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Important Days
- World Food Day 2019: 16 October
- The theme of this year’s World Food Day is “Our Actions Are Our Future, Healthy Diets for A #ZeroHunger World
- International Day for the Eradication of Poverty: October 17 2019 Theme: Acting Together to Empower Children, their Families and Communities to End Poverty.
- World Maths Day is celebrated on 15 October
- Global Handwashing Day is celebrated on 15 October every year The theme for 2019 Global Handwashing Day is Clean Hands for All
- World Osteoporosis Day: October 20
- 2019 the Global WOD Campaign theme is “THAT’S OSTEOPOROSIS”.
- Police Commemoration Day (Police Martyr’s Day) is observed every year on 21 October
- The International Snow Leopard Day is celebrated on 23rd October
- International Stuttering Awareness Day: October 22 Theme 2019: “Growth Through Speaking”
- United Nations Day: October 24
- World Polio Day is celebrated annually on October 24
- World Development Information Day: October 24
- International Animation Day: October 28
- World Day for Audiovisual Heritage: October 27 The theme of the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 2019: “Engage the Past Through Sound and Images”.
- World Stroke Day is observed on October 29. Theme for this year is ‘Cut Stroke in Half’
- International Internet Day was observed on 29 October
Obituaries
- Sara Danius, the first female head of the prestigious Swedish body that awards the Nobel Prize in Literature, has died
- Legendary Cuba ballet dancer Alicia Alonso passes away
- Internationally acclaimed painter of Bangladesh Kalidas Karmakar passed away in Dhaka
Oracle Corp co-Chief Executive Officer Mark Hurd passed away. - Writer and philosopher K.B. Siddaiah passes away
- Dadu Chougule, wrestler and recipient of Major Dhyanchand award, passed away
- Actor T.P. Radhamani, who was active in Malayalam and Tamil films, passed away
- Veteran sports journalist and author K R Wadhwaney passed away at the age of 90 years Wadhwaney was the Sports Editor of the Indian Express newspaper
- Former Gujarat Chief Minister Dilip Parikh passed away. Mr Parikh served as the 13th Chief Minister of Gujarat between October 1997 and March 1998
- Padma awardee Yoga grandma V Nanammal dies at 99 in Coimbatore
- K-pop star Sulli, formerly of the band f(x), was found dead at her home in Seongnam, South Korea
- Don Valentine, founder of Sequoia Capital passed away on Friday at his home in Woodside, California. Valentine was aged 87
Q) Who has won women’s singles title at French Open (badminton)?
A.Carolina Marin
B.An Se-young
C.Nozomi Okuhara
D.P. V. Sindhu
Q) Filipe Nyusi has won the Presidential election of which country?
A. Malawi
B. Zambia
C.Tanzania
D.Mozambique
- Antonio Costa has been re-elected as the Prime Minister of Portugal after winning the general elections.
- Sophie Wilmes chosen as first woman prime minister of Belgium
- Kais Saied is elected as the new President of Tunisia
- Joko Widodo – Indonesian President for second term
- Joko Widodo – Indonesian President for second term
- Alberto Fernandez elected president of Argentina
- President Evo Morales has been declared the winner of of the Bolivian election, despite disputed results that have sparked riots and claims of fraud
Q) The government has set up a committee of secretaries (CoS) under whose chairmanship to suggest measures to mitigate financial stress in the telecom sector?
A.Ajit Seth
B.Pramod Kumar Singh
C.Ajay Kumar Bhalla
D.Rajiv Gauba
Q) Who has smashed the record for summiting the world’s 14 highest peaks, racing up all “8000 metres ” in just seven month?
A.Nirmal Purja
B.Santosh Yadav
C.Nawang Sherpa
D.Harish Kapadia
- Coming Round the Mountain : Ruskin Bond
- Mount Leo pargyil – Himachal, Indian army
- Kajin Sara lake in Nepal – new record of being the world’s highest lake
- Nepal’s Kami Rita scaled Mount Everest for Record 23rd time
- National Geographic Society (NGS), a US based organization installed world’s highest operating weather stations on Mount Everest
- 29 May: International Everest Day
- Deepa Malik wins New Zealand PM’s Sir Edmund Hillary Fellowship
Q) Who has been elected as the new Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency?
