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Monthly Booster December 2019  Who has been chosen for the 55th Jnanpith Award?  Who recently became the first female pilot of Indian  Akkitham Navy?  Tukaram Dighole, who died recently, was the famous  Lieutenant Shivangi personality in which field?  Who won the international children’s peace prize 2019?  Politics  Greta Thunberg & Divina Maloum  Recently Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh  Greta Thunberg, who won international children’s peace Shekhawat has released a short documentary film on prize 2019, hails from which country? Water Conservation named?  Sweden  SHIKHAR SE PUKAR  Who became the first Indian to win Mr Universe 2019 crown at World Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championship in ?  Chitharesh Natesan  Under which scheme, the Chief Minister of Karnataka has recently inaugurated the Kalaburagi Airport?  UDAN-RCS Scheme  What is the approximate cost of the newly built Kalaburgi Airport under Udaan / Regional Connectivity Scheme?  Rs. 176 crores  What is the expanded form of UDAN-RCS Scheme?  “Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik” Regional Connectivity Scheme  Which state/UT has completed highest 11,400 km road length under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in 2019?  Jammu and Kashmir  Under which scheme, the highest road network of around 11,400 km has been completed in Jammu and Kashmir recently?  Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)  Who has inaugurated the 11th edition of Agro Vision- 2019?  Nitin Gadkari  The 11th edition of Agro Vision- 2019 has recently started in which city?  Nagpur  The world’s biggest Islamic Congregation ‘Alimi Tabligi  Jal Shakti Minister has recently released a short Ijtima’ has started in which city? documentary film on water conservation titled ‘Shikhar  Bhopal Se Pukar’ Which is based on the Everest journey of ___.  Name the world’s biggest Islamic Congregation which  Ravindra Kumar has recently started in Bhopal?  Name the Veteran actor and ’s mother,  Aalmi Tablighi Ijtima who recently passed away?  Who recently won the women’s 10m air rifle gold at  Shaukat Kaifi ISSF World Cup Finals?  Lieutenant Shivangi will get authorization to fly which  Elavenil Valarivan aircraft on the day of joining Indian Navy as first female  Who won the men’s 10m air rifle gold at 2019 ISSF pilot? World Cup Finals?  Dornier aircraft  Divyansh Panwar  What is the capital of Finland?  Helsinki

2 | P a g e Monthly Booster December 2019  Recently and Finland has signed an MoU for  How many Indian-origin people are included in the list strengthening cooperation in which field? of Fortune’s Businesspersons of the Year 2019?  Tourism  3  Recently under which scheme of Assam Government,  Which Indian shooter has bagged a gold medal in 10 grams of gold will be gifted to each bride who has Women’s 10m Air Pistol event at the ISSF World Cup? completed at least 10th standard and has registered her  Manu Bhaker wedding?  Arundhati Swarna Yojana  How many grams of gold will be gifted to each bride under the Arundhati scheme of the Government of Assam?  10 gm  Arundhati Swarna Yojana has been recently launched by which state government?  Assam government  Which city has emerged as India’s highest ranked city at No. 83 in a new global prosperity index PICSA?   Which city has topped the first-ever Prosperity & Inclusion City Seal and Awards (PICSA) Index 2019?  Zurich  Which government agency will host the first-ever counter-terrorism (CT) exercise for the Quad countries in New ?  National Investigation Agency  Which veteran choreographer has been named as the brand ambassador of Cine Dancers Association?  Saroj Khan  Neelkanth Khadilkar, who died recently, was the editor of ___ newspaper named Navakal.  Marathi  This year’s ‘Destination North East’ Festival is themed on which region of India?  Varanasi  Who will inaugurate the ‘Destination North East’ Festival in Varanasi?  Recently India has successfully testfired the Nuclear-  Dr Jitendra Singh capable Prithvi-II Missile at night with a strike range of:  Recently Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed an  350 km advisory panel of how many members to assist the  Recently Union Cabinet has approved the establishment administrator of the embattled shadow bank -Dewan of National Institute for Sowa-Rigpa (NISR) as an Housing Finance Ltd (DHFL)? autonomous organization in which city?  Three  Leh  Recently Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has dissolved the  Recently under which ministry, the Cabinet has board of DHFL and appointed ___ as Administrator. approved the formation of National Institute for Sowa-  R Subramaniakumar Rigpa (NISR) as an autonomous organization in Leh?  Who has occupied the top spot in Fortune’s  Ministry of AYUSH Businessperson of the Year 2019 list?  Sowa-Rigpa is a traditional Tibetan system of ___  Satya Nadella practiced in the Himalayan belt of India.  Medicine

3 | P a g e Monthly Booster December 2019  Which military unit of India has been awarded the  Which country has topped the latest edition of IMD ‘President’s Colour’ recently? World Talent Ranking?  Indian Naval Academy  Switzerland  Which state goverment has recently installed ‘Bolo App’  Who has been conferred with the Indira Gandhi Prize for on the mobile phones of over 100 teachers to enable Peace, Disarmament and Development 2019? them to assist students in improving their reading  David Attenborough skills?  Which state government has decided to create a new  Assam department called the Department of ‘Foreign  Bolo App, which is in news recently, is specifically Cooperation’? designed for:  Haryana  students  Haryana CM Manohar Lal has recently announced to  Which veteran actor has recently been conferred with create which new department to promote investment, an honorary doctorate by Odisha’s Centurion University youth employment and welfare of non-resident Indians? for his contribution to cinema?  ‘Foreign cooperation’   Recently IRCTC has signed an MoU with Karnataka  Which word has recently been declared ‘Word of the State Tourism Development Corporation (KSTDC) for Year 2019’ by Oxford Dictionaries? the operation and promotion of which train?  “climate emergency”  Golden chariot train  What is the rank of India as per latest edition of IMD  Recently IRCTC has signed an MoU with which state World Talent Ranking? tourism corporation to market and operate the Golden  59th Chariot Train in ?  Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation (KSTDC)  Who has been appointed as Indian Army’s first female Judge Advocate General officer to be deployed on a foreign mission?  Lt Col Jyoti Sharma  Name the world’s first made in India robot, which has human-like spine technology?  Sona 1.5  Which department of India has recently tested the world’s first human-like spine technology robot named ‘Sona 1.5’?  Indian Railways  Which Indian cricketer has been named PETA India’s Person of the Year for 2019?  Virat Kohli  What does PETA stands for?  People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals  Which state-level Football Association became the first in India to implement the Academy Accreditation and Licensing System?  Football Delhi  Who has been elected as president of Gymnastics Federation of India?  Sudhir Mital  Who is the newly appointed General Secretary of Gymnastics Federation of India?  Shantikumar Singh

4 | P a g e Monthly Booster December 2019  Recently which famous Rabindra Sangeet exponent  Recently Bio-Medical Equipment Waste Management from Bangladesh was awarded the ICCR distinguished Programme (BMEWMP) has started in which Union Alumni Award in Dhaka? Territory?  Rejwana Chaudhary Bannya  Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh  Which Indian boxer has recently been elected as a  Recently National Health Mission Jammu & Kashmir member of first-ever athletes’ commission at the has launched BMEWMP programme in J&K and Ladakh. Internation Boxing Association (AIBA) to represent the what does BMEWMP stands for? Asian bloc?  Bio-Medical Equipment Waste Management  Laishram Sarita Devi Programme  Laishram Sarita Devi is associated with which sports?  Recently which two varieties of Darjeeling tea have  Boxing been registered as geographical indication (GI) products  The famous Rabindra Sangeet exponent Rejwana in the country? Chaudhary Bannya, who has recently been awarded the  green and white tea ICCR distinguished Alumni Award, hails from which  Which country has become the first in the world to country? introduce a new WHO-approved typhoid vaccine?  Bangladesh   Rejwana Chaudhary Bannya, who has recently been  Who became the 47th Chief Justice of India? honored with the ICCR prestigious Alumni Award, is a  Sharad Arvind Bobde legendary exponent of ___Sangeet in Bangladesh.  Rabindra  Recently India successfully conducted the first night trial of Agni-II missile from Dr. Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha. What is the strike range of this missile?  2,000 km  Za’ir-Al-Bahr 2019 is a Bilateral Maritime Exercise between India and which country?  Qatar  Recently a Bilateral Maritime Exercise ‘Za’ir-Al-Bahr 2019’ has started in which city?  Doha  The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India has signed ___ loan for Comprehensive Water Management in Karnataka.  $91 million  Recently Asian Development Bank (ADB) and India has Signed a $91 Million Loan for Comprehensive Water Management in which state of India?  Karnataka  Who recently won the women’s Trap Gold at the ongoing 63rd National Shooting Championship for shotgun events?  Shreyasi Singh  Recently ISRO has announced that it will launch the ‘Cartosat-3’ along with 13 nanosatellites of the US via which rocket?  PSLV-C47  ISRO is set to launch which satellite along with 13  What is the superannuation age limit of CJI? commercial nano satellites of the US on November 25?  65 years  Cartosat-3

