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Q.1 Ministry of Information Technology recently announced new BHIM 2.0,

now the app would be available in 13 new languages, which are the new
three languages added?
Answer: Haryanvi, Bhojpuri and Konkani.
Explanation: Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union IT Minister, also launched a
Start-Up Hub Portal and Indian Software Product Registry at IT Ministry's
MeitY Start-up Summit held in New Delhi.
Q.2 Who recently became the first Indian man to win a gold medal at Wushu
World Championships held in Shanghai, China?
Answer: Praveen Kumar (from Haryana)
Q.3 Name the Hindi writer who has been honoured with Vyas Samman 2018
(given by K K Birla Foundation) for his collection of poems “Jitne Log Utne
Prem”?
Answer: Leeladhar Jagudi
Q.4 Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) observed Vigilance Awareness
Week from 28th October to 2nd November, 2019, what was the theme this
year?
Answer: Integrity – a way of life.
Q.5 Indian military recently held joint military exercise “SHAKTI’ with
______ in Rajasthan recently.
Answer: French troops
Explanation: Also, second edition of Indo – French Knowledge Summit
was recently held at University of Lyon in France.
Q.6 Which company launched the worlds' first blockchain-based carbon
trading exchange?
Answer: Singapore-based AirCarbon Pte
Q.7 India recently signed an MoU with which countries to create a trans-
boundary wildlife conservation park?
Answer: Nepal and Bhutan
Q.8 Who has been named as the brand ambassadors of PM Modi’s “Bharat
Ki Laxmi” campaign which honours Indian women who have made a mark
with their achievements in various fields for public good?
Answer: Shuttler PV Sindhu and actress Deepika Padukone
Q.9 Government of India has recently accorded ‘Maharatna’ status to?
www.practicemock.com
Answer: Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) (Headquarter:

Mumbai) and Power Grid Corporation (Headquarter: Gurgaon).
Q.10 In a unique gesture to mark 550th birth anniversary of Baba Guru
Nanak Dev which airlines painted Sikh religious symbol ‘Ik Onkar’ on the
tail of one of its aircraft?
Answer: Air India
Q.11 Which state government has signed a Letter of Understanding (LoU)
with UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund) to provide safe drinking
water to every household in the state?
Answer: Odisha (CM: Naveen Patnaik Governor: Ganeshi Lal)
Q.12 Economist and author Bibek Debroy have come out with English
translations of two Hindu mythological texts "Markendya Purana" and "The
Bhagavad Gita"
Answer:
Q.13 The 2019 Military World Games (also known as Olympic Games for
military) were held in?
Answer: Wuhan, China.
Explanation: India won six gold, one silver and three bronze medals. Para-
Athlete Anandan Gunasekaran bagged three gold medals for India.
Q.14 The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare released the 14 th
National Health Profile (NHP) 2019. As per the report Life expectancy in
India has increased from 49.7 years in 1970-75 to _____ in 2012-16.
Answer: 68.7 years
Explanation: The infant mortality rate has declined considerably (33 per
1,000 live births in 2016), however differentials of rural (37) & urban (23)
are still high.
Q.15 Who has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of
Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)?
Answer: Pankaj Kumar
Q.16 To implement “Integrated Irrigation Project for Climate Resilient
Agriculture” in order to strengthen smallholder farmers Odisha government
has signed what amount loan agreement with the World Bank?
Answer: 165 million USD
Q.17 European Union (EU) has awarded the ‘Sakharov Prize for Human
Rights’ to?
Answer: Ilham Tohti, who has been jailed and sentenced to life
imprisonment in China for “separatism”.
Q.18 CBSE and NCERT have launched an online aptitude test ____ in a bid
to help students make right career choices?
Answer: ‘Tamanna’ (Try and Measure Aptitude And Natural Abilities)
Q.19 Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the National Highway
Authority of India (NHAI)?
Answer: Sukhbir Singh Sandhu
Q.20 Which country won the men’s Sultan of Johor Cup hockey tournament
held at Johor Bahru in Malaysia?
Answer: Great Britain (defeated India)
Q.21 Vice President Venkaiah Naidu presented the “Most Eminent Senior
Citizen Award” to?
Answer: Scholar, legal luminary and former Attorney General of India Shri
K Parasaran.
Q.22 Name the authors who jointly won the Booker Prize 2019?
Answer: Canadian author Margaret Atwood and Anglo-Nigerian author
Bernardine Evaristo for “The Testaments” and for “Girl, Woman, Other”
respectively.
Explanation: Jokha Alharthi of Oman (Capital: Muscat, Currency: Rial).
won the prestigious Man Booker International Prize for her Arabic novel
“Celestial Bodies”.
Q.23 Which state government has launched flagship scheme “Mukhya
Mantri Kanya Sumangala Yojana” to provide Rs 15,000 to every family
where a girl child is born?
Answer: Uttar Pradesh (CM: Yogi Adityanath, Governor: Anandiben Patel)
Q.24 Which state topped the University-Industry Linkages (UILs) by
scoring 7.8 on a scale of ten in a study conducted by the PhD Chamber of
Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) and Ministry of Science and Technology?
Answer: Karnataka
Q.25 The 18th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit was held in?
Answer: Baku, Azerbaijan
Q.26 The India Energy Forum organized the 11th Nuclear Energy Conclave
was recently held in New Delhi, the theme of the event was?
Answer: “Economics of Nuclear Power-Innovation towards safer and cost-
effective technologies”.
Q.27 Who has been appointed as the new Director General of International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) (Headquarter: Vienna, Austria)?
Answer: Rafael Mariano Grossi of Argentina
Q.28 A team of researchers from India and United Kingdom collaborated
to create a new robot named what?
Answer: “Pepe” which encourages children to wash their hands.
Q.29 Name the NASA astronauts who made history when they ventured
outside International Space Station (ISS) for first ever all women
spacewalk?
Answer: Jessica Meir and Christina Koch
Q.30 Name the joint exercise which Indian Air Force participated in with
Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO) at Masirah, Oman?
Answer: EX-EASTERN BRIDGE-V
Explanation: Also, third edition of bilateral joint exercise “Al Nagah” was
conducted between the armies of India and Oman (Capital: Muscat,
Currency: Rial)
Q.31 Internationally acclaimed Painter Kalidas Karmakar passed away he
was from which country?
Answer: Bangladesh
Explanation: Also, three-day long festival of Baul songs named Indo-
Bangla Baul Music Festival recently held in Dhaka.
Q.32 Who has been was appointed as 47th Chief Justice of India (CJI).?
Answer: Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde. He’ll take oath on 18th November
Q.33 Which Swedish environmental activist won the Amnesty
International’s ‘Ambassadors of Conscience’ award for the year 2019?
Answer: Greta Thunberg from sweden
Q.34 Who is India’s richest man as mentioned in the IIFL Wealth-Hurun
India Rich List 2019?
Answer: Reliance Industries’ Chairman Mukesh Ambani

Q.35 Pranab Mukherjee, released a book entitled ‘Reset: Regaining India’s
Economic Legacy’ penned by?
Answer: Subramanian Swamy
Q.36 Name the longest tunnel in India which will be rechristened after
Bhartiya Jansangh founder Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee?
Answer: Chenani - Nashri tunnel (9.2Km) that links Kashmir with Jammu
Q.37 Union Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister Mahendra
Nath Pandey has announced to set up 14 Authorized World Skills India
Training Centres across 9 cities in country for media and entertainment
sector. Name the cities?
Answer: Chandigarh, New Delhi, Chennai, Trivandrum, Indore, Pune,
Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Shillong.
Q.38 Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated Col. Chewang Rinchen
Setu (Bridge) at?
Answer: Ladakh
Q.39 On the occasion of World Food Day, the United Nations World Food
Programme (UNWFP) launched its global cinema campaign “Feed Our
Future” at?
Answer: Mumbai
Q.40 Name the president of Indonesia who recently sworn into office for
his second and final five-year term?
Answer: Joko Widodo
Q.41 Where has first artificial intelligence university in the world been set
up?
Answer: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Q.42 Name the bilateral air exercise between Japanese Air Self Defence
Force (JASDF) and Indian Air Force (IAF) which was recently held in
Panagarh, West Bengal?
Answer: SHINYUU Maitri-19
Q.43 India Mobile Congress the largest mobile technology event in South
Asia was organized at New Delhi, the theme of the event was?
Answer: IMAGINE a new CONNECTED world
Q.44 6th India water week, was recently organised in New Delhi. The Theme
of the week was?
Answer: “Water Cooperation – Coping with 21st Century Challenges”.
Q.45 India and the United States will hold their first tri-services exercise
code-named as ‘Tiger Triumph’?
Answer: Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.
Q.46 CBDT has newly set up National e-Assessment Centre (NeAC) for
electronically assessing the tax returns, who appointed as the first Principal
Chief Commissioner of Income Tax of NeAC?
Answer: Krishna Mohan Prasad
Q.47 According to the Lancet report, “The burden of child and maternal
malnutrition and trends in its indicators in the states of India: The Global
Burden of Disease Study 1990–2017” which states witnessed death rates
due to malnutrition?
Answer: Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Assam
Explanation: Two-thirds of the children below 5 years deaths in 2017
(706,000 out of 1.04 million) in India are still attributable to malnutrition.
However, the deaths caused by malnutrition have shown a much smaller
decrease to 68.2% in 2017 from 70.4% in 1991.
Q.48 24th World Energy Congress was recently held at?
Answer: Abu Dhabi
Q.49 Department of Biotechnology has started the which initiative designed
on the concept of ‘Prevention is better than Cure’ to create awareness about
genetic disorders amongst clinicians and establish molecular diagnostics in
hospitals?
Answer: UMMID (Unique Methods of Management and treatment of
Inherited Disorders)
Q.50 With an aim to spread awareness about nutrition of children and
women, which state government in collaboration with United Nations
International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) unveiled a mascot
named ‘Tikki Mausi’?
Answer: Odisha (CM: Naveen Patnaik Governor: Ganeshi Lal)
Q.51 In an effort to reach out to every tuberculosis (TB) patient in the
country, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched which campaign?
Answer: TB Harega, Desh Jeetega
Q.52 Which state government has launched twin schemes for the public
welfare called ‘Aponar Apon Ghar Scheme’(a home loan subsidy scheme),
‘Abhinandan’ (an Education Loan Subsidy scheme)?
Answer: Assam (CM: Sarabananda Sonowal, Governor: Jagdish Mukhi)
Q.53 The “Daughter from a Wishing Tree” is written by?
Answer: Sudha Murthy
Q.54 Who has written the new book named ‘Girl Power: Indian Women Who
Broke The Rules’?
Answer: Neha J Hiranandani
Q.55 Who won the Best Men’s player award in the Best FIFA Football
Awards 2019 presented recently?
Answer: Lionel Messi (Argentina)
Explanation: Best Women’s Player: Megan Rapinoe (United States).
Q.56 Name the owner of the iconic Britannia & Co restaurant (Mumbai) who
passed away recently?
Answer: Boman Rashid Kohinoor
Q.57 In the third Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Rates for 2019-20, what is
the repo rate and reverse repo rate announced by RBI?
Answer: Repo Rate: 5.15%
Reserve Repo Rate: 4.90%
Q.58 What are the interest rate on Small Savings Scheme for Quarter- 3
FY 2019-20?
Answer: National Savings Certificate (NSC): 7.9%
Public Provident Fund (PPF): 7.9%
Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP): 7.6%
Sukanya Samriddhi Account Scheme: 8.4%
Q.59 Name the Physicist and Cosmologist who was conferred the
prestigious M P Birla Memorial Award 2019 for his contributions to the world
of cosmology?
Answer: Thanu Padmanabhan
Q.60 Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) signed the 300 th Advance
Pricing Agreement (APA) recently, the agreements were signed with?
Answer: United Kingdom (UK)
Q.61 World Trade Organisation (WTO) in its report reduced the global trade
growth forecast to what percent for 2019?
Answer: 1.2%
Q.62 Book titled “Mind Master: Winning lessons from a Champion’s Life”
has been authored by?
Answer: Chess legend Vishwanathan Anand
Explanation: Also, 14-year old R Praggnanandhaa from Chennai won the
Gold in Under-18 Open category of World Youth Chess Championship held
in Mumbai.
Q.63 Who has been appointed as the new Director-General of National
Security Guard (NSG)?
Answer: Anup Kumar Singh
Q.64 To strengthen its oversight of commercial banks, urban co-operative
banks (UCBs) and non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), RBI has
decided to operationalise 'unified departments for supervision and
regulation' with effect from?
Answer: November 1, 2019
Q.65 Who has been appointed as the Vice-Chairman of World Steel
Association (Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium)?
Answer: Sajjan Jindal, Chairman and Managing Director, JSW Steel
Q.66 The RBI issued guidelines on 'on tap' authorisation for Bharat Bill
Payment Operating Unit (BBPOU), Trade Receivables Discounting System
(TReDS) and White Label ATMs (WLAs), what is the minimum Paid up
capital requirement for each?
Answer: BBPOU: Rs 100 crores, TReDS: Rs 25 crores and WLA: Rs 100
crores.
Q.67 Which company has launched “i-SERV”, a first-of-its-kind video
calling service within the life insurance industry?
Answer: Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance
Q.68 Which state government organised India’s first training and

performance programme of world famous KHON Ramlila, a masked form of
Ramlila art of Thailand, in collaboration with Thailand government?
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
Q.69 The Union Minister of Tribal Affairs recently announced the second
phase of which program which aims to inspire, guide and encourage tribal
girls across India to become village level digital leaders for their
community?
Answer: GOAL (Going Online As Leaders). The program was launched by
Facebook to empower women by providing digital literacy, leadership, life
skills and entrepreneurship skills.
Q.70 Which company has become the first company in India to hit the
market capitalisation (m-cap) of Rs.9 lakh crore?
Answer: Mukesh Ambani-led Oil-to-telecom major Reliance Industries
(RIL)
Explanation: Also, Reliance Industries has been ranked 106 globally and
is the highest-ranked Indian firm on the Fortune Global 500 list.
Q.71 Mastercard along with which cricketer launched a nationwide
campaign dubbed as ‘Team Cashless India’ to accelerate the acceptance
and adoption of digital payments in India?
Answer: MS Dhoni
Q.72 Who has been appointed as the chairman of Indian Banks Association
(IBA) (Headquarter: Mumbai)?
Answer: SBI Chairman Rajnish Kumar
Q.73 The Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Report 2019 was published
bythe United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
According to the report NTMs have increased in the past two decades and
are affecting trade as well sustainable development goals (SDGs) in Asian
countries, what is the full form of NTMs?
Answer: Non-tariff measures. NTMs affect 58 per cent of the trade in Asia-
Pacific.
Q.74 Who has been appointed as the new Controller General of Accounts,
Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure?
Answer: Shri J.P.S. Chawla
Q.75 Name the Russian astronaut who passed away recently and who
walked for the first time in space in 1965?
Answer: Alexei Leonov

