DESIGNATION WHO'S WHO WHO’S WHO S.No. DESIGNATION NAME 1. Chairman, Rajya Sabha Venkaiah Naidu 2. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla 3. Chairman of Niti Ayog Narendra D. Modi 4. Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad 5. Leader of House in Lok Sabha Narendra D. Modi 6. Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha - 7. Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora 8. Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa, Sushil Chandra 9. Director General, ITBP S S Deshwal 10. Chief Vigilance Commissioner Sharad Kumar 11. Foreign Secretary Vijay Keshav Gokhale 12. Comptroller & Auditor General of Rajiv Mehrishi 13. Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre S. Somanath 14. Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India R. S Sharma 15. CBI Director Rishi Kumar Shukla 16. Chairman, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes Nand Kumar Sai 17. Chairperson, National Commission for Minorities Syed Ghayorul Hasan Rizvi 18. Chairman, UPSC Arvind Saxena 19. Director General, National Investigation Agency Y.C. Modi 20. Chairman, UGC D. P. Singh 21. Chairman, Space Commission and ISRO K. Sivan 22. Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission and Sec. Deptt. of Atomic Energy K. N. Vyas 23. Chairman, SSC Braj Raj Sharma 24. Chairman,National Human Rights Commission Justice H.L. Dattu 25. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India Vivek Joshi 26. Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes Pramod Chandra Mody 27. Chairman, Insurance Regulatory Development Authority of India Subash Chandra Khuntia 28. Chairman, Securities & Exchange Board of India Ajay Tyagi 29. Chairperson, State Bank of India Rajnish Kumar 30. Chairman, LIC M. R. Kumar 31. India’s permanent representative in UNO Syed Akbaruddin 32. Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla 33. Chairperson of National Commission for Women Rekha Sharma 34. Chairman, 15th Finance Commission N. K. Singh 35. Chairman, Competition Commission of India Ashok Kumar Gupta 36. Chairperson,Central Board of Film Certification Prasoon Joshi 37. President, ASSOCHAM Balkrishan Goenka 38. Chairman, NASSCOM Keshav Murugesh 39. Chief of Army Staff Bipin Rawat 40. Chief, RAW Samant Goel 41. Children Film Society of India, CEO Prashant Pathrabe 42. Director, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre A.K. Mohanty 43. President, CII Vikram S. Kirloskar 44. President, FICCI Sandip Somany 45. Chairman of 21st Law Commission Dr. Justice BS Chauhan 46. National Security Advisor Ajit Doval 47. Chairperson, Prasar Bharati Dr. A. Surya Prakash 48. DG of National Testing Agency Vineet Joshi 49. Finance Secretary Rajiv Kumar 50. Chairman, Indian Banks Association Rajnish Kumar Data as on 25th January, 2020 The Indian men’s football team remained static at 108th spot in the year-ending FIFA rankings issued on Dec 19. QUIZ TIME CURRENT AFFAIRS CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ Q.1. Recently, senior leader and former MP, D P Tripathi Q.6. Consider the following statements about RBI: passed away in Delhi after a prolonged illness. He A. The RBI controls monetary and other banking belonged to which political party? policies of the Indian government. (1) NCP (2) (3) BJP B. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) was established (4) RJD (5) Shivsena on April 1, 1935. Q.2. According to a report by the Centre for Economics C. The Reserve Bank is permanently situated in and Business Research (CEBR), India will overtake Mumbai since 1945. Germany to become fourth-largest economy in the world by the year 2026. CEBR is based in which Which of the above sentence/ sentences is/are country? correct about RBI? (1) United States (2) United Kingdom (1) Only A (2) Only A & B (3) France (4) China (3) Only B & C (4) Only A & C (5) Japan (5) All of the above Q.3. Recently, Naruhito has become the new Emperor Q.7. Recently, the Prime Minister dedicated to the of which country? nation 5 Young Scientists Laboratories of Defence (1) Afghanistan (2) Bhutan Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), (3) South Korea (4) North Korea in Bengaluru. In which of the following cities DRDO Young Scientist Laboratories are not situated? (5) Japan (1) Mumbai (2) Chennai (3) Kolkata Q.4. Consider the following statements about SEBI: A. SEBI is run by a board of directors. (4) Hyderabad (5) Lucknow B. The Chairman of SEBI is elected by the President. Q.8. Recently, which number of Khelo India youth games have been held in Guwahati? C. In SEBI one member is from the Reserve Bank of India. (1) 2nd (2) 3rd (3) 4th Which of the above sentence/ sentences is/are (4) 1st (5) 5th correct about SEBI? Q.9. Recently, Koneru Humpy has become the 2019 (1) Only A (2) Only A & B Women's World Rapid Champion. She belongs to (3) Only B & C (4) Only A & C which sport? (5) All of the above (1) Chess (2) Shooting (3) Badminton Q.5. Consider the following statements about Cash (4) Archery (5) Tennis Reserve Ratio: Q.10. Which railway station has received the first “Eat A. Cash Reserve Ratio is the share of a bank’s Right Station” certification from Food Safety and total deposit. Standards Authority of India? B. Only Sheduled banks have to hold as Cash (1) Gorakhpur Railway Station, Gorakhpur Reserve with the central bank. (2) Chennai Central Station, Chennai C. It is set according to the guidelines of the central bank of a country. (3) Howrah Junction Station, Kolkata Which of the above sentence/ sentences is/are (4) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus railway correct about Cash Reserve Ratio? Station, Mumbai (1) Only A (2) Only A & B (5) Charbagh Station, Lucknow (3) Only B & C (4) Only A & C Q.11. Which of the following countries are involved in (5) All of the above Chabahar port project?

Pratt & Whitney (P&W) has appointed Ashmita Sethi as their new Managing Director for India. QUIZ TIME CURRENT AFFAIRS (1) India, Nepal and Afghanistan women who have been given triple talaq by their (2) India, Myanmar and Nepal husbands? (3) India, Iran and Afghanistan (1) Uttar Pradesh Government (4) India, Iran and Bangladesh (2) Andhra Pradesh Government (5) India, Iran and Srilanka (3) Government (4) Madhya Pradesh Government Q.12. Malala Yousafzai has been named the “most famous teenager in the world” in its ‘Decade in (5) West Bengal Government Review’ report. Which organization publishes this Q.19. Who among the following Former Indian Cricketer report? is selected for the prestigious CK Nayudu Lifetime (1) United Nations (2) IMF Award given by the BCCI? (3) UNESCO (4) UNDP (1) Kapil Dev (2) Ravi Shastri (5) None of these (3) Sunil Gavaskar (4) Krish Srikkanth Q.13. Recently, SEBI has signed a bilateral memorandum (5) Sachin Tendulker of understanding with Astana Financial Services Q.20. Who is the author of the book titled “Diamond In Authority (AFSA). It is based in which country? My Palm” that describes about the 12 diamonds (1) Kyrgyzstan (2) Kazakhstan (3) Iran that was lost from India? (4) Saudi Arabia (5) UAE (1) Sanjay Dharwadker Q.14. Recently, Harsh Vardhan Shringla has been (2) Salman Rushdie appointed as the ______foreign secretary of (3) Ruskin Bond India. (4) Vikram Seth (1) 30th (2) 31st (3) 33rd (5) None of these (4) 34th (5) 35th Q.21. A team of researchers from India and ______Q.15. Recently, which Country’s Prime Minister Antonio collaborated to create a new robot named Pepe Costa has announced the setting up of a Gandhi which encourages children to wash their hands. Citizenship Education Prize in order to help (1) USA (2) France promote Mahatma Gandhi’s ideals? (3) United Kingdom (4) Philippines (1) France (2) South Africa (3) Indonesia (5) Japan (4) Spain (5) Portugal Q.22. Nathu la was in news recently, it is located in which Q.16. Recently, In which state Bharat Heavy Electricals state? Ltd (BHEL) has commissioned the first lignite- (1) Uttarakhand (2) Himachal Pradesh based 500 MW thermal unit of the 2x500 MW Neyveli New Thermal Power Project? (3) Sikkim (4) Arunachal Pradesh (1) Tamil Nadu (2) Rajasthan (5) Nagaland (3) Madhya Pradesh (4) Kerala Q.23. Which state government has launched the “Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Farmer Loan Waiver (5) Andhra Pradesh Scheme” and subsidized meal scheme named Q.17. Who among the following has emerged as India's “Shiv Bhojan” programme for the poor? most searched business tycoon on Google in (1) Karnataka (2) Maharashtra 2019? (3) Madhya Pradesh (4) Andhra Pradesh (1) Mukesh Ambani (2) Ratan Tata (5) Rajasthan (3) Azim Premji (4) Gautam Adani Q.24. Recently, RBI has announced to purchase and sell (5) Acharya Balkrishna government securities simultaneously under OMO Q.18. Which state government has announced to give for 10,000 crore rupees each? What is the full form an annual pension of Rs 6,000 per year to Muslim of OMO?

HDFC Bank became only the third Indian company to cross $100 billion in market capitalisation. QUIZ TIME CURRENT AFFAIRS (1) Open Market Operations Q.33. Which country was the largest source of foreign (2) Opening Market Occupations direct investment (FDI) in India during the first half of the financial year 2019-2020? (3) Oriented Market Operations (1) UAE (2) Switzerland (3) Singapore (4) Open Mercantile Operations (4) USA (5) France (5) Open Mercantile Occupations Q.34. Who is recently reappointed as the Chairman of Q.25. Recently, Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Railway Board? Corporation has launched which helpline which is a calling and a WhatsApp service for the safety of (1) Vinod Kumar Yadav women? (2) Rajesh Agrawal (1) Nirbhaya (2) Disha (3) Ganga (3) Purnendu Sekhar Mishra (4) Damini (5) Achala (4) Vishwesh Chaube Q.26. Pulicat Lake is located in which of the following (5) Bipin Rawat states? Q.35. What is the name of the award given to the states (1) Rajasthan (2) Andhra Pradesh for good agricultural production, by the Prime (3) Odisha (4) Kerala Minister? (5) Maharashtra (1) Krishi Karmath (2) Krishi Samman Q.27. Belum Caves are located in which state? (3) Krishi Samridhi (4) Krishi Karman (1) Odisha (2) Tamil Nadu (3) Kerala (5) Krishi Keerthi (4) Chattisgarh (5) Andhra Pradesh Q.36. Which e-commerce payment system has partnered Q.28. Who among the following Sikh Guru’s birth with HDFC Life Insurance to purchase insurance anniversary is celebrated as Prakash Parv? products from HDFC Life? (1) Guru Harkrishan Sahib (1) PayPal (2) Paytm (2) Guru Har Rai (3) FreeCharge (4) PhonePe (3) Guru Gobind Singh (5) None of these (4) Guru Teg Bahadur Q.37. Who is honored with “Lokmanya Tilak National (5) Guru Arjun Dev Journalism Award” for his great contribution in the field of Journalism ? Q.29. Zloty is the official currency of which Country? (1) Rajdeep Sardesai (2) Arnab Goswami (1) Poland (2) Finland (3) Sweden (3) Sanjay Gupta (4) Ravish Kumar (4) Scotland (5) Morocco (5) Abhisar Sharma Q.30. Stockholm is the capital of which Country? Q.38. Which state has launched the “Atal Kisan Mazdoor (1) Norway (2) Cuba (3) Fiji canteen” for the benefit of farmers and labourers? (4) Sweden (5) Finland (1) Haryana (2) West Bengal (3) Assam Q.31. Nokrek National Park is situated in which state? (4) Gujarat (5) Rajasthan (1) Nagaland (2) Mizoram (3) Meghalaya Q.39. Who is the Chief executive Officer of Paytm (4) Tripura (5) Assam Payments Bank? Q.32. Mundra Thermal Power Station located in which (1) Rishi Gupta (2) Satish Kumar Gupta state? (3) Anubrata Biswas (4) Suresh Sethi (1) Rajasthan (2) Chattisgarh (5) Vivek Bhandari (3) Tamil Nadu (4) Odisha Q.40. Who among the following has taken charge as a (5) Gujarat new Army Chief?

