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Daily Current Affairs 1st January,2019

1) Name the Indian player who became the 1st ever player to take 20 catches in a

Test series.

Ans:- Rishabh Pant

2) Name the Veteran actor who passed away in Canada at the age of 81.

Ans: Kader Khan

3) How many Indian-origin women scientists awarded by Australian government

under Superstar of STEM initiative?

Ans:- 3

4) Which of the following pension management software was launched by

Narendra Modi for pensioners of telecom department?

Ans:- System for Authority and Management of Pension.

5) Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the One District, One Product

Regional Summit in __________.

Ans:-Varanasi.

6) Name of the Portuguese airline which introduced single-use plastic free flight

on 29 December 2018.

Ans:- Hi Fly

7) SBI Life Insurance join hands with this bank for bancassurance partnership

recently.

Ans:- Allahabad Bank

8) Deen Dayal Veterinary University proposed to set up the first goat fertility lab

in the state of __________ under Rastriya Krashi Vikas Yojna at the cost of

Rs 22 crore.

Ans:- Uttar Pradesh

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9) Which Union Ministry has released a booklet titled "A Handbook for Students

on cyber Safety" to inform the school children about the different aspects of

cyber safety?

Ans:- Ministry of Home Affairs

10) An exhibition titled 'Dandi Yatra' was inaugurated in __________.

Ans: New Delhi

11) Who was appointed the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Liberia

on 28th December 2018?

Ans:-Y.K. Sailas Thangal

12) Who among the following took the command of the Indian Army's Gajraj

Corps on 30 December 2018?

Ans:-Lt Gen Manoj Pande

13) Which state government is going to create a spiritual Department

Ans:- Madhya Pradesh

14) Which Asian country has recently submitted its 6th National Report (NR6) to

the Convention on Biological Diversity?

Ans: India

15) High-Level Committee approved an assistance of Rs 1,146.12 crore from the

National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) to this state, recently.

Ans:-Tamil Nadu

Daily Current Affairs 2nd January, 2019

1) DRDO day is observed on :

Ans:- 1st January

2) Who has been appointed as the new chairman of Railway Board?

Ans:- V K Yadav

3) How many new Information Commissioners are appointed by Ram Nath

Kovind?

Ans:-4

4) Which two countries quits UNESCO, recently?

Ans:-United States and Israel


5) Who will be honoured with the National Nritya Shiromani award?

Ans:- Anindita Neogy Anaam

6) Delhi High Court has allowed the Transgenders to file sexual harassment case

under which section?

Ans:- Section 354A

7) Jair Bolsonaro was sworn in as the president of this country recently.

Ans:-Brazil

ago.

8) Name the Indian Cricketer who became the highest international wicket-taker

across formats in 2018?

Ans:- Jasprit Bumrah

9) Which airline gets its first longer range A321neo plane?

Ans:- IndiGo

10) Name the Arab country which has withdrawn its membership from OPEC,

recently.

Ans:-Qatar

11) As per Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)'s report titled 'Growth Outlook

for 2019', What is the GDP rate of India in FY19?

Ans: 7.5%

12) The government of India constituted a committee to suggest

recommendations to strengthen the 'Real Estate Regulatory Authority' (RERA)

and to remove difficulties in its implementation, who will be the head of

committee?

Ans:- Shiv Das Meena

13) Germany approves USD 8 billion rail and road tunnel link to which of the

following country?

Ans:- Denmark

14) Which Union Minister launched Ujjwala Sanitary Napkins scheme in

Odisha?

Ans:-Shri Dharmendra Pradhan


15) Who is the head of the government committee that suggested AICTE to stop

setting up new engineering colleges from 2020?

Ans:- B V R Mohan Reddy

16) Center has given an extension of 6 months to complete the ongoing exercise

for updating the NRC in __________.

Ans:- Assam

17) Sports Ministry has allotted how much rupees for the funding of athletes

under the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) for their preparations for

2020 Olympics?

Ans:- Rs 100 crore

18) India has cut import taxes on crude and refined palm oil from ASEAN

countries from 44% to __________

Ans:- 40%

19) Who of the following was appointed as the MD and CEO of Axis bank after

Shikha Sharma?

Ans:- Amitabh Chaudhry

20) Who was sworn-in as 1st Chief Justice of Telangana High Court?

Ans:- TB Radhakrishnan

Daily Current Affairs 3rd January, 2019

1)Pankaj Sharma was appointed as the chief operations officer of this bank

recently.

Ans:- RBL Bank

2)ISRO launched an initiative for students to engage them on space science

activities. It was named as;

Ans:-Samwad

3)The number of complaints registered at banking ombudsman offices for 2018

have increased with the percentage of;

Ans:-25%

4)Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the 106th Indian Science

Congress in which of the following city?

Ans:-Jalandhar


5)Veteran actor CH Lokanath who addressed as 'Uncle Lokanath' was passed

away at the age of 91. He belongs to which film industry?

Ans:-Sandalwood

6)Which spacecraft of NASA broke the record for smallest space object ever

orbited, after successfully entering into orbit around the asteroid Bennu?

Ans:-OSIRIS-Rex

7)Which country ranked first as per the Climate Change Performance Index

(CCPI)?

Ans:-Sweden

8)Veteran cricket coach Ramakant Achrekar passed away at the age of 87. For

whom he trained?

Ans:-Sachin Tendulkar

9)Name the Indian origin student who has bagged two gold medals at the World

Memory Championships in Hong-Kong.

Ans:-Dhruv Manoj

10)Saurabh Kumar has been appointed as the Director General of Ordnance

Factories (DGOF) and chairman of this department.

Ans:-OFB

11) The West Bengal government announced __________ welfare initiatives for

farmers.

Ans:-2

Daily Current Affairs 4th January, 2019

1)Which Atomic Power Station set world record for longest uninterrupted

operation?

Ans:-Kaiga Atomic Power Station

2)The 44th Global Summit of the International Advertising Association was held

in __________.

Ans:-Kochi

3)Which of the following become the country's largest asset management

company?


Ans:HDFC Mutual Fund

4)The World's 1st female who amputee to scale Antarctica's Highest Peak is;

Ans:-Arunima Sinha

5)Name of the IIT professor who was honoured with the National Geospatial

Award for Excellence -2017.

Ans:-Jayanta Kumar Ghosh

6)What is the theme of the 106th edition of Indian Science Congress?

Ans:-Future India: Science & Technology

communicators' meet; and, science exhibition. The exhibition will see

participation from the national and international science companies, especially

from the US, Australia, Germany and Switzerland.

7)The Union Home Ministry renamed Allahabad as;

Ans:-Prayagraj

8)Which life insurance uses WhatsApp to deliver policy, renewal premium?

Ans:-Bharti AXA Life Insurance

9)This ministry imposed an anti-dumping duty for 18 months on a Chinese

synthetic rubber, recently.

Ans:-Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Explanation:-The Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, is

mulling to impose anti-

10)Which banks signs a bancassurance pact with SBI Life Insurance to offer a

comprehensive financial planning solution to its customers?

Ans:-Syndicate Bank

11)Who will allows Custodial Services In Commodity Market?

Ans:-SEBI

12)The Union Cabinet approved a MoU between India and this country on

Cooperation in the area of Cyber Security.

Ans:-Morocco

13)Which state CM launched a KALIA scheme for farmers?

Ans:-Odisha


14)Which football team have been awarded the Legion of Honour in the New

Year's honours list?

Ans:-France

15)What type of improved aircraft did the Indian Air Force (IAF) ask Hindustan

Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to make after getting clearance from military

airworthiness certifier CEMILAC?

