Aug Flashcards by Pappu Roy

Q.1 IAF receives 1st batch of 4 AH-64E Apache Guardian Attack helicopters from which of the following country?

(A) Singapore

(B) China

(D) US

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Q.2 This ministry conducted the 7th Economic Census (EC) for the year 2019 that commenced in Tripura.

(A) Minister of Human Resource Development

(B) Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

(D) Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

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Q.3 Where did South Asia Air Quality Tech Camp organise?

(A) Kathmandu

(B) Pokhara

(D) New Delhi

Kathmandu

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Q.4 What is the name of the tropical storm that grew into a hurricane in the US?

(A) Finn

(B) Shawn

(D) Erick

Finn

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Q.5 Which company has signed an MoU with Noida Authority For setting up 100 EV Charging Points?

(A) BHEL

(B) EESL

(D) BEE

EESL

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Q.6 According to the Tiger Census Report 2018, which state of India has the highest tiger presence?

(A) Gujarat

(B) Odisha

(D) Andhra Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh

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Q.7 Which company launched a Cyber Defence Center in Romania?

(A) IBM

(B) Google

(D) Infosys

Infosys

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Q.1 Who received “Champions of Empathy Award” for spreading awareness about hepatitis?

(A) Doordarshan

(B) NDTV

(D) StarPlus

Doordarshan

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Q.2 Who released the 4th cycle of All India Tiger Estimation 2018?

(A) Rajnath Singh

(B) Narendra Modi

(D) Ram Nath Kovind

Narendra Modi

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Q.3 Who was sworn in as the 18th Governor of Tripura?

(A) Jagdeep Dhankhar

(B) E. S. L. Narasimhan

(D) Ramesh Bais

Ramesh Bais

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.4 Who was appointed as the new speaker of Karnataka Assembly?

(A) S Suresh Kumar

(B) Jagadish Shettar

(D) Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri

Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri

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Q.5 When did World Day Against Trafficking in Persons celebrate?

(A) 31st July

(B) 30th July

(D) 28th July

30th July

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Q.6 Lok Seva Bhawan is the new name of this state’s Secretariat.

(A) Andra Pradesh

(B) Karnataka

(D) West Bengal

Odisha

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Q.7 Who was appointed as the interim COO of Coffee Day Enterprises?

(A) Sanad Thawte

(B) Nitin Bagmane

(D) Kumara Ranganath

Nitin Bagmane

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The study of Insects is called ____.

(A) Ornithology

(B) Entomologist

(D) Phycology

Entomologist

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CRISIL cuts India’s GDP growth to __________ for FY20 on weak monsoon rains, muted corporate results.

(A) 12.2%

(B) 8.3%

(D) 6.9 %

6.9 %

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Name the bank that will be converted into small finance bank with the aim to provide micro-credit at the doorsteps to individuals and SME’s.

(A) Jio Payments Bank

(B) Airtel Payments Bank

(D) Aditya Birla Payments Bank

India Post Payments Bank

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Name of Indian theoretical physicist has been appointed as the new director of Italy based International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) for a five years.

(A) Abhishek Dhar

(B) Rajesh Gopakumar

(D) Sunil Mukhi

Atish Dabholkar

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Name the youngest doctor Karnataka, who was felicitated with ‘Pride of Nation Award’ by the Defence Minister of India, Rajnath Singh.

(A) Vinayak S Hiremath

(B) Heenal Raichura

(D) Akrit Jaswal

Vinayak S Hiremath

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Who among the following has been named as the Special Secretary to President Ram Nath Kovind?

(A) Gargi Kaul

(B) Anup Wadhawan

(D) Avinash K. Srivastava

E L S N Bala Prasad

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Nagar kirtan from Pakistan reaches this country for the first time since Partition.

(A) Sri Lanka

(B) Bangladesh

(D) Saudi Arabia

India

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Q.1 CZPDC Bhopal And WZPDC Indore HonouredWith this award recently.

(A) Gershom Awards

(B) Shram Awards

(D) Saubhagya Award

Saubhagya Award

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Q.2 Who has become the first Indian cricketer to cross 8,000 runs in T20s?

(A) Rohit Sharma

(B) MS Dhoni

(D) Suresh Raina

Suresh Raina

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Q.3 Which of the following is the first Indian state to introduce Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)?

(A) Maharashtra

(B) Tamil Nadu

(D) Haryana

Tamil Nadu

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Q.4 According to BCG-IBA Report - EASE Reforms for Public Sector Banks, This bank tops in the implementation of ‘Reforms agenda’.

(A) Bank of Baroda

(B) Syndicate Bank

(D) Punjab National Bank

Punjab National Bank

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Q.5 Who became the first woman to co-pilot the indigenously made combat fighter jet “Tejas” in the Aero India 2019?

