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1) Which country launched the most powerful intercontinental-range ballistic missile, “DF-41 (Dongfeng-41) “on the planet with a strike range of up to 9,320 miles (15,000 kilometres)?

  1. A) China
  2. B) Japan
  3. C) Russia
  4. D) United States

Answer-A) China

2) Which state’s railway station have topped the Railway Cleanliness Survey 2019 released by Ministry of Railways?

  1. A) Rajasthan
  2. B) Kerala
  3. C) Assam
  4. D) Uttar Pradesh

Answer-A) Rajasthan

3)       Who has been appointed as the Executive Director for India at International Monetary Fund (IMF)?

  1. A) Urjit Patel
  2. B) Surjit S Bhalla
  3. C) Rakesh Mohan
  4. D) Subir Gokarn

Answer-B) Surjit S Bhalla

4) Which year is set as target to eradicate ‘single-use plastic’ from India by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during Swachh Bharat Diwas program?

  1. A) 2025
  2. B) 2022
  3. C) 2021
  4. D) 2023

Answer-B) 2022

5) Who was conferred with the 2019 Swachchta Ambassador award during the 5th edition of India Today Safaigiri Summit recently?

  1. A) Shahrukh Khan
  2. B) Amitabh Bachchan
  3. C) Sachin Tendulkar
  4. D) Narendra Modi

Answer-C) Sachin Tendulkar

6) Where was the 4th edition of KAZIND-2019, the joint military exercise between India and Kazakhstan commenced recently?

  1. A) West Siang, Arunachal pradesh
  2. B) Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
  3. C) Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand
  4. D) Aktobe, Kazakhstan

Answer-C) Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand

7) Which district has become the cleanest district in India as per the 2019 rural Swachhta survey (sanitation survey)?

  1. A) Peddapalli district of Telangana
  2. B) Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh
  3. C) Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh
  4. D) Jagitial district of Telangana

Answer-A) Peddapalli district of Telangana

8) Who was awarded with the 2019 UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) prestigious Nansen Award?

  1. A) Thorvald Stoltenberg
  2. B) Azizbek Ashurov
  3. C) Sadruddin Aga Khan
  4. D) Poul Hartling

Answer- B) Azizbek Ashurov

9) What is the repo rate as per the 4th Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy statement for FY 20?

  1. A) 5.15%
  2. B) 5.25%
  3. C) 5.35%
  4. D) 5.45%

Answer- A) 5.15%

10) Who headed the working group constituted by government of India to prepare contours of new industrial policy to make India a manufacturing hub?

  1. A) Sumanta Chaudhury
  2. B) Anup Wadhawan
  3. C) Jai Priye Prakash
  4. D) Guruprasad Mohapatra

Answer-D) Guruprasad Mohapatra

11) Name the organization, which has partnered with the National Health Authority(NHA) for strengthening the implementation of the Ayushman Bharat– Pratan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) .

  1. A) Infosys
  2. B) Facebook
  3. C) Google
  4. D) Microsoft

Answer-C) Google

12) Where was the 14th edition of the Indo – Mongolian joint military training exercise Nomadic Elephant-XIV for the year 2019 held?

  1. A) Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh
  2. B) Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
  3. C) Mumbai, Maharashtra
  4. D) Erdenet, Mongolia

Answer-A) Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh

13) Which state has emerged as the top state where most cancer patients availed treatment under Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) scheme?

  1. A) Tamil Nadu
  2. B) Chhattisgarh
  3. C) Kerala
  4. D) Madhya Pradesh

Answer- A) Tamil Nadu

14) In which city, India’s first e-waste clinic will be set up?

  1. A) Ranchi, Jharkhand
  2. B) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
  3. C) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
  4. D) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

Answer-D) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

15) Where was the India’s 1st plant to produce diesel from plastic waste opened?

  1. A) Aizawl, Mizoram
  2. B) Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
  3. C) Shillong, Meghalaya
  4. D) Kohima, Nagaland

Answer-B) Mathura, Uttar Pradesh

MMC and Paterson Energy Private Limited, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

16) Where was the 10th edition of the joint exercise between India and Maldives named Ekuverin for the year 2019 held?