Ans:-Light Combat Aircraft

16)Who signed an Asia Reassurance Initiative Act Into Law recently?

Ans:Donald J. Trump

17)This city aims for 7 star rating under the Swachh Bharat Mission.

Ans:-Mysuru

18)Who has been appointed as the new Chief Justice of Pakistan?

Ans:-Asif Saeed Khan Khosa


1)Who among the following was named as the acting deputy defence secretary of

United States?

Ans:-David Norquist

2)Govt launches Green-Ag, GEF-assisted project, in partnership with;

Ans:-FAO

3)On which date, the World Braille Day is observed?

Ans:-4th January

4)The scientists from this country launched a Telescope to detect cosmic X-rays.

Ans:-US

5)Name of the public sector miner, launched the social media wall on the

YouTube Channel Singareni Siren.

Ans:-SCCL

6)The Kerala State Cabinet approved which of the following Act to provide a

regular income for Non-Resident Keralites?

Ans:-Kerala Pravasi Welfare Act


7) PayU India CEO Amrish Rau joined as the head of which of the following

company?

Ans:-Naspers

8)The mega international food and beverage show 'Indus Food 2019' will be held

in __________.

Ans:-Noida

9)Who inagurated the 'Swachh Survekshan 2019' scheme recently?

Ans:-Hardeep Singh Puri

10)Global Healthcare Summit 2019 will be held in __________.

Ans:-Hyderabad

11)How many free cooking gas (LPG) connections has the government provided

under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY)?

Ans:-6 crore

12)How many oil companies signed an MoU with IIT Bombay for setting up

Centre of Excellence in Oil, Gas and Energy?

Ans:-7

13)Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated ___________ projects worth over

Rs. 1500 crore on his one-day visit to Imphal, Manipur.

Ans:-12

14)India floats mega tender of 7.5 GW for this state.

Ans:-Jammu & Kashmir

15)Indian Oil Corp (IOC)'s first LNG import terminal was commissioned in

__________, Tamil Nadu.

Ans:-Ennore

16)For how many stations, Indian Railways plans to launch a WiFi facility?

Ans:-2000

17)Scientists have developed a device named WAND that works like a

Pacemaker for which this part of the body?

Ans:-Brain

18)Who is appointed as the MD & CEO of Thyssenkrupp Industries India?


Ans:-Vivek Bhatia

19)Which Chinese space probe touched down on the far side of the moon?

Ans:-Chang'e-4 lunar probe


1)Where was the 10th R R Lakshya Cup 2018 shooting tournament held?

Ans:-Navi Mumbai

2)How many monumnets are declared under the Ancient Monuments and

Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958, in 2018?

Ans:-6

3)Who was appointed the secretary of Competition Commission of India (CCI)?

Ans:-P K Singh

4)Scientists from which institute have developed a simple paper kit that can test

freshness of milk and tell how well it has been pasteurized?

Ans:-IIT, Guwahati

5)SBFC and this bank signed a Memorandum of Understanding to provide loans

worth Rs. 1 crore to MSMEs for 15-year tenure.

Ans:-ICICI Bank

6)Which Indian state ranked in the ranking of Singapore's Asia Competitiveness

Institute's (ACI), Ease of Doing Business (EDB) index 2018?

Ans:-Andhra Pradesh

7)The theme of 27th New Delhi World Book Fair is;

Ans:-Readers with Special Needs

8The bill passed by the Parliament that seeks to do away with the no-detention

policy in schools.

Ans:-Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment)

Bill, 2018

9)Which city is the venue of the 2019 Indian Panorama Film Festival (IPFF)?

Ans:-New Delhi

10)The 80th National Table Tennis Championship begins in which city?

Ans:-Cuttack


11)Chhabilendra Roul was appointed as the Secretary for which of the following

department?

Ans:- Department of Fertilizers

12)The Ministry of Human Resource Development constituted a Task Force to

look into the JNV suicides. It was headed by __________.

Ans:-Dr. Jitendra Nagpal

13)Tropical Storm Usman hits this country with heavy rains and triggered deadly

landslides, on 29th December 2018.

Ans:-Philippines

Explanatiobn:-Tropical Storm Usman hit Philippines' Bicol region in Manila.

The tropical depression

14) Name the Indian batsman who has faced highest deliveries in a test series in

Australia with 1258 balls, beating India's Former Captain, Rahul Dravid's record

of 1203 balls.

Ans:- Cheteshwar Pujara

15) Name the Indian origin boy who was selected by Indian Council for Child

Welfare (ICCW) for receiving National Bravery Award.

Ans:-Wahengbam Lamnganba Singh


1)Which country successfully tested its Mother of All Bombs?

Ans:-China

2)The government has amalgamated how many Regional Rural Banks into a

single RRB?

Ans:-3

3)Who signs MoU With SAMEER for Boosting Communication?

Ans-AAI

4)Which state CM announced interest-free loans of up to Rs. 3 lakh for women

self-help groups (WSHGs)?

Ans:-Odisha

5)The rate of reservationapproved by Union Cabinet for 'economically backward'

upper castes in government jobs.


Ans:-10%

6)Who was appointed as the new Chief Information Commissioner?

Ans:-Sudhir Bhargava

7)Govt Allocates Rs __________ Cr for Development of 40 Satellite launch

vehicles for the next 4 years.

Ans:-10,900

8)Which amendment bill will allow individuals to offer voluntarily biometric ID

for opening a bank account and getting a mobile phone connection?

Ans:-Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2018

9)Pratap Simha demands change in IBPS recruitment pattern recently. He was

the the MP of __________.

Ans:-Karnataka

10)When was the World Day for War Orphans observed?

Ans:-January 6

11)Who unveiled 6 projects worth Rs 5,300 crore in Jodhpur, recently?

Ans:-Shri Nitin Gadkari

12)Which country wins the first-ever cricket Test series in Australia?

Ans:-India

13)Name the journalist who was conferred with the lifetime achievement award

for his lifelong contributions in journalism, by the Mantralaya and Vidhimandal

Vartahar Sangh.

Ans:-Dinu Randive

14). Who is First Tycoon to be named "Fugitive Economic Offender"?

Ans:-Vijay Mallya

15)Who pesented the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism awards

recently?

Ans:-Rajnath Singh

16)For which state, National Green Tribunal imposed a fine of 100 crore rupees

for its failure to curb illegal coal mining in the state?

Ans:-Meghalaya


17)Roger Federer and __________ won a Hopman Cup and retain a Title for

Switzerland.

Ans:-Belinda Bencic

18)The government of India issued an __________ alert for the Andaman and

Nicobar Islands due Cyclonic storm 'Pabuk'.

Ans:-Orange

19)The government formed a High-Level committee for implementation of

Clause 6 of Assam Accord. It was headed by

Ans:-M. P. Bezbaruah

20) Which railway station became the first railway station of South Central

Railway (SCR) zone to hoist a huge tricolour flag on a 100-foot tall pole, on 2nd

January 2019?

Ans:-Secunderabad Railway Station


1)The Central Government has given nod for Centre for Classical Language in

which city of Kerala?

Ans:-Tirur

2)The Polavaram irrigation project created two Guinness world records for

'pouring the highest amount of concrete' and 'largest continuous concrete pour in

24 hours'. This belongs to the state of;

Ans:-Andhra Pradesh

3)The fourth edition of the Raisina Dialogue has begun in __________.

Ans:-New Delhi

4)The first Indian state that has established a Brahmin Corporation aimed to help

poor people of Brahmin families.

Ans:-Andhra Pradesh

5)Vice-Chairman of Rajya Sabha, Harivansh Narayan Singh launched a book

titled "A Crusade Against Corruption" at the Press Club of India in New Delhi.

