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1. Which of the following bagged the FICCI CSR Award for E) 1500 Crore 2017-18 in the Women Empowerment category in New ? 7. When is the National Science Day celebrated across every year? A) Elin Appliances Private Ltd. B) Nuvoco Vistas Corp. Ltd. A) 27 February B) 28 February C) Sterlite Technologies Ltd. C) 1 March D) 2 March D) National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. E) 3 March E) Larsen & Toubro Ltd. 8. PM Narendra Modi attended the award ceremony for the 2. Read the following statements carefully: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for ______in on 28 February 2019. 1. The first-ever Euro Souvenir Indian notes that celebrate 150th year of Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary were A) Science and Technology B) Art unveiled recently. C) Literature D) Public Services 2. The limited-edition Zero Euro 24–notes commemorative E) Sports series were unveiled by Numisbing, with just 5,000 notes of each design. 9. Read the following statements carefully: 3. The first 2 notes of the series have been launched and the rest will be launched sequentially until Oct 2, 2019. 1. Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik launched an official portal, State Infrastructure Monitoring System (SIMS). Which of the above statements is/are true? 2. It will provide a single platform for all the state A) Only 1 B) Only 1 and 2 departments to upload the information of their respective C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 languishing projects. E) All of the above 3. The portal will deal with the management, monitoring, 3. The government brought 42 non-scheduled anti-cancer information and payment system of infrastructure projects. drugs under price control, capping trade margin Which of the above statements is/are true? at______%, on 27 February 2019. A) Only 1 B) Only 1 and 2 A) 15 B) 20 C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 C) 25 D) 30 E) All of the above E) 35 10. Railway Minister Piyush Goyal announced a new railway 4. Union Minister Harsh Vardhan launched an anthem as part zone for ______in 2019. of a campaign to make India plastic-free by 2022 on 28 February 2019. It has been launched in ______languages. A) B) Odisha C) Andhra Pradesh D) A) 5 B) 7 E) C) 9 D) 11 E) 13 11. Which of the following schemes has been launched for providing industry apprenticeship opportunities to fresh 5. Which state is set to launch a major water conservation graduates, on 27 February 2019? scheme titled ‘Jalamrutha’? A) SAAKSHAR BHARAT B) SHREYAS A) Kerala B) Tamil Nadu C) SANKALP D) STRIVE C) Andhra Pradesh D) Karnataka E) SAMARTH E) Telangana 12. In which year will NASA launch the Atmospheric Waves 6. How much additional amount has been sanctioned by Experiment? Naveen Patnaik for drinking water supply projects under the Basudha scheme? A) 2020 B) 2021 C) 2022 D) 2023 A) 250 Crore B) 500 Crore E) 2024 C) 750 Crore D) 1000 Crore 2 | P a g e

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13. PM Narendra Modi launched Sports Authority of India's first-of its-kind mobile application, ______on February 27, A) 1700 B) 2700 2019. C) 3700 D) 4700 E) 5700 A) Sports India App B) Khelo India App C) Khel Samachar App D) India Sports Club App 20. Who among the following has been elected as the E) MyFitness App president of Nigeria in 2019?

14. In which state was an ancient petroglyph site with 19 A) Umaru Musa Yar'Adua B) Muhammadu Buhari unique rock artwork discovered by the researcher, T C) Atiku Abubakar D) Olusegun Obasanjo Murugeshi? E) Ibrahim Babangida

A) Karnataka B) Andhra Pradesh 21. Recently, Methane hydrate, a potential fuel of the future C) Telangana D) Kerala was discovered off the coast of ______. E) Tamil Nadu A) West Bengal B) Odisha 15. Which pair among the following won the gold medal in C) Tamil Nadu D) Andhra Pradesh the 10-meter air pistol mixed team event of the ISSF World E) None of the above Cup 2019? 22. In which state a major fire broke out, which burnt over A) Minjung Kim and Daehun Park 15,000 acres of forest?

B) Ranxin Jiang and Bowen Zhang A) Odisha B) Jharkhand C) Karnataka D) Kerala C) Saurabh Chaudhary and Manu Bhaker E)

D) Kornel Marosvari and Zoltan Papanitz 23. Sanath Jayasuriya has been banned from cricket for ______years after he admitted breaching two counts of E) Franck DuMoulin and Pierre Bremond the ICC Anti-Corruption Code.

16. Where was India’s 1st Indigenous Semiconductor Chip A) 2 B) 3 unveiled by semiconductor company, 'SIGNALCHIP' for C) 4 D) 5 E) 6 4G/LTE and 5G NR MODEMs? 24. Which city's power distribution company was awarded A) Gujarat B) Karnataka the Saubhagya award on 26 February 2019? C) Delhi D) Uttar Pradesh E) Andhra Pradesh A) Bhopal B) Jabalpur C) Sagar D) Gwalior 17. Who became the 11th Englishman to receive the E) Ujjain knighthood in the New Year’s Honours? 25. Read the following statements carefully: A) Joe Root B) James Anderson C) Alastair Cook D) Andrew Strauss 1. Bihar government issued a notification to provide 10% E) Marcus Trescothick quota for weaker sections in general category in jobs and educational 18. Where was the Minimum Support Price for Minor Forest institutions. Produces and the Value Addition component of Van Dhan launched on 28 February 2019? 2. The reservation is meant for individuals whose annual earning is below 8 lakh rupees and who possess less than 10 A) Delhi B) Jharkhand acres of agriculture land. C) Uttar Pradesh D) Maharashtra E) Madhya Pradesh 3. Quota allocation for weaker sections in general category would help in providing more employment. 19. The Defence Acquisition Council gave approval for the acquisition of defence equipment for about Rs ______Which of the above statements is/are true? Crores on 27 February 2019. 3 | P a g e

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A) Only 1 B) Only 1 and 2 C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 1. The RBI lifted lending curbs from Allahabad Bank and E) All of the above Corporation Bank and removed them from its weak-bank watch list after the government infused capital in them. 26. Which state launched the 'Parents Responsibility and Norms for Accountability and Monitoring' (PRANAM) 2. Private sector Dhanlaxmi Bank too has been taken out of Commission on February 26, 2019? the Prompt Corrective Action Framework.

A) Arunachal Pradesh B) 3. Bank of India, Bank of Maharashtra and Oriental Bank of C) Meghalaya D) Assam Commerce were also taken out of the PCA Framework, E) Mizoram earlier on 31 January 2019.

27. PM Narendra Modi unveiled the Bhagavad Gita prepared Which of the above statements is/are true? by ISKCON Temple devotees in ______on 26 February 2019. A) Only 1 B) Only 1 and 2 C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 A) Uttar Pradesh B) Odisha E) All of the above C) Delhi D) Gujarat E) Andhra Pradesh 33. Who was appointed as the chairman of the Police Complaints Authority on 26 February 2019? 28. Ministry of AYUSH and World Health Organisation jointly organised a 3-day conclave for reviewing the WHO document A) Markandey Katju B) P S Teji Benchmarks for Training in ______. C) Madan Lokur D) Kailash Gambhir E) Govind Prasad Sharma A) Ayurveda B) Yoga C) Unani D) Siddha 34. Which state signed an MoU with Nabkisan Ltd for access E) Homoeopathy to collateral free loan facilities on 26 February 2019?

29. Which state inaugurated a web portal, 'Banglar Shiksha' A) Bihar B) Punjab to provide real-time data on state-run and aided schools? C) Odisha D) Jharkhand E) Haryana A) Odisha B) Karnataka C) Chhattisgarh D) West Bengal 35. DRDO successfully test fired ______indigenously E) Assam developed Quick Reach Surface-to-Air missiles, QRSAMs, from ITR Chandipur, off the Odisha Coast on 26 February 30. Which of the following signed an MoU with the Inland 2019. Waterways Authority of India on 26 February 2019? A) 2 B) 3 C) 4 A) Reliance B) TATA Group D) 5 E) 6 C) Indian Oil Corporation D) Larsen & Toubro E) ONGC 36. Where was the Conference of Power and Renewable Energy Ministers of States and UTs inaugurated on 26 31. Which of the following hosted the 4th Global Digital February 2019? Health Partnership Summit in 2019? A) Noida B) Gurugram A) Ministry of Science and Technology C) Lucknow D) Kanpur E) Agra B) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare 37. Where did the Ministry of Civil Aviation organise the C) Ministry of Human Resource Development Aviation Conclave 2019 with an overarching theme of “Flying for All” on 27 February 2019? D) Ministry of Earth Sciences A) Bathinda B) New Delhi E) Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation C) Jodhpur D) Ranchi E) 32. Read the following statements carefully: 4 | P a g e

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38. Who became the first Indian player to score 8000 runs in C) 6 D) 7 E) 8 T20? 46. The ______Embassy will provide industrial training to A) MS Dhoni B) Rohit Sharma Indian students in the aviation sector for space missions. C) Suresh Raina D) Virat Kohli E) Shikhar Dhawan A) Russian B) American C) Australian D) French 39. Where did the meeting of 20th India- Joint E) Chinese Commission for Economic Cooperation (JCEC) begin on 26 February 2019? 47. In which city was Nua Odisha Dharmapada Samvaad-Skill Saathi Youth Conclave inaugurated on 25 February 2019? A) B) C) New Delhi D) Lucknow A) Bhubaneswar B) Cuttack E) C) Rourkela D) Sambalpur E) Berhampur 40. With which country will India conduct a joint military exercise,Sampriti-2019 from 2 March to 15 March 2019? 48. Which country began formal trading of a new currency as it tries to ease a shortage of dollars that’s crushed the A) Nepal B) Bangladesh economy in February 2019? C) Bhutan D) Sri Lanka E) Myanmar A) Zambia B) Mozambique C) Zimbabwe D) Kenya 41. Which of the following applications has been chosen for E) Tanzania the National e-Governance Awards 2019? 49. Who lifted the Cannes International Open trophy on 25 A) MakeMyTrip B) Hotstar February 2019 for chess? C) IRCTC Rail Connect D) FreeCharge E) Flipkart A) Surya Shekhar Ganguly B) Parimarjan Negi C) Pentala Harikrishna D) Abhijeet Gupta 42. Where will the Upcoming Conference and Exhibition on E) Humpy Koneru Smart Energy, Smart Grid and Smart Cities India Smart Utility Week (ISUW 2019) be held from 12-16 March 2019? 50. Who was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement award at the FMSCI annual awards function on 25 February 2019? A) Chennai B) Mumbai C) New Delhi D) Kanpur A) Meera Thinakaran B) Karun Chandhok E) Pune C) G.R. Karthikeyan D) Narain Karthikeyan E) Suhail Chandhok 43. Which state has become the first state in India to have a special dog squad for detecting liquor consignment? 51. Where did Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani inaugurate the ‘Titanwala Museum’ on 25 February 2019? A) Punjab B) Bihar C) Uttar Pradesh D) Haryana A) Gujarat B) Karnataka E) Odisha C) Punjab D) Rajasthan E) Uttar Pradesh 44. Indra Nooyi has recently joined Amazon’s board of directors. Earlier, she was the CEO of ______. 52. Who entered into a strategic tie-up with AnyTimeLoan.in (ATL) to de-risk exposure of its lenders and borrowers? A) Nestlé B) Unilever C) Pepsico D) Kellogg's A) ICICI Lombard E) General Mills B) Bajaj Allianz General Insurance 45. The ______bronze murals located in the Veerta Chakra zone at the National War Memorial, have been created by C) New India Assurance Ram Sutar, credited with designing the Statue of Unity. D) Reliance General Insurance A) 4 B) 5 5 | P a g e

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E) Apollo Munich Health Insurance 3.The aim of the festival was to encourage the youth in the age group of 18-25 years to engage with public issues and 53. What is the rank of India's Prajnesh Gunneswaran in the understand the common man’s point of view. latest ATP ranking on 25 February 2019? Which of the above statements is/are correct? A) 86 B) 90 C) 94 D) 96 A) Only 1 B) Only 1 and 2 E) 98 C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 E) All are correct 54. In which of the following states was the National Institutes of Design (NID) inaugurated on 22nd February 59. Where was the ‘4th Global Digital Health Partnership 2019? Summit’ inaugurated on 25 February 2019?

A) Madhya Pradesh B) Uttar Pradesh A) Chennai B) Bengalurru C) Assam D) Both 1 and 3 C) New Delhi D) Pune E) Both 2 and 3 E) Agra

55. Venkaiah Naidu launched a book titled 'Quality, 60. Which of the following was launched by Piyush Goyal on Accreditation and Ranking - A Silent Revolution in the Offing 25 February 2019 to keep people informed about the work in Indian Higher Education'. The book is edited by ______. going on in the Railways across the country?

A) Dr. B) Dr. H Chaturvedi A) Jan Sahyog Dashboard C) Dr. A. G. K. Gokhale D) Dr. Indira Hinduja E) Dr. B) Rail Drishti Dashboard

56. Read the following statements carefully: C) Rail Madad Dashboard

1.President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind presented the D) Rail View Dashboard Gandhi Peace Prize on 26 February 2019. E) Rail Update Dashboard 2.It was presented for the years 2015, 2016, 2017 & 2018 at Darbar Hall, Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi. 61. Where was the 'Rising India Summit 2019' inaugurated on 3.Ekal Abhiyan Trust received the Gandhi Peace Prize in 2018. 25 February 2019?

Which of the above statements is/are correct? A) New Delhi B) Bengaluru C) Patna D) A) Only 2 B) Only 1 and 2 E) Jaipur C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 E) All are correct 62. Nitin Gadkari laid the foundation stone for ______National Highway projects in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra 57. Who has been chosen for the Mahindra Excellence in district on 24 February 2019. Theatre Awards (META) Lifetime Achievement Award 2019? A) 5 B) 6 C) 7 A) Kusumagraj B) Mahesh Elkunchwar D) 8 E) 9 C) Ketan Mehta D) Govind Nihalani E) Girish Karnad 63. Read the following statements carefully:

58. Read the following statements carefully: 1.A film on menstruation, set in rural India, titled ‘Period. End of Sentence’, has won the Oscar in the Documentary Short 1.Prime Minister Narendra Modi will confer the 'National Subject category at the 91st Academy Awards. Youth Parliament Festival 2019' awards to the winners on 27 February 2019. 2.Kathryn Bigelow directed the short film and Guneet Monga’s Sikhya Entertainment produced it. 2.The National Youth Parliament Festival 2019 was launched on 12th December 2018. 6 | P a g e

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3.The film is a part of ‘The Pad Project’, started by students at A) Norah Al Faiz the Oakwood School in Los Angeles and their teacher, Melissa Berton. B) Thoraya Obaid

Which of the above statements is/are correct? C) Reema bint Bandar bin Sultan

A) Only 1 B) Only 1 and 2 D) Fatimah Baeshen C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 E) All are correct E) Moudi bint Khalid Al Saud

64. Who among the following won the Best Supporting 69. Where did Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurate the Actress award at the 91st Academy Awards in Los Angeles, National War Memorial on 25 February 2019? California? A) Mumbai B) New Delhi A) Sanaa Lathan B) Regina King C) Jodhpur D) Lucknow C) Nia Long D) Taraji P. Henson E) Bengaluru E) Lisa Bonet 70. ______has commissioned the 'Hyper Spectral Imagery 65. Which of the following won the Best Picture award at the Programme' for the first time in the country. 91st Academy Awards in Los Angeles, California? A) Indian Navy B) Indian Air Force A) Little Boxes C) Indian Army D) Indian Coast Guard E) Central Reserve Police Force B) Green Book 71. The aim of the 'National Action Plan - Viral Hepatitis' C) The Hundred-Foot Journey programme is to combat hepatitis and achieve countrywide elimination of Hepatitis C by ______. D) 28 Days A) 2022 B) 2025 E) Eastern Promises C) 2028 D) 2030 E) 2035 66. Which of the following has signed an MoU with the University College London to explore potential areas of 72. Where did the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium collaboration, including research-oriented activities, staff and Enterprises organise a conclave on 'Empowering Women student exchange programmes etc.? Entrepreneurs 2019, Financing and Enabling Women from Marginalised Sections' on 25 February 2019? A) Christian Medical College A) New Delhi B) Patna B) C) Bengaluru D) Mumbai E) Jaipur C) All India Institute of Medical Sciences 73. The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council slashed tax D) Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences rates on under-construction housing properties to ______% on 24 E) Kerala University of Health Sciences February 2019.

