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SURE 60 PUBLICATION

CURRENT AFFAIRS(With Explanation)

JULY – 2019 (443 Questions)

AUGUST – 2019 (466 Questions)

SEPTEMBER – 2019 (402 Questions)

OCTOBER – 2019 (400 Questions)

NOVEMBER – 2019 (300 Questions)

DECEMBER – 2019 (464 Questions)

JANUARY – 2020 (165 Questions)[Updated till 21st January]

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JULY CURRENT – 2019 ........................................................... 2 – 60

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SEPTEMBER CURRENT – 2019 ........................................ 120 – 163

OCTOBER CURRENT – 2019 ............................................. 164 – 218

NOVEMBER CURRENT – 2019 .......................................... 219 – 255

DECEMBER CURRENT – 2019 .......................................... 256 – 316

JANUARY CURRENT – 2020 .............................................. 317 – 339

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JULY CURRENT – 2019�. _________ was conferred with Lifetime Achievement

Award�0�9atUK-IndiaAwardsinLondon. ---------dks yanu esa ;wds&bafM;k vokM~Zl esa ykbiQVkbe vphoesaV

vokMZ 2019 ls lEekfur fd;k Xk;kA

(a) RichardCurtis/fjpMZ dfVZl

(b) SirGeorgeMartin/lj tkWtZ ekfVZu(c) AlexanderMcQueen/vysDtsaMj eSdDohu

(d) SirWilliamMarkTully/lj fofy;e ekdZ VyhAns:–(d)VeteranBritishjournalistSirMarkTullywasconferredwithLifetimeAchievementAward �0�9 at UK-IndiaAwards inLondon.Theawardcelebratespecialtalentsandorganisationswho use their worldwide influence to strengthen UK-Indiaties./o;kso`¼ fczfV'k i=kdkj lj ekdZ Vyh dks yanu esa ;wds&bafM;k vokM~Zl esa ykbiQVkbe vphoesaV vokMZ 2019 ls lEekfur fd;k Xk;kA ;g iqjLdkj fo'ks"k çfrHkk vkSj laXkBuksa dk t'u eukrk gS tks ;wds&Hkkjr laca/ksa dks etcwr djus ds fy, nqfu;kHkj esa vius çHkko dk mi;ksXk djrs gSaA�. Whowas the firstman to climb theSevenSummits in

�986? 1986 eas lsou lfeV~l ij p<+us okyk igyk vkneh dkSu Fkk\

(a) PatrickMorrow/iSfVªd ekWkjks

(b) EdViesturs/,M okbLVlZ(c) ArunimaSinha/v#f.kek flUgk

(d) ConradAnker/dkWujksM ,adjAns:–(a)CanadianmountaineerPatrickMorrowwas the firstman toclimbtheSevenSummitsin�986./dukMk ds ioZrkjksgh iSfVªd eksjksZ 1986 esa lsou (7) lfeV~l ij p<+us okys igys O;fDr FksA3. __________isthefirstIndiantosummitthesevenhighest

peaksspreadacrossthesevencontinents. --------------lkr egk}hiksa esa iQSyh lkr lcls Åaph pksfV;ksa dks

lesVus okyk igyk Hkkjrh; gSA

(a) PSRajeshwar/ih,l jkts'oj(b) CherishMathson/psfj'k eSFklu(c) NavkaranjitSinghDhillon/uod.kZthr flag f<Yyks

(d) RanveerSinghJamwal/j.kohj flag tEokyAns:–(d)IndianArmyofficerColonelRanveerSinghJamwalisthefirstIndian to summit the sevenhighestpeaks spreadacross thesevencontinents.HeisarecipientofIndia’shighestadventureaward,TenzingNorgayNationalAdventureAward. JamwalisalsothefirstofficerfromtheIndianArmytoachievethis

feat./Hkkjrh; lsuk ds vf/dkjjh duZy j.kohj flag tEoky lkr egk}hiksa esa iQSyh lkr lcls Åaph pksfV;ksa dk f'k[kj lEesyu djus okys igys Hkkjrh; gSaA og Hkkjr ds loksZPp lkgfld iqjLdkj] rsuftaXk uksXksZ jk"Vªh; lgfld iqjLdkj ds çkIrdrkZ gSaA tkeoky ;g miyfC/ gkfly djus okys Hkkjrh; lsuk ds igys vf/dkjh Hkh gSaA4. __________isthefirstIndiantosummitthesevenhighest

peaksspreadacrossthesevencontinents. ---------- lkr egk}hiksa esa iQSyh lkr lcls Åaph pksfV;ksa dks

lesVus okyk igyk Hkkjrh; gSA

(a) PSRajeshwar/ih ,l jkts'oj(b) CherishMathson/psfj'k eSFklu(c) NavkaranjitSinghDhillon/uod.kZthr flag f<Yyks

(d) RanveerSinghJamwal/j.kohj flag tEokyAns:–(d)IndianArmyofficerColonelRanveerSinghJamwalisthefirstIndian to summit the sevenhighestpeaks spreadacross thesevencontinents.HeisarecipientofIndia’shighestadventureaward,Tenzing NorgayNationalAdventureAward. JamwalisalsothefirstofficerfromtheIndianArmytoachievethisfeat./Hkkjrh; lsuk ds vf/dkjh duZy j.kohj falg tEoky lkr egk}hiksa esa iQSyh lkr lcls Åaph pksfV;ksa dk f'k[kj lEesyu djus okys igys Hkkjrh; gSaA og Hkkjr ds loksZPp lkgfld iqjLdkj] rsuftaXk uksXksZ jk"Vªh; lgfld iqjLdkj ds çkIrdrkZ gSaA tkeoky ;g miyfC/ gkfly djus okys Hkkjrh; lsuk ds igys vf/dkjh Hkh gSaA5. _________ created history by becoming the first

civil servant and IPS officer to achieve the 7 Summitschallenge.

-----------us 7 f'k[kj lEesyu dh pqukSrh çkIr djus okys igys flfoy lsod vkSj IPSvf/dkjh cudj bfrgkl jpkA

(a) RuvedaSalam/#osnk lyke(b) MeeraBorwankar/ehjk cksjokadj

(c) AparnaKumar/vi.kkZ dqekj

(d) AparajitaRa/vijkftrk jkAns:–(c)Aparna Kumar created history by becoming the first civilservantandIPSofficertoachievetheincredibleandrarefeatofcompleting‘7Summits’challenge’.KumarhoistedIndia’stricolouronMountDenaliinAlaska,USA.MountDenaliisthehighestpeakofNorthAmericastandingat�0,3�0ft.Shescaledthesummitinherthirdattempt./vi.kkZ dqekj us 7 lfeV pSysat dks iwjk djus ds vfo'luh; vkSj nqyZHk miyfC/ gkfly djus okys igys flfod lsod vkSj vkbZih,l vf/dkjh cudj bfrgkl jp fn;kA dqekj us vesfjdk ds vykLdk esa ekmaV Msukyh ij Hkkjr dk rjaXkk iQgjk;kA ekmaV Msukyh 20]310 iQhV dh ÅapkbZ ij fLFkr mÙkjh vesfjdk dh lcls Åaph pksVh gSA mlus vius rhljs ç;kl esa

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f'k[kj dks c<+k;kA6. India has signed Rs.�00 crore deal with ________ to

acquireStrumAtaka. Hkkjr us LVªe ,Vkdk dk vf/Xkzg.k djus ds fy, -------- ds lkFk

200 djksM+ #i;s ds le>kSrs ij gLrk{kj fd, gSaA

(a) Japan/tkiku (b) Russia/:l(c) US/vesfjdk (d) UK/;wds

Ans:–(b)India has signed Rs.�00 crore deal with Russia to acquireStrumAtaka.Theanti-tankmissilewillbeaddedtothefleetofMi-35attackchoppersofIndianAirForce(IAF).ThisdealcomesinwakeofanIAF’sattempttokeepitselfbattle-readyinsituationslikepost-Balakotaerialstrikes.TheStrumAtakaanti-tank missile would give an added capability to Mi-35attack choppers of IAF to take out enemy tanks and otherarmouredelements./Hkkjr us LVªe ,Vkdk dk vf/Xkzg.k djus ds fy, :l ds lkFk 200 djksM+ #i;s ds le>kSrs ij gLrk{kj fd, gSaA ,aVh&VSad felkby dks Hkkjrh; ok;q lsuk (IAF)ds Mi-35vVSd gsfydkWIVjksa ds csM+s esa tksM+k tk,XkkA ;g lkSnk ,d Hkkjrh; ok;qlsuk ds ç;kl ds en~nsutj gS] tks ckykdksV ds gokbZ geys ds ckn dh fLFkfr;ksa esa [kqn dks ;q¼ ds fy, rS;kj j[kus dh dksf'k'k djrk gSA LVªe vVkdk ,aVh&VSad felkby nq'eu ds VSad vkSj vU; c[rjcan rRoksa dks ckgj fudkyus ds fy, Hkkjrh; ok;qlsuk ds ,evkbZ&35 geys ds gsfydkWIVjksa dks ,d vfrfjDr {kerk nsXkkA7. SaudiArabiaincreasedIndia’sHajquotaby__________

_lÅnh vjc us c<+kbZ Hkkjr gt dksVk----------

(a) 30,000 (b) 45,000(c) 60,000 (d) 80,000

Ans:–(a)Saudi Arabia increased India’s Haj quota by 30,000.SaudiArabiaincreasedIndia’sHajquotaby30,000.Itwaslikethethirdhikein3years.Itisincreasedfrom�,70,000to�00,000.Indians get a chance to visit annual Islamic pilgrimage toMecca/lÅnh vjc us Hkkjr ds gt dksVk esa 30]000 dh o`f¼ dhA lÅnh vjc us Hkkjr ds gt dksVk esa 30]000 dh o`f¼ dhA 3 lky esa ;g rhljh c<+ksrjh FkhA bls 1]70]000 ls c<+kdj 200]000 fd;k Xk;k gSA Hkkjrh;ksa dks eDdk esa okf"kZd bLykfed rhFkZ ;k=kk ij tkus dk ekSdk feyrk gSA**8. Who is the author of the book “A Prime Minister to

Remember,”? , çkbe fefuLVj Vw fjesacj iqLrd ds ys[kd dkSu gSa\

(a) ShriSureshkrishna/Jh lqjs'k Ñ".k

(b) ShriRajeshKumar/Jh jkts'k dqekj

(c) ShriSushilKumar/Jh lq'khy dqekj

(d) ShriVikramSingh/Jh foØe flagAns:–(c)

Former Navy Chief Admiral Sushil Kumar Former NavyChief Admiral Sushil Kumar authored a book named “APrimeMinistertoRemember-MemoriesofaMilitaryChief”gotreleased./iwoZ usoh phiQ ,Mfejy lq'khy dqekj us ^^, çkbe fefuLVj Vw fjesEcj&eseksjht vkWiQ v fefyVªh phiQ* uke dh ,d iqLrd tkjh dhA9. WhowoninnovationawardinUK? fczVsu esa uokpkj iqjLdkj fdlus thrk\

(a) SureshKumar/lqjs'k dqekj

(b) RajeshSharma/jkts'k 'kekZ(c) VikramSingh/foØe flag

(d) NiteshKumarJangir/furs'k dqekj tkafXkM+Ans:–(d)NiteshKumarJangirwoninnovationawardinUK.AnIndianengineer, Nitesh Kumar Jangir won the CommonwealthSecretary-General’sInnovationforSustainableDevelopmentAward �0�9. The award won in the “People” category inLondon, UK (United Kingdom)./furs'k dqekj tkafXkM+ us ;wds esa uokpkj iqjLdkj thrkA Hkkjrh; bathfu;j] furs'k dqekj tkafXkM+ us dkWeuosYFk egklfpo dk vfo"dkj lrr fodkl iqjLdkj 2019 thrkA ;g iqjLdkj yanu] ;wds (;wukbVsM fdaXkMe) esa ^^ihiy** Js.kh esa thrk Xk;kA�0. GovtistointroducenewGSTreturnfilingsystemwhich

wouldreplace_____________. ljdkj dks u, th,lVh fjVuZ iQkbfyaXk flLVe dh 'kq#vkr

djuh gS] tks ------------------- dh tXkg ysXkkA(a) GSTR-�B(summaryreturns)andGSTR-�(suppliesreturn)/th,lVhvkj&2 ch (lkjka'k fjVuZ vkSj th,lVhvkj&1 (vkiwfrZ okilh)(b) GSTR-3B(summaryreturns)andGSTR-�(suppliesreturn)/th,lVhvkj&3 ch (lkjka'k fVuZ) vkSj th,lVhvkj&1 (vkiwfrZ okilh)

(c) GSTR-3B(summaryreturns)only/dsoy GSTR-3B(lkjka'k çfriQy)

(d) Noneofthese/buesa ls dksbZ ughaAns:–(b)Govt is to introduce new GST return filing system whichwould replace GSTR-3B (summary returns) and GSTR-�(suppliesreturn)./ljdkj dks u, th,lVh fjVuZ iQkbfyaXk flLVe dh 'kq#vkr djuh gS] tks th,lVhvkj&3 ch (lkjka'k fjVuZ) vkSj th,lVhvkj&1 (vkiwfrZ fjVuZ) dh tXkg ysXkkA��. ForhowmanydistrictstheBanglaShashyaBimascheme

willbeapplied? caXkyk jkf'k chek ;kstuk fdrus ftyksa ds fy, ykXkw gksXkh\

(a) �5 (b) �4

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(c) �6 (d) �5Ans:–(a)WestBengalGovernmentlaunchedacropinsurancescheme,Bangla Shashya Bima (BSB).This scheme is applicable forfarmersin�5districts./if'pe caXkky ljdkj us ,d iQly chek ;kstuk] caXkk jkf'k chek (BSB)'kq: dhA ;g ;kstuk 15 ftyksa esa fdlkuksa ds fy, ykXkw gSA��. WhichstateintroducesfreecropinsuranceschemeBangla

ShashyaBimaforfarmers? fdl jkT; us fdlkuksa ds fy, eqÝr iQly chek ;kstuk ckaXyk

'kf'k chek is'k dh gS\

(a) Bihar/fcgkj(b) HimachalPradesh/fgekpy çns'k(c) WestBengal/if'pe caXkky(d) Andhrapradesh/vka/z çns'k

Ans:–(c)West Bengal introduces free crop insurance scheme BanglaShashyaBimaforfarmers.WestBengalGovernmentlaunchedacropinsurancescheme,BanglaShashyaBima(BSB)./if'pe caXkky us fdlkuksa ds fy, eqÝr iQly chek ;kstuk caXkyk jkf'k chek 'kq: dh gSA caXkky ljdkj us iQly chek ;kstuk] caXkyk 'kf'k chek (ch,lch) 'kq: dh gSA�3. Whichunionministertolaunchcommemorationoffour

yearsofDigitalIndiainitiative? fdl dsaæh; ea=kh us pkj lky dh fMftVy bafM;k igy dh

'kq#vkr dh\

(a) ShriSureshPrabhu/Jh lqjs'k çHkq(b) ShriRaviShankarPrasad/Jh jfo'kadj çlkn

(c) ShriNitinGadkari/Jh fufru XkMdjh

(d) ShriVivekSharma/Jh foosd 'kekZAns:–(b)ShriRaviShankarPrasadtolaunchcommemorationoffouryearsofDigitalIndiainitiative./Jh jfo'kadj çlkn us pkj lky dh fMftVy bafM;k igy dh 'kq#vkr dhA�4. WhatisthecapitalofNagaland? ukXkkySaM dh jkt/kuh D;k gS\

(a) Dispur/fnliqj (b) Kohima/dksfgek

(c) Pune/iq.ks (d) Patna/iVukAns:–(b)

NagalandisthecaptialofKohima./uXkkySaM dksfgek dk dSI'ku gSA�5. Whichstateoccupiedthetoppositionintheunemployment

rateaccordingtoNSSOSurvey? ,u,l,lvks losZ ds vuqlkj fdl jkT; us csjsktXkkjh nj esa 'kh"kZ

LFkku ij dCtk dj fy;k\

(a) Nagaland/uXkkySaaM(b) AndhraPradesh/vka/z çns'k

(c) ArunachalPradesh/v#.kkpy çns'k

(d) Assam/vleAns:–(a)

Accordingtothesurvey,/losZ{k.k ds vuqlkj] 2017&18 ds fy, vkof/d Je cy losZ{k.k (PLFS)tks jk"Vªh; uewuk losZ{k.k laXkBu (NSSO)}kjk lapkfyr fd;k tkrk gSA�6. WhenwastheNationalDoctor’sDayestablished? jk"Vªh; fpfdRld fnol dc LFkkfir fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) �99� (b) �995(c) �997 (d) �000

Ans:–(a)Doctor’sDayinIndiawasestablishedbytheGovernmentofIndiain�99�.ThedayismeanttohonourDrBidhanChandraRoy. It was established by the Central Government, to payrespect and honour Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy./Hkkjr eas MkWDj fnol 1991 esa Hkkjr ljdkj }kjk LFkkfir fd;k Xk;k FkkA ;g fnu MkW fc/ku paæ jkW; dks lEekfur djus ds fy, gSA ;g dsaæ ljdkj }kjk MkW- fc/ku paæ jkW; ds lEEkku esa LFkkfir fd;k Xk;k FkkA�7. WhatisthethemeoftheNationalDoctor’sDay�0�9? jk"Vªh; fpfdRld fnol 2019 dk fo"k; D;k gS\

(a) Transforming, Healing Presence/VªkaliQkWfe±Xk] ghfyaXk çstsal

(b) .ExcellenceisOurSpecialty/mRÑ"Vrk gekjh fo'ks"krk gS(c) WealthofExperienceToHealandHelptheworld/nqfuk; dks paXkk vkSj enn djus ds fy, vuqHko dk /u(d) Zero tolerance to violence against doctors andClinicalestablishment/MkWDVjksa ds f[kykiQ fgalk vkSj uSnkfud LFkkiuk ds fy, 'kwU; lfg".kqrk

Ans:–(b)The theme of Doctor’s Day �0�9 is “Zero tolerance toviolence against doctors and clinical establishment”. IndianMedicalAssociation announced the theme. The theme willraiseawarenessabouttheviolencehappeningwiththedoctorsacrossIndia./MkWDVj fnol 2019 dk fo"k; ^^MkWDVjksa ds f[kykiQ fgalk vkSj uSnkfud LFkkiuk ds fy, 'kwU; lfg".kqrk** gSA bafM;u esfMdy ,lksfl,'ku us Fkhe dh ?kks"k.kk dhA Fkhe iwjs Hkkjr esa MkWdvjksa ds lkFk gks jgh fgalk ds ckjs esa tkXk#drk c<+k,XkkA�8. WhenistheNationalDoctor’sDaywasobserved? jk"Vªh; fpfdRld fnol dc euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) June�/1 twu (b) June�5/15 twu

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(c) July�/1 tqykbZ (d) July�5/15 tqykbZAns:–(c)National Doctor’s Day was observed on � July. The dayis celebrated to honour Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy and hisremarkable contributions as a physician. National Doctor’sDayisanopportunitytothepeopletoexpresstheirgratitudetowardsDoctors.Thedayiscelebratedbyorganisingseveralevents and activities in thehonourof doctors. /1 tqykbZ dks jk"Vªh; fpfdRld fnol euk;k Xk;kA MkW- fc/ku paæ jk; jkW; vkSj ,d fpfdRld ds :i esa muds mYys[kuh; ;ksXknku dks lEekfur djus ds fy, fnu euk;k tkrk gSA jk"Vªh; fpfdRld fnol yksXkksa dks MkWDVjksa ds çfr viuh ÑrKrk O;Dr djus dk volj gSA MkWDVjksa ds lEeku esa dbZ dk;ZØeksa vkSj Xkfrfof/;ksa dk vk;kstu djds fnu euk;k tkrk gSA�9. WhichStatehaslaunchedtheDASTAKcampaignagainst

communicativediseasesAESandJE? fd jkT; us lapkj jksXkksa AESvkSj JEds ds f[kykiQ DASTAK

vfHk;ku 'kq: fd;k gS\

(a) Bihar/fcgkj (b) Odisha/vksfM'kk

(c) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'k (d) Maharashtra/egkjk"VªAns:–(c)Uttar Pradesh State government has started DASTAKcampaignagainstcommunicativediseasesAcuteEncephalitisSyndrome(AES)andJapaneseEncephalitis(JE)diseaseon�JulyintheState.DASTAKcampaignwillrunfrom�stto3�stJuly.ThiscampaignispartoftheState’scomprehensiveSocialandBehaviourChangeCommunication(SBCC)strategy.Thevector-bornediseasesensitivestateshavebeenmarked./mÙkj çns'k jkT; ljdkj us jkT; esa 1 tqykbZ dks laØked jksXkksa ,D;wV balsiQsyakbfVl flaMªkse (,bZ,l) vkSj tkikuh ,UlsiQykbfVl (tsbZ) chekjh ds f[kykiQ DASTAKvfHk;ku 'kq: fd;k gSA DASTAKvfHk;ku igyh ls 31 tqykbZ rd pysXkkA ;g vfHk;ku jkt; dh O;kid lkekftd vkSj O;ogkj ifjorZu lapkj (SBCC)j.kuhfr dk fgLlk gSa osDVj tfur jksXk laosnu'khy jkT;ksa dks fpfUgr fd;k Xk;k gSA�0. Who is the convener of the committee on the Power

PurchaseAgreements(PPAs)on�July? 1 tqykbZ dks ikoj ijpst vXkzhesaV (PPA)dh lfefr dk

la;kstd dkSu gS\

(a) BugganaRajendranathReddy/cqXkuk jktsaæukFk jsM~Mh(b) BalineniSrinivasaReddy/ckfyusuh Jhfuokl jsM~Mh(c) SubrahmanyamSriram/lqczg~e.;e Jhjke(d) KVijayanand/ds fot;ukan

Ans:–(d)The Andhra Pradesh government has formed a committeeon the Power PurchaseAgreements (PPAs) on � July. The

committee will review, negotiate and reduce the high windandsolarpowerpurchasepricesandsubmit its report in45days. The convener of the 8-member committee is Sri KVijayanad,AP-TranscoJointManagingDirector.Membersofthe committee are Buggana Rajendranath Reddy (Finance),Balineni Srinivasa Reddy (Energy), Advocate GeneralSubrahmanyam Sriram, Principal Advisor to CM AjeyaKallam,PrincipalSecretary(Finance)S.S.Rawat,Secretary(Energy) N. Srikant, Special Secretary to CM D. Krishna,APSPDCL formerCMDGopalReddy./vka/z çns'k ljdkj us 1 tqykbZ dks ikoj ijpst vXkzhesaV (PPA)ij ,d lfefr cukbZ gSA lfefr mPp iou vkSj lkSj ÅtkZ [kjhn dh dherksa dh leh{kk] ckrphr vkSj de djsXkh vkSj 45 fnuksa esa viuh fjiksVZ nsXkhA 8 lnL;h; lfefr ds la;sktd Jh ds fot;uM] ,ih&Vªkaldks la;qDr çca/ funs'kd gSaA lfefr ds lnL; gSa] cqXkuk jktsaæukFk jsM~Mh (foÙk)] ckfyusuh Jhfuokl jsM~Mh (ÅtkZ(] egkf/oDrk lqczeg~.;e Jhjke] lh,e ds çeq[k lykgdkj vt; dyke] ç/ku lfpo (foÙk) ,l,l jkor] lfpo (ÅtkZ) ,u- Jhdkar] fo'ks"k lfpoA lh,e Mh Ñ".kk] APSPDCLiwoZ lh,eMh Xkksiky jsM~MhA��. Which State has formed a committee on the Power

PurchaseAgreements(PPAs)on�July? 1 tqykbZ dks fdl jkT; us ikoj ijpst vXkzhesaV (PPA)ij ,d

lfefr cukbZ gS\

(a) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(b) AndhraPradesh/vka/z çns'k

(c) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'k(d) Bihar/fcgkj

Ans:–(b)The Andhrapradesh government has formed a committeeon the Power PurchaseAgreements (PPAs) on � July. Thecommitteewillreview,negotiateandreducethehighwindandsolarpowerpurchasepricesandsubmititsreportin45days.The Power Distribution Companies (DISCOMS) inAndhraPradesh State are in financial crisis as the power purchaseduesamountedtoRs.�0,000crore./vka/zns'k ljdkj us 1 tqykbZ dks ikoj ijpst vXkzhesaV (PPA)ij ,d lfefr cukbZ gSA lfefr mPp iou vkSj lkSj ÅtkZ [kjhn dh dherksa dh leh{kk] ckrphr vkSj de djsXkh vkSj 45 fnuksa esa viuh fjiksVZ nsXkkhA vka/z çns'k jkT; esa fo|qr forj.k daifu;ka (DISCOMS)foÙkh; ladV esa gSa D;ksafd fctyh dh [kjhn cdk;k jkf'k 20]000 djksM+ #i;s gSA��. Who is the Speaker of the �7th session of the Lok

Sabha? yksdlHkk ds 17osa l=k ds vè;{k dkSu gSa\

(a) OmBirla/vkse fcjyk

(b) VirendraKumar/ohjsUæ dqekj

(c) SmitraMahajan/lqfe=kk egktu

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(d) ArunJaitley/v#.k tsVyhAns:–(a)OmBirlaisanIndianpoliticianwhoisthe�7thandcurrentSpeakeroftheLokSabha.HeservesaMemberofParliamentfortheKota-BundiconstituencyinRajasthan./vkse fcjyk ,d Hkkjrh; jktuhfrK gSa tks yksdlHkk ds 17osa vkSj orZeku vè;{k gSaa og jktLFkku esa dksVk&cwanh fuokZpu {ks=k ds fy, laln lnL; gSaA�3. Which article of Indian Constitution sets qualifications

forbeingamemberofLokSabha? Hkkjrh; lafo/ku dk dkSu lk vuqPNsn yksdlHkk dk lnL; gksus

ds fy, ;ksX;rk fu/kZfjr djrk gS\

(a) Article40/vuqPNsn 40 (b) Article56/vuqPNsn 56

(c) Article67/vuqPNsn 67 (d) Article84/vuqPNsn 84Ans:–(d)Article84inTheConstitutionOfIndia�949QualificationformembershipofParliamentApersonshallnotbequalifiedtobechosentofillaseatinParliamentunlesshe(a)isacitizenof India, and makes and subscribes before some personauthorisedinthatbehalfbytheElectionCommissionanoathoraffirmationaccordingtotheformsetoutforthepurposeintheThirdSchedule;(b)is,inthecaseofaseatintheCouncilofStates,notlessthanthirtyyearsofageand,inthecaseofaseat in theHouseof thePeople,not less than twenty fiveyears of age; and (c) possesses such other qualifications asmaybeprescribed in thatbehalfbyorunderany lawmadebyParliament./Hkkjr ds lafo/ku esa vuqPNsn 84 1949 laln dh lnL;k ds fy, ;ksX;rk fdlh O;fDr dks laln esa lhV Hkjus ds fy, rc rd ;ksX; ugah ekuk tk,Xkk tc rd fd og (,) Hkkjr dk ukXkfjd u gks] vkSj pquko vk;ksXk 'kiFk ;k iqf"V djus okys fdlh O;fDr dks vf/Ñr djus ls igys mldh lnL;rk ysrk gS ;k cukrk gSA rhljh vuqlwph esa bl mn~ns'; ds fy, fu/kZfjr çi=k ds vuqlkj] ([k) jkT;ksa dh ifj"kn esa ,d lhV ds ekeys esa] rhl o"kZ ls de mez dk ugha gS vkSj] lnu esa lhV ds ekeys esa yksXk] iPphl o"kZ ls de mez ds ugha] vkSj (Xk) laln }kjk cuk, Xk, fdlh Hkh dkuwu ds rgr ,slh vU; ;ksX;rk,a gSa tks ml laca/ esa fu/kZfjr dh tk ldrh gSaA**�4. When was the Ordinance for the Central Educational

Institutions (Reservation in Teachers’ Cadre) Bill �0�9issued?

dsaæh; 'kSf{kd laLFkkuksa (f'k{kd laoXkZ esa vkj{k.k) fo/s;d 2019 dc tkjh fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) January/tuojh (b) May/ebZ(c) March/ekpZ (d) February/iQjojh

Ans:–(c)The Lok Sabha passed the Central Educational Institutions(Reservation inTeachers’ Cadre) Bill �0�9 in � July �0�9.TheBillseekstoreplaceanOrdinancewhichwasissuedin

March./yksdlHkk us 1 tqykbZ 2019 dks dsaæh; 'kSf{kd laLFkkuksa (f'k{kdksa ds laoXkZ esa vkj{k.k) fo/s;d 2019 dks ikfjr dj fn;kA fo/s;d ekdpZ esa tkjh ,d vè;kns'k dh tXkg ysuk pkgrk gSA�5. WhichofthefollowingBilldidtheLSpasstoreplacethe

ordinanceissuedinMarch? fuEufyf[kr esa ls fdl fo/s;d us ekpZ esa tkjh vè;kns'k dks

cnyus ds fy, ,y,l ikl fd;k Fkk\(a) .EducationalInstitutionsandResearch(ReservationinTeachers’Cadre)Bill�0�8/'kSf{kd laLFkku vkSj vuqla/ku (f'k{kd laoXkZ esa vkj{k.k) fo/sd; 2018(b) B.Central Educational Institutions (Reservation inTeachers’Cadre)Bill�0�9/dsaæh; 'kSf{kd laLFkku (f'k{kd laoZ esa vkj{k.k) fo/s;d 2019(c) Higher Education Commission of India Bill �0�8/Hkkjrh; mPp f'k{kk vk;ksXk fo/s;d 2018

(d) Education Amendment Bill �0�9/f'k{kk la'kks/u fo/s;d 2019

Ans:–(b)The Lok Sabha passed the Central Educational Institutions(ReservationinTeachers’Cadre)Bill�0�9in�July�0�9.TheBillseekstoreplaceanOrdinancewhichwasissuedinMarch.The House unanimously passed the Bill. The oppositiondemandedthebilltobereferredtothestandingcommitteeforacomprehensivereview./yksdlHkk us 1 tqykbZ 2019 dks dsaæh; 'kSf{kd laLFkkuksa (f'k{kdksa ds laoXkZ esa vkj{k.k) fo/s;d 2019 dks ikfjr dj fn;kA fo/s;d ekpZ eas tkjh ,d vè;kns'k dh tXkg ysuk pkgrk gSA lnu us loZlEefr ls fo/s;d ikfjr fd;kA foi{k us O;kid leh{kk ds fy, fo/s;d dks LFkk;h lfefr ds ikl Hksts tkus dh ekaXk dhA�6. When was the International Security Alliance (ISA)

launched? varjkZ"Vªh; lqj{kk XkBca/u (vkbZ,l,) dc ykWUp fd;k Xk;k

Fk\

(a) �0�6 (b) �0�7(c) �0�8 (d) �0�9

Ans:–(b)TheAlliancewaslaunchedinFebruary�0�7.Theobjectiveofprotectingthesafetyofthecommunitiesandtheprosperityof the countries by combating organized and transnationalcrimes.�7. WhichCountryhoststheInternationalSecurityAlliance

(ISAs)firstjointsecurityexercisenamedISALEX�9? fdl ns'k us varjkZ"Vªh; lqj{kk XkBca/u (ISAs)dks la;qDr :i

ls la;qDr lqj{kk vH;kl ISALEX�9uke fn;k Xk;k gS\(a) Spain/Lisu (b) Senegal/lsusXky

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(c) Slovakla/Lyksokfd;k (d) UAE/la;qDr vjc vehjkrAns:–(d)Abu Dhabi is hosting the ISALEX�9, the InternationalSecurity Alliance (ISAs) first joint security exercise. Theexercisebeganon30June.Theexercisewillsimulateareal-lifesecuritythreatinavirtualcontext,totestthereadinessofthe different teams and to evaluate the tools, strategies andproceduresdevelopedjointlybetweenmembercountries.�8. WhoisthepresentHRDMinister? orZeku lalk/u ea=kh dkSu gSa\

(a) ShriArunJaitley/Jh v#.k tsVyh

(b) ShriSureshPrabhu/Jh lqjs'k çHkq(c) ShriNitinKumar/Jh fufru dqekj

(d) ShriPrakashJavedakar/Jh çdk'k tkoM+sdjAns:–(d)

ShriPrakashJavedakaristhepresentHRDMinisterofIndia.�9. Whowon�0�9AustrianGrandPrix? 2019 vkWfLVª;u XkzSaM fçDl fdlus thrk\

(a) C.Leclerc/lh- ysDydZ

(b) MaxVerstappen/eSDl osjLVSisu(c) L.Hamilton/,y- gSfeYVu(d) D.V.Bottas/oh- cksVkl

Ans:–(b)Max Verstappen won �0�9Austrian Grand Prix.Red Bull’sMax Verstappen won the �0�9 Austrian Grand Prix.Hedefeated Ferrari’s, Charles LeclercMercedes Valtteri Bottasmetcontinuouswinandfinisheswiththethirdone.30. Whichstatedeclared‘TamilYeoman’or‘TamilMaravan’

asitsstatebutterflyrecently? gky gh esa fdl jkT; us ^fey ;kseu* ;k ^rfey ekjou* dks

viuk jkT; frryh ?kksf"kr fd;k\

(a) Kerala/dsjy

(b) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(c) Karnataka/dukZVd

(d) AndhraPradesh/vka/z çns'kAns:–(b)TamilNadudeclared‘TamilYeoman’or‘TamilMaravan’asitsstatebutterflyrecently.3�. StateBankofIndia&_____tie-uptofinanceinfrastructure

projects LVsV cSad vkWiQ bafM;k vkSj -------- us cqfu;knh <kapk ifj;kstuk

ds foÙkiks"k.k ds fy, VkbZ&vi fd;k

(a) RBL/vkjch,y (b) BHEL/Hksy(c) NIIF/,uvkbZvkbZ,iQ (d) BSNL/ch,l,u,y

Ans:–(c)

StateBankofIndia3�. ___________getsextensionbyoneyearasRBIdeputy

governor ---------------- dks vkjchvkbZ fMIVh XkouZj ds :i esa ,d o"kZ dk

foLrkj feyrk gS


(b) NSVishwanathan/,u ,l fo'oukFku(c) DineshGupta/fnus'k XkqIrk(d) RameshKumar/jes'k dqekj

Ans:–(b)NSVishwanathangetsextensionbyoneyearasRBIdeputygovernor.Thegovernmentand theRBIstarted lookingforareplacementofVishwanathananda few internal candidateswereidentified.33. WorldUFOdayobservedon--------------- fo'o miQkS fnol ------------ ij euk;k Xk;k

(a) June6th/6 twu (b) March5th/5 ekpZ(c) July�nd/2 tqykbZ (d) April�6th/16 vçSy

Ans:–(c)World UFO Day is observed on July � every year.Themain objective of celebrating this day is to encourage thegovernmenttorevealtheirfliesonUFOsightingsandrelatedinformation.34. Dr.KrishnaSaksena’sbook‘WhispersofTime’launched

bySmritiIraniin_________ MkW- Ñ".kk lDlsuk dh fdrkc Isp fOglilZ vkWiQ Vkbe ^Le`fr

bZjku }kjk ------------- esa ykWUp dh XkbZ

(a) Mumbai/eqacbZ (b) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(c) Bihar/fcgkj (d) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn

Ans:–(b)Dr.KrishnaSaksena’sbook‘WhispersofTime’launchedbySmritiIraniinNewDelhi.35. Whichstatetohostthe��stCommonwealthTableTennis

Championship�0�9? 21osa jk"VªeaMy Vscy Vsful pSfEi;uf'ki 2019 dh estckuh

djus okyk dkSu lk jkT; gS\

(a) Odisha/vksfM'kk (b) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(c) Karnataka/dukZVd (d) Kerala/dsjy

Ans:–(a)Odisha state to host the ��st Commonwealth Table TennisChampionship�0�9.36. _________officiallyresumescommercialwhalingafter

morethan30years

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------------------ vkf/dkfjd rkSj ij 30 ls vf/d o"kks± ds ckn okf.kfT;d OgsfyaXk dks fiQj ls 'kq: djrk gS

(a) Japan/tkiku (b) China/phu(c) Pakistan/ikfdLrku (d) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k

Ans:–(a)Japanofficiallyresumescommercialwhalingaftermorethan30 years.They decided to withdraw from the InternationalWhalingCommission(IWC).Withthis,JapanjoinedIcelandandNorwayastheonlynationstoallowcommercialwhalingdespitetheIWCmoratorium.37. Japanofficiallyresumescommercialwhalingaftermore

than______ tkiku vkf/dkfjd rkSj ij ------- ls vf/d ds ckn okf.kfT;d

OgsfyaXk fiQj ls 'kq: djrk gS

(a) �5years/25 lky (b) 30years/30 lky(c) 75years/75 lky (d) �00years/100 lky

Ans:–(a)Japanofficiallyresumescommercialwhalingaftermorethan30years38. Who becomes the first civil servant & IPS Officer to

conquerthe‘SevenSummits’challenge lkr f'k[kj lEesyu dh pqukSrh ij fot; çkIr djus okys igys

flfoy lsod vkSj IPS vf/dkjh dkSu cus

(a) AparanaKumar/vi.kkZ dqekj

(b) SrinidhiKumar/Jhfuf/ dqekj

(c) VivekRaj/foosd jkt

(d) VeenaKumar/oh.kk dqekjAns:–(a)Indo-TibetanBorderPolice(ITBP)DeputyInspectorGeneralofPolice(DIG)AparnaKumarbecamethefirstcivilservanttoscaleMountDenaliItisthehighestpeakinNorthAmerica.She is the first civil servant and IPSofficer to achieve thisrarefeat.39. WhoiselectedtotheboardofIATA? IATAds cksMZ esa fdls pquk tkrk gS\


(b) RameshKumar/jes'k dqekj

(c) DineshKumar/fnus'k dqekj

(d) AjaySingh/vt; flagAns:–(d)

AjaySinghiselectedtotheboardofIATA.40. ____________bank approved $350 Million Loan for

ChhattisgarhRoadImprovementProject ------------------------ cSad us NÙkhlXk<+ lM+d lq/kj ifj;kstuk ds

fy, $350fefy;u ½.k dks eatwjh nh

(a) BankofAmerica(BAC)/cSad vkWiQ vesfjdk (BAC)(b) WorldBank/fo'o cSad(c) .HSBCBank/,p,lchlh cSad(d) AsianDevelopmentBank/$820 djksM+

Ans:–(d)Asian Development Bank approved $350 Million Loan forChhattisgarhRoadImprovementProject.4�. How many millions did Asian Development Bank

approvedforChhattisgarhRoadImprovementProject? NÙkhlXk<+ lM+d lq/kj ifj;kstuk ds fy, fdrus fefy;u

,f'k;kbZ fodkl cSad us eatwjh nh\

(a) $350millions/$350djksM+

(b) $480millions/$480djksM+

(c) $560millions/$560djksM+

(d) $8�0millions/$8�0djksM+Ans:–(a)Asian Development Bank approved $ 350 millions forChhattisgarhRoadImprovementProject.4�. WhereistheheadquartersofNALCO? ukYdks dk eq[;ky; dgka gS\

(a) Chennai,TamilNadu/psUubZ] rfeyukMq(b) Pune,Mumbai/iq.ks] eqacbZ(c) Bhubaneswar,Odisha/Hkqous'oj] vksfM'kk

(d) Ranchi,Jaipur/jkaph] t;iqjAns:–(c)

Bhubaneswar,OdishaistheheadquartersofNALCO.43. Which company to get Presidents award for excellent

CorporateSocialResponsibilty? mRÑ"V dkWiksZjsV lkekftd mÙkjnkf;Ro ds fy, fdl daiuh dks

jk"Vªifr iqjLdkj feyuk gS\

(a) .BharatHeavyElectricalsLimitedBHEL/Hkkjr gSoh bysfDVªdYl fyfeVsM Hksy

(b) Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited BSNL/Hkkjr lapkj fuXke fyfeVsM BSNL(c) National Aluminium Company Limited/us'kuy ,Y;qfefu;e daiuh fyfeVsM ukYdks

(d) .Indian oil Corporation (IOC)/Hkkjrh; rsy fuXke (IOC)

Ans:–(c)National Aluminium Company Limited NALCOtoget Presidents award for excellent Corporate SocualResponsibilty.

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44. WhoisappointedastheCMDofBSNL ch,l,u,y ds lh,eMh ds :i esa fdls fu;qDr fd;k tkrk

gS

(a) P.K.Purwar/ih-ds- ijoj

(b) Sureshyadav/lqjs'k ;kno(c) DineshKumar/fnus'k dqekj

(d) DikramSharma/foØe 'kekZAns:–(a)

P.K.PurwarisappointedastheCMDofBSNL.45. _________ of IBM will give solution in the field of

agriculturethroughAIandweathertechnologyatvillagelevel/farmlevel.

vkbZch,e dk ---------------------- ,vkbZ vkSj ekSle çkS|ksfXkdh ds ekè;e ls Ñf"k ds {ks=k esa Xkzke Lrj@[ksr Lrj ij lek/ku nsXkkA

(a) .IBMCloudPlatform/vkbZch,e DykmM IysViQkeZ

(b) .Data Science Experience Platform/MsVk lkbal ,Dlihfj;al IysViQkWeZ

(c) WatsonDecisionPlatform/okVlu fu.kZ; eap(d) AzureCloudPlatform/,T+;skj DykmM IysViQ+kWeZ

Ans:–(c)Governmentof Indiahas signed aMoUwith IBM India touse AI in agriculture. The pilot study will be conductedfor the Kharif crop season �0�9 in three districts namelyBhopal,RajkotandNanded,inMadhyaPradesh,GujaratandMaharashtra,respectively.Oncethestudyisdone,theWatsonDecisionPlatformof IBMwillgive solution in the fieldofagriculture through AI and weather technology at villagelevel/farmlevel.46. EconomicSurveywhichwastabledbyFinanceMinister

NirmalaSitharamanpredicted________GDPgrowthforfinancialyear�0�9-�0.

vkfFkZd losZ{k.k tks foÙk ea=kh fueZyk lhrkje.k }kjk foÙk o"kZ 2019&20 ds fy, -----------thMhih fodkl dh Hkfo";ok.kh dh XkbZ FkhA

(a) 6% (b) 6.5%(c) 6.8% (d) 7%

Ans:–(d)Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled theEconomicSurveyfor�0�8-�9intheParliamenton5July.Thesurveypredicteda7%GDPgrowthforfinancialyear�0�9-�0ascomparedto6.8%in�0�8-�9.TheEconomicSurveywaspreparedbyChiefEconomicAdvisorKVSubramanian.47. NationalInstituteofRuralDevelopmentandPanchayati

Raj (NIRDPR) has signed with _________ to supplysanitarynapkinstostudents.

jk"Vªh; Xkzkeh.k fodkl vkSj iapk;rh jkt laLFkku (NIRDPR)us Nk=kksa dks lsusVjh uSifdu dh vkiwfrZ ds fy, ------------ ds lkFk gLrk{kj fd, gSaA

(a) Sakhi/l[kh(b) Saathi/lkFkh(c) BharatElectronicsLimited (BEL)/Hkkjr bysDVªkWfuDl fyfeVsM (BEL)(d) Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL)/Hkkjr Mk;ukfeDl fyfeVsM (BDL)

Ans:–(d)NationalInstituteofRuralDevelopmentandPanchayatiRaj(NIRDPR)hassignedwithBharatDynamicsLimited(BDL),apublicsectorenterprise,onapilotprojecttosupplysanitarynapkinstostudents.TheprojecthasbeenallocatedanamountofRs.7�.8� lakhgivenby theBDLaspartof itsCorporateSocial Responsibility (CSR) initiatives. Under the project,sanitarynapkinswillbeprovidedto��,5�6studentsfreeofcostthroughateamofvolunteersandfemaleteachersof75schoolsinGandipet,Moinabad,Rajendranagar,SerilingampallyandShamshabadmandalsoftheTelanganaState.48. Whichcountryhosted thePoznanAthleticsGrandPrix

�0�9? ikst+uku ,FkysfVDl XkzSaM fçDl 2019 dh estckuh fdl ns'k us

dh\

(a) Italy/bVyh (b) Poland/iksySaM(c) France/Úkal (d) India/bafM;k

Ans:–(b)PoznanAthleticsGrandPrix�0�9washeld inPoland.StarIndian sprinter Hima Das won the women’s �00m gold inthechampionship.Shewasclocked�3.65sonherwaytothe�00mgold.49. WhoistheMinisterofAgriculture&FarmersWelfare? Ñf"k vkSj fdlku dY;k.k ea=kh dkSu gSa\

(a) NarendraSinghTomar/ujsaæ flag rksej(b) ThaawarChandGehlot/Fkkoj pan Xkgyksr(c) RaviShankarPrasad/jfo'adj çlkn

(d) HarsimratKaurBadal/gjflejr dkSj cknyAns:–(a)NarendraSinghTomarisanIndianpoliticianandamemberof the�7thLokSabha.He is theMinisterofAgriculture&FarmersWelfareandMinisterofRuralDevelopment in theSecondModiministry.50. Delhi police has signed MoU with ________ to set up

rooftopsolarenergysystems. fnYyh iqfyl us Nr ij lkSj ÅtkZ ç.kkyh LFkkfir djus ds fy,

-------------- ds lkFk le>kSrk Kkiu ij gLrk{kj fd, gSaA

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(a) SolarEnergyCorporationofIndia(SECI)/Hkkjr dk lkSj ÅtkZ fuXke (SECI)(b) B.TNSolarEnergyCorporationofIndia(TNSECI)/B.TNLkksyj ,uthZ dkWiksZjs'ku vkWiQ bafM;k (TNSECI)(c) ALMIPLSOLAR(P)LTD/ALMIPLlkSj (ih) fy(d) D.National Renewable Corporation of India(NRCCI)/us'kuy fjU;w,cy dkWiksZjs'ku vkWiQ bafM;k (NRCCI)

Ans:–(a)TheDelhipolicehassignedanagreementwithSolarEnergyCorporation of India (SECI) to set up rooftop solar energysystems in over �00 of its buildings across the city. Underthe agreement, the SECI will support the implementationofgrid-connected rooftopsolarphotovoltaicsystemson theestablishmentsofDelhipolice.5�. WhoistoheadRBI’snewpaneltoreviewtheregulatory

andsupervisoryframeworkforcoreinvestmentcompanies(CICs)?

dksj fuos'k daifu;ksa (lhvkbZlh) ds fy, fofu;ked vkSj i;Zos{kh <kaps dh leh{kk djus ds fy, vkjchvkbZ ds u, iSuy dk usr`Ro djus ds fy, dkSu gSa\

(a) TapanRAy/riu js(b) LilyVadera/fyyh oMsjk(c) TRabishankar/Vh jch'kadj

(d) HKJena/,pds tsukAns:–(a)ReserveBankofIndia(RBI)hassetupasix-memberworkinggroup to review the regulatory and supervisory frameworkfor core investment companies (CICs). The panel will beheaded by Tapan Ray, Non-Executive Chairman, CBI. Themovecomesasthecorporategroupstructuresbecomesmorecomplexandlayered.TheworkinggrouphasbeenaskedtosubmititsreportbyOctober3�,�0�9.5�. WhichMinistryintroducedtheDigiYatraPolicy? fdl ea=kky; us fMth ;k=kk uhfr dh 'kq#vkr dh\

(a) A.Ministry of Information and Broadcasting/lwpuk vkSj çlkj.k ea=kky;(b) B.Ministry of Electronics and InformationTechnology/bysDVªkWfuDl vkSj lwpuk çkS|ksfXkdh ea=kky;

(c) .MinistryofHomeAffairs/Xk`g ea=kky;(d) MinistryofCivilAviation/ukXkfjd mM~M;u ea=kky;

Ans:–(d)Government releases policy on biometric based digitalprocessing of passengers at airports. Union Ministry ofCivilAviationhasreleasedpolicyonbiometricbaseddigitalprocessing of passengers at airports called Digi Yatra. Theinitiative seeks to promote paperless and hassle-free air

travel.53. WhendidUSwithdrawfromtheINFtreaty? vesfjdk us laf/ ls dc okil fy;k\

(a) �0�6 (b) �0�7(c) �0�8 (d) �0�9

Ans:–(c)The USA already announced the withdrawal decision fromtheINFtreatyinOctober�0�8.TheINFTreatywassignedin �987 between US President Ronald Reagan and USSRPresidentMikhailGorbachev.54. What is the timedurationof the INF treatywhichwas

signedbetweentheUnitedStatesandtheSovietUnion? la;qDr jkT; vesfjdk vkSj lksfo;r la?k ds chp laf/ dh le;

vof/ D;k gS\

(a) 50years/50 lky (b) �00years/100 lky(c) �00years/200 lky (d) Unlimited/vlhfer

Ans:–(d)The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty wasSignedonDecember�987. ItwassignedbyU.S.PresidentRonald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary MikhailGorbachev. It is a �987 arms control agreement betweenthe United States and the Soviet Union with an Unlimitedduration.55. Which Country first withdrew from the Intermediate-

RangeNuclearForcestreaty(INF)? fdl ns'k us igyh ckj baVjehfM,V jsat U;wfDy;j iQkslsZl laf/

(INF)dks okil ys fy;k Fkk\

(a) US/vesfjdk

(b) Russia/:l(c) Both/nksuksa(d) Noonewithdrew/dksbZ ihNs ugha gVk

Ans:–(a)US first withdrew from the Intermediate-Range NuclearForces treaty (INF). The Russian President Vladimir Putinhas signed a bill that suspends Russia’s participation in thenucleararmstreaty.Putin’sdecreeformalizesthewithdrawalofRussiafromthe�987Intermediate-RangeNuclearForcestreaty(INF)withtheUnitedStates.ThemovecomesafterthewithdrawalofUSfromthepact.56. WhichStategovernmenthasannouncedpipedwaterfor

everyruralhomeinthestatewithintwoyears? fdl jkT; ljdkj us nks o"kks± ds Hkhrj jkT; ds çR;sd Xkzkeh.k

?kj ds fy, ikbIM ikuh dh ?kks"k.kk dh gS\

(a) Telangana/rsyaXkkuk (b) Karnataka/dukZVd

(c) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'k (d) TamilNadu/rfeukMqAns:–(c)

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The Uttar Pradesh State government has announced pipedwaterforeveryruralhomeinthestatewithintwoyears.TheYogiAdityanath-ledgovernmenthasalreadybegunitsworkon the piped water programme. The State has planned todivideJalNigam’sworkintourbanandruralareasforbetterimplementation. The works are carried out under SwachhBharatAbhiyan.57. WhenKarnatakaBankwasfounded? dukZVd cSad dh LFkkiuk dc gqbZ\

(a) �958 (b) �9�4(c) �965 (d) �948

Ans:–(b)Karnataka Bank was founded on �9�4.Karnataka Banklaunched a web tool named VASOOL SO-Ft (VASOOLSOFAST)fordigitizingNPArecoveryprocess.58. Whichstategovernmentlaunchedtoll-freeCMhelpline

�076 fdl jkT; ljdkj us Vksy&Úh ,h,e gsYiykbu 1076 'kq: dh

(a) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'k(b) HimachalPradesh/fgekpy çns'k(c) Kerala/dsjy

(d) tamilNadu/rfeyukMqAns:–(a)Uttar Pradesh government launched toll-free CM helpline�076.Uttar Pradesh government launched a toll-free ChiefMinisterhelpline�076.Thisschemewillenablepeoplefromacrossthestatetoregistertheircomplaintsandatime-boundactionwillbetaken.59. WhoisappointedasanadditionaldirectorontheBoard

of Directors (BOD) of Jammu and Kashmir Bank byReserveBankofIndia

ftUgsa Hkkjrh; fjt+oZ cSad }kjk tEew vkSj d'ehj cSad ds funs'kd eaMy (BOD)esa ,d vfrfjDr funs'kd ds :i esa fu;qDr fd;k Xk;k gS

(a) AKMisra/,ds feJk

(b) SureshKumar/lqjs'k dqekj

(c) DineshGupta/fnus'k XkqIrk(d) VikramSharma/foØe 'kekZ

Ans:–(a)AKMisraisappointedasanadditionaldirectorontheBoardofDirectors(BOD)ofJammuandKashmirBankbyReserveBankofIndia.60. In which State has the South Central Railway

commissioneditslongestelectrifiedtunnel? nf{k.k eè; jsyos us fdl jkT; esa viuh lcls yach fo|qrhÑr

lqjaXk cukbZ gS\

(a) Kerala/dsjy

(b) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(c) AndhraPradesh/vka/z çns'k

(d) Karnataka/dukZVdAns:–(c)South Central Railway has commissioned the longestelectrified tunnel. Itmeasures6.6KmsbetweenCherlopalliand Rapuru stations ofAndra Pradesh.The tunnel is a partoftherecentlycompletedObulavaripalli–Venkatachalamnewrailwayline.6�. WhoisthePresidentofEuropeanUnionCentralBank? ;wjksih; ;wfu;u lsaVªy cSad ds vè;{k dkSu gSa\

(a) JensWeidmann/tsUl osneu(b) MarioDraghi/ekfj;ks [khaph(c) WolfgangSchäuble/oksYiQXkSaXk 'kkmm fCy(d) KlaasKnot/dkyl XkkaB

Ans:–(b)Mario Draghi OMRI is an Italian economist serving asPresident of the European Central Bank since �0��. HepreviouslyservedastheChairmanoftheFinancialStabilityBoardfrom�009to�0��andGovernoroftheBankofItalyfrom�005to�0��.6�. TheIndiaInternationalCooperativesTradeFair(IICTF)

beheldin________. Hkkjr varjkZ"Vªh; lgdkjh O;kikj esyk (IICTF) ---------esa

vk;ksftr fd;k tkrk gSA

(a) Kolkata/dksydkrk (b) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(c) Mumbai/eqacbZ (d) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn

Ans:–(b)The First ever India International Cooperatives Trade Fair(IICTF)isgoingtobeheldatPragatiMaidan,NewDelhifrom��th till�3thOctober,�0�9.Thefairwill focuson textiles,Fast-movingconsumergoods(FMCG),Healthandhospitality,TradeandMarketingandCreditServicesandFinance.63. UScelebratedits_________IndependenceDayon4July

�0�9. vesfjdk us 4 tqykbZ 2019 dks viuk ---------- Lora=krk fnol

euk;kA

(a) �00th/200oha (b) ��nd/222okW(c) �43rd/243oka (d) �50th/250oha

Ans:–(c)The United States of America celebrated its IndependenceDayonJuly4,�776.Thisyearmarksthe�43rdcelebrationoftheAmericannationalholidayandcommemoratesthesigningoftheDeclarationofIndependenceoftheUSin�776.

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64. WhendoesUScelebrateitsIndependenceDay? vesfjdk dc viuk Lora=krk fnol eukrk gS\

(a) �July/2 tqykbZ (b) 4July/4 tqykbZ(c) �August/2 vXkLr

(d) 4August/4 vXkLrAns:–(b)The United States of America celebrated its IndependenceDayonJuly4,�776.Thisyearmarksthe�43rdcelebrationoftheAmericannationalholidayandcommemoratesthesigningoftheDeclarationofIndependenceoftheUSin�776.65. India is engaged in creating ________, a 900-MW

hydroelectricproject,inNepal. usiky esa Hkkjr 900 esXkkokV dh iufctyh ifj;kstuk --------

cukus esa yXkk gqvk gSA

(a) Vikram-�/foØe&2 (b) Arun-III/v#.k&III(c) Chamera-I/pesjk&I (d) Koyna-�/dks;uk&2

Ans:–(b)Arun III is an under-construction run-of-the river-typehydro-electric project constructed by SJVNArun III PowerDevelopment Company Private Limited (a wholly ownedsubsidiaryofSJVNLtd) inNepalat theArunRiver.Inthisproject, 900 megawatts of electricity was expected to beproduced.66. How much did the Centre allot for the foreign aid to

Nepal? usiky dks fons'kh lgk;rk ds fy, dsaæ us fdruk vkoaVu

fd;k\

(a) Rs.750crore/750 djksM+ #i;s

(b) Rs.850crore/850 djksM+ #i;s

(c) Rs.�,050crore/1]050 djksM+ #i;s

(d) Rs.�,�75crore/1]275 djksM+ #i;sAns:–(c)The Indian government has raised the foreign aid to NepalfromRs.750crorein�0�8toRs.�,050croreinthe�0�9-�0Budget.Itisanincreaseof40%.67. WhichofthefollowingSolarsailspacecraftwassentby

PlanetarySociety? fuEufyf[kr esa ls dkSu lk lkSy iky varfj{k ;ku IySusVjh

lkslk;Vh }kjk Hkstk Xk;k Fkk\

(a) LightSall�/ykbVlsy 2 (b) Mir/ehj(c) Skylab/LdkbZySc (d) Baliileo/XkSyhfy;ks

Ans:–(a)The Planetary Society said that its crowdfunded spacecraftLightSail�sentitsfirstsignalstoEarthonJuly�.Theyalsosaidthatthespacecraftisrunningvarioustests.ThePlanetary

Society is an American non-governmental, non-profitfoundation.68. WhenNITIAayogwasformed? NITIAayogdk XkBu dc gqvk\

(a) �0�5 (b) �0�9(c) �0�6 (d) �0�8

Ans:–(a)NITIAayog was formed in the year �0�5. NITI (NationalInstitution for Transforming India) Aayog released its“AgriculturalMarketingandFarmerFriendlyReformsIndex”(AMFFRI)fortheyear�0�9.69. Who launched Agricultural Marketing and Farmer

FriendlyReformsIndex�0�9? Ñf"k foi.ku vkSj fdlku fgrS"kh lq/kj lwpdkad 2019 dh

'kq#vkr fdlus dh\

(a) OperationGreen/vkWijs'ku Xkzhu

(b) NITIAayog/uhfr vk;ksXk

(c) KheloIndia/[ksyks bafM;k(d) AtalInnovationMission/vVy buksos'ku fe'ku

Ans:–(b)NITI Aayog launched Agricultural Marketing and FarmerFriendlyReformsIndex�0�9.70. WhotolaunchBJP’smembershipdriveinTelangana? rsyaXkkuk esa Hkktik ds lnL;rk vfHk;ku dk 'kqHkkjaHk fdlus

fd;k\

(a) AmitShah/vfer 'kkg


(c) SureshPrabhu/lqjs'k çHkq(d) PrakashJavedakar/çdk'k tkoM+sdj

Ans:–(a)AmitShahtolaunchBJP’smembershipdriveinTelangana.Hewillalsoattendastate-levelmeetingwiththeBJPleadersatShamshabad.7�. Which country ranked 86th in Most Powerful Passport

index�0�9 eksLV ikojiQqy ikliksVZ baMsDl 2019 esa fdl ns'k us 86oka LFkku

ik;k

(a) India/bafM;k (b) Pakistan/ikfdLrku

(c) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k (d) SriLanka/JhyadkAns:–(a)Indiacountry ranked86th inMostPowerfulPassport index�0�9.Around�99countriesintheworldbasedontheirVisa-Free Scores showed that Indian passport ranked at 86thpositionwithamobilityscoreof58.

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7�. AmitShahtolaunchBJP’smembershipdrivein_____________

-------------------- esa Hkktik dh lnL;rk vfHk;ku 'kq: djus ds fy, vfer 'kkg

(a) Teleganna@rsyaXkkuk (b) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(c) Kerala/dsjy (d) Karnataka/dukZVD

Ans:–(a)UnionHomeMinisterAmitShahvisitHyderabadtolaunchthenationwidemembershipdrive.Hewillalsoattendastate-levelmeetingwiththeBJPleadersatShamshabad.73. FashionNova’,India’sfirstDesignDevelopmentCentre

launchedin_____________ iQS'ku uksok] Hkkjr dk igyk fMtkbu fodkl dsaæ --------- esa 'kq:

fd;k Xk;k

(a) Surat/lwjt (b) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(c) Pune/iq.ks (d) Chennai/psUubZ

Ans:–(a)Fashion Nova’, India’s first Design Development CentrelaunchedinSurat.74. WhichstaterankedsecondintheAgriculturalMarketing

andFarmerFriendlyReformsIndex�0�9? Ñf"k foi.ku vkSj fdlku fgrS"kh lq/kj lwpdkad 2019 eas fdl

jkT; dks nwljk LFkku feyk\

(a) Gujarat/Xkqtjkr(b) HimachalPradesh/fgekpy çns'k(c) Kerala/dsjy

(d) Karnataka/dukZVdAns:–(a)GujaratstaterankedsecondintheAgriculturalMarketingandFarmerFriendlyReformsIndex�0�9.Themainreasonis torankstatesandunionterritoriesbasedontheimplementationof seven provisions proposed under the modelAgriculturalProduceMarketCommittee(APMC)Act.75. Centreannounced_________astheregulatorofhousing

financeCompanies(HFCs) dsaæ us vkokl foÙk dafiu;ksa (HFC)ds fu;ked ds :i esa

-------- dh ?kks"k.kk dh

(a) SEBI/lsch(b) RBI/Hkkjrh; fjtoZ cSad(c) NHC/,u,plh(d) Noneoftheabove/buesa ls dksbZ ugha

Ans:–(b)CantrehasannouncedthattheReserveBankofIndiawillnowbetheregulatorofhousingfinanceCompanies(HFCs).TheHFCwereregulatedbytheNationalHousingBank.Itaimsto

strengthenoversightoftheshadowbanksandimprovetheiraccess to funding by providing guarantees for purchases oftheirassets.76. Which country introduced the Miyawaki technique of

afforestation? ouksa dh dVkbZ dh rduhd fdl ns'k us 'kq: dh\

(a) Korea/dksfj;k (b) China/phu(c) Japan/tkiku (d) Africa/vÚhdk

Ans:–(c)Miyawaki is a Japanese technique introduced by JapanesebotanistAkiraMiyawaki,thathelpsbuilddense,nativeforestsinashorttime.Miyawakimethodhelpstocreateaforestinjust�0to30years,whilethroughconventionalmethodstakesanywherebetween�00to300years.77. Which State government has introduced the Japanese

MiyawakimethodofafforestationinIndia? fdl jkT; ljdkj us Hkkjr esa ouhdj.k dk tkikuh fe;kokdh

rjhdk is'k fd;k gS\

(a) Telangana/rsyaXkkuk(b) Maharashtra/egkjk"Vª(c) WestBengal/if'pe caXkky(d) Assam/vle

Ans:–(a)Telangana government has introduced the Japanese“Miyawaki” method of afforestation to grow urban forestsandexpandthegreencoveraswellastomeetthestipulatedplantation target under the Telanganaku Haritha Haaram(TKHH).78. HowmanyknownZoonoticdiseasesarethere? t+wuksfVd jksXk fdrus Kkr gSa\

(a) �00 (b) 300(c) �50 (d) �00

Ans:–(c)Thereareabout�50knownzoonoticdiseases.Itisallaboutspreadofinfectiousdiseasebetweenspecies,donebyavectorfromanimalstohumansandfromhumantootheranimals.79. WorldZoonosesdayisobservedon________. fo'o Zoonosesfnol ------------ ij euk;k tkrk gSA

(a) July�/1 tqykbZ (b) July8/8 tqykbZ(c) June6/6 twu (d) July�8/28 tqykbZ

Ans:–(c)TheWorldZoonosesDayisobservedeveryyearonJuly6tocreateawarenessonzoonoticdiseases,howtopreventthemandwhatactionstotakewhenexposed.80. Indiatotrain�800BangladeshiCivilServantsat______

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____ 1800 ckaXykns'kh flfoy lsodksa dks ------------- esa çf'kf{kr djus

ds fy, Hkkjr

(a) Mussoorie/elwjh (b) Kolkata/dksydkrk

(c) Chennai/psUubZ (d) Hyderabad/gSnjkcknAns:–(a)Indiatotrain�800BangladeshiCivilServantsatMussoorie.Eighteen hundred Bangladeshi mid-career civil servantstrainedattheNationalCentreforGoodGovernance(NCGG)inMussoorie8�. Olagetsgreenlightfor_________taxibusiness vksyk dks --------------- VSDlh Ololk; ds fy, gjh cÙkh feyrh gS

(a) Russia/:l (b) Newyork/U;w;kWdZ

(c) London/yaMu (d) AbuDhabi/vcq /kchAns:–(c)OlagetsgreenlightforLondontaxibusiness.India’sOlaCabsreceivedapprovalfromLondon’stransportregulatortostartprivatehirevehicles(PHV)inthecapitalcityoftheUK.8�. Kuwaitsupports___________incounteringterror dqoSr vkrad dk eqdkcyk djus esa --------- dk leFkZu djrk gSA


(c) SaudiArabia/lÅnh vjc (d) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;kAns:–(a)

KuwaitsupportsIndiaincounteringterror.83. Dr.Nalin Shinghal appointed as the Chairman and

ManagingDirector(CMD)of_____________ MkW- uyhu f'kaXky dks ------------- ds vè;{k vkSj çca/ funs'kd

(lh,eMh) ds :i esa fu;qDr fd;k Xk;k

(a) BSNL/ch,l,u,y (b) BHEL/Hksy(c) CPCL/lhihlh,y (d) NTPC/,uVhihlh

Ans:–(b)Dr.NalinShinghalappointedastheChairmanandManagingDirector(CMD)ofBHEL.84. India to train _________Bangladeshi Civil Servants at

Mussoorie Hkkjr elwjh esa -------------- ckaXykns'kh flfoy lsodksa dks çf'kf"kr

djus ds fy,

(a) �500 (b) �800(c) �900 (d) �500

Ans:–(b)Indiatotrain�800BangladeshiCivilServantsatMussoorie.Eighteen hundred Bangladeshi mid-career civil servantstrainedattheNationalCentreforGoodGovernance(NCGG)inMussoorie

85. _________to train �800 Bangladeshi Civil Servants atMussoorie

---------------- rd elwjh esa 1800 ckaXykns'kh flfoy lsodksa dks çf'kf{kr djuk


(c) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k (d) SaudiArabia/lÅnh vjcAns:–(a)Indiatotrain�800BangladeshiCivilServantsatMussoorie.Eighteen hundred Bangladeshi mid-career civil servantstrainedattheNationalCentreforGoodGovernance(NCGG)inMussoorie.86. Which company gets green light for London taxi

business? yanu VSDlh O;olk; ds fy, fdl daiuh dks gjh cÙkh feyrh gS\

(a) Fastrack/iQkLVVªSd (b) Meru/es#(c) OLA/vksyk (d) UBER/mcsj

Ans:–(c)OLAcompanygetsgreenlightforLondontaxibusiness.Itisthefirst-everplatformtoofferbothPHVsandblackcabsintheUK.87. Wholaunched“WorldSkillsIndia”-lnternationalCloud

ComputingChallenge�0�9 ftUgksaus oYMZ fLdYl bafM;k varjjk"Vªh; DykmM daI;wfVaXK

pqukSrh 2019 ykWUp fd;k

(a) BSNL/ch,l,u,y (b) NASSCOM/uSldkWe

(c) BHEL/Hksy (d) NTPC/,uVhihlhAns:–(b)

NASSCOM&NSDClaunches88. Which bank sets up centralised hub ‘Cen-MARG’ to

processretailandMSMEloans? [kqnjk vkSj ,e,l,ebZ ½.kksa dks lalkf/r djus ds fy, dkSu

lk cSad dsaæh;Ñr dsaæ ^lsu&ekXkZ* LFkkfir djrk gS\

(a) DenaBank/nsuk cSad(b) PunjabandSindBank/iatkc ,aM fla/ cSad(c) CanaraBank/cSad(d) StateBankofIndia/Hkkjrh; LVsV cSad

Ans:–(b)PunjabandSindBanksetsupcentralisedhub‘Cen-MARG’toprocessretailandMSMEloans89. ________supportsIndiaincounteringterror ---------------- vkrad dk eqdkcyk djus esa Hkkjr dk leFkZu djrk gSA

(a) Kuwait/dqoSr

(b) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k(c) SaudiArabia/lÅnh vjc

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(d) Kuwait/dqoSrAns:–(a)Kuwait supports India in countering terror.They supportIndia’sglobalambitionsincludinginvestments.90. WherewastheFIFAWomen’sWorldCup�0�9held? iQhiQk efgyk fo'o di 2019 dgka vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) Lyon,France/Y;ksu] Úkal

(b) Beijing,China/chftaXk] phu(c) Canberra,Australia/dSucjk] vkWLVªsfy;k

(d) London,UK/yanu] ;wdsAns:–(a)The�0�9FIFAWomen’sWorldCupwastheeightheditionoftheFIFAWomen’sWorldCup,thequadrennialinternationalfootball championship contested by �4 women’s nationalteamsrepresentingmemberassociationsofFIFA.Ittookplacebetween7Juneand7July�0�9inLyon,France.9�. When was the first time FIFA Women’s World Cup

conducted? iQhiQk efgyk fo'o di igyh ckj dc vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) �99� (b) �995(c) �000 (d) �008

Ans:–(a)The FIFA Women’s World Cup competition is being heldevery four years since �99�. U.S. women’s national soccerteam(USWNT)wonitsfirstWorldCupin�99�inChina.9�. The Nepal government has laid a provision that if a

climberbringsbackat least_______ofgarbagethenitwillrefundthechargestoclimbtheMount.

usiky ljdkj us ,d çko/ku j[kk gS fd ;fn dksbZ ioZrkjksgh de ls de ----------- dpjk okil ykrk gS rks og ekmaV ij p<+;us ds fy, 'kqYd okil dj nsXkkA

(a) �Kg/�fdXkzk (b) 4kg/4fdXkzk

(c) 6kg/6fdXkzk (d) 8kg/8 fdXkzkAns:–(d)AspertheNepal’sregulation,thecountrycharges$��,000asroyaltyand$7�0foraNepaliclimbertoscalethe8,848-meter-tallmountain.TheNepalgovernmenthaslaidaprovisionthatifaclimberbringsbackatleast8kgofgarbagethenitwillrefund.Ithasbeenclaimedthatpilesoftrasharestillfoundinthemountain.Ifitprevails,itwillcauseanadverseimpactonhealthandtheenvironment.93. Which of the following Indian City is called the Pink

City? fuEufyf[kr esa ls fdl Hkkjrh; 'kgj dks Xkqykch 'kgj dgk tkrk gS\

(a) Surat/lwjr (b) Jalpur/t;iqj

(c) Indore/bankSj (d) Patna/iVukAns:–(b)Jaipur is thecapitalofIndia’sRajasthanstate.Itevokestheroyal family that once ruled the region and that, in �7�7,foundedwhatisnowcalledtheOldCity,or“PinkCity”foritstrademarkbuildingcolor.94. WhereistheheadquartersofUnitedNationsEducational,

Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)located?

la;qDr jk"Vª 'kSf{kd] oSKkfud vkSj lkaLÑfrd laXkBu (;wusLdks) dk eq[;ky; dgka fLFkr gS\

(a) Paris,France/isfjl] Úkal

(b) Rome,Italy/jkse] bVyh(c) Stockholm,Sweden/LVkWdgkse LohMu

(d) Madrid,Spain/eSfMªM] LisuAns:–(a)The United Nations Educational, Scientific and CulturalOrganization(UNESCO)isaoneofthespecializedagenciesof the United Nations (UN). It is headquartered in Paris,France.95. Which city recently entered into the UNESCO World

HeritageSitelistforitsiconicarchitecturallegacy? gky gh esa fdl 'kgj esa vius çfrf"Br okLrq fojklr ds fy,

;wusLdks dh fo'o fojklr LFky lwph esa ços'k fd;k gS\

(a) Mangaluru/eaXkyq: (b) Ahmedabad/vgenkckn

(c) Jaipur/t;iqj (d) Kolkaa/dksydkrkAns:–(c)ThewalledcityofJaipurhasenteredintotheUNESCOWorldHeritageSitelistonJuly6.Jaipuriswellknownforitsiconicarchitectural legacy. It has become the second city of thecountrytoenterintotheUNESCOWorldHeritageSiteafterAhmedabad.96. InwhichyeardidtheSaltMarchhappen? ued ekpZ fdl o"kZ esa gqvk Fkk\

(a) �9�9 (b) �9�3(c) �930 (d) �935

Ans:–(c)TheSaltMarch,whichtookplacefromMarchtoApril�930in India,wasanactof civildisobedience ledbyMohandasGandhitoprotestBritishruleinIndia.97. WhatisthecurrencyofHongkong? gkaXk dkaXk dh eqæk D;k gS\

(a) HongKongRenminbi/gkaXkdkaXk jsufeuch

(b) HongKongrupee/gkaXkdkaXk dk #Ik;k

(c) HongKongruble/gkaXk dkaXk :cy

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(d) HongKongdollar/gksUXk dksaXk MkWyjAns:–(d)TheHongKongdollaristheofficialcurrencyofHongKong. It issubdividedinto�00cents.TheHongKongMonetaryAuthorityisthegovernmentalcurrencyboardandalsothedefactocentralbankforHongKongandtheHongKongdollar.98. WhereistheheadquartersofDeutscheBanklocated? MkW;ps cSad dk eq[;ky; dgka fLFkr gS\

(a) France/Úkal (b) Germany/teZuh(c) Italy/bVyh (d) Spain/Lisu

Ans:–(b)DeutscheBankoperatesin58countries.Itisthe�5thlargestbankintheworldbytotalassets.Itisfoundedon�870.ItisheadquarteredatFrankfurt,Germany.99. ______editionof InternationalSunflowerSeed andOil

Conference(lSSOC)�0�9willbeheldinMumbai -------------- varjkZ"Vªh; lwjteq[kh cht vkSj rsy lEesyu

(,y,l,lvkslh) 2019 dk vk;kstu eqacbZ esa gksXkk

(a) 3rd/rhljk (b) 5th/ikapok(c) 7th/lkroka (d) 9th/ukSosa

Ans:–(a)3rd edition of International Sunflower Seed and OilConference(lSSOC) �0�9 will be held in Mumbai.Thefunction will take place in Maharashtra, Mumbai.The mainaimtoencouragebettercommunicationsamongsunfloweroilproducers,andindustrygroups.�00.WhoistheCEOofYesBank ;l cSad ds lhbZvks dkSu gSa

(a) DineshKumar/fnus'k dqekj

(b) RavneetGill/jouhr fXky(c) SanjeevGupta/latho XkqIrk(d) RajeshSharma/jkts'k 'kekZ

Ans:–(b)RavneetGill is theCEOofYesBank.YESBankacquireda9.47%stake indrycellbatterymaker,Eveready IndustriesIndiabyinvokingsharespledgedbyMcLeodRussel.�0�.YESBankacquires______stakeinEvereadyIndustries

byinvokingpledgedshares ;l cSad fXkjoh j[ks gq, 'ks;jksa dks çkIr djds ,ojsMh baMLVªht

esa -------- fgLlsnkjh çkIr djrk gS

(a) �4.�5% (b) 9.47%(c) �0.�5% (d) �6.�5%

Ans:–(b)YES Bank acquires 9.47 stake in Eveready Industries byinvokingpledgedshares.

�0�.CentrefixespriceforSovereignGoldBondsat____________pergram

dsaæ us ----------------- çfr Xkzke ij lkWojsu XkksYM ckWUM dh dher r; dh

(a) 4,566pergram/4,566çfr Xkzke(b) 8,655pergram/8,655çfr Xkzke(c) 7,866pergram/7,866çfr Xkzke(d) 3,443pergram/3,443çfr Xkzke

Ans:–(d)Centre fixes price for Sovereign Gold Bonds at 3,443 pergram.TheuniongovernmentfixedthepriceatRs3,443pergramforthenewseriesofsovereigngoldbonds(SGBs).�03.Who retains top position among batsmen in latest ICC

rankings dkSu uohure vkbZlhlh jSafdaXk esa cYyscktksa ds chp 'kh"kZ LFkku

j[krk gS

(a) MSDhoni/,e,l /ksuh (b) ViratKohli/fojkV dksgyh

(c) VijayShankar/fot; 'kadj

(d) SureshRaina/lqjs'k uSukAns:–(b)ViratKohliretainstoppositionamongbatsmeninlatestICCrankings.Team India skipper Virat Kohli retained the toppositionamongbatsmeninthelatestICCrankings.�04.WhosignedanMoUwithNeGD todevelop revamped

app fdlus iqujhf{kr ,si fodflr djus ds fy, NeGDds lkFk

,d le>kSrk Kkiu ij gLrk{kj fd, gSa

(a) IndianArmy/Hkkjrh; lsuk(b) IndianNavy/Hkkjrh; lsuk(c) IndianPolice/Hkkjrh; iqfyl(d) IndianAirForce/Hkkjrh; ok;q lsuk

Ans:–(a)IndianArmysignedanMoUwithNeGDtodeveloprevampedapp.TheyarethepartofMinistryofElectronicsandInformationTechnology (MeitY)They will maintain the centraliseddatabaseforpersonnel,equipmentandmajorstorestoprovidemanagement-related information to Integrated HeadquartersofMinistryofDefence(Army).�05.Whowongoldmedalinthe53kgcategoryattheGrand

PrixofSpain�0�9? Lisu ds Xkzka çh 2019 esa 53 fdyksXkzke oXkZ esa fdlus Lo.kZ ind

thrk\

(a) BabitaKumari/cfcrk dqekjh

(b) DivyaKakran/fnO;k dkdjku

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(c) KavitaDevi/dfork nsoh

(d) VineshPhogat/fous'k iQksXkVAns:–(d)India’stopwrestlerVineshPhogatwonherfirstgoldmedalaftershiftingto53kgcategoryandDivyaKakranclaimedthetophonoursinthe68kgcategoryattheGrandPrixofSpain�0�9atMadrid,Spain. In the championship, India finishedsecondwith�30pointsinteamchampionshipbehindRussiawhichsecured�65.�06.When was the Copa América, the international men’s

associationfootballchampionshipintroduced? dksik vesfjdk] varjjk"Vªh; iq#"k la?k iqQVckWy pSfEi;uf'ki dc

'kq: dh XkbZ Fkh\

(a) �900 (b) �9�6(c) �934 (d) �957

Ans:–(b)The �0�9 CopaAmérica was the 46th edition of the CopaAmérica, the international men’s association footballchampionship.Itwasfoundedin�9�6.�07.WhichBankhasintroducedtheUtkarsh�0��strategy? fdl cSad us mRd"kZ 2022 j.kuhfr is'k dh gS\

(a) RBI/Hkkjrh; fjtoZ cSad (b) DenaBank/nsuk cSad(c) ICICI/vkbZlhvkbZlhvkbZ

(d) RBS/vkjch,lAns:–(a)TheReserveBankofIndia(RBI)boardhasfinalizedUtkarsh�0��, a medium term strategy, to improve regulation andsupervision,amongotherfunctionsofthecentralbank.�08.How much did the Indian government allocate for the

Gaganyaan Mission, the Indian Human SpaceflightProgramme?

Hkkjrh; ljdkj us XkXku;ku fe'ku] Hkkjrh; ekuo varfj{k ;ku dk;ZØe ds fy, fdruk vkoaVu fd;k\

(a) Rs,5,000crore/5000 djksM+ #-

(b) Rs.�0,000crore/10]000 djksM+ #-

(c) Rs.��,000crore/12]000 djksM+ #-

(d) Rs.�5,000crore/15]000 djksM+ #-Ans:–(b)GaganyaanisanIndiancrewedorbitalspacecraft.Themissionis intendedtobe thebasisof theIndianHumanSpaceflightProgramme. It was announced by Prime Minister NarendraModiin�0�8.ItwasapprovedbytheUnionCabinetin�0�8.ThemissionworthRs.�0,000crore.�09.ISRO signed contract with ________ for the selection

support,medicalexaminationandspacetraining.

bljks us p;u leFkZu] fpfdRlk ijh{kk vkSj varfj{k çf'k{k.k ds fy, -------------------- ds lkFk vuqca/ ij gLrk{kj fd,A

(a) Glavkosmos/Gkodksleksl

(b) NASA/ukslk(c) JAXA/tDlk(d) ChineseSpaceAgency/phuh varfj{k ,tsalh

Ans:–(a)Indian Space Agency, Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO), has signed a contract with Glavkosmos, a Russiancompany. The agreement aims for the selection support,medicalexaminationandspacetrainingofIndianastronautsfor the country’s proposed maiden manned space missionGaganyaan.��0.WhofoundedDashanamiSampradaya,Hindumonastic

traditionofsingle-staffrenunciation? ,dy&dEkZpkjh R;kXk dh fganw eB ijaijk] n'kukeh lEçnk; dh

LFkkiuk fdlus dh\

(a) Mahavira/egkohj(b) GautamaBuddha/XkkSre cq¼(c) Khana/[kkuk(d) AdiShankara/vkfn 'kadjkpk;Z

Ans:–(d)Shankaracharya founded Dashanami Sampradaya, Hindumonastic tradition of single-staff renunciation. He is an8th century (788 AD) Indian philosopher and theologian.He is associated with Maya Theory, Advaita Vedanata(Non-Dualism), Tarak Brahma. His books are Bhashya-commentariesonGitaandothertexts,PrakaranGranths.��.WhowrotethebookVivekadeepiniinitially? 'kq: esa foosdnhfiuh iqLrd fdlus fy[kh gS\

(a) GautamaBuddha/XkkSrecq¼(b) Vyasa/O;kl(c) AdiShankara/vkfn 'kadjkpk;Z

(d) Nammalvar/ukekyokjAns:–(c)Vivekadeepini was initially written byAdi ShankaracharyawhoisoneofIndia’sgreatestspiritualandliterarygeniuses.��.BrazilbeatsPeruinthefinaltoliftthe_________ czkt+hy us is: dks iQkbuy esa gjk fn;k ------------------

(a) FIFAWorldCup/iQhiQk fo'o di

(b) UEFAChampionsLeague/;wiQ+k pSfEi;Ul yhXk(c) UEFA European Championship/;wbZ,iQ, ;wjksih; pSafi;uf'ki

(d) Copa America �0�9 title/dksik vesfjdk 2019 dk

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f[krkcAns:–(d)BrazilbeatsPeruin thefinal to lift theCopaAmerica�0�9title.The46thEditionofCopaAmericaheldbetween�4Juneto7July�0�9at6venuesinthehostcountry.��3.Operation Sudarshan was carried ouot in the Pakistan

borderin_________. vkWijs'ku lqn'kZu dks -------------- esa ikfdLrku lhek ij fLFkr

fd;k Xk;k FkkA

(a) JammuandKashmir/tEew vkSj d'ehj

(b) PunjabandWestBengal/iatkc vkSj if'pe caXkky

(c) PunjabandJammu/iatkc vkSj tEew

(d) PunjabandJammuKashmirandWestBengal/iatkc vkSj tEew&d'ehj vkSj if'pe caXkky

Ans:–(c)The Border Security Force (BSF) launched OperationSudarshan, a massive exercise, with an aim to fortify theanti-infiltrationgridalongthePakistanborderinPunjabandJammu.TheoperationwaslaunchedonJuly�.BSFplanstofinishtheoperationwithinafortnightandbeattheirbasesbyJuly�5.��4.WhichoneamongthesevenCentralArmedPoliceForces

ofIndiaconductedOperatedSudarshantofortifytheanti-infiltrationgridalongthePakistanborder?

Hkkjr dh lkr dsaæh; l'kL=k iqfyl cyksa esa ls fdlus ikfdLrku lhek ij ?kqliSB jks/h fXkzM dks etcwr djus ds fy, lqn'kZu dk lapkyu fd;k\

(a) AssamRifles/vle jkbiQYl

(b) BorderSecurityForce/lhek lqj{kk cy(c) CentralReservePoliceForce/dsaæh; fjtoZ iqfyl cy

(d) NationalSecurityGuard/jk"Vªh; lqj{kk XkMZAns:–(b)The Border Security Force (BSF) launched OperationSudarshan, a massive exercise, with an aim to fortify theanti-infiltrationgridalongthePakistanborderinPunjabandJammu.TheoperationwaslaunchedonJuly�.BSFplanstofinishtheoperationwithinafortnightandbeattheirbasesbyJuly�5.��5.Uttar Pradesh govt set target to become _________

economyincomingyears mÙkj çns'k ljdkj us vkus okys o"kks± esa ------------- vFkZO;oLFkk

cuus dk y{; j[kk

(a) 3Trillion/3 [kjc (b) �Trillion/1 fVªfy;u (c) 6Trillion/6 [kjc (d) 8Trillion/8 fVªfy;u

Ans:–(b)UttarPradeshgovtsettargettobecome�Trillioneconomyin

comingyears.��6.WhoisthePresidentofIran? bZjku dk jk"Vªifr dkSu gS\

(a) AliLarijani/vyh ykfjtkuh

(b) AliKhamenei/vyh [kesuh

(c) HassanRouhani/glu :gkuh(d) EshaqHahangiri/,'kkd tgkaXkhj

Ans:–(c)

HassanRouhaniisthepresidentofIran.��7.______breachesuraniumenrichmentcapsetbytroubled

�0�5nucleardeal. -------------- us 2015 ds ijek.kq le>kSrs ls ijs'kku ;wjsfu;e

laoèkZu dSi dks HkaXk fd;k

(a) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k (b) Iran/bZjku(c) Iraq/bjkd (d) Spain/Lisu

Ans:–(b)Iranbreachesuraniumenrichmentcapsetby troubled�0�5nucleardeal.Iransurpassingthecapandreaching4.5percentenrichment announced by the country’s atomic energyorganisationspokesmanBehrouzKamalvandi.��8._______beatsPeruinthefinaltolifttheCopaAmerica

�0�9title --------------- dksik vesfjdk 2019 f[krkc mBkus ds fy, is: dks

iQkbuy esa gjkrk gS

(a) Argentina/vts±Vhuk (b) Bolivia/cksyhfo;k(c) Brazil/czkft+y (d) Ecuador/bDosMksj

Ans:–(c)BrazilbeatsPeruin thefinal to lift theCopaAmerica�0�9title.BrazildefeatedPeruwith3-�scorestoclinchtheCopaAmericaTitle�0�9inthefinals.��9.WithWhichcountryIndiawillplaysemifinalmatchat

WorldCup�0�9? fdl ns'k ds lkFk Hkkjr fo'o di 2019 esa lsehiQkbuy eSp

[ksysXkk\

(a) SouthAfrica/nf{k.k vÚhdk

(b) NewZealand/U;wthySaM(c) Australia/vkWLVªsfy;k

(d) SriLanka/JhyadkAns:–(b)India andNewZealandwill play semifinalmatch atWorldCup�0�9.Indiawon sevenoutof theirninematches in theWorldCup�0�9leaguestage.��0.WhoistheCEOfoLikedin? fyADMbu ds lhbZvks dkSu gSa\

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(a) JeffWeiner/tsiQ osu (b) EvanSpiegel/boku LihXky(c) JanKoum/tku dkSe

(d) KevinSystrom/dsfou flLVªkseAns:–(a)Jeffrey“Jeff”WeinerisanAmericanbusinessman.HeisthechiefexecutiveofficerofLinkedIn,abusiness-relatedsocialnetworkingwebsite.HestartedwithLinkedInonDecember�5,�008,asInterimPresident.WeinerplayedaninstrumentalroleinLinkedIn’sacquisitionbyMicrosoftfor$�6billioninJune�0�6.��.When was National Cricket Academy (NCA)

established? jk"Vªh; fØdsV vdkneh (NCA) dh LFkkiuk dc dh XkbZ Fkh\

(a) �000 (b) �005(c) �990 (d) �995

Ans:–(a)The National Cricket Academy (NCA) was established in�000 and is located in Chinnaswamy Stadium Bengaluru,KarnatakainIndia.TheNCAwasfoundedundertheideaofcricket administrator and formerBCCIPresidentRajSinghDungarpur. NCA provides training to the young cricketerswho are identified as having the potential to represent theIndiancricketteam.��.WhereistheNationalCricketAcademy(NCA)located? jk"Vªh; fØdsV vdkneh (NCA)dgka fLFkr gS\

(a) .NewDelhi,UttarPradesh/ubZ fnYyh] mÙkj çns'k(b) Mumbai,Maharashtra/eqacbZ] egkjk"Vª(c) Hyderabad,Telangana/gSnjkckn] rsyaXkkuk(d) Bengaluru,Karnataka/csaXkyq#] dukZVd

Ans:–(d)The National Cricket Academy (NCA) was established in�000 and is located in Chinnaswamy Stadium Bengaluru,KarnatakainIndia.TheNCAwasfoundedundertheideaofcricket administrator and formerBCCIPresidentRajSinghDungarpur.��3.WhereistheheadquartersofUnitedNationsMissionin

SouthSudan(UNMISS)located? nf{k.k lwMku (UNMISS)esa la;qDr jk"Vª fe'ku dk eq[;ky;

dgka fLFkr gS\

(a) Awell/,d dqvka (b) Juba/tqck(c) Torit/VksfjV (d) Bentlu/csaVys

Ans:–(b)United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is theUnitedNations’snewestpeacekeepingmissionfortherecentlyindependentSouthSudan.

��4.When was the United Nations Mission in South Sudan(UNMISS)formed?

nf{k.k lwMku (UNMISS)esa la;qDr jk"Vª fe'ku dk XkBu dc fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) �000 (b) �008(c) �0�� (d) �0�5

Ans:–(c)United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is theUnitedNations’snewestpeacekeepingmissionfortherecentlyindependentSouthSudan.Theunitbecameindependenton9July�0��.��5.WhatisthecurrencyofGreece? Xkzhl dh eqæk D;k gS\

(a) Pound/ikSaM(b) GreeceSterling/Xkzhl LVfy±Xk(c) GreecePeso/Xkzhl islks(d) Ero/;wjks

Ans:–(d)Theeuroistheofficialcurrencyof�9ofthe�8memberstatesoftheEuropeanUnion.Thisgroupofstatesisknownastheeurozoneoreuroarea,andcountsabout343millioncitizensasof�0�9.��6.WhosworninasthePMofGreece? xzhl ds ih,e ds :i esa fdlus 'kiFk yh\

(a) ProkopisPavlopoulos/çksdksfil ikoyksiksyksl

(b) KyriakosMitsotakis/D;kjhdksl feRlksrfdl

(c) AlexisTsipras/,ysfDll frçkl(d) AdonisGeorgiadis/vMksful tkWftZ;kfMl

Ans:–(b)KyriakosMitsotakis,theGreekconservativeleader,sworninasthePrimeMinisterofGreece.TheelectionresultgaveNewDemocracy an outright majority with �58 seats in the 300-memberGreekparliament.HeisEU’smostindebtedmemberwhopromisedtoendadecadeofeconomiccrisis.��7.WhichcellisdestroyedbytheHumanImmunodeficiency

Virus? ekuo bE;wuks MsfiQf'k,alh ok;jl fdl dksf'kdk }kjk u"V gks

tkrk gS\

(a) neutrophils/U;wVªksfiQy(b) lymphocytes/fyEiQkslkbVksaa(c) monocytes/eksukslhV~l(d) granulocytes/XkzsuqykslhV~l

Ans:–(b)TheHIVvirusdestroysT-helpercell,a typeofwhiteblood

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cellintheimmunesystem.ATcellisatypeoflymphocytewhichdevelopsinthethymusglandandplaysacentralroleintheimmuneresponse.TcellscanbedistinguishedfromotherlymphocytesbythepresenceofaT-cellreceptoronthecellsurface.��8.Kyriakos Mitsotakis sworn in as the Prime Minister of

______ D;kjhdksl feRlksrfdl us ------------ ds ç/kuea=kh ds :i eas

'kiFk yh

(a) Brazil/czkthy (b) Greece/;wuku(c) Thailand/FkkbZySaM (d) Australia/vkWLVªsfy;k

Ans:–(b)Kyriakos Mitsotakis sworn in as the Prime Minister ofGreece.��9._________becametheonlysecondIndianplayertoreach

the350-gamemarkinODI. ODIesa 350&[ksy ds fu'kku rd igqapus okyk igyk Hkkjrh;

f[kykM+h dkSu gS\

(a) ViratKholi/fojkV dksyh

(b) MSDhoni/,e,l /ksuh(c) RohitSharma/jksfgr 'kekZ(d) DineshKarthik/fnus'k dkfrZd

Ans:–(c)MSDhonibecametheonlysecondIndianplayertoreachthe350-gamemarkinOne-DayInternationalcricket(ODI).Hehasbeentaggedasoneofthebestfinishersinthesport.DhoniledIndiafrom�007 to�0�7.UnderDhoni’scaptaincywonitssecondchampionshipinthecricketworldcup.HealsoledIndiatoNo.�positionintheICCRankings.�30.WhowonNETPACawardinBucheonfilmfestival cqdsu fiQYe iQsfLVoy eas fdlus NETPACvokMZ thrk

(a) Guesthouse/vfrfFk Xk`g

(b) TheLodge/Bgjus dk LFkku

(c) Gaffairs/th ekeyksa(d) GullyBoy/Xkyh ckW:

Ans:–(d)GullyBoywonNETPACawardinBucheonfilmfestival.Film-makerZoyaAkhtar’sdirectorial‘GullyBoy’wontheNetworkforthePromotionofAsianCinema(NETPAC)Awardatthe�3rdBucheonInternationalFantasticFilmFestival(BIFAN)inSouthKorea.�3�.Who chooses Ashutosh Gupta as country manager for

India? vk'kqrks"k XkqIrk dks Hkkjr ds fy, ns'k çca/d ds :i esa dkSu

pqurk gS\

(a) Myntra/ea=kk (b) Linkedin/fyafDMu

(c) HDFCBank/,p,p,iQlh cSad(d) CoalIndia/dksy bafM;k

Ans:–(b)LinkedIn chooses Ashutosh Gupta as country manager forIndia�3�.WhoholdsbilateralmeetingwiththeIndonesianMinister

ofTradeEnggartiastoLukita? baMksusf'k;k ds O;kikj ea=kh ,aXkXkkfVZLVks yqfdrk ds lkFk f}i{kh;

cSBd dkSu djrk gS\

(a) ShriPrakashJavedakar/Jh çdk'k tkoM+sdj

(b) ShriPiyushGoyal/Jh ih;w"k Xkks;y(c) ShriArunJaitley/Jh v#.k tsVyh

(d) ShriSureshPrabhu/Jh lqjs'k çHkqAns:–(b)Shri Piyush Goyal holds the bilateral meeting with theIndonesianMinisterofTradeEnggartiastoLukita.�33.Twonewheavy-liftChinookhelicoptersforIAFarrived

at__________ Hkkjrh; ok;qlsuk ds fy, nks u, Hkkjh&Hkjde fpuwd gsyhdkWIVj-

----------- ij igqaps

(a) TuticorinPort,TamilNadu/rwrhdksfju iksVZ] rfeyukMq

(b) JawaharlalNehruPort,Maharashtra/tokgjyky usg: iksVZ] egkjk"Vª

(c) Mundraport,Gujarat/eqaæk] canjXkkg] Xkqtjkr(d) Visakhapatnam Port, Andhra Pradesh/fo'kk[kkiÙkue iksVZ] vkaèkz çns'k

Ans:–(c)Two new heavy-lift Chinook helicopters for IAF arrived atMundraport,Gujarat.�34.__________committedtoexpeditiouslycompletework

onKartarpurcorridor --------------- djrkjiqj dkWfjMksj ij rsth ls dke iwjk djus ds fy,

çfrc¼ gS

(a) Pakistan/ikfdLrku (b) India/bafM;k(c) SaudiArabia/lÅnh vjc (d) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k

Ans:–(b)IndiacommittedtoexpeditiouslycompleteworkonKartarpurcorridor.The pilgrims have easy, smooth, secure and safeaccesstoGurdwaraKartarpurSahibthroughouttheyear.�35.WhendidtheBharatChamberofCommerceestablished

________ Hkkjr pSacj vkWiQ dkWelZ dh LFkkiuk ---------- esa dh XkbZ Fkh

(a) �949 (b) �960(c) �967 (d) �995

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Ans:–(a)BCC was initially established in �900 as the “MarwariChamber of Commerce” at Calcutta. Following IndianIndependence,in�949Chamberre-christeneditselfasBharatChamberCommerce.�36.WhoinksMoUWithBRICSChamberofCommerceand

Industry_________ fczDl pSacj vkWiQ dkWelZ ,aM baMLVªh; ds lkFk ,evks;w dkSu

djrk gS

(a) BCC/chlhlh (b) ICC/vkbZlhlh

(c) CI/lhvkbZ (d) ISC/vkbZ,llhAns:–(a)BCC inks MoU With BRICS Chamber of Commerce andIndustry.�37.WhoadoptsDigitalIndia,equalityofwomeninthisyear

__________ fMftVy bafM;k dks dkSu viukrk gS] bl o"kZ esa efgykvksa dh

lekurk -------------------

(a) SaudiArabia/lÅnh vjc (b) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k(c) India/bafM;k (d) Pakistan/ikfdLrku

Ans:–(a)SaudiArabiaadoptsDigitalIndia,equalityofwomeninthisyear.�38.In theMonetaryPolicyreview,RBIannounced______

reporatecutinthemonthofJune�0�9. ekSfæd uhfr leh{kk esa] RbI us twu 2019 ds eghus esa ---------

jsiks nj esa dVkSrh dh ?kks"k.kk dhA

(a) 5bps/5 chih,l (b) �0bps/10 chih,l(c) �0bps/20 chih,l (d) �5bps/25 chih,l

Ans:–(d)InJunetheRBIannounced�5bpsreporatecutintheMonetaryPolicyreview.Itisexpectedtoreducestill,inthenextmeetingofthemonetarypolicycommitteewhichisscheduledfor5-9August.�39.________ of the Indian Constitution permits the J&K

state’s legislature to define permanent resident of thestate.

Hkkjrh; lafo/ku ds ------------ jkT; dss LFkk;h fujoklh dks ifjHkkf"kr djus ds fy, tEew&d'ehj jkT; dh fo/kf;dk dks vuqefr nsrk gSA

(a) Article35A/vuqPNsn 35 ,

(b) Article35B/vuqPNsn 35 ch

(c) Article35C/vuqPNsn 35 lh

(d) Article35D/vuqPNsn 35 MhAns:–(a)

Article35AoftheIndianConstitutionpermitstheJ&Kstate’slegislature to define permanent resident of the state. It wasaddedtotheConstitutionthroughasituationaryPresidentialOrder, i.e., The Constitution (Application to Jammu andKashmir)Order,�954whichwasissuedbythePresidentofIndiaon�4May�954.�40.WhichArticleofIndianConstitutionprovidesautonomous

statustothestateofJammuandKashmir? Hkkjrh; lafo/ku dk dkSu lk vuqPNsn tEew vkSj d'ehj jkT;

dks Lok;Ùk ntkZ çnku djrk gS\

(a) Article80/vuqPNsn 80

(b) Article�60/vuqPNsn 160

(c) Article�60/vuqPNsn 160

(d) Article370/vuqPNsn 370Ans:–(d)Article370oftheIndianconstitutiongivesautonomousstatustothestateofJammuandKashmir.ThearticleisdraftedasTemporary,TransitionalandSpecialProvisionsinPartXXIoftheConstitution.TheIndianConstitutionstilldescribesitasatemporaryprovision.�4�.WhereistheheadquartersofDirectorateGeneralofCivil

Aviation(DGCA)located? ukXkfjd mM~M;u egkfuns'kky; (DGCA)dk eq[;ky; dgka

fLFkr gS\

(a) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh (b) Jaipur/t;iqj(c) Benaluru/csaXkyq# (d) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn

Ans:–(a)The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is theregulator of the civil aviation. It is headquartered in NewDelhi.ItfunctionsundertheMinistryofCivilAviation.Thebodyinvestigatestheaviationaccidentsandincidents.�4�.________andAshalataDeviconferredwithtophonours

atAIFFAwards. ,vkbZ,iQ vokM~Zl esa 'kh"kZ lEeku ds lkFk ------------- vkSj

vk'kkyrk nsohdksuÚsaM

(a) DineshKarthick/fnus'k dkfrZd

(b) SunilChhetri/lquhy Ns=kh(c) VikramSharma/foØe 'kekZ

(d) RameshKumar/jes'k dqekjAns:–(b)SunilChhetri,Indianmen’sfootballteamcaptainnamedtheMen’sFootballerof theyear�0�9at theAll IndiaFootballFederation‘s(AIFF)Awards.�43.Who is appointed as the head of aviation regulator

DirectorateGeneralofCivilAviation(DGCA)? ukXkj foekuu egkfuns'kky; (DGCA)ds çeq[k ds :i esa fdls

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fu;qDr fd;k Xk;k gS\

(a) BSbhullar/ch-,l- HkqYyj(b) ArunKumar/v#.k dqekj

(c) PrathivSingh/i`Foh flag(d) SmithaSabharwal/fLerk lHkjoky

Ans:–(b)Arun Kumar is appointed as the head of aviation regulatorDirectorateGeneralofCivilAviation(DGCA)on9July.Heiscurrently theadditional secretary in theMinistryofCivilAviation. His appointment was approved by the PM led-Appointments Committee of the Cabinet. Department ofPersonnelandTrainingissuedtheorderoftheappointment.�44.HowmanyrailwayzonesarethereinIndia? Hkkjr esa fdrus jsyos tksu gSa\

(a) �3 (b) �8(c) �0 (d) �3

Ans:–(b)IndianRailwaysdividesitsoperationsintozones,whicharefurther sub-divided into divisions, each having a divisionalheadquarters.Thereareatotalof�8zones.�45.Which of the Northeast Frontier Railways Project won

BestInnovationAwardon9July? 9 uoacj dks iwoksZÙkj lhekar jsyos ifj;kstuk esa ls fdlus loZJs"B

uokpkj iqjLdkj thrk\

(a) PlanBee/Iyku chbZbZ(b) OrganicPentomanure/[kkn ds fy, tSfod dye

(c) ProjectRDSO/çkstsDV vkjMh,lvks

(d) SaveWildlife/oU;thoksa dks cpk,aAns:–(a)The Northeast Frontier Railways’ (NFR) PLAN BEE wontheBestInnovationAwardon9July.Ithasadoptedauniquestrategytokeepwildelephantsawayfromtraintracks.�46.RILoutpaceTCStobecomethemostvaluedfirmbym-

capwithmorethan_________K RILvkmVLisl TCS,--------------ls vf/d ds lkFk m-cap

}kjk lcls ewY;oku iQeZ cuus ds fy,

(a) ��lakhcrore/12 yk[k djksM+ #-

(b) �0lakhcrore/10 yk[k djksM+ #-

(c) 8lakhcrore/8 yk[k djksM+ #-

(d) �5lakhcrore/15 yk[k djksM+ #-Ans:–(c)RILoutpaceTCStobecomethemostvaluedfirmbym-capwithmorethan8lakhcrore.�47.New Delhi’s Connaught Place is the _______ most

expensiveofficelocationintheworld U;w MsYgh dukWV Iysl nqfu;k esa ----------- lcls egaXkk dk;kZy;

LFkku gS

(a) 9th/ukSosa (b) 8th/vkBoka

(c) �5th/15oha (d) �8th/18ohaAns:–(a)NewDelhi’sConnaughtPlaceisthe9thmostexpensiveofficelocationintheworld.�48.WhichministrysignedMoUwithIPFCandNRDC fdl ea=kky; us IPFCvkSj NRDC ds lkFk le>kSrk Kkiu ij

gLrk{kj fd,

(a) DefenceMinistry/j{kk ea=kky;(b) MinistryofFinance/foÙk ea=kky;(c) MinistryofExternalAffairs/fons'k ea=kky;(d) Ministry of Internal Affairs/vkarfjd ekeyksa dk ea=kky;

Ans:–(a)Defence Ministry signed MoU with IPFC and NRDC.Intellectual Property Facilitation Cell (IPFC), Departmentof Defence Production, Ministry of Defence and NationalResearch Development Corporation (NRDC), Ministry ofScience and Technology signed an MoU with a vision tobridgethecapacityshortfall.�49.India’sfirstelephantrehabilitationcentrewillbesetupat

__________ Hkkjr dk igyk gkFkh iquokZl dsaæ ------------- esa LFkkfir fd;k

tk,Xkk

(a) Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir/JhuXkj] tEew vkSj d'ehj

(b) Kottoor,Kerala/dksV~Vwj] dsjy

(c) Udaipur,Rajsthan/mn;iqj] jktLFkku(d) Mukteshwar,Uttarakhand/eqDrs'oj] mÙkjk[kaM

Ans:–(b)India’s first elephant rehabilitation centre will be set up atKottoor,Kerala.�50.Which Company has been listed as the third-largest

stockontheboursebymarketvaluebyNigerianStockExchange?

ukbthfj;kbZ LVkWd ,Dlpsat }kjk fdl daiuh dsk cktkj ewY; ij rhljs lcls cM+s LVkWd ds :i eas lwphc¼ fd;k Xk;k gS\

(a) RelianceJioAfrica/fjyk;al ft;ks vÚhdk

(b) VodafoneAfrica/oksMkiQksu vÚhdk

(c) AirtelAfrica/,;jVsy vÚhdk

(d) TataDocomoAfrica/VkVk Mksdkseks vÚhdk

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Ans:–(c)AirtelAfricahasbeenlistedasthethird-largeststockontheboursebymarketvalue.On9June,NigerianStockExchangereportedthattheAirtelAfricahasa�.36trillionnaira($4.4bn)flotation.AirtelAfricaoperatesacross�4Africancountries.�5�.When is NASA’s Imaging Xray polarimetry explorer

(IXPE)missionexpectedtolaunch? uklk dk besftaXk ,Dljs iksfyesVªh ,DlIyksjj (IXPE)fe'ku dc

ykWUp gksus dh mEehn gS\

(a) �0�9 (b) �0�0(c) �0�� (d) �0��

Ans:–(c)NASA’sImagingXraypolarimetryexplorer(IXPE)missionaimstouncoverthemysteriesbehindblackholesandneutronstars. The cost estimated for the mission is $50.3 million.The mission plans to launch three space telescopes. Thesetelescopes will be capable of analyzing the polarization ofcosmicX-rays.TheIXPEmissionisexpectedtobelaunchedfromtheKennedySpaceCentreinApril�0��.�5�.ImagingXraypolarimetryexplorer(IXPE)missionplans

tolaunch_________telescopes. besftaXk ,Dljs iksfyesVªh ,DlIyksjj (IXPE) fe'ku us --------

nwjchuksa dks ykWUp djus dh ;kstuk cukbZ gSA

(a) 3 (b) 4(c) 5 (d) �

Ans:–(a)NASA’sImagingXraypolarimetryexplorer(IXPE)missionaimstouncoverthemysteriesbehindblackholesandneutronstars. The cost estimated for the mission is $50.3 million.The mission plans to launch three space telescopes. Thesetelescopes will be capable of analyzing the polarization ofcosmicX-rays.TheIXPEmissionisexpectedtobelaunchedfromtheKennedySpaceCentreinApril�0��.�53.What is the cost estimated for the Imaging Xray

polarimetryexplorer(IXPE)mission? besftaXk ,Dljs iksfyesVªh ,DlIyksjj (IXPE) fe'ku ds fy,

vuqekfur ykXkr D;k gS\

(a) $45.8million/$45.8fefy;u(b) $50.3million/$50.3fefy;u(c) $5�.6million/$5�.6fefy;u(d) $58.5million/$58.5fefy;u

Ans:–(b)NASAhasawardedacontracttoSpaceXtolaunchNASA’sImaging Xray polarimetry explorer (IXPE) mission, agroundbreaking astrophysics mission. The mission aims touncover themysteriesbehindblackholesandneutronstars.Thecostestimatedforthemissionis$50.3million.

�54.WhereistheAmrabadTigerReservelocated? vejckXk VkbXkj fjtoZ dgka fLFkr gS\

(a) MadhyaPradesh/eè; çns'k(b) Uttarakhand/mÙkjk[kaM(c) Telangana/rsyaXkkuk(d) Kerala/dsjy

Ans:–(c)AmrabadTigerReserveislocatedinTelangana.Afterfindingthepresenceofatleast�3tigersand356preyspeciesintheAmrabad Tiger Reserve (ATR), the state forest departmenthasestimatedthatthepresentpreypopulationcansupport3�to40tigersinthenextfewyears.�55.Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has

recommendedforthesurveyandexplorationofuraniumin________.

i;kZoj.k vkSj ou ea=kky; (MoEF)us ------------ esa ;wjsfu;e ds losZ{k.k vkSj vUos"k.k ds fy, fliQkfj'k dh gSA

(a) SariskaTigerReserve/lfjLdk VkbXkj fjtoZ

(b) PeriyarTigerReserve/isfj;kj VkbXkj fjtoZ(c) PannaNationalPark/iUuk jk"Vªh; m|ku(d) AmrabadTigerReserve/vejkckn VkbXkj fjtoZ

Ans:–(d)Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) hasrecommended for the surveyandexplorationofuranium inAmrabadTigerReserve,Telangana.�56.Which State Cabinet approved for the procurement of

�,650low-floorbuses? 1]650 yks&Ýyksj clksa dh [kjhn ds fy, fdl jkT; eaf=keaMy

us eatwjh nh\

(a) Delhi/fnYyh (b) Goa/Xkksok(c) amilNadu/rfeyukMq (d) Telangana/rsyaXkkuk

Ans:–(a)The Delhi Cabinet has approved for the procurement of�,650 low-floor buses by the Delhi Transport Corporation(DTC)andtheDelhiIntegratedMulti-ModalTransitSystem(DIMTS) Ltd. The government approval is a boost to thepublic transport. The �,000 air-conditioned low-floor busesthat are to be procured by DTC will start rolling out fromJanuary�0�0andtheentirefleetwillbeontheroadsofthecitybyMay�0�0.�57.WhendidtheWorldPopulationreach5billion,astheday

isobservedasWorldPopulationDay? fo'o tula[;k 5 fcfy;u rd dc igqaph] ftl fnu dks fo'o

tula[;k fnol ds :i esa euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) ��July�978/11 tqykbZ 1978

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(b) ��July�987/11 tqykbZ 1987(c) ��July�985/11 tqykbZ 1985(d) ��July�975/11 tqykbZ 1975

Ans:–(b)Dr. K.C.Zachariah suggested the day in which populationreachedFiveBillionwhenheworkedasSeniorDemographeratWorldBankon��July�987.TheeventwasfirstsuggestedbytheGoverningCounciloftheUnitedNationsDevelopmentProgramme(UNDP)in�989.�58.USAstands_______inworldpopulation. fo'o tula[;k esa la;qDr jkT; vesfjdk -------------- gSA

(a) 3rd/rhljk (b) 4th/pkSFkk(c) 5th/5oha (d) ��th/12oha

Ans:–(a)USAstands3rdinworldpopulationonlynexttoChinaandIndia.ThepopulationofUSAis3.�9million.PopulationofChinais�.4billionandIndiais�.3billion.�59.WhenwastheWorldPopulationDayfirstobserved? fo'o tula[;k fnol igyh ckj dc euk;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) `�963 (b) �978(c) �989 (d) �994

Ans:–(c)TheeventwasfirstsuggestedbytheGoverningCounciloftheUnited Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in �989.Dr. K.C.Zachariah suggested the day in which populationreachedFiveBillionwhenheworkedasSeniorDemographeratWorldBankon��July�987.�60.WhenistheWorldPopulationDayisobserved? fo'o tula[;k fnol dc euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) July�/1 tqykbZ (b) July5/5 tqykbZ(c) July��/11 tqykbZ (d) July�5/15 tqykbZ

Ans:–(c)WorldPopulationDaywasobservedonJuly��.Itisobservedevery year. The day focuses towards the urgency and thesignificanceofissuesrelatedtopopulation.TheDayhasbeencelebratedfornearlythreedecadesnow.�6�.______willimposegreentaxonplaneticketsfrom�0�0 ------------- 2020 ls gokbZ tgkt ds fVdV ij Xkzhu VSDl yXkkrs gSa

(a) NewZealand/U;wthySaM (b) France/Úkal

(c) Russia/:l (d) Australia/vkWLVªsfy;kAns:–(b)France will impose green tax on plane tickets from �0�0.French government is to impose a tax of up to €18 on plane tickets for all flights from airports in France to fund less-pollutingtransportationprojects.

�6�.The_______editionofIndia-RussiaStrategicEconomicDialogue�0�9heldinNewDelhi

ubZ fnYyh esa vk;ksftr Hkkjr&:l j.kuhfrd vkfFkZd okrkz 2019 dk -------------- ,fM'ku

(a) Sixth/NBk (b) Third/rhljk(c) second/nwljk (d) fourth/pkSFkk

Ans:–(c)The second edition of India-Russia Strategic EconomicDialogue�0�9heldinNewDelhi.�63.Francewillimposegreentaxonplaneticketsfrom____

_____ ---------- Úkal -------------- ls gokbZ tgkt ds fVdV ij Xkzhu VSDl

yXkk,

(a) �0�5 (b) �0�0(c) �0�� (d) �0��

Ans:–(b)

Francewillimposegreentaxonplaneticketsfrom�0�0.�64._______ launches UDIN to improve corporate

governance ------------- us dkWjiksjsV Xkous±l dks csgrj cukus ds fy, UDIN

ykWUp fd;k

(a) ESIC/bZ,lvkbZlh (b) BHEL/Hksy(c) ICSI/vkbZlh,lvkbZ (d) NTPC/,uVhihlh

Ans:–(c)ICSI launches UDIN to improve corporate governance.Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) rolled outaninitiativeintheformofaUniqueDocumentIdentificationNumber(UDIN).�65.HowmuchdidtheCentreallocatedforPradhanMantri

GramSadakYojana-lll(PMGSY-III)? ç/kuea=kh Xkkze lM+d ;kstuk III(PMGSY-III)ds fy, dsaæ us

fdruk vkoaVu fd;k\

(a) Rs.65,500crore/.65,500djksM+ #-

(b) Rs.70,�50crore/70,�50djksM+ #Ik;s

(c) Rs.78,750crore/78,75djksM+ #i;s

(d) Rs.80,�50crore/80,�50djksM+ #Ik;sAns:–(d)PM led-Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA)approved for the launch of Pradhan Mantri Gram SadakYojana-lll (PMGSY-III). The estimated cost of Rs.80,�50crore.Thefundswouldbesharedintheratioof60:40betweentheCentreandstateforallstatesexceptforeightnortheasternandthreeHimalayanstates.�66.WhoistheChairmanofCommitteeonEconomicAffairs

(CCEA)?

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vkfFkZd ekeyksa dh lfefr (CCEA)ds vè;{k dkSu gSa\

(a) FinanceMinister/foÙk ea=kh(b) MinisterofHomeAffairs/Xk`g ekeyksa ds ea=kh

(c) President/vè;{k

(d) PrimeMinister/ç/kuea=khAns:–(d)PrimeMinisteristheChairmanofCommitteeonEconomicAffairs(CCEA).�67.WhichStatelaunchedNORKA? fdl jkT; us 'kq: fd;k NORKA

(a) Uttrakhand/mÙkjk[kaM(b) MadhyaPradesh/eè; çns'k(c) Maharashtra/egkjk"Vª(d) Kerala/dsjy

Ans:–(d)The kerala State government has decided to form NonResident Keralites’ Affairs (NORKA), an Non-ResidentKeralites(NRK)investmentcompanywhichaimstochannelinvestmentsfromoverseasKeralitesformajorinfrastructuredevelopmentinthestate.�68.CurrentWorldChessChampionMagnusCarlsenisfrom

_____. orZeku fo'o 'krjat pSafi;u eSXul dkyZlu -------------- ls gSA

(a) Russia/:l (b) BUS/vesfjdk

(c) Sweden/LohMu (d) Norway/ukWosZAns:–(d)SvenMagnusCarlsenisaNorwegianchessgrandmasterandthecurrentWorldChessChampion.Inadditiontohissuccessinclassicalchess,he isalsoa two-timeWorldRapidChessChampionandfour-timeWorldBlitzChessChampion.�69.WhoisthecurrentWorldChessChampion? orZeku fo'o 'krjat pSafi;u dkSu gS\

(a) SergeyKarjakin/lXksZbZ dkjtkfdu

(b) DingLiren/fMaXk fyju(c) MagnusCarlsen/eSXul dkyZlu

(d) AlexanderKhalifman/vysDtsaMj [kyhiQ+eSuAns:–(c)SvenMagnusCarlsenisaNorwegianchessgrandmasterandthecurrentWorldChessChampion.Inadditiontohissuccessinclassicalchess,he isalsoa two-timeWorldRapidChessChampionandfour-timeWorldBlitzChessChampion.�70.Whowonthe�0�9CroatiaGrandChessTourtitle? 2019 Øks,f'k;k XkZsaM 'krjat Vwj dk f[krkc fdlus thrk\

(a) ViswanathanAnand/fo'oukFk vkuan

(b) WesleySo/osLys rks(c) MagnusCarisen/eSXul dkyZlu

(d) DingLiren/fMaXk fyjuAns:–(c)Magnus Carlsen of Norway won the �0�9 Croatia GrandChessTourtitle.HesecuredeightpointsanddefeatedWesleySo of United States with seven points.ViswanathanAnandendedupwith4.5pointsandfinished��th.�7�._____ranksbestperforminginthefieldofeducation ----------- f'k{kk ds {ks=k eas loZJs"B çn'kZu djus okyk jSad

(a) Changidarh/paMhXk<+ (b) Chennai/psUubZ(c) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn (d) Mumbai/eqacbZ

Ans:–(a)

Chandigarhranksbestperforminginthefieldofeducation.�7�.Whichstatesetstargetof$�trillioneconomyinthenext

threeyears dkSu lk jkT; vXkys rhu o"kks± esa $�fVªfy;u vFkZO:oLFkk dk

y{; fu/kkZfjr djrk gS

(a) Kerala/dsjy (b) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'k(c) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq (d) WestBengal/if'pe caXkky

Ans:–(b)UttarPradesh sets targetof$� trillioneconomy in thenextthreeyears.�73.Which company acqui-hired � startups FloCare and

BigTrade dkSu lh daiuh us 2 LVkVZvi Ýyksds;j vkSj fcXkVªsM dk

vfèkXkzg.k fd;k

(a) Apple/lsc (b) Walmart/okWy&ekVZ(c) Verizon/osjht+ksu (d) Samsung/lSelaXk

Ans:–(b)Walmart acqui-hired � startups FloCare and BigTrade.Walmart brought onboard the teams of the two Bengaluru-basedcompaniestohelpstrengthenitscustomertechnologyandsupplychain.�74._______announced Katrina Kaif as the new brand

ambassador -------------- us u, czkaM ,acslMj ds :i esa dSVjhuk dSiQ dh

?kks"k.kk dh

(a) Reebok/fjckWd (b) Fastrack/iQkLVVªSd(c) Nike/ukbds (d) HandM/,p vkSj ,e

Ans:–(a)ReebokannouncedKatrinaKaifasthenewbrandambassador.Fitness brand Reebok appointed Bollywood actor KatrinaKaifasitsnewbrandambassadorinIndia.Thiswillenhance

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Reebok’scommitmenttobethebestfitnessbrandinIndia.�75.FilmDivisionstolaunchdocumentaryfilmclubin____

________ ---------------- esa MkWD;wesaVªh fiQYe Dyc 'kq: djus ds fy, fiQYe

çHkkXk

(a) Mumbai/eqacbZ (b) Chennai/psUubZ(c) Secunderabad/fldanjkckn

(d) Hyderabad/gSnjkcknAns:–(a)FilmDivisionstolaunchdocumentaryfilmclubinMumbai.An acclaimed documentary film “Secret Life of Frogs” byAjayandVijayBediscreenedastheinauguralfilm./d�76.Prasar Bharati signs MoU with ______ for research

collaboration çlkjr Hkkjrh us vuqla/ku lg;ksXk ds fy, ------- ds lkFk

le>kSrk Kkiu ij gLrk{kj fd,

(a) IITMadras/vkbZvkbZVh eækl

(b) IITKanpur/vkbZvkbZVh dkuiqj

(c) IITRoorkee/vkbZvkbZVh :M+dh

(d) IITBombay/vkbZvkbZVh ckWEcsAns:–(b)Prasar Bharati signs MoU with IIT Kanpur for researchcollaboration.�77._______ signs MoU with IIT Kanpur for research

collaboration -------------- vuqla/ku lg;ksXk ds fy, vkbZvkbZVh dkuqij ds lkFk

le>Srk Kkiu

(a) Infosys/baiQksfll (b) PrasarBharati/çlkj Hkkjrh(c) Dell/XkM~<k(d) TechMahindra/Vsd efgaæk

Ans:–(b)Prasar Bharati signs MoU with IIT Kanpur for researchcollaboration.�78.WhichcompanyjoinhandswithPaisabazaar.comtooffer

financialproducts foÙkh; mRiknksa dh is'kd'k djus ds fy, dkSu lh daiuh

Paisabazaar.comds lkFk gkFk feykrh gs

(a) Nokia/uksfd;k (b) Samsung/lSelaXk(c) Apple/,Iiy (d) Verizon/osjht+ksu

Ans:–(b)SamsungcompanyjoinhandswithPaisabazaar.comtoofferfinancialproducts.

�79._____ and EU hold high-level talks on migration,mobility

--------------- vkSj EU çokl] Xkfr'khyrk ij mPp&Lrjh; okrkZ djrs gSa


(c) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k (d) SaujdiArabia/lÅnh vjcAns:–(a)ndia and EU hold high-level talks on migration, mobility.India and the European Union (EU) held the fifth high-level dialogue on migration and mobility (HLDMM) Theydiscussedstepsaimedatrealizingthefullpotentialoffurtherstrengtheningcooperationinthekeyareas.�80.Who is the Minister responsible for the Ministry of

AgricultureandFarmers’Welfare? Ñf"k vkSj fdlku dY;k.k ea=kky; ds fy, ftEesnkj ea=kh dkSu

gSa\

(a) SantoshKumarGangwar/larks"k dqekj XkaXkokj

(b) NarendraSinghTomar/ujsaæ flag rksej(c) ShripadYessoNaik/Jhikn ;slks ukbd(d) RaoInderjitSingh/jko baæthr flag

Ans:–(b)Ministry ofAgriculture and Farmers’ Welfare is headed byMinisterofAgricultureNarendraSinghTomar.TheMinistersof State are Abhishek Singh Chauhan, Krishna Raj andParsottambhaiRupala.�8�.WhoisappointedasthenextMDandCFOoftheWorld

BankGroup? fo'o cSad lewg ds vXkys ,eMh vkSj lh,iQvks ds :i esa fdls


(a) AnshulaKant/va'kqyk dkar

(b) ChandaKochhar/pank dkspj

(c) NaianKalKidwai/uSuk yky fdnobZ

(d) KalpanaMorparla/dYiuk eksjikfj;kAns:–(a)The World Bank Group announced that Anshula Kant, anIndiannational,hasbeenappointedasitsnextMDandCFOon��July.AnshulaKantisthefirstwomanCFOoftheBank.�8�.The Union Agriculture Ministry in Indira Gandhi

Agriculture University has recently set up an AgriBusinessIncubationCentrein_________.

bafnjk Xkka/h Ñf"k fo'ofo|ky; eas dsaæh; Ñf"k ea=kky; us gky gh esa -------------- ,d Ñf"k O;olk; Å"ek;u dsaæ dh LFkkiuk dh gSA

(a) Maharashtra/egkjk"Vª (b) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'k

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(c) Chhattisgarh/NÙkhlXk<+(d) Telangana/rsyaXkkuk

Ans:–(c)TheUnionAgricultureMinistryinIndiraGandhiAgricultureUniversityofRaipurhassetupanAgriBusinessIncubationCentreinChhattisgarh.TheUniversityreportedthattheAgriBusinessIncubationCentrehasbeensetupundertheschemeRAFTAAR,aNationalAgricultureDevelopmentScheme.�83.When did the West Bengal government observed Save

WaterDay? if'pe caXkky ljdkj us ty fnol dc euk;k\

(a) July�/1 tqykbZ (b) July4/4 tqykbZ(c) July�0/10 tqykbZ (d) July��/12 tqykbZ

Ans:–(d)WestBengalgovernmentobservedSaveWaterDayon��July.TheDayaims to raiseawarenessonconservationonwater.WestBengalChiefMinisterMamataBanerjeeparticipatedinamarchonJuly��.�84.Taiwanisina________wortharmssaledealwithU.S.

companies. rkboku vesfjdh daifu;ksa ds lkFk ,d ------------ ewY; dh

gfFk;kj fcØh ds lkSns esa gSA

(a) $�.�bn/$�.�fcfy;u (b) $5.8bn/$5.8fcfy;u(c) $7.�bn/$7.�fcfy;u (d) $8.6bn/$8.6fcfy;u

Ans:–(a)Taiwan is in a $�.� bn worth arms sale deal with U.S.companies.TheChineseForeignMinistryhadalreadylodgedformal complaints expressing strong dissatisfaction andresoluteoppositionatthepotentialweaponssale.Theweaponsaleincludesbattletanksandanti-aircraftmissiles.�85.What is the maximum limit of fund transactions in

NationalElectronicFundsTransfer(NEFT)? jk"Vªh; bysDVªkWfud iQaM VªkaliQj (,ubZ,iQVh) esa iQaM ysunsu dh

vf/dre lhek D;k gS\

(a) �lakh/1 yk[k (b) �lakh/2 yk[k(c) �0lakh/10 yk[k (d) Unlimited/vlhfer

Ans:–(b)NEFTisanation-widepaymentsystemthatfacilitatesone-to-onefundstransfer.NEFTsystemisusedforfundtransactionsofuptoRs.�lakh.�86.WhereistheheadquartersofSBIlocated? SBIdk eq[;ky; dgka fLFkr gS\

(a) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn (b) Bengaluru/csaXkyq#(c) Mumbai/eqacbZ (d) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh

Ans:–(c)

The headquarters of SBI located in Mumbai, Maharashtra.SBIisthelargestcommercialbankandthelargestmortgagelenderacrossthecountry.SBIhas��,0�0branchesand58,000ATM/CDMacrossIndia.�87.WhichBankrecentlywaivedoff thechargesonRTGS,

NEFTandIMPS? gky gh esa fdl cSad us RTGS,NEFTvkSj IMPSij yXkus

okys 'kqYd dks ekiQ dj fn;k gS\

(a) SBI/Hkkjrh; LVsV cSad (b) ICICI/vkbZlhvkbZlhvkbZ

(c) DenaBank/nsuk cSad (d) IndianBank/Hkkjrh; cSadAns:–(a)StateBankofIndia(SBI)haswaivedthechargesonNationalElectronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) and Real Time GrossSettlement (RTGS) transactions through YONO, Internet,andmobilebanking.ThiswillbeeffectivefromJuly�.SBIhasalsodecidedtodoawaywiththechargesonfundtransferusingtheImmediatePaymentService(IMPS)throughmobilephones.ItwillbeeffectivefromAugust�.�88._____ to vote on bill to remove country-cap on Green

Card Xkzhu dkMZ ij daVªh&dSi gVkus ds fy, fcy ij -----------

(a) USA/vesfjdk

(b) Pakistan/ikfdLrku

(c) SaudiArabia/lÅnh vjc

(d) Indonesia/baMksujsf'k;kAns:–(a)USA tovoteonbill to removecountry-caponGreenCard.Americanlawmakerswilldecidetodayonliftingthecountry-caponissuingGreenCardsthroughvotinginCongress.�89.WhoisappointedSecretaryofOverseasIndianAffairs fdls çoklh Hkkjrh; ekeyksa dk lfpo fu;qDr fd;k tkrk gS

(a) VikramKumar/foØe dqekj

(b) Sureshkumar/lqjs'k dqekj

(c) VikasSwarup/fodkl Lo:i

(d) Dineshraj/fnus'k jktAns:–(c)Vikas Swarup is appointed Secretary of Overseas IndianAffairs.�90.WhowonCONCACAFGoldCupfinal ftlus CONCACAFXkksYM di iQkbuy thrk

(a) France/Úkal (b) Mexico/esfDldks

(c) Australia/vkWLVªsfy;k (d) NewYork/U;w;kWdZAns:–(b)Mexico defeated USA to claim their eighth CONCACAFGoldCuptitle.JonathanDosSantosscoredthewinninggoal

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in73rdminforMexicointhethrillingfinal.�9�.Whichcoalplanttobeturnedintosolarpark? fdl dks;yk la;a=k dks lkSj ikdZ esa cnyuk gS\

(a) A.BarhSuperThermalPowerStation/cjg lqij FkeZy ikoj LVs'ku

(b) VindhyachalThermalPowerStation/foaè;kpy FkeZy ikoj LVs'ku

(c) Tiroda Thermal Power Station/fVjksnk FkeZy ikoj LVs'ku

(d) Rajghatcoalplant/jkt?kkV dks;yk la;a=kAns:–(d)Rajghatcoalplantcoalplanttobeturnedintosolarpark.DelhigovernmentannouncedthattheRajghatthermalpowerplantofficially shut and turned into a solar park.A 5,000 KW ofsolarpowerwillbeproducedatthe45-acreplantsite.�9�.IndiaHoldsFirstEverArtificialLimbFitmentCampin

_______ Hkkjr us ------------- esa igyh ckj Ñf=ke vaXk fiQVesaV dSai

yXkk;k

(a) Kenya/dsU;k (b) Tanzania/ratkfu;k(c) Somalia/lksekfyh;k (d) Uganda/;qXkkaMk

Ans:–(b)India Holds First Ever Artificial Limb Fitment Camp inTanzania.The doctrine of Humanity, India offering to theworldsincelongagothrough‘actions’.�93.WestbengalGovernorreleasesBengaliversionof_____

__ if'pe caXkky ds jkT;iky us ------------ dk caXkkyh laLdj.k tkjh

fd;k

(a) TheGodofSmallThink/NksVs lksp ds HkXkoku

(b) GreatMindsofIndia/XkzsV ekbaM~l vkWiQ bafM;k

(c) TheWhitetiger/liQsn ck?k(d) TraintoPakistan/ikfdLrku dks Vªsu

Ans:–(b)West bengal Governor releases Bengali version of GreatMindsofIndia.�94.US-IndiabilateraltradecouldreachUSD�38billionby

_______ ;w,l&Hkkjr f}i{kh; O;kikj --------- rd USD238 fcfy;u

rd igqap ldrk gS

(a) �056 (b) �0��(c) �0�5 (d) �0�6

Ans:–(c)

US-IndiabilateraltradecouldreachUSD�38billionby�0�5.

�95.______editionofMekongGangaCooperationmeet�0�9heldinNewDelhi

ubZ fnYyh esa vk;ksftr 2019 esdkaXk XkaXkk lg;ksXk cSBd -------

(a) ��th/11oha (b) �5th/15oha(c) �3th/13oha (d) �7th/17oha

Ans:–(a)��theditionofMekongGangaCooperationmeet�0�9heldinNewDelhi.�96.WhendidthemonsoonsessionoftheGoastateAssembly

begin? Xkksok jkT; fo/kulHkk dk ekulwu l=k dc 'kq: gqvk\

(a) �July/1 tqykbZ (b) �5July/15 tqykbZ(c) �0July/10 tqykbZ (d) ��July/12 tqykbZ

Ans:–(b)ThemonsoonsessionoftheGoastateAssemblybeganon�5July.Threemembersoftheally,DeputyChiefMinisterVijaiSardesai, Water Resources Minister Vinod Palyekar, RuralDevelopment Minister Jayesh Salgaonkar and IndependentMLAandRevenueMinisterRohanKhaunte,weredroppedtoaccommodatethenewmemberstothecabinate.�97.KSUMtohostWomenStartupSummit�0�9on_______

inKochi ds,l;w,e us dksfPp esa --------- ij efgyk LVkVZvi f'k[kj

lEesyu 2019 dh estckuh dh

(a) December�,�0�9/1 fnlacj] 2019(b) August�,�0�9/1 vXkLr] 2019

(c) September�,�0�9/1 flracj] 2019(d) October�,�0�9/1 vDVwcj] 2019

Ans:–(b)KSUMtohostWomenStartupSummit�0�9onAugust�inKochi.�98.WhatisthecaptialofAssam vle dk dSI'ku D;k gS

(a) Meghalaya/es?kky; (b) Dispur/fnliqj(c) Mumbai/eqacbZ (d) Chandigarh/paMhXk<+

Ans:–(b)

ThecaptialofAssamisDispur.�99.KaushikGangulysBengali filmNagarkirtanbags____

awards including Best Feature Film at SAARC filmfestival�0�9

dkSf'kd XkaXkqfyl caXkkyh fiQYe uXkjdhrZu dks ------ vokM~Zl lkdZ fiQYe iQsfLVoy 2019 eas loZJs"B iQhpj fiQYe lfgr iqjLdkj feys

(a) 7 (b) 4

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(c) 5 (d) 6Ans:–(b)Kaushik Gangulys Bengali film Nagarkirtan bags 4 awardsincludingBestFeatureFilmatSAARCfilmfestival�0�9.�00.Padma Shri awardee _______ receives FRCS of

Thailand in~e Jh iqjLdkj fotsrk ----------- dks FkkbZySaM dk FRCSçkIr gS

(a) DineshRaj/fnus'k jkt(b) SureshRajan/lqjs'k jktu(c) VikramKumar/foØe dqekj

(d) RaghuRam/j?kq jkeAns:–(d)PadmaShriawardeeRaghuRamreceivesFRCSofThailand.The functionheldat the44thannual congressof theRoyalCollegeinPattaya.�0�.WhichStategovernmentbecamethefirstIndianstateto

draftawaterpolicy? fdl jkT; ljdkj us ty uhfr dk elkSnk rS;kj djus okyk

igyk Hkkjrh; jkT; cuk Xk;k\

(a) Tripura/f=kiqjk (b) Assam/vle

(c) Manipur/ef.kiqj (d) Meghalaya/es?kky;Ans:–(d)Meghalaya became the first Indian state to draft a waterpolicytoensurewaterconservation,issuesandprotectionofwater resources in the State. The Meghalaya State Cabinetapproved the draft on July ��, �0�9. The approved policyintended to achieve sustainable development by Meghalayastategovernment.�0�.Who won the Wheelchair Women’s Singles in the

WimbledonChampionship�0�9? foacyMu pSafi;uf'ki 2019 eas Oghyps;j efguyk ,dy fdlus

thrk\

(a) AnlekvanKoot/,uhd oSu dwV

(b) DiededeGroot/fMMs Ms XkzksV(c) CaraBlack/dkjk CySd

(d) Martinanavratilova/ekfVZuk uojkfryksokAns:–(a)NetherlandsAniek van Koot won theWheelchairWomen’sSinglescategoryintheWimbledonChampionship�0�9.ShealsowontheWheelchairWomen’sDoublescategoryparingwithNetherlandsDiededeGroot.�03.WhereisWimbledonlocated? foacyMu dgka fLFkr gS\

(a) US/vesfjdk (b) UK/;wds

(c) Canada/dukMk (d) Austria/vkWfLVª;k

Ans:–(b)Wimbledon is a district and town of south-west London,England, 7.� miles (��.4 km) south-west of the centre ofLondon,UK.�04.WhowontheWimbledonChampionship�0�9title? foacyMu pSfEi;uf'ki 2019 dk f[krkc fdlus thrk\

(a) SerenaWilliams/lsjsuk fofy;El(b) HsiehSuwei/gflg lq osb(c) BarboraStrcova/ckjcksjk LVªkWdksok

(d) SimonaHalep/fleksuk gkysiAns:–(d)Simona Halep won the Wimbledon Championship �0�9title. She created Wimbledon history by becoming the firstRomaniantowintheGrandslam�0�9title.Shesecured6-�,6-�anddefeatedseven-timechampionSerenaWilliams.�05.For the construction 8.30 lakh houses in West Bengal,

whatisthesharebetweenthecentreandstate? if'pe caXkky esa 8-30 yk[k ?kjksa ds fuekZ.k ds fy, dsaæ vkSj

jkT; ds chp D;k fgLlk gS\

(a) 90:�0 (b) 45:55(c) 60:40 (d) 55:45

Ans:–(c)TheWestBengalstategovernmenthasdecidedtoconstruct8.30lakhhousesforpoorpeoplelivingintheruralareas,undertheBanglarBariproject.ThecostwillbesharedbetweentheCentralanstheStategovernment.Thecentrewillbear60%and the statewillbear40%.The toiletswillbeconstructedunderMissionNirmal.�06.Whatisthecostallotedfortheconstructionofeachhouse

undertheBanglarBariproject? ckaXykjk ckjh ifj;kstuk ds rgr çR;sd ?kj ds fuekZ.k ds fy,

vkoafVr ykXkr D;k gS\

(a) Rs.3.75lakh/3-75 yk[k #i;s(b) Rs.5.50lakh/5-50 yk[k #i;s(c) Rs.�.85lakh/2-85 yk[k #i;s(d) Rs.4.�5lakh/4-25 yk[k #i;s

Ans:–(a)The Ministry of Rural Development increased the financialallotmenttotheWestBengalstategovernmentasitperformedgood in the last fiscal year. Around Rs.3.75 lakh will beallottedtoconstructeachhouseundertheBanglarBariprojectproject.�07.Which State government is to construct 8.30 lakh

houses? fdl jkT; ljdkj dks 8-30 yk[k ?kj cukus gSa\

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(a) Karnataka/dukZVd

(b) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'k(c) Uttarkhand/mÙkjk[kaM (d) WestBengal/if'pe caXkky

Ans:–(d)TheWestBengalstategovernmenthasdecidedtoconstruct8.30 lakh houses for poor people living in the rural areas,undertheBanglarBariproject.Thehouseswillbeconstructedinthecurrentfinancialyear.�08.WhereistheheadquartersofTVSMotor? Vhoh,l eksVj dk eq[;ky; dgka gS\

(a) Chennai/psUubZ (b) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(c) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh (d) Mumbai/eqacbZ

Ans:–(a)The head quarters of TVS Motor is Chennai.TVS Motorcompany launched India’s first ethanol-based motorcycleTVSApache RTR �00 Fi E�00 Their main aim is to helpreducecrudeimportsandreduceairpollution.�09.KSUMtohostWomenStartupSummit�0�9onAugust�

in___________ ds,l;w,e --------------- esa 1 vXkLr dks efgyk LVkVZvi f'k[kj

lEesyu 2019 dh estckuh djsXkk

(a) Allahabad/bykgkckn (b) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(c) Kochi/dksfPp (d) Chennai/psUubZ

Ans:–(c)KSUMtohostWomenStartupSummit�0�9onAugust�inKochi��0.Eleventh edition of Mekong Ganga Cooperation meet

�0�9heldin_________ esdkWUXk XkaXkk dksvkWijs'ku ehV 2019 dk X;kjgoka laLdj.k ------

esa vk;ksftr

(a) Chennai/psUubZ (b) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(c) Mumbai/eqacbZ (d) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn

Ans:–(b)Eleventh editionofMekongGangaCooperationmeet �0�9held in New DelhiThe meeting was attended by SeniorOfficialsfromall6MGCMemberStates.��.WhowonfifthWimbledontitle? ikapoka foacyMu f[krkc fdlus thrk\

(a) SerenaWilliams/lsjsuk fofy;El(b) NovakDjokovic/uksokd tksdksfop

(c) RafealNadal/jkiQsy uMky(d) AndreAgassi/vkaæs vXkklh

Ans:–(b)

NovakDjokovicwonfifthWimbledontitle.��.Where was the WBC International Welterweight �0�9

eventheld? MCY;wchlh baVjus'kuy osYVjosV 2019 dk;ZØe dgka vk;ksftr

fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) UAE/la;qDr vjc vehjkr

(b) SouthKorea/nf{k.k dksfj;k

(c) Afghanistan/viQXkkfuLrku

(d) SaudiArabia/lÅnh vjcAns:–(d)British-Pakistani Boxer Amir Khan clinched the WBCInternationalWelterweight�0�9titleinJeddah,SaudiArabia.The Olympic silver medallist defeated theAustralian boxerBillyDib.TheeventwasorganisedbyKhan’sSuperBoxingLeague in association with the General SportsAuthority ofSaudiArabia.��3.Who won the WBC International Welterweight �0�9

title? MCY;wchlh baVjus'kuy osYVjosV 2019 dk f[krkc fdlus

thrk\

(a) AmirKhan/vehj [kku

(b) BillyBib/fcyh fMc(c) BernardHopkins/cukZMZ gkWifdal

(d) VijenderSingh/fotsUæ flagAns:–(a)British-Pakistani Boxer Amir Khan clinched the WBCInternationalWelterweight�0�9titleinJeddah,SaudiArabia.The Olympic silver medallist defeated theAustralian boxerBillyDib.��4.Union Bank of India was fined _________ for non-

compliance with the directions on the cybersecurityframeworkinbanksissuedbytheRBI.

Hkkjrh; fjtoZ cSad RBI}kjk tkjh cSadksa esa lkbcj lqj{kk <kaps ds funsZ'kksa dk ikyu u djus ds fy, -------- dk tqekZuk yXkk;k Xk;k FkkA

(a) Rs.5lakh/5 yk[k #-(b) Rs.�0lakh/10 yk[k #-(c) Rs.�5lakh/15 yk[k #-(d) Rs.�0lakh/20 yk[k #-

Ans:–(b)RBIalsofinedRs.�0lakhonUnionBankfornon-compliancewiththedirectionsonthecybersecurityframeworkinbanksissuedbytheRBI.TheRBIaccusedUnionBankofIndiathatit failed to carry out the cybersecurity framework in �0�6.RBI’s examination revealed reports of generation of sevenfraudulentmessagesworth$�7�millionthroughtheSWIFT

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systemofthebank.��5.RBI fined Rs.7 crore as _________ did not comply

with the fraud risk management and classification andreportingoffrauds.

RBIus 7 djksM+ #i;s dk tqekZuk yXkk;k D;ksafd ----------- us èkks[kk/M+h tksf[ke çca/u vkSj /ks[kk/M+h ds oXkhZdj.k vkSj fjiksfV±Xk dk ikyu ugha fd;k Xk;kA

(a) DenaBank/nsuk cSad(b) IndianBank/Hkkjrh; cSad(c) BankofBaroda/cSad vkWiQ cM+kSnk

(d) StateBankofIndia/Hkkjrh; LVsV cSadAns:–(d)RBI fined Rs.7 crore as SBI did not comply with thedirectionsissuedbytheRBIonIncomeRecognitionandAssetClassification(IRAC)norms,codeofconductforopeningandoperatingcurrent accounts and reportingofdataonCentralRepository of Information on Large Credits (CRILC), andfraud risk management and classification and reporting offrauds.��6.Where will the Golden Jubilee Edition of International

FilmFestivalofIndia(IFFI)beheld? baVjus'kuy fiQYe iQsfLVoy vkWiQ bafM;k (IFFI)dk Lo.kZ t;arh

laLdj.k dgka vk;ksftr fd;k tk,Xkk\

(a) Kolkata/dksydkrk (b) Mumbai/eqacbZ(c) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn (d) Panaji/i.kth

Ans:–(d)The Golden Jubilee Edition of International Film Festivalof India (IFFI) has been scheduled to be held from �0-�8November �0�9 in Panaji, Goa. The Union Minister forInformationandBroadcastingPrakashJavadekarannouncedthescheduleregardingIFFI�0�9.��7.When was International Film Festival of India (IFFI)

founded? baVjus'kuy fiQYe iQsfLVoy vkWiQ bafM;k (IFFI)dh LFkkiuk dc

dh XkbZ Fkh\

(a) �95� (b) �965(c) �973 (d) �978

Ans:–(a)IFFIwasfoundedin�95�.Thefilmfestivalisoneofthemostsignificant film festivals inAsia. IFFI isbeingorganised inGoa since �004 under the leadership of Chief Minister ofGoa.TheInternationalFilmFestivalofIndiabecamegloballycompetitiveafterits35thedition.��8.HowmanygoldsdidIndiabagin Hkkjr us fdrus Lo.kZdkjksa dks cSXk fn;k

(a) 3 (b) 6

(c) � (d) �Ans:–(b)Indians bagged 6 gold, 3 silver and � bronze at KladnoMemorialAthleticsMeetatKladnoinCzechRepublic.IndianathleteMohammadAnaswongoldinmen’s400mandHimaDaswongoldinwomen’s�00mevent��9.Whowongoldinmen’s400meventatKladnoMemorial

AthleticsMeetatKladnoinCzechRepublic? psd Xk.kjkT; esa dYnuksa esa dYnuksa eseksfj;y ,FkysfVDl ehV esa

iq#"kksa dh 400 ehVj Li/kZ esa Lo.kZ ind fdlus thrk\

(a) NeerajChopra/uhjt pksiM+k(b) MohammadAnas/eksgEen vul

(c) GaganNarang/XkXku ukjaXk(d) SharathKamalAchanta/'kjFk dey vpark

Ans:–(b)Indian athlete Mohammad Anas won gold in men’s 400meventatKladnoMemorialAthleticsMeetatKladnoinCzechRepublic.Indiansbagged6gold,3silverand�bronze.��0.Who won gold in women’s �00m event at Kladno

MemorialAthleticsMeetatKladnoinCzechRepublic? psd Xk.kjkT; esa dYnuks esa dYnuksa eseksfj;y ,FkysfVDl ehV esa

efgykvksa dh 200 ehVj Li/kZ esa Lo.kZ ind fdlus thrk\

(a) Archana/vpZuk (b) LilliDas/fyyh nkl(c) HimaDas/gsek nkl (d) DuteeChand/nqrh pan

Ans:–(c)Hima Das won gold in women’s �00m event at KladnoMemorial Athletics Meet at Kladno in Czech Republic.Indiansbagged6gold,3silverand�bronze.��.WhenwastheFranceNationalDay�0�9celebrated? Úkal jk"Vªh; fnol 2019 dc euk;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) ��July/12 tqykbZ (b) �3July/13 tqykbZ(c) �4July/14 tqykbZ (d) �5July/15 tqykbZ

Ans:–(c)The French government celebrated the National Day on �4July. On this Day the French President Emmanuel Macronannouncedthatthenationistocreateanewnationalmilitaryspace force command that would eventually be part of thecountry’sairforce.��.WhoisthePrimeMinisterofSriLanka? Jhyadk ds ç/kuea=kh dkSu gSa\


(b) RanilWickremesinghe/jkfuy foØefla?ks

(c) Nareshlyer/ujs'k v;~;j

(d) MahindaRajaprakase/efgank jktçdk'k

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Ans:–(b)

RanilWickremesingheisthePrimeMinisterofSriLanka.��3.Who is the youngest Indian cricketer to hit debut Test

century? inkiZ.k VsLV 'krd yXkkus okys lcls ;qok Hkkjrh; fØdsVj dkSu gSa\

(a) PrithviShaw/i`Foh 'kkW(b) SachinTendulkar/lfpu rsanqydj

(c) SidddharthDesai/fl¼kFkZ nslkbZ(d) DevduttPadikkal/nsonÙk ifMDdy

Ans:–(a)Prithvi Shaw becomes youngest Indian to hit debut Testcentury.TeenagerPrithviShawbecametheyoungestIndiantomakeacenturyonhisTestdebutondayoneofthefirstTestagainstWestIndiesinRajkot.��4.How many member countries are there in the World

Bank? fo'o cSad esa fdrus lnL; ns'k gSa\

(a) �89 (b) �56(c) �65 (d) �75

Ans:–(a)

Thereare�89membercountriesintheWorldBank.��5.WorldBankplannedtooffer$�50millionto______ fo'o cSad us ---------- dks $250 fefy;u nsus dh ;kstuk cukbZ

(a) AndhraPradesh/vka/z çns'k

(b) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(c) Kerala/dsjy

(d) Bihar/fcgkjAns:–(c)WorldBankplannedtooffer$�50milliontoKerala.Themainaimisatenhancingthestate’sresilienceagainsttheimpactsof natural disasters and climate change in the wake of lastyear’sfloods.��6.Govtplanstosetup_______Ayushwellnesscentresin

ongoingfiscal ljdkj us pkyw foÙk o"kZ esa ---------- vk;q"k dY;k.k dsaæ LFkkfir

djus dh ;kstuk cukbZ gS

(a) �,500 (b) 4,�00(c) �,800 (d) 3,600

Ans:–(b)Govtplanstosetup4,�00Ayushwellnesscentresinongoingfiscal.��7.________appointsSarvitaSethiinM&Arole ---------------- ,e ,aM , (M&A)Hkwfedk esa lfoZrk lsBh dks

fu;qDr djrk gS

(a) Pepsi/isIlh (b) CocoCola/dksdk dksyk

(c) Sprite/LçkbV (d) Mirinda/fefjaMkAns:–(b)

CocoColaappointsSarvitaSethiinM&Arole.��8.WhoistheVicePresidentofUSA? ;w,l, ds mikè;{k dkSu gSa\

(a) DonaldTrump/MksukYM VªEi(b) Mikepence/ekbd isal

(c) JohnWilliams/tkWu fofy;El(d) HenryWilliams/gsujh fofy;El

Ans:–(b)

VicePresidentofUSAisMikePence.��9.The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF)

CombinedWorldCup�0�0willbeheldat_________. baVjus'kuy 'kwfVaXk LiksVZ iQsMjs'ku (ISSF)dackbaM oYMZ di

2020 ------------ esa vk;ksftr fd;k tk,XkkA

(a) Mumbai/eqacbZ (b) Pune/iq.ks(c) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh (d) Bengaluru/csaXkyq:

Ans:–(c)India is to host the International Shooting Sport Federation(ISSF)CombinedWorldCupfromMarch�5-�6,�0�0.TheeventswillbeheldinNewDelhi,India.�30.WhichcountryistohosttheInternationalShootingSport

Federation(ISSF)CombinedWorldCup�0�0? baVjus'kuy 'kwfVaXk LiksVZ iQsMjs'ku (ISSF) la;qDr fo'o di

2020 dh estckuh fdl ns'k dks djuh gS\

(a) China/phu (b) Japan/tkiku(c) Russia/:l (d) India/bafM;k

Ans:–(d)India is to host the International Shooting Sport Federation(ISSF)CombinedWorldCupfromMarch�5-�6,�0�0.ISSFfinalisedandapprovedthefinaldatesoftheevents.�3�.USbans__________armychiefoverRohingya ‘ethnic

cleansing’ jksfgaX;k ij tkrh; liQkbZ dks ysdj vesfjdk dk çfrca/


(b) Russia/:l(c) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k(d) Mynamar/E;kaekj

Ans:–(d)US bans Mynamar army chief over Rohingya ‘ethniccleansing.�3�.TheUKsnew_________poundnotefeaturescodebreaker

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AlanTuring ;wds ds u, ------------ ikmaM uksV esa dksMczsdj ,yu V~;wfjaXK dh

lqfo/kk gS

(a) �0 (b) 50(c) 40 (d) 30

Ans:–(b)The UKs new 50 pound note features codebreaker AlanTuring.�33.TheUScelebratedthe_________anniversaryofApollo

��onJuly�6. vesfjdk us 16 tqykbZ dks viksyks 11 dh ------- o"kZXkkaB eukbZA

(a) �5th/25oha (b) 30th/30oha(c) 50th/50oha (d) 75th/75oha

Ans:–(c)TheUScelebratedthe50thanniversaryofApollo��onJuly�6,�0�9.OnJuly�6,�969,theApollo��crewliftedoffinaHuntsville-designedSaturnVrocketforahistoricvisittothemoon.�34.First-ever Himalayan States Conclave to be hosted by

_______onJuly�8,�0�9 çFke&fgeky;h jkT; dkWUDyso dh estckuh ------ }kjk 28 tqykbZ]

2019 dks dh tk,Xkh

(a) Kerala/dsjy (b) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(c) Uttarakhand/mÙkjk[kaM (d) SriLanka/Jhyadk

Ans:–(c)First-ever Himalayan States Conclave to be hosted byUttarkhandonJuly�8,�0�9.�35.Which bank joined with CSC launch credit card for

villageentrepreneursandsmalltraders? CSCus Xkkao ds m|fe;ksa vkSj NksVs O;kikfj;ksa ds fy, ØsfMV

dkMZ ykWUp fd;k\

(a) CanaraBank/dsujk cSad

(b) HDFCBank/,pMh,iQ cSad(c) YesBank/;l cSad(d) StateBankofIndia/Hkkjrh; LVsV cSad

Ans:–(b)HDFCBankjoinedwithCSClaunchcreditcardforvillageentrepreneursandsmalltraders.�36.Forthefirsttime,whichcountriestransportedtheircargo

throughIndianwaterway? igyh ckj] fdu ns'kksa us Hkkjrh; tyekXkZ ds ekè;e ls vius

eky dk ifjogu fd;k\

(a) Bhutan,Pakistan/HkwVku] ikfdLrku

(b) Pakistan,Bangladesh/ikfdLrku] ckaXykns'k

(c) Bhutan,Nepal/HkwVku] usiky(d) Bhutan,Bangladesh/HkwVku] ckaXykns'k

Ans:–(d)InlandWaterwaysAuthorityofIndia(IWAI)ship,initsfirstmovement,thatcarriedBhutanesecargowasflaggedofffromDhubriinAssamtoNarayanganjinBangladesh.Forthefirsttimeever,anIndianwaterwayisbeingusedfortransportofcargobetweentwocountries,BhutanandBangladesh,usingIndiafortransit.�37.Wherewillthe�4HoursAsiaandOceaniaChampionships

in�0�0-��beheldinIndia? Hkkjr esa 2020&21 esa 24 ?kaVs ,f'k;k vkSj vksf'kfu;k pSafi;uf'ki

dgka vk;ksftr dh tk,Xkh\

(a) Kolkata/dksydkrk (b) Mumbai/eqacbZ(c) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn (d) Bengaluru/csaXkyq:

Ans:–(d)TheIndianAthleticsFederation(IAF)hasdecidedtohosta�4HoursAsiaandOceaniaChampionshipsin�0�0anda�00kmAsiaandOceaniaChampionshipsin�0��inBangalore.ItaimstoboosttheultraraceinIndia.�38.Who covered a distance of �50 km in �4 hours and

won bronze in the �0�8 �4-hours Asian and OceaniaChampionships?

fdlus 24 ?kaVs esa 250 fdeh dh nwjh r; dh vkSj 2018 24 ?kaVs ,f'k;kbZ vkSj vksf'kfu;k pSafi;uf'ki esa dkaL; thrk\

(a) SunilSharma/lquhy 'kekZ(b) LalluDas/yYyw nkl(c) UllasNarayana/mYykl ukjk;.k(d) BudhiaSingh/cqf/;k flag

Ans:–(c)Indiawonanindividualandteammedalinthe�0�8�4-hoursAsianandOceaniaChampionshipsinTaipei.UllasNarayanacoveredadistanceof�50kmin�4hoursandwonbronzeandan Indian teamcomposedofUllas,SunilSharmaandLalluparticipatedintheevent.�39.Where is the head quarters of International Centre for

SettlementofInvestmentDisputes(ICSID)located? baVjus'kuy lsaVj iQ+kWj lsVyesaV vkWiQ+ bUosLVesaV fookn (ICSID)

dk gsM DokVZj dgka fLFkr gS\

(a) UK/;wds (b) France/Úkal

(c) Germany/teZuh (d) US/vesfjdkAns:–(d)ICSID was established in �966. It is headquartered inWashington, D.C., United States. ICSID arbitrates for legaldispute resolution and conciliation between internationalinvestors.

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�40.On which Country did the International Court ofArbitration, recently, imposeapenaltyof$5billionfordenyingamininglease?

fdl ns'k us baVjus'kuy dksVZ vkWiQ vkfcZVªs'ku] us gky gh esa] [kku iV~Vs ls budkj djus ds fy, $5 fcfy;u dk tqekZuk yXkk;k\

(a) Iran/bZjku (b) Pakistan/ikfdLrku

(c) Iraq/bjkd (d) SaudiArabia/lÅnh vjcAns:–(b)International Court ofArbitration has imposed a penalty ofover$5billiononPakistanasitunlawfullydeniedaminingleasetoacompanycalledTethyanCopperCompanyforRekoDiqprojectin�0��.Thispenaltyisoneofthebiggestinthehistoryofcash-strappedPakistan.�4�.WherewastheISSFJuniorWorldCup�0�9held? ISSFtwfu;j fo'o di 2019 dgka vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) France/Úkal (b) Italy/bVyh(c) Spain/Lisu (d) Germany/teZuh

Ans:–(d)TheISSFJuniorWorldCupinSuhl,Germany.AnishBhanwalawonthegoldmedalinthe�5mrapidfirepistolcompetition.Bhanwalasecured584andshot�9inthefinal.HedefeatedEgorIsmakov.�4�.WhenWomen’sTennisAssociation(WTA)? tc efgyk Vsful la?k(WTA)?

(a) �976 (b) �973(c) �988 (d) �990

Ans:–(b)

Women’sTennisAssociation(WTA)foundedon�973.�43.Govt to increasecoalproduction toonebillion toneby

_______________ dks;yk mRiknu c<+kus ds fy, ljdkj us -------------

(a) �0�0–�� (b) �0��–�3(c) �0�4–�5 (d) �0�6–�8

Ans:–(b)

Govttoincreasecoalproductiontoonebilliontoneby�0��-�3.�44.UnionCabinetextends�5thFinanceCommission’sterm

upto____________ dsUæh; eaf=keaMy us 15osa foÙk vk;ksXk dk dk;Zdky ---------- rd

c<+k;k

(a) Dec�5/15 fnlacj (b) Nov30/30 uoacj(c) Apr�/vçSy 2 (d) May5/ebZ 5

Ans:–(b)UnionCabinetextends�5thFinanceCommission’stermup

toNov30�45.WhatiscaptialofUzbekistan mTcsfdLrku dk dSI'ku D;k gS

(a) Tashkent/rk'kdan (b) Kabul/dkcqy

(c) Tiera/Fkhjk (d) Luanda/yqvkaMkAns:–(a)

TashkentiscaptialofUzbekistan.�46.WhichStateCabinetapprovedafour-foldincreaseinthe

financial assistance given to families of martyred anddisabledsoldiers?

fdl jkT; eaf=keaMy us 'kghn vkSj fodykaXk lSfudksa ds ifjokjksa dks nh tkus okyh foÙkh; lgk;rk esa pkj Xkquk of¼ dks eatwjh nh\

(a) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'k (b) Maharashtra/egkjk"Vª(c) Telangana/rsyaXkkuk (d) WestBengal/if'pe caXkky

Ans:–(b)The Maharashtra Cabinet approved a four-fold increase inthe financial assistance given to families of martyred anddisabled soldiers hailing from the state on �6 July. Kin ofmartyred soldiers will now get Rs.� crore. Previously, theyweregivenRs.�5 lakh.ThegovernmentwillprovideRs.60lakhtosoldiersleft5�-�00%disabled,insteadofthecurrentRs.�5lakhapproved.�47.Palaubecamethe_______countrytojointheInternational

SolarAlliance(ISA). iykÅ varjkZ"Vªh; lkSj XkBca/u (vkbZ,l,) esa 'kkfey gksus okyk

----------- ns'k cu Xk;kA

(a) 70th/70oha (b) 76th/76osa(c) 80th/80osa (d) �0�nd/102

Ans:–(b)Palau,anarchipelagoofmorethan500islandsinOceania,hasbecome 76th signatory country to join the International SolarAlliance(ISA).TheagreementwasopenedforsignatureduringCOP��atMarrakech,Moroccoon�5November�0�6.�48.Which Country recently joined the International Solar

Alliance(ISA)? gky gh esa dkSu lk ns'k varjkZ"Vªh; lkSj XkBca/u (vkbZ,l,) esa

'kkfey gqvk\

(a) Tonga/VksaXkk(b) Palau/iykÅ(c) NewCaledonia/U;w dSysMksfu;k

(d) CookIslands/dqd }hilewgAns:–(b)Palau, an archipelagoofmore than500 islands inOceania,hasbecome76th signatorycountry to join the InternationalSolarAlliance(ISA).Theagreementwasopenedforsignature

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during COP�� at Marrakech, Morocco on �5 November�0�6.�49.Whowongoldinwomen’s49kgcategoryweightlifting

eventintheCommonwealthWeightliftingChampionship�0�9?

jk"VªeaMy HkkjksÙkksyu pSfEi;uf'ki 2019 esa efgykvksa ds 49 fdyksXkzke oXkZ HkkjksÙkksyu çfr;ksfXkrk esa fdlus Lo.kZ ind thrk\

(a) SanjitaChanu/lathrk pkuw(b) KavitaDevi/dfork nsoh

(c) MirabaiChanu/ehjkckbZ pkuw(d) VandnaGupta/oanuk XkqIrk

Ans:–(c)Indian team secured the first spot in the medal tally ofCommonwealth Weightlifting Championship �0�9 held atSamoa, a country in Oceania. Mirabai Chanu won gold inwomen’s49kgwithatotalliftof�9�kg.Sheisgoldmedalistat�0�8CommonwealthGamesand�0�8KhelRatnaawardee.�50.Where was the Commonwealth Weightlifting

Championship�0�9held? dkWeuosYFk osVfyfÝVaXk pSfEi;uf'ki 2019 dgka vk;ksftr dh

XkbZ Fkh\

(a) Palau/iykÅ (b) Samoa/leksvk

(c) Fiji/fiQ+th (d) Vanuatu/okuqvrqAns:–(b)Indian team secured the first spot in the medal tally ofCommonwealth Weightlifting Championship �0�9 held atSamoa,acountryinOceania.37Indianplayersparticipatedin theCommonwealthWeightliftingChampionship inApia,Samoa.�5�.InternationalJusticeDayobservedon_____________ varjkZ"Vªh; U;k; fnol ---------- ij euk;k Xk;k

(a) �7thJuly/17 tqykbZ(b) �5thJune/15 twu(c) �6thMarch/16 ekpZ(d) �3thApril/13 vçSy

Ans:–(a)

InternationalJusticeDayobservedon�7thJuly.�5�.India and _________both are exercising restraint in

Doklam Hkkjr vkSj -------- cksd Mksdyke esa la;e cjr jgs gSa

(a) Pakistan/ikfdLrku (b) China/phu(c) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k (d) Bangladesh/ckaXykns'k

Ans:–(b)

IndiaandChinabothareexercisingrestraintinDoklam.

�53._______interceptsdronelaunchedbyYemenirebels --------------- ;euh foæksfg;ksa }kjk 'kq: fd, Xk, Mªksu dks Lohdkj

djrk gS

(a) SaudiArabia/lÅnh vjc

(b) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k(c) Russia/:l(d) England/baXkySaM

Ans:–(a)Saudi Arabia intercepts drone launched by Yemeni rebels.The drone launched by the Houthi rebels from Yemen’sGovernorateofSanaatowardtheSaudicityofJizan.ASaudi-ledcoalitionalliedwithYemen’sGovernmenthasbeenatwarwiththeHouthissince�0�5.�54.India, __________exchange views on combating terror

financing Hkkjr ----------- vkrad foÙkiks"k.k dk eqdkcyk djus ij fopkjksa

dk vknku&çnku djrk gS

(a) Romania/jksekfu;k (b) Uzbekistan/mT+csfdLrku

(c) Russia/:l (d) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;kAns:–(b)India and Uzbekistan exchange views on combating terrorfinancing.�55.As per BSI report, India hosts _________ species of

orchid. ch,lvkbZ dh fjiksVZ ds vuqlkj] Hkkjr vkfdZM dh ----- çtkfr;ksa

dh estckuh djrk gSA

(a) 838 (b) 970(c) ��56 (d) �490

Ans:–(c)A recent reportby theBotanicalSurveyof India (BSI) thatIndiahosts�,�56speciesoforchid.Italsoreleasedthecensuscontainingphotographsof775speciesofOrchids.�56.TamilNadutoget_________newdistricts rfeyukMq dks ----------uo ftys feysaXks

(a) 4 (b) �(c) 5 (d) 6

Ans:–(b)

TamilNadutoget�newdistricts.�57.WhenISSFfounded? ISSFdh LFkkiuk dc bqbZ\

(a) �907 (b) �96�(c) �956 (d) �986

Ans:–(a)ISSFfoundedintheyear�907.TheISSFJuniorWorldCup,

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SarabjotSinghscored�39.6tobagthemen’s�0mairpistolgold,country’sninthyellowmetalattheevent.�58.SarabjotSinghwonIndia’s______goldinISSFJunior

WorldCup ljctks flag us ISSFtwfu;j fo'o di esa Hkkjr dk ------- Lo.kZ

thrk

(a) 9th/9oha (b) 6th/6oha(c) 8th/8oha (d) 5th/5oha

Ans:–(a)The ISSF Junior World Cup, Sarabjot Singh scored �39.6tobagthemen’s�0mairpistolgold,country’sninthyellowmetal at the event.India both the men’s and women’s �0mair pistol crowns with �4-year-old Esha Singh winning thewomen’sevent.�59.SportsPerson_______nominatedforIAAFVeteranPin LiksV~Zl ilZu -------------IAAFosVju fiu ds fy, ukekafdr

(a) HImaDas/gsek nkl(b) PTUsha/ihVh Å"kk(c) MaryKom/eSjh dkWe

(d) HeenaSidhu/ghuk fl¼wAns:–(b)FormerOlympictrackandfieldathletePTUshanominatedfor the International Association of Athletics FederationsVeteran PinThe olympic track for her long and meritoriousservicetothecauseofWorldAthletics.�60.WhoinstitutedtheNelsonMandelaInternationalDay? usYlu eaMsyk varjkZ"Vªh; fnol dh LFkkiuk fdlus dh\

(a) WHO/dkSu

(b) UNICEF/;wfulsiQ(c) UnitedNations/la;qDr jk"Vª(d) WorldBank/fo'o cSad

Ans:–(c)TheUnitedNationsobservedtheNelsonMandelaInternationalDay,alsopopularlyknownasMandelaDay,on�8Julyeveryyear. The United Nations instituted the day to mark thebirthdayofSouthAfrica’sformerpresident,NelsonMandela,whichfallson�8July.Itwasestablishedintheyearon�009.�6�.UnitedNationsobservedtheNelsonMandelaInternational

Dayon_________. la;qDr jk"Vª us ------------- dks usYlu eaaMsyk varjkZ"Vªh; fnol

euk;kA

(a) �5July/15 tqykbZ(b) �4July/14 tqykbZ(c) �8July/18 tqykb(d) �9July/19 tqykbZ

Ans:–(c)TheUnitedNationsobservedtheNelsonMandelaInternationalDay,alsopopularlyknownasMandelaDay,on�8Julyeveryyear. The United Nations instituted the day to mark thebirthdayofSouthAfrica’sformerpresident,NelsonMandela,whichfallson�8July.Itwasestablishedintheyearon�009.�6�.TurkeyboughtF-35fighterjetsfrom_________. rqdhZ us----------------ls F-35 iQkbVj tsV~l [kjhnsA

(a) US/vesfjdk

(b) UK/;wds

(c) Russia/:l(d) India/bafM;k

Ans:–(c)TurkeyboughtF-35fighterjetsfromRussia.ThefirstpartsoftheS-400airdefencesystemwereflowntotheMurtedmilitaryairbasenorthwestofAnkara,Turkeyon�9July.ThissealstheTurkey’sdealwithRussia.TheUnitedStatesremovedTurkeyfromtheF-35fighterjetprogrammeon�7July.�63.WhichCountrydidtheUSremovefromF-35fighterjet

programme? F-35iQkbVj tsV çksXkzke ls vesfjdk us fdl ns'k dks gVk;k\

(a) UK/;wds

(b) Russia/:l(c) China/phu(d) Turkey/rqdhZ

Ans:–(d)The United States removed Turkey from the F-35 fighterjet programme on �7 July. It is a move that had been longthreatenedandexpectedafterAnkarabeganacceptingdeliveryofanadvancedRussianmissiledefencesystem.�64._______has60%ofhungrypeopleintheworld ------------- esa nqfu;k ds 60» Hkw[ks yksXk gSa

(a) Asia/,f'k;k(b) Antartica/vaVkdZfVdk

(c) Africa/vÚhdk

(d) NorthAmerica/mÙkjh vesfjdkAns:–(a)Asiahas60%ofhungrypeopleintheworld.Asiatheyare8�0millionpeopleenoughtoeatin�0�8,upfrom8��millioninthepreviousyear.Itisthethirdyearofincreaseinarow.�65.Asiahas_________ofhungrypeopleintheworld ,f'k;k esa --------------- nqfu;k ds Hkw[ks yksXk gSa

(a) 60%/ (b) 75%(c) 8�% (d) 85%

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Ans:–(a)Asiahas60%ofhungrypeopleintheworld.Asiatheyare8�0millionpeopleenoughtoeatin�0�8,upfrom8��millioninthepreviousyear.Itisthethirdyearofincreaseinarow.�66.PrimeMinisterNarendraModi tosharehis thoughts in

MannKiBaaton_________ ç/kuea=kh ujsaæ eksnh us eu dh ckr esa vius fopkj lk>k djus

ds fy, -----------------

(a) May�6/16 ebZ(b) March�0/ekpZ 20(c) July�8/28 tqykbZ(d) June�6/26 twu

Ans:–(c)PrimeMinisterNarendraModitosharehisthoughtsinMannKiBaatonJuly�8.�67.Which state envisages new Industrial Policy to attract

newinvestments? dkSu lk jkT; ubZ fuos'k vkdf"kZr djus ds fy, ubZ vkS|ksfXkd

uhfr dh ifjdYiuk djrk gS\

(a) HimachalPradesh/fgekpy çns'k(b) WestBengal/if'pe caXkky(c) Odisha/vksfM'kk

(d) Kerala/dsjyAns:–(c)Odisha envisages new Industrial Policy to attract newinvestments.�68.____________togettwonewdistricts ------------------------dks nks u, ftys feyrs gSa

(a) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(b) Kerala/dsjy

(c) WestBengal/if'pe caXkky(d) Karnataka/dukZVd

Ans:–(a)

TamilNadutogettwonewdistricts�69.WhowonIndia’sninthgoldinISSFJuniorWorldCup fdlus ISSFtwfu;j fo'o di esa Hkkjr dks ukSoka Lo.kZ

fnyk;k

(a) DhyanChand/è;kupan(b) SarabjotSingh/ljctksj flag(c) ShivaThapa/f'ko Fkkik(d) VijayAmritraj/fot; ve`rjkt

Ans:–(b)SarabjotSinghwonIndia’sninthgoldinISSFJuniorWorld

Cup.�70.FrenchTycoonBernardArnaultOvertakesBillGatesTo

Become_______RichestPersonInTheWorld Úsap Vkbdwu cukZMA vjukWYV us fcy XksV~l dks nqfu;k esa ------

lcls vehj O;fDr cuus ds fy, çsfjr fd;k

(a) 5th (b) �nd(c) 3rd (d) 4th

Ans:–(b)French Tycoon Bernard Arnault Overtakes Bill Gates ToBecome�ndRichestPersonInTheWorld.�7�.Whichbankrolls-outAlchatbotABHiinTelangana dkSu lk cSad rsyaXkkuk esa vy pSVckWV ,ch,pvkbZ dks jksy&vkmV

djrk gS

(a) YesBank/;l cSad(b) AndhraBank/vka/z cSad

(c) CanaraBank/dsujk cSad

(d) StateBankofIndia/Hkkjrh; LVsV CkSadAns:–(b)

AndhraBankrolls-outAlchatbotABHiinTelangana.�7�.Which Article of Indian Constitution mentions about

the Consolidated Fund of India (CFI) of the Centralgovernment?