(A) PV Sindhu

(B) Saina Nehwal

(D) Sushma Swaraj

PV Sindhu

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Q.6 Name the cricketer who has officially received the knighthood at Buckingham Palace, recently.

(A) James Anderson

(B) Alastair Cook

(D) Anthony Joshua

Alastair Cook

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Q.7 Who conferred the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prizes for Science and Technology in New Delhi?

(A) Nitin Gadkari

(B) Narendra Modi

(D) Amit Shah

Narendra Modi

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Q.1 Who inaugurated the Indian Airforce Facilitation-cum-Publicity Pavilion in New Delhi?

(A) Ramesh Pokhriyal

(B) Nirmala Sitharaman

(D) Prakash Javadekar

Ramesh Pokhriyal

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Q.2 Which is the largest coffee chain in India?

(A) Share a Cup

(B) Starbucks

(D) Costa Coffee

CCD

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Q.3 When did Alexander the Great visit India?

(A) 326 BC

(B) 200 BC

(D) 550 BC

326 BC

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Q.4 Who is the author of the book “The God of Small Things”?

(A) William Shakespeare

(B) William Wordsworth

(D) Jawahar Lal Nehru

Arundhati Roy

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(D)Q.5 What is the national sport of Japan?

(A) Swimming

(B) Hockey

(D) Sumo

Sumo

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Q.6 What is the capital of Zimbabwe?

(A) Zuba

(B) Sophia

(D) Harare

Harare

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Q.7 In which country did Infosys launched its state-of-the-art Cyber Defence Center?

(A) Bulgaria

(B) Denmark

(D) Finland

Romania

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Q.1 As per which committee’s report, UGC has recommended 20 institutions for Institutes of Eminence (IoE)?

(A) Ambika Soni committee

(B) N S Vishwanathan committee

(D) N Gopalaswami committee

N Gopalaswami committee

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Q.2 Which IIT has developed Hydro Thermal Carbonization (HTC) technology for solid waste management?

(A) IIT Kanpur

(B) IIT Madras

(D) IIT Delhi

IIT Kharagpur

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Q.3 Who introduces new TB vaccines VPM and Immuvac?

(A) CSIR

(B) ICMR

(D) Department of Biotechnology

ICMR

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Q.4 Name the bill, which received President’s assent to empower the Centre to make rules to decide the tenure, salary, allowances and other terms of service of central and state Information Commissioners.

(A) Right to Approve(Amendment) Act, 2019

(B) Right to Decide(Amendment) Act, 2019

(D) Right to Information (Amendment) Act, 2019

Right to Information (Amendment) Act, 2019

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Q.5 UGC recommends how many educational centers for the status of Institutions of Eminence?

(A) 20

(B) 22

(D) 15

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Q.6 Siddhartha Mohanty was appointed as the Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of;

(A) Indiabulls Housing Finance

(B) LIC Housing Finance

(D) PNB Housing Finance

LIC Housing Finance

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Q.7 Shri Prahlad Singh Patel launches Mobile Library Buses procured by __________.

(A) New Delhi

(B) Kochi

(D) Hyderabad

New Delhi

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Q.1 Ministry of culture introduced which of the following bill recently?

(A) Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial Bill 2019

(B) Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial Bill 2018

(D) Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial (Amendment) Bill, 2018

Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial (Amendment) Bill 2019

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Q.2 Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill 2019 was passed by;

(A) Lok Sabha

(B) President

(D) Parliament

Lok Sabha

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Q.3 Which of the following Institutes is not given the title of “Institute of Eminence”?

(A) KIIT University

(B) Jio University

(D) BIT Mesra

BIT Mesra

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Q.4 The statistical study of elections and trends in voting is called

(A) Psephology

(B) Paleontology

(D) Ornithology

Psephology

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Q.5 ScooNews Global Educators Fest (SGEF), the 3rd edition of India’s largest education brainstorming event will be held in __________.

(A) Pune

(B) Hyderabad

(D) Udaipur

Udaipur

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Q.6 MoSPI constitutes 8-member committee to recommend operational level modifications for restructuring NSO. Who will be the head of the committee?

(A) Sanjeev Kumar

(B) R.S.Negi

(D) Amita Prasad

Pravin Srivastava

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Q.7 Recently, UAPA Bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha that empowers the Union Home Ministry to designate individuals as terrorists. UAPA stands for?

(A) Unlawful Activities (Protection) Amendment

(B) Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment

(D) Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act

Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment

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Q.1 Who issued a red alert, security checking to take more time?

(A) Kolkata Metro

(B) Delhi Metro

(D) Mumbai Metro

Delhi Metro

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Q.2 __________ is also known as the Land of Thousand Lakes.

(A) Iceland

(B) Greenland

(D) Japan

Finland

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Q.3 Which Article is related with “Abolition of Untouchability”?

(A) Article 20

(B) Article 19

(D) Article 17

) Article 17

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Q.4 Name the company which tops in the Euromonitor’s 2019 list of India’s top retailers.