67. Which country has begun exports to India through the A) 2 B) 5 C) 12 Chabahar port in February 2019? D) 18 E) 20

A) Afghanistan B) 74. Read the following statements carefully: C) Kyrgyzstan D) Tajikistan E) Turkmenistan 1.The Central Information Commission (CIC) has ruled that an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) is 'information' under the 68. Who was appointed as the Ambassador to the United Right to Information (RTI) Act. States by Saudi Arabia on 23 February 2019?

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2.This implies the Election Commission has to respond to an 81. Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan scheme RTI application seeking the EVM either by providing it or comprises of 3 components A, B, and C, which when refusing it under exemption clauses in the Act. combined aims to add a solar capacity of 25,750 MW by ______. 3.The CIC is the highest adjudicating authority in RTI matters. A) 2020 B) 2021 Which of the above statements is/are correct? C) 2022 D) 2023 E) 2024 A) Only 2 B) Only 1 and 2 C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 82. Argentina became the ______country to sign the E) All are correct Framework Agreement of the International Solar Alliance.

75. Who was elected as the President of the Wrestling A) 25th B) 41st Federation of India (WFI) on 24 February 2019? C) 72nd D) 93rd E) 104th A) Kirti Vardhan Singh B) Ravinder Khatri C) Brijbhushan Sharan Singh D) Rajiv Tomer 83. Which of the following days is observed every year on 20 E) Hardeep Singh February to promote equal rights and opportunities among people within a country and between nations? 76. Where will the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry hold a two-day construction expo and conference - A) International Day of Living Together in Peace 'Construction Technology India' (CTI) from 2 March 2019? B) Nelson Mandela International Day A) Chennai B) Lucknow C) New Delhi D) Pune C) International Day for Tolerance E) Hyderabad D) World Day of Social Justice 77. Where will the 46th meeting of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers be held on 1 E) World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and and Development 2 March 2019? 84. Recently, Flying Bulldog, was rediscovered in a remote A) Abu Dhabi B) Doha part of Indonesia. It is a ______. C) Jeddah D) Riyadh E) Muscat A) Bat B) Hawk 78. From which state did Narendra Modi launch the Pradhan C) Bee D) Crow Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) on 24 February E) Vulture 2019? 85. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Virtual A) Bihar B) Punjab Experiential Museum in ______on 19 February 2019. C) Haryana D) Uttar Pradesh E) Jharkhand A) Jal Mahal B) Hawa Mahal C) Man Mahal D) Panch Mahal 79. Who has won the gold medal in the women's 10-meter E) Taj Mahal air rifle event at the ISSF World Cup 2019 in New Delhi? 86. Justice Uma Nath Singh took oath as the First Lokayukta A) Rahi Sarnobat B) Anisa Sayyed of which state? C) Apurvi Chandela D) Avneet Sidhu E) Seema Tomar A) Assam B) Arunachal Pradesh C) Nagaland D) Meghalaya 80. Who has been honoured with the '2018 Player of the Year E) Sikkim Award' by the Asian Hockey Federation (AHF)? 87. The government of India raised the investment limit for A) Krishan Pathak B) Manpreet Singh angel tax exemption to Rs 25 crore and extended the period C) Rupinder Pal Singh D) Surender Kumar of availing benefits to ______years for startups. E) Amit Rohidas 8 | P a g e

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A) 10 B) 12 C) 15 D) 18 93. Which country has signed a Memorandum of E) 20 Understanding with India to boost cooperation in the sector of nuclear energy on 18 February 2019? 88. ______was presented Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony for the year 2015. A) Argentina B) Saudi Arabia C) France D) Israel A) Chhayanaut E) Iran

B) Rajkumar Singhajit Singh 94. Which country has signed an MoU with India for cooperation on broadcasting and exchange of audio visual C) Ram Sutar Vanji D) Zubin Mehta programme on 20 February 2019?

E) RavI Shankar A) UAE B) Saudi Arabia C) Qatar D) Iraq 89. Which edition of India’s biggest Global Conference on E) Iran Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices was inaugurated in Bengaluru on 18 Feb 2019? 95. Which state launched the first phase of the Rs 100-crore ‘Meethi Kranti’ or Sweet Revolution Scheme on 21 February A) 2nd B) 3rd 2019? C) 4th D) 5th E) 6th A) Odisha B) Jharkhand C) Uttar Pradesh D) Madhya Pradesh 90. Belgium's Elise Mertens won the Qatar Open 2019, by E) Maharashtra beating top seed ______in tennis. 96. Which state's police department has become the first in A) Martina Hingis B) Venus Williams the country to use a humanoid 'robocop' for police work? C) Serena Williams D) Simona Halep E) Amandine Hesse A) Tamil Nadu B) Maharashtra C) Kerala D) Karnataka 91. Who won the prestigious Global Future For Nature Award E) West Bengal 2019? 97. Who was elected as President of the Foundation Board A) Dr Divya Karnad B) Dr Charudutt Mishra. for Better Boxing governing body of the sport, AIBA on 19 C) Dr. Neetu Singh D) Dr. Richa Sharma February 2019? E) Dr. Snehal Singhal A) Ajay Singh B) Siddharth Pandey 92. Read the following statements carefully: C) Ankur Singh D) Sartaj Singh E) Anay Patel 1. On 19 February 2019, the government of India approved the construction of the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Regional 98. Where was the Regional Maritime Safety Conference Rapid Transit 2019 held on 19 and 20 February 2019? system (RRTS). A) Delhi B) Mumbai 2. The corridor is expected to connect the cities to the centre C) Chennai D) Chandigarh with a high-speed dedicated rail connector. E) Kolkata 99. Which bank's proposed merger with Dena and Vijaya 3. The proposed RRTS will be implemented as a joint venture Bank will be affected from 1 April 2019? by the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) and the state governments. A) Allahabad Bank

Which of the above statements is/are true? B) Andhra Bank

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E) Canara Bank 105. In which country has a year-long state of emergency been declared on 23 February 2019? 100. Which country launched its first lunar lander by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, from Florida on 21 February 2019? A) Sudan B) Syria C) Afghaistan D) Iran A) Israel B) France E) Qatar C) Germany D) Iraq E) Canada 106. Who was elected as the Vice-President of the Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) for a four-year term on 22 February 101. Where was a conference on 'The Future of Indian 2019? Banking' held on 22 February 2019? A) Pargat Singh A) Chennai B) Lucknow C) Noida D) New Delhi B) Mohd Mushtaque Ahmad E) Patna C) Rajpal Singh D) Dharamvir Singh 102. Ko Channabasappa passed away on 23 February 2019. E) Asima Ali Which among the following is/are his poem's collection? 107. In which state has Union Minister of Commerce & 1.Swatantrya Mahotsava Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu inaugurated skilling Common 2.Jeeva Teertha Facility Centre (CFC) on 22 February 2019?

3.Prana Pakshi A) Karnataka B) Maharashtra C) Uttar Pradesh D) Bihar A) Only 3 B) Only 1 and 2 E) Punjab C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 E) All are correct 108. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) handed over first ______ALHs as part of the 22 ALH MK III contract to the 103. In which state will the Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) Indian Army on 22 February 2019. appoint more than 10,000 rural women as 'Ujjwala Didis'? A) 2 B) 3 A) Bihar B) Odisha C) 4 D) 5 C) Jharkhand D) Haryana E) 6 E) Punjab 109. In which city will the third edition of National Folk 104. Read the following statements carefully: Festival of Kerala (NFFK) begin on 23 February 2019?

1.Highlighting the achievements of Women in Aviation, A) Kochi B) Kozhikode ‘Women’s Day’ was celebrated on 23 February 2019 at the C) Kollam D) Thiruvananthapuram biennial Aero India 2019 expo. E) Kottayam

2.It was held at the Jamnagar base of the Indian Air Force 110. The Ministry of Human Resource Development will (IAF). conduct the Grand Finale of ______edition (Software) of Smart India Hackathon (SIH) - 2019 on 2 and 3 March 2019. 3.Women achievers in the aviation sector were felicitated on the occasion and a book and film on 'Women in Aviation' was A) 2nd B) 3rd also released. C) 4th D) 5th E) 6th Which of the above statements is/are correct? 111. Which state launched its flagship ‘Mukhyamantri Yuva A) Only 2 B) Only 1 and 2 Swabhiman Yojana’ on 22 February 2019? C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 E) All are correct A) Jharkhand B) Bihar 10 | P a g e

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C) Madhya Pradesh D) Rajasthan C) Bank of Baroda D) HDFC E) Haryana E) ICICI

112. The Central Board of Direct Taxes has formed a 118. Which state has approved 'Khusi' scheme on 22 ______member committee to address taxation-related February 2019 to improve menstrual hygiene among pain points and cut down the number of tax litigations. adolescent girl students in the state?

A) 3 B) 4 A) Odisha B) Karnataka C) 5 D) 6 E) 7 C) Bihar D) Punjab E) Haryana 113. Read the following statements carefully: 119. Which state has become the first state in the country to 1.On 22 February 2019, the Reserve Bank of India created a get a second Coast Guard district headquarters in single category of Non Banking Financial Company (NBFC) by Thoothukudi? merging their present three-tier structure. A) Kerala B) Tamil Nadu 2.Asset finance, loan, and investment companies have been C) Gujarat D) Odisha merged into a new category called NBFC- Investment and E) Karnataka Credit Companies. 120. In which state was the Integrated Large Scale Eri Silk 3.This will provide greater operational flexibility to NBFCs. Farming project under North East Region Textile Promotion Scheme (NERTPS) launched on 22 February 2019? Which of the above statements is/are correct? A) Manipur B) Mizoram A) Only 2 B) Only 1 and 2 C) Arunachal Pradesh D) Nagaland C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 E) Tripura E) All are correct 121. The Australian government officially listed the Bramble 114. The Defence Ministry has approved the acquisition of Cay melomys as extinct. It is a ______. more than 100 heavyweight torpedoes that will be equipped on Indian Navy's ______Scorpene-class submarines. A) Kangaroo B) Rhinoceros C) Rat D) Leopard A) 6 B) 7 E) Rabbit C) 8 D) 9 E) 10 122. Which country unveiled the world's first female AI news anchor to read alongside its male AI news presenters on 115. Where will the 16th Russia-India- (RIC) meeting be February 21, 2019? held on 27 February 2019? A) Japan B) South Korea A) New Delhi B) Wuzhen C) China D) USA C) Beijing D) Moscow E) France E) Shanghai 123. The world’s largest bee, Flying Bulldog, was rediscovered 116. In which state has Smriti Irani inaugurated Integrated in a remote part of ______in its first sighting in nearly 40 'Soil to Silk' Project and Eri Spun Silk Mill on 22 February years, on 21 February 2019. 2019? A) Thailand B) Indonesia A) Andhra Pradesh B) Karnataka C) Veitnam D) Singapore C) Maharashtra D) Assam E) Malaysia E) Jharkhand 124. Which country launched a 3-day annual navy drill, 117. Which bank has tied up with Germany’s KfW 'Velayat 97', on 22 Feb 2019? Development Bank to extend funding of $113 million to refinance solar power projects in India in February 2019? A) Iran B) Israel C) India D) France A) SBI B) PNB E) Sri Lanka 11 | P a g e

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E) Kavita Chahal 125. Who received the prestigious Seoul Peace Prize for 2018 for his/her contribution to international cooperation and 130. Where has the ISSF (International Shooting Sports fostering global economic growth? Federation) World Cup 2019 begun on 21 February 2019?

A) Donald Trump B) Angela Merkel A) Chennai B) Bengaluru C) Kofi Annan D) Narendra Modi C) Hyderabad D) New Delhi E) Moon Jae-in E) Mumbai

126. Who took oath as the First Lokayukta of Nagaland on 131. Read the following statements carefully: February 22, 2019? 1.The ‘ATL Drone module: Get, Set, Go’ for Atal Tinkering A) Justice Uma Nath Singh Labs was launched at the ongoing Aero India 2019 in Bengaluru. B) Justice Amal Kumar Sarkar 2. It was launched by NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission C) Justice Kailas Nath Wanchoo (AIM) and Drona Aviation, an IIT Delhi start-up.

D) Justice Madhukar Hiralal Kania 3.With the ATL Drone Module, young students of India will learn how to create their own drones and use them for E) Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha solving community problems in India.

127. Where did the 3-day medical trade show, Medical Fair Which of the above statements is/are correct? India 2019, kickstart on 21 February 2019? A) Only 2 B) Only 1 and 2 A) New Delhi B) Mumbai C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 C) Hyderabad D) Kolkata E) All are correct E) Chennai 132. Which state launched a scheme for adolescent girls on 128. Read the following statements carefully: 21 February 2019?

1. The Supreme Court appointed Lieutenant General Ravi A) Bihar B) Jharkhand Thodge as the 3rd member of the Committee of C) Uttar Pradesh D) Chhattisgarh Administrators (CoA) for BCCI. E) Rajasthan

2. In 2017, the apex court had appointed a 4-member CoA, 133. Who has been appointed as the first BCCI ombudsman headed by former Comptroller and Auditor General of India in February 2019? (CAG) . A) Justice Arjan Kumar Sikri 3. The other 3 members of the CoA were -- former Indian women cricket captain Diana Edulji, Ramachandra Guha and B) Justice D.K. Jain Vikram Limaye. C) Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde

Which of the above statements is/are true? D) Justice N. V. Ramana

A) Only 1 B) Only 1 and 2 E) Justice Arun Kumar Mishra C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 E) All of the above 134. In which city has PM Narendra Modi launched India Korea startup hub on 21 February 2019? 129. ______and Meena Kumari Devi became the first Indian women boxers to win gold medals at the Strandja A) Seoul B) New Delhi Memorial Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria in February 2019. C) Busan D) Mumbai E) Daejeon A) Laishram Sarita Devi B) Nikhat Zareen C) D) Sarjubala Devi 12 | P a g e

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135. Ministry of Home Affairs commissioned the Bureau of A) 30,000 B) 35,000 Police Research and Development to conduct 'All India C) 40,000 D) 45,000 Citizens Survey of Police Services' in ______districts across E) 50,000 the country. 142. Read the following statements carefully: A) 151 B) 165 C) 173 D) 189 1.Wallace Smith Broecker, a climate scientist who E) 193 popularised the term 'global warming', passed away on 18 February 2019. 136. With which country has India signed an MoU to establish a business centre for ICT incubators on 21 February 2019? 2.He was also first person to recognise what he called the Ocean Conveyor Belt, a global system of ocean currents A) Bhutan B) Sri Lanka circulating water and nutrients. C) Bangladesh D) Myanmar E) Nepal 3.He was known in science circles as the 'Grandfather of Climate Science". 137. Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation, EPFO decided to provide ______% interest on Provident Fund deposits Which of the above statements is/are correct? for 2018-19. A) Only 1 B) Only 1 and 2 A) 8.55 B) 8.60 C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 C) 8.65 D) 8.70 E) All are correct E) 8.75 138. How many ordinances were promulgated by President 143. Read the following statements carefully: Ram Nath Kovind on 21 February 2019? 1.Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Virtual A) 2 B) 3 Experiential Museum (VEM) in Man Mahal in Varanasi on 19 C) 4 D) 5 February 2019. E) 6 2.VEM will show a glimpse of various cultural aspects of 139. Which of the following unveiled its new product, the Varanasi. Atmospheric Water Generator (AWG) at Aero India 2019 on 21 Feb 2019? 3.VEM was established by the National Council of Science Museum (NCSM) working under the Ministry of Tourism. A) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited Which of the above statements is/are correct? B) Defence Research and Development Organisation A) Only 2 B) Only 1 and 2 C) Bharat Electronics Limited C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 E) All are correct D) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited 144. When is the International Mother Language Day E) Bharat Dynamics Limited observed every year?