A.Hans Blix
B.Yukiya Amano
C.Sigvard Eklund
D.Rafael Grossi
Q) Which state has become the first State in the country to enact a law on contract farming?
A.Andhra Pradesh
B.Rajasthan
C.Tamil Nadu
D.Telangana
Q) Who is the author of the book The Unquiet River: A biography of the Brahmaputra?
A.Arupjyoti Saikia
B.Sharada Srinivasan
C.Vibha Tripathi
D.Achala Moulik
Q) Which Bollywood Actress has been appointed as the brand ambassador of the Rising Himachal Global Investors’ Meet 2019?
A.Alia Bhatt
B.Yami Gautam
C.Kriti Kharbanda
D.Kangana Ranaut
Q) Indian Railways’ Central Railway zone conducted which operation recently against ticket touts involved in e-ticketing?
A.Operation Dhanush
B.Operation Teer
C.Operation Saavdhan
D.Operation Sakht
Q) ‘PRAKHAR’ which is an anti-street crime van is an initiative of which state government?
A.Uttar Pradesh
B.Delhi
C.Puducherry
D.Gujarat
Q) Which country will buy Brahmos missile from India?
A.Vietnam
B.Palau
C.Philippines
D.Indonesia
Q) What is ‘Cosmic Yeti’?
A.A star
B.A galaxy
C.A Dwarf Planet
D.A Meteorite
Q) The GoI has launched the first ever common foundation course called “__________” for civil servants at the Statue of Unity, Kevadia, Gujarat?
A.Aarambh
B.Sutra
C. Prarambh
D.Shubh
Q) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh would represent India at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) which will be held in which country?
A.Kazakhstan
B. Uzbekistan
C.Kyrgyzstan
D.Russia
Q) Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde was appointed as the _______th Chief Justice of India?
A.46th
B.48th
C.45th
D.47th
Q) Name the Indian Origin CEO who has/have been featured in a list of Harvard Business Review’s world’s top 10 best-performing chief executives?
A.Ajay Banga
B.Shantanu Narayen
C.Satya Nadella
D.All of the above
Q) Nirmala Sitharaman has released a special commemorative coin on Paramahansa Yogananda to mark his ______th birth anniversary?
A.100th
B.125th
C.110th
D.150th
Q) Which cyclone has become the first Super Cyclone in Arabian Sea in 12 years?
A.Cyclone Gonu
B.Cyclone Luban
C.Cyclone Megh
D.Cyclone Kyarr
Q) The operation carried out by United States to kill Al-Baghdadi has been named after whom?
A.Georgi Lazov
B.Nicholas Evan Berg
C.Kayla Mueller
D.John Roy Young
Q) Who has become the first woman Prime Minister of Belgium?
A.Dilma Rousseff
B.Erna Solberg
C.Jacinda Ardern
D.Sophie Wilmes
Q) Under whose chairmanship IRDAI sets up panel to evaluate application under regulatory sandbox?
A.K.Ganeshan
B.Pournima Gupte
C.S Sadagopan
D.Praveen Kutumbe
Q) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the Rupay Card in which of the
following countries?
A.Saudi Arabia
B.Oman
C.Argentina
D.Japan
Q) Which IIT Institution along with School of Architecture, Bhubaneswar have developed bio-bricks from agricultural waste?
A.IIT Madras
B.IIT Delhi
C.IIT Hyderabad
D.IIT Kanpur
- The ambitious Pradhan Mantri Innovation Learning Programme, DHRUV, started from ISRO in Bengaluru and concluded on 24th of this month at IIT, Delhi.
