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1. NOVEMBER 01 – World Vegan Day 05 - World Tsunami Awareness Day 07 - National Cancer Awareness Day 09 – Legal Services Day 10 – World Science Day 11 – National Education Day 13 – World Kindness Day 14 – Children Day 14 – World Quality Day 14 – World Diabetes Day 2. The following Indian states are celebrating their statehood day today 1. Andhra Pradesh (1956) 2. Karnataka (1956) 3. Kerala (1956) 4. Rajasthan (1956) 5. Madhya Pradesh (1956) 6. Tamil Nadu (1956) 7. Haryana (1966) 8. Punjab (1966) 9. Chattisgarh (2000) 3. Which was the first state to be created on linguistic basis? A) Madhya Pradesh B) Karnataka C) Tamil Nadu D) Andhra Pradesh Ans: D (Andhra Pradesh) 4. Who has been received the 2018 Vyas Samman? - Leeladhar Jagoori 5. When was the Vyas Samman instituted? - 1991 6. Who was sworn in as the first Lt. Governor of Ladakh? - RK Mathur 7. Who was sworn in as the first Lt. Governor of J&K? - G C Murmu 8. Who has won the GP 2019? – Lewis Hamilton 9. Who has been elected as the President of ? – Alberto Fernandez 10. Who has been elected as the President of Mozambique? – Filipe Nyusi 11. In October 2019, UPI crossed how many billion(s) transaction mark? - 1 billion 12. Which famous personality's resting place meaning Place of Power (Shakti Sthal)? A) Indira Gandhi B) MK Gandhi C) BR Ambedkar D) Rajiv Gandhi Ans: A (Indira Gandhi) 13. Which Indian Institute have created the 1st-ever ‘Indian brain atlas’ (IBA)? - IIIT Hyderabad 14. Recently, will now have how many Union territories? - 9 15. Who will represent Asian bloc in athlete ambassadors group in Tokyo Olympics 2020? - Mary Kom 16. Who appointed the next Adjutant General of the Indian Army? – Arvind Dutta 17. Which country has released a new coin to commemorate the 550th anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak? - Pakistan 18. Which has become the first State in the country to enact a law on contract farming? – Tamil Nadu 19. What is the rank of India in "Global Health Security Index? - 57th 20. Who won the Zozo Championship 2019? – Tiger Woods 21. Who has taken charge as new Director General of National Security Guard? - A.K Singh 22. Which cyclone recently hits coast of Kerala and Tamil Nadu? – Kyarr Cyclone 23. Which text was ceremonially burnt by Ambedkar and his followers? A) Rigveda B) Manusmriti C) Mahabharata D) Natyashastra Ans: B (Manusmriti) 24. The 35th ASEAN2019 Summit is being held in? - 25. Who is leading the Indian delegation at the 35th Asean Summit? – Narendra Modi 26. Which state has launched a new initiative “Meal in exchange for plastic waste”? - Odisha 27. Which country officially launched 5G Service? - 28. Which actor will be awarded ‘Icon of Golden Jubilee of IFFI’ award 2019? - Rajinikanth 29. Which country is hosting COP25 summit? - 30. Who is the winner of BiggBoss Telugu 3 title? – Rahul Sipligunj 31. Which state is called as "paradise of the botanists? A) Karnataka B) Telangana C) Sikkim D) Arunachal Pradesh Ans: D (Arunachal Pradesh) 32. Which team wins Rugby World Cup 2019? – 33. Who wins Saar Lor Lux Open badminton tournament? – Lakshya Sen 34. Who won the Paris Masters 2019 title? – Novak Djokovic 35. Who clinches Korea Jr. Open Title 2019? – Maisnam Meiraba 36. In which year King Kohli awarded with Arjuna Award? - 2013 37. In which year Virat Kohli awarded with Padma Shri? - 2017 38. In which year Virat Kohli awarded with Rajiv Khel Ratna? – 2018 39. Which mountain is called as Queen of the Himalayas? A) Mount Everest B) Kaunchunjunga C) Mount Kailash D) Godwin-Austen Ans: B (Kanchenjunga) 40. Where is India-ASEAN & East Asia Summit 2019 held? - Bangkok 41. When is World Tsunami Awareness Day observed? - Nov5th 42. When did the UNGA designated Nov5 as Tsunami Awareness Day? - 2015 43. The observation of Tsunami Awareness day initiated by? - 44. Which country to be fastest economy growing country in the world next year at 86% by IMF? - 45. Who appointed as the chairman of Land Ports Authority of India? – Aditya Mishra 46. Who’s debut novel ‘The Far Field’ wins the 2019 JCB prize for Literature? – Madhuri Vijay 47. Which mountain is called as King of the Himalayas? 