The Author of the book is;

Ans:-Manohar Manoj

6)Srei Equipment Finance and this bank entered into an agreement for financing

the Micro, Small and Medium enterprises (MSME) and agriculture sector.


Ans:-UBI

7Which state government announced distribution of free sops to encourage

farmers to enroll in the Atal Solar Krishi Pump Yojana?

Ans:-Maharashtra

8)Who won a Best Actor in Motion Picture-Drama of 76th Annual Golden Globe

Awards?

Ans:-Rami Malek

9)Who conferred conferred textiles awards in New Delhi and presented

commemorative stamps on GI registered handicrafts

Ans:-Shri Venkaiah Naidu

10)Which ministry has introduced a 70-point grading index to assess the quality

of school education offered by states?

Ans:-Ministry of Human Resource Development

11)Who Resigns as a President of The World Bank?

Explanation:-Jim Yong Kim

12)The second edition of Khelo India Youth Games will starts in __________,

Maharashtra.

Ans:-Pune

13)Who among the following was sworn as the new Chief Justice of Nepal's

Supreme Court?

Ans:-Justice Cholendra Shamsher J B Rana

14)Which country declared the ancient Hindu religious site of Panj Tirath as

national heritage?

Ans:-Pakistan

15) Who has been appointed as the director general of the Sashastra Seema Bal

(SSB)?

Ans:-Shri. Kumar Rajesh Chandra

16)Name the Indian women who has joined International Monetary Fund (IMF)

as its chief economist, recently.

Ans:-Gita Gopinath


17) Six professors awarded Infosys Prize 2018 for science and research in

__________.

Ans:-Bengaluru


1)Recently, Airport Authority of India (AAI) banned single-use plastic items for

how many airports?

Ans:- 16

2)Which among the followinh collaborate with Oil Marketing Companies for

issuance of FASTags through petroleum retail outlets?

Ans:-National Highway Authority of India

3)Who is the recipient of the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award

for Investigative Reporting(Print category)?

Ans:-S Vijay Kumar

4)Which city is the venue o f the All India Radio National Poets Conference

2019?

Ans:-Chennai

5)Which company introduces Kumbh Jio Phone app for pilgrims?

Ans:-Reliance Jio

6)Who has taken charge as India's new ambassador to China?

Ans:-Vikram Misri

7)Which country opened West Asia's largest cathedral in its New Administrative

Capital?

Ans:-Egypt

8)The GST panel approved levy of 1%'calamity cess' by Kerala for a period of

two years to fund rehabilitation work in the state of Kerala. It was led by;

Ans:-Sushil Kumar Modi


9)Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has constituted a High-Level Committee on

Deepening of Digital Payments to encourage digitisation of payments and

enhance financial inclusion. It was headed by;

Ans:-Nandan Nilekani

10)The bill cleared by Union Cabinet to provide Indian citizenship to non-

Muslims from Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan is;

Ans:-Citizenship Amendment Bill

11)With which country India signed an MoU on Ocean Dialogue?

Ans:-Norway

12)Global Aviation Summit 2019 will be held in __________ with the theme

"Flying for all".

Ans:-Mumbai

13)Who announces cash awards for triumphant Team India members?

Ans:-BCCI

14)Name the mobile application launched by North Central Railway (NCR) to

help navigate the attendees of Kumbh Mela to be held in Prayagraj city.

Ans:-Rail Kumbh Seva Mobile App

15)Name the small Finance Bank Launches Current Account with Unique Auto-

Sweep Facility.

Ans:-Jana Small Finance Bank

16)Who becomes the 1st Indian to Head Global Solar Council?

Ans:-Pranav R Mehta

17)Indian Army signed an MoU on the Defence Salary Package with which of

the following bank?

Ans:- Punjab National Bank


18)This country passed law to sinicize and make Islam compatible with

socialism.

Ans:-China

19)Choose the one which is the recepient of NBFC -P2P Certification from RBI.

Ans:-IndiaMoneyMart


1)Which country's cricketing body was announced as the 105th member of ICC?

Ans:-US

2)Who was appointed as the Director General of the Sashastra Seema Bal?

Ans:-Shri Kumar Rajesh Chandra

3)What is the theme of the first-ever Global Aviation Summit (GAS-2019)?

Ans:-Flying for all

4). This country will host the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.

Ans:-Egypt

5)Which company conferred with the title of world's biggest planemaker for the

seventh straight year?

Ans:-Boeing

6)As per latest estimate of Central Statistics Office, what is the rate of Indian

economy for FY 19?

Ans:-7.2%

7)The 86th National Billiards and Snooker Championship will be held in

__________.

Ans:-Indore


8)Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched development projects worth Rs 1,100

cr at which city of Maharashtra?

Ans:-Solapur

9)For which country, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has agreed to provide $400

million under swap deal?

Ans:-Sri Lanka

10)Who will provide early-stage capital to agriculture and rural enterprises

through its venture capital entity?

Ans:-NABARD

11)Which city police launched the 'Police-E-Eye' mobile application to alert

police on traffic violators?

Ans:-Coimbatore

12)The 6th Women Of India Organic Festival 2019 was held in which city?

Ans:-Chandigarh

13)New planet that NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) found

is;

Ans:-HD 21749b

14)The Lok Sabha passed the 'DNA Technology (Use and Application)

Regulation Bill, 2019' on __________.

Ans:-8 January 2019

15)Name of the first monarch of Malaysia to resign before completing tenure.

Ans:-Muhammad V

16)The Supreme court set up a constitution Bench to hear the Ram

Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land title dispute case. It consists of how many

judges?

Ans:-Five


17)On which date, 2019 Non-Resident Indian Day is observed?

Ans:-January 9

18)Who is the author of the book "We Are Displaced: My Journey and Stories

from Refugee Girls Around the World"?

Ans:-Malala Yousafzai


1)Who has been ranked World's top woman boxer by the International Boxing

Association (AIBA) in the 48kg category?

Ans:-Mary Kom

2)Who has been named as the 2018 Confederation of African Football Player of

the Year?

Ans:-Mohamed Salah

3)This organisation set up CARE to strengthen Research Publication.

Ans:-UGC

4)Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 'Gangajal Project' in

__________.

Ans:-Agra

5)This is set to become the first Indian state to roll out Universal Basic Income

(UBI)?

Ans:-Sikkim

6)Which will be the 1st Island to operate seaplanes?

Ans:-Andaman and Nicobar Islands

7)The exemption limit of which tax is doubled to give relief to small businesses.

Ans:-Goods and Service Tax


8)What will be the position of India in Consumer Market By 2030?

Ans:-3rd

9)Recently SEBI has constituted a "Research Advisory" committee to undertake

research relevant for development and regulation of capital markets. It was

headed by;

Ans:-Sankar De

10)Sydney and Brisbane chosen to host $15 million 24 team ATP Cup in which

year?

Ans:-2020

11)Nicolas Maduro was sworn in as the President of __________.

Ans:-Venezuela

12)Who inagurated India's Longest Single Lane Steel Cable Bridge, recently?

Ans:-Shri Pema Khandu

13)Which among the company join hands with Bharti AXA General Insurance

recently?

Ans:-IRCTC

14)World Hindi Day is celebrated on which date?

Ans:-January 10

15)The Union Government has launched the Web- Wonder Women campaign in

collaboration with which human rights organization?s

Ans:-Breakthrough India

16)The First 'National Consultation on Child Protection' for 2019 was held in

__________.

Ans:-New Delhi


17)Union Minister Nitin Gadkari gave an approval to Iran's Pasargad Bank to

open a branch in __________.