(A) Amazon

(B) Walmart

(D) Tata Group

Walmart

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Q.5 In which Year slave dynasty started in India?

(A) 1206

(B) 1210

(D) 1216

1206

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Q.6 Who has approved Singapore Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange of India Ltd to operate jointly in GIFT city?

(A) Ministry of Corporate Affairs

(B) SIDBI

(D) Ministry of Finance

SEBI

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Q.7 India and Gambia signed MoU in __________.

(A) In the field of transport and trade

(B) In the field of Traditional Systems of Medicine and Homeopathy

(D) In the field of renewable energy

n the field of Traditional Systems of Medicine and Homeopathy

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Q.1 ISRO has decided to set up the Space Situational Awareness Control Centre in which city?

(A) Chennai

(B) Noida

(D) Bengaluru

Bengaluru

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Q.2 The e-Rozgar Samachar was launched by;

(A) Ministry of Human Resource Development

(B) Ministry of Rural Development

(D) Minister of Information & Broadcasting

Minister of Information & Broadcasting

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(B) Q.3 Reserve Bank of India will make available the National Electronic Funds Transfer system on a 24x7 basis from __________.

(A) January 2020

(B) December 2019

(D) October 2019

December 2019

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Q.4 Which ministry unveiled a draft ‘Nation Resource Efficiency Policy’?

(A) Ministry of Environment & Forests

(B) Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

(D) Ministry of Earth Sciences

Ministry of Environment & Forests

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Q.5 Naaz Joshi wins Miss World Diversity, she belongs to which country?

(A) Mexico

(B) Argentina

(D) India

India

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Q.6 The largest international airline in the world is__________

(A) Indigo

(B) Emirates

(D) Southwest Airlines

Emirates

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Q.7 National Refreshment Day is celebrated on________

(A) Second Thursday in July

(B) Fourth Thursday in August

(D) Fourth Thursday in July

Fourth Thursday in July

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Q.1 Which of the following exercise was held between India and Africa?

(A) AFINDEX

(B) INDO-AR

(D) Yudh Abhyas

AFINDEX

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Q.2 Former defense minister Manohar Parrikar died at the age of 63 recently. He was the chief minister of which of the following state?

(A) Punjab

(B) Goa

(D) Mizoram

Goa

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Q.3 Name the Indian Golfer who wins the Ladies European Tour?

(A) Aditi Ashok

(B) Ankita Tiwana

(D) Diksha Dagar

Diksha Dagar

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Q.4 With which company, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs join hands to promote Project ‘Sangam’ to boost India’s Swachh Bharat Mission?

(A) Microsoft

(B) Google

(D) Infosys

Microsoft

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Q.5 This country welcomes France’s decision to sanction Masood Azhar.

(A) Israel

(B) Denmark

(D) Russia

India

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Q.6 Which among the following has been reinstated to the Asian Games 2022 edition?

(A) Poker

(B) Monopoly

(D) Chess

Chess

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.7 Royal Thai Embassy organized the 3rd edition of Namaste Thailand festival in __________.

(A) Jaipur

(B) Ahmedabad

(D) Surat

New Delhi

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Q.1 Name the organization, that presents the National Academy Awards.

(A) Indian Numismatic Historical and Cultural Research Foundation

(B) Lalit Kala Academy

(D) National Center For Performing Arts

Lalit Kala Academy

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Q.2 The MNC company which has tied up with Roland-Garros Grand Slam tennis tournament for a three-year strategic technology partnership.

(A) Wipro

(B) Infosys

(D) TCS

Infosys

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Q.3 India and this country ink pact to Check Tax Evasion, recently.

(A) Mexico

(B) US

(D) Turkey

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Q.4 Which State government has launched initiatives to educate voters?

(A) Assam

(B) Gujarat

(D) Uttar Pradesh

AssamHousing

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Q.5 The Union Cabinet Approves MoU between India and Saudi Arabia in the field of;

(A) Cooperation on youth matters

(B) Road widening

(D) Startup Cooperation

Housing

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Q.6 The Union Cabinet apprised about MoU for cooperation on youth matters between India and __________.

(A) Saudi Arabia

(B) Indonesia

(D) Morocco

Hide Answer

Morocco

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Q.7 With which of the following, India signed an MoU on Strengthening Cooperation in Healthcare Sector?

(A) European Union

(B) United Nations

(D) UNESCO

African Union

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Q.1 Which Bollywood star has been felicitated with ‘Excellence in Cinema’ honor an Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IIFM) 2019?

(A) Amitabh Bachhan

(B) Priyanka Chopra

(D) Shahrukh Khan

Shahrukh Khan

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Q.2 Who among the following won the Bharat Ratna the country’s highest civilian award 2019?

