Practice Mock 500 (Part 1) Flashcards
Ministry of Information Technology recently announced new BHIM 2.0,
now the app would be available in 16 new languages, which are the new
three languages added?
Haryanvi, Bhojpuri and Konkani.
Who recently became the first Indian man to win a gold medal at Wushu
World Championships held in Shanghai, China?
Praveen Kumar (from Haryana)
Name the Hindi writer who has been honoured with Vyas Samman 2018
(given by K K Birla Foundation) for his collection of poems “Jitne Log Utne
Prem”?
: Leeladhar Jagudi
Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) observed Vigilance Awareness
Week from 28th October to 2nd November, 2019, what was the theme this
year?
: Integrity – a way of life.
Indian military recently held joint military exercise “SHAKTI’ with
______ in Rajasthan recently.
French troops
Which company launched the worlds’ first blockchain-based carbon
trading exchange?
Singapore-based AirCarbon Pte
India recently signed an MoU with which countries to create a transboundary wildlife conservation park?
Nepal and Bhutan
Who has been named as the brand ambassadors of PM Modi’s “Bharat
Ki Laxmi” campaign which honours Indian women who have made a mark
with their achievements in various fields for public good?
Shuttler PV Sindhu and actress Deepika Padukone
Government of India has recently accorded ‘Maharatna’ status to?
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) (Headquarter:
Mumbai) and Power Grid Corporation (Headquarter: Gurgaon).
In a unique gesture to mark 550th birth anniversary of Baba Guru
Nanak Dev which airlines painted Sikh religious symbol ‘Ik Onkar’ on the
tail of one of its aircraft?
Air India
Which state government has signed a Letter of Understanding (LoU) with UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund) to provide safe drinking water to every household in the state?
Odisha (CM: Naveen Patnaik Governor: Ganeshi Lal)
Economist who has come out with English
translations of two Hindu mythological texts “Markendya Purana” and “The
Bhagavad Gita”
Bibek Debroy
The 2019 Military World Games (also known as Olympic Games for
military) were held in?
Wuhan, China. India won six gold, one silver and three bronze medals. ParaAthlete Anandan Gunasekaran bagged three gold medals for India.
The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare released the 14th
National Health Profile (NHP) 2019. As per the report Life expectancy in
India has increased from 49.7 years in 1970-75 to _____ in 2012-16.
68.7 yrs
Who has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of
Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)?
Pankaj Kumar
To implement “Integrated Irrigation Project for Climate Resilient
Agriculture” in order to strengthen smallholder farmers Odisha government
has signed what amount loan agreement with the World Bank?
165 million USD
European Union (EU) has awarded the ‘Sakharov Prize for Human Rights’ to?
Ilham Tohti, who has been jailed and sentenced to life
imprisonment in China for “separatism”.
CBSE and NCERT have launched an online aptitude test ____ in a bid
to help students make right career choices?
‘Tamanna’ (Try and Measure Aptitude And Natural Abilities)
Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the National Highway
Authority of India (NHAI)?
Sukhbir Singh Sandhu
Which country won the men’s Sultan of Johor Cup hockey tournament
held at Johor Bahru in Malaysia?
Great Britain (defeated India)
Vice President Venkaiah Naidu presented the “Most Eminent Senior
Citizen Award” to?
former Attorney General of India Shri
K Parasaran.
Name the authors who jointly won the Booker Prize 2019?
Canadian author Margaret Atwood and Anglo-Nigerian author
Bernardine Evaristo for “The Testaments” and for “Girl, Woman, Other”
respectively.
Which state government has launched flagship scheme “Mukhya
Mantri Kanya Sumangala Yojana” to provide Rs 15,000 to every family
where a girl child is born?
UP
Which state topped the University-Industry Linkages (UILs) by
scoring 7.8 on a scale of ten in a study conducted by the PhD Chamber of
Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) and Ministry of Science and Technology?
Karnataka
The 18th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit was held in?
Baku (Ajerbaijan)
The India Energy Forum organized the 11th Nuclear Energy Conclave
was recently held in New Delhi, the theme of the event was?
“Economics of Nuclear Power-Innovation towards safer and costeffective technologies”.