48. A) Mount Everest B) Kaunchunjunga C) Mount Kailash D) Godwin-Austen Ans: A (Mt Everest) 49. Who wins the “Miss Asia Global title 2019”? - Sara Damnjanovic () 50. The National Tribal Festival (NTF-2019) is being held in which city? - New 51. What is the theme of the 5th India International Science Festival (IISF)? - "RISEN India" 52. Which team clinched 2019 Deodhar Trophy? - IndiaB 53. WHO announced to identify Online Shopping as an addictive disorder by? - 2024 54. China launched which countrys’ 1st-ever satellite SRSS-1 recently? - Sudan 55. Which institute created India's 1st 'standing wheelchair? – IIT Madras 56. Periyar stands with Ambedkar on Poona Pact. "Only leader I accept in India is Ambedkar" - Periyar "I need not to speak about caste descrimination in Chennai presidency, because thy have Periyar already" – Ambedkar 57. In which year, Sir CV Raman the 1st Indian awarded with the prestigious Nobel Prize for Physics in? A) 1913 B) 1925 C) 1930 D) 1943 Ans: C (1930) 58. Name the Indian Lok Sabha Speaker addresses 6th Speakers’ Summit of G20 countries? – Om Birla 59. Who bags gold medal in Asian Shooting Championships 2019? – 60. A two-day 'Global investors’ meet - "Rising Himachal" held in? - Dharamshala 61. Which is the world's largest English speaking country? A) India B) China C) USA D) Ans: C (USA) 62. Who took charge as chairman of Airports Authority of India? - Arvind Singh 63. Who awarded Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award? - Gulab Kothari 64. The 'No Money for Terror 2019 conference going in? - Melbourne 65. Indian Navy, Indonesian Navy bilateral exercise? - Samudra Shakti 66. Which is the world's largest Hindi speaking country? A) India B) China C) USA D) Russia Ans: A (India) 67. Which state is affected by Cyclone Bulbul? - Odisha 68. Who is appointed as Google India Manager? - Sanjay Gupta 69. Which scientific institute unveils its first electric airplane? - National Aeronautics & Space 70. Which country to host Men's Hockey WC 2023? – India 71. Which is the highest value currency in the world, to compare with Indian currency? A) U.S Dollar B) British Pound C) Euro Currency D) Kuwaiti Dinar Ans: D (Kuwaiti Dinar) 72. Which country banned the Islamist outfit 'Allar Dol'? - 73. Which country recently approved world’s first drug for Alzheimer Disease “GV-971”? - China 74. Which Indian batsman created historic record of playing 100th T20I match? - Rohit Sharma 75. People living in extreme poverty, as share of world total. : 15.7% Congo: 10% India: 8% : 4.6% : 3% Bangladesh: 2.3% South Africa: 2.3% : 2.1% Yemen: 1.6% : 1.1% China: 0.9% Pakistan: 0.3% US: 0.3% Mexico: 0.3% 76. The National Education Day of India is celebrated every year on? - 11th November 77. To commemorate who's birth anniversary as National Education Day? – Maulana Abul Kalam Azad 78. The first education minister of independent India Maulana Azad awarded with Bharat Ratna in? – 1992 79. Which was the first university of India? A) Mumbai B) Calcutta C) Nizam D) Madras Ans: B (Calcutta) 80. When BRICS was founded? - 2006 81. Which city hosted 2019 conference of 'No Money For Terror'? - Melbourne 82. Which state topped India's 1st-ever ranking on justice delivery? - Maharashtra 83. Which place in India did MPC for MILAN 2020 concluded? - Vizag 84. Most educated countries, 2019 1. 2. Japan 3. Israel 4. 5. UK 6. US 7. 8. 9. 10. 85. Who was the founder of Sikhism? – Guru Nanak Dev Ji 86. Who was the founder of Amritsar, holy city of Sikhs? - Guru Ram Das 87. Which state of India mostly celebrates Gurpurab? - Punjab 88. The Guru Nanak Jayanti falls on __, i.e day of full moon in the month of Kartik? – Kartika Purnima 89. What is Guru Nanak Gurpurab also known as? [A] Prakash Utsav [B] Rang Utsav [C] Kirpa Utsav [D] Kartik Utsav Ans: A (Prakash Utsav) 90. The Sanskrit Bharati Vishwa Sammelan held in which city? – 91. Recently NASA unveils its first electric airplane. Name it? - X57 Maxwell 92. Who has become the youngest Indian cricketer to smash an international fifty? – Shaifali Verma 93. The exercise Samudra Shakti is between India & which other country? - Indonesia 94. India test-fired 3,500-km range K-4 underwater nuclear missile from which place? - Vizag 95. Which company build App Defense Alliance to fight bad apps? - Google Where is the HQ of Google? – California 96. Who become the first Indian bowler to take a hat-trick in Men's T20 match? – Deepak Chahar 97. Who become the first Indian bowler to take a hat-trick in Men's ODI match? – Chetan Sharma 98. Who become the first Indian bowler to take a hat-trick in Men's Test match? – Harbhajan Singh 99. Which country is hosting BRICS 11th Summit 2019? - Brazil 100. The theme for 2019 BRICS summit? - "BRICS: Economic Growth for an Innovative Future" 101. Which country will host BRICS 12th Summit 2020? - Russia 102. The 50th WEF annual Meeting 2020 is being held in? - Davos, 103. How many