Hkkjrh; lafo/ku ds fdl vuqPNsn esa Hkkjr ds lesfdr dks"k (CFI)dk mYys[k gS\

(a) Article�50/vuqPNsn 250

(b) Article�66/vuqPNsn 266


(d) Articel�9�/vuqPNsn 292Ans:–(b)CFIofCentrewasestablishedunderArticle�67oftheIndianConstitution and State Government’s was established underArticle�66oftheIndianConstitution.�73.Who is the current Comptroller and Auditor General

(CAG)ofIndia? Hkkjr ds orZeku fu;a=kd ,oa egkys[kk ijh{kd (CAG)dkSu

gSa\

(a) RajivMehrishi/jktho esgfj'kh(b) TusharMehta/rq"kkj esgrk(c) ViralAcharya/ok;jy vkpk;Z

(d) AjayNarayanJha/vt; ukjk;.k >kAns:–(a)RajivMehrishiisthecurrentComptrollerandAuditorGeneralofIndia(C&AG)andVice-ChairmanofUnitedNationsPanelofExternalAuditors.HeisaretiredIASofficerof�978batch

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belongingtoRajasthancadre.�74.__________hasopposedtheCentre’sproposaltotransfer

surplusmoneytotheConsolidatedFundofIndia(CFI) ---------- us Hkkjr ds lesfdr dks"k (CFI) esa vf/'ks"k /u

gLrkarfjr djus ds dsaæ ds çLrko dk fojks/ fd;k gSA

(a) RBI/Hkkjrh; fjtoZ cSad(b) SEBI/lsch(c) NSE/,u,lbZ(d) BSE/ch,lbZ

Ans:–(b)Securities andExchangeBoardof India (SEBI), the capitalmarkets regulator, has opposed the Centre’s proposal totransfer surplus money to the Consolidated Fund of India(CFI).�75.Indiatobefreeof___________by�0�5 2025 rd Hkkjr ------------- ls eqDr gksXkk

(a) Flu/Ýyw(b) Tuberculosis/{k; jksXk(c) Malaria/eysfj;k(d) Typhoid/vka=k Toj

Ans:–(b)

IndiatobefreeofTuberculosisby�0�5�76.WhichCountryhostedtheTaborAthleticsMeet�0�9? fdl ns'k us Vkcj ,FkysfVDl ehV 2019 dh estckuh dh\

(a) CzechRepublic/psd Xk.kra=k

(b) Hungary/gaXkjh(c) Poland/iksySaM(d) Austria/vkWfLVª;k

Ans:–(a)Czech Republic hosted the Tabor Athletics Meet �0�9.Assam’sHimaDas,theIndianSprinter,wonherfourthgoldinthe�00meventandMuhammadAnaswongoldinmen’s400mevent.�77.Who won gold in the �00m event at aTaborAthletics

MeetinCzechRepublic? psd Xk.kjkT; esa Vkcj ,FkysfVDl ehV esa 200 ehVj Li/kZ esa

Lo.kZ ind fdlus thrk\

(a) P.U.Chitra/ih-;w- fp=kk(b) HimaDas/gsek nkl(c) DuteeChand/nqrh pan(d) PinkiPramanik/fiadh çekf.kd

Ans:–(b)Assam’sHimaDas,theIndianSprinter,wonherfourthgoldinthe�00meventataTaborAthleticsMeetinCzechRepublic

on�7 July.Sheclocked�3.�5 seconds.This isher4thwinin �5 days.VKVismaya won the silver and clocked �3.43seconds.�78.______tobefreeofTuberculosisby�0�5 ------------ 2025 rd {k; jksXk ls eqDr gks

(a) Russia/:l(b) India/bafM;k(c) SaudiArabia/lÅnh vjc

(d) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;kAns:–(a)

IndiatobefreeofTuberculosisby�0�5.�79.WhoisappointedprivatesecretarytoPM? ih,e dk futh lfpo fdls fu;qDr fd;k tkrk gS\


(b) VivekKumar/foosd dqekj

(c) DineshSharma/fnus'k 'kekZ(d) RajeshKumar/jkts'k dqekj

Ans:–(b)

IFSofficerVivekKumarappointedprivatesecretarytoPM�80.How many cricketer’s have been inducted in the

InternationalCricketCouncil’sHallofFame? varjkZ"Vªh; fØdsV ifj"kn ds gkWy vkWIkQ Úse esa fdrus fØdsVj

'kkfey fd, Xk, gSa\

(a) 75 (b) 89(c) 97 (d) ��

Ans:–(b)ICCCricketHallofFamewas launchedon�January�009inDubai.TheHalloffamewaslaunchedbytheInternationalCricketCouncil (ICC) inassociationwith theFederationofInternational Cricketers’ Associations (FICA). The Hall offameincludes8womenoutofthe89inductees.�8�.Which state Traffic Police Launch New E-Payment

SystemtoOvercomeCorruption fdl jkT; dh VªSfiQd iqfyl us Hkz"Vkpkj ij dkcw ikus ds fy,

ubZ bZ&HkqXkrku ç.kkyh 'kq: dh

(a) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(b) Delhi/fnYyh(c) Kerala/dsjy

(d) Bihar/fcgkjAns:–(b)DelhistateTrafficPoliceLaunchNewE-PaymentSystemtoOvercomeCorruption.�8�.Whoreviewedfirst-everDraftPlanforPowerDistribution

Sector

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ftUgksua fo|qr forj.k {ks=k ds fy, igys&igy MªkÝV ;kstuk dh leh{kk dh

(a) SureshSharma/lqjs'k 'kekZ(b) RKSingh/vkj ds flag

(c) VikramSharma/foØe 'kekZ

(d) DineshGupta/fnus'k XkqIrkAns:–(b)R K Singh reviewed first-ever Draft Plan for PowerDistributionSector.�83.WhoheldthechargeasGovernorofMadhyaPradeshas

wellasChhattisgarh,beforetheappointmentofAnusuiyaUikeyastheGovernorofChhattisgarh?

vuqlqb;k mbds dks NÙkhlXk<+ ds jkt;iky ds :i esa fu;qDr djus ls igys eè;çns'k ds lkFk&lkFk NÙkhlXk<+ ds jkT;iky ds :i eas dk;ZHkkj fdlds ikl Fkk\

(a) AnandibenPatel/vkuanhcsu iVsy

(b) JagdishMukhi/tXknh'k eq[kh(c) RamNaik/jke ukbd(d) E.S.L.Narasimhan/bZ-,l-,y- ujflEgu

Ans:–(a)Anandiben Patel is currently the Governor of MadhyaPradeshaswellas sheholds thechargeas theGovernorofChhattisgarh.�84.WhenwastheChhattisgarhStateformed? NÙkhlXk<+ jkT; dk XkBu dc gqvk\

(a) �995 (b) �000(c) �00� (d) �005

Ans:–(b)Chhattisgarh state was formed on � November �000by partitioning �0 Chhattisgarhi and 6 Gondi speakingsoutheasterndistrictsofMadhyaPradesh.�85.How many components are launched by Indian Cyber

CrimeCoordinationCentre(I4C)fortheyear�0�8-�0�0 o"kZ 2018&2020 ds fy, Hkkjrh; lkbcj vijk/ leUo; dsaæ

(�4C)}kjk fdrus ?kVd ykWUp fd, Xk, gSa

(a) 6 (b) 7(c) 8 (d) 9

Ans:–(b)MHA launched 7 components Indian Cyber CrimeCoordinationCentre(I4C)for�0�8-�0�0.�86.HowmanymemberStatesarethereinSAARC? lkdZ esa fdrus lnL; ns'k gSa\

(a) 7 (b) 8(c) �0 (d) ��

Ans:–(b)The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation(SAARC)istheregionalintergovernmentalorganizationandgeopoliticalunionofstatesinSouthAsia.ItsmemberstatesincludeAfghanistan,Bangladesh,Bhutan,India,theMaldives,Nepal,PakistanandSriLanka.�87.WherewastheISSFJuniorWorldCup�0�9held? ISSFtwfu;j fo'o di 2019 eas fdl ns'k us ind rkfydk esa

'kh"kZ LFkku çkIr fd;k\

(a) Germany/teZuh(b) Tokyo/VksD;ks(c) NorthKorea/mÙkj dksfj;k

(d) China/phuAns:–(a)TheISSFJuniorWorldCup�0�9washeldinSuhl,Germany.India has topped the championship by securing �0 gold, 9silverand5bronzewithatotalof�4medals.�88.WhichCountrytoppedthemedalstallyintheISSFJunior

WorldCup�0�9? ISSFtwfu;j fo'o di 2019 esa fdl ns'k us ind rkfydk esa

'kh"kZ LFkku çkIr fd;k\

(a) China/phu(b) Japan/tkiku(c) Australia/vkWLVªsfy;k

(d) India/phuAns:–(d)India has topped the championship by securing �0 gold,9silverand5bronzewitha totalof�4medals in theISSFJuniorWorldCup�0�9inSuhl,Germany.�89.Whowongoldinthemen’srifleintheISSFJuniorWorld

Cup�0�9? ISSFtwfu;j fo'o di 2019 esa iq#"kksa dh jkbiQy eas Lo.kZ

fdlus thrk\

(a) JituRai/thrw jk;(b) AishwaryaPratap/,s'o;kZ çrki(c) EshaSingh/bZ'kk flag(d) GauravRana/bafM;k

Ans:–(b)AishwaryaPratapSinghTomarwongold in themen’s riflein the ISSF JuniorWorld Cup �0�9 in Suhl, Germany. HiswinhasmadeIndiatotopthemedalstallyintheISSFJuniorWorldCup.�90.WhoistheVice-PresidentofNitiAayog? uhrh vk;ksXk ds mikè;{k dkSu gSa\

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(a) RajivKumar/jktho dqekj

(b) AmitabhKant/vferkHk dkar

(c) ShivamTeotia/f'koe rkSfr;k(d) V.K.Suman/XkkSjo jk.kk

Ans:–(a)RajivKumariscurrentlythevice-chairmanoftheNITIAayog.He is the chancellor of the Gokhale Institute of Economicsand Politics in Pune and founding director of Pahle IndiaFoundation,anon-profitresearchorganisationthatspecialisesinpolicy-orientedresearchandanalysis.�9�.Which State is to host the first-ever Himalayan states’

conclaveonJuly�8? fdl jkT; dks 28 tqykbZ dks igyh ckj fgeky;h jkT;ksa ds

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(a) Assam/vle

(b) Manipur/ef.kiqj(c) Tripura/f=kiqjk(d) Uttarakhand/oh-ds- lqeu

Ans:–(d)Uttarakhand State government is to host the first-everHimalayan states’ conclave on July �8 in Mussoorie,Uttarakhand. The prime focus of the meeting will be onsustainabledevelopment.�9�.Indiahasagreedtosetup________ofREcapacitiesby

�0��intheParisAgreementonEnvironment. Hkkjr us i;kZoj.k ij isfjl le>kSrs esa 2022 rd vkjbZ {kerk

--------- LFkkfir djus ij lgefr O;Dr dh gSA

(a) �500GW/1500 thMCY;w(b) �000GW/1000 thMCY;w(c) 564GW/564 thMCY;w(d) �75GW/175 thMCY;w

Ans:–(d)IndiahasagreedtoParisAgreementonEnvironmentthatthecountrywillsetup�75GWofREcapacitiesby�0��undertheNationallyDeterminedContribution.About80GWofREgenerationhasalreadybeencommissionedinMay�0�9.Restof thebalance,95GW,hasbeenplannedtocomeupinthenextthreeyears.�93.MSRAMiscapableofoperatingattheextremecondition

of__________. MSRAM------------dh pje fLFkfr esa lapkfyr djus esa

l{ke gSA

(a) -odegC/&0 fMXkzh lh(b) -�0degC/&10 fMXkzh lh(c) -�0degc/&20 fMXkzh lsfYl;l

(d) -30degC/&30 fMXkzh lhAns:–(d)MRSAM system is equipped with a modern ground-basedmulti-function 3D rotating active phased array radar. Theradarprovideshigh-qualityAirSituationPicture (ASP)andweaponsupportunderadverseoperationalandenvironmentalconditions. It has an intercept range between 70-�00 km.MSRAMiscapableofoperatingattheextremeconditionof-30degCandanaltitudeof3.5km.�94.TheAsianDevelopmentBank(ADB)hasreducedIndia’s

growthforecastforthecurrentfinancialyearto________from7.�%.

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(a) 6.5% (b) 6.8%(c) 7% (d) 7.�%

Ans:–(c)The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has reduced India’sgrowthforecastforthecurrentfinancialyearto7%.Earlier,ithadannouncedagrowthestimationof7.�%.ItreportedinitsAsianDevelopmentOutlook�0�9.�95.CCEAapprovedthe________megawattsDibanghydro

powerprojectinArunachalPradesh CCEAus v#.kkpy çns'k esa --------- esXkkokV fnckaXk ty fo|qr

ifj;kstuk dks eatwjh nh

(a) �,880 (b) �,550(c) 4,356 (d) 5,485

Ans:–(a)CCEA approved the �,880 megawatts Dibang hydro powerprojectinArunachalPradesh.�96.WhenMinistryofCulturefounded? laLÑfr ea=kky; dh LFkkiuk dc gqbZ\

(a) �0�8 (b) �0��(c) �0�9 (d) �0�7

Ans:–(b)

MinistryofCulturefoundedintheyear�0��.�97.RepcoMFIwonawardfrom__________forSHGlinkage

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(a) NTPC/,uVhihlh(b) BSNL/ch,l,u,y(c) NABARD/ukckMZ(d) BHEL/ch,pbZ,y

Ans:–(c)

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RepcoMFIwonawardfromNABARDforSHGlinkageinTNfor�0�8-�9.�98.SAARCFilmFestival�0�9heldat___________ lkdZ fiQYe egksRlo 2019 ------------- esa vk;ksftr

(a) Pakistan/ikfdLrku

(b) SriLanka/Jhyadk

(c) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k(d) SaudiArabia/fnus'k dqekj

Ans:–(b)SAARC Film Festival �0�9 held at the National FilmCorporationCinemaHall,Colombo,SriLanka.�99.________ seizes British oil tanker in the Strait of

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(a) Iraq/bjkd(b) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k(c) Iran/bZjku(d) SaudiArabia/lÅnh vjc

Ans:–(c)

IranseizesBritishoiltankerintheStraitofHormuz.300.SanjeevKumarSinglaisappointedasIndia’sAmbassador

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(b) Israel/btjkby(c) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k(d) Japan/tkiku

Ans:–(b)SanjeevKumarSinglaisappointedasIndia’sAmbassadortoIsrael.30�.WhichstateSportsDeptgaveRsOneCroreAssistance

forGoldMedalistRahiSarnobat fdl jkT; ds [ksy foHkkXk us Lo.kZ ind fotsrk jkgh ljukscr

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(a) Maharashtra/egkjk"Vª(b) Odisha/vksfM'kk

(c) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(d) Kerala/dsjy

Ans:–(a)MaharashtrastateSportsDeptgaveRsOneCroreAssistanceforGoldMedalistRahiSarnobat.

30�.When Pradhan Mantri KISAN Samman Nidhi Schemelaunched?

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(a) �0�9 (b) �0�8(c) �0�6 (d) �0�7

Ans:–(b)ThisschemeisintroducedbytheNarendraModiGovernment.Theschemegoteffectivefrom0�.��.�0�8.Aimofthescheme:Tosupplementthefinancialneedsofthefarmersandplantoensure proper crop health and appropriate yields and plantowardsthediet.303.UnionMinisterPiyushGoyaltolaunchGlobalInnovation

Index_______ dsaæh; ea=kh ih;w"k Xkks;y us ykWUp fd;k Xykscy buksos'ku baMsDl-

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Ans:–(c)Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal plannedtolaunchtheGlobalInnovationIndex(GII)onJuly�4.Thethemeoftheeventis304.When did the Sheila Dikshit’s cremated with full state

honours___________ 'hyk nhf{kr dk iwjs jktdh; lEeku ds lkFk vafre laLdkj dc

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(a) July��/21 tqykbZ (b) July��/11 tqykbZ(c) July��/22 tqykbZ (d) July�9/19 tqykbZ

Ans:–(a)Sheila Dikshit, three-time chief minister of Delhi, who iscredited with the “all-round” development of the nationalcapitalwascrematedwith full statehonourson july��.Shepassed away due to a cardiac arrest.As per her wish, theCongressleaderwaslaidtorestusingtheCNGmethod.305.HowmanytimedidSheiladikshitbecamechiefminister

ofNewDelhi 'khyk nhf{kr fdruh ckj ubZ fnYyh dh eq[;ea=kh cuha

(a) � (b) �(c) 3 (d) None

Ans:–(c)Sheila Dikshit, three-time chief minister of Delhi, who iscredited with the “all-round” development of the nationalcapitalwascrematedwithfullstatehonoursonjuly��.306.WhatisthescheduleddatetobeginjapanopenBadminton

�0�9______ tSi vksiu cSMfeaVu 2019 ------ 'kq: djus dh fu/kZfjr frfFk

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(a) July�3/23 tqykbZ(b) July�7/27 tqykbZ(c) July�9/29 tqykbZ(d) July30/30 tqykbZ

Ans:–(a)SindhuwillnextplaytheJapanOpen,whichisscheduledtobeginonJuly�3.307.Which edition of DefEXPO India �0�� to be held in

lucknowforthefirsttime? fMiQDliks bafM;k 2022 ds fdl laLdj.k dks igyh ckj lkSHkkX;

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(a) 4th/4oka (b) 6th/6okW(c) 8th/8okW (d) ��th/11okW

Ans:–(d)The��thDefExpoIndia-�0�0isscheduledtobeheldforthefirst time in Uttar Pradesh’s capital Lucknow.Main themeof the DefExpo India-�0�0 will be ‘India: The EmergingDefence Manufacturing Hub’ and focus will be on ‘DigitalTransformationofDefence’.308.EleventhDefExpoIndia-�0�0tobeheldin________ X;kjgoka MsiQ,Dliks Hkkjr&2020 dks --------- esa vk;ksftr fd;k

tk,Xkk

(a) Chennai/psUubZ(b) Lucknow/y[kuÅ(c) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(d) Mumbai/eqacbZ

Ans:–(b)The��thDefExpoIndia-�0�0isscheduledtobeheldforthefirsttimeinUttarPradesh’scapitalLucknow.309.How many crore farmer families received first two

instalmentsofunderPMKSNYschemebenefits? ih,eds,l,uokbZ ;kstuk dss rgr fdrus djksM+ fdlku ifjokjksa

dks igyh nks fd'rsa feyha\

(a) �8crore45lakhs/18 djksM+ 45 yk[k

(b) 7crore3�lakh/7 djksM+ 32 yk[k

(c) �0crore�5lakh/10 djksM+ 25 yk[k

(d) �8crore38lakhs/28 djksM+ 38 yk[kAns:–(b)Aroundsevencrore3�lakhfarmerfamiliesacrossthecountryreceivedthefirstandsecondinstallmentsof�thousandrupeesunderthePradhanMantriKisanSammanNidhiYojana.3�0.NikhatZareengotqualifiedto_________ofThaiboxing

tourney

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(a) �nd/nwljk (b) 5th/ikapok(c) 8th/vkBosa (d) 9th/ukSosa

Ans:–(a)NikhatZareengotqualified to�ndofThaiboxing tourney.Nikhat Zareen a former Junior world champion who gotselectedtothesecondroundoftheThailandOpenInternationalBoxing tournament. They are in the 5�-kilogram category.TheboxerbelongstoHyderabad.3��.Prithu Gupta of Delhi selected as Indias_____

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(a) 35th/35osa (b) 64th/64osa(c) 63rd/63osa (d) 6�nd/62oasa

Ans:–(b)Delhi’s Prithu Gupta become India’s 64th Grandmaster. HegotEloaround�500points.HedefeatedIMLevYankelevichinthefifthroundofthePortugueseLeague�0�9.3��.________tobelaunchedfromSriharikotaat�:43pmon

July�� ------------ dks 22 tqykbZ dks nksigj 2:43 cts JhgfjdksVk ls

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(a) INSAT-�C/bulSV �C(b) Chandrayaan�/paæ;ku 2(c) SROSS-�/,lvkjvks,l,l&C�(d) GSAT-3�/thlSV&31

Ans:–(b)Chandrayaan�tobelaunchedfromSriharikotaat�:43pmonJuly��.IndianSpaceResearchOrganisation (ISRO)plannedtolaunchIndia’ssecondmissionChandrayaan-�totheMoonat�.43pmtodayonJuly��3�3.WhoisappointedasCPIGeneralSecretary? Hkkdik egklfpo ds :i esa fdls fu;qDr fd;k Xk;k gS\


(b) D.Raja/Mh- jktk(c) K.Subbarayan/ykyÑ".k lqCckjk;u

(d) S.SudhakarReddy/,l lq/kdj jsM~MhAns:–(b)D. Raja who is the Rajya Sabha member is appointed thegeneralsecretaryoftheCommunistPartyofIndia(CPI).HewillreplaceSudhakarReddy3�4.WhowonMrSouthAsiatitle?

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feLVj lkmFk ,f'k;k dk f[krkc fdlus thrk\

(a) SunithJadhav/lquhFk tk/o(b) RavinderMalik/jfoanj efyd(c) SreshKumar/lqjs'k dqekj

(d) VikramSinha/foØe flagAns:–(b)RavinderMalikwonMrSouthAsiaTitle.Therearearound9�bodybuildersparticipatedinthechampionship.3�5.Chandrayaan-�isthefirsteverIndianspacemissionthat

wasledbywomenscientist.Whoistheprojectdirector? paæ;ku&2 igyk Hkkjrh; varfj{k fe'ku gS ftldk usr`Ro efgyk

oSKkfud us fd;k FkkA ifj;kstuk funs'kd dkSu gS\

(a) RituKaridhal/fjrq dfjny

(b) MuthayyaVanitha/eqFkS;k ofurk(c) AnuradhaTK/vuqjk/k Vh-ds-

(d) MinalRohit/ehuy jksfgrAns:–(b)Chandrayaan-� is the first ever Indian space mission thatwasledbywomenscientist.MuthayyaVanitha,asaprojectdirector,hasledthemissionfromthestart.3�6.ThespacesegmentofChandrayaan-�includesanorbiter,

alanderandarover.Amongthesegments,Vikramis_________.

paæ;ku&2 ds varfj{k [kaM esa ,d vkWfcZVj] ,d ySaMj vkSj ,d jksoj 'kkfey gSA [kaMkksa esa] foØe ------------- gSA

(a) orbiter/vkWfcZVj

(b) lander/ySaMj(c) rover/?kqearw(d) noneofthese/bueas ls dksbZ ugha

Ans:–(b)TheChandrayaan-�spacecraftweighsaround3.8tonnes.Thetotal estimated cost for the mission was Rs.978 crore, thatisRs.603crore for the space segment andRs.375crore forthelaunch.ThespacesegmentofChandrayaan-�includesanorbiter,alandernamedVikram,arovernamedPragyan.3�7.Indiaisthe__________countrytolaunchspacecraftto

theLunarsouthpole? Hkkjr paæ nf{k.k /qzo ij varfj{k ;ku ykWUp djus okyk --------

ns'k gS\

(a) 4th/4okW (b) 5th/5okW(c) 6th/6okW (d) 7th/7okE

Ans:–(a)ISRO has launched Chandrayaan-� successfully into theelliptical Earth orbit from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre

inSriharikotaon��July.IfthespacecraftlandssoftlyontheMoon,Indiawillbethefourthcountrytosuccessfullycarryoutsuchmission.ThethreecountriesthathavelaunchedthespacecraftsuccessfullyareUS,RussiaandChina.3�8.WherewastheInternationalPoliceExpo�0�9held? varjkZ"Vªh; iqfyl ,Dliks 2019 dgka vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) Kolkata/dksydkrk

(b) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(c) Mumbai/eqacbZ(d) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh

Ans:–(d)TheInternationalPoliceExpo�0�9heldinPragatiMaidan,NewDelhi.Intheexpo,theUnionMinistryofHomeAffairs(MHA) launched a lightweight bullet proof jacket BhabhaKavach,whichwasespeciallyfortheParamilitaryForcesandIndianarmedforces.3�9.Adam Peaty breaks ___________barrier and�00m

breaststrokeworldrecord ,Me ihVh us ------------- cSfj;j vkSj 100 ehVj czsLVLVªksd fo'o

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(a) 60seconds/60 lsdaM

(b) 57seconds/57 lsdaM

(c) 56seconds/56 lsdaM

(d) 4�seconds/42 lsdaMAns:–(c)AdamPeatybreaks56secondsbarrierand�00mbreaststrokeworldrecord3�0.AmarnathYatracrosseslastyear’smarkof___________

in��days vejukFk ;k=kk fiNys lky 22 fnuksa esa -------- dk vkadM+k ikj

dj XkbZA

(a) �.85lakh/2-85 yk[k(b) 4.85lakh/4-85 yk[k(c) 6.�5lakh/6-25 yk[k #-(d) 8.56lakh/8-56 yk[k

Ans:–(a)AmarnathYatra crosses lastyear’smarkof�.85 lakh in��days.3��.Indian Navy commissioned fifth Dornier Aircraft

Squadronin__________ Hkkjrh; ukSlsuk us ------------ esa ikaposa MksfuZ;j ,;jØkÝV LDokMªu

dks deh'ku fn;k

(a) Chennai/psUubZ(b) Mumbai/eqacbZ

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(c) Mumbai/eqacbZ(d) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn

Ans:–(a)IndianNavycommissionedfifthDornierAircraftSquadroninChennai.3��.WhoiselectedasUKPrimeMinister? fczVsu ds ç/kuea=kh ds :i eas fdls pquk tkrk gS\

(a) JohnMayor/tkWu es;j(b) BorisJohnson/cksfjl tkWulu(c) GordownBrown/Xkkmu czkmu(d) TonyBlair/Vksuh Cys;j

Ans:–(b)

BorisJohnsoniselectedasUKPrimeMinister.3�3.IndianNavycommissions___________DornierAircraft

SquadroninChennai Hkkjrh; ukSlsuk us psUubZ esa ---------- MksfuZ;j ,;jØkÝV LDokMªu

dh 'kq#vkr dh

(a) 6th/6oha (b) 5th/5oha(c) 4th/pkSFkk (d) 8th/vkBokW

Ans:–(b)Indian Navy commissions 5th Dornier Aircraft Squadronin Chennai.ndian NavalAir Squadron (INAS) 3�3 It is thefifthDornieraircraftsquadroncommissionedintotheIndianNavybyAdmiralKarambirSingh,PVSMAVSMADCChiefoftheNavalStaffTheceremonyheldatNavalAirEnclave,Meenambakkam.3�4.ThirteenthGlobalHealthcareSummitorganizedbyAAPI

andGAPIOheldin___________ AAPIvkSj GAPIO}kjk vk;ksftr rsjgosa Xykscy gsYFkds;j

lfeV ------------- esa vk;ksftr

(a) Secunderabad/fldanjkckn

(b) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(c) Chennai/psUubZ(d) Mumbai/eqacbZ

Ans:–(b)ThirteenthGlobalHealthcareSummitorganizedbyAAPIandGAPIOheldinHyderabad.3�5.AmarnathYatracrosseslastyear’smarkof�.85lakhin

________________ vejukFk ;k=kk fiNys lky ------------- esa 2-85 yk[k dk vkadM+k

ikj dj XkbZ

(a) �5days/25 fnu(b) ��days/22 fnu(c) �8days/18 fnu

(d) �6days/16 fnuAns:–(d)AmarnathYatra crosses lastyear’smarkof�.85 lakh in�6days3�6.HowmanyIndianBoxersenteredtoThailandInternational

Tournament? fdrus Hkkjrh; eqDdscktksa us FkkbZySaM varjkZ"Vªh; VwukZesaV esa ços'k

fd;k\

(a) 8 (b) 3(c) 4 (d) 5

Ans:–(b)Thereare�47boxersfrom37countriesaretakingpartinthetournamenttotestthemselvesagainstsomeoftheworld’sbestpugilistsaheadoftheWorldChampionshipsslatedlaterintheyear.FivewomenandsixmenfromIndiawillmeetandtheywillcontinuetillJuly�7.3�7.Central Government favors it’s _____contribution to

economicgrowth dsaæ ljdkj ;g ekurk gS fd vkfFkZd fodkl esa mldk ;ksXknku

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(a) 56.8 (b) 3�.8(c) �6.5 (d) �8.6

Ans:–(b)CentralGovernmentfavorsit’s3�.8contributiontoeconomicgrowth3�8.Who breaks 57 seconds barrier and�00m breaststroke

worldrecordinSwimming? rSjkdh esa 57 lsdaM dk cSfj;j vkSj 100 ehVj czsLVLVªksd fo'o

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(a) GrandHackett/XkzkaV gSdsV

(b) AdamPeaty/,Me ihVh(c) MichaelPheips/ekbdy iQsYIl

(d) KatieHoff/dsVh gkWiQAns:–(b)BritainswimmerAdamPeatybreak theworld record in themen’s�00-meterbreaststrokeattheWorldChampionshipsinGwangju,SouthKorea.Hecompensatedthepreviousrecordof 57.�0 seconds.This record was made by at last year’sEuropeanChampionships.3�9.WhoisappointedasJointSecretarytothePresident? jk"Vªifr ds la;qDr lfpo ds :i eas fdls fu;qDr fd;k tkrk

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(a) AjayBhadoo/vt; Hkknw



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(d) DineshKumar/fnus'k dqekjAns:–(a)

AjayBhadooisappointedasJointSecretarytothePresident.330.DejanPapicappointedasIndia’stabletenniscoachwill

joinin____________ Hkkjr ds Vscy Vsful dksp ds :i esa fu;qDr nhtu ifid ---- esa

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(a) July/tqykbZ(b) August/vXkLr

(c) September/flracj(d) October/vDVwcj

Ans:–(b)DejanPapicappointedasIndia’stabletenniscoachwilljoininAugust.33�.Nationalbroadcastingdayobservedon____________ jk"Vªh; çlkj.k fnol ------- ij euk;k tkrk gS

(a) �4thMay/24 ebZ(b) �3rdJuly/23 tqykbZ(c) �5thMarch/25 ekpZ(d) �6thJune/26 twu

Ans:–(b)Thefirst-everradiobroadcastinthecountrywentonairfromtheBombayStation.Itisunderthethenprivatecompany,theIndianBroadcastingCompany(IBC)Thiseventhappenedon�3rdJuly�9�7.33�.WhatistheothernameofVandeBharatexpress_____ oans Hkkjr ,Dlçsl dk nwljk uke D;k gS --------------

(a) Train�8/Vªsu 18(b) Fastexpress/rst ,Dlçsl(c) Semiexpress/lseh ,Dlçsl(d) Digitalexpress/fMftVy ,Dlçsl

Ans:–(a)VandeBharatExpress,alsoknownasTrain�8isanIndiansemi-highspeedintercityelectricmultipleunitcompleteditstestrunfromNewDelhitoKatraineighthours.Thetraincanrunuptoamaximumspeedof�60kmperhour.333.Which express completes its second trial test run from

Delhitokatrain8hours�0�9? 8 ?kaVs 2019 esa fnYyh ls dVjk rd pyus okyh viuh nwljh

Vªk;y VsLV dkSu lh ,Dlçsl iwjh djrh gS\

(a) VandeBharatExpress/oans Hkkjr ,Dlçsl(b) Mumbaiexpress/eqacbZ ,Dlçsl(c) Guruvayur/Xkq:ok;wj

(d) Nonefotheabove/bueas ls dksbZ Hkh ughaAns:–(a)VandeBharatExpressexpresscompletesitssecondtrialtestrunfromDelhitokatrain8hours�0�9.334.HowmanyArchaeologicalSiteMuseumscurrentlyunder

ArchaeologicalSurveyofIndia(ASI) orZeku esa Hkkjrh; iqjkrRo losZ{k.k (,,lvkbZ) ds varXkZr fdrus

iqjkrRo LFky laXkzgky; gSa

(a) �0 (b) 39(c) 48 (d) 5�

Ans:–(c)Currently there are 48Archaeological Site Museums underArchaeological Survey of India (ASI) . Out of these �Archaeological Site Museums, namely Velha Goa andNagarjunakonda,havebeendigitisedduring�stphasethroughJATAN.335.Whattypeofsoftwaresystemisusedforcreatingdigital

collectionsinvariousmuseumsandlikedigitalarchivaltoolsformanagingNationalPortalandDigitalRepositoryforIndianmuseums?

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(a) JATAN/tru(b) Digitalscheme/fMftVy ;kstuk(c) Phasalscheme/iQly ;kstuk(d) None/dksbZ ugha

Ans:–(a)JATAN is used for creating digital collections in variousmuseums and digital archival tools for managing NationalPortalandDigitalRepositoryforIndianmuseums.336.Which day is celebrated as Mohun Bagan Day every

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Ans:–(a)MOHUNBAGANRATNAAWARD is anawardpresentedeachyearonMohunBaganDaytooutstandingformerplayer.Everyyear�9JulyiscelebratedasMohunBaganDay.Itisonthisdayin�9��theMarinersbecame�stclubtodefeata

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Britishclub.337.WhoBecomesIndiasFirstGoldMedallistinKazakhstan

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(b) ShivaThapa/f'ko Fkkik(c) DineshGupta/fnus'k XkqIrk(d) VikramSharma/foØe 'kekZ

Ans:–(b)Four-timeAsianmedallistShivaThapabecame India’s firstgoldmedallistatthePresident’sCupboxingtournamentinthefinalsinAstana,KazakhstanThenewly-introducedOlympiccategoryof63kg.338.Whichcountrysettohost�0�0FIFAwomenU-�0World

cup? 2020 iQhiQk efgyk vaMj&20 fo'o di dh estckuh djus ds

fy, dkSu lk ns'k rS;kj gS\

(a) Nigeria/ukbthfj;k(b) India/bafM;k(c) Pakistan/ikfdLrku

(d) SouthKorea/nf{k.k dksfj;kAns:–(a)Nigeria country set to host �0�0 FIFA women U-�0Worldcup.339.WhichstatebecomesfirststatetoReserve75%Private

JobsforLocalYouths dkSu lk jkT; LFkkuh; ;qokvksa ds fy, 75» futh ukSdfj;ksa dks

vkjf{kr djus okyk igyk jkT; cu Xk;k


(b) AndhraPradesh/vka/z çns'k

(c) Kerala/dsjy

(d) TamilNadu/rfeyukMqAns:–(b)Andhra Pradesh state becomes first state to Reserve 75%PrivateJobsforLocalYouths.340.How many cost acquired for Next generation

sequencing(NGS) facilityGeneticproject that launchedin�0�9______

vXkyh ih<+h dh vuqØe.k (,uth,l) lqfo/k ds fy, fdruh ykXkr dk vf/Xkzg.k tsusfVd ifj;kstuk 2019 esa 'kq: fd;k Xk;k Fkk -------------------

(a) �crore/2 djksM+ #-

(b) �crore/1 djksM+ #-

(c) 4crore/1 djksM+ #-

(d) 8crore/8 djksM+ #-Ans:–(d)NGSisacquiredatacostofRs.8crore.Itcansequence30human genomes a day ,It would costs around ₹1 lakh to sequenceonegenomeusingthisfacility34�.How many kilometres did Motihari-Amlekhgunj Oil

pipelinehave_________ eksfrgkjh&veys[kXkat rsy ikbi ykbu fdrus fdyksehVj gS -----

(a) �0km/20 fdeh

(b) 3�km/32 fdeh

(c) 48km/48 fdeh

(d) 69km/69 fdehAns:–(d)Motihari-Amlekhgunjpipelineisa69kilometre-longpipelinethatwillrunfromMotihariinBihartoAmelkhgunjinNepal.IthasbeenconstructedbyIndiainjust�5months,whichishalfofits30monthsdeadline.34�.WhoistheprecedingGovernorofHimachalPradeshthat

kalrajmishrareplacingon�0�9 fgekpy çns'k ds iwoZ jkT;iky dkSu gSa tks dyjkt feJk 2019

------------ dks cnysaXks

(a) AcharyaDevvrat/vkpk;Z nsoozr

(b) Yogiadithya/;ksXkh vkfnR;

(c) Motihari/eksfrgkjh(d) Noneofthese/buesa ls dksbZ ugha

Ans:–(a)FormerUnionMinisterKalrajMishra tookoathas thenewGovernor of Himachal Pradesh in Shimla.Kalraj MishrareplacedAcharyaDevvrat,whohasbeenshiftedtoGujarat.343.WhoistheGovernorofHimachalpradesh�0�9_____ 2019 esa fgekpy ds jkT;iky dkSu gSa --------

(a) KalrajMishra/dyjkt feJ

(b) AcharyaDevvrat/vkpk;Z nsoozr

(c) Yogiadithya/;ksXkh vkfnR;

(d) Noneofthese/bueas ls dksbZ ughaAns:–(a)Onjuly�3,FormerUnionMinisterKalrajMishratookoathas thenewGovernorofHimachalPradesh inShimla.KalrajMishra replacedAcharya Devvrat, who has been shifted toGujarat.344.Asian Development Bank sanctions_________power

projectinTripura f=kiqjk esa ,f'k;kbZ fodkl cSad us çfrca/ksa dks ykXkw fd;k

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(a) �,6�5/1625 djksM+

(b) �,9�5crores/1]925 djksM+

(c) �,858crores/2]858 djksM+

(d) 6,�8�crores/6]282 djksM+Ans:–(b)Asian Development Bank sanctions �,9�5 crores powerprojectinTripura.345.WhowonnumberonespotinICCTestRankings ftlus ICCVsLV jSafdaXk esa uacj ,d LFkku gkfly fd;k

(a) ViratKohli/fojksV dksgyh

(b) MSDhoni/,e,l /ksuh(c) RavindraJadeja/johaæ tM+stk(d) SureshRaina/lqjs'k jSuk

Ans:–(a)ViratKohli(India)ToppedtheTestBattingRankingsHealsotopped the ODI Batting Rankings.Babar Azam (Pakistan)-ToppedtheT�0IBattingRankings.346.WhowithdrawsfundingtoAmaravatiprojectfundingto

Amaravatiproject? vejkorh ifj;kstuk ds fy, vejkorh ifj;kstuk ds foÙkiks"k.k

dks dkSu okil ysrk gS\

(a) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank/,f'k;kbZ volajpuk fuos'k cSad

(b) CentralBankofIndia/lsaVªy cSad vkWiQ bafM;k

(c) BankofChina/phu dk cSad

(d) BankofAmerica/cSad vkWiQ vejhdkAns:–(a)Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Beijing-based AsianInfrastructureInvestmentBank(AIIB)withdrawnfundingfortheAmaravaticapitalcityprojectinAndhraPradesh(AP).347.PayPalopensnewcentrein______tohavearound�00

techies isiky us -------- esa yXkHkXk 100 rduhfd;ksa ds fy, u;k dsaæ

[kksyk gS

(a) Pune/iq.ks(b) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(c) Chennai/psUubZ(d) Mumbai/eqacbZ

Ans:–(b)PayPalopensnewcentre inHyderabad tohavearound�00techies.348.Plastic-likeJutematerialdevelopedin_____________ IykfLVd dh rjg twV lkeXkzh -------- eas fodflr

(a) Nepal/usiky(b) Bangladesh/ckaXykns'k(c) Pakistan/ikfdLrku

(d) SaudiArabia/lÅnh vjcAns:–(b)ScientistsinBangladeshdevelopedamethodtoconvertJutefibre into low cost biodegradable cellulose sheets namedSonali.Itisusedtowrapmaterialalongwithacarrybag.349.Which country congratulated India for Chandrayaan-�,

WantstoWorkTogetherinSpaceExplorations? fdl ns'k us paæ;ku&2] Lisl ,DlIyksjs'ku esa lkFk dke djus

ds fy, Hkkjr dks c/kbZ nh\

(a) China/phu(b) Pakistan/ikfdLrku


(d) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;kAns:–(a)ChinacongratulatedIndiaforChandrayaan-�,WantstoWorkTogetherinSpaceExplorations350.WhoistheMinisterofWomenandChildDevelopment? efgyk vkSj cky fodkl ea=kh dkSu gSa\

(a) PrakashJavdekar/çdk'k tkoM+sdj

(b) SmritiIrani/Le`fr bZjkuh(c) MukhtarAbbasNaqvi/eq[rkj vCckl udoh

(d) ArvindSawant/vjfoan lkoarAns:–(b)Smriti Zubin Irani is the Minister of Women and ChildDevelopment. she is a Member of Parliament in the lowerhouse.SherepresentsAmethi,UttarPradesh.35�.Indiaand________bilateral scheme launchedonPilot

basis Hkkjr vkSj ------------ f}i{kh; ;kstuk ik;yV vk/kj ij 'kq: dh

XkbZ


(b) UK/;wds

(c) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k(d) Russia/:l

Ans:–(b)India and UK bilateral scheme launched on Pilot basis.TheUKEIRI Mobility Programme launched on a pilot basisto support Britain’s universities to collaborate with Indianpartners to facilitate the United Kingdom (UK) students tovisitIndiaduringtheirstudies.UKERIstandsfor‘UK-IndiaEducationResearchInitiative’.

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35�.Whoisthegovernorofkarnataka_____ dukZVd ds jkT;iky dkSu gSa ----------

(a) RaguramRajan/j?kqjke jktu(b) Anandibhelpatel/vkuanhHksy iVsy

(c) ESLNarasimhan/bZ,l,y ujflEgu(d) VajubhaiVala/otqHkkbZ okyk

Ans:–(d)VajubhaiValaistheGovernorofKarnatakasinceSeptember�0�4.VajubhaiservedastheSpeakeroftheGujaratLegislativeAssemblyfrom�0��to�0�4.353.WhowasthekarnatakaCMresignedaftercongJD’sgovt

falls______ JDds ljdkj fXkjus ds ckn bLrhiQk nsus okys lh,e dkSu FksA

(a) Hardanahalli/gjnkuk gksyh(b) Kejrival/dstjh oky

(c) Jeganmohanreddy/tXks eksgu jsM~Mh(d) Pemakhandu/isek [kkaMw

Ans:–(c)Amidthepoliticalcrisisinthestate,KarnatakaChiefMinisterHD Kumaraswamy resigned from the post after meetingGovernorVajubhaiValaonjuly�3.354.WhendidtheGovernmentconstitutedanInter-Ministerial

Committee(IMC)_________ ljdkj us ,d varj&ea=kky; lfefr (IMC)dk XkBu dc fd;k

------------

(a) Nov�,�0�7/2 uoacj 2017(b) Nov�,�0�8/2 uoacj 2018(c) Nov�,�0�6/2 uoacj 2016(d) Noneofthese/buesa ls dksbZ ugha

Ans:–(a)Governmenthadconstitutedan Inter-MinisterialCommittee(IMC) on � November �0�7 Secretary of Department ofEconomic Affairs for studying issues related to virtualcurrenciesandtoproposespecificactiontobe takenin thismatter.355.Which committee on Virtual Currencies headed by

finance secretary Subhash Chandra Garg submitted itsreporttothegovernment.

foÙk lfpo lqHkk"k paæ XkXkZ dh vè;{krk okyh vkHkklh eqækvksa ij fdl lfefr us ljdkj dks viuh fjiksVZ lkSaihA

(a) Inter-MinisterialCommittee/varj&ea=kky;h lfefr

(b) Centralboardcommittee/dsaæh; cksMZ dh lfefr

(c) Educationcommittee/f'k{kk lfefr(d) Noneofthese/buesa ls dksbZ ugha

Ans:–(a)Inter-MinisterialCommitteeonVirtualCurrenciesheadedbyfinance secretary Subhash Chandra Garg has submitted itsreporttothegovernment.356.Who assigned as Deputy Governor of RBI to run the

monetarypolicyportfolioaftertheresignationofDeputyGovernorViralAcharya

ftUgksaus vkjchvkbZ ds fMIVh XkouZj ds :i esa fMIVh XkouZj fojy vkpk;Z ds bLrhiQs ds ckn ekSfæd uhfr iksVZiQksfy;k dks lkSaik

(a) BPKanungo/chih dkuwuXkks

(b) VikramKumar/foØe dqekj

(c) Viswanathan/fo'oukFku(d) None/dksbZ ugha

Ans:–(a)TheRBIhasassignedDeputyGovernorBPKanungotorunthemonetarypolicyportfolioafter theresignationoffellowDeputyGovernorViralAcharya.357.WhodeliversChetakhelicoptertoIndianNavyaheadof

schedule? r; le; ls igys Hkkjrh; ukSlsuk dks psrd gsyhdkIVj dkSu

forjfjr djrk gS\

(a) A.Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL)/Hkkjr bysDVªkWfuDVl fyfeVsM (BEL)(b) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)/fganqLrku ,;jksukWfVDl fyfeVsM (HAL)(c) BrahMosAerospace/czg~eksl ,;jksLisl(d) BharatEarthMoversLimited(BEMLLimited)/Hkkjr vFkZ ewolZ fyfeVsM (BEMLLimited)

Ans:–(b)Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) delivered a Chetakhelicopter.ThathelicopterisscheduledtotheIndianNavy.358.Whichcountryranked5�ndinGlobalInnovationIndex

�0�9? Xykscy buksos'ku baMsDl 2019 esa fdl ns'k dks 52oka LFkku

feyk gS\


(b) India/bafM;k(c) SaudiArabia/lÅnh vjc

(d) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;kAns:–(b)UnionMinisterofCommerce&IndustryandRailwaysShriPiyush Goyal launched the Global Innovation Index (GII)�0�9TheeventwaslaunchedinNewDelhi359.NationalDataQualityForum:launchedby_______

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jk"Vªh; MsVk Xkq.koÙkk eap ------- }kjk 'kq: fd;k Xk;k

(a) NTPC/,uVhihlh(b) ICMR/vkbZlh,evkj

(c) BSNL/ch,l,u,y(d) BHEL/ch,pbZ,y

Ans:–(b)

NationalDataQualityForum:launchedbyICMR.360.WhichMinisterintroducedtheCompanies(Amendment)

Bill,�0�9inLokSabha? fdl ea=kh us yksdlHkk esa daiuh (la'kks/u) fo/s;d] 2019 is'k

fd;k\


(b) RaviShankarPrasad/jfo'kadj çlkn

(c) NirmalaSitharaman/fueZyk lhrkje.k(d) ThaawarChandGehlot/Fkkoj pan Xkgyksrk

Ans:–(c)TheCompanies(Amendment)Bill,�0�9hasbeenintroducedinLokSabhaon�5July.TheBillwasintroducedbytheUnionFinanceMinisterNirmalaSitharaman.36�.Acelestialobject,whichhadthemagneticpropertiesand

glitteringnature,haslandedin_________. ,d [kXkksyh; oLrq] ftlesa pqacdh; Xkq.k vkSj ped çÑfr Fkh]

---------esa mrjk gSA

(a) Odisha/vksfM'kk

(b) Bihar/fcgkj(c) Chhattisgarh/NÙkhlXk<+(d) Maharashtra/egjk"Vª

Ans:–(b)AcelestialobjecthaslandedinavillageofMadhubani,Bihar.Theobjectweighsmore than�0kilograms. Ithasmagneticproperties.The object looks like a piece of rock. It glittersmuchmorethanthatofanunpolishedstone.36�.WhoisappointedasBritain’sfirstIndianHomeSecretary

in�0�9? 2019 esa fczVsu ds igys Hkkjrh; Xk`g lfpo ds :i esa fdls


(a) AmuthaThomas/veqFkk FkkWel

(b) PritiPatel/çhfr iVsy(c) JavidMathews/tkohn eSF;wt(d) NirupamaRao/fu#iek jko

Ans:–(b)Priti Patel, an ardent Brexiteer who was among the mostvocalcriticsofTheresaMay’sBrexitstrategy,tookchargeasBritain’s first Indian-originhomesecretaryaspartofPrime

MinisterBorisJohnson’stopteamon�5July.363.WhichIndiancompanystandssecondbysecuring��7th

rankintheFortuneGlobal500list�0�9? iQkWP;wZu Xykscy 500 lwph 2019 esa 117oha jSad gkfly djds

dkSu lh Hkkjrh; daiuh nwljh LFkku ij gS\

(a) StateBankofIndia/Hkkjrh; LVsV cSad(b) BharatPetroleum/Hkkjr isVªksfy;e(c) RajeshExports/jkts'k ,DliksV~Zl(d) IndianOilCorporation/bafM;u vkW:y dkWIkksZjs'ku

Ans:–(d)Reliance Industries (RIL) has topped the Indian companyto feature in the latest Fortune Global 500 list. The Indiancompany that standsnext toRIL is the state-run IndianOilCorporation(IOC).Ithassecured��7thrank.364.Which Indian company topped the Fortune Global 500

listin�0�9? fdl Hkkjrh; daiuh us 2019 esa iQkWP;wZu Xykscy 500 lwph esa

'kh:kZ LFkku çkIr fd;k\

(a) IndianOilCorporation/bafM;u vkW;y dkWiksZjs'ku

(b) TataMotors/VkVk eksVlZ(c) Reliance/fjyk;al(d) ONGC/vks,uthlh

Ans:–(c)RelianceIndustries(RIL)hastoppedtheIndiancompanytofeatureinthelatestFortuneGlobal500list.RILhasmoved4�positionsfromitspreviousandhassecured�06thranking.365.Vinesnakeisof_________species. csy (okbu Lusd) lkai -------- çtkfr;ksa dk gksrk gSA

(a) Titanoboa/VkbVuvkscksvk

(b) Acrochordusarafurae/,ØksdkWMZl vjkiQqjk

(c) Eunectesnotaeus/;wusDVl uksfV;l(d) Proahaetullaantiqua/çksgkrqYyk ,afVdk

Ans:–(d)Vine snake is of Proahaetulla antiqua species. The specieswasfirstdiscoveredin�0��andlookedsimilartoAhaetulladispar, a small-sizedvine snakewith similarmorphologicalcharacters.366.Whichtypeofsnake,whichhasevolvedaround�6million

yearsago,wasrecentlydiscoveredbytheresearchersinwesternghats?

fdl çdkj dk lkai] tks yXkHkXk 26 fefy;u o"kZ igys fodflr gqvk gS] gky gh esa if'peh ?kkV esa 'kks/drkZvksa }kjk [kkstk Xk;k Fkk\

(a) VineSanake/csy lkai(b) Vipers/okbij

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(c) Mambas/eSeckl(d) Kingsanakes/jktk lkai

Ans:–(a)Researchers have discovered a new vine snake species,believedtohaveevolvedaround�6millionyearsago,inthesouthernWesternGhats.367.Union Minister Piyush Goyal reviews preparations of

IndiasParticipationinDubaiWorldExpo____ dsaæh; ea=kh ih;w"k Xkks;y us nqcbZ oYMZ ,Dliks esa bafM;kl

HkkXkhnkjh dh rS;kjh dh leh{kk --------

(a) �0�6 (b) �0�4(c) �0�5 (d) �0�0

Ans:–(d)UnionMinisterPiyushGoyalreviewspreparationsofIndiasParticipationinDubaiWorldExpo�0�0.368.TheMuslimWomen(ProtectionofRightsonMarriage)

Bill,�0�9criminalisesandapprovesajailtermof________forthehusband.

eqfLye efgyk (fookg ij vf/dkjksa dk laj{k.k) fo/s;d] 2019 vkijkf/d vkSj ifr ds fy, ------- dh tsy vof/ dks eatwjh nsrk gSA

(a) �years/2 lky(b) 3years/3 lky(c) 4years/4 lky(d) 5years/5 lky

Ans:–(a)LokSabhapassedtheMuslimWomen(ProtectionofRightsonMarriage)Bill,�0�9on�5July.TheBillwasintroducedbytheLawMinisterRaviShankarPrasad.Thebillisforthejustice,respectanddignityofwomen.TheBillcriminalisesinstanttripletalaqamongMuslims.Italsoapprovesajailtermofthreeyearsforthehusband.369.DCC imposes penalty of ________ crore on Airtel,

VodafoneIdeaonrecommendationsbyTRAI VªkbZ dh fliQkfj'kksa ij Mhlhlh us ,;jVsy] oksMkiQksu vkbfM;k

ij------djksM+ dk tqekZuk yXkk;k

(a) 9600crores/9600 djksM+ #i;s

(b) 3050crores/3050 djksM+ #i;s

(c) 4500crores/4500 djksM+ #i;s

(d) 6500crores/6500 djksM+ #i;sAns:–(b)DCCimposespenaltyof3050croresonAirtel,VodafoneIdeaonrecommendationsbyTRAI.370.WhowonWBASuperWelterweighttitle�0�9 ftUgksaus WWBAlqij osYVjosV f[krkc 2019 thrk

(a) JulianWilliams/twfy;u fofy;El(b) MannyPacquiao/eSuh iSD;qvks

(c) VasylLomachenko/okfly yksepsadks

(d) RegisPrograis/jsftl çksXkzsfllAns:–(b)

MannyPacquiaowonWBASuperWelterweighttitle�0�9.37�.WhereistheheadquartersofTRAI�0�9? VªkbZ 2019 dk eq[;ky; dgka gS\

(a) Ranchi/jkaph(b) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(c) Mumbai/eqacbZ(d) Chennai/psUubZ

Ans:–(b)Digital Communications Commission (DCC) onrecommendations by the Telecom Regulatory Authority ofIndia (TRAI) approved the penalty of Rs.3050 crore ThisimposedonBhartiAirtelandVodafoneIdea.Reason:FornotprovidingpointsofinterconnectiontoReliance.37�.WhatisthemaximumoperatingspeedoftheMetroliteis

__________ esVªksfyV dh vf/dre vkWijsfVaXk Xkfr --------- gS

(a) 95KMPH/95 fdeh çfr ?kaVk

(b) 60KMPH/60 fdeh çfr ?kaVk

(c) 75KMPH/75 fdeh çfr ?kaVk

(d) 85KMPH/85 fdeh çfr ?kaVkAns:–(b)ThemaximumoperatingspeedoftheMetroliteis60KMPH.Thespeedisrestrictedto�5Kmph.373.WhichunionministerparticpatedinDubaiWorldExpo

�0�0? nqcbZ oYMZ ,Dliks 2020 esa fdl dsaæh; ea=kh us fgLlk fy;k\

(a) ShriPrakasshJavadekar/Jh çdk'k tkoM+sdj

(b) ShriSureshPrabhu/Jh lqjs'k çHkq(c) ShriPiyushGoyal/Jh ih;w"k Xkks;y(d) ShriPiyushGoyal/Jh ih;w"k Xkks;y

Ans:–(d)

ShriPiyushGoyalparticpatedinDubaiWorldExpo�0�0.374.Scalyfootsnailhasbeencategorisedunderthe________

_speciesoftheIUCNredlist. LdSfy iQqV ?kksa?ks dks IUCN yky lwph dh ----- çtkfr;ksa ds

varXkZr oXkhZÑr fd;k Xk;k gSA

(a) criticallyendangered/XkaHkhj [krjs(b) endangered/yqIrçk;

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(c) vulnerable/pisV esa(d) leastconcern/de ls de fpark

Ans:–(b)Researchers of Queen’s University Belfast found that thescaly-footsnailisthefirstspeciestobedeclaredendangeredas a result of deep-seamining.The InternationalUnion forConservationofNature(IUCN)hasalsoaddedthescaly-footsnailtoitsglobalRedList,theinternationalinventoryofat-riskspecies.375.Whichspeciesisthefirsttobedeclaredendangeredasa

resultofdeepseamining? Xkgjs leqæ esa [kuu ds ifj.kkeLo:i lcls igys fdl çtkfr

dks yqIrçk; ?kksf"kr fd;k tkrk gS\

(a) Frilledshark/>kynkj 'kkdZ

(b) GiantTubeWorms/fo'kkydk; V~;wc dhM+s

(c) Scalyfootsnail/LdSfy iQqV ?kksa?kk

(d) PacificViperfish/ç'kkar okbijfiQ+'kAns:–(c)ResearchersofQueen’sUniversityBelfastfoundthatthescaly-footsnailisthefirstspeciestobedeclaredendangeredasaresultofdeep-seamining.ThestudyalsocoversassessmentsofanimalslivingindeepseahydrothermalventsintheIndianOcean.376.Ehsan Mani is currently the Chairman of __________

cricketBoard. ,glku ef.k orZeku esa ------ fØdsV cksMZ ds vè;{k gSaA

(a) Indian/Hkkjrh;(b) Nepal/usiky(c) SriLanka/Jhyadk

(d) Pakistan/ikfdLrkuAns:–(d)Ehsan Mani is a Pakistani chartered accountant who is theformerpresidentofInternationalCricketCouncilandcurrentChairmanofPakistanCricketBoard.377.WhoisappointedastheheadoftheInternationalCricket

Council’s (ICC) influential Finance & CommercialAffairscommittee(F&CA)?

varjkZ"Vªh; fØdsV ifj"kn (ICC) dh çHkko'kkyh foÙk vkSj okf.kfT;d ekeyksa dh lfefr (F&CA)ds çeq[k ds :i esa fdls fu;qDr fd;k Xk;k gS\

(a) EarlEddings/vyZ ,fMaXl

(b) AmitabhChoudhury/vferkHk pkS/jh

(c) EhsanMani/,glku ef.k(d) ColinGraves/dkWfyu XkzsOl

Ans:–(c)Pakistan Cricket Board’s chairman Ehsan Mani has been

appointedas theheadof theInternationalCricketCouncil’s(ICC) influential Finance & CommercialAffairs committee(F&CA). The decision regarding the appointment wasannouncedduringtheInternationalCricketCouncil’sannualconference.378.WhoistheMinisterofMines? [kku ea=kh dkSu gSa\

(a) NarendraSinghTomar/ujsaæ flag rksej(b) MukhtarAbbasNaqvi/eq[rkj vCckl udoh

(c) PralhadJoshi/çgykn tks'kh(d) DharmendraPradhan//es±æ ç/ku

Ans:–(c)PrahladVenkateshJoshiisanIndianpoliticianwhoisthecurrentMinisteroftheParliamentaryAffairsofIndia,MinisterofMines,MinisterofCoalIntheSecondModiMinistryandmemberofthe�7thLokSabhafromtheDharwadLokSabhaconstituency.HeisaformerKarnatakaStatePresidentoftheBJP.379.Whichcountrytest-firedtwoshort-rangemissileswhich

flewabout430kmandreachedanaltitudeof50km? fdl ns'k us nks NksVh nwjh dh felkbyksa dk ijh{k.k fd;k] tks yXkHkXk

430 fdeh mM+ XkbZ vkSj 50 fdeh dh ÅapkbZ rd igqap XkbZ\

(a) China/phu(b) US/vesfjdk

(c) Iran/bZjku(d) NorthKorea/mÙkj dksfj;k

Ans:–(d)NorthKoreasuccessfullytest-firedtwoshort-rangemissilesfromitseasterncoastalcityofWonsanon�5July.Themissilesflewabout430kmandreachedanaltitudeof50km.380.How much does the Delhi government plan to pay an

annualrentforanacreofagriculturallandtofarmers? fnYyh ljdkj us fdlkuksa dks ,d ,dM+ Ñf"k Hkwfe dk okf"kZd

fdjk;k nsus dh fdruh ;kstuk cukbZ gS\

(a) Rs.56,000/56]000 #i;s(b) Rs.77,000/77]000 #i;s(c) Rs.68,000/68]000 #i;s(d) .Rs.85,000/85]000 #i;s

Ans:–(d)TheDelhigovernmentplanstopayanannualrentofRs.77,000foranacreofagricultural land to farmers.Thismoveof thegovernmenthasbeenresentedbyamajorityfarmersastheyfeelthattheirlivelihoodisunderthreat.38�.WhoStategovernmenthasplannedtobuilda�,000acre

megareservoirtotaptheYamunarainwater? fdl jkT; ljdkj us ;equk o"kkZ ty dks VSi djus ds fy, ,d

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gtkj ,dM+ esXkk tyk'k; cukus dh ;kstuk cukbZ gS\

(a) Delhi/fnYyh(b) WestBengal/if'pe caXkky(c) Uttarakhand/mÙkjk[kaM(d) HimachalPradesh/fgekpy çns'k

Ans:–(a)The National Green Tribunal has approved the ambitiousplanoftheDelhigovernmenttotaptheYamunarainwaterbybuildinga�,000acremegareservoiron�5July.38�.NishagandhiSangeethaAwardsconferredby________ fu'kkXkka/h laXkhrk iqjLdkj --------------- }kjk çnku

(a) TamilNaduTourism/rfeyukmq i;ZVu(b) KeralaTourism/dsjy i;ZVu

(c) AndhraTourism/vka/z i;ZVu

(d) BiharTourism/fcgkj i;ZVuAns:–(b)Nishagandhi Sangeetha Awards conferred by KeralaTourism.383._____vowstotakemilitarymeasurestodefeatseparatists

aroundTaiwanissue ----------- ds fy, rkboku ds eqn~ns ds vklikl vyXkkookfn;ksa

dks gjkus ds fy, lSU; mik; djuk


(b) China/phu(c) Pakistan/ikfdLrku

(d) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;kAns:–(b)China vows to take military measures to defeat separatistsaroundTaiwanissue.384.______________extendswarmestcongratulatorywishes

toIndiaonChandrayaan�launch paæ;ku 2 ykWUp ij Hkkjr dks ------------- vkXk dh gkfnZd c/kbZ

(a) Maldives/ekynho(b) Pakistan/ikfdLrku

(c) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k(d) SaudiArabia/lÅnh vjc

Ans:–(a)MaldivesextendswarmestcongratulatorywishestoIndiaonChandrayaan�launch.385.Kaiga Atomic Energy station performed continuing

operationfor_________ dSXkk ijek.kq ÅtkZ LVs'ku us ------------ ds fy, fujarj lapkyu

fd;k

(a) 35�days/352 fnu(b) 96�days/962 fnu(c) 850days/850 fnu(d) 678days/678 fnu

Ans:–(b)KaigaAtomicEnergystationperformedcontinuingoperationfor96�days.386.AICTEdatashows________ofEngineeringgraduates

receivejoboffers ,vkbZlhVhbZ ds vkadM+ksa ls irk pyrk gS fd --------- bathfu;fjaXk

Lukrdksa dks ukSdjh ds çLrko feyrs gSa

(a) 38% (b) 50%(c) 65% (d) 70%

Ans:–(b)AICTEdatashows50%ofEngineeringgraduatesreceivejoboffers.387.UnionGovernmentapprovescreationofbufferstockfor

40lakhMTofsugarfor__________ dsaæ ljdkj us ---------------- ds fy, 40 yk[k ehfVªd Vu phuh

ds fy, ciQj LVkWd cukus dh eatwjh nh

(a) �years/2 lky(b) �years/1 lky(c) 3years/3 lky(d) 4years/4 lky

Ans:–(b)UnionGovernmentapprovescreationofbufferstockfor40lakhMTofsugarfor�year.388.President, Vice President and PM pay tribute to the

martyrsof________ jk"Vªifr] mijk"Vªifr vkSj ih,e us --------- 'kghnksa dks nh

J¼katfy

(a) Siachenconflict/flpkfpu la?k"kZ(b) KargilWar/dkjfXky ;q¼

(c) OperationMeghdoot/lapkyu es?knwr us fd;k

(d) KashmirWar/d'ehj ;q¼Ans:–(b)President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M VenkaiahNaiduandPrimeMinisterNarendraModipaidtributetothemartyrsofKargilWaronthe�0thanniversaryofKargilVijayDiwas.389.WhatisthecostestimatedfortheDeepOceanMission

(DOM)? Mhi vks'ku fe'ku (DOM) ds fy, vuqekfur ykXkr D;k gS\

(a) Rs.8,000crore/8000 djksM+ #-

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(b) Rs.�0,000crore/10]000 djksM+ #-

(c) ��,000crore/12]000 djksM+ #-

(d) Rs.�5,000crore/15]000 djksM+ #-Ans:–(a)TheDeepOceanMission(DOM)aimstoexplorethedeepestrecesses of the ocean. It is a five year project. The costestimatedfortheprojectisRs.8,000crore.390.WherewillthethirdeditionofKheloIndiaYouthGames

beheldin�0�0? 2020 esa [ksyks bafM;k ;wFk XksEl dk rhljk laLdj.k dgka

vk;ksftr fd;k tk,Xkk\

(a) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'k(b) Assam/vle

(c) WestBengal/if'pe caXkky(d) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn

Ans:–(b)Ministry of Sports has announced that the third edition ofKhelo India Youth Games will be held in Guwahati fromJanuary �8-30, �0�0. The announcement was made by theSportsMinisterKirenRijijuon�7July.39�.Boeingisan/a_________aerospacecompany. ckbaXk ,d ------------ ,;jksLisl daiuh gSA

(a) UK-based/fczVsu fLFkr(b) US-based/vesfjdk fLFkr

(c) Russian/:lh(d) Chinese/phuh

Ans:–(b)The Boeing Company is an American multinationalcorporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes,rotorcraft,rockets,satellites,telecommunicationsequipment,andmissilesworldwide.39�.WhattypeofhelicopterswerehandedovertotheIAFby

Boeingasoerthedealin�0�5? cksbaXk }kjk 2015 esa lkSns ds rgr fdl çdkj ds gsykdkWIVjksa dks

ok;qlsuk dks lkSaik Xk;k Fkk\

(a) UH-7�Lakota/;w,p&72 ydksVk

(b) MH-6LittleBird/,e,p&6 fyfVy cMZ(c) AH-64EApache/,,p&64 bZ vikps

(d) UH-60BlackHawk/;w,p&60 CySd gkWdAns:–(c)US aerospace major Boeing handed over the first batch oftheAH-64EApachehelicoptersof the��helicopters to theIndianAirForce(IAF).Anotherbatchoffourchopperswillbedeliverednextweek.

393.WhoisthecurrentDirectorGeneralofMilitaryOperations(DGMO)oftheIndianArmy?

Hkkjrh; lsuk ds lSU; lapkyu (DGMO) ds orZeku egkfuns'kd dkSu gSa\

(a) LtGenAnilChauhan/ysfÝVusaV tujy vfuy pkSgku

(b) LtGenSatinderKumarSaini/ysfÝVusaV tujy lfranj dqekj lSuh

(c) LtGenAbhayKrishna/ysfÝVusaV tujy vHk; Ñ".k

(d) LtGenPattacheruvandaCThimayya/ysfÝVusaV tujy iV~Vkps:okuan lh fFke;~;k

Ans:–(a)Lieutenant General Anil Chauhan is the current DirectorGeneralofMilitaryOperations(DGMO)oftheIndianArmy.Heassumedthisofficeon30January�0�8.HewaspreviouslytheCommander,IIICorpsoftheIndianArmyandtookoverthisrolefromLt.GeneralAbhayKrishna.394._____________ keeps Fair and Remunerative Price of

sugarcaneatRs�75/quintal ---------------- XkUus dk mfpr vkSj ikfjJfed ewY; 275 #i;s@

fDoaVy j[krk gS

(a) CCEA/lhlhbZ,(b) NTPC/,uVhihlh(c) BHEL/Hksy(d) BSNL/ch,l,u,y

Ans:–(a)CCEA keeps Fair and Remunerative Price of sugarcane atRs�75/quintal.395.________ hacks free trade route, chokes Punjab cycle

industry ------------- eqDr O;kikj ekXkZ dks gSd djrk gS] iatkc pØ m|ksXk

dks pksd djrk gS



Ans:–(a)

Chinahacksfreetraderoute,chokesPunjabcycleindustry396.Govtdecidestoextendbudgetsessiontill___________ ljdkj us ----------- rd ctV l=k dk foLrkj djus dk iQSlyk

fd;k

(a) 8thSeptember/8 flarcj(b) 7thAugust/7 vXkLr

(c) �9thJuly/29 tqykbZ(d) �8thOctober/18 vDVwcj

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Ans:–(b)

Govtdecidestoextendbudgetsessiontill7thAugust.397.Noida to get _______charging stations for electric

vehicles uks,Mk dks bysfDVªd okguksa ds fy, -------- pkft±Xk LVs'ku

feysaXks

(a) 500 (b) �00(c) 300 (d) �50

Ans:–(b)

Noidatoget�00chargingstationsforelectricvehicles.398.India readiesplanfor_____Tesla-scalebatterystorage

plants Hkkjr us ------------ VsLyk&Ldwy cSVjh LVksjst IykaV ds fy, ;kstuk

cukbZ

(a) $billions/$4 fcfy;(b) $6billions/$6 fcfy;u(c) $8billions/$8 fcfy;u(d) $�0billions/$10 fcfy;u

Ans:–(a)Indiareadiesplanfor$4billionsTesla-scalebatterystorageplants.399.WhenwastheInternationalTigerDayfirstobserved? varjkZ"Vªh; ck?k fnol igyh ckj dc euk;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) �0�0 (b) �008(c) �006 (d) �00�

Ans:–(a)InternationalTigerDaywasobservedon�9July.Thedaywasfirstestablishedin�0�0attheSaintPetersburgTigerSummitheldatRussia.Inthesummit,adeclarationwasmadethatthetiger populated countrieswoulddouble the tiger populationby�0�0.400.WhenistheInternationalTigerDayobserved? varjkZ"Vªh; ck?k fnol dc euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) ��July/12 tqykbZ(b) �9July/29 tqykbZ(c) �6July/16 tqykbZ(d) 4August/4 vXkLr

Ans:–(b)InternationalTigerDaywasobservedon�9July.Thedayaimstoraiseawarenessfortheconservationoftigerconservation.Itpromotesaworldwidesystemthataimstoprotectthenationalhabitatsof tigersand raisepublicawareness regarding tigerconservationissues.40�.Where was the Saint Petersburg Tiger Summit �0�0

held? lsaV ihVlZcXkZ VkbXkj lfeV 2010 dgka vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k

Fkk\

(a) India/bafM;k(b) US/vesfjdk

(c) UK/;wds

(d) Russia/:lAns:–(d)In�0�0attheSaintPetersburgTigerSummitheldatRussia.Inthesummit,adeclarationwasmadethatthetigerpopulatedcountrieswoulddoublethetigerpopulationby�0�0.40�.WhenwasthefirstWorldHepatitisDayobserved? igyk fo'o gsisVkbfVl fnol dc euk;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) �00� (b) �008(c) �0�0 (d) �0��

Ans:–(b)ThefirstWorldHepatitisDaywasobservedin�008.ItwasdeclaredbytheWorldHepatitisAlliance.ButinMay�0�0,theWorldHealthAssemblychangedthedayto�8July.403.WhichCountryhostedthe�0�9WorldHepatitisDay? fdl ns'k us 2019 fo'o gsisVkbfVl fnol dh estckuh dh\

(a) India/bafM;k(b) US/vesfjdk

(c) Pakistan/ikfdLrku

(d) Turkey/rqdhZAns:–(c)WorldHepatitisDaywasobservedon�8Julyeveryyear.ThisyeartheWorldHepatitisDaywashostedbyPakistan.Alltheglobal events related to the day were held in Islamabad on�7-�8July,�0�9.404.WhenistheWorldHepatitisDaywasobserved? fo'o gsisVkbfVl fnol dc euk;k Xk;k\

(a) �0July/20 tqykbZ(b) �3July/23 tqykbZ(c) �5July/25 tqykbZ(d) �8July/28 tqykbZ

Ans:–(d)WorldHepatitisDaywasobservedon�8Julyeveryyear.TheDayaimstoraiseawarenessaboutthediseasewhichcausesinflammationoftheliver.405.SJaipalReddywhopassedawayrecentlywasafamous

_________. ,l t;iky jsM~Mh ftudk gky gh esa fu/u gks Xk;k Fkk] ,d

çfl¼ --------------- FksA

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(a) singer/Xkk;d(b) author/ys[kd(c) politician/jktuhfrd(d) businessman/O;olk;h

Ans:–(c)The Congress leader and former Union Minister S JaipalReddy,77,passedawayonJuly�8.Hewas suffering frompneumonia.406.WherewasthethirdIndia-AfricaSummit�0�5held? rhljk Hkkjr&vÚhdk f'k[kj lEesyu 2015 dgka vk;ksftr fd;k

Xk;k Fkk\

(a) Gambia/XkkfEc;k(b) Porto-Novo/iksVksZ uksoks(c) Conakry/dksukØh

(d) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyhAns:–(d)TheThirdIndia-AfricaForumSummit(IAFS-III)washeldinNewDelhi,Indiafrom�6–30October�0�5.407.WhoisthePresidentofBenin? csfuu ds jk"Vªifr dkSu gSa\

(a) PatriceTalon/iSfVªl Vkyksu(b) AdamaBarrow/vnkek cSjks

(c) AlphaCondé/vYiQk daMs

(d) CellouDaleinDiallo/lsyks MSfyu Mk;yksAns:–(a)PatriceGuillaumeAthanaseTalonPresidentofBeninsince6April�0�6.HeisaBeninesebusinessmanandpolitician.408.Which Indian President first visited the West African

regionnamelyBenin,GambiaandGuinea? fdl Hkkjrh; jk"Vªifr us igyh ckj csfuu] XkkfEc;k vkSj fXkuh

ds if'pe vÚhdh {ks=k dk nkSjk fd;k\

(a) ZallSingh/tSy flag(b) RamNathKovind/jkeukFk dksfoan

(c) V.V.Girl/oh-oh- fXkjh(d) PratibhaPatil/çfrHkk ikfVy

Ans:–(b)IndianPresidentRamNathKovindistovisitthreenationsintheWestAfricanregion.Histourtothecountriesbeganon�8July.HehasbecomethefirstIndianheadofstatetovisitWestAfricannationBenin.HewillvisittheGambiaandGuinea.409.WhichyearIPSbatchdoesofficerVKJohribelongsto? vf/dkjh oh ds tkSgjh fdl o"kZ ds vkbZih,l cSp ds vfèkdkjh

gSa\

(a) �984 (b) �995(c) �968 (d) �985

Ans:–(a)IPSofficerVKJohriappointedasthenextDirectorGeneral(DG)TheorderisissuedbytheAppointmentsCommitteeoftheCabinet(ACC)thatisheadedbyPrimeMinisterNarendraModiandhasHomeMinisterAmitShahasitsmember.4�0.UnionGovernmenttobeginfieldworkfor7thEconomic

Censusfrom_________ -------------- ls 7oha vkfFkZd tuXk.kuk ds fy, iQhYModZ 'kq:

djus ds fy, dsaæ ljdkj

(a) Assam/vle

(b) Tripura/f=kiqjk(c) Bangladesh/ckaXykns'k(d) Patna/iVuk

Ans:–(b)Union Government to begin fieldwork for 7th EconomicCensusfromTripura.4��.__________ to acquire Intels smartphone modem

businessforatransactionvalueof$�billion -------------- $1 fcfy;u ds ysunsu ewY; ds fy, baVsYl LekVZiQksu

ekWMse O;olk; dk vf/Xkzg.k djuk

(a) Samsung/lSelaXk(b) Apple/,Iiy(c) Dell/Msy(d) HP/gsoysV iSdMZ

Ans:–(b)Apple to acquire Intels smartphone modem business for atransactionvalueof$�billion.4��.WhenTIFFfounded tc VhvkbZ,iQ,iQ dh LFkkiuk gqbZ

(a) �983 (b) �985(c) �976 (d) �958

Ans:–(c)MerylStreepwontheinauguralTributeActorawardinTorontoInternationalFilmFestival (TIFF). It is themostnominatedactor in Academy Award.The actress won the Oscar, threetimes.4�3.Union Government to begin fieldwork for ________

EconomicCensusfromTripura dsaæ ljdkj us f=kiqjk ls --------- vkfFkZd tuXk.kuk ds fy,

iQhYModZ 'kq: fd;k

(a) 7th/lkroka(b) 8th/vkBoka

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(c) 6th/NBh(d) 5th/ikapoka

Ans:–(a)Union Government to begin fieldwork for 7th EconomicCensusfromTripura4�4.WhoistheIndianDefenceMinistertovisitMozambique

andsignMoUtostrengthenthedefencecooperation? j{kk lg;ksXk dks etcwr djus ds fy, ekst+kfEcd dk nkSjk djus

vkSj le>kSrk Kkiu ij gLrk{kj djus ds fy, Hkkjrh; j{kk ea=kh dkSu gSa\

(a) ManoharParrikar/euksgj ifjZdj

(b) ArunJaitley/v#.k tsVyh

(c) NirmalaSitharaman/fueZyk lhrkje.k(d) RajnathSingh/jktukFk flag

Ans:–(d)India and Mozambique signed two Memorandum ofUnderstanding (MoU) at Maputo, Mozambique during thevisitbyIndianDefenceMinisterRajnathSinghfrom�8Julyto30July�0�9.ThisisthefirsttimethatanIndianDefenceMinister has visited Mozambique. It agreement aims tostrengthenthedefencecooperationon�9July.4�5.HowmanytigersarethereinIndiaaccordingtotheAll

IndiaTigerEstimationReport�0�8? vf[ky Hkkjrh; ck?k vuqeku fjiksVZ 2018 ds vuqlkj Hkkjr eas

fdrus ck?k gSa\

(a) �,4�� (b) �,765(c) �,��6 (d) �,967

Ans:–(d)PM Narendra Modi released theAll IndiaTiger EstimationReport �0�8. The massive tiger census is conducted everyfouryears.Indianowhas�,967tigers.Thegrowthinthe4thcycleoftheTigerCensushasbeena33%.4�6.WherewastheRevereBeachInternationalSandSculpting

Festival�0�9held? jsojs chp varjkZ"Vªh; jsr ewfrZdyk egksRlo 2019 dgka vk;ksftr

fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) Boston,US/cksLVu] vesfjdk

(b) London,UK/yanu] ;wds

(c) Munich,Germany/E;wfu[k] teZuh(d) Montreal,Candad/ekWfVª;y dukMk

Ans:–(a)TheRevereBeachInternationalSandSculptingFestival�0�9washeldinBoston,US.SudarsanPattnaikwasawardedthePeople’sChoiceAwardinthefestivalforhissandsculpture‘StopPlasticPollution,SaveOurOcean’.

4�7.India,MyanmarsignMoUon______co-operation d

(a) Industry/d(b) Defence/d(c) Business/d(d) Health/d

Ans:–(c)IndiaandMyanmarsignedaMemorandumofUnderstanding(MoU)ondefenceco-operation.TheMoUwassignedaftertalksbetweentheMinisterofStateforDefence,ShripadNaikand Myanmar’s Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services(CDS),SeniorGeneralMinAungHlainghere.SeniorGeneralfromMyanmarArmy theneighbouring country took strongactionagainstIndianinsurgentgroupsoperatingontheirsoilunderOperationSunrise�.4�8.IndianNavyship_________wascommissionedintothe

IndianNavyatVisakhapatnam. Hkkjrh; ukSlsuk ds tgkt ---------- dks fo'kk[kkiÙkue esa Hkkjrh;

ukSlsuk esa deh'ku fd;k Xk;k FkkA

(a) LCUL5�/,ylh;w ,y 51(b) LCUL53/,ylh;w ,y 53(c) LCUL54/,ylh;w ,y 54(d) LCUL56/,ylh;w ,y 56

Ans:–(d)IndianNavyshipLCUL56wascommissionedintotheIndianNavyatVisakhapatnamon�9July.ItwascommissionedbyVice Admiral Atul Kumar Jain, Eastern Naval Command.LCUL56isthesixthshipoftheMKIVclassships.4�9.WhatiscurrencyofMynamar? E;kaekj dh eqæk D;k gS\

(a) Burmesekyat/cehZ dk;r

(b) ThalBhat/FkkbZ Hkkr(c) LaoKip/ykvks fdi

(d) MalaysianRiggit/eysf'k;kbZ fjfXkrAns:–(a)

BurmesekyatiscurrencyofMynamar.4�0.Who set the new world record in the 400m hurdles

women’sathleticsattheU.S.Championshipsathletics? vesfjdh pSafi;uf'ki ,FkysfVDl esa efgykvksa ds ,FkysfVDl

esa 400 ehVj ck/k nkSM+ esa u;k fo'o fjdkWMZ fdlus LFkkfir fd;k\

(a) DalilahMuhammad/nyhyk eqgEen(b) EmmaCoburn/,Eek dkscuZ

(c) NoahLyles/uwg ykbYl

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(d) ChristianColeman/fØf'p;u dksyeSuAns:–(a)AmericanAthleteDalilahMuhammadsetnewworldrecordinthe400mhurdleswomen’sathleticsattheU.S.Championshipsathleticson�8July.Shecolcked5�.�0sec.4��.WithwhichcountrydidIndiasignMoUtostrengthenthe

defencecooperationduring thevisitby IndianDefenceMinisterRajnathSingh?

Hkkjrh; j{kk ea=kh jktukFk flag dh ;k=kk ds nkSjku j{kk lg;ksXk dks etcwr djus ds fy, Hkkjr us fdl ns'k ds lkFk le>kSrk Kkiu ij gLrk{kj fd,\

(a) Zimbabwe/ftEckCos(b) Mozambique/ekstkfEcd(c) Angola/vaXkksyk

(d) Zambia/tkfEc;kAns:–(b)India and Mozambique signed two Memorandum ofUnderstanding (MoU) at Maputo, Mozambique during thevisitbyIndianDefenceMinisterRajnathSinghfrom�8Julyto30July�0�9.ThisisthefirsttimethatanIndianDefenceMinisterhasvisitedMozambique.4��.FaguChauhanswornas________Governor iQkXkw pkSgku us --------- jkT;iky ds :i esa 'kiFk yh

(a) Goa/Xkksok(b) Bihar/fcgkj(c) WestBengal/if'pe caXkky(d) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq

Ans:–(b)Fagu Chauhan, a six-time member of the Uttar PradeshAssembly.He was sworn in as the �9th Governor of Bihar.He was administered the oath of office by Chief Justice ofthePatnaHighCourtAmreshwarPratapShahi.FaguChauhanwontheassemblyelectionsin�996and�00�.4�3.Who partners with whatsapp to promote women

entrepreneurs efgyk m|fe;ksa dks c<+kok nsus ds fy, OgkV~l,i ds lkFk dkSu

HkkXkhnkj gS

(a) NITIAayog/uhfr vk;ksXk

(b) SIDBI/flMch(c) BHEL/Hksy(d) NTPC/,uVhihlh

Ans:–(a)NITIAayogandFacebook-ownedWhatsAppundertheaegisof itsWomen Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) announcedapartnershiptosupportthegrowthofarobustecosystemto

promotewomenentrepreneursinIndia.4�4.OdishagetsGItagforitsversionofRasgullaafter_____

_____ vksfM'kk dks ----------- ds ckn jlXkqYyk ds laLdj.k ds fy,

thvkbZ VSXk feyk

(a) WestBengal/if'pe caXkky(b) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(c) Odisha/vksfM'kk

(d) ArunachalPradesh/v#.kkpy çns'kAns:–(a)Odisha gets GI tag for its version of Rasgulla after Westbengal4�5.India and ____review progress made in effective

implementationofvariousCBMs Hkkjr vkSj ------------ dh çXkfr fofHkUu lhch,e ds çHkkoh

dk;kZUo;u esa gqbZ

(a) Indiaand/Hkkjr vkSj



Ans:–(a)IndiaandChinareviewedprogressmadeintheimplementationofvariousconfidencebuildingtomaintainpeaceandtranquilityalongtheircommonbordersintherun-uptoasummitoftheleadersofthetwocountries.4�6.India and __________ sign MoU on defence co-

operation Hkkjr vkSj ------------ j{kk lg;ksXk ij le>kSrk Kkiu ij gLrk{kj

djrs gSa


(b) Myanmar/E;kaekj(c) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k(d) SaudiArabia/lÅnh vjc

Ans:–(b)IndiaandMyanmarsignedaMemorandumofUnderstanding(MoU)ondefenceco-operation.TheMoUwassignedaftertalksbetweentheMinisterofStateforDefence,ShripadNaikand Myanmar’s Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services(CDS),SeniorGeneralMinAungHlainghere.SeniorGeneralfromMyanmarArmy theneighbouring country took strongactionagainstIndianinsurgentgroupsoperatingontheirsoilunderOperationSunrise�.4�7._______getsGItagforitsversionofRasgullaafterWest

Bengal --------------- dks if'pe caXkky ds ckn jlXkqYyk ds laLdj.k ds

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fy, thvkbZ VSXk feyrk gS

(a) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(b) Odisha/vksfM'kk

(c) Kerala/dsjy

(d) WestBengal/if'pe caXkkyAns:–(b)The Geographical indicator (GI) granted to Odisha for the‘Odisharasgulla’,morethantwoyearsafterWestBengalwonitsownGItagforthedelectableeasternsweet.TheChennai-basedGIRegistryissuedaformalcertificationforthe‘Odisharasgulla’onitswebsite.4�8.Whichcolor is introduced forwomenby theNortheast

FrontierRailwayzone? iwoksZÙkj lhekar jsyos tksu }kjk efgykvksa ds fy, dkSu lk jaXk

is'k fd;k Xk;k gS\

(a) Pink/Xkqykch(b) Purple/cSaXkuh(c) Orange/ukjaXkh(d) Green/gjk

Ans:–(a)PinkcoachesintroducedforwomenbytheNortheastFrontierRailwayzone4�9.JusticeA.K.Sikriwasrecentlyappointedasajudgeinthe

_______InternationalCommercialCourt. U;k;ewfrZ ,-ds- fldjh dks gky gh esa -------- varjkZ"Vªh;

okf.kfT;d U;k;ky; esa U;k;k/h'k ds :i esa fu;qDr fd;k Xk;k FkkA

(a) Malaysia/eysf'k;k(b) Singapore/flaXkkiqj(c) UAE/la;qDr vjc vehjkr

(d) China/phuAns:–(c)JusticeA.K.Sikri servedasa former judgeof theSupremeCourtofIndiaandwasrecentlyappointedasa judgein theSingaporeInternationalCommercialCourt.430.What is the cost estimated for the Smart agricopter to

eliminate manual spraying of pesticides in agriculturalfields?

Ñf"k {ks=kksa esa dhVuk'kdksa ds eSuqvy fNM+dko dks lekIr djus ds fy, LekVZ ySaMLdsi ds fy, vuqekfur ykXkr D;k gS\

(a) RS5.�lakh/5-1 yk[k #-(b) Rs8.�lakh/8-2 yk[k #-(c) Rs�lakh/2 yk[k #-(d) Rs3lakh/3 yk[k #-

Ans:–(a)IndianInstituteofTechnology(IIT)MadrashavedevelopedaSmartagricopter.TheCostestimationoftheagricopteristobearoundRs5.�lakh.43�.When did Munshi Premchand, a great novelist and

storyteller,born? egku miU;kldkj vkSj dgkuhdkj eqa'kh çsepan dk tUe dc

gqvk\

(a) �6June�896/26 twu 1896(b) 3�July�880/31 tqykbZ 1880(c) 3�July�885/31 tqykbZ 1885(d) �5August�890/15 vXkLr 1890

Ans:–(b)Premchandwasbornon3�stJuly�880inLamhiVillagenearVaranasi. Munshi has written more than �50 short stories,numberofessaysandnovelsunderthenamePremchand.43�.India celebrated the birth anniversary of Munshi

Premchandon3�July.Whoishe? Hkkjr us 31 tqykbZ dks eqa'kh çsepan dh t;arh eukbZA og dkSu

gSa\

(a) Novelist/miU;kldkj

(b) Singer/Xkk;d(c) Politician/jktuhfrK(d) Nationalleader/jk"Vªh; usrk

Ans:–(a)ThebirthanniversaryofMunshiPremchand,agreatnovelistandstoryteller,iscelebratedon3�Julyeveryyear.Premchand’sstories confront the truth of the society and underlines theimportanceoftruth,justiceandloyalty.Hisstoriesaimedtocreateawarenessamongthepublicaboutnationalandsocialissues.433.WhenwastheNon-CooperationMovementstarted? vlg;ksXk vkanksyu dc 'kq: fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) �9�6 (b) �9�7(c) �9�9 (d) �9�0

Ans:–(d)On � August �9�0, Non-Cooperation Movement wasannouncedformally.ItwasorganizedbyMohandas(Mahatma)Gandhi, to induce the British government of India to grantself-government,orswaraj, to India. Itwasanunsuccessfulattempt.Itwasheldbetween�9�0-�9��.434.TheCentreistoconduct__________NationalConference

one-Governance�0�9. dsaæ dks bZ&Xkous±l 2019 ij ---------- jk"Vªh; lEesyu vk;ksftr

djuk gSA

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(a) �0th/20oha (b) ��st/21oha(c) ��nd/22osa (d) �3rd/23osa

Ans:–(c)The Centre is to organize the ��nd National Conferenceon e-Governance �0�9 on 8-9thAugust, �0�9 at Shillong,Meghalaya. The Conference will be co-ordinated by theDepartmentofAdministrativeReforms&PublicGrievances(DARPG) with Ministry of Electronics & InformationTechnology (MeitY), Government of India and the StateGovernmentofMeghalaya.435.TheNationalConferenceone-Governance�0�9will is

tobeheldat__________. bZ&Xkous±l 2019 ij jk"Vªh; lEesyu -------- ij vk;ksftr fd;k

tkuk gSA

(a) Assam/vle

(b) Meghalaya/es?kky;(c) ArunachalPradesh/v#.kkpy çns'k

(d) Tripura/f=kiqjkAns:–(b)The Centre is to organize the ��nd National Conferenceon e-Governance �0�9 on 8-9thAugust, �0�9 at Shillong,Meghalaya. The Conference will be co-ordinated by theDepartmentofAdministrativeReforms&PublicGrievances(DARPG) with Ministry of Electronics & InformationTechnology (MeitY), Government of India and the StateGovernmentofMeghalaya.436.WhenwastheOrdinancefortheBanningofUnregulated

DepositSchemesBillpassed? vfu;fer tek ;kstukvksa ds çfrca/ ds fy, vè;kns'k dc

ikfjr fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) December�0�8/fnlacj 2018(b) March�0�9/ekpZ 2019(c) February�0�9/iQjojh 2019(d) November�0�8/uoacj 2018

Ans:–(c)The Rajya Sabha has passed the Banning of UnregulatedDeposit Schemes Bill, �0�9. The Bill aims to introduce amechanism that will curb the ponzi schemes.The Bill willnow replaced the Ordinance promulgated on February ��,�0�9.437.Centralgovernmentaimstoachieve---------digitization

ofwaqfpropertiesin�00days dsaæ ljdkj dk y{; 100 fnuksa esa oDiQ laifÙk;ksa ds ------

fMftVyhdj.k dks çkIr djuk gS

(a) 85% (b) �00%(c) 95% (d) 65%

Ans:–(b)Union Minister of MinorityAffairs, MukhtarAbbas Naqviexamined center government set a target to achieve “�00%DigitizationofWaqfpropertiesacross thecountry in its�st�00days.TheconferenceisheldattheNationalConferenceof State and Union Territories Waqf Boards organized bythe Central Wakf Council, held in New Delhi. The awardwas around 8 ”mutawalli” under the “Qaumi Waqf BoardTaraqiatiScheme”forbettermanagementofwaqfproperties.Geographic Information System (GIS)/ Global PositioningSystem(GPS)mapping isbeingusedonawar footingwiththehelpofIITRoorkeeandtheAligarhMuslimUniversitytoachievethetarget.438.InfosyslaunchesCyberDefenceCenterin_________ bUiQksfll us ------ esa lkbcj j{kk dsaæ 'kq: fd;k

(a) Romania/jksekfu;k(b) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k(c) NewYork/U;w;kWdZ

(d) Russia/:lAns:–(a)Infosys announced the launch of its state-of-the-art CyberDefenceCenter inBucharest,Romania.TheDefenceCenterisanexpansionofservicesdeliveredthroughInfosysDigitalInnovationCenterwhichopenedinBucharest.439.Which Indian City got listed in Dell Global Women

EntrepreneurCitiesIndex�0�9 Msy Xykscy owu ,aVjçsU;ksj flVht+ baMsDl 2019 esa fdl Hkkjrh;

'kgj dks lwphc¼ fd;k Xk;k

(a) Bengaluru/csaXkyq#(b) Chennai/psUubZ(c) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(d) Mumbai/eqacbZ

Ans:–(a)According to the latest “Women Entrepreneur Cities Index�0�9”, sponsored by Dell and conducted by London-basedglobalinformationprovider,IHSMarkit,TheSingaporetopsinAsiancityrankedat��stposition.440.Pakistan opens _____-year-old Shawala Teja Singh

templeinPunjabforworshipafter7�years ikfdLrku us iatkc esa -------- o"kZ iqjkuk 'koyk rstk falg eafnj

72 lky ckn iwtk ds fy, [kksyk

(a) �50 (b) �000(c) 380 (d) 460

Ans:–(b)Pakistanopeneda�,000-year-oldHindutempleineasterncitySialkotfor

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44�.JagdeepDhankartakesoathas_________Governor tXknhi /u[kM+ us ---------------- XkoZuj ds :i esa 'kiFk yh

(a) Bihar/fcgkj(b) WestBengal/if'pe caXkky(c) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(d) Kerala/dsjy

Ans:–(b)JagdeepDhankharaformerLokSabhaMemberofParliament(MP)fromJhunjhunu,Rajasthan.Heisasupremecourtlawyersworninasthe�8thgovernorofWestBengal.44�.Tamil Nadu girl won _____in World Deaf Youth

BadmintonChampionship rfeyukMq dh yM+dh us -------- fo'o cf/j ;qok cSMfeaVu

pSafi;uf'ki thrh

(a) Bronze/ihry(b) Gold/lsuk(c) Silver/pkanh(d) NoneofThese/buesa ls dksbZ ugha

Ans:–(a)TamilNadugirlJerlinAnikawonthegoldmedalintheWorldDeaf Youth Badminton Championships.The competition isheldinTaipeilastweek.443._____launchesCyberDefenceCenterinRomania ------------ us jksekfu;k esa lkbcj j{kk dsaæ dk 'kqHkkjaHk fd;k

(a) Cognizant/tkudkj

(b) Infosys/baiQksfll(c) HP/fgekpy çns'k(d) TCS/Vhlh,l

Ans:–(b)Infosys announced the launch of its state-of-the-art CyberDefenceCenter inBucharest,Romania.TheDefenceCenterisanexpansionofservicesdeliveredthroughInfosysDigitalInnovationCenterwhichopenedinBucharest.

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Current August–2019

�. Name the Operation launched by the Border SecurityForce (BSF) to fortifyAnti Infiltration Grid along thePakistanborderinPunjabandJammu

lhek lqj{kk cy BSF)}kjk iatkc vkSj tEew esa ikfdLrku dh lhek ds lkFk ?kqliSB jks/h fXkzM dks etcwr djus ds fy, 'kq: fd, Xk, vkWIkjs'ku dk uke crkb,A

(a) OperationSteeplechase/vkWijs'ku LVhiypst

(b) OperationVijay/vkWijs'ku fot;

(c) OperationSudarshan/vkWijs'ku lqn'kZu

(d) OperationPolo/vkWijs'ku iksyksAns:–(c)�. WherewillIndia’sNationalCentreforGoodGovernance

(NCGG) train�800Bangladeshicivil servantsbetween�0�9-�0�5

Hkkjr dk jk"Vªh; lq'kklu dsaæ (NCGG)2019&205 ds chp 1800 ckaXykns'kh flfoy lsodksa dks dgka çf'kf{kr djsXkk\

(a) Gwalior,MadhyaPradesh/Xokfy;j eè;çns'k(b) Segemai,UttarPradesh/lsXksebZ mÙkj çns'k(c) Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh//eZ'kkyk fgekpy çns'k

(d) Mussoorie,Uttarakhand/ealwjh mÙkjk[k.MAns:–(d)3. Which state hasbeen adjudged as oneof the country’s

five best performing states under National ProgrammeBetiBachaoBetiPadhao(BBBP)scheme

jk"Vªh; dk;ZØe csVh cpkvks csVh i<+kvks (BBBP);kstuk ds rgr fdl jkT; dks ns'k ds ikap lcls vPNs çn'kZu djus okys jkT;ksa ds :i esa pquk Xk;k gS&

(a) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'k (b) Uttarakhand/mÙkjk[k.M(c) Karnataka/dukZVd (d) Kerala/dsjy

Ans:–(b)4. Which country has recently inaugurated its first model

villagebuiltwith IndianassistanceofRs�,�00million($�7.5million)

fdl ns'k us gky ghesa 1]200 fefy;u ($17-5 fefy;u) dh Hkkjrh; lgk;rk ls fufeZr vius igys ekWMy Xkkao dk mn~?kkVu fd;k gS\

(a) Bhutan/HkwVku (b) Nepal/usiky(c) Bangladesh/ckaXYkkns'k (d) ShriLanka/Jhyadk

Ans:–(d)5. WherewastheGrandPrixofSpainWomen’sWrestling

�0�9held

Lisu efgyk dq'rh 2019 dk XkzSaM fçDl dgka vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) Ankara,Spain/vadkjk Lisu

(b) Valencia,Spain/okysafl;k Lisu(c) Cordoba,Spain/dkWMksZck] Lisu

(d) Madrid,Spain/eSfMªM] LisuAns:–(d)6. Whowonthegoldmedalinwomen’s�00mracein�0�9

KutnoAthleticsMeetinPoland iksySaM esa 2019 dqV~uks ,FkysfVDl ehV esa efgykvksa dh 200

ehVj nkSM+ esa Lo.kZ ind fdlus thrk\

(a) ChitraSoman/fp=kk lkse.k(b) PinkiPramanik/fiadh çekf.kd

(c) HimaDas/gsek nkl(d) VKVismaya/ohds foLe;k

Ans:–(c)7. Which wild animal species, the Union Ministry of

Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC)launchedaprojectforundertaking‘immunocontraceptivemeasures’forpopulationmanagement?

dsaæh; i;kZoj.k] ou vkSj tyok;q ifjorZu ea=kky; (MoEFCC)us dkSu lh taxyh tkuojksa dh çtkfr;ksa] tula[;k çca/u ds fy, bE;wuksdaVªlsfIVo mik; 'kq: djus ds fy, ,d ifj;kstuk 'kq: dh gS\

(a) Elephant,Wildboar,MonkeysandBlueBull(Nilgai)/ gkFkh] taxyh lwvj] canj vkSj Cyw cqy (uhyxk;(b) BengalTiger,IndianBison,ElephantandWildboar/caxky Vkbxj] Hkkjrh; ckblu] gkFkh vkSj taxyh lwvj(c) Indian Leopard, Bengal Tiger, Indian Bison andElephant/Hkkjrh; rsanqvk] caxky Vkbxj] Hkkjrh; ckblu vkSj gkFkh

(d) Indian Rhinoceros, Blue Bull (Nilgai), Wild boarandMonkeys/Hkkjrh; xSaMk] Cyw cqy (uhyxk;)] taxyh lwvj vkSj canj

Ans:–(a)8. Name theaerospacecompany,whichhasmanufactured

CH-47F(I)ChinookshelicoptersfortheIndianAirForce(IAF),thathasarrivedattheMundraportinGujarat.

ml ,;jksLisl daiuh dk uke crkb,] ftlus Hkkjrh; ok;qlsuk (IAF)ds fy, Ch-47F(I)fpuwd gsyhdkWIVj dk fuekZ.k fd;k gS] tks Xkqtjkr ds eqaæk canjXkkg ij vk XkbZ gSA

(a) Lufthanas/yqÝFkkalk(b) Boeing/cksbaXk

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(c) LockheedMartin/ykWdghV ekfVZu

(d) Airbus/,;jclAns:–(b)9. Name the Operation launched by Delhi Police Crime

Branch, which rescued 333 children and reunited withtheirrespectivefamilies

fnYyh iqfyl Økbe czkap }kjk 'kq: fd, Xk, vkWijs'ku dks uke nsa] ftlus 333 cPpksa dks cpk;k vkSj muds lacaf/r ifjokjksa ds lkFk iqufeZyu fd;kA

(a) OprationMilap/vkWijs'ku feyki

(b) OperationVirat/vkWijs'ku fojkV

(c) OperationTrishul/vkWijs'ku f=k'kwy

(d) OperationCactus/vkWijs'ku dSDVlAns:–(a)�0. Namethethree-yearroadmapformedium-termobjective

finalizedbyReserveBankofIndia(RBI)forstrengtheningregulation,supervisionofthecentralbankinameetinginNewDelhi

ubZ fnYyh esa ,d cSBd esa dsaæh; cSad dh fuXkjkuh] fofu;eu dks etcwr djus ds fy, Hkkjrh; fjtoZ cSad (vkjchvkbZ) }kjk eè;e vof/ ds mn~ns'; ds fy, rhu lky ds jksM eSi dk uke nsaA

(a) Utkarsh�0�0/mRd"kZ 2020

(b) Utkarsh�0��/mRd"kZ 2021

(c) Utkarsh�0��/mRd"kZ 2022

(d) Utkarsh�0�9/mRd"kZ 2019Ans:–(c)��. NametheIndianpara-athlete,whowon3medalsin4th

World Yoga Festival and Championship �0�9, held atBulgaria,Sofia

Hkkjrh; iSjk&,FkyhV dk uke crkb,] ftUgksaus cqYXkkfj;k] lksfiQ;k esa vk;ksftr 4osa fo'o ;ksXk egksRlo vkSj pSfEi;uf'ki 2019 esa 3 ind thrsA

(a) AmitKumarSaroha/vfer dqekj ljksgk

(b) ToranYadav/rksj.k ;kno(c) SuyashJadhav/lq;'k tkèko(d) VarunSingBhati/o:.k flag HkkVh

Ans:–(b)��. WhowassworninasthenewprimeministerofGreece ftUgksaus Xkzhl ds u, ç/kuea=kh ds :i esa 'kiFk yh\

(a) AntonisSamaras/,aVksuhl lejl(b) Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou/okflyh FkkukS&fØLVksfiQykS

(c) AlexisTsipras/,ysfDll frçkl(d) KyriakosMitsotakis/D;kjhdksl feRlksrfdl

Ans:–(d)�3. Which company topped the “Fortune Global 500 list

�0�9” ^^iQkWP;wZu Xykscy 500 lwph 2019** esa dkSu lh daiuh 'kh"kZ ij

jgh\

(a) SaudiAramco/lÅnh vjkedks

(b) RoyalDutchShell/'kkgh Mp lsy(c) Volkswagen/oksDloSXku(d) Walmart/okYekVZ

Ans:–(d)�4. WheredidPayPalHoldings,Inchasopeneda3rdGlobal

TechnologyCentrePayPalHoldings,Inc us rhljk oSf'od çkS|ksfXkdh dsaæ dgka [kksyk gS\

(a) Varanasi,UttarPradesh/okjk.klh] mÙkj çns'k(b) Hyderabad,Telangana/gSnjkckn] rsyaXkkuk(c) Kochi,Kerala/dksfPp] dsjy

(d) Mumbai,Maharashtra/eqacbZ] egkjk"VªAns:–(b)�5. What is the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of

Indiafortheyear�0�0asperSingaporeanlenderDBS flaXkkiqj ds ½.knkrk Mhch,l ds vuqlkj o"kZ 2020 ds fy,

Hkkjr dk ldy ?kjsyw mRikn (thMhih) D;k gS\

(a) 7.�% (b) 7%(c) 6.5% (d) 6.8%

Ans:–(d)�6. Nametheunionminister,whoreviewedthepreparations

for the construction of the India Pavilion at the DubaiWorldExpo�0�0

ml dsaæh; ea=kh dk uek crkb,] ftlus nqcbZ oYMZ ,Dliks 2020 esa bafM;k iSosfy;u ds fueZ.k dh rS;kfj;ksa dh leh{kk dh

(a) RajanathSingh/jktukFk flag(b) AmitShah/vfer 'kkg

(c) PiyushGoyal/ih;w"k Xkks;y(d) SmritiIrani/Le`fr bZjkuh

Ans:–(c)�7. WhatwasthethemeoftheWorldDayAgainstTrafficking

InPersons�0�9? 2019 esa O;fDr;ksa dh rLdjh ds f[kykiQ fo'o fnol dh Fkhe

D;k Fkh\(a) “Let’s act now to protect and assist traffickingvictims”/oksDloSl vc rLdjh ihfM+rksa dh j{kk vkSj lgk;rk ds fy, dk;Z djrs gSaA(b) “Human Trafficking: call your government toaction”/

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ekuo rLdjh% dkjZokbZ ds fy, viuh ljdkj dks cqykvks(c) “Respondingtothetraffickingofchildrenandyoungpeople”''cPpksa vkSj ;qok yksxksa dh rLdjh dk tokc**(d) “ProtocoltoPrevent,SuppressandPunishTraffickinginPersons,EspeciallyWomenandChildren.”/^^fo'ks"k :i ls efgykvksa vkSj cPpksa dks jksdus] nckus vkSj ltk nsus ds fy, çksVksdkWyA**

Ans:–(b)�8. NamethevoiceofDisney’sMinnieMouse,whopassed

awayrecently fMTuh dh feUuh ekml dh vkokt dk uke crkb,] ftudk gky

gh esa fu/u gks Xk;kA

(a) BillFarmer/fcy fdlku

(b) tressMacNeille/Vªsl eSduhy

(c) RussiTaylor/:lh Vsyj(d) TonyAnselmo/Vksuh ,ulsyeks

Ans:–(c)�9. How many matches will be played in the World Test

Championship(WTC)�0�9 fo'o VsLV pSfEI;uf'ku (WTC)2019 es fdrus eSp [ksys

tk,aXks\a

(a) 56testmatches/56 VsLV eSp(b) 49Testmatches/49 VsLV eSp(c) 60Testmatches/60 VsLV eSp(d) 7�Testmatches/71 VsLV eSp

Ans:–(a)�0. Where was the indigenously built Land Craft Utility

(LCU)MKIVclassshipsLCUL56commissioned Lons'kh rkSj ij fufeZr ySaM ØkÝV ;wfVfyVh (,ylh;w) ,eds prqFkZ

Js.kh ds tgktksa ,ylh;w ,y 56 dks dgka cuk;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) Ganjam,Odisha/Xkate] vksfM'kk

(b) Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh/fo'kk[kkiV~Vue] vkaèkzçns'k

(c) Mumbai,Maharshtra/eqacbZ] egkjk"Vª(d) Kochi,Kerala/dksfPp] dsjy

Ans:–(b)��. Whichtwocountriessuccessfullyconductedtestsofthe

advanced anti-ballistic missile system “Arrow-3″ dkSu ls nks ns'kksa us mUur ,aVh&cSfyfLVd felkby ç.kkyh

^^,jks&3* dk ijh{k.k liQyrkiwoZfd fd;k\

(a) IsraelandtheUnitedStates/btjk;y vkSj la;qDr jkT; vesfjdk

(b) UnitedStatesandNorthKorea/la;qDr jkT; vesfjdk vkSj mÙkj dksfj;k

(c) India and United States/Hkkjr vkSj la;qDr jkT; vesfjdk

(d) IndiaandRussia/Hkkjr vkSj :lAns:–(a)��. For which reason, DD News (Doordarshan), received

“ChampionsofEmpathyAward”fromLokSabhaSpeakerOmBirla

fdl dkj.k ls] MhMh U;wt (nwjn'kZu) us yksdlHkk vè;{k vkse fcjyk ls ^^pSafi;al vkWiQ ,EiSFkh vokMZ** çkIr fd;k\

(a) Forspreadingawarenessabouthepatitis/gsisVkbfVl ds ckjs esa tkXk#drk iQSykus ds fy,

(b) Forspreadingawarenessabouttuberculosis/risfnd ds ckjs esa tkXk#drk iQSykus ds fy,

(c) For spreadingawarenessaboutMalaria /eysfj;k ds ckjs esa tkXk#drk iQSykus ds fy,

(d) ForspreadingawarenessaboutHIV/,pvkbZoh ds ckjs esa tkXk#drk iQSykus ds fy,

Ans:–(a)�3. Which state’s Rasagola has received the Geographical

Indications(GI)tagafterWestBengal if'pe caXkky ds ckn fdl jkT; ds jlXkksyk dks HkkSXkksfyd

ladsr (thvkbZ) VSXk çkIr gqvk gS\

(a) Assam/vle (b) Bihar/fcgkj(c) Chhattisgarh/NÙkhlXk<+ (d) Odisha/mM+hlk

Ans:–(b)�4. Namethetelecomcompany,whichbecomesthelargest

inIndiawith33�.3millionsubscribers ml VsyhdkWe daiuh dk uke crkb,] tks 331-3 fefy;u Xkzkgdksa

ds lkFk Hkkjr esa lcls cM+h gks tkrh gSA

(a) VodafoneIdeaLimited/oksMkiQksu vkbfM;k fyfeVsM

(b) Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited/Hkkjr lapkj fuXke fyfeVsM

(c) RelianceJio/fjyk;al ftvks

(d) BhartiAirtel/Hkkjrh ,;jVsyAns:–(a)�5. ShawalaTejaSinghTempleisopenedforworshipafter

7�years,itislocatedinwhichcountry 'koyk rst flag eafnj 72 lky ckn iwtk ds fy, [kksyk Xk;k gS]

;g fdl ns'k esa fLFkr gS\

(a) Panjab,India/iatkc bafM;k(b) Trincomalee,SriLank/f=kadksekyh] Jhyadk

(c) Selangor,Malaysia/lsykaXkksj] eysf'k;k(d) Sialkot,Pakistan/fl;kydksV ikfdLrku

Ans:–(d)

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�6. Name the city, which topped in the latest “WomenEntrepreneurCitiesIndex�0�9”,sponsoredbyDell

'kgj dk uke crk,a] tks Msy }kjk çk;ksftr uohure ^^efgyk m|eh 'kgj lwpdkad 2019** esa lcls Åij gS\

(a) Boston/cksLVku (b) London/yanu(c) BayArea/[kkM+h {ks=k (d) NewYork/U;w;kdZ

Ans:–(c)�7. Which ministry will lead the ‘Deep Ocean Mission

(DOM)’ that will explore the deepest recesses of theocean

dkSu lk ea=kky; MissionMhi vks'ku fe'ku (DOM)dk usr`Ro djsXkk] tks egklkXkj dh lcls Xkgjh eanh dk irk yXkkb,Xkk\

(a) Ministry of Science and Technology (MST)/foKku vkSj çkS|ksfXkdh ea=kky; (MST)(b) Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)/uohu vkSj uohdj.kh; ÅtkZ ea=kky; (MNRE)(c) Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES)/i`Foh foKku ea=kky; (MoES)(d) Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises(MSME)/lw{e] y?kq vkSj eè;e m|e ea=kky; (MSME)

Ans:–(c)�8. Howmanydayshasbeensetastargettoachieve“�00%

DigitizationofWaqfproperties”acrossIndia iwjs Hkkjr esa ^^oDiQ laifÙk;ksa ds 100» fMftVyhdj.k** dks çkIr

djus ds y{; ds :i esa fdrus fnu fu/kZfjr fd, Xk, gSa\

(a) 45dyas/45 fnu (b) 90days/90 fnu(c) �80days/180 fnu (d) �00days/100 fnu

Ans:–(d)�9. Whichyearissetastargetfordoublingtigerpopulation

inIndia Hkkjr esa ck?kksa dh vkcknh dks nksXkquk djus ds y{; ds :i esa

fdl o"kZ fu/kkZfjr fd;k Xk;k gS\

(a) �0�7 (b) �0�0(c) �0�� (d) �0�5

Ans:–(c)30. WorldTigerDayisobservedannuallyon– fo'o ck?k fnol çfro"kZ euk;k tkrk gS---------------

(a) July�7/tqykbZ 27 (b) July�8/tqykbZ 28(c) July�9/tqykbZ 29 (d) July�5/tqykbZ 25

Ans:–(c)3�. Whichsport,isaddedforthefirsttimetotheTokyo�0�0

OlympicsGames VksD;ks 2020 vksyafid [ksyksa esa igyh ckj fdl [ksy dks tksM+k

Xk;k gS\

(a) Curling/dfy±Xk

(b) Fencing/ckM+ yXkkuk(c) Powerlifting/ikWojfyfÝVaXk(d) Table Tennis Mixed Doubles/Vscy Vsful feDLM McYl

Ans:–(d)3�. Inwhichcity,Indiaproposedtohostthe�0�3International

OlympicCommittee(IOC)session? fdl 'kgj esa Hkkjr us 2023 varjkZ"Vªh; vksyafid lfefr

(vkbZvkslh) l=k dh estckuh djus dk çLrko j[kk\

(a) Kolkata/dksydkrk (b) Mumbai/eaqcbZ(c) Gurugram/Xkq#Xkzke (d) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh

Ans:–(b)33. SUPARCO,isthespaceagencyofwhichcountry lqijdks] fdl ns'k dh varfj{k ,tsalh gS\

(a) Ukraine/;wØsu (b) Romania/jksekfu;k(c) Pakistan/ikfdLrku (d) Nigeria/ukbthfj;k

Ans:–(c)34. To which committee, Girish Bhalchandra Bapat was

appointed as the chairman by Lok Sabha Speaker OmBirla

fXkjh'k Hkkypaæ ckiV dks fdl lfefr ds vè;{k ds :i esa yksdlHkk vè;{k vkse fcM+yk }kjk fu;qDr fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) BaselCommittee/csly lfefr(b) EstimatesCommittee/lfefr dk vuqeku gS

(c) SarkariaCommittee/ljdkfj;k desVh

(d) BhurelalCommittee/Hkwjsyky lfefrAns:–(b)35. WhowillbethenewChiefoftheIndianCoastGuard? dkSu Hkkjrh; rVj{kd cy ds u, çeq[k gksaXks\

(a) RajivJain/jktho tSu(b) RajeevRaiBhatnagar/jktho jk; HkVukXkj(c) RajeshRanjan/jkts'k jatu(d) KNatrajan/ds uVjktu

Ans:–(d)36. PhumelelaMapukataofwhichcountrywontheMr.Deaf

World�0�9 fdl ns'k ds iQqeysyk ekiqdkVk us feLVj ds çeq[k ds :i esa


(a) Tanzania/ratkfu;k(b) Brazil/czkthy(c) SouthAfrica/lkmFk vÚhdk

(d) Lesotho/fylksVks

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Ans:–(c)37. Who has been appointed as the chief of Intelligence

Bureau(IB)? fdldks baVsfytsal C;wjks (vkbZch) ds çeq[k ds :i esa fu;qDr

fd;k Xk;k gS\

(a) SamantGoel/lkear Xkks;y(b) ArvindKumar/vjfoan dqekj

(c) SSDeswal/<l ,l nsloky(d) KNatarajan/ds uVjktu

Ans:–(b)38. Whowasconferredwiththeprestigious“IndianWomen

of Influence”awardat theHouseofLords,TheUnitedKingdomParliament,London

gkml vkWiQ ykWM~Zl] n ;wukbVsM fdaXkMe dh laln] yanu esa çfrf"Br ^^bafM;u oqeu vkWiQ bUÝyq,al** iqjLdkj ls fdls lEekfur fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) NeetaLulla/uhrk yqYyk(b) TarunTahiliani/r#.k rfgfy;kuh(c) RituKumar/fjrq dqekj

(d) PriyaPriyadarshiniJain/fç;k fç;n'kZuh tSuAns:–(d)39. India’s Current Account Deficit (CAD) is expected to

remainathowmuchpercentofGDP Hkkjr dk pkyw [kkrk ?kkVk (lh,Mh) thMhih ds fdrus çfr'kr

jgus dh mEehn gS\

(a) �.3%/2-3 çfr'kr (b) �.4%/2-4 çfr'kr(c) �.5%/2-5 çfr'kr (d) �.6%/2-6 çfr'kr

Ans:–(a)40. ________editionofEconomicCensus(EC)fortheyear

�0�9waskickstartedrecently/ o"kZ 2019 ds fy, vkfFkZd tuXk.kuk (bZlh) dk--------laLdj.k

gky gh esa 'kq: fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) 6th (b) 7th(c) 8th (d) 9th

Ans:–(b)4�. Who introduced thenewplatform“Sahamati” toSolve

Fintech’sDataProblem ftUgksaus fiQuVsd dh MsVk leL;k dks gy djus ds fy, u;k

IysViQkWeZ ^^lgekrh** is'k fd;k\

(a) NandanNilekani/uanu uhysd.kh

(b) SalilParekh/lfyy ikjs[k(c) ShaktikantaDas/'kfDrdkark nkl

(d) UrjitPatel/mftZr iVsyAns:–(a)

4�. Where was the 5th edition of Dharma-Dhammaconference with the theme of “Sat-Chit-Ananda &NirvanainDharma-DhammaTraditions”held

/eZ&/Ee ijaijkvksa esa lr&fpr&vkuan vkSj fuokZ.k** ds fo"k; ds lkFk /eZ&/Ee lEesyu dk 5oka laLdj.k dgka vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) Dispur,Assam/fnliqj] vle

(b) Rajgir,Bihar/jktXkhj] fcgkj(c) Bhubaneswar,Odisha/Hkqous'oj] mM+hlk(d) Ranchi,Jharkhand/jkaph] >kj[kaM

Ans:–(b)43. Who authored the book titled ‘New-Age Technology

andIndustrialRevolution4.0’whichislaunchedbyVicePresidentofIndiaShriVenkaiahNaidu

U;w&,t VsDuksykWth ,aM baMfLVª;y jsoksY;w'ku 4-0 ^uked iqLrd dks fdlus fy[kk gS] ftls Hkkjr ds mijk"Vªifr Jh osadS;k uk;Mw us ykWUp fd;k gS\

(a) RamShakal/jke 'kdy

(b) RakeshSinha/jkds'k flUgk

(c) DrNarendraJadhav/MkW- ujsaæ tk/o(d) Sureshgopi/lqjs'k Xkksih

Ans:–(c)44. Which country will host the Senior Wrestling

championship�0�9 lhfu;j jslfyaXk pSafi;uf'ki 2019 dh estckuh dkSu lk ns'k

djsXkk\

(a) Dushanbe,Tajikistan/nq'kkUcs] rkftfdLrku

(b) Tashkent,Uzbekistan/rk'kdan] mTcsfdLrku

(c) Bishkek,Kyrgyzstan/fc'dsd] fdfXkZLrku

(d) Nur-Sultan,Kazakhstan/uwj&lqYrku] dtkfdLrkuAns:–(d)45. WhichcountryissettohosttheCommonwealthGames

Federation(CGF)generalassemblymeetinginSeptember�0�9

flracj 2019 esa jk"VªeaMy [ksy egkla?k (lhth,iQ) dh vke lHkk dh estckuh djus ds fy, dkSu lk ns'k rS;kj gS\

(a) Nigeria/ukbthfj;k (b) Uganda/;qXkkaMk(c) Burundi/cq:anh (d) Rwanda/jokaMk

Ans:–(d)46. Which country has launched its first private rocket,

‘Hyperbola-�’,capableofcarryingsatellitesintoorbit? fdl ns'k us viuk igyk futh jkWdsV] gkbijcksyk&1 ^ykWUp

fd;k gS] tks miXkzgksa dks d{kk esa ys tkus esa l{ke gSa\

(a) China/phu (b) Japan/tkiku

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(c) Russia/:l (d) U.S./vesfjdkAns:–(a)47. WhowasappointedastheSecretaryinthePowerMinistry? fo|qr ea=kky; esa lfpo ds :i esa fdls fu;qDr fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) AnantNarayanNanda/vuar ukjk;.k uank

(b) RameshAbhishek/jes'k vfHk"ksd

(c) PradeepSinghKharola/çnhi flag [kkjksyk(d) SubhashChandraGarg/lqHkk"k paæ XkXkZ

Ans:–(d)48. To which committee, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury was

appointed as the chairman by Lok Sabha Speaker OmBirla

v/hj jatu pkS/jh dks fdl lfefr ds vè;{k ds :i esa yksdlHkk vè;{k vkse fcM+yk }kjk fu;qDr fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) HouseCommitteeonRules(HCR)/gkml desVh vkWu :Yl (,plhvkj)

(b) (PublicAccountsCommittee(PAC)/yksd ys[kk lfefr (ih,lh)

(c) EstimatesCommittee(EC)/çkDdyu lfefr (bZlh)

(d) Committee on Public Undertakings (CPU)/lkoZfud miØeksa (lhih;w) ij lfefr

Ans:–(b)49. Which entity has won the third edition of Journal

ExcellenceawardinEnvironmentcategory i;kZoj.k Js.kh esa tuZy ,fDlysal vokMZ ds rhljs laLdj.k dks

fdl bdkbZ us thrk gS\

(a) Aditya Birla Capital Ltd/vkfnR; fcjyk dSfiVy fyfeVsM

(b) YESBankLtd/;l cSad fy-

(c) Mahindra&Mahindra/egsUæk vkSj egsUæk

(d) TataPower/VkVk ikojAns:–(c)50. Which entity has received a licenseof a Non-banking

Finance Company (NBFC) from the Reserve Bank ofIndia(RBI)

fdl bdkbZ dks Hkkjrh; fjtoZ cSad (RBI)ls ,d XkSj&cSafdaXk foÙk daiuh (NBFC)dk ykblsal çkIr gqvk gS\

(a) carWale (b) ZigWheels(c) CARS�4 (d) Cartrade

Ans:–(c)5�. In which city, Jordan has unveiled its first Underwater

MilitaryMuseumDiveSite fdl 'kgj esa] tkWMZu us vius igys vaMjokVj fefyVªh E;wft;e

Mkbo lkbV dk vuoj.k fd;k gS\

(a) Madaba/enkck (b) Jerash/thjl(c) Amman/vEeku (d) Aqaba/vdkck

Ans:–(c)5�. Nametheschemeapprovedforinter-statetravelforbus

operatorswhichwillincreasethestaterevenueby3-4% cl vkWijsVjksa ds fy, varj&jkT;h; ;k=kk ds fy, vuqeksfnr ;kstuk

dk uke crkb,] ftlls jkT; dk jktLo 3&4» c<+ tk,XkkA

(a) NationalInterstatetransportScheme/jk"Vªh; varjjkT;h; ifjogu ;kstuk

(b) NationalPermitScheme/jk"Vªh; ijfeV ;kstuk(c) NationalTransportScheme/jk"Vªh; ifjogu ;kstuk(d) NationalTravelScheme/jk"Vªh; ifjogu ;kstuk

Ans:–(b)53. Which two countries hold discussion on bilateral

hydrocarboncooperation f}i{kh; gkbMªksdkcZu lg;ksXk ij fdu nks ns'kksa esa ppkZ gS\

(a) IndiaandBangladesh/Hkkjr vkSj ckaXykns'k

(b) IndiaandMaldives/Hkkjr vkSj eky}ho

(c) IndiaandRussia/Hkkjr vkSj :l

(d) IndiaandSaudiArabia/Hkkjr vkSj lÅnh vjcAns:–(d)54. Under which scheme, Ministry of Housing and Urban

Affairs(MoHUA)approvedtoconstruct�,40,�34housesafter which the number of houses sanctioned raise to85,��,574houses?

fdl ;kstuk ds rgr] vkokl vkSj 'kgjh ekeyksa ds ea=kky; (MoHUA)us 1]40]143 ?kj cukus dh eatwjh nh] ftlds ckn LohÑr ?kjksa dh la[;k c<+dj 85]11]574 ?kj gks XkbZ\

60. Which deputy governor is appointed as the head ofmonetorypolicycommittee

fMIVh XkouZj dks ekSfæd uhfr lfefr ds çeq[k ds :i esa fu;qDr fd;k tkrk gS&

(a) V.P.Kanongo/oh-ih- dkuwuXkks

(b) Dr.RavindraH.Dholakia/MkW- johaæ ,p- <ksyfd;k

(c) Dr.MichaelDebabrataPatra/MkW- nsooz ik=kk(d) Dr.ViralV.Acharya/MkW- ok;jy oh- vkpk;Z

Ans:–(a)6�. WhichstategovernmenthaslaunchedtheSmallSavings

Incentive Scheme with an objective to stop peoplefrom transacting with ‘suspicious’ non-banking privatefinancialinstitutions

fdl jkT; ljdkj us yksXkksa dks ^lafnX/* XkSj&cSafdaXk foÙkh; laLFkkuksa ds lkFk ysunsu djus ls jksdus ds mn~ns'; ls y?kq cpr çksRlkgu ;kstuk 'kq: dh gS\

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(a) Rajasthan/jktLFkku (b) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'k(c) Odisha/mM+hlk (d) Assam/vle

Ans:–(c)6�. In which country new species evidences of parrot has

beenfound fdl ns'k esa rksrs ds u, uewus ik, Xk, gSa\

(a) India/Hkkjr (b) NewZealand/U;wthySaM(c) Canada/dukMk (d) None/dksbZ ugha

Ans:–(b)63. KisanAshirwadYojanahasbeenlaunchedfrom fdlku vk'khZokn ;kstuk ls 'kq: fd;k Xk;k gS&

(a) Maharashtra/egkjk"Vª (b) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(c) Jharkhand/>kj[kaM (d) None/dksbZ ugha

Ans:–(d)64. Whoinauguratedtheinter-Stateportabilityintwoclusters

ofadjoiningStatesofAndhraPradesh,Telangana,Gujarat& Maharashtra, for achieving the objective of ‘OneNationOneRationCard

^ou us'ku ou jk'ku dkMZ* ds mn~ns'; dks çkIr djus ds fy, vkaèkz çns'k] rsyaXkkuk] Xkqtjkr vkSj egkjk"Vª ds nks lewgksa esa varj&jkT;h; iksVsZfcfyVh dk mn~?kkVu fdlus fd;k\

(a) RamVilasPaswan/jkefoykl ikloku(b) NitishKumar/uhfr'k dqekj

(c) RaviShankarPrasad/jfo'kadj çlkn

(d) NarendraSinghTomar/ujsaæ flag rksejAns:–(a)65. Whichbankhassignedacorporateagencyagreementwith

the Cholamandalam MS General Insurance CompanyLtd,whichwilldeliverawiderangeofinsurancepoliciestoitscustomers

dkSu ls cSad us pksykeaMye ,e,l tujy ba';ksjsal daiuh fyfeVsM ds lkFk ,d dkWiksZjsV ,tsalh le>kSrs ij gLrk{kj fd, gSa] tks vius Xkzkgdksa ds fy, chek ikWfylh dh ,d foLr`r J`a[kyk çnku djsXkk\

(a) IndianOverseasBank/bafM;u vksojlht cSad

(b) BankofIndia/cSad vkWiQ bafM;k

(c) IndianBank/bafM;u cSad(d) StateBankofIndia/LVsV cSad vkWiQ bafM;k

Ans:–(c)66. Nametheentity,whichlaunchedtheIndia’sfirstcorporate

creditcardcalled‘FreedomCard’forsmallandmediumenterprises(SMEs)

ml bdkbZ dk uke crkb,] ftlus NksVs vkSj eè;e m|eksa ds fy, Hkkjr dk igyk dkWiksZjsV ØsfMV dkMZ ^ÚhMe dkMZ* ykWUp

fd;k

(a) ZipCashCard/ftidS'k dkMZ

(b) ItzCash/uXkn dS'k

(c) OxiCash/vksDlh dS'k

(d) EnKash/budS'kAns:–(d)67. WherewilltheIndia’sfirstunderwatertrainprojectisset

tolaunch Hkkjr dh igyh vaVjokVj Vªsu ifj;kstuk dgka 'kq: dh

tk,Xkh\

(a) Kolkata,WestBengal/dksydkrk] if'pe caXkky

(b) Varanasi,UttarPradesh/okjk.kl] mÙkj çns'k(c) Mumbai,Maharashtra/eqacbZ] egkjk"Vª(d) Noneofthese/buesa ls dksbZ ugha

Ans:–(a)68. Namethesoftwarewhichhasbeenchosentobeaccessed

for free for checking plagiarism by Indian Universitiesthroughaglobaltenderprocess

ml lkWÝVos;j dk uke crkb, ftls oSf'od fufonk çfØ;k ds ekè;e ls Hkkjrh; fo'ofo|ky;ksa }kjk lkfgfR;d pksjh dh tkap ds fy, eqÝr esa ,Dlsl djus ds fy, pquk Xk;k gSA

(a) Geogebra/thvkstsczk (b) Encarta/,udkVkZ

(c) Urkund/mjdq.M (d) Celestia/lsysfLV;kAns:–(c)69. WholaunchedSamagraShiksha-JalSurakshadrivewith

anobjectivetocreateawarenessamongschoolchildrenaboutwaterconservation

Ldwyh cPpksa esa tkXk#drk iSnk djus ds mn~ns'; ls lekXke f'k{kk&ty lqj{kk vfHk;ku dh 'kq#vkr fdlus dh\

(a) RameshPokhriyal'Nishank'/iks[kfj;ky ^fu'kad*

(b) BhagatSinghKoshyari/HkXkr flag dks';kjh

(c) HarishRawat/gjh'k jkor(d) ArjunMnuda/vtqZu eqaMk

Ans:–(a)70. Whowillheadthepanelconstitutedtocombatincidents

ofmobviolenceandlynchingacrossthecountry ns'kHkj esa HkhM+ dh fgalk vkSj fgalak dh ?kVukvksa ls fuiVus ds

fy, XkfBr iSuy dk çeq[k dkSu gksXkk\

(a) AmitShah/vfer 'kkg (b) NarendraModi/ujsUæ eksnh(c) SmritiIrani/Le`fr bZjkuh (d) None/dksbZ ugha

Ans:–(a)7�. Where was the � day ��nd National Conference on e-

Governance�0�9held bZ&Xkous±l 2019 ij 2 fnolh; 22oka jk"Vªh; lEesyu dgka

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vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) Mumbai,Maharashtra/eqacbZ] egkjk"Vª(b) Shillong,Meghalaya/f'kykaXk] es?kky;(c) Varanasi,UttarPradesh/okjk.klh] mÙkj çns'k(d) NewDelhi,Delhi/ubZ fnYyh] fnYyh

Ans:–(b)7�. Nametheexercise,whichistobeparticipatedbyallthe

membersofShanghaiCooperationOrganization (SCO)includingIndiaandPakistan

ml vH;kl dk uke crkb,] ftlesa Hkkjr vkSj ikfdLrku lfgr 'ka?kkbZ lg;ksXk laXkBu (SCO) ds lHkh lnL;ksa us HkkXk fy;kA

(a) LamityeVIII/ySfeVh VIII(b) Vinbax�/foucDl 1(c) KhanjarV/[katj oh(d) 'Tsentr(centre)/^lsalsaV (dsaæ)

Ans:–(d)73. WhichentityrankedfirstinthebestworkplaceinIndiaas

pertheLinkedIn’sfourthedition fyaDMbu ds pkSFks laLdj.k ds vuqlkj Hkkjr esa dkSu lh bdkbZ

loZJs"B dk;ZLFky esa igys LFkku ij gS\

(a) Flipkart (b) Amazon(c) OYO (d) Uber

Ans:–(a)74. NametheBrahmosmissilebatteries,whichwasapproved

by Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired byRajnathSingh

czg~eksl felkby cSVfj;ksa dk uke crk,a] ftls jktukFk flag dh vè;{krk esa j{kk vf/Xkzg.k ifj"kn (DAC) us eatwjh nh FkhA(a) Software Defined Radio (SDR Tactical)/lkWÝVos;j jsfM;ks ifjHkkf"kr (SDRlkefjd)(b) Next-GenerationMaritimeMobileCoastalBatteries(NGMMCB,LongRange)/usDLV&tusjs'ku esjhVkbe eksckby dksLVy cSVjhl (NGMMCB,LongRange)(c) Both�and�/nksuksa 1 vkSj 2(d) Liquid propellant Coastal Batteries(LPCB, LongRange)/rjy ç.kksnd rVh; cSVjh (LPCB,yach nwjh)

Ans:–(c)75. Namethechessplayer,whowonthe�0�9BeltandRoad

ChinaHunanInternationaltournamentthatheldatHunanprovince,China

'krjat f[kykM+h dk uke crkb,] ftlus 2019 csYV ,aM jksM pkbuk gquku baVjus'kuy VwukZesaV thrk] tks gquku çkar] phu esa vk;ksftr gqvk FkkA

(a) KrishnanSasikiran/Ñ".ku 'kf'kfdj.k

(b) BaskaranAdhiban/cLdju vkfncu

(c) PentalaHarikrishna/isarkyk gfjÑ".k

(d) SuryaShekarGanguly/lw;Z 'ks[kj XkkaXkqyhAns:–(d)76. WhatwasthethemeofInternationalDayoftheWorld’s

IndigenousPeople�0�9 fo'o Lons'kh O;fDr 2019 ds varjkZ"Vªh; fnol dk fo"k; D;k

Fkk\(a) Theme–“IndigenousPeoples’RighttoEducation”/fo"k;&^^Lons'kh yksXkksa dk f'k{kk dk vf/dkj**(b) Theme – “Indigenous peoples’ migration andmovement”/fo"k;&^^Lons'kh yksXkksa dk çokl vkSj vkanksyu**

(c) Theme – “Indigenous peoples” /fo"k;&^^Lons'kh yksXk**

(d) Theme – “Indigenous Languages” /fo"k;&^^Lons'kh Hkk"kk,a**

Ans:–(d)3�7. Who launched the fifth edition of annual cleanliness

survey,SwachhSurvekshan�0�0(SS�0�0)whichistobeconductedfromJanuary�0�0

gksus okys LoPN losZ{k.k 2020 (SS2020) ds okf"kZd LoPNrk losZ{k.k ds ikaposa laLdj.k dk 'kqHkkjaHk fdlus fd;k\

(a) PrakashJavadekar/çdk'k tkoM+sdj

(b) NarendraSinghTomar/ujsaæ flag rksej(c) HardeepSinghPuri/gjnhi flag iqjh(d) SatyaPalSingh/lR;iky flag

Ans:–(c)78. What is the name of the mission launched by Indian

ArmypostrevocationofArticle370inJammuDivisionto ensure basic necessities and essential services areavailableintheregion

Hkkjrh; lsuk }kjk tEew fMothu esa /kjk 370 ds fujlu ds ckn 'kq: fd, Xk, fe'ku dk uke D;k gS rkfd ;g lqfuf'pr fd;k tk lds fd {ks=k esa ewyHkwr vko';drk,a vkSj vko';d lsok,a miyC/ gSa\

(a) MissionEnduringFreedom/fe'ku ,aM;ksfjaXk ÚhMe

(b) MissionReachOut/fe'ku jhp vkmV

(c) MissionRaahat/fe'ku jgr(d) MissionRestoreHope/fe'ku fjLVksj gksi

Ans:–(b)79. Whichcountryissettohostthe5theditionoftheEastern

EconomicForum dkSu lk ns'k iwohZ vkfFkZd eap ds 5osa laLdj.k dh estckuh

djus ds fy, rS;kj gS\

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(a) Vladivostok,Russia/OykfnoksLrksd] :l

(b) Geneva,Switzerland/ftusok fLoVtjySaM(c) Berlin,Germany/cfyZu teZuh(d) Paris,France/isfjl] Úkal

Ans:–(a)80. Whichbankbecomes the secondbank to link itshome

loanproducttoRBI’sreporateafterStateBankofIndia Hkkjrh; LVsV cSad ds ckn vius gkse yksu mRikr dks RBIds

jsiks jsV ls tksM+us okyk nwljk cSad dkSu lk gS\

(a) UnionBankofIndia(UBI)/;wfu;u cSad vkWiQ bafM;k

(b) BankofBaroda(BoB)/cSad vkWiQ cM+kSnk

(c) BankofIndia(BoI)/cSad vkWiQ bafM;k

(d) PunjabNationalBank(PNB)/iatkc us'kuy cSadAns:–(b)8�. Whowaselectedasthe5�stPresidentofGuatemala XoksVsekyk ds 51osa jk"Vªifr ds :i esa fdls pquk Xk;k\

(a) MarioEstrada/ekfj;ks ,LVªkMk(b) AlejandroEduardoGiammatteiFalla/,ystkaæks ,MqvkMksZ ft;kekrsVhiQYyk

(c) SandraTorres/lSaMªk Vksjsl(d) ZuryRios/T;wjh fjvksl

Ans:–(b)8�. NamethefirstIndianjudge,whowasappointedtothe

SupremeCourtofFijirecently igys Hkkjrh; U;k;k/h'k dk uke crkb,] ftUgsa gky gh esa fiQth

ds loksZPp U;k;ky; esa fu;qDr fd;k Xk;k FkkA

(a) MadanLokur/enu yksdqj

(b) ArjanKumarSikri/vtZu dqekj lhdjh

(c) AltamasKabir/vYrel dchj

(d) AshokBhushan/v'kksd Hkw"k.kAns:–(a)83. Whichof thefollowingsportsare tobeincludedinthe

CommonwealthGames(CWG)�0�� jk"VªeaMy [ksy (CWG)2022 eas fuEufyf[kr esa ls dkSu ls [ksy

'kkfey fd, tkus gSa\

(a) Women'sT�0(twenty-twenty)cricket/efgyk Vh 20 (chl&chl) fØdsV

(b) Beachvolleyball/chp okWyhckWy(c) Para-tabletennis/iSjk&Vscy Vsful(d) Alltheabove/mi;qZDr lHkh

Ans:–(d)84. Where was the Under-�9 Tri-Series �0�9 (India,

BangladeshandEngland)held

vaMj&19 VªkbZ&lhjht+ 2019 (Hkkjr] ckaXykns'k vkSj baXySaM) dgka vk;ksftr dh XkbZ Fkh\

(a) Sylhet,Bangladesh/flygV] ckaXykns'k(b) Hove,UnitedKingdom (UK)/gkso] ;wukbVsM fdaXkMe (;wds)

(c) NewDelhi,India/ubZ fnYyh] Hkkjr(d) Dhaka,Bangladesh/<kdk] ckaXykns'k

Ans:–(b)85. Which stategovernmenthaswaivedof the loans taken

fromnon-licensedmoney-lendersbytribalslivingin89scheduledvillagesinChhindwara

fNanokM+k esa 89 vuqlwfpr Xkkaoksa esa jgus okys vkfnokfl;ksa }kjk XkSj&ykblsalh euh&ysaMlZ ds fy, Xk, dtZ dks fdl jkT; ljdkj us ekiQ dj fn;k gS\

(a) MadhyaPradesh/eè;çns'k(b) Maharashtra/egkjk"Vª(c) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'k(d) Kerala/dsjy

Ans:–(a)86. Curfewnightsbookiswrittenby dÝ;wZ ukbV~l cqd }kjk fy[kh XkbZ gS&

(a) BashratPeer/c'kjr ihj(b) VenkaiahNaidu/osadS;k uk;Mw

(c) SatyarthNayak/lR;kFkZ uk;d(d) NarenderaModi/ujsaæ eksnh

Ans:–(a)87. Whichcountrywillcelebrate�00thIndependenceDayin

�0�9 2019 esa dkSu lk ns'k 100oka Lora=krk fnol euk,Xkk\

(a) Afghanistan/viQXkkfuLrku

(b) NorthKorea/mÙkj dksfj;k

(c) Congo/dkaXkks

(d) Bahrain/cgjhuAns:–(a)88. Aditya Birla Health Insurance (ABHI), a stand-

alone health insurer, has entered into a bancassurancepartnershipwith

vkfnR; fcM+yk gsYFk ba';ksjsal (ABHI),,d vdsys LokLF; chekdrkZ] us ,d cSadk';qjsal HkkXkhnkjh esa ços'k fd;k gS&

(a) AxisBank/,fDll CkSad(b) IndianOverseasBank/bafM;u vksojlht cSad

(c) BankofIndia/cSad vkWiQ bafM;k

(d) BankofBaroda/cSad vkWiQ cM+kSnk

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Ans:–(a)89. Who has to lead the BSF contingent in the parade on

independencedayparadeinKashmir d'ehj esa Lora=krk fnol ijsM esa ch,l,iQ ds ny dks usr`Ro

fdlus fd;k\

(a) AbhinandanVarthman/vfHkuUnu oFkZeku

(b) Tanushreeparrek/rquJh ijsZd(c) AlkaKhurana/vydk [kqjkuk

(d) Priyajhingan/fç;k f>aXkuAns:–(b)90. Recently,whohasbeenawardedKirtichakra gky gh esa] dhfrZ pØ ls fdls lEekfur fd;k Xk;k gS\

(a) AbhinanadanVarthman/vfHkuanu o/Zeku

(b) PrakashJhadav/çdk'k tk/o

(c) HarshpalSingh/g"kZiky flag(d) Bothbandc/bvkSj cnksuksa

Ans:–(d)9�. Nametheheadofthecommittee,thatsubmitsitsreport

to Nirmala Sitharaman and suggests to replace theIncomeTaxActwith anewDirectTaxCode (DTC)- /ml lfefr ds çeq[k dk uke crkb,] tks viuh fjiksVZ fueZyk lhrkje.k dks lkSairh gS vkSj vk;dj vf/fu;e dks ,d u, çR;{k dj dksM (MhVhlh) ls cnyus dk lq>ko nsrh gS&

(a) P.K.Dash/ih-ds- nkl

(b) AkhileshRanjan/vf[kys'k jatu

(c) PramodChandraMody/çeksn paæ eksnh(d) NeenaKumar/uhuk dqekj

Ans:–(b)9�. Underwhichact,NationalResourceEfficiencyAuthority

(NREA)willbeconstituted? fdl vf/fu;e ds rgr] jk"Vªh; lalk/u n{krk çkf/dj.k

(NREA)dk XkBu fd;k tk,Xkk\

(a) Environment (Protection) Act, �986 /i;kZoj.k (laj{k.k) vf/fu;e] 1986

(b) Environment (Protection) Act, �98� /i;kZoj.k (laj{k.k) vf/fu;e] 1982

(c) Environment (Protection) Act, �980/i;kZoj.k (laj{k.k) vf/fu;e] 1980

(d) Environment (Protection) Act, �979 /i;kZoj.k (laj{k.k) vf/fu;e] 1979

Ans:–(a)93. Whatdoes‘U’standsforinUDAY,whichwasinnews

recently? UDAYesa ^U'dk D;k vFkZ gS] tks gky gh esa [kcjksa esa Fkk\

(a) Union/;wfu;u (b) Ujala/mtkyk(c) Utkrisht/mRÑ"V (d) Udan/mMku

Ans:–(c)94. WhatistherevisedretirementageoftheCentralArmed

PoliceForces(CAPF)aspertheUnionHomeMinister? dsaæh; l'kL=k iqfyl cyksa (CAPF)dh la'kksf/r lsokfuo`fÙk

vk;q dsaæh; Xk`g ea=kh ds vuqlkj D;k gS\

(a) 65years/65 lky(b) 60years/60 lky(c) 59years/59 lky(d) Noneofthese/buesa ls dksbZ ugha

Ans:–(b)95. Where is the Information Fusion Centre-Indian Ocean

Region(IFC-IOR)located? lwpuk lay;u dsaæ&fgan egklkXkj {ks=k (IFC-IOR)dgka fLFkr gS\

(a) Guwahati,Assam/XkqokgkVh] vklke

(b) Kolkata,WestBengal/dksydkrk] if'pe caXkky

(c) Gurgaon,Haryana/XkqM+Xkkao] gfj;k.kk(d) Newdelhi,Delhi/ubZ fnYyh] fnYyh

Ans:–(c)96. Whichyearissetastargettoachieve�00GWbysolar

energy? lkSj ÅtkZ }kjk 100 XkhXkkokWV çkIr djus ds y{; ds :i esa dkSu

lk o"kZ fu/kZfjr gS\

(a) �0�0 (b) �0��(c) �030 (d) Noneof these/buesa ls dksbZ ugha

Ans:–(b)97. WhichtwocountriesparticipateinHand-in-Hand(HiH)

Militaryexercise? gSaM&bu&gSaM (HiH)lSU; vH;kl esa dkSu ls nks ns'k HkkXk ysrs

gSa\

(a) IndiaandBangladesh/Hkkjr vkSj ckaXykns'k

(b) IndiaandRussia/Hkkjr vkSj :l

(c) IndiaandChina/Hkkjr vkSj phu

(d) IndiaandJapan/Hkkjr vkSj tkikuAns:–(c)98. Who won the �0�9 South Asian Spelling Bee

competition? 2019 nf{k.k ,f'k;kbZ orZuh ch çfr;ksfXkrk fdlus thrh\

(a) AbhijayKodali/vfHkt; dksnyh

(b) SakethSundar/lkdsr lqanj

(c) NavneethMurali/uouhr eqjyh

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(d) ShruthikaPadhy/Jqfrdk ik|Ans:–(c)99. Which broadcasting company has stated that it will

introducetwoawardsnamely‘NeelamSharmaTejaswiniaward’ & ‘Achyutananda SahooAward’ in memory offormeranchor,NeelamSharma?

fdl çlkj.k daiuh us dgk gS fd og iwoZ ,adj uhye 'kekZ dh Le`fr esa ^uhye 'kekZ rstfLouh iqjLdkj* vkSj ^vP;qrkuan lkgw iqjLdkj* uke ls nks iqjLdkj is'k djsXkh\

(a) AIRFMGold/,vkbZvkj ,iQ,e XkksYM

(b) AllIndiaRadio/vky bafM;k jsfM;ks

(c) Doordarshan/nwjn'kZu(d) PrasarBharti/çlkj Hkkjrh

Ans:–(d)�00. Researchers from which institute has invented two

distinctandspecialmembranesthatcanseparateoilandwater,evenunderharshconditions?

fdl laLFkku ds 'kks/drkZvksa us nks vyXk vkSj fo'ks"k f>Yyh dk vkfo"dkj fd;k gS tks dBksj ifjfLFkfr;ksa esa Hkh rsy vkSj ikuh dks vyXk dj ldrs gSa\

(a) IITDelhi/d(b) IITKanpur/vkbZvkbZVh dkuiqj

(c) IITMadras/vkbZvkbZVh eækl

(d) IITGuwahati/vkbZvkbZVh XkqokgkVhAns:–(c)�0�.Who inaugurated the �5,000 square feet underground

bunkermuseum? 15]000 oXkZ iQhV HkwfeXkr cadj laXkzgky; dk mn~?kkVu fdlus

fd;k\

(a) RamNathGovind/jkeukFk dksfoan

(b) NarendraModi/ujsaæ eksnh(c) AmitShah/vfer 'kkg

(d) NirmalaSitharaman/fueZyk lhrkje.kAns:–(a)�0�.NationalGreenTribunal(NGT)hasformedacommittee

to look into the issues of illegal sand mining in whichriver?

us'kuy Xkzhu fVªC;wuy (,uthVh) us fdl unh esa voS/ jsr [kuu ds eqn~nksa ij XkkSj djus ds fy, ,d lfefr cukbZ gS\

(a) Mahananda/egkuUnk(b) Yamuna/;equk(c) Ghaghara/?kk?kjk(d) Noneofthese/buesa ls dksbZ ugha

Ans:–(b)

�03.Where will India’s first Central Institute of ChemicalEngineering&Technology(CICET)tobuild?

Hkkjr dk igyk lsaVªy baLVhV~;wV vkWiQ dsfedy bathfu;fjaXk ,aM VsDuksykWth (CICET)dgka cuk;k tk,Xkk\

(a) Maharashtra/egkjk"Vª (b) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'k(c) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh (d) Gujarat/XkqokgkVh

Ans:–(d)�04.How Where did Prime Minister Narendra Modi

inauguratedtheMangdechhuhydroelectricpowerplant? ç/kuea=kh ujsaæ eksnh us eaXknsNq iufctyh la;a=k dk mn~?kkVu dgka

fd;k\

(a) Nepal/usiky(b) India/Hkkjr(c) Mayanmar/E;kaekj(d) Noneofthese/buesa ls dksbZ ugha

Ans:–(c)�05.Name thecard,whichwas launchedbyPrimeMinister

NarendraModiinBhutan- ml dkMZ dk uke crkb,] ftls ç/kuea=kh ujsaæ eksnh us HkwVku

esa ykWUp fd;k Fkk&

(a) Maestro/dykdkj

(b) RuPay/:is;(c) Visa/ohtk(d) Noneofthese/buesa ls dksbZ ugha

Ans:–(b)�06.Wichorganizationreleasedthereporttitled''GlobalSO�

Pullution''? fdl laXkBu us ^Xykscy SO�mRltZu gkWVLikWV MsVkcsl%** SO�

çnw"k.k ds nqfu;k ds lcls cqjs lzksrksa dh jSafdaXk ds uke ls fjiksVz tkjh dh\

(a) Greenpeace/gfjr 'kkafr(b) Organisation for Economic Co-operation andDevelopment(OECD)/vkfFkZd lg;ksXk vkSj fodkl laXkBu

(c) World Health Organization (WHO) /fo'o LokLF; laXkBu(d) UnitedNationsEducational,ScientificandCulturalOrganization(UNESCO)/la;qDr jk"Vª 'kSf{kd] oSKkfud vkSj lkaLÐfrd laXkBu (;wusLdks)

Ans:–(a)�07.Whoinauguratedthe�dayInternationalConferenceon

TeacherEducationtitled“JourneyofTeacherEducation:LocaltoGlobal”?

f'k{kd f'k{kk ij 2 fnolh; varjkZ"Vªh; lEesyu dk mn~?kkVu fdlus fd;k Fkk ftldk 'kh"kZd gS ^^f'k{kd f'k{kk dh ;k=kk%

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LFkkuh; ls oSf'od**\


(b) NarendraModi/ujsaæ eksnh(c) RameshPokhriyal'Nishank'/jes'k iks[kfj;ky ^fu'kad*

(d) RamNathKovind/jkeukFk dksfoanAns:–(c)�08.Super50isrelatedto- lqij 50 ls lacaf/r gS&

(a) Tribalstudents/vkfnoklh Nk=k

(b) Highereducation/mPp f'k{kk(c) Primaryeducation/çkFkfed f'k{kk

(d) All/lHkhAns:–(a)�09.Wherewasthe9dayslongNationaltribalfestivalnamed

“AadiMahotsav”commenced? 9 fnuksa rd pyus okys jk"Vªh; tutkrh; mRlo dk uke ^^vknh

egksRlo** dgka vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) Leh-Ladakh/ysg yn~nk[k(b) Kozhikode/dksf>dksM

(c) Lunglei/yqaXkysbZ(d) Noneofthese/buesa ls dksbZ ugha

Ans:–(a)��0.NamethefourholyplacesofUttarakhand,whichwillbe

connectedbyChardhamhighwayproject- mÙkjk[kaM ds pkj ifo=k LFkkuksa dk uke crkb,] tks pkj/ke

jktekXkZ ifj;kstuk ls tqM+saXks&(a) Bageshwar Uttarkashi, Haridwar and Kedarnath /ckXks'oj mÙkjdk'kh] gfj}kj vkSj dsnkjukFk(b) Uttarkashi, Haridwar, Badrinath and Kedarnath /mÙkjdk'kh] gfj}kj] cnzhukFk vkSj dsnkjukFk(c) Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri /cnzhukFk] dsnkjukFk] XkaXkks=kh vkSj ;equks=kh(d) Haridwar, Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri /gfj}kj] dsnkjukFk] XkaXkks=kh vkSj ;equks=kh

Ans:–(c)��.Whoapprovedtheformationofa��-memberhigh-level

committee,headedbytheDirector-General(Acquisitions)toreviseandaligntheprocedureofDefenceprocurementwith the aim of strengthening the ‘Make in Indiainitiative’?

esd bu bafM;k igy dks etcwr djus ds mn~ns'; ls j{kk [kjhn dh çfØ;k dks la'kksf/r djus vkSj lajsf[kr djus ds fy, egkfuns'kd (vf/Xkz.k) dh vè;{krk esa 12&lnL;h; mPp&Lrjh; lfefr ds XkBu dks fdlus eatwjh nh\

(a) NarendraModi/ujsaæ eksnh(b) RajnathSingh/jktukFk flag(c) RamNathKovind/jkeukFk dksfoan

(d) AmitShah/vfer 'kkgAns:–(b)��.NamethenationwidehackathonlaunchedbyDepartment

ofEmpowermentofPersonswithDisabilities(DEPwD)forinnovationforDivyang/physicallychallengedpeopleaccessibletoilets-

fnO;kaXk@'kkjhfjd :i ls v{ke yksXkksa dks lqyHk 'kkSpky; ds fy, uokpkj ds fy, fodykaXk O;fDr;ksa ds vf/dkfjrk foHkkXk (DEPwD) }kjk 'kq: fd, Xk, jk"VªO;kih gSdFkkWu dk uke gS&

(a) San-toilet/lSu 'kkSpky;(b) San-Sadhan/lSu lk/u(c) Swachh-Toilet/LoPN&'kkSpky;(d) Swachh-Sadhan/LoPN lk/u

Ans:–(b)��3.Where was the �4th Edition of KONKAN-�9 series of

annualbilateralnavyexercisesheld? dksad.k&19 J`a[kyk ds okf"kZd f}i{kh; ukSlsuk vH;kl dk 14oka

laLdj.k dgka vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) Russia/:l(b) UnitedStates/la;qDr jkT; vesfjdk

(c) India/Hkkjr(d) UnitedKingdom(UK)/;wukbVsM fdaXkMe (;wds)

Ans:–(d)��4.Betel vine of which state received the Geographical

Indication(GI)tagrecently? gky gh esa fdl jkT; dh lqikjh dks HkkSXkksfyd ladsr (GI)VSXk

çkIr gqvk\

(a) Kerala/dsjy

(b) AndhraPradesh/vka/zçns'k

(c) Mizoram/fetksje(d) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq

Ans:–(a)��5.Which drug has recently got approval from the United

States (US) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) fortreating extensively drug-resistant Tuberculosis (XDRTB)whichisestimatedtohaveamortalityrateof60%?

gky gh esa cM+s iSekus ij nok çfrjks/h risfnd (,DlMhvkj Vhch) ds bkt ds fy, la;qDr jkT; vesfjdk (;w,l) iQwM ,aM MªXk ,MfefuLVªs'ku (,iQMh,) ls fdl nok dks eatwjh feyh gS] ftlesa e`R;q nj 60» gksus dk vuqeku gS\

(a) Pretomanid (b) Bedaquiline

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(c) Delamanid (d) ClofazimineAns:–(a)��6.Whichcountryhas launched thecommercialuserocket

namedSmartDragon-�(SD�)with3satellites? fdl ns'k us 3 miXkzgksa ds lkFk LekVZ MªSXku&1 (,lMh1) uked

okf.kfT;d mi;ksXk jkWdsV ykWUp fd;k gS\

(a) Japan/tkiku(b) Russia/:l(c) China/phu(d) UnitedStates/la;qDr jkT; vesfjdk

Ans:–(c)��7.Who authored the book titled “Second Night” which

describesandfocusesonfriendship,loveandlossinthelifeofawoman?

^^lsdsaM ukbV** uked iqLrd dk ys[kd gkSu gS tks ,d efgyk ds thou esa nksLrh] I;kj vkSj uqdlku dk o.kZu djrk gS\

(a) RajivDogra/jktho MksXkjk(b) RuskinBond/jfLdu ckWUM

(c) SalmanRushdie/lyeku :'nh(d) ChetanBhagat/psru HkXkr

Ans:–(a)��8.Nametheworld’sbiggestprojectforteachertrainingthat

issettobelaunchedbytheMinistryofHumanResourceDevelopmentonAugust��,�0�9-

ekuo lalk/u fodkl ea=kky; }kjk 22 vXkLr dks 'kq: dh tkus okyh f'k{kd çf'k{k.k ds fy, nqfu;k dh lcls cM+h ifj;kstuk dk uke crkb,&(a) National Initiative on School Teachers & HumidAdvantage(NISHTHA)/Ldwy ds f'k{kdksa vkSj gkL; ykHk ij jk"Vªh; igy (NISHTHA)(b) NationalInitiativeonSchoolTeachersHeadHolisticAdvancement(NISHTHA) /Ldwy ds f'k{kdksa ij jk"Vªh; igy çeq[k leXkz mUufr (fu'kk)(c) National Initiative on School Teachers & HolisticAdvancement(NISHTHA)/Ldwy f'k{kdksa vkSj leXkz çXkfr ij jk"Vªh; igy (NISHTHA)(d) National Initiative on School Teachers & HumidAdvancement(NISHTHA) /Ldwy ds f'k{kdksa vkSj fouez mUufr ij jk"Vªh; igy (NISHTHA)

Ans:–(b)��9.Where was the �8th session of BASIC (Brazil, South

Africa, India, and China) Ministerial meeting �0�9 onClimateChangeheld?

csfld (czktky] nf{k.k vÚhdk] Hkkjr vkSj phu) tyok;q ifjorZu ij eaf=kLrjh; cSBd 2019 dk 28oka l=k dgka vk;ksftr

fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) Moscow,Russia/ekWLdks] :l

(b) Paris,France/isfjl] Úkal

(c) SaoPaulo,Brazil/lkvks] ikmyks czkthy

(d) Geneva,Switzerland/ftusok] fLoVtjySaMAns:–(c)��0.Which glacier is disappeared recently due to climate

change? tyok;q ifjorZu ds dkj.k gky gh esa dkSu lk Xysf'k;j Xkk;c

gqvk gS\

(a) Okjokull (b) Pasterze(c) PeritoMoreno (d) Hubbard

Ans:–(a)��.Whichorganizationhas released the“CompositeWater

ManagementIndex�0�9” fdl laXkBu us ^^lfeJ ty çca/u lwpdkad 2019** tkjh fd;k gS\

(a) Securities and Exchange Board of India(SEBI)/Hkkjrh; çfrHkwfr vkSj fofue; cksMZ (lsch)

(b) CentralVigilanceCommission/dsaæh; lrdZrk vk;ksXk

(c) NITIAayog/uhfr vk;ksXk

(d) PlanningCommission/;kstuk vk;ksXkAns:–(c)��. Who addressed the International dialogue on South-

SouthandTriangularCooperation nf{k.k&nf{k.k vkSj f=kdks.kh; lg;ksXk ij varjkZ"Vªh; okrkZ dks

fdlus lacksf/r fd;k\

(a) JayantSinha/t;ar flUgk (b) NitinGadkari/fufru XkMdjh

(c) SureshPrabhu/lqjs'k çHkq(d) PiyushGoyal/ih;w"k Xkks;y

Ans:–(d)��3.Where was the FSSAI’s (Food Safety and Standards

Authority of India) National Food Laboratory(NFL)inaugurated

,iQ,l,l,vkbZ (Hkkjrh; [kk| lqj{kk ,oa ekud çkf/dj.k) dh jk"Vªh; [kk| ç;ksXk'kkyk (,u,iQ,y) dk mn~?kkVu dgka fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) Ghaziabad/Xkkft;kckn (b) Faridabad/iQjhnkckn(c) Faizabad/iQStkckn (d) Gurgaon/XkqM+Xkkao

Ans:–(a)��4.Wherewasthe4thUnitedStates-IndiaMaritimeSecurity

Dialogueheld pkSFkh la;qDr jkT; vesfjdk&Hkkjr leqæh lqj{kk okrkZ dgka

vk;ksftr dh XkbZ Fkh\

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(a) Mumbai,Maharashtra/eqacbZ] egkjk"Vª(b) California,U.S./dSfyiQksfuZ;k] vesfjdk

(c) NewDelhi,India/ubZ fnYyh] Hkkjr(d) WashingtonD.C.,U.S/okf'kaXkVu Mhlh] vesfjdk

Ans:–(b)��5.Which countries topped in the �0�9 Henley Passport

Indexandbecamethe“world’smostpowerfulpassport” dkSu ls ns'k gsuyh ikliksVZ lwpdkad esa lcls Åij gSa vkSj

^^nqfu;k ds lcls 'kfDr'kkyh ikliksVZ** cu Xk;s gSa\

(a) DenmarkandItaly/MsuekdZ vkSj bVyh

(b) FranceandSweden/Úkal vkSj LohMu

(c) JapanandSingapore/tkiku vkSj flaXkkiqj

(d) SouthKoreaandGermany/nf{k.k dksfj;k vkSj teZuhAns:–(c)��6.Whichbankhas entered intopartnershipwithStandard

CharteredBanktoprovideco-brandedcreditcards fdl cSad us dks&czkaMsM ØsfMV dkMZ çnku djus ds fy, LVSaMMZ

pkVZMZ cSad ds lkFk lk>snkjh dh gS\

(a) BandhanBank/ca/u cSad(b) HDFCBank/,pMh,iQlh cSad(c) YesBank/;l cSad(d) AxisBank/,fDll cSad

Ans:–(a)��7.Whichcountryhasbecomethe73rdnon-regionalmember

ofAsianInfrastructureInvestmentBank(AIIB) dkSu lk ns'k ,f'k;kbZ cqfu;knh <kapk fuos'k cSad (,vkbZvkbZch)

dk 74oka Xksj&{ks=kh; lnL; cu Xk;k gS\

(a) Slovenla/Lyksosfu;k (b) Bulgarla/cqYXkkfj;k(c) Croatia/Øks,f'k;k (d) Serbia/lfcZ;k

Ans:–(d)��8.Who presented the presentation on measures to boost

IndianEconomyrecently gky gh esa Hkkjrh; vFkZO;oLFkk dks c<+kok nsus ds mik;ksa ij

çLrqfr fdlus çLrqr dh\

(a) NirmalaSitharaman/fueZyk lhrkje.k(b) NarendraModi/ujsaæ eksnh(c) AmitShah/vfer 'kkg

(d) NitinGadkari/fufru XkMdjhAns:–(a)��9.How much amount will be infused into public sector

banks (PSBs) with an objective to boost lending andimprovingliquiditysituation

½.k nsus vkSj udnh dh fLFkfr esa lq/kj ykus ds mn~ns'; ls

lkoZtfud {ks=k ds cSadksa (ih,lch) esa fdruh jkf'k dk fuos'k fd;k tk,Xkk\

(a) Rs40,000crore/40,000/djksM+ #i;s

(b) Rs70,000crore/70,000djksM+ #i;s

(c) Rs50,000crore/50,000/djksM+ #i;s

(d) Rs85,000crore/85,000/djksM+ #i;sAns:–(b)�30. What is the extended credit lines to Non-Banking

Financial Companies (NBFCs) by National HousingBank(NHB)fromitsearlierRs�0,000crore

jk"Vªh; vkokl cSad (,u,pch) }kjk XkSj&cSafdaXk foÙkh; daifu;ksa (,uch,iQlh) dks foLrkfjr ØsfMV ykbu D;k gS] tks igys 20]000 djksM+ #i;s Fkh\

(a) Rs30,000crore/30,000djksM+ #i;s

(b) Rs�5,000crore/�5,000djksM+ #Ik;s

(c) Rs35,000crore/35,000djksM+ #i;s

(d) Rs40,000crore/40,000djksM+ #Ik;sAns:–(a)�3�.Name the first Asian-headquartered bank, which was

namedasthe‘World’sBestBank’asper‘Euromoney’ ^;wjkseuh* ds vuqlkj igys ,f'k;kbZ eq[;ky; okys cSad dk uke

crkb,] ftls ^fo'o dk loZJs"B cSad* ds :i esa ukfer fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) DBSbank/Mhc,l cSad(b) OCBCBank/vkslhchlh cSad

(c) StandardCharteredBank/LVSaMMZ pkVZMZ cSad(d) Citibank/flVh cSad

Ans:–(a)�3�.Whichorganizationhasacquired49%stake inKishore

Biyani-ledFutureCouponsLtdrecently fdl laXkBu us gky gh esa fd'kksj fc;kuh ds usr`Ro okys Ý;wpj

dwiUl fyfeVsM esa 49» fgLlsnkjh gkfly dh gS\

(a) Rakuten/jkdqVsu

(b) AliExpress/vyh,Dlçsl

(c) Walmart/okyekVZ(d) Amazon/vest+u

Ans:–(d)�33.Whichcountrytoppedintheoveralltigerseizurecategory

between�000and�0�8asperTRAFFIC ;krk;kr ds vuqlkj 2000 ls 2018 ds chp fdl ns'k dks ck?k

tCrh Js.kh esa lcls Åij j[kk Xk;k gS\

(a) China/phu (b) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k(c) India/Hkkjr (d) Thailand/FkkbZySaM

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Ans:–(c)�34.WhatwasthelastpositionservedbyArunJaitleybefore

taking retirement from his political career citing hishealthissues

vius jktuhfrd thou ls laU;kl ysus ls igys v#.k tsVyh us vius LokLF; ds eqn~nksa dk gokyk nsrs gq, fdl vafre ea=kky; dks lEgkyk Fkk\

(a) ExternalAffairsMinister/fons'k ea=kh(b) HomeAffairsMinister/Xk`g ea=kh(c) FinanceMinister/foÙk ea=kh(d) DefenceMinister/j{kk ea=kh

Ans:–(c)�35.Which country’s ship named ‘Stratton’, visited India

recently gky gh esa Hkkjr dk nkSjk djus okyk ^LVªSXku* tgkt fdl ns'k

dk gS\

(a) Japan/tkiku(b) UnitedStates/la;qDr jkT; vesfjdk

(c) Russia/:l(d) France/Úkal

Ans:–(b)�36.Which state has topped in the implementation of free

medicine scheme as per the National Health Mission(NHM)

jk"Vªh; LokLF; fe'ku (,u,p,e) ds vuqlkj fu'kqYd fpfdRlk ;kstuk ds dk;kZUo;u esa dkSu lk jkT; lcls Åij gS\

(a) Gujarat/Xkqtjkr (b) Assam/vle

(c) Rajasthan/jktLFkku (d) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'kAns:–(c)�37.Heritage postal stamp of which railway station was

introducedrecentlybyIndianactor,filmproducer,ShahRukhKhan

Hkkjrh; vfHkusrk] fiQYe fuekZrk] 'kkg#[k [kku }kjk gky gh esa fdl jsyos LVs'ku dh fojklr Mkd fVdV fudkyh Xk;ha\

(a) Ghatkoparrailwaystation/?kkVdksij jsyos LVs'ku

(b) SantacruzrailwayStation/lkarkØwt jsyos LVs'ku

(c) Borivalirailwaystation/cksfjoyh jsyos LVs'ku(d) Bandrarailwaystation/ckaæk jsyos LVs'ku

Ans:–(d)�38.Who topped in theForbesmagazine’sworld’sHighest-

Paid actresses of �0�9 list with the earning of $56million

iQksClZ if=kdk ds vuqlkj nqfu;k dh lcls T;knk dekbZ djus okyh vfHkusf=k;ksa dh lwph esa dkSu lcls Åij gS] ftudh dekbZ

56 fefy;u MkWyj gS\

(a) ReeseWitherspoon/jht+ fonlZiwu(b) ScarlettJohansoon/LdkjysV tksgkulu

(c) SofiaVergara/lksfiQ;k osjXkkjk(d) NicoleKidman/fudksy fdMeSu

Ans:–(b)�39.Which firm, entered into the �0�9 Guinness World

Records for creating the largest online video album ofpeoplewavingtheIndianflagduringits‘NomatterwhereIam,#IAMINDIAN‘campaign

dkSu lh iQeZ us vius ^uks eSVj os;j vkbZ,We #IAMINDIAN’vfHk;ku ds nkSjku Hkkjrh; èot ygjkrs yksXkksa dk lcls cM+k vkWuykbu ohfM;ks ,yce cukus ds fy, 2019 fXkuht oYMZ fjdkWM~lZ esa ços'k fd;k\

(a) Waze/ost+ (b) LastPass/ykLVikl(c) Likee/ykbZdh (d) TikTok/fVd Vksd

Ans:–(c)�40.Who was concurrently accredited as the next High

CommissionerofIndiatotheCookIslands dqd }hi lewg esa Hkkjr ds vXkys mPpk;qDr ds :i esa le{k

fdls ekU;rk çkIr Fkh\

(a) RivaGangulayDas/fjok XkkaXkqyh nkl(b) RuchiraKamboj/#fpjk dkEckst

(c) SangeetaBahadur/laXkhrk cgknqj(d) Padmaja/in~etk

Ans:–(d)�4�.WherewastheNationalCentreforAvianEcotoxicology

centreinaugurated/ us'kuy lsaVj iQkWj ,fo;u bdksVkWfDlykstk lsaVj dk mn~?kkVu dgka

gqvk\

(a) Coimbatore,TamilNadu/dk;sEcVwj] rfeyukMq

(b) Kolkata,WestBengal/dksydkrk] if'pe caXkky

(c) NewDelhi]Delhi/ubZ fnYyh] fnYyh(d) Mumbai,Maharashtra/eqacbZ] egkjk"Vª

Ans:–(a)�4�.MonaliJadhavisassociatedwithwhichsport- eksukyh tk/o fdl [ksy ls tqM+h gqbZ gSa\

(a) Paintball/isaVckWy (b) Archery/rhjankth(c) Fencing/ckM+ (d) Shooting/'kwfVaXk

Ans:–(b)�43.Where was the 4th edition of Internet of Things (IoT)

IndiaCongress�0�9held baVjusV vkWIkQ fFkaXl (IOT) bafM;k dkaXkzsl 2019 dk pkSFkk

laLdj.k dgka vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

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(a) Mumbai,Maharashtra/eqacbZ] egkjk"Vª(b) NewDelhi,Delhi/ubZ fnYyh] fnYyh(c) Guwahati,Assam/XkqokgkVh] vle

(d) Gengaluru,Karnataka/csaXkyq#] dukZVdAns:–(d)�44.Name the village, which is the first in Madhya

Pradesh(MP) to become an integral part of the digitalmapofthecountry

ml Xkkao dk uke crkb;s] tks eè; çns'k (e-ç-) esa ns'k ds fMftVy ekufp=k dk vfHkUu vaXk cu Xk;k gS\

(a) SihoravillageofJabalpurdistrict/tcyiqj ftys dk fljksgk Xkkao

(b) BhainsdehivillageofBetuldistrict/cSrwy ftys dk HksalkBh Xkkao

(c) BanjariVillageofKatnidistrict/dVuh ftys dk catkjh Xkkao(d) JaitharivillageofAnuppurdistrict/vuwiiqj ftys dk tSBkjh Xkkao

Ans:–(c)�45.Whowaschosenforthe‘EminentEngineerAward’for

theYear�0�9forhisdistinguishedandexemplaryServiceinthefieldofEngineeringandTechnology

bathfu;fjaXk vkSj çkS|ksfXkdh ds {ks=k esa fdldh fof'k"V vkSj vuqdj.kh; lsok ds fy, o"kZ 2019 esa mUgsa ^ç[;kr bathfu;j iqjLdkj* ds fy, pquk Xk;k\

(a) SubramanlamRamadoral/lqczg~e.k;e jkenksjkbZ(b) PrabhakarSingh/çHkkdj flag

(c) E.Sreedharan/bZ- Jh/ju(d) VinodDham/fouksn /ke

Ans:–(b)�46.WhichcountryhaspartneredwithIndia todevelopand

launch a unique constellation of around �0 low-earthorbitsatellites

fdl ns'k us Hkkjr ds lkFk HkkXkhnkjh djds yXkHkXk i`Foh ds 10 yks&vkWjfCkV miXkzgksa dk ,d vf}rh; rkjkeaMy fodflr vkSj ç{ksfir fd;k gS\

(a) Japan/tkiku(b) UnitedStates/la;qDr jkT; vesfjdk

(c) Russia/:l(d) France/Úkal

Ans:–(d)�47.KomalikaBari,whoisinnewsrecentlyisassociatedwith

whichsport dksekfydk ckjh fdl [ksy ls lacaf/r gS\

(a) Archery/rhjankth (b) Fencing/ckM+

(c) Badminton/cSMfeaVu (d) Shooting/'kwfVaXkAns:–(a)�48. Which edition of Badminton World Federation

(BWF) World Championships held recently in Basel,Switzerland

gky gh esa] fLoV~tjySaM ds csly esa cSMfeaVu oYMZ iQsMjs'ku (chMCY;w,iQ) fo'o pSafi;uf'ki dk dkSu lk laLdj.k vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k\

(a) �5th/25oka (b) �4th/24 oka(c) �0th/20oka (d) ��th/21oka

Ans:–(a)�49.Which month is set to be celebrated as the month of

nutrition as part of ‘POSHANAbhiyaan’ as per PrimeMinisterNarendraModi

ç/kuea=kh ujsaæ eksnh ds vuqlkj iks"k.k vfHk;ku* ds varXkZr dkSu lk eghuk ^iks"k.k ekg* ds :i esa euk;k tk,Xkk\

(a) July/tqykbZ (b) August/vXkLr

(c) September/flracj (d) November/uoacjAns:–(c)�50. On which date, Women’s Equality Day is celebrated

annually fdl rkjh[k dks] çfro"kZ ^efgyk lekurk fnol* ds :i esa

euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) �6August/26 vXkLr (b) �5August/25 vXkLr

(c) �4August/24 vXkLr (d) �3August/23 vXkLrAns:–(a)�5�.Who isappointedas the interimchiefoperatingofficer

(COO)ofCafeCoffeeDayEnterprisesLtd.? dSiQs dkWiQh Ms ,aVjçkbtst fyfeVsM ds varfje eq[; ifjpkyu

vf/dkjh (lhvksvks) ds :i esa fdls fu;qDr fd;k Xk;k gS\

(a) Nitinbagmane/fufru ckXkekus(b) RamMohan/jke eksgu(c) CyrilAmarchand/flfjy vejpan

(d) SVRanganath/,koh jaXkukFkAns:–(a)Coffee Day also named Nitin Bagmane as interim chiefoperatingofficer(COO)approvalbytheboard.�5�.Whoisappointedasthenewfinancesecretary? u, foÙk lfpo ds :i esa fdls fu;qDr fd;k Xk;k gS\

(a) ZafarSaifullah/tiQj lSiQqYykg(b) VishnuSahay/fo".kq lgk;(c) S.S.Khera/,l-,l- [ksjk(d) RajivKumar/jktho dqekj

Ans:–(d)

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RajivKumarisappointedasthenewfinancesecretary.TheappointmentwasapprovedbytheAppointmentsCommitteeof Cabinet (ACC). He is to head one of the key economicpolicy making divisions of the government the ministry offinance.HeisexpectedGettingtheNBFCsbackontheirfeetisonemajor thing thatneeds tobe takenupby the financesecretary.�53.Indian Air Force launched an IAF’s facilitation-cum-

publicitypavilionin________. Hkkjrh; ok;qlsuk us -------------- esa vkbZ,,iQ dh lqfo/k&lg çpkj

eaMi 'kq: fd;kA

(a) Mumbai/eqacbZ(b) Kolkata/dksydkrk

(c) Delhi/fnYyh(d) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn

Ans:–(c)The Indian Air Force launched an IAF’s facilitation-cum-publicity pavilion in Delhi. It was inaugurated by UnionHRDMinisterRameshPokhriyalon3�July. Ithasa flightsimulator.�54.ThesettingupofISROTechnicalLiaisonUnit(ITLU)in

MoscowisISRO’s__________project. ekLdks esa ISROrduhdh laidZ bdkbZ (ITLU)dh LFkkiuk

ISROdh------------------ ifj;kstuk gSA

(a) NISAR/fulkj(b) Rohini/jksfg.kh(c) MangalyaanHumanspaceprogram/eaXky;ku gqvkeu varfj{k dk;ZØe

(d) Gaganyaan/XkXku;kuAns:–(d)TheUnionCabinetapprovedthesettingupofISROTechnicalLiaison Unit (ITLU) in Moscow. The move comes as theIndia Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) cooperationwithRussiaontheGaganyaanproject, India’shumanspacemissionprogramme.�55.TheUnionCabinetapprovedthesettingupoftheISRO

TechnicalLiaisonUnit(ITLU)in_________. dsaæh; eaf=keaMy us ---------------- esa bljks rduhdh laidZ bdkbZ

(ITLU)dh LFkkiuk dks eatwjh nhA

(a) US/vesfjdk

(b) UK/;wds

(c) Russia/:l(d) China/phu

Ans:–(c)TheUnionCabinetapprovedthesettingupofISROTechnicalLiaison Unit (ITLU) in Moscow. The move comes as the

India Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) cooperationwithRussiaontheGaganyaanproject, India’shumanspacemission programme. The process has been planned to becompletedwithinsixmonthsfromthedateofapproval.�56.Whowastheformerspeaker,whoquithispositionon�9

July,ofKarnatakaassembly? dukZVD fo/kulHkk ds 29 tqykbZ dfks in NksM+us okys iwoZ Lihdj

dkSu Fks\

(a) KRRameshKumar/ds vkj jes'k dqekj

(b) JagadishShettar/tXknh'k 'ksV~Vkj(c) KSEshwarappa/ds ,l bZ'ojIik

(d) SSureshKumar/,l lqjs'k dqekjAns:–(a)K.RamappaRameshKumarisaFormerspeakerofKarnatakaLegislativeAssembly. He announced his resignation on �9July.�57.Australia Ellyse Perry becomes ____cricketer to reach

�000runs,�00wicketsinT�0 vkWLVªsfy;k ,fyls isjh Vh20 esa 100 ju] 100 fodsV rd igqapus

okyh fØdsVj cu XkbZ

(a) fourth/pkSFkk(b) first/çFke(c) second/nwljk(d) fifth/ikapoka

Ans:–(b)Australiaall-rounderEllysePerrybecamethefirstcricketertoreachtheraremilestoneofscoring�000runs.Shetook�00wicketsintheT�0format.�58.DineshBhatiaaccreditedasthenextAmbassadorof___

____totheRepublicofParaguay fnus'k HkkfV;k dks iSjkXos Xk.kjkT; ds -------- ds vXkys jktnwr ds

:i esa ekU;rk çkIr gS


(b) India/bafM;k(c) Iran/bZjku(d) Iraq/bjkd

Ans:–(b)DineshBhatiaaccreditedasthenextAmbassadorofIndiatotheRepublicofParaguay.�59.______projectsecuresHyderabad’swatersupplyforthe

future --------------- ifj;kstuk Hkfo"; ds fy, gSnjkckn dh ikuh dh

vkiwfrZ dks lqjf{kr djrh gS

(a) MalkajgiriProject/eydtfXkjh ifj;kstuk

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(b) .Kaleeswaram/dkysLokjke

(c) Walamatri/oykekr`(d) KaleshwaramProject/dkyh'oje çkstsDV

Ans:–(d)Hyderabadisfacinganysuchissuesintheforeseeablefutureeven if there is low rainfall, all thanks to the Telanganagovernment’s massive ₹80,190 crore Kaleshwaram lift irrigationprojectlaunchedinJune.�60._________signs deal to acquire R-�7 Missiles from

Russia ---------------- :l ls vkj&27 felkbyksa dk vf/Xkzg.k djus ds

fy, ,d le>kSrs ij gLrk{kj djrs gSa

(a) India/bafM;k(b) Pakistan/ikfdLrku


Ans:–(a)

IndiasignsdealtoacquireR-�7MissilesfromRussia.�6�.Who is appointed as the Secretary of Department for

PromotionofIndustryandInternalTrade(DPIIT)? m|ksXk vkSj vkarfjd O;kikj (DPIIT)dks c<+kok nsus ds fy,

foHkkXk ds lfpo ds :i esa fdls fu;qDr fd;k Xk;k gS\

(a) GuruprasadMohapatra/Xkq#çlkn egkik=k(b) AmitabhPrasad/vferkHk çlkn

(c) ChetanAggarwal/psru vXkzoky

(d) T.HanumanthaRao/Vh- guqeaFkk jkoAns:–(a)Dr.GuruprasadMohapatra,anIndianAdministrativeService(IAS)Officerof�986batchchargeoftheofficeofSecretary,Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade(DPI).�6�.Which Country was the first Country to become the

memberofglobalcoalitiontoprotect ijkXk.kdksa dh j{kk djus okyk oSf'od XkBca/u dk lnL; cuus

okyk igyk ns'k dkS lk ns'k Fkk\

(a) Ghana/?kkuk(b) Senegal/lsusXky(c) Burundi/cqlzqUnh(d) Morocco/eksjDdks

Ans:–(d)TheinitiativetoformacoalitionwastakenbytheNetherlandsonDecember��,�0�6.Moroccobecameamemberof thisgroup.�63.Which Country initiated the global coalition to protect

pollinators? ijkXkd.kksa dh j{kk ds fy, fdl ns'k us oSf'od XkBca/u dh

igy dh\

(a) Sweden/LohMu(b) Denmark/MsuekdZ

(c) India/bafM;k(d) Netherlands/uhnjySaM

Ans:–(d)TheinitiativetoformacoalitionwastakenbytheNetherlandson December ��, �0�6 at the Conference of the Parties–ConventionofBiologicalDiversityheldinMexico.�64.MotorVehicles(Amendment)Bill,�0�9hasbeenpassed

by__________,ason3�July�0�9. eksVj okgu (la'kks/u) fo/s;d] 2019 31 tqykbZ 2019 dks

------- }kjk ikfjr fd;k Xk;k gSA

(a) LokSabha/yksdlHkk

(b) RajyaSabha/jkT;lHkk(c) AandB/, vkSj ch

(d) SupremeCourt/lqçhe dksVZAns:–(c)Rajya Sabha passed the Motor Vehicles (Amendment)Bill, �0�9 with �08 votes in favour and �3 against it. Theamendmentaimstoimproveroadsafety,enhancethepenaltyfortrafficviolations,facilitatecitizensindealingwithtransportdepartmentsandcurbcorruption.TheBillwaspassedinLokSabhaon�3July.�65.Who is theMinister ofFinance in the�7thLokSabha

assembly? 17oha yksdlHkk fo/kulHkk eas foÙk ea=kh dkSu gSa\

(a) NirmalaSitharaman/fueZyk lhrkje.k(b) PiyushGoyal/ih;w"k Xkks;y(c) Dr.Harshvardhan/MkW- g"kZo/Zu(d) PrakashJavadekar/çdk'k tkoM+sdj

Ans:–(a)Nirmala Sitharaman is currently serving as the Minister ofFinanceandMinisterofCorporateAffairs.SheisamemberoftheRajyaSabha,upperhouseoftheIndianParliament,since�0�4.�66.Mrutyunjay Mohapatra replaced __________ as

the Director General (DG) of India MeteorologicalDepartment(IMD).

e`R;qat; egkik=k us ------------- dks Hkkjr ekSle foKku foHkkXk (IMD)ds egkfuns'kd (DG)ds :i esa çfrLFkkfir fd;kA

(a) RajendraKumar/jktsaæ dqekj

(b) KSHosalar/ds ,l gkslyj

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(c) KNMohan/ds ,u eksgu

(d) K.J.Ramesh/ds- ts- jes'kAns:–(d)Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, 54, took charge as the DirectorGeneral(DG)ofIndiaMeteorologicalDepartment(IMD).HewillreplaceK.J.Ramesh,whoheadedtheweatherdepartmentforoverthreeyears.�67.Where is the headquarters of India Meteorological

Departmentlocated? Hkkjr ekSle foKku dk eq[;ky; dgka fLFkr gS\


(b) Mumbai/eqacbZ(c) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(d) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh

Ans:–(d)The headquarters of India Meteorological DepartmentlocatedatNewDelhi.Itwasestablishedon�875.TheIMDisresponsiblefortheweatherandclimate-relatedforecastsinthe country. It is also mandated to issue warning to peopleaboutsevereweatherphenomenon.�68.UponRBI’srelaxationforECBnorms,theECBcanbe

raisedwithaminimumaveragematurityperiodof________.

