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(c)Kamna Negi
(d)Bandana Nepal
14. NASA is planning to launch a spacecraft
aboard to hit an asteroid in Which year?
(a)2022 (b)2023
(c)2024 (d)2025
15. India and which other country will co
produce a film on life and works of
Sheikh Mujjibur Rahman?
(a)Bangladesh (b)Pakistan
(c)Afghanistan (d)Iraq
16. RBI has increased the housing loan limits
for eligibility under PSL to how much
in metropolitan centres?
(a)Rs 35 lakhs (b)Rs 15 lakhs
(c)Rs 20 lakhs (d)Rs 45 lakhs
17. Hughes Communications announced an
erstwhile Arakkal royal family based in agreement with Which telecom opera-
which state? tor to combine their VSAT operations
(a)Mizoram (b)Nagaland in India?
(c)Kerala (d)Manipur (a)BSNL (b)jio
1. The autobiography “Game Changer” is 8. What is the theme of this year’s Interna- (c)Idea (d)Airtel
based on which personality? tional Midwives Day? 18. Which company will be the principal
(a)Gautam Gambhir (a) Midwives leading the way with sponsor of the Afghanistan cricket team
(b)Saurav Ganguly quality care in the upcoming World Cup 2019?
(c)Shahid Afridi (b) The Midwifery Heart (a)Britannia (b)Amul
(d)VVS Laxman (c) Midwives: Defenders of Women’s (c)Pepsico (d)Aditya Birla
2. The Feliks Stamm International Boxing Rights 19. Which country’s MP’s passed a law to
Tournament held in Which city? (d) Women and Newborns: The scrap the post of Prime Minister?
(a)Warsaw (b)Bangkok Heart of Midwifery (a)Senegal (b)Ukraine
(c)Kiev (d)NewDelhi 9. Who was conferred with the “Order of (c)Netherlands (d)Macedonia
3. Who was named as acting President by St George” Award by Kerala Church? 20. Which hip hop dance crew from Mumbai
Archery Association of India to start (a)Baba Ramdev won “ World of Dance” television
election process? (b)Dr Chandy show?
(a)Sunil Sharma (c)Sri Ramanand Narayan (a)Hypnotic
(b)Mahesh Jain (d)Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (b)Gang
(c)Vikas Chaturvedi 10. Who was bestowed with the Presidential (c)Desi hoppers
(d)Ashok Kumar Medal of Freedom, US highest civilian (d)The Kings
4. Who was awarded with the PC Chandra honour,by President Donald Trump? 21. Recently NR Madhava Menon passed
Puraskar Award? (a)Dwayne Johnson away.He was related to which field?
(a)Balagopal Sharma (b)Lionel Messi (a)Journalism
(b)Begur Math (c)Tiger Woods (b)Education
(c)Suvirannandji Maharaj (d)Rafael Nadal (c)Social Activist
(d)Devi Prasad Shetty 11. Who won the men’s singles title at Asian (d)Sports
5. When is World Laughter Day observed? Individual Squash Championship 2019? 22. Recently, the NCLT approved the merger
(a)First Saturday of May (a)Kush Kumar of which bank with Bharat Financial
(b)First Friday of May (b)Aditya Jagtap Inclusion?
(c)First Sunday of May (c)Saurav Ghoshal (a) IndusInd Bank
(d)first Wednesday of May (d)Ali Farag (b) Kotak Mahindra Bank
6. Recently Maramraju Satyanarayana Rao 12. According to Income Tax e-fillings re- (c) Federal Bank
passed away.He was related to which ports, Income Tax e-filling dropped by (d) HDFC Bank
field? how much in 2018-19? 23. Who has been appointed as first inde-
(a)Actor (a)6.5 lakh (b)6.6 lakh pendent women director by BSE?
(b)Singer (c)7.0 lakh (d)7.5 lakh (a) Swarnima Shukla
(c)Social Activist 13. Which Nepali girl recently danced for (b) Manisha Bhatt
(d)Writer 126 hours to set new world record? (c) Jayshree Vyas
7. Recently Adiraja Sultana Fatima Muthu (a)Bhavna Singh (d) Nirmala Rai
Beevi passed away.She was the head of (b)Kavya Kapoor

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24. What is the theme of this year’s World emergency? (d)Emirad
Press Freedom Day 2019? (a) USA (b) UK 44. Which application launched India first
(a) Advancing Media and Journalism (c) Russia (d) Canada UPI BahiKhata for merchants?
(b) Critical Minds For Critical Times 33. Which bank has launched “Web assur- (a)PhonePe (b)BharatPe
(c) Media for Democracy: Journalism ance” to enable its customers to pur- (c)Paytm (d)Mobikwik
and Elections in Times of chase life insurance in convenient way? 45. Which company recently acquired iconic
Disinformation (a) IDBI Bank British toy retailer Hamleys from Chi-
(d) Media for Democracy:Elections (b) Canara Bank nese fashion wear firm C Banner?
and Journalism (c) Bank of Baroda (a)BigBazaar
25. Who was named as the head coach of the (d) Indian Overseas Bank (b)Reliance Industries
men’s national team by Volleyball Fed- 34. Which country MOMO 3 rocket reaches (c)Google
eration of India? outer space for first time? (d)HomeShop18
(a) Michael Bustle (a) Nepal (b) India 46. Recently All India Football Federation
(b) Den Hen (c) Japan (d) China recommended whom as new India na-
(c) Dragan Mihailovic 35. Where is the HQ of Goldman Sachs? tional Team Manager?
(d) Christopher S (a)Paris (b)London (a)Daniel Arzani
26. According to SIPRI, what is the rank of (c)New York (d)Washington DC (b)Alex Brosque
India in terms of biggest military spend- 36. What is the theme of this year’s World (c)Graham Arnold
ers in 2018? Red Cross Day? (d)Igor Stimac
(a) 4th (b) 1st (a)#Love and Need 47. What is the theme of this year’s Global
(c) 5th (d) 2nd (b)#Love for People Road Safety Week 2019?