times is the President's Rule imposed so far? A) 122 B) 115 C) 126 D) 135 Ans: C (126 times) 104. Which state govt. given approval to the world’s 1st CNG terminal at Bhavnagar port? - Gujarat 105. The 2019 World Para Athletics Championships is being held in? - Dubai 106. What is theme of this year’s World Science Day? - "Open Science, leaving no one behind" 107. Whose birthday celebrates as Childrens Day on 14th Nov? – Jawaharlal Nehru When Nehru elected as PM of India? - 1947-1964 (1st) Name the autobiography of Jawaharlal Nehru? - An Autobiography He was called as? - Architect of Modern India He awarded with Bharat Ratna in? – 1955 108. Which state came under President's rule for maximum number of times? A) Bihar B) Manipur C) Uttar Pradesh D) Jammu Kashmir Ans: B (Manipur) 109. Which nation becomes 1st South Asian to call match fixing a crime? – 110. The "Bali Yatra” festival begins in? - Odisha 111. Who appoints as new Chairman of Unilever? – Nils Andersen 112. Who takes oath as Chief Justice of Meghalaya HC? – Muhammad Raffiq 113. The World Diabetes Day is observed globally on? - 14thNovember 114. The theme for World Diabetes Day 2019? - “Family and Diabetes”. World Diabetes Day created in? - 1991 115. This day became an official UN Day in? - 2006 116. Who's birthday observing as Diabetes Day? - Sir Frederick Banting 117. Which state launches ‘Nadu-Nedu’ scheme (1-6 E/M) in state-run schools? - Andhra Pradesh 118. Who names as global football development chief of FIFA? - Arsene Wenger 119. Who appointed as AP state Chief Secretary? - Nilam Sawhney 120. Who won BRICS-Young Innovator Prize 2019? - Ravi Prakash 121. Which nation set to host World Kabaddi Cup 2019? - India 122. Who to be the chief guest at Republic Day 2020? – Jair Bolsonaro (Brazil President) 123. Which nation tops business bribery risk in South Asia? - Bangladesh 124. Moody lowers India’s GDP growth forecast to _____ for 2019? - 5.6% 125. India's rank in the Global Peace Index in different years? • 2008 : 123rd • 2009 : 125th • 2010 : 128th • 2011 : 135th • 2012 : 142nd • 2013 : 141st • 2014 : 144th • 2015 : 143rd • 2016 : 141st • 2017 : 137th • 2018 : 136th • 2019 : 141st 126. Recently Prince Charles, heir of which country visited India? - UK Recently, which state President rule imposed? - Maharashtra 127. In which city, Swachh–Nirmal Tat Abhiyaan launched? - Visakhapatnam 128. As per SBI report, India’s GDP likely at FY 2019-20? - 5% 129. Which Indian board has awarded the Golden Leaf Award at Tab Expo 2019? - Tobacco 130. India celebrates National Press Day on every year? - 16th November 131. The National Tribal Festival Aadi Mahotsav to begin in? – New Delhi 132. The national mission ‘NISHTHA’ launched in? – Jammu Kashmir 133. The Good Air Summit (GAS-2019) has been organized under which theme? - "Making India Breathe" 134. Which state govt. has decided to organize 2019 World Kabaddi Cup? - Punjab 135. Which Indian sprinter has been listed in the TIME 100 Next? - Dutee Chand 136. The TIME Magazine HQ at? - New York 137. Tribute to a great freedom fighter on his death anniversary Lala Lajpat Rai. - He was popularly known as Punjab Kesari. - He was one 3rd of Lal Bal Pal triumvirate. - He was associated with activities of Punjab National Bank. His books: - Arya Samaj - Unhappy India - Young India 138. Independence from Britain • US: 1776 • S_Africa: 1910 • Afghanistan: 1919 • : 1922 • Iraq: 1932 • Pak: 1947 • India: 1947 • SriLanka: 1948 • : 1948 • : 1957 • Nigeria: 1960 • : 1961 • Bahrain: 1971 • Yemen: 1967 • Qatar: 1971 • UAE: 1971 139. Where was the 11th BRICS 2019 Summit held? - Brazil 140. Which first female officer will be posted abroad as 'Naval Attache' by Navy? – Karabi Gogoi 141. The joint exercise ‘Tiger Triumph’ began in Visakhapatnam between India and which country? - USA 142. Who won the Presidential election of Sri Lanka? - Gotabaya Rajapaksa 143. Who were conferred with ANR National Award? - 2018 : Sridevi - 2019 : Rekha 144. Who takes oath as Chief Justice of Jharkhand HC? - Ravi Ranjan 145. Who sworn in as Chief Justice of Tripura HC? - Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi 146. Who is 1st female PM of India, remembering on her birth anniversary day today? – Indira Gandhi 147. Iron Lady of India Smt. Indira Gandhi given a famous slogan in 1971 general elections? - Garibi hatao (abolish poverty) 148. Indira Gandhi awarded with which award in 1971? – Bharat Ratna 149. International Mens Day is celebrated every year on? - 19th November 150. As we know that Int'l. Women's Day