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 Who became the first woman pilot of the  Who has been chosen to be conferred with Indian Air Force (IAF) to qualify to undertake Japan's Second Highest National Award called combat missions on a fighter jet? 'The Order of the Rising Sun?  Bhawana Kanth  Shyam Saran  Who has climbed to the top of the latest ICC  Vijaya Mulay, who recently passed away, was ODI rankings for all-rounders in ODI ? a famous?   Filmmaker  Who became the best placed Indian at 12th  What is the name of the radar satellite which spot in the latest ICC ODI rankings? ISRo has successfully launched on 21 May  Kedar Jadhav 2019 for obeservating Earth during day and  Who has been appointed as the head coach of night? Big Bash League (BBL) side ?  RISAT-2B  David Hussey  What does R stands for in the abbreviation  Big Bash League (BBL), which is in news RISAT? recently, was established in which year by  Radar Cricket ?  In which year ISRO had launched RISAT-1,  2011 which is a microwave remote sensing satellite?  Recently IAF has successfully fires BrahMos  2012 missile fro its Su-30 MKI fighter aircraft with  What is the name of the subsidiary of BSE in a strike range of: which ICICI Bank will going to buy 9.9%  300 Km stake?  BrahMos is a medium-range ramjet supersonic  International Exchange (INX) cruise missile that can be launched from  Which bank is going to buy 9.9% stake in submarine, ships, aircraft, or land, is originated India International Exchange (INX), which is a from which country? wholly owned subsidiary of BSE?   ICICI Bank  Sultan Ahmad Shah, who passed away  Recently who has signed its biggest defence recently, was a seventh King of which contract worth Rs.300 crore with Indian Navy? country?  Tech Mahindra  Malaysia  In context to Defence, What does AFSAC  TikTok owner ByteDance has appointed stands for: whom in the role of VP, monetisation, for  Armed Forces Secure Access Card India?  Which former Pakistani cricketer has recently  Sameer Singh joined the as ?  Who is the founder of TikTok owner  ByteDance?  The 2019 Euro T20 Slam is the ______ Zhang Yiming edition of the Euro T20 Slam.  Name the Netflix's international originals  Inaugural director, who has stepped down from her  Who won this year's Man Booker position within two years? International Prize?  Simran Sethi  Jokha Alharthi  Who is the current Chairman & CEO of  Recently, Jokha Alharthi became the first Netflix? Arabic-language writer to won the Man  Reed Hastings Booker International Prize for her novel_____.  Which private life insurer has been conferred  Celestial Bodies with the FICCI Claims Excellence Award?  Recently which country has launched a  Bharti AXA Life Insurance permanent residency scheme to attract more  Who is the present MD & CEO of Bharti Indian professionals and businessmen to the AXA General Insurance? Gulf nation?  Vikas Seth  UAE

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 Who has been honoured with the `Global  Who has been appointed as Pakistan's envoy to Asian of the Year 2018-19` award in Dubai India? recently for her yeomen services and  Moin-ul-Haq contributions to the women`s healthcare  Who is the present President of Pakistan? ecosystem, in India?  Arif Alvi  Hema Divakar  Recently, State-run telco BSNL has partnered  Which non-banking finance company became with which tech giant to expand WiFi India's second NBFC to cross 2 trillion in footprint? market capitalisation?  Google  Bajaj Finance Ltd  Who is the present CEO of Bharat Sanchar  Name the India's biggest non-banking finance Nigam Limited? company with a market capitalisation of 3.70  Anupam Shrivastava trillion?  Which bank has recently announced a  Housing Development Finance Ltd strategic partnership with the FMCG arm of The Art of Living – Sri Sri Tattva?  What is the name of the permanent residency  State Bank of India scheme by UAE to attract more Indian  Who is the current Chairperson of State Bank professionals and businessmen to the Gulf of India (SBI)? nation?  Rajnish Kumar  Golden Card Scheme  Which company has toppled state-owned  Which national cricket team won their first- Indian Oil Corp to become the country's ever tri-nation (ODI) biggest company by revenue? tournament in Dublin?  Reliance Industries  Bangladesh  Who is the present Chairperson of Indian Oil  Three-time Formula 1 world champion Niki Corporation Limited? Lauda, who passed away recently, belongs to  Sanjiv Singh which country?  Which two Indian cricketers have been named  Austria as new official brand ambassadors of the  Who has been re-elected as Indonesia's country's leading wellness firm, the Himalaya president ? Drug Company?  Joko Widodo  & Rishabh Pant  What is the cpaital of Indonesia?  Who has been appointed as the president of  Jakarta the Swimming Federation of India (SFI)?  Who has recently announced to step down as  R N Jayaprakash Afghanistan coach after ICC World Cup 2019?  Who won his ninth Italian Open title recently?  Phil Simmons  Rafael Nadal  Who is the One-day of Afghanistan  Karolína Plíšková, who recently won Italian national cricket team? Open, belongs to which country?   HDFC Capital Advisors has launched a new  Who has been named as 'Most Viewed Stand- initiative to mentor real estate technology Up Comedian' by the World Book of Records companies called? London?  HeART  Kapil Sharma  What does 'HeART' stands for?  Who won their fourth straight UEFA Women's  HDFC Affordable Real Estate and Champions League crown against Barcelona in Technology Program Budapest recently?  Who is the current CEO of HDFC Bank  Lyon Limited?  Who has won the Serie A Player of the Year  Aditya Puri award for the 2018-19 season?  Cristiano Ronaldo

