March MCQ 2019 PDF

1. Who among the following is the chairman of 15th Finance Commission of India?
(a) Raghuram Rajan (b) Nand Kishore Singh (c) YV Reddy (d) Anoop Singh
2. The world’s longest salt cave has recently discovered in
(a) Iran (b) Bhutan (c) Israel (d) Nepal
3. Who has recently been honoured with the 2019 Martha Farrell Award in the category of ‘Most Promising Individual’?
(a) Manisha Pavi (b) Murari Jha (c) Anju Pathak (d) Manu Gulati
4. Which international organisation has recently released the 2018 global Multi-dimensional Poverty Index (MPI)?
(a) UNESCO (b) WHO (c) UNICEF (d) UNDP
5. Which of the following railway station has received the Gold Rating by the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) for Green
Measures?
(a) Kanpur Central (b) Ghoom Station (c) Vijayawada Station (d) Howrah Station
6. The third edition of the biennial bilateral exercise AUSINDEX-19 between India and Australia held in
(a) Gwalior (b) Vishakhapatnam (c) Bhopal (d) Pune
7. The researchers from which IIT have designed an ‘Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based low-power electronic hardware system’
to easily detect Malaria, Tuberculosis (TB), Intestinal parasite, and Cervical cancer in a few milliseconds?
(a) IIT-Bombay (b) IIT-Delhi (c) IIT-Kanpur (d) IIT-Kharagpur
8. Who among the following has /have won the 2018 ACM A.M. Turing Award for conceptual and engineering breakthroughs
in Artificial Intelligence (AI)?
(a) Yoshua Bengio (b) Geoffrey Hinton (c) Yann LeCun (d) All (a), (b) and (c)
9. According to the 2018 global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), India has reduced its poverty rate drastically from 55%
to what per cent in 10 years between 2005-06 and 2015-16?
(a) 25% (b) 26% (c) 28% (d) 30%
10. President Ram Nath Kovind has been conferred with the highest State honor of Bolivia, ‘Condor de Los Andes en el Grado
de Gran Collar’ during his visit to the country. What is the capital of Bolivia?
(a) Santiago (b) Lima (c) Montevideo (d) Sucre
11. Which of the following sports has/have been recommended by IOC for 2024 Paris Olympics?
(a) Break Dancing (b) Skate Boarding (c) Sport Climbing (d) All of the above
12. Which IIT’s researchers have recently found that the urban areas are relatively cooler than the surrounding non-urban areas
during heat waves?
(a) IIT-Delhi (b) IIT-Gandhinagar (c) IIT-Goa (d) IIT-Madras
13. Which international organisation has recently published the ‘Global Energy & CO2 Status Report’ to provide an update on
the world’s energy markets?
(a) UNSD (b) UNIDO (c) IEA (d) WTO
14. Who has been conferred with the 2019 Pravasi Bhartiya Samman award by the President of India Ram Nath Kovind?
(a) Sibi George (b) Susheel Saraff (c) Vasudev Samdas Shroff (d) Dr Rajendra Joshi
15. Which port operator has become the first in the country to record cargo movement of more than 200 million metric tonnes
(MMT) at nine ports?
(a) APM Terminals (b) Adani Port (c) Kamarajar Port (d) None of these
16. The Govt of India has recently awarded Geographical Indication (GI) tag to five varieties of Indian coffee. Which one of the
following is not among those five?
(a) Coorg Arabica Coffee (b) Bababudangiris Arabica Coffee (c) Araku Valley Arabica Coffee (d) None of these
17. The world's highest polling station, Tashigang is located in which of the following Indian states?
(a) Assam (b) Arunachal Pradesh (c) Uttarakhand (d) Himachal Pradesh
18. Who among the following has been selected for the prestigious Bodley Medal, the highest honor granted by the University
of Oxford's world-famous Bodleian Libraries?
(a) Richard Thaler (b) Bengt Holmstrom (c) Amartya Sen (d) Jean Tirole
19. Which country has recently launched a programme, titled ‘Lose to Win’, to help overweight employers to shed extra kilos
and adopt a healthy lifestyle?
(a) Qatar (b) Oman (c) Bahrain (d) United Arab Emirates
20. India has successfully test-fired an anti-satellite (A-SAT) missile by shooting down a live satellite. The project named as
(a) Mission Power (b) Mission Shakti (c) Mission Shaurya (d) Mission Skill
21. India is only the fourth country to have the A-SAT technology. Which of the following country does not have A-SAT
technology?
(a) US (b) Russia (c) China (d) Japan
22. World Theatre Day is celebrated every year on
(a) Mar 25 (b) Mar 26 (c) Mar 27 (d) Mar 28
23. The book titled ‘Every Vote Counts-The Story of India’s Elections’ has been authored by former Chief Election Commissioner
(a) MS Gill (b) Nasim Zaidi (c) Navin Chawla (d) Om Prakash Rawat
24. Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary have won a Gold medal in the 10-meter Air Pistol Mixed team event at the 12th Asian
Airgun Championship in
(a) Brussels (b) Bern (c) Manila (d) Taipei
25. Which organisation has recently launched a special programme for schoolchildren called Young Scientist Programme or
Yuva Vigyani Karyakram (YUVIKA)?
(a) TCS (b) ISRO (c) BHEL (d) DRDO
26. Which of the following social media has recently launched two new India-specific tools, ‘Candidate Connect’ and ‘Share You
Voted’ to boost civic engagement on its platform during the Lok Sabha elections 2019?
(a) Twitter (b) Instagram (c) Facebook (d) Hike
27. According to the Skytrax World Airport Awards, which international airport has been crowned the world's best aviation
hub?
(a) Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport (b) Changi Airport Singapore
(c) Incheon International Airport, South Korea (d) Zurich Airport, Switzerland
28. Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi has been ranked at what position in the world airport traffic rankings for
2018 released by Airports Council International (ACI)?
th th th th
(a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 15 (d) 16
29. The Langkawi International Maritime Aero Expo (LIMA-2019) held recently in
(a) India (b) Japan (c) Malaysia (d) Iran
30. Who among the following has been conferred with the prestigious Global Teacher Prize for 2019?
(a) Peter Tabichi (b) Andria Zafirakou (c) Nancie Atwell (d) Hanan Al Hroub
31. Indian Army and which countries’ Army have recently conducted the joint training exercise Mitra Shakti – VI?
(a) Bangladesh (b) Bhutan (c) Cambodia (d) Sri Lanka
32. Which of the following are the two Indian oil companies which have been awarded the exploration rights for Abu Dhabi’s
Onshore Block 1?
(a) Bharat Petroleum Corporation (b) Indian Oil Corporation (c) Oil and Natural Gas (d) Both ((a) and ((b)
33. The first Indian Army mountaineering expedition has been flagged off to which mountain, recently?
(a) Mt Abu (b) Mt Kangchenjunga (c) Mt Makalu (d) Mt Whitney
34. Independence Day of Bangladesh is celebrated every year on
35. In which city, the world’s largest e-waste recycling plant has been opened in by ‘Enviroserve’ company with a total cost of
$5 million?
(a) Madrid (b) Tokyo (c) Chicago (d) Dubai
36. Archana Kamath clinched a silver medal in the under-21 women’s singles section of Oman Open at Muskat. She is
associated with which sports?
(a) Archery (b) Basketball (c) Table Tennis (d) Shooting
37. What is the India’s ranking in the 2019 UN World Happiness Index?
(a) 140 (b) 141 (c) 142 (d) 144
38. The first-ever high-level dialogue on Indo-Pacific Cooperation (HLD-IPC) was held in
(a) Bandar Seri Begawan (b) Thimphu (c) Vientiane (d) Jakarta
39. India's deepest shaft cave has been discovered at Krem Um Ladaw in East Khasi Hills district of which Indian state?
(a) Nagaland (b) Meghalaya (c) Manipur (d) Assam
40. Which of the following cities is going to install the world's first wireless electric car charging stations for electric taxis?
(a) Bengaluru (b) California (c) Oslo (d) Osaka
41. Which space research organisation has recently launched 29 satellites including the primary payload EMISAT?
(a) NASA (b) ISRO (c) JAXA (d) CNES
42. Which former India hockey captain has been elected in the athletes standing committee of the Olympic Council of Asia
(OCA)?
(a) Manpreet Singh Pawar (b) Bharat Chetri (c) Dilip Tirkey (d) Sardar Singh
43. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed 5-member committee under the chairmanship of whom among the following
to strengthen digital payments as well as to boost financial inclusion through Financial Technology?
(a) Shaktikanta Das (b) Amitabh Kant (c) Nandan Nilekani (d) Piyush Goyal
44. The Indian Navy's state of the art Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Training Facility (NBCTF) was inaugurated at
(a) INS Shivaji (b) INS Nipat (c) INS Karmuk (d) INS Sujata
45. Which Indian medical sciences institute has recently developed an anti-cancer anti-inflamatory drug conjugated to the
human serum Albumin?
(a) AIIMS, Delhi (b) Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute
(c) National Institute of Medical Sciences (d) Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Medical College
46. Fitch Ratings in its latest Global Economic Outlook (GEO) has recently cut India’s economic growth forecast for the financial
year FY20 to
(a) 6.5% (b) 6.6% (c) 6.7% (d) 6.8%
47. What is India’s ranking on a global energy transition index, compiled by Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF)?
(a) 70th (b) 72nd (c) 73rd (d) 76th
48. Which country has topped in the global energy transition index, compiled by Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF)?
(a) Switzerland (b) Sweden (c) Norway (d) India
49. World Tuberculosis Day is observed every year on
50. Founders Naresh Goyal and wife Anita Goyal have stepped down from the board of the cash-strapped airline. Both are the
founder of
(a) Air India (b) SpiceJet (c) GoAir (d) Jet Airways
52. Researchers from which university in US have, recently, developed a new method to purify water used in oil refinement?
(a) Purdue University (b) Stanford University (c) Clemson University (d) Duke University
53. Which country has become the first Group of Seven nation to join China's ambitious Belt and Road initiative?
(a) France (b) Canada (c) Italy (d) Germany
54. The nation observed Shaheed Diwas or Martyr's Day on which date to pay homage to the great revolutionary fighters
Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev who sacrificed their lives for the country?
55. Which one of the following is not among the 7 Indians in ‘World’s 100 Most Influential People in Climate Policy for 2019’?
(a) Piyush Goyal (b) Dr. Harsh Vardhan (c) Jyoti Kirit Parikh (d) Nitin Gadkari
56. Which Indian airlines has become the first Indian budget carrier to join the International Air Transport Association (IATA)?
(a) Air India (b) SpiceJet (c) GoAir (d) Jet Airways
57. What is the theme of 2019 World Water Day (WWD), observed on Mar 22?
(a) Leaving no one behind (b) Nature for Water (c) Why Waste Water (d) Save Water
58. World Meteorological Day is celebrated every year on
59. What is the theme of International Day of Forests, observed every year on Mar 21?
(a) Forests and Environment (b) Forests and Energy
(c) Forests and Education (d) Forests and Sustainable Cities
60. Researchers from which country have identified more cost-effective and efficient ways of producing hydrogen fuel by
splitting water?
(a) India (b) Russia (c) Japan (d) US
61. President Nursultan Nazarbayev has announced his resignation after nearly 30 years in power. He was the president of
which country?
(a) Uzbekistan (b) Kyrgyzstan (c) Turkmenistan (d) Kazakhstan
62. World Water Day is celebrated every year on
63. The team of which country has clinched the SAFF Women's Championship?
(a) India (b) Nepal (c) Sri Lanka (d) Bhutan
64. Which of the following union ministries has recently released the National Guidelines on Responsible Business Conduct
(NGRBC)?
(a) Ministry of Law and Justice (b) Ministry of Culture
(c) Ministry of Earth Sciences (d) Ministry of Corporate Affairs
65. Who has been appointed the next Chief of Naval Staff (CNS)?
(a) Madhvendra Singh (b) Karambir Singh (c) Ajit Kumar P (d) G Ashok Kumar
66. Who has been selected for the 2018 Vyas Samman by the KK Birla Foundation?
(a) Surinder Verma (b) Mamta Kalia (c) Leeladhar Jagudi (d) Sunita Jain
67. The 4th session of United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) was held, recently, in
(a) Rabat (b) Algiers (c) Cape Town (d) Nairobi
68. Which country has renamed its capital Astana to Nursultan to honor outgoing leader Nursultan Nazarbayev?
(a) Uzbekistan (b) Kyrgyzstan (c) Kazakhstan (d) Azerbaijan
69. Who has been sworn-in as the 11th Chief Minister of Goa?
(a) Vijay Rupani (b) Pramod Sawant (c) Chandrakant Kavlekar (d) Sudin Dhavalikar
70. The first-ever joint military exercise of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) titled ‘Sary Arka Antiterror 2019’ is
scheduled to be held in
(a) Kazakhstan (b) Kyrgyzstan (c) Russia (d) India
71. Which Indian Railways’ coach factory has become the largest rail coach manufacturer in the world?
(a) Integral Coach Factory, Perambur (b) Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala
(c) Integral Coach Factory, Chennai (d) Modern Coach Factory, Raebareli
72. Who has won the 2019 Templeton Prize?
(a) King Abdullah II (b) Marcelo Gleiser (c) Alvin Plantinga (d) Jean Vanier
73. Which former Supreme Court judge has become the first Lokpal, an anti-corruption ombudsman, of the country?
(a) Dipak Misra (b) Pinaki Chandra Ghose (c) HL Dattu (d) TS Thakur
74. Which international organisation has recently adopted resolutions on single-use plastics and sustainable nitrogen
management?
(a) UNEA (b) UNESCO (c) UNICEF (d) WHO
75. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has recently launched a podcast app to disseminate crucial information to
students and parents in a timely manner. The app is named as
(a) Shiksha Vani (b) Saanti Vani (c) Satya Vani (d) Saubhagya Vani
76. The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters named mathematician Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck as the winner of the 2019
Abel Prize. She is the first woman to win Abel prize. She hails from
(a) UK (b) India (c) US (d) France
77. Which country has banned the sale of assault rifles and semi-automatic weapons after the countries’ worst-ever attack that
killed 50 Muslims in two mosques?
