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Current Affairs from 29Th January 2019 to 4Th February 2019

Current Affairs from 29Th January 2019 to 4Th February 2019

Current Affairs from 29th January 2019 to 4th February 2019

Sports

1. Recently which Indian bowler has been suspended by ICC from bowling in International Cricket? 1) Varon Aron 2) Umesh Yadav 3) Ambati Rayudu 4) Mohammed Shami

Ans – 3

National

2. Which city among the following is hosting the first-ever national conference on ‘prison design’? 1) 2) Visakhapatnam 3) Chennai 4) Bengaluru

Ans – 2

National

3. The first cash and carry store of the (CSCs) under digital mission has been opened in which among the following districts of ? 1) Allahabad 2) Ayodhya 3) Lucknow 4) Moradabad

Ans – 4

International

4. Which country has planned to form safe zones in Syria to enable safe return of Syrian refugees hosted by Turkey? 1) Canada 2) Saudi Arabia 3) US 4) Turkey

Ans – 4

International

5. Which country has signed an agreement with OECD for participation in PISA 2021? 1) Sri Lanka 2) Pakistan 3) 4) India

Ans – 4

National

6. When is the Beating the Retreat ceremony held every year? 1) January 28th 2) January 29th 3) January 30th 4) January 31st

Ans – 2

Awards

7. How many people were honoured with the Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak for their meritorious act of saving the life of a person in 2018? 1) 8 2) 25 3) 11 4) 15

Ans – 1

National

8. As per the revised GST norms, the GST on ‘HAJ’ has been reduced from 18 % to how much %? 1) 5 % 2) 8 % 3) 10 % 4) 15 %

Ans – 1

National

9. With which nation India has signed a protocol regarding the export of Indian tobacco leaves? 1) Afghanistan 2) China 3) 4) Bangladesh

Ans – 2

International

10. In which country the confidential data of nearly 14,000 HIV positive people has been leaked? 1) Singapore 2) Indonesia 3) Thailand 4) Philippines

Ans – 1

Obituaries

11. Former Union Minister George Fernandes passed away on January 29, 2019. He served which Ministry under -led NDA government? 1) Railways Ministry 2) Finance Ministry 3) Defence Ministry 4) Commerce Ministry

Ans – 3

National

12. Which Ministry signed an MOU with the National Council of Applied Economic Research for improving the official statistical system? 1) Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation 2) Ministry of Finance 3) Ministry of Commerce & Industry 4) Ministry of Corporate Affairs

Ans – 1

National

13. Who is the chairman of the High Level Committee which recently approved the additional Central assistance from National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) of Rs 7214.03 crore to 6 States and one Union Territory affected by natural disasters? 1) Sushma Swaraj 2) 3) 4)

Ans – 3

National

14. Which word was declared as the 'Hindi Word of the Year 2018' by the Oxford Dictionary? 1)

2) Nari Shakti 3) Bahubali 4) Vikaas

Ans – 2

International

15. Which country recently declared sugarcane juice as their 'national drink'? 1) Afghanistan 2) India 3) Bangladesh 4) Pakistan

Ans – 4

Rankings

16. India ranked at which position on the Corruption Perceptions Index 2018? 1) 99th 2) 78th 3) 68th 4) 57th

Ans – 2

Rankings

17. Which country topped the Corruption Perceptions Index 2018? 1) Denmark 2) New Zealand 3) Singapore 4) UK

Ans – 1

National

18. Uttar Pradesh Cabinet on January 29, 2019 approved the construction of a four-lane Ganga Expressway connecting which city to Western Utter Pradesh? 1) Agra 2) Varanasi 3) Prayagraj 4) Lucknow

Ans – 3

National

19. Recently The 2nd edition of Pariksha Pe Charcha was held in which city? 1) New Delhi 2) Mumbai 3) Pune 4) Ranchi

Ans – 1

International

20. Suman Kumari recently became the first Hindu woman to be appointed as a civil judge of which neighbouring country? 1) Nepal 2) Pakistan 3) Sri Lanka 4) Bangladesh