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 Shivappa Shetty, who died recently, was  What is the capital of Taiwan? associated to which sport?  Taipei  Football  Indian YouTuber Ajay Nagar, Who has been  Which E-commerce giant has recently named among TIME Magazine's 10 Next launched flight search and bookings service in Generation Leaders for 2019, popularly known India? by his stage name?  Amazon  CarryMinati  Recently, NASA has finalized its first  Recently, the International Cricket Council hardware tests on cube-shaped robot in space (ICC) has released the official song for Cricket named? World Cup 2019 titled?  Astrobee  'Stand By'  Who has entered the Guinness World Records  Name the vocalist of official song of the 2019 for solving nine Pyraminx (Rubik's cubes) ICC World Cup? underwater in 1 minute and 48 seconds?  LORYN  Chinmay Prabhu  Which country has achieved the Guinness  Which Indian filmmaker won the third prize in World Records certificate for the largest the international section of 'Nespresso Talents laundry lesson recently? 2019' at Cannes Film Festival?  India  Achyutanand Dwivedi  Bob Hawke, who recently passed away, was a  Who has been honoured with the 2019 UN longest-serving Prime Ministers of which Sasakawa Award for Disaster Reduction by the country? United Nations Office for Disaster Risk  Australia Reduction?  Spencer’s Retail has acquired which Godrej  PK Mishra Group’s premium food retailing venture for Rs  Who has been appointed as the next Managing 300 crore in an all-cash deal? Director and CEO of Ujjivan Small Finance  Nature’s Basket Bank?  Name the Parent compant of Spencer's Retail?  Nitin Chugh  RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group  Who is the founder of Ujjivan Small Finance  Recently, Software major Microsoft has Bank? decided to train and certify 15000 workers on  Samit Ghosh Artificial Intelligence (AI) skills by which  What is the name of the annual bilateral naval year? exercise between India and Singapore?  2022  SIMBEX  In partnership with whom, Microsoft has  The bilateral naval exercise between India and decided to train and certify 15,000 workers on Singapore christened in the year? Artificial Intelligence (AI) skills by 2022?  1993  General Assembly (GA)  Which former Indian cricketer has recently  Which Indian cricketer has become the first joined Bangladesh academy as coach? ever cricketer to have 100 million followers on  Wasim Jaffer social media?  Name the Former Apple retail chief &  Virat Kohli Burberry CEO, who has joined Airbnb's board  What is the name of the bacteria, whom of directors recently? scientists have created the world’s first living  Angela Ahrendts organism that has a fully synthetic and  Who is the present CEO of home rental giant radically altered DNA code? 'Airbnb'?  E. Coli bacterium  Brian Chesky  Which university has completely redesigned  Which country became the first in Asia to the DNA of E.Coli bacterium to make it a fully legalise same-sex marriage? synthetic and radically altered DNA code?  Taiwan  Cambridge University

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 What does DNA stands for?  Grand Slam champion Sir Andy Murray hails  Deoxyribonucleic Acid from which country?  What is the name of the messaging app of  Scotland (UK) Instagram, which is going to shut down by the  What is the name of the architect of the Louvre coming month? pyramid in Paris?  Direct  IM Pei  Name the parent organisation of Instagram?  Who has decided to called off a deal to sell its  Facebook Inc. equity stake in PNB Housing Finance to to  Recently RBI has directed NBFC's with asset Varde Holdings Pte. Ltd.? size of __ to appoint Chief Risk Officer. Rs.  PNB  5000 crore  Recently PNB called off a deal to sell its  What does NBFC stands for? equity in PNB Housing Finance worth:  Non-Banking Financial Companies  Rs. 1850 crore  Recently Wikipedia, which is a free  Name the former swimming champion from community-edited encyclopaedia was blocked Tamil Nadu who died recently? in which country?  MB Balakrishnan   Which food chain brand has announced  Name the founder of the parent company of Burman Hospitality as its master franchise Wikipedia? partner in India?  Jimmy Wales  Taco Bell  Name the Multinational Investment Bank, who  Name the parent company of the Taco BEll is going to invest Rs.145 crore in Manipal who has announced Burman family as its Health Enterprise? master franchise partner in India?  Morgan Stanley  Yum Brands  Morgan Stanley is a multinational investment  Name the founder of Dabur India Ltd.? bank and financial services company based on  S.K.Burman which country?  What is the new motto of RBI in order to  USA enhance the Digital Transactions by 2021?  According to a survey conducted by  15% of GDP Glassdoor, name the US company who paid  According to CRISIL, what is the rate of highest internships in the year 2019? recovery of Bad Loans via IBC in the FY19?  Facebook ($8000/month)  43%  According to a survey conducted by  Where is the headquarters of CRISIL India Glassdoor, name the highest paying Entry situated? Level Jobs in the U.S. for 2019?  Mumbai  Data Scientist ($95,000)  What is the name of the International agency  Who has imposed a fine of $1.2 Billion on for prohibiting Nuclear Tests in the word? Barclays, Citigroup, JP Morgan, MUFG and  Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Royal Bank of Scotland foreign exchange Organisation (CTBTO) rigging?  What does C stands for in the abbreviation  European Union CTBTO?  What do you call an association of  Comprehensive manufacturers or suppliers with the purpose of  Which status is being offered by maintaining prices at a high level and Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty restricting competition? Organisation (CTBTO) to India recently?  Cartel  Observer  Who receives Knighthood for his services to  Who has become the first judge from the tennis and charity? Indian apex court to be appointed at the Fiji  Andy Murray Supreme Court?  Madan Lokur

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 What is the capital of Fiji?  Who became the world's first woman to cross  Suva the Atlantic Ocean solo in a Light Sports  Who has signed a Rs.2,000-crore deal to build Aircraft (LSA)? a container port in Myanmar's Yangon, on land  Aarohi Pandit owned by a holding company controlled by  Name the CEO of Jet Airways, who has Myanmar armed forces? resigned from the grounded airline recently?  Adani Group  Vinay Dube  Where did Adani plans to build a countainer  Who is the founder & Former Chairman of Jet port? Airways?  Yangon, Myanmar  Naresh Goyal  Mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa, who has scaled the Mount Everest for the 23rd time,  Which Indian actor will be felicitated by the belongs to which country? Council of European Chambers of Commerce  Nepal (CEUCC) in India for his decade-long support  Of how much percent of divestment has to promoting the cause of children's rights? recently been planned by Government in  Anil Kapoor RITES?  Europe Day by European Union (EU) is being  15% observed every year on:  Where is the headquarter of RITES India Ltd.?  May 9  Gurugram  Who has been appointed as a head coach of the  Cab aggregator 'Ola' has launched Ola money Indian football team for a two-year term? Credit card facility in India in Partnership with  Igor Stimac which Cards & Payments Services provider?  Who is the current President of All India  SBI Cards Football Federation (AIFF)?  Who is the current CEO of Ola?  Praful Patel  Bhavish Aggarwal  Who has been appointed as additional director  Who has been appointed as the Chairperson of on the board of private sector lender Yes the News Broadcasting Standards Authority Bank? (NBSA)?  Rama Subramaniam Gandhi  A.K. Sikri  Who is the present MD & CEO of Yes Bank?  Who has recently joined fashion e-tailer  Ravneet Gill Myntra Jabong as its Head of Marketing?  Who has been appointed as the first  Harish Narayanan commander of the Armed Forces Special  In which year, Flipkart has acquired Jabong Operations Division? through its unit Myntra for about $70 million?  A K Dhingra  2016  Which actor has been named as the brand  Who became the first female to be inducted ambassador of Merchant service and UPI into the International Cricket Council (ICC)'s payments app 'BharatPe'? International Panel of Match Referees?  Salman Khan  G.S. Lakshmi  Who has been appointed as the Chief  Claire Polosak, who recently became the first Executive Officer (CEO) of LIC Mutual Fund? female umpire to officiate a men's ODI, hails  Dinesh Pangtey from which country?  Who won the Orange Cap award for the third  Australia time in his IPL career after 2015 and 2017  Who is the present Chairman of International editions of the tournament? Cricket Council?   Shashank Manohar  Who became the oldest player and only the  Who is the current chairman of Life Insurance 2nd spinner after Pragyan Ojha to win the Corporation of India (LIC)? Purple Cap in IPL?  M. R. Kumar  Imran Tahir

