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Which state has topped the first ever India Innovation

Index launched by NITI Aayog recently? Karnataka

As per India Innovation Index 2019, which state took the top spot among the north- eastern & hill states?

Sikkim Kanwar Sain Jolly, who recently passed away, was a

famous? Journalist

Which movie won the best film from India Award at the Asian Academy Creative Awards?

Gully Boy Who is the director of Asian Academy Creative Award

winning Indian movie ‘Gully Boy’? Zoya Akhtar

‘Shinyuu Maitri’ is a joint Air Force exercise between India & which country?

Japan India, Japan joint Air Force exercise ‘Shinyuu Maitri

2019’ has started in which state of India? West Bengal

Who has been appointed as the vice chairman of World Steel Association (worldsteel)?

Sajjan Jindal Who is the newly appointed chairman of World Steel

Association (worldsteel)? Yu Yong

Who has been elected as treasurer of world steel Association?

Roger Newport Who won his sixth European Golden Boot as the top

scorer in the European leagues? Lionel Messi

Who was the first winner of the European Golden Shoe award in 1968?

Eusébio Which state has become the first to bring private schools

and colleges under the ambit of Maternity Benefit Act? Kerala

Recently the Finance and Planning departments of which state govt. has signed a tripartite MoU with CEGIS for “improving socio-economic outcomes and quality of public expenditure” in the State?

Telangana Recently, Telangana govt has signed a MoU with CEGIS.

what does CEGIS stands for? Centre for Effective Governance

of Indian States

Who has inaugurated the 20th All India Conference of Directors of Fingerprint Bureaus, being organised by NCRB?

G. Kishan Reddy (Minister of State for Home)

What is the expanded form of ‘NAFIS’, a network based pan India system for recording and sharing of fingerprints of criminals in various crimes?

National Automated Fingerprint Identification System

Recently, The Minister of State for Home has inaugurated the 20th All India Conference of Directors of Fingerprint Bureaus, being organised by NCRB. what does NCRB stands for?

National Crime Records Bureau

Who took charge as Member (Materials Management), Railway Board & ex-officio Secretary to Govt. of India? P.

C. Sharma Who is the current chairman of Railway Board, the apex

body of the Indian Railways? Vinod Kumar Yadav

Who has inaugurated the 41st DRDO Directors’ Conference in New delhi?

Shri Rajnath Singh Who is the current chairman of Defence Research and

Development Organisation (DRDO)? Dr G. Satheesh Reddy

Who has been appointed as the new Law Secretary (Secretary, Legal Affairs) in the Union Law Ministry?

Anoop Kumar Mendiratta

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Who is the current Minister of Law and Justice?

Ravi Shankar Prasad Who has been recently appointed as the Chief Product &

Technology Officer of Flipkart? Jeyandran Venugopal

Who is the current CEO of Flipkart? Kalyan Krishnamurthi

Recently which new scheme has been introduced by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to engage motivated individuals with the food safety ecosystem at ground level?

Food Safety Mitra (FSM) How many UAE players have been suspended by the ICC

recently on corruption charges? 3

Who has been concurrently accredited as the next

Ambassador of India to Georgia? Kishan Dan Dewal

Who is the current President of Georgia? Salome Zurabishvili

Who is the newly appointed Controller General of Accounts, Ministry of Finance, and Department of Expenditure?

J.P.S. Chawla Recently, J.P.S. Chawla has assumed charge as the new

___ in the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance.

Controller General of Accounts (CGA)

What is the rank of India in this year’s Global Hunger Index (GHI)?

102 As per this year’s Global Hunger Index (GHI), which

country has the severest problem of hunger ranked at 117?

Central African Republic Recently India has been classified under which category

of hunger in this year’s Global Hunger Index (GHI)? ‘serious’ level

India’s Flora Fountain, which has been recently chosen

for the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage, is located in which city?

Mumbai This year, how many sites from India have been chosen

for the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation?

Four Sophia Kokosalaki, who recently passed away, was a

famous? Designer

Which Bollywood actor has been honoured at Joy Forum 2019 Riyadh for his contribution to the world’s film industry?

Shah Rukh Khan Recently, the Joy Entertainment Industry Forum (Joy

Forum 2019) was organized by: Saudi Arabian General

Entertainment Authority (GEA) Who has been conferred with the Madhya Pradesh

government’s National Kishore Kumar Samman for 2018-19?

Priyadarshan Priyadarshan, who has recieved National Kishore Kumar

Samman for 2018-19, is a famous? Director and Producer

Who has been selected for the National Kishore Kumar Samman for 2017-18?

Waheeda Rehman Which team won the 2019 SAFF U−15 Women’s

Championship? India

SAFF U−15 Women’s Championship is associated to which sports?

Football Which country won the inaugural edition of the SAFF U-

15 Women’s Championship in 2017? Bangladesh

Who is the current Prime Minister of Tunisia? Youssef Chahed

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Who has won Tunisia’s presidential election with 72.71

present of votes? Kais Saied

Which two female authors won the Booker Prize for Fiction 2019 in London?

Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo

Who recently became the second female author to win the Booker Prize twice?

Margaret Atwood Booker Prize 2019 was given for which two books?

‘The Testaments’ & ‘Girl, Woman, Other’ Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a key deal

with which country during a key visit for an OPEC+ grouping aimed at stabilizing global oil prices?

Saudi Arabia What does OPEC stands for?

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

Who is the current Secretary General of OPEC? Mohammed Barkindo

Which airline became the first airline in the world to use a Taxibot on a A320 aircraft with passengers onboard?

Air India Recently, Air India became the first airline in the world to

use a ___ on A320 Aircraft. Taxibot

Earlier this year, which airline became the third domestic carrier to complete Taxibot trials?

Air India How much penalty has been imposed on Lakshmi Vilas

Bank for non-compliance with certain provisions of directions issued by RBI on ‘Income Recognition and Asset Classification (IRAC) norms?

1 crore The Reserve Bank has imposed a monetary penalty of ___

on Syndicate Bank for violating asset classification and fraud detection norms.

Rs 75 lakh Which Indian shuttler has won the men’s singles title at

Bahrain International Series? Priyanshu Rajawat

Which Indian badminton player has won the silver in women’s singles at 2019 Bahrain International Series?

Ira Sharma Which department of Ministry of Commerce and Industry

has launched the mobile application L2Pro India on Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)?

Secretary Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)

Which two countries have been readmitted as ICC Members following the conclusion of the ICC Board meetings in Dubai?

Zimbabwe and Nepal The first edition of U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup will be

played in which country in 2021? Bangladesh

Recently, ICC has decided to increase the prize money for ICC women’s events by:

USD 2.6 million As per RBI, what is the new withdrawal limit for the

customers of scam- hit Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank?

40,000 What was the initial withdrawal limit set by RBI on the

harried customers of PMC bank, which was subsequently raised to 10,000 and Rs. 25,000 after protests?

Rs. 1,000

Recently which bank re-entered in the list of India’s top-10 most valued domestic firms by their market valuation?

State Bank of India (SBI) Who is the current chairman of State Bank of India (SBI)?

Rajnish Kumar Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways and Micro,

Small and Medium Enterprises will inaugurate a conference on One Nation One FASTag in which city?

New Delhi

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Name the three economists, who have been awarded the

2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty?

Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer

This year, the Nobel prize in economics has been awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer for their experimental approach to alleviating ___.

Global Poverty Laureates in the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics are

selected by: Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Who is the father of economics? Adam Smith

Recently with which nation, India has signed six agreements including 30 mn dollar line of credit for rice cultivation?

Sierra Leone Who is the current President of Sierra Leone?

Julius Maada Bio Under which programme, the 10th edition of ‘Rashtriya

Sanskriti Mahotsav’ will take place in Madhya Pradesh from 14th to 21st October 2019?

Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat In which year, Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat programme

was launched by the Prime Minister of India? 2016

The 10th edition of ‘Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav’ under the Ministry of Culture to be inaugurated in which city?

Jabalpur Who has won the gold in the under-18 open category in

the 2019 World Youth Chess Championship? R Praggnanandhaa

Which city is the venue of 2019 World Youth Chess Championship?

Mumbai Recently who became the first Indian woman boxer since

six-time champion Mary Kom in 2001 to reach the finals of World Championships?