140. Where has Rajnath Singh inaugurated the “Waste to A) 19 February B) 20 February Wonder” Park on 21 February 2019? C) 21 February D) 22 February E) 23 February A) Chennai B) New Delhi C) Bathinda D) Lucknow 145. The new National Electronics Policy 2019 aims to E) Hyderabad achieve a turnover of $______billion for the electronics system design and 141. Through the Phase-II of Grid Connected Rooftop Solar manufacturing (ESDM) sector by 2025. Programme, a cumulative capacity of ______MW from Rooftop Solar (RTS) Projects will be achieved by the year A) 100 B) 200 2022. C) 300 D) 400 E) 500 13 | P a g e

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153. Saudi Arabia signed the framework agreement of the 146. Who has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer International Solar Alliance on 20 February 2019. It has (CEO) of PayU in February 2019? become the ______country to join the ISA.

A) Rajnish Kumar B) A S Rajeev A) 71st B) 72nd C) Anirban Mukherjee D) Rakesh Sharma C) 73rd D) 74th E) Atul kumar Goel E) 75th

147. In which country has a month-long 'Festival of India' 154. The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal begun on 19 February 2019? Trade has released 2nd edition of 'Startup Ranking for 2019'. The Ranking Framework 2019 comprises of ______pillars A) Bhutan B) Bangladesh and 30 action points. C) Nepal D) Sri Lanka E) Myanmar A) 4 B) 5 C) 6 D) 7 148. For many many PSBs has the Ministry of Finance E) 8 announced the final recapitalisation tranche amount of Rs 48,239 crore on 20 February 2019? 155. The ______India-ASEAN Expo Summit is being held from 21 to 23 February 2019 in New Delhi. A) 10 B) 11 C) 12 D) 13 A) 3rd B) 4th E) 14 C) 5th D) 6th E) 7th 149. According to Ministry of Commerce and Industry's data, Foreign Direct Investment into India contracted by ______% 156. Where was 'Aero India 2019' inaugurated by the to US$ 33.49 billion during April-December in the current Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on 20 February 2019? fiscal. A) New Delhi B) Chennai A) 5 B) 6 C) Pune D) Bengaluru C) 7 D) 8 E) Lucknow E) 9 157. In which state did Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti inaugurate 150. In which state have the scientists of the Zoological Sikaria Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd on 20 February 2019? Survey of India found a rare frog (Megophrys pachyproctus) from the Tale Valley Wildlife Sanctuary? A) Sikkim B) Nagaland C) Manipur D) Tripura A) Arunachal Pradesh B) Mizoram E) Mizoram C) Nagaland D) Manipur E) Tripura 158. The Ministry of Human Resource Development launched ODB on 20 February 2019 to provide better digital education 151. The government of India raised the investment limit for in schools. What does 'O' stand for in ODB? angel tax exemption to Rs ______crore in February 2019. A) Online B) Operation A) 10 B) 15 C) Objective D) Observation C) 20 D) 25 E) Occasion E) 30 159. Which country became the 72nd country to sign the 152. Where has Attukal Pongala festival begun on 20 Framework Agreement of the International Solar Alliance on February 2019? 18 February 2019?

A) Kochi B) Thiruvananthapuram A) Brazil B) Argentina C) Kannur D) Kollam C) Chile D) Poland E) Kozhikode E) Mexico

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160. Which of the following was launched by Suresh Prabhu on 19 February 2019 to bring together the key stakeholders 167. Read the following statements carefully: within the Indian entrepreneurial ecosystem to GeM? 1.The Union Cabinet approved one post of Secretary and one A) SAKSHAM B) SAHYOG post of Joint Secretary in the in the Department of Fisheries C) SWAYATT D) SANYUKT on a permanent basis. E) SANKALP 2.Newly created posts would enable the Department of 161. Which of the following applications was launched by Shri Fisheries to undertake/monitor number of projects/schemes Ravi Shankar Prasad that will enable the para legal volunteers for development of the sector. (PLV)’s to perform on field pre-registration of cases? 3.The department of fisheries was recently introduced in the A) Ask a Lawyer B) Nyaya Madad interim budget of 2019. C) NearLaw D) Nyaya Bandhu E) e-Court Which of the above statements is/are correct?

162. The Union Cabinet approved the agreement between A) Only 2 B) Only 1 and 2 India and the OECD for participating in the Programme for C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 International Students Assessment in ______. E) All are correct

A) 2020 B) 2021 168. The Union Cabinet approved ______% hike in C) 2022 D) 2023 Dearness Allowance to central government employees and E) 2024 Dearness Relief to pensioners with effect from January 1, 2019. 163. Which state unveiled a scholarship programme for the children of the beneficiaries of the Kalia scheme on 19 A) 1.5 B) 2 February 2019? C) 2.5 D) 3 E) 3.5 A) Bihar B) Haryana C) Punjab D) Odisha 169. Recently, Namwar Singh passed away. He received the E) Jharkhand Sahitya Akademi award for literary criticism in the year 1971 for ______. 164. The Cabinet approved the launch of KUSUM scheme. The scheme would comprise of ______components which A) Do Panktiyon Ke Beech when combined aims to add a solar capacity of 25,750 MW by 2022. B) Anubhav Ke Aakash Mein Chand

A) 2 B) 3 C) Kavita Ke Naye Pratiman D) Kohre Mein Kaid Rang C) 4 D) 5 E) 6 E) Buni hui rassi

165. Where is an International Conference and Exhibition on 170. When is the World Day of Social Justice observed? Energy and Environment - Challenges and Opportunities (ENCO-2019) being held from 20th to 22nd February 2019? A) 18 February B) 19 February C) 20 February D) 21 February A) Chennai B) Pune E) 22 February C) New Delhi D) Jaipur E) Patna 171. Where did the PM, Shri Narendra Modi inaugurate Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya Cancer Hospital and Homi 166. The Union Cabinet approved the implementation of Bhabha Cancer Hospital on 19 February 2019? NRETP under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission. What does 'T' stand for in NRETP? A) Uttar Pradesh B) Gujarat C) Madhya Pradesh D) Odisha A) Transformation B) Towards E) Bihar C) Transport D) Travel E) Time 15 | P a g e

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172. Union Minister of Textiles, Smriti Irani, launched 178. Which of the following NGOs won the Laureus Sport for ______projects in North East for development of silk Good award for the year 2019? sector in New Delhi on 19 February 2019. A) Pratham B) Yuwa A) 2 B) 3 C) Goonj D) Nanhi Kali C) 4 D) 5 E) Sargam Sanstha E) 6 179. Where was India's first fulldome 3D Digital Theatre 173. M.C. signed a 2-year deal with ______to inaugurated on 18 Feb 2019? be their ambassador for women’s training in India on 18 February 2019. A) Kolkata B) Delhi C) Maharashtra D) Odisha A) Nike B) Adidas E) Gujarat C) Puma D) Reebok E) Under Armour 180. Who became the first woman of the country to be elected President of the Astronomical Society of India? 174. Read the following statements carefully: A) Dr. Kamala Sohonie 1. Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Muhammad bin Nayef arrived in New Delhi for a day's visit on 19 February 2019. B) Dr. G C Anupama

2. He is being closely watched after his 2-day stint in Pakistan, C) Dr. Anandibai Joshee where he praised Islamabad's efforts for "regional peace and security" just days after Pulwama attack. D) Dr. Rajeshwari Chatterjee

3. He announced investments worth 20 billion dollars at the E) Dr. Mangala Narlikar end of his two-day visit to Islamabad on 18 February 2019. 181. Which of these countries launched a new submarine Which of the above statements is/are true? called Fateh, which is capable of firing cruise missiles?

A) Only 1 B) Only 1 and 2 A) Iraq B) Iran C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 C) Oman D) Morocco E) All of the above E) UAE

175. In which state K.J. Alphons inaugurated the project 182. Who amongst these inaugurated a state-of-the-art ‘Development of Eco Circuit: Pathanamthitta – Gavi – national cyber forensic lab (NCFL) in New Delhi? Vagamon –Thekkady’? A) Narendra Modi B) Rajnath Singh A) Karnataka B) Tamil Nadu C) Smriti Irani D) Nitin Gadkari C) Kerala D) Andhra Pradesh E) Rajyavardhan Rathore E) Telangana 183. The Reserve Bank will pay an interim dividend of 176. Who among the following was presented with the Shiv Rs______crore to the government. Chhatrapati awards on 17 February 2019? A) 12,000 B) 28,000 A) Harmanpreet Kaur B) Jhulan Goswami C) 24,000 D) 15,000 C) Smriti Mandhana D) Mithali Raj E) None of these E) Punam Raut 184. Which of these cities will host the 79th Indian History 177. Where did the 40th International Annual Desert Festival Congress (IHC)? kicked-off on 17 February 2019? A) Jaipur B) Pune A) Jodhpur B) Bikaner C) Mumbai D) Bhopal C) Jaipur D) Jaisalmer E) Surat E) Ajmer

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185. The government formed a committee for sale of 'enemy 193. The International Vision Zero Conference was held in shares' worth Rs ______crore. which of these cities?

A) 3000 B) 4000 A) Hyderabad B) Mumbai C) 2000 D) 1000 C) New Delhi D) Chennai E) 5000 E) None of these

186. The RBI would inject Rs ______crore into the system 194. The 4th edition of India’s biggest Global Conference on through purchase of government securities on Feb 21, 2019. Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices was inaugurated in ______on 18 Feb 2019. A) 10,500 B) 12,500 C) 12,000 D) 13,250 A) Bengaluru B) Chennai E) None of these C) New Delhi D) Patna E) None of these 187. Which of these is a Pan-India number launched for women safety? 195. A book dedicated to Late eminent Vedanti Swami Pragyanandji was launched recently. Who is the author of the A) 111 B) 110 book? C) 109 D) 112 E) 120 A) Dinesh Shahra B) Smriti Irani C) Raghuram Rajan D) Sumitra Mahajan 188. India and ______signed four MoUs on 18 Feb 2019. E) None of these

A) Morocco B) Germany 196. As per the Himachal Pradesh Official Language Bill, 2019 C) Italy D) Iran (Amendment), which language will be made the second E) USA official language of the state?

189. How many initiatives have been launched for women A) Sindhi B) English safety recently (18 Feb 2019)? C) Punjabi D) Sanskrit E) Maithili A) 2 B) 5 C) 3 D) 4 197. In which city has a drainage-cleaning robot named E) 1 Bandicoot been introduced for the first time as part of efforts to get rid of manual scavenging? 190. Which of these is the first walking robot to have navigational capabilities without GPS or mapping? A) Chennai B) Pune C) Hyderabad D) Jaipur A) Sophia B) Spider E) Lucknow C) KITT D) AntBot E) Gerty 198. RBI has released a warning regarding an app called ______which might empty the bank account within 191. On 18th February 2019, in which of these states has minutes. been the SAIL’s Steel Processing Unit set up? A) Weather B) BlueMail A) Uttar Pradesh B) Bihar C) Credit Link D) AnyDesk C) West Bengal D) Jharkhand E) Quik E) Madhya Pradesh 199. What is the theme of the 10-day long Taj Mahotsav 192. Shri Nitin Gadkari launched ______at the Regional which began on 18 February 2019? Maritime Safety Conference in Mumbai on 19 Feb 2019. A) Parampara B) Sanskriti A) PCS12 B) PCS11x C) Dharma D) Dharohar C) PCS1x D) PCS3x E) Akhandta E) PCS 200. Who won the 50 km event in the 6th Open National Race Walking Championship in Chennai on 17 Feb 2019? 17 | P a g e

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2. He has been held in Australia’s notorious offshore Manus A) Suraj Panwar B) Shiva Thapa Island processing centre for over 5 years. C) Jitendra Singh Rathore D) Joshi Sagar E) Manpreet Singh 3. Muhamat, from the Zaghawa ethnic group of Darfur, in northwestern Sudan, was granted refugee status in early 201. With which country has the Andhra Pradesh government 2015. entered into a 30-year concession to build India's first district cooling system in Amaravati? Which of the above statements is/are true?

A) UAE B) Qatar A) Only 1 B) Only 1 and 2 C) Saudi Arabia D) Iran C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 E) Israel E) All of the above

202. Which bank became the first US bank to offer its own 207. Infosys announced the launch of a digital platform, cryptocurrency? ______,offering learning and engagement experiences for engineering A) JPMorgan Chase B) Bank of America students. C) Citigroup D) Goldman Sachs E) HSBC Bank USA A) InfyEQ B) InfyIQ C) InfyPQ D) InfyTQ 203. The Reserve Bank of India withdrew the ______% E) InfyXQ limit on investments by FPIs in corporate bonds of an entity. 208. Who won the women's singles crown at the 83rd Yonex A) 15 B) 20 Sunrise Senior Badminton Nationals on 16 Feb 2019? C) 25 D) 30 E) 45 A) B) P V Sindhu C) Ashwini Ponnappa D) Madhumita Bisht 204. Read the following statements carefully: E) Jwala Gutta

1. A poem on the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, 'Khooni 209. Where was the World Sustainable Development Summit Vaisakhi', by Punjabi writer Nanak Singh has now been 2019 held on 16 Feb 2019? translated into Hindi. A) New Delhi B) Paris 2. It was banned by the British in 1920. C) London D) Rome E) Madrid

3. It will be published by Harper Collins India 210. India raised the customs duty to ______% on all goods in March to mark the centenary of the Jallianwala Bagh imported from Pakistan, as a strong action against the Pulwama attack. Which of the above statements is/are true? A) 100 B) 125 A) Only 1 B) Only 1 and 2 C) 150 D) 200 C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 E) 225 E) All of the above 211. Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the Red Medium Irrigation 205. Who was conferred the first ever Football Ratna honour Project on 16 February 2019, which will benefit ______by Football Delhi? villages and provide irrigation facility for 8500 hectares of agricultural land. A) Baichung Bhutia B) Subrata Pal C) Sunil Chhetri D) Gurpreet Singh Sandhu A) 26 B) 37 E) Jeje Lalpekhlua C) 63 D) 79 E) 82 206. Read the following statements carefully: 212. Which country's President arrived in New Delhi on 17 1. Abdul Aziz Muhamat, a Sudanese refugee won the Feb 2019 on a 3-day official visit to India? prestigious Martin Ennals human rights prize. A) Qatar B) Iran 18 | P a g e

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C) Argentina D) Belgium E) Ambikagiri Raichoudhury E) France 220. In which state PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the 213. Which team won the Irani Cup title on 16 Feb 2019 at Medical Colleges on 17 February 2019? the Jamtha Stadium in Nagpur? A) Uttar Pradesh B) Jharkhand A) Vidarbha B) Saurashtra C) Madhya Pradesh D) Punjab C) Delhi D) Andhra E) Assam E) Punjab 221. A new species of ‘crying’ snake named ______was 214. Who claimed the Qatar Open in tennis in 2019? discovered in Arunachal Pradesh.

