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Monthly Current Affairs Quiz – June 2019

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1. Who has been allocated the Union Ministry of Finance

& Corporate Affairs in the 17th Lok Sabha?

A. Piyush Goyal

B. Raj Nath Singh

C. Nirmala Sitharaman

D. Ravi Shankar Prasad

E. Dharmendra Pradhan

Answer: C

Nirmala Sitharaman is the first Indian female to be

appointed as full-time Union Minister of Finance &

Corporate Affairs.

2. Who among the following has been appointed as new

HRD Minister of India?

A. Smriti Irani

B. Dharmendra Pradhan

C. S. Jaishankar

D. Arvind Ganpat Sawant

E. Ramesh Pokhriyal

Answer: E

Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ has been appointed new HRD

minister of India.

Smriti Irani -Women and Child Development & Textiles

Minister,

1. Jaishankar-External Affairs Minister,

Arvind Ganpat Sawant -Minister of Heavy Industries and

Public Enterprise,

Dharmendra Pradhan – Petroleum Minister.

3. Which of these portfolio has been allotted to Thaawar

Chand Gehlot?

A. Ministry of Women & Child Development and Textiles

B. Ministry of Human Resource Development

C. Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

D. Ministry of External Affairs

E. Minister of Health and Family Welfare

Answer: C

Ministry of Social Justice and Empowermenthas been

allotted to Thaawar Chand Gehlot.

4. The Cabinet has approved extension of Prime Minister

Kisan Sammaan yojana to all farmers. Earlier the

benefit of this scheme was applicable to farmers having

how many hectacre land?

A. One

B. Two

C. Three

D. Five

E. Ten

Answer: B

• The Cabinet has approved extension of Prime

Minister Kisan Sammaan yojana to all farmers.

Earlier the benefit of this scheme was applicable to

farmers having two hectacre land.

• Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar

said,nearly 14 crore 50 lakh farmers will benefit

from the scheme.

• Under the PM-Kisan scheme six thousand rupees

per year is being given in three installments to the

farmers.

• The beneficiaries should be in the age group of 18 to

40 years. Under this scheme, the farmers will get a

minimum fixed pension of 3 thousand rupees on

attaining the age of 60.

• All small shopkeepers, self-employed persons and

retail traders with GST turnover of 1.5 crore rupees

in the age group of 18 to 40 years will be eligible to

enroll for the scheme through the designated centres

across the country.

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5. What will be the rate of scholarship per month

provided to girls students in revised ‘Prime Minister’s

Scholarship Scheme’ under the National Defence Fund

(NDF)?

A. Rs 2000

B. Rs 3000

C. Rs 2500

D. Rs 2200

E. Rs 2750

Answer: B

• PM Modi announced major changes to the Prime

Minister’s Scholarship Scheme under the National

Defence Fund.

• Major changes approved in PM’s Scholarship

Scheme under the National Defence Fund including

enhanced scholarships for wards of police personnel

martyred in terror or Maoist attacks.

• The government has also changed the in rates of

scholarship. The rates are now Rs 2,500 per month

for boys and Rs 3,000 for girls. It was Rs 2,000 for

boys and Rs 2,250 for girls earlier.

• The Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme, which is

under the NDF, is implemented to encourage

technical and post-graduate education of widows

and wards of armed forces personnel. Around 5,500

wards are awarded the PMSS every year.

6. Under the Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme, the

wards of martyred State Police officials will receive an

annual scholarship of Rs ____________

A. Rs 1000

B. Rs 500

C. Rs 1500

D. Rs 2000

E. Rs 750

Answer: B

• PM Modi announced major changes to the Prime

Minister’s Scholarship Scheme under the National

Defence Fund.

• Major changes approved in PM’s Scholarship

Scheme under the National Defence Fund including

enhanced scholarships for wards of police personnel

martyred in terror or Maoist attacks.

• Ambit of the Scholarship Scheme is extended to the

wards of State Police officials who are/were

martyred during terror/naxal attacks. Rate of

scholarship for wards of state police officials will be

500 in a year.

7. The issuance under the Sovereign Gold Bonds Scheme

2019-20 will begin from __________

A. September 2019

B. June 2019

C. July 2019

D. August 2019

E. October 2019

Answer: B

• The Government of India, in consultation with the

Reserve Bank of India, has decided to issue

Sovereign Gold Bonds for 2019-20 starting from

June 2019 to September 2019.

• The Bonds will be sold every month between July

and September only through:

Scheduled Commercial banks (except Small Finance Banks

and Payment Banks),

Stock Holding Corporation of India Limited (SHCIL),

Designated post offices, and

Recognised stock exchanges viz., National Stock Exchange

of India Limited and Bombay Stock Exchange Limited.

8. Who has been sworn in as the new Chairman of Chiefs

of Staffs Committee (COSC)?

A. Birender Singh Dhanoa

B. Sam Manekshaw

C. Shirish Baban Deo












D. Bipin Rawat

E. None of these

Answer: A

• Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Birender

Singh Dhanoa received the baton of Chairman,

Chiefs of Staff Committee from outgoing Chairman

COSC and Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Sunil

Lanba.

• Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa will be

the Chairman COSC with effect from May 31, 2019

consequent to relinquishment of charge by Admiral

Sunil Lanba upon superannuation.

9. Who is appointed as the United Nations Entity for

Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-

Women)?

A. Nirupama Rao

B. Anita Bhatia

C. Meera Shankar

D. Suchitra Durai

E. None of these

Answer: B

• Indian-origin Anita Bhatia has been the Deputy

Executive Director of the United Nations Entity for

Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women

(UN-Women) for Resource Management,

Sustainability and Partnerships.

• She was appointed by UN Secretary-General

Antonio Guterres in the global body’s agency

focussed on women empowerment and gender

equality.

• Veteran Indian diplomat and a gender equality

champion Lakshmi Puri had previously served as

the Assistant Secretary-General of the United

Nations and Deputy Executive Director of UN

Women.

10. Who was appointed as Goa's brand ambassador to

promote the ancient system of physical and mental

practices?

A. Namrata Menon

B. Namrata Kanal

C. Namrata Prasad

D. Namrata Kiran

E. Namrata Sharma

Answer: A

• Yoga instructor and fitness expert Namrata Menon

was appointed Goa’s brand ambassador to promote

the ancient system of physical and mental practices

in the coastal state.

• Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said Namrata

Menon, who has been doing extraordinary work in

the field of yoga, has been selected to promote it

across the state.

11. Which state is going to host 10th National Science

Film Festival of India in 2020?

A. Tripura

B. Meghalaya

C. Mizoram

D. Manipur

E. West Bengal

Answer: A

• In an effort to raise awareness about science and

environment through films, the 10th National

Science Film Festival of India (NSFFI) will be

organised in Tripura on January and February 2020.

• The film festival is being held with the objective of

highlighting science, technology, innovation,

energy, environment, agriculture and traditional

knowledge in a simple way that would bring science

closer to common people through simple ways of .

• The film festival would include films produced by

UNICEF, UNESCO and filmmakers from different












countries. It will also include entries from Tripura

and other states.

• Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb will make an

appeal to filmmakers and producers to participate in

this film-making initiative in July this year.

12. Which IIT signs MoU with ISRO to set up first-of-its-

kind space technology centre in the Northeast?

A. IIT Delhi

B. IIT Kharkpur

C. IIT Roorke

D. IIT Kanpur

E. IIT Guwahati

Answer: E

• IIT Guwahati has signed an MoU with The Indian

Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to set up an

IITG-ISRO Space Technology Cell (STC) at the

institute where Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi

inaugurated a new academic complex and research

and development building.

• IITG-ISRO STC would be first of its kind in the

North-east region to augment research and capacity

building processes in the field of space technology.

13. Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI) has

partnered with which bank to provide financing

solutions across the country?

A. ICICI Bank

B. IDFC First Bank

C. Axis Bank

D. Yes Bank

E. RBL Bank

Answer: B

• Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI) has

partnered with IDFC FIRST Bank to provide

financing solutions across the country.

• The two partners have signed a memorandum of

understanding (MoU) under which facilities like

loans up to 100 per cent of vehicle cost, zero

processing fee, down payment of ₹999, and

extended loan tenure of 48 months, among others

will be offered to the two-wheeler maker’s

customers.

14. When is the World Milk Day observed?

A. May 31

B. June 1

C. May 30

D. May 29

E. June 2

Answer: B

• World Milk Day is observed on June 1 each year

since 2001 to recognize the importance of milk as a

global food and bring attention to activities that are

connected with the dairy sector

• It was established by the Food and Agriculture

Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.

15. When is the Global Day of Parents observed?

A. May 30

B. May 31

C. First Saturday of June

D. June 1

E. June 2

Answer: D

• The Global Day of Parents is observed on the June

1 annually every year to appreciate all parents in all

parts of the world for their selfless commitment to

children and their lifelong sacrifice towards

nurturing this relationship.

• The Day was proclaimed by United Nations in 2012.

16. Telangana celebrates State formation day on what

day?

A. June 1

B. June 2

C. June 3

D. May 31

E. May 30












Answer: B

• In Telangana, people celebrated the fifth anniversary

of its Formation Day on June 2nd with enthusiasm

and fervour.

• Enthusiasm and fervour gripped the Telangana state

as the youngest state in the country has completed

five years of its existence.

• The state had overcome the electricity crisis and on

its way to overcome the crisis for drinking water as

the mission Bhagiratha programme is on the verge

of its completion.

17. Puerto Williamswhich holds the title of being the

world's southernmost city. The city is located in which

country?

A. Colombia

B. Chile

C. Peru

D. Bolivia

E. Brazil

Answer: B

• Puerto Williams, a growing hamlet draped in snow-

covered peaks on the remote southern tip of the

South American continent, has been upgraded to the

category of “city” by Chilean authorities, making it

the world’s southernmost city.

• Puerto Williams has nudged out Ushuaia, a neighbor

in Argentina’s Tierra del Fuego, for the title.

18. According to the recent report released by

government of India India’s unemployment rate stood at

what percentage in FY18?

A. 6.1%

B. 6.2%

C. 6.3%

D. 6.4%

E. 6.5%

Answer: A

• India’s unemployment rate stood at 6.1% in FY18,

official data showed, highlighting the challenge that

confronts the Narendra Modi-led government.

• They showed the unemployment rate was at a 45-

year high.

• The Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) of the

National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) showed the

unemployment rate in the country in FY18 was at

5.3% in rural India and 7.8% in urban India,

resulting in overall unemployment rate of 6.1%.

19. How much amount has been approved by the

government towards the initiative to control of Foot and

Mouth Disease (FMD) and Brucellosis in animal

husbandry sector?

A. Rs 9,545 crores

B. Rs 12,185 crores

C. Rs 13,343 crores

D. Rs 15, 282 crores

E. Rs 17, 343 crores

Answer: C

• During the Union Cabinet Meeting Chaired by

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 31st May 2019,

the first since the outcome of the

2019 Lok Sabha election, a novel initiative was

cleared that will benefit crores of farmers and

improve the health of animals.

• This initiative pertains to controlling Foot and

Mouth Disease (FMD) and Brucellosis to support

the livestock rearing farmers.

• The decision indicates the spirit of compassion

towards those animals who are a valued part of our

planet but are not able to speak. It must be noted

that these diseases are very common amongst the

livestock like cow, bulls, buffaloes, sheep, goats,

pigs etc.

• The Cabinet has cleared a total outlay of Rs.

13,343 crores to fully control these diseases amongst












the livestock in the country in the next 5 years and

subsequently eradicate these diseases.

20. The mobile app “Yoga Locator” has been launched

by which of these Ministries?

A. Ministry of Ayush

B. Ministry of Health & Family Welfare

C. Ministry of External Affairs

D. Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

E. None of these

Answer: A

• AYUSH Ministry has launched a mobile application

to enable people to locate yoga events and centres

providing training and instructors.

• The mobile app was launched ahead of International

Yoga Day on June 21.

• Yoga locator app will help people to locate yoga

centres as well as yoga instructors within the

preferred radius of their vicinity.

• It will be a permanent app which will give

information to people about yoga activities

happening in their vicinity throughout the year.

• The theme for IDY 2019 will be ‘Yoga for Heart’.

21. Which committee has submitted new draft education

policy to HRD Ministry.

A. Bhurelal Committee

B. Bimal Jalan Committee

C. Kasturirangan Committee

D. Chandrashekhar Committee

E. Dave Committee

Answer: C

• Former ISRO chief Dr. Kasturirangan led

Committee submitted the draft National Educational

Policy (NEP) to HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal

Nishank in New Delhi.

• The policy draft recommends incorporation of

Indian knowledge systems in the curriculum,

constituting a National Education Commission and

curbing arbitrary fees hikes by private schools.

• The existing NEP was framed in 1986 and revised in

1992.

22. Which state government hikes parental income limit

under fee waiver scheme?

A. Assam

B. Madhya Pradesh

C. Punjab

D. Rajasthan

E. Gujarat

Answer: A

• Assam government has waived admission fees for

students taking admission up to Post Graduate level

whose parental income is less than 2 lakh rupees per

year.

• All provincialized government colleges and 5

universities are incorporated under the scheme.

• Assam Education Minister Siddhartha Bhattacharya

said that the quality of the government schools is

improved following the Gunotsav.

23. RBI extends relaxed norms for NBFC loan

securitisation till ___________.

A. December 31

B. December 1

C. November 30

D. November 1

E. August 31

Answer: A

• The RBI has extended minimum holding period

requirement for NBFCs to raise funds via loan

securitisation to help the sector overcome liquidity

shortage.

• As per the earlier notification issued by the Reserve

Bank of India in Novermber, the dispensation was

valid till May, 2019.












• it has been decided to extend the dispensation

provided therein till December 31, 2019,

• The relaxation in minimum holding period (MHP)

criteria will primarily benefit housing finance

companies and NBFCs, offering mortgage loans

where the tenure is typically more than five years.

24. Which Indian PSU was the most profitable company

in the financial year 2018-19?

A. NTPC

B. IOC

C. GAIL

D. ONGC

E. BHEL

Answer: D

• ONGC, India’s top oil and gas producer, has toppled

Indian Oil Corp (IOC) to regain crown of being the

country’s most profitable public sector company.

• Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) reported a 34 per

cent jump in its 2018-19 fiscal net profit to Rs

26,716 crore.

• In comparison, IOC registered a net profit of Rs

17,274 crore for the fiscal year ended March 31,

2019.

25. Name the Indian first woman fighter pilot to fly by

day on Hawk advanced jet aircraft

A. Shubhangi Swaroop

B. Avani Chaturvedi

C. Bhawana Kanth

D. Mohana Singh

E. Suprejeeth Thakur

Answer: D

• Flight Lieutenant Mohana Singh has become the

first woman fighter pilot to fly by day a Hawk

advanced jet aircraft.

• She achieved the feat at the Kalaikunda Air Force

Station in West Bengal.

• Her training involved flying both air-to-air combat

and air-to-ground missions.

• She has undertaken many practice missions, which

involved firing of rockets, guns and dropping high

calibre bombs and also participated in various Air

Force Level flying exercises.

• Earlier, Flight Lt Bhawana Kanth became the first

daytime woman fighter pilot to fly a MiG-21 Bison.

26. Who among the following has become the first Indian

to be appointed on the board of the International Air

Transport Association (IATA)?

A. Pradeep Singh Kharola

B. Ajay Singh

C. Vinay Dube

D. Ashok Chawla

E. None of these

Answer: B

• Low cost carrier SpiceJet’s Chairman and Managing

Director Ajay Singh was elected to the board of the

International Air Transport Association (IATA), less

than three months after the airline joined the global

grouping.

• Founder and former chairman of the Jet Airways

Naresh Goyal, who was associated with the IATA

for a long time, was a member on the previous

board.

27. Nayib Bukele has been elected as the President of

which country?

A. El Salvador

B. Costa Rica

C. Honduras

D. Venezuela

E. Guatemala

Answer: A

• In the Central American country of El Salvador,

Nayib Bukele has been sworn-in as the nation’s

President.












• Bukele was sworn-in by the Speaker of the National

Assembly in downtown San Salvador. Delegations

from 83 countries attended the ceremony.

• Bukele was elected in February to succeed Salvador

Sanchez Ceren, a leftist former guerrilla.