Who has been appointed as the new Director General of International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) (Headquarter: Vienna, Austria)?
Rafael Mariano Grossi of Argentina
A team of researchers from India and United Kingdom collaborated
to create a new robot named what?
“Pepe” which encourages children to wash their hands
Name the NASA astronauts who made history when they ventured
outside International Space Station (ISS) for first ever all women
spacewalk?
Jessica Meir and Christina Koch
Name the joint exercise which Indian Air Force participated in with
Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO) at Masirah, Oman?
EX-EASTERN BRIDGE-V
Internationally acclaimed Painter Kalidas Karmakar passed away he
was from which country?
Bangladesh
Who has been was appointed as 47th Chief Justice of India (CJI).?
Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde. He’ll take oath on 18th November
Which Swedish environmental activist won the Amnesty
International’s ‘Ambassadors of Conscience’ award for the year 2019?
Greta Thunberg from sweden
Who is India’s richest man as mentioned in the IIFL Wealth-Hurun
India Rich List 2019?
Reliance Industries’ Chairman Mukesh Ambani
Pranab Mukherjee, released a book entitled ‘Reset: Regaining India’s
Economic Legacy’ penned by?
Subramanian Swamy
Name the longest tunnel in India which will be rechristened after
Bhartiya Jansangh founder Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee?
Chenani - Nashri tunnel (9.2Km) that links Kashmir with Jammu
Union Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister Mahendra
Nath Pandey has announced to set up 14 Authorized World Skills India
Training Centres across 9 cities in country for media and entertainment
sector. Name the cities?
Chandigarh, New Delhi, Chennai, Trivandrum, Indore, Pune,
Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Shillong.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated Col. Chewang Rinchen
Setu (Bridge) at?
Ladakh
On the occasion of World Food Day, the United Nations World Food
Programme (UNWFP) launched its global cinema campaign “Feed Our
Future” at?
Mumbai
Name the president of Indonesia who recently sworn into office for
his second and final five-year term?
Joko Widodo
Where has first artificial intelligence university in the world been set
up?
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Name the bilateral air exercise between Japanese Air Self Defence
Force (JASDF) and Indian Air Force (IAF) which was recently held in
Panagarh, West Bengal?
SHINYUU Maitri-19
India Mobile Congress the largest mobile technology event in South
Asia was organized at New Delhi, the theme of the event was?
IMAGINE a new CONNECTED world
6th India water week, was recently organised in New Delhi. The Theme
of the week was?
“Water Cooperation – Coping with 21st Century Challenges”
India and the United States will hold their first tri-services exercise
code-named as ‘Tiger Triumph’?
Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.
CBDT has newly set up National e-Assessment Centre (NeAC) for
electronically assessing the tax returns, who appointed as the first Principal
Chief Commissioner of Income Tax of NeAC?
Krishna Mohan Prasad
According to the Lancet report, “The burden of child and maternal
malnutrition and trends in its indicators in the states of India: The Global
Burden of Disease Study 1990–2017” which states witnessed death rates
due to malnutrition?
: Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Assam
24th World Energy Congress was recently held at?
Abu Dhabi
Department of Biotechnology has started the which initiative designed
on the concept of ‘Prevention is better than Cure’ to create awareness about
genetic disorders amongst clinicians and establish molecular diagnostics in
hospitals?
UMMID (Unique Methods of Management and treatment of
Inherited Disorders)
With an aim to spread awareness about nutrition of children and
women, which state government in collaboration with United Nations
International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) unveiled a mascot
named ‘Tikki Mausi’?
Odisha (CM: Naveen Patnaik Governor: Ganeshi Lal)
In an effort to reach out to every tuberculosis (TB) patient in the
country, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched which campaign?
TB Harega, Desh Jeetega
Which state government has launched twin schemes for the public
welfare called ‘Aponar Apon Ghar Scheme’(a home loan subsidy scheme),
‘Abhinandan’ (an Education Loan Subsidy scheme)?
Assam (CM: Sarabananda Sonowal, Governor: Jagdish Mukhi)
The “Daughter from a Wishing Tree” is written by?
Sudha Murthy
Who has written the new book named ‘Girl Power: Indian Women Who
Broke The Rules’?