A) Simona Halep B) Elise Mertens A) Tetrapodophis amplectus C) Monica Seles D) Martina Hingis E) Marion Bartoli B) Titanoboa cerrejonensis

215. Where was the Regional Conference on Deendayal C) Proteles cristata Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme held on 18 Feb 2019? D) Hebius lacrima A) Delhi B) Maharashtra C) West Bengal D) Uttar Pradesh E) Loxodonta africana E) Himachal Pradesh 222. The Union Cabinet approved the MoU between India 216. Where did the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of and Morocco for setting up of a Joint Working Group (JWG) India,organise a 2-day workshop on “Committee of Creditors: on ______. An Institution of Public Faith” on 15-16 February 2019? A) Education B) Counter-Terrorism A) New Delhi B) Mumbai C) Health D) Nuclear Energy C) Chandigarh D) Chennai E) Transport and Connectivity E) Bengaluru 223. A Himalayan Cloud Observatory was set up in Tehri 217. PM Narendra Modi inaugurated Lower Panazara district of Uttarakhand on 8th Feb 2019. This is the ______medium Project under PMKSY, which will irrigate about 7585 observatory in the country to monitor cloud activities. hectares area of ______villages of Dhule, Maharashtra. A) 1st B) 2nd A) 11 B) 17 C) 3rd D) 4th C) 21 D) 24 E) 5th E) 31 218. PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the Phulpur to 224. According to the MoU signed between Mongolia and ______stretch of the Jagdishpur-Varanasi Natural Gas Engineers India Ltd., a ______MMTPA greenfield crude oil pipeline on 17 February 2019. refinery will be set up in the Sainshand.

A) Kanpur B) Varanasi A) 1 B) 1.5 C) Patna D) Ranchi C) 2 D) 2.5 E) Guwahati E) 3

219. Who was presented the Tagore Award for Cultural 225. Inflation based on wholesale prices fell to a 10-month Harmony for the year 2016 on 18 Feb 2019 at Pravasi low of 2.76 percent in January 2019. The WPI-based inflation Bhartiya Kendra, New Delhi? stood at______percent in December 2018.

A) Shri Rajkumar Singhajit Singh A) 2.9 B) 3.2 C) 3.4 D) 3.8 B) Shri Ram Sutar Vanji E) 4.0

C) Chhayanaut D) Chandra Kumar Agarwala 226. Ruchira Kamboj was appointed as the Indian envoy to which country on 11 February 2019? 19 | P a g e

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C) Panchsheel Bhawan A) Bangladesh B) Bhutan C) Nepal D) Afghanistan D) Central Public Works Depatment Service Center E) Malaysia E) Pandit Deendayal Antyodaya Bhawan 227. Which of the following exercises was conducted by the Indian Army near Nashik on 12th February 2019? 234. What is the name of Himachal Pradesh’s first Mega Food Park inaugurated on 10 February 2019? A) Exercise Topchi B) Exercise Maitree C) Exercise Cobra D) Exercise Varun A) Parle Mega Food Park E) Exercise Agni B) Cremica Mega Food Park 228. Where was the two-day ‘EarlyEd Asia 2019’ conference held on 12 February 2019? C) Britannia Mega Food Park

A) China B) India D) Anmol Mega Food Park C) Bangladesh D) Bhutan E) Singapore E) Unibic Mega Food Park

229. Who is the MD & CEO of Eicher Motors? 235. The UNICEF in Maharashtra joined hands with ______Women and Child Development (WCD) to focus on A) Sanjay Subrahmanyam B) Siddhartha Lal and support in the area of child protection in the State. C) Binish Chudgar D) Ajay Sharma E) Gaurav Kapoor A) Gujarat B) Madhya Pradesh C) Goa D) Telangana 230. The ______International Dam Safety Conference– E) Karnataka 2019 was held from 13-14 February 2019 in Bhubaneswar. 236. How many countries have participated in the Asia-Pacific A) 2nd B) 3rd region's largest multinational military exercises Cobra Gold, C) 4th D) 5th being held in Thailand? E) 6th A) 14 B) 23 231. Who won his second Grammy Award for his biography C) 29 D) 32 "Faith A Journey For All"? E) 47

A) Ronald Reagan B) Gerald Ford 237. The 'Mukhya Mantri Vriddha Pension Yojana' launched C) Jimmy Carter D) Henry Kissinger by Nitish Kumar, facilitates the amount of Rs. ______E) Donald Rumsfeld monthly pension for all in Bihar above the age of 60.

232. Mukesh Ambani topped the Hurun India Philanthropy A) 100 B) 200 List 2018, with the highest contribution of Rs ______crore C) 300 D) 400 between E) 500 October 2017 and September 2018. 238. Under the Hirkani Maharashtrachi scheme, ______A) 237 B) 337 groups will be selected from each taluka and Rs. 50,000 will C) 437 D) 537 be given to each to implement their idea. E) 637 A) 10 B) 20 233. Where did Minister Harsh Vardhan release a publication C) 30 D) 40 titled 'India - Spearheading Climate Solutions' on 12 Feb E) 50 2019? 239. Clouded Leopard is the state animal of which state? A) Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan A) Manipur B) Meghalaya B) Indira Paryavaran Bhawan C) Nagaland D) Odisha E) Sikkim 20 | P a g e

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240. Where was the 9th Senior National Men's Hockey 246. Where did Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurate Championship 2019 held? the Eklavya Model Residential School for tribal students in Maharashtra on 16 February 2019? A) Gwalior B) Patna C) Bhopal D) Lucknow A) Vidarbha B) Nashik E) Ranchi C) Ahmednagar D) Solapur E) Kolhapur 241. Read the following statements carefully: 247. Where were India-U.S. Commercial Dialogue and India- 1.Japan's government introduced a bill on 15 February 2019 U.S. CEO Forum held on 14 February 2019? to recognise the country's ethnic Ainu minority as an 'indigenous' people for the first time. A) Washington D.C. B) New Delhi C) New York D) Mumbai 2.The Japanese government in the late 19th century banned E) Chicago them from practising their customs and using their language. 248. Who was appointed as UN Controller and Assistant 3.The government will also allow the Ainu to cut down trees Secretary-General for Programme Planning, Budget, and in nationally-owned forests for use in traditional rituals. Finance in the management strategy, policy and compliance department on 15 February 2019? Which of the above statements is/are correct? A) Bettina Tucci Bartsiotas A) Only 2 B) Only 1 and 2 C) Only 2 and 3 D) Only 1 and 3 B) Chandramouli Ramanathan E) All are correct C) Ted Cruz 242. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched various development projects worth over Rs ______crore at Jhansi D) Marco Rubio in Uttar Pradesh on 15 January 2019. E) Kamala Harris

A) 10000 B) 15000 249. The government of India increased the Minimum Selling C) 18000 D) 20000 Price of sugar by two rupees per kilogram to ______E) 22000 rupees a kilogram in February 2019.

243. In which state did Indian Air Force (IAF) conduct A) 29 B) 30 'Exercise Vayu Shakti-2019' on 16 February 2019? C) 31 D) 32 E) 33 A) Jammu and Kashmir B) Punjab C) Rajasthan D) Kerala 250. Who was appointed as the new Chairman of Central E) Tamil Nadu Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on 15 February 2019?

244. India’s merchandise trade deficit widened to $ A) Nandan Nilekani B) Bimal Jalan ______billion in January 2019. C) Pramod Chandra Mody D) Anil Goswami A) 12.45 B) 12.76 E) Natwar Singh C) 14.73 D) 15.33 E) 16.97 251. Read the following statements carefully:

245. The Supreme Court Collegium removed the need for 1.The Indian Air Force's pilots, Sqn Ldr Kamaljeet Kaur and lawyers to have a minimum income limit of Rs. ______lakh her copilot Sqn Ldr Rakhi Bhandari carried out successful in order to be considered for appointment as High Court Parallel Taxi judges. Track (PTT) landing and take-off operations at Sonipat.

A) 4 B) 5 2.In a first, the 'OTTERS' squadron of Western Air Command C) 6 D) 7 undertook the PTT Operations with a full women crew in the E) 8 Dornier 228 aircraft.

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3.PTT Operations are carried out when the runway is not 257. Which of the following Municipal Corporations won the available. first prize of 'Swachhata Excellence' Awards 2019?

Which of the above statements is/are correct? A) Bilaspur B) Raigarh C) Rourkela D) Jamshedpur A) Only 2 B) Only 1 and 2 E) Chandrapur C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 E) All are correct 258. The Government of India, Government of Himachal Pradesh and the World Bank signed a $______Million Loan 252. Who was awarded the prestigious Ernst & Young Agreement on 15 February 2019. 'Entrepreneur of the Year 2018' Award in the Life Sciences & Healthcare category? A) 10 B) 20 C) 30 D) 40 A) Werner Baumann E) 50

B) Olivier Brandicourt 259. Where did Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change organise the second National Conference on C) Binish Chudgar 'Sustainable and Environment-friendly Industrial Production' Project on 15 February 2019? D) John Milligan A) Mumbai B) Chennai E) Kenneth Frazier C) New Delhi D) Hyderabad E) Pune 253. As per the 'World Employment and Social Outlook Trends 2019', the global unemployment levels fell one 260. Which of the following signed a Memorandum of percentile to a Understanding (MoU) with Government e-Marketplace steady ______% in 2018. (GeM) on 15 February 2019? A) 4 B) 4.5 C) 5 D) 5.5 A) EPCglobal B) GS1 E) 6 C) RosettaNet D) ASTM International E) OASIS 254. The President of India will present the Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony on 18 February 2019. When was the award 261. Which state has set up two committees of experts and instituted by Government of India? educationists to review the syllabus of school textbooks from class 1 to 8 and from class 9 to 12? A) 2012 B) 2013 C) 2014 D) 2015 A) Punjab B) Haryana E) 2016 C) Rajasthan D) Kerala E) Odisha 255. The e-Tourist Visa which was introduced in September 2014 with 46 countries has now (February 2019) been made 262. Who has become the first woman flight engineer? applicable to ______countries. A) Punita Arora A) 100 B) 138 C) 142 D) 166 B) Hina Jaiswal E) 182 C) Padmavathy Bandopadhyay 256. The Inland Waterways Authority of India launched a new portal named 'LADIS' on 15 February 2019. What does 'A' D) Divya Ajith Kumar stand for in LADIS? E) Gunjan Saxena A) Available B) Affordable C) Account D) Access 263. Read the following statements carefully: E) Action

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1.NASA will launch a new space telescope in 2023 that could provide a glimpse of the first moments in the history of the 269. Recently, Manfred Eigen passed away. He received universe. Nobel Prize in the field of ______in 1967.

2.'The Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, A) Physics B) Chemistry Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx)' mission is C) Peace D) Physiology or a planned two-year mission. E) Literature

3. Astronomers will use the mission to gather data on more 270. The last session of ______th Lok Sabha concluded on than 300 million galaxies. 14 Feb 2019.

Which of the above statements is/are correct? A) 13 B) 14 C) 15 D) 16 A) Only 2 B) Only 1 and 2 E) 17 C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 E) All are correct 271. In which state was the 1st Mega Aqua Food Park commissioned in February 2019? 264. Inflation based on wholesale prices fell to a 10-month low of ______percent in January 2019. A) Odisha B) Andhra Pradesh C) Karnataka D) Tamil Nadu A) 2.52 B) 2.76 E) Kerala C) 2.81 D) 2.95 E) 3.01 272. The RBI imposed a penalty of Rs ______crore on Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) for violation of various 265. India has withdrawn the Most Favoured Nation status banking norms in February 2019. that it had granted to Pakistan following the attack in Jammu & Kashmir’s Pulwama. India had granted the status to A) 1 B) 1.2 Pakistan in ______. C) 1.5 D) 1.8 E) 2 A) 1951 B) 1958 C) 1962 D) 1996 273. Where was "North Karnataka Agromet Forecasting and E) 1971 Research Centre (NKAFC)” inaugurated on 14 Feb 2019?

266. The Chief Minister of which state has announced a A) Kodagu B) Dharwad Universal Old Age Pension scheme, named Mukhya Mantri C) Mandya D) Ramanagara Vriddha Pension Yojana? E) Belgaum

A) Punjab B) Bihar 274. Who assumed the charge as Chief of Staff, Eastern Naval C) Haryana D) Odisha Command, Visakhapatnam on 14 Feb 2019? E) Gujarat A) A. A. Pawar B) SN Ghormade 267. In which district were at least 37 CRPF personnel C) G. S. Pabby D) Anil Kumar Saxena martyred on 14 February 2019, when a convoy in which they E) G. Ashok Kumar were traveling was attacked by a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) suicide bomber? 275. The Republic of Macedonia has officially changed its name to the Republic of North Macedonia. What is the A) Shopian B) Kupwara capital of North Macedonia? C) Kulgam D) Pulwama E) Kargil A) Tirana B) Skopje C) Bucharest D) Zagreb 268. PM Narendra Modi will pay a 2-day visit to which E) Budapest country from 21 February 2019? 276. Read the following statements carefully: A) Iran B) Germany C) South Korea D) Finland 1.Hardeep S Puri, Minister of State for Housing and Urban E) Russia Affairs launched the PMAY (U) Mobile App on 14 Feb 2019. 23 | P a g e

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2.The app will allow beneficiaries to capture and upload high E) Workers' Investment Bill, 2018 resolution photographs of completed houses along with their families. 282. Who was appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of national carrier Air India on 13 Feb 2019? 3.The PMAY (U) mission was launched on 25th June 2015 with an aim to provide houses to every eligible urban A) Bimal Jalan B) Ashwani Lohani household in India by the year 2025. C) Nandan Nilekani D) Jawed Usmani E) Sanjiv Chaturvedi Which of the above statements is/are correct? 283. Who released a publication titled 'India – Spearheading A) Only 2 B) Only 1 and 2 Climate Solutions' on 12 Feb 2019? C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 E) All are correct A) Prakash Javadekar B) Narendra Modi C) Harsh Vardhan D) Pradhan 277. The unorganised workers whose monthly income is E) Piyush Goyal Rs______per month or less are eligible for the Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-dhan (PM-SYM) scheme. 284. Who was awarded the 'EY Entrepreneur of the Year' for 2018? A) 10,000 B) 12,000 C) 15,000 D) 18,000 A) Rajiv Bajaj B) Venki Padmanabhan E) 20,000 C) Siddhartha Lal D) Anand Mahindra E) Pawan Munjal 278. Who was awarded the ‘Oscat’ by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) in February 2019? 285. In which country has the 38th edition of Cobra Gold exercise begun with around 10,000 personnel and 29 A) Ben Affleck B) Brad Pitt countries as participants? C) Bradley Cooper D) Chris Hemsworth E) Gerard Butler A) Malaysia B) Thailand C) Laos D) Cambodia 279. B P Sharma was re-employed as the CMD of the state- E) Singapore run helicopter manufacturer Pawan Hans in February 2019. He will be serving for a period of ______. 286. Where was ''Exercise Topchi'' held on 12 February 2019?

