DC GK NOTES (FEB-2019)

1. Who presented the , the maximum number of times (10)? A) B) R.K Shanmukham Chetty C) D) T. T. Krishnamachari Ans: A (Morarji Desai) 2. How much did the govt announce for Defence Ministry in Interim Budget 2019? - Rs. 3 lakh crore 3. How much did govt announce for PM Kisan scheme in Interim Budget 2019? - Rs. 75,000 crore 4. Who appointed as DG of National Cadet Corps? – Rajeev Chopra 5. World Wetlands Day is celebrated every year on? - 2nd February 6. On This Day the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands was adopted in? - 1971 7. The WWD was celebrated for the first time in? - 1997 8. This year’s World Wetlands Day under the theme of? - “Wetlands and Climate Change” 9. Who said that lines of 'the ballot is stronger than bullet'? A) Abraham Lincolon B) Mahatma Gandhi C) Nelson Mandela D) Adolf Hitler Ans: A (Abraham Lincoln) 10. Who become 1st Indian to grab Australian Ladies PGA Tour? – Vani Kapoor (Golfer) 11. Who received Carnot Prize for Power Reforms, Rural Electrification? – Piyush Goyal 12. Which countries launched a common digital currency "Aber”? - UAE & Soudi Arabia 13. Who is appointed as Ambassador of India to the Republic of Colombia? – Sanjiv Ranjan 14. Who has been appointed as the new Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI Director)? – Rishi Kumar Shukla 15. Who became the first female cricketer to feature in 200 ODIs? – Mithali Raj 16. "RBI (RBI)" When did Reserve Bank of India formed? - 1935 April 1st. It's nationalised in? – 1949. The headquarters in? – . 17. The Commission recommended to formation? - Hilton Young (Royal). The First Governor? - Sir Osborne Smith. The Current Governor? - 18. FEBRUARY 1 : Indian Coast Guard Day 2 : World Wetlands Day 4 : World Cancer Day 10 : National Deworming Day 11 : Int'l Day Women and Girls in Science 12 : Darwin Day 13 : World Radio Day 14 : Valentines Day 20 : World Day of Social Justice 19. Which state launched My City My Budget initiative? - Karnataka 20. Who is the current Chairman of ? – M 21. Who is the current speaker of ? – Sumitra Mahajan 22. Who is the head of Lok Sabha? - PM Who becomes World No. 1 ODI batswoman? – Mandhana smriti 23. Which train was recently named as the ‘Vande Bharat Express’ by the Railways Ministry? A) Antyodaya 10 B) 23 Humsafar Express C) Train 18 D) Uday Express 1 Ans: C (Train 18) 24. The 4th edition of "Int'l Spice Conference" was held in? - Hyderabad, Telangana 25. Who appointed as Ambassador of India to Republic of Argentina? – Dinesh Bhatia 26. Which team won their first-ever Asian Cup title in Football by defeating Japan? - Qatar

27. World Cancer Day observed across the world, every year on? - 4thFebruary What is the theme of World Cancer Day 2019? – I Am And I Will - 17 people die every minute from cancer. - Globally 1 out of 6 deaths is due to cancer. - Tobacco use is most important risk factor for cancer. 28. Who was the first recipient of K.Veeramani Award? - V.P Singh 29. Who is appointed as MD & CEO of Corporation Bank? - P.V Bharathi 30. Which org. developed World Cancer Declaration 2008? - Int'l Union Against Cancer (UICC) Which state declared dolphin as State aquatic animal? – Punjab 31. Important Age Limits • President : 35 years • Vice-President : 35 years • Governor : 35 years • Chief Minister : 25 years • Sarpanch : 21 years • MP (Lok Sabha) : 25 years • MLA : 25 years • MP (Rajya Sabha) : 30 years • MLC : 30 years • Prime Minister : RS 30 / LS 25 32. ISRO has unveiled a Human Space Flight Centre at? - Bengaluru 33. Which Asian Country remains the most live-able for Asian Expatriates? - Singapore 34. Who became 1st Asian Woman Cricket Player to play 100 T20Is? – Sana Mir 35. Who won Pro