28. Who is the new President of Badminton Asia?

A. Anton Aditya Subowo

B. Maharshi Kautilya

C. Vinod Kamble

D. Suresh Jadeja

E. None of these

Answer: A

• Indonesia’s Anton Aditya Subowo was re-elected as

the President of Badminton Asia.

• He will continue as the President for another four

years.

• There was a close fight between Anton and Dato’

Sri Mohamad Norza Zakaria (President of

Badminton Association of Malaysia) for the post of

Badminton Asia President.

29. Satish Chandra Verma to be new Advocate General

of which state?

A. Andhra Pradesh

B. Chhattisgarh

C. Karnataka

D. Kerala

E. Tamil Nadu

Answer: B

• Chhattisgarh has appointed Satish Chandra Verma

as the new Advocate General (AG)

• Mr Verma replaces Kanak Tiwari.

• Before being appointed as the new AG, Verma was

the Additional Advocate General of the state.

• In exercise of the powers conferred by Clause (1) of

Article 165 of the constitution of India, the

Governor of Chhattisgarh is pleased to appoint

Satish Chandra Verma, Additional Advocate

General, Chhattisgarh as Advocate General

30. WHO has selected which state government’s Medical

& Health Department for its award this year in

recognition of its achievements in the field of tobacco

control.

A. Maharashtra

B. West Bengal

C. Rajasthan

D. Gujarat

E. Meghalaya

Answer: C

• The World Health Organization has selected the

Rajasthan government’s Medical & Health

Department for its award this year in recognition of

its achievements in the field of tobacco control.

• The department’s Additional Chief Secretary, Rohit

Kumar Singh, will receive the award at a function to

mark World No Tobacco Day in New Delhi.

• The Health Department of the State is the only

government body in the country which will be

awarded for its tobacco-free initiatives.

31. Name the Indian who has been felicitated with the

Mexico’s highest civilian award ‘Order of the Aztec

Eagle’ in 2019?

A. Ram Nath Kovind

B. Pranab Mukherjee

C. Pratibha Patil

D. Sonia Gandhi

E. None of these

Answer: C

• Former Indian President Pratibha Patil has been

conferred the “Orden Mexicana del Aguila Azteca”

(Order of the Aztec Eagle) – the highest civilian

award of Mexico.

• The Ambassador of Mexico to India, Melba Pria,

conferred the award on Patil – who created history












as this country’s first woman President (2007-2012),

at a special ceremony held in the MCCIA Bhavan,

Pune.

• Patil, 85, becomes only the second Indian head of

state to get the award. Earlier, the late President S.

Radhakrishnan had been conferred this honour.

32. The two day long Elephanta festival of art and

culture is celebrated in which state?

A. Uttar Pradesh

B. Jharkhand

C. Punjab

D. Madhya Pradesh

E. Maharashtra

Answer: E

• The two-day Elephanta Festival organised by the

Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation

(MTDC) began with a concert by folk and classical

singer Kailash Kher at the Gateway of India.

• The MTDC organises the festival every year to

promote tourism and the culture of Mumbai. The

festival is held on Gharapuri Island, which was

christened Elephanta by the Portuguese after they

found a statue of an elephant on the island.

33. Jose Antonio Reyes who died recently was a

professional ______________

A. Tennis Player

B. Golfer

C. Footballer

D. Formula One Racing Driver

E. Tabe Tennis Player

Answer: C

• Former Sevilla and Arsenal winger Jose Antonio

Reyes has died in a traffic accident, aged 35.

• He made his professional debut for Spanish football

club Sevilla and further played for clubs like

England’s Arsenal, Spain’s Real Madrid and

Atlético Madrid, Poland’s Benfica among others.

34. Brij Mohan Khaitan passed away recently.Who was

he?

A. Film Producer

B. Industrialist

C. Cricketer

D. Musician

E. Meteorologist

Answer: B

• Veteran industrialist and Williamson Magor Group

patriarch Brij Mohan Khaitan passed away in

Kolkata. He was 92.

• He continued to serve as chairman emeritus in both

these firms. Considered a visionary, he has left an

indelible mark on the world of entrepreneurship,

education, business ethics and service to mankind.

35. World Bicycle Day is observed on what day?

A. June 3

B. June 2

C. June 1

D. First Monday of June

E. First Tuesday of June

Answer: A

• The World Bicycle Day is observed globally on

June 3 to recognize the uniqueness, longevity and

versatility of the bicycle, as simple, affordable,

reliable, clean and environmentally fit sustainable

means of transportation.

• The day was declared by the United Nations General

Assembly in April 2018.

36. On what day International Day of Innocent Children

Victims of Aggression is observed?

A. June 3

B. June 2

C. June 1

D. June 4

E. First Monday of June

Answer: D












• Every year on 4 June, The United Nation’s (UN)

International Day of Innocent Children Victims of

Aggression is observed to raise awareness about the

children who have suffered a lot throughout the

world and are victims of physical, mental and

emotional abuse.

• On this day UN affirms the commitment to protect

the rights of children.

37. Which state government increases financial aid given

to girls under ‘Aapki Beti’ scheme?

A. Odisha

B. Punjab

C. Tamil Nadu

D. Rajasthan

E. Mizoram

Answer: D

• The Rajasthan government increased the financial

assistance given to school girls under the ‘Aapki

Beti’ scheme and ex-gratia payment to the families

of polling personnel who die during election duty.

• Under the Aapki Beti scheme, girls living under the

Below Poverty Line (BPL) and whose mother or

father or both have died get annual financial

assistance in the state.

• The amount has been increased to 2,100 from Rs.

1,100 for the girls studying in class 1 to 8 and for

the girls in class 9 to 12, the financial aid has been

increased to Rs. 2,500 from Rs. 1,500.

• Similarly, the government has also increased ex-

gratia payment to the next of kin of an official killed

on election duty to Rs. 20 lakh from Rs. 15 lakh.

38. Under the Rythu Bandhu scheme, the financial

assistance to farmers has been increased to Rs

___________ per acre per farmer per season

A. Rs 4000

B. Rs 5000

C. Rs 6000

D. Rs 7000

E. Rs 8000

Answer: B

• Telangana Government issued guidelines to enhance

Agriculture Investment Support Scheme – Rythu

Bandhu from Rs. 4,000 to Rs. 5,000 per acre per

season.

• The Scheme was implemented in the year 2018-19

with the objective of relieving the farmers from debt

burden and not allowing them to fall in the debt trap.

• This scheme was proposed for providing Initial

investment support to Agriculture and Horticulture

crops by way of a grant @ Rs. 4000/- per acre per

farmer each season towards purchase of inputs like

Seeds, Fertilizers, Pesticides, towards Labor and

other investments in the field operations of farmers’

choice for the crop season.

39. Which state High Court declares all animals in the

state to be 'legal persons'?

A. Haryana

B. Maharashtra

C. Madhya Pradesh

D. Delhi

E. Andhra Pradesh

Answer: A

• The Punjab and Haryana High Court has accorded

the status of “legal person or entity” to all animals in

Haryana, granting them the “corresponding rights,

duties and liabilities of a living person”.

• The verdict comes nearly a year after Uttarakhand

High Court passed a similar order “to protect and

promote greater welfare of animals”.

40. Madhya Pradesh Cabinet has passed a resolution to

increase reservation quota for Other Backward Classes

(OBC) to what percent?

A. 19%

B. 22%












C. 25%

D. 27%

E. 33%

Answer: D

• Madhya Pradesh Cabinet has passed a resolution to

increase reservation quota for Other Backward

Classes (OBC) from existing 14 per cent to 27 per

cent.

• Madhya Pradesh will become the only state in the

country to have a 27 per cent quota for OBCs.

• The move will lead to reservation in the state

breaching the Supreme Court-mandated 50 per cent

cap to reach 63 per cent.

41. According to EY’s Global FinTech Adoption Index

2019, the global Fintech adoption rate in 2019 has

increased at an average rate of___________ percent

A. 76%

B. 52%

C. 88%

D. 64%

E. 93%

Answer: D

• Fintech adoption rate has risen to an average of 64

percent this year, with emerging markets like China

and India leading the way, according to a report by

Ernst & Young (EY).

• In its report titled ‘Global FinTech Adoption

Index 2019’, EY said emerging markets like China

and India (87 percent adoption rate) led the charts,

followed by Russia and South Africa (82 percent).

42. India shares the top rank in Ernst & Young (EY)

Global FinTech Adoption Index 2019 with which

country?

A. United States

B. China

C. Japan

D. Russia

E. Canada

Answer: B

• Fintech adoption rate has risen to an average of 64

percent this year, with emerging markets like China

and India leading the way, according to a report by

Ernst & Young (EY).

• The Fintech adoption rate was highest in India and

China at 87% for both the countries followed by

Russia and South Africa on second at 82% each.

43. To encourage digital payments, which among the

following measures are suggested by the Nandan

Nilekani committee?

A. elimination of charges,

B. round the clock RTGS and NEFT facility

C. duty-free import of point-of-sales machines

D. Only A and B

E. All the above

Answer: E

• To encourage digital payments, the Nandan Nilekani

committee has suggested a host of measures,

including elimination of charges, round the clock

RTGS and NEFT facility and duty-free import of

point-of-sales machines.

• The committee, which was appointed by the RBI,

had submitted its suggestions on promoting digital

payments to Governor Shaktikanta Das

• The committee had recommended that the

Interchange on card payments be reduced by 15

basis points (0.15 per cent) as this will increase the

incentive for acquirers to sign up merchants.

• Current import duty of POS machine was 18 per

cent

• The Committee recommends large scale usage of

common and interoperable mobility cards by public

across different transit

44. Who is the newly elected Secretary General of the

General Insurance Council?












A. Varun Dua

B. Mayank Bathwal

C. Ankur Nijhawan

D. MN Sarma

E. None of these

Answer: D

• MN Sarma, the former Chairman & Managing

Director (MD) of United India Insurance will be the

new Secretary General of the General Insurance

Council.

• 61-year-old Sarma, who retired in May 2018, will

take over the new responsibility in August. He will

be supported by CR Vijayan, a former director of

the GIC Re, who has been selected as the deputy

Secretary General of the GI Council.

• The GI Council was formed in 2001, under an act of

the IRDAI has emerged as an important

representative and voice for the Rs 1.7 lakh crore

Indian general insurance industry

45. Who among the following has been elected as

external auditor of the World Health Organization

(WHO)?

A. Nandan Nicolam

B. Sidendra Pradan

C. Rajiv Mehrishi

D. Satish Khurishi

E. None of these

Answer: C

• Rajiv Mehrishi has been elected as external

auditor of the World Health Organization (WHO).

He is the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.

• The election was held in the 72nd WHO Assembly

in Geneva on May 23 where the CAG was elected

with a majority (90 out of 162 votes).

• Apart from India, others competing for the position

were the Auditors General of Congo, France, Ghana,

Tunisia and the United Kingdom.

• He has been elected for a term of four years from

2020 to 2023.

• Earlier this year in March 2019 he was also elected

for the post of External Auditor of Food and

Agriculture Organization in Rome

46. Who has been appointed as the National Security

Adviser (NSA)?

A. Shivshankar Menon

B. Omar Abdullah

C. Ajit Doval

D. M. K. Narayanan

E. None of these

Answer: C

• Ajit Doval has been appointed as the National

Security Adviser (NSA) for a second consecutive

term and elevated to the rank of Union Cabinet

Minister.

• The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has

approved his appointment for a five-year period

with effect from May 31, 2019.

• Doval was in May 2014 appointed as the fifth NSA

in the rank of Minister of State.

• He is the first National Security Adviser to get a

second term.

47. Indian gymnast Rakesh Kumar Patra finished at

which position in the finals of Parallel Bars at the FIG

World Cup in Koper, Slovenia?

A. Fifth

B. Sixth

C. Seventh

D. Eigth

E. Ninth

Answer: C

• Indian gymnast Rakesh Kumar Patra finished

seventh in the finals of Parallel Bars at the FIG

World Cup in Koper, Slovenia.












• In the final field of eight gymnasts, Patra finished

second last with a score of 13.650.

• Frank Baines of Great Britain clinched the top spot,

while Kazakhstan’s Milad Karimi settled for the

second place and Ilias Georgiou of Cyprus was

third.

48. Who Wins Italian Grand Prix 2019?

A. Marc Marquez

B. Ducati’s Danilo Petrucci

C. Dovisiosa

D. A. Rins

E. T. Nakagami

Answer: B

• Ducati’s Danilo Petrucci fought off a stiff challenge

from Marc Marquez to win the Italian Grand Prix,

his first ever MotoGP victory.

• Petrucci’s win comes a day after he recorded the

highest speed in MotoGP history.Petrucci, an Italian

riding for local team Ducati.

• Five-time MotoGP champion Marquez on a Honda

briefly took the lead in the last lap but Petrucci

recaptured first place and won.

49. Actor-singer Ruma Guha Thakurta passes away. She

is an actress of which language?

A. Telugu

B. Malayalam

C. Bengali

D. Kannada

E. Hindi

Answer: C

• Bengali actor and singer Ruma Guha Thakurta died

of old-age related ailments in her Kolkata residence.

She was 84.

• Guha Thakurta is known for her roles in movies

such as Ganga, Balika Badhu, and 36 Chowringhee

Lane.

50. When is the World Environment Day is celebrated?

A. 3rd June

B. 4th June

C. 5th June

D. 6th June

E. 7th June

Answer: C

• World Environment Day is celebrated on the 5th of

June every year. Theme for the year 2019 is Beat

Air Pollution

• World Environment Day is promoted by the United

Nation and for 2019 China being the host country.

• World Environment Day is also known as

the Environment Day, Eco Day.

• This day is celebrated to spread awareness about the

Environment and its effects on the daily life of the

people.

51. How much amount of subsidy has been announced by

the Assam government for the North East Skill Centre?

A. Rs 2.2 lakh

B. Rs 2 lakh

C. Rs 1.7 lakh

D. Rs 1 lakh

E. Rs 0.7 lakh

Answer: C

• Assam government to provide a subsidy of 1.7 lakh

rupees for the admission in the North East Skill

Centre.

• Total 400 students will get admission in first batch.

The total course fees for the first batch students

would be around Rs 2.2 lakh for which the state

government has planned to provide a subsidy of Rs

1.7 lakh.

• NESC has been set up by the Assam government in

collaboration with ITE Education Services (ITEES),

Singapore and was inaugurated in March 2019.

• It will provide International Standard, quality skill

training facility in Food & Beverage Service,












Housekeeping, Retail Service and Beauty &

Wellness.

52. Which brand has topped the TRA’s Brand Trust

Report 2019 for being the most trusted brand in India?

A. LIC

B. Dell

C. SBI

D. Reliance

E. TCS

Answer: B

• Dell has emerged as the most trusted brand in India

in 2019, according to a report released by brand

analytics firm TRA Research.

• Dell climbed five ranks over the previous year to

grab the top spot and also introduced the laptop

category in the report.

• The mother-brand Dell has grown its India revenues

from US$ 600 million in 2008 to nearly US$ 20

billion in 2018 and US and India are the only two

countries that have all Dell’s business functions and

provide support globally.

• LIC and Amazon are ranked on the third and fourth

spots and Apple iPhone emerged as India’s fifth

most trusted brand, rising 116 ranks from 2018.

53. In its Global Economic Prospects report, the World

Bank stated the growth rate of India for the financial

year 2019 and 2020 is at what percent?

A. 7.2%

B. 7.3%

C. 7.4%

D. 7.5%

E. 7.6%

Answer: D

• The World Bank retained its forecast of India’s

growth rate at 7.5 per cent for the current financial

year.

• In its Global Economic Prospects report, the World

Bank also stated that growth rate is expected to

remain the same for the next two fiscals

• According to the report, private consumption and

investment will benefit from strengthening credit

growth amid more accommodative monetary policy,

with inflation having fallen below the Reserve Bank

of India’s target.

54. Name the first ever person to receive the gold card

permanent residency visa of the UAE government?

A. Yusuff Ali M. A.

B. B. Ravi Pillai

C. B. R. Shetty

D. Sunny Varkey

E. None of these

Answer: A

• The Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship,

ICA, issued the first “Golden Residence Permit” in

Abu Dhabi, as part of the “Investors Permanent

Residence System” implemented under the UAE

Cabinet’s Resolution No. 56 for 2018, which aims to

help investors, entrepreneurs and qualified

individuals who meet its criteria.