(a) US (b) New Zealand (c) Germany (d) Switzerland
78. National record holder Irfan Kolothum Thodi has become the first Indian athletics to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
He is associated with
(a) Racing (b) Shooting (c) Wrestling (d) Weightlifting
79. Which of the following states’ cricket team has won the 2019 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy?
(a) Kerala (b) New Delhi (c) Goa (d) Karnataka
80. The first BRICS Sherpa meeting held in
(a) India (b) Brazil (c) Russia (d) Chian
81. Which of the following banks has announced the launch of YONO Cash using which customers can withdraw money from
ATMs without using a card?
(a) HDFC (b) Axis Bank (c) ICICI (d) SBI
82. Africa-India Joint Field Training Exercise (AFINDEX-19) between the Indian Army and 16 African nations conducted in
(a) Nagpur (b) Pune (c) Vishakhapatnam (d) Pithoragarh
83. Which software major has partnered with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) to promote Project ‘Sangam’,
developed to accelerate Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) in India?
(a) Microsoft (b) Oracle (c) TCS (d) HCL
84. Manohar Parrikar passed away, recently. He was the Chief Minister of
(a) Maharashtra (b) Dehradun (c) Goa (d) Haryana
85. Who has topped 2019 Forbes' World's Richest Sports Team Owners list?
(a) Steve Ballmer (b) Dietrich Mateschitz (c) Hasso Plattner (d) Mukesh Ambani
86. Who has won the Men’s Singles at the 2019 Yonex Swiss Open took place at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland?
(a) B Sai Praneet (b) Shi Yuki (c) Srikanth Kidambi (d) Lee Chong Wei
87. Which IIT has recently signed an MoU with the Indian Space Research Organisation of the Department of Space, Govt of
India, Bengaluru to set up a Space Technology Cell (STC)?
(a) IIT-Kanpur (b) IIT-Roorkee (c) IIT-Indore (d) IIT-Kharagpur
88. The 14th CII-EXIM Bank Conclave on India-Africa Project Partnerships held in
(a) Kanpur (b) Bhopal (c) Prayagraj (d) New Delhi
89. Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old environmental activist, has been nominated for 2019 Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts in
climate activism. She is from
(a) Spain (b) Sweden (c) Switzerland (d) Japan
90. Which Indian Coast Guard Ship has become the first-ever Coast Guard ship to visit Sabang, Indonesia?
(a) Vijit (b) Samrat (c) Samarth (d) Rajshree
91. According to a report published by Interbrand, which brand has emerged as the top Indian brands of 2019?
(a) Tata (b) Airtel (c) Reliance (d) SBI
92. Which Indian female professional golfer has become the second Indian to win an event on Ladies European Tour after
clinching South African Women’s Open in Cape Town?
(a) Anisha Padukone (b) Diksha Dagar (c) Sharmila Nicollet (d) Gursimar Badwal
93. Who has won the Women’s Singles at the 2019 Yonex Swiss Open took place at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland?
(a) Carolina Marin (b) Saena Kawakami (c) Chen Yufei (d) Saina Nehwal
94. Who will be heading the National Mission on Transformative Mobility and Battery Storage set up to promote clean and
sustainable mobility initiatives in the country?
(a) Ramesh Chand (b) Anil Srivastava (c) Bibek Debroy (d) Amitabh Kant
95. Which city has topped Mercer's index of most liveable cities?
(a) Vancouver, Canada (b) Zurich, Switzerland (c) Vienna, Austria (d) Auckland, New Zealand
96. Which country will host the U-17 Women’s Football World Cup in 2020?
(a) Spain (b) India (c) Trinidad and Tobago (d) Uruguay
97. Who has been appointed by SC as mediator to resolve disputes of cricket administration in BCCI?
(a) Lakshmi Kant Jha (b) PS Narasimha (c) Gopal Subramanium (d) S Manikumar
98. World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD) is observed every year on
99. Which Indian social entrepreneur has been bestowed with the 2019 Commonwealth Youth Award for the Asian region?
(a) Padmanaban Gopala (b) Jeroo Billimoria (c) Hanumappa Sudarshan (d) Shaheen Mistri
100. The 4th edition of the Internet of Things (IoT) India Congress 2019 will be held in
(a) Hyderabad (b) Chennai (c) Bengaluru (d) New Delhi
101. Who is heading the high-level committee of the Delhi govt to reform higher education?
(a) Manish Sisodia (b) Anil Baijal (c) MP Bezbarauah (d) Jasmine Shah
102. Who has recently been appointed as the Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC)?
(a) TC Suseel Kumar (b) MR Kumar (c) Vipin Anand (d) Subhash Chandra Khuntia
103. India has extended a grant assistance of up to $250 million to which country for the reconstruction of infrastructures in the
areas of housing, education, health and cultural heritage?
(a) Bangladesh (b) Sri Lanka (c) Nepal (d) Myanmar
104. The United States Special Forces Group has held joint exercise with India's National Security Guard in
(a) Dehradun (b) Hyderabad (c) Lucknow (d) Gwalior
105. PV Bharathi is the Managing Director (MD) and CEO of which of the following banks? She is the first woman to head the
bank in its history of 114 years.
(a) PNB (b) Bank of Baroda (c) Indian Bank (d) Corporation Bank
106. India and which country have decided to establish six nuclear power plants in India?
(a) US (b) France (c) Russia (d) Canada
107. The book titled “The Third Pillar: How Markets and the State Leave the Community Behind” has been authored by
(a) Prasoon Joshi (b) Raghuram Rajan (c) Duvvuri Subbarao (d) P Chidambaram
108. The US and Taliban negotiators held a ministerial label meeting in Doha recently. Doha is the capital city of?
(a) Bahrain (b) Qatar (c) Kuwait (d) Saudi Arabia
109. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation, DGCA recently decided to ground which of the following planes?
(a) Boeing 737 Max8 (b) Boeing 747-400 (c) Boeing 777-300 (d) Boeing A340
110. India has the 11th largest gold reserve with the current holding pegged at 607 tonnes. Which country is the largest holder of
gold as of now?
(a) US (b) China (c) Japan (d) Germany
111. The 34th edition of AAHAR - the International Food and Hospitality fair – was held recently in
(a) Kolkata (b) Bengaluru (c) Jaipur (d) New Delhi
112. The Registrar of Geographical Indications accorded a geographical indication (GI) tag, ‘Sirsi Supari’, recently to arecanut
grown in Sirsi, Siddpaur and Yellapur of
(a) Kerala (b) West Bengal (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Karnataka
113. The US will become a net exporter of crude oil from 2021 according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). The
headquarters of IEA is located in
(a) New York (b) Paris (c) Vienna (d) Toronto
114. Who won the men’s single title of 2019 All England Open Badminton Championships?
(a) Kento Momota (b) Viktor Axelsen (c) Chen Long (d) Lin Dan
115. The Google Doodle celebrated 30 years of the innovation of World Wide Web, on Mar 12, 2019. Who invented WWW?
(a) Tim Berners-Lee (b) Larry Page (c) Robert Cailliau (d) James Hendler
116. The International Day of Happiness is observed every year on which day?
(a) 02 Mar (b) 12 Mar (c) 20 Mar (d) 22 Mar
117. The State Bank of India (SBI) has recently linked the savings bank (SB) deposits with balances over Rs 1 lakh, and all cash
credit (CC) accounts and overdrafts (OD) with limits above Rs 1 lakh to which of the following policy rates?
(a) Reverse Repo Rate (b) Repo Rate (c) MSF (d) CRR
118. India has launched its third IT corridor in which of the following countries?
(a) Australia (b) Japan (c) China (d) Russia
119. The famous Erode turmeric that is said to possess medicinal characteristics has obtained the Geographical Indication or GI
Tag. Erode is in which state?
(a) Kerala (b) Karnataka (c) Telangana (d) Tamil Nadu
120. India has recently signed an agreement with which of the following countries for the leasing of a nuclear-powered attack
submarine, Chakra III for the Indian Navy for a period of 10 years?
(a) Japan (b) France (c) Israel (d) Russia
121. Who has recently been appointed as the Director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)?
(a) Kailasavadivoo Sivan (b) AS Kiran Kumar (c) Mylswamy Annadurai (d) Ajit Kumar Mohanty
122. Al Nagah III is the bilateral joint exercise held between India and which of the following countries?
(a) Russia (b) Oman (c) Maldives (d) Singapore
123. Which international space agency has recently announced to carry out first all-female spacewalk at the International Space
Station (ISS)?
(a) NASA (b) ISRO (c) JAXA (d) Roscosmos
124. The multinational technology giant Google has unveiled a new app aims to help children in primary school learn to read in
Hindi and English. What is name of the App?
(a) Diya (b) Bolo (c) Sikho (d) Bolna
125. RBI has eased business guidelines for white label ATMs to source cash directly from the central bank, offer non-bank
services like bill payments and advertise even non-financial products in their premises. What are White Label ATMs?
(a) ATMs set up and owned by the bank itself. (b) When banks outsourced the ATM operations to a third party.
(c) ATMs set up, owned and operated by RBI. (d) ATMs set up, owned and operated by non-bank entities.
126. International Women's Day is observed every year on March 08. What is the theme of 2019 International Women’s Day?
(a) Think Equal and Be Smart (b) Think Equal, Build Smart, Innovate for Change
(c) Be Equal, Be Smart, Be Innovative (d) Be Equal, Be Smart, Bring Innovation
127. Which Indian-American has been appointed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) as its newest Goodwill
Ambassador, supporting the agency’s fight against inequality and discrimination around the world?
(a) Mira Nair (b) Nina Davuluri (c) Padma Lakshmi (d) Sheetal Sheth
128. Which state govt has announced the increase of the reservation quotas for the OBCs?
(a) Maharashtra (b) Haryana (c) Bihar (d) Madhya Pradesh
129. Who has been named Chief Scientist at World Health Organisation (WHO)?
(a) Soumya Swaminathan (b) Cynthia Kenyon (c) Takeshi Kasai (d) Simon Conway Morris
130. Which state has recently decided to include ancient tribal language Gondi in the primary education curriculum of the state’s
tribal-dominated districts?
(a) Gujarat (b) Telangana (c) Maharashtra (d) Madhya Pradesh
131. What denomination of coin, which will come in 12-edged polygon (dodecagon) shape, has been announced by the centre,
recently?
(a) Rs 1 (b) Rs 2 (c) Rs 5 (d) Rs 20
132. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has slapped a fine of how much amount on German auto major Volkswagen for
damaging the environment through the use of ‘cheat device’ in its diesel cars in India?
(a) Rs 100 crore (b) Rs 200 crore (c) Rs 300 crore (d) Rs 500 crore
133. Which city has been adjudged India’s cleanest city for the third straight year under Swachh Survekshan Awards?
(a) Ambikapur (b) Prayagraj (c) Indore (d) Mathura
134. Who has been named the youngest self-made billionaire of all time by Forbes magazine?
(a) Mark Zuckerberg (b) Kylie Jenner (c) Kim Kardashian (d) Daniel Lubetzky
135. The latest report released by the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has referred which of the following
countries as a key hub for illicit drug trade?
(a) India (b) Australia (c) Nigeria (d) Malaysia
136. Which country has recently joined the International Criminal Court, based in The Hague, Netherlands?
(a) Togo (b) Bulgaria (c) Botswana (d) Malaysia
137. The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) decided to reintroduce Cricket in the 2022 Asian Games to be held at
(a) Guangzhou, China (b) Yokohama, Japan (c) Hangzhou, China (d) Pyeongtaek, South Korea
138. United States President Donald Trump is about to end the preferential trade terms for India under the U.S.’s GSP program.
What does ‘GSP’ stand for?
(a) General Statistical Partner (b) Generalized System of Preferences
(c) General Scheduled Preference (d) Generalized Share of Preferences
139. The National Annual Rural Sanitation Survey 2018-19 has been conducted by an Independent Verification Agency under the
support of which international financial institutions’ project to the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen)?
(a) World Bank (b) New Development Bank (NDB)
(c) European Investment Bank (EIB) (d) Asian Development Bank (ADB)
140. Which multinational motorcycle company has bagged the international sustainability award Green Era Award for
Sustainability in Lisbon, Portugal?
(a) Hero (b) TVS Motor (c) Mahindra (d) Norton India
141. According to the Delta ranking report released by NITI Aayog, which district has become the top aspirational district among
the 112 aspirational districts of the country?
(a) Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh (b) Raichur, Karnataka
(c) Hailakandi, Assam (d) Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu
142. The 8th edition of joint military exercise 'Sampriti-2019' held between the armies of India and which country?
(a) Australia (b) Bangladesh (c) Myanmar (d) Afghanistan
143. Which Central Armed Police Force in India has created a new Guinness World Record for the longest single moving line
bicycle parade at the Yamuna Expressway in Delhi?
(a) Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) (b) Border Security Force (BSF)
(c) National Security Guard (NSG) (d) Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)
144. Which states’ disaster management authority has bagged the SKOCH Award, 2018 for its remarkable achievements in the
field of disaster management at the 56th SKOTCH Summit held at New Delhi?
(a) Gujarat (b) Telangana (c) Odisha (d) Tamil Nadu
145 Pooja Dhanda claimed gold for India at the Dan Kovlov 2019 event. She is associated with which of the following games?
(a) Boxing (b) Shooting (c) Archery (d) Wrestling
146. Exercise Red Flag is an advanced aerial combat training exercise held several times a year by which of the following
countries’ Air Force?
(a) United States (b) United Kingdom (c) Australia (d) Russia
147. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has declared ‘April 2019-March 2020’ as
(a) Technology-Development year (b) Construction-Technology year
(c) Infrastructure-Development year (d) Construction-Infrastructure year
148 According to Moody’s Global Macro Outlook for 2019 and 2020, Indian economy is expected to grow at what per cent in the
calendar year 2019 and 2020?