Actor Akshay Kumar, with ₹293.2 crore earnings in 2019, has bagged the second position in the Forbes India Celebrity 100 list. QUIZ TIME CURRENT AFFAIRS (1) Vikram Singh B. It is consisted of 199 countries. (2) Manoj Mukund Naravane C. It was formed on 27 December 1945. (3) Karambir Singh Which of the above statement/statements is/are (4) Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria correct? (1) Only A (2) Only A & B (5) None of the above (3) Only B & C (4) Only C Q.41. Recently SnowEx was in news, It is a: (5) All of the above (1) NASA’s programme to map global snow water equivalent. Q.46. Which of the following statement/statements is/are correct? (2) Cold wave of 2018 named by India Meteorological Department. A. The Lok Sabha has passed the Chit Funds (Amendment) Bill, 2019 to amend the Chit (3) Expedition on the North Pole by ESA. Funds Act, 1980. (4) Forecast by World Weather Information Service. B. The prescribed ceiling of aggregate chit fund (5) None of the above amount for individuals has been raised from Q.42. Which is the biggest steel producing country at one lakh rupees to three lakh rupees. present? C. In case of firms, the limit has been raised from (1) China (2) USA 6 lakh to 18 lakh rupees. (3) Saudi Arabia (4) South Korea D. Rajiv Maharishi is the Minister of State for Finance. (5) Canada (1) Only A, B and C (2) Only B, C and D Q.43. With reference to the Capital Adequacy Ratio, consider the following statements: (3) Only B and C (4) Only C and D (5) Only A and D A. It is the ratio of a bank's capital in relation to its risk-weighted assets. Q.47. Which state is going to observe 2020 as Susashan SankalpVarsh? B. Under Basel III norms, the minimum Capital Adequacy Ratio that banks must maintain is 8%. (1) Uttar Pradesh (2) Gujarat C. Indian public sector banks are emphasized to (3) Haryana (4) Madhya Pradesh maintain a Capital Adequacy Ratio of 10%. (5) Rajasthan Which of the statements given above is/are correct? Q.48. Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has announced the road starting (1) Only A (2) Only A & B from Kapurthala, connecting Gobindwal Sahib (3) Only A & C (4) Only B & C and terminating near Taran Tarana in the State of (5) All of the above Punjab as new National Highway, NH- 703AA. Q.44. Demand for a commodity refers to: What is the name of that National Highway? (1) ‘Shri Guru Angad Dev Ji Marg’ (1) Need for the commodity (2) ‘Shri Guru Arjun Dev Ji Marg’ (2) Desire for the commodity (3) ‘Shri Guru Teg Bahadur Ji Marg’ (3) Amount of the commodity demanded at a particular price and at a particular time (4) ‘Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji Marg’ (4) Quantity demanded of that commodity (5) None of the above (5) None of the above Q.49. Which state has emerged as the Most Innovative State among Major States as per the India Innovation Q.45. Consider the following statements about the Index (III) 2019 released by NITI Aayog? International Monetary Fund: (1) Karnataka (2) Uttar Pradesh A. The International Monetary Fund (IMF), is (3) Maharashtra (4) Haryana an international organization headquartered in Geneva. (5) Kerala

William Charles ‘Charlie’ McMillian, a seven-month-old baby, has been made an honorary Mayor of Whitehall, Texas. QUIZ TIME CURRENT AFFAIRS Q.50. The objective of the FAME India scheme is to (1) Disguised Unemployment increase the use of electric and hybrid vehicles (2) Seasonal Unemployment by offering incentives. What is the full form of FAME? (3) Structural Unemployment (1) Fluctuated Administration and Manufacturing (4) Cyclical Unemployment of (Hybrid) and Electric Vehicles (5) Frictional Unemployment (2) Faster Application and Marketing of (Hybrid) Q.56. Which of the following integrated railway helplines and Electric Vehicles into single number is made by the Indian Railways (3) Fluctuated Adoption and Marketing of for the passengers for quick grievance redressal (Hybrid) and Electric Vehicles and inquiry during their journey? (4) Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (1) 122 (2) 112 (3) 141 (Hybrid) and Electric Vehicles (4) 155 (5) 139 (5) Furious Application and Marketing of (Hybrid) Q.57. Recently, NITI Ayog has released the second and Electric Vehicles edition of the Sustainable Development Goals Q.51. Recently, the Khadi and Village Industries Index. Which state has topped the index? Commission inaugurated the first “Patola Saree” production unit in which state? (1) Maharashtra (2) Haryana (3) Kerala (1) Rajasthan (2) Madhya Pradesh (4) Delhi (5) Tamil Nadu (3) Uttar Pradesh (4) Gujarat Q.58. Which of the following state is going to observe “No Vehicle Day” on the first day of every month (5) West Bengal in 2020? Q.52. According to Ministry of Commerce and industry (1) Kerala (2) Gujarat (3) Punjab how many items from China will get strict restriction from March 2020? (4) Rajasthan (5) Madhya Pradesh (1) 341 Items (2) 351 Items (3) 361 Items Q.59. Recently, Reserve Bank of India Governor, Shaktikanta Das has launched which mobile app (4) 371 Items (5) 381 Items to help visually-impaired people to identify the Q.53. The Lorenz curve is a graphical representation of: denomination of currency notes? (1) Distribution of Demand (1) 'NETR' App (2) 'DRISHTI' App (2) Distribution of income or wealth (3) 'MANI' App (4) 'MONEY' App (3) Distribution of Supply (5) 'KIRAN' App (4) Distribution of Import and Export Q.60. World Health Organization (WHO) has designated (5) None of the above 2020 as which year? Q.54. Which of the following statement is wrong? (1) Year of Cancer Patient (1) The utility which is derived from the additional (2) Year of Doctors unit makes up the marginal utility (3) Year of Vaccine (2) The sum of marginal utility is called total utility (4) Year of the Nurse and the Midwife (3) When marginal utility falls, total utility increases (5) Year of Child Care (4) When marginal utility is zero, total utility is Q.61. According to the recent data from the Ministry of minimum Forest Environment and Climate Change, what is (5) When marginal utility goes negative, total the total number of tiger deaths occurred in India utility falls during 2019? Q.55. Where more people are employed than actually (1) 95 (2) 100 (3) 105 needed is called: (4) 110 (5) 120

Former world champion, weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu won the women’s 49kg category gold medal at the 6th Qatar International Cup in Doha. QUIZ TIME CURRENT AFFAIRS Q.62. Sunita Lakra, who announced her retirement (3) Moody's Investors Service recently, is a famous Indian player of which Sports? (4) Standard and poor’s (1) Tennis (2) Badminton (3) Hockey (5) Fitch (4) Cricket (5) Football Q.70. Consider the following statement/statements about Q.63. Which country’s heaviest and most advanced Special drawing rights: communications satellite, Shijian-20 was launched A. Special drawing rights are supplementary recently? foreign exchange reserve assets. (1) United States (2) Japan (3) Russia B. It is defined and maintained by ordW Bank. (4) China (5) None of these C. Special drawing rights were created in 1969. Q.64. When was the Aadhaar Project launched by Which of the above statement/statements is/are government of India? correct? (1) 28 January 2007 (2) 28 January 2008 (1) Only A (2) Only B (3) 28 January 2009 (4) 28 January 2010 (3) Only A & C (4) Only B & C (5) 28 January 2011 (5) All of the above Q.65. Which country has officially announced to drop its Q.71. Which of the following Acts helps a bank in its day nickname ‘Holland’ recently? to day activities? (1) Turkey (2) Belgium (1) Competition Act (3) Germany (4) The Netherlands (2) Negotiable Instruments Act (5) None of these (3) Companies Act Q.66. Which of the following rate will not be applicable (4) Contract Act on transactions/ payments done via RuPay and UPI platforms from January 2020? (5) None of the above (1) Statutory Liquidity Rate Q.72. When overall prices increase (inflation) due to increases in the cost of wages and raw materials, (2) Service Rate then it is called: (3) Bank Rate (1) Cost-Push Inflation (4) Merchant Discount Rate (2) Demand-pull inflation (5) None of these (3) Imported Inflation Q.67. What is the maximum age limit of Chief of Defence (4) Core Inflation Staff after amending the Army Rules, 1954, which was set as 62 years earlier? (5) None of the above (1) 68 years (2) 65 years (3) 63 years Q.73. What is name of the women astronaut, who surpassed Peggy Whitson record & created a (4) 70 years (5) None of these new record by becoming the single longest space Q.68. Seema, who has been recently banned by National mission held by a woman? Anti-Doping Agency for 4 years for doping is (1) Christina Hammock Koch associated with which sport? (2) Sally Ride (1) Football (2) Table Tennis (3) Wrestling (3) Jessica Meir (4) Weightlifting (5) Shooting (4) Svetlana Savitskaya Q.69. Which of the following is not a Credit Rating Agency? (5) None of these (1) Credit Analysis and Research Limited Q.74. Which organization has released the 2nd edition of Sustainable Development Goals India Index and (2) Lintas India Pvt. Ltd. dashboard for the year 2019?

Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Ministry has finalized a plan for setting up 500 skill hubs and labs in government schools. QUIZ TIME CURRENT AFFAIRS (1) Finance Commission Q.81. Consider the following statements about Goods (2) Reserve Bank of India and services Tax: (3) NITI Aayog A. Goods and services are divided in into five different tax slabs for collection of tax - 0%, (4) National Development Council 5%, 12%, 18% and 28%. (5) None of these B. Petroleum products, alcoholic drinks, and Q.75. What is the name of the Major General who was electricity are not taxed under GST. killed in an airstrike by the US at Baghdad’s C. There is a special rate of 2% on gold. international airport? Which of the above statement/statements is/are (1) Barham Salih (2) Qasem Soleimani correct? (3) Hassan Rouhani (4) Qamar Javed Bajwa (1) Only A (2) Only B (5) None of the above (3) Only A & B (4) Only A & C Q.76. Bisalpur dam is located in which state? (5) All of the above (1) Uttar Pradesh (2) Bihar Q.82. Which of the following statement is wrong about (3) Madhya Pradesh (4) Uttarakhand SBI? (5) Rajasthan (1) It is a government corporation statutory body headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Q.77. Where is The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) based in? (2) SBI is ranked as 236th in the Fortune Global 500 list of the world's biggest corporations of (1) France (2) USA (3) England 2019. (4) China (5) Japan (3) It is the largest bank in India with a 18% market Q.78. According to the Ministry of Rural Development, share in assets. only 252 Members of Parliament have adopted (4) (1) & 2) Both gram panchayats under phase-4 of SAGY. What is the full form of SAGY? (5) All of the above (1) Swachch Adarsh Gram Yojana Q.83. Which of the following is not a type of Shares? (1) Sweat Equity Share (2) Emergency Share (2) Samriddh Adarsh Gram Yojana (3) Bonus Share (4) Preference Share (3) Suyogya Adarsh Gram Yojana (5) Cumulative Shares (4) Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana Q.84. Pyongyang is the capital of which country? (5) Sabhasad Adarsh Gram Yojana (1) Fiji (2) South Korea Q.79. How much percent of India’s geographical area are covered with Forests as per the 16th India State (3) North Korea (4) Philippines of Forest Report (ISFR) released by Shri Prakash (5) Thailand Javadekar? Q.85. What is the currency of Philippines? (1) 22.34% (2) 25.45% (3) 23.67% (1) Peso (2) Krone (3) Kuna (4) 24.56% (5) None of these (4) Bhat (5) Suva Q.80. Where the foundation stone of head quarter of the Q.86. The world Braille Day is observed on which day? CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) has been laid (1) 8th January (2) 7th January (3) 4th January with a cost of Rs 280 crore? (4) 9th January (5) 10th January (1) Kolkata, Assam Q.87. Recently, Manav Thakkar has become the world (2) Mumbai, Maharashtra no.1 in latest International Rankings. He is related (3) New Delhi, Delhi to which sport? (4) Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir (1) Table Tennis (2) Badminton (3) Wrestling (5) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (4) Shooting (5) Boxing

Former Kerala Minister and MLA, Thomas Chandy, passed away at the age of 72. QUIZ TIME CURRENT AFFAIRS Q.88. The Global Hunger Index is jointly published by Q.96. Name the bank that has signed an MoU with Indian Concern worldwide and Welthungerhilfe. What is Army with the aim to provide new and better the rank of India among 117 countries? banking experience for both serving & retired (1) 100th (2) 101st (3) 102nd personnel of Indian Army? (1) State Bank of India (2) Punjab National Bank (4) 103rd (5) 104th (3) Bank of Baroda (4) Indian Bank Q.89. Which of the following company’s Mutual Fund has been renamed as Nippon India Mutual Fund? (5) None of these (1) ICICI (2) Wipro (3) TATA Q.97. The Reserve Bank is: (4) Reliance (5) None of these (1) Fully owned by the Government of India Q.90. What was the theme of the 11th BRICS summit? (2) Partly owned by the Government of India (3) Privately owned (1) SDGs and Global Economy (4) Partly owned by World Bank (2) Economic Growth for an Innovative Future (5) None of the above (3) Development and upliftment to the needed Q.98. In which of the following states the Kamet (4) Statistical Survey and Resolution Mountain is situated? (5) None of the above (1) Jammu & Kashmir (2) Himachal Pradesh Q.91. Gorumara National Park is situated in which (3) Uttarakhand (4) Nagaland state? (5) Arunachal Pradesh (1) Bihar (2) Haryana Q.99. Recently, in which of the following state the Home (3) Gujarat (4) Himachal Pradesh Minister Amit Shah has launched the country’s (5) West Bengal first Cyber Crime Prevention Unit called “Cyber AASHVAST”? Q.92. Where is the Tiroda thermal power plant located? (1) Gujarat (2) Bihar (3) Delhi (1) Kerala (2) Tamil Nadu (4) Uttar Pradesh (5) Karnataka (3) Andhra Pradesh (4) Rajasthan Q.100. Recently, the Union Minister of Chemicals and (5) Maharashtra Fertilizers has launched The APNA UREA- Q.93. Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has SonaUgle brand of HURL (Hindustan Urvarak & eased its norms to allow smart cities raise funds Rasayan Limited). Who is the Union Minister of through which bonds? Chemicals and Fertilizers? (1) ‘Rishi Bonds’ (2) ‘Kanya Bonds’ (1) J.P Nadda (3) ‘Yogi Bonds’ (4) ‘Muni Bonds’ (2) Arvind Sawant (5) None of these (3) D. V. Sadananda Gowda Q.94. Which state’s railway station has topped the (4) Giriraj Singh Railway Cleanliness Survey 2019 released by (5) Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Ministry of Railways? Q.101. NITI Aayog and Ladakh Union Territory has (1) Rajasthan (2) Kerala (3) Assam signed a Memorandum of Understanding to support (4) Uttar Pradesh (5) None of these the administration of the Ladakh through its initiative DSSS. What is the full form of DSSS? Q.95. A product that people consume more as the income (1) Descriptive Support Services to States for decreases and consume less as the income increases Infrastructure Projects is called: (2) Development Security Services to States for (1) Normal Good (2) Veblen goods Infrastructure Projects (3) Hicks Goods (4) Adam Goods (3) Deployment Support Services to States for (5) Giffen Good International Projects

Sweden defeated India 0 in the three-nation U-17 Women’s Football Tournament final in Mumbai. QUIZ TIME CURRENT AFFAIRS (4) Deployment Support Services to States for Q.108. Who among the following has been recently Infrastructure Projects chosen for “Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu (5) Development Support Services to States for National Award for Excellence”? Infrastructure Projects (1) Kiran Bedi Q.102. Recently, The Union External Affairs Minister (2) Manohar Lal Khattar has launched a book titled ‘IN PAX SINICA: (3) Dr. M. S Swaminathan Implications for the Indian Dawn’. Who is the author of the book? (4) Pranab Mukherjee (1) Jhumpa Lahiri (2) Anita Desai (5) Narendra Modi (3) Vikram Seth (4) Samir Saran Q.109. What will be the India’s GDP growth rate for the FY20, as estimated by the World Bank? (5) Arundhati Roy (1) 6% (2) 5.8% (3) 5.6% Q.103. Recently, The Airports Authority of India has announced that 4 airports in India have received (4) 5.4% (5) 6.5% international recognition for reducing carbon Q.110. Recently, the Union Home Minister Amit Shah emission. Which of the following airport is not recently released a book titled ‘Karmayoddha included in them? Granth’ on the life of which Indian political (1) Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International leader? Airport, Kolkata (1) Deen Dayal Upadhyay (2) Biju Patnaik International Airport, (2) Lal Krishna Advani Bhubaneswar (3) Narendra Modi (3) Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport, (4) Vinayak Damodar Savarkar Varanasi (5) Atal Bihari Vajpai (4) Trivandrum International Airport, Kerala Q.111. Recently, Reserve Bank has increased the (5) Swami Vivekananda Airport, Chhattisgarh household income limits for borrowers of Non- Q.104. In which of the following country the health Banking Financial Companies and microfinance authorities has reported that a new virus, Corona institutions from 1 lakh to ______. has been found that infects the respiratory tract? (1) 1.25 lakh rupees (2) 1.50 lakh rupees (1) Congo (2) Spain (3) Cuba (3) 2 lakh rupees (4) 2.25 lakh rupees (4) China (5) Jamaica (5) 2.50 lakh rupees Q.105. On which day the National Youth Day is observed Q.112. The freedom of speech and freedom to carry on a on the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda? business through internet is covered under which (1) 10 January (2) 12 January (3) 14 January article of Indian constitution? (4) 16 January (5) 18 January (1) Article 16 (2) Article 17 (3) Article 18 Q.106. In which of the following states/ Union Territories (4) Article 19 (5) Article 20 world's highest Rail Bridge is being constructed? Q.113. Which state is the worst place for women’s security, (1) Sikkim (2) Uttarakhand according to the recent National Crime Records (3) Arunachal Pradesh (4) Ladakh Bureau report? (1) Uttar Pradesh (2) Bihar (3) Jharkhand (5) Jammu Kashmir (4) Chattisgarh (5) West Bengal Q.107. World Hindi Day is celebrated on January 10 every year, marking the anniversary of first World Q.114. Recently, Union Minister Smriti Irani has launched Hindi Conference. In which year the first World a welfare scheme named ‘Yashaswini’ from Goa. Hindi Conference was held? What is the aim of the scheme? (1) 1970 (2) 1975 (3) 1978 (1) Education to girl child (4) 1980 (5) 1985 (2) Vaccination to Children Spaniard Rafael Nadal and Australian Ashleigh Barty have been named International Tennis Federation’s (ITF) World Champions for 2019. QUIZ TIME CURRENT AFFAIRS (3) Assistance to women Self Help groups Q.121. Which company has recently announced to invest $ (4) Cleaning of beaches 1 billion to digitise Small and Medium Businesses in India? (5) Assistance to Schools (1) Flipkart (2) Google (3) Amazon Q.115. Recently, what amount of penalty has been imposed by the Reserve Bank on Tamilnad Mercantile Bank (4) Microsoft (5) IBM for violating norms on frauds classification and Q.122. The District administration of which state notification? has won the Swachhata Darpan Award for (1) Rs 25 lakh (2) Rs 27 lakh (3) Rs 30 lakh adopting innovative methods in plastic waste management? (4) Rs 35 lakh (5) Rs 37 lakh (1) Odisha (2) Gujarat Q.116. Which Indian monument has found place in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s ‘8 Wonders (3) Madhya Pradesh (4) Maharashtra of SCO’ list? (5) Rajasthan (1) Taj Mahal (2) Statue of Unity Q.123. What is Structural Unemployment? (3) Konark Sun Temple (4) Khajuraho Temple (1) It is caused by trade cycles at regular intervals. (5) Ajanta Caves Generally capitalist economies are subject to Q.117. Who has recently been appointed as the fourth trade cycles. Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India? (2) Due to drastic changes in the economic (1) Harun R. Khan (2) Michael Patra structure of a country. (3) Anand Sinha (4) Subir Gokarn (3) It is a situation where in a large section of the labour force does not get a job that may yield (5) Dr. K.C. Chakrabarty them regular income. Q.118. The person with disabilities and people over (4) It is a situation in which more people are doing ______of age can cast their vote in Delhi work than actually required. Even if some are Assembly Election through postal ballot. withdrawn, production does not suffer. (1) 50 years (2) 60 years (3) 65 years (5) It is the result of certain changes in the (4) 70 years (5) 80 years techniques of production which may not Q.119. Government has recently said that no documents warrant much labour. will be asked for or biometric will be taken for Q.124. Which of the following situation is showing the NPR. What is the full form of NPR? Relatively Inelastic Demand? (1) Natural Population Register (1) Ed = ∞ (2) Ed = 0 (3) Ed = 1 (2) National Pollution Register (4) Ed < 1 (5) Ed > 1 (3) National Population Register Q.125. Which of the following state is the largest producer (4) Natural Population Religion of steel in India? (5) National Population Religion (1) Odisha (2) Jharkhand Q.120. Which of the following bank has recently signed (3) Karnataka (4) Madhya Pradesh an MoU with South-Central Railway zone of (5) Chattisgarh the Indian Railways, for doorstep collection of earnings from the railway stations? Q.126. Who is the Union minister of ayush ministry? (1) Punjab National Bank (1) Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ (2) Bank of Baroda (2) Arjun Munda (3) State Bank of India (3) Smriti Zubin Irani (4) Bank of India (4) Shripad Yesso Naik (5) Union Bank (5) Ram Vilas Paswan