Manju Rani Which country will host the men’s World Boxing

Championship in 2021? India

In which category, Manju Rani bagged the silver in World 2019 Women’s Boxing Championships?

Light flyweight (48kg) How many medals won by India in 2019 AIBA Women’s

World Boxing Championships? 4 (one silver and three bronze)

Robert Forster, who recently passed away, was a famous?

Actor Which Indian shuttler has won the first BWF World Tour

Super 100 title of his career by winning the 2019 Dutch Open?

Lakshya Sen Who won Women’s Singles title at 2019 Dutch Open?

Wang Zhiyi Lakshya Sen is related to which sport?

Badminton Who has been appointed as a Chief Executive Officer

(CEO) of Football Sports Development Limited (FSDL)? Martin Bain

Who is the Chairwoman of Indian Super League organiser Football Sports Development Limited (FSDL)?

Nita Ambani Recently ____ and China inked 18 agreements and two

letters of understanding of exchange following the conclusion of the state visit of President Xi Jinping to the nation.

Nepal Who is the current Prime minister of Nepal?

Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli Which Indian boxer has won the bronze medal in World

Women’s Boxing Championships 2019? MC Mary Kom

In which weight class, legendary boxer MC Mary Kom has won bronze in World Women’s Boxing Championships?

flyweight(51-kg) ‘DHARMA GUARDIAN-2019’ is a joint military exercise

between which two countries? India & Japan

Alexei Leonov, who recently passed away, was a famous?

Cosmonaut Name the first human to walk in space 54 years ago, who

passed away recently? Alexei Leonov

Which institute has bagged the first prize under the Kayakalp Awards Scheme for maintaining cleanliness within the institute premises and showing dedication towards the mission of the ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’?

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)

Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs has launched the mobile app ___ to encourage Public engagement in planting trees and other such Green drives.

MHariyali

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In which year, Kayakalp Awards Scheme was introduced

as part of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan? 2015

Recently with which country, India has signed 6 MoUs in the fields of health and medicine, arts and culture, defence, exemption of Visas, e-VBAB & in the field of Protocol for consultations between two countries?

Comoros Recently how many MoUs/Agreements have exchanged

during visit of India’s Vice President, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu to Comoros?

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with the ‘Order of the Green Crescent’, the highest civilian honour of the Union of Comoros?

Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu Recently NASA has launched a satellite to explore the

mysterious, dynamic region where air meets space, called:

ICON What is the expanded form of ICON, a satellite to explore

the mysterious, dynamic region where air meets space? Ionospheric Connection Explorer

Which space agency has launched a satellite called ICON to explore the mysterious, dynamic region where air meets space?

NASA Who has won the Nobel Peace Prize for 2019?

Abiy Ahmed Ali Abiy Ahmed Ali, who has been honoured with 2019 Nobel

Peace Prize, is a current Prime Minister of which country?

Ethiopia Recently the Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed Ali has been

awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2019 for his initiative to resolve the border conflict with which neighbouring country?

Eritrea Which ministry has launched a mobile application

‘Sahyatri’ that will help the railway police in addressing complaints of passengers from across India?

Ministry of Home Affairs Which country has allowed women to serve in the armed

forces as it embarks on a broad programme of economic and social reforms?

Saudi Arabia Who is the current King of Saudi Arabia?

Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Who is current MD & CEO of Union Bank of India?

Shri Rajkiran Rai G.

Recently the first National Hindi Science writers conference has been held in which city?

Lucknow

Who is the current Governor of Uttar Pradesh? Anandiben Patel

Padma Shri awardee Kadri Gopalnath, who recently passed away, was famous for playing which musical instrument?

Saxophone Recently the first satellite service spacecraft ‘MEV-1’

was launched via which rocket? Proton

Name the first satellite service spacecraft, which has been recently launched by aerospace company Northrop Grumman?

Mission Extension Vehicle-1 (MEV-1) Recently, Government e-Marketplace (GeM) has signed a

MoU with which bank to facilitate a cashless, paperless and transparent payment system?

Union Bank of India What is the expanded form of GeM, one stop platform

facilitating online procurement of common use goods and services required by various government departments, organisations, Public Sector Units?

Government e-Marketplace The Reserve Bank of India has approved merger of which

state’s district cooperative banks with its State Co-operative Bank, paving the way for the state government to set up its own bank?

Kerala

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Who has been appointed as a Chief Operating Officer

(COO) of Yes Bank? Anita Pai

Recently Jasneet Bachal has been appointed as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of ___ bank.

Yes bank Which UN organisation will be the first to accept and

disburse donations in crypto currencies? UNICEF

The UN children’s agency, UNICEF, has now started accepting and disbursing donations through which two crypto currencies?

ether and bitcoin In which year, the first decentralized crypto currency, bit

coin, was created by pseudonymous developer Satoshi Nakamoto?

2009

Which American actor-filmmaker will be honoured with the Artistic Excellence Award at the 2019 Morelia Film Fest?

Robert Redford Robert Redford, who is in news recently, is related to

which field? Film

Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2019? Peter Handke

Who won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature? Olga Tokarczuk

Who has become the oldest person to ever win a Nobel Prize at the age of 97?

John B Goodenough Who won the first-ever Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1901

for the discovery of the laws of chemical dynamics and osmotic pressure in solutions?

Jacobus H van ‘t Hoff Name the three scientists, who have been jointly

awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry? John B Goodenough, M Stanley

Whittingham and Akira Yoshino The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to

John B Goodenough, M Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino for the development of____.

lithium-ion batteries Recently, which astronaut has been awarded with one of

Russia’s highest honours ‘the Order of Courage’? Nick Hague

Which nation has decorated NASA astronaut Nick Hague, who survived an aborted space launch last year, with one of its highest honours, the Order of Courage?

Russia Recently, The government has increased the dearness

allowance (DA) for central govt employees from 12% to ___.

17% The government has announced a hike of ______in the

dearness allowance paid to central government employees.

5 percentage Which news and info website has won the Gold Award for

its election coverage in the category of ‘Best Content in a News Blog/Website’ in the ICL 2019 – India Content Leadership Awards and Conference?

India.com In which category, India.com has won the Gold Award at

ICL 2019 – India Content Leadership Awards and Conference?

‘Best Content in a News Blog/Website’ Name the Sprinter, who won two gold medals at the

2017 Asian Championships, has been banned for four years for doping?

Nirmala Sheoran Nirmala Sheoran, who has been recently banned for four

years for doping, is related to which sport? Sprint

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Who have joined the board of Reliance Infrastructure as

non-executive directors? Anmol Ambani and Anshul Ambani

Who has been appointed as an independent director on the board of Reliance Infrastructure?

Syed Ata Hasnain Recently under which scheme, government has approved

the relaxation of the mandatory requirement of Aadhaar Seeded data as a pre-condition for release of funds to the beneficiaries?

Pradhan Mantri KisanSamman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) scheme

The Central Sector Scheme, namely, the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) provides income support to land-holding farmers’ families, subject to certain exclusions, by way of payment of ___ per year.

Rs.6000 Name the central sector scheme, under which all small

and marginal farmers will get up to 6,000 (US$87) per year as minimum income support?

Pradhan Mantri KisanSamman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) scheme

In which field, India has recently signed MoUs with Foreign Broadcasters?

Radio and Television In which year was the first Wireless Radio Broadcast by

Reginald A. Fessenden? 1906

Union HRD Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ to launch a unique Pradhan Mantri Innovative Learning Programme from ISRO called:

‘DHRUV’ Which news and info website has won the Gold Award for

its election coverage in the category of ‘Best Content in a News Blog/Website’ in the ICL 2019 – India Content Leadership Awards and Conference?

India.com What is the name of a newly discovered antibiotic, which

is produced by a soil bacterium found deep in the tropical forests of Mexico?

Phazolicin Which Mexican actress has been named as a UNESCO

Goodwill Ambassador for Indigenous Peoples? Yalitza Aparicio

Who is the current Director-General of UNESCO? Audrey Azoulay

Who won men’s singles title at 2019 China Open (tennis)?

Dominic Thiem

Who won women’s singles title at 2019 China Open (tennis)?

Naomi Osaka

Which Bollywood megastar will be honoured by screening his most ‘impactful’ films at the 50th International Film Festival of India (IFFI)?

