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CURRENT AFFAIRS FEBRUARY (18-28)
(1) Which Bank has rolled out the first US bank cryptocurrency? a) Citigroup b) Goldman Sachs c) Wells Fargo d) Bank of America e) JP Morgan
ANSWER:- Option (E)
(2) Which of the following city, 83rd Senior National Badminton Championship was concluded? a) Patna b) Guwahati c) Jaipur d) Bhopal e) Siliguri
ANSWER:- Option (B)
(3) ______based international cooling provider, National Central Cooling Company PJSC (Tabreed) has entered into a 30-year concession with Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (APCRDA) to build India’s first district cooling system in Amaravati. a) UK b) Germany c) Russia d) UAE e) France
ANSWER:- Option (D)
(4) Who has been conferred the first ever Football Ratna honour by Football Delhi, the association governing the sport in Delhi? a) Sandesh Jhingan b) Bhaichung Bhutia
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c) Subrata Pal d) Gurpreet Singh Sandhu e) Sunil Chhetri
ANSWER:- Option (E)
(5) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) withdrew the ______limit on investments by FPIs in corporate bonds of an entity with a view to encourage more foreign investments. a) 40% b) 50% c) 10% d) 20% e) 30%
ANSWER:- Option (D)
(6) The government of India gets ______crore from Bharat-22 Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) by additional offering. a) Rs 40000 crores b) Rs 20000 crores c) Rs 10000 crores d) Rs 30000 crores e) Rs 50000 crores
ANSWER:- Option (C)
(7) Eva de Goede from ______and Arthur van Doren of ______were titled the International Hockey Federation’s Players of the Year for 2018. a) Germany, France b) Netherlands, Belgium c) USA, Austria d) Spain, South Africa e) Argentina, Portugal
ANSWER:- Option (B)
(8) Who has won the International Human Rights Prize? a) Abdul Aziz Muhamat b) Bradley Cooper
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c) Sanjay Subrahmanyam d) Francois Laborde e) Sitanshu Yashashchandra
ANSWER:- Option (A)
(9) Who has won the Men’s Goalkeeper of the Year Award by the International Hockey Federation’s recently?\ a) Maddie Hinch b) Alyson Annan c) Shane McLeod d) Vincent Vanasch e) Arthur de Sloover
ANSWER:- Option (D)
(10) Who has become the First Indian Woman Flight Engineer of the Indian Air Force(IAF)? a) Hina Jaiswal b) Surekha Yadav c) Preethi Alandur d) Sarla Thakral e) Akriti Thakkar
ANSWER:- Option (A)
(11) Who has been appointed as Controller, Assistant Secretary-General for Programme Planning, Budget and Finance in the management strategy, policy and compliance department in UN? a) PV Bharathi b) Pradeep Singh Kharola c) Ruchira Kamboj d) PC Mody e) Chandramouli Ramanathan
ANSWER:- Option (E)
(12) The government appointed Air India chief managing director and Chairperson ______the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
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a) Sushil Chandra b) Chandramouli Ramanathan c) Pradeep Singh Kharola d) C Ramanathan e) Dilip Sadarangani
ANSWER:- Option (C)
(13) A book ‘Simplicity & Wisdom’ written by ______was launched at Parmarth Ashram in Kumbh Mela. a) AR Rahman b) Dinesh Shahra c) Keshari Nath Tripathi d) Swami Chidanand Saraswati e) MK Rao
ANSWER:- Option (C)
(14) Which company has launched a next-generation digital platform ‘InfyTQ’ to facilitate engineering students with best learning experiences by imparting technical and professional skills? a) Infosys b) Wipro c) TCS d) HCL e) RIL
ANSWER:- Option (A)