- The ambitious new scheme that aims to hone the skills of the brightest Indian students in classes IX to XII
- IIT Madras will collaborate with ExxonMobil on Research in Energy and Biofuels. The 5-year joint-research agreement focuses on biofuels, data analytics, gas conversion and transport, and is intended towards finding low-emission solutions.
- The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) on Wednesday announced its partnership with Indian Institute of Management (IIM)- Bangalore to launch a new programme ‘Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship‘
Q) The ASI (Archaeological Survey of India) has recently discovered that Andhra Pradesh had a maritime center near the banks of which river around 2,000 years ago?
A.Swarnamukhi
B.Sabari
C.Munneru
D.Penna
Q) Which airline has depicted ‘Ik Onkar’ on the tail of one of its aircraft to mark 550th birth anniversary of Sri Guru Nanak Dev?
A.GoAir
B.IndiGo
C.Air India
D.SpiceJet
Q) Uttar Pradesh has entered into the Guinness Books of World Records for lightening record number of diyas on any occasion, the program took place on the banks of which river?
A.Sarayu
B.Gomti
C.Yamuna
D.Ken
Q) What is the rank of India in Global Health Security Index?
A.50th
B.89th
C.57th
D.45th
Q) Which state has launched an online portal named SMARTPORT for implementing the Ease of Doing Business Reforms related to trade and export promotion in all ports in the state?
A.Kerala
B.Odisha
C.Telangana
D.Andhra Pradesh
Q) Under whose chairmanship a committee has been formed to resolve differences between the Niti Aayog and the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) over who will implement its ambitious artificial intelligence mission?
A.Vijay Raghavan
B. Rajeev Kumar
C.R Gandhi
D.Sunil Mehta
Q) Which state has inked a Letter of Understanding (LoU) on “drink from tap mission” with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)?
A.Karnataka
B.Bihar
C.Rajasthan
D. Odisha
Q18) Which spance Agency will launch a Golf Cart-Sized Rover “VIPER” on Moon to Search For water?
A.JAXA
B.NASA
ISRO
C.Roscosmos
Q) Which of the following teams has won the 2019-20 Vijay Hazare Trophy?
A.Karnataka
B.Delhi
C.Punjab
D.Tamil Nadu
Q) The DEFCOM 2019 is scheduled to be held on 26 and 27 November 2019 in which of the following cities?
A.Pune
B.New Delhi
C.Bengaluru
D.Shimla
Q) Which Lucknow based school has won the Guinness World Record for becoming the ‘world’s largest school’ in terms of strength of students?
A.City Montessori School
B.Times Value School
C.Siddhartha Public School
D.Navyug Public Schoo
Q) The aim of Colombo Declaration is to halve nitrogen waste by which year?
A.2025
B.2028
C.2035
D.2030
Q) Which Indian Women Cricketer has won the 2019 Wisden India Almanack ‘Cricketer of the Year’ award?
A.Mithali Raj
B.Smriti Mandhana
C.Jhulan Goswami
D.Harmanpreet Kaur
- Wisden India Almanack Cricketer of the Year award : Jasprit Bumrah, Smriti Mandhana, Pakistan’s Fakhar Zaman, Sri Lanka’s Dimuth Karunaratne and Afghanistan Rashid Khan
- Wisden India Hall of Fame– Gundappa Viswanath and Lala Amarnath
- Wisden India Book of the Year– “Cricket Country: The Untold History of the First All India Team” by Prashant Kidambi.
Q) Exercise Shakti is a joint military exercise between India and which country?
A.France
B.Bangladesh
C.Sri Lanka
D.Russia
Q) Which company has developed a 54 qubit (quantum bit) processor named “Sycamore”?
A.Intel
B.Google
C.IBM
D.Samsung
Q) The disabled and people over _______ years of age can now cast their vote through
postal ballot?
A.70 years
B.80 years
C.75 years
D.85 years
Q) National Unity Day will be observed on?