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 Who has achieved the Most Valuable Player  Who has bagged the international woman (MVP) award in 2019 ? cricketer of the year award at the CEAT  Cricket Rating Awards 2019?  Who won the Emerging Player of the Year  Smriti Mandhana award in 12th edition of the Indian Premier  Who won the international ODI cricketer of League? the year award at the CEAT Cricket Rating  Shubman Gill Awards 2019?  Which state government has disbursed funding  Rohit Sharma capital ranging from Rs 1.20 lakh to Rs 20 lakh  Recently, India has extended the ban on which to over 30 startups as part of its program Sri Lanka-based militant and political iStart? organisation for another five years?  Rajasthan  Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam  Who is the present Chief minister of (LTTE) Rajasthan?  Who is the founder of Liberation Tigers of  Ashok Gehlot Tamil Eelam (LTTE)?  What is the name of the deputy chief executive  Velupillai Prabhakaran and chief financial officer (CFO) of Jet  Novak Djokovic, who recently won his third Airways who has stepped down from the Madrid Open title, hails from which country? airline recently?   Amit Agarwal  Who won women's singles title at 2019 Mutua  The Public broadcaster Doordarshan has Madrid Open? launched a souvenir store on which online  Kiki Bertens shopping website?  Who won the 2019 Spanish Grand Prix?  Amazon India  Lewis Hamilton  What is the tagline of Doordarshan's recently  Who won Premier League Player of the Season launched souvenir store on Amazon India award 2019? offering merchandise like t-shirts, coffee mugs  Virgil van Dijk and sippers?  Virgil van Dijk is related to which sport?  I am in your DNA, I am your Doordarshan  Football  The Defence Research and Development  Who have been named as the wealthiest people Organisation (DRDO) conducted successful in the UK for a third time, according to recent flight test of '_____' High-speed Expendable Sunday Times Rich List? Aerial Target (HEAT) drone.  Hinduja brothers  ABHYAS  Who is the current Chairman of Hinduja  Who is the current Chairman of Defence Group? Research and Development Organisation  S. P. Hinduja (DRDO)?  Who is the current Chief minister of  Dr G. Satheesh Reddy Maharashtra?  Which Indian film director has been appointed  Devendra Fadnavis as jury president for this year's Malaysia  Who is on the top of the UK's wealthiest Golden Global Awards? people list as per latest Sunday Times Rich  Rajkumar Hirani List?  Doris Day, who recently passed away, was a  Jim Ratcliffe famous?  Which country has opened its first electric  actress-singer highway test route for hybrid trucks?  Who won the international cricketer of the year  award at the CEAT Cricket Rating Awards  What is the capital of Germany? 2019?  Berlin  Virat Kohli  What is the capital of Ireland?  Dublin

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 Which team won the 2019 season of the Indian  Who has been appointed as the new Chief Premier League? Secretary of Maharashtra?   Ajoy Mehta  Who is the owner of Mumbai Indian team?  Who has been named as the special advisor to  Mukesh Ambani, Nita Ambani Maharashtra Chief Minister? (Reliance Industries)  UPS Madan  How many times Mumbai Indians won the  Who became the second player in Open Era IPL? (since April 1968) to record 1,200 match wins?  Four  Roger Federer  Recently, team Mumbai Indians defeat team  Which Indian dairy has been announced as the by one run to win record principal sponsor of the Afghanistan cricket ____ IPL title. team for the upcoming World Cup2019?  4th  Amul  With which country, India has agreed to boost  What does AMUL stands for? Indo-Pacific cooperation recently?  Anand Milk Union Limited   Who has been named as the Afghanistan  Who is the current Prime minister of United cricket team's new One Day International Kingdom? (ODI) captain ahead of the 2019 Cricket World  Theresa May Cup, replacing Asghar Afghan?  Which airport in India has been ranked as the  Gulbadin Naib world’s eighth best in a survey conducted by  Which country became the second in the AirHelp recently? world, after the UK, to declare a "climate  Rajiv Gandhi International emergency"? Airport (Hyderabad)  Ireland  Which airline has been ranked as the top  airline for the second consecutive year in a  Recently, Facebook has selected ____ as the latest survey conducted by AirHelp? center to develop WhatsApp's drive into the  Qatar Airways mobile payments industry.  Hamad International Airport in _____ has been  London listed as the best airport for 2019 in a latest  Which Indian actress has been named as an survey by AirHelp? advocate of Sustainable Development Goals by  Qatar United Nations?  Who has been appointed as the next  Dia Mirza Ambassador of India to the State of Eritrea?  Who is the current Secretary general of United  Subhash Chand Nations?  What is the capital of Eritrea?  António Guterres  Asmara  Who took oath as the chief justice of  Who has been appointed as Chairman of ITC High Court? Limited after the demise of Yogesh Chander  Abhay Shreeniwas Oka Deveshwar?  Who is the current Chief minister of  Sanjiv Puri Karnataka?  ______came out on top at the 2019 British  H. D. Kumaraswamy Academy Television Awards, winning best  Padma Bhushan Awardee YC Deveshwar, who drama series, best leading actress for Jodie recently passed away, was a CEO and Comer, and best supporting actress for Fiona Chairman of which Indian multinational Shaw. conglomerate company?  Killing Eve  ITC Limited  Who won 'Special award' at 2019 British  Who is the present CEO of Reliance Academy Television Awards? Communications?  Nicola Shindler  Bill Barney