(A) Atal Bihari Vajpayee

(B) Pranab Mukherjee

(D) Kiran Bedi

Pranab Mukherjee

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Q.3 Which of the following athletes has topped the Forbes list of ‘Highest paid female athletes’ of 2019?

(A) Naomi Osaka

(B) Venus Williams

(D) Maria Sharapova

Serena Williams

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Q.4 Which state has topped the rankings in Health Ministry report card on “Breastfeeding & Infant & Child feeding Practices”?

(A) Manipur

(B) Kerala

(D) Tamil Nadu

Manipur

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Q.5 Which Indian Grandmaster has won the 2019 Belt and Road China Hunan International chess tournament?

(A) Parimarjan Negi

(B) Surya Shekhar Ganguly

(D) Krishnan Sasikiran

Surya Shekhar Ganguly

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Q.6 The Currency of Finland is _____

(A) Dollar

(B) Real

(D) Franc

Euro

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Q.7 Where the headquarters of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is located?

(A) Berlin

(B) Dubai

(D) New York

Vienna

Q.1 RBI has reduced the repo rate by how many basis points recently?

(A) 10 bps

(B) 25 bps

(D) 50 bps

(E) 40 bps

35 bps

Q.2 Sushma Swaraj who passed away recently was the first female Chief Minister of which state?

(A) Delhi

(B) Gujarat

(D) Haryana

(E) Rajasthan

Delhi

Q.3 Which state has launched the Resource Assistance for Colleges with Excellence model?

(A) Karnataka

(B) Madhya Pradesh

(D) Maharashtra

(E) Chattisgarh

Rajasthan

Q.4 When is the National Handloom Day observed in the country?

(A) August 4

(B) August 5

(D) August 7

(E) August 8

August 7

.5 Which city is hosting the International Army Scout Masters Competition?

(A) Jaisalmer

(B) Ahmedabad

(D) Amritsar

(E) Noida

New Delhi

Q.6 Who is the new Chairman and Managing Director of Power Grid Corporation of India?

(A) Ghanshyam Prasad

(B) Ravi. P. Singh

(D) Rajeev Kumar Chauhan

(E) Sandeep Kumar

Kandikuppa Sreekant

Q.7 Post the revision of Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill 2019, what is the revised number of judges?

(A) 31

(B) 32

(D) 34

(E) 35

Q.1 Anshula Kant recently was in news, she is appointed as -

(A) MD and CEO of the Asian Development Bank

(B) MD and CEO of State Bank of India

(B) MD and CEO of the New Development Bank

MD and CEO of the World Bank

Q.2 G20 Summit 2019 was held in -

(A) Tokyo

(B) Yokohama

(B) Osaka

Osaka

Q.3 Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme will continue till -

(A) March 2019

(B) March 2020

(B) March 2022

March 2020

Q.4 India’s first ‘Rail & Transport University’ will be established at -

(A) Gurugram

(B) New Delhi

(B) Vadodara

Vadodara

Q.5 Deen Dayal SPARSH Yojana is related to -

(A) Old people care

(B) Pursuing Philately as a hobby

(B) None of the above

Pursuing Philately as a hobby

Q.6 India’s first energy-efficient railway station is -

(A) Thane

(B) Hyderabad

(B) Kacheguda

Kacheguda

Q.7 RISE Scheme launched by the Government of Indian pertains to -

(A) Immunization of children and pregnant women

(B) Construction of smart cities across the country

(B) New educational policy

It aims to lend low-cost funds to government higher educational institutions

Q.1 The Superintendent of Mines has referred in ‘Arthnshastr’ as -

(A) Sansfoadhvaksha

(B) Akaradhyasha

(D) Shulkaadhvaksha

Akaradhyasha

Q.2 Who among the following is the longest-serving Chief Minister of a State in India?

(A) Pawan Kumar Chamling, Sikkim

(B) Jyoti Basu, West Bengal

(D) Naveen Patnaik, Odisha

Pawan Kumar Chamling, Sikkim

Q.3 The Periyar Game Sanctuary in Kerala is renowned for -

(A) tiger

(B) wild elephant

(D) spotted deer

tiger

Q.4 Which platform has been launched by the Union Government on the occasion of 2018 International Women’s Day?

(A) Women Entrepreneurship Platform

(B) Women Combat Platform

(D) Women Literacy Platform

Women Entrepreneurship Platform

Q.5 The Union Government has launched the TB-free India Campaign from which city to eradicate TB from India by 2025?

(A) Lucknow

(B) Varanasi

(D) Gandhi Nagar

New Delhi

Q.6 How many minimum hours of the power supply is assured for rural agriculture purpose in ‘Atal Jyoti Yojana-2013’?

(A) 10

(B) 12

(D) 16

Q.7 NFSM is a Central Scheme of GOI launched in 2007 for 5 years to increase production and productivity of wheat, rice and pulses on a sustainable basis. What does the abbreviation ‘NFSM’ stand for?