5 | P a g e Monthly Booster December 2019  According to the recent amendment, what is the new  Which international movie won the Golden Frog Award name of IAAF? at EnergaCamerimage film festival 2019?  World Athletics  Joker  In which year the World Athletics was named as  Golden Frog Award winner Joker is directed by whom? International Association of Athletics Federations  Todd Phillips (IAAF)?  Who is the newly elected President of Sri Lanka?  2001  Gotabaya Rajapaksa  As India extends visa-on-arrival facility to UAE  Who took oath as the Chief Justice of High nationals, for how many days UAE nationals can avail Court? the facility?  Dr Ranjan  60 days  Recently Justice Dr Ravi Ranjan has been appointed as  Name the countries in which India extends Visa-on- the ___Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court. arrival facility?  13th  Japan, South Korea & UAE  Name the Spanish star striker who recently announced his retirement from football?  David Villa  Which state government has recently launched the ‘Nadu-Nedu’ programme to turn govt schools into competitive institutions?  Andhra Pradesh  What is the budget of Nadu-Nedu scheme which Andhra Pradesh government has recently started to introduce English medium in government schools?  Rs 12,000 crores  Andhra Pradesh govt has launched ‘Nadu-Nedu’ program to introduce English medium in government schools which would cover all schools in how many years under a budget of Rs 12,000 crore?  3 years  Two time Oscar winner Branko Lustig, who passed away recently, was the famous producer of which motion picture industry?  Croatian film Industry  The 2019 World Kabaddi Cup will be organized by which state government of India?  Punjab  This year’s World Kabaddi Cup will be dedicated to the 550th birth anniversary of___.  Guru Nanak Dev ji  Recently the National Tribal Festival ‘Adi Mahotsav’ has started in which city?  New Delhi  According to Citizenship Bill 2019, Name the countries  What is the theme of ‘Adi Mahotsav’, a National Tribal whose Non-muslims were granted citizenship in India? Festival held recently at Dilli-Haat?  Bangladesh, Pakistan & Afghanistan  Celebration of the Spirit of Tribal Culture, Craft,  The Citizenship Bill 2019 aims at granting citizenship to Cuisine and Commerce non-Muslims from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and  Who has inaugurated the National Tribal Festival “Aadi Afghanistan who came to India before: Mahotsav” in New Delhi recently?  December 31, 2014  Amit Shah (Union Home Minister)

6 | P a g e Monthly Booster December 2019  What is the name of the ongoing National Tribal Festival  Who has recently been named by FIFA as the chief of in New Delhi? global football development?  Aadi Mahotsav  Arsene Wenger  Recently National Mission ‘NISHTHA’ has been  Who is the current President of FIFA? launched in which union territory?  Gianni Infantino  Jammu and Kashmir  Name the national mission that aims to “improve learning outcomes at Elementary level” through integrated teacher training?  NISHTHA  Recently resigned from the post of president of Delhi & Districts Association (DDCA). where is the headquarters of DDCA situated?  Arun Jaitley Stadium  Recently who has resigned from the post of President of Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA)?  Rajat Sharma  Which Spanish film won the ‘Golden Royal Bengal Tiger’ award for the Best Film in International Competition category of the 25th Kolkata International Film Festival?  The Weeping Woman  Who is the director of the Spanish film ‘The Weeping Woman’ which recently won the Best International Film Award at the 25th KIFF?  Jayro Bustamante  According to the recently released TRACE Bribery Risk Matrix, which Asian country has the highest probability of bribery transactions?  Bangladesh  What is India’s rank in the 2019 TRACE Bribery Risk Matrix report?  78th  Under which section of the Competition Act, 2002, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has recently  Which two actress have been announced as the approved the merger of BNP Paribas (BNPP) Mutual recipients of the Akkineni Nageswara Rao (ANR) Fund and Baroda (BoB) Mutual Fund? National Award for the years 2018 and 2019?  Section 31  Rekha and  Under which Act, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has recently approved the merger of BNP Paribas  Which veteran Bollywood actor was first given the ANR (BNPP) Mutual Fund and Baroda (BoB) Mutual Fund? National Award in 2006?  Competition Act, 2002   Recently Competition Commission of India (CCI) has  Ojal Nalwade, who recently set a new world record in approved the merger of BNP Paribas (BNPP) Mutual blindfold skating, is from which state of India? Fund and __, under Section 31(1) of the Competition  Karnataka Act, 2002.  Name the seventh grade student of Karnataka, who  Baroda (BOB) Mutual Fund recently made the Guinness World Record by traveling  Name the famous mathematician who once challenged blindfolded on roller skates in the female category? Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity, who died recently?  Ojal Nalavade  Vashishtha Narayan Singh

7 | P a g e Monthly Booster December 2019  What is the name of the first tri-services exercise  Ravi Prakash, Who recently won the ‘BRICS-Young between the armed forces of India and US? Innovator Prize’, is from which state of India?  Tiger Triumph   ‘Tiger Triumph’ is the first tri-services exercise between  Ravi Prakash won the BRICS-Young Innovator Prize for which two countries? inventing the milk chilling unit, whose prize money is?  India and US  USD 25,000  Who has been appointed as the Chief Secretary of  Which state government has recently launched e-Ganna Andhra Pradesh? app for the convenience of sugarcane farmers?  Nilam Sawhney  Uttar Pradesh  Which hollywood veteran has been honoured with the  What is the name of the recently launched mobile app SAG Life Achievement Award for career achievement for the convenience of sugarcane farmers by the Uttar and humanitarian accomplishment? Pradesh government?  Robert De Niro  e-Ganna  Which country will host the 19th Council of heads of government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in 2020?  India  Who represented India at the 18th Council of Heads of Government of Shanghai Cooperation Organization, held recently in Uzbekistan?  Rajnath Singh  Recently President’s Rule has been imposed in which state of India as political parties failed to prove majority?   Under which article, President’s Rule was imposed in Maharashtra amid a stalemate over government formation?  Article 356  What is the theme for the 39th edition of the India International Trade Fair?  Ease of Doing Business  Which edition of the International Trade Fair is going to start in New Delhi?  39th  Who will inaugurate the 39th edition of the International Trade Fair?  Nitin Gadkari  Who has been appointed as the new High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India?  Mohammad Imran  Name the NASA’s telescope that has detected a huge  What does SAG stands for in ‘SAG Life Achievement thermonuclear explosion coming from outer space? Award’?  Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer  Screen Actors Guild (NICER)  Recently Ravi Prakash has won the USD 25,000 BRICS-  Which Indian has won the ‘BRICS-Young Innovator Young Innovator Prize for inventing a __. Prize’ for creating a milk chilling unit?  Milk chilling unit  Ravi Prakash

8 | P a g e Monthly Booster December 2019  Recently NASA saw an X-ray of a huge thermonuclear  Who has been appointed as the head coach of the explosion by the NICER telescope when it came from Indian women’s U17 team for the FIFA U-17 Women’s the brightest object called ___. World Cup 2020?  “J1808”  Thomas Dennerby  Which Industrial body of India has signed an agreement  Who is the current President of All India Football with Singapore Fintech Association (SFA) as part of the Federation? growing Singapore-India fintech eco-systems?  Praful Patel  Federation of Indian Chambers of  Recently how many medical device parks has the Commerce and Industry government approved to set up with a view to support  Suranga Bawdi, which has recently been included in the the Make in India initiative? 2020 World Monuments Watch List, was built during  Four which era in the 16th century?  Who has recently announced his retirement as the co-  Adil Shahi era head of Goldman Sachs India?  Where is Suranga Bawdi, recently included in the 2020  Vijay Karnani World Monuments Watch List located?  Where is the headquarters of Goldman Sachs India  Karnataka situated?  Which state commission has recently launched ‘Shishu  Suraksha’ mobile app on Children’s Day?  A seven-minute film on which former Defense Minister  Assam will be screened at the opening ceremony of the  Which Actor-comedian is set to host the 77th annual International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2019? Golden Globe Awards for the fifth and last time?  Manohar Parrikar  Ricky Gervais  What is the theme of the 58th Indian Society of Aerospace Medicine (ISAM) Annual Conference?  Changing Paradigms in Aerospace Healthcare  The 58th Indian Society of Aerospace Medicine (ISAM) Annual Conference will be held in which city?  Bengaluru  Which edition of the Indian Society of Aerospace Medicine (ISAM) Conference will be held in Bengaluru this year?  58th  Which Indian sport shooter has won silver in Men’s 10m air pistol event at the 14th Asian Championship?  Saurabh Chaudhary  Saurabh Chaudhary has won the silver medal at the 2019 Asian Championship in____.  10m Air Pistol  Which Indian Javelin thrower has won gold in the men’s F46 javelin throw event at 2019 World Para Athletics Championships?  Sundar Singh  In which disability sports category (classification), Javelin thrower Sundar Singh Gurjar won the gold medal in the ongoing World Para Athletics Championship?  Men’s F46  Who has been appointed as the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court?  Amreshwar Pratap Sahi