  1. A) Pune, Maharashtra
  2. B) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
  3. C) Aizawl, Mizoram
  4. D) Shillong, Meghalaya

Answer-A) Pune, Maharashtra

17) Name the Indian Army’s first and biggest mountain combat exercise for the year 2019 begun in Arunachal Pradesh?

  1. A) “Bold Kurukhestra”
  2. B) “Ajeya Warrior”
  3. C) “Him Vijay”
  4. D) “Lamitye”

Answer-C) “Him Vijay”

18) Who chaired the 12 member working group (WG) constituted by Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) to review the product structure of title insurance?

  1. A) Pravin Kutumbe
  2. B) Sujay Banarji
  3. C) Ganesh
  4. D) L. Alamelu

Answer-D) T.L. Alamelu

19) Who was re-elected as the Prime Minister of Portugal on October 6, 2019?

  1. A) António Luís Santos da Costa
  2. B) José Manuel Durão Barroso
  3. C) Pedro Manuel Mamede Passos Coelho
  4. D) Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopes

Answer-A) António Luís Santos da Costa

20) Name the athlete, who broke the world record held by Jamaica’s Usain Bolt (11 golds) by winning 13 gold medals at the 17th edition of the IAAF World Athletics Championships for 2019 held at Doha, Qatar?

  1. A) Allyson Felix
  2. B) Jasmine Blocker
  3. C) Tyrell Richard
  4. D) Dalilah Muhammad

Answer-A) Allyson Felix (USA)

21) Who was awarded with Nobel Prize in Physics 2019 for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology (after the Big Bang theory)?

  1. A) Gérard Mourou
  2. B) Arthur Ashkin
  3. C) James Peebles
  4. D) Donna Strickland

Answer-C) James Peebles

22) Which country topped in the World Economic Forum(WEF)’s 2019 Global Competitiveness Index 4.0.?

  1. A) Switzerland
  2. B) Netherlands
  3. C) Singapore
  4. D) United States

Answer- C) Singapore

13) Who won the 2018 Nobel Prize of Literature for a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life?

  1. A) Peter Handke
  2. B) Joanna Bator
  3. C) Olga Tokarczuk
  4. D) Jennifer Croft

Answer-C) Olga Tokarczuk

24) Name the first Ethiopian, who was felicitated with Nobel Peace Prize 2019?

  1. A) Abiy Ahmed Ali
  2. B) Meles Zenawi
  3. C) Isaias Afwerki
  4. D) Lemma Megersa

Answer-A) Abiy Ahmed Ali

25) Between which two countries military exercise named ‘Dharma Guardian’ held recently?

  1. A) India and Japan
  2. B) India and Sri Lanka
  3. C) India and United States
  4. D) India and Russia

Answer- A) India and Japan

26) Name the scheme launched by Harsh Vardhan, to provide free maternity healthcare benefits & assures free medicines for pregnant women .

  1. A) Surakshit Matritva Aashwasan(SUMAN)
  2. B) Shramew Jayate Yojana(SBY)
  3. C) Gramoday Se Bharat Uday(GSBY)
  4. D) Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana(PMSBY)

Answer-A) Surakshit Matritva Aashwasan(SUMAN)

27) Name the Indian economist, who won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences along with Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer for their experimental approach to reduce global poverty.

  1. A) Maitreesh Ghatak
  2. B) Amartya Sen
  3. C) Sendhil Mullainathan
  4. D) Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee

Answer- D) Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee

28) Who won 19th world title & breaks the record for most world medals won by any gymnast?

  1. A) Katelyn Ohashi
  2. B) Aly Raisman
  3. C) Simone Biles
  4. D) Gabby Douglas

Answer-C) Simone Biles (US)

29) Who received the 2019 Booker Prize for her novel “The Testament” along with Bernardine Everisto?

  1. A) George Orwell
  2. B) Alice Munro
  3. C) Elisabeth Moss
  4. D) Margaret Atwood

Answer – D) Margaret Atwood

30) Where was the “Our Lady of Glory Church”, located which won the Award of Merit during the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation 2019?