Ans – 2

International

21. Amnesty has urged travel sites to ban settlement listings in which nation? 1) Iran 2) Israel 3) Bahrain 4) Turkey

Ans – 2

National

22. The National Salt Satyagraha Memorial has been inaugurated in which state by ? 1) Uttar Pradesh 2) 3) Madhya Pradesh 4) Gujarat

Ans – 4

National

23. Which state has launched a special scheme to curb infant deaths? 1) Bihar 2) 3) 4) Uttar Pradesh

Ans – 2

Banking/International

24. The central banks of which two nations have launched common digital currency called 'Aber'? 1) France, Germany 2) UAE, Saudi Arabia 3) Saudi Arabia, Qatar 4) Qatar, UAE

Ans – 2

National

25. Finance Minister Piyush Goyal will be presenting the Union Budget 2019-20 on February 1, 2019. This year's Budget will be the Interim Budget. What is the other term used for Interim Budget? 1) Demands for Grants 2) Guillotine 3) Vote on Account 4) Appropriation Bill

Ans – 3

National

26. Which organisation recently proposed a new set of relaxed norms for Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs) to increase access to investors? 1) RBI 2) SEBI 3) FICCI 4) NITI Aayog

Ans – 2

National

27. The first project under the Swadesh Darshan Project was launched in which state of North- East Region? 1) Sikkim 2) Manipur 3) Meghalaya 4) Nagaland

Ans – 1

National

28. Which State presented its annual budget of Rs 19,548.69 crore for the year 2019-20 on January 30, 2019? 1) Kerala

2) Puducherry 3) Jharkhand 4) Goa

Ans – 4

International

29. Which airlines recently resumed its services from New Delhi to the holy city of Najaf in Iraq after 25 years? 1) Air India 2) Air Asia 3) Lufthansa 4) TigerAir

Ans – 1

National

30. To provide assured income to small and marginal farmers, the Government has launched which Kisan Yojana? 1) Pradhan mantri kisan samman nidhi 2) Pradhan mantri kisan yojana 3) Pradhan mantri kishi yojana 4) Pradhan mantri krishi sichai yojana

Ans – 1

Awards

31. Who has been conferred with the 2019 Bharat Ratna award, the country's highest civilian honour? 1) Pranab Mukherjee 2) 3) P. Chidambaram 4) Raghuram Rajan

Ans – 1

Awards

32. Who among the following has been selected for Padam Shri 2019? 1) Bachendri Pal 2) Prabhu Deva 3) Teejan Bai 4) Nambi Narayan

Ans – 2

National

33. The Budget 2019 allocates how much amount of capital support for the Indian Railways in 2019-20? 1) Rs 36,292 crore 2) Rs 58,166 crore 3) Rs 64,587 crore 4) Rs 1,58, 658 crore

Ans – 3

National

34. Which region of Jammu & Kashmir got connected to the National Grid on February 3, 2019? 1) Amargarh 2) Ladakh 3) Srinagar 4) Shopian

Ans – 2

Important Days

35. When the World Cancer Day is celebrated every year? 1) 4 February 2) 5 February 3) 6 February 4) 7 February

Ans – 1

National

36. A new High Court for will be built in which of the following state’s city? 1) Amravati 2) Vijayawada 3) Hyderabad 4) Nellore

Ans – 1

Commerce

37. Germany, France and the United Kingdom have officially set up a payment channel called INSTEX with which country? 1) Italy 2) Russia 3) Denmark 4) Iran

Ans – 4

National

38. The National Human Rights Commission has issued notice to which state’s government over death of three labourers? 1) Bihar 2) Rajasthan 3) Jharkhand 4) Uttar Pradesh

Ans – 4

International

39. Among the following for which nation The United Nations Security Council has adopted a resolution to extend sanctions? 1) Central African Republic (CAR) 2) North Korea 3) Iran 4) Syria

Ans – 1

International

40. The United States has pulled of Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty with which nation? 1) Russia 2) NATO 3) North Korea 4) Japan