27. Who was recently conferred with France (c)#Red (a)Road and Safety
highest civilian award Chevalier de (d)#Love (b)Safe Drive on Roads
I’Ordre National de la Legion 37. Who has been elected as Vice President (c)Leadership for Road Safety
d’Honneur for his contribution to India of International Motorcycle Manufac- (d)Drive to Safe City
France relationship? turers Association? 48. Which city was chosen by Facebook as
(a) K Sivan (a)Varsha Chaturvedi the centre for the global roll out of
(b) Christopher S (b)Rakesh Sharma Whatsapp pay?
(c) AS Kiran Kumar (c)R Mittal (a)Newyork (b)Paris
(d) PV Bharithi (d)Swati Singh (c)London (d)Beijing
28. Which company has acquired Philippines 38. According to Goldman Sachs Report, 49. Who became the third Indian to claim
based personal care maker Splash Cor- food inflation in the country is likely to 150 wickets in the IPL?
poration? go up to how much percent in the year (a)R Ashwin
(a) TCS 2019-20? (b)Kuldeep Yadav
(b) Wipro (a)4% (b)3% (c)Harbhajan Singh
(c) Infosys (c)2% (d)1% (d)Yuzvendra Chahal
(d) Johnson and Johnson 39. The 20th WCO Regional Heads of Cus- 50. Who has been awarded the 2019 McCain
29. Which city police has launched an all toms Administration held in Which city? Institute Award for Courage and Lead-
women police patrol unit “Rani Abbakka (a)Kochi (b)Chennai ership?
Force”? (c)Mumbai (d)Lucknow (a)Varsha Chaturvedi
(a) Chennai (b) Kochi 40. Indian Army to commemorate Which year (b)Akanksha Saini
(c) Mangaluru (d) Mumbai as the Year of Next of Kin? (c)UP Sudan
30. Recently Vice President M Venkaiah (a)2020 (b)2019 (d)Chhaya Sharma
Naidu released a postage stamp to com- (c)2021 (d)2022 51. What is the deadline set by CBDT for its
memorate 750th birth anniversary of 41. Which company unveiled software for officers to dispose of all cases related
which person? verifiable voting known as “Election to demonetisation where assessment is
(a) Sri Ravi Jai Shankar Guard”? required to be framed?
(b) Sri Vedanta Desikan (a)IBM (b)Microsoft (a) May 31 (b) July 31
(c) Sri Vaishnava (c)TCS (d)Infosys (c) April 30 (d) June 30
(d) Sri Ram Charan 42. The 2020 Ocean Conference will be held 52. Which newspaper won the prize in the
31. Who is the author of article titled in which city? Public service category?
“Coalgate 2.0”? (a)Beijing (b)Lisbon (a) Suwannee Democrat
(a) AV Subramaniyam (c)Tokyo (d)Bangkok (b)Sun-Sentinel
(b) Subash Rai 43. Which flight operator launched world’s (c) Stuart News
(c) Malik Khan zero waste flight ? (d) Space Coast Daily
(d) Nileena MS (a)Qantas Airways 53. Indian sports person Harsheel Dani is
32. Which country’s parliament is first in (b)Vistara related to which sports?
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(c) Badminton (d) Hockey Cricket World Cup 2019? (c) China National Space
54. Which country is joining hands with Ja- (a) United Nations Office for Project Administration (CNS(A)
pan and the United Arab Emirates Services (d) National Aeronautics and Space
(UAE) to implement two projects in (b) UNICEF Administration (NAS(A)
Africa as it seeks to extend its footprint (c) Save the Children 71. What was the theme of the World
on the continent? (d) UNESCO Haemophilia Day 2019?
(a) Saudi Arabia 63. Google opens first Artificial Intelligence (a) Theme – ‘Outreach and
(b) South Korea lab in which African country? Identification’
(c) Indonesia (a) Kenya (b) Ghana (b) Theme – ‘Healthy Sleep, Healthy
(d) India (c) Algeria (d) Sudan Aging’
55. Christian Garin won his ATP title in the 64. World Health Organization (WHO) (c) Theme – ‘I Am and I Will’
final of the US Men’s Clay Court Cham- raised alarm over a ____ % increase in (d) Theme – ‘Bridging health and
pionships in Houston. He hails from the case of measles globally in the first social care’
which country? quarter of 2019 compared with last year 72. When was Mahaveer JanmaKalyanak
(a) Palestine (b) Chile (a) 220 % (b) 280 % celebrated?
(c) Norway (d) Bhutan (c) 250 % (d) 300 % (a) April 14 (b) April 15
56. Name the winner of the 2019 Masters 65. PwC appoints whom as its new chief (c) April 16 (d) April 17
Tournament for golf? people officer? 73. Name the former president of Peru who
(a) Tiger Woods (a) Padmaja Alaganandan kills himself to avoid arrest over brib-
(b) Rory McIlroy (b) YashodharaSrivastsav ery allegations recently.
(c) Phil Mickelson (c) Mrunali Anne (a) Calvin Coolidge
(d) Justin Thomas (d) Saritha Chandran (b) Harry Truman
57. Marine Lizard, world’s first armed am- 66. Which among the following banks ap- (c) Gerald Ford
phibious drone boat, was recently tested points Rajesh Yaduvanshi as Executive (d) Alan Garcia
by which country? Director? 74. What was the theme of the World Heri-
(a) France (b) China (a) Syndicate Bank tage Day 2019?