Wrestling League 2019 title? – Haryana Hammers 36. Who has been appointed as the new Nepalese ambassador to India? - Nilambar Acharya 37. Who is the recipient of K.Veeramani Award for Social Justice 2018? - P.S. Krishnan 38. Which state has recently declared Indus river dolphin as the state's aquatic animal? – Punjab 39. Which one of the following is an element ? [A] Diamond [B] Topaz [C] Sapphire [D] Rruby Ans: A (Diamond) 40. Which state become the first State to set up a Price Monitoring and Research Unit? - Kerala 41. ISRO’s 40th communication satellite __ was successfully launched on board of Ariane5 (VA247) from French Guiana? - GSAT31 GSAT31 - 40th Communication satellite. - Weighing about 2536 kg. – Ariane 5 (VA247) vehicle. - 15 years life in space. - Replaced by Insat4CR. 42. The 30th National Road Safety Week, 2019 inaugurated? - New Delhi This year's theme? - Sadak Suraksha-Jeevan Raksha 43. Which is tops in budgetary practices followed by states: Transparency Int'l? - Assam 44. A new income support scheme announced by Union Govt. for farmers? - PM-KISAN 45. Dates : Indian Army Day: Jan 15 • Indian Coast Guard Day: Feb 1 • National Defence Day: Mar 3 • Kargil Vijay Diwas: July 26 • Indian Airforce Day: Oct 8 • Indian Navy Day: Dec 4 • Armed Forces Flag Day: Dec 7 • Vijay Diwas: Dec 16 46. Which city is the venue of ICT Academy Bridge 2019 conference? - Chennai 47. Theme for this conference? - "Fostering India for Industry 4.0" 48. Which Indian squash player won the Seattle Open 2019 title? – Ramit Tandon 49. Who won the 2019 El Salvador presidential election? - #NayibBukele 50. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport is located in which place? A) Mumbai B) Nagpur C) Chennai D) New Delhi Quiz Ans: B (Nagpur) 51. RBI Policy Rates (07-02-2019) • Repo Rate : 6.25% • Reverse Repo Rate : 6.00% • MSF Rate : 6.50% • Bank Rate : 6.50% • CRR : 4.00% • SLR : 19.25% • FY19-20 GDP growth forecast : 7.4% 52. The 2019 Asia LPG Summit held in? – New Delhi 53. Which nation to become 30th member of NATO? - Macedonia 54. Which batswoman scores India’s fastest-ever T20I Fifty in 24 balls? – Mandhana Smriti 55. When was the 'Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY)" launched? - 2018 56. The 7th edition of "Kolhapur Int'l film festival" inaugurated in? - Kolhapur, 57. Who is appointed as the Ambassador of India to the Republic of Colombia? – Sanjiv Ranjan 58. The Highest Peaks • World- Everest (8848m) • India- K2 (8611m) • Eastern Ghat- Mahendragiri (1501m) • Western Ghat- Anaimudi (2695m) • Aravalli- Gurushikhar (1722m) • Nilgiri- DoddaBetta (2637m) • NagaHill- Saramati (3826m) • Andaman&Nicobar- Saddle (731m) 59. Which project launched by Union Govt to study Apparel Consumption in India? – India Size 60. The 462nd Kandoori Festival 2019 has celebrated in? – Tamil Nadu 61. Which city was the venue of ‘ParmanuTech 2019’? – New Delhi 62. Which state has launched the Zero Fatality Corridor? - Delhi 63. What is the position of India on the Int'l Intellectual Property (IP) Index? - 36th 64. Which nation has topped in the Int'l IP Index? – United States 65. The longest-serving congressman in US history, passed away at 92, service 11 terms in 59 years, from 1955-2015? – John Dingell 66. Which organ filters blood in human body? A) Lungs B) Liver C) Kidneys D) Heart Ans: C (Kidneys) 67. What is the name of the new white dwarf galaxy that was found by NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope? –NGC 6752 68. Which country ropes in space technology to track border management? - India 69. Which Police Commissioner launches Mobile App Digicop ? - Chennai 70. The 2nd ASEAN-India Youth Summit held in? - Guwahati, Assam 71. Which country is