Ans:-Mumbai

18)Who has been appointed as Director General, Fire Services, Civil Defence

and Home Guards?

Ans:-Alok Verma


1) Recently, Ministry of External Affairs and Observer Research Foundation

organised the 4th Edition of Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi with the theme of;

Ans:-A World Reorder: New Geometries; Fluid Partnerships; Uncertain

Outcomes

2)Polavaram project of which state entered the Guinness book of world record by

pouring 32,315.5 cubic meters of concrete non-stop in 24 hours.

Ans:-Andhra Pradesh

Explanation:-The Polavaram project of Andhra Pradesh got its place in the

Guinness book of world

3)The Union Cabinet approved the setting up of 3 AIIMS in which of the

following states?

Ans:-J&K and Gujarat

4)Which of the following allowed tokenization of debit, credit and prepaid card

transactions to enhance the safety of digital payments ecosystem in India?

Ans:-RBI

5)Su Tseng-chang was appointed as the Prime Minister of which country?

Ans:-Taiwan

6)Where was the 25th edition of Partnership Summit 2019?

Ans:-Mumbai


7)Who among the following was conferred with the ICSI Lifetime Award?

Ans:-Adi Godrej

8)Who has been named as India's Chef de Mission for the 2020 Tokyo

Olympics?

Ans:-Birendra Prasad Baishya

9)Name the person who was appointed as President of Alliance for Media

Freedom (AFMF).

Ans:-Narasimhan Ram

10) What is the threshold limit of GST registration according to 32nd Meeting of

GST Council?

Ans:-40 lakh

11)Name the bill passed by the Lok Sabha for regulation of the use and

application of Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) technology.

Ans:-The DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill, 2019

12) For which state, Union Cabinet approved Scheduled Tribe (ST) status to 6

communities?

Ans:-Assam

13)Which IIT has decided to launch 6-month Artificial Intelligence course

recently?

Ans:-IIT Kharagpur

14) India's 1st Manned Mission Gaganyaan will be launched by __________.

Ans:- December 2021

15) What is the GDP rate of India for the year 2018-19 as per the report of World

Bank?

Ans:-7.3%


16) Name the Chairman of NSE who resigned his post recently.

Ans:- Ashok Chawla

17)Bill passed by Lok Sabha that aims to remove leprosy as a ground for divorce

in five personal laws.

Ans:- Personal Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2018

18) This country tops in the EIU Democracy Index 2018.

Ans:- Norway

19)How many states signed an agreement for Renukaji Dam Multipurpose

Project?

Ans:-6

20) For how many Indian cities, the Environment Ministry launched the National

Clean Air Programme?

Ans:- 102


1)With which country, the Union cabinet approved an MoU on the Development

of Advanced Model Single Window?

Ans:-Japan

2)This state will host the two-day International Dam Safety conference starting

from 13 February 2019.

Ans:-Odisha

3)Which city is the venue of the 25th edition of Partnership Summit 2019?

Ans:-Mumbai

4)ISRO aims to send human astronauts to space by the year of?

Ans:-2021


5)Which municipal corporation has teamed up with NGO under the concept

'Feed the need' to feed the hugry?

Ans:-Telangana

6)With which university did the Telangana-based SR Innovation Exchange

(SRiX) company sign an MoU?

Ans:-Cranfield University

7)Virat Kohli and __________ has recently received the honorary membership of

the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG).

Ans:-Ravi Shastri

8)Name the state that quit from the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan

Arogya Yojna.

Ans:-West Bengal

9)India's longest single lane steel cable suspension bridge was named

__________.

Ans:-Byorung Bridge

10)Andhra Pradeshs seventh airport inaugurated at __________.

Ans:-Orvakallu

11)Which Indian journalist has been appointed president of the Alliance for

Media Freedom (AFMF)?

Ans:-Narasimhan Ram


1)Name of the Indian CM who launched the 'One Family One Job' scheme in the

state.

Ans:-Pawan Kumar Chamling

2)RBI slapped Rs 3 crore on this bank for non-compliance in criteria for directors

of the bank.


Ans:-Citibank India

3)This state tops in the Khelo India Youth Games with 91 medals?

Ans:-Maharashtra

4)Name of the Indian writer has won the Sushila Devi Literature Award for the

novel "Things to Leave Behind".

Ans:-Namita Gokhale

5)Who will be the next Chief Information Officer and spokesperson of the CBI

replacing Abhishek Dayal?

Ans:-Nitin Wakankar

6)Who launched National Youth Parliament Festival 2019 in New Delhi?

Ans:-Rajyavardhan Rathore

7)Which is the first state to implement the 10% reservation for economically

weaker sections of the general category?

Ans:-Gujarat

8)For which bank, Brahm Dutt was apponted as non-executive part-time

chairman?

Ans:-Yes Bank

9)Who received the Philip Kotler Presidential award?

Ans:-Narendra Modi

10)Which team won the first ever Premier Badminton League?

Ans:-Bengaluru Raptors

11)This company will launches the Ten Iridium communications satellites?

Ans:-SpaceX

12)The youngest Indian to win junior world title.


Ans:-Kartik Singh

13)Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC) launched a new innovation strategy

"Fair Value for Innovation" at Raisina Dialogue, 2019 in New Delhi. GIPC

belongs to which country?

Ans:-USA

14)Who will head the 7-member committee on GST Revenue Shortfall faced by

the states?

Ans:-Sushil Kumar Modi

15)Which company appointed Don Callahan as an additional and independent

director?

Ans:-TCS

Current Affairs 17th January, 2019

1)Who introduced a road safety robot named ROADEO?

Ans:-Chennai Traffic Police

2)With which country India signed a MoU for the establishment of the Joint Task

Force on Blue Economy?

Ans:-Norway

3)Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a spiritual circuit development

project in which of the following state?

Ans:-Kerala

4)Who won the Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2018?

Ans:-Shri Yohei Sasakawa

5)Name the mountaineer who became the first Indian and youngest man to climb

the 7 highest peaks and volcanic summits across all continents.

Ans:-Satyarup Siddhanta

5)Recently, Private sector lender IDFC Bank changed its name as __________.

Ans:-IDFC First Bank Ltd


6)Name of India's first Commonwealth Games gold medalist who has appointed

as the chief coach of Women's Team.

Ans:-Mohammed Ali Qamar

7)Which country to buy $5 billion oil, gas from USA?

Ans:-India

8)January 14 was celebrated as;

Ans:-Veterans Day

9)Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath launched his government's

__________ crore farm debt-waiver scheme named 'Jai Kisan Rin Mukti

Yojana'.

Ans:-Rs 50,000

10)Which of the following Indian city is the world's most dynamic city according

to the 6th City Momentum Index?

Ans:-Bengaluru

11)Ministry of External Affairs organised the First Annual Disarmament and

International Security Affairs Fellowship Programme in which of the following

city?

Ans:-New Delhi

12)India and this country signed an MoU on the safety in Mines, Testing and

Research Station on Jan 16.

Ans:-Australia

13)Who took oath as Member of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)?

Ans:-Dr. T.C.A Anant

14)Noted mathematician Michael Atiyah was passed away recently. He belongs

to the country of;

Ans:-United Kingdom

15)Name the ordinance promulgated by President Ram Nath Kovind to protect

the rights of married Muslim women and criminalise the practice of triple talaq

or "Talaq-e-Biddat", on 12th January 2019?

Ans:-Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Ordinance, 2019



1)Minister of State in Department of Space Dr. Jitendra Singh inaugurated the 1st

batch of UNNATI programme of ISRO in which city?

Ans:-Bengaluru

2)RBI imposed a Rs 1-crore penalty to this bank for non-compliance of Know

Your Customer (KYC) guidelines and fraud-classification norms.