(c) US (d) Sweden (b) Bank of Baroda (a) Theme – “Rural Landscapes”
58. FIFA ban Jose Maria Marin for life,he (c) Punjab National Bank (b) Theme – “Hear the Future”
belongs to which country? (d) Allahabad Bank (c) Theme – “Towards a Common
(a) US (b) Australia 67. What is the name of the Bilateral Navy Future”
(c) Russia (d) Brazil exercise that was held between India and (d) Theme – “Weather-ready, climate-
59. Name the first Indian small finance bank, Vietnam in Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam? smart”
which received prestigious Celent (a) IN–VPN BILAT EX 75. Name the Spacecraft, which is used by
Model Bank 2019 Award in Financial (b) IND-VTNM BILAT NAVY EX NASA to find “Ligeia Mare”, the sec-
Inclusion category, for ‘Redesigning (c) IND-VTNM EX ond largest known body of liquid on
Lending to Reach Small Businesses’ . (d) IND-VTNM BILAT EX Saturn’s moon Titan.
(a) ESAF Small Finance Bank 68. Where was the Debrief of Indian Navy (a) Voskhod
(b) Equitas Small Finance Bank coastal defence exercise “Sea Vigil”, (b) Cassini
(c) Ujjivan Small Finance Bank chaired by Vice Admiral MS Pawar held? (c) Space Shuttle
(d) Fincare Small Finance Bank (a) Pune (b) Kolkata (d) Vostok
60. Who was appointed as the Goodwill (c) Mumbai (d) New Delhi 76. Which country launched its first ever
Ambassador of Street Child Cricket 69. Name the quasi-cryptocurrency, satellite ‘ Raavana-1’ from the Mid-
World Cup 2019? launched by the World Bank and the Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s
(a) M.S. Dhoni International Monetary Fund (IMF) for Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia’s
(b) Sourav Ganguly better understanding of blockchain tech- East Shore?
(c) MithaliDorai Raj nology and the function of crypto as- (a) Srilanka (b) Bangladesh
(d) Virat Kohli sets. (c) Indonesia (d) Myanmar
61. Who was appointed as the brand ambas- (a) Monero (b) Litecoin 77. Name the first ever satellite of Nepal
sador of redBus? (c) Ethereum (d) Learning Coin launched by CygnusNG11 in Virginia,
(a) Allu Arjun 70. Name the space ageny, that is set to launch USA.
(b) Mahendra Singh Dhoni the first-ever “Double Asteroid Redi- (a) NepaliCube-1
(c) Amitabh Bachchan rection Test (DART)” mission to redi- (b) NepaliQAF-1
(d) Mahesh Babu rect an asteroid in 2021. (c) Nepalicom-1
62. Which non profit organization has (a) Indian Space Research (d) NepaliSat-1
partnered with International cricket Organisation (ISRO) 78. TIME Magazine has published “TIME’s
council (IC(C) to launch the (b) Japan Aerospace Exploration 100 Most Influential People list 2019"
#OneDay4Children, a tournament-wide Agency (JAX(A) recently, the list divides people into
campaign for children, at the ICC Men’s ________ categories ?

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(a) Five (b) Six
(c) Three (d) Four
79. What is the rank of India as per the World
Press Freedom Index 2019?
(a) 138 (b) 140
(c) 141 (d) 150
80. Which arab city is set to host 15th edi-
tion of G20 Summit in the year 2020,
which will be the first G20 Summit in
Arab world ?
(a) Algiers, Algeria
(b) ýDamascus, Syria
(c) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
(d) Rabat, Morocco
81. Which country’s border trade route was
suspended from Jammu & Kashmir
LOC by Ministry of Home Affairs
(MHA) of Indian government recently?
(a) Bhutan (b) Pakistan
(c) Bangladesh(d) China
82. When was Good Friday also known as
Holy Friday or Black Friday observed?
(a) April 18 (b) April 17
(c) April 16 (d) April 19
83. What is the name of the book containing
English translation of the 100 year old
classic Punjabi poem about Jallianwala
Bagh massacre?
(a) Drummer Hodge
(b) Poets of the Jallianwala Bagh
massacre
(c) Poems about war
(d) Khooni Vaisakhi
84. Name the former president of West Indies
cricket Board (WICB) who passed away
recently.
(a) Phillip Hughes
(b) Patrick Rousseau
(c) Wasim Raja
(d) Darryn Randall
85. Cricket all-rounder, Con de Lange passed
away.He belongs to which country?
(a) England (b) Ireland
(c) Scotland (d) Wales
86. Name the international organization,
which has released the guidelines on the
usage of digital health technology to
boost health of the people.
(a) Union of International Associations
(b) United Nations
(c) UNESCO
(d) World Health Organization(WHO)
87. Which of the following warships will
participate in the Chinese International
Fleet Review (IFR) maritime parade in
Qingdao?
i. INS Kolkata ii. INS Arihant
iii. INS Kalvari iv. INS Shakti
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(a) Option i& ii 95. Name the head of the committee, who
(b) Option i& iv propose the concept of Regulatory
(c) Option iii & ii Sandbox (RS) .
(d) Option iv & ii (a) Viral V Acharya
88. Name the NASA’s first female astronaut (b) Chetan Ghate
candidate, who passed away at the age (c) PamiDua
of 88 in Florida. (d) Sudarshan Sen
(a) Jerrie Cobb 96. Who has been inducted to board of direc-
(b) Sharon Christa McAuliffe tors in Paytm Payments Bank?
(c) Mya Lecia Naylor (a) Vaibhav Goel
(d) Georgia Engel (b) Sundararajan
89. Name the journal, which has published (c)Sairee Chahal
about the first molecule of the universe- (d) Ashit Ranjit Lilani
Helium hydride ion (HeH+) that is 97. Name the person, who was appointed as
formed 380,000 years after the big bang. the general secretary of Judo Union,
(a) Journal of Biology Asian governing body.