Amitabh Bachchan Name a Gujarati film, which has been chosen as the

opening feature film of the Indian Panorama, 2019? Hellaro

In which year, first edition of International Film Festival of India (IFFI) was held in Mumbai?

1965 Name the three scientists, who have been jointly

awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize for Physiology? William G. Kaelin Jr, Sir Peter J.

Ratcliffe & Gregg L. Semenza Name the youngest-ever person who won a Nobel Prize

in Physiology or Medicine at the age of 32 in 1923 for co-discovering insulin?

Frederick Banting WTO is hosting the first-ever World Cotton Day (WCD) in

which city? Geneva

Indian Army has started its mountain combat exercise ‘Him Vijay’ in which state?

Arunachal Pradesh Rip Taylor, who recently passed away, was a famous?

Actor-comedian

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Salwa Eid Naser, who became the first woman athlete

from Asia to win 400m gold, is from which country? Bahrain

Where did the 5th World Parliament of Science, Religion and Philosophy will be held?

Pune India has started joint military training Exercise

“Nomadic Elephant-XIV” with which of the following countries?

Mongolia Who has become the youngest ever cricketer to take a

hat-trick in T20I cricket? Mohammad Hasnain

Mohammad Hasnain is related to which sport? Cricket

Who became the joint-fastest bowler, alongside Sri Lankan great Muttiah Muralitharan, to claim 350 Test wickets in Test cricket?

Ravichandran Ashwin In which year, Ravichandran Ashwin has been honoured

with Arjuna Award? 2014

Who recently won the Women’s Player of the summer at the Professional Cricketers’ Association awards?

Sophie Ecclestone Which state to host India’s first-ever trans art festival?

Kerala

Which Indian actress won her first International award at the 2019 Busan International Film Festival in South Korea?

Bhumi Pednekar Who has received the Asia Star Award for her directorial

debut “Roam Rome Mein” at the 24th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF)?

Tannishtha Chatterjee Who recently won his first Japan Open title?

Novak Djokovic This year which edition of Rakuten Japan Open Tennis

Championships was held in Ariake Coliseum? 46th

Ginger Baker, who recently passed away, was related to which field?

Music Recently, the Reserve Bank of India has raised the

lending cap for microfinance institutions to ___ against the earlier limit of 1 lakh, to improve credit availability in rural and semi-urban areas.

1.25 lakh For the first time, scientists have directly observed

something called ___ a vast network of hydrogen channels believed to connect all the galaxies in the universe.

Cosmic web Who has become the first Chinese player from his

country to score in a European competition? Wu Lei

Who is the current Vice President of China? Wang Qishan

Who became the second fastest Indian to scalp 200 wickets in Test cricket?

Ravindra Jadeja Who has been elected as the president of the Rajasthan

Cricket Association (RCA)? Vaibhav Gehlot

Who is the current CEO of Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA)?

Vijendra Gadwal Who has bagged the Professional Cricketers’

Association Players’ Player of the Year award after his splendid show in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019?

Ben Stokes Who has been elected as the vice-president of Karnataka

State Cricket Association recently? Abhiram

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Who has been elected as the president of Karnataka

State Cricket Association recently? Roger Binny

Name the former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri’s granddaughter, who died recently?

Neerja Sinha Who became the only Indian actress to feature in the

2019 Business of Fashion list better known as BoF 500? Deepika Padukone

Apart from Deepika Padukone, name the another Indian fashion icon who made to the 2019 Business of Fashion list?

Sanjeev Bahl Which Indian woman chess player has moved to the

third spot in the latest rankings released by the International Chess Federation (FIDE)?

Koneru Humpy Name the female Grandmaster, who has occupied the

first spot in the latest rankings released by the International Chess Federation (FIDE)?

Hou Yifan Padma Shri Awardee HL Trivedi, who recently passed

away, was a famous? Nephrologist

In which year, Noted Nephrologist Dr Hargovind Laxmishanker Trivedi was awarded Padma Shri, who recently passed away?

2015 Who has been appointed as the new Managing Director

and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Oil India Limited? Sushil Chandra

Recently, North Korea has successfully test-fired a new submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), called:

Pukguksong-3 What is the capital of North Korea?

Pyongyang Name the first private train of Indian Railways that will

be entirely run by Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC)?

Tejas Express Recently UP CM Yogi Adityanath has flagged off India’s

first private train Tejas Express, which will ply between___.

Lucknow-Delhi As per the Fourth Bi-monthly Monetary Policy

Statement, 2019-20 by RBI, What is the new Repo Rate? 5.15%

What is the difference in rates (in BPS) between Policy Repo Rate & MSF?

25 Basis points

Eric Pleskow, who died recently, was a famous? Film Producer

Which bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indian Army, under which the bank will offer customised services, along with a host of facilities to account holders?

Bank of Baroda (BoB) Who is the current MD & CEO of Bank of Baroda (BoB)?

P. S. Jayakumar Recently Home Minister Amit Shah has flagged off the

Vande Bharat Express, which will ply between___. Delhi and Katra

Who has been appointed as the chief executive officer of MyGov India, the government’s citizen-centric online platform?

Abhishek Singh In which year, MyGov India, the government’s citizen-

centric online platform was launched? 2014

Name the India’s oldest chimpanzee, who died recently? Rita

Which Cricket legend has been conferred with the ‘Most Effective Swachhata Ambassador’ award by President Ram Nath Kovind?

Sachin Tendulkar

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In which year, Sachin Tendulkar was nominated by Prime

Minister Narendra Modi as one of India’s swachhata ambassadors?

2014

Name the senior group president and former chief financial officer of Yes Bank, who has resigned from his post recently?

Rajat Monga Who is the current MD & CEO of Yes Bank?

Ravneet Gill Jessye Norman, who died recently, she was a famous?

Opera singer Who has been appointed as administrator for Punjab and

Maharashtra Cooperative Bank Limited (PMC)? Jai Bhagwan Bhoria

What is the full form of PMC Bank? Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative

Bank Limited Which former India skipper has resigned from his post as

the head of the three-member ad-hoc Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC)?

Kapil Dev Who is the current CEO of Board of Control for Cricket in

India (BCCI)? Rahul Johri

Which nation has passed a law allowing women to pass their citizenship to their children?

Iran

Who is the current president of Iran? Hassan Rouhani

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has released a commemorative Rs. ___ coin on Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary in Gujarat.

Rs 150 Name a woman, who recently won 1 crore on Kaun

Banega Crorepati, has been appointed as Amravati district’s ambassador for the Election Commission’s SVEEP programme?

Babita Tade Who has set the world record for the highest-ever T20I

score by a woman recently? Alyssa Healy

Alyssa Healy is related to which sport? Cricket

Alyssa Healy, who has set the world record for the highest-ever T20I score by a woman, represents which national cricket team?

Australia Which state government has announced a ban on paan

masala containing magnesium carbonate, nicotine, tobacco, mineral oil and flavored ‘supari’ in the state recently?

Rajasthan Under which Act, Rajasthan govt. has banned storage,

distribution and sale of paan masala containing magnesium carbonate, nicotine, tobacco and mineral oil, and flavoured supari in the state?

Food Safety Act Which state has become the third after Maharashtra and

Bihar to announce a ban on categories of paan masala? Rajasthan

Which Indian railway stations were the top three among 109 suburban stations in the recent railways cleanliness survey?

Andheri, Virar and Naigaon Which railway stations were ranked top three stations

out of 720 in the railways’ cleanliness survey unveiled by Railway Minister Piyush Goyal recently?

Jaipur, Jodhpur and Durgapura Who has been appointed as Punjab National Bank’s CEO

and MD for up to September 18, 2021? SS Mallikarjuna Rao

Who is the current President of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)?

C. K. Khanna Which three banks will be merged into a sole entity to

form the second-largest public sector bank of India? United Bank, PNB & OBC

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Which space agency has launched a new planet-hunting

telescope using a giant balloon, about the size of an entire football field?

NASA What is the name of a NASA’s new telescope to observe

planets similar to Earth, using a giant, football field-sized helium balloon? PICTURE-C (Planetary Imaging Concept Testbed

Using a Recoverable Experiment-Coronagraph) NASA’s telescope “PICTURE-C”, which is in news

recently, is designed and built by: University of Massachusetts Lowell

Recently the BCCI has started a 24×7 helpline for cricketers in an effort to strengthen its stand on zero-tolerance for ___ in cricket.