now the 2nd largest consumer and importer of the LPG in the world? - India 72. Which team has won the 85th Ranji Trophy? - Vidarbha 73. Which city is hosting the Hero Gold Cup 2019? - Bhubaneshwar 74. Who is the Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes? - Sushil Chandra 75. Who was conferred the Légion d’Honneur (Legion of Honour) of France - Francois Laborde 76. Who takes over charge of DGP Punjab? - Dinkar gupta 77. Who is governor of RBI? - Shaktikanta Das 78. Where is the HQ of Archaeological Survey of India? – New Delhi 79. What was India’s rank in the latest ICC One Day Intl. Rankings? - 2nd 80. What was India’s rank according to latest FIFA rankings? - 103rd 81. The 3 day Krishi Kumbh began in which state? - Bihar 82. Which state tribal people celebrated Boori Boot Yollo Festival? – Arunachal Pradesh 83. Which tribe of Arunachal Pradesh is celebrating Boori Boot Yollo Festival? - Nyishi 84. Recently,a Himalayan Cloud Observatory has been set up in which state? - Uttrakhand 85. National Deworming Day is observed in our country to reduce the cases of worm infections among kids, on? - 10th February 86. On this day giving which tablets in Schools and Anganwadi Centres? - Albendazole 400 mg 87. The National Deworming Day was first observed in? – 2015 88. Which is the largest milk producing country in the world? A) India B) China C) Brazil D) USA Ans: D (USA) 89. Which city has made Hindi as 3rd language in courts? – Abu Dhabi (UAE) 90. World Pulses Day celebrated on? - 10th February 91. Who appointed as Ambassador of India to Marshall Islands? - Sanjay Kumar Verma 92. Who is the French Ambassador to India? - Alexandre Ziegler 93. What is the theme of the "Asia LPG 2019 Summit"? - 'LPG – Energy for Life’ 94. Which city is the venue of 9th Senior Women's Hockey National Championship 2019? - Hisar, Haryana 95. Which worship participates In Exercise ‘Cutclass Express 2019’? – INS Trikand 96. "BAFTA Awards 2019" • Best Film : Roma • Best Actor : Rami Malek • Best Actress : Olivia Colman • Best Director : Alfonso Cuaron • Best Animated Film : Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse • Best British Short Film : 73 Cows • Best Documentary : Free Solo 97. The 61st Annual Grammy Awards 2019 ceremony was held at Staples Center in Los Angeles. - The show was hosted by Singer-songwriter Alicia Keys. 98. Which article of the Indian constitution has the provision of Union Budget? - Article 112 99. How many budgets are presented in the Parliament? - 89th (2019) Types of Budget: 1) General Budget 2) Performance Budget 3) Zero Based Budget 4) Outcome Budget 5) Gender Budget 100. Which intl. org has recently called for a total ban on nuclear weapons? – Red Cross 101. Who has been appointed as the new Union Sports Secretary? – Radheyshyam Julaniya 102. Who is the author of the book “Let's Talk On Air: Conversations with Radio Presenters"? – Rakesh Anand Bakshi 103. Indian historian won the prestigious Dan David Prize 2019? – Sanjay Subrahmanyam 104. The 83rd edition of Senior National Badminton Championships has begun in? - Guwahati 105. Who becoming the first female driver to win the MRF challenge title? – Jamie Chadwick 106. The World Radio Day observed annually on? - 13th February 107. Who invented the Radio in 1895? - Marconi Who invented FM radio? - Edwin Howard Armstrong 108. This Day is organized globally by the UNESCO, since? - 2012 109. The theme for World Radio Day 2019? - ‘Dialogue, Tolerance and Peace’ 110. Disease & Effect Body Part • Glossitis-Tongue • Gastritis-Stomach • Hepatitis-Liver • Leukemia-Blood • Gout-Joints of Bone • Peritonitis-Abdomen • Tonsillitis-Tonsils • Dementia-Brain • Polio-Legs • Rhinitis-Nose • Hemophilia-Blood • Leprosy-Skin 111. Where was the LAWASIA Human Rights Conference held? – New Delhi 112. The first-ever World Pulses Day is observed on? - 10th February 113. Which country’s President has been elected as the chairman of the African Union (AU)? - Egypt 114. What day is Valentine’s Day held on? - Feb14 115. In 1537, which English King declared Feb14 of St. Valentine's Day? - Henry VII 116. When was first known Valentine's Day card sent? - 1415 117. What kind of flowers are traditionally given to symbolise love? - Red roses 118. Who won the EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2018? – Siddhartha Lal 119. Which nation officially changed its name to North Macedonia? - Macedonia 120. Which is to be mascot for National Games 2022? - "Clouded Leopard" Who is clinched Sofia Open 2019 title? – Daniil Medvedev (Russia) 121. Who becomes the first Indian woman President of Indian National Congress? A) Sarojini Naidu B) Pratibha Patil C) Vijaya Lakshmi D) Annie Besant Ans: A (Sarojini Naidu) 122. Which nation’s parliament set to vote on extending president's term? - Egypt 123. India held its 3rd environment forum with which nation? - Germany 124. Who appointed new Election Commissioner? - Sushil Chandra 125. Who appointed as chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes? – Pramod Chandra Mody 126. The "Pradhan Mantri Shram-Yogi Maandhan" scheme was launched on? - 15-02-2019 Under the PM-SYM scheme, the workers will get what amount of pension after attaining the age of 60 years? - Rs. 3,000 127. Who has been sworn in as the new Attorney General of the United States? – William Barr 128. India has withdrawn the Most Favoured Nation status from which nation? - Pakistan 129. What is the theme of 2019 National Productivity Week? - "Circular Economy for Productivity & Sustainability” 130. PM will pay a two-day visit to __ from Feb 21, 2019? – South Korea 131. The Early Ed Asia 2019, Asias largest early childhood conference, held in? - Jaipur 132. The 5th Intl. Dam Safety Conference 2019 held in? - Bhubaneshwar 133. The new chief of AirIndia? –Ashwani Lohani 134. NASA to launch a mission to investigate Universe by 2023? - SPHEREx 135. The India’s 1st Agromet Forecast Centre inaugurated in? - Karnataka 136. World Sustainable Development Summit 2019 held at – New Delhi 137. Theme of WSDS 2019? - ‘Attaining the 2030 Agenda: delivering on our promise’ 138. Night blindness is caused due to deficiency of? [A] Vitamin K [B] Vitamin B [C] Vitamin E [D] Vitamin A Ans: D (Vitamin A) 139. India’s fastest train, Vande Bharat Express, flagged off by PM Narendra Modi. - Vande Bharat Express travel from Delhito Varanasi in 9 hours & 45 min. - It can run up to a max. speed of 160 kmph. - The train produced at Integral Coach Factory, Chennai 140. Who has been conferred the "Ashoka Chakra" for year 2019? - Nazir Ahmad Wani 141. Which will be the official mascot for 39th "National Games 2022"? - Clouded Leopard 142. Which political leader has authored the book ‘Undaunted: Saving the Idea of India’? – P. Chidambaram 143. Which team was clinches Irani Cup 2019 title? - Vidarbha 144. Who has been conferred the first ever “Football Ratna” honour by Football Delhi? – Sunil Chhetri 145. How many districts are there in Telangana state at present? - 33 146. Who will be awarded 2016 Tagore Award? – Ram Sutar Vanji 147. Which municipal corporation has won the first prize at the Swachhata Excellence awards 2019? - Raigarh, Chhattisgarh 148. Which section of IT Act of 2000 has been scraped to avoid people being prosecuted? - 66A 149. Who has become the IAF’s first woman flight engineer? – Hina Jaiswal 150. Who wins the Intl. Human Rights Prize? – Abdul Aziz Muhamat 151. A book ‘Simplicity & Wisdom’ written by? – Dinesh Shahra 152. Best-selling British Author’ passed Away? – Andrea Levy 153. The 83rd Sr. Badminton Nationals winners: - Men’s Singles: Sourabh Verma - Women’s Singles: Saina Nehwal 154. Tributes to the bravest maratha king of India, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj on his birth anniversary today. 