9 | P a g e Monthly Booster December 2019  In which year, Goa got the status of permanent venue of  Hoiho which has been chosen as the NZ’s bird of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI)? year 2019, is a yellow eyed___.  2014  Penguin  Where is the International Film Festival of India held  TN Seshan, who recently passed away, was the ___ every year? Chief Election Commissioner of India.  Goa  10th  Name the former Chief Election Commissioner, who recently passed away?  TN Seshan  Which edition of Global Exhibition on Services, GES 2019 is going to be held in Bengaluru?  5th  Which city is set to host the fifth edition of Global Exhibition on Services, GES 2019?  Bengaluru  India will conduct the joint tri-service exercise ‘Indra- 2019’ with which country?  Russia  Name the tri service joint military exercise that India will conduct with Russia in the second half of 2019?  Indra-2019  Which space agency has unveiled its first all-electric experimental aircraft, ” X-57 Maxwell”?  NASA  Name the first all-electric airplane of NASA which is being developed since 2015?  X-57 maxwell  Who will be honoured with the Tata Literature Live! Lifetime Achievement award 2019?  Shanta Gokhale  Who won the Tata Literature Live! Poet Laureate award for 2019?  K Satchidanandan  The 11th BRICS Summit will be held on November 13 and 14 in which city?  Who has recently inaugurated the India Pavilion at the  Brasilia ADIPEC?  In which year, South Africa joined the BRICS group with  Shri Pradhan which BRIC became BRICS?  Recently Shri Dharmendra Pradhan has inaugurated the  2011 India Pavilion at ADIPEC. what does ADIPEC stands for?  Which bank has recently launched ‘mobile ATMs’ in  Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition rural areas in a move to boost digitisation? and Conference  Karnataka Gramin Bank  Recently a ten-member committee has been formed to  Recently, Justice Sanjay Karol was sworn in as the chief declare which famous lake in Srinagar as an eco- justice of which High Court? sensitive zone (ESZ)?  High Court  Dal Lake  Sanjay Karol, who recently sworn in as Patna HC chief  What is the name of the antisocial penguin who has justice, was earlier the chief justice of which high court? been voted as the NZ’s bird of the year?  Tripura High Court  Hoiho

10 | P a g e Monthly Booster December 2019  Padma Shri awardee Ramakant Gundecha, Who passed  Name the application recently developed by the Ministry away recently, was the famous vocalist of which of Railways and Ministry of Road Transport and classical music? Highways, whose purpose is to expedite the approval  Dhrupad process for the preparation of General Contract Drawing  Recently Indian Oil got environmental approval by the (GAD) related to Road Over Bridge (ROB) / Road Under government to set up a 2G ethanol plant in which city? Bridge (RUB) road construction?  Panipat  Rail-road crossing GAD approval system  Recently Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate  Recently Indian Railways has released __ new online Change has given environment clearance to IOCL to set apps to strengthen operational technology. up ___ at Panipat.  Three  2G Ethanol plant  Recently who has resigned from the post of BCCI’s  Which country will host the 2023 men’s hockey World Chief Financial Officer? Cup?  Santosh Rangnekar  India  Recently Santosh Rangnekar has resigned from the  Which nation has become the first to stage four men’s post of BCCI’s ___. Hockey World Cups?  Chief Financial Officer  India  Recently, Pravind Jugnauth has been elected as Prime  Which public sector bank has signed a memorandum of Minister of which African country? understanding with Muthoot Microfinance to serve  Mauritius micro, small and medium enterprises?  Who is the current President of Mauritius?  Indian Bank  Barlen Vyapoory  Recently Indian Bank has signed a memorandum of understanding with whom to serve micro, small and medium enterprises?  Muthoot Microfinance  Which finance institution has provided a USD 30 million line of credit to Ghana for potable water project in the country?  Exim Bank  Recently Export-Import (Exim) Bank has provided a ___ line of credit to Ghana for potable water project in the country.  USD 30 million  Which Indian industrialist has recieved the prestigious ABLF Global Asian Award in Dubai?  Kumar Mangalam Birla (chairman of the Aditya Birla Group)  Who will be conferred with the prestigious ‘Vyas Samman’ 2019 for her novel ‘Kaagaz Ki Naav (Paper Boat)’?  Nasera Sharma  Name the novel, which has been chosen for the 29th Vyas Samman?  Kaagaz Ki Naav (Paper Boat)  Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who has been re- elected as President of UAE, was first elected President in:  2004

11 | P a g e Monthly Booster December 2019  Which country will host the next edition of the ‘No  Under the ‘Sports Reporting’ category, who has been Money For Terror’ conference to be held in 2020? named the winner of National Awards for Excellence in  India Journalism 2019 by Press Council of India?  Who led the Indian delegation at 2nd ‘ No Money for  Saurabh Duggal Terror’ Ministerial Conference in Melbourne, Australia?  Who has been re-elected as President of UAE?  G Kishan Reddy  Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan  Where was the second ‘ No Money for Terror’ Ministerial  Padma Shri awardee Nabaneeta Dev Sen, who passed Conference held? away recently, was a famous?  Melbourne, Australia  Litterateur  Who became first Indian to be elected to the position of General Vice President (GVP), International Organisation Development Association (IODA) since its inception in 1986?  Vinaya Shetty  Women’s boxing icon Nicola Adams, who recently announced her retirement, is from which country?  United Kingdom  Two-time Olympic champion Nicola Adams, who recently announced her retirement, is related to which sports?  Boxing  Who has inaugurated the 10th Asian Conference of Emergency Medicine in New Delhi?  Venkaiah Naidu  Which edition of Asian Conference of Emergency Medicine has started in New Delhi?  10th  Which writer from India has won the Gemcon Young Literature Award at Dhaka Lit-fest?  Abhisek Sarkar  Under which category, West Bengal based writer Abhisek Sarkar has won the award at Dhaka Lit-fest?  Gemcon Young Literature Award  Who has been appointed as manager and vice president of sales and operations for Google India?  Sanjay Gupta  Who is the current CFO of Google?  Who has been declared as the winner of the Raja Ram  Ruth Porat Mohan Roy Award for excellence in journalism 2019?  ‘Samudra Shakti‘ is a bilateral Maritime Exercise  Gulab Kothari between India and which counrty?  Gulab Kothari, who has been selected for the Raja Ram  Indonesia Mohan Roy Award 2019, is the current chairman of  Where was India-Indonesia Bilateral Maritime Exercise which news magazine group? ‘Samudra Shakti‘ held?  Rajasthan patrika  Bay of Bengal  Recently Lucknow railway station has got ‘Health ATM’  Recently Indian Railways has installed first two ‘Health which has been developed by: ATMs’ in which city?  YOLO Health  Lucknow  The prestigious Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award is  Who won women’s 10m air pistol gold medal in the presented by which organisation? 14th Asian Shooting Championships?  Press Council of India  Manu Bhaker