Age fraud Who has been appointed as the Executive Director for

India at the International Monetary Fund (IMF)? Surjit Bhalla

Who is the current Managing Director of International Monetary Fund (IMF)?

Kristalina Georgieva Name the Parent organization of International Monetary

Fund (IMF)? United Nations

After the launch of IPO what will be the new Stake holding of Indian Railways in IRCTC brand?

87.4% What does IRCTC stands for?

Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation

Who clinched gold in the 100m women’s World Championship 2019?

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce who won gold in 100m World

C’ship 2019 hails from which country? Jamaica

What is the name of the Sony Interactive Entertainment’s Chairman who has resigned from his post recently?

Shawn Layden Where is the headquarters of Sony Interactive

Entertainment situated? Tokyo, Japan

Recently which Indian tennis player won the Buenos Aires Challenger title 2019?

Sumit Nagal

In context to Tennis, what doest TOPS stands for? Target Olympic Podium Scheme

Who took charge as the 26th Chief of the Indian Air Force?

Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria

Recently Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria bevcame the __ Air Chief Marshal of India.

26th In the recently conducted elections in Afghanistan, who

became the new President of Afghanistan? Ashraf Ghani

What is the official language of Afghanistan? Pashto, Dari

According to reports, who is reportedly working on a partnership with ICICI Bank to offer Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions to users?

PhonePe What does UPI stands for:

Unified Payment Interface Recently who became fastest Pakistani player to score

1000 runs in a calendar year? Babar Azam

In how many innings Babar Azam scored 1000 ODI runs in a calendar year?

19 Kerala CM _ has launched a capacity development

programme ‘WING – Women Rise Together’ for women-led startups.

Pinarayi Vijayan

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What is the name of the programme launched by Kerala

Govt which aims to support aspiring and established female entrepreneurs by giving them access to incubation, workshops and investors?

WING – Women Rise Together Which country is planning to invest $100 billion in India

in areas including infrastructure, agriculture and petrochemicals?

Saudi Arabia What is the currency of Saudi Arabia?

Riyal According to a report by Internet & Mobile Association of

India, which country has the highest number of active monthly internet users?

China What is India’s rank in the list of nations with highest

number of active monthly internet users? 2nd

This year which edition of GQ Men of the Year Awards took place?

11th

Who has won the Actor of the Year award at the 11th edition of GQ Men of the Year Awards?

Ayushmann Khurrana Who became the oldest person to win a medal in World

Athletics Championships history? Joao Vieira

Recently who has laid the foundation stone of the Bhopal metro rail project?

Kamal Nath

Joao Vieira who became the oldest person to win a medal in World Athletics Championships hails from which country?

Portugal Where did the World Athletics Championships 2019

held? Doha, Qatar

Who has won gold in 100m race at the World Athletics Championships 2019?

Christian Coleman What is the name of the veteran actor who is known for

his roles as Kalia in Sholay? Viju Khote

How much interime dividend will Government seek from RBI towards the end of the financial year?

Rs. 30000 crore By March 2019, RBI has transferred __ to the

government as interim dividend. Rs. 28000 crore

What is the name of the pharma company who is planning to invest $1 Billion in India on capex?

Mylan Who is the CEO of Multinational pharmaceutical firm

Mylan? Heather Bresch

Who has won the Russian Grand Prix 2019? Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton belongs to which Team? Mercedes

Name the former French president who passed away recently?

Jacques Chirac Jacques Chirac who died recently was the former

President of which nation? France

What is the name of the joint military exercise between India & Kazakhstan?

KAZIND This year which edition of KAZIND will be conducted at

Pithoragarh from 02 to 15 October 2019? 4th

What is the venue of the 4th edition of KAZIND exercise between India & Kazakhstan?

Pithoragarh, India In the Vogue Beauty Awards 2019, who has won the

“Man of the Year” award? Vicky Kaushal

Who has been awarded with the “Beauty Warrior award” at the Vogue Beauty Awards 2019?

Sonali Bendre and Tahira Kashyap

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How much budget has been allocated for the Bhoj

metro? Rs. 6941.4 crore

What is the name Bhopal Metro which is to be built at an estimated cost of Rs. 6941.4 Crore?

Bhoj Metro What is the name of UAE’s 1st astronaut to reach the

International Space Station (ISS)? Hazzaa Al-Mansoori

What is the name of the UAE’s unmanned probe to Mars which is scheduled by 2021?

Hope Which country has launched its first amphibious assault

ship, the Type 075? China

What is the currency of China? Renminbi

Recently which country denies Climate Emergency and signed on to an international declaration, targeting the UN and EU?

Australia In which year climate emergency declaration or climate

emergency plan rolled out? 2016

Recently who will take over as the chairman of Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC)?

Bipin Rawat In context to defence, what does COSC stands for?

Chiefs of Staff Committee What is the name of the new snake species which is

named after Uddhav Thackeray’s younger son? Tejas

Recently who has been handed a suspended ban of 16 weeks and a fine of $25,000 by ATP for “aggravated behaviour”?

Nick Kyrgios Where is the headquarters of ATP situated?

London, U.K. Name the Vice-Chairperson of India Today Group, who

won Outstanding Media and Entertainment Award at the annual 21st Century Icon Awards in London?

Kalli Purie Who has become the youngest women player to play

Twenty20 International (T20I) for India? Shafali Verma

This year who has been bestowed with the Global Goalkeeper Award from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation?

Narendra Modi

The Global Goalkeeper Award is conferred by whom? Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Who will be honored with the Cecil B DeMille Award at 2020 Golden Globes?

Tom Hanks The 2019 Cecil B DeMille Award was bestowed to:

Jeff Bridges

What is the name of the cargo unit of SpiceJet which Spice Jet planning to launch its IPO?

SpiceXpress Who is the chairman of SpiceJet?

Ajay Singh Recently who has acquired gaming company Algorin

TechLabs? Junglee Games

Name the founder of Junglee Games? Ankush Gera

Recently which bank has been put under regulatory restriction under Section 35A of the Banking Regulation Act for a period of six months due to irregularities disclosed to RBI?

PMC Bank Who is the incumbent CEO of PMC Bank?

K Joy Thomas What is the name of the Award which is also considered

as the “alternative Nobel Prize”? Right Livelihood Award

Who is the current president of FIFA? Gianni Infantino

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This year who has been honoured with the 2019 Right

Livelihood Award? Greta Thunberg, Aminatou

Haidar, Davi Kopenawa and Guo Jianmei

Who is planning to buy 6 space crafts for the Artemis Moon Mission from Lockheed Martin?

NASA NASA has contracted Lockheed Martin to develop

minimum six and as many as 12 spacecraft for its Artemis lunar exploration programme for an amount:

$ 4.6 Billion Who won women’s singles title at 2019 China Open?

Carolina Marin Who has inaugurated Gandhi Solar Park in US?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi What was the intensity of the earthquake on the border

of Pakistan and India – 6.3

Who has recently resigned from India's national women's badminton coach –

Kim Ji-hyun In what amount Facebook is acquiring New York-based

startup CTRL-labs? $500 million-$1 billion

Who has been appointed as the new president of the Association of Mutual Funds in India

Nilesh Shah

Who has been appointed the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Guinea-Bissau –

Godavarti Vacant Srinivas Which organization has awarded Prime Minister Modi

with the Global Goalkeeper Award 2019 – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

With whom India is going to conduct Tiger Trump exercise in November this year?

America Who has won the recent Skolovo Fide Grand Prix title

2019 Koneru Hampi (India)

Who has been elected as goodwill ambassador by Maharashtra Chief Electoral Office for awareness of voting?

Madhuri Dixit Kristalina Georgieva has been selected as the new Chief

of which organization? IMF

The Delhi University and Zoological Survey of India recently discovered a new species of the frog in which state?

Arunachal Pradesh Which Indian athlete was recently awarded with IAAF

Veteran Pin Prize? PT Usha

Which Indian was awarded the 'Changemaker Award' by Bill & Milinda Gates Foundation for bringing change in society?

Payal Jangir When is World Maritime Day 2019 observed?

