crore

177. What is the name of the pharma company who is

planning to invest $1 Billion in India on capex?

Mylan

178. Who has won the Russian Grand Prix 2019?

Lewis Hamilton

179. Lewis Hamilton belongs to which Team?

Mercedes

180. Name the former French president who passed

away recently? Jacques Chirac

181. What is the venue of the 4th edition of KAZIND

exercise between India & Kazakhstan?

Pithoragarh, India

182. In the Vogue Beauty Awards 2019, who has won

the “Man of the Year” award? Vicky Kaushal

183. Who has been awarded with the “Beauty

Warrior award” at the Vogue Beauty Awards

2019? Sonali Bendre and Tahira Kashyap

184. How much budget has been allocated for the

Bhoj metro? Rs. 6941.4 crore

185. What is the name Bhopal Metro which is to be

built at an estimated cost of Rs. 6941.4 Crore?

Bhoj Metro

186. What is the name of UAE‟s 1st astronaut to

reach the International Space Station (ISS)?

Hazzaa Al-Mansoori

187. What is the name of the UAE‟s unmanned probe

to Mars which is scheduled by 2021? Hope

188. Which country has launched its first amphibious

assault ship, the Type 075? China

189. Recently who will take over as the chairman of

Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC)? Bipin

Rawat

190. What is the name of the new snake species

which is named after Uddhav Thackeray‟s

younger son? Tejas

191. Who has become the youngest women player to

play Twenty20 International (T20I) for India?

Shafali Verma

192. This year who has been bestowed with the

Global Goalkeeper Award from Bill & Melinda

Gates Foundation? Narendra Modi

193. Who will be honored with the Cecil B DeMille

Award at 2020 Golden Globes? Tom Hanks

194. The 2019 Cecil B DeMille Award was bestowed

to: Jeff Bridges

195. What is the name of the cargo unit of SpiceJet

which Spice Jet planning to launch its IPO?

SpiceXpress

196. Recently who has acquired gaming company

Algorin TechLabs? Junglee Games




197. Recently which bank has been put under

regulatory restriction under Section 35A of the

Banking Regulation Act for a period of six

months due to irregularities disclosed to RBI?

PMC Bank

198. What is the name of the Award which is also

considered as the “alternative Nobel Prize”?

Right Livelihood Award

199. This year who has been honoured with the 2019

Right Livelihood Award? Greta Thunberg,

Aminatou Haidar, Davi Kopenawa and Guo

Jianmei

200. Who won women‟s singles title at 2019 China

Open? Carolina Marin

201. Who has inaugurated Gandhi Solar Park in US?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

202. What was the intensity of the earthquake on the

border of Pakistan and India – 6.3

203. Who has recently resigned from India's national

women's badminton coach – Kim Ji-hyun

204. In what amount Facebook is acquiring New

York-based startup CTRL-labs? $500 million-

$1 billion

205. Who has been appointed as the new president of

the Association of Mutual Funds in India Nilesh

Shah

206. Who has been appointed the next Ambassador of

India to the Republic of Guinea-Bissau –

Godavarti Vacant Srinivas

207. With whom India is going to conduct Tiger

Trump exercise in November this year?

America

208. Who has won the recent Skolovo Fide Grand

Prix title 2019? Koneru Hampi (India)