A.October 31
B.October 30
C.October 29
D.October 28
Q) Which district of Gujarat has become the first Kerosene-free district of the state?
A.Ahmedabad
B.Gandhinagar
C.Jamnagar
D.Dahod
Q) The Central Government and the World Bank have signed a loan agreement worth $165 million to support smallholder farmers in the which state?
A.Karnataka
B.Madhya Pradesh
C.Odisha
D.Bihar
- India, ADB sign 190 million dollar loan agreement for improving road connectivity in Rajasthan.
- India extends over 60 million dollar line of credit to Comoros for Energy and Maritime Defence Cooperation
- India extends Line of Credit worth USD 30 mn to Sierra Leone for irrigation development
Q) Who has been appointed as the chairman of Airports Authority of India?
A.Balram Singh
B.Arvind Singh
C.Sukhbir Singh Sandhu
D.Vijayendra
Other Appointments
- Sukhbir Singh Sandhu will head the National Highways Authority of India
- Ganji Kamala V Rao has been named the chairman and managing director, India Tourism Development Corporation
- Pramod Kumar Tiwari, director general of the Bureau of Indian Standards in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
- IAS officer Amit Yadav, has been appointed as the director general, directorate general of foreign trade.
- IAS officer Vijayendra will be chairman & managing director, National Small Industries Corporation Ltd.
Q) Indian Railways has launched ‘one touch ATVM’ at 42 suburban stations of which railway zone over Mumbai Suburban Network?
A.Western Railway (WR)
B.Southern Railway (SR)
C.South Central Railway (SCR)
D.Central Railway(CR)
Q) Who has been awarded the Sakharov Prize for 2019?
A.Ilham Tohti
B.Oleg Sentsov
C.Nadia Murad
D.Denis Mukwege
Q) Indo-Tibetan Border Police celebrated its ___________th Raising Day on 24th
October 2019?
A.60th
B.58th
C.45th
D.64th
Q) Under the Mukhya Mantri Kanya Sumangala Yojana,cash amount of Rs.________ will be provided to every family in which a girl child takes birth?
A.Rs.12,000
B.Rs.10,000
C.Rs.15,000
D.Rs.20,000
Q) Which payment system has won the DigiDhan Mission Fin-tech Award 2018-2019 for ‘Innovation in Digital Payments through Emerging Technology’ at the MeitY Start-up Summit 2019?
A.Google Pay
B. PhonePe
C.BharatPe
D.BHIM
Q) Under “Augmentation of Basic Amenities and Development of Heritage and Architecture” (ABADHA) scheme Odisha will develop which city as World-class Heritage city?
A.Cuttack
B.Puri
C.Konark
D.Bhubaneswar
Q) Government of India has accorded ‘Maharatna’ status to which public sector undertaking(PSU)?
A. Shipping Corporation of India(SCI)
B. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL)
C.Power Grid Corporation.
D.A&B
E. B&C
F. Only B
Q) A Memorandum of Understanding has been drafted by India, Nepal and which country to create a trans-boundary wildlife conservation park?
A.Bangladesh
B.Myanmar
C.Bhutan
D.Afghanistan
Q) Government has approved the establishment of two operational commands for ITBP in which two cities?
A.Chandigarh and Guwahati
B.Pune and Ranchi
C.Shillong and Imphal
D.Dehradun and Shimla
Q) The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) have launched an online aptitude test for Classes 9 and 10 dubbed as _________?
A. Abhilasha
B. Manorath
C.Tamanaa
D.Armaan
Q) Indians from now on will require no Visa to visit which country?
A.Spain
B.Brazil
C.Japan
D.South Korea
New Governors Appoitnment
- Girish Chandra Murmu : First Lieutenant-Governor of Jammu and Kashmir.
- Radha Krishna Mathur : Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh.
- Satya Pal Malik : Governor of Goa.
- Sreedharan Pillai : Governor of Mizoram
Q) United Nations Day is observed every year on ?