Q.76 The 2019 Nobel prize for Physics was awarded to?
Answer: Swiss Scientists Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz and Canadian –
American physicist James Peebles.
Explanation: The American was awarded for his contribution towards
“theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology”. The other half was shared
between the Swiss scientists for their work on “Discovery of an exoplanet
orbiting a star similar to sun”.
Q.77 A joint military training exercise “Vajra Prahar” was conducted
between India and?
Answer US in Seattle, US.
Q.78 According to Ministry of Finance guidelines, banks will not impose
charges or Merchant Discount Rate on customers as well as merchants on
digital payments made to establishments having turnover in excess of?
Answer: Rs 50 crores
Q.79 C-40 summit to show how cities are delivering their strong
commitments for healthier, sustainable, resilient and inclusive future to
take place in?
Answer: Copenhagen.
Q.80 Which bank has launched digital fixed-deposit (FD) product named
‘Express FD’ which can be opened in three minutes through the digital route
without opening a savings account by investing a minimum Rs 5,000.?
Answer: Axis Bank
Q.81 RBI came up with a new reporting system for all co-operative banks
(urban, State & district central) called CISBI in which they will submit
information related to opening/ closing/ conversion of branches, offices,
customer service points like ATMs in a single proforma online, what is the
full form of CISBI?
Answer: Central Information System for Banking Infrastructure
Q.82 Who was awarded Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration for
the years 2017 and 2018 for his services in promoting and preserving
national integration in the country?
Answer: Environmentalist Chandi Prasad Bhatt
Q.83 49th edition World Artistic Gymnastics Championships 2019 was
held?
Answer: Stuttgart, Germany

Explanation: American gymnast Simon Biles became the highest medal
winning female gymnast in the history.
Q.84 Name the renowned saxophone player & Padma Shri awardee who
passed away in Mangaluru recently?
Answer: Kadri Gopalnath
Q.85 RBI has given its final nod to Kerala Government for the formation of
Kerala Bank, how many District Co-operative Banks (DCBs) will be merged
with Kerala State Co-operative Bank?
Answer: 13
Q.86 Name the marathon runner from Kenya who became the first person
in the history to run a marathon in under 2 hours by finishing the 42Km
marathon in 1 hour, 59 minutes, 40.2 seconds in Vienna?
Answer: Eliud Kipchoge
Q.87 Who was selected by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
for prestigious Asia Environmental Enforcement Award?
Answer: Ramesh Pandey
Q.88 Name the scheme launched to provide free medicines for pregnant
women and there by bringing down the Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) and
Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) in the country?
Answer: SUMAN scheme – “Surakshit Matritva Aashwasan”
Q.89 Which 14-day programme was launched from ISRO to identify and
encourage talented children to enrich their skills and knowledge?
Answer: Pradhan Mantri Innovative Learning Programme – DHRUV
Q.90 According to the Edelgive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2019 by
Hurun India, who is India’s most generous philanthropists who contributed
Rs 826 crore during the financial year 2018-19 (FY19)?
Answer: HCL (Hindustan Computer Limited) Chairman Shiv Nadar
Q.91 38th India Carpet Expo was organised by CEPC – Carpet Export
Promotion Council at?
Answer: Varanasi
Q.92 Name the Scientists who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry?
Answer: John B Goodenough (US), M Stanley Whittingham (US) and Akira
Yoshino (Japan) for the development of lithium-ion batteries.
Q.93 25th Technology Summit was organised in association with which

nation in New Delhi?
Answer: Netherlands
Explanation: Theme of the event was Young entrepreneurship
Q.94 Part of the Ek Bharat Shreshta Bharat initiative, the Rashtriya Sanskrit
Mahotsav was conducted in?
Answer: Jabalpur, MP by the Ministry of Culture. (Union Culture
Minister: Prahlad Singh Patel).
Q.95 Name the initiative under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National
Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY – NRLM) which was launched with an aim to
bring the rural women SHGs – Self Help Groups under one platform was
launched in New Delhi?
Answer: SARAS Aajeevika Mela
Q.96 Organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), in partnership
with Union Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, India Sports Summit- Fitness:
$10 Billion Opportunity’ was held in?
Answer: New Delhi
Q.97 Who won the Sveriges Riksbank (Nobel) Prize in Economic Sciences
2019?
Answer: Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer for their
experimental approach to reduce global poverty.
Q.98 Where was AIBA (Headquarter: Lausanne, Switzerland) Women’s
World Boxing Championships 2019 held?
Answer: Ulan-Ude, Russia
Explanation: India’s Manju Rani won the silver medal whereas MC
Marykom, Jamuna Boro and Lovlina Borgohain won the bronze medals.
Q.99 The 100th Nobel Prize for peace has been awarded to?
Answer: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abhiy Ahmed Ali for his efforts to
resolve border conflict with Eritrea and for his overall contribution to peace
and international cooperation.
Q.100 Minister for Textiles Smriti Zubin Irani recently launched Project
SURE aimed at sustainable fashion, what is the full form of SURE?
Answer: Sustainable Resolution
Q.101 Which state topped the “Child well-being index” released by World
Vision India?
Answer: Kerala (CM: Pinarayi Vijayan, Governor: Arif Mohammed Khan)

Q.102 Intel Corp launched its latest processor, it’s first AI chip. What is the
name of the chip?
Answer: Spring Hill
Q.103 PM Modi launched $4.2 million redevelopment project of 200-year-
old Shreenathji or Lord Sri Krishna temple at?
Answer: Manama, Bahrain
Q.104 Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya passed away in Mumbai recently,
she was India’s first woman ________?
Answer: Director General of Police
Q.105 India won the SAFF Under-18 football Championship by defeating
which country in the final held in Kathmandu, Nepal?
Answer: Bangladesh
Q.106 Where has been a fun zone, the first of its kind in Indian Railways,
been set up?
Answer: Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
Q.107 The joint military training exercise between India and US named
Yudh Abhyas – 2019 was held recently in?
Answer: Washington
Q.108 Who is the new CEO of Chinese firm “Alibaba” after the retirement
of Jack Ma?
Answer: Daniel Zhang
Q.109 Ram Jethmalani, passed away recently he was a former?
Answer: Union Law Minister and a renowned lawyer.
Q.110 Indian Air Force (IAF) has resurrected which Ambala - based Air
Force Station (AFS) squadron also known as ‘Golden Arrows’, which will
operate the Rafale fighter jets?
Answer: Squadron number 17
Q.111 Union Ministry of Civil Aviation organised country’s first ever
helicopter summit at?
Answer: Dehradun
Q.112 Where did PM Modi launch nationwide campaign “Swachhta Hi Seva
2019” (SHS) under Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) recently?
Answer: Mathura
Explanation: The SHS which means “Cleanliness is service” is observed
from 11th September to October 2nd 2019. The theme for 2019 is ‘plastic
waste awareness and management’.
Q.113 7th regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), Seventh
East Asia Economic Ministers Summit and 16th ASEAN India Economic
Ministers (AEM) meeting was recently held at?
Answer: Bangkok
Q.114 Which state topped the second edition of perception-based index of
mobility of goods and efficiency, the Logistics Ease Across Different States
(LEADS) index?
Answer: Gujarat
Explanation: Also, Gujarati community across the globe celebrated New
year “Bestu Varas”.
Q.115 On the basis of recommendations of committee headed by Y.H.
Malegam, the RBI has revised that concurrent auditors will be appointed
for a period of not more than?
Answer: Three years. Also, the age limit for retired staff of concurrent
auditors will be capped at 70 years.
Q.116 South Asia’s tallest tower, 350-metre-tall 17-storey lotus tower was
recently opened at?
Answer: Colombo, Sri Lanka
Q.117 The government announced introduction which scheme to replace
the existing Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) from January
1, 2020?
Answer: Remission of Duties or Taxes on Export Products (RoDTEP)
Q.118 Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN) and Sa-Dhan along with
FIDC (Finance Industry Development Council) have jointly launched the
CRL for the micro credit industry. What is the full form of CRL?
Answer: Code for Responsible Lending (CRL)
Q.119 According to the United Nations (UN) ‘The International Migrant
Stock 2019’ report, which country topped the country of origin of
international migrants in 2019 with 17.5 million migrants globally?
Answer: India
Q.120 The Export Credit Guarantee Corporation (ECGC) has released a

new Export Credit Insurance Scheme (ECIS) called _______ to ease the
lending of loan to exporters so that they can get loans easily from banks.
Answer: NIRVIK (Niryat Rin Vikash Yojana)
Q.121 Union Ministry of Home Affairs has announced to set up world-class
National Police University (NPU) at?
Answer: Greater Noida
Q.122 23rd session of the United Nations World Tourism Organization’s
(UNWTO) General Assembly for 2019 was recently held in?
Answer: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Q.123 Which state government has declared 2020 as Year of Artificial
Intelligence?
Answer: Telangana (CM: K. Chandrasekhar Rao, Governor: Tamilisai
Soundarajan)
Q.124 20th IIFA awards 2019 were given recently, which film won the “Best
Film” award?
Answer: Raazi
Explanation: 20th IIFA awards 2019:
Best actor: Ranveer Singh (Padmavat)
Best Actress: Alia Bhatt (Raazi)
Best film: Raazi
Best Director: Sriram Raghavan (Andhadhun)
Q.125 Name the Indian photographer who was awarded the inaugural
“Acadmie des beaux-arts Photography Award – William Klein”?
Answer: Raghu Rai
Q.126 Which country won its second FIBA basketball World Cup title after
defeating Argentina in the gold medal game held in Beijing, China?
Answer: Spain
Q.127 The Indian Navy recently participated in the bilateral exercise
‘Samudra Laksamana’ with which country’s Navy?
Answer: Malaysia (Capital: Kuala Lumpur, Currency: Ringgit)
Q.128 Rights activist Agnes Kharshiing from which state was honoured
with the 11th International Hrant Dink award for the year 2019?
Answer: Meghalaya
Q.129 PM Modi and Mongolian President Khaltmaagiin Battulga, jointly
unveiled a statue of Lord Buddha at?
Answer: Ulaanbaatar
Q.130 The first World Youth Conference for Kindness was recently
organised by UNESCO at?
Answer: New Delhi
Q.131 Where will Maharashtra set up ‘Swachh Bharat World University’ to
mark Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary?
Answer: Wardha
Q.132 After a recent tax cut by the Union government, new manufacturing
companies will have to pay corporate tax rate of?
Answer: 15%
Explanation: Union government has cut corporate tax rate for companies
that do not avail of any tax incentive to 22%. Effective corporate tax rate
after surcharge will be 25.17%. New manufacturing companies (firms,
incorporated after October 1, 2019 and starting operations before March
31, 2023) will have to pay an even lower corporate tax rate of 15%.
Q.133 According to the RBI data the aggregate savings deposits in the
Indian private and public sector banks (PSBs) reached what amount as on
March 31, 2019?
Answer: Rs 39.72 lakh crores
Q.134 Traditional Neermahal Jal Utsav with boat race & swimming
competitions was recently organised at Rudrasagar lake in?
Answer: Agartala
Q.135 Pankaj Advani won his 22nd world title by winning IBSF World
Billiards Championship 2019 held in?
Answer: Myanmar
Explanation: He along with Aditya Mehta also clinched International
Billiards & Snooker Federation (IBSF) World Snooker Team Championship
2019 held in Mandalay, Myanmar.
Q.136 RBI has increased the loan sanction limit for small exporters under
Priority Sector Lending (PSL) by banks to what amount per borrower in
order to boost credit to the export sector?
Q.137 Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat, won a bronze medal in the women’s
53kg category at the “2019 World Wrestling Championships” held at?
Answer: Nur-sultan, Kazakhstan
Q.138 Which Payments Bank, has launched “Bharosa” savings account
services with the aim of deepening the financial inclusion in India?
Answer: Airtel Payments Bank
Q.139 Finance Minister recently announced merger of the country's top
Public Sector Banks (PSBs). After merging there would be how many PSBs
(Public Sector Banks)?
Answer: 12
Explanation: Merger 1- Punjab National Bank (Anchor bank), Oriental
Bank of Commerce, United Bank of India (the merged entity would be
the second largest PSB in the country after SBI).
Merger 2-Union Bank of India (Anchor Bank), Andhra Bank, Corporation
Bank
Merger 3-Canara Bank (Anchor Bank), Syndicate Bank
Merger 4-Indian Bank (Anchor Bank), Allahabad Bank
Q.140 Which Indian retired army officer has been appointed as the head
of UN mission in Hodeidah, Yemen?
Answer: Abhijit Guha
Q.141 “Srivilliputtur Palkova” a sweet which is prepared from high quality
flavour of milk with sugar has recently got a GI Tag, the sweet is from
which state?
Answer: Tamil Nadu
Explanation: Geographical Indication (GI) tags were also recently given
to Dindigul locks and Kandangi saree from Tamil Nadu by GI – Registry
Chennai.
Q.142 Who is the director of the Indian documentary film named “I’m
Jeeja” which bagged the top award in the “under 30 minutes category” at
the 2019 ‘We Care Film Festival on Disability Issues’?
Answer: Swati Chakraborty
Q.143 Who has been appointed as Principal Secretary to Prime Minister