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 Which Oscar-winning actress has been  Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk Limited, whic is a wholly owned subsidiary of Of Fame in Los Angeles, US? Reserve Bank of India, prints bank notes was  Anne Hathaway established in the year:  National Technology Day is being observed  1995 every year on:  Which communication giant's board has been  8 May recently diluted by Bankruptcy Court and  Derek Sippy, who recently passed away, was appointed a new interim resolution related to which sport? professional to run the company's operations?  Billiard  RCom  Recently which country has been elected as an  What is the name of the whole time director of observer to intergovernmental forum Arctic Jet Airways who has stepped down from the Council? airline frecently?  India  Gaurang Shetty  How many member countries does the Arctic  Who is the incumbent CEO of Jet Airways? council have?  Vinay Dube  8  Name the parent organisation of Jet Airways?  Who is known as the father of Modern Legal  Etihad Airways Education In India?  What is the name of the 259-year-old UK  Dr Madhava Menon toymaker who was recently acquired by  In which year Dr Madhava Menon was Reliance Brands Ltd in all cash deal? awarded with the fourth highest Indian civilian  Hamleys award of Padma Shri?  Reliance Brands Ltd, a subsidiary of Reliance  2003 Industries Ltd, acquired British toy retailer  Who has signed a memorandum of Hamleys for around: understanding with Petroleum Conservation  Rs. 620 crores Research Association to aid conservation of  Hamleys, which is the oldest and largest toy resources? shop in the world based on which country?  Tractors and Farm Equipment (TAFE)  UK  What does the term 'F' stands for in the  Who became the 4th spinner to take 300 abbreviation "TAFE"? in T20 cricket?  Farm  Imran Tahir  Recently with whom India has signed a  In IPL 2019, Imran Tahir represents which protocol for export of Indian chilli meal to the team? neighbouring country?  Chennai Super Kings  China  What is the name of the former PM of  What is the currency of China? Malaysia who is the main accused in  Renminbi 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal?  Which country has passed a sweeping "anti-  Najib Razak fake news" bill to protect national security,  Recently who has signed a pact with Canada public health, public finance & public safety? Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) to co-  Singapore sponsor a $600-million Infrastructure  What is the capital of Singapore? Investment Trust (InvIT) focused on renewable  Singapore City energy?  Recently in which entities, RBI has divested its  Piramal Enterprises entire stake to Government of India?  In the newly constituted Infrastructure  NABARD & NHB Investment Trust (InvIT) jointly by CPPIB and  1MDB scandal, which is in News now a days, Piramal Enterprises, what will be the stake is related to which country? holding of CPPIB in the Fund?  Malaysia  60%

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 What is the name of the UN consultant from  Who was the founder of the Red Cross as well India, who was honoured by UN as the founder of International Committee of posthumously? the Red Cross (ICRC)?  Shikha Garg  Henry Dunant  Where is the headquarters of United Nations  Name the star couple, who have been roped in situated? as the first official brand ambassadors of  New York, USA Flipkart-owned ecommerce platform, Myntra?  Students of which Indian Institute bagged  Virat Kohli & Anushka Sharma second position in the Microsoft's annual  Name the parent organisation of Myntra: Imagine Cup World Championship 2019?  Flipkart  Manav Rachna Institute of  Maramraju Satyanarayana Rao, who recently Research and Studies, passed away, was a noted? Faridabad  Writer and Academician  What is the name of the drug mask  Who recently won the men's title at Asian created by students of Manav Rachna Institute Individual Squash Championships? of Research and Studies, Faridabad at the  Saurav Ghosal Microsoft's 2019 Imagine Cup World  Who secured the women's title at 2019 Asian Championship? Individual Squash Championships?  Caeli  Joshna Chinappa  Name a 18-year-old Nepali girl, who has  Who has been appointed as the head coach of danced continuously for 126 hours to set a Indian men's volleyball national team Guinness World Records on "Longest Dancing  Serbian Dragan Mihailovic Marathon by an Individual"?  Who is the current President of Volleyball  Bandana Nepal Federation of India?  Who has been re-elected by the UN Economic  S Vasudevan and Social Council to a five-year term on  Recently, India's largest telecom operator International Narcotics Control Board (INCB)? Vodafone Idea Ltd has signed a five-year  Jagjit Pavadia multi-million-dollar IT outsourcing deal with  Who is the current President of United Nations which tech giant? Economic and Social Council?  IBM  Inga Rhonda King  Who is the current CEO of Vodafone Idea  Name an Indian-origin journalist in South Limited? Africa, who has been honoured in the UK with  Balesh Sharma 2019 V K Krishna Menon award for his  What does IBM stands for? outstanding contribution as a pioneer of  International Business Machines decolonised journalism? Corporation  G D 'Robert' Govender  Who is the current CEO of IBM?  What is the new name of India-listed  Ginni Rometty pharmaceutical firm Merck?  Who has maintained the No. 1 spot in the  Procter & Gamble Health Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings  Who is the incumbent CEO of Procter & released recently? Gamble (P&G)?  Naomi Osaka  David S. Taylor  Who is on the top position, as per latest ATP  World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day is rankings? being observed globally on:  Novak Djokovic  8 May  Former world number one Roger Federer has  What is the theme of World Red Cross and returned to which place in the latest ATP Red Crescent Day 2019? rankings?  ‘#Love’  third

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 Who has been named as the vice captain of  Recently, a postage stamp has been released to West Indies for the upcoming World Cup commemorate 750th birth anniversary of slated to be held in England and Wales from _____. May 30?  Sri Vedanta Desikan   Xavi Hernandez, who has recently announced  Seymour Nurse, who recently passed away, his retirement, is related to which sport? was the renowned personality in which field?  football  Sport  Who has been sworn in as the top military  Telecom major Bharti Airtel and ______officer of the 29-nation Nato military alliance? announced an agreement to combine their  Tod D. Wolters "Very Small Aperture Terminal" (VSAT)  The RBI has recently imposed penalty operations in India. aggregating 6.10 crore on how many Prepaid  Hughes Communications India Payment Instrument (PPI) issuers for non-  Who is the current CEO of Bharti Airtel compliance with regulatory guidelines? Limited?  five  Gopal Vittal  Who has been stepped down as the President  Who has been received the Presidential Medal of Noida-based fintech platform 'Paytm'? of Freedom from President Donald Trump at  Bhushan Patil the White House recently?  Who is the founder & CEO of Paytm?  Tiger Woods  Vijay Shekhar Sharma  Who has been conferred with 's highest  Which country has recently overtaken Saudi civilian award 'Chevalier de la Légion Arabia by a wide margin to become India's top d'Honneur' for his contribution to India-France crude oil supplier? space cooperation?  Iraq  AS Kiran Kumar  What is the capital of Iraq?  Peter Mayhew, who recently passed away, was  Baghdad a famous?  Master Hirannaiah, wo recently passed away,  Actor was a famous personality in which field?  National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed a  theatre ₹_____ fine on Goa Coastal Zone Management  Which nation has become the first in the world Authority (GCZMA) for non-compliance of to declare a national climate emergency? UK order.  Who is the Prime minister of United  1-crore Kingdom?  Which telecom firm has become the first  Theresa May operator to start optical fiber-based high-speed  Recently, Google has announced an auto- broadband service in the Kashmir valley? delete feature that will let users automatically  BSNL delete ______.  Who is the current Chairman & MD of Bharat  location history Sanchar Nigam Limited?  In which year, Google has introduced its web  Anupam Shrivastava browser called Google Chrome?  Which Telecom equipment company overtook  2008 Apple Inc. to become Second Biggest  What is India's unemployment rate in April , Smartphone Maker? the highest since October 2016, according to  Huawei Technologies Co. data compiled by the Centre for Monitoring  Who is the present CEO of Huawei Indian Economy (CMIE)? Technologies Co. Ltd.?  7.6%  Ren Zhengfei  What is the theme of 2019World Press  World Press Freedom Day is being observed Freedom Day? globally on:  "Media for Democracy: Journalism and  3 May Elections In Times of Disinformation”