Ans:-Bank of Maharashtra

3)President Ram Nath Kovind appoints whom as Additional Solicitor General in

Supreme court?

Ans:-Sanjay Jain

4)The world's first television channel dedicated to human rights was launched in

__________.

Ans:-London

5)ISRO will launch a student satellite called 'Kalamsat' and an imaging satellite

known as 'Microsat-R' on __________.

Ans:-24 January 2019.

6)IMBEX 2018-19 a bilateral army exercise of India-Myanmar begins in

__________.

Ans:-Chandimandir

7)Name of the first Indian athlete who is nominated for the prestigious Laureus

World Comeback of the Year Award.

Ans:-Vinesh Phogat

8)A project named SCATFORM to improve forests in the targeted catchment

areas was launched in the state of;

Ans:-Tripura

9)Who was named as interim chief executive officer (CEO) of Accenture?

Ans:-David Rowland


10)How many childrens were shortlisted for the award 'Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya

Bal Puraskar 2019'?

Ans:-26

11)Name the German chemical company which has signed a MoU with the

Adani Group to invest Rs. 16,000 crore in the acrylics value chain?

Ans:-BASF

12)Who honoured with 2019 Japan Prize for his contributions in Biological

Production, Ecology?

Ans:-Dr. Rattan Lal

13)Who has won the Franco-German Human Rights Award?

Ans:-Yu Wensheng

14)Who inaugurated the two-day Gandhian Resurgence Summit in Prayagraj on

17th Jan 2019?

Ans:-Shri Ramnath Nath Kovind

15)Where was the 1st National EMRS National Sports Meet 2019 held?

Ans:-Hyderabad

16)Who was appointed as the new chief executive officer (CEO) of Myntra and

Jabong?

Ans:-Amar Nagaram

17)The Election Commission of India appointed __________ as the Chief

Electoral Officer of Andhra Pradesh.

Ans:-Gopal Krishna Dwivedi

18)How much did RBI through the purchase of government securities?

Ans:-10,000 cr



1)Who has been appointed as the Chief Justice of Pakistan?

Ans:-Asif Khosa

2)The US-Ireland Alliance has announced that the veteran actress ________ will

receive the 'Oscar Wilde Award' on 21 February 2019.

Ans:-Glenn Close

3)Which country signed a powerful MoU with India at International chamber of

media and entertainment industry?

Ans:-Mongolia

4)Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas launched Saksham 2019 in which city?

Ans:-New Delhi

5)Libcoin and this plans to build India's 1st Lithium Ion Giga Factory.

Ans:-BHEL

6)With which company Reliance Jio Infocomm launch a new e-commerce

platform in the country?

Ans:-Reliance Retail

7)Who inaugurated the National Museum of Indian Cinema (NMIC) in Mumbai?

Ans:-Narendra Modi

8)Which country launched a Satellite for World's 1st Artificial Meteor Shower?

Ans:-Japan

9)India's 2nd Defence Innovation Hub will come up in __________.

Ans:-Nashik

10)Which country will host the 14th session of the Conference of Parties to

UNCCD to address the issue of land degradation and desertification?

Ans:-India


11)India will need how many airports and an investment of $40-50 billion to

handle at least 1.1 billion passengers flying to, from and within the country, as

per Vision 2040 document released at the Global Aviation Summit (GAS) 2019?

Ans:-200

12)Senior IPS Officer Prabhat Singh was appointed as Director General for

which Department?

Ans:-NHRC

13)With which country India has signed a long-term contract supply of uranium

ore concentrates to widen its source base for the nuclear fuel?

Ans:-Uzbekistan

14)HDFC Standard Life Insurance has renamed as;

Ans:HDFC Life Insurance

15)How many Indian institutions made it to the Emerging Economies University

Rankings 2019 report, released by Times Higher Education (THE)?

Ans:-49

16)Which state government announces Shaurya Award for Students?

Ans:Haryana

17)Name the Indian who has been featured in the Top "Global Thinkers 2019".

Ans:-Mukesh Ambani


1)The Ministry of Finance constituted a Group of Ministers (GoM) for boosting

the Real Estate Sector under the GST regime. It consists of how many members?

Ans:-7

2)The telecom company which is to launch AI-powered chatbot in India.

Ans:-BESCOM


3)Who has won the 'Laureus Sportsman of the Year award' the maximum number

of times?

Ans:-Roger Federer

4)PM Modi inaugurates Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2019 on January 18,

2019. The theme of the summit is;

Ans:-Youth Connect 2019: Shaping A New India - The Story of Billion

Dreams

5)The Ministry of Finance has started which series on Twitter to educate general

public about the budgetary process?

Ans:-Know Your Budget

6)Which station name was changed to Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Station?

Ans:-Mughalsarai junction railway station

7)How many lawmakers voted against the Brexit deal in the UK Parliament?

Ans:-432

8)The Union Home Minister has approved a task force report on the use of space

technology in which of the following area?

Ans:-Border management

9)Which institute has announced the launch of a full-fledged bachelor's

programme in Artificial Intelligence technology?

Ans:-IIT Hyderabad

10)Who were awarded honorary membership of Sydney Cricket Ground?

Ans:-Ravi Shastri, Virat Kohli

11)The Constitution (103rd Amendment) Act, 2019, the Act providing

__________ % reservation in government jobs and educational institutions to

Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) of General Category.

Ans:-10%


12)Indian Naval Air Station Shibpur will be commissioned as this __________.

Ans:-INS Kohasa

13)In which State do the Airports Authority of India (AAI) plan to test remote

Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower system?

Ans:-Gujarat

14)Which ministry will organise the event 'Shehri Samridhi Utsav' from February

1, 2019?

Ans:-Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

15)Who to lead Indian womens hockey team for Spain tour?

Ans:-Rani Rampal

Daily Current Affairs 21st January, 2019

1)Who has been elected as the new Prime Minister of Sweden?

Ans:-Stefan Lofven

2)Which state became the third state after Jharkhand and Gujarat to approve the

10 % reservation for economically backward among upper castes in jobs and

educational institutions?

Ans:-Uttar Pradesh

3)Who was appointed as Additional Solicitor General of India for the Supreme

Court?

Ans:-Sanjay Jain

4)Who won Rosa Park Trailblazer award?

Ans:-Gurinder Singh Khalsa

5)Airports Authority of India (AAI) plan to test remote Air Traffic Control

(ATC) tower system for which of the following state?

Ans:-Gujarat


6)Reserve Bank of India (RBI) approved the appointment of V

Vaidyanathan as MD and CEO of which bank for a period of three years?

Asn:-IDFC First Bank

7)Which city is the venue of the 7th ASEAN-India Tourism Ministers 2019?

Ans:-Ha Long

8)25th International conference and exhibition on terrestrial and satellite

broadcasting, BES EXPO 2019 held in __________.

Ans:-New Delhi

9)2019 Arab Economic and Social Development Summit held in which of the

following place?

Ans:-Beirut

10)India's first PolicyHack for Teachers was launched by;

Ans:-Dell

11)Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has inaugurated the Diffo Bridge

recently. It was located in the state of;

Ans:Arunachal Pradesh

12)The 2-day Agri Vision 2019 Conference was held in __________.

Ans:-Hyderabad

13)Which city was named as the World Capital of Architecture for 2020 by

UNESCO?

Ans:-Rio de Janeiro

14)Where was the two Fast Interceptor Craft (FIC) induced to boost coastal

security by the Indian Navy?

Ans:- Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu


15)The Government of India (GoI) has approved setting up of three new Naval

Air Squadrons in which two states?