• UAE-based businessman, LuLu Group chairman

M.A. Yusuffali has become the first expat to get the

exclusive Permanent Residency ‘Golden Card’.

• The first batch of 6,800 investors with Dh100 billion

worth of investments will be granted the “Golden

Card.”

55. Who among the following has become the world’s

first billionaire rapper of the world as per the Forbes

report?

A. Jay-Z

B. Eminem

C. Drake

D. Kanye West

E. None of these












Answer: A

• Jay-Z has been named the world’s first billionaire

rapper in a new Forbes cover story.

• The 49-year-old Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn

Corey Carter, is the husband of American singer

Beyonce.

• His superstar wife is reported to have a net worth of

about $ 335 mn.

56. Name the Veteran Indian actress who wins

prestigious J C Daniel Award?

A. Sheela

B. Nirosha

C. Meghamala

D. Saroja

E. Kamala

Answer: A

• Veteran actress Sheela was chosen for the

prestigious J C Daniel Award, the Kerala

government’s highest honour for outstanding

contribution to Malayalam cinema.

• The annual honour, named after J C Daniel, who

made the first silent movie in Mollywood, comprises

a purse of Rs 5 lakh, a citation and a plaque.

57. 14th Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)

summit held in which city?

A. Mecca

B. Kaaba

C. Riyadh

D. Dubai

E. Jeddah

Answer: A

• The OIC foreign ministers meeting, preparatory to

the 14th ordinary session of the Islamic Summit

conference convened in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi

Arabia, under the chairmanship of Dr. Ibrahim Ibn

Abdulaziz Al Assaf, Saudi Minister of Foreign

Affairs.

• Yousef Aldobeay of Saudi Arabia, an assistant

secretary general of OIC, was among four special

envoys for Jammu and Kashmir appointed at the

grouping’s summit meeting in Makkah

58. Sachin Bansal, the co-founder of Flipkart, has joined

as the Independent Director of which bank?

A. Jana Small Finance Bank

B. Utkarsh Small Finance Bank

C. Ujjivan Small Finance Bank

D. Suryodaya Small Finance Bank

E. None of these

Answer: C

• Ujjivan Small Finance Bank has appointed Flipkart

founder Sachin Bansal as its independent director.

• This is the second big futuristic move by Ujjivan

management after it roped in HDFC Bank’s digital

banking head Nitin Chugh as its next chief

executive.

• Chugh will join the bank in August and take the

baton from Ghosh on December 1.

59. Name the newly appointed Chief of India

Meteorological Department (IMD)?

A. Ravi Nanjundiah

B. Mrutyunjay Mohapatra

C. Madhavan Nair Rajeevan

D. K. J Ramesh

E. None of these

Answer: B

• Renowned scientist Mrutyunjay Mohapatra was

appointed as the chief of the India Meteorological

Department (IMD).

• Mohapatra, who is Scientist ‘G’ in the IMD, has

been appointed as Director-General of Meteorology,

IMD, for a period of five years.

• He will assume charge of the post on or after August

1, 2019.












• The IMD is responsible for weather and climate

related forecasts for the country.

60. Who has been named as the new Chairman of the

Axis Bank?

A. Sandeep Bakhshi

B. Uday Chander Khanna

C. Brahm Dutt

D. Rakesh Makhija

E. Rajesh Mehta

Answer: D

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved

appointment of Rakesh Makhija as chairman of the

Axis Bank.

• The board of the bank in March had approved

appointment of Makhija as chairman subject to RBI

clearance.

• RBI has approved the appointment of Rakesh

Makhija (DIN: 00117692), independent director as

the non-executive (part-time) chairman of the bank,

for a period of 3 years, with effect from July 18,

2019, up to July 17, 2022 (both days inclusive).

•

61. Ashok Leyland has partnered with which bank to

launch vehicle loan facility for its customers?

A. State Bank of India

B. Ujjivan Small Finance Bank

C. Punjab National Bank

D. Suryoday Small Finance Bank

E. Canara Bank

Answer: D

• Hinduja Group flagship firm Ashok Leyland has

partnered with Suryoday Small Finance Bank for

vehicle loans.

• The two partners have signed an initial agreement to

enter a strategic financing partnership for three

years.

• Under the pact, the bank will provide end-to-end

financial solutions to Ashok Leyland’s customers

for auto loans across India.

• The partnership with Suryoday Small Finance Bank

will benefit our stakeholders and customers with

financial products, which are specifically tailored

for hassle-free experience.

62. India ranks ____ among 129 countries in global

gender equality index?

A. 90

B. 95

C. 100

D. 125

E. 85

Answer: B

• India ranked 95th out of 129 countries in a new

index that measures global gender equality looking

at aspects such as poverty, health, education,

literacy, political representation and equality at the

workplace.

• Denmark was ranked at the first place and Chad at

129th place. China ranked at 74 position, Pakistan at

113 while Nepal and Bangladesh at 102 and 110

respectively.

63. Which state government launches India’s first

trading programme to combat particulate air pollution?

A. Gujarat

B. Maharashtra

C. Punjab

D. Kerala

E. Delhi

Answer: A

• Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani launched

India’s first trading programme to combat

particulate air pollution on World Environment Day

2019, which has air pollution as its theme.












• The programme is a market-based system where the

government sets a cap on emissions and allows

industries to buy and sell permits to stay below the

cap.

64. Which city Metro becomes India's first project to

receive power from waste-to-energy?

A. Bangalore

B. Delhi

C. Mumbai

D. Hyderabad

E. Noida

Answer: B

• To establish an environment-friendly network, the

Delhi Metro has become the first ever project in the

country to receive power generated from a waste-to-

energy plant.

• The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has

started receiving 2 MW power from a 12 MW

capacity waste-to-energy plant set up in Ghazipur.

• DMRC will take approximately 17.5 million units

per annum from this plant. However, the energy

offtake will depend upon the actual generation of the

plant.

• The waste-to-energy plant set up by East Delhi

Waste Processing Company Limited (EDWPCL) is

based on a Public Private Partnership (PPP)

involving the Delhi government and East Delhi

Municipal Corporation (EDMC), besides the

EDWPCL.

65. The government of Jharkhand has inaugurated the

Haj House in which of these cities recently?

A. Jamshedpur

B. Dhanbad

C. Ranchi

D. Bokaro

E. None of these

Answer: C

• Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das inaugurated

the Haj House in Ranchi on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr.

• Inaugurating the Rs-50 crore Haj House, which can

accommodate about 1,000 people for offering

Namaaz.

• This is the reason that the state government has

fulfilled an old demand of members of the Muslim

community – constructing a modern and grand Haj

House.

66. What is the rank of the Reserve Bank of India in

terms of Gold Reserves Holding by the global central

banks?

A. 10th

B. 9th

C. 8th

D. 7th

E. 6th

Answer: A

• The Reserve Bank of India has moved to rank 10th

in terms of gold reserves with the central banks.

• The Reserve Bank of India purchased 52.3 tonnes

gold in FY19 to augment its foreign exchange

reserves, according to the latest data released by the

World Gold Council.

• It has entered league of world’s top-10 gold holding

central banks. RBI currently holds 612.6 tonnes of

the metal as part of its foreign exchange reserves.

• The United States is the top holder of Gold

Reserves.

67. The Life Insurance Corporation of India has recently

extended the maternity leave for its female employees to

___________ months during the entire period of the

employee’s service.

A. 15 months

B. 12 months

C. 18 months












D. 21 months

E. 24 months

Answer: A

• Female employees of Life Insurance Corporation of

India (LIC) will now get three more months of

maternity leave during their service period.

• According to the revised rules for maternity leaves

notified by the Finance Ministry, an employee will

get a maximum of 15 months of maternity leave

during her service period.

• As of March 31, 2018, out of LIC’s total employee

strength of nearly 1.12 lakh, 24,000 were women.

68. Which of these institutions has approved USD 287

million loan for Tamil Nadu Health System Reform

Programme?

A. Asian Development Bank

B. World Bank

C. New Development Bank

D. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

E. World Health Organisation

Answer: B

• The central government, Tamil Nadu and the World

Bank have signed a $287 million loan agreement for

the state’s Health System Reform Programme that

aims to improve the quality of health care, reduce

the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs),

and fill equity gaps in reproductive and child health

services.

• Tamil Nadu ranks third among all Indian states in

the NITI Aayog Health Index.

69. Which of these port has been declared as wilful

defaulter by the Bank of Baroda?

A. Krishnapatnam Port

B. Okha Port

C. Dighi Port

D. Chennai Port

E. Kakinada Port

Answer: C

• State-owned lender Bank of Baroda (BoB) has

declared Vijay Goverdhandas Kalantri, chairman

and managing director of Dighi Port, as a “wilful

defaulter” for not repaying his loans.

• The leading industrialist Vijay Goverdhandas

Kalantri and his son Vishal Kalantri, director of

Dighi Port, owe nearly Rs 3,334 crore to a

consortium of 16 Indian banks, including BoB, and

Bank of India is the lead lender.

• The bank had reportedly placed a public notice in a

Mumbai-based newspaper, with photographs of

Dighi Port Limited (borrower), Vishal Vijay

Kalantri (Director) and Vijay Kalantri (Director and

Guarantor), declaring them as “wilful defaulters”.

70. ICAI has mandated to mention UDIN number in

audit reports with effect from which date?

A. 1 November 2019

B. 1 December 2019

C. 1 July 2019

D. 1 September 2019

E. 31 July 2019

Answer: C

• The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

(ICAI) has mandated the mention of the Unique

Document Identification Number (UDIN) in audit

reports starting July 1.

• The UDIN would help to verify online whether a

certificate or audit report that has been submitted

has actually been signed by a chartered accountant.

• DIN is a unique number, which will be generated for

every document certified/attested by Practising

Chartered Accountants and registered with the

UDIN portal. The portal is available

at https://udin.icai.org/.

71. Who among these has been selected for the

prestigious Global Leadership Awards 2019?












A. Indra Nooyi

B. Mukesh Ambani

C. Adena Friedman

D. Sunder Pichai

E. Both (c) and (d)

Answer: E

• In United States, Google’s India-born CEO Sundar

Pichai and Nasdaq president Adena Friedman have

been chosen for the prestigious Global Leadership

Awards 2019 by business advocacy group USIBC in

recognition of the two companies’ contribution as

the leading technology-driven platforms.

• The award by Washington-based US-India Business

Council (USIBC) would be conferred upon Indian-

American Pichai, 46, and Friedman, 50, during the

next week’s ‘India Ideas Summit’.

• USIBC Global Leadership Awards recognise top

corporate executives from the United States and

India whose companies play a major role in

catalysing growth in the US-India commercial

corridor.

72. The Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2019 will be

held in which city?

A. Prague

B. Brussels

C. The Hague

D. Copenhagen

E. Geneva

Answer: C

• Prime Minister Mark Rutte and the American

Foreign Minister Mike Pompeo opened the Global

Entrepreneurship Summit in The Hague.

• Some 2 thousand entrepreneurs, investors and

representatives of government organizations from

134 countries will meet and make deals at the

business summit.

• The Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) 2019 is

an initiative of the government of United States of

America to bring together global leaders in

entrepreneurship, innovation, investment and policy

to support deals that matters to everyone.

73. The 2nd Global Disability Summit 2019 will take

place in which city?

A. New Delhi

B. Buenos Aires

C. London

D. Beijing

E. Mascow

Answer: B

• The 2nd edition of the Global Disability Summit

will be held at Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6-8

June 2019.

• Social Justice and Empowerment minister

Thaawarchand Gehlot has left for Buenos Aires in

Argentina to participate in 2nd Global Disability

Summit.

• The objective of the three-day summit is to

deliberate on issues across the world concerning

empowerment and inclusion of Persons with

Disabilities and to work out a mechanism for

enabling them to live an independent and dignified

life.

• The 1st Global Disability Summit was held in

London in July 2018.

74. Who has been elected as the new President of FIFA?

A. Pierluigi Collina

B. Michel Platini

C. Gianni Infantino

D. Sepp Blatter

E. None of these

Answer: C












• Gianni Infantino was re-elected as FIFA president

unopposed at the congress of world football’s

governing body in Paris.

• The 49-year-old Swiss-Italian lawyer will be

incharge for a period of four years until 2023.

75. The Indian Army’s Kharga Corps conducted the

training exercise “Kharga Prahar” recently. This corp is

based in which city?

A. Roorke

B. Jaipur

C. Ambala

D. Jodhpur

E. Udaipur

Answer: C

• The exercise “Kharga Prahar”, which began on May

27, was undertaken in the plains of Punjab by

various units and formations of Army’s Kharga

Corps.

• A major training exercise conducted by the Indian

Army in Punjab ended.

• The components of the Indian Air Force also

participated in the exercise.

• The exercise setting also incorporated aspects of

joint training wherein para drops from Indian Air

Force aircraft were carried out and simulated

battlefield air strikes were conducted in support of

ground forces

76. Dinyar Contractor, who passed away recently was a

well known ______________

A. Journalist

B. Actor

C. Author

D. Singer

E. Film Producer

Answer: B

• Veteran actor and theatre legend Dinyar Contractor,

who appeared in films such as Baadshah and

Khiladi, passed away. He was 79.

• The actor was best known for his comic roles in

films and was awarded a Padma Shri, earlier this

year.

77. Every year World Food Safety Day is celebrated on

what day?

A. June 5th

B. June 6th

C. June 7th

D. June 8th

E. June 9th

Answer: C

• World Food Safety Day is celebrated on 7 June to

draw global attention to the consequences of

contaminated food and water to the health. Theme

for 2019 is “Food Safety, everyone’s business!”

• Also, this day focuses on the way to reduce the risk

of food poisoning. Safety of food is a key to achieve

the Sustainable Development Goals.

78. Financial Literacy Week is an initiative of RBI is

observed from _____ to _____.

A. June 2nd to June 6th

B. June 3rd to June 7th

C. June 4th to June 8th

D. June 7th to June 11th

E. June 8th to June 12th

Answer: B

• Financial Literacy Week is an initiative of RBI to

promote awareness on key topics every year through

a focused campaign.

• It is observed from June 3 to 7which focuses on how

they can benefit by being a part of the formal

banking system.

• The Theme focuses on how they can benefit by

being a part of the formal banking system.












79. The tourist train Zarengold has been launched by

which country for discovering the Arctic Region?

A. Canada

B. Russia

C. Norway

D. United States

E. India

Answer: B

• The first tourist train traveling through Russia’s

Arctic region and on to Norway set off from Saint

Petersburg station with 91 passengers aboard for the

inaugural trial journey.

• The train, named “Zarengold” (“The Tsar’s gold” in

German) complete with two restaurant cars will

travel from Saint Petersburg through Petrozavodsk,

the historic town of Kem and Murmansk.

• For the inaugural ” test journey” the 91 tourists

came from seven countries including the US,

Germany, Norway and Russia.

• The whole trip will take 11 days and allow

passengers to discover areas difficult to access by

other means

80. Who will be the head of the Cabinet committee

constituted on Employment and Skill Development?

A. Prime Minister

B. Minister of Skill Development

C. Minister of Human Resource Development

D. Minister of Finance

E. Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

Answer: A

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi on constituted two

new Cabinet committees under his chairmanship to

spur economic growth and investment and

employment.

• The five-member Cabinet Committee on Investment

and Growth includes Home Minister Amit Shah,

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Road

Transport and Highways and of MSME Minister

Nitin Gadkari and Railway Minister Piyush Goyal.

• Another 10-member Cabinet Committee on

Employment and Skill Development has been

formed which includes Shah, Sitharaman, Goyal,

Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Rural

Development and Panchayat Raj Narendra Singh

Tomar, Human Resource Development Minister

Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, Petroleum and Natural

Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister Skill

and Entrepreneurship Mahendra Nath Pandey and

Ministers of State Santosh Kumar Gangwar

(Labour) and Hardeep Singh Puri (Housing and

Urban Affairs).

81. A tree bank has recently been opened by a subsidiary

of Tata Steel in which city?

A. Rourkela

B. Dhanbad

C. Bokaro

D. Jamshedpur

E. Kharakpur

Answer: D

• A tree bank was inaugurated and around 3,000

saplings were planted at different locations of the

Jamshedpur steel city on the occasion of the World

Environment Day.