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 Who recently won gold at Ali Aliyev wrestling  The Union Environment Ministry has tournament in Russia? constituted a committee to implement the  Bajrang Punia National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) which  Who has been appointed as the first aims ____% reduction of particulate matter independent woman director of Bombay Stock (PM) pollution by 2024. Exchange?  20-30%  Jayshree Vyas  Who chaired the National Clean Air  Who is the current MD & CEO of Bombay Programme (NCAP) committee constituted by Stock Exchange? Union Environment Ministry recently?  Ashishkumar Chauhan  Secretary, Union Environment Ministry  LIC Housing Finance (LIC HFL) has launched  Name the former chief justice of the Kerala ‘Udyam’, a skilling centre in which city? and Madras High Courts, who passed away  Bengaluru recently?  Who is the current CEO of LIC Housing  B Subhashan Reddy Finance (LIC HFL)?  Recently, who has broken the record for the  Vinay Sah number of Billboard Music Awards received  Who has been named as the next President of by an artist? Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)?  Drake  (Former Sri  Who has been named 'Top Female Artist' at the Lanka captain) 2019 Billboard Music Awards?  Who became the first non-British President of  Ariana Grande Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)?  Who has been sworn in as Israel's new Prime  Kumar Sangakkara minister?  Which bank became the first Indian bank to  Benjamin Netanyahu link its saving and loan interest rates to the  What is the currency of Israel? New shekel Reserve Bank of India's repo rate?  Which Indian actresses have won  State Bank of India Instagrammers of the Year 2019?  Recently, State Bank of India has linked its  Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Deepika interest rate on savings account with balances Padukone and Sara Ali Khan up to ₹____ to Reserve Bank of India's repo  Who recently won the title of the "Storyteller rate. of the Year" on Instagram?  1 lakh  Deepika Padukone  Negasso Gidada, who recently passed away,  Which cricketer's account has emerged as the was a former President of which nation? most 'Engaged Account of the Year' on  Ethiopia Instagram?  Who has become the first Indian to break into  Virat Kohli the top-25 of International Table Tennis  Recently, SEBI has fined ____ Rs 625 crore Federation rankings? for the misuse of its co-location facility.  G Sathiyan  National Stock Exchange  Who is the current President of International  Who is the present MD & CEO of National Table Tennis Federation? Stock Exchange of India Limited?  Thomas Weikert  Vikram Limaye  Which insurance company has tied up with  Who is the current chairperson of Securities financial marketplace Wishfin's insurance arm and Exchange Board of India? Wishpolicy, to offer policies via whatsapp?  Ajay Tyagi  Bharti AXA  Who has been elected as the president of  Who is the current MD & CEO of Bharti AXA Jammu High Court Bar Association for a General Insurance Company? second time?  Vikas Seth  Abhinav Sharma

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 Which plantation company in South India has  India has recently extended the ban on import won 41 golden leaf India awards over the years of milk and milk products, including chocolate, for the Munnar region? from which nation?  Kanan Devan Hills Plantations  China Company (KDHP)  What does CFC stands for?  Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation Ltd has  Chloro Fluoro Carbon won ___awards in the 15th Golden Leaf India  Adani Ports will set up its first container Award- southern tea competition held in terminal outside India in ______at an Ahmedabad recently. estimated cost of Rs.2,000 crore.  five  Myanmar  Which city is the venue of 15th edition of  Who is the current CEO of Adani Ports and Golden leaf India awards? Special Economic Zone Limited?  Ahmedabad  Karan G. Adani  Who has become the new emperor of Japan?  What is the Capital of Myanmar?  Naruhito  Naypyitaw  Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) has  Recently How much fund has been sanctioned announced to bid for the ____edition of the under Priority Sector Startup Fund by biennial World Team Championships. government?  2024  Rs. 1000 crore  Who is the current President of Table Tennis  Who is the current minister in charge of Federation of India (TTFI)? DPIIT?  Dushyant Chautala  Suresh Prabhu  International Labour Day is being observed  What does DPITT stands for? globally on:  Department for Promotion of Industry and  1 May Internal Trade  Who has reportedly received lenders' approval  Which International funding agency will to acquire cash-strapped Ruchi Soya with a bid provide Rs.5,200 cr to electrify railway tracks of ₹4,325 crore? in India?  Patanjali Ayurveda  ADB  How much bid is approved for the acquisition  Who is the incumbent president of ADB? of Ruchi Soya by Patanjali Ayurveda?  Takehiko Nakao  Rs. 4325 crore  What is the new temperature recorded at  Who became the new world No 1 in women’s which International researchers have broken 10m air rifle event, according to the latest the record for superconductivity? rankings released by the International Shooting  -23 degree C Sport Federation?  Which material is used by International  researchers in order to broke the record for  Who secured the second rank in women’s 10m superconductivity at -23 degree C? air rifle event as per latest rankings released by  lanthanum superhydrides the International Shooting Sport Federation?  Name the Indian climber, who passed away  Anjum Moudgil while descending the Mount Everest recently?  What is the name of the joint naval exercise  Anjali S Kulkarni between India and France?  Who has been appointed as Netflix's first  Varuna content Intellectual Property (IP) lawyer in  This year which edition of Varuna took place India? between India & France?  Priyanka Chaudhari  17th  Who is the current Chairman and CEO of  The bilateral naval exercise between India and American media-services provider 'Netflix' ? France christened in the year?  Reed Hastings  2001