Narendra Modi?
Answer: Pramod Kumar Mishra
Explanation: Also, another IAS Pramod Kumar Sinha has been appointed
as the new Principal Advisor to PM.
Q.144 Name the largest teachers training programme in the world
launched by Union HRD minister with an aim to motivate and equip teachers
to encourage and foster critical thinking in students?
Answer: NISHTHA
Q.145 PM Modi launched Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan-Dhan Yojana (PM-
KMY) at?
Answer: Ranchi
Q.146 Which country has honored Indian Ambassador Navdeep Singh Suri
with its highest civilian honor “Order of Zayed II award” recently?
Answer: UAE
Q.147 Which team won the 2019 Duleep trophy held at Chinnaswamy
Stadium, Bengaluru?
Answer: India Red
Q.148 NITI Ayog has selected McKinsey & Company to set up India’s first
Digital Capability Centre (DCC) at?
Answer: New Delhi
Q.149 Which state will set up India’s first International Women’s Trade
Centre (iWTC) to boost women entrepreneurship and secure gender parity?
Answer: Kerala (CM: Pinyari Vijayan, Governor: Arif Mohammed Khan)
Q.150 Which country has recently inaugurated Southeast Asia’s largest
solar power farm called ‘Dau Tieng Solar Power Complex’?
Answer: Vietnam (Capital: Hanoi, Currency: Dong)
Q.151 RBI recently amended the Large Exposures Framework (LEF) and
hence increased the bank’s loan exposure limit to a single NBFC (non-
banking financial company) to what percent?
Answer: 20%
Q.152 Which state recently released Biofuels rules -2019 and hence
became the first state in the country to have a Biofuel Policy?
Answer: Rajasthan (CM: Ashok Gehlot, Governor: Kalraj Mishra)
Explanation: Also, government of India signed a 190 million USD loan with
the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to upgrade road transport in the state
of Rajasthan
Q.153 Which Indian journalist was chosen for 2019 Ramon Magsaysay
Award (also known as Noble of Asia) for harnessing journalism to give voice
to the voiceless?
Answer: Ravish Kumar (from NDTV)
Q.154 Who recently became first woman to get elected as President of
Indian National Science Academy (INSA) (Headquarter: New Delhi)?
Answer: Chandrima Shaha
Q.155 Indian Navy recently participated with which Navy in the annual
bilateral exercise “KONKAN-19”?
Answer: United Kingdom
Q.156 Jyske Bank has launched the world’s first negative interest rate
loans (at -0.5%), the bank is located in which country?
Answer: Denmark (Capital: Copenhagen, Currency: Krone)
Q.157 Which state government recently announced “Mo Sarkar” initiative
to ensure transparency in governance focusing fully on the common
public?
Answer: Odisha
Q.158 Who has been recently appointed as the new Cabinet Secretary?
Answer: Rajiv Gauba
Q.159 Name the players in the Indian team that won India’s first ever
Gold in a World Cycling competition in World Junior Track Cycling
Championship held at Frankfurt, Germany?
Answer: Esow Alben, Ronaldo Singh, James Singh and Rojit Singh
Q.160 Mohammed Zahur ‘Khayyam’ Hashmi passed away recently he was
a famous?
Answer: Music Composer
Q.161 Union Ministry of Mines has set up joint venture company named
________ to ensure a consistent supply of critical and strategic minerals
to the Indian domestic market.
Answer: KABIL (Khanij Bidesh India Ltd.)
Q.162 Who won the first Atal Bihari Vajpayee Life-Term Achievement
Award recently?
Answer: Folk musician Thanga Darlong
Q.163 Where has Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP) set up a waste plastic
to diesel plant recently?
Answer: Dehradun
Q.164 Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) backed first space
museum was recently opened in the Birla Science Museum located at?
Answer: Hyderabad
Q.165 Minister of Earth Science & Science and Technology Dr. Harsh
Vardhan has launched which new mobile application to provide forecast
relating to temperature, rainfall, humidity, and wind speed and direction?
Answer: Meghdoot
Q.166 With 15% of all the SO2 (Sulphur Dioxide) hotspots in the world,
which country according to environmental organization, Greenpeace, is the
world’s top emitter of Anthropogenic Sulphur Dioxide?
Answer: India
Q.167 Nanaji Deshmukh was recently awarded Bharat Ratna, he is from
which field?
Answer: Educator and a social worker
Explanation: Along with Nana, Bhupen Hazarika a playback singer, lyricist,
musician, singer, poet and film-maker from Assam, widely known as
Sudhakantha and former President Pranab Mukherjee were also awarded
Bharat Ratna.
Padma Vibhushan was conferred on four personalities namely:
Teejan Bai (Chattisgarh) for art & folk, Ismail Omer Gulleh (from Dijbouti)
Public Affairs, Anil Kumar Manibhai (Maharashtra) for Industry and
Infrastructure and Balwant Moreshwar Purandare (Maharashtra) for acting
and theatre.
Q.168 Which state government recently announced its State Water Policy
2019 thus becoming the first state in the country to have a State Water
Policy?
Answer: Meghalaya (CM: Conrad Sangma, Governor: Tathagata Roy)
Q.169 Leaders of which geo-political group were invited during the oath-
taking ceremony of the PM Modi for the 17th Lok Sabha?
Answer: BIMSTEC (The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical

and Economic Cooperation) headquartered at Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Also, BIMSTEC member countries (Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri
Lanka, Thailand, Nepal, and Bhutan) celebrated the BIMSTEC Day on
June 25 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Q.170 Union government has approved Rs. 1600 crore expenditure for pre-
investment activities for the Dibang Multipurpose Project in?
Answer: Arunachal Pradesh (CM: Pema Khandu, Governor: BD Mishra)
Q.171 Which state government and Bombay stock exchange (BSE) have
signed a pact to encourage and support state’s micro, small and medium
enterprises (MSMEs) to raise capital?
Answer: Haryana (CM: Manohar Lal Khattar, Governor: Satyadev Naryan
Arya)
Q.172 Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ recently launched
which scheme to train institutions who want to acquire National
Accreditation and Assessment Council (NAAC) accreditation?
Answer: Paramarsh
Q.173 The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared which two
countries as ‘Malaria-Free’ countries after no cases of indigenous
transmission of disease were recorded?
Answer: Algeria (Capital: Algiers, Currency: Dinar) and Argentina
(Capital: Buenos Aires, Currency: Peso)
Explanation: Also, World Health Organization (WHO) has for the first time
recognised “burn-out” in its International Classification of Diseases
(ICD). The decision was taken during the 72nd session of World Health
Assembly (WHA) held in Geneva. The theme of the session was: “Universal
Health Coverage: Leaving no one behind”.
Q.174 India's first tree ambulance was recently initiated in which city by
Green man of India Dr K Abdul Ghani?
Answer: Chennai
Q.175 Who has been appointed as the Deputy Executive Director of United
Nations entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women - UN
Women?
Answer: Anita Bhatia
Q.176 In LinkedIn’s fourth edition of Top Companies list for India 2019,
which company was ranked at first place as the best workplace in India?
Answer: Flipkart
Q.177 Who is the new Chief of Indian Airforce?
Answer: Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria.
Explanation: Also, Admiral Karambir Singh is the 24th Chief of Indian
Navy.
Q.178 National Housing Bank (NHB) recently infused what amount in
NBFCs for Housing Finance Companies (HFCs) as additional liquidity for
individual housing loans for affordable housing?
Answer: Rs. 10,000 crores
Q.179 The Mahatma Gandhi IT and Biotechnology Park (MGIT-BP) was
recently inaugurated at?
Answer: Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) (Capital: Abidjan (Yamoussoukro is
political capital), Currency: Franc)
Q.180 Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) will provide Line of Credit
(LoC) worth what amount to Ghana and Mozambique for agricultural and
railway projects respectively?
Answer: USD 150 and 90 million respectively
Q.181 Name the nuclear-powered Arctic icebreaker recently launched by
Russia named at Baltic Shipyard in St. Petersburg to tap the commercial
potential of Arctic Ocean?
Answer: Ural
Q.182 Which state government has launched the initiative - “Mission
Shakti”, to train athletes from tribal areas for international sports events
such as Olympics?
Answer: Maharashtra (Governor: Bhagat Singh Koshyari)
Q.183 Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) laid foundation stone
for Space Situational Awareness Control Centre in __________ to protect
Indian satellites from space debris.
Answer: Bengaluru
Q.184 The year 2019 has been declared as __________ by UN General
Assembly, so as to bring awareness to importance of linguist.
Answer: International Year of Indigenous Languages
Q.185 Name the tribal woman from Odisha, who became the youngest MP
in the current Lok Sabha?
Answer: Chandrani Murmu of Biju Janata Dal (BJD)

Q.186 Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) recently released
a five-year vision plan named to transform higher education with the help
of more than 50 initiatives, what is the plan?
Answer: Education Quality Upgradation and Inclusion Programme (EQUIP)
Q.187 Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), Bharat Petroleum
Corporation Limited (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
(HPCL) signed an agreement to form a Joint Venture (JV) for laying the
world’s longest Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) pipeline from Kandla,
Gujarat to?
Answer: Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh (CM: Yogi Adityanath, Governor:
Anandiben Patel)
Explanation: Also, Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) has become the
first Indian company to buy U.S. crude oil by signing USD 1.5 billion deal
for 60,000 barrels.
Q.188 Name the only Indian orangutan who recently died at the age of 41
in Nandankanan Zoological Park in Bhubaneswar, Odisha?
Answer: Binny
Q.189 Under the recent pension scheme (Pradhan Mantri Karam Yogi
Maandhan) for all shopkeepers, retail traders and self-employed persons,
a minimum monthly pension of what amount would be given?
Answer: Rs. 3,000
Explanation: All small shopkeepers and self-employed persons as well as
the retail traders with GST turnover below Rs. 1.5 crore and age between
18-40 years, can enrol for this scheme. The scheme would benefit more
than 3 crore small shopkeepers and traders.
Q.190 Name the mission announced by the Union Finance Minister in the
recent budget to provide “Har Ghar Jal” (piped water supply) to all rural
households by 2024?
Answer: Jal Jeevan Mission (New Ministry- “Jal Shakti Mantralaya” will
complete the mission). Gajendra Singh Shekhawat is the Jal Shakti
Minister.
Q.191 Union Cabinet has recently approved what percent FDI in digital
media under government route?
Answer: 26%
Explanation: To help revive economic activity, Union Cabinet has

approved 100 percent FDI under the automatic route in contract
manufacturing and also for sale of coal, coal mining activities. The
government has also diluted the current 30 per cent domestic sourcing
norms for the single brand retail trade (SBRT) sector.
Q.192 Name the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India who has
been elected as external auditor of the World Health Organization (WHO)?
Answer: Rajiv Mehrishi
Q.193 The 2019 (8th edition) of the Indo-Myanmar coordinated patrol
(IMCOR) between the Navies of India and Myanmar was recently held at?
Answer: Port Blair at Andaman and Nicobar
Explanation: Also, another Naval Exercise between the two nations called
IMNEX-2019 was recently held in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
Q.194 The 2019 Shanghai Cooperation Summit was recently held at?
Answer: Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan (Currency: Som)
Explanation: Various side summits of SCO like, Mass Media Forum,
Foreign Ministers Summit, Finance Minister’s summit were too held in
Bishkek.
Q.195 Name the disaster warning system launched by Union Science and
Technology Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan to provide information related to
disaster warnings when fishermen move away from the coast?
Answer: Gagan Enabled Mariner’s Instrument for Navigation and
Information (GEMINI)
Q.196 Which Indian received the 'UNSDG 10 Most Influential People in
Healthcare Award' recently?
Answer: Patanjali Ayurveda’s Acharya Balkrishna
Q.197 As per Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
approximately how many villagers were given Digital Education under
Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA)?
Answer: 2.22 crores
Q.198 Which village recently became the first village in India to have zero
wooden stoves?
Answer: Bancha in Betul district of Madhya Pradesh.
Q.199 Which month has been celebrated as the National Nutrition Week
(Poshan Maah)?
Answer: September. The theme was: Complementary Feeding.

Q.200 Who is the author of “Carpenters and Kings: Western Christianity
and the Idea of India”?
Answer: Siddhartha Sarma
Q.201 As per Union environment ministry’s “Elephant population census”,
which state has maximum elephants in India?
Answer: Karnataka
Q.202 Union government, state government of Kerala and World Bank
signed a loan agreement of what amount for the Kerala Resilient
Programme?
Answer: $250 million (Rs 1,725 crore)
Q.203 Manipur recently received a “Museum of Peace” built on the
memories of Battle of Imphal, which country gifted this museum?
Answer: Japan
Q.204 A week-long exercise between the Indian army and the Indian Air
Force (IAF) – Kharga Prahar was recently held in?
Answer: Ambala, Punjab
Q.205 Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani inaugurated India’s first
Dinosaur Museum-cum-Park at?
Answer: Balasinor town of Mahisagar district.
Q.206 India won the women’s FIH Series Finals Hockey Tournament by
beating which team in the finals?
Answer: Japan
Q.207 External Affairs Minister Shri Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
inaugurated e-Vidyabharti (tele-education) and e-ArogyaBharti (Tele-
Medicine) projects for which countries on the 55th anniversary of Indian
Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) which is India’s flagship
capacity building programme?
Answer: 54 African countries
Q.208 Who was honored with the highest civilian award of Mexico termed
“Orden Mexicana del Aguila Azteca” (Order of the Aztec Eagle) recently?
Answer: Former President Pratibha Patil
Explanation: Also, it is the top ranked Indian company in the ‘world’s
2,000 largest public companies’, compiled by Forbes magazine, with global
rank of 71.
Q.209 Name the telescope which discovered 20 new moons of Saturn?
Answer: Subaru telescope, with this Saturn has a total of 82 moons.
Q.210 A two-day Elephanta festival of art and culture was recently held on
Elephanta-Gharapuri (island) at?
Answer: Mumbai, the theme for this year was ‘Swarang’
Explanation: Also, Third edition of International Sunflower Seed and Oil
Conference (ISSOC) 2019 in Maharashtra, Mumbai.
Q.211 PM Modi along with Chinese President Xi Jing Ping held second
informal summit at?
Answer: Mahabalipuram or Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu (first one was held
in Wuhan)
Q.212 Who won the US Open 2019 in the men’s and women’s singles
category?
Answer: Women: Bianca Andreescu (Canada) defeated Serena Williams
Men: Rafael Nadal (Spain) defeated Daniil Medvedev (Russia)
Explanation:
Wimbledon 2019 winners:
Men’s Category: Novak Djokovic from Serbia (Capital: Belgrade
Currency: Dinar) defeated Roger Federer from Switzerland (Capital: Bern
Currency: Franc)
Women’s Category: Simona Halep from Romania (Capital: Bucharest,
Currency: Leu) defeated Serena Williams (US)
French Open
Men’s category: Rafael Nadal (Spain) (his 12th French open title) defeated
Dominic Thiem from Austria (Capital: Vienna, Currency: Euro) in the
men’s singles event.
Women’s category: Ashleigh Barty (Australia) won the women’s singles

title defeating Marketa Vondrousova from Czech Republic (Capital: Prague,
Currency: Koruna)
Q.213 Where were largest War Game of the Indian Navy - the Theatre
Level Operational Readiness Exercise (TROPEX 19) recently held?
Answer: Kochi
Explanation: Four-day International Shark Meet was also recently held at
Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), Kochi.
Q.214 India has joined which organisation’s G20 Global Smart Cities
Alliance on Technology Governance, a league of 15 of world’s leading city
networks and technology governance organisations?
Answer: World Economic Forum’s (WEF) (Headquarter: Cologny,
Switzerland)
Q.215 P Rajagopal passed away in Chennai recently, he was the founder
of which popular South Indian food chain?
Answer: Saravana Bhavan
Q.216 Which sand artist from Puri, Odisha was awarded People’s Choice
Prize at the Boston International Sand Art Championship 2019?
Answer: Sudarshan Pattnaik
Q.217 Which Indian bodybuilder has clinched Mr. South Asia title at
12th South Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championship held in
Kathmandu?
Answer: Ravinder Kumar Malik
Q.218 Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has announced that Aramco will buy
20 % stake of RIL’s oil and chemicals business for about $15 billion, Aramco
is a company in which country?
Answer: Saudi Arabia
Q.219 Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar’s which film has been included into
NFAI (National Film Archives of India)?
Answer: Indu Sarkar
Q.220 Who was honoured with entrepreneur of the Year award 2019 for
his excellence in the service sector and for his contributions and
achievements in the business industry?
Answer: Ruhan Rajput
Q.221 Nandan Nilekani has come up with which RBI backed platform which
will help individuals and small businesses share their digital financial data
with third-parties in a safe and secure manner?
Answer: “Sahamati”- an account aggregator model
Q.222 As per the Economic Survey 2018-19, to achieve the objective of
becoming a US $5 trillion economy by 2024-25, India needs to sustain
a real GDP growth rate of?
Answer: 8%. (India will be a US$ 3 trillion economy in FY-20)
Explanation: To achieve 8% growth, “Virtuous Cycle” of savings,
investment and exports catalyzed and supported by a favorable
demographic phase is required.
Q.223 Name the Indian cricketer who became the first ever, female match
referee, to be included into the International Cricket Council (ICC)’s
International Panel of Match Referees?
Answer: GS Lakshmi
Q.224 RBI recently allowed which foreign bank to provide regular bank
services in India?
Answer: Bank of China
Q.225 Fourth edition of India’s largest confluence of digital-technology
stakeholders, the Internet of Things (IoT) India Congress 2019 was recently
held at?
Answer: Bengaluru
Q.226 Which team won the Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) championship
recently?
Answer: Chennai Lions
Q.227 Recently Vice President Venkaiah Naidu announced that India will
open its High Commission in which country?
Answer: Sierra Leone (Capital: Freetown, Currency: Leone). He also
announced $30 million credit line for rice cultivation.
Explanation: He also visited Comoros (Capital: Moroni, Currency: Franc)
India and extended more than $60 million line of credit to Union of Comoros
in the field of Energy and Maritime Defence Cooperation.
He was given ‘The Order of the Green Crescent’, the highest Civilian Honour
of Comoros, in Moroni.
Q.228 As per a Reserve Bank of India directive Non-Banking Finance