12 | P a g e Monthly Booster December 2019  Which Indian shooter has won bronze medal in men’s  Who has inaugurated the two-day Himachal Pradesh 10m air rifle at Asian Shooting Championships 2019? Global investors’ meet – ‘Rising Himachal’ in  Deepak Kumar Dharamshala?  Recently the Asian Development Bank has approved  Narendra Modi __loan for Chennai-Kanyakumari industrial corridor  The two-day Global Investors Meet – ‘Rising Himachal’ power links in Tamil Nadu. is being held in which city of Himachal Pradesh?  $451 million  Dharamshala  Who is the current President of Asian Development Bank?  Takehiko Nakao  The second phase of the biggest US- Bangladesh Navy exercise named ‘CARAT- 2019’ has started in which city?  Chattogram  CARAT 2019 is a joint Navy exercise between US- Bangladesh. what does CARAT stands for?  Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training  Which state government has signed agreements with Tata Strive and Tech Mahindra to upgrade the skills of youths?  Odisha  Recently the Odisha government joined hands with Tata Strive and Tech Mahindra to add new dimensions in which field?  skilling and employability of the youth  Who has released the Wastelands Atlas – 2019 with robust geospatial information?  Narendra Singh Tomar  Around 1600 students of which city has set the Guinness World Record for the largest astrophysics lesson?  Kolkata  Who took charge as the chairman of the Airports Authority of India (AAI)?  Arvind Singh  Which country is the world’s worst abuser of internet  Recently Arvind Singh took charge as the chairman of freedom as per Freedom on the Net (FoTN) report which government body? 2019?  Airports Authority of India (AAI)  China  Recently New Zealand has passed a law that aims to  What is India’s Internet Freedom Status in the Freedom reduce the country’s carbon emissions to zero by which on the Net report 2019? year?  Partly free  2050  Which country has recorded the biggest improvement in  Who has released the Wastelands Atlas – 2019 with its internet freedom score in 2019? robust geospatial information?  Ethiopia  Narendra Singh Tomar  Recently Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has  Recently New Zealand has passed a ___ bill that aims to unveiled which two new IT Initiatives for improved reduce the country’s carbon emissions to zero by 2050. customs clearance?  “zero carbon”  ICEDASH and ATITHI

13 | P a g e Monthly Booster December 2019  Which union minister has unveiled two new IT  The annual white desert carnival ‘Rann Utsav’ has initiatives, ICEDASH and ATITHI for improved customs started in which state of India? clearance?  Gujarat  Nirmala Sitharaman  A documentary, based on the journey of former Rangers  N.V. Balasubramanian, who passed away recently, was player ___ as the coach of Real Kashmir FC, has won an the retired Judge of___. award at the British Academy of Film and Television  Madras High Court Arts (BAFTA) Scotland Awards 2019.  The 5th India International Science Festival has recently  David Robertson started in which city?  Which fertiliser cooperative has introduced India’s first  Kolkata Nanotechnology based products for on-field trials?  What is the theme of 5th India International Science  IFFCO Festival?  Recently, IFFCO introduced India’s 1st nanotechnology-  “RISEN: Research, Innovation and Science based products for on-field trials. what does IFFCO Empowering the Nation” stands for?  Who has inaugurated the 5th India International Science  Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited Festival at Kolkata via video conferencing?  Who won men’s Singles title at SaarLorLux Open  Narendra Modi badminton tournament 2019?  What is the theme of Vigilance Awareness Week 2019?  Lakshya Sen  Integrity- A way of life  Who won women’s Singles title at SaarLorLux Open  On the ocassion of Vigilance Awareness Week 2019, badminton tournament 2019? Central Vigilance Commissioner has released a  Li Yun vigilance magazine called:  India’s first global Mega Science Exhibition ‘Vigyan  Chetna Aahwan Samagam’ has started in which city?  Who will represent India at the 15th meeting of  Kolkata Governing Council of SACEP in Dhaka?  Who took oath as the new Governor of Mizoram?  Prakash Javadekar  P S Sreedharan Pillai  Which city is the venue of this year’s meeting of  Recently, P S Sreedharan Pillai was sworn-in as the new Governing Council of SACEP? Governor of___.  Dhaka  Mizoram  Who will inaugurate the first ever ‘BIMSTEC Ports’  K K Modi, who recently passed away, was a former Conclave’at Visakhapatnam? president of which largest and oldest apex business  Mansukh Mandaviya organisation in India?  A first-of-its-kind two-day ports conclave, BIMSTEC  FICCI (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical  What does FICCI stands for? and Economic Cooperation) to be held on 7-8  Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and November 2019 in which city? Industry  Vishakhapatnam  Babasaheb Dhabekar, who recently passed away, was a  Who has been appointed as the new director of Cricket famous? Australia?  Politician  Melanie Jones  Who has been appointed as the chairman of the Land  HEMRL is a premier laboratory of DRDO, located in: Ports Authority of India (LPAI)?  Pune  Aditya Mishra  Who has recently inaugurated the DRDO Igniter  Where is the headquarters of Land Ports Authority of Complex at High Energy Materials Research Laboratory India (LPAI) situated? (HEMRL) in Pune?  New Delhi  Shripad Naik  Who has been chosen as new MD & CEO of IndusInd  The Government of Gujarat hosts an annual white Bank? desert carnival during winter called:  Sumant Kathpalia  Rann Utsav

14 | P a g e Monthly Booster December 2019  Recently, IndusInd Bank has named Sumant Kathpalia  ‘Ezhuthachan Award’ is given in which field? as the successor to ___, MD & CEO of the private sector  Literature lender.  Who has inaugurated the 3rd edition of Global Ayurveda  Romesh Sobti Summit 2019?  Who won this year’s Paris Masters title?  Arif Mohammed Khan  Novak Djokovic  Who took charge as Secretary, Ministry of Power  Novak Djokovic, who won Paris Masters title 2019, (India)? represents which country?  Nandan Sahai  Serbia  Girija Kir, who recently passed away, was a noted  Who took oath of office as Governor of Goa? author of which regional language?  Satya Pal Malik  Marathi  Who is the current Chief Minister of Goa?  Which state government as signed a memorandum of  Pramod Sawant understanding with an organisation ‘J-PAL’ co-  Who has been crowned ‘Miss Asia Global 2019’ at the founded by Nobel laureates Abhijit Banerjee and Esther international beauty contest held recently in Kochin, Duflo to maximise the impact of anti-poverty Kerala? programmes?  Sara Damnjanovic  Odisha  Who won the ‘Miss Asia’ title 2019?  Public Health Emergency has recently been declared in  Nguyen Thi Yen Trang which state?  Which team won the the Rugby World Cup 2019 title?  Delhi  South Africa  India recently signed a MoU with which country in the  Name the host nation of Rugby World Cup 2019? field of prevention of marine litter?  Japan  Germany  Who will be honoured with the Icon of Golden Jubilee  Which Indian Institute has recently prepared Indian award at the 50th International Film Festival of India Brain Atlas for first time in the country? (IFFI)?  IIT  Rajinikanth  Name the former Parliamentarian and veteran CPI  Name the French actress, who will receive the Lifetime leader, who passed away recently? Achievement Award at 50th IFFI?  Gurudas Dasgupta  Isabelle Huppert  What is the latest ranking of India in FIFA Men’s football  Which city will host the first-ever Global Taj team ranking? International Film Festival?  106  Agra  Which of the following actors has been selected for the  Who has been selected for the Italian Golden Sand Art ‘Icon of Golden Jubilee of IFFI’ award? Award 2019?  Rajinikanth  Sudarsan Pattnaik  Which state has become the first in India to enact a law  Sudarsan Pattnaik, who recently won Italian Golden on contract farming? Sand Art Award 2019, was awarded the Padma Shri in  Tamil Nadu which year?  ‘Shakti-2019’ is a joint military exercise between India  2014 and which country?  Name the first-ever India-Uzbekistan joint military  France exercise which will begin at Chirchiq Training Area near  Who has recently been appointed as Deputy National Tashkent? Security Advisor (NSA)?  Dustlik-2019  Datta Padsalgikar  Dustlik-2019 is a Joint military exercise between which  Who has been elected to head the International Atomic two coutries? Energy Agency (IAEA)?  India-Uzbekistan  Rafael Mariano Grossi  Who has won the 27th Ezhuthachan Puraskaram, the  Pakistan has issued a Rs 50 commemorative coin to top literary award instituted by the state government? mark the __ birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev.  Anand  550th