• Divisional Forest Officer (Dalbhum) Dr Abhisekh

Kumar inaugurated the tree bank set up by the

Jamshedpur Utility and Services Company (Jusco),

a 100 per cent subsidiary of the Tata Steel.

• The tree bank will help to increase the green cover

in and around the steel city.

82. According to a new report detailing the traffic

situation in 56 countries, which city traffic flow worst in

world?

A. Bogata

B. New Delhi












C. Lima

D. Mumbai

E. Moscow

Answer: D

• Traffic flow in Mumbai is the worst in the world

while Delhi is close behind at fourth position,

according to a new report detailing the traffic

situation in 56 countries.

• Mumbai takes the top spot this year with drivers in

the Indian city expecting to spend an average of 65

per cent extra travel time stuck in traffic.

• Next in the global rankings are Bogota (63 per cent),

Lima (58 per cent), New Delhi (58 per cent) and

Moscow (56 per cent), making up the top five most

congested cities in the world.

83. IRDAI has increased the third party (TP) motor

insurance premium for small and medium private cars

between 12-12.5 percent for 2019-20. The new premium

rate will apply with effect from:

A. 16 June 2019

B. 30 June 2019

C. 1 July 2019

D. 15 July 2019

E. 20 June 2019

Answer: A

• The Insurance Regulatory and Development

Authority of India (IRDAI) has increased the third

party (TP) motor insurance premium for small and

medium private cars by 12-12.5 per cent for 2019-

20.

• It has also proposed a hike in TP premium for two-

wheelers and heavy vehicles for the current year.

• The new rates will come into effect from June 16.

The insurance regulator had in March deferred the

hike in third party insurance premium due to the

elections.

84. Which of these payments solution providing company

supports 100 currencies for international digital

payments?

A. Citrus

B. PayPal

C. Instamojo

D. Razorpay

E. None of these

Answer: D

• Razorpay, a converged payments solution company,

announced that it now supports 100 currencies for

international digital payments – including all

popular currencies such as U.S. Dollar (USD),

European Dollar (EUR), British Pound (GBP), Arab

Emirates Dirham (AED) and Singapore Dollar

(SGD).

• With this offering, the company aims to open new

growth avenues for the MSME segment, by enabling

them to accept payments from other countries.

• Razorpay’s International payments is integrated

across the entire range of its product offering

including Payment Gateway, Payment Links,

Payment Pages, Subscriptions and Invoices.

85. Who has taken over as executive director of

IndianOil Corporation Ltd for Tamil Nadu and

Puducherry?

A. P Jayadevan

B. R Rangarajan

C. R Sitharthan

D. R Kartikeyan

E. M Subramanian

Answer: A

• P Jayadevan has taken over as executive director of

IndianOil Corporation Ltd for Tamil Nadu and

Puducherry with immediate effect.

• He succeeds R Sitharthan.












• Prior to this, he was heading the chairman’s

secretariat at the corporate office, New Delhi.

86. Who will take over as the Executive Chairman of

Wipro post retirement of its founder Azim Premji in

July 2019?

A. Yash Premji

B. Tariq Premji

C. Rishad Premji

D. Aryan Premji

E. None of these

Answer: C

• Azim Premji, the founder of Wipro Limited,

will retire as Executive Chairman upon the

completion of his current term on July 30, 2019.

• The son of Azim Premji, Rishad Premji, presently

the Chief Strategy Officer and Member of the

Board, will take over as the Executive Chairman.

• Chief Executive Officer and Executive

Director Abidali Z. Neemuchwala will be re-

designated as Chief Executive Officer and

Managing Director. These changes will be

effective July 31.

• Azim Premji, however, will continue to serve on the

board as Non-Executive Director

and Founder Chairman.

87. Name the winner of 2019 UK’s Women’s Prize for

Fiction?

A. Madeline Miller

B. Celeste Ng

C. Tara Westover

D. Tayari Jones

E. None of these

Answer: D

• American author Tayari Jones has won this year’s

£30,000 Women’s Prize for Fiction for her

“heartbreaking” fourth novel An American Marriage

(Oneworld).

• Professor Kate Williams presented the author with

the £30,000 prize and the ‘Bessie’, a limited edition

bronze figurine at an awards ceremony hosted by

novelist and Prize founder Kate Mosse in Bedford

Square Gardens, central London.

• The Women’s Prize for Fiction is one of the United

Kingdom’s most prestigious literary prizes. It is

awarded annually to a female author of any

nationality for the best original full-length novel

written in English

88. Brahmos is a joint venture between India’s DRDO

with which country?

A. France

B. Japan

C. Russia

D. Scotland

E. USA

Answer: C

• Supersonic cruise missile BrahMos was test fired

from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur

in Odisha.

• The anti-ship version of the missile was launched

around noon from the launch complex-3 of the ITR,

Defence Research and Development (DRDO).

• BrahMos is a joint venture between the DRDO and

the NPOM of Russia.

• The highly versatile BrahMos has been

operationalised in the Indian Army, Indian Navy and

Indian Air Force.

89. The joint air exercise Garuda VI will take place

between the Air Force of India and _________

A. Vietnam

B. France

C. Malaysia

D. Sri Lanka












E. None of these

Answer: B

• The Air Forces of India and France will carry out a

two-week-long mega air exercise “Garuda VI”

beginning July 1, 2019 at an air base in France to

further boost to military-to-military ties between the

two countries.

• From Indian side, a fleet of Sukhoi 30 fighter jets

will engage in dogfights with France’s Rafale

multirole aircraft in simulated scenarios as part of

the exercise.

90. Which Indian footballer holds the record for most

capped international player?

A. Jeje Lalpekhlua

B. Bhaichung Bhutia

C. Sunil Chhetri

D. Udanta Singh

E. None of these

Answer: C

• Former India skipper Bhaichung Bhutia

congratulated Sunil Chhetri after the latter overtook

his record and became India’s most capped

international player with 108 appearances.

• Chhetri overtook his mentor Bhutia’s record of 107

matches when he captained India in the King’s Cup

opener against Curacao.

91. Lennart Johansson who died recently was the

President of which body?

A. FIFA

B. UEFA

C. AIFF

D. SAFF

E. None of these

Answer: B

• Former president of UEFA Lennart Johanssonhas

died at the age of 89.

• He ruled over European football from 1990 until

2007 and held the honorary role with FIFA from

2007 until his passing.

92. Prakash Pant passes away. He is the finance minister

of which state?

A. Jharkhand

B. Punjab

C. Uttarakhand

D. Mizoram

E. West Bengal

Answer: C

• Uttarkhand finance minister Prakash Pant passed

away in the US.

• Prakash Pant was undergoing a treatment for lung

ailment in the US.

93. When do we observed the World Brain Tumor Day?

A. June 10

B. June 8

C. June 9

D. June 7

E. June 6

Answer: B

• It is observed every year on 8 June to raise

international public attention to the people that are

suffering from serious disease and the urgent need

for more research.

• Several events are organised around the world to

educate about brain tumours.

94. The World Oceans Day is observed worldwide on

_____________-

A. June 8

B. June 7

C. June 6

D. Second Saturday of June

E. Second Sunday of June

Answer: A












• World Oceans Day is celebrated on 8 June every

year to empower people of all ages to become

leaders of their own and stop polluting ocean, water

bodies.

• This day spread awareness about to reduce single-

use plastics and to take action necessary to bring the

real change.

• The theme for 2019 World Ocean Day is “Gender

and Oceans”

95. Who has been appointed as the Vice-Chairperson in

the reconstituted NITI Aayog?

A. Amitabh Kant

B. Bibek Debroy

C. Rajiv Kumar

D. Ramesh Chand

E. VK Saraswat

Answer: C

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the

reconstitution of government thinktank NITI Aayog.

• While Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar continues in his

post along with members VK Saraswat, Ramesh

Chand and VK Paul

• The ex-officio members now include Defence

Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah,

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and

Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar.

• However, the name of Bibek Debroy, a former

permanent member, is missing from the new list.

• Special invitees to NITI Aayog include Minister of

Road, Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari;

Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment

Thawar Chand Gehlot; Minister of Railways Piyush

Goyal; and Minister of Statistics (Independent) Rao

Inderjit Singh.

96. Which of these is not the member of the UNSC?

A. Russia

B. India

C. United States

D. China

E. None of these

Answer: B

• Estonia, Niger, St. Vincent and the Grenadines,

Tunisia and Vietnam were elected as non-permanent

members of the UN Security Council for a two year

term beginning January 1, 2020.

• In the African and Asia Pacific category, Vietnam

got 192 out of 193 votes, followed by Niger and

Tunisia (191 votes each).

• The Security Council is the most powerful organ of

the UN and consists of 15 members including five

permanent members (China, France, Russian

Federation, the United Kingdom, and the United

States), and 10 non-permanent members who are

elected for two-year terms by the General Assembly.

• Currently, Belgium, Cte d’Ivoire, Dominican

Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Germany, Indonesia,

Kuwait, Peru, Poland and South Africa. are the non-

permanent members.

• The two-year terms of Cote d’Ivoire, Equatorial

Guinea, Kuwait, Peru and Poland will end in 2019

and the newly elected members will take on their

seats.

97. The Fiscal Performance Index (FPI) has been

launched by which organisation?

A. TERI

B. RBI

C. FICCI

D. CII

E. IB

Answer: D

• Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has launched

a Fiscal Performance Index (FPI) to assess state and

central budgets.












• The Index incorporates qualitative assessments of

revenue expenditure, capital expenditure, revenues,

fiscal prudence and the level of public debt arrive at

a more holistic picture of fiscal performance than

the fiscal deficit to GDP ratio.

• The new index will use multiple indicators to

measure the quality of Budgets at the Central and

the State levels rather than a single indicator “fiscal

deficit to GDP ratio” used till date.

98. RBI slapped a Rs 2 crore fine on Kotak Mahindra

Bank for not complying with directions. Headquarters of

Kotak Mahindra Bank is in which city?

A. Vadodara

B. Chennai

C. Bengaluru

D. Delhi

E. Mumbai

Answer: E

• The Reserve Bank imposed a penalty of ₹2 crore on

Kotak Mahindra Bank for not complying with its

directions regarding dilution of promoters’

shareholding in the company.

• The private sector lender was directed by RBI to

furnish information about details of the shareholding

held by its promoters and to submit details of the

proposed course of action for complying with the

permitted timeline for dilution of promoter

shareholding.

• However, Kotak Mahindra Bank failed to comply

with the directions and a show cause notice was

issued to the bank as to why penalty should not be

imposed for non-compliance.

• As per RBI’s banking licensing norms, a private

bank’s promoter holding has to be brought down to

40 per cent within three years of operations, 20 per

cent within 10 years and 15 per cent within 15 years.

99. RBI recently revised NPA norms by giving banks 30

days to review stressed loans. An asset is termed as 'Non-

Performing' when it is overdue for more than

_____________.

A. 60 days

B. 180 days

C. 360 days

D. 90 days

E. 200 days

Answer: D

• New NPA resolution norms replace all the previous

models, the central bank said. Under the new norms,

defaults are to be recognized within 30 days.

• Lenders will get a breather from the one-day default

norm

• They will get a 30-day review period to frame a

resolution strategy

• They have to submit a weekly report to the RBI on

defaults by borrowers with exposure of Rs.5 crore

and above.

• New norms also applicable to small finance banks

and large NBFCs

100. Who has been elected as the Prime Minister of

Thailand?

A. Maha Vajiralongkorn

B. Prayuth Chan-ocha

C. Somkid Jatusripitak

D. Prem Tinsulanonda

E. None of these

Answer: B

• Thailand’s new parliament has elected military

government chief Prayuth Chan-ocha as the

country’s prime minister, completing a transition

from coup leader to head of a civilian government in

a system seen tilted in his favour.

• Prayuth’s appointment becomes official when it is

endorsed by King Maha Vajiralongkorn.












• The 65-year-old exceeded the 375-vote threshold

needed to win the premiership by receiving 500

votes from the 750-member parliament.

101. Who has becomes first South Asian American

woman to chair US house?

A. Pramila Jayapal

B. Prasanthi Kanal

C. Nayana Khurushi

D. Manjusha Kumaran

E. None of these

Answer: A

• Indian-American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal

becoming the first South Asian American woman to

preside over the US House of Representatives.

• Jayapal, who was first elected to the Congress in

2016.

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ए�शयाई अमे�रक� म�हला कौन बनी है?

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102. Which country has successfully launched a Long

March 11 solid rocket from a sea launch platform,

bringing its burgeoning space program new, flexible

launch capabilities?

A. Russia

B. China

C. Germany

D. Vietnam

E. Singapore

Answer: B

• China successfully launched a Long March 11 solid

rocket from a sea launch platform, bringing its

burgeoning space program new, flexible launch

capabilities.

• The Long March 11 solid propellant light launch

vehicle lifted off from a mobile launch platform in

the Yellow Sea.

The satellites included Bufeng-1A and B, designed by the

China Academy of Space Technology to monitor ocean

wind fields and improve typhoon monitoring, Xiaoxiang-1-

04, a small satellite developed by Changsha-based private

firm Spacety, an experimental communications satellite,

Tianqi-3, developed by Guodian Gaoke, and two

‘Tianxiang’ Ka-band

103. Ministry of Corporate Affairs signed with which

among the government bodies for the exchange of data

between the two organisations?

A. RBI

B. IRDAI

C. NABARD

D. SEBI

E. None of these

Answer: D

• A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was

signed between the Ministry of Corporate Affairs

(MCA) and the Securities and Exchange Board of

India (SEBI) for data exchange between the two

regulatory organisations.












• The agreement was signed by K.V.R. Murty, Joint

Secretary, MCA, and Madhabi Puri Buch, Whole

Time Member, SEBI in the presence of senior

officers from both the organisations.

• The MoU will facilitate the exchange of data and

information between SEBI and MCA on an

automatic and regular basis.

• It will enable sharing of specific information such as

details of suspended companies, delisted companies,

shareholding pattern from SEBI and financial

statements filed with the registrar by corporates,

returns of allotment of shares, audit reports relating

to corporates.

• SEBI and MCA will also exchange with each other,

on request, any information available in their

respective databases, for the purpose of carrying out

scrutiny, inspection, investigation, and prosecution

104. Malcolm John Rebennack Jr, popularly known as

Dr John, who passed away recently was

professionally ____________.

A. Singer

B. Actor

C. Gymnaist

D. Journalist

E. Politician

Answer: A

• Six-time Grammy award winning singer and

songwriter Malcolm John Rebennack Jr, popularly

known as Dr John, passed away due to a heart attack

at the age of 77.

• During his singing career, Dr John was nominated

for 15 Grammy Awards and won six of them.

105. Who among the following are Indian-origin women

have been named by Forbes among America's 80 richest

self-made women?

A. Jayshree Ullal

B. Neerja Sethi

C. Neha Narkhede

D. Only A and C

E. All A, B and C

Answer: E

• Three Indian-origin women have been named by

Forbes among America’s 80 richest self-made

women.

• President and CEO of computer networking firm

Arista Networks Jayshree Ullal, co-founder of IT

consulting and outsourcing firm Syntel Neerja Sethi

and CTO and co-founder of streaming data

technology company Confluent Neha Narkhede are

in the Forbes list of ‘America’s Richest Self-Made

Women 2019’.

• The list has been topped by Diane Hendricks, who

chairs ABC Supply, one of the largest wholesale

distributors of roofing, siding and windows in

America. The 72-year old has a net worth of USD 7

billion.

• Ullal, who has been ranked 18th in the list, has a net

worth of USD 1.4 billion. Sethi, ranked 23rd,and

Narkhede is ranked 60th.

106. The Swachh Survekshan annual cleanliness survey

of urban India is conducted by which ministry?

A. Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs

B. Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

C. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

D. Ministry of Commerce and Industry

E. None of these

Answer: A

• Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep

Singh Puri launched Swachh Survekshan 2020

League in New Delhi.

• The league will be a quarterly cleanliness

assessment of cities and towns in India and will be

integrated with Swachh Survekshan 2020, the 5th

edition of the annual cleanliness survey of urban












India to be conducted between January – February

2020.

• The objective of the Swachh Survekshan survey,

which is conducted by an independent third party, is

to encourage large scale citizen participation, ensure

sustainability of initiatives taken towards garbage

free and open defecation free cities and create

awareness amongst all sections of society about the

importance of working together towards making

towns and cities a better place to live in.