Neha J Hiranandani
Who won the Best Men’s player award in the Best FIFA Football
Awards 2019 presented recently?
Lionel Messi (Argentina)
Name the owner of the iconic Britannia & Co restaurant (Mumbai) who
passed away recently?
Boman Rashid Kohinoor
In the third Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Rates for 2019-20, what is
the repo rate and reverse repo rate announced by RBI?
Repo Rate: 5.15%
Reserve Repo Rate: 4.90%
What are the interest rate on Small Savings Scheme for Quarter- 3
FY 2019-20?
National Savings Certificate (NSC): 7.9%
Public Provident Fund (PPF): 7.9%
Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP): 7.6%
Sukanya Samriddhi Account Scheme: 8.4%
Name the Physicist and Cosmologist who was conferred the
prestigious M P Birla Memorial Award 2019 for his contributions to the world
of cosmology?
Thanu Padmanabhan
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) signed the 300th Advance Pricing Agreement (APA) recently, the agreements were signed with?
UK
World Trade Organisation (WTO) in its report reduced the global trade
growth forecast to what percent for 2019?
1.2%
Book titled “Mind Master: Winning lessons from a Champion’s Life”
has been authored by?
Vishwanathan Anand
Who has been appointed as the new Director-General of National Security Guard (NSG)?
Anup Kumar Singh
To strengthen its oversight of commercial banks, urban co-operative
banks (UCBs) and non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), RBI has
decided to operationalise ‘unified departments for supervision and
regulation’ with effect from?
November 1, 2019
Who has been appointed as the Vice-Chairman of World Steel
Association (Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium)?
Sajjan Jindal, Chairman and Managing Director, JSW Steel
The RBI issued guidelines on ‘on tap’ authorisation for Bharat Bill
Payment Operating Unit (BBPOU), Trade Receivables Discounting System
(TReDS) and White Label ATMs (WLAs), what is the minimum Paid up
capital requirement for each?
BBPOU: Rs 100 crores, TReDS: Rs 25 crores and WLA: Rs 100
Which company has launched “i-SERV”, a first-of-its-kind video
calling service within the life insurance industry?
Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance
Which state government organised India’s first training and
performance programme of world famous KHON Ramlila, a masked form of
Ramlila art of Thailand, in collaboration with Thailand government?
UP
The Union Minister of Tribal Affairs recently announced the second
phase of which program which aims to inspire, guide and encourage tribal
girls across India to become village level digital leaders for their
community?
GOAL (Going Online As Leaders). The program was launched by
Facebook to empower women by providing digital literacy, leadership, life
skills and entrepreneurship skills.
Which company has become the first company in India to hit the market capitalisation (m-cap) of Rs.9 lakh crore?
Mukesh Ambani-led Oil-to-telecom major Reliance Industries
RIL
Mastercard along with which cricketer launched a nationwide
campaign dubbed as ‘Team Cashless India’ to accelerate the acceptance
and adoption of digital payments in India?
MS Dhoni
Who has been appointed as the chairman of Indian Banks Association
(IBA) (Headquarter: Mumbai)?
SBI Chairman Rajnish Kumar
The Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Report 2019 was published
bythe United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
According to the report NTMs have increased in the past two decades and
are affecting trade as well sustainable development goals (SDGs) in Asian
countries, what is the full form of NTMs?
Non-tariff measures. NTMs affect 58 per cent of the trade in AsiaPacific.
Who has been appointed as the new Controller General of Accounts,
Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure?
: Shri J.P.S. Chawla
Name the Russian astronaut who passed away recently and who
walked for the first time in space in 1965?
Alexei Leonov
The 2019 Nobel prize for Physics was awarded to?
Swiss Scientists Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz and Canadian –
American physicist James Peebles. The American was awarded for his contribution towards
“theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology”. The other half was shared
between the Swiss scientists for their work on “Discovery of an exoplanet
orbiting a star similar to sun”.
A joint military training exercise “Vajra Prahar” was conducted
between India and?
US in Seattle, US.
According to Ministry of Finance guidelines, banks will not impose
charges or Merchant Discount Rate on customers as well as merchants on
digital payments made to establishments having turnover in excess of?