ECBekunaMksa ds fy, RBIdh NwV ij] ECBdks ----------- dh U;wure vkSlr ifjiDork vof/ ds lkFk mBk;k tk ldrk gSA

(a) 3years/3 lky(b) 5years/5 o"kZ(c) 7years/7 lky(d) �0years/10 lky

Ans:–(c)TheReserveBankofIndia(RBI)hasfurtherrelaxedthenormsrelatedtoexternalcommercialborrowing(ECB).BorrowersareallowedtoraiseECBswithaminimumaveragematurityperiod of 7 years for repayment of rupee loans that can beavaileddomesticallyforcapitalexpenditure.�69.WhoassumedChargeasSecretaryTextiles? çHKkjh lfpo ds :i esa çHkkj fdlus Xkzg.k fd;k\

(a) RaviCapoor/jfo diwj



(d) DineshGupta/fnus'k XkqIrkAns:–(a)

RaviCapoorassumesChargeasSecretaryTextiles.�70.Indiantouristsexemptedfromvisafeesby___________

govt

Hkkjrh; i;ZVdksa dks --------------- ljdkj }kjk ohtk 'kqYd ls NwV nh XkbZ gS

(a) SaudiArbaia/lÅnh vjfc;k

(b) SriLanka/Jhyadk

(c) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k(d) Pakistan/ikfdLrku

Ans:–(b)India is among 48 countries whose citizens have beenexemptedfromvisafeesfortourismpurposesItisdonebytheSriLankangovernment.Thedecisionwasannouncedduringamediaconference inColombo.The tourismministerJohnAmaratungasaidvisafeesrangedfrom�0to40USdollars,willnotbechargedforgrantofonemonthvisafortourism.�7�.WhichCountryofficiallyannounceditswithdrawalfrom

theIntermediate-RangeNuclearForcesTreaty? fdl ns'k us vkf/dkfjd rkSj ij baVjehfM,V&jsaV U;wfDy;j

iQkslsZl laf/ ls viuh okilh dh ?kks"k.kk dh\

(a) Russia/:l(b) US/vesfjdk

(c) Japan/tkiku(d) None/dksbZ ugha

Ans:–(b)The US has officially withdrawn from the Intermediate-RangeNuclearForcesTreaty (INF) treatywithRussia.TheUSaccusedRussiaofviolatingtheINFtreaty’sagreementinrecentyears.ThewithdrawalannouncementwasmadebytheUSPresidentDonaldTrump.�7�.WhatarethecountriesparticipatedintheINFtreaty? INFlaf/ esa fdu ns'kksa us HkkXk fy;k\

(a) US,Japan/vesfjdk] tkiku

(b) Russia,Korea/:l] dksfj;k

(c) US,Russia/vesfjdk] :l

(d) Russia,Japan/:l] tkikuAns:–(c)The countries participate in the INF treaty are the US andRussia. The agreement prohibits both the countries fromfielding ground-launched cruise missiles that could flybetween3�0and3,400miles.�73.Whoisawardedthe�0�9RamonMagsaysayAward? 2019 jseu eSXlsls iqjLdkj ls fdls lEekfur fd;k tkrk gS\

(a) RavishKumar/joh'k dqekj

(b) AngkhanaNeelapaljit/vaXk[kkuk uhykithr

(c) RaymundoPujante/jk;eqMks iwtkars(d) Alltheabove/mi;qZDr lHkh

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Ans:–(d)NDTV journalist Ravish Kumar was awarded the �0�9Ramon MagsaysayAward.Along with Ravish Kumar, fourotherwinnerswerealsohonoured.TheawardeesareKoSweWin from Myanmar, Angkhana Neelapaijit from Thailand,RaymundoPujanteCayabyabfromPhilippines,KimJong-KifromSouthKorea.�74._____irksIndiaofferstomediateinKashmirrow ------------- Hkkjr us d'ehj iafDr esa eè;LFkrk djus dh is'kd'k

dh

(a) NarendraModi/ujsaæ eksnh (b) DonaldTrump/MksukYM VªEi(c) ImranKhan/bejku [kku(d) ScottMorrison/LdkWV ekWfjlu

Ans:–(b)

DonaldTrumpirksIndiaofferstomediateinKashmirrow.�75.The UAPA Bill empowers the _______ of National

InvestigationAgency(NIA)tograntapprovalofseizurewhenthecaseisinvestigatedbytheagency.

;w,ih, fo/s;d ,tsalh }kjk ekeys dh tkap fd, tkus ij tCrh dh eatwjh nsus ds fy, jk"Vªh; tkap ,tsalh (,uvkbZ,) ds ------ dks vf/dkj nsrk gSA

(a) Chairman/vè;{k

(b) President/vè;{k

(c) Director-General/egkfuns'kd(d) Chiefcommissioner/eq[; vk;qDr

Ans:–(c)Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill �0�9facilitates power to the Director-General of the NationalInvestigationAgency (NIA) to grant approval of seizure orattachmentofpropertywhen thecase is investigatedby theagency.�76.GSTcollectioninthemonthofJulysurpassedthe_____

__markinJuly�0�9. tqykbZ ds eghus esa th,lVh laXkzg tqykbZ 2019 esa --------- ds

fu'kku dks ikj dj Xk;kA

(a) Rs.�lakhcrore/1 yk[k djksM+ #i;s

(b) Rs.�.5lakhcrore/1-5 djksM+ #i;s

(c) Rs.�lakhcrore/2 yk[k djksM+ #i;s

(d) Rs.5lakhcrore/5 yk[k djksM+ #i;sAns:–(a)GST collection in July surpassed the Rs.� lakh crore markafteraslumpintheJunemonth.Centre’sdatareportedthatthetotaldisposalunderGoodsandServicesTax(GST)wasreportedtobeRs.�.0�lakhcroreinJuly�0�9.

�77.What is the name of the campiagn launched by WestBengal?

if'pe caXkky }kjk 'kq: fd, Xk, dSafi;uXku dk uke D;k gS\

(a) SaveGreen,StayClean/Xkzhu dks cpk,a] LoPN jgsa

(b) SaveGreen/gjk cpkvks

(c) SaveWater/ty cpkvks

(d) WaterSaveSaveLife/ikuh cpkvks thou cpkvksAns:–(a)SaveGreen,StayCleanisthenameofthecampiagnlaunchedbyWestBengal.�78.WhoisappointedasMindtreecompanyCEO? ekbaMVªh daiuh ds lhbZvks ds :i esa fdls fu;qDr fd;k Xk;k

gS\

(a) DebashisChatterjee/nsck'kh"k pVthZ(b) SureshKumar/lqjs'k dqekj


(d) DineshKumar/fnus'k dqekjAns:–(a)

DebashisChatterjeeisappointedasMindtreecompanyCEO.�79.For the implementation of the One Nation One Ration

Cardscheme,CentrehasformedStateApexCommitteeunderthechairmanshipof___________.

ou us'ku ou jk'ku dkMZ ;kstuk ds dk;kZUo;u ds fy, dsaæ us ----------- dh vè;{krk esa jkT; loksZPp lfefr dk XkBu fd;k gSA

(a) Governor/jkT;iky(b) ChiefJusticeofHighCourt/mPp U;k;ky; ds eq[; U;k;k/h'k ds

(c) CheifSecretary/çeq[k 'kklu lfpo(d) ChiefMinister/eq[;ea=kh

Ans:–(c)FortheimplementationoftheOneNationOneRationCardscheme, the Centre has formed the State Apex CommitteeunderthechairmanshipoftheChiefSecretaryoftheStateandtheStateProjecte-MissionTeam.�80._______launchesawarenesscampaignSaveGreen,Stay

Clean ------------ us tkXk#drk vfHk;ku dh 'kq:vkr dh Xkzhu dks

cpkvks] LoPN jgks

(a) Bihar/fcgkj(b) WestBengal/if'pe caXkky(c) Kerala/dsjy

(d) TamilNadu/rfeyukMqAns:–(b)

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West Bengal government launched an awareness campaignnamed‘SaveGreen,StayClean’forpreservingthegreeneryandkeepingtheenvironmentcleaninthestate.ThecampaignlaunchedStateChiefMinisterMamataBanerjeeinKolkata.�8�.Which Country has the highest TB incidences of the

world? fo'o esa lcls vf/d Vhch ds ekeys fdl ns'k esa gS\

(a) China/phu(b) India/bafM;k(c) Africa/vÚhdk

(d) Greece/;wukuAns:–(b)DatafromMinistryofHealthandFamilyWelfare’sCentralTBdivisionsaidthataround�7%oftheworld’sTBincidencesarefromIndia.Ithasmarkedthehighestshareatagloballevel.�8�.WhichCompanyhasplayedavitalroleinprovidinge-

vehiclestovariousGovernmentagencies? fdl daiuh us fofHkUu ljdkjh ,tsafl;ksa dks bZ&okgu çnku djus

esa egRoiw.kZ Hkwfedk fuHkkbZ gS\

(a) TataMotors/VkVk eksVlZ(b) EESL/bZbZ,l,y(c) EssarSteel/,Llkj LVhy(d) Mahindra/efgaæk

Ans:–(b)Electric vehicle technology is an alternative to combat airpollutionandtoreducecarbonemissionfootprint.TheEESLhasplayedavitalroleinprovidingthesee-vehiclestovariousGovernment agencies. Several other Indian automobilemanufacturersincludingTataMotorsandMahindrahavealsotakentheinitiativeinmanufacturingElectricCars.�83.IndianArmyhasemployedelectriccars(E-cars)forthe

useofGovernmentofficialsin_________. Hkkjrh; lsuk us ----------- esa ljdkjh vf/dkfj;ksa ds mi;ksXk ds

fy, bysfDVªd dkjksa (bZ&dkjksa) dks fu;ksftr fd;k gSA


(b) Shimla/f'keyk(c) Delhi/fnYyh(d) Mumbai/eqacbZ

Ans:–(c)The Indian Army has launched an ecological initiative byemploying electric cars (E-cars) for theuseofGovernmentofficialsinDelhi.E-carsinitiativewaslaunchedbytheArmyin partnership with Energy Efficiency Services Limited(EESL)undertheMinistryofPower.�84.Whichofthefollowingcountryhavethethebestreserves

oflithiumandcobaltintheworld?

fuEufyf[kr esa ls fdl ns'k eas nqfu;k esa fyfFk;e vkSj dksckYV dk lcls vPNk HkaMkj gS\

(a) Argentina/vts±Vhuk

(b) Bolivia/cksyhfo;k(c) Chile/fpyh(d) Alltheabove/mi;qZDr lHkh

Ans:–(b)Argentina,BoliviaandChilearethecountrieswhichhavethebestreservesoflithiumandcobaltintheworld.�85.WhowascrownedMISSENGLAND�0�8? fel baXySaM 2018 dk rkt fdls iguk;k Xk;k\

(a) CarinaTyrrell/dSfjuk Vk;jsy

(b) ElizabethGrant/,fytkcsFk XkzkaV(c) KirstyHeslewood/gslyoqM(d) AlishaCowie/vyh'kk dkSM+h

Ans:–(d)Alisha Cowie is an English model and beauty pageanttitleholder who was crowned Miss England �0�8. SherepresentedEnglandattheMissWorld�0�8pageant.�86.WhowascrownedMISSENGLAND�0�9? fel baXySaM 2019 dk rkt fdls iguk;k Xk;k\

(a) AllishaCowle/vyh'kk dkSM+h

(b) BhashaMukherjee/Hkk"kk eq[kthZ(c) StephanieHill/LVsiQuh fgy(d) NatashaHemmings/urk'kk gsfeaXl

Ans:–(b)BhashaMukherjee,anIndian-origindoctor,hasbeencrownedMISSENGLANDonMissEnglandcompetitioninLondon.Theeventwasheld from3�July to�August.Thewinnersbagged over GBP 30,000 worth of prizes, which include aluxuryholidaytoMauritius.�87.According to Forbes Real-Time Rankings, who is the

richestmanintheworld? iQksClZ fj;y&Vkbe jSafdaXk ds vuqlkj] nqfu;k eas lcls vehj

vkneh dksu gS\

(a) BillGates/fcy XksV~l(b) JeffBezos/tsiQ cstksl(c) GernardArnault/cukZMZ vjukWYV

(d) WarrenBuffett/okjsu ciQsVAns:–(b)According to Forbes Real-Time Rankings, Jeff Bezos isworth $��7.8 billion. Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder andphilanthropist Bill Gates, found wealthier than the second-richestperson.

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�88.WhoistheWorld’sthirdrichestwomanintheworldaspertheBloombergreport?

CywecXkZ dh fjiksVZ ds vuqlkj nqfu;k dh rhljh lcls vehj efgyk dkSu gS\

(a) AliceWalton/,fyl okYVu(b) SusanneKlatten/lqlSu DySVu(c) MacKenzieBezos/eSdsath cstksl

(d) YangHulyan/;kaXk gqb;kuAns:–(c)Bloomberg report said that MacKenzie Bezos is now theworld’sthird-richestwoman.MacKenzieisnowtheex-wifeofAmazonCEOJeffBezos.�89._________governmentplanstocreateaprotectedmarine

areainthecountry’sArcticregion. ------------ ljdkj dh ;kstuk ns'k ds vkdZfVd {ks=k esa ,d

lajf{kr leqæh {ks=k cukus dh gSA

(a) Finland/fiQuySaM(b) Iceland/vkblySaM

(c) Canada/dukMk

(d) UnitedStates/la;qDr jkT; vesfjdkAns:–(c)Canadagovernmentplanstocreateaprotectedmarineareainthecountry’sArcticregion.Themoveisafterasevereclimatechangethattookeffectthreetimesfasterthanglobalaverageweather.�90._______residentswanttorename‘PakistanWaliGali’ -------------- fuoklh ^ikfdLrku oyh Xkyh* dk uke cnyuk pkgrs

gSa

(a) Bihar/fcgkj(b) Nodia/uks,Mk(c) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'k(d) HimachalPradesh/fgekpy çns'k

Ans:–(b)

Noidaresidentswanttorename‘PakistanWaliGali’�9�.Centrehasrepealed__________whichwillmakeJ&K

anintegralpartofIndia. dsaæ us ------------- dks fujLr dj fn;k gS tks tEew&d'ehj dks

Hkkjr dk vfHkUu vaXk cuk nsXkkA

(a) Article�30/vuqPNsn 130

(b) Article370/vuqPNsn 370


(d) Article�89/vuqPNsn 189Ans:–(b)

TheGovernmentofIndiaannouncedrepealingArticle370andintroducedtheJammuandKashmirReorganisationBill,�0�9intheRajyaSabhaon5August.ThiswillnowrepealspecialstatustoJammuandKashmir.TheresolutoinwaspassedbyHomeMinisterAmitShahintheupperhouse.TheaborgationofArticle370willmakeJ&KanintegralpartofIndia.�9�.When was the first trial of QRSAM Missile was

conducted? QRSAMfelkby dk igyk ijh{k.k dc fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) June4,�0�7/twu 2017(b) July4,�0�9/4 tqykbZ 2019(c) June4,�0�8/4 twu 2018(d) February�7,�0�9/27 iQjojh 2019

Ans:–(a)ThefirsttrialofQRSAMMissilewasconductedonJune4,�0�7.�93.IndiGo introduces distance-wise fare cap for flights

leavingSrinagartill_________ bafMXkks us -------------- rd JhuXkj NksM+us okyh mM+kuksa ds fy,

nwjh&okj fdjk;k Vksih is'k dh

(a) September/flracj(b) August/vXkLr

(c) October/vDVwcj

(d) November/uoacjAns:–(b)IndiGo introducesdistance-wise farecap for flights leavingSrinagartillAugust.�94.LewisHamiltonwon__________ yqbZl gSffeYVu us ------------- thrk

(a) MoroccanGrandPrix/eksjDdks Xkzka çh

(b) HungarianGrandPrix/gaXksfj;u Xkzka çh(c) GelglanGrandPrix/csfY;te XkzkaM fçDl(d) CjhineseGrandPrix/phuh Xkzka çh

Ans:–(b)

LewisHamiltonwonHungarianGrandPrix.�95.___seizes$�40millionfromChinesestatefirm’sbank

account ------------ phuh jkT; iQeZ ds CkSad [kkrs ls $240 fefy;u tCr

djrk gS

(a) Malaysia/eysf'k;k(b) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k(c) SaudiArabia/lÅnh vjc

(d) Russia/:lAns:–(a)

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Malaysiaseizes$�40millionfromChinesestatefirm’sbankaccount.�96.UnderwhosecommanddidthemassacreofJallianwala

Baghtakeplace? tfy;kaokyk ckXk dk ujlagkj fdlds vkns'k ls gqvk Fkk\

(a) ColReginaldDyer/duZy jsftukYM Mk;j

(b) ColSanders/duZy lSaMlZ

(c) ColonelBerkeley/duZy cdZys

(d) ColonelWilliam/duZy fofy;eAns:–(a)Jallianwala Bagh memorial was established in �95�. ThememorialwasestablishedtomarkthemassacreofunarmedpeopleonApril�3,�9�9atthepublicgardeninAmritsar.ThemassacrewasorderedbytheBritishIndianArmyunderthecommandofColReginaldDyer.�97.WhorestoresIndia’swaterbodiesinIndia? Hkkjr esa Hkkjr ds ty fudk;ksa dks dkSu iquLFkkZfir djrk gS\


(b) ArunKrishnamurthy/v#.k Ñ".kewfrZ


(d) VivekSharma/foosd 'kekZAns:–(b)

ArunKrishnamurthyrestoresIndia’swaterbodiesinIndia.�98.Who is the Chairman of Indian Space Research

Organisation(ISRO)? Hkkjrh; varfj{k vuqla/ku laXkBu (ISRO)ds vè;{k dkSu gSa\

(a) AjayNarayan/vt; ukjk;.k

(b) K.Sivan/ds- flou

(c) AnoopSrivastava/vuwi JhokLro

(d) VijayKeshavGokhale/fot; ds'ko Xkks[kysAns:–(b)Kailasavadivoo Sivan, an Indian space scientist, is theChairperson of the Indian Space Research Organization.The Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisationis the highest-ranked official of the Indian Space ResearchOrganisation(ISRO),thespaceagencyoftheIndia.�99.ISRO is to the Space Situational Awareness Control

Centrein__________. bljks ------------ esa varfj{k fLFkfr tkXk#drk fu;a=k.k dsaæ ds fy,

gSA

(a) Sriharikota/JhgfjdksVk

(b) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(c) Mumbai/eqacbZ(d) Bengaluru/csaXkyq#

Ans:–(d)The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) ChairmanK.Sivan laid the foundation stone for the Space SituationalAwarenessControlCentreinBengaluru.TheCentreaimstoatprotectthehighvaluespaceassetsfromspacedebris’closeapproach and collisions. It is an important milestone in theprogressofISRO.�00.WhereistheheadquartersofNationalFilmDevelopment

CorporationLimited(NFDC)? jk"Vªh; fiQYe fodkl fuXke fyfeVsM (NFDC)dk eq[;ky;

dgka gS\

(a) Thiruvandrum/f=kosaæe(b) Chennai/psUubZ(c) Mumbai/eqacbZ(d) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn

Ans:–(c)TheheadquartersofNationalFilmDevelopmentCorporationLimited(NFDC)isMumbai.�0�.WhichStatehaspassedananti-lynchingBill? fdl jkT; us ,d fojks/h fo/s;d ikfjr fd;k gS\

(a) Maharashtra/egkjk"Vª(b) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'k(c) Rajasthan/jktLFkku(d) Telangana/rsyaXkkuk

Ans:–(c)TheRajasthanStateLegislativeAssemblypassedtheRajasthanProtection from Lynching Bill, �0�9. The ParliamentaryAffairs Minister Shanti Dhariwal introduced the Bill in theStateAssembly.TheBillaimstoprovidestricterpunishmenttocurbsuchLynchingincidents.�0�.WhichisthefirstStatetopassananti-lynchingBillinthe

country? ns'k esa loZ&fojks/h fo/s;d ikjr djus okyk igyk jkT; dkSu

lk gS\

(a) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'k(b) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(c) Karnataka/dukZVd

(d) Manipur/ef.kiqjAns:–(d)ThefirstStatetohaveananti-lynchinglawinadditiontootheroffencesundertheIndianPenalCode(IPC)isManipur.�03.________ Home Minister flags off riot control vehicle

Vajra -------------- Xk`g ea=kh us naXkk fu;a=k.k okgu otz dks jokuk fd;k


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(b) Maharashtra/egkjk"Vª(c) ArunchalPradesh/v#.kkpy çns'k

(d) Assam/vleAns:–(a)AndhraPradeshHomeMinisterflagsoffriotcontrolvehicleVajra�04._____celebrates65thFoundationDay --------- 65oka LFkkiuk fnol eukrk gS

(a) SurendraKumar/lqjsanz dqekj

(b) LalitKalaAkademi/yfyr dyk vdkneh

(c) VikramSarabhai/foØe lkjkHkkbZ

(d) NithyaMenon/fuF;k esuuAns:–(b)

LalitKalaAkademicelebrates65thFoundationDay.�05.Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill �0�9 has

proposed to bifurcate the state of Jammu and Kashmirinto________.

tEew vkSj d'ehj iquXkZBu fo/s;d 2019 us tEew vkSj d'ehj jkT; dks -------- esa foHkkftr djus dk çLrko fn;k gSA

(a) 3UnionTerritories/dsaæ 'kkflr çns'k

(b) �UnionTerritories/dsaæ 'kkflr çns'k

(c) AUnionTerritory/,d dsaæ 'kkflr çns'k

(d) It doesn't bifurcate J&K/;g tEew vkSj d'ehj dks f}Hkkftr ugha djrk gS

Ans:–(b)The Rajya Sabha cleared the Jammu and KashmirReorganisation Bill �0�9 on 6 August. The Bill proposedbifurcationofthestateofJammuandKashmirintotwoUnionTerritories.�06.JammuandKashmirReorganisationBill�0�9proposed

bifurcatethestateofJ&Kinto�UTsnamely__________.

tEew vkSj d'ehj iquXkZBu fo/s;d 2019 us tEew&d'ehj jkT; dks 2 dsUæ 'kkflr çns'kksa esa --------- ds :i esa çLrkfor fd;kA

(a) LehandLadakh/ysg vkSj yn~nk[k

(b) KashmirandLeh/d'ehj vkSj ysg

(c) JammuandLeh/tEew vkSj ysg

(d) Mammu-Kashmir and Ladakh/tEew&d'ehj vkSj yn~nk[k

Ans:–(d)The Rajya Sabha cleared the Jammu and KashmirReorganisation Bill �0�9 on 6 August. The Bill proposedbifurcationofthestateofJammuandKashmirintotwoUnionTerritoriesnamelyLadakhandJammu-Kashmir.

�07._______ briefs UN Security Council on scrapping ofspecialstatustoJammuandKashmir

------------- tEew vkSj d'ehj dks fo'ks"k ntkZ nsus ds ckjs esa la;qDr jk"Vª lqj{kk ifj"kn dks tkudkjh nsrk gS



(d) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;kAns:–(b)India briefs UN Security Council on scrapping of specialstatustoJammuandKashmir.�08.Who is the Minister responsible of the Ministry of

ConsumerAffairs,FoodandPublicDistribution? miHkksDrk ekeyksa] [kk| vkSj lkoZtfud forj.k ea=kky; ds ea=kh

dkSu gSa\

(a) SambitPatra/lafer ik=k(b) RamVilasPaswan/jkefoykl ikloku(c) AjitDoval/vthr MksHkky

(d) SmritiIrani/Le`fr bZjkuhAns:–(b)Ram Vilas Paswan is an Indian politician from Bihar andthecurrentCabinetMinisterofConsumerAffairs,FoodandPublicDistribution.�09.Which edition of All India Annual Conference of IIS

Officerswasrecentlyheld? gky gh esa vkbZ,,l vf/dkfj;ksa ds vf[ky Hkkjrh; okf"kZd

lEesyu dk dkSu lk laLdj.k vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) fourth/pkSFkk(b) second/nwljk(c) third/rhljk(d) fifth/ikapoka

Ans:–(b)TheSecondAllIndiaAnnualConferenceofIndianInformationService(IIS)OfficerswasheldatPravasiBhartiyaKendrainNewDelhion5August.��0.TheSecondAllIndiaAnnualConferenceofIISOfficers

wasrecentlyheld__________. vkbZvkbZ,l vf/dkfj;ksa dk nwljk vf[ky Hkkjrh; okf"kZd

lEesyu gky gh esa -------- dks vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k FkkA


(c) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(d) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh

Ans:–(d)

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TheSecondAllIndiaAnnualConferenceofIndianInformationService(IIS)OfficerswasheldatPravasiBhartiyaKendrainNewDelhion5August.��.Surrogacy Regulation Bill �0�9 ban _________

surrogacy. ljksXkslh fofu;eu fo/s;d 2019 ------------- ljksXkslh ij çfrcaèk

yXkkrk gSA

(a) Altrulstic/ijksidkjh

(b) Commercial/O;kolkf;d(c) traditional/ijaijkXkr(d) gestational/XkHkkZof/

Ans:–(b)TheLokSabhapassedtheSurrogacy(Regulation)Bill,�0�9on5August�0�9.TheBillaimstobancommercialsurrogacyin the country. Itwas introducedbyUnionHealthMinisterHarshVardhan.��.________ briefs UN Security Council on scrapping of

specialstatustoJammuandKashmir ----------- tEew vkSj d'ehj dks fo'ks"k ntkZ nsus ds ckjs esa la;qDr

jk"Vª lqj{kk ifj"kn dks tkudkjh nsrk gS


(b) India/bafM;k(c) Pakistan/ikfdLrku

(d) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;kAns:–(b)India briefs UN Security Council on scrapping of specialstatustoJammuandKashmir.��3._____unveilsthreenewprecision-guidedmissiles --------- rhu ubZ lVhd&funsZf'kr felkbyksa dk vukoj.k djrk

gS


(b) Iran/bZjku(c) SaudiArabia/lÅnh vjc

(d) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;kAns:–(b)Iranunveiledthreeprecision-guidedmissileswiththedefenceminister todefend itself in the faceofUS“viciousnessandconspiracies”.��4.WhobecomesPowerGridCMD? ikoj fXkzM lh,eMh dkSu curk gs\

(a) DilipKumar/fnyhi dqekj

(b) KandikuppaSreekant/dkafndqIik Jhdkar


(d) SureshKumar/lqjs'k dqekj

Ans:–(b)Kandikuppa Sreekant becomes Power Grid CMD.State-owned Power Grid Corporation Director (Finance)KandikuppaSreekanttookchargeasthecompany’schairmanand managing director. Kandikuppa Sreekant assumed thechargeofthechairmanandmanagingdirectorofPowerGridCorporationofIndia.��5.WhowonMissWorldDiversity�0�9? fel oYMZ Mk;oflZVh 2019 fdlus thrh\

(a) VikramSharma/foØe 'kekZ

(b) NaazJoshi/ukt+ tks'kh(c) Sherinbegum/'ksfju csXke(d) NithyaSharma/fuF;k 'kekZ

Ans:–(b)Naaz Joshi made the country proud with a third successivevictory in the beauty pageant Miss World Diversity. Shecompeted against �4 other international contestants inMauritius.��6.WhenistheNationalHandloomDayisobserved? jk"Vªh; gFkdj?kk fnol dc ek;k tkrk gS\

(a) �August/1 vXkLr

(b) �5July/15 tqykbZ(c) 7August/7 vXkLr

(d) �3September/13 flracjAns:–(c)The National Handloom Day is observed on 7th Augusteveryyear.Tomarktheoccasion,thenationholdsafunctionat Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. The Day is observed atWeavers’ServiceCentresindifferentStates.��7.WhichStatepassedabillagainsthonourkilling? fdl jkT; us lEeku gR;k ds f[kykiQ ,d fo/s;d ikfjr

fd;k\

(a) Rajasthan/jktLFkku(b) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'k(c) Assam/vle

(d) Bihar/fcgkjAns:–(a)Rajasthan State LegislativeAssembly passed the RajasthanProhibitionofInterferencewiththeFreedomofMatrimonialAlliances in the Name of Honour and Tradition Bill, �0�9on5thAugust.TheBillwasintroducedbytheParliamentaryAffairs Minister Shanti Dhariwal. The Bill aims to curbincidentsofhonourkillingintheState.��8.WhereistheGIFTcitylocatedinIndia? Hkkjr esa GIFT'kgj dgka fLFkr gS\

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(a) Bihar/fcgkj(b) Gujarat/Xkqtjkr(c) Odisha/vksfM'kk

(d) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'kAns:–(b)GujaratInternationalFinanceTec-City(GIFT)isaninitiativeledbyIndianPrimeMinisterNarendraModi.ItislocatedatGandhinagar,Gujarat.��9.WhowasthefirstwomantoholdtheofficeoftheMinistry

ofExternalAffairs? fons'k ea=kky; dk in laHkkyus okyh igyh efgyk dkSu Fkh\

(a) ManekaGandhi/esudk Xkka/h

(b) IndiraGandhi/bafnjk Xkka/h(c) SushmaSwaraj/lq"kek Lojkt(d) NirmalaSitharaman/fueZyk lhrkje.k

Ans:–(b)Indira Gandh is the first woman to hold the office of theMinistry of External Affairs. She held the office from 6September�967to�3February�969.��0.Who led the third bi-monthly policy review by the

MonetaryPolicyCommittee(MPC)on7thAugust? 7 vXkLr dks ekSfæd uhfr lfefr (MPC)}kjk rhljh f}&ekfld

uhfr leh{kk dk usr`ro fdlus fd;k\

(a) PrimeMinister/ç/ku ea=kh(b) FinanceMinister/foÙk ea=kh(c) RBIGovernor/vkjchvkbZ ds XkouZj

(d) RBIDeputyGovernor/vkjchvkbZ ds fMIVh XkouZjAns:–(c)RBIGovernorShaktikantaDasledthethirdbi-monthlypolicyreviewbytheMonetaryPolicyCommittee(MPC)for�0�9-�0.��.Asperthethirdbi-monthlypolicyreviewbyMPC,which

ofthefollowingwillbemadeavailableona�4x7basisfromDecember�0�9?

MPC}kjk rhljh f}&ekfld uhfr leh{kk ds vuqlkj] fnlacj 2019 ls fuEu esa ls dkSu lk �4×7vk/kj ij miyC/ djk;k tk,Xkk\

(a) RTGS/vkjVhth,l

(b) NEFT/,ubZ,iQVh(c) IMPS/vkbZ,eih,l

(d) Noneoftheabove/buesa ls dksbZ ughaAns:–(b)As per the third bi-monthly policy review by MPC, NEFTsystemwillbemadeavailableona�4x7basisfromDecember

�0�9.��.______ proposes user safeguard rules for e-commerce

platforms ------------- bZ&dkWelZ IysViQkWeZ ds fy, mi;ksXkdrkZ lqj{kk fu;eksa

dk çLrko djrk gS


(b) India/bafM;k(c) SaidoAraboa/lÅnh vjc

(d) Omdpmesoa/baMksusf'k;kAns:–(b)India proposes user safeguard rules for e-commerceplatforms.��3.________launchesidentitycheckexpresstosecureonline

transactions ----------------- vkWuykbu ysunsu dks lqjf{kr djus ds fy, igpku

tkap ,Dlçsl ykWUp djrk gS

(a) Visa/oht+k(b) Mastercard/keLVj dkMZ

(c) StandardChartered/LVSaMMZ pkVZMZ(d) CitiBank/flVh cSad

Ans:–(b)Mastercardlaunchesidentitycheckexpress tosecureonlinetransactions.��4._____________namedasPCAPlayeroftheMonth ------------------------- dks ihlh, Iys;j vkWiQ n eaFk ds uke ls tkuk

tkrk gS

(a) KLRahul/ds ,y jkgqy

(b) RavichandranAshwin/jfopaæu vf'ou

(c) Sureshraina/lqjs'k jSuk(d) JaspritBumrah/tlçhr cqejkg

Ans:–(b)

RavichandranAshwinnamedasPCAPlayeroftheMonth.��5.In which State was the India’s first 3D Smart Traffic

Signalinstalledforthefirsttime? Hkkjr dk igyk 3DLekVZ VªSfiQd flXuy igyh ckj fdl jkT;

esa LFkkfir fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'k(b) TamilNadu/rfeuykMq(c) Telengana/rsyaXkkuk(d) Punjab/iatkc

Ans:–(d)Punjab’s Mohali traffic police have launched ‘Intelights’.The system was designed by the students of a Chandigarh

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university.ItisIndia’sfirst3-DSmartTrafficSignaldevisedonThewirelesssystem.��6.Whichstategovernmentunveiled��,000hotspotsbefore

theendof�0�9 fdl jkT; ljdkj us 2019 ds var ls igys 11]000 gkWVLikWV

dk vukoj.k fd;k

(a) Delhi/fnYyh(b) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(c) Kerala/dsjy

(d) AndhraPradesh/vka/z çns'kAns:–(a)Delhi government has announced that ��,000 hotspots willbe installed to provide Wi-Fi before the end of �0�9. Theannouncement was made by CM Arvind Kejriwal. It alsoannouncedthat4,000hotspotswillbeinstalledatbusstops.TheStategovt.hasplannedtoinstall�,40,000moreCCTVsintheState.��7.What is thenameof theprogramwhichis launchedby

LifeInsuranceCorporationofIndia dk;ZØe dk uke D;k gS ftls Hkkjrh; thou chek fuXke }kjk

ykWUp fd;k Xk;k gS

(a) JeevanAmar/thou vej

(b) ChildPlan/cky ;kstuk(c) AlliazChildPlan/vkfy;kt pkbYM Iyku

(d) SukanyaSamriddhiYojana/lqdU;k le`f¼ ;kstukAns:–(a)Life Insurance Corporation of India new term plan JeevanAmarlaunched��8.What is the name of the higher education model by

Rajasthangovernment jktLFkku ljdkj }kjk mPp f'k{kk ekWMy dk uke D;k gS

(a) RACE/jsl(b) VIDYA/fo|k(c) RATION/jk'ku(d) VIKRAM/foØe

Ans:–(a)A new higher education model launched in Rajasthan fordistribution of faculties and movable assets among thegovernment colleges at the district level to rationalize theavailabilityofresources.��9.RelianceIndustriessettobringTiffanystoresto_______

____ fjyk;al baMLVªht us fViQ+uh LVkslZ dks --------- esa ykus dh rS;kjh

dh

(a) Australlia/vkWLVªsfy;k

(b) USA/vesfjdk

(c) India/bafM;k(d) Iran/bZjku

Ans:–(c)

RelianceIndustriessettobringTiffanystorestoIndia.�30._________ has longer staying power in the worsening

US-Chinatradewar -------------- vc fcXkM+rh vesfjdk&phu O;kikj ;q¼ esa lÙkk eas

gS


(b) China/phu(c) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k(d) SaudiArabia/lÅnh vjc

Ans:–(b)Chinahas longerstayingpower in theworseningUS-Chinatradewar.�3�._____settobringTiffanystorestoIndia ---------- fViQ+uh LVkslZ dks Hkkjr ykus ds fy, rS;kj gS

(a) AshokLeyland/v'kksd ysySaM

(b) RelianceIndustries/fjyk;al baMLVªht(c) Larsenandtourbo/yklZu ,aM Vwjcks(d) TataMotors/VkVk eksVlZ

Ans:–(b)

RelianceIndustriessettobringTiffanystorestoIndia�3�._______getsitsfirstBuddhistdominatedUnionTerritory

afterJammuandKashmirBifurcation --------------- dks tEew vkSj d'ehj f}Hkktu ds ckn viuk igyk

ckS¼ cgqy dsaæ 'kkflr çns'k feyrk gS


(b) India/bafM;k(c) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k(d) Iran/bZjku

Ans:–(b)IndiagetsitsfirstBuddhistdominatedUnionTerritoryafterJammuandKashmirBifurcation.�33._______downgradesdiplomatictiesandsuspendstrade

withIndia ------------- jktuf;d laca/ksa dks ?kVrk gS vkSj Hkkjr ds lkFk

O;kikj dks fuyafcr djrk gS

(a) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k(b) Pakistan/ikfdLrku


(d) Iran/bZjku

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Ans:–(b)PakistandowngradesdiplomatictiesandsuspendstradewithIndia.�34.Which football player announced retirement from

professionalfootball? fdl iQqVckWy f[kykM+h us is'ksoj iQqVckWy ls lsokfuo`fÙk dh

?kks"k.kk dh\

(a) LionelMessi/ykW;uy eSlh(b) DiegoForlan/fM,Xkks iQksjyku(c) MohammedSahab/eksgEen lkgc(d) SadioMane/lfn;ks ekus

Ans:–(b)Diego Forlan football player announced retirement fromprofessionalfootball.�35.Whichstategovernmentlaunchednewhighereducation

modelnamedRACE fdl jkT; ljdkj us RACEuke ls u;k mPp f'k{kk ekWMy

ykWUp fd;k

(a) Rajasthan/jktLFkku(b) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(c) Kerala/dsjy

(d) ArunachalPradesh/v#.kkpy çns'kAns:–(a)Rajasthan state government launched new higher educationmodelnamedRACE.�36.______ExpandsbillercategoriesforBharatBillPayment

System ------------ Hkkjr fcy HkqXkrku ç.kkyh ds fy, fcyj Jsf.k;ksa dk

foLrkj djrk gS

(a) DenaBank/nsuk cSad(b) ReserveBankofIndia/Hkkjrh; fjtoZ cSad(c) CanaraBank/dsujk cSad

(d) AsianDevelopmentBank/,f'k;kbZ fodkl cSadAns:–(b)The Reserve Bank of India allows all categories of billersto accept prepaid recharges under the Bharat Bill PaymentSystem(BBPS).�37.__________ approved the procurement of a Software

DefinedRadio(SDR)andtheNextGenerationMaritimeMobile Coastal Batteries (NGMMCB) for the IndianNavy.

-------------- us Hkkjrh; ukSlsuk ds fy, ,d lkWÝVos;j fMiQkbaM jsfM;ks (,lMhvkj) vkSj usDLV tujs'ku eSjhVkbe eksckby dksLVy cSVjh (NGMMCB)dh [kjhn dks eatwjh nhA

(a) LokSabha/yksdlHkk

(b) FinanceMinistry/foÙk ea=kky;(c) Cabinet/eaf=keaMy(d) DefenceAcquistionCouncil/j{kk vf/Xkzg.k ifj"kn

Ans:–(d)The Ministry of Defence got its approval from DefenceAcquisitionCouncil(DAC)fortheprocurementofaSoftwareDefined Radio (SDR) and the Next Generation MaritimeMobileCoastalBatteries(NGMMCB)fortheIndianNavy.�38.________approvedUSD�00millions to improveroad

infrastructurein34districtsofMaharashtra -------------- us egkjk"Vª ds 34 ftyksa esa lM+d volajpuk esa lq/kj

ds f, 200 fefy;u vejhdh Mkyj LohÑr fd,

(a) CentralBank/dsaæh; vf/dks"k

(b) ADB/,f'k;kbZ fodkl cSad

(c) BankofAmerica/cSad vkWiQ vejhdk

(d) HSBCBank/,p,lchlh cSadAns:–(b)ADB approved USD �00 millions to improve roadinfrastructurein34districtsofMaharashtra.�39._________ has highest number of living indigenous

languages. ------------ esa thfor ns'kh Hkk"kkvksa dh la[;k lcls vf/d gSA

(a) PapuaNewGulnea/ikiqvk U;w fXkuh

(b) India/bafM;k(c) China/phu(d) Australia/vkWLVªsfy;k

Ans:–(a)UnitedNationsreportsaidthatthePapuaNewGuineahasthehighestnumberof living indigenous languages in theworldwith840.Indiastandsfourthwith453.�40.WhoisthePrimeMinisterofPapuaNewGuinea? ikiqvk U;w fXkuh ds ç/kuea=kh dkSu gSa\

(a) BpbDadae/ckWc nknk(b) PeterO'Neill/ihVj vksuhy

(c) MekereMorauta/esdsjs eksjkSVk

(d) JamesMarape/tsEl ekjisAns:–(d)James Marape is a Papua New Guinean politician and theeighth Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea. He has beenamemberoftheNationalParliamentofPapuaNewGuineasinceJuly�007.�4�.Which of the following country is linguistically the

world’smostdiversecountry?

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fuEufyf[kr esa ls dkSu lk ns'k Hkk"kkbZ :i ls nqfu;k dk lcls fofo/ ns'k gS\

(a) Spain/Lisu(b) PapuaNewGuinea/ikiqvk U;w fXkuh

(c) UAE/la;qDr vjc vehjkr

(d) India/bafM;kAns:–(b)PapuaNewGuineaislinguisticallytheworld’smostdiversecountry with more than 700 native tongues. Around 80%of thecountry’speoplearenotexposedtomodernlife.Thepeoplelivewithinanon-monetarisedeconomydependentonsubsistenceagriculture.�4�.IndiasignedaUNConventionagreementin_________

Hkkjr us ------------- esa la;qDr jk"Vª le>kSrs ij gLrk{kj fd,

(a) NewZealand/U;wthySaM(b) Singapore/flaXkkiqj(c) Malaysia/eysf'k;k :l(d) Russia/:l

Ans:–(b)

IndiasignedaUNConventionagreementinSingapore.�43.Which State has launched a small savings scheme to

prevent people from transacting with suspicious non-bankingprivatefinancialinstitutions?

fdl jkT; us yksXkksa dks lafnX/ XkSj&cSafdaXk futh foÙkh; laLFkkuksa ds lkFk ysunsu djus ls jksdus ds fy, ,d NksVh cpr ;kstuk 'kq: dh gS\

(a) WestBengal/if'pe caXkky(b) Odisha/vksfM'kk

(c) Bihar/fcgkj(d) Telangana/rsyaXkkuk

Ans:–(b)The Odisha government launched Odisha Small SavingsIncentive Scheme, a small savings scheme, for �0�9. Theobjectiveoftheschemeistopreventpeoplefromtransactingwithsuspiciousnon-bankingprivatefinancialinstitutions,inthegreedofhighreturns.�44.Where is India’s first underwater train project to be

implemented? Hkkjr dk igyk vaMjokVj Vªsu çkstsDV dgka ij ykXkw fd;k

tk,Xkk\

(a) Yamunariver/;equk unh(b) Hugliriver/gqXkyh unh(c) KaveriRiver/dkosjh unh

(d) Ganges/XkaXkk

Ans:–(b)India’s first underwater train project in Kolkata under theHugli river is about to be completed. Union RailwaysMinister,Piyush Goyal announced that themetrowill soonbeoperational.�45.WhoistheFatherofIndianSpaceprogramme? Hkkjrh; varfj{k dk;ZØe ds tud dkSu gSa\

(a) G.MadhavanNair/th- ek/ou uk;j(b) VikramSarabhai/foØe lkjkHkkbZ

(c) S.K.Shivakumar/,l ds f'kodqekj

(d) Abdulkalam/vCnqy dykeAns:–(b)VikramSarabhaiwasanindianscientistalsoheisthefatherofindianspaceprogram.ThecentenaryyearcelebrationsofthefatherofIndianspaceprogrammeannouncestheaward.�46.WhichStatesignedanextensionbilateralagreementof

cooperationwithNetherlands? fdl jkt; us uhnjySaM ds lkFk lg;ksXk ds foLrkj f}i{kh;

le>kSrs ij gLrk{kj fd,\

(a) Kerala/dsjy

(b) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'k(c) WestBengal/if'pe caXkky(d) Telangana/rsyaXkkuk

Ans:–(b)The Uttar Pradesh State government and Netherlands haveextended the existing bilateral agreement of cooperation inseveralfieldsbyanotherfiveyears.�47.Whichofthefollowingschemeistopromotetheelectric

andhybridvehicletechnologytoensurethegrowth? fuEufyf[kr esa ls dkSu lh ;kstuk fodkl lqfuf'pr djus ds

fy, bysfDVªd vksj gkbfczM okgu çkS|ksfXkdh dks c<+kok nsus ds fy, gS\

(a) FAME (b) RISE(c) NPRT (d) RUISA

Ans:–(a)FAMEofIndiaistopromotetheelectricandhybridvehicletechnologytoensurethegrowth.Phase-IisthefastadoptionandmanufacturingoftheelectricandhybridvehicleinIndiafrom�0�5.Phase-IIistoboosttheelectricalvehiclemobilityandtoincreaseitincommercialfleetsfromthis�0�9.�48._____________govtwilllaunchNavodayamscheme ------------------------ ljdkj uoksn; ;kstuk 'kq: djsXkh


(b) Bihar/fcgkj

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(c) Rajasthan/jktLFkku(d) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq

Ans:–(a)

AndhraPradeshgovtwilllaunchNavodayamscheme.�49.CochinShipyardLimitedhasbuilt� ro-paxvessels for

_________. dksphu f'ki;kMZ fyfeVsM us ------------ ds fy, 2 vkjvks&iSDl

okfgdkvksa dk fuekZ.k fd;k gSA

(a) IndianNavy/Hkkjrh; ukSlsuk(b) InlandWaterwaysAuthorityofIndia/Hkkjrh; varnsZ'kh; tyekXkZ çkf/dj.k

(c) BhutanNavy/HkwVku usoh(d) ChineseNavy/phuh ukSlsuk

Ans:–(b)TheCochinShipyardhaslaunchedtworo-pax(roll-onroll-offpassenger)vesselson8AUgust.Thero-paxwasdesignedandbuiltby theCochinShipyard for the InlandWaterwaysAuthorityofIndia(IWAI).�50.SoftwareDefinedRadiowasdevelopedbythe_______. lkWÝVos;j fMiQkbaM jsfM;ks --------- }kjk fodflr fd;k Xk;k FkkA

(a) DRDO/MhvkjMhvks

(b) BEL/chbZ,y(c) WESEE/ge ns[krs gSa(d) Alltheabove/mi;qZDr lHkh

Ans:–(d)The SDR will facilitate high-speed data and secure voicecommunication with anti-jamming capability. SoftwareDefinedRadiowasdevelopedbytheDefenceResearchandDevelopment Organisation (DRDO), Bharat ElectronicsLimited(BEL)andtheNavy’sWeaponsElectronicsSystemsEngineeringEstablishment(WESEE).�5�.WhoisthecurrentDefenceMinisterofIran? bZjku ds orZeku j{kk ea=kh dkSu gSa\

(a) Imrankhan/bejku [kku(b) AmirHataml/vehj gVkeh

(c) AlilZaba/vfy t+ck

(d) MohamadFaizal/eksgEen iQStyAns:–(b)The current Defence Minister of Iran is Brigadier-GeneralAmirHatami.�5�.Who is the fifth president of India to receive Bharat

Ratna? Hkkjr jRu ikus okys Hkkjr ds ikaposa jk"Vªifr dkSu gSa\

(a) PranabMukherjee/ç.ko eq[kthZ

(b) ManmohanSingh/eueksgu flag(c) Atalvajbhai/vVy otHkkbZ

(d) Noneofthese/buesa ls dksbZ ughaAns:–(a)Pranab Mukherjee is the fifth president of india to receiveBharatRatna.Mukherjeewas thepresidentof indiabetween�0��and�0�7.�53.WhatisthehighestawardamongRepublicofIndia? Hkkjrh; Xk.kjkT; eas loksZPp iqjLdkj dkSu lk gS\

(a) BharatRatna/Hkkjr jRu(b) PadmaShri/in~eJh(c) PadmaBusan/in~e Hkw"k.k(d) Noneofthese/buesa ls dksbZ ugha

Ans:–(a)Bharat Ratna Is the highest award among republic of indiaandhighestrecognitioninserviceandperformanceinhighestorderwithoutanydistinctionofsex,race,position.�54._______govtwilllaunchNavodayamscheme -------------- ljdkj uoksn; ;kstuk 'kq: djsXkh

(a) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(b) AndhraPradesh/vka/z çns'k

(c) Bihar/fcgkj(d) Kerala/dsjy

Ans:–(b)

AndhraPradeshgovtwilllaunchNavodayamscheme.�55._________retiresfrominternationalcricket ------------------ varjkZ"Vªh; fØdsV ls fjVk;j gks Xk;k

(a) SteveSmith/LVo fLeFk(b) AldenMarkram/vkbMsu ekdZ jke

(c) HashimAmla/gkf'ke veyk

(d) Quintondekock/fDoaVu Mh dkWdAns:–(c)

HashimAmlaretiresfrominternationalcricket.�56._________ signs MoU with ISRO VSSC to promote

spacetechnologyinstate ---------------- jkT; esa varfj{k çkS|ksfXkdh dks c<+kok nsus ds fy,

bljks oh,l,llh ds lkFk le>kSrk Kkiu ij gLrk{kj djrk gS

(a) Odisha/vksfM'kk

(b) Kerala/dsjy

(c) WestBengal/if'pe caXkky(d) AndhraPradesh/vka/z çns'k

Ans:–(b)

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Kerala signs MoU with ISRO VSSC to promote spacetechnologyinstate.�57.Wherewasthe4theditionoftheNationalEntrepreneurship

Awardsheld? jk"Vªh; m|ferk iqjLdkj dk 4oka laLdj.k dgka vk;ksftr fd;k

Xk;k Fkk\

(a) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(b) Mumbai/eqacbZ(c) Kolkata/dksydkrk

(d) Hyderabad/gSnjkcknAns:–(a)MinistryofSkillDevelopmentandEntrepreneurship(MSDE)organizedthefourtheditionoftheNationalEntrepreneurshipAwardsatNewDelhi,India.�58.Virasat-e-Khalsamuseumislocatedin________. fojkV&,&[kkylk laXkzkgy; ----------- esa fLFkr gSA

(a) Telangana/rsyaXkkuk(b) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'k(c) WestBengal/if'pe caXkky(d) Punjab/iatkc

Ans:–(d)Virasat-e-KhalsaisamuseumofSikhism,locatedintheholytown,Anandpur Sahib, near Chandigarh, the capital of thestateofPunjab,India.�59.Whichofthefollowingschemeistopromotetheelectric

andhybridvehicletechnologytoensurethegrowth? fuEufyf[kr esa ls dkSu lh ;kstuk fodkl lqfuf'pr djus ds

fy, bysfDVªd vkSj gkbfczM okgu çkS|ksfXkdh dks c<+kok nsus ds fy, gS\

(a) FAME/çflf¼(b) RISE/o`f¼(c) NPRT/,uihvkjVh

(d) RUSA/:lkAns:–(a)FAMEofIndiaistopromotetheelectricandhybridvehicletechnologytoensurethegrowth.Phase-IisthefastadoptionandmanufacturingoftheelectricandhybridvehicleinIndiafrom�0�5.Phase-IIistoboosttheelectricalvehiclemobilityandtoincreaseitincommercialfleetsfromthis�0�9.�60.Centresanctioned5595electricbusesin64citiesunder

the_______scheme. dsaæ us ------------------- ;kstuk ds rgr 64 'kgjksa esa 5595

bysfDVªd clksa dks eatwjh nh

(a) Phase�-Fame/pj.k&1 Fame

(b) Phase�-Fame/pj.k&2 Fame(c) Phase3-Fame/pj.k&3 Fame(d) Phase4-Fame/pj.k&4 Fame

Ans:–(b)The Ministry of Heavy Industries and PISC has sanctioned5595 electric buses in 64 cities for intracity and intercityoperations under the second phase of FAME India scheme.The aim of this scheme is to encourage faster adoption ofelectricandhybridvehicle.�6�.WhichState is at thebottom rankings inBreastfeeding

and Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices in thecountry?

ns'k esa Lruiku vkSj f'k'kq vkSm ;qok cky vkgkj çFkkvksa esa dkSu lk jkt; lcls fupys ik;nku ij gS\

(a) Kerala/dsjy

(b) Maharashtra/egkjk"Vª(c) Bihar/fcgkj(d) Uttrakhand/mÙkjk[kaM

Ans:–(c)Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Harsh Vardhanreleased a report on Breastfeeding in New Delhi. UttarPradesh,RajasthanandBiharareat thebottompositionsofthereportcard.�6�.Which State topped the rankings in Breastfeeding

and Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices in thecountry?

fdl jkT; us Lruiku vkSj f'kl'kq vkSj ;qok cky f[kyk çFkkvksa esa ns'k esa jSafdaXk esa lcls Åij gS\

(a) Assam/vle

(b) Tripura/f=kiqjk(c) Manipur/ef.kiqj(d) ArunachalPradesh/v#.kkpy çns'k

Ans:–(c)ManipurhastoppedtherankingsinBreastfeedingandInfantandYoungChildFeedingPracticesinthecountry.�63.Virasat-e-KhalsaMuseumin________setsrecord fojkV&,&[kkylk laXkzgky; -------------- lsV fjdkWMZ esa

(a) Punjab/iatkc(b) AndhraPradesh/vka/z çns'k


Ans:–(a)

Virasat-e-KhalsaMuseuminPunjabsetsrecord.�64.______unveiledthreeprecisionguidedmissiles

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------------- rhu lVhd funsZf'kr felkbyksa dk vukoj.k fd;k


(b) Iran/bZjku(c) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k(d) Iraq/bjkd

Ans:–(b)

Iranunveiledthreeprecisionguidedmissiles�65.Rohingyarefugeesgetidentitycardsin_____________ jksfgaX;k 'kj.kkfFkZ;ksa dks --------------- esa igpku i=k feys

(a) Kerala/dsjy

(b) Bangladesh/ckaXykns'k(c) Bihar/fcgkj(d) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq

Ans:–(b)

RohingyarefugeesgetidentitycardsinBangladesh�66.____________unveilsnewtransgenderinclusivepolicy ------------------- ubZ VªkaltsaMj lekos'kh uhfr dk [kqyklk djrk gS

(a) CricketAustralia/fØdsV vkWLVªsfy;k

(b) CricketNewzealand/fØdsV U;wthySaM

(c) CricketSouthAfrica/fØdsV nf{k.k vÚhdk

(d) CricketIndia/fØdsV bafM;kAns:–(a)

CricketAustraliaunveilsnewtransgenderinclusivepolicy.�67.WhereistheheadquartersofHuwaeicompany? gqosbZ daiuh dk eq[;ky; dgka gS\

(a) Mrmenia,Yerevan/vkesZfu;k] ;sjsosu

(b) Shenzhen,China/'ksu>su] phu(c) Manama,Bahrain/eukek] cgjhu(d) Sofia,Bulgaria/lksfiQ;k] cqYXkkfj;k

Ans:–(b)

TheheadquartersofHuwaeicompanyisShenzhen,China.�68.BajrangPuniawongold in_____atTbilisiGrandPrix

�0�9 fRcfylh XkzSaM fçDl 2019 esa ctjaXk iqfu;k us --------- eas Lo.kZ

ind thrk

(a) 98kgcategory/98 fdyks oXkZ

(b) 65kgcategory/65 fdyks oXkZ

(c) 85kgcategory/85 fdXkzk Js.kh

(d) 95kgvategory/95 fdyks o'khdj.kAns:–(b)Bajrang Punia won gold in 65 kg categoryat Tbilisi GrandPrix�0�9.

�69.UPgovtcreatesworldrecordbyplantingover��croresaplings in one day on ___________anniversary of theQuitIndiaMovement

Hkkjr NksM+ks vkanksyu ds ------------ o"kZXkkaB ij ,d fnu esa 22 djksM+ ikS/s yXkkdj ;wih ljdkj us cuk;k fo'o fjdkWMZ

(a) 85th/85osa (b) 77th/77osa(c) 78th/78osa (d) 80th/80osa

Ans:–(b)UP govt creates world record by planting over �� croresaplingsinonedayon77th.�70.WhichbankplatformPractolaunchesco-brandedcredit

cardRBLBankPractoPlus? fdl cSad IysViQkWeZ çSDVks us lg&czkaMsM ØdsfMV dkMZ vkjch,y

cSad çSDVks Iyl ykWUp fd;k gS\

(a) DenaBank/nsuk cSad(b) RBLBank/vkjch,y cSad

(c) AndhraBank/vka/zk cSad

(d) CanaraBank/dsujk cSadAns:–(b)RBLBankplatformPracto launches co-brandedcredit cardRBLBankPractoPlus.�7�.Who launched the country’s first corporate credit card

called‘FreedomCard’forsmallandmediumenterprises(SMEs)?

NksVs vkSj eè;e m|eksa (,l,ebZ) ds fy, ÚhMe dkMZ* uked ns'k dk igyk dkWiksZjsV ØsfMV dkMZ fdlus ykWUp fd;k\

(a) Enkash/,udS'k

(b) Brex/czs,Dl(c) Nubank/uwcSad(d) Noneofthese/buesa ls dksbZ ugha

Ans:–(b)EnKash launched the country’s first corporate credit cardcalled ‘Freedom Card’ for small and medium enterprises(SMEs).TheFreedomCardisatruecommercialcreditcardwithopenacceptance.�7�.How many crores did Jharkhand state government will

spendforincreasingtheincomeoffarmersindoubleby�0�0?

2020 rd fdlkuksa dh vk; nksXkquh djus ds fy, >kj[kaM jkT; ljdkj fdrus djksM+ [kpZ djsXkh\

(a) �000crores/2000 djksM+

(b) �800crores/1800 djksM+

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(c) ��50crores/2250 djksM+

(d) �345crores/2345 djksM+Ans:–(c)The Jharkhand state government will spend an amount of��50crores for increasing the incomeof farmers indoubleby�0�0.�73.WhoinaugurateaschemeMukhyamantriKrishiAshirwad

Yojanaforthefarmershavingfarmlands? 1 ,dM+ ls ysdj 5 ,dM+ rd ds [ksr okys fdlkuksa ds

fy, ,d ;kstuk eq[;ea=kh Ñf"k vk'khZokn ;kstuk dk mn~?kkVu 5]000&25]000 #i;s esa fd;k tk,Xkk\

(a) ShriVenkaiahNaidu/Jh osadS;k uk;Mw

(b) ShriRaghubardsa/Jh j?kqcj nkl(c) ShriArvindGejrival/Jh vjfoan Xkhtjhoky

(d) Noneofthese/buesa ls dksbZ ughaAns:–(a)Shri Venkaiah Naidu inaugurate a scheme MukhyamantriKrishi Ashirwad Yojana for the farmers having farmlandsoflessthan�acreto5acreswillbeprovidedbyRs5,000-�5,000.�74.What is the one nation one ration card system has its

abletobuy________fromrationshopsinanypartofthecountryatlowcost.

D;k gS ,d jk"Vª ,d jk'ku dkMZ ç.kkyh de ykXkr ij ns'k ds fdlh Hkh fgLls esa jk'ku dh nqdkuksa ls ------------ [kjhnus esa l{ke gSA

(a) Foodgrains/vukt

(b) Money/iSls(c) Freestovescheme/eqÝr pwYgk ;kstuk(d) Noneofthese/buesa ls dksbZ ugha

Ans:–(a)Theonenationonerationcard is thesystemhas itsable tobuysubsidisedfoodgrainsfromrationshopsinanypartofthecountryatlowcost.�75.Whoinauguratesinterstateportabilityintwoclustersof

states? jkT;ksa ds nks lewgksa esa varjjkT;h; iksVsZfcfyVh dk mn~?kkVu dkSu

djrk gS\

(a) ShriArunJaitley/Jh v#.k tsVyh

(b) ShriRamVilasPaswan/Jh jke foykl ikloku(c) ShriNitinGadkari/Jh fufru XkMdjh

(d) ShriVikramSharma/Jh foØe 'kekZAns:–(b)Shri RamVilas Paswan inaugurates interstate portability in

twoclustersofstates.�76.WhatistheCurrencyofGuatemala? XokVsekyk dh eqæk D;k gS\

(a) Quetzal/DosVty(b) GuatemalaPounds/XokVsekyk ikmaM(c) Shekel/'ksdsy

(d) GuatemalaDollar/XokVsekyk MkWyjAns:–(a)Quetzal is the Currency of Guatemala. The Capital ofGuatemalaisGuatemalaCity.�77.WhoiselectedasthePresidentofGuatemalacountry? XokVsekyk ns'k ds jk"Vªifr ds :i esa fdls pquk tkrk gS\

(a) AlejandroGiammattel/,ystkaæks ft;kekrsfr(b) Sandratorres/lSaMªk Vksjsl(c) OttoPerezMolina/vksVks isjst eksfyuk

(d) AlvaroColom/vyokjks dksyacAns:–(a)The Conservative Alejandro Giammattei was elected asGuatemala’s president defeating former first lady SandraTorresinarun-offinthecountry’sSupremeElectoralCouncilcourt.�78.WhatisthecapitalofNepal? usiky dh jkt/kuh D;k gS\

(a) Pokhara/iks[kjk(b) Kathmandu/dkBekaMw

(c) Lalitpur/yfyriqj(d) Nagarkot/uXkjdksV

Ans:–(b)Nepal is a landlocked country in SouthAsia. Nepal is the48th largest country for population.The capital of Nepal iskathmandu.�79.WhereistheKajinsaralakelocated? dftu lkj >hy dgka fLFkr gS\

(a) India/bafM;k(b) China/phu(c) Bhutan/HkwVku(d) Nepal/usiky

Ans:–(d)Mountaineers discovered the Kajin Sara lake in ManangdistrictofNepalafewmonthsago.ThislakeinNepalhassetanewrecordofbeingtheworld’shighestlakeandreplacedTilichoLakeofNepal.�80.Wherewasthe�0�9RogersCupheld?

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2019 jkstlZ di dgka vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) Toronto/VksjaVks(b) Montreal/ekWfUVª;y(c) NewYork/U;w;kWdZ

(d) Rochester/jkspsLVjAns:–(a)Thetournamentwasfoundedin�88�.TheRogersCupwasthe�30thedition.ThetournamentwasheldinIGAStadium&AvivaCentreatToronto,Canada.�8�.WhowonthechampionshipincanadianopenRogerscup

�0�9? dukfM;u vksiu jkstlZ di 2019 esa pSafi;uf'ki fdlus

thrh\

(a) SerenaWilliams/lsjsuk fofy;El(b) SlmonaHalep/fleksuk gkysi(c) BiancaAndreescu/fc;kadk ,aMªhLD;w

(d) MarlaSharapova/ekfj;k 'kkjkiksokAns:–(c)BiancaAndreescuwonthe�0�9RogersCupintheWomen’ssingleseventheld inToronto,Canada.ShedefeatedSerenaWilliams.�8�.CentretostartspecialhospitalswithIndianMedicinesin

___________districts ------------------- ftyksa esa Hkkjrh; nokvksa ds lkFk fo'ks"k vLirky

'kq: djus ds fy, dsaæ

(a) �90 (b) �50(c) �80 (d) ��0

Ans:–(b)CentretostartspecialhospitalswithIndianMedicinesin�50districts.�83.VikramSarabhai’s__________observedon��August,

�0�9. foØe ljfHkl ----------- 12 vXkLr dks euk;k Xk;k

(a) �85thbirthanniversary/185oha t;arh(b) �00thbirthanniversary/100oha t;arh(c) ��8thbirthanniversary/128oha t;arh(d) �56thbirthanniversary/156 oha t;arh gS

Ans:–(b)Vikram Sarabhais �00th birth anniversaryobserved on ��August.�84.Whichcountrytolaunchitsowncryptocurrency fdl ns'k dks viuh fØIVksdjsalh ykWUp djuh gS


(b) China/phu(c) USA/vesfjdk

(d) Australia/vkWLVªsfy;kAns:–(b)

Chinacountrytolaunchitsowncryptocurrency.�85.WhowonMotrealMasterstitle? ekWfUVª;y ekLVlZ f[krkc fdlus thrk\

(a) NovakDjokovic/uksokd tksdksfop

(b) RafaelNadal/jkiQsy uMky(c) JohnIsher/tkWu bZ'kj(d) MarinClaric/ekfju Dysfjd

Ans:–(b)

RafaelNadalwonMontrealMasterstitle.�86.InwhichgalaxydoesHolmberg�5A, the largest black

holefoundever,located? gksYEcXkZ 15, fdl vkdk'kXkaXkk esa ik;k Xk;k] tks lcls cM+k

CySd gksy gS\

(a) Messier8�/esfjl;j 81(b) Abell85/,csy 85(c) BlackEyeGalaxy/CySd vkbZ XkSySDlh

(d) Mayall'sObject/es;y dh oLrqAns:–(b)Researchers from the Max Planck Institute, Germany havefound the largest black hole ever. It was named Holmberg�5A.TheblackholewasobservedatthecenterofHolm�5A,the central galaxy ofAbell 85 which is about 700 millionlight-yearsaway.Theradiusoftheblackholeisaboutradiusisabout790Astronomicalunit(AU).�87.WhereistheNationalCraftsMuseumlocated? jk"Vªh; f'kYi laXkzgky; dgka fLFkr gS\

(a) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(b) Jaipur/t;iqj(c) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(d) Bhubaneswar/Hkqous'oj

Ans:–(c)

TheNationalCraftsMuseumlocatedinNewDelhi.�88.WhereistheNavalAirEnclave(NAE)located? usoy ,;j ,UDyso (NAE)dgka fLFkr gS\

(a) Chennai/psUubZ(b) Visakhapatnam/fo'kk[kkiÙkue(c) Cochin/dksphu

(d) Kolkata/dksydkrkAns:–(c)

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TheNAEisaNavalaviationfacilitycomprisinganindependentdispersal, aircraft hangar, administrative building and taxitrack.ItislocatedonthenorthwestofKochiairport.�89.BarCouncilofIndia imposed_______banonopening

newlawcolleges. ckj dkmafly vkWiQ bafM;k us u, ykW dkWyst [kksyus ij ------

çfrca/ yXkk;kA

(a) �0year/10 lky(b) 7year/7 lky(c) 5year/5 o"kZ(d) 3year/3 lky

Ans:–(b)TheBarCouncilofIndia(BCI)imposedatemporarybanof3yearsonopeningnewlawcolleges.ThemoratoriumwillbeexceptionaltotheNationalLawUniversitythatareproposedbyagovernmentinaStatewherethereisnosuchvarsity.�90._________launchedtheregulatorysandboxforFintech

companies. ----------------- us fiQuVsd daifu;ksa ds fy, fu;ked lSaMckWDl

ykWUp fd;kA

(a) MinistryofFinance/foÙk ea=kky;(b) WorldBank/fo'o cSad(c) SEBI/lsch(d) RBI/Hkkjrh; fjtoZ cSad

Ans:–(d)TheReserveBankofIndia(RBI)issuedthefinalframeworkfor regulatory sandbox (RS) for the startups, banks andfinancialinstitutions.TheFintechcompaniescannowsetuptheirownRSforlivetestingofinnovativeproductsinareaslikeretailpayments,digitalKYCandwealthmanagement.�9�.WherewastheFIMWorldCup�0�9held? FIMfo'o di 2019 dgka vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) Hungary/gaXkjh(b) Dubai/nqcbZ(c) Spain/Lisu(d) Protugal/iqrZXkky

Ans:–(a)FIM World Cup �0�9 was held in Hungary. FIM worldcup is the class of motorcycling racing which uses ElectricMotorcycleswithatopspeedof�70kmperhour.�9�.WhatisthecostofthesteelmodelofINSKolkata? vkbZ,u,l dksydkrk ds LVhy ekWMy dh dher D;k gS\

(a) Rs.7lakh/7 yk[k #-(b) Rs.�5lakh/15 yk[k #-

(c) Rs.��lakh/12 yk[k #-(d) Rs.�0lakh/20 yk[k #-

Ans:–(c)Jamia Millia Islamia, the public central university, at NewDelhi is to unveil a model of the Indian naval ship INSKolkataattheUniversityon�5August.TheRs.��lakhsteelshipmodelwasdonatedbytheIndianNavytotheUniversity.TheUniversityhasagreementswith theIndianArmy,NavyandAirForceaswellastheCoastGuard.�93.WhereistheJamiaMilliaIslamiaUniversitylocated? tkfe;k fefy;k bLykfe;k fo'ofo|ky; dgka fLFkr gS\

(a) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(b) Kolkata/dksydkrk

(c) Cochin/dksphu

(d) Chennai/psUubZAns:–(a)JamiaMilliaIslamiaisapubliccentraluniversitylocatedatNewDelhi.�94.JamiaMilliaIslamiaistounveilamodelof________on

�5August. tkfe;k fefy;k bLykfe;k 15 vXkLr dks ---------- ds ,d ekWMy

dk vukoj.k djus ds fy, gSA

(a) INSVikranth/vkbZ,u,l foØkar

(b) INSGaruda/vkbZ,u,l Xk#M+

(c) INSKolkata/vkbZ,u,l dksydkrk

(d) INSKirpan/vkbZ,u,l fdjikuAns:–(c)Jamia Millia Islamia, the public central university, at NewDelhiistounveilamodeloftheIndiannavalshipINSKolkataattheUniversityon�5August,theIndependenceday.�95.Centreintroducesapartialguaranteeschemefor______

____. dsaæ ------------- ds fy, vkaf'kd XkkjaVh ;kstuk is'k djrk gSA

(a) ABFCs/,uch,iQlh(b) HFCs/,p,iQlh(c) Fintechcompaines/fiQuVsd daifu;ka

(d) BothA&B/ A&BnksuksaAns:–(d)Centrehasannouncedapartialguaranteeschemeinthebudgetfor non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) and housingfinancecompanies(HFCs).TheschemewillallowthePublicSectorBankstopurchasetheirassets.�96.WhogotappointedinAAAsAthletesCommission ftUgsa AAA,FkyhV deh'ku esa fu;qDr fd;k Xk;k

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(a) SeethaSuresh/lhrk lqjs'k(b) P.T.Usha/ih-Vh- m"kk(c) NithyaSuresh/fuR;k lqjs'k(d) VikramSharma/foØe 'kekZ

Ans:–(b)

P.T.UshagotappointedinAAAsAthletesCommission.�97.WhichteaattheGuwahatiTeaAuctionCentre(GTAC)

wassoldatRs.75,000? XkqokgkVh pk; uhykeh dsaæ (GTAC)esa dkSu lh pk; 75]000

#i;s esa csph XkbZ\

(a) AssamBlackGoldTea/vle CySd XkksYM pk;

(b) GoldenbutterflyTea/XkksYMu cVjÝykbZ pk;(c) OrderGoldTea/lksus dh pk; vkWMZ djsa

(d) GuayakiGoldenTea/Xkqvk;kdh XkksYMu VhAns:–(b)InAssam,akilogramofGoldenButterflyteastruckgoldattheGuwahatiTeaAuctionCentre (GTAC)as itwas soldatRs.75,000. This is a new international record bettering theprevioushighofRs.70,50�perkg.�98.Which orthodox tea variety was sold One kilogram at

Rs.50,000attheGuwahatiTeaAuctionCentre(GTAC)? XkqokgkVh pk; uhykeh dsaæ (GTAC)esa fdl :f<+oknh pk; dh

fdLe dks 50]000 #i;s esa ,d fdyksXkzke cspk Xk;k Fkk\

(a) ManohariGoldTea/euksgkjh XkksYM Vh(b) GoldenbutterflyTea/XkksYMu cVjÝykbZ pk;(c) TataGoldTea/VkVk XkksYM Vh(d) MaijanGoldenTea/ekbZtu XkksYMu Vh

Ans:–(a)ManohariGold is a specialtyorthodox teavarietywas soldOne kilogram at Rs.50,000 in the Guwahati Tea AuctionCentre(GTAC).�99.Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman is to be

awarded________. foaXk dekaMj vfHkuan orZeku dks ----------- ls lEekfur fd;k

tkuk gSA

(a) VirChakra/ohj pØ(b) ParamVirChakra/ijeohj pØ(c) MahavirChakra/egkohj pØ(d) AshokaChakra/v'kksd pØ

Ans:–(a)Indian Air Force (IAF) Wing Commander AbhinandanVarthaman will be awarded theVir Chakra gallantry medalon Independence Day. The Vir Chakra award is an IndiangallantryawardforactsofBraveryonthebattlefield.

300.WhatisthenameoftheeventwheretheIndianflagwillbehoistedinJ&Kin73rdIndependenceDayofIndiaforthefirsttime?

ml ?kVuk dk uke D;k gS tgka Hkkjr ds 73osa Lora=krk fnol esa igyh ckj tEew&d'ehj esa Hkkjrh; èot iQgjk;k tk,Xkk\

(a) Jashn-ul-Fitr/t'u&my&fiQrj(b) Jashn-e-Azad/t'u&,&vktkn

(c) J&K-e-Fitr/tEew vkSj d'ehj&,&fiQrj

(d) Nonefotheabove/buesa ls dksbz Hkh ughaAns:–(b)InJ&KIndianflagwillbehoistedon73rdIndependenceDayofIndiaforthefirsttime.Centrehasannouncedthiseventas“Jashn-e-Azad”.30�.WherewastheWorldEducationSummit(WES)held? fo'o f'k{kk f'k[kj lEesyu (WES)dgka vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k

Fkk\


(b) Jaipur/t;iqj(c) Itanagar/bZVkuXkj(d) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh

Ans:–(d)The�4theletsWorldEducationSummit(WES)heldatNewDelhi. It is a � day summit.The summit was organised byEletsTechnomediaPvtLtd inassociationwithGovernmentof Nagaland, Government of Manipur, Government ofUttarakhandand theGovernmentofRajasthan.Thesummitwas powered by NoPaperForms on 9-�0 August in Delhi�0�9.30�.WhichMinistrylaunchedSwachhNagarapp? LoPN uXkj ,si fdl ea=kky; us ykWUp fd;k\

(a) MinistryofTextiles/diM+k ea=kky;

(b) MinistryofHealthandFamilyWelfare/LokLF; vkSj ifjokj dY;k.k ea=kky;

(c) MinistryofJalShakti/ty 'kfDr ea=kky;(d) MinistryofHousing andUrbanAffairs/vkokl vkSj 'kgjh ekeyksa ds ea=kky;

Ans:–(d)MinistryofHousingandUrbanAffairs(MoHUA)launchedSwachhNagar app, amobile applicationunder theSwachhSurvekshan�0�0.Throughtheapp,peoplewillbeabletogettheirhouseholdwastethatcanbepickedupbyurbanmunicipalbodies.Themoveisapartofthecleanlinessrankingsofcities.It was inauguratedby the Union Minister of State HardeepSinghPurionthesameoccasion.303.________appwaslaunchedbyMinistryofHousingand

UrbanAffairstotrackthewaste-collectionvehicle.

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dpjk laXkzg.k okgu dks VªSd djus ds fy, vkokl vkSj 'kgjh ekeyksa ds ea=kky; }kjk -------------- ,si ykWUp fd;k Xk;k FkkA

(a) SwachhGeMapp/LoPN th,,e ,si(b) Swachhe-Cleanapp/LoPN bZ&LoPN ,si(c) SwachhSBM-Uapp/LoPN SBM-U,si(d) SwachhNagarapp/LoPN uXkj ,si

Ans:–(d)MinistryofHousingandUrbanAffairs(MoHUA)launchedSwachhNagar app, amobile applicationunder theSwachhSurvekshan�0�0.Throughtheapp,peoplewillbeabletogettheirhouseholdwastethatcanbepickedupbyurbanmunicipalbodies.Themoveisapartofthecleanlinessrankingsofcities.It was inauguratedby the Union Minister of State HardeepSinghPurionthesameoccasion.304.Whichbankto issuerevisednormsforhousingfinance

companies fdl cSad us gkmflaXk iQkbusal daifu;ksa ds fy, la'kksf/r ekunaM

tkjh fd, gSa

(a) ReserveBankofIndia/Hkkjrh; fjtoZ cSad(b) CanaraBank/dsujk cSad

(c) DenaBank/nsuk cSad(d) VijayaBank/fot; cSad

Ans:–(a)ReserveBankofIndiabanktoissuerevisednormsforhousingfinancecompanies.305._______ New Delhi-San Francisco flight to fly over

NorthPole ---------- mÙkjh /qzo ij mM+ku Hkjus ds fy, ubZ fnYyh&lSu

ÚkaflLdks mM+ku

(a) Kingfisher/fdaXkfiQ'kj

(b) AirIndia/,;j bafM;k fdaXkfiQ'kj

(c) IndianAirlines/bafM;u ,;jykbal(d) JetAirways/tsV ,;jost

Ans:–(b)Air IndiaNewDelhi-SanFrancisco flight to flyoverNorthPole.306._________getsfirst3-Dtrafficsignal --------------- dks igys 3-DVªSfiQd flXuy feyrk gS

(a) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(b) Mohali/eksgkyh(c) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(d) Chennai/psUubZ

Ans:–(b)

Mohaligetsfirst3-Dtrafficsignal.

307.HowmanyGItagsdoestheStateTamilNaduhave? jkT; rfeyukMq ds fdrus thvkbZ VSXk gSa\

(a) �0 (b) 30(c) 40 (d) 50

Ans:–(b)TheTamilNaduhas30GItagsforvariousproductsincludinghandicrafts such as Salem fabric and Kancheepuram silk,agriculturalitemslikeVirupakshiHillbanana,ErodeturmericandMaduraiMalli.308.InwhichStatedoesthePalaniMurugantemplelocated? iykuh eq#Xku eafnj fdl jkT; esa fLFkr gS\

(a) Kerala/dsjy


(c) Karnataka/dukZVd

(d) TamilNadu/rfeyukMqAns:–(d)ArulmiguDandayudhapaniSwamiTempleisoneoftheSixAbodes of Murugan. It is located in the city of Palani inDindiguldistrict,TamilNadu,India.309.Howmuchdoes theONGCplan to invest in �5major

projectstoboostoilandgasproduction? rsy vkSj XkSl mRiknu dks c<+kok nsus ds fy, vks,uthlh us 25

çeq[k ifj;kstukvksa eas fuos'k djus dh fdruh ;kstuk cukbZ gS\

(a) Rs.�5,000crores/25]000 djksM+ #i;s

(b) Rs.�0,000crores/10]000 djksM+ #i;s

(c) Rs.33,000crores/33]000 djksM+ #Ik;s

(d) Rs.83,000crores/88]000 djksM+ #i;sAns:–(d)The Energy major Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) isinvestingaroundRs83,000crorein�5majorprojectstoboostoilandgasproductionhasstagnatedin�0�8.3�0.WhoistheChiefMinisterofPunjab? iatkc ds eq[;ea=kh dkSu gSa\

(a) YogiAdityanath/;ksXkh vkfnR;kFk

(b) AshokGehlot/v'kksd Xkgyksr

(c) NitishKumar/uhrh'k dqekj

(d) AmarinderSingh/vefjanj flagAns:–(d)CaptainAmarinderSinghiscurrentlyservingasthe�5thandcurrentChiefMinisterofPunjab.HeisanelectedMemberoftheLegislativeAssemblyfromPatiala.3��.WhereistheJung-E-Azadimemoriallocated? taXk&,&vkt+knh Lekjd dgka fLFkr gS\

(a) Gujarat/Xkqtjkr

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(b) Punjab/iatkc(c) Bihar/fcgkj(d) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'k

Ans:–(b)Thethirdphaseofthe‘Jung-E-Azadi’memorialatKartarpur,Punjab was dedicated to the people who were killed in theJallianwalaBaghmassacreandtheunsungheroeswhowereincarceratedintheAndamanCellularjailduringthefreedomstruggle.3��.UnderwhichSchemedid�6 IndianStates signaMoU

withtheMinistryofTextiles? fdl ;kstuk ds rgr 16 Hkkjrh; jkT;ksa us diM+k ea=kky; ds

lkFk ,d le>kSrk Kkiu ij gLrk{kj fd,\

(a) Samarthscheme/leFkZ ;kstuk(b) PowerTexIndiaScheme/ikWojVsDl bafM;k ;kstuk(c) HandicraftScheme/gLrf'kYi ;kstuk(d) PORTALscheme/iksVZy ;kstuk

Ans:–(a)MinistryofTextilessignedaMemorandumofUnderstandingwith �6 State governments. The MoU signed to offer skilltraining programmes under the Samarth scheme. The aimof the Samarth scheme is to promote self-employment,entrepreneurial development in traditional handloom,handicraft, jute, wool and silk segments. It is a scheme forcapacitybuildinginthetextilessector.3�3.Textile Ministry signed MoU with ______to offer skill

trainingprogrammes diM+k ea=kky; us ------- ds lkFk le>kSrk Kkiu ij gLrk{kj

fd,] tks dkS'ky çf'k{k.k dk;ZØe çnku djrs gSa

(a) �6states/26 jkT;ksa(b) �6states/16 jkT;ksa(c) �8states/18 jkT;ksa(d) ��states/21 jkT;ksa

Ans:–(b)Textile Ministry signed MoU with �6 states to offer skilltrainingprogrammes.3�4.TextileMinistrysignedMoUwith___________tooffer

skilltrainingprogrammes oL=k ea=kky; us dkS'ky çf'k{k.k dk;ZØeksa dh is'kd'k djus ds

fy, -------------- ds lkFk le>kSrk Kkiu ij gLrk{kj fd,

(a) 34states/34jkT;(b) �6states/16 jkT;ksa(c) �8states/18 jkT;ksa(d) �5states/25 jkT;ksa

Ans:–(b)

Textile Ministry signed MoU with �6 states to offer skilltrainingprogrammes.3�5.___________ gets full member status in the BCCI by

CoA -------------- dks CoA}kjk BCCIesa iw.kZ lnL; dk ntkZ çkIr gS

(a) WestBengal/if'pe caXkky(b) Uttarkhand/mÙkjk[kaM(c) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(d) Kerala/dsjy

Ans:–(b)

UttarkhandgetsfullmemberstatusintheBCCIbyCoA.3�6.Whichunion territorycelebrated�st IndependenceDay

afterbeingdeclaredUT? fdl dsaæ 'kkflr çns'k esa ;wVh ?kksf"kr gksus ds ckn 1 Lora=krk

fnol euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) Lakshadweep/y{k}hi(b) Ladakh/yn~nk[k(c) Puducherry/iqMqpsjh(d) DamanandDiu/neu vkSj nho

Ans:–(b)Ladakh becomes a Union Territory after the bifurcation ofJammuandKashmircelebratedIndependenceDaywithlocalBJPMPJamyangTseringNamgyal.3�7.WhowasconferredwithA.P.J.AbdulKalamaward? fdls fn;k tkrk gS A.P.J.vCnqy dyke iqjLdkj\

(a) KSivan/ds flou

(b) SureshKrishna/lqjs'k Ñ".k

(c) KSridhar/ds- Jh/j

(d) NityaAnand/fuR;k vkuanAns:–(a)Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman KSivanawardedtheDrAPJAbdulKalamAwardbytheTamilNadugovernment.3�8.MoHUAtoOrganize____________NationalWorkshop

CumExhibitiononSustainableSanitation lrr LoPNrk ij ---------- jk"Vªh; dk;Z'kkyk lg çn'kZuh dk

vk;kstu

(a) Sixdays/N% fnu(b) Oneday/,d fnu

(c) Twodays/nks fnu(d) Threedays/rhu fnu

Ans:–(b)MoHUA to Organize One day National Workshop Cum

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ExhibitiononSustainableSanitation.3�9.______awardspeopleonvariouscategoriesonthe73rd

IndependenceDay ---------- 73osa Lora=krk fnol ij fofHkUu Jsf.k;ksa esa yksXkksa dks

iqjLdkj nsrs gSa\

(a) Kerala/dsjy

(b) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(c) WestBengal/if'pe caXkky(d) Bihar/fcgkj

Ans:–(b)TamilNaduawardspeopleonvariouscategoriesonthe73rdIndependenceDay.3�0.When National Institute of Health and Family Welfare

founded? jk"Vªh; LokLF; vkSj ifjokj dY;k.k laLFkku dh LFkkiuk dc

gqbZ\

(a) �6thJuly�963/16 tqykbZ 1963(b) 9thMarch�977/9 ekpZ 1977(c) �6June�968/16 twu 1968(d) �5May�983/15 ebZ 1983

Ans:–(b)TheNationalInstituteofHealthandFamilyWelfare(NIHFW)establishedon9thMarch�977bythemergeroftwonational-level institutions namely the National Institute of HealthAdministration and Education (NIHAE) and the NationalInstituteofFamilyPlanning(NIFP).3��.WhoisthePresidentofBrazil? czkthy ds jk"Vªifr dkSu gSa\

(a) AfonsoPena/viQksalks isuk

(b) JairBolsonaro/tk;j cksYlukjks(c) DelfimMoreira/MsfYiQe eksfjjk(d) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva/yqbt+ buflvks ywyk nk flYok

Ans:–(b)

airBolsonaroisthePresidentofBrazil.3��.WhichstategovernmentincreasesreservationforSCand

OBC? fdl jkT; ljdkj us SCvkSj OBCds fy, vkj{k.k c<+k;k\

(a) WestBengal/if'pe caXkky(b) Bihar/fcgkj(c) Chattisgarh/NÙkhlXk<+(d) Assam/vle

Ans:–(c)

ChattisgarhstategovernmentincreasesreservationforSCandOBC.3�3.OnlinerevenuepaymentsystemlaunchedbyCMof____

______ ------------ ds eq[;ea=kh }kjk 'qk: dh XkbZ vkWuykbu jktLo HkqXkrku

ç.kkyh

(a) WestBengal/if'pe caXkky(b) Odisha/vksfM'kk


Ans:–(b)

OnlinerevenuepaymentsystemlaunchedbyCMofOdisha3�4.WhotogetRajivGandhiKhelRatnaAward�0�9 jktho Xkka/h [ksy jRu iqjLdkj 2019 fdls feysXkk

(a) BajrangPunia/ctjaXk iqfu;k(b) ViratKohli/fojkV dksgyh

(c) ManojSarkar/eukst ljdkj

(d) ViswanathanAnand/fo'ukFku vkuanAns:–(a)

BajrangPuniatogetRajivGandhiKhelRatnaAward�0�9.3�5.FifthMeetingOfBRICSMinisterOfEnvironmentHeld

In fczDl i;kZoj.k ea=kh dh ikapoha cSBd --------- eas vk;ksftr dh

XkbZ

(a) Khaka,Bangladesh/<+kdk] caXykns'k

(b) Lstanbul,Turkey/balrkacqy] rqdhZ

(c) SaoPaulo,Brazil/lkvks ikmyks czkthy

(d) Tokyo,Japan/VksD;ks] tkikuAns:–(c)FifthMeetingOfBRICSMinisterOfEnvironmentHeld InSaoPaulo,Brazil.3�6.Who is appointed as Head Coach of Indian Cricket

Team? Hkkjrh; fØdsV Vhe ds çeq[k dksp ds :i eas fdls fu;qDr

fd;k Xk;k gS\

(a) IrfanPathan/bjiQku iBku(b) RaviShstri/jfo 'kkL=kh(c) RahulDravid/jkgqy æfoM+(d) VirendraSehwag/ohjsaæ lgokXk

Ans:–(b)Ravi Shastri is appointed as Head Coach of Indian CricketTeam.3�7.WhoisappointedasthedirectorofNationalInstituteof

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HealthandFamilyWelfare?

jk"Vªh; LokLF; vkSj ifjokj dY;k.k laLFkku ds funs'kd ds :i eas fdls fu;qDr fd;k Xk;k gs\

(a) SureshPrabhu/lqjs'k çHkq(b) HarshadPandurangThakur/g"kZn ikaMqjaXk Bkdqj

(c) DineshGupta/fnus'k XkqIrk(d) ArjunSharma/vtqZu 'kekZ

Ans:–(b)Harshad Pandurang Thakurappointed as the director ofNationalInstituteofHealthandFamilyWelfare.TheproposalofappointmentwasapprovedbytheappointmentsCommitteeoftheCabinet.3�8.Tirurbetelvine,whichrecentlygottheGITag,isfrom

________state. fr:j lqikjh] ftls gky gh esa thvkbZ VSXk feyk gS] -------- jkT;

ls gSA

(a) Manipur/ef.kiqj(b) Kerala/dsjy

(c) Assam/vle

(d) AndhraPradesh/vka/z çns'kAns:–(b)Tirur betel vine is produced from Kerala. It is valued itsmedicinal properties and its mild stimulant action. It ismainlycultivated inTirur,Tanur,Tirurangadi,Kuttippuram,MalappuramandVengarablockpanchayathsofMalappuramDistrict.3�9.Mizo Puanche, which recently got the GITag, is from

________state. fet+ks iqaps] ftls gky gh esa thvkbZ VSXk fek gS] ------- jkT; ls

gSA

(a) Telangana/rsyaXkkuk(b) Bihar/fcgkj(c) Mizoram/fetksje(d) Manipur/ef.kiqj

Ans:–(c)Mizo Puanchei is a colourful Mizo shawl/textile fromMizoram. It is considered as the most colourful among theMizotextiles.ItisimportantandanessentialpossessionforeveryMizolady.Itisanimportantmarriageoutfitinthestate.ItisthemostcommonlyusedcostumeinMizofestivedancesandofficialceremonies.330.Tawlhlohpuan, which recently got the GI Tag, is from

________state. rkOyksgiqvku] ftls gky gh eas thvkbZ VSXk feyk gS] ------ jkT;

ls gSA

(a) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'k(b) Assama/vle

(c) Manipur/ef.kiqj(d) Mizoram/fetksje

Ans:–(d)Tawlhlohpuan is a Mizoram made medium to heavy,compactlywoven,goodqualityfabric.It isknownforwarpyarns,warping,weaving&intricatedesignsthataremadebyhand.33�.WhichCountry is the first tohaveaNationalEssential

DiagnosticsList(NEDL)? jk"Vªh; vko';d funku lwph (NEDL)ds fy, igyk ns'k dkSu

lk gS\

(a) China/phu(b) Bhutan/HkwVku(c) India/bafM;k(d) Japan/tkiku

Ans:–(c)IndianCouncilofMedicalResearch(ICMR)finalisedIndia’sfirst National Essential Diagnostics List (NEDL). India hasnowbecomethefirstcountrytocompilesuchalist.33�.WhofinalisedIndia’sfirstNationalEssentialDiagnostics

List(NEDL)? Hkkjr dh igyh jk"Vªh; vko';d funku lwph (NEDL)dks

fdlus vafre :i fn;k\

(a) ICMR/vkbZlh,evkj

(b) AIIMS/,El(c) IIM-K/vkbZvkbZ,e&d'ehj

(d) IIM-A/vkbZvkbZ,e&,Ans:–(a)IndianCouncilofMedicalResearch(ICMR)finalisedIndia’sfirstNationalEssentialDiagnosticsList(NEDL).ThemovecomesafterthechallengesfacedbyICMRwhichdecidedthatdiagnosticsserveakeyroleinimprovinghealthandqualityoflife.333.WherewastheWorldJuniorTrackCyclingChampionships

�0�9held? fo'o twfu;j VªSd lkbfdfyaXk pSafiuf'ki 2019 dgka vk;ksftr

dh XkbZ Fkh\

(a) India/bafM;k(b) China/phu(c) US/vesfjdk

(d) Germany/teZuhAns:–(d)

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The �0�9 UCI JuniorTrack CyclingWorld Championshipswas held from �4 to �8 August �0�9 at Frankfurt (Oder),Germany. The track cycling championship event happenseveryyear.334.Who won gold at the World Junior Track Cycling

Championships�0�9? fo'o twfu;j VªSd lkbfdfyaXk pSafi;uf'ki 2019 esa fdlus Lo.kZ

ind thrk\

(a) Australia/vkWLVªsfy;k

(b) China/phu(c) India/bafM;k(d) UK/;wds

Ans:–(c)Indian men’s team won the Team Sprint gold medal at theWorld Junior Track Cycling Championships in Frankfurt,Germany.Ateamof4memberscreatedthehistorybywinningIndia’sfirst-evergoldinaworldlevelcyclingcompetition.335.________became India’s first Indianairline tooperate

commercialflightsoverflyingthepolarregion. -------------- /qzoh; {ks=k ls vf/d okf.kfT;d mM+kuksa dks lapkfyr

djus okyh Hkkjr dh igyh Hkkjrh; ,;jykbu cu XkbZA

(a) AirIndia/,;j bafM;k(b) IndiGo/bafMXkks(c) JetAirways/tsV ,;jost(d) KingFisher/jktk fiQ'kj

Ans:–(a)Air India became India’s first Indian airline to operatecommercial flightsoverflying thepolar region.The airlinesflewitsBoeing777aircraftovertheNorthpole.TheBoeing777wasDelhi-SanFranciscoflight.336.____ conduct the �3th edition of Central Teacher

EligibilityTest --------- dsaæh; f'k{kd ik=krk ijh{kk dk 13oka laLdj.k vk;ksftr

djrk gS

(a) MatriculationBoard/eSfVªd cksMZ

(b) CBSE/lhch,lbZ(c) NEET/fuV(d) UGT/;wthVh

Ans:–(b)CBSEconductthe�3theditionofCentralTeacherEligibilityTest.337.IndiasuspendsTharLinkExpressto________. Hkkjr us Fkkj fyad ,Dlçsl dks ---------- ds fy, fuyafcr dj

fn;k

(a) Iran/bZjku


(c) Iraq/bjkd(d) Nepal/usiky

Ans:–(b)

IndiasuspendsTharLinkExpresstoPakistan338.GarraSimbalaraensis,therecentlyfoundnewfishspecies

isfrom_________. XkjkZ flacykjsafll] gky gh esa ikbZ XkbZ ubZ eNyh dh çtkfr ----

----- ls gSA

(a) Shimla/f'keyk(b) J&K/tEew vkSj d'ehj

(c) HimachalPradesh/fgekpy çns'k(d) Assam/vle

Ans:–(c)Garra Simbalaraensis was found in Himachal Pradesh’sSimbalbara river. Garra simbalaraensis measured 69 mmstandard length without caudal fin. It has a yellowish-greycolourfadingventrally.339.The recently found fish species Glyptothorax gopii is

from__________. gky gh esa ikbZ XkbZ eNyh dh çtkfr XykbiksFksjSDl Xkksih ----- ls

gSA

(a) Assam/vle

(b) Tripura/f=kiqjk(c) ArunachalPradesh/v#.kkpy çns'k

(d) Mizoram/fetksjeAns:–(d)Glyptothorax gopii, a new species of catfish was found inMizoram’s Kaladan river. This species measured 63 mmstandard length without caudal fin. It has an axe-shapedanterior nuchal plate which makes it distinct from otherspeciesofthegenusGlyptothorax.340.PMModilaunched_________inBhutantoenhancethe

countriesrelationshipindigitalpayments. ih,e eksnh us fMftVy Hkqxrku esa ns'kksa ds laca/ksa dks c<+kus ds

fy, HkwVku esa ------------- ykWUp fd;kA

(a) Paytm (b) RuPay(c) PhonePe (d) Noneofthese

Ans:–(b)PM Modi launched the RuPay Card in Bhutan to enhancethecountriesrelationshipindigitalpayments,andtradeandtourism. He launched it by making a purchase at SimtokhaDzong.Itcurrentlyfunctionsasamonasticandadministrativecentre,Itwasbuiltin�6�9byShabdrungNamgyalandisoneoftheoldestdzongsinBhutan.

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34�.Centre has chosen __________ as the pension fundmanagerforthePMLaghuVyapariMaanDhanscheme.

dsaæ us ih,e yXkq O;kikjh eu /u ;kstuk ds fy, isa'ku iQaM eSustj ds :i esa ------- dks pquk gSA

(a) SBI/LVsV cSad vkWiQ bafM;k

(b) ICICI/vkbZlhvkbZlhvkbZ

(c) LIC/,yvkbZlh

(d) HDFC/,pMh,iQlhAns:–(c)Centrehasestablishedapensionfundfortheimplementationof the PM Laghu Vyapari Maan Dhan scheme. Centre haschosen the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India asthepension fundmanager.Hence, itwillbe responsible formanagingthepensionfund,centralrecordkeepingagencyandresponsibleforpensionpayout.34�.Which Country is to host World Youth Chess

Championship�0�9? fo'o ;qok 'krjat pSafi;uf'ki 2019 dh estckuh fdl ns'k dks

djuh gS\

(a) Japan/tkiku(b) India/bafM;k(c) China/phu(d) Germany/teZuh

Ans:–(b)Forthefirsttimeever,IndiaistohosttheWorldYouthChessChampionship�0�9.TheAllIndiaChessFederation(AICF)won the bid to conduct the WorldYouth and Junior Chesschampionships�0�9inthecountry.343.TheWorldYouthChessChampionship�0�9istobeheld

in_________. fo'o ;qok 'krjat pSafi;uf'ki 2019 ------- eas vk;ksftr dh tkuh

gSA


(c) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(d) Mumbai/eqacbZ

Ans:–(d)For the first time ever, India is to host the World YouthChess Championship �0�9.TheAll India Chess Federation(AICF)won thebid toconduct theWorldYouthandJuniorChesschampionships�0�9inthecountry.Thechampionshipwillbeheldfrom�Octoberto�3October�0�9inMumbai,Maharashtra.344.Who won gold in the women’s 300m category at the

AthletickyMitinkReiter�0�9?

,FkysfVd fefrad jhVj 2019 esa efgykvksa dh 300 ehVj Js.kh esa fdlus Lo.kZ ind thrk\

(a) HimaDas/fgek nkl(b) NeerajChopra/uhjt pksiM+k(c) DuteeChand/nqrh pan(d) TintuLukka/fpaVw yqDdk

Ans:–(a)IndiansprinterHimaDaswongoldattheAthletickyMitinkReiter event in the Czech Republic. She won gold in thewomen’s300mcategory.Thisisher6thgoldmedalthisyear�0�9.OnJuly�0,sheclinchedgoldinherpet400meventatNoveMestointheCzechRepublic.345.Who won gold in the men’s 300m category at the

AthletickyMitinkReiter�0�9? ,FkysfVd ferd jhVj 2019 esa iq#"kksa dh 300 ehVj Js.kh esa


(a) SureshSathya/lqjs'k lR;(b) JataShankar/tVk 'kadj

(c) MohammadAnas/eksgEen vul

(d) AnandShetty/vkuan 'ksV~VhAns:–(c)IndiansprinterMohammadAnaswongoldattheAthletickyMitinkReitereventintheCzechRepublic.Hewongoldinthemen’s300mcategoryrespectively.MuhammedAnasclocked3�.4�secondstoclaimgoldintheevent.346.WherewastheAthletickyMitinkReiter�0�9held? ,FkysfVd fead jhVj 2019 dgka vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) Japan/tkiku(b) Uzbekistan/mT+csfdLrku

(c) CzechRepublic/psd Xk.kra=k

(d) Spain/LisuAns:–(c)The Athleticky Mitink Reiter �0�9 held in the CzechRepublic.347.Where is the headquarters of Income Tax department

located? vk;dj foHkkXk dk eq[;ky; dgka fLFkr gS\

(a) Chennai/psUubZ(b) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(c) Chennai/psUubZ(d) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn

Ans:–(b)TheheadquartersofIncomeTaxdepartmentlocatedinNewDelhi.

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348.Who is to co-chair the 5th meeting of the Nepal-IndiaJointCommission?

usiky&Hkkjr la;qDr vk;ksXk dh 5oha csBd dh lg&vè;{krk dkSu djrk gS\

(a) MukhtarAbbasNaqvi/eq[rkj vCckl udoh

(b) B.S.Jaishankar/,l t;'kadj

(c) ArvindGanpatSawant/vjfoan Xk.kir lkoar

(d) RameshPokhriyal/jes'k iks[kfj;kyAns:–(b)The5thmeetingof theNepal-India JointCommission is totakeplacefromAugust��to��,�0�9inKathmandu,Nepal.The External Affairs Minister (EAM) S.Jaishankar is toparticipateinthemeeting.Hewillco-chairthemeetingalongwithhisNepalesecounterpartPradeepKumarGyawali.349.Where will the fifth meeting of the Nepal-India Joint

Commissionbeheld? usiky&Hkkjr la;qDr vk;ksXk dh ikapoha cSBd dgka vk;ksftr dh

tk,Xkh\

(a) Kathmandu/dkBekaMw

(b) Pokhara/iks[kjk(c) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(d) Kolkata/dksydkrk

Ans:–(a)The5thmeetingof theNepal-India JointCommission is totakeplacefromAugust��to��,�0�9inKathmandu,Nepal.The External Affairs Minister (EAM) S.Jaishankar is toparticipateinthemeeting.Hewillco-chairthemeetingalongwithhisNepalesecounterpartPradeepKumarGyawali.350.Centre is to set up Central Institute of Chemical

EngineeringandTechnology(CICET)in_________. dsaæ dks ------------ esa dsaæh; jklk;fud bathfu;fjaXk vkSj çkS|ksfXkdh

laLFkku (CICET)LFkkfir djuk gSA

(a) Gujarat/Xkqtjkr(b) Assam/vle

(c) Maharashtra/egkjk"Vª(d) Kerala/dsjy

Ans:–(a)TheCentreisplanningtosetupIndia’sfirstCentralInstituteofChemicalEngineeringandTechnology(CICET)inGujarat.TheaimistoboostthechemicalindustryinIndia.35�.Who is appointed as Commander of the Sri Lankan

Army? JhyadkbZ lsuk ds dekaMj ds :i eas fdls fu;qDr fd;k Xk;k

gS\

(a) RajeshSharma/jkts'k 'kekZ

(b) ShavendraSilva/'kSosaæ flYok(c) VikramSharma/foØe 'kekZ

(d) DineshKumar/fnus'k dqekjAns:–(b)ShavendraSilvaisappointedasCommanderoftheSriLankanArmy.35�.SadbhavanaDiwasobservedon_________ lnHkkouk fnol ---------- ij euk;k Xk;k

(a) �8November/28 uoacj(b) �0August/20 vXkLr

(c) �5September/25 fnlacj(d) �6October/26 vDVwcj

Ans:–(b)Sadbhavana Diwas observed on �0 August.This year willbe the 75th BirthAnniversary of Rajiv Gandhi.On this daynational integration, peace, love, affection and communalharmonyamongallIndiansareencouraged.353.________aimstoeliminatedebitcards --------------- dk mn~ns'; MsfcV dkMZ dks [kRe djuk gS

(a) CanaraBank/dsujk cSad

(b) StateBankofIndia/Hkkjrh; LVsV cSad(c) DenaBank/nsuk cSad(d) ReserveBankofIndia/Hkkjrh; fjtoZ cSad

Ans:–(b)

StateBankofIndiaaimstoeliminatedebitcards354.WhobecameMCCHonoraryLifemember? ,elhlh ekun thou lnL; dkSu cus\

(a) DavidWarner/MsfoM okuZj(b) MitchellJohnson/fe'ksy tkWulu(c) AaronFinch/vkjksu fiQap

(d) AdamaZampa/vnkek t+EikAns:–(b)Former Australian player Mitchell Johnson elected as anHonorary Life Member of the Marylebone Cricket Club(MCC).355.Whichcountryisthetopemitterofsulfurdioxide(SO�)

intheworld:GreenpeaceReport fo'o esa lYiQj MkbvkWDlkbM (SO�)dk 'kh"kZ ns'k dkSu lk ns'k

gS% Xkzhuihl fjiksVZ


(b) India/bafM;k(c) SaudiArabia/lÅnh(d) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k

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Ans:–(b)Indiaisthetopemitterofsulfurdioxide(SO�)intheworld:GreenpeaceReport-356.WhowonJCBoseFellowshipfortheyear�0�9? o"kZ 2019 ds fy, ts lh cksl iQsyksf'ki fdlus thrh\

(a) SureshSharma/lqjs'k 'kekZ(b) DineshKarthick/fnus'k dkfrZd


(d) Kthangarja/ds FkaXkjktAns:–(d)K Thangaraj, chief scientist at the Centre for Cellular andMolecularBiology(CCMB),Hyderabad,Telangana,wonthisyear’sJCBoseFellowship.357.Whichteamretaintop-spotinICCtestrankings? dkSu lh Vhe vkbZlhlh VsLV jSafdaXk esa 'kh"kZ LFkku ij cjdjkj

gS\

(a) England/baXkySaM(b) Australia/vkWLVªsfy;k


(d) India/bafM;kAns:–(d)ICCIndianskipperViratKohliretainedthetopspotintheTestbatsmen’srankings.ItisofficiallyreleasedbytheInternationalCricketCouncilinDubai.358.BabulalGaurwhopassedawayrecentlyisa______ ckcwyky XkkSj ftudk gky gh esa fu/u gks Xk;k] os ------ gSa

(a) Singer/Xkk;d(b) Economist/vFkZ'kkL=kh

(c) Entrepreneur/O;olk;h(d) Politician/jktuhfrK

Ans:–(d)On ��st august,Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister andsenior BJP leader Babulal Gaur passed away at a privatehospitalduetocardiacarrest.Hewassufferingfromvariousold-ageailmentsandhospitalisedforquitesometime.359.WhichofthefollowingStatewasseverelyaffectedbythe

CycloneFani? fuEufyf[kr esa ls dkSu lk jkT; pØokr iQkuh ls cqjh rjg

çHkkfor Fkk\

(a) MadhyaPradesh/eè; çns'k(b) Odisha/vksfM'kk

(c) TailNadu/rfeyukMq(d) Karnataka/dukZVd

Ans:–(b)ExtremelySevereCyclonicStormFanithestrongesttropicalcyclone tostrike the IndianstateofOdishasincePhailin in�0�3.FanioriginatedfromatropicaldepressionthatformedwestofSumatraintheIndianOceanon�6April.360.With which country did India sign a MoU for the

cooperationintheDisabilitySector? fodykaXkrk ds {ks=k esa lg;ksXk ds fy, Hkkjr us fdl ns'k ds

lkFk le>kSrk Kkiu ij gLrk{kj fd,\

(a) China/phu(b) Russia/:l(c) NorthKorea/mÙkj dksfj;k

(d) Australia/vkWLVªsfy;kAns:–(d)During the visit of the President of India to Australia onNovember�0�8,theGovernmentofIndiaandtheGovernmentof Australia signed an MoU for Cooperation in DisabilitySector.AfollowupfortheimplementationoftheMoUwastakenin�0�9February.AspertheMoU,theIndiangovernmenttookactionfortheempowermentofpersonswithdisabilitieswhichincludedenactmentoftheRPwDAct,�0�6.36�.WhoistheSecretaryofDepartmentofDefenceR&Dand

ChairmanDRDO? j{kk vuqla/ku ,oa fodkl foHkkXk ds vè;{k vkSj MhvkjMhvks

ds vè;{k dkSu gSa\

(a) DrMaitreyeeNanda/MkW- eS=ks;h uank(b) AvinashChander/vfouk'k panj

(c) Dr.GSatheeshReddy/MkW- th lR;s'k jsM~Mh(d) V,K.Saraswat/oh-ds- lkjLor

Ans:–(c)DrG.SatheeshReddyisanIndianAerospaceScientist.HeisthecurrentChairmanofDefenceResearchandDevelopmentOrganisation and Secretary, Department of Defence R&D,Government of India and Director General, AeronauticalDevelopmentAgency.36�.WhichCountryrecentlytestfireda500kilometersrange

ground-basedcruisemissileatSanNicolasIsland? gky gh eas fdl ns'k us lSu fudksyhl }hi ij 500 fdyksehVj

dh jsat okyh tehu ij vk/kfjr Øwt felkby nkXkh\

(a) US/vesfjdk

(b) NorthKorea/mÙkj dksfj;k

(c) Russia/:l(d) Japan/tkiku

Ans:–(a)TheUnitedStates testedanewground-basedcruisemissile

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thatiscapablecovering500kilometersinrangeatSanNicolasIsland,California,theUS.ThisrangeofmissileswerebannedintheIntermediate-RangeNuclearForces(INF)treatysignedbetweentheUSandRussia.ThisisthefirstmissiletestdonebytheUSafterwithdrawingfromtheINFtreaty.363.When will the 74th UN General Assembly (UNGA)

sessionbeheld? 74osa la;qDr egklHkk (UNGA)l=k dk vk;kstu dc gksXkk\

(a) September�0�9/flracj 2019(b) October�0�9/vDVwcj 2019

(c) November�0�9/uoacj 2019(d) December�0�9/fnlacj 2019

Ans:–(a)The 74th UN GeneralAssembly (UNGA) session has beenplannedtobeheldinthemonthofSeptember�0�9.364.Wherewasthe�8thSAARCsummitheld? 18okW lkdZ lEesyu dgka vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) Nepal/usiky(b) Thailand/FkkbZySaM(c) Bangladesh/ckaXYkkns'k(d) Bhutan/HkwVku

Ans:–(a)The eighteenth summit of ‘South Asian Association ofRegional Cooperation’ (SAARC) was held in Kathmandu,thecapitalofFederalDemocraticRepublicofNepalduring�6–�7November�0�4.365.Which Country boycotted the �9th SAARC summit

whichwassupposedtobeheldin�0�6? fdls ns'k us 2016 esa gksus okys 19osa lkdZ lEesyu dk cfg"dkj

fd;k Fkk\


(b) India/bafM;k(c) SriLanka/Jhyadk

(d) Nepal/usikyAns:–(b)The�9thSAARCsummitwassupposedtoheldin�0�6.Butthesummitwascanceledafter Indiaboycotted themeeting.Indiaprotestedafter the terrorattackat themilitarybase inUri in JammuandKashmironSeptember�0�6.Theattackkilled�9soldiers.AfterIndiaboycottedtheSAARCsummitcountries including Bangladesh, Bhutan and Afghanistanwalkedout.India’sdecisionistosetupdiplomaticpressureonPakistan.IndiaalsodeclaredthatitwillparticipateonlyifPakistantookstepstotackleterrorism.366.Who hands over design of Mobile Metallic Rampto

IndianArmy

eksckby esVkfyd jkeIVks bafM;u vkehZ dk fMtkbu dkSu lkSairk gS

(a) JetAirways/tsV ,;jost(b) DRDO/MhvkjMhvks

(c) IndianArmy/Hkkjrh; lsuk(d) IndianNavy/Hkkjrh; ukSlsuk

Ans:–(b)DRDOhandsoverdesignofMobileMetallicRamptoIndianArmy.367.Which chemical categorised as Class A poison by

KarnatakaGovernment? dukZVd ljdkj }kjk Dykl , tgj ds :i eas fdl jlk;u dks

oXkhZÑr fd;k Xk;k gS\

(a) Sodiumnitrate/lksfM;e ukbVªsV(b) Nicotine/fudksVhu

(c) Siliconcarbide/flfydkWu dkckZbM

(d) Potassiumhydroxide/iksVsf'k;e gkbMªksDlkbMAns:–(b)Government of Karnataka amended the Karnataka Poisons(Possession and Sale) Rules �0�5. He notified Nicotineas “Class A poison”.The main aim is to strengthen theenforcementofthebanonproductionandsaleofelectroniccigarettes. The new rules are called the Karnataka Poisons(PossessionandSale)Rules,�0�9.368.WhenistheWorldSeniorCitizensDayobserved? fo'o ofj"B ukXkfjd fnol dc euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) �5August/15 vXkLr

(b) �3August/13 vXkLr

(c) �7August/17 vXkLr

(d) ��August/21 vXkLrAns:–(d)WorldSeniorCitizensDayiscelebratedon��Augustacrosstheworld.Thedayisobservedeveryyear.Thedayaimstoincreaseawareness about the issues that affectolder adults.It also provides an opportunity to appreciate the elders fortheirdedication,accomplishments,andtheservicestheygivethroughouttheirlives.369.Ministry of Human Resource Development launched

__________,whichaimstotrainover4�lakhteacherstoboosteducation?

ekuo lalk/u fodkl ea=kky; us ------------ dk 'kqHkkjaHk fd;k] ftldk mn~ns'; f'k{kk dks c<+kuk nsus ds fy, 42 yk[k ls vf/d f'k{kdksa dks çf'kf{kr djuk gS\

(a) REIL/vkjbZvkbZ,y

(b) NISHTHA/fu"Bk

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(c) TEACH-�0�9/fl[kkus&2019(d) ITEC/vkbZVhbZlh

Ans:–(b)TheMinistryofHumanResourceDevelopmentlaunchedtheNational Initiative for School Heads and Teachers HolisticAdvancements(NISHTHA).Itaimedattrainingover4�lakhteachers to boost education and employment focusing onreskillingtheteachingworkforce.370.Who is appointed as the next Cabinet Secretary for a

tenureoftwoyears? nks lky ds dk;Zdky ds fy, vXkys dSfcusV lfpo ds :i esa

fdls fu;qDr fd;k Xk;k gS\

(a) RajivGauba/jktho XkkSck(b) Ajaykumar/vt; dqekj

(c) SubashVenkat/lqHkk"k osadV

(d) DCRajappa/Mhlh jktIikAns:–(a)TheUnionHomeSecretaryRajivGaubaisappointedasthenextCabinetSecretaryforatenureoftwoyears.Gaubaisa�98�-batchIASofficeroftheJharkhandcadre.37�.Dr.Ajay Kumar will replace ________ as the Defence

SecretaryintheMinistryofDefence. MkW- vt; dqekj j{kk ea=kky; esa j{kk lfpo ds :i esa ------- dh

tXkg ysaXksA

(a) BharathiHollikeri/Hkkjrh gksfydsjh

(b) ParikipandlaNarahari/ifjfdiaMyk ujgfj

(c) ShriSanjayMitra/Jh lat; fe=kk(d) PSPradyumna/ih,l çn`;qEu

Ans:–(c)Dr.Ajay Kumar has been appointed as Defence Secretaryin theMinistryofDefence.Theappointmentwasapprovedby theAppointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC). DrKumarwill replaceShriSanjayMitraashis tenureendson�3August.37�.When is the birth anniversary of hockey wizard Major

DhyanChandceleberated? gkWdh ds tknwXkj estj è;kupan dh t;arh dc eukbZ tkrh gS\

(a) August�6/16 vXkLr

(b) September�5/15 flracj(c) August�9/29 vXkLr

(d) September30/30 flracjAns:–(c)TheMinistryofYouthAffairsandSportshasannouncedtheawardees of the National sports awards �0�9. The awardrecognizes thesuccessivepersons in the fieldofgamesand

sports.ThePresidentof Indiawill award the awardees at aspeciallyorganizedfunctionattheRashtrapatiBhawan.TheawardswillbegivenonthebirthanniversaryofhockeywizardMajorDhyanChandwhichiscelebratedastheNationalSportsDayonAugust�9.373.Wherewastheone-dayNationalConferenceofTourism

Ministersheld? i;ZVu eaf=k;ksa dk ,d fnolh; jk"Vªh; lEesyu dgka vk;ksftr

fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) Mumbai/eqacbZ(b) Shimala/f'keyk(c) Itanagar/bZVkuXkj(d) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh

Ans:–(d)Union Ministry of Tourism organized a one-day NationalConferenceofTourismMinistersinNewDelhi.ThemeetwasinauguratedbyUnionMinisterofStateforTourism&CultureShriPrahladSinghPatel.374.Which version of the new Incredible India portal was

launched by the Tourism Minister one-day NationalConferenceofTourismMinistersconcludedrecently?

gky gh esa laiUu i;ZVu ea=kh ds ,d fnolh; jk"Vªh; lEesyu }kjk u, vrqY; Hkkjr iksVZy dk dkSu lk laLdj.k ykWUp fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) English/vaXkzsth

(b) Hindi/fganh(c) Tamil/rfey(d) Japanese/tkikuh

Ans:–(b)TheTourismMinisterlaunchedtheHindiversionofthenewIncredible India portal at one-day National Conference ofTourismMinistersconcludedtheconference.375.____________ commemorates first glacier lost due to

climatechange ---------------- tyok;q ifjorZu ds dkj.k igys Xysf'k;j [kks tkus

dh ;kn fnykrk gS


(b) Iceland/vkblySaM

(c) Greenland/XkzhuySaM(d) Switzerland/fLoV~tjySaM

Ans:–(b)Iceland commemorates first glacier lost due to climatechange376.ShriPrahladSinghPateltolaunchthebooktheDiaryof

ManuGandhiin______

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Jh çgykn flag iVsy us ----------- eas euq Xkka/h dh Mk;jh iqLrd dk 'kqHkkjaHk fd;k

(a) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(b) Mumbai/eqacbZ(c) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(d) Chennai/psUubZ

Ans:–(c)ShriPrahladSinghPateltolaunchthebooktheDiaryofManuGandhiinNewDelhi.377.India holds 9th Session of India-Kenya Joint Trade

Committeein___________ Hkkjr us -------- esa Hkkjr&dsU;k la;qDr O;kikj lfefr dk 9oka l=k

vk;ksftr fd;k

(a) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(b) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(c) Chennai/psUubZ(d) Pune/iq.ks

Ans:–(b)Indiaholds9thSessionofIndia-KenyaJointTradeCommitteeinNewDelhi378.Which Country has sent a humanoid robot to the

InternationalSpaceStation(ISS)? fdl ns'k us baVjus'kuy Lisl LVs'ku (ISS)esa g~;weukWbM jkscksV

Hkstk gS\

(a) US/vesfjdk

(b) China/phu(c) Russia/:l(d) Japan/tkiku

Ans:–(c)RussiahassentahumanoidrobottotheInternationalSpaceStation(ISS)ona�0-daymissiontosupporttheastronautsonboard.ThenameofthehumanoidrobotisFedor.379.ASIhasreleasedanIronAgesettlementintheVidarbha

region.WhereisVidarbhalocated? ,,lvkbZ us fonHkZ {ks=k eas ,d ykSg ;qXk le>kSrk tkjh fd;k gSA

fonHkZ dgka fLFkr gS\

(a) Odisha/vksfM'kk

(b) Bihar/fcgkj(c) Maharasthra/egkjk"Vª(d) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'k

Ans:–(c)ArchaeologicalSurveyofIndia’s(ASI)recentexcavationatMaharashtraPhupgaonhasrevealedevidenceofanIronAgesettlementintheVidarbharegion.Theexcavationatthesite

wastakenupbetweenDecember�0�8andMarch�0�9.380.Indian Government has opened ________ mountain

peaksformountaineeringandtrekking. Hkkjr ljdkj us ioZrkjksg.k vkSj VªsfdaXk ds fy, -------- igkM+ dh

pksfV;ka [kksyh gSa\

(a) �37 (b) �45(c) ��9 d) �56

Ans:–(a)TheIndianGovernmenthasopened�37mountainpeaksforforeigners desirous of obtaining Mountaineering Visa formountaineeringandtrekking.38�.Where was the �+� intersessional and the Maritime

Security Dialogue between India and the U.S. officialsheld?

Hkkjr vkSj vesfjdh vf/dkfj;ksa ds chp 2$2 pkSjkgk vkSj leqæh lqj{kk laokn dgka vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) California/dSfyiQksfuZ;k

(b) Chicago/f'kdkXkks

(c) Seatle/lsVfy(d) SanFrancisco/lSu ÚkaflLdks

Ans:–(a)The �+� intersessional and the Maritime Security DialoguebetweenIndiaandtheU.S.officialsisbeindheldintheNavalPostgraduateSchoolatMonterey,California.38�.WherewastheAsia-PacificGroup(APG)�0�9meeting

held? ,f'k;k&ç'kkar lewg (APG)2019 dh cSBd dgka vk;ksftr dh

XkbZ Fkh\

(a) US/vesfjdk

(b) USA/vesfjdk

(c) Australia/vkWLVªsfy;k

(d) Sweden/LohMuAns:–(c)TheAsia-Pacific Group (APG), might blacklist Pakistan inthemeetingthatisheldinCanberra,Australia,on�5August.383.Pakistan was _______ by FinancialAction Task Force

(FATF). foÙkh; dkjZokbZ dk;Z cy (FATF)}kjk ikfdLrku --------- FkkA

(a) Blacklisted/CySd fyLVsM

(b) greylisted/Xkzs lwphc¼(c) whitelisted/liQsn lwphc¼(d) redlisted/yky lwphc¼

Ans:–(b)PakistanhasalreadybeengreylistedbytheFinancialAction

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TaskForce(FATF)atitsplenarysession.384.WherewilltheG-7Summit�0�9held? th&7 f'k[kj lEesyu 2019 dgka vk;ksftr gksXkk\

(a) Spain/Lisu(b) France/Úkal

(c) Italy/bVyh(d) India/bafM;k

Ans:–(b)PrimeMinisterModihasbeeninvitedfortheG-7summitthatistobeheldonAugust�5.ThesummitistoheldinBiarritz,France.G-7summitwillincludetalksaboutthescrappingofArticle370.385._______________to replace Sanjay Bangar as India’s

newbattingcoach -------------- Hkkjr ds u, cYysckth dksp ds :i esa lat; ckaXkj

dh tXkg ysrs gSa

(a) SyedAbidAli/lS;n vkfcn vyh

(b) VikramRathour/foØe jkBkSj

(c) BrijeshPatel/c`ts'k iVsy(d) GopalBose/Xkksiky cksl

Ans:–(b)Vikram Rathour to replace Sanjay Bangar as India’s newbattingcoach.386.FASTagswillbemandatoryforallvehiclesfrom______

_____ FASTags ----------------------- ls lHkh okguksa ds fy, vfuok;Z

gksXkk

(a) September�0�9/flracj 2019(b) December�0�9/fnlacj 2019(c) Novembe�0�9/uoacj 2019(d) October�0�9/vDVwcj 2019

Ans:–(b)FASTagswillbemandatoryforallvehiclesfromDecember�0�9.387.Who approves proposal to declare ocean energy as

RenewableEnergy? egklkXkj ÅtkZ dks v{k; ÅtkZ ?kksf"kr djus ds çLrko dks dkSu

eatwjh nsrk gS\

(a) ShriRKSingh/Jh vkjds flag

(b) ShriSureshKumar/Jh lqjs'k dqekj

(c) ShriVikramSingh/Jh foØe flag

(d) ShriDineshgupta/Jh fnus'k XkqIrkAns:–(a)

ShriRKSinghapprovesproposaltodeclareoceanenergyasRenewableEnergy.388.Which state allots free medicine scheme secures top

rank fdl jkT; dks eqÝr nok ;kstuk 'kh"kZ jSad çnku djrh gS

(a) Rajasthan/jktLFkku(b) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(c) Kerala/dsjy

(d) Bihar/fcgkjAns:–(a)

Rajasthanstateallotsfreemedicineschemesecurestoprank.389.WhichStatetoppedtheNationalHealthMission(NHM)

ranking? jk"Vªh; LokLF; fe'ku (NHM)jSafdaXk esa dkSu lk jkT; 'kh"kZ ij

gS\


(b) Bihar/fcgkj(c) AndhraPradesh/vka/z çns'k

(d) Rajasthan/jktLFkkuAns:–(d)Rajasthan’sfreemedicineschemesecuredthehighestpositionwith first ranking issued by the National Health Mission(NHM) among the sixteen states of the country. NHM freedrug service was introduced by the Ministry of health andfamilywelfare(MoHFW)forallstates/UTs.390.WhoisthePresidentofIran? bZjku dk jk"Vªifr dkSu gS\

(a) AliKhamenei/vyh [kkesuh

(b) MohammadJavadZarif/eksgEen tokn t+jhiQ+(c) HassanRouhani/glu :gkuh(d) MahmoudAhmadinejad/egewn vgenhustkn

Ans:–(c)HassanRouhaniisthecurrentandseventhPresidentofIransince3August�0�3.Hewasalsoalawyer,academic,formerdiplomatandIslamiccleric.39�.WhichCountryhasunveiledan indigenous long-range,

surface-to-airmissileairdefensesystem? fdl ns'k us Lons'kh yach nwjh dh] lrg ls gok esa ekj djus

okyh felkby ok;q j{kk ç.kkyh dk vukoj.k fd;k gS\

(a) Iran/bZjku(b) Russia/:l(c) US/vesfjdk

(d) Pakistan/ikfdLrkuAns:–(a)

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Iran has unveiled the Bavar-373 system, a defence missilesystem,on��August.Themissilewasunveiledby IranianPresidentHassanRouhanionIran’sNationalDefenseIndustryDay.Bavar-373systemisanindigenouslong-range,surface-to-air missile air defense system.The missile is capable oftargeting planes at more than 300 km, lock it at about �50kmandshootingdowntargetsatadistanceof�00km.ThismissileisacompetitortotheRussianS-300missilesystem.39�.WhereistheRenovatedALIMCOOrthoticsandProsthetic

Centre(AOPC)located? uohuhÑr ,fyEdks vkWFkksZfVDl ,aM çksLFksfVd lsaVj (AOPC)

dgka fLFkr gS\


(b) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'k(c) Odisha/vksfM'kk

(d) Telangana/rsyaXkkukAns:–(b)TheUnionMinisterforSocialJusticeandEmpowermentShriThaawarchand Gehlot inaugurated the RenovatedALIMCOOrthotics and Prosthetic Centre (AOPC) and ResidentialcomplexbuildingofALIMCOHeadquartersatKanpur,UttarPradeshon��August.393.RBIallows recurring transactionsup to -------oncards

fromSep� vkjchbkZ 1 flracj ls dkMZ ij ------------ rd vkorhZ ysunsu dh

vuqefr nsrk gS

(a) 6800 (b) �000(c) 5600 (d) 8500

Ans:–(b)RBIallowsrecurringtransactionsupto�000oncardsfromSep�-394.InternationalDayCommemoratingtheVictimsofActsof

ViolenceBasedonReligionorBeliefobservedon_____ varjkZ"Vªh; fnol /eZ vkSj fo'okl ds vk/kj ij fgalk ds dk;Z

ds ihfM+rksa dk Lej.k djrs gq, --------- ij euk;k Xk;k

(a) July�5/15 tqykbZ(b) August��/22 vXkLr

(c) September�5/25 flracj(d) October�5/15 vDVwcj

Ans:–(b)International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts ofViolence Based on Religion or Belief observed onAugust��.395.WWFand_____________tieupwithforestdirectorate

topreserveSundarbans WWF vkSj ------------ us lqanjou ds laj{k.k ds fy, ou

funs'kky; dss lkFk XkBtksM+ fd;k

(a) NDTV/,uMhVhoh(b) Discovery/[kkst(c) TimesNow/VkbEl ukm(d) NewsBharathi/lekpkj Hkkjrh

Ans:–(b)WWFandDiscoverytieupwithforestdirectoratetopreserveSundarbans.396.KnightFrankranksDelhiasthe_______fastestgrowing

marketglobally ukbV ÚSad fnYyh dks oSf'od Lrj ij ----- lcls rsth ls c<+rs

cktkj ds :i eas ntkZ nsrk gS

(a) 6th/6oha(b) �0th/10oha(c) 8th/8oha(d) 9th/9oha

Ans:–(b)KnightFrankranksDelhiasthe�0thfastestgrowingmarketglobally.397.Whichcompanyinauguratesitsworldslargestcampusin

Hyderabad? dkSu lh daiuh gSnjkckn esa vius nqfu;k ds lcls cM+s ifjlj

dk mn~?kkVu djrh gS\

(a) Myntra/feuVªk(b) Amazon/vest+Wu

(c) Flipkart/fÝyidkVZ

(d) Jabong/tkcksaXkAns:–(b)Amazon company inaugurates its worlds largest campus inHyderabad-398.Where was the Homeland Security �0�9 conference

held? gkseySaM flD;ksfjVh 2019 lEesyu dgka vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k

Fkk\

(a) Mumbai/eqacbZ(b) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(c) Bhubaneswar/Hkqous'oj(d) Ahmedabad/vgenkckn

Ans:–(b)Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions Dr.Jitendra Singh presented the Smart PolicingAwards at theHomelandSecurity�0�9conferencewhichwasheldinNewDelhi.35officerswereawardedtheSmartpolicingAwards.

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399.ThefirstWorldYouthConferenceonKindnesswasheldin_________.

n;k ij giyk fo'o ;qok lEesyu ---------- esa vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k FkkA

(a) India/bafM;k(b) Afghanistan/viQXkkfuLrku

(c) Thailand/FkkbZySaM(d) SouthKorea/nf{k.k dksfj;k

Ans:–(a)President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the first WorldYouthConferenceonKindnesson�3AugustinNewDelhi.The conference aimed to impart critical competencies likeempathy, compassion, mindfulness and critical inquiry inglobalyouth.Itaimedtoinspire,empowerandenablethemtotransformthemselvesandbuildlong-lastingpeaceintheircommunities.400.MoEFhasrelaxedthemandatorychargingofleaserent

of_________perMWforwindpowerprojects. MoEF us iou ÅtkZ ifj;kstukvksa dss fy, ---------- çfr esXkkokV

ds yht jsaV ds vfuok;Z 'kqYd esa NwV nh gSA

(a) Rs.80,000/80,000#-(b) Rs.75,000/75,000#-(c) Rs.48,000/48,000#-(d) Rs.30,000/30,000#-

Ans:–(d)The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate changehasannounced that it is to relax themandatorychargingofleaserentofRs.30,000/-perMWforwindpowerprojects.The announcement was made by the Union Minister forEnvironment,ForestandClimateChange,PrakashJavadekaratareviewheldinNewDelhion��August.40�.Indiaconductedanti-satelliteteston_________satellite

inMarch�0�9. Hkkjr us ekpZ 2019 esa -------------- miXkzg ij ,aVh&lSVsykbV

ijh{k.k fd;kA

(a) GSAT-�5/thlSV&15(b) Microsat-R/ekbØkslkWÝV&vkj

(c) CartoSat-�B/dkVksZlsV&2 ch

(d) GSAT-4/thlSV&4Ans:–(b)India had shot down the Microsat-R satellite on March �7,�0�9. It intended todemonstrate that it canshootdown thespace-basedinfrastructureofanenemycountry.Indiaisonlythefourthcountrytohavedemonstratedthiscapability.40�.AkshayKumartakes___________spotinForbeshighest

paidactorslist�0�9

v{k; dqekj iQksClZ esa lcls vf/d HkqXkrku okys vfHkusrkvksa dh lwph 2019 esa --------------- LFkku ij gSa

(a) �5th/15oha(b) 4th/4(c) 9th/9(d) �6th/16oha

Ans:–(b)AkshayKumar takes4th spot inForbeshighestpaidactorslist�0�9.403.FirstWorldYouthConferenceonKindnesswasheld in

_______________ n;k ij igyk fo'o ;qok lEesyuk ------- esa vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k

FkkA

(a) Chennai/psUubZ(b) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(c) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(d) Secunderabad/fldanjkckn

Ans:–(b)FirstWorldYouthConferenceonKindnesswasheldinNewDelhi404.WhichstateannouncesRs.500croretodevelopPurias

WorldHeritageCity fdl jkT; us iqjh dks fo'o /jksgj 'kgj ds :i esa fodflr

djus ds fy, 500 djksM+ #i;s dh ?kks"k.kk dh

(a) Odisha/vksfM'kk


(d) Andhrapradesh/vka/z çns'kAns:–(a)OdishastateannouncesRs.500croretodevelopPuriasWorldHeritageCity.405.Which team VC discusses Rice Fortification Pilot

Scheme fdl Vhe ds ohlh us pkoy fdyscanh ik;yV ;kstuk ij ppkZ

dh

(a) NITIAayog/uhfr vk;ksXk

(b) IncomeTaxDepartment/vk;dj foHkkXk

(c) SEBI/lsch(d) Aadhaar/vk/kj

Ans:–(a)

NITIAayogVCdiscussesRiceFortificationPilotScheme.406.Whichcountrywouldnotacceptinterferenceormediation

initsinternalaffairs?

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(c) India/bafM;k(d) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k

Ans:–(c)Indiawouldnotacceptinterferenceormediationinitsinternalaffairs407._________teamwonOlympictestevent�0�9inTokyo,

Japan ---------------- Vhe us VksD;ks] tkiku esa vksyafid VsLV bosaV 2019

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(d) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;kAns:–(b)

IndiateamwonOlympictestevent�0�9inTokyo,Japan.408.WhichamongthenortheasternandHimalayanstateshas

toppedunderthethemeincrementalchangeintheCWMI�.0index?

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(a) Assam/vle

(b) Manipur/ef.kiqj(c) HimachalPradesh/fgekpy çns'k(d) Uttarkhand/mÙkjk[kaM

Ans:–(d)CWMI comprises of nine themes that include attention togroundwater and restoration of water bodies. Under thethemeincrementalchangeintheindex,UttarakhandamongstnortheasternandHimalayanstates.409.WhichUnionTerritorystandsfirstinthesecondRound

of Composite Water Management Index (CWMI �.0)amongtheUTs?

la?k 'kkflr çns'kksa ds chp dkSu lk dsaæ 'kkflr çns'k leXkz ty çca/u lwpdkad (lhMCY;w,evkbZ 2-0) ds nwljs nkSj esa igys LFkku ij gS\

(a) Chandigarh/paMhXk<+(b) Puducherry/iqMqpsjh(c) DamanandDiu/neu vkSj nho

(d) Delhi/fnYyhAns:–(b)

NITIAayogreleasedthesecondRoundofCompositeWaterManagementIndex(CWMI�.0)inNewDelhi.ThereportsaidthatPuducherryhasbeendeclaredas the top-rankedamongtheUTs.ThisisthefirsttimetheUnionTerritories(UTs)havesubmittedtheirdata.4�0.Whenwas theNon-ResidentKeralitesAffairsNORKA

wasestablished? XkSj&fuoklh dsjyoklh ekeyksa dks NORKAdc LFkkfir fd;k

Xk;k Fkk\

(a) �996 (b) �997(c) �985 (d) �000

Ans:–(a)TheNon-ResidentKeralitesAffairsNORKAwasestablishedin�996.Thedepartmentaimedat redressing thegrievancesofNon-ResidentKeralites(NRKs).ItalsoaimstostrengthentheconnectionbetweentheNRKsandthegovernment.Itwillalso address the NRKs drawback, safeguarding their rightsandrehabilitatingthereturnees.4��.WhichCountryhonouredPrimeMinisterNarendraModi

withTheRuleofNishanIzzuddeenaward? fdl ns'k us ç/kuea=kh ujsaæ eksnh dks fu'ku btqn~nhu iqjLdkj ds

fu;e ls lEekfur fd;k\

(a) Iran/bZjku(b) UAE/la;qDr vjc vehjkr

(c) Maldives/ekynho(d) Bahrain/cgjhu

Ans:–(c)Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred with theMaldives’highesthonour“RuleofNishan Izzuddeen”on8June�0�9duringhistwo-daystatevisit tothecountry.TheprestigiousawardwaspresentedtoModibyPresidentIbrahimMohamedSolihduringaceremony.4��.WhatisthecapitalofBahrain? cgjhu dh jk/kuh D;k gS\

(a) Manama/eukek(b) Riffa/fjiQk(c) Qatar/drj

(d) AlBahrain/vy cgjhuAns:–(a)BahrainistheislandcountrylocatedbetweenQatarandSaudiArabia.ThecapitalofBahrainisManama.4�3.ShriNarendraModilaunchesRuPaycardin________ Jh ujsaæ eksnh us ------------ esa RuPaydkMZ ykWUp fd;k


(b) UAE/la;qDr vjc vehjkr

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ShriNarendraModilaunchesRuPaycardinUAE.4�4.Whichteamwon�GoldmedalinWorldArcheryYouth

Championship�0�9? fo'o rhjankth ;qok pSfEi;uf'ki 2019 eas fdl Vhe us 2 Lo.kZ

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(b) India/bafM;k(c) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k(d) SaudiArabia/lÅnh vjc

Ans:–(b)Indiawon�GoldmedalinWorldArcheryYouthChampionship�0�9.4�5.Which company to acquire a 49% stake in Kishore

Biyani-ledFutureCouponsLtd? fd'kksj fc;kuh dh vXkqokbZ okyh Ý;wpj dwiu fyfeVsM esa 49»

fgLlsnkjh dk vf/Xkzg.k djus okyh dkSu lh daiuh gS\

(a) Flipkart/fÝyidkVZ

(b) Amazon/vest+Wu

(c) Snapdeal/LuSiMhy(d) Myntra/feuVªk

Ans:–(b)Amazoncompanytoacquirea49%stakeinKishoreBiyani-ledFutureCouponsLtd.4�6.Which bank joined with standard Chartered for co-

brandedcreditcards? lg&czkaM ØsfMV dkMZ ds fy, dkSu lk cSad ekud pkVZMZ ds

lkFk 'kkfey gqvk\

(a) YesBank/;l cSad(b) BandhanBank/ca/u cSad(c) Denabank/nsuk cSad(d) CorporationBank/dkWiksZjs'ku cSad

Ans:–(b)BandhanBankjoinedwithstandardCharteredforco-brandedcreditcards.4�7.WhoisthefirstIPSofficerinIndia? Hkkjr esa igyk vkbZih,l vf/dkjh dkSu gS\

(a) KiranBedi/fdj.k csnh

(b) Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya/dapu pkS/jh HkV~Vkpk;Z

(c) MeeraBorwankar/ehjk cksjokadj

(d) VimalaMehra/foeyk esgjkAns:–(a)KiranBediisthefirstwomantojointheIndianPoliceService.Sheremainedinservicefor35yearsbeforetakingvoluntaryretirement in �007 as Director-General, Bureau of PoliceResearchandDevelopment.4�8.________ has announced that it is to provide � GBPS

connectivityalongwithCentre’splanundertheGramNetinitiative?

---------------- us ?kks"k.kk dh gS fd ;g XkzkeusV igy ds rgr dsaæ dh ;kstuk ds lkFk 1 thchih,l dusfDVfoVh çnku djus dss f, gS\

(a) Vodafone/oksMkiQksu(b) Airtel/,;jVsy(c) BharatNet/Hkkjr usV(d) JioGigaFiber/ft;ks XkhXkk iQkbcj

Ans:–(c)Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BharatNet) has alsoannounced that it is toprovide�GBPSconnectivity. It canexpand up to �0 GBPS. BharatNet has been set up by theGovernment of India. It functions under the Department ofTelecommunications.Itaimstoestablish,manage,andoperatethe National Optical Fibre Network to provide a minimumof �00 Mbit/s broadband connectivity to all �50,000 grampanchayatsinthecountry.4�9.CentreplanstoprovideWi-Fitoallvillagesunder____

__initiative. dsaæ us ---------- igy ds rgr lHkh Xkkaoksa dks okbZ&iQkbZ çnku

djus dh ;kstuk cukbZ gSA

(a) GramNet/Xkzke usV(b) Netpanchayat/usV iapk;r(c) Wifitoall/lHkh dks okbZiQkbZ

(d) Noneofthese/buesa ls dksbZ ughaAns:–(a)CentreplanstoprovideWi-Fitoallvillageswithconnectivitybetween �0mbps to �00 mbps speed under the GramNetinitiative.TheannouncementwasmadebyMinisterofStateforCommunicationsShamraoDhotreatthe36thFoundationDay celebrations of Centre for Development of Telematics(C-DOT),Delhion�6August.4�0.WhereistheheadquartersofIRCTCLocated? IRCTCdk eq[;ky; dgka fLFkr gS\


(b) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(c) Chennai/psUubZ(d) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn

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Ans:–(b)

TheheadquartersofIRCTCLocatedisNewDelhi.4��.Which state topped the CWMI �.0 report in water

management? ty çca/u esa lhMCY;w,evkbZ 2-0 fjiksVZ esa dkSu lk jkt; 'kh"kZ

ij gS\

(a) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(b) Gujarat/Xkqtjkr(c) Kerala/dsjy

(d) MadhyaPradesh/eè; çns'kAns:–(b)Gujarat state topped the CWMI �.0 report in watermanagement.4��.__________editionofInternetofThingsIndiaCongress

�0�9heldinBengaluru --------------- ,fM'ku vkWiQ+ baVjusV vkWiQ+ fFkaXl bafM;k dkaXkzsl

2019 dk vk;kstu csaXkyq# esa gqvk

(a) Fourth/pkSFkk(b) Fifth/ikapoka(c) Eighth/vkBoka

(d) Third/rhljkAns:–(a)FourtheditionofInternetofThingsIndiaCongress�0�9heldinBengaluru.4�3.Which company launched its first artificial intelligence

chipSpringHill? fdl daiuh us viuh igyh Ñf=ke cqf¼ fpi fLçaXk fgy ykWUp

dh\

(a) Microsoft/ekbØkslkWÝV

(b) Intel/baVsy(c) HP/fgekpy çns'k(d) Lenovo/ysuksoks

Ans:–(b)Intel company launched its first artificial intelligence chipSpringHill.4�4.Whichcompany joinedwith IndianSchoolofBusiness

(ISB)signsMoUtosetupAIDigitalLab? bafM;u Ldwy vkWiQ fctusl (ISB)ds lkFk dkSu lh daiuh

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(b) Samsung/lSelaXk(c) Apple/,Iiy

(d) Verizon/osjht+ksuAns:–(a)MicrosoftandIndianSchoolofBusiness(ISB)signsMoUtosetupAIDigitalLab.4�5.FourtheditionofInternetofThingsIndiaCongress�0�9

heldin_____________? baVjusV vkWIkQ fFkaXl bafM;k dkaXkzsl 2019 dk pkSFkk laLdj.k ----

- esa vk;ksft fd;k Xk;k\

(a) Chennai/psUubZ(b) Bengaluru/csaXkyq#(c) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(d) Ahmedabad/vgenkckn

Ans:–(b)The 4th edition of India’s largest confluence of digitaltechnology,theInternetofThings(IoT)IndiaCongress�0�9heldinBengaluru,Karnataka.4�6.SeventhCommunityRadioSammelantobeheldin____

______? lkroka lkeqnkf;d jsfM;ks lEesyu ---------- esa vk;ksftr fd;k

tk,Xkk\


Ans:–(b)Seventh Community Radio Sammelan to be held in NewDelhi4�7.TherankFlightCommanderisthe_______incommand

oftheflyingunit. mM+ku bdkbZ dh deku esa jSad ÝykbV dekaMj ----------- gSA

(a) second/nwljk(b) third/rhljk(c) fourth/pkSFkk(d) first/çFke

Ans:–(a)TherankFlightCommanderisthesecondincommandoftheunit. Dhamini is a permanent commission officer of IAF’sflyingbranch.Shehasbeenflyingchoppers.SheisaFlightcommanderinIAF.4�8.Who became the first Flight Commander of a flying

unit? ÝykbaXk ;wfuV dk igyk ÝykbV dekaMj dkSu cuk\

(a) BhawanaKanth/Hkkouk daB

(b) AvaniChaturvedi/vouh prqosZnh

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(c) MohanaSingh/eksguk falg(d) SDhami/,l /keh

Ans:–(d)IndianAirForce’s(IAF)WingCommanderSDhamitheFlightCommander of a flying unit. She became the first femaleofficerinthecountrytobecometheFlightCommanderofaflyingunit.4�9.Fedorisofficiallyknownas_________. iQsMksj dks vkf/dkfjd rkSj ij ------------ ds :i esa tkuk tkrk

gSA

(a) SkybotF-�A/LdkbZ ckWV ,iQ&2,

(b) SkybotF-A/LdkbZ ckWV ,iQ&,

(c) SkybotF850/LdkbZ ckWV ,iQ 850

(d) SkybotF650/LdkbZ ckWV ,iQ 650Ans:–(c)A humanoid machine named Fedor, Russia’s first robot inspacearrivedat the InternationalSpaceStation(ISS)on�7Augusty.FinalExperimentalDemonstrationObjectResearch(Fedor)isofficiallyknownasSkybotF850.430.Which of the following State featured the bottom the

Indiachildwellbeingindex�0�9? fuEufyf[kr esa ls fdl jkT; us Hkkjr ds fupys fgLls dks 2019

esa vPNh rjg ls fn[kk;k gS\

(a) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(b) HimachalPradesh/fgekpy çns'k(c) Odisha/vksfM'kk

(d) Meghalaya/es?kky;Ans:–(d)World Vision India and IFMR LEAD released a report onthe India childwell-being index�0�9on�7August. In theIndex states like Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh,and Puducherry topped the charts. States like Meghalaya,JharkhandandMadhyaPradeshrankedbottomintheindex.43�.WhoreleasedtheIndiachildwellbeingindex�0�9? fdlus Hkkjr ds cPps dks 2019 ds lwpdkad esa 'kkfey

fd;k\

(a) WorldVisionIndia/fo'o n`f"V Hkkjr(b) NITIAayog/uhfr vk;ksXk

(c) IFMRLEAD/vkbZ,iQ,evkj yhM

(d) AandC/, vkSj lhAns:–(d)WorldVisionIndiaandIFMRLEADreleasedareportontheIndiachildwell-beingindex�0�9on�7August.Thereportbythenon-governmentorganizationandtheresearchinstituteaimed to lookat the India fairsonchildwell-beingusinga

compositechildwell-beingindex.43�.Which Country is hosting the COP-�4 United Nations

ConventiontoCombatgeologicprocess(UNCCD)? dkSu lk ns'k COP-�4la;qDr jk"Vª dUosa'ku dh estckuh djus

ds fy, ft;ksykWftdy çfØ;k (UNCCD)dh estckuh dj jgk gS\

(a) Brazil/czkfty(b) Singapore/flaXkkiqj(c) India/bafM;k(d) Italy/bVyh

Ans:–(c)India is hosting the Conference of Parties (COP) �4 of theUnited Nations Convention to Combat geologic process(UNCCD)fromsep�-�3inNoida.433.UnionatmosphereMinisterPrakashJavadekardeclareda

projectonIndiacanrestore________hectareland. dsaæh; ok;q ea=kh çdk'k tkoM+sdj us Hkkjr ij ,d ifj;kstuk

?kksf"kr dh tks ------------ gsdVs;j Hkwfe dks cgky dj ldrh gSA

(a) 50lakh/50 yk[k(b) �0lakh/20 yk[k(c) 30lakh/30 yk[k(d) �00lakh/100 yk[k

Ans:–(a)TheUnionatmosphereMinisterPrakashJavadekardeclaredaprojecton Indiacan restore50lakhhectare landby�030.An associate ahead with international conference ashoregeologicfortheprocessoftwenty-ninepercentofIndia’stotalgeographicalregionisdegraded.434.Whendid theGovernmentof India first launch theJan

AushadhiSuvidhaOxo-BiodegradablehygienicalNapkinatpairofRs.50?

Hkkjr ljdkj us igyh ckj tukS"kf/ lqfo/k vkWDlks&ck;ksfMXkzsMscy gkbthfudy uSifdu dks 50 #i;s ds tksM+s esa dc ykWUp fd;k\

(a) June4,�0�8/4 twu 2018(b) June5,�0�9/5 twu 2019(c) July4,�0�9/4 tqykbZ 2019(d) August6,�0�9/6 vXkLr 2019

Ans:–(a)TheGovernmentofIndialaunchedtheJanAushadhiSuvidhaOxo-BiodegradablehygienicalNapkinatpairofRs.50ontheeveoftheglobesettingDay4thJune�0�8.435.WhoisthepresentCEOofMicrosoft? ekbØkslkWÝV ds orZeku lhbZvks dkSu gSa\

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(a) SatyaNadella/lR; uMsyk(b) PaulAllen/ikWy ,yu(c) IndraNooyi/baæ uw;h(d) LarryPage/ysjh ist

Ans:–(a)

SatyaNadellaisthepresentCEOofMicrosoft436.WhereistheheadquartersofIndianBank? bafM;u cSad dk eq[;ky; dgka gS\

(a) Ranchi/jkaph(b) Chennai/psUubZ(c) Bangalore/cSaXkyksj(d) Ahmedabad/vgenkckn

Ans:–(b)The public sector Indian Bank signed a Memorandum ofUnderstanding (MoU) with TataAIG General Insurance toofferavarietyofgeneralinsuranceproductstoitscustomers437.GorewadaInternationalZootobesetupat___________

XkksjokM+k varjkZ"Vªh; fpfM+;k?kj ---------- esa LFkkfir fd;k tk,Xkk

(a) Patna/iVuk(b) Nagpur/ukXkiqj(c) Odisha/vksfM'kk

(d) Pune/iq.ksAns:–(b)

GorewadaInternationalZootobesetupatNagpur438.What is thenameof themobileappdevelopedbyFive

Indianwomenthatconnectkidsatorphanageswithold-agehomes?

ikap Hkkjrh; efgykvksa }kjk fodflr eksckby ,si dk uke D;k gS tks cPpksa dks o`¼kJe ds lkFk vukFkky;ksa esa tksM+rk gS\

(a) Jaishovan/t; 'kksou(b) PrathanLadki/ç/ku yM+dh

(c) Connecttheworld/lalkj dks tksM+ks

(d) Maitri/eS=khAns:–(d)Five Indian women have developed a mobile app namedMaitri. The app connects kids at orphanages with old-agehomes. The app was developed for the people affected byloneliness,depression.Theapppermitsuserstovolunteerandpresenttoold-agehomesandorphanages.439.WherewasthetwelfthIndiaSecuritySummitheld? ckjgoka Hkkjr lqj{kk f'k[kj lEesyu dgka vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k

Fkk\

(a) Lucknow/y[kuÅ

(b) Jaipur/t;iqj(c) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(d) Mumbai/eqacbZ

Ans:–(c)The��thIndiaSecuritySummitwasheldinNewDelhion�9August.Thesummit focusedonseveralproblems includingthe protection of important national infrastructure, risingcyberthreatslikeincidents,challengesandresponsibilities.440.WhereistheheadquartersofMoneyTap? euhVSIk dk eq[;ky; dgka gS\

(a) Chennai/psUubZ(b) Bengaluru/csaXkyq:(c) Pune/iq.ks(d) Patna/iVuk

Ans:–(b)

TheheadquartersofMoneytapisBengaluru44�.RDSOorganizesMegatraffickerMeetin__________? vkjMh,lvks ------------ esa esXkk VªSfiQdj ehV dk vk;kstu djrk

gS\

(a) Pune/iq.ks(b) Lucknow/y[kuÅ(c) Bihar/fcgkj(d) HimachalPradesh/fgekpy çns'k

Ans:–(b)

RDSOorganizesMegatraffickerMeetinLucknow44�.Indiaand___________todevelopnewcropvarieties? Hkkjr vkSj --------------- rd ubZ iQly fdLeksa dk fodkl\


(b) Israel/btjkby(c) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k(d) Ethiopia/bfFk;ksfi;k

Ans:–(b)

IndiaandIsraeltodevelopnewcropvarieties.443.Whorankedasthehighestpaidwomaninmusicforthe

year�0�9 ftUgksaus o"kZ 2019 ds fy, laXkhr eas lcls vf/d HkqXkrku ikus

okyh efgyk ds :i esa LFkku fn;k

(a) Beyonce/fc;ksUlh(b) TaylorSwift/Vsyj fLoÝV(c) KatyPerry/dsVh iSjh

(d) ArianaGrande/,fj;kuk XkzkaMsAns:–(b)

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TaylorSwiftrankedasthehighestpaidwomaninmusicfortheyear�0�9.444.Who partners with Incuspaze for coworking space for

MSMEs? MSMEds fy, lgdfeZ;ksa ds LFkku ds fy, Incuspaze ds

lkFk dkSu HkkXkhnkj gSa\

(a) BSE/ch,lbZ(b) SIDBI/flMch(c) SEBI/lsch(d) NSE/,u,lbZ

Ans:–(b)SIDBI Small Industries Development Bank of India(SIDBI)partneredwithIncuspazeSolutionsPrivateLimited(Incuspaze)toopenacoworkingspace,designedforMicro,SmallandMediumEnterprises(MSMEs)andstartups.445.Research arm of Indian Railways analysis styles and

StandardsOrganization (RDSO) isorganizinga specialMegatraffickerMeetin__________.

Hkkjrh; jsyos fo'ys"k.k 'kSfy;ksa vkSj ekud laXkBu (vkjMh,lvks) dh vuqla/ku 'kk[kk ----------- esa ,d fo'ks"k esXkk VªsfiQd ehV dk vk;kstu dj jgh gSA

(a) Nepal/usiky(b) Lucknow/y[kuÅ(c) Delhi/fnYyh(d) Mubai/eqacbZ

Ans:–(b)The Research arm of Indian Railways analysis styles andStandardsOrganization(RDSO)isorganizingaspecialMegatraffickerMeetinLucknowon30thAugust.IndustriesacrossthecountryinvitedforthistraffickermeettoencouragetheirparticipationinIndianRailwaystoofferchaindevelopment.Noparticipationfeeforattendingthemeet.446.When is the International Day against Nuclear Tests

observed? ijek.kq ijh{k.k ds f[kykiQ varjkZ"Vªh; fnol dc ek;k tkrk

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(a) ��June/22 twu(b) 9September/9 flracj(c) �9August/29 vXkLr

(d) �8July/18 tqykbZAns:–(c)TheInternationalDayagainstNuclearTestsisobservedacrosstheworldon�9August.Thedayaimstoprovoketheworldorganization,youthnetworks,andthemediaagainstnucleartesting.Thedayhighlightstheimportancetobannucleartestsasavaluablesteptowardsachievingasaferworld.Poisoned

groundwater,cancer,leukemia,radioactivearecausedbythetoxiclegaciesofnucleartesting.447.WhenistheInternationalDayoftheVictimsofEnforced

Disappearancesobserved? dc ls ykXkw fooknksa ds ihfM+rksa dk varjkZ"Vªh; fnol euk;k tkrk

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(d) 30August/30 vXkLrAns:–(d)The International Day of the Victims of EnforcedDisappearances is observed on 30 August every year. TheDaywasestablishedbytheinternationalorganizationGeneralAssemblyresolution.448.Who was popularly known as the Wizard of Indian

HockeyandIndia’sgreatesthockeyplayerever? Hkkjrh; gkWdh ds tknwXkj vkSj Hkkjr ds vc rd ds lcls egku

gkWdh f[kykM+h ds :i esa fdl tkuk tkrk Fkk\

(a) DhyanChand/è;kupan(b) BalbirSingh/cychj flag(c) DhanrajPillay//ujkt fiYys(d) roopSingh/:i flag

Ans:–(a)Dhyan Chand is popularly known as the Wizard of IndianHockey. He secured over 400 goals in �� years during theperiod�9�6to�948.HeisregardedasIndia’sgreatesthockeyplayer ever. Under his leadership, the Indian Hockey teamachievedseveralvictories.HeledIndiainto3Olympicgoldmedalsin�9�8,�93�and�936.449.WhenistheNationalSportsDay�0�9observed? jk"Vªh; [ksy fnol 2019 dc euk;k tkrk gS\


(b) ��August/12 vXkLr


(d) �August/1 vXkLrAns:–(c)The National Sports Day is celebrated nation-wide on�9 August �0�9. The Day is celebrated to mark the birthanniversaryofhockeylegendMajorDhyanChand.450.Where is theIndiaMeteorologicalDepartment’s (IMD)

Cyclone Detection radar (CDR) building, that is to behandedovertotheIndianNavy,located?

Hkkjr ekSle foKku foHkkXk (IMD)lkbDyksu fMVsD'ku jkMkj (CDR)Hkou dgka fLFkr gS] ftls Hkkjrh; ukSlsuk dks lkSai fn;k

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tkuk gS\

(a) Visakhapatnam/fo'kk[kkiÙkue(b) Kolkata/dksydkrk

(c) Mumbai/eqacbZ(d) Kochi/dksfPp

Ans:–(d)Indian Navy (IN) signed a Memorandum of understanding(MoU)withIndiaMeteorologicalDepartment(IMD)atnavalBaseinKochi,Kerala.TheMoUaimstohandletheCycloneDetectionradar(CDR)buildingbyIMDtotheIN.45�.WherewastheCII’s�4thSustainabilitySummitheld? CIIdk 14oka fLFkjrk lEesyu dgka vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k Fkk\


(b) WestBengal/if'pe caXkky(c) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(d) Chennai/psUubZ

Ans:–(c)Centre plans to achieve �00% electrification of railways inthenext�0years.TheannouncementwasmadebytheUnionMinisterPiyushGoyalattheCII’s�4thSustainabilitySummitheldinNewDelhion�8-�9August�0�9.45�.WheredidtheresearchersdiscoverthePeacockParachute

SpiderorGootyTarantulainTamilnadurecently? 'kks/drkZvksa us gky gh esa rfeyukMq esa e;wj iSjk'kwV LikbMj ;k

XkwVh VkjsaVqyk dh [kkst dgka dh\

(a) Villupuram/foYyqiqje(b) Ooty/ÅVh(c) Coimbatore/dks;acVwj

(d) Theni/rsuhAns:–(a)ResearchersofthePuducherry-basedIndigenousBiodiversityFoundation(IBF)discoveredaPeacockParachuteSpiderorGootyTarantula in thePakkamalaiReserveForestsclose toVillupuramdistrict,TamilNadu.453.Wherewasthenation-wideFitIndiaMovementbyPrime

MinisterNarendraModilaunched? ç/kuea=kh ujsaæ eksnh }kjk ns'kO;kih fiQV bafM;k ewoesaV dgka 'kq:

fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(b) Mumbai/eqacbZ(c) Jaipur/t;iqj(d) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn

Ans:–(a)PrimeMinisterNarendraModilaunchedthenation-wideFit

IndiaMovementontheNationalSportsday,�9August.Theevent was launched at the Indira Gandhi Stadium in NewDelhi.454.Wholaunchedthenation-wideFitIndiaMovement? d

(a) President/d(b) Primeminister/d(c) GovernorofJ&K/d(d) MinisterofYouthandSportsAffairs/d

Ans:–(b)PrimeMinisterNarendraModilaunchedthenation-wideFitIndiaMovementappealedtoeachsubjecttostayhealthyandwork.455.The Environment Ministry released _________ to �7

statesforcompensatoryafforestation. i;kZoj.k ea=kky; us çfriwjd ouhdj.k ds fy, 27 jkT;ksa dks

--------- tkjh fd;kA

(a) Rs.30,000crore/30]000 djksM+ #-

(b) Rs.�4,000crore/24]000 djksM+ #-

(c) Rs.47,000crore/47]000 djksM+ #-

(d) Rs.�8,000crore/19]000 djksM+ #-Ans:–(c)TheEnvironmentMinistryreleasedoverRs.47,000crore to�7states for offsetting conversion inexperienced activitieswithabaroffire,diversitymanagement,andconservation.456.IndiaFirstSkyCyclingParkAtaHeightof9000FeetIn

_____________? Hkkjr ----------------- esa 9000 iQhV dh ÅapkbZ ij igyk LdkbZ

LkkbfDyaXk ikdZ\

(a) Pune/iq.ks(b) Manali/eukyh(c) Mumbai/eqacbZ(d) Ranchi/jkaph

Ans:–(b)India First Sky Cycling ParkAt a Height of 9000 Feet InManali.457.AswathaNarayanawon__________intheWorldSkills

competition v'oFk ukjk;.k us fo'o dkS'ky çfr;ksfXkrk esa ----------- thrk

(a) Silver/pkanh(b) Gold/lksuk(c) Bronze/ihry(d) Noneofthese/buesa ls dksbZ ugha

Ans:–(b)

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AswathaNarayanawongoldinheWorldSkillscompetition458.Which Cabinet approves free rides for women in DTC

from�9October? 29 vDVwcj ls MhVhlh esa efgykvksa ds fy, eqÝr lokjh dks

fdl dSfcusV us eatwjh nh\

(a) Kerala/dsjy

(b) Delhi/fnYyh(c) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(d) Bihar/fcgkj

Ans:–(b)DelhiCabinet approves free rides forwomen inDTC from�9October459.WhotestfiredballisticmissileGhaznavi? fdlus cSfyLVd felkby Xktuoh dk ijh{k.k fd;k\



(c) Iran/bZjku(d) Iraq/bjkd

Ans:–(b)

PakistanPakistantestfiredballisticmissileGhaznavi460.Pakistan testfired nuclear-capable surface-to-surface

ballisticmissilenamed_________. ikfdLrku us ------------ uked ijek.kq&l{ke lrg ls lrg ij

ekj djus okyh cSfyfLVd felkby dk ijh{k.k fd;kA

(a) Shaheen�/'kkghu 2(b) Ghauri/XkkSjh(c) Ghaznavi/Xktuoh(d) Ra'ad/jkM

Ans:–(c)Pakistanhas successfully test-firednuclear-capable surface-to-surfaceballisticmissileGhaznavifromSonmianitestrangenearKarachi locatedinBalochistan.Itwillbeplacedunderthemedium-rangeballisticmissiles.Duringthetest,Ghaznaviwas trackedby theNationalDevelopmentComplex (NDC)groundcontrolstation.Itislocatedata��0kmdistancefromthetestrange.46�.Whichairlineshasbannedtheusageofsingle-useplastic

ontheflightofitssubsidiaries? fdl ,;jykbu us viuh lgk;d daifu;ksa dh mM+ku ij ,dy

mi;ksXk okys IykfLVd ds mi;ksXk ij çfrca/ yXkk fn;kg S\

(a) Jetairways/tsV ,;jost(b) IndiGo/bafMXkks(c) SpiceJet/Likbl tsV(d) AirIndia/,;j bafM;k

Ans:–(d)Air India has banned the usage of single-use plastic on theflightofitssubsidariesfromOctober�,�0�9.ThesubsidiariesofAIrIndiaareAirIndiaExpressandAllianceAir.Also,AirIndiahasannouncedthat in itssecondphase, thesingle-useplasticwillbebannedinallAirIndiaflights.46�.FromwhentheDelhiwomencantakefreeridesinDelhi

TransportCorporation(DTC)? fnYyh ifjogu fuXke (MhVhlh) esa fnYyh dh efgyk,a dc

eqÝr lokjh ys ldrh gSa\

(a) �September/1 flracj(b) �5September/15 fnlacj(c) �October/2 vDVwcj

(d) �9October/29 vDVwcjAns:–(d)TheDelhiCabinethasapprovedfreeridesforwomenonDelhiTransportCorporation(DTC)busesaswellasitsclusterbusesfromOctober�9.TheproposalwasapprovedbythecabinetattheDelhiSecretariat.463.USistolaunchsixthbranchofthemilitary,U.S.Space

Force,forspacedefenceasitssuspectsthreatfrom________.

vesfjdk dks varfj{k j{kk ds fy, lSU;] vesfjdh varfj{k cy dh NBh 'kk[kk dk 'kqHkkjaHk djuk gS D;ksafd blds lafnX/ ----- ls [krjk gSA

(a) China,Russia/phu] :l(b) N.Korea,S.Korea/mÙkj dksfj;k] nf{k.k dksfj;k

(c) China,N.Korea/phu] mÙkj dksfj;k

(d) Iran,N.Korea/bZjku] mÙkj dksfj;kAns:–(a)USPresidentDonaldTrumplaunchedthespaceCommandtodefendAmerica’s interests in thenextwar-fightingdomain.The US is to unveil the new Space Command called asSPACECOM.ItwillbetheUS’ssixthbranchofthemilitary,U.S.SpaceForce,forspacedefense.TheTrumpadministrationhasknown thatRussia andChinawill cause a threat to theUS.Tochallengethem,theUSAhasannounceditsnewspacecommandSPACECOM.464.Which country is to launch SPACECOM, a Space

CommandtodefendSpaceinterests? varfj{k fgrksa dh j{kk ds fy, LislØkÝV ykWUp djus okyk dkSu

lk ns'k gS\

(a) US/vesfjdk

(b) UK/;wds

(c) Russia/:l(d) India/bafM;k

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Ans:–(a)USPresidentDonaldTrumplaunchedthespaceCommandtodefendAmerica’s interests in thenextwar-fightingdomain.The US is to unveil the new Space Command called asSPACECOM.465.Whichorganwillbeaffectedbythemicroorganismthat

causesTuberculosis? {k; jksXk dk dkj.k cuus okys lw{etho ls dkSu lk vaXk çHkkfor

gksXkk\

(a) Liver/ftXkj(b) Lungs/iQsiQM+s(c) Heart/fny(d) Kidney/XkqnkZ

Ans:–(b)The microorganism that causes TB affects the lungs andhas severe coughs or sneezes. The symptoms like cough,sometimes with blood-tinged, weight loss, night sweats,and fever. Patients with active symptoms would require aprotractedcourseoftreatmentinvolvingmultipleantibiotics.466.Whichstatecabinetclearstheverticalpropertyrules? dkSu lk jkT; eaf=keaMy ÅèokZ/j laifÙk fu;eksa dks eatwjh nsrk

gS\

(a) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(b) Maharashtra/egkjk"Vª(c) Kerala/dsjy

(d) Bihar/fcgkjAns:–(b)

Maharashtracabinetclearstheverticalpropertyrules.

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September 2019

�. Recently The HRD Ministry awarded the Institute ofEminencetohowmanypublicinstitutions

gky gh esa ekuo lalk/u fodkl ea=kky; us fdrus lkoZtfud laLFkkuksa dks ,feusal laLFkku ls lEekfur fd;k\

(a) 3 (b) 6(c) 5 (d) 7

Ans:–(c)�. WhichstategovernmenthasjoinedhandswithUNESCO

topromotemusic,artandcraftforms,andotherintangibleculturalheritageofthestate

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(a) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'k (b) Assam/vklke

(c) Rajasthan/jktLFkku (d) Odisha/vksfMlkAns:–(c)3. The latest exercise of the India-Thailand Coordinated

Patrol(Indo-ThaiCORPAT)heldinWhichcity Hkkjr&FkkbZySaM lefUor Xk'rh (baMks&FkkbZ dksvkjih,Vh) dh

uohure iqujko`fÙk fdl 'kgj esa vk;ksftr dh XkbZ\

(a) Bankok/cSadkWd (b) Manila/euhyk(c) Mumbai/eqacbZ (d) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh

Ans:–(a)4. The ��nd edition of India International Seafood Show

(IISS)heldinWhichcity fdl 'kgj esa vk;ksftr bafM;k baVjus'kuy lhiQwM 'kks

(vkbZvkbZ,l,l) dk 22oka laLdj.k euk;k tk;sXkk\

(a) Ahmedabad/vgenkckn (b) Mumbai/eqacbZ(c) Kochi/dksfPp (d) Chennai/psUubZ

Ans:–(c)5. Recently member countries of the World Health

Organisation (WHO) South-East Asia Region haveresolved to eliminate highly infectious childhood killerdiseasesmeaslesandrubellabyWhichyear

gky gh esa fo'o LokLF; laXkBu (McY;w,pvks) nf{k.k&iwoZ ,f'k;k {ks=k ds lnL; ns'kksa us fdl o"kZ rd vR;f/d laØked jksXkksa [kljk vkSj :csyk dks [kRe djus dk ladYi fy;k gS\

(a) �0�4 (b) �0��(c) �0�3 (d) �0��

Ans:–(c)6. With Which company,CBSE has partnered to conduct

capacitybuildingprogrammesforhighschoolteachers

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(a) Wipro/foçks(b) TCS/Vhlh,l(c) Microsoft/ekbØkslkWÝV

(d) Infosys/buiQksfllAns:–(c)7. Whohasbecomethefirstbowlertoscalpfourwicketson

consecutivedeliveriesinbothT�0IandODIs Vh&20 vkSj ouMs nksuksa us yXkkrkj pkj fodsV ysus okys igys

Xksanckt cu Xk, gSa\

(a) LasithMalinga/yflFk efyaXkk(b) JaspritBumrah/tlçhr cqejkg(c) MitchellStarc/fepsy LVkdZ

(d) RashidKhan/j'khn [kkuAns:–(a)8. Recently Abdul Qadir passed away.He was related to

whichfield gky gh esa vCnqy dkfnj dk fu/u gks Xk;k] og fdl {ks=k ls

lacaf/r Fks\

(a) SocialActivist/lkekftd dk;ZdrkZ

(b) Journalist/i=kdkj

(c) Sports/[ksy(d) Actor/vfHkusrk

Ans:–(c)9. RecentlyThecentralgovernmentaimedtoachieveGDP

of5trillionUSDollareconomybyWhichyear gky gh esa dsaæ ljdkj dk y{; fdl o"kZ rd 5 fVªfy;u

vesfjdh MkWyj dh vFkZO;oLFkk ds ldy ?kjsyw mRikn dks çkIr djuk gS\

(a) �0��-� (b) �0-30-3�(c) �0��-�3 (d) �0�4-�5

Ans:–(d)�0. Recently PM Modi inaugurated the first metro coach

underMakeinIndiainwhichcity/UT gky gh esa ih,e eksnh us esd bu bafM;k ds rgr igys esVªks

dksp dk mn~?kkVu fd;k Fkk] 'kgj esa\

(a) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh (b) Mumbai/eqacbZ(c) Chennai/psUubZ (d) Kochi/dksfPp

Ans:–(d)��. The6thIndia-ChinaStrategicEconomicDialogue(SED)

beingheldinWhichcity/UT

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NBk Hkkjr&phu lkefjd vkfFkZd okrkZ (,l,M) fdl 'kgj esa vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k\

(a) Mumbai/eqacbZ (b) Lucknow/y[kuÅ(c) Kochi/dksfPp (d) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh

Ans:–(d)��. Recently Which hurricane caused flooding in North

CarolinaaccordingtoUSANationalHurricaneCenter gky gh esa fdl rwiQku ds dkj.k mÙkjh dsjksfyuk esa ck<+ ns[kus

dks feyk\

(a) Idei/vkbZMh (b) Dorian/Mksfj;u(c) Katrian/dSVfjuk (d) Feni/iQsuhAns:–(b)

�3. What was the rank of Mumbai’s Dhirubhai AmbaniInternational School (DAIS) in the “Global Top 50 IBSchools�0�9”list

Xykscy VkWi 50 vkbZch Ldwy 2019** lwph esa eqacbZ ds /h:HkkbZ vackuh baVjus'kuy Ldwy (Mh,vkbZ,l) dk jSad D;k jgk\

(a) 9th (b) ��th

(c) �0th (d) 8th

Ans:–(c)�4. Recently Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the National

YouthSummitinWhichcity/UT gky gh esa jkeukFk dksfoan us fdl 'kgj esa jk"Vªh; ;qok lEesyu

vk;ksftr fd;k\

(a) Mumbai/eqacbZ (b) Chennai/psUubZ(c) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh (d) Pune/iq.ks

Ans:–(c)�5. AccordingtoWomenandChildDevelopmentMinister

SmritiIrani,howmuchpointimprovementisthereinthesexratioatbirthinlastfiveyears

efgyk vkSj cky fodkl ea=kh Lefr bZjkuh ds vuqlkj] fiNys ikap o"kks± esa tUe ds le; fyaXk vuqikr esa fdruk lq/kj gqvk gS\

(a) �0 (b) ��(c) �3 (d) ��

Ans:–(c)�6. RecentlyRBIbarredWhichFinancebanktoopenany

newbranches gky gh eas Hkkjrh; fjtoZ cSad us fdl foÙk cSAd dks dksbZ ubZ

'kk[kk,a [kksyus ij jksd yXkk nh gS\

(a) FincareSmallFinanceBank/fiQuds;j LekWy iQkbusal cSad(b) SuryodaySmallFinanceBank/lw;ksZn; LekWy iQkbusal cSad(c) EquitasSmallFinanceBank/bfDoVkl LekWy iQkbusal cSad(d) AirtelPaymentsBank/,;jVsy is;esaV~l cSad

Ans:–(c)

�7. WhichcountrywonSubrotoCupUnder�7girlstrophy- fdl ns'k us lqczrks di vaMj 17 VªkWiQh thrh\

(a) Pakistan/ikfdLrku (b) India/bafM;k(c) Bangladesh/ckaXykns'k (d) Nepal/usiky

Ans:–(c)�8. WhowontheItalianGrandPrix�0�9 fdlus bVyh Xkzks çh 2019 thrk\

(a) MaxVerstappen/eSDl olZVkIisu(b) LewisHamilton/yqbZl gSfeYVu(c) CharlesLeclerc/pkYlZ ysDydZ

(d) SebastianVettel/lscfLV;u osV~VsyAns:–(c)�9. WhowaselectedaschairmanofPressTrustofIndia çsl VªLV vkWiQ bafM;k ds v/;{k ds :i esa fdls pquk Xk;k\

(a) VijayKumarChopra/fot; dqekj pksiM+k

(b) VikasChaturvedi/fodkl prqosZnh

(c) RenuMathur/jsuq ekFkqj(d) VineetJain/fouhr tSu

Ans:–(a)�0. RecentlyDrRalphEGonsalvesarrivedIndiaforavisit.