107. The first ever Dinosaur Museum cum Park has been

opened in which state of India?

A. Maharashtra

B. Rajasthan

C. Gujarat

D. Andhra Pradesh

E. Tamil Nadu

Answer: C

• India’s first Dinosaur Museum cum Park was

inaugurated in Gujarat’s Mahisagar district and is

set to give visitors the true Jurassic Park feel.

• The museum, which was inaugurated by Gujarat

Chief Minister Vijay Rupani at Raiyoli near

Balasinor, will exhibit remains of various dinosaurs

and fossil records.

• It has been claimed that it was the country’s first

such museum and the world’s third park.

• Raiyoli is known to be the third largest dinosaur

fossil site in the world, and also the second largest

dinosaur hatchery in the world, where thousands of

eggs had been found.

• This dinosaur museum was equipped with modern

technology like 3D projection, virtual reality

presentations, interactive kiosks and life-size

dinosaur replicas.

108. Which state has launched the Rythu Bharosa

scheme recently?

A. Andhra Pradesh

B. Tamil Nadu

C. Telangana

D. Odisha

E. Karnataka

Answer: A

• Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan

Reddy scrapped the previous Naidu government’s

‘Annadata Sukhibhava’ scheme to replace it with

the Rs 13,000 crore ‘Rythu Bharosa’ scheme to give

direct benefits to farmers.

• Jagan Reddy has given the nod to implement the

‘Rythu Bharosa’ scheme, one of the key promises in

the YSR Congress manifesto. The project has been

estimated at Rs 13, 125 crore. The scheme will

come into force on October 15 itself although it was

due to be implemented from May next year.

• It will offer investment support of Rs. 12,500 per

annum per farmer. It will also free crop insurance

and interest-free loans to farmers. In total Rs 50,000

will be given to a farmer in four installments of Rs

12,500. Eligibility: Farmers with land area less than

5 acres.

• It must be noted that the financial assistance of Rs.

15,000 per annum per farmer was provided under

the Annadaata Sukhibhava Scheme.

109. Name the first ever Indian Origin to be appointed as

the Chief Economist of the United Kingdom Foreign and

Commonwealth Office?

A. Kumar Iyer

B. Ruchi Ghanashyam

C. Riva Ganguly Das

D. Abhay Thakur

E. None of these

Answer: A

• Kumar Iyer has been appointed by the UK

government as the Chief Economist of the Foreign












and Commonwealth Office (FCO), making him the

first Indian-origin member of the department’s

management board.

• He has previously been based in Mumbai as

Britain’s Deputy High Commissioner.

110. Who has been appointed as the electoral officer of

BCCI?

A. T. S. Krishnamurthy

B. M. S. Gill

C. Navin Chawla

D. N Gopalaswami

E. None of these

Answer: D

• Supreme Court appointed CoA announced N

Gopalaswami as the BCCI’s electoral officer to

supervise the elections of the cricketing board and

the Indian Cricketers Association.

• Gopalaswami is a former Chief Election

Commissioner of India.

• The appointment of the electoral officer will be done

by the respective State Association on July 1.

111. Who has been appointed as the interim Chairman of

Jammu & Kashmir Bank?

A. Dr. Pronab Sen

B. R K Chibber

C. Mohammad Ashraf Mir

D. Rahul Bansal

E. None of these

Answer: B

• The Jammu and Kashmir government removed J&K

Bank Chairman Parvez Ahmad and appointed R K

Chibber as interim chairman of the lender.

• R K Chibber has been appointed as the interim

Chairman and director on the board of directors.

Chibber will replace Ahmad, who was appointed in

2016 as the Chairman of the bank.

112. Who has recently been appointed as Chief Justice of

Delhi HC?

A. Sharad Arvind Bobde

B. Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel

C. Abhinav Kishore

D. Raunak Malviya

E. Tejas Singh

Answer: B

• Justice Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel was sworn in as

Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court

• Lt Governor Anil Baijal administered the oath of

office to Justice Patel at a function held at Raj

Niwas here. Earlier, Justice Patel was posted at the

Jharkhand High Court.

• With an approved strength of 60, the Delhi High

Court has a shortage of around 24 judges.

113. Name the winner of Amnesty International’s

Ambassador of Conscience Award 2019?

A. Greta Thunberg

B. Örjan Ramberg

C. Josefin Nilsson

D. Lena Endre

E. None of these

Answer: A

• Sweden’s teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg

was awarded a prestigious Amnesty International

prize for mobilising world public opinion on the

looming peril of global warming.

• She began ‘Fridays for Future Movement’ (School

strike for the climate) which is an international

movement of school students who are deciding not

to attend classes and instead take part

in demonstrations to demand action to prevent

further global warming and climate change.

114. Who has been awarded the maiden George H. W.

Bush Award for Statesmanship in U.S.-China Relations?

A. Jimmy Carter












B. Gerald Ford

C. Richard Nixon

D. Ronald Reagan

E. Rodger Carter

Answer: A

• Former President Jimmy Carter is being recognized

for his contributions to relations between the U.S.

and China.

• The George H. W. Bush Foundation for U.S. China

Relations has conferred its inaugural George H. W.

Bush Award for Statesmanship in U.S.-China

Relations to former President of United States of

America, Jimmy Carter.

• The 94-year-old will receive the award on June 12 at

the Carter Center in Atlanta.

• The award goes to people who have made “profound

contributions to the development of constructive and

mutually beneficial relations” between the U.S and

the People’s Republic of China.

115. PM Modi has been conferred with ‘Rule of Nishan

Izzuddeen’. It is the highest honour for foreign nationals

by which country?

A. Australia

B. Indonesia

C. Sri Lanka

D. Maldives

E. Portugal

Answer: D

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred with

the Maldives’ highest honour “Rule of Nishan

Izzuddeen” during his two-day state visit to the

country.

• The prestigious award was presented to PM Modi by

President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih during a

ceremony in Male.

• The two-day state visit of Prime Minister Modi is

aimed at further cementing ties with the Indian

Ocean archipelago.

• This was the first bilateral visit to the Maldives of an

Indian Prime Minister after 2011.

116. Which Indian automobile company wins Gold

Award in South Africa?

A. Mahindra

B. BOSCH

C. TATA

D. Bajaj

E. Suzuki

Answer: A

• India’s automobile major Mahindra won the Gold

Award for fairing on various indicators, including

level of satisfaction among its network of dealers

and the manner of allocation of vehicles to them.

• Mahindra, which has been in South Africa for the

past 16 years, received the award on June 7 from the

country’s National Automobile Dealers’ Association

(NADA) which tests dealers’ satisfaction with the

way a brand supports and communicates with them.

• The automobile giant, which has more than 60

dealers in South Africa, secured the top position out

of the 29 vehicle brands surveyed for the awards.

117. Which of these is the world’s most punctual airline

as per the survey by portal flightstats.com?

A. All Nippon Airways

B. Singapore Airlines

C. Srilankan Airlines

D. LATAM Airlines

E. Emirates Airlines

Answer: C

• SriLankan Airlines, the flag carrier of the island

nation, has been named the ‘World’s Most Punctual

Airline’ for the second consecutive time with over












90 per cent of its flights in May being “on time” by

the portal flightstats.com.

• It also achieved the world’s number one ranking in

September 2018 with a punctuality rating of 91.37

percent.

• Chile’s LATAM Airlines was placed second

and All Nippon Airways of Japan stood third.

118. Who has won French Open-2019 men’s singles

(Tennis)?

A. Rafael Nadal

B. Novak Djokovic

C. Roger Federrer

D. Andy Murray

E. Stan Wawrinka

Answer: A

• In French Open 2019, Rafael Nadal beat Dominic

Thiem to claim the singles title at the Stade Roland

Garros in Paris, France on June 9, 2019.

• With this victory, he has become the first tennis

player to win the French Open single event record

12 times.

• In women’s single, Australia’s Ashleigh

Barty claimed her maiden grand slam title and also

became the first Australian woman to win the

French Open in 46 years, after Margaret Court

(1973).

119. Girish Karnad passed away recently.Who was he?

A. Actor

B. Politician

C. Chef

D. Cricketer

E. News Editor

Answer: A

• Noted actor, dramatist and Jnanpith awardee Girish

Karnad passed away in Bengaluru due to multi-

organ failure.

• He was 81.

• Besides the Jnanpith award, Karnad was also

conferred the Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan.

120. Ashleigh Barty who has claimed her maiden French

Open singles title, represents which country?

A. Romania

B. Spain

C. Taiwan

D. Australia

E. Germany

Answer: D

In women’s single, Australia’s Ashleigh Barty claimed her

maiden grand slam title and also became the first Australian

woman to win the French Open in 46 years, after Margaret

Court (1973).

121. Which country has decided to ban single-use plastics

to reduce ocean waste from 2021?

A. France

B. UK

C. Canada

D. Japan

E. Germany

Answer: C

• Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced,

Canada will ban “harmful” single-use plastics as

early as 2021 in a bid to reduce ocean waste.












• This initiative is modelled on similar legislation

passed last year by the European Union and other

nations

• Canada will also establish “targets” for companies

that manufacture or sell plastics to be responsible for

their plastic waste.

• Currently less than 10% of plastic used in Canada

gets recycled.

122. Recently, which country has been elected Vice-

President of the United Nations World Tourism

Organization?

A. India

B. Bangladesh

C. Bhutan

D. Nepal

E. Pakistan

Answer: B

• Bangladesh has been elected Vice-President of the

United Nations World Tourism Organization as well

as member of the organization’s credential

committee.

• This election was made in the 57th conference of

World Tourism Organization’s Commission for

South Asia held at Bhutan’s capital of Thimphu

presided over by the Minister of Civil Aviation and

Tourism, Mahbub Ali.

• Iran competed against Bangladesh in the vice-

presidential position of the World Tourism

Organization, but Bangladesh won all the vote of the

members of the Commission for South Asia.

• Bangladesh is currently the Chairman of the United

Nations World Tourism Organization’s Commission

for South Asia.

123. The Ministry of Home Affairs has amended

Foreigners (Tribunals) Order _______ to empower

district magistrates set up its own Foreigners Tribunals

A. 1964

B. 1955

C. 1972

D. 1981

E. 1960

Answer: A

• The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has laid out

specific guidelines to detect, detain and deport

foreign nationals staying illegally across the

country.

• The MHA has amended the Foreigners (Tribunals)

Order, 1964, and has empowered district magistrates

in all States and Union Territories to set up tribunals

to decide whether a person staying illegally in India

is a foreigner or not.

• Earlier, the powers to constitute tribunals were

vested only with the Centre.

124. The Antarashtriya Yoga Diwas Media Samman has

been newly instituted by which ministry?

A. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

B. Ministry of Human Resource Development

C. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

D. Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship

E. Ministry of Corporate Affairs

Answer: A

• The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has

instituted the first edition of Antarashtriya Yoga

Diwas Media Samman (AYDMS), from 2019 to

mark the contribution of media in spreading the

message of Yoga.

• A total of 33 awards will be conferred grouped into

3 categories namely Newspaper (11), Television

(11) and Radio (11).

• The duration for the coverage for AYDMS would be

from 10 June to 25 June, 2019 and awards will be

distributed in July 2019.












125. Main event of International Yoga Day celebrations

to be held in which city?

A. Patna

B. Ranchi

C. Delhi

D. Agra

E. Varanasi

Answer: B

• Main event of International Day of Yoga 2019 to

be held in Jharkhand. Prime Minister Narendra

Modi will lead the main event of International

Day of Yoga (IDY) 2019 celebrations to be held at

Prabhat Tara, Ranchi, Jharkhand on June 21, 2019.

• Approximately 30,000 people are expected to

participate in the main event.

126. Which of the following state government has

launched Pink Sarathi vehicles for women's safety?

A. Andhra Pradesh

B. Tripura

C. Kerala

D. Bihar

E. Karnataka

Answer: E

• Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy flagged off the

‘Pink Sarathi’ vehicles procured by the Bangalore

Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) under

the ‘Nirbhaya’ scheme.

• The corporation had received ₹56.07 crore from the

Union government under the scheme and had taken

up various measures for the safety of women

passengers, including the launch of Pink Sarathi

vehicles.

• The Chief Minister also launched the student bus

pass scheme for the current academic year by

unveiling smart cards. In the previous academic

year, the corporation had issued 3.5 lakh student

passes.

127. Which city to Host International Quran Exhibition

that is going to held from June 22 to 24, 2019?

A. Delhi

B. Hyderabad

C. Amritsar

D. Jaiur

E. Udaipur

Answer: B

• The cultural capital of South India, Hyderabad city

is hosting an International Quran Exhibition from

June 22 to 24, 2019. The exhibition will be open

daily from 10 AM till 5 PM at Salar Jung Museum.

• In this ‘International The Quran Exhibition’ famous

and leading museums, institutions and centers in

Iran and India will be displaying the facsimile

copies of the rare and illuminated copies of the holy

Quran, the books published in Iran and India related

to all the Quranic Sciences in particular the Tafsir

(exegesis) and the software products related to the

Hifz (memorization), Qiraat (recitation) and the

terminology of the Quranic terms.

• Those participaning in the exhibition include, Quran

and Etrat Division, Ministry of Culture and Islamic

Guidance, Islamic Republic of Iran, Tehran; Jamia

Nizamia, Hyderabad, India

128. Which of these insurance company has launched the

proprietary tool MyPQ?

A. LIC

B. Max Life Insurance Company

C. ICICI Prudential Life Insurance

D. Tata AIA Life

E. None of these

Answer: B

• Max Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (‘Max

Life’/’Company’), one of India’s fastest growing

life insurance companies, announced the launch of a

unique proprietary tool, ‘My Protection Quotient’












(MyPQ) further fortifying its commitment to ensure

financial protection in the country.

• MyPQ is a smart tool designed to gauge the level of

individual’s financial protection and to promote

awareness and importance of term plans in

protecting the financial future of families.

• By launching MyPQ on the first-month anniversary

of having dedicated 6th of every month as

‘Protection Day

129. Which bank has conducted the first e-auction of

forest produce which enables the online purchase of

goods aimed at facilitating effective and transparent

price discovery?

A. YES Bank

B. HDFC Bank

C. IDBI Bank

D. Axis Bank

E. Bandhan Bank

Answer: A

• YES Bank has conducted the first e-auction of forest

produce in Dhanora Mahasangh in Maharashtra,

something it will now aim to replicate in other

states.

• The online auction enables the online purchase of

goods aimed at facilitating effective and transparent

price discovery. For farmers, this brings in greater

transparency and eliminates the middle man,

ensuring that they get a better rate for their produce.

• This is done under theTech for Change initiative

where the bank work with the government and

corporates to create technology-based solutions

which have a social impact.

130. Which country is set to host the 16th Asia Media

Summit 2019?

A. India

B. Laos

C. Thailand

D. Myanmar

E. Cambodia

Answer: E

• Cambodia will host the 16th Asia Media Summit

2019 (16th AMS) in Siem Reap province from 11-

14 June 2019, presided over by Cambodian Prime

Minister Hun Sen

• The 16th AMS, co-organized Cambodia’s Ministry

of Information and Asia-Pacific Institute for

Broadcasting Development, looks into the

progresses and challenges as well as mutual sharing

across the continent.

• The conference provides a unique opportunity for

broadcasters in the region to share their thoughts on

Broadcasting and Information.

• The 16th AMS will touch on important topics as

how can we adopt digital revolution; envisioning the

media in the 4 Industrial Revolution; disinformation

and new media; monetization in traditional media

new media; technologies for distribution of media

contents; preserving our times through archives, and

more.

131. Which country wins UEFA Nations League 2019?

A. Portugal

B. Netherlands

C. Greece

D. Romania

E. Belgium

Answer: A

• Portugal claimed their second trophy in three years

by beating the Netherlands to win the inaugural

Nations League.

• Portugal are the first European nation to host and

win a final of a major competition since France beat

Brazil 3-0 in the final of the 1998 World Cup.












• Goncalo Guedes has been directly involved in five

goals in his last eight appearances for Portugal

(three goals and two assists).

• England finished third in the tournament after a

victory on penalties over Switzerland in Guimaraes.

