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1. Who is the present director of enforcement directorate? 12. The 9km Chenani Nashari Tunnel renamed after?
(a) S K Mishra (b) Samant Goel (a) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(c) Arvind kumar (d) Rishi Kumar Sukla (b) Shyam Prasad Mukherjee
2. Solicitor general of India, Tushar Mehta's plea against (c) Deen Dayalu Upadhyay
INX Media Case of Chidambaram was rejected by 3 (d) Jai Prakash Narayan
Judge bench of SC led by? 13. The 50th International Film Festival of India scheduled
(a) Deepak Gupta (b) R Bhanumathi to be held from 20th to 28th November at?
(c) Anshul Despandey (d) M K Singhal (a) Goa (b) Mumbai (c) Chennai (d) Kolkata
3. Supreme court decided to examine social media such 14. Which Bank crossed the 3 trillion market capitalization
as FB and WhatsApp, should facilitate the state to for the making it the country's fourth lender to achieve
access encrypted and private conversation the citizens, this milestone?
to fight crime and terror. The SC bench regarding this (a) HDFC (b) KOTAK Mahindra
issue will be led by? (c) SBI (d) ICICI
(a) Ranjan Gogoi (b) SN Bobde 15. P K Purwar is the MD and CEO of?
(c) Dananjay Chandrachud (d) Deepak Gupta (a) MTNL (b) BHEL (c) NTPC (d) BSNL
4. BJP Formed alliance with which political party in 16. Who represents India at the Non-Aligned Movement
Haryana to form government? summit in Baku, Azerbaijan?
(a) Lok Jansakthi Party (b) ShivSena (a) Venkaiah Naidu (b) Rajnath Singh
(c) Akali Dal (d) Jannayak Janata Party (c) Amit Shah (d) Narendra Modi
5. Dineshwar Sharma is new administrator of? 17. The non aligned movement summit 2019 is of which
(a) Lakshadweep edition?
(b) Andaman & Nicobar (a) 18th (b) 19th (c) 20th (d) 21st
(c) Dadra and Nagar haveli 18. The Central Government would grant ___ percent
(d) Puducherry subsidies for food processing industries in the North-
6. R K Mathur is the new lieutenant governor of? Eastern states?
(a) J & K (b) Ladakh (a) 89 (b) 65 (c) 75 (d) 50
(c) Dadra & nagar haveli (d) Chandigarh 19. Mega Food Park at Tulakona Industrial Area is
7. Chief information commissioner salary has been fixed launched by Ministry of Food processing in which
at Rs. ______, according to the new rules drafted under state?
RTI act. (a) Manipur (b) Sikkim (c) Tripura (d) Assam
(a) 2.5 lakhs (b) 3 lakhs 20. President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the golden
(c) 5 lakhs (d) 3.5 lakhs jubilee celebrations of the Vishwa Shanti Stupa here, a
8. NASA sends a golf cart-sized robot to the moon in peace pagoda situated on the ______ hills?
2022 to search for deposits of water below the surface, (a) Vindhya (b) Mahendragiri
named? (c) Ratnagiri (d) Seshachalam
(a) Lucifer (b) Viper (c) Luna (d) Terrid 21. Senior IAS officer Arvind Singh is appointed as the
9. Who assumed charge as Secretary of Ministry of chairman of?
Minority Affairs recently? (a) NHAI (b) AAI (c) NTPC (d) NPCL
(a) Arif Razvi (b) Abdullah Al 22. Mukhya Mantri Kanya Sumangala Yojana a Scheme
(c) Pramod Kumar Das (d) Prahlad Tushar which aims to empower the girl child was launched in?
10. Odisha inked a Letter of Understanding (LOU) on a (a) Bihar (b) Jharkhand
drink from tap mission with which organisation? (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Uttar Pradesh
(a) UNICEF (b) UNESCO 23. Which state has decided to re-introduce the pass-fail
(c) UNDP (d) WHO system in classes five and eight to abolishing the no-
11. Birender Singh Yadav appointed as India's next detention policy?
Ambassador to which country? (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Kerala
(a) Syria (b) Iraq (c) Jordan (d) Bahrain (c) West Bengal (d) Goa

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24. Who won the DigiDhan Mission Fin-tech Award 2018- 38. NSE Indices Ltd launched the Nifty ______ Quality 50
2019 for 'Innovation in Digital Payments through Index, a new smart beta index, on 24 October.
Emerging Technology' at the MeitY Start-up Summit (a) Midcap150 (b) Midcap100
2019? (c) Midcap50 (d) Midcap125
(a) PhonePe (b) Googlepay 39. India signed a statement of intent (SOI) with which
(c) BharatPe (d) PayZapp country on key deliverables, including collaboration on
25. Startup summit 2019 was held in? strategic projects in the areas of unmanned aerial
(a) Bengaluru (b) Delhi (c) Mumbai (d) Nagpur systems, small arms technology, and surveillance?