is observing on? - 8th March 151. Int'l. Men's Day established by Dr. Jerome Teeluck singh in? - 1999 152. The theme for International Mens Day2019? - “Making a Difference for Men & Boys” 153. Which of the following Prime Ministers was imposed President rule in most number of times in Indian states? A) PV Narasimha Rao B) Indira Gandhi C) Manmohan Singh D) Morarji Desai Ans: B (Indira Gandhi) 154. The 4th Int'l cherry blossom festival 2019 celebrated in? - Shillong 155. Which country become the 1st country in the world to introduce 156. WHO approved typhoid vaccine? - Pakistan 157. Who sworn-in as the 47th Chief Justice of India? – Sharad Arvind Bobde 158. India ranks on IMD World Talent Ranking Report, while topped by Switzerland? - 59th 159. The NCAER forecasts India’s GDP growth for FY20? - 4.9% 160. Which country beats Mexico to lift U-17 Football World Cup? - Brazil 161. Who won the Indira Gandhi Prize for 2019? – David Attenborough 162. What is the cost estimated for the next Census2021 in India? - Rs.8,754 crore 163. The next Census in India will be taken in ______languages? - 16 164. The World Children’s Day observed every year on? - 20th November 165. When is the Africa Industrialization Day observed? - 20th November 166. Who has been named PETA India's Person of the Year for 2019? – Virat Kohli 167. What is the theme of 2019 World Childrens Day (20th Nov)? - "Children of today, our keepers tomorrow" 168. Which city has become the India’s first City to Install ‘Third Umpire’ RT-PCR Machines? - Kolkata 169. What is the theme of 2019 World Toilet Day? - "Leaving No One Behind" 170. Which state govt. has launched virtual classes’ project? - Uttrakhand 171. What is the India's rank at 2019 Global Bribery Risk Index? - 78th 172. Which state govt. has launched ‘Nadu-Nedu’ programme? - AndhraPradesh 173. Who sworn in as new Prime Minister of SriLanka? – Mahinda Rajapaksa 174. Who won India’s first gold at 2019 ISSF World Cup? – Manu Bhaker 175. Who topped the list of #Fortune’s Businessperson of the Year 2019? – Satya Nadella 176. Who became the longest-serving PM of Japan? – Abe Shinzo 177. Where was the world's first Muslim yoga camp? - Uttarakhand 178. When is the World Fisheries Day observed? - 21st November 179. When is World Television Day observed? - 21st November 180. When is the World Philosophy Day observed in the year 2019? - 21st November (3rd Thursday) 181. Which is the largest moon in the solar system? A) Phobos B) Ananke C) Ganymede D) Titan Ans: C (Ganymede) 182. The Swachh Survekshan Grameen Awards 2019? - top state: Tamil Nadu - top dist: Peddapalli, Telangana 183. A 3-day Global Bio-India Summit 2019 begins in? – New Delhi 184. Which is the focus country at IFFI2019? - Russia IFFI? - Int'l. Film Festival of India 185. Which continent has largest forest area? - Europe 186. What continent has no forest? - Antarctica 187. Which is the largest forest in world? - Amazon 188. Which country has largest forest area? - Russia (45%) 189. Which country has lowest forest area? - Qatar, & Greenland (0%) 190. Who awarded international children’s peace prize? – Greta Thunberg 191. Who takes oath as the Maharashtra CM? – Devendra Fadnavis 192. Name the vody builder who crowned as Mr. Universe 2019? – Chitahresh Natesan 193. Who is the first-ever woman pilot for Indian Navy? – Lieutenant Shivangi 194. Which country has successfully conducted the first night trial of Agni_II? - India 195. Which state police bags 3rd prize for response to emergency among 500 forces? – Uttar Pradesh 196. Who has won the 2019 Doodle for Google competition in India? – Divyanshi Singhal 197. Who will be the Chief Guest at India’s Republic Day celebrations in 2020? – Jair Bolsonaro (Brazil President) 198. Which state was observed that the “Sand Week” from Nov 14th - 21st? – Andhra Pradesh 199. In which city, India’s first elephant memorial was build? - #Mathura, Uttar Pradesh 200. Who is known as father of genetics? A) Gregor Mendel B) Augustinian friar C) Norman Borlaug D) MS Swaminathan Ans: A (Gregor Mendel) 201. Which place does India have in recently released Global Terrorism Index? - 7th (out of 10) 202. Which cricket stadium hosted India’s 1st-ever Pink Ball Day Night Test? – Eden Gardens, Kolkata 203. Who won the India’s first gold at ISSF WC 2019? – Manu Bhaker 204. The global GDP growth (World Bank) 2017-2019. • China : 35% • US : 18% • India : 8.6% • EU : 7.9% • Indonesia : 2.5% • South Korea : 2% • Australia : 1.8% • Canadav : 1.7% • UK : 1.6% • Japan : 1.5% • Brazil : 1.2% • : 1.2% • Mexico : 1.2% 205. India ranked in 2019 Nomuras Food Vulnerability Index? - 44th 206. Which team wins Davis Cup 2019? - Spain 207. India to host SCO forum of Young Scientists & Innovators in? - 2020 208. The Sangai Festival 2019 began at? - Manipur 209. Who crowned as Mr. Universe 2019? – Chitharesh Natesan 210. The Global prosperity index 2019? - topped : Zurich, Switzerland - Bengaluru at 83 - Delhi at 101 & Mumbai at 107 211. The National Milk Day is celebrated every year on? - 26th November 212. This day marks the birth anniversary of Father of White Revolution in India? – Verghese Kurien 213. India will be conducting bilateral military exercise ‘Hand In Hand’ with which country? - China 214. Which state has decided to provide 5% reservation for its athletes in govt. jobs? – Madhya Pradesh 215. Which state has launched immunisation campaign against Filaria? – Uttar Pradesh 216. The list of most-polluted cities by particulate matter concentration. 1. Kanpur, India 2. Faridabad, India 3. Gaya, India 4. Varanasi, India 5. Patna, India 6. Delhi, India 7. Lucknow, India 8. Bamenda, 9. Agra, India 10. Gurgaon, India 217. The Oxford Dictionary named a word as its 2019 Word of the Year? - “climate emergency” 218. Where did the Global Bio-India Summit 2019 held? – New Delhi 219. Which state is the top ranked state in Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2019 awards? – Tamil Nadu 220. What is the currency of Japan? - Yen 221. Which of these important inventions was created by the Gupta civilization? [A] Leather belts [B] Farm tractor [C] Newspaper [D] ‘Arabic’ numeral system Ans: D (Arabic numerical system) 222. Who is founder of ISRO? - Vikram Sarabhai 223. When was ISRO founded? – 1969 224. Who awarded India’s first ‘Quality Ratna’ award? – Suresh Krishna 225. Who awarded the 28th Bihari Puraskar for 2018? – Manisha Kulshreshtha 226. Who won the 27th Ekalabya Award for 2019? – Jhilli Dalabehera 227. Which Indian journalist is recipient of Int'l Press Freedom Award? – Neha Dixit 228. Which state launched a citizen helpline No. 14400 for corruption related complaints? – Andhra Pradesh 229. The Union govt. decided to merge which UTs? - Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli 230. Who became the first Indian bowler to take five-wicket haul with a pink ball? – Ishant Sharma 231. Who is to be first Chief of Defence Staff? - Bipin Rawat 232. The 47th All India Police Science Congress begins in? - Lucknow 233. The DEFCOM INDIA 2019 seminar commenced at? - New Delhi 234. The 8th WATEC (Water Technology and Environment Control) Conference 2019 held in? – Israel 235. From which country Indian Constitution borrowed? USA : • Preamble • Fundamental Rights • Supreme Court • Written Constitution Russia : • Fundamental Duties • Five year Plan Britain : • Speaker in Lok Sabha • Parliamentary Election • Election Commission 236. Who takes oath as Chief Minister of Maharashtra? – Uddhav Thackeray 237. Which state is hosting the NuGen Mobility Summit 2019? - Haryana 238. India have how many after merged UTs? - Eight 239. Which state is going to set up the state’s first vulture conservation centre? – Uttar Pradesh 240. Leader - Memorial Ambedkar-Chaitya Bhoomi Gandhiji-Raj Ghat Nehru-Shanti Van LB Shastri-Vijay Ghat Indira Gandhi-Shakti Sthal Charan Singh-Kisan Ghat Rajiv Gandhi-VeerBhumi Jagjivan Ram-Samta Sthal P.V. Narsimha Rao-P.V Gyan Bhoomi Gulzarilal Nanda-Narayan Ghat Morarjee Desai-Abhay Ghat 241. Which Amendment provides 3-tier Panchayat system in India? A) 63rd B) 42nd C) 73rd D) 87th Ans: C (73rd) 242. Who designed the logo for the “Lokpal”? - Prashant Mishra 243. Which company become the 1st Indian firm to hit Rs 10 lakh crore market valuation mark? - Reliance Industries 244. Who is the author of book “Hemant Karkare: A Daughters Memoir”? - Jui Navare 245. India’s GDP growth falls to ___ in July-Sep 2nd quarter of 2019-20? - 4.5% 246. The 4.5% is India's slowest GDP growth since? - 2013 The GDP growth for the first quarter stood at? - 5% 247. India's GDP growth is likely slow down further in 3rd quarter at? - 4.3% 248. When was Jagdish Chandra Bose born? - 30 Nov 1858 249. What did Jagdish Chandra Bose discover? - Plants & metals have feelings 250. Bose is the father of? - Modern 251. Wi-Fi His work on mainly? - Radio waves& Wireless communication 252. Bose invented plant growth measuring machine? – Crescograph