15 | P a g e Monthly Booster December 2019  Recently which country has successfully test-fired an  Which Indian actor has been honoured with the intercontinental ballistic missile from its latest nuclear- prestigious Golden Dragon Award at the Cardiff powered submarine for the first time? International Film Festival?  Russia  Nawazuddin Siddiqui  N Venkatachala, who recently passed away, was a  Recently the Election Commission of India has former Lokayukta of which state? introduced postal ballot voting facilities for the elderly  Karnataka people above the age of ___.  Who is the newly elected President of Argentina?  80 years  Alberto Fernandez  This year, which edition of Bangladesh Book Fair has  Recently, The RBI has slapped a fine of ___ on private recently started in Kolkata? sector Bandhan Bank for non-compliance of its  9th guidelines on promoter holding requirement.  The Kolkata edition of Bangladesh Book Fair was  Rs 1 crore started in which year?  Which social media platform has decided to ban  2011 political advertising?  Which state has become the first in India to enact a law  Twitter on contract farming?  Who took oath as the first Lieutenant Governor of the  Tamil Nadu Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir?  Who is the current Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu?  Girish Chandra Murmu  Edappadi K. Palaniswami  Recently AIIA under Ministry of AYUSH has signed a  ‘Shakti-2019’ is a joint military exercise between India MoU with Frankfurter Innovationszentrum and which country? Biotechnologie GmbH, Germany to research in the field  France of genomics. What does AIIA stands for?  India-France joint military exercise ‘Shakti-2019’ has  All India Institute of Ayurveda started in which Indian state?  What does AYUSH stands for?  Rajasthan  Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha,  Who has recently been appointed as Deputy National Sowa Rigpa and Homoeopathy Security Advisor (NSA)?  Who will represent India in the meeting of Council of  Datta Padsalgikar Heads of Government (CHG) of the Shanghai  Who is the current National Security Advisor (India)? Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Uzbekistan?  Ajit Doval  Rajnath Singh  Who has been elected to head the International Atomic  Where is the headquarters of Shanghai Cooperation Energy Agency (IAEA)? Organisation (SCO) located?  Rafael Mariano Grossi  China  Recently Rafael Grossi has been elected as the new  Name a popular Telugu actress remembered for her role International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) head.Where as Goddess Sita in Sitarama Kalyanam, who died is the headquarters of IAEA situated? recently?  Austria  Geetanjali Ramakrishna  N Venkatachala, who recently passed away, was a  Which Indian boxer has been included in a 10-strong former Lokayukta of which state? athlete ambassadors group for the 2020 Tokyo  Karnataka Olympics?  Pakistan has issued a Rs 50 commemorative coin to  mark the __ birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev.  Champak Jain, who recently passed away, was a  550th famous?  Recently Pakistan government has issued a Rs 50  Film producer commemorative coin to mark the 550th birth  Recently AirCarbon Pte has launched the world’s first anniversary of: blockchain-based carbon trading exchange in____.  Guru Nanak Dev  Singapore  Which three additional languages will be available in the  Who is the current President of Singapore? new version of BHIM 2.0 mobile App?  Halimah Yacob  Haryanvi, Bhojpuri and Konkani

16 | P a g e Monthly Booster December 2019  Recently which country has successfully test-fired a  The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal intercontinental ballistic missile from its latest nuclear- Trade (DPIIT) launched a new exercise to relax India's powered submarine for the first time? ______norm.  Russia  FDI  Recently Russia’s most advanced nuclear-powered  Indian Railways (IR) has introduced a new ______submarine ‘Knyaz Vladimir’ has test-launched ___ for based refund system for e-tickets booked through the first time. authorized railway ticketing agents.  Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile  OTP  Who is the newly elected President of Argentina?  BHIM 2.0 is a Unified Payment Interface (UPI) platform  Alberto Fernandez developed by:  What is the currency of Argentina?  National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)  Peso  Abhishek Nayar, who recently announced his  Recently, The RBI has slapped a fine of ___ on private retirement, is related to which sports? sector Bandhan Bank for non-compliance of its  Cricket guidelines on promoter holding requirement.  Which athletic Club has recently conferred their Life  Rs 1 crore Membership to Nobel Prize winner Abhijit Banerjee?  Where is the headquarters of Bandhan Bank located?  Mohun Bagan  Kolkata  Recently City football giants Mohun Bagan conferred  Who has been sworn-in as the first Lieutenant Governor their Life Membership to which Nobel Laureate? of Union Territory of Ladakh?  Abhijit Banerjee  Radha Krishna Mathur  Recently, the Union Cabinet has approved the merger of  India and Saudi Arabia signed how many agreements two ailing state-owned telecom companies BSNL and during PM Narendra Modi’s visit to Saudi Arabia dated MTNL. What does MTNL stands for? 30 Oct 2019?  Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited  15  Recently Union cabinet has approved the proposal for  The ICC has imposed a two-year ban on which among revival and merger of which two telecom companies by the following cricketers for failing to report a corrupt allocating 4G spectrum? approach?  BSNL and MTNL   Who became the first Indian man to win a gold medal at  When is the World Cities Day observed globally every the Wushu World Championships? year?  Praveen Kumar  31st October  In which category, Praveen kumar won a gold medal at  Which city will host the 2nd Assembly of International the Wushu World Championships 2019? Solar Alliance (ISA)?  48kg  New Delhi  Which actress will be honoured with the People’s Icon  Which category of citizens was recently allowed by the Award 2019 for contributions to films and the television PFRDA to enroll in National Pension Scheme (NPS)? industry?  Overseas Citizens of India  Jennifer Aniston  Which country has recently signed an agreement to  Recently, President of India laid foundation stone for sri establish a high level strategic partnership council with Sathya Sai Sanathana Samskruti project in which India? country?  Saudi Arabia  Japan  Which company became the world’s sixth-largest  Who has laid the foundation stone for Sri Sathya Sai energy entity with high market capitalization? Sanathana Samskruti Project at Sai no Sato, Japan?  RIL  Ram Nath Kovind (President of India)  The ______International Conference on ROADTECH  Who have been named as the ambassadors of a new was recently held in New Delhi. initiative by PM Narendra Modi called Bharat Ki Laxmi?  5th  Deepika Padukone and PV Sindhu

17 | P a g e Monthly Booster December 2019  Name an App, which has recently launched by Minister  Graeme Smith, who recently elected an Honorary Life of Panchayati Raj Narendra Singh Tomar at National Member of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), was a Panchayat Awards function in New Delhi? former skipper of which national cricket team?  Gram Manchitra  South Africa  Total how many National Panchayat Awards for 2019  Who has been appointed as the new CEO of the Unique were given to awardee Panchayats and States in Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)? various categories for their best performance?  Pankaj Kumar  246  Who has been appointed as the chairman of the Staff  Recently, Government e-Marketplace (GeM) has signed Selection Commission (SSC)? a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with which  Braj Raj Sharma bank to offer a number of services including transfer of  Who took charge as the 39th president of Board of funds through GPA, e-PBG and EMD to the registered Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)? users?  Sourav Ganguly  Federal Bank  Who has been appointed as the Board of Control for  Where is the headquarters of Federal Bank located? Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary?  , Kerala  Jay Shah  Who has become India’s 65th Grandmaster at the age  Who has become the new vice president of Board of of 13 years, 9 months and 28 days? Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)?  Raunak Sadhwani  Mahim Verma  Recently Raunak Sadhwani has becomes India’s  Recently Sourav Ganguly has been formally elected as __Grandmaster at the age of 13 years, 9 months and 28 the___president of BCCI. days.  39th  65th  Who has been appointed as policy advisor in the  Which Indian Para-athlete won gold medals in the Ministry of External Affairs with the rank of additional disabled men’s 100m and 400m IT1 events at 7th CISM secretary? World Military Games?  Ashok Malik  Anandan Gunasekaran  What is the theme of the Open Air Screenings for 50th  Recently Para-athlete Anandan Gunasekaran scooped International Film Festival of India? two gold medals in the disabled men’s 100m and ___  The Joy of Cinema IT1 events at World Military Games.  Where is the International Film Festival of India held  400m every year?  Which institute has topped the Quacquarelli Symonds  Goa (QS) India University Rankings 2020?  The International Film Festival of India is conducted  Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) jointly by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting,  Recently IIT Bombay has topped the QS India University Directorate of Film Festivals and ____. Rankings 2020. What does QS stands for?  Government of Goa  Quacquarelli Symonds  Who has recently won the ITF women’s tennis  Who has been appointed as the next Ambassador of tournament in Lagos, Nigeria? India to the Republic of Cabo Verde?  Riya Bhati  Godavarthi Venkata Srinivas  Riya Bhati is associated to which sports?  Who is the currrent Union Minister of External Affairs of  Tennis India?  Recently Delhi Government has agreed to implement  Subrahmanyam Jaishankar which central sector scheme?  Who has been elected an Honorary Life Member of the  Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM- KISAN) Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), custodians of the  Who is the current Lt. Governor of Delhi? game’s law?  Anil Baijal  Graeme Smith  Which Bollywood actor has joined hands with UNICEF  The world’s oldest natural pearl has been discovered on and the WCD Ministry to raise his voice against sexual ____island. abuse of children?  Marawah Island  Ayushmann Khurrana