(a) 7 percent (b) 7.1 percent (c) 7.2 percent (d) 7.3 percent
149. The Union Cabinet has given its ex-post facto approval for the creation of the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) and associated
activities for the disinvestment of
(a) NTPC (b) SAIL (c) Power Grid Corporation of India (d) Air India
150. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently inaugurated AK-203 rifle manufacturing unit in
(a) Kanpur (b) Amethi (c) Baroda (d) Ahmedabad
151. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the National Commission for Backward Classes?
(a) Jitan Ram Manjhi (b) Kaushalendra Singh Patel (c) Bhagwan Lal Sahni (d) Acharya Talloju
152. Who has recently won the gold medal in the Makran Boxing Cup in Chabahar, Iran?
(a) Deepak Singh (b) Manish Kaushik (c) Satish Kumar (d) P. Lalitha Prasad
153. The Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram launched the ambitious scheme named ‘Van Dhan’ for revised MSP for MFP for
the welfare of Tribals at the National Workshop organized by TRIFED under Ministry of Tribal Affairs. What does ‘S’ stands
for in ‘MSP’?
(a) Sigma (b) Support (c) Synthesize (d) Selling
154. International Digital Health Symposium and an exhibition on Digital Health as a part of the Symposium held, recently, in
(a) Chennai (b) Bhubaneshwar (c) Guwahati (d) New Delhi
155. Where did Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal launched a new Railway zone?
(a) Kerala (b) Telangana (c) New Delhi (d) Andhra Pradesh
156. To mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi,________________ based company will release 12 bank notes of
zero value which is the first ever limited edition commemorative series?
(a) US (b) India (c) UAE (d) Srilanka
157. Which of the following State received the first prize in the National Water Awards ceremony under the category best state
in resource management?
(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Maharashtra (c) Gujarat (d) Rajasthan
158. Name the first Indian-origin woman to be honoured with a Blue Plaque at 4 Taviton Street in Bloomsbury, London?
(a) Brinda Karat (b) Lilly Singh (c) Noor Inayat (d) Amelia Rajput
159. Who became the First Indian to join top 10 richest billionaire list of Hurun Research?
(a) Pallonji Mistry (b) Lakshmi Mittal (c) Azim Premji (d) Mukesh Ambani
160. India’s first indigenous 4G/5G semiconductor chips are unveiled by which of the following company?
(a) DCM Data Systems Ltd. (b) SIGNALCHIP (c) CMOS Chips (d) HCL Technologies India Pvt.
161. Scientist had discovered the Methane Hydrate from which Basin off Andhra Pradesh coast?
(a) Krishna-Godavari (K-G) basin (b) Narmada-Tapi (N-T) basin
(c) Subarnarekha-Mahi (S-M)basin (d) Sabarmati-Pennar (S-P)basin
162. Which Country hosted the International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) World Cup recently?
(a) Indonesia(Jakarta) (b) US(Washington D.C.) (c) Switzerland(Zurich) (d) India(NewDelhi)
163. Who created world record and honoured with an Olympic quota for Tokyo 2020 in the 10m Air Pistol category?
(a) Manu Bhaker (b) Apurvi Chandela (c) Saurabh Chaudhary (d) Elavenil Valarivan
164. Indian shooter Apurvi Chandela bagged India’s first gold medal by breaking the world record.She won the gold medal in
which of the following Category?
(a) Women’s 10m Air Rifle (b) Women’s 10m Air Pistol
(c) 10m Air Pistol Mixed Category (d) 10m Air Rifle Mixed Category
165. Which Country will host the 2021 world cross-country championships?
(a) India (b) Netherland (c) Russia (d) Australia
166. What is the theme of the National Science Day,which is observed to mark the discovery of the ‘Raman Effect‘?
(a) Theme –‘ Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life’
(b) Theme – ‘Science of today is the technology of tomorrow’
(c) Theme – ‘Science for the People and the People for Science‘
(d) Theme –‘Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability’
167. Name the Yojana approved by Cabinet committee on Economic Affairs chaired by PM Modi to provide financial support to
integrated Bioethanol projects using lignocellulosic biomass and other renewable feedstock?
(a) Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (b) Pradhan Mantri Jan-Aushadhi Yojana
(c) Pradhan Mantri JI-VAN Yojana (d) Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana
168. Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved construction of four lane bridge which connects Dhubri in Assam
and Phulbari in Meghalaya over which of the following River?
(a) Ganga River (b) Yamuna River (c) Ravi River (d) Brahmaputra River
169. Centre for Disability Sport will be setup in which of the following city,that is approved by Cabinet recently with an estimated
cost of Rs.170.99Cr for a period of 5 years?
(a) Guwahati,Assam (b) Gwalior,Madhya Pradesh (c) Varanasi,Uttar Pradesh (d) Mumbai,Maharashtra
170. Name the policy approved by Cabinet to develop India as a Software Product Nation Unit?
(a) Software Product Nation Policy 2019 (b) Software Products and its Policy 2019
(c) National Policy on Software Products 2019 (d) National Policy on Software Information 2019
171. Name the Exercise that was held in Tripura between India and Bangladesh as a part of ‘Confidence Building Measures’?
(a) Mainamati Maitree Exercise 2019 (b) Nomadic Elephant I 2019
(c) Yudh Abhyas 2019 (d) Hand in Hand II 2019
172. Who became the Member of 15th Finance Commission after Shri Shaktikanta Das resigned?
(a) Ajay Narayan Jha (b) Ashok Lahiri (c) N. K. Singh (d) Ashwini Choubey
173. Who won the Only gold medal for India in the Makran Cup boxing tournament that held in Iran recently?
(a) Deepak Singh(46-49kg) light fly category (b) Duryodhan Singh Negi(80-90kg)heavy weight category
(c) Satish Kumar(50-60kg)welter weight category (d) Lalitha Prasad(90-110kg) heavy weight category
174. Under which of the following Act, Centre banned Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir for next 5 years?
(a) Unlawful Activities (Preventions) Act, 1967
(b) Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls Act,1956
(c) Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act,1987
(d) Prevention of Damage of Public Property Act, 1984
175. Where was the 7th Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Intersessional Ministerial Meeting held?
(a) Jakarta, Indonesia (b) Siem Reap, Cambodia (c) Bangkok,Thailand (d) Bali, Indonesia
176. Who will head the 8-member task force constituted by Reserve Bank of India to examine issues related to offshore rupee
markets and recommend policy measures?
(a) Vishwanathan (b) Shaktikanta Das (c) Usha Thorat (d) Viral Acharya
177. What is the name of the India’s first Braille laptop created by IIT-Delhi Scientists?
(a) DotBook (b) Brailletop (c) BrailleBook (d) Braillelap
178. Name the Aerospace company,which launched 1st unmanned Crew Dragon test capsule to space station recently?
(a) NASA (b) ArianeGroup (c) SpaceX (d) Blue Origin
179. Padma Bhushan awardee,Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya passed away recently in London.He was the founder of which of the
following organization?
(a) Warwick manufacturing Group (WMG) (b) Mercury Asset Management
(c) Cartoon Network Development Studio (d) Eon Digital Entertainment
180. Name the England Cricketer,who was officially awarded with the knighthood for his services to cricket recently?
(a) Jos Buttler (b) Joe Root (c) James Anderson (d) Alastair Cook
181. Name the short-range air-to-air Missile,which is used to shot down a Pakistani F-16 by Abhinandan Varthaman from his
MiG-21 Bison?
(a) R-63 Missile (b) R-73 Missile (c) R-60 Missile (d) R-53 Missile
182. Zhores Alferov,who won the Nobel Prize in 2000 and was also a member of Russian parliament, Passed away at the age of
88 in St. Petersburg, Russia.He belongs to which of the following field?
(a) Physicist (b) Politician (c) Actor (d) Writer
183. President Ram Nath Kovind has given his approval for an Ordinance to use which of the following ID proof for opening bank
accounts and obtaining mobile SIM?
(a) Aadhaar (b) Pan Card (c) Voter ID (d) Driving License
183. Which state becomes the highest natural gas producer in the country?
(a) New Delhi (b) Tripura (c) Maharashtra (d) West Bengal
184. Name the country,that hosted the 2019 North Korea – United States Hanoi Summit?
(a) United States (b) North Korea (c) Singapore (d) Vietnam
185. Which country topped the Global Consumer Confidence Survey 2018?
(a) US (b) China (c) India (d) South Korea
186. Who was conferred with the 2019 National STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Education Award?
(a) Raman (b) Rajagopalachari (c) Radhakrishnan (d) Kavya Kopparapu
187. Which Sport will return in Asian Games 2022 edition in Hangzhou?
(a) Badminton (b) Cricket (c) Football (d) Tennis
188. National Security Day was observed on 4th March 2019,it is also known as ______________?
(a) Shaheed Diwas (b) Rashtriya Matdata Diwas (c) Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (d) Rashtriya Suraksha Diwas
189. Home Minister Rajnath Singh,inaugurated the Border Electronically Dominated QRT Interception Technique on India-
Bangladesh border in which of the following City?
(a) Dhubri,Assam (b) Kolkata,West Bengal (c) Dharmanagar,Tripura (d) Champhai,Mizoram
190. According to 2018 World Air Quality Report,which city became the most polluted city and topped the Report?
(a) Ghaziabad,India (b) Gurugram,India (c) Noida,India (d) Faridabad,India
191. Which State/Territory created guinness World Record for performing the Virabathrasan or the Warrior II Pose for 3
minutes?
(a) Hong Kong (b) Osaka (c) New York (d) Yokohama
192. Who was appointed as the chairman of Coordination Committee for 2022 Asian Games?
(a) Kumar Birla (b) Randhir Singh (c) Shantanu Narayen (d) Pierre Nanterme
293. Kaja Kallas appointed as the first female prime minister of which of the following country?
(a) Estonia (b) Ukraine (c) Spain (d) Iraq
294. India decided to collaborate with Malaysia and 3 other Countries with an objective to increase the population of three Asian
rhino species.Which of the following country was not a part of it?
(a) Bhutan (b) Indonesia (c) Nepal (d) Srilanka
295. Olympic Council of Asia decided to invite which of the following region to compete in 2022 Asian Games for the first time?
(a) Oceania (b) Europe (c) North America (d) Antarctica
296. Who is the author of the book “Designing Destiny: The Heartfulness Way”?
(a) Ruskin Bond (b) Khushwant Singh (c) Amrita Pritam (d) Kamlesh Patel
297. Where did Prime Minister Narendra Modi launch ‘One Nation, One Card’ first of its kind scheme for transport mobility?
(a) Mumbai,Maharashtra (b) Kolkata,West Bengal (c) Ahmedabad,Gujarat (d) Chennai,Tamil Nadu
298. Name the scheme launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Gandhinagar,Gujarat,that will provide Rs.3000 monthly
pension to the employees of unorganized sector after 60 years of age?
(a) Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-dhan Yojana (PM-SYM)
(b) Pradhan Mantri Jeeva Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY)
(c) Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY)
(d) Pradhan Mantri Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMSAGY)
299 Where did Coal Minister Piyush Goyal,dedicate 1,000-megawatt (MW) thermal power project of Neyveli Tamil Nadu Power
Ltd (NTPL)?
(a) Madurai (b) Ramanathapuram (c) Virudhunagar (d) Thoothukudi
300. According to the research by price comparison site cable.co.uk,which country offers cheapest mobile data in the world?
(a) India (b) China (c) Swedan (d) Poland
301. According to the Forbes World’s Billionaires list,who attained the top position in the list with USD 131 billion wealth?
(a) Mark Zuckerberg (b) Warren Buffet (c) Bill Gates (d) Jeff Bezos
302. Who was conferred with the “Sulabh Sculpture Award” on the 49th Foundation Day of Sulabh International?
(a) Vipul Mehta (b) Phani Bhushan Biswas (c) L. V. Revanth (d) L K Advani
303. Name the Indian Air Force Wing Commander,who will be honoured with the first-ever ‘Bhagwan Mahavir Ahimsa Puraskar’?
(a) Douglas Bader (b) Roland Beamont (c) Guy Gibson (d) Abhinandan Varthaman
304. Nobel Prize will be awarded twice this year for which of the following category?
(a) Nobel Prize in Peace (b) Nobel Prize in Economics (c) Nobel Prize in Literature (d) Nobel Prize in Chemistry
305. Who was nominated as the Executive Chairman of National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) by President Ram Nath
Kovind?
(a) Sharad Arvind Bobde (b) N. V. Ramana (c) Arun Kumar Mishra (d) Rohinton Fali Nariman
306. Name the first exoplanet discovered by NASA’s Kepler space telescope nearly 10 years ago,which was confirmed recently?
(a) Proxima Centauri b (b) 55 Cancri e (c) Gliese 581c (d) Kepler-1658b
307. Jerry Merryman,one of three people at Texas Instruments (TI) passed away at the age of 86 years at Dallas, Texas.He is the
co-inventor of which of the following device?
(a) Punched Card Equipment (b) Systron Donner Analog Computer
(c) Handheld Electronic Calculator (d) Olivetti Programma 101
308. Chief adviser of All India Matua Mahasangha Binapani Devi,popularly known as Boro Maa,died at the age of 100 years. She
resides in which of the following state?
(a) New Delhi (b) West Bengal (c) Maharashtra (d) Himachal Pradesh
309. Union Cabinet approved the construction of Kiru Hydroelectric Project (624MW) in which of the following state with an
estimated cost of Rs.4287.59 crore?
(a) Maharashtra (b) West Bengal (c) Jammu and Kashmir (d) Odisha
310. Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the new series of visually impaired friendly coins in New Delhi recently.Which of
the following denomination is not a part of it?
(a) Rs.1 (b) Rs.10 (c) Rs.20 (d) Rs.100
311. Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) along with National Health Authority (NHA) form a
working group to curb fraud in Ayushman Bharat scheme.Who is appointed as the head of the working group?