Himachal Pradesh’s Zeena Khitta has won gold in women’s 10m Air Rifle event at the 63rd National Shooting Championship. QUIZ TIME CURRENT AFFAIRS Q.127. Consider the following statements about BIMSTEC. Q.135. Ulsoor Lake is situated in which state? A. BIMSTEC stands for The Bay of Bengal (1) Karnataka (2) Odisha Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and (3) Andhra Pradesh (4) Kerala Economic Cooperation. (5) Uttarakhand B. It is headquartered in Jakarta, Indonesia. Q.136. Thal Ghat is situated in which state? C. It was established on 6 June 2007. (1) Karnataka (2) Kerala Which of the above sentence/sentences is/are correct? (3) Maharashtra (4) Tamil Nadu (1) Only A (2) Only B (5) Andhra Pradesh (3) Only A & B (4) Only B & C Q.137. Recently, IRAD was in news. What is the full form (5) All of the above of IRAD? Q.128. Lira is the currency of which country? (1) International Road Accident Database (1) Jordan (2) Israel (3) Turkey (2) Integrated Road Accident Database (4) Seriya (5) Yemen (3) Indian Road Accident Database Q.129. Bern is the capital of which country? (4) Intellectual Road Accident Database (1) Scotland (2) Finland (3) Ethiopia (5) None of the above (4) Switzerland (5) Norway Q.138. Who has become the first state in the country to get Q.130. Who has been recently conferred with 29th Saraswati the law on contract farming? Samman? (1) Tamil Nadu (2) Rajasthan (3) Odisha (1) Vasdev Mohi (2) Kirat Babani (4) Uttar Pradesh (5) Madhya Pradesh (3) Gobind Malhi (4) Ram Punjwani Q.139. Recently, which of the following Tiger Reserve has (5) Motilal Jotwani shown that carbon storage was highest in species- rich evergreen forest? Q.131. The Srisailam Dam is situated on which river? (1) Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (1) Pennar River (2) Krishna River (2) Kawal Tiger Reserve (3) Godavari River (4) Narmada River (3) Anamalai Tiger Reserve (5) Shipra Rive (4) Sunderbans Tiger Reserve Q.132. Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary is located in which state? (5) Orang Tiger Reserve (1) Gujarat (2) Madhya Pradesh Q.140. Recently, the Sultan of which country, Qaboos bin Said Al Said has died? (3) Maharashtra (4) Haryana (1) Iraq (2) Iran (3) Oman (5) Rajasthan (4) Qatar (5) Yemen Q.133. What is the full form of UJALA Scheme? Q.141. "Exim Bank" of India is established under which (1) Unified Jyoti byAffordable LEDs for All Act? (2) Unnati Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (1) Export-Import India Act, 1971 (3) Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (2) Export-Import India Act, 1980 (4) Unnat Jeevan Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (3) Export-Import India Act, 1975 (5) Unnat Jagat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (4) Export-Import India Act, 1981 Q.134. Who is the Chief Executive Officer of India post (5) Export-Import India Act, 1983 payment bank? Q.142. What is the annual rate of inflation based on (1) Suresh Sethi (2) Anubrata Biswas monthly WPI for the month of December, 2019? (3) Srikrishnan H (4) Rishi Gupta (1) 1.50% (2) 2.50% (3) 3.53% (5) Renu Satti (4) 2.59% (5) 4.54% Rating agency Fitch cut India’s GDP growth forecast for the fiscal year ended March 2020 to 4.6% from 5.5% it projected earlier. QUIZ TIME CURRENT AFFAIRS Q.143. Who among the following has been named as (1) Charles Michel (2) CV Ramulu International Tennis Federation’s (ITF) World (3) Monisha Ghosh (4) Rohit Sharma Champion? (5) Sangita Reddy (1) Novak Djokovic (2) Rafael Nadal Q.150. Consider the following statements regarding IMPS (3) Rojar Federer (4) Stan Wawrinka (Immediate Payment Service). (5) Serena Williams A. IMPS is designed to be used for transferring Q.144. Which year is set as the deadline by Securities and small amounts with caps at `2 lakh per day. Exchange Board of India for the separation of the B. IMPS transactions are not chargeable. posts of Chairman and Managing Director or chief executive officer for 500 listed companies? C. IMPS transactions can be done offline by visiting a bank branch. (1) April 2022 (2) April 2021 (3) April 2020 Which of the above statements is/are correct? (4) April 2025 (5) None of these (1) A only (2) A & B (3) A & C Q.145. Who is the deceased Kerala Cartoonist and Secretary of Kerala Cartoon Academy, who has (4) All A, B & C (5) None of these won the United Nations Political Cartoon Award? Q.151. Recently, cricketer Vernon Philander has announced (1) Pran Kumar Sharma his retirement, he is related to which country? (2) B. V. Ramamurthy (1) South Africa (2) India (3) Nepal (3) Thomas Antony (4) Oman (5) None of these (4) Shankar Pamarthy Q.152. Consider the following statements regarding NEFT (National Electronic Funds Transfer). (5) None of these (A) NEFT has become a 24×7 facility on all days Q.146. What is the name of the campaign that has been except on bank holidays. launched by Minister of Petroleum and Natural (B) NEFT has no upper limit to the transaction Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan to create awareness amount. among the people in conservation of fuels? (C) NEFT transactions will only be credited to (1) Shram Yogi (2) Samman the beneficiary account in batches, unlike the (3) Saksham (4) Sansad Adarsh Immediate Payment Service (IMPS) system. (5) None of these Which of the above statements is/are correct? Q.147. Which Indian Cricketer, is awarded as the ODI (1) A & B (2) A & C (3) B & C Cricketer of the Year for the first time in 16th (4) All A, B & C (5) None of these edition of ICC awards 2019? Q.153. The usual deposit accounts of banks are which of (1) MS Dhoni the following? (2) Rohit Gurunath Sharma (1) Current accounts, electricity accounts, and (3) Virat Kohli insurance premium accounts (4) Shikhar Dhawan (2) Current accounts, post office savings bank accounts and term deposit accounts (5) None of these (3) Loan accounts, savings bank accounts, and Q.148. The Koyna River is a tributary of which river? term deposit accounts (1) Godavari River (2) Narmada River (4) Current accounts, savings bank accounts, and (3) Krishna River (4) Tapti River term deposit accounts (5) Ganga River (5) Current bill accounts and term deposit accounts Q.149. Who has been appointed as the President of the Q.154. Who has been appointed the first-ever Chief European Council? Financial Officer of the Reserve Bank of India?