(A) National Feed Social Mission

(B) National Food Security Mission

(D) National Feb Social Mission

National Food Security Mission

Q.1 Where did India Holds its First-Ever Artificial Limb Fitment Camp?

(A) Kenya

(B) Tanzania

(D) Zimbabwe

Tanzania

Q.2 Film Divisions to launch documentary film club in __________.

(A) Kolkata

(B) Mumbai

(D) Bengaluru

Mumbai

Q.3 Who among the following has stated that the Government has proposed to set up the first National Police University in the country, recently?

(A) Shri Nitin Gadkari

(B) Shri Narendra Modi

(D) Shri G. Kishan Reddy

Shri G. Kishan Reddy

4 How much did the Centre allocated for Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana-lll (PMGSY-III)?

(A) Rs.65,500 crore

(B) Rs.70,250 crore

(D) Rs.80,250 crore

Rs.80,250 crore

Q.5 Who has been appointed as Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) director-general?

(A) Arun Kumar

(B) BL Santosh

(D) Amitabh Kant

Arun Kumar

Q.6 Name the former Indian cricket player who takes charge as the interim coach of the senior USA cricket team.

(A) Manoj Prabhakar

(B) Kiran More

(D) Venkatesh Prasad

Kiran More

Q.7 Union Agriculture Ministry sets Agri-Business Incubation Centre in __________.

(A) Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar

(B) Indira Gandhi Agriculture University of Raipur, Chhattisgarh

(D) Indian Agricultural Research Institute of New Delhi

Indira Gandhi Agriculture University of Raipur, Chhattisgarh

Q.1 The currency of South Africa is________

(A) Rial

(B) Ruble

(D) Real

Rand

Q.2 Which Indian Naval Ship is participating in the Russian Navy Day Parade?

(A) INS Tarkash

(B) INS Tarini

(D) INS Vikramaditya

INS Tarkash

Q.3 Who authored the book titled “Indo-Pak Relations: Beyond Pulwama and Balakot” which deals with the fundamental causes of the Indo-Pak conflict?

(A) Preeti Shenoy

(B) Amish Tripathi

(D) U V Singh

U V Singh

Q.4 PENCIL Portal was launched by the ministry of;

(A) Ministry of Labour& Employment

(B) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

(D) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

Ministry of Labour& Employment

Q.5 What is the full form of UPI, a payment system?

(A) Unified Payments Interface

(B) United Payments of India

(D) Unilateral Payment of India

Unified Payments Interface

Q.6 Recently, which state gets it’s New CM after the resignation of H. D. Kumaraswamy of Janata Dal (Secular) party?

(A) Karnataka

(B) Rajasthan

(D) Odisha

Karnataka

Q.7 Who is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?

(A) Boris Johnson

(B) Theresa May

(D) Jeremy Corbyn

Boris Johnson

Q.1 The researchers from which IIT have developed eco-friendly solar cells using kumkum dye?

(A) IIT Madras

(B) IIT Bombay

(D) IIT Kanpur

IIT Hyderabad

Q.2 India’s Current Account Deficit (CAD) is expected to remain at how much percent of GDP?

(A) 2.3 %

(B) 2.4 %

(D) 2.6 %

2.3 %

Q.3 Who was appointed as the next Director-General of the Border Security Force (BSF)?

(A) K.N. Vyas

(B) D K Pathak

(D) Rajiv Mehrishi

V K Johri

Q.4 The scientists of which country have developed a statistical model that predict pollution levels using oceans’ memory?

(A) India & France

(B) Poland & Italy

(D) China & United States

China & United States

Q.5 Which country has signed a deal worth around Rs 1,500 crore to acquire R-27 air-to-air missiles from Russia?

(A) China

(B) India

(D) Singapore

India

Q.6 Northeast Frontier Railway (NRF) zone has introduced which color SLR coach for women?

(A) Red

(B) Pink

(D) Green

Pink

Q.7 __________ and the US successfully tested Arrow-3 Anti-Ballistic Missile System.

(A) India

(B) China

(D) Russia

Israel

Q.1 Dhola-Sadiya Bridge, India’s longest river bridge is located in which of the following Indian States?

(A) Arunachal Pradesh

(B) Andhra Pradesh

Assam

Q.2 Who among the following inaugurated the bicentenary (200th) celebration of Paika Rebellion of Odisha?

(A) Shri Narendra Modi

(B) Shri Pranab Mukherjee

Shri Pranab Mukherjee

Q.3 Indian Railways had started its first solar-powered diesel electrical multiple unit train from which of the following stations in India?

(A) Rewa, Madhya Pradesh

(B) Kharagpur, West Bengal

Safdarjung, New Delhi

Q.4 Which of the following cities had become the first open-defecation free city in India?