(a) Jawad Rafique Malik (b) Suresh Mathur (c) Dinesh Arora (d) Subhash Chandra Khuntia
312. Labour Ministry of India signed MOU with Safety in Mines,Testing and Research Station (SIMTARS)of which of the following
country for cooperation in occupational safety?
(a) Swedan (b) Australia (c) Russia (d) Japan
313. Which of the following state government launched Yuvashree Arpan scheme for financially assisting young entrepreneurs
with Rs 1 Lakh?
(a) Maharashtra (b) Andhra Pradesh (c) West Bengal (d) Odisha
314. United Bank of India has signed a bancassurance deal with which of the following insurance company to provide the
facilities of life insurance products to its customers?
(a) HDFC Life (b) Life Insurance Corporation of India
(c) ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (d) SBI Life Insurance Co. Ltd.
315. Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development (OECD) forecast the global economy growth rate to ______% in
2019?
(a) 3.4% (b) 3.3% (c) 3.5% (d) 3.2%
316. Which country announced a complete ban on import of solid plastic waste/scrap recently?
(a) Japan (b) Russia (c) US (d) India
317. Name the airport,that won the Airport Service Quality (ASQ) award for being the best airport in size and region (2-5 million
passengers in Asia-Pacific) for the year 2018?
(a) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (b) Kempegowda International Airport
(c) Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) (d) Indira Gandhi International Airport
318. Beresheet spacecraft, which is in news recently, is from which country?
(a) US (b) Russia (c) India (d) Israel
319. Who became the 61st Chess Grandmaster of India?
(a) Abhijeet Gupta (b) Iniyan Panneerselvam (c) Krishnan Sasikiran (d) Pentala Harikrishna
320. Who was the head of 5-member committee to examine issues related to framing of a proper and structured scheme for
providing of insurance cover to the advocates?
(a) Ravi Shankar Prasad (b) Neil Buckley (c) Alok Srivastava (d) Jane Martin
321. Where was the first Space Dialogue between India and Japan held?
(a) West Bengal (b) Maharashtra (c) New Delhi (d) Karnataka
322. Two new benches of National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) is established in which of the following city?
i. Amaravati in Andhra Pradesh ii.Chennai in Tamil Nadu iii. Indore in Madhya Pradesh
(a) Option i and ii are correct (b) Option i and iii are correct (c) Option i is correct (d) Option ii is correct
323. According to the Aadhaar (Pricing of Aadhaar Authentication Services) Regulations 2019, by Unique Identification Authority
of India (UIDAI), business organisations using Aadhaar services have to pay how much amount for each customer
verification?
(a) Rs.50 (b) Rs.10 (c) Rs.20 (d) Rs.50
324. Where was the 2nd edition of Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue (IPRD) – 2019 held?
(a) Mahatma Mandir,Gujarat (b) Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi
(c) Nesco Centre,Maharashtra (d) The Lalit Ashok,Karnataka
325. National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) collaborates with Google Arts and Culture for largest interactive online
exhibition on inventions and discoveries named ‘Once Upon a Try’: Epic journeys of invention and discovery.NCSM works
under which of the following ministry?
(a) Ministry of Culture (b) Ministry of Commerce and Industry
(c) Ministry of Urban Development (d) Ministry of Rural Development
326. Where did Ministry of External Affairs (MEA),in collaboration with the Department of Posts inaugurate the 500th Passport
Seva Kendra?
(a) West Jaintia Hills in Meghalaya (b) Jajpur in Odisha
(c) Pratapgarh in Rajasthan (d) Dhemaji in Assam
327. Reserve Bank of India(RBI) has eased business guidelines for which of the following ATM’s to source cash directly from the
central bank?
(a) White Label ATM (b) Green Label ATM (c) Yellow Label ATM (d) Pink label ATM
328. According to Monster Salary Index (MSI) Survey, a high gender pay gap (GPG) is observed in which of the following country,
where women earn 19% less than men?
(a) Singapore (b) Maldives (c) Bangladesh (d) India
329. Which of the following airport,was declared as the best airport in the category of over “40 million passengers per annum
(MPPA)” in Asia Pacific in the Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Programme for 2018?
(a) Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport (b) Kempegowda International Airport
(c) Cochin International Airport (d) Veer Savarkar International Airport
330. According to Bloomberg Billionaires Index,who became the third richest person in the world?
(a) Carlos Slim (b) Amancio Ortega (c) Warren Buffett (d) Bernard Arnault
331. Marayoor jaggery gets Geographical Indication (GI) tag from the central government recently.It belongs to which of the
following district?
(a) Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh (b) Purba Medinipur, West Bengal
(c) Idukki, Kerala (d) Kodagu, Karnataka
332. Name the 116-year-old Japanese woman,who was honoured as the world’s oldest living person by Guinness World
Records?
(a) Kane Tanaka (b) Chiyo Shiraishi (c) Asa Takii (d) Tae Ito
333. Who released the book Dictionary of Martyrs of India’s Freedom Struggle (1857-1947) in NewDelhi?
(a) Ram Nath Kovind (b) Narendra Modi (c) Venkaiah Naidu (d) Arun Jaitley
334. Name the book, which is a compilation of selected speeches of Prime Minister Narendra Modi released by Union Minister of
Finance and Corporate Affairs Arun Jaitley?
(a) ‘Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas’ (b) ‘Prime Minister Vision’ (c) ‘Vision of Prime Minister’ (d) ‘Speeches of Prime Minister’
335. Supreme Court (SC) constituted a 3-member mediation panel for the amicable settlement of Ayodhya’s Ram Janmabhoomi-
Babri Masjid land dispute case.Who is appointed as the head of the panel?
(a) Sriram Panchu (b) F. M. Kalifullah (c) Sri Ravi Shankar (d) Ranjan Gogoi
336. Highest number of free LPG connection is distributed in which of the following state as a part of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala
Yojana (PMUY)?
(a) West Bengal (b) Bihar (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Maharashtra
337. Which of the following bank became the first bank to link its interest rate on savings account with balance above Rs. 1 lakh
and short-term loans to the repo rate of the Reserve Bank of India?
(a) HDFC Bank (b) ICICI Bank (c) State Bank of India (d) Indian Bank
338. Name the country,that won the International ‘Golden City Gate Tourism Awards 2019’ in the category of ‘TV Cinema Spot’
at ITB, Berlin?
(a) Ministry of Tourism, India (b) Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Malaysia
(c) Ministry of Tourism, U.S (d) Ministry of Tourism, Russia
339. Name the new communication satellite launched by China using a Long March – 3B carrier rocket into a geostationary orbit
in Sichuan province?
(a) ChinaSat 6C (b) Gaofen 1 (c) ChinaSat 9 (d) Dong Fang Hong I
340. When was National Immunisation Day observed?
(a) March 10 (b) March 9 (c) March 8 (d) March 7
341. According to India Cooling Action Plan (ICAP), first of its kind,released by Dr.Harsh Vardhan,which of the following year is
set as target to reduce cooling demand and refrigerant demand?
(a) 2021-22 (b) 2027-28 (c) 2037-38 (d) 2022-23
342. Name the country,where the entire government has resigned after failing to achieve a key policy goal on social welfare and
healthcare reform.
(a) Finland (b) Swedan (c) Norway (d) Russia
343. Anup Kumar Dubey and Sushil Kumar were appointed as the special directors of which of the following agency?
(a) Central Bureau of Investigation (b) Enforcement Directorate
(c) Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (d) National Disaster Management Authority
344. Which Indian multinational steel manufacturing corporation received NCLT nod for taking over Essar Steel at Rs 42,000
Crore?
(a) Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) (b) Tata Steel
(c) JSW Steel (d) ArcelorMittal
345. Which country is planning to release a digital currency called “SOV” (Sovereign)?
(a) Marshall Islands (b) Papua New Guinea (c) New Zealand (d) Fiji
346. Where did Humsafar Trust inaugurate the India’s first lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) Clinic and HIV
treatment centre?
(a) Mumbai (b) New Delhi (c) Kolkata (d) Bengaluru
347. Which country is elected as the deputy chairman of the general body of the Parliamentary Union of the OIC member States
(PUIC) in Rabat, Morocco?
(a) Pakistan (b) India (c) US (d) Russia
348. As per Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), which country became the world’s largest importer of
weapons between 2014-2018?
(a) Saudi Arabi (b) India (c) Egypt (d) Australia
349. Which of the following from Erode,Tamil Nadu gets GI tagged after 8-year process?
(a) Sungudi (b) Jamakkalam (c) Turmeric (d) Wet Grinder
350. Prajapati Trivedi won Harry Hatry Performance Management practice award by the American Society for Public
Administration (ASPA) and the Center for Accountability and Performance (CAP).He is the director of which of the following
association?
(a) Commonwealth (b) South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
(c) BRICS Association (d) Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)
351. Where did Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) test fired the Guided Pinaka weapons system?
(a) Chandipur, Odisha (b) Pokhran, Rajasthan (c) Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh (d) Bengaluru, Karnataka
352. Who launched the GI (Geographical Indication) website and tutorial video on IPR (Intellectual property Rights) in New
Delhi?
(a) Ram Nath Kovind (b) Narendra Modi (c) Suresh Prabhu (d) Arun Jaitley
353. Name the telescope which is used by Indian astronomers to discover some sources in the universe that emit radio waves
called ‘Extremely Inverted Spectrum Extragalactic Radio Sources’.
(a) Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (b) Hubble Space Telescope
(c) Large Zenith Telescope (d) Hale Telescope
354. Name the Indian Region,that attained the status of ‘Wetland of International Importance’ in the Ramsar Convention
recently?
(a) Tsomoriri (b) Sunderbans (c) Kanjli (d) Ropar
355. Which country is banned over doping by International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) until further notice?
(a) India (b) Pakistan (c) Russia (d) South Africa
356. Who is the first Indian to win first ever medal in the Asian Open Laser Sailing Championship that held in Singapore?
(a) Upamanyu Dutta (b) Harshita Tomar (c) Rajesh Choudhary (d) C. S. Pradipak
357. Liu Hong of china broke the world record of which of the following event at the Chinese Race Walk Grand Prix in
Huangshan?
(a) 10 km race walk (b) 30 km race walk (c) 50 km race walk (d) 20 km race walk
358. Dipa Karmakar, hailing from Tripura had a Barbie doll modelled after her. She belongs to which sport?
(a) Hockey (b) Tennis (c) Badminton (d) Gymnastics
359. Which city host the country’s first International Beach Volleyball Tournament?
(a) Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh (b) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala (c) Margao, Goa (d) Kochi, Kerala
360. Name the historic book of CISF,which is released on the 50th Raising Day of Central Industrial Security Forces (CISF)
observed on 10th March.
(a) Achievements of CISF (b) History of CISF (c) CISF: Force of the Future (d) CISF and its History
361. Name the article under which,Union Cabinet has approved “General Election to the Lok Sabha 2019.
(a) Government Of India Act, 1833 (b) Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955
(c) Representative of the people Act, 1951 (d) All India Services Act, 1951
362. State Governments got approval from Central government to use the properties of the people who left India for Pakistan
and __________ after 1965 and 1971 wars?
(a) Srilanka (b) China (c) Bangladesh (d) Nepal
363. Which of the following promulgation under the Article 240 of the constitution is approved in order to bring uniformity in
the judicial services?
i. Daman & Diu Civil Courts (Amendment) Regulation, 2019
ii. Dadra and Nagar Haveli (Civil courts and Miscellaneous Provisions) Amendment Regulation, 2019
iii. Lakshadweep (Civil courts and Judicial courts) Amendment Regulation, 2019
(a)Option i is approved (b) Option ii is approved (c) Option ii and iii are approved (d) Option i and ii are approved
364. Name the agreement approved by cabinet for setting up an International classification of the figurative elements of the
marks.
(a) Vienna Agreement (b) Nice Agreement (c) Locarno Agreement (d) Siteki Agreement
365. What is the name of the exercise between India and Oman that held in Jabel Al Akhdar Mountains ,Oman?
(a) Exercise Sarvada Vijay (b) Exercise Ajeya Warrior IV (c) Exercise Shoor Veer (d) Exercise Al Nagah III
366. Which plane was banned by India after the Ethiopian Airlines crash?
(a) Boeing 777 Max 200 (b) Boeing 747 Max 400 (c) Boeing 737 Max 8 (d) Boeing 742 Max 100
367. What is the rank of India in holding gold as per latest report by the World Gold Council (WGC)?
(a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 9 (d) 11
368. Who was conferred with the Social Enterprise Network (SEN) sustainability award for helping youth to develop skills?
(a) Skill India (b) Daksha (c) Sona Yukti (d) Smart
369. Who has been chosen for Kusumagraj Rashtriya Sahitya Puruskar?
(a) Anita Desai (b) Ved Rahi (c) Vikram Seth (d) Kiran Desai
370. Name the campaign under which Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar set Guinness World Record for donating more than 3 Lakh
clothing items?
(a) Vastradan (b) BeAllHeart (c) BHTribe (d) Vasthram
371. Name the first Thari Hindu woman elected to the Senate of Pakistan?
(a) Krishna Kumari Kohli (b) Ayesha Rajab Ali (c) Shahnaz Saleem Malik (d) Musarat Rafique Mahesar
372. Name the multi-wavelength space observatory,used by astronomers to discover new population of ultra violet stars in the
Globular Cluster NGC 2808?
(a) EXOSAT (b) AstroSat (c) ROSAT (d) Granat
373. According to the Global Chemicals Outlook (GCO II) report,by which year the chemical production across the world will be
doubled?
(a) 2020 (b) 2030 (c) 2025 (d) 2035
374. Name the new collider to be built near the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) along the Swiss-French border for understanding of
matter and the universe, according to recent report by European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN).