September 26th Which college would be hosting the 2nd edition of the

Singapore - India Hackathon? IIT Madras

Recently who is planning to buy CTRL-labs that specializes in allowing humans to control computers using their brains?

Facebook Recently who is investing $2 million in its India Center of

Excellence for research on tobacco cessation related to smokeless tobacco products like ‘gutka’?

Metaform Ventures How much amount has been infused by Metaform

Ventures in its India Center of Excellence for research on tobacco cessation?

$ 2 Million Who is the current chief minister of Madhya Pradesh?

Kamal Nath

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Who has been conferred “Global Goalkeeper” award?

Narendra Modi Defense Minister Rajnath Singh commissioned which

among the following vessels on September 25, 2019? Varaha

Who has been selected for the Dadasaheb Phalke award?

Amitabh Bachchan National unity award has been constituted on whose

name? Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Who has become the first Indian cricketer to bowl 3 maidens in T20Is?

Deepti Sharma Which Bollywood actor has been appointed as the brand

ambassador of Madhya Pradesh to promote the state’s traditions and tourist places?

Govinda Odisha’s CyCa OncoSolutions awarded at the She Loves

Tech Global Startup Competition 2019 in China. who is the founder of CyCa OncoSolutions?

Nusrat Sanghamitra Which team India player has recently equalled former

India captain MS Dhoni’s record for playing the most number of T20I matches for India?

Rohit Sharma In which year, Rohit Sharma was announced as the

WWF-India Rhino Ambassador? 2018

Who recently won his first F1 race in over a year for Ferrari after beating Charles Leclerc at the Singapore?

Sebastian Vettel First-ever Indian heavy duty electric truck has been

developed by an Indian startup named: Infraprime Logistics Technology (IPLT)

Abhaneri Festival’ is an annual cultural festival of ____. Rajasthan

Who became first recipient of Gauri Lankesh Award for Journalism, awarded by Gauri Lankesh Memorial Trust?

Ravish Kumar

Robert Mugabe, who recently passed away, was a former president of which country?

Zimbabwe Who became the only Bollywood actor to be featured in

Fortune India’s list of most powerful Women in Business 2019?

Anushka Sharma Anushka Sharma, who became only Bollywood actor to

make the Fortune India’s list of most powerful Women in Business 2019, comes in at number ____ out of 50.

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Madhav Apte, who recently passed away, was related to which sport?

Cricket Who is the current Chief Minister of Rajasthan?

Ashok Gehlot Who has been honoured with the 48th Lifetime

Achievement Award by AFI recently? Julie Andrews

American Film Institute was instituted in which year? 1967

Recently who has signed a MoU with US based Tellurian to import 5 Million tonnes of LNG per annum?

Petronet LNG Ltd. Where is the headquarters of India’s leading LNG

company Petro net situated? New Delhi

What is the name of the Israeli hybrid chatbot which Facebook has acquired to built its customer service bots?

Service Friend Who is the current CFO of Facebook?

David Wehner Who has been chosen as the 1st woman president of

BCCI affiliated unit TNCA? Rupa Gurunath

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In the recently concluded World wrestling Championship

2019, how many medals have been won by India? 5

Where did the 2019 World Wrestling Championship took place?

Kazakhstan Who is the author of the book “Being Gandhi”?

Paro Anand Which state government has decided to make Sanskrit

mandatory in all schools from class 3 to 8? Uttarakhand

Which is the official mascot of the 2022 Beijing Winter Paralympics?

Shuey Rhon Rhon What is the name of the Indian Railways subsidiary who

is planning to launch its IPO on September 30 2019? IRCTC

What does IRCTC stands for? Indian Railway Catering and Tourism

Corporation Market regulator _ has imposed over Rs. 22 crore penalty

on Aurobindo Pharma. SEBI

Who is the chairman of SEBI at present? Ajay Tyagi

The 2019 FIFA Men’s player award won by whom? Lionel Messi

In which year, TikTok was launched by ByteDance, for markets outside of China?

2017

Which Indian cyclist has won a gold medal in the men’s junior Keirin event at 2019 Asian Track Cycling Championships?

Ronaldo Singh Recently Defense Minister of India has inaugurated the

Col Chewang Rinchan Bridge in Ladakh. This bridge has been built by:

Border Roads Organisation (BRO) Who has inaugurated the Col Chewang Rinchan Bridge in

Ladakh recently? Rajnath Singh

Which country has been removed from the “Grey List” of the international terror financing watchdog FATF?

Sri Lanka What does FATF stands for?

Financial Action Task Force IMNEX-2019 is a second edition of joint Naval Exercise

between India and which country? Myanmar

India-Myanmar joint naval exercise ‘IMNEX-2019’ has started in which city?

Visakhapatnam Where is the headquarters of Indian Banks’ Association

(IBA) located? Mumbai

Who has been honoured with the ‘Most Eminent Senior Citizen Award’ by Vice President of India in New Delhi?

K. Parasaran Recently, who has unveiled the book “Bridgital Nation” in

New Delhi? PM Narendra Modi

Name the author of the book titled “Bridgital Nation”? N Chandrasekaran & Ms. Roopa Purushottam

Who has been appointed as the Head of Tik-Tok India? Nikhil Gandhi

Bill Macy, who recently passed away, he was a famous? Actor

Recently, JAXA has partnered with NASA to work together under the Artemis program. What does JAXA stands for?

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Which space agency of Japan has partnered with NASA

to work on its Artemis mission, which is aimed to send crewed missions to both Moon and Mars?

JAXA Who has been elected as the chairman of the banking

industry lobby Indian Banks Association for fiscal 2019-20?

Rajnish Kumar

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Name the Internationally acclaimed painter of

Bangladesh, who recently passed away?

Kalidas Karmakar

Kalidas Karmakar, who recently passed away, was a

renowned painter of:

Bangladesh

Who has been appointment as next president of the

European Central Bank?

Christine Lagarde

Former International Monetary Fund chief Christine

Lagarde will replace whom as head of European Central

Bank?

Mario Draghi

Name the two NASA astronauts, who have embarked on

the first all female spacewalk in a historic first?

Christina Koch and Jessica Meir

Recently, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath

has launched five projects worth Rs 800 crore on the eve

of an investors’ summit named:

Magnificent Madhya Pradesh

Mark Hurd, who recently passed away, was a co-CEO of

which multinational software giant?

Oracle

Who is the current chairman of Defense Research and

Development Organization (DRDO)?

Dr G. Satheesh Reddy

In which year, Mark Hurd was appointed as co-CEO of

the Oracle?

2014

Who has given an approval to admit girls in Sainik

schools across the country from the 2021-22 academic

session?

Rajnath Singh

Who has been appointed as director general of the

National Security Guard (NSG)?

Anup Kumar Singh

Recently Defence Research and Development

Organisation (DRDO) has signed 30 licensing

agreements for Transfer of Technology (ToT) with ___

Indian companies at Vibrant Goa Global Expo and

Summit 2019.

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Which tech giant has joined hands with the Union

Government for ‘Digital Payment Abhiyan’?

Google

What is the theme of 11th Nuclear Energy Conclave?

Economics of Nuclear Power- Innovation towards Safer

& Cost Effective Technologies

11th Nuclear Energy Conclave for 2019 in New Delhi was

organized by?

India Energy Forum (IEF)

The National Security Guard (NSG) is a counter terrorism

unit under the which Governing body?