(15) India with immediate effect has boosted the Customs Duty on all the goods imported from Pakistan to ______followed by the day after India repealed Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status from Pakistan. a) 150% b) 200% c) 50% d) 100% e) 300%
ANSWER:- Option (B)
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(16) Bruno Ganz who is famous for his role of German dictator, Adolf Hitler in the Oscar- nominated film Downfall has passed away recently. He was from- a) Australia b) Switzerland c) USA d) Germany e) France
ANSWER:- Option (B)
(17) Which team has won the Irani cup titles at Jamtha Stadium in Nagpur by defeating rest of India? a) Vidarbha b) Bombay c) Karnataka d) Delhi e) Punjab
ANSWER:- Option (A)
(18) Who among the following beat world number 3, Simona Halep to win the Qatar Open? a) Anna Chakvetadze b) Venus Williams c) Maria Sharapova d) Serena Williams e) Elise Merten
ANSWER:- Option (E)
(19) Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi launched a pan-India emergency number ______in New Delhi. a) 108 b) 112 c) 101 d) 911 e) 118
ANSWER:- Option (B)
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(20) Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani recently unveiled the first Iranian made semi- heavy submarine. Name the submarine. a) Dorna b) Kowsar c) Tofan d) Fateh e) Panha
ANSWER:- Option (D)
(21) Name the first walking robot to have navigational capabilities without GPS or mapping. a) AntBot b) SpiderBot c) Beebot d) GoatBot e) CowBot
ANSWER:- Option (A)
(22) Which of the following NGO won the Laureus Sports for Good Award? a) Milap b) Pahal c) Laxmi d) Yuwa e) Bachpan
ANSWER:- Option (D)
(23) In which of the following city union culture minister Mahesh Sharma inaugurated India’s very first ‘Fulldome 3D Digital Theatre’? a) New Delhi b) Chennai c) Kolkata d) Pune e) Ahmadabad
ANSWER:- Option (C)
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(24) Who among the following was awarded the Maharashtra State Government’s Shiv Chhatrapati Award? a) Rajkumar Hirani b) Salman Khan c) Mithali Raj d) Virat Kohli e) Smriti Mandhana
ANSWER:- Option (E)
(25) Which of the following state's Legislative Assembly passed the bills to end the minimum education criterion for panchayat and civic polls candidates? a) Sikkim b) Rajasthan c) Gujarat d) Haryana e) Punjab
ANSWER:- Option (B)
(26) Q9. Which of the following city hosted the 40th International Annual Desert Festival? a) Bikaner b) Alwar c) Jaisalmer d) Jaipur e) Udaipur
ANSWER:- Option (C)
(27) 4th Agri Leadership Summit 2019 was held at ______. a) Sonipat, Haryana b) Jaipur, Rajasthan c) Dehradun, Uttarakhand d) Gangtok, Sikkim e) Ludhiana, Punjab ANSWER:- Option (A)
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(28) The Reserve Bank has announced that it will transfer an interim surplus of INR ______rupees to the central government for the half-year ended 31st December 2018. a) 42,000 crore b) 34,000 crore c) 66,000 crore d) 28,000 crore e) 25,000 crore
ANSWER:- Option (D)
(29) Indian Air Force conducted mega exercise ‘Vayu Shakti’ at ______. a) Tezpur b) Pokhran c) Panagarh d) Jaisalmer e) Jaipur
ANSWER:- Option (B)
(30) Wallace Smith Broecker passed away in New York. He was a well-known ______. a) Director b) Actor c) Quiz master d) Social activist e) Climate scientist
ANSWER:- Option (E)
(31) Which of the following country is to launch its first moon mission, sending an unmanned spacecraft to collect data to be shared with NASA? a) Israel b) China c) France d) India e) Germany
ANSWER:- Option (A)
(32) India and Argentina signed many agreements during state visit of President of Argentina to India. What is the currency of Argentina?