Companies (NBFCs) with assets size of over what amount have to appoint
a chief risk officer to improve standards of their risk management?
Q.229 Name the joint military drill conducted by Navy, Air Force and Army
to showcase joint operations capability of the armed forces?
Answer: BullStrike
Explanation: The annual Joint Military Exercise ‘Hand-in-Hand’ between
India and China will be held in Shillong, Meghalaya this December.
Q.230 The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
recently conferred ‘Sasakawa Award 2019’ for Disaster Risk Reduction
(DRR) on whom?
Answer: Pramod Kumar Mishra
Q.231 Which bank recently bought a 9.9% stake in India International
Exchange (INX), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bombay Stock Exchange
(BSE) for nearly Rs. 31 crores?
Answer: ICICI
Explanation: The bank has also launched a new digital platform called
‘InstaBIZ’ targeted at MSMEs and self-employed customers, enable them
to undertake their business banking transactions digitally and instantly.
Q.232 Aadi Mahotsav or National Tribal Festival was recently organised at?
Answer: Leh & Ladakh
Q.233 SBI’s Shanghai branch has become the first Indian Bank to be
connected to CNAPS which is the real-time settlement services for all
payments cleared in China, expand CNAPS.
Answer: China’s National Advance Payment System (CNAPS)
Q.234 As per the Union Budget 2019-20 what amount has been allocated
to Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Program
(MGNREGP)?
Explanation: Also, the government has allocated Rs. 75,000 crores for
Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) scheme in the budget.
Q.235 Where was triennial International Seed Testing Association (ISTA)
Congress recently held for the first time in Asia?
Answer: Hyderabad
Q.236 Which state recently became the first state to tap into masala bond
market by listing its masala bond worth of USD 312 million) in London Stock
Exchange (LSE)?
Answer: Kerala
Q.237 Indian para-swimming team created history by becoming the first
Asian swimming team to cross which 42 km long channel in 11 hours 34
minutes?
Answer: Catalina
Explanation: Team comprised of Satendra Singh (MP), Rimo Saha
(Bengal), Jagdish Chandra (Rajasthan), Chetan, Gita Chaudhary
(Maharashtra) and Anjani Patel (Chhattisgarh).
Q.238 Name the campaign launched by Union Environment Ministry to
spread awareness about Air pollution?
Answer: Hawa Aane De
Q.239 Who recently became world’s first woman to cross Atlantic Ocean
solo in a Light Sports Aircraft (LSA) named Mahi?
Answer: Aarohi Pandit
Explanation: Also, flight lieutenant Bhawana Kanth made history when
she became the first women of Indian Air Force to qualify to undertake
combat mission on a fighter jet.
Also, Hina Jaiswal created history by becoming the first woman flight
engineer of Indian Air Force (IAF).
Q.240 BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange) has launched which app to enable
more participation and help mutual fund distributors process transactions
faster?
Answer: BSE StAR MF
Q.241 Which former Indian Supreme Court Justice has been appointed as
a judge of Supreme Court of Fiji’s non-resident panel?
Answer: Madan B Lokur
Q.242 Which state government has launched “School Fagadaba” (Make
education better) scheme with the aim to improve the infrastructure,
quality education and overall improvement of government schools?
Answer: Manipur (CM: N Biren Singh). Explanation: Manipur has also
topped rankings in Breastfeeding and Infant and Young Child Feeding
Practices in India, as per a report on “Breastfeeding” released by Union
Health Minister Dr. Harshvardhan
Q.243 Which country recently became the world's first country to measure
its success based on the well-being of its citizens?
Answer: New Zealand (Capital: Wellington, Currency: Dollar)
Q.244 66th National Film awards were announced recently, which film won
the award for the Best Feature Film?
Answer: Hellaro (Gujarati)
Explanation: Best Hindi Movie: Andhadhun
Most Film Friendly State: Uttarakhand
Best Actor: Ayushmann Khurrana (‘Andhadhun’) & Vicky Kaushal (‘Uri’)
Best Actress: Keerthy Suresh for ‘Mahanati’ (Telugu)
Best Director: Aditya Dhar for- ‘Uri: The Surgical Strike’
Q.245 INS Kolkata and INS Shakti of the Indian Navy participated in
International Maritime Defence Exhibition Asia (IMDEX Asia-2019) held at?
Answer: Singapore
Explanation: After IMDEX, the same ships participated in the 26th edition
of Singapore India Maritime Bilateral Exercise (SIMBEX).
Q.246 Name the new commercial arm of ISRO which was recently
inaugurated in Bengaluru?
Answer: New Space India Limited (NSIL)
Q.247 English-language monthly magazine ‘Euromoney’ has named which
bank as the ‘World’s Best Bank?
Answer: Singapore based DBS bank
Q.248 Which state topped in 2017-18 in the Composite Water Management
Index (CWMI 2.0) report released by NITI Aayog recently?
Answer: Gujarat
Q.249 Name the woman who recently became first Indian to claim a world
title in motorsports by winning FIM World Cup in women’s category?
Answer: Aishwarya Pissay (Karnataka)
Q.250 Which architectural heritage town has been included in tentative list
of UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites recently?
Answer: Orchha in Madhya Pradesh (CM: Kamal Nath, Governor: Lalji
Tandon).
Explanation: Also, India’s first cow sanctuary “Kamdhenu Gau

Abhyaranya” is located in Agar Malwa, Madya Pradesh (MP).
Q.251 ‘One Nation One Ration Card’ scheme, under which beneficiaries can
buy subsidized food grains from any ration shop in the country has to be
implemented by?
Answer: June 30, 2020
Q.252 Which former Supreme Court judge has been appointed as an
International Judge of Singapore International Commercial Court
?
Answer: Justice A K Sikri
Q.253 Renowned author Amitav Ghosh was felicitated with 54th Jnanpith
Award for his outstanding contribution to enrichment of Indian Literature
in which language?
Answer: English. His latest novel is Gun Island.
Q.254 According to the Sample Registration System (SRS), India’s infant
mortality rate declined from 42 in 2012 to what in 2017?
Answer: 33
Explanation: Madhya Pradesh and Assam had the worst IMR of 47 and 44
respectively while Kerala and Tamil Nadu recorded the lowest IMR of 10
and 16 respectively.
Q.255 Which Indian IPS officer will be honoured with prestigious UN medal
called Dag Hammarskjöld Medal for courage and sacrifice in line of duty?
Answer: Late IPS Jitender Kumar
Q.256 Which city recently became the world’s most southernmost city?
Answer: Puerto Williams, in Chile (Capital: Santiago, Currency: Peso)
Q.257 Name the three-year road map to be adopted by RBI for
strengthening regulation and supervision among other functions of the
central bank?
Answer: Utkarsh 2022
Q.258 L&T Finance Services Ltd. recently launched which campaign an
educational program aimed at financial inclusion of rural women in
Villupuram District, Tamilnadu?
Answer: Digital Sakhi
Q.259 Who has been appointed as the new MD and CFO of World Bank?
Answer: Anshula Kant

Q.260 Which Indian artist recently won the biennial Joan Miro Prize named
after Spanish painter and sculptor Joan Miró?
Answer: Nalini Malani
Q.261 As per Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade
(DPIIT), India received a Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) of what amount
in the FY – 19?
Answer: $64.37 billion
Explanation: Also, as per World Investment Report released by UNCTAD
(Headquarter: Geneva) FDI to India grew by 6 per cent to USD 42 billion
in 2018, The report also ranked India among the top 20 host economies for
FDI inflows in 2017-18.
Q.262 Indian Women’s Rugby team claimed their first ever international
women’s 15s victory after beating which team in the Asian Women Rugby
Championship Division 1 held in Philippines, Manila?
Answer: Singapore
Q.263 Dr Hargovind Laxmishanker Trivedi passed away recently, he was
a?
Answer: Noted nephrologist
Q.264 WHO (Headquarter: Geneva, Switzerland) recently declared Sri
Lanka as free from which disease?
Answer: Measles
Explanation: Also, Sri Lanka’s airlines has been named the ‘World’s Most
Punctual Airline’ for second consecutive time by global flight tracker,
‘Flightstats.
Q.265 The Women Sangams (groups) of Deccan Development Society of
which state were honoured with Equator Prize 2019 by United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP) for their contribution to ecology and
innovations in rainfed millet cultivation?
Answer: Telangana (CM: K. Chandrashekar Rao, Governor: E. S. L.
Narasimhan)
Q.266 Who recently became the first independent woman director to the
board of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)?
Answer: M. Jayshree Vyas
Q.267 In a bid to promote research in cutting edge areas of science, the

Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) plans to launch which new
scheme to fund scientists?
Answer: “Supra” (Scientific and Useful Profound Research Advancement)
Q.268 Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited recently partnered with which IT
major to accelerate the digital transformation of the Indian economy and
society?
Answer: Microsoft
Q.269 In which country PM Modi recently inaugurated Mangdechhu
hydroelectric power plant?
Answer: Bhutan
Explanation: There he also inaugurated Ground Earth Station and
SATCOM network developed with assistance from ISRO and launched
“Rupay” card. The government of India would also provide additional $100
mn to the Bhutan government under the currency swap agreement.
Q.270 17th edition of the IAAF World Athletics Championships for 2019 was
held at?
Answer: Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar. The event mascot
was “Falah”, an anthropomorphic falcon.
At the championships India’s Avinash Sable qualified for Tokyo Olympics
in men’s 3000m steeplechase event. Annu Rani became the first Indian to
reach the finals of the women’s javelin throw event.
Q.271 Where was India's first garbage café recently opened, under which
any person fetching plastic waste to the garbage cafe will be assured of a
meal?
Answer: Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh
Explanation: The state government will also set up “Lemru Elephant
Reserve” in the state.
Q.272 Who won the 2019 Nobel Medicine Prize for their work on how
cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability?
Answer: Britain’s Peter Ratcliffe and William Kaelin and Gregg Semenza
of US
Q.273 The Medical and Health Department of which state was recently
conferred with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Tobacco Control
Award for 2019 in recognition of its achievements in the field of tobacco
control?
Answer: Rajasthan (CM: Ashok Gehlot, Governor: Kalraj Mishra)