(a) Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (b) Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS)
(c) Large Hadron Collider (d) Future Circular Collider
375. Where did a new species of frog known as ‘Starry Dwarf Frog” also named as “Astrobatrachus kurichiyana” found?
(a) Kottathara, Kerala (b) Kurichiyarmala, Kerala (c) Nadavayal, Kerala (d) Kallody, Kerala
376. What is the name of the Biopic in Mother Teresa,which is to be released on 2020?
(a) Journey of Mother Teresa (b) Mother Teresa and her Charity
(c) Mother Teresa and her Simplicity (d) Mother Teresa: The Saint
377. Who translated the Sirsho Bandopadhyay’s first bengali novel ‘Shardulsundori’ in English as ‘Tiger Women’?
(a) Jeet Thayil (b) Amitav Ghosh (c) Arunava Sinha (d) Amit Chaudhuri
378. John Richardson, the art historian who write four-volume biography of Pablo Picasso died in Manhattan, New York.What is
the name of the biography of Pablo Picasso?
(a) A Life of Picasso: The Prodigy 1881-1906 (b) Picasso and his personal life 1881-1906
(c) Untold Story of Picasso 1881-1906 (d) Picasso’s Early life and his Achievement 1881-1906
379. When was 89th anniversary of the Dandi Satyagraha or Salt Satyagraha observed?
(a) 10th March (b) 11th March (c) 12th March (d) 13th March
380. Name the scientist,who was honoured by Royal Mint by issuing a new 50 pence ‘black hole’ coin.
(a) Pierre Curie (b) Alfred Nobel (c) Stephen Hawking (d) Alexander Graham Bell
381. Which country’s central bank released the new coin that features the Crimea or Kerch Strait Bridge,to mark Crimea’s
reunification?
(a) Russia (b) Iceland (c) Spain (d) Austria
382. When was World Pi day celebrated?
383. Where did NITI Aayog along with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) organize the first
workshop on development of the India Energy Modelling Forum (IEMF)?
(a) New Delhi (b) Kolkata (c) Mumbai (d) Chennai
384. Where did the first meeting of India and Pakistan held during which, both the countries agree to work together to
operationalize Kartarpur corridor?
(a) Barmer, Rajasthan (b) Jodhpur, Rajasthan (c) Attari, Punjab (d) Burari, New Delhi
385. Name the country,that made the first shipment under the United Nations ‘Transports Internationaux Routiers’ (TIR) through
Iran’s Chabahar Port.
(a) Russia (b) US (c) Iran (d) Afghanistan
386. Geographical Indications Registry recently granted Geographical Indication (GI) tag to Coorg Arabica Coffee.It belongs to
which of the following district?
(a) Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh (b) Wayanad, Kerala
(c) Kodagu, Karnataka (d) Koraput, Odisha
387. Which team won Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy after defeating Maharashtra?
(a) Gujarat cricket team (b) Baroda cricket team
(c) Karnataka State Cricket Association (d) Delhi cricket team
388. Supreme Court has lifted the life ban imposed on which of the following cricketer by the BCCI?
(a) Ajay Sharma (b) Ajay Jadeja (c) Sreesanth (d) Mohammad Azharuddin
389. Name the Lingayat pontiff,who passed away recently at the age of 74 in Bengaluru.
(a) Basavanna (b) Sri Danamma Devi (c) Akka Mahadevi (d) Maate Mahadevi
390. What was the theme of the World Consumer Rights Day 2019?
(a) Theme – ‘Trusted Smart Products’ (b) Theme – ‘Consumer Rights’
(c) Theme – ‘Right to Choose’ (d) Theme – ‘Choose to Smart’
391. What was the theme of the World Sleep Day 2019?
(a) Theme – ‘Healthy Sleep, Healthy Aging‘ (b) Theme – ‘Sleep makes feel comfort‘
(c) Theme – ‘Healthy Sleep leads to Success‘ (d) Theme – ‘Sleep and Success ’
392. Name the country that conduct coordinated operation with India against insurgents posing threat to the Kaladan multi-
modal transit transport project.
(a) Bangladesh (b) Nepal (c) Srilanka (d) Myanmar
393. Name the joint anti-terrorism exercise that was decided during 34th Meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisations
(SCOs) Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) Council in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
(a) Western Explorer 2019 (b) Metro Surge 2019 (c) Sary – Arka – Antiterror 2019 (d) Black Angus 2019
394. Which city hosted the first BRICS Sherpa meeting 2019?
(a) Curitiba, Brazil (b) New Delhi, India (c) Beijing, China (d) Johannesburg, South Africa
395. Name the new service, launched by State Bank of India (SBI) for its customers to withdraw money from ATMs without using
debit cards.
(a) YONO Debit (b) YONO Money (c) YONO Cash (d) YONO Cardless
396. Name the project launched by Microsoft in order to boost India’s Swachh Bharat Mission.
(a) Micro-Bharat (b) Swachh (c) Sangam (d) Micro Boost
397. Who won the BusinessLine Changemaker Of The Year award for introducing Goods and Services Tax (GST) in New Delhi?
(a) Arun Jaitley (b) Sridhar Vembu (c) Rani Bang (d) Srikanth Bolla
398. President Ram Nath Kovind awarded the ‘Nari Shakti Puraskar‘ to Seema Mehta. She belongs to which field?
(a) Politician (b) Kathak Dancer (c) Singer (d) Actress
399. Who was conferred with DD Mahila Kisan Award?
(a) Indra Nooyi (b) Swati Shingade (c) Indu Jain (d) Vandana Luthra
400. Scientists of which university developed the solar-powered device that creates water from thin air?
(a) University of Cambridge (b) University of Oxford
(c) University of Texas (d) University of Edinburgh
401. West Nile Virus (WNV), a mosquito-borne disease, mostly reported in the continental United States affected which Indian
state recently?
(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Karnataka (d) Kerala
402. How many days is given as default for resolving the loan account which is more than Rs.2000 crore under the Insolvency
and Bankruptcy Code (IBC)?
(a)180 days (b) 90 days (c) 60 days (d) 30 days
403. K.T. Irfan became the first Indian athlete to qualify for Tokyo Olympics.He belongs to which sport?
(a) Relay race (b) Hurdles (c) Racewalking (d) Sprint
404. Name the online portal,which is a part of Digital Education Initiatives between India and Afghanistan,which will upskill
students and faculty of Afghanistan with latest technology courses.
(a) DIKSHA (b) SWAYAM (c) SKILL EDU (d) MY GOV
405. Name the Campaign launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for fighting corruption.
(a) Paudhagiri (b) Incredible India (c) Swachhata Hi Seva (d) Main Bhi Chowkidar
406. Name the 13 year old Indian pianist,from Chennai,who won a million dollars for his performance in the American reality
show “The World’s Best”.
(a) Lydian Nadhaswaram (b) Stephen Devassy (c) Ashley William Joseph (d) Satyajit Prabhu
407. Which Indian Coast Guard Ship,became the first-ever ship to visit Sabang,Indonesia to ensure maritime security and safety?
(a) Samarth (b) Vishwast (c) Samudra (d) Vijit
408. What is the name of the Russian spacecraft that was launched from Kazakhstan’s Baikonur Cosmodrome,which successfully
reached International Space Station (ISS)?
(a) Mercury (b) Vostok (c) Soyuz (d) Shenzhou
409. Which country had became the ICC-full member in the year 2017 to play official test cricket?
(a) Costa Rica (b) Argentina (c) Afghanistan (d) Denmark
410. Which country has been stopped from hosting the Junior Asian Wrestling Championship 2019 and shifted to Thailand by
United World Wrestling (UWW)?
(a) India (b) Pakistan (c) Russia (d) Thailand
411. India Post has released a special stamp cover on which environmental initiative that is aimed to reduce shortage of water in
Leh?
(a) Painted Stork (b) Smooth Indian Otter (c) Ice Stupas (d) Solar Energy
412. Which state for the first time has undertaken census of otters in protected areas?
(a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Maharashtra (c) New Delhi (d) West Bengal
413. Which State Government has signed MoU with Ola to strengthen traffic infrastructure in its capital city?
(a) Telangana (b) Andhra Pradesh (c) Karnataka (d) Tamil Nadu
414. Name the book for which, Raghu Karnad was awarded with Windham-Campbell prize in the UK?
(a) Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob
(b) Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
(c) Farthest Field: An Indian story of Second World War
(d) Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family by Mitchell S. Jackson
415. Who was awarded with ‘Uttam Yudh Seva Medal’ for successfully organizing the counter-terrorist operations in Jammu &
Kashmir?
(a) Pradip Kumar Panda (b) Anil Kumar Bhatt (c) Vijay Kumar (d) Irfan Ramzan Sheikh
416. Who was the first Indian appointed as Cultural & Tourism Ambassador of Uzbekistan in India?
(a) Benegal Rama Rau (b) Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
(c) Arun Kumar Singh (d) Ritu Beri
417. What was the theme of the Global Recycling Day 2019?
(a) Theme – “Recycling into the Future” (b) Theme – “Recycling the Global Economy ”
(c) Theme – “Recycling the Environment ” (d) Theme – “Recycling the Future world”
418. Name the top three cities,that share the top spot in the world’s most expensive city for first time in the 30 year long history
according to Economist Intelligence Unit(EIU) survey.
i. Singapore ii. Paris iii. Hong Kong iv. Geneva
(a) Option i alone (b) Option i & ii alone (c) Option i,ii & iii (d) All the above
419. According to World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), which country filed the greatest number of Patent
Cooperation Treaty (PCT), patent applications in 2018?
(a) Germany (b) Japan (c) China (d) US
420. Name the first Indian low-cost carrier,which received International Air Transport Association (IATA) membership recently.
(a) SpiceJet (b) GoAir (c) Air India (d) IndiGo
421. Who is chosen for Vyas Samman 2018 for his collection of poems “Jitne Log Utne Prem”?
(a) Sunita Jain (b) Mamta Kalia (c) Surendra Verma (d) Leeladhar Jagudi
422. Karen Uhlenbeck has become the first woman to win Abel Prize. Abel Prize is referred as noble prize of which field?
(a) Physics (b) Mathematics (c) Chemistry (d) Poetry
423. Name the Indian psychologist professor,who won the Hans-Kilian Award 2019 for providing deeper insight regarding human
psyche.
(a) Vipul Rastogi (b) Kamna Chhibber (c) Ashis Nandy (d) Subin Vazhayil
424. Who has been appointed as the country’s first Lokpal or the anti-corruption ombudsman by President Ram Nath Kovind?
(a) Pinaki Chandra Ghose (b) Jagdish Singh Khehar (c) H.J.Kania (d) Mehr Chand Mahajan
425. Name the Mumbai social activist,who was appointed as the first transgender election ambassador by the Election
Commission of India.
(a) Sathyasri Sharmila (b) Joyita Mondal (c) Prithika Yashini (d) Gauri Sawant
426. As per US based researchers from NASA,which planet is closer to earth?
(a) Uranus (b) Mercury (c) Jupiter (d) Neptune
427. Organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics unveiled a __________shaped torch for the 2020 Olympics?
(a) Cherry-Blossom (b) Trumpet-Shaped (c) Stellate-Shaped (d) Cruciform-Shaped
428. Superfan Naotoshi Yamada often called as ‘Uncle Olympics’ dies at the age of 92.He belongs to which country?
(a) Thailand (b) Myanmar (c) China (d) Japan
429. When was the World Sparrow day observed?
430. What was the theme of International Day of Happiness 2019?
(a) Theme – “Happier Together ” (b) Theme – “Share Happiness”
(c) Theme – “ Happiness to be Shared ” (d) Theme – “Live Happily ”
431. Where was the 33rd edition of India-Indonesia Coordinated Patrol (Ind-Indo Corpat)inaugurated in order to enhance
interoperability and strengthen existing bonds between India & Indonesia?
(a) Jakarta, Indonesia (b) New Delhi, India (c) Port Blair, India (d) Serang, Indonesia
432. What was the theme of the first ever High-Level Dialogue on Indo-Pacific Cooperation (HLD-IPC),that held in Jakarta,
Indonesia?
(a) Theme – “Towards a Peaceful, Prosperous and Inclusive Region”
(b) Theme – “Digital Disruption and Innovation: Future of Procurement”
(c) Theme – “Reviving the Millennial Partnership”
(d) Theme – “Building partnerships through global value Chain”
433. Name the Indian rail coach manufacturer,which became the world’s largest rail coach manufacturer surpassing Chinese
manufacturers.
(a) Indian Railway Coach Factory, Haldia (b) Modern Coach Factory, Raebareli
(c) Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai (d) Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala
434. Which telescope of NASA discovered pulsar hurtling through space?
(a) Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (b) Spitzer Space Telescope
(c) Hubble Space Telescope (d) Galileo National Telescope
435. Name the Japanese unmanned spacecraft,that probes Asteroid Ryugu and discoverd small amount of minerals containing
water on the surface of the asteroid?
(a) Hiten (b) Hayabusa2 (c) Akatsuki (d) SELENE
436. Name the world’s largest ground-based telescope developed by pune based IT firm ThoughtWorks,that is to become
operational in Hawaii in the mid-2020.
(a) Gran Telescopio Canarias (b) South African Large Telescope (SALT)
(c) Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) (d) Thirty Metre Telescope (TMT)
437. Where did 5 member team discovered,India’s deepest shaft ‘Krem Um Ladaw (the abode of clouds in Sanskrit) cave during
the 28th edition of the annual ‘Caving in the Abode of the Clouds Expedition’?