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a) Argentine riyal b) Argentine dollar c) Argentine peso d) Argentine ruble e) Argentine dinar
ANSWER:- Option (C) (33) In which of the following state K.J. Alphons, Union Minister for Tourism inaugurated the project ‘Development of Eco Circuit: Pathanamthitta – Gavi – Vagamon – Thekkady’? a) Tamil Nadu b) Kerala c) Karnataka d) Maharashtra e) Manipur
ANSWER:- Option (B)
(34) Which of the following General Insurance Company, announced the launch of 'Trip Protector' insurance policy, a pioneering policy in the non-life insurance segment in India? a) Max Bupa b) Reliance c) Bajaj Allianz d) Bharti AXA e) HDFC ERGO
ANSWER:- Option (E)
(35) The World Day of Social Justice is celebrated annually all over the world on ______. a) 22 February b) 10 February c) 20 February d) 17 February e) 2 March
ANSWER:- Option (C)
(36) The theme for World Day of Social Justice 2019 is ______. a) True Voice of Justice b) If You Want Peace & Development, Work for Social Justice c) How Social Justice Affects Poverty Eradication d) Social justice for peaceful and prosperous coexistence
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e) Job Creation, Better Quality Jobs, And Better Access to Jobs
ANSWER:- Option (B)
(37) In which of the following state, Bandicoot, a drainage-cleaning robot, has been introduced? a) Tamil Nadu b) Karnataka c) Delhi d) Goa e) Maharashtra
ANSWER:- Option (A)
(38) Cyber Prevention Awareness and Detection (CyPAD) Centre and the National Cyber Forensic Lab (NCFL) were inaugurated by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh in______. a) Daman and Diu b) Chandigarh c) New Delhi d) Pondicherry e) Goa
ANSWER:- Option (C)
(39) One of the most successful squash players Nicol David has announced her retirement. She is from ______. a) Malaysia b) USA c) Serbia d) Spain e) Japan
ANSWER:- Option (A)
(40) Who among the following won Lifetime Achievement Award at the 7th National Photography Awards? a) S. Neelima b) V. Ravi Kumar c) Arun Sreedhar
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d) Shanth Kumar e) Ashok Dilwali
ANSWER:- Option (E)
(41) Who among the following won Professional Photographer of the Year Award at the 7th National Photography Awards? a) SL Shanth Kumar b) Ashok Dilwali c) Manish Jaisi d) Arun Sreedhar e) Avijit Datta
ANSWER:- Option (A)
(42) William E. Butterworth III, better known as W.E.B. Griffin passed away. He was a noted______. a) Novelist b) Poet c) Scientist d) Doctor e) Director
ANSWER:- Option (A)
(43) Namvar Singh passed away in New Delhi. He was a well-known ______. a) Sanskrit novelist b) Garhwali poet c) Tamil director d) Telugu actor e) Hindi writer
ANSWER:- Option (E)
(44) Climate scientist ______, who popularised the term “global warming” passed away recently. a) Syukuro Manabe b) Wallace Smith Broecker c) James E. Hansen d) Phil D. Jones
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e) Michael E. Mann
ANSWER:- Option (B)
(45) Which of the following country became the 73rd nation to sign the International Solar Alliance? a) Iran b) Oman c) UAE d) Qatar e) Saudi Arabia
ANSWER:- Option (E)
(46) 8-time World Champion Nicol David has announced that she will call time on her record-breaking career at the end of the 2018/19 season. She is a ______player. a) Chess b) Tennis c) Squash d) Badminton e) Table-Tennis
ANSWER:- Option (C)
(47) The government has approved recapitalization of______in 12 public sector banks in this fiscal to help them maintain regulatory capital requirements and finance growth plans. a) Rs 66,251 crore b) Rs 40,448 crore c) Rs 43,450 crore d) Rs 48,239 crore e) Rs 28,000 crore
ANSWER:- Option (D)
(48) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in South Korea, will receive the ______in recognition of his dedication to international cooperation, global growth and human development. a) South Korea Leadership Award b) South Korea Peace Prize c) Seoul Peace Prize
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d) Korean Leadership Award e) South Korea Energy and Environment Prize
ANSWER:- Option (C)
(49) Who among the following won Laureus World Sports Award for World Sportsman of the Year? a) Roger Federer b) Charles Hamelin c) Mark Williams d) Pankaj Advani e) Novak Djokovic
ANSWER:- Option (E)