Ans – 1

National

41. How many youth participated in the special workshop organised by the National Foundation for Communal Harmony for past victims of communal violence? 1) 24 2) 42 3) 20 4) 25

Ans – 2

Appointments

42. Who has been appointed as the new CBI director on February 2? 1) M Nageswara Rao 2) Rakesh Asthana

3) Rishi Kumar Shukla 4) Alok Verma

Ans – 3

National

43. In the interim Budget 2019 speech given by interim Finance Minister Piyush Goyal, which north-eastern state came to the air map recently with the clearance of the Hollongi airport? 1) Meghalaya 2) Sikkim 3) Manipur 4) Arunachal Pradesh

Ans – 4

National

44. Under the Union Government’s new scheme for the farmers, how much direct income support will be provided in a year for those who own around 2 hectares of land? 1) Rs 5000 2) Rs 8000 3) Rs 6000 4) Rs 12000

Ans – 3

National

45. According to the Union Government, how many LPG connections have already been distributed under PM Ujjwala Yojana? 1) 8 crore 2) 5 crore 3) 3 crore 4) 6 crore

Ans – 4

National

46. The government has decided to set up Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog for the welfare of which animal? 1) Cow 2) Tiger 3) Rhino 4) Goat

Ans – 1

National

47. The Union Government is planning to introduce container cargo movement to the North East through which river? 1) Ganga 2) Brahmaputra 3) Yamuna 4) Godavari

Ans – 2

National/Budget

48. As per the Interim Budget 2019-20, how much amount has been allocated for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)? 1) Rs 19000 Crore 2) Rs 24000 Crore 3) Rs 48000 Crore 4) Rs 60000 Crore

Ans – 4

National/Budget

49. As per the Interim Budget 2019-20, The 22nd All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) will be set up in which state? 1) 2) J & K 3) Bihar 4) Assam

Ans – 1

National/Budget

50. The Pradhan Mantri Shram-Yogi Maandhan scheme was announced in the Interim Budget 2019-20. Under the scheme, the workers will get what amount of pension after attaining the age of 60 years? 1) Rs 1500 2) Rs 3000 3) Rs 4500 4) Rs 6000

Ans – 2

Current Affairs from 5th February to 11th February

National/Budget

1. As per the Interim Budget 2019-20, Individual taxpayers with taxable income of up to what amount will get full tax rebate from now on? 1) Rs 3 lakh 2) Rs 5 lakh 3) Rs 7 lakh 4) Rs 9 lakh

Ans – 2

National/Budget

2. The Budget 2019 allocates how much amount of capital support for the Indian Railways in 2019-20? 1) Rs 36,292 crore 2) Rs 58,166 crore 3) Rs 64,587 crore 4) Rs 1,58, 658 crore

Ans – 3

National/Budget

3. As per the Interim Budget 2019, how much amount has been allocated for the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana for construction of more rural roads? 1) Rs 60000 crore 2) Rs 38000 crore 3) Rs 22000 crore 4) Rs 19000 crore

Ans – 4

National/Budget

4. The Interim Budget 2019 allocates how much amount for the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana? 1) Rs 60000 crore 2) Rs 75000 crore 3) Rs 100000 crore 4) Rs 125000 crore

Ans – 2

National/Budget

5. How much rent will now be exempted from the TDS as per the Interim Budget 2019? 1) Rs 2.4 lakh 2) Rs 3.2 lakh

3) Rs 4.0 lakh 4) Rs 4.5 lakh

Ans – 1

National

6. Which organization recently issued advisory guidelines requesting banks to waive off the processing, documentation, inspection, ledger folio charges for the Kisan Credit Card Scheme? 1) Indian Banking Association 2) Reserve 3) Securities and Exchange Board of India 4) Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry

Ans – 1

Awards

7. Which country celebrated its 71st Independence Day on February 4, 2019? 1) Bangladesh 2) Sri Lanka 3) Maldives 4) Indonesia