(a) Nagaland (b) Maharashtra (c) Meghalaya (d) Mizoram
438. Which city has signed to host T10 league, the shortest form of cricket for five years?
(a) Beijing (b) Melbourne (c) Barcelona (d) Abu Dhabi
439. India participated in which of the following sport for the first time in 15th Special Olympics World Summer Games 2019
held in Abu Dhabi,United Arab Emirates?
i. Judo ii. Futsal iii. Powerlifting
(a) Option i (b) Option i & ii (c) Option ii & iii (d) Option i, ii & iii
440. When is the International Day of Nowruz observed?
(a) 18th March (b) 20th March (c) 19th March (d) 21st March
441. What was the theme of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 2019?
(a) Theme – “Promoting tolerance, inclusion, unity and respect for diversity in the context of combatting racial
discrimination ”
(b) Theme – “Mitigating and countering rising nationalist populism and extreme supremacist ideologies”
(c) Theme – “Us and Them – From Prejudice to Racism”
(d) Theme – “Mobilizing Global Capital for Innovation ”
442. What was the focus of the World Down Syndrome Day 2019?
(a) Leave no one behind (b) Reviving the Millennial Partnership
(c) Shaping a New World (d) One World One Sun One Grid
443. Who was appointed as the brand ambassador of MG Motors for India?
(a) Benedict Cumberbatch (b) Tom Hanks (c) Leonardo DiCaprio (d) Christian Bale
444. Scientist from which institute had designed a way to levitate and propel objects using only light that will help to develop a
spacecraft?
(a) California Institute of Technology (Caltech) (b) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
(c) Harvard University (d) Imperial College London
445. According to its recent discovery of NASA, the surface of which asteroid comprises the water and plumes?
(a) Ceres (b) Bennu (c) Tholen (d) Itokawa
446. Which Indian English word is added as the 650th entry in Oxford Dictionary?
(a) Mantra (b) Chuddies (c) Loot (d) Multan
447. Name the India’s first forest certification scheme,which gets global recognition by a Geneva based non-profit firm.
(a) Certification Standard for Habitat restoration and improvement
(b) Certification Standard for Sustainable Forest Management
(c) Certification Standard for Protection and Conservation measures
(d) Certification Standard for Mitigation of Human Wildlife Conflict
448. Name the Artificial Intelligence(AI),that is launched by IIT Madras in partnership with ESPNcricinfo to analyse cricket
statistics?
(a) Cricstats (b) Superstats (c) ESPNstats (d) StatCric
449. Which entity has developed a storage device that translates digital information into the DNA language with Washington
University?
(a) Intel (b) IBM (c) Google (d) Microsoft
450. Name the Operation launched by India to provide Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) support to
Mozambique,which was hit by cyclone IDAI.
(a) Operation Sahayata 19 (b) Operation Trident 19 (c) Operation Cactus 19 (d) Operation Parakram 19
451. Which country has became the first G7 country to join China’s ‘Belt and Road’ initiative?
(a) Italy (b) Japan (c) Canada (d) France
452. What was the theme of the World Tuberculosis Day 2019?
(a) Theme – ‘Wanted: Leaders for a TB-free world’ (b) Theme – ‘Its time’
(c) Theme – ‘Unite to End TB’ (d) Theme – ‘World free from TB’
453. What is the rank of India in the Energy Transition index 2019 released by World Economic Forum (WEF)?
th th th st
(a) 70 (b) 76 (c) 80 (d) 81
454. Which country topped in the second edition of WEF global Energy Transition index 2019?
(a) Finland (b) Norway (c) Switzerland (d) Swedan
455. Who is the head of 5-member committee, that is constituted by RBI to strengthen digital payments?
(a) Nandan Nilekani (b) Shaktikanta Das (c) Urjit Patel (d) Viral Acharya
456. Name the organization presenting National Academy Awards to promote visual arts such as painting, sculpture and graphics
etc.
(a) National Center For Performing Arts (NCPA)
(b) Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH)
(c) Lalit Kala Academy
(d) Indian Numismatic Historical and Cultural Research Foundation (INHCRF)
457. Name the manufacturer of Chinook helicopters that was recently inducted into Indian Air Force(IAF)?
(a) Lockheed Martin, Washington DC (b) Boeing, United States
(c) Raytheon, United States (d) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, India
458. Name the Radio commentator,winner of Paris’s ‘Queen of Folk’ award and Folk Artiste who passed away recently.
(a) Peter Brackley (b) Jasdev Singh (c) Clinton Grybas (d) Vinjamuri Anasuya Devi
459. South Asian singer Shahnaz Rahmatullah passed away at the age of 67 years. She belongs to which country?
(a) India (b) Bangladesh (c) Bahrain (d) Malaysia
460. What was the theme of International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
2019?
(a) Theme -“Remember Slavery: The Power of the Arts for Justice”
(b) Theme -“Remember Slavery: Triumphs and Struggles for Freedom and Equality”
(c) Theme -“Breaking the Silence, Lest We Forget”
(d) Theme -“Women and Slavery”
461. Name the Joint training military exercise, that held between Indian and Sri Lanka Army in Diyatalawa in Sri Lanka.
(a) Yudh Abhyas VII (b) Sudarshan Shakti (c) Ajeya Warrior IV (d) Mitrashakti – VI
462. Where is the world’s largest e-waste recycling plant inaugurated?
(a) Kuala Lumpur Industrial Park, Malaysia (b) London Industrial Park, London
(c) Dubai Industrial Park, Dubai (d) Bengaluru Industrial Park, India
463. What is the name of corridor approved by Pakistan Government for Hindu pilgrims recently?
(a) Sharada Peeth Corridor (b) Siliguri Corridor
(c) India Pakistan Economic Corridor (d) IT Corridor
464. India revised the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements (DTAAs) with which country that will come into effect from April
1?
(a) Mauritius (b) Malaysia (c) Singapore (d) Both 1 and 3
465. Name the telescope of NASA,that captured the giant storm in Neptune.
(a) Kepler Space Telescope (b) Hubble Space Telescope
(c) Hale Telescope (d) Galileo National Telescope
466. Which city is set to host Olympic and Paralympic Games in the year 2020?
(a) Tokyo, Japan (b) Beijing, China (c) Shanghai, China (d) Osaka, Japan
467. Name the Indian player who won bronze medal in the men’s Singles title in the Seamaster 2019 ITTF Challenge Plus or 2019
Oman Open table tennis.
(a) Soumyajit Ghosh (b) Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (c) G.Sathyan (d) Sharath Kamal
468. When was the World Purple day or Epilepsy Awareness Day Observed?
(a) 24th March (b) 25th March (c) 26th March (d) 23rd March
469. Name the country which has received an ex-post facto approval from Indian cabinet for an MoU on Startup Cooperation.
(a) Argentina (b) Saudi Arabia (c) Republic of Korea (d) Indonesia
470. Union Cabinet approved creation of additional posts of three Judicial Members and three Technical Members in which of
the following quasi-judicial body in India?
(a) Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (b) National Company Law Appellate Tribunal
(c) National Human Rights Commission of India (d) National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission
471. Which country has signed an Inter-Governmental Agreement for exchange of Country-by-Country (CbC) reports to check
the tax evasions of Multinational Companies with India?
(a) Russia (b) United States (c) United Kingdom (d) Indonesia
472. How many members are newly appointed in anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal?
(a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 6 (d) 8
473. Where did Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully test Anti-Satellite (ASAT)
missile(“Mission Shakti”)?
(a) Advanced Naval Systems Laboratory,Hyderabad (b) Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur, Odisha
(c) Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha (d) Integrated Test Range (ITR),Visakhapatnam
474. Name the Malayalam writer, poet and Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awardee for her story collection Ashitayude Kathakal in 2015
passed away recently.
(a) Nargis Rabadi (b) Kalpana Lajmi (c) Ashita (d) Rita Bhaduri
475. As per New Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules-2019,drugs manufactured in India will get approval in _________ days?
(a) 30 days (b) 60 days (c) 90 days (d) 130 days
476. Yoshua Bengio,Geoffrey Hinton and Yann LeCun have been conferred with Turing Award 2018.Turing Award is referred as
noble prize of which field?
(a) Computing (b) Physics (c) Mathematics (d) Chemistry
477. Name the Indian Nobel prize laureate, who was conferred with Oxford University’s Bodley award recently.
(a) Alvin E. Roth (b) Clive Granger (c) Amartya Sen (d) Robert F. Engle
478. Who was honoured with the Martha Farrell award for Excellence in Women’s Empowerment 2019?
(a) Nadiya Shafi (b) Reena Ramteke (c) Yougan Tamang (d) Manu Gulati
479. Which of the following railway was conferred with “Gold Rating” by Indian Green Building Council for Green Measures?
(a) Appikatla railway station (b) Vijayawada railway station
(c) Amravati railway station (d) Ankorah Akorha railway station
480. Name the telescope, that discovered two planets K2-293b,K2-294b using Artificial Intelligence.
(a) Ultra Violet Imaging Telescope (b) Hubble Space Telescope
(c) Kepler Space Telescope (d) James Webb Space Telescope
481. Israeli cave explorers discovered the World’s longest salt cave named Malham near which sea?
(a) Caribbean Sea (b) Dead Sea (c) Red Sea (d) Caspian Sea
482. International Olympics Committee (IOC) has decided to induct which of the following sport in Paris Olympics 2024?
i. Breakdancing ii. Surfing iii. Skateboarding iv. Sport Climbing v. Carrom Board
(a) All other options excluding option i (b) All other options excluding option iii
(c) All other options excluding option v (d) All other options excluding option iv
483. Pentagon has planned to establish a new wall at which of the following border in order to prevent illegal migration and drug
trafficking?
(a) Russia–United States border (b) Mexico–United States border
(c) Canada–United States border (d) Cuba–United States border
484. Which Ministry has unveiled a blockchain based e-marketplace for coffee farmers?
(a) Corporate Affairs Ministry (b) Commerce Ministry
(c) Finance Ministry (d) Home Affairs Ministry
485. According to the “State of the Global Climate in 2018” report, released by World Meteorological Organization (WMO),2018
was ________ warmest year?
(a) Second (b) Third (c) Fourth (d) First
486. Where did the second joint logistics node of tri-services become operational?
(a) Chennai,TamilNadu (b) Mumbai, Maharashtra (c) Guwahati,Assam (d) Bengaluru,Karnataka
487. According to a recent report by Oxfam, which country has the highest gender wage gap among Asian nations?
(a) India (b) China (c) Japan (d) Vietnam
488. UN Security Council passed a new Resolution 2462 in order to combat which of the following issue?
(a) Nuclear proliferation (b) Climate change (c) Terror financing (d) Global warming
489. European Parliament has banned the single-use plastic, which will be effective from _______ year?
(a) 2021 (b) 2020 (c) 2022 (d) 2019
490. Which Automotive company has developed the ‘largest power storage system in Asia’ installed in Osaka train station in
Japan?
(a) Daimler AG (b) Toyota Motor Corporation (c) General Motors (d) Tesla
491. Name the Actress, Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony awardee, who will be honoured with Career Achievement Award at the
2019 Peabody Awards.
(a) Taylor Swift (b) Ariana Grande (c) Lady Gaga (d) Rita Moreno
492. Name the Howitzers guns inducted into Indian Army recently.
(a) Dhanush (b) Panter (c) M102 howitzer (d) BL 9.2-inch howitzer
493. Where did Government of India set up Multi-Disciplinary Terror Monitoring Group (MDTMG)?
(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Kerala (c) Jammu and Kashmir (d) West Bengal
494. Who was the first Indian President to visit Croatia?
(a) Abdul Kalam (b) Pratibha Patil (c) Pranab Mukherjee (d) Ram Nath Kovind
495. Which Indian Shipyard became the first to deliver its 100th Warship-Landing Craft Utility, L-56?
(a) Great Eastern Shipping Companies (b) Shipping Corporation of India Ltd
(c) Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited (d) ABG Shipyard
496. Who became the first female president of Slovakia?
(a) Zoya Pukhova (b) Golda Meir (c) Yekaterina Furtseva (d) Zuzana Caputova
497. Name the Campaign for which Filmmaker Rima Das was appointed as the ambassador?
(a) Tribeca Film Festival(TFF)’s ‘Indian Heritage’
(b) Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)’s ‘Share Her Journey’
(c) Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)’s ‘Indian Heritage’
(d) Tribeca Film Festival(TFF)’s ‘Share Her Journey’
498. Which Island was notified as Island Protection Zone (IPZ) 2019 by Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate
Change recently?
(a) Andaman and Nicobar Island (b) Kurumgad Island
(c) Khanderi Island (d) Worli Island
499. Which country won the 28th edition of Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2019 held at Azlan Shah Stadium in Ipoh, Malaysia?
(a) Japan (b) China (c) South Korea (d) India
500. Who is the author of the non-fiction book titled India Positive?
(a) Vikram Seth (b) Kiran Desai (c) Salman Rushdie (d) Chetan Bhagat
501. When was World Idli Day celebrated?
502. When was World Piano Day observed?
503. Rajasthan State came into existence on 30th March of ______ year?
(a) 1949 (b) 1953 (c) 1935 (d) 1948
504 India’s GDP growth has slowed down to ________ in the December quarter, as per the latest government data.
(a) 6.5 % (b) 6.6 % (c) 6.2 % (d) 6.0 %
505. The “Pritzker Prize” is related to Which Field?
(a) Sports (b) Architecture (c) Mathematics (d) Journalism
506. Poshan Pakhwada will be celebrated as part of Jan Andolan under POSHAN Abhiyaan from ________ March, 2019.
(a) 07th to 21nd (b) 10th to 24nd (c) 08th to 22nd (d) 06th to 20nd
507. DRDO Chairman_______ honoured with Missile Systems Award by US-based AIAA for his excellence in the field of missile
systems technology.
(a) G Satheesh Reddy (b) Avinash Chander (c) V. K. Saraswat (d) None of these
508. Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared ____________ as Construction-Technology year.
(a) ‘January 2019-December 2020′ (b) ‘June 2019- May2020′
(c) ‘April 2019-March 2020′ (d) ‘February 2019-January 2020′
509. Shri Rajnath Singh to inaugurate BOLD–QIT project along international border in Dhubri,_______.
(a) Gujarat (b) Kerala (c) Manipur (d) Assam
510. __________ tops Global Consumer Confidence Survey?
(a) China (b) Philippines (c) Indonesia (d) India
511. ___________ announced that the company has set up its first solar-based electric vehicle charger on the Delhi-Chandigarh
Highway.