18 | P a g e Monthly Booster December 2019 Revision Corner 20. In which state the Union Environment Ministry has recently declared monkeys a Vermin for a year? Himachal Pradesh 1. PayPal opens new centre in ______to have around 21. What is the cost estimated for the Deep Ocean 100 techies Hyderabad Mission (DOM)? Rs.8,000 crore 2. Plastic-like Jute material developed in 22. Which project aims to explore the deepest recesses ______. Bangladesh of the ocean? Deep Ocean Mission (DOM) 3. Rajya Sabha passed the ______provides death 23. Where will the third edition of Khelo India Youth penalty to the culprits for sexual assault on Games be held in 2020? Assam children. Protection of Children from Sexual 24. Nagaland's ______aims to prevent issuance of Offences (Amendment) Bill, 2019 indigenous inhabitant certificates to ineligible 4. Who ties up with JCB for global RuPay card? NPCI persons. Register of Indigenous Inhabitants of 5. Name the Karnataka CM who resigned after cong Nagaland (RIIN) JD’s govt falls? HD Kumaraswamy 25. What type of helicopters were handed over to the 6. When did the Government constituted an Inter- IAF by Boeing as per the deal in 2015? AH-64E Ministerial Committee (IMC) _____ Nov 2 2017 Apache 7. Which committee on Virtual Currencies headed by 26. Who is the current Director General of Military finance secretary Subhash Chandra Garg submitted Operations (DGMO) of the Indian Army? Lt Gen Anil its report to the government. Inter-Ministerial Chauhan Committee 27. Who is appointed as the next Director General of 8. Who assigned as Deputy Governor of RBI to run the Military Operations (DGMO) of the Indian Army? Lt monetary policy portfolio after the resignation of Gen Paramjit Singh Deputy Governor Viral Acharya BP Kanungo 28. India readies plan for _____ Tesla-scale battery 9. Who appoints BP Kanungo to run monetary policy storage plants $ 4 billions after Viral Acharya resigns? Reserve Bank of India 29. Which state has received a GI tag for its rasagola? 10. Which country ranked 52nd in Global Innovation Odisha Index 2019? India 30. Former Union Minister Jaipal Reddy passed away 11. Which Indian Naval Ship is participating in the on 28th July. How many times he was elected to Russian Navy Day Parade? INS Tarkash the Lok Sabha? Five 12. Who has been announced as the official sponsor of 31. Recently India has signed an agreement with whom Team India Cricket? Byju’s to enable visa free travel? Benin 13. When was the 20th anniversary of Kargil Vijay 32. When did the International Tiger Day observed Diwas observed? 26th July globally? 29th July 14. Who has been appointed as UK’s first Indian-origin 33. K R Ramesh Kumar resigned as Speaker of which Home Secretary? Priti Patel State Assembly Karnataka 15. MS Dhoni will be deployed with the Territorial Army 34. Who won the Gold Medal in 51 kg category of 23rd Battalion in which state? Jammu and Kashmir President's Cup Boxing Tournament? Mary Kom 16. Who was elected as Deputy Speaker of Goa 35. Which city will host the 2020 Khelo India Youth Assembly? Isidore Fernandes Games? Guwahati 17. Boeing is an/a ______aerospace company. US- 36. Who is the newly appointed chairperson of National based Anti-profiteering Authority (NAA)? Badri Narain 18. India’s fastest train, Vande Bharat Express recently Sharma completed trial run from New Delhi to Katra. What 37. Who is the author of the book "Chandra Shekhar - is another name of the Vande Bharat Express? Train The Last Icon of Ideological Politics" Harivansh 18 38. Securitypedia has been launched by which Central 19. Which country has developed a method to convert Armed Police Force (CAPF) of India? CISF Jute fibre into Bio-Degradable plastic alternative 39. Attoor Ravi Varma, who passed away recently, was called ‘Sonali’? Bangladesh the renowned poet and translator of which language? 19 | P a g e Monthly Booster December 2019 40. Which country has built first of its kind Underwater 59. What punishment should be given to a person Military Museum? Jordan regarding Tripple Talaq practices? Imprisonment 41. Jagdeep Dhankar was sworn in as the Governor of up to 3 years which state? West Bengal 60. What is the name of the Bengaluru Boy who has 42. According to the Tiger Census Report 2018, which won the 3rd prize in the Microsoft AI for Good Idea state of India has the highest tiger presence? contest 2019? Pratik Mohapatra Madhya Pradesh 61. What is the name of the AI-powered App developed 43. What is the name of India's first female legislator in by Pratik Mohapatra which aims to match organ whose honour Google has created a doodle? donors with people in need of an organ transplant Muthulakshmi Reddi in real-time? OrganSecure 44. Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched the 62. According to the recent amendment, what is the Atal Community Innovation Centre in which city? new number of SC judges in India (Excluding CJI)? New Delhi 33 45. What is the name of the tropical storm that grew 63. According to the original constitution, what was the into a hurricane in the US? Erika fixed strength of the number of Judges in SCI? 8 46. Who is the Indian Defence Minister to visit 64. In terms of percentage, how much increment has Mozambique and sign MoU to strengthen the been sanctioned in the recent amendment defence cooperation? Rajnath Singh regarding the number of judges in Supreme Court of 47. How many tigers are there in India according to the India? 10% All India Tiger Estimation Report 2018? 2,967 65. Which Article of Indian Constitution granted the 48. PM Narendra Modi released the ____ the massive Legislature of Jammu and Kashmir the complete tiger census which is conducted every four years. freedom to decide who will be the Permanent All India Tiger Estimation Report 2018 Residents of the state? Article 35A 49. The India-Nepal Logistics Summit discussion 66. Which country extended $500,000 assistance to focused delays of cargo from ______port to Gambia for skill development, cottage industry ______Kolkata, Kathmandu projects recently? India 50. What is the theme of the India-Nepal Logistics 67. Recently India extends $500,000 assistance to Summit 2019? Transforming Logistics Landscape Gambia for the development of: Skill & Cottage 51. Which Indian cricketer was handed an eight-month Industry banned after failing the dope test? Prithvi Shaw 68. Which football club has recently signed Nicolas 52. Who was appointed as the new speaker of Pepe for a club-record fee of £72 million (Rs. 605 Karnataka Assembly? Vishweshwar Hegde Kager crore)? Arsenal 53. Who has been named as the interim board 69. Recently how much tariff has been announced by chairman of Coffee Day Enterprises? Ranganath US on $300 billion worth of Chinese goods? 10% 54. When is the World Day Against Trafficking in 70. What is the age limit above which Saudi Arabian Persons observed globally? 30th July women are allowed to obtain a passport and travel 55. In which place Dr. Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre is abroad without male consent? 21 years located? 71. Which nation has banned face-covering cloth 56. The Shawala Teja Singh temple is now open for including burqa and niqab in schools, hospitals and Hindus after 72 Years. Where is the temple located? public transport? Netherlands Pakistan 72. India slipped to which position in the Global GDP 57. Which nation has offered to mediate between ranking in 2018? 7th place Bangladesh and Myanmar for early repatriation of 73. Name the only Indian who has won the 2019 Rohingyas? Japan Ramon Magsaysay Award? Ravish Kumar 58. What is the name of the eminent economist and 74. Which Indian state has signed a MoU with the former RBI deputy, who died recently? Subir Survey of India to organize mapping and land Gokarn survey of 40,000 villages by drones? Maharashtra 75. Which city is hosting the 52nd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ meeting? Bangkok 20 | P a g e Monthly Booster December 2019 76. Which member of the board of directors of the 93. Name the only cricketer in the history, who scored Airports Authority of India (AAI) was given the 25 Test Tons in just 68 innings? Don Bradman additional responsibility of Chairman of the 94. Recently who breaks Chris Gayle's record of most Authority? Anuj Aggarwal sixes in T20I cricket history? 77. Which three Central PSU’s have agreed to set up a 95. Currently who holds the title of Maximum Scorer in joint venture, KABIL to ensure consistent supply of T20I Cricket? Rohit Sharma critical minerals to Indian market? NALCO, HCL, 96. According to EY how much growth rate would be MECL required per year in order to achieve 5 Trillion 78. Which Country officially announced its withdrawal Economy by FY25? 9% GDP (for next 5 years) from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces 97. EY is one of the largest professional services firms Treaty? US in the world having headquartered in: London 79. Who will be the regulatory body according to the 98. Who took charge as the Secretary of the Dam Safety Bill 2019? National Dam Safety Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Authority Trade (DPIIT), Commerce Ministry recently? 80. Which Bill aims to provide a uniform safety Guruprasad Mohapatra procedure for the specified 5,600 dams in the 99. Dale Steyn is related to which sport? Cricket country? Dam Safety Bill 100. In which year, the Department of Industrial Policy 81. Which award is referred as the Asian version of the and Promotion (DIPP) was renamed as the Nobel Prize? Ramon Magsaysay Award Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal 82. Recent study says that the shape of the Milky way Trade (DPIIT)? 2019 galaxy might be and not flat. warped 101. Who has bagged her third consecutive gold in 83. One Nation One Ration Card scheme launched in women's 53kg category after winning the Poland ______States. 4 Open wrestling tournament recently? Vinesh 84. The UAPA Bill empowers the ______of National Phogat Investigation Agency (NIA) to grant approval of 102. Name the South Africa's fast bowler, who has seizure when the case is investigated by the recently announced his retirement from Test agency. Director-General cricket? Dale Steyn 85. Which Bill will allow Centre and State to designate 103. J. Om Prakash, who recently passed away, was a individuals as terrorists and seize his properties? famous: Filmmaker Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill 104. Who won the 2019 Citi Open men's singles title? 2019 Nick Kyrgios 86. Which Article was recently scrapped by the 105. Who won the women's singles title at Washington Parliament in context to J&K? Article 370 Open 2019? Jessica Pegula 87. Which Articles got revoked in J&K alongside Article 106. Who has been named as Professional Cricketers 370? Article 35A Association's (PCA) Player for the month of July 88. Which region would be the new Union Territory 2019? Ravichandran Ashwin without Legislature? Ladakh 107. Recently, Ravichandran Ashwin has been chosen as 89. Which institution or body passed the Transgender the Professional Cricketers' Association (PCA) Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill 2019 on 5 player for the month of: July 2019 August 2019? Lok Sabha 108. The 22nd National Conference on e-Governance 90. The 2019 Hungarian Grand Prix is won by: Lewis 2019 to be held at: Shillong Hamilton 109. The 5th National Handloom Day celebrated on: 7 91. Lewis Hamilton who has won the 2019 edition of Aug Hungarian Grand Prix, hails from which country? 110. Cabinet approves MoU between India and ____on Britain Cooperation in the Exploration and Use of Outer 92. Recently who surpassed Virat Kohli to become the Space for Peaceful Purposes: Tunisia second-fastest batsman to smash 25 Test 111. DRDO successfully flight-tests state-of-the-art hundreds? Steve Smith Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missiles against live aerial targets from: Chandipur 21 | P a g e Monthly Booster December 2019 112. Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj passed away 132. Navodayam scheme for MSME loan restructuring is who had served as ______from 2014 to 2019: an initiative of which state? Andhra Pradesh External Affairs Minister 133. Who has recently launched the e-version of Rozgar 113. Name the first American Female Author winner of Samachar? Shri Prakash Javadekar (Union Nobel Prize? Toni Morrison Minister of Information & Broadcasting) 114. Sally Pearson, who recently announced her 134. What is an annual subscription fee of e-version of retirement, is related to which sport? Track and Rozgar Samachar? Rs. 400 field 135. The World Archery suspended ___for defying its 115. According to the 3rd Bi Monthly Monetary Policy guidelines by electing two parallel bodies. Archery Review 2019-20 by RBI, What is the new Repo Association of India Rate? 5.40% 136. National Film Award 2019 for Best Actor has been 116. What is the difference in rates(in BPS) between shared by Ayushmann Khurrana and ____. Vicky Policy Repo Rate & MSF? 25 Basis points Kaushal 117. Who has been appointed as the Chief Operating 137. Recently which International Agency approved USD Officer (COO) of OYO for India and South Asia 200 million loan to India for improving road region? Gaurav Ajmera infrastructure in 34 districts of Maharashtra? ADB 118. Who is the current CEO of OYO for India and South 138. Which nation has released a new set of policies Asia region? Aditya Ghosh supporting transgender and gender diverse people 119. Name the Parent Organisation of OYO Rooms? to play cricket at the highest level? Australia Oravel Stays Private Limited 139. In how many categories "Vikram Sarabhai 120. Recently, the RBI has decided to allow fund Journalism Award in Space Science, Technology transfers through ____ on a 24x7 basis from and Research" will be conferred? 2 categories December. NEFT 140. What is the highest Cash prize associated with the 121. What does NEFT & RTGS stands for? National Vikram Sarabhai Journalism Award in Space Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) & Real-time gross Science, Technology and Research? Rs. 5 Lakhs settlement (RTGS) 141. Ayushmann Khurrana starrer _____ won the 66th 122. Recently, Bangladesh signed a deal with ____for National film Award for Best Hindi film. AndhaDhun supply of uranium for its 2400 MW Rooppur 142. Who won the 2019 National film Award for Best Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP). Russia Supporting Actress for the Hindi film Badhai Ho? 123. ___will replace suspended Zimbabwe in the Surekha Sikri upcoming men's T20 World Cup Qualifier. Nigeria 143. Swanand Kirkire won the 66th National film Award 124. Name the host country of ICC T20 World Cup 2020? for Best Supporting Actor for the film ____. Australia Chumbak 125. India's first 3-D Smart Traffic Signal 'Intelights' has 144. This year which edition of National Film Awards been installed in which state? Punjab took place? 66th 126. Recently, Mohali traffic police have launched 3-D 145. Who has won the award for Best Actor (female) at Smart Traffic Signal called? Intelights National Film Awards 2019? Keerthy Suresh 127. Who has been named as the Chairman and 146. Who has been announced as this year's recipient of Managing Director of Power Grid Corporation of the Charlie Chaplin Award constituted by the India? Kandikuppa Sreekant BAFTA's Los Angeles branch? Steve Coogan 128. What is the current timing of NEFT services 147. Which museum in Punjab has created Asia Book of available for customers? 8 am to 7 pm Records for maximum footfall in a museum in a 129. Name the present deputy governors of RBI? M. K. day? Virasat-e-Khalsa Jain, B.P. Kanungo & N. S. Vishwanathan 148. What does FAME India scheme stands for? Faster 130. Who has been appointed as the CEO of OYO for Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric South-East Asia and the Middle East? Mandar Vehicles in India Vaidya 149. Which political personality has been recently 131. Diego Forlán, who has recently announced his conferred with country's highest civilian honour retirement, is related to which sport? Football 'Bharat Ratna'? Nanaji Deshmukh 22 | P a g e Monthly Booster December 2019 150. Name the drive, which Union HRD minister has 167. By which date onwards the Central Government to recently launched to create awareness about Water roll out the "One Nation One Ration Card" scheme in Conservation among school students in the the country? 1st June 2020 country? Samagra Shiksha-Jal Suraksha 168. What does FPI stands for? Foreign Portfolio 151. Hashim Mohammed Amla, who has recently Investment announced his retirement, represented which 169. This year who has won the UEFA's Goal of the national cricket team? South Africa Season Award? Lionel Messi 152. Who became the fifth president to receive the 170. In which category Bajrang Punia won the Tblisi Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian award Grand Prix for the second straight year? 65kg Pranab Mukherjee category 153. , who has been recently conferred 171. How much FDI is allowed in Manufacturing Sector? with Bharat Ratna, he was related to which field? 100% Cinema 172. What is the name of the Bonds which SEBI plans to 154. J&K and Ladakh will officially become Union use in order to fund Smart Cities? Muni Bonds Territories from ____. October 31 173. According to the joint report by CREDAI & CBRE, 155. Under the notification regarding revokement of what is India's position in creating UNICORNS article 370 in J&K, which region is also being given globally? 4th the status of a Union Terrority without legislature: 174. According to the annual reports published by Ladakh various companies, who is the highest paid 156. Under which scheme, the Indian government has Executive in the year 2018-19? Vivek Gambhir sanctioned 5595 electric buses for intra-city and (Godrej) intercity operations? FAME-II India scheme 175. Which company is on the Numero Uno position in 157. Recently, The Board of Control for Cricket in India terms of sales in the year 2018-19? HUL (BCCI) has agreed to come under the ambit of _____. 176. Who has won the 2019 Roger Cup in men's National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) category? Rafael Nadal (Spain) 158. Christiano Ronaldo is related to which club? 177. Who has won the 2019 Roger Cup in women's Juventus category? Bianca Andreescu (Canada) 159. Who is the current interim President of Board of 178. Which WI batsman breaks Brian Lara's record of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)? scoring most ODI runs? Chris Gayle 160. Recently, NITI Aayog along with the United Nations, 179. By scoring how may runs WI Chris Gayle breaks has launched the ___edition of Women Brian Lara's record of scoring maximum ODI runs? Transforming India (WTI) Awards 2019. Fourth 10408 161. WhatsApp has decided to provide support 180. What is the name of the Photo Exhibition which is amounting ____ to Women Transforming India (WTI) being inaugurated by Kiren Rijiju during National winners. $100,000 Youth Awards? China through Eyes of Indian Youth 162. What is the theme of Women Transforming India – 2019 (WTI) Awards 2019? Women and Entrepreneurship 181. What is the name of the Book on Sridevi, which is 163. Which two organisations have partnered with NITI launched by Penguin Random House? Sridevi: Girl Aayog for Women Transforming India (WTI) Awards Woman Superstar 2019? WhatsApp And UN 182. Sridevi: Girl Woman Superstar is written by whom? 164. What is the theme of 22nd National Conference on Satyarth Nayak e-Governance? Digital India: Success to Excellence 183. What is the name of the book which is based on M. 165. The 22nd National Conference on e-Governance Venkaiah Naidu’s two years as Vice President of 2019 was held in: Shillong India? Listening, Learning and Leading 166. Recently which company has committed an 184. Name the first Indian to claim a world title in investment of Rs 10,000 crore for airport business motorsports after finishing fourth in the final round by 2026? Adani Airports of the women's category at FIM World Cup in Hungary? Aishwarya Pissay

