Static Awareness Practice Paper for IBPS Clerk Mains 2019

Q1. Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched the supply of special winter-grade diesel for high altitude Ladakh, which faces sub-zero temperatures during the winter months. Who among the following is the present Lt. Governors of Ladakh(UT)? (a) Girish Chandra Murmu (b) Dineshwar Sharma (c) Radha Krishna Mathur (d) V.P. Singh Badnore (e) Praful Patel

Q2. The Home Ministry in collaboration with the UN Women flagged off an awareness campaign To End Violence Against Women from Sultanpur metro station in Delhi. In which year United Nations Women was formed? (a) 2010 (b) 2005 (c) 2000 (d) 2002 (e) 1999

Q3. Meghalaya-based insurgent group, Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) has been banned by the central government for its increased activities of violence and other subversive acts. Who is the present governor of Meghalaya? (a) Tathagata Roy (b) P.S. Sreedharan Pillai (c) R.N. Ravi (d) Ramesh Bais (e) Ganga Prasad

Q4. Former Competition Commission of India chairman Sudhir Mital and Shantikumar Singh were elected as president and general secretary respectively, of the Gymnastics Federation of India (GFI). In which of the following year Gymnastics Federation of India get affiliation to Indian Olympic Association (IOA) was formed? (a) 1947 (b) 1950 (c) 1952 (d) 1960 (e) 1975

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Q5. ICICI Lombard has been partnering with Fino Payments Bank to offer non-life insurance solutions to its customers. Who among the following is the present MD and CEO of ICICI Bank? (a) S. Madhavan (b) Sandeep Bakhshi (c) Hari L. Mundra (d) Lalit Kumar Chandel (e) Neelam Dhawan

Q6. Navies of India and Qatar have started a 5-day bilateral maritime exercise “Za’ir-Al-Bahr” begins in Doha, Qatar. Who is the present prime minister of Qatar? (a) Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani (b) Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (c) Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani (d) Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani (e) Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani

Q7. The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) has pegged India’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth for 2019-20 at 4.9% as against 6.8 % in 2018 (or FY-19). Where is the headquarters of National Council of Applied Economic Research? (a) Mumbai (b) Hyderabad (c) Lucknow (d) New Delhi (e) Bhopal

Q8. The International Institute of Management Development’s (IMD) World Talent Ranking (WTR) report for the year 2019 was released. Where is the headquarters of International Institute of Management Development’s? (a) Ebene, Mauritius (b) Lausanne, Switzerland (c) New York, USA (d) Vienna, Austria (e) The Hague, The Netherlands

Q9. UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund) has released a 28-page booklet called “From uttapam to sprouted dal parantha”. In which of the following year UNICEF was found? (a) 1942 (b) 1943 (c) 1944 (d) 1945 (e) 1946

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Q10. Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai informed that Census 2021 will be conducted in 16 languages. Who among the following is the present Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India? (a) Chandra Bhushan Kumar (b) Sudeep Jain (c) Vivek Joshi (d) Ajay Kumar Bhalla (e) Umesh Sinha

Q11. India captain Virat Kohli was named People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India’s ‘Person of the Year for 2019’ for his animal advocacy efforts. In which year PETA was formed? (a) 1995 (b) 1990 (c) 1985 (d) 1980 (e) 1975

Q12. Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE) delivered to the Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) ‘Amrit Kaur’, the third in a series of five ‘Fast Patrol Vessels’ (FPV). Who among the following is the present chairman of Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd? (a) Ashwani Kumar Mahajan (b) Vipin Kumar Saxena (c) Sanjeev Nayyar (d) Sarvjit Singh Dogra (e) Asit Kumar Nanda

Q13. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has been conferred with two awards for its commendable initiatives in promoting the metro as a green and sustainable mode of transport among the masses. In which year Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) was formed? (a) 1996 (b) 1995 (c) 1994 (d) 1993 (e) 1992

Q14. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat launched a project that will connect 500 secondary schools to virtual classrooms and schools in the state facing a shortage of teachers will benefit from the new technology. Which of the following National Park is situated in Uttarakhand? (a) Van Vihar National Park (b) Madhav National Park (c) Kudremukh National Park (d) Anshi National Park (e) Govind Pashu Vihar National Park

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Q15. Assam Govt approves Arundhati scheme to provide 1 Tola Gold to Brides free of cost. Who among the following is the present governor of Assam? (a) Ganga Prasad (b) Bandaru Dattatraya (c) Najma Heptulla (d) Jagdish Mukhi (e) Acharya Dev Vrat