A.October 22
B.October 21
C.October 23
D.October 24
Q) What is the rank of India in World Bank’s ease of doing business Report 2020?
A.70th
B.63rd
C.50th
D.42nd
Q) Which bank’s Heritage Museum was recently been inaugurated in Bengaluru?
A. Dena Bank
B. Axis Bank
C. HDFC Bank
D. Vijaya Bank
Q) Name the Belgian Paralympic athlete who has ended her life at the age of 40 through euthanasia?
A.Melissa Tapper
B.Marieke Vervoort
C.Natalia Partyka
D.Paola Fantato
Q) Which among the following is the world’s loudest bird which hits 125.4 decibels?
A.White Bellbird
B.Flamingo
C.Lark
D.Albatross
Q) Scientists of which university have developed an ‘artificial leaf’ that uses
sunlight to produce the gas — called syngas?
A.Boston University
B. Oxford University
C. University of Melbourne
D.Cambridge University
Q) Government of India is to organize 4th Ayurveda day on which date?
A.25 October
B.26 October
C.27 October
D.28 October
Q) Which bank has won the DigiDhan Mission Digital Payments Award 2018-19 for the Overall Performance in Digital Payments?
A.Yes Bank
B.HDFC Bank
C.Axis Bank
D.Federal Bank
Q) Which bollywood actor has joined hands with UNICEF and Ministry of Women and Child Development to raise awareness and speak up against sexual abuse of children?
A.Vicky Kaushal
B. Hrithik Roshan
C. Ayushmann Khurrana
D.Varun Dhawan
Q) Under ‘Mission Indradhanush 2.0’ children of up to _______ years of age and all pregnant women will be covered?
A.2 years
B.3 years
C.4 years
D.5 years
Q) The Central Pollution Control Board has developed which mobile application that will enable it to inspect industries through live streaming videos?
A.E-Inspection
B. Inspection Cop
C.E-Surveillance
D.e-Sahaj
Q) As per the new notification by government, all officials under Groups ‘A’ and ‘B’ categories shall not accept any gift without the sanction of the government if the value exceeds Rs _________?
Rs 2,000
Rs 7,000
Rs 4,000
Rs 5,000
Q) Which Institution has topped the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) India University Rankings 2020?
A.IIT Delhi
B.IIT Bombay
C.IISC Bangalore
D.IIT Kharagpur
Q) Indian Army will conduct an exercise ‘Sindhu Sudarshan’ from 29 November to 4 December 2019 in which state?
A.Gujarat
B.Andhra Pradesh
C.Rajasthan
D.Goa
Q) What is rank of India in the Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index (MMGPI) 2019?
A.17th
B.12th
C.21st
D.32nd
Q) Who has become the first Indian man to win a gold medal at the Wushu World Championships?
A.Praveen Kumar
B.Mir Asker Ali
C.Uchit Sharma
D.Arun Nagar
Q) The government has decided to merge lossmaking telecom firm BSNL with which company?
A.Jio
B.Airtel
C.MTNL
D.Vodafone Idea
Q) Which state will provide no Government jobs to persons with more than 2 children after 1 January 2021?
A.West Bengal
B.Assam
C.Rajasthan
D.Uttar Pradesh
Q) Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of Staff Selection Commission?
A.Braj Raj Sharma
B.Sanjeev Nandan Sahai
C.Tuhin Kanta Pandey
D.Sanjeev Gupta
New Appointments:
- Sanjeev Nandan Sahai will be the new Power Secretary.
- Pankaj Kumar will be the new CEO of Unique Identification Authority of India
Q) Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with the members of US India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) in New Delhi where he defined three D’s. The three D’s stand for?
A. Diplomat, Dynamic And Democracy
B. Diversity, Democracy And Demography
C. Dimaag, Diversity And Democracy
D. Democracy, Demography And Dimaag
Q) India has opened which battlefield for tourists now?
A.Drass
B.Kargil
C.Siachen
D.Longewala
Q) Which among the following parties is set to form a minority government in Canada?