DECEMBER 253. What is HIV? - A virus that lives in human blood, sexual fluids & breast milk What is AIDS? - is the condition that comes when your immune system stops working Where is it Widespread? - worldwide, but most in Sub-Saharan Africa Living with HIV&AIDS? - 37 M people 254. DECEMBER 01 : World AIDS Day 03 : World Disabled Day 04 : Navy Day (India) 05 : World Soil Day 05 : International Volunteer Day 07 : Armed Forces Flag Day 09 : International Anti-Corruption Day 10 : Human Rights Day 11 : UNICEF Day 255. What is the India’s rank in Global Diplomacy Index 2019? - 12th 256. Which country has largest no. of migrants living abroad 2020? - India 257. Who awarded Intl. Children's Peace Prize 2019? - Greta Thunberg 258. Which country becomes 1st country to make entire Haj process digital? - India 259. The G20 Presidency has been taken over by ____ from Japan? - Saudi Arabia 260. Who becomes new Controller General of Accounts? - Soma Roy Burman 261. India-Sri Lanka joint exercise begins? - “MITRA SHAKTI” 262. Who has won the 55th Jnanpith Award? – Akkitham Namboodari 263. Which nation will soon initiate its online news portal registration? - Bangladesh 264. When was Intensified Mission Indradhanush launched? - 2017 265. When is Int'l. Day for the Abolition of Slavery observed? - 2nd December 266. Which gas was released in Bhopal gas tragedy? - methyl isocyanate 267. When was the Bhopal gas tragedy happened? - 1984 268. When was Border Security Force formed? - 1965 269. When was World AIDS Day 1st observed? – 1988 270. The National Pollution Control Day marks (2nd Dec)? - Bhopal gas Tragedy 271. Which city organized the 47th All India Police Science Congress? - #Lucknow 272. The Global Migration Film Festival (GMFF) was organised in? - Dhaka, Bangladesh 273. The 20th Edition of Hornbill Festival 2019 begins in? - Nagaland 274. The World Disability Day observed on? - 3rd December 275. Why Navy Day is celebrated in India on 4th December? - To commemorate the courageous attack on the Karachi harbor during the Indo-Pak war in 1971 The HQ of Indian Navy at? - New Delhi 276. Who is considered as “Father of Indian Navy” - Chhatarpati Shivaji 277. Who is the founder of Maratha Empire? A) Baji Rao B) Raja Pratap Singh C) Shivaji Maharaj D) Balaji Vishwanath Ans: C (Shivaji Maharaj) 278. Where is the exercise HAND-IN-HAND 2019 held? - Meghalaya 279. A military exercise HAND_IN_HAND 2019 is held b/w of? - India-China 280. Where will the KheloIndia Youth Games 2020 be held? - Guwahati 281. Where is the 2019 South Asian Games held? - 282. World Soil Day is observing across the globe on? - 5th December 283. The first official World Soil Day observed in? - 2014 284. The date, December 5 chosen because? - birthday of HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej 285. What is the theme of #WorldSoilDay2019? - 'Stop Soil Erosion, Save our Future' 286. Tribute to the Father of Indian Constitution on his death anniversary? - Dr. Br Ambedkar 287. Which religion did BR Ambedkar embrace in 1956? - Buddhism 288. When did Baba Saheb Ambedkar died? - 6 Dec 1956 289. What is the name of Ambedkar Samadhistal? - Chaitya Bhoomi 290. Economic growth of India 2013: 6.4% 2014: 7.4% 2015: 8.2% 2016: 7.1% 2017: 6.7% 2018: 7.3% 2019: 6.1% (projected) India share of global GDP. 1989: 3.5% 1999: 4.2% 2009: 5.6% 2019: 7.9% 291. Name the magazine Baba Saheb Ambedkar was published? A) Dalit Leader B) New India C) Young India D) Mook Nayak B) Ans: D (Mook Nayak) 292. Indian Armed Forces Flag Day is observed every year on? - 7th December 293. This day is observing since? - 1949 294. Name the PM who introduced collecting flag fund? - Jawaharlal Nehru 295. What is the main objective of Indian Armed Forces Flag Day? - to collect the funds from people 296. Which country witnessed the sharpest reduction in malaria cases in 2018? - India (28% falls) 297. Which country accounted for most number of global malaria cases? - Nigeria (25%) Which company has announced the world’s largest-ever IPO? – Saudi Aramco 298. At which point of temperature are temperatures on Celsius and Fahrenheit scales equal in Degree Celsius ? [A] +35° [B] -40° [C] +40° [D] -35° Ans: B (-40°) 299. RBI announced NEFT transactions to be made 24×7 from? - 16-12-2019 300. What is NEFT 24×7 facility? - National Electronic Funds Transfer 301. The NEFT introduced in? - 2005 302. These transactions after the usual banking hours as? - 'Straight Through Processing' mode 303. Who is the founder of • Twitter(2006): Jack Dorsey • facebook(2004): Mark Zuckerberg • WhatsApp (2009): Brian Acton, Jan Koum • gmail(2004): Paul Buchheit •Google(1998):Larry Page, Sergey Brin • Yahoo(1995): Jerry Yang, David Filo 304. Which state