A) 2 months B) 5 months A) Kochi B) Jodhpur C) 8 months D) 10 months C) Nashik D) Jabalpur E) 1 year E) Visakhapatnam

280. Who has been appointed as the Election Commissioner 287. Retail inflation declined marginally to ______% in in February 2019? January 2019.

A) Jawed Usmani B) Natwar Singh A) 2.02 B) 2.05 ‘ C) Vinod Kumar Yadav D) Sushil Chandra C) 2.09 D) 2.14 E) Anil Goswami E) 2.23

281. ______Bill will protect the poor people who work in 288. Industrial output growth remained subdued at the unorganised sector and invest small amounts of money in ______% in December 2018 on account of contraction in different schemes. the mining segment and poor show by the manufacturing sector. A) Unorganised Sector Workers' Wage Bill, 2018 A) 2.0 B) 2.2 B) Unorganised Sector Workers’ Bill, 2018 C) 2.4 D) 2.6 E) 2.8 C) Unregulated Deposit Scheme Bill 2018 289. The Personal Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019 seeks to D) Unorganised Sector Workers' Social Security Bill, 2018 uphold the rights of people with ______. 24 | P a g e

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A) HIV/AIDS B) Leprosy 1.The Union Cabinet approved another MoU between India C) Tuberculosis D) Cancer and Saudi Arabia on establishing a mechanism for investment E) Rabies Infrastructure in India.

290. Where was the third Indo-German Environment Forum 2.It will be a step forward to engage the institutions of Saudi with the theme "Cleaner Air, Greener Economy" held on 13 Arabia to attract a potential investment into the Feb 2019? infrastructure sector in the country. A) Mumbai B) Chennai C) Jaipur D) New Delhi 3.It will also lead to boosting infrastructure development in E) Raipur the country and the creation of more jobs.

291. The Union Cabinet approved the MoU between India Which of the above statements is/are correct? and______for setting up of a Joint Working Group (JWG) on Counter Terrorism on 13 February 2019. A) Only 3 B) Only 1 and 2 C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 A) Morocco B) Algeria E) All are correct C) Tunisia D) Turkey E) Saudi Arabia 296. The Union Cabinet approved the signing of MoU with which country on cooperation and mutual assistance in 292. With which country has the Union Cabinet approved an Customs Matters on 13 February 2019? MoU on cooperation in the field of peaceful uses of outer space on 13 February 2019? A) Saudi Arabia B) USA C) China D) Bangladesh A) Denmark B) Finland E) Russia C) Sweden D) Poland E) Germany 297. The Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2016 will modify the list of 293. The Union Cabinet approved the proposal for extension Scheduled Tribes (STs) of ______. of the tenure of the National Commission for Safai Karmacharis (NCSK) beyond 31-3-2019 for ______years. A) Chhattisgarh B) Jharkhand C) Manipur D) Odisha A) 2 B) 3 E) Karnataka C) 4 D) 5 E) 6 298. Read the following statement carefully:

294. Read the following statement carefully: 1.NITI Aayog approved the Credit Linked Capital Subsidy and Technology Up-gradation Scheme (CLCS-TUS). 1.The Union Cabinet approved the introduction of Registration of Marriage of Non-Resident Indian Bill, 2019. 2.It will facilitate technology up-gradation to MSMEs.

2.It provides amendment of the legal framework to act as a 3.The scheme through 'Zero Defect & Zero Effect' will deterrent to the erring NRI spouses and offers protection promote the reduction in emission level of greenhouse gases. against exploitation of Indian Citizens married to NRIs. Which of the above statements is/are correct? 3.Once it is passed, marriages performed by NRIs would be A) Only 1 B) Only 1 and 2 registered in India or Indian Missions & Posts abroad. C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 E) All are correct Which of the above statements is/are correct? 299. Where did Minister of State for AYUSH, Shri Shripad A) Only 2 B) Only 1 and 2 Yesso Naik launch the e-AUSHADHI portal, on 13 Feb 2019? C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 E) All are correct A) New Delhi B) Chennai C) Kolkata D) Mumbai 295. Read the following statement carefully: E) Ranchi 25 | P a g e

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300. In which state was a new species of ‘crying’ snake A) World Cancer Day discovered on 12 February 2019? B) World Radio Day A) Nagaland B) Mizoram C) Arunachal Pradesh D) Manipur C) World Day of Social Justice E) Meghalaya D) International Mother Language Day 301. The UNICEF in ______joined hands with Goa Women and Child Development to focus on and support in the area of E) National Science Day child protection in the State. 308. Read the following statements carefully: A) Delhi B) Gujarat C) Maharashtra D) Karnataka 1.The HRD Ministry asked to apply the recommendations of a E) Kerala committee constituted in 2018 for the promotion and protection of Maithili language and its scripts. 302. Where did the 2-day National Conference on Unani Medicine conclude on 12 Feb 2019? 2.Establishment of a Script and Manuscript Centre at Darbhangahas been recommended. A) New Delhi B)Mumbai C) Chandigarh D) Ahmedabad 3.Mithilakshar or Tirhuta is the script of broader cultural E) Bhubaneswar Mithila. It is an ancient script and is one of the scripts of the broader North Eastern India. 303. Which edition of the LAWASIA Human Rights Conference was hosted in New Delhi from 9-10 February 2019? Which of the above statements is/are correct?

A) 1st B) 2nd A) Only 2 B) Only 1 and 2 C) 3rd D) 4th C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 E) 5th E) All are correct

304. Which of the following won the Best Film award at the 309. Which of the following will be the mascot of the British Academy Film Awards 2019, held on 10 Feb 2019 at National Games, 2022? Royal Albert Hall, London, UK? A) Tiger B) Wildcat A) Bohemian Rhapsody B) The Favourite C) Clouded Leopard D) Panda C) Green Book D) Roma E) Cheetah E) A Star is Born 310. PM Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid foundation 305. Who among the following is the 3rd Indian player to stones for ______projects in Haryana on 12 Feb 2019. break into the top-100 barrier in tennis men's singles category in the past decade after Somdev Devvarman and A) 4 B) 5 Yuki Bhambri? C) 6 D) 7 E) 8 A) Prajnesh Gunneswaran B) Sumit Nagal C) Harsh Mankad D) Sandeep Kirtane 311. PM Narendra Modi addressed CREDAI YouthCon-19 on E) Gaurav Natekar 13th Feb 2019 at Talkatora Stadium, New Delhi. When was CREDAI 306. Which bank has signed a term loan agreement for Rs established? 5,000 crore with NTPC, on 11 February 2019? A) 1983 B) 1987 A) ICICI B) SBI C) 1993 D) 1999 C) PNB D) HDFC E) 2001 E) Axis 312. Where did the two-day ‘EarlyEd Asia 2019’ conference 307. Which of the following day is observed every year on the begin on 12 Feb 2019? 13th of February? 26 | P a g e

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A) New Delhi B) Chennai 318. As per the Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, 2019, the C) Jaipur D) Pune E) Lucknow film piracy offense will have imprisonment of up to ______years and a fine of ₹10 lakh. 313. Read the following statements carefully: A) 2 B) 3 1.A Special National Standards Conclave was organised by the C) 4 D) 5 Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and E) 6 Industry, Government of India in Delhi. 319. As per a deal, India will buy ______assault rifles 2.It also saw the launch of voluntary certification and rating costing Rs 700 crore from US arms maker Sig Sauer. scheme for private security services developed by QCI. A) 63,000 B) 68,300 3.Separation of roles for the avoidance of conflict of interest C) 72,400 D) 74,900 in regulatory framework was one of the recommendations. E) 82,500

Which of the above statements is/are correct? 320. Who has signed a Statement of Intent with Michael & Susan Dell Foundation on 12 Feb 2019 to codify, document A) Only 2 B) Only 1 and 2 and share best practices to improve learning outcomes in C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 public school education through systemic reforms? E) All are correct A) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare 314. Where will the Indo-US Commercial Dialogue and the Indo-US CEO Forum be held on 14th February 2019? B) NITI Aayog

A) Patna B) Chennai C) Ministry of Home Affairs C) New Delhi D) Kolkata E) Pune D) Ministry of Human Resource Development

315. Where did Ministry of Information & Broadcasting E) Ministry of Women and Child Development organise the First Annual Conference of Media Units on 13th Feb 2019? 321. Where will the Ministry of Textiles organise an outreach programme for Textiles Sector MSMEs on 13th February A) New Delhi B) Chennai 2019? C) Pune D) Hyderabad E) Ranchi A) Uttar Pradesh B) Gujarat C) Delhi D) Maharashtra 316. Where will the 5th International Dam Safety E) Madhya Pradesh Conference–2019 be held from 13-14 February 2019? 322. Who won the coveted Allan Border Medal at the A) New Delhi B) Patna Australian Cricket Awards on 11 Feb 2019? C) Jaipur D) Bhubaneswar E) Chennai A) Pat Cummins B) Nathan Lyon C) Glenn Maxwell D) Matthew Wade 317. Who won Israel's prestigious Dan David Prize for 2019? E) Aaron Finch A) David Dean Shulman 323. Where was the 3-day Krishi Kumbh held from Feb 9 - 11, B) Sanjay Subrahmanyam 2019?

C) Muzaffar Alam A) Uttar Pradesh B) Bihar C) Madhya Pradesh D) Haryana D) Dipesh Chakrabarty E) Odisha

E) Jerry H. Bentley 324. Read the following statements carefully:

1. The Centre notified eight new devices as “drugs”.

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2. They include - all implantable medical devices, CT scan equipment, MRI equipment, defibrillators, dialysis machine, A) 1st B) 2nd PET equipment, X-ray machine, and bone marrow cell C) 3rd D) 4th separator. E) 5th

3. 27 types of devices were notified as drugs until last year. 331. Which state topped the State Investment Potential Index 2018, based on the six pillars? Which of the above statements is/are true? A) Kerala B) Tamil Nadu A) Only 1 B) Only 1 and 2 C) Maharashtra D) Gujarat C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 E) Odisha E) All of the above 332. In which city did Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan 325. Who became the first female winner of the MRF inaugurate the Institute of Advanced Virology (IAV) on 9 Feb Challenge Series at the final event of the season? 2019?

A) Jamie Chadwick B) Cyndie Allemann A) Kochi B) Thrissur C) Angela Cope D) Danica Patrick C) Thiruvananthapuram D) Kollam E) Kozhikode E) None of the above 333. Who lifted the 9th Senior National Men's Hockey 326. A Constitution Amendment Bill in Rajya Sabha was Championship crown at Gwalior on 10 Feb 2019? introduced on 9 February 2019 to increase the financial and executive powers of the ______Autonomous Councils in A) Petroleum Sports Promotion Board the Sixth Schedule areas of the northeastern region. B) Punjab and Sind Bank A) 8 B) 10 C) 12 D) 14 E) 16 C) Railway Sports Promotion Board

327. RBI has decided to alter the definition of bulk deposits in D) Punjab the recent monetary policy review. It has been revised as single deposits of Rs ______crore and above. E) Vijaya Bank

A) 1 B) 1.5 334. Read the following statements carefully: C) 2 D) 2.5 E) 3 1.The Centre designated Dera Baba Nanak land post in Gurdaspur district of Rajasthan as an immigration checkpost. 328. Where did Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath flag off 33 'Sarthi Sandesh Vahini' vehicles on 10 February 2.It is now an authorized immigration checkpoint for entry 2019? and exit of Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan.

A) Lucknow B) Bareilly 3.Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu laid the foundation stone C) Mathura D) Gorakhpur of the Dera Baba Nanak Kartarpur Sahib Corridor at an event E) Kanpur at Mann village in Gurdaspur district on 26 November 2018.

329. What is the theme of the Challachitram National Film Which of the above statements is/are correct? Festival to be held in March 2019? A) Only 2 B) Only 1 and 2 A) Our Heritage, Our Pride B) Our Nation, Our Pride C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 E) All are correct C) Our Country, Our Pride D) Our Culture, Our Pride 335. The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate E) Our Tradition, Our Pride Change signed a letter of Intent establishing the Marine Pollution Initiative with which country on 11 Feb 2019? 330. Former US President Jimmy Carter won his ______Grammy Award for his biography "Faith A Journey For All" on A) Finland B) Poland 11 February 2019. C) Norway D) Denmark 28 | P a g e

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E) Germany A) Rajasthan Royals B) Kings XI Punjab C) Chennai Super Kings D) Sunrisers Hyderabad 336. John Morris Ajax Fire Engine was awarded the E) Delhi Daredevils Statesmen Challenger Trophy 2019. It was built in ______. 344. ______topped the Hurun India Philanthropy List 2018 A) 1853 B) 1892 on Feb 9, 2019. C) 1914 D) 1923 E) 1931 A) Anil Ambani B) Ajay Piramal C) Mukesh Ambani D) Kumar Mangalam Birla 337. The MoHUA has instituted a challenge for constructing E) Ratan Tata the Lighthouse projects under GHTC-India on 11th Feb 2019. ______sites which score the highest will be selected from 345. The Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (ADJD) added the challenge. ______as the 3rd official language to be spoken in the city’s courts. A) 5 B) 6 C) 7 D) 8 E) 9 A) French B) Hindi C) Spanish D) Mandarin 338. In which state was the third edition of Swachh Shakti E) German program held on 12 February 2019? 346. Which of these Ministers laid the foundation stone for A) Punjab B) Haryana Sree Narayana Guru spiritual pilgrimage circuit in Varkala, C) Gujarat D) Uttar Pradesh Kerala? E) Bihar A) KJ Alphons B) Nitin Gadkari 339. Which of the following warships of the Indian Navy C) Narendra Modi D) Smriti Irani participated in Cutlass Express 2019, a multinational training E) Rajnath Singh exercise held from 27 Jan-6 Feb 2019? 347. ______clinched the Chennai Open ATP Challenger A) INS Teg B) INS Tarkash tournament title on 10th Feb 2019. C) INS Trikand D) INS Tabar E) INS Talwar A) Andrew Harris B) Pete Sampras C) Stefanos Tsitsipas D) Corentin Moutet 340. Who was appointed as the Indian envoy to Bhutan on E) None of these 11th Feb 2019? 348. The President of which of these nations has been A) Sanjay Rana B) Manjeev Singh Puri elected as the chairman of the African Union? C) Ruchira Kamboj D) Naveen Srivastava E) Ashok Kumar Sharma A) South Africa B) C) Ireland D) Russia 341. Multinational Maritime Exercise AMAN-19 was E) France conducted by which of these nations? 349. Which of these birds has been announced as the mascot A) Iran B) Oman for the 13th UN Convention on the Conservation of Migratory C) Pakistan D) Abu Dhabi Species? E) None of these A) Great Indian Bustard 342. How many schemes were launched by Suresh Prabhu on 9 Feb 2019 in Mumbai? B) Indian pitta

A) 3 B) 1 C) Indian peafowl C) 2 D) 4 E) None D) Himalayan monal

343. Shane Warne has been named as the brand ambassador E) None of these of the IPL team ______.

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350. A Himalayan Cloud Observatory was set up in which of A) Uttar Pradesh B) Madhya Pradesh these states on 8th Feb 2019? C) Uttarakhand D) Himachal Pradesh E) None of these A) Himachal Pradesh 358. Air Chief Marshal, Birendra Singh Dhanoa, Chief of the B) Jammu and Kashmir Indian Air Force, is on a visit to which of these nations?