Ans:-Gujarat and Tamil Nadu

16)Who was named as the event ambassador for the 16th Tata Mumbai Marathon

which will be held on January 20, 2019?

Ans:-M C Mary Kom

17)The Embassy of this country and International Chamber of Media and

Entertainment Industry (ICMEI), India have signed a MoU in the field of art and

culture.

Ans:-Mongolia

18)According to a report by global consultancy firm PwC, what is the position of

India in the world's largest economy rankings in 2019?

Ans:-5th

19)India's first Light combat helicopter (LCH) was developed by;

Ans:-HAL

20)President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind appointed Justice Lingappa

Narayana Swamy as the Acting Chief Justice of which high court?

Ans:- Karnataka

Daily Current Affairs 22nd January, 2019

1)Flipkart promotes whom to head Myntra-Jabongs fashion & lifestyle

categories?

Ans:-Rishi Vasudev

2)Which state CM hiked Rs.200 per month under Madhu Babu Pension Yojana

scheme?

Ans:-Odisha


3)Name the country which has signed an MoU to provide modern infrastructural

facilities to Swami Vipulananda Institute of Aesthetic Studies of Eastern

University in Batticaloa district of Sri Lanka.

Ans:-India

4)The annual meet of World Economic Forum (WEF) begins in __________.

Ans:-Switzerland

5)Virat Kohli has been confered with how many honors in the 2018 ICC

Awards?

Ans:- 3

6)Nirmala Sitharaman launched Tamil Nadu defence industrial Corridor in

__________.

Ans:-Tiruchirppalli

7)Who inaugurated the 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas Convention at Varanasi,

Uttar Pradesh?

Ans:-Narendra Modi

8)Who will head an 11-member working group constituted by the IBBI to study

the concept of 'Group Insolvency' and suggest a suitable framework?

Ans:-U.K. Sinha

9)Which company launched an e-platform under Project ReWeave to help

Handloom weavers?

Ans:-Microsoft

10)Who has been chosen for the first Sheikh Saud International Prize for

Materials Research?

Ans:- C. N. R. Rao

11)Which country tops in the Global Trust Index as per the 2019 Edelman Trust

Barometer report?


Ans:-China

12)Who has been sworn in as the president of Madagascar recently?

Ans:-Andry Rajoelina

13)The central bank of which country banned the use of Indian currency notes

with denominations above Rs.100?

Ans:-Nepal

14)Indians over 65 and under 15 years can now use Aadhaar Card to visit

which country?

Ans:-Nepal

15)Which state government has recently roll out Startup and Innovation policy

'2018-2023'?

Ans:- Tamil Nadu

16)Israel opens new international airport near;

Ans:-Red Sea

17)Who won the "Woman's Voice Award" at the Apeejay Kolkata Literary

Festival (AKLF)?

Ans:-Ranjani Murali

18)Name of the Indian MP who has been bestowed with Sansad Ratna Award

under Jury Committee Special Award category.

Ans:-Anurag Thakur

19) India Steel 2019 Exhibition and Conference has started in which of the city?

Ans:-Mumbai

20)Which state will host the 2nd World Integrated Medicine Forum 2019?

Ans:-Goa


Daily Current Affairs 23rd January, 2019

1)Who is the head of the committee which is formed by Madras High Court to

weed out invasive plant species from Western Ghats?

Ans:-Cherukuri Raghavendra Babu

2)With which Institute Omega Healthcare Management Services has signed an

MoU for advanced use of the latest technology in providing healthcare solutions?

Ans:-IIIT Bangalore

3)Where did Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveil a statue of Dr Vikram

Sarabhai, the father of Indian space programme?

Ans:-Ahmedabad

4)Arjuna Award winner Raghbir Singh Bhola passed away recently. He belongs

to which sport?

Ans:-Hockey

5)Which country has taken over the Chair of the Group of 77 (G-77) for 2019?

Ans:-Palestine

6)Which country is the biggest supporters of international aid as per the survey of

the World Economic Forum?

Ans:-India

7)Which state government to give 10% quota to economically weaker sections in

general category?

Ans:-Assam

8)The only Indian port which listed amongst the top 30 container ports globally

as per Lloyds Report.

Ans:-Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust

9)Pakke Paga Hornbill Festival (PPHF) was as the "State Festival" of

__________.


Ans:-Arunachal Pradesh

10)The cabinet of this state has decided to cater 5% reservation each for Kapu

community and the economically backward classes (EBCs).

Ans:-Andhra Pradesh

11)How many MoU's signed between India and Afghanistan, recently?

Ans:-11

12)This company has decided to invest $ 400 million dollars for over 40 % stake

in BrainBees Solutions.

Ans:-SoftBank

13)Which company will create an independent Institute for Ethics in Artificial

intelligence (AI) with an investment of $7.5 million?

Ans:-Facebook

14)World's oldest man who died due to natural causes in Japan at the age of 113?

Ans:-Masazo Nonaka

15)Sitanshu Yashashchandra has been awarded Saraswati Samman, 2017, for his

poetry collection "Vakhar". He belongs to the state of;

Ans:-Gujarat

16)India ranks __________ in the global talent competitive index.

Ans:-80

17)The government has constituted a high power committee to monitor the

pricing of medicines and healthcare products. It will be headed by;

Ans:-NITI Aayog

18)Who conferred the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar 2019.

Ans:-Shri Ram Nath Kovind


19)Who has become the first woman IPS DIG and Indo-Tibetan Border Police

(ITBP) officer to successfully complete the South Pole expedition?

Ans:-Aparna Kumar

20)Who was named as ICC's Emerging Player Of The Year?

Ans:-Rishabh Pant


1)Where did Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India organise the Insolvency

and Bankruptcy Awareness Programme?

Ans:-Vadodara, Gujarat

2)Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu launched the book 'Universal Brotherhood

Through Yoga' in which of the following city?

Ans:-New Delhi

3)How many Indians won the prestigious Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award?

Ans:-3

4)Which country successfully tested the Arrow 3 missile system?

Ans:-Israel

5)Who inaugurated the first inter-state bridge over Ravi River in J&K?

Ans:-Nitin Gadkari

6)Which ministry constituted a committee to study the existing Special

Economical Zone(SEZ) policy of India?

Ans:-Ministry of Commerce and Industry

7)Who has conducted the massive coastal defence exercise 'Sea Vigil-2019' to

check 26/11-style attacks?

Asn:-Indian Navy


8)Uttar Pradesh government announced a monthly pension of __________

rupees to the destitute women in Varanasi.

Ans:-Rs 500

9)Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura celebrate their 42nd statehood day on

__________.

Ans:-January 21

10)ISRO will launch Microsat-R a military imaging satellite into space on 24th

January 2019. The total weight of the staellite is;

Ans:-130 kg

11)Indian Africa Field Training Exercise (IAFTX)-2019 was conducted in which

city?

Ans:-Pune

12)India placed __________ in the world's most innovative countries according

to the Bloomberg 2019 Innovative Index.

Ans:-54th

13)Tamil Nadu's "Jallikattu" held in __________, has entered the world record

for the maximum number of bulls released into the sport arena.

Ans:-Pudukottai

14)The Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose museum has inagurated in which city?

Ans:-New Delhi

15)With which country the Union Cabinet has approved MoU for cooperation on

the recruitment of domestic workers?

Ans:-Kuwait

16)The theme of National Girl Child Day 2019 was;


Ans:-Empowering Girls for a Brighter Tomorrow

17)Where was the 2nd World Integrated Medicine Forum 2019 held?

Ans:-Goa

18)Indian and Japanese Coast Guards undertake disaster control exercise in

which city?