(50) Who among the following won Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year? a) Simone Biles b) Anisa Sayyed c) Mary Kom d) Lindsey Vonn e) Serena Williams
ANSWER:- Option (A)
(51) Name the tele-law mobile application launched by the Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad that will benefit paralegal volunteers (PLVs) of National Legal Service Authority and State Legal Services Authorities (SLSA) in the country. a) Justice City b) Nyaya Bandhu c) Nyaya Adalat d) Nyaya Murti e) Nyaya Mitr
ANSWER:- Option (B)
(52) Three days Conference on the VISION ZERO and its relevance to Occupational Safety and Health was held in ______. a) Chennai b) Hyderabad
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c) Ahmadabad d) Nagpur e) Mumbai
ANSWER:- Option (E)
(53) ‘KALIA Chhatra Bruti’ scholarship scheme is launched by ______. a) Tamil Nadu b) Karnataka c) Odisha d) Kerala e) Telangana
ANSWER:- Option (C)
(54) Which of the following state hosted the 8th World CSR Congress? a) Kerala b) Uttar Pradesh c) Andhra Pradesh d) Haryana e) Maharashtra
ANSWER:- Option (E)
(55) Which of the following city hosted the 4th India-ASEAN Expo and Summit? a) Bangalore b) New Delhi c) Nagpur d) Navi Mumbai e) Imphal
ANSWER:- Option (B)
(56) Under ______, government has aimed at equipping 9 lakh classrooms in schools and colleges across the country with digital facilities for teaching by 2022. a) Operation Digital Board b) Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan c) Digital Shiksha Mission d) Operation Digital Shiksha e) Operation Black Board
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ANSWER:- Option (A)
(57) Which of the following city is hosting a month-long ‘Festival of India’? a) Kathmandu b) Thimphu c) Seoul d) Sydney e) Melbourne
ANSWER:- Option (A)
(58) International Mother Language Day is observed every year on ______since February 2000 to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. a) 15th February b) 19th February c) 21st February d) 23rd February e) 28th February
ANSWER:- Option (C)
(59) What is the theme of the International Mother Language day 2019? a) Indigenous languages matter for Indivisual development b) Indigenous languages matter for development, peace building and reconciliation c) Development, peace building and reconciliation of Mother Language d) Indigenous languages and Indigenous people e) Environment, Education, Women Empowerment and Mother Language Matter
ANSWER:- Option (B)
(60) Under ‘Make in India’ initiative, Indian Railways has created history by converting a ______locomotive into ______locomotive for the first time in the world. a) coal, electric b) diesel, petrol c) team, electric d) diesel, electric e) team, petrol
ANSWER:- Option (D)
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(61) Raj Kumar Barjatya passed away in Mumbai. He was a ______. a) Film producer b) RTI Activist c) Sound Engineer d) Fashion Designer e) Sportsman
ANSWER:- Option (A)
(62) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved launch of Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (KUSUM Yojana). The total central financial support provided under the scheme would be Rs. ______. a) 34,422 crore b) 37,722 crore c) 39,452 crore d) 29,312 crore e) 28,622 crore
ANSWER:- Option (A)
(63) With which of the following country, India signed MOU on Combating Transnational Crime and developing Police Cooperation? a) South Korea b) Nepal c) South Africa d) Norway e) Finland
ANSWER:- Option (A)
(64) Which state Police has inducted India’s first humanoid robot officer? a) Uttar Pradesh b) Delhi c) Goa d) Kerala e) Andhra Pradesh
ANSWER:- Option (D)
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(65) Operation Digital Board was launched by Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry to provide better digital education in school with the help of digital facilities for teaching by the year ______? a) 2025 b) 2030 c) 2022 d) 2020 e) 2024
ANSWER:- Option (C)
(66) The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) recently hiked the interest rate on employees’ provident fund for the fiscal year 2018-19 from 8.55 to ______a) 8.65 % b) 9.55 % c) 9.00 % d) 8.80 % e) 8.95 %
ANSWER:- Option (A)
(67) Who among the following has been appointed as the first ombudsman for the cricket body BCCI under its new Constitution approved by the court? a) TS Thakur b) DK Jain c) Arun Kumar Mishra d) Adarsh Kumar Goel e) Jagdish Singh Khehar