Rs 50 crores
C-40 summit to show how cities are delivering their strong
commitments for healthier, sustainable, resilient and inclusive future to
take place in?
Copenhagen
Which bank has launched digital fixed-deposit (FD) product named
‘Express FD’ which can be opened in three minutes through the digital route
without opening a savings account by investing a minimum Rs 5,000.?
Axis Bank
RBI came up with a new reporting system for all co-operative banks
(urban, State & district central) called CISBI in which they will submit
information related to opening/ closing/ conversion of branches, offices,
customer service points like ATMs in a single proforma online, what is the
full form of CISBI?
Central Information System for Banking Infrastructure
Who was awarded Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration for
the years 2017 and 2018 for his services in promoting and preserving
national integration in the country?
Environmentalist Chandi Prasad Bhatt
49th edition World Artistic Gymnastics Championships 2019 was
held?
Stuttgart, Germany
Name the renowned saxophone player & Padma Shri awardee who
passed away in Mangaluru recently?
Kadri Gopalnath
RBI has given its final nod to Kerala Government for the formation of
Kerala Bank, how many District Co-operative Banks (DCBs) will be merged
with Kerala State Co-operative Bank?
13
Name the marathon runner from Kenya who became the first person
in the history to run a marathon in under 2 hours by finishing the 42Km
marathon in 1 hour, 59 minutes, 40.2 seconds in Vienna?
Eliud Kipchoge
Who was selected by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
for prestigious Asia Environmental Enforcement Award?
Ramesh Pandey
Name the scheme launched to provide free medicines for pregnant
women and there by bringing down the Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) and
Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) in the country?
SUMAN scheme – “Surakshit Matritva Aashwasan”
Which 14-day programme was launched from ISRO to identify and
encourage talented children to enrich their skills and knowledge?
Pradhan Mantri Innovative Learning Programme – DHRUV
According to the Edelgive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2019 by
Hurun India, who is India’s most generous philanthropists who contributed
Rs 826 crore during the financial year 2018-19 (FY19)?
HCL (Hindustan Computer Limited) Chairman Shiv Nadar
38th India Carpet Expo was organised by CEPC – Carpet Export
Promotion Council at?
Varanasi
Name the Scientists who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry?
John B Goodenough (US), M Stanley Whittingham (US) and Akira
Yoshino (Japan) for the development of lithium-ion batteries.
25th Technology Summit was organised in association with which
nation in New Delhi?
Netherlands, Theme of the event was Young entrepreneurship
4 Part of the Ek Bharat Shreshta Bharat initiative, the Rashtriya Sanskrit
Mahotsav was conducted in?
Jabalpur, MP by the Ministry of Culture. (Union Culture
Minister: Prahlad Singh Patel).
Name the initiative under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National
Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY – NRLM) which was launched with an aim to
bring the rural women SHGs – Self Help Groups under one platform was
launched in New Delhi?
SARAS Aajeevika Mela
Organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), in partnership
with Union Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, India Sports Summit- Fitness:
$10 Billion Opportunity’ was held in?
New Delhi
Who won the Sveriges Riksbank (Nobel) Prize in Economic Sciences
2019?
Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer for their
experimental approach to reduce global poverty.
Where was AIBA (Headquarter: Lausanne, Switzerland) Women’s
World Boxing Championships 2019 held?
: Ulan-Ude, Russia
The 100th Nobel Prize for peace has been awarded to?
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abhiy Ahmed Ali for resolving Ethiopia-Eritrea conflict
Minister for Textiles Smriti Zubin Irani recently launched Project
SURE aimed at sustainable fashion, what is the full form of SURE?
Sustainable Resolution
Who won Gold in Under-18 Open category of World Youth Chess Championship held
in Mumbai.
R Praggnanandhaa
Who won the Best Women’s player award in the Best FIFA Football
Awards 2019 presented recently?
Megan Rapinoe (United States).
Who won Man Booker International Prize for her Arabic novel?
Jokha Alharthi of Oman (Celestial bodies)
Highest medal winning gymnast at 49th edition World Artistic Gymnastics Championships 2019 was
held?
American gymnast Simon Biles became the highest medal
winning female gymnast in the history