Ans:- Yokohama

19)Which high court released a movie "72 Hours - Martyr Who Never Died" a

movie about Sino-Indian war hero Rifleman Jaswant Sing Rawat?

Ans:-Delhi High Court

20)Name the Indian tennis player who won the International Tennis Federation's

(ITF) 25,000-dollar Women's tournament in Singapore.

Ans:-Ankita Raina


1)Every 25 January is celebrated as National Voters Day. The Theme of 2019

National Voters Day is;

Ans:-No Voter to be left behind

2)Who inaugurates National Declamations Contest on Patriotism and nation

building?

Ans:-Shri Rajyavardhan Rathore

3)Recently, DRDO Launched Long Range Surface to Air Missile (LR-SAM). In

which coast it was launched?

Ans:-Odisha Coast

4)When was the International Day of Education is observed?

Ans:-24th January

5)Who will be conferred with the Ashoka Chakra?


Ans:-Lance Naik Nazir Ahmad Wani

6)With which country, The Union Cabinet of India approved MoC in the field of

food processing sector?

Ans:-Japan

7)Himachal Pradesh has decided to host a global investor summit in which city?

Ans:-Dharamsala

8)Worlds longest 3D printed concrete bridge opened in which country?

Ans:-China

9)Who has been appointed as the new MD & CEO of Yes Bank after Rana

Kapoor?

Ans:-Ravneet Singh Gill

10)World Health Organization declared the year 2019 as;

Ans:-Year of action on preparedness for health emergencies

11)Famous cricket player Johan Botha has announced his immediate retirement

from all forms of Cricket. He belongs to which country?

Ans:-South Africa

12)Who has been appointed as the interim finance and corporate affairs minister

by the President of India?

Ans:-Shri Piyush Goyal

13)Union Minister Nitin Gadkari laid the foundation stone for 6 Namami Ganga

projects in Agra and ___________ in Uttar Pradesh.

Ans:-Mathura

14)The Railway Protection Force (RPF) has launched a dedicated RPF Women

Squad named as 'Joymati Bahini' at which city?

Ans:-Guwahati


15)Ronojoy Dutta was appointed as the new CEO of which of the following

company?

Ans:-IndiGo

16)Name the defence company who signed a MoU with the Airports Authority of

India to explore Air Traffic Management (ATM) solutions for airports operating

under the UDAN Regional Connectivity Scheme.

Ans:-SAAB

17)According to the report of United Nations' World Economic Situation and

Prospects (WESP) 2019, what will be the growth rate of India for in 2019-20?

Ans:-7.6%

18)Where was the new Naval Air Base 'INS Kohassa' commissioned?

Ans:-Andaman and Nicobar Islands

19)Who has decided to form a 'State Tiger Protection Force' to save the Big Cat

population in the State?

Ans:-Telangana

20)8th Battalion of National Disaster Response Force has been selected for the

Award "Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar". It was located in;

Ans:-Ghaziabad


1)Who will be the Chief Guest of India's Republic Day Parade?

Ans:-Cyril Ramaphosa

2)How many Technology Mission Centre was launched by the Union Minister

Harsh Vardhan?

Ans:-3

3)Which IIT has launched an app 'Roshni' to help blind identify notes?


Ans:-IIT Ropar

4)Which country will organise a Bhagwad Gita Mahotsav in partnership with the

Haryana Government?

Ans:-Mauritius

5)Which insurance company has overtaken Life Insurance Corporation of India,

recently?

Ans:- Max Life Insurance

6)Centre launched Apollo Proton Cancer Centre (APCC) in which of the

following city?

Ans:-Chennai

7)Which novel has been adjudged as the best novel of 2017 at the Kerala Sahitya

Akademi Awards?

Ans:-Nireeswaran

8)Sultan Abdullah was elected as the King of which of the following country?

Ans:-Malaysia

9)India's first woman IPS officer who completes South Pole expedition.

Ans:-Aparna Kumar

10)Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare organized a National Conference

on Agriculture for Zaid Campaign-2019 in __________.

Ans:-New Delhi

11)Who has been awarded as 'Best Electoral Practices Award' in Andhra

Praadesh?

Ans:-B.Lakshmikantham

12)What was the theme of the 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas?

Ans:-Role of Indian Diaspora in building New India


13)Which state to provide land to service sector industries?

Ans:-Bihar

14)Which state government bagged two awards for BBBP scheme at the National

Girl Child Day celebrations in New Delhi?

Ans:-Tamil Nadu

15)Which bank recommended Unconditional Cash Transfer to farmers to

alleviate the agrarian distress instead of Universal Basic Income (UBI) scheme?

Ans:-SBI

budget which includes 13,000 crore for Crop Insurance, 15,000 crore for Interest

Subsidy and Rs. 70,100 crore for Fertilizer subsidy.


1)Who led the all-women Assam Rifles contingent, which has created history by

participating for the first time in a Republic Day parade?

Ans:-Khushboo Kanwar

2)The Centre for Military Airworthiness and Certification cleared the use of

which product in the military aircraft, recently?

Ans:-Biofuel

3)Which organisation hosted a two-day Technology Conclave in New Delhi?

Ans:- NIC

4)The researchers of this country developed a system that can produce electricity

and hydrogen fuel from carbon dioxide.

Ans:-South Korea

5)BSNL and this french company join hands to offer data services through SMS.

Ans:-Be-Bound

6)Amul Camel Milk was launched in the state of;


Ans:-Gujarat

7)IRDAI sets a panel to identify systematically important insurers. It was headed

by;

Ans:-Pravin Kutumbe

8)Which DRDO's missile is used to destroy enemy radars and communication

facilities?

Ans:- Anti-radiation missile

9) How many MoU's were signed at the 2nd edition of Tamil Nadu government's

Global Investors Meet (GIM) 2019?

Ans:-304

10)Who won the women's singles 2019 Australian Open Tennis Tournament?

Ans:-Naomi Osaka

11)Which abandoned airstrips will be developed into a modern airport by the

Indian Government?

Ans:-Dhalbhumgarh

12)Name the country which partnered with India to set up a Energy banking

mechanism, recently.

Ans:-Nepal

13)With which bank, Etihad Guest tie-up to launch premium card for

international travel?

Ans:-SBI Card

14)What is the theme of the 2019 International Customs Day?

Ans:-SMART borders for seamless Trade, Travel and Transport

15) Where was the National Conference for Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSSs) held?

Ans:-New Delhi


16)India's first indigenously developed NGRAM was tested in __________.

Ans:-Hyderabad


1)International holocaust remembrance day was observed on which date?

Ans:-27th January

2)Which country will become the world's biggest retail market in 2019, as per the

prediction of research firm eMarket?

Ans:-China

3)Who launched "Yuva Swabhiman Yojana" for Urban Youth?

Ans:-Kamal Nath

4)As per the report of CISCO, what is the position of India in General Data

Protection Regulation (GDPR) Index?

Ans:-6th

5)Krishna Sobti passed away, in New Delhi, She was a __________.

Ans:-Writer

6)Which state launched the Voters Helpline Number - 1950 and mobile app for

people with disabilities on the occasion of National Voters Day?

Ans:-Mizoram

7)Name the Indian Badminton player who won Women's Singles in DAIHATSU

Indonesia Masters 2019.

Ans:-Saina Nehwal

8)Which ministry launched a mobile app 'RDP India 2019'?

Ans:-Ministry of Defence

9)Which company joins with Universal Robots to Co-Create Robots for

MSMEs?

Ans:-Bharat Fritz Werner

10)Which country has announced that it will fund South Asian Nitrogen Hub, a

research project to study Nitrogen pollution in India and South Asia?

Ans:-United Kingdom

11)Name of the union minister who inaugurated Atal Setu in Goa?