ANSWER:- Option (B)
(68) Who among the following has been selected as the president of the Foundation Board for Better Boxing of AIBA (International Boxing Association)? a) Vijay Pratap Singh b) Sunil Mehta c) Sunil Arora d) Vijay Kumar e) Ajay Singh
ANSWER:- Option (E)
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(69) Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog, inaugurated a conference on ______with the Foundation for Economic Growth and Welfare (EGROW Foundation). a) Past and present of Indian Banking b) The Future of Young Bankers c) The Future of Indian Banking d) Indian Banking and Young Bankers e) None of the above option is the right answer
ANSWER:- Option (C)
(70) Name the news agency which unveiled the world’s first female AI news anchor. a) Xin Xin Hua b) Chang Suu c) WION d) China News e) Xinhua
ANSWER:- Option (E)
(71) What is the name of world’s first female AI news anchor unveiled in China? a) Min Xi Xin b) Xi Xin Hua c) Xin Min Omang d) Xin Xiaomeng e) Hua Min Xin
ANSWER:- Option (D)
(72) A ______of bramble cay melomys species lived on a tiny island off northern Australia becomes the world’s first mammal to have become extinct due to “human- induced climate change”. a) small black rabbit b) small brown rat c) big red rabbit d) small red rat e) small red cat
ANSWER:- Option (B)
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(73) India and Sri Lanka signed an MoU to establish a business center for ICT incubators in Jaffna (a city in Sri Lanka) through the grant of ______Sri Lankan rupees from India. a) 30 crore b) 25 crore c) 35 crore d) 50 crore e) 75 crore
ANSWER:- Option (B)
(74) The CCEA, chaired by PM Narendra Modi approved the launch of KUSUM Yojana with the objective of providing ______. a) land and financial security to farmers b) financial and power security to farmers c) water and power security to farmers d) land and power security to farmers e) financial and water security to farmers
ANSWER:- Option (E)
(75) India and ______signed an MoU for releasing a joint stamp commemorating the legendary Princess Suriratna (Queen Hur Hwang-ok), a legendary Princess of Ayodhya. a) South Korea b) Sri Lanka c) Vietnam d) China e) Japan
ANSWER:- Option (A)
(76) India signed an MoU on Start-up Cooperation to promote collaboration among Start- ups and to set up of a ______in India. a) UK Start-up Centre b) Nepal Start-up Centre c) Sri Lanka Start-up Centre d) Japan Start-up Centre e) Korea Start-up Centre
ANSWER:- Option (E)
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(77) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a new park which houses the replicas of seven wonders of the world in______. a) Assam b) Tripura c) Goa d) Delhi e) Agra
ANSWER:- Option (D)
(78) The Odisha Cabinet approved the ______scheme to provide free sanitary napkins to school girls across the state. a) Kalia b) Khushi c) Balika d) Padman e) Kanya
ANSWER:- Option (B)
(79) Wallace’s giant bee (Wallace Bee), the largest bee known on the Earth which was considered to be extinct since 1981 was re-spotted in an ______forest. a) Australian b) Malaysian c) Indonesian d) Indian e) African
ANSWER:- Option (C) (80) Who among the following became the First Indian Woman to be honoured with the ‘Future for Nature Award’ for her work on marine conservation? a) Divya Karnad b) Mahima Nodiyal c) Isha Dua d) Yashita Maurya e) Aarti Chaturvedi
ANSWER:- Option (A)
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(81) Which of the following state government has decided to observe Adolescent girls’ day on 8th of every month at Anganwadi centers across the state? a) Telangana b) Sikkim c) Madhya Pradesh d) Andhra Pradesh e) Uttar Pradesh
ANSWER:- Option (E)
(82) In which of the following country, its president Omar al-Bashir has declared a year- long state of emergency, dissolving his cabinet and local governments throughout the country? a) Iraq b) Sudan c) Kenya d) Nigeria e) Tanzania
ANSWER:- Option (B)
(83) The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) formed a 4-member committee to look into the matter of taxation related pain points. It is headed by ______. a) Dinesh Bhatiya b) Pradeep Singh c) Rajeev Sharma d) Rajiv Shukla e) Sanjeev Sharma
ANSWER:- Option (E)