132. Who is the current Cabinet Secretary?

A. Nripendra Misra

B. Ajit Seth

C. Pradeep Kumar Sinha

D. Rajiv Gauba

E. Rajiv Gauba

Answer: C

• The government has changed existing rules to give a

three-month extension to Cabinet Secretary PK

Sinha beyond the four years he will complete in the

chair on June 12.

• However, government has amended the existing All

India Services (Death-Cum-Retirement-Benefits)

Rules, 1958, for appointment of Cabinet Secretary,

stating that the Central Government may, if it

considers necessary in public interest to do so, give

an extension in service for a further period, not

exceeding three months, beyond the period of four

years to the Cabinet Secretary.

• According to an official order, making him the

longest-serving bureaucrat in the post in the last

seven decades.

133. R.V. Janakiraman who passed away recently was

the former Chief Minister of which state?

A. Odisha

B. Arunachal Pradesh

C. Goa

D. Puducherry

E. Kerala

Answer: D

• Former Puducherry Chief Minister and DMK leader

R.V. Janakiraman passed away. He was 79.

• He served as Chief Minister from May 26, 1996 to

March 18, 2000.

134. Renowned actor Crazy Mohan was a veteran of

which film industry?

A. Hindi

B. Bengali

C. Malayalam

D. Tamil

E. Telugu

Answer: D

• Renowned Tamil writer, actor and comedy giant

Crazy Mohan passed away, after he suffered a major

heart attack. He was 67.

• Some of his popular plays include “Chocolate

Krishna”, “Satellite Saamiyar”, “Marriage Made in

Saloon” and “Return of Crazy Thieves”, among

others.

135. As per the new norms of RBI, Cheque books and

ATM cum Debit cards can be provided by banks to

BSBDA account holders. How many free withdrawals

from ATMs are available in a month?

A. 3

B. 4

C. 5

D. 6

E. 7

Answer: B

• As per the new norms of RBI, Banks are free to

provide additional value-added services, including

the issue of cheque book, beyond the above

minimum facilities to basic account holders.

However, banks cannot ask the customer to maintain

a minimum balance. 4 withdrawals from ATMs in a

month also included in the service.

136. The World Day Against Child Labour is held every

year on _______.

A. June 8












B. June 9

C. June 10

D. June 11

E. June 12

Answer: E

• The World Day Against Child Labour is held every

year on June 12. Theme for year 2019 is “Children

should not work in fields, but on dreams”!

• This day is launched by International Labour

Organisation (ILO) to focus attention on the

worldwide extinct of child labour, efforts and the

action required to eliminate it.

• In 2015, world leaders adopted the Sustainable

Development Goals (SDGs) in which they have

included a clause to end child labour.

137. Which country cabinet recently adopted the

National Strategy for Wellbeing 2031?

A. UAE

B. Germany

C. Afghanistan

D. China

E. India

Answer: A

• The UAE Cabinet adopted the National Strategy for

Wellbeing 2031 during its meeting at the

Presidential Palace in Abu Dhabi.

• One of the most important initiatives is the

development of the first ‘National Wellbeing

Observatory’ to support the policymaking process.

• Chaired by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al

Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler

of Dubai, the National Strategy for Wellbeing 2031

aims to make the UAE a world leader in quality of

life through a number of strategic objectives and

initiatives.

138. Which country will organise the Guadalajara

International Book Fair in 2019?

A. Mexico

B. Venezuela

C. Canada

D. Brazil

E. India

Answer: A

• The National Book Trust announced that India has

been designated as the Guest of Honour at the 33rd

Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara

(Guadalajara International Book Fair), in Mexico.

• The book fair, to be organised from November 30 –

December 8, will be the largest book fair in the

Spanish speaking world.

• The dedicated India pavilion at the fair will

showcase over 35 Indian authors and artists, along

with 15 publishing houses.

• India’s participation at the fair will also include a

film festival showing movies like “Dangal”,

“Chennai Express” and “Omkara”.

139. The government of India has set the target to

provide clean drinking water to all by____________

A. 2030

B. 2025

C. 2022

D. 2024

E. 2031

Answer: D

• Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said

the Central government has decided to increase

coverage of piped water to households from current

18 per cent to 100 per cent by 2024.

• Sikkim had 99 per cent coverage of piped water to

households, while some states such as Uttar

Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, Jharkhand had below five

per cent.












140. Who has been appointed as the head of the

committee formed to review the existing marketing

structure of LPG marketing in India?

A. N. S. S. Narayana

B. Kirit Parikh

C. T. N. Srinivasan

D. Anindya Sen

E. I V Subbarao

Answer: B

• The Centre has set up a five-member committee

headed by economist Kirit Parikh

• The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas is now

looking to review the existing structure of LPG

marketing in India — a move seen as an effort to

bring in more private players.

• The new committee, set up will look into issues

related to definition or quality standards of LPG

being marketed.

141. RBI has formed a panel to Review the ATM

Interchange Fee Structure. Who is appointed as the

chairman of the committee?

A. Sudhir Jain

B. V. G. Kannan

C. Dileep Choksi

D. C. S. Rajan

E. Sudheer Satyarthi

Answer: B

• The Reserve Bank of India had announced in the

Second Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy for the year

2019-20 that it will constitute a Committee to

Review the ATM Interchange Fee Structure with a

view to give a fillip to the ATM deployment in the

unbanked areas.

• The committee is headed by V. G. Kannan, Chief

Executive, Indian Banks’ Association.

• To review the existing structures and patterns of

costs, charges and interchange fees for ATM

transactions;

• To review the overall patterns of usage of ATMs by

cardholders and assess the impact, if any, on charges

and interchange fees;

• To assess the entire gamut of costs in respect of the

ATM ecosystem;

• To make recommendations on the optimal

charge/interchange fee structure and pattern

142. RBI has waived the charges it levies on banks to

initiate RTGS and NEFT transactions. It will come into

effect from________

A. July 1

B. August 1

C. September 1

D. October 1

E. November 1

Answer: A

• With an aim to encourage digital transfer of funds,

the Reserve Bank has waived off all charges for

transactions using National Electronic Funds

Transfer – NEFT and Real Time Gross Settlement –

RTGS systems.

• RBI has advised banks to pass on the benefits to

their customers with effect from 1st July, 2019.

• The Reserve Bank levies minimum charges on

banks for transactions routed through its RTGS and

NEFT System. RTGS is meant for large-value

instantaneous fund transfers while NEFT System is

used for fund transfers up to 2 lakh rupees.

143. Recently, In which state was the Kheer Bhawani

Mela celebrated?

A. Uttar Pradesh

B. Maharashtra

C. Jammu & Kashmir

D. Uttarakhand












E. Gujarat

Answer: C

• Kheer Bhavani Mela is celebrated at Tula Mula

village of Jammu and kashmir

• The devotees of the Goddess fast and gather here on

the eighth day of the full moon in the month of May/

June (The Annual Festival, held here, is a public

holiday in Kashmir) when, according to belief, the

Goddess changes the colour of the spring’s waters,

which are ascribed to different manifestations of the

Goddess.

• The kheer bhawanitemple is dedicated to the

Goddess Rajnya Devi, popularly known as Kheer

Bhawani. The name ‘Kheer Bhawani’ is derived

from the fact that thousands of devotees offer milk

and “Kheer” or pudding to the sacred spring, as they

believe the pudding turns black to warn of

impending disaster.

144. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has been appointed as the

President of which country?

A. Ukraine

B. Azerbaijan

C. Kazakhstan

D. Belarus

E. Mexico

Answer: C

• Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has been elected as the

second President of Kazakhstan after winning

June 9 presidential election with 70.96 percent of

the vote (6,539,715 votes).

• He took office as the President of Kazakhstan on 20

March 2019 succeeding Nursultan Nazarbayev who

resigned on 19 March 2019 after 29 years in office.

• Immediately after assuming the charge, Tokayev

proposed renaming Astana, the capital city of

Kazakhstan to Nur-Sultan, after his predecessor,

which was approved by the Parliament of

Kazakhstan.

145. Who has been appointed as the new Managing

Director of GIFT City?

A. Tapan Ray

B. Sudhir Mankad

C. Mukesh Puri

D. Vineet Nayyar

E. None of these

Answer: A

• Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (Gift City)

has appointed former Corporate Affairs Secretary

Tapan Ray as its Managing Director.

• With a career spanning more than three decades,

Ray has held several key positions in the ministries

of defence, textiles, power, science and technology,

and planning in the Government of India.

• He has also served as Principal Secretary, Finance

Department, Government of Gujarat.

• GIFT City is a Gujarat government project in

partnership with IL&FS for developing India’s first

global financial hub.

146. Who was appointed as the interim central vigilance

commissioner by the government of India?

A. Sharad Kapoor

B. Sharad Kumar

C. Satyapal Singh

D. Mrudula Sinha

E. Susmitha Seth

Answer: B

• The government appointed Vigilance Commissioner

Sharad Kumar as the interim central vigilance

commissioner, following the completion of CVC

KV Chowdary’s tenure.

• The Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led selection

panel authorised Kumar to “act as the Central

Vigilance Commissioner, in the vacancy caused due












to completion of the tenure of Shri KV Chowdary,

Central Vigilance Commissioner, with effect from

the 10th of June, 2019, until the appointment of the

Central Vigilance Commissioner

147. Which company has overtaken Google to be ranked

as world’s most valuable brand according to the 2019

100 Top BrandZ report?

A. Microsoft

B. Apple

C. Amazon

D. Samsung

E. TCS

Answer: C

• Amazon has overtaken Google and Apple to become

the world’s most valuable brand at $315.5 billion,

according to a ranking of global companies, up 52%

on last year.

• Apple comes second, valued at $309.5 billion, with

Google in third place, at $309 billion, according to

the BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brand

ranking 2019, compiled by WPP research agency

Kantar

• Google and Apple had spent a combined 12 years at

the top of the list, with Google taking the top spot in

2018.

148. Indian Railways joins hands with which countries

National Railways to develop world-class stations?

A. Indonesia

B. United Arab Emirates

C. New Zealand

D. USA

E. France

Answer: E

• Indian Railway Station Development Corporation

(IRSDC) has entered a tripartite agreement with

French Railways (SNCF) & AFD, a French Agency.

• Under this agreement, French Railways will provide

up to 7 lakh euros for development of railway

stations in India.

• Indian Railways is involved with redeveloping and

beautifying various other stations, and has set a

target to redevelop scores of railway stations in this

financial year.

149. Sourav Kothari is related to which sports?

A. Tennis

B. Chess

C. Badminton

D. Snooker & Billiards

E. Hockey

Answer: D

• World billiards champion Sourav Kothari lifted the

2019 Pacific International Snooker Championship –

The Reventon Classic, in Melbourne.

• In a best of nine frames, Kothari got the better of

Tyson Crinis of Australia to bag the crown.

150. Who has been appointed as Pro-tem speaker of Lok

Sabha?

A. Virendra Kumar

B. Shiela Dixit

C. Dhirendra Kumar

D. Vaibhav Tyagi

E. Sudarshan Singhal

Answer: A

BJP MP from Madhya Pradesh Virendra Kumar will be the

Pro-tem Speaker of the Lok Sabha. As such, he will preside

over the 1st sitting of the Lok Sabha, administer the oath of

office to the newly elected MPs & oversee the election of

the Speaker.

151. Who among the following ministers has launched

the “e-governance initiatives for ST Welfare schemes”?

A. Arjun Munda

B. Uma Bharathi

C. Suresh Prabhu












D. Ramvilas Paswan

E. Nitin Jairam Gadkari

Answer: A

• Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Arjun Munda

launched the “e-governance initiatives for ST

Welfare schemes” at a function organized by

Ministry of Tribal Affairs

• A power point presentation on these new e-

governance initiatives was made on the occasion.

• Munda applauded the teamworkefforts of the

Ministry of Tribal affairs for thesee-governance

initiatives for Scheduled Tribes Welfare schemes

and said that as per the “SabkaSaath, SabkaVikas

and SabkaVishwas”, these e-governance initiatives

will serve their purpose of the betterment of tribal

communities across the nation.

• Ministry of Tribal Affairs has developed online

portals namely DBT Tribal (https://dbttribal.gov.in/)

and NGO Grants Online Application & Tracking

System (https://ngograntsmota.gov.in/) for bringing

in greater e-Governance in implementation of

welfare schemes for STs.

152. ISRO has planned to launch the Chandrayaan-2

mission to moon on board which launch vehicle?

A. GSLV MK-III

B. PSLV-XL

C. ASLV-VII

D. SLV-3

E. PSLV-XX

Answer: A

• Isro officially announced that the Chandrayaan-2

will be launched at 2.51 am on July 15 from the

Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in

Andhra Pradesh.

• Chandrayaan-2 will have three modules, Orbiter,

Lander (Vikram), and Rover (Pragyan). These are

designed to carry out various experiments, including

mapping of the surface, minerals, chemical

composition, detection sparse water molecules

above the lunar surface and rock formations.

• The cost of the mission-including foreign service for

navigation-is Rs. 603 crore, an additional Rs. 375

crore will be the launch cost

• The total weight of the spacecraft will be 3.8 tonne

• The lunar landing is expected to take place on 6 or 7

September on the unexplored south polar region of

the moon.

• Chandrayaan-1, which was launched on 22 October

2008, orbited the moon more than 3,400 times and

played a crucial part in the discovery of water

molecules on the lunar surface

153. SBI has launched the digital residential property

show ‘Destination: The Home Shoppe’ in which city?

A. New Delhi

B. Mumbai

C. Hyderabad

D. Pune

E. Vijayawada

Answer: C

• SBI has set up a new marketing outfit called

‘Destination: The Home Shoppe’ near IKEA in

Hitec City

• At this Home Shoppe, the bank will have a digital

display of residential projects from leading

developers and approved by SBI

• It will function as a virtual property show bringing

builder, customers and SBI under one roof. The

Home Shoppe would facilitate the short-listing of

projects by prospective buyers. The bank has

already got 12 builders with 17 projects on board.

154. Who has been appointed as the secretary to the vice

president on contract basis in the rank and pay of

secretary of Government of India?

A. Sharad Kumar












B. IV Subba Rao

C. K.V. Chowdhary

D. Nittoor Srinivasa Rau

E. Tejendra Mohan Bhasin

Answer: B

• The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has

approved the continuation of Rao, a retired IAS

officer, as secretary to the vice president on contract

basis in the rank and pay of secretary of

Government of India, it said.

• His tenure will be co-terminus with the tenure of the

vice president

155. Who among the following has been appointed as the

Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi?

A. Ajit Seth

B. Pradeep Kumar Sinha

C. Pramod Kumar Misra

D. Nripendra Misra

E. Premjeeth Singh

Answer: D

• Nripendra Misra and PK Mishra were re-appointed

as Principal Secretary and Additional Principal

Secretary, respectively, to Prime Minister Narendra

Modi with Cabinet minister rank.

• The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet

approved both the appointments with effect from

May 31.

• Their appointments will be co-terminus with the

term of the prime minister.

156. Who has been appointed as the Leader of the Rajya

Sabha?

A. Thawarchand Gehlot

B. Piyush Goyal

C. Harsh Vardhan

D. Narendra Singh Tomar

E. None of these

Answer: A

• Thawarchand Gehlot has been appointed as the

Leader of House in the Rajya Sabha. He will replace

former Union Minister Arun Jaitley

• Union Minister for Railways and Commerce Piyush

Goyal will take charge as the Deputy Leader for the

Upper House of the Indian Parliament.

• Thawarchand Gehlot is the Ministry of Social

Justice & Empowerment in Narendra Modi cabinet.

He has held the portfolio since 2014.

• The BJP leader became a Rajya Sabha member in

2012 and was re-elected to the Upper House of

Parliament from Madhya Pradesh in 2018. His

Rajya Sabha term will end in 2024.

157. Who has been chosen as the CEO of Reckitt

Benckiser?

A. Laxman Narasimhan

B. Ramon Laguarta

C. Rakesh Kapoor

D. Indra Nooyi

E. None of these

Answer: A

• British consumer goods giant Reckitt Benckiser

named PepsiCo executive Laxman Narasimhan as

its Chief Executive Officer

• Narasimhan was serving as PepsiCo’s global Chief

Commercial Officer. He will be join the company as

CEO-deignate and will be appointed to the board on

July 16

• He will become group CEO on September 1, He will

succeed Rakesh Kapoor

158. To who among the following Jawaharlal Nehru

University (JNU) will confer the 'Distinguished Alumni

Award'?