won Best State Award in cadaveric organ donation? - Tamil Nadu 305. Which country to organize 2019 NATO Summit? - 306. The India-EU Summit 2020 to be organized in which country? - 307. What is the strike range of nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missile? - 350 KM 308. Who won 2019 Abu Dhabi GP title? – Lewis Hamilton 309. Which spacecraft of NASA recently found the crashed Indian Moon Vikram Lander? - LRA 310. Who appointed as new President of ? – Pritivirajsing Roopun 311. What is the name of typhoon that recently hit ? - Kammuri 312. Kohinoor Diamond was found probably from which among the following mines? [A] Golconda [B] Kalahandi [C] Panna [D] Bijapur Ans: A (Golconda) 313. India was placed at which position in Global Climate Risk Index 2020? - 5th 314. Where is the 2+2 dialogue b/w India and US to be held? - Washington 315. Where was India Water Impact Summit held? - New Delhi 316. Who is the first plogger of India? - Ripu Daman Bevli 317. Who is the Chairman of 15th Finance Commission of India? - N.K. Singh 318. Which country topped the E-commerce Index 2019? - 319. India ranks in UN index assessing e-commerce readiness? - 73rd 320. Who has been crowned as Miss Universe201 - Zozibini Tunzi (South Africa) 321. Who appointed as new chairman of NSE? - G.C. Chaturvedi 322. Israeli student’s made satellite to be launched from Sriharikota? - Duchifat3 323. The theme of Anti-Corruption Day 2019? - "United Against Corruption 324. Who elects as youngest-ever Prime Minister of Finland? - Marin Sanna (34) 325. Which of the followings is the ready source of energy available for athletes? [A] Vitamins [B] Fats [C] Carbohydrates [D] Proteins Ans: C (Carbohydrates) 326. The Fastest growing Economy 2019 : 7.8% Bangladesh: 7.8% : 7.5% Ethiopia: 7.4% : 7.1% : 7% Benin: 6.6% Mauritania: 6.6% : 6.5% Gambia: 6.5% Maldives: 6.5% : 6.4% Niger: 6.3% Turkmenistan: 6.3% Myanmar: 6.2% 327. When is Human Rights Day observed across the globe, each year? - 10th December 328. How many articles does the Universal Declaration of Human Rights contain? - 30 329. When was the Human Rights Day adopted? - 1948 330. What is the theme of Human Rights Day 2019? - "Youth Stand Up 4 Human Rights" 331. Which article deals of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights means "We Are All Born Free And Equal"? A) Article 01 B) Article 21 C) Article 12 D) Article 10 Ans: A (article 1) 332. When was World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) established? - 1999 333. When was the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) constituted? - 1993 334. When was the National Stock Exchange (NSE) established? - 1992 335. When was the Miss Universe pageant formed? – 1950 336. Which station is best police station of India? - Aberdeen (Andaman&Nicobar) 337. Who has awarded with Siu-Ka-Pha Award? - Padmeswar Gogoi 338. Which city organized National Florence Nightingale Awards-2019? - New Delhi 339. Whose tweet won India’s ‘Golden Tweet’ honour 2019? - Narendra Modi 340. The UNICEF Day was observed on, every year? - 11th December 341. The full form of UNICEF? - United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund 342. The UNICEF was founded in? - 1946 343. The #UNICEF was created by? - UN General Assembly 344. The Headquarters of 'UNICEF' at? - New York City 345. International satellites launched by ISRO ’s PSLV: U.S: 39 Canada: 12 : 9 S'pore: 8 N Korea: 6 U.K: 6 : 5 Japan: 5 Belgium: 4 Switzerland: 4 Algeria: 4 : 4 Indonesia: 3 Israel: 3 Finland: 3 Lithuania: 3 Netherlands: 2 : 2 : 2 Spain: 2 346. RISAT2BR1 launched successfully by ISRO along with 9 more satellites. - weighs 628 kg - lifespan 5 years - 6 US - 1 Israel - 1 Italy - 1 Japan This is 50th PSLVC48 launch. 347. The Bio Asia 2020 summit to be held in? - Hyderabad 348. Who is appointed as the brand ambassador for NADA? – Suniel Shetty 349. India ranked in 2019 Climate Change Performance (COP25 ) Index? - 9th 350. Who received the Nobel Prize for Peace 2019? – Abiy Ahmed Ali 351. DECEMBER 14 : National Energy Conversion Day 15 : International Tea Day 18 : International Migrants Day 18 : Minorities Rights Day (Ind) 19 : Less Plastic Day 22 : National Mathematics Day 23 : Kisan Divas (Ind) 25 : Good Governance Day (Ind) 26 : Boxing Day 352. Which of the following Chinise rulers built the great wall of China? [A] Pan Chao [B] Wang Hsu Tsi [C] Qin Shi Huangv [D] Pu Yi Chan Ans: C (Qin Shi Huang) 353. ADB lowers India’s GDP growth forecast in FY20? - 5.1% 354. Who's Pepsi’s new brand ambassador? - Salman Khan 355. World’s 1st commercial electric plane takes flight in? - Canada 356. Who becomes 1st Woman Match Referee to officiate men’s ODI match? - GS Lakshmi 357. Human Development Index 2019 Top Five nations 1. Norway 2. Switzerland 3. 