Ans – 2

Commerce

8. Which two companies together lost a market capitalisation of USD 50 billion on February 1, 2019 after the new FDI norms for the e-commerce sector came into effect in India? 1) Amazon and Walmart 2) Walmart and Flipkart 3) Flipkart and Amazon 4) Myntra and Jabong

Ans – 1

International

9. Nayib Bukele has claimed victory in the presidential election of which nation? 1) Mexico 2) El Salvador 3) Colombia 4) Brazil

Ans – 2

International

10. On its 40th revolution anniversary which nation has pardoned around 50,000 convicts? 1) Pakistan 2) India 3) Iran 4) Bangladesh

Ans – 3

National

11. The Union Ministry of Coal has signed an MOU with which nation’s Ministry of Energy for cooperation in the field of coal mining? 1) Germany 2) Romania 3) Bolivia 4) Poland

Ans – 4

Science and Technology

12. In which city ISRO has set up Human Space Flight Centre for Gaganyaan mission? 1) Bengaluru 2) Hyderabad 3) Pune 4) New Delhi

Ans – 1

International

13. What is the name of the payment channel that has been set up by the EU nations to continue trade with Iran? 1) EU-XE 2) SITE 3) 4) INSTEX

Ans – 4

National

14. The National Board of Wildlife recently accorded wildlife clearance for which train project in India? 1) Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Project 2) Vande Bharat Express – Train-18 3) Nadikudi - Srikalahasti Rail Line Project 4) Bilaspur-Manali-Leh Railway Line Project

Ans – 1

International

15. In which country President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will hold the second summit? 1) USA 2) South Korea 3) North Korea 4) Vietnam

Ans – 4

International

16. The ‘Church of Saint Francis’ and the ‘Mosque of Grand Imam Ahmad Al Tayeb’ will be constructed in which country? 1) Saudi Arabia 2) United Arab Emirates 3) Qatar 4) Dubai

Ans – 2

National

17. Which state constituted a committee to review various schemes being implemented for the welfare of tribals on February 6, 2019? 1) Rajasthan 2) Odisha 3) Maharashtra 4) West Bengal

Ans – 3

National

18. Which state recently became the first state to set up a Price Monitoring and Research Unit to track the violation of prices of medical devices and essential drugs? 1) Bihar 2) Kerala 3) Karnataka 4) Tamil Nadu

Ans – 2

Science and technology

19. Which among the following is India’s 40th communication satellite that has been launched on February 5 from French Guiana? 1) GSAT-31 2) GSAT-27A

3) GSAT-19 4) GSAT-35

Ans – 1

International

20. Who among the following leaders has proposed a new missile treaty with potential to include India? 1) Vladimir Putin 2) Donald Trump 3) Xi Jinping 4) Emmanuel Macron

Ans – 2

International

21. Asia's oldest captive elephant and Guinness record holder passed away on February 5, 2019. How old was she? 1) 77 2) 88 3) 92 4) 85

Ans – 2

National

22. Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari laid the foundation stone for three highway projects in which state on February 6, 2019? 1) Uttar Pradesh 2) Maharashtra 3) Odisha 4) Bihar

Ans – 3

National

23. Under Andhra Pradesh’s vote-on-account budget for 2019-20, the state government has allocated how much amount under the Market Intervention Fund for farmers? 1) Rs 800 crore 2) Rs 1000 crore 3) Rs 1200 crore 4) Rs 500 crore

Ans – 2

National

24. In which city Textile Minister Smriti Irani has launched India Size project? 1) Pune 2) Mumbai 3) Lucknow 4) Ahmedabad

Ans – 2

National/Science and Technology

25. The Union Cabinet on February 6, 2019 approved MOU between India and which nation in the field of Biotechnology? 1) Switzerland 2) Poland 3) Finland 4) Italy

Ans – 3

National

26. Which city hosted the 2nd National Conference of Micro Missions of National Police Mission? 1) 2) Chennai 3) New Delhi 4) Mumbai