A. Nirmala Sitharaman

B. S Jaishankar

C. Venkiah Naidu

D. Only (a) and (b)












E. All of these

Answer: D

• Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) will confer the

‘Distinguished Alumni Award’ to Union ministers

Nirmala Sitharaman and Subrahmanyam Jaishankar,

both are alumni of the New Delhi-based Central

University

• Executive Council of JNU approved a proposal to

bestow the award on Finance Minister Sitharaman

and External Affairs Minister Jaishankar, during the

third convocation of the varsity to be held in August

this year.

• Ms. Sitharaman completed her M.A and M. Phil

degrees from the School of Social Sciences and

School of International Studies respectively.

• Mr. Jaishankar completed his M.Phil and doctoral

research in the School of International Studies

where he specialised in nuclear diplomacy

159. Who among the following has been named for the

2019 Danny Kaye Humanitarian Award by UNICEF?

A. Dia Mirza

B. Priyanka Chopra

C. Vidya Balan

D. Kareena Kapoor

E. Deepika Padukone

Answer: B

• Unicef will honour Indian actress Priyanka Chopra

with the Danny Kaye Humanitarian Award at the

Unicef Snowflake Ball in December

• The award is named after actor-philanthropist

Danny Kaye, who was UNICEF’s first Goodwill

Ambassador

• She has been a part of United Nation’s global “Girl

Up” Campaign and is associated with several NGOs

in India to raise awareness about ways to improve

the education, health and safety of girl child in

India.

• Priyanka has worked with Unicef since 2006 and

was appointed the national and global Unicef

Goodwill Ambassador for Child Rights in 2010 and

2016, respectively.

160. India ranks ____ in annual Global Peace Index.

A. 130

B. 141

C. 145

D. 136

E. 121

Answer: B

• India’s rank has slipped five places to 141 among

163 countries on the Global Peace Index 2019

• Australian think tank Institute for Economics &

Peace ranks countries according to their level of

peacefulness based on three thematic domains —

the level of societal safety and security, the extent of

ongoing domestic and international conflict and the

degree of militarisation in 163 countries and

territories by taking into account 23 indicators.

• Iceland remains the most peaceful country in the

world, a position it has held since 2008

• Afghanistan is now the least peaceful country in the

world, replacing Syria, which is now the second

least peaceful. South Sudan, Yemen, and Iraq

comprise the remaining five least peaceful countries.

• In South Asia, Bhutan topped the index with 15th

rank, followed by Sri Lanka 72, Nepal 76 and

Bangladesh 101. The neighbouring country Pakistan

has been ranked 153rd on the index.

• “India’s rank has moved down to 141 from in GPI

2019 (from its previous position at 136), among 163

countries, and it stands at fifth in the (South Asian)

region,”

161. The 16th Asia Media Summit has been organised in

which country?

A. Vietnam












B. Indonesia

C. Zimbabwe

D. Cambodia

E. Abu Dhabi

Answer: D

• The 16th Asia media summit that kicked-off in

Cambodia

• The two-day summit, held under the topic of Media

Digitalization Focusing on Developing Markets, was

organized by the Cambodian Ministry of

Information in collaboration with the Asia-Pacific

Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD),

162. The Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle

(HSTDV) which was recently tested by India has been

developed by___________

A. Ordnance Factory Board

B. ISRO

C. DRDO

D. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

E. None of these

Answer: C

• India was conducted a successful first test flight of

the indigenously developed Hypersonic Technology

Demonstrator Vehicle (HSTDV) from a base off the

Odisha coast.

• The only other countries that possess this

technology are the US, Russia and China

• The HSTDV is an unmanned scramjet (allowing

supersonic combustion) demonstration vehicle that

can cruise up to a speed of mach 6 (or six times the

speed of sound) and rise up to an altitude of 32. km

in 20 seconds

• It is being developed by DRDO with assistance from

Israel and the UK and Russia.

163. Who has topped the Forbes’ 2019 List Of The

World’s 100 Highest-Paid Athletes?

A. Rodger Fedrer

B. Cristiano Ronaldo

C. Lionel Messi

D. Virat Kohli

E. Serena Williams

Answer: C

• Lionel Messi was the world’s highest-paid athlete

over the past year, Forbes reported on in its annual

sporting rich list, and India cricket captain Virat

Kohli was the sole Indian to feature on the list,

ranked 100th on the table.

• According to the Forbes 2019 list, Virat Kohli is

estimated to earn $21m from endorsements and $4m

from salary and winnings, taking his total tally to

$25m for the last 12 months.

• Notably, Virat Kohli was ranked 83rd on last year’s

list and has moved down to the 100th spot despite an

increase of $1m in endorsements.

• Messi has dethroned retired boxer Floyd

Mayweather as the sports world’s highest earner,

raking in $127 million via salary and endorsement

deals.

• Athletes from across 25 countries made it to the list

this year, an increase from 22 in 2018.

164. What will be the new brand name of the

International Association of Athletics Federations

(IAAF)?

A. World Athletics

B. Federation of World Athletics

C. International Athletics Association

D. Athletics World Federation

E. None of these

Answer: A

• The International Association of Athletics

Federations (IAAF) has rebranded itself as World

Athletics and revealed a new logo to reflect its name

change.












• The International Association of Athletics

Federations (IAAF) was initially founded in 1912 as

the International Amateur Athletic Federation

• The new brand identity will begin its rollout in

October after the world championships in Doha and

following congress’ approval of the change to the

federation’s legal name.

• The new logo features the ‘W’ of ‘world’, which is

meant to represent the symbol of an athlete’s arms

raised in victory. The logo also incorporates the ‘A’

of ‘athletics’, which seeks to represent an athlete’s

focus as they prepare for the road; and an arc over

the ‘W’ and ‘A’ to represent the athletics

community coming together.

165. Name the only Indian to feature in the Forbes’ 2019

List Of The World’s 100 Highest-Paid Athletes

A. PV Sindhu

B. Mahendra Singh Dhoni

C. Virat Kohli

D. Yuvraj Singh

E. Anirbin Lahri

Answer: C

• According to the Forbes 2019 list, Virat Kohli is

estimated to earn $21m from endorsements and $4m

from salary and winnings, taking his total tally to

$25m for the last 12 months.

Notably, Virat Kohli was ranked 83rd on last year’s list and

has moved

166. Government has directed banks to issue Kisan

Credit Cards (KCC) to eligible farmers within

___________ of submitting the application

A. 1 week

B. 2 weeks

C. 3 weeks

D. 4 weeks

E. 15 days

Answer: B

• The Centre has directed the concerned banks to

issue Kisan Credit Card (KCC) to eligible ones

within two weeks of the submission of completed

application.

• Currently, there are 6.95 crore active KCCs, under

which crop loans are given at subsidised interest

rate. KCC has been extended to farmers involved in

animal husbandry and fishery activities as well

• Normally, farm loans attract an interest rate of 9 per

cent. But the government is providing 2 per cent

interest subsidy to ensure farmers get short-term

farm loan of up to Rs. 3 lakh at an effective rate of 7

per cent per annum.

• An additional incentive of 3 per cent is being given

to farmers for prompt repayment of loans within due

date, making the effective interest rate 4 per cent.

167. What is the rank of India in terms of FDI Inflow in

the year 2018 as per UNCTAD World Investment Report

2019?

A. 7th

B. 10th

C. 15th

D. 18th

E. 20th

Answer: B

• Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to India grew by 6

per cent to USD 42 billion in 2018, with strong

inflows in the manufacturing, communication and

financial services sectors, and cross-border merger

and acquisition activities, according to a UN report

that ranked India among the top 20 host economies

for FDI inflows in 2017-18.

• India ranks 10th amongst the top recipients of FDI

in 2018

• The World Investment Report 2019, released by the

UN Conference on Trade and Development

(UNCTAD) Wednesday, said global FDI flows slid












by 13 per cent in 2018 to USD 1.3 trillion from USD

1.5 trillion the previous year the third consecutive

annual decline

• India and UAE were considered among the top 10

most important sources of FDI for the 2019 to 2021

period

• India’s FDI outflows more than doubled in 2017 to

$11.3 bn, mostly led by ONGC, which bought a

15% stake in an offshore field in Namibia from

Tullow Oil

168. What is the total rate of contribution to be made

under the Employees’ State Insurance scheme?

A. 6%

B. 5%

C. 4%

D. 3%

E. 2%

Answer: C

• The government has reduced the rate of contribution

towards the Employees’ State Insurance scheme

from 6.5% to 4%.

• After the reduction of rates, effective from July 1,

2019, employers’ contribution will be reduced to

3.25% from current rate of 4.75% while employees’

contribution will be reduced from 1.75% to 0.75%,

as per the provisions of the Employees’ State

Insurance Act 1948.

• The move “would benefit 12.85 lakh employers and

over 3.6 crore employees.”

• ESI Act, 1948 applies to organisations where 10 or

more people are employed. All employees drawing

salary upto Rs 21,000 are covered under the Act.

169. Who has been conferred the Jnanpith Award for

2018?

A. Amitav Ghosh

B. Vikram Seth

C. Anita Desai

D. Salman Rushdie

E. Vasundhara Raje

Answer: A

• Renowned author Amitav Ghosh was awarded the

54th Jnanpith Award for his contribution to the

enrichment of Indian literature in English at a

ceremony here on Wednesday.

• He was conferred the award by former governor of

West Bengal Gopalkrishna Gandhi.

• Amitav Ghosh is the first English writer to get this

prestigious award.

• The Jnanpith award is the highest literary award in

India and can only be conferred upon an Indian

citizen. English language was added to the list of

languages for consideration after the 49th Jnanpith

Award.

• The award consisted of a shawl, citation, statue of

goddess Saraswati and Rs. 11 lakh

• His recent novel “Gun Island” is set for its official

launch

170. Which of these companies has topped the Forbes’

World’s Largest Public Companies 2000 list?

A. China Construction Bank

B. JP Morgan Chase

C. Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd

D. Reliance Industries

E. None of these

Answer: C

• As many as 57 Indian companies figure in Forbes

magazine’s list of the world’s 2000 largest public

companies, HDFC Ltd being named among the top

ten consumer finance firms.

• Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC)

topped the list for the seventh year in a row.

Reliance Industries was the top-ranked Indian

company (ranked 71st globally).












• In the oil and gas sector, Royal Dutch Shell is

ranked first and Reliance Industries is ranked 11th.

• In the consumer financial sector, American Express

has topped the chart while HDFC Ltd is ranked 7th.

• On the overall Global 2000 list, HDFC is ranked

332nd.

• Out of the 61 countries represented on the list, the

US accounts for the largest number of 575

companies, followed by China and Hong Kong

(309) and Japan (223).

• In the overall top-ten, ICBC is followed by JP

Morgan, China Construction Bank, Agricultural

Bank of China, Bank of America, Apple, Ping An

Insurance Group, Bank of China, Royal Dutch Shell

and Wells Fargo.

• From India, Reliance Industries is the only one in

the overall top-200 list. The company is followed by

HDFC Bank at 209th, ONGC at 220th, Indian Oil at

288th and HDFC Ltd at 332nd place.

171. Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit 2019

Begins in which city?

A. Osh, Kyrgyzstan

B. Tokmok, Kyrgyzstan

C. Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

D. Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan

E. Almaty, Kazakhstan

Answer: C

• The two-day Shanghai Cooperation Organization

Summit begins in Bishkek

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the

plenary session of the SCO Summit, and will

present his vision for the regional cooperation and

development.

• Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will also be

attending the summit. This will be the first time two

leaders will come face to face after months of

tensions between the two countries

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi held bilateral

meetings with Presidents of China and Russia at

Kyrgyzstan capital Bishkek

• India and Pakistan became full members of the SCO

in 2017

• SCO Founded in 2001, China, Kazakhstan,

Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Ujbekistan are

the founding members of the organisation

172. Name the app launched by US Embassy for students

who wish to study in US.

A. EducationUSA

B. HigherStudiesUSA

C. USAcalling

D. WelcomingStudents

E. None of these

Answer: A

• The US embassy has launched a mobile application

that gives comprehensive and latest information

about studying in the United States

• The app — EducationUSA — was launched in

collaboration with the United States India

Educational Foundation and is available on both

Android and iOS platforms for free

• The app will act as the first point of information for

students, parents, school counsellors and other

interested users who want to know about the US

higher education but don’t know where to begin

173. HCL will roll out ______________ a company

initiative under which it trains & hires students.

A. Talkative Bee

B. Tech Bee

C. We for a Change

D. Technology Inspires

E. Tech Savvy

Answer: B

• HCL Technologies is all set to roll out “Tech Bee”,

a company initiative under which it trains and hires












students who have completed Plus Two, across

several states

• Tech Bee, HCL’s early career programme provides

students an opportunity to start early, become

financially independent and trendsetters.

• Enrolled students are paid stipend of ₹10,000 per

month, she explained.

174. India’s mission Aditya-L1 to study sun will be

launched in which year?

A. 2020

B. 2022

C. 2025

D. 2030

E. 2031

Answer: A

• Indian Space Research Organisation has announced

that India will launch its first mission to study the

sun named Aditya-L1 in the year 2020.

• Aditya-L1 is meant to observe the solar corona and

the aim of the mission is to keep a permanent eye on

the sun without any disturbance

• Aditya-L1 mission is expected to be inserted in a

halo orbit around the Lagrangian point 1 (L1) –

which is 1.5 million km from the earth

175. Veteran poet Pazhavila Ramesan who passed away

recently was from which state?

A. West bengal

B. Odisha

C. Kerala

D. Assam

E. Karnataka

Answer: C

• Poet and lyricist Pazhavila Ramesan has passed

away

• Ramesan had received the 2017 Kerala Sahithya

Akademi award for overall contribution

• He had penned songs for films like Asamsakalode,

Malooty, Uncle Bun, Vasudha and others. He also

penned literary works like Mazhayude Jalakam,

Njan Enter Kadukalilekku, Ormayude

Varthamanam, Mayatha Varakal, Nervara and

others.

176. Culture Minister, Shri Prahlad Singh Patel,

inaugurates the exhibition-‘Astitva’ in which city?

A. Mumbai

B. Kolkata

C. Varanasi

D. New Delhi

E. Panaji

Answer: D

• Shri Prahalad Singh Patel, Minister of State (I/c) of

Culture & Tourism, Government of India will

inaugurate the exhibition titled “Astitva: The

Essence of Prabhakar Barwe”, at National Gallery

of Modern Art, New Delhi,

• ‘Astitva : The essence of Prabhakar Barwe’, is the

first of its kind to be held in New Delhi that will

present his artistic oeuvre in four distinct phases.

177. What is the theme for World Blood Donor Day-14

June, 2019?

A. Safe blood for all

B. Donating blood is a good habit

C. Be a blood donor

D. Initiate and inspire

E. Help those in need

Answer: A

World Blood Donor Day is observed on 14 June every year.

The theme for World Blood Donor Day 2019 is “Safe blood

for all”. The theme is a call for action to all the gov.,

healthcare institutions,etc. across the globe to meet the

adequate demand of blood. The host country for 2019 is

Rwanda.












178. Politician Rajnath Singh ‘Surya’ passed away

recently. He was a former member of Rajya Sabha from

which state?

A. Haryana

B. Gujarat

C. Maharashtra

D. Uttar Pradesh

E. Madhya Pradesh

Answer: D

Former BJP Rajya Sabha MP and senior journalist Rajnath

Singh ‘Surya’ died here Thursday morning. Singh, 82,

passed away at his Gomtinagar residence, sources close to

the family said. He was suffering from age-related issues.

179. World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is being

observed on ______.

A. June 15

B. June 12

C. June 10

D. June 16

E. June 14

Answer: A

• World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is being

observed on June 15.

• This day is observed on the 15th of June every year

to voice opposition to the abuse and suffering

inflicted on elderly people.

• It was officially recognized by the United Nations

General Assembly in December 2011 following a

request by the International Network for the

Prevention of Elder Abuse.

• According to the UN, around 1 in 6 older people

experience some form of abuse. It is predicted to

rise as populations age worldwide.

• Elder abuse can lead to serious physical injuries and

long-term psychological consequences. It is a global

social issue which affects the health and human

rights of millions of older persons around the world.