Q16. Sri Lanka’s former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa has won the Presidential election. Who is the present prime minister of Sri Lanka? (a) Chandrika Kumaratunga (b) Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (c) Ranil Wickremesinghe (d) Mahinda Rajapaksa (e) D. M. Jayaratne

Q17. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has inaugurated North India’s first sugar mill which will produce ethanol direct from sugarcane. Which of the following National Park is situated in Uttar Pradesh? (a) Bandhavgarh National Park (b) Bannerghatta National Park (c) Dudhwa National Park (d) Chandoli National Park (e) Bhitarkanika National Park

Q18. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated Sisseri Bridge, built by the Border Road Organisation (BRO) on Pasighat-Bomjir Highway, Arunachal Pradesh. Where is the headquarters of BRO? (a) Mumbai (b) New Delhi (c) Kolkata (d) Pune (e) Hyderabad

Q19. Justice Dr Ravi Ranjan took oath as the Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court. Who among the following is the present governor of Jharkhand? (a) Draupadi Murmi (b) Anusuiya Uikey (c) Phagu Chauhan (d) Ganga Prasad (e) Lal Ji Tandon

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Q20. Meghalaya Chief Minister has Inaugurated the 4th International Cherry Blossom Festival 2019 held in Meghalaya. What is the capital of Meghalaya? (a) Shillong (b) Gangtok (c) Dispur (d) Agartala (e) Imphal

Q21. The Centre and Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed an agreement to extend 91 million US dollar loan to modernize the Vijayanagara Channel Irrigation Systems and prepare river basin management plans in the Krishna river basin. Who is the present governor of Karnataka? (a) Biswa Bhusan Harichandan (b) Banwarilal Purohit (c) Tamilisai Soundararajan (d) Arif Mohammed Khan (e) Vajubhai Vala

Q23. The Union Minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Agriculture inaugurated the SARAS India International Trade Fair(IITF) Mela 2019 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. Who is the present Union Minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Agriculture? (a) Dharmendra Pradhan (b) Thaawar Chand Gehlot (c) Arjun Munda (d) Narendra Singh Tomar (e) Harsimrat Kaur Badal

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Q25. Laishram Sarita Devi (Manipur) is among the 6 boxers from 5 continents who were elected as members of AIBA Athletes Commission. Where is the headquarters of International Boxing Association? (a) Mies, Switzerland (b) Zurich, Switzerland (c) Aigle, Switzerland (d) Basel, Switzerland (e) Lausanne, Switzerland

Q26. Spain’s striker David Villa has announced his retirement from football. Who among the following is the present prime minister of spain? (a) Quim Torra (b) Pedro Sanchez (c) Pablo Iglesias Turrion (d) Albert Rivera (e) Mariano Rajoy

Q27. The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has officially changed its name and will now be known as “World Athletics”. Where is the headquarters of International Association of Athletics Federations? (a) Hampshire (b) Dublin (c) Monaco (d) Athens (e) Munich

Q28. South Korea’s Kim Joo Hyung has won the Panasonic Open held at the Classic Golf and Country Club in Gurugram, India. What is the capital of South Korea? (a) Gwangju (b) Ulsan (c) Incheon (d) Seoul (e) Busan

Q29. The Election Commission has decided to establish a visiting chair on the inter-disciplinary approach to electoral studies to commemorate former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) TN Seshan’s “special connect with the young and aspiring India”. Who is the present Chief election commissioner of India? (a) Achal Kumar Jyoti (b) Sunil Arora (c) Om Prakash Rawat (d) Nasim Zaidi (e) Harishankar Brahma

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Q30. Justice Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi was sworn in as the new Chief Justice of the High Court of Tripura. Who is the present chief minister of Tripura? (a) Zoramthanga (b) Conrad Sangma (c) Biplab Kumar Deb (d) Pawan Kumar Chamling (e) Sarbananda Sonowal

Q31. The UAE’s Supreme Council of the Union has re-elected his Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan as its President for a 4th five-year term, in accordance with the provisions of the UAE Constitution. What is the capital of UAE? (a) Fujairah (b) Ajman (c) Sharjah (d) Dubai (e) Abu Dhabi

Q32. Arvind Singh, a 1988-batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre, took charge as the chairman of the Airports Authority of India (AAI). Where is the headquarters of AAI? (a) Gandhinagar (b) Lucknow (c) Mumbai (d) New Delhi (e) Kolkata