Ans – 3

International

27. Donald Trump has nominated US treasury diplomat David Malpass to head which international body? 1) United Nations 2) World Bank 3) IMF 4) WHO

Ans – 2

International

28. Which nation signed an accord to become the 30th member of the US-led NATO on February 6, 2019? 1) Greece 2) Macedonia 3) Palestine 4) Israel

Ans – 2

National

29. Which state has declared forcing women to undergo virginity test as a punishable offence? 1) Haryana 2) Uttar Pradesh 3) Maharashtra 4) Tamil Nadu

Ans – 3

National

30. The Union Cabinet has approved how much higher power allocation to the state of ? 1) 85 % 2) 75 % 3) 65 % 4) 55 %

Ans – 1

Science and Technology

31. According to NASA and NOAA, which year has been recorded as the fourth warmest on record? 1) 2019 2) 2017 3) 2018 4) 2016

Ans – 3

National

32. Which project was launched to help India arrive at a standard Indian Size for the ready-to- wear clothing industry? 1) Standard Indian project 2) Indian Clothing Project 3) Ready-to-wear India project 4) India Size project

Ans – 4

National

33. The government has decided to set up Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog for the welfare of which animal? 1) Cow 2) Tiger

3) Rhino 4) Goat

Ans – 1

National

34. Which state launched the Zero Fatality Corridor recently? 1) Delhi 2) Haryana 3) Gujarat 4) Rajasthan

Ans – 1

Banking

35. As per Sixth Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement 2018-19, RBI fixed the policy Repo Rate at what percent? 1) 6.0 2) 6.25 3) 6.5 4) 6.75

Ans – 2

National

36. A Circuit Bench of the Calcutta High Court will be established in which district of the West Bengal? 1) Cooch Behar 2) Darjeeling 3) Jalpaiguri 4) Kalimpong

Ans – 3

National/ Science and Technology

37. A new channel DD Arun Prabha will be launched by PM Modi to cater mainly the aspirations of people of North east region. The head office of the channel will be located in which State? 1) Assam 2) Tripura 3) Sikkim 4) Arunachal Pradesh

Ans – 4

Ranking

38. What was India’s rank in the 2019 International Intellectual Property (IP) Index? 1) 36th 2) 44th 3) 51st 4) 62nd

Ans – 1

Ranking

39. Which country tops the 2019 International Intellectual Property (IP) Index? 1) Germany 2) United States 3) Denmark 4) United Kingdom

Ans – 2

National

40. Which city hosted the 5th India-Bangladesh Joint Consultative Committee Meeting? 1) Mumbai 2) Pune 3) Indore 4) New Delhi

Ans – 4

International

41. Germany, France and the United Kingdom have officially set up a payment channel called INSTEX with which country? 1) Italy 2) Russia 3) Denmark 4) Iran

Ans – 4

International

42. Which nation’s President has taken over as the new chair of African Union? 1) Zambia 2) Egypt 3) Ethiopia 4) Ghana

Ans – 2

International

43. Which among the following languages has been added by Abu Dhabi Judicial Department as its third official court language along with Arabic and English? 1) Hindi 2) Malayalam 3) French 4) Urdu

Ans – 1

National

44. The 13th International Oil and Gas Conference - PETROTECH-2019 was inaugurated in which state? 1) Karnataka 2) Gujarat 3) Uttar Pradesh 4) Maharashtra

Ans – 3

Awards

45. Which film won the ‘best film’ award at the 2019 British Academy Film Awards? 1) Bohemian Rhapsody 2) A Star is Born 3) The Favourite 4) Roma

Ans – 4

Awards

46. Which film won the maximum number of awards at the 2019 BAFTA awards? 1) The Favourite 2) BlackKlansman 3) Green Book 4) A Star Is Born

Ans – 1

Science and Technology/ National

47. Name the new channel launched by PM Modi for Arunachal Pradesh? 1) DD Podhigai 2) DD Sahyadri 3) DD Arunprabha 4) DD Saptagiri