(b) Science (a) Mukesh Kumar
(c) The Lancet (b) Obaid Al-Anzi
(d) Nature (c) Obaid Alenezi
90. Research team of which institute has iden- (d) Mohammed Bin Thaloub
tified a new method to detect breast and 98. Which Indian accident was inducted into
ovarian cancer recently? the International Labour Organisation
(a) IIT Delhi (ILO) report titled “The Safety and the
(b) IIT Roorkee Health at the Heart of the Future of
(c) IIT Kharagpur Work- Building on 100 years of Experi-
(d) IIT Kanpur ence”?
91. Name the person who was designated as (a) Bhopal Gas Tragedy
the member of Railway Board under (b) Floods in Tamil Nadu
Signal & Telecom department. (c) Heatwaves in AndhraPradesh
(a) Girish Pillai (d) Bihar Nor’wester Storm
(b) V.P. Pathak 99. Which entity has appointed Ravinder
(c) N. Kashinath Kumar Passi as Chairman?
(d) Arun Kumar (a) India Trade Promotion
92. Who was the first Indian female scientist Organisation
to be elected as a Fellow of the royal (b) Export Promotion Council for
Society (FRS) in the UK? Handicraft (EPCH)
(a) Tessy Thomas (c) Federation of Indian Export
(b) Rohini Godbole Organisations
(c) Aditi Pant (d) UK Trade & Investment
(d) Gagandeep Kang 100. Which entity has became India’s first
93. Name the Padma Bhushan awardee, who retail company to cross Rs.1 lakh crore
was honoured by inducting into the annual revenue milestones?
2019 list of new fellows of the UK’s (a) Reliance Retail
Royal Society. (b) Future Group
(a) Yusuf Hamied (c) Aditya Birla Retail
(b) Manjul Bhargava (d) Avenue Supermarts Ltd
(c) Anant Parekh 101. Who has translated the book “Indian
(d) Akshay Venkatesh Constitution” in Konkani language?
94. Which insurance company has received (a) Ruskin Bond
ISO 31000:2018 certification by TUV (b) Stephen QuadrosPermude
India? (c) Salman Rushdie
(a) Bharti AXA General Insurance (d) Jhumpa Lahiri
(b) Cholamandalam MS General 102. Where was the Indian Coast Guard Vessel
Insurance Company Limited ICGS C-441 commissioned?
(c) HDFC ERGO General Insurance (a) Mumbai, Maharashtra
Company Limited (b) Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
(d) New India Assurance Co. Ltd. (c) Paradip, Odisha
(d) Vizhinjam, Thiruvananthapuram
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103. Which country has become the first East (b) Central Bank of Armenia (c) Second A Ghosh Committee
African nation to launch the world’s first (c) Reserve Bank of Fiji report
malaria vaccine RTS,S also known as (d) Reserve Bank of India (d) Second Adhyarjuna Committee
Mosquirix? 110. Which private sector bank has launched report
(a) Mali the industry’s first debit card based au- 115. Name the department, which has pre-
(b) Malawi thentication solution on National Pay- pared the “Startup India Vision 2024”
(c) Mozambique ments Corporation of India’s(NPCI’s) to promote entrepreneurs and to facili-
(d) Zimbabwe e-Mandate Application Program tate setting up of 50,000 new start-ups
104. Name the private sector bank which Interface(API) platform? in the country by 2024.
has received National Company Law (a) ICICI Bank (a) Department of Heavy Industries
Tribunal (NCLT) nod to merge with a (b) Kotak Mahindra Bank (b) Department of Public Enterprises
microfinance company, Bharat Finan- (c) HDFC Bank (c) Department of Information
cial Inclusion (BFIL). (d) Axis Bank Technology
(a) IndusInd Bank 111. Which International organization has (d) Department for Promotion of
(b) Axis Bank issued recommendations on the usage Industry and Internal Trade
(c) Federal Bank of screen for kids under 5 years of age? (DPIIT)
(d) HDFC Bank (a) United Nations System 116. Who won the IPI’s (International Press
105. Who was appointed as the Managing (b) United Nations Educational, Institute) World Press Freedom Hero
Director (MD) and Chief Executive Scientific and Cultural award in 2019 for his “critical” & “te-
Officer (CEO) of Indian Overseas Organization(UNESCO) nacious coverage” of the civil-military
Bank? (c) World Health Organization relations in Pakistan?
(a) Ajay Kumar Srivastava (WHO) (a) Mazhar Ali Khan
(b) KarnamSekar (d) United Nations Children’s (b) Cyril Almeida
(c) T.C.A.Ranganathan Fund(UNICEF) (c) Rafael Marques
(d) K. Swaminathan 112. Which of the following financial insti- (d) Gen Ziaul Haq
106. Who has been appointed as the 52nd tutions are now fully owned by central 117. Name the script writer, who won the
Controller General of Defence Accounts government of India after RBI divested Deenanath Mangeshkar Lifetime Award
(CGDA)? its entire stake? 2019 recently.
(a) Vinakshi Gupta i. National Housing Bank (NHB) (a) Javed Akhtar
(b) Anuradha Mitra ii. Small Industries Development (b) Vishal Bhardwaj
(c) Madhulika P Sukul Bank of India(SIDBI) (c) Anurag Kashyap
(d) Rajendra Kumar Nayak iii. National Bank for Agriculture and (d) Salim Khan
107. Name the regulatory body, which has Rural Development (NABARD) 118. Who was appointed as the High Com-
reduced the minimum subscription re- iv. Industrial Finance Corporation of missioner of India to the Republic of
quirement for Real Estate Investment India(IFCI) Seychelles?