(a) BHEL (b) GIAL (c) NTPC (d) None of These
512. The National Annual Rural Sanitation Survey (NARSS) 2018-19 has found that _____of the households in rural India who
have access to a toilet use it.
(a) 96.5% (b) 96% (c) 95.5% (d) 90.5%
513. The gems and jewellery sector is set to get India’s first jewellery park in _____.
(a) Gurugram (b) Kolkata (c) Delhi (d) Mumbai
514. How many Nobel Prizes for literature will be awarded this year?
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 1
515. ______gets best director award at Dublin International Film Festival.
(a) Sandip Ray (b) Jahnu Barua (c) Karan Johar (d) Rima Das
516. What is the theme for India Pavilion at Venice Biennale?
(a) 150 years of Mahatma Gandhi (b) Mahatma Gandhi: The legendary soul
(c) Story of Mahatma Gandhi (d) The Father of the Nation
517. Former Zimbabwe Cricket Director _________has been banned from all cricket for 10 years after the ICC Anti-Corruption
Tribunal found him guilty.
(a) Enock Ikope (b) Hamilton Masakadza (c) Lalchand Rajput (d) Andy Flower
518. ___________ was named captain of the 18-member Indian hockey team to play in the upcoming 28th Sultan Azlan Shah
Cup.
(a) Jhulan Goswami (b) Smriti Mandhana (c) Mithali Raj (d) Manpreet Singh
519. 10-day Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP) for budding entrepreneurs concluded at the Language Center in_.
(a) Hyderabad (b) Mumbai (c) Delhi (d) Kargil
520. In Which state, ancient tribal language Gondi will be taught in tribal districts?
(a) kerala (b) Assam (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Madhya Pradesh
521. India’s Unemployment Rate Rose to __________- according to data compiled by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy
(CMIE).
(a) 7.2% (b) 7.0% (c) 7.5% (d) 7.1%
522. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the setting up of ________new KendriyaVidyalayas under Civil/Defence Sector
all over the country.
(a) 100 (b) 40 (c) 25 (d) 50
523. Ministry of Finance has enhanced the Income tax exemption for gratuity enhanced Up to _______.
(a) Rs. 10 lakhs (b) Rs. 30 lakhs (c) Rs. 25 lakhs (d) Rs. 20 lakhs
524. SC appoints three-member mediation panel in Ayodhya land dispute case, Headed by __________.
(a) Padma Lakshmi (b) Sriram Panchu (c) Shri Shri Ravi Shankar (d) F M Kallifulla
525. Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Puri launched _________ app to properties have been made online.
(a) e-Dharti (b) e-Drishti (c) e-Dhara (d) e-Mitra
526. India is expected to be the third-largest consumer economy as its consumption is likely to triple to $4 trillion by__________.
(a) 2021 (b) 2020 (c) 2023 (d) 2025
527. The Maharashtra government launched a special scheme ________for construction workers in the state.
(a) “Atal Aahar Yojna,” (b) “Atal Aahar Yojna,” (c) “Atal Yojna,” (d) “Atal Bichar Yojna,”
528. The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi attended the 50th Raising Day celebrations of Central Industrial Security Forces
(CISF) on which Date?
529. _____________ becomes the first Lokayukta of Mizoram.
(a) P K Bezbaruah (b) Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah (c) C Lalsawta (d) Ajay Kapur
530. Defence Research and Development organisation, DRD0 successfully test fired the PINAKA guided WEAPON rocket system
from Pokhran range in________.
(a) Assam (b) Andhra Pradesh (c) Kerala (d) Rajasthan
531. The __________ government banned the sale and usage of ecigarettes in the state.
(a) Assam (b) Bihar (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Jharkhand
532. __________becomes official sponsor of ICC World Cup 2019.
(a) BlueHost (b) Hotstar (c) GoDaddy (d) HostGator India
533. __________ Becomes The First Transgender To Get A Government Job In Madhya Pradesh.
(a) Prithika Yashini (b) Joyita Mondal (c) Sathyasri Sharmila (d) Sanjana Singh
534. _________ and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) organized the first workshop on
development of the India Energy Modelling Forum (IEMF).
(a) ONGC (b) NITI Aayog
(c) Ministry Of Corporate Affairs (d) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
535. Hyderabad and _________ continue to be the most liveable cities in India for expatriates, Mercer survey found.
(a) Delhi (b) Pune (c) Mumbai (d) Indore
536. The first Afghan shipment to India via Chabahar arrived at Nhava Sheva port in ________.
(a) Delhi (b) Pune (c) Kochi (d) Mumbai
537. _________of Pune, Maharashtra has bagged the first prize of DD Mahila Kisan Award for 2018-19.
(a) Swati Singh (b) Swati Tiwari (c) Himani Mishra (d) Swati Shingade
538. __________ conduct “coordinated operation” against insurgents posing threat to Kaladan project.
(a) India & Argentina (b) India & Myanmar (c) India & Colombia (d) India & Nepal
539. Former IAS officer Shah Faesal has launched a political party named __________.
(a) ‘Jammu and Kashmir Republic’ (b) ‘Jammu and Kashmir Peoples’
(c) ‘Jammu and Kashmir Party’ (d) None of these
540. _________-conducts world’s 1st remote surgery using 5G technology.
(a) Japan (b) Russia (c) India (d) China
541. Former Supreme Court judge ___________-appointed as the country’s first Lokpal, the anti-corruption ombudsman.
(a) Mahender Singh (b) Dinesh Kumar Jain (c) Pinaki Chandra Ghose (d) H. L. Dattu
542. Bengaluru, Chennai, and _________ ranked among the world’s ten cheapest cities in a ranking released by the Economist
Intelligence
(a) Kolkata (b) New Delhi (c) Mumbai (d) Pune
543. What is the Theme for World Sparrow Day 2019?
(a) I LIKE Sparrows (b) I LOVE Sparrows (c) I HATE Sparrows (d) None of these
544. Jammu & Kashmir teenager________ Sheikh was bestowed with the Shaurya Chakra by President Ram Nath Kovind.
(a) Irfan Ramzan (b) Ramzan Sheikh (c) Irfan Khan (d) None of these
545. ___________ has launched ‘smart garbage bins’ made of stainless steel.
(a) Tata Steel (b) The iron and steel industry
(c) Jindal Steel & Power (d) Steel Authority of India Ltd
546. Which country has topped a global happiness ranking for the second year in a row?
(a) Denmark (b) Norway (c) India (d) Finland
547. International Day of Forests is celebrated on 21st March . The theme of 2019________________.
(a) Forests and Trees (b) Forests and Education (c)Forests and Life d)Forests and World
548. Indian Statistical Institute presents report on VVPAT sample size to the Chief Election Commissioner _______.
(a) VS Ramadevi (b) OP Rawat (c) Sunil Arora (d) Sukumar Sen
549. British Prime Minister ________ is attending the crucial European Council summit at Brussels.
(a) Jeremy Corbyn (b) Angela Merkel (c) Donald Trump (d) Theresa May
550. __________is celebrating its 107th foundation day on 22 March. It was on this day in 1912, Bihar was carved out of Bengal
presidency.
(a) Manipur (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Assam (d) Bihar
551. Former US president ________becomes longest living chief executive in American history.
(a) Ronald Reagan (b) Bill Clinton (c) Barack Obama (d) Jimmy Carter
552. According to the Asian Rich List 2019________________ family tops with net worth of £25.2 billion.
(a) Ruchi Ghanashyam (b) Hinduja family (c) S P Lohia (d) None of these
553. World Water Day is celebrated on _____________.
(a) 21 March (b) 20 March (c) 23 March (d) 22 March
554. ____________- to put world’s 1st wireless e-cab charging stations.
(a) Nepal (b) India (c) Norway (d) China
555. The world’s largest e-waste recycling facility has opened in________-.
(a) Mumbai (b) London (c) Delhi (d) Dubai
556. Shotgun legend ____________wins ISSF World Cup 2019 gold medal.
(a) Kimberly Rhode (b) Chloe Tipple (c) Zhang Donglian (d) None of these
557. _______-unveils world’s longest salt cave, The cave is called Malham.
(a) Israel (b) Nepal (c) India (d) China
558. The Chairman of 15th Finance Commission of India, N.K. Singh launched the book “Indian Fiscal Federalism”. The book has
been written by _________.
(a) Raghuram Rajan (b) Urjit Patel (c) Shaktikanta Das (d) Y. V. Reddy
559. Pioneering Russian cosmonaut _______- dies at age 84.
(a) Yuri Tomashov (b) Damir Salimov (c) Joe Flannery (d) Valery Bykovsky
560. _______ is reportedly acquiring Mumbai-based Haptik one of the world’s largest conversational Artificial Intelligence (AI)
platforms.
(a) Bsnl (b) Idea (c) Airtel (d) Reliance Jio
561. Three researchers Yoshua Bengio, Geoffrey Hinton and Yann LeCun have won the 2018 Turing Award, known as the ______.
(a) Nobel Prize of Mathematics (b) Nobel Prize of computing (c) Nobel Prize of Statistics (d) None of these
562. Swiss-based NRI scientist _________has been conferred with the Pravasi Bhartiya Samman Award.
(a) Dr Rajendra Joshi (b) Dr Ursula Joshi (c) Dr S. Chandrasekhar (d) Dr Vinod Khosla
563. India defeated ________ 10-0 in their final league match of Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament at Ipoh in Malaysia.
(a) South Korea (b) Japan (c) Australia (d) Poland
564. An Atlanta woman ___________became the first living HIVpositive kidney donor in the world.
(a) Terra Jole (b) Nina Martinez (c) Amanda Salinas (d) Tiffany Cashette
565. Next Census Of India Will Be Carried Out In 2021, the decision has been taken by the central government under the powers
conferred by section 3 of _____________.
(a) The Census Act, 1945 (b) The Census Act, 1942 (c) The Census Act, 1947 (d) The Census Act, 1948
566. ________will become Slovakia’s first female president.
(a) Sirimavo Bandaranaike (b) Vigdís Finnbogadóttir (c) Zuzana Caputova (d) None of these
567. ______claimed has become the world’s first district using both 5G coverage and broadband gigabit network.
(a) Shanghai (b) Delhi (c) New York (d) None of these
568. Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik has written a letter to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to rename _________city as Khush
Bhawanpur.
(a) Mathura (b) Sultanpur (c) Lucknow (d) Jhansi
569. _________ is first woman to fight Mizoram LS poll.
(a) Rukmini, S (b) Meira Kumar (c) Lalthlamuani (d) None of these
570. Vijaya Bank and __________ will merge with Bank of Baroda from tomorrow to create the third-largest lender of the
country.
(a) ICICI Bank (b) Axis Bank (c) YES Bank (d) Dena Bank
571. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch the country’s latest observation satellite _________.
(a) FMISAT (b) GMISAT (c) AMISAT (d) EMISAT
572. What is the theme of the 2019 National Science Day (NSD)?
(a) Science for the People and the People for Science (b) Science for Nation Building
(c) Science and Technology for a Sustainable Future (d) Science and Technology for Specially-Abled Persons
573. Chagos Islands, sometimes seen in news, is the bone of contention between which of the following countries?
(a) UK & Mauritius (b) United States & Indonesia (c) Japan & China (d) South Korea & North Korea
574. Who has been conferred the Genome Valley Excellence Award at the BioAsia 2019?
(a) Jayesh Ranjan (b) Krishnamurthy Subramaniam (c) Don Cleveland (d) Peter Lee
575. Which state has become the first state in India to introduce Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) in the
government sector?
(a) Odisha (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Kerala
576. Southern Coast Railway (SCoR), which is in news recently, will be headquartered at which of the following cities?
(a) Hyderabad (b) Visakhapatnam (c) Amravati (d) Kochi
577. Which country is the venue of the 7th RCEP Inter-Sessional Ministerial Meeting?
(a) India (b) Singapore (c) Cambodia (d) Indonesia
578. The Supreme Court has recently pulled up which government to an act which allows construction in Aravalli hills?
(a) Gujarat (b) Rajasthan (c) Haryana (d) Punjab
579. What is the theme of the 2019 Zero Discrimination Day (ZDD)?
(a) Live Up (b) Speak loud for justice
(c) Act to change laws that Discriminate (d) A society free of discrimination
580. Lignocellulosic biomass, sometimes seen in news, is composed of __?
(a) Cellulose (b) Hemicellulose (c) Lignin (d) All of the above
581. Indo-Bangladesh joint military exercise ‘Sampriti-2019’ has started in which of the following locations?
(a) Tangail (b) Hooghly (c) Barguna (d) Sylhet
582. Which country has officially shuttered its consulate in Jerusalem?
(a) Russia (b) United States (c) Japan (d) China
583. Kalashnikov rifle, sometimes seen in news, is associated with which country?
(a) United States (b) Israel (c) France (d) Russia
584. The terms NCMC, AFC and SWEEKAR, which were making news recently, are related to which of the following?
(a) Insurance (b) Healthcare (c) Mobility (d) Pension
585. What is the theme of the World Wildlife Day (WWD-2019)?
(a) Listen to the young voices (b) Life Below Water: For people and planet
(c) Big cats: predators under threat (d) The future of wildlife is in our hands
586. ‘Azaadi ke Diwane Museum’ has recently inaugurated in which of the following cities?