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 Which former Brazilian professional  In which year, NOTA was first introduced in footballer has recently announced his India? retirement from football after a professional  2009 career spanning two decades?  Which team event between Europe and the  Julio Baptista rest of the world has become an officially  Julio Baptista, who has announced his sanctioned ATP Tour event recently? retirement recently, represented which  Laver Cup National football team?  Laver Cup is related to which sport?   Tennis  Name the term, which represents a player's no.  Recently, DRDO has successfully test-fired of appearance for his country in a game at India-made 500 kg Guided Bomb which hit its international level? target at ____km with high precision.  Cap  30km  Who has won the seventh edition of the Joan  Who is the current Chairman of Defence Miró Prize? Research and Development Organisation?  Nalini Malani  Dr G. Satheesh Reddy  Joan Miró prize is given in the field of:  Who took the oath of office as 's new  Arts president?  Who is the President of Bharatiya Janata  Volodymyr Zelensky Party?  What is the Capital of Ukraine?  Amit Shah  Kyiv  Recently, Google has added which new button  Under which Act, terror outfit Jamaat-ul- in order to allow users to order food directly Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) has been via Google Assistant, Search and Maps in the declared as a banned terrorist organisation in US? India?  Order Online  Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967  In which year, Google was founded by Larry  Who is the present President of Bangladesh? Page and Sergey Brin?  Abdul Hamid  1998  Recently, WhatsApp has confirmed that it will  Who has announced to step down as the Prime bring Stories Ads in its status product in which Minister of the United Kingdom on June 7? year?  Theresa May  2020  What is the currency of United Kingdom?  Who is the current CEO of WhatsApp?  Pound sterlin  Chris Daniels  Which political party has become the first  What is the name of the SpaceX supplier who single party to win 300 seats in 2017 Lok has been charged by US federal investigators Sabha elections since Congress in 1984? for faking 38 inspection reports?  Bharatiya  PMI Industries  Under which category, Mary Kom won gold  Name the subsidiary of SpaceX? at the second India Open boxing tournament?  The Boring Company  51Kg  How many satellites have been successfully  Name an American climber who died recently deployed by SpaceX in low earth orbit on Everest after climbing highest peak of all 7 recently? continents?  60  Donald Lynn Cash  What is the name of the mission under which  In the 17th Lok Sabha elections, which state US space agency, SpaceX is deploying number has registered the maximum None of The of satellites in order to provide high-speed Above (NOTA) votes option? internet globally, to low-Earth orbit?   Starlink Mission

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 Who will be sworn in as chief minister of  To streamline and strengthen the statistical Andhra Pradesh on 30 May? system, the government has decided to merge  Jagan Mohan Reddy the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) and  Who has been appointed as the new Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in ______to form a National Statistical Office South Sudan? (NSO).  Shailesh Tinaikar  National Sample Survey Office (NSSO)  Recently, Corporation Bank has launched a  Who is the current head of the Ministry of product for GST-registered MSMEs named: Statistics and Programme Implementation?  ‘Corp SME Suvidha’  DV Sadananda Gowda  Who is the current MD & CEO of Corporation  Which team won the 2019 German Cup? Bank?  Bayern  P. V. Bharathi  German Cup is related to which sport?  Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and  Football Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) signed a  Who has become the youngest Member of MOU for supporting joint collaborative Parliament to the 17th Lok Sabha? research programmes in which area?  Chandrani Murmu  Cancer  Who took oath as the chief minister of  Who is the present Secretary and Chairman of Sikkim? Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)?  P S Golay  Dr. K.N. Vyas  Who is the current Governor of Sikkim?  Recently, SEBI and ____ have released its  Ganga Prasad Regulatory Sandbox Framework For Fintech  Recently, (BJP) has Startups to test their products and services. won ____ Lok Sabha constituencies in Indian  Insurance Regulatory and Development general election 2019. Authority  303  Who is the current Chairperson of Insurance  Recently, SD Association has barred which Regulatory and Development Authority? smartphone manufacturer from using official  Subhash Chandra Khuntia SD or microSD card support in all future  Who is the current Chairperson of Securities devices? and Exchange Board of India?  Huawei  Ajay Tyagi  Who is the current Chairman of world's  Who won the 10m Air Rifle Women’s Final at second-largest smartphone manufacturer the 2019 ISSF World Cup in Munich? 'Huawei'?  Apurvi Chandela  Liang Hua  Who is the present President of International  Who will be sworn-in as Odisha Chief Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF)? Minister on May 29 for a fifth consecutive  Vladimir Lisin term?  Name a 15-year-old Dubai-based Indian boy,  Naveen Patnaik who has been ranked among top 100 regional  Who is the present Governor of Odisha? finalists for Google Science Fair?  Ganeshi Lal  Shaamil Karim  Who has been elected as the vice-president of  Indian-Origin Shaamil Karim, who has Badminton Asia Council? recently ranked among top 100 regional  Himanta Biswa Sarma finalists for Google Science Fair for his project  Who is the present President of Badminton aimed? Association of India (BAI)?  Saving energy  Himanta Biswa Sarma  Who is the current President of Badminton  Veeru Devgan, who recently passed away, was Asia Council (BAC)? a famous?  Anton Subowo  Action director

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 Who has clinched the U-19 girls singles title at  Who is the first woman to win a gold medal in the All-India Junior Ranking badminton shooting in an Asian Games for India? tournament?  Rahi Sarnobat  Samiya Imad Farooqui  Who will be sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh?  Maisnam Meiraba, who recently won Under-  Pema Khandu 19 Boys Singles title at the All-India Junior  What is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh? Ranking badminton tournament, hails from?  Itanagar  Manipur  Which nation has recently launched its first  Who won their first-ever CAF Confederation ever moon-sighting website? Cup?  Pakistan  Zamalek  Who is the current President of Pakistan?  CAF Confederation Cup is related to which  Arif Alvi sport?  Who has been appointed as the new West  Football Bengal home secretary?  Who has been stepped down as the CEO of  Alapan Bandyopadhyay King, which is the developer of the popular  Who has been appointed as Secretary of North mobile game app Candy Crush Saga? Bengal Development Department (NBDD)?  Riccardo Zacconi  Ajit ranjan Bardhan  Name the developer company of popular  Who is the current governor of West Bengal? mobile game app Candy Crush Saga?  Keshari Nath Tripathi  King  Who won 2019 Monaco Grand Prix?  Who took oath as President of South Africa  Lewis Hamilton recently? Cyril  How much penalty has been imposed on each  Ramaphosa 25 states, who missed the deadline for  What is the theme for 2019 Africa Day? submitting their action plans on systematic  “Healthy Lifestyle Prolongs Life” disposal of plastic waste to Central Pollution  Who won the badminton world mixed-team Control Board (CPCB)? championship, Sudirman Cup 2019?  Rs 1 crore  China  Who is the current Chairperson of Central  Sudirman Cup is related to which sport? Pollution Control Board?  Badminton  S. P. Singh Parihar  Name the first woman IAF pilot of Jharkhand  Which town of Madhya Pradesh has been who recently flew a Mi-17 V5 helicopter for a included in tentative list of the World Heritage Battle Inoculation Training mission? Sites of United Nations Educational, Scientific  Aman Nidhi and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)  Who broke his own junior and senior world recently? record to win his second gold medal at the  Orchha ISSF World Cup 2019?  Who has become first world leader to meet  Saurabh Chaudhary Japan’s new Emperor Naruhito?  The ISSF World Cup was introduced by the  US President Donald Trump International Shooting Sport Federation in  Who is the Prime minister of Japan? which year?  Shinzō Abe  1986  India has invited the leaders of the _____  Indian shooter Rahi Sarnobat won the gold in Member Countries to attend the swearing-in ____Pistol event at the ISSF World Cup in ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Munich.  BIMSTEC  25m  Who is the CEO of Academy of Motion  What is the capital of China? Picture Arts and Sciences?   Dawn Hudson