  1. A) Mumbai
  2. B) Kolkata
  3. C) Chennai
  4. D) New Delhi

Answer – A) Mumbai

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31) Who was elected as the 6th President of Tunisia?

  1. A) Moncef Marzouki
  2. B) Kais Saied
  3. C) Mohamed Ennaceur
  4. D) Beji Caid Essebsi

Answer – B) Kais Saied

32) What is the rank of India in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2019 by Concern Worldwide and Welt Hunger Hilfe?

  1. A) 102
  2. B) 104
  3. C) 105
  4. D) 110

Answer- A) 102

33) Name the Indo-Japan joint Air Force exercise, that began in Arjan Singh of Panagarh town in West Bengal .

  1. A) Siam Bharat
  2. B) Shinyuu Maitri
  3. C) Eastern Bridge
  4. D) Desert Eagle

Answer- B) Shinyuu Maitri

34) India’s longest 9.2 km long Chenani-Nashri tunnel, that located in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) is named after which politician?

  1. A) Lal Krishna Advani
  2. B) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
  3. C) Vishwanath Pratap Singh
  4. D) Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

Answer-D) Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

35) Which two countries participate in the air exercise named “Ex Eastern Bridge-V”?

  1. A) India and United States
  2. B) Japan and India
  3. C) Oman and India
  4. D) India and Sri Lanka

Answer- C) Oman and India

36) Which state was ranked as the most innovative state in India as per the National Institution for Transforming India(NITI) Aayog’s India Innovation Index (III) 2019?

  1. A) Karnataka
  2. B) Tamil Nadu
  3. C) Maharashtra
  4. D) Uttar Pradesh

Answer-A) Karnataka

37) Which country is set to host the 46th G7 Economic Summit for 2020?

  1. A) Berlin, Germany
  2. B) Rome, Italy
  3. C) Ottawa, Canada
  4. D) Miami, Florida

Answer-D) Miami, Florida

38) Which country is set to host the 91st International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) General Assembly in 2022?

  1. A) Chile
  2. B) Russia
  3. C) India
  4. D) United States

Answer-C) India

39) Name the first female National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) astronauts, who have created history by taking a walk outside the International Space Station(ISS) .

  1. A) Catherine Coleman & Kathleen Rubins
  2. B) Jessica Meir & Eileen Collins
  3. C) Christina Koch & Jessica Meir
  4. D) Peggy Whitson & Anne McClain

Answer- C) Christina Koch & Jessica Meir

40) Who was appointed as the new Director-General of National Security Guard(NSG)?

  1. A) Nikhil Kumar
  2. B) Subramanian
  3. C) Anup Kumar Singh
  4. D) T. Nagrani

Answer-C) Anup Kumar Singh

41) Where was the 2nd edition of India- Myanmar Naval Exercise IMNEX-2019 begun?

  1. A) Yangon, Myanmar
  2. B) Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
  3. C) Naypyitaw, Myanmar
  4. D) Kochi, Kerala

Answer-B) Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

42) Name the institute that topped in the 2nd edition of Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) India University Rankings 2020 .

  1. A) Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M)
  2. B) Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B)
  3. C) Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (IIS-B)
  4. D) Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT-D)

Answer-B) Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)

43) Who was appointed as the new CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)?

  1. A) Pankaj Kumar
  2. B) Rajesh Kotecha
  3. C) Tarun Shridhar
  4. D) Trilochan Mohapatra

Answer-A) Pankaj Kumar

44) Who were named as the brand ambassadors of ‘Bharat Ki Laxmi‘ movement?

  1. A) Deepika Padukone and Pusarla Venkata(PV) Sindhu
  2. B) Ayushmann Khurrana and Deepika Padukone
  3. C) Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh
  4. D) Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma

Answer-A) Deepika Padukone and Pusarla Venkata(PV) Sindhu

45) Where was the 4th ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) -India Business Summit for 2019 held?

  1. A) Manila, Philippines
  2. B) Washington D.C., United States(U.S.)
  3. C) Geneva, Switzerland
  4. D) Vienna, Austria

Answer-A) Manila, Philippines

46) What is the rank of India in the 17th edition of World Bank’s (WB),“Doing Business 2020- Comparing Business Regulation in 190 Economies ” report?