4. Germany 5. 358. What is the theme of BioAsia 2020? - "Today For Tomorrow" 359. What is the theme of 2019 Int'l Mountain Day (Dec11)? - "Mountains Matter for Youth" 360. Which country topped SouthAsianGames2019? - India (total 314 medals) 361. Which country is to partner for BioAsia 2020? - Switzerland 362. India's rank on Human Development Index ! 2009 - 134 2010 - 119 2011 - 134 2012 - 134 2013 - 136 2014 - 135 2015 - 130 2016 - 131 2017 - 131 2018 - 130 2019 – 129 363. The first Indian Mathematician who treated Mathematics as a different discipline? [A] Mahavira [B] Aryabhatta [C] Ramanujan [D] Baudhayan Ans: A (Mahavira) 364. The Time Magazine's 2019 1) Person of the Year – Greta Thunberg 2) Businessperson of the Year – Bob Iger 3) Guardians of the Year – The Public Servants 4) Athlete of the Year - US women’s soccer team 5) Entertainer of the Year – Melissa Jefferson 365. Which state has won the 2019 World Habitat Award? - Odisha 366. The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, CABBill2019 will amend? - Citizenship Act, 1955 367. Which state has received the Krishi Karman Award five times? - Odisha 368. The RISAT2BR1 which type satellite? - Radar imaging 369. What qualifications should be to become a President? (A) 35 years of age (B) He should be eligible to be elected as a member of Rajya Sabha (C) Must be an Indian citizen (D) Only A & C Ans: D (A&C only) 370. Who becomes brand ambassador of LaLiga in India? – Rohit Sharma 371. Which country recently recorded 1st polio case in 27years? - Malaysia 372. Who elected as new PM of Finland? – Sanna Marin 373. Which city of Karnataka conducted a Human Library event? - Mysore 374. Which city launched booklet for student on Ambedkar's teachings? - Delhi 375. Which city to host "BlockHash Live 2019" conclave? - 376. Which city organize “Transforming Education Conference for Humanity 2019? - Vizag 377. Who became 1st Indian to play 150 Ranji matches? - Wasim Jaffer 378. International Tea Day is observing every year on? - 15th December 379. Tribute to the great architect of modern &United India Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his death anniversary Vallabhbhai Patel known as - “Indian Bismark” - “The Iron Man of India" Sardar Patel said - “I know Only One Culture that is Agriculture” He conferred Bharat Ratna in – 1991 380. Who wins the clear majority in UK Elections 2019? – Boris Johnson 381. Which state become the 1st one to pass a bill awarding death penalty to rapists within 21 days? – Andhra Pradesh 382. The INDRA 2019 is a bilateral military exercise between India and? - Russia 383. Who crowned ? - ZozibiniTunzi 384. Who crowned 2019? – Toni Ann Singh 385. Who crowned Miss World Asia 2019? – 386. The most searched keyword in India in 2019? – Cricket World Cup 387. Who will become world’s youngest serving PM? – Sanna Marin (34), Finland 388. With the help of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 which of the following nation got liberation? A) Afghanistan B) Bhutan C) Myanmar D) Bangladesh Ans: D (Bangladesh) 389. Who is the author of ‘Mind Master: Winning Lessons from a Champion’s Life’? – Viswanathan Anand 390. Who won the Presidential election in Algeria? – Abdelmadjid Tebboune 391. Who has topped the Forbes World’s Most Powerful 100 Women 2019? – Angela Merkel 392. Which nation has recently gained independence from Papua New ? - Bougainville 393. Which state govt is to set up a virtual police station? – Andhra Pradesh 394. Who appointed brand ambassador of PUMA? – Sunil Chetri 395. Who appointed as the brand ambassador of Pepsi? – Salman Khan 396. Which festival is celebrated in north India when Pongal is celebrated in Tamil Nadu? [A] Holi [B] Makar Sankranti [C] Diwali [D] Baishaki Ans: B (Makar Sankranti) 397. Where will the WEF Annual Meeting 2020 be held? - Switzerland 398. When Bangladesh became an independent nation? - 1971 399. When did establish the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)? - 2016 400. When was Air Asia India founded? – 2013 401. India ranks in WEF’s Global Gender Gap Report? - 112th 402. Who will be the next Chief of Army Staff of India? - Manoj Mukund Naravane 403. Which state police became the first to introduce ‘Trakea’ software in FSL? - Haryana 404. Who is the Chairman of 15th Finance Commission? - NK Singh