(A) Indore

(B) Gangtok

Gangtok

Q.5 The Union Cabinet chaired by whom has given its approval for National Steel Policy (NSP), 2017?

(A) Shri Birender Singh

(B) Shri Arun Jaitley

Shir Narendra Modi

Q.6 Which of the following refers to GEF grant agreement recently signed between the Central Government and the World Bank?

(A) Monetary Fund Regulation Project

(B) Ecosystem Service Improvement Project

Ecosystem Service Improvement Project

Q.7 Which one of the following is China’s next-generation bullet train?

(A) Ruxing

(B) Beijing

Fuxing

Q.1 India’s rank in Global Hunger Index 2018 stood at -

(A) 101st

(B) 102nd

(D) 104th

103rd

Q.2 In Forbes’ List of Richest Indians the Second richest Indian after Mukesh Ambani is -

(A) Laxmi Mittal

(B) Hinduja Brothers

(D) Anil Ambani

Azmi Premji

Q.3 In Forbes’ List of Most Powerful working women. The first rank has been obtained by -

(A) Zia Modi

(B) Shikha Sharma

(D) Sunita Reddy

Zia Modi

Q.4 IMF in its projections in October 2018, forecasted India’s growth for 2019 at -

(A) 7.0%

(B) 7.2%

(D) 7.6%

7.4%

Q.5 India’s rank in Global Competitiveness Index 2018 stand at -

(A) 55th

(B) 58th

(D) 62nd

58th

Q.6 The estimated growth rate of GDP in the Indian economy by ADB for 2018-19 stands at -

(A) 7.1%

(B) 7.3%

(D) 7.7%

7.3%

Q.7 India jumps ……… spots to …….. in world Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Ranking 2019.

(A) 26,77

(B) 23,77

(D) 26,79

23,77

Q.1 India’s rank in Global Hunger Index 2018 stood at -

(A) 101st

(B) 102nd
103rd
(C)

(D) 104th

103rd

Q.2 In Forbes’ List of Richest Indians the Second richest Indian after Mukesh Ambani is -

(A) Laxmi Mittal

(B) Hinduja Brothers

(D) Anil Ambani

Azmi Premji

Q.3 In Forbes’ List of Most Powerful working women. The first rank has been obtained by -

(A) Zia Modi

(B) Shikha Sharma

(D) Sunita Reddy

Zia Modi

Q.4 IMF in its projections in October 2018, forecasted India’s growth for 2019 at -

(A) 7.0%

(B) 7.2%

(D) 7.6%

7.4%

Q.1 India stands at ……. out of 157 nations in terms of its commitment to Reducing Inequality Index 2018.

(A) 139

(B) 142

(D) 147

147

Q.2 India ranks ……. in World Bank’s Human Capital Index 2018.

(A) 112

(B) 113

(D) 115

115

Q.3 India’s rank on Global Logistics Performance Index 2018 stands at -

(A) 42nd

(B) 43rd

(D) 45th

44th

Q.4 Isarda Dam project is being implemented in the state of -

(A) Andhra Pradesh

(B) Gujarat

(D) Jharkhand

Rajasthan

Q.5 Which country was recently affected badly by yellow vest protests?

(A) United Kingdom

(B) France

(D) Japan

France

Q.6 Zero Defect, Zero Effect is the mantra of -

(A) Ministry of MSMEs

(B) Ministry of Textiles

(D) Ministry of Food Processing

Ministry of Textiles

Q.7 An ‘e-Drishti’ interface has been unveiled for -

(A) Railway Board

(B) National Highways Authority of India

(D) ISRO

Railway Board

Q.1 In Forbes’ List of Most Powerful working women. The first rank has been obtained by -

(A) Zia Modi

(B) Shikha Sharma

(D) Sunita Reddy

Zia Modi

Q.1 Apart from Venus, which planet rotates from east to west?

(A) Jupiter

(B) Mars

(D) Neptune

Uranus

Q.2 Which Asian mountain is also known as the Savage Mountain due to the extreme difficulty of ascent?

(A) Kanchenjunga

(B) K2

(D) Pamir

Q.3 Name the Indian Para Swimmer who has become the first Asian swimmer to cross the Catalina Channel of America.

(A) Sharath M. Gayakwad

(B) Prasanta Karmakar

(D) MurlikantPetkar

Satendra Singh Lohia

Q.4 When is Parsi New Year ‘Navroz or JamshediNavroz’ celebrated?

(A) August 19

(B) August 17

(D) August 20

August 17

Q.5 Name the Union Minister who met Australian delegation for the cooperation in the Disability Sector.

(A) Shri Prakash Javadekar

(B) Shri Narendra Singh Tomar

(D) Shri Harsh Vardhan

Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot

Q.6 Who launches tree plantation drive at Rashtrapati Bhavan?