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 What does 'BIMSTEC' stands for?  Who has been sworn in as Australia's prime  Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi- minister recently? Sectoral Technical and Economic  Scott Morrison Cooperation  What is the Capital of Australia?  Recently, Defence Research and Development  Canberra Organisation (DRDO) has successfully test  Recently, Hollywood's Academy of Motion fired AKASH-MK-1S missile with a strike Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has range of: announced to open its office in which city of  25 km India?  Who is the current Chairman of Defence  Mumbai Research and Development Organisation  (DRDO)?  Who has been stepped down from the position  Dr G. Satheesh Reddy of Chief Executive Officer of Pakistan Stock  Who has become the oldest player to win a Exchange (PSX)? match at French open since Torben Ulrich (44)  Richard Morin in 1973?  Who is the present Chairman of Pakistan Stock  Ivo Karlovic Exchange?  Who won men's singles titlte at 2018 French  Sulaiman Mehdi Open?  Which Indian IT service and consulting  Rafael Nadal company has been recognised among the top  Sri Lanka has signed an agreement with which 50 companies in the US for diversity? two nations to jointly develop the East  Tata Consultancy Services Container Terminal at the Colombo Port?  Who is the current MD & CEO of Tata  India and Japan Consultancy Services Limited?  Who is the current Prime minister of Sri  Rajesh Gopinathan Lanka?  The US Treasury Department has removed  Ranil Wickremesinghe which country from its currency monitoring  Name the former Google VP, who has been list of major trading partners? appointed as a new elevated Chief Technology  India Officer and Chief Development Officer of  Who is the current Secretary of United States Walmart? Department of the Treasury?  Suresh Kumar  Steven Mnuchin  Who is the current CEO of Walmart?  Which Lifestyle brand has roped in Shikhar  Doug McMillon Dhawan, Jasprit Bumrah, Rishabh Pant and  As per latest notification by RBI, what is the Prithvi Shaw as their brand captains? time-varying charges for remitting funds via  boAt the RTGS system after 6:00pm?  Who has won the Palme d'Or, the top prize at  Rs 10 per outward transaction the Cannes film festival for his film 'Parasite'?  Acoording to RBI, what is the minimum  Bong Joon-Ho amount to be remitted through Real Time  Which Indian cricketer's wax statue was Gross Settlement (RTGS) with no upper or unveiled at Lord's Cricket Ground in London maximum ceiling? to mark the launch of 2019 ICC World Cup?  Rs 2 lakh  Virat Kohli  Name the former Vodafone Group CEO, who  Which nation has recently lifted export ban on has been appointed by Ola Electric as as an fruits and vegetable from Kerala? independent director on its board?  Saudi Arabia  Arun Sarin  Who has been conferred with the lifetime  Who is the current CEO of Bengaluru-based recognition award by the Confederation of Ola? Horticulture Association of India?  Bhavish Aggarwal  N Kumar

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 Recently, ISRO and Indian Air Force have  Name the Oscar's President, who recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding for attended the 56th Maharashtra State Film crew selection and training for ____spaceflight Awards in Mumbai as chief guest? mission.  John Bailey  Gaganyaan  Who is the current Director of Indian Space Research Organisation?  Kailasavadivoo Sivan Trending Topic of the Month  Who is the current Chief of the Air Staff of Indian Air Force?  Birender Singh Dhanoa  Which music label has become the first Lok Sabha Elections 2019 YouTube channel to reach 100 million What is Lok Sabha? subscribers?  The Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower  T-Series house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper  Who is the Chairman & Managing Director of house being the Rajya Sabha. T-Series?  The maximum strength of the House allotted by the  Bhushan Kumar Constitution of India is 552.  Who has been resigned as the head coach of  Currently, the house has 545 seats which is made up by five-time Brazilian Serie A champions the election of up to 543 elected members and at a Flamengo? maximum, 2 nominated members of the Anglo-Indian  Abel Braga Community by the President of India.  Carmine Caridi, who died recently, was a  A total of 131 seats (24.03%) are reserved for famous? representatives of Scheduled Castes (84) and Scheduled Tribes (47).  Actor  The Lok Sabha, unless sooner dissolved, continues to  Who is the chairman of a committee formed by operate for five years from the date appointed for its RBI to work for the development of housing first meeting. finance securitisation market in the country?  However, while a proclamation of emergency is in  Harsh Vardhan operation, this period may be extended by Parliament  Who is the Chairperson of Indian Oil Corp by law. Ltd? Background:  Sanjiv Singh  The Constitution of India was adopted on 26  Who is the newly elected Prime minister of November 1949 and came into effect on 26 January Papua New Guinea? 1950, proclaiming India to be a sovereign, democratic  James Marape republic.  What is the capital of Papua New Guinea?  This contained the founding principles of the law of the  Port Moresby land which would govern India in its new form, which  Who has been named as the 2019 winner of the now included all the princely states which had not Nine Dots Prize, a prestigious global book acceded to Pakistan. prize?  According to Article 79 (Part V-The Union.) of the Constitution of India, the Parliament of India consists  Annie Zaidi of the President of India and the two Houses of  Who is the chairperson of a six-member task Parliament known as the Council of States (Rajya force constituted by RBI for development of Sabha) and the House of the People (Lok Sabha). secondary market for corporate loans?  The Lok Sabha (House of the People) was duly  T. N. Manoharan constituted for the first time on 17 April 1952 after the  With whom, Punjab cooperation department first General Elections held from 25 October 1951 to has inked an MoU to set up petrol pumps to 21 February 1952. provide fuel to farmers on credit?  Indian Oil Corp Ltd

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Monthly Booster June 2019 All India United Democratic Front 1 0 1 Bahujan Samaj Party 10 0 10 Bharatiya Janata Party 303 0 303 Biju 12 0 12 Communist Party of India 2 0 2 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3 0 3 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 23 0 23 52 0 52 Indian Union Muslim League 3 0 3 Jammu & Kashmir National 3 0 3 Conference Janata Dal (Secular) 1 0 1 Janata Dal (United) 16 0 16 Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 1 0 1 Kerala Congress (M) 1 0 1