Trusts (REITs) and Infrastructure In- (a) Option i& ii (a) Lalit Mansingh
vestment Trusts (InvITs)? (b) Option i& iii (b) Salman Haidar
(a) Federation of Indian Export (c) Option ii & iv (c) Ausaf Sayeed
Organisation(FIEO) (d) Option i& iv (d) Dalbir Singh Suhag
(b) Securities and Exchange Board of 113. Name the private sector bank, which 119. What is the name of the world’s first
India(SEBI) has partnered with Germany based glo- floating nuclear power plant that is
(c) Small Industries Development bal provider of digital payments and tested by Rosenergoatom of Russia?
Bank of India(SIDBI) commerce solutions, Wirecard to pro- (a) Bashkir
(d) Financial Stability and mote financial inclusion in India. (b) Balakovo
Development Council(FSDC) (a) HDFC Bank (c) AkademikLomonosov
108. Food regulator of India, Food Safety (b) ICICI Bank (d) Beloyarsk
and Standards Regulations(FSSAI) has (c) IDBI Bank 120. What was the theme of the World
banned import of milk and milk prod- (d) RBL Bank Immunisation Week 2019?
ucts from which country? 114. Under the recommendation of which (a) Theme – ‘Protected , Vaccines
(a) China (b) Pakistan committee’s report, RBI has divested Work’
(c) Bangladesh(d) Japan its entire stake in National Housing (b) Theme – ‘Protect children’
109. According to credit rating agency Fitch, Bank (NHB) and National Bank for (c) Theme – ‘Protect and enhance
which became the first central bank in Agriculture and Rural Development gender equality’
the Asia-Pacific region (APAC) to be- (NABARD) to the central government? (d) Theme – ‘Protected Together:
gin an interest rate easing cycle floated (a) Second A C Shah Committee Vaccines Work’
by benign food inflation and easier glo- report 121. In which event, Indian Athlete,
bal financial condition? (b) Second Narasimham committee GomathiMarimuthu has won the first
(a) Bank of Japan report gold medal in Asian Athletics Champi-
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(a) 200 metres(Women) 129. Where was the International Shooting (c) Theme – “Belt and Road
(b) 1500 metres(Women) Sport Federation(ISSF) World Cup Cooperation: Wetlands and
(c) 800 metres(Women) 2019 held? Climate Change”
(d) 100 metres(Women) (a) Beijing, China (d) Theme – “Belt and Road
122. Indian Army and National Hydroelec- (b) Munich, Germany Cooperation: Circular Economy
tric Power Corporation (NHPC) Lim- (c) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for Productivity &
ited, has signed MoU to build four un- (d) New Delhi, India Sustainability”
derground tunnels along the borders of 130. Which organization has signed the Let- 136. Name the product, which is set to be
which country? ter of Intent (LOI) with NITI Aayog’s launched by government of India to curb
i.Bangladesh ii.China Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) to pro- tax evasion.
iii.Pakistan iv. Afghanistan mote participation, skill and empower- (a) E-GST Portal
(a) Option i & ii ment among young children? (b) Electronic invoices (e-invoices)
(b) Option ii & iv (a) Child Rights International (c) Integrated GST
(c) Option iii & ii Network India (d) Electronic GST
(d) Option iv & i (b) Children International India 137. President of South Africa, Cyril
123. Who was appointed as the head of 8- (c) United Nations Children Fund Ramaphosa honoured Jacques Kallis
member committee constituted by Cen- (UNICEF) India with the Order of Ikhamanga in the Sil-
tral Works Public Department (d) Save the Children India ver Division award 2019 for his excep-
(CPWD)to chart out a policy for build- 131. Who was appointed as the head of the tional contribution towards ____sport?
ings and infrastructure development? committee, formed by Ministry of En- (a) Badminton (b) Football
(a) Bimal Jalan vironment, Forests and Climate Change (c) Cricket (d) Tennis
(b) Ravindra Kumar Thathu (MOEFCC) to implement the National 138. Which economic corridor was excluded
(c) Prabhakar Singh Clean Air Programme (NCAP) to handle from the Belt and Road Forum (BRF)
(d) M K Sharma the major issue of air-pollution in In- recently?
124. Indian Council of Medical Research dia? (a) China-Myanmar Economic
(ICMR) launched Malaria Elimination (a) C K Mishra Corridor (CMEC)
Research Alliance (MERA) in order to (b) Harsh Vardhan (b) China-Pakistan Economic
eliminate the disease from India by (c) Mahesh Sharma Corridor (CPEC)
which year? (d) Siddhanta Das (c) Nepal-China-India Economic
(a) 2040 (b) 2030 132. Who was appointed as head of 13 mem- Corridor(NCIEC)
(c) 2020 (d) 2025 ber committee formed by Insurance (d) B a n g l a d e s h - C h i n a - I n d i a -
125. Which is the sole Indian institute fea- Regulatory and Development Author- Myanmar (BCIM) Economic
tured in the QS EMBA Rankings 2019? ity of India (IRDAI) to review regula- Corridor
(a) Indian Institute of Management tory framework on micro insurance? 139. Name the Organisation, which has re-
Calcutta (a) Adnan Mahmood cently released the 2019 Global Food
(b) Indian Institute of Management- (b) Suresh Mathur Policy Report (GFPR).
Bangalore’s (IIM-B) (c) M.Rajyalakshmi Rao (a) International Food Policy
(c) Indian Institute of Management (d) Goraknath Agarwal Research Institute (IFPRI)
Ahmedabad 133. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has ex- (b) Food and Agriculture
(d) Indian Institute of Technology tended the ombudsman scheme cover- Organization(FAO)
Roorkee age to non-deposit taking Non-banking (c) International Crops Research
126. Which tech giant has became the world’s Financial Companies (NBFCs) having Institute for the Semi-Arid
third entity to cross worth $1 trillion? asset size of how much worth? Tropics
(a) Amazon (b) Microsoft (a) 100 crore (b) 50 crore (d) World Food Programme
(c) Apple (d) IBM (c) 20 crore (d) 75 crore 140. Name the Indian golfer, who has been
127. Name the British Indian Novelist, who 134. What is the revised interest rate of awarded with “Outstanding achieve-
won the Rabindranath Tagore Literary Employee’s Provident Fund (EPF) for ment as a player award for the year
Prize 2019 for the novel “Solo”. 2018-19? 2019” at the 4th Edition of the annual
(a) Salman Rushdie (a) 8.45% (b) 8.55% India Golf Industry Association (GIA).