(A) Shri Nitin Gadkari

(B) Shri Venkaiyah Naidu

(D) Shri Ram Nath Kovind

Shri Ram Nath Kovind

Q.7 Who has been recently honoured with A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Award?

(A) Manjul Bhargav

(B) Pranav Mukherjee

(D) Anil Kakodkar

K. Sivan

Q.1 PM Modi recently inaugurated Mangdechhu hydroelectric power plant in which country?

(A) Bangladesh

(B) Bhutan

(D) Malaysia

Bhutan

Q.2 Who has been appointed as Commander of the Sri Lankan Army, recently?

(A) Jagath Dias

(B) Jagath Jayasuriya

(D) Daya Ratnayake

Shavendra Silva

Q.3 Ravinder Takkar appointed as MD-CEO of this company.

(A) Vodafone Idea

(B) Airtel

(D) Paytm

Vodafone Idea

Q.4 According to Greenpeace data, Which country is the largest emitter of SO2?

(A) South Africa

(B) Russia

(D) India

India

Q.5 With which organisation, IIT Kanpur has developed a kit to spread awareness about sexual abuse among children?

(A) National Commission for Protection of Child Rights

(B) Ministry of Women and Child Development

(D) National Development Council

National Commission for Protection of Child Rights

Q.6 Fisheries and the aquatic ecology research team from Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU) have discovered 5 species of fish from which of the following state?

(A) Madhya Pradesh

(B) Arunachal Pradesh

(D) Tamil Nadu

Arunachal Pradesh

Q.7 The first country that compiled National Essential Diagnostics List is;

(A) India

(B) Germany

(D) Japan

India

Q :

Project E-shakti has been launched by -

(A) Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Resources

(B) NABARD

(D) Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd.

) NABARD

Q : Which of the following pairs is not matched correctly?
(A) e-RaKAM : Agriculture

(B) SANKALP : Pensioners’ portal

(D) STRIVE : Skill Development

PENCIL : Primary Education

Q : In which city Commonwealth Games will be held in the year 2022?
(A) Melbourne

(B) Glassgo

(D) Victoria

Birmingham

Q : ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’ aims to provide every rural family with a toiled by -
(A) 2018

(B) 2019

(D) 2021

2019

Q : India International Science Festival 2018 was held in -
(A) New Delhi

(B) Lucknow

(D) Kolkata

Lucknow

Q : Q.14 As per ILO’s Global Wage Report 2018-19 Gender Wage Gap is highest in -
(A) Pakistan

(B) Sri Lanka

(D) Nepal

) India

Q : As per ILO’s Global Wage Report 2018-19, Women are paid higher hourly wages than men in -
(A) Bangladesh

(B) Sweden

(D) Switzerland

Bangladesh

Q :

RBI constituted a five-member committee to give suggestions on digital payments headed by -

(A) Vijay Shekhar Sharma

(B) Nandan Nilekani

(D) R. S. Sharma

Nandan Nilekani

Q : …………is a tax saving mutual fund.
(A) ELSS

(B) Balanced Fund

(D) Oil Fund

ELSS

Q : Which of the following initiatives are taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for MSME sector?
(A) 59 minutes loan portal to enable easy access to credit

(B) Mandatory 25 per cent procurement from MSMEs and CPSEs

(D) All of the above

All of the above

: Which of the following Bank is ‘not’ a Public Sector Bank?
(A) IDBI Bank

(B) State Bank of India

(D) HDFC Bank

HDFC Bank

Q : Which state’s chief minister has been conferred the 2018 Champions of Change award by the Union Government?
(A) Madhya Pradesh

(B) Telangana

(D) Jharkhand

Jharkhand

Q : By which year has the Indian Government resolved to double farmers’ income according to Agricultural Export Policy 2018?
(A) 2020

(B) 2021

(D) 2024

2022

Q : Q. Which city of Rajasthan was declared India’s best city in ‘citizens’ feedback’ in the category of more than 10 lakh population under Swachh Survekshan 2018 awards ?
(A) Jaipur

(B) Kota

(D) Jodhpur

) Kota

Q :

Size of the Interim Union Budget 2019-20 is -

(A) Rs. 27,84,200 crore

(B) Rs. 24,57,235 crore

(D) Rs. 26,32,410 crore

Rs. 27,84,200 crore

Q : As per interim budget 2019-20, subsidy burden is about -
(A) Rs. 295000 crore

(B) Rs. 310000 crore

(D) Rs. 345000 crore

Rs. 334000 crore

Q : Defence budget outlay for the year 2019-20 has been fixed about -
(A) Rs. 300000 crore

(B) Rs. 318000 crore

(D) Rs. 350000 crore

Rs. 318000 crore

Q : Consumers Price Index-based inflation rate in December 2018 was -
(A) 2.19%

(B) 3.51%

(D) 4.56%

2.19%

Q : As on January 31, 2019 which State/ Union Territory has fixed highest minimum wages per worker per month in India?
(A) Punjab