Explanation: Rajasthan was also awarded “best innovation and initiative
leadership award” at the 14th World Education Summit-2019, held at New
Delhi.
Q.274 Who was awarded the 2019 UN High Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR) prestigious Nansen Award?
Answer: Azizbek Ashurov from Krygzstan (Currency: Som, Capital:
Bishkek)
Q.275 Where is 1,000-year-old Shawala Teja Singh Temple located which
was re-opened for devotees for the first time since partition?
Answer: Sialkot, Pakistan
Q.276 Which company recently launched its own operating system called
“HarmonyOS” recently?
Answer: Huawei (Chinese)
Q.277 ADB recently approved what amount loan for road infrastructure
improvement project in Maharashtra?
Answer: USD 200 million
Explanation: Maharashtra also bagged first Hyperloop Project in the World
(worth 10$billion or Rs. 70,000 crores), the proposed hyperloop will
connect Mumbai with Pune.
Q.278 Who has been appointed as the President of India’s largest digital
payment company PayTm?
Answer: Madhu Deora
Q.279 Fifth International Dharma-Dhamma conference was recently held
at?
Answer: Rajgir, Bihar
Q.280 Second joint military exercise ‘Dharma Guardian-2019’ to promote
military cooperation was recently held between India and Japan at?
Answer: Mizoram
Q.281 Which special railway unit for the Indian railways was recently
launched by union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal?
Answer: CORAS (Commandos for Railway Security)
Q.282 Where will be the 11th biennial arms exhibition ‘DefExpo 2020’ held
in the month of February next year?
Answer: Lucknow
Q.283 India has recently contributed what amount to the United Nation
Special Purpose Trust Fund (SPTF)?
Answer: $1 million
Q.284 Recently Geographical Indications Registry under DPIIT granted GI
tag to Tirur betel leaf, it is found in which state?
Answer: Kerala
Explanation: The GI Tag was also given to following entities:
Tawlhlohpuan woven fabric: Mizoram, Colorful Shawl Mizo
Puanchei: Mizoram and Palani panchamirtham, given as ‘prasadam’:
Murugan temple, Palani, Tamil Nadu.
Q.285 Who has been chosen for Sangita Kalanidhi Award 2019?
Answer: Carnatic vocalist S. Sowmya
Q.286 7th Economic Census (EC) for the year 2019 which is conducted by
the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI)
commenced from which state?
Answer: Tripura
Q.287 Which state has been adjudged the best overall, among larger states
awards in terms of rural cleanliness in the annual sanitation survey 2019?
Answer: Tamil Nadu. Mizoram took the top spot in the smaller states and
UTs category.
Explanation: Among districts, Peddapalli district of Telangana became the
cleanest district in the country.
Q.288 As per the fourth tiger census (2018) released by PM Modi, India
now has how many tigers?
Answer: 2,967 i.e. a growth of 33 per cent from the figures of the previous
census (2013).
Explanation: MP has the highest number of tigers at 526, followed by
Karnataka at 524. India has 70% of world tigers.
Also, MP’s Pench Sanctuary and Kerala’s Periyar sanctuary emerged as the
best-managed tiger reserves in the country.
Q.289 Which Indian former athlete has been appointed as one of the six
members of the Asian Athletics Association’s (AAA) Athletes Commission?
Answer: PT Usha
Q.290 Who is the author of the novel “Second Night” released recently?
Answer: Rajiv Dogra
Q.291 Name “India’s lightest bullet-proof jacket” which was launched
recently at the International Police Expo 2019 in New Delhi?
Answer: Bhabha Kavach
Q.292 Who is the new PM of Britain?
Answer: Boris Johnson (Conservative Party)
Q.293 Which former Governor of RBI has recently released his new Book
‘Resurgent India’?
Answer: Bimal Jalan
Q.294 5th World Parliament of Science, Religion and Philosophy 2019 with
the theme of ‘Role of Science, Religion and Philosophy for World Peace and
well-being of Mankind’ was organised in?
Answer: Pune
Q.295 Which country will withdraw from 14-nation Organization of the
Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) from 1 January 2020?
Answer: Ecuador (Capital: Quito Currency: US Dollar)
Q.296 14th edition of Indo–Mongolian joint military training called Exercise
Nomadic Elephant- was held at?
Answer: Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh.
Q. 297 The first e-waste clinic of India will be set up at?
Answer: Bhopal
Q.298 Chandrayaan-2 was launched recently from Satish Dhawan Space
Center in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh by which launch vehicle?
Answer: Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III (GSLV Mk III-
M1)
Explanation: Chandrayaan-2 has 3 components- Orbiter, lander (Called
Vikram) and Rover (called Pragyan).
Also, Muthaya Vanitha was Project Director and Ritu Karidhal was Mission
Director of Chandrayaan-2.
Q.299 England beat New Zealand in the finals held at Lord’s, London UK to
win the 12th ICC Cricket World Cup, who won the Man of the Match (MoM)
in the finals?
Answer: Ben Stokes (England)
Explanation: Kane Williamson (New Zealand) was the Man of the
tournament. Golden Bat- Rohit Sharma
Q.300 Subir Vithal Gokarn passed away recently, he was a?
Answer: Famous economist and former RBI Deputy Governor
Q.301 The 39th World Congress of Poets was inaugurated at the Kalinga
Institute of Industrial Technology, the theme was?
Answer: Compassion through Poetry.
Q.302 According to a new report “Benchmarking India’s Payment
Systems”, released by RBI the share of e-Money in India’s payment
systems raise to what percent in 2017 from 0.8 percent in 2012?
Answer: 21.5
Explanation: Also, as per the recent Union Budget, Reserve Bank of India
(RBI) will now be the regulator of Housing Finance Firms (HFFs) instead of
NHB (National Housing Bank).
Q.303 Global Conference-cum- expo on ‘Spirituality for Unity, Peace and
Prosperity’ was held in?
Answer: Mount Abu, Rajasthan
Q.304 Where is Chaukhandi Stupa, an ancient Buddhist site located which
has been declared as ‘protected area of national importance’ by
Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) recently?
Answer: Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh
Q.305 The annual military exercise called KAZIND 2019 between India and
Kazakhstan (Capital: Nur-sultan, Currency: Tenge) army was recently
held at?
Answer: Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand
Q.306 Name the scheme launched by University Grants Commission (UGC)
to boost research culture and innovation in colleges and universities?
Answer: STRIDE (Scheme for Trans-disciplinary Research for India’s
Developing Economy)
Q.307 What was the code name of the war games conducted by Indian
Armed forces in Arunachal Pradesh along China border?
Answer: “Operation HimVijay”

Explanation: The Balakot strikes done by IAF in Pakistan were code named
as “Operation Bandar”
Q.308 Which Indian professional squash player, won the national squash
title for the record 17th time at the 76th Senior National Squash
Championship, 2019 held in Pune in the women’s category?
Answer: Joshna Chinappa
Explanation: Mahesh Mangaonkar won the men’s title.
Q.309 India hosted the Intersessional meeting of Kimberley Process (KP)
2019 recently at?
Answer: Mumbai, Maharashtra. The Kimberley Process Certification
scheme outlines rules that govern trade in rough diamonds.
Q.310 Union Power Minister Raj Kumar Singh and Coal, Mines and
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi have jointly launched which
Portal in New Delhi with an aim to bring better coordination for coal supplies
among all stakeholders?
Answer: PRAKASH– Power Rail Koyla Availability through Supply
Harmony
Q.311 Who won the Femina Miss India World 2019 beauty pageant?
Answer: Suman Rao from Rajasthan
Q.312 Girish Karnad passed away recently in Bengaluru, Karnataka, he
was a?
Answer: Playwright, actor and Jnanpeeth awardee
Q.313 Which country has become first Arab country to be granted full
membership of Financial Action Task Force (FATF) (Headquarters: Paris,
France)?
Answer: Saudi Arabia (Capital: Riyadh, Currency: Dinar)
Explanation: Also, UAE (Capital: Abu Dhabi, Currency: Dirham) has
launched the new anti-money laundering platform, called (goAML), to
gather and analyse intelligence submitted by reporting entities.
Q.314 Which state government recently launched “Mukhyamantri Krishi
Ashirwad Yojana”?
Answer: Jharkhand (CM: Raghubar Das, Governor: Draupadi Murmu)
Explanation: Also, on International Yoga Day, Prime Minister Narendra

Modi performed Yoga asana along with 40,000 participants at Ranchi,
Jharkhand.
Q.315 Name Sri Lanka’s first ever satellite, designed and developed by two
Sri Lankan engineers which was successfully placed into orbit recently?
Answer: Raavana-1
Q.316 As per the Union Budget an encyclopaedia would be developed on
which among the following Indian personalities?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
Q.317 As per the NITI Aayog’s recent index “Healthy States, Progressive
India: Report on Rank of States and UTs”, which state topped the rankings
in the bigger states’ category?
Answer: Kerala. (UP was the worst performer in this category).
Explanation: Mizoram was ranked first in the smaller states category and
Chandigarh topped the rankings in the UTs category.
Q.318 What is the name of the Facebook’s cryptocurrency which the social
media giant will roll-out in 2020?
Answer: Libra
Q.319 Which Indian plant has become the first and the only Indian
manufacturing plant that has been included in prestigious Lighthouse
Network of the World Economic Forum (Headquarter: Cologny,
Switzerland)?
Answer: Tata Steel Kalinganagar (Odisha)
Q.320 National Nutrition Survey conducted by UNICEF and Ministry of
Health and Family Welfare, which state has the highest number of
adolescents who were obese or overweight?
Answer: Tamil Nadu and Goa
Explanation: Around 10% of children in the age group of 5 to 9 years and
adolescents in the age group 10 to 19 years are pre – diabetic. 5% of them
were overweight and 5% suffered from blood pressure. One in five children
in the age group 5 to 9 years were stunted.
Q.321 Which state government has started first of its kind Village
Secretariat system at Karapa village, the secretariat will act as a bridge
between the government and the people by rendering over 500 types of
services at their doorstep?
Answer: Andhra Pradesh

Q.322 Himachal Pradesh CM Jai Ram Thakur flagged off a one-month
program ‘Pragati Rath’ of which bank to make people aware of financial and
digital literacy?
Answer: HDFC bank
Q.323 Union government has approved setting up of Tripura’s first-ever
Special Economic Zone (SEZ) at?
Answer: Paschim Jalefa village in Sabroom with an estimated investment
around Rs 1550 crores.
Q.324 Who has been appointed as the new Chairman and Managing
Director (CMD) of NBCC (National Buildings Construction Corporation)?
Answer: PK Gupta
Q.325 Who would be awarded the ‘Daughter of the Nation’ award by the
government?
Answer: Legendary Singer Lata Mangeshkar
Q.326 Name the Indian grandmaster who won the Fide World Grand Prix
2019 title held in Skolkovo, Russia?
Answer: Koneru Hampi (from Andhra Pradesh)
Q.327 Prime Minister Narendra Modi has declared FY-20 as which year?
Answer: Construction-Technology
Q.328 Union Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari recently inaugurated
9th International Micro irrigation conference at?
Answer: Aurangabad, Maharashtra. Theme of the conference: Micro
Irrigation and Modern Agriculture.
Q.329 Which city has become the world’s most dynamic city in the City
Momentum Index released by the property consultant JLL?
Answer: Bengaluru
Q.330 The first Sheikh Saud International Prize for Materials Research
would be awarded to which Indian scientist for his contribution to material
research?
Answer: Bharat Ratna scientist C N R Rao
Q.331 Which team defeated Punjab Royals to claim the fourth edition of
the Pro Wrestling League (PWL)?
Answer: Haryana Hammers
Q.332 Which city has been recognised as ‘World Capital of Architecture’ for
2020 by UNESCO?
Answer: Rio De Janerio. Theme: All the worlds. Just one world.
Q.333 Which state government recently launched ‘One Family One Job’
scheme, under which for every family one government job would be
allotted?
Answer: Sikkim (Governor: Ganga Prasad, CM: (Prem Singh Tamang) PS
Golay).
Q.334 Which Bollywood singer has been honoured with ‘Magnificent
Performing Arts Award’ at the 21st century Icon Awards in London?
Answer: Sonu Nigam
Q.335 Who has been awarded the International Gandhi Peace Prize for
2018?
Answer: Yohei Sasakawa (from Japan)
Explanation: Winners of other years are: Vivekananda Kendra in
Kanyakumari (2015), Akshaya Patra Foundation and Sulabh International
(2016) and Ekal Abhiyan Trust (2017).
Q.336 Which are the top three railway stations those who have topped the
Railway Cleanliness Survey 2019?
Answer: Jaipur, Jodhpur, and Durgapura (all three are in Rajasthan)
Q.337 Oil India Limited (OIL) has appointed whom as its new Chairman
and Managing Director (CMD)?
Answer: Sushil Chandra Mishra
Q.338 Which country has declared the ancient Hindu religious site of “Panj
Tirath” as a national heritage?
Answer: Pakistan. The site is located in Peshawar.
Q.339 Which Bollywood actor will be honoured with India’s highest award
in cinema, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2018?
Answer: Amitabh Bachchan
Q.340 The government has approved establishment of two new benches
of National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), one at Amaravati
and the other at?
Answer: Indore
Q.341 The UN Climate Change Summit, 2019 was held in?
Answer: New York. The key focus of the summit was to accelerate the
actions to implement Paris agreement.
Explanation: PM Modi, also inaugurated the Gandhi Peace Garden at the
UN headquarters in New York, he also inaugurated a 50 kilowatt ‘Gandhi
Solar Park’ at the UN Headquarters.
Q.342 Where was 21st edition of the Commonwealth Table Tennis
Championships held recently where India won 15 medals including 7 Golds?
Answer: Cuttack, Odisha
Explanation: Harmeet Desai and Ayhika Mukherjee won Gold Medals in
the Men’s and Women’s singles category respectively.
Q.343 Who was awarded with the annual Gandhi Mandela Peace Medal
2019?
Answer: Thich Nhat Hanh (from Vietnam)
Q.344 Which Indian company launched “Samarth”, an initiative to bring
Indian artisans, weavers, and makers of handicrafts to its platform?
Answer: Flipkart (owned by Walmart)
Q.345 Who won the Chinese, Bahrain, Canadian, French, Spanish, British
and Monaco Grand Prix 2019?
Answer: Lewis Hamilton (drives for Mercedes) of United Kingdom
Explanation: Valtteri Bottas (Finland): Japanese, Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Max Verstappen (Belgium): Austrian, German
Sebastian Vettel (Germany): Singaporean
Charles Leclerc (Monaco): Italian, Belgian Grand Prix
Q.346 In the recent QS World University Ranking 2020 which IIT emerged
as India’s best institution?
Answer: IIT-Bombay (global ranking 152)
Explanation: IIT – Bombay also secured top position in the QS India
University Rankings.
Q.347 Where was G20 summit 2019 held?
Answer: Osaka, Japan. (G20 Summit 2020 would be held in Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia).
Q.348 Which constitutional amendment granted 10% quota in jobs,
educational institutions for (EWS) economically weaker sections in general
category including Jains, Sikhs, Muslims, etc?
Answer: 103rd
Explanation: For the implementation of the quota, Articles 15 and 16 of
the Constitution was amended. Also, Gujarat was the first state to
implement 10% quota to EWS (Economically Weaker sections).
Q.349 Renukaji Dam Multi-Purpose Project which would be constructed
jointly by six states, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi,
Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh would be built on?
Answer: Giri river (tributary of the Yamuna) at Sirmour district of Himachal
Pradesh.
Q.350 'Pradhan Mantri Shram-Yogi Mandhan' (PM-SYM) has been launched
for unorganised sector workers to provide pensionary benefits to at least
how many labourers and workers in the unorganised sector?
Answer: 10 crores
Explanation: Under the scheme Rs 3000 per month after 60 years of age
with an affordable contribution of only Rs 100/55 per month. The scheme
was launched by PM at Gujarat.
Q.351 14th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel
Convention (BC COP-14), the 9th meeting of the Conference of the Parties
to the Rotterdam Convention (RC COP-9) and the 9th meeting of the
Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention (SC COP-9) was
held recently at?
Answer: Geneva, Switzerland
Explanation: The theme of the meeting was “Clean Planet, Healthy
People: Sound Management of Chemicals and Waste”
Q.352 Who was awarded the University of Pennsylvania’s Carnot Prize
2018 for the transformational changes brought by him during his tenure as
the Union Minister in the previous Modi Government?
Answer: Piyush Goyal
Q.353 IRDAI in the month of January set up a panel headed by whom to
identify domestically systematically important insurers (SIIs)?
Answer: Praveen Kutumbe
Q.354 The CM of Tripura Biplab Kumar Deb unveiled the official logo of
Tripura tea. The logo features which iconic landmark?
Answer: Neermahal, the iconic landmark in Rudijala, Tripura (CM: Biplab
Kumar Deb, Governor: Ramesh Bais)
Explanation: Also, recently Kharchi Puja was held in Tripura.
Q.355 RBI has approved Pasargad Bank of which country to open branches
in Mumbai for easing trade related transactions?
Answer: Iran (Capital: Tehran, Currency: Dinar)
Q.356 The central banks of which two countries will launch a common
digital currency called “Aber”?
Answer: UAE (Capital: Abu Dhabi, Currency: Dirham) and Saudi Arabia
(Capital: Riyadh, Currency: Riyal).
Q.357 Japan Prize Foundation announced whom as the recipient of the
2019 Japan Prize in the field of “Biological Production, Ecology”?
Answer: Dr. Rattan Lal
Q.358 Government of India signed an agreement with which organisation
for India’s participation in Programme for International Student Assessment
(PISA) 2021?
Answer: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD
(Headquarter: Paris).
Q.359 Niti Aayog in the month of May proposed a what amount initiative
for the establishment of AIRAWAT, a cloud computing platform along with
research institutes?
Answer: 7,500 crores
Q.360 To give a fillip to digital lending, SIDBI has started a pilot scheme
to extend financial assistance of up to what amount to new-age fintech non-
banking finance companies (NBFCs) engaged in financing small businesses
and other income-generating activities?
Answer: Rs. 10 crores
Q.361 In the month of February where was the fourth edition of
International Spice Conference held?
Answer: Hyderabad. Theme: ‘Challenges of Change, Redefining the Value
Chain’.
Q.362 A new RBI policy for overseas borrowings allows all eligible
borrowers to raise External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) up to what
amount per financial year under the automatic Route?
Answer: $750 million
Q.363 In the month of March who was appointed as the first ombudsman
for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)?
Answer: D K Jain
Q.364 To help boost liquidity particularly among small and marginal
farmers in the farming sectors RBI has announced to increase the limit on
collateral-free agriculture loans to what amount from Rs.1 lakh?
Answer: Rs.1.6 lakhs
Q.365 The annual multinational maritime exercise Cutlass Express was
held recently; Indian Navy was represented in the exercise by ship?
Answer: INS Trikand.
Q.366 Name the hurricane recently which hit Bahamas and the South
eastern United States (US)?
Answer: Dorian
Q.367 Name the annual military exercise held at Nashik in which Indian
army recently showcased its artillery firepower by using ultra-light
Howitzers and indigenous Swathi weapon-locating radar?
Answer: “Exercise Topchi”
Explanation: Indian army recently conducted the disaster relief exercise
‘Exercise Rahat’ in Jaipur, Kota and Alwar in Rajasthan.
Q.368 Which country’s central bank announced the discontinuation of its
official currency, U.S. dollar and launched a new currency called RTGS
dollars, to resolve a long-term monetary crisis?
Answer: Zimbabwe (Capital: Harare)
Q.369 A first-of-its kind ‘Trip Protector’ insurance policy was launched by
which General Insurance Company for non-life insurance segment in India?
Answer: HDFC ERGO
Q.370 A recent study based on the National Sample Survey Organization
(NSSO) data shows that India has how many health workers per 10,000
people?
Answer: 20.6 health workers
Explanation: Also, as per the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) for
2017-18” by NSSO Nagaland has the highest unemployment rate
among the states with 21.4%. The overall unemployment rate in India is
6.1%.
Q.371 Who has been recently appointed as the Managing Director of