C) Uttarakhand A) Myanmar B) Afghanistan C) Bangladesh D) France D) Punjab E) Japan

E) None of these 359. An MoU was signed between ______and Engineers India Ltd., on 10th Feb 2019. 351. Which amongst these won the Best Rock Song at the 61st Grammy Awards 2019? A) Nepal B) Mongolia C) South Korea D) Iran A) Jumpsuit B) Rats E) China C) Masseduction D) MANTRA E) None of these 360. Which of these ministries participated in the Berlin Film Festival? 352. The Grammy Awards 2019 where held in ______. A) Information & Broadcasting A) San Francisco B) Los Angeles C) New York D) Boston B) External Affairs E) Chicago C) Home Affairs 353. Which of these Bollywood actors passed away recently? D) Culture A) Mahesh Anand B) Sujatha Kumar C) Rita Bhaduri D) Narendra Jha E) Commerce and Industry E) None of these 361. Which state has announced a scheme named 'Arundhati' 354. PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the PETROTECH-2019 on 6 February 2019? on 11th Feb 2019 in ______. A) Assam B) Bihar A) Gurgaon B) Greater Noida C) Jharkhand D) Manipur C) Faridabad D) Ghaziabad E) Sikkim E) None of these 362. Read the following statements carefully: 355. PM Narenda Modi laid the foundation for IIT recently in______. 1. The Cabinet has approved the setting up of a unified authority that would regulate all the financial services in A) Hubli B) International Financial Services Centres (IFSC). C) Mysore D) Tumkur E) None of these 2. Currently, the banking, capital markets and insurance sectors in IFSCs are regulated by multiple regulators, i.e. RBI, 356. PM Narendra Modi visited which of these places to SEBI and IRDAI. unveil several development projects on 10th Feb 2019? 3. This will be done through the International Financial A) Tiruppur B) Chennai Services Centres Authority Bill, 2019. C) Madurai D) Vellore Which of the above statements is/are correct? E) None of these A) Only 1 B) Only 1 and 2 357. The first Mega Food Park of ______was inaugurated C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 on 10th Feb 2019. E) All are correct

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363. Which country topped the International Intellectual C) Utkarsh Small Finance Bank Limited Property (IP) index 2019 released on 7 February 2019? D) AU Small Finance Bank A) USA B) UK C) India D) Japan E) ESAF Small Finance Bank E) Germany 370. Which country has appointed Nilambar Acharya as its 364. In which city will the 13th Conference of Parties (COP) of ambassador to India? the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of wild animals (CMS) be hosted by India from 15 to 22 February A) Nepal B) Bhutan 2020? C) Bangladesh D) Myanmar E) Sri Lanka A) Chennai B) Gandhinagar C) Pune D) Kochi 371. ______successfully flight tested the second E) Lucknow indigenously developed ‘Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR)’ propulsion based missile system on 8 February 2019. 365. At what age did 'Granny Dakshayani', India's oldest elephant in captivity die in Kerala? A) Indian Space Research Organisation

A) 80 B) 82 B) Defence Research and Development Organisation C) 86 D) 88 E) 90 C) SpaceX

366. The ______ASEAN-India Youth Summit was organised D) NASA from 3rd-6th February 2019 by India Foundation in collaboration with E) JAXA the Ministry of External Affairs and Government of Assam. 372. In which year was the National Film Development A) 1st B) 2nd Corporation of India incorporated? C) 3rd D) 4th E) 5th A) 1955 B) 1965 C) 1975 D) 1985 367. As per an MoU, India will train 1800 Civil Servants of E) 1995 which country at the National Centre for Good Governance? 373. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare conducted its A) Bhutan B) Nepal ______round of National Deworming Day (NDD) across the C) Bangladesh D) Sri Lanka country on 8 February 2019. E) Myanmar A) 5th B) 6th 368. With which of the following has the Telangana C) 7th D) 8th government signed an MoU to develop and support the E) 9th startup ecosystem in the state? 374. Which of the following are among the top ten revenue generating monuments during 2015-18? A) Vivo B) Xiaomi 1.Taj Mahal 2.Red Fort C) Huawei D) Oppo 3.Agra Fort E) OnePlus A) Only 2 B) Only 1 and 2 369. With which of the following has Fino Payments Bank C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 partnered on 4th February to launch a sweep account E) All are correctt facility? 375. The ______edition of the World's biggest crafts fair A) Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Surajkund International Mela is being organised from February 1- 17, 2019. B) Suryoday Small Finance Bank A) 31st B) 32nd 31 | P a g e

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C) 33rd D) 34th C) Sohrab Moradi D) Matthias Steiner E) 35th E) Valentin Hristov

376. What is the range of the new Hoveizeh cruise missile 382. The Nyishi tribe of ______is celebrating its fortnight- successfully tested by Iran? long 'Boori Boot Yollo' festival, which is observed every year in the month of February. A) 1,000 km B) 1,150 km A) Assam B) Manipur C) 1,250 km D) 1,350 km C) Meghalaya D) Arunachal Pradesh E) 1,450 km E) Nagaland

377. In which of the following National Parks is the Asiatic 383. On 8 February 2019, the Jammu and Kashmir lion found? government approved the creation of a separate Administrative Revenue Division for ______. A) Kaziranga National Park A) Jammu B) Ladakh B) Gir National Park C) Drass D) Kashmir E) Gulmarg C) Kanha National Park D) Periyar National Park 384. The Reserve Bank of India has raised the limit for E) Manas National Park collateralfree agriculture loans to ₹______lakh from ₹1 lakh. 378. Which of the following was launched by the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs to extend the outreach of Deendayal A) 1.2 B) 1.4 Antyodaya Mission – National Urban Livelihoods Mission C) 1.5 D) 1.6 (DAYNULM) to the most vulnerable? E) 2

A) Shehri Vikas Utsav 385. Which of the following conducted its eighth round of National Deworming Day across the country on 8 February B) Shehri Protsahan Utsav 2019?

C) Shehri Samridhi Utsav A) Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

D) Shehri Sahayata Utsav B) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

E) Shehri Unnati Utsav C) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

379. Where was the EGAT's Cup International Weightlifting D) Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers Championships 2019 held? E) Ministry of Science and Technology A) India B) Laos C) Thailand D) Myanmar 386. According to the International Intellectual Property E) Singapore index 2019, India was ranked at ______place.

380. Haryana Hammers won the 4th edition of the Pro A) 36th B) 38th Wrestling League defeating ______by 6-3 in the summit C) 42nd D) 44th clash. E) 46th

A) Delhi Sultans B) Mumbai Maharathi 387. Read the following statements carefully: C) Punjab Royals D) UP Dangal E) MP Yodha 1.The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has inaugurated the Robert Bosch Center for Data Science and 381. Who won the silver medal in men's 67- kilogram Artificial Intelligence. category at the EGAT's Cup International Weightlifting Championships in Thailand, on 8 February 2019? 2.The mission of the new centre is to create a societal impact on core challenges in data science (DS) and artificial A) Jeremy Lalrinnunga B) Ruben Katoatau intelligence (AI). 32 | P a g e

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A) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare 3.It will be done through multidisciplinary interactions with government, academic, research and industrial collaborators. B) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

Which of the above statements is/are correct? C) Ministry of Labour and Employment

A) Only 2 B) Only 1 and 2 D) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 E) All are correct E) Ministry of Home Affairs

388. The Chief Minister of which state unveiled a 19-foot- 394. Read the following statements carefully: high statue of Guru Padmasambhava on 8 February 2019? 1.A dedicated 'Asiatic Lion Conservation Project' was A) Bihar B) Jharkhand launched on 8 February 2019. C) Odisha D) Madhya Pradesh E) Chhattisgarh 2.The Asiatic Lion, endemic to Gir landscape of Gujarat, is one of the 21 critically endangered species identified by the 389. Where was the 'Zero Fatality Corridor' launched to Environment examine the cause for accidents and crashes on 6 February Ministry. 2019? 3.Asiatic Lion, being listed in Schedule-I of Wildlife A) Delhi B) Mumbai (Protection) Act, 1982, has been accorded the highest degree C) Bengaluru D) of protection. E) Bhopal Which of the above statements is/are correct? 390. Where was the event 'Surging Silk - Accomplishment and way forward', organised on 9 February 2019? A) Only 1 B) Only 1 and 2 C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 A) Chennai B) Kalol E) All are correct C) New Delhi D) Lucknow E) Bengaluru 395. Ram Nath Kovind, received the first copy of the book 'Law,Justice and Judicial Power – Justice PN Bhagwati’s 391. As per an MoU signed between India and Bangladesh on Approach' written by ______, on 8 February 2019. 8 February 2019, how many Bangladesh Civil Servants will be trained at the National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG)? A) B) Vandana Shiva C) Mool Chand Sharma D) Rajiv Malhotra A) 1000 B) 1200 E) C) 1500 D) 1800 E) 2000 396. Where will the 13th Conference of Parties (COP) of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of wild 392. Who was conferred the Légion d'Honneur (Legion of animals (CMS) be hosted from 15 to 22 February 2020? Honour) on 6 February 2019? A) Rajasthan B) Gujarat A) Stephen Alathara C) Madhya Pradesh D) Odisha E) Telangana B) Jerome D'Souza 397. DRDO successfully flight tested the ______C) Francois Laborde indigenously developed ‘Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR)’ propulsion based missile system from Chandipur, Odisha on 8 D) Pius Fidelis Pinto February 2019.

E) George Karakunnel A) First B) Second C) Third D) Fourth 393. Who among the following has instituted the ‘PMAY (U) E) Fifth awards for Implementation and Innovation’?

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398. With whom has Government e Marketplace (GeM) A) 5 lakhs B) 9 Lakhs signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 6 C) 2 lakhs D) 10 Lakhs February 2019 to enable a fair and competitive environment E) 25 Lakhs in the e-Marketplace? 403. Which bank won the 9th edition of Aegis Graham Bell A) Ministry of Corporate Affairs Award 2018 for its project in data science?

B) Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority A) ICICI Bank B) IDBI Bank C) Yes Bank D) Citi Bank C) Competition Commission of India E) Bank of Baroda

D) NITI Aayog 404. The Reserve bank of India has imposed fine on which bank for not monitoring the end use of funds in respect of E) Research Design and Standards Organisation one of its borrowers?

399. Which programme was launched for citizens for A) HDFC B) ICICI verifications of their names, new registrations, changes in the C) PNB D) SBI voter details and corrections in the Voter Id Cards for the E) OBC upcoming General Elections 2019? 405. Recently, the government of India decided to abolish the A) Voter Authentication and Information Programme Institution of Income-Tax Ombudsman and Indirect Tax Ombudsman. The Institution of Income-Tax Ombudsman was B) Voter Verification and Correction Programme created in which year?

C) Voter Verification and Information Programme A) 2003 B) 2010 C) 2009 D) 2015 D) Voter Authentication and Correction Programme E) 2008

E) Voter Identification and Correction Programme 406. Read the following statements.

400. In which state did Prime Minister Narendra Modi 1. The Union Cabinet approved the MoU between India and inaugurate the Garjee - Belonia Railway Line on 9 February Finland on 6th Feb 2019. 2019? 2. It will support the creation of long-term Research, A) Sikkim B) Tripura Development & Innovation collaboration mechanism. C) Nagaland D) Arunachal Pradesh 3. It will also establish and strengthen the cooperative E) Assam network between Indian and Finnish organisations.

401. Read the following statements about MarCO CubeSats. Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. The MarCO CubeSats were launched by NASA in 2018. A) Only 2 B) Only 3 C) Both 2 and 3 D) Both 1 and 3 2. They have been nicknamed EVE and WALL-E. E) All are correct

3. They have travelled past the Mars. 407. On 8 February 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the four laning of the Falakata- Which of the following statements is/are correct? Salsalabari section of NH-31 D in which state?

A) Only 1 B) Only 2 A) West Bengal B) Assam C) Both 1 and 3 D) Both 2 and 3 C) Manipur D) Nagaland E) All are correct E) Jharkhand

402. Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority 408. Read the following statements about PM-KISAN scheme. (IRDAI) imposed a fine of Rs. ______on United India Insurance Co (UIIC) Ltd for violating certain procedures. 1. The scheme will be applicable to small and marginal farmers. 34 | P a g e

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D) Pradeep Singh Kharola 2. The farmers should have a cultivable land of 5 hectares. E) Sailesh 3. Under the scheme, Rs. 6000 will be provided to farmers in three equal instalments. 415. Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, laid the foundation for 5 National Highway projects Which of the following statements is/are correct? of length 632 km in ______on 8 Feb 2019.

A) Only 1 B) Only 2 A) Lucknow B) Bareilly C) Both 1 and 2 D) Both 1 and 3 C) Moradabad D) Ayodhya E) All are correct E) Ghaziabad

409. Which city police commissioner has launched 'DigiCop' 416. Pradhan Mantri Ujjawala Yojana (PMUY) anthem was mobile app? launched during the 'Ujjwala Utsav' in New Delhi on 7 February 2019. Who is the composer of the PMUY anthem? A) Mumbai B) Delhi C) Kochi D) Chennai A) AR Rahman B) Kailash Kher E) Indore C) Pritam D) Gulzar E) Anu Malik 410. The global surface temperatures on the Earth in ______were the 4th warmest since 1880. 417. Who was appointed as Secretary of Ministry of Minority Affairs on 7th Feb 2019? A) 2016 B) 2018 C) 2019 D) 2015 A) Sanjay Kothari B) Tarun Shridhar E) 2014 C) Bharati S. Sihag D) Pradeep Singh Kharola E) Sailesh 411. On 7 February 2019, the Reserve Bank of India lowered the repo rate by 25 basis points to ______. 418. Recently, a session was held on the Indo-Africa Strategic Economic Co-operation was held in New Delhi. The session A) 6.25% B) 7% was organised by which ministry? C) 6.50% D) 6.75% E) 6.15% A) Ministry of Commerce and Industry

412. Recently, who has been honoured with the ‘Freedom of B) Ministry of Defence the City Of London' award? C) Ministry of Home Affairs A) Rikhil Shah B) Ganesh Prasad C) Sanjiv Chadha D) Arundhati Bhattacharya D) Ministry of External Affairs E) Rajnish Kumar E) Ministry of Finance 413. Who made the fastest fifty for India in Women’s cricket T20Is? 419. The US has agreed to sell its 2 advanced missile defence systems to ______at a cost of $190 million. A) Harmanpreet Kaur B) Mithali Raj C) Smriti Mandhana D) Deepti Sharma A) Israel B) India E) Poonam Yadav C) Australia D) Brazil E) China 414. Who has been appointed as Secretary of Ministry of Civil Aviation? 420. Read the following statements about 'Granny Dakshayani'. A) Ajay Kumar 1. She was India's oldest elephant. B) Pradeep Kumar Sinha 2. She was awarded the title 'Gaja Muthassi'. C) Rajiv Nayan Choubey 3. She was in captivity in Karnataka. 35 | P a g e

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C) Howrah D) Siliguri Which of the following statements is/are correct? E) Durgapur

A) Only 1 B) Only 2 425. The CCEA chaired by PM Narendra Modi has approved C) Both 1 and 2 D) Both 2 and 3 the proposal for setting up 12,000 MW Solar PV Power E) All are correct Projects in ______years at a cost of Rs. 48,000 crores.

