Q1) 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
Q2) Who was conferred the “Degree of Doctor of Letters (Honoris Causa),” at the 28th convocation of the Dr MGR Educational and Research Institute?
A. Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy
B. B. S. Yediyurappa
C. K Palaniswami
D. K. Chandrashekar Rao
Q3) Joko Widodo ha become the President of which country for second time?
A. Thailand
B. Camboia
C. Laos
D. Indonesia
Q4) The King of Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of which country have arrived in India for a five-day state visit?
A. Thailand
B. Netherlands
C. Japan
D. Denmark
Q5) The first edition of ASIA HEALTH 2019 conference which was held in New Delhi was organized by whom?
A. Ministry of Health
B. FICCI
C. Confederation of Indian Industry
D. NITI Aayog
Q6) Who has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Nicaragua?
A. Srikumar Menon
B. Ajay Bisaria
C. Vinay Kumar
D. Upender Singh Rawat
Q7) Who has won a gold medal in the men’s junior Keirin event at the Asian Track Cycling Championships being held at Incheon in South Korea?
A. Ronaldo Singh
B. Bikram Singh
C. Amrit Singh
D. Sreedhar Savanur
Q8) The government plans to bring all medical devicesunder the lens of the Central Drugs and Standard Control Organisation, where is the HQs of CDSCO located?
A. Bengaluru
B. Noida
C. New Delhi
D. Hyderabad
Q9) 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
Q10) Who is the author of the book “’Bridgital Nation”?
A. Cyrus Pallonji Mistry
B. Abidali Neemuchwala
C. Rajesh Gopinathan
D. N Chandrasekaran
Q11) 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
Q12) 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
Q13) Baliyatra, one of the biggest trade fairs of which state, is scheduled to begin on November 12?
A. Assam
B. Odisha
C. Kerala
D. Karnataka
Q14) 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
Q15) Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Kamal Nath formally inaugurated the two-day Magnificent Madhya Pradesh Conference in which of the following cities?
A. Bhopal
B. Jabalpur
C. Gwalior
D. Indore
Q16) 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
Q17) Which team has won the Pro Kabaddi League title 2019?
A. Bengal Warriors
B. Dabang Delhi
C. UP Yoddha
D. Puneri Paltan
Q18) When is World Osteoporosis Day observed annually?
A. October 18
B. October 19
C. October 17
D. October 20
Q19) Who has won the men’s final gold at the World Deaf Tennis Championship 2019 in Antalya, Turkey?
A. Jafreen Shaik
B. Prithvi Sekhar
C. Virender Singh
D. Taranath Narayan Shenoy
Q20) Who has become India’s 65th Chess Grandmaster?
A. Raunak Sadhwani
B. Prithu Gupta
C. Girish Koushik
D. Gukesh D.
Q21) 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
Q22) The bilateral defence trade between the two countries is expected to reach $____________ billion by 2019?
A. $15 billion
B. $11 billion
C. $14 billion
D. $18 billion
Q23) India’s Adani Enterprises has awarded a $68.30 million contract which country’s rail company “Martinus Rail”?
A. Canada
B. New Zealand
C. Australia
D. France
Q24) 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