HeisthePMofwhichcountry gky gh esa MkW jkYiQ ;k=kk ds fy, Hkkjr igqaps] og fdl ns'k

ds ç/kuea=kh gSa\

(a) SaintKitts/lsaV fdV~l (b) Rwanda/jokaMk(c) StVincent/lsaV foalsaV (d) StLucia/lsaV yqwfl;k

Ans:–(c)��. RecentlyWhichapplicationwaslaunchedforfarmersto

getcuttingaffordabletechnologyattheirdoorsteps gky gh esa fdlkuksa ds fy, muds njokts ij lLrh çkS|ksfXkdh

ds fy;s vkosnu 'kq: fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) FarmLoon/iQkWeZ yksu(b) Meghdoot/es?knwr(c) CHCFarmMachinery/lh,plh iQkeZ esdsujh

(d) CSCFarms/lh,llh iQkeZlAns:–(c)��. A three-day long International conferenceANGAN for

Energy Efficiency in Building Sector is being held inwhichcity/UT

Hkou {ks=k esa ÅtkZ n{krk ds fy, rhu fnolh; varjkZ"Vªh; lEesyu ckaXku dk vk;kstu fd;k tk jgk gS\

(a) Mumbai/eqacbZ (b) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(c) Chennai/psUubZ (d) Pune/iq.kz

Ans:–(b)

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�3. The�4thWorldEnergyCongressheldinWhichcity 24oha fo'o ÅtkZ dkaXkzsl fdl 'kgj esa vk;ksftr gqvk\

(a) Dubai/nqcbZ (b) Rome/jkseh(c) AbuDhabi/vcw/kch (d) London/yanu

Ans:–(c)�4. Recently How much amount will be infused by the

governmentintopublicsectorinsurancecompanies gky gh esa ljdkj }kjk lkoZtfud {ks=k dh chek daifu;ksa esa

fdruh jkf'k dk fuos'k fd;k tk,Xkk\

(a) ₹12000 cr/12000 djksM+

(b) ₹10000 cr/10000 djksM+

(c) ₹11000 cr/11000 djksM+

(d) ₹15000 cr/15000 djksM+Ans:–(a)

�5. ***Kd

(a) K/d(b) K/d(c) K/d(d) K/d

Ans:–()�6. Who won the junior doubles trophy at the �0�9 US

Open 2019 ;w,l vksiu esa twfu;j McYl VªkWiQh fdlus thrh\

(a) Caroline Wozniaki and Naomi Osaka /dSjksfyuk oksfTu;kdh ukvkseh vkslkdk

(b) Dinara Sabina and Oksana Selekhmeteva /nhukjk lchuk vkSj vksDlkuk lsys[kesVsok

(c) OksanaSelekhmetevaandKamillaBartone/vksDlkuk lsys[kesVsok vkSj dkfeyk ckVZu

(d) NaomiOsakaandAngeliqueKerber/ukvkseh vkslkdk vkSj ,atsfyd dcZj

Ans:–(c)�7. WhowontheGreatNorthRunhalfmarathonrecently fdlus XkzsV ukWFkZ ju vk/k eSjkFku gky gh esa thrk\

(a) TatianaGolovin/rkfr;kuk Xkksyksfou(b) BrigidKosgei/fczXksM dkslsXkh

(c) SwetlanaKoztosava/Losrykuk dksV~Vkslksok

(d) None/dksbZ ughaAns:–(b)�8. Whichcountrywillhostthe�5theditionofWorldEnergy

Congress(WEC)in�0�� dkSu lk ns'k 2022 esa fo'o ÅtkZ dkaXkzsl (MCY;wbZlh) ds 25osa

laLdj.k dh estckuh djsXkk\

(a) NewDelhi,India/ubZ fnYyh] Hkkjr(b) Geneva,Switzerland/ftusok] fLoV~tjySaM(c) WashingtonD.C.,UnitedStates/la;qDr jkT; vesfjdk ds okf'kaXkVu Mh-lh-

(d) Moscow,Russia/ekLdks] :lAns:–(d)�9. Which country has skipped the India’s first conference

on military medicine for Shanghai CooperationOrganization(SCO)membercountries

fdl ns'k us 'ka?kkbZ lg;ksXk laXkBu (,llhvks) ds lnL; ns'kksa ds fy, lSU; fpfdRlk ij Hkkjr ds igys lEesyu dks NksM+ fn;k gS\

(a) Pakistan/ikfdLrku (b) SriLanka/Jhyadk

(c) Banglandesh/ckaXykns'k (d) China/phuAns:–(a)30. Aswini Kumar Choubey announced the plan to set up

NationalGenomicGridfortheresearchpurposeofwhichdisease?

vf'ouh dqekj pkScs us fdl chekjh ds vuqla/ku mn~ns'; ds fy, jk"Vªh; thuksfed fXkzM LFkkfir djus dh ;kstuk dh ?kks"k.kk dh\

(a) Malaria/eysfj;k(b) Cancer/dSalj

(c) Tuberculosis/{k;jksXk(d) HumanImmunodefficiencyVirsu(HIV)/ekuo bE;wuks ok;jl (,pvkbZoh)

Ans:–(b)3�. Whichcountrybecamefourthintheworldtohaveitsown

nationalstandardonbulletproofjacketswhichprovides360-degreeprotection?

cqysVçsiQ tSdSV cukus okyk nqfu;k dk dkSu lk ns'k pkSFkk cuk] tks 360 fMXkzh dh lqj{kk çnku djrk gS\

(a) India/Hkkjr(b) UnitedStates/la;qDr jkT; vesfjdk

(c) UnitedKingdom/;wukbVSM fdaXkMe

(d) Germany/teZuhAns:–(a)3�. NametheJointmilitaryexercise,whichhasparticipants

fromIndiaandThailand la;qDr lSU; vH;kl dk uke crkb,] ftlesa Hkkjr vkSj FkkbZySaM

us HkkXk fy;k\

(a) ''Ekuverin-�0�9/^^,D;qosfju&2019**(b) ''Maitree-�0�9''/^^eS=kh&2019**(c) ''YudhAbyas-�0�9''/^^;q/ vckl&2019**

(d) SLINEX/fLyusDl

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Ans:–(b)33. Which organization has signed an MoU with Ministry

of Railways for facilitating green initiatives in IndianRailways?

fdl laXkBu us Hkkjrh; jsy esa gfjr igyksa dh lqfo/k ds fy, jsy ea=kky; ds lkFk ,d le>kSrk Kkiu ij gLrk{kj fd, gSa\

(a) ConfederationofIndianIndustries(CII)/dkWUiQsMjs'ku vkWiQ bafM;u baMLVªh(b) Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce andIndustry(FICCI)/Hkkjrh; okf.kT; ,oa m|ksXk egkla?k(c) National Association of Software and ServicesCompanies(NASSCOM)/us'kuy ,lksfl,'ku vkWiQ lkWÝVos;j ,.M lfoZlst daiuh (usldkWe)

(d) AllIndiaManagementAssociation(AIMA)/vf[ky Hkkjrh; çca/u la?k (AIMA)

Ans:–(a)34. Whichcountrybecamethe79thmemberofInternational

SolarAlliance(ISA)? varjkZ"Vªh; lkSj XkBca/u (ISA)dk 79oka lnL; dkSu lk ns'k cuk\

(a) Bahamas/cgkekl(b) Finland/fiQuySaM(c) St.Lucia/lsaV ywfl;k(d) St/ Vomcemt amd tje Gremadomes/lsaV foalsaV vkSj XkzsusMkbal

Ans:–(d)35. WhichcountryhasinauguratedSoutheastAsia’s largest

solar power farm called ‘Dau Tieng Solar PowerComplex’?

fdl ns'k us nf{k.k ,f';k ds lcls cM+s lkSj ÅtkZ iQkeZ dk mn~?kkVu fd;k] ftls ^nkÅ fr,aXk lkSj ÅtkZ ifjlj* dgk tkrk gS\

(a) Vietnam/fo;ruke (b) Thailand/FkkbZySaM(c) Philippines/fiQyhihal (d) Malaysia/eysf'k;k

Ans:–(a)36. WhichIndianCityhasconnectedin�5kmrailwayroute

betweenIndiaandBangladeshthroughNischintapurthatistobecompletedin�0�0?

fdl Hkkjrh; 'kgj us Hkkjr vkSj ckaXykns'k ds chp fuf'pUriqj ds ekè;e ls 15 fdyksehVj jsy ekXkZ ls tksM+k gS tks 2020 esa iwjk gksuk gS\

(a) Guwahati/XkqokgkVh (b) Shillong/f'kykaXk(c) Philippines/fiQyhihal (d) Malaysia/eysf'k;k

Ans:–(c)37. Whichstatehastoppedinthe�ndeditionofperception-based

indexofmobilityofgoodsandefficiency,theLogisticsEaseAcrossDifferentStates(LEADS)index�0�9?

fdl jkT; us eky vkSj n{krk dh Xkfr'khyrk dh /kj.kk&vkèkkfjr lwpdkad ds 2osa laLdj.k esa 'kh"kZ LFkku gkfly fd;k gS] ykWftfLVDl bZt vØkWl fMiQjsaV LVsV~l (LEADS)lwpdkad 2019\

(a) Maharashtra/egkjk"Vª (b) Gujarat/Xkqtjkr(c) Punjab/iatkc (d) West Bemngal/if'pe caXkky

Ans:–(b)38. Where was the first International Conference on

SustainabilityEducation(ICSE)�0�9held? fLFkjrk f'k{kk (ICSE)2019 ij igyk varjkZ"Vªh; lEesyu dgka


(a) Beijing,China/chftaXk] phu(b) Geneva,Switzerland/ftusok] fLoV~tjySaM(c) NewDelhi,India/ubZ fnYyh] Hkkjr(d) WashingtonD.C.,U.S./okf'kaXkVu Mh-lh-] ;w-,l-

Ans:–(c)39. PresidentRamNathKovindpresentedpaintingsofLonar

Lake to Iceland President Johannesson, Lonar Lake issituatedinwhichIndianState?

jk"Vªifr jkeukFk dksfoan us vkblySaM ds jk"Vªifr tksgkulu dks yksukj >hy dh isafVaXk HksaV dh] yksukj >hy Hkkjr ds fdl jkT; esa fLFkr gS\

(a) WestBengal/if'pe caXkky (b) Karnataka/dukZVd

(c) Maharashtra/egkjk"Vª(d) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'k

Ans:–(c)40. Namethefilm,whichwonPeople’sChoiceAwardinthe

44th annualToronto International Film Festival (TIFF)fortheyear�0�9?

ml fiQYe dk uke crkb,] ftlus o"kZ 2019 ds fy, 44osa okf"kZd VksjaVks varjkZ"Vªh; fiQYe egksRlo (TIFF)esa ihiqYl Pokbl vokMZ thrk\

(a) RunThisTown/bl 'kgj dks pyk,a

(b) JojoRabbit/tkstks [kjXkks'k(c) Whitelie/liQsn >wB(d) TheSongofNames/uke dk Xkhr

Ans:–(b)4�. Which consumer lending platform has partnered with

PayUtooffercardlessEMI(equatedmonthlyinstallment)paymentoptiontoconsumers?

fdl miHkksDrk ½.k nsus okys IysViQkWeZ us miHkksDrkvksa dks dkMZysl EMI(leku ekfld fd'r) HkqXkrku fodYi nsus ds

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fy, PayUds lkFk HkkXkhnkjh dh gS\

(a) Loantap/yks.krki (b) Moneytap/euhVSi(c) CoinTribe/dkWbuVªhc (d) ZestMoney/tsLVeuh

Ans:–(d)4�. Name the Indian activists, who was honoured with

Turkishaward,the��thInternationalHrantDinkawardfor the year �0�9 along with NebahatAkkoç, Turkishactivistagainstmaleviolence.

mu Hkkjrh; dk;ZdrkZvksa dk uke crkb,] ftUgsa rqdhZ iqjLdkj] o"kZ 2019 ds fy, 11osa varjkZ"Vªh; gzaV fMad iqjLdkj ds lkFk&lkFk] ujHkV] rqdhZ ds ujHkV~V ds f[kykiQ ujdV fgalk ds fy, lEekfur fd;k Xk;kA

(a) MansiPradhan/ekulh ç/ku(b) ShabnamHashmi/'kcue gk'keh(c) ChampaDeviShukla/paik nsoh 'kqDyk(d) AgnesKharshiing/,Xusl [kf'k±Xk

Ans:–(d)43. WhichBank’spresident,TakehikoNakaohasannounced

hisresignationeffectivefromJanuary�6,�0�0? fdl cSad ds vè;{k] Vsdfgdks ukdkvks us 16 tuojh] 2020

ls vius bLrhiQs dh ?kks"k.kkk dh gS\

(a) NewDevelopmentBank/U;w MsoyiesaV cSad(b) AfricanDevelopmentBank/vÚhdh fodkl cSad

(c) WorldBank/fo'o cSad(d) AsianDevelopmentBank(ADB)/,f'k;kbZ fodkl cSad (ADB)

Ans:–(d)44. Where was the �0thAsia PacificYouth Games for the

year�0�9held? o"kZ 2019 ds fy, 10oka ,f'k;k iSfliQd ;wFk XksEl dgka


(a) Beijing,China/chftaXk] phu(b) Dhaka,Bangladesh/<kdk] ckaXykns'k

(c) Nursultan,Kazakistan/uwj lqYrku dtkfdLrku

(d) Vladivostok,Russia/CykfnoksLrksd] :lAns:–(d)45. Which school clinched the title inAsia’s largest youth

football tournament, 60th edition of Under-�7 JuniorBoys Subroto Cup International Football Tournament�0�9heldinNewDelhi?

fdl Ldwy us ,f'k;k ds lcls cM+s ;qok iQqVckWy VwukZesaV dk f[krkc thrk] vaMj&17 twfu;j okW;t+ lqczrks di baVjus'kuy iQqVckWy VwukZesaV 2019 dk 60oka laLdj.k ubZ fnYyh esa vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k\

(a) GovernmentChawngfiangMiddleSchool,Mizoram/XkoZuesaV PokaXkfiQ;kaXk fefMy Ldwy] fetksje

(b) Sukantanagar Vidyaniketan, Kolkata /lqdkar uXkj fo|kfudsru] dksydkrk

(c) ArmyPublicSchoolShillong,Shillong/vkehZ ifCyd Ldwy f'kykaXk] f'kykaXk(d) HopewelEliasHigherSecondarySchool,Meghalaya/gksiosy ,fy;kl gk;j lsdsaMjh Ldwy] es?kky;

Ans:–(d)46. Who inaugurated the National Centre for Clean Coal

ResearchandDevelopment(NCCCR&D)? us'kuy lsaVj iQkWj Dyhu dksy fjlpZ ,aM MsouyiesaV

(NCCCR&D)dk mn~?kkVu fdlus fd;k Fkk\

(a) NarendraModi/ujsaæ eksnh(b) HarshVardhan/g"kZo/Zu(c) RamNathKovind/jkeukFk dksfoan

(d) VenkaiahNaidu/osadS;k uk;MwAns:–(b)47. For which of the following association students, Dr S

JaishankarandMrRameshPokhriyal‘Nishank’launchedthePhD(DoctorofPhilosophy)fellowshipprogramme,inIndianInstitutesofTechnology(IITs)?

fuEufyf[kr esa ls fdl ,lksfl,'ku ds Nk=kksa ds fy,] MkW- ,l t;'kadj vkSj Jh jes'k iks[kfj;ky fu'kad us Hkkjrh; çkS|ksfXkdh laLFkkuksa (IITs)esa ihp,pMh (MkWDVj vkWiQ fiQykWliQh) iQsyksf'ki çksXkzke 'kq: fd;k\

(a) G4nations/th 4 jk"Vª(b) Organisation for Economic Co-operation andDevelopment(OECD)/vkfFkZd lg;ksXk vkSj fodkl laXkBu (OECD)(c) BIMSTECNation/fcElVsd jk"Vª(d) Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN)/nf{k.k iwoZ ,f'k;kbZ jk"Vª la?k (vkfl;ku)

Ans:–(d)48. Name the Indian Naval Ship, which is participating in

the �st edition of the 5 days maiden trilateral exerciseof Singapore, India and Thailand named SITMEX(Singapore-India-ThailandMaritimeExercise).

Hkkjrh; ukSlsuk tgkt dk uke crkb,] tks flaXkkiqj vkSj FkkbZySaM ds 5 fnuksa ds igys =k;h vH;kl esa HkkXk ys jgk gS] ftldk uke SITMEX(flaXkkiqj&Hkkjr&FkkbZySaM leqæh O;k;ke) gSA(a) INSRanvijay/vkbZ,u,l j.kfot;

(b) INSRanvir/vkbZ,u,l j.kohj

(c) INSViraat/vkbZ,u,l fojkV

(d) INSKolkata/vkbZ,u,l dksydkrk

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Ans:–(b)49. Name the exercise that held in DONGUZ ranges near

Orenburg, Russia under the Shanghai CooperationOrganisation(SCO)andInter-ServicesPublicRelations(ISPR) which has participants from SCO membercountries.

'ka?kkbZ dksvkWXkZukbts'ku vkWXkZukbts'ku (SCO)vkSj baVj&lfoZlst ifCyd fjys'kal (ISPR)ds rgr Orengurg,Russiads ikl DONGUZjsat esa vk;ksftr gksus okys vH;kl dk uke gS ftlesa SCOlnL; ns'kksa ds çfrHkkXk 'kkfey gSaA

(a) Shatrujeet/'k=kqthr(b) NomadicElephant/?kqear gkFkh(c) Tsentr(centre)/lsalsaV (dsaæ)

(d) YudhAbyas/;kS/s vC;lAns:–(c)50. Which of the following payments has been allowed

through the Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS) byReserveBankofIndiaasonseptember�6,�0�9?

Hkkjrh; fjt+oZ cSad HkqXkrku ç.kkyh (BBPS)ds ekè;e ls Hkkjrh; fjt+oZ cSad }kjk 16 flracj] 2019 dks fuEufyf[kr esa ls fdl HkqXkrku dh vuqefr nh XkbZ gS\

(a) SingletimePayments/,dy le; HkqXkrku

(b) FixedPayments/fuf'pr HkqXkrku(c) RecurringPayments/vkorhZ HkqXkrku

(d) MultiplePayments/dbZ HkqXrkuAns:–(c)5�. NametheExternalAffairsMinister(EAM)ofIndia,who

visitedPolandforthefirsttimesince�987. Hkkjr ds fons'k ea=kh (EAM)dk uke crkb,] ftUgksaus 1987 ds

ckn igyh ckj iksySaM dk nkSjk fd;kA

(a) ManmohanSing/eueksgu flag(b) PranabMukherjee/ç.ko eq[kthZ(c) SubrahmanyamJaishankar/lqcze.;e t;'kadj

(d) SalmanKhurshid/lyeku [kq'khZnAns:–(c)5�. PankajAdvaniisassociatedwithwhichsport? iadt vkMok.kh fdl [ksy ls tqM+s gSa\

(a) Badminton/cSMfeaVu (b) Tennis/Vsful(c) Billiards/fcy;M~Zl (d) TableTennis/Vscy Vsful

Ans:–(c)53. Whowonthemen’ssinglestitleintheYONEXBelgian

International�0�9? YONEXcsfYt;e baVjus'kuy 2019 esa iq#"kksa dk ,dy f[krkc

thrk\

(a) AjayJayaram/vt; t;jke

(b) SameerVerma/lehj oekZ(c) LakshyaSen/y{; lsu(d) B.SaiPraneeth/ch lkbZ ç.khr

Ans:–(c)54. NamethePresidentofRepublicofMongolia,whovisited

Indiaforthefirsttimeinthelast�0years? eaXkksfy;k Xk.kjkT; ds jk"Vªifr dk uke crk;s] ftUgksaus fiNys 10

o"kks± esa igyh ckj Hkkjr dh ;k=kk dh\

(a) TakehikoNakao/rkfgdks ukdkvks

(b) UkhnaagiinKhürelsükh/m[kukXkh [kqjsylq[k(c) KhaltmaagiinBattulga/dYVkekfXkfuu cVqyXkk

(d) MiyeegombynEnkhbold/fe;kXkksefcu ,u[kcksYMAns:–(c)55. UMMIDwasinnewsrecently,whatdoes‘I’standsfor

____________UMMID gky gh esa lekpkj esa Fkk] Idk eryc D;k gS\

(a) I-Inferior (b) I-Inherited(c) -International (d) �-Inflation

Ans:–(b)56. How much percentage of deaths were caused by

malnutritioninIndia�0�7? 2017 esa Hkkjr esa dqiks"k.k ds dkj.k gksus okyh ekSrksa dk çfr'kr

fdruk gS\

(a) 65.�% (b) 6�.�%(c) 7�.�% (d) 68.�%

Ans:–(d)57. HowmanydaysdoesNon-residentIndians(NRIs)have

towaitforapplyingfortheAadhaarcardearlier,whichcanbeappliedwithoutwaitingnow?

vfuoklh Hkkjrh;ksa (,uvkjvkbZ) dks fdrus fnuksa igys vk/kj dkMZ gsrq vkosnu djus ds fy, bartkj djuk iM+rk Fkk] ftls vc bartkj fd, fcuk vkosnu fd;k tk ldrk gS\

(a) �96days/196 fnu (b) �8�days/182 fnu(c) �85days/185 fnu (d) �90days/190 fnu

Ans:–(c)58. Thefirst-evertri-servicesexercisebetweenIndiaandthe

UnitedStates(US)thatistobeheldinAndhraPradesh Hkkjr vkSj la;qDr jkT; vesfjdk (vesfjdk) ds chp igyk

f=k&Lrjh; vH;kl tks vka/z çns'k esa vk;ksftr fd;k tkuk gSA

(a) ExerciseAjeyaWarrior/vt; ;ks¼k dk vH;kl djsa

(b) Exercise Prabal Dostyk/çkcy nksfLrd ,Dljlkbt djsaA

(c) ExerciseTigerTriumph/VkbXkj Vªk;EiQ ,Dljlkbt djsa

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(d) ExerciseSampriti/lEçhfr dk vH;kl djsaAAns:–(c)59. WhichCo-operativeBankwasprohibitedfrombusiness

transactionsofanykind&itsdepositorarerestrictedtowithdrawamaximumofRs.�,000byReserveBankofIndia(RBI)?

fdl lgdkjh cSad dks fdlh Hkh çdkj ds O;kikfjd ysu&nsu ls çfrcaf/r fd;k Xk;k Fkk vkSj blds tekdrkZ dks Hkkjrh; fjtoZ CkSad (RBI)}kjk vf/dre 1000 #i;s fudkyus ij jksd gS\

(a) SBI/LVsV cSad vkWiQ bafM;k

(b) PNB/iatkc us'kuy cSad(c) SaraswatCo-operativeBankLtd/lkjLor dkWvkijsfVo cSad fy-(d) PunjabandMaharashtraCo-operativeBankLimited/iatkc rFkk egkjk"Vª dksvkWijsfVo CkSad fy-

Ans:–(d)60. Which bank has signed with Pine Labs to offer EMIs

(equated monthly instalments) for offline debit cardtransactions?

vkWiQ+ykbu MsfcV dkMZ ysunsu ds fy, EMI(leku ekfld fd'rksa) dh is'kd'k djus ds fy, fdl cSad us ikbu ySCl ds lkFk gLrk{kj fd, gSa\

(a) FederalBank/iQsMjy cSad(b) IndianBank/bafM;u cSad(c) StateBankofIndia(SBI)/LVsV cSad vkWiQ bafM;k

(d) CanaraBank/dsujk cSadAns:–(a)6�. The Federation International de Football Association

(FIFA) is known as International Federation ofAssociation Football in English, where was conductedtheFIFAFootballAwards�0�9?

iQsMjs'ku baVjus'kuy Ms iQqVckWy ,lksfl,'ku (iQhiQk) dks vaXkzsth esa baVjus'kuy iQsMjs'ku vkWiQ ,lksfl,'ku iQqVckWy ds :i esa tkuk tkrk gS] iQhiQk iQqVckWy iqjLdkj 2019 dgka vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) Paris,France/isfjl] Úkal

(b) Moscow,Russia/ekLdks] :l

(c) Milan,Italy/feyku] bVyh(d) Bejiing,China/chftaXk] phu

Ans:–(c)6�. Which entity topped in the list of the Forbes “World’s

best‘regarded’companieslist�0�9”? iQksClZ dh ^fo'o ds loZJs"B fopkfjr* daifu;ksa dh lwph 2019

dh lwph esa dkSu lh bdkbZ lcls Åij gS\

(a) Netflix/usVfÝyDl (b) Microsoft/ekbØkslkWÝV

(c) Visa/oht+k (d) Ferrari/iQsjkjhAns:–(c)63. Name the women’s singles badminton coach of India,

whotrainedPVSindhuduringherWorldChampionshipresignedrecently?

Hkkjr dh efgyk ,dy cSMfeaVu dksp dk uke crkb,] ftUgksaus gky gh esa fo'o pSfEi;uf'ki ds nkSjku ihoh fla/q dks çf'kf{kr fd;k\

(a) KimTanHer/fde VSu gj

(b) ParkTaeSang/ikdZ rS lkaXk

(c) KimJiHyun/fde th g~;wu

(d) FlandyLimpele/ÝySaMh fyEiyAns:–(c)64. LaxmanRawatisassociatedwithwhichsport? y{e.k jkor fdl [ksy ls tqM+s gSa\

(a) Poo/iw (b) Tennis/Vsful(c) Billiards/fcfy;M~Zl (d) Snooker/Luwdj

Ans:–(d)65. Which city is set to host the 5th edition of the Indian

InternationalScienceFestival(IISF)? dkSu lk 'kgj Hkkjrh; varjkZ"Vªh; foKku egksRlo (vkbZvkbZ,l,iQ)

ds 5osa laLdj.k dh estckuh djuds ds fy, rS;kj gS\

(a) Varanasi,UttarPradesh/okjk.klh] mÙkj çns'k(b) Guwahati,Assam/XkksgkVh] vklke

(c) Kolkata,WestBengal/d(d) NewDelhi,Delhi/ubZ fnYyh] fnYyh

Ans:–(c)66. Bywhichyear,IndiahasaimedtoeradicateTuberculosis

(TB)? fdl o"kZ rd] Hkkjr us risfnd (Vhch) ds mUewyu dk y{;

j[kk gS\

(a) �0�5 (b) �030(c) �040 (d) �035

Ans:–(a)67. WhatistheGrossDomesticProduct(GDP)ofIndiafor

the FY �0�9-�0 as per the Asian Development Bank(ADB)?

,f'k;kbZ fodkl cSad (ADB)ds vuqlkj foÙk o"kZ 2019&20 ds fy, Hkkjr dk ldy ?kjsyw mRikn (GDP)D;k gS\(a) 6.9%/6-9 çfr'kr (b) 7.�%/7-2 çfr'kr(c) 6.5%/6-5 çfr'kr (d) 7.�%/7-1 çfr'kr

Ans:–(c)68. WhotoppedintheIIFL(IndiaInfolineFinanceLimited)

WealthHurunIndiaRichList�0�9?

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vkbZvkbZ,iQ,y (bafM;k bUiQksykbu iQkbusal fyfeVsM) osYFk g~;wju bafM;k fjp fyLV 2019 esa dkSu 'kh"kZ ij jgk gS\

(a) MukeshAmbani/eqds'k vackuh

(b) AzimPremji/vthe çse th

(c) LNMital/,u,y ferky(d) RiteshAgarwal/fjrs'k vXkzoky

Ans:–(a)69. Name the Swedish teenage climate activist, who was

conferredwithSweden’sAlternativeNobelPrizecalled“Right Livelihood Award �0�9” along with 5 otheractivists?

LohfM'k fd'kksj tyok;q dk;ZdrkZ dk uke crkb,] ftUgsa LohMu ds oSdfYid ukscsy iqjLdkj ds lkFk 5 vU; dk;ZdrkZvksa ds lkFk ^jkbV ykboyhgqM vokMZ 2019** ls lEekfur fd;k Xk;k\

(a) NarendraModi/ujsUæ eksnh(b) GretaThunberg/XkzsVk FkqucXkZ(c) NavdeepSinghSuri/uonhi flag lwjh(d) SheikhHassina/'ks[k glhuk

Ans:–(b)70. WhowasselectedfortheDadasahebPhalkeaward�0�9,

thehighestawardinIndiancinema? Hkkjrh; flusek esa loksZPPk iqjLdkj nknk lkgc iQkYds iqjLdkj

2019 ds fy, fdls pquk Xk;k\

(a) Gujarat/Xkqtjkr (b) Rajasthan/jktLFkku(c) Jharkhand/>kj[k.M (d) Meghalaya/es?kky;

Ans:–(d)7�. WhichstatehaslaunchedJanSuchnaportal fdl jkT; us gky gh esa tu lwpuk iksVZy dh vkjEHk fd;k

gS&

(a) Gujarat/Xkqtjkr (b) Rajasthan/jktLFkku(c) Jharkhand/>kj[kaM (d) Meghalaya/es?kky;

Ans:–(b)7�. Name the miniature satellite launched by the National

AeronauticsandSpaceAdministration(NASA),whichisdevelopedby�7-yearoldIndianstudentAabhaasSikka?

jk"Vªh; oSekfudh vkSj varfj{k ç'kklu (uklk) }kjk ç{ksfir y?kq miXkzg dk uke] ftls 17 o"khZ; Hkkjrh; Nk=k vkHkkl flDdk }kjk fodflr fd;k Xk;k gS\

(a) RamanSat� (b) Microsat�(c) RamanSat� (d) Microsat�

Ans:–(a)73. Who launched the CHC Farm Machinery app for the

farmers to connect with the Custom Hiring Centers

(CHC)locatedwithin50kmradius? fdlkuksa dks 50 fdeh ds nk;js esa fLFkr dLVe gk;fjaXk lsaVj

(lh,plh) ls tksM+us ds fy, lh,plh iQkeZ e'khujh ,si dks fdlus ykWUp fd;k\

(a) RaviShankarPrasad/jfo 'kadj çlkn

(b) ThawarChandGehlot/Fkkoj pan Xkgyksr(c) RameshPokhriyal/jes'k iks[kfj;ky(d) NarendraSingTomar/ujsaæ flag rksej

Ans:–(d)74. Wherewas the�5thSeniorWomen’sNationalFootball

Championshipheld? 25oha lhfu;j efgyk jk"Vªh; iQqVckWy pSafi;uf'ki dgka vk;ksftr

dh XkbZ Fkh\

(a) NewDelhi,Delhi/ubZ fnYyh] fnYyh(b) Pasighat,ArunchalPradesh/iklh?kkV] v#.kkpy çns'k

(c) Jabalpur,MadhyaPradesh/tcyiqj] eè;çns'k(d) Cuttak,Odisha/dVd] vksfMlk

Ans:–(b)75. Name the governor of New Jersey, who visited India

recently? gky gh esa Hkkjr dk nkSjk djus okys U;w tlhZ ds XkouZj dk uke

crkb,\

(a) KristalinaGeorgieva/fØLVkyhu tkthZokW

(b) StephenM.Sweeney/LVhiQu ,e- Lohuh(c) GeorgeNorcross/tkWtZ ukjØkWl

(d) PhilMurphy/fiQy eiQhZAns:–(a)76. Namethetelecommunicationsservicescompany,whichhas

tiedupwithBhartiAXALifeInsurancetooffertheprepaidplanforitsusersalongwithinsuranceprotectionplan?

nwjlapkj lsok daiuh dk uke crkb,] ftlus chek lqj{kk ;kstuk ds lkFk vius mi;ksXkdrkZvksa ds fy, çhisM ;kstuk dh is'kd'k djus ds fy, Hkkjrh ,Dlk ykbiQ ba';ksjsal ds lkFk djkj fd;k gS\

(a) BharatSancharNigamLimited(BSNL)/Hkkjr lapkj fuXke fy- (BSNL)(b) RelianceJio/fjyk;al thvks

(c) VodafoneIdea/oksMkiQksu vkbfM;k4

(d) BhartiAritel/Hkkjrh ,;jVsyAns:–(d)77. Who was crowned as Mrs India – Pride of the Nation

�0�9inGurgaon,Haryana fdls Jherh bafM;k&çkbM vkWiQ n us'ku 2019 ds :i esa pquk

Xk;k gS ftldk vk;kstu XkqM+Xkkao] gfj;k.kk gqvk Fkk\

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(a) Nishtha/fu"Bk (b) PoojaDesai/iwtk nslkbZ(c) AushimaVijay/vkf'kek fot; (d) NamrataSagar/uezrk lkXkj

Ans:–(b)78. Whichcityissettohostthe�0�9UnitedNationsClimate

ChangeConference,alsoknownasCOP�5 dkSu lk 'kgj 2019 la;qDr jk"Vª tyok;q ifjorZu lEesyu dh

estckuh dkSu lk ns'k dj jgk gS] ftls COP25 ds :i esa Hkh tkuk tkrk gS\

(a) Marrakesh,Morocco/ekjkZds'k] eksjDdks

(b) Bonn,Germany/ckWu] teZuh(c) Katowice,Poland/dkVksfol] iksySaM

(d) Santiago,Chile/lsafVvkXkks] fpyhAns:–(d)79. RecentlyTheCentralTBdivisionoftheHealthMinistrysigned

MoUwithWhichinstitutetofightTBwithhelpofAI Vhch çHkkXk us ,vj bafM;k dh enn ls VhCh ls yM+us ds fy,

fdl laLFkku ds lkFk le>kSrk Kkiu ij gLrk{kj fd,\

(a) IIscBengaluru/IIsccsaXkyq#(b) IITMadras/vkbZvkbZVh eækl

(c) WadhwaniInstitute/ok/okuh laLFkku(d) VITS/foV~l

Ans:–(c)80. Whichstatehaslaunchedanewhealthinsurancescheme

—Ayushman Bharat-Mahatma Gandhi Swasthya BimaYojna(AB-MGRSBY)

fdl jkT; us ,d ubZ LokLF; chek ;kstuk 'kq: dh gS&vk;q"eku Hkkjr&egkRek Xkka/h Lokè;k; ;kstuk (,ch&,eth vkj,lchvkbZ)\

(a) HimachalPradesh/fgekpy çns'k(b) Odisha/vksfMlk

(c) Rajasthan/jktLFkku(d) Bihar/fcgkj

Ans:–(c)8�. Which stategovernmenthasdecided to formaSpecial

TigerForceforCorbettTigerReserve- fdl jkT; ljdkj us dkWcsZV VkbXkj fjtoZ ds fy, Lis'ky VkbXkj

iQkslZ cukus dk iQSlyk fd;k gS\

(a) Uttarakhand/mÙkjk[k.M(b) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'k(c) Punjab/iatkc(d) MadhyaPradesh/eè; çns'k

Ans:–(a)8�. WhichcountryrecentlychangeditscapitaltoBorneo

fdl ns'k us gky gh esa viuh jkt/kuh dks cksfuZ;ks esa cny fn;k gS\

(a) Equador/bDokMksj (b) Isreal/btjkby(c) Lesotho/fylksVks (d) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k

Ans:–(d)83. Which country won SAFF U-�5 title at the Kalyani

StadiuminKalyani,WestBengal fdl ns'k us if'pe caXkky ds dY;k.kh LVsfM;e esa eSiQ ;w&15

dk f[krkc thrk\

(a) Nepal/usiky (b) India/Hkkjr(c) Indonesia/baMkssusf'k;k (d) Pakistan/ikfdLrku

Ans:–(b)84. WhowasappointedgovernorofKerala dsjy dk jkT;iky dkSu fu;qDr fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) KalrajMishra/dyjkt feJk

(b) BhagatSingh/HkXkr flag(c) ArifMohammedKhan/vkfjiQ eksgEen [kku

(d) BandaruDettaterya/caMk: MsVk=;kAns:–(d)85. Recently the government has accepted resignation of

AnshulaKantasMDofWhichbank gky gh esa ljdkj us va'kqyk dkar dk bLrhiQk fdl cSad ds

çca/ funs'kd ds :i esa Lohdkj fd;k gS\

(a) BOB/cSad vkWiQ cM+kSnk

(b) PNB/iatkc us'kuy cSad(c) IDBI/vkbZMhchvkbZ

(d) SBI/LVsV cSad vkWiQ bafM;kAns:–(d)86. Which month will be celebrated as Rashtriya Poshan

Maah fdl eghus dks jk"Vªh; iks'ku ek ds :i esa euk;k tk,Xkk\

(a) December/fnlEcj (b) October/vDVwcj

(c) September/flrEcj (d) November/uoEcjAns:–(c)87. Recently M Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the country’s

longestelectrifiedrailtunnelinwhichstate gky gh esa ,e osadS;k uk;Mq us fdl jkT; esa ns'k dh lcls

yach fo|qrhÑr jsy lqjaXk dk mn~?kkVu fd;k\

(a) Assam/vklke

(b) Maharashtra/egkjk"Vª(c) Bihar/fcgkj(d) AndhraPradesh/vka/z çns'k

Ans:–(d)

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88. RecentlyThe“NamastePacific“cultureeventwasheldinwhichcity/UT?

gky gh esa ^^ueLrs ç'kkar** laLÑfr ?kVuk fdl 'kgj esa vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k\

(a) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh (b) Mumbai/eqacbZ(c) Ahmedabad/vgenkckn (d) Lucknow/y[kuÅ

Ans:–(a)89. Recentlyinternationalpoliceacademywillopenat gky gh esa varjkZ"Vªh; iqfyl vdkneh esa----------[kqy tk,Xkk\

(a) Karnataka/dukZVd (b) Mumbai/eqacbZ(c) Ahmedabad/vgenkckn (d) UP/mÙkj çns'k

Ans:–(d)90. The 4th Indian Ocean Conference �0�9 was held in

Whichcity pkSFkk fgan egklkXkj lEesyu 2019 fdl 'kgj esa vk;ksftr fd;k

Xk;k Fkk\

(a) Amsterdam/,ELMZEk (b) Vienna/fo;uk(c) Male/iq#"k (d) Rome/jkse

Ans:–(c)9�. WhichcountrytoppedthelistinISSFWorldCupRifle/

PistolChampionshipinRioDeJaneiro fj;ks Mh tusfj;ks esa vkbZ,l,l,iQ fo'o di jkbiQy@fiLVy

pSafi;uf'ki esa dkSu lk ns'k lwph esa lcls Åij gS\

(a) Brazil/czkthy (b) India/Hkkjr(c) China/phu (d) Russia/:l

Ans:–(b)9�. Recently Minister of State for Culture and Tourism

PrahaladSinghPatelinauguratedfirst-everarchitecturalLEDilluminationatwhichmonumentofIndia

gky gh esa laLÑfr vkSj i;ZVu jkT; ea=kh çgykr flag iVsy us Hkkjr ds fdl Lekjd ij igyh ckj okLrq ,ybZMh jks'kuh dk mn~?kkVu fd;k\

(a) RedFort/yky fdyk

(b) TajMahal/rkt egy(c) KalinjerFort/dkfyatj dk fdyk

(d) QutubMinar/dqrqc ehukjAns:–(d)93. RecentlytheCabinetapprovedhowmuchamountinto

IDBIBanktoincreasethelendercapitalbase gky gh esa dSfcusV ds ½.knkrk iwath vk/kj c<+kus ds fy,

vkbZMhchvkbZ cSad esa fdruh jkf'k dks eatwjh nh\

(a) Rs9300cr/9300 djksM+ #i;s

(b) Rs9500cr/9500 djksM+ #i;s

(c) Rs9700cr/9700 djksM+ #i;s

(d) Rs�0000cr/10000 djksM+ #i;sAns:–(a)94. Recently the Employees State Insurance Corporation

signed MoU with Which bank to provide electronicpaymentservicesforESICbeneficiaries

gky gh esa deZpkjh jkT; chek fuXke us bZ,lvkbZlh ykHkkfFkZ;ksa ds fy, bysDVªkWfud HkqXkrku lsok,a çnku djus ds fy, fdl cSad ds lkFk le>kSrk Kkiu ij gLrk{kj fd,\

(a) IDBIBank/vkbZMhchvkbZ cSad

(b) BankofBaroda/cSad vkWiQ cM+kSnk

(c) CanaraBank/dSujk cSad

(d) SBI/LVsV cSad vkWiQ bafM;kAns:–(d)95. AccordingtoDBS,AthowmuchpercentIndiaGDPwill

growforFY�0? Mhch,l ds eqrkfcd] foÙk o"kZ 20 ds fy, Hkkjr ds ldy

?kjsyw mRikn esa fdruk çfr'kr dh o`f¼ gksXkh\

(a) 6.�% (b) 6.3%(c) 6.5% (d) 6.�%

Ans:–(d)96. Wholiftedthe67theditionoftheNehruTrophyatthe

PunnamadalakeinKerala dsjy ds iquukekMk >hy esa usg: VªkWiQh ds 67osa laLdj.k dks

fdlus mBk;k\

(a) DevdasChundan/nsonkl panu(b) KaravattuSreeVinayakan/djoV~Vq Jh fouk;da

(c) Kalloparamban/dkyksijkEcu

(d) NadubhagamChundan/unqHkXke panuAns:–(d)97. The ��nd edition of the FIFA World Cup will held in

Whichcity iQhiQk fo'o di dk 22oka laLdj.k fdl 'kgj esa vk;ksftr

fd;k tk,Xkk\

(a) Beijing/chftaXk (b) London/yanu(c) Tokyo/VksD;ks (d) Doha/nksgk

Ans:–(d)98. WhichsectorissettoreceiveRs.�5,000crorefromthe

UniongovernmentofIndiaasinvestmentforthenext5years

fdl {ks=k dks vXkys 5 o"kks± ds fy, fuos'k ds :i esa Hkkjr ljdkj ls 25]000 djksM+ #i;s çkIr djus ds fy, fu/kZfjr gS\

(a) DepartmentofHeavyIndustries/Hkkjh m|ksXk foHkkXk(b) DepartmentofFertilizers/moZjd foHkkXk

(c) DepartmentofFisheries/eRL;; foHkkXk

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(d) Departmentofelecommunications/nwjlapkj foHkkXkAns:–(c)99. Wherewasthe4thGeneralAssemblyoftheAssociation

ofWorldElectionBodies(A-WEB)held fo'o pquko fudk;ksa ds la?k (,&osc) dh pkSFkh vke lHkk dgka

vk;ksftr dh XkbZ Fkh\

(a) Bengaluru,Karnataka/caXkyq:] dukZVD

(b) NewDelhi,Delhi/ubZ fnYyh] fnYyh(c) Mumbai,Maharashtra/eqacbZ] egkjk"Vª(d) Kolkata,WestBengal/dksydkrk] if'pe caXkky

Ans:–(a)�00.SATHI was in news recently, what does ‘A’ stands for

___________ SATHIgky gh esa [kcj esa Fkk] D;k djrk gS ‘A’

(a) A-Assets/,&laifÙk(b) A-Analytical/,&fo'ys"k.kkRed(c) A-Arbitrage/,&vkfcZVªst

(d) A-Adaptive/,&vuqdwyhAns:–(c)�0�.Which city topped in the Economist Intelligence

Unit(EIU)’s�0�9“GlobalLiveabilityIndex” vFkZ'kkL=kh baVsfytsal ;wfuV (bZvkbZ;w) ds 2019 ^^Xykscy

ykbosfcfyVh baMsDl** esa dkSu lk 'kgj lcls Åij gS\

(a) Sydney/flMuh(b) Vienna/fo;uk(c) Damascus/nfe'd(d) Melbourne/esycksuZ

Ans:–(b)�0�.Whoheadsthe6-membertaskforceonsecondarymarket

for corporate loans, which has submitted its report toReserveBankofIndia(RBI)recently

dkWiksZjsV ½.kksa ds fy, f}rh;d cktkj ij 6 lnL;h; dk;Zcy dk çeq[k dkSu gS] ftlus gky gh esa Hkkjrh; fjtoZ cSad (vkjchvkbZ) dks viuh fjiksVZ çLrqr dh gS\

(a) T.N.Manoharan/rfeyukMq euksgju(b) V.G,.Kannan/oh-th-] dUuu

(c) AnandSrinivasan/vkuan Jhfuoklu

(d) BahramVakil/cgjke odhyAns:–(a)�03.Who will be honored with ‘Global Goalkeeper Award

�0�9’bytheBillandMelindaGatesFoundationforhisworkundertheSwachhBharatAbhiyan(SBA)

LoPN Hkkjr vfHk;ku (,lch,) fe'ku ds rgr vius dke ds fy, fcy ,aM esfyaMk XksV~l iQkmaMs'ku }kjk ^Xykscy Xkksydhij

vokMZ 2019* ls fdls lEekfur fd;k tk,Xkk\

(a) RamNathKovind/jkeukFk dksfoan

(b) RajnathSingh/jktukFk flag(c) YogiAdityanath/;ksXkh vkfnR;ukFk

(d) NarendraModi/ujsaæ eksnhAns:–(a)�04.Who has been awarded the prestigious SKOCH

Governanceaward? fdls çfrf"Br LdkWp Xkous±l iqjLdkj ls lEekfur fd;k Xk;k

gS\

(a) National Urban Livelihoods Mission/jk"Vªh; 'kgjh vkthfodk fe'ku

(b) Super50/lqij 50(c) Madad/eknkn(d) JanDhanYojana/tu&/u ;kstuk

Ans:–(a)�05.WhichpanelhassuggesteduniqueIDnumbersforwater

bodiesinDelhi? fdl iSuy us fnYyh eas ty fudk;ksa ds fy, vf}rh; vkbZMh

uacj dk lq>ko fn;k gS\

(a) SPGarg/,lih XkXkZ(b) LokeshwarSinghPanta/yksds'oj flag iark

(c) AdarshKumarGoel/vkn'kZ dqekj Xkks;y

(d) All/lHkhAns:–(a)�06.WhatistherankofIndiain“GlobalHappinessSurvey”? ^^Xykscy [kq'kh losZ{k.k** esa Hkkjr dk jSad D;k gS\

(a) �.9th (b) �.�st

(c) 3.3rd (d) 4th

Ans:–(a)�07.IndiawillovertakeChinaasthelargestimporterofcoking

coalby? Hkkjr] phu dk dksfdaXk dks;ys ds vk;krd ds :i esa dc rd

ihNs NksM+ nsXkk\

(a) �0�7 (b) �0�5(c) �0�� (d) �030

Ans:–(b)�08.RecentlyThelifelineExpress,alsoknownas“Hospital

onWheels”,hasbeeninauguratedinwhichstate? gky gh esa thou js[kk ,Dlçsl] ftls ^^vLirky vkWu OghYl**

ds :i esa Hkh tkuk tkrk gS] dk mn~?kkVu fdl jkT; esa fd;k Xk;k gS\

(a) MadhyaPradesh/eè;çns'k

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(b) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'k(c) WestBengal/if'pe caXkky(d) Maharashtra/egkjk"Vª

Ans:–(d)�09.WhohasbeenappointedastheMDandCFOoftheWorld

Bank? fo'o cSad ds çca/ funs'kd vkSj eq[; dk;Zdkjh vf/dkjh ds

:i esa fdls fu;qDr fd;k Xk;k gS\

(a) AnshulaKant/va'kqy dkar

(b) RajnishKumar/jtuh'k dqekj

(c) PramiodAgarwal/çfeM vXkzoky

(d) AjayKumarBhalla/vt; dqekj HkYykAns:–(a)��0.WhichhasclinchedSAFFU-�5Championship�0�9title

forthe3rdtimebybeatingNepal? ftlus usiky dks gjkdj rhljh ckj lSiQ ;w&15 pSfEi;uf'ki

2019 dk f[krkc thrk gS\

(a) CzechRepublic/psd Xk.kra=k

(b) India/Hkkjr(c) Russia/:l (d) Switzerland/LohVtjySaM

Ans:–(b)��.WhichstatereleasedNationalRegisterofCitizens? fdl jkT; us ukXkfjdksa dk jk"Vªh; jftLVj tkjh fd;k\

(a) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'k (b) Rajasthan/jktLFkku(c) Assam/vklke (d) Manipur/euhiqj

Ans:–(c)��.Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, on a two-day visit to

whichcountry– j{kk ea=kh jktukFk flag fdl ns'k dh nks fnu dh ;k=kk ij gSa

(a) Gambia/XkkfEc;k (b) Guinea/fXkUuh(c) Japan/tkiku (d) Russia/:l

Ans:–(c)��3.WhichplaceinIndiaishostingconferenceforUNCCD

– Hkkjr esa dkSu lk LFky UNCCDds fy, lEesyu dh estckuh

dj jgk gS&

(a) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh (b) Gujarat/Xkqtjkr(c) Mumbai/eqacbZ (d) Varanasi/okjk.klh

Ans:–(a)��4.SabkaVishwasschemeisrelatedto– lcdk fo'okl ;kstuk ls lacaf/r gS&

(a) Health/LokLF;

(b) freetaxpayers/eqDr djnkrk

(c) GoodsandServiceTax/eky vkSj lsok dj

(d) All/lHkhAns:–(c)��5.Culturalevent‘Namastepacific’wasorganizedin? lkaLÑfrd dk;ZØe ^ueLrs ç'kkar* dgka vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k

Fkk\

(a) Mumbai/eqacbZ (b) Haryana/gfj;k.kk(c) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh (d) UP/mÙkj çns'k

Ans:–(c)��6.Whohaslaunched“ElectorsVerificationProgramme”? bysDVj lR;kiu dk;ZØe fdlus 'kq: fd;k gS\

(a) ShriKVChowdary/Jh ds-oh- pkS/jh

(b) SunilArora/lquhy vjksjk

(c) SudhirBhargava/lq/hj HkkXkZo(d) RanjanGogoi/jatu XkksXkksbZ

Ans:–(b)��7.FiftheditionofAquaAquariaIndiafortheyear�0�9was

heldin? o"kZ 2019 ds fy, ,Dokfj;k bafM;k dk ikapoka laLdj.k dgka


(a) Chennai/psUubZ (b) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(c) Uttrakahand/mÙkjk[k.M (d) Assam/vklke

Ans:–(b)��8.Where was the Indo-French Strategic Dialogue �0�9

held? Hkkjr&Úkal lkefjd okrkZ 2019 dgka vk;ksftr dh XkbZ Fkh\

(a) NewDelhi,India/ubZ fnYyh] Hkkjr(b) Paris,France/isfjl] Úkal

(c) Mumbai,India/eqacbZ] Hkkjr(d) Lyon,France/Y;ksu] Úkal

Ans:–(a)��9.PMAYwasinnewsrecently,whatdoes‘A’represent? PMAYgky gh esa [kcj esa Fkk] blesa D;k ‘A’gS\

(a) AMRUT/ve`r (b) Awas/vkokl

(c) Adarsh/vkn'kZ (d) Abhiyan/vfHk;kuAns:–(b)��0.WhoisnamedasanewprimeministerofUkraine ;wØsu ds u, ç/kuea=kh ds :i esa fdls ukfer fd;k Xk;k gS

(a) OleksiyHoncharuk/vksysDlh gksUp#d

b) ArifAlvi/vkfjiQ vYoh

(c) EmmanuelMacron/beSuq,y eSØkWu

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(d) JairBolsonaro/tk;j cksYlukjksAns:–(a)��.HealthMinisteraddresses7�ndsessionofWHOSouth

EastAsiameetat– LokLF; ea=kh us MCY;w,pvks nf{k.k iwoZ ,f'k;k dh 72oha cSBd

dks lacksf/r fd;k&

(a) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh (b) Rajasthan/jktLFkku(c) Assam/vklke (d) Manipur/euhiqj

Ans:–(a)��.WhohasbeentakeschargeasBSFDirectorGeneral ch,l,iQ ds egkfuns'kd ds :i esa dk;ZHkkj laHkkyk&

(a) VivekKumarJohri/foosd dqekj tkSgjh

(b) BipinRawat/fofiu jkor(c) KarambirSing/djechj flag

(d) BirenderSinghDhanoa/ohjsUæ flag /uksokAns:–(a)��3.TourismMinisterinaugurates�st-everarchitecturalLED

illuminationat- i;ZVu ea=kh us Lekjd ij igyh ckj okLrq ,ybZMh jks'ku dk

mn~?kkVu fd;k&

(a) RedFort/yky fdyk (b) TajMahal/rkt egy(c) QutbMinar/dqrqc ehukj (d) All/lHkh

Ans:–(c)��4.Name the tech firm, that has partnered with Ministry

ofElectronics and InformationTechnology(MeitY)andlauncheda‘BuildforDigitalIndia’programme?

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(a) TCS/Vhlh,l (b) Microsoft/ekbØkslkWÝV

(c) Facebook/iQslcqd (d) Google/XkwXkyAns:–(d)��5.AjanthaMendishasannouncedretirementfromallforms

ofcricket,hebelongsfromwhichcountry? vtark esafMl us fØdsV ds lHkh :iksa ls laU;kl dh ?kks"k.kk dh

gS] og fdl ns'k ls gS\ SouthAfrica (a) Srilanka/Jhyadk

(b) India/Hkkjr(c) NewZealand/U;wthySaM(d) NonefoThese/buesa ls dksbZ ugha

Ans:–(a)��6.WhichstateissuedalertagainstCongofever? fdl jkT; us dkaXkks cq[kkj ds f[kykiQ psrkouh tkjh dh gS\

(a) Rajasthan/jktLFkku (b) Haryana/gfj;k.kk(c) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh (d) UP/mÙkj çns'k

Ans:–(a)��7.‘JinDhoondhaTinPaaiyan’iswrittenby ^ftu <wa<+k fru ikb;ka* fdlds }kjk fy[kk Xk;k gS\

(a) AnupamKheer/vuqie [khj

(b) AmritaPritam/ve`rk çhre

(c) RajendraAklekar/jktsaæ vdysdj

(d) OPSingh/vks-ih- flagAns:–(d)

��8.WhoistheheadofFlipkarte-commercecompany? fÝyidkVZ bZ&dkWelZ daiuh ds çeq[k dkSu gSa\

(a) KalyanKrishnamurthy/dY;k.k d`".kewfrZ

(b) JeffBezos/tsiQ cstksl(c) DougMcMillon/MXk eSdfeyu

(d) MitchMcConnell/fep eSddksusyAns:–(a)��9.Whichcountryhasappointedambassadortotechnology

industry? fdl ns'k us çkS|ksfXkdh m|ksXk esa jktnwr fu;qDr fd;k gS\

(a) Brazil/czkthy (b) Denmark/MsuekdZ

(c) Russia/:l (d) Ukraine/;wØsuAns:–(b)�30.EasternEconomicForum(EEF)meetingheldat? iwohZ vkfFkZd eap (bZbZ,iQ) dh cSBd dgka vk;ksftr dh Xk;h\

(a) Vladivostok/OykfnoksLrksd (b) Biarritz/fcvkfjRt+

(c) Tokyo/Vksd;ks (d) Darfur/nkjiQqjAns:–(a)�3�.WhohasbeenappointedaschiefjusticeofJharkhand- ftUgsa >kj[kaM ds eq[; U;k;k/h'k ds :i eas fu;qDr fd;k Xk;k gS&

(a) HarishChandraMishra/gjh'k pUæ feJk(b) RanjanGogoi/jatu XkksXkksbZ(c) HarilalJekisundasKania/gfjyky tsfdlqankl dkfu;k

(d) SukumarSen/lqdqekj lsuAns:–(a)�3�.Which has state has launched the UDAN regional

connectivityscheme– fdl jkT; us ;wMh,u {ks=kh; laidZ ;kstuk 'kq: dh gS&

(a) Haryana/gfj;k.kk (b) Rajasthan/jktLFkku(c) Assam/vklke (d) Manipur/ef.kiqj

Ans:–(a)�33. IndianArmy team successfully summited Mount Leo

Pargyilat6773m,itislocatedin–

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Hkkjrh; lsuk dh Vhe us 6773 ehVj ij ekmaV fy;ks ijfXkfly ij liQyrkiwoZd p<+kbZ] ;g esa fLFkr gS&

(a) HimachalPradesh/fgekpy çns'k(b) jammuandKashmiar/tEew rFkk d'ehj

(c) Ladakh/yn~nk[k(d) Sikkim/flfDde

Ans:–(a)�34. India, Russia ink proposal on developing Vladivostok

searoutewith Hkkjr] :l ds lkFk OkfnoksLrksd leqæh ekXkZ ds fodkl ij

çLrko fdl tXkg ds fy, fd;k Xk;k gS

(a) Gujarat/Xkqtjkr (b) Chennai/psUubZ(c) Mumbai/eqacbZ (d) Bengaluru/caXkyq:

Ans:–(b)�35.‘VOICEInternational’launchedat ^okW;l baVjus'kuy*-------------esa 'kq: fd;k Xk;k&

(a) Mumbai/eqacbZ (b) Bengaluru/caXkyq:(c) hyderabad/gSnjkckn (d) Chennai/psUubZ

Ans:–(b)�36. Central Government to invest how much amount in

differentsectorsoffisheriesinnext5years dsaæ ljdkj vXkys 5 o"kks± esa eRL; ikyu ds fofHkUu {ks=kksa esa

fdruh jkf'k dk fuos'k djsXkh&

(a) �,�5,000crore/�,�5,000djksM+ #i;s

(b) 70000crore/70000djksM+ #i;s

(c) 450000crore/450000djksM+ #i;s

(d) 4.5crore/4.5djksM+ #i;sAns:–(a)�37.HRDMinistryawardshasgiventheInstituteofeminence

statusto ekuo lalk/u fodkl ea=kky; iqjLdkj laLFkku dks ,feusal dk

ntkZ fn;k Xk;k gS&(a) Delhi University and Banaras Hindu University /fnYyh fo'ofo|ky; vkSj cukjl fganw fo'ofo|ky;

(b) UniversityofHyderabad/gSnjkckn fo'ofo|ky;(c) IIT-Madras/vkbZvkbZVh enzkl

(d) All/lHkhAns:–(d)�38.FirstMobileScienceExhibitionflaggedin igyh eksckby foKku çn'kZuh dks dgk 'kq: fd;k Xk;k&


(b) Leh/ysg(c) NewDelhi/fnYyh

(d) Up/mÙkj çns'kAns:–(b)�39.WhohasbeenappointedasHighCommissionerofIndia

totheKingdomofLesotho yslksFkks jkT; esa Hkkjr ds mPpk;qDr ds :i esa fdls fu;qDr

fd;k Xk;k gS&

(a) SanjivRanjan/latho jatu(b) JaideepSarkar/t;nhi ljdkj

(c) PavanKappor/iou diwj

(d) SanjeevKumar/latho dqekjAns:–(b)�40.WhohasbecomeyoungestskippereverintheTestCricket

history VsLV fØdsV ds bfrgkl esa vc rd dk lcls de mez dk

dIrku dkSu cu Xk;k gS&

(a) RashidKhan/jkf'kn [kku(b) AjanthaMendis/vtark esafMl

(c) DaleSteyn/Msy LVsu(d) BrendonMcChllum/czsaMu eSDdye

Ans:–(a)�4�.Who have been declared terrorists by the Union

governmentunderthenewanti-terrorlaw ftls dsaæ ljdkj us vkradokn fojks/h dkuwu ds rgr vkradoknh

?kksf"kr fd;k gSA

(a) DawoodIbrahim/nkÅn bczkfge(b) hafizSaeed/gkfiQt lbZn(c) Zakir-ur-RahmanLakhvi/tkfdj&mj&jgeku y[koh

(d) All/lHkhAns:–(d)�4�.Which company has became the third largest shopping

appinIndia dkSu lh daiuh Hkkjr esa rhljh lcls cM+h 'kkWfiaXk ,si cu XkbZ

gS&

(a) Flipkart/fÝyidkVZ (b) Amazon/,ektksu(c) Clubfactory/Dyc iQSDVjh (d) Snapdeal/LuSiMhy

Ans:–(c)�43.Mostliveablecities�0�9listhasbeenreleasedby fdl laLFkku us lokZf/d jgus ;ksX; 'kgjksa dh lwph tkjh dh gS&

(a) WorldEconomicforum/fo'o vkfFkZd eap

(b) EconomistIntelligenceUnit/vFkZ'kkL=kh [kqfiQ;k bdkbZ

(c) UNESCO/;wusLdks

(d) UNDP/;w,uMhihAns:–(b)

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�44.Lekimatermisrelatedto ysfdek 'kCn fdLls lacaf/r gS&

(a) Typhoon/VkbiQwu(b) e-commercecompany/bZ&dkWelZ daiuh

(c) Place/LFkku(d) Book/fdrkc

Ans:–(a)�45. Which e-commerce company is going to ban plastics

usage dkSu lh&bZ&dkWelZ daiuh IykfLVd ds mi;ksXk ij çfrca/ yXkkus

tk jgh gS&

(a) Flipkart/fÝyidkVZ (b) Amazon/,sektksu(c) Walmart/okYekVZ (d) �+�/�+�

Ans:–(d)�46.SCOMilitarymedicineconferenceheldat 'ka?kkbZ lg;ksXk laXkBu lSU; fpfdRlk lEesyu esa dgk vk;ksfgr

gqvk&

(a) Tashkent/rk'kdan (b) Beijing/chftaXk(c) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh (d) NurSultan/uwj lqYrku

Ans:–(c)�47.Tamilisai Soundararajan has been appointed as the

governorofwhichstate? rfeylbZ laqanjjktu dks fdl jkT; dk jkT;iky fu;qDr fd;k

Xk;k gS\

(a) Telangana/rsyaXkkuk (b) Maharashtra/egkjk"Vª(c) Gujarat/Xkqtjkr (d) AndhraPradesh/vka/z çns'k

Ans:–(a)�48.Gurbanisangeetsangamlaunchedat? Xkqjck.kh laXkhr laXke dk 'kqHkkjaHk dgka fd;k Xk;k\

(a) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh (b) Odisha/mM+hlk(c) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq (d) Kerala/dsjy

Ans:–(a)�49.�4thWorldEnergyCongressheldat 24oha fo'o ÅtkZ dgka vk;ksftr fd;k&

(a) Colombo/dksyacks (b) AbuDhabi/vcw/kch

(c) NewYork/U;w;kdZ (d) India/HkkjrAns:–(d)�50.Vikram Nath has been pointed as the chief justice of

whichHighCourt foØe ukFk dks fdl jkT; dk eq[; U;k;k/h'k cuk;k Xk;k

gS&

(a) Gujarat/Xkqtjkr (b) Dehradun/nsgjknwu(c) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq (d) Telangana/rsyaXkkuk

Ans:–(a)�5�.ZiroButterflyMeetheldrecentlyin ftjks frryh lEesyu dgka vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k&

(a) Gujarat/Xkqtjkr (b) Dehradun/nsgjknwu(c) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq (d) ArunachalPradesh/v#.kkapy çns'k

Ans:–(d)�5�.National Conference on Crop residue Management for

farmersfromstatesofPunjab,Delhi,HaryanaandUttarPradesh,heldat

iatkc] fnYyh] gfj;k.kk vkSj mÙkj çns'k ds fdlkuksa ds fy, iQly vo'ks"k çca/u ij jk"Vªh; lEesyu] dgka vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k&

(a) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(b) JammuKashmiar/tEew&d'ehj

(c) Haryana/gfj;k.kk(d) Bengaluru/caXkyq:

Ans:–(a)�53.Internationalwomentradecentrewillbeopenedat varjkZ"Vªh; efgyk O;kikj dsaæ dgka [kksyk tk,Xkk&

(a) Karnataka/dukZVd (b) Bihar/fcgkj(c) Kerala/dsjyk (d) Assam/vklke

Ans:–(c)�54.Firsteditionofhelicoptersummit�0�9washeldat? gsyhdkIVj f'k[kj lEesyu 2019 dk igyk laLdj.k dgka

vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k\

(a) Ladakh/yn~nk[k (b) Dehradun/nsgjknwu(c) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn (d) Haryana/gfj;k.kk

Ans:–(a)�54.Centre to infuse how much amount in state general

insurancefirms jkT; dh lkekU; chek daifu;ksa esa fdruh jkf'k dk fuos'k dsaæ

djsXkk&

(a) ��,000crore/��,000djksM+ #i;s

(b) 70000crore/70000djksM+ #i;s

(c) 9,300crore/9,300djksM+ #Ik;s

(d) 9000crore/9000djksM+ #i;s

Ans:–(a)�55.WorldBoxingChampionshipisbeingheldin? fo'o eqDdsckth pSfEi;uf'ki dk vk;kstu dgka fd;k tk jgk gS\

(a) Russia/:l (b) Switzerland/fLoVtjySaM(c) India/Hkkjr (d) Thailand/FkkbZySaM

�56.Dr.RalphGonsalvesisonanofficialvisittoIndia.Heis

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theprimeministerofwhichcountry? MkW- jkYiQ XkksalysOl Hkkjr dh vf/dkfjd ;k=kk ij gSaA og fdl

ns'k ds ç/kuea=kh gSa\

(a) St. Vincent and the Grenadines/lsaV folsaV vkSj XkzsusMkbal

(b) Lceland/vkbZlySaM

(c) Switzerland/fLoVtjySaM(d) Slovenia/Lyksosfu;k

Ans:–(a)�57.Which project has got the best outstanding concrete

structureaward�0�9byIndianConcreteInstitute? fdl ifj;kstuk dks Hkkjrh; daØhV laLFkku }kjk loZJs"B mRd`"V

daØhV lajpuk iqjLdkj 2019 feyk gS\

(a) Kaleshwaramliftirrigationproject/dkys'oje fyÝV flapkbZ ;kstuk

(b) Koynadam/dks;uk cka/

(c) Almatidam/vyeV~Vh cka/

(d) KishanGangadam/fd'ku XkaXkk cka/Ans:–(a)�58.Whowrotethebook“FortuneTurners” fdlus iqLrd ^^iQkWP;wZu VuZj** fy[kh&

(a) AmritaPritam/ve`rk çhre

(b) Aditya Bhusan and Sachin Bajaj/vkfnR; Hkw"k.k vkSj lfpu ctkt

(c) VenkaiahNaidu/oSads;k uk;Mw

(d) RamNathKovind/jkeukFk dksfoanAns:–(b)�59.Indiawillachieveitsgoaloflanddegradationneutrality

bywhichyear? Hkkjr fdl o"kZ rd Hkwfe voØe.k rVLFkrk ds vius y {;

dks çkIr djsXkk\

(a) �0�3 (b) �030(c) �0�� (d) �0�7

Ans:–(b)�60.Country’sfirstgreenfieldindustrialsmartcitywillbeset

upinwhichcity? ns'k dk igyk Xkzhu iQhYM vkS|ksfXkd LekVZ flVh fdl 'kgj esa

LFkkfir fd;k tk,Xkk\

(a) Mumbai/eqacbZ (b) Chennai/psUubZ(c) Bengaluru/caXkyq: (d) Shillong/f'kykaXk

Ans:–(a)�6�.Who has won Silver Medal in Asian Table Tennis

Championship?

,f'k;kbZ Vscy Vsful pSafi;uf'ki esa jtr ind fdlus thrk gS\

(a) BiancaAndreescu/fc;kadk ,aMªhLD;w

(b) PayasJain/ik;l tSu(c) SerenaWilliams/lsjsuk fofy;El(d) RafaelNadal/jkiQsy uMky

Ans:–(b)�6�.Indiadeclareditselffreefromwhichdisease? Hkkjr us Lo;a dks fdl chekjh ls eqDr ?kksf"kr fd;k\

(a) Polio/iksfy;ks(b) SmallPox/NksVh pspd(c) Avianinfluenza/if{k;ksa ls yXkus okyh Hkkjh ut+yk ;k tq[kke

(d) All/lHkhAns:–(d)�63.DefenceSecretarySanjayMitraisappointedasthehead

forwhichstateissue? j{kk lfpo lat; fe=kk dks fdl jkT; ds eqn~ns ds fy, çeq[k



(b) Ladakh/yn~nk[k(c) Both/nksuks(d) Nagaland/ukXkkyS.M

Ans:–(c)�64.TennisplayerDiegoMatosbannedlifetimeformatch-

fixing,hebelongstowhichcountry? Vsful f[kykM+h fM,Xkks esVksl ij eSp fiQfDlaXk ds fy, vkthou

çfrca/ yXkk fn;k] og fdl ns'k ls gSa\

(a) Brazil/czkthy (b) Spain/Lksu(c) Switzerland/fLoVtjySaM (d) Canada/dukMk

Ans:–(a)�65.NationalAnimalDiseaseControlProgramme(NADCP)

for eradicating the foot and mouth disease (FMD) andbrucellosisincattlelaunchedat?

iSj vkSj eqag dh chekjh (,iQ,eMh) vkSj i'kqvksa esa czwlsyksfll ds mUewyu ds fy, jk"Vªh; i'kq jksXk fu;a=k.k dk;ZØe (,u,Mhlhih) dgka 'kq: fd;k Xk;k\

(a) Lucknow/y[kuÅ (b) Mathura/eFkqjk(c) Agra/vkXkjk (d) Varanasi/okjk.klh

Ans:–(b)�66.‘DigitalEconomyReport�0�9’releasedby? fMftVy vFkZO;oLFkk fjiksVZ 2019 fdlds }kjk tkjh dh Xk;h\

(a) United Nations Conference on Trade and

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Development(UNCTAD)/O;kikj vkSj fodkl ij la;qDr jk"Vª lEesyu (UNCTAD)(b) ILO/bZyks(c) IMF/varjkZ"Vªh; eqæk dks"k

(d) NITI/uhfrAns:–(b)�67.GoldenLionforBestFilmgiventowhichfilmatVenice

InternationalFilmFestivalAwards? osful varjkZ"Vªh; fiQYe lekjksg iqjLdkj eas fdl fiQYe dks

loZJs"B fiQYe ds fy, XkksYMu yk;u iqjLdkj fn;k Xk;k\

(a) Joker/tksdj

(b) J’accuse/tksUl ,D;wt(c) LaMafiaNonÈPiuQuellaDiUnaVolta/yk ekfiQ;k XkSj fim dq,yk nh Åuk oksYVk

(d) All/lHkhAns:–(a)�68.Savarkar : Echoes from a forgotten past, �883-�9�4

writtenby? lkojdj% bdksl ÚkWe v iQkWjXkkSVsu ikLV] 1883&1924 fdlus

fy[kh gS\

(a) VenkaiahNadu/osdSa;k uk;Mw

(b) AnupamKher/vuwie [ksj

(c) RajendraAkelkar/jktsaæ vdydj

(d) None/lHkhAns:–(a)�69.SardarSarovardamislocatedinwhichstate? ljnkj ljksoj cka/ fdl jkT; esa fLFkr gS\

(a) Maharashtra/egkjk"Vª (b) Telangana/rsyaXkkuk(c) MP/eè; çns'k (d) None/dksbZ ugha

Ans:–(d)�70.Iodinereportisreleased,whichstateisatthebottom? vk;ksMhu fjiksVZ ds vuqlkj dkSu lk jkT; lcls fuEu Lrj ij

gS\

(a) Gujarat/Xkqtjkr(b) Rajasthan/jktLFkku(c) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'k(d) Noneofthese/buesa ls dksbZ ugha

Ans:–(a)�7�. Which country has became the first to roll out plain

cigarettepackaging? dkSu lk ns'k flXkjsV dh lknh iSdsftaXk dks can djus okyk igyk

ns'k cu Xk;k gS\

(a) Thailand/FkkbZySaM (b) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k

(c) Iceland/vkbZlySaM (d) Eritrea/bfjfVª;kAns:–(a)�7�.Asper the reportofLancet,Malariawillbeeradicated

by? ykalsV dh fjiksVZ ds vuqlkj] eysfj;k dk mUewyu dc rd esa

fd;k tk,Xkk\

(a) �030 (b) �0�3(c) �0�5 (d) �050

Ans:–(d)�73.Which state is launching Time Bank under Happiness

Department? dkSu lk jkT; [kq'kh foHkkXk ds rgr Vkbe cSad 'kq: dj jgk

gS\

(a) MP/eè; çns'k(b) JammuKashmir/tEew&d'ehj

(c) Haryana/gfj;k.kk(d) Begaluru/caXkyq:

Ans:–(a)�74.WhohasbecamethefirstwomanpilotfromMalkangiri

districtinOdisha? vksfM'kk ds eydkufXkjh ftys ls igyh efgyk ik;yV dkSu cu

XkbZ gS\

(a) PayasJain/ik;l tSu(b) AnupriyaLakra/vuqfç;k ykdjk

(c) BhawnaSingh/Hkkouk flag(d) NupoorKumar/uqiwj dqekj

Ans:–(b)�75.DorianHurricaneisin? Mksfj;u rwiQku dgka vk;k gS\

(a) Florida/ÝyksfjMk (b) Bahamas/cgekl(c) Tokyo/Vksfd;ks (d) China/phu

Ans:–(b)�76.Which country’s parliament has been suspended till

October? fdl ns'k dh laln vDVwcj rd LFkfXkr dj nh XkbZ gS\

(a) Australia/vkLVªsfy;k (b) Britain/fczVsu(c) SriLank/Jhyadk (d) Mynamar/E;kaekj

Ans:–(b)�77.Whichstategovernmenthasslashedtrafficviolationfines

underMVAact? fdl jkT; ljdkj us eksVj okgu vf/fu;e ds rgr ;krk;kr

mYya?ku tqekZuk ?kVk fn;k gS\

(a) Gujarat/Xkqtjkr (b) UP/mÙkj çns'k

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(c) Manipur/ef.kiqj (d) Nagaland/ukXkkyS.MAns:–(a)�78.Namethenationalsecurityadvisorwhohasbeenfiredby

DonaldTrump? MksukYM VªEi }kjk fudkys Xk, jk"Vªh; lqj{kk lykgdkj dk uke

D;k gS\

(a) WillianBarr/fofy;u cj (b) Pritipatel/çhfr iVsy(c) JohnBolton/tkWu cksYVu (d) MikePence/ekbd isal

Ans:–(c)�79.According to the ABCD �0�8 Cannabis Price Index

report,whichIndiancityisatthetop? ,chlhMh 2018 dSufcl ewY; lwpdkad fjiksVZ ds vuqlkj] dkSu

lk Hkkjrh; 'kgj 'kh"kZ ij gS\

(a) NewYork/U;w;kdZ (b) Karachi/djkaph

(c) Mumbai/eqacbZ (d) Delhi/fnYyh Ans:–(d)�80.FromwhichplaceModihas started ‘SwachhtahiSeva

�0�9’? fd; tXkg ls ih,e eksnh us LoPNrk gh lsok 2019* 'kq: fd;k

gS\

(a) Lucknow/y[kuÅ (b) Muthura/eFkqjk(c) Agra/vkXkjk (d) Varanasi/okjk.klh

Ans:–(b)�8�.Railways to install water bottle crushers in how many

station jsyos fdrus LVs'ku ij ikuh dh cksry Ø'kj yXkk,Xkh&

(a) 407 (b) �00(c) �0� (d) �05

Ans:–(a)�8�.WhichstatehasdecidedtoreducethefineunderMotor

VehicleAct�0�9 fdl jkT; us eksVj okgu vf/fu;e 2019 ds rgr tqekZuk de

djus dk iQSlyk fd;k gS&

(a) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq (b) Gujrat/Xkqtjkr(c) Rajasthan/jktLFkku (d) Uttrakhand/mÙkjk[k.M

Ans:–(4)�83.Which state government has given ‘Lata Mangeshkar

Award’tomusicdirectorUshaKhanna fdl jkT; ljdkj us laXkhr funsZ'kd m"kk [kUuk dks ^yrk

eaXks'kdj iqjLdkj* fn;k gS&

(a) MP/eè;çns'k(b) JammuKashmir/tEew d'ehj

(c) Haryana/gfj;k.kk(d) Maharashtra/egkjk"Vª

Ans:–(d)�84.According to a report published in the Lancet journal,

Indiaisrankedat ykWlsaV tuZy esa çdkf'kr ,d fjiksVZ ds vuqlkj] Hkkjr dks bl

Js.kh esa LFkku fn;k Xk;k gS&

(a) �st�.�nd (b) 3.3rd

(c) 4.4th (d) NoneAns:–(d)�85.WhichcountryhasstartedInfrastructureSummit�0�9 fdl ns'k us cqfu;knh <kapk f'k[kj lEesyu 2019 'kq: fd;k

gS&

(a) Ladakh/yn~nk[k(b) Nepal/ usiky(c) SouthAfrica/lkmFk vÚhdk

(d) SriLanka/JhyadkAns:–(b)�86.Hauthi’saretheethnicgroupinwhichcountry/hauthi’s tkrh; lewg ns'k esa gky gh esa fdl ns'k ij vkØe.k fd;kA

(a) Yemen/;eu(b) SaudiArabia/lÅnh vjc

(c) Israel/btjkby(d) Jordan/tkWMZu

Ans:–(a)�87.Whatisthethemefor�6sepozoneday�0�9 16 flrEcj vkstksu fnol 2019 ds fy, fo"k; D;k jgk&

(a) 3�yearsofhealing/32 lky dh fpfdRlk

(b) ''Young Teachers: The future of Professions''/;qok f'k{kd% is'ks dk Hkfo";

(c) ReduceAirPollution/ok;q çnw"k.k de djsa

(d) None/dksbZ ughaAns:–(a)�88.Whatisthenameoflanderofchandrayaan� paæ;ku 2 ds ySaMj dk uke D;k gS\

(a) Vikram/foØe

(b) LunarReconnaissanceOrbiter/ywuj Vksgh vkWfcZVj

(c) MAVEN/ekfou(d) Cassini/dSfluh

Ans:–(b)�89.FiveIndianwomenpoliceofficerswerehonouredbythe

UnitedNationsinwhichcountry ikap Hkkjrh; efgyk iqfyl vf/dkfj;ksa dks la;qDr jk"Vª }kjk

lEekfur fd;k Xk;k os fdl ns'k esa Fkh&

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(a) Syria/lhfj;k (b) SouthSudan/nf{k.k lwMku(c) Sudan/lwMku(d) Ukraine/;wØsu

Ans:–(b)�90.Inwhichstate/UTKishtwarnationalparkislocated fdl jkT; ;k dsUæ 'kkflr çns'k esa fd'rokM+ jk"Vªh; m|ku

fLFkr gS\

(a) Rajasthan/jktLFkku(b) JammuandKashmir/tEew vkSj d'ehj

(c) Manipur/ef.kiqj(d) UP/mÙkj çns'k

Ans:–(b)�9�. Which state has recently presented the list on NRC (

NationalregistryofCitizens)recently fdl jkT; us gky gh esa ,uvkjlh (ukXkfjdksa dh jk"Vªh;

jftLVªh) ij lwph çLrqr dh gS\

(a) Assam/vklke (b) UP/mÙkj çns'k(c) Haryana/gfj;k.kk (d) Nagaland/ukXkkyS.M

Ans:–(a)�9�. MukhyaMantri Dal PoshitYojana launched by which

state eq[;ea=kh nky iksf"kr ;kstuk fdl jkT; }kjk 'kq: dh XkbZ&

(a) Uttrakhand/mÙkjk[k.M (b) Haryana/gfj;k.kk(c) MP/eè;çns'k (d) UP/mÙkj çns'k

Ans:–(a)�93.JusticePLakshmanaReddyappointedasfirstLokayukta

ofwhichstate U;k;ewfrZ ih- y{e.k jsM~Mh fdl jkT; ds igys yksdk;qDr ds

:i esa fu;qDr fd;s Xk;s gSa&

(a) AndhraPradesh/vka/zçns'k

(b) Telangana/rsyaXkkuk(c) ArunchalPradesh/v#.kkpy çns'k

(d) Assam/vklkeAns:–(a)�94.RanveerDuggal clinchedbronzemedal in IBSFWorld

U-�6 Snooker Championship �0�9 in Tyumen, Russia.Hebelongtowhichstate

j.kohj nqXXky us :l ds V~;qesu esa vkbZch,l,iQ fo'o ;w&19 Luwdj pSafi;uf'ki 2019 esa dkaL; ind thrkA og fdl jkT; ls lacaf/r gS&

(a) Chandigarh/paMhXk<+ (b) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(c) Telangana/rsyaXkkuk (d) Assam/vklke

Ans:–(a)�95.Which country has won men’s World Basketball

Championship fdl ns'k us iq#"kksa dh fo'o ckLdsVckWy pSfEi;uf'ki thrh

gS&

(a) Spain/Lisu(b) Argentina/vts±Vhuk

(c) Brazil/czkthy(d) Zimbabwe/ftEckCos

Ans:–(a)�96.Who has been appointed as the brand ambassador for

Gatorade dkSu Gatoradeds fy, czkaM ,acslMj ds :i esa fu;qDr fd;k

Xk;k gS&

(a) AliaBhatt/vkfy;k HkV~V

(b) KartikArya/dkfrZd vk;Z

(c) ShilpaAgarwal/f'kYik vXkzoky

(d) HimaDas/gsek nklAns:–(d)�97.Dubaishoppingfestival�0�0inMarchwillbehostedin

howmanycountries ekpZ esa nqcbZ 'kkWfiaXk iQsfLVcy 2020 dh estckuh fdrus ns'kksa esa

dh tk,Xkh&

(a) �st�.�nd (b) 3.3nd

(c) 4.4th (d) NoneAns:–(d)�98.Which country celebrates engineers day on �6

September dkSu lk ns'k 16 flracj dks bathfu;j fnol eukrk gS&

(a) India/Hkkjr (b) Tanzania/rUtkfu;k(c) SriLank/Jhyadk (d) All/lHkh

Ans:–(d)�99.Which country has recently joined ISA as the 79th

member dkSu lk ns'k gky gh esa 79osa lnL; ds :i esa 'kkfey ISAgks

Xk;k gS&

(a) St.Vincent/lsaV foalsaV (b) Tunisia/V~;wuhf'k;k(c) India/Hkkjr (d) France/Úkal

Ans:–(a)�00.AmrabadTigerReserveforestislocatedinwhichstate vejkckn VkbXkj fjtoZ ou fdl jkT; esa fLFkr gS&

(a) Telangana/rsyaXkkuk(b) AndhraPradesh/vka/zçns'k

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(c) Mumbai/eqacbZ(d) Odisha/mM+hlk

Ans:–(a)�0�.NTPC (National Thermal Power Corporation) to build

India’sbiggestsolarparkinwhichstate? ,uVhihlh fdl jkT; esa Hkkjr dk lcls cM+k lkSj ikdZ

cuk,Xkk\

(a) Gujarat/Xkqtjkr (b) Telangana/rsyaXkkuk(c) Maharashtra/egkjk"Vª (d) Rajasthan/jktLFkku

Ans:–(a)�0�. India’s first National Antimicrobial Resistance Hub

inauguratedinwhichplace? Hkkjr dk igyk jk"Vªh; ,aVhekbØksfc;y çfrjks/ gc dk mn~?kkVu

fdl LFkku ij fd;k Xk;k\

(a) Kolkata/dksydkrk (b) Haryana/gfj;k.kk(c) Kerala/dsjyk (d) Pune/iq.ks

Ans:–(a)�03.Which Payments Bank launched ‘Bharosa’ savings

account? fdl isesaV~l cSad us ^Hkjkslk* cpr [kkrk 'kq: fd;k\

(a) AirtelPaymentsBank/,;jVsy isesaV~l cSad(b) National Payment corporation of India/Hkkjr dk jk"Vªh; HkqXkrku fuXke

(c) StandardChartered/LVSaMMZ pkVZMZ(d) AxisBank/,sfDll cSad

Ans:–(a)�04.SriLankanpresidentMaithripalaSirisenaunveiledLotus

tower,thetallesttowerofSouthAsia,fundedby? Jhyadk ds jk"Vªifr eS=khikyk flfjlsuk us nf{k.k ,f'k;k ds lcls

Åaps VkWoj yksVl VkWoj dk vukoj.k dgka fd;k\

(a) SouthKorea/nf{k.k dksfj;k

(b) Bangladesh/ckaXykns'k(c) China/phu(d) Pakistan/ikfdLrku

Ans:–(a)�05.44th Toronto International Film Festival for �0�9 held

at? 44oka VksjaVks varjkZ"Vªh; fiQYe lekjksg] 2019 esa dgka vk;ksftr

fd;k Xk;k\

(a) Canada/dukMk (b) Mumbai/eqacbZ(c) Britain/fczVsu (d) Tripura/f=kiqjk

Ans:–(a)�06.WhoisthefirstdefenceministertoflyontheTejas,thelight

combataircraftthathasbeendevelopedindigenously?

rstl] tksfd Lons'kh :i ls fodflr fd, Xk, gyds yM+kdw foeku gSa] mlesa mM+ku Hkjus okys iygs j{kk ea=kh dkSu gSa\

(a) RajnathSingh/jktukFk flag(b) NirmalaSitharaman/fueZyk lhrkje.k(c) ManoharParrikar/euksgj ikfjZdj

(d) ArunJaitley/v#.k tsVyhAns:–(a)�07.Jal Shakti Ministry mulls to develop National Water

Museumsoon,JalShaktiMinistryisunder? ty 'kfDr ea=kky; tYn gh jk"Vªh; ty laXkzgky; fodflr djus

ij fopkj dj jgk gS] ty 'kfDr ea=kky; fdlds v/hu gS\

(a) GajendraSinghShekhawat/Xktsanz flag 'ks[kkor(b) PiyushGoyal/ih;w"k Xkks;y(c) PrakashJavedkar/çdk'k tkoM+sdj

(d) NoneofThese/buesa ls dksbZ ughaAns:–(a)�08.S.Jaishankartoembarkontowhichcountry? ,l- t;'kadj fdl ns'k esa ;k=kk ij tkus okys gSa\

(a) Bangladesh/ckaXykns'k (b) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k(c) Bhutan/HkwVku (d) Finland/fiQuySaM

Ans:–(d)�09.Which all-rounder cricket player declared his

retirement? fdl vkWyjkmaMj fØdsV f[kykM+h us laU;kl dh ?kks"k.kk dh\

(a) DineshMongia/fnus'k eksafXk;k(b) LasithMalinga/yflFk efyaXkk(c) AjanthaMenls/vtUrk esuYl

(d) DateSteyn/MsV LVsUlAns:–(a)��0.Whichstate/UPpolicelaunched'Tatpar'mopbileapp? fdl jkT;@;wih iqfyl us ^Vkij* ekscby ,si ykWUPk fd;k\

(a) UP/mÙkj çns'k (b) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(c) Haryana/gfj;k.kk (d) Karnataka/dukZVd

Ans:–(b)��.GretaThunbergwins�0�9Amnesty’s‘Ambassadorsof

Conscience’ award in Washington D.C, she belongs towhichcountry?

XkzsVk FkqucXkZ us okf'kaXkVu Mhlh esa 2019 ,eusLVh dk ,acslMlZ vkWiQ dkWufl,al* iqjLdkj thrk] og fdl ns'k ls laca/ j[krs gSa%

(a) India/Hkkjr (b) Swedem/LohMu(c) Norway/ukosZ (d) London/yanu

Ans:–(b)��.WorldWaterMonitoringDayisobservedon?

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GAURAV SIR


fo'o ty fuXkjkuh fnol dc euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) 8Sep/8 flrEcj (b) �8Sep/18 flrEcj(c) �5Sep/flrEcj (d) �Sep/flrEcj

Ans:–(b)��3.Which state will host the United Nation International

ConferenceonDrugs,HIV? dkSu lk jkT; nokvksa o ,pvkbZoh ij la;qDr jk"Vª varjkZ"Vªh;

lEesyu dh estckuh djsXkk\

(a) Assam/vklke (b) Manipur/ef.kiqj(c) Nagaland/ukXkkyS.M (d) Tripura/f=kiqjk

Ans:–(b)��4.The�6throundofForeignOfficeConsultationbetween

India–Iranheldin? Hkkjr&bZjku ds chp fons'k dk;kZy; ijke'kZ dk 16oka nkSj dgka

vk;ksftr fd;k tk;sXkk\

(a) Kerala/dsjy (b) Mathura/eFkqjk(c) Haryana/gfj;k.kk (d) Mumbai/eqacbZ

Ans:–(a)��5.Which state has became the second US state to ban

Flavourede-cigarettesafterMichigan? dkSu lk jkT; fef'kXku ds ckn ÝysoMZ bZ&flXkjsV ij çfrca/

yXkkus okyk nwljk vesfjdh jkT; cu Xk;k gS\

(a) NewYork/U;w;kdZ (b) Texas/VsDlkl(c) Florida/ÝyksfjMk (d) Allofthese/;s lHkh

Ans:–(a)��6.IndiaisbuyingSpice�000bombfromwhichcountry? Hkkjr fdl ns'k ls Likbl 2000 ce [kjhn jgk gS\

(a) Iraq/bZjkd (b) Israel/btjk;y(c) Iran/bZjku (d) France/Úkal

Ans:–(b)��7.WhohasbeenappointedasthenewIAFChief? Hkkjrh; ok;qlsuk ds u, çeq[k ds :i esa fdls fu;qDr fd;k

Xk;k gS&

(a) RKSBhadauria/vkjds,l HknkSfj;k

(b) BSDhanoa/ch,l /uksok(c) BipinRawat/fcfiu jkor(d) KarambirSingh/djechj flag

Ans:–(b)��8.TotalnumberofjudgesinSupremecourt mPpre U;k;ky; esa U;k;k/h'kksa dh dqy la[;k&

(a) 30 (b) 33(c) 34 (d) 35

Ans:–(c)

��9.NationalPoliceUniversityat jk"Vªh; iqfyl fo'ofo|ky; dgk [kksyk tk;sXkk&

(a) GreaterNodia/XkzsVj uks,Mk (b) Lucknow/y[kuÅ(c) Mumbai/eqacbZ (d) Kanpur/dkuiqj

Ans:–(a)��0.UnionMinisterofStateforFinanceandCorporateAffairs

Anurag Thakur has announced a cricket and sportsacademyfor-

dsaæh; foÙk vkSj dkWiksZjsV ekeyksa ds jkT; ea=kh vuqjkXk Bkdqj us blds fy, ,d fØdsV vkSj [ksy vdkneh dh ?kks"k.kk dh gS&

(a) Gujarat/Xkqtjkr (b) Telangana/rsyaXkkuk(c) Maharashtra/egkjk"Vª (d) Leh/ysg

Ans:–(d)��. IndiaPost expanding speedpost service tohowmany

countries? bafM;k iksLV fdrus ns'kksa esa LihM iksLV lsok dk foLrkj dj jgk

gS\

(a) 4 (b) 5(c) 6 (d) 7

Ans:–(c)��.Access to the Internet is a basic right, stated by which

highcourt? baVjusV rd igqap ,d cqfu;knh vf/dkj gS] fdl mPp U;k;ky;

ds }kjk dgk Xk;k\

(a) Kerala/dsjy (b) Haryana/gfj;k.kk(c) Bombay/cacbZ (d) Pune/iq.ks

Ans:–(a)��3.Whichcountry’sPresidentKhaltmaagiinBattulga ison

thevisitofIndia? Hkkjr ds nkSjs ij fdl ns'k ds jk"Vªifr [kyrekfXku crqyXkk vk, gSa\

(a) SouthKorea/nf{k.k dksfj;k

(b) Bangladesh/ckaXykns'k(c) China/phu(d) Mongolia/eaXkksfy;k

Ans:–(a)��4.HurricaneImeldastrikesat- rwiQku besyMk us rckgh epkbZ&

(a) China/phu (b) Tokyo/Vksfd;ks

(c) Bahamas/cgkekl (d) Texas/VSDllAns:–(d)��5.5thTri-ServiceCommandersConferencefor�0�9held

in- 2019 ds fy, 5osa f=k&lsok dekaMj lEesyu dk vk;kstu fd;k

Xk;k&

�4�

GAURAV SIR


(a) Jaisalmer/tslyesj (b) Meghalaya/es?kky;(c) Bihar/fcgkj (d) Tripura/f=kiqjk

Ans:–(a)��6.WhichcricketerhasscoredmaximumrunsinT�0? fdl fØdsVj us T20 esa vf/dre ju cuk, gSa\

(a) DineshMongia/fnus'k eksafXk;k(b) LasithMalinga/yflFk efyaXkk(c) AjanthaMendls/vtark esaMYl

(d) ViratKohli/fojkV dksgyhAns:–(d)��7.Shondol dance added to Guinness book of record is

relatedtowhichplace? 'kksaMksy u`R; fXkuht cqd vkWiQ fjdkWMZ esa 'kkfey fd;k Xk;k]

fdl LFkku ls lacaf/r gS\

(a) Ladakh/yn~nk[k (b) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(c) Haryana/gfj;k.kk (d) Kaarnataka/dukZVD

Ans:–(a)��8.EmergencyResponseSupportSystem(ERSS-Dial��),

‘E-BeatBook’Systemand ‘E-Saathi’App launchedby(Chandigarh)

vkrkrdkyhu çfrfØ;k lgk;rk ç.kkyh (ERSSMk;y 112) ^bZ chV cqd* flLVe vkSj ^bZ&lkFkh* ,si (paMhXk<+) }kjk ykWUp fd;k Xk;k&


(b) Jaishankar/t;'kadj

(c) RajanathSingh/jktukFk flag(d) Nirmalasitaharaman/fueZyk lhrkje.k

Ans:–(a)��9.QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) Graduate Employability

Rankings�0�0hasbeenlaunched,inwhichuniversityisatthetop?

D;w,l (DokDokjksyh lkbeaM~l) Lukrd jkstXkkj jSafdaXk 2020 'kq: dh XkbZ gS] ftlesa dkSu lk fo'ofo|ky; 'kh"kZ ij gS\

(a) IITBombay/vkbZvkbZVh ckWEcs

(b) IITGuwahati/vkbZvkbZVh XkqokgkVh


(d) IIScBengaluru/vkbZvkbZ,llh csaXkyq:Ans:–(a)�30.Whichministerwillbeontwo-dayvisittoUAE? dkSu lk ea=kh nks fnu dh la;qDr vjc vehjkr dh ;k=kk ij

gksXkk\

(a) GajendraSinghShekhawat/XktsUæ flag 'ks[kkor(b) PiyushGoyal/ih;w"k Xkks;y

(c) DharmendraPradhan//es±æ Xkks;y(d) PrakashJavedkar/çdk'k tkoM+sdj

Ans:–(b)�3�.Whichstate lunchedBiofencing:Auniqueyeteffective

methodtotacklehuman-animalconflict? dkSu lk jkT; nksigj dk Biofencing:Hkkstu ekuo&i'kq la?k"kZ

ls fuiVus ds fy, ,d vf}rh; vHkh rd dk çHkkoh rjhdk dks ykap fd;k\

(a) Assam/vklke

(b) Manipur/ef.kiqj(c) ArunachalPradesh/v#.kkpy çns'k

(d) Uttrakhand/mÙkjk[k.MAns:–(d)�3�.Which state has won 3 awards in �0�9 PATA (Pacific

Asia Travel Association) gold awards in Nur-Sultan,Kazakhstan?

2019 PATA (iSflfiQd ,f'k;k VªSoy ,lksfl,'ku) uwj&lqYrku] dtkfdLrku esa fdl jkT; us 3 Lo.kZ iqjLdkj thrs gSa\

(a) Kerala/dsjy (b) Mathura/eFkqjk(c) Harayana/gfj;k.kk (d) Mumbai/eqacbZ

Ans:–(a)�33. Corporate taxes have been reduced to how much

percentagefrom30%? dkWiksZjsV djksa dks ?kVdj 30» ls fdrus çfr'kr dj fn;k Xk;k gS\

(a) �� (b) �5(c) �5 (d) �5.7�

Ans:–(a)�34.The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export

DevelopmentAuthority(APEDA)summitat Ñf"k vkSj çlaLdj.k [kk| mRikn fu;kZr fodkl çkf/dj.k

(,ihbZMh) f'k[kj lEesyu dgka vk;ksftr gqvk\

(a) Agartala/vXkjryk (b) Jaipur/t;iqj(c) Mathura/eFkqjk (d) Kolkata/dksydkrk

Ans:–(a)�35.CleanIndiawillbestartedfrom- LoPN Hkkjr dh 'kq#vkr dh dc ls dh tk,Xkh&

(a) �October/2 vDVwcj

(b) �7September/27 flrEcj(c) �6September/16 flrEcj(d) �5September/15 flrEcj

Ans:–(a)�36.AditiBalbir,FounderandCEO,VResortsbagstheAward

forsustainabletourismbywhichorganization?

�4�

GAURAV SIR


vfnfr cychj] laLFkkid vkSj lhbZvks dks oh fjlkWV~lZ ds fy, fdl laXkBu }kjk LFkk;h i;ZVu ds fy, iqjLdkj fn;k Xk;k gS\

(a) UNWTO (b) FAO(c) WHO (d) IAEA

Ans:–(a)�37.Which state has launched Tikki Mausi to combat

Malnutritionamongchildrenandwomen? cPpksa vkSj efgykvksa esa dqiks"k.k ls fuiVus ds fy, fdl jkT;

us fVDdh ekSlh dh 'kq#vkr dh gS\

(a) Odisha/mM+hlk (b) WestBengal/if'pe caXkky(c) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh (d) Rajasthan/jktLFkku

Ans:–(a)�38. Rajnath Singh has given indigenously built Scorpene-

classsubmarine,intotheIndianNavyinthepresenceofNavychiefAdmiralKarambirSingh,nametheINS?

jktukFk flag us Hkkjrh; ukSlsuk esa Lons'k fufeZr LdkWihZu Js.kh dh iuMqCch dks ukSlsuk çeq[k ,Mfejy djechj flag dh mifLFkfr esa ukSlsuk dks lkSaik] INSuke D;k gS\(a) Khanderi/[kaMsjh(b) Varaha/ojkg(c) Shivalik-classInsNilgiri/f'kokfyd&oXkZ bUl uhyfXkjh

(d) Veda/osnAns:–(a)�39.WhichIndiancompanyhaswontheUNGlobalClimate

ActionAwardforClimateNeutralNowcategory? fdl Hkkjrh; daiuh us tyok;q rVLFk vc Js.kh ds fy, Xykscy

DykbesV ,D'ku vokMZ thrk gS

(a) Visa/oht+k(b) Infosys/baiQksfll(c) Ferrari/iQsjkjh(d) All/lHkh

Ans:–(b)�40.Which state has launched a mobile app for high court

advocate? fdl jkT; us mPp U;k;ky; ds odhyksa ds fy, ,d eksckby

,si ykWUp fd;k gS\

(a) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh (b) Maharashtra/egkjk"Vª(c) Rajasthan/jktLFkku (d) MP/eè;çns'k

Ans:–(a)�4�.SingaporeIndiaHackathon�0�9’willheldat- flaXkkiqj Hkkjr gSDFkkWu 2019 esa-----------vk;ksftr fd;k tk,Xkk&


(b) IITDelhi/vkbZvkbZVh fnYyh

(c) IITKharagpur/vkbZvkbZVh [kM+Xkiqj

(d) IIScBegaluru/vkbZvkbZlh caXkyq:Ans:–(a)�4�.WhichstategovernmentannouncesRs6,000annualaid

fortripletalaqvictims? fdl jkT; ljdkj us fVªiy rykd ihfM+rksa ds fy, 6]000 #i;s

okf"kZd lgk;rk dh ?kks"k.kk dh\

(a) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'k (b) Manipur/ef.kiqj(c) Tripura/f=kiqjk (d) Kerala/dsjyk

Ans:–(a)�43.��stsessionofFAO-WHOCoordinatingCommitteeof

Asiafor�0�9heldin- ,iQ,vks&MCY;w,pvks leUo; lfefr vkWiQ ,f'k;k dk 212oka

l=k 2019 esa vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k&

(a) Goa/Xkksok (b) Rome/jkse(c) Geneva/thfuok (d) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh

Ans:–(a)�44.What is the rank of India in World Digital

Competitiveness? fo'o fMftVy çfrLi/kZ esa Hkkjr dk jSad D;k gS\

(a) 44 (b) 48(c) � (d) �

Ans:–(a)�45. For the first time, which country has offered tourist e

-visas? igyh ckj fdl ns'k us i;ZVd ds fy, bZ&ohtk dh is'kd'k dh

gS\



(c) Isreal/btjk;y(d) Iran/bZjku

Ans:–(a)�46.Who has been appointed as Chairman of International

EggCommission? varjkZ"Vªh; vaMk vk;ksXk ds vè;{k ds :i eas fdls fu;qDr fd;k

Xk;k gS\

(a) RavishKumar/joh'k dqekj

(b) RajivKumar/jktho dqekj

(c) CChauhaun/lh pkSgku(d) SureshChitturi/lqjs'k fpÙkwjh

Ans:–(d)�47.Whichstate’sHighCourtbanthecenturies-oldtradition

ofanimalssacrificeinreligiousplaces?

�43

GAURAV SIR


fdl jkT; ds mPp U;k;ky; us /kfeZd LFkkuksa esa tkuojksa dh cfy nsus dh lfn;ksa iqjkuh ijaijk ij jksd yXkkbZ gS\

(a) Tripura/f=kiqjk(b) Assam/vklke


Ans:–(a)�48.WorldHinduEconomicForum‘WHEF�0�9’heldat- fo'o fganw vkfFkZd ‘WHEF�0�9’eap fdl LFkku ij vk;ksftr

fd;k Xk;k\

(a) Mumbai/eqacbZ (b) MP/eè;çns'k(c) Manipur/ef.kiqj (d) Meghalaya/es?kky;

Ans:–(a)�49.MahatmaGandhi’s80-year-oldletterwishingJews“era

ofpeace”unveiledin- egkRek Xkka/h ds 80 lky iqjkus i=k esa ;gwfn;ksa ds ^^'kkafr ds

;qXk** dk vukoj.k fd;k Xk;k&

(a) Israel/btjkby (b) Iaraq/bjkd(c) Syria/lhfj;k (d) Turkey/VdhZ

Ans:–(a)�50. International Day for UniversalAccess to Information

observedon lwpuk ds fy, ;wfuolZy igqap ds fy, varjkZ"Vª; fnol ij

euk;k&

(a) �8September/28 flrEcj(b) �8September/18 flrEcj(c) ��September/21 flrEcj(d) �6September/16 flrEcj

Ans:–(a)�5�.Samsung India inks with Mastercard _________ for

mobilepaymentsthroughSamsungPay lSelaXk is ds ekè;e ls eksckby HkqXkrku ds fy, ekLVjdkMZ

--------- ds lkFk lSelaXk bafM;k

(a) DenaBank/nsuk cSad(b) RBLBank/vkjch,y cSad

(c) YesBank/;l cSad(d) CanaraBank/dsujk cSad

Ans:–(b)Samsung India inkswithMastercardRBLBank formobilepaymentsthroughSamsungPay�5�.WhereistheheadquartersofIndiGo? bafMXkks dk eq[;ky; dgka gS\

(a) Chennai/psUubZ

(b) Gurugram/Xkq#Xkzke(c) Pune/iq.ks(d) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn

Ans:–(b)

TheheadquartersofIndiGoisGurugram.�53.TamilNadu signs three agreements for healthcare

collaborationsin____________? rfeyukMq -------------- esa LokLF; lg;ksXk ds fy, rhu le>kSrksa

ij gLrk{kj djrk gS\

(a) Iran/bZjku(b) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k(c) Pakistan/ikfdLrku

(d) UK/;wdsAns:–(d)TamilNadusignsthreeagreementsforhealthcarecollaborationsinUK�54.WhichStatehaspassedtheantilynchingBill? fdl jkT; us ,aVh fyafpaXk fcy ikfjr fd;k gS\

(a) HimachalPradesh/fgekpy çns'k(b) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'k(c) Gujarat/Xkqtjkr(d) WestBengal/if'pe caXkky

Ans:–(d)The West Bengal State Assembly passed West Bengal(PreventionofLynching)Bill,�0�9.TheBillaimstopreventandpunishmobassaultsandlynching.ThestategovernmentmentionedthattheBillwaspassedastheCentrehasfailedtotaketheinitiative.�55.WhichStatebanned��brandsofpanmasalaforaperiod

ofoneyear? fdl jkT; us ,d o"kZ dh vof/ ds fy, 12 czkaM dsiku elkys

ij çfrca/ yXkk fn;k\

(a) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'k(b) WestBengal/if'pe caXkky(c) Bihar/fcgkj(d) Odisha/vksfM'kk

Ans:–(c)Biharstategovernmenthasbanned��brandsofpanmasalacontaining magnesium carbonate for a period of one year.In the notice issued, it said that the manufacture, storage,distribution, transportationor saleofpanmasalacontainingmagnesiumcarbonatehasbeenbannedinBihar.�56.WithwhichcompanydidMinistryofITpartnerforthe

BuildforDigitalIndiaprogramme?

�44

GAURAV SIR


fMftVy bafM;k dk;ZØe ds fuekZ.k ds fy, fdl daiuh us vkbZVh ikVZuj ds lkFk dke fd;k\

(a) Infosys/baiQksfll(b) Microsoft/ekbØkslkWÝV

(c) Google/XkwXky(d) TCS/Vhlh,

Ans:–(c)The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology(MeitY) signed a statement of intent (SoI) with Google.The agreement aimed to implement Build for Digital Indiaprogramme.Theaimoftheinitiativeistomotivatethecollegestudents across India to innovate and produce some goodtechnologysolutionsformajorsocialchallengesofIndia.�57.What is the name of the Lander of the Chandrayaan-�

mission? paæ;ku&2 fe'ku ds ySaMj dk uke D;k gS\

(a) Vikranth/foØkaFk

(b) Pragyan/çKku(c) Vikram/foØe

(d) Kranti/ØkafrAns:–(c)The mission’s lander is called Vikram named after VikramSarabhai, the founder of the Indian space programme. TheVikram lander will detach from the orbiter and descendto a low lunar orbit of 30 km × �00 km (�9 mi × 6� mi)using its 800 N (�80 lbf) liquid main engines. It will thenperforma comprehensive checkof all its on-board systemsbefore attempting a soft landing, deploy the rover, andperformscientificactivities forapproximately�4days.Theapproximatecombinedmassofthelanderandroveris�,47�kg(3,�43lb).�58.WhereisRiodeJaneirolocated? fj;ks Mh tusfj;ks dgka fLFkr gS\

(a) Spain/Lisu(b) Italy/bVyh(c) Argentina/vts±Vhuk

(d) Brazil/czkftyAns:–(d)RiodeJaneiroisahugeseasidecityinBrazil,famedforitsCopacabanaandIpanemabeaches,38mChristtheRedeemerstatueatopMountCorcovadoandforSugarloafMountain,agranitepeakwithcablecarstoitssummit.�59.Which state government has placed a ban on wearing

jeansandT-shirtswithinthestatesecretariat? fdl jkT; ljdkj us jkT; lfpoky; ds Hkhrj thal vkSj Vh&'kVZ

iguus ij çfrca/ yXkk fn;k gS\

(a) Maharashtra/egkjk"Vª(b) Delhi/fnYyh(c) Gujarat/Xkqtjkr(d) Bihar/fcgkj

Ans:–(d)TheBihargovernmenthasplacedabanonwearingjeansandT-shirtswithinthestatesecretariat.�60.Which government has determined to make a Special

TigerForceforJimCorbettTigerReserve? fte dkWcsZV VkbXkj fjtoZ ds fy, fo'ks"k VkbXkj iQkslZ cukus ds

fy, fdl ljdkj us n`<+ ladYi fd;k gS\

(a) Uttarakhand/mÙkjk[kaM(b) Gujarat/Xkqtjkr(c) Bihar/fcgkj(d) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'k

Ans:–(a)The Uttarakhand government has determined to make aSpecial Tiger Force for Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve is ableto facilitate function the abundant required second layer ofprotectionwiththebigcat.�6�.Where will the Joint Naval Annual Quality Conclave

(JNAQC)beheld? la;qDr ukSlsuk okf"kZd Xkq.koÙkk dkWUDyso (JNAQC)dgka vk;ksftr

fd;k tk,Xkk\

(a) Mumbai/eqacbZ(b) Cochin/dksphu

(c) Visakhapatnam/fo'kk[kkiÙkue(d) Kolkata/dksydkrk

Ans:–(c)NavalQualityAssuranceEstablishments is tohost theJointNavalAnnualQualityConclave(JNAQC)inVisakhapatnamon5September.ItwillbehostedunderthechargeofDirectorGeneralQualityAssurance(DGQA),MinistryofDefence.�6�.Japan-India Defence Ministerial Meeting was held in

__________. tkiku&Hkkjr j{kk ea=kh cSBd ------------ esa vk;ksftr dh XkbZ

FkhA

(a) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(b) Tokyo/VksD;ks(c) Mumbai/eqacbZ(d) Osaka/vksldk

Ans:–(b)The Japan–India Defence Ministerial Meeting was held inTokyo on � September. Indian Defence Minister Rajnath

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Singhco-chairedthemeetingalongwiththeDefenceMinisterof Japan Takeshi lwaya. The meeting was held during thetwo-day visit of Rajnath Singh to Japan. The held talks tostrengthenbilateralarrangements.�63.WhichCountryishostingthe�4thConferenceofParties

(COP�4)? dkSu lk ns'k ikfVZ;ksa ds 14osa lEesyu (COP�4)dh estckuh

dj jgk gS\

(a) Russia/:l(b) China/phu(c) India/bafM;k(d) Nepal/usiky

Ans:–(c)The�4thConferenceofParties(COP�4)wasinauguratedtoUNConventiontoCombatDesertification(UNCCD)atIndiaExpoCentre&Mart,GreaterNoida,UttarPradesh,India.The��dayeventhasbeenscheduledtobeheldfrom�Septemberto�3September.�64.WhichgovernmentdeclaredanRs.4,750crorewaiveron

interestandpenaltyoncroploansfromcooperativebankshavingbenefitingconcerningto�0lakhfarmers?

fdl ljdkj us 10 yk[k fdlkuksa dks yhkHkkfUor djus okys lgkdjh cSadksa ls iQly ½.k ij C;kt vkSj tqekZuk ij 4]750 djksM+ #i;s dh NwV dh ?kks"k.kk dh\

(a) Haryana/gfj;k.kk(b) Gujarat/Xkqtjkr(c) Telangana/rsyaXkkuk(d) Maharashtra/egkjk"Vª

Ans:–(a)TheHaryanagovernmentdeclaredanRs4,750-crorewaiveroninterestandpenaltyoncroploansfromcooperativebankshavingbenefitingconcerningtenlakhfarmerssimplybeforetheassemblyelectionswithinthestateinOctober-November.�65.Whoisto�00womensoldiersfromDecember�0�9for

their ultimate induction into the Corps of the militarypolice?

lSU; iqfyl ds dkjs esa vius vafre çsj.kk ds fy, fnlacj 2019 ls 100 efgyk lSfudksa dks dkSu gS\

(a) Indianarmy/Hkkjrh; lsuk(b) CRPF/lhvkjih,iQ

(c) BSF/ch,l,iQ(d) Indo-TibetanBorderPolice/Hkkjr&frCcr lhek iqfyl

Ans:–(a)TheIndianArmywillstartcoaching�00womensoldiersfromDecemberthisyearfortheirultimateinductionintotheCorps

ofthemilitarypolice.�66.WhoisthechairmanofStateBankofIndia? DBTlqfo/k ds fy, SBIds lkFk dkSu laca/ j[krk gS\

(a) Nitishkumar/uhrh'k dqekj



(d) RajeshSharma/jkts'k 'kekZAns:–(b)

ESICtiesupwithSBIforDBTfacility.�67.ESICtiesupwith________forDBTfacility bZjkuh lsuk us ------------ uked ,d u;k nslh tsV&çksisy Mªksu is'k

fd;k

(a) DenaBan/nsuk cSad(b) StateBankofIndia/Hkkjrh; LVsV cSad(c) YesBank/;l cSad(d) CanaraBank/dsujk cSad

Ans:–(b)

ESICtiesupwithSBIforDBTfacility�68.________unveils�0��FIFAWorldCuplogoroundthe

globe LokLF; ea=kky; us bysDVªkWfud fudksVhu fMyhojh flLVe

(bZ,uMh,l)] bZ&flXkjsV dh fcØh vkSj foKkiuksa ij çfrca/ ds i{k esa ,d lykgdkj dh ?kks"k.kk dc dh\


(b) Qatar/drj



Qatarunveils�0��FIFAWorldCuplogoroundtheglobe�69.Which of the following is NASA’s spacecraft for the

asteroidCollisionMission? ----------- {kqæXkzg fo{ksiu ds fy, uklk ds lkFk lk>snkjh djuk

gSA

(a) Dartspacecraft/MkVZ varfj{k ;ku

(b) LICIACube/,yvkbZlhvkbZ,D;wc

(c) HERASpacecraft/gsjk varfj{k ;ku

(d) VoyagerSpacecraft/ok;stj varfj{k ;kuAns:–(a)The asteroid researchers aim for the smaller body of thedoubleDidymosasteroidsbetweenEarthandMars.Forthispurpose,NASAisbuildingtheDoubleAsteroidImpactTest,orDartspacecraft.TheDoubleAsteroidRedirectionTestisaplannedspaceprobethatwilldemonstratethekineticeffects

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ofcrashinganimpactorspacecraftintoanasteroidmoonforplanetarydefensepurposes. Ithasbeenscheduledto launchin�0��.DARTwillreachitstargetat6.6km/sinSeptember�0��.�70.WhoclaimedthesecondspotinICCTestRankings ekynho esa ---------- nf{k.k ,f'k;kbZ oDrkvksa dk f'k[kj lEesyu

vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k\

(a) AbuJayed/vcw tk;n

(b) JasonRoy/tslu jkW;(c) ViratKohli/fojkV dksgyh

(d) SheldonCottrell/'ksYMu dkWVjsyAns:–(c)

SteveSmithclaimedthetopspotinICCTestRankings.�7�.When was Automotive Research Association of India

(ARAI)established? vkWVkseksfVo fjlpZ ,lksfl,'ku vkWiQ bafM;k (,vkj,vkbZ) dh

LFkkiuk dc dh XkbZ Fkh\

(a) �985 (b) �966(c) �978 (d) �99�

Ans:–(b)ARAI, an independent body, was established in �966. It isaffiliated to the Ministry of Heavy Industries and PublicEnterprises. It is a prime Testing and CertificationAgencynotifiedbythegovernmentunderRule��6ofCentralMotorVehicleRules,�989.�7�.Dr.S.Radhakrishnanwasthe_______VicePresidentand

_______PresidentofIndia. MkW- ,l- jk/kÑ'.ku Hkkjr ds ------- mikè;{k vkSj ---- jk"Vªifr

FksA

(a) second,third/nwljk] rhljk(b) second,fourth/nwljk] pkSFkk(c) first,second/çFke {k.k(d) first,third/igyk] rhljk

Ans:–(c)Dr.S.Radhakrishnanwas thefirstVicePresidentandsecondPresidentof India.He servedasVicePresident from�95�-�96�andfrom�96�-�967,heservedasthePresidentofIndia.Dr.Radhakrishnanwasbornon5September�888.�73.TheDroneswereallowedtoworkinIndiabyDGCAin

________. ----------- esa DGCA}kjk Mªksu dks Hkkjr esa dke djus dh vuqefr

nh XkbZ FkhA

(a) October�0�7/vDVwcj 2017

(b) October�0�6/vDVwcj 2016

(c) October�0�8/vDVwcj 2018

(d) October�0�0/vDVwcj 2010Ans:–(a)Drone is a flying robot which is remote-controlled. It isallowedtoworkinIndiabyDGCAinOctober�0�7.�74.WhenistheInternationalDayofCharityobserved? varjkZ"Vªh; pSfjVh fnol dc euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) �September/1 flracj(b) 5September/5 flracj(c) ��September/12 flracj(d) �October/2 vDVwcj

Ans:–(b)TheInternationalDayofCharityisobservedon5Septemberacross theworld.Theday isobserved to commemorate thedeath anniversaryofMotherTeresa.Theday aims tomakepeopleunderstandtheimportanceofcharity.�75.Whichcompanyannounced that itsheavysolidvehicle

weightof�6.�tonswillbereplacedbytrucksthatabidesBS-VIemissionnorms?

fdl daiuh us ?kks"k.kk dh fd mlds 16-2 Vu ds Hkkjh okgu dk otu mu Vªdksa ls cny fn;k tk,Xkk tks BS-VImRltzu ekunaMksa dk ikyu djrs gSa\

(a) AskhokLeyland/v'kksd ysySaM

(b) Maruti/ek#fr(c) Platina/IysfVuk(d) Mahindra/efgaæk

Ans:–(a)TheAshokLeylandChiefTechnologyOfficerNSaravanangotacertificatefromtheAutomotiveResearchAssociationofIndia(ARAI)withBS-VItotruckswithaheavysolidvehicleweightof�6.�tons.�76.WhichcountryhoststheExerciseTSENTR�0�9? dkSu lk ns'k O;k;ke TSENTR2019 dh estckuh djrk gS\

(a) Tajikaistan/rtkfdLrku


(c) Russia/:l(d) Uzbekistan/mT+csfdLrku

Ans:–(c)Exercise TSENTR �0�9 is a component of the annualexercises part of the RussianArmed Forces like an annualcoachingcycle.ExerciseTSENTR�0�9isconductedbytheCentralmilitarycommissionofRussia.Thisyeartheexerciseis planned to be held between 9-�3 September at DonguzcoachingrangesinRussia.�77.WhoistheauthorofthenovelCuckold? CuckoldmiU;kl dk ys[kd dkSu gS\

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(a) VikramSeth/foØe lsB

(b) AnitaDesai/vuhrk nslkbZ

(c) SalmanRushdie/lyeku #'nh(d) Kirannagarkar/fdj.k ukXkjdj

Ans:–(c)Cuckold is a �997 book by Indian author Kiran Nagarkarandhis thirdnovel. It isahistoricalnovelset in theRajputkingdomofMewar,Indiaduringthe�6thcenturythatfollowsthe lifeofMaharajKumar,a fictionalcharacterbaseduponthereallifePrinceBhojRaj.�78.KiranNagarkar,whopassedawayrecently,wasa_____

___. fdj.k ukXkjdj] ftudk gky gh esa fu/u gks Xk;k Fkk] ,d ----

- FksA

(a) novelist/miU;kldkj

(b) actor/vfHkusrk

(c) politician/jktuhfrK(d) socialist/lektoknh

Ans:–(a)TheNovelistKiranNagarkarpassedawayinhospitalattheageof77.Hesufferedfromamassivebrainhemorrhage.HewasoneofIndia’sgreatestwriters.NagarkarwasdistinguishedwiththeHNApteAwardforthemosteffectivefirstnovel.HewonSahityaAkademiAward.�79.Whichcountrytoppedthe�0�9worldtravelandtourism

competitivenessindex? fdl ns'k us 2019 fo'o ;k=kk vkSj i;ZVu çfrLi/kZ lwpdkad

esa 'kh"kZ LFkku çkIr fd;k\

(a) Ireland/vk;jySaM

(b) India/bafM;k(c) Pakistan/ikfdLrku

(d) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;kAns:–(b)Indiatoppedthe�0�9worldtravelandtourismcompetitivenessindex.�80.Which network launched wired broadband starting at

699? 699 ls 'kq: gksus okys ok;MZ czkWMcSaM dks fdl usVodZ us ykWUp

fd;k\

(a) RelianceJio/fjyk;al ft;ks(b) Airtel/,;jVsy(c) Aircel/,;jlsy(d) tataDocomo/VkVk Mksdkseks

Ans:–(a)

RelianceJiolauncheswiredbroadbandstartingat699�8�.FirstMegaFoodParkwasheldin__________ igyk esXkk iQwM ikdZ ---------- esa vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k Fkk

(a) Ranchi/jkaph(b) Teleganna/rsyaXkkuk(c) Bihar/fcgkj(d) AndhraPradesh/vka/z çns'k

Ans:–(b)

FirstMegaFoodParkwasheldinTelangana.�8�.Venkaiah Naidu released Glorious Diaspora Pride of

Indiain___________ osadS;k uk;Mw us ----------- esa Hkkjr dk XkkSjo'kkyh çoklh lEeku

tkjh fd;k

(a) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(b) Chennai/psUubZ(c) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(d) Secunderabad/fldanjkckn

Ans:–(c)VenkaiahNaidureleasedGloriousDiasporaPrideofIndiainNewDelhi.�83.Centre approves Rs 350crores for ________ of Bru

repatriation czw çR;korZu ds ----------- ds fy, dsaæ us 350 djksM+ #i;s dks

eatwjh nh

(a) 8thPhase/8oka pj.k(b) 9thPhase/9oka pj.k(c) 7thPhase/7oka pj.k(d) 6thphase/6osa pj.k

Ans:–(b)Centre approves Rs 350crores for 9th phase of Brurepatriation�84.Centreapproves__________croresfor9thphaseofBru

repatriation dsaæ us czsV çR;korZu ds 9osa pj.k ds fy, --------crores dks

eatwjh nh

(a) �6crores/16 djksM+

(b) 35crores/35 djksM+

(c) �0crores/20 djksM+

(d) 45crores/45 djksM+ #i;sAns:–(b)Centre approves Rs 350crores for 9th phase of Brurepatriation.�85.WhoisthenextnewlyappointedAmbassadorofIndiato

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theKingdomofNorway? ukWosZ ds jkT; esa Hkkjr ds vXkys uo fu;qDr jktnwr dkSu gSa\


(b) Dr.B.BalaBhaskar/MkW- ch HkkLdj


(d) VikramSharma/foØe 'kekZAns:–(b)Dr.B.BalaBhaskaristhenextnewlyappointedAmbassadorofIndiatotheKingdomofNorway-�86.Which state govt to reduce land allotment rates in

industrialareasby30? fdl jkT; ljdkj us vkS|ksfXkd {ks=kksa eas Hkwfe vkoaVu njksa dks

30 ls de fd;k gS\

(a) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(b) Chhattisgarh/NÙkhlXk<+(c) Kerala/dsjy

(d) MadhyaPradesh/eè;çns'kAns:–(b)Chhattisgarhgovttoreducelandallotmentratesinindustrialareasby30.�87.WhichdayiscelebratedastheInternationalLiteracyDay

everyyear? çfr o"kZ varjkZ"Vªh; lk{kjrk fnol ds :i esa fdl fnu euk;k

tkrk gS\

(a) Nov�nd/2 uoacj(b) Sept�0th/10osa lsIV(c) Sept�0th/lsIV 20oha(d) Sept8th/8oha iafDr

Ans:–(d)On8thSeptembereveryyear, InternationalLiteracyDay iscelebrated tomakepeopleknowthe importanceofLiteracyforpeople,communitiesandsocieties.�88.WherewastheSwachhMahotsavevent�0�9held? LoPN egksRlo dk;ZØe 2019 dgka vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) Mumbai/eqacbZ(b) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(c) Goa/Xkksok(d) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn

Ans:–(b)The Swachh Mahotsav event �0�9 was held in Delhi. theeventwasorganizedbytheMinistryofJalShakthi.�89.Who gave Swachh India awards to the outstanding

performanceinSwachhMahotsavevent�0�9?

LoPN Hkkjr lekjksg 2019 esa mRÑ"V çn'kZu ds fy, LoPN Hkkjr iqjLdkj fdlus fn;k\

(a) President/vè;{k

(b) Primeminister/ç/kuea=kh(c) GovernorofJ&K/tEew d'ehj ds jkT;iky

(d) MinisterPrakashJavadekar/ea=kh çdk'k tkoM+sdjAns:–(a)PresidentRamnathKovindgaveSwachhIndiaawardstotheoutstandingperformanceinSwachhMahotsavevent�0�9.�90.Where was the Western Air Commanders Conference

�0�9held? if'peh ok;q dekaMjksa lEesyu 2019 dgka vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k

Fkk\

(a) Mumbai/eqacbZ(b) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(c) Chennai/psUUbZ(d) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh

Ans:–(d)The Western Air Command, Commanders Conference washeldin5and6September�0�9atNewDelhi.Theconferencewas chaired byAir Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa.TheconferencediscussedtheimportanceandpivotalroleofthiscrucialAirForceunitinallfutureconflictsandaidtocivilpower.�9�.WhotookoathastheGovernorofRajasthan? jktLFkku ds jkT;iky ds :i eas fdlus 'kiFk yh\

(a) KalrajMishra/dyjkt feJ

(b) KalyanSingh/dY;k.k flag

(c) BanwarilalPurohit/cuokjhyky iqjksfgr(d) GaneshiLal/Xk.ks'kh yky

Ans:–(a)FormerUnionMinisterKalrajMishra tookoathas thenewGovernor of Rajasthan on 9 September �0�9. The oath ofofficewasadministeredbyRajasthanHighCourt(HC)ChiefJusticeShripathiRavindraBhat.�9�.WhorepresentedIndiainthe7thRegionalComprehensive

EconomicPartnership(RCEP)ministerialmeeting? 7oha {ks=kh; O;kid vkfFkZd lk>snkjh (RCEP)ea=kh Lrjh; cSBd

esa Hkkjr dk çfrfuf/Ro fdlus fd;k\

(a) SmritiIrani/Le`fr bZjkuh(b) ThawarChandGehlot/Fkkoj pan Xkgyksr(c) PiyushGoyal/ih;w"k Xkks;y(d) NitinGadkari/fufru XkMdjh

Ans:–(c)

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GAURAV SIR


The 7th Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership(RCEP)ministerialmeetingisbeingheldfrom8-�0September�0�9 at Bangkok,Thailand. In the meeting �0 members ofASEAN countries, their six free trade agreement (FTA)partners. India will be represented by the Union Ministerof Commerce & Industry and Railways Piyush Goyal.After RCEP, he will be holding bilateral meetings with hiscounterpartsfromRussia,Japan,China,Singapore,Indonesia,Thailand,Australia,NewZealand.�93.ChinatoinvestUSD�bnin____________development

projects phu --------------- fodkl ifj;kstukvksa esa USD�bndk fuos'k

djrk gS

(a) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k(b) Pakistan/ikfdLrku


(d) Iran/bZjkuAns:–(b)

ChinatoinvestUSD�bninPakistandevelopmentprojects./�94.WhendidtheRBIformUKSinhacommittee? RBIus ;wds flUgk flefr dk XkBu dc fd;k\

(a) May�0�9/ebZ 2019(b) June�0�9/twu 2019(c) July�0�9/tqykbZ 2019(d) August�0�9/vXkLr 2019

Ans:–(b)In June �0�9, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) constituteda committee under former SEBI Chairman UK Sinha toaddress issues regarding the sustainability of Micro, SmallandMediumEnterprises(MSMEs).�95.WhenwastheGreatNorthRuninitiated? XkszV ukWFkZ ju dc 'kq: fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) �975 (b) �98�(c) �987 (d) �993

Ans:–(b)GreatNorthRunisthelargesthalfmarathonintheworld.Itwasestablishedin�98�.IttakesplacefromNewcastleuponTynetotheTownMoor,NorthEastEngland.�96.WhoistheChairmanofSBI? SBIds vè;{k dkSu gSa\

(a) DeepakSParekh/nhid ,l ikjs[k

(b) Manoharan/euksgju(c) RajnishKumar/jtuh'k dqekj

(d) AshwaniKumar/v'ouh dqekjAns:–(c)

SBIwasfoundedinasBankofCalcuttaon�June�806,asBankofBombayon�5April�840,asBankofMadrason�July�843,asImperialBankofIndia�7January�9��,andasStateBankof India�July�955. It isheadquarterMumbai,Maharashtra.TheChairmanofSBIisRajnishKumar.ItisthelargestbankinIndia.�97.Wherewas the��ndSessionof theUNCommitteeon

CRPDheld? lhvkjihMh ij la;qDr jk"Vª lfefr dk 22oka l=k dgka vk;ksftr

fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) Geneva/ftusok(b) China/phu(c) Japan/tkiku(d) Sweden/LohMu

Ans:–(a)The��nd Session of theUN Committeeon ConventionontheRightsofPersonswithDisabilities (CRPD)washeldatUNHRCinGeneva.�98.Whowon themen’selite in theGreatNorthRun fora

recordofthesixthyearwith59min7secinSept�0�9? lsIV 2019 esa 59osa 7osa lsdsaM ds lkFk NBs o"kZ ds fjdkWMZ ds

fy, XkzsV ukWFkZ ju esa iq#"kksa dk dqyhu oXkZ fdlus thrk\

(a) DavidWeir/MsfoM fo;j(b) TamiratTola/rehjkr Vksyk(c) AbdiNageeye/vkfcnh usXkh

(d) MoFarah/eks iQjkgAns:–(d)MoFarahwinsarecordsixthconsecutiveGreatNorthRun.It is his sixth consecutive win. He finished the race with adurationof59min7sec.�99.WhichtrafficpolicepartneredwithGooglemapsforreal

timetrafficupdates? okLrfod le; ds VªSfiQd viMsV ds fy, Googleekuufp=k

ds lkFk fdl VªSfiQ+d iqfl us HkkXkhnkjh dh gS\

(a) Panipat/ikuhir(b) Gurugram/Xkq# Xkkao(c) Karnal/djuky

(d) Rewari/jsokM+hAns:–(b)The Gurugram traffic police from the Haryana State havepartneredwithGooglemapsforrealtimetrafficupdates.Thetieupwillprovidetrafficrelatedinformationinrealtimeforpublic use. The Gurugram traffic police with Google mapswill share the information such as planned road closures,diversions,trafficalertsregardingroadcrashetc.TheGooglemapswillimmediatelyrespondthethegivensearchconditions

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andupdatetheinformationonitspublicmaps.300.InwhichStatedoesGurugramlocated? Xkq#Xkzke fdl jkT; eas fLFkr gS\

(a) Gujarat/Xkqtjkr(b) Punjab/iatkc(c) Haryana/gfj;k.kk(d) Rajasthan/jktLFkku

Ans:–(c)

GurugramislocatedinHaryana.30�.Which state government declared a reduction of fine

amountsunderthemotorvehicle(MV)ActasRs�,000fromRs�0,000,ParliamentpassedmotorvehicleBillof�0�9OnJuly3�st?

fdl jkT; ljdkj us eksVj okgu (,eoh) vf/fu;e ds rgr 10]000 #i;s ls 1000 #i;s ds :i eas tqekZuk jkf'k eas deh dh ?kks"k.kk dh] laln us 31 tqykbZ dks 2019 dk eksVj okgu foèks;d ikfjr fd;k\

(a) Tamilnadu/rfeyukMq(b) Gujarat/Xkqtjkr(c) Telangana/rsyaXkkuk(d) Delhi/fnYyh

Ans:–(b)TheBJPpartyoftheGujaratgovernmentdeclaredareductionoffineamountsunderthemotorvehicle(MV)ActasRs�,000fromRs�0,000,ParliamentpassedmotorvehicleBillof�0�9OnJuly3�st.30�.Where was the two new species of ginger, which was

recentlydiscoveredbyBSIresearchers,found? vnjd dh nks ubZ çtkfr;ka dgka Fkh] ftls gky gh esa BSI

'kks/drkZvksa us [kkstk Fkk\

(a) Assam/vle

(b) Nagaland/uXkkySaM(c) Meghalaya/es?kky;(d) Manipur/ef.kiqj

Ans:–(c)Research Scientists from the biological science Survey ofIndia(BSI)havediscovered�newspeciesofginger.Zingiberprenense has been discovered from the Peren district ofNagaland and Zingiber dimapurense was found within theDimapurinNagalandon��thSept.303.WhoistheDeputyPrimeMinisterofSingapore? flaXkkiqj ds mi ç/ku ea=kh dkSu gSa\

(a) LawrenceWong/kWjsal oksaXk(b) HeiJon/gs; tkWu

(c) Chunloog/pqu yksXk(d) HengSweeKeat/gsaXk Los dsV

Ans:–(d)Heng Swee Keat is a Singaporean politician.A member ofthecountry’sgoverningPeople’sActionParty,heiscurrentlyDeputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance. He waspreviously the Minister for Education from May �0�� toSeptember�0�5.304.IndianInstituteofScience(IISC)in__________theonly

Indianentryinthetop300lastyear ----------------- esa Hkkjrh; foKku laLFkku (IISC)fiNys lky 'kh"kZ

300 esa dsoy Hkkjrh; çfof"V Fkk

(a) NewDelhi/ubZ fnyh(b) Bengaluru/csaXkyq#(c) Chennai/psUubZ(d) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn

Ans:–(b)ndianInstituteofScience(IISC)inBengalurutheonlyIndianentryinthetop300lastyear.305.WhatisthecaptialofIceland? vkblySaM dk dSI'ku D;k gS\

(a) Baku/ckdw

(b) Reykjavik/jsdtkfod

(c) Ottawa/vksVkok

(d) Gangui/ckuXkqbAns:–(b)

IcelandisthecaptialofReykjavík.306.WhenwastheUNConventiontoCombatDesertification

(UNCCD)established? la;qDr jk"Vª la?k us e#LFkyhdj.k (UNCCD)dh LFkkiuk dc

dh Fkh\

(a) �985 (b) �98�(c) �994 (d) �000

Ans:–(c)UNCCD was established in �994. There are �97 countriesparticipating in the convention. It aims to improve thelivingconditionsofpeopleindrylands.Italsoworkstowardmaintaining and restoring land and soil productivity and tomitigatetheeffectsofdrought.307.WhereistheheardquartersofIAF? Hkkjrh; ok;qlsuk dk eq[;ky; dgka gS\

(a) Chennai/psUubZ(b) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(c) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn

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(d) Mumbai/eqacbZAns:–(b)

TheheardquartersofIAFisNewDelhi.308.WhenistheInternationalDayforSouthSouthCooperation

observed? nf{k.k lg;ksXk ds fy, varjkZ"Vªh; fnol dc euk;k tkrk gS\


(b) �0September/10 flracj(c) ��September/12 flracj(d) �4September/24 flracj

Ans:–(c)InternationalDayforSouth-SouthCooperationisobservedon��September.South-Southcooperationisabroadframeworkwhere the South Countries have collaborated in variousdomains including political, economic, social, cultural,environmental and technical domains. The day celebratesthe political, social and economical developments made byregionsandcountriesinthesouthinrecentyears.309._________membersofCISFsuccessfullysummittedMt.

Satopanthpeak CISFds ----------- lnL;ksa us ekmaV lrksiaFk pksVh ij liQyrkiwoZd

p<+kbZ dh

(a) Sixth/NBk(b) Sixteen/lksyg(c) Seventh/lkroka(d) Foruth/pkSFkk

Ans:–(b)Sixteen members of CISF successfully summitted Mt.Satopanthpeak.3�0.StateBankofIndiarevisesservicechargesfordeposits

andwithdrawalsfrom__________ Hkkjrh; LVsV cSad us --------- ls tek vkSj fudklh ds fy, lsok

'kqYd esa la'kks/u fd;k

(a) December/fnlacj(b) September/flarcj(c) October/vDVwcj

(d) January/tuojhAns:–(c)StateBankofIndiarevisesservicechargesfordepositsandwithdrawalsfromOctober.3��.Where did the PM Modi launch the Pradhan Mantri

LaghuVyaparikMandhanYojanaandSwarojgarpensionschemesrecently?

gky gh esa ih,e eksnh us ç/kuea=kh ykXkw O;kikfjd eUFku ;kstuk

vkSj Lojkst isa'ku ;kstuk,a dgka ls 'kq: dh\

(a) Jharkhand/>kj[kaM(b) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'k(c) WestBengal/if'pe caXkky(d) Karnataka/dukZVd

Ans:–(a)PrimeMinisterNarendraModilaunchedthePradhanMantriLaghu Vyaparik Mandhan Yojana and Swarojgar pensionschemes in Jharkhand during his visit. During his visit, healso laid the foundation for the new building of JharkhandSecretariat.3��.Which country recently joined theworldAntimicrobial

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

gky gh esa fdl ns'k us ,aVhekbØksfc;y jsflLVsal (AMR)fjlpZ ,aM MsoyiesaV (R&D)gc esa 'kkfey gq,\(a) Japan/tkiku(b) NorthKorea/mÙkj dksfj;k

(c) India/Hkkjr(d) Norway/ukWosZ

Ans:–(c)India joined the world Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)Research and Development (R&D) Hub as a new member.From �0�9, India will be a member of Board of Membersofficially. Now India will be working with all the partnersunderthehub.Itwillfocusonnewresearchtoaddressdrug-resistantinfections.3�3.Indiatodevelop60supercomputersin____________ Hkkjr ---------- esa 60 lqij daI;wVj fodflr djus ds fy,

(a) �years/2 lky(b) 3years/3 lky(c) 5years/5 o"kZ(d) 4years/pkj o"kZ

Ans:–(b)

Indiatodevelop60supercomputersin3years.3�4.BHELcommissions�,3�0MWthermalplantin_______

_________Hksy us -------------- esa 1]320 esXkkokV FkeZy IykaV 'kq: fd;k

(a) Odisha/vksfM'kk


(d) WestBengal/if'pe caXkkyAns:–(a)

BHELcommissions�,3�0MWthermalplantinOdisha.

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GAURAV SIR


3�5.Which Country has topped as the world’s top oilexporter?

fdl ns'k us nqfu;k ds 'kh"kZ rsy fu;kZrd ds :i esa 'kh"kZ LFkku çkIr fd;k gS\


(b) Russia/:l(c) US/vesfjdk

(d) UAE/la;qDr vjc vehjkrAns:–(c)US has topped the world’s top oil exporter. The countrydefeated Saudi Arabia and Russia. According to theInternationalEnergyAgency(IEA),inJune,theUSexportsofcrudetopped3millionbarrelsperday.Thispusheditstotaloilexportstonearly9millionbarrelsperday.ThishasprovetheUSwithanewstatusasoneoftheworld’smostinfluentialenergyproducers.3�6.Maitree�0�9militaryexerciseistobeheldin________

�0�9. eS=kh 2019 lSU; vH;kl ----------- 2019 esa vk;ksftr fd;k tkuk

gSA

(a) December/fnlacj(b) November/uoacj(c) October/vDVwcj

(d) September/flracjAns:–(d)The Defence Ministry of India announced a joint militaryexercise between India and Thailand as MAITREE �0�9.Theexerciseisaimedtoshareexperiencethataregainedtocounter-terrorismoperations.Theexercisewillbeconductedat Foreign coachingNode of Umroi in Meghalaya from �6Septemberto�9Septemberof�0�9.3�7.HRDMinisterConfersCBSETeachersAward�0�8To

________________ ekuo lalk/u fodkl ea=kh us lhch,lbZ f'k{kd iqjLdkj 2018

dks ---------dks çnku fd;k

(a) 45Teachers/45 f'k{kd(b) 4�Teachers/42 f'k{kd(c) 38Teachers/38 f'k{kd(d) 35Teachers/35 f'k{kd

Ans:–(d)HRD Minister Confers CBSE TeachersAward �0�8 To 35Teachers.3�8.India and ____________ signed Contract for

ModernisationofRadarandMissileSystems

Hkkjr vkSj ------------- us jMkj vkSj felkby flLVe ds

vkèkqfudhdj.k ds fy, vuqac/ ij gLrk{kj fd,

(a) Russia/:l(b) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k(c) Iran/bZjku(d) Iraq/bjkd

Ans:–(a)IndiaRusiasignedContractforModernisationofRadarandMissileSystems3�9.PresidentkovindaddresstheIndiancommunityin_____

____________ jk"Vªifr dksfoan us ------------- esa Hkkjrh; leqnk; dks lacksf/r

fd;k

(a) Thailand/FkkbZySaM(b) SaudiArabia/pkanh(c) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k(d) Korea/dksfj;k

Ans:–(a)

PresidentkovindaddresstheIndiancommunityinThailand.3�0.WhereisthecontractformodernizationofAirDefence

advanced Kashmir and radar Fregat MAE on P-�5 ofshipswas signedbetween theMinistryofDefence andJSCRosoboronexportlandon��thSept�0�9?

12 fnlacj 2019 dks tgkt ds ih&15 ij ok;q j{kk mUur d'ehj vkSj jMkj ÚhXksV ,e,bZ ds vk/qfudhdj.k ds fy, j{kk ea=kky; vkSj ts,llh jkslkscksjksusDliksVZ Hkwfe ds chp vuqca/ ij gLrk{kj dgka fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) Delhi/fnYyh(b) Mumbai/3Mh(c) Kolkata/dksydkrk

(d) Russia/:lAns:–(a)The contract for modernization of Air Defence advancedKashmir and radar Fregat MAE on P-�5 of ships wassigned between the Ministry of Defence and Russia’s JSCRosoboronexportlandon��thSept�0�9inDelhi.3��.Whichcountryhastheworld’slargestrenewableenergy

enlargementprogram? fdl ns'k esa nqfu;k dk lcls cM+k uohdj.kh; ÅtkZ o`f¼

dk;ZØe gS\

(a) India/Hkkjr(b) China/d(c) Japan/d(d) USA/d

Ans:–(a)

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GAURAV SIR


Indiahas theworld’s largest renewable energy enlargementprogram.3��.WhichcountrywonTrackAsiaCup�0�9? VªSd ,f'k;k di 2019 fdl ns'k us thrk\

(a) India/Hkkjr(b) Pakistan/ç/kuea=kh(c) SaudiArabia/lÅnh vjc


IndiacountrywonTrackAsiaCup�0�9.3�3.TNofficialstolearnhighwaysafetyskillsfrom_______

________? TNvf/dkfj;ksa dks ------------ ls jktekXkZ lqj{kk dkS'ky lh[kus

ds fy,\

(a) Iran/bZjku(b) Australia/vkWLVªsfy;k

(c) Afghanistan/viQXkkfuLrku

(d) Indonesai/baMksusf'k;kAns:–(b)

TNofficialstolearnhighwaysafetyskillsfromAustralia.3�4.Which country to run special training programme for

Maldiviancivilservants? dkSu lk ns'k ekynho ds flfoy lsodksa dss fy, fo'ks"k

çf'kf{k.k dk;ZØe pykus ds fy,\


(b) India/Hkkjr(c) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k(d) Iran/bZjku

Ans:–(b)IndiacountrytorunspecialtrainingprogrammeforMaldiviancivilservants.3�5.Which airline denotes an operating loss of around Rs

4600 crore within the last fiscal year due to higher oilcostsandexchangelossesandexpectstoshowtheprofitofRs700to800crorein�0�9-�0?

dkSu lh ,;jykbu mPp foÙkh; ykXkr vkSj fofue; ?kkVs ds dkj.k fiNys foÙkh; o"kZ ds Hkhrj yXkHkXk 4600 djksM+ #i;s ds ifjpkyu ?kkVs dk ladsr nsrh gS vkSj 2019&20 esa 700 ls 800 djksM+ #i;s dk ykHk fn[kkus dh mEehn djrh gS\

(a) AirIndia/,;j bafM;k(b) Kingfisher/uhydaB

(c) Lurcher/pksj(d) Noneofthese/buesa ls dksbZ ugha

Ans:–(a)AirIndiadenotesanoperatinglossofaroundRs4600crorewithinthelastfiscalyearduetohigheroilcostsandexchangelosses however the debt-laden carrier expects to show theprofitofRs700to800crorein�0�9-�0.3�6.Which state government has sent a group of senior

administrators to Australia for highway safety usingSafe System Solution and to emulate the best practiceprocedureswithaworkshop?

fdl jkT; ljdkj us lqjf{kr ç.kkyh lek/ku dk mi;ksXk djds jktekXkZ lqj{kk ds fy, vkWLVªsfy;k ds ofj"B ç'kkldksa dk ,d lewg Hkstk gS vkSj ,d dk;Z'kkyk ds lkFk loksZÙke vH;kl çfØ;kvksa dk vuqdj.k djus ds fy,\

(a) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(b) Telangana/rsyaXkkuk(c) AndraPradesh/vka/z çns'k

(d) Noneofthese/buesa ls dksbZ ughaAns:–(a)The Tamil Nadu government has sent a group of senioradministrators to Australia for highway safety using SafeSystemSolutionandtoemulatethebestpracticeprocedureswithaworkshop.3�7.Who is appointed as the first Chancellor of Rai Sports

University? jk; LiksV~Zl ;wfuoflZVh ds igys pkalyj ds :i esa fdls fu;qDr

fd;k Xk;k gS\

(a) RahulDravid/jkgqy æfoM+(b) KapilDev/dfiy nso

(c) SachinTendulkar/lfpu rsanqydj

(d) RohitSharma/jksfgr 'kekZAns:–(b)KapilDevisappointedasthefirstChancellorofRaiSportsUniversity.3�8.ManipurtohostUNconferenceondrugson__________

__ ef.kiqj -------------- ij nokvksa ij la;qDr jk"Vª lEesyu dh

estckuh djus ds fy,

(a) Plague/IysXk(b) HIVAIDS/,pvkbZoh ,M~l

(c) SwineFlu/Lokbu Ýyw(d) Malaria/eysfj;k

Ans:–(b)

ManipurtohostUNconferenceondrugsonHIVAIDS.3�9.WhichstateCMlauncheshelplineforspeedyredressalof

publicgrievances?

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GAURAV SIR


fdl jkT; ds eq[;ea=kh us turk dh f'kdk;rksa ds Rofjr fuokj.k ds fy, gsYiykbu 'kq: dh\

(a) Kerala/dsjy

(b) Himachal/fgekpy çns'k(c) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(d) AndhraPradesh/vka/z çns'k

Ans:–(b)HimachalPradeshCMlauncheshelplineforspeedyredressalofpublicgrievances.330.Ozoneholecouldbesmallestin____________decades? vkstksu fNæ ------------ n'kdksa esa lcls NksVk gks ldrk gS\

(a) Three/rhu(b) Two/nks(c) Six/Ng(d) Seven/lkr

Ans:–(a)

Ozoneholecouldbesmallestinthreedecades.33�.Which city to host UN conference on drugs on HIV

AIDS? ,pvkbZoh ,M~l ij nokvksa ij la;qDr jk"Vª lEesyu dh estckuh

djus okyk dkSu lk 'kgj gS\

(a) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(b) Manipur/ef.kiqj(c) Chennai/psUubZ(d) Secunderabad/fldanjkckn

Ans:–(b)

ManipurtohostUNconferenceondrugsonHIVAIDS33�.WhichbankboardapprovesmergerwithIndianBank? fdl cSad ds cksMZ us Hkkjrh; cSad ds lkFk foy; dks eatwjh

nh\

(a) DenaBank/nsuk cSad(b) AllahabadBank/Hkkjrh; fjtoZ cSad(c) YesBank/;l cSad(d) CanaraBank/dsujk cSad

Ans:–(b)

AllahabadBankboardapprovesmergerwithIndianBank.333.WhereistheheadquartersofDRDO? DRDOdk eq[;ky; dgka gS\


Ans:–(b)ISRO and DRDO ink MoUs to provide technologies forhumancentricsystems.334.New York Becomes ___________US State To Ban

FlavoredE-Cigarettes U;w;kWdZ cu Xk;k ----------- vesfjdh jkT; bZ&flXkjsV ij çfrca/

yXkkus ds fy,

(a) Second/nwljk(b) Fifth/ikapoka(c) Eighth/vkBoka

(d) Seventh/lkrokaAns:–(a)

NewYorkBecomesUSStateToBanFlavoredE-Cigarettes.335.WhereistheheadquartersofIndiaPost? bafM;k iksLV dk eq[;ky; dgka gS\


Ans:–(b)

TheHeadquartersofIndiaPostisNewDelhi.336.India Post Starts Speed Post Service to ________New

ForeignCountries Hkkjr iksLV ------------ u, fons'kh ns'kksa esa LihM iksLV lsok 'kq:

djrk gS

(a) six/Ng(b) seven/lkr(c) eight/vkB

(d) nine/ukSAns:–(a)India Post Starts Speed Post Service to Six New ForeignCountries.337.WhichstateHealthMinisterlaunchesnewprojects? fdl jkT; ds LokLF; ea=kh us ubZ ifj;kstukvksa dh 'kq#vkr

dh\

(a) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(b) Megalaya/es?kky;(c) Kerala/dsjy

(d) AndhraPradesh/vka/z çns'kAns:–(b)

MeghalayaHealthMinisterlaunchesnewprojects.338.WherewastheSITMEX-�9held?

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GAURAV SIR


SITMEX-�9dgka vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) PortBlair/iksVZ Cys;j(b) Bangkok/cSadkd

(c) Beihai/fcgkbZ(d) Cochin/dksphu

Ans:–(a)SITMEX-�9 (Singapore India Thailand Maritime Exercise)TrilateralExercisehascommencedfrom�8September�0�9atPortBlair,AndamanandNicobarIslands.Thefive-day-longnavalexerciseisheldbetweenIndianNavy(IN),RepublicofSingaporeNavy(RSN)andRoyalThaiNavy(RTN).339.Whichcabinetapprovestopayfeesforclass�0and��

students? d{kk 10 vkSj 12 ds Nk=kksa dss fy, dkSu lh dSfcusV iQhl dk

HkqXkrku djus dh eatwjh nsrh gS\

(a) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(b) Karnataka/dukZVd


Ans:–(a)Delhi Cabinet approves to pay fees for class �0 and ��students.340.SITMEX�9commencedat_________ SITMEX�9dks ------------ esa 'kq: fd;k Xk;k

(a) PortBlair/iksVZ Cys;j(b) Pakistan/ikfdLrku

(c) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k(d) Iran/bZjku

Ans:–(a)

SITMEX�9commencedatPortBlair34�.CentralRailwayrecovers7.88crorefinefromticketless

travellersin_____ eè; jsyos us -------- esa fVdV jfgr ;k=kh ls 7-88 djksM+ tqekZuk

olwyk

(a) Chennai/psUubZ(b) Pune/iq.ks(c) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(d) Secunderabad/fldanjkckn

Ans:–(b)Central Railway recovers 7.88 crore fine from ticketlesstravellersinPune-34�.Whoisappointedasthenewnationalsecurityadviserby

USPresidentTrump?

vesfjdh jk"Vªifr Vªei }kjk u, jk"Vªh; lqj{kk lykgdkj ds :i esa fdls fu;qDr fd;k Xk;k gS\

(a) JohnBolton/,- tkWu cksYVu(b) H.R.McMaster/,p-vkj- eSdekLVj

(c) RichardDaniels/fjpMZ Msfu;y(d) RobertO'Brien/jkWcVZ vks czk;u

Ans:–(b)USPresidentDonaldTrumphasappointedRobertO’Brienasthenewnationalsecurityadviser.HewillreplaceJohnBolton.He will Mr.Trump’s fourth national security adviser. HecurrentlyheadshostagenegotiationsattheStateDepartment.ItisbelievedthatMr.O’Brienisthehighest-rankingMormonmemberoftheTrumpadministration.343.NTPCLtd.hasunveileditsplanstosetupa5gigawatt

(GW)solarparkin_________. NTPCLtd.us ----------------- esa 5 XkhXkkokV (GW)lksyj ikdZ

LFkkfir djus dh viuh ;kstuk dk [kqyklk fd;k gSA

(a) Bihar/fcgkj(b) Gujarat/Xkqtjkr(c) Rajasthan/jktLFkku(d) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq

Ans:–(b)India’slargestenergyconglomerateNTPCLtd.hasunveileditsplans tosetupa5gigawatt (GW)solarpark inGujarat.Thissolarpark isexpected tobe thebiggest in thecountry.Themoveof the company is toward cleaner energy.NTPChaslocatedaspotinGujaratfortheproject.344.Whichofthefollowinghaslaunchedaprojecttohelpthe

Indiancustomerswhouse�Gphoneswithoutrequiringdataoraninternetconnection?

fuEufyf[kr esa ls fdlus Hkkjrh; Xkzkgdksa dh enn ds fy, ,d ifj;kstuk 'kq: dh gS tks MsVk ;k baVjusV dusD'ku dh vko';drk ds fcuk 2 th iQksu dk mi;ksXk djrs gSa\

(a) TATA/VkVk(b) BSNL/ch,l,u,y(c) Vodafone/oksMkiQksu(d) Google/XkwXky

Ans:–(d)Google introduced a project to help the Indian customerswho use �G phones without requiring data or an internetconnection.345.Google collaborated with _________ for its gStation

toprovidefreeandhigh-speedWiFiatpublic locationsacrossIndia.

XkwXky us iwjs Hkkjr esa lkoZtfud LFkkuksa ij eqÝr vkSj mPp Xkfr

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GAURAV SIR


okbZiQkbZ çnku djus ds fy, vius thLVs'ku ds fy, --------- ds lkFk lg;ksXk fd;kA

(a) Cisco/flLdks

(b) Idea/vkbZfM;k

(c) Nexge/usDlth(d) TATA/VkVk

Ans:–(a)InJuly�0�9GooglecollaboratedwithCiscoforitsgStationtoprovidefreeandhigh-speedWiFiatpubliclocationsacrossIndia.346.WhichisthecapitalofMongolia? eaXkksfy;k dh jkt/kuh dkSu lh gS\

(a) Zuunmod/twueksn(b) Ordoscity/vkWMksZl 'kgj

(c) Sukhbaatar/lq[k ckrj(d) Ulaanbaatar/mykuckVkj

Ans:–(d)Ulaanbaatar ia the capital and largest city of Mongolia. Itis situated on theTuul River on a windswept plateau at anelevationof4,430feet.347.WherewastheExerciseChangthangPraharheld? O;k;ke pkaXkFkkaXk çgkj dgka vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) Ladakh/yn~nk[k(b) J&K/tEew vkSj d'ehj

(c) Leh/ysg(d) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh

Ans:–(a)IndianArmyconductedExerciseChangthangPrahar, a rareexercise in Eastern Ladakh bordering China. Such massiveexerciseisheldforthefirsttimeintheregion.Itwasconductedatanaltitudeof��,000feet.348.IndianArmyconductedrareexerciseChangthangPrahar

in__________ Hkkjrh; lsuk us ----------- esa nqyZHk vH;kl fd;k

(a) Himalayas/fgeky;(b) Easternladakh/iwohZ yn~nk[k(c) VindhyaRange/foaè; jsat(d) SivalikHills/f'kokfyd fgYl

Ans:–(b)

IndianArmyconductedrareexerciseinEasternLadakh.349.WhichcompanyhasannouncedtheClimatePledge? DykbesV Iyst dh ?kks"k.kk fdl daiuh us dh gS\


(b) Google/XkwXky(c) Amazon/vekt+ksu

(d) Flipkart/fÝyidkVZAns:–(c)AmazonFounderandCEOJeffBezoshaveannouncedTheClimatePledge.Thepledge is a commitment to meetParisAgreement’sgoal�0yearsearlybyachievingnet-zerocarbonacrossbusinessesby�040.350.WhereistheheadquartersofSEBI? lsch dk eq[;ky; dgka gS\

(a) Chennai/psUubZ(b) Mumbai/eqacbZ(c) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(d) Ranchi/jkaph

Ans:–(b)

TheheadquartersofSEBIisMumbai.35�.Which IIT ranks among top institutes in QS Graduate

EmployabilityRankings? QSXkzstq,V ,EiykW;fcfyVh jSafdaXk esa 'kh"kZ laLFkkuksa eas ls dkSu

lk IITjSad djrk gS\

(a) IITRanchi/vkbZvkbZVh jkaph

(b) IITRoorkee/vkbZvkbZVh #M+dh

(c) IITBombay/vkbZvkbZVh ckWEcs

(d) IITAhmedabad/vkbZvkbZVh vgenkcknAns:–(c)IIT Bombay ranks among top institutes in QS GraduateEmployabilityRankings-35�.Which movie has been nominated for the 9�nd Oscar

Awards? fdl fiQye dks 92osa vkWLdj vokMZ ds fy, ukekafdr fd;k

Xk;k gS\

(a) Padmavat/in~ekor(b) Raazi/jkth(c) GullyBoy/Xkyh ckW;(d) Uri:TheSurgicalStrike/mjh% n lftZdy LVªkbd

Ans:–(c)ThemovieGullyBoyhasbeenselectedasIndia’sofficialentrytothe9�ndOscarAwards.Theceremonyhasbeenscheduledtotakeplaceon9February�0�0.353.Whobecamethe4thwrestlertowintheWorldWrestling

Championships�0�9andsecuredhisOlympicsquota? fo'o dq'rh pSafi;uf'ki 2019 thrus okys 4osa igyoku dkSu

cus vkSj viuk vksyafid dksVk gkfly fd;k\

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GAURAV SIR


(a) RahulAware/jkgqy vokjs

(b) Jitender/ftrsUæ(c) MausamKhatri/ekSle [k=kh(d) DeepakPunia/nhid iqfu;k

Ans:–(d)Indian wrestlers Deepak Punia won the World WrestlingChampionships �0�9 and secured his Olympics quota. Hebecame the fourth Indian wrestler to secure a berth for theTokyoOlympics�0�0.354.WhendoesthetermendfortheHaryanaassembly? gfj;k.kk fo/kulHkk ds fy, dk;Zdky dc lekIr gksrk gS\

(a) November�/2 uoacj(b) November9/9 uoacj(c) November��/11 uoacj(d) November��/12 uoacj

Ans:–(a)The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced thatthe schedule for elections inHaryanawill takeplaceon��October�0�9.ThetermofHaryanaassemblywillexpire�onNovember�.ECannouncedthatthedateofnotificationison�7September.Thelastdateofnominationwillbe4Octoberand scrutiny will take place on 5 October.The last date ofwithdrawalofcandidatureis7October.355.Where was the Magnificent Performing Arts Award

ceremonyheld? 'kkunkj çn'kZu dyk iqjLdkj lekjksg dgka vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k

Fkk\

(a) London/yanu(b) California/dSfyiQksfuZ;k

(c) Sydney/flMuh(d) Italy/bVyh

Ans:–(a)TheMagnificentPerformingArtsAwardceremonywasheldatthe��stCenturyIconAwardsinLondon.SonuNigam,thePopularBollywoodplaybacksinger,washonouredwith theaward.NigamwasamongahostofwinnersacrossarangeofcategoriesatagalaawardsceremonyheldattheUK.356.When was Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC)

founded? vkWfMV C;wjks vkWiQ ldqZys'ku (,chlh) dh LFkkiuk dc dh XkbZ

Fkh\

(a) �94� (b) �948(c) �955 (d) �943

Ans:–(b)AuditBureauofCirculations(ABC)foundedin�948isanot-

for-profit, voluntary organization. It consists of publishers,advertisers, and advertising agencies as members. ABCconducts pioneering work to develop audit procedures tocertify the circulation figures of publications which aremembersofABC.357.WhendoesthetermendfortheMaharashtraassembly? egkjk"Vª fo/kulHkk dk dk;Zdky dc lekIr gksrk gS\

(a) October�5/25 vDVwcj

(b) October�9/29 vDVwcj

(c) November�/2 uoacj(d) November9/9 uoacj

Ans:–(d)TheElectionCommissionofIndia(ECI)announcedthattheschedule for elections inMaharashtrawill takeplaceon��October �0�9. The term of the Maharashtra assembly endsonNovember9.Theelection in thestateswillbeheld inasinglephase.ECannouncedthatthedateofnotificationison�7September.358.Whichcountryrecordedbesteverperformance in�0�9

WorldWrestlingChampionships? fdl ns'k us 2019 fo'o dq'rh pSafi;uf'ki esa loZJs"B çn'kZu

ntZ fd;k\

(a) SriLanka/Jhyadk

(b) India/Hkkjr(c) Pakistan/ikfdLrku

(d) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;kAns:–(b)Indiarecordedbesteverperformancein�0�9WorldWrestlingChampionships.359.CentralBoardofDirectTax(CBDT)hassetupNational

e-AssessmentCentre(NeAC)in__________. dsaæh; çR;{k dj cksMZ (CBDT)us ------------ esa jk"Vªh; bZ&vkdyu

dsaæ (NeAC)dh LFkkiuk dh gSA

(a) Ahmedabad/vgenkckn

(b) Jaipur/t;iqj(c) Jodhpur/tks/iqj(d) Delhi/fnYyh

Ans:–(d)CentralBoardofDirectTax(CBDT)hassetupNationale-AssessmentCentre (NeAC) inDelhi.NeAcaims toexpandthe scope of e-governance and ease of doing business.Themove comes after the announcement by PM Modi duringtheNationalConferenceofTaxOfficialsin�0�7tocreateatransparentandcorruption-freeassessmentsystem.360.WhichState-ownedbankhaspartneredwithMaxBupa,

a health insurance company to offer a wide range of

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productsandservicestothecustomers? fdl jkT; ds LokfeRo okys cSad us Xkzkgdksa dks mRiknksa vkSj

lsokvksa dh ,d foLr`r J`a[kyk dh is'kd'k djus ds fy, LokFL; chek daiuh eSDl cqik ds lkFk HkkXkhnkjh dh gS\

(a) BankofBaroda/cSad vkWiQ cM+kSnk

(b) IndianBank/Hkkjrh; cSad(c) DenaBank/nsuk cSad(d) CanaraBank/dsujk cSad

Ans:–(b)Max Bupa, a health insurance company, has announced abancassurance corporate agency agreement with the state-owned IndianBank.Thepartnershipwill further strengthenMaxBupa’sfootprintintheSouthernmarket.Theagreementaims to offer a wide range of products and services to thecustomers.36�.Where was the 6th Reunion of the Corps ofArmyAir

Defence(AAD)held? dksj vkWiQ+ vkehZ ,;j fMiQsal (AAD)dk 6 okW iqufeZyu dgka


(a) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'k(b) Odisha/vksfM'kk

(c) WestBengal/if'pe caXkky(d) Rajasthan/jktLFkku

Ans:–(b)The6thReunionoftheCorpsofArmyAirDefence(AAD)wascelebratedon�0and��Sep�0�9atArmyADCollege,Gopalpur, Odisha.The reunion provided a platform for theinteractionamongtheservingandretiredArmyAirDefencegunnerstorenewtheirties.ItalsopaidtributestothemartyredcomradesandhonouredtheVeerNaries.36�.What is the name of the portal developed by Bank of

Barodaforfarmers? fdlkuksa ds fy, cSad vkWiQ cM+kSnk }kjk fodflr iksVZy dk uke

D;k gS\

(a) BarodaKisan/cM+kSnk fdlku

(b) KisanWelfare/fdlku dY;k.k

(c) BOBBharatKisan/BOBHkkjr fdlku

(d) InsureKisan/chek fdlkuAns:–(a)Thestate-ownedBankofBarodahaslauncheditsagridigitalplatform Baroda Kisan. The Baroda Kisan platform canbe accessed on mobiles by farmers. The web-based portalBarodaKisanisexpectedtomeetalltheneedsoffarmers.Itprovidesdetailsincludingweatherforecasts,cropconditions,themoisture levelsof the soil, informationoncropworms,marketprices,specialcrop-relatedconsultation.

363.AmidVikramlull,MOMcompletes5yrsaround_____ foØe yqy] ,evks,e -------- ds vklikl 5 o"kZ iwjk djrk gS

(a) Jupiter/c`gLifr(b) Mars/eaXky Xkzg(c) Pluto/IywVks(d) Mercury/ikjk

Ans:–(b)

AmidVikramlull,MOMcompletes5yrsaroundMars.364.WhoisthefirstawardeeoftheBestFIFAMen’sPlayer

Award? loZJs"B iQhiQk iq#"k f[kykM+h iqjLdkj dk igyk iqjLdkj fotsrk

dkSu gS\

(a) ChrisNeymar/fØl usekj

(b) LukaModric/yqdk eksnjhd

(c) CristianoRonaldo/fØfLV;kuks jksukYMks

(d) LionelMessi/ykW;uy eSlhAns:–(c)The The Best FIFA Men’s Player was initiated in the year�0�6. The award recognizes the excellence in associationfootballteamandindividualachievements.Thefirstawardee,in�0�6,oftheawardisCristianoRonaldo.365.Centre introducedAssistance for Deep Sea Fishing for

thefishermenin________ dsaæ us ----------- esa eNqvkjksa dss fy, Xkgjs leqæ esa eNyh idM+us

ds fy, lgk;rk 'kq: dh

(a) Kerala/dsjy

(b) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(c) AndhraPradesh/vka/z çns'k

(d) WestBengal/if'pe caXkkyAns:–(b)Centre introducedAssistance for Deep Sea Fishing for thefishermeninTamilNadu366.India’s ________largest railway overbridge in West

Bengal if'pe caXkky esa Hkkjr dk ------------- largestjsyos vksojfczt

(a) first/çFke(b) second/nwljk(c) third/rhljk(d) eight/vkB

Ans:–(b)

India’ssecondlargestrailwayoverbridgeinWestBengal.367.Whoinauguarated6thIndiaWaterWeekinIndia? fdlus Hkkjr esa 6osa Hkkjr ty lIrkg dh 'kq#vkr dh\

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(a) ShriNitishKumar/Jh uhrh'k dqekj

(b) ShriRamnathKovind/JhjkeukFk dksfoan

(c) ShriNarendraModi/Jh ujsaæ eksnh(d) ShriSureshSharma/Jh lqjs'k 'kekZ

Ans:–(b)Shri Ram Nath Kovind inauguarated 6th IndiaWaterWeekinIndia368.Whowonthe�0�9RightLivelihoodAward,alsoknown

asSweden’salternativeNobelPrize? 2019 dk jkbV ykboyhgqM vokMZ fdlus thrk] ftls LohMu

oSdfYid ukscsy iqjLdkj ds :i esa Hkh tkuk tkrk gS\

(a) GretaThunberg/XkzsVk FkqucXkZ(b) GuoJianmei/Xkqvks ft;kueh

(c) DaviKopenawa/Msoh dksisuok

(d) Alloftheabove/Åij ds lHkhAns:–(d)SwedishteenagerGretaThunbergwasnamedasoneoffourwinners of the �0�9 Right Livelihood Award. Along withThunberg, 3 other visionaries were awarded. The awardrecipients are: Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg, Chinesewomen’srightslawyerGuoJianmei,DaviKopenawaoftheYanomamipeople, theBrazilian indigenous leader,WesternSahara human rights defender Aminatou Haidar. The 4laureatesreceivedacashawardof�millionSwedishcrowns($�03,000)each.369.WherewastheIBSFWorld6Reds�0�9held? IBSFoYMZ 6 jsM~l 2019 dgka vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) Thailand/FkkbZySaM(b) Laos/ykvksl

(c) Myanmar/E;kaekj(d) Bangladesh/ckaXykns'k

Ans:–(c)Laxman Rawat clinched the International Billiards andSnooker Federation (IBSF)World 6Reds title in Mandalay,Myanmar. He defeated Pakistan’s Muhammad Asif andsecured6-5toclinchthetitle.370.Author Neha J Hiranandani’s book titled Girl Power:

IndianWomenWhoBrokeTheRuleswasreleased.Thenew book elaborates the struggles and achievementsof stories of 50 Indian women role models. The bookincludesthecontemporarywomenlikeOlympicmedallistPVSindhu,ActressPriyankaChopra,SubhasiniMistry,Chandro Tomar. It also includes historical figures likequeenAbbakkaofChowtadynasty.

ys[kd usgk ts gjkuankuh dh iqLrd dk 'kh"kZd XkyZ ikWoj bafM;u ohesu gw czksd n :Yl tkjh fd;k Xk;k FkkA ubZ iqLrd

50 Hkkjrh; efgyk jksy ekWMy dh dgkfu;ksa dss la?k"kZ vkSj miyfCèk;ksa dks foLrkj ls crkrh gSA iqLrd esa vksyafid ind fotsrk ihoh fla/q] vfHkus=kh fç;adk pksiM+k] lqHkkfluh feL=kh] paæk rksej tSlh ledkyhu efgyk,a 'kkfey gSaA blesa pkSFkk oa'ak dh jkuh vCcDdk tSlh ,sfrgkfld gfLr;ka Hkh 'kkfe gSaA

(a) India/Hkkjr(b) Japan/tkiku(c) US/vesfjdk

(d) Russia/:lAns:–(b)The�3rdeditionoftheTrilateralMaritimeexerciseMalabarbeganon�4September�0�9at thecoastofSasebo,Japan.TheexerciseinvolveswarshipsandaircraftfromtheUnitedStates,Japan,andIndia.ThenavalexerciseMalabarwillbeheldfor�0-daysfrom�6Septemberto04October�0�9.37�.WhowontheIBSFWorld6Reds�0�9title? IBSFoYMZ 6 jsM~l 2019 dk f[krkc fdlus thrk\

(a) PanjajAdvani/iadt vkMok.kh

(b) BeetSethi/Xkhr lsBh(c) AshokSandilya/v'kksd lkafMY;

(d) LaxmanRawat/y{e.k jkorAns:–(d)Laxman Rawat clinched the International Billiards andSnooker Federation (IBSF)World 6Reds title in Mandalay,Myanmar. He defeated Pakistan’s Muhammad Asif andsecured6-5toclinchthetitle.37�.Infosysisworlds________bestregardedcompany bUiQksfll nqfu;k dh -------- lcls vPNh ekuh tkus okyh daiuh

gS

(a) Sixth/NBk(b) third/rhljk(c) second/nwljk(d) fourth/pkSFkk

Ans:–(b)

Infosysisworldsthirdbestregardedcompany373.Centreannouncedmeasurestocurbriseinpricesof____

_________onseptember�5th. dsaæ us 25 flracj dks -------------- dh dherksa esa o`f¼ dks jksdus

ds mik;ksa dh ?kks"k.kk dhA

(a) Potatoes/vkyw

(b) Onions/I;kt(c) Bananas/dsys

(d) Cucumber/[khjkAns:–(b)

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CentreannouncedmeasurestocurbriseinpricesofOnions.374.In which country the starfish-shaped futuristic airport

wasunveiledrecently? gky gh esa fdl ns'k esa LVkjfiQ'k ds vkdkj dk Hkfo"; gokbZ

vM~Ms dk vukoj.k fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) Russia/:l(b) Japan/tkiku(c) N.Korea/ukWFkZ dksfj;k

(d) China/phuAns:–(d)China unveiled Beijing Daxing International Airport, afuturistic airport, that resembles a giant starfish opened inBeijing.TheairportwasinauguratedbytheChinesePresidentXiJinping.375.Who was honoured with the prestigious IAAF Veteran

PinAwardatthe5�ndIAAFconference? 52osa IAAFlEesyu esa çfrf"Br IAAFo;kso`¼ fiu iqjLdkj

ls fdls lEekfur fd;k Xk;k\

(a) SomaBiswas/lksek fcLokl(b) Ashwini/vf'ouh

(c) ShinyAbraham/'kkbuh vczkge

(d) PTUsha/ihVh Å"kkAns:–(d)International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)honoured the former Indian athlete and Olympian PT UshawiththeprestigiousIAAFVeteranPinAward.Ushareceivedthe award from the IAAF president Sebastian Coe at the5�nd IAAF conference in Doha. IAAF Veteran PinAwardrecognizestheeffortsoftheplayerswhohavemadematchlesscontributionstoathletics.376.Wherewasthe5�ndIAAFconferenceheld? 52oka IAAFlEesyu dgka vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) Doha/nksgk(b) Qatar/drj

(c) Dubai/nqcbZ(d) Ajman/vteku

Ans:–(a)The5�ndIAAFconferencewasheld inDoha.InternationalAssociation of Athletics Federations (IAAF) honouredthe former Indian athlete and Olympian PT Usha with theprestigiousIAAFVeteranPinAward.377.What is the name of the plan launched by BSNL on

Serptember�6th? ch,l,u,y }kjk 26oha rkjh[k dks 'kq: dh Xkbz ;kstuk dk uke

D;k gS\

(a) FreedomPlan/Lora=krk ;kstuk(b) Diamondplan/ghjk ;kstuk(c) FlexiPlan/ÝysDlh ;kstuk(d) SuperStar500plan/lqij LVkj 500 ;kstuk

Ans:–(d)BSNL Super Star 500 Broadband Plan Launched Offers500GBData.378.WhereistheheadquartersofNTPClocated? ,uVhihlh dk gsM DokVZj dgka fLFkr gS\

(a) Jaipur/t;iqj(b) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(c) Guwahati/XkqokgkVh(d) Patna/iVuk

Ans:–(b)

TheheadquartersofNTPClocatedatNewDelhi.379.Which country44 in theWorlddigital competitiveness

rankings? fo'o fMftVy çfrLi/kZ jSafdaXk eas dkSu lk ns'k 44osa LFkku ij

gS\

(a) Russia/:l(b) India/Hkkjr(c) Pakistan/ikfdLrku


Indiaranks44intheWorlddigitalcompetitivenessrankings.380.Which country to celebrate �50th birth anniversary of

MahatmaGandhi? egkRek Xkka/h dh 150oha t;arh eukus okyk dkSu lk ns'k gS\




Ans:–(a)Australiaistocelebrate�50thbirthanniversaryofMahatmaGandhi.38�.JNUinksMoUwith__________forresearch,education,

technology ts,u;w vuqla/ku] f'k{kk] çkS|ksfXkdh ds fy, --------- ds lkFk

,evks;w djrk gS

(a) IITBangalore/vkbZvkbZVh cSaXkyksj

(b) IIT-Delhi/vkbZvkbZVh&fnYyh


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(d) IITRorkee/vkbZvkbZVh #M+dhAns:–(b)JNU inks MoU with IIT-Delhi for research, education,technology.38�.WhatisthecaptialofKazakstan? dtkdLrku dh jkt/kuh D;k gS\

(a) N'Djamena/u*ntkesuk(b) Nur-Sultan/uwj lqYrku(c) Praia/ijS;k(d) Ottawa/vksVkok

Ans:–(b)

IndoKazakhstanJointMilitaryExerciseKazind.383.Whichcountrytooffervisaforthefirsttime? fdl ns'k dks igyh ckj ohtk nsus dh is'kd'k|

(a) Albania/vYckfu;k



(d) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;kAns:–(c)

SaudiArabiatooffervisaforthefirsttime384.TherankFlightCommanderisthe_______incommand

oftheflyingunit. mM+ku bdkbZ dh deku esa jSad ÝykbV dekaMj --------- gSA

(a) second/nwljk(b) third/rhljk(c) fourth/pkSFkk(d) first/çFke

Ans:–(a)TherankFlightCommanderisthesecondincommandoftheunit. Dhamini is a permanent commission officer of IAF’sflyingbranch.Shehasbeenflyingchoppers.SheisaFlightcommanderinIAF.385.Who became the first Flight Commander of a flying

unit? ÝykbaXk ;wfuV dk igyk ÝykbV dekaMj dkSu cuk\

(a) BhawanaKanth/Hkkouk daB

(b) AvaniChaturvedi/vouh prqosZnh

(c) MohanaSingh/eksguk flag(d) SDhami/,l /keh

Ans:–(d)IndianAirForce’s(IAF)WingCommanderSDhamitheFlightCommander of a flying unit. She became the first femaleofficerinthecountrytobecometheFlightCommanderofa

flyingunit.386.Fedorisofficiallyknownas_________. iQsMksj dks vkf/dkfjd rkSj ij ---------- ds :i esa tkuk tkrk

gSA

(a) SkybotF-�A/LdkbZ ckWV ,iQ&2,

(b) SkybotF-A/LdkbZ ckWV ,iQ&,

(c) SkybotF850/LdkbZ ckWV ,iQ 850

(d) SkybotF650/LdkbZ ckWV ,iQ 650Ans:–(c)A humanoid machine named Fedor, Russia’s first robot inspacearrivedat the InternationalSpaceStation(ISS)on�7Augusty.FinalExperimentalDemonstrationObjectResearch(Fedor)isofficiallyknownasSkybotF850.387.Which of the following State featured the bottom the

Indiachildwellbeingindex�0�9? fuEufyf[kr esa ls fdl jkT; us Hkkjr ds fupys fgLls dks 2019

esa vPNh rjg ls fn[kk;k gS\

(a) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(b) HimachalPradesh/fgekpy çns'k(c) Odisha/vksfM'kk

(d) Meghalaya/es?kky;Ans:–(d)World Vision India and IFMR LEAD released a report onthe India childwell-being index�0�9on�7August. In theIndex states like Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh,and Puducherry topped the charts. States like Meghalaya,JharkhandandMadhyaPradeshrankedbottomintheindex.388.The Conference of Parties-�4 has been scheduled to

happenin_________. ikfVZ;ksa dk lEesyu&14 ---------------- esa gksus okyk gSA

(a) Agust�0�9/vXkLr 2019

(b) September�0�9/flracj 2019(c) October�0�9/vDVwcj 2019

(d) November�0�9/uoacj 2019Ans:–(b)India is hosting the Conference of Parties (COP) �4 ofthe United Nations Convention Combat geologic process(UNCCD) from �-�3 September in Noida. It is expectedthat over5,000 representatives frommore than�97will beparticipatinginthetwo-weekconference.389.What is thenameof themobileappdevelopedbyFive

Indianwomenthatconnectkidsatorphanageswithold-agehomes?

ikap Hkkjrh; efgykvksa }kjk fodflr eksckby ,si dk uke D;k gS tks cPpksa dks o`¼kJe ds lkFk vukFkky;ksa esa tksM+rk gS\

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(a) Jaishovan/t; 'kksou(b) PrathanLadki/ç/ku yM+dh

(c) Connecttheworld/lalkj dks tksM+ks

(d) Maitri/eS=khAns:–(d)Five Indian women have developed a mobile app namedMaitri. The app connects kids at orphanages with old-agehomes. The app was developed for the people affected byloneliness,depression.Theapppermitsuserstovolunteerandpresenttoold-agehomesandorphanages.390.WherewasthetwelfthIndiaSecuritySummitheld? ckjgoka Hkkjr lqj{kk f'k[kj lEesu dgka vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k

Fkk\

(a) Lucknow/y[kuÅ(b) Jaipur/t;iqj(c) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(d) Mumbai/eqacbZ

Ans:–(c)The��thIndiaSecuritySummitwasheldinNewDelhion�9August.Thesummit focusedonseveralproblems includingthe protection of important national infrastructure, risingcyberthreatslikeincidents,challengesandresponsibilities.39�.WhereistheheaquartersofFintechCompany? fiQuVsd daiuh dk eq[;ky; dgka gS\

(a) Bihar/fcgkj(b) Chennai/psUubZ(c) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(d) Mumbai/eqacbZ

Ans:–(b)

TheheadquartersofFintechCompanyisChennai.39�.Indiaand___________todevelopnewcropvarieties? Hkkjr vkSj ------------ rd ubZ iQly fdLeksa dk fodkl\


(b) Israel/btjkby(c) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k(d) Ethiopia/bfFk;ksfi;k

Ans:–(b)

IndiaandIsraeltodevelopnewcropvarieties.393.WhenistheInternationalDayoftheVictimsofEnforced

Disappearancesobserved? dc ls ykXkw fooknksa ds ihfM+rksa dk varjkZ"Vªh; fnol euk;k tkrk

gS\




(d) 30August/30 vXkLrAns:–(d)The International Day of the Victims of EnforcedDisappearances is observed on 30 August every year. TheDaywasestablishedbytheinternationalorganizationGeneralAssemblyresolution.394.Who was popularly known as the Wizard of Indian

HockeyandIndia’sgreatesthockeyplayerever? Hkkjrh; gkWdh ds tknwXkj vkSj Hkkjr ds vc rd ds lcls egku

gkWdh f[kykM+h ds :i esa fdls tkuk tkrk Fkk\

(a) DhyanChand/è;kupan(b) BalbirSingh/cychj flag(c) DhanrajPillay//ujkt fiYys(d) RoopSingh/:i flag

Ans:–(a)Dhyan Chand is popularly known as the Wizard of IndianHockey. He secured over 400 goals in �� years during theperiod�9�6to�948.HeisregardedasIndia’sgreatesthockeyplayer ever. Under his leadership, the Indian Hockey teamachievedseveralvictories.HeledIndiainto3Olympicgoldmedalsin�9�8,�93�and�936.395.WhenistheNationalSportsDay�0�9observed? jk"Vªh; [ksy fnol 2019 dc euk;k tkrk gS\


(b) ��August/12 vXkLr


(d) �August/1 vXkLrAns:–(c)The National Sports Day is celebrated nation-wide on�9 August �0�9. The Day is celebrated to mark the birthanniversaryofhockeylegendMajorDhyanChand.396.WherewastheCII’s�4thSustainabilitySummitheld? CIIdk 14oka fLFkjrk lEesyu dgka vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k Fkk\


(b) WestBengal/if'pe caXkky(c) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(d) Chennai/psUubZ

Ans:–(c)Centre plans to achieve �00% electrification of railways inthenext�0years.TheannouncementwasmadebytheUnionMinisterPiyushGoyalattheCII’s�4thSustainabilitySummitheldinNewDelhion�8-�9August�0�9.397.WheredidtheresearchersdiscoverthePeacockParachute

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SpiderorGootyTarantulainTamilnadurecently? 'kks/drkZvksa us gky gh esa rfeyukMq esa e;wj iSjk'kwV LikbVj ;k

XkwVh VkjsaVqyk dh [kkst dgka dh\

(a) Villupuram/foYyqiqje(b) Ooty/ÅVh(c) Coimbatore/dks;acVwj

(d) Theni/rSuhAns:–(a)ResearchersofthePuducherry-basedIndigenousBiodiversityFoundation(IBF)discoveredaPeacockParachuteSpiderorGootyTarantula in thePakkamalaiReserveForestsclose toVillupuramdistrict,TamilNadu.398.AswathaNarayanawon__________intheWorldSkills

competition v'oFk ukjk;.k us fo'o dkS'ky çfr;ksfXkrk esa ---------- thrk

(a) Silver/pkanh(b) Gold/lksuk(c) Bronze/ihry(d) Noneofthese/buesa ls dksbZ ugha

Ans:–(b)

AswathaNarayanawongoldinheWorldSkillscompetition399.Which Cabinet approves free rides for women in DTC

from�9October? 29 vDVwcj ls MhVhlh esa efgykvksa ds fy, eqÝr lokjh dks

fdl dSfcusV us eatwjh nh\

(a) Kerala/dsjy

(b) Delhi/fnYyh(c) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(d) Bihar/fcgkj

Ans:–(b)DelhiCabinet approves free rides forwomen inDTC from�9October400.Pakistan testfired nuclear-capable surface-to-surface

ballisticmissilenamed_________. ikfdLrku us ------------- uked ijek.kq&l{ke lrg ls lrg ij

ekj djus okyh cSfyfLVd felkby dk ijh{k.k fd;kA

(a) Shaheen�/'kkghu 2(b) Ghauri/XkkSjh(c) Ghaznavi/Xktuoh(d) Ra'ad/jkM

Ans:–(c)Pakistanhas successfully test-firednuclear-capable surface-to-surfaceballisticmissileGhaznavifromSonmianitestrangenearKarachi locatedinBalochistan.Itwillbeplacedunder

themedium-rangeballisticmissiles.Duringthetest,Ghaznaviwas trackedby theNationalDevelopmentComplex (NDC)groundcontrolstation.Itislocatedata��0kmdistancefromthetestrange.40�.Whichairlineshasbannedtheusageofsingle-useplastic

ontheflightofitssubsidiaries? fdl ,;jykbu us viuh lgk;d daifu;ksa dh mM+ku ij ,dy

mi;ksXk okys IykfLVd ds mi;ksXk ij çfrca/ yXkk fn;k gS\

(a) Jetairways/tsV ,;jost(b) IndiGo/bafMXkks(c) SpiceJet/Likbl tsV(d) AirIndia/,;j bafM;k

Ans:–(d)Air India has banned the usage of single-use plastic on theflightofitssubsidariesfromOctober�,�0�9.ThesubsidiariesofAIrIndiaareAirIndiaExpressandAllianceAir.Also,AirIndiahasannouncedthat in itssecondphase, thesingle-useplasticwillbebannedinallAirIndiaflights.40�.WhichStatehasapprovedfreeridesforwomeninDelhi

TransportCorporation(DTC)? fdl jkT; us fnYyh ifjogu fuXke (MhVhlh) esa efgykvksa ds

fy, eqÝr lokjh dh eatwjh nh gS\

(a) WestBengal/if'pe caXkky(b) Telangana/rsyaXkkuk(c) Delhi/fnYyh(d) Maharashtra/egkjk"Vª

Ans:–(c)The Delhi Cabinet has approved free rides for women onDelhiTransportCorporation(DTC)busesaswellasitsclusterbuses.TheproposalwasapprovedbythecabinetattheDelhiSecretariat.