421. The Union Cabinet has approved an MoU to promote A) 3 B) 4 bilateral cooperation, aimed at building technical assistance/ C) 5 D) 6 capacity support for the ______and ______on 6 E) 7 February 2019. 426. A corpus of Rs. ______crore has been approved for A) Electoral Commission of Namibia, Electoral Tribunal of the creation of Agri-Market Infrastructure Fund (AMIF) on 6th Panama Feb 2019.

B) Electoral Commission of Cuba, Electoral Tribunal of A) 1000 B) 1500 Panama C) 2000 D) 2500 E) 3000 C) Electoral Commission of Namibia, Electoral Commission of Cuba 427. The ______conference of UTs/AYUSH/Health Ministers of States was inaugurated by Shripad Naik, Minister D) Electoral Commission of Cuba, Electoral Commission of of State of AYUSH on 6th February 2019. Mexico A) 3rd B) 4th E) Electoral Commission of Mexico, Electoral Tribunal of C) 5th D) 6th Panama E) 7th

422. With which country has India signed an MoU for mutual 428. Who among the following organized the 'Parmanu Tech Cooperation to raise the status and prestige of the Practicing 2019' conference on 6th February 2019? Company Secretary in both countries? 1.Ministry of External Affairs A) Indonesia B) Malaysia C) Brunei D) Thailand 2.Department of Atomic Energy. E) Singapore 3.NITI Aayog 423. Read the following statements carefully: A) Only 1 B) Only 1 and 2 1.The Union Cabinet approved the Framework Agreement C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 between India and Indonesia on cooperation in the E) All are correct exploration and uses of outer space for peaceful purposes. 429. In the presence of which of the following actors was the 2.It was signed and exchanged in New Delhi on May 30, 2018. 'Darwaza Band- Part 2' campaign launched on 6th Feb 2019 in Mumbai? 3.The agreement will strengthen the cooperation between India and Indonesia. A) Shahrukh Khan B) Akshay Kumar C) Amitabh Bachchan D) Which of the above statements is/are correct? E) Hrithik Roshan

A) Only 2 B) Only 1 and 2 430. Where did the 3rd Indo-German Working Group for C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 water and waste management conclude on 6th February E) All are correct 2019?

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431. Where did Smt. Smriti Irani, the Union Minister of Textiles launch the India Size project on 6th February 2019? E) Both 1 and 3

A) Mumbai B) New Delhi 436. With whom has the Indian Coast Guard signed an MoU C) Surat D) Lucknow at Coast Guard Regional Headquarters in Port Blair for E) Chennai coordination in the aeronautical, maritime search and rescue operations? 432. Who among the following is/are the recipient/recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi awards for the year 2017 A) Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India presented by Shri Ram Nath Kovind on February 6, 2019? B) Airport Authority of India 1.Gurnam Singh 2.Sujata Mohapatra C) Defence Research and Development Organisation 3.Parvathy Baul D) National Disaster Response Force A) Only 2 B) Only 1 and 2 C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 E) Central Industrial Security Force E) All are correct 437. Who headed a meeting held on 6th February 2019 by 433. The Prasar Bharati's 'Broadcasting Infrastructure and the Ministry of Health to take action to deal with Swine flu? Network Development' scheme will cost Rs ______crore for 3 years from 2017-18 to 2019-20. A) Jagat Prakash Nadda

A) 997.37 B) 1,054.52 B) Ashwini Kumar Choubey C) 1,128.43 D) 1,287.52 E) 1,345.12 C) Preeti Sudan

434. Read the following statements carefully: D) Anupriya Patel

1. Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM JAY) App is E) Mohit Suri launched on the Google play store. 438. Which country has signed an accord to join the North 2. or PM-JAY is a centrally Atlantic Treaty Organisation on 6 February 2019? sponsored scheme launched in 2016. A) Albania B) Bulgaria 3. It was launched under the Ayushman Bharat Mission of C) Macedonia D) Croatia Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. E) Serbia

Which of the above statemen ts is/are correct? 439. From which station will Prime Minister Narendra Modi flag-off Vande Bharat Express on 15th February, 2019? A) Only 2 B) Only 1 and 2 C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 A) Kanpur Central railway station E) All are correct B) New Delhi Railway Station 435. Under the National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management Bill, 2019, which of the C) Anand Vihar Terminal Railway Station following will be conferred with the status of institutions of national importance? D) Prayagraj Railway Station

A) NIFTEM, Kundli, Haryana E) Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station

B) KIOT, Selliampalayam, Tamil Nadu 440. J&K-based Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen has been banned by the Home Ministry on 6 February 2019. In which year did the C) IIFPT, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu group come into existence?

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C) 1990 D) 1995 E) 2000 E) OBC, Axis, and HDFC Bank

441. Which state announced setting up a high-powered 446. With which bank has NTPC signed an agreement for a Rs committee to boost the dairy sector to supplement a farmer's 2500 crore loan to part financial expenditure on 5th February income in a result-oriented manner? 2019?

A) Haryana B) Punjab A) HDFC B) SBI C) Rajasthan D) Gujarat C) PNB D) ICICI E) Bihar E) Yes 447. With which country has India signed an MoU for fast- 442. Where will a World Heritage Centre be set up, housing tracking International North South Transport Corridor (INSTC) spiritual camps of 45 countries? on 5 February 2019?

A) Digha B) Mayapur A) Turkey B) Azerbaijan C) Vrindavan D) Tarapith C) Russia D) Belarus E) Mukut manipur E) Tajikistan

443. Read the following statements carefully: 448. With which state has Oppo signed an MoU to develop and support the startup ecosystem in the state on 5 February 1.A committee chaired by Union Environment Minister Harsh 2019? Vardhan has accorded wildlife clearance to the Mumbai- Ahmedabad high-speed train corridor. A) Telangana B) Kerala C) Tamil Nadu D) Karnataka 2.The corridor encroaches upon the Sanjay Gandhi National E) Andhra Pradesh Park and flamingo sanctuary, the home to leopards, in Mumbai. 449. Where will the National War Museum be inaugurated on 25th February 2019 by PM Narendra Modi? 3.The project for India's first bullet train was inaugurated in September 2017 by PM Narendra Modi. A) Red Fort B) Qutub Minar C) India Gate D) Lotus Temple Which of the above statements is/are correct? E) Lodi Gardens

A) Only 2 B) Only 1 and 2 450. Which High Court asked the RBI to develop a mobile app C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 to help the blind identify the denomination of various E) All are correct currency notes of India?

444. How many Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) A) Lucknow High Court B) were felicitated by the Minister of State (I/C) for MSME, C) Calcutta High Court D) Patna High Court Giriraj Singh on 5th Feb 2019? E)

A) 8 B) 10 451. Read the following statements carefully: C) 12 D) 14 E) 16 1.The National Film Development Corporation of India has been declared winner under the Mini ratna category by the 445. On which of the following banks has RBI imposed Ministry of MSME. monetary penalties over deficiencies in complying with different regulatory norms? 2.This was done as a part of the Ministry to felicitate CPSEs to recognise their exemplary work towards promotion of SC/ST A) UCO, Axis, and Syndicate Bank entrepreneurs.

B) UCO, Axis, and HDFC Bank 3.NFDC was incorporated in the year 1965 and was formed for the integrated development of the Indian Film Industry. C) UCO, OBC, and HDFC Bank Which of the above statements is/are correct? D) UCO, OBC, and Syndicate Bank 38 | P a g e

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A) Only 2 B) Only 1 and 2 C) Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 E) All are correct D) National Testing Agency

452. Which of the following monuments is NOT among the E) Delhi Directorate of Education top ten revenue generating monuments during 2015-18? 458. The Haryana Pharmaceutical Policy 2019 envisages to A) Taj Mahal B) Qutub Minar establish a state-of-the-art pharma park at ______. C) Humayun's Tomb D) Jantar Mantar E) Agra Fort A) Panipat B) Karnal C) Rohtak D) Kurukshetra 453. The Joint Statement following the results of the 1st E) Sonipat India-Russia Strategic Economic Dialogue was released recently. Where was the dialogue held? 459. Which of the following state was slapped with a penalty of Rs. 25 lakh by NGT for its failure to stop the discharge of A) Moscow B) St. Petersburg dirty water in the Upper Ganga canal? C) New Delhi D) Volgograd E) Mumbai A) Uttar Pradesh B) Uttarakhand 454. Shehri Samridhi Utsav was launched on 4th February C) Jharkhand 2019 to extend the outreach of Deendayal Antyodaya D) Bihar Mission to the most vulnerable. It is an initiative of ______. E) West Bengal

A) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare 460. Through which vehicle was India’s latest communication satellite GSAT-31 successfully injected into the orbit on 6 B) Ministry of Rural Development February 2019?

C) Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs A) Atlas V B) Delta II C) Ariane-5 D) Ariane 6 D) Ministry of Labour and Employment E) Falcon 9

E) NITI Aayog 461. Which of the following has acquihired a Bangalore- based AI startup Kint.io? 455. In which state did Nitin Gadkari do Bhoomipoojan of 3 National Highway projects on 6 February 2019? A) Grofers B) Swiggy C) Foodpanda D) Uber Eats A) Odisha B) Bihar E) Zomato C) Jharkhand D) Gujarat E) Haryana 462. Which state has become the first state to set up a Price Monitoring and Research Unit to track the violation of prices 456. Which of the following exercises will be conducted by of medical devices and essential drugs? the Sapta Shakti Command on 11-12th February 2019 on behalf of the Indian Army? A) Maharashtra B) Tamil Nadu C) Telangana D) Kerala A) Exercise Madad B) Exercise Insaaniyat E) Karnataka C) Exercise Rahat D) Exercise Sahyog E) Exercise Seva 463. Fitch Solutions has projected the government's fiscal deficit to slip to ______% of GDP in 2019-2020 fiscal. 457. Which of the following has launched a mobile app with the help of which students can take or practice mock tests on A) 3.2 B) 3.4 their smartphones? C) 3.6 D) 3.8 E) 4.0 A) Central Board of Secondary Education 464. A new project to control pollution in the river Sal was B) National Council of Educational Research and Training sanctioned by the Union government on 4th February 2019. The river Sal is in which state? 39 | P a g e

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A) Goa B) Karnataka Which of the above statements is/are correct? C) Kerala D) Maharashtra E) Gujarat A) Only 1 B) Only 1 and 2 C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 465. Who won the final of the Seattle Open, a Squash event E) All are correct by defeating Egyptian Mohamed Al Sherbini on 2nd February 2019? 471. Which of the following Payments Banks partnered with Suryoday Small Finance Bank to launch a sweep account A) Saurav Ghosal B) Harinder Pal Sandhu facility on 4 February 2019? C) Ramit Tandon D) Ritwik Bhattacharya E) Vikram Malhotra A) Airtel Payments Bank

466. Who has taken the charge as the MD and CEO of the B) Aditya Birla Idea Payments Bank Corporation Bank on 2 February 2019? C) Jio Payments Bank A) P. S. Jayakumar B) PV Bharathi C) A. S. Rajeev D) B Sriram D) Fino Payments Bank E) Suresh Sethi E) India Post Payments Bank 467. Which of the following was announced the winner of the Aegis Graham Bell Award 2019 in 'Innovations and Data 472. Read the following statements carefully: Science' category for innovating 'auMina'? 1.India and the EU submitted a proposal recently on reform of the WTO's dispute settlement mechanism in order to A) Waybeo Inc B) Flytxt address various challenges. C) Uniphore D) Sapience Analytics E) Nanobi Data and Analytics Private Limited 2.The mechanism of WTO ensures that the rules of the global trade do not get breached by members. 468. With which country has India signed an MoU on 4th February 2019 to foster relations in the field of clean coal 3.The proposal addresses issues of timelines, appointment technologies? process of body members, etc.

A) Germany B) France Which of the above statements is/are correct? C) Poland D) Brazil E) Italy A) Only 2 B) Only 1 and 2 C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 469. Women have now been allowed to work in opencast E) All are correct and underground mine. Under which act was the employment of women in underground mines restricted? 473. Who has been recognised as the President of Venezuela on 4 February 2019? A) Mines Act, 1951 B) Mines Act, 1952 C) Mines Act, 1964 D) Mines Act, 1966 A) Diosdado Cabello B) Henrique Capriles E) Mines Act, 1968 C) Juan Guaido D) Antonio Ledezma E) Delcy Rodríguez 470. Read the following statements carefully: 474. Where did Suresh Prabhu address the India-Monaco 1.Pope and Grand Imam of al-Azhar have signed a historic Business Forum on 4th February 2019? declaration of fraternity, calling for peace between races, religions, and nations. A) Ranchi B) Jaipur C) Mumbai D) New Delhi 2.Ali Gomaa is the head of Sunni Muslim's most prestigious E) Pune seat of learning and Pope Francis is the leader of the world's Catholics. 475. Where was the Words Count Festival 2019 held?

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E) Jaipur 2. A new set of policy rules had been formed for the e- commerce companies. 476. The total steel export has seen an increase by ______% in 2017-18. 3. It bars online retailers from selling products through vendors in which they have an equity interest. A) 15.3 B) 15.9 C) 16.5 D) 16.7 Which of the above sentences is/are correct? E) 17.1 A) Only 1 B) Only 2 477. Who has become the first pontiff to visit UAE on 4th C) Only 2 and 3 D) Only 1 and 3 February 2019? E) All are correct A) Pope Benedict XVI B) Pope Paul VI 483. Which of the following states is the theme state for the C)Pope Francis D) Pope Pius XII 33rd edition of Surajkund Mela? E) Pope John XXIII A) Maharashtra B) Kerala 478. Where will a meeting of Indian Ocean Rim Association C) Jharkhand D) Telangana be organised by the Ministry of Home Affairs and National E) Gujarat Disaster Management Authority on 5-6 February 2019? 484. Who has been appointed as India's new ambassador to A) New Delhi B) Mumbai the Republic of Colombia on 1 Febraury 2019? C) Surat D) Visakhapatnam E) Chennai A) T. Suresh Babu B) Sanjay Rana C) Sangeeta Bahadur D) Sanjiv Ranjan 479. At which of the following places is the Air India's first E) Jaideep Sarkar ever Flight Simulator, Boeing-747-200 ready for public view? 485. India's tourism sector has registered growth over A) Science Centre, Surat ______% in 2018.

B) Raman Science Centre, Nagpur A) 15 B) 17 C) 19 D) 21 C) Srikrishna Science Centre, Patna E) 23

D) Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai 486. Who has been appointed as the Nepal's ambassador to India on 4 February 2019? E) National Science Centre, Delhi A) Khadgajeet Baral B) Govind Prasad Lohani 480. Where was the first state-level awareness programme C) Nilambar Acharya D) Pramesh Kumar Hamal on agriculture export policy held on 2nd February 2019? E) Gyan Bahadur Yakthumba

A) New Delhi B) Pune 487. Who became the first Asian woman cricketer to play 100 C) Patna D) Lucknow T20 international matches as on 4 February 2019? E) Kochi A) Javeria Khan B) Mithali Raj 481. Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone C) Diana Baig D) Sana Mir for construction of new terminal building of the KBR airport. E) Ellyse Perry Where is it located? 488. By whom will the National Road Safety Week be A) Bareilly B) Patna launched on 4 February 2019 to generate awareness and C) Leh D) Jhansi sensitize people about safe road usage? E) Kullu A) Ministry of Defence 482. Read the following statements carefully: 1. India’s new e-commerce policy came into effect From B) Ministry of Road Transport and Highways February 1, 2019. C) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

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D) Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports A) Harmanpreet Kaur B) Mithali Raj E) NITI Aayog C) Smriti Mandhana D) Jhulan Goswami E) Punam Raut 489. Who won the 4th edition of the Pro Wrestling League 2019? 497. Who among the following inaugurated the New building of the Andhra Pradesh High Court at Amravathy on February A) Punjab Royals B) Telugu Titans 3, 2019? C) Dabang Delhi D) Haryana Hammers E) Bengaluru Bulls A) Gita Mittal B) Ranjan Gogoi C) Govind Mathur D) Lingappa Narayana Swamy 490. How many aspirational districts have been identified in E) Vijaya Tahilramani the country by NITI Aayog to accelerate MSME development efforts in these districts? 498. Read the following statements carefully:

A) 113 B) 115 1.A committee constituted by the National Green Tribunal C) 117 D) 119 has said that satellite imagery, AI, and drones can be used to E) 121 monitor pollution level of Yamuna caused because of dumping debris. 491. Where is the 2nd ASEAN-India Youth Summit being organized from 3rd-6th February 2019? 2.These can also keep a track of location and quantum of debris being dumped, as said by the committee. A) Shillong B) Kolkata C) Bengaluru D) Guwahati 3.The committe was set up in July 2018 by Rajiv Kumar to E) Delhi monitor the cleaning of river.