209. Who has been elected as goodwill ambassador

by Maharashtra Chief Electoral Office for

awareness of voting? Madhuri Dixit

210. The Delhi University and Zoological Survey of

India recently discovered a new species of the

frog in which state? Arunachal Pradesh

211. Which Indian athlete was recently awarded with

IAAF Veteran Pin Prize? PT Usha

212. Which Indian was awarded the 'Changemaker

Award' by Bill & Milinda Gates Foundation for

bringing change in society? Payal Jangir

213. When is World Maritime Day 2019 observed?

September 26th

214. Which college would be hosting the 2nd edition

of the Singapore - India Hackathon? IIT

Madras

215. Recently who is planning to buy CTRL-labs that

specializes in allowing humans to control

computers using their brains? Facebook

216. Recently who is investing $2 million in its India

Center of Excellence for research on tobacco

cessation related to smokeless tobacco products

like „gutka‟? Metaform Ventures

217. How much amount has been infused by

Metaform Ventures in its India Center of

Excellence for research on tobacco cessation? $

2 Million

218. Defense Minister Rajnath Singh commissioned

which among the following vessels on

September 25, 2019? Varaha

219. Who has been selected for the Dadasaheb Phalke

award? Amitabh Bachchan

220. National unity award has been constituted on

whose name? Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

221. Which Bollywood actor has been appointed as

the brand ambassador of Madhya Pradesh to

promote the state‟s traditions and tourist places?

Govinda

222. Odisha‟s CyCa OncoSolutions awarded at the

She Loves Tech Global Startup Competition

2019 in China. who is the founder of CyCa

OncoSolutions?

Nusrat Sanghamitra

223. Who recently won his first F1 race in over a year

for Ferrari after beating Charles Leclerc at the

Singapore? Sebastian Vettel

224. First-ever Indian heavy duty electric truck has

been developed by an Indian startup named:

Infraprime Logistics Technology (IPLT)

225. Abhaneri Festival‟ is an annual cultural festival

of ____. Rajasthan

226. Who became first recipient of Gauri Lankesh

Award for Journalism, awarded by Gauri

Lankesh Memorial Trust? Ravish Kumar

227. Robert Mugabe, who recently passed away, was

a former president of which country?

Zimbabwe

228. Who became the only Bollywood actor to be

featured in Fortune India‟s list of most powerful

Women in Business 2019? Anushka Sharma

229. Anushka Sharma, who became only Bollywood

actor to make the Fortune India‟s list of most

powerful Women in Business 2019, comes in at

number ____ out of 50. 39




230. Who has been honoured with the 48th Lifetime

Achievement Award by AFI recently? Julie

Andrews

231. Recently who has signed a MoU with US based

Tellurian to import 5 Million tonnes of LNG per

annum? Petronet LNG Ltd.

232. What is the name of the Israeli hybrid chatbot

which Facebook has acquired to built its

customer service bots? Service Friend

233. Who has been chosen as the 1st woman

president of BCCI affiliated unit TNCA? Rupa

Gurunath

234. In the recently concluded World wrestling

Championship 2019, how many medals have

been won by India? 5

235. Who is the author of the book “Being Gandhi”?

Paro Anand

236. Which state government has decided to make

Sanskrit mandatory in all schools from class 3 to

8? Uttarakhand

237. Which is the official mascot of the 2022 Beijing

Winter Paralympics? Shuey Rhon Rhon

238. What is the name of the Indian Railways

subsidiary who is planning to launch its IPO on

September 30 2019? IRCTC

239. Market regulator _ has imposed over Rs. 22

crore penalty on Aurobindo Pharma. SEBI

240. The 2019 FIFA Men‟s player award won by

whom? Lionel Messi

241. Which Indian cyclist has won a gold medal in

the men‟s junior Keirin event at 2019 Asian

Track Cycling Championships? Ronaldo Singh

242. Who has inaugurated the Col Chewang Rinchan

Bridge in Ladakh recently? Rajnath Singh

243. IMNEX-2019 is a second edition of joint Naval

Exercise between India and which country?

Myanmar

244. Who has been honoured with the „Most Eminent

Senior Citizen Award‟ by Vice President of

India in New Delhi? K. Parasaran

245. Recently, who has unveiled the book “Bridgital

Nation” in New Delhi? PM Narendra Modi

246. Name the author of the book titled “Bridgital

Nation”? N Chandrasekaran & Ms. Roopa

Purushottam

247. Bill Macy, who recently passed away, he was a

famous? Actor

248. Recently, JAXA has partnered with NASA to

work together under the Artemis program. What

does JAXA stands for? Japan Aerospace

Exploration Agency

249. Who has been elected as the chairman of the

banking industry lobby Indian Banks

Association for fiscal 2019-20? Rajnish

Kumar

250. Name the Internationally acclaimed painter of

Bangladesh, who recently passed away?

Kalidas Karmak




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