Q33. Dr Vinaya Shetty is the first Indian to be elected to the position of General Vice President (GVP), International Organisation Development Association (IODA). In which year International Organisation Development Association formed? (a) 1983 (b) 1984 (c) 1985 (d) 1986 (e) 1987

Q34. Government e-Marketplace (GeM) signed MoU with Central Bank of India. Through this partnership, Central Bank of India will be able to offer an array of services including transfer of funds through GeM Pool Accounts (GPA), advising of electronic Performance Bank Guarantees (e-PBG) and Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) to the registered users on the portal. Where is the headquarters of Central Bank of India? (a) Mumbai (b) Delhi (c) Bengaluru (d) Chennai (e) Hyderabad

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Q35. At the 9th edition of the Dhaka Literature festival, West Bengal-based writer Abhishek Sarkar and Bangladeshi poet Rofiquzzaman Rony were given the Gemcon Young Literature Award and Gemcon Young Poetry Award. Who among the following is the present governor of West Bengal? (a) Kalraj Mishra (b) Jagdeep Dhankhar (c) Ramesh Bais (d) Banwarilal Purohit (e) Ganga Prasad

Q36. Rajasthan Patrika group chairman Gulab Kothari has been chosen for the prestigious Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award, presented by the Press Council of India, for his outstanding contribution towards journalism. In which year Press Council of India was formed? (a) 1969 (b) 1968 (c) 1967 (d) 1966 (e) 1965

Q37. The Export-Import (Exim) Bank has provided a USD 30 million (about Rs 210 crore) line of credit to Ghana for a potable water project in the country. What is the capital of Ghana? (a) Tema (b) Tamale (c) Accra (d) Kumasi (e) Takoradi

Q38. The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) tested its efficiency and preparedness during the Regional Level Search and Rescue Workshop and Exercise 2019 (ReSAREX- 19) conducted off the Goa coast. In which of the following year Indian Coast Guard formed? (a) 1978 (b) 1979 (c) 1980 (d) 1981 (e) 1982

Q39. Public sector Indian Bank has signed a memorandum of understanding with Muthoot Microfinance to serve Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises(MSME). Where is the headquarters of Indian Bank? (a) Chandigarh (b) Bengaluru (c) Dehradun (d) Pune (e) Chennai

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Q40. Indian Railways has launched three applications for all-India roll out to strengthen its IT- enabled services which will help ensure proper monitoring of projects being undertaken by Railways. Who among the following is the present Union Railway Minister of India? (a) Thaawar Chand Gehlot (b) Piyush Goyal (c) Arjun Munda (d) Ramvilas Paswan (e) Ravi Shankar Prasad

Q41. The National Cancer Awareness Day is observed annually in India on November 7, to spread awareness on cancer, its symptoms and treatment. On which day world cancer day is observed globally? (a) 22nd March (b) 1st December (c) 4th February (d) 28th February (e) 15th January

Q42. The 2nd ‘No Money for Terror’ 2019 conference going on in Melbourne, Australia. Who is the present prime minister of Australia? (a) Julia Gillard (b) Tony Abbott (c) Scott Morrison (d) Malcolm Turnbull (e) Kevin Rudd

Q43. Bajaj Allianz General Insurance has launched a new mobile app called ‘Farmitra’ for the ease of farmers. This app intends to help the farmers needs and address their worries. Who is the present Managing Director of Bajaj Allianz? (a) Tapan Singhel (b) Milind Choudhari (c) TA Ramalingam (d) Sasikumar Adidamu (e) Sourabh Chatterjee

Q44. India is jointly exercising its anti-submarine warfare corvette INS Kamorta along with Indonesian warship KRI Usman Harun, a multi-role corvette, in the Bay of Bengal as part of an ongoing bilateral exercise ”Samudra Shakti”. Who is the present chief of the Naval Staff of India? (a) Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda (b) Karambir Singh (c) Robin K. Dhowan (d) Sunil Lanba (e) Bhaskar Sadashiv Soman

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Q45. Sanjay Saini, Correspondent, Dainik Bhaskar, Mandi, and Raj Chengappa, Group Editorial Director, India Today, have been jointly named as winners of the award in the category of ‘Rural Journalism’. Where is the headquarters of Press Council of India? (a) Bhopal (b) Pune (c) New Delhi (d) Kolkata (e) Bengaluru

Q46. The Ocean Dance Festival 2019 kicked off in Cox Bazar of Bangladesh. Ocean Dance Festival is the largest international dance festival of Bangladesh in which more than 200 dancers, choreographers and scholars from 15 countries are participating. Which of the following is the currency of Bangladesh? (a) Dong (b) Rufiyaa (c) Taka (d) Renminbi (e) Ringgit