(84) Defence Ministry has approved the acquisition of more than ______torpedoes which will be equipped on the force’s six Scorpene-class submarines. a) 500 lightweight b) 350 lightweight c) 100 heavyweight d) 350 heavyweight e) 1000 heavyweight
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ANSWER:- Option (C)
(85) Which of the following ministry won 'Platinum' status in Digital India Awards 2018 under 'Web Ratna - Ministry/Department' category? a) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change b) Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises c) Ministry of Home Affairs d) Ministry of Corporate Affairs e) Ministry of Human Resource Development
ANSWER:- Option (B)
(86) Which of the following mobile app won 'Platinum' status in Digital India Awards 2018 under Best Mobile App category? a) Meeseva App b) Umang App c) ePathshala d) eCourts Services e) Sugam App
ANSWER:- Option (D)
(87) Women’s Livelihood Bonds (WLBs), new social impact bonds exclusively for women, has been launched with an initial corpus of ______. a) Rs 100 crore b) Rs 300 crore c) Rs 500 crore d) Rs 750 crore e) Rs 1000 crore
ANSWER:- Option (B)
(88) Women’s Livelihood Bonds (WLBs), will enable individual women entrepreneurs in sectors like food processing, agriculture, services, and small units to borrow around Rs 50,000 to ______at an annual interest rate of around 13% to 14% or less. a) Rs 2 lakh b) Rs 5 lakh c) Rs 7.5 lakh d) Rs 10 lakh e) Rs 3 lakh
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ANSWER:- Option (E)
(89) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has been invited to deliver an address at the OIC in Abu Dhabi. OIC stands for______a) Oil Importing Countries b) Organisation of Islamic Cooperation c) Organisation of Oil Importing Countries d) Organisation of Indian-ocean Countries e) Organisation of Islamic Countries
ANSWER:- Option (A)
(90) The Asian Hockey Federation has honored ______with the 2018 Player of the Year award. a) Sardar Singh b) Amit Rohidas c) Harmanpreet Singh d) Manpreet Singh e) Akashdeep Singh
ANSWER:- Option (D)
(91) US President Donald Trump signed Space Policy Directive-4 (SPD-4) to______. a) dealt with space traffic management b) streamlined regulations for the commercial space sector c) create US Space Force d) directed NASA to get humans back to the Moon e) detect Iran's space and atomic programs
ANSWER:- Option (C)
(92) Thailand and the United States hosted the annual ______military exercise, the biggest activity of its type in the Asia-Pacific region with 29 nations taking part as participants or observers. a) Cobra Gold b) Simbex c) King Cobra d) Slinex e) Nomadic Elephant
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ANSWER:- Option (A)
(93) Which of the following state has become the first state to deploy specially-trained dogs to check smuggling of liquor? a) Kerala b) Punjab c) Bihar d) Goa e) Uttar Pradesh
ANSWER:- Option ©
(94) Railway Minister Piyush Goyal launched ______Dashboard in New Delhi to keep people informed about the work going on in the Railways across the country. a) Rail Drishti b) Rail Ways c) Rail Vikash d) Rail Infra e) Train Infra Tech
ANSWER:- Option (A)
(95) Which of the following country has started to trade its new currency, the RTGS dollar? a) Cuba b) Venezuela c) Vietnam d) Sudan e) Zimbabwe
ANSWER:- Option (E)
(96) Which Indian state has become the first state in the country to get a second Coast Guard district headquarters? a) Odisha b) Kerala c) Tamil Nadu d) Maharashtra e) Karnataka
ANSWER:- Option (C)
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(97) Which of the following team scored 278 to register the highest-ever total in T20s? a) Afghanistan b) New Zealand c) South Africa d) Australia e) Sri Lanka
ANSWER:- Option (A)
(98) Which of the following state launched the scheme ‘Mukhyamantri Yuva Swabhiman Yojana’ that guarantees 100 days of employment every year to urban youth from economically weaker sections? a) Tripura b) Maharashtra c) Rajasthan d) Uttar Pradesh e) Madhya Pradesh
ANSWER:- Option (E)
(99) Q3. Which of the following cricket team became the first Asian side to win a Test series in South Africa? a) India b) Sri Lanka c) Pakistan d) Afghanistan e) Bangladesh
ANSWER:- Option (B)
(100) Who among the following has joined Amazon’s board of directors? a) Adi Godrej b) Dilip Shanghvi c) Ratan Tata d) Indra Nooyi e) Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