A.People’s Party of Canada
B. New Democratic Party
C. Conservative Party
D. Liberal Party
Q) Naruhito has formally been ascended to the throne as the Emperor of which country?
A.China
B.Indonesia
C.Japan
D.South Korea
Q) The world’s longest flight has landed safely in which city, more than 19 hours 16 minutes after leaving New York City?
A.Sydney
B.Italy
C.Tokyo
D.Madrid
Q) Where was Col. Chewang Rinchen Setu (Bridge) inaugurated by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh?
A.Shillong
B.Leh
C.Itanagar
D.Ladakh
Q) Which country has won the men’s Sultan of Johor Cup hockey tournament 2019?
A.India
B.Malaysia
C.Australia
D.Great Britain
Q) The 18th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit will be held in which of the following places?
A.Aden, Yemen
B.Havana, Cuba
C.Rabat, Morocco
D.Baku, Azerbaijan
Q) Which is the only non English film to be played at Royal Albert Hall in London since its inauguration 148 years ago?
A.Gully Boy
B.Baahubali: The Beginning
C.Andhadhun
D.Mission Mangal
Q) The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has launched which campaign to raise awareness and take steps against hunger and malnutrition in India?
A.Feed Our Future
B.Feed Our People
C.Stop Hunger
D.Hunger is Painful
Q) From November 1, Merchant Discount Rate will not be applicable on digital payments made to establishments having an annual turnover of more than____________?
A.₹30 crore
B.₹20 crore
C.₹70 crore
D.₹50 crore
Q) Which pharmaceutical company is working with Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) to launch pretomanid, a medicine used to treat drug- resistant tuberculosis (TB)?
A.Cadila Healthcare
B.Mylan
C.Glenmark
D.Cipla
Q) Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has conferred the Most Eminent Senior Citizen Award to whom?
A.Ashok Desai
B.Soli Sorabjee
C. K. Parasaran
D.Mukul Rohatgi
Q) Sudarshan Chakra Vahini of Indian Army is conducting two-day long war exercise in which of the following cities?
A.Jaisalmer
B.Cuttack
C.Hyderabad
D.Jaipur
Q) Which state government has decided to do away with personal interviews for recruitment of staff and limit the process only to written examination?
A.Rajasthan
B.Chhattisgarh
C.Andhra Pradesh
D.Tamil Nadu
Q) Government is pushing to achieve 10 per cent blending percentage of ethanol in petrol by which year?
A.2021
B.2022
C.2023
D.2020
Q) Which team has won the Pro Kabaddi League title 2019?
A.Bengal Warriors
B.Dabang Delhi
C.UP Yoddha
D.Puneri Paltan
Q) Who has become India’s 65th Chess Grandmaster?
A.Raunak Sadhwani
B. Prithu Gupta
C.Girish Koushik
D.Gukesh D
Q) Ministry of Defence (MoD) will increase the defence export to around Rs.35,000 crore by which year?
A.2025
B.2023
C.2024
D.2022
Q) A team of German researchers has discovered the world’s fastest ant, the Saharan silver ant in the Douz area of which country?
A.Tunisia
B.Nigeria
C.Egypt
D.Algeria
Q) Name the NASA’s female astronauts who have made space history as they completed their firstever spacewalk?
A. Christina Koch
B. Jessica Meir
C. Peggy Whitson
D.A&B
E. B&C
F. All of the above
Q) Who has been appointed as DirectorGeneral of the National Security Guard (NSG)?
A.Anup Kumar Singh
B.V K Johri
C.Arvind Kumar
D.Surjeet Singh Deswal
Q) Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC) has conducted the second edition of which joint services exercise from 14 Oct to 18 Oct 19?
A.DANX-19
B.PANX-19
C.TANX-19
D.CANX-19
Q) According to a national milk sample safety quality survey which state accounts
for highest number of cases of adulteration in milk?