(a) Pune (b) New Delhi (c) Ahmedabad (d) Varanasi
587. Which of the following countries has signed a ‘New Delhi Declaration on Asian Rhinos 2019?
(a) Malaysia (b) Bhutan (c) Indonesia (d) All of the above
588. Who is the head of the committee to review cases against tribals in naxal-hit areas of Chhattisgarh?
(a) Vishweshwar Bhat (b) Kapil Mishra (c) A K Patnaik (d) Bijal Vachharajani
589. Who has been nominated by India to head Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)?
(a) Nandini Harinath (b) Ritu Karidhal (c) Trilochan Mohapatra (d) Ramesh Chand
590. Rome Statute, sometimes seen in news, is related to which of the following organizations?
(a) International Criminal Court (b) Food and Agriculture Organization
(c) UNIDO (d) World Bank
591. Who has been appointed new director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)?
(a) Satheesh Reddy (b) Ajit Kumar Mohanty (c) Koppillil Radhakrishnan(d) P S Murthy
592. Who is the head of the committee to formulate insurance cover for advocates?
(a) Alok Srivastava (b) Tushar Mehta (c) Snehlata Shrivastava (d) Pramod Kumar Misra
593. Who led the Indian delegation at the first-ever India-Japan Space Dialogue in New Delhi?
(a) Indra Mani Pandey (b) Desh Deepak Verma (c) Vinod Kumar Yadav (d) K. Vijay Raghavan
594. Who has been designated as the new Finance Secretary (FS) of India?
(a) Atanu Chakraborty (b) Ajay Bhushan Pandey
(c) Subhash Chandra Garg (d) Rajiv Kumar
595. The Principal Bench of National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) is located in which of the following cities?
(a) Hyderabad (b) New Delhi (c) Ahmedabad (d) Pune
596. Which of the following sports federation has recently recognized as India’s national sport federation?
(a) Golf (b) Carrom (c) Equestrian (d) Futsal
597. Large Hadron Collider (LHC), which sometimes seen in news, is associated to which of the following organizations?
(a) CERN (b) ISRO (c) NASA (d) JAXA
598. Who is the author of the book “Tiger Woman”?
(a) Sirsho Bandopadhyay (b) Joy Goswami (c) Shahabuddin Nagari (d) Alokeranjan Dasgupta
599. Which country is organizing the 34th edition of Aahar 2019 – the International Food and Hospitality Fair?
(a) Nepal (b) Japan (c) India (d) South Korea
600. Which country is hosting the 2019 SAFF Women’s Championship?
(a) Nepal (b) Bangladesh (c) India (d) Sri Lanka
601. Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), sometimes seen in news, is a robotic spacecraft of which of the following space
agencies?
(a) NASA (b) ISRO (c) JAXA (d) Roscosmos
602. What is the theme of the World Kidney Day (WKD-2019)?
(a) Kidney Disease and Obesity (b) Kidney Health for Everyone Everywhere
(c) Kidneys for Life – Stop Kidney Attack (d) Kidney Disease & Children: Act Early to Prevent It
603. India’s first LGBTQ clinic and HIV treatment centre has inaugurated in which of the following cities?
(a) New Delhi (b) Mumbai (c) Hyderabad (d) Chennai
604. Nice Agreement, sometimes seen in news, is related to which of the following fields?
(a) Chind Education (b) Sports (c) Space Exploraion (d) Intellectual Property
605. United Kingdom has issued new ‘black hole’ coin in honour of which of the following renowned personalities?
(a) Isaac Newton (b) Charles Darwin (c) Stephen Hawking (d) Tim Berners-Lee
606. Through which telescope, astronomers have discovered 83 supermassive black holes 13 billion light-years away from Earth?
(a) Spektr-RG (b) Astrosat (c) Subaru (d) Hitomi
607. Which of the following cities has topped the Mercer’s 2019 Quality of Living Index?
(a) Auckland (b) Zurich (c) Vienna (d) Munich
608. Who won the men’s singles title at the All England Open Badminton Championships 2019?
(a) Parupalli Kashyap (b) Kento Momota (c) Viktor Axelsen (d) Srikanth Kidambi
609. Which of the following cricket teams has won the 2019 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy?
(a) Odisha (b) Maharashtra (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Karnataka
610. Irfan KT, who recently qualified for 2020 Tokyo Olympics, is associated with which sports?
(a) Weightlifting (b) Racing (c) Wrestling (d) Boxing
611. West Nile fever, sometimes seen in news, is spread by _____?
(a) Bats (b) Water (c) Rats (d) Mosquito
612. Who has been named as India’s first anti-corruption ombudsman?
(a) Rachit Seth (b) Aradhana Rathore (c) P C Ghose (d) Ashwini M Sripad
613. Which former ISRO scientist is the recipient of the 2019 Padma Bhushan?
(a) K. Radhakrishnan (b) Nambi Narayanan (c) Tapan Misra (d) Nandini Harinath
614. The registration of political parties is governed by the provisions of which Section of the Representation of the People Act of
1951?
(a) Section 34A (b) Section 29A (c) Section 26A (d) Section 30A
615. Where is the headquarters of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)?
(a) Bhopal (b) Dehradun (c) Shimla (d) New Delhi
616. Which of the following states has started census of Otters?
(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Rajasthan (d) Madhya Pradesh
617. Which Indian psychologist is the recipient of the 2019 Hans Kilian Award?
(a) Girishwar Misra (b) Sudhir Kakar (c) Ashis Nandy (d) Kishor Phadke
618. Who has become the youngest Indian woman to win on Ladies European Tour (LET)?
(a) Sharmila Nicollet (b) Gursimar Badwal (c) Tvesa Malik (d) Diksha Dagar
619. Which Indian author has won the 2019 Windham Campbell Prize?
(a) Rohinton Mistry (b) Jerry Pinto (c) Raghu Karnad (d) Upamanyu Chatterjee
620. The joint military exercise “Sary Arka Antiterror 2019” is scheduled to be held in which of the following countries?
(a) Kazakhstan (b) Uzbekistan (c) Kyrgyzstan (d) Tajikistan
621. Which Indian company would provide digital solution for French Open?
(a) Tata (b) Reliance (c) Wipro (d) Infosys
622. The first-ever high-level dialogue on Indo-Pacific Cooperation (HLD-IPC) was held in which of the following cities?
(a) Berlin (b) New Delhi (c) Jakarta (d) Paris
623. Which country’s team has clinched the 2019 SAFF Women’s Championship?
(a) Myanmar (b) Bhutan (c) India (d) Nepal
624. The researchers of which country have find cost-effective method for hydrogen fuel production?
(a) India (b) United States (c) Russia (d) France
625. What is the theme of the 2019 World Meteorological Day (WMD)?
(a) Hotter, drier, wetter (b) Understanding Clouds
(c) Climate Ready, Climate-Smart (d) The Sun, the Earth and the weather
626. Which of the following Indian institutes has developed an anti cancer anti-inflamatory drug conjugated to the human serum
Albumin?
(a) Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute (b) AIIMS
(c) National Institute of Biomedical Genomics (d) Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences
627. PRISMA Satellite, which is in news recently, is associated to which of the following European countries?
(a) United Kingdom (b) Germany (c) France (d) Italy
628. Which county has launched a programme “Lose to Win” to help overweight employers?
(a) UAE (b) Pakistan (c) Bangladesh (d) Myanmar
629. Abhedya, which is in news recently, is associated to which of the following fields?
(a) Satellite (b) Super computer (c) Nuclear Training facility (d) Military exercise
630. The GRAPES-3 experiment, which is in news recently, is located in which of the following sites of India?
(a) Leh (b) Ooty (c) Tawang (d) Udaipur
631. Mankading, sometimes seen in news, is associated to which of the following sports?
(a) Basketball (b) Cricket (c) Football (d) Hockey
632. Which technology giant has launched India-specific tools to boost election engagement?
(a) Facebook (b) Microsoft (c) Infosys (d) Twitter
633. Who of the following has /have won the 2018 ACM A.M. Turing Award?
(a) Yann LeCun (b) Geoffrey Hinton (c) Yoshua Bengio (d) All of the above
634. Which international organisation has recently released the 2018 global Multi-dimensional Poverty Index (MPI)?
(a) IMF (b) WHO (c) UNDP (d) IEA
635. Which international organisation has recently published the ‘Global Energy & CO2 Status Report’?
(a) WTO (b) IEA (c) WHO (d) WMO
637. The scientists from which country have discovered a network of lakes beneath Totten glacier in East Antarctica?
(a) Australia (b) India (c) Japan (d) China
638. Which state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) has launched the Enajori initiative for PwD?
(a) Kerala (b) Assam (c) Bihar (d) West Bengal
639. Which international organisation has passed resolution to combat terrorist financing?
(a) World Bank (b) ADB (c) UNSC (d) AIIB
640. Which Indian teacher has won the 2019 Martha Farrell Award in the category of ‘Most Promising Individual’?
(a) D. P. Chattopadhyaya (b) Anand Kumar (c) Manu Gulati (d) Ram Puniyani
641. The Government of India (GoI) has set up a multi-disciplinary terror monitoring group (MDTMG) for which of the following
states?
(a) Bihar (b) Chhattisgarh (c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) J&K
642. Which social networking site has recently banned White Nationalism & Separatism on its Platforms?
(a) Facebook (b) Twitter (c) Alphabet (d) Tumblr
643. The Union Government has launched a blockchain-enabled marketplace app for which of the following commodities?
(a) Sugarcane (b) Coffee (c) Tea (d) Cotton
644. On which date, the 2019 International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members is observed recently?
645. Who is the author of the book “Gandhi: The Writer”?
(a) Ravinder Singh (b) Durjoy Datta (c) Bhabhani Bhattacharya (d) Amit Chaudhuri
646. Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un held second summit in Which Country?
(a) Japan (b) Vietnam (c) India (d) Pakistan
647 Who launches her new Novel 'The Fate Of Butterflies'?
(a) Arundhati Roy (b) Vikram Seth (c) Salman Rushdie (d) Nayantara Sahgal
648 Who bags gold at Makran Cup boxing?
(a) Deepak Singh (b) Mary Kom (c) Vijender Singh (d) Akhil Kumar
649 Who Claims 100th ATP Title of his Career?
(a) Leander Paes (b) Roger Federer (c) Sania Mirza (d) Mahesh Bhupathi
650 Who was Conferred Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prizes For Science & Tech?
(a) Ram Nath Kovind (b) Mamata Banerjee (c) Pranab Mukherjee (d) Narendra Modi
651 Which day was observed as World Wildlife Day?
652 Who Replaces Shaktikanta Das as 15th Finance Commission Member?
(a) Hasmukh Adhia (b) AN Jha (c) Ajay Bhushan Pandey (d) None of the above
653 Who elected as Senegal’s President for the second term?
(a) Khalifa Sall (b) Abdoulaye Wade (c) Karim Wade (d) Macky Sall
654 Which Insurance Company Claims The ‘Non-Life Insurer of the Year Award 2019’?
(a) ICICI (b) Bharti AXA General Insurance
(c) Bajaj Insurance Company (d) None of the above
655 Who wins 10 km race of Nepal’s COAS Open Marathon and Run for Fun in Kathmandu?
(a) Aditya Patel (b) Jehan Daruvala (c) Akhil Rabindra (d) Shashank Shekhar
656 Which event enters Guinness Book of World Records?
(a) Gangasagar Mela (b) Sonepur Mela (c) Kumbh Mela (d) Pushkar Fair
657 Sheikh Ahmad re-elected as President of Olympic Council of Which Continent?
(a) Antarctica (b) North America (c) Asia (d) Oceania
658 Which Government Agency Chairman Satheesh Reddy Wins Missile Systems Award?
(a) Internal Revenue Service (b) Indian Army (c) Indian Air Force (d) DRDO
659 Which State tops list of most polluted cities in Greenpeace study?
(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Delhi
660 Who among the following assumes charge of Eastern Air Command of Indian Air Force?
(a) Hai Chand Dewan (b) Shivdev Singh (c) MSD Wollen (d) RD Mathur
661. Which Company wins international sustainability award?
(a) Hero MotoCorp (b) Honda Motor Company (c) Bajaj Auto (d) TVS Motor
662 What is the name of Spacex rocket that took off its debut unmanned flight for International Space Station?
(a) Falcon 9 (b) Dragon 9 (c) Atlas V (d) Saturn V
663 Which Country orders German ambassador to leave?
(a) Brazil (b) Argentina (c) Venezuela (d) Colombia
664 Which Country has seven of the world’s 10 cities with worst air pollution?
(a) India (b) China (c) Japan (d) USA
665 Which space institute astronauts to carry out first all-female spacewalk?
(a) ISRO (b) KCST (c) NASA (d) None of the above
666 Who give Nari Shakti awards on International Women’s Day?
(a) Ram Nath Kovind (b) Pranab Mukherjee (c) Pratibha Patil (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
667 Kaja Kallas was appointed as first female PM of which country?
(a) Belarus (b) Afghanistan (c) Estonia (d) Sri Lanka
668 Which Country bags 1st Prize at International ‘Golden City Gate Tourism Awards 2019’ in Berlin?
(a) Pakistan (b) China (c) USA (d) India
669 Lok Sabha 2019 elections will started From Which Month?
(a) April (b) May (c) June (d) July
670 Who among the following is popularly known as the 'Metro Man' in India?
(a) K Radhakrishnan (b) Nandan Nilekani (c) E Sreedharan (d) Fali Nariman
671 C Lalsawta Sworn in as Which State 1st Lokayukta Chairman?
(a) Mizoram (b) Bihar (c) Chhattisgarh (d) Rajasthan
672 United States to Set Up how many Nuclear Power Plants in India?
(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 3
673 Which day was observed as World Kidney Day?
674 Who wins the Commonwealth Youth Award?
(a) Padmanaban Gopalan (b) Jeroo Billimoria (c) Anshu Gupta (d) Harish Hande
675 Which day was observed as World Consumer Rights Day?
(a) 25 March (b) 05 March (c) 15 March (d) 20 March
676. Which Cricketer the only Indian in Top 10 according to ESPN World Fame 100 list?
(a) K. L. Rahul (b) Rohit Sharma (c) Virat Kohli (d) MS Dhoni
677. Climate Vulnerability Index Highest for Which States?
(a) Assam (b) Mizoram (c) A & B (d) None of the above
678. Which Country Bans Assault Weapons?
(a) Australia (b) New Zealand (c) Indonesia (d) Fiji
679. Indian-origin Who was creates history, enters Canada parliament?
(a) Jagmeet Singh (b) Doug Ford (c) Tom Mulcair (d) Andrew Scheer

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