(b) Rudyard Kipling (c) 8.35% (d) 8.65% (a) Arjun Atwal
(c) Preti Taneja 135. What was the theme of the second edi- (b) Jyoti Randhawa
(d) Rana Dasgupta tion of Belt and Road Forum (BRF)? (c) Anirban Lahiri
128. Name the World billiards and snooker (a) Theme – “Belt and Road (d) Gaganjeet Bhullar
champion, who won the first Asian Cooperation: Shaping a Brighter 141. Which country topped the medal tally
Snooker Tour title recently. Shared Future” by winning 11 gold and 6 Bronze med-
(a) Pankaj Advani (b) Theme – “Belt and Road als in Asian Wrestling Championship
(b) Dhruv Sitwala Cooperation: Think equal, build 2019?
(c) Aditya Mehta smart, innovate for change” (a) Uzbekistan (b) Iran
(d) Sourav Kothari
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(c) China (d) Japan (a) India (b) Indonesia
142. International Dance Day is observed (c) China (d) Japan
annually on ____________? 150. Where was the first edition of Naval
(a) 29th April (b) 28th April Commanders Conference held?
(c) 27th April (d) 26th April (a) Kolkata (b) Mumbai
143. Who is the author of the book titled (c) New Delhi (d) Bengaluru
“Politics of Jugaad: The Coalition Hand- 151. Which ministry has constituted a com-
book” which speaks about the possi- mittee to implement the National Clean
bility of coalition government after the Air Program (NCAP) recently?
2019 Lok Sabha polls? (a) Ministry of Health and Family
(a) Amitav Ghosh Welfare
(b) Vikram Seth (b) Ministry of Environment, Forest
(c) Saba Naqvi and Climate Change (MoEFCC)
(d) Anita Desai (c) Ministry of New and Renewable
144. Valtteri Bottas of team Mercedes, won Energy
Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2019 held in (d) Ministry of Rural Development
Baku, Azerbaijan.He hails from which 152. Name the Indo-French(India & France)
country? bilateral naval exercise that held in the
(a) Belgium Arabian sea of Goa coast.
(b) Germany (a) Varuna 19.1
(c) United Kingdom (b) Konkan 19.1
(d) Finland (c) Corpat 19.1
145. Nitendra Singh Rawat was in news (d) Simbex 19.1
recently,he belongs to which sport? 153. Which of the following city has set a
(a) Triathlon new Guinness World Record for the
(b) Marathon number of national flags raised in a city
(c) Ultramarathon for 24 hours?
(d) Half marathon (a) Abu Dhabi (b) Cairo
146. Reserve Bank of India(RBI) has recently (c) Beirut (d) Jerusalem
proposed the rules on opening and pro- 154. Pakistan Air Force ‘s (PAF) retaliatory
cessing which account of corporate bor- action against India on February 27 will
rowers to prevent diversion of funds? be observed as ____?
(a) Recurring Deposit Account (a) Operation Maitri
(b) Current Account (b) Operation Blue Star
(c) Deposit account (c) Operation Trishul
(d) Fixed Deposit Account (d) Operation Swift Retort
147. Researchers from which institute, used 155. Which public sector bank, has become
a multi-lingual Optical Character Rec- the first bank in the country that has
ognition (OCR) scheme to develop a linked its deposit accounts and short
method for reading documents in Bharati term loans to an external benchmark?
script? (a) State Bank of India (SBI)
(a) IIT Roorkee (b) Canara Bank
(b) IIT Madras (c) Indian Bank
(c) IIT Delhi (d) Bank of Baroda
(d) IIT Kanpur 156. Name the Ship building and repairing
148. Name the Indian wrestler, who won the company, which has signed a contract
gold medal in Asian Wrestling Champi- with defence ministry to build eight anti-
onship 2019 after defeating submarine warfare shallow water crafts
Kazakhstan’s SayatbekOkassov in 65- (ASWSWCs) for Indian Navy at the
kg Category. cost of Rs 6311.30 crore.
(a) Sunil Kumar (a) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
(b) Vicky Chahar (b) Garden Reach Shipbuilders &
(c) Bajrang Punia Engineers Ltd.
(d) Gurpreet Singh (c) Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders
149. Which country topped the medal tally Limited
in 39th edition of Badminton Asia (d) Goa Shipyard
Championship or Badminton Asia 157. Which Non profit association has en-
Championship 2019? tered a strategic partnership with GE
Healthcare to enhance digital healthcare
solutions?
(a) Internet and Mobile Association
of India(IAMAI)
(b) Confederation of Indian
Industry(CII)
(c) National Association of Software
and Services Companies
(NASSCOM)
(d) Federation of Indian Chambers of
Commerce and Industry(FICCI)
158. Environmental lawyer Alfred Brownell
won Goldman Environmental Prize
2019,he belongs to which country?
(a) Mongolia
(b) North Macedonia
(c) Chile
(d) Liberia
159. Who ascended the throne, ushering in
the Reiwa era after his father Akihito
abdicated?
(a) Fushimi (b) Taishô
(c) Naruhito (d) Hirohito
160. B.V.P. Rao has resigned from which
Sports governing body recently?
(a) Archery Association of India (AAI)
(b) Cycling Federation of India
(c) Fencing Association of India
(d) Rowing Federation of India
161. Name the International organization of
India that has partnered with BGI-
Shenzhen, China to develop resistant
to vagaries of weather conditions.