26. ________, thr Marg ERP Ltd's Chairman, and (a) UK (b) USA (c) Canada (d) France
Managing Director, was awarded the Udyog Rattan 40. The Ayurveda day is observed on __ October every
Award-2019 by the Institute of Economic Studies. year?
(a) Talash shah (b) Thakur Anup Singh (a) 24 (b) 25 (c) 26 (d) 27
(c) Kailesh Suri (d) Vineeth Jay 41. Third session of the Future Investment Initiative (FII)
27. The 19th Indo-Swedish Joint Commission for Forum will be held in?
Economic, Industrial, and Scientific Cooperation (a) Abu Dhabi (b) Dubai (c) Riyadh (d) Muscat
(JCEC) was held in? 42. Which country has overtaken the US and became the
(a) New Delhi (b) Mussoorie country with the largest number of people in the top
(c) Stockholm (d) St Louisiana 10% of the world’s most wealthy people.
28. Who represented India in The 19th Indo-Swedish Joint (a) India (b) Japan (c) China (d) UK
Commission for Economic, Industrial, and Scientific 43. The Union Cabinet chaired by PM Narendra Modi
Cooperation (JCEC)? approved the administrative arrangement on
(a) Nitin Gadkari (b) Nirmala Sita Raman Cooperation in the field of Railways between the
(c) Piyush Goyal (d) Rajnath Singh Indian Ministry of Railways and the Directorate
29. The Central Government and the World Bank signed a General for Mobility and Transport of ______.
loan agreement worth $65 million, with which state, to (a) European Commission (b) NATO
support smallholder farmers in the state. (c) SAARC (d) ASEAN
(a) Odisha (b) Jharkhand 44. India has ranked in ___ position on the World Bank's
(c) West Bengal (d) Andhra Pradesh ease of doing business ranking?
30. For the first time, India is hosting the Global Bio-India (a) 60 (b) 61 (c) 62 (d) 63
2019 summit in? 45. Eminent writer ___________ was conferred with the
(a) Bengaluru (b) New Delhi Lifetime Achievement Award at the 6th edition of the
(c) Mangalore (d) Pune Sadin-Pratidin Achievers Award 2019.
31. Which railway zone launched One Touch ATVM for (a) K Siva Reddy (b) R Ram Murthy
fast ticketing at 42 suburban stations? (c) Homen Borgohain (d) Suman Arora
(a) South central (b) South coast 46. National Mole day is observed on October _____.
(c) East coast (d) Central railway (a) 23 (b) 24 (c) 25 (d) 26
32. The International Conference on Neurological 47. Which IIT has joined hands with NTT DATA Services,
Disorders and Therapeutics was recently held in? a global technology services firm, to support
(a) Gandhinagar (b) Rajkot entrepreneurship among recent graduates?
(c) New Delhi (d) Mumbai (a) IIT Kanpur (b) IIT Kharagpur
33. The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) celebrated its (c) IIT Bombay (d) IIT Delhi
58th Raising Day on __ October 2019. 48. Kais Saied was sworn in as president of which Nation
(a) 24 (b) 23 (c) 22 (d) 25 on 23 October 2019?
34. ITBP Headquarters is in? (a) Algeria (b) Tunisia
(a) Mumbai (b) Dehradun (c) Azerbaijan (d) Georgia
(c) Darjeeling (d) Greater Noida 49. World Development Information Day is observed on
35. Augmentation of Basic Amenities and Development of ____ October every year?
Heritage and Architecture (ABADHA) scheme is (a) 23 (b) 24 (c) 25 (d) 26
related to which state? 50. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has
(a) Odisha (b) Jharkhand designed and developed the CPCB _____ App, a
(c) Chattisgarh (d) West Bengal mobile application, to inspect industries through live
36. The government of India has approved the proposal to streaming videos.
which state to establish six new medical institutes? (a) e-inspection (b) e-vigilance
(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Karnataka (c) e-search (d) e-support
(c) Kerala (d) Tamil Nadu 51. Researchers from the University of Massachusetts in
37. India has asked Pakistan to reconsider its demand for the U.S. have found that the ______ are the loudest
charging $ ___ service fee a pilgrim, regarding Guru bird in the world.
Nanak Dev 550th birth anniversary celebrations at (a) White breasted Laughing thrush
kartapur corridor. (b) Bill nosed Macau
(a) 20 (b) 30 (c) 25 (d) 30 (c) White male bellbird (d) Wood pigeon

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52. Which excercise of Indian army will provide a unique 64. Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with the members
opportunity to employ the whole mechanized of the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum
formations that consist of Tanks and Infantry Combat (USISPF).The delegation was led by it's Chairman
Vehicles? ________.