Indian Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)

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Let’s Recape

1. Who has been appointed as an independent woman

director on the board of InterGlobe Aviation Limited that runs IndiGo airlines? Pallavi Shardul Shroff

2. Who has become the first Indian male boxer to reach the final at the World Boxing Championship? Amit Panghal

3. Name the Super 30 Founder, who has been felicitated with Education Excellence Award 2019 by non-profit organisation Foundation for Excellence in US’s California? Anand Kumar

4. Which state government has made Sanskrit a mandatory subject for students from class 3-8 across all schools in the state? Uttarakhand

5. Which State launched the ‘Tatpar’ mobile app? Delhi 6. Which Indian movie has been nominated for the

92nd Oscar Awards? Gully boy 7. Who has won the Inspirational Icon Award at the

21st Century Icon Awards in London? Sonu Nigam 8. Who became the 4th wrestler to win the World

Wrestling Championships 2019 and secured his Olympics quota? Deepak Punia

9. With whom ISRO has signed pact for Gaganyaan project? DRDO

10. The 5th International Ramayana Festival (IRF-2019) was held in which city? Delhi

11. Which state government has decided to declare 2020 as Year of Artificial Intelligence (AI)? Telangana

12. Karan Vandana is a new hybrid variety of which crop? Wheat

13. Which Union Ministry has launched the common digital platform for the issuance of electronic Certificates of Origin (Coo)? Ministry of Commerce and Industry

14. Which state government has decided to carry out bio-fencing to reduce human-animal conflict? Uttarakhand

15. The National Centre for Clean Coal Research and Development (NCCCR&D) was launched in which city? Bengaluru

16. What is the theme of the 2019 edition of International Day of Democracy? Participation

17. Who is the author of the book “The Cousins Thackeray: Uddhav, Raj and the Shadow of their Senas”? Dhaval Kulkarni

18. Which Payment Bank has launched ‘Bharosa savings account’? Airtel payment Bank

19. Which state government has launched Mukhya Mantri Seva Sankalp Helpline 1100? Himachal Pradesh

20. Who became the first defence minister of India to fly in Tejas fighter aircraft? Rajnath Singh

21. Union Government inaugurates ____________power projects in Jammu and Kashmir. 15

22. What is the name of a newly-found giant salamander species, believed to be the world’s largest amphibian? Andrias sligoi

23. Which documentary film based on the struggle of a farmer in a remote Himalayan village, has been selected as an entry to Oscars 2019? Moti Bagh

24. Which country has unveiled South Asia’s tallest tower, the Lotus Tower? Sri Lanka

25. SITMEX-19 is a maiden trilateral naval exercise between which three countries? Singapore India & Thailand

26. Who has been named new CEO of HTC Corporation after Cher Wang steps down? Yves Maitre

27. Who has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of Cognizant India? Ramkumar Ramamoorthy

28. Which movie was named Best Picture at the 20th International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA)? Raazi

29. Who has received the Best Actress award at the 20th IIFA Awards? Alia Bhatt

30. Who has been named as the US’ new National Security Adviser (NSA)? Robert C O’Brien

31. Who has become the first Indian wrestler to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics? Vinesh Phogat

32. Which Indian athlete has secured a bronze in the 63 kg category at the Men’s World Boxing Championship 2019? Manish Kaushik

33. SITMEX 19 commenced at _________. Port Blair 34. Dinesh Mongia, who is in news recently, is related to

which sport? Cricket 35. Which country has lifted the Under 19 Asia Cup title

2019? India 36. Name the India’s first Air-to-Air missile, which has

been successfully flight tested from an IAF’s Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter jet recently? Astra missile

37. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has joined hands with which organisation for development of human centric systems for India’s first manned space mission Gaganyaan?Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)

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38. Recently Kerala govt. has inked a memorandum of

understanding (MoU) with which nation to strengthen cancer care? Maldives

39. Which state government has announced a partnership with US firm Zipline to use autonomous delivery drones to deliver emergency medicines and critical care across the state? Maharashtra

40. Who has won the 2019 IBSF World Billiards Championship? Pankaj Advani

41. Which two banks will be merged into a sole entity to form the seventh largest public sector lender of the country? Allahabad Bank & Indian Bank

42. Ranveer Singh won Best Actor award at the 20th IIFA Awards for ____. ‘Padmaavat’

43. Name the president of Asian Development Bank, who has announced his resignation recently? Takehiko Nakao

44. Who has been appointed as the Press Secretary to President Ram Nath Kovind? Ajay Kumar Singh

45. Name the producer of the famous TV series ‘Zee Horror Show’, who died recently? Shyam Ramsay

46. What is the name of the broadcasting channel on which DD India is now available in Korea? KBS World

47. ‘MAITREE-2019’ is an annual Joint Military Exercise between India Army and ____. Royal Thailand Army

48. The 2019 edition of which two national teachers training programmes were launched by HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal recently? LEAP & ARPIT

49. What does LEAP stand for? Leadership for Academicians Programme

50. Who has won the Best Actress award at the India International Film Festival of Boston for the film ‘The Last Color’? Neena Gupta

51. Who has become the first woman in the country’s military history to be posted in any Indian mission abroad? Anjali Singh

52. Which drama series has recently won 10 Emmy awards which is more than any other drama in the history of television? Game of Thrones

53. Who recently became first Lokayukta of Andhra Pradesh since the state bifurcated in 2014? P Lakshman Reddy

54. Which space agency won the Outstanding Interactive Program award at the 71st Creative Arts Emmys? NASA

55. Recently, Ambati Rayudu has been appointed as the captain of ____team for the upcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy. Hyderabad

56. Who won men’s singles title at the $75,000 Vietnam Open BWF Tour Super 100 badminton tournament? Sourabh Verma

57. Which team has recently won the Basketball World Cup for the first time since 2006? Spain

58. Which Indian Army officer has been appointed by the UN as Chair of Redeployment Coordination Committee and head of the UN Mission in support of Hudaydah Agreement? Abhijit Guha

59. Which state’s legislative assembly has passed a resolution against proposed Uranium mining in Nallamala forest area? Telangana

60. Which state recently launched Jan Soochna Portal for its citizens? Rajasthan

61. What is the name of Indian player who recently won the world’s toughest ‘Enduroman Triathlon’ with a world record? Mayank Vaid

62. Which state government recently launched a pilot project to track stolen mobile phones? Maharashtra

63. Which State government has launched Mukhyamantri Vyapari Samuhik Niji Durghatna Beema Yojana? Haryana

64. Which country has inaugurated Southeast Asia’s largest solar power farm? Vietnam

65. Indo-Thailand joint military exercise Maitree 2019 is being conducted in which state? Meghalaya

66. Megan Schutt, who became the first woman to claim two hat-tricks in international cricket, is from which country? Australia

67. Which union ministry has launched the Curriculum for Life Skills (Jeevan Kaushal)? Ministry of HRD

68. Name the third country in Africa to roll out the world’s first malaria vaccine recently? Kenya

69. _________members of CISF successfully summited Mt. Satopanth peak. Sixteen

70. Recently, Bank of Baroda has put on block the erstwhile headquarters of which bank at a reserve price of Rs 530 crore? Dena Bank

71. Which nation has removed Pakistan’s name from all the border pillars installed along its border with India? Bangladesh

72. Name the Ex-IAS officer and father of Microsoft’s current CEO, who recently passed away? BN Yugandhar

73. Which Indian police officer has been chosen for the 2019 Asia Society Game Changer award? Chhaya Sharma

74. The Drought Toolbox has officially released in which UNCCD event? COP14

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75. Where is the headquarters of the Global Anti-

Microbial Resistance (AMR) Research and Development (R&D) Hub situated? Germany

76. Which country has won the ‘Best Video’ award for the Asia & Pacific Region in the UNWTO Tourism Video Competition 2019? India

77. Indian Railways signed an MoU with which organisation for facilitation of green initiatives? Confederation of Indian Industries

78. Which country has terminated robot ‘Fedor’ after admitting he could not replace astronauts on spacewalks? Russia

79. Which state government has announced the first agricultural export policy to double the income of farmers? Uttar Pradesh

80. Which Indian diplomat has been bestowed the UAE’s First Class Order of Zayed II award? Navdeep Singh Suri

81. Rajasekar, who passed away recently, was the veteran actor-director of which regional cinema? Tamil

82. Who is the author of the book ‘Savarkar: Echoes from a forgotten past’? Vikram Sampath

83. Which country has become first in Asia to roll out plain cigarette packaging? Thailand

84. With which Country, India has planned to exchange notes regarding the Lunar Mission? Israel

85. At present how many members are associated with the ASEAN Group? 10 member countries

86. Recently BCCI has announced a ___ radio rights arrangement with All India Radio (AIR) for live commentary of Team India’s matches at home. 2 year

87. Recently which Indian origin person has been nominated to the UK’s House of Lords by former UK PM Theresa May? Rami Ranger

88. What is the name of the book that depicted the life story of Rami Ranger? From Nothing to Everything

89. What is the name of Alibaba’s billionaire Co-founder, who has stepped down from the post of Alibaba’s chairman? Jack Ma

