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Q1)Name the India’s first mission to study the solar corona which is planned to be launched in 2019-2020, by Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-XL) from Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh ?

1. Aditya – K 1
2. Aditya – L1
3. Aditya – F 1
4. Aditya – A1

Q2)Which country waved its flag at half-mast in order to pay tribute to Atal Bihari Vajpayee ?

1. Pakistan
2. Bangladesh
3. Mauritius
4. Bhutan

Q3)Name the  first black African to become UN secretary-general and the Nobel Peace Prize who passed away ?

1.  George Sampaio
2. Philippo Grandi
3. Dagg Hammers
4. Kofi Annan

 Q4) India’s first Humboldt penguin was born on 15th August at Mumbai’s Byculla zoo. 

1. Byculla Zoo
2. Alipore Zoological Garden
3. Chhatbir Zoo
4. Indira Gandhi Zoological Park

Q5) Rythu Bima, Rythu Bandhu and Kanti Velugu are the schemes of which state ?

1. Andhra Pradesh
2. Telangana
3. Tamil Nadu
4. Kerala

Rythu Bima, Rythu Bandhu and Kanti Velugu

• The government will set up a mega textile park in Warangal to provide employment to weavers and ‘Textile hubs’ are being set up at Sircilla and Gadwal.

Q6) Which Indian authority has recently introduced the RUCO (Repurpose Used Cooking Oil) initiative? 

1. National Disaster Management Authority
2.  Ministry of Home Affairs
3. Indian Food Safety and Standards Authority
4. Indian Standards Bureau

Q7) Who was awarded with the Kirti Chakra, the second highest peacetime gallantry award posthumously on the eve of Independence Day?

1. Sepoy Vrahma Pal Singh 
2. Major Aditya Kumar
3. Rifleman Aurangzeb
4. Major Pawan Gautam

 


Q8) Which state has become the first state in the country to provide Right to Skills’ Development to youth  ?

1. Madhya Pradesh
2. Chhattisgarh
3. Odisha
4. Karnataka

Q9) Which will be the first city in North India to get a full-fledged Space Technology Research Centre ?

1. Kanpur
2. Jammu
3. Gurugram
4. Patna

Q10)The Space Commission has approved ISRO’s proposal of naming the Chandrayaan-2 lander after which scientist ?

1. K Radhakrishnan
2. U R Rao
3. Nambi Narayan
4. Vikram Sarabhai

Q11) The World Bank has mandated which bank to issue the world’s first blockchain-based bond ?

1. International Monetary Fund
2. Commonwealth Bank of Australia
3. Bank of China
4. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

Q12) National Wildlife Genetic Resource Bank which is India’s first genetic bank for wildlife conservation  was inaugurated in which city ?

1. Mangalore
2. Pune
3. Hyderabad
4. Lucknow

Q13) The indigenous Boka Chaul  Rice of which state has got the Geographical Indications (GI) tag ?

1. Tripura
2. Manipur
3. Assam
4. Sikkim

• ‘Sirsi Supari’ – Karnataka
• Tamil Nadu : Erode Turmeric
• Marayoor Jaggery, Idukki, Kerala
• Thirubhuvanam silk sarees, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
• Wooden printing blocks of Pethapur, near Gandhinagar, Gujarat
• Turmeric from Sangli – Maharashtra
• Alphonso mangoes – Ratnagiri & Sindhudurg , Maharashtra
• Muzaffarpur – Bihar’s ‘Shahi Litchi’ 
•  Bihar’s  ‘Zardalu Mango’  – Bhagalpur
•  Bihar’s  ‘Katarni Rice’  –  Munger, Banka and South Bhagalpur
•  Bihar’s  ‘Magahi Paan’ – Aurangabad, Gaya, Nawada and Nalanda
•  Bihar’s  ‘Silao Khaja’ – Nalanda

Q14) Which were the two  rescue operations that were launched by Indian Navy and Indian Army in flood-hit Kerala ?

1. Madad, Sahyog
2. Rahat, Sahyog
3. Saathi, Madad
4. Bharosa, Rahat

Q15) According to the United Nations, China has kept over 10 lakh people belonging to which community in captivity ?

1. Uighurs
2. Ambundu
3. Dinka
4. Hausa

Q16) Which has become first Indian tribal language to get own Wikipedia edition ?

1. Santhali
2. Bodo
3. Mathili
4. Gharo

Q17) On World Biofuel Day, Prime Minister has launched which web portal – a single window for environmental, wildlife, forest and Coastal Regulation Zone clearances ?

1. UTTAM
2. PARIVESH
3. VRIKSHA
4. PODHIKAM

Q18) HRD Ministry has launched which Project which aims to provide one integrated platform and portal for online courses ?

1. SAKSHAM
2. UTKARSH
3. VIVEK
4. SWAYAM 

Q19)Which Biosphere Reserve has become the 11th Biosphere Reserve from India that has been included in the UNESCO designated World Network of Biosphere Reserves (WNBR) ?

1. Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve
2. Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve
3. Panna Biosphere Reserve
4. Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve

Q20) Which High Court has struck down a law that made begging a crime ?

1. Mumbai High Court
2. Delhi High Court
3. Patna High Court
4. Allahabad High Court

Q21) Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Aviation Suresh Prabhu has  launched which mobile App in order to provide information related to imports ?

1. Niryat Saathi
2. Niryat App
3. Niryat Sakha
4. Niryat Mitra

Q22) Which IIT Institute has developed the first indigenous microprocessor ‘RISECREEK’ under the project SHAKTI?

1. IIT Kanpur
2. IIT Madras
3. IIT Indore
4. IIT Kanpur

Q23) Name the Goa Tourism’s app-based taxi service  that was flagged off by Late CM Manohar Parrikar ?

1. GOA MILES
2. GOA SERVICES
3. GO GOA
4. LOVE GOA

Q24) World’s largest bird sculpture  of Jatayu was inaugurated in which Indian state ?

1. Uttarakhand
2. Kerala
3. Sikkim
4. Jharkhand

Q25) Which state government has launched a rural cleanliness and sanitation campaign “Swachhameva Jayate” ?

1. Uttar Pradesh
2. Karnataka
3. Himachal Pradesh
4. Odisha

Q26) Which state has launched “Horn Not Ok’’ awareness campaign and a mobile application ‘shaur nahin’ (no noise) ?

1. Uttar Pradesh
2. Rajasthan
3. Uttarakhand
4. Himachal Pradesh

Q27)Name the heaviest satellite which weighed 5700 kg that was launched by ISRO from French Guiana on 30 November ?

1. GSAT – 10
2. GSAT – 11
3. RISAT – I
4. RISAT – II

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