(a) Indian Council of Agricultural
Research
(b) International Crops Research
Institute for the Semi-Arid
Tropics’ (ICRISAT)
(c) Central Research Institute for
Dryland Agriculture
(d) International Maize and Wheat
Improvement Center
162. Indian Army mountaineering expedition
team has sited mysterious footprints
of which mythical creature near Makalu
Base Camp, located in North-Eastern
Himalayas?
(a) Yeti (b) Monster
(c) Werewolf (d) Unicorn
163. Judge and Civil Rights Icon Damon J.
Keith passed away recently, he hailed
from which country?
(a) United Kingdom
(b) China
(c) Russia
(d) United States
164. Name the UAE Minister of Tolerance,
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book titled “Work of Beauty: Architec-
ture and Landscape of Rashtrapati
Bhawan” recently.
(a) K.K. Kan’gomaKapijimpanga
(b) Sheikh Nahayan Mubarak Al
Nahayan
(c) Ahmed Al Banna
(d) H.E. Mariam Saeed Hareb Al
Mehairi
165. What was the theme of the International
Labour Day 2019?
(a) Theme – “Celebrating the
International Labour Movement”
(b) Theme – “Uniting Workers for
Social and Economic
Advancement”
(c) Theme – “Sustainable Pension for
all: The Role of Social Partners”
(d) Theme – “Create peace, solidarity
and decent work”
166. Geological sites, Mawmluh cave and
Therriaghat cave were in news
recently.It is located in which State?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Manipur
(c) Mizoram
(d) Meghalaya
167. Who was designated as ‘global terror-
ist’ by 1267 Al-Qaida Sanctions Com-
mittee of the United Nations Security
Council (UNSC) recently?
(a) Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh
(b) Masood Azhar
(c) Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar
(d) Rashid Rauf
168. Which country’s parliament has become
the first national legislative body in the
world to declare a Environment and Cli-
mate Emergency?
(a) United Kingdom
(b) United States
(c) Russia
(d) China
169. Name the bill signed into a law recently
by Russian President Vladimir Putin,
inorder to allow Russian authorities gain
control over the Internet.
(a) Internet Solitarity
(b) Lone Internet
(c) Sovereign Internet
(d) Internet Control
170. In the online payment system, that
launched One Touch experience using
Google Smart Lock forging India, the
first market to use Google Smart Lock?
(a) Oxigen Wallet India
(b) PayPal India
(c) PayUbiz India
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(d) MobiKwik India
171. Name the cricketer, who was appointed
as the first non-British president of
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).
(a) Chris Gayle
(b) Sachin Tendulkar
(c) Kumar Sangakkara
(d) Sunil Gavaskar
172. Who was appointed as the Training
Command Chief of Indian Air Force,
after Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria ?
(a) SK Ghotia
(b) Rajesh Kumar
(c) RD Mathur
(d) RKS Shera
173. Which Stock Exchange has appointed
M Jayshree Vyas as its first indepen-
dent woman director?
(a) India International Exchange
(INX)
(b) Calcutta Stock Exchange
(c) National Stock Exchange of India
(NSE)
(d) Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)
174. Where was the country’s biggest sculp-
ture, stucco figurine from buddhist site
excavated by Indian archaeologists re-
cently?
(a) Belegali in Hubli, Karnataka
(b) Phanigiri in Suryapet, Telangana
(c) Maniyoor in Kannur, Kerala
(d) Chandur in Belgaum, Karnataka
175. Virgil Van Dijk won the Professional
Footballers’ Association (PFA) Players’
Player of the Year Award for 2018-19
recently,he belongs to which country?
(a) Portugal (b) Argentina
(c) Netherland (d) Russia
176. World Tuna Day 2019 is observed an-
nually on __________?
(a) 1st May (b) 30th April
(c) 29th April (d) 2nd May
177. Which colour number plates should be
used by all types of electric vehicles as
per the guidelines issued by central gov-
ernment?
(a) Green (b) Blue
(c) Orange (d) Green Yellow
178. Which mountain pass has been opened
for the 14th edition of Sino-
Indian(China-India) border trade?
(a) Mana Pass, Uttarakhand
(b) Baralacha La, Himachal Pradesh
(c) Nathu La in Sikkim
(d) Rohtang Pass, Himachal Pradesh
179. Vice President, M. Venkaiah Naidu has
released a postage stamp to commemo-
rate the 750th birth anniversary of which
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(a) ManavalaMamunigal
(b) Sri Vedanta Desikan
(c) Yamunacharya
(d) Nathamuni
180. Which Institute has signed MoU with
Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) for
setting up a Centre of Excellence for
Waste to Wealth Technologies in India
as a part of commemoration of 150th
birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi?
(a) IIT Kanpur
(b) IIT Bombay
(c) IIT Delhi
(d) IIT Madras
181. Name the cyclone that has hit the In-
dian States of Odisha and West Bengal
recently.
(a) Cyclone Hudhud
(b) Cyclone Gaja
(c) Cyclone Phailin
(d) Cyclone Fani
182. Where was the 16th Ministerial Meet-
ing of Asia Cooperation Dialogue
(ACD) held recently?
(a) Moscow, Russia
(b) New Delhi, India
(c) Doha, Qatar
(d) Jakarta, Indonesia
183. What was the theme of 16th Ministe-
rial Meeting of Asia Cooperation Dia-
logue held in Doha, Qatar?
(a) “Future across the globe”
(b) “Partners in Progress”
(c) “Climate change & Food security”
(d) “Citizen well-being & happiness”
184. Name the skill development centre,
launched by LIC Housing Finance Ltd
(LIC HFL) in association with Lok
Bharti Education Society for providing
training in the sectors of BFSI, Retail
and IT/ITES.