492. Which country announced a successful test of Hoveizeh Which of the above sentences is/are correct? cruise missile having a range of 1350 km on 2 February 2019? A) Only 2 B) Only 1 and 2 A) Japan B) Iran C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 C) Indonesia D) China E) All are correct E) Germany 499. By which year has the Centre aimed to install 300 493. By whom was a special postage stamp on Kumbh Mela realtime air quality monitoring systems and 1500 manual released on 3 February 2019? stations across the country?

A) Piyush Goyal B) Narendra Modi A) 2022 B) 2023 C) Manoj Sinha D) Uma Bharti C) 2024 D) 2025 E) Yogi Adityanath E) 2026

494. When is the World Cancer Day observed? 500. Who returned his Padma Shri Award on February 3, 2019 to mark a protest against the Citizen (Amendment) Bill? A) 2 February B) 3 February C) 4 February D) 5 February A) Gul Bardhan B) Anil Kumar Bhalla E) 6 February C) Aribam Shyam Sharma D) Kapil Mohan E) Mahim Bora 495. In which district of Jammu and Kashmir has the Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of AIIMS 501. Where was the 20th edition of Bharat Rang Mahotsav on 3 February 2019? (BRM) inaugurated on 1 February 2019?

A) Kupwara B) Budgam A) New Delhi B) Mumbai C) Samba D) Udhampur C) Ranchi D) Jaipur E) Leh E) Pune

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A) Aditya Kumar Anand B) Ajay Kumar D) Andaman and Nicobar C) Rishi Kumar Shukla D) Harshit Mathur Command E) Hemant Kumar E) South- Eastern Command 503. What is the new name for the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion? 509. Tamil Nadu won the 'Swasth Bharat Yatra' award under ‘The Best Performing State’ category on 29 January 2019. It A) Department for lndian Trade was organised by ______.

B) Department for Promotion of Trade in India A) Bureau of Indian Standards

C) Department for Promotion of Industry and External Trade B) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India D) Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade C) Central Drugs Standard Control Organization

E) Department for Promotion of Goods and Services D) Food and Drug Administration

504. In which country has Suman Kumari become the first E) Ministry of Food Processing Industries Hindu woman to be appointed as a civil judge? 510. The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority A) Pakistan B) Iran (IRDAI) has set up a panel, headed by ______, to identify C) Yemen D) Bangladesh the Systemically Important Insurers (SII). E) Indonesia A) Vijay Shekhar Sharma B) Pawan Munjal 505. How many agreements and MoUs were signed between C) Pravin Kutumbe D) Shashi Ruia Syria and Iran including a 'long-term strategic economic E) Deepak Parekh cooperation' deal on 29 January 2019? 511. According to the Corruption Perceptions Index released A) 8 B) 11 on 25 January 2019, India has improved its ranking to reach C) 15 D) 17 the 78th rank from earlier ______. E) 19 A) 79 B) 80 506. According to the first revised estimates of GDP, the C) 81 D) 82 Indian economy grew at 7.2% in 2017-18, as compared to E) 83 earlier estimates of ______%. 512. What is the theme of World Wetlands Day 2019? A) 6.3 B) 6.5 C) 6.7 D) 6.9 A) Wetlands and Biodiversity E) 7.1 B) Wetlands and Climate Change 507. Sunjay Sudhir was appointed as India's Ambassador to which country on 29 January 2019? C) Wetlands and Water

A) Maldives B) Sri Lanka D) Wetlands and Environment C) Bhutan D) Bangladesh E) USA E) Wetlands and Sustainability

508. Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar P took over as the Flag Officer 513. The ______annual 'Pulicat Day' will be observed on 2 Commanding-in-Chief of the ______Naval Command on February at Pulicat in Tamil Nadu. 31 January 2019. A) Fifth B) Sixth A) Eastern Naval Command C) Seventh D) Eighth E) Ninth B) Western Naval Command 514. In which city of Sikkim was the first 'Development of C) Southern Naval Command North East Circuit' project inaugurated on 30th January 2019? 43 | P a g e

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A) Namchi B) Gangtok 521. Read the following statements carefully: C) Ravangla D) Chungthang E) Pakyong 1.The INS Dronacharya team won the Regatta trophy in the 'Kochi Area Pulling Regatta 2019' of the Southern Naval 515. On which of the following rivers was a 5.1-km long Command (SNC) on 31 January 2019. cablestayed bridge named 'Atal Setu' inaugurated in Goa on 27 January 2019? 2.The Boat Pulling Regatta is one of the most prestigious and traditional naval sporting activities conducted by the Navy. A) Zuari B) Mandovi C) Sal D) Terekhol 3.Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) School got second position E) Chapora & Diving School secured the third position

516. Which of the following digital currencies was launched Which of the above statements is/are correct? by the central banks of the (UAE) and Saudi Arabia? A) Only 1 B) Only 1 and 2 C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 A) Cardano B) Aber E) All are correct C) Dash D) Tezos E) Augur 522. According to the first revised estimates of GDP, the Indian economy grew at ______% in 2017-18, as compared 517. In partnership of which of the following did Odisha's to earlier estimates of 6.7%. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launch the 'Jiban Sampark' project India on 27 January 2019? A) 6.9 B) 7.0 C) 7.1 D) 7.2 A) UNESCO B) Oxfam E) 7.3 C) UNICEF D) Amnesty International E) Greenpeace 523. Who became the first Indian to earn a card for the Australian Ladies PGA Tour (LPGA) on 1 February 2019? 518. Which ministry launched a mobile app 'RDP India 2019' on 26 January 2019? A) Afshan Fatima ` B) Tvesa Malik C) Vani Kapoor D) Amandeep Drall A) Ministry of Home Affairs E) Gursimar Badwal

B) Ministry of Defence 524. Which state has declared the endangered Indus River dolphin as its aquatic animal on 1 February 2019? C) Ministry of External Affairs A) Jammu and Kashmir B) Himachal Pradesh D) Ministry of Human Resource Development C) Punjab D) Haryana E) Uttarakhand

E) Ministry of Commerce and Industry 525. ICAR) has launched the National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP). The project will be funded by the 519. Which team won the Regatta trophy in the 'Kochi Area ______and the Indian Government on a 50:50 basis. Pulling Regatta 2019' of the Southern Naval Command (SNC) on 31 January 2019? A) International Monetary Fund

A) Anti-Submarine Warfare School B) INS Dronacharya B) Asian Development Bank C) Diving School D) Naval K G School E) INS Venduruthy C) United States Agency for International Development

520. Where was the New South Wales men's Amateur Golf D) World Bank Championship 2019 held? E) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank A) Australia B) USA C) UK D) Indonesia 526. Where was the 'Africa Centre for Climate and E) China Sustainable Development' launched on 29 January 2019? 44 | P a g e

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532. Where will the 30th 'National Road Safety Week 2019' A) Paris B) Rome be inaugurated on 4 February 2019? C) Prague D) Amsterdam E) Barcelona A) Chennai B) Kolkata C) New Delhi D) Pune 527. The United Nations announced 2019 as the International E) Jaipur Year of the Periodic Table (IYPT) of the Chemical Elements. The periodic table was first published in ______. 533. By whom was the report titled 'The Future of Rail' released on 30 January 2019? A) 1869 B) 1879 C) 1889 D) 1899 A) Energy Information Administration E) 1909 B) International Energy Agency 528. Read the following statements carefully: 1.The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) C) Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development was renamed as the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade. D) International Renewable Energy Agency

2.It will look into matters related to promotion of internal E) World Bank trade, the welfare of traders and their employees, facilitating ease of doing business and start-ups. 534. From where will India launch its communication satellite, GSAT-31, on 6 February 2019? 3.The matters related to internal trade were earlier under the Ministry of Home Affairs. A) Suriname B) Uruguay C) French Guiana D) Jamaica Which of the above statements is/are correct? E) Trinidad and Tobago

A) Only 2 B) Only 1 and 2 535. Who was appointed as India's Ambassador to the C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 Maldives on 29 January 2019? E) All are correct A) T. Suresh Babu B) Sunjay Sudhir 529. The Chief Minister of which state launched the 'Jiban C) Sanjay Rana D) Sangeeta Bahadur Sampark' project in partnership with UNICEF India on 27 E) Manjeev Singh Puri January 2019? 536. Which state won the 'Swasth Bharat Yatra' award under A) Bihar B) Odisha ‘The Best Performing State’ category on 29 January 2019? C) West Bengal D) Telangana E) Jharkhand A) Tamil Nadu B) Kerala C) Gujarat D) Telangana 530. In which state did PM Narendra Modi inaugurate the E) Rajasthan electrification project of 294 kilometres long 'Andal- Sainthia- Pakur-Malda' and 'Khana- Sainthia' railway sections on 2 537. Which of the following banks has/have been removed February 2019? by the RBI from Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) Framework on 1 February 2019? A) Kerala B) West Bengal C) Sikkim D) Nagaland 1.Bank of Maharashtra 2. Bank of India E) Manipur 3.Oriental Bank of Commerce

531. Where was the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival was A) Only 2 B) Only 1 and 2 inaugurated on 2 February 2019? C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 E) All are correct A) New Delhi B) Mumbai C) Raipur D) Hyderabad 538. The Nikkei India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ E) Pune Index (PMI) increased from 53.2 in December 2018 to______in January 2019.

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A) 53.3 B) 53.5 543. Who took the Oath of office and Secrecy as Member of C) 53.7 D) 53.9 Union Public Service Commission on Feb 1, 2019? E) 54.0 A) Prasanth Nair B) Surendra Kumar Solanki 539. Under whom has the government of India constituted a C) Rajiv Nayan Choubey D) Mir Mohamed Ali panel to look into problems of delayed payments from E) Parikipandla Narahari distribution companies to power generators on 1 February 2019? 544. The United Nations Security Council has adopted a resolution to extend sanctions against ______for another A) Central Electricity Authority year on 31 January 2019.

B) Ministry of New and Renewable Energy A) Iraq B) Iran C) Central African Republic D) Syria C) Power Finance Corporation E) Libya D) Damodar Valley Corporation 545. Government announced to set up an Aayog for the production and productivity of cows on Feb 1, 2019. What is E)Power Grid Corporation of India the name of that Aayog?

540. When is the World Wetlands Day celebrated? A) Rashtriya Gokul Aayog B) Gau Mata Aayog C) Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog D) Rashtriya Pashu Aayog A) 1 February E) Govardhan Aayog

B) 2 February 546. How much money (in crores) has been allocated for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act C) 3 February according to the Interim Budget 2019?

D) 4 February A) 4,000 B) 50,000 C) 60,000 D) 70,000 E) 5 February E) 80,000

541. The Railways has been allocated Rs.______Cr in the 547. Govt. announced that individual taxpayers with annual Interim Budget 2019-20. income up to ₹______lakh will not have to pay any Income Tax. A) 62,082 B) 64,587 C) 72,871 D) 78,279 A) 3 B) 4 E) 84,972 C) 5 D) 6 E) 7 542. Read the following statements carefully: 548. According to the Finance Minister, Piyush Goyal, the 1.A Committee under NITI Aayog will be set-up to identify fiscal deficit will be at ______per cent of GDP in 2019. Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic communities not yet formally classified. A) 2,8 B) 3.1 C) 3.4 D) 3.5 2.The Govt will set up a Welfare Development Board under E) 3.8 Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment for implementing welfare programmes for these communities. 549. The Pradhan Mantri Shramyogi Manv Dhan Yojana will assure a monthly pension of ₹______on retirement for 3.Govt also proposed increase in allocation for welfare of the workers in the organised and unorganised sectors who have a scheduled castes and scheduled tribes. monthly income below ₹15,000.

Which of the above statements is/are correct? A) 1,500 B) 2,000 C) 2,500 D) 3,000 A) Only 2 B) Only 1 and 2 E) 3,500 C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 E) All are correct 550. India has received foreign direct investment (FDI) worth $______billion in the last five years. 46 | P a g e

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A) Red Fort B) Humayun’s Tomb A) 214 B) 239 C) Agra Fort D) India Gate C) 321 D) 372 E) Taj Mahal E) 427 557. Where will the 13th International Oil & Gas Conference 551. Under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (KISAN) & Exhibition 'PETROTECH-2019' be organised from 10th to scheme, vulnerable farmers with 2 hectares of land will get 12th February, 2019? direct income support of ₹ ______per year. A) Hyderabad A) 4,000 B) 5,000 C) 6,000 D) 7,000 B) Gangtok E) 8,000 C) Greater Noida 552. Read the following statements carefully: D) Chennai 1.Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development E) Visakhapatnam and Ganga Rejuvenation, Road Transport & Highways and Shipping, Shri Nitin Gadkari launched travelogue show “Rag 558. Where did the Minister of State (I/C) for Labour & Rag Mein Ganga” on in New Delhi. Employment S.K. Gangwar, inaugurate OPD Wing of ESIC AYUSH Hospital on 31 January 2019? 2.It has been made by DD in collaboration with National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) to relay the need of A) Delhi B) Mumbai rejuvenating River Ganga. C) Pune D) Hyderabad E) Jaipur 3.He also launched the quiz show “Meri Ganga". 559. Who assumed the appointment of Director General of Which of the above statements is/are correct? NCC (DGNCC) on January 31, 2019?

A) Only 1 B) Only 1 and 2 A) Aniruddha Chakravarty B) Kuldeep Singh C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 C) Rajeev Chopra D) Jaswinder Singh Sandhu E) All are correct E) Surinder Singh

553. Who has become the first female cricketer to play 200 560. The indigenous construction of how many submarines ODIs on February 1, 2019? for the Indian Navy was approved by the Defence Acquisition Council on 31st January 2019? A) Smriti Mandhana B) Mithali Raj C) Harmanpreet Kaur D) Veda Krishnamurthy A) 5 B) 6 E) Jhulan Goswami C) 7 D) 8 E) 9 554. With which of the following countries have Germany, France and the UK set up a payment channel called INSTEX?

A) Iraq B) Syria C) Turkey D) Iran E) Poland

555. The GST collections in January 2019 have crossed ______crore rupees mark.

A) 50,000 B) 75,000 C) 90,000 D) 1,00,000 E) 1,20,000

556. At which of the following place was the ‘Bharat Parv’ organised in January 2019?

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