(B) Kerala

(D) Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Delhi

Q : An Expert Committee under the chairmanship of V. V. Giri National Labour Institute (VVGNLI) Fellow Anoop Satpathy has proposed doubling the national-level minimum wage for a worker in the country -
(A) To Rs. 9,750 a month, up from a floor of Rs. 4,576 at present

(B) To Rs. 10,750 a month, up from a floor of Rs. 5,375 at present

(D) To Rs. 8,440 a month, up from a floor of Rs. 4,220 at present

To Rs. 9,750 a month, up from a floor of Rs. 4,576 at present

: Which of the following statements is/ are correct about Annadata Sukhibhava scheme?
(A) It is a Direct Benefit Transfer scheme of financial assistance to the farmers in the state of Andhra Pradesh

(B) This scheme has been linked with Central Government’s PM- KISAN

(D) All of the above

All of the above

Q.1 Name the stadium which will soon be renamed as Arun Jaitley Stadium?

(A) Feroz Shah Kotla stadium

(B) Wankhede Stadium

(D) Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium

Feroz Shah Kotla stadium

Q.2 This bank launches India’s first OTP facility for ATM cash withdrawals above Rs.10,000.

(A) HDFC Bank

(B) SBI Bank

(D) Canara Bank

Canara Bank

Q.3 Who sets up 4-member panel to examine bank frauds above Rs 50 crore?

(A) NITI Aayog

(B) Central Bureau of Investigation

(D) Reserve Bank of India

Central Vigilance Commission

Q.4 Who won the Golden Boot and Golden Ball award for top goal-scoring and best player category in the 2019 Durand cup?

(A) Jose Antonio Vicuna

(B) Fernando Santiago Valera

(D) CK Ubaid

Marcus Joseph

Q.5 Which state will host the National inter-district junior athletics meet 2019(NIDJAM)?

(A) Maharashtra

(B) Andhra Pradesh

(D) Karnataka

Andhra Pradesh

Q.6 Who wrote the Book “Gandhi and Stalin”?

(A) Raj Narayan

(B) Louis Fischer

(D) Lal Bahadur Shastri

Louis Fischer

Q.7 Which company has launched a program under which it will train 5000 government employees?

(A) Facebook

(B) Microsoft India

(D) Infosys

Microsoft India

Q :

Which company launched a Cyber Defence Center in Romania?

(A) IBM

(B) Google

(D) Infosys

Infosys

Q : The 22nd National Conference on e-Governance will be held in __________.
(A) Shillong, Meghalaya

(B) Guwahati, Assam

(D) Mumbai, Maharashtra

Shillong, Meghalaya

: According to NSSO, What is the average monthly income per agricultural household from all sources as per the Situation Assessment Survey of Agricultural Households?
(A) Rs. 8,400

(B) Rs. 5,126

(D) Rs. 5,900

Rs. 6,426

Q : Which institute students have developed ‘smart agricopter’ to eliminate manual spraying of pesticides in agricultural fields?
(A) IIT Guwahati

(B) IIT Kanpur

(D) IIT Kharagpur

IIT Madras

Q : Who released the 4th cycle of All India Tiger Estimation 2018?
(A) Rajnath Singh

(B) Narendra Modi

(D) Ram Nath Kovind

Narendra Modi

Q : Who was sworn in as the 18th Governor of Tripura?
(A) Jagdeep Dhankhar

(B) E.S.L. Narasimhan

(D) Ramesh Bais

Ramesh Bais

Q : Who was appointed as the new speaker of Karnataka Assembly?
(A) S Suresh Kuar

(B) Jagadish Shettar

(D) Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri

Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri

Q.1 President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the first-ever World Youth Conference in which city?

(A) Kolkata

(B) Delhi

(D) Hyderabad

Delhi

Q.2 How many MoU’s were handed over during the National Conference of Tourism Ministers for the prospective of ‘Monument Mitras’?

(A) 2

(B) 3

(D) 5

Q.3 _____________ is known as the “Lungs of the World”.

(A) Amazon

(B) The Himalayas

(D) Congo Basin Forest

Amazon

Q.4 Indian Railway’s 2nd double-decker Uday (Utkrisht Double-Decker Air Conditioned Yatri) Express will run between _________

(A) Hyderabad and Secunderabad

(B) Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada

(D) Cochin and Vishakhapatnam

Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada

Q.5 In which year, Paper Currency Act was enacted by the British Government of India?

(A) 1854

(B) 1861

(D) 1890

1861

“Hunar Haat” at Jawahar Kala Kendra in Jaipur?

(A) Rajnath Singh

(B) Piyush Goyal

(D) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

Q.7 Which country has sent a humanoid robot to the International Space Station (ISS) on a 10-day mission, recently?

(A) USA

(B) India

(D) Russia

Russia

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