155. Who was Shivaji’s Guru? - Samartha Ramadas 156. Who is the founder of Maratha Empire? - Shivaji Maharaj 157. In which year Shivaji became Chhatrapati? – 1674 158. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport located in? A) Hyderabad B) Mumbai C) New Delhi D) Chennai Ana: B (Mumbai) 159. Which country won the team event at 1st Mallakhamb World Championship? - India 160. Which state recently passed a Bill to make Sanskrit as 2nd official language? – Himachal Pradesh 161. Which appointed by UN as Controller&ASG in DMSPC? - Chandramouli Ramanathan 162. Which IT giant has launched learning app ‘InfyTQ’ for engineering students? - Infosys 163. Indian Air Force conducts an exercise ‘Vayu Shakti’ in? - Pokhran, Rajasthan 164. The 4th Agri Leadership Summit 2019 held at? - Sonipat, Haryana Intl. Annual Desert Festival held in? – Jaisalmer 165. India’s first ‘Fulldome 3D Digital Theatre’ inaugurated in? - Kolkata 166. Persons in distress can dial a pan-India number? - 112 167. Who win the Qatar Open? – Elise Merten 168. Who were awarded the Maharashtra state Govt’s Shiv Chhatrapati Award? – Uday Deshpande and Smriti Mandhana 169. Newspapers & Founders • Mooknayak-BR Ambedkar • Vande Mataram-Bipin Chandra Pal • Independent-Motilal Nehru • Navayug-Muzaffar Ahmed • Young India-Gandhi • Inquilab-Ghulam Hussain • Free Hindusthan-Taraknath Das • Prabudha Bharat-Swami Vivekanand • The Leader-MM Malviya 170. A banana plant fits into which of these groups? [A] Grasses [B] Trees [C] Flowers [D] Herbs Ans: D (Herbs) 171. India’s 1st district cooling system will come up in which city? - Amaravati, AP 172. India’s 1st-ever diesel to electric converted locomotive twin engine flagged off in which city? - Varanasi 173. Who is the author of the book ‘Simplicity & Wisdom’? - Dinesh Shahra 174. Who has been designated as a brand ambassador for global sportswear giant PUMA India? – Mary Kom 175. Which India-based NGO has won the 2019 Laureus Sport for Good award? - Yuwa 176. Which state govt has recently constituted a Transgender Welfare Board? - Gujarat 177. PM Modi recently inaugurated Supercomputer named ______, built for 32.5 crore, at IIT-Banaras Hindu University? – Param shivay 178. RBI has recently warned against the download of _____ app, as it may cause phone data theft? – Any Desk 179. The 8th World CSR Congress 2019 in? - Mumbai 180. "FEBRUARY" 21 : International Mother Language Day 22 : World Thinking Day 24 : Central Excise Day 28 : National Science Day (India) 181. MacMahon is the boundary line between which two countries? A) India and Nepal B) India and China C) India and Pakistan D) Nepal and China Ans: B (India & China) 182. The UN Intl. Mother Language Day celebrates language diversity, variety worldwide on? - 21st February 183. This day was first observed in? - 2000 184. The UNESCO announced in? – 1999 185. Which country launched its first semi-heavy missile-equipped submarine ‘Fateh’? - Iran 186. Which sportswoman won the 2019 Qatar Open Tennis title? – Elise Mertens 187. Who has won the Laureus world Sportsman of the Year award 2019? – Novak Djokovic 188. What is the value of triple point (solid, liquid and gas) of Water? A) 0° C B) -273.16 K C) 273.16° C D) 273.16 K Ans: D (273.16 K) 189. Who has become the first woman President of the Astronomical Society of India? - G C Anupama 190. In which country has