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OCTOBER CURRENT 2019�. WhichstatepolicetoConductPlogRunforSwachand

FitIndia? LoPN vkSj fiQV Hkkjr ds fy, fdl jkT; dh iqfyl us pkyu

pkyu vk;ksftr fd;k\

(a) Delhi/fnYyh(b) Kerala/dsjyk

(c) AndhraPradesh/vkU/z izns'k

(d) Bihar/fcgkjAns:–(a)

DelhiPolicetoConductPlogRunforSwachandFitIndia./d�. WhichorganizationistheparentcompanyofGoogle? Googledh ewy daiuh dkSu lh gS\

(a) Alphabet/o.kZekyk(b) Apple/,iy(c) Microsoft/ekbØkslksÝV

(d) Oppo/fooksAns:–(a)

TheparentcompanyofGoogleisAlphabet./d3. VPaddressedMaryKomsRegionalBoxingFoundation

in_______________? ohih us------------------------esa eSjh dksEl jhtuy ckWfDlax iQkmaMs'ku

dks lacksf/r fd;k\

(a) Manipur/ef.kiqj(b) Imphal/baiQky(c) Meghalaya/es?kky;(d) Varanasi/okjk.klh

Ans:–(a)VP addressed Mary Koms Regional Boxing Foundation inImphal,Manipur./d4. The94thRaisingDayofMNSisobservedon_______? euls dk 94 oka LFkkiuk fnol----------------dks euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) �stOctober/vDVwcj

(b) 3rdNovember/uoEcj(c) 5thoctober/vDVwcj

(d) 9thDecember/fnlacjAns:–(a)

The94thRaisingDayofMNSisobservedon�October/d5. ChineseCommunistPartymarkedthe_____anniversary

ofitsrule phuh dE;qfuLV ikVhZ us vius 'kklu dh------------------o"kZxkaB dks

fpfgUr fd;k

(a) 70th(b) 68th(c) 68th(d) 7�st

Ans:–(a)ChineseCommunistPartymarkedthe70thanniversaryofitsrule./d6. SanjayKapoorawardedMostInspiringIndianBollywood

Actorin________? lat; diwj us-------------------esa lokZf/d izsjd Hkkjrh; ckWyhoqM

vfHkusrk dks lEekfur fd;k\

(a) UK/;wds

(b) Australia/vkWLVªsfy;k

(c) NewYork/U;w;kWdZ

(d) Russia/:lAns:–(a)Sanjay Kapoor awarded Most Inspiring Indian BollywoodActorinUK/d7. Whichcompanyplannedtoraiseviaabondissue? fdl daiuh us ckWUM b';w ds tfj, tqVkus dh ;kstuk cukbZ\

(a) Airtel/,;jVsy(b) Vodafone/oksMkiQksu(c) RelianceJio/fjyk;al ft;ks(d) Idea/fopkj

Ans:–(a)

BhartiAirtelisplanningtoraiseviaabondissue/d8. Trade apprentices to get minimum monthly stipend

rangingfromRs5000to__________ VsªM vijsafVl U;wure ekfld othiQk ikus ds fy, 5000 #i;s

ls ysdj----------------------rd

(a) 7500(b) 9000(c) 8000(d) 8700

Ans:–(b)Tradeapprentices togetminimummonthly stipend rangingfromRs5000to9000./d9. MNRE to organise Global Student SolarAssembly on

____________ ––––––––––ij Xykscy LVwMsaV lksyj vlsacyh vk;ksftr djus

dh MNRE(a) September�4th/14 flarcj(b) October�nd/2 vDVwcj

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(c) December�6th/16 fnalcj(d) August�6th/26 vxLr

Ans:–(b)MNRE to organise Global Student SolarAssembly on Oct�./d�0. WhereistheheadquartersofIndianAirForce? Hkkjrh; ok;q lsuk dk eq[;ky; dgk¡ gS\

(a) Chennai/psUubZ(b) Mumbai/eqacbZ(c) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(d) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn

Ans:–(c)

TheheadquartersofIndianAirForceisNewDelhi./d��. WhereistheheadquartersofSBIBank? SBIBankdk eq[;ky; dgk¡ gS\

(a) Chennai/psUubZ(b) Mumbai/eqacbZ(c) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(d) Ahmedabad/vgenkckn

Ans:–(b)StateBankofIndiabecomesfirstIndianbanktohaveofficeinAustraliasVictoria./d��. CBDTinksthe_________AdvancePricingAgreement CBDT,Mokal------------------izkbflax le>kSrs esa 'kkfey gS

(a) 305th/305 oka(b) 30�th/301 oka(c) 30�nd/302 oka(d) 300th/300 oka

Ans:–(d)

CBDTinksthe300thAdvancePricingAgreement./d�3. WhoistheCEOoftheAyushmanBharatscheme? vk;q"eku Hkkjr ;kstuk ds lhbZvks dkSu gSa\

(a) InduBhushan/banq Hkw"k.k(b) Dr.DineshArora/MkW- fnus'k vjksM+k

(c) KamathSingh/dkeFk flag

(d) PMNarendraModi/ih,e ujsanz eksnhAns:–(a)AyushmanBharatwaslaunchedbythePrimeMinisteron�3September�0�8.ItwaslaunchedundertheAyushmanBharatMissionofMinistryofHealthandFamilyWelfare(MoHFW)inIndia.CEOisInduBhushanandDeputyCEOisDr.DineshArora./d�4. Where was the World Athletics Championships �0�9

held? fo'o ,FkysfVDl pSafi;uf'ki 2019 dgk¡ vk;ksftr dh xbZ

Fkh\

(a) Beijing/chftax(b) Moscow/ekLdks

(c) London/yaMu(d) Doha/nksgk

Ans:–(d)TheWorldAthleticsChampionships�0�9washeldatKhalifaStadium,Doha,Qatar./d�5. WhichStatetoppedtheSchoolEducationQualityIndex

(SEQI)? fdl jkT; us Ldwy f'k{kk xq.koRrk lwpdkad (SEQI)esa 'kh"kZ

LFkku izkIr fd;k gS\


(b) Kerala/dsjy

(c) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(d) UttarPradesh/mÙkj izns'k

Ans:–(b)Keralahasemergedontopamong�0largestatesintermsofqualityofschooleducationintheSchoolEducationQualityIndex (SEQI). SEQI was jointly released by NITI Aayog,Ministry of Human Resource Development and the WorldBank, alongside sectoral experts. The report is based onindexingofstatesandUnionTerritories(UTs)onthelearningoutcomesforschool-goingchildren./d�6. WhenwastheInternationalcoffeedayinitiated? varjkZ"Vªh; dkWiQh fnol dc 'kq: fd;k x;k Fkk\

(a) �0�0(b) �000(c) �0�5(d) �008

Ans:–(c)TheInternationalCoffeeOrganizationhasagreedtoinstitutethedateon�October�0�5atameetingheldon3-7March�0�4.ThedaywaslaunchedinMilanaspartofExpo�0�5./d�7. WhenwastheNationalAcademyofMedicinefounded? jk"Vªh; fpfdRlk vdkneh dh LFkkiuk dc dh xbZ Fkh\

(a) �963(b) �970(c) �978(d) �989

Ans:–(b)

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NAMwasformedon�970.NAMisanAmericannonprofit,non-governmentalorganization.Itisavolunteerorganizationthatprovidesadviceonhealthandmedicaladvice./d�8. Who is awarded as most Inspiring Indian Bollywood

ActorinUK? fczVsu esa lcls izsj.kknk;d Hkkjrh; ckWyhoqM vfHkusrk ds :i esa

fdls lEekfur fd;k tkrk gS\

(a) AnilKapoor/vfuy diwj

(b) SanjayKapoor/lat; diwj

(c) ShahidKapoor/'kkghn diwj

(d) D.VikramSharma/foØe 'kekZAns:–(b)Sanjay Kapoor awarded as the most Inspiring IndianBollywoodActorinUK/d�9. WhenistheInternationalcoffeedaycelebrated? varjkZ"Vªh; dkWiQh fnol dc euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) �September/2 flracj(b) �0May/10 ebZ(c) �October/�vDVwcj

(d) 4December/4 fnlEcjAns:–(c)Theinternationalcoffeedayiscelebratedon�Octobereveryyear.Anestimationsaysaround3billioncupsofcoffeeareconsumedeveryday.Thediversemixofglobalcelebrationsthat takeplaceonInternationalCoffeeDaytrulyshowcasescoffeeasoneoftheworld’smostlovedbeverages./d�0. IndianNavytobuildcasefor________aircraftcarrier Hkkjrh; ukSlsuk-------------------foeku okgd ds fy, ekeyk cukus

ds fy,

(a) �nd(b) 3rd(c) 4th(d) 5th

Ans:–(b)

IndianNavytobuildcasefor3rdaircraftcarrier./d��. WhenistheGandhiJayanthicelebratedinIndia? xka/h t;arh Hkkjr esa dc eukbZ tkrh gS\


(b) �4November/14 uoacj(c) �May/1 ebZ(d) 5September/5 flracj

Ans:–(a)Gandhi Jayanthi is celebrated on � October in India. The

Day marks the to mark the birth anniversary of MohandasKaramchand Gandhi.The day is celebrated every year. Hisbirth anniversary is observed as the International Day ofNonviolence./d��. ParyatanParv�0�9spreadthemessageof__________. i;ZVu ioZ 2019 us-----------dk lans'k iSQyk;kA

(a) Tourismisfree/i;ZVuj eqDr gS(b) TourismforAll/lHkh ds fy, i;ZVu

(c) TourismisaRight/i;ZVu ,d vf/dkj gS

(d) Tourismisamust/i;ZVu ,d t:jh gSAns:–(b)ParyatanParv�0�9aimstopropagatethemessageofDekhoApna Desh with the objective to encourage Indians to visitvarioustouristdestinationsofthecountry.ItalsospreadthemessageofTourismforAll./d�3. When is the International Day of Non-Violence

observed? varjkZ"Vªh; vfgalk fnol dc euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) 4June/twu(b) �October/vDVwcj

(c) ��December/fnlEcj(d) 5January/tuojh

Ans:–(b)InternationalDayofNon-Violenceisobservedon�October.ThedayisobservedonthebirthdayofMahatmaGandhi.HeistheleaderoftheIndianindependencemovementandpioneerofthephilosophyandstrategyofnon-violence.Thedayaimstodisseminatethemessageofnon-violence,includingthrougheducationandpublicawareness./d�4. WhenwasMohandasKaramchandGandhiborn? eksgunkl djepan xka/h dk tUe dc gqvk Fkk\

(a) �October�869/2 vDVwcj 1869

(b) �October�879/2 vDVwcj 1879

(c) �October�889/2 vDVwcj 1889

(d) �October�874/2 vDVwcj 1874Ans:–(a)M.K.Gandhiwasbornon�October �869.Hewasknownforhisnon-violenceprotestduring theBritish rule.Hewasa leadingfigureof freedommovementswhether in IndiaorSouthAfrica. Indiagot freedomfromcolonial rulewithhisefforts./d�5. WholaunchedtheGandhianChallenge? xka/hoknh pqukSrh fdlus 'kq: dh\

(a) AIM(b) NITI Aayog’s Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL)/NITI

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Aayogdh vVy fVadfjax ySCl (ATL)(c) UNICEFIndia/;wfulsiQ bafM;k(d) Alltheabove/mi;qZDr lHkh

Ans:–(d)AIM,NITIAayog’sAtalTinkeringLabs(ATL)andUNICEFIndia, including Generation Unlimited, have launched TheGandhian Challenge. The Gandhian Challenge providesa platform for every child across India to innovative, usingGandhi’sprinciples,solutionsforasustainableIndiaoftheirdreams./d�6. WhenwastheChamparanSatyagrahaheld? paikj.k lR;kxzg dc vk;ksftr fd;k x;k Fkk\

(a) �9�7(b) �9�9(c) �9��(d) �9�4

Ans:–(a)TheChamparanSatyagrahaof�9�7wasthefirstSatyagrahamovementinspiredbyGandhiandamajorrevoltintheIndianIndependenceMovement.Itwasafarmer’suprisingthattookplaceinChamparandistrictofBihar,IndiaduringtheBritishcolonialperiod./d�7. Which Ministry launched the Documentation

IdentificationNumber(DIN)systemoftheCentralBoardofDirectTaxes(CBDT)?

fdl ea=kky; us dsanzh; izR;{k dj cksMZ dh izys[ku igpku la[;k (DIN)iz.kkyh 'kq: dh\

(a) MinistryofCorporateAffairs/dkjiksjsV dk;Z ea=kky;(b) MinistryofElectronicsandInformationTechnology/bysDVªkWfuDl vkSj lwpuk izkSn~;ksfxdh ea=kky;

(c) MinistryofFinance/foRr e=kkay;(d) MinistryofHomeAffairs/x`g ea=kky;

Ans:–(c)Ministry of Finance has launched the DocumentationIdentification Number (DIN) system of the Central BoardofDirectTaxes (CBDT)on�October�0�9.On thedayoflaunching, about �7,500 communications with DIN weregenerated.DINsystemhasbeencreatedasperthedirectionofFinanceMinisterMs.NirmalaSitharaman./d�8. Gandhi was assassinated by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu

nationalist,on__________. xka/h dh gR;k-----------------dks fganw jk"Vªoknh ukFkwjke xksMls n~okjk

dh xbZ FkhA

(a) 30January�947/30 tuojh 1947(b) 30January�948/30 tuojh 1948(c) 30January�949/30 tuojh 1949

(d) 30January�950/30 tuojh 1950Ans:–(b)Gandhi was assassinated by Nathuram Godse, a Hindunationalist,on30January�948./d�9. WhoisthepresentministerofAgriculture? Ñf"k ds orZeku ea=kh dkSu gSa\

(a) Sureshprabhu/lqjs'k izHkq(b) NarendraSinghTomar/ujsanz flag rksej(c) VikramSharma/foØe 'kekZ

(d) DineshGupta/fnus'k xqIrkAns:–(b)NarendraSinghTomaristhepresentministerofAgriculture/d30. Where is the headquarters of United Nations General

Assembly(UNGA)located? la;qDr jk"Vª egklHkk (UNGA)dk eq[;ky; dgk¡ fLFkr gS\

(a) NewYork/U;w;kWdZ

(b) Australia/vkWLVsªfy;k

(c) Russia/:l(d) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k

Ans:–(a)The headquarters of United Nations General Assembly(UNGA)locatedatNewyork/d3�. When International Day of Non Violence started to

celebrateuniversally? tc varjkZ"Vªh; fgalk dk varjkZ"Vªh; fnol lkoZHkkSfed :i ls

euk;k tkus yxk\

(a) �007(b) �008(c) �009(d) �0�0

Ans:–(a)International Day of Non Violence started to celebrateuniversallyontheyear�007/d3�. NitinGadkarilaunchescowdungsoapsand_________? fufru xMdjh us xkscj lkcqu vkSj---------------------ykWUp fd;k\

(a) BambooBottles/ck¡l dh cksry

(b) CowdungShoes/xkscj ds twrs

(c) BambooCarpets/ck¡l dh ekyk

(d) Recycledsafetypins/iquuZohuhdj.k lqj{kk fiuAns:–(a)

NitinGadkarilaunchescowdungsoaps,bamboobottles/d33. Whoisthepresentministerofroadtransport?

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lM+d ifjogu ds orZeku ea=kh dkSu gSa\

(a) SureshPrabhu/lqjs'k izHkq(b) NitinGadkari/fufru xMdjh

(c) VikramSinha/foØe flUgk

(d) DineshKumar/fnus'k dqekjAns:–(b)

ThepresentministerofroadtransportisNitinGadkari./d34. Who is the present minister of Food and processing

industries? [kkn~; vkSj izlaLdj.k mn~;ksxksa ds orZeku ea=kh dkSu gSa\

(a) ShriSureshSharma/Jh lqjs'k 'kekZ(b) ShriHarsimratKaurBadal/Jh gjflejr dkSj ckny

(c) ShriSureshPrabhu/Jh lqjs'k izHkq(d) ShriPrakashJavedakar/Jh izdk'k tkoMs+dj

Ans:–(b)ThepresentministerofFoodandprocessingindustriesisShriHarsimratKaurBadal./d35. Whichunionministerlaunchescowdungsoaps,bamboo

bottles? fdl dsanzh; ea=kh us xkscj ds lkcqu] ckal dh cksrysa ykWUp

dh\

(a) ShriRajnathSingh/Jh jktukFk flag(b) ShriVikramSharma/Jh foØe 'kekZ

(c) ShriDineshKumar/Jh fnus'k dqekj

(d) ShriNitinGadkari/Jh fufru xMdjhAns:–(d)

NitinGadkarilaunchescowdungsoaps,bamboobottles/d36. WhodedicatesaSwachhBharattoBapuandthepeople

ofIndia? LoPN Hkkjr dks ckiw vkSj Hkkjr ds yksxksa dks dkSu lefiZr djrk

gS\

(a) ShriSureshSharma/Jh lqjs'k 'kekZ(b) ShriPrakashJavedakar/Jh izdk'k tkoM+sdj

(c) ShriNarendraModi/Jh ujsanz eksnh(d) ShriRajnathSingh/Jh jktukFk eksnh

Ans:–(c)PrimeMinisterNarendraModidedicatesaSwachhBharattoBapuandthepeopleofIndia./d37. Who is the first Indian man to qualify for World

Championships? fo'o pSafi;uf'ki ds fy, DokyhiQkbZ djus okyk igyk Hkkjrh;

O;fDr dkSu gS\

(a) NeerajChopra/uhjt pkSiM+k

(b) AvinashSable/vfouk'k lscy

(c) SundarSinghGurjar/lqanj flag xqtZj(d) ParulParmar/ik#y ijekj

Ans:–(b)Avinash Sable is the first Indian man to qualify for WorldChampionships./d38. HowmanydistrictsarethereinGujarat? xqtjkr esa fdrus ftys gSas\

(a) �8(b) 30(c) 33(d) �9

Ans:–(c)Gujaratwasformedon�May�960.TheCapitaloftheStateisGandhinagar.Thereare33districtsintheState./d39. ThefirstVandeBharatExpressrunsbetween_______. igyh oans Hkkjr ,Dlizsl----------------ds chp pyrh gSA

(a) Delhi-Varanasi/fnYyh&okjk.klh(b) Delhi-Ranchi/fnYyh&jkaph(c) Delhi-Ahmedabad/fnYyh&vgenkckn

(d) Delhi-Jaipur/fnYyh&t;iqjAns:–(a)The first Vande Bharat Express on Delhi- Varanasi routebeganoperationsinFebruary�0�9.VandeBharatExpresscanrunuptoamaximumspeedof�60kmph,makingitIndia’sfastesttrain./d40. WhichStatesignedwithDalmiaCementtohelpmakethe

stateplastic-freeby�0��? 2022 rd jkT; dks IykfLVd eqDr cukus esa enn djus ds fy,

Mkyfe;k lhesaV ds lkFk fdl jkT; us gLrk{kj fd,\

(a) Manipur/ef.kiqj(b) Meghalaya/es?kky;(c) Tripura/f=kiqjk(d) UttarPradesh/mÙkj izns'k

Ans:–(b)The Meghalaya government inked an environment-friendlydealwithacementcompany,DalmiaCement,tohelpmakethe state plastic-free by �0��. Dalmia along with TopcemCement,oneofNortheast’sleadingcementbrands,announcedthattheyhavedecidedtobuyplasticwastetobeusedasfuel,insteadofcoal./d4�. IndianRailwayshasplannedtobuild_________Vande

Bharattrainsby�0��. Hkkjrh; jsyos us 2022 rd--------------oans Hkkjr Vsªusa cukus dh

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;kstuk cukbZ gSA

(a) 30(b) 35(c) 38(d) 40

Ans:–(d)IndianRailwayshasplannedtobuild40VandeBharattrainsby�0��.UnionHomeMinisterAmitShahflaggedoffVandeBharatExpressfromtheNewDelhiRailwayStationon3rdOctober�0�9.ThisisthesecondVandeBharatExpress.TheexpressismadeundertheMakeinIndiainitiative./d4�. WhichisthecurrencyofPalestine? fiQfyLrhu dh eqnzk dkSu lh gS\

(a) EgyptianRial/felz dk fj;ky

(b) Israelinewshekel/btjk;yh ubZ 'ksdsy

(c) Jordaniandinar/tkMZu dk nhukj

(d) BandC/ch vkSj lhAns:–(d)The currencies in use in the Palestinian territories are theIsraelinewshekelandtheJordaniandinar.TheEgyptianpound(EGP) is thecurrencyofEgyptandGazaStrip (Palestinianterritories)./d43. Howmanyworkersaretrainedforfirsttoiletcollege igys 'kkSpky; dkWyst ds fy, fdrus Jfedksa dks izf'kf{kr

fd;k tkrk gS\

(a) 4500(b) 3,�00(c) �800(d) �650

Ans:–(b)

Indiafirsttoiletcollegetrains3,�00workers./d44. WhichstatebanspanmasalaonGandhiJayanti? xka/h t;arh ij fdl jkT; us iku elkyk ij izfrca/ yxk;k\


(c) WestBengal/if'pe caxky(d) Rajasthan/jktLFkku

Ans:–(c)

RajasthanbanspanmasalaonGandhiJayanti./d45. WhereistheheadquartersofITC? ITCdk eq[;ky; dgk¡ gS\

(a) Chennai/psUubZ(b) Kolkata/dksydkrk

(c) Bengaluru/csxyq#(d) Mumbai/eqacbZ

Ans:–(b)

TheheadquartersofITCisKolkata./d46. WhoflaggedoffsecondVandeBharatExpress? nwljh oans Hkkjr ,Dlizsl dks fdlus gjh >aMh fn[kkbZ\

(a) RajnathSingh/jktukFk flag(b) AmitShah/vfer 'kkg

(c) RameshGupta/jes'k xqIrk(d) RahulSingh/jkgqy flag

Ans:–(b)HomeMinisterAmitShahflaggedoffsecondVandeBharatExpress./d47. Whoconferred�0�9VayoshreshthaSamman? 2019 oS';Js"B lEeku fdlus iznku fd;k\

(a) ShriDineshGupta/Jh fnus'k xqIrk(b) ShriRamNathKovind/Jh jkeukFk dksfoan

(c) ShriNarendraModi/Jh usjanz eksnh(d) ShriRajnathSingh/Jh jktukFk flag

Ans:–(b)President Ram Nath Kovind conferred �0�9 VayoshreshthaSamman./d48. Whoisthechiefministerofrajasthan? jktLFkku ds eq[;ea=kh dkSu gSa\

(a) VikramGupta/foØe xqIrk

(b) AshokGehlot/v'kksd xgyksr

(c) SarbanandaSonowal/lckZuan lksuksoky(d) BandaruDattatreya/caMk: nRrk=ks;

Ans:–(b)

ThechiefministerofrajasthanisAshokGehlot/d49. PMModilaunchedtheSwachhBharatDiwasprogramme

in__________________? ih,e eksnh us------------------------esa LoPN Hkkjr fnol dk;ZØe

'kq: fd;k\

(a) Chennai/psUubZ(b) Ahmedabad/vgenkckn

(c) Gwalior/Xokfy;j(d) Jaipur/t;iqj

Ans:–(b)PMModilaunchedtheSwachhBharatDiwasprogrammeinAhmedabad/d50. WhichStategovt.launchedtheMoSarkarinitiative?

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dkSu lk jkT; ljdkj eks ljdkj dh igy 'kq: dh\

(a) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(b) Telangana/rsyaxkuk(c) HimachalPradesh/fgekpy izns'k(d) Odisha/vksfM'kk

Ans:–(d)The Odisha government has launched Mo Sarkar (or MyGovernment)initiativeon3October�0�9.ItwaslaunchedbyOdishaChiefMinisterNaveenPatnaik.Healsoreleasedtheofficiallogoandcharteroftheprogramme./d5�. Whereisthe�0�9WorldAthleticsChampionshipsheld? 2019 fo'o ,FkysfVDl pSafi;uf'ki dgk¡ vk;ksftr dh tkrh

gS\

(a) Qatar/drj



(d) India/HkkjrAns:–(a)�0�9 World Athletics Championships, the �7th edition, isheldatKhalifa InternationalStadium,Doha,Qatar from�7September-6October./d5�. ExerciseKAZIND�0�9isanexercisebetween______. O;k;ke dkth 2019-------------ds chp ,d O;k;ke gSA

(a) IndiaandKazakhstan/Hkkjr vkSj dtkfdLrku

(b) IndiaandMongolia/Hkkjr vkSj eaxksfy;k

(c) IndiaandMaldives/Hkkjr vkSj ekynho

(d) IndiaandChina/Hkkjr vkSj phuAns:–(a)Exercise KAZIND-�0�9, a joint military exercise, betweenIndiaandKazakhstanisbeingheldinPithoragarh,Uttarakhand.The ��-day exercise was inaugurated by Brig SK Mandal,Commanderof the Ill Independent InfantryBrigade. Itwillconcludeon�5October�0�9./d53. WhenisthefeastdayofFrancisofAssisicelebrated? izQkafll vkWiQ vlhlh dk ioZ dc euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) �3July/13 tqykbZ(b) �4August/24 vxLr

(c) 4October/4 vDVwcj

(d) �6December/26 fnlEcjAns:–(c)Saint Francis of Assisi (��8� - ��6) isthe most popularChristiansaint.Hisradiantspiritisabeaconforthoseseekingalifeofmeaningandservice.ThefeastdayofFrancisofAssisi,thepatronsaintofanimals,iscelebratedon4October./d

54. WhenistheWorldAnimalDaycelebrated? fo'o i'kq fnol dc euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) 5Sept/flarcj(b) �5Sept/flrEcj(c) 4Oct/vDVwcj

(d) �6Oct/vDVwcjAns:–(c)WorldAnimalDayiscelebratedon4Octobereveryyear.Thedayaimstoraiseawarenessabouttheprotectionofanimalsallovertheglobe.Onthatday,thefeastdayofFrancisofAssisi,thepatronsaintofanimals,isalsocelebrated./d55. WhereistheExerciseKAZIND-�0�9held? O;k;ke dkth&2019 dgk¡ vk;ksftr fd;k tkrk gS\

(a) J&K/tEew vkSj d'ehj

(b) Assam/vle

(c) HimachalPradesh/fgekpy izns'k(d) Uttarakhand/mRrjk[kaM

Ans:–(d)Exercise KAZIND-�0�9, a joint military exercise, betweenIndiaandKazakhstanisbeingheldinPithoragarh,Uttarakhand.The ��-day exercise was inaugurated by Brig SK Mandal,Commanderof the Ill Independent InfantryBrigade. Itwillconcludeon�5October�0�9./d56. WhichCountryhasannouncedthatitistoleaveOPEC? fdl ns'k us ?kks"k.kk dh gS fd mls vksisd(OPEC)NksM+uk gS\

(a) Italy/bVyh(b) Germany/teZuh(c) Ecuador/bDosMksj(d) Peru/is:

Ans:–(c)EcuadorhasannouncedthatitistoleaveOPEC,the�4-nationbloc,from�January�0�0.Themoveisbasedontheissuesandinternalchallengesthatthecountrymusttakeonrelatedtofiscalsustainability.Ecuadorisoneofthesmallestmembersof the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries(OPEC)./d57. PMModijointlyinauguratedametroexpressandhospital

in______________? ih,e eksnh us la;qDr :i ls------------------------esa ,d esVªks ,Dlizsl

vkSj vLirky dk mn~?kkVu fd;k\

(a) Mauritius/ekWjh'kl(b) SaudArabia/lÅn vjc


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Ans:–(a)PMModijointlyinauguratedametroexpressandhospitalinMauritius./d58. WhereistheheadquartersofPNB? ih,uch dk eq[;ky; dgk¡ gS\

(a) Chennai/psUubZ(b) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(c) Mumbai/eqacbZ(d) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn

Ans:–(b)

TheheadquartersofPNBisNewDelhi./d59. WhichcompanyagreesforJVwithFord? iQksMZ ds lkFk tsoh ds fy, dkSu lh daiuh lger gS\

(a) Mahindra/efganzk(b) LarsenandTourbo/yklZu ,aM Vwjcks(c) AshokLeyland/v'kksd ysySaM

(d) RelianceCommunication/fjyk;al dE;qfuds'kuAns:–(a)

MahindraagreesforJVwithFord/d60. Indian Oil constructed a 0.85 km of road with plastic

wasteat____________ bafM;u vkW;y us-----------------ij IykfLVd dpjs ls 0-85 fdeh

lM+d dk fuekZ.k fd;k

(a) Gurugam/xq#xzke(b) Faridabad/iQjhnkckn(c) Panipat/iQjhnkckn(d) Sonipat/lksuhir

Ans:–(b)IndianOilconstructeda0.85kmofroadwithplasticwasteatFaridabad./d6�. Francelaunchespostagestampwithimageof_______? izQkal us--------------------dh Nfo ds lkFk Mkd fVdV tkjh fd;k\

(a) MahatmaGandhi/egkRek xak/h(b) B.RAmbedkar/ch vkj vEcsMdj

(c) SardarVallabhaiPatel/ljnkj oYyHkkbZ iVsy(d) RajeshSharma/jkts'k 'kekZ

Ans:–(a)France launches postage stamp with image of MahatmaGandhi/d6�. WorldAnimalDayiscelebratedon_____________? fo'o i'kq fnol-----------------ij euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) 4thoctober/vDVwcj

(b) 5thSeptember/flrEcj(c) 6thDecember/fnlEcj(d) 8thNovember/uoEcj

Ans:–(a)

WorldAnimalDayiscelebratedon4October./d63. Amrit Lugun is appointed as the next Ambassador of

Indiato_______ ve`r yqxqu dks-------------------ds fy, Hkkjr ds vxys jktnwr ds

:i esa fu;qDr fd;k x;k gS


(b) Greece/;quku(c) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k(d) Iran/bjku

Ans:–(b)AmritLugunisappointedasthenextAmbassadorofIndiatoGreece./d64. How many Metro Station are there in the Delhi Metro

station? fnYyh esVªks LVs'ku esa fdrus esVªks LVs'ku gSa\

(a) �50(b) ��0(c) ��0(d) �30

Ans:–(a)DelhiMetrogreylineconnectingDwarka-Najafgarhcorridoropens./d65. WhenRBIwasfounded? RBIdh LFkkiuk dc gqbZ\

(a) �934(b) �935(c) �937(d) �94�

Ans:–(b)

TheRBIwasfoundedintheyear�935./d66. HowmanyHighCourtsgetnewChiefJustices? fdrus mPp U;k;ky;ksa dks u, eq[; U;k;kk/h'k feys\

(a) Seven/lkr(b) Eight/vkB

(c) Six/N%(d) Nine/ukS

Ans:–(a)

SevenHighCourtsgetnewChiefJustices./d

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67. WhenwastheCorpsofSignalsofIndianArmyformed? dksj vkWiQ flXuy vkWiQ bafM;u vkehZ dk xBu dc fd;k x;k

Fkk\

(a) �9��(b) �943(c) �968(d) �00�

Ans:–(a)IndianArmy Corps of Signals was formed on �5 February�9��CorpsofSignalsisanarmoftheIndianArmy.Ithandlesmilitarycommunications.ThecorpsworkswiththeDRDOtodevelopcommandandcontrolsoftware./d68. HLTrivediwhopassedawayrecentlyisa/an_______. ,p,y f=kosnh ftudk gky gh esa fu/u gks x;k gS] ,d----------

gSA

(a) author/ys[kd(b) doctor/fpfdRld

(c) politician/jktuhfrK(d) singer/xk;d

Ans:–(b)PadmaShriawardeeandrenownedkidneytransplantsurgeonDr. Hargovind Laxmishanker Trivedi passed away on �October. He died due to age-related illnesses. Trivedi washailed as an expert in handling kidney transplant surgeries.HelefthiscareerinCanadaandsetuptheKidneyDiseasesandResearchCenteratAhmedabadwithanaimtoservethepeopleofthiscountry.Hewasthefounder-directorofthecity-basedInstituteofKidneyDiseasesandResearchCenter./d69. WhoisappointedastheMDandCEOofPNB? PNBds ,eMh vkSj lhbZvks ds :i esa fdls fu;qDr fd;k x;k

gS\

(a) AdityaPuri/vkfnR; iqjh

(b) ASRajeev/, ,l jktho(c) RomeshSobti/jkses'k lkscrh(d) ChSSMallikarjunaRao/p ,l ,l efYydktqZu jko

Ans:–(d)ThegovernmenthasappointedChSSMallikarjunaRaoastheManagingDirector(MD)andChiefExecutiveOfficer(CEO)ofPunjabNationalBank (PNB).Theproposal toappointedMallikarjuna was initiated by the Department of FinancialServices./d70. FordMotorCo.hasagreedaJointVenturewith_____. iQksMZ eksVj daiuh us----------------ds lkFk ,d la;qDr mn~e; ij

lgefr O;Dr dh gSA

(a) MarutiSuzuki/ek#fr lqtqdh

(b) B.Hyundai/gqaMbZ(c) M&M/,e ,aM ,e(d) TATA/VkVk

Ans:–(c)Ford Motor Co has agreed for a joint venture (JV) withMahindra and Mahindra. A joint announcement was madebyAnandMahindra,chairmanofMahindraGroup,andBillFord, chairman of Ford. The transaction is expected to becompletedby�0�0./d7�. Who conducted the Goa Maritime Conclave (GMC)

�0�9? xksok eSjhVkbe dkWUDyso (th,elh) 2019 dk lapkyu fdlus

fd;k\

(a) GoaMaritimeAgency(GMA)/xksok eSjhVkbe ,tsalh(b) National Maritime Agency (NMA)/jk"Vªh; leqnzh ,tsalh

(c) NationalSecurityAgency(NSA)/jk"Vªh; lqj{kk ,tsalh(d) Indian Maritime Academy (IMA)/Hkkjrh; leqnzh vdkneh

Ans:–(c)TheGoaMaritimeConclave(GMC)�0�9washeldatGoafrom3Octoberto4October�0�9.Theconclavewasinauguratedby the National Security Advisor, Shri Ajit Kumar Doval.TheconclavewasconductedbytheNavalWarCollege,theNationalSecurityAgency(NSA)./d7�. RBIimposesabanon________from5October. fo'o varfj{k lIrkg dc euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) October�-7/�–7vDVwcj

(b) October4-�0/4–�0vDVwcj

(c) October7-�3/7–�3vDVwcj

(d) October��-�7/��–�7vDVwcjAns:–(b)WorldSpaceWeekisobservedfrom4Octoberto�0October�0�9.ItisthelargestspaceeventonEarth./d73. RBI announces theNEFT fund transfer to be available

_________. RBI--------------------miYC/ gksus ds fy, ,ubZ,iQVh iQaM VªkaliQj

dh ?kks"k.kk djrk gSA

(a) �4x7(b) 8.00amto7.00pm(c) 9.00amto�0.00pm(d) 9.00amto��.00pm

Ans:–(a)Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said that the online money

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transferthroughNationalElectronicFundsTransfer(NEFT)willbeavailable�4x7fromnowonwards.Theannouncementwas made by the six-member Monetary Policy Committee(MPC)ofRBI./d74. InwhichStateoftheUSdidUberlaunchUberCopter? vesfjdk ds fdl jkT; esa mcsj us mcj dksIVj ykWUp fd;k\

(a) California/dSfyiQksfuZ;k

(b) NewYork/U;w;kWdZ

(c) Virgina/oftZfu;k(d) Florida/ÝyksfjMk

Ans:–(b)UberTechnologiesInc(UBER.N)haslaunchedUberCopter,the helicopter services, in New York. The users will soonbeabletobookhelicopterflightstoJohnF.Kennedy(JFK)International airport through their apps. The flights areoperatedbyHeliFliteShares,alicensedcompany./d75. Gruh Finance is the affordable housing finance arm of

_________. xzqg iQkbusalRr--------------------dh fdiQk;rh vkokl foRr 'kk[kk

gSA

(a) ICICI/vkbZlhvkbZlhvkbZ

(b) HDFC/,pMh,iQlh(c) IndusIndBank/baMlbaM cSad(d) FederalBank/isQMjy cSad

Ans:–(b)GruhFinanceisthehousingfinancearmofHDFCLtd.IthasaloanportfolioofRs.�7,700crore.InthemonthofJanuary�0�9,GruhFinancewas takenover byBandhanBank in ashare-swapdeal.andinMarch�0�9,theBandhanBankhasreceivedano-objectioncertificatefromtheReserveBankofIndia(RBI)fortheacquisitionofGruhFinance./d76. WhichBank is tobemergedwithGruhFinanceon�7

October? 17 vDVwcj dks fdl cSad dk xzqg iQkbusal esa foy; gksuk gS\

(a) DenaBank/nsuk cSad(b) ICICIBank/vkbZlhvkbZlhvkbZ cSad

(c) KarurVysyaBank/d:j oS'; cSad

(d) BandhanBank/ca/u cSadAns:–(d)Kolkata-based Bandhan Bank and Ahmedabad-based GruhFinanceannouncedthatitwillbemergedon�7October�0�9.TheNationalCompanyLawTribunal(NCLT)hasclearedtheschemeofamalgamationforthemerger.TheschemehasbeenapprovedbyNCLT’sKolkataandAhmedabadbenches/d77. ISRO has plans to set up India’s own space station by

________.

bljks dh ;kstuk------------------n~okjk Hkkjr dk viuk varfj{k LVs'ku LFkkfir djus dh gSA

(a) �0�4(b) �0�5(c) �030(d) �03�

Ans:–(c)ISROhasplanstosetupIndia’sownspacestationby�030.ItistheextensionoftheambitiousprojectGaganyaanmission./d78. Since when does France shares a Strategic Partnership

withIndia? izQakl Hkkjr ds lkFk j.kuhfrd lk>snkjh dc ls djrk gS\

(a) �99�(b) �998(c) �004(d) �985

Ans:–(b)IndiaandFrancehavemaintainedfriendlybilateralrelations.Theyalsosharecommonvaluesofdemocracy,development,andsecularismwhichwasupgradedtothelevelofaStrategicPartnershipin�998./d79. WhoistheCMofHimachalPradesh? fgekpy izns'k ds lh,e dkSu gSa\

(a) JaiRamThakur/t; jke Bkdqj

(b) BiswabhusanHarichandan/fcLoHkw"k.k gfjpanu(c) SarbanandaSonowal/lckZuan lksuksoky(d) NongthombamBirenSingh/uksaxFkksEce chjsu flag

Ans:–(a)Jai Ram Thakur is the �4th and the current Chief Ministerof Himachal Pradesh. He was elected the BJP legislativeparty leaderon�4December�0�7after thedefeatofChiefMinisterial candidate of BJP, Prem Kumar Dhumal in theassemblyelectionsheldinNovember�0�7./d80. How much did the HDFC bank provide to the Chief

Minister’sReliefFundofHimachalPradesh? ,pMh,iQlh cSad us fgekpy izns'k ds eq[;ea=kh jkgr dks"k dks

fdruk iznku fd;k\

(a) Rs.�crore/1 djksM+ #-

(b) Rs.�crore/2 djksM+ #-

(c) Rs.5crore/5 djksM+ #-

(d) Rs.�0crore/10 djksM+ #-Ans:–(a)HimachalPradeshChiefMinisterJaiRamThakur launched

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the Pragati Rath of the HDFC bank. During the launchingoccasion,thebankprovidedachequeRs.�croretotheChiefMinister’sReliefFund.ThebankhasalsoannouncedthatitistolaunchtheSustainableLivelihoodInitiativeintheState./d8�. Whatisthethemeof�0�9WorldSpaceWeek? 2019 fo'o varfj{k lIrkg dk fo"k; D;k gS\

(a) TheMoon:Gateway to theStars/n ewu xsVos Vw n LVklZ

(b) FortheBenefitofAll/lHkh ds ykHk ds fy,

(c) ReachtheSkieswithaleap/,d Nykax ds lkFk vkleku ij igqapsa

(d) NoneoftheAbove/buesa ls dksbZ Hkh ughaAns:–(a)WorldSpaceWeekisobservedfrom4Octoberto�0October�0�9.It is thelargestspaceeventonEarth.The�0�9themefor theweekisTheMoon:Gatewayto theStars.Theweekshowcasessomeofthecreative,innovativeandpopulareventsthatbroughtpeopletogethertocelebratespace./d8�. _________ is to use blockchain technology among the

shrimpfarmersinAndhraPradesh? --------------vak/z izns'k esa >haxk fdlkuksa ds chp CykWdpsu rduhd

dk mi;ksx djuk gS\

(a) Costco/dkWLVdks

(b) Amazon/ohjkaxuk(c) Microsoft/ekbØkslkWÝB

(d) Walmart/okWy&ekVZAns:–(d)Walmartunveileditspilotprojectusingblockchaintechnologyamong the shrimp farmers in Andhra Pradesh. The use ofblockchaintechnologytotrackshrimpexportsfromIndiatoanoverseasretailerisfirstofitskind./d83. BSNLhaspartneredwith_________toletusersconnect

tonearbyWi-Fihotspots. ch,l,u,y us--------------ds lkFk Hkkxhnkjh dh gS rkfd

mi;ksxdrkZvksa dks ikl ds okbZ&iQkbZ gkWVLikWV ls dusDV fd;k tk ldsA

(a) GooglePay(b) PhonePe(c) Paytm(d) PayPal

Ans:–(c)BharatSancharNigamLimited(BSNL)partneredwithPaytmtoofferaSmartWi-FionboardingfeatureacrossIndia.ThepartnershipaimstobringarevolutionintheadoptionofpublicWi-Fi.BSNLandPaytmareworkingtogethertoenablemore

hotspotlocationstoincreasethedigitalfootprint.ThismovewillboostthemissionofaDigitalandConnectedIndia./d84. Whatisthenetamountanindividualshouldholdtomake

itintotheForbes400listofrichestpersonintheworld? nqfu;k esa lcls vehj O;fDr dh iQksClZ 400 dh lwph esa txg

cukus ds fy, ,d O;fDr dks fdruh 'kq¼ jkf'k pkfg,\

(a) $4.�billion/$4-2 fcfy;u(b) $�.�billion/$2-1 fcfy;u(c) $6.3billion/$6-3 fcfy;u(d) $3.5billion/$3-5 fcfy;u

Ans:–(b)Forbes released its �0�9 edition of the Forbes 400 list thatranksthewealthiestpeopleinAmerica.Tomakeitintothelist,theindividualsneedaminimumnetworthof$�.�billion./d85. Whohastoppedastherichestwomanintheworldinthe

Forbes400listin�0�9? iQksClZ dh 2019 dh lwph esa nqfu;k dh lcls vehj efgyk ds

:i esa fdlus VkWi fd;k gS\

(a) AliceWalton/,fyl okYVu(b) JuliaKoch/twfy;k dksp

(c) MacKenzieBezos/eSdsath cstksl

(d) AbigailJohnson/vchxSy tkWuluAns:–(a)Forbes released its �0�9 edition of the Forbes 400 list thatranksthewealthiestpeopleinAmerica.AliceWaltonof theWalmartdynasty toppedas therichestwomanin theworld.Shehasanetworthof$5�.4billion.SheistheonlydaughterofWalmartfounderSamWalton.TheWaltonsarethewealthiestfamilydynastyintheUS./d86. WhichpartoftheUKhaspassedalawtobanthesmacking

ofchildren? fczVsu ds fdl fgLls us cPpksa ds /weziku ij izfrca/ yxkus ds

fy, ,d dkuwu ikfjr fd;k gS\

(a) NorthernIreland/mÙkjh vk;jySaM

(b) Scotland/LdkWVySaM

(c) England/baxySaM(d) Wales/osYl

Ans:–(b)Scotland has become the first part of the United Kingdomto ban the smacking of children. The country introduced alawthatmakessmackingthechildrenacriminaloffenceforparentsandcarerstousephysicalpunishmentagainstachild./d87. WhoisappointedastheUNESCO’sgoodwillambassador

forindigenouspeoples?

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Lons'kh yksxksa ds fy, ;wusLdksa ds ln~Hkkouk jktnwr ds :i esa fdls fu;qDr fd;k x;k gS\

(a) JenniferLawrence/tsfuiQj ykWjsal(b) KimKardashian/fde dnkZf'k;u

(c) MeganFox/esxu iQkWDl(d) YalitzaAparicio/;kfyV~tk visfjfd;ks

Ans:–(d)The United Nations’ cultural agency, the United NationsEducational,ScientificandCulturalOrganization(UNESCO),hasappointedMexicanactressYalitzaAparicioasitsgoodwillambassador for indigenouspeoples.Shewillbehelping theUNESCO’s work among the indigenous peoples across theworldbypreserving theirculturalheritageandenvironmentknowledgeandfightingforequalaccesstoeducation./d88. Which government Rs.60 crore for the construction of

GMCHBambolim? th,elh,p cEcksfye ds fuekZ.k ds fy, fdl ljdkj us 60

djksM+ #i;s [kpZ fd,\

(a) Gujarat/xqtjkr(b) Goa/xksok(c) Maharashtra/egkjk"Vª(d) Telangana/rsyaxkuk

Ans:–(b)The Goa government released Rs.60 crore for the super-specialtyblockbeingconstructedattheGoaMedicalCollegeHospital(GMCH)inBambolim,Goa.Thefundwillbepaidin��installmentsofRs.��croreeach./d89. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh approved a hike in

assistance to thenextofkin for all categoriesofbattlecasualtiesfromRs.�lakhto________.

j{kk ea=kh jktukFk flag us 2 yk[k #i;s ls ysdj--------------rd ;q¼ ds grkgrksa dh lHkh Jsf.k;ksa ds fy, ifjtuksa dks lgk;rk esa c<+ksrjh dks eatwjh nhA

(a) Rs.�lakh/2 yk[k #i;s(b) Rs.6lakh/6 yk[k #i;s(c) Rs.8lakh/8 yk[k #i;s(d) Rs.�0lakh/10 yk[k #i;s

Ans:–(c)Defence Minister Rajnath Singh approved a 4-fold hikein assistance to the next of kin for all categories of battlecasualties.The fundhasbeenhiked fromRs.� lakh toRs.8lakh. The amount will be granted under the Army BattleCasualtiesWelfareFund(ABCWF)./d90. Under which department the Army Battle Casualties

WelfareFund(ABCWF)function?

lsuk ;q¼ grkgr dY;k.k dks"k lekjksg fdl foHkkx ds rgr gksrk gS\

(a) DepartmentofBattlecausalitiesWelfare/;q¼ ds dkj.kksa dk foHkkx dY;k.k

(b) DepartmentofArmymenWelfare/lsuk iq#"k dY;k.k foHkkx

(c) DepartmentofEx-ServicemenWelfare/HkwriwoZ lSfud dY;k.k foHkkx

(d) Department of Health and Welfare/LokLFk; vkSj dY;k.k foHkkx

Ans:–(c)TheABCWFwasestablishedinJuly�0�7.ItfunctionsunderDepartmentofEx-ServicemenWelfare(ESW).Itwassetupafter a large number of people willingly offered to providemonetary assistance to the families of battle casualtiesfollowinganincidentinFebruary�0�6atSiachen.�0soldierswereburiedinanavalanche./d9�. TheTejasexpressrunsfrom__________. rstl ,Dlizsl--------------------ls pyrh gSA

(a) NewDelhitoLucknow/ubZ fnYyh ls y[kuÅ(b) NewDelhitoAgra/ubZ fnYyh ls vkxjk

(c) NewDelhitoJaipur/ubZ fnYyh ls t;iqj(d) NewDelhitoVaranasi/ubZ fnYyh ls okjk.klh

Ans:–(a)Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath flagged offTejas express from Charbagh railway station in Lucknowon 5 October. This is India’s first private train. It will runbyIRCTCsixdaysaweekexceptforTuesday.IntheTejasexpress,ahigh-qualitymealwillbeservedtothepassengersontheLucknow-NewDelhiTejasexpress./d9�. WhereisBambolimlocated? cEcksfye dgk¡ fLFkr gS\

(a) Maharashtra/egkjk"Vª(b) Goa/xksok(c) UttarPradesh/mÙkj izns'k(d) Rajasthan/jktLFkku

Ans:–(b)BambolimisacensustowninNorthGoadistrictinthestateofGoa,India.TheonlyallopathicmedicalcollegeinthestateofGoa,GoaMedicalCollege,islocatedinGoa./d93. Whichspaceagencyistoconductanall-femalespacewalk

again? dkSu lh varfj{k ,tsalh fiQj ls ,d lHkh efgyk LislokWd dk

lapkyu djus ds fy, gS\

(a) ISRO/bljks

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(b) ESA/bZ,l,(c) IsraeliSpaceAgency/btjkbyh varfj{k ,tsalh

(d) NASA/uklkAns:–(d)NASAhasplannedtoconductanall-femalespacewalkagain.It is conducting 6 months after the first attempt had to becanceledbecauseofalackofavailablespacesuitsaboardtheInternationalSpaceStation./d94. IRCTCoffersfreetravelinsuranceof_________tothe

passengerstravellingontheTejasexpress. vkbZvkjlhVhlh rstl ,Dlizsl esa ;k=kk djus okys ;kf=k;ksa dks---

------------------dk eqÝr ;k=kk chek iznku djrk gSA

(a) Rs.�0lakh/20 yk[k #i,(b) Rs.�5lakh/25 yk[k #i,(c) Rs.�0lakh/10 yk[k #i,(d) Rs.�5lakh/15 yk[k #i,

Ans:–(b)Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath flagged offTejasexpressfromCharbaghrailwaystationinLucknowon5October.Forthefirsttime,IRCTCoffersfreetravelinsuranceofRs.�5lakhtothepassengerstravellingonthetrain./d95. Who are the astronauts participate in the all-female

spacewalkaboardtheInternationalSpaceStation? varjkZ"Vªh; varfj{k LVs'ku ij lokj lHkh efgyk varfj{k ;kf=k;ksa

esa varfj{k ;k=kh dkSu gSa\

(a) ChristinaKoch/fØLVhuk dksp

(b) JessicaMeir/tsfldk ehj

(c) AngelinaJake/,atsfyuk tsd(d) A&B/, ,aM ch

Ans:–(d)NASAhasplannedtoconductanall-femalespacewalkagain.It is conducting 6 months after the first attempt had to becanceledbecauseofalackofavailablespacesuitsaboardtheInternationalSpaceStation.ThespaceagencyannouncedthatChristinaKochandJessicaMeirarescheduledtoparticipateinthespacewalktogetheron��October./d96. When was Army Battle Casualties Welfare Fund

(ABCWF)initiated? lsuk ;q¼ grkgr dY;k.k dks"k (ABCWF)dc 'kq: fd;k x;k

Fkk\

(a) �0�4(b) �0�5(c) �0�6(d) �0�7

Ans:–(d)

TheABCWFwasestablishedinJuly�0�7.ItfunctionsunderDepartmentofEx-ServicemenWelfare(ESW).Itwassetupafter a large number of people willingly offered to providemonetary assistance to the families of battle casualtiesfollowinganincidentinFebruary�0�6atSiachen.�0soldierswereburiedinanavalanche./d97. Who flagged off theTejas express, India’s first private

train? Hkkjr dh igyh futh Vsªu rstl ,Dlizsl dks fdlus gjh&>aMh

fn[kkbZ\

(a) Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal/jsy ea=kh ih;w"k xks;y

(b) CMJaiRamThakur/lh,e t; jke Bkdqj

(c) UP CM Yogi Adityanath/;wih ds lh,e ;ksxh vkfnR;ukFk

(d) CMPramodSawant/lh,e izeksn lkoarAns:–(c)Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath flagged offTejas express from Charbagh railway station in Lucknowon5October.ThisisIndia’sfirstprivatetrain.ItwillrunbyIRCTCsixdaysaweekexceptforTuesday./d98. When did the Prime Minister Narendra Modi lay the

foundationstone for theGoaMedicalCollegeHospital(GMCH)?

iz/kuea=kh ujsanz eksnh us xksok esfMdy dkWyst vLirky (th,elh,p) dk f'kykU;kl@uhao iRFkj dc fd;k\

(a) �0�4(b) �0�6(c) �0�7(d) �0�8

Ans:–(d)ThefoundationstonewaslaidbythePrimeMinisterNarendraModifortheRs.350croreprojectinFebruary�0�8.TheUniongovernment’sHospitalServicesConsultancyCorporationLtdisexecutingtheproject./d99. HowmanyprojectsdidIndiasignwithBangladeshduring

thevisitofBangladeshPrimeMinisterSheikhHasinainIndia?

Hkkjr esa ckaXykns'k dh iz/ku ea=kh 'ks[k glhuk dh ;k=kk ds nkSjku Hkkjr us ckaXykns'k ds lkFk fdrus izkstsDV ij gLrk{kj fd,\

(a) 7(b) 9(c) �0(d) �4

Ans:–(a)

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Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina met PrimeMinisterNarendraModiforbilateraltalkson6October.Thetwocountriessigned7pactsincoreareasnamelytransport,connectivity,capacitybuildingandculture./d�00.Howmuchdidthecentreinitiallyallotfortheconstruction

of Goa Medical College Hospital (GMCH) when PMNarendraModilaidythefoundationstonein�0�8?

xksok esfMdy dkWyst vLirky (th,elh,p) ds fuekZ.k ds fy, dsanz us 'kq:vkr esa fdruk vkoaVu fd;k Fkk tc ih,e ujsanz eksnh us 2018 esa vk/kjf'kyk j[kh Fkh\

(a) Rs.�00crore/100 djksM+ #-

(b) Rs.�00crore/200 djksM+ #-

(c) Rs.300crore/300 djksM+ #-

(d) Rs.350crore/350 djksM+ #-Ans:–(d)ThefoundationstonewaslaidbythePrimeMinisterNarendraModifortheRs.350croreprojectinFebruary�0�8.TheUniongovernment’sHospitalServicesConsultancyCorporationLtdisexecutingtheproject./d�0�.WhichcountrydoesnotborderwithTurkey? fdl ns'k dh lhek rqdhZ ls ugha yxrh gS\

(a) Greece/;wuku(b) Armenia/vkehZfu;k

(c) Algeria/,ythfj;k(d) Iran/bZjku

Ans:–(c)TurkeyisborderedbyGreeceandBulgariatoitsnorthwest,Georgiatoitsnortheast,ArmeniaandIrantotheeast,IraqandSyriatothesouth/d�0�.WhenisthenationalWildlifeWeekcelebratedinIndia? Hkkjr esa jk"Vªh; oU;tho lIrkg dc euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) �-4October/vDVwcj

(b) �-7October/vDVwcj

(c) 4-�0October/vDVwcj

(d) �-8October/vDVwcjAns:–(d)WildlifeWeekiscelebratedinIndiainthemonthofOctoberfrom�ndto8thOctobereveryyear.TheweekiscelebratedwiththeviewtopreservethefaunameanstheanimallifeofIndia.Onthisweek,thegovernmenthaslaunchedvarietiesofsanctuariesandnationalparkshavebeenalreadylaunchedintheappropriatelocalitiesallacrossthecountry./d�03.WhowontheJapanOpen�0�9title? tkiku vksiu 2019 dk f[krkc fdlus thrk\

(a) NovakDjokovic/uksokd tksdksfop

(b) RafaelNadal/jkisQy uMky(c) NicolasMahut/fudksyl ekgqr

(d) ÉdouardRoger-Vasselin/vkSMZ jkstj&oklsfyuAns:–(a)Novak Djokovic, World No.�, won the �0�9 Japan Opentitleon6October.HedefeatedtheAustralianqualifierJohnMillman to win the title. Djokovic secured 6-3, 6-� andmarkedhis�0thwininatournamentmaindrawdebutinhiscelebratedcareer./d�04.WhatisthecurrencyofTurkey? rqdhZ dh eqnzk D;k gS\

(a) Turkishlira/rqdhZ yhjk

(b) Turkishdinar/rqdhZ nhukj

(c) TurkishShekhel/rqdhZ 'ks[ksy

(d) Turkishmart/rqdhZ ekVZAns:–(a)

ThecurrencyofTurkeyisTurkishlira./d�05.InwhichStatedoescityNagpurlocated? 'kgj ukxiqj fdl jkT; esa fLFkr gSa\


(b) Maharashtra/egkjk"Vª(c) UttarPradesh/mÙkj izns'k(d) Manipur/ef.kiqj

Ans:–(b)NagpurisalargecityinthecentralIndianstateofMaharashtra.The �9th-century Nagpur Central Museum displays itemsfound locally, including fossils, sarcophagi and Mughalweaponry./d�06.ShriRajnathSingh to leave for__to receive�stRafale

fighteraircraft? Jh jktukFk flag dks izFke jkisQy yM+kdw foeku---------ds fy,

jokuk gksuk gSa\

(a) France/izQkal(b) Russia/:l(c) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k(d) Iraq/bjkd

Ans:–(a)ShriRajnathSinghtoleaveforFrancetoreceive�stRafalefighteraircraft./d�07.Indiahas�50milliondriversandonly_____wantelectric

cars? Hkkjr esa 150 fefy;u Mªkboj gSa vkSj dsoy---------------dks

bysfDVªd dkj pkfg,\

(a) 8000

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(b) 7600(c) 5600(d) 6500

Ans:–(a)India has �50 million drivers and only 8,000 want electriccars./d�08.______tolaunchamilitaryoperationinnorthernSyria? --------------mRrjh lhfj;k esa ,d lSU; vfHk;ku 'kq: fd;k\

(a) China/phu(b) Turkey/rqdhZ

(c) Russia/:l(d) Iran/bZjku

Ans:–(b)

TurkeytolaunchamilitaryoperationinnorthernSyria./d�09.ChinastateoilfirmwithdrawsfromUSD______billion

deal? phu jkT; rsy iQeZ---------------fcfy;u vejhdh Mkyj ls okil

ysrh gS\

(a) 5(b) 4(c) �(d) 3

Ans:–(a)

ChinastateoilfirmwithdrawsfromUSD5billiondeal./d��0.India and ____________signed MoU to set up coastal

surveillance? rVh; fuxjkuh LFkkfir djus ds fy, Hkkjr vkSj--------------------dk

lgefr i=k\

(a) Bangladesh/ckaXykns'k(b) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k(c) Pakistan/ikfdLrku

(d) Iran/bZjkuAns:–(a)India and Bangladesh signed MoU to set up coastalsurveillance/d��.HowmanymembersgotNobelPrizeforMedicine? fpfdRlk ds fy, fdrus lnL;ksa dks ukscsy iqjLdkj feyk\

(a) 3(b) 5(c) 4(d) 6

Ans:–(a)

Nobel Prize for Medicine awarded to William Kaelin andGreggSemenzaofUS,PeterRatcliffeofBritain./d��.Which country oil firm withdraws from USD 5 billion

deal? 5 fcfy;u vesfjdh MkWyj ds lkSns ls fdl ns'k dh rsy daiuh

ihNs gV xbZ\


(c) Iran/bZjku(d) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k

Ans:–(a)

ChinastateoilfirmwithdrawsfromUSD5billiondeal./d��3.Salford University honours _________ with doctorate

degree? lyiQksMZ fo'ofon~;ky; MkWDVjsV dh fMxzh ds lkFk--------------dk

lEeku djrk gS\

(a) DineshGupta/fnus'k xqIrk(b) AshaBhosle/vk'kk Hkkslys

(c) RajeshSharma/jkts'k 'kekZ(d) SureshKumar/lqjs'k dqekj

Ans:–(b)Salford University honours Asha Bhosle with doctoratedegree./d��4.IncometaxbenefitsongoldbondsSubscriptionopenat

________pergram? lksus ds ckWUM ij vk;dj dk ykHk-----------------izfr xzke ij

lnL;rk [kksysa\

(a) 3788(b) 4�00(c) 4800(d) 5600

Ans:–(a)IncometaxbenefitsongoldbondsSubscriptionopenat3,788pergram./d��5.WherewastheHeroWomen’sIndianOpenat theDLF

GolfandCountryClubcourseheld? DLFxksYiQ ,aM daVªh Dyc dkslZ esa ghjks efgyk bafM;u vksiu

dgk¡ vk;ksftr fd;k x;k Fkk\

(a) Gurugram/xq#xzke(b) Itanagar/bZVkuxj(c) Jaipur/t;iqj(d) Ahmedabad/vgenkckn

Ans:–(a)

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Hero Women’s Indian Open �0�9 is a golf tournament ontheLadiesEuropeanTour.It isplayedat theDLFGolfandCountryClubinGurugram,Haryana./d��6.Whowonthe�0�9ChinaOpenWomen’ssinglestitle? 2019 pkbuk vksiu efgyk ,dy f[krkc fdlus thrk\

(a) SofiaKenin/lksfiQ;k dsfou

(b) BethanieMattek-Sands/csFkkuh ekVsd&lSaM~l

(c) NaomiOsaka/ukvkseh vkslkdk

(d) CarolineWozniacki/dSjksyhu oksfTu;kdhAns:–(c)Japanese Tennis player Naomi Osaka won the �0�9 ChinaOpen title. She defeated world number oneAshleigh BartytowinhersecondWomen’sTennisAssociation(WTA)Tour�0�9title./d��7.Whowonthe�0�9ChinaOpenMen’ssinglestitle? 2019 pkbuk vksiu iq#"k ,dy f[krkc fdlus thrk\

(a) StefanosTsitsipas/LVsiQkuksl fRlfVikl(b) DominicThiemMksfefud fFk,e

(c) IvanDodig/boku MksfMx(d) SlovakiaFilipPolášek/Lyksokfd;k fiQfyi iksykd

Ans:–(b)Dominic Thiem won the �0�9 China Open Men’s singlestitle./d��8.SupremeCourtbars___________govtfromcuttingmore

treesinAarey? lqizhe dksVZ ckj----------------------ljdkj dks vkSjs esa vf/d isM+

dkVus ls jksdrk gS\

(a) TamilNadu/rfeyukMqa(b) Maharashtra/egkjk"Vª(c) AndhraPradesh/vak/z izns'k

(d) Kerala/dsjyAns:–(b)SupremeCourtbarsMaharashtragovtfromcuttingmoretreesinAarey./d��9.WhichCountryhostedtheWorldHabitatDayforthefirst

time? fdl ns'k us igyh ckj fo'o i;kZokl fnol dh estckuh

dh\

(a) SouthSudan/nf{k.k lwMku(b) Nairobi/uSjksch(c) Tanzania/ratkfu;k(d) Uganda/;qxkaMk

Ans:–(b)

In�985,theWorldHabitatDaywasdesignatedtobeobservedon the first Monday of October every year by the UnitedNations.WorldHabitatDaywas firstcelebrated in theyear�986withthethemeShelterisMyRight.Nairobihostedtheobservancethatyear./d��0.WhenistheWorldHabitatDayobserved? fo'o i;kZokl fnol dc euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) 7October/vDVwcj

(b) ��October/vDVwcj

(c) 3November/uoEcj(d) �3November/uoEcj

Ans:–(a)WorldHabitatDayisobservedon7October�0�9.Thedayaims to reflect on the state of the towns and cities and thebasic rightofall toadequateshelter. Italsoaims to remindtheworldofitscollectiveresponsibilityforthefutureofthehumanhabitat./d��.IndianArmyorganizesVeerKutumbRallyin_________

_______? Hkkjrh; lsuk-----------------------esa ohj dqVqEc jSyh dk vk;kstu

djrh gS\

(a) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(b) JammuandKashmir/tEew&d'ehj

(c) AndhraPradesh/vka/z izns'k

(d) Kerala/dsjyAns:–(b)Indian Army organizes Veer Kutumb Rally in Jammu andKashmir./d��.WTOtohostfirstWorldCottonDaycelebrationsin____

_________? fo'o O;kikj laxBu------------------------esa izFke fo'o dikl fnol

lekjksg dh estckuh djsxk\

(a) Geneva/ftusok(b) Newyork/U;w;kWdZ

(c) Malaysia/eysf'k;k(d) Singapore/flaxkiqj

Ans:–(a)WTOtohostfirstWorldCottonDaycelebrationsinGeneva./d��3.USAstronauts Complete �st Of ____________ Power

UpgradeSpacewalks ;w,l ,LVªksukWV~l--------------------ikoj vixzsM LislokWd esa ls 1 dks

iwjk djrs gSa

(a) 5

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(b) 4(c) 3(d) �

Ans:–(a)USAstronautsComplete�stOf5PowerUpgradeSpacewalks./d��4.IndiasVishnuNandanamong_________researchersto

joinlargesteverArcticexpedition? lcls cM+s vkdZfVd vfHk;ku esa 'kkfey gksus ds fy,--------------

'kks/drkZvksa esa bafn;k fo".kq uanu\

(a) 300(b) �80(c) 3�0(d) 360

Ans:–(a)IndiasVishnuNandanamong300researcherstojoinlargesteverArcticexpedition./d��5.HowmanymemberstatesinWorldTradeOrganization? fo'o O;kikj laxBu esa fdrus lnL; gSa\

(a) �56(b) �64(c) �60(d) �6�

Ans:–(b)

Thereare�64memberstatesinWorldTradeOrganization./d��6.WhereistheheadquartersofWTO? fo'o O;kikj laxBu dk eq[;ky; dgk¡ gS\

(a) Newyork/U;w;kWdZ

(b) Geneva/ftusok(c) Malaysia/eysf'k;k(d) Singapore/flaxkiqj

Ans:–(b)

TheheadquartersofWTOisGeneva./d��7.____Astronauts Complete �st Of 5 Power Upgrade

Spacewalks? --------------varfj{k ;kf=k;ksa us 5 ikoj vixzsM LislokWd esa ls

igyk iwjk fd;k\

(a) USA/vesfjdk

(b) Russia/:l(c) France/izQkal(d) Pakistan/ikfdLrku

Ans:–(a)

USAstronautsComplete�stOf5PowerUpgradeSpacewalks/d��8.WhenistheIndianAirForceDayobserved? Hkkjrh; ok;q lsuk fnol dc euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) 4October/4 vDVwcj

(b) 8October/8 vDVwcj

(c) �0October/10 vDVwcj

(d) �5October/15 vDVwcjAns:–(b)Indiacelebratedits87thAirForceDayon8thOctober�0�9.The year �0�9 is special because the IndianAir force willbereceiving thefirstof36 long-awaitedRafalefighter jets.DefenceMinisterRajnathSingh,whoisonavisittoFrancewillreceivethefighterjets./d��9.WhichmonthisobservedastheBreastCancerAwareness

Month? Lru dSalj tkx:drk ekg fdl eghus euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) July/tqykbZ(b) August/vxLr

(c) October/vDVwcj

(d) November/uoacjAns:–(c)The month of october is observed as the Breast CancerAwareness Month every year. The annual campaign aimsto raise awareness of the disease. It also helps to increaseattention and support for awareness, early detection, andtreatmentaswellaspalliativecareofthisdisease./d�30.Indiacelebrated________IndianAirForceDayon8th

October�0�9? Hkkjr us 8 vDVwcj 2019 dks------------------Hkkjrh; ok;q lsuk fnol

euk;k\

(a) 58th/58 osa(b) 7�nd/72 oka(c) 87th/87 osa(d) 93rd/93 osa

Ans:–(c)Indiacelebratedits87thAirForceDayon8thOctober�0�9.The year �0�9 is special because the IndianAir force willbereceiving thefirstof36 long-awaitedRafalefighter jets.DefenceMinisterRajnathSingh,whoisonavisittoFrancewillreceivethefighterjets./d�3�.Which of the following website the first-ever national

digitalplatform,onoralhealthinformationandknowledgedissemination?

ekSf[kd LokLF; lwpuk vkSj Kku izlkj ij fuEufyf[kr esa ls

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dkSu lh osclkbV igys jk"Vªh; fMftVy IysViQkWeZ gS\

(a) e-Dentseva(b) PMe-Oralhealth/ih,ebZ&vksjy gsYFk

(c) Dentalyojana/nar fpfdRlk ;kstuk

(d) e-Oralsensitize/bZ&vksjy laosnhdj.kAns:–(a)Centre launched the e-Dantseva website and mobileapplication, the first-ever national digital platform, on oralhealth information and knowledge dissemination. It waslaunchedbyDr.HarshVardhan,UnionMinisterofHealthandFamilyWelfare on 7 October in New Delhi. e-DantSeva isthefirst-evernationaldigitalplatform.Itaimstoprovideoralhealthinformationbothintheformofawebsiteandmobileapplication./d�3�.WhenwastheIndianAirForce(IAF)founded? Hkkjrh; ok;q lsuk (IAF)dh LFkkiuk dc dh xbZ Fkh\

(a) �93�(b) �948(c) �956(d) �963

Ans:–(a)TheIndianAirForce(IAF)wasfoundedon8October�93�./d�33.Who developed the e-Dentseva, the first-ever national


ekSf[kd LokLF; lwpuk vkSj Kku izlkj ij] e-Dentseva,ftlus igys jk"Vªh; fMftVy IysViQkWeZ fodflr fd;k Fkk\

(a) MinistryofHealthandFamilyWelfare/LokLF; vkSj ifjokj dY;k.k ea=kky;

(b) AIIMS/,El(c) IIT-Kanpur/bZV dkuiqj

(d) A&B/, ,aM chAns:–(b)Centre launched the e-Dantseva website and mobileapplication, the first-ever national digital platform, on oralhealthinformationandknowledgedissemination.e-DantSevainitiativewasdevelopedbytheMinistryofHealthandFamilyWelfarealongwithAIIMSandotherstakeholders./d�34.WhereistheHindonAirForceStationlocated? fgaMu ok;q lsuk LVs'ku dgk¡ fLFkr gS\

(a) Kerala/dsjy

(b) Rajasthan/jktLFkku(c) UttarPradesh/mRrj izns'k(d) Goa/xksvk

Ans:–(c)AirForceStationHindanisanIndianAirForcebaseundertheWesternAirCommand.ItislocatedinGhaziabad,UttarPradesh.ItisthebiggestandlargestairbaseinAsiaand8thintheworld.Itsareameasured�4kmroundedand55squarekilometres.ThisbasecelebratesAirForceDayon8October./d�35.Who launched the e-Dentseva, the first-ever national


ekSf[kd LokLF; lwpuk vkSj Kku izlkj ij] e-Dentseva,ftlus igyh ckj jk"Vªh; fMftVy IysViQkWeZ ykWUp fd;k gS\

(a) SubrahmanyamJaishankar/lqczge.;e t;'kadj

(b) HarshVardhan/g"kZo/Zu(c) D.V.SadanandaGowda/MhA ohA lnkuan xkSM+k(d) PrakashJavadekar/izdk'k tkoMs+dj

Ans:–(b)Centre launched the e-Dantseva website and mobileapplication, the first-ever national digital platform, on oralhealth information and knowledge dissemination. It waslaunchedbyDr.HarshVardhan,UnionMinisterofHealthandFamilyWelfare on 7 October in New Delhi. e-DantSeva isthefirst-evernationaldigitalplatform.Itaimstoprovideoralhealthinformationbothintheformofawebsiteandmobileapplication./d�36.WhenistheWorldPostDayobserved? fo'o Mkd fnol dc euk;k tkrk gS\


(b) 8October/8 vDVwcj


(d) ��October/12 vDVwcjAns:–(c)WorldPostDayisobservedon9thOctobereveryyear.Onthisdaythepostsinmanycountriesintroduce/promotenewpostalproductsandservices.Onthisday,thepostalemployeesareawardedforgoodservice./d�37.Whofoundtheexoplanet5�Pegasib? fdlus ,DlksIySusV 51 isxklh ch ik;k\

(a) JamesPeebles/tsEl ihcYl(b) MichelMayor/fe'ksy es;j(c) DidierQueloz/fMfM,j Dosykst+(d) B&C/ch vkSj lh

Ans:–(d)SwissscientistsMichelMayor,77,andDidierQueloz,53,arefromtheUniversityofGeneva.Theyfound5�Pegasib,anexoplanet,aplanetoutsideoursolarsystem,thatorbitsasun-

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likestar.Itisthefirst-everexoplanetorbitingasolar-typestareverfound./d�38.WhatistheCapitalofSwitzerland? fLoV~tjySaM dh jkt/kuh D;k gS\

(a) Bern/cuZ(b) Geneva/ftusok(c) Basel/csly(d) Zurich/T;wfjd

Ans:–(a)Bern is the capital city of Switzerland. It is built around acrookintheAareRiver.Ittracesitsoriginsbacktothe��thcentury,withmedievalarchitecturepreservedintheAltstadt,OldTown./d�39.When was the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI)

launched? oSf'od izfrLi/kZRedrk lwpdkad (GCI)dc ykWUp fd;k x;k

Fkk\

(a) �963(b) �979(c) �995(d) �000

Ans:–(b)GlobalCompetitiveness Index (GCI)was launched in�979by WEF. It analyzes the competitiveness landscape of �4�economies. It measures through �03 indicators includinginflation,digitalskills,lifeexpectancyandtradetariffs./d�40.WhereisKutchlocated? dPN dgk¡ fLFkr gS\

(a) Gujarat/xqtjkr(b) Rajasthan/jktLFkku(c) Bihar/fcgkj(d) Haryana/gfj;k.kk

Ans:–(a)Kutchdistrict is adistrictofGujarat state inwestern India.Covering an area of 45,674 km², it is the largest district ofIndia.ThepopulationofKutchisabout�,09�,000.Ithas�0Talukas,939villagesand6Municipalities./d�4�.WhenwastheUniversalPostalUnionestablished? ;wfuolZy iksLVy ;wfu;u dh LFkkiuk dc gqbZ\

(a) �874(b) �857(c) �898(d) �906

Ans:–(a)

The day is celebrated to mark the anniversary of theestablishmentoftheUniversalPostalUnion.Itwasestablishedin �874 in Bern, Switzerland. In �969, the UPU CongressdeclaredWorldPostDayinthemeetingheldinTokyo,Japan.More than �50 World countries joined to participate in theannualcelebrationsonthatday./d�4�.India ranked _________ on the �0�9 Global

CompetitivenessIndex. 2019 oSf'od izfrLi/kZRedrk lwpdkad eas Hkkjr--------------LFkku

ij jgkA

(a) 44th/44 osa(b) 5�nd/52 osa(c) 68th/68 osa(d) 76th/75 osa

Ans:–(c)Singapore topped the �0�9 Global Competitiveness Index(GCI)andpushed theUS to thesecondplace. India ranked68thon theGCI.The list iscompiledby theGeneva-basedWorldEconomicForum(WEF)./d�43.WhowonthePhysicsNobelPrizein�0�9? 2019 esa HkkSfrdh ukscsy iqjLdkj fdlus thrk\

(a) JamesPeebles/tsEl ihcYl(b) MichelMayor/fe'ksy es;j(c) DidlerQueloz/fMfM,aj Dosykst+(d) Alltheabove/mi;qZDr lHkh

Ans:–(d)ScientistsJamesPeebles,MichelMayor,andDidierQuelozwonPhysicsNobelPrizein�0�9fortheirworkinastronomy.Theywereawardedfortheirworkinexploringtheevolutionoftheuniverseanddiscoveringanewkindofplanet./d�44.WhichStategovernmentlaunchedtheFarishteDilliKe

scheme? fdl jkT; ljdkj us iQfj'rs fny dh ;kstuk 'kq: dh

(a) Delhi/fnYyh(b) Maharashtra/egkjk"Vª(c) Goa/xksok(d) Chhatisgarh/NRrhlx<+

Ans:–(a)TheDelhigovernmentlaunchedtheFarishteDilliKeschemeon 8th October after the successful trial run of the goodSamaritan scheme. The scheme was launched by the ChiefMinister of DelhiArvind Kejriwal.The trial of the schemesaved3,000lives.TheDelhiPolicesupportedthescheme./d�45.Who won the ��st World Gymnastics Championships

medalbyclinchingthetitle?

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21 oha fo'o fteukfLVDl pSafi;uf'ki dk f[krkc fdlus thrk\

(a) SvetlanaKhorkina/Losrykuk [kksjdhuk

(b) SimoneBiles/fleksu ckby(c) GinaGogean/thuk xksxsu(d) AliyaMustafina/vkfy;k eqLriQhuk

Ans:–(b)Simone Biles, ��, set the record by clinching the WorldGymnasticsChampionships�0�9inStuttgart,Germany.ThisisSimoneBiles’��stmedalatthechampionships.Withthistitle, she became the most decorated women’s gymnast inhistory.ShedefeatedRussia’sSvetlanaKhorkinatowinthetitle./d�46.Who became the first woman cricketer to complete �0

yearsinODI? ODIesa 20 lky iwjs djus okyh igyh efgyk fØdsVj dkSu

cuh\

(a) CharlotteEdwards/'kkysZV ,MoM~Zl(b) MithaliRaj/ferkyh jkt(c) JhulanGoswami/>wyu xksLokeh(d) AlexBlackwell/,ysDl CySdosy

Ans:–(b)MithaliRajcompleted�0yearsininternationalcricketon8October.Shebecamethefirst-everwomancricketerplayertoachievethemilestone.SheachievedthisfeatinthefirstOne-dayInternational(ODI)againstSouthAfricaattheRelianceStadiuminVadodara,Gujarat./d�47.Which State government has changed the integrated

emergencynumberforpolicerecently? gky gh esa fdl jkT; ljdkj us iqfyl ds fy, ,dhd`r

vkikrdkyhu uacj dks cny fn;k gS\

(a) Delhi/fnYyh(b) Goa/xksok(c) Telangana/rsyaxkuk(d) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq

Ans:–(b)The Goa government launched �� as the new integratedemergency number for police, fire and medical emergencycontact. This replaces the traditional dial number �00. TheannouncementwasmadebytheGoaChiefMinisterPramodSawan.TheserviceshavebeenlaunchedwiththehelpoftheUnionMinistryofHomeAffairs./d�48.To which Country did India hand over �0,000 vials of

anti-rabiesvaccines? Hkkjr us fdl ns'k dks ,aVh&jscht Vhds ds 10]000 ls vf/d

'khf'k;ksa dks lkSai fn;k\

(a) Nepal/usiky(b) Bangladesh/ckaXykns'k(c) Myanmar/E;kaekj(d) Thailand/FkkbZySaM

Ans:–(c)India handed over �0,000 vials of anti-rabies vaccines toMyanmar.ThemoveistohelpMyanmarinitsfightagainsttheRabiesdisease.ThehandingoverceremonywasheldinYangon, Myanmar on 8 October. The vials ofAnti-RabiesVaccineswerehandedoverbytheDeputyChiefofMissionSumitSethtoMyanmar’sDirectorGeneralofDepartmentofMedicalResearch[DG(DMS)]ZawThanHtunattheIndianEmbassyinMyanmar./d�49.WhenwastheSecretaryofState’sAwardforCorporate

Excellence(ACE)awarded? dkWiksZjsV ,Dlsysal ds (ACE) fy, jkT; lfpo iqjLdkj dc

iznku fd;k x;k Fkk\

(a) �965(b) �984(c) �963(d) �999

Ans:–(d)The Secretary of State’s Award for Corporate Excellence(ACE)isestablishedin�999.Thefirstrecipientoftheawardis Xerox, Brazil and F.C. Schaffer &Associates, Ethiopia.TheawardrecognizesUScompaniesthatpromoteandupholdhighstandardsasresponsiblemembersoftheircommunitieswheretheydobusiness./d�50.Where was the �0�9 World Artistic Gymnastics

Championshipsheld? 2019 fo'o dykRed fteukfLVd pSafi;uf'ki dgk¡ vk;ksftr

dh xbZ Fkh\

(a) Italy/bVyh(b) Spain/Lisu(c) Germany/teZuh(d) UK/;wds

Ans:–(c)�0�9 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships was heldat Stuttgart, Germany from 4 October to �3 October �0�9.Around548Competitorsfrom9�nationsparticipatedintheChampionship./d�5�.WhenistheWorldMentalHealthDayobserved? fo'o ekufld LokLF; fnol dc euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) �0October/10 vDVwcj

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(b) �0October/20 vDVwcj

(c) �November/1 uoEcj(d) 30March/30 ekpZ

Ans:–(a)WorldMentalHealthDay isobservedon�0Octobereveryyear.Thedayisobservedwithanaimtoraiseawarenessofmentalhealthissuesaroundtheworld.Italsoaimstomobilizeeffortsinsupportofmentalhealth.TheDayaimstoprovideanopportunityforallorganizations,NGOsandstakeholderswho work on mental health issues to discuss and promotetheir work to make mental health care a reality for peopleworldwide./d�5�.WhenisNationalPostalDayobservedinIndia? Hkkjr esa jk"Vªh; Mkd fnol dc euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) �3September/23 flarcj(b) �0October/10 vDVwcj

(c) ��December/12 fnlacj(d) ��July/12 tqykbZ

Ans:–(b)NationalPostalDayiscelebratedinIndiaon�0Octobereveryyear.Thedayisobservedtocommemoratetheroleplayedbythe Indian postal department for the past �50 years. IndianpostalcelebratedasanextensionofWorldPostDay,whichiscelebratedon9October./d�53.WhenwastheIndiapostfounded? Hkkjr iksLV dh LFkkiuk dc gqbZ Fkh\

(a) �857(b) �9�9(c) �854(d) �9�4

Ans:–(c)Indianpostal service isan integralpartof India.Thepostalservices in India has given a best performance despite thediversityinculture,traditionanddifficultgeographicalterrains.The India post was founded in �854 by Lord Dalhousie. ItfunctionsundertheMinistryofCommunications.TheMinisterresponsibleisRavishankarPrasad./d�54.WhenwastheWorldMentalHealthDayfirstinstituted? fo'o ekufld LokLF; fnol igyh ckj dc 'kq: fd;k x;k

Fkk\

(a) �965(b) �983(c) �99�(d) �004

Ans:–(c)

WorldMentalHealthDaywasinitiatedbytheWorldFederationforMentalHealth(WFMH)in�99�.WFMHestablishedthatdaywithanobjectivetoraiseawarenessaboutmentalhealthconditionsfromdepressiontosuicidearoundtheworld./d�55._______exitfromFacebooksLibracryptocurrency. ---------------is+Qlcqd fyczk fØIVksD;wjsalh ls ckgj fudysaA

(a) PhonePe/iQksu is(b) PayPal/isiSy(c) Paytm/isVh;e(d) Googlepay/xwxyis

Ans:–(b)PaymentserviceproviderPayPaldroppedoutofFacebook’sLibra cryptocurrency. It has become the first company toexit theLibraAssociation.Thereasoncitedwas theprojectcontinuestofacequeriesfromregulatorsaroundtheworld.Italsosaidthatitistofocusonadvancingtheexistingmissionandbusinessprioritiesofthecompany./d�56.WhoistheDirector-GeneralofArmyAviationCorps? vkehZ ,fo,'ku dkWIlZ ds egkfuns'kd dkSu gSa\

(a) LtGenPKBharali/ysfÝVusaV tujy ih ds

(b) LtGenKanwalKumar/ysfÝVusaV tujy daoy dqekj

(c) LtGenPrasadKumar/ysfÝVusaV tujy izlkn dqekj

(d) LtGenPramodSingh/ysfÝVusaV tujy izeksn flagAns:–(a)Army Aviation Corps was established in �986. Director-GeneralisLtGenPKBharaliandAdditionalDirectorGeneralisMajGenKanwalKumar.ItisapartoftheIndianArmy.ItisheadquarteredinNewDelhi./d�57.WhereistheheadquartersofLibraAssociationlocated? fyczk ,lksfl,'ku dk eq[;ky; dgk¡ fLFkr gS\

(a) London,England/yanu] baXySaM(b) Edinburgh,Scotland/,fMucxZ] LdkWVySaM

(c) Geneva,Switzerland/ftusok] fLoV~tjySaM(d) Rome,Italy/jkse] bVyh

Ans:–(c)The Libra Association is an independent, not-for-profitmembership organization. It is headquartered in Geneva,Switzerland. Initially, the Libra association was backed by�8groupsofmultinational companies andnonprofits and aFacebooksubsidiary,Calibra./d�58.How many members are currently present in the Libra

AssociationaftertheexitofPayPal? isiy ds fudyus ds ckn rqyk ,lksfl,'ku eas orZeku esa fdrus

lnL; gSa\

(a) �5

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(b) �6(c) �7(d) �8

Ans:–(c)Initially, the Libra association was backed by �8 groups ofmultinational companies and nonprofits and a Facebooksubsidiary,Calibra.NowwiththeexitofPayPal,thereare�7membersinthegroup.Calibraleadstheassociation./d�59.Who was declared as the Muslim Woman of the Year

�0�0? o"kZ 2020 dh eqfLye efgyk ds :i esa fdls ?kksf"kr fd;k

x;k\

(a) RashidaTlaib/j'khn rkfyc(b) FawziaKoofi/iQkSft;k dksiQh

(c) AzraJafari/vtjk tkiQjh

(d) MassoudaJalal/elkSnk tykyAns:–(a)Jordan’sRoyalIslamicStrategicStudiesCentre(RISSC)hasdeclaredRashidaTlaibasMuslimWomanoftheYear�0�0.SheisanAmericanCongresswoman./d�60.WhenwastheArmyAviationCorpsestablished? lsuk foekuu dksj dh LFkkiuk dc dh xbZ Fkh\

(a) �965(b) �97�(c) �986(d) �00�

Ans:–(c)Army Aviation Corps was established in �986. Director-GeneralisLtGenPKBharaliandAdditionalDirectorGeneralisMajGenKanwalKumar.ItisapartoftheIndianArmy.ItisheadquarteredinNewDelhi.TheCorpshasliveduptothemotto of Swift and Sure.They proved their strength in thebattlefieldlikeSiachenGlacier,theRannofKutchinGujarat.Sofar,theArmyAviationCorpshasreceivedtwoMahaVirChakra,�6VirChakra,�3ShauryaChakra,��5SenaMedalsand45MentioninDespatchesawards./d�6�.TheGreatGreenWalloftheSaharaandSahelisledby

the________. lgkjk vkSj lgsy dh egku gjh nhokj-----------------ds usr`Ro esa

gSA

(a) AfricanUnion/vizQhdh la?k

(b) EuropeanUnion/;wjksih; la?k(c) AsianUnion/,f'k;kbZ la?k(d) UN/la;qDr jk"Vª

Ans:–(a)

TheGreatGreenWalloftheSaharaandSahelisledbytheAfricanUnion(AU).Thecreationofthegreenwallaimedtocombattheimpactsofclimatechangeanddesertification.TheAfricanGreatgreenwallis7,600kmlongand�5kmwide.Around�5%ofthewalliscompletedwithmillionsoftreesplantedinSenegal,Nigeria,andEthiopia,sofar./d�6�.Who is appointed as the ambassador for Cultsport

sportswear? Cultsport[ksyksa ds fy, jktnwr ds :i esa fdls fu;qDr fd;k

x;k gS\

(a) VijayShankar/fot; 'kadj

(b) JaspritBumrah/tlizhr cqejkg(c) krunalpandya/Øq.kky iaM~;k

(d) PrithviShaw/i`Foh 'kkWAns:–(b)Cure.fit,anintegratedhealthandwellnessstart-up,appointedIndianpacerJaspritBumrahasthebrandambassadorforitspremium sportswear brand, cultsport. Cure.fit brand offersapparelthataremadewithhighqualityfabricblendedwiththelatesttechnologytoenableanathleticlifestyle.Thecompanyfeatures the custom designed collections like Vitals, Code,Signature,thet-shirtshaveaneasy,relaxedfitetc./d�63.WhereisNashiklocated? ukfld dgk¡ fLFkr gS\


(b) Telangana/rsyaxkuk(c) Maharashtra/egkjk"Vª(d) Gujarat/xqtjkr

Ans:–(c)NashikisanancientholycityinMaharashtra,astateinwesternIndia.It’sknownforitslinkstothe“Ramayana”epicpoem.OntheGodavariRiverisPanchavati,atemplecomplex./d�64.WhenistheWorldSightDay�0�9observed? fo'o n`f"V fnol 2019 dc euk;k tkrk gS\




(d) �3October/23 vDVwcjAns:–(b)WorldSightDay�0�9 isobservedannuallyon�0October.Thedayaimstocreateawarenesstofocusglobalattentiononblindnessandvisionimpairment./d�65.WhichCountryrecentlyallowedwomentoserveinthe

armedforces? fdl ns'k us gky gh esa efgykvksa dks l'kL=k cyksa esa lsok djus

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dh vuqefr nh gS\

(a) UAE/la;qDr vjc vehjkr

(b) Iran/bZjku(c) Afghanistan/viQxkfuLrku

(d) SaudiArabia/lÅnh vjcAns:–(d)Saudi Arabia announced that it will allow women in thekingdom to serve in the armed forces. Crown PrinceMohammed bin Salman, the kingdom’s de facto ruler, hasapproved various other reforms that are aimed at wideningwomen’srights./d�66.Whenwasthe4thWorldConferenceonWomenheld? efgykvksa ij 4 oka fo'o lEesyu dc vk;ksftr fd;k x;k

Fkk\

(a) �985(b) �976(c) �995(d) �000

Ans:–(c)In �995, the 4thWorld Conference onWomen was held inBeijing,China.Theconferencedetermined to recognize therights of women and girls as human rights. It adopted theBeijing Declaration and Platform for Action which is themostcomprehensivepolicyagendafortheempowermentofwomen./d�67.WhenistheInternationalGirlChildDayobserved? varjkZ"Vªh; ckfydk fnol dc euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) �8May/18 ebZ(b) 4March/4 ekpZ(c) ��October/11 vDVwcj

(d) �3September/23 flrEcjAns:–(c)International Day of the Girl Child is globally observedon �� October every year.The day aims to meet the needsandchallengesfacedbygirls. Italsoaims topromotegirls’empowermentandthefulfillmentoftheirhumanrights./d�68.WhenwastheWorldObesityDayestablished? fo'o eksVkik fnol dc LFkkfir fd;k x;k Fkk\

(a) �000(b) �007(c) �00�(d) �0�5

Ans:–(d)World Obesity Day was initiated by the World Obesity

Federationintheyear�0�5.Theannualcampaignaimedtostimulateandsupportpracticalactions thatwillhelppeopleachieveandmaintainahealthyweightandreversetheglobalobesitycrisis./d�69.Where was the 4th World Conference on Women was

held? efgykvksa ij 4 oka fo'o lEesyu dgk¡ vk;ksftr fd;k x;k

Fkk\

(a) Beijing,China/chftax] phu(b) London,UK/yanu] ;wds

(c) Geneva,Switzerland/ftusok] fLoV~tjySaM(d) Madrid,Spain/eSfMªM] Lisu

Ans:–(a)In �995, the 4thWorld Conference onWomen was held inBeijing,China.Theconferencedetermined to recognize therights of women and girls as human rights. It adopted theBeijing Declaration and Platform for Action which is themostcomprehensivepolicyagendafortheempowermentofwomen./d�70.Whoisappointedasthechiefmarketingofficer(CMO)

ofYesbank? ;sl cSad ds eq[; foi.ku vf/dkjh ds :i esa fdls fu;qDr

fd;k x;k gS\

(a) JasneetBachal/tluhr ckNy(b) KalpanaMorparia/dYiuk eksjikfj;k

(c) SimaKamil/flek dkfey

(d) VijayalakshmiR.Iyer/fot;y{eh vkj vÕ;jAns:–(a)YesBankLtdappointedJasneetBachalasthechiefmarketingofficer(CMO)ofthebank.JasneetBachalservedasSeniorVicePresident andHeadMarketingofKotakLife.Shehasexperienceofaround8years inKotakMahindraBank.Shewillheadthemarketingandcommunicationefforts./d�7�.Wheredidtheresearchersfindthenewspeciesofgiant

meateatingDinosaurSiamraptorsuwati? 'kks/drkZvksa us fo'kkydk; ekal [kkus okyh ubZ iztkfr Mk;uklkSj

fl;kejkIVj lqokrh dks dgk¡ ik;k\

(a) Vietnam/fo;ruke(b) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k(c) China/phu(d) Thailand/FkkbZySaM

Ans:–(d)Researchers found remains of Siamraptor suwati, a newspecies of giant meat-eating Dinosaur in Thai province ofNakhonRatchasima.Theremainsthatwerefoundedincludeskull, backbone, limbs and hip fossils. It belonged to four

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individuals of the new species. The Palaeontologists havenamedthenewspeciesSiamraptorsuwati. ItwasnamedsotohonourbothThailandandSuwatLiptapanlop,abenefactoroftheresearch./d�7�.WhichStatelaunchedIndia’sfirstGarbageCafe? fdl jkTj; us Hkkjr dk igyk dpjk dSisQ 'kq: fd;k\

(a) Telangana/rsyaxkuk(b) Assam/vle

(c) Chhattisgarh/NRrhlx<+(d) Maharashtra/egkjk"Vª

Ans:–(b)ChhattisgarhStategovernmenthaslaunchedIndia’sfirst-of-its-kindGarbageCafeinAmbikapur,NorthChhattisgarh.ThecafewasinauguratedbyStateHealthMinisterTSSinghDeo.TheCafewassetupbytheAmbikapurmunicipalcorporationofChhattisgarh./d�73.WhichMobileappdidIndianRailwayslaunchtofacilitate

thepassengerstoregistertheircomplaintsonline? ;kf=k;ksa dks viuh f'kdk;rsa vkWuykbu ntZ djus dh lqfo/k ds

fy, Hkkjrh; jsyos us dkSu lk eksckby ,si ykWUp fd;k\

(a) Mytrainyatra/ek;Vsªu ;k=kk(b) Myrailseva/esjk jsy lsok(c) Sahyatri/lg;kf=k(d) Railseva/jsylsok

Ans:–(c)he IndianRailwayshas launchedawebsiteandmobileappthatwillfacilitatethepassengerstoregistertheircomplaintsonline. The website was launched by the Union ministerNityanand Rai. The passengers can loging to the websitewww.railways.delhipolice.gov.inandthemobileappSahyatrican file their complaints regarding the issues they face intherailway.Thiswillfacilitatetherailwaypolicetoaddressthe complaints of passengers from across India and crimedetectionbyintegratingthecriminaldatabaseonline./d�74.Whoisappointedasthechiefoperatingofficer(COP)of

Yesbank? ;l cSad ds eq[; ifjpkyu vf/dkjh (COP)ds :i esa fdls

fu;qDr fd;k x;k gS\

(a) ShikhaSharma/f'k[kk 'kekZ(b) RanjanaKumar/jatuk dqekj

(c) NainaLalKidwai/uSuk yky fdnobZ

(d) AnitaPai/vuhrk ikbZAns:–(d)YesBankLtdappointedAnitaPaiasthechiefoperatingofficer(COP).AnitaPai served as the senior generalmanager andheadofATMbusinessatICICIBankLtd.Shewill leadthe

bank’soperationsandservicedelivery.Shewillbeinchargeoftheinformationtechnology(IT)functionsofthelender./d�75.Which spacecraft was launched for the first time to

provideservicetothesatellitesinspace? varfj{k esa mixzgksa dks lsok iznku djus ds fy, igyh ckj dkSu

lk varfj{k ;ku ykWUp fd;k x;k Fkk\

(a) MEV-�(b) Mir-VIII/ehj VIII(c) IMS-VI/vkbZ,e,l VI (d) Intelsat90�/baVylSV 901

Ans:–(a)US-based Northrop Grumman Corporation launched thefirst satellite-servicingspacecraft roboticMissionExtensionVehicle-� (MEV-�) successfully. It was launched aboarda Russian Proton rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome inKazakhstan.ItwaslaunchedalongwiththeEutelsat5WestBcommunicationssatellite/d�76.WhichorganizationinitiatedtheWorldObesityDay? fo'o eksVkik fnol fdl laLFkk us 'kq: fd;k\

(a) WorldHealthOrganization/fo'o LokLF; laxBu(b) TheUnitedNation/n ;wukbVsM us'ku(c) WorldObesityFederation/fo'o eksVkik isQMjs'ku(d) Global Obesity and Health Care Institute/Xykscy vkscsflVh ,aM gsYFk ds;j baLVhV~;wV

Ans:–(c)World Obesity Day was initiated by the World ObesityFederationintheyear�0�5.Theannualcampaignaimedtostimulateandsupportpracticalactions thatwillhelppeopleachieveandmaintainahealthyweightandreversetheglobalobesitycrisis./d�77.WhenistheWorldObesityDayobserved? fo'o eksVkik fnol dc euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) 4May/4 ebZ(b) �0July/10 tqykbZ(c) �September/2 flrEcj(d) ��October/11 vDVwcj

Ans:–(d)WorldObesityDayisobservedgloballyon��Octobereveryyear.Thedayaimstoraiseawarenessabouttheprevalence,severity, and diversity of weight stigma. The obesity oftenreinforces inaccurate and negative stereotypes about theweightwhichcanleadtoweightstigma./d�78.Thegovt. has collaboratedwith________ to introduce

POSHANatlasunderPOSHANAbhiyan? ljdkj us POSHANvfHk;ku ds rgr POSHAN,Vyl 'kq:

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djus ds fy,-------------ds lkFk lg;ksx fd;k gS\

(a) WorldHealthOrganization/fo'o LokLF; laxBu(b) Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation/fcy ,aM esfyaMk xsV~l iQkmaMs'ku

(c) DeendayalResearchInstitute/nhun;ky 'kks/ laLFkku(d) B&C

Ans:–(d)ThegovernmentistointroducePOSHANatlasunderPOSHANAbhiyan, a mission introduced to ensure the attainment ofmalnutritionfreeIndiaby�0��.TheannouncementwasmadebyUnionMinisterofWCDSmriti Iraniat the5thNationalCouncil on India’s Nutrition Challenges. POSHAN atlas isdevelopedbytheMinistryofWomenandChildDevelopment(WCD) in association with the Bill & Melinda GatesFoundationandDeendayalResearchInstitute./d�79.WhatwasthethemeoftheInternationalGirlChildDay

oftheyear�0�8? o"kZ 2018 ds varjkZ"Vªh; ckfydk fnol dh Fkhe D;k Fkh\

(a) EndingChildMarriage/cky fookg dks lEkkIr djuk

(b) Educategirlchild/ckfydkvksa dks f'kf{kr djsa

(c) C.ASkilledGirlforce/,d dq'ky yM+dh

(d) Health and nutrition of girl/yM+dh dk LokLF; vkSj iks"k.k

Ans:–(c)ThethemeofInternationalDayoftheGirlChild�0�8is‘ASkilledGirlforce’,whichlaysemphasisoneducationandskillenhancementrequiredforthegirlchildtodaysothatsheentersthe workforce fully skilled, up-to-date with the technologyanddigitalization,adecadefromnow./d�80.WhenwastheInternationalGirlChildDayobservation

initiated? varjkZ"Vªh; ckfydk fnol dc 'kq: fd;k x;k Fkk\

(a) �99�(b) �995(c) �004(d) �0��

Ans:–(d)On�9December�0��,theUnitedNationsGeneralAssembly(UNGA)adopteda resolution66/�70 todeclare��Octoberas the International Day of the Girl Child. The resolutionrecognized girl’s rights and the challenges that girls facearoundtheworld.ThefirstInternationalDayoftheGirlChildwas observed on �� October �0�� with the theme EndingChildMarriage./d�8�.Mumbai��thwealthiestcityintheworldNewyorkwon

�stplacewith_______billionaires?

eqacbZ nqfu;k dk 12 oka lcls vehj 'kgj vkSj U;w ;kWdZ us----------------vjcifr;ksa ds lkFk igyk LFkku thrk\

(a) 65(b) 68(c) 70(d) 7�

Ans:–(a)Mumbai��thwealthiestcityintheworldNewyorkwon�stplacewith65billionaires/d�8�.WhereistheheadquartersofUnionBankofIndiaBank? ;wfu;u cSad vkWiQ bafM;k cSad dk eq[;ky; dgk¡ gS\

(a) Mumbai/eqacbZ(b) Chennai/psUubZ(c) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(d) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh

Ans:–(a)TheheadquartersofUnionBankofIndiaBankisMumbai./d�83._______________conferredhighestCivilianHonourof

Comoros dkseksjksl dk loksZPp ukxfjd lEeku-----------------------lEekfur

(a) ShriVenkaiahNaidu/Jh osadS;k uk;Mw

(b) ShriVikramSharma/Jh foØe 'kekZ

(c) ShriPrakashJavedakar/Jh izdk'k tkoM+sdj

(d) ShriNitinGadkari/Jh fufru xMdjhAns:–(a)Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu conferred highest CivilianHonourofComoros./d�84.Who becomes first Indian to smash 40 international

hundredsasIndiancaptain? Hkkjrh; dIrku ds :i esa 40 varjjk"Vªh; 'krd cukus okys

igys Hkkjrh; dkSu cus\

(a) RohitSharma/jksfgr 'kekZ(b) ViratKohli/fojkV dksgyh

(c) MSDhoni/e l /ksuh(d) KLRahul/ds ,y jkgqy

Ans:–(b)Virat Kohli becomes first Indian to smash 40 internationalhundredsasIndiancaptain./d�85.________to ban sugary drink ads in fight against

diabetes? -------------------e/qesg ds f[kykiQ yM+kbZ esa 'kdZjk is; foKkiuksa ij

izfrca/ yxkus ds fy,\

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(a) Iran/bZjku(b) Singapore/flaxkiqj(c) SaudiArabia/lkÅnh vjc

(d) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;kAns:–(b)Singaporetobansugarydrinkadsinfightagainstdiabetes./d�86.________opensfirstIndiadatacentreinMumbai? -----------------eqacbZZ esa igyk Hkkjr MsVk lsaVj [kksyrk gS\

(a) Infosys/baiQksfll(b) Oracle/vksjsdy

(c) Wipro/foizks(d) Cognizant/dkWfXutsa+V

Ans:–(b)

OracleopensfirstIndiadatacentreinMumbai./d�87.Kayakalp Awards AIIMS Delhi wins top cleanliness

awardbags_____________? dk;kdYi iqjLdkj AIIMS fnYyh us 'kh"kZ LoPNrk iqjLdkj

cSx---------------------thrk\

(a) 3crores/3 djksM+

(b) 4crores/4 djksM+

(c) 5crores/5 djksM+

(d) 6crores/6 djksM+Ans:–(a)KayakalpAwardsAIIMS Delhi wins top cleanliness awardbags3crore./d�88.Annual________riverdolphincensusbegins? okf"kZd--------------------unh MkWfYiQu tux.kuk 'kq: gksrh gS\

(a) RiverGanges/xaxk unh(b) RiverYamuna/;equk unh(c) RiverBrahmaputra/czgeiq=k unh(d) RiverSutlej/lryt unh

Ans:–(a)

AnnualGangesriverdolphincensusbegins/d�89.Whichbankplannedtochargeprocessingfeesonhome

loans,top-ups fdl cSad us gkse yksu] VkWi&vIl ij izkslsflax iQhl pktZ djus

dh ;kstuk cukbZ

(a) DenaBank/nsuk cSad(b) StateBankofIndia/Hkkjrh; LVsV cSad(c) YesBank/;l cSad(d) Canarabank/dsujk cSad

Ans:–(b)StateBankofIndiatonowchargeprocessingfeesonhomeloans,top-ups/d�90.Dutee Chand Breaks Her Own _________Record at

NationalOpenAthleticsChampionships? jk"Vªh; vksiu ,FkysfDVl pSafi;uf'ki esa nqrh pan us viuk gh--

-------------------fjdkWMZ rksM+ fn;k\

(a) �00m/eh(b) �00m/eh(c) �50m/eh(d) 500m/eh

Ans:–(b)DuteeChandBreaksHerOwn�00mRecordatNationalOpenAthleticsChampionships/d�9�.Which state government to set up Kanyashree

University? dU;kJh fo'ofon~;ky; dh LFkkiuk fdl jkT; ljdkj us dh\

(a) AndhraPradesh/vka/z izns'k

(b) Kerala/dsjy

(c) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(d) WestBengal/if'pe caxky

Ans:–(d)Mamata Banerjee govt to set up Kanyashree University inWestBengaltoempowergirls./d�9�.WhichcountryinkpactwithIndiancooperativesformilk

supply? nw/ dh vkiwfrZ ds fy, Hkkjrh; lgdkjh lfefr;ksa ds lkFk fdl

ns'k us le>kSrk fd;k\


(b) Srilanka/Jhyadk

(c) Russia/:l(d) India/Hkkjr

Ans:–(b)IndiancooperativesinkpactwithSriLankaformilksupply./d�93.WhichIndianmusicianintroducedWesterninstrumentto

Carnaticmusic? fdl Hkkjrh; laxhrdkj us dukZVd laxhr ds fy, if'peh okn~;

;a=k is'k fd;k\

(a) RaviShankar/jfo'kadj

(b) ZaheerHussain/tghj gqlSu(c) KadriGopalnath/dknjh xksikyukFk

(d) HariprasadChaurasia/gfjizlkn pkSjfl;k

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Ans:–(c)KadriGopalnath,thefirsttointroducetheWesterninstrumenttoCarnaticmusic./d�94.UnionGovernmentmaysetup____________crorefund

forfarmerbodies? dsanz ljdkj fdlku fudk;ksa ds fy,----------------------djksM+ dk

dks"k LFkkfir dj ldrh gS\

(a) Rs9,500crores/9]500 djksM+ #i;s

(b) Rs6,000crores/6]000 djksM+ #i;s

(c) Rs4,800crores/4]800 djksM+ #i;s

(d) Rs7,500crores/7]500 djksM+ #i;sAns:–(a)UnionGovernmentmaysetupRs6,000crorefundforfarmerbodies./d�95.SARASAajeevikaMelaunderwayatIndiaGateLawns

in________? SARASAajeevikaesyk----------------esa bafM;k xsV ykWu esa py

jgk gS\

(a) Chennai/psUubZ(b) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(c) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(d) Mumbai/eqacbZ

Ans:–(c)SARASAajeevika Mela underway at India Gate Lawns inNewDelhi./d�96.NaviesofIndiaandBangladeshtoparticipateinbilateral

drillfromOct_______toOct�6? Hkkjr vkSj ckaXykns'k dh ukSlsuk,a vDVwcj 16 ls vDVwcj 16 rd

n~foi{kh; dok;n esa Hkkx ysaxh\

(a) ��th/12oka(b) �4th/14oka(c) �3th/13oka(d) �5th/15oka

Ans:–(a)NaviesofIndiaandBangladeshtoparticipateinbilateraldrillfromOct��-�6./d�97.Who signs off with bronze in World Championships

�0�9? fo'o pSfi;uf'ki esa dkaL; ds lkFk dkSu gLrk{kj djrk gS\

(a) Marykom/esjh dkse

(b) PVSindhu/ih oh fla/q(c) DuteeChand/nqrh pan(d) SainaNehwal/lkbuk usgoky

Ans:–(c)

MaryKomsignsoffwithbronzeinWorldChampionships./d�98.UnionGovtmayrestrict_________importfromMalaysia

overKashmirstand la?k ljdkj d'ehj LVSaM ij eysf'k;k ls---------------------vk;kr

dks izfrcaf/r dj ldrh gS

(a) palmoil/rkM+ dk rsy

(b) Sugar/phuh(c) coffee/dkWiQh

(d) tea/pk;Ans:–(a)UnionGovtmayrestrictpalmoilimportfromMalaysiaoverKashmirstand./d�99.UnionGovtmayrestrictpalmoilimportfromMalaysia

over_________stand? la?k ljdkj eysf'k;k ls ike rsy vk;kr dks------------------LVSaM ij

izfrcaf/r dj ldrh gS\


(b) Bihar/fcgkj(c) TamnilNadu/rfeyukMq(d) Kerala/dsjy

Ans:–(a)UnionGovtmayrestrictpalmoilimportfromMalaysiaoverKashmirstand./d�00.__________observed from October 9 to October �5

�0�9 9 vDVwcj ls 15 vDVwcj rd---------------------

(a) AllIndiaHandicraftsWeek/vf[ky Hkkjrh; gLrf'kYi lIrkg

(b) NationalPostalWeek/jk"Vªh; Mkd lIrkg

(c) Prevention of Blindness Week/CykabMusl ohd dh jksdFkke

(d) NationalNutritionWeek/jk"Vªh; iks"k.k lIrkgAns:–(b)National Postal Week observed from October 9 to October�5/d�0�.Which country joined with India at Military Exercise

DHARMAGUARDIAN�0�9? lSU; vH;kl /ekZ xkfMZ;u 2019 esa Hkkjr fdl ns'k ds lkFk

'kkfey gqvk\

(a) Japan/tkiku(b) China/phu(c) Pakistan/ikfdLrku

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(d) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;kAns:–(a)Indo-JapanJointMilitaryExerciseDHARMAGUARDIAN�0�9./d�0�.Mary Kom signs off with __________in World

Championships? eSjh dkWe us----------------------fo'o pSafi;uf'ki ds lkFk gLrk{kj

fd,\

(a) Gold/lksuk(b) Bronze/ihry(c) Silver/pkanh(d) NoneofThese/buesa ls dksbZ ugha

Ans:–(b)

MaryKomsignsoffwithbronzeinWorldChampionships./d�03.Eliud Kipchoge First In World To RunA Marathon In

Under_______Hours? ,fy;M fdipksxs us--------------?kaVs ds rgr nqfu;k esa igyh ckj

eSjkFku nkSM+us ds fy,\

(a) �(b) 4(c) 3(d) �

Ans:–(a)EliudKipchogeFirstInWorldToRunAMarathonInUnder�Hours./d�04.NaviesofIndiaand________toparticipateinbilateral

drillfromOct��-�6? 12&16 vDVwcj ls n~foi{kh; fMªy esa Hkkjr dh ukSlsuk,a vkSj---

------------Hkkx ysaxh\


(b) Iran/bZjku(c) Bangladesh/cakXykns'k(d) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k

Ans:–(c)NaviesofIndiaandBangladeshtoparticipateinbilateraldrillfromOct��-�6./d�05.UnionGovtmayrestrictpalmoilimportfrom_______

overKashmirstand? la?k ljdkj d'ehj LVSaM ij---------------ls rkM+ ds rsy ds vk;kr

dks izfrcaf/r dj ldrh gS\


(b) Malaysia/eysf'k;k(c) Iran/bZjku

(d) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;kAns:–(b)UnionGovtmayrestrictpalmoilimportfromMalaysiaoverKashmirstand./d�06.IndiatohavefirstOlympicHospitalityHousein_____? Hkkjr esa-----------------eas igyk vksyafid gkWfLiVSfyVh@lRdkj gkml

gS\

(a) Tokyo/VksD;ks(b) Pakistan/ikfdLrku

(c) Malaysia/eysf'k;k(d) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k

Ans:–(a)

IndiatohavefirstOlympicHospitalityHouseinTokyo./d�07.NationalPostalWeekobservedfromOctober9to_____

_______? 9 vDVwcj ls------------------rd jk"Vªh; Mkd lIrkg euk;k x;k\

(a) October�5th/15 oka vDVwcj

(b) October�8th/18 oka vDVwcj

(c) October�9th/19 oka vDVwcj

(d) October��th/21 oka vDVwcjAns:–(a)National Postal Week observed from October 9 to October�5./d�08._____tohavefirstOlympicHospitalityHouseinTokyo? -------------VksD;ks esa igyk vksyafid gkWfLiVSfyVh gkml gS\

(a) India/Hkkjr(b) Pakistan/ikfdLrku

(c) Iran/bZjku(d) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k

Ans:–(a)

IndiatohavefirstOlympicHospitalityHouseinTokyo./d�09.Indo-JapanJointMilitaryExercise____________? Hkkjr&tkiku la;qDr lSu; vH;kl-------------\

(a) DHARMAGUARDIAN�0�9/xkfMZ;u /ekZ xkfMZ;u 2019

(b) AUSTRAHIND�0�9/vkWLVªk fgUn 2019

(c) IndraDhanush-IV/banz /uq"k& IV(d) DesertEagle-II/MstVZ bZxy& II

Ans:–(a)Indo-JapanJointMilitaryExerciseDHARMAGUARDIAN�0�9./d��0.WhereistheheadquartersofIndianOlympicAssociation

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(IOA)? Hkkjrh; vksyafid la?k (IOA)dk eq[;ky; dgk¡ gS\


Ans:–(b)The headquarters of Indian Olympic Association (IOA) isNewDelhi/d��.WhenistheWorldStandardsDayobserved? fo'o ekud fnol dc euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) �August/2 vxLr

(b) �8September/18 flrEcj(c) �4October/14 vDVwcj

(d) ��December/12 fnlEcjAns:–(c)World Standards Day is observed on �4th October �0�9.Thedayisobservedeveryyear.Thedayisobservedtoraiseawarenessofthesignificanceofstandardizationtotheglobaleconomy./d��.When was the World Standard Day officially

established? fo'o ekud fnol vkf/dkfjd rkSj ij dc LFkkfir fd;k x;k

Fkk\

(a) �946(b) �959(c) �970(d) �985

Ans:–(c)WorldStandardDaywasformedin�946whentheofficialsfrom�5countriesmettocreateaninternationalorganizationthat will focus to facilitate standardization.World StandardDaywasofficiallyestablishedby the thenPresidentof IES(International Organization for Standardization) Mr. FarukSünterin�970./d��3.WhereisLinzlocated? fyat+ dgk¡ fLFkr gS\

(a) Spain/Lisu(b) Italy/bVyh(c) Sweden/LohMu(d) Austrilia/vkWfLVªsfy;k

Ans:–(d)LinzisacityinUpperAustria,straddlingtheDanubeRivermidway between Salzburg and Vienna. Baroque buildings,

includingOldTownHall(AltesRathaus)andtheoldcathedralorAlterDom,ringHauptplatz,theoldtown’smainsquare./d��4.WhoofficiallyestablishedtheWorldStandardDay? vkf/dkfjd rkSj ij fo'o ekud fnol dh LFkkiuk fdlus

dh\

(a) MalcolmJohnson/eSYde tkWulu

(b) JohnWalter/tkWu okYVj(c) HoulinZhao/gkSfyu >kvks

(d) FarukSünter/iQk:d lagkjdAns:–(d)WorldStandardDaywasformedin�946whentheofficialsfrom�5countriesmettocreateaninternationalorganizationthat will focus to facilitate standardization.World StandardDaywasofficiallyestablishedby the thenPresidentof IES(International Organization for Standardization) Mr. FarukSünterin�970./d��5.WherewastheDutchOpen�0�9held? Mp vksiu 2019 dgk¡ vk;ksftr fd;k x;k Fkk\

(a) Almere/,Yeh;j(b) Amsterdam/,ELVMZe(c) Rotterdam/jkWVjMSe(d) Utrecht/mVsªp

Ans:–(a)IndianshuttlerLakshyaSenwontheDutchOpenmen’ssinglestitle atAlmere, Netherlands.This is his maiden BadmintonWorldFederation(BWF)WorldTourtitle.HewonthetitlebydefeatingYusukeOnoderaofJapaninthesummit.Hesecured�5-��-�4��-�5todefeatOnodera./d��6.Where was the BRICS Culture Ministers Meet �0�9

held? fczDl laLÑfr eaf=k;ksa dh cSBd 2019 dgk¡ vk;ksftr dh xbZ

Fkh\

(a) Salvador/lkYokMksj(b) RiodeJaneiro/fj;ks Mh tusfj;ks(c) Curitiba/dqjhfrck

(d) SaoPaulo/lkvks ikmyksAns:–(c)BRICSCultureMinisters’MeetwasheldatCuritiba,Brazil.ShriPrahladSinghPatel,UnionMinisterofStateforCultureandTourism(IndependentCharge),participatedinthemeeting.Inthemeeting,thecountriesreaffirmedtocontributetowardsstrongerbondsoffriendshipandcooperationinculturalfieldsamongstmembercountries.��7.Whenwas theDutchopenbadmintonheld for the first

time?

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Mp vksiu cSMfeaVu igyh ckj dc vk;ksftr fd;k x;k Fkk\

(a) �9�9(b) �93�(c) �945(d) �953

Ans:–(b)Dutchopen,officiallytheYonexDutchOpen,hasbeenheldsince�93�.��8.WhowontheDutchOpenmen’ssingles�0�9title? Mp vksiu iq#"k ,dy 2019 dk f[krkc fdlus thrk \

(a) LakshyaSen/y{k; lsu(b) PrakashPadukone/izdk'k iknqdks.k

(c) PullelaGopichand/iqysyk xksihpan(d) SainaNehwal/lkbuk usgoky

Ans:–(a)IndianshuttlerLakshyaSenwontheDutchOpenmen’ssinglestitle atAlmere, Netherlands.This is his maiden BadmintonWorldFederation(BWF)WorldTourtitle.HewonthetitlebydefeatingYusukeOnoderaofJapaninthesummit.Hesecured�5-��-�4��-�5todefeatOnodera.��9.WhereisCuritibalocated? dwfVZck dgk¡ fLFkr gS\

(a) Spain/Lisu(b) Italy/bVyh(c) Brazil/czkft+y(d) Poland/iksySaM

Ans:–(c)CuritibaisthecapitalofthesouthernBrazilianstateofParaná.Notableskylinefeatures include thePanoramicTower,withanobservatoryontop.Knownasaculturalcenter,Curitibaishometoanumberofperformancevenues,includingtheWireOperaHouse,a structureof tubular steelwitha transparentroof,andthehugeTeatroGuaíra,withdiverseprograms.��0.WhenwastheNITIAayogformed? NITIAayogdk xBu dc gqvk\

(a) �0�4(b) �0�6(c) �0�5(d) �0�7

Ans:–(c)NITIAayogwasformedon�January�0�5.ItisheadquarteredinNewDelhi.��.WhatisthecurrencyofSierraLeone? fl,jk fy;ksu dh eqnzk D;k gS\

(a) Dollar/MkWyj(b) Pounds/ikmaM(c) Rupees/#i;s(d) Leone/fy;ksu

Ans:–(d)Sierra Leone is the Chairman of the African Union (AU)Committee of ten nations on United Nations Reforms,including UNSC reforms. The currency of Sierra Leone isLeone.��.WherewilltheAdvancesinSustainablePolymers(ASP-

�9)beheld? lLVsuscy iksyhelZ (ASP-�9)esa vfxze dgk¡ vk;ksftr fd,

tk,axs\

(a) Tokyo,Japan/VksD;ks] tkiku(b) Kyoto,Japan/D;ksVks] tkiku(c) Guwahati,India/xqokgkVh] Hkkjr(d) NewDelhi,India/ubZ fnYyh Hkkjr

Ans:–(b)IndianInstituteofTechnology(IIT)-Guwahatihaspartneredwith Japan’s Kyoto Institute of Technology (KIT). ThepartnershipaimstoorganizeaninternationalsymposiumonAdvancesinSustainablePolymers(ASP-�9)from�4Octoberto�8OctoberattheKIT,Matsugasaki,Kyoto,Japan.��3.WherewastheInternationalThinkTankMeeting(ITT)

held? baVjus'kuy fFkad VSad ehfVax (ITT)dgk¡ vk;ksftr dh xbZ

Fkh\

(a) Mexico/esfDldks

(b) Moscow/ekLdks

(c) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(d) Beijing/chftax

Ans:–(c)The Indian government is to invest over $60 billion todevelop natural supply and distribution infrastructure. TheannouncementwasmadebyOilMinisterDharmendraPradhanattheInternationalThinkTankMeeting(ITT)inNewDelhion�3October.��4.When was the International Day for Disaster Risk

Reductionwasinitiated? vkink tksf[ke U;wuhdj.k ds fy, varjkZ"Vªh; fnol dc 'kq:

fd;k x;k Fkk\

(a) �963(b) �987(c) �989(d) �995

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Ans:–(c)The International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction wasinitiated in �989. The day was established by the UnitedNations General Assembly (UNGA) to promote a globalcultureofrisk-awarenessanddisasterreduction.��5.HowmanymedalsdidIndiawinattheAIBAWomen’s

WorldBoxingChampionships? AIBAefgyk fo'o eqDdsckth pSafi;uf'ki esa Hkkjr us fdrus

ind thrs\

(a) 4(b) 8(c) ��(d) �6

Ans:–(a)IndiafinishedwithonesilverandthreebronzemedalsattheAIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships �0�9. Thetallyof4medalshasputIndiaatthethirdpositionoutofthe5�countriesthatparticipatedinChampionship.��6.Whichisthefirst-largestenergyconsumerintheworld? fo'o dk igyk lcls cM+k ÅtkZ miHkksDrk dkSu lk gS\

(a) US/vesfjdk

(b) India/Hkkjr(c) China/phu(d) Russia/:l

Ans:–(a)Indiais thethird-largestenergyconsumerintheworldaftertheUSandChina.��7.The U.S. observes _________ October as White Cane

SafetyDayeveryyear. vesfjdk------------------vDVwcj dks gj lky OgkbV dsu lsÝVh Ms

ds :i esa ns[krk gSA

(a) �0(b) �5(c) �0(d) �6

Ans:–(b)White Cane Safety Day is observed on �5 October in theUnited States every year. The day aims to celebrate thesuccessachievedbytheblindandvisuallyimpairedpeople.Thedaystandsasaremindertoshowtheimportantsymbolofblindnessandthetoolofindependence,thewhitecane.��8.WorldBankforecastsIndia’sGDPforecastfor�0�9-�0

from7%to_______. fo'o cSad us 2019&20 ds fy, Hkkjr ds ldy ?kjsyw mRikn

dk iwokZuqeku 7» ls--------------rd dk vuqeku yxk;k gSA

(a) 5.75%(b) 6%(c) 6.�5%(d) 6.75%

Ans:–(b)WorldBanksaidthatIndia’sgrowthrateisprojectedtofallto6%in�0�9-�0from7%followingthedecelerationintheinitial quarters of this fiscal. World Bank said that India isexpectedtograduallyrecoverto6.9%inFY��and7.�%inFY��initslatesteditionoftheSouthAsiaEconomicFocus.InApril�0�9,WorldBankprojected India’sgrowth rate as7.5%.��9.Which State launched the YSR Rythu Bharosa PM-

Kisaanscheme? fdl jkT; us okbZ,lvkj jk;Fkq Hkjkslk ih,e&fd'ku ;kstuk 'kq:

dh\


(b) Telangana/rsyaxkuk(c) AndhraPradesh/vka/z izns'k

(d) Maharashtra/egkjk"VªAns:–(c)Andhra Pradesh State government launched YSR RythuBharosa-PMKisaan, the flagship farmerassistancescheme.The scheme was launched by the AP Chief Minister YSJagan Reddy. YSR Rythu Bharosa-PM Kisaan was namedafter former Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy. Underthe scheme, 54 lakh farmers will get Rs.�3,500 over threeinstallments.�30.WhoisthegovernorofHimachalPradesh? fgekpy izns'k ds jkT;iky dkSu gSa\

(a) BandaruDattatreya/caMk: nRrk=ks;(b) JagdishMukhi/txnh'k eq[kh(c) NajmaHeptulla/utek gsirqYyk(d) GangaPrasad/xaxk izlkn

Ans:–(a)BandaruDattatreyaistheGovernoroftheStateofHimachalPradesh.HewastheMemberofLokSabhaforSecunderabadsince�0�4.HebelongstotheBharatiyaJanataParty.BorninHyderabad,Dattatreyagraduatedwithasciencedegree.�3�.WhenwastheBookerprizeinstituted? cqdj iqjLdkj dc 'kq: fd;k x;k Fkk\

(a) �969(b) �975(c) �98�(d) �990

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Ans:–(a)The Man Booker Prize established in �969 as a literaryprizeawardedannuallyforthebestoriginalnovelwritteninEnglishandpublishedintheUK.In�005,TheManBookerInternationalPrizewascreatedtoawardwritersbi-annuallyinrecognitionofabodyofworkratherthanonetitle.�3�.WhobecametheoldestwinneroftheBookerPrize? cqdj iqjLdkj ds lcls iqjkus fotsrk dkSu cus\

(a) AliceWalker/,sfyl okdj

(b) ToniMorrison/Vksuh ekWfjlu(c) MaryAngeline/eSjh ,atsfyu(d) MargaretAtwood/ekxZjsV ,VoqM

Ans:–(d)MargaretAtwood became the oldest winner of the BookerPrize. Her novelTheTestaments became the fastest-sellinghardbacknovelinfouryearsonitspublicationinSeptember.ThebookisafollowupofTheHandmaid’sTalewhichisset�5years.�33.WhoisappointedasthenewUnionLawSecretary? u, dsanzh; dkuwu lfpo ds :i esa fdls fu;qDr fd;k x;k

gS\

(a) NarayanaSwamy/ukjk;.k Lokeh(b) AnoopKumar/vuwi dqekj

(c) PawanKumar/iou dqekj

(d) RohitSharma/jksfgr 'kekZAns:–(b)Anoop Kumar Mendiratta is appointed as the new UnionLawSecretary.Thisisthefirsttimesuchanappointmenthasbeen made.Anoop Kumar is currently the serving DistrictandSessionsJudgeintheNorth-EastDistrict,KarkardoomaCourts,NewDelhi.�34.WhoistheauthorofthebookGirl,Woman,Other? xyZ] oqeu] vnj iqLrd ds ys[kd dkSu gSa\

(a) PaulBeatty/ikWy chV~Vh(b) RichardPowers/fjpMZ ikWolZ(c) BernardineEvaristo/cukZfMZu ,ofjLVks(d) EsiEdugyan/,fl ,tqX;ku

Ans:–(b)BernardineEvaristo is theauthorof thebookGirl,Woman,Other.ShewontheManBookerPrizeforthebook.�35.CORPATisaNavalbilateralexerciseheldbetweenIndia

and_________. dkWisZV Hkkjr vkSj------------------ds chp vk;ksftr ,d ukSlsuk

n~foi{kh; vH;kl gSA

(a) Bangladesh/ckaXykns'k

(b) Thailand/FkkbZySaM(c) China/phu(d) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k

Ans:–(a)TheCoordinatedPatrol(CORPAT)exerciseisheldbetweenIndia and Bangladesh. BN-IN ships undertook CoordinatedPatrol (CORPAT) exercise from �0 October to �� October�0�9. It is the second edition of IN – BN CORPAT in theNorthBayofBengal.�36.Dr.APJAbdulKalamservedasthe_________President

ofIndia. MkW ,ihts vCnqy dyke us Hkkjr ds------------jk"Vªifr ds :i esa

dk;Z fd;kA

(a) �0th/10oka(b) ��th/11oka(c) ��th/12oka(d) 9th/9oka

Ans:–(b)Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam was born on �5 October �93� atRameswaram,TamilNadu,India.From�00�-�007,heservedasthe��thPresidentofIndia.Hewasanaerospacescientist.Kalamplayedavital role in thePokhran-IInuclear tests in�998,whichearnedhimthetitleMissileManofIndia.�37.WhendidtheUNdeclare�5OctoberasWorldStudents’

Day? la;qDr jk"Vª us 15 vDVwcj dks fo'o Nk=k fnol ds :i esa dc

?kksf"kr fd;k\

(a) �008(b) �009(c) �0�0(d) �0��

Ans:–(b)United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) declared �5October,thebirthdayofDr.APJAbdulKalamastheWorldStudent’sDay in�0�0.Since then, theday iscelebratedon�5Octoberacrosstheworld.UNdeclaredthedaytohonourKalam’s love and dedication towards education, teaching,students,andhisfocusandeffortsinpromotingeducation.�38.WhendidthegovernmentofIndiaconductthePokhran-

IInucleartests? Hkkjr ljdkj us iks[kj.k&2 ijek.kq ijh{k.k dc fd;k Fkk\

(a) �99�(b) �995(c) �998(d) �999

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Ans:–(c)ThePokhran-IItestswereaseriesoffivenuclearbombtestexplosionsconductedbyIndiaattheIndianArmy’sPokhranTestRangeinMay�998.�39.India is to launch ________ Sewa Service trains to

providemoreconnectivityacrossIndia. Hkkjr dks iwjs Hkkjr esa vf/d dusfDVfoVh iznku djus ds fy,-

----------------lsok lfoZl jsy xkfM+;ksa dks 'kq: djuk gSA

(a) �0(b) �5(c) �0(d) �5

Ans:–(a)Indian Railways announced that it is to launch �0 SewaService trains. The Sewa Service trains will include dailytrainsbetweenDelhiandShamli,BhubaneswarandNayagarhtown,MurkongselexandDibrugarh,KotaandJhalawarcityandCoimbatoreandPalani.�40.WhenistheWorldStudents’Daycelebrated? fo'o Nk=k fnol dc euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) ��September/12 flrEcj(b) 5September/5 flrEcj(c) �5October/15 vDVwcj

(d) ��October/21 vDVwcjAns:–(c)�5 October is celebrated as theWorld Students’ Day everyyear.ThedaymarksthebirthanniversaryoftheformerIndianPresidentandgreatscientist,Dr.APJAbdulKalam.�4�.IndianRailways(IR)hasannouncedthatitwillbecomea

net-zerocarbonemitterby_________. Hkkjrh; jsyos (IR)us ?kks"k.kk dh gS fd ;g-------------------n~okjk

'kq¼&'kwU; dkcZu mRltZd cu tk,xkA

(a) �0��(b) �0�5(c) �0�8(d) �030

Ans:–(d)Indian Railways (IR) has announced that it will become anet-zerocarbonemitterby�030.ThemovewillbeapartofIndia’sstrategytocombatclimatechange.TheannouncementwasmadebyrailwaysandcommerceministerPiyushGoyalattheIndiaEnergyForumbyCERAWEEKinNewDelhi.�4�.MinistryofShippingOrganizedthe_________Meeting

of Maritime States Development Council (MSDC) inNewDelhi.

ukSogu ea=kky; us ubZ fnYyh esa leqnzh jkT;ksa fodkl ifj"kn (MSDC)dh--------------cSBd dk vk;kstu fd;kA

(a) �3th/13oha(b) �7th/17oha(c) �0th/20oha(d) �5th/25oha

Ans:–(b)MinistryofShippingOrganizedthe�7thMeetingofMaritimeStates Development Council (MSDC) in New Delhi on �5October. The Ministry Of Shipping announced that it is tointroduceaplan todevelopaNationalGridforPortsbasedonsynergybetweentheMajorandMinorportsinthecountry.The plan will be developed with six months. The MSDCmeetingwaschairedbyShriMansukhMandaviya,MoS(I/C)forShippingandMoSChemicalandFertilizers.�43.WhenwasWorldFoodDayfirstobserved? fo'o [kkn~; fnol igyh ckj dc euk;k x;k\

(a) �98�(b) �973(c) �965(d) �994

Ans:–(a)TheWorldfooddaywasestablishedbythemembercountriesoftheFoodandAgricultureOrganisation(FAO)inNovember�979at the�0thGeneralConference.On�6October�98�,TheUnitedNationsGeneralAssembly (UNGA)announcedtheobservationoftheWorldfooddayon�6October.ThefirstWorldfooddaywasobservedin�98�.ThedayaimstohonortheestablishmentdateofFAO.�44.HowmanyMinorportsarethereinIndia? Hkkjr esa fdrus y?kq canjxkg gSa\

(a) �08(b) �04(c) �83(d) �34

Ans:–(b)Thereare�04MinorportsinIndia.Among�04Minorports,only 44 are functional. The Ministry of Shipping plans torevivetheMinorports.�45.When was the Maritime States Development Council

(MSDC)established? leqnzh jkT; fodkl ifj"kn~ dh LFkkiuk dc dh xbZ Fkh\

(a) �99�(b) �995(c) �997

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(d) �000Ans:–(c)MSDC is the advisory body that ensures the developmentoftheMaritimesector.ItwasestablishedinMay�997.ItisheadquarteredinNewDelhi.ItfunctionsundertheMinistryofShipping.TheMinisterresponsibleisMinisterresponsibleShriMansukhL.Mandaviya.�46.WhenistheWorldfooddayobserved? fo'o [kkn~; fnol dc euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) �3September/23 flrEcj(b) �5May/25 ebZ(c) �6July/26 tqykbZ(d) �6October/16 vDVwcj

Ans:–(d)WorldFoodDayisobservedon�6Octobereveryyear.Thedayisobservedeveryyearbypeoplefromaroundtheworld.The day aims to tackle global hunger. On this day, peoplereaffirmtheircommitmenttoeradicateworldwidehungerforalifetime.�47.Whereisthe36thMIPCOM�0�9held? 36ok¡ MIPCOM�0�9dgk¡ vk;ksftr fd;k x;k gS\

(a) Italy/bVyh(b) Spain/Lisu(c) France/izQakl(d) Germany/teZuh

Ans:–(c)ServicesExportsPromotionCouncil(SEPC)launchedIndiaIntellectualProperty(IP)Guidein36thMIPCOM�0�9on�6OctoberatCannes,France.MIPCOM�0�9isbeingheldfrom�4October to�7October for theMedia andEntertainment(M&E)industry.�48.Who issued guidelines on ‘on tap’ authorization of

paymentsystems? Hkqxrku iz.kkfy;ksa ds* vkWu VSi* izkf/dj.k ij fn'kkfuZnsZ'k fdlus

tkjh fd,\

(a) BSE/ch,lbZ(b) RBI/Hkkjrh; fjtoZ cSad(c) SEBI/lsch(d) NSE/,u,lbZ

Ans:–(b)The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued guidelines on ‘ontap’ authorization of payment systems on �5 October. Theguidelines,includingminimumnetworthcriteriafordifferententities. The guidelines aim to encourage innovation andcompetitionamongtheentities.

�49.Which Space agency unveiled two new spacesuits formoonwalking?

fdl varfj{k ,tsalh us pkanuh ds fy, nks u, varfj{k ;ku dk vukoj.k fd;k\

(a) ISRO/bljks(b) NASA/uklk(c) JAXA(d) ESA/bZ,l,

Ans:–(b)NASA, the American space agency, unveiled two newspacesuits tailored for future moonwalking astronauts. Thetwo new spacesuits are prepared for the upcomingArtemisprogram.In�0�4,NASAwillbesendingastronautsbacktothemoon.TwoNASAengineersstagedthefirstzero-gravityspace-wearunderNASA’sArtemismoonprogram.Thisisthefirstsuitdesignedinabout40years.�50.__________receivedtheBestAirlineawardbyAndaman

TourismAward�0�9. -----------------dks vaMeku i;ZVu iqjLdkj 2019 n~okjk loZJs"B

,;jykbu iqjLdkj feykA

(a) AirIndia/,;j bafM;k(b) IndiGo/bafMxks(c) JetAirways/tsV ,;jost(d) GoAir/xks,;j

Ans:–(d)GoAirreceivedtheBestAirlineawardbyAndamanTourismAward�0�9initsfirsteditionforits leadershipinattainingon-time performance for �� consecutive months. TheAndaman Tourism Award ceremony was organized at PortBlair in association with theAndaman Ministry of tourismandAndamanAssociationofTourOperators.�5�.Whichcompany isdevelopinganArtificial intelligence

(AI)-basedtoolforanalysisofterroristactivities? dkSu lh daiuh vkardoknh xfrfof/;ksa ds fo'ys"k.k ds fy,

,d Ñf=ke cqf¼eRrk (,vkbZ) vk/kfjr midj.k fodflr dj jgh gS\

(a) TCS/Vhlh,l(b) L&T/,y ,aM Vh(c) BEL(d) HUL/,p;w,y

Ans:–(c)Thepublic-sectorgiantBharatElectronicsLimited(BEL)hasannouncedthatitisdevelopinganArtificialintelligence(AI)-based tool for analysis of terrorist activities.The firmaimstoutilizetheuseofAIinthesecurityfield.Thetoolwillbeusedinscreeningandsegregatingrawinformationandassist

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ingeneratingintelligenceassessments,decision-making,andoperationalplanning.�5�.WhereisCanneslocated? dku dgk¡ fLFkr gS\

(a) Australia/vkWLVsªfy;k

(b) USA/vesfjdk

(c) France/izQkal(d) Germany/teZuh

Ans:–(c)CannesisacitylocatedontheFrenchRiviera.Itisacommunelocated in theAlpes-Maritimesdepartment,andhostcityoftheannualCannesFilmFestival,Midem,andCannesLionsInternationalFestivalofCreativity.�53.Wherewasthe4�stDRDODirectorsConferenceheld? 41ok¡ funsZ'kdksa dk lEesyu dgk¡ vk;ksftr fd;k x;k Fkk\

(a) Bengaluru/csaxyq#(b) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(c) Mumbai/eqacbZ(d) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh

Ans:–(d)Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated 4�st DRDODirectors Conference in New Delhi on �5 October. TheChiefs of the three forces, DRDO Chairman G SatheeshReddy,NationalSecurityAdviserAjitDovalwasamongthedelegationsthatwerepresentintheconference.Thediscussionincluded efforts taken by DRDO to ensure technologicaladvancementoftheIndianforcestosafeguardthecountry.�54.When was the National Green Tribunal (NGT)

established? us'kuy xzhu fVªC;wuy dh LFkkiuk dc dh xbZ Fkh\

(a) �00�(b) �996(c) �0�0(d) �0�5

Ans:–(c)NGTwasestablishedon�8October�0�0undertheNationalGreenTribunalAct �0�0. It is headquartered in Delhi.TheChairpersonofNGTisJusticeAdarshKumarGoel.NGThasbeen set up to handle the expeditious disposal of the casespertainingtoenvironmentalissues.NGTisgiventhepowertohearallcivilcasesrelatedtoenvironmentalissuesandcaseslinkedtotheimplementationoflawslistedintheScheduleIoftheNGTAct.�55.WhenwastheEuropeanBusiness&TechnologyCentre

(EBTC)established? ;wjksih; O;kikj vkSj izkSn~;ksfxdh dsanz (EBTC)dh LFkkiuk dc

dh xbZ Fkh\

(a) �000(b) �003(c) �005(d) �008

Ans:–(d)European Business & Technology Centre (EBTC) wasestablished in�008. It isco-fundedby theEuropeanUnion(EN).ItisheadquarteredinNewDelhi.ItiscoordinatedbyEUROCHAMBRES,theAssociationofEuropeanChambersof Commerce and Industry. It aims to promote EuropeantechnologiesandinnovationstosuitthelocalneedsinIndiathroughvariousprojects,programs,andinitiativesbyenablingIndo-Europeancollaborations.�56.WholaunchedtheTeamCashlessIndiacampaign? Vhe dS'kysl bafM;k vfHk;ku fdlus pyk;k\

(a) Visa/oht+k(b) Rupay/#i;s(c) MasterCard/ekLVj dkMZ

(d) Paytm/isVh;eAns:–(c)Mastercard and its brand ambassador MS Dhoni havelaunched Team Cashless India campaign. It aims to bringmore merchants and customers on board to boost digitalpayments in India. The move is in line with Mastercard’sendeavortocreateanecosystemthatencouragesuserstousedigitalpaymentsfortheirday-to-daypurchases.�57.When was the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan

ArogyaYojana(PM-JAY)launched? vk;q"eku Hkkjr iz/kuea=kh tu vkjksX; ;kstuk (PM-JAY)dc

'kq: dh xbZ Fkh\

(a) �0�4(b) �0�6(c) �0�7(d) �0�8

Ans:–(d)WhenwastheAyushmanBharatPradhanMantriJanArogyaYojana(PM-JAY)waslaunchedinSeptember�0�8.AyushmanBharat isahealthcarescheme.Theschemeaims toprovidehealthassuranceto50crorepooranddeprivedpeopleinruralandurbanareas.�58.HowmanyUnicorns, start-ups,ofHurunResearch, are

presentinIndia? gq:u fjlpZ ds fdrus ;wfudkWuZ] LVkVZ&vi] Hkkjr esa ekStwn gSa\

(a) 4�

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(b) 35(c) ��(d) �5

Ans:–(c)Indiarankedthirdinthe�0�9HurunGlobalUnicornList.Itaccountsfor��oftheworld’s494unicorns.�59.WherewastheSangamfestival�0�9-�0held? laxe mRlo 2019&20 dgk¡ vk;ksftr fd;k x;k Fkk\

(a) Rajasthan/jktLFkku(b) J&K/tEew vkSj d'ehj

(c) Himachal/fgekpy izns'k(d) UttarPradesh/mÙrj izns'k

Ans:–(b)Jammu University organized the five-day youth festivalSangam �0�9-�0. It was conducted by Jammu University’sBhaderwahcampusinassociationwiththeRashtriyaRifles.The youth festival was inaugurated by Lt. General RanbirSingh, the General Officer Commanding-in-chief, NorthernCommand.�60.India is the _______ largest producer of coffee in the

world. Hkkjr nqfu;k esa dkWiQh dk----------------lcls cM+k mRiknd gSA

(a) 3rd(b) 6th(c) 9th(d) ��th

Ans:–(b)India is the sixth-largest producer of coffee in the world.It produces about 5% of the total world coffee production.Countries like India,Vietnam, Indonesia,Nepalaccount foralmost33%oftheworld’scoffeeproductioninAsia.�6�.WhoinstitutedtheWorldMathsDay? fo'o xf.kr fnol dh LFkkiuk fdlus dh\

(a) UNICEF/;wfulsiQ(b) Google/xwxy(c) 3PLearning/yfuZax(d) WizLtd.

Ans:–(c)TheWorldMathsDaywasfirstinstitutedby3PLearningin�007.The3PLearningcompanywasfoundedin�003andisheadquartered inSydney,Australia.Thecompanypartneredwith United Nations International Children’s EmergencyFund(UNICEF)toreachchildrenwithlearningresourcesandteachingaidsacrosstheworld.�6�.Which Country is to host the 5th Edition of theWorld

CoffeeConference? fo'o dkWiQh lEesyu ds 5 osa laLdj.k dh estckuh fdl ns'k

dks djuh gS\

(a) China/phu(b) India/Hkkjr(c) Malaysia/eysf'k;k(d) Singapore/flaxkiqj

Ans:–(b)Bengaluruhasbeenselectedtohostthe5thEditionofWorldCoffee Conference from 7-9 September �0�0. InternationalCoffee Organization (ICO) that functions under the UnitedNations.TheMinistryofCommerce&Industry,GovernmentofIndia,willhostthe3-dayevent.ThethemeoftheconferenceisSustainabilityThroughConsumption.�63.WhenwastheCompetitionCommissionofIndia(CCI)

established? Hkkjrh; izfrLi/kZ vk;ksx (CCI)dh LFkkiuk dc dh xbZ Fkh\

(a) �995(b) �998(c) �000(d) �003

Ans:–(d)CompetitionCommissionof India (CCI)was formedon�4October �003.The chairman isVijay KumarAgarwal.TheSecretaryofCCIisPKSingh.CCIisresponsibleforenforcingtheCompetitionAct�00�acrossIndia.�64.When was the International Day for the Eradication of

Povertyinstituted? xjhch mUewyu ds fy, varjkZ"Vªh; fnol dc 'kq: fd;k x;k

Fkk\

(a) �965(b) �978(c) �99�(d) �006

Ans:–(c)On��December�99�,theUnitedNationsGeneralAssembly(UNGA)adoptedaresolution47/�96toobserve�6Octoberas theInternationalDayfor theEradicationofPoverty.Theyear�0�9marks the�7thanniversaryof thedeclarationbyUNGA.Thedaywasinstitutedtoprovideanopportunitytoacknowledgetheeffortandreflectsthewillingnessofpeopleliving in poverty to use their expertise to contribute to theeradicationofpoverty.�65.WhoisthePresidentofNASSCOM? NASSCOMds vè;{k dkSu gSa\

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(a) RishadPremji/fj'kn izseth(b) DebjaniGhosh/nsctkuh ?kks"k(c) IreenaVittal/bfjuk foRry(d) KeshavRMurugesh/ds'ko vkj eq#xs'k

Ans:–(b)

DebjaniGhoshisthePresidentofNASSCOM.�66.WhenwastheExportPromotionCouncilforHandicrafts

(EPCH)established? gLrf'kYi (bZihlh,p) ds fy, fu;kZr lao/Zu ifj"kn dh LFkkiuk

dc dh xbZ Fkh\

(a) �98�-8�(b) �986-87(c) �99�-93(d) �996-98

Ans:–(b)Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts - EPCH, wasestablishedin�986-87undertheCompaniesAct.EPCHaimstopromote,support,protect,maintain,andincreasetheexportofhandicrafts.�67.WhatarethecurrenthandicraftexportsofIndia? Hkkjr ds orZeku gLrf'kYi fu;kZr D;k gSa\

(a) Rs.��,340crore/djksM+

(b) Rs.�5,000crore/djksM+

(c) Rs.�6,590crore/djksM+

(d) Rs.�8,700crore/djksM+Ans:–(c)TheskillsofIndianartisanshavethepotentialtoachievegreatergrowthinboththesectorandtheartisansandtheexporters.IHGF-DelhiFairwillincreasethehandicraftexportsofIndiatoRs.�00,000crorefromtheexitingRs.�6,590crore.�68.WhenwastheCharitiesAidFoundation(CAF)founded? pSfjVht ,M iQkamMs'ku (CAF)dh LFkkiuk dc dh xbZ Fkh\

(a) �96�(b) �974(c) �98�(d) �996

Ans:–(b)CharitiesAidFoundation (CAF)was founded in theUK in�974.ItisheadquarteredinKent,UK.CAFisaregisteredUKcharity.Itpromotesgeneraldonationtocharities.�69.Whatwasthebaseyearforthe�0�9WorldGivingIndex

(WGI)? 2019 oYMZ fxfoax baMsDl (MCY;wthvkbZ) ds fy, vk/kj o"kZ

D;k Fkk\

(a) �006-�5(b) �007-�6(c) �009-�8(d) �00�0-�9

Ans:–(c)Indiaranked8�ndinthe�0�9WorldGivingIndex(WGI).ThesurveyrankingwasreleasedbytheCharitiesAidFoundation(CAF), an international organization. It aims to promotegivingtotransformlivesandcommunitiesacrosstheworld.ThesurveywasconductedbyCAFoverthepastdecade,�009to�0�8.Thesurveycovered�.3millionpeopleworldwide.�70.WhenistheGlobalHandwashingDayobserved? Xykscy gSaMokf'kax Ms dc euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) �0October/vDVwcj

(b) �5October/vDVwcj

(c) �November/uoEcj(d) ��November/uoEcj

Ans:–(b)Global Handwashing Day is celebrated on �5 Octobereveryyear.TheDay is observed to increase awareness andunderstanding about the importance of handwashing withsoap. Italsoencouragespeople tohandas it isaneffectiveandaffordablewaytopreventdiseasesandsavelives.�7�.FirstRoboticrestauranttwohumanoidstoservecustomers

in____________? --------------------------esa xzkgdksa dh lsok djus okyk igyk jkscksfVd

jsLVksjsaV

(a) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(b) Odisha/vksfM'kk

(c) Westbengal/if'pe caxky(d) Kerala/dsjy

Ans:–(b)ArestaurantinOdishaopeneditsdoorstocustomersclaimingtobethefirsteateryineasternIndia,wheretwoindigenouslydevelopedrobotswillservecustomers.�7�.Whichcountrytointroducea3%webtaxondigitalgiants

from�0�0? fdl ns'k us 2020 ls fMftVy fnXxtksa ij 3» osc dj ykxw

fd;k gS\


(b) Ireland/vk;jySaM

(c) Italy/bVyh(d) Russia/:l

Ans:–(c)

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Italianschemetoyieldabout600millioneuros($66�million)ayearalternativerevenueswillallowittoavoidascheduledincreaseinsalestax.�73.India’sMiG�9toflywithEurofighterTyphoonin_____

_______? Hkkjr ds fex 29 dks-------------------esa ;wjksiQkbVj VkbiwQu ds lkFk

mM+ku Hkjus ds fy,\

(a) Thailand/FkkbZySaM(b) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k(c) Oman/vkseku

(d) Russia/:lAns:–(a)TheMiG�9fighteraircraftoftheIndianAirForce(IAF)willbe flying alongside the Eurofighter Typhoon. The F-�6 inIndia’sbilateralairexercisewithOman.�74.Which country signed deal to lease Pacific island in

Solomons? lksykseu esa iz'kkar n~ohi dks iV~Vs ij nsus ds fy, dkSu ls ns'k

ds ladsr gSa\


(c) Russia/:l(d) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k

Ans:–(a)

ChinasignsdealtoleasePacificislandinSolomons.�75.BETI BACHAO, BETI PADHAO scheme to empower

womenlaunchedin___________? csph cpkvks] csVh i<kvks ;kstuk---------------------esa ykWUp dh xbZ

efgykvksa dks l'kDr cukus ds fy,\

(a) Kerala/dsjy

(b) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(c) Odisha/vksfM'kk

(d) Rajouri/jktkSjhAns:–(d)BETIBACHAO,BETIPADHAOschemetoempowerwomenlaunchedinRajouri.�76.WherewastheAsiaHealth-�0�9Conferenceheld? ,f'k;k LokLF;&2019 lEesyu dgk¡ vk;ksftr fd;k x;k Fkk\

(a) Kathmandu/dkBekaMw

(b) Beijing/chftax(c) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(d) Jakarta/tdkrkZ

Ans:–(c)

Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is organizing thefirsteditionofASIAHEALTH�0�9from�6Octoberto�9October�0�9inNewDelhi.TheconferenceincludedalltheeventsandinitiativesoftheHealthcareDepartment.�77.When was the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)

formed? Hkkjrh; mn~;ksx ifjla?k (CII)dk xBu dc gqvk\

(a) �895(b) �9�0(c) �9�5(d) �953

Ans:–(a)Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) organization workswiththeGovernmentonpolicyissues.CIIactsasacatalystforchangeinIndia’seconomicpolicyreforms.Itwasformedin�895.�78.When was the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC)

formed? la;qDr jk"Vª ekuokf/dkj ifj"kn (UNHRC)dk xBu dc

gqvk\

(a) �000(b) �00�(c) �004(d) �006

Ans:–(d)United Nations Human Rights Council was formed on �5March�006.ItisheadquarteredinGeneva,Switzerland.�79.Centre approved the proposal for admission of girl

childrenin________. dsanz us---------------------esa ckfydkvksa ds izos'k ds izLrko dks eatwjh

nhA

(a) CBSE/lhch,lbZ(b) SainikSchool/lSfud Ldwy

(c) MilitarySchool/lSU; fon~;ky;(d) Others/vU;

Ans:–(b)DefenceMinisterShriRajnathSinghapprovedtheproposalforadmissionofgirlchildreninSainikschools.Theapprovalwillbeeffectivefromacademicsession�0��-��inaphasedmanner.�80.Which Country got its approval from UNGA to be

added as a member of the UN Human Rights Council(UNHRC)?

la;qDr jk"Vª ekuokf/dkj ifj"kn (UNHRC)ds lnL; ds :i esa tksM+s tkus ds fy, UNGAls fdl ns'k dks viuh eatwjh

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feyh\

(a) India/Hkkjr(b) Syria/lhfj;k(c) Venezuela/osustq,yk(d) CostaRica/dksLVk fjdk

Ans:–(c)TheUnitedNationsGeneralAssembly(UNGA)approvedtheaddition ofVenezuela to its 47-member UN Human RightsCouncil (UNHRC). It was opposed by Venezuela has beenunderasevereeconomiccollapse.�8�.Wherewillthenextdefenceexpo,inFebruary�0�0,be

held? iQjojh 2020 esa vxyk j{kk ,Dliks dgk¡ vk;ksftr fd;k

tk,xk\


(b) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(c) Lucknow/y[kuÅ(d) Delhi/fnYyh

Ans:–(c)MoDistoconductthenextdefenceexpoinLucknowinthefirstandsecondweeksofFebruary�0�0.Inthedefenceexpo,defence industries supported by the Defence Research andDevelopment Organisation (DRDO) and private enterpriseswillshowcasetheirworth.�8�.When was the Central Bank of the European Union

formed? ;wjksih; cSad dk lsaVªy cSad dc cuk;k x;k Fkk\

(a) �99�(b) �995(c) �998(d) �985

Ans:–(c)TheCentralBankoftheEuropeanUnionformedon�June�998.ItisheadquarteredinFrankfurt,Germany.TheEuropeanCentralBankisthecentralbankfortheeuroandadministersmonetarypolicywithintheEurozone.Itcomprises�9memberstatesoftheEuropeanUnionandisoneofthelargestmonetaryareasintheworld.�83.WhoisthePresidentofthePhilippines? fiQyhihal ds jk"Vªifr dkSu gSa\

(a) BenignoAquinoIII/csfuXuks ,fDouks III(b) JosephEstrada/tkslsiQ ,LVªkMk(c) RodrigoDuterte/jksfMªxks MqVVsZ(d) GloriaMacapagalArroyo/Xyksfj;k eSdkixy vjks;ks

Ans:–(c)

RodrigoRoaDuterteisthe�6thandcurrentPresidentofthePhilippinesandthefirstfromMindanaotoholdtheoffice.HeisthechairoftherulingPDP–Labanparty.�84.ChristineLagardewastheformerChiefof________. fØLVhu ysxkMZ--------------ds iwoZ izeq[k FksA

(a) UNGA/la;qDr jk"Vª egklHkk(b) ADB/,f'k;kbZ fodkl cSad

(c) IMF/varjkZ"Vªh; eqnzk dks"k

(d) WorldBank/fo'o cSadAns:–(c)FormerIMFchiefChristineLagardeisappointedheadoftheEuropeanCentralBank(ECB).ShewasnominatedtobecomethePresidentoftheEuropeanCentralBankbytheEuropeanUnionCouncil.�85.Who is appointed as the head of the European Central

Bank(ECB)? ;wjksih; lsaVªy cSad (ECB)ds izeq[k ds :i esa fdls fu;qDr

fd;k x;k gS\

(a) ChristineLagarde/fØLVhu ysxkMZ

(b) DavidMalpass/MsfoM eyikl(c) KristalinaGeorgieva/fØLVkfyuk tkWthZok

(d) GitaGopinath/xhrk xksihukFkAns:–(a)FormerIMFchiefChristineLagardeisappointedheadoftheEuropeanCentralBank(ECB).ShewasnominatedtobecomethePresidentoftheEuropeanCentralBankbytheEuropeanUnionCouncil.�86.WhenwastheAyushmanBharatofIndiaandAsiaHealth

andWell-BeingInitiative(AHWIN)ofJapansignedbyIndianPMModi?

Hkkjrh; ih,e eksnh n~okjk tkiku ds vk;q"eku Hkkjr vkSj ,f'k;k LokLF; vkSj tkiku dh dY;k.k igy (,,pMCY;wvkbZ,u) ij dc gLrk{kj fd, x, Fks\

(a) �0�5(b) �0�6(c) �0�7(d) �0�8

Ans:–(d)MemorandumofCooperation(MOC)wassignedduringthevisitofPrimeMinisterShriNarendraModi to Japan in thecontext ofAyushman Bharat of India andAsia Health andWell-BeingInitiative(AHWIN)ofJapaninOctober�0�8.�87.WhoisappointedastheDirector-GeneraloftheNational

SecurityGuard(NSG)?(a) AnupKumarSingh/vuwi dqekj flag

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(b) H.T.Sangliana/,pA VhA laxfy;kuk(c) VinodChaubey/fouksn pkScs(d) GopikaJahagirdar/xksfidk tgk¡xhnkj

Ans:–(a)Ahmedabad city Police Commissioner Anup Kumar Singhwas appointed as the Director-General of the NationalSecurity Guard (NSG) by the Ministry of Home Affairs.The recommendation of the Ministry of Home Affairs forSingh’spromotionwassenton�0OctobertotheDepartmentof Personnel and Training (DoPT). The appointment wasapproved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet(ACC).�88.MinistryofDefenceisexpectinganestimateofincrease

ofaround__________initsdefenceexportsby�0�4. 2024 rd j{kk ea=kky; vius j{kk fu;kZr esa yxHkx dh o`f¼

dk vuqeku yxk jgk gSA

(a) Rs.�0,000crore/djksM+

(b) Rs.35,000crore/djksM+

(c) Rs.50,000crore/djksM+

(d) Rs.65,000crore/djksM+Ans:–(b)An estimate made by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) saidthatIndiaisexpectingatathree-foldjump,aroundRs35,000crore, in its defence exports by �0�4. The announcementabouttheestimatewasmadebyArmyChiefGenBipinRawatataneventoftheIndigenousDefenceEquipmentExportersAssociationheldatNewDelhi.�89.WithwhichCountrydidIndiasign4MoUs,duringthe

recentvisitofPresident inOctober�0�9, including thesharingofwhiteshippinginformation?

vDVwcj 2019 eas jk"Vªifr dh gky dh ;k=kk ds nkSjku Hkkjr us fdl ns'k ds lkFk 4 ,evks;w ij gLrk{kj fd,] ftlesa 'osr f'kfiax tkudkjh lk>k djuk 'kkfey gS\

(a) Ethiopia/bfFk;ksfi;k(b) TheUS/vesfjdk

(c) Malaysia/eysf'k;k(d) Philippines/fiQyhihal

Ans:–(d)IndianPresidentRamNathKovindisonafivedaysvisittothePhilippines.PresidentKovindheld talkswithhisPhilippinecounterpartRodrigoDuterte.IndiaandthePhilippinessigned4 MoUs during President Kovind’s visit. The agreementsincludethesharingofwhiteshippinginformationbetweenthePhilippineCoastGuardandtheIndianNavy.�90.__________is an exchange of advance information on

the movement and identity of commercial non-militarymerchantvessels

--------------------okf.kfT;d xSj&lSU; O;kikjh tgktksa dh vkoktkgh vkSj igpku ij vfxze lwpuk dk vknku&iznku gSA

(a) Blueshippinginformation/Cyw f'kfiax tkudkjh

(b) Blackshippinginformation/CySd f'kfiax tkudkjh

(c) Whiteshippinginformation/lisQn f'kfiax tkudkjh

(d) Redshippinginformation/yky f'kfiax tkudkjhAns:–(c)White shipping information is an exchange of advanceinformation on the movement and identity of commercialnon-militarymerchantvessels.�9�.Iodine is required for the synthesis of the __________

hormones. vk;ksMhu--------------gkeksZu ds la'ys"k.k ds fy, vko';d gSA

(a) Thyroid/FkkbjksbM(b) Insulin/balqfyu(c) Calcitonin/dSYlhVksfuu

(d) Triiodothyronine/VªkbZvk;ksMksFkk;jksfuuAns:–(a)Iodineisrequiredforthesynthesisofthethyroidhormones,thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3). It is essential forthe normal growth and development and well-being of thehumanbeing.Themicronutrientisrequiredaround�00-�50microgramsinthebody.�9�.WhowontheVogueawardforEntrepreneurOfTheYear

�0�9? o"kZ 2019 ds mn~;eh ds fy, oksx iqjLdkj fdlus thrk\

(a) SangitaJindal/laxhrk ftany(b) NeeraNundy/uhjk uanh(c) AvniBiyani/vouh c;kuh

(d) FalguniNayar/iQkYxquh uk;jAns:–(c)AvniBiyaniwontheVogueawardforEntrepreneurOfTheYear�0�9.�93.The�8thNAMSummittobeheldin__________. ----------------eas vk;ksftr gksus okyk 18 ok¡ NAM f'k[kj

lEesyuA

(a) Nur-Sultan,Kazakhstan/uwj&lqYrku dtkfdLrku

(b) Baku,Azerbaijan/ckdw] vt+jcStku

(c) Tashkent,Uzbekistan/rk'kdan] mTcsfdLrku

(d) Kathmandu,Nepal/dkBekaMw] usikyAns:–(b)The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit has beenscheduled to be held between �5 October and �6 October�0�9 in Baku, Azerbaijan. The �8th NAM summit �0�9

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willbeprecededbyMinisterialmeetingsandseniorofficialmeetings.NepalPMOliandBangladeshPMSheikhHasinawillbeattendingthesummit.�94.WhowontheVogueawardforSportspersonoftheYear

�0�9? LiksV~ZlilZu vkWiQ n bZ;j 2019 ds fy, oksx iqjLdkj fdlus

thrk gS\

(a) M.S.Dhoni/,e ,l /ksuh(b) DuteeChand/nqrh pan(c) SainaNehwal/lkbuk usgoky(d) MaryKom/eSjh dkWe

Ans:–(b)Odisha sprinter Dutee Chand won the Vogue award forSportspersonoftheYear�0�9.DuteeChandholdsthenationalrecordinwomen’s�00m.Shehasbroughtmanylaurelstothecountryandstate. InOctober,sheclocked��.��seconds inthe semi-finalofwomen’s�00meventat the59thNationalOpen Athletics Championships �0�9 in Ranchi. With thisscore she broke the own previous national record of ��.�6seconds.She aims towingoldmedal for India in the�0�0TokyoOlympics.�95.Where was the 54thAll India Railway Rifle Shooting

Championshipheld? 54oha vf[ky Hkkjrh; jsyos jkbiQy 'kwfVax pSfEi;uf'ki dgk¡

vk;ksftr dh xbZ Fkh\

(a) Pune/iq.ks(b) Jaipur/t;iqj(c) Ahmedabad/vgenkckn

(d) Bhopal/HkksikyAns:–(a)AyonikaPaul,CommonwealthGames’ silvermedalist,wonthesecondpositionintheindividual�0mAirRifleeventatthe 54th All India Railway Rifle Shooting Championshipat the Balewadi Sports Complex, Pune on �9 October. Sherepresented the Central Railway zone of Indian Railways.Theshootingchampionshipwillconcludeon��October.ThechampionshiphasseveraltopIndianshooterscompeting.�96.WhendoesIndiacelebrateStatisticsDay? Hkkjr lakf[;dh fnol dc eukrk gS\

(a) �5June/twu(b) �9June/twu(c) �0July/tqykbZ(d) �6August/vxLr

Ans:–(b)IndiacelebratesStatisticsDayon�9June,onthebirthdayofthelegendstatisticianPrasantaChandraMahalanobis.

�97.WorldStatisticsDayisobservedevery______years. fo'o lakf[;dh fnol gj----------------o"kZ esa euk;k tkrk gSA

(a) 5(b) 6(c) 8(d) �0

Ans:–(a)WorldStatisticsDayis tobeobservedon�0October�0�0.The day aims to show that good data and statistics areindispensable for informeddecision-makingbyallactors insociety.The United Nations celebrates the event every fiveyears.ThedaywasinstitutedbytheUnitedNationsin�0�0.�98.WhenwastheWorldStatisticsDayinstituted? fo'o lakf[;dh fnol dc LFkkfir fd;k x;k Fkk\

(a) �000(b) �005(c) �0�0(d) �0�5

Ans:–(c)WorldStatisticsDayis tobeobservedon�0October�0�0.The day aims to show that good data and statistics areindispensable for informeddecision-makingbyallactors insociety.The United Nations celebrates the event every fiveyears.ThedaywasinstitutedbytheUnitedNationsin�0�0.TheUNGeneralAssembly(UNGA)passedtheresolutionon3June�0�5. Itwasfirstcelebratedon�0October�0�0. In�0�0,�03countries,5�Africancountries,�99.WhenistheWorldStatisticsDayobserved? fo'o lakf[;dh fnol dc euk;k tkrk gS\


(b) �5October/vDVwcj

(c) �4November/uoEcj(d) �4December/fnlEcj

Ans:–(a)WorldStatisticsDayis tobeobservedon�0October�0�0.The day aims to show that good data and statistics areindispensable for informeddecision-makingbyallactors insociety.300.Which country is to host the 9�st Interpol General

Assembly? 91osa baVjiksy egklHkk dh estckuh fdl ns'k dks djuh gS\

(a) Sweden/LohMu(b) Netherlands/uhnjySaM(c) India/Hkkjr(d) China/phu

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Ans:–(c)India’sproposal tohost the9�st InterpolGeneralAssemblyin �0�� was approved by the member countries of theinternational police cooperation body. The proposal wasinitiatedbytheHomeMinisterAmitShahtoInterpolSecretaryGeneral Jurgen Stock on 30 August. CBI Director RishiKumarShuklamoved theproposalbefore the88thGeneralAssemblyinSantiago,Chile.Theproposalwaspassedwithanoverwhelmingmajority.30�.WhenwastheInterpolfounded? baVjiksy dh LFkkiuk dc gqbZ Fkh

(a) �9�3(b) �935(c) �945(d) �96�

Ans:–(a)Interpol was founded in �9�3. Interpol is an internationalpolicecooperationorganization.Thereare�94memberstates.Theorganizationhas�00yearsofexperienceininternationalcooperation in policing. The organization has 90-millionrecordsspreadthatareacross�7database.30�.WhereistheheadquartersofInterpollocated? baVjiksy dk eq[;ky; dgk¡ fLFkr gS\

(a) Paris/isfjl (b) Nice(c) Lille/fyyh(d) Lyan

Ans:–(d)Interpol was founded in �9�3. Interpol is an internationalpolicecooperationorganization.ItisheadquarteredatLyon,France. There are �94 member states. The organizationhas �00 years of experience in international cooperation inpolicing.Theorganizationhas90-millionrecordsspreadthatareacross�7database.303.WhichisthecapitalofAzerbaijan? vtjcStku dh jkt/kuh dkSu lh gS\

(a) Sheki(b) Baku/ckdw

(c) Shirvan/f'kjou(d) Quba/dqck

Ans:–(b)BakuisthecapitalandcommercialhubofAzerbaijan.Itisalow-lyingcitywithcoastlinealongtheCaspianSea.It’sfamedforitsmedievalwalledoldcity,whichcontainsthePalaceoftheShirvanshahs,avastroyalcomplex,andtheiconicstoneMaidenTower.

304.How many member states are there in Interpol, aninternationalpolicecooperationorganization?

varjjk"Vªh; iqfyl lg;ksx laxBu] baVjiksy esa fdrus lnL; jkT; gSa\

(a) �85(b) �4�(c) �94(d) �03

Ans:–(c)Interpol is an international police cooperation organization.Thereare�94memberstates.Theorganizationhas�00yearsof experience in international cooperation in policing. Theorganizationhas90-millionrecordsspreadthatareacross�7database.305.Where is the Col. Chewang Rinchen Setu bridge

located? duZy psokax fjupsu lsrq iqy dgk¡ fLFkr gS\

(a) Leh/ysg(b) Kashmir/d'ehj

(c) Ladakh/yík[k(d) Srinagar/Jhuxj

Ans:–(c)ThebridgewasconstructedbytheBorderRoadsOrganisation(BRO) of India. The bridge is built between Durbuk andDaulatBegOldieineasternLadakhatanaltitudeof�4,650feet. The bridge is named in honor of Colonel ChewangRinchen,whowasoneofthehighlydecoratedofficersintheIndianArmyfromLadakh,andhewasawardedtheMahaVirChakaratwice.306.How much hike in bus fares did the Assam State

governmentintroduce? vle jkT; ljdkj us cl fdjk, esa fdruh c<+ksrjh dh\

(a) �0%(b) ��%(c) �0%(d) �5%

Ans:–(d)TheAssam StateAssembly also passed a �5% hike in busfares.307.WhenwasthelasttimeIndianPresidentvisitedJapan? vkf[kjh ckj Hkkjrh; jk"Vªifr tkiku dc x, Fks\

(a) �985(b) �990(c) �995(d) �998

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Ans:–(b)The last visit to Japan was in �990 by the then President,Ramaswamy Venkatraman. He attended the enthronementceremoniesofEmperorEmeritusAkihito,whosteppeddownin�0�8.308.WhodevelopedtheAkashmissilesysteminIndia? Hkkjr esa vkdk'k felkby iz.kkyh dk fodkl fdlus fd;k\

(a) DRDO/MhvkjMhvks

(b) CSIR/lh,lvkbZvkj

(c) HAL/,p,,y(d) BEL

Ans:–(a)Akash missile system was developed in India by DefenceResearchandDevelopmentOrganisation(DRDO).On�5-�7May �0�9, DRDO successfully test-fired AKASH-MK-�S,the surface to air missile (SM) from Odisha.Akash Mk�SmissileisanupgradedversionoftheexistingAKASHmissilewithindigenousSeeker.309.When was theAkash missile systemAKASH-MK-�S,

thesurfacetoairmissile(SM)tested? vkdk'k felkby iz.kkyh AKASH-MK-�S,lrg ls gok esa

felkby (SM)dk ijh{k.k dc fd;k x;k Fkk\

(a) �0�6(b) �0�7(c) �0�8(d) �0�9

Ans:–(d)Akash missile system was developed in India by DefenceResearchandDevelopmentOrganisation(DRDO).On�5-�7May �0�9, DRDO successfully test-fired AKASH-MK-�S,the surface to air missile (SM) from Odisha.Akash Mk�SmissileisanupgradedversionoftheexistingAKASHmissilewithindigenousSeeker.3�0.KartarpurcorridorconnectsIndiawith________. djrkjiqj dWkfjMksj Hkkjr dks---------------ls tksM+rk gSA

(a) Nepal/usiky(b) China/phu(c) Bhutan/HkwVku(d) Pakistan/ikfdLrku

Ans:–(d)TheKartarpurcorridorisbeingbuiltbyIndiaandPakistantoconnectDeraBabaNanakinGurdaspurandGurdwaraDarbarSahibinPakistan’sKartarpur,thefinalrestingplaceofGuruNanak.Thereconstructionofthecorridoristocommemoratethe550thbirthanniversaryofGuruNanakDev,thefounderofSikhism,on��November.