Ans:-Shri Nitin Gadkari

12)Which state government has floated a 'Pravasi Dividend Pension Scheme' to

provide regular pension to Non-Resident Keralites on a one-time payment of Rs

5 lakh?

Ans:-Kerala

13)Where the Operation Olympics Commenced?

Ans:-Kerala

14)The Oxford Dictionaries announced __________ as the Hindi Word of the

Year.

Ans:-Nari Shakti

15)Who conferred with the Assam Republic Journalism Award?

Ans:-D.N. Chakraborty

16)Which country declared sugarcane juice as the "national drink"?

Ans:-Pakistan

17)Who conferred with the Assam Republic Journalism Award?

Ans:- D.N. Chakraborty

18)Which team won the maiden women's Big Bash title?

Ans:-Brisbane Heat

19)India's fastest indigenous train "Train 18" was renamed as;

Ans:-Vande Bharat Express


1)Who became the first woman to perform bike stunts as part of daredevils,

during Republic Day celebrations of India?

Ans:-Capt Shikha Surabhi

2)Who became the first woman officer to lead an all-men Army contingent in the

Republic Day parade?

Ans:-Lieutenant Bhavana Kasturi


3)As per the latest report of World Steel Association, which is the world's

second-largest steel producing country?

Ans:-India

4)Who is the author of the novel "Nireeshwaran" which won the best novel

award in the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award 2017, announced on 23rd January

2019?

Ans:-VJ James

5)Which railway zone has bagged No.1 position for cleanliness in India?

Ans:-Southern Railway

6)Name the mountaineer who was conferred the Padma Bhushan 2019 award?

Ans:-Bachendri Pal

7)Who has won the 2018 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature?

Ans:-Jayant Kaikini

8)Which country will participate in the International Student Assessment (PISA)

in 2021?

Ans:-India

9)India signed the phytosanitary protocol with which country to facilitate the

export of Indian tobacco?

Ans:-China

10)Who has been appointed as Regional Director for WHO SOUTH EAST Asia?

Ans:- Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh

11)Who had launched the 2020 Presidential bid?

Ans:-Kamala Harris

12)Who won the New South Wales men's Amateur Golf Championship in

Australia?


Ans:- Kartik Sharma

13)Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi stated that the

GST on Haj reduced from 18% to __________.

Ans:-5%

14)Who inaugurated an Integrated Refinery Expansion Project Complex (IREP)

in Kochi, Kerala?

Ans:- Narendra Modi

15)Data Protection Day was observed on;

Ans:-28 January

16)Uttarakhand's first tulip garden will be opened in which district?

Ans:-Pithoragarh

17)Indian politician George Mathew Fernandes was passed away on January 29,

2019. He was a former minister for which of the following department?

Ans:-Defence

18)Who becomes 1st Top-Ranked Windies Test All-Rounder in the International

Cricket Council Test Player?

Ans:-Jason Holder

19)Ministry of Textiles holds a National Conclave on Technical Textiles in

__________.

Ans:-Mumbai

20)Name the app developed by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Ropar to

help the Visually Impaired to recognise currency notes?.

Ans:-Roshni



1)Where did Chief Election Commissioner of India, Sunil Arora and Election

Commissioner Ashok Lavasa inaugurate an International Conference on "Making

our Elections Inclusive and Accessible", recently?

Ans:-New Delhi

2)Recently, National Salt Satyagraha Memorial was inagurated at __________,

Gujarat.

Ans:-Dandi

3)How many agreement are signed between Syria and Iran recently?

Ans:-11

4)Which bank will inject Rs 37,500 crore through OMO in February?

Ans:-RBI

5)Which cocuntry received the Award of Excellence for 'Best in Show' at the

New York Times Travel Show 2019?

Ans:- India

6)The first Hindu woman who have been appointed as a civil judge in Pakistan.

Ans:-Suman Kumari

7)Where was the country's first Geographical Indication (GI) store launched?

Ans:-Goa

8)Dilip Sadarangani was appointed as the Chairman of which of the following

bank?

Ans:-Federal Bank

9)The University of Madras has received Rs.50 crore from which of the

following ministry?

Ans:-Ministry of Human Resource Development

10)Who inagurated an international indoor exhibition center in Hapania?


Ans:-Biplab Kumar Deb

11)Who has become the first Indian transgender to be honoured with Padma

Shri?

Ans:-Narthaki Nataraj

12)As per the Global Corruption Index 2018, which is the top most country in the

list of 180 countries in the world?

Ans:-Denmark

13)The Central government allocated Rs.900 crore to this state towards drought

relief package for 2018-19 Kharif season.

Ans:-Andhra Pradesh

14)This states has been declared best state for active participation in Swasth

Bharat Yatra.

Ans:-Tamil Nadu

15)How many commitees has been started by the Employees' Provident Fund

Organisation?

Ans:-3

16)First Astro Turf Football Pitch inaugurated in the state of;

Ans:-Nagaland

17)This international Airport has donated Rs.10 crore to the Chief Minister's

Distress Relief Fund (CMDRF).

Ans:- Cochin International Airport

18)Name the Indian player has been banned from bowling in international

cricket.

Ans:-Ambati Rayudu


19)The 'Atal Setu' bridge named after former prime minister of India late Atal

Bihari Bajpai, which is the third Cable bridge across river __________ in Panaji,

Goa.

Ans:-Mandovi

20)Ministry of Textiles launched a program to strengthen the handlooms and

textiles sector of India. It is;

Ans:- Artisan Speak

Daily Current Affairs 31stJanuary, 2019

1)Who was appointed as India's Ambassador to the Maldives?

Ans:-Sunjay Sudhir

2)The second edition of "Pariksha Pe Charcha 2.0" held in which city?

Ans:-New Delhi

3)Which state government has recently launched a special scheme to curb infant

deaths?

Ans:-Maharashtra

4)2019 International Stock Taking Conference on Tiger Conservation was held

in __________.

Ans:- New Delhi

5)ISRO Unveils Human Space Flight Centre in __________.

Ans:-Bengaluru

6)Who became the first Indian to compete in the Ironman Triathlon Malaysia?

Ans:-Mukul Nagpaul

7)On which date, India's Martyrs Day was celebrated?

Ans:-January 30


8)This city acquired a ODF++ status by the Swachh Bharat Mission.

Ans:-Hyderabad

9)National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP) was launched by;

Ans:-ICAR

10)Which state cabinet has approved construction of a four-lane Ganga

Expressway?

Ans:-Uttar Pradesh

11)Southern Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Association

organize the South India MSME Summit-2019 in __________.

Ans:-Bengaluru

12)Which will be the host country of G20 annual summit in 2022?

Ans:-India

13)30th January 2019, is celebrated as World Leprosy Eradication Day. The

theme for 2019 is;

Ans:- Ending discrimination, stigma, and prejudice

14)Scientists Develop Artificial Pancreas Smartphone app for whom?

Ans:-Diabetics

15)Which Airport retained as the world's busiest airport for international

customer numbers?

Ans:-Dubai International Airport

16)Name the Union Minister, who wll be conferred with the Carnot Prize.

Ans:-Piyush Goyal


17)Who is the head of Lokpal search panel to select members of anti-corruption

ombudsman Lokpal?

Ans:-Ranjana Prakash Desai

18)Who declared 2019 as the International Year of the Period Table of Chemical

Elements?

Ans:-UNESCO

19)Union Minister for Tourism K.J. Alphons, has inaugurated the first project

under the Swadesh Darshan Project in __________.

Ans:-Sikkim

20)Which two countries have launched a common digital currency called

"Aber"?

Ans:- UAE and Saudi Arabia

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