(a) Sindu Sudharshan (b) Sindhu Vahak (a) Aruna Subramanian (b) Gurudas Patel
(c) Sindhuveer (d) Sindhu Samhar (c) John Chambers (d) Dileep Sanghvi
53. The Government e-Marketplace (GeM) signed a 65. The Ministry of Electronics and Information
memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the which Technology (MeitY) launched MeitY Startup Hub
Bank for payment-related services? (MSH). It will be led by eminent entrepreneur
(a) Federal Bank (b) SBI ________?
(c) Axis Bank (d) Karnataka bank (a) Deepak Agarwal (b) Nidhi koppar
54. The Central government has appointed Braj Raj (c) Danush Chandra (d) Vital Kumar Jain
Sharma as the Chairman of? 66. Which state decided to include the Japanese
(a) SSB (b) SSC (c) ITBP (d) BSF encephalitis patients under it's Atal Amrit Abhiyan
55. A book titled Ten Studies in Kashmir: History and health scheme?
Politics by educationist and Padma Shri recipient (a) Assam (b) Bihar (c) Gujarat (d) Punjab
_________, was released at a function at the Jammu 67. The book titled "Dark Feel, Eerie Cities: New Hindi
University. Cinema in Neoliberal India" is written by _____?
(a) K Kamalakar (b) V Kaela Mehta (a) Sarunas Paunksnis (b) Urjita Patel
(c) K N Pandit (d) Vishuvardhan Sharma (c) Meghana Roy (d) Sri Nidhi Nayar
56. Under _____ mission, the Union Health Ministry will 68. India and _____ are planning to boost their business
carry out a massive immunization program in the areas and defence ties through the Strategic Economic
that are identified as low immunization pockets? Dialogue and 2+2 dialogue.
(a) Indradhanush 2.0 (b) Safe India (a) Taiwan (b) South Korea
(c) Vaccinate Bharat (d) Immune Bharat (c) Phillipines (d) Indonesia
57. Nedumangad block panchayat won the prestigious 69. The Ministry of Defence planned to discuss the Army
Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Sashaktikaran proposal worth around Rs.10,000 crore to acquire two
Puraskar for 2019. It's related to which state? regiments of the ______ Prime missiles.
(a) Kerala (b) Karnataka (a) Nag (b) Akash (c) Bramhos (d) Kalyan
(c) Tamil Nadu (d) Puducherry 70. The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) released
58. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced a ban on the list of states with the most number of crimes
banks to deploy 'Direct selling _____' (DSAs) to sell against women for the year 2017. Which state topped
retail loans and verifying borrowers' documents. A the list?
stands for? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Maharashtra
(a) Agencies (b) Agents (c) Jharkhand (d) Bihar
(c) Associates (d) Assistants 71. Which state registered the highest total rate of crime
59. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) of _______ topped against women in The National Crime Records Bureau
the QS India University Rankings for the year 2020. (NCRB).
(a) Kanpur (b) Bombay (a) Kerala (b) Karnataka
(c) Chennai (d) Kharagpur (c) Assam (d) Bihar
60. India and Switzerland have agreed to carry forward 72. Which City is the most unsafe city as per NCRB?
working together in the ___ Transport sector? (a) Pune (b) Hyderabad
(a) Rail (b) Marine (c) Air (d) Road (c) Bengaluru (d) Lucknow
61. International workshop on Environmental Flows 73. The Jaipur-Sikar-Jaipur DEMU was flagged off for its
Assessment and Implementation for India was held in service on 21 October. DEMU stands for diesel-electric
___? ____ units.
(a) Bengaluru (b) Delhi (c) Pune (d) Ludhiana (a) Multiple (b) Mutual (c) Marine (d) Magnitude
62. Who represented India in the enthronement ceremony 74. Who won the men's singles title at the European Open?
of Emperor Naruhito of Japan that was held on 22 (a) Novok Djokovic (b) Andy Murray
October 2019? (c) Kevin Anderson (d) Stan Wawrinka
(a) Jai Shankar (b) Venkaiah Naidu 75. Who smashed the former Australia cricketer Don
(c) Ram nath Kovind (d) Narendra Modi Bradman's record of highest average in Test cricket in
63. Ministry of Railways has a project of allowing to carry Ranchi, Jharkhand .
the e-commerce consignments which aims to boost the (a) Virat Kohli (b) Rohit Sharma
parcel business of Indian Railways (IR). It tied up with (c) Mayank Agarwal (d) Cheteshwar Pujara
which company?
(a) Amazon (b) Flipkart (c) Paytm (d) Snapdeal

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