3��.WhoheadstheDefenceAcquisitionCouncil(DAC)? j{kk vf/xzg.k ifj"kn (DAC)ds izeq[k dkSu gSa\


(b) VicePresident/mikè;{k(c) PrimeMinister/iz/kuea=kh(d) DefenceMinister/j{kk ea=kh

Ans:–(d)TheDefenceAcquisitionCouncilchairedbyDefenceMinisterRajnathSingh.3��.Under the small family policy introduced by Assam

Govt.,apersonwhohasmorethan______childrenwillnotbeeligibleforgovernmentjobs.

vle ljdkj n~okjk 'kq: dh xbZ NksVh ifjokj uhfr ds rgr----------------------ls vf/d cPps okys O;fDr ljdkjh ukSdjh ds fy, ik=k ugha gksaxsA

(a) �(b) 3(c) 5(d) 4

Ans:–(a)UnderthesmallfamilypolicyintroducedbyAssamGovt.,apersonwhohasmore than twochildrenwillnotbeeligibleforgovernmentjobs.Thepolicywillbecomeeffectivefrom�January�0��.3�3.WhosettherecordofhighestaverageinTestcricket? VsLV fØdsB esa lokZf/d vkSlr dk fjdkWMZ fdlus cuk;k\

(a) ViratKoli/fojkV dksgyh

(b) RohitSharma/jksfgr 'kekZ(c) DavidWarner/MfoM okuZj(d) AaronFinch/vkjksu fiQap

Ans:–(b)IndiancricketerRohitSharmasmashedtheformerAustraliacricketer Don Bradman’s record of highest average in TestcricketinRanchi,Jharkhand�0Oct.HesettherecordondaytwoofthethirdTestmatchagainstSouthAfrica.Hebrokethe7�-year-oldrecordthatwaspreviouslyheldbyBradmanbyscoringanaverageof99.84.Bradman,thelegendaryAustraliacricketerhadanaverageof98.��.3�4.WhereisSiachenBaseCamplocated? fl;kfpu csl dSai dgk¡ fLFkr gS\

(a) Tajikistan/rtkfdLrku

(b) Chile/fpyh(c) India/Hkkjr(d) China/phu

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Ans:–(c)SiachenBaseCamp is theworld’shighestmilitarizedzone.ItislocatedintheeasternKarakoramrangeintheHimalayasintheIndianStateofJammuandKashmir.Itisthesecond-longestglacierintheworld’snon-polarareas.3�5.TheSiachenGlacier is locatedat analtitudeof around

________intheKarakoramrangenearLadakh. fl;kfpu Xysf'k;j yík[k ds ikl dkjkdksje jsat esa yxHkx------

-------dh ÅapkbZ ij fLFkr gSA

(a) �0,000ft/iQhV(b) �0,000ft/iQhV(c) 35,000ft/iQhV(d) 40,000ft/iQhV

Ans:–(b)TheSiachenGlacierislocatedatanaltitudeofaround�0,000ft in the Karakoram range. In the base, the soldiers battlefrostbite and high winds Avalanches. The temperature atSiachencanreducetoaslowasdegreesCelsius.3�6.WhatisthefaredidPakistanannounceasaservicefee

forthepilgrimstoKartarpurSahib? djrkjiqj lkfgc tkus okys ;kf=k;ksa ds fy, lsok 'kqYd ds :i

esa ikfdLrku us D;k fdjk;k ?kksf"kr fd;k\

(a) $�5(b) $�0(c) $�5(d) $30

Ans:–(b)ThefaredidPakistanannounceasaservicefeeforthepilgrimstoKartarpurSahibis$�0.TheIndiangovernmenthasaskedPakistantoreconsideritsdemandforcharging$�0servicefeeapilgrimtoKartarpurSahib.3�7.When was the European Open Championship

established? ;wjksih; vksiku pSfEi;uf'ki dc LFkkfir dh xbZ Fkh\

(a) �00�(b) �008(c) �0�0(d) �0�6

Ans:–(d)EuropeanOpenwasfoundedin�0�6.TheEuropeanOpenisamen’sAssociationofTennisProfessionals(ATP)Tour�50tournaments.3�8.With which country India is to sign an MoU for the

Kartarpurcorridor? fdl ns'k ds lkFk Hkkjr dks djrkjiqj dkWfjMksj ds fy, ,d

le>kSrk Kkiu ij gLrk{kj djuk gS\

(a) Nepal/usiky(b) Bangladesh/cakXykns'k(c) Pakistan/ikfdLrku

(d) Bhutan/HkwVkuAns:–(c)IndiaandPakistanaretosignaMemorandumofUnderstanding(MoU)on�3OctoberfortheopeningoftheKartarpurcorridor.The corridor will link two importantSikh shrines on eitherside.TheIndiangovernmenthasaskedPakistantoreconsideritsdemandforcharging$�0servicefeeapilgrim.3�9.WhichcountryunveiledSmartDragonandTenglong,the

commercialcarrierrockets? fdl ns'k us okf.kfT;d okgd jkWdsV LekVZ MSªxu vkSj Vsaxykax

dk vukoj.k fd;k\

(a) Japan/tkiku (b) N.Korea/mRrj dksfj;k

(c) India/Hkkjr(d) China/phu

Ans:–(d)Chinaunveiledanewgenerationofcommercialcarrierrockets,SmartDragonandTenglong,on�0OctobertocompetewithIndia. The move by China aims to attract the global spacelaunchmarket.Also,aTenglongliquid-propellantrocketwasunveiledby theChinaRocket, acommercial spacewingofChina’s leading rocket-maker China Academy of LaunchVehicleTechnology.3�0.Where was the European Open �0�9 Championship

held? ;wjksih; vksiu 2019 pSfEi;uf'ki dgk¡ vk;ksftr dh xbZ Fkh\

(a) Antwerp,Belgium/,aV~oiZ] csfYt;e(b) Madrid,Spain/eSfMªM] Lisu(c) Warsaw,Poland/okjlkW] iksySaM(d) Vienna,Austria/fo;uk] vkWfLVª;k

Ans:–(a)The European Open is a men’s Association of TennisProfessionals (ATP) Tour �50 tournament. It was held inAntwerp,Belgium.The�0�9 tournamentwasheld from�4Octoberto�0October�0�9.3��.What is the medal tally of India at the Denmark Para-

BadmintonInternationaltournament�0�9? MsuekdZ iSjk&cSMfeaVu varjkZ"Vªh; VwukZesaV 2019 esa Hkkjr dh

ind rkfydk D;k gS\

(a) �0(b) �4

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(c) �7(d) �9

Ans:–(a)Indianpara-badmintonplayerswonthe�0�9DenmarkPara-Badminton International Tournament with a medal tally of�0medals.Indiawongoldmedalsinboththewomen’sandmen’ssinglesinfinals.3��.When did IAF the first BrahMos surface-to-surface

variantinIndia? IAFus Hkkjr esa igyk czgeksl lrg ls lrg ij pyus okyk

laLdj.k dc cuk;k\

(a) �998(b) �995(c) �00�(d) �004

Ans:–(c)InJune�00�,thefirstBrahMossurface-to-surfacevariantwastest-firedfromtheIntegratedTestRange(ITR),Chandipur,inaverticallaunchconfiguration.InJune�004,IAFconductedinthesametestrangefromamobilelauncher.3�3.The US Air Force receives its first anti-drone laser

weaponfrom__________. vesfjdh ok;q lsuk dks--------------------ls viuk igyk ,aVh&Mªksu

ystj gfFk;kj izkIr gksrk gSA

(a) Boeing/cksbax(b) Raytheon/jsfFk;kWu(c) LockheedMartin/ykWdghM ekfVZu

(d) SafranAns:–(b)TheUSdefensemajor,Raytheondeliveredthefirstanti-dronebuggytotheUSAirForce.In�0�8,thecompanyintroducedtechnology. The US Air Force received will deploy theweapon overseas for a year-long experiment. The Countrywill train operators on how to use the system while testinghoweffectiveitisinreal-worldconditions.3�4.WhereisVizeBayoffNovayaZemlyalocated? uksok;k tseY;k esa fo,t+ cs dgk¡ fLFkr gS\

(a) Antarctic/vaVkdZfVdk

(b) Arctic/vkdZfVd

(c) Iceland/vkblySaM

(d) Himalayanrange/fgeky;u jsatAns:–(b)The cove of Vize off the north-eastern shore of NovayaZemlyadividestheBarentsandKaraseas.ItislocatedintheArcticocean.

3�5.Whenwas theUnique IdentificationAuthorityof India(UIDAI)formed?

Hkkjrh; fof'k"V igpku izkf/dj.k (UIDAI)dk xBu dc fd;k x;k Fkk\

(a) �005(b) �000(c) �00�(d) �009

Ans:–(d)The Unique IdentificationAuthority of India (UIDAI) wasfounded on �8 January �009. It is headquarters in NewDelhi,India.UIDAIwasestablishedundertheprovisionsoftheAadhaarAct,�0�6.Thestatutorybodywasformedwiththe mandate to issue Unique Identification numbers (UID)(Aadhaar)toallresidentsofIndiatoeliminateduplicateandfakeIDentities.3�6.WherewastheFirstIndiaBangladeshStakeholdersMeet

held? izFke Hkkjr ckaXykns'k fgr/kjdksa dh cSBd dgk¡ vk;ksftr dh

xbZ Fkh\

(a) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(b) Assam/vle

(c) Dhaka/<kdk

(d) Chittagong/pVxkaoAns:–(b)The first India-Bangladesh Stakeholders’ Meet underwaywasheldfrom��Octoberto�3October�0�9inGuwahati,Assam.ThefocusaimstoimproveitsconnectivitywiththeneighbouringCountrytogetthebestoftherestunderActEastPolicyforAssam.3�7.WhoistheChiefMinisterofArunachalPradesh? v#.kkpy izns'k ds eq[;ea=kh dkSu gSa\

(a) SarbanandaSonowal/lckZuan lksuksoky(b) PemaKhandu/isek [kkaMw(c) DevendraFadnavis/nsosanz iQM+uohl(d) NongthombamBirenSingh/uksaxFkksEce chjsu flag

Ans:–(b)PemaKhanduistheChiefMinisterofArunachalPradesh.HeassumedtheofficeofchiefministerinJuly�0�6.3�8.IndiatocelebratedsilverJubileeofPulsePolioProgramme

on__________. Hkkjr us-------------------ij iYl iksfy;ks dk;ZØe dh jtr t;arh

eukbZA


(b) 3�October/vDVwcj

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(c) �November/uoacj(d) �5November/uoacj

Ans:–(b)The month of October �0�9 marks �5 years of Pulse PolioProgramme in India. The Silver Jubilee of the Pulse PolioProgrammeistobecelebratedon3�October�0�9.Ministryof Health & Family Welfare is to organize an event at Dr.Ambedkar International Center, Janpath, New Delhi. IndiawasdeclaredPoliofreein�0�4.3�9.When was a polio case reported for the last time in

India? Hkkjr esa vkf[kjh ckj iksfy;ks dk ekeyk dc ntZ fd;k x;k

Fkk\

(a) �0�0(b) �0��(c) �0�3(d) �0�4

Ans:–(d)IndiawasdeclaredPoliofreein�0�4.ThelastreportedcasesofPolioinIndiawerefromWestBengalandGujaraton�3January�0��.In�0�9,morethan�7crorechildrenacrossthecountrywereadministeredpoliodrops.330.WhenwasIndiadeclaredPoliofree? Hkkjr dks iksfy;ks eqDr dc ?kksf"kr fd;k x;k Fkk\

(a) �0�0(b) �0��(c) �0�4(d) �0�5

Ans:–(c)IndiawasdeclaredPoliofreein�0�4.ThelastreportedcasesofPolioinIndiawerefromWestBengalandGujaraton�3January�0��.In�0�9,morethan�7crorechildrenacrossthecountrywereadministeredpoliodrops.33�.When was the Pulse Polio Immunization programme

launchedinIndia? Hkkjr esa iYl iksfy;ks izfrj{k.k dk;ZØe dc 'kq: fd;k x;k

Fkk\

(a) �988(b) �99�(c) �995(d) �998

Ans:–(c)In India, the Pulse Polio Immunization programme waslaunched in�995.Under thePulsePolioProgramme,poliodropswouldbeadministeredtochildrenlessthanfiveyears

ofage.Theprogrammeaims toprotect children frompoliodisease. The programme conducts two nationwide masspolio vaccination campaigns and two to three sub-nationalcampaignseachyear.33�.IAFistoacquire_________TejasLightCombatAircraft

(LCA)fromHindustanAeronauticsLtd(HAL). IAFdks fganqLrku ,;jksukWfVDl fyfeVsM (HAL)ls----------------

rstl ykbV dkWEcSV ,;jØkÝV (LCA) dk vf/xzg.k djuk gSA

(a) 5�(b) 64(c) 83(d) 97

Ans:–(c)TheIndianAirForce(IAF)istosignadealwithHindustanAeronauticsLtd(HAL)foracquiring83TejasLightCombatAircraft(LCA).Thenegotiationsoverthepriceofthefighterjetsarealmostdone.333.What is the range of the IAF’s BrahMos surface-to-

surfacemissilesfromamobileplatform? vkbZ,,iQ dh czgeksl lrg ls lrg rd ekj djus okyh

felkbyksa dh jsat ,d eksckby IysViQWkeZ ls D;k gS\

(a) �00km/fdeh

(b) 300km/fdeh

(c) 350km/fdeh

(d) 400km/fdehAns:–(b)TheIndianAirForce(IAF)hastest-firedBrahMossurface-to-surfacemissilessuccessfullyatTrakIsland in theAndamanNicobar islands on �� October. The weight of the surface-to-surface missile is �.5-tonne. The range of the is around300km. IAF tested themissile tohit targetswithpin-pointaccuracyattargetsfixedatadistanceof300km.334.Who discovered five new islands in the Vize Bay off

NovayaZemlya,theremoteArctic? lqnwj vkdZfVd ds uksok;k tseY;k ls okbt cs esa ikap u, n~ohiksa

dh [kkst fdlus dh\

(a) USNavy/vesfjdh ukSlsuk

(b) GermanNavy/teZu ukSlsuk(c) RussianNavy/:lh ukSlsuk(d) UKNavy/fczVsu dh ukSlsuk

Ans:–(c)RussiannavydiscoveredfivenewislandsrevealedbymeltingglaciersinVizeBayoffNovayaZemlya,theremoteArctic.TheexpeditionundertookbytheRussianNavyinAugustandSeptemberchartedtheislandswhichwerepreviouslyhiddenunderglaciers.Theislandsareyettobenamed.

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335.WhichBankwontheDigiDhanMissionDigitalPaymentsAward�0�8-�9?

fdl cSad ys fMth/u fe'ku fMftVy Hkqxrku iqjLdkj 2018&2019 thrk\


(b) HDFC/,pMh,iQlh(c) DSB(d) YESBank/;l cSad

Ans:–(d)YES Bank won the DigiDhan Mission Digital PaymentsAward �0�8-�9 for the Overall Performance in DigitalPayments. Union Minister of Communication, Electronics&IT,andLaw&JusticeRaviShankarPrasadpresentedtheawardattheMeitYStartupSummit�0�9heldinDelhi.TheawardrecognizedtheBank’sleadershipintheDigitalPaymentspace thatwasbackedby robust innovationand technologyframeworks.336.Which special number is recognized on the National

Moleday? jk"Vªh; fry fnol ij fdl fo'ks"k la[;k dks ekU;rk nh tkrh

gS\

(a) Planck/IySad(b) Avagadro/,oksxsMªks(c) Faraday/iSQjkMs(d) Rydberg

Ans:–(b)National Mole day is observed on �3 October. The dayrecognizes a special number in chemistry. The celebrationstake place between 6:0� AM and 6:0� PM. The time anddateofcelebrationarederivedfromtheAvogadro’snumber.Avagadro’snumberisapproximately6.0�×�0^�3.337.WhatisthecurrencyofTunisia? V~;wuhf'k;k dh eqnzk D;k gS\

(a) Tunisianrial/V~;uhf'k;kbZ fj;ky(b) Tunisianpound/V~;wuhf'k;kbZ ikamM(c) Tunisiandinar/V~;wuhf'k;kbZ nhukj(d) Tunisianshekel/V~;wuhf'k;kbZ 'ksdsy

Ans:–(c)TheTunisianDinaristhecurrencyofTunisia.OurcurrencyrankingsshowthatthemostpopularTunisiaDinarexchangerateistheEURtotheTNDrate.338.WhatisAvogadro’snumber? ,oksxSMªks dh la[;k D;k gS\

(a) 6.0�×�0^-�8(b) 6.0�×�0^-9

(c) 6.0�×�0^�0(d) 6.0�×�0^�3

Ans:–(d)Avagadro’s number is approximately 6.0�×�0^�3. It isdefinedasthenumberofparticles,atoms,ormoleculesinonemoleofa substance. It isoneof the sevenbaseSIunitsofmeasurement.TheconstantAvogadroisnamedaftertheearly�9th-centuryItalianscientistAmedeoAvogadro.Avogadro’snumberisatermcloselyrelatedtotheAvogadroconstant.339.WhatisthemaximumsoundrecordedbytheScreaming

Pihabird? LØhfeax figk i{kh n~okjk ntZ dh xbZ vf/dre èofu D;k

gS\

(a) 95dB(b) ��6dB(c) ��5dB(d) �43dB

Ans:–(c)ThescreamingPihaheldtherecordbymakingtheloudestcallofaround��5dB.340.Which bird has been discovered as the world’s loudest

bird? fdl i{kh dks nqfu;k ds lcls Å¡ps i{kh ds :i esa [kkstk x;k

gS\

(a) Whitebellbird/lisQn csynkj(b) QuieterBirds/'kkar i{kh(c) AfricanGreys/vizQhdu xzsl

(d) AlexandrinesAns:–(a)ResearchersfromtheUniversityofMassachusettsintheU.S.havefoundthattheWhiteBellbirdshavetheloudestbird.Theyalsofoundthat thematingsongsbythewhitemalebellbirdcause soundof thrice thedecibels (dB) than theScreamingPihaduringthematingperiod.ThescreamingPihaheldtherecordbymakingtheloudestcallofaround��5dB.34�.ExerciseSindhuSudarshantobeheldin___________. fla/q lqn'kZu dk vH;kl-----------------esa fd;k tkuk pkfg,A

(a) Mizoram/fetksje(b) Assam/vle

(c) Gujarat/xqtjkr(d) Rajasthan/jktLFkku

Ans:–(d)IndianArmy’sExerciseSindhuSudarshanhasbeenscheduledtobeheldfrom�9Novemberto4DecemberinRajasthan.TheexerciseSindhuSudarshanwillprovideauniqueopportunity

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to employ thewholemechanized formations that consistofTanksandInfantryCombatVehicles.34�.UnderMissionIndradhanush�.0,howmanyvaccinesare

included? fe'ku bUnz/uq"k 2-0 ds rgr] fdrus Vhds 'kkfey gSa\

(a) 8(b) ��(c) �6(d) �4

Ans:–(b)The central government launched Indradhanush � to coverlowimmunizationpockets.Vaccinesof��variouskindsareincludedunderthemission.�0outofthe��vaccinecategorieswillbeusednationwide,andtheother twovaccineswillbeputundersub-vaccinationlevels.343.WhenistheWorldPolioDaycelebrated? fo'o iksfy;ks fnol dc euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) �7May/17 ebZ(b) ��August/vxLr

(c) �4October/vDVwcj

(d) �3November/uoacjAns:–(c)WorldPolioDayiscelebratedon�4October.Thedayaimstoraiseawarenessandresourcestosupportthepolioeradicationeffort.Onthisday,Rotariansandotherpartnersreachouttoleadersandcommunitiestoengagethemintheeffortthroughvarious events, fundraisers, and social media campaigns tosupportaGlobalPolioEradicationInitiative(GPEI).344.WhereistheWhitebellbirdspeciesfound? lisQn csycMZ iztkfr dgk¡ ikbZ tkrh gS\

(a) Guianas/fxq;kukl(b) Venezuela/osustq,yk(c) Para/iSjk(d) Alloftheabove/Åij ds lHkh

Ans:–(d)ThewhitebellbirdorProcnia albus is a bird species in thefamily Cotingidae. The bird is found in Guianas forest,Venezeula,ParáofBrazil.Themalebirdiswhite incolour,andthefemaleisolivewithyellowishstreaksincolour.345.WhenwastheUnitedNationsestablished? la;qDr jk"Vª dh LFkkiuk dc gqbZ Fkh\

(a) �937(b) �945(c) �95�

(d) �963Ans:–(b)TheUnitedNationswasestablishedin�945.Theorganizationaimstosupportcollectiveactiontorealizepeace,development,andhumanrightsforall.Thedaywillaimtobuildabetterworlddespitethemanychallengestheworldfaces.346.WhodiscoveredthePolioVaccine? iksfy;ks oSDlhu dh [kkst fdlus dh Fkh\

(a) JonasSalk/tksukl lkYd(b) AlbertBruceSabin/vYcVZ czwl lkfcu

(c) AlexanderFleming/vysDtsaMj Ýysfeax

(d) A&B/, ,aM chAns:–(d)Jonas Salk andAlbert Bruce Sabin. In the �950s, Salk andSabindevelopedseparatevaccines,onefromkilledvirusandthe other from a live virus, to combat the dreaded diseasepolio.JonasSalkbecameanationalherowhenheallayedthefearofpoliowithhisvaccine,approvedin�955.347.WushuWorldChampionships�0�9isthe_______edition

ofWWCgames. oq'kq oYMZ pSafi;uf'ki 2019 MCY;wMCY;wlh xsEl dk----------------

laLdj.k gSA

(a) ��th/12oha(b) �5th/15oha(c) �0th/20oha(d) �3rd/23osa

Ans:–(b)The�0�9WorldWushuChampionshipswasthe�5theditionoftheevent.ItwashostedbyShanghai,China.Theeventwasheldfrom�0–�3October�0�9.348.InhowmanycountriesaretheSnowLeopardfound? fge rsanqvk fdrus ns'kksa esa ik;k tkrk gS\

(a) 8(b) �0(c) ��(d) �5

Ans:–(c)SnowLeopardisfoundin��countries,namelyIndia,China,Mongolia, Russia, Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan, Afghanistan,Kazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan,Tajikistan,andUzbekistan.349.Where was the Global Snow Leopard and Ecosystem

Protection(GSLEP)Programheld? Xykscy Luks ysiMZ ,aM bdksflLVe izksVsD'ku (GSLEP)dk;ZØe


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(b) Itanagar/bZVkuxj(c) Shimla/f'keyk (d) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh

Ans:–(d)The 4th steering committee meeting of the Global SnowLeopard and Ecosystem Protection (GSLEP) Program wasorganizedbyMoEFCCon�3-�4October�0�9atNewDelhi.TheydiscussedtheeffortsneededforsustainabledevelopmentintheSnowLeopardhabitats.350.Whowongoldatthe48KgcategoryintheWushuWorld

Championships�0�9? oq'kw fo'o pSafi;uf'ki 2019 esa 48 fdyksxzke oxZ esa fdlus

Lo.kZ ind thrk\

(a) PraveenKumar/izoh.k dqekj

(b) KiranSingh/fdj.k flag

(c) VarunSinghBhati/o#.k flag HkkVh(d) AmitKumarSaroha/vfer dqekj ljksgk

Ans:–(a)PraveenKumarwongoldatthe48Kgcategoryinthe�0�9WushuWorldChampionshipsheldatShanghai,China.Withthiswin,Praveenbecame the first Indian (male) towin thetitle.HedefeatedRusselDiazofthePhilippinesbysecuring�-� in the men’s sanda event of the �5th World WushuChampionships.35�.__________ won the �0�9 DigiDhan Mission Fin-tech

Award. ---------------------us 2019 fMth/u fe'ku fiQu&Vsd iqjLdkj

thrkA

(a) PhonePe(b) Paytm(c) BharatPe(d) Gpay

Ans:–(c)BharatPe has won the DigiDhan Mission Fin-tech Award�0�8-�0�9 for ‘Innovation in Digital Payments throughEmerging Technology’ at the MeitY Start-up Summit �0�9held in Delhi. The award aims to promote digital paymentinIndia.TheawardwaspresentedbytheUnionMinisterofCommunication, Electronics & IT and Law & Justice RaviShankarPrasad.35�.Which country is to host the �0�9 Global Bio-India

Summit? 2019 Xykscy ck;ks&bafM;k lfeV dh estckuh fdl ns'k dks

djuh gS\

(a) China/phu

(b) Sweden/LohMu(c) Austrilia/vkWfLVªfy;k

(d) India/HkkjrAns:–(d)For the first time, India is hosting the Global Bio-India�0�9summit,oneof the largestbiotechnologystakeholdersconglomerate,inNewDelhifrom��to�3November�0�9.The announcement regarding the summit was made by theUnionMinisterforScienceandTechnologyDr.HarshVardhanon�4October.353.WhowasawardedtheUdyogRattanAwardin�0�9? 2019 esa mn~;ksx jru iqjLdkj ls fdls lEekfur fd;k x;k\

(a) AnupSingh/vuwi flag

(b) KiranTilak/fdj.k fryd

(c) KumarSanjayKrishna/dqekj lat; Ñ".k

(d) SumeetJerath/lqehr tsjFkAns:–(a)Shri. Thakur Anup Singh, Marg ERP Ltd’s Chairman andManagingDirectorwereawardedtheUdyogRattanAward-�0�9 by the Institute of Economic Studies. The awardrecognized his exceptional work in transforming the IndianindustrylandscapehowMSMEscanacceleratetheirbusinessusingtechnology.354.Which of the following is a new generation alternate

fuel? fuEufyf[kr esa ls dkSu lh ubZ ih<+h oSdfYid bZ/u gS\

(a) Biofuel/tSo bZa/u(b) ElectricVehicle/fon~;qr okgu(c) CNG/lh,uth(d) Alltheabove/mi;qDr lHkh

Ans:–(d)Biofuels,Compressednaturalgas (CNG),Liquefiednaturalgas (LNG),orelectricvehiclecharging isanewgenerationalternatefuel.355.When was the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)

formed? Hkkjr&frCcr lhek iqfyl (ITBP)dk xBu dc gqvk\

(a) �948(b) �956(c) �96�(d) �978

Ans:–(c)ITBPis formed inOctober�96�andheadquartered inNewDelhi. ITBP functions under the Ministry of HomeAffairs.TheministerresponsibleisNirmalaSitharaman.Thedirector-

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generalofITBPisSurjeetSinghDeswal.356.CentrehasapprovedTamilNadu’sproposaltoestablish

________newmedicalinstitutes. dsanz us----------------u, fpfdRlk laLFkkuksa dh LFkkiuk ds rfeyukMq

ds izLrko dks eatwjh ns nh gSA

(a) 6(b) 8(c) ��(d) �5

Ans:–(a)ThegovernmentofIndiahasapprovedTamilNadu’sproposalto establish six new medical.The Centre will enter into anMoUwiththeTamilNadugovernmentforbuildingeachofthesixmedicalcolleges.357.Which State approved various projects under the

ABADHAscheme? fdl jkT; us ABADHA;kstuk ds rgr fofHkUUk ifj;kstukvksa

dks eatwjh nh\

(a) UttarPradesh/mRrj izns'k(b) Bihar/fcgkj(c) Punjab/iatkc(d) Odisha/vksfM'kk

Ans:–(d)Odisha cabinet approved projects worth Rs.3,�08 croreunderAugmentationofBasicAmenitiesandDevelopmentofHeritageandArchitecture(ABADHA)scheme.358.Fortheestablishmentof6newmedicalcollegesinTamil

Nadu, how much amount will be borne by the Centralgovernment?

rfeyukMq esa 6 u, esfMdy dkWystksa dh LFkkiuk ds fy, dsanz ljdkj n~okjk fdruh jkf'k ogu dh tk,xh\

(a) 49%(b) 60%(c) 54%(d) 50%

Ans:–(b)For the establishment of 6 new medical colleges in TamilNadu,60%offundingwillbebornebytheCentreand40%bytheState.Accordingly,theCentrehadsanctionedRs.�,�70crore,and theStategovernmentwill share fundsamount toRs.780crore.359.Where is the National Institute of Ayurveda (NIA)

located? jk"Vªh; vk;qosZn laLFkku (NIA)dgk¡ fLFkr gS\

(a) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn

(b) Ahmedabad/vgenkckn

(c) Jaipur/t;iqj(d) Guwahati/xqokgkVh

Ans:–(c)TheAyurveda day is observed on �5 October �0�9. Everyyear,theNationalAyurvedaDayiscelebratedontheoccasionof Dhanwantari Jayanti (Dhanteras). The government is toorganizethefourthAyurvedaDayattheNationalInstituteofAyurveda(NIA)inJaipur,Rajasthan.DhanwantariPujanandNationalDhanwantariAyurvedaAwards�0�9ceremonyaretobeheldatNIA.360.WhenistheNationalAyurvedaDayobservedinIndia? Hkkjr esa jk"Vªh; vk;qosZn fnol dc euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) �4June/twu(b) �0July/tqykbZ(c) �0July/tqykbZ(d) �5October/vDVwcj

Ans:–(d)TheAyurveda day is observed on �5 October �0�9. Everyyear,theNationalAyurvedaDayiscelebratedontheoccasionof Dhanwantari Jayanti (Dhanteras). The government is toorganizethefourthAyurvedaDayattheNationalInstituteofAyurveda(NIA)inJaipur,Rajasthan.36�.WhenwastheNationalAyurvedadaycelebratedforthe

�sttimebytheMinistryofAYUSH? vk;q"k ea=kky; n~okjk igyh ckj jk"Vªh; vk;qosZn fnol dc

euk;k x;k Fkk\

(a) �0��(b) �0�4(c) �0�6(d) �0�8

Ans:–(c)In�0�6,theMinistryofAYUSHdecidedtocelebrateAyurvedaDayeveryyearonthedayofDhanvantariJayanti(Dhanteras).Ontheday,theMinistryalsofacilitates3-4AyurvedaexpertswiththeNationalDhanwantariAyurvedaAward.36�.NSEIndicesLtdlaunchedNiftyMidcap�50Quality___

______Index. ,u,lbZ baMsDl fyfeVsM us fuÝVh feMdSi 150 DokfyVh---------

-------------baMsDl ykWUp fd;kA

(a) 50(b) �00(c) �00(d) 500

Ans:–(a)

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NSE IndicesLtd launched theNiftyMidcap�50Quality50Index, anewsmartbeta index,on�4October. Itwill tracktheperformanceofmid-capcompaniesbasedonprofitability,leverage,andearningsgrowthvariability.363.Which State launched the Mukhya Mantri Kanya

SumangalaYojana? fdl jkT; us eq[;ea=kh dU;k lqeaxyk ;kstuk 'kq: dh\

(a) Telangana/rsyaxkuk(b) J&K/tEew vkSj d'ehj

(c) UttarPradesh/mÙkj izns'k(d) Bihar/fcgkj

Ans:–(c)Uttar Pradesh Chief MinisterYogiAdityanath launched theMukhya Mantri Kanya SumangalaYojana in Uttar Pradeshon �5 October. He launched by transferring the amount tothe account of beneficiaries. He also launched the KanyaSumangalawebportalandgaveawaycertificatesandsymbolicchequestosomebeneficiaries.364.Whenwas the58th raisingdayof Indo-TibetanBorder

Police(ITBP)celebrated? Hkkjr&frCcr lhek iqfyl (ITBP)dk 58 oka LFkkiuk fnol dc

euk;k x;k\

(a) �0July/tqykbZ(b) ��September/flracj(c) �7September/flracj(d) �4October/vDVwcj

Ans:–(d)The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) celebrated its 58thRaising Day on �4 October �0�9. Special events wereconducted in ITBP’s headquarters in Greater Noida, UttarPradesh.MoSHomeKishanReddyattendedthefunctionandpaid tributes to themartyrsof thecentral armed forces andwitnessed the raising day parade celebrations. The paradeshowcasedcourageandvalourofvariouscontingents.365.TheFutureInvestmentInitiative(FII)Forumistobeheld

in_________. Hkfo"; dk fuos'k igy (,iQvkbZvkbZ) iQksje------------------esa

vk;ksftr fd;k tkuk gSA

(a) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(b) Mumbai/eqacbZ(c) Riyadh/fj;kn(d) Jeddah/tsík

Ans:–(c)TheFutureInvestmentInitiative(FII)ForumistobeheldinRiyadh.ThePrimeMinisterwillbeattendingthethirdsessionof the Future Investment Initiative (FII) Forum in Riyadh.

HewilldeliverthekeynoteaddressintheForum.Duringhisvisit,hewillholdabilateralmeetingwithSaudiArabiaKingSalmanBinAbdulazizAlSaudinRiyadh.366.Odishagovt inksLOUfordrinkfromtapmissionwith

___________? vksfM'kk ljdkj us--------------------ds lkFk uy fe'ku ls is; ds

fy, ,yvks;w fy;k\

(a) UNESCO/;wusLdks

(b) UNICEF/;wfulsiQ(c) WHO/dkSu

(d) ILO/yksAns:–(b)Odisha govt inks LOU for drink from tap mission withUNICEF.367.IndianswillNoLongerRequireVisasToVisit________

____? Hkkjrh;ksa dks ;k=kk ds fy, ohtk dh vko';drk ugha gksxh\

(a) Brazil/czkft+y(b) Pakistan/ikfdLrku


Ans:–(a)

IndianswillNoLongerRequireVisasToVisitBrazil.368.WhitewaterraftingexpeditionRudrashilaflagginginat

________. lisQn ikuh jkfÝVax vfHk;ku #nzf'kyk esa--------------ij >aMkjksg.k\

(a) Ranchi/jkaph(b) Chennai/psUubZ(c) Jodhpur/tks/iqj(d) Patna/iVuk

Ans:–(c)White water rafting expedition Rudrashila flagging in atJodhpur.369.BirenderSinghYadavappointedasIndianAmbassadorto

___________? chjsanz flag ;kno dks----------------------ds fy, Hkkjrh; jktnwr ds

:i esa fu;qDr fd;k x;k gS\

(a) Iran/bjku(b) Iraq/bjkd(c) Pakistan/ikfdLrku

(d) Russia/jf'k;kAns:–(b)Birender Singh Yadav appointed as Indian Ambassador to

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Iraq.370.ChenaniNashariTunnelrenamedafter_____________? psukuh u'kjh lqjax dk uke cnydj--------------------fd;k x;k\

(a) DrSureshKumar/MkWA lqjs'k dqekj

(b) DrSureshKumar/MkWA ';kek izlkn eq[kthZ(c) DrRajeshKumar/MkWA jkts'k dqekj

(d) DrVikramRaj/MkWA foØe jktAns:–(b)Chenani Nashari Tunnel renamed after Dr Syama PrasadMookerjee.37�.ICICIBankcrosses________trillionmarketcapforthe

firsttime? ICICIcSad us igyh ckj------------------fVªfy;u ekdsZV dSi ikj

fd;k\

(a) 3(b) 5(c) 6(d) 4

Ans:–(a)

ICICIBankcrosses3trillionmarketcapforthefirsttime.37�.WhoisappointedaschairmanofAAI? AAIds vè;{k ds :i esa fdls fu;qDr fd;k x;k gS\

(a) ArvindSingh/vjfoan flag


(c) Rajeshmenon/jkts'k esuu(d) RameshKumar/jes'k dqekj

Ans:–(a)

ArvindSinghisappointedaschairmanofAAI.373.Govt to grant _________per cent subsidies for food

processingindustriesinNorth-Easternstates? iwoksZRrj jkT;kssa esa [kkn~; izlaLdj.k mn~;ksxksa ds fy,----------------

izfr'kr dh lfClMh nsuk\

(a) 75(b) 60(c) 65(d) 56

Ans:–(a)Govt to grant 75 percent subsidies for food processingindustriesinNorth-Easternstates.374.WhowonSakharovPrize? l[kkjkso iqjLdkj fdlus thrk\

(a) JailedUyghur/tsy mb?kqj

(b) Nitishkumar/uhrh'k dqekj


(d) RameshKumar/jes'k dqekjAns:–(a)

ailedUighurintellectualwonSakharovPrize.375.CSIRconductsWholeGenomeSequencingofover____

____IndiansforBiomedicalApplications. lh,lvkbZvkj ck;ksesfMdy vuqiz;ksxksa ds fy,---------------Hkkjrh;ksa

dh laiw.kZ thu vuqØe.k dk vk;kstu djrk gS\

(a) �000(b) �500(c) �600(d) �900

Ans:–(a)CSIR conducts Whole Genome Sequencing of over �000IndiansforBiomedicalApplications.376.WhatiscaptialofJapan? tkiku dk dSI'ku D;k gS\

(a) Tokyo/VksD;ks(b) Osaka/vkslkdk

(c) Fukuoka/iqQdqvksdk

(d) Kobe/dkscsAns:–(a)

TokyoiscaptialofJapan.377.WhichStatelaunchedsinglehelplinenumber��? ;ksxh vkfnR;ukFk us-------------------------esa ,dy gsYiykbu uacj

112 ykWUp fd;k\

(a) UttarPradesh/mÙkj izns'k(b) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(c) Kerala/dsjy

(d) HimachalPradesh/fgekpy izns'kAns:–(a)YogiAdityanathlaunchessinglehelplinenumber��inUttarPradesh.378.WhoisnewMizoramgovernor? u;k fetksje xouZj dkSu gS\

(a) RajeshSharma/jkts'k 'kekZ(b) PSSreedharanPillai/ih ,l Jh/ju fiYybZ(c) VikramSingh/foØe flag

(d) SundarRajan/lqanj jktuAns:–(b)

PSSreedharanPillaiisnewMizoramgovernor.

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379.NationalUnityDaytobecelebratedon_________. jk"Vªh; ,drk fnol---------------------ij euk;k tk,xk\

(a) October3�st/31 vDVwcj

(b) November�nd/2 uoEcj(c) October�9th/29 vDVwcj

(d) December5th/5 fnlEcjAns:–(a)

NationalUnityDaytobecelebratedonOct3�.380.Dharmendra Pradhan addresses GFSEC Ministerial

Meetingin__________? /esZanz iz/ku us--------------------esa GFSECeaf=kLrjh; cSBd dks

lacksf/r fd;k\

(a) China/phu(b) Tokyo/VksD;ks(c) Ranchi/jkaph(d) Pakistan/ikfdLrku

Ans:–(B)DharmendraPradhanaddressesGFSECMinisterialMeetinginTokyo38�.India and ___________ink Protocol to start trade

negotiations? Hkkjr vkSj------------------L;kgh izksVksdkWy O;kikj okrkZ 'kq: djus ds

fy,\

(a) Moscow/ekLdks

(b) Ecuador/bDosMksj(c) Pakistan/ikfdLrku


IndiaandEcuadorinkProtocoltostarttradenegotiations.38�._________based school bags Guinness World Record

titleforhaving55,547students 55]547 Nk=kksa ds fy,--------------------vk/kfjr Ldwy cSx fxuht

oYMZ fjdkWMZ dk f[krkc

(a) Lucknow/y[kuÅ(b) Bihar/fcgkj(c) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(d) Kerala/dsjy

Ans:–(c)Lucknow-basedschoolbagsGuinnessWorldRecordtitleforhaving55,547students.383.WhichdayiscelebratedonOct3�? 31 vDVwcj dks fdl fnu euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) NationalEyeDonationFortnight/jk"Vªh; us=knku i[kokM+k

(b) NationalTechnologyDay/jk"Vªh; izkSn~;ksfxdh fnol

(c) NationalRoseday/jk"Vªh; jkst+ Ms(d) NationalUnityDay/jk"Vªh; ,drk fnol

Ans:–(d)

NationalUnityDaytobecelebratedonOct3�.384.WhenwastheVyasSammaninstituted? O;kl lEeku dc LFkkfir fd;k x;k Fkk\

(a) �985(b) �99�(c) �995 (d) �000

Ans:–(d)Gandhi Mandela Award �0�9 made an initiative tocommemorateAllTimeWorldPioneers385.Lucknow-based________ setsGuinnessWorldRecord

titleforhaving55,547students. 55]547 Nk=kksa ds fy, y[kuÅ fLFkr fxuht oYMZ fjdkWMZ dk

f[krkc\

(a) schoolbags/Ldwy dk cLrk

(b) GeometryKit/T;kfefr fdV

(c) PencilKit/isafly fdV

(d) Eraserkit/bjst+j fdVAns:–(a)Lucknow-basedschoolbagsGuinnessWorldRecordtitleforhaving55,547students.386.Centreplanstorun___________completelyonrenewable

energy? dsanz dh ;kstuk---------------------dks iwjh rjg ls uohdj.kh; ÅtkZ

ij pykus dh gS\

(a) Ladakh/yík[k(b) Kathua/dBqvk

(c) Poonch/iwaN(d) Ramban/jkecu

Ans:–(a)

CentreplanstorunLadakhcompletelyonrenewableenergy.387.TataSonsboardokays_______equity infusion inTata

Motors. VkVk lal us VkVk eksVlZ esa-----------------bfDoVh tylsd fd;kA

(a) 6,500(b) 8.500(c) 7,�00(d) 9,600

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Ans:–(a)Tata Sons board okays 6,500 cr equity infusion in TataMotors.388.WhereistheheadquartersofEPFOlocated? bZih,iQvks dk eq[;ky; dgka gS\

(a) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(b) Chennai/psUubZ(c) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(d) Mumbai/eqacbZ

Ans:–(a)

TheheadquartersofEPFOisNewDelhi.389.ChinaRussiaPakistancallforearlyresumptionof_____

_____Talibanpeacetalks? phu :l ikfdLrku us---------------------rkfycku 'kkafr okrkZ dh

tYn cgkyh ds fy, dgk\

(a) Iran/bZjku(b) USA/vesjhdk

(c) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k(d) Iraq/bjkd

Ans:–(b)ChinaRussiaPakistancallforearlyresumptionofUS-Talibanpeacetalks.390.WhatisthecaptialofRussia? :l dk dSI'ku D;k gS\

(a) Moscow/ekLdks

(b) Kazan/dtk+u

(c) Vladivostok/OykfnoksLrksd(d) Sochi/lksph

Ans:–(a)

MoscowiscaptialofRussia.39�.WherewastheZozoChampionship�0�9held? T+kkstks pSfEi;uf'ki 2019 dgk¡ vk;ksftr dh xbZ Fkh\

(a) Japan/tkiku(b) China/phu(c) Taiwan/rkboku(d) N.Korea/mRrj dksfj;k

Ans:–(a)ZozoChampionship�0�9isaprofessionalgolftournamentinInzai,Japan.Itwasco-sanctionedbytheJapanGolfTourandthePGATour.39�.WhenwasParamahansaYoganandaborn? ijegal ;ksxkuan dk tUe dc gqvk Fkk\

(a) �889(b) �893(c) �90�(d) �903

Ans:–(b)ParamahansaYoganandawasbornin�893.Heisconsideredoneof thepreeminentspiritualfiguresofmoderntimes.Hediedin�95�.393.WhenwastheInternationalAnimationDayproclaimed? varjkZ"Vªh; ,uhes'ku fnol dc ?kksf"kr fd;k x;k Fkk\

(a) �995(b) �998(c) �00�(d) �005

Ans:–(c)InternationalAnimationDaywasproclaimedin�00�bytheAssociation Internationale du Film d’Animation (ASIFA).This day commemorates the first public performance ofEmile Reynaud’s Theatre Optique in Paris, �89�. In �895,theCinematographofLumierebrothersoutshoneReynaud’sinvention and drove Emile to bankruptcy. His publicperformance of animation entered the history of opticalentertainments as shortly as predating the camera-mademovies.394.Which country is to hold the first phase of Bishwa

Ijtema? fcLok bTrsek ds igys pj.k dk vk;kstu fdl ns'k esa fd;k

tkuk gS\

(a) India/Hkkjr(b) Nepal/usiky(c) SaudiArabia/lÅnh vjc

(d) Bangladesh/ckaXykns'kAns:–(d)Bangladesh is to hold the first phaseofBishwa Ijtema, thesecondlargestcongregationof theMuslimcommunityafterHajj.BishwaIjtemawillbeheldfrom�0-��January�0�0inDhaka.ThesecondphaseoftheIjtemawillbeheldfrom�7to�9January�0�0.395.WhenwasthefirstWorldDayforAudiovisualHeritage

observed? vkWfM;ksfotqvy gsfjVst ds fy, igyk fo'o fnol dc euk;k

x;k Fkk\

(a) �995(b) �998(c) �005

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(d) �007Ans:–(d)In �005, the United Nations Education, Scientific, andCulturalOrganization (UNESCO)approved theobservationof World Day ForAudiovisual Heritage every �7 October.The�005biennialmeetingurgedtheconservationmeasuresof important audiovisual files. The first World Day forAudiovisualHeritagewasobservedon�7October�007.396.WhoisthePrimeMinisterofLebanon? yscuku ds iz/kuea=kh dkSu gSa\

(a) MichelAoun/fe'ksy ,mu(b) SaadHariri/lkn gjhjh(c) GebranBassil/xsczku csfly(d) NabihBerri/uchg csjh

Ans:–(b)SaadEl-DinRafikAl-HaririisaLebanesepoliticianwhowasthePrimeMinisterofLebanon fromDecember�0�6 to theendofOctober�0�9.Hewasalso thePrimeMinister fromNovember�009toJune�0��.HeisthesecondsonofformerLebanesePrimeMinisterRaficHariri,whowasassassinatedin�005.397.Whosetarecordbysummitingthe�4highestpeaksin6

monthssixdays? 6 eghus Ng fnuksa esa 14 lcls Åaph pksfV;ksa dks lesV dj

fdlus ,d dhfrZeku LFkkfir fd;k\

(a) PhurbaTashi/iqQjck rk'kh(b) NirmalPurja/fueZy iqjtk(c) JerzyKukuczka/tsjT+kh dqdqdT+kk

(d) KimChang-ho/fde pkax&gksAns:–(b)Nirmal“Nims”Purja,aNepaleseclimber,hassummitedtheworld’s �4highest peaks in a periodof sixmonths and sixdays,whichis�89days.Hesmashedthepreviousrecordbymorethansevenyears.HeclimbedtheMountShishapangmaat �6,335 feet inTibet. He summited the world’s �4 tallestmountainsinrecordtime.398.Which State is the first to enact a law on contract

farming? dkWUVSªDV iQkfeZax ij dkuwu cukus okyk igyk jkT; dkSu lk

gS\


(b) UttarPradesh/mÙkj izns'k(c) Telangana/rsyaxkuk(d) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq

Ans:–(d)

TNstatebecomesthefirststatetoenactthelawoncontractfarming. President Ram Nath Kovind approved the TamilNaduAgriculturalProduceandLivestockContractFarmingandServices(PromotionandFacilitation)Bill,�0�9.TheBillaimstosetapolicyframeworkandinstitutionalmechanismonagriculturalproduceandlivestockcontractfarming.399.WhoisthefirstdeputyPMofIndia? Hkkjr ds igys fMIVh ih,e dkSu gSa\

(a) SardarVallabhbhaiPatel/ljnkj oYyHkkbZ iVsy(b) B.R.Ambedkar/chvkj- vEcsMdj

(c) JawaharlalNehru/tokgj yky usg:(d) LalaLajpatRai/ykyk yktir jk;

Ans:–(a)SardarVallabhbhaiPatelisIndia’sfirstDeputyPrimeMinisterandfirstHomeMinister.400.ThegovernmentofIndia isplanningtoopen________

additionalairportsby�0�4. Hkkjr ljdkj 2024 rd--------------vfrfjDr gokbZ vM~Ms [kksyus

dh ;kstuk cuk jgh gSA

(a) 75(b) �00(c) �50(d) �00

Ans:–(b)ThegovernmentofIndiaisplanningtoopen�00additionalairports by �0�4.The decision was made at a meeting thatwasheldtoreviewtheinfrastructurethatisneededby�0�5.The move is towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi’sannouncement to double the infrastructureprojects in a bidto revivegrowthandachievea targetofmaking Indiaa$5trillioneconomyby�0�5.

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NOVEMBER CURRENT - 2019�. Whichof the followingmountaieer fromNepalcreated

anewspeed recordbyclimbing theworld's�4highestpreaksinjust�89days?

fuEufyf[kr esa ls fdl ioZrkjksgh us usiky ls dsoy 189 fnuksa nqfu;k dh 14 lcls Åaph pksfV;ksa ij p<+dj ,d u;k xfr fjdkWMZ cuk;k\

(a) AngRita/d(b) NawangGombu/d(c) NirmalPurja/d(d) AngDorjeSherpa/d

Ans:–(c)�. TheCentre'sfirst-evercommonfoundationcourse–––––

for�0�9batchprobationercivilservantshasbegunattheStatueofUnityinkevadia.Gujarat.

2019 cSp ds ifjoh{kk/hu flfoy lsodksa ds fy, dsanz dk igyk vke vk/kj ikB~;Øe--------------xqtjkr ds dsofM;k esa LVSP;w vkWiQ ;wfuVh esa 'kq: gks x;k gSA

(a) Udabhav/mn~Hko(b) Udgam/mn~xe(c) Aadi/vkfn

(d) Aarambh/vkjaHkAns:–(d)3. WhoisappointedasthenewgovernorofGoarecently? gky gh esa xksok ds u, jkT;iky ds :i esa fdls fu;qDr fd;k

x;k gS\

(a) BanwarilalPurohit/cukojhyky iqjksfgr(b) PhaguChauhan/iQXxq pkSgku(c) SatyaPalMalik/lR; iky efyd(d) MridulaSinha/ejhnqyk flUgk

Ans:–(c)4. Whichcountry'sPMrecently resignedafternationwide

protests against taxprovisionsonusingWhatsAppandFacebook?

fdl ns'k ds ih,e us gky gh esa OgkV~l,i vkSj isQlcqd dk mi;ksx djus ij dj izko/kuksa ds f[kykiQ ns'kO;kih fojks/ izn'kZu ds ckn bLrhiQk ns fn;k\

(a) SouthAfrica/lkmFk vizQhdk

(b) Spain/Lisu(c) Mexico/eSDlhdks

(d) Lebanon/dAns:–(d)5. Whatwhoamongthefollowingisappointedasthe47th

CheifJusticeofIndia? fuEufyf[kr esa ls fdl Hkkjr ds 47osa eq[; U;k;/h'k ds :i

esa fu;qDr fd;k x;k gS\

(a) A.M.Khanwilkar/d(b) R.Banumathi/vkj- Hkkuqerh

(c) ArunMishra/v:.k feljk

(d) SharadArvindBobde/dAns:–(d)6. OdishainkedaLetterofUnderstanding(LoU)on''drink

fromtapmission''with––––––. vksfM'kk us-----------------ds lkFk ^VSi fe'ku ls is;** ij ,d ysVj

vkWiQ vaMjLVSafMax (LoU)ij gLrk{kj fd;k gSsA

(a) InternationalMaritimeOrganization/varjkZ"Vªh; eSfjVkbe laxBu

(b) UNHCR(c) WorldHealthOrganization/fo'o LokLFk; laxBu(d) UNICEF

Ans:–(d)7. Which country has recently signed an agreement to

establishahigh level strategicpartnershipcouncilwithIndia?

fdl ns'k us gky gh esa Hkkjr ds lkFk ,d mPp Lrjh; j.kuhfrd lk>snkjh ifj"kn LFkkfir djus ds fy, ,d le>kSrs ij gLrk{kj fd, gSa\

(a) Jordan/tkWMZu(b) Kuwait/dqoSV

(c) SaudiArabia/lkSmnh vjc

(d) Russia/jf'k;kAns:–(c)8. The ICChas imposeda two-yearbanonwhichamong

the following cricketers for failing to report a corruptapproach?

vkbZlhlh us ,d Hkz"V n`f"Vdks.k dh fjiksVZ djus esa foiQy jgus ds fy, fuEufyf[kr fØdsVjksa ds chp nks lky dk izfrca/ yxk;k gS\

(a) SteveSmith/LVho fLeFk(b) ShakibAlHasan/lkfdc vy&glu

(c) RashidKhan/jkfln [kku(d) DavidWarner/MsfoM okuZj

Ans:–(b)9. Which of the following social media site has unveiled

a 'PreventiveHealth'toolthatconnectspeopletohealthresourcesandsendscheck-upreminders?

fuEufyf[kr esa ls fdl lks'ky ehfM;k lkbV us ^fizosafVo gsYFk*

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Vwy dk vukoj.k fd;k gS] tks yksxksa dks LokLF; lalk/uksa ls tksM+rk gS vkSj psd&vi fjekbMj Hkstuk gSA

(a) Facebook/isQlcqd(b) Whatsapp/OgkV~l,i(c) Instagram/buLVkxzke(d) Snapchat/LusipSV

Ans:–(a)�0. The Zozo Championship �0�9 tournament title was

clinchedby–– tkstks pSfEi;uf'ki 2019 VwukZesaV dk f[krkc fdlds }kjk thrk

x;k gS&

(a) ChenLong/d(b) MickeyWright/d(c) TigerWoods/d(d) JackNicklaus/d

Ans:–(c)��. Lucknow-basedschoolbagsGuinnessWorldRecordtitle

forhavinghowmanystudents? y[kuÅ fLFkr tgk Nk=kksa dh la[;k lcls vf/d gksus ds dkj.

k fxuht oYMZ fjdkWMZ esa uke ntZ djk;k gS] Nk=kksa dh la[;k-----------\

(a) 55,574(b) 55,547(c) 5�,�50(d) 5�,�50

Ans:–(b)��. Which award made an initiative to commemorate All

TimeWorldPioneers? fdl iqjLdkj us vkWy Vkbe oYMZ ik;fu;lZ dks ekus dh igy

dh\

(a) QualityImprovementAward/d(b) AcademicImprovementAward/d(c) IACCMInnovationandExcellenceAwards/d(d) GandhiMandelaAwards/d

Ans:–(d)�3. Whichinstitutehastoppedthe�0�0QSIndiaUniversity

Rankings? fdl laLFkku us 2020 D;w,l bafM;k ;wfuoflZVh jSafdax esa 'kh"kZ

LFkku izkIr fd;k gS\

(a) IITBombay/vkbZ vkbZ Vh cEcbZ

(b) IITMadras/vkbZ vkbZ Vh enjkl

(c) IITKharagpur/vkbZ vkbZ Vh [kM+xiqj

(d) IITRoorkee/vkbZ vkbZ Vh #M+dh

Ans:–(a)�4. What is theIndia's rankat the�0�9MelbourneMercer

GlobalPensionIndex(MMGPI)? 2019 esycuZ elZj Xykscy isa'ku baMsDl (MMGPI)esa Hkkjr dh

jSad D;k gS\

(a) 86th(b) 55th(c) �7th(d) 3�th

Ans:–(d)�5. WhoamongthefollowinghasbeenawardedtheSakharov

PrizebytheEuropeanParliamentforhisattemptsto''fosterdialogue''betweenChinesepeopleandtheUighur?

fuEufyf[kr esa ls fdls ;wjksih; yksxksa }kjk phuh yksxksa vkSj mb?kqj ds chp ^^okrkZ laokn** ds iz;klksa ds fy, l[kkjkso iqjLdkj ls lEekfur fd;k x;k gS\

(a) ChiangKai-shek/d(b) DengXiaoping/d(c) MaoZedong/d(d) IlhamTohti/d

Ans:–(d)�6. Whoistheauthorofthebook"TenStudiesinKashmir:

Historyandpolitics''? ^^Vsu LVMht+ bu d'ehj% fgLVªh ,aM ikWfyfVDl** ds iqLrd ds

ys[kd dkSu gSa\

(a) JnanChandraGhosh/tUu panz ?kksl(b) RajeshwarAcharya/jkts'oj vkpk;Z

(c) KashiNathPandit/dk'kh ukFk iafMr

(d) GitaMehta/xhrk esgrkAns:–(c)�7. The3-dayLiteratureFestivalisbeingorganizedfrom�9

to3�October�0�9.Whichofthefollowingisthefamousladakhifolkdance

rhu fnolh; lkfgR; egksRlo dk vk;kstu 29 ls 31 vDVwcj 2019 rd fd;k tk jgk gSA fuEu esa ls dkSu lk izfl¼ yík[kh yksd u`R; gS\

(a) GhoomerDance/d(b) JabroDance/d(c) KolattamDance/d(d) Jata-JatinDance/d

Ans:–(b)�8. Howmanymembersof theEuropeanUniondelegation

arrivedInIndiatovisitJammuandKashmir? tEew&d'ehj dk nkSjk djus ds fy, ;wjksih; la?k ds izfrfuf/

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eaMy ds fdrus lnL; Hkkjr vk, Fks\

(a) �7(b) �9(c) 33(d) 3�

Ans:–(a)�9. Which of the following team won the Vijay Hazare

Trophy�0�9-�0? fuEufyf[kr esa ls fdl Vhe us fot; gtkjs VªWkiQh 2019&20

thrh\

(a) Mumbai/eqacbZ(b) Delhi/fnYyh(c) ArunachalPradesh/v#.kkpy izns'k

(d) Karnataka/dukZVdkAns:–(d)�0. WhichstatetoppedinUniversityIndustryLinkageIndex

�0�9? dkSu lk jkT; fo'ofo|ky; m?kksx fyadst lwpdkad 2019 esa

lcls vkxs jgk\

(a) Karnataka/dukZVdk

(b) Kerala/dsjyk

(c) Gujarat/xqtjkr(d) Odisha/vksfM'kk

Ans:–(a)��. Which state launches YSR Navodayam scheme for

burdenedMSMEs? fdl jkT; us lw{e] y?kq vkSj eè;e m|eksa ds fy, okbZ,l vkj

uoksn;e ;kstuk 'kq: dh\


(b) Karnataka/dukZVdk

(c) Kerala/dsjyk

(d) TamilNadu/rfeyukMqAns:–(a)��. WhichstatehasbecametheIstStateToExtendMaternity

Benefits To Pvt. Education Sector (Women EmployeesGet�6WeeksPaidLeaves)-

futh f'k{kk {ks=k ds fy, ekr`Ro ykHk c<+kus ds fy, dkSu lk jkT; igyk jkT; cu x;k gS (efgyk deZpkfj;ksa dks 26 lIrkg dk Hkqxrku vodk'k feyrk gS)&

(a) Kerala/dsjyk

(b) Maharashtra/egkjk"Vª(c) Manipur/e.khiqj(d) ArunachalPradesh/v#.kkpy izns'k

Ans:–(a)�3. ��th Nuclear Energy Conclave �0�9 held at which

place? 11oha ijek.kq ÅtkZ dkWUDyso 2019 fdl LFkku ij vk;ksftr

fd;k x;k\

(a) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(b) JammuandKashmir/tEew d'ehj

(c) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(d) Telangana/rsyxakuk

Ans:–()�4. DefenseofAndamanandNicobarIslands,�0�9,alarge

jointexercisewasconductedat– vaMeku vkSj fudksckj }hi lewg dk j{kk vH;kl 2019 esa

vk;ksftr fd;k x;k Fkk&

(a) AndamanandNicobar/vaMeku fudksckj

(b) SumatraIsland/lqek=kk }hi(c) MakaluIsland/edkyw }hi

(d) JavaIsland/tkok }hiAns:–(a)�5. WhowillbethenewchiefoftheEuropeanCentralBank,

replacingMarioDraghifromNovember�? 1 uoacj ls ekfj;ks njk?kh dh txg ;wjksih; lsaVªy cSad dk u;k

izeq[k dkSu gksxk\

(a) ChristineLagarde/d(b) KristalinaGeorgieva/d(c) GitaGopinath/xhrk xksihukFk(d) �and�/1 vkSj 2

Ans:–(a)�6. Li-Xueruiisrelatedtowhichgame? yh&Dlq,#bZ fdl [ksy ls lacaf/r gS\

(a) Badminton/cSMfeuVu(b) Tennis/VSful(c) Boxing/cksDflax(d) Hockey/gkWdh

Ans:–(a)�7. Recently,AliciaAlonsopassedaway.Shewasrelatedto-

gky gh esa ,fyfl;k vyksalks dk fu/u gks x;kA og lacaf/r Fkh&

(a) Dance/u`R;(b) Music/laxhr(c) ClassicalDance/'kkL=kh; u`R;(d) Photographer/iQksVksxzkiQj

Ans:–(a)

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�8. Who appointed as the new Director-General of theNational Security Guard (NSG), also known as 'blackcatscommandoforce'?

jk"Vªh; lqj{kk xkMZ (NSG)ds u, egkfuns'kd ds :i esa fdls fu;qDr fd;k x;k] ftUgsa ^CySd dSV dekaMks iQkslZ* ds :i esa Hkh tkuk tkrk gS\

(a) AnupKumarSingh/vuwi dqekj flag

(b) JPSChawla/ts ih ,l pkoyk(c) SharadArvindBobde/'kjn vjfoaUn

(d) RajanGogoi/jktuAns:–(a)�9. The women spacewalk outside the International Space

Stationisorganizedby- varjjk"Vªh; varfj{k LVs'ku ds ckgj efgyk Lisl okd fdlds

}kjk vk;ksftr fd;k x;k gS&

(a) ISRO/bZljks(b) NASA/Ukklk(c) JAXA/d(d) All/d

Ans:–(b)30. The Interpol will hold its General Assembly in which

country? baVjiksy fdl ns'k esa viuh egklHkk vk;ksftr djsxk\

(a) Japan/tkiku(b) NorthKorea/ukWFkZ dksfj;k

(c) Malaysia/eysf'k;k(d) India/Hkkjr

Ans:–(d)3�. FromIndia,whoisattendingtheAnnualMeetingsofthe

IMFandtheWorldBank? Hkkjr ls] vkbZ,e,iQ vkSj fo'o cSad dh okf"kZd cSBdksa esa dkSu

Hkkx ys jgk gS\

(a) NirmalaSitharaman/fujeyk lhrkjeu(b) PrahladSinghPatel/izjkgyn flag iVsy(c) PramodKumarMisra/izeksn dqekj feljk

(d) NarendraModi/ujsUnz eksnhAns:–(a)3�. 7thMilitaryWorldGamesbeingheldatwhichplace? 7osa lSU; fo'o [ksy fdl LFkku ij vk;ksftr fd;k tk jgk

gS\

(a) Wuhan/oqgku(b) Berne/cuZ(c) Rome/jkse

(d) Madrid/eSfMªMAns:–(a)33. WhohasbeenappointedasthenewdirectoroftheNehru

MemorialMuseumandLibrary? usg: eseksfj;y laxzgky; vkSj iqLrdky; ds u, funs'kd ds :

i esa fdls fu;qDr fd;k x;k gS\

(a) RaghavendraSingh/jk?koosUnzk flag(b) KVChowdary/ds oh pkS/jh

(c) UpenderSinghRawat/misUnz flag jkor(d) SharadArvindBobde/'kjn vjfoan

Ans:–(a)34. Which state has started using robot ' Champa' and

Chameli'inRoboChefrestaurant? jkscks 'ksiQ jsLrjka esa jkscksV ^pEik vkSj pesyh* dk mi;ksx fdl

jkT; us 'kq: fd;k gS\


(b) Kerala/dsjyk

(c) Gujarat/xqtjkr(d) Odisha/vksfM'kk

Ans:–(d)35. WhichNHisknownasShriGuruNanakDevjiMarg? dkSu lk jk"Vªh; jktekxZ Jh xq: ukud nso th ekxZ ds :i esa

tkuk tkrk gS\

(a) 703AA(b) NH7(c) NH44(d) NH�

Ans:–(a)36. GlobalTBreportisreleaseby- oS'fod Vhch fjiksVZ fdlds }kjk tkjh dh xbZ gS\

(a) UNESCO(b) UNICEF(c) WHO(d) UNWTO

Ans:–(c)37. Where thenavalexerciseheldbetween India-Myanmar

(IMNEX)recently? gky gh esa Hkkjr&E;kaekj (IMNEX)ds chp ukSlSfud vH;kl

dgk¡ vk;ksftr fd;k\

(a) Pune/iq.ks(b) Vishakhapatnam/fo'kk[kkiV~Vue(c) Bakloh/c[kksy(d) Mizoram/fetksje

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Ans:–(b)38. Adevicecalled"PM�.5"isinventedbyDebayanSaha.

ShwbelongstowhichIIT? ^^ih,e 2-5** uked ,d midj.k dk vkfo"dkj nsck;u lkgk

us fd;k gS] og fdl vkbZvkbZVh ls lacaf/r gS\

(a) IITKharagpur/vkbZ vkbZ Vh [kM+xiqj

(b) IITMadras/vkbZ vkbZ Vh enjkl

(c) IITBombay/vkbZ vkbZ Vh ckWEcs

(d) IITDelhi/vkbZ vkbZ Vh fnYyhAns:–(a)39. WhichcountryhasbecomeanewmemberofUNHRC? dkSu lk ns'k la;qDr jk"Vª ekuo vf/dkj ifj"kn dk u;k lnL;

cu x;k gS\

(a) Venezuela/d(b) Chile/d(c) Brazil/d(d) Argentina/d

Ans:–(a)40. Which state has banned on manufacturing, distribution

andsaleofproductslikepaanmasala? iku elkyk tSls mRiknksa ds fofuekZ.k] forj.k vkSj facØh ij

fdl jkT; us izfrca/ yxk;k gS\

(a) Uttrakhand/mRrjk[kaM(b) Manipur/e.khiqj(c) MP/eè; izns'k(d) AndhraPradesh/vkU/z izns'k

Ans:–(a)4�. WhichcountryisgoingtoendtheKafalasystem? dkSu lk ns'k diQyk iz.kkyh dks lekIr djus tk jgk gS\

(a) Qatar/d(b) Turkey/d(c) Syria/d(d) UAE/d

Ans:–(a)4�. WhichcountryhasbeenremovedfromtheFATF'sgrey

list? fdl ns'k dks FATFdh xzs lwph ls gVk fn;k x;k gS\

(a) Pakistan/ifdLrku

(b) SriLanka/Jhyadk

(c) Azerbaijan/d(d) Turkey/rqdhZ

Ans:–(b)43. Whichcountrywillintroducewebtaxondigitalcompanies

from�0�0? dkSu lk ns'k 2020 ls fMftVy daifu;ksa ij osc dj ykxw djsxk

\

(a) Italy/bVyh(b) NorthKorea/ukWFkZ dksfj;k

(c) Malaysia/eysf'k;k(d) Indonesia/buMksusf'k;k

Ans:–(a)44. 'Gandhi Sankalp Padyatra' in Amethi, Uttar Pradesh

attendedby––. mÙkj izns'k ds vesBh esa xka/h ladYi in;k=kk esa----------us Hkkx

fy;kA

(a) NirmalaSitharaman/fujey lhrkjeu(b) PrahladSinghPatel/izgyn flag iVsy(c) PramodKumarMisra/izeksn dqekj feJk

(d) SmritiIrani/Lehfr bZjkuhAns:–(d)45. KHONRamlila,amaskedformofRamlilaartofwhich

country? KHONjkeyhyk] fdl ns'k dh jkeyhyk dyk dk ,d eq[kkSVk

:i gS\

(a) Thailand/FkkbySaM(b) Malaysia/eysf'k;k(c) Singapore/flaxkiqj(d) Borneo/cksuZb;ks

Ans:–(a)46. Whichofthefollowingwillprovidea$45�millionloan

to strengthen power connectivity between the southernandnorthernpartsoftheChennai-KanyakumariIndustrialcorridor(CKIC)inTamilNadu?

rfeyukMq esa psUubZ&dU;kdqekjh vkS|ksfxd dksfjMksj (CKIC)ds nf{k.kh vkSj mÙkjh Hkkxksa ds chp fctyh laidZ dks etcwr djus ds fy, fuEufyf[kr esa ls dkSu $45�fefy;u dk Í.k iznku djsxk\

(a) WorldBank/fo'o cSad(b) IMF/d(c) NewDevelopmentBank/u;k fodkl cSad

(d) AsianDevelopmentBank/,f'k;kbZ fodkl cSadAns:–(d)47. Which country has launched Sudan's first-ever satellite

forconductingresearchinmilitary,economicandspacetechnology?

fdl ns'k us lSU;] vkfFkZd vkSj varfj{k izkS|ksfxdh esa vuqla/ku djus ds fy, lwMku dk igyk mixzg ykWUp fd;k gS\

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(a) China/phu(b) India/Hkkjr(c) USA/;w ,l ,(d) Japan/tkiku

Ans:–(a)48. Recently, the Indian Railways has installed––––'Health

ATM'sattheCharbaghrailwaystationinLucknow. gky gh esa] Hkkjrh; jsyos us y[kuÅ ds pkjckx jsyos LVs'ku

ij------------LokLF; ,Vh,e LFkkfir fd;k gSA

(a) �(b) 3(c) 4(d) 5

Ans:–(b)49. WhichnationhasobjectedtheinclusionofKalpaniinthe

newpoliticalmapofIndia? Hkkjr ds u, jktuhfrd ekufp=k esa dkykikuh dks 'kkfey djus

ij fdl jk"Vª us vkifÙk trkbZ gS\

(a) China/phu(b) Bhutan/HkwVku(c) Nepal/usiky(d) Myanmar/E;kekj

Ans:–(c)50. Which nation is ranked as the world's worst abuser of

internetfreedombyFreedomoftheNetreport�0�9? izQhMe vkWiQ n usV fjiksVZ 2019 }kjk fdl ns'k dks baVjusV

Lora=krk ds lcls [kjkc nq#i;ksx ds :i esa LFkku fn;k x;k gS\


(b) US/;w ,l(c) China/phu(d) Russia/jf'k;k

Ans:–(c)5�. Sheikh Khalifa bin ZayedAl Nahyan was recently re-

electedasthePresidentofwhichcountry? 'ks[k [kyhiQk fcu tk;nk vy ukg;ku dks gy gh esa fdl ns'k

ds jk"Vªifr ds :i esa fiQj ls pquk x;k\

(a) SaudiArabia/lkmnh vjc

(b) Qatar/drj

(c) UAE/;w , b(d) Brazil/czkthy

Ans:–(c)5�. The first BIMSTEC Port Meet has been organized in

whichcity? igyk fcElVsd iksVZ ehV fdl 'kgj esa vk;ksftr fd;k x;k

gS\

(a) Cochin/dksphu

(b) Visakhapatnam/fo'kk[kkiV~Vue(c) Mumbai/eqcabZ(d) Kolkata/dksydÙkk

Ans:–(b)53. Whichacotr's6films,thatincludePiku,Badla,Deewar

and3othermovies,willbescreenedattheFilmFestival�0�9?

fiQYe isQfLVoy 2019 esa fdl vfHkusrk dh 6 fiQYesa] ftlesa fidw] fcYyk] nhokj vkSj 3 vU; fiQYesa 'kkfey gSa] iznf'kZr dh tk,axh\

(a) ShahrukhKhan/'kkg:[k [kku(b) AmitabhBachchan/vferkHk cPpu

(c) SalmanKhan/lyeku [kku(d) AmirKhan/vehj [kku

Ans:–(b)54. WhoisIndia'sAmbassadortoNepal? usiky esa Hkkjr ds jktnwr dkSu gSa&

(a) GirishMurmu/d(b) ManjeevSinghPuri/d(c) SatyaPalMalik/d(d) RKMathur/d

Ans:–(b)55. On October 3�, �0�9, the 5th edition of International

COnferenceonROADTECH�0�9washeldin––––––. 31 vDVwcj] 2019 dks ROADTECH�0�9ij varjkZ"Vªh;

lEesyu dk 5oka laLdj.k----------esa vk;ksftr fd;k x;k FkkA

(a) Mumbai/eaqcbZ(b) Nagpur/ukxiqj(c) Pune/iq.ks(d) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh

Ans:–(d)56. N.Venkatachala, a former judgeof theSupremeCourt

Passedawayrecently,hewasformerLokayuktaofwhichstate?

lqizhe dksbZ ds iwoZ U;k;k/h'k ,u osadVpyk dk gky gh esa fu/u gks x;k] og fdl jkT; ds iwoZ yksdk;qDr Fks\

(a) Kerala/dsjyk

(b) Karnataka/dukZVdk


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(d) TamilNadu/rfeyukMqAns:–(b)57. WhichcountrywontheRugbyWorldCup�0�9? fdl ns'k us jXch fo'o di 2019 thrk\

(a) Malaysia/eysf'k;k(b) Thailand/FkkbZySaM(c) SouthAfrica/lkmFk vizQhdk

(d) Brazil/czkthyAns:–(c)58. Who among the following has won the presidential

electioninArgentina? fuEufyf[kr esa ls fdlus vtsZVhuk esa jk"Vªifr pquko thrk gS\

(a) CristinaKirchner/d(b) AlbertoFernadez/d(c) MauricioMacri/d(d) NicolasdelCano/d

Ans:–(b)59. Whichcountryhasofficiallylaunched5GService? fdl ns'k us vkf/dkfjd rkSj 5Gij lsok 'kq: dh gS\

(a) China/phu(b) India/Hkkjr(c) Taiwan/rkbZoku(d) Japan/d

Ans:–(a)60. Which of the following country host the UN Climate

ChangeConferenceoftheParties(CPO�5)? fuEufyf[kr esa ls dkSu lk ns'k la;qDr jk"Vª tyok;q ifjorZu

lEesyu (lhvksih 25) dh estckuh djrk gS\

(a) Argentina/d(b) Morocco/d(c) Brazil/d(d) Spain/d

Ans:–(d)6�. Which of the following state of India cabinet passed a

resolutiontoinstituteSriGuruNanakDevjiAward? fuEufyf[kr esa ls fdl jkT; ds dsfcu us Jh xq: ukud nso

th iqjLdkj iznku djus dk izLrko ikfjr fd;k\

(a) HimachalPradesh/fgekpy izns'k(b) Delhi/fnYyh(c) Haryana/gfj;k.kk(d) Punjab/iatkc

Ans:–(d)6�. WhichIIThasdevelopedstandingwheelchair––

fdl vkbZvkbZVh us LVSafMax Oghy ps;j fodflr dh gS&

(a) IITDelhi/vkbZvkbZVh fnYyh

(b) IITMadras/vkbZvkbZVh enzkl

(c) IITGuwahati/vkbZvkbZVh xqgkVh

(d) IITKharagpur/vkbZvkbZVh [kM+xiqjAns:–(b)

63. India recently committed to tackling money-launderingalongwithwichnation?

Hkkjr us gky gh esa fdl jk"Vª ds lkFk euh&ykWfUMªax ls fuiVus ds fy, izfrc¼ gS\

(a) France/izQkal(b) Japan/tkiku(c) US/;w,l(d) China/phu

Ans:–(c)64. Who has became the first Indian player and second in

the world cricket to complete �00 T�0 InternationalMatches?

�00T�0varjkZ"Vªh; eSpksa dks iwjk djus okys igys Hkkjrh; f[kykM+h vkSj fo'o fØdsV esa nwljs f[kykM+h dkSu cus\

(a) RohitSharma/jksfgr 'kekZ(b) RavindraJadeja/jfoUnz tMstk(c) ViratKholi/fojkV dksgyh

(d) ShakibAlHasan/lkfdc&vy&gluAns:–(a)65. NabanitaDebsenpassedaway.shewas- ucuhrk nso lsu fu/u gks x;kA og Fkh&

(a) Writer/ys[kd(b) Poet/dfo

(c) Actor/vfHkusrk

(d) Painter/fp=kdkjAns:–(b)66. Dustlik�0�9'exerciseheldbetween- MLVfyd 2019 dk vH;kl fdlds chp gqvk\

(a) India–Mongolia/Hkkjr&eaxxksfy;k(b) India–Uzbekistan/Hkkjr&mtcsfdLrku

(c) India–China/Hkkjr&phu(d) India–Oman/Hkkjr&vkseu

Ans:–(b)67. Whcihgovernmenthasgivenapprovaltotheworld'sfirst

CNGterminalatBhavnagarport? fdl ljdkj us Hkkouxj canjxkg ij nqfu;k ds igys lh,uth

VfeZuy dks eatwjh nh gS\

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(a) Gujarat/xqtjkr(b) Maharashtra/egkjk"Vª(c) AndhraPradesh/vkU/z izns'k

(d) Odisha/vksfM'kkAns:–(a)68. WhichIndianUnionministervisitedUAEtoparticipate

in the Inaugural Ministerial Session of Abu DhabiInternational Petroleum Exhibition and Conference(ADIPEC)?

fdl Hkkjrh; dsanzh; ea=kh us vcw /kch varjkZ"Vªh; isVªksfy;e izn'kZuh vkSj lEesyu (ADIPEC)ds m¼kVu eaf=kLrjh; l=k esa Hkkx ysus ds fy, UAEdk nkSjk fd;k\

(a) SmritiIrani/Lehfr bZjkuh(b) RamVilasPaswan/jke foykl ikloku(c) DharmendraPradhan//esUnz izjk/ku(d) RajNathSingh/jkt ukFk flag

Ans:–(c)69. The�0�9WorldParaAthleticsChampionshipsisbeing

heldinwhichcity? 2019 fo'o iSjk ,FkysfVDfl pSafi;uf'ki fdl 'kgj esa vk;ksftr

dh tk jgh gSa\

(a) Uzbekistan/mtcsfdLrku

(b) AbuDhabi/vcw /kch

(c) Dubai/nqcbZ(d) Beijing/csbZftax

Ans:–(c)70. Recently President of which country Evo Morales

resignedfromhispost? gky gh esa fdl ns'k ds jk"Vªifr boks eksjkysl us vius in ls

bLrhiQk ns fn;k\

(a) Ghana/d(b) Mauritius/d(c) SriLanka/d(d) Bolivia/d

Ans:–(d)7�. WhowasconferredwithTataLiteratureLive!Lifetime

AchievementAwardfor�0�9? 2019 ds fy, VkVk fyVjspj ykbo! ykbiQVkbe vphoesaV

iqjLdkj ls fdl lEekfur fd;k x;k\

(a) AshaBhosle/vk'kk Hkkslys

(b) ARRahman/,- vkj jgeku

(c) AbhijeetSingh/vHkhthr flag

(d) ShantaGokhale/lark xks[kys

Ans:–(c)7�. WhoreleasedtheAssameseversionofthebook'Courts

ofIndia:PasttoPresent'inGuwahati,Assam? xqokgkVh] vle esa ^dksVZ vkWiQ bafM;k% ikLV Vw izstsaV* iqLrd

dk vlfe;k laLdj.k fdlus tkjh fd;k\

(a) RanjanGogoi/jtu xksxksbZ(b) SABobde/lk cks/s(c) RaghuramRajan/j?kqjke jktu(d) NarendraModi/ujsUnz eksnh

Ans:–(a)73. WhichstatecelebratedBoatfestivalonKartikPurnima? fdl jkT; us dkfrZd iwf.kZek ij ukSdk mRlo euk;k\

(a) WestBengal/if'pe caxky(b) Odisha/vksfM'kk


(d) Karnataka/dukZVdkAns:–(b)74. After whose name, a Newly discovered spider species

wasnamedinKerala? dsjy esa ,d ubZ [kkst dh xbZ edM+h dh iztkfr dk uke

fdlds uke ij j[kk x;k\

(a) MSDhoni/,e ,l /ksuh(b) ViratKholi/fojkV dksgyh

(c) SachinTendulkar/lfpu rsannqydj

(d) SauravGanguly/lkSjo xkaxwyhAns:–(c)75. WhowasawardedtheGeorgeSchallerLifetimeAwardin

WildlifeConservationScienceforhiscontributiontothefieldofconservation?

laj{k.k ds {ks=k esa muds ;ksxnku ds fy, oU;tho laj{k.k foKku esa tkWtZ LdkWyj ykbiQVkbe vokMZ ls fdls lEekfur fd;k x;k\

(a) RajatMonga/jtr eksaxk(b) GSchenler/d(c) KUllasKaranth/d(d) IqroopSinghGhuman/d

Ans:–(c)76. Which country will host the �9th council of heads of

government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation�0�0?

dkSu lk ns'k 'ka?kkbZ lg;ksx laxBu 2020 dh ljdkj ds 19 osa ifj"kn izeq[k dh estckuh djsxk\

(a) China/phu

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(b) SouthAfrica/lkmFk vizQhdk

(c) India/Hkkjr(d) Australia/vkLVsªfy;k

Ans:–(c)77. In which city, Swachh–Nirmal Tat Abhiyaan was

lauchded? LoPN&fueZy rV vfHk;ku fdl 'kgj esa 'kq: fd;k x;k Fkk\

(a) Mumbai/eqacbZ(b) Chennai/psUubZ(c) Kochi/dksph

(d) Vishakapatnam/fo'kk[kkiV~VueAns:–(d)78. Suranga Bawadi was recently included in World

MonumentWatchList.Itissituatedinwhichstate? lqjaxk ckoM+h dks gky gh esa fo'o Lekjd ns[kks lwph esa 'kkfey

fd;k x;k FkkA ;g fdl jkT; esa fLFkr gS\

(a) Assam/vle

(b) Karnataka/dukZVd

(c) UP/mÙkj izns'k(d) Odisha/vksfM'kk

Ans:–(b)79. As per SBI report, India's GDP likely to grow at how

muchpercentforFY�0�9-�0? ,lchvkbZ dh fjiksVZ ds vuqlkj] foÙk o"kZ 2019&20 ds fy,

Hkkjr dh thMhih fdrus izfr'kr c<+us dh laHkkouk gS\

(a) 4.8%(b) 6.6%(c) 5%(d) 5.3%

Ans:–(c)80. Whichcountryhasofficiallylaunched5GService? fdl ns'k us vkf/dkfjd rkSj ij 5Glsok 'kq: dh gS\

(a) China/phu(b) India/Hkkjr(c) Taiwan/rkbZoku(d) Japan/tkiku

Ans:–(a)8�. Whichnationhasobjected the inclusionofKalapani in

thenewpoliticalmapofIndia? Hkkjr ds u, jktuhfrd ekukfp=k esa dkykikuh dks 'kkfey djus

ij fdl jk"Vª us vkifÙk trkbZ gS\

(a) China/phu(b) Bhutan/HkqVku

(c) Nepal/usiky(d) Myanmat/E;kekj

Ans:–(c)8�. The Home Ministry has withdrawn whose Overseas

CitizenofIndia(OCI)status? x`g ea=kky; us Hkkjr ds izoklh ukxfjd (vkslh vkbZ) dk ntkZ

okil ys fy;k gS\

(a) AatishTaseer/vfrl rkflj

(b) SalmanTaseer/lyeku rkflj(c) TavleenSingh/rkoyhu flag(d) IqbalTaseer/bdcky rkflj

Ans:–(a)83. Whichnationwasrankedastheworld'sworstabuserof

InternetfreedombyFreedomoftheNetreport�0�9? izQhMe vkWiQ n usV fjiksVZ 2019 }kjk fdl ns'k dks baVjusV

Lora=krk ds lcls [kjkc nq#i;ksx ds :i esa LFkku fn;k x;k Fkk\


(b) US/;w,l(c) China/phu(d) Russia/jf'k;k

Ans:–(c)84. ADB approves $300 million for power transmission

expansionin––––––. ADBus –––––esa ikWoj Vªkalfe'ku foLrkj ds fy, $300

fefy;u dh eatwjh nh gS-

(a) Bangladesh/caxkyk ns'k(b) WestBengal/if'pe caxky(c) Bihar/fcgkj(d) Nepal/usiky

Ans:–(a)85. WhichstatecelebratingitsFoundationDayonNovember

9th? 9 uoacj dks viuk LFkkiuk fnol dkSu lk jkT; euk jgk gS\

(a) Bihar/fcgkj(b) MadhyaPradesh/eè; izns'k(c) Uttarakhand/mÙkjk[kaM(d) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq

Ans:–(c)86. SaritaDeviisrelatedtowhichsports– lfjrk nsoh fdl [ksy ls lacaf/r gS&

(a) Badminton/cSMfeaVu(b) Snooker/Luwdj

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(c) Tennis/Vsful(d) Boxing/ckWfDlax

Ans:–(d)87. �5th Kolkata International Film Festival is started at

whichstadium? 25 oka dksydkrk varjkZ"Vªh; fiQYe lekjksg fdl LVsfM;e esa

'kq: gqvk gS\

(a) NetajiIndoorStadium/usrkth baMksj LVsfM;e(b) VallabhbhaiPatelStadium/oYyHkHkkbZ iVsy LVsfM;e(c) ArunJaitleyStadium/v:.k tsVyh LVsfM;e

(d) EdenGardens/bZMu xkMZUlAns:–(a)88. ''SkillsOnWheels"launchedbywhichstate? ^^flDy vkWu OghYl** fdl jkT; }kjk ykWUp fd;k x;k\


(b) Odisha/vksfM'kk

(c) WestBengal/if'pe caxky(d) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh

Ans:–(a)89. 'Dustlik�0�9'exerciseheldbetween– ^MLVfyd 2019 ^vH;kl fdu ns'kks ds chp vk;ksftr fd;k

x;k&

(a) India–Mongolia/Hkkjr&eaxxksfy;k(b) India–Uzbekistan/Hkkjr&mtcsfdLrku

(c) India–China/Hkkjr&phu(d) India–Oman/Hkkjr&vkseu

Ans:–(b)90. 5th India International Science Festival (IISF) being

organisedin- 5 osa Hkkjr varjkZ"Vªh; foKku egksRlo (IISF)dk vk;kstu dgk

fd;k tk jgk gS&


(b) Leh/ysg(c) Dehradun/nsgjknwu(d) Puri/iqjh

Ans:–(a)9�. WhoisappointedasthegovernorofGoarecently- gky gh esa xksok ds jkT;iky ds :i esa fdls fu;qDr fd;k x;k

gS&

(a) ArifMohammadKhan/vkfjiQ eksgEen [kku

(b) GirishMurmu/fxfj'k eqjeq(c) R.K.Mathur/vkjds- ekFkqj

(d) SatyaPalMalik/lR; iky efydAns:–(d)9�. 7th India and US Economic and Financial partnership

meetingwasheldat- 7oha Hkkjr vkSj vesfjdk dh vkfFkZd vkSj foÙkh; Hkkxhnkjh cSBd

dgka vk;ksftr dh xbZ&

(a) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(b) Mumbai/eqacbZ(c) NewYork/U;w;ksdZ

(d) Michigan/fef'kxuAns:–(a)93. ��st North East Book Fair in Guwahati, that was

inauguratedby–– xqokgkVh esa 21 oka mÙkj iwoZ iqLrd esyk yxk;k x;k] ftldk

bldk m¼kVu fd;k&

(a) VenkaiahNaidu/osadS;k uk;Mw

(b) NarendraModi/ujsUnz eksnh(c) RamnathKovind/jkeukFk dksfoUn

(d) PrakashJavadekar/izdk'k tkoMs+djAns:–(a)94. Pasighatislocatedinwhichstate? iklh?kkV fdl jkT; esa fLFkr gS\

(a) Odisha/vksfM'kk

(b) AndhraPradesh/vka/z izns'k

(c) ArunachalPradesh/v#.kkpy izns'k

(d) Rajasthan/jktLFkkuAns:–(c)95. WhoistheheadofTwitter– V~foVj dk izeq[k dkSu gS&

(a) JackPatrickDorsey/d(b) MarkZuckerberg/d(c) JeffBezos/d(d) KalyanKrishnamurthy/d

Ans:–(a)96. JCBPrizeforLiterature�0�9- lkfgR; 2019 ds fy, tslhch iqjLdkj&

(a) LeeladharJagoori/yhyk/j tkxqjh(b) MadhuriVijay/ek/qjh fot;(c) AmitabhBachchan/vferkHk cPpu

(d) RavishKumar/jfo'k dqekjAns:–(b)97. WhichcityishostingtheNationalTribalfestival

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dkSu lk 'kgj jk"Vªh; tutkrh; mRlo dh estckuh dj jgk gS\

(a) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(b) Leh/ysg(c) Noida/uks;Mk(d) All/d

Ans:–(a)98. LakshyaSenisrelatedtowhichgame fdl [ksy ls lacaf/r gS&

(a) Badminton/d(b) Chess/d(c) Cycling/d(d) Snooker/d

Ans:–(a)99. WhohaswontheParisMasters�0�9title– isfjl ekLVlZ 2019 dk f[krkc fdlus thrk gS&

(a) NovakDjokovic/d(b) DenisShapovalov/d(c) RogerFederer/d(d) SumitNagal/d

Ans:–(a)�00.SACEPconferenceorganizedatwhichplace? SACEPlEesyu fdl LFkku ij vk;ksftr fd;k x;k\

(a) Bangladesh/ckaxyk ns'k(b) China/phu(c) Thialand/FkkbySaM(d) Brazil/czkthy

Ans:–(a)�0�.India recently has contributed USD � mn underWorld

FoodProgramforwhichcountry? Hkkjr us gky gh esa fdl ns'k ds fy, oYMZ iwQM izksxzke ds rgr

USD�mndk ;ksxnku fn;k gS\

(a) NorthKorea/mÙkj dksfj;k

(b) SouthKorea/nf{k.k dksfj;k

(c) Kenya/dsU;k

(d) SriLanka/JhyadkAns:–(a)�0�.'TigerTriumph'istheexercisebetweenwhichcountry? ^Vkbxj Vªk;EiQ* vH;kl fdl ns'k ds chp izkjaHk gqvk gS\

(a) India–USA–Japan/Hkkjr&;w,l&tkiku(b) India–USA/Hkkjr&;w,l(c) USA–Bangladesh/;w,l&ckaxykns'k

(d) India–Bangladesh/Hkkkjr&ckaXkykns'kAns:–(b)�03.RajivKumaristhevice–chairpersonof–––––––. jktho dqekj---------------ds mikè;{k gSaA

(a) NITIAayog/uhfr vk;ksx

(b) NGT/jk"Vªh; gfjr vf/dj.k

(c) CAG/fu;a=kd vkSj egkys[kk ijh{kd

(d) AttorneyGernal/egkf/oDrkAns:–(a)�04.Rising Himachal Global Investor's meet �0�9 held at

whichplace? jkbftax fgekpy Xykscy bUosLVlZ ehV 2019 dk vk;kstu fdl

LFkku ij gqvk\

(a) Dharmshala//je'kkyk(b) Shimla/f'keyk(c) Dalhousie/MygkSt+h(d) Mussoorie/elwjh

Ans:–(a)�05.WastelandAtlas�0�9hasbeenlaunchedby osLVySaM ,Vyl 2019 fdlds }kjk 'kq: fd;k x;k gS\

(a) PrakashJavedekar/izdk'k tkosMdj

(b) PrahladSinghPatel/izYgkn flag(c) ShripadNaik/Jhikn uk;d(d) NarendraSinghTomar/ujsUnz flag rksej

Ans:–(d)�06.WhoissworninastheGovernorofMizoram? gky gh esa fdlus fetksje ds jkT;iky ds :i esa 'kiFk yh

gS\

(a) SatyapalMalik/lR; iky efyd(b) PSSreedharan/ih ,l Jh/j.k(c) RKMathur/vkj ds ekFkqj

(d) DineshwarSharma/fnus'koj 'kekZAns:–(b)�07.Whichstatebannedtheuseofgovernmentvehiclesmore

than�5yearsold? fdl jkT; us 15 lky ls vf/d iqjkus ljdkjh okguksa ds mi;ksx

ij izfrca/ yxk fn;k\

(a) Bihar/fcgkj(b) MadhyaPradesh/eè; izns'k(c) Gujarat/xqtjkr(d) Assam/vle

Ans:–(a)

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�08.TataLiteratureLivewilltakeatwhichplace? VkVk fyVjspj ykbo fdl LFkku ij gksxk\

(a) Mumbai/eqacbZ(b) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(c) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(d) Guwahati/xqgkVh

Ans:–(a)�09.FIFAU–�7Womenwilltakeplaceat? iQhiQk ;w&17 efgykvksa ij gksxk\

(a) India/Hkkjr(b) USA/;w ,l ,(c) Qatar/drj

(d) Russia/jf'k;kAns:–(a)��0.WhoistheChiefoftheAirForce? ok;q lsuk izeq[k dkSu gS\

(a) BipinRawat/fcfiu jkor(b) KarambirSingh/djechj flag

(c) RKBhadoria/vkj ds Hknksfj;k

(d) VKJohri/oh ds tksgjhAns:–(c)��.The Wildlife Conservation Society's George Schaller

LifetimeAwardinWildlifeConservationScienceisgivento–

oU;tho laj{k.k foKku esa oU;tho laj{k.k lkslk;Vh ds tkWtZ LdkWyj ykbiQVkbe vokMZ fdldks fn;k x;k&

(a) Dr.K.UllasKaranth/MkW- ds- mYykl dkj.kFk

(b) IIhasTohti/bYykl rksgrh(c) AnupSingh/vuwi flag

(d) NasiraSharma/ukflj 'kekZAns:–(a)��.DharmendraPradhanisontheVisitofwhichcountryfor

InternationalPetroleumExhibitionandConference? /esZanz iz/ku varjkZ"Vªh; isVªksfy;e izn'kZuh vkSj lEesyu ds fy,

fdl ns'k dh ;k=kk ij gSa\

(a) Qatar/drj

(b) UAE/;w , b(c) Venezuala/oSutwvkyk

(d) SriLanka/JhyadkAns:–(a)��3.WhogivestheoathtoChiefJusticeofHighCourt– gkbZdksVZ ds eq[; U;k;k/h'k dks 'kiFk dkSu fnykrk gS\

(a) PrimeMinister/iz/kuea=kh(b) Governor/jkT;iky(c) ChiefMinister/eq[;ea=kh(d) ChiefJusticeofIndia/Hkkjr ds eq[; U;k;k/h'k

Ans:–(b)��4.T.N.Seshanisrelatedto– Vh ,u 'ks"ku fdlls lacaf/r gSa&

(a) Actor/,DVj(b) ElectionCommission/pquko vk;ksx

(c) Writer/ys[kd(d) Painter/fp=kdkj

Ans:–(b)��5.Men'sHockeyWorldCupin�0�3willbeheldat– 2023 esa iq#"kksa dk gkWdh fo'o di dgka vk;ksftr fd;k

tk,xk&

(a) SouthAfrica/lkmFk vizQhdk

(b) India/Hkkjr(c) Spain/Lisu(d) Netherland/uhnjySaM

Ans:–(b)��6.WhichdayiscelebratedasNationalEducationDay? dkSu lk fnu jk"Vªh; f'k{kk fnol ds :i esa euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) ��November/11 uoEcj(b) �0November/10 uoEcj(c) 9November/9 uoEcj(d) �November/1 uoEcj

Ans:–(a)��7.9thBRICSTradeMinistersmeetheldatwhichplace? 9osa fczDl O;kikj eaf=k;ksa dh cSBd fdl LFkku ij gqbZ\

(a) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k(b) USA/la;qDr jkT; vesfjdk

(c) Bangladesh/ckaXykns'k(d) Brazil/czkthy

Ans:–(d)��8.ShafaliVermaisrelatedtowhichgame? 'kSiQkyh oekZ fdl [ksy ls lacaf/r gS\

(a) Boxing/d(b) Wrestling/d(c) Airpistol/d(d) Cricket/d

Ans:–(d)��9.President'sRulehasbeenimposedinwhichstate–

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fdl jkT; esa jk"Vªifr 'kklu yxk;k x;k gS&

(a) Kerala/dsjyk


(c) Maharashtra/egkjk"Vª(d) Gujarat/xqtjkr

Ans:–(c)��0.��.35LakhGoldenCardsissuedunderAyushmanBharat

inwhichstateorUT– vk;q"eku Hkkjr ds rgr 11-35 yk[k xksYMu dkMZ fdl jkT;

esa ;k dsUnz 'kkflr izns'k ds }kjk tkjh fd;s x, gS&

(a) Ladakh/yn~nk[k(b) JammuandKashmir/tEew vkSj d'ehj

(c) Manipur/e.khiqj(d) Tripura/rhjhiqjk

Ans:–(�)��.PMModiisinBrasilliatoattendwhichsummit- iz/kuea=kh eksnh fdl f'k[kj lEesyu esa Hkkx ysus ds fy,

czklhfy;k x;s gS&

(a) UNWTO(b) BRICS(c) ASEAN(d) RCEP

Ans:–(b)��.WhoisheadingtheNationalWaterPolicy– jk"Vªh; ty uhfr dk usr`Ro dkSu dj jgk gS&

(a) MihirShah/fefgj 'kkg(b) AnjaniKumar/vutkuh dqekj

(c) MohammadImran/eksgEen bejku(d) AmreshwarPratapSahi/vejs'oj izrki

Ans:–(a)��3.SBI'steamrevisedIndia'sGDPforFY�0as– ,lchvkbZ dh Vhe us foÙk o"kZ 20 ds fy, Hkkjr dh thMhih

fdruh crkbZ gS&

(a) �.5%(b) �.�6%(c) 3.55%(d) 6.6%

Ans:–(a)��4.Environmentministryapproves�Gethanolplantwillbe

formedat– i;kZoj.k ea=kky; us nh 2th bFksukWy IykaV dks eatwjh\

(a) Haryana/gfj;k.kk

(b) Ladakh/yn~nk[k(c) JammuandKashmir/tEew vkSj d'ehj

(d) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyhAns:–(a)��5.AnkitNarwal,Amanisrelatedtowhichgame? vafdr ujoky] veu fdl [ksy ls lacaf/r gS\

(a) Boxing/d(b) Wrestling/d(c) AirPistol/d(d) Tennis/d

Ans:–(a)��6.Which country has declared the Health emergency

recently fdl ns'k us gky gh esa LokLF; vkikrdky dh ?kks"k.kk dh

gS&

(a) Ghana/?kkuk(b) Yemen/;eu(c) SaudiArabia/lÅnh vjc

(d) Mali/ekyhAns:–(b)��7.Who has taken charge as Union Minister of Heavy

IndustriesPublicEnterprises dsanzh; Hkkjh m|ksx lkoZtfud m|e ea=kh ds :i esa fdlus

dk;ZHkkj laHkkyk gSa&

(a) HarshVardhan/g"kZ o/Zu(b) PrahladSinghPatel/izgyn flag iVsy(c) PiyushGoyal/fi;wl xks;y(d) PrakashJavadekar/izdk'k tkosndj

Ans:–(d)��8.WhoisswornasMauritiusPM/ ekWjh'kl ds iz/kuea=kh ds :i esa fdlus 'kiFk yh gS&

(a) JairBolsonaro/tk;j cksylksukjks(b) PravindJugnauth/izfoan tqxukSr(c) MohammadImran/eksgEen bejku(d) SanjayKarol/lat; djksy

Ans:–(b)��9.With which country India is having meeting to fight

againsttaxevasion dj pksjh ds f[kykiQ yM+us ds fy, Hkkjr fdl ns'k ds lkFk

cSBd dj jgk gS&

(a) Indinesia/baMksusf'k;k(b) Singapore/flaxkiqj(c) France/izQkal

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(d) Philippines/fiQyhihalAns:–(b)�30.Which country becomes first South Asian nation to

criminaliseoffencesrelatedtomatch–fixing– eSp fiQfDlax ls lacaf/r vijk/ksa dks xSjdkuwuh Bgjkus okyk ns'k

igyk nf{k.k jk"Vª dkSu cuk\

(a) Qatar/drj

(b) SriLanka/Jhyadk

(c) SouthKorea/nf{k.k dksfj;k

(d) Maldives/ekynhoAns:–(b)�3�.SaurabhChaudharyisrelatedtowhichgame? lkSjHk pkS/jh fdl [ksy ls lacaf/r gS\

(a) Boxing/d(b) Wrestling/d(c) Airpistol/d(d) Tennis/d

Ans:–(c)�3�.WhoisappointedastheChiefJusticeofJharkhand >kj[kaM ds eq[; U;k;k/h'k ds :i esa fdls fu;qDr fd;k x;k

gS&

(a) RaviRajan/jfo jatu(b) SanjayKarol/lat; djksy

(c) MuhammadRaffiq/eksgEen jfiQd(d) SRavindra/,l jfoUnz

Ans:–(a)�33.SisseriBridgeisinauguratedonwhichriver– flljh iqy dk m¼kVu fdl unh ij fd;k x;k gS&

(a) ShyokRiver/';ksd unh

(b) DibangRiver/fnckax(c) BrahmaputraRiver/czãiq=k (d) GangaRiver/xaxk

Ans:–(b)�34.InternationalDayforToleranceisobservedon– lfg".kqrk ds fy, varjkZ"Vªh; fnol dc euk;k tkrk gS&

(a) �5November/uoEcj(b) �6November/uoEcj(c) �November/uoEcj(d) 5November/uoEcj

Ans:–(b)�35.WhichdayiscelebratedasRasgullaDayinWestBengal–

if'pe caxky esa fdl fnu dks jlxqYyk fnol ds :i esa euk;k

tkrk gS&

(a) �4November/uoEcj(b) �3November/uoEcj(c) �5November/uoEcj(d) �November/uoEcj

Ans:–(a)�36.NISHTHA programme is launched in which state or

unionterritory– fu"Bk dk;ZØe fdl jkT; ;k dsanz 'kkflr izns'k esa 'kq: fd;k

x;k gS&

(a) Kerala/dsjyk


(c) MP/eè; izns'k(d) JammuandKashmir/tEew d'ehj

Ans:–(d)�37.WhichexercisehasbeenstartedbetweenIndiaandUSA–

Hkkjr vkSj vesfjdk ds chp dkSu 'kq: lk vH;kl 'kq: gqvk gS&

(a) TigerTriumph/d(b) Ekuverin/d(c) HandinHand/d(d) KAZIND/d

Ans:–(a)�38.Shripad Naik has inaugurated International Conference

onYogahasbeenstartedat– Jhin ukbd us ;ksx ij varjkZ"Vªh; lEesyu dk m¼kVu dgka

fd;k gS&

(a) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(b) Karnataka/dukZVd


Ans:–(b)�39.Whichcountryhashighestbusinessbriberyriskamong

southAsiancountries– nf{k.k ,f'k;kbZ ns'kksa esa ls fdl ns'k esa lcls T;knk dkjksckjh

fj'or[kksjh dk [krjk ns[kus dks feyk gS\

(a) Bangladesh/ckaXykns'k(b) SriLanka/Jhyadk

(c) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k(d) Maldives/ekynho

Ans:–(a)�40.Whichcountryhasdeclaredstateofemergencyasmeasles

spreadsacrossPacific–

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fdl ns'k us vkikrdky dh fLFkfr dh ?kks"k.kk dh gS D;ksafd [kljk iz'kkar ds vklikl iSQy jgk gS&

(a) Samoa/d(b) Yemen/d(c) SriLanka/d(d) Mauritius/d

Ans:–(a)�4�.Whichplacewillhost�0�9WorldKabaddiCup– dkSu lk LFkku 2019 fo'o dcM~Mh di dh estckuh djsxk\

(a) Punjab/iatkc(b) Bangladesh/ckaXykns'k(c) China/phu(d) SouthAfrica/lkmFk vizQhdk

Ans:–(a)�4�.DuteeChandisrelatedtowhichsports– nqrh pan fdl [ksy ls lacaf/r gS&

(a) Badminton/cSMfeaVu(b) Snooker/Luwdj

(c) Tennis/Vsful(d) Sprinter//kod

Ans:–(d)�43.RegionalConferenceon"ReplicationofGoodGovernance

Practices"washeldinwhichplace? ^^lq'kklu izFkkvksa dh izfrÑfr** ij {ks=kh; lEesyu fdl LFkku

ij vk;ksftr fd;k x;k Fkk\

(a) Ladakh/yn~nk[k(b) JammuandKashmir/tEew&d'ehj

(c) Tripura/f=kiqjk(d) Karnataka/dukZVd

Ans:–(b)�44.6th ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting-Plus held at

whichplace? NBs vkfl;ku j{kk eaf=k;ksa dh cSBd&Iyl fdl LFkku ij

vk;ksftr dh xbZ\

(a) SriLanka/Jhyadk

(b) Yemen/;eu(c) Brazil/czkthy(d) Thailand/FkkbZySaM

Ans:–(d)�45.Whichgovernmenthasdecidedtoprovidefreemedical

treatmentuptoRs.�0lakh? fdl ljdkj us 20 yk[k #i;s rd dk eqÝr fpfdRlk iznku

djus dk fu.kZ; fy;k gS\

(a) Jharkhand/>kj[k.M(b) Chattisgarh/NÙkhlx<+(c) Delhi/fnYyh(d) Haryana/gfj;k.kk

Ans:–(d)�46.Who has been appointed as the new Chief Justice of

India? Hkkjr ds u, eq[; U;k;k/h'k ds :i esa fdls fu;qDr fd;k x;k

gS\

(a) RanjanGogoi/d(b) DipakMisra/d(c) SharadArvindBodde/d(d) MohammadRafiq/d

Ans:–(c)�47.WhichisIndia'sFirstOrganicstate? Hkkjr dk igyk tSfod jkT; dkSu lk gS\

(a) Kerala/dsjy

(b) Goa/xksok(c) MP/eè; izns'k(d) Sikkim/flfDde

Ans:–(d)�48.WhoisthespeakerofLokSabha? yksdlHkk ds vè;{k dkSu gS\

(a) OmBirla/d(b) VenkaiahNaidu/d(c) PralhadJoshi/d(d) AmitShah/d

Ans:–(a)�49.LaviFairiscelebratedinwhichstate? yoh esyk fdl jkT; esa euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) HimachalPradesh/fgekpy izns'k(b) Karnataka/dukZVd


Ans:–(a)�50.GotabayaRajapaksasworn-inasnewPresidentofwhich

country? xksVkck;k jkti{ks us fdl ns'k ds u, jk"Vªifr ds :i esa 'kiFk

yh\

(a) Bangladesh/ckaXykns'k(b) SriLanka/Jhyadk

(c) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k

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(d) Maldives/ekynhoAns:–(b)�5�.Which Country organized Design Festa to exhibit

artwork? fdl ns'k us dykÑfr dk izn'kZu djus ds fy, fMtkbu isQLVk

dk vk;kstu fd;k\

(a) India/Hkkjr(b) Bangladesh/ckaXykns'k(c) Japan/tkiku(d) China/phu

Ans:–(c)JapanisorganizingDesignFestainTokyo.Intheartfestival,around��,000artistswillgathertwiceayeartoshowcasetheirart.TheaimoftheDesignFestaistoprovideaplatformforworkingprofessionalsandamateurstoshowcasetheirartwork.Theexhibitionartistsgivelivepaintingdemonstrationsalso.�5�.WhereisPasighatlocated? iklh?kkV dgk¡ fLFkr gS\

(a) Assam/vle

(b) ArunachalPradesh/v#.kkpy izns'k


Ans:–(b)PasighatistheheadquarterofEastSiangdistrictintheIndianstateofArunachalPradesh.SituatedattheeasternfoothillsoftheHimalayasat�55metersabovemeansealevel,PasighatisArunachal’soldesttown.�53.What is the deadline fixed by India to eradicate

Tuberculosis(TB)? risfnd (Vhch) dks feVkus ds fy, Hkkjr us D;k le; lhek

r; dh gS\

(a) �0��(b) �0�4(c) �0�5(d) �030

Ans:–(c)Indiafixedadeadlineof�0�5toeradicatetuberculosis(TB)againsttheglobaldeadlineof�030.�54.WhereistheChhathfestivalcelebratedinIndia? Hkkjr esa NB ioZ dgk¡ euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) Assam/vle

(b) Bihar/fcgkj(c) Kerala/dsjy

(d) Gujarat/xqtjkr

Ans:–(b)ThefourdayslongChhathfestival,worshipoftheSunGod,beganinBihar.ThefestivaliscelebratedinBihar,Jharkhand,EasternUttarPradesh.�55.WhocoinedthetermVegan? 'kkdkgkjh 'kCn fdlus x<+k\

(a) GeorgeGill/tkWtZ fxy(b) TasukuHonjo/rklqdq gksUtks

(c) DonaldWatson/MksukYM okWVlu(d) JamesP.Allison/tsEl ihA ,fylu

Ans:–(c)Donald Watson coined the term Vegan which was derivedfrom the word Vegetarian in �944. During that time, thedifferentiation was that Vegans did not consume dairyproducts. It then extended to eggs, and by �95�, veganismbecame a movement of people who did not partake in theexploitationofanimals.�56.Chandrayaan-� detected _________ from the lunar

exosphere. pUnz;ku&2 us panz cfgHkkZx ls--------------------dk irk yxk;kA

(a) Strontium-40/LVªksafV;e&40(b) Argon-40/vkxZu&40

(c) Nihonium-40/fugks fu;e&40(d) Caesium-40/lhft;e&40

Ans:–(b)TheIndianSpaceAgency,IndianSpaceResearchOrganisation(ISRO), reported that Chandra’s Atmospheric CompositionExplorer-� (CHACE-�)payloadonChandrayaan-�detectedArgon-40 (40Ar) from the lunar exosphere. Among theradiogenic gases present on the surface of the Moon, 40Aris one of the isotopes ofArgon, which is a noble gas.Thedetection of 40Ar in the lunar exosphere is significant forISROasithasahighescaperate.�57.WithwhichBankdidGovernmente-Marketplace(GeM)

signMoUforpayment-relatedservices? fdl cSad us Hkqxrku ls lacaf/r lsokvksa ds fy, ljdkj

bZ&ekdsZVIysl ,evks;w ij gLrk{kj fd,\

(a) IndianBank/Hkkjrh; cSad(b) DenaBank/nsuk cSad(c) CanaraBank/dsujk cSad

(d) A&C/, vkSj lhAns:–(d)Governmente-Marketplace(GeM)signedMoUwithIndianBank and Canara Bank for payment-related services. TheMoU will provide a paperless, cashless, and transparentpaymentsystemontheGeMportal.Theagreementwillcreate

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anefficientprocurementsystemforgovernmententities.�58.Who assumed charge as Secretary of the Ministry of

Power? fon~;qr ea=kky; ds lfpo ds :i esa fdlus inHkkj xzg.k

fd;k\

(a) SanjeevNandanSahai/latho uanu lgk;(b) SubhashChandraGarg/lqHkk"k panz xxZ(c) RajKumarSingh/jktdqekj flag

(d) KiranBabu/fdj.k ckcwAns:–(a)Sanjeev Nandan Sahai has assumed charge as Secretary oftheMinistryofPower.Previously, he served as theSpecialSecretary in the Ministry of Power. He succeeded SubhashChandraGarg,whoretiredon3�October.Gargisaformerfinancesecretary.Hehadsoughtvoluntaryretirement,anditwasapprovedbythegovernment.�59.Where was the seventh Meeting of the Economic and

FinancialPartnershipheld? vkfFkZd vkSj foRrh; lk>snkjh dh lkroha cSBd dgk¡ vk;ksftr

dh xbZ Fkh\

(a) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(b) NewYork/U;w;kWdZ

(c) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(d) California/dSfyiQksfuZ;k

Ans:–(a)The seventh Meeting of the Economic and FinancialPartnershipheldinNewDelhion�November.Themeetwasco-chairedbyNirmalaSitharaman,MinisterofFinanceandStevenMnuchin,theUSSecretaryoftheTreasury.�60.WhoistobeappointedastheMD&CEOofIndusInd

Bank? baMlbaM cSad ds ,eMh vkSj lhbZvks ds :i esa fdls fuq;Dr

fd;k tkuk gS\

(a) RomeshSobti/jkses'k lkscrh(b) SumantKathpalia/lqear dBikfy;k

(c) ShyamSrinivasan/';ke Jhfuoklu(d) PadmajaChunduru/iÁtk pqan:

Ans:–(b)Sumant Kathpalia has been selected by the private sectorlender IndusIndBankas thenewMD&CEOof theBank.KathpaliaiscurrentlyservingastheheadofconsumerloansattheHindujas-promotedlender.�6�.WhereistheSafdarjangHospital(SJH)located? liQnjtax vLirky (SJH)dgk¡ fLFkr gS\

(a) Mumbai/eqacbZ

(b) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(c) Chennai/psUubZ(d) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn

Ans:–(b)Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Dr. HarshVardhan inaugurated the robotic surgery facility in theSafdarjungHospital,NewDelhi.�6�.Germany has announced it plans to invest �00 million

eurosinreformingthebussectorin__________. teZuh us-------------------esa cl {ks=k esa lq/kj ds fy, 200 fefy;u

;wjks dk fuos'k djus dh ?kks"k.kk dh gSA

(a) UttarPradesh/mÙkj izns'k(b) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(c) Telangana/rsyaxkuk(d) Karnataka/dukZVd

Ans:–(b)The German Chancellor Dr.Angela Merkel announced thatGermanywouldinvest�billioneurosoverthenextfiveyears.The purpose of the investment is environmentally-friendlyurban mobility in India. Germany also plans to invest �00millioneurosinreformingthebussectorinTamilNadu.�63.WherewasthefirstIndiaInternationalScienceFestival

(IISF)beheld? igyk Hkkjr varjkZ"Vªh; foKku egksRlo (IISF)dgk¡ vk;ksftr

fd;k x;k Fkk\

(a) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(b) Chennai/psUubZ(c) Banglore/caxyksj(d) Mumbai/eqacbZ

Ans:–(b)ThefirstandsecondIISFwereheldinNewDelhi.ThethirdeditionwasheldinChennai,andthefourthIISFwasheldinLucknow.Itwitnessedawidespreadfootfallfromover�0lakhpeople,includingforeigndelegates.ItisorganizedjointlybyScience&Technology-relatedMinistriesandDepartmentsoftheGovernmentofIndiaandVijnanaBharati(Vibha).�64.What is the cost allocated for the setting up of Anti-

Human-Trafficking-Units(AHTUs)acrossIndia? Hkkjr Hkj esa ,aVh&g;weu&VSªfiQfdax&;wfuV~l (AHTUs) dh

LFkkiuk ds fy, D;k ykxr vkoafVr dh xbZ gS\

(a) Rs.�0crore/djksM+

(b) Rs.50crore/djksM+

(c) Rs.�00crore/djksM+

(d) Rs.��0crore/djksM+Ans:–(c)

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CentreistosetupAnti-Human-Trafficking-Units(AHTUs).The cost to be allocated for the implementation is Rs.�00crores.ThefundingoutwillbeoftheNirbhayaFund.�65.Whenwas the free tradeagreement (FTA)negotiations

betweenIndiaandGermanylaunched? Hkkjr vkSj teZuh ds chp eqDr O;kikj le>kSrk (FTA)okrkZ dc

'kq: gqbZ\

(a) �00�(b) �003(c) �004(d) �007

Ans:–(d)The free tradeagreement (FTA)negotiationsbetween Indiaand Germany was launched in �007.The countries witnessproblemsduetothekeyissueslikeintellectualproperty(IP)rights, duty cut in automobile and spirits, and liberal visaregime.�66.WhoisthePresidentofBrazil? czkthy ds jk"Vªifr dkSu gSa\

(a) MichelTemer/fe'ksy Vsej(b) JairBolsonaro/tk;j cksYlukjks(c) HamiltonMourão/gSfeYVu eksjks(d) FernandoHaddad/iQukZaMks gnn

Ans:–(b)Jair Messias Bolsonaro is a Brazilian politician and retiredmilitary officer who has been the 38th president of Brazilsince � January �0�9. He served in the country’s ChamberofDeputies,representingthestateofRiodeJaneiro,between�99�and�0�8.�67.__________ introduced its Nano-technology based

productrangeforon-fieldtrials. -----------------us vkWu&iQhYM ijh{k.kksa ds fy, viuh uSuks&izkSn~;ksfxdh

vk/kfjr mRikn jsat is'k dhA

(a) IFFCO/biQdks

(b) FSSAI/,iQ,l,l,vkbZ

(c) MinistryofAgriculture/Ñf"k ea=kky;

(d) KrishiVigyanKendra/Ñf"k foKku dsanzAns:–(a)TheIndianFarmersFertiliserCooperativeLimited(IFFCO)introduceditsNano-technologybasedproductrangeforon-fieldtrialson3November�0�9.ItwaslaunchedatafunctionheldinKalol,Gujarat.TheNano-techproductincludesNanoNitrogen,NanoZinc,NanoCopper.ThenanoproductswereresearchedanddevelopedattheIFFCONanoBiotechnologyResearchCentre(NBRC)atKalolUnit.�68.Whowonthe�0�9JCBPrizeforLiterature?

lkfgR; ds fy, 2019 tslhch iqjLdkj fdlus thrk\

(a) ArundhatiRoy/va#/fr jkW;

(b) MadhuriVijay/ek/qjh fot;(c) AravindAdiga/vjfoan vfMxk

(d) KiranDesai/fdj.k nslkbZAns:–(b)MadhuriVijaywonthe�0�9JCBPrizeforLiteratureforhernovelThe Far Field. Sir MarkTully announced the winnerinalivebroadcastonsocialmedia.Vijay,hasbeenselectedfromashortlistthatfeaturednovelsfromfiveaccomplishedwriters.�69.When was the Central Research Institute of Unani

Medicine(CRIUM)launched? ;wukuh vuqla/ku laLFkku (CRIUM)dk dsanzh; vuqla/ku laLFkku

dc ykWUp fd;k x;k Fkk\

(a) �963(b) �97�(c) �98�(d) �989

Ans:–(b)CRIUMHyderabadwasestablishedin�97�inDecember.Theinstitute is sponsoredby the IndianGovernment-sponsored.The Unani medicine research center and outpatient clinicis located inHyderabad. It functionsunderCentralCouncilfor Research in Unani Medicine (CCRUM), Departmentof Ayurveda, Yoga, and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, andHomoeopathy(AYUSH)oftheMinistryofHealth&FamilyWelfare.�70.WhatistheprizemoneyfortheJCBPrizeforLiterature

award? d

(a) Rs.�5lakh/yk[k(b) Rs.50lakh/yk[k(c) Rs.75lakh/yk[k(d) Rs.90lakh/yk[k

Ans:–(a)JCBPrize forLiteratureawardestablished in�0�8. It isanIndianliterary.AprizemoneyofRs.�5lakhisawardedtoadistinguishedworkoffictionbyanIndianwriterworkinginEnglishortranslatedfictionbyanIndianwriter.TheDirectorof the literary award is Rana Dasgupta. The winners areannouncedeveryNovember.�7�.When was the Wastelands Atlas released for the first

time? igyh ckj osLVySaM ,Vyl dc tkjh fd;k x;k Fkk\

(a) �998

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(b) �000(c) �00�(d) �004

Ans:–(b)The Wastelands Atlas was prepared by the Department ofLand Resources in collaboration with the National RemoteSensingCentre(NRSC).Previously,theDepartmentofSpacehaspublishedWastelandsAtlasesof India in theyear�000,�005,�0�0and�0��editions.�7�.Centrepartnershipwith___________launchedtheSkills

Buildplatform. ----------------ds lkFk dsanz lk>snkjh us dkS'ky fuekZ.k eap dk

'kqHkkjaHk fd;kA

(a) Infosys/baiQksfll(b) TCS/Vhlh,l(c) IBM/vkbZch,e

(d) Microsoft/ekbØkslkWÝVAns:–(c)CentreistolaunchtheSkillsBuildplatformincollaborationwith IBM. It was announced by the Directorate General ofTraining(DGT),whichfunctionsundertheMinistryofSkillDevelopment&Entrepreneurship(MSDE).�73.When was the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB)

established? vk;q/ fuekZ.kh cksMZ (OFB)dh LFkkiuk dc dh xbZ Fkh\

(a) �7��(b) �788(c) �8�4(d) �888

Ans:–(a)The Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) was founded in �7��.OFBisengagedintesting,marketing,research,andlogisticsofacomprehensiveproductrangeintheareasofair,land,andsea systems. It functions under the Department of DefenceProductionoftheMinistryofDefence(MoD).�74.CambodiaandBangladeshbecamethefirstparticipants

tojointheExerciseCARATin_________. dacksfM;k vkSj ckaXykns'k------------------esa O;k;ke dSjsV esa 'kkfey

gksus okys igys izfrHkkxh cusA

(a) �000(b) �00�(c) �005(d) �0�0

Ans:–(d)In �0�0, Cambodia and Bangladesh became the first

participantstojointheexerciseCooperationAfloatReadinessandTraining(CARAT).�75.WhichCountryhostedthe�0�9BiennialCommonwealth

LawMinistersConference? fdl ns'k us 2019 n~fookf"kZd jk"VªeaMy dkuwu eaf=k;ksa ds

lEesyu dh estckuh dh\

(a) India/Hkkjr (b) Thailand/FkkbZySaM(c) China/phu(d) SriLanka/Jhyadk

Ans:–(d)The biennial Commonwealth Law Ministers’ Conference isbeingheldinColombo,SriLanka.Theconferencewillbeheldon4-7November�0�9.UnionMinisterforLawandJusticeRaviShankarPrasadwillrepresentIndiaattheconference.�76.Centralgovernmentistoestablishsportstrainingcentres

at_________locationsinIndia. dsanz ljdkj Hkkjr esa-----------------LFkkuksa ij [ksy izf'k{k.k dsanz

LFkkfir djuk gSA

(a) five/ikap(b) eight/vkB

(c) ten/nl(d) fifteen/ianzg

Ans:–(a)The Union Minister Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot announcedthat thegovernment is toestablishsports trainingcentresatfivelocationsinthecountry.Thecentreswillbeexclusivelyusedforthedifferently-abledpeople.�77.Indian Railways introduced _________ in the 69th

FoundationDayofWesternRailway. Hkkjrh; jsyos us if'pe jsyos ds 69 osa LFkkiuk fnol esa--------

-------dh 'kq:vkr dhA

(a) ServRake/loZ jsd(b) UttamRake/mRre jsd(c) SewaServ/lsok loZ(d) UttamSewa/mRre lsok

Ans:–(b)IndianRailwayscelebratedtheoccasionof69thFoundationDay ofWestern Railway on 5 November �0�9. During theoccasion, Indian Railways introduced Uttam Rake in itsinauguralrunasLadiesSpecial local trainfromChurchgatetoVirar.�78.Forthefirsttime,Whichspacecraftcrossedtheboundary

thatmarkstheedgeoftheSun’srealmandthestartoftheinterstellarspace?

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igyh ckj] fdl varfj{k ;ku us lhek ikj dh tks lw;Z ds nk;js ds fdukjs vkSj varjrkjdh; varfj{k dh 'kq:vkr dk izrhd gS\

(a) InSight�/bulkbV 1(b) InSight�/bulkbV 2(c) Voyager�/ok;stj 1(d) Voyager�/ok;stj 2

Ans:–(c)The US space agency reported that NASA’s Voyager �spacecrafthadcrossedtheboundarythatmarkstheedgeoftheSun’srealmandthestartoftheinterstellarspace.Byachievingthisfeat,Voyager�becamethesecondhuman-madeobjecttojourneyoutoftheSun’sinfluenceafterVoyager�’ssolarexitin�0��.�79.WhenwastheHighEnergyMaterialsResearchLaboratory

(HEMRL)established? mPp ÅtkZ lkexzh vuqla/ku iz;ksx'kkyk (HEMRL)dh LFkkiuk

dc dh xbZ Fkh\

(a) �980(b) �970(c) �965(d) �960

Ans:–(d)TheHighEnergyMaterialsResearchLaboratory (HEMRL)wasestablishedin�960.�80.Gujarat state government has announced that the State

willhaveover__________ofrenewableenergyby�0��.xqtjkr jkT; ljdkj us ?kks"k.kk dh gS fd jkT; esa 2022 rd uohdj.kh; ÅtkZ dk--------------------gksxkA

(a) �0GW/th MCY;w(b) 30GW/th MCY;w(c) 50GW/th MCY;w(d) 70GW/th MCY;w

Ans:–(b)Gujarat state government has announced that the State willhave over 30 GW of renewable energy by �0��.The Statehasalsopreparedtheroadmapforthegenerationofrenewableenergy.�8�.Whichstateistobanauto-rickshawsrunningondieselon

6November�0�9? 6 uoacj 2019 dks Mhty ij pyus okys vkWVks&fjD'kk ij

izfrca/ fdl jkT; esa gS\

(a) Odisha/vksfM'kk

(b) UttarPradesh/mÙkj izns'k

(c) Bihar/fcgkj(d) Karnataka/dukZVd

Ans:–(c)Biharstategovernmenthasannouncedabanonauto-rickshawsrunningondieselon6November�0�9. Itwillbeeffectivefrom3�January�0��.ThemovecomesafterPatnarecordedtheworst airqualityof the season in Indiaon5November�0�9,withtheAirQualityIndex(AQI)reachingalarminglyhighlevels.TheAQIremainedat3�4inDelhi,butitreached4�4inPatna.�8�.WhowontheRajaRamMohanRoyawardofthe�0�9

NationalAwardsForExcellenceinJournalism? i=kdkfjrk esa 2019 ds jk"Vªh; iqjLdkjksa ds fy, jktk jke eksgu

jkW; iqjLdkj fdlus thrk\

(a) GhulabKothari/xqykc dksBkjh

(b) RajChengappa/jkt psaxIik(c) SanjaySaini/lat; lSuh(d) AnuAbrahim/vuq vczkfge

Ans:–(a)The Press Council of India (PCI) presented the NationalAwardsForExcellenceinJournalism,�0�9,on6November�0�9. Chairman of Rajasthan Patrika Pvt. Limited GhulabKothari won the Raja Ram Mohan Roy award. He wasawardedforhiscontributiontojournalism.�83.India was declared ________ in its internet freedom

status. Hkkjr dks viuh baVjsV Lora=krk fLFkfr esa--------------?kksf"kr fd;k

x;k FkkA

(a) partlyfree/vkaf'kd :i ls eqDr

(b) notfree/[kkyh ugha(c) fullfree/iw.kZ eqDr(d) free/fu% 'kqYd

Ans:–(a)TheFreedomHousereleaseditsFreedomontheNet(FoTN)reportfortheyear�0�9.ThetitleofthereportisTheCrisisof Social Media. The report recorded an overall decline inglobal internet freedom between June �0�8 and May �0�9.India securedanoverall scoreof55 in theFreedomon theNet�0�9report.Indiawasdeclaredpartlyfreeinitsinternetfreedomstatus.�84.Who installed the two Health ATMs at the Charbagh

railwaystationinLucknow,UttarPradesh? mRrj izns'k dh jkt/kuh y[kuÅ ds pkjckx jsyos LVs'ku ij nks

gsYFk ,Vh,e fdlus yxk,\

(a) YOLO(b) VeeCare/oh ds;j

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(c) StarHealth/LVkj gsYFk(d) CARE

Ans:–(a)TheIndianRailways(IR)hasinstalledtwoHealthATMsattheCharbaghrailwaystationinLucknow,UttarPradesh.Thekioskswillprovide�6healthcheck-upsforRs.50-�00.Itwasinstalled and promoted by YOLO Health ATM. The moveaims to achieve the objectives of the Fit India programme.HealthATMsareusedby50-60personsdaily.�85.When was the National Cancer Control Programme

established? jk"Vªh; dSalj fu;a=k.k dk;ZØe dc LFkkfir fd;k x;k Fkk\

(a) �975(b) �984(c) �985(d) �99�

Ans:–(a)National Cancer Control Programme was established in�975.Thedaywasinitiatedwithanaimtoprovidethecancertreatment facilities in the country. The programme wasmodifiedin�984-85toprovidethrusttopreventionandearlydetectionofcancer.�86.WhichcountryhostedNoMoneyForTerrorConference

NextYear. vxys lky dkSu lk ns'k uks euh iQkWj Vsjj dkWUiszaQl usDLV bZ;j@

vkrad lEesyu ds fy, dksbZ iSlk ugha dh estckuh djsxk\


(b) India/Hkkjr(c) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k(d) Iran/bZjku

Ans:–(b)

IndiatohostNoMoneyForTerrorConferenceNextYear.�87.WhichstatetoppedinJusticeDeliveryaccordingtoIndia

JusticeReport? Hkkjr dh U;k; fjiksVZ ds vuqlkj U;k; forj.k esa dkSu lk jkT;

'kh"kZ ij gS\

(a) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(b) WestBengal/if'pe caxky(c) Patna/iVuk(d) Maharashtra/egkjk"Vª

Ans:–(d)MaharashtrastatetopsinJusticeDeliveryaccordingtoIndiaJusticeReport.�88.HowmanybooksarelaunchedonbehalfofGuruNanak

DevJi?

xq# ukud nso th dh vksj ls fdruh fdrkcsa ykWUp dh tkrh gSa\

(a) 3(b) 4(c) �(d) 6

Ans:–(a)UnionHRDMinisterShriRameshPokhriyalNishanklaunchthreebooksonGuruNanakDevJi.�89.WhichcountryprotestedanewpoliticalmapofIndia? dkSu lk ns'k Hkkjr ds ,d u, jktuhfrd ekufp=k dk fojks/

djrk gS\

(a) Nepal/usiky(b) Pakistan/ikfdLrku

(c) SriLanka/Jhyadk

(d) Bhutan/HkwVkuAns:–(a)NepalprotestsanewpoliticalmapofIndia.MinistryofForeignAffairs of Nepal Kathmandu is committed to protectingNepal’sterritorialintegrity.�90.Manu Bhaker bagged gold medal in women _____air

pistolevent? euq Hkkdj us efgykvksa esa Lo.kZ ind thrk-----------------;j fiLVy

Li/kZ\

(a) �0m/ehVj(b) ��m/ehVj(c) �5m/ehVj(d) �4m/ehVj

Ans:–(a)ManuBhakerwongoldinwomen’s�0mairpistoleventVivaanKapoor, and Manisha Keer won the yellow metal in juniortrapmixedeventattheAsianShootingChampionships.�9�.Google India appoints former Star and Disney head

SanjayGuptaasnew______________ xwxy bafM;k us iwoZ LVkj vkSj fMt+uh gsM lat; xqIrk dks---------

-------ds :i esa fu;qDr fd;k gS\

(a) CEO/lh bZ vks

(b) CountryManager/ns'k izca/d(c) CFO/lh ,iQ vks

(d) ZonalHead/tksuy gsMAns:–(b)Google India appoints formerStar andDisneyheadSanjayGuptaasnewCountryManager.

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�9�.Indiatohost_________MensHockeyWorldCup? Hkkjr dks--------------------esUl gkWdh fo'o di dh estckuh djuh

gS\

(a) �0��(b) �0�3(c) �0��(d) �0�0

Ans:–(b)

Indiatohost�0�3MensHockeyWorldCup.�93.Skill India certifies ______skilled candidates formally

underRecognitionofPriorLearninginAgra fLdy bafM;k vkxjk esa izkFkfed f'k{kk dh ekU;rk ds rgr

vkSipkfjd :i ls-----------------vf'kf{kr mEehnokjksa dks izekf.kr djrk gS\

(a) 530(b) 650(c) 550(d) 500

Ans:–(d)Skill India certifies 500 skilled candidates formally underRecognitionofPriorLearninginAgra.�94.WhoisappointedasGoogleIndiaCountryManager? GoogleIndia/xwxy bafM;k daVªh eSustj ds :i esa fdls fu;qDr

fd;k x;k gS\

(a) RajeshSharma/jkts'k 'kekZ(b) SureshSharma/lqjs'k 'kekZ(c) VikramRaj/foØe jkt

(d) SanjayGupta/lat; xqIrkAns:–(d)Google India appoints formerStar andDisneyheadSanjayGuptaasnewCountryManager.�95.WhichbanksignedMoUforfinancepurposes? fdl cSad us foRr mís';ksa ds fy, le>kSrk Kkiu ij gLrk{kj

fd,\

(a) IndianBank/Hkkjrh; cSad(b) YesBank/;l cSad(c) CanaraBank/dsujk cSad

(d) DenaBank/nsuk cSadAns:–(a)IndianBankandMuthootMicrofinancesignMoUforfinancepurposes.�96.WhichstatecelebratingitsFoundationDayonNovember

9th?

9 uaocj dks viuk LFkkiuk fnol dkSu lk jkT; euk jgk gS\

(a) Bihar/fcgkj(b) MadhyaPradesh/eè; izns'k(c) Uttarakhand/mRrjk[kaM (d) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq

Ans:–(c)Uttarakhand celebrating its Foundation Day on November9th.�97.Google celebrates ______ anniversary of fall of Berlin

Wall xwxy cfyZu dh nhokj fxjus dh---------------------o"kZxkaB eukrk

gS\

(a) 30th/30 oha(b) �9th/19 oha(c) 3�nd/32 osa(d) 35th/35 osa

Ans:–(a)

Googlecelebrates30thanniversaryoffallofBerlinWall.�98.ADB approves $300 million for power transmission

expansionin______________ ,Mhch-----------------esa ikoj Vaªklfe'ku foLrkj ds fy, $300

fefy;u dh eatwjh nsrk gS\

(a) Bangladesh/ckaXykns'k(b) Ranchi/jkaph(c) Himachalpradesh/fgekpy izns'k(d) Bihar/fcgkj

Ans:–(a)ADBapproves$300millionforpowertransmissionexpansioninBangladesh.�99.WhereistheheadquartersofYamahaMotorslocated? ;kekgk eksVlZ dk eq[;ky; dgk¡ gS\

(a) Japan/tkiku(b) Malaysia/eysf'k;k(c) China/phu(d) Bangladesh/ckaXykns'k

Ans:–(a)

TheheadquartersofYamahaMotorsisJapan.�00.Maruti Suzuki India cuts production for 8th straight

monthin____________ ek#fr lqtqdh bafM;k us 8 osa lh/s eghus ds fy,--------------esa

dVkSrh dh\

(a) October/vDVwcj

(b) September/flrEcj

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(c) November/uoEcj(d) December/fnlEcj

Ans:–(a)MarutiSuzukiIndiacutsproductionfor8thstraightmonthinOctober.�0�.Under how many categories were the �0�9 National

EntrepreneurshipAwardscategorized? 2019 ds jk"Vªh; mn~;ferk iqjLdkj dks fdruh Jsf.k;ksa esa

oxhZÑr fd;k x;k Fkk\

(a) 3(b) 7(c) 9(d) ��

Ans:–(a)The winners of the National Entrepreneurship Awards�0�9wereawardedunder threecategories:A�category forinitial investments up to Rs. � lakh,A� category for initialinvestmentsbetweenRs.�lakhtoRs.�0Lakh,A3categoryforinitialinvestmentbetweenRs.�0lakhtoRs.�crore.�0�.MILAN�0�0hasbeenscheduledtobeheldat_______. MILAN �0�0 dks-------------------------esa vk;ksftr fd;k tkuk

fu/k Zfjr fd;k x;k gSA

(a) Mumbai/eqacbZ(b) Goa/xksok(c) Visakhapatnam/fo'kk[kkiRrue(d) Cochin/dksphu

Ans:–(c)MILAN �0�0 will enhance the professional interactionbetweenfriendlyforeignnavies.TheprogrammeofMILAN�0�0hasbeenscheduledtobeconductedatVisakhapatnaminMarch�0�0.Itaimstostrengthenandlearnfromeachother’sideasandbestpracticesinthemaritimedomain.�03.IndianOilCorporationLimitedhasplanstosetupanew

�GEthanolplantat_____________. bafM;u vkW;y dkWiksZjs'ku fyfeVsM us--------------------ij ,d u;k 2

th bFksukWy la;a=k LFkkfir djus dh ;kstuk cukbZ gSA


(b) Guwahati/xqokgkVh(c) Jaipur/t;iqj(d) Panipat/ikuhir

Ans:–(d)IOCL submitted a proposal that sought EnvironmentalClearanceforIOCL’sproposed�00KLPDLigno-Cellulosic�GEthanolPlantinBaholi,Panipat,Haryana.TheMinistryofEnvironment,ForestandClimateChange(MoEFCC)approved

theEnvironmentClearancetoIndianOilCorporationLimited(IOCL)tosetupanew�GEthanolplantatPanipat.�04.WhoistheChiefMinisterofPunjab? iatkc ds eq[;ea=kh dkSu gSa\

(a) AmarinderSingh/vefjanj flag

(b) AhmedPatel/vgen iVsy

(c) NitishKumar/uhrh'k dqekj

(d) NaveenPatnaik/uohu iVuk;dAns:–(a)CaptainAmarinder Singh is an Indian politician serving asthe �5th and current Chief Minister of Punjab.An electedMember of the LegislativeAssembly from Patiala, he wasalsothepresidentofPunjabPradeshCongressCommittee,thestatedivisionoftheIndianNationalCongress.�05.Who presented the �0�9 National Entrepreneurship

AwardstoEnterprisesandEcosystembuilders? mn~;e vkSj ikfjfLFkfrdh ra=k fcYMjksa dks 2019 jk"Vªh; mn~;ferk

iqjLdkj fdlus iznku fd,\

(a) MahendraNathPandey/egsanz ukFk ikaMs(b) RattanLalKataria/jru yky dVkfj;k

(c) KailashChoudhary/dSyk'k pkS/jh

(d) AshokGehlot/v'kksd xgyksrAns:–(a)TheUnionMinisterofSkillDevelopment&EntrepreneurshipDr. Mahendra Nath Pandey presented the NationalEntrepreneurshipAwards�0�9toEnterprisesandEcosystembuilderson9November�0�9.Atotalof36entrepreneursandEcosystembuildersreceivedtheaward.�06.Whichistheworld’ssmallesthoofedanimal? nqfu;k dk lcls NksVk [kqj okyk tkuoj dkSu lk gS\

(a) Vietnammouse-deer/fo;ruke ds ekml&fgj.k

(b) Aurochs/izk.kh(c) AfricanElk/vizQhdh ,Yd

(d) Mastodons/eLrksMksalAns:–(a)The Vietnam mouse-deer, also known as the silver-backedchevrotain, is a speciesof even-toedungulate in the familyTragulidaethatatpresentisonlyknownfromVietnam.Itistheworld’ssmallestungulateorhoofedanimal.�07.WhereisSurangaBawadilocated? lqjaxk ckoM+h dgk¡ fLFkr gS\


(b) Maharashtra/egkjk"Vª(c) UttarPradesh/mÙkj izns'k

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(d) Karnataka/dukZVdAns:–(d)SurangaBawadihasenteredtheWorldMonumentsWatchListundertheAncientWaterSystemoftheDeccanPlateauoftheWorldMonumentFunds.ItissituatedinBijapur,Karnataka.It is an integralpartof the ancientKarezSystembywhichwaterwassuppliedthroughsubterraneantunnels.�08.WhichStateistocarryoutadriveagainste-cigarettes? fdl jkT; dks bZ&flxjsV ds f[kykiQ vfHk;ku pykuk gS\

(a) Gujarat/xqtjkr(b) Bihar/fcgkj(c) Haryana/gfj;k.kk(d) WestBengal/if'pe caxky

Ans:–(c)Haryana Police has announced to carry out a month-longspecial drive from �0 November �0�9. The drive aims tochecktheavailabilityandusageofe-cigarettesandallotherformsofelectronicnicotinedeliverysystemsacrossHaryana.The move comes after the announcement of the Centralgovernment thatrecentlyprohibitede-cigarettes throughthepromulgationoftheProhibitionofE-Cigarettes(production,manufacture, import, export, transport, sale, distribution,storage,andadvertisement)Ordinance�0�9.�09.WhichcountrydoesnotshareaborderwiththeRepublic

ofMali? dkSu lk ns'k ekyh x.kjkT; ds lkFk ,d lhek lk>k ugha djrk

gS\

(a) Algeria/,ythfj;k(b) Senegal/lsusxy(c) Libya/yhfc;k(d) BurkinaFaso/cqfdZuk iQklks

Ans:–(c)MaliborderswithAlgeriainthenorth-northeast,Nigerintheeast,BurkinaFasoandIvoryCoastinthesouth,Guineainthesouthwest,SenegalandMauritaniainthewest.��0.TheGujaratgovernmentgaveitsapprovalfora_______

inBhavnagar,Gujarat. xqtjkr ljdkj us Hkkouxj] xqtjkr esa ,d-----------------------ds fy,

viuh LohÑfr nhA

(a) Nuclearplant/ijek.kq la;a=k(b) CNGterminal/lh,uth VfeZuy(c) ThermalPlant/FkeZy IykaV(d) EVmakingPlant/bZoh esfdax IykaV

Ans:–(b)TheGujaratgovernmentgaveitsapprovalforaCompressed

Natural Gas (CNG) terminal in Bhavnagar, Gujarat. TheproposedinvestmentfortheCNGterminalprojectisRs.�,900crore.TheapprovalforthefacilitywasgivenbytheGujaratInfrastructureDevelopmentBoardheadedbychiefministerVijayRupani.Itisexpectedthatitwouldbetheworld’sfirstCNGportterminal.��.Which work of Monoranjan Bori was selected for the

MuninBarkotokiLiteraryAward�0�9? eqfuu cjdksrksdh dks lkfgfR;d iqjLdkj 2019 ds fy, eksuksjatu

cksjh ds fdl dke ds fy, pquk x;k\

(a) Moh-jokh/eksg&tks[k(b) Khando-ta/[kaMks&rk(c) Me-Dam/eh&Mse(d) Sanchi-hi/lkuphgh

Ans:–(a)Monoranjan Bori’s manuscript Moh-jokh has been selectedfortheMuninBarkotokiLiteraryAward�0�9.��.Where was the Indian Society of Aerospace Medicine

(ISAM)AnnualConferenceistobeheld? bafM;u lkslkbVh vkWiQ ,;jksLisl esfMflu (ISAM)okf"kZd

lEesyu dgk¡ vk;ksftr fd;k tkuk Fkk\

(a) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(b) Mumbai/eqacbZ(c) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(d) Bengaluru/csaxyq#

Ans:–(d)The 58th Indian Society of Aerospace Medicine (ISAM)Annual Conference has been scheduled to be held on �4-�6 November �0�9 at the Institute ofAerospace Medicine,IndianAir Force, Bengaluru. It will be inaugurated byAirChiefMarshalRKSBhadauria.��3.WhendidIndiaandChinatrainthefirstbatchofAfghan

diplomats? Hkkjr vkSj phu us viQxku jktuf;dksa ds igys cSp dks dc

izf'kf{kr fd;k\

(a) �0�5(b) �0�6(c) �0�7(d) �0�8

Ans:–(d)ThefirstbatchofAfghandiplomatswastrainedbyIndiaandChinain�0�8.��4.ExerciseTigerTriumphisheldbetweenIndiaand_____

____. O;k;ke Vkbxj Vªk;EiQ Hkkjr vkSj----------------------ds chp vk;ksftr

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fd;k tkrk gSA

(a) US/vesfjdk

(b) Russia/:l(c) China/phu(d) NorthKorea/mÙkj dksfj;k

Ans:–(a)Exercise Tiger Triumph, a joint tri-services HumanitarianAssistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) between India andtheUS,commencedatVisakhapatnamon�3November.Theexercisewillbeheldfrom�3-��November�0�9.��5.Where was the �4th Asian Shooting Championship

held? 14oha ,f'k;kbZ 'kwfVax pSfEi;uf'ki dgk¡ vk;ksftr dh xbZ Fkh\

(a) Doha/nksgk(b) Dhaka/<kdk

(c) Kathmandu/dkBekaMw

(d) Jakarta/tdkrkZAns:–(a)The�0�9AsianShootingChampionshipsisthe�4theditionof theAsian Shooting Championships. The event was heldfrom5 to�3November�0�9,atLusailShootingComplex,Doha,Qatar.��6.WhenwastheWorldDiabetesDayintroduced? fo'o e/qesg fnol dc 'kq: fd;k x;k Fkk\

(a) �975(b) �98�(c) �985(d) �99�

Ans:–(d)The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and the WorldHealthOrganization (WHO) introduced theWorldDiabetesDay in �99�. The day was established in response to thesuddenriseofdiabetesaroundtheworld.Thisdayiscelebratedworldwide in �60 countries and territories. Blue-lit publicmonumentsandother lightingceremonieson�4Novemberhavelongsymbolizedaninternationalgestureofsolidarityfordiabetesawareness.��7.WhenistheChildren’sdaycelebratedinIndia? Hkkjr esa cky fnol dc euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) �4November/uoacj(b) 5September/flracj(c) �0November/uoacj(d) 4December/fnlacj

Ans:–(a)

Children’sdayiscelebratedon�4thNovemberinIndiaeveryyear.ThedaypaystributetothefirstPrimeMinister,PanditJawaharlal Nehru, by celebrating his birth anniversary.ThedayacknowledgesNehruforhiscontributiontowardsbuildingthe nation and for his love for Children.The nation fondlyremembershimasChachaNehru.��8.WithwhichCountryIndiahasdecidedtoworktounearth

blackmoneyclosely? fdl ns'k ds lkFk Hkkjrs us dkys /u dks nwj djus ds fy, dke

djus dk iSQlyk fd;k gS\

(a) Netherlands/uhnjySaM(b) Switzerland/fLoV~tjySaM(c) Australia/vkWLVsªfy;k

(d) China/phuAns:–(b)ndia and Switzerland decided to work more closely onunearthing black money on �3 November �0�9. PrimeMinister Narendra Modi and Swiss President Ueli’ Maurersignedabilateralagreementforenhancedcooperationinthefight against tax evasion, Both the countries have workedcloselyforexpeditiousinformationexchangeintaxmatters.��9.What is the financialmessaging systemused inChina,

whichissimilartoUS-basedSWIFT? phu esa iz;qDr foRrh; lans'k iz.kkyh D;k gS] tks vesfjdk fLFkr

fLoÝV ds leku gS\

(a) SPFS/,lih,iQ,l(b) CIPS/lhvkbZih,l

(c) RTGS/vkjVhth,l

(d) CBS/lhch,lAns:–(a)The Cross-Border Interbank Payment System (CIPS) is apayment system thatoffers clearingand settlement servicesforitsparticipantsincross-borderRMBpaymentsandtrade.It is a significant financial market infrastructure in China.CIPSissometimesreferredtoastheChinaInterbankPaymentSystem.��0.Where was the ��th edition of the Asian Business

LeadershipForum(ABLF)held? ,f'k;u fctusl yhMjf'ki iQksje (ABLF)dk 12oka laLdj.k


(a) Dubai/nqcbZ(b) AbuDhabi/vcq /kch

(c) Sharjah/'kkjtkg(d) Ajman/vteku

Ans:–(a)The ��th edition of the Asian Business Leadership Forum

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(ABLF) held in Dubai, the UAE. It was an outstandingsuccesswithaglitteringline-upofAsia’sprominentleaders,includingtop-levelUAEleadership,Ministersanddignitariesandprominentbusinessstalwarts.��.ThroughwhichamongthefollowingStatedoesMahanadi

riverflow? fuEufyf[kr esa ls fdl jkT; esa egkunh unh cgrh gS\

(a) Chhattisgarh/NRrhlx<+(b) MadhyaPradesh/eè; izns'k(c) Jharkhand/>kj[kaM(d) WestBengal/if'pe caxky

Ans:–(b)TheMahanadiisamajorriverinEastCentralIndia.Itdrainsanareaofaround�4�,600squarekilometres(54,700sqmi)andhasatotalcourseof858kilometres(533mi)MahanadiisalsoknownfortheHirakudDam.TheriverflowsthroughthestatesofChhattisgarhandOdisha.��.WhoistheMinisterresponsiblefortheMinistryofHeavy

IndustriesandPublicEnterprises? Hkkjh mn~;ksx vkSj lkoZtfud mn~;e ea=kky; ds fy, ea=kh dkSu

gS\

(a) OmBirla/vkse fcjyk

(b) PralhadJoshi/izYgkn tks'kh(c) AjayTamta/vt; VEVk

(d) ArjunRamMeghwal/vtqZu jke es?kokyAns:–(d)ArjunRamMeghwalisanIndianpoliticianbelongingtotheBharatiyaJanataPartyandformerpartyChiefWhipin�6thLokSabha.Currently,heisUnionMinisterofStateforHeavyIndustriesandPublicEnterprises.��3.CCI approved the merger of the BNP Paribas (BNPP)

MutualFundand__________MutualFund. CCIus BNPParibas(BNPP)E;wpqvy iQaM vkSj-------------------

E;wpqvy iQaM ds foy; dks eatwjh ns nhA

(a) BoB/chvksch

(b) ICICI/vkbZlhvkbZlhvkbZ

(c) BoM/chvks,e

(d) HSBC/,p,lchlhAns:–(a)CompetitionCommissionofIndia(CCI)approvedthemergerof the BNP Paribas (BNPP) Mutual Fund and the Baroda(BOB)MutualFund.CCIexercisedapprovalunderSection3�(�)oftheCompetitionAct,�00�.TheapprovalwillmergetheBNPParibasMutualFundandtheBOBMutualFund.��4.Which State launched the Mana Badi Nadu Nedu

scheme?

ek.kk cknh ukMq usMq ;kstuk fdl jkT; us 'kq: dh\



(c) Bihar/fcgkj(d) Odisha/vksfM'kk

Ans:–(b)Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddylaunched Mana Badi Nadu Nedu, which means our schoolthen and now, programme on the occasion of the NationalChildren’sdayon�4November�0�9.TheManaBadiNaduNeduprogramaimstoreformTelugupeopletocompetewiththeworld.TheStateaimstodevelopbyeducatingthepeopleoftheState.Thestategovernmentisexpectingthateducationcaneradicatepoverty.��5.WhoisthegovernorofJharkhand? >kj[kaM dk jkT;iky dkSu gS\

(a) DraupadiMurmu/nzkSinh eqeZw(b) AcharyaDevvrat/vkpk;Z nsoozr

(c) VajubhaiVala/otqHkkbZ okyk(d) NajmaHeptulla/utek gsirqYyk

Ans:–(a)DraupadiMurmu isan Indianpoliticianwho is the8thandcurrentGovernorofJharkhandsinceMay�0�5.��6.WhenwasthePressCouncilofIndiaformed? Hkkjrh; izsl ifj"kn dk xBu dc fd;k x;k Fkk\

(a) �955(b) �966(c) �97�(d) �983

Ans:–(b)The Press Council of India was formed in �966 under thePressCouncilActof�978. It exercises authority evenoverthe instruments of the state in its duty to safeguard theindependenceofthepress.ItensuresthattheIndianpressisnotaffectedbyanyexternalmatter.��7.Where is the UNESCO’s Education Commission

located? ;wusLdks dk f'k{kk vk;ksx dgk¡ fLFkr gS\

(a) Vienna/fo;uk(b) Stockholm/LVkWdgkse

(c) Paris/isfjl(d) Davos/nkoksl

Ans:–(c)The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural

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Organization(UNESCO)isaspecializedagencyoftheUnitedNations(UN)basedinParis,France.��8.WhenistheInternationalDayforToleranceobserved? lfg".kqrk ds fy, varjkZ"Vªh; fnol dc euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) �3March/ekpZ(b) 8August/vxLr

(c) �0September/flracj(d) �6November/uoacj

Ans:–(d)InternationalDayforToleranceisobservedon�6Novembereveryyear.Thedayaimstostrengthentolerancebyfosteringmutual understanding among cultures and peoples. TheInternationalDayforToleranceaimstoeducatepeopleabouttheneedfortoleranceinsocietyandtohelpthemunderstandthenegativeeffectsof intolerance.Italsocreatesawarenessinpeopletolearnaboutrespectingandrecognizingtherightsandbeliefsofothers.��9.Which Country topped the World Para-Athletics

Championships�0�9? fo'o iSjk&,FkysfVDl pSafi;uf'ki 2019 esa fdl ns'k us 'kh"k

LFkku gkfly fd;k\

(a) N.Korea/mÙrj dksfj;k

(b) GreatBritain/xzsV fczVsu(c) Switzerland/fLoV~tjySaM(d) China/phu

Ans:–(d)ChinatoppedtheWorldPara-AthleticsChampionships�0�9withamedaltallyof59.�30.Whichcityisnamedastheworld’sworstcitiestodrivein

�0�9intheDrivingCitiesIndex? Mªkbfoax flVhT+k baMsDl 2019 esa Mªkbo djus ds fy, fdl 'kgj

dks nqfu;k ds lcls [kjkc 'kgjksa ds :i esa ukfer fd;k x;k gS\

(a) Delhi/fnYyh(b) Mumbai/eqacbZ(c) Kolkata/dksydkrk

(d) Pune/iq.ksAns:–(b)The Driving Cities Index released by European car partsretailerMisterAuto,apartof thePSAGroup, reported thatMumbahadbeenratedastheworld’sworstcitiestodrivein�0�9.The retailer releasedadetailed studyon thebest andworstplacesintheworldtodrivein.�3�.Wholaunchedtheanti-bacterialLEDbulbBactiglow? ,aVh&cSDVhfj;y ,ybZMh cYc cSfDVXyks dks fdlus ykWUp

fd;k\

(a) PhilipsLtd.(b) BOSCH(c) SyskaGroup(d) ValeoIndustries

Ans:–(c)SyskaGrouplaunchedananti-bacterialLEDbulbBactiglowSSK-BAB-9W Bulb. The bulb is made with microbialdisinfection properties that electrocute harmful bacteriapresentinaroom.�3�.NationalInitiativeforNISHTHAwaslaunchedin____. fu'kk ds fy, jk"Vªh; igy------------------esa 'kq: dh xbZ FkhA

(a) Goa/xksok(b) Delhi/fnYyh(c) J&K/tEew vkSj d'ehj

(d) Ladakh/yík[kAns:–(c)National InitiativeforSchoolHeads’andTeachers’HolisticAdvancement(NISHTHA)waslaunchedintheUnionTerritoryofJammuandKashmir.ItwasinauguratedbyCommissionerSecretary,SchoolEducationDepartment,SaritaChauhan.�33.Epilepsyisachronicdisorderofthe________. fexhZ------------------dh iqjkuh@fpjdkjh chekjh gSA

(a) heart/fny(b) brain/fnekx(c) kidney/xqnkZ(d) lungs/isQiQM+ksa

Ans:–(b)Epilepsyisachronicdisorderofthebrain.Itischaracterizedbyrecurrentseizuresorfits.Theseizuresarecausedasaresultofsudden,excessiveelectricaldischargesintheneurons,thebraincells.Itaffectspeopleofanyage,andeachagegrouphasuniqueconcernsandproblems.�34.Who inaugurated the National Summit on Good,

Replicable Practices and Innovations was held in NewDelhi?

ubZ fnYyh esa xqM] jsfIydscy izSfDVl vkSj buksos'ku ij vk;ksftr us'kuy lfeV dk mn~?kkVu fdlus fd;k\

(a) HarshVardhan/g"kZo/Zu(b) ArvindSawant/vjfoan lkoar

(c) GirirajSingh/fxfjjkt flag(d) NitinGadkari/fufru xMdjh

Ans:–(a)TheSixthNationalSummitonGood,ReplicablePracticesand

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InnovationswasheldinNewDelhion�6November�0�9.Itwas inaugurated by Dr. HarshVardhan, Union Minister forHealth&FamilyWelfare.�35._________studentsfromIndiawonprizesatOxfordBig

ReadAsiaPrizeattheAsialevel. --------------------Hkkjr ds Nk=kksa us ,f'k;k Lrj ij vkWDliQksMZ fcx

jhM ,f'k;k iqjLdkj esa iqjLdkj thrsA

(a) 5(b) �0(c) �6(d) �4

Ans:–(a)Five students from India won prizes at Oxford Big ReadAsia Prize at theAsia level.Among the five students, fourwerefromNagpurwhileonefromMadurai.Atotalof6000submissions from schools from China, Malaysia, Pakistan,and India participated in the competition. This competitionprovidesstudentswithanopportunitytoaugmenttheambitoftheirreadingandalsodemonstratetheirliteraryandcreativeskills.�36.Which country partnered with Shillong in the India

InternationalCherryBlossomfestival�0�9celebration? Hkkjr varjkZ"Vªh; psjh CykWle mRlo 2019 mRlo esa f'kykax ds

lkFk fdl ns'k us Hkkxhnkjh dh\

(a) China/phu(b) Nepal/usiky(c) Japan/tkiku(d) SouthKorea/nf{k.k dksfj;k

Ans:–(d)ThefourtheditionoftheIndiaInternationalCherryBlossomfestival, �0�9, was celebrated in Shillong, Meghalaya. Thefestivalwascelebratedfrom�3-�6November�0�9.HavingastheRepublicofKoreaasapartnercountry,severalK-events,including a K-Pop concert and also a K-cuisine stall, wereorganized.Also,KoreaexhibitedopportunitiesforEducationin South Korea, in collaboration with the Korean CulturalCentreIndia.�37.Where was the India International Cherry Blossom

festival�0�9celebrated? Hkkjr varjkZ"Vªh; psjh CykWle mRlo 2019 dgk¡ euk;k x;k

Fkk\

(a) Shillong/f'kykax(b) Itanagar/bZVkuxj(c) Dispur/fnliqj(d) Shimla/f'keyk

Ans:–(a)

ThefourtheditionoftheIndiaInternationalCherryBlossomfestival, �0�9, was celebrated in Shillong, Meghalaya. Thefestival was celebrated from �3-�6 November �0�9. The�0�9festivalwasjointlycelebratedbyIndiaandSouthKoreafor the first time.The festivalwitnessed theuniqueautumnflowering of Himalayan Cherry Blossoms. Several eventswereconductedatthefestival.�38.WhichistheadministrativecapitalofSriLanka? Jhyadk dh iz'kklfud jkt/kuh dkSu lh gS\

(a) Colombo/dksyacks

(b) Kandy/dSaMh

(c) SriJayawardenepuraKotte/Jh t;o/Zuiqjk dksVVs

(d) Negombo/usxksacksAns:–(c)Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, commonly known as Kotte,is the official, administrative capital of Sri Lanka. SriJayawardenepuraKotte isasatellitecityand locatedwithintheurbanareaofSriLanka’sdefactoeconomicandlegislativecapital,Colombo.�39.WhatisthestrikerangeofthemissileAgni-II? felkby vfXu&II dh LVªkbd jsat D;k gS\

(a) �,000to�,500km/fdeh

(b) �,800to�,300km/fdeh

(c) �,000to3,500km/fdeh

(d) �,�00to3,800km/fdehAns:–(c)Agni-II is a versatile surface-to-surface medium-rangenuclear-capable missile. Agni-II is an intermediate-rangeballisticmissile(IRBM)withtwosolid-fuelstages,andaPostBoost Vehicle (PBV) integrated into the missile’s Re-entryVehicle(RV).ThestrikerangeofthemissileisAgni-II�,000to3,500km.�40.Where was the National Agrochemicals Congress

concluded? us'kuy ,xzksdsfedYl dkaxzsl dk lekiu dgka gqvk Fkk\

(a) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh (b) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(c) Pune/iq.ks(d) Chennai/psUubZ

Ans:–(a)The first-ever National Agrochemicals Congress was heldinPusa,NewDelhi.ThemeetingwasinauguratedbyUnionMinisterforAgricultureandFarmersWelfare,NarendraSinghTomar.Themeetingwasheldfrom�3-�6November.�4�.Whereis theBilateralMaritimeExerciseZa’ir-Al-Bahr

held?

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n~foi{kh; leqnzh vH;kl T+kk,j&vy&cg dgk¡ vk;ksftr fd;k tkrk gS\

(a) Jeddah/tsík(b) Doha/nksgk(c) AlJahra/vy tkgjk

(d) Dhahran// gj.kAns:–(b)The Bilateral Maritime Exercise Za’ir-Al-Bahr, Roar of theSea,isbeingconductedfrom�7-��November�0�9inDoha,Qatar. The exercise is held between the Indian Navy andQatariEmiriNavalForces.�4�.Uttar Pradesh State government is planning to rename

Agrato________. mRrj izns'k jkT; ljdkj vkxjk dk uke cnydj--------------djus

dh ;kstuk cuk jgh gSA

(a) Arveda/vjosnk

(b) Agverdi/vxojnh

(c) Agravan/vxjou

(d) Agrawe/vxjkosAns:–(c)TheYogiAdiyanath-led Uttar Pradesh State government isplanning to renameAgra toAgravan.ThestategovernmenthasaskedthehistorydepartmentofDr.BhimraoAmbedkarUniversityinAgratolookforhistoricalevidenceifthecitywasknownbyanyothername.Theresearchershavebeguntheresearchregardingthenamechange.�43.WhenwastheWorldToiletDaydesignated? fo'o 'kkSpky; fnol dc ukfer fd;k x;k Fkk\

(a) �995(b) �998(c) �00�(d) �005

Ans:–(c)TheWorldToiletDaywasdesignatedincommemorationwiththefoundingdayoftheWorldToiletOrganization(WTO)on�9November�00�.Onthesameday,WTOheldtheinauguralWorldToiletSummitinSingapore.�44.Englandbatsman_______setthepreviousrecordforthe

highestindividualscoreinT�0�0�8. baXySaM ds cYysckt-----------------us T�0�0�8esa loksZPp O;fDrxr

Ldksj dk fiNyk fjdkWMZ cuk;kA

(a) AlexHales/,ysDl gsYl(b) WillJacks/foy tSDl(c) SamHain/lSe gSa

(d) AnuerinDonald/vuqfju MksukYMAns:–(a)Theprevious record for thehighest individual score inT�0was setbyEnglandbatsmanAlexHales.He strucka scoreof87from3�balls.Currently,AustralianbatterChrisLynnscored the highest-ever individual score in the T�0 formaton�8Novemberat theSheikhZayedStadium,AbuDhabi,UnitedArabEmirates.�45.What is the strike range of Shaheen-I nuclear-capable

surface-to-surfaceballisticmissile? 'kkghu&I ijek.kq&l{ke lrg ls lrg ij ekj djus okyh

cSfyfLVd felkby dh LVªkbd jsat D;k gS\

(a) 450km/fdeh

(b) 650km/fdeh

(c) �000km/fdeh

(d) �500km/fdehAns:–(b)Pakistan successfully test-fired Shaheen-I missile on �8November �0�9. It is a nuclear-capable surface-to-surfaceballistic missile. The missile can strike targets up to 650kilometres.Thetest-firingofthemissilecomesamidstIndo-PaktensionsoverNewDelhirevokingJammuandKashmir’sspecialstatus.�46.WhatisthereferencedateforthenextcensusinIndia? Hkkjr esa vxYkh tux.kuk ds fy, lanHkZ frfFk D;k gS\

(a) �March�0��/1 ekpZ 2021(b) �February�0��/1 iQjojh 2021(c) �October�0�0/1 vDVwcj 2020

(d) �June�0�0/1 twu 2020Ans:–(c)UponthesuggestionsoftheTechnicalAdvisoryCommittee,certain changes have been made in the questionnaire. Thereferencedateforthecensuswillbeon�March�0��.ButforJammuandKashmir,HimachalPradeshandUttarakhand,itwillbe�October�0�0.�47.When was the operation of the Golden Chariot train

started? Lo.kZ jFk Vsªu dk lapkyu dc 'kq: fd;k x;k Fkk\

(a) �008(b) �0�0(c) �0��(d) �0�3

Ans:–(a)The Golden Chariot train, which started its operations in�008, is an initiative by the Government of Karnataka in a

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jointventurewiththeMinistryofRailways.�48.Which State government plans to ban the sale of junk

foodinschoolsandinthe50mareaaroundthem? fdl jkT; ljdkj us Ldwyksa esa vkSj muds vklikl 50 ehVj

{ks=k esa tad iwQM dh fcØh ij izfrca/ yxkus dh ;kstuk cukbZ gS\

(a) Bihar/fcgkj(b) Rajasthan/jktLFkku(c) Gujarat/xqtjkr(d) Uttarakhand/mRrjk[kaM

Ans:–(c)TheGujaratStategovernmentplans toban thesaleof junkfood in schools and in the50marea around them.Thebanaims to encourage the consumption of healthy food amongchildren.Earlier,theFoodSafetyandStandardsAuthorityofIndia(FSSAI)recommendedabanonthesaleoffoodhighinfat,salt,andsugar(HFSS)inschools.Thestategovernmentisalsoplanningtoframedraftrulesforthesame.�49.Which humanoid robot is used to transport documents

fromoneplacetoanother? fdl g;weukWbM jkscksV dk mi;ksx nLrkostksa dks ,d LFkku ls

nwljs LFkku ij ys tkus ds fy, fd;k tkrk gS\

(a) Sophie�.0/lksiQh 2-0(b) Sona�.5/lksuk 1-5(c) Roger�.�/jkstj 1-2(d) VikramI/foØe I

Ans:–(b)ThemodernrailwaycoachfactoryisusingahumanoidrobotSona�.5 to transportdocuments fromoneplace toanother.Thehumanoid robotSona�.5wasbuilt byNajavunjpavad,Jaipur.Itwassuccessfullytestedon�8November.Themovebythefactoryaimstoestablishnewdimensionsinthefieldofmodernity.�50.The next Census in India will be taken in ________

languages. Hkkjr esa vxyh tux.kuk--------------------Hkk"kkvksa esa yh tk,xhA

(a) �3(b) �5(c) �8(d) �6

Ans:–(c)TheExpenditureFinanceCommittee(EFC)hasestimatedthecost for the Census �0�� to be around Rs.8,754 crore.Thenationwideexercisewillbeconductedin�6languages.TheannouncementonCensus�0��wasmadebytheMinisterofStateforHomeAffairsNityanandRai.

�5�.Whobecamethelongest-servingPMofJapan? tkiku ds lcls yacs le; rd lsok djus okys ih,e dkSu

cus\

(a) AbeShinzo/vcs f'katks

(b) JunichiroKoizumi/tqfufpjks dksbT+kqeh

(c) IchiroOzawa/bfpjks vks>kok

(d) TaroAso/rkjks vklksAns:–(a)PrimeMinisterAbeShinzobecamethelongest-servingprimeminister in thehistoryof Japan’sconstitutionalgovernmentasonNovember�0,�0�9.Hehasserved�,887dayssofar.HesurpassedthepreviousrecordheldbyKatsuraTaro,withatotalof�,886daysinoffice.�5�.Which moon of Jupiter has been found to have the

presenceofwatervapor? c`gLifr ds fdl panzek esa ty ok"i dh mifLFkfr ikbZ xbZ

gS\

(a) Europa/;wjksik(b) Ariel/,fj;y(c) Titania/VkbVsfu;k(d) Deimos/Mheksl

Ans:–(a)NASA,theUSspaceagency,hasconfirmedthepresenceofwatervaporononeofthe79moonsofJupiter.Theresearchersdetected plume-like forms of water vapor above Europa’sicysurface,whichweredetectedasawavelengthofemittedinfraredlight.�53.ThegovernmentistoestablishtheNationalInstitutefor

SOWA-RIGPAin_________. ljdkj dks-----------------esa SOWA-RIGPAds fy, jk"Vªh; laLFkku

LFkkfir djuk gSA

(a) Srinagar/Jhuxj(b) Leh/ysg(c) Ladakh/yík[k(d) Shimla/f'keyk

Ans:–(b)TheUnionCabinetledbyPMNarendraModiapprovedtheestablishment of the National Institute for SOWA-RIGPAin Leh, an autonomous organization under the Ministry ofAYUSHon�0November�0�9.�54.Wherewastheworld’sfirstMuslimyogacamp? fo'o dk igyk eqfLye ;ksx f'kfoj dgk¡ Fkk\

(a) Kathmandu/dkBekaMq

(b) Uttarakhand/mRrjk[kaM

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(c) Assam/vle

(d) Manipur/ef.kiqjAns:–(b)Theworld’sfirstMuslimyogacampbeganatKanvaAshraminKotdwar townofUttarakhandon�0-�4November�0�9.The yoga camp shows the health benefits associated withpractisingYoga.�55.Whichisthelargestmooninthesolarsystem? lkSjeaMy dk lcls cM+k panzek dkSu lk gS\

(a) Io/vkbZvks

(b) Europa/;wjksik(c) Ganymede/xsuhesM(d) Ananke/,ukUds

Ans:–(c)OneofJupiter’smoons,Ganymede,isthelargestmoonintheSolarSystem.Ganymedehasadiameterof3�70miles(5,�68km)andislargerthantheplanetMercury.Ithasarockycorewithawater/icemantleandacrustofrockandice.�56.Onetolaisequivalentto______. ,d rksyk-----------------ds cjkcj gSA

(a) 5gm/xzke(b) 6gm/xzke(c) 8gm/xzke(d) �0gm/xzke

Ans:–(d)

Atpresent,onetolagoldisequivalentto�0gramsofgold.�57.WhereisChandipurlocated? pkanhiqj dgk¡ fLFkr gS\

(a) Odisha/vksfM'kk

(b) Bihar/fcgkj(c) UttarPradesh/mÙkj izns'k(d) MadhyaPradesh/eè; izns'k

Ans:–(a)Chandipur, is a beach in Baleswar District, Odisha, India.ThebeachislocatedontheshoreoftheBayofBengalandis approximately �6 kilometers from the Baleswar RailwayStation.�58.Whowongoldmedalinthemen’s�0airrifleeventinthe

ISSFWorldCupFinal? ISSFfo'o di iQkbuy esa iq#"kksa dh 10 ,;j jkbiQy Li/kZ esa


(a) VijayKumar/fot; dqekj

(b) RonjanSodhi/jatu lks<+h(c) DivyanshPanwar/fnO;ka'k iaokj

(d) JituRai/thrw jk;Ans:–(c)Divyanshfinishedontopinthemen’s�0airriflecompetition.Hesecuredafinalscoreof�50.�.�59.WhenwasthefirstInternationalChildren’sPeacePrize

awarded? izFke varjkZ"Vªh; cky 'kakfr iqjLdkj dc iznku fd;k x;k Fkk\

(a) �000(b) �005(c) �0�0(d) �0�5

Ans:–(b)InternationalChildren’sPeacePrizewasinstitutedin�005.ItislocatedinAmsterdam,Netherlands.Theawardconstitutesa cash prize of €100,000 ($123,000). The award is presented everyyear.�60.________StategovernmentreleasedthenewLandPolicy

�0�9tosafeguardtheinterestoftheindigenouspeople. -------------------jkT; ljdkj us Lons'kh yksxksa ds fgrksa dh j{kk ds

fy, ubZ Hkwfe uhfr 2019 tkjh dhA

(a) Assam/vle

(b) Manipur/ef.kiqj(c) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(d) Kerala/dsjy

Ans:–(a)Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal released thenewLandPolicy�0�9.ItwaspreparedbytheRevenueandDisasterManagementDepartment.ThestategovernmenthasputalotofeffortintopreparingtheLandPolicytosafeguardtheinterestoftheindigenouspeople.�6�.Whichcountrymadethelargestbiotechnologyconference

GlobalBio-IndiaSummit�0�9concludes? fdl ns'k us tSo&izkSn~;ksfxdh lEesyu Xykscy ck;ks&bafM;k lfeV

2019 laiUu fd;k\


(b) India/bafM;k(c) Iran/bZjku(d) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k

Ans:–(b)IndiasfirstlargestbiotechnologyconferenceGlobalBio-IndiaSummit�0�9concludes.�6�.WhoisappointedasDeputyCMofMaharashtra? egkjk"Vª ds fMIVh lh,e ds :i esa fdls fu;qDr fd;k x;k

gS\

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(a) AjitPawar/vthr iokj

(b) SharadPawar/'kjn iokj(c) TariqAnwar/rkfjd vuoj

(d) P.A.Sangma/ihA ,A laxekAns:–(a)

AjitPawarisappointedasDeputyCMofMaharashtra.�63.AnitaAnandfirstHindutobeappointedcabinetminister

in____________. vuhrk vkuan igys fganw gSa ftUgsa---------------------esa dSfcusV ea=kh

fu;qDr fd;k x;k gSA

(a) Canada/dukMk

(b) Australia/vkWLVsªfy;k

(c) Russia/:l(d) NewZealand/U;wthySaM

Ans:–(a)AnitaAnandfirstHindutobeappointedcabinetminister inCanada.�64.HowmanydaysConferenceofGovernorscommencedat

RashtrapatiBhavan? jk"Vªifr Hkou esa jkT;ikyksa dk lEesyu fdrus fnuksa esa 'kq: gksrk

gS\

(a) 5(b) 3(c) 4(d) �

Ans:–(d)Two-DayConferenceofGovernorsCommencesatRashtrapatiBhavan.�65.WhoisthefirstexecutiveofECI? bZlhvkbZ dk igyk dk;Zdkjh dkSu gS\

(a) SukumarSen/lqdqekj lsu

(b) RajeshSharma/jkts'k 'kekZ(c) VikramSingh/foØe flag

(d) DineshSharma/fnus'k 'kekZAns:–(a)

SukumarSenisthefirstexecutiveofECI.�66.BodybuilderChithareshNatesancrownedas_________

_____? ckWMh fcYMj fp=ks'k uVslu dks-----------------------ds :i esa rkt

iguk;k x;k\

(a) Mr.Universe/Jh ;wfuolZ(b) MrWorld/Jh fo'o(c) Mr.Hercules/Jh gjD;wfyl

(d) Gold Medal in Asian Game/,f'k;kbZ [ksy esa Lo.kZ ind

Ans:–(a)Bodybuilder Chitharesh Natesan crowned as Mr Universe�0�9.�67.RakshaMantriShriRajnathSinghinauguratesthe_____

ndDefencePensionersAdalatinLucknow. j{kk ea=kh Jh jktukFk flag y[kuÅ esa------------------j{kk isa'kujksa dh

vnkyr dk mn~?kkVu djrs gSaA

(a) �7�(b) �80(c) �84(d) �90

Ans:–(a)Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh inaugurates the �7�ndDefencePensionersAdalatinLucknow.�68.OxfordNamesClimateEmergencyIts__________Word

oftheYear. vkWDliQksMZ us DykbesV bejtsalh dk uke vius---------------o"kZ ds

'kCn ds :i esa j[kk gSA

(a) �0�0(b) �0�9(c) �0��(d) �0��

Ans:–(b)Oxford Names Climate Emergency Its �0�9 Word of theYear.�69.Whoclaims��thsuccessiveprofessionalwin? 12 oha Øfed is'ksoj thr dk nkok dkSu djrk gS\

(a) RajeshSharma/jkts'k 'kekZ(b) VijenderSingh/fotsUnz flag(c) RamKumar/jke dqekj

(d) RajeshKumar/jkts'k dqekjAns:–(b)

VijenderSinghclaims��thsuccessiveprofessionalwin.�70.WherewasAllIndiaInstituteofAyurvedalocated? d

(a) NewDelhi/d(b) Chennai/d(c) Hyderabad/d(d) Mumbai/d

Ans:–(a)

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AllIndiaInstituteofAyurvedalocatedatNewDelhi�7�.PrimeMinisterNarendraModiremarksattheconclusion

of________editionofGovernorConference? xouZj lEesyu ds------------------laLdj.k ds lekiu ij iz/kuea=kh

ujsanz eksnh dh fVIi.kh\

(a) 50th/oha(b) 49th/osa(c) 48th/osa(d) 4�nd/osa

Ans:–(a)PrimeMinisterNarendraModiremarksattheconclusionof50theditionofGovernorConference.�7�.RafaelNadalwon_______DavisCuptitle jkisQy uMky us-------------------Msfol di f[krkc thrk\

(a) sixth/NBk(b) seventh/lkrok¡(c) fifth/ikapoka(d) fourth/pkSFkkAA

Ans:–(a)

RafaelNadalwonsixthDavisCuptitle.�73.Madhya Pradesh govt to give _____ reservation to

sportspersonsinjobs. eè; izns'k ljdkj ukSdfj;ksa esa f[kykfM+;ksa dks----------------vkj{k.k

nsus ds fy,

(a) �%(b) 4%(c) 3%(d) 5%

Ans:–(d)MadhyaPradeshgovttogive5%reservationtosportspersonsinjobs�74.GuwahatitohostannualModi-Abesummitin_______. xqokgkVh esa---------------------esa okf"kZd eksnh&vkcs f'k[kj lEesyu

dh estckuh

(a) December/fnlacj(b) November/uoacj(c) January/tuojh(d) February/iQjojh

Ans:–(a)

GuwahatitohostannualModi-AbesummitinDecember.�75.Odisha CM Patnaik sanctions ______ crore for Utkal

University mRdy fo'ofon~;ky; ds fy, vksfM'kk ds eq[;ea=kh iVuk;d

us---------------djksM+ dk izfrca/ yxk;k

(a) �00(b) ��0(c) �50(d) �30

Ans:–(a)Odisha CM Patnaik sanctions Rs �00 crore for UtkalUniversity�76.WorldLargestFlowerCarpetMadeOutof___________

MarigoldinDubaientersGuinnessRecords nqcbZ esa--------------------ejhxksYM ls cuk fo'o dk lcls cM+k

ÝykWoj dkjisV fxuht fjdkWMZ~l esa ntZ gS

(a) Chennai/psUubZ(b) Bengaluru/csaxyq#(c) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(d) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh

Ans:–(b)WorldLargestFlowerCarpetMadeOutofBengaluruMarigoldinDubaientersGuinnessRecords.�77.WhichcountryattendedWATECConferenceinIsrael? bT+kjkby esa okVsd lEesyu esa fdl ns'k us Hkkx fy;k\

(a) Russia/:l(b) SaudiArabia/lÅnh vjc


(d) India/bafM;kAns:–(d)

IndiaattendedWATECConferenceinIsrael.�78.WhichstateTourisminkedaMoUforFilmfareAwards

showinGuwahati? xqokgkVh esa fiQYeisQ;j vokZM~l 'kks ds fy, fdl jkT; i;ZVu

us ,d le>kSrk Kkiu ij gLrk{kj fd,\

(a) HimachalPradesh/fgekpy izns'k(b) Assam/vle

(c) Kerala/dsjy

(d) TamilNadu/rfeyukMqAns:–(b)AssamTourism inkedaMoU forFilmfareAwards show inGuwahati�79.IndianNavytohostmulti-nationmilitarydrillin_____ Hkkjrh; ukSlsuk us--------------------esa cgq&jk"Vª lSU; fMªy dh estckuh

dh

(a) February�0�0/iQjojh 2020(b) January�0�0/tuojh 2020

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(c) March�0�0/ekpZ 2020(d) April�0�0/vizSy 2020

Ans:–(b)Indian Navy to host multi-nation military drill in March�0�0.�80.Which company partners With MediaTek to Bring 5G

SupporttoLaptops? ehfM;kVsd ds lkFk dkSu lh daiuh ikVZuj dks ySiVkWi esa 5G

liksVZ ykus ds fy,\

(a) Toshiba/rks'khck(b) Intel/baVsy(c) Samsung/lSelax(d) SKHynix/,lds gkbfuDl

Ans:–(b)Intel Partners With MediaTek to Bring 5G Support toLaptops.�8�.WherewastheDPWorldTourChampionshipheld? Mhih oYMZ Vwj pSfEi;uf'ki dgk¡ vk;ksftr dh xbZ Fkh\


(b) Madrid/eSfMªM(c) Dubai/nqcbZ(d) London/yaMu

Ans:–(c)DP World Tour Championship �0�9 was held at JumeirahGolfEstates,Dubai,UAEfrom��-�4November�0�9.�8�.HowmanyIndianUniversities ranked in theQSWorld

UniversityRankings:Asia�0�0? QSoYMZ ;wfuoflZVh jSafdax esa fdrus Hkkjrh; fo'ofon~;ky;ksa dks

LFkku fn;k x;k% ,f'k;k 2020\

(a) 45(b) 57(c) 73(d) 96

Ans:–(d)Indiahas96universitiesrankedintheQSWorldUniversityRankings: Asia �0�0. Out of these, �0 are new entries.The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) leadsnationallyattheoverall34thplace,anditisfollowedbyIITDelhi(IIT-D)inthe43rdplaceandbyIITMadras(IITM)inthe50thposition.Thecountryhas3�institutesamongthetop�50.�83.AshokLeylandsignedanMoUwith_________toenter

intoastrategicfinancingpartnershipfortwoyears. v'kksd yhySaM us nks o"kksZa ds fy, j.kuhfrd foRriks"k.k lk>snkjh

esa izos'k djus ds fy,---------------------ds lkFk ,d le>kSrk Kkiu ij gLrk{kj fd,A

(a) DenaBank/nsuk cSad(b) BankofBaroda/cSad vkWiQ cM+kSnk

(c) ICICI/vkbZlhvkbZlhvkbZ

(d) HDFC/,pMh,iQlhAns:–(c)AshokLeylandhassignedaMemorandumofUnderstanding(MoU)withICICIBank.TheMoUaimstoenterintoastrategicfinancingpartnershipfortwoyears.Theagreementbetweenthe company and the bank will enable both the partners tooffercustomizedfinancialsolutionstocustomersacrossIndiawithafocusonsemi-urbanandruralgeographies.�84.ThePSLV_______rocketcarried�3nanosatellitesalong

withCartosat-3. ih,l,yoh------------------jkWdsV us dkVksZlSV&3 ds lkFk 13

uSukslsVsfyV~l ys x,A

(a) C-5�(b) C-47(c) C-39(d) C-�3

Ans:–(b)ISRO, the Indian Space Agency, successfully launched itsthird-generationEarth-imagingsatelliteCartosat-3intospacefromtheSatishDhawanSpaceCentreinSriharikotainAndhraPradesh. The PSLV C-47 rocket carried �3 nanosatellitesalongwithCartosat-3.�85.Sumatranrhinocerosisunderthe__________categoryof

InternationalUnionforConservationofNature(IUCN)redlist.

lqek=kk xSaMk izÑfr laj{k.k ds fy, varjkZ"Vªh; la?k (IUCN)dh yky lwph esa--------------------Js.kh ds varxZr

(a) Extinct/foyqIr(b) Criticallyendangered/xaHkhj [krjs(c) endangered/[krjs esa(d) vulnerable/pisV esa

Ans:–(b)Sumatran rhinoceros alsoknownashairy rhinoceros,Asiantwo-horned rhinoceros is the smallest rhinoceros. Theweightrangesfrom500to�,000kg.InternationalUnionforConservationofNature(IUCN)hasplaceditinthecriticallyendangeredcategoryofitsredlist.�86.WhowasawardedthehonoraryfellowshipbytheRoyal

AeronauticalSocietyoftheUnitedKingdom? ;wukbVsM fdaxMe ds jkW;y ,jksukWfVdy lkslkbVh n~okjk ekun

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iSQyksf'ki ls fdls lEekfur fd;k x;k Fkk\

(a) GSatheeshReddy/th lrh'k jsM~Mh(b) KSivan/ds flou

(c) NirmalaSitharaman/fueZyk lhrkje.k(d) RajnathSingh/jktukFk flag

Ans:–(a)G Satheesh Reddy, the Chairman of Defence Research andDevelopment Organisation (DRDO), was awarded thehonoraryfellowship.TheawardwaspresentedbytheRoyalAeronauticalSocietyoftheUnitedKingdom.�87.TheArmsActAmendmentBill,�0�9madeamenndments

tothe__________. 'kL=k vf/fu;e la'kks/u fo/s;d] 2019 us---------------------dks

la'kks/u fd,A

(a) ArmsAct�949/'kL=k vf/fu;e 1949

(b) ArmsAct�959/'kL=k vf/fu;e 1959

(c) ArmsAct�969/'kL=k vf/fu;e 1969

(d) ArmsAct�979/'kL=k vf/fu;e 1979Ans:–(b)TheArmsActAmendmentBill,�0�9madeamendmentstotheArmsAct�959.Itseekstointroducefourdifferentcategoriesofoffencesintothe�959ArmsActprescribingjailtermof�0yearsbesidesafine.�88.WhichState imposedacompletebanongutkaandpan

masalainthestateforayear? fdl jkT; us ,d o"kZ ds fy, jkT; esa xqV[kk vkSj iku elkys

ij iw.kZ izfrca/ yxk;k\

(a) HimachalPradesh/fgekpy izns'k(b) Odisha/vksfM'kk

(c) Assam/vle

(d) Bihar/fcgkjAns:–(c)TheAssamstategovernmentimposedacompletebanongutkaandpanmasalainthestateforayear.TheStategovernmentpassedanorderunderclause(a)ofSub-section�ofSection30oftheFoodSafetyandSecurityAct,�006withanimmediateeffect.�89.IndiasignedanMoUwith________toimprovethefield

ofeducation. Hkkjr us f'k{kk ds {ks=k esa lq/kj ds fy,-------------------ds lkFk ,d

le>kSrk Kkiu ij gLrk{kj fd,A

(a) Afghanistan/viQxkfuLrku

(b) Greece/;wuku(c) Germany/teZuh

(d) Vietnam/fo;rukeAns:–(d)India signedaMemorandumofUnderstanding (MoU)withVietnamtoimprovethefieldofeducation.�90.HowmanymemberstatesarethereintheWorldHeritage

Committee? fo'o fojklr lfefr esa fdrus lnL; ns'k gSa\

(a) �8(b) ��(c) �5(d) �7

Ans:–(b)The World Heritage Committee consists of representativesfrom��memberstatestotheconventionelectedbytheUnitedNations GeneralAssembly.TheWorld Heritage Committeemeetsonceeveryyear.�9�.TowhichcompanydidISROtransferredspacegradeLi-

Ioncelltechnology? us fdl daiuh dks Lisl xzsM Li-Ionlsy rduhd gLrkarfjr

dh\

(a) HAL/,p,,y(b) BEL(c) BHEL(d) TATA/VkVk

Ans:–(c)Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) transferred itsindigenous technology to produce space-grade lithium-ioncells(Li-ioncells)toBharatHeavyElectricalsLimited(BHEL)aspertheTTAsignedonMarch�0�8.BHELissettinguptheLi-IonproductionfacilitynearBangaloreinKarnataka.Theannouncement was given by the Union Minister ofAtomicEnergyandSpaceDr.JitendraSingh.�9�.Whoisthe40thPresidentoftheUSA? ;w,l, ds 40 osa jk"Vªifr dkSu gSa\

(a) RonaldReagan/jksukYM jhxu(b) RichardNixon/fjpMZ fuDlu(c) JohnF.Kennedy/tkWu ,iQ dSusMh

(d) GeraldFord/tsjkYM iQksMZAns:–(a)Ronald Wilson Reagan was an American politician whoservedasthe40thpresidentoftheUnitedStatesfrom�98�to �989 and became the highly influential voice of modernconservatism.�93.TheChennai-Kanyakumari IndustrialCorridor (CKIC)

projectinTamilNaduhasbeenestimatedtobecompleted

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by________. rfeyukMq esa psUubZ&dU;kdqekjh vkSn~;ksfxd xfy;kjk (CKIC)

ifj;kstuk-----------------n~okjk iwjh gksus dk vuqeku yxk;k x;k gSA

(a) �0��(b) �0�4(c) �0�5(d) �0�3

Ans:–(a)TheChennai-KanyakumariIndustrialCorridor(CKIC)projectinTamilNaduhasbeenestimatedtobecompletedby�0�4.ItisapartoftheEastCoastEconomicCorridor(ECEC).�94.Where is the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee

EkanaCricketStadiumlocated? Hkkjr jRu Jh vVy fcgkjh oktis;h ,dkuk fØdsV LVsfM;e

dgk¡ fLFkr gS\

(a) Lucknow/y[kuÅ(b) Thiruvananthapuram/fr#ouariqje(c) Dharamshala//eZ'kkyk(d) Cuttack/dVd

Ans:–(a)BharatRatnaShriAtalBihariVajpayeeEkanaCricketStadiumisaninternationalstandardcricketstadiuminLucknow,UttarPradesh. With a seating capacity of 50,000, it became thethird-largestinternationalcricketstadiuminIndia.�95.WhenwastheAirForceBilateralAgreementsignedby

IndiaandSingapore? Hkkjr vkSj flaxkiqj n~okjk ok;q lsuk n~foi{kh; le>kSrs ij dc

gLrk{kj fd, x,\

(a) �00�(b) �003(c) �007(d) �009

Ans:–(c)TheAirForceBilateralAgreementwassignedbyIndiaandSingaporein�007.Itwasrenewedin�0�7.JMTisheldundertherenewedagreement.�96.Where was the �0�9 World Wind Energy Conference

held? 2019 fo'o iou ÅtkZ lEesuy dgk¡ vk;ksftr fd;k x;k

Fkk\

(a) Vienna/fo;uk(b) Stockholm/LVkWdgkse

(c) RiodeJaneiro/fj;ks Mh tusfj;ks(d) Moscow/ekLdks

Ans:–(c)WorldWindEnergyAssociation(WWEA)organizedthe�8thWorldWindEnergyConferenceandExhibition(WWEC�0�9)atRiodeJaneiro,Brazil.Theconferencewasheldfrom�5-�7November�0�9.�97.BradGobrightwhopassedawayrecentlywasa______. cSzM xksfc,j ftudk gky gh esa fu/u gks x;k Fkk] ,d------------

------FksA

(a) cliffjumper/fDyiQ taij(b) rockclimber/pV~Vku ioZrkjksgh(c) mountainclimber/ioZrkjksgh(d) skydiver/vkdk'k xksrk[kksj

Ans:–(b)American rock climber Brad Gobright passed away afterfallingoffamountaininMexico.Hewas3�yearsold.HefellonanalmostsheerfaceknownasElSenderoLuminosoontheElToromountainintheElPortreroChico,Monterrey.�98.Whenwasthe�3thIndia-JapanAnnualSummitheld? 13oka Hkkjr&tkiku okf"kZd f'k[kj lEesyu dc vk;ksftr fd;k

x;k Fkk\

(a) �0�6(b) �0�7(c) �0�8(d) �0�9

Ans:–(c)The �+� meeting is held after the decision made by PrimeMinisterModiandPrimeMinisterAbeduringthe�3thIndia-Japan Annual Summit. The Summit was held in Japan inOctober�0�8toinstituteaForeignandDefenceMinisterialDialogueforfurtherdeepeningbilateralSecurityandDefencecooperation.�99.Where was the �+� India-Japan Foreign and Defence

MinisterialDialogue? �+�Hkkjr&tkiku fons'k vkSj j{kk ea=kh laokn dgk¡ Fkk\

(a) Tokyo/VksD;ks(b) Yokohama/;ksdksgkek

(c) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(d) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn

Ans:–(c)India-JapanForeignandDefenceMinisterialDialogue�+�isheldinNewDelhion30November�0�9.ThedialoguewillbechairedbytheDefenceMinisterRajnathSingh.Themeetingprovides an opportunity for the two countries to strengthendefenceandsecuritycooperation.300.What is the cost of the Jammu and Srinagar metro

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project? tEew vkSj Jhuxj esVªks ifj;kstuk dh ykxr D;k gS\

(a) Rs.�,340crore/djksM+


(c) Rs.7,84�crore/djksM+

(d) Rs.9,590crore/djksM+Ans:–(d)TheJammu&KashmirgovernmenthasfixedSeptember�0�4as the deadline to start the operations on the metro projectforJammuandSrinagar.TheestimatedcostoftheprojectisRs.9,590crore.