Q47. Every year the state of Manipur celebrates the “Manipur Sangai Festival” from 21st to 30th November. What is the capital of Manipur? (a) Gangtok (b) Dispur (c) Kohima (d) Agartala (e) Imphal

Q48. Muthoot Finance Ltd, the largest gold loan non-banking finance company in the country, entered into a definitive agreement to acquire IDBI Asset Management Ltd and IDBI Mutual Fund Trustee Company Ltd. Where is the headquarters of Muthoot Finance Ltd? (a) Hyderabad, Telangana (b) Pune, Maharashtra (c) Kochi, Kerala (d) Chennai, Tamil Nadu (e) Bengaluru, Karnataka

Q49. India will host the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Forum of Young Scientists and Innovators in 2020. Who among the following is the present Secretary-General of SCO? (a) Klaus Schwab (b) Zhang Deguang (c) Vladimir Norov (d) Antonio Guterres (e) Mukhisa Kituyi

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Q50. India’s Lakshya Sen has won the Scottish Open badminton men’s singles title, defeating Brazilian Ygor Coelho to seal his fourth title in 3 months. What is the capital of Scotland? (a) Edinburgh (b) Lerwick (c) Kirkwall (d) Lamlash (e) Portree

Q51. Microsoft rolled out its K12 Education Transformation Framework more widely to schools across India at the second edition of the Microsoft Education Days in Gurgaon. Where is the headquarters of Microsoft? (a) Brussels, Belgium (b) London, UK (c) Vienna, Austria (d) Washington, United States (e) Geneva, Switzerland

Q52. NVIDIA has announced a new kind of GPU-accelerated supercomputer in the cloud on Microsoft Azure. Who among the following is the present Chief Executive Officer (CEO) NVIDIA? (a) Chris A. Malachowsky (b) Debora Shoquist (c) Colette Kress (d) Jay Puri (e) Jensen Huang

Q53. The Survey of India, India’s central engineering agency in charge of mapping and surveying has released an updated map of India with Amaravati as the capital of Andhra Pradesh (AP). Name the present governor of Andhra Pradesh. (a) Bandaru Dattatraya (b) Biswabhusan Harichandan (c) Tamilisai Soundararajan (d) Ramesh Bais (e) Najma Heptulla

Q54. Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs has launched Credit-linked Subsidy Services Awas Portal, CLAP, in New Delhi. Name the present Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs of India? (a) Hardeep Singh Puri (b) Mansukh L. Mandaviya (c) Raj Kumar Singh (d) Prahalad Singh Patel (e) Ashwini Kumar Choubey

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Q55. Madhya Pradesh government has announced 5% reservation to national and international medallists sportspersons in state government jobs. Which of the following National Park is situated in Madhya Pradesh? (a) Murlen National Park (b) Balpakram National Park (c) Pench National Park (d) Nagarahole National Park (e) Panna National Park

Q56. Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the National Tribal Craft Mela 2019 in Bhubaneswar. On which of the following day Utkal Divas or Odisha Day falls every year? (a) 28th Febrauary (b) 31st March (c) 1st December (d) 01st April (e) 8th November

Q57. Kerala cadre senior IAS officer Suman Billa is set to join the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) at its headquarters in Madrid, Spain. In which of the following year United Nations World Tourism Organisation founded? (a) 1965 (b) 1970 (c) 1975 (d) 1980 (e) 1985

Q58. Commercial vehicle manufacturer Ashok Leyland Ltd. (ALL) has entered into a two• year memorandum of understanding (MoU) with ICICI Bank to offer customised financial solutions to customers across India with a focus on semi•urban and rural geographies. Where is the headquarters of Ashok Leyland Ltd.? (a) Surat (b) Delhi (c) Mumbai (d) Chennai (e) Pune

Q59. The National Cadet Corps (NCC), the world’s largest uniformed youth organization, is celebrating its 71st Raising Day on 24 November. Who among the following is the present Director- General of NCC? (a) Gopal Gurunath Bewoor (b) Krishna Chaudhary (c) Vinod Vashisht (d) Rajeev Chopra (e) P P Malhotra

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Q60. The 5th Meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Member States Heads of Ministries and Departments of Science and Technology and Permanent Working Group on S&T Cooperation concluded in Moscow, Russia. In which of the following year Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) founded? (a) 2002 (b) 2003 (c) 2004 (d) 2005 (e) 2006

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