A.Telangana
B.Madhya Pradesh
C.Kerala
D.Uttar Pradesh
Q) ‘Dr.YSR Navodayam’ scheme has been launched by which state?
A.Telangana
B.Tamil Nadu
C.Andhra Pradesh
D.Odisha
Q) Who has been appointed as the new chairman of Indian Banks’ Association?
A.Sunil Mehta
B.Rajnish Kumar
C.Jitendra Rai Goyal
D.Sushil Muhnot
Q) The second edition of ‘India Myanmar Naval Exercise’ IMNEX-2019 has begun in which of the following cities? (Myanmar journalists ‘Wa Lone’ and ‘Kyaw Soe Oo’)
A.Cuttack
B.Pune
C. Visakhapatnam
D.Udaipur
Q) Which will be the host country of 91st Interpol General Assembly in 2020?
A.Japan
B.China
C.Chile
D.India
Q) Which state has topped the NITI Aayog’s India Innovation Index 2019 in the category of Major State?
A.Tamil Nadu
B.Maharashtra
C.Telangana
D.Karnataka
NITI Aayog Innovation Index 2019
- Best Major state – Karnataka, (followed by Tamil Nadu and Maharasthra)
- Worst – Jharkhand is last, Bihar is 2nd Last ‘Union Territories (UTs)/City and Small States (Best)- Delhi
- ‘Union Territories (UTs)/City and Small States (Worst) – Lakshasweep
- Best North-eastern/Himalayan state – Sikkim
- Worst – Meghalaya
Q) The World Steel Association (Worldsteel) has elected whom as the ViceChairman of the association for one year?
A.Sajjan Jindal
B.T V Narendran
C.L N Mittal
D.Anil Kumar Chaudhary
Q) The Indian Army has begun to digitize its official records under its new programme called “________”?
A.START
B.OASIS
C.REACH
D.NEST
Q) Jaffna International Airport was recently inaugurated in which of the following countries?
A.India
B.Nepal
C.Bhutan
D.Sri Lanka
Q) Which country has signed a deal to ‘lease’ an entire Tulagi island situated in the Solomon Islands?
A.Russia
B.China
C.Japan
D.South Korea
Q) Blue Star has appointed whom as its brand ambassador?
A.Ranveer Singh
B.Virat Kohli
C.Rohit Sharma
D.Ranbir Kapoor
Q) National Institute of Nutrition (NIN)’ postal stamp of which face value was recently released to commemorate its centenary celebration?
A.₹5
B.₹10
C.₹20
D.₹50
Q) India’s longest Tunnel Chenani-Nashri on NH 44, in Jammu and Kashmir will renamed after whom?
A.Atal Bihari Vajpayee
B.Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
C.Lal Bahadur Shastri
D.Sushma Swaraj
Q) The Ministry of Tribal Affairs has launched which Internship Programme on October 17, 2019 to help tribals?
A.Van Sampati
B.Van Dhan
C.Van Mahotsav
D.Van Nidhi
Q) Mind Master: Winning Lessons from a Champion’s Life is written by whom?
Sachin Tendulkar
Pankaj Advani
Viswanathan Anand
Sunil Chhetri
Q) Joint air training exercise ‘EX EASTERN BRIDGE-V is being held between Indian and which country?
A.UAE
B.Qatar
C.Oman
D.Russia
Q) Which city has been selected to host the 5th Edition of World Coffee Conference from 7-9 September 2020?
A.New Delhi
B.Chennai
C.Amravati
D.Bengaluru
Q) What is the rank of India in Global Hunger Index?
A.103rd
B.88th
C.100th
D.102nd
Q) Indian Railways will become ”Net Zero” carbon emitter by which year?
A.2040
B.2038
C.2030
D.2025
Q) KHON Ramlila is a masked form of Ramlila art of which country?
A.Nepal
B.Thailand
C.Indonesia
D.Sri Lanka
Q) Which of the following two countries were re-admitted as ICC members in a meeting held in Dubai?