(a) UDYAM
(b) GET EMPOWERED
(c) SKILL INDIA
(d) TALENT
185. Which stock exchange was banned for 6
months owing to the Co-Location Case
by the Market regulator, Securities and
Exchange Board of India (SEBI)?
(a) Madras Stock Exchange
(b) National Stock Exchange(NSE)
(c) Bombay Stock Exchange(BSE)
(d) Calcutta Stock Exchange
186. Name the former chief of Indian Space
Research Organisation (ISRO), who has
been conferred France’s highest civilian
award “Knight of the Legion of Honour”
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recently. between India and Australia held re-
(a) Udupi Ramachandra Rao
(b) Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan
cently?
(a) New Delhi, India
ANSWER KEYS
(c) A S Kiran Kumar (b) Sydney, Australia
(d) G.Madhavan Nair (c) Mumbai, Australia 1. c 2. a 3. a 4. d
187. Who was appointed as the Supreme (d) Canberra, Australia 5. c 6. d 7. c 8. c
Allied Commander Europe of the North 194. Which country is set to host the 45th 9. d 10. c 11. c 12. b
Atlantic Treaty Organization(NATO)? G7 summit in August, 2019? 13. d 14. a 15. a 16. a
(a) Tod D. Wolters (a) Japan (b) Italy 17. d 18. b 19. a 20. d
(b) Jens Stoltenberg (c) France (d) Canada 21. b 22. b 23. c 24. c
(c) Stuart Peach 195. What is the growth projection of Asia- 25. c 26. a 27. c 28. b
(d) Général André Lanata Pacific region in the year 2019, as per 29. c 30. b 31. d 32. b
188. Name the giant asteroid which will fly the Asian Development Bank? 33. b 34. c 35. c 36. d
past Earth on April 13, 2029. (a) 6.5% 37. b 38. c 39. b 40. b
(a) 101955 Bennu (b) 5.5% 41. b 42. b 43. a 44. b
(b) 4179 Toutatis (c) 6% 45. b 46. d 47. c 48. c
(c) 99942 Apophis (d) 5.7% 49. c 50. d 51. d 52. b
(d) 2062 Aten 196. Which department has signed joint agree- 53. c 54. d 55. b 56. a
189. 8th edition of Asian Youth Women ment with Income Tax Department for 57. b 58. d 59. d 60. c
Handball Championship 2019 is sched- decreasing black money generation? 61. b 62. b 63. b 64. d
uled to be held in which city? (a) Revenue Department 65. a 66. c 67. a 68. d
(a) Chennai, Tamil Nadu (b) Financial Services Department
69. d 70. d 71. a 72. d
(b) Mumbai, Maharashtra (c) Goods and Services Tax Network
73. d 74. a 75. b 76. a
(c) Kolkata, WestBengal (GSTN)
77. d 78. a 79. b 80. c
(d) Jaipur, Rajasthan (d) Expenditure Department
81. b 82. d 83. d 84. b
190. What was the theme of World Press 197. Name the article, for which Nileena M
Freedom Day 2019? S has won the Asian College of 85. c 86. d 87. b 88. a
(a) Theme – “Keeping Power in Journalism’s Award for Investigative 89. d 90. b 91. c 92. d
Check: Media, Justice and The Journalism, 2018. 93. a 94. b 95. d 96. c
Rule of Law” (a) Coalgate 2.0 97. a 98. a 99. b 100. a
(b) Theme – “The Media and Armed (b) Labor and Labor Movements 101. b 102. d 103. b 104. a
Conflict” (c) Racial and Ethnic Minorities 105. b 106. d 107. b 108. a
(c) Theme – “Media for Democracy: (d) Work and Family 109. d 110. b 111. c 112. b
Journalism and Elections in Times 198. Name the Chief Economic Adviser 113. d 114. b 115. d 116. b
of Disinformation” (CEA) who has been included as the 117. d 118. d 119. c 120. d
(d) Theme – “Celebrating the member of the Advisory Council to the 121. c 122. c 123. d 124. b
fundamental principles of press 15th Finance Commission. 125. b 126. b 127. d 128. a
freedom” (a) Ajay Narayan Jha 129. a 130. c 131. a 132. b
191. Where was the Shanghai Cooperation (b) N. K. Singh 133. a 134. d 135. a 136. b
Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers’ (c) Dr. Krishnamurthy Subramanian 137. c 138. d 139. a 140. d
Meeting 2019 held? (d) Arvind Mehta 141. b 142. a 143. c 144. d
(a) Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 199. To which country, Godavarthi Venkata 145. b 146. b 147. b 148. c
(b) Beijing, China Srinivas was appointed as the Ambas- 149. d 150. c 151. b 152. a
(c) Dushanbe,Tajikistan sador of India? 153. c 154. d 155. a 156. b
(d) Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan (a) Mali
157. c 158. d 159. c 160. a
192. Which institute has launched a new ini- (b) Cameroon
161. b 162. a 163. d 164. b
tiative named Global Registry of Vio- (c) Nigeria
165. c 166. d 167. b 168. a
lent Deaths (GReVD) ? (d) Republic of Senegal
(a) International Institute for 200. Bhushan Patil, President of which e- 169. c 170. b 171. c 172. a
Strategic Studies(IISS) commerce payment system and digital 173. d 174. b 175. c 176. d
(b) Stockholm International peace wallet entity has resigned recently? 177. a 178. c 179. b 180. c
research institute (SIPRI) (a) Paytm 181. d 182. c 183. b 184. a
(c) Center for Strategic and (b) FreeCharge 185. b 186. c 187. a 188. a
International Studies(CSIS) (c) PhonePe 189. d 190. c 191. a 192. b
(d) Peace Research Institute (d) MobiKwik 193. d 194. c 195. d 196. c
Oslo(PRIO) 197. a 198. c 199. d 200. a
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