23 | P a g e Monthly Booster December 2019 185. According to the recent WTA Ranking 2019, who is 205. In which category, Deepak Punia won gold at the on top position? Naomi Osaka Junior World Championships in Talinn, Estonia 186. Name the first Canadian woman to win Rogers Cup recently? 86kg in 50 years? Bianca Andreescu 206. Vidya Sinha, who recently passed away, she was a 187. Recently which communication app maker has famous? Actress opened its first office in India? Snap Inc. 207. Which state has announced the creation of two new 188. Recently with whom India has signed 4 MoU's in districts in the state? Tamil Nadu various fields including traditional medicine, and 208. Recently which government has announced a sports? China package worth $2.4 billion for economic support in 189. Who has launched the book "Listening, Learning the region? Hong Kong and Leading" in Chennai? Amit Shah 209. Name the Indian states that borders with Bhutan? 190. Recently who has been elected as the first woman Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, West Bengal and president of INSA? Chandrima Shah Sikkim 191. The owner of TikTok who has launched a censored 210. Union Minister Prakash Javadekar launched a search engine in China recently? ByteDance massive public campaign to make India free of 192. Where did the 2019 FIM World Cup for women held? single use plastics in a meeting in Sao Paulo. Where Hungary is Sao Paulo Brazil 193. Recently how much fund has been contributed by 211. Who has been named as the new chairman of India towards UN Special Purpose Trust Fund? 1 Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI)? Million $ Amit Agarwal 194. Special Purpose Trust Fund is related to which 212. What is the theme of Aadi Mahotsav 2019 festival? international agency? United Nations A celebration of the spirit of Tribal Craft, Culture 195. Recently, the famous____ given as 'prasadam' at the and Commerce Murugan temple at Palani has been granted the 213. Government formed a ______for the Aadi Geographical Indication (GI) tag. Panchamirtham Mahotsav festival. Tribal Cooperative Marketing 196. This year IAF Wing Commander Abhinandan Development Federation of India Varthaman, who shot down a Pakistani F-16 jet, will 214. Where is the Aadi Mahotsav 2019 celebrated? be awarded with which gallantry award? Vir Chakra Jammu & Kashmir 197. What is the name of the microblogging platform, 215. Sembcorp who recently invested Rs. 521 crore in which Verison Telecom is selling to Automattic for India is based on which country? Singapore an undisclosed amount Tumblr 216. This year which Indian city will host the World 198. According to Bloomberg, what is the name of the Youth Chess Championship 2019? Mumbai world's richest family? The Waltons 217. Which nation is on the top position in emitting 199. What is India's Retail Inflation accounted during sulphur dioxide (SO2), as per the latest data July 2019? 3.15% released by environmental NGO Greenpeace. India 200. Whose administration J&K will host the new Union 218. This year who has been awarded with the "Hero of Territory's first-ever global investors' summit from Russia" award bt Russian president Vladimir Putin? October 12-14? Satya Pal Malik Damir Yusupov and Georgy Murzin 201. For how much amount BP has acquired 49% in the 219. What is the new name of the Hazratganj Chauraha fuel retail business of RIL? Rs. 7000 crore as per the recent announcement by UP 202. Which e-commerce giant is going to acquire up to Government? Atal Chowk 10% of Future Retail to boost its brick-and-mortar 220. What is the name of the memorial which is being footprint in India? Amazon built in Lucknow after former PM Atal Bihar 203. Which temple's prasadam ‘Panchamirtham’ from Vajpayee? Atal Smriti Upvan Tamil Nadu has been bestowed with the GI tag 221. Who recently won women’s singles title at recently? Murugan temple Cincinnati Masters? Madison Keys 204. Who became first Indian in 18 years to win a Junior 222. Who won men’s singles title at Cincinnati Masters World Championship title? Deepak Punia 2019? Daniil Medvedev