Ans – 3

National

48. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 9, 2019 laid the foundation stone for the Sela Tunnel Project in which state? 1) Jammu & Kashmir 2) Arunachal Pradesh 3) Tripura 4) Assam

Ans – 2

National

49. The Jammu and Kashmir Government on February 8, 2019 granted the Divisional Status to which region? 1) Leh 2) Kargil 3) Kashmir 4) Ladakh

Ans – 4

National

50. PM Modi laid the foundation stone for North East Gas Grid in which state on February 9, 2019? 1) Assam 2) Tripura 3) Sikkim 4) Nagaland

Ans – 1

Current Affairs from 12th February 2019 to 17th February 2019

Defence

1. The first of the 15 Chinook heavy lift helicopters arrived in India on February 10, 2019 from which country? 1) Russia 2) Japan 3) US 4) China

Ans – 3

Science and Technology

2. In which NASA has set to launch SPHEREx mission to investigate universe? 1) 2020 2) 2021 3) 2022 4) 2025

Ans – 3

Awards

3. Who won the Israel's Dan David Prize 2019 in the ‘Past’ category? 1) Sanjay Subrahmanyam 2) Michael Ignatieff 3) Christina Figueres 4) Amitav Ghosh

Ans – 1

National

4. India on February 11, 2019 launched an initiative to combat Marine Pollution in collaboration with which country? 1) France 2) Norway 3) United States 4) Russia

Ans – 2

National

5. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 12, 2019 distributed the Swachh Shakti 2019 Awards. The Swachh Shakti 2019 event was held in which city? 1) Gandhinagar 2) Lucknow 3) Kurukshetra 4) New Delhi

Ans – 3

National

6. Which city will host the 13th COP of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals? 1) Pune

2) Bengaluru 3) Nainital 4) Gandhinagar

Ans – 4

National

7. India’s premier institute of cancer, the ‘National Cancer Institute’ was dedicated to the nation on February 12, 2019. The institute is located in which state? 1) Haryana 2) Delhi 3) Mumbai 4) Uttar Pradesh

Ans – 1

International

8. Which nation has decided to give lifetime tax exemption to women having 4 or more children? 1) Poland 2) Romania 3) Hungry 4) Italy

Ans – 3

National

9. The HRD Ministry has decided to implement the recommendations of a committee for the promotion of which ancient language and scripts? 1) Odia 2) Sanskrit 3) Pali 4) Maithili

Ans – 4

International

10. US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to prioritise research and development in which area? 1) Artificial Intelligence 2) Defence 3) Nuclear Weapons 4) Space Missions

Ans – 1

Sports

11. Who has been appointed as Australia's assistant coach for 2019 World Cup campaign? 1) Rocky Ponting 2) Shane Warne 3) Bret Lee 4) Steve Waugh

Ans – 1

Defence

12. Which Indian warship participated in a multi-national training exercise 'CUTLASS EXPRESS 2019'? 1) INS Airavat 2) INS Satpura 3) INS Trikand 4) INS Sahyadri

Ans – 3

Bankings

13. On how many banks, the RBI impose the monetary penalty in the first week of February 2019? 1) 14 2) 25 3) 36 4) 11

Ans – 3

National

14. Which State presented its budget on February 12, 2019 with revenue surplus of Rs 21,516.99 Crore? 1) Maharashtra 2) Bihar 3) Rajasthan 4) West Bengal

Ans – 2

Defence

15. For how many Naval Utility Helicopters (NUH) for the Indian Navy the Defence Ministry on February 12, 2019 issued Expression of Interest for procurement? 1) 50 2) 70

3) 90 4) 111

Ans – 4

National

16. Which city will host the US-India CEO Forum on February 14, 2019? 1) Mumbai 2) New Delhi 3) Varanasi 4) Pune

Ans – 2

National

17. The Supreme Court on February 12, 2019 referred the petition seeking withdrawal of which status of the Aligarh Muslim University to a seven-judge bench? 1) Minority Status 2) Special Status 3) Eminence Status 4) None of the above