ANSWER:- Option (D)
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(101) FCI Aravali Gypsum and Minerals India Limited (FAGMIL) has taken up a project to establish a white cement plant near village Nohra Dhar in ______, at a project cost of approximately Rs. 605 crores. a) Andhra Pradesh b) Madhya Pradesh c) Uttar Pradesh d) Himachal Pradesh e) Telangana
ANSWER:- Option (D)
(102) Who among the following was awarded Lifetime Achievement award at the FMSCI (Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India) annual awards function? a) Aditya Patel b) Narayan Karthikeyan c) G.R. Karthikeyan d) Armaan Ebrahim e) Jehan Daruwala
ANSWER:- Option (C)
(103) Which of the following Indian Grandmaster lifted the Cannes International Open trophy? a) Koneru Humpy b) Krishnan Sasikiran c) Praveen Thipsay d) Dibyendu Barua e) Abhijeet Gupta
ANSWER:- Option (E)
(104) Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated a new National War Memorial to the nation. It is situated in ______. a) New Delhi b) Mumbai c) Goa d) Pune e) Kochi
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ANSWER:- Option (A)
(105) Which of the following Indian city hosted the 4th Global Digital Health Partnership Summit? a) Mumbai b) Gorakhpur c) Dehradun d) Nagpur e) New Delhi
ANSWER:- Option (E)
(106) Who among the following was awarded with the Gandhi Peace Prize 2018 for his contribution in Leprosy Eradication in India and across the world? a) Fazalur Rehman b) Yohei Sasakawa c) Shinzo Abe d) Keith Donohue e) Ahsan Basir Sheikh
ANSWER:- Option (B)
(107) Who has authored/edited the book titled ‘Quality, Accreditation, and Ranking – A Silent Revolution in the Offing in Indian Higher Education’? a) Vikram Seth b) Amitav Ghosh c) R Mahashankaran d) Arundhati Roy e) H Chaturvedi
ANSWER:- Option (E)
(108) Which city hosted the Network-18 Rising India Summit? a) Mumbai b) New Delhi c) Bhubaneswar d) Kochi e) Pune
ANSWER:- Option (B)
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(109) What is the theme of the Network-18 Rising India Summit? a) Beyond Politics: Defining National Priorities b) Micro Irrigation and Modern Agriculture c) Focuses on digital, marketing, startup, technology and mobile d) Shaping a New India e) To bring the best outcome with great knowledge
ANSWER:- Option (A)
(110) Who among the following has been chosen for this year’s META Lifetime Achievement Award? a) R K Singh b) Usman Ali Isani c) Abdul Jamil Khan d) Vandana Shiva e) Mahesh Elkunchwar
ANSWER:- Option (E)
(111) Which among the following Indian bank has tied up with Germany’s KfW Development Bank for funding of USD 113 million to refinance solar projects? a) Corporation Bank b) Bank of India c) Bank of Baroda d) Andhra Bank e) Central Bank Of India
ANSWER:- Option (C)
(112) Who has been re-elected as Nigeria’s President? a) Muhammadu Buhari b) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf c) Aja Fatoumata Jallow d) Joice Mujuru e) Sophia Abdi Noor
ANSWER:- Option (A)
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(113) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has taken 3 more banks from the PCA framework allowing them to resume their normal lending activities. What does C stands for in PCA framework? a) Correlation b) Certificate c) Cheque d) Commission e) Corrective
ANSWER:- Option (E)
(114) Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) and ______signed an MoU for jointly developing infrastructure for fuels, lubricating oil, LPG, Natural Gas and any other related fuel and gas for meeting the requirement of National Waterways. a) HPCL b) IOCL c) NTPC d) ONGC e) GAIL
ANSWER:- Option (B)
(115) A joint military exercise Sampriti-2019 is an important bilateral defence cooperation endeavour between India and ______. a) Myanmar b) Bhutan c) Nepal d) Bangladesh e) Japan
ANSWER:- Option (D)
(116) Which Indian state has launched the Parents Responsibility and Norms for Accountability and Monitoring (PRANAM) Bill that aims to protect elderly parents of government employees in their times of need? a) Assam b) Sikkim c) Manipur d) Himachal Pradesh e) Uttarakhand
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ANSWER:- Option (A)
117) In which city India’s first district cooling system will be build? a) Amaravati b) New Delhi c) Hyderabad d) Mumbai e) Bengaluru
ANSWER:- Option (A)