Fazle Hasan Abed, the founder of the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC), one of the world’s largest NGOs, has died in Dhaka aged 83. QUIZ TIME CURRENT AFFAIRS (1) Ashok Vajpeyi (2) Balan Nambiar Q.161. Financial inclusion means the provision of - (3) Uttam Pacharne (4) Sudha Balakrishnan (1) Financial services, namely, payments, (5) None of these remittances, savings, loans, and insurance at an affordable cost to persons not yet given the Q.155. Where is the Amangarh tiger reserve located? same. (1) Madhya Pradesh (2) Rajasthan (2) A ration at an affordable cost to persons not yet (3) Chhattisgarh (4) Uttar Pradesh given the same. (5) Karnataka (3) House at an affordable cost to persons not yet Q.156. Sashakt: 5-pronged strategy is to- given the same. (1) Deal with the Non-Performing Assets held by (4) The food at an affordable cost to persons not banks. yet given the same. (2) Manage idle assets held by Public sector (5) Education at an affordable cost to persons not companies in India. yet given the same. (3) Work towards the promotion of housing for Q.162. When a bank returns a cheque unpaid, it is called-- Economically Weaker Sections. (1) Payment of the cheque (4) Rehabilitate employees of sick Public sector (2) Withdrawing of the cheque undertakings. (5) None of these (3) Cancellation of the cheque Q.157. Recently which railway station has been conferred (4) Dishonor of the cheque with 'Eat Right Station' certification with the five- (5) Taking of the cheque star rating by Food Safety? Q.163. The loan is given on ______in case of a Mortgage. (1) Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (1) Security on the movable property for a loan (2) Cochin Harbour Terminus given by a bank. (3) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (2) Security on the immovable property for a loan (4) Bhavnagar Terminus given by the bank. (5) None of these (3) Concession on immovable property for a loan Q.158. Which train has been recently started by the Northern given by a bank. Railway between Kalka and Shimla stations? (4) The facility on immovable property for a loan (1) Vande Bharat Express given by the bank. (2) Trans-Siberian Express (5) Security on immovable property for a deposit received by a loan. (3) August Kranti Rajdhani Express Q.164. The world’s highest “Rail Bridge” is being (4) Him Darshan Express constructed in the state of Jammu & Kashmir. This (5) None of these bridge is situated on which of the following rivers? Q.159. Which country has successfully launched its largest (1) Jhelum (2) Chenab (3) Indus carrier rocket "Long March-5"? (4) Ravi (5) None of these (1) China (2) South Africa (3) India Q.165. Consider the following statements regarding (4) Nepal (5) Oman Fugitive Economic Offender (FEO). Q.160. Veteran Political cartoonist Vikas Sabnis has passed A. Fugitive Economic Offender (FEO) is any away recently, he was related to which State? individual against whom a warrant for arrest in (1) Madhya Pradesh (2) Maharashtra relation to a scheduled offense has been issued (3) Chhattisgarh (4) Uttar Pradesh by any court in India and the person has left India so as to avoid criminal prosecution. (5) Karnataka British luxury automaker Rolls-Royce unveiled its single-seater electric plane, which it hopes will fly in late spring next year. QUIZ TIME CURRENT AFFAIRS B. The special court can declare suo moto an Q.169. Consider the following statements- individual as a fugitive economic offender if A. The economic capital framework refers to the he/she holds properties or the value of such risk of capital required by the central bank properties believed to be the proceeds of crime. while taking into account different risks. C. An FEO is defined by The Fugitive Economic B. RBI pays wealth tax to the Union Government Offenders (FEO) Act, 2018. for holding capital reserves. Which of the above statements is/are correct? C. RBI transfers surplus reserves to the Government of India in accordance with (1) A only (2) B only (3) A & B Section 47 of the Reserve Bank of India Act, (4) A & C (5) None of these 1934. Q.166. Which of the following were the goals of the Which of the above statements is/are correct? planning system in India during 1950-1990? (1) A & B (2) B & C (3) A & C 1. Export promotion 2. Industrialization (4) All A, B & C (5) None of these 3. Self-reliance 4. Equity Q.170. Consider the following statements regarding Development banks. Select the correct answer code- A. Development banks are financial institutions (1) 1, 2, 3, 4 (2) 2, 3, 4 (3) 1, 3, 4 that provide only short-term credit for capital- (4) 1, 2, 4 (5) None of these intensive investments. Q.167. Consider the following statements about the B. Such banks often lend at low and stable rates Marginal Standing Facility. of interest with considerable social benefits. A. It is the penal rate at which banks can borrow C. Development banks are often supported by money from the central bank over and above governments in the form of tax incentives for what is available to them through the Liquidity private sector banks and financial institutions to invest in securities issued by development banks. Adjustment Facility window. D. IDBI was set up as an apex body of all B. Here banks can borrow funds by pledging development finance institutions. government securities within the limits of the statutory liquidity ratio. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (1) A, C & D (2) A, B & C C. At present, MSF is 1 percent above the repo rate. (3) B, C & D (4) All A, B, C & D (5) None of these Which of the above statements is/are correct? Q.171. Which of the following types of accounts are (1) A & C (2) B & C (3) A & B known as ‘Demat Accounts’? (4) All A, B & C (5) None of these (1) Accounts which are Zero Balance Accounts Q.168. Consider the following statements about Real (2) Accounts that are opened to facilitate Estate Investment Trusts. repayment of a loan taken from the bank. No A. REITs are mutual funds like institutions that other business can be conducted from there. enable investments mainly in completed and (3) Accounts in which shares of various companies revenue-generating real estate assets. are traded in electronic form B. REITs are regulated by the securities market (4) Accounts that are operated through internet regulator in India. banking facilities. (5) None of these C. A REIT can be launched as an initial public offer. Q.172. Consider the following statements regarding Small Finance Bank (SFBs). Which of the above statements is/are correct? A. Small Finance Bank mainly finance small (1) A & B (2) A & C (3) B & C business units, small and marginal farmers and (4) All A, B & C (5) None of these unorganized sector entities. Ethiopia launched its first-ever satellite into space successfully, making it the 11th African country to have a satellite in space. QUIZ TIME CURRENT AFFAIRS B. They do not distribute financial products such (1) Amit Rajadesai (2) Vidyut Bharati as mutual funds and insurance. (3) Dalbir Singh (4) Gyanranjan C. Payments banks can apply for conversion into (5) None of these small finance banks SFBs after five years of Q.180. What is the title of the film based on the life of Malala operation. Yousafzai, awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace? Which of the above statements is/are correct? (1) Chamba Chameli (2) Bachpan bhar diya (1) A & B (2) B & C (3) A & C (3) Gul Makai (4) Nirala: Name Trust (4) All A, B & C (5) None of these (5) None of these Q.173. Who is the CEO of the Bhilai Steel Plant? Q.181. Which of the following state government has (1) M. Ravi (2) A K Rath recently announced to observe 2020 as “Susashan (3) Mr. Vijay Mairal (4) Anil Kumar Chaudhary Sankalp Varsh”? (1) Rajasthan (2) Jharkhand (3) Haryana (5) None of these (4) Maharashtra (5) Bihar Q.174. Which country has recently announced the induction of Avangard hypersonic missile into the army? Q.182. Who among the following has been declared as “the most famous teenager in the world” by the UN (1) Russia (2) India (3) Nepal in its "Decade in Review" report? (4) China (5) America (1) Greta Thunberg (2) Nadia Murad Q.175. Which of the following women chess players has (3) Christina Lamb (4) Malala Yousafzai recently won the World Rapid Championship title? (5) Esther Duflo (1) Ankita Bhambri (2) Koneru Hampi Q.183. Who has been named as India's first Chief of (3) Pragya Vajpayee (4) Nutan Awasthi Defense Staff? (5) Nona Gaprindashvili (1) Bikram Singh (2) Bipin Rawat Q.176. What is the first solar mission of India named by (3) V. K. Singh (4) Deepak Kapoor ISRO? (5) Manoj Mukund Narwane (1) Aditya (2) Surya-2 (3) Vaibhav-1 Q.184. Which fighter aircraft, known for its outstanding (4) Pragyan (5) AdityaL-1 performance in the Kargil War, has been retired Q.177. According to a recent study conducted by which from the Indian Air Force? institute, suggests that India will become the (1) F-16 (2) Sukhoi SU-30 (3) Tejas fourth-largest economy in the world, overtaking (4) MiG-27 (5) MiG-25 Germany by the year 2026? Q.185. Who has been sworn in as the Deputy Chief (1) University of Michigan Minister of Maharashtra? (2) Center for Economics and Business Research (1) Nawab Malik (2) Aditya Thackeray (3) Institute of Universal Economics (3) Amit Deshmukh (4) Hemant Soren (4) University of Toronto (5) Ajit Pawar (5) None of these Q.186. Which state government has launched a new higher Q.178. Which of the following countries recently launched education model called Resource Assistance for its heaviest and most sophisticated communication Colleges with Excellence (RACE)? satellite through the country's new and largest (1) Madhya Pradesh (2) West Bengal rocket Long March-5? (3) Himachal Pradesh (4) Rajasthan (1) India (2) Nepal (3) China (5) Bihar (4) Bangladesh (5) Russia Q.187. Which of the following city is hosting the Q.179. Which of the following authors was recently third edition of "National Public Procurement conferred "Akashdeep Samman-2019"? Conclave"?

President Ram Nath Kovind released the mobile app of the Red Cross Society of India in Hyderabad. QUIZ TIME CURRENT AFFAIRS (1) New Delhi (2) Chennai (3) Pune Q.194. Who has chaired the first meeting of the Cabinet (4) Kolkata (5) Lucknow Committee on Investment and Development? Q.188. White Island, recently seen in the news. It is located (1) Home Minister (2) Finance Minister in which country? (3) Prime Minister (4) Cabinet Secretary (1) Australia (2) New Zealand (3) Vietnam (5) None of these (4) Indonesia (5) India Q.195. With reference to Swadesh Darshan scheme, Q.189. Consider the following statements regarding consider the following statements Payments Bank. A. It is a scheme of the Ministry of Culture. A. Payments Bank can accept deposits only up to B. This is a central sector scheme. 2 lakh per individual customer. C. Ministry of Tourism launched the Swadesh B. Issues debit cards, but not credit cards. Darshan Scheme. C. It can distribute financial products such as Which of the given above statements is/are correct? mutual funds and insurance. (1) A and B (2) B and C (3) C only Which of the above statements is/are correct? (4) A, B and C (5) None of these (1) A & B (2) A & C (3) B & C Q.196. To prevent the exploitation of the environment (4) All A, B & C (5) None of these in war and armed conflict, International Day is Q.190. Barnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in celebrated on ______. which state? (1) 6 November (2) 14 November (1) Chhattisgarh (2) Haryana (3) Karnataka (3) 11 November (4) October 3 (4) Bihar (5) Punjab (5) None of these Q.191. Currently, what is the reverse repo rate of RBI? Q.197. Recently Universal Postal Union is in the news. (1) 5.50% (2) 5.25% (3) 5.40% Which of the following statements are correct (4) 4.00% (5) 4.90% regarding UPU? Q.192. Consider the following statements. A. It is a specialized agency of the United Nations. I. It is a strait between the Persian Gulf and the B. UPU frames rules for international mail Gulf of Oman. exchange and fixes rates for international II. It provides the only sea passage from the Persian postal services. Gulf to the open ocean. Almost 25% of total C. India joined the UPU after independence. global oil production passes through the strait. (1) A and B (2) B and C (3) C only The above statements refer to which of the following? (4) A, B and C (5) None of these (1) Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb Q.198. Consider the following statements with respect to Atal Bhujal Yojana. (2) Malacca Strait A. It is an Rs.6000 crore World Bank approved (3) Strait of Hormuz Centrally Sponsored Scheme. (4) Gibraltar Strait B. SJY aims to improve groundwater management (5) None of these in priority areas in the country through Q.193. Global gender gap index released by which of the community participation. following? C. The priority areas identified under the scheme (1) FAO (2) UNDP fall in the states of Gujarat, Punjab, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh. (3) UN-women (4) World Economic Forum Which of the given above statements is/are correct? (5) None of these

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar co-chaired the 19th Joint Commission meeting with Foreign Minister of Iran in Tehran. QUIZ TIME CURRENT AFFAIRS (1) A and B (2) A and C (3) B only (1) A, B and C (2) B and C (4) A, B and C (5) None of these (3) B, C and D (4) A and C Q.199. Consider the following statements regarding Chief (5) All of the above of Defence Staff (CDS). Q.200. Which of the following statements is not correct A. CDS will be of a four-star general. regarding the “National Anti-Profiteering B. CDS will act as the Principal Military Adviser Authority”? to Defence Minister on all tri-Services matters. (1) NAA is the institutional mechanism under GST C. CDS would not exercise any military law to check the unfair profit-making activities command, including over the three Service by the trading community Chiefs. (2) NAA is a statutory body D. CDS will be a member of the Defence (3) The orders of the NAA can be appealed against Acquisition Council chaired by the prime only in the high court minister. (4) It falls under the aegis of MoC & I Which of the given above statements is/are correct? (5) None of the above ANSWER KEY Q.1.(1) Q.2.(2) Q.3(5) Q.4.(4) Q.5.(4) Q.6.(2) Q.7.(5) Q.8.(3) Q.9.(1) Q.10.(4) Q.11.(3) Q.12.(1) Q.13.(2) Q.14.(3) Q.15.(5) Q.16.(1) Q.17.(2) Q.18.(1) Q.19.(4) Q.20.(1) Q.21.(3) Q.22.(3) Q.23.(2) Q.24.(1) Q.25.(4) Q.26.(2) Q.27.(5) Q.28.(3) Q.29.(1) Q.30.(4) Q.31.(3) Q.32.(5) Q.33.(3) Q.34.(1) Q.35.(4) Q.36.(2) Q.37.(3) Q.38.(1) Q.39.(2) Q.40.(2) Q.41.(1) Q.42.(1) Q.43.(2) Q.44.(3) Q.45.(4) Q.46.(3) Q.47.(3) Q.48.(4) Q.49.(1) Q.50.(4) Q.51.(4) Q.52.(4) Q.53.(2) Q.54.(4) Q.55.(1) Q.56.(5) Q.57.(3) Q.58.(4) Q.59.(3) Q.60.(4) Q.61.(1) Q.62.(3) Q.63.(4) Q.64.(3) Q.65.(4) Q.66.(4) Q.67.(2) Q.68.(4) Q.69.(2) Q.70.(3) Q.71.(1) Q.72.(1) Q.73.(1) Q.74.(3) Q.75.(2) Q.76.(5) Q.77.(1) Q.78.(4) Q.79.(4) Q.80.(3) Q.81.(3) Q.82.(3) Q.83.(2) Q.84.(3) Q.85.(1) Q.86.(3) Q.87.(1) Q.88.(3) Q.89.(4) Q.90.(2) Q.91.(5) Q.92.(5) Q.93.(4) Q.94.(1) Q.95.(5) Q.96.(3) Q.97.(1) Q.98.(3) Q.99.(1) Q.100.(3) Q.101.(5) Q.102.(4) Q.103.(5) Q.104.(4) Q.105.(2) Q.106.(5) Q.107.(2) Q.108.(3) Q.109.(2) Q.110.(3) Q.111.(1) Q.112.(4) Q.113.(1) Q.114.(3) Q.115.(4) Q.116.(2) Q.117.(2) Q.118.(5) Q.119.(3) Q.120.(3) Q.121.(3) Q.122.(1) Q.123.(2) Q.124.(4) Q.125.(1) Q.126.(4) Q.127.(1) Q.128.(3) Q.129.(4) Q.130.(1) Q.131.(2) Q.132.(5) Q.133.(3) Q.134.(1) Q.135.(1) Q.136.(3) Q.137.(2) Q.138.(1) Q.139.(3) Q.140.(3) Q.141.(4) Q.142.(5) Q.143.(2) Q.144.(1) Q.145.(3) Q.146.(3) Q.147.(2) Q.148.(3) Q.149.(1) Q.150.(1) Q.151.(1) Q.152.(3) Q.153.(4) Q.154.(4) Q.155.(4) Q.156.(1) Q.157.(3) Q.158.(4) Q.159.(1) Q.160.(2) Q.161.(1) Q.162.(4) Q.163.(2) Q.164.(2) Q.165.(4) Q.166.(1) Q.167.(3) Q.168.(4) Q.169.(3) Q.170.(3) Q.171.(3) Q.172.(3) Q.173.(1) Q.174.(1) Q.175.(2) Q.176.(5) Q.177.(2) Q.178.(3) Q.179.(4) Q.180.(3) Q.181.(3) Q.182.(4) Q.183.(2) Q.184.(4) Q.185.(4) Q.186.(4) Q.187.(1) Q.188.(2) Q.189.(3) Q.190.(1) Q.191.(5) Q.192.(3) Q.193.(4) Q.194.(3) Q.195.(2) Q.196.(1) Q.197.(1) Q.198.(3) Q.199.(2) Q.200.(4)