A.Nepal and Afghanistan
B.Zimbabwe and Ireland
C.Zimbabwe and Nepal
D.Scotland and Ireland
Q) Who has assumed charge as the new Controller General of Accounts?
A.J.P.S. Chawla
B.Girish Chandra Murmu
C.Anoop Srivastava
D.Bhupendra Singh
Q) As per the recent data released which state has the highest prevalence of HIV?
A.Manipur
B.West Bengal
C.Mizoram
D.Nagaland
Q) In a big boost to strengthen rural infrastructure, government will spend how much amount for infrastructural development in the villages across the country?
A. 15 lakh crore
B. 20 lakh crore
C. 35 lakh crore
D.25 lakh crore
Q) Under ‘GOAL’ initiative which company will train 5,000 women in India’s tribal districts?
A.Google
B.Facebook
C.Wipro
D.Microsoft
Q) India-Japan Joint Air Force Exercise ‘Shinyuu Maitri’ will be held in which of the following states?
A.West Bengal
B.Rajasthan
C.Himachal Pradesh
D.Andhra Pradesh
Q) Mastercard has launched a campaign named “Team Cashless India”, who is the brand ambassador of Mastercard and this campaign?
A.Virat Kohli
B.P V Sindhu
C.Mary Kom
D.M S Dhoni
Q) Who has become the youngest batsman to score a double century in List A (One-Day) cricket?
A.Aryan Juyal
B.Yashasvi Jaiswal
C.Yash Rathod
D.Pavan Shah
Q) Dr Harsh Vardhan has launched which Food Safety Scheme to engage youth with the food safety ecosystem at ground level?
A.Poshan
B.Paushtik
C.Mitra
D.Tijori
Q) India and China hasve decided to establish “sister-state relations” between which Indian state and Fujian Province?
A.Andhra Pradesh
B.Gujarat
C.Tamil Nadu
D.Odisha
- ‘Sister State Partnership’ agreement signed between Telangana and New Jersey
- Delhi, Moscow signed twin-city agreement
- The cities of Kobe in Japan and Ahmedabad in Gujarat, India signed to be sister-cities
- Gujarat Government and Delaware State of America signed MoU -Memorandum of Understanding for sister state.
- Gujarat and New Jersey in USA inked a ‘sister state agreement’
Q) Which among the following organization has adopted the ‘Clean Air Cities Declaration’?
A.WTO
B.UNDP
C.IUCN
D.C40 Cities
Q) World Students’ Day was observed on?
A.October 14
B.October 12
C.October 13
D.October 15
Q) Which airline has become the first airline in the world to use a Taxibot on a A320 aircraft with passengers onboard?
A.Emirates
B.Air India
C.Qatar
D.Singapore
Q) Who has become the first black woman to win the prestigious 2019 Booker Prize?
A.Margaret Atwood
B.Lucy Ellmann
C.Daisy Johnson
D.Bernardine Evaristo
Q) Good Economics for Hard Times – Better Answers to our Biggest Problems is written by whom?
A.Amartya Sen
B.Manmohan Singh
C.Abhijit Banerjee
D.Kaushik Basu
India wins four UNESCO heritage awards
1. Vikram Sarabhai Library, IIM Ahmedabad – Award of Distinction
2. Keneseth Eliyahoo Synagogue, Mumbai – Award of Merit
3. Our Lady of Glory Church, Mumbai – Award of Merit
4. Flora Fountain, Mumbai – Honourable Mention
Q) Reserve Bank of India has stopped the printing of which currency notes?
A.Rs 500
B.Rs 2,000
C.Rs 100
D.Rs 200
Reserve Bank of India printing Press
- Nasik ( Maharashtra)
- Dewas (Madhya Pradesh )
- Mudran at Mysuru( Karnataka)
- Salboni (West Bengal)
Q20) Which country’s company “Total” has announced acquisition of 37.4 per cent stake in Gautam Adani-led Adani Gas?
A.Italy
B.France
C.Japan
D.Russia
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