National Housing Bank (NHB)?
Answer: Sarada Kumar Hota
Q.372 Which Asset Management Company (AMC) recently became the first
Indian fund house to launch WhatsApp transaction platform for mutual fund
transactions for new as well as existing investors?
Answer: Motilal Oswal Asset Management Company (AMC)
Q.373 Name the Bengaluru-based medical doctor who was honoured with
the 'Global Asian of the Year 2018-19' award for her services and
contributions to the women's healthcare ecosystem?
Answer: Hema Divakar
Explanation: Also, Health Ministry has launched ‘LaQshya’ (Labour
room Quality improvement Initiative) initiative to improve quality of care
in labor room and maternity operation theatres in public health facilities.
Q.374 Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh released the list of best
performing police stations across the nation, which police station has been
ranked first?
Answer: Kalu (Bikaner, Rajasthan)
Explanation: Also, Keonjhar Police, Odisha, in collaboration with India Post
has issued postage stamps, each featuring the Ashok Chakra Awardees
from Police across the country, under the “My Stamp” scheme.
Q.375 A loan agreement of $40 million was signed between the Union
Government, Government of Himachal Pradesh and which international
institution for bringing clean and reliable drinking water to the citizens of
Greater Shimla area?
Answer: World Bank[GT1][GT2]
Q.376 Which state government has announced a new scheme called
“Arundhati” to provide gold at free of cost to the brides?
Answer: Assam
Q.377 Who has been appointed as the Managing Director (MD) of India’s
first international financial services center-Gujarat International Finance
Tec-City (Gift City?
Answer: Tapan Ray
Explanation: Also, UK- based Standard Chartered Bank has become the
first foreign bank to launch operations at International Financial Service
Centre (IFSC), Gujarat.
Q.378 Name the legacy dispute resolution scheme for tax payers that
started off with its operation from September 1, 2019?
Answer: Sabka Vishwas
Q.379 Which bank has become the first bank in India to deploy industrial
‘robotic arms’ to count millions of notes in currency chests across the
country?
Answer: ICICI (Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India)
Q.380 INTERPOL Secretary General, Mr. Jürgen Stock, recently met Union
Home Minister, Shri Amit Shah, and assured the best support for the fight
against terror, International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) is
headquartered at?
Answer: Lyon, France
Q.381 What is the disinvestment target in the Union Budget 2019-20?
Answer: Rs 1, 05,000 crores
Explanation: It is to be noted that Article 112 of the Indian
Constitution envisages the Annual Financial Statement (Budget).
Q.382 Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated country’s longest
electrified rail tunnel (length 6.7 Km) in which state recently?
Answer: Cherlopalli and Rapuru in Andhra Pradesh
Q.383 Name the Indian writer announced as the 2019 winner of the Nine
Dots Prize; a prestigious book prize created to award innovative thinking
that addresses contemporary issues around the world?
Answer: Annie Zaidi
Q.384 Which country has the highest number of 'living' indigenous
languages in the world?
Answer: Papua New Guinea (Capital: Port Moresby, Currency: Kina)
Explanation: India stands fourth with 453 indigenous languages.
Q.385 Which city recently became the second Indian city to be listed as a
heritage city by UNESCO (Headquarter: Paris)?
Answer: Jaipur (first city was Ahmedabad)
Q.386 Which yojana that has been proposed by the Union Government for
the fisheries sector?
Answer: Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana
Q.387 Who was appointed as the new chairman of the Central Board of
Direct Taxes (CBDT)?
Answer: Pramod Chandra Modi
Q.388 As per the Union Budget, one woman in every SHG will also be made
eligible for a loan up to______ under the MUDRA scheme?
Answer: Rs 1 lakh
Q.389 As per the Union budget, from September 01, TDS of 2% would be
levied on cash withdrawal exceeding what amount in a year from a bank
account?
Answer: Rs. 1 Crore
Q.390 Where was the second edition of World Count festival 2019 held
recently?
Answer: Pune
Q.391 Which state government has launched the second edition of the
water conservation scheme Sujalam Sufalam Jal Sanchay Abhiyan and
financial assistance scheme ‘Vhali Dikri Yojna’ for the welfare of girl child?
Answer: Gujarat (CM: Vijay Rupani, Governor: Acharya Dev Vrat)
Explanation: Also, a water conservation scheme ‘Jal Amrutha’ was
launched by Karnataka CM (current Karnataka CM is B.S. Yediyurappa).
Q.392 RBI and central bank of which bank recently did the USD 75- billion
swap agreement, which would act as a cushion against any sharp swings in
the local currency whenever the international financial markets turn
volatile?
Answer: Japan
Q.393 Ministry of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, launched which
initiative to promote start-ups, women and youth advantage through e-
transactions on Government e Marketplace (GeM)?
Answer: SWAYATT
Q.394 The Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks
(CGPDTM) has granted GI tag for Kolhapuris Chappals jointly to which two
states for making these chappals?
Answer: Karnataka and Maharashtra
Explanation: Himachal Pradesh’s ‘kala jeera’ (black cumin) and ‘chulli
‘(dried apricot) oil have also received Geographical Indication (GI) tag.
Q.395 Indian Navy launched which operation in the Persian Gulf and the
Gulf of Oman recently to reassure Indian flagged vessels transiting through
the area following the recent maritime incidents in the region?
Answer: Operation Sankalp
Q.396 What is the fiscal deficit target for the FY-20 (2019-20) as per the
Union Budget 2019-20?
Answer: 3.3% (the fiscal deficit target for FY-21 is estimated at 3%.)
Q.397 Which state government announced a Universal Old Age Pension
scheme, named Mukhya Mantri Vriddha Pension Yojana (MMVPY), the
scheme facilitates the amount of Rs. 400 monthly pensions for all in the
state above the age of 60 years?
Answer: Bihar (CM: Nitish Kumar, Governor: Phagu Chauhan)
Explanation: Also, India’s first Dolphin Research Center to come up in
Patna University.
Q.398 World Bank, UN Women and Small Industries Development Bank of
India (SIDBI) launched new social impact bonds exclusively for women,
called Women’s Livelihood Bonds (WLBs), with an initial corpus of what
amount?
Q.399 India has opened its first specialized hydrotherapy treatment centre
for elephants suffering from arthritis, joint pain and foot ailments in?
Answer: Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
Explanation: India’s first plant to produce diesel from plastic waste was
recently launched in Mathura, UP.
Q.400 The Prime Minister’s Awards for outstanding contribution for
Promotion and Development of Yoga 2019 were announced by the Ministry
of AYUSH recently, who were the winners in national and international
category respectively?
Answer: Swami Rajarshi Muni and Antonietta Rozzi of Italy
Q.401 Which state government has launched a massive campaign called
‘Dastak’ to eradicate deadly Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) and
Japanese Encephalitis?
Answer: Uttar Pradesh (CM: Yogi Adityanath, Governor: Anandiben Patel)
Q.402 As per Central Statistics Office (CSO) India’s per capita income in
real terms (at 2011-12 prices) during 2018-19 is likely to attain a level of
what amount for the fiscal year 2018-19?
Answer: Rs 91,921
Explanation: Also, Union Agriculture Minister (Narendra Tomar) has stated
that the average monthly income per agricultural household from all
sources is Rs. 6,426 in the country according to the NSSO Survey of
Agricultural Households.
Q.403 Recently Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has
operationalized first ‘Aadhaar Seva Kendra’ (ASKs) in?
Answer: Delhi and Vijayawada
Q.404 The Indian Air Force and French Air Force have participated in a
bilateral air exercise ______ at Mont de Marsan in France.
Answer: Garuda VI
Explanation: Also, Varuna is the name of the bilateral naval exercise held
between India and France in Arabian Sea.
Q.405 Which state topped the NITI Aayog’s “Agricultural Marketing and
Farmer Friendly Reforms Index” (AMFFRI) for the year 2019?
Answer: Maharashtra
Explanation: As per RBI, Maharashtra also registered the highest number
of Automated Teller Machine (ATM) frauds (233) in India for the FY 2018-
19.
Q.406 Which former Supreme Court judge has been appointed as a
member of Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal (CSAT)?
Answer: KS Radhakrishnan
Q.407 World Corporate Social Responsibility Congress (World CSR
Congress 2019) which promotes Entrepreneurship, Social Responsibility,
Sustainability and Social Development was recently held at?
Answer: Mumbai
Q.408 Spotted Cheetahs which are being translocated from Namibia
(Capital: Windhoek, Currency: Rand, Namibian Dollar) would be kept at
which sanctuary?
Answer: Nauradehi sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh
Q.409 According to a survey by Transparency International, which Indian
state topped the ranking of the best practices followed by states in budget
formulation?
Answer: Assam
Q.410 Namwar Singh passed away in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, he was a

famous?
Answer: Hindi author, known for his satirical approach in Hindi literature.
Q.411 Which country introduced a new “GAFA tax” of 3% on companies
Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon to ensure the global giants pay a fair
share of taxes on their massive businesses?
Answer: France (Capital: Paris, Currency: Euro)
Q.412 Which team won the inaugural edition of the Pro Volleyball League
(PVL) by defeating Calicut Heroes in Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai?
Answer: Chennai Spartans
Q.413 Which city has included Hindi as the third official language to be
used in its courts, alongside Arabic and English?
Answer: Abu Dhabi
Q.414 Vice President of India, Shri Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the 13 th
edition of the annual Global Healthcare Summit (GHS) recently at?
Answer: Hyderabad
Q.415 Which country honoured PM Modi with its highest honour- ‘Order of
the Distinguished Rule of Nishan Izzuddeen’?
Answer: Maldives
Explanation: UAE (Capital: Abu Dhabi, Currency: Dirham) also honoured
Modi with its highest civilian award, the Zayed Medal for boosting the
bilateral ties between both of the nations.
Also, Bahrain (Capital: Manama, Currency: Dinar) awarded PM Modi with
"The King Hamad Order of the Renaissance".
Q.416 India has signed an MoU with which country for the establishment
of the Joint Task Force on Blue Economy?
Answer: Norway (Capital: Oslo, Currency: Krone). Prime Minister of
Norway Erna Solberg was recently three-day state visit to India.
Q.417 The Nobel Prize in Literature for the year 2018 which couldn’t be
given last year was awarded to?
Answer: Polish author Olga Tokarczuk.
Explanation: For 2019 the Noble Prize was awarded to Austrian author
Peter Handke.
Q.418 Where did PM Modi launch the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi
(PM-KISAN) scheme?
Answer: Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh (CM: Yogi Adityanath, Governor:
Anandi Ben Patel)
Explanation: Union Cabinet also recently has increased the ambit of PM-
KISAN to all 14.5 crore farmers farmer families, irrespective of the size of
their landholding.
Q.419 Asia competitiveness institute (ACI) has released the Ease of Doing
Business Rankings for Indian states. Which state has topped the rankings?
Answer: Andhra Pradesh (CM: Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy, Governor: Biswa
Bhusan Harichandan) has topped the Ease of Doing Business rankings.
Q.420 The Union Government has announced which animal as the mascot
for the 13th Conference of Parties (COP) of the UN Convention on the
conservation of migratory species (CMS) to be held in Gujarat next year?
Answer: Great Indian Bustard has been fondly known as “Gibi”
Q.421 Who was awarded the prestigious Global Future for Nature Award
2019 for her work on marine conservation?
Answer: Dr Divya Karnad
Q.422 The eighth edition of joint military exercise ‘Sampriti-2019’ was
recently held between India and?
Answer: Bangladesh in Tangail, Bangladesh.
Q.423 “Mukhyamantri Anchal Amrit Yojana” scheme was launched by
which state government under which 100 ml milk will be provided twice a
week, free of cost, to 2.5 lakh children?
Answer: Uttarakhand (CM: Trivendra Singh Rawat, Governor: Baby Rani
Maurya).
Q.424 On the occasion of the 150th Gandhi Jayanti on October 02, Union
Minister for Women and Child Development and Textile Mrs Smriti Irani
inaugurated a 1,650-kg ‘charkha’ (spinning wheel) made of plastic waste,
the world’s largest, at?
Answer: Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
Q.425 Who was honoured with 2019 “India’s Most Powerful Women in
Media” award held in London, United Kingdom?
Answer: Kallie Puri
Q.426 External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar attended fourth Indian Ocean