The Govt. of India has constructed Girls’ Hostel for Nepal Armed Police Force School, Kirtipur. SSC CGL/CHSL TIER - 1 MODEL PAPER 2019 SSC CGL TIER - 1/GENERAL INTELLIGENCE & REASONING Q.1-2. Select the set in which the numbers are related in the Q.7. The average of 9 numbers is 40. If the average same way as are the numbers of the following set. of the first five numbers is 38 and that of the last Q.1. (17, 12, 7) five is 50, then what is the fifth number? (A) 90 (B) 84 (C) 78 (D) 80 (A) (42, 34, 27) (B) (23, 32, 39) Q.8. Three of the following four numbers are alike (C) (15, 10, 5) (D) (39, 28, 19) in a certain way and one is different. Pick the Q.2. (5, 24, 7) number that is different from the rest. (A) (8, 80, 12) (B) (10, 71, 13) (A) 953 (B) 523 (C) 312 (D) 734 (C) (9, 63, 14) (D) (6, 75, 11) Q.9. Select the option that is related to the third letter- cluster in the same way as the second letter- Q.3. Arrange the following words in a logical and cluster is related to the first letter-cluster. meaningful order. DGIL : WTRO :: FHKM : ? 1. Child 2. Marriage (A) USPN (B) TRON (C) QPLJ (D) WTSP 3. Embryo 4. Employment Q.10. A square paper is folded and cut as shown below. 5. Education How will it appear when unfolded? (A) 4, 1, 3, 5, 2 (B) 3, 1, 5, 4, 2 (C) 3, 5, 2, 4, 1 (D) 5, 2, 4, 1, 3 Q.4. 'Geology' is related to 'Rocks' in the same way as 'Cytology' is related to ______. (A) Organism (B) Cells (A) (B) (C) Plants (D) Life Q.5. Select the word-pair in which the two words are (C) (D) related in the same way as are the two words in the following word pair. Barter : Commodities Q.11. If HEAD is coded as 37 and BANK is coded as 57, then how will KITE be coded as? (A) Treatment : Disease (A) 87 (B) 91 (C) 69 (D) 76 (B) Debate : Discussion Q.12. Which two signs should be interchanged in the (C) Movement : Traffic following equation to make it correct? (D) Correspondence : Letter 24 – 12 ÷ 4 + 8 × 2 = 11 Q.6. Select the figure in which the given figure is (A) + and × (B) – and ÷ embedded. (C) + and – (D) + and ÷ Q.13. Which number will replace the question mark (?) in the following series? 16, 24, 36, ?, 81 (A) 54 (B) 52 (C) 61 (D) 58 Q.14. Select the number-pair in which the two numbers (A) (B) are related in the same way as are the two numbers of the following number-pair. 24 : 56 (A) 18 : 48 (B) 12 : 36 (C) 9 : 21 (D) 15 : 40 (C) (D) Q.15. In a code language, PASTEUR is coded as TPRUASE. How would SEVENTY be coded in that language? The Centre has approved the building and installation of 11 new supercomputers in research institutes across India under the next phase of the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM). (A) ENVETYS (B) NSYTEVN Q.21. Select the combination of letters that when (C) ESYETNV (D) ESYTEVN sequentially placed in the gaps of the given letter series will complete the series. Q.16. In a family of seven persons, B is the brother of A and the son of C. D is the son-in-law of C, who ca_bab_ad_ab_ad_ab has two grandchildren, E and F. A is the mother (A) bcdcb (B) cdbcd (C) dcbcb (D) dcabc of F, who is the niece of G. E is the son of G. If C has two children, how is E related D? Q.22. Two different positions of the same dice are shown. Which number will be at the top if 5 is at (A) Brother-in-law (B) Son the bottom? (C) Cousin (D) Nephew Q.17. Select the figure that will come next in the following figure series.

(A) 6 (B) 4 (C) 2 (D) 3 Q.23. Two statements are given, followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III. Assuming the statements to be true even if they seem to be (A) (B) at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements. (C) (D) Statements: Some carpenters are technicians. Q.18. Select the mirror image of the given figure when All technicians are mechanics. the mirror is placed to the right of the figure. Conclusions: I. Some carpenters are mechanics. II. Some mechanics are technicians. III. All carpenters are mechanics. (A) None of the conclusions follows (B) Only conclusion I follows (A) (B) (C) Only conclusions I and II follow (D) Only conclusions II and III follow Q.24. Three of the following four letter-clusters are alike in a certain way and one is different. Pick (C) (D) the odd one out. (A) MLKP (B) TSRN (C) XVWZ (D) DCBZ Q.19. How many triangles are there in the following Q.25. Select the Venn diagram that best illustrates the figure? relationship between the following classes. Indians, Females, Voters

(A) (B)