Ans – 1

National

18. The Indian Parliament has passed the Personal Laws (Amendment) Bill 2019. The bill seeks to remove which disease as a ground for divorce? 1) AIDS 2) Schizophrenia 3) Leprosy 4) Dementia

Ans – 3

National

19. India’s first Mega Aqua Food Park was commissioned recently in which state? 1) Odisha 2) Andhra Pradesh 3) Telangana 4) Karnataka

Ans – 2

International

20. The legislators of which nation passed a landmark bill making it easier for asylum seekers to get medical treatment in the country? 1) Canada 2) Spain 3) Hungary 4) Australia

Ans – 4

International

21. Which nation’s government has fired its election commission? 1) Afghanistan 2) Pakistan 3) Bangladesh 4) Sri Lanka

Ans – 1

International

22. The European Union members of the UN Security Council have asked for humanitarian access to which nation? 1) Syria 2) Iraq 3) Ukraine 4) Israel

Ans – 3

Sports

23. Who has become the third Indian player to break into the top-100 of men's singles tennis rankings in the past decade? 1) Rohan Bopanna 2) Divij Sharan 3) Ankita Raina 4) Prajnesh Gunneswaran

Ans – 4

National

24. Under the provisions of the Registration of Marriage of Non-Resident Indian Bill, 2019, a marriage between NRI and Indian citizen will have to be registered within how many days? 1) 30 days 2) 60 days

3) 15 days 4) 40 days

Ans – 1

National

25. India held its third environment forum on February 13, 2019 with which nation? 1) Russia 2) Australia 3) Germany 4) Japan

Ans – 3

National

26. The Union Cabinet has approved extension of tenure of the National Commission for Safai Karmacharis till which year? 1) 2021 2) 2022 3) 2023 4) 2020

Ans – 2

National

27. The Union Cabinet has approved allotment of land for the establishment of New Viral Vaccine Manufacturing Unit in which state? 1) Karnataka 2) Kerala 3) Andhra Pradesh 4) Tamil Nadu

Ans – 4

National

28. Which state’s government has announced a universal old age pension scheme called Mukhyamantri Vridha Pension Yojna? 1) Bihar 2) Odisha 3) Gujarat 4) Uttar Pradesh

Ans – 1

International/Defence

29. The US House of Representatives has approved a resolution aimed at withdrawing US military support for the Saudi Arabia-led coalition in the war from which nation? 1) Syria 2) Iran 3) Yemen 4) Egypt

Ans – 3

National

30. The Cabinet has approved revision in the list of Scheduled Tribes of which state? 1) Jharkhand 2) 3) Assam 4) Manipur

Ans – 2

International

31. Which nation’s parliament is set to vote on extending the president's term? 1) Malaysia 2) Jordan 3) Egypt 4) Ethiopia

Ans – 3

Important Day

32. When is the World Radio Day observed? 1) 10th February 2) 11th February 3) 13th February 4) 14th February

Ans – 3

National

33. The Expert Committee led by Anoop Satpathy on February 14, 2019 submitted its report. It recommended raising the National Minimum Wage to how much amount per day? 1) Rs 375 2) Rs 450 3) Rs 500 4) Rs 525

Ans – 1

National

34. The Pradhan Mantri Shram-Yogi Maandhan scheme was launched on February 15, 2019. Under the scheme, the workers will get what amount of pension after attaining the age of 60 years? 1) Rs 1500 2) Rs 3000 3) Rs 4500 4) Rs 6000

Ans – 2

National

35. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 15, 2019 flagged off India's first Semi High Speed Train. What is the name of the train? 1) Ganga Sagar Express 2) Azad Hind Express 3) Vande Bharat Express 4) Atal Path Express

Ans – 3

National

36. India has withdrawn the Most Favoured Nation status from which nation? 1) Pakistan 2) China 3) Sri Lanka 4) Bangladesh