Conference 2019 held at?
Answer: Maldives
Explanation: 10th edition of the joint military exercise between India and
Maldives named Ekuverin was recently held at Pune.
Q.427 Vatican City conferred Prof Muhammad Yunus with 2019 ‘Lamp of
Peace of Saint Francis’ award’, he is a former Nobel Laureate from which
country?
Answer: Bangladesh
Q.428 “Nuakhai Juhar”, a harvest festival welcoming the newly harvest
crop of the season was celebrated in which state recently?
Answer: Odisha
Q.429 What is the name of NASA’s (National Aeronautics and Space
Organization) mission to moon which is to be achieved by 2024?
Answer: Artemis
Q.430 Which bank has signed MoU with the Government of India to provide
$250 million support to the National Rural Economic Transformation Project
(NRETP)?
Answer: World Bank
Q.431 Which state recently launched “Mukhyamantri Parivar Samman
Nidhi” scheme?
Answer: Haryana (CM: Manohar Lal Khattar, Governor: Satyadev Naryan
Arya)
Explanation: Haryana government has also launched ‘Mukhya Mantri
Parivar Samriddhi Yojna’ under which Rs 6,000 per year will be given to
each eligible family of the state.
Q.432 Exim Bank (Headquarter: Mumbai) signed a loan agreement of
USD 83.11 million with which country for financing three solar power
projects?
Answer: Congo (Capital: Brazzaville, Currency: Franc)
Q.433 Divya Satija from Haryana is associated with which sport?
Answer: Swimming
Explanation: At the 73rd Glenmark National senior aquatics championships
2019, held at Bhopal Rujuta became the fastest female swimmer of India
winning the title in 50m freestyle and gold in the women’s 50m breaststroke
was won by Divya Satija (Haryana).
Q.434 Journalist, ‘Raghu Karnad’ received the prestigious Windham
Campbell prize for his debut book, what is the name of the book?
Answer: Farthest Field: An Indian story of Second World War
Q.435 Which Indian Low-cost carrier recently became the first member of
global airlines’ grouping International Air Transport Association (IATA)
(Headquarter: Montreal, Canada)?
Answer: SpiceJet
Q.436 The Automatic Exchange of Information (AEoI) between India and
Switzerland kicked off from September 01 between Indian and which
country?
Answer: Switzerland
Q.437 Which organisation has initiated Young Scientist Programme named
“Yuva VIgyani KAryakram” – (Yuvika) for school children with a purpose to
enhance their interest in the emerging areas of Space activities?
Answer: ISRO
Q.438 Name the joint operation carried out by Indian and Myanmar armies
to wipe out the insurgent camps planning to hit the Indian workers at the
Kaladan Transit project?
Answer: Operation Sunrise
Q.439 In the month of March India launched its third IT corridor in which
country?
Answer: China, the corridor is in Xuzhou city, China. The earlier two
corridors are located at Dalian and Guiyang cities.
Q.440 Power Finance Corporation (PFC) has acquired majority stake
(52.63%) in REC Ltd (formerly Rural Electrification Corporation Limited) by
paying what amount?
Explanation: PFC thus became India’s second largest govt-owned
Financial Firm after State Bank of India (SBI), based on market
capitalization.
Q.441 Tesla has developed its ‘largest power storage system in Asia in
which country?
Answer: Japan
Q.442 Name the American professor and Mathematician who became the
first woman to be conferred with Abel Prize also known as Nobel prize of
mathematics?
Answer: Karen Uhlenbeck
Explanation: She was recognized for her work in the field of gauge theory
and geometric analysis.
Q.443 Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) launched first ever
‘Terracotta Grinder’ in which city?
Answer: Varanasi
Q.444 Africa-India Joint Field Training Exercise (AFINDEX-19) between
Indian Army and 16 African nations was recently held at?
Answer: Pune, Maharashtra (Governor: Bhagat Singh Koshyari)
Q.445 Minister of Woman and Child Affairs Smriti Irani recently awarded
which Uttar Pradesh district for good work in sex ratio awareness and
outreach activities under the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) campaign?
Answer: Etawah
Explanation: Other nine districts are: Arunachal Pradesh: East
Kameng, Haryana: Mahendragarh -Bhiwani, Uttarakhand: Udham Singh
Nagar, Tamilnadu: Namakkal, Maharashtra: Jalgaon, Chattisgarh: Raigarh,
Rajasthan: Jodhpur.
Q.446 Which Indian company has become the first Indian company to
manufacture and deliver 100 warships?
Answer: Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd., GRSE
Q.447 Who has won the Pritzker Architecture Prize 2019?
Answer: Japanese architect Arata Isozaki
Q.448 DRDO recently conducted a successful Anti-Satellite (ASAT) missile
test “Mission Shakti”, with this India became the fourth country in the world
to acquire the strategic capability to shoot down enemy satellites, which are
the other three countries?
Answer: US, Russia and China
Q.449 Global Skill Summit 2019 was recently held at?
Answer: Ranchi, Jharkhand. Theme: Skilling Youth, Enabling Youth.