(A) 14 (B) 24 (C) 22 (D) 18 Q.20. Three of the following four words are alike in a certain way and one is different. Pick the odd (C) (D) word out. (A) Steal (B) Hinder (C) Impede (D) Arrest India’s Rohit Sharma broke Sanath Jayasuriya’s 2year-old record for most runs in a calendar year by an opener across formats. MODEL PAPER 2019 SSC CGL/CHSL Tier -1/GENERAL AWARENESS Q.26. Samudragupta was the son of which of the Q.36. The concept of single citizenship has been following king? adopted from which country? (A) Chandragupta I (B) Samundragupta (A) USA (B) France (C) Ramagupta (D) Kumaragupta (C) Russia (D) England Q.27. Which of the following are cold-blooded Q.37. What is India's rank in sugar production in the animals? world? (A) Snakes (B) Lizards (A) Second largest sugar producer (C) Toads (D) All of the above (B) Third largest sugar producer Q.28. Who among the following won the 2019 Nobel (C) Fourth largest sugar producer Prize for Physics? (D) First- largest sugar producer (A) James Peebles (B) Michel Mayor Q.38. The Sushruta Samhita is best known for its (C) Didier Queloz (D) All of the above approach and discussions of ______. Q.29. Rights to Equality are given in which articles of (A) Surgery (B) cytology the Indian Constitution? (C) Embryology (D) None of the above (A) Article 14 to 18 (B) Article 19 to 22 Q.39. The Bardoli Satyagraha was led by ______. (C) Article 23 to 24 (D) Article 25 to 28 (A) Sardar Vallabhai Patel Q.30. Which one of the following is the largest (B) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar freshwater lake in India? (C) Mother Teresa (A) Lake (B) Lalbagh Lake (D) Jawaharlal Nehru (C) Wular Lake (D) Lonar Lake Q.40. Data Protection Day is observed on which of the Q.31. The monk who influenced Ashoka to embrace following dates? Buddhism was— (A) 12-Jan (B) 6-Feb (A) Upagupta (B) Brahma Gupta (C) 13-Mar (D) 28-Jan (C) Vishnu Gupta (D) None of the above Q.41. Gaudiya Nritya is an important Folk dance of Q.32. Which of the following is pollutant that is which of the following state? measured by the air quality index? (A) Tamil Nadu (B) Gujarat (A) Sulfur Dioxide (B) Particulate matter (C) West Bengal (D) Andra Pradesh (C) Nitrogen Dioxide (D) All of the above Q.42. The best indicator of economic development of any country is ______. Q.33. Which of the following is not a type of loan available under the Pradhan Mantri Mudra (A) Per capita income Yojana? (B) Per person expense (A) Tarun (B) Kishore (C) Calorie consumption (C) Purush (D) Shishu (D) Women Empowerment Q.34. In 1974, the first nuclear test of Pokhran was Q.43. If a gram panchayat is dissolved or disbanded, code-named as: then within what time does the next election take place? (A) Smiling Buddha (B) Laughing Buddha (A) 2 years (B) 1 year (C) Yoga Buddha (D) None of the above (C) 6 months (D) 3 months Q.35. Lomas Rishi Cave is located in which state? Q.44. Who among the following built the first (A) Rajasthan (B) Bihar Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya in Bihar? (C) Assam (D) Manipur Payments provider Razorpay has named former American Express India Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Arpit Chug as its new CFO. (A) Chandragupta II (B) Ashoka (A) Section 377 of IPC (C) Kanishka (D) Harshavardhana (B) Article 377 of the Indian Constitution Q.45. Stainless steel is an alloy of- (C) Article 277 of the Indian Constitution (A) Iron and Nickel (D) Section 144 of IPC (B) Iron and Chromium Q.48. According to the 2011 census, which of the (C) Copper and Chromium following states has the largest rural population? (D) Iron and Zinc (A) Madhya Pradesh (B) Maharashtra Q.46. At which place did the first summit of SAARC (C) Punjab (D) Uttar Pradesh took place? Q.49. ABC index announced by the Government of (A) Islamabad (B) Dhaka India is associated with which of the following? (C) New Delhi (D) Colombo (A) Agriculture (B) Communication Q.47. Supreme Courts' judgment regarding (C) Health (D) Education homosexuality is related to which of the Q.50. AGMARK Act came into force in India in following? (A) 1937 (B) 1952 (C) 1957 (D) 1965 SSC CGL/CHSL Tier -1/qUANTITATIvE APTITUDE Q.51. A man finish a piece of work in 15 days. A woman (A) 14 days (B) 16 days can finish the same work in 10 days. Both work (C) 8 days (D) 12 days together for 5 days, then man leaves. How many days will be taken by the woman to finish the Q.56-58. The Bar graph given below presents the amount remaining work? (volume in litres) of water in ten different mixture? 1 1 2 2 (A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 1 2 3 3 3 Q.52. The cost of two article is the same. One article among them is sold at a profit of 15% and the other is sold at the profit of 12%. If the difference between their selling prices is `18, What is the cost of each article? (A) `570 (B) `690 (C) `400 (D) `600 Q.53. What is the value of : 2 2 2 ()()()0.7÷ 0.14 + 0.6 ÷ 0.18 + 0.5 ÷ 0.05   ? 4 2.5of 4 13 0.25 3  ( − × × )  Q.56. The amount of water in mixture M7 How much 25 19 23 21 more than the average amount of water per (A) (B) (C) (D) 2 2 2 2 mixture? Q.54. A certain sum invested on compound interest (A) 4 (B) 4.4 (C) 4.2 (D) 4.6 (compounded annually) grows to `5040 in three years. If the rate of interest is the 20% for the Q.57. The amount of water in mixture M3 is what first year, 40% for second year and 50% for third percent of amount in water in mixture M6? year, then what is the sum? (A) 44.5 (B) 62.5 (C) 50.5 (D) 56.5 (A) `1210 (B) `2566 (C) `1800 (D) `2000 Q.58. What is the average amount of water per mixture? Q.55. Samrat alone can complete the work in 10 days (A) 24.8 liter (B) 23.6 liter and Virat alone can complete the same work in (C) 24.4 liter (D) 24 liter 40 days. If they are working on alternate days Q.59. What is the least common multiple of even with Samrat starting the work, then in how numbers between 5 and 13? many days will the total work be completed? Harsh Vardhan Shringla, India’s Ambassador to the US, has been appointed as the new Foreign Secretary. MODEL PAPER 2019 (A) 120 (B) 90 (C) 180 (D) 60 Q.67. The lateral surface area of a cylinder is 352 cm2. 3 Q.60. A sum of `1500 is invested for x months. If the If its height is 7 cm, Then its volume (in cm ) is? x (A) 1078 (B) 1243 (C) 891 (D) 1408 % rate of interest 8 per annum, then the sum Q.68. A boat covers 64 km upstream in 8 hours and 120 grows to `1590. What is the value of x? km downstream in 12 hours. What is the speed (A) 3.2 (B) 2.4 (C) 32 (D) 24 (in m/s) of the boat in still water ? 24 38 54 Q.61. Let x =()()()633 − 277 + 266 . What is the (A) 2.5 (B) 2 (C) 3.5 (D) 3 unit digit of x? Q.69. The height of the right circular cone is 24 cm and (A) 4 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 6 the radius of its base is 7 cm, what is the cost of painting the curved surface area of the cone at Q.62. In ΔABC , D and E are the points on sides AB 22 and BC respectively such that DE||AC . If AD: the rate of `6 per cm2?( take π = ) 7 DB = 5:3, then ratio of the area of ΔBDE to that of trapezium ACED? (A) `3600 (B) `3300 (C) `880 (D) `4200 (A) 4:25 (B) 9:55 (C) 1:6 (D) 9:64 Q.70. What is the average of all multiples of 6 from 20 to 80? Q.63. In trapezium ABCD, DC||AB, AB= 12 cm and DC = 7.2 cm. What is the length of the segment (A) 51 (B) 50 (C) 48 (D) 52 joining the mid points of the diagonals? Q.71. What is the median of 7, 18, 6, 9, 4, 15, 21, 14, (A) 4.8 cm (B) 2.4 cm (C) 3.6 cm (D) 2.6 cm 26? Q.64. The ratio of the investment of A to that of B is (A) 14.5 (B) 14 (C) 15 (D) 16 14:15 and the ratio of the respective profits at the Q.72. If x2+ y 2 =100 and x: y = 4 : 3, then what is the end of the year is 2:5. If A invested the money for value of x2− y 2 ? 3 months, then for how much time ( in months) (A) 18 (B) 28 (C) 36 (D) 24 B invested his money? 1   1 1  2 (A) 7 (B) 6 (C) 5 (D) 9 1−  + of  ÷ 4   2 2  5 Q.65. The internal and external radii of a hollow Q.73. What is the value of 2 1 3 8  ? hemispherical vessel are 6 cm and 7 cm ÷ +2 −  5 4 2 5  respectively. What is the total surface area ( in cm2) of the vessel? (A) 2/3 (B) 5/8 (C) 4/5 (D) 5/11 2 o 2 0 2 o 2 0 (A) 174 π (B) 183 π (C) 177 π (D) 189 π Q.74. The value of sec 28− cot 62 + sin 60 + cosec 30 is equal to? Q.66. In ΔABC, AB = 7 cm, BC = 10 cm, and AC = 8 cm. If the angle bisector of ÐBAC, where D is (A) 7/2 (B) 3 (C) 19/4 (D) 23/4 the point on BC, then BD is equal to? Q.75. If a+ b + c = 8 and ab+ bc + ca =12 , then 3 3 3 16 15 17 14 a+ b + c − 3 abc is equal to ? (A) cm (B) cm (C) cm (D) cm 3 4 4 3 (A) 192 (B) 224 (C) 256 (D) 248 SSC CGL/CHSL Tier - I/ENGLISH COMPREHENSION Q.76. Select the most appropriate option to (D) No improvement substitute the underlined segment in the given Q.77. Select the most appropriate synonym of the sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, given word. select No improvement. RECAPITULATION "I'm afraid I must left now," said the guest after the inaugural function was over. (A) summary (B) readiness (A) I'm afraid I has to be leaving now (C) prominence (D) movement (B) I'm afraid I must leave now Q.78. Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words. (C) I'm afraid I can left now

Indian Railways has decided to modernize its Signalling system on its entire network by implementing Modern Train Control system. To be able to adapt many different functions or (A) CBAD (B) ACDB (C) BCDA (D) DABC activities. Q.84. Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out (A) deputy (B) expert of the given options pick the one that gives their correct order. (C) versatile (D) surrogate (A) Today, he is popular for creating scaled- Q.79. Select the most appropriate word to fill in the down models of automobiles that are not just blank. showpieces but are working toys. The Board of Directors of the pharma company (B) "I used to ride it during playtime in the has approved the ______of investment limits in evenings as a five-year-old," recalls Arun Kumar. its wholly-owned subsidiary. (C) As a kid, I used to pester my parents for toy (A) enforcement (B) enhancement cars but my carpenter father often couldn't afford (C) enchantment (D) entrenchment them. Q.80. Select the most appropriate meaning of the (D) Then, one day he got an old tricycle from the given idiom. junkyard, made three wooden wheels and fitted Put your best foot forward. them to the cycle. (A) take care to dress well (A) BCDA (B) CDBA (C) CADB (D) ACDB (B) try as hard as one can Q.85. Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence. (C) walk very cautiously "Don't park here," the policeman said to them. (D) check every step (A) The policeman said to them not to park here. Q.81. Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error. (B) The policeman ordered them not to park there. Deepak said he would pack few things he had and vacate the hostel room the next day. (C) Don't park here he said to the policeman. (A) pack few things he had (D) The policeman ordered them not to park here. (B) the next day Q.86. Select the most appropriate word to fill in the (C) and vacate the hostel room blank. (D) Deepak said he would pack The ______of ancient scientists often made up Q.82. Select the most appropriate synonym of the for the lack of proper equipment. given word. (A) anxiety (B) creation RADIANCE (C) concern (D) dedication (A) sparkle (B) dryness Q.87. Select the correct passive form of the given (C) redness (D) depth sentence. Q.83. Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out His mother gave him a note for his teacher. of the given options pick the one that gives (A) He was given a note for his teacher by his their correct order. mother. (A) As man's intelligence grew so did his power. (B) He is given a note for his teacher by his (B) This intelligence made him cleverer and mother. stronger than enormous animals which would (C) He had been given a note for his teacher by otherwise have destroyed him. his mother. (C) The chief difference between man and the (D) His teacher was given a note for his mother. other animals was the intelligence of man. Q.88. Select the most appropriate meaning of the (D) Combining intelligence with power, man given idiom. developed weapons to fight his enemies.

The Income Tax Department has said that it will be mandatory to link Permanent Account Number (PAN) with Aadhaar by the end of this month. MODEL PAPER 2019 At snail's pace (D) with responsibility from marketing (A) do something very carefully Q.94. Select the correctly spelt word. (B) keep your moves secret (A) comemorate (B) commemorate (C) be very persistent (C) commemmorate (D) commemorete (D) do something very slowly Q.95. Select the most appropriate antonym of the Q.89. Identify the segment in the sentence which given word. contains the grammatical error. SHALLOW Even Sharat tried his best, he could not clear all (A) narrow (B) crooked the examination papers in one attempt. (C) deep (D) slight (A) Even Sharat tried his best Q.96-100. In the following passage, some words have (B) all the examination papers been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help (C) he could not clear of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank. (D) in one attempt The pattern of birds flocking to Pakhal lake has Q.90. Select the most appropriate word for the been observed over several years. So far, (A) given group of words. ______than 190 bird species (B) ______been A person or thing that has the same name as identified and this is one of the best (C) ______another. in the state for bird-watchers to (D) ______. In fact, we can spot (E) ______80 species of birds (A) relative (B) namesake in a single day. 96 (C) pseudonym (D) successor Q.96. Select the most appropriate option to fill in Q.91. Select the wrongly spelt word. blank A (A) horizontal (B) fomentation (A) many (B) most (C) more (D) much (C) bureaucrecy (D) plateau Q.97. Select the most appropriate option to fill in Q.92. Select the most appropriate antonym of the blank B given word. (A) is (B) has (C) have (D) are RANDOM Q.98. Select the most appropriate option to fill in (A) specific (B) formal blank C (C) irregular (D) casual (A) places (B) place Q.93. Select the most appropriate option to (C) sanctuary (D) lake substitute the underlined segment in the given Q.99. Select the most appropriate option to fill in sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, blank D select No improvement. (A) visit (B) visiting Durga is now the Executive Vice- President of (C) visits (D) visited the company with a responsibility to marketing for the entire northern zone. Q.100. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank E (A) with the responsibility of marketing (A) near (B) between (B) No improvement (C) around (D) any (C) with a responsibility by marketing