90. The US-based technology services provider Sankalp Semiconductor has recently been acquired by: HCL Technologies

91. Which country has become the newest member of the Global Antimicrobial Resistance Research and Development Hub? India

92. Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently inaugurated the new assembly building in which state? Jharkhand

93. Which country became the 79th member of the International Solar Alliance? St. Vincent and Grenadines

94. NITI Aayog has selected which company to set up India’s first Digital Capability Centre (DCC)? McKinsey

95. Joint Military Exercise MAITREE-2019 will be conducted between India and which country? Thailand

96. Sathaar, who recently passed away, was a famous: Malayalam actor

97. Which State Government recently announced to launch an online portal to offer cows for adoption? Madhya Pradesh

98. Where did India’s second Multi Modal Terminal on Ganga will be inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi? Sahibganj, Jharkhand

99. This year who has been conferred the Visitor’s Award for Research in Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences? Sibnath Deb

100. China to invest USD 1 bn in _______development projects. Pakistan

101. The 2019 Visitor’s Award for Research in Physical Sciences is conferred to ___ for his research in the field of nonequilibrium statistical physics and nonlinear dynamics. Sanjay Puri

102. What is the capital outlay to implement National Animal Disease Control Programme? Rs 12,652 Crores (For 5 years)

103. National Animal Disease Control Programme is ___ funding from the Central Government. 100%

104. Recently with whom India has signed $200 million loan to improve rural connectivity in Maharashtra? ADB

105. This year which edition of Indo-Thai CORPAT was recently concluded? 28th

106. Who has inaugurated First Mega Food Park in Telangana? Harsimrat Kaur Badal

107. Who is planning to buy Yes Bank former CEO’s shares worth Rs. 2000 crore? PayTm

108. Anil Agarwal honoured with a lifetime achievement award at 19th Annual Asian Achievers Awards 2019 held in ____________? London

109. __ is a way for listed companies to raise capital, without having to submit legal paperwork to market regulators. QIP

110. Recently which country inaugurates South Asia’s 1st cross-border petroleum pipeline with Nepal? India

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111. What is the total length of Motihari-Amlekhgunj

petroleum products pipeline, which is joint project by India & Nepal? 60 Km

112. Name the majority Stock holder of Jet Airways? SBI 113. Who has been sworn in as the new governor of

Rajasthan? Kalraj Mishra 114. Who has launched Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana in

Jharkhand on 12 September? Narendra Modi 115. What is the capital outlay of Kisan Maan Dhan

Yojana for the next three years? Rs 10,774 crore 116. All the small and marginal farmers who are currently

between the ages of __ are eligible under Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana. 18 to 40 years

117. What estimated budget has been decided by Indian Government for “fleet modernisation in next 5-7 years across all armed forces”? $ 130 Billion

118. What is the Strike range of Agni V missile? 5000 km 119. Who is planning to launch $400 million VC fund for

start-ups? Binny Bansal 120. Recently Flipkart Co-founder Binny Bansal sold his

shares worth about __ to Tiger Global. $14 million 121. Which city hosted the ‘ANGAN’, an international

Conference on Energy Efficiency in Building Sector? New Delhi

122. What is the name of first Canadian women tennis player who recently won the US Open 2019 title? Bianca Andreescu

123. The Kolkata edition of Bangladesh Book Fair was started in which year?2011

124. Which country joined with US to conducts joint patrols for Syria safe zone? Turkey

125. Who is elected as the new Chairman of PTI? Vijay Kumar Chopra

126. PM inaugurated AURIC, the greenfield smart city, in Maharashtra. What does AURIC? Aurangabad Industrial City

127. Which Company has been selected by RBI to develop the mobile application to aid the visually impaired to identify currency notes? Daffodil Pvt Ltd

128. Which is the first greenfield smart city of India? Aurangabad

129. Who won the Men’s singles US Open 2019? Rafael Nada

130. The 4th edition of Indian Ocean Conference (ICO-2019) was held in which city? Male

131. Where is the headquarters of Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA)? New Delhi

132. Which IIT has been selected for the Sophisticated Analytical and Technical Help Institute (SATHI)? IIT Kharagpur

133. Who has become the youngest-ever captain in Test cricket history? Rashid Khan

134. Who led Indian delegation at the 5th Eastern Economic Forum (EEF-2019)? Narendra Modi

135. The World first Youth Summit held in which country? INDIA

136. What is the India’s position in terms of total gold reserve, according to the World Gold Council (WGC)? 10Th

137. Who is the head of the RBI task force which calls for participation of non-banks to develop secondary market for corporate loans? TN Manoharan

138. Which bank to provide $200 mn to upgrade rural roads in 34 districts of Maharashtra? Asian Development Bank

139. Who launches Mumbai Metro coach under the Make in India initiative? Narendra Modi

140. Where was the Swachh Mahotsav event 2019 held? New Delhi

141. Which Ministry has determined to away with single-use plastic within the secretariat? Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

142. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched National AI Programme on Sept 11, 2019 in ________. Mathura, Uttar Pradesh

143. Who is the Current Minister of Union Ministry of information and Broadcasting? Prakash Javadekar

144. Robert Mugabe passed away at the age of 95 on September 6, 2019. He served as the President of which nation for almost four decades? Zimbabwe

145. Which Ministry won the Swachh Bharat award in Swachhta Action Plan category? Ministry of Railways

146. Which city is hosting the 28th edition of India-Thailand Coordinated petrol exercise? Bangkok

147. Which prominent personality has been conferred the Vatican’s ‘Lamp of Peace of Saint Francis ‘award? Mohammad Yunus

148. Who has been named AT&T’s new president & COO? John Stankey

149. Which city will host the Sixth India-China Strategic Economic Dialogue 2019? New Delhi

150. Which country is ranked 10th in terms of gold reserves, as per the recent survey of World Gold Council? India

151. Which Indian wrestler has been given top priority in World wrestling championship? Bajrang Punya

152. Who has been appointed as a Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Yes Bank? Anita Pai

153. Which country has temporarily closed its diplomatic missions in Nigeria? South Africa

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154. The Mobile Science Exhibition (MSE) programme has

been launched from which city? Leh 155. The 2019 UNICEF South Asian Parliamentarian

conference for Children was held in which city? Colombo

156. What is the annual trade target to achieve by year 2025 with Russia? $ 30 billion

157. Which is the world’s most liveable city, according to EIU’s Global Liveability Index 2019? Vienna

158. What is the India’s rank at the WEF’s World Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI) 2019? 34th

159. With whom Logistics real estate platform ESR has formed a partnership to develop two warehousing parks with an estimated investment of Rs. 300 crores? Future Group

160. What is the estimated investment projected to develop two warehousing parks in Nagpur and Jhajjar by ESR? Rs. 300 crore

161. Recently who has been fined $170 mn for illegally collecting data from kids? Google & YouTube

162. How much fine has been imposed on Google & YouTube by FTC for illegally collecting personal information from children? $ 170 million

163. Recently who has been appointed as the head coach and chairman of selectors of Pakistan? Misbah-ul-Haq

164. Who has been appointed Pakistan bowling coach for three years? Waqar Younis

165. Who has signed an agreement to buy Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) from Russia’s Novatek on a long-term basis? H-Energy

166. Which country test fired ballistic missile Ghaznavi? Pakistan

167. Who became the first Hindu woman to be inducted into Pakistan’s Sindh Police? Pushpa Kohli

168. Recently with whom India has agreed to work on industrial cooperation and create technological and investment partnerships? Russia

169. After capital infusion of around 9000 crore in IDBI Bank, who became the majority stake holder of the Bank? LIC

170. Which IT Bahemoth has secured a seven-year contract valued at $300 million (Rs 2,160 crore) from ICICI Bank to provide a range of services? Wipro

171. Who has been promoted as the new MD & CEO of Paytm Money? Pravin Jadhav

172. Who has signed a partnership agreement with Japan’s JERA to set up a 750-megawatt, gas-based combined cycle power plant in Bangladesh? Reliance Power

173. Recently which state has waved Rs. 4,750-crore interest and penalty on crop loans? Haryana

174. Recently with whom Reliance Power signed a partnership agreement to set up a 750-megawatt, gas-based combined cycle power plant in Bangladesh? JERA