Q.450 64th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC) for 2019 was
held in?
Answer: Kampala, Uganda recently under the theme ‘Adaption,
engagement, and evolution of parliaments in a rapidly changing
Commonwealth’.
Q.451 Who has been appointed as the Principal Spokesperson of the
government of India?
Answer: Kuldeep Singh Dhatwalia
Q.452 Who has been was appointed as the Managing Director (MD) and
Chief Executive of the Punjab National Bank (PNB)?
Answer: S. S. Mallikarjuna Rao
Q.453 Which Kenyan Maths and Physics teacher has been conferred with
the prestigious Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize for 2019?
Answer: Peter Tabichi
Q.454 Which railway station became the 5000th railway station to be
enabled with Wi-fi?
Answer: Midnapore railway station of West Bengal
Explanation: The project for providing Wi-fi was started by RailTel in 2016.
Q.455 Which dance has entered into Guinness book of world records as the
largest Ladakhi dance?
Answer: Ladakhi Shondol
Q.456 As per 2018 global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), India’s
poverty rate has shown a drastic decrease between 2005-06 and 2015-16.
The poverty rate has decreased from 55% to?
Answer: 28%. In the said period 271 million people are moved out of
poverty in India.
Explanation: More than half of the India’s multidimensional poor are from
the four states Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh while
Delhi, Kerala and Goa have lowest multidimensional poverty.
Q.457 President Ram Nath Kovind was recently honoured with which
country’s highest civilian award the “Grand Order of the King of Tomislav”?
Answer: Croatia’s (Capital: Zagreb, Currency: Kuna)
Q.458 For which state the World Bank recently launched Rice Knowledge
Bank project to magnify knowledge on rice production technologies and
techniques?
Answer: Assam
Q.459 As per the report ‘OpenSignal’s hottest city for 4G Availability’,
which Indian city became the number one city in terms of highest 4G
availability in India?
Answer: Dhanbad
Explanation: Also, according to a recent report by Pune based antivirus
firm Quick-heal, Mumbai is the most vulnerable city to cyberattacks in
2019.
Q.460 “Marayoor jaggery” got Geographical Indication (GI) tag from the
central government recently, it is associated with which state?
Answer: Idukki, Kerala
Explanation: Geographical Indication (GI) tag was also granted by the
Geographical Indication Registry to Erode turmeric.
Also, ‘Sirsi Supari’ cultivated in Yellapura, Siddapura and Sirsi talukas of
Karnataka, has received the Geographic Indication (GI) tag recently.
Q.461 USD 455 million agreement was signed between which bank and
the Government of India for financing the Andhra Pradesh Rural Roads
Project?
Answer: Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
Explanation: India will also be the first recipient of local currency financing
by the Asian Infrastructure and Investment Bank (AIIB).
Q.462 Which Indian site was accorded with the status of ‘Wetland of
International Importance’ in the Ramsar Convention?
Answer: Sundarban Rain forests (Mangrove) in the West Bengal.
Q.463 Where did Election Commission of India (ECI) hosted fourth General
Assembly of Association of World Election Bodies (A-WEB) recently?
Answer: Bengaluru
Q.464 India has announced contribution of what amount to Global Fund
for AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFTAM) (Headquarter: Geneva, Switzerland)
recently?
Answer: $22 million
Q.465 Recently a new railway zone (18th in the country) was announced,
it would be called Southern Coast Railway and it will be headquartered in?
Answer: Vishakhapatnam
Q.466 Loan agreement of what amount was signed between the Central
government, Chhattisgarh state government (CM: Bhupesh Bhagel,
Governor: Anusuiya Uikey) and the World Bank?
Answer: $25.2 million
Q.467 Godavari Mega Aqua Food Park, first aqua mega food park was
recently inaugurated at?
Answer: West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh
Q.468 Which Ministry won the award of “Best ministry” for Implementation
of Swachhata Action Plan for 2018-19 in the Swachh Mahotsav 2019 held
in New Delhi recently?
Answer: Ministry of Railways
Explanation: Also, Best Swachh iconic Places: Chhatrapati Shivaji
Maharaj Terminus (CSMT), Mumbai and Vaishno Devi Shrine Board in
Jammu and Kashmir
Q.469 For improving drainage infrastructure in Dibrugarh town of Assam,
Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Government of India signed a loan
agreement of what amount?
Answer: USD 26-million
Q.470 PV Sindhu recently became first Indian to win a Badminton World
Championships gold; the World Championship was held at?
Answer: Switzerland
Q.471 Loan agreement of what amount was signed between the World
Bank, Union government & representatives of 5 states for the Additional
Financing of the Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP)?
Answer: $137 million
Q.472 World’s largest e-waste recycling plant has recently been opened in
which city?
Answer: Dubai
Q.473 What is the new capital of Kazakhstan which it has renamed to
recognize its outgoing President Nursultan Nazarbayev?
Answer: Nursultan
Q.474 Which bank has been ranked first among public sector banks in the
implementation of 'reforms agenda', as per the BCG-IBA’s “EASE Reforms
for Public Sector Banks” report?
Answer: Punjab National Bank
Q.475 Google India has unveiled which app which focuses on improving
the reading and comprehension skills of students, especially the ones in
rural areas?
Answer: Bolo
Q.476 Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar
has recently inaugurated the National Centre for Avian Ecotoxicology at
Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural Sciences (SACON) at?
Answer: Coimbatore
Q.477 Which Indian port operator has become the first Indian port operator
to achieve a new record of handling 200 million tonnes (MT) cargo
movement in 2018-19?
Answer: Adani Port and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ)
Q.478 ASSOCHAM, has conferred ‘Non-Life Insurer of the Year Award
2019′ to which company?
Answer: Bharti AXA General Insurance
Explanation: ASSOCHAM (Associated Chambers of Commerce and
Industry) also in the month of August organised 12th India Security Summit
in New Delhi. The theme of this edition of summit was “Towards New
National Cyber Security Strategy”.
Q.479 As per SARAL (State Rooftop Solar Attractiveness) Index launched
by RK Singh, the Union Minister of State for Power and New & Renewable
energy, which state was ranked at the top spot?
Answer: Karnataka
Q.480 According to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) survey
Singapore, Paris and Hong Kong are the world’s most expensive cities.
Which city is cheapest city in the world list?
Answer: Caracas, capital of Venezuela
Explanation: Bengaluru, Chennai and New Delhi were ranked at 5th, 7th
and 8th position respectively among the cheapest cities.
Q.481 Recently President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the Festival of
Innovation and Entrepreneurship (FINE) at?
Answer: Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
Q.482 Rio Paralympics Indian silver medallist Deepa Malik has been
honoured which award in recognition of her “inspiring achievements”?
Answer: New Zealand Prime Minister’s Sir Edmund Hillary Fellowship for
2019.
Q.483 Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Mr. Takehiko Nakao
recently committed what amount to India over the next 3 years (2020-22)
in support of new flagship initiatives?
Answer: $12 billion
Q.484 Which state government has launched the Emissions Trading
Scheme (ETS) which is a regulatory tool that is aimed at reducing the
pollution load in an area and at the same time minimising the cost of
compliance for the industry?
Answer: Surat in Gujarat
Explanation: ETS is a market in which the traded commodity is Particulate
Matter Emissions. It is also being described as the world’s first market for
trading in particulate matter emissions.
Q.485 Which Indian bank has launched the first debit card-based
authentication solution on NPCI’s e-Mandate API (Application Program
Interface) platform thus becoming the first ever Destination Bank to go live
with both Net Banking and Debit Card-based e-mandate authentication?
Answer: Kotak Mahindra Bank
Q.486 Name the eminent Archeologist who has been conferred with
prestigious Punyabhushan award for his long-standing contribution to the
field of Indian archaeology?
Answer: Dr. G.B. Deglurkar
Q.487 The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has
partnered with which IT major to roll-out 'Build for Digital India’?
Answer: Google (Headquarter: California, US)
Explanation: National Health Authority (NHA) has also joined hands with
Google to collaborate as well as strengthen the implementation of
government’s flagship health insurance scheme, Ayushman Bharat-
Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY).
Q.488 Which team bagged the 6th Santosh Trophy Football Tournament
title held at Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana, Punjab?
Answer: Services
Q.489 Name the campaign launched by Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of
State of Housing and Urban Affairs, to bring the PMAY-U (Pradhan Mantri
Awas Yojana-Urban) beneficiaries into the fold of other schemes like the
Ujjawala (free gas connections) and Ayushman Bharat (health protection
scheme)?
Answer: Angikaar
Q.490 Google has launched a new open platform named ____ to run and
manage apps from anywhere?
Answer: Anthos
Explanation: Also, Google has launched new subsea cable network
“Equiano” to connect African and European continent.
Q.491 Who is the new president of the World bank?
Answer: Davis Malpass
Q.492 To boost tea trade, cultural and technical exchanges as well as
global promotion of tea, the Asian Tea Alliance (ATA), a union of five tea-
growing and consuming countries, was opened where?
Answer: Guizhou, China
Explanation: The members of the alliance are Tea Associations of India,
Sri Lanka, Indonesia, China and Japan.
Q.493 According to World Bank’s Migration and Development Brief, India
retained its position as the world’s top recipient of remittances in 2018 with
total remittances amounting to?
Answer: 79$ billion
Q.494 Which Indian aircraft carrier becomes first Indian airline to fly over
North Pole?
Answer: Air India
Explanation: Air India is also the first Indian air line to ban single use
plastic from October 01, 2019.
Q.495 Reserve Bank of India has set the limits for Ways and Means
Advances (WMA)?
Answer: Rs. 75000 crores
Explanation: The rate of interest issued on the Ways and Means Advances
(WMA) will be Repo Rate while the overdraft will exceed the Repo Rate by
flat 2%.
Q.496 Which telecom major has launched a mobile app, “My Circle” in
collaboration with FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) to assist women in case
they face any panic situation or problem?
Answer: Bharti Airtel
Q.497 Union government has recently increased the authorized capital of
which state-owned from Rs. 3,000 crores to Rs. 8,000 crores?
Answer: Allahabad Bank (Headquarters: Kolkata)
Q.498 Kandhamal Haldi (turmeric), has received the Geographical
Indications (GI) tag from Intellectual Property India, it is grown in which
Indian state?
Answer: Odisha
Explanation: Odisha also recently received GI Tag for Rasagola, a popular
dessert of Odisha.
Q.499 “Phayeng”, a scheduled caste village of the Chakpa community of
which state has been tagged as India’s first carbon-positive settlement?
Answer: Manipur (Imphal West district)
Explanation: Shirui Lily Festival was recently celebrated in Manipur.
Q.500 RBI has divested its entire stake in National Housing Bank (NHB)
and National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) to the
central government for what amounts respectively?
Answer: Rs 1,450 crores and Rs 20 crores
Explanation: Now the central government holds a 100% stake in both
these financial institutions.
Q.501 Which Indian Railway Station has become the first ever railway
station in the Indian Railways to get an ISO (International Organisation for
Standardisation) certification from the National Green Tribunal (NGT)?
Answer: Guwahati Railway Station
Q.502 RBI recently extended the ombudsman scheme coverage to non-
deposit taking NBFCs (Non-banking Financial Companies) having asset size
of _____ or higher?
Answer: Rs.100 crores
Q.503 The Intellectual Property Rights Cell (IPR Cell) of which university
has been selected for the National Intellectual Property Award 2019?
Answer: Kerala Agricultural University (KAU)
Explanation: Also, Benny Antony, MD of the Kochi-based Arjuna Natural
Ltd, has been conferred with the National Intellectual Property Award for
2019.
Q.504 Which bank has launched ’Web-assurance’ to enable its customers
to purchase life insurance in a convenient and hassle-free way?
Answer: Canara Bank (Headquarter: Bengaluru)
As per the report, “BrandZ Top 75 Most Valuable Indian Brands 2019
ranking” which bank was declared the country’s most valuable brand for
the sixth consecutive year?
Answer: HDFC Bank (it has a brand value of $ 22.70 billion)
Q.505 The IAU – International Astronomical Union (Headquarters: Paris)
has named a minor planet between Mars and Jupiter after which Indian
classical singer?
Answer: Pandit Jasraj.
Q.506 Bathukamma, the nine-day long flower festival of?
Answer: Telangana (CM: K. Chandrasekhar Rao, Governor: Tamilisai
Soundarajan)
Q.507 Under Fit India Movement, which state has launched “Walk to Work”
initiative?
Answer: Meghalaya (CM: Conrad Sangma, Governor: Tathagat Roy)
Q.508 Joint training exercise “MITRASHAKTI – VI” was recently conducted
between Indian and which country’s military?
Answer: Sri Lanka
Q.509 Who became the first woman umpire to stand in a men’s ODI cricket
match recently?
Answer: Australia’s Claire Polosak. She officiated the match between
Oman and Namibia.
Q.510 Which Small Finance Bank has been honoured with the prestigious
Celent Model Bank 2019 Award in Financial Inclusion category, for
‘Redesigning Lending to Reach Small Businesses’?
Answer: Fincare Small Finance Bank (SFB) (Headquarter: Bengaluru)
Q.511 Which Telugu poet has been honoured with the prestigious
Saraswati Samman, 2018 for his collection of poetry titled ‘Pakkaki
Ottigilite’?
Answer: K Siva Reddy
Q.512 India’s which payment platform has been adjudged as the world’s
best real-time payment service at annual Flavours of Fast report for 2019?
Answer: India’s Immediate Payment Service (IMPS)
Q.513 World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have
launched a private blockchain and quasi-crypto currency called ______ for
better understanding of blockchain technology and the function of crypto
assets.
Answer: Learning Coin
Q.514 Which Indian women’s footballer along with Sunil Chhetri won the
footballer of the year award at All India Football Federation (AIFF) 2018-19
awards?
Answer: Ashalata Devi (From Manipur)
Q.515 To honour which Indian Nobel laureate the London School of
Economics and Political Science (LSE) has created his chair in Inequality
Studies?
Answer: Amartya Sen
Explanation: He has also been honoured with the prestigious Bodley
Medal; highest honour bestowed by the University of Oxford’s world-
famous Bodleian Libraries.
Q.516 Which team won the second edition of Hero Super Cup 2019 after
beating Chennaiyin FC in the final at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar?
Answer: FC Goa
Q.517 Which bank has launched a Preventive Vigilance (PV) portal to
facilitate its staff members to check procedural lapses as well as promote
good practices?
Answer: Punjab National Bank
Q.518 Who has been awarded the second edition of Rabindranath Tagore
Literary Prize 2019 for his novel “Solo”?
Answer: British Indian novelist Rana Dasgupta
Q.519 Astronomers captured the First Image of a Black Hole which was a
halo of dust and gas, at the center of which galaxy?
Answer: M87 (Messier 87). The image was captured with Event Horizon
Telescope (EHT).
Q.520 Which company recently became the third company after Apple and
Amazon to reach a valuation of $1 trillion for the first time?
Answer: Microsoft
Q.521 Name the first malaria vaccine which has been tested in Malawi
(Capital: Lilongwe, Currency: Kwacha)?
Answer: RTS,S also known as “Mosquirix”. The vaccine has created by
British Pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).
Q.522 Who has been honored with the Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Nobel
Award by International Human Rights Council?
Answer: Sudhanshu Kumar
Q.523 Who has been appointed as chairman of the International Egg
Commission (IEC)?
Answer: Suresh Chitturi
Q.524 Three-day joint military exercise ‘Bold Kurukshetra–2019’ was
recently held in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh between India and?
Answer: Singapore
Q.525 Where was the 3rd World Hindu Economic Forum 2019 recently held
with the theme “Prosperous Society: Stronger Society” to bring together
financially successful members in Hindu society?
Answer: Mumbai
Q.526 Where would be the fifth edition of the Indian International Science
Festival (IISF) held in?
Answer: Kolkata, theme for 2019 is “RISEN India – Research, Innovation,
and Science Empowering the Nation”.
Q.527 Malabar Exercise 2019, the trilateral maritime exercise between
navies of India, Japan and the US was recently held at the coast off?
Answer: Japan
Q.528 “The Overstory” by Richard Powers and “Fairview” by Jackie Sibblies
Drury have won which prize in fiction and drama recently?
Answer: Pulitzer Prize
Q.529 Name the Chairman and Managing Director of the General Insurance
Corporation of India (GIC) who has been honoured with the Freedom of the
City of London for the recognition of her work to promote insurance ties
between India and the UK?
Answer: Alice G. Vaidyan
Q.530 The 91st Academy Awards or Oscars ceremony was recently held in
Los Angeles, California, which film won the “Best Film” award?
Answer: Green Book
Explanation: Best Actor: Rami Malik, Bohemian Rhapsody
Best Actress: Olivia Coleman, The Favourite
Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron, Roma
Best Foreign Film: Roma
Q.531 Which Indian historian has recently won prestigious Dan David Prize
of Israel for the year 2019 for his work on inter-cultural encounters?
Answer: Sanjay Subrahmanyam
Q.532 Which Indian former cricketer recently became the sixth Indian to
be inducted into International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Hall of Fame?
Answer: Sachin Tendulkar
Explanation: Along with Sachin, South African pace legend Allan Donald
and Australian woman cricketer Cathryn Fitzpatrick were also inducted.
Q.533 Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved which scheme
to provide financial support to Integrated Bioethanol Projects using
renewable feedstock?
Answer: “Pradhan Mantri JI-VAN (Jaiv Indhan- Vatavaran Anukool fasal
awashesh Nivaran) Yojana
Q.534 Which are the top two countries for investment through FDI in India
during 2017-18?
Answer: Mauritius (USD 13.41 billion) and Singapore (USD 9.27 billion)
Explanation: Netherlands became the third largest source of Foreign
Direct Investment (FDI) in (investment of USD 2.67 billion) across all
sectors.
Q.535 Which financial institution launched 5$ billion Action Plan for Healthy
Oceans and Sustainable Blue Economies for the Asia and Pacific region?
Answer: Asian Development Bank (ADB) (Headquarter: Manila,
Philippines)
Q.536 Which cricketer has been named as the first non-British president
of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)?
Answer: Kumar Sangakkara (Former Sri Lanka cricket team captain).
Q.537 Who has been appointed as the country’s first Lokpal or the anti-
corruption ombudsman?
Answer: Former Supreme Court Judge Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose.
Q.538 Which former ISRO chief has been conferred with France’s highest
civilian award “Knight of the Legion of Honour” recently?
Answer: AS Kiran Kumar (Current ISRO Chief: K Sivan)
Q.539 Under which state government’s “Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana”
(SSBY), around 4500 journalists would be provided universal health
insurance scheme?
Answer: Punjab
Q.540 Which state government along with WEF’s Centre for Fourth
Industrial Revolution (C4IR) Network announced the launch of drone-
delivery project called ‘Medicine from the Sky’?
Answer: Telangana
Q.541 Who has been appointed as Chairman of the Association of Mutual
Funds in India (AMFI)?
Answer: Nilesh Shah
Q.542 Which company has launched project ‘Sangam’ to accelerate
Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) in India?
Answer: Microsoft
Explanation: Also, Microsoft India, launched a new e-commerce platform
‘re-weave.in’ under project ReWeave to aid handloom weavers in India.
Q.543 Which former athlete was presented with Veteran Pin award by
International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF), in recognition of
her contribution to the growth of sport?
Answer: PT Usha
Q.544 Which state was ranked the best in the NITI Aayog’s School
Education Quality Index (SEQI) to quantify and measure the performance
of states and union territories in the field of school education?
Answer: Kerala. Uttar Pradesh came in last.
Q.545 What is the color of the cover page of Economic Survey?
Answer: Blue, this year the survey is guided by “Blue Sky thinking” i.e.
out of the box thinking.
Q.546 Which e-commerce company inaugurated its single-largest campus
in the world in terms of area (9 acres) in Hyderabad, Telangana recently?
Answer: Amazon
Explanation: Amazon also launched project “Zero” to tackle counterfeit
products.
Q.547 Which Indian company won the United Nations Global Climate Action
Award (UNGCAA) in the ‘Climate Neutral Now’ category?
Answer: Infosys. The company was honoured for its initiative “Infosys’
Journey to Carbon Neutrality”.
Explanation: Infosys was also ranked third best company in the overall
list and the best Indian company in the Forbes World’s best ‘regarded’
companies list 2019.
Q.548 Which Indian Chef was recently awarded with French government’s
‘Chevalier de l’Ordre du Mrite Agricoleto’ (Order of Agricultural Merit)?
Answer: Priyam Chatterjee
Q.549 Which actor’s autobiography titled “Lessons Life Taught Me,
unknowingly” was launched recently?
Answer: Anupam Kher
Q.550 Name the founder of the largest coffee chain in India, Cafe Coffee
Day (CCD) who passed away in Mangaluru recently?
Answer: V. Siddhartha Hegde
Q.551 Which state won the Best State for Comprehensive Development of
Tourism in the National Tourism Awards for 2017-18?
Answer: Andhra Pradesh
Explanation: Uttarakhand won the best film promotion friendly state.
Q.552 Which cricketer recently became the first person to replace as a
concussion substitute in Test cricket?
Answer: Marnus Labuschagne (Australia), he replaced Steve Smith in a
match against England.
Q.553 PM Modi received which award ‘by the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation in New York?
Answer: Global Goalkeeper Award
Explanation: Rajasthan’s Payal Jangir also received the Changemaker

Award 2019 by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Q.554 Who is the head (chairwoman) of the International Monetary Fund
(Headquarter: Washington DC)?
Answer: Kristalina Georgieva from Bulgaria (Capital: Sofia, Currency:
Lev)
Explanation: Chief Economist of IMF: Gita Gopinath
Also, recently Indian government appointed economist Surjit S Bhalla as
the Executive Director (ED) for India on the board of the International
Monetary Fund (IMF)
Q.555 As per the new rules (under Section 230 of Companies Act, 1956)
by IBBI, promoters and other stakeholder would get how many days after
the commencement of insolvency proceedings to re-take control of the
company through agreements with creditors?
Answer: 90
Q.556 Which country recently became the first country to use 5G network
in the world?
Answer: South Korea (Currency: Won, Capital: Seoul)
Explanation: Also, first district to use 5G is Shanghai, China.
Q.557 The 18th Conference of the Parties (CoP18) of Convention on
International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
was recently held at?
Answer: Geneva
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Q.1 Ministry of Information Technology recently announced new BHIM 2.0,

Answer: Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) (Headquarter:

Answer: Reliance Industries’ Chairman Mukesh Ambani

Q.68 Which state government organised India’s first training and

Answer: Alexei Leonov

Answer: Stuttgart, Germany

Q.93 25th Technology Summit was organised in association with which

Answer: Kerala (CM: Pinarayi Vijayan, Governor: Arif Mohammed Khan)

Q.120 The Export Credit Guarantee Corporation (ECGC) has released a

Q.143 Who has been appointed as Principal Secretary to Prime Minister

Answer: BIMSTEC (The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical

Answer: Chandrani Murmu of Biju Janata Dal (BJD)

Explanation: To help revive economic activity, Union Cabinet has

Answer: September. The theme was: Complementary Feeding.

Women’s category: Ashleigh Barty (Australia) won the women’s singles

Q.228 As per a Reserve Bank of India directive Non-Banking Finance

Explanation: Also, India’s first cow sanctuary “Kamdhenu Gau

Answer: Anshula Kant

Q.267 In a bid to promote research in cutting edge areas of science, the

Answer: Rajasthan (CM: Ashok Gehlot, Governor: Kalraj Mishra)

Answer: “Operation HimVijay”

Explanation: Also, on International Yoga Day, Prime Minister Narendra

Answer: Andhra Pradesh

Q.371 Who has been recently appointed as the Managing Director of

Q.410 Namwar Singh passed away in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, he was a

Q.426 External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar attended fourth Indian Ocean

Answer: Ranchi, Jharkhand. Theme: Skilling Youth, Enabling Youth.

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