Indian weightlifter Rakhi Halder with creating two new national records clinched a bronze medal in the women’s 64kg weight category at the Qatar International Cup in Doha. EXPLANATION/SSC CGL TIER - 1/GENERAL INTELLIGENCE & REASONING Q.1.(C) (17, 12, 7) = -5, -5 Q.16.(D) (15, 10, 5) = -5, -5 Q.2.(A) (5, 24, 7) = (5+7) × (7-5) = 12 × 2 = 24 (8, 80, 12) = (8+12) × (12-8) = 20 × 4 = 80 Q.3.(B) 3,1,5,4,2 Q.4.(B) Q.5.(D) Q.6.(A) Q.7.(D) Fifth number = (38 × 5) + (50 × 5) – 40 × 9 = 190 + 250 – 360 = 440 – 360 = 80 Q.17.(D) Q.18.(C) Q.8.(A) 953 = 5 + 3 = 8 Q.19.(C) 523 = 2 + 3 = 5 312 = 1 + 2 = 3 734 = 3 + 4 = 7 Q.9.(A) Opposite Letters Q.10.(A) Single Triangle = 10 Q.11.(B) HEAD = 8 + 5 + 1 + 4 = 18 × 2 + 1 = 37 Double Triangle = 6 BANK = 2 + 1 + 14 + 11 = 28 × 2 + 1 = 57 Triple Triangle = 4 KITE = 11 + 9 + 20 + 5 = 45 × 2 + 1 = 91 Four Triangle = 2 Q.12.(C) 24 – 12 ÷ 4 + 8 × 2 = 11 Q.20.(A) After interchange : Q.21.(C) cad/bab/cad/bab/cad/bab 24 + 12 ÷ 4 – 8 × 2 = 11 Q.22.(B) 4 1 3 24 + 3 – 16 = 11 4 2 6 27 – 16 =11 5 11 = 11 Q.23.(C) Q.13.(A) Multiplied by 1.5 Q.14.(C) 24 : 56 = 8 × 3, 8 × 7 9 : 21 = 3 × 3, 3 × 7 Q.15.(D)

Q.24.(C) Q.25.(A)

EXPLANATION/SSC CGL/CHSL TIER - 1/GENERAL AWARENESS Q.26.(A) Samudragupta was a son of the Gupta king Didier Queloz won the 2019 Nobel Prize for Chandragupta I and queen Kumaradevi, who Physics came from a Licchavi family. Q.29.(A) The right to equality is an important right Q.27.(D) Cold-blooded animals can be either terrestrial or provided in Articles 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 of the aquatic. All reptiles, including snakes, lizards, constitution. turtles, tortoises, alligators, and crocodiles. Q.30.(C) Wular Lake is one of the largest freshwater Q.28.(D) Canadian-American cosmologist James lakes in India. It is sited in Bandipora district in Peebles and Swiss scientists Michel Mayor and Jammu and Kashmir. Mastercard has acquired security assessment startup RiskRecon which helps companies protect their cyber systems and infrastructure. MODEL PAPER 2019 Q.31.(A) Upagupta was a Buddhist monk who influenced Q.39.(A) The Bardoli Satyagraha was led by Vallabhai Ashoka to embrace Buddhism. Patel. Q.32.(D) The Air Quality Index is based on the Q.40.(D) Data Protection Day is observed on 28 January. measurement of particulate matter (PM2.5 and Q.41.(C) Gaudiya Nritya is an important folk dance of PM10), Ozone (O3), Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2), West Bengal. Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) and Carbon Monoxide Q.42.(A) The best indicator of economic development of (CO) emissions. any country is Per capita income. Q.33.(C) Purush is not a type of loan available under the Q.43.(C) If a gram panchayat is dissolved or disbanded, Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana. next elections are held within 6 months. Q.34.(A) Smiling Buddha (MEA designation: Pokhran) Q.44.(B) Ashoka built the first Mahabodhi Temple at was the assigned code name of India's first Bodh Gaya in Bihar. successful nuclear bomb test on 18 May 1974. Q.45.(B) Stainless steel is an alloy of Iron and Chromium. Q.35.(B) The Lomas Rishi Cave, also called the Grotto of Lomas Rishi, is one of the man-made Barabar Q.46.(B) Dhaka was the place where the first summit of Caves in the Barabar and Nagarjuni hills of SAARC took place. Jehanabad district in the Indian state of Bihar. Q.47.(A) Supreme Courts' judgment regarding Q.36.(D) In India, the concept of single citizenship is homosexuality is related to Section 377 of IPC. adopted from England. The Citizenship Act 1955 Q.48.(D) According to the 2011 census, Uttar Pradesh prescribes five ways of acquiring citizenship state has the largest rural population. such as birth, descent, registration, naturalization Q.49.(C) ABC index announced by the Government of and incorporation of territory. India is associated with Health. Q.37.(A) India is the second-largest sugar producer in the Q.50.(A) The AGMARK Head Office at Faridabad world (after Brazil). (Haryana) is legally enforced in India by the Q.38.(A) The Sushruta Samhita is best known for its Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) approach and discussions of surgery. Act of 1937. Explanation/SSC CGL/CHSL Tier -1 /qUANTITATIvE APTITUDE Q.51.(D) Q.54.(D) Let the sum = 100 M 15 2 20 30 40 8 W 10 3 50 10 20 4 (M+W)'s 5 days work = 5×5 = 25 252 %→5040 Time taken by woman to do Remaining work = 100% →2000 5 2 =1 days Q.55.(B) 3 3 Q.52.(D) 3%→18 Samrat 10 4 40 1%→6 Virat 40 1 100%→600 40 2 2 2 = × 2 ()()()0.7÷ 0.14 + 0.6 ÷ 0.18 + 0.5 ÷ 0.05 5 Q.53.(D) =   4 2.5of 4 13 0.25 3  ( − × × )  = 16 days  3.5+ 2 + 5  Q.56.(B) average amount of water per mixture = =   4( 10− 13 × 0.25 × 3) 12+ 14 + 15 + 17 + 21 + 24 + 28 + 31 + 34 + 40 = 10.5  10 =   4× 0.25 236   = 21 10 = 2 = 23.6

Seasoned South Africa pacer Vernon Philander will retire from international cricket following the upcoming Test series against England, announced Cricket South Africa. Required Answer = 28 – 23.6 =4.4 15 Q.57.(B) = ×100 24 = 62.5 12+ 14 + 15 + 17 + 21 + 24 + 28 + 31 + 34 + 40 Q.58.(B) = 10 236 = x 7 10 = = 23.6 10− x 8 15x = 70 Q.59.(A) 6,8,10,12 14 x = LCM =120 3 x x 1500× × Q.67.(D) 2π rh = 352 12 8 Q.60.(D) = 90 352× 7 100 r = 2 2 22 7 x =12 × 8 × 6 × × r = 8 x = 24 2 22 24 38 54 π r h = ×7 × 8 × 8 Q.61.(C) x =()()()633 − 277 + 266 7 2 x =11 − 9 + 6 π r h =1408 x = 8 Q.68.(A) Upstream Speed = 8 km/h Q.62.(B) B downstream Speed = 10 km/h Speed of boat = 9 km/h 3 5 Speed of boat = 9× = 2.5 m/s 18 D E Q.69.(B) 5 l =476 + 49 = 25 22 A C π rl ×6 = × 7 × 25 × 6 7 =9 :() 64 − 9 π rl ×6 = 3300 = 9 :55 Q.70.(A) n Q.63.(B) Length of the segment joining the mid points of 6×() 4 + 13 = 2 the diagonals= difference of the parallel side /2 n = 4.8/2 =3 × 17 =2.4 = 51 14× 3 2 Q.64.(A) = Q.71.(B) 7, 18, 6, 9, 4, 15, 21, 14, 26 15× x 5 =4, 6, 7, 9, 14, 15, 18, 21,26 x = 7 Q.72.(B) 2 2 Q.65.(B) 2 2 2 2 ()()4n+ 3 n = 100 =2πR + 2 π r + π () R − r 2 2 2 25n = 100 =π ()3R + r n2 = 4 =π ()3 × 49 + 36 x=8, y = 6 =183π 2 2 Q.66.(D) x− y =64 − 36 x2− y 2 = 28

French fashion designer Emanuel Ungaro passed away in Paris at the age of 86. 1   1 1  2 1− +of ÷ 4   2 2  5 =     2 1 3 8  ÷ +2 −  5 4 2 5  3   1  2 + ÷ 4   4  5 =     8 3 2  +   5 2 5  3  5 + 4  8 =   8 3 + 5 5 11 = 8 11 5 MODEL PAPER 2019 1   1 1  2 5 Q.73.(B) 1− +of ÷ = 4   2 2  5 8 =     2 1 3 8  2 o 2 0 2 o 2 0 ÷ +2 −  Q.74.(D) =sec 28 − cot 62 + sin 60 + cosec 30 5 4 2 5  3 3   1  2 + ÷ =1 + + 4 4   4  5 4 =     8 3 2  23 +   = 5 2 5  4 3  5 + 4  8 Q.75.(B) 2 2 2 =   a+ b + c =64 − 24 = 40 8 3 + a3+ b 3 + c 3 −3 abc = 8 40 − 12 5 5 () 3 3 3 11 a+ b + c −3 abc = 8 × 28 3 3 3 = 8 a+ b + c −3 abc = 224 11 5 5 EXPLANATION/SSC= CGL Tier - I/ENGLISH COMPREHENSION 8 /CHSL Q.76.(B) must takes ‘v1’ with it, so use ‘leave; in place of Q.87.(A) He was given a note for his teacher by his mother. ‘left’. Kindly follow the rules of voice. Q.77.(A) Recapitulation (n)- an act or instance of Q.88.(D) do something very slowly. summarizing the main points of something. Q.89.(A) Replace ‘even’ with ‘though’, because ‘though’ is For other options: a conjunction which means ‘despite the fact that’. Readiness (n)- the state of being fully prepared Q.90.(B) For other options: for something. Pseudonym (n)- a fictitious name, especially one Prominence (n)- the state of being important, used by an author. famous, or noticeable. Successor (n)- a person or thing that succeeds Q.78.(C) For other options: another. deputy (n)- a person who is appointed to undertake Q.91.(C) The correct spelling of the word is ‘bureaucracy’. the duties of a superior in the superior's absence. Q.92.(A) Random (adj.)- made, done, or happening surrogate (n)- substitute without method. Q.79.(B) For other options: Q.93.(A) Generally preposition takes ‘gerund’ with it, so Enchantment (n)- delight of marketing will be correct. Entrenchment (n)- the process or fact of an Q.94.(B) The correct spelling of the word is commemorate attitude, that becomes so firmly established that (v)- recall and show respect for (someone or change is very difficult. something). Enforcement (n)- the act of compelling observance Q.95.(C) Shallow (adj.)- not exhibiting, requiring, or of or compliance with a law, rule, or obligation. capable of serious thought. Q.80.(B) try as hard as one can. Slight (adj.)- inconsiderable. Q.81.(A) Replace ‘few’ with ‘the few’, in order to get the Q.96.(C) more than 190 bird species have been identified. meaning of ‘acceptable quantity’ More than - a quantifier meaning greater in size Q.82.(A) Radiance (n)- sparkle or amount or extent or degree. Q.83.(A) The correct sequence of the passage is ‘CBAD’. Q.97.(C) 190 bird species ‘have’ been, because the subject Q.84.(B) The correct sequence of the passage is ‘CDBA’. is plural. Q.85.(B) The policeman ordered them not to park there. Q.98.(A) best places, because one of takes ‘plural noun’ Kindly follow the rules of narration. with it. Q.86.(D) dedication (n)- the quality of being dedicated or Q.99.(A) to takes ‘v1’ so ‘to visit’ is correct. committed to a task or purpose. Q.100.(C) ‘around’ (it gives the rough idea) 80 species of birds. P R Ravi Mohan has been appointed as the new chairman of Kerala-based ESAF Small Finance Bank.