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DECEMBER – 2019�. In India, the first bank of limited liability, manages by

Indiansandfoundedin�88�was– Hkkjr esa] Hkkjrh;ksa n~okjk izcaf/r lhfer ns;rk okyk rFkk 1881

esa LFkkfir igyk cSasd Fkk&

(a) PunjabNationalBank/iatkc us'kuy cSad(b) StateBankofIndia/Hkkjrh; LVsV cSad(c) StateBankofBengal/LVsV cSad vkWiQ caxky

(d) OudhCommercialBank/vo/ okf.kfT;d cSadAns:–(d)InIndia,thefirstbankoflimitedliabilitymanagesbyIndiansand founded in �88� was Oudh Commercial Bank./Hkkjr esa Hkkjrh;ksa n~okjk izcaf/r lhfer ns;rk rFkk 1881 esa LFkkfir igyk cSad vo/ okf.kfT;d cSad FkkA�. Insurance cover for bank deposits in our country is

providedby–––––––. gekjs ns'k esa cSad dh tekjkf'k;ksa ij chek doj-----------------n~okjk

miyC/ djk;k tkrk gSA

(a) SBI/,lchvkbZ

(b) DICGC/MhvkbZlhthlh

(c) GIC/thvkbZlh

(d) LIC/,yvkbZlhAns:–(b)Insurancecoverforbankdepositsinourcountryisprovidedby DICGC./gekjs ns'k esa cSad dh tekjkf'k;ksa ij chek doj MhvkbZlhthlh n~okjk miyC/ djk;k tkrk gSA3. Under whose charimanship the Planning Commission

wassetup? fdldh vè;{krk esa ;kstuk vk;ksx dh LFkkiuk dh x;h Fkh\

(a) M.N.Roy/,e- ,u- jkW;(b) P.K.Narayan/ih- ds- ukjk;.k

(c) J.L.Nehru/ts- ,y- usg:(d) S.Narayan/,l ukjk;.k

Ans:–(c)ThePlanningCommissionwassetupundertheChairmanshipofJ.L.Nehru./;kstuk vk;ksxk dk xBu ts- ,y- usg: dh vè;{krk esa fd;k x;k FkkA4. WhereistheheadquarterofEXIMBanklocated? ,fDte cSad dk eq[;ky; dgka fLFkr gS\

(a) Mumbai/eqacbZ(b) Lucknow/y[kuÅ(c) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn

(d) Pune/iq.ksAns:–(a)EXIM Bank head quarters located at Mumbai. Export–ImportBankofIndia(EXIMBank)isaspecializedfinancialinstitution,whollyownedby/eqacbZ esa fLFkr EXIMcSad dk gsM DokVZjA ,DliksVZ&bEiksVZ cSad vkWiQ bafM;k (EXIMBank),d fo'ks"k foRrh; laLFkku gS] tks Hkkjr ljdkj ds LokfeRo esa gS] ftls 1982 esa LFkkfir fd;k x;k FkkA5. Where is the Headquarters of New Development Bank

(NDB)? U;w MsoyiesaV cSad (,uMhch dk) eq[;ky; dgka gS\

(a) Brasilia,Brazil/czklhfy;k] czkthy(b) Moscow,Russia/ekWLdks] :l

(c) NewDelhi,India/ubZ fnYyh] Hkkjr(d) Shanghai,China/'ka?kkbZ] phu

Ans:–(d)The New Development Bank, formerly referred to as theBRICS Development Bank, is a multilateral developmentbankestablishedbytheBRICScountries./U;w MsoyiesaV cSad] ftls igys fczDl MsoyiesaV cSad ds :i esa tkuk Fkk] fczDl ns'kksa n~okjk LFkkfir ,d cgqi{kh; fodkl cSad gSA6. GoodPeopletogrowwith"isaTaglineofwhichBank? ^^xqM ihiy Vw xzks fon** fdl cSad dh ,d VSxykbu gS\

(a) ICICIBank/vkbZlhvkbZlhvkbZ cSad

(b) UnionBankofIndia/;wfu;u cSad vkWiQ bafM;k

(c) AllahabadBank/bykgkckn cSad(d) IndianOverseasBank/bafM;u vksojlht cSad

Ans:–(d)GoodPeople togrowwith” isaTaglineof IndianOverseasBank./vPNs yksxksa ds lkFk fodkl djuk ^^bafM;u vksojlht cSad dh ,d VSxykbu gSA7. ASBAmeans–––––––––. ASBAdk iw.kZ :i D;k gS\

(a) AllotmentSupportedbyBlockedAmount/vyksVesaV liksVsZM ckbZ CykWDM vekamV

(b) ApplicationSupportedbyBlockedAmount/,Iyhds'ku liksVsZM ckbZ CykWDM vekamV

(c) Application Supported by BankAccount/,Iyhds'ku liksVsZM ckbZ cSad vekmaV

(d) Allotment Supported by Bank Account/vyksVesaV liksVsZM ckbZ cSad vekmaV

Ans:–(b)ASBA meansApplication Supported by BlockedAmount./ASBAdk iw.kZ :i ,Iyhds'ku liksVsZM ckbZ CykWDM vekmaV gSA

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8. ‘TheDoingBusinessReport’ispreparedbywhichofthefollowingorganisationseveryyear?

fuEu esa ls dkSu lk laxBu izfro"kZ n Mªbax fctusl fjiksVZ* rS;kj djrk gS\

(a) AsianDevelopmentBank/,f'k;kbZ fodkl cSad

(b) WorldBank/fo'o cSad(c) InternationalMonetaryFund/varjkZ"Vªh; eqnzk dks"k

(d) WorldTradeOrganisation/fo'o O;kikj laxBuAns:–(b)‘TheDoingBusinessReport’ispreparedbytheWorldBankeveryyear./fo'o cSad izfro"kZ ^n Mwbax fctusl fjiksVZ* rS;kj djrk gSA9. WhoistheMD&CEOofPunjabNationalBank? iatkc us'kuy cSad ds ,eMh vkSj lhbZvksa dkSu gSa\

(a) SunilMehta/lquhy esgrk(b) RajnishKumar/jtuh'k dqekj

(c) S.S.MallikarjunaRao/,l- ,l- efYydktqZu jko

(d) Ms.PadmajaChunduru/lqJh iÁtk paqn:Ans:–(c)MD&CEOofPunjabNationalBank isS.S.MallikarjunaRao./iatkc us'kuy cSad ds ,eMh vkSj lhbZvks ,l-,l- efYydktqZu jko gSaA�0. A/An______chequecannotbepaidbeforeitsduedate. ,d----------------------psd dk Hkqxrku mldh fu;r frfFk ls iwoZ

ugha fd;k tk ldrkA

(a) Anti-dated/iwoZ&fnukafdr

(b) Dated/fnukafdr

(c) Post-dated/mÙkj fnukafdr

(d) Crossedcheque/js[kkafdrAns:–(c)Apost-datedchequecannotbepaidbefore itsduedate.Ananti-dated cheque is payable within three months from thedatespecifiedonthecheque./,d mRrj&fnukafdr psd dk Hkqxrku mldh fu;r frfFk ls iwoZ ugha fd;k tk ldrkA psd ij fun"V frfFk ls rhu eghuksa ds Hkhrj ,d iwoZ&fnuakfdr psd ns; gksrk gSA��. TheRupaycard lunchhasmadeSuadiArabia the third

nation in West Asia to initiate India’s digital paymentsystem.WhichwasthefirstothernationexceptIndiatolaunchtheRuPaycard?

:i;s dkMZ ykap djus ds lkFk gh Hkkjr ds fMftVy Hkqxrku iz.kkyh dks 'kq: djus ds fy, lÅnh vjc if'pe ,f'k;k esa rhljk ns'k cuk x;kA :i;s dkMZ ykWUp djus okyk Hkkjr ds ykok igyk vU; jk"Vª dkSu lk Fkk\

(a) Maldives/ekynho

(b) Bhutan/HkwVku(c) Pakistan/ikfdLrku

(d) Srilanka/Jhyadk

Ans:–(a)��. Which of the following bank has reduced the interest

rate on its savings account for balances below ₹1 lakh to 3.�5%from3.5%fromNovember�?

fuEufyf[kr esa ls fdl cSad us 1 uoacj ls cpr [kkrs esa 1 yk[k ls uhps tek ij C;kt nj 3-25» ls 3-5» dj nh gS\

(a) HDFCBank/,pMh,iQlh cSad(b) IndianBank/bafM;u cSad(c) AxisBank/,fDll cSad(d) StateBankofIndia/Hkkjrh; LVsV cSad

Ans:–(d)�3. Recently,onwhichbanktheReserveBankofIndia(RBI)

imposedapenaltyofRs.�crorefornotbringingdownthepromotershareholdingto40percent?

gky gh esa Hkkjrh; fjtoZ cSad (RBI)us fdl cSad ij izorZd dh fgLlsnkjh 40 izfr'kr rd ugha ykus ds fy, 1 djksM+ #i;s dk tqekZuk yxk;k gS\

(a) YESBank/;l cSad(b) ICICIBank/vkbZlhvkbZlhvkbZ cSad

(c) KotakMahindraBank/dksVd efganzk cSad

(d) BandhanBank/ca/u cSad

Ans:–(d)�4. WhereistheheadquartersofBIMSTEClocated? fcElVsd dk eq[;ky; dgk¡ fLFkr gS\

(a) Bangladesh/ckaXykns'k(b) Nepal/usiky(c) India/Hkkjr(d) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k

Ans:–(a)�5. Whichofthefollowingprivatebankhasalonereporteda

profit of ₹971.8 crore in July-September of FY20 which is much higher than the aggregate profit of ₹466.4 crore ofpublic-sectorbanks?

fuEufyf[kr esa ls fdl futh cSad us vdsys foÙr o"kZ 2015 ds tqykbZ&flarcj esa 971-8 djksM+ #- dk ykHk ntZ fd;k gS tks lkoZtfud {ks=k ds cSadksa ds 4466-4 djksM+ #- ds dqy ykHk ls cgqr vf/d gS\

(a) HDFCBank/,pMh,iQlh cSad(b) YESBank/;l cSad(c) BandhanBank/ca/u cSad

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(d) KotakMahindraBank/dksVd efganzk cSad

Ans:–(c)�6. Whichofthefollowinghasintroduced‘ProjectZero’in

India? fuEufyf[kr esa ls fdlus Hkkjr esa ^izkstsDV thjksa dk vkjEHk

fd;k gS\

(a) Flipkart/fÝyi dkVZ

(b) Myntra/feU=kk(c) Snapdeal/LuSi Mhy(d) Amazon/vestkWu

Ans:–(d)�7. Aspersection�7ofBankingRegulationAct�949,every

banking company incorporated in India is required totransfertostatutoryreserveatleast:

cSafdax fofu;eu vf/fu;e 1949 dh /kjk 17 ds vuqlkj] Hkkjr esa fuxfer izR;sd cSafdax daiuh dks de ls de oS/kfud fjtoZ esa fdrus LFkkukarj.k dh vko';drk gksrh gS\

(a) 50%ofprofitafterdividend/ykHkka'k ds ckn ykHk dk

50»

(b) �0%ofprofitbeforedividend/ykHkka'k ls igys ykHk dk 20»

(c) �5%oftotalprofits/dqy ykHk dk 15»

(d) �0%oftotalprofits/dqy ykHk dk 20»

Ans:–(b)�8. Theminimumbalanceinthesavingsaccountisprescribed

by: cpr [kkrs esa U;wure 'ks"k jkf'k fu/kZfjr dh tkrh gS%

(a) IBA/vkbZ ch , n~okjk

(b) RBI/vkjchvkbZ n~okjk

(c) Banksthemselves/Lo;a cSad n~okjk

(d) BIS/ch vkbZ ,l n~okjk

Ans:–(c)�9. Whichofthefollowingactgiveslegalstatustoadigital

signature? fuEufyf[kr esa ls dkSu lk vf/fu;e ,d fMftVy gLrk{kj dks

dkuwuh ntkZ nsrk gS\

(a) IncomeTaxAct�96�/vk;dj vf/fu;e 1961

(b) Right to Information Act �005/lwpuk dk vf/dkj vf/fu;e 2005

(c) RBIAct�934/vkjchvkbZ vf/fu;e 1934

(d) Information TechnologyAct �000/lwpuk izkSn~;ksfxdh vf/fu;e 2000

Ans:–(d)

�0. Asian Infrastructure InvestmentBank (AIIB) is to lenda________ loan todevelopasuburban railnetwork inMumbai.

,f'k;u bUizQkLVªDpj bUosLVesaV cSad (AIIB) eqacbZ esa ,d miuxjh; jsy usVodZ fodflr djus ds fy,---------------Í.k nsxhA

(a) $�00million/$�00fefy;u(b) $500million/$500fefy;u(c) $600million/$600fefy;u(d) $400million/$400fefy;u

Ans:–(b)��. ForeignExchangeRegulationAct(FERA)of�947,was

subsequently replacedbyForeignExchangeRegulationAct,__________.

fons'kh eqnzk fofu;eu vf/fu;e (FERA),�947dks fons'kh eqnzk fofu;eu vf/fu;e (FERA) --------------------------ls izfrLFkkfir fd;k x;kA

(a) �978(b) �950(c) �984(d) �973

Ans:–(d)��. Which country is the world’s largest consumer of

Almonds? cknke dk lcls cM+k miHkksDrk dkSu lk ns'k gS\

(a) China/phu(b) Spain/Lisu(c) UnitedState/la;qDr jkT; vesfjdk

(d) Vietnam/fo;ruke

Ans:–(c)�3. “Pure Banking Nothing Else” is a tagline of which

Bank? ^^I;ksj cSfdax ufFkax ,Yl** ;g fdl cSad dh VSxykbu gS\

(a) ICICIBank/vkbZlhvkbZlhvkbZ cSad

(b) UTIBank/;wVhvkbZ cSad

(c) SBIBank/,lchvkbZ cSad

(d) HDFCBank/,pMh,iQlh cSad

Ans:–(c)�4. Disinvestmentmeans- fofuos'k dk vFkZ gksrk gS&

(a) Toreducethegovernmentshareintheprivatesector./futh {ks=k esa ljdkj dk fgLlk de djuk

(b) ToreducegovernmentshareintheFDI./,iQ-Mh-vkbZ-

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esa ljdkj ds fgLls dks de djuk

(c) ToreducegovernmentshareinMarket./cktkj iwath esa ljdkj dk fgLlk de djuk(d) Toreducethegovernmentshareinthepublicsector./lkoZtfud mn~;ksxksa esa ljdkj dk fgLlk de djuk

Ans:–(d)�5. Economicplanningisanimportantfeatureof________. vkfFkZd fu;kstu---------------------dh ,d egRoiw.kZ fo'ks"krk gSA

(a) MixedEconomy/fefJr vFkZO;oLFkk

(b) SocialistEconomy/lektoknh vFkZO;oLFkk

(c) DualEconomy/nksgjh vFkZO;oLFkk

(d) CapitalistEconomy/iwathoknh vFkZO;oLFkk

Ans:–(b)�6. The first attempt to calculateNational Incomeof India

wasmadeby______________in�867-68. Hkkjr dh jk"Vªh; vk; dh x.kuk djus dk izFke iz;kl------------

n~okjk 1867&68 esa fd;k x;k FkkA

(a) GopalKrishnaGokhale/xksiky Ñ".k xks[kys

(b) JusticeRanade/tfLVl jkukMs(c) DadabhaiNaroji/nknkHkkbZ ukSjksth(d) P.C.Mahalanobis/ih-lh- egkyuksfczl

Ans:–(c)�7. The NOTA option first used in the election of which

year? uksVk fodYi dk mi;ksx igyh ckj fdl o"kZ ds pquko esa fd;k

x;k Fkk\

(a) �006(b) �008(c) �0��(d) �0�3

Ans:–(d)�8. WhatdoesMIGSstandsfor? ,evkbZth,l dk iw.kZ :i D;k gS\

(a) MinimumIncomeGroupScheme/U;wure vk; lewg ;kstuk

(b) Middle Income Group Scheme/eè; vk; lewg ;kstuk

(c) MiddleIncentiveGroupScheme/eè; izksRlkgu lewg ;kstuk

(d) MinimumIncentiveGroupScheme/U;wure izksRlkgulewg ;kstuk

Ans:–(b)

�9. WhatisanOpenMarketOperation? [kqyk cktkj ifjpkyu D;k gS\

(a) It is release of funds by RBI in Open Market/[kqys cktkj esa vkjchvkbZ n~okjk fuf/;k¡ tkjh djuk(b) ItisstandbyfacilitytobanksbyRBIforinfusionofliquidity/pyfuf/ dks miyC/ djus ds fy, vkjchvkbZ n~okjk cSadks dks vkikrh lqfo/k(c) It is buyingor sellingofgovernmentbonds in theopenmarketbyCentralBanktoinjectorsuckliquidityfromthesystem/dsanzh; cSad n~okjk iz.kkyh esa pyfuf/ ykus vkSj gVkus ds fy, [kqys cktkj esa ljdkjh ckaM dks [kjhnuk ;k cspukA

(d) Alloftheabove/mi;qDrZ lHkh

Ans:–(c)30. WhatisthefullformofSECC? ,lbZlhlh dk iw.kZ :i D;k gS\

(a) Socio Economic Class Survey/lksflvks bdkWuksfed Dykl losZ

(b) Socio Economic Caste Service/lksflvks bdkWuksfed dkLV lfoZl

(c) SocialEarningClassSurvey/lks'ky vfuZax Dykl losZa

(d) Socio Economic Caste Census/lksflvksa bdkWuksfed dkLV lsUll

Ans:–(d)3�. AsperSEBI,inhowmanydaysalllistedcompanieswill

havetobedisclosedanydefaultofpaymentsofinterestor principal on loans taken from financial institutions,includingbanks?

lsch ds vuqlkj] fdrus fnuksa esa lHkh lwphc¼ daifu;ksa dks cSadksa lfgr foÙrh; laLFkkuksa ls fy, x, Í.k ij C;kt ;k ewy/u ds Hkqxrku ds fdlh Hkh fMiQkWYV dk [kqyklk djuk gksxk\

(a) 40days/fnuksa(b) 50days/fnuksa(c) 60days/fnuksa(d) 30days/fnuksa

Ans:–(d)3�. WhatistherankofIndiain�0�9GlobalTerrorismIndex

released by the Sydney-based Institute for EconomicsandPeace?

flMuh fLFkr baLVhV~;wV iQWkj bdksukWfeDl ,aM ihl n~okjk tkjh 2019 Xykscy VsjfjTe baMsDl esa Hkkjr dh jSad D;k gS\

(a) �0th/10oha(b) 7th/7oha(c) 5th/5oha

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(d) 6th/6oha

Ans:–(b)33. How many shares will the Kerala-based private sector

lenderCSBBankputupforsale? dsjy fLFkr futh {ks=k dk Í.knkrk lh,lch cSad fdrus va'kksa

dh fcØh djsxk\

(a) �0millionShares/10 fefy;u va'k

(b) 5millionShares/5 fefy;u va'k

(c) �9millionShares/19 fefy;u va'k

(d) ��millionShares/21 fefy;u va'k

Ans:–(d)34. Vijay Shekhar Sharma is the founder of which bank/

organization? fot; 'ks[kj 'kekZ fdl cSad ;k laLFkk ds laLFkkid gSa\

(a) KotakMahindraBank/dksVd efganzk cSad

(b) Paytm/isVh,e(c) Uber/mcj(d) AirtelPaymentBank/,;jVsy isesaV cSad

Ans:–(b)35. WhereistheheadquartersofUjjivanSmallFinanceBank

Limitedlocated? mTthou LekWy iQkbusasl cSad fyfeVsM dk eq[;ky; dgk¡ fLFkr

gS\

(a) Thrissur/f=k'kwj(b) Ahmadabad/vgenkckn

(c) Kolkata/dksydkÙkk

(d) Bangalore/cSaxyksj

Ans:–(d)36. Deutsche Bank AG is a _________ multinational

investmentbankandfinancialservicescompany. M~;w'k cSad ,th ,d-------------------cgqjk"Vªh; fuos'k cSad vkSj

foRrh; lsok daiuh gSA

(a) Japanese/tkikuh(b) American/vesfjdu

(c) Russian/:lh(d) German/teZu

Ans:–(d)37. Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Mandhan is a social

welfare scheme. How much minimum assured pensionthe subscriberwill receiveafterattaining theageof60years?

iz/kuea=kh Je ;ksxh eku/u ,d lkekftd dY;k.k ;kstuk gSA 60 o"kZ dh vk;q izkIr djus ds ckn xzkgd dks fdruh U;wure

lqfuf'pr isa'ku feysxh\

(a) Rs.4,000(b) Rs.�,000(c) Rs.3,000(d) Rs.5,000

Ans:–(c)38. WhichBankhastoppedtheRRBsintermsofachievement

ofRupayCardtransactiontargets(POSandeCOM)? fdl cSad us vkjvkjch esa #i;s dkMZ ysunsu y{; (ihvks,l

vkSj bZdkWe) dh miyfC/ ds ekeys esa 'kh"kZLFkku izkIr fd;k gS\

(a) DelhiGraminBank/fnYyh xzkeh.k cSad(b) AssamGraminBank/vle xzkeh.k cSad

(c) J&KGraminBank/tEew&d'ehj xzkeh.k cSad

(d) ManipurGraminBank/ef.kiqj xzkeh.k cSad

Ans:–(c)39. Which of the following banks is not a nationalized

bank? fuEufyf[kr esa ls dkSu lk cSad ,d jk"Vh;Ñr cSad ugha gS\

(a) Syndicatebank/flafMdsV cSad

(b) AxisBank/,sfDll cSad(c) CentralBankofIndia/lsaVªy cSad vkWiQ bafM;k

(d) BankofMaharashtra/iatkc us'kuy cSad

Ans:–(b)40. WhatisanOpenMarketOperation? [kqyk cktkj ifjpkyu D;k gS\

(a) It is release of funds by RBI in Open Market/[kqys cktkj esa vkjchckbZ n~okjk fuf/;k¡ tkjh djukA(b) ItisstandbyfacilitytobanksbyRBIforinfusionofliquidity/pyfuf/ dks miyC/ djus ds fy, vkjchvkbZ n~okj cSadks dks vkikrh lqfo/k (c) It is buyingor sellingofgovernmentbonds in theopenmarketbyCentralBanktoinjectorsuckliquidityfromthesystem/dsanzh; cSad n~okjk iz.kkyh esa pyfuf/ ykus vkSj gVkus ds fy, [kqys cktkj esa ljdkjh ckaM dks [kjhnuk ;k cspukA

(d) Alloftheabove/mi;qDrZ lHkh

Ans:–(c)4�. Whichmajormarketsegmentsareunder the regulatory

ambitoftheReserveBankofIndia? fjt+oZ cSad fofu;ked {ks=kkf/dkj esa vkus okyk izeq[k cktkj

[kaM dkSu&lk gS\

(a) Interestratemarkets/C;kt nj cktkj

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(b) GovernmentSecuritiesmarket/ljdkjh izfrHkwfe cktkj

(c) Moneymarkets/eqnzk cktkj(d) Allofthese/;s lHkh

Ans:–(d)Major market segments under the regulatory ambit of theReserveBankareinterestratemarkets,includingGovernmentSecuritiesmarketandmoneymarkets;dervatives/fjt+oZ cSad ds fofu;ked {ks=kkf/dkj esa vkus okys izeq[k cktkj [kaMksa esa ljdkjh izfrHkwfr cktkj vkSj eqnzk cktkj lfgr C;kt nj cktkj] fons'kh eqnzk cktkj] C;kt njksa] ewY;ksa] fjiks] fons'kh eqnzk nj ij MsfjosfVO; vkSj ØsfMV MsfjosfVOt 'kkfey gSaA4�. ____________ refers to economic condition where

economicgrowthisveryslowandpricesarerising. ---------------------,d vkfFkZd fLFkfr gksrh gS tgka vkfFkZd fodkl

cgqr /hek gksrk gS vkSj dhersa c<+rh tkrh gSaA

(a) Inflation/eqnzkLiQhfr(b) Deflation/viLiQhfr

(c) Stagflation/LVSxÝys'ku(d) Hyperinflation/vfr eqnzkLiQhfr

Ans:–(c)Stagflation refers to economic condition where economicgrowthisverysloworstagnantandpricesarerising./LVSxÝys'ku ,d ,slh vkfFkZd fLFkfr dks lanfHkZr djrk gS tgka vkfFkZd fodkl cgqr /hek ;k fLFkj gksrk gS vkSj dhersa c<+rh tkrh gSaA43. Which of the following operation cannot be done by

SmallFinanceBanks? y?kq foRr cSadksa n~okjk fuEu esa ls dkSu lk dk;Z ugha fd;k tk

ldrk gS\

(a) SellForex/fons'kh eqnzk cspuk(b) SellMF/,e,iQ cspuk(c) Can convert to full-fledge bank/iw.kZr;k cSad es ifjorZu

(d) GrantLargeLoans/cM+s Í.k vuqnkuAns:–(d)SmallfinancebanksareatypeofnichebanksinIndia.Bankswithasmallfinancebanklicensecanprovidebasicbankingserviceofacceptanceofdepositsandleading./y?kq foRr cSad Hkkjr esa ,d vkyk cSad gSaA ,d Nksrs foRr cSad ykblsal okys cSad tek vkSj Í.k nsus dh Lohd`fr dh ewyHkwr cSafdx lsok iznku dj ldrs gSaA44. Which of the following statement is/are true about

NABARD? ukckMZ ds ckjs esa fuEufyf[kr esa ls dkSu lk dFku lgh gSa\

(a) It was established on the recommendations of

B.Sivaramman Committee/bldh LFkkiuk ch- f'kojkeu lfefr dh fliQkfj'kksa ij dh xbZ Fkh\

(b) ItsHeadquarterislocatedinMumbai/bldk eq[;ky; eqacbZ esa fLFkr gS(c) HarshKumarBanwalaisthaChairmanofNABARD/g"kZ dqekj cuokyk ukckMZ ds ps;jeSu gSa

(d) AlloftheAbove/mijksDr lHkhAns:–(d)NABARD was established on the recommendations of B.SivarammanCommittee,(byAct6�,�98�ofParliament)on��July�98�toimplementtheNationalBankforAgricultureandRuralDevelopmentAct�98�./us'kuy cSad iQkWj ,xzhdYpj ,aM :jy MsoyiesaV ,DV 1981 dks ykxw djus ds fy, 12 tqykbZ 1982 dks B.SivarammanCommittee(laln ds vf/fu;e 61] 1981 n~okjk) dh fliQkfj'kksa ij NABARDdh LFkkiuk dh xbZ FkhA 45. WhatisthetaglineofIndusIndBank? baMlbaM cSad dh VSxykbu D;k gS\

(a) YourPerfectBankingPartner/vkidk ijisQDV cSafdax ikVZuj

(b) WeMakeYouFeelRicher/oh esd ;q iQhy fjpj

(c) ProsperityforAll/izksLisfjVh iQWkj vky

(d) Togetherwecan/Vwxsnj oh dSuAns:–(b)IndusInd Bank Limited is a Mumbai based Indian newgenerationbank,establishedin�994./baMlbaM cSad fyfeVsM ,d eqacbZ fLFkr Hkkjrh; ubZ ih<+h dk cSad gS] ftls 1994 esa LFkkfir fd;k x;k FkkA46. NASDAQisastockexchangeofwhichofthefollowing

country? uSLMsd fuEufyf[kr esa ls fdl ns'k dk LVkWd ,Dlpsat gS\

(a) China/phu(b) UnitedStates/la;qDr jkT; vesfjdk

(c) Japan/tkiku(d) UnitedKingdom/;wds

Ans:–(b)The NASDAQ Stock Market, also known as Nasdaq is anAmericanstockexchange./uSLMSd LVkWd ekdsZV] ftls uSLMSd ds uke ls Hkh tkuk tkrk gS ,d vesfjdh LVkWd ,Dlpsat gSaaA47. If Reserve Bank of India reduces the Bank Rate, what

willbeitsimpact? vxj Hkkjrh; fjt+oZ cSad cSad nj dks de dj nsrk gS] rks bldk

D;k vlj gksxk\

(a) Liquiditydecrease/rjyrk de gks tk,xh

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(b) Liquidityincrease/rjyrk esa o`f¼ gksxh(c) No change in liquidity/rjyrk esa dksbZ ifjorZu ugha gksxk

(d) Allofthese/;s lHkhAns:–(b)IfReserveBankofIndiareducestheBankRate,liquiditywillincrease./vxj Hkkjrh; fjt+oZ cSad cSad nj dks de dj nsrk gS] rks rjyrk esa o`f¼ gksxh48. CurrentBankrate_____. orZeku cSad nj-----------A

(a) 4.50(b) 5.�5(c) 5.40(d) 4.65

Ans:–(c)

CurrentBankrateis5.40percent/orZeku cSad nj 5-40 izfr'kr gSA49. In which year the financial market reforms begin with

SukhamoyChakravartyandVaghulCommittee? fdl o"kZ esa lq[ke; pØorhZ vkSj ok?kqy lfefr ds lkFk foRrh;

cktkj lq/kj 'kq: gq,\

(a) �980(b) �98�(c) �987(d) �985

Ans:–(d)In�985 the financialmarket reformsbeginwithSukhamoyChakravartyandVaghulCommittee./lq[ke; pØorhZ vkSj ok?kqy lfefr ds lkFk 1985 esa foRrh; cktkj lq/kj 'kq: gq,A50. Which was the first Indian RRB that achieved Core

BankingSolution(CBS)in�0��? 2011 esa dksj cSfdax lek/ku (lhch,l) izkIr djus okyh

igyk Hkkjrh; vkjvkjch dkSu Fkk\

(a) PallavanBank/iYyou cSad(b) RushikulyaGramyaBank/#f'kdY; xzkE; cSad

(c) Allahabad UP Gramin Bank/bykgkckn ;wih xzkeh.k cSad

(d) Bangiya gramin Vikash Bank/caX;k xzkehu fodkl cSad

Ans:–(b)Rushikulya Gramya Bank was the first Indian RRB thatachievedCoreBankingSolution(CBS)in�0��./2011 esa dksj cSfdax lek/ku (lhch,l) izkIr djus okyk igyk Hkkjrh; vkjvkjch

#f'kdY; cSad FkkA5�. Chequesthatareissuedbyabankandfunctionascash

butareprotectedagainstlossortheftarecalled- cSad n~okjk fuxZfer fd;k tkus okyk psd tks udnh ds :i esa

dk;Z djrk gS ysfdu] gkfu ;k pksjh ds f[kykiQ lqjf{kr gksrk gS] mls D;k dgk tkrk gS\

(a) Traveler’sCheque/;k=kh psd(b) NegotiableCheque/ijØkE; psd

(c) CrossedCheque/js[kakfdr psd

(d) SpecialCheque/fo'ks"k psd

Ans:–(a)5�. Exchange control was introduced in India under the

DefenceofIndiaRuleson_________. Hkkjr esa fons'kh eqnzk fu;a=k.k Hkkjr j{kk dkuwu (DIR)--------------

--dks 'kq: gqvk FkkA

(a) ��-Sep-�939/11 flracj 1939(b) ��-Sep-�939/21 flracj 1939(c) �3-Sep-�939/13 flracj 1939(d) 03-Sep-�939/03 flracj 1939

Ans:–(d)53. ExternalAffairsMinisterS.Jaishankarembarkedhisfirst

bilateralvisitto______. fons'k ea=kh ,l t;'kadj us-------------------dh viuh igyh

n~foi{kh; ;k=kk laiUu dhA

(a) Bangladesh/ckaXykns'k(b) Bhutan/HkwVku(c) Nepal/usiky(d) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k

Ans:–(b)54. InwhichcityG-�0FinanceMinistersandCentralBank

Governors�0�9annualspringmeetingwasheld? fdl 'kgj esa th &20 ds foRr eaf=k;ksa vkSj dsanzh; cSad ds

xouZlZ 2019 dh okf"kZd olar cSBd vk;ksftr dh xbZ Fkh\

(a) Washington,DC.,U.S/okf'kaxVu] Mhlh] ;w-,l-(b) Seoul,SouthKorea/fl;ksy] nf{k.k dksfj;k

(c) Brasília,Brazil/czkthfy;k] czkthy(d) Moscow,Russia/ekLdks] :l

Ans:–(a)55. TheGlobalHungerIndex(GHI)isjointlypublishedby

Concern worldwide and Welthungerhilfe. What is therankofIndiaamong��7countries?

Xykscy gaxj baMsDl (GHI)la;qDr :i ls nqfu;k Hkj esa vkSj osYFkgaxykbiQ n~okjk izdkf'kr fd;k tkrk gSA 117 ns'kksa ds chp

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Hkkjr dk LFkku D;k gS\

(a) �00th/100oka(b) �0�th/101oka(c) �0�th/102oka(d) �03th/103oka

Ans:–(c)56. Inwhich yearLiberalizedExchangeRateManagement

System(LERMS)wasinstituted? mnkjhÑr fofue; nj izca/ iz.kkyh (LERMS)fdl o"kZ esa ykxw

dh xbZ Fkh\

(a) Mar–�990/ekpZ 1990(b) Mar–�99�/ekpZ 1991(c) Mar–�99�/ekpZ 1992(d) Mar–�993/ekpZ 1993

Ans:–(c)57. MicrocreditinIndiacomesunder_________. Hkkjr esa lw{e Í.k------------------------ds varxZr vkrk gSA

(a) PrivateBanking/futh cSfdax

(b) NBFC/,uch,iQlh(c) RuralBanking/xzkeh.k cSafdax

(d) CooperativeBanking/lgdkjh cSafdax

Ans:–(b)58. StateBankofIndiawasearlierknownas: Hkkjrh; LVsV cSad dks igys fdl uke ls tkuk tkrk Fkk\

(a) BankofHindustan/cSad vkWiQ fganqLrku

(b) ImperialBankofIndia/baihfj;y cSad vkWiQ bafM;k

(c) BankofCalcutta/cSad vkWiQ dydRrk

(d) BankofMaharashtra/cSad vkWiQ egkjk"Vª

Ans:–(b)59. The concept of mutual funds was found in which

country? e;wpqvy iQaM dh vo/kj.kk fdl ns'k esa fodflr gqbZ Fkh\

(a) China/phu(b) Japan/tkiku(c) India/Hkkjr(d) Brazil/czkthy

Ans:–(d)60. TheIndustrialDevelopmentBankofIndiawassetupas

awhollyownedsubsidiaryof____________. Hkkjrh; vkSn~;ksfxd fodkl cSad dks-----------------dh iw.kZ LokfeRo

okyh lgk;d daiuh ds :i esa LFkkfir fd;k x;k FkkA

(a) RBI/Hkkjrh; fjtoZ cSad

(b) SBI/Hkkjrh; LVsV cSad(c) SEBI/lsch(d) IRDA/vkbZvkjMh,

Ans:–(a)

K/d6�. InflationismeasuredbywhichindexinIndia? Hkkjr esa eqnzkLiQhfr fdl lwpdkad n~okjk ekih tkrh gS\

(a) WholesalePriceIndex/Fkksd ewY; lwpdkad

(b) ConsumerPriceIndex/miHkksDrk ewY; lwpdkad

(c) Index of Agricultural Production/Ñf"k mRiknu dk ewY; lwpdkad

(d) NationalDomesticProduct/jk"Vªh; ?kjsyw mRikn

Ans:–(b)6�. WhichofthefollowingactivitydoesnotcomeunderPara

BankingServices? fuEufyf[kr esa ls dkSu lh xfrfof/ iSjk cSafdax lsok ds varxZr

ugha vkrh gS\

(a) Insurance/chek(b) PortfolioManagement/iksVZiQksfy;ks izca/u(c) MutualFundBusiness/E;wpqvy iQaM

(d) Givingcredit/'kk[k nsuk

Ans:–(d)63. WhoamongthefollowinghasanoptiontoopenaNon-

ResidentOrdinaryRupee(NRO)account? fuEufyf[kr esa ls fdlds ikl xSj&fuoklh lk/kj.k #i;k

(,uvkjvks) [kkrk [kksyus dk fodYi gS\

(a) Non-Resident of India (NRI)/vizoklh Hkkjrh; (,uvkjvkbZ)

(b) PersonofIndianOrigin(PIO)/Hkkjrh; ewy ds O;fDr (ihvkbZvks)

(c) Overseas Citizen of India (OCI)/Hkkjr ds izoklh ukxfjd (vkslhvkbZ)

(d) Alltheabove/mijksDr esa ls dksbZ ugha

Ans:–(d)64. Theloanstakenfromalenderandhastoberepaidaftera

fixedintervaloftimearecalled: ,d Í.knkrk ls fy;k x;k Í.k vkSj mls ,d fuf'pr le;

varjky ds ckn pqdkuk gksrk gS mls dgrs gSa%

(a) Formalsectorloans/vkSipkfjd {ks=k Í.k

(b) Informalsectorloans/vukSipkfjd {ks=k ds Í.k

(c) Generalloans/lkekU; Í.k

(d) Commercialloans/okf.kfT;d Í.k

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Ans:–(c)65. WhatisthehighestrateofGST? th,lVh dh mPpre nj D;k gS\

(a) �5%(b) ��%(c) 30%(d) �8%

Ans:–(d)66. What is the maximum amount that can be transferred

through theAadhaar Enabled Payment System (AEPS)peraccountperday?

og vf/dre jkf'k fdruh gS tks vk/kj l{ke Hkqxrku iz.kkyh (AEPS)ds ekè;e ls izfr fnu izfr [kkrs esa gLrkarfjr dh tk ldrh gS\

(a) �5000Rs.(b) �0000Rs.(c) �5000Rs.(d) 50000Rs.

Ans:–(d)67. Inbankingparlance,CDSstandsfor________. cSafdax O;olk; esa] CDS dk iw.kZ :i-----------------------gSA

(a) CorporateDebtSwap/d(b) CorporateDilutionScheme/d(c) CreditDefaultSwap/d(d) CreditDeliveryScheme/d

Ans:–(c)68. Whichamongthefollowingdeterminestheabilityofany

organizationtomeetthefinanciallosses? fuEufyf[kr esa ls dkSu fdlh laxBu dh foRrh; ?kkVs dks iwjk

djus dh {kerk fu/kZfjr djrk gS\

(a) LiquidityRatio/rjyrk vuqikr

(b) InvestmentRatio/fuos'k vuqikr

(c) LeverageRatio/mRrksyu vuqikr

(d) TransferRatio/LFkkukarj.k vuqikr

Ans:–(c)69. Whoamongthefollowingisregardedas the‘Fatherof

Microfinance’? fuEufyf[kr esa ls fdls ^ekbØksiQkbusal ds tud* ds :i esa

ekuk tkrk gS\

(a) MuhammadYunus/eqgEen ;wuql(b) RaghuramRajan/j?kqjke jktu(c) AmartyaSen/veR;Z lsu

(d) PaulKrugman/ikWy ØwxeSu

Ans:–(a)70. PANcardtotallyconsistsof_______characters. iSu dkMZ esa iwjh rjg--------------v{kj ls cus gksrs gSaA

(a) 8(b) 7(c) 9(d) �0

Ans:–(d)7�. Wherewasthe��ndsessionoftheGeneralAssemblyof

StatesPartiestotheWorldHeritageConventionheld? oYMZ gsfjVst dUosa'ku ds fy, jkT;ksa dh fo/kulHkkvksa dh

egklHkk dk 22oka l=k dgka vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) Stockholm/LVkWd gkse

(b) London/yanu(c) Paris/isfjl(d) Vienna/fo;uk

Ans:–(c)ThailandhasbeenelectedasamemberoftheWorldHeritageCommittee. It was selected during the ��nd session of theGeneral Assembly of States Parties to the World HeritageConventioninParis.7�. WhichIndianrankedamongthetop�0oftheReal-Time

BillionairesListofForbes�0�9? iQksClZ 2019 dh fj;y&Vkbe fcfy;us;lZ lwph ds 'kh"kZ 10 esa

ls fdl Hkkjrh; dks LFkku feyk\

(a) LakshmiMittal/y{eh feÙky(b) N.R.NarayanaMurthy/,u vkj ukjk;.k ewfrZ

(c) RatanTATA/jru VkVk(d) MukeshAmbani/eqds'k vackuh

Ans:–(d)RelianceIndustries(RIL)chiefMukeshAmbanirankedasthe9thrichestpersongloballyintheReal-TimeBillionairesListofForbes.Hisnetworthwas$60billion.Ambanimadeittothedailylistofthetop�0richestpeopleintheworldbecauseoftheincreaseinthesharepriceofhisflagshipfirmRelianceIndustries.73. Where did the Indian Navy test-fire the Brahmos

supersoniccruisemissile? Hkkjrh; ukSlsuk us czg~eksl lqijlksfud Øwt felkby dk ijh{k.k

dgka ls fd;k\

(a) Odishacoast/vksfM'kk rV

(b) ArabianSea/vjc lkXkj

(c) Chennaicoast/psUubZ rV

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(d) Mumbaicoast/eqacbZAns:–(b)IndianNavy successfully test-fired the�90kmstrike rangeBrahmos supersonic cruise missile. The supersonic cruisemissilewastest-firedintheArabianSea.74. WithwhichCountrydidIndiasigntoenabletheUniversity

tosetupitscampusinthecountry? fdl ns'k ds lkFk Hkkjr us fo'ofo|ky; dks ns'k esa viuk

ifjlj LFkkfir djus esa l{ke cukus ds fy, gLrk{kj fd,\

(a) Qatar/drj

(b) Dubai/nqcbZ(c) SaudiArabia/lÅnh vjc

(d) Cyprus/lkbçlAns:–(a)Maharashtra’s Savitribai Phule Pune Universit (STPU)and Qatar’s Milestone International Education signed amemorandumofunderstanding(MoU)toenabletheUniversitytosetupitscampusinDoha.75. WhenwastheWorldAIDSDayfirstobserved? fo'o ,M~l fnol igyh ckj dc euk;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) �980 (b) �980(c) �988 (d) �994

Ans:–(c)WorldAIDSDaywasfirstobservedon�stDecember�988.The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS(UNAIDS ) took the lead on campaigning forWorldAIDSDayfrom�994-�004.76. IndiahasreaffirmedtosupportButan’s________5-year

plan. Hkkjr us cqVku dh ----------- 5 o"khZ; ;kstuk dk leFkZu djus dh

iqf"V dh gSA

(a) �0th/10oha(b) ��th/12oha(c) �4th/14oha(d) �5th/15oha

Ans:–(b)The �nd Annual India-Bhutan Development CooperationTalks have held New Delhi. The talks aimed at renewingIndia’s commitment to supporting projects under Bhutan’songoingtwelfthfive-yearplan,thatisfrom�0�8-�3.77. Wherewasthe50thInternationalFilmFestivalofIndia

(IFFI)held? Hkkjr dk 50oka varjkZ"Vªh; fiQye lekjksg (IFFI)dgka vk;ksftr

fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh

(b) Jaipur/t;iqj(c) Goa/Xkksok(d) Mumbai/eqacbZ

Ans:–(c)The50thInternationalFilmFestivalofIndia(IFFI)hasbeenscheduled was held from �0th November to -�8 November�0�9inGoa.78. Which country was elected as a member of the World

HeritageCommittee? fdl ns'k dks fo'o fojklr lfefr ds lnL; ds :i esa pquk

Xk;k Fkk\

(a) India/bafM;k(b) Thailand/FkkbZySaM(c) CostaRica/dksLVk fjdk

(d) Cyprus/lkbçlAns:–(b)ThailandhasbeenelectedasamemberoftheWorldHeritageCommittee. It was selected during the ��nd session of theGeneral Assembly of States Parties to the World HeritageConventioninParis.79. MukeshAmbanirankedasthe__________richestperson

globally in the Real-Time Billionaires List of Forbes�0�9.

eqds'k vackuh dks iQksClZ 2019 dh fj;y&Vkbe fcfy;us;lZ fyLV esa oSf'od Lrj ij ---------- lcls vehj O;fDr ds :i esa LFkku fn;k Xk;k gSA

(a) 5th/5oha(b) 7th/7oha(c) 8th/8oha(d) 9th/9oha

Ans:–(d)RelianceIndustries(RIL)chiefMukeshAmbanirankedasthe9thrichestpersongloballyintheReal-TimeBillionairesListofForbes.Hisnetworthwas$60billion.Ambanimadeittothedailylistofthetop�0richestpeopleintheworldbecauseoftheincreaseinthesharepriceofhisflagshipfirmRelianceIndustries.80. WhenistheWorldAIDSDayobserved? fo'o ,M~l fnol dc euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) �November/1 uoacj(b) �May/1 ebZ(c) �August/1 vXkLr

(d) �December/1 fnlacjAns:–(d)

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WorldAIDSDayisobservedon�Decembereveryyear.ThedayaimstoraisepublicawarenessaboutAIDS.Thedayaimstomotivatethepeoplewhoareinfectedbythefataldisease.8�. WhichmoviewontheGoldenPeacockAwardatthe50th

InternationalFilmFestivalofIndia(IFFI)? Hkkjr ds 50osa varjkZ"Vªh; fiQYe lekjksg (IFFI) esa fdl fiQYe

us XkksYMu ihdkWd vokMZ thrk\

(a) Jallikattu/tYyhdV~Vw

(b) Particles/ikfVZdYl

(c) Balloon/cSywu(d) TheAspernPapers/,LiuZ isilZ

Ans:–(b)TheFrench-Swissco-produceddramafilmParticlesdirectedbyBlaiseHarrisonandproducedbyEstelleFialonwon theGoldenPeacockAwardatthe50thInternationalFilmFestivalofIndia(IFFI).Itisanambitiousyetmodestfilmaboutthemysteriesofbeingateenager.8�. With the selectionThailand as a member of theWorld

Heritage Committee, it would be serving the WorldHeritageCommitteeforthefourthtimeandtheperiodof________.

fo'o /jksgj lfefr ds lnL; ds :i esa FkkbZySaM ds p;u ds lkFk] ;g pkSFkh ckj vkSj ------------- dh vof/ ds fy, fo'o /jksgj lfefr dh lsok djsXkkA

(a) �0�� (b) �0��(c) �0�3 (d) �0�4

Ans:–(c)ThailandhasbeenelectedasamemberoftheWorldHeritageCommittee. It was selected during the ��nd session of theGeneral Assembly of States Parties to the World HeritageConventioninParis.Therepresentativesfrom�93countriescast their votes to fill nine vacant seats on the ��-memberWorld Heritage Committee. With this selection, it will bethe fourth time Thailand has served on the World HeritageCommittee.Thetermwouldendin�0�3.83. Which state celebrated the Indigenous Faith Day on �

December? 1 fnlacj dks fdl jkT; us Lons'kh fo'okl fnol euk;k\

(a) Bihar/fcgkj(b) Odisha/vksfM'kk

(c) Assam/vle

(d) ArunachalPradesh/v#.kkpy çns'kAns:–(d)The Indigenous Faith Day (IFD) �0�9 was celebrated on �December in Tezu, Arunachal Pradesh. The Day aims topreservetherichcultureandidentityoftheState.Thefunction

waspresidedbyTezulegislatorKarikhoKri.TheprogrammewasorganizedbytheIndigenousFaithandCulturalSocietyofArunachalPradesh(IFCSAP)ofTezu.84. Nagalandwascarvedoutfrom________. ukXkkySaM dks ----------- ls rjk'kk Xk;k FkkA

(a) Assam/vle

(b) ArunachalPradesh/v#.kkpy çns'k

(c) Manipur/ef.kiqj(d) Myanmar/E;kaekj

Ans:–(a)Nagaland celebrated its 57th statehood day on � December�0�9. Nagaland was carved out of Assam in �963. On �December�963,Dr.SRadhakrishnaninauguratedNagalandasthe�6thstateofthecountry.85. AjitDoval is the_________NationalSecurityAdvisor

(NSA)tothePrimeMinisterofIndia. vthr MksHkky Hkkjr ds ç/kuea=kh ds ----------- jk"Vªh; lqj{kk

lykgdkj (NSA)gSA(a) 5th/5oha(b) 7th/7oha(c) 9th/9oha(d) �4th/14oha

Ans:–(a)Ajit Doval is the 5th National Security Advisor (NSA) tothePrimeMinisterof India.He assumedofficeon30May�0�4.In�004-05,heservedastheDirectoroftheIntelligenceBureau.86. Nagaland celebrated ________ statehood day on �

December�0�9. 1 fnlacj 2019 dks ukXkkySaM us --------- jkT; fnol euk;kA

(a) 65th/65osa(b) 63rd/63osa(c) 57th/57osa(d) 5�nd/52osa

Ans:–(c)Nagaland celebrated its 57th statehood day on � December�0�9. Nagaland was carved out of Assam in �963. On �December�963,Dr.SRadhakrishnaninauguratedNagalandasthe�6thstateofthecountry.TheStategovernmentorganizedvariouseventsandfunctionsduringtheoccasion.87. When was the International Day for the Abolition of

Slaveryobserved? Xkqykeh ds mUewyu ds fy, varjkZ"Vªh; fnol dc euk;k Xk;k

Fkk\

(a) �0October/10 vDVwcj

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(c) �4November/14 uoacj(d) ��December/�2 fnlacj

Ans:–(d)International Day for the Abolition of Slavery is observedeveryyearon�December.Onthisdaypeoplesharetheirviewtowards slavery in writings through opinion pieces, poetry,interviews,shortstories,featurearticles,andotherpublishedmaterial.88. WhenwastheNagalandStateformed? ukXkkySaM jkT; dk XkBu dc gqvk\

(a) �December�96�/1 fnlacj 1962(b) �December�963/1 fnlacj 1963(c) �Demember/1 fnlacj 1964(d) �December�965/1 fnlacj 1965

Ans:–(b)Nagaland celebrated its 57th statehood day on � December�0�9.NagalandwascarvedoutofAssamin�963.89. InwhichstateisBhopallocated? Hkksiky fdl jkT; esa fLFkr gS\

(a) Chhattisgarh/NÙkhlXk<+(b) MadhyaPradesh/eè;çns'k(c) Maharashtra/egkjk"Vª(d) Bihar/fcgkj

Ans:–(b)BhopalisacityinthecentralIndianstateofMadhyaPradesh.It’soneofIndia’sgreenestcities.Therearetwomainlakes,theUpperLakeandtheLowerLake.90. Who is appointed as the new Controller General of

Accounts(CGA)witheffectfrom�December�0�9? 1 fnlacj 2019 ls u, fu;a=kd egkys[kkdkj (CGA)ds :i

ea fdls fu;qDr fd;k Xk;k gS\

(a) SomaRoyBurman/lksek jkW; ceZu(b) J.P.S.Chawla/tsih,l pkoyk(c) TaranjitSingh/rjuthr flag(d) ShS.G.Dastidar/Jh ,l-th- nLrhnkj

Ans:–(a)The government appointed Soma Roy Burman as the newController General of Accounts (CGA) with effect from �December�0�9.Ms.Burmanisthe�4thCGAofIndia.Sheistheseventhwomantoholdthisposition.9�. WhenwastheBhopalgastragedyhappened? Hkksiky XkSl =kklnh dc gqbZ Fkh\

(a) �966 (b) �976

(c) �984 (d) �99�Ans:–(c)The Bhopal gas tragedy happened on the night of �nd and3rdDecemberof�984.Thetragedyoccurredbecauseoftheunintentionaldischargeof thepoisonousMethyl Isocyanate(MIC) and some other chemicals released from the UnionCarbideChemicalPlantinBhopal.9�. SomaRoyBurmanisthe_________ControllerGeneral

ofAccounts(CGA)ofIndia. lksek jkW; ceZu Hkkjr ds --------- fu;a=kd egkys[kkdkj (CGA)gSA

(a) 7th/7oha(b) �5th/15oha(c) �4th/24oha(d) 3�nd/32osa

Ans:–(c)The government appointed Soma Roy Burman as the newController General of Accounts (CGA) with effect from �December�0�9.Ms.Burmanisthe�4thCGAofIndia.Sheistheseventhwomantoholdthisposition.93. Whicheditionof theExerciseMitraShaktibeganon�

December�0�9? 1 fnlacj 2019 dks vH;k; fe=k 'kfDr dk dkSu lk laLdj.k

'kq: gqvk\

(a) �nd (b) 4th(c) 7th (d) �0th

Ans:–(c)The seventh edition of Exercise Mitra Shakti-VII �0�9commencedon�December�0�9atAundhMilitaryStation,Pune.TheexerciseisheldbetweenIndianandSriLanka.TheexerciseisapartoftheUnitedNationspeacekeepingforces.94. WhichStatecelebratestheHornbillfestival? gkWuZfcy R;ksgkj fdl jkT; esa euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) Assam/vle

(b) Manipur/ef.kiqj(c) Bihar/fcgkj(d) Nagaland/uXkkySaM

Ans:–(d)The �0-day-long Hornbill Festival of Nagaland began atKisama, Nagaland on � December.The �0th edition of theHornbillfestivalwasinauguratedbytheStateGovernorR.N.Ravi.95. ExerciseHAND-IN-HAND�0�9isthe________edition

oftheIndia-ChinajointtrainingisheldundertheUnitedNationsmandate.

vH;kl gkFkksa esa gkFk HAND-IN-HAND�0�9la;qDr jk"Vª

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ds tukns'k ds rgr Hkkjr&phu la;qDr çf'k{k.k dk -------- laLdj.k gSA

(a) 5th/5oha(b) �nd/2okW(c) 8th/8oha(d) ��th/12oha

Ans:–(c)ExerciseHAND-IN-HAND�0�9istobeconductedatUmroi,Meghalaya.The8thIndia-Chinajoint trainingisheldundertheUnitedNationsmandate.Theexercisewillbeheldfrom7-�0December�0�9.96. ________haspartneredwithIndiaforabilateralproject

toconvertagriculturewastetobio-coal. -------------- us Ñf"k vif'k"V dks tSo&dks;yk esa cnyus ds f, ,d

f}i{kh; ifj;kstuk ds fy, Hkkjr ds lkFk lk>snkjh dh gSA

(a) Netherlands/uhnjySaM(b) China/phu(c) Sweden/LohMu(d) Germany/teZuh

Ans:–(c)AnIndia-SwedenHigh-LevelDialogueonInnovationPolicywasheldinNewDelhi.Duringthemeeting,abilateralprojecttoconvertagriculturewastetobio-coalwasannounced.TheprojectwasestablishedbythesupportoftheofficeofPrincipalScientificAdvisertotheGovernmentatNationalAgri-FoodBiotechnologyInstitute (NABI),Mohali inpartnershipwithBioendev,Sweden.97. TheNationalSikhGamesistobeheldin________. jk"Vªh; fl[k [ksyksa dk vk;kstu -------- esa fd;k tkuk gSA

(a) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(b) Mumbai/eqacbZ(c) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(d) Cochin/dksphu

Ans:–(a)NewDelhiistohosttheNationalSikhGames(NSG)�0�0.Thegamewillbeheldfrom9-��January�0�0acrossvariousvenues in New Delhi. NSG is dedicated to the 550th birthanniversaryofGuruNanakDev.98. Whowonthe�0�9Ballond’Orawardastheworld’sbest

femaleplayer? fo'o dh loZJs"B efgyk f[kykM+h ds :i esa 2019 cSyksu Mh

vksj iqjLdkj fdlus thrk\

(a) LucyBronze/yqlh dkaL;

(b) MeganRapinoe/esXku jSfiuks(c) AlexMorgan/,ysDl ekWXkZu

(d) AbbyWambach/vCch okEcpAns:–(b)Megan Rapinoe won the Ballon d’Or as the world’s bestplayer.ShebeatLucyBronzeandAlexMorgantoclaimthetitle.InJuly�0�9,theUnitedStatestotheWorldCuptitle.99. Where was the India-Sweden High-Level Dialogue on

InnovationPolicyheld? uokpkj uhfr ij Hkkjr&LohMu mPp&Lrjh; okrkZ dgka vk;ksftr

dh XkbZ Fkh\

(a) Stockholm/LVkWdgkse

(b) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(c) Gothenburg/XkksVscksXkZ(d) Mumbai/eqacbZ

Ans:–(b)AnIndia-SwedenHigh-LevelDialogueonInnovationPolicywasheldinNewDelhi.ThemeetingwaschairedbyPMModi,King Carl XVI Gustaf It aims to provide overall strategicdirectionforjointinnovationpolicy.�00.Whowonthe�0�9Ballond’Orawardastheworld’sbest

maleplayer? fo'o ds loZJs"B iq#"k f[kykM+h ds :i esa 2019 cSyksu Mh vksj

iqjLdkj fdlus thrk\

(a) CristianoRonaldo/fØfLV;kuks jksukYMks

(b) VirgilVanDijk/foftZy oku fMtd(c) Ronaldinho/jksukfYMUgks(d) LionelMessi/ykW:uy eSlh

Ans:–(d)LionelMessiwasnamedthebestplayerandwasawardedthe�0�9Ballond’OrawardinParis.Hecreatedaworldrecordbyreceivingtheawardforthesixthtime.�0�.WhichyearwasannouncedastheUnitedNationsDecade

ofDisabledPersons? foykaXk O;fDr;ksa ds la;qDr jk"Vª n'kd ds :i eas fdl o"kZ dh

?kks"k.kk dh XkbZ Fkh\

(a) �983-�99� (b) �986-�995(c) �99�-�000 (d) �995-�004

Ans:–(a)UNGAannounced�983-�99�astheUnitedNationsDecadeof Disabled Persons. In �99�, the United Nations GeneralAssembly(UNGA)passedtheresolution47/3.Theresolutionaimedtopromotetherightsandwell-beingofdisabledpersonsinallaspectsofsociety.�0�.LionelMessibroketherecordsetbyCristianoRonaldo

bywinningthe�0�9Ballond’Orawardforthe________time.

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fy;ksusy esLlh us fØfLV;kuks jksukYMks }kjk fu/kZfjr 2019 cSksu Mh* vksj iqjLdkj -------- le; ds fy, thrdj cuk;kA

(a) 4th/4oha(b) 5th/5oha(c) 6th/6oha(d) 7th/7oha

Ans:–(c)LionelMessiwasnamedthebestplayerandwasawardedthe�0�9Ballond’OrawardinParis.Hecreatedaworldrecordbyreceivingtheawardforthesixthtime.HebroketherecordsetbyCristianoRonaldobywinningthetrophyfivetimes.�03.WhenistheInternationalDayofPersonswithDisabilities

observed? fodykaXk O;fDr;ksa dk varjkZ"Vªh; fnol dc euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) 30November/30 uoacj(b) �December/1 fnlacj(c) 3December/3 fnlacj(d) �8November/28 uoacj

Ans:–(c)InternationalDayofPersonswithDisabilitiesisobservedon3Decembereveryyear.Thedayaimstoraiseawarenessanddevelopanunderstandingtoacceptpeoplewithdisabilities.�04.WhatisthelengthoftheSiberiapipeline? lkbcsfj;k ikbiykbu dh yackbZ fdruh gS\

(a) �500km/1500 fdeh-

(b) �000km/2000 fd-eh-

(c) �500km/2500 fd-eh-

(d) 3000km/3000 fd-eh-Ans:–(d)RussianPresidentVladimirPutin andChinesePresidentXiJinping launched the Siberia pipeline project. The pipelinewilltransportnaturalgasfromSiberiatonortheastChina.ThemoveaimstoboosttheeconomicandpoliticaltiesbetweenRussia and China. It is a 3,000-km-long Power of Siberiapipeline.�05.WhendidCentrepasstheordinancetobane-cigarettes? bZ&flXkjsV ij çfrca/ yXkkus ds fy, dsaæ us vè;kns'k dc ikfjr

fd;k\

(a) January�0�9/tuojh 2019(b) March�0�9/ekpZ 2019(c) July�0�9/tqykbZ 2019(d) September�0�9/flracj 2019

Ans:–(d)Centrepassedtheordinancetobane-cigarettesinSeptember

�0�9.�06.HowmanymembercountriesarethereintheSouthAsian

Games? nf{k.k ,f'k;kbZ [ksyksa esa fdrus lnL; ns'k gSa\

(a) 8 (b) ��(c) �3 (d) �5

Ans:–(a)SAG was held for the first time in September �984 inKathmandu,Nepal.Thegamesareheldonceevery�years.ItisheldamongtheAsianathletes.SouthAsiaOlympicCouncil(SAOC) is thegoverningbodyofSAG.The8membersofSAG are India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Pakistan,Afghanistan,theMaldives,Nepal,andSriLanka.�07.WhenwastheRegionalConnectivitySchemelaunched? jhtuy dusfDVfoVh Ldhe dc 'kq: dh XkbZ Fkh\

(a) �0�5 (b) �0�6(c) �0�7 (d) �0�8

Ans:–(c)Regional Connectivity Scheme was launched in �0�7. Theschemeisapartofthegovernment’svisiontooperationalizeover �00 airports in smaller towns and cities over the nextfiveyears.�08.WhenwastheSpecialProtectionGroupformed? Lis'ky çksVsD'ku Xkqzi dk XkBu dc fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) �98� (b) �985(c) �988 (d) �99�

Ans:–(c)SpecialProtectionGroupwasformedin�988byanactoftheParliament of India. It is headquartered in New Delhi.ThespecialforceprovidessecuritytothePrimeMinisterofIndiaandtheformerPrimeMinistersofIndiaTheDirectorofSPGisArunKumarSinha.�09.WhenwasthePersonalDataProtectionBilldrafted? ilZuy MsVk çksVsD'ku fcy dc rS;kj fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) �0�6 (b) �0�7(c) �0�8 (d) �0�9

Ans:–(c)The draft of the Personal Data Protection Bill, �0�9 wasprepared by a high-level expert group chaired by formerSupreme Court judge B.N. Srikrishna in �0�8. The inter-ministerialconsultationdelayedthepassingoftheBill.��0.WithwhichcountrydidIndiasigntheJointDeclaration

ofIntent(JDI)tostrengthenthecooperationonstrategicprojectsinthefieldofRailways?

Hkkjr us fdl ns'k ds lkFk jsyos ds {ks=k esa j.kuhfrd ifj;kstukvksa ij lg;ksXk dks etcwr djus ds fy, la;qDr ?kks"k.kk i=k (JDI)

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ij gLrk{kj fd,\

(a) Sweden/LohMu(b) Russia/:l(c) Germany/teZuh(d) Italy/bVyh

Ans:–(c)TheUnionCabinetassessedandapprovedtheJointDeclarationof Intent (JDI) between India and Germany. The JDI wasaimedat strengthening thecooperationonstrategicprojectsinthefieldofRailways.TheJointDeclarationofIntentwassignedinthemonthofNovember�0�9.��.MongoosewaslistedinSchedule_______(PartII)ofthe

WildlifeProtectionAct,�97�. usoyk dks oU;tho laj{k.k vf/fu;e] 1972 dh vuqlwph ------

(HkkXk II) esa lwphc¼ fd;k Xk;k FkkA

(a) X (b) VI(c) IV (d) II

Ans:–(d)ThemongooseisasmallcarnivoranfoundinsouthernEurasiaand mainlandAfrica. It is listed in Schedule II (Part II) oftheWildlifeProtectionAct,�97�.Aspertheact,smugglingMongoose or possession of its body part is a non-bailableoffence.��.WhereisLothallocated? yksFku dgka fLFkr gS\

(a) Gujarat/Xkqtjkr(b) Rajasthan/jktLFkku(c) Haryana/gfj;k.kk(d) MadhyaPradesh/eè;çns'k

Ans:–(a)LothalwasoneofthesouthernmostcitiesoftheancientIndusValley Civilization, located in the Bhāl region of the modern stateofGujarat.��3.WhenwastheWildlifeCrimeControlBureau(WCCB)

established? oU;tho vijk/ fu;a=k.k C;wjks (WCCB)dh LFkkuk dc dh XkbZ

Fkh\

(a) �998 (b) �00�(c) �006 (d) �0�0

Ans:–(c)TheWildlifeCrimeControlBureau(WCCB)wasestablishedin�006.ItisheadquarteredinNewDelhi,India.��4.WhichstatedoesnotborderwithHimachalPradesh? fgekpy çns'k dh lhek fdl jkT; ls ugha yXkrh gS\

(a) Rajasthan/jktLFkku(b) Punjab/iatkc(c) J&K/tEew vkSj d'ehj

(d) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'kAns:–(a)The stateborderswithHimachalPradeshareUNJammuandKashmirandUtLadakhonthenorth,Punjabonthewest,Tibetontheeast,Uttarakhandonthesoutheast,HaryanaonthesouthwestandUttarPradeshonthesouth(southmosttip).��5.WhichisthelongesttributaryinIndia? Hkkjr dh lcls yach lgk;d unh dkSu lh gS\

(a) Mahananda/egkuank(b) Gandak/XkaMd(c) yamuna/;equk(d) Kosi/dkslh

Ans:–(c)TheYamunasometimescalled the Jamunaor Jumna, is thelongestand thesecond largest tributary riverof theGanges(Ganga)innorthernIndia.��6.WithwhichcountrydidIndiasignMoUtoestablishthe

HealthcareInnovationCentre? gsYFkds;j buksos'ku lsaVj dh LFkkiuk ds fy, Hkkjr us fdl ns'k

ds lkFk le>kSrk Kkiu ij gLrk{kj fd,\


(b) Sweden/LohMu(c) Germanty/teZuh(d) Austria/vkWfLVª;k

Ans:–(b)IndiaandSwedenhavesignedaMemorandumofUnderstanding(MoU)forIndia-SwedenHealthcareInnovationCentreinNewDelhi.TheMoUaimstodeepenthecollaborationinthefieldofinnovationthroughthestrategicinnovationpartnership.��7.WhichisthelargesttributaryofGanga? XkaXkk dh lcls cM+h lgk;d unh dkSu lh gS\

(a) Yamuna/;equk(b) Gomti/Xkkserh(c) Ghaghara/?kk?kjk(d) Kosi/dkslh

Ans:–(c)ThelargesttributaryofGangaistheGhaghara.ItmeetsbeforePatna,inBiharandbearsmuchoftheHimalayanglaciermeltfromNorthernNepal.TheGandak,whichcomes fromnearKatmandu,isanotherbigHimalayantributary.��8.IndiaisplanningtosetupHealthcareInnovationCentre

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in__________. Hkkjr -------- esa gsYFkds;j bukos'ku lsavj LFkkfir djus dh

;kstuk cuk jgk gSA

(a) Patna/iVuk(b) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(c) Kolkata/dksydkrk

(d) Mumbai/eqacbZAns:–(b)IndiaandSwedenhavesignedaMemorandumofUnderstanding(MoU)forIndia-SwedenHealthcareInnovationCentreinNewDelhi.TheMoUaimstodeepenthecollaborationinthefieldofinnovationthroughthestrategicinnovationpartnership.��9.WhichStatehasdecidedtoselltheYamunawater? fdl jkT; us ;equk dk ikuh cspus dk iQSlyk fd;k gS\

(a) Haryana/gfj;k.kk(b) MimachalPradesh/fgekpy çns'k(c) Uttarakhand/mÙkjk[kaM(d) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'k

Ans:–(b)The Himachal Pradesh State Cabinet approved to sign thememorandum of understanding (MoU) to sell the water ofRiverYamunafromMaharashtra’sshareatTajewalacorridor.TheCabinetmeetingwaschairedbyChiefMinisterJaiRamThakur.Withthisdecision,theStatewouldearnRs.��croreperannum.��0.Indian ranked _________ in the United Nations

Conference on Trade and Development’s Business-to-Consumer(B�C)E-commerceIndex�0�9.

O;kikj vkSj fodkl ds O;kikj ls miHkksDrk (ch 2 lh) bZ&dkWelZ baMsDl 2019 ij la;qDr jk"Vª lEesyu esa Hkkjrhl; ------ dks LFkku fn;k Xk;kA

(a) �8th/28osa(b) 54th/54osa(c) 73rd/74osa(d) 80th/80osa

Ans:–(c)India ranked 73rd in the United Nations Conference onTrade and Development’s Business-to-Consumer (B�C) E-commerce Index�0�9.The rankingwas conducted for �5�countries.��.The _________ edition of the Startup India Global

VentureCapitalSummitorganized. LVkVZvi bafM;k Xykscy osapu dSfiVy lfeV dk -------- laLdj.k

vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;kA

(a) �nd/2okW

(b) 4th/4okW(c) 7th/7oha(d) �0th/10oha

Ans:–(a)The�ndeditionof theStartupIndiaGlobalVentureCapitalSummitis tobeheldfrom6-7December�0�9inGoa.Thesummit aims to support the Fund Managers and LimitedPartnersofTopGlobalVentureCapitalFirms.��.WhenistheInternationalVolunteerDayobserved? varjkZ"Vªh; Lo;alsod fnol dc euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) �0July/10 tqykbZ(b) ��August/12 vXkLr


(d) 5December/5 fnlacjAns:–(d)InternationalVolunteerDayisobservedon5Decembereveryyear. The day provides a unique chance for volunteers andorganizationstocelebratetheirefforts,tosharetheirvalues.��3.When was the International Finance Corporation (IFC)

established? varjkZ"Vªh; foÙk fuXke (IFC) dh LFkkiuk dc dh XkbZ Fkh\

(a) �945 (b) �956(c) �963 (d) �975

Ans:–(b)TheInternationalFinanceCorporation(IFC)wasestablishedon�0July�956.ItisheadquarteredinWashington,U.S.��4.WhenwasthefirstWorldSoilDayobserved? igyk fo'o e`nk@feV~Vh fnol dc euk;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) �990 (b) �994(c) �008 (d) �0�4

Ans:–(d)In �00�, the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS)recommendedtheobservationoftheWorldSoilDayannuallyon 5 December. Food andAgriculture Organization (FAO)supported the institution of the day with the support of theKingdom ofThailand. In June �0�3, the day was endorsedby FAO. In December �0�3, the United Nations GeneralAssembly (UNGA) designated 5 December �0�4. The firstWorldSoilDaywasobservedin�0�4.��5.WhenistheWorldSoilDayobserved? fo'o e`nk@feV~Vh fnol dc euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) �Dec/2 fnlacj(b) 3Dec/3 fnlacj(c) 4Dec/4 fnlacj

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(d) 5Dec/5 fnlacjAns:–(d)WorldSoilDayisobservedon5December�0�9.Itisobservedevery year. It highlights the problem due to populationexpansion.Itraisestheprofileofhealthysoil.��6.The ________ edition of National Public Procurement

ConclaveaimstoemergethatwillfacilitateworkcontractsintheformoftenderstobemadeavailableontheGeMportalinthefuture.

us'kuy ifCyd çksD;ksjesaV dkWUDyso dk ------ laLdj.k mHkjus dk y{; gS tks Hkfo"; esa thbZ,e iksVZy ij miyC/ djk, tkus okys fufonkvksa ds :i esa dk;Z vuqca/ksa dh lqfo/k ç/ku djsXkkA

(a) 3rd/3okW(b) 5th/5oha(c) 7th/7oha(d) �8th/18oha

Ans:–(a)The 3rd edition of National Public Procurement Conclavebegan held in New Delhi. The two-day deliberations anactionable agenda will emerge that will facilitate workcontractsintheformoftenderstobemadeavailableontheGeMportalinthefuture.��7.Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)

signedanMoUwith________tocooperate,collaborateand pursue industrial application-oriented researchprogrammesanditscommercializationonalargescale

oSKkfud vkSj vkS|ksfXkd vuqla/ku ifj"kn (lh,lvkbZvkj) us cM+s iSekus ij vkS|ksfXkd vuqç;ksXk&mUeq[k vuqla/ku dk;ZØeksa vkSj blds O;kolk;hdj.k esa lg;ksXk djus vkSj vkXks c<+kus ds fy, ---------- ds lkFk ,d le>kSrk Kkiu ij gLrk{kj fd,A

(a) IIT-Guwahati/vkbZvkbZVh&XkqokgkVh

(b) BHEL/Hksy(c) BEL/chbZ,y(d) DRDO/MhvkMhvks

Ans:–(b)Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) signedanMoUwithBharatHeavyElectricalsLimited (BHEL)on5December�0�9.TheMoUwillbeeffectiveforfiveyears’duration.TheMoUwasaimedtocooperate,collaborateandpursue industrial application-oriented research programmesanditscommercializationonalargescale.��8.In which year was/will be the Aqua Line Metro

inaugurated? ,Ddk ykbu esVªks dk mn~?kkVu fdl o"kZ esa fd;k tk,Xkk\

(a) �0�7 (b) �0�8(c) �0�9 (d) �0�0

Ans:–(c)TheAquaLineofthemetrowasinauguratedinJanuary�0�9.ItconnectsNoidaandGreaterNoida.Themetrolinecoversadistanceofalmost30km.��9.________ State government partnered with the World

EconomicForum(WEF)todesignaPublic-Privatepilotonshared,cleanandelectricmobility.

----------- jkT; ljdkj us lk>k] LoPN vkSj fctyh dh Xkfr'khyrk ij ,d lkoZtfud&futh ik;yV dks fMtkbu djus ds fy, fo'o vkfFkZd eap (WEF)ds lkFk HkkXkhnkjh dhA

(a) Kerala/dsjy

(b) Telangana/rsyaXkkuk(c) Punjab/iatkc(d) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'k

Ans:–(c)PunjabStategovernmentpartneredwiththeWorldEconomicForum(WEF)todesignaPublic-Privatepilotonshared,cleanandelectricmobility.Themoveaimstocombatthegrowingproblemofenvironmentalpollutioninthestate.�30.Takehiko Nakao was the ________ President ofAsian

DevelopmentBank(ADB). Vsdfgdks ukdkvks ,f'k;kbZ fodkl cSad (,Mhch) ds ----- vè;{k FksA

(a) 6th/6oha(b) 9th/9oha(c) ��th/12oha(d) �5th/15oha

Ans:–(b)MasatsuguAsakawahasbeenelectedasthePresidentoftheAsian Development Bank (ADB) by the Bank’s Board ofGovernors.Mr.Asakawa iscurrently servingas theSpecialAdvisor toJapan’sPrimeMinisterandMinisterofFinance.Hewillbeassumingtheofficeon�7January�0�0.Hewillbethe�0thPresidentofADB.�3�.WorldHealthOrganisation(WHO)hasannounced_____

___astheYearoftheNurseandMidwife. fo'o LokLF; laXkBu (MCY;w,pvks) us -------- dks ulZ vkSj nkbZ@

feMokbiQ dk o"kZ ?kksf"kr fd;k gSA

(a) �0�0 (b) �0��(c) �0�4 (d) �0�5

Ans:–(a)World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced �0�0 astheYearoftheNurseandMidwife.�3�.Whoconferred the�0�9NationalFlorenceNightingale

Awards? 2019 ds jk"Vªh; Ýyksjsal ukbfVaXksy iqjLdkjksa dks fdlus çnku

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fd;k\


(b) VicePresident/mikè;{k(c) PrimeMinister/ç/kuea=kh(d) MinisterofHomeAffairs/Xk`g ekeyksa ds ea=kh

Ans:–(a)ThePresidentofIndiaShriRamNathKovindpresentedtheNationalFlorenceNightingaleAwardstonursingpersonnelinNewDelhion5December�0�9.�33.WhenwastheInstituteofCharteredAccountantsofIndia

(ICAI)established? Hkkjrh; lunh ys[kkdkj laLFkku (ICAI) dh LFkkiuk dc dh

XkbZ Fkh\

(a) �March�948/1 ekpZ 1948(b) �June�950/1 twu 1950(c) �July�949/1 tqykbZ 1949(d) �August�955/1 vXkLr 1955

Ans:–(c)The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)establishedon�July�949.ItisheadquarteredatNewDelhi,India.�34.When was the Eat Right India initiative started by

FSSAI? ,iQ,l,l,vkbZ }kjk bZV jkbV bafM;k igy dc 'kq: dh XkbZ

Fkh\

(a) �004 (b) �0�5(c) �0�6 (d) �0�7

Ans:–(d)Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)certifiedMumbaiCentral railwaystationasIndia’sfirstEatRightStation.Itratedthestationwithfourstarsrating.Themove comes under the Eat Right India initiative started byFSSAIin�0�8.�35.WhenwasthePradhanMantriSwasthyaSurakshaYojana

approved? çèkkuea=kh LokLF; lqj{kk ;kstuk dc LohÑr dh XkbZ Fkh\

(a) �00� (b) �003(c) �006 (d) �0�0

Ans:–(c)The Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY)was approved in March �006. The scheme aims to correctthe imbalances in the availability of affordable healthcarefacilitiesinthedifferentpartsofthecountryingeneral,andaugmenting facilities for quality medical education in theunder-servedStatesinparticular.

�36.How much did the Cabinet Committee on EconomicAffairs (CCEA) approve for the up-gradation of the39 Government Medical Colleges and Institutions(GMCIs)?

vkfFkZd ekeyksa dh eaf=keaMyh; lfefr (CCEA) us 39 ljdkjh esfMdy dkWystksa vkSj laLFkkuksa (GMCI)ds mUU;u ds fy, fdruk vuqeksnu fd;k\

(a) Rs.�00crore/100 djksM+ #i;s

(b) Rs.�50crore/150 djksM+ #i;s

(c) Rs.375crore/375 djksM+ #i;s

(d) Rs.400crore/400 djksM+ #i;sAns:–(b)CabinetCommitteeonEconomicAffairs (CCEA)approvedthe proposal for the up-gradation of the 39 GovernmentMedicalCollegesandInstitutions(GMCIs)inthethirdphaseofPMSSYon7thNovember�0�3.ItalsoapprovedacostofRs.�50croreeach,Rs.��0crorefortheCentralContributionandRs.30crorefortheStateShare.�37.Whoisappointedas theSeniorSecurityAdvisor in the

HomeMinistry? Xk`g ea=kky; esa ofj"B lqj{kk lykgdkj ds :i esa fdls fu;qDr

fd;k Xk;k gS\

(a) KVijayKumar/ds fot; dqekj

(b) SRajaBalan/,l jktk ckyu(c) TVKarthickSubramaniyan/Vh Oh dkfrZd lqcze.;u

(d) SandeepKumar/lanhi dqekjAns:–(a)Former advisor to the Governor of the erstwhile state ofJammuandKashmir,KVijayKumar,isappointedasaSeniorSecurityAdvisorintheUnionHomeMinistry.�38.The_________NagalandHoneyBeeDaywascelebrated

inKohima. dksfgek esa ----------- ukXkkySaM guh ch Ms euk;k Xk;kA

(a) first/çFke(b) second/nwljk(c) third/rhljk(d) fourth/pkSFkk

Ans:–(b)The �nd Nagaland Honey Bee Day was celebrated on 5December�0�9attheHeritage,OldDCBungalow,Kohima,Nagaland.�39.HowmanysectionswerethereinitiallyintheDirectorate

GeneralFireServices,CivilDefence? ukXkfjd lqj{kk egkfuns'kky; esa fdrus vuqHkkXk Fks\

(a) � (b) 3

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(c) 4 (d) 5Ans:–(c)The Directorate General Fire Services, Civil Defence wasestablished on �7th November �96�. It functions under theMinistryofHomeAffairsGovernmentofIndia.Initially,therewereonlyfoursectionsnamelyFireSection,CivilDefence,HomeGuards,andCommunicationSection.�40.In its 5th Monetary policy, RBI lowered its real GDP

growth forecast for �0�9-�0 from ________ in theOctoberpolicyto5%.

viuh 5oha ekSfæd uhfr esa] RBIus viuh okLrfod GDPfodkl nj 2019&20 ds fy, vDVwcj uhfr esa --------- ls ?kVkdj 5» dj nhA

(a) 5.3% (b) 6.�%(c) 6.7% (d) 7.0%

Ans:–(b)Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released its fifth bi-monthlymonetarypolicystatement for�0�9-�0. In its5thMonetarypolicy,RBIlowereditsrealGDPgrowthforecastfor�0�9-�0from6.�%intheOctoberpolicyto5%.�4�.When was the Directorate General Fire Services, Civil

Defenceestablished? ukXkfjd lqj{kk egkfuns'kky; dh LFkkiuk dc gqbZ\

(a) �953 (b) �96�(c) �968 (d) �97�

Ans:–(b)The Directorate General Fire Services, Civil Defence wasestablished on �7th November �96�. It functions under theMinistryofHomeAffairsGovernmentofIndia�4�.What is the repo rate announced the Monetary Policy

Committee(MPC)initsfifthbi-monthlymonetarypolicystatementfor�0�9-�0?

2019&20 ds fy, vius ikaposa f}ekfld ekSfæd uhfr c;ku esa ekSfæd uhfr lfefr (,eihlh) dh ?kks"k.kk dh XkbZ jsiks nj D;k gS\

(a) 5.05% (b) 5.075%(c) 5.�5% (d) 5.�0%

Ans:–(c)Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released its fifth bi-monthlymonetary policy statement for �0�9-�0. The policy wasprepared by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)-led byGovernorShaktikantaDas.Thereporateremainsthesameas5.�5%.Itwasnotchangedduetoinflationpressure.�43.WhenistheCivilDefenceDaycelebrated? ukXkfjd lqj{kk fnol dc euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) 3�November/31 uoacj(b) �December/2 fnlacj

(c) 5December/5 fnlacj(d) 7December/7 fnlacj

Ans:–(c)CivilDefenceDay is celebratedon6December�0�9.Dayisobservedeveryyear.Thedayaims tomakeawareof thecitizensandhighlighttheimportanceofCivilDefence.�44.RBI released _________ bi-monthly monetary policy

statementfor�0�9-�0. RBIus 2019&20 ds fy, ------- f}&ekfld ekSfæd uhfr oDrO;

tkjh fd;kA

(a) 3rd/3oka(b) 4th/4oha(c) 5th/5oha(d) �nd/2okW

Ans:–(c)Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released its fifth bi-monthlymonetary policy statement for �0�9-�0. The policy wasprepared by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)-led byGovernorShaktikantaDas.BoththeRBIandgovernmentareworkingincoordinationtoachievegrowth.�45.Which State is to merge Krushak Assistance for

Livelihood and Income Augmentation (Kalia) schemewiththeCentre’sPradhanMantriKisanSammanNidhi(PM-Kisan)yojana?

dsaæ dh ç/ku ea=kh fdlku lEeku fuf/ (ih,e&fdlku) ;kstuk ds lkFk vkthfodk vkSj vk; lao/Zu (dkfy;k) ;kstuk ds fy, Ñ"kd lgk;rk dk foy; fdl jkT; esa fd;k tkuk gS\

(a) Odisha/vksfM'kk

(b) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'k(c) Bihar/fcgkj(d) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq

Ans:–(a)TheOdishaStategovernmentismergingtheState’sKrushakAssistanceforLivelihoodandIncomeAugmentation(Kalia)scheme with the Centre’s Pradhan Mantri Kisan SammanNidhi(PM-Kisan)yojanaduetofinancialconstraint.�46.WhichteamwontheMaryleboneCricketClub’s(MCC)

Christopher Martin-Jenkins (CMJ) Spirit of CricketAwardfor�0�9?

fdl Vhe us 2019 ds fy, eSjhyscksu fØdsV Dyc (,elhlh) fØLVksiQj ekfVZu&tsufdal (lh,ets) fLifjV vkWiQ fØdsV iqjLdkj thrk\

(a) England/baXkySaM(b) Australia/vkWLVªsfy;k

(c) NewZealand/U;wthySaM

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(d) India/bafM;kAns:–(c)NewZealandcricketteamwasawardedwiththeMaryleboneCricket Club’s (MCC) Christopher Martin-Jenkins (CMJ)Spirit of Cricket Award for �0�9. The New Zealand teamdefeatedtheWorldCupfinalagainstEnglandtowinthecup.Theteamdisplayedalevelofsportsmanshipintheevent.�47.WherewilltheExerciseINDRA�0�9beheld? ,Dljlkbt INDRA2019 dgka vk;ksfr fd;k tk,Xkk\

(a) Babina/cchuk(b) Pune/iq.ks(c) Goa/Xkksok(d) Alltheabove/mi;qZDr lHkh

Ans:–(d)Exercise INDRA �0�9 is a joint, tri-services exercise heldbetweenIndiaandRussia.TheexercisewillbeconductedinIndiafrom�0-�9December�0�9.ItwillholdsimultaneouslyatBabina,Pune,andGoa.�48.When was the CMJ Spirit of Cricket award �0�9

instituted? lh,ets fLifjV vkWiQ+ fØdsV vokMZ 2019 dc LFkkfir fd;k

Xk;k Fkk\

(a) �0�3 (b) �0�5(c) �0�7 (d) �0�9

Ans:–(a)TheCMJSpiritofCricketawardwasinstitutedbyMaryleboneCricketClub(MCC)andtheBBCin�0�3.�49.WherewastheIndiaWaterImpactSummitheld? Hkkjr ty çHkko f'k[kj lEesyu dgka vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k

Fkk\

(a) Srinagar/JhuXkj(b) Leh/ysg(c) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(d) Shimla/f'keyk

Ans:–(b)The 4th India Water Impact Summit was held from 5-7December �0�9 at the Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. TheSummit was organized by the Ministry of Jal Shakti andtheCentre forGangaRiverBasinManagementandStudies(cGanga)ledbyIITKanpur.�50.WhichStategovernmentlaunchedtheFirstPashuKisan

creditcardsinIndia? fdl jkT; us Hkkjr esa igyk i'kq fdlku ØsfMV dkMZ ykWUp

fd;k\



(c) Haryana/gfj;k.kk(d) Punjab/iatkc

Ans:–(c)TheFirstPashuKisancreditcardsinIndiaweredistributedto�0�animalfarmersinBhiwani,Haryanaon6DecemberattheAnimalFarmersCreditCardSchemelaunchingceremony.TheStategovernmenthassetatargettoissue�0lakhPashuKisanCreditcardsbyMarch�0��.TheStateaimstodoubletheincomeoffarmersinthestate.�5�.WhendidtheUNGApasstheresolutiontoobservethe

InternationalCivilAviationDay? UNGAus varjkZ"Vªh; ukXkfjd mM~M;u fnol eukus dk çLrko

dc ikfjr fd;k\

(a) �944 (b) �968(c) �97� (d) �996

Ans:–(d)In �996, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)adoptedresolutionA/RES/5�/33anddeclaredtheobservanceoftheInternationalCivilAviationDayon7December.�5�.MinistryofInformationandBroadcastingis toconduct

the______NationalPhotographyAwardsin�0�9. lwpuk vkSj çlkj.k ea=kky; dks 2019 esa ------- jk"Vªh; iQksVksXkzkiQh

iqjLdkj dk lapkyu djuk gSA

(a) 6th/6oha(b) ��th/12oha(c) �0th/10oha(d) 8th/8oha

Ans:–(d)MinistryofInformationandBroadcastinghasinvitedentriesfor the 8th National Photography Awards. It released theguidelines for theawards.Theawardsareorganizedby thePhotoDivision,MinistryofInformationandBroadcasting.�53.WhenistheInternationalCivilAviationDayobserved? varjkZ"Vªh; ukXkfjd mM~M;u fnol dc euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) �Dec/1 fnlacj(b) 3Dec/3 fnlacj(c) 7Dec/7 fnlacj(d) �4Dec/14 fnlacj

Ans:–(c)InternationalCivilAviationDayisobservedon7December�0�9.Itiscelebratedeveryyear.ThedayaimstocelebratetheuniqueroleoftheInternationalCivilAviationOrganization(ICAO)inhelpingStatestocooperateandrealizeatrulyglobalrapidtransitnetworkattheserviceofallmankind.

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�54.WhenwasthefirstFitIndiaPloggingRunlaunchedinIndia? Hkkjr esa igyk fiQV bafM;k IykWfXkaXk ju dc 'kq: fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) April�0�9/vçSy 2019

(b) June�0�9/twu 2019(c) September�0�9/flracj 2019(d) October�0�9/vDVwcj 2019

Ans:–(d)Fit India Plogging Run was launched on � October �0�9.TheeventconcludedatDelhi’sJawaharLalNehruStadium.The run covered50 cities across the country.Over 36 lakhpeoplefrom6�,000locationsparticipatedacrossthecountry.ItwasorganizedjointlybySportsAuthorityofIndia(SAI),Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS), National ServiceScheme (NSS), NGOs, KendriyaVidalaya and several otherorganizations.�55.WhenwastheIndianCoastGuardestablished? Hkkjrh; rVj{kd dh LFkkiuk dc dh XkbZ Fkh\

(a) �954 (b) �963(c) �978 (d) �99�

Ans:–(c)TheIndianCoastGuardestablishedon�8August�978.TheCoastGuardwasformedundertheCoastGuardAct,�978.ItfunctionsundertheMinistryofDefence.AdditionalDirectorGeneral:AdditionalDGKrupaRamNautiyal�56.WhoisthefirstploggerofIndia? Hkkjr dk igyk ploggerIykWXkj dkSu gS\

(a) ShradhaSharma/J¼k 'kekZ(b) RipuDamanBevli/fjiq neu csoyh(c) HarshAgarwal/g"kZ vXkzoky

(d) NandiniShenoy/uafnuh 'ksukW;Ans:–(b)RipuDamanBevli isIndia’sfirstplogger.Hismissionis toRuntomakeLitterFreeIndiawhichisinlinePrimeMinisterNarendraModi’sSwachhBharatcampaign.�57.MinistryofDefencehasempowered__________hasto

board, search anyvessel and arrest people foroffenceswithinthemaritimezoneofthecountry.

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(a) CoastGuard/rVj{kd cy

(b) GuardsofSea/XkkMZ vkWiQ lh

(c) IndinaOceanPolice/fgan egklkXkj iqfyl(d) IORSafetyGuards/vkbZvksvkj lqj{kk XkkMZ

Ans:–(a)

MinistryofDefencehasempoweredIndianCoastGuard(CG)hastoboard,searchanyvesselandarrestpeopleforoffenceswithinthemaritimezoneofthecountry.�58.When was the Indian Armed Forces Flag Day first

observed? Hkkjrh; l'kL=k lsuk >aMk fnol igyh ckj dc euk;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) �947 (b) �948(c) �949 (d) �950

Ans:–(c)After Independence, thegovernment setupacommitteeon�8August�949,tostrengthenandmanagethewelfareofitsdefence personnel.The IndianArmed Forces Flag Day hasbeenobservedsince�949.�59.When did the Indian government set up a committee

to strengthen and manage the welfare of its defencepersonnelafterindependence?

Hkkjr ljdkj us Lora=krk ds ckn vius j{kk dfeZ;ksa ds dY;k.k dks etcwr djus vkSj çcaf/r djus ds fy, ,d lfefr dk XkBu dc fd;k\

(a) �949 (b) �950(c) �95� (d) �954

Ans:–(a)After Independence, thegovernment setupacommitteeon�8August�949,tostrengthenandmanagethewelfareofitsdefencepersonnel.TheDayhasbeenobservedsince�949.�60.WhereistheAvanteemegaFoodParklocated? voarh esXkk iQwM ikdZ dgka fLFkr gS\

(a) MadhyaPradesh/eè; çns'k(b) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'k(c) Bihar/fcgkj(d) Odisha/vksfM'kk

Ans:–(a)TheUnionMinisterforfoodprocessingHarsimratKaurBadalinaugurated Avantee mega Food Park in Dewas, MadhyaPradesh.ThisisthefirstfoodparkinCentralIndia.�6�.Where is the Kempegowda International Airport

located? dsEisXkkSM+k varjkZ"Vªh; gokbZ vM~Mk dgka fLFkr gS\

(a) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(b) Bengaluru/csaXkyq#(c) Amaravati/vejkorh

(d) Goa/XkksokAns:–(b)KempegowdaInternationalAirportisaninternationalairport

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servingBangalore,thecapitaloftheIndianstateofKarnataka.Spreadover4,000acres,itislocatedabout40kilometresnorthofthecitynearthevillageofDevanahalli.�6�._________ofTataGroupcompaniesannouncedchanges

initshealthinsurancepolicyinordertoprovidebenefitstoemployeesinvolvedinLGBTemployees.

VkVk lewg dh daifu;ksa ds ------------- us ,ythchVh deZpkfj;ksa eas 'kkfey deZpkfj;ksa dks ykHk çnku djus ds f, viuh LokLF; chek ikWfyhlh eas cnyko dh ?kks"k.kk dhA

(a) TataMotors/VkVk eksVlZ(b) TataSteelLtd/VkVk LVhy fy(c) TataPower/VkVk ikoj(d) TataConsultancyServices/VkVk dalYVsalh lfoZlst

Ans:–(d)Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has announced changesin its health insurance policy in order to provide benefitsto employees involved in LGBT employees, a same-sexrelationship.TCSbecamethefirstTataGroupcompaniestobringthechange.�63.Which State launched the booklet on the life and

teachingsofDr.BRAmbedkarforstudentsofclass6-8ingovernmentschools?

fdl jkT; us ljdkjh Ldwyksa esa d{kk 6&8 ds Nk=kksa ds fy, MkW- chvkj vacsMdj ds thou vkSj f'k{kkvksa ij iqfLrdk dk 'kqHkkjaHk fd;k\

(a) Goa/Xkksok(b) Delhi/fnYyh(c) Bihar/fcgkj(d) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq

Ans:–(b)The Delhi government launched a booklet on the life andteachings of Dr. BRAmbedkar for students of class 6-8 ingovernmentschools.ThebookletwaslaunchedonAmbedkar’s63rddeathanniversary.�64.Whichstate’scentralcommitteeofdifferentethnicgroups

andorganizationsinstitutedtheSiu-Ka-PhaAward? fofHkUu tkrh; lewgksa vkSj laXkBuksa dh fdl jkT; dh dsaæh;

lfefr us flm&dk&iQ iqjLdkj dh LFkkiuk dh\

(a) Manipur/ef.kiqj(b) Assam/vle

(c) Tripura/f=kiqjk(d) ArunachalPradesh/v#.kkpy çns'k

Ans:–(b)Siu-Ka-PhaAwardwasinstitutedbythecentralcommitteeofdifferentethnicgroupsandorganizationsofGolaghatdistrict,

Assam.�65.6December�0�9marked_________deathanniversary

ofDr.BRAmbedkar. 6 fnlacj 2019 dks MkW- chvkj vacsMdj dh -------- iq.;frfFk

eukbZ XkbZA

(a) 50th/50oha(b) 58th/58osa(c) 63rd/63osa(d) 75th/75oha

Ans:–(c)6December�0�9markedthe63rddeathanniversaryofDr.BRAmbedkar.BhimraoRamjiAmbedkar(�4April�89�–6December�956),popularlyknownasBabasahebAmbedkar,wasanIndianjurist,economist,politicianandsocialreformerwhoinspiredtheDalitBuddhistmovementandcampaignedagainstsocialdiscriminationtowardstheuntouchables(Dalits),whilealsosupportingtherightsofwomenandlabour.�66.As per Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) new health

insurancepolicywillcoverupto________costofsexorgenderreassignmentsurgery.

VkVk dsalYVsalh lfoZlst (TCS)ds vuqlkj] ubZ LokLF; chek ikWfylh esa lsDl ;k fyaXk iquewZY;kadu ltZjh dh ---------- ykXkr 'kkfey gksXkhA

(a) 40% (b) 50%(c) 65% (d) 70%

Ans:–(b)TataConsultancyServices(TCS)hasannouncedchangesinitshealthinsurancepolicyinordertoprovidebenefitstoemployeesinvolvedinLGBTemployees.Theinsurancepolicywillcoverupto50%costofsexorgenderreassignmentsurgery.�67.When did the Exim Bank sign an agreement with

Bangladesh’sArmedForcesDivision? ,fDte cSad us ckaXykns'k ds l'kL=k cy çHkkXk ds lkFk ,d

le>kSrs ij gLrk{kj dc fd,\

(a) April�0�9/vçSy 2019

(b) May�0�9/ebZ 2019(c) June�0�9/twu 2019(d) July�0�9/tqykbZ 2019

Ans:–(a)On��April�0�9,theEximBanksignedanagreementwithBangladesh’sArmedForcesDivision.TheagreementwastoprovideIndia-supportedlineofcredit(LoC)$500milliontoBangladesh. The agreement under the LoC came to effectfrom7November�0�9.�68.How much did Japan invest for various North-Eastern

India’sproject?

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mÙkj&iwohZ Hkkjr dh fofHkUu ifj;kstuk ds fy, tkiku us fdruk fuos'k fd;k\

(a) Rs.�0,000crore/10]000 djksM+ #-

(b) Rs.�3,000crore/1]3]000 djksM+ #-

(c) Rs.�5,000crore/15]000 djksM+ #-

(d) Rs.�6,000crore/16]000 djksM+ #-Ans:–(b)Japan has invested in the development of India’s Northeastprojectswithitshistoricalties.JapanhascommittedRs.�3,000croreforthepurpose.�69.WhoistoleadIndiaintheupcoming�+�Dialogue? vkXkkeh 2$2 laokn ea Hkkjr dk usr`Ro djus okyk dkSu gS\

(a) RajnathSingh/jktukFk flag(b) BSJaishankar/,l t;'kadj

(c) AmitShah/vfer 'kkg

(d) A&B/, ,aM chAns:–(d)IndiaandtheUSareplanningtosingadefencetechnology-sharing pact.The two countries will sign a deal at the �+�dialogueon�9DecemberinWashington,theUS.TheIndiansidewillbeledbydefenceministerRajnathSinghandexternalaffairsministerSJaishankartothedialogue.�70.Whereisthe�+�dialoguebetweenIndiaandtheUSto

beheld? Hkkjr vkSj vesfjdk ds chp 2$2 okrkZ dgka vk;ksftr dh tkuh gS\

(a) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(b) Washington/okf'kaXkVu(c) NewYork/U;w;kWdZ

(d) Mumbai/eqacbZAns:–(b)IndiaandtheUSareplanningtosingadefencetechnology-sharing pact.The two countries will sign a deal at the �+�dialogueon�9DecemberinWashington,theUS.TheIndiansidewillbeledbydefenceministerRajnathSinghandexternalaffairsministerSJaishankartothedialogue.�7�.The annual summit between Prime Minister Narendra

ModiandhisJapanesecounterpartShinzoAbeistotakeplacein________.

ç/kuea=kh ujsaæ eksnh vkSj muds tkikuh led{k f'katks vkcs ds chp okf"kZd f'k[kj lEesyu ------- esa gksus okk gSA

(a) ArunachalPradesh/v#.kkpy çns'k

(b) Assam/vle

(c) Manipur/ef.kiqj(d) Shillong/f'kykaXk

Ans:–(b)TheannualsummitbetweenPrimeMinisterNarendraModiand his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe is to take placebetween�5-�7December�0�9.TheannouncementwasmadebytheExternalAffairsMinistry.Thesummit isexpectedtotakeplaceinGuwahati,Assam.�7�.Whichbanksignedanagreementoflineofcredit(LoC)

$500millionwithBangladesh’sArmedForcesDivision? fdl cSad us ckaXykns'k ds l'kL=k cy fMohtu ds lkFk ykbu

vkWiQ ØsfMV (,yvkslh) 500 fefy;u dk le>kSrk fd;kA

(a) EximBank/,fDte cSad(b) DBSbank/Mhch,l cSad(c) RBI/Hkkjrh; fjtoZ cSad(d) SEBI/lsch

Ans:–(a)Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance On�� April �0�9, the Exim Bank signed an agreement withBangladesh’s Armed Forces Division. The agreement wastoprovideIndia-supportedlineofcredit(LoC)$500milliontoBangladesh.TheagreementundertheLoCcametoeffectfrom7November�0�9.�73.The _________ India-Myanmar Foreign Office

Consultationswasheldon6December�0�9. ----------------Hkkjr&E;kaekj fons'k dk;kZy; ijke'kZ 6 fnlacj 2019

dks vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k FkkA

(a) ��th/12oha(b) �5th/25oha(c) �0th/10oha(d) �8th/18oha

Ans:–(d)The�8thIndia-MyanmarForeignOfficeConsultationswasheldinNewDelhion6December�0�9.TheIndiandelegationwasledbyForeignSecretary,ShriVijayGokhale,andtheMyanmardelegationwasledbyPermanentSecretary,USoeHan.�74.Which countries student is to travel to India to launch

Duchifat3,asatellite? MphiQSV 3] ,d miXkzg dks ykWUp djus ds fy, fdl ns'k ds

Nk=k dks Hkkjr dh ;k=kk djuh gS\

(a) Russian/:lh(b) Japanese/tkikuh(c) Israeli/btjk;y(d) Chinese/phuh

Ans:–(c)Three youngsters, Alon Abramovich, Meitav Assulin andShmuelAvivLevi,fromanIsraelischool,willtraveltoIndia

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tolaunchasatellite,Duchifat3.Thethree�7to�8yearsoldare the students of Sha’ar HaNegev High school in Israel’ssouthernregion.�75.Where is the headquarters of Royal Bank Of Scotland

located? jkW;y cSad vkWiQ LdkWVySaM dk eq[;ky; dgka fLFkr gS\

(a) Edinburgh/,fMucXkZ(b) Glasgow/XyklXkks(c) Livingston/fyfoaXkLVu(d) Dunblane/MuyUcs

Ans:–(a)Royal Bank Of Scotland was founded in �7�7. It isheadquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. It is owned byNatWestHoldings.�76.WhenwastheHumanLibrarymovementfirststarted? ekuo iqLrkdy; vkanksyu igyh ckj dc 'kq: fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) �990 (b) �995(c) �000 (d) �004

Ans:–(c)TheHumanLibraryisaconceptthatreplacebookswithhumanstoaddresspeople’sprejudicesbyhelpingthemtotalktothosetheywouldnotnormallymeet.The internationalmovementwasfirststartedin�000inCopenhagen,Denmark.�77.WhenwastheRoyalBankOfScotlandestablished? jkW;y cSad vkWiQ LdkWVySaM dh LFkkiuk dc dh XkbZ Fkh\

(a) �7�7 (b) �796(c) �8�8 (d) �857

Ans:–(a)The Royal Bank Of Scotland was founded in �7�7. It isheadquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. It is owned byNatWestHoldings.�78.WherewastheHumanLibraryeventheld? ekuo iqLrdky; dk;ZØe dgka vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) Bengaluru/csaXkyq#(b) Hyderbad/gSnjkckn(c) Mysuru/eSlwj(d) Delhi/fnYyh

Ans:–(c)KarnatakaconductedaHumanLibraryevent inMysuruon8 December �0�9. Human Library is spread across variousmetropolitan cities including Hyderabad, Mumbai, Delhi,BengaluruinIndia.�79.WhereistheSohaeSatelliteLaunchingStationlocated? lksgs lSVsykbV ykWfUpaXk LVs'ku dgka fLFkr gS\

(a) Japan/tkiku(b) N.Korea/mÙkj dksfj;k

(c) S.Korea/,l- dksfj;k

(d) China/phuAns:–(b)NorthKoreacarriedoutaveryimportanttestatitslong-rangerocket launch site, Sohae Satellite Launching Station, on8December.NorthKoreastated that the resultof the latesttest will have an important effect on changing the strategicpositionofNorthKorea.�80.WhenwastheMissUniversepageantformed? fel ;wfuolZ istsaV dk XkBu dc fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) �95� (b) �963(c) �934 (d) �975

Ans:–(a)MissUniversebeautypageantisheldeveryyear.Itwasformedon�8June�95�.ItisrunbyMissUniverseOrganization.�8�.The __________ India Water Impact Summit �0�9 in

NewDelhi. ubZ fnYyh esa -------- Hkkjr ty çHkko f'k[kj lEesyu 2019A

(a) 4th/4okW(b) 6th/6Bk(c) 8th/8okW(d) �0th/10okW

Ans:–(a)MinisterofJalshaktisaid thatGangahasbecomeoneof�0cleanestriversintheworldamongthemajorriverscategory.The announcement was made by the Jalshakti MinisterGajendra Singh Shekhawat at the 4th India Water ImpactSummit,�0�9inNewDelhi.�8�.Indiaranked_________intheGlobalClimateRiskIndex

�0�0. Hkkjr Xykscy DykbesV fjLd baMsDl 2020 esa ----- LFkku ij jgkA

(a) 3�nd/32osa(b) �4th/24osa(c) �6th/16oha(d) 5th/5oha

Ans:–(d)Indian ranked5th in the�5theditionof theGlobalClimateRisk Index�0�0. Itwas releasedbyBonn-based think-tankGermanwatch.�83.WhenistheInternationalAnti-CorruptionDayobserved? varjkZ"Vªh; Hkz"Vkpkj fujks/d fnol dc euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) 3�November/31 uoacj

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(b) �December/2 fnlacj(c) 9December/9 fnlacj(d) ��December/12 fnlacj

Ans:–(c)InternationalAnti-CorruptionDayisobservedon9December.The day aims to raise awareness about corruption and themeasuresthatcanbetakentocombatcorruption.�84.Whichriverhasbecomeoneof�0cleanestriversinthe

world? dkSu lh unh dh 10 lcls LoPN ufn;ksa esa ls ,d cu XkbZ gS\

(a) Yamuna/;equk(b) Brahmaputra/czg~eiq=k(c) Ganga/XkaXkk(d) Indus/fla/q

Ans:–(c)MinisterofJalshaktisaid thatGangahasbecomeoneof�0cleanestriversintheworldamongthemajorriverscategory.The announcement was made by the Jalshakti MinisterGajendra Singh Shekhawat at the 4th India Water ImpactSummit,�0�9inNewDelhi.�85.AirtellaunchesWi-Ficallingservicein_________. ,;jVsy us ---------------- esa okbZ&iQkbZ dkfyaXk lsok 'kq: dhA

(a) Chennai/psUubZ(b) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(c) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(d) Mumbai/eqacbZ

Ans:–(b)

AirtellaunchesWi-FicallingserviceinDelhi-NCR�86.WhenNSEwasfounded? NSEdh LFkkiuk dc gqbZ\

(a) �998 (b) �995(c) �99� (d) �993

Ans:–(b)NSEheadquarterswasfoundedon�99�.NationalStockExchangeofIndiaLimitedistheleadingstockexchangeofIndia.�87.Where is theheadquartersofNationalSmall Industries

Corporationlocated? jk"Vªh; y?kq m|ksXk fuXke dk eq[;ky; dgka fLFkr gS\


Ans:–(b)

TheheadquartersofNationalSmallIndustriesCorporationisNewDelhi.�88.The second phase of the Atal Innovation Mission

(AIM) and Scientific International Research In UniqueTerrestrialStation(SIRIUS)DeepTechnologyLearningand Innovation Programme �0�9 culminated. WhichCountry’sprogrammeisSIRIUS?

vVy buksos'ku fe'ku (AIM)vkSj lkbafVfiQd baVjus'kuy fjlpZ bu ;wfud VsjsfLVª;y LVs'ku (SIRIUS)Mhih VsDuksykWth yfu±Xk ,aM buksos'ku çksXkzke 2019 ds nwljs pj.k dk lekiu gqvkA fdl ns'k dk dk;ZØe SIRIUSgS\(a) TheUS/vesfjdk

(b) China/phu(c) Russia/:l(d) Japan/tkiku

Ans:–(c)ThesecondphaseofNITIAayog’sAtalInnovationMission(AIM) and Russia’s Scientific International Research InUnique Terrestrial Station (SIRIUS) Deep TechnologyLearningandInnovationProgramme�0�9culminatedasthe�5Indianstudentsreturnedwithbestpracticesofcontemporaryinnovationandentrepreneurship.�89.National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) signed

MoUwith_________ for thedevelopmentofMinistryof Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME)EcosysteminIndiainOil&GasSector.

jk"Vªh; y?kq m|ksXk fuXke (NSIC)us Hkkjr esa rsy vkSj XkSl {ks=k esa lw{e] y?kq vkSj eè;e m|e (MSME)ikfjfLFkfrdh ra=k ds fodkl ds fy, ----------------- ds lkFk le>kSrk Kkiu ij gLrk{kj fd,A

(a) ONGC/vks,uthlh

(b) Reliance/fjyk;al(c) TATA/VkVk(d) AramcoAsia/vjkedks ,f'k;k

Ans:–(d)AMemorandumofunderstanding(MoU)wassignedbetweenNational Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) andAramcoAsia.TheMoUwassignedbySh.P.Udayakumar,Director(P&M) from NSIC and Mr. Mohammed Al Mughirah,President,AramcoAsia.�90.When was the National Stock Exchange (NSE)

established? us'kuy LVkWd ,Dlpsat (,u,lbZ) dh LFkkiuk dc dh XkbZ

Fkh\

(a) �985 (b) �987(c) �99� (d) �995

Ans:–(c)

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The National Stock Exchange (NSE) was established in�99�.�9�.WorldAnti-DopingAgency(WADA)banned________

for a four-year term from all major sporting events onDecember�0�9.

fo'o MksfiaXk jks/h ,tsalh (okMk) us fnlacj 2019 dks lHkh çeq[k [ksy vk;kstuksa ls pkj lky ds fy, ---------- dks çfrcaf/r dj fn;kA

(a) Russia/:l(b) China/phu(c) Japan/tkiku(d) Sweden/LohMu

Ans:–(a)TheWorldAnti-DopingAgency(WADA)bannedRussiaforafour-yeartermfromallmajorsportingevents.Thedecisionwas made at Wada’s executive committee in a meeting inLausanne,Switzerland.�9�.Where is the headquarters of the World Anti-Doping

Agencylocated? fo'o MksfiaXk jks/h ,tsalh dk eq[;ky; dgka fLFkr gS\

(a) London/yanu(b) Montreal/ekWfUVª;y(c) Madrid/eSfMªM(d) Melbourne/esycksuZ

Ans:–(b)WorldAnti-DopingAgency(WADA)wasestablishedon�0November�999bytheInternationalOlympicCommittee.ItisheadquarteredinMontreal,Quebec,Canada.�93.Whichcountry reported the firstpoliocase in�7years

(December�0�9)? 27 lky (fnlacj 2019) esa fdl ns'k us igyk iksfy;ks ekeyk

ntZ fd;k\

(a) Maldives/ekynhi(b) SriLanka/Jhyadk

(c) Malaysia/eysf'k;k(d) Pakistan/ikfdLrku

Ans:–(c)Malaysiareportedthefirstpoliocasein�7years.Thehealthauthorities reported thata three-month-oldMalaysian infanthasbeendiagnosedwithpolio.ThisisthefirstcasereportedintheAsia-Pacificcountryin�7years.�94.When did Human rights law came into existence in

India? Hkkjr esa ekuo vf/dkj dkuwu dc fLrRo esa vk;k\

(a) �950 (b) �967

(c) �988 (d) �993Ans:–(d)HumanrightslawcameintoexistenceinIndiafromSeptember�8, �993.This Commission has made its recommendationstotheGovernmenttoprotecttherightsofordinarycitizens,children, women, elderly human rights, and people of theLGBTcommunityinthecountry.�95.WhenwastheWorldTravelAwards(WTA)established? fo'o ;k=kk iqjLdkj (WTA)dh LFkkiuk dc dh XkbZ Fkh\

(a) �993 (b) �997(c) �000 (d) �004

Ans:–(a)WorldTravelAwards(WTA)wasestablishedin�993.WTAacknowledgesandrewardsexcellenceacrossallkeysectorsofthetravel,tourismandhospitalityindustries.Thewinnersoftheawardareselectedbyaninternationaljuryofhospitalityexperts,mainlyfromtheWorldTravelandTourismCouncil.�96.Which city is selected as the world’s leading Sports

tourismDestinationfortheseventhconsecutivetime? fdl 'kgj dks yXkkrkj lkroha ckj nqfu;k ds vXkz.kh [ksy i;ZVu

LFky ds :i eas pquk Xk;k gS\

(a) AbuDhabi/vcq /kch

(b) Melbourne/esycksuZ(c) NewYork/U;w;kWdZ

(d) London/yanuAns:–(a)AbuDhabiisselectedastheworld’sleadingSportstourismDestination for the seventh consecutive time. The decisionwas made at the �6th edition of the World Travel Awards(WTA)thatisbeingheldinMuscat,Oman.�97.When was the first International Mountain Day

celebrated? igyk varjkZ"Vªh; ioZrh; fnol dc euk;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) �003 (b) �005(c) �008 (d) �0�0

Ans:–(a)The UN declared �00� as the UN International Year ofMountains.Thefirstinternationaldaywascelebratedforthefirsttimein�003.�98.WhendidEritrea-Ethiopiaborderwarhappen? bfjfVª;k&bfFk;ksfi;k lhek ;q¼ dc gqvk Fkk\

(a) �998-�000 (b) �999-�00�(c) �000-�00� (d) �00�-�003

Ans:–(a)Eritreagot independencefromEthiopiain�99�.It foughta

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disastrousborderwarduring�998-�000withEthiopia.Morethan80,000peoplewerekilledinthewar.�99.WhenistheInternationalMountainDayobserved? varjkZ"Vªh; ioZrh; fnol dc euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) 5Dec/5 fnlacj(b) ��Dec/11 fnlacj(c) �6Dec/16 fnlacj(d) ��Dec/21 fnlacj

Ans:–(b)InternationalMountainDayisobservedon��December.Thedayaimstoraiseawarenessaboutconservingthemountains.Areportsaysthat�5%oftheworld’spopulationlivesinthemountains.Itisnecessarytoconservethemountains.Mountainconservation is a crucial factor for sustainabledevelopmentGoal�5(SDG-�5).�00.WhichyearwasdeclaredastheUNInternationalYearof

Mountains? la;qDr jk"Vª varjkZ"Vªh; ioZrh; o"kZ fdl o"kZ ?kksf"kr fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) �996 (b) �999(c) �00� (d) �006

Ans:–(c)The UN declared �00� as the UN International Year ofMountains.Thefirstinternationaldaywascelebratedforthefirsttimein�003.�0�.WhendidEritreagetindependencefromEthiopia? bjhfVª;k dks bfFk;ksfi;k ls Lora=krk dc feyh\

(a) �983 (b) �987(c) �99� (d) �995

Ans:–(c)Eritreagot independencefromEthiopiain�99�.It foughtadisastrousborderwarduring�998-�000withEthiopia.Morethan80,000peoplewerekilledinthewar.�0�.EthiopianPrimeMinisterNobelPeacePrizereceivedthe

_________NobelPeacePrize. bfFk;ksfi;k ds ç/kuea=kh dks -------- ukscsy 'kkafr iqjLdkj feykA

(a) 75th/75oha(b) �00th/100oha(c) ��5th/125oha(d) �50th/150oha

Ans:–(b)EthiopianPrimeMinisterAbiyAhmedAlireceivedtheNobelPeacePrizeon�0December�0�9atOslo’sCityHall.TheNorwegianNobelCommitteeconferredthe�00thNobelPeacePrizetothePrimeMinisterinthepresenceoftheNorwegianroyalfamily.

�03.WhichcountryistopartnerforBioAsia�0�0? ck;ks,f'k;k 2020 ds fy, dkSu lk ns'k lk>snkj gS\

(a) Sweden/LohMu(b) Switzerland/fLoV~tjySaM(c) Russia/:l(d) China/phu

Ans:–(b)Switzerland is to serve as a partner for BioAsia �0�0 hasscheduled to be held between �7-�9 February �0�9 inHyderabad, Telangana. The announcement was made byJayesh Ranjan, Principal Secretary of the Industries andCommerceandInformationTechnologyofTelangana.�04.Which country topped the �0�9 South Asian Games

championship? 2019 lkmFk ,f'k;u XksEl pSafi;ujf'ki esa fdl ns'k us VkWi fd;k\

(a) Nepal/usiky(b) SriLanka/Jhyadk

(c) India/bafM;k(d) Pakistan/ikfdLrku

Ans:–(c)The �3th South Asian Games concluded in Nepal on �0December�0�9.Indiatoppedthechampionshipwithamedaltally of 3�� medals, of which �74 gold, 93 silver, and 45bronze.�05.WhendidIndiaratifytheUnitedNationsConventionon

theLawoftheSea(UNCLOS)? Hkkjr us leqæ ds dkuwu (UNCLOS)ij la;qDr jk"Vª lEesyu

dh iqf"V dc dh\

(a) �994 (b) �995(c) �997 (d) �999

Ans:–(b)UNCLOS was signed on �0 December �98� at MontegoBay,Jamaica.ItistheresultofthethirdeditionoftheUnitedNations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS III)internationalagreement. Ithappenedbetweentheyear�973and�98�.IndiahadratifiedtheUNCLOSin�995.�06.How many place/s of the ranking remain unoccupied

as none of the countries assessed is already on a pathcompatiblewiththeParisclimatetargets?

jSafdaXk eas ls fdrus LFkku@LFkku [kkyh jg Xk, gSa D;ksafd fdlh Hkh ns'k }kjk ewY;kadu ugah fd;k Xk;k gS tks igys ls gh isfjl tyok;q y{;ksa ds vuq:i gS\

(a) First/çFke(b) Firsttwo/igys nks(c) Firstthree/igys rhu

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(d) Firstfive/igys ikapAns:–(c)The first three places of the ranking remain unoccupied asnoneofthecountriesassessedisalreadyonapathcompatiblewiththeParisclimatetargets.�07.Howmanyfast-trackspecialcourts(FTSC)didtheCentre

proposetosetupinIndia? dsaæ ljdkj us Hkkjr esa fdrus iQkLV&VªSd Lis'ky dksVZ (FCS)

dk çLrko j[kk Fkk\

(a) 685 (b) 900(c) �0�3 (d) ��

Ans:–(c)The Centre has proposed to set up �0�3 fast-track specialcourts(FTSC)forspeedytrialanddisposalofrapeandothersexualassaultcasesin�0�9.�08.WhobecamethefirstplayerinIndiancrickettofeaturein

�50Ranjimatches? 150 j.kth eSpksa esa iQhpj djus okys Hkkjrh; fØdsV ds igys

f[kykM+h dkSu cus\

(a) K.L.Rahul/ds-,y- jkgqy

(b) WasimJaffer/olhe tkiQj(c) JaspritBumrah/tlçhr cqejkg(d) WriddhimanSaha/fjf¼eku lkgk

Ans:–(b)WasimJaffer,theformerIndiaopener,becamethefirstplayerinIndiancrickettofeaturein�50Ranjimatches.�09.Which State is to set up fast-track special courts

(FTSC)? fdl jkT; esa iQkLV VªSd fo'ks"k vnkyrksa (FCS)dh LFkkiuk dh

tkuh gS\

(a) Odisha/vksfM'kk

(b) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(c) Karnataka/dukZVd

(d) Bihar/fcgkjAns:–(a)TheOdishaStategovernmenthasplannedtosetup45fast-track special courts (FTSC) in the State. It aims to ensurespeedy trial of cases involving crime against women andchildren. The announcement was made by the State lawministerPratapJena.��0.Which state is to set up a virtual police station in the

State’suniversity? fdl jkT; esa jkT; ds fo'ofo|ky; esa ,d vkHkklh iqfyl

LVs'ku LFkkfir fd;k tkuk gS\



(c) Kerala/dsjy

(d) TamilNadu/rfeyukMqAns:–(a)AndhraPradeshistosetupavirtualpolicestation(VPS)intheAndhraUniversity(AU).Itwillbethefirstofitskind.Itwillhelp the students to reportviolenceor anyother crimeonline.Theplan toestablishVPSwas initiallyproposedbyAUvice-chancellorPrasadReddyinAugust�0�9.��.WhoisappointedasthenextHighCommissionerofIndia

totheRepublicofGhana? ?kkuk Xk.kjkT; esa Hkkjr ds vXkys mPpk;qDr ds :i esa fdls


(a) RahulShrivastava/jkgqy JhokLro(b) C.SugandhRajaram/lh- lqXka/ jktkjke(c) ShriMridulKumar/Jh e`nqy dqekj

(d) Dr.T.SureshBabu/MkW- Vh- lqjs'k ckcwAns:–(b)C. Sugandh Rajaram has been appointed as the next HighCommissioner of India to the Republic of Ghana. Rajaram ispresently the Consul General, Consulate General of India toSouthernGermany.HewillreplaceBirenderSinghYadavasthenextHighCommissionerofIndiatotheRepublicofGhana.��.Where was the Symposium on Scope of Science of

AyurvedainGlobalHealth�0�9? oSf'od LokLF; 2019 esa vk;qosZn ds foKku ij laXkks"Bh dgka Fkh\

(a) Mumbai/eqacbZ(b) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(c) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(d) Pune/iq.ks

Ans:–(c)GovernmentorganizedaSymposiumonScopeofScienceofAyurvedainGlobalHealthon��DecemberatNewDelhi.ThesymposiumaimedtosensitizealltheAmbassadorsandHighCommissionersandimpart themwiththeinformationaboutadvancedresearchandrecentdevelopmentsinAyurveda.��3.Whenwasthebarcodescannedforthefirsttime? igyh ckj ckjdksM LdSu dc fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) �953 (b) �974(c) �986 (d) �998

Ans:–(b)ThefirstproductthatwasscannedwasapacketofWrigley’sJuicyFruitchewinggum.IttookplaceinJune�974inOhio.��4.George Laurer who passed away recently is the co-

inventorof________.

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tkWtZ ykWj ftudk gky gh esa fu/u gks Xk;k gS -------- ds lg&vkfo"dkjd gSaA

(a) radium/jsfM;e(b) QRcode/D;wvkj dksM

(c) barcode/ckjdksM

(d) smartphones/LekVZiQksUlAns:–(c)George Laurer, the US engineer who helped develop thebarcode, has passed away at the age of 94. When he wasworking as an electrical engineer with IBM, he developedUPCorbarcode.Hedevelopedascannerthatcoulddigitallyreadcodes.Heusedstripestoprintthecodes.��5.When did United Nations General Assembly pass the

resolution on global health and accelerate the progresstowardUniversalHealthCoverage(UHC)?

la;qDr jk"Vª egklHkk us oSf'od LokLF; ij çLrko dc ikfjr fd;k vkSj ;wfuolZy gsYFk dojst (;w,plh) dh fn'kk esa çXkfr dks Xkfr nh\

(a) �004 (b) �008(c) �0�� (d) �0�6

Ans:–(c)On��December�0��,theUnitedNationsGeneralAssembly(UNGA)passedtheresolutiononglobalhealthandacceleratetheprogresstowardUniversalHealthCoverage(UHC).��6.WhichcountryisnotamemberoftheBIMSTECgroup? dkSu lk ns'k BIMSTEClewg dk lnL; ugha gS\

(a) Bhutan/HkwVku(b) India/bafM;k(c) Thailand/FkkbZySaM(d) Maldives/ekynho

Ans:–(d)The Seven BIMSTEC Countries are Bhutan, Bangladesh,India,Myanmar,Nepal,SriLanka,Thailand.��7.When is the International Universal Health Coverage

Dayobserved? varjkZ"Vªh; lkoZHkkSfed LokLF; dojst fnol dc euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) ��December/12 fnlacj(b) �4August/14 vXkLr

(c) �3March/13 ekpZ(d) �7May/17 ebZ

Ans:–(a)International Universal Health Coverage Day is observedon��Decembereveryyear.ThedayisobservedgloballytohighlighttheimportanceofUniversalHealthCoverage(UHC)

forstrongandresilienthealthsystems.Thedayremindsthateveryperson,despitewhotheyareorwheretheylive,shouldbeabletogetthequalityhealthcaretheyneedwithoutfacingfinancialhardship.��8.Where was the 4th Bay of Bengal Initiative for

Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation(BIMSTEC)Summitheld?

cgq&{ks=kh; ruhdh vkSj vkfFkZd lg;ksXk (fCkElVsd) f'k[kj lEesyu ds fy, caXkky dh 4oha [kkM+h dgka ij vk;ksftr dh XkbZ Fkh\

(a) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(b) Colombo/dksyacks

(c) Kathmandu/dkBekaMw

(d) Beijing/chftaXkAns:–(c)The4thBayofBengalInitiativeforMulti-SectoralTechnicaland Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Summit atKathmandu,Nepalon30-3�stAugust�0�9.��9.When was the first International Day of Neutrality

observed? rVLFkrk dk igyk varjkZ"Vªh; fnol dc euk;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) �004 (b) �008(c) �0�3 (d) �0�7

Ans:–(d)InternationalDayofNeutralitywasofficiallydeclaredbytheUNGeneralAssembly(UNGA)resolutionadoptedinFebruary�0�7.Thedaywasfirstobservedon��December�0�7.TheobservanceofthedayshowsthatNeutralityisveryimportantfortheUnitedNationstogaintheconfidenceandcooperationof all the member countries to operate independently andeffectively.��0.Asian Development Bank (ADB) reduced India’s

economicgrowthforecastforFY�0�9-�0to________. ,f'k;kbZ fodkl cSad (ADB)us foÙk o"kZ 2019&20 ds fy,

Hkkjr ds vkfFkZd fodkl ds vuqeku dks ?kVkdj ---------- dj fn;k gSA

(a) 5% (b) 5.�%(c) 5.�7% (d) 5.�5%

Ans:–(b)AsianDevelopmentBank (ADB) reduced India’s economicgrowth forecast for FY �0�9-�0 to 5.�%. It reduced uponanalyzingtheslowingjobprospects,ruraldistressexacerbatedby poor harvest and credit crunch. The bank has predictedthe growth will pick up to 6.5% next year on supportivegovernmentpolicies.��.WhendidtheUNGeneralAssembly(UNGA)officially

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declaretheInternationalDayofNeutrality? la;qDr jk"Vª egklHkk (UNGA)us vkf/dkfjd rkSj ij varjkZ"Vªh;

rVLFkrk fnol dh ?kks"k.kk dc dh\

(a) �006 (b) �009(c) �0�4 (d) �0�7

Ans:–(d)International Day of Neutrality was officially declared by theUNGeneralAssembly(UNGA)resolutionadoptedinFebruary�0�7.Thedaywasfirstobservedon��December�0�7.��.The IFSCsAuthority Bill, �0�9, which was passed by

Lok Sabha will amend ________ Acts, including theSEBIAct,IRDAAct,andPFRDAAct.

IFSCsAuthorityBill,�0�9,tks yksdlHkk }kjk ikfjr fd;k Xk;k Fkk] ------------ vf/fu;eksa esa la'kks/u djsXkk] ftlesa SEBIvf/fu;e] IRDAvf/fu;e vkSj PFRDAvf/fu;e 'kkfey gSaA(a) 6 (b) 8(c) �� (d) �4

Ans:–(d)The International Financial Services Centres AuthorityBill, �0�9,whichwaspassedbyLokSabhawill amend�4Acts, includingtheSEBIAct, theInsuranceRegulatoryandDevelopmentAuthority (IRDA)Act and the Pension FundRegulatoryandDevelopmentAuthority(PFRDA)Act.��3.WhenistheInternationalDayofNeutralityobserved? rVLFkrk dk varjkZ"Vªh; fnol dc euk;k tkrk gS\


(b) ��October/21 vDVwcj

(c) �0November/10 uoacj(d) ��December/12 fnlacj

Ans:–(d)InternationalDayofNeutralityisobservedon��December.Thedayaimedtopromotetheuseofpreventivediplomacy,whichisthecorethemeoftheUN.TheUNconductsaimedto enhance public awareness of the value of neutrality ininternationalrelations.��4.Poland asked for an extension up to _______ in the

EuropeanUnion’sclimateneutralityagreement? ikSySaM us ;wjksih; la?k ds tyok;q rVLFkrk le>kSrs esa -------- rd

foLrkj ds fy, dgk\

(a) �055 (b) �060(c) �070 (d) �075

Ans:–(c)TheEuropeanUnion(EU)leftPolandoutofa�050climateneutrality agreement. The country resisted the plan duringhoursofintensedebateandwasleftoutofthenewcommitment.

Polandisexpectedtoreachclimateneutralityatitsownpace.Thecountryaskedforanextensionoftheperiodto�070.��5.WhoisappointedastheSecretaryofMines? [kku lfpo ds :i eas fdlus fu;qDr fd;k Xk;k gS\

(a) PraveenKumar/çoh.k dqekj

(b) AjitDev/vftr nso

(c) KiranArjun/fdj.k vtqZu

(d) SushilKumar/lq'khy dqekjAns:–(d)

Mr.SushilKumarhasbeenappointedastheMinesSecretary.��6.WhichcountrywasleftoutoftheEuropeanUnion’s�050

climateneutralityagreement? ;wjksih; la?k ds 2050 tyok;q rVLFkrk le>kSrs ls dkSu lk ns'k

cpk Fkk\

(a) Germany/teZuh(b) Greece/;wuku(c) Poland/iksySaM(d) France/Úkal

Ans:–(c)TheEuropeanUnion(EU)leftPolandoutofa�050climateneutralityagreement.TheagreementispartofaplantomakeEurope the first climate-neutral continent. Poland was leftout as itdemandedmore funds for economic transitionandsupportfornuclearpower.��7.WhowasnamedastheBusinessPersonoftheYear�0�9

byTIME? TIME}kjk o"kZ 2019 ds fctusl ilZu ds :i esa fdlus ukfer

fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) TimeCook/fVe dqd

(b) Ginnyrometty/fXkUuh jksesV~Vh(c) LarryPage/ysjh ist(d) Robertlger/jkWcVZ vkbXkj

Ans:–(d)DisneyCEORobertIgerwasnamedtheBusinessPersonoftheYear.��8.OnwhichCountrydidtheUnitedNationsimposednew

sanctionsonDecember�0�9? fnlacj 2019 dks la;qDr jk"Vª us fdl ns'k ij u, çfrca/ yXkk,

Fks\

(a) Iran/bZjku(b) China/phu(c) Japan/tkiku(d) N.Korea/mÙkj dksfj;k

Ans:–(a)

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TheUnitedStates imposednew sanctionson Iran’s biggestairline and its shippingnetworkon��December�0�9.USaccusedthemoftransportinglethalaidandweaponsofmassdestructionproliferation.��9.State Bank of India (SBI) announced a reduced �-year

marginalcost-basedlendingrates(MCLR)by________ Hkkjrh; LVsV cSad (SBI)us -------------- }kjk de 1&o"kZ dh

lhekar ykXkr&vk/kfjr m/kj njksa (MCLR)dh dh ?kks"k.kk dhA

(a) 5bps/5chih,l(b) 7.5bps/7-5 chih,l(c) �0bps/10 chih,l(d) �5bps/15 chih,l

Ans:–(c)State Bank of India (SBI) announced a reduced �-yearmarginalcost-basedlendingrates(MCLR)by�0bps.MCLRwillbereducedto7.90%from8%.Thenewrateswillcometoeffectfrom�0December�0�9.Alltheotherratesremainthe same. This is the eighth consecutive MCLR cut in thefinancialyear�0�9.�30.WhereisRaipurlocated? jk;iqj dgka fLFkr gS\

(a) MadhyaPradesh/eè; çns'k(b) Chhattisgarh/NÙkhlXk<+(c) Rajasthan/jktLFkku(d) Gujarat/Xkqtjkr

Ans:–(b)RaipuristhecapitalcityofChhattisgarhstateincentralIndia.Inthecenter,theancientDudhadhariMathtempleisasacredmonument dedicated to Lord Rama, decorated with scenesfromtheepicpoemRamayana.�3�.WherewilltheNationalTribalDanceFestivalbeheld? jk"Vªh; tutkrh; u`R; egksRlo dgka vk;ksftr fd;k tk,Xkk\

(a) Jaipur/t;iqj(b) Raipur/jk;iqj(c) Lucknow/y[kuÅ(d) Ahmedabad/vgenkckn

Ans:–(b)A three-day National Tribal Dance Festival will be heldinRaipur,Chhattisgarh.The festival is tobeheldon�7-�9December�0�9.�3�.WhenwastheParliamentaryattackhappen? lalanh; geyk dc gqvk Fkk\

(a) �5June/15 twu(b) �0August/20 vXkLr


(d) �3December/13 fnlacjAns:–(d)On �3 December �00�, five terrorists of the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) attackedthe Parliament complex and opened fire killing nearly ninepeopleandinjuring�6others.�33.WhendidtheParliamentAttackhappeninIndia? Hkkjr esa laln geyk dc gqvk\

(a) �993 (b) �996(c) �998 (d) �00�

Ans:–(b)President Ram Nath Kovind and the Union Ministers paidtribute to those who lost their lives in the �00� Parliamentattack.Thedaymarks the�8thanniversaryof theattackontheIndianParliament.�34.WherewasthesixthJointCommissionMeetingbetween

IndiaandIndonesiaheld? Hkkjr vkSj baMksusf'k;k ds chp NBh la;qDr vk;ksXk dh cSBd

dgka vk;ksftr dh XkbZ Fkh\

(a) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(b) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(c) Mumbai/eqacbZ(d) Bengaluru/csaXkyq#

Ans:–(b)The sixth Joint Commission Meeting between India andIndonesiaisheldattheHyderabad.�35.WhichStatelaunchedtheMoSarkarinitiative? fdl jkT; us eks ljdkj dh igy 'kq: dh\

(a) Rajasthan/jktLFkku(b) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'k(c) Odisha/vksfM'kk

(d) MadhyaPradesh/eè; çns'kAns:–(c)The ‘MoSarkar’ programmewas launchedbyOdisha stategovernment.Itaimedatmakinggovernancepeople-centric.�36.Which state included the Department ofAgriculture &

Farmers’EmpowermentunderMoSarkar?

eks ljdkj ds rgr fdl jkT; esa Ñf"k vkSj fdlku l'kfDrdj.k foHkkXk 'kkfey Fks\

(a) Punjab/iatkc(b) Bihar/fcgkj(c) Odisha/vksfM'kk

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(d) TamilNadu/rfeyukMqAns:–(c)The Odisha State Government included the Department ofAgriculture&Farmers’Empowermentunder thestate’sMoSarkarprogramme. Itwasannouncedby theChiefMinisterNaveen Patnaik. Under this, the Chief Minister wouldpersonallycallupthefarmersandtaketheirfeedbackontheservices thatareprovidedby thedepartmentActionwillbetakenontheemployeesofthedepartmentiftheGovernmentreceivesnegativefeedbackfromthefarmers.�37.WhichStatehasreceivedtheKrishiKarmanAwardfive

times? fdl jkT; dks ikap ckj Ñf"k deZ.k iqjLdkj feyk gS\

(a) Odisha/vksfM'kk


(c) Kerala/dsjy

(d) Punjab/iatkcAns:–(a)Odisha, in the agriculture field, has received the KrishiKarmanAwardfivetimes.�38.Whichstatewonthe�0�9WorldHabitatAward? fdl jkT; us 2019 fo'o gSfcVsV iqjLdkj thrk\

(a) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'k(b) MadhyaPradesh/eè; çns'k(c) Odisha/vksfM'kk

(d) Bihar/fcgkjAns:–(c)OdishaStategovernmentwashonouredwiththe�0�9WorldHabitatAward.The award recognized the State’s ambitiousprojectJagaMission.TheawardwasconferredbytheWorldHabitat, a UK based organization, in association with theUnitedNations(UN)-Habitat.Theprogrammehassetaglobalbenchmarktoempowertheurbanpoor.�39.Indiaistohostthe36thInternationalGeologicalCongress

(IGC)in________. Hkkjr dks ------------- esa 36osa varjkZ"Vªh; HkwoSKkfud dkaXkzsl (IGC)

dh estckuh djuh gSA


(c) Srinagar/JhuXkj(d) Guwahati/XkqokgkVh

Ans:–(a)India is to host the 36th International Geological Congress(IGC)inNewDelhiduringthefirstweekofMarch�0�0.ItispopularlydescribedastheOlympicsofGeosciences.

�40.Which State adopted Trakea to make forensic reportstamper-proof?

iQkWjsafld fjiksVZ dks lqjf{kr cukus vkSj NsM+NkM+ u djus ds fy, fdl jkT; us Vªsfd;k dks viuk;k\

(a) Punjab/iatkc(b) Haryana/gfj;k.kk(c) Bihar/fcgkj(d) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'k

Ans:–(a)Haryana Police has adopted Trakea, a unique barcodingsoftwaretomakeforensicreportstamper-proof.Thetechniquewill ensure the thousands of forensic reports that form thebackboneofthecriminalinvestigationsystemandsubsequenttrialsinthecourtsoflaw,arenottamperedwith.�4�.Whichcountryistohostthe36thInternationalGeological

Congress(IGC)? 36osa varjkZ"Vªh; HkwoSKkfud dkaXkzsl (IGC)dh estckuh fdl ns'k

dks djuh gS\

(a) Russia/:l(b) India/bafM;k(c) China/phu(d) Thailand/FkkbZySaM

Ans:–(b)India is to host the 36th International Geological Congress(IGC)inNewDelhiduringthefirstweekofMarch�0�0.ItispopularlydescribedastheOlympicsofGeosciences.�4�.WhowontheSportsPersonformaleofthe�0�9FICCI

IndiaSportsAwards? iq#"k oXkZ ds fy, LiksV~Zl ilZu 2019 FICCIbafM;k LiksV~Zl

vokM~Zl fdlus thrk\

(a) AbhinavBindra/vfHkuo fcanzk

(b) NeerajChopra/uhjt pksiM+k(c) SrikanthKidambi/Jhdkar fdnkach

(d) SaurabhChaudhary/lkSjHk pkS/jhAns:–(d)SaurabhChaudharywontheSportsPersonofthe�0�9FICCIIndiaSportsAwards.�43.WhowontheSportsPersonforfemaleofthe�0�9FICCI

IndiaSportsAwards? efgyk oXkZ ds fy, LiksV~Zl ilZu 2019 FICCIbafM;k LiksV~Zl

vokM~Zl fdlus thrk\

(a) SainaNehwal/lkbuk usgoky(b) MaryKom/eSjh dkWe

(c) RaniRampal/jkuh jkeiky

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(d) MithaliRaj/ferkyh jktAns:–(c)RaniRampalwontheSportsPersonofthe�0�9FICCIIndiaSportsAwards.�44.________ has signed an agreement with UNESCO

MGIEP to enable school teachers to adopt technologyin classrooms by using Information CommunicationTechnology(ICT)tools.

--------------- us lwpuk lapkj çkS|ksfXkdh (ICT)VwYl dk mi;ksXk djds Ldwy ds f'k{kdksa dks d{kkvksa esa çkS|ksfXkdh dks le{k djus ds fy, UNESCOMGIEPds lkFk ,d le>kSrs ij gLrk{kj fd, gSaA

(a) IBM/vkbZch,e

(b) DELL/MSy(c) Infosys/baiQksfll(d) TCS/Vhlh,l

Ans:–(b)DellTechnologies has signed an agreement with UNESCOMahatmaGandhiInstituteofEducationforPeace(MGIEP)toenableschoolteacherstoadopttechnologyinclassroomsbyusingInformationCommunicationTechnology(ICT)tools.�45.Whowon theBestSports Journalist award in the�0�9

FICCIIndiaSportsAwards? 2019 FICCIbafM;k LiksV~Zl vokM~Zl esa loZJs"B [ksy i=kdkj

dk iqjLdkj fdlus thrk gS\

(a) KameshSrinivasan/dkes'k Jhfuoklu

(b) MayantiLanger/ea;rh ySaXkj(c) harshaBhogle/g"kkZ HkksXkys(d) BoriaMajumdar/cksfj;k etwenkj

Ans:–(a)KameshSrinivasanwontheBestSportsJournalistawardinthe�0�9FICCIIndiaSportsAwards.�46.WhohasbeenelectedasthePrimeMinisterinthe�0�9

UK’sGeneralelection? 2019 ds ;wds dss vke pquko esa fdls ç/kuea=kh ds :i esa pquk

Xk;k gS\

(a) JeremyCorbyn/tsjseh dkWfcZu

(b) NigelFarage/fuXksy iQjkt(c) GordonBrown/XkkWMZu czkmu(d) BorisJohnson/cksfjl tkWulu

Ans:–(d)PrimeMinisterBorisJohnson’sConservativepartywontheUN’sGeneralelectionwithamajorityvote.�47.Whichpartywonthe�0�9UK’sGeneralelection?

2019 ;wds dk vke pquko fdl ikVhZ us thrk\

(a) Labourparty/yscj ikVhZ(b) DemocraticParty/yksdrakf=kd ikVhZ

(c) Conservativeparty/vuqnkj ny

(d) LiberalDemocrats/mnkj çtkra=koknhAns:–(c)PrimeMinisterBorisJohnson’sConservativepartywonthe�0�9UK’sGeneralelectionwithamajorityvote.�48.How many Indian-origin candidates were elected to

HouseofCommonsintheUKintheUK’s�0�9Generalelection?

fczVsu ds 2019 ds vke pquko esa fdrus Hkkjrh; ewy ds mEehnokjksa dks fczVsu esa gkml vkWiQ dkWeUl ds fy, pquk XK;k Fkk\

(a) �� (b) �5(c) �8 (d) �0

Ans:–(b)PrimeMinisterBorisJohnson’sConservativepartywontheUN’s General election with a majority vote. Indian-origincandidates in both the ruling Conservative and oppositionLabourpartieshaveregisteredequallystrongresultsofsevenwinsoneachside.Around�5MPshavemadeintotheUK’sHouseofCommons,thelowerhouse.�49.The Aircraft Amendment Bill, �0�9 will enhance the

maximum limitof fine from the existingRs.�0 lakh to________.

,;jØkÝV vesaMesaV fcy] 2019 tqekZuk dh vf/dre lhek dks ekStwnk 10 yk[k #i;s ls c<+kdj -------- dj nsXkkA

(a) Rs.�0lakh/20 yk[k #i;s(b) Rs.50lakh/50 yk[k #i;s(c) Rs.�crore/1 djksM+ #i;s

(d) Rs5crore/5 djksM+ #i;sAns:–(c)The Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra ModiapprovedtheintroductionoftheAircraft(Amendment)Bill,�0�9.TheBillamendtheAircraftAct,�934(XXIIof�934).The bill will enhance the maximum limit of fine from theexistingRs.�0lakhtoRs.�crore.�50.WhenistheWorldEnergyConservationDayobserved? fo'o ÅtkZ laj{k.k fnol dc euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) ��February/21 iQjojh(b) �0May/10 ebZ(c) 30October/30 vDVwcj

(d) �4December/14 fnlacjAns:–(d)WorldEnergyConservationDayisobservedon�4December.

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The day aims to highlight the importance of energyconsumption. This Day creates a sense of urgency on theissuesinvolved.�5�.How many wholesale regulated markets have been

integratedwithe-NAMplatform? fdrus Fkksd fofu;fer cktkjksa dks bZ&,u,,e IysViQkWeZ ds lkFk

,dhÑr fd;k Xk;k gS\

(a) �39 (b) 4��(c) 585 (d) 635

Ans:–(c)585 wholesale regulated markets have been integrated withe-NAMplatform.�5�.WhenistheOSIRIS-RExspacecraftexpectedtoreturnto

earthwithasamplecollection? OSIRIS-RExvarfj{k ;ku dks uewuk laXkzg ds lkFk i`Foh ij

ykSVus dh mEehn dc gS\

(a) �0�� (b) �0��(c) �0�3 (d) �0�4

Ans:–(c)OSIRIS-REx sample collection has been scheduled for thelatterhalf of�0�0.The spacecraft is expected to return theasteroidsamplestoEarthon�4September�0�3.�53.Over________acrossIndiahavebeenregisteredonthe

NationalAgricultureMarket(e-NAM)platform. iwjs Hkkjr esa ----------- dks jk"Vªh; Ñf"k cktkj (e-NAM)IysViQkWeZ

ij iathÑr fd;k Xk;k gSA

(a) �,05,000lakhfarmers/1]05]00 yk[k fdlku

(b) �,��,800lakhfarmers/�,��,800yk[k fdlku

(c) �,48,750lakhfarmers/�,48,750yk[k fdlku

(d) �,65,000lakhfarmers/�,65,000yk[k fdlkuAns:–(d)Thegovernmentsaidthatover�,65,000lakhfarmersacrossIndiahavebeenregisteredontheNationalAgricultureMarket(e-NAM) platform. The announcement was made by theAgriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra SinghTomar.�54.Where was the first meeting of the National Ganga

Councilheld? jk"Vªh; XkaXkk ifj"kn dh igyh cSBd dgka vk;ksftr dh XkbZ

Fkh\

(a) Kanpur/dkuqij

(b) Ahmedabad/vgenkckn

(c) Jaipur/t;iqj(d) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh

Ans:–(a)

PrimeMinisterShriNarendraModichairedthefirstmeetingof theNationalGangaCouncil inKanpur,UttarPradeshon�4December.�55._________ of the Drug Price Control Order (DPCO),

�0�3,dealswithan increaseordecrease indrugpricesunderextraordinarycircumstances.

2013 esa MªXk çkbl daVªksy vkWMZ (DPCO)dk --------- vlk/kj.k ifjfLFkfr;ksa esa nok dh dherksa esa of¼ ;k deh ls lacaf/r gSA

(a) Paragraph8/vuqPNsn 8

(b) Paragraph�9/vuqPNsn 19

(c) Paragraph�8/vuqPNsn 28

(d) Paragraph35/vuqPNsn 35Ans:–(b)Paragraph �9 of the Drug Price Control Order (DPCO),�0�3,dealswithanincreaseordecreaseindrugpricesunderextraordinarycircumstances.�56.WhichspacecraftisonamissiontoasteroidBennu? dkSu lk varfj{k ;ku csUuq ds {kqæXkzg ds fy, ,d fe'ku ij

gS\

(a) OSIRIS-REx/vkslhjfl&jsDl

(b) X-�5/,Dl&15(c) Voskhod/oksl[kksn(d) Skylon-SEK/LdkbZyksu&lsd

Ans:–(a)TheOSIRIS-RExisaNASAasteroidstudyandsample-returnmission.Themission’smaingoalistoobtainasampleofatleast 60 grams from �0�955 Bennu, a carbonaceous near-Earthasteroid,andreturnthesampletoEarthforadetailedanalysis.�57.WhichsitedidNASAselectasabackupforthesample

collectiononasteroidBennu? {kqæXkzs csUuw ij uewuk laXkzg ds fy, uklk us fdl lkbV dk p;u

fd;k\

(a) Linea/yhfu;k(b) Cyprux/lkbçksDl(c) Osprey/vksLçs

(d) Fialtae/fiQ;kyrk,Ans:–(c)NASAhasfinallyselectedasamplecollectionsiteonasteroidBennuafterthearrivalofOSIRIS-RExspacecraftinDecember�0�8onasteroidBennu.TheOSIRIS-RexmissionteamhasselectedthesitedesignatedNightingale,whichislocatedinacraterhighinBennu’snorthern hemisphere. The team has also selected site Osprey ofBennuasabackupsamplecollectionsite.�58.Thegovernmentisplanningtoallot________mines,as

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of�3December. ljdkj 13 fnlacj rd --------- [kkuksa dks vkoafVr djus dh

;kstuk cuk jgh gSA

(a) 6 (b) 8(c) �� (d) �5

Ans:–(a)On �3 December �0�9, the Ministry of Coal initiated theauctionprocessofcoalmines.Themovebythegovernmentistoreducecoalimports.Afterthepoorparticipationofinvestorsinthepreviousroundsofcoalauctions,thegovernmentisnowfinallyconsideringallotmentofsixminessoon.�59.WhichsitedidNASAselectforthesamplecollectionon

asteroidBennu? {kqæXkzg csUuw ij uewuk laXkzg ds fy, uklk us fdl lkbV dk

p;u fd;k\

(a) Nightingale/ukbfVaXksy(b) Ornyz/vksjuht+

(c) Osprey/vksLçs

(d) Flxit/ÝyfDlVAns:–(a)NASAhasfinallyselectedasamplecollectionsiteonasteroidBennuafterthearrivalofOSIRIS-RExspacecraftinDecember�0�8onasteroidBennu.TheOSIRIS-RexmissionteamhasselectedthesitedesignatedNightingale,whichislocatedinacraterhighinBennu’snorthernhemisphere.�60.Thenewstartuppolicyof theIndustriesDepartmentof

Puducherrycreatesacorpusfundof________tosupportthe setting up of startup incubators and to develop co-workingspaces.

iqnqpsjh ds m|ksXk foHkkXk dh ubZ LVkVZvi uhfr LVkVZvi bUD;wcsVjksa dh LFkkiuk dk leFkZu djus vkSj lg&dk;Z'khy fjDr LFkku fodflr djus ds fy, ------------- dk dkWilZ iQaM cukrh gSA

(a) Rs.�crore/1 djksM+ #-

(b) Rs.5crore/5 djksM+ #-

(c) Rs.�0crore/10 djksM+ #-

(d) Rs.�5crore/15 djksM+ #-Ans:–(c)TheUnionTerritoryPuducherryunveiledastartuppolicyoftheIndustriesDepartment.ThepolicycreatesacorpusfundofRs.�0croretosupportthesettingupofstartupincubatorsandtodevelopco-workingspaces.�6�.Whichstate/UTunveiledastartuppolicyoftheIndustries

Department? fdl jkT;@dsaæ'kkflr çns'k us m|ksXk foHkkXk dh LVkVZvi uhfr

dk [kqyklk fd;k\

(a) Goa/Xkksok(b) Puducherery/iqMqpsjh(c) Delhi/fnYyh(d) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'k

Ans:–(b)TheUnionTerritoryPuducherryunveiledastartuppolicyoftheIndustriesDepartment.ItwasannouncedbyPuducherryIndustries Minister Shajahan. The policy lays emphasis toprovidefinancialgrants,monthlystipend,fiscalincentivestointerestedentrepreneursandbringnewbusinessventures totheUnionTerritory.�6�.IndiaexpandedIndo-PacificPolicytoinclude______ Hkkjr us ----------------- dks 'kkfey djus ds fy, Hkkjr&ç'kkar uhfr

dk fOkLrkj fd;kA

(a) Gulf/[kkM+h(b) Africa/vÚhdk

(c) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k(d) A&B/, ,aM ch

Ans:–(d)IndiaannouncedthatithasincreasedtheareacoveredbyitsIndo-PacificpolicytoincludethewesternIndianOceanandtheArabianSea.Thismoveby thecountrywill include theGulfstatesandAfricaalongwithASEAN.�63.WherewilltheWEFAnnualMeeting�0�0beheld? WEFokf"kZd CkSBd 2020 dgka vk;ksftr dh tk,Xkh\

(a) Sweden/LohMu(b) India/bafM;k(c) Switzerland/fLoV~tjySaM(d) China/phu

Ans:–(c)WorldEconomicForum(WEF)hasannounced4winnersforthe�6thCrystalAward.Thewinnerswillbeawardedduringthe opening session of the WEF Annual Meeting �0�0 atDavos-Klosters,Switzerland,onJanuary�0,�0�0.�64.WherewastheseventheditionofExerciseMitraShakti-

VII�0�9concluded? O;k;ke fe=k 'kfDr&lkroha 2019 dk lkroka laLdj.k dgka

lekIr gqvk Fkk\

(a) Pune/iq.ks(b) Jaisalmer/tsSlyesj(c) Jodhpur/tks/iqj(d) Goa/Xkksok

Ans:–(a)The seventh edition of Exercise Mitra Shakti-VII �0�9

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concludedon�4December�0�9atAundhMilitaryStation,Pune.The exercise was held between the IndianArmy andthe Sri LankanArmy. The exercise is a part of the UnitedNationspeacekeepingforces.Theexercisewasheldfrom�-�4December�0�9.�65.TheIncomeTaxDepartmentannouncedthatthedeadline

forthelinkingofthePANwithAadhaarwasextendedtill________.

vk;dj foHkkXk us ?kks"k.kk dh fd iSu dks vk/kj ls tksM+us dh le; lhek ---------- rd c<+k nh XkbZ FkhA

(a) 3�December/31 fnlacj(b) 5January/5 tuojh(c) �5January/15 tuojh(d) 3�january/31 tuojh

Ans:–(a)TheIncomeTaxDepartmentannouncedthatitismandatoryto link the PAN with Aadhaar by the end of �0�9 on �5December. Itannounced that thedeadline for the linkingofthe Permanent Account Number (PAN) with Aadhaar wasextended till 3� December by the Central Board of DirectTaxes(CBDT)throughanorderissuedinSeptember�0�9.�66.Bangladeshwasseperatedfrom_________. ckaXykns'k dks ------------- ls vyXk dj fn;k Xk;k FkkA

(a) WestPakistan/if'pe ikfdLrku

(b) North-WestPakistan/mÙkj&if'pe ikfdLrku

(c) EastPakistan/iwohZ ikfdLrku

(d) North-EastPakistan/mÙkj&iwoZ ikfdLrkuAns:–(c)Bangladesh was seperated from East Pakistan. The bordersofmodernBangladeshwereestablishedwith the separationofBengalandIndiainAugust�947,whentheregionbecameEastPakistanasapartofthenewlyformedStateofPakistanfollowingtheBoundaryofthePartitionofIndia.�67.WhowascrownedasthefirstMissWorld? igyh fel oYMZ ds :i esa fdls rkt iguk;k Xk;k\

(a) DenisePerrier/Msful isfj;j(b) MaritzaSayalero/esjhRtk l;kysjks(c) ReitaFariaPowell/jhrk iQkfj;k ikWosy(d) MeherCastelinoMistri/esgj dsyhuks feL=kh

Ans:–(a)TheoldestrunninginternationalbeautypageantwascreatedbyEricMorleyin�95�.ThefirstMissWorldwasDenisePerrierof France. MissWorld is one of the Big Four internationalbeauty pageants. The other three are Miss Universe, MissInternational,andMissEarth.�68.WhenistheVijayDiwascelebrated?

fot; fnol dc euk;k tkrk gS\


(b) �5November/15 uoacj(c) �6December/16 fnlacj(d) �4December/24 fnlacj

Ans:–(c)VijayDiwasiscelebratedon�6Decembereveryyear.ThedayaimstocommemoratethevictoryofIndiaoverPakistanin�97�.ThedayalsoaremembranceofthebravesoldiersofIndiaandMuktiJoddhaswhosacrificedtheirlivesforanoblecause.�69.Whowasdeclaredasthesecondrunners-upintheMiss

World�0�9? fel oYMZ 2019 esa nwljs juj&vi ds :i eas fdls ?kksf"kr fd;k

Xk;k Fkk\

(a) OphyelyMeziono/vksisyh esft+uks

(b) SumanRao/lqeu jko(c) ..ZozibiniTunzi/t+ksft+fcuh VqUt+h(d) A&B/, ,aM ch

Ans:–(d)Jamaica’s Toni-Ann Singh was crowned Miss World at anannualbeautypageantheldatthe69thannualbeautypageantheldinExceLLondon,UKon�4December.OphelyMezinoofFrancewasadjudgedfirst,runners-up.IndiawasrepresentedattheannualbeautypageantbySumanRao.Shewasdeclaredsecondrunners-upandwascrownedasMissWorldAsia.�70.WhichStatepoliceforcedidnotreceivethePresident’s

Colourshonour? fdl jkT; ds iqfyl cy dks jk"Vªifr jaXk lEeku ugha feyk\

(a) MadhyaPradesh/eè; çns'k(b) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'k(c) Delhi/fnYyh(d) Karnataka/dukZVd

Ans:–(d)Gujarat police was honoured with the President’s Coloursaward on �5 December �0�9. Gujarat became the seventhstatepoliceforceinIndiatobebestowedwiththehonourofthePresident’sColours.Earlier, itwas awarded to statesofMadhyaPradesh,UttarPradesh,Delhi,JammuandKashmir,TripuraandAssam.�7�.WhereistheheadquartersofNALCOlocated? ukYdks dk eq[;ky; dgka fLFkr gS\

(a) Mumbai/eqacbZ(b) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(c) Gwalior/Xokfy;j(d) Bhubaneswar/Hkqous'oj

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Ans:–(d)NALCO was incorporated in �98�. It is a Navratna groupACPSE that functionsunder theMinistryofMines. IndianGovernmentholds5�%equityofNALCO.ItisheadquarteredatBhubaneswar,Odisha.�7�.WhoisappointedastheChiefInformationOfficer(CIO)

ofAdaniPorts&SpecialEconomicZone(APSEZ)? vMkuh iksV~Zl ,aM Lis'ky bdksukWfed tksu (ZPSEZ)ds eq[;

lwpuk vf/dkjh (CIO)ds :i esa fdls fu;qDr fd;k Xk;k gS\

(a) JacksonHole/tSDlu gksy(b) MarillynHewson/ekfyZu g~;qlu(c) RichardVentre/fjpMZ osaVªs(d) RajaSingh/jktk flag

Ans:–(c)Richard Ventre has been appointed as the Adani Ports &Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) as its Chief InformationOfficer (CIO). Ventre’s role will include executing thetechnologystrategythatenablesAPSEZ’svisiontobecomealeadingintegratedlogisticsandportcompany.�73.NALCOfunctionsunder________. ukYdks --------------- ds rgr dk;Z djrk gSA

(a) MinistryofPower/fctyh ea=kky;(b) MinistryofCommunications/lapkj ea=kky;(c) Ministry of Corporate Affairs/dkWiksZjsV ekeyksa dk ea=kky;

(d) MinistryofMines/[kku ea=kky;Ans:–(d)NationalAluminiumCompany(NALCO)wasincorporatedin�98�.ItisaNavratnagroupACPSEthatfunctionsundertheMinistryofMines.IndianGOvernmentholds5�%equityofNALCO.ItisheadquarteredatBhubaneswar,Odisha.�74.WhenwastheNationalAluminiumCompany(NALCO)

incorporated? us'kuy ,Y;qfefu;e daiuh (NALCO)dks dc 'kkfey fd;k

Xk;k Fkk\

(a) �976 (b) �98�(c) �986 (d) �993

Ans:–(b)NALCO was incorporated in �98�. It is a Navratna groupACPSE that functionsunder theMinistryofMines. IndianGOvernmentholds5�%equityofNALCO.ItisheadquarteredatBhubaneswar,Odisha.�75.Whoisappointedasthechairman-cum-managingdirector

oftheNationalAluminiumCompany(NALCO)? jk"Vªh; ,Y;wfefu;e daiuh (ukYdks) ds vè;{k&lg&çca/

funs'kd ds :i esa fdls fu;qDr fd;k Xk;k gS\

(a) SridharPatra/Jh/j ik=k(b) AbishekRouthary/vfHk"ksd jrwM+h

(c) SumanTaikam/lqeu Vsdke

(d) PrajeshKamal/çts'k deyAns:–(a)SridharPatrawasappointedasthechairman-cum-managingdirector of the National Aluminium Company (NALCO).Patra is currently serving as the Director (Finance) in theNationalAluminiumCompanyLimited(NALCO).�76.WhoisIndia’sfirstGrandmaster? Hkkjr dk igyk XkzSaMekLVj dkSu gS\

(a) PentalaHarikrishna/ikrky gfjÑ".k

(b) ParimarjanNegi/ifjektZu usXkh(c) ViswanathanAnand/fo'oukFku vkuan

(d) KrishnanSasikiran/Ñ".ku 'kf'kfdj.kAns:–(c)Viswanathan Vishy Anand is an Indian chess grandmasterand a former World Chess Champion. He became the firstgrandmasterfromIndiain�988.AnandheldtheFIDEWorldChessChampionshipfrom�000to�00�,thusbecomingthefirstAsiantodoso.�77.Which Article gives power to the Governor to take

additionalchargeoftwoormoreStates? dkSu lk /kjk jkT;iky dks nks ;k vf/d jkT;ksa dk vfrfjDr

çHkkjr ysus dh 'kfDr nsrk gS\

(a) Article�53//kjk 153(b) Article�68//kjk 168(c) Article�78//kjk 178(d) Article�8�//kjk 182

Ans:–(a)Article�53ofConstitution:TheArticlesaysthatthereshallbe Governor for each state. The seventh ConstitutionalAmendmentAct,�956hasfacilitatedtheappointmentofthesamepersonasagovernorfortwoormorestates.�78._________ is the largest producer of orange fruit in

Manipur. ------------- ef.kiqj esa ukjaXkh@larjk iQy dk lcls cM+k mRiknd

gSA

(a) Poromapatdistrict/iksjkseisV ftyk(b) Tamenglongdistrict/resaXkyksaXk ftyk(c) Bishnupurdisstrict/fc'kquiqj ftyk(d) Kamjongdistrict/dketksaXk ftyk

Ans:–(b)

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TamenglongdistrictisthelargestproduceroforangefruitinManipur.Also, it is expected that Tamenglong orange willsoonreceiveaGeographicalIndicationTaggingCertificate.�79.WhereistheOrangefestivalcelebrated? vkWjsat@larjk R;kSgkj dgka euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) Meghalaya/es?kky;(b) Assam/vle

(c) Tripura/f=kiqjk(d) Manipur/ef.kiqj

Ans:–(d)The State-level Orange Festival began in Manipur on �6December.Thefestivalwillbeheldon�6-�8December�0�9.The3-dayfestivalwasinauguratedbyChiefMinisterN.BirenSinghatdistrictheadquartersTamenglong.�80.Wherewas the first JointTri-Services INDRAexercise

held? çFke la;qDr f=k&lsok INDRAvH;kl dgka vk;ksftr fd;k

Xk;k Fkk\

(a) Khabarovsk,Russia/[kkcjksoLd] :l

(b) Moscow,Russia/ekLdks] :l

(c) Goa,India/Xkksok] Hkkjr(d) Gwalior,India/Xokf;j] Hkkjr

Ans:–(a)The first Joint Tri-Services of the INDRA exercise wasconducted in �0�7. The aim of the exercise is to boostinteroperabilityandcooperationbetweentheIndianNavyandtheRussianNavy.Thefirst-everJointTri-ServicesExercisewasheldintheEasternMilitaryDistrictKhabarovskofRussiainOctober�0�7.�8�.__________ operationalized National Electronic Funds

Transfer(NEFT)System�4X7fromDecember�0�9. ----------------- us fnlacj 2019 ls jk"Vªh; bysDVªkWfud iQaM VªkaliQj

(NEFT)ç.kkyh �4×7dk lapkyu fd;kA

(a) RBI/Hkkjrh; fjtoZ cSad(b) UCOBank/;wdks cSad

(c) ICICI/vkbZlhvkbZlhvkbZ

(d) HDFC/,pMh,iQlhAns:–(a)The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) operationalized NationalElectronicFundsTransfer(NEFT)System�4X7from��:00amon�6December�0�9.AftermakingtheNEFToperationalona�4X7basis,around��.40lakhtransactionsweresettledinthefirsteighthoursafterwidely-usedNEFT.�8�.Around850Indiantroopswhoservein________have

receivedtheUnitedNationsMedal.

--------------- esa lsok djus okys yXkHkXk 850 Hkkjrh; lSfdksa dks la;qDr jk"Vª dk ind feyk gSA

(a) SouthSudan/nf{k.k lwMku(b) SouthAfrica/nf{k.k vÚhdk

(c) Cuba/D;wck(d) Syria/lhfj;k

Ans:–(a)Around 850 Indian troops who serve in South Sudan havereceivedtheUnitedNationsMedal.TheawardrecognizedthestrongcontributionoftheIndianpeacekeeperstobuildpeaceinconflict-affectedSouthSudanandtogoaboveandbeyondtheirdutiestosupportlocalcommunities.�83.Whowonthewomen’sBestcricketerandODIplayerof

the�0�9awardbyICC? ICC}kjk 2019 dk loZJs"B T20A f[kykM+h dk iqjLdkj fdlus

thrk\

(a) JessJonassen/tsl tksuklsu(b) AlexBlackwell/,ysDl CySdosy

(c) AlyssaHealy/,fylk ghyh(d) DelissaKimmince/nsfylk fdfeUl

Ans:–(c)Australian wicketkeeperAlyssa Healy was named the BestT�0IPlayer.ThetopT�0cricketerwonthetitleforasecondstraightyear.�84.WhowontheIndiaCyberCopoftheYear�0�9award? o"kZ 2019 dk bafM;k lkbcj dkWi fdlus thrk\

(a) RishiKumarShukla/½f"k dqekj 'kqDyk

(b) BPRaju/chih jktw(c) RanjitSinha/jathr flUgk(d) RakeshAsthana/jkds'k vLFkkuk

Ans:–(b)CBIofficerBPRajuhaswontheIndiaCyberCopoftheYear�0�9 award by the National Association of Software andServicesCompanies(NASSCOM)-DataSecurityCouncilofIndia(DSCI).�85.TheCentrehasdecidedtoextendthemissionperiodof

theflagshipinitiativeAtalMissionforRejuvenationandUrbanTransformation(AMRUT)by_________.

dsaæ us ------------- }kjk dk;kdYi vkSj 'kgjh ifjorZu (AMRUT)ds fy, çeq[k igy vVy fe'ku dh vof/ dk foLrkj djus dk fu.kZ; fy;k gSA

(a) 7years/7 lky(b) 5years/5 lky(c) 4years/4 lky

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(d) �years/2 lkyAns:–(d)TheCentrehasdecided toextend themissionperiodof theflagship initiativeAtalMission forRejuvenationandUrbanTransformation(AMRUT)bytwomoreyears.Thegovernmentwasunable tomeet theset targetsforurbanrenewal in500cities.�86.WhoisnamedastheJuniorFreestyleWrestleroftheYear

bytheUnitedWorldWrestling(UWW)? ;wukbVsM oYMZ jslfyaXk (UWW)}kjk twfu;j ÚhLVkby jslyj

vkWiQ n bZ;j ds :i esa fdls ukfer fd;k Xk;k gS\

(a) BajrangPunia/ctjaXk iqfu;k(b) SushilKumar/lq'khy dqekj

(c) DeepakPunia/nhid iqfu;k

(d) YogeshwarDutt/;ksXks'oj nÙkAns:–(c)Indian Wrestler Deepak Punia has been named the JuniorFreestyleWrestleroftheYearbytheUnitedWorldWrestling(UWW).Hewastransittedfromjuniortotheseniorcircuit.PuniabecamethefirstIndianwrestlertowinajuniorworldtitlein�8years.�87.Whowonthe�0�9TansenAward? 2019 rkulsu iqjLdkj fdlus thrk\

(a) PanditVidyadharVyas/iafMr fo|k/j O;kl(b) PanditKumarGandharva/iafMr dqekj Xka/oZ

(c) PanditJasraj/iafMr tljkt(d) PanditBhimsenJoshi/iafMr Hkhelsu tks'kh

Ans:–(a)Vocalist Pandit Vidyadhar Vyas will be presented with theNationalTansenAwardfor�0�9duringtheTansenFestival.TheawardwasinstitutedbytheMadhyaPradeshgovernment.TheawardrecognizestheoutstandingexponentsofHindustaniclassicalmusic.ItcarriesacashprizeofRs.�lakh.�88.WhereistheTansenSamarohfestivalcelebrated? rkulsu lekjksg mRlo dgka euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) Amritsar/ve`rlj

(b) Jaipur/t;iqj(c) Ahmedabad/vgenkckn

(d) Gwalior/Xokfy;jAns:–(d)TheMusicfestivalTansenSamarohbeganinGwalior,MadhyaPradeshon�7December.Thefestivalwillbeheldfrom�7-��December�0�9.Thepopularclassicalmusic festivalbeganwiththetraditionalstylewiththerecitationsofHarikathaandMilad.�0�9 is the95thyearof thefestival. It isoneof the

oldestandesteemedclassicalmusicfestival.�89.WhenistheMinoritiesRightsDayobserved? vYila[;d vf/dkj fnol dc euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) ��May/21 ebZ(b) �3August/13 vXkLr


(d) �8December/18 fnlacjAns:–(d)MinoritiesRightsDayisobservedon�8DecemberinIndia.The day aims to remind about the rights of minorities andtoeducatepeopleabout it. It focuseson religiousharmony,respect, and a better understanding of all minorities’communitiesinIndia.�90.Which country ranked last in the World Economic

Forum’sGenderGapReport�0�9? fo'o vkfFkZd eap dh tsaMj XkSi fjiksVZ 2019 esa fdl ns'k dks

vafre LFkku fn;k Xk;k\

(a) Yemen/;eu(b) Iraq/bjkd(c) Paikstan/ikfdLrku

(d) Syria/lhfj;kAns:–(a)Yemen ranked the worst and secured �53rd (last) rank andIraq is �5�nd and Pakistan was ranked �5�st in the WorldEconomicForum’sGenderGapReport.�9�.Which country topped the World Economic Forum’s

GenderGapReport�0�9? fo'o vkfFkZd eap dh tsaMj XkSaXk fjiksVZ 2019 esa dkSu lk ns'k

'kh"kZ ij gS\

(a) Sweden/LohMu(b) Iceland/vkblySaM

(c) Creenland/XkzhuySaM(d) Poland/iksySaM

Ans:–(b)Iceland topped the World Economic Forum’s Gender GapReport�0�9.�9�.National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) is the

researchorganizationof________government. us'kuy lsavj iQkWj lkbafVfiQd fjlpZ (CNRS)-------- ljdkj

dk 'kks/ laXkBu gSA

(a) German/teZu(b) French/Úsap

(c) Russian/:lh(d) Nepali/usikyh

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Ans:–(b)NationalCentreforScientificResearch(CNRS)istheresearchorganization of French government. CNRS, the largestfundamentalresearchorganizationinEurope,wasestablishedin�939.Itisaninterdisciplinarypublicresearchorganizationthat functions under the administrative supervision of theFrenchMinistryofHigherEducationandResearch.�93.WhereistheheadquartersofUNESCOlocated? UNESCO/;wusLdks dk eq[;ky; dgka fLFkr gS\

(a) Spain/Lisu(b) Brazil/czkft+y(c) Germany/teZuh(d) France/Úkal

Ans:–(d)TheheadquartersofUNESCO(UnitedNations,Educational,Scientific and Cultural Organization) is located on Placede Fontenoy, in Paris, France.The offices of UNESCO arefoundintheY-shapedmainbuildingwhichwasinauguratedinNovember�958.�94.WherewasthemilitancyaffectedfamiliesofJammuand

Kashmirshiftedto? tEew vkSj d'ehj ds mXkzokn çHkkfor ifjokjksa dks dgka LFkkukarfjr

fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) Pampore/iaiksj(b) Samba/lkack(c) Nagrota/uXkjksVk(d) Shoplan/'kksfi;ka

Ans:–(c)Militancy affected families of Jammu and Kashmir wereshifted to Nagrota, a small town near Jammu, a few yearsback.Inordertohelpthemtosustaintheirexistence,KVICstartedanapkinstitchingcenterinNagrotain�0�6.�95.WhenistheWorldArabicLanguageDayobserved? fo'o vjch Hkk"kk fnol dc euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) �7December/17 fnlacj(b) �8December/18 fnlacj(c) ��December/22 fnlacj(d) �4December/24 fnlacj

Ans:–(b)World Arabic Language Day is observed on �8 Decembereveryyear.ThedayaimstocelebratethemultilingualismandculturaldiversityoftheUnitedNations.ThecelebrationofthedayisheldatUNESCOHeadquartersinParis,France.�96.Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has

signed an agreement with ________ to increase the

outreach and availability of these Rumals through adigitalplatform.