175. Which company has announced to approve $9.41 million in funding to Hazer Group Limited (Hazer) for the construction and operation of a ground breaking hydrogen production facility in Munster, Western Australia? ARENA

176. Currently who holds the title for Most Successful Captain (India) in Test cricket? Virat Kohli

177. Which countries have signed a declaration calling for a rigorous evaluation of suppliers of 5G equipment to check whether they’re subject to any foreign government’s control? USA & Poland

178. Recently US & Poland have barred __ company for providing 5G equipment? Huawei

179. Where did India’s tallest ATC tower starts operating? IGI, Delhi

180. Recently who has been appointed as the new Chairman of Saudi Aramco? Yasir al-Rumayyan

181. Union cabinet has infused Rs. 9000 Crore in which bank in order to make it financially sound? IDBI Bank

182. Which state / UT government has decided to provide free rides to women in city buses and metro trains? Delhi

183. What is the name of the fund which is created by Snapdeal founders Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal in order to fund Start-up business? Titan Capital Fund

184. What is the new limit of TDS which is to be imposed on cash transactions, aggregate cash withdrawals exceeding over Rs.1 crore from “one or more accounts” belonging to a person? 2%

185. Recently IT Ministry has partnered with which IT giant to roll out ‘Build for Digital India’ programme? Google

186. Who has become the first serving Indian Army general to complete France’s oldest cycling event, Paris-Brest-Paris 2019? Anil Puri

187. What is the name of the programme for which IT ministry has partnered with Google to give engineering students a platform to develop market-ready technology-based solutions? Build for Digital India

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188. Which Railway station became the 4000th station in

India to have free public WI-FI facility? Tinsukia (Assam)

189. What will be the new percentage of interest to be paid for loans less than Rs.5 lakhs from Cooperative Banks in Haryana? 2%

190. Recently Hospitality start-up OYO has acquired which Denmark based data science firm for an undisclosed amount, as part of its expansion in Europe? Danamica

191. Name the Indian phone maker who has received a three-year order from American conglomerate General Electric (GE) to make hand-held devices for medical use for GE’s healthcare division? Lava International

192. ___ is a high net worth individual who provides financial backing for small start-ups or entrepreneurs, typically in exchange for ownership equity in the company. Angel Investors

193. India has proposed to undertake deep ocean mining under which project? Samudrayaan

194. Which state government has launched Walk to Work on Wednesdays (WWW) campaign? Meghalaya

195. Who has become the first IPS officer to be bestowed with the 2018 Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award? Aparna Kumar

196. Which Indian badminton player won a bronze in men’s singles category at 2019 BWF World Championships? Sai Praneeth

197. Which state government has decided to form a Special Tiger Force (STF) for Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR)? Uttarakhand

198. Which Indian airline has announced that it is going to ban single-use plastic in flights from October 2, 2019? Air India

199. Who has stepped down from the role of CEO of Lakshmi Vilas Bank citing personal reasons? Parthasarathi Mukherjee

200. Recently Government has announced to “permit” up to _ foreign direct investment (FDI) under “government route” for uploading/streaming of News & Current Affairs through Digital Media. 26%

201. Who has been re-appointment as CBDT Chairman for a period of one year? Pramod Chandra Mody

202. Which state government has banned sex reassignment surgeries on intersex infants and children? Tamil Nadu

203. Which West Indies bowler has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket at the ripe old age of 85? Cecil Wright

204. Who has been appointed as India’s Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates? Pavan Kapoor

205. Who has been selected as the next chairman of Coal India? Pramod Agarwal

206. Who is the new President of Nauru? Lionel Aingimea 207. Which three banks will be merged into a single entity

to form the 2nd largest bank of India? PNB, OBC & United Bank of India

208. Which nation has launched its own Space Command? United States

209. When is the National Sports Day observed every year in India? 29th August

210. Andhra Pradesh government recently announced that the Polavaram Project work will be resumed from November 2019. The project runs on which river? Godavari

211. Which country recently requested the United Nations to call back all peacekeepers from the country by June 2020? Sudan

212. Which Cabinet approves free rides for women in DTC from 29 October? Delhi

213. Which country did Shri Dharmendra Pradhan visited to Strengthen Cooperation in Energy and Steel Sectors? Russia

214. Which State has passed the anti-lynching Bill? West Bengal

215. Centre plans to set up ________ Ayush centres across India. 12500

216. After the merger of 10 public sector banks to be merged into four banks, how many public sector banks will be there in India? 12

217. Who became the first Indian to win gold medal at the BWF World Championships? PV Sindhu

218. According to Forbes, who has been named the World’s Highest-Paid Actresses Of 2019? Scarlett Johansson

219. Which Indian personality has been honoured with ‘The King Hamad Order of the Renaissance’ in Bahrain? PM Narendra Modi

220. PM Narendra Modi has become the first Indian Prime Minister to visit__. Bahrain

221. Which Telugu film has become the first to have an emoji on the micro-blogging site, Twitter? Saaho

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222. Recently, PM Narendra Modi has launched the USD

4.2 million redevelopment project of the 200-year-old Lord Sri Krishna temple in___. Manama

223. What is the theme of 7th ‘Community Radio

Sammelan in Delhi? ‘Community Radio for SDGs’

224. What is the theme of Internet of Things (IoT) India Congress 2019? Mainstreaming the Internet of Things

225. IoT India Congress 2019 is the ___edition of India’s largest Platform of Platforms for the Internet of Things. 4th

226. Which state has retained its first position in the Composite Water Management Index (CWMI) 2.0 announced by the NITI Aayog? Gujarat

227. Which e-commerce giant has recently partnered with the Office of the Director General of Resettlement (DGR) and the Army Welfare Placement Organisation (AWPO) to create continued work opportunities for military families across the country? Amazon India

228. Name the India’s first woman DGP who passed away recently? Kanchan Bhattacharya

229. Recently, Indian Bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with which insurance company to offer a diverse range of general insurance products to its customers? Tata AIG General Insurance Company Limited

230. Who won the 2019 Durand Cup? Gokulam Kerala 231. What is the maximum speed obtained via a Gram Net

service? 100 mbps 232. Which state creates history by appointing 3 Deputy

CM’s in the state? Karnataka 233. Recently which public sector lender has launched

OTP facility for ATM withdrawals over Rs. 10000 a day? Canara Bank

234. Yono Cash facility, in which customers can withdraw money from ATMs without using a card is provided by which bank? SBI

235. Recently, Housing financier ‘DHFL’ has appointed_____as its statutory auditor. KK Mankeshwar & Co

236. Who is the current Chairman & Managing director of Dewan Housing Finance Corporation (DHFL)? Kapil Wadhawan

237. Who became India’s first female Flight Commander of a flying unit? S Dhami

238. Who has been named the highest-paid woman in music with earnings of $185 million as per Forbes? Taylor Swift

239. Name the former Chairman and CEO of Volkswagen,

who recently passed away? Ferdinand Piech

240. Who has been appointed as the Paytm’s President of financial services? Amit Nayyar

241. Who is the current Chairman and Managing Director of SIDBI (Small Industries Development Bank of India)? Mohammad Mustafa

242. Who has been appointed as the chairman of the

senior selection committee of the Delhi & District

Cricket Association (DDCA)? Atul Wassan

243. Which Indian athlete became recurve cadet world

champion at the recent World Archery Youth

Championships? Komalika Bari

244. How much cash reward has been announced for P.V.

Sindhu by Badminton Association of India for her

historic triumph in World Badminton Championship?

20 lakh rupees

245. What is the new name of the Feroz Shah Kotla

Stadium as per the recent announcement by Delhi

and District Cricket Association (DDCA)? Arun Jaitley

Stadium

246. PM Narendra Modi has launched which nation-wide

movement on National Sports Day 2019? ‘Fit India

Movement’

247. Ajantha Mendis, who recently announced his

retirement from all forms of cricket, had represented

which national cricket team? Sri Lanka

248. Gargantuan statue of which Indian statesman has

earned a coveted spot in Time magazine’s World’s

Greatest Places 2019′ list? Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

249. Which Indian documentary has won the top award in

the ‘Under 30 minutes’ category at the We Care Film

Festival on Disability Issues? ‘I’mJeeja

250. Statue of Unity, which has been featured in Time

magazine’s ‘World’s Greatest Places 2019’ list, is

situated in: Gujarat

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