  1. A) 75
  2. B) 63
  3. C) 60
  4. D) 77

Answer-B) 63

47) Name the first Indian man, who won a gold medal at the Wushu World Championships 2019 .

  1. A) Surya Bhanu Partap Singh
  2. B) Praveen Kumar
  3. C) Vikrant Baliyan
  4. D) Rajvir Singh

Answer-B) Praveen Kumar

48) Which country topped in the Global Health Security (GHS) Index 2019?

  1. A) Netherlands
  2. B) India
  3. C) United States (US)
  4. D) United Kingdom

Answer-C) United States (US)

49) Name the payment platform, which has achieved the double milestone of 1 billion transactions as well as has crossed 100 million users in October 2019 .

  1. A) Atom Paynetz
  2. B) PayPal
  3. C) Unified Payments Interface (UPI)
  4. D) National Electronic Funds Transfer(NEFT)

Answer-C) Unified Payments Interface (UPI)

50) Who was appointed as the first Lieutenant (Lt) Governors of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) on October 25, 2019?

  1. A) Girish Chandra Murmu
  2. B) Radha Krishna Mathur
  3. C) P S Sreedharan Pillai
  4. D) Satya Pal Malik

Answer-A) Girish Chandra Murmu

51) Satya Pal Malik has been appointed as the 18th governor of which State/UT?

  1. A) Madhya Pradesh
  2. B) Telangana
  3. C) Goa
  4. D) Andhra Pradesh

Answer-C) Goa

52) Joko Widodo sworn in as the 7th President of which country?

  1. A) Indonesia
  2. B) Thailand
  3. C) Philippines
  4. D) Vietnam

Answer-A) Indonesia

53) Name the cyclone, which has became the first super cyclonic storm in Arabian sea in last 12 years with an estimated wind speed of 220-230 kmph .

  1. A) Kyarr
  2. B) Phailin
  3. C) Vardah
  4. D) Hudhud

Answer-A) Kyarr

54) Name the India’s first international award that honours exemplary work and achievements of the heads of state and govt. and other distinguished persons/organizations around the world .

  1. A) Mahatma Gandhi Honorary Award
  2. B) Gandhi Mandela Award
  3. C) Gandhi Peace Award
  4. D) Mahatma Gandhi Award

Answer-B) Gandhi Mandela Award

55) Who was appointed as the 47th Chief Justice of India (CJI) succeeding Ranjan Gogoi?

  1. A) Rajendra Mal Lodha
  2. B) Sharad Arvind Bobde
  3. C) Jagdish Singh Khehar
  4. D) Dipak Misra

Answer-B) Sharad Arvind Bobde

56) Name the third nation in the West Asia, where did India launch the RuPay card to initiate India’s digital payment system .

  1. A) Saudi Arabia
  2. B) Qatar
  3. C) United Arab Emirates
  4. D) Oman

Answer – A) Saudi Arabia

57) Who has been appointed as the new Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on October 30, 2019?

  1. A) Khaled Toukan
  2. B) Lassina Zerbo
  3. C) Rafael Mariano Grossi
  4. D) Yukiya Amano

Answer – C) Rafael Mariano Grossi

58) How many states and Union Territories are there in India after Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) and Ladakh formally inducted as the new Union Territories?

  1. A) 26 states and 11 UTs
  2. B) 27 states and 10 UTs
  3. C) 28 states and 9 UTs
  4. D) 29 states and 8 UTs

Answer – C) 28 states and 9 UTs

59) Who recently received permission from Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) and are eligible to apply for National Pension System (NPS)?

  1. A) Overseas Citizens of India(OCI)
  2. B) Disabled Citizen of India(DCI)
  3. C) People older than 80
  4. D) Non Resident India (NRI)

Answer – A) Overseas Citizens of India(OCI)

60) Who has been inducted into the 10-member sports ambassador group by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Boxing workforce to represent boxers ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games?

  1. A) Vijender Singh
  2. B) Devendro Singh
  3. C) Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom
  4. D) Shiva Thapa

Answer – C) Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom

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