24 | P a g e Monthly Booster December 2019 223. Name the Former Chelsea footballer who has 242. Who has become the first deaf player to win a announced his retirement from football at the age match in an ATP tournament? Duckhee Lee of 38 recently? Ashley Cole 243. What is the expanded form of ‘NISHTHA’, Teachers 224. Who has won gold at the recently concluded Training Programme by HRD ministry? National Athleticky Mitink Reiter event in the Czech Initiative for School Heads’ and Teachers’ Holistic Republic? Hima Das and Muhammed Anas Advancements 225. Recently which player has been suspended from all 244. Name the Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, forms of cricket for a year by Afghanistan Cricket who recently passed away? Babulal Gaur Board? Mohammad Shahzad 245. From which date on-wards, Indian Railways has 226. Neelam Sharma who died recently was a famous: decided to ban single-use plastic materials? News Anchor October 2, 2019 227. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will receive the Order 246. The Ministry of Railways has directed all railway of Zayed, which is the highest civilian award of: units to ban single-use plastic materials with less United Arab Emirates (UAE) than ___ thickness. 50 microns 228. Who is the new President of Paytm? Madhur Deora 247. Khumbu Pasang Lhamu municipality, which is 229. Name the former Bihar Chief Minister, who has home to Mount Everest, has recently banned single- recently passed away? Jagannath Mishra use plastic below: 30 microns 230. Who has been elected as an Honorary Life Member 248. Which state government has approved the of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), custodians appointment of women drivers for the state of the game’s laws? Mitchell government and PSU vehicles? Kerala 231. Name the former Australia vice-, who has 249. ‘She-Taxi’ was the initiative of which state been appointed as the assistant coach of Sunrisers government? Kerala Hyderabad? Brad Haddin 250. Who has topped the Forbes’ list of World’s Highest- 232. Who has been appointed as the CEO and MD of Paid male Actors Of 2019? Dwayne Johnson Vodafone Idea Limited? Ravinder Takkar 233. What is the retirement age for all Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) personnel as per new orders issued by Union Home Ministry? 60 years 234. Mohammed Zahur Khayyam, who recently passed away, he was a famous? Music composer 235. What is the name of the satellite that detects anthropogenic sulphur dioxide (SO2) hotspots in the world? OMI (Ozone Monitoring Instrument) 236. Which IIT Delhi incubated start-up founded by Ankita Gulati won the NCPEDP-Mphasis Universal Design Award 2019? TouchVision 237. NS Tasneem, who recently passed away, was an eminent writer in which regional language? Punjabi 238. India’s first Central Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology (CICET) will be set up in: Gujarat 239. Name the cricketer, whose life-time ban has been reduced to seven years by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) recently? S Sreesanth 240. Who has bagged the West Indies Test Player of the Year award at the seventh CWI/WIPA Awards 2019? Jason Holder 241. Who recently won the Windies’ T20I Player of the Year award? Keemo Paul 25 | P a g e