*Image Credit: TOI Lok Jan Shakti Party 6 0 6 Election 2019 results Mizo National Front 1 0 1  The BJP has become the first single party to win 300 Naga Peoples Front 1 0 1 seats in Lok Sabha elections since Congress in 1984.  BJP has won 303 Lok Sabha constituencies in 2019 National People's Party 1 0 1 elections, while Congress has won 52, eight more than Nationalist Congress Party 5 0 5 their 2014 tally.  Prime Minister Narendra Modi's NDA government has Nationalist Democratic Progressive 1 0 1 been picked to lead India again by many of the Party hundreds of millions who voted in the hotly contested, six-week-long Lok Sabha election. Revolutionary Socialist Party 1 0 1  With most votes counted, the Bharatiya Janata Party 5 0 5 (BJP) has won a parliamentary majority on its own in a 545-strong Lok Sabha with two nominated members -- Shiromani Akali Dal 2 0 2 just as it did in 2014. Shivsena 18 0 18  In fact, the BJP alone has won 300 seats. Sikkim Krantikari Morcha 1 0 1

Telangana Rashtra Samithi 9 0 9 RESULT STATUS Telugu Desam 3 0 3 Status Known For 542 out of 542 Constituencies Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress 22 0 22 Wo Leadi Tot Party Party n ng al

Other 8 0 8 Aam Aadmi Party 1 0 1 Total 542 0 542 AJSU Party 1 0 1

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra 1 0 1 Kazhagam NOTA Status:  In 17 constituencies, the NOTA vote share was above All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul 2 0 2 2%. Muslimeen  Bihar registered the maximum None of The Above All India Trinamool Congress 22 0 22 (NOTA) votes of about 8 lakh, with the highest share

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Monthly Booster June 2019 of 5.04% reported from the Gopalganj constituency, Name of the according to the Election Commission. Team Price  Reason Behind: The high NOTA percentage was an Player indicator that people were frustrated with the state of Carlos affairs in their constituency, did not find any of the ₹ 5 crore candidates worthy enough and therefore, even after Brathwaite reaching the polling station, decided to press the Mohammed NOTA button. Kings XI Punjab ₹ 4.80 crore  The lowest NOTA share of 0.17% was reported from Shami Bidar in Karnataka. In terms of numbers, only 100 NOTA votes were cast in Lakshadweep. Prabhsimran Kings XI Punjab ₹ 4.80 crore Singh

IPL 12 (Indian Premier League 2019) Most Sixes in IPL 2019

POS PLAYER Mat Inns 4s 6s

1 Andre Russell 14 13 31 52

2 Chris Gayle 13 13 45 34

3 Hardik Pandya 16 15 28 29

4 Rishabh Pant 16 16 37 27 The Indian Premier League, also known as Vivo IPL 12, is the 12th edition, which was held from 23 March 2019 to 12th May 2019. The cricket tournament is 5 AB de Villiers 13 13 31 26 organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), and follows the regulations of the IPL Governing 6 KL Rahul 14 14 49 25 Council. The Indian Premiere League 2019 is being headed by Rajeev Shukla, Chairman of the league. 7 Quinton de Kock 16 16 45 25

8 MS Dhoni 15 12 22 23 List of 10 most expensive players in IPL 12

Name of the 9 Chris Lynn 13 13 41 22 Team Price Player 10 Kieron Pollard 16 14 14 22 ₹ 8.4 crore

Varun Kings XI Punjab ₹ 8.4 crore IPL 12 Highest Takers Chakravarthy POS PLAYER Mat Inns Wkts Sam Curran Kings XI Punjab ₹ 7.20 crore 1 Imran Tahir 17 17 26 ₹ 6.40 crore 2 Kagiso Rabada 12 12 25 Royal Challengers ₹ 5 crore 3 Deepak Chahar 17 17 22

Mohit Sharma Chennai Super Kings ₹ 5 crore 4 14 14 20

Axar Patel Delhi Capitals ₹ 5 crore 5 Jasprit Bumrah 16 16 19

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8 Yuzvendra Chahal 14 14 18

9 15 15 17 IPL 2019 Orange Cap Holders POS PLAYER Mat Inns Runs 10 11 11 16 1 David Warner 12 12 692 IPL 12 Highest Run Scorers

POS PLAYER Mat Inns Runs 1 David Warner 12 12 692 Trending WORD of the Month

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3 Quinton de Kock 16 16 529 Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) 4 Shikhar Dhawan 16 16 521 What is VVPAT? How does VVPAT work? 5 Andre Russell 14 13 510 When the voter casts the vote on the EVM, printer-like VVPAT apparatus linked to the EVM generates a slip 6 Chris Gayle 13 13 490 showing serial number, name and symbol of the candidate to whom the vote was made. With this slip, the voter can 7 Rishabh Pant 16 16 488 verify his casted vote. The Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) is an independent printer system attached 8 Virat Kohli 14 14 464 with Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) that allows the voters to verify that their votes are cast as intended. It provides feedback to voters using a ballot less voting 9 Shreyas Iyer 16 16 463 system by generating a paper slip every time a voter casts his vote. It records the party to whom the vote was made. 10 10 10 445 How does the VVPAT work?  The voting in India is done using the Electronic Voting IPL 12 2019 Points Table Machine (EVM) that is designed with two units: the control unit and the balloting unit. Team Pld W L NR Pts  The balloting unit of the machine has a list of Mumbai Indians 14 9 5 0 18 candidate names and party symbols with a blue button next to it. The voter can press the button next to the Chennai Super Kings 14 9 5 0 18 candidate’s name they wish to vote for.  When the voter casts the vote on the EVM, printer-like Delhi Capitals 14 9 5 0 18 VVPAT apparatus linked to the EVM generates a slip 14 6 8 0 12 showing serial number, name and symbol of the candidate to whom the vote was made. Kolkata Knight Riders 14 6 8 0 12  With this slip, the voter can verify his casted vote.  This VVPAT slip is displayed for 7 seconds before it's Kings XI Punjab 14 6 8 0 12 automatically cut. Rajasthan Royals 14 5 8 1 11  The slip, once viewed, is cut and dropped into the drop box in the VVPAT machine and a beep will be heard. Royal Challengers Bangalore 14 5 8 1 11  The VVPAT machines can only be accessed by the election officers in the rarest of rare cases.

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Note: A VVPAT consists of a Printer and a VVPAT Status Display Unit (VSDU). The control unit of the EVMs and VSDU are kept with the presiding officer or polling officer, while the balloting unit and printer are kept in the voting compartment.

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