Ans – 1

National

37. Which terror group has claimed responsibility for the Pulwama terror attack, one of the deadliest terror attacks on the Indian Armed Forces after Uri? 1) Lashkar-E-Taiba 2) Indian Mujahideen 3) Jaish-e-Mohammed 4) Al-Umar-Mujahideen

Ans – 3

International

38. Who has been sworn in as the new Attorney General of the United States? 1) William Barr

2) Robert Mueller 3) Elizabeth Warren 4) John Delaney

Ans – 1

Sports

39. Which legendary cricketer has been named as the brand ambassador of Rajasthan Royals for the 2019 Indian Premier League? 1) Rahul Dravid 2) Shane Warne 3) Ross Taylor 4) Anil Kumble

Ans – 2

National/Science and Technology

40. A new mobile app has been launched for the beneficiaries of which government scheme? 1) Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 2) Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana 3) Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana 4) Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana

Ans – 4

International

41. Which nation’s President has taken over as the new chair of African Union? 1) Zambia 2) Egypt 3) Ethiopia 4) Ghana

Ans – 2

National

42. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 9, 2019 laid the foundation stone for the Sela Tunnel Project in which state? 1) Jammu & Kashmir 2) Arunachal Pradesh 3) Tripura 4) Assam

Ans – 2

National

43. The Jammu and Kashmir Government on February 8, 2019 granted the Divisional Status to which region? 1) Leh 2) Kargil 3) Kashmir 4) Ladakh

Ans – 4

National

44. The Meghalaya Cabinet has decided to rename the Dikkibandi stadium in Tura town after which former Loksabha Speaker? 1) Purno A Sangma 2) Somnath Chatterjee 3) Meera Kumar 4) Manohar Joshi

Ans – 1

National

45. 3 – day long Krishi Kumbh held in which state? 1) Uttar Pradesh 2) Meghalaya 3) Bihar 4) Maharashtra

Ans – 3

Important Day

46. When is the ‘International Day of Women and Girls in Science’ observed every year? 1) 8th February 2) 9th February 3) 10th February 4) 11th February

Ans – 4

International

47. Macedonia Officially Changed Its Name to: 1) Republic of North Macedonia 2) Republic of South Macedonia 3) Republic of East Macedonia 4) Republic of West Macedonia

Ans – 1

Books and Authors

48. Who is the writer of the book “Undaunted: Saving the Idea of India”? 1) Hamid Ansari 2) P Chidambaram 3) Amit Shah 4) Priyanka Gandhi

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National/Sports

49. What will be the Mascot for the National Games 2022? 1) Lion 2) Pigeon 3) Clouded leopard 4) Monal Bird

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Appointments

50. Who among the following has been appointed as the Chairman of CBDT? 1) P C Mody 2) Sushil Chandra 3) Rani Singh Nair 4) Atulesh jindal

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Current Affairs from 18th February 2019 to 28th February 2019

(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 c) Subrata Pal d) Gurpreet Singh Sandhu e) Sunil Chhetri

ANSWER:- Option (E)

(5) The (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 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 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 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. 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) 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)

(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 the 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 launched a pan-India emergency number ______in New Delhi. a) 108 b) 112 c) 101 d) 911 e) 118

ANSWER:- Option (B)

(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)

(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, d) Gangtok, Sikkim e) Ludhiana, Punjab ANSWER:- Option (A)

(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? 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 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 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 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 d) Korean Leadership Award e) South Korea Energy and Environment Prize

ANSWER:- Option (C)

(49) Who among the following won the 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 the 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 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 Mitra

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 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

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 Individual 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 ‘’ 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)

(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)

(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)

(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 the 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)

(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)

(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)

(81) Which of the following state government has decided to observe Adolescent girls’ day on 8th of every month at 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

ANSWER:- Option (C)

(85) Which of the following ministry won 'Platinum' status in 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

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

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 C

(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) Railways 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)

(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) 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)

(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

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 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)

(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 has tied up with Germany’s KfW Development Bank for funding of USD 113 million to refinance solar projects? a) b) Bank of India c) d) e)

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)

(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

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)

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