started the "Festival of India"? - Nepal 191. Which city is the venue of the 2019 International Vision Zero Conference? - Mumbai 192. Which state Police has inducted India's first humanoid robot officer? - Kerala 193. Which telescope has recently helped to discover 300000 new galaxies? - LOFAR 194. Which state govt. has decided to host the 79th session of "Indian History Congress"? – Madhya Pradesh 195. Which among the following temperature scale is based upon absolute zero? A) Celsius B) Kelvin C) Rankine D) Fahrenheit Ans: B (Kelvin) 196. Who became the first Indian Woman to be honoured with the 'Future for Nature Award'? - Divya Karnad 197. Which Indian personality honored with the 2018 Seoul Peace Prize recently? - Narendra Modi 198. The venue of 12th edition of Aero India show 2019? – Bangalore 199. Who appointed as the first court-appointed ombudsman for BCCI? – DK Jain 200. The 2019 edition of "Medical Fair India" has kick started in? – New Delhi 201. India decides to stop its share of river waters which flow into__? - Pakistan 202. "Waste to Wonder” park is in? - South Delhi 203. Mann Ki Baat is an Indian radio programme was officially launched in which of the following years? [A] 2012 [B] 2015 [C] 2017 [D] 2014 Ans: D (2014) 204. Which is venue of the ET Global Business Summit 2019? - New Delhi 205. Kodi Ramakrishna, who passed away recently, was well-known film director of which regional cinema? - Telugu 206. Who become the 1st Indian woman to won Future for Nature 2019 Award? - Divya Karnad 207. The ‘4th Global Digital Health Partnership Summit’ hosts in? – New Delhi 208. Which state has become the first state to deploy specially-trained dogs to check smuggling of liquor? - Bihar 209. Which state becomes 1st state in Mainland to get two coast guard districts? – Tamil Nadu 210. Afghanistan scores highest ever T20I score? - 278 211. Who became the 1st player from Afghanistan to score 150 or more? – Hazratullah Zazai (162 in 62) 212. What is the highest partnership in T20Is? - 236 213. Which two players are makes this partnership? – Hazratullah Zazai & Usman Ghani 214. Who was re-elected Nigeria's President? – Muhammadu Buhari 215. The first-ever Skill Saathi Youth Conclave has launched in? - Bhubaneswar 216. Which Indian Grandmaster has lifted the 2019 Cannes International Open trophy? – Abhijeet Gupta 217. Which Indian politician has authored the book “India in Distress”? – 218. Which country has recently introduced its new currency ‘RTGS dollar’? - Zimbabwe 219. What is the theme of the 2019 IAA World Congress? - "Brand Dharma" 220. "91st Oscars 2019 Winners" The Best _____ Picture : Green Book Director : Alfonso Cuarón Actress : Olivia Colman Actor : Rami Malek Supporting Actress : Regina King Supporting Actor : Mahershala Ali Documentary : Period. End of Sentence Foreign Language Film : Roma 221. National Science Day is observing every year on____, since 1987? - 28th February 222. India celebrating NSD to mark the discovery of Raman Effect by? - Sir CV Raman 223. His Awarded in Nobel Prize-1930 Bharat Ratna-1954 Theme of 2019 - "Science for the People and the People for Science" 224. Which state government has recently declared Monkeys as vermin? – Himachal Pradesh 225. The 'Sampriti 2019' is a joint military exercise of India and which country? - Bangladesh 226. Who has become the first-ever bowler in T20I history to pick 4 wickets in 4 balls? - Rashidkhan 227. Who is the current Union Minister of Railways? – Piyush Goyal 228. Who institutes the META awards? - Mahindra Group 229. Who is appointed as the Chairman of National Book Trust? - Govind Prasad Sharma 230. Which defence satellite would be launched by ISRO for DRDO in March 2019? - Emisat