[kknh vkSj Xkzkeks|ksXk vk;ksXk (KVIC)us fMftVy IysViQkWeZ ds ekè;e ls bu viQokgksa dh vkmVjhp vkSj miyC/rk c<+kus ds fy, ---------- ds lkFk ,d le>kSrs ij gLrk{kj fd, gSaA

(a) Googlepay/XkwXky is(b) PhonePe/iQksu is(c) Amazonpay/vestu is

(d) Paytm/isVh,eAns:–(d)Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) hassignedanagreementwithPaytmtoincreasetheoutreachandavailabilityoftheseRumalsthroughadigitalplatform.Ithascommittedtosell�CrorepacketsofKhadiRumalthroughitsonlineandofflineplatformsandmobileapplication.�97.WhenistheInternationalMigrantsDayobserved? varjkZ"Vªh; çoklh fnol dc euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) ��December/12 fnlacj(b) �4December/14 fnlacj(c) �8December/18 fnlacj(d) �4December/24 fnlacj

Ans:–(c)InternationalMigrantsDayisobservedon�8December.Thedayaimstoeducatepeople that treatingeverymigrantwithdignityisoneofthefundamentalrequirements.�98.What is the cost estimated for the first-ever Special

EconomicZone(SEZ)inTripura? f=kqijk esa igyh ckj fo'ks"k vkfFkZd {ks=k ,lbZtsM ds fy,

vuqekfur ykXkr D;k gS\

(a) Rs.750Crore/750 djksM+ #i;s

(b) Rs.�,�50Crore/1]150 djksM+ #i;s

(c) Rs.�,550Crore/1]550 djksM+ #i;s

(d) Rs.�,700crore/1]700 djksM+ #i;sAns:–(c)Centreistosetupthefirst-everSpecialEconomicZone(SEZ)inTripura.TheannouncementwasmadebytheMinistryofCommerceandIndustryon�6December�0�9.TheestimatedcostfortheprojectisaroundRs.�550Crore.�99.Centreistosetupthefirst-everSpecialEconomicZone

(SEZ)in_________. dsaæ ----------------- esa igyh ckj fo'ks"k vkfFkZd {ks=k ,lbZtSM

LFkkfir djuk gSA

(a) Assam/vle

(b) Manipur/ef.kiqj

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(c) Tripura/f=kiqjk(d) Meghalaya/es?kky;

Ans:–(c)Centreistosetupthefirst-everSpecialEconomicZone(SEZ)inTripura.TheannouncementwasmadebytheMinistryofCommerceandIndustryon�6December�0�9.300.WHOapprovedabiosimilarmedicineforthedrug___ WHOMCY;w,pvks uis nok ds fy, ,d ck;ksflfeyj nok ----

---- dks eatwjh nhA

(a) Erlotinib/,yksZVhfuc(b) Trastuzumab/VªkLrqtqekc(c) Gemcitabine/tselhVkckbu(d) Cabozantinib-S-Malate/dkcks tkafrfuc&,l&ekykrs

Ans:–(b)TheWorldHealthOrganization(WHO)hasnowapprovedabiosimilarmedicinethatisderivedfromlivingsourcesinsteadofthechemicals.Theaimistomakebreastcancertreatmentaffordable to women globally.This approval fromWHO isfirst of such kind. The Trastuzumab drug has proved highefficacyincuringearly-stagebreastcancerandinsomecasesmoreadvancedformsofthedisease.Theannualcostof thedrugis$�0,000.30�.The House of Representatives of the US has voted to

impeach President Donald Trump as he misused thepowerofhisoffice topressure________to investigatetheBidens.

vesfjdk ds çfrfuf/ lHkk us jk"Vªifr MksukYM VªEi dks egkfHk;ksXk pykus ds fy, oksV fn;k D;ksafd mUgksaus vius dk;kZyh; dh 'kfDr dk nq#i;ksXk djds chMsal dh tkap djus ds fy, ------- in ncko MkkA

(a) Kazakhstan/dtk[kLrku

(b) Uzbekistan/mTcsfdLrku

(c) Ukraine/;wØsu

(d) Tajikistan/rtkfdLrkuAns:–(c)TheHouseofRepresentativesoftheUShasvotedtoimpeachPresidentDonaldTrumpon�8December�0�9.Thevotingof impeachmentwason thegroundsofabuseofpowerandobstruction of Congress. The House chamber voted �30 to�97toadoptthefirstoftwoimpeachmentarticles.OneoftheallegationsishemisusedthepowerofhisofficetopressureUkrainetoinvestigatetheBidens.TheHousevoted��9to�98onasecondarticlethataccusedhimofobstructingCongress.30�.WhichofthefollowingPresidentwasimpeachedinU.S.

history? vesfjdh bfrgkl esa fuEufyf[kr esa ls fdl jk"Vªifr ij

egkfHk;ksXk yXkk;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) JohnKennedy/tkWu dSusMh

(b) JimmyCarter/fteh dkVZj

(c) RonaldReagan/jksukYM jhXku(d) BillClinton/chy fDyaVu

Ans:–(d)PresidentTrumpwillbethethirdpresidentinU.S.historytobeimpeached.TheothertwoPresidentswhowereimpeachedwere PresidentAndrew Johnson in �868 and President BillClintonin�998.303.Ministry of Railways organized the _________ edition

of the Conference on Wagon Development for NewCommoditieson�9December�0�9.

jsy ea=kky; us 19 fnlacj 2019 dks oSXku MsoyiesaV vkWu U;w deksfMVht ds lEesyu dk ------------- laLdj.k vk;ksftr fd;kA

(a) first/çFke(b) third/rhljk(c) sixth/NBk(d) ninth/ukSoka

Ans:–(b)Ministry of Railways organized the third edition of theConference on Wagon Development for New Commoditieson�9December�0�9.304.WhichcompanylaunchedthefirstBharatBondETF? fdl daiuh us igyk Hkkjr ckWUM bZVh,iQ ykWUp fd;k\

(a) TataSteelBSL/VkVk LVhy ch,l,y(b) NewIndiaAssur/U;w bafM;k vLlqjk

(c) StanChartPLC/LVSupSV ih,ylh(d) Edelwelss/,Myokbt

Ans:–(d)EdelweissAssetManagementCompanyhas issued the firstBharatBondETF,thecorporatebondexchange-tradedfundinthecountry.Thebondissuewillcloseon�0December�0�9.The investors can subscribe to the exchange-traded fund(ETF)withaminimumunitsizeofRs.�,000.305.WherewastheJantacliniclaunchedrecently,inDecember

�0�9? fnlacj 2019 esa] gky gh esa turk fDyfud dgka ykWUp fd;k

Xk;k Fkk\

(a) Odisha/vksfM'kk

(b) Bihar/fcgkj(c) Rajasthan/jktLFkku(d) telangana/rsyaXkkuk

Ans:–(c)

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RajasthanChiefMinisterAshokGehlotinauguratedthefirstJantaclinicatValmikiBastiinMalviyaNagar,Jaipuron�8December �0�9. The chief minister had announced Jantaclinicsduringthestatebudget.306.________ Edition of the book Exam Warriors was

released by the Union Minister for Social Justice andEmpowermentShriThaawarchandGehlotonDecember�0�9.

ijh{kk okfj;lZ dh iqLrd dk laLdj.k dsaæh; lkekftd U;k; vkSj vf/dkfjrk ea=kh Jh Fkkojpan Xkgyksr }kjk fnlacj 2019 dks tkjh fd;k Xk;k FkkA

(a) Telugu/rsyqXkw(b) Kannada/dUuM+

(c) Tamil/rfey(d) Braille/czsy

Ans:–(d)CentrereleasedtheBrailleEditionofthebookExamWarriors.ItwasauthoredbyPrimeMinisterShriNarendraModi.ThebookwasreleasedbytheUnionMinisterforSocialJusticeandEmpowermentShriThaawarchandGehloton�8December.TheBrailleEditionwaspreparedinHindiandEnglish.307.TheReserveBankofIndia(RBI)hasinstructedbanksto

makeallonlinepaymentsdonethroughNEFTandRTGSfreeofcostfor_________accountholders.

Hkkjrh; fjtoZ cSad (RBI)us cSadksa dks funsZ'k fn;k gS fd os NEFTvkSj RTGSds ekè;e ls lHkh vkWuykbu HkqXkrku ------ vkSj [kkrk/kjdksa ds fy, fu%'kqYd djsaA

(a) Current/orZeku(b) savings/tek iwath(c) DEMAT/MhesV(d) Noneoftheabove/buesa ls dksbZ Hkh ugha

Ans:–(b)TheReserveBankofIndia(RBI)hasinstructedbankstomakeallonlinepaymentsdonethroughNationalElectronicFundsTransfer(NEFT)andReal-timegrosssettlement(RTGS)freeofcostforsavingsaccountholders.Somebankshavealreadymadeitfreeandsomebankhasbeenaskedtodoso.Itwillcome to effect from � January �0�0.The move is to boostdigitalretailpaymentsinthecountry.308.ThenewrateannouncedbytheGoodsandServicesTax

(GST)Councilforthelotterywillbeeffectivefrom___ eky vkSj lsok dj (GST)ifj"kn }kjk ykWVjh ds fy, ?kksf"kr

ubZ nj ------------ ls çHkkoh gksXkhA

(a) December�0�9/fnlacj 2019(b) January�0�0/tuojh 2020(c) March�0�0/ekpZ 2020

(d) June�0�0/twu 2020Ans:–(c)TheGoodsandServicesTax(GST)Councilfixedauniformtax rate of �8% on both state and private lottery.The GSTCouncilwaschairedbytheUnionFinanceMinisterNirmalaSitharamaninNewDelhi.ThenewrateforthelotterywillbeeffectivefromMarch�0�0.309.Where was the �0�9 Goods and Services Tax (GST)

Councilheld? 2019 eky dk lsok dj (GST)ifj"kn dgka vk;ksftr dh XkbZ Fkh\

(a) Jaipur/t;iqj(b) Lucknow/y[kuÅ(c) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(d) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn

Ans:–(c)TheGoodsandServicesTax(GST)Councilfixedauniformtax rate of �8% on both state and private lottery.The GSTCouncilwaschairedbytheUnionFinanceMinisterNirmalaSitharamaninNewDelhi.ThenewrateforthelotterywillbeeffectivefromMarch�0�0.3�0.Government e-Marketplace (GeM) signed MoUs with

________toprovideanumberofservices. ljdkj bZ&ekdsZVIysl (GeM)us dbZ lsok,a çnku djus ds fy,

----------- ds lkFk MoUij gLrk{kj fd,A

(a) DenaBank/nsuk cSad(b) BankofMaharashtra/cSad vkWiQ egkjk"Vª

(c) UCOBank/;wdks cSad

(d) B&C/ch vkSj lhAns:–(d)The Government e-Marketplace (GeM) signed twomemorandum of understandings (MoU) with Bank ofMaharashtra andUCOBank.TheMoUaimed toprovideanumber of services.The MoU will facilitate the transfer offundsthroughGeMPoolAccounts(GPA).3��.WherewastheVaccinationonWheelsCliniclaunched? OghYl fDyfud ij Vhdkdj.k dgka 'kq: fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(b) Pune/iq.ks(c) Mysuru/eSlwj(d) Chennai/psUubZ

Ans:–(b)Jignesh Patel, a fellow at the Center for HealthcareEntrepreneurship (CfHE) at IIT Hyderabad, launched aVaccinationonWheelsClinicinPune.TheservicewasstartedincollaborationwiththeBillandMelindaGatesFoundation.Mr. Patel received a grant under the Foundation’s Grand

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ChallengesExplorations.3��.Who was honoured at the Silver Jubilee International

ConferenceofArtheldinDhakabyBangladeshCultureMinisterK.M.Khalid?

ftUgsa ckaXykns'k ds laLÑfr ea=kh ds-,e- [kkfyn }kjk <kdk esa vk;ksftr jtr t;arh varjkZ"Vªh; lEesu esa lEekfur fd;k Xk;k\

(a) ArjunSagar/vtqZu lkXkj

(b) KalidasaRaj/dkyhnkl jkt

(c) R.Nagaswamy/vkj- ukXkkLokeh

(d) KnDikshit/ds ,u nhf{krAns:–(c)RenownedarchaeologistR.NagaswamywashonouredattheSilverJubileeInternationalConferenceofArtheldinDhakabyBangladeshCultureMinisterK.M.Khalid.HewashonouredforthecontributionofNagaswamytoart,archaeology,history,andculture.3�3.When was the National Science Foundation (NSF)

established? jk"Vªh; foKku iQkmaMs'ku (NSF)dh LFkkiuk dc dh XkbZ Fkh\

(a) �950 (b) �963(c) �97� (d) �978

Ans:–(a)The National Science Foundation (NSF) was established in�950.3�4.Who is appointed as the to lead the National Science

Foundation(NSF)? jk"Vªh; foKku iQkmaMs'ku (NSF)dk usr`ro djus ds fy, fdls

fu;qDr fd;k tkrk gS\

(a) SethuramanPanchanathan/lsFkqjkeu iapukFku(b) VinodKhosla/fouksn [kkslyk(c) AjaypalSinghBanga/vt;iky flag caXkk

(d) NightShyamalan/jkf=k ';keyuAns:–(a)TheUSPresidentDonaldTrumphaschosenIndian-Americancomputer scientist Sethuraman Panchanathan to lead theNationalScienceFoundation(NSF).Hewill replaceFranceCordovawhenher6-years-oldtermastheNSFDirectorendsin�0�0.ThepositionofNSFDirectorwill be fixedby theSenateofthestate.3�5.WhichisthecapitalofPortugal? iqrZXkky dh jkt/kuh dkSu lh gS\

(a) Porto/iksVksZ(b) Braga/czkXkk(c) Evora/bZoksjk

(d) Lisbon/fyLcuAns:–(d)

LisbonisPortugal’shilly,coastalcapitalcityofPortugal.3�6.The first edition of the Gandhi Citizenship Education

Prizewasawardedto__________. Xkka/h ukXkfjdrk f'k{kk iqjLdkj dk igyk laLdj.k ------------ dks

çnku fd;k Xk;k FkkA

(a) animalwelfare/i'kq dY;k.k

(b) pharmadepartment/iQkekZ foHkkXk(c) PETA/isVk(d) Mahatma Gandhi Association/egkRek Xkka/h ,lksfl,'ku

Ans:–(a)Portugal is to launch a Gandhi Citizenship Education PrizewithanaimtopromoteMahatmaGandhi’sideals.Themovecomesas thecountrywasinspiredbythedifferent thoughtsand quotes of Mahatma Gandhi. The first edition of theGandhi Citizenship Education Prize has been dedicated toanimalwelfare.3�7.WhendidtheUnitedNationsGeneralAssembly(UNGA)

identifysolidarityasoneofthefundamentalanduniversalvalues and designated �0 December of each year asInternationalHumanSolidarityDay?

la;qDr jk"Vª egklHkk (UNGA)us ,dtqVrk dks ekSfyd vkSj lkoZHkkSfed ewY;ksa esa ls ,d ds :i esa dc igpkuk vkSj çR;sd o"kZ 20 fnlacj dks varjkZ"Vªh; ekuo ,dtqVrk fnol ds :i esa ukfer fd;k\

(a) �000 (b) �005(c) �008 (d) �0�0

Ans:–(b)International Human Solidarity Day is observed on �0December. On �� December �005, the United NationsGeneralAssembly(UNGA)identifiedsolidarityasoneofthefundamentalanduniversalvaluesanddesignated�0DecemberofeachyearasInternationalHumanSolidarityDay.3�8.When is the International Human Solidarity Day

observed? varjkZ"Vªh; ekuo ,drk fnol dc euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) �0February/10 iQjojh(b) �8May/28 ebZ(c) �4September/14 flracj(d) �0December/20 fnlacj

Ans:–(d)International Human Solidarity Day is observed on �0December. The day celebrates unity in diversity. The day

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reminds the governments to respect their commitments tointernational agreements. It also encourages new initiativesforpovertyeradication.3�9.Which exercise was held to check preparedness of the

navytothwartanyattemptbytohijackamerchantvesselor attempt forced entry of a rogue or commandeeredmerchantvessel?

fdlh O;kikjh tgkt dks gkbZtSd djus ds fy, ukSlsuk dh rS;kfj;ksa dks tkapu ds fy, dkSu lk vH;kl vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k Fkk ;k fdlh nq"V ;k vkKkdkjh O;kikjh tgkt ds ços'k ds fy, etcwj djus dk ç;kl fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) ExerciseSuryaKiran/vH;kl lw;Z fdj.k

(b) ExerciseIndra/vH;kl baæ

(c) ExerciseApharan/vH;kl vigj.k

(d) ExerciseCOPE/vH;kl lhvksihbZAns:–(c)TheIndianNavyconductedExerciseApharan,a largescaleAntiHijackingExerciseoffthePortofKochion�8December�0�9. It focused on the preparedness of the navy to thwartanyattemptbytohijackamerchantvesselorattemptforcedentryofarogueorcommandeeredmerchantvesselintoKochiharbour.3�0.WherewastheExerciseApharanheld? O;k;ke vijg.k dgka vk;ksftr fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) Vishakapatnam/fo'kk[kkiÙkue(b) Kochi/dksfPp

(c) Kolkata/dksydkrk

(d) Chennai/psUubZAns:–(b)TheIndianNavyconductedExerciseApharan,a largescaleAntiHijackingExerciseoffthePortofKochion�8December�0�9.Theexerciseinvolvedallstakeholders.ThisisthefirsttimesuchalargescaleexercisewasheldinKerala.3��.Which of the following was launched to promote

environmentalandecologicalresearchinthecountry? ns'k esa i;kZoj.kh; vkSj ikfjfLfkrd vuqla/ku dks c<+kok nsus ds

fy, fuEufyf[kr esa ls dkSu lk ykWUp fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) EChONetwork/EChOusVodZ

(b) SocioNetwork/SociousVodZ

(c) e-researchcentre/bZ&vuqla/ku dsaæ

(d) Noneoftheabove/buesa ls dksbZ ughaAns:–(d)GovernmentofIndialaunchedEChONetworkinNewDelhion �9 December �0�9. It was launched by Prof. K VijayRaghavan, Principal Scientific Adviser to the GovernmentofIndia.EChONetworkaimstopromoteenvironmentaland

ecologicalresearchinthecountry.3��.TowhichstateADBisprovidingloanforpublic-private

partnership(PPP)projects? lktZtfud&futh HkkXkhnkjh (ihihih) ifj;kstukvksa ds fy,

,Mhch fdl jkT; dks ½.k çnku dj jgk gS\

(a) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'k(b) MadhyaPradesh/eè; çns'k(c) Maharashtra/egkjk"Vª(d) Assam/vle

Ans:–(b)TheAsianDevelopmentBank(ADB)andtheGovernmentofIndiasigneda$490millionloanforpublic-privatepartnership(PPP)projectsinthestateofMadhyaPradesh.ItwassignedbyShriSameerKumarKhare,AdditionalSecretaryofFundBank andADB, Department of EconomicAffairs, MinistryofFinance,andMr.KenichiYokoyama,CountryDirectorofADB’sIndiaResidentMission.3�3.WhichdayisobservedonDecember��? 22 fnlacj dks fdl fnu euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) IndianArmayDay/Hkkjrh; lsuk fnol(b) NationalMathematicsDay�0�9/jk"Vªh; Xkf.kr fnol 2019

(c) NationalScienceDay/jk"Vªh; foKku fnol(d) WorldEnvironmentDay/fo'o i;kZoj.k fnol

Ans:–(b)National Mathematics Day �0�9 is observed on December��.3�4.WhoisthePrimeMinisterofEthiopia? bfFk;ksfi;k ds ç/kuea=kh dkSu gSa\

(a) MohammedAmeer/eksgEen vkfej

(b) AblyAhmed/vch vgen

(c) RakeshSingh/jkds'k flag

(d) DineshGupta/fnus'k XkqIrkAns:–(b)

AbiyAhmedisthePrimeMinisterofEthiopia3�5.UnionMinistersShriNitinGadkariand___________to

addresstheValedictorySessionoftheConference lEesyu ds ekU; l=k; dks lacksf/r djus ds fy, dsaæh; ea=kh

Jh fufru XkMdjh vkSj --------------------

(a) DrJitendraSingh/MkW- ftrsaæ flag(b) DrVikramSharma/MkW- foØe 'kekZ

(c) DrEshwarKumar/MkW- bZ'oj dqekj

(d) DrDineshKumar/MkW- fnus'k dqekjAns:–(a)

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UnionMinistersShriNitinGadkariandDr.JitendraSinghtoaddresstheValedictorySessionoftheConference.3�6.Wherewas6thQatarInternationalCupeventtookplace? 6oka drj baVjus'kuy di bosaV dgka gqvk Fkk\


(b) Doha/nksgk(c) Pakistan/ikfdLrku

(d) Iraq/bjkdAns:–(b)

The6thQatarInternationalCupeventtookplaceatDoha.3�7.Russiaand________SignPreliminaryGasTransitDeal :l vkSj -------------- us çkjafHkd XkSl ikjXkeu lkSns ij gLrk{kj

fd,

(a) Iran/bZjku(b) Ukraine/;wØsu

(c) Iraq/bjkd(d) SaudiArabia/lÅnh vjc

Ans:–(b)

RussiaandUkraineSignPreliminaryGasTransitDeal.3�8.Who opened ��st National Council of ruling Awami

League? lÙkk:<+ vokeh yhXk dh 21oha jk"Vªh; ifj"kn fdlus [kksyh\

(a) RajnathSingh/jktukfk flag(b) SheikhHasina/'ks[k glhuk(c) PradeepSharma/çnhi 'kekZ(d) RameshKumar/jes'k dqekj

Ans:–(b)SheikhHasinaopened��stNationalCouncilofrulingAwamiLeague.3�9.WhichIITinstitutelaunchedVaccinationOnWheelsin

CollaborationWithGatesFoundation? fdl vkbZvkbZVh laLFkku us XksV~l iQkmaMs'ku ds lg;ksXk ls

oSDlhus'ku vkWu OghYl ykWUp fd;k\


(b) IITRookree/IIT#M+dh

(c) IITMumbai/vkbZvkbZVh eqacbZ

(d) IITHyderabad/vkbZvkbZVh gSnjkcknAns:–(d)IIT Hyderabad Fellow launched Vaccination On Wheels inCollaborationWithGatesFoundation.330.First vegetable shipment from Varanasi flagged off to

________viasearoute okjk.klh ls igyh lCth dh [ksi dks --------- ds fy, jokuk

fd;k Xk;k leqæh ekXkZ ls

(a) Dubai/nqcbZ(b) Singapore/flaXkkiqj(c) USA/vesfjdk

(d) Ranchi/jkaphAns:–(a)FirstvegetableshipmentfromVaranasiflaggedofftoDubaiviasearoute.33�.WhowonGoldin6thQatarInternationalCupinDoha? nksgk esa 6osa drj baVjus'kuy di esa XkksYM fdlus thrk\

(a) KarnamMalleswari/d.kZe eYys'ojh

(b) MirabaiChanu/ehjkckbZ pkuw(c) SantoshiMatsa/larks"kh eRl(d) SwatiSingh/Lokfr flag

Ans:–(b)MirabaiChanuwonGold in6thQatar InternationalCup inDoha.33�.Who addressed the Valedictory Session of the

Conference? lEesyu ds oS/ l=k dks fdlus lacksf/r fd;k\

(a) ShriPrakashJavedakar/Jh çdk'k tkoM+sdj

(b) ShriDr.JitendraSingh/Jh MkW- ftrsUæ flag(c) ShriDineshGupta/Jh fnus'k XkqIrk(d) ShriVikramSharma/Jh foØe 'kekZ

Ans:–(b)Union Ministers Shri Nitin Gadkari and Dr. Jitendra SinghaddressedtheValedictorySessionoftheConference.333.Whichcountrylauncheditsfirstsatelliterecently? gky gh esa fdl ns'k us viuk igyk miXkzg ykWUp fd;k\

(a) Japan/tkiku(b) France/Úkal

(c) Ethiopia/bfFk;ksfi;k(d) Israel/btjk;y

Ans:–(c)

Ethiopialauncheditsfirstsatellite.334.Which minister handed over hands over Citizenship

certificatesissuedbyGovernmentofIndiato7PakistaniRefugeesinKutch?

fdl ea=kh us dPN esa 7 ikfdLrkuh 'kj.kkfFkZ;ksa dks Hkkjr ljdkj }kjk tkjh ukXkfjdrk çek.ki=k lkSai fn;k\

(a) ShriSureshPrabhu/Jh lqjs'k çHkq(b) ShriMansukhMandaviya/Jh eulq[k eaMfo;k(c) ShriPrakashJavedakar/Jh çdk'k tkoM+sdj

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(d) ShriRajnathSingh/Jh jktukFk flagAns:–(b)ShriMansukhMandaviyahandsoverCitizenshipcertificatesissued by Government of India to 7 Pakistani Refugees inKutch.335.Justice GulzarAhmed sworn-in as �7th _______Chief

Justice U;k;ewfrZ Xkqyt+kj vgen us 27osa ------------- vè;{k ds :i esa

'kiFk yh

(a) India/Hkkjr(b) Pakistan/ikfdLrku

(c) Iran/bZjku(d) Iraq/bjkd

Ans:–(b)

JusticeGulzarAhmedsworn-inas�7thPakChiefJustice.336.AbidAlibecomesfirstPakbatsmantoscorecenturiesin

hisfirst_____Tests. vkfcn vyh vius igys ----------- VsLV esa 'krd cukus okys igys

ikd cYysckt cusA

(a) Three/rhu(b) Two/nks(c) Six/Ng(d) Five/ikap

Ans:–(b)AbidAlibecomesfirstPakbatsmantoscorecenturiesinhisfirsttwoTests.337.WhoisthegovernorofAndhraPradesh? vka/z çns'k ds jkT;iky dkSu gSa\

(a) ShaktikantaDas/'kfDrdkark nkl

(b) BiswabhusanHarichandan/fcLoHkw"k.k gfjpanu(c) SatyaPalMalik/lR; iky efyd(d) AcharyaDevvrat/vkpk;Z nsoozr

Ans:–(b) Biswabhusan Harichandan is the governor of AndhraPradesh.338.WhenIndianRailwayswasfounded? Hkkjrh; jsyos dh LFkkiuk dc gqbz\

(a) �856 (b) �853(c) �854 (d) �855

Ans:–(b)

IndianRailwaysfoundedintheyear�853.339.In which year, Nirbhaya fund was initiated by Central

government?

dsaæ ljdkj us fdl o"kZ eas fuHkZ;k iQaM 'kq: fd;k Fkk\

(a) �0�3 (b) �0�8(c) �0�6 (d) �0�5

Ans:–(a)

Nirbhayafundwasinitiatedintheyear�0�3.340.WherewastheAlphabetcompanyheadquarterslocated? vYiQkcsV daiuh dk eq[;ky; dgka fLFkr Fkk\

(a) Malaysia/eysf'k;k(b) California/dSfyiQksfuZ;k

(c) Denmark/MsuekdZ

(d) Pakistan/ikfdLrkuAns:–(b)

TheAlphabetcompanyheadquarterslocatedatCalifornia.34�.WhobecomesfirstPakbatsmantoscorecenturiesinhis

firsttwoTests? vius igys nks VsLV eSpksa esa 'krd cukus okys igys ikd

cYysckt dkSu cus\

(a) BabarAzam/ckcj vkte

(b) AbidAli/vkfcn vyh

(c) hasanAli/glu vyh

(d) ImadWasim/bekn olheAns:–(b)AbidAlibecomesfirstPakbatsmantoscorecenturiesinhisfirsttwoTests34�.Govt approved projects worth _________ cr under

Nirbhayafund fuHkZ;k iQaM ds rgr ------------- djksM+ #i;s dh ifj;kstuk,a

(a) 6500 (b) 6000(c) 6850 (d) 7000

Ans:–(d)Govt approved projects worth Rs 7000 cr under Nirbhayafund343.Whosworn-inas�7thPakChiefJustice? 27osa ikd eq[; U;k;k/h'k ds :i eas fdlus 'kiFk yh\

(a) MohammedZamaan/eksgEen teku(b) GulzarAhmed/Xkqytkj vgen

(c) SalfAliKhan/lSiQ vyh [kku

(d) MuzafarKhan/eqtÝiQj [kkuAns:–(b)

JusticeGulzarAhmedsworn-inas�7thPakChiefJustice344.Govt proposes to invest _______lakh crore rupees for

modernisationofRailways

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jsyos ds vk/qfudhdj.k ds fy, ljdkj us --------- yk[k djksM+ #i;s dk fuos'k djus dk çLrko fd;k gS

(a) 48lakhs/48 yk[k(b) 50lakhs/50 yk[k(c) 5�lakhs/52 yk[k(d) 58lakhs/58 yk[k

Ans:–(b)Govtproposestoinvest50lakhcrorerupeesformodernisationofRailways.345.Justice Gulzar Ahmed sworn-in as _______Pak Chief

Justice U;k;ewfrZ Xkqytkj vgen us ----------- ikd eq[; U;k;k/h'k ds

:i eas 'kiFk yh

(a) �6 (b) �7(c) �9 (d) �8

Ans:–(b)

JusticeGulzarAhmedsworn-inas�7thPakChiefJustice./d346.Whichstatedeclared�0�4deadlineforSemiHigh-Speed

Railproject? fdl jkT; us lseh gkbZ&LihM jsy ifj;kstuk ds fy, 2024 dh

le; lhek ?kksf"kr dh\


(c) WestBengal/if'pe caXkky(d) Karnataka/dukZVd

Ans:–(b)Keralastatedeclared�0�4deadlineforSemiHigh-SpeedRailproject347.India constructs Girls Hostel for Nepal Armed Police

ForceSchoolat__________ Hkkjr us -------------------- esa usiky l'kL=k iqfyl cy Ldwy ds

fy, XkYlZ gkWLVy dk fuekZ.k fd;k

(a) Pokhara/iks[kjk(b) Kathmandu/dkBekaMw

(c) Birgunj/chjXkat(d) Kirtipur/dhfrZiqj

Ans:–(d)IndiaconstructsGirlsHostel forNepalArmedPoliceForceSchoolatKirtipur.348.WhowillpresenttheNationalICTAwards�0�7? jk"Vªh; vkbZlhVh iqjLdkj 2017 dkSu çLrqr djsXkk\

(a) ShriVikramKrishna/Jh foØe d`".k

(b) ShriSanjayDhotre/Lh lat; /ks=ks

(c) ShriDineshkumar/Jh fnus'k dqekj

(d) ShriRameshkrishna/Jh jes'k Ñ".kAns:–(b)Minister of State for Human Resource Development ShriSanjayDhotreconferstheNationalICTAwards�0�7.349.HowmanydollarsdidAsianDevelopmentBankloanto

upgradeIndianstateroads? ,f'k;kbZ fodkl cSad us Hkkjrh; jkT; lm+dksa dks viXkzsM djus

ds fy, fdrus MkWyj fn,\

(a) 485 (b) 490(c) 480 (d) 48�

Ans:–(b)

ADB490milliondollarsloantoupgradeIndianstateroads350.WhichcountryconstructedGirlsHostelforNepalArmed

PoliceForceSchoolatKirtipur? fdl ns'k us dhfrZiqj esa usiky l'kL=k iqfyl cy Ldwy ds fy,

XkYlZ gkWLVy dk fuekZ.k fd;k\


(b) India/Hkkjr(c) Iran/bZjku(d) Bangladesh/ckaXykns'k

Ans:–(b)IndiaconstructsGirlsHostel forNepalArmedPoliceForceSchoolatKirtipur.35�.IndianArchaeologisthonouredin______________ Hkkjrh; iqjkrRofon~ ---------------- eas lEekfur

(a) Bangladesh/ckaXykns'k(b) Iran/bZjku(c) Pakistan/ikfdLrku

(d) Afghanistan/viQXkkfuLrkuAns:–(a)

IndianArchaeologisthonouredinBangladesh35�.Which state partnered with Bank of Baroda to Provide

MSMELoans? fdl jkT; us ,e,l,ebZ ½.k çnku djus ds fy, cSad vkWiQ

cM+kSnk ds lkFk HkkXkhnkjh dh\


(c) Gujarat/Xkqtjkr(d) AndhraPradesh/vka/z çns'k

Ans:–(c)Bank Of Baroda Partners With Gujarat Govt To ProvideMSMELoans

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353.Which company launched skilling platform to train�0,000engineeringstudents?

10]000 bathfu;fjaXk Nk=kksa dks çf'kf{kr djus ds fy, fdl daiuh us fLdfyaXk IysViQkWeZ ykWUp fd;k\

(a) Wipro/foçks(b) Infosys/baiQksfll(c) Cognizant/tkudkj

(d) CTS/lhVh,lAns:–(a)Wiprotolaunchskillingplatformtotrain�0,000engineeringstudents.354.WhichcountryagreedwithIndiatoaccelerateChabahar

development? pkcgkj fodkl esa rsth ykus ds fy, Hkkjr fdl ns'k ls lger

gSa\


(b) Iran/bZjku(c) Russia/:l(d) Denmark/MsuekdZ

Ans:–(b)

IndiaandIranagreetoaccelerateChabahardevelopment.355.Which state government targetting MSME loans worth

Rs6�,000crin�0�9-�0? 2019&20 esa fdl jkT; ljdkj us 62]000 djksM+ #i;s ds

,e,l,ebZ ½.k dk y{; j[kk gS\

(a) Rajasthan/jktLFkku(b) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'k(c) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(d) Kerala/dsjy

Ans:–(b)UttarPradeshgovernmenttargettingMSMEloansworthRs6�,000crin�0�9-�0356.Which bank partners With Gujarat Govt to Provide

MSMELoans? ,e,l,ebZ ½.k çnku djus ds fy, Xkqtjkr ljdkj ds lkFk

dkSu ls cSad HkkXkhnkj\

(a) DenaBank/nsuk cSad(b) BankofBaroda/cSad vkWiQ cM+kSnk

(c) AxisBank/,sfDll cSad(d) CanaraBank/dsujk cSad

Ans:–(b)Bank Of Baroda Partners With Gujarat Govt To ProvideMSMELoans.

357.PrimeMinisterNarendraModiaddressedmegarally in_________

ç/kuea=kh ujsaæ eksnh us ------------- esa XkaXkk jSyh dks lacksf/r fd;k

(a) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(b) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(c) Chennai/psUubZ(d) Mumbai/eqacbZ

Ans:–(b)PrimeMinisterNarendraModiaddressedmegarallyinNewDelhi.358.WhobecamethefirstSportspersonToTopForbesIndia

Celebrity�00List? iQksClZ bafM;k lsfyfczVh 100 fyLV esa 'kh"kZ ij tkus okys igys

LiksV~ZlilZu dkSu cus\

(a) MSDhoni/efganj flag /ksuh(b) ViratKohli/fojkV dksgyh

(c) RavindraJadeja/johaæ tM+stk(d) MohammedShami/eksgEen 'keh

Ans:–(b)ViratKohlibecamethefirstSportspersonToTopForbesIndiaCelebrity�00List.359.Who is appointed as Chairman of Patna Metro Rail

Corporation? iVuk esVªks jsy dkWiksZjs'ku ds vè;{k ds :i esa fdls fu;qDr

fd;k Xk;k gS\

(a) RajeshSharma/jkts'k 'kekZ(b) ShivDasMeena/f'ko nkl eh.kk(c) RameshKumar/jes'k dqekj

(d) AkileshSharma/vf[kys'k 'kekZAns:–(b)Shiv Das Meena is appointed as Chairman of Patna MetroRailCorporation.360.WhichcountryalongwithOmansignedMoUtoenhance

tradeandeconomiccooperation? vkseku ds lkFk fdl ns'k us O;kikj vkSj vkfFkZd lg;ksXk c<+kus

ds fy, le>kSrk Kkiu ij gLrk{kj fd,\

(a) Iran/bZjku(b) UAE/la;qDr vjc vehjkr

(c) France/Úkal

(d) Pakistan/ikfdLrkuAns:–(b)UAE and Oman sign MoU to enhance trade and economic

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cooperation.36�.WhenNationalFarmersDayobserved? jk"Vªh; fdlku fnol dc euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) August�5/25 vXkLr

(b) December�3/23 fnlacj(c) November�6/16 uoacj(d) September�5/25 fnlacj

Ans:–(b)

NationalFarmersDayobservedonDecember�3.36�.WhichsearchenginegotOperationTwistsurgeinIndia? vkWijs'ku fV~oLV ds fy, --------- lpZ batu esa o`f¼A

(a) Yahoo/;kwg(b) Google/XkwXky(c) Ask.com/vkWLd MkWV dke

(d) Bing/fcaXkAns:–(b)

GooglesearchesforOperationTwistsurgeinIndia.363.WhereistheheadquartersofIndianRedCrossSociety? Hkkjrh; jsM ØkWl lkslk;Vh dk eq[;ky; dgka gS\


Ans:–(b)Indian Red Cross Society is a voluntary humanitarianorganizationtoprotecthumanlifeandhealthbasedinIndialocatedatNewDelhi.364.Where National Bank for Agriculture and Rural

Developmentlocated? us'kuy cSad iQkWj ,XkzhdYpj ,aM :jy MsoyiesaV dgka fLFkr

gS\

(a) Chennai/psUubZ(b) Mumbai/eqacbZ(c) Secunderabad/fldanjkckn

(d) Patna/iVukAns:–(b)National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development isan Apex Development Financial Institution in India.It isheadquarteredatMumbai-365.ShriHarshVardhanShringlaappointedas____________

_UNinGeneva Jh g"kZo/Zu J`aXkyk dks ftusok esa --------- UNds :i esa fu;qDr

fd;k Xk;k

(a) ViceChancellor/dqyifr

(b) ViceSecretary/mi lfpo(c) GeneralSecretary/egklfpo(d) ForeignSecretary/fons'k lfpo

Ans:–(d)ShriHarshVardhanShringlaappointedasForeignSecretaryalongthePermanentMissionofIndiatotheUNinGeneva,andAmitaNair(�983)whoisservingasIndia’sambassadortoChile.366.Where Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL)

located? dsaæh; iQksjsafdl foKku ç;ksXk'kkyk (lh,iQ,l,y) dgka fLFkr

gS\

(a) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(b) Mumbai/eqacbZ(c) Chennai/psUubZ(d) Secunderabad/fldanjkckn

Ans:–(a)Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) located atHyderabad.TheCentralForensicScienceLaboratory(CFSL)of the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs, which fulfills theforensicrequirementsinthecountry-367.WherewasFederationofIndianChambersofCommerce

&Industrylocated? iQsMjs'ku vkWiQ bafM;u pSEclZ vkWiQ dkWelZ ,aM baMLVªh dgka

fLFkr Fkk\


Ans:–(b)Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & IndustrylocatedatNewDelhi.368.Whoadded$�8billiontohisfortunein�0�9? fdlus 2019 esa vius laifÙk esa 18 fcfy;u MkWyj tksM+s\

(a) AzimPremji/vthe çseth

(b) RatanTata/jru VkVk(c) GautamAdani/XkkSre vMkuh

(d) MukeshAmbhani/eqds'k vackuhAns:–(d)Asia’s richest man MukeshAmbani adds $�8 billion to hisfortunein�0�9-369.Who inaugurated DNA Analysis Centre at CFSL

Chandigarh?

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CFSLpaMhXk<+ esa Mh,u, fo'ys"k.k dsaæ dk mn~?kkVu fdlus fd;k\


(b) SudhaRajesh/lq/k jkts'k(c) NityanandRai/fuR;kuan jk;(d) DineshKumar/fnus'k dqekj

Ans:–(c)Nityanand Rai inaugurates DNA Analysis Centre at CFSLChandigarh.370.WhoattendsIntegratedFinancialAdvisorsWorkshop? ,dhÑr foÙkh; lykgdkj dk;Z'kkyk esa fdlus HkkXk fy;k\

(a) ShriRajnathSingh/Jh jktukFk flag(b) ShriRajeshSharma/Jh jkts'k 'kekZ(c) ShriVikramSingh/Jh foØe flag

(d) ShriPrakashJavedakar/Jh çdk'k tkoM+sdjAns:–(a)Shri Rajnath Singh attended Integrated Financial AdvisorsWorkshop37�.Asia’srichestmanMukeshAmbaniadds_________to

hisfortunein�0�9 ,f'k;k ds lcls vehj vkneh eqds'k vackuh 2019 esa ------- dks

vius laifÙk esa tksM+rs gSa

(a) $�8billion/$18 fcfy;u(b) $�5billion/$15 fcfy;u(c) $�6billion/$16 fcfy;u(d) $�9billion/$19 fcfy;u

Ans:–(a)Asia’s richest man MukeshAmbani adds $�8 billion to hisfortunein�0�9.37�.Who released the mobile app of Red Cross Society of

India? jsM ØkWl lkslkbVh vkWIQ bafM;k dk eksckby ,si fdlus tkjh

fd;k\

(a) ShriSureshPrabhu/Jh lqjs'k çHkq(b) ShriRamNathKovind/Jh jke ukFk dksfoan

(c) ShriDineshgupta/Jh fnus'k XkqIrk(d) ShriPrakashJavedakar/Jh çdk'k tkoM+sdj

Ans:–(b)PresidentRamNathKovindreleasesmobileappofRedCrossSocietyofIndia373.WhichStateapprovesRs5.5Kcrprojects? fdl jkT; us 5-5 djksM+ dh ifj;kstukvksa dks eatwjh nh\

(a) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq

(b) Haryana/gfj;k.kk(c) Kerala/dsjy

(d) Bihar/fcgkjAns:–(b)

HaryanaapprovesRs5.5Kcrprojects.374.WhowontheMenSinglestitleinITFWorldChampions

for�0�9? 2019 ds fy, ITFfo'o pSafi;uf'ki esa iq#"k ,dy f[krkc

fdlus thrk\

(a) NovakDJokovi/uksokd tksdksfop

(b) RafaelNadal/jkiQsy uMky(c) JohnMcEnroe/tkWu eSdsujks

(d) PeteSampras/ihV lEçklAns:–(b)Rafael Nadal won the Men Singles title in ITF WorldChampionsfor�0�9.375.WhoisthechiefofIAF? IAFds çeq[k dkSu gSa\


(b) Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria/jkds'k dqekj flag HknkSfj;k


(d) DineshGupta/fnus'k XkqIrkAns:–(a)ThecurrentCASisAirChiefMarshalRakeshKumarSinghBhadauriawhotookofficeon30September�0�9.376.WhereistheheadquartersofNITIAayog? NITIAayogdk eq[;ky; dgka gS\

(a) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(b) Chennai/psUubZ(c) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(d) Secunderabad/fldanjkckn

Ans:–(a)NITIAayogisapolicythinktankoftheGovernmentofIndia,establishedwiththeaimtoachievesustainabledevelopmentgoals.TheheadquartersisNewDelhi377.WhatistheoperationalrangeofQRSAM? QRSAMdh ifjpkyu lhek D;k gS\

(a) 30km/30 fdeh

(b) �8km/28 fd-eh-

(c) 3�km/32 fdeh

(d) 33km/33 fdeh

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Ans:–(a)QuickReactionSurface-to-AirMissile(QRSAM)isamissiledeveloped by the Defence Research and DevelopmentOrganisation(DRDO).Theoperationalrangeis30km.378.Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

headquarterslocated? lkaf[;dh vkSj dk;ZØe dk;kZUo;u eq[;ky; dgka fLFkr gS\


Ans:–(b)Ministry of Statistics and Programme ImplementationheadquarterslocatedatNewDelhi.379.HowmuchdidtheannualincentiveforNetannaNestham

welfarescheme? usruk usLFke dY;k.k ;kstuk ds fy, okf"kZd çksRlkgu fdruk

Fkk\

(a) �5,000 (b) �4,000(c) �6,000/ (d) �8,000

Ans:–(b)Andhra Pradesh CM launched Netanna Nestham welfareschemeforweavers.380.Whichstategotapprovedrs453CroreforFisheries? fdl jkt; dks eRL; ikyu ds fy, LohÑr 453 djksM+ #i;s

feys\

(a) Kerala/dsjy

(b) TamilNdau/rfeyukMq(c) Bihar/fcgkj(d) AndhraPradesh/vka/z çns'k

Ans:–(b)Centre Approves Rs 453 Crore Loan To Tamil Nadu ForBuildingFishingHarbours38�.Who is awarded Army Design Bureau Excellence

Award? lsuk fMtkbu C;wjks mRÑ"Vrk iqjLdkj fdls çnku fd;k tkrk

gS\

(a) SureshSharma/lqjs'k 'kekZ(b) AnoopMishra/vuwi feJk

(c) DineshKmar/fnus'k dqekj

(d) VikramSharma/foØe 'kekZAns:–(b)Major Anoop Mishra awarded Army Design Bureau

ExcellenceAward-38�.WhenNITIAayogwasformed? NITIAayogdk XkBu dc gqvk\

(a) �0�6 (b) �0�4(c) �0�3 (d) �0�5

Ans:–(d)NITIAayogisapolicythinktankoftheGovernmentofIndia,establishedwiththeaimtoachievesustainabledevelopmentgoals.Establishedin�0�5.383.WhichstatelaunchedNetannaNesthamwelfarescheme

forweavers? fdl jkT; us cqudjksa ds fy, usruk usLFke ;kstuk 'kq: dh\


(b) Bihar/fcgkj(c) Kerala/dsjy

(d) TamilNadu/rfeyukMqAns:–(a)Andhra Pradesh CM launched Netanna Nestham welfareschemeforweavers.384.Whichcountry test firesQuickReactionSurface toAir

MissileSystem? fdl ns'k dk ijh{k.k ,;j felkby flLVe ds fy, Rofjr

çfrfØ;k lrg ij iQk;j djrk gS\


(b) India/Hkkjr(c) Russia/:l(d) Iran/bZjku

Ans:–(b)India test fires Quick Reaction Surface to Air MissileSystem.385.WhichcountrydidIAFChiefvisitedrecentlyforbilateral

talks? gky gh eas f}i{kh; okrkZ ds fy, Hkkjrh; ok;qlsuk çeq[k us fdl

ns'k dk nkSjk fd;k\


(b) Egypt/felz(c) France/Úkal

(d) England/baXkySaMAns:–(b)

IAFChieftovisitEgyptforbilateraltalks.386.How many crores did Centre approves Loan to Tamil

NaduForBuildingFishingHarbours? fcfYMaXk fiQf'kaXk gkjclZ ds fy, dsaæ us rfeyukmq dks fdrus

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djksM+ #i, eatwj fd,\

(a) 454 (b) 456(c) 453 (d) 457

Ans:–(c)Centre Approves Rs 453 Crore Loan To Tamil Nadu ForBuildingFishingHarbours-387.WhenMinistryofWomenandChildDevelopmentwas

founded? efgyk vkSj cky fodkl ea=kky; dh LFkkiuk dc gqbZ\

(a) �007 (b) �006(c) �008 (d) �009

Ans:–(b)MinistryofWomenandChildDevelopmentwasfoundedinthe year �006. Ministry ofWomen and Child Developmentisabodyforformulationandadministrationoftherulesandregulations-388.WhenNariShaktiPuraskarwasfirstawarded? ukjh 'kfDr iqjLdkj igyh ckj dc çnku fd;k Xk;k Fkk\

(a) �996 (b) �998(c) �999 (d) �997

Ans:–(c)ItisaWomanPowerAwardforrecognisingtheachievementsandcontributionsofwomen.389.WhoisthegovernorofUttarPradesh? mÙkj çns'k ds jkT;iky dkSu gSa\

(a) ViralAcharya/ok;jy vkpk;Z

(b) AnandibenPatel/vkuanhcsu iVsy

(c) N.K.Singh/,u ds flag

(d) DvvuriSubbarao/nqOoqjh lqCckjkoAns:–(b)

AnandibenPatelisthegovernorofUttarPradesh.390.WhenNTPCLimitedwasfounded? NTPC,uVhihlh fyfeVsM dh LFkkiuk dc gqbZ Fkh\

(a) �973 (b) �975(c) �97� (d) �97�

Ans:–(b)

NTPCLimitedwasfoundedintheyear�975.39�.Who won the best research paper- in reproductive

biotechnologysession(RBT)oral? çtuu tSo çkS|ksfXkdh l=k (vkjchVh) ekSf[kd esa loZJs"B 'kksèk

i=k fdlus thrk\

(a) Suresh/lqjs'k(b) Mannuthy/eku mBh

(c) RajeshSharma/jkts'k 'kekZ(d) Vikram/foØe

Ans:–(b)AssistantProfessor,CVAS,Mannuthywonthebestresearchpaper- in reproductive biotechnology session (RBT) oral.KVASUbaggedYoungScientistAwardsandBestResearchPaperaward inXXXVISSARNationalConferenceheldatVCRI,Namakkal,39�.HowmanycroresdidNTPCplannedtoinvestfor�0GW

solarcapacity?,uVhihlh us 10 XkhXkkokWV lkSj {kerk ds fy, fdrus djksM+ #i;s fuos'k djus dh ;kstuk cukbZ\

(a) 55,000 (b) 50,000(c) 5�,000 (d) 58,000

Ans:–(b)

NTPCtoinvest50,000croresfor�0GWsolarcapacity.393.WhowonBengaluruOpenGolfChampionship? csaXkyq# vksiu XkksYiQ pSafi;uf'ki fdlus thrh\

(a) RashidKhan/jkf'kn [kku(b) AbhinavLohan/vfHkuo yksgku

(c) ShankarDas/'kadj nkl

(d) ChiraghKumar/fpjkXk dqekjAns:–(b)

AbhinavLohanwonBengaluruOpenGolfChampionship.394.Which Indian cricketer name got listed in the Wisden

cricketersofthedecade? n'kd ds fotMu fØdsVjksa esa fdl Hkkjrh; fØdsVj dk uke

lwphc¼ gS\

(a) SureshRaina/lqjs'k jSuk(b) MSDhoni/,e,l /ksuh(c) ViratKohli/fojkV dksgyh

(d) rohitSharma/jksfgr 'kekZAns:–(c)

ViratKohlinamedinWisdencricketersofthedecadelist.395.Sign boards in Chinese language set up at _____ASI

protectedarchaeologicalsites ASIlajf{kr iqjkrkfRod LFkyksa ij LFkkfir phuh Hkk"kk esa lkbu

cksMZ

(a) 4 (b) 5(c) 3 (d) �

Ans:–(b)Sign boards in Chinese language set up at 5ASI protectedarchaeologicalsites.

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396.WhichstategovernmentRaisesRetirementageofTSRTCEmployeesto60Years?

fdl jkT; ljdkj us TSRTCdeZpkfj;ksa dh lsokfuo`fÙk dh vk;q 60 o"kZ dj nh gS\

(a) Kerala/dsjy

(b) Teleganna/rsyaXkkuk(c) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(d) Bihar/fcgkj

Ans:–(b)TelegannaGovtRaisesRetirmentageofTSRTCEmployeesto60Years.397.IndiafirstTransgenderUniversitytocomeupin______

______ -------------- esa vkus okyk Hkkjr dk igyk VªkaltsaMj

fo'ofo|ky;

(a) Kerala/dsjy

(b) UttarPradesh/mÙkj çns'k(c) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(d) HimachalPradesh/fgekpy çns'k

Ans:–(b)India first Transgender University to come up in UttarPradesh.398.WhotookoverasAssochamPresident? ,lkspSe ds vè;{k ds :i esa fdlus inHkkj laHkkyk\

(a) LakshmiMittal/y{eh feÙky(b) NiranjanHiranandani/fujatu ghjkuankuh(c) AdiBurjorjiGodrej/vkfn cqtksZjth Xkksnjst

(d) Ch.RaghvendraSingh/jk?kosUæ flagAns:–(b)

NiranjanHiranandanitakesoverasAssochamPresident.399.WhobaggedYoungScientistAwardsandBestResearch

PaperawardinISSARNationalConference? us'kuy dkWÚsal esa ;qok oSKkfud iqjLdkj vkSj loZJs"B 'kks/ i=k

dk iqjLdkj fdls feyk\

(a) RameshKumar/jes'k dqekj

(b) KVasu/ds oklq

(c) RajeshKumar/jkts'k dqekj

(d) VikramSharma/foØe 'kekZAns:–(b)K Vasu baggedYoung ScientistAwards and Best ResearchPaperawardinISSARNationalConference.400.WhichstateGoodGovernanceIndexonbigstates? cM+s jkT;ksa esa lq'kklu lwpdkad esa dkSu lk jkT; 'kh"kZ ij gS\

(a) WestBengal/if'pe caXkky(b) Kerala/dsjy

(c) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(d) MadhyaPradesh/eè; çns'k

Ans:–(c)TheBigStatesofGoodGovernanceIndex.TamilNadutoppedtheGoodGovernanceIndex.ThepoorperformersareOdisha,Bihar,Goa,andUttarPradeshwithJharkhandfinishinglastinthegroup.40�.WhichstategovernmentproposesseaportworthRs�0k

cratRamayapatnam? jkek;iV~Vue esa fdl jkT; ljdkj us 10 djksM+ #i;s ewY; ds

canjXkkg dk çLrko fd;k gS\

(a) Bihar/fcgkj(b) AndhraPradesh/vka/z çns'k


Ans:–(b)AndhraPradeshgovernmentproposesseaportworthRs�0kcratRamayapatnam.40�.HemantSorentotakeoathasJharkhandCMon_______

_____ gsear lksjsu us >kj[kaM us eq[;ea=kh ds :i esa 'kiFk yh --------

(a) December�8/28 fnlacj(b) December�9/29 fnlacj(c) December30/30 fnlacj(d) December3�/31 fnlacj

Ans:–(b)HemantSoren to takeoath as JharkhandCMonDecember�9.403.NationalTribalDanceFestivalbeginsin___________ jk"Vªh; tutkrh; u`R; egksRlo -------- esa 'kq: gksrk gS

(a) Raipur/jk;iqj(b) Jodhpur/tks/iqj(c) Buxar/cDlj(d) Gopalganj/XkksikyXkat

Ans:–(a)

NationalTribalDanceFestivalbeginsinRaipur.404.WhomeetShKirenRijijuforIndiamovementrecently? gky gh esa Hkkjr vkanksyu ds fy, fdlus 'ksj fjfttw ls eqykdkr

dh\


(b) DrHarshVardhan/MkW- g"kZo/Zu

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(c) SureshPrabhu/lqjs'k çHkq(d) VikramKumar/foØe dqekj

Ans:–(b)DrHarshVardhanandShKirenRijijumeet forconvergentthrusttoFitIndiamovement.405.WhoisappointedasPrincipalSecretaryinWestBengal? if'pe caXkky esa ç/ku lfpo ds :i esa fdls fu;qDr fd;k

Xk;k gS\

(a) SureshSharma/lqjs'k 'kekZ(b) RajeevKumar/jktho dqekj


(d) VikramSingh/foØe flagAns:–(b)Former Kolkata Police Chief Rajeev Kumar appointed asPrincipalSecretaryinWestBengal.406.WhichstateCMlaunchedAbhinandanscheme/ fdl jkT; ds eq[;ea=kh us vfHkuanu ;kstuk 'kq: dh\

(a) Punjab/iatkc(b) Bihar/fcgkj(c) Assam/vle

(d) HimachalPradesh/fgekpy çns'kAns:–(c)Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal launches welfare schemefor students.Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowallaunchedthestategovernment’sAbhinandanschemeduringa programme held at Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra inGuwahati.407.Japancarriesoutfirstexecutionofforeignerin_______

years tkiku us ------------ o"kZ esa fonsf'k;ksa dk igyk fu"iknu fd;k

(a) 8years/8 lky(b) 4years/4 lky(c) 7years/7 lky(d) �0years/10 lky

Ans:–(d)

Japancarriesoutfirstexecutionofforeignerin�0years.408.Whichcountrycarriedoutfirstexecutionofforeignerin

�0years? fdl ns'k us 10 lky esa fons'kh dk igyk fu"iknu fd;k\

(a) China/phu(b) Japan/tkiku(c) Pakistan/ikfdLrku

(d) Netherlands/uhnjySaM

Ans:–(b)Japan executed its first foreigner in �0 years on a Chinesemanconvicted in the�003murder and robberyof a familyoffour.409.India set to cross _______ renewable energy capacity

markin�0�0 Hkkjr us 2020 esa ------------- uohdj.kh; ÅtkZ {kerk ds fu'kku

dks ikj djus dh rS;kjh dh

(a) ��0GW/120 thMC;w(b) �05GW/105 thMCY;w(c) ��0GW/110 thMCY;w(d) �00GW/100 thMCY;w

Ans:–(d) India set tocross�00GWrenewableenergycapacitymarkin�0�0.4�0.For which state Hemant Soren will take oath as Chief

Minister? gsear lksjsu fdl jkT; ds eq[;ea=kh in dh 'kiFk ysaXks\

(a) WestBengal/if'pe caXkky(b) Jharkhand/>kj[kaM(c) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(d) Kerala/dsjy

Ans:–(b)HemantSoren to takeoath as JharkhandCMonDecember�9.4��.Which country set to cross �00GW renewable energy

capacitymarkin�0�0 fdl ns'k us 2020 esa 100GW v{k; ÅtkZ {kerk ds fu'kku

dks ikj djus dh rS;kjh dh gS


(b) India/Hkkjr(c) Pakistan/ikfdLrku

(d) Russia/:lAns:–(b)Indiasettocross�00GWrenewableenergycapacitymarkin�0�0.4��.ChinaRussiaandIrantoholdnavaldrillsin__________

___________ ---------------------- esa ukSlSfud vH;kl vk;ksftr djus ds fy,

phu] :l vkSj bZjku

(a) GulfofAden/vnu dh [kkM+h

(b) GulfofOman/vkseku dh [kkM+h

(c) GulfofFonseca/iQksalsdk dh [kkM+h

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(d) GulfofBurgas/cXkkZl dh [kkM+hAns:–(b)

ChinaRussiaandIrantoholdnavaldrillsinGulfofOman.4�3.HRD Minister launches ___________documents

developedbyUGC ekuo lalk/u fodkl ea=kh us UGC}kjk fodflr -------------

nLrkost ykWUp fd,

(a) Three/rhu(b) Five/ikap(c) Second/nwljk(d) Six/Ng

Ans:–(b)

HRDMinisterlaunchesfivedocumentsdevelopedbyUGC4�4.WhatistheParentorganizationofAshokLeyland? v'kksd ysySaM ds ewy laXkBu D;k gS\

(a) HindujaGroup/fganqtk lewg(b) TataGroup/VkVk lewg(c) AdaniGroup/vnkuh lewg

(d) AdityaBirlaGroup/vkfnR; fcM+yk XkqziAns:–(a)

AshokLeylandistheparentorganisationofHindujaGroup4�5.WherewastheheadquartersofKarnatakaBanklocated? dukZVd cSad dk eq[;ky; dgka fLFkr Fkk\

(a) Mangalore/eaXkykSj(b) Bangalore/cSaXkyksj(c) Chennai/psUubZ(d) Pune/iq.ks

Ans:–(a)Karnataka Bank Limited is India’s twelfth largest privatesectorbank.ItsheadquartersisMangalore4�6.Which country liberalizing financial system scraps

benchmarklendingrate? fdl ns'k us foÙkh; ç.kkyh dks mnkj cukrs gq, csapekdZ m/kj

nj dks gVk fn;k gS\


(b) China/phu(c) Russia/:l(d) SaudiArabia/lÅnh vjc

Ans:–(b)Chinaliberalizingfinancialsystemscrapsbenchmarklendingrate.4�7.Which country deployed its firstAvangard Hypersonic

missilesystem? fdl ns'k us viuh igyh vokaXkkMZ gkbijlksfud felkby ç.kkyh

rSukr dh\

(a) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k(b) Russia/:l(c) Iraq/bjkd(d) Cambodia/dacksfM;k

Ans:–(b)

RussiadeploysitsfirstAvangardHypersonicmissilesystem.4�8.Which country ranks 47th in house price appreciation

duringJuly,September? tqykbZ] flracj ds nkSjku ?kj dh dher ç'kalk esa dkSu lk ns'k

47osa LFkku ij gS\


(b) India/Hkkjr(c) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k(d) SaudiArabia/lÅnh vjc

Ans:–(b)India ranks 47th in house price appreciation during July,September. India stood at ��th position in the April-Junequarterof�0�9,witha7.7percentyear-on-yearriseinhomeprices.4�9.WhichcountrybannedIndianVehiclesOnPokharaRoads

AheadofNewYear? fdl ns'k us u, lky ds iks[kjk jksM ij Hkkjrh; okguksa ij

çfrca/ yXkk fn;k\

(a) Nepal/usiky(b) Bangladesh/ckaXykns'k(c) Pakistan/ikfdLrku

(d) SriLanka/JhyadkAns:–(a)NepalbannedvehicleswithIndiannumberplatesfromrunninginthetouristhubofPokharaaheadofthenewyear.4�0.Which bank signed two-year deal withAshok Leyland

forvehiclefinancing? okgu foÙkiks"k.k ds fy, v'kksd ysySaM ds lkFk fdl cSad us

nks lky dk djkj fd;k\

(a) StateBankofIndia/Hkkjrh; LVsV cSad(b) CorporationBank/dkWiksZjs'ku cSad

(c) CanaraBank/dsujk cSad

(d) YesBank/;l cSadAns:–(d)Ashok Leyland signed two-year deal with YES Bank for

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vehiclefinancing.4��.Whichbanklaunchedtabbankingservice? fdl cSad us VSc cSafdaXk lsok 'kq: dh\

(a) VijayaBank/fot;k cSad(b) KarnatakaBank/dukZVd cSad

(c) DenaBank/nsuk cSad(d) CanaraBank/dsujk cSad

Ans:–(b)Karnataka Bank launched tab banking service. The TABbankingaccountopeningprocess,theBankcanon-boardtheprospectivecustomerandopentheSavingsBankAccount.4��.Whichcountryplannedtosendwarshippatrolplanesto

protectJapaneseshipsinMiddleEast? fdl ns'k us eè; iwoZ esa tkikuh tgktksa dh lqj{kk ds fy,

;q¼iksr Xk'rh foekuksa dks Hkstus dh ;kstuk cukbZ\

(a) China/phu(b) Japan/tkiku(c) India/Hkkjr(d) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k

Ans:–(b)JapangovttosendwarshippatrolplanestoprotectJapaneseships in Middle East.The rare overseas deployment will belimitedtointelligence-gathering.4�3.WhoreleasedthebooktitledPoliticsofOpportunism? ikWfyfVDl vkWiQ vikWP;qZfuVh uked iqLrd dk foekspu fdlus

fd;k\

(a) RaviShankar/jfo 'kadj

(b) SGurumurthy/,l Xkq#ewfrZ(c) DineshKumar/fnus'k dqekj

(d) VikramSharma/foØe 'kekZAns:–(b)PoliticalAnalystSGurumurthyreleasedabooktitledPoliticsofOpportunismatafunctioninNewDelhi.4�4.WholaunchedmobileappforDefExpo�0�0? MsiQ,Dliks 2020 ds fy, eksckby ,si fdlus ykWUp fd;k

Fkk\

(a) ShriVikramSharma/Jh foØe 'kekZ

(b) ShriRajnathSingh/Jh jktukFk flag(c) ShriRajeshSharma/Jh jkts'k 'kekZ(d) ShriPrakashJavedakar/Jh çdk'k tkoM+sdj

Ans:–(b)RajnathSingh launchesmobileapp forDefExpo�0�0.Themainfeaturesoftheappareinform,engageandfeedbackThe

appprovidesdetailedinformationabouttheday-to-dayevents;participatingexhibitors;DefencePublicSectorUndertakings(DPSUs),guestspeakersofseminars,webinars;publicationsaboutelectronicbrochuresande-books;mapsanddirectionsofthevenuesandcityweather.4�5.Who conferred with the American Academy of

Ophthalmology’s(AAO)highestawardLifeAchievementhonor?

vesfjdu vdkneh vkWIkQ+ vkWIFkYeksykWth (AAO)ds loksZPP iqjLdkj ykbiQ vphoesaV lEeku ls fdls lEekfur fd;k Xk;k\

(a) Dr.DineshKumar/MkW- fnus'k dqekj

(b) Dr.SantoshGHonavar/MkW- larks"k th gksuoj(c) Dr.VikramShama/MkW- foØe 'kekZ

(d) Dr.RajeshSharma/MkW- jkts'k 'kekZAns:–(b)Dr. Santosh G Honavar, India’s ophthalmologist conferredwith the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s (AAO)highestawardLifeAchievementhonor.HeisthefirstIndianchosen for the honor. The award presented to Dr. HonavarrecentlyattheAnnualMeetingoftheAmericanAcademyofOphthalmologyheldinSanFrancisco.4�6.WherewasTechmahindraheadquarterslocated? Vsd efgaæk dk eq[;ky; dgka fLFkr Fkk\

(a) Pune/iq.ks(b) Bangalore/cSaXkywj(c) Chennai/psUubZ(d) Ranchi/jkaph

Ans:–(a)Tech Mahindra Limited, Indian multinational subsidiary oftheMahindraGroupTechmahindraheadquarters locatedatPune-4�7.HowmanydaysdidManduFestivaltakeplace? ekaMw egksRlo fdrus fnu pyk\

(a) 5days/ikap fnu(b) 4days/pkj fnu(c) 3days/3 fnu(d) �days/nks fnu

Ans:–(a)MadhyaPradesh,the5-dayMandufestival,startedinMandu,aworld-famouspicturesquetouristdestinationlocatedinDhardistrictofthestate.4�8.Where was the headquarters of Kotak Mahindra Bank

located? dksVd efgaæk cSad dk eq[;ky; dgka fLFkr Fkk\

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(a) Chennai/psUubZ(b) Mumbai/eqacbZ(c) Bangalore/cSaXkyksj(d) Pune/iq.ks

Ans:–(b)The headquarters of Kotak Mahindra Bank located atMumbai.4�9.WherewasHCLTechnologiesheadquarterslocated? ,plh,y VsDuksykWth dk eq[;ky; dgka fLFkr Fkk\

(a) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(b) Nodia/uks,Mk(c) Bangalore/cSaXkyksj(d) Chennai/psUubZ

Ans:–(b)HCL Technologies Limited is multinational informationtechnologyserviceandconsultingcompanyheadquarteredinNoida,UttarPradesh.430.WherewasReserveBankofIndialocated? Hkkjrh; fjtoZ cSad dgka fLFkr Fkk\

(a) Chennai/psUubZ(b) Mumbai/eqacbZ(c) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(d) Bangalore/cSaXkyksj

Ans:–(b)ReserveBankofIndiaisIndia’scentralbank,whichcontrolstheissueandsupplyoftheIndianrupee.43�.WhenCSIRInstitutewasestablished? lh,lvkbZvkj laLFkku dh LFkkiuk dc gqbZ\

(a) �94� (b) �94�(c) �943 (d) �944

Ans:–(b)CouncilofScientificandIndustrialResearchestablishedbytheGovernmentofIndiainSeptemberof�94�autonomousbody emerged as the largest research and developmentorganisationinIndia.43�.WhereistheheadquartersofBSNLlocated? ch,l,u,y dk eq[;ky; dgka fLFkr gS\

(a) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(b) Pune/iq.ks(c) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(d) Bangalore/cSaXkyksj

Ans:–(a)Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited is an Indian state-owned

telecommunications company, The company headquarteredinNewDelhi.433.WhoobtainedfirstplaceinIndia’stop�0mostGoogled

businesstycoons? Hkkjr ds 'kh"kZ 10 lcls XkwXkysM fctusl Vk;dwu esa igyk LFkku

fdlus çkIr fd;k\

(a) MukeshAmbhani/eqds'k vackuh

(b) RatanTata/jru VkVk(c) LakshmiMittal/y{eh feÙky(d) AzimPremji/vthe çseth

Ans:–(b)RatanTataobtainedfirstplaceinIndia’stop�0mostGoogledbusinesstycoonsTataGrouppatriarchGoogle’smostsearchedIndianbusinesspersonalityin�0�9.HeheadstheTataGroupfor �� years credited with transforming the group from aconventionalcorporatehouseintoa$�00billion434.Who launches common e-auction platform for assets

attachedbybanks? cSadksa }kjk layXu ifjlaifÙk;ksa ds fy, vke bZ&uhykeh eap dkSu

ykWUp djrk gS\

(a) RameshKumar/jes'k dqekj

(b) NirmalaSitharaman/fueZyk lhrkje.k(c) PrakashJavedakar/çdk'k tkoM+sdj

(d) SureshPrabhu/lqjs'k çHkqAns:–(b)NirmalaSitharamanlaunchescommone-auctionplatformforassetsattachedbybanks.435.BSNLgets_______crfromBharatBroadbandNigamto

clearBharatNetvendordues HkkjrusV foØsrk ns; jkf'k dk HkqXkrku djus ds fy, Hkkjr

czkWMcSaM fuXke ls ch,l,u,y dks ----------- djksM+ feyrs gSa

(a) 778 (b) 770(c) 768 (d) 750

Ans:–(b)BSNL gets 770 cr from Bharat Broadband Nigam to clearBharatNetvendordues.436.ReserveBankofIndialargecooperativebankstoreport

allexposuresofRs________crore Hkkjrh; fjt+oZ cSad cM+s lgdkjh cSadksa dks ----------- djksM+ #i;s

ds lHkh tksf[keksa dh fjiksVZ djus ds fy,

(a) 8 (b) 5(c) 7 (d) 6

Ans:–(b)ReserveBankof India largecooperativebanks to reportall

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exposures of Rs 5 crore.Reserve Bank of India created aCRILCofcommercialbanksall India financial institutions,andindividualnon-bankingfinancialcompanieswithmultipleobjectives,which,amongothers,includestrengtheningoffsitesupervision and early recognition of financial distress. RBIannouncedthattobringUCBswithassetsofRs500croreandaboveundertheCRILCreportingframework.437.Which country successfully launched largest carrier

rocket? fdl ns'k us liQrkiwoZd lcls cM+k okgd jkWdsV ykWUp fd;k\

(a) China/phu(b) Russia/:l(c) Pakistan/ikfdLrku


Chinasuccessfullylauncheslargestcarrierrocket.438.WhowonWorldRapidChess�0�9title? fo'o jSfiM 'krjat 2019 dk f[krkc fdlus thrk\

(a) RafaelVaganian/jkiQsy oSXkfu;u(b) KoneruHumpy/dksus: gEih

(c) ViktorGavrikov/foDVj XkSofjdkso

(d) GaborKallal/XkScj dYykbZAns:–(b)

KoneruHumpywonWorldRapidChesstitleinRussia.439.WhowonCKNayuduLifetimeAchievementAwards? lhds uk;mw ykbiQVkbe vphoesaV iqjLdkj fdlus thrk\

(a) ManishPandey/euh"k ikaMs(b) AnjumChopra/vatqe pksiM+k

(c) NavdeepSaini/uonhi lSuh(d) Shreyaslyer/Js;l v;~;j

Ans:–(b)KrishSrikkanth,AnjumChopratogetCKNayuduLifetimeAchievementAwards.440.WhoisthefirstWinnerofDadasahebPhalkeAward? nknk lkgc iQkYds iqjLdkj ds igys fotsrk dkSu gSa\

(a) Vinodkhanna/fouksn [kUuk(b) VevikaRani/nsfodk jkuh

(c) Mannadey/eUuk Ms(d) hrishikeshmukherjee/½f"kds'k eq[kthZ

Ans:–(b)DadasahebPhalkeAwardisIndia’shighestawardincinema.ItispresentedannuallyattheNationalFilmAwardsceremonybytheDirectorateofFilmFestivals.

44�.WherewasAAIheadquarterslocated? AAIdk eq[;ky; dgka fLFkr Fkk\

(a) Chennai/psUubZ(b) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(c) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(d) Ranchi/jkaph

Ans:–(b)Airports Authority of India (AAI)environmental clearancefromtheMinistryofEnvironment,ForestandClimateChangeforthree,first-of-its-kindinthecountry,wateraerodromesinAndamanandNicobarIslands.44�.WhoisappointedasCMDOfShippingCorporationOf

India? f'kfiaXk dkWiksZjs'ku vkWiQ bafM;k ds lh,eMh ds :i eas fdls


(a) DineshSharma/fnus'k 'kekZ(b) HKJoshi/,pds tks'kh


(d) VikramKumar/foØe dqekjAns:–(b)Shipping Corporation of India appointed as H.K. Joshi,Chairperson & Managing Director (CMD). The companyholdstheadditionalchargeofthepostofDirector(Finance).443.Which bank introduced OTP-based ATM Transactions

ForWithdrawalofAmountsAboveRs�0,000? fdl cSad us 10]000 #i;s ls vf/d dh jkf'k dh fudklh ds

fy, vksVhih vk/kfjr ,Vh,e ysunsu dh 'kq#vkr dh\

(a) Denabank/nsuk cSad(b) StateBankofIndia/Hkkjrh; LVsV cSad(c) YesBank/;l cSad(d) CorporationBank/dkWiksZjs'ku cSad

Ans:–(b)StateBankofIndiaintroducedOTP-basedATMTransactionsForWithdrawalofAmountsAboveRs�0,000fromJanuary.444.Whoisappointedasnewlabourcommissioner? u, Je vk;qDr ds :i esa fdls fu;qDr fd;k Xk;k gs\

(a) DrRakeshSharma/MkW- jkds'k 'kekZ

(b) DrNoonsavathThirumalaNaik/MkW- uwuloFk fFk#ekyk ukbd

(c) DrSureshlyer/MkW- lqjs'k v;~;j

(d) DrRajeshSharma/MkW- jkts'k 'kekZAns:–(b)Dr Noonsavath Thirumala Naik appointed as new labour

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commissioner445.Who launched social media campaign in support of

CAA? lh,, ds leFkZu esa lks'ky ehfM;k vfHk;ku fdls pyk;k\

(a) ShriSureshKumar/Jh lqjs'k dqekj

(b) ShriNarendraModi/Jh ujsaæ eksnh(c) ShriPrakashJavedakar/Jh çdk'k tkoM+sdj

(d) ShriVikramKumar/Jh foØe dqekjAns:–(b)PM Narendra Modi launches a social media campaign insupportofCAAontwitter.HepostedavideoofsadguruandquotedthehistoricalproofofIndia.446.KoneruHumpywonWorldRapidChesstitlein_______

______ dksus: gaih us --------------- esa fo'o jSfiM 'krjat dk f[krkc

thrk


(b) Russia/:l(c) NewZealand/U;wthySaM(d) Venezuela/osustq,yk

Ans:–(b)KoneruHumpywonWorldRapidChess title inRussiaanddefeatedChinasLeiTingjie.HumpyaccumulatedninepointstiedwithTingjie.Indianlosttheopeningsetbeforemakingaspeedyrecoveryinthesecondround.447.WhichstateexemptsWomenfromHPPSCHPSSCExam

Fee? ,pihih,llh ijh{kk 'kqYd ls efgykvksa dks dkSu lk jkT; NwV

nsrk gS\

(a) AndhraPradesh/vka/zçns'k

(b) HimachalPradesh/fgekpy çns'k(c) Bihar/fcgkj(d) Kerala/dsjy

Ans:–(b)Himachal Pradesh government decided to exempt womenfrompaying theapplication fee forgovernment recruitmentexams. The fee exemption applicable to women candidateswho apply for any recruitment advertised by the state’sPublic Service Commission (HPPSC) and Staff SelectionCommission(HPSSC).448.Whichstategovtlaunchesonlineplatformforissuanceof

certificates? lfVZfiQdsV tkjh djus ds fy, fdl jkT; ljdkj us vkWuykbu

IysViQkWeZ ykWUp fd;k\

(a) TamilNadu/rfeyukmq

(b) Odisha/vksfM'kk

(c) Kerala/dsjy

(d) AndhraPradesh/vka/z çns'kAns:–(b)ChiefMinisterNaveenPatnaiklaunchedtheonlineplatformfor the issuance of income certificate, residence certificate,caste certificate without any fees, and based on the self-certificationsystemofaskingfortheSolvencycertificatebythedepartments.449.Which country issued revised local GDP figures under

newmechanismfrom�0�0? fdl ns'k us 2020 ls u, ra=k ds rgr la'kksf/r LFkkuh; thMhih

vkadM+s tkjh fd, gSa\


(b) China/phu(c) Afghanistan/viQXkkfuLrku

(d) Russia/:lAns:–(b)ChinatoissueGDPfiguresundernewmechanismfrom�0�0.TheChineseeconomygrewatanannualpaceof6.0percentintheJuly-Septemberquarter,theslowestgrowthsince�99�.450.WhenIRCTCtolaunchTejastrainfromAhmedabadto

Mumbai? IRCTCvgenkckn ls eqacbZ ds fy, rstl Vªsu 'kq: djus tk

jgh gS\

(a) January�nd/2 tuojh(b) January�5th/15 tuojh(c) January�7th/17 tuojh(d) January�9th/19 tuojh

Ans:–(c)IRCTCtolaunchTejastrainfromAhmedabadtoMumbaionJanuary �7.The train is equipped with all modern onboardfacilitiesforensuringhigh-levelcomfort topassengers.ThepassengersaretravelingonthetrainprovidedwithRailTravelInsurance of up to ₹25 lakhs, free of cost by the IRCTC45�.HowmanyindicatorsareindicatedMinistryofStatistics

and Programme Implementation’s National IndicatorFramework?

fdrus ladsrd dks lkaf[;dh ea=kky; vkSj dk;ZØe dk;ZUo;u ds jk"Vªh; ladsrd ÚseodZ ds fy, ladsr fn;k tkrk gS\

(a) 308Indicators/308 ladsrd

(b) 306Indicators/306 ladsrd

(c) 3�0Indicators/310 ladsrd

(d) 3��Indicators/312 ladsrdAns:–(b)

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NITIAayoglaunchestheDashboard�0�9-�0.TheSDGIndiaIndex and Dashboard track the progress of States and rankallStatesandUnionTerritorieson�00indicatorsdrawnfromthe Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation’sNationalIndicatorFrameworkcomprising306indicators.45�.WhoishonouredwithDadasahebPhalkeAward? nknk lkgc iQkyds iqjLdkj ls fdls lEekfur fd;k tkrk gS\

(a) RanveerSingh/j.kohj flag(b) ShahrukhKhan/'kkg#[k [kku(c) SanjayDutt/lat; nÙk(d) AmitabhBachchan/vferkHk cPpu

Ans:–(a)The50thDadasahebPhalkeAwardshonoredlegendaryactorAmitabh Bachchan with India’s highest film honor for hisstupendouscontributiontoIndiancinema.453.TheDhanuJatrabasedonthemythologicalstoryofLord

__________ /uq tk=kk HkXkoku dh ikSjkf.kd dgkuh ij vk/kfjr gS ----------

(a) Shiva/f'ko(b) Krishna/Ñ".kk

(c) Murgan/eq#Xku(d) Sakthi/'kfDr

Ans:–(b)Thefamous��-dayDhanuJatracelebratedasthelargestopen-airtheatreoftheworldbeginsatBargarhinwesternOdisha.The Jatra based on the mythological story of Lord KrishnaandhisdemonuncleKingKansa.454.AdaniPowerrankedasthe__largestcorporationinIndia

inFortuneIndia500listof�0�8. iQkWP;wZu bafM;k 500 2018 dh lwph esa vnkuh ikoj dks Hkkjr

esa --------- lcls cM+s fuXke ds :i esa LFkku fn;k Xk;kA

(a) 73rd/73osa(b) 74th/74osa(c) 75th/75oha(d) 77th/77osa

Ans:–(a)AdaniPowerrankedasthe73rdlargestcorporationinIndiainFortuneIndia500listof�0�8.455.WhenKheloIndiaYouthGamesfirsteventwasheld? [ksyks bafM;k ;wFk XksEl dk igyk vk;kstu dc gqvk Fkk\

(a) �0�7 (b) �0�8(c) �0�6 (d) �0�5

Ans:–(b)KheloIndiaYouthGamesareknownasKheloIndiaSchool

Games.Thefirsteventwasheldintheyear�0�8.456.Whatistheestimatedcostofe-BCASProject? bZ&chlh,,l ifj;kstuk dh vuqekfur ykXkr D;k gS\

(a) 35lakhs/35 yk[k(b) 3�lakhs/32 yk[k(c) 30lakhs/30 yk[k(d) 39lakhs/39 yk[k

Ans:–(c)Thecurrent trainingmodulepart completedatanestimatedcostofRs.30.00 lakhs.Thesestepswillease theprocessoftraining,audit/inspections,enhancethethroughputaswellasalotoftime,energy.457.Which country planned $35 billion power reforms to

reviveailingutilities? fdl ns'k us chekj mi;ksfXkrkvksa dks iquthZfor djus ds fy, $

35 fcfy;u ds fctyh lq/kjksa dh ;kstuk cukbZ\

(a) Russia/:l(b) India/Hkkjr(c) Indonesia/bMksusf'k;k(d) Iran/bZjku

Ans:–(b)India isplanninganotherwaveof reformsaimedat turningarounditsstrugglingpowerretailers.458.HowmanycroresdidReserveBankofIndiaboughtlong-

termgovtsecuritiesin�ndspecialOMO? Hkkjrh; fjt+oZ cSad us 2 djksM+ ds fo'ks"k vks,evks esa fdrus

djksM+ #i;s dh çfrHkwfr;ka [kjhnha\

(a) 9,�00 (b) 8,500(c) �0,000 (d) 7,500

Ans:–(c)ReserveBankof Indiabought�0,000crore rupeesof long-term government securities and sold 8,50� crore rupees ofthreeshort-termbonds.459.Which social media introduced helpline number for

womensafetypurpose? fdl lks'ky ehfM;k us efgyk lqj{kk mn~ns'; ds fy, gsiykbu

uacj dh 'kq#vkr dh\

(a) Instagram/baLVkXkzke(b) WhatsappMessenger/OgkV~l,i eSlsatj(c) Telegram/rkj(d) Facebook/iQslcqd

Ans:–(b)UttarPradeshStateRoadTransportCorporation (UPSRTC)launchedadedicatedwomenhelpline, ‘Damini,’which is a

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callingandaWhatsAppserviceforthesafetyofwomen.Theuniquenumber“8��4�-77777”subscribedforthehelplineisanextensionofthe‘NirbhayaYojana.460.When Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs

founded? vçR;{k dj vkSj lhek 'kqYd cksMZ dh LFkkiuk dc gqbZ\

(a) �945 (b) �944(c) �946 (d) �947

Ans:–(b)CentralBoardof IndirectTaxesandCustoms is the agencyresponsibleforadministeringCustoms,GST,CentralExcise,ServiceTaxandNarcoticsinIndia.46�.Wholaunchedthebiometric-enabledCentralisedAccess

ControlSystem(CACS)TrainingModule? fdlus ck;ksehfVªd&l{ke dsaæh;Ñr vfHkXke fu;a=k.k ç.kkyh

(CACS)çf'k{k.k ekWM;wy ykWUp fd;k\


(b) ShriDineshkarthick/Jh fnus'k dkfrZd

(c) ShriHardeepSinghPuri/Jh gjnhi flag iqjh(d) ShriRajeshSharma/Jh jkts'k 'kekZ

Ans:–(c)Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of State (I/C) for CivilAviation,launchedthebiometric-enabledCentralisedAccessControl System (CACS) and e-BCAS Project TrainingModule.46�.Which railway station did Indian Railways introduces

NewPassengerfriendlyInformationSystem? Hkkjrh; jsyos us fdl jsyos LVs'ku ls U;w iSlsatj ÚsaMyh lwpuk

ç.kkyh dh 'kq#vkr dh\

(a) GhoomRailwayStation/?kwe jsyos LVs'ku(b) AnakapalleStation/vudkiYys LVs'ku

(c) HowrahStation/gkoM+k LVs'ku(d) DwarkaStation/}kjdk LVs'ku

Ans:–(b)Indian Railways introduces New Passenger friendlyInformation System at Anakapalle Station in VijayawadaDivision.463.Whichelectricitysettoraiseupto$�.5billionabroad? fons'kksa esa 1-5 fcfy;u MkWyj rd dh fctyh dkSu lh LFkkfir

djrh gS\

(a) TataPowerCompanyLtd/VkVk ikoj daiuh fy-

(b) ReliancePowerLtd(ADAG)/fjyk;al ikoj fyfeVsM(c) AdaniElectricity/vnkuh fctyh

(d) TorrentPowerLtd/VksjsaV ikoj fy-

Ans:–(c)

AdaniElectricitysettoraiseupto$�.5billionabroad464.WhoseMemorialLectureonMarch�0nextyearplanned

toorganisebyFinanceMinistry? vXkys lky 20 ekpZ dks fdlds Lekjd O;k[;ku dks foÙk

ea=kky; }kjk vk;ksftr djus dh ;kstuk gS\

(a) ShriJaswantSingh/Jh tloar flag(b) ShriYashwantSinha/Jh ;'koar flUgk(c) ShriArunJaitley/Jh v#.k tsVyh

(d) ShriP.Chidambaram/Jh ih- fpnacjeAns:–(c)FinanceMinistrytoorganiseArunJaitleyMemorialLectureonMarch�0nextyear.ArunJaitleyMemorialLectureonMarch�0nextyeartopaytributetotheformerFinanceMinister-

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JANUARY CURRENT – 2020�. Whichcompanyplannedtoconductsuper-fastspeed5G

networktrialsinIndia? fdl daiuh us Hkkjr esa lqij&iQkLV LihM 5GusVodZ ijh{k.k

djus dh ;kstuk cukbZ\

(a) Coolpad/dwy iSM

(b) Huawei/gqvkosbZ

(c) Realme/esjk vlyh :i

(d) Vivo/fooksAns:–(b)Huawei company planned to conduct super-fast speed 5GnetworktrialsinIndia.�. Whichcountrycommencesworldslargestevervaccination

programmetocontrolFMD? dkSu lk ns'k FMDdks fu;af=kr djus ds fy, nqfu;k ds lcls

cM+s Vhdkdj.k dk;ZØe dh 'kq:vkr djrk gS\

(a) Russia/:l(b) India/Hkkjr(c) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k(d) Iran/bZjku

Ans:–(b)Indiacommencesworld’slargestevervaccinationprogrammetocontrolFMD&Brucellosisin�0�9.ThemaintoprovideuniquePashuAadharto535millionanimals3. What is the estimated cost of National Infra Pipeline

plan? jk"Vªh; bUiQk ikbiykbu ;kstuk dh vuqekfur ykxr D;k gS\

(a) �05trillion/[kjc(b) �0�trillion/[kjc(c) �06trillion/[kjc(d) ��0trillion/[kjc

Ans:–(b)The estimated cost of National Infra Pipeline plan is about�0�trillion.4. Wherewas�0��CommonwealthGamesscheduled? 2022 jk"VªeaMy [ksy dgk¡ fu/kZfjr fd;k x;k Fkk\

(a) Sydney/flMuh(b) Birmingham/cfeZ?ke(c) Spain/Lisu(d) USA/vesjhdk

Ans:–(b)IOAwithdrawsboycottcallfor�0��CommonwealthGames.The �0�� Commonwealth Games, officially known as the

XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known asBirmingham�0��.5. NoextrachargeondigitalpaymentsviaRuPayandUPI

from________�0�0 d

(a) �0thJan/d(b) �stJan/d(c) ��thJan/d(d) �5thJan/d

Ans:–(b)NoextrachargeondigitalpaymentsviaRuPayandUPIfrom�stJan�0�0.6. Where Railway Protection Force headquarters was

located? jsyos lqj{kk cy dk eq[;ky; dgk¡ fLFkr Fkk\


(b) Mumbai/eqacbZ(c) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(d) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh

Ans:–(d)RailwayProtectionForce isa security force,establishedbytheRailwayProtectionForceAct,�957.TheheadquartersofRailwayProtectionForcelocatedatNewDelhi.7. WhenUnifiedPaymentsInterfacewasintroduced? ;wfuiQkbM isesaV~l baVjisQl dc is'k fd;k x;k Fkk\

(a) �0�4(b) �0�6(c) �0�5(d) �0�9

Ans:–(b)Unified Payments Interface is an instant real-time paymentsystemdevelopedbyNationalPaymentsCorporationofIndia.TheUPIwasintroducedintheyear�0�6.8. Who commences worlds largest ever vaccination

programmetocontrolFMD? ,iQ,eMh dks fu;af=kr djus ds fy, nqfu;k esa lcls cM+k

Vhdkdj.k dk;ZØe dkSu 'kq: djrk gS\


(b) India/Hkkjr(c) SaudiArabia/lÅnh vjc

(d) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;kAns:–(b)Indiacommencesworldslargestevervaccinationprogramme

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tocontrolFMD.9. Nirmala Sitharaman unveils ______lakh crore national

infrastructureplan fueZyk lhrkje.k us---------------------yk[k djksM+ jk"Vªh; cqfu;knh

<kapk ;kstuk dk [kqyklk fd;k

(a) �05(b) �0�(c) ��0(d) �07

Ans:–(b)Nirmala Sitharaman unveils �0� lakh crore nationalinfrastructureplan.�0. WhenIndianRailwayswasfounded? Hkkjrh; jsyos dh LFkkiuk dc gqbZ Fkh\

(a) �860(b) �854(c) �853(d) �86�

Ans:–(c)IndianRailways is India’snational railwaysystemoperatedbytheMinistryofRailways.Foundedontheyear�853.��. WhenHuaweiwasfounded? gqvkosbZ dh LFkkiuk dc gqbZ Fkh\

(a) �987(b) �99�(c) �989(d) �990

Ans:–(a)Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched a NationalInfrastructure Pipeline coordination mechanism with aninvestment plan worth ₹102 trillion in the next five years.��. WhoservesasIndianOlympicAssociationPresident? Hkkjrh; vksyafid la?k ds vè;{k ds :i esa dkSu dk;Z djrk

gS\

(a) DrVivekSharma/MkW foosd 'kekZ

(b) Dr.NarinerDhruvBatra/MkWA ujsuj /zqo c=kk(c) Dr.RajeshSharma/MkWA jkts'k 'kekZ(d) Dr.Rameshkumar/MkWA jes'k dqekj

Ans:–(b)Dr.NarinerDhruvBatraservesasIndianOlympicAssociationPresident.�3. When RuPay card was introduced by Indian

Government?

Hkkjr ljdkj n~okjk RuPaydkMZ dc is'k fd;k x;k Fkk\

(a) �0�6(b) �0�4(c) �0�5(d) �0�3

Ans:–(b)RuPay is a card scheme, conceived and launched by theNationalPaymentsCorporationofIndia.Itwasfirstintroducedby8May�0�4.�4. Whounveils�0�lakhcrorenationalinfrastructureplan? 102 yk[k djksM+ ds jk"Vªh; cqfu;knh <kaps dh ;kstuk dk [kqyklk

dkSu djrk gS\


(b) NirmalaSitharaman/fueZyk lhrkje.k(c) PrakashJavedakar/izdk'k tkoM+sdj

(d) PiyushGoyal/ih;w"k xks;yAns:–(b)Nirmala Sitharaman unveils �0� lakh crore nationalinfrastructureplan.�5. WhenRailwayProtectionForcewasfounded? jsyos lqj{kk cy dh LFkkiuk dc dh xbZ Fkh\

(a) �7July�87�(b) �7June�87�(c) �6April�870(d) �7May�870

Ans:–(a)RailwayProtectionForce isa security force,establishedbytheRailwayProtectionForceAct,�957.Itisfoundedby�7July�87�.�6. What was the number used in Indian Railways for

accidentsandsafety? nq?kZVukvksa vkSj lqj{kk ds fy, Hkkjrh; jsyos esa iz;qDr la[;k D;k

Fkh\

(a) �073(b) �07�(c) �075(d) �076

Ans:–(b)Indian Railways made to overcome the inconvenience overmultiplehelplinenumbersforgrievancesandinquiryduringrailway travel, Indian Railway integrated railway helplinesintosinglenumber.The�07�numberusedforaccidentsandsafety.�7. Where was the headquarters of Indian Space Research

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Organisationlocated? Hkkjrh; varfj{k vuqla/ku laxBu dk eq[;ky; dgk¡ fLFkr

Fkk\

(a) Chennai/psUubZ(b) Bengaluru/csaxyq:(c) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(d) Mumbai/eqacbZ

Ans:–(b)The headquarters of Indian Space Research OrganisationlocatedatBengaluru.�8. ISRO to set up second launch port in ___________

district ISRO ----------------ftys esa nwljk ykWUp iksVZ LFkkfir djus ds

fy,

(a) Thoothukodi/rwrwdqM+h

(b) Dharmapuri//eZiqjh(c) Krishnagiri/Ñ".kkfxjh

(d) Namakkal/ueDdyAns:–(a)IndianSpaceResearchOrganisationestablishasecondlaunchport in Thoothukodi district in Tamilnadu exclusively tolaunchsmallsatellitelaunchvehicles.�9. Chinalaunches__________powerfulnavaldestroyersin

yearofharvestformilitary phu us lsuk ds fy, iQly ds o"kZ esa 'kfDr'kkyh ukSlSfud

foèoald ykWUp fd,

(a) �(b) 3(c) 4(d) 5

Ans:–(a)China launches two powerful naval destroyers in year ofharvestformilitary.�0. Amit Shah to dedicate new campus of National Fire

ServiceCollegein________ ----------------esa jk"Vªh; iQk;j lfoZl dkWyst ds u, ifjlj dks

lefiZr djus ds fy, vfer 'kkg

(a) Raipur/jk;iqj(b) Nagpur/ukxiqj(c) Patna/iVuk(d) Pune/iq.ks

Ans:–(b)AmitShahtodedicatenewcampusofNationalFireService

CollegeinNagpur.��. Who is appointed as Railway Board Chairman for one

moreyear? ,d vkSj o"kZ ds fy, jsyos cksMZ ds vè;{k ds :i esa fdls

fu;qDr fd;k x;k gS\


(b) VKYadav/ohds ;kno


(d) DineshRaj/fnus'k jktAns:–(b)VKYadavtakechargesasRailwayBoardChairmanforonemore year. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinetapprovedthere-employmentofVKYadavastheChairmanofRailwayBoardforoneyear.��. WhichstateCMlaunchedK-RERAtobringtransparency

inrealestatesector? fdl jkT; ds eq[;ea=kh us fj;y ,LVsV {ks=k esa ikjnf'kZrk ykus

ds fy, K-RERAdk 'kqHkkjaHk fd;k\


(c) Bihar/fcgkj(d) AandhrPradesh/vak/z izns'k

Ans:–(b)Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan launched the Kerala RealEstate Regulatory Authority .The main aim to boost theconfidenceofcustomersandbringinmoretransparencyintherealestatesector,RealEstateRegulatoryAuthority(RERA)�3. Who is appointed as Air Officer-in-Charge

Maintenance? ok;q vf/dkjh izHkkjh j[kj[kko ds :i esa fdls fu;qDr fd;k

tkrk gS\

(a) RakeshSharma/jkds'k 'kekZ

(b) VibhasPande/foHkk ikaMs(c) RajeshKumar/jkts'k dqekj

(d) SureshRaj/lqjs'k jktAns:–(b)AirMarshalVibhasPandeVSMappointedasAirOfficer-in-ChargeMaintenance.�4. Whichcountryofficiallyshareslistofnuclearinstallations

withIndia? fdl ns'k us vkf/dkfjd rkSj ij Hkkjr ds lkFk ijek.kq izfr"Bkuksa

dh lwph lk>k dh gS\



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(c) Russia/:l(d) Iran/bZjku

Ans:–(b)Pakistan shared a list of its nuclear installations with Indiaunderabilateralagreement.ThelisthandedovertoanIndianHigh Commission official in accordance with Article-II ofthe Agreement on Prohibition of Attacks against NuclearInstallationsandFacilitiesbetweenPakistanandIndia.�5. What is the new one integrated Helpline number for

IndianRailways? Hkkjrh; jsyos ds fy, u;k ,d ,dhÑr gsYiykbu uacj D;k

gS\

(a) �37(b) �39(c) �38(d) �40

Ans:–(b)Indian Railway announces one integrated Helpline number�39.�6. WhenGuinnessWorldRecordswasfirstPublished? tc fxuht oYMZ fjdkWM~Zl igyh ckj izdkf'kr fd;k x;k Fkk\

(a) �956(b) �955(c) �957(d) �958

Ans:–(b)GuinnessWorld Records known from its inception in �955until�000astheGuinnessBookofRecords.�7. WhenUIDAIwasfounded? UIDAI/;wvkbZMh,vkbZ dh LFkkiuk dc gqbZ Fkh\

(a) �0�0(b) �009(c) �0��(d) �0�3

Ans:–(b)UniqueIdentificationAuthorityofIndiawasfoundedintheyear�009�8. ChinalaunchesnewAlzheimer’sdrugtreatmenttocost

$___________peryear phu us izfr o"kZ $--------------------------[kpZ djus ds fy, vYtkbej

ds u, mipkj dh 'kq:vkr dh

(a) 6,�00(b) 5,700

(c) 8,500(d) 7,500

Ans:–(b)ChinalaunchesnewAlzheimer’sdrugtreatmenttocost$5,700peryear.�9. Who took charge as Air Officer-in-Charge

Administration? ok;q vf/dkjh izHkkjh iz'kklu ds :i esa fdlus dk;ZHkkj

laHkkyk\


(b) MSGMenon/,e,lth esuu(c) RajeshKumar/jkts'k dqekj

(d) RahulKumar/jkgqy dqekjAns:–(b)AirMarshalMSGMenonVSMassumeschargeasAirOfficer-in-ChargeAdministration.30. Whichcountry launched twopowerfulnavaldestroyers

inyearofharvestformilitary? fdl ns'k us lsuk ds fy, iQly ds o"kZ esa nks 'kfDr'kkyh

ukSlSfud foèoald ykWUp fd,\

(a) UK/;wds

(b) China/phu(c) Russia/:l(d) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k

Ans:–(b)China launches two powerful naval destroyers in year ofharvest for military.China adding new naval ships on amonthlybasis.3�. Which state govt launched Cyber Safe Women

initiative? fdl jkT; ljdkj us lkbcj lqjf{kr efgyk igy 'qk: dh\


(b) Maharashtra/egkjk"Vª(c) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(d) Kerala/dsjy

Ans:–(b)Maharashtra Government launched a Cyber Safe Womeninitiative under which awareness camps held across all thedistrictsofthestateregardingcybersafety.3�. Fifth IHAI National Ice Hockey Championship �0�0

beginsin__________ ikapoha IHAIjk"Vªh; vkbl gkWdh pSfEi;uf'ki 2020----------------

esa 'kq:

(a) Shimla/f'keyk

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(b) Chandigarh/paMhx<+(c) Leh/ysg(d) Delhi/fnYyh

Ans:–(c)The fifth Ice HockeyAssociation of India (IHAI) NationalIceHockeyChampionship�0�0beginsinLeh.Theinauguralmatch in the Under-�0 Boys category between ChandigarhandHaryana.33. Which state government appoints two Disha Special

Officers? fdl jkT; ljdkj us nks fo'ks"k vf/dkfj;ksa dh fu;qfDr dh\

(a) Patna/iVuk(b) AndhraPradesh/vka/z izns'k

(c) HimachalPradesh/fgekpy izns'k(d) Kerala/dsjy

Ans:–(b)AndhraPradeshgovernment-appointedIndianAdministrativeService (IAS) official Dr. Kritika Shukla and Indian PoliceService(IPS)officialMDeepikaasSpecialOfficers.34. KVICopenedfirstsilkprocessingplantin___________ KVICus----------------esa igyk js'ke izlaLdj.k la;a=k [kksyk

(a) Kerala/dsjy


(c) Gujarat/xqtjkr(d) HimachalPradesh/fgekpy izns'k

Ans:–(c)KhadiandVillageIndustriesCommission(KVIC)afirstSilkProcessing Plant inaugurated at Surendranagar in Gujarat.The cost of production of silk yarn increases the sale andavailabilityofrawmaterialforGujaratiPatolaSarees.35. WhogoteighthinlatestOlympicqualificationrankings? uohure vksyafid ;ksX;rk jSfdax esa fdls vkBoka LFkku feyk\

(a) GaganNarang/xxu ukjax(b) MirabaiChanu/ehjkckbZ pkuw(c) DhyanChand/è;kupan(d) VijenderSingh/fotsUnz flag

Ans:–(b)Mirabai Chanu got eighth in latest Olympic qualificationrankings.36. PMNarendraModidisburses��,000crorerupeesto___

__crorefarmers ih,e ujsanz eksnh us-----------------fdlkuksa dks 12]000 djksM+ #i;s

fn,

(a) Seven/lkr

(b) Six/Ng(c) Five/ikap(d) Four/pkj

Ans:–(b)PrimeMinisterNarendraModireleased��,000crorerupeesunderPradhanMantriSamaanYojanatosixcrorefarmersinTumakuru.37. Whatisthethemeof�07thISCisScienceandTechnology

conference? 107 oha vkbZ,llh lEesyu dk fo"k; D;k gS\

(a) DevelopmentCycle/fodkl pØ

(b) RuralDevelopment/xzkeh.k fodkl

(c) Vision�0�0/fotu 2020(d) RuralLifeinIndia/Hkkjr esa xzkeh.k thou

Ans:–(b)Thethemeof�07thISCisScienceandTechnologyconferenceisRuralDevelopment.38. Howmanychineseitemsaredeclaredatcurbingimports

ofnon-essentialitemsbyIndia? Hkkjr n~okjk xSj&vko';d oLrqvksa ds vk;kr ij vadq'k yxkus

ds fy, fdrus phuh vkbVe ?kksf"kr fd, tkrs gSa\

(a) 375(b) 37�(c) 376(d) 378

Ans:–(b)Indiaissettofinalizestricterqualitystandardsfor37�itemsaim at curbing imports of non-essential items such as toys,plastic goods, sports items, and furniture, especially fromChina.39. TheplantsetupbyakhadiinstitutionatthecostofRs

_______lakhs [kknh laLFkk n~okjk----------------yk[k #i;s dh ykxr ls LFkkfir

la;a=k

(a) 80(b) 75(c) 78(d) 79

Ans:–(b)The cost of production of silk yarn increases the sale andavailabilityofrawmaterialforGujaratiPatolaSareeslocally.Theplant setupbyakhadi institutionat the costofRs75lakhsinwhichKVICcontributedRs60lakh.40. Which country ranked second for highest number of

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babiesbornonNewYearDay? uo o"kZ fnol ij tUe ysus okys f'k'kqvksa dh la[;k esa fdl

ns'k dk LFkku nwljk gS\

(a) China/phu(b) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k(c) USA/vesjhdk

(d) Finland/fiQuySaMAns:–(a)AccordingtoUNICEF,Anestimated67,385babieswereborninIndia.Globally,overhalfofthesebirthswereestimatedtohave taken place in eight countries - India (67,385), China(46,�99),4�. WhenIceHockeywasfounded? vkbl gkWdh dh LFkkiuk dc gqbZ\

(a) �9�4(b) �9�0(c) �9�3(d) �9�6

Ans:–(b)IceHockeywasfoundedontheyear�9�0.FifthIHAINationalIceHockeyChampionship�0�0beginsinLeh4�. How many Disha Special Officers are appointed by

AndhrapradeshGovernment? vka/z izns'k ljdkj n~okjk fdrus fo'ks"kkf/dkjh fu;qDr fd, tkrs

gSa\

(a) 3(b) �(c) 4(d) 5

Ans:–(b)Andhra Pradesh Government appoints two Disha SpecialOfficers.43. Which country created a record for highest number of

babiesbornonNewYearDay? fdl ns'k us u, lky ds fnu iSnk gksus okys cPpksa dh la[;k

ds fy, ,d fjdkWMZ cuk;k\


(b) India/Hkkjr(c) Iran/bZjku(d) Russia/:l

Ans:–(b)Indiarecordedthehighestnumberofbabiesbornworldwideon New Year’s Day. The world’s second-most populouscountry registering an estimated 67,385 births out of the

nearly400,000babiesborngloballyonthatday.44. Whodisburses��,000crorerupeestosixcrorefarmers? d

(a) ShriNarendraModi/Jh ujsanz eksnh(b) ShriRajeshSharma/Jh jkts'k 'kekZ(c) ShriNareshKumar/Jh ujs'k dqekj

(d) ShriPrakashJavedakar/Jh izdk'k tkoM+sdjAns:–(a)ShriNarendraModidisburses��,000crorerupeestosixcrorefarmers45. Whoinauguratedthe�07thIndianScienceCongress? 107 oha Hkkjrh; foKku dkaxzsl dk mn~?kkVu fdlus fd;k\


(b) ShriRajnathSingh/Jh jktukFk flag(c) ShriNarendraModi/Jh ujsanz eksnh(d) ShriDineshgupta/Jh fnus'k xqIrk

Ans:–(c)Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the �07thIndianScienceCongress(ISC)attheUniversityofAgriculturalSciences,Bengaluru.46. Dixon Technologies planned to manufacture LED TVs

for___________ fMDlu VsDuksykWtht us--------------------ds fy, ,ybZMh Vhoh cukus

dh ;kstuk cukbZ

(a) Samsung/lSelax(b) Nokia/uksfd;k

(c) Oppo/vksIiks

(d) Tecno/VsDuksAns:–(a)Dixon Technologies planned to manufacture LED TVs forSamsung.47. WhichTechnologies planned tomanufactureLEDTVs

forSamsung? lSelax ds fy, ,ybZMh Vhoh ds fuekZ.k ds fy, fdu rduhdksa

dh ;kstuk gS\


(b) Dixon/fMDlu(c) Amazon/ohjkaxuk(d) Intel/baVsy

Ans:–(b)South Korean electronics Samsung and Noida-based DixonTechnologiesjointlymanufactureLEDtelevisionsinIndia.48. Adanitobuy75%stakein______________Port

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vMkuh----------------------iksVZ esa 75» fgLlsnkjh [kjhnus ds fy,

(a) Kandla/dkaMyk

(b) Krishnapatnam/Ñ".kkiV~Vue

(c) Visakhapatnam/fo'kk[kkiRrue(d) Mormugao/eksjeqxkvks

Ans:–(b)

Adanitobuy75%stakeinKrishnapatnamPort.49. WhichstategovtlaunchesCyberSafeWomeninitiative? lkbcj lqjf{kr efgyk igy fdl jkT; ljdkj us 'kq: dh\

(a) Kerala/dsjy

(b) Maharashtra/egkjk"Vª(c) Bihar/fcgkj(d) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq

Ans:–(b)Maharashtra Government launched a Cyber Safe Womeninitiativeunderwhichawarenesscampsacrossallthedistrictsofthestateregardingcybersafety.50. Union Government sanctions _________EV charging

stationsin6�cities dsanz ljdkj 62 'kgjksa esa--------------------EVpkftZax LVs'ku dks

eatwjh nsrh gS

(a) �,605(b) �,636(c) �,7�0(d) �,700

Ans:–(b)UnionGovernment sanctions�,636EVchargingstations in6�cities.5�. WhichcountrynamesEsmailQaaninewQudschiefof

IRGC? dkSu lk ns'k bLekby dSuh dks IRGCdk u;k izeq[k fu;qDr

djrk gS\

(a) Indonesia/baMksusf'k;k(b) Iran/bZjku(c) Pakistan/ikfdLrku

(d) SaudiArabia/lÅnh vjcAns:–(b)Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei named asthe Deputy Head of the Revolutionary Guards foreignoperationsarmEsmailQaanitoreplaceQasemSoleimaniasitscommander.Soleimanikilled inapre-dawnUSstrike inBaghdad.5�. India stronglycondemnedvandalismatNankanaSahib

Gurudwarain____________

Hkkjr us-----------------------esa uudkuk lkfgc xq#n~okjk esa ccZjrk dh dM+h funak dh

(a) Iran/bZjku(b) Pakistan/ikfdLrku

(c) Iraq/bjkd(d) SaudiArabia/lÅnh vjc

Ans:–(b)India strongly condemned vandalism at Nankana SahibGurudwara in Pakistan. The Pakistan Government to takeimmediatestepstoensurethesafety,security,andwelfareofthemembersoftheSikhcommunity.53. WorldBrailleDayobservedon_______________ fo'o cszy fnol---------------------ij euk;k x;k

(a) January8th/8 tuojh(b) January4th/4 tuojh(c) January9th/9 tuojh(d) January�0th/10 tuojh

Ans:–(b)World Braille Day observed on January 4th. The day ismarkedrememberingthebirthanniversaryofLouisBraille,theinventorofBrailleforpeoplewithvisualdisabilities.54. Adanitobuy_______stakeinKrishnapatnamPort Ñ".kkiVue iksVZ esa-----------------fgLlsnkjh [kjhnus ds fy, vnkuh

(a) 7�%(b) 75%(c) 74%(d) 76%

Ans:–(b)Indialargestprivatesectorportoperatoragreedtobuya75%stakeinKrishnapatnamPortCo.Ltd(KPCL)atanenterprisevalueof�3,500crores,APSEZ.55. WhenUnifiedPaymentsInterfacewasintroduced? ;wfuiQkbM isesaV~l baVjisQl dc is'k fd;k x;k Fkk\

(a) �0�5(b) �0�6(c) �0�7(d) �0�8

Ans:–(b)Unified Payments Interface is an instant real-time paymentsystemdevelopedbyNationalPaymentsCorporationofIndia.Itisfoundedat�0�6.56. WhenBorderSecurityForcewasfounded? lhek lqj{kk cy dh LFkkiuk dc dh xbZ Fkh\

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(a) �967(b) �965(c) �968(d) �969

Ans:–(b)BorderSecurityForce is theborderdefenceorganisationofIndia.BorderSecurityForcewasfoundedintheyear�96557. What is the estimated population of Middle East

Countries? eè; iwoZ ds ns'kksa dh vuqekfur tula[;k fdruh gS\

(a) 370million/370 fefy;u(b) 37�million/371 fefy;u(c) 380million/380 fefy;u(d) 390million/390 fefy;u

Ans:–(b)TheMiddleEastisatranscontinentalregionwhichincludesWesternAsia,andallofTurkeyandEgypt.58. WhenSamsungwasfounded? lSelax dh LFkkiuk dc gqbZ Fkh\

(a) �940(b) �938(c) �945(d) �94�

Ans:–(b)Samsung is a South Korean multinational conglomerateheadquarteredinSamsungTown.DixonTechnologiesplannedtomanufactureLEDTVsforSamsung.59. USsends______morearmytroopstoMiddleEast vesfjdk eè; iwoZ esa----------vf/d lSU; VqdfM+;ksa dks Hkstrk gS

(a) 3,800(b) 3,000(c) 4,600(d) 4,500

Ans:–(b)TheUnitedStatesofAmericaaround3,000armytroopstotheMiddleEastkillingofIranianCommanderQasemSoleimaniorderedbyPresidentDonaldTrump.60. How many hospitals de-empanelled and 4.5 cr fine

imposedunderAyushmanBharatScheme? vk;q"eku Hkkjr ;kstuk ds rgr fdrus vLirkyksa dks vik=k fd;k

x;k vkSj 4-5 djksM+ tqekZuk yxk;k x;k\

(a) �76(b) �75

(c) �7�(d) �73

Ans:–(b)Around�7�alreadyde-empanelledand the list ofhospitalsimposedpenaltybythecentralgovernment.MorethanINR4.5croreleviedonhospitalsindulginginmalpractices.6�. Which bank asks customers to update mobile numbers

forATMcashwithdrawals? ,Vh,e dS'k fudklh ds fy, dkSu lk cSad xzkgdksa ls eksckby

uacj viMsV djus ds fy, dgrk gS\

(a) YesBank/;l cSad(b) StateBankofIndia/Hkkjrh; LVsV cSad(c) CanaraBank/dsujk cSad

(d) CorporationBank/dkWiksZjs'ku cSadAns:–(b)StateBankofIndiaaskscustomerstoupdatemobilenumbersforATMcashwithdrawals.6�. WhenIncomeTaxDepartmentwasfounded? vk;dj foHkkx dh LFkkiuk dc gqbZ\

(a) �86�(b) �860(c) �863(d) �865

Ans:–(b)IncomeTaxDepartmentisagovernmentagencyundertakingdirecttaxcollectionoftheGovernmentofIndia.IncomeTaxDepartmentwasfoundedintheyear�860.63. Which stategovernmentemployeesnowgetDAatpar

withcentralgovtemployees? fdl jkT; ljdkj ds deZpkfj;ksa dks vc dsanzh; ljdkj ds

deZpkfj;ksa ds cjkcj Mh, feyrk gS\

(a) Kerala/dsjy

(b) Gujarat/xqtjkr(c) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(d) AndhraPradesh/vka/z izns'k

Ans:–(b)GujaratgovernmentemployeesnowgetDAatparwithcentralgovtemployees.64. WherewastheheadquartersofISROlocated? dk eq[;ky; dgk¡ fLFkr Fkk\

(a) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(b) Bengaluru/csaxyq#(c) Chennai/psUubZ

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(d) Hyderabad/gSnjkcknAns:–(b)

TheheadquartersofISROlocatedatBengaluru.65. When Indian Space Research Organisation was

founded? Hkkjrh; varfj{k vuqla/ku laxBu dh LFkkiuk dc gqbZ\

(a) �970(b) �969(c) �97�(d) �975

Ans:–(b)Indian Space Research Organisation is the space agency ofthe Government of India has its headquarters in the city ofBengaluru.66. WhoisthechairpersonofStateBankofIndia? Hkkjrh; LVsV cSad ds vè;{k dkSu gSa\



(c) Rajeshkumar/jkts'k dqekj

(d) RakeshSharma/jkds'k 'kekZAns:–(b)

RajnishKumaristhechairpersonofStateBankofIndia67. WherewasIncomeTaxDepartmentheadquarterslocated? vk;dj foHkkx dk eq[;ky; dgk¡ fLFkr Fkk\

(a) Chennai/psUubZ(b) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(c) Pune/iq.ks(d) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn

Ans:–(b)IncomeTaxDepartmentisagovernmentagencyundertakingdirecttaxcollectionoftheGovernmentofIndia.68. WhenStateBankofIndiawasfounded? Hkkjrh; LVsV cSad dh LFkkiuk dc gqbZ\

(a) �808(b) �806(c) �807(d) �809

Ans:–(b)StateBankof India(SBI) isanIndianmultinational,publicsector banking and financial services statutory body. StateBankofIndiawasfoundedintheyear�806.69. Which state CM constitutes panels for Rs �500 paddy

price?

fdl jkT; ds eq[;ea=kh us 2500 #i;s /ku dh dher ds fy, iSuy dk xBu fd;k\

(a) HimachalPradesh/fgekpy izns'k(b) Ranchi/jkaph(c) Chhattisgarh/NRrhlx<+(d) ArunachalPradesh/v#.kkpy izns'k

Ans:–(c)ChhattisgarhstateCMconstitutespanelsforRs�500paddyprice.70. ISRO sets up academic centre in Karnataka to provide

_____crore bljks--------------djksM+ iznku djus ds fy, dukZVd esa 'kS{kf.kd

dsanz LFkkfir djrk gS

(a) 4(b) �(c) 3(d) 6

Ans:–(b)ISRO sets up academic centre in Karnataka to provide �crore.7�. LaiHaraobafestivalbeginsin_________ ykb gjksck mRlo-------------------esa 'kq:

(a) Mizoram/fetksje(b) Tripura/f=kiqjk(c) Nagaland/uxkySaM(d) Manipur/ef.kiqj

Ans:–(b)

LaiHaraobafestivalbeginsinTripura.7�. Chhattisgarh CM constitutes panels for Rs _________

paddyprice NRrhlx<+ ds eq[;ea=kh us-----------------/ku ds ewY; ds fy, iSuy

dk xBu fd;k

(a) �500(b) �000(c) �800(d) �500

Ans:–(a)Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel to set up acommittee toensure thepaymentofRs�500perquintal tofarmersagainstprocurementofpaddy.73. IndiaForexreservestouchalltimehighof__________

billion Hkkjr dk fons'kh eqnzk HkaMkj-------------------fcfy;u ds mPp Lrj

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dks Nwrk gS

(a) 457.490(b) 457.470(c) 457.468(d) 457.485

Ans:–(b)

IndiaForexreservestouchalltimehighof457.468billion.74. The Gujarat government hiked the dearness allowance

(DA)by________percent. xqtjkr ljdkj us egaxkbZ HkRrs (Mh,) esa-----------------izfr'kr dh

c<+ksrjh dhA

(a) Six/Ng(b) Five/ikap(c) three/rhu(d) Seven/lkr

Ans:–(b)TheGujaratgovernmenthikedthedearnessallowance(DA)byfivepercent.75. SBI OTP-based ATM cash withdrawal facility is

applicableforwithdrawingcashabove___________ SBIOTPvk/kfjr ,Vh,e ls udn fudklh dh lqfo/k----------ls

Åij udn fudkyus ds fy, ykxw gS

(a) Rs8,000(b) Rs�0,000(c) Rs9,000(d) Rs��,000

Ans:–(b)SBIaskscustomerstoupdatemobilenumbersforATMcashwithdrawingcashaboveRs�0,000.76. Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has

openeditsfirstSilkprocessingplantin_________. [kknh vkSj xzkeksn~;ksx vk;ksx (KVIC)us-----------------esa viuk

igyk flYd izlaLdj.k la;a=k [kksyk gSA

(a) Punjab/iatkc(b) Rajasthan/jktLFkku(c) Haryana/gfj;k.kk(d) Gujarat/xqtjkr

Ans:–(d)KhadiandVillageIndustriesCommission(KVIC)hasopeneditsfirstSilkprocessingplantinGujarat.TheaimistoboosttheproductionofsignaturePatolaSareeandcreatelivelihoodsforwomen.KVICaimstopromoteIndianCraftsandCulture.77. The________IndianScienceCongressisheldfrom3-7

January�0�0. ----------------Hkkjrh; foKku dkaxzsl 3&7 tuojh 2020 rd

vk;ksftr dh tkrh gSA

(a) �00th(b) �07th(c) ��5th(d) �30th

Ans:–(b)The �07th Indian Science Congress (ISC) is held from 3-7January �0�0 at the University ofAgricultural Sciences inBengaluru,Karnataka.ISCwillprovidethedesiredplatformtothefarmerswhointroducedinnovationsinagriculture.Thetheme of the �07th ISC is Science and Technology: RuralDevelopment.78. The Yoga Science meet was organized as part of the

ongoing�07thIndianScienceCongress(ISC)in_________on5January�0�0.

5 tuojh 2020 dks-----------------------esa py jgs 107 osa Hkkjrh; foKku dkaxzsl (ISC)ds Hkkx ds :i esa ;ksx foKku cSBd vk;ksftr dh xbZ FkhA

(a) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(b) Mumbai/eqacbZ(c) Pune/iq.ks(d) Bengaluru/csaxyq#

Ans:–(d)TheYogaSciencemeetwasorganizedaspartoftheongoing�07thIndianScienceCongress(ISC)inBengaluruon5January�0�0.ThemeetwasaddressedbytheheadofSVYASAYogadeemedUniversityDr.HRNagendra.79. TNChaturvediwhopassedawayrecentlyisa_______. Vh ,u prqosZnh ftudk gky gh esa fu/u gks x;k] os----------------

-----FksA

(a) spacescientist/varfj{k oSKkfud

(b) botanist/ouLifr&foKkfud(c) bureaucrat/ukSdj'kkg

(d) footballer/iqQVckWyjAns:–(c)FormerKarnatakaGovernorTNChaturvedipassedawayon5January�0�0.Hewas90yearsold.Hewasabureaucrat.Hewasappointedasthe�4thGovernorofKarnatakain�00�bytheNDAgovernmentheadedbyAtalBihariVajpayee.80. ________isthetrademarkSareeofGujarat. ------------------xqtjkr dh VsªMekdZ lkM+h gSA

(a) Patola/iVksyk(b) Chanderi/pansjh

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(c) Paithani/iSBkuh(d) Bandhani/ca/uh

Ans:–(a)PatolaisthetrademarkSareeofGujarat.Itisoneofthemosteminent symbols of Indian Craftsmanship. It is priced veryhighandisoutofreachofcommonwomen.TherawmaterialispurchasedfromKarnatakaorWestBengal,wherethesilkprocessingunitsaresituated.Thisincreasesthecostoffabricmanifolds.8�. What is the cost estimated for the Khadi and Village

Industries Commission (KVIC)’s first Silk processingplant?

[kknh vkSj xzkeksn~;ksx vk;ksx (KVIC)ds igys js'ke izlaLdj.k la;a=k ds fy, vuqekfur ykxr D;k gS\

(a) Rs.50lakh/yk[k(b) Rs.60lakh/yk[k(c) Rs.75lakh/yk[k(d) Rs.90lakh/yk[k

Ans:–(c)The KVIC launched its first Silk Processing Plant atSurendranagar.Themajorinitiativewouldhelpcutdownthecost of production of silk yarn drastically and increase thesaleandavailabilityofrawmaterialforGujaratiPatolaSareeslocally.ThecostoftheplantisRs.75lakhinwhichKVIChascontributedRs.60 lakh.Theunithasgeneratedemploymentfor90 localwomen,amongwhich70womenbelongto theMuslimcommunity.8�. _________ division will be the nodal point in India’s

foreignministry. -------------------foHkktu Hkkjr ds fons'k ea=kky; esa uksMy fcanq

gksxkA

(a) DHRUV//zqo(b) NISHATHA(c) PRAKAS(d) NEST

Ans:–(d)The Ministry of External Affairs has announced that it isto set up a new division on New and Emerging StrategicTechnologies(NEST).NESTdivisionwillbethenodalpointinIndia’sforeignministry.Itwillhandleallmattersconnectedto new and emerging technologies including the exchangeof views with foreign governments and coordination withdomestic ministries and departments. NEST will deal withemergingchallengesandscenarios.83. How many awards are to be conferred under the first

AntarrashtriyaYogaDiwasMediaSamman? izFke varjkZ"Vªh; ;ksx fnol ehfM;k lEeku ds rgr fdrus

iqjLdkjksa ls lEekfur fd;k tkuk gS\

(a) �4(b) 30(c) 34(d) 38

Ans:–(b)Thirtyawardsunderthreecategorieswillbeconferredunderthe first Antarrashtriya Yoga Diwas Media Samman. TheawardwillbeconferredbytheUnionMinisterofInformation&BroadcastingShriPrakash Javadekar inNewDelhion7January�0�0.Theawardaims toacknowledge thepositiveroleandresponsibilityofmediaindisseminatingtheoutreachofYogainIndiaandabroad.84. ________tohosttheglobalmeetonthemarineecosystem,

MECOS-3. -----------------leqnzh ikfjfLFkfrdh ra=k] MECOS-3ij oSf'od

cSBd dh estckuh djus ds fy,A

(a) Kochi/dksfPp

(b) Alleppey/vYysIih

(c) Periyar/isfj;kj(d) Thiruvananthapuram/fr#ouariqje

Ans:–(a)Kochi to host the global meet on the marine ecosystem,MECOS-3. The 3rd international symposium on marineecosystems-challenges and opportunities (MECOS-3) inKochifrom7-�0January�0�0.ThemeetingwillbeheldattheCentralMarineFisheriesResearchInstitute,Kochi,Kerala.85. Who implemented the Street Lighting National

Programme(SLNP)ofthegovernment? ljdkj ds LVªhV ykbfVax us'kuy izksxzke (SLNP)dks fdlus ykxw

fd;k\

(a) TATA/VkVk(b) EESL/bZbZ,l,y(c) ESSAR/,Llkj(d) GAIL/xsy

Ans:–(b)Government’sflagshipprogrammeUnnatJyotibyAffordableLEDs for All (UJALA) and LED Street Lighting NationalProgramme(SLNP),markeditsfifthanniversaryon5January�0�0. The schemes have been implemented by EnergyEfficiencyServicesLimited(EESL),ajointventureofPSUsunderthePowerMinistry.86. India has ranked _______ in the Travel & Tourism

CompetitivenessIndex(TTCI)fortheyear�0�9. Hkkjr us o"kZ 2019 ds fy, ;k=kk vkSj i;ZVu izfrLi/kZRedrk

lwpdkad (TTCI)esa------------------dks LFkku fn;k gSA

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(a) 34th(b) 4�nd(c) 68th(d) 6�nd

Ans:–(a)Indiahasranked34thintheTravel&TourismCompetitivenessIndex(TTCI)oftheWorldEconomicForumfortheyear�0�9.In�0�3,Indiaranked65th.87. Navigationfacilitiesforvisuallyimpairedwasinaugurated

at ________ railway station in Punjab on 5 January�0�0.

5 tuojh 2020 dks iatkc ds------------------jsyos LVs'ku ij n`f"Vckf/rksa ds fy, usfoxs'ku lqfo/kvksa dk mn~?kkVu fd;k x;kA

(a) Rupnagar/#iuxj(b) Chandigarh/paMhx<+(c) Ludhiana/yqf/;kuk(d) Sangrur

Ans:–(b)NavigationfacilitiesforvisuallyimpairedwasinauguratedatChandigarhrailwaystationinPunjabon5January�0�0.Thisfacilityhasbeen introducedby the IndianRailwayStationsDevelopment Corporation through Bengaluru-based NGOAnuprayaas. Chandigarh is the fifth Railway station in thecountryandfirstinNorthIndiatohavethisfacility.88. TheDefExpoIndia-�0�0istobeheldin_________. MsiQ,Dliks@DefExpo India-�0�0 dks-----------------esa vk;ksftr

fd;k tkuk gSA

(a) Jaipur/t;iqj(b) Bengaluru/csaxyq:(c) Chennai/psUubZ(d) Lucknow/y[kuÅ

Ans:–(b)The ��th biennial edition of DefExpo India- �0�0 is to beheldfrom5-8February�0�0inLucknow,UttarPradesh.ThepreparationswerereviewedbytheDefenceMinisterRajnathSingh on 5 January �0�0. It is expected to be the largestexhibitionfortheworld’sdefencecompaniestodisplaytheirland,seaandaircapabilitiesatasingleexhibition.89. TheIndianArmyistosignanMoUwith_______forthe

procurementAK-�03assaultrifles. Hkkjrh; lsuk dks AK-�03vlkYV jkbiQyksa dh [kjhn ds fy,-

----------------ds lkFk ,d le>kSrk Kkiu ij gLrk{kj djuk gSA

(a) UK/;wds

(b) France/izaQkl

(c) Russia/:l(d) USA/vesfjdk

Ans:–(c)TheIndianArmyistosignaMemorandumofUnderstanding(MoU)withRussiafortheprocurementofover7.5lakhAK-�03assaultrifles.TheriflesaretobemanufacturedlocallybyanIndia-Russiajointventure(JV).TheMoUisexpectedtobesignedinamonth.90. Whowonthemen’s�0metresairpistolgoldinthe63rd

NationalShootingChampionship? 63oha jk"Vªh; 'kwfVax pSfEi;uf'ki esa iq#"kksa dh 10 ehVj ,;j

fiLVy Lo.kZ ind fdlus thrk\

(a) BobyKaushik/ckWch dkSf'kd

(b) ShivaNarwal/f'ko ujoky(c) SaurabhChaudhary/lkSjHk pkS/jh(d) SarabjotSingh/ljctksr flag

Ans:–(c)The �7-year-old ace shooter from Uttar Pradesh SaurabhChaudharyhaswonthemen’s�0metresairpistolgoldatthe63rdNationalShootingChampionshipinBhopalon4January�0�0.Chaudharyshota�46.4tofinishontop.9�. The________editionoftheSukanyaprojectthataimsto

providegirlsstudyinginschoolsandcollegesinthecitywithself-defencetrainingbeganinJanuary�0�0.

lqdU;k ifj;kstuk dk-----------------laLdj.k] ftldk mís'; 'kgj esa Ldwyksa vkSj dkWystksa esa i<+us okyh yM+fd;ksa dks vkRej{kk izf'k{k.k ds lkFk tuojh 2020 esa 'kq: djuk gSA

(a) 3rd(b) �st(c) 4th(d) 5th

Ans:–(a)Kolkata Police has started the third edition of the Sukanyaprojecton6January�0�0.Theprojectaimstoprovidegirlsstudyinginschoolsandcollegesinthecitywithself-defencetraining.9�. CISFobserve________astheYearofmobility. d

(a) �0�7(b) �0�8(c) �0�9(d) �0�0

Ans:–(d)TheCentralIndustrialSecurityForce(CISF)hasannouncedthat it is toobserve�0�0as theYearofmobility.Thisyear

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willhaveaspecialfocusonthecreationofmoreresidentialunitsandtheimplementationofvariouswelfaremeasuresforthetroops.93. WhichPoliceinitiatedtheSukanyaproject? lqdU;k ifj;kstuk fdl iqfyl us 'kq: dh\

(a) DelhiPolice/fnYyh iqfyl(b) MumbaiPolice/eaqcbZ iqfyl(c) KolkataPolice/dksydkrk iqfyl

(d) AndhraPolice/vka/z iqfylAns:–(c)Sukanya project was initiated by the Kolkata Police’sCommunityPolicingWingwithanaimtoprovideself-defencetraining togirl studentsofcity-basedschools, colleges,anduniversities. The project is funded by Women and ChildDevelopment and Social Welfare Department of the WestBengalstategovernment.94. WhatisthecurrencyofCroatia? Øks,f'k;k dh eqnzk D;k gS\

(a) Kuna/dquk

(b) Shekel/'ksdsy

(c) Euro/;wjks(d) CroatianDollar/Øks,f'k;kbZ MkWyj

Ans:–(a)TheCroatianKunaisthecurrencyofCroatia.OurcurrencyrankingsshowthatthemostpopularCroatiaKunaexchangerateistheHRKtoEURrate.ThecurrencycodeforKunasisHRK,andthecurrencysymboliskn.95. WhowontheGlobalChildProdigyAwards�0�0? Xykscy pkbYM izksM~;wth vokMZ~l 2020 fdlus thrk\

(a) SuchetaSatish/lqpsrk lrh'k(b) TaruniJoshi/r#.kh tks'kh(c) ArijitSingh/vfjthr flag

(d) TonyKakkar/Vksuh dDdjAns:–(a)Dubai-basedIndiangirlSuchetaSatish,whocansingin��0languages,wontheGlobalChildProdigyAwards�0�0.The�3-year-old known is as the Dubai Indian High School’snightingale. Along with Sucheta Satish, �00 other GlobalChildprodigiesacrosstheworldwerehonouredattheawardceremonyindifferentcategories.96. WhoistheDirector-General(DG)oftheCentralIndustrial

SecurityForce(CISF)? dsanzh; vkSn~;ksfxd lqj{kk cy (CISF)ds egkfuns'kd (DG)dkSu

gSa\

(a) RajeshRanjan/jkts'k jatu

(b) KiranSingh/fdj.k flag

(c) K.VijayRaghavan/dsA fot;jk?kou

(d) SashastraSeemaBal/l'kL=k lhek cyAns:–(a)Senior IPSofficerRajeshRanjan is theDirector-GeneraloftheCentralIndustrialSecurityForce(CISF).Ranjan,a�984batchIndianPoliceService(IPS)officerofBiharcadre.97. TowhichcountrydidIndiaextendalineofcredit(LOC)

forfinancingsolarparks? lksyj ikdksZa ds foRriks"k.k ds fy, Hkkjr us fdl ns'k dks Í.k

dh ,d lhek (LOC)dk foLrkj fd;k\

(a) Syria/d(b) Afghanistan/d(c) Siberia/d(d) Cuba/d

Ans:–(d)Indiahasextendeda lineofcredit (LOC)of$75million toCubaforfinancingsolarparks.TheannouncedwasmadebytheReserveBankofIndia(RBI).ThemovecomesfollowingtheagreementsignedbetweenExport-ImportBankof India(EximBank)andBancoExteriorDeCubaon�6July�0�9thatcameintoeffectfrom��December�0�9.98. Currently, ________ is providing training for the first

setof fourastronautcandidates for the firstGaganyaanmissionof�0��.

orZeku esa]-------------------2022 ds igys xxu;ku fe'ku ds fy, pkj varfj{k ;k=kh mEehnokjksa ds igys lsV ds fy, izf'k{k.k iznku dj jgk gSA

(a) China/phu(b) USA/vesfjdk

(c) Russia/:l(d) Japan/tkiku

Ans:–(c)India is currently paying a huge sum to Russia for thetraining of the first set of four astronaut candidates for thefirst Gaganyaan mission of �0��. Also, HSP work is splitacross various centres like Vikram Sarabhai Space CentreinThiruvananthapuramandtheU.R.RaoSatelliteCentreinBengaluru.99. WhoiselectedasthePresidentofCroatia? Øks,f'k;k ds jk"Vªifr ds :i esa fdls pquk tkrk gS\

(a) KolindaGrabar-Kitarovic/dksfyaMk xSzcj fdVjksfod

(b) ZoranMilanovic/tksjku feyuksfod(c) AndrejPlenkovic/AndrejIysadksfod

(d) GordanJandrokovic/xkWMZu tSaMªksdksfod

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Ans:–(b)Zoran Milanovic won Croatia’s presidential election. HeCroatia’s center-left former prime minister. He defeatedcenter-rightincumbentKolindaGrabar-Kitarovicinasecond-roundvote.Thepresidentialelectionwasheldon��December�0�9.HebelongstotheSocialDemocrats(SDP).�00.ISROistosetupIndia’sworld-classfacilityfortraining

astronautsinthreeyearsat__________. (ISRO)bljks dks-------------------ij rhu o"kksZa esa varfj{k ;kf=k;ksa

dks izf'kf{kr djus ds fy, Hkkjr dh fo'o Lrjh; lqfo/k LFkkfir djuk gSA

(a) Jodhpur/tks/iqj(b) Challakere/pYYkkdsjs

(c) Hiriyur/fgjhZ;qj(d) Sira/fljk

Ans:–(b)ISROhasannouncedtosetupIndia’sworld-classfacilityfortrainingastronautsinthreeyearsatChallakereinChitradurgadistrict of Karnataka. The announcement was made by K.Sivan,ISROChairmanandSecretary,DepartmentofSpace.�0�.Which State launched the MyGov portal on 6 January

�0�0? 6 tuojh 2020 dks fdl jkT; us MyGov iksVZy ykWUp

fd;k\

(a) Haryana/gfj;k.kk(b) HimachalPradesh/fgekpy izns'k(c) Manipur/ef.kiqj(d) Assam/vle

Ans:–(b)Himachal State government unveiled the Himachal MyGovportal on 6 January �0�0. The portal was launched by theHimachalChiefMinisterJaiRamThakur.ThisisexpectedtostrengthenpublicparticipationintheGovernanceprocess.HealsolaunchedtheCMAppontheoccasion.Withthislaunch,theStatehasbecome��thStatetohavethisfacility.�0�.IPSofficerRajivRaiBhatnagarretiredas theDirector-

Generalof________on3�December�0�9. IPSvf/dkjh jktho jk; HkVukxj 31 fnlacj 2019 dks----------

-------ds egkfuns'kd ds :i esa lsokfuo`Rr gq,A

(a) CISF/lh vkbZ ,l ,iQ

(b) ITBP/vkbZ Vh ch ih

(c) CRPF/lh vkj ih ,iQ

(d) CAPF/dsUnzh; l'kL=k iqfyl cyAns:–(c)RajivRaiBhatnagarisa�983-batchIPSofficeroftheUttar

Pradeshcadre.HeretiredastheDGCRPFon3�December�0�9.Heheadedthe3.�5lakhpersonnelforceforovertwoandahalfyears.�03.WhereistheNationalStockExchange(NSE)Knowledge

Hubinaugurated? us'kuy LVkWd ,Dlpsat (,u,lbZ) ukWyst gc dk mn~?kkVu dgk¡

fd;k x;k gS\


(c) NewDelhi/ubZ fnYyh(d) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn

Ans:–(c)CommerceandIndustry&RailwaysMinisterPiyushGoyalinauguratedtheNationalStockExchange(NSE)KnowledgeHubinNewDelhion6January�0�0.ThehubisprovidedanArtificialIntelligence(AI)poweredlearningecosystemwhichwill assist the Banking, Financial services, and insurance(BFSI)sector.�04.WhichStatecelebratestheZofestival? T+kks@ZomRlo fdl jkT; esa euk;k tkrk gS\


(c) Tripura/f=kiqjk(d) Mizoram/fetksje

Ans:–(d)TheMizoramstategovernmentisorganizingtheZoFestivalfrom 9 January �0�0. The festival is a part of the State’sendeavour to unify different tribes of Mizo. The FestivalwillbeorganizedunderthebannerZoKutpui inat least�0differentcitiesacrosstheglobe.�05.TheMizopopulationidfoundin________. feT+kks tula[;k vkbZMh-----------------esa ikbZ tkrh gSA

(a) Manipur/ef.kiqj(b) Mizoram/fetksje(c) Tripura/f=kiqjk(d) Alltheabove/mi;qZDr lHkh

Ans:–(d)The Mizo population is found in Manipur, Tripura, andMizoram across India. So far �� Mizo clans have beenidentified.Thesetribalpeoplearenativetothenorth-easternpartofIndia,westernBurma(PresentMyanmar)andEasternBangladesh.�06.AkbarPadamseewhopassedawayrecentlyisafamous

_________. vdcj inelh ftudk gky gh esa fu/u gks x;k gS] ,d izfl¼-

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-----------------gSaA

(a) politician/jktuhfrK(b) artist/dykdkj

(c) banker/cSadj

(d) entrepreneur/O;olk;hAns:–(b)One of India’s best-known artists,Akbar Padamsee passedawayinCoimbatoreon6January�0�0.Hewas9�yearsold.�07.WhichStateishostingtheGlobalInvestorsMeet�0�0? Xykscy bUosLVlZ ehV 2020 dh estckuh dkSu lk jkT; dj jgk

gS\


(c) UttarPradesh/mRrj izns'k(d) Bihar/fcgkj

Ans:–(b)Kerala is organizing the Global Investors Meet ‘ASCEND�0�0’. The meet will be held from 9-�0 January �0�0 inKochi,Kerala.ThemeetwillbeorganizedbytheIndustriesDepartmentofthestategovernment.�08.WhenistheJournalists’Daycelebrated? i=kdkj fnol dc euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) 4January/4 tuojh(b) 5January/5 tuojh(c) 6January/6 tuojh(d) 7January/7 tuojh

Ans:–(c)Journalists’Daywascelebratedon6January�0�0.ThedayisobservedeveryyearinMaharashtra.ThedayisobservedinthememoryoflatethespianjournalistBalshashtriJambhekar.�09.The �0�0 Khelo India University Games has been

scheduledtobeheldat__________. 2020 ds [ksyks bafM;k ;wfuoflZVh xsEl dks-------------------ij

vk;ksftr fd;k tkuk fu/kZfjr fd;k x;k gSA


(c) Assam/vle

(d) Manipur/ef.kiqjAns:–(b)ThefirsteditionofKheloIndiaUniversityGameshasbeenscheduled to be held at the Kalinga Institute of IndustrialTechnology(KIIT)UniversityinBhubaneswar.��0.WhichisthefirstnewspaperintheMarathilanguage?

ejkBh Hkk"kk dk igyk lekpkj i=k dkSu lk gS\

(a) Kesari/dsljh

(b) Mahratta/egjRrk(c) Darpan/niZ.k(d) Navajeevan/d

Ans:–(c)Thefirstnewspaper in theMarathi languagenamedDarpanwaspublishedon6January�83�.Thereleasedatealsomarkshis birth anniversary. He was the editor of Darpan duringBritishRuleinIndia.Hediedon�8May�846.��.HowmanyArmyBaseWorkshops (ABWs)areneeded

for theGovernmentOwnedContractorOperatedmodeloftheIndianArmy?

Hkkjrh; lsuk ds ljdkjh LokfeRo okys Bsdsnkj lapkfyr ekWMy ds fy, fdrus vkehZ csl odZ'kkWi (ABWs)dh vko';drk gS\

(a) 5(b) 8(c) �0(d) ��

Ans:–(b)The GOCO model was recommended by the Lt. Gen. DBShekatkar (Retd.) committee. The model aims to enhancecombatcapabilityand re-balancingdefenceexpenditure.Asper the committee’s recommendations, the government hasdecided todisband twoadvancebaseworkshops,one staticworkshop and four ordnance depots and eight Army BaseWorkshops(ABWs)arerecommendedtobecorporatizedontheGOCOmodel.��.Which State celebrates the International Kite Festival

�0�0? fdl jkT; us varjkZ"Vªh; irax egksRlo 2020 euk;k\

(a) Odisha/vksfM'kk

(b) Gujarat/xqtjkr(c) Rajasthan/jktLFkku(d) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq

Ans:–(b)The 3�st International Kite Festival was launched atthe Sabarmati riverfront in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. It wasinauguratedbyChiefMinisterVijayRupani.Thefestivalwillbeconductedfrom7-�4Januaryindifferentpartsofthestate.ThefestivalbecameanidentityofGujarat.��3.WhoiselectedasthePMofSpain? Lisu ds ih,e ds :i esa fdls pquk tkrk gS\

(a) CarlesPuigdemont/dkjYl iqbxMseksaV

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(b) PedroSanchez/isMªks lkapst(c) MarianoRajoy/ekfj;kuks jktkW;(d) SantiagoAbascal/lSafV;kxks vcLdy

Ans:–(b)Spain’sParliamentconfirmedSocialistleaderPedroSanchezasPrimeMinisterofthecountryon7January�0�0.Hewillholdtheofficeforanothertermatthehelmofthecountry’sfirst-evercoalitiongovernmentsinceitsreturntodemocracyinthe�970s.��4.The_________InternationalKiteFestivalwaslaunched

on7January�0�0. --------------------varjkZ"Vªh; irax egksRlo 7 tuojh 2020 dks 'kq:

fd;k x;k FkkA

(a) �5th/oha(b) �3rd/osa(c) 3�st/oka(d) 45th/osa

Ans:–(c)The 3�st International Kite Festival was launched atthe Sabarmati riverfront in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. It wasinauguratedbyChiefMinisterVijayRupani.Thefestivalwillbeconductedfrom7-�4Januaryindifferentpartsofthestate.ThefestivalbecameanidentityofGujarat.��5.WhoistheauthorofthebookKarmayoddhaGranth? deksZn; xzaFk dk ys[kd dkSu gS\


(b) RajnathSingh/jktukFk flag(c) NirmalaSitharaman/fueZyk lhrkje.k(d) PiyushGoyal/ih;w"k xks;y

Ans:–(a)TheUnionMinisterforHomeAffairsAmitShahreleasedabooktitledKarmayoddhaGranthinNewDelhion7January�0�0. In his book,Amit Shah has shared the life of PrimeMinisterShriNarendraModi.��6.MadhavpurMelaiscelebratedin_________. ek/oiqj esyk-----------------esa euk;k tkrk gSA

(a) Assam/vle

(b) Manipur/ef.kiqj(c) Gujarat/xqtjkr(d) Rajasthan/jktLFkku

Ans:–(c)MadhavpurMelaofGujaratduetobeheldinthefirstweekofApril�0�0.The8StatesoftheNorthernEasternRegionwillparticipateinthefestival.��7.National Statistical Office (NSO) has estimated India’s

GDPgrowthratefor�0�9-�0estimatedat_________. jk"Vªh; lakf[;dh dk;kZy; (NSO)us------------------ij vuqekfur

2019&20 ds fy, Hkkjr dh thMhih o`f¼ nj dk vuqeku yxk;k gSA

(a) 5%(b) 5.5%(c) 5.8%(d) 6%

Ans:–(a)NationalStatisticalOffice(NSO)hasestimatedIndia’sGDPgrowthratefor�0�9-�0estimatedat5%on7January�0�0.Ithasseendippingtoan��-yearlowof5%inthecurrentfiscal.Thisismainlyduetopoorshowingbythemanufacturingandconstructionsectors.Thepreviousloweconomicgrowthwasrecordedat3.�%in�008-09.��8.The_________editionofKheloIndiaUniversityGames

willbeheldfrom��Februaryto�March�0�0. [ksyks bafM;k ;wfuoflZVh xsEl dk-----------------------laLdj.k 22

iQjojh ls 1 ekpZ 2020 rd vk;ksftr fd;k tk,xkA

(a) �st(b) �nd(c) 3rd(d) 4th

Ans:–(a)ThefirsteditionofKheloIndiaUniversityGameshasbeenscheduled to be held at the Kalinga Institute of IndustrialTechnology(KIIT)University inBhubaneswar.KheloIndiaUniversityGamesisaninitiativeoftheGovernmentofIndiatoempowerthesportssector.ItaimstomouldthefutureofbuddingsportsstarsinIndia.Thegameswillbeheldfrom��Februaryto�March�0�0.��9.WhichStatecelebratestheJournalists’Day? i=kdkj fnol fdl jkT; esa euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) Telangana/rsyaxkuk(b) Rajasthan/jktLFkku(c) Odisha/vksfM'kk

(d) Maharashtra/egkjk"VªAns:–(d)Journalists’Daywascelebratedon6January�0�0.ThedayisobservedeveryyearinMaharashtra.ThedayisobservedinthememoryoflatethespianjournalistBalshashtriJambhekar.��0.ASCEND�0�0beheldfrom9-�0January�0�0in____

_____. ASCEND �0�0 dks 9&10 tuojh 2020 ls-----------------esa

vk;ksftr fd;k tk,xkA

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(a) Kochi/dksfPp

(b) Chennai/psUubZ(c) Thiruvananthapuram/fr#ouariqje(d) Tiruchirappalli/fr#fpjkiYyh

Ans:–(a)Kerala is organizing the Global Investors Meet ‘ASCEND�0�0’. The meet will be held from 9-�0 January �0�0 inKochi,Kerala.ThemeetwillbeorganizedbytheIndustriesDepartmentofthestategovernment.��.The________editionofMaharashtraKesariKusti�0�0

beganon3January�0�0. egkjk"Vª dsljh dqLVh 2020 dk--------------------laLdj.k 3 tuojh

2020 ls 'kq: gqvkA

(a) 50th/oha(b) 55th/osa(c) 63th/osa(d) 68th/osa

Ans:–(c)The 63rd edition of Maharashtra Kesari Kusti �0�0 beganon3 January�0�0at theShivChhatrapatiSportsComplexBalewadi,MahalungeinPune,Maharashtra.Itwasheldfrom3-7January.��.Which of the following is the European Union’s Earth

ObservationProgramme? fuEufyf[kr esa ls dkSu ;wjksih; la?k dk i`Foh voyksdju

dk;ZØe gS\

(a) Aura/vkSjk

(b) Terra//jrh(c) Copernicus/dksijfudl

(d) Aquatin/,DokfVuAns:–(c)Copernicus is the EU’s Earth Observation Programme. Itconsists of a complex set of systems that collect data frommultiplesources.Thecollectedinformationwillbeprocessedandprovidesuserswithinformationthroughasetofservicesthat address the atmosphere, climate change, land, marine,emergencymanagement,andsecurity.��3.HowmanystateswilltheIndradhanushGasGridLimited

cover? bUnz/uq"k xSl fxzM fyfeVsM fdrus jkT;ksa dks doj djsxh\

(a) 6(b) 7(c) 8(d) �0

Ans:–(c)

TheIndradhanushGasGridLimitedaimstocover8North-Eastern states namelyArunachal Pradesh,Assam, Manipur,Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura. ThegovernmentplanstodeveloptheGasPipelineGridinalltheeightstatesoftheNorth-Easternregion.��4.The________PravasiBharatiyaDivas(PBD)isobserved

inJanuary�0�0. ----------------izoklh Hkkjrh; fnol (PBD)tuojh 2020 esa euk;k

tkrk gSA

(a) ��(b) �3(c) �6(d) �8

Ans:–(c)The �6th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) is observed on 9January�0�0.ThedayiscelebratedtorecognizetheoverseasIndianswhohavecontributedtothedevelopmentofIndia.��5.WherewastheMaharashtraKesariwrestlingcompetition

�0�0held? egkjk"Vª dsljh dq'rh izfr;ksfxrk 2020 dgk¡ vk;ksftr dh xbZ

Fkh\

(a) Mumbai/eqacbZ(b) Pune/iq.ks(c) Nagpur/ukxiqj(d) Nashik/ukfld

Ans:–(b)The 63rd edition of Maharashtra Kesari Kusti �0�0 beganon3 January�0�0at theShivChhatrapatiSportsComplexBalewadi,MahalungeinPune,Maharashtra.Itwasheldfrom3-7January.��6.WhobecamethefirstIndianequestriantoqualifyforthe

TokyoOlympicsafter�decades? 2 n'kdksa ds ckn VksD;ks vksyafid ds fy, DokyhiQkbZ djus okyk

igyk Hkkjrh; ?kqM+lokj dkSu cuk\

(a) FouaadMirza/iQkSvkn fetkZ

(b) Deccani/MsDdu

(c) ManipuriPony/ef.kiqjh NksVk ?kksM+k(d) Chummarti/pqeekVhZ

Ans:–(a)Indian equestrian Fouaad Mirza became the first Indian toqualify for theTokyo Olympics officially. He ended a waitspanningtwodecades.InternationalFederationforEquestrianSports(FEI)issuedthelatestrankingsthatincludedallresultsbetween�January�0�9to3�December�0�9.��7.WhichiscalledtheCityofDestiny?

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ftls MsfLVuh dk 'kgj dgk tkrk gS\

(a) Goa/xksok(b) Visakhapatnam/fo'kk[kkiRrue(c) Madras/enzkl(d) Kolkata/dksydkrk

Ans:–(b)

VisakhapatnamiscalledtheCityofDestiny.��8.Which city is hosting the International Naval event

MILAN�0�0? baVjus'kuy usoy bosaV MILAN�0�0dh estckuh dkSu lk

'kgj dj jgk gS\

(a) Chennai/psUubZ(b) Kochi/dksfPp

(c) Goa/xksok(d) Visakhapatnam/fo'kk[kkiV~Vue

Ans:–(d)Visakhapatnam,theCityofDestinyistohostMILAN�0�0.TheInternationalNavaleventhasbeenscheduledtobeheldinMarch�0�0.ViceAdmiralSNGhormade,ChiefofStaffENCreviewed the preparations at the Eastern Naval Command(ENC)on7January�0�0.��9.WhichState is toconduct theeventAdalat for the first

time? igyh ckj fdl jkT; esa vnkyrk dk vk;kstu fd;k tkuk gS\

(a) TamilNadu/rfeyukMq(b) MadhyaPradesh/eè; izns'k(c) UttarPradesh/mRrj izns'k(d) Kerala/dsjy

Ans:–(d)The Kerala StateYouth Commission has scheduled a state-level Adalat to be held at Thiruvananthapuram. It aims toencouragethetransgendercommunitytoopenupaboutvariousissuesfacedbythemandforspeedygrievanceredressal.�30.WhichIndianequestrianwasthefirsttoparticipateinthe

Olympics? vksyafid esa Hkkx ysus okyk igyk Hkkjrh; ?kqM+lokj dkSu lk

Fkk\

(a) IJLamba/vkbZ ts ykack

(b) ImtiazAnees/bfEr;kt vuhl

(c) RaghubirSingh/j?kqchj flag(d) PrahladSingh/izgykn flag

Ans:–(a)LateWingCommanderIJLambain�996AtlantawasthefirstIndianequestriantoparticipateattheOlympics.

�3�.The government has set a fresh deadline for thecompletion of the world’s highest railway bridge thatconnectsKashmirtotherestofIndiaby_________.

ljdkj us nqfu;k ds lcls Åaps jsyos iqy dks iwjk djus ds fy, ,d ubZ le; lhek r; dh gS tks d'ehj dks 'ks"k Hkkjr ls-------------------rd tksM+rk gSA

(a) May�0�0/ebZ 2020(b) December�0�0/fnlacj 2020(c) May�0��/ebZ 2021(d) December�0��/fnlacj 2021

Ans:–(d)Thegovernmenthassetafreshdeadlineforthecompletionoftheworld’shighestrailwaybridgethatconnectsKashmirtotherestofIndiabyDecember�0��.�3�.Whowonthe�0�0MaharashtraKesarititle? 2020 egkjk"Vª dsljh dk f[krkc fdlus thrk\

(a) SushilKumarSolanki/lq'khy dqekj lksyadh

(b) HarshvardhanSadgir/g"kZ/Zu lnxhj(c) UdeyChand/mfn pan(d) KiranSingh/fdj.k flag

Ans:–(b)Indian wrestler Harshvardhan Sadgir won the MaharashtraKesarititleinthe63rdwrestlingeventatBalewadinearPuneon7January�0�0.HedefeatedhisopponentShaileshShelekofLaturtoclaimthetitle.�33.Whichyearwasrecordedas thesecondhottestyearon

recordandendedthehottestdecadeinhistory? fdl o"kZ dks fjdkWMZ ij nwljs lcls xeZ o"kZ ds :i esa ntZ fd;k

x;k Fkk vkSj bfrgkl esa lcls xeZ n'kd lekIr gks x;k\

(a) �0�6(b) �0�7(c) �0�8(d) �0�9

Ans:–(d)Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), EuropeanUnion’s climatemonitoring service, reported that�0�9wasthesecondhottestyearonrecordandendedthehottestdecadeinhistory.�34.WhenisthePravasiBharatiyaDivasobserved? izoklh Hkkjrh; fnol dc euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) 7January/tuojh(b) 8January/tuojh(c) 9January/tuojh(d) �0January/tuojh

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Ans:–(c)The �6th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) is observed on 9January�0�0.ThedayiscelebratedtorecognizetheoverseasIndianswhohavecontributedtothedevelopmentofIndia.�35.TheCentralGovernmenthasstartedaSchemetosetup

_______FastTrackSpecialCourts (FTSCs) across thecountry.

dsanz ljdkj us ns'k Hkj esa------------------iQkLV VSªd Lis'ky dksVZ (FTSCs)LFkkfir djus ds fy, ,d ;kstuk 'kq: dh gSA

(a) 368(b) 668(c) 960(d) �0�3

Ans:–(d)TheCentralGovernmenthasstartedaSchemetosetup�0�3FastTrackSpecialCourts(FTSCs)acrossthecountry.�36.CensusIndia�0��willbeginon________andwillend

on_______�0�0. Hkkjr dh tux.kuk 2021----------------ij 'kq: gksxh vkSj-------------

2020 ij lekIr gksxhA

(a) �April,30September/1 vizSy] 30 flarcj

(b) �March,30June/1 ekpZ] 30 twu(c) �March,3�May/1 ekpZ] 31 ebZ(d) �February,3�May/1 iQjojh] 31 ebZ

Ans:–(a)CensusIndia�0��willbeginon�Aprilandwillendon30September �0�0. The Census will be conducted through amobilephoneapplication.Themoveaimstomoveawayfromthetraditionalpenandpaper.�37.The_________editionoftheParikshaPeCharcha�0�0

programme is to be held on �0 January �0�0 in NewDelhi.

ifj{kk is ppkZ 2020 dk;ZØe dk----------------------laLdj.k 20 tuojh 2020 dks ubZ fnYyh esa vk;ksftr fd;k tkuk gSA

(a) 3rd(b) 4th(c) 5th(d) 6th

Ans:–(a)SevenstudentsfromJammuDivisionhavebeenselectedforthe3rdeditionoftheParikshaPeCharcha�0�0programmewhich will be held on �0 January �0�0. Prime MinisterNarendra Modi will be interacting with the students fromacrossthecountryatTalkatoraStadium,NewDelhi.�38.WhichBank launched themyAppsapplication toboost

digitalpayments? fMftVy Hkqxrku dks c<+kok nsus ds fy, fdl cSad us ,fIyds'ku

ykWUp fd;k\


(b) HDFC/,pMh,iQlh(c) HSBCBank/,p,lchlh cSad(d) SBI/LVsV cSad vkWiQ bafM;k

Ans:–(b)Inafirst,HDFCBanklaunchedthemyAppsapplicationon9January�0�0.TheappaimstoboostdigitalpaymentsinIndia.The app will benefit urban local bodies, housing societies,localclubsandgymkhanas,andreligiousinstitutions.�39.________ State Government launched a wage subsidy

schemefor thefirst fiveyears fornewventuresgettingregisteredfrom�April�0�0.

-----------------jkT; ljdkj us 1 vizSy 2020 ls iathÑr gksus okys u, miØeksa ds fy, igys ik¡p o"kksZa ds fy, ,d etnwjh lfClMh ;kstuk 'kq: dhA

(a) Bihar/fcgkj(b) WestBengal/if'pe caxky(c) Haryana/gfj;k.kk(d) Kerala/dsjy

Ans:–(d)Kerala State Government launched a wage subsidy schemeforthefirstfiveyearsfornewventuresgettingregisteredfrom�April�0�0.TheschemewasunveiledbytheChiefMinisterPinarayi Vijayan on 9 January �0�0 at the Global InvestorSummitASCEND�0�0.�40.ThePulsesConclave�0�0hasbeenscheduledtobeheld

from��-�4February�0�0in_________. n iyl nkyksa dkWUDyso 2020 dks 12&14 iQjojh 2020 ls------

-----------vk;ksftr fd;k tkuk gSA

(a) Lonavala,Maharashtra/yksukokyk] egkjk"Vª(b) Mumbai,Maharashtra/eqacbZ] egkjk"Vª(c) Pune,Maharashtra/iq.ks] egkjk"Vª(d) NewDelhi,UttarPradesh/ubZ fnYyh] mRrj izns'k

Ans:–(a)ThePulsesConclave�0�0(TPC�0�0)hasbeenscheduledtobeheldfrom��-�4February�0�0inLonavala,Maharashtra.TheannouncementwasmadebytheIndiaPulsesandGrainsAssociation(IPGA), thenodalbodyfor India’spulses tradeandindustryon9January�0�0.�4�.Which State government signed MoU with a German

firmforZeroBudgetNaturalFarming(ZBNF)? fdl jkT; ljdkj us thjks ctV izkÑfrd [ksrh (ZBNF)ds fy,

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,d teZu iQeZ ds lkFk le>kSrk Kkiu ij gLrk{kj fd,\

(a) UttarPradesh/mRrj izns'k(b) AndhraPradesh/vka/z izns'k

(c) MadhyaPradesh/eè; izns'k(d) HimachalPradesh/fgekpy izns'k

Ans:–(b)TheAndhraPradeshGovernmenthassignedaMemorandumofUnderstanding(MOU)withtherepresentativesofaGermanfirm,KFW,inAmaravati,AndhraPradeshtoimplementZeroBudgetNaturalFarminginthestate.ItcomesaftertheZeroBudgetNaturalFarming(ZBNF).�4�.WhenistheWorldHindiDayobserved? fo'o fganh fnol dc euk;k tkrk gS\

(a) �January/2 tuojh(b) 4January/4 tuojh(c) �0January/10 tuojh(d) ��January/12 tuojh

Ans:–(c)World Hindi Day is observed on �0 January �0�0. It isobservedeveryyear.Thedayensures topromote theHindilanguagearoundtheworld.WorldHindiDayisdifferentfromNationalHindiDay.�43.InSeptember�0�9,thegovernmenthasidentified_____

___wetlandsforpriorityrestorationinthenext5years. flracj 2019 esa] ljdkj us vxys 5 o"kksZa esa izkFkkfedrk cgkyh

ds fy,-------------------vknzZHkwfe dh igpku dh gSA

(a) 87(b) �30(c) �58(d) �40

Ans:–(b)In September �0�9, the government has identified �30wetlands for priority restoration in the next 5 years. It hasalsodirected theStates tosubmit their respective integratedmanagementplan.�44.FRESIAmachineshavebeeninductedbyBROtoclear

thesnowfallthatblocksimportanthighwaysandroadsintheKashmirValleyeverywinterfrom_________.

FRESIAe'khuksa dks-------------------ls gj lfnZ;ksa esa d'ehj ?kkVh esa egRoiw.kZ jktekxksZa vkSj lM+dksa dks vo#¼ djus okyh ciZQckjh dks lkiQ djus ds fy, 'kkfey fd;k x;k gSA

(a) Germany/teZuh(b) Spain/Lisu(c) Italy/bVyh

(d) France/izaQklAns:–(c)The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has inducted sevenhigh-techsnowcutterFRESIAmachinesfromItaly toclearthesnowfallthatblocksimportanthighwaysandroadsintheKashmirValleyeverywinter.BROhasreceivedfourof themachinesandtherestwillbeimportedsoon.�45.When did Bengaluru host Indian Science Congress for

thefirsttime? csaxyq# us igyh ckj Hkkjrh; foKku dkaxzsl dh estckuh dc

dh\

(a) �963(b) �987(c) �00�(d) �0�3

Ans:–(b)Bengaluruhosted the sciencecongress for the third time. Itearlierconductedtheeventin�987and�00�.�46.How much did the Andhra Pradesh State government

allocate for the ________ on the Zero Budget NaturalFarming(ZBNF).

'kwU; ctV izkÑfrd [ksrh (ZBNF)ij----------------------ds fy, vka/z izns'k jkT; ljdkj us fdruk vkoaVu fd;kA

(a) Rs.304crore/djksM+

(b) Rs.438crore/djksM+

(c) Rs.�03crore/djksM+

(d) Rs.�67crore/djksM+Ans:–(a)TheAndhraPradeshGovernmenthassignedaMemorandumofUnderstanding(MOU)withtherepresentativesofaGermanfirm,KFW,inAmaravati,AndhraPradeshtoimplementZeroBudgetNaturalFarminginthestate.TheagreementaimstoscaleuptheongoingprojectwithKFW.TheYSJaganmohanReddy led-State government has allocated Rs.304 crore ontheproject.Theprojectaimedtocover�.39lakhfarmersinaround600villagepanchayatsandpromotenaturalfarming.�47.Who is the Director-General of the Border Roads

Organisation(BRO)? lhek lM+d laxBu (BRO)ds egkfuns'kd dkSu gSa\

(a) Lt.Gen.HarpalSingh/ysfÝVusaV tujy gjiky flag(b) Lt.Gen.GopalRaj/ysfÝVusaV tujy xksiky jkt(c) Lt.Gen.SKShrivastava/ysfÝVusaV tujy ,l ds JhokLro(d) Lt.Gen.SSHasabnis/ysfÝVusaV tujy ,l ,l glcuhl

Ans:–(a)TheDirector-GeneralofBorderRoadsOrganisation(BRO)is

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Lt.Gen.HarpalSingh.�48.WhoreceivedtheMuppavarapuVenkaiahNaiduNational

AwardforSocialService? lkekftd lsok ds fy, eqIikojkiq osadS;k uk;Mw jk"Vªh; iqjLdkj

fdls feyk\

(a) Dr.SwapanKumarDatta/Loiu dqekj nRrk

(b) Dr.VirenderLalChopra/MkWA ohjsanz ykyk pkSiM+k(c) Dr.C.N.R.Rao/MkWA lhA ,uA vkjA jko

(d) Dr.GuttaMuniratnam/MkWA xqV~Vk eqfujRueAns:–(d)Famous Agricultural Scientist Dr. Gutta Muniratnam waschosen as the first recipient for Muppavarapu NationalAwardforSocialService.TheawardcarriedacashprizeofRs.5 lakh and citation.Dr.GMuniratnamwas awarded forhis extraordinary contribution to improving the quality ofpeople’slivesthroughsocialservice.�49.Odisha’s High-Level Clearance Authority (HLCA)

approved _________ for a new greenfield aluminarefineryunit.

vksfM'kk dh mPp&Lrjh; fudklh izkf/dj.k (HLCA)us ,d ubZ xzhuiQhYM ,Y;wfeuk fjiQkbujh bdkbZ ds fy,--------------------dks eatwjh nhA

(a) Rs.4,000crore/djksM+


(c) Rs.8,000crore/djksM+

(d) Rs.9,000crore/djksM+Ans:–(c)Odisha’sHigh-LevelClearanceAuthority(HLCA)approvedRs.8,000croreforanewgreenfieldaluminarefineryunit.TheprojectwasproposedbyAdityaBirlaGroup-ownedHindalcoIndustries.�50.WhenwasthefirstWorldHindiConferenceobserved? izFke fo'o fganh lEesyu dc euk;k x;k Fkk\

(a) �966(b) �953(c) �975(d) �980

Ans:–(c)The first World Hindi Conference was held on �0 January�975. Itwas inauguratedby the thenPrimeMinister IndiraGandhi.�5�.WhichstatelaunchedtheAmmaVodischemetosupport

low-incomefamilies? fdl jkT; us de vk; okys ifjokjksa dk leFkZu djus ds fy,

vEek oksMh ;kstuk 'kq: dh\


(b) Telangana/rsyaxkuk(c)AndhraPradesh/vka/z izns'k

(d) TamilNadu/rfeyukMqAns:–(c)TheAndhra Pradesh State government launched theAmmaVodi scheme. Itwas launchedby theAndhraPradesh chiefministerYSJaganMohanReddyon9January�0�0.AmmaVodicanbetranslatedas‘mother’slap’inTelugu.Theschemewillbeimplementedon�6January�0�0.�5�.WhatisthecolourusedinthenewlogoofAPLA? APLAds u, yksxks izrhd fpUg esa fdl jaxk dk mi;ksx fd;k

x;k gS\

(a) Green/gjk(b) Saffron/dslj

(c) White/lisQn(d) Blue/uhyk

Ans:–(d)TheArunachalPradeshStateLegislativeAssemblyadoptedanewlogoon9January.Thelogoreflectsthedistinctidentityandcultureofthestate.Thebluecolourofthelogodenotestheautonomyoftheassemblysecretariat.�53.World Bank estimated a _______ growth rate in fiscal

�0�9-�0�0forIndia. fo'o cSad us Hkkjr ds fy, foRr o"kZ 2019&2020 esa-------------

-----dh o`f¼ nj dk vuqeku yxk;kA

(a) 5%(b) 4.8%(c) 6%(d) 4.5%

Ans:–(a)TheWorldBankestimateda5%growthrateinfiscal�0�9-�0�0forIndia.TheWorldBank’supdateis in linewiththeReserve Bank of India’s (RBI) October policy estimate inwhichitslashedtheIndianeconomy’sexpectedgrowthto5%forthefiscalyear�0�9-�0�0.�54.WhichStateLegislativeAssemblyadoptedanewlogoon

9January�0�0toreflectthedistinctidentityandcultureofthestate?

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(a) Manipur/ef.kiqj(b) Mizoram/fetksje(c) Assam/vle

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(d) ArunachalPradesh/v#.kkpy izns'kAns:–(d)TheArunachalPradeshStateLegislativeAssemblyadoptedanewlogoon9January.Thelogoreflectsthedistinctidentityandcultureofthestate.�55.WhatisthestateflowerofArunachalPradesh? v#.kkpy izns'k dk jkT; iq"i D;k gS\

(a) Jasmine/pesyh(b) Foxtailorchid/iQkWDlVsy vkfdZM

(c) AfricanMarigold/vizQhdh eSjhxksYM

(d) Lotus/deyAns:–(b)Foxtailorchid,thatisRhynchostylisretusa,istheofficialstateflowerofArunachalPradesh.�56.The________NationalYouthFestival(NYF)�0�0has

beenscheduledtobeheldfrom��-�6January�0�0. ---------------------jk"Vªh; ;qok egksRlo (NYF)�0�0dks 12&16

tuojh 2020 ls vk;ksftr fd;k tkuk gSA

(a) �7th(b) �3rd(c) 3�nd(d) 40th

Ans:–(b)The �3rd National Youth Festival (NYF) �0�0 has beenscheduledtobeheldfrom��-�6JanuaryatIndiraPratishthan,Lucknow.The festival will be jointly inaugurated by ChiefMinister,UttarPradeshYogiAdityanathandMinisterofState(I/C)forYouthAffairs&Sports,ShriKirenRijiju.�57.WhichstateishostingtheNationalYouthFestival(NYF)

�0�0? jk"Vªh; ;qok egksRlo (,uokbZ,iQ) 2020 fdl jkT; dh estckuh

dj jgk gS\

(a) Telangana/rsyaxkuk(b) MadhyaPradesh/eè; izns'k(c) UttarPradesh/mÙkj izns'k(d) Gujarat/xqtjkr

Ans:–(c)The �3rd National Youth Festival (NYF) �0�0 has beenscheduledtobeheldfrom��-�6JanuaryatIndiraPratishthan,Lucknow.The festival will be jointly inaugurated by ChiefMinister,UttarPradeshYogiAdityanathandMinisterofState(I/C)forYouthAffairs&Sports,ShriKirenRijiju.TheNYF�0�0isorganizedbytheMinistryofYouthAffairsandSportsandStateGovernmentofUttarPradesh.�58.Whichofthefollowingisnotawater-solublefertilizer?

fuEufyf[kr esa ls dkSu ikuh esa ?kqyu'khy moZjd ugha gS\

(a) AGRONPK/Ñf"k ,uihds

(b) AGROCN/Ñf"k lh,u

(c) AGROMKP/Ñf"k ,edsih

(d) AGROPHP/Ñf"k ih,pihAns:–(d)AGRO NPK, AGRO CN, AGRO MKP are water-solublefertilizersandAGROPHPisnotawater-solublefertilizer.�59.WingsIndia�0�0hasbeenscheduledtobeheldin____

_____. foaXl bafM;k 2020 dks--------------------esa vk;ksftr fd;k tkuk

fu/kZfjr fd;k x;k gSA

(a) Bengaluru/csaxyq#(b) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(c) Chennai/psUubZ(d) Mumbai/eqacbZ

Ans:–(b)WingsIndia�0�0hasbeenscheduledtobeheldatBegumpetAirportinHyderabadfrom��-�5March�0�0.Theeventisexpectedtoboostaviation.�60.Which country topped the Eurasia Group report as the

world’stopgeopoliticalrisksfor�0�0? fdl ns'k us 2020 ds fy, nqfu;k ds 'kh"kZ Hkw jktuhfrd tksf[ke

ds :i esa ;wjsf'k;k lewg dh fjiksVZ esa lcls Åij gS\

(a) US/vesfjdk

(b) China/phu(c) Russia/:l(d) Pakistan/ikfdLrku

Ans:–(b)Eurasia Group’s world’s top geopolitical risks for �0�0 listwere toppedby-elections in theUSand followedbyeventsanddevelopmentsliketheUS-Chinatechnologytugofwaron5GandthetradewarbetweenChinaandtheUS.�6�.From which country did GIAC import water-soluble

fertilizersinAhmedabad,Gujarat? thvkbZ,lh us fdl ns'k esa vgenkckn] xqtjkr esa ikuh esa

?kqyu'khy moZjdksa dk vk;kr fd;k\

(a) Russia/:l (b) China/phu(c) US/vesfjdk

(d) UAE/la;qDr vjc vehjkrAns:–(d)Gujarat Agro Industries Corporation (GAIC) launchedimportedwater-soluble fertilizers inAhmedabad.Themove

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aims to encourage the use of high-grade agri-inputs in thestate.Itimported300tonnesofwater-solublefertilizersfromChina.�6�.WhereisBegumpetAirportlocated? csxeisV gokbZ vM~Mk dgk¡ fLFkr gS\

(a) Hyderabad/gSnjkckn(b) Bengaluru/csaxyq#(c) Amaravati/vejkorh

(d) Warangal/okjaxyAns:–(a)BegumpetAirport in Hyderabad, also known as HyderabadOldAirport,isacivilenclavelocatedinBegumpet.TheairportishometotheRajivGandhiAviationAcademy,theTelanganaStateAviationAcademyandtheBegumpetAirForceStationoftheIndianAirForce.�63.EurasiaGroupreportedthatthepoliticalriskconsultancy

IndiaunderPrimeMinisterNarendraModithe_______biggestgeopoliticalriskof�0�0.

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(a) 5th(b) �0th(c) �5th(d) �0th

Ans:–(a)EurasiaGroup reported that India is oneof theworld’s topgeopolitical risks for �0�0. The political risk consultancyIndiaunderPrimeMinisterNarendraModiwaslistedasthefifthbiggestgeopoliticalriskof�0�0.�64.NametheStatethatistosetupzoologicalgardenspread

across��acres? ml jkT; dk uke crkb, tks 121 ,dM+ esa iSQyk izk.kh mn~;ku

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(b) Rajasthan/jktLFkku(c) Bihar/fcgkj(d) UttarPradesh/mRrj izns'k

Ans:–(d)Uttar Pradesh State government is to set up a zoologicalgardenspreadacross��acresinGorakhpur,UP.Thezooistobenamedafter thesocialistandfreedomfighterShaheedAshfaqullahKhan.�65.Which State to the front runner category of the State

EnergyEfficiencyIndex�0�9?

LVsV ,uthZ ,fiQf'k,alh baMsDl 2019 ds izaQV juj Js.kh esa dkSu lk jkT; gS\

(a) UttarPradesh/mRrj izns'k(b) Maharashtra/egkjk"Vª(c) Karnataka/dukZVd

(d) None/dksbZ ughaAns:–(d)

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