180. What is the monthly amount that farmers are

required to invest under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan

Pension Yojana, to avail the pension benefit?

A. Rs 75

B. Rs 150

C. Rs 50

D. Rs 100

E. Rs 150

Answer: D

• Farmers will have to contribute 100 rupees per

month under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Pension

Yojana that seeks to provide a minimum fixed

monthly pension of 3,000 rupees on the attainment

of 60 years.

• The central government will also contribute an equal

amount to the pension fund to be managed by the

LIC, which will be responsible for the pension

payout.

• The government in its first cabinet meeting had

approved a separate pension scheme for farmers

with an aim to cover 5 crore beneficiaries in the first

three years.

181. Directorate General of Training under the aegis of

Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Ministry has

joined hands with which private sector companies to skill

the youth for the digital economy through its Industrial

Training Institutes (ITIs)?

A. IBM and Cisco

B. IBM and Accenture

C. Cisco and Accenture

D. Accenture and Oracle

E. Orcale and Cisco

Answer: C

• Directorate General of Training under the aegis of

Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Ministry

has joined hands with Cisco and Accenture to skill












the youth for the digital economy through its

Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs).

• Nearly 15 lakh students across all the ITIs in India

can access the digital learning module via the Bharat

Skills portal.

• This programme will equip students enrolled in ITIs

across India with skills for the digital economy over

the next two years.

• The programme includes tailor-made curriculum

with modules for digital literacy, career readiness,

employability skills and advanced technology skills

such as data analytics and a blended learning model

enabled by a combination of on-line self-learning

via the Bharat Skills portal and in-classroom

modules.

• The initial phase of the in-classroom training

programme is being rolled out across 227 ITIs in

Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Bihar and Assam, targeting

more than one lakh youth.

182. Which country decided to start phasing out the use

of plastic products from next month?

A. Qatar

B. Bahrain

C. Oman

D. UAE

E. Brunei

Answer: B

• Bahrain will start phasing out the use of plastic

products from next month.

• A Ministerial order with respect to the technical

regulations for plastic products will come into effect

on the 21st of next month. The order will regulate

and phase out the use of plastic bags.

• The first phase will focus on single-use plastic bags

as well as banning the import of non-biodegradable

plastic bags.

183. The Centre has approved setting up of e-Foreigner

Tribunal (e-FT) in which state?

A. Assam

B. Mizoram

C. Meghalaya

D. Manipur

E. Uttarakhand

Answer: A

• The Centre has approved setting up of e-Foreigner

Tribunal (e-FT) in Assam.

• The CEO of e-FT Mission Anand Prakash Tiwari

said that the proposed integrated e-FT IT system

will be implemented across the state for effective

monitoring and resolution of cases registered with

Foreigner Tribunal.

• The main objective of the project is to maintain a

statewide bio-metric and biographic data, to capture

the illegal migrants’ data to computerize data flow

for all the stakeholders.

• It will also help in the legalization of eligible

beneficiaries for welfare schemes.

184. Jammu and Kashmir admin approves 2nd phase of

comprehensive plan for flood management work on

which river?

A. Chenab

B. Jhelum

C. Indus

D. Ravi

E. Tawi

Answer: B

• The Jammu and Kashmir administration has

approved the second phase of a comprehensive plan

for flood management work on the Jhelum river at a

cost of over 5,400 crore rupees.

• The State Administrative Council, which met in

Srinagar under the chairmanship of Governor Satya












Pal Malik last evening, accorded in-principle

approval to the Comprehensive Plan.

• The project is proposed to be implemented part-wise

with Part A amounting to 1,684 crore rupees

approved under Prime Minister’s Development

Package and the Part B for which source of funding

is to be identified.

• The project has been formulated to achieve short-

term goal of mitigating the flood threat at Sangam in

Anantnag district.

185. Recently, which state transport Ministery launches

State Transport Corporation's Chalo app?

A. Meghalaya

B. Uttar Pradesh

C. West Bengal

D. Madhya Pradesh

E. Assam

Answer: E

• Assam Transport Minister Chandra Mohan

Patowary launched the State Transport

Corporation’s Chalo app for Guwahati.

• The app will help commuters to know about the live

arrival time of their bus so they can plan their travel

accordingly.

• People can also track the live GPS position of their

bus on a map. It will also ensure safe travel with

features such as Emergency SOS.

• The project includes the introduction of electronic

ticketing in State Transport buses with the latest

generation of cutting-edge Electronic Ticket Issuing

Machines which can accept all modes of payment,

including cards, mobile payments, QR code

payments and other forms of digital payments.

186. India's first Dinosaur Museum and Fossil Park

opens in which state?

A. Rajasthan

B. Delhi

C. Gujarat

D. Maharashtra

E. Andhra Pradesh

Answer: C

• A Dinosaur Museum and Fossil Park has opened in

Gujarat’s Mahisagar district’s Raiyoli village, the

first such facility in our country and third in the

world.

• Spread across 72 acres, the park showcases

fossilised remains of dinosaurs in the natural form.

• The museum has 10 galleries showcasing the

Earth’s inception, world dinosaurs, Indian dinosaurs

and it also screens 3D movies.

187. What is the rank of India in the latest football FIFA

rankings released in June 2019?

A. 101

B. 82

C. 95

D. 122

E. 86

Answer: A

• India remains unmoved at 101 position, after FIFA,

the apex body of football, released the latest team

rankings.

• India was not able to improve their rank as they

remained at the same spot and their points too were

unchanged from the previous standings of 1219

points.

• Interestingly, the top four teams were unmoved,

FIFA World Cup 2018 winner France stayed in the

second position.

• While Brazil and England were also able to hold

there third and fourth position respectively.

188. Which team won the recently concluded NBA

Finals?

A. Golden State Warriors

B. Toronto Raptors












C. Portland Trail Blazzers

D. Houston Rockets

E. Los Angles Lakers

Answer: B

• The Toronto Raptors beat defending champions the

Golden State Warriors 114-110 to win their first

NBA title.

• Kawhi Leonard was named the NBA Finals Most

Valuable Player, averaging 28.5 points, as the

Raptors won the best-of-seven series 4-2.

189. When is the World Father’s day observed?

A. June 15

B. June 16

C. June 17

D. Third Saturday of June

E. Third Sunday of June

Answer: E

World Father’s Day is observed every year on third Sunday

of June to commemorate fatherhood and appreciates all

fathers for their support and contribution to the society. In

2019, Father’s Day falls on 16 June.

190. The International Day of Family Remittances is

observed on ____________

A. Third Sunday of June

B. June 14

C. June 15

D. June 16

E. June 17

Answer: D

The International Day of Family Remittances (IDFR) is a

United Nations General Assembly recognized day, observed

on 16 June each year to celebrate the contribution of migrant

workers to improve the lives of their family members back

home, and to create a future of hope for their children.

191. What is the theme for June17, 2019-World Day to

Combat Desertification and Drought?

A. Plant more trees

B. Conserve Water

C. Let’s Grow the Future Together

D. Let’s develop a safe future

E. None of these

Answer: C

Since 1995, this day is observed to spread awareness about

the international cooperation to combat desertification and

the effects of drought. The United Nation General Assembly

in 1994 declared 17 June as the “World Day to Combat

Desertification and Drought”. It is a unique occasion to

remind people that desertification can be effectively tackled,

solutions are possible and important is participation and

cooperation at all levels.

192. Mount Everest has got the world’s highest weather

stations. The highest station has been installed at which

area across the Everest?

A. Balcony Area

B. South Col

C. Phortse

D. Everest Base Camp

E. None of these

Answer: A

• The National Geographic Society has announced the

successful installation of the worlds highest

operating weather stations on Mount Everest to

provide researchers, climbers, and the public with

near real-time information about mountain

conditions.

• The other stations were placed at Phortse (3,810 m),

Everest Base Camp (5,315 m) and Camp II (6,464

m), each weather station will record data on

temperature, relative humidity, barometric pressure,

wind speed, and wind direction.

• The Balcony weather station is the first weather

station installed at an elevation above 8,000 metres.












193. Which financial institution has approved USD 235

million loan for Tripura Infrastructure development

project?

A. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

B. Asian Development Bank

C. World Bank

D. New Development Bank

E. None of these

Answer: B

• The Asian Development Bank(ADB) has approved

a project submitted by Urban Development

Department (UDD) amounting to Rs. 1650 crore for

overall infrastructure development of seven district

headquarters town.

• The fund is meant for development of piped water

supply, underground drainage, underground sewage

or scientific septage management, roads with

pavement.

• The seven district headquarters where the ambitious

plan will be implemented include-Khowai,

Ambassa, Dharmnagar, Kailashahar, Udaipur,

Bishramganj, Belonia.

• The ADB will provide Rs. 1650 crore and out of

which 80% is grant in aid and the state will have to

repay back only 20% loan in due course of time.

194. Yashovardhan Birla has been declared as willful

defaulter by which bank?

A. Canara Bank

B. Punjab National Bank

C. UCO Bank

D. Bank of Baroda

E. Syndicate Bank

Answer: C

• Kolkata-based lender UCO Bank declared

Yashovardhan Birla as a willful defaulter after Birla

Surya Ltd failed to repay loans of ₹67.65 crore.

• Yashovardhan Birla is the director of Birla Surya

and also chairman of the Yash Birla Group, an

industrial conglomerate. According to the notice,

Birla Surya Ltd was sanctioned a credit limit of

₹100 crore for fund-based facilities for the purpose

of manufacturing of multi-crystalline solar

photovoltaic cells from UCO Bank’s corporate

branch at Nariman Point, Mumbai.

• The present balance outstanding is ₹67.65 crore

plus unapplied interest from the date of turning into

a non-performing asset (NPA), 3 June, 2013.

195. Which Indian NGO has recently won wins BBC

World Service Global Champion Award?

A. Goonj

B. Annamitra Foundataion

C. Akshay Patra

D. PRADAN

E. Salaam Bombay Foundation

Answer: C

• Akshaya Patra, a non-profit organisation running

one of the world’s largest school meals project in

India, has been awarded the BBC World Service

Global Champion Award for the programme.

• The award was presented at the BBC Food and

Farming Awards in Bristol in London, UK.

• The NGO started to provide mid-day meal almost 20

years ago,now it reaches to feed 1.75 million

children all over India.

196. The Jammu & Kashmir Bank will be put under the

purview of J&K RTI Act, 2009 and the CVC guidelines

with effect from________________

A. July 31

B. June 30

C. July 1

D. June 17

E. August 15












Answer: D

• The board of directors of Jammu & Kashmir Bank

decided to bring the bank under the J&K RTI Act,

2009 and the CVC guidelines.

• The board, which met under the chairmanship of the

bank’s interim Chairman and Managing Director

R.S. Chhibber, took significant decisions to improve

the governance and bring transparency in the

functioning of the bank.

• The board decided to implement J&K RTI Act 2009

and the CVC guidelines from June 17, 2019. The

board took these important decisions after receiving

directions from the state government that owns 59

per cent of the bank’s shares

197. Zuzana Caputova has been sworn in as the

President of which country?

A. Czech Republic

B. Slovakia

C. Poland

D. Poland

E. Hong Kong

Answer: B

• Anti-corruption campaigner Zuzana Caputova has

been sworn in as Slovakia’s first female President.

• The 45-year-old Slovak politician, lawyer, and anti-

corruption activist is the first female president of the

country as well as the youngest person ever to be

elected to the office.

• Zuzana Caputova took over as the 5th President

of Slovakia on June 15, 2019.

198. Mrs. Padmaja has been appointed as India’s High

Commissioner to the country of _____________

A. Nauru

B. Tuvalu

C. Belgium

D. Bulgaria

E. Croatia

Answer: B

• Government of India, announced the appointment

of Padmajaas the next High Commissioner of India

to the Republic of Tuvalu with the residence in

Suva.

• She is currently serving as the High Commissioner

of India to the Republic of Fijiand also serving

(concurrently accredited) as the High Commissioner

of India to the Republic of Nauru.

199. Who has won the Femina Miss India World 2019?

A. Shreya Shanker

B. Shivani Jadhav

C. Suman Rao

D. Sanjana Mehta

E. Srujana Reddy

Answer: C

• Suman Rao from Rajasthan has won the Femina

Miss India World 2019 beauty pageant during a star-

studded ceremony at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Indoor Stadium.

• Shivani Jadhav from Chhattisgarh clinched Femina

Miss Grand India 2019 title and Shreya Shanker

from Bihar won Miss India United Continents 2019

title during the grand finale of the beauty pageant.

200. Which of these countries will participate as guests

teams in Copa America 2020?

A. New Zealand and Japan

B. Brazil and Russia

C. Australia and Qatar

D. Indonesia and Malaysia

E. Australia and Malaysia

Answer: C

• The South American Football Federation,

CONMEBOL has invited Australia and Qatar to

participate as guest teams in 2020 Copa America.












• Qatar and Australia will join 10 South American

nations in the 2020 tournament.

• For the first time, the event will be held jointly in

two countries, Colombia and Argentina.

• The 2019 Copa America football championship is

being held in Brazil.

201. Who lifts the Pacific International Billiards

Championship title 2019?

A. Peter Gilchrist

B. Samul Gilchrist

C. Jordan Gilchrist

D. Chirs Jordon

E. Roother Gilchrist

Answer: A

• Peter Gilchrist of Singapore defeated India’s Sourav

Kothari (Kolkata) to win the 2019 Pacific

International Billiards Championship at the

Yarraville Club in Melbourne, Australia.

• Sourav Kothari defeated Peter Gilchrist of

Singapore 1134-944 in 2018 WBL World Billiards

Championship title.

202. In Archery World Championships, Indian men's

recurve team bagged Silver Medal.Where was the

Championship held?

A. Netherlands

B. Lithuania

C. Latvia

D. Ireland

E. Italy

Answer: A

• The Indian men’s recurve team bagged a silver

medal in the Archery World Championships at Den

Bosch in The Netherlands.

• Indian trio of Tarundeep Rai, Atanu Das and Pravin

lost to Chinese team of Ding Yiliang, Wei Shaoxuan

and Feng Hao 6-2 in the summit clash.

• India thus ended their campaign with one silver and

two bronze medals won in the women’s compound

team and individual events.

• This was India’s sixth silver at the World

Championships where the country is yet to win a

gold medal.

203. Name the South Korean feminist activist who fought

for democracy against dictatorships passes away

recently?

A. Lee Hee-ho

B. Kui Hee-ho

C. Kin Chan Ko

D. Sui Key Mi

E. None of these

Answer: A

Lee Hee-ho, a South Korean feminist activist who fought for

democracy against dictatorships alongside her husband and

future President Kim Dae-jung, has died. She was 96.

204. Every year International Picnic Day is celebrated on

which among the following days?

A. June 15

B. June 16

C. June 17

D. June 18

E. June 19

Answer: D

• International Picnic Day is celebrated on 18 June

every year.

• This is a day to enjoy in nature, with your near and

dear ones

205. Assam government to set up Skill University at

which district?

A. Udalguri

B. Dima Hasao

C. Darrang

D. Dhemaji

E. Nalbari












Answer: C

• Assam government will set up a Skill University at

the cost of 850 crore rupees at Darrang district.

• This will be perhaps the first skill University of the

Country with a capacity of 10 thousand seats.

• International Yoga Day will be observed at 459

centres of the Skill Development Mission.

206. India will be hosting Intersessional meeting of

Kimberley Process (KP) from 17th to 21st June, 2019 in

which city?

A. Hyderabad

B. Delhi

C. Kolkata

D. Bangalore

E. Mumbai

Answer: E

• India will be hosting Intersessional meeting of

Kimberley Process (KP) from 17th to 21st June,

2019 in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

• Besides the meetings of different Working Groups

and Committees of Kimberley Process Certification

Scheme (KPCS), two special forums regarding

Diamond Terminology and Artisanal Mining –

Small Steps to Larger Outcomes will also held.

• India is the founding member of KPCS and is

the chair of Kimberley Process Certification Scheme

for the year 2019 with the Russian Federation as

Vice Chair.

207. Who will chair the committee formed by Defence

Minister Rajnath Singh to work out the modalities and

methodology of the implementation of the next revision

of pension under OROP?

A. Controller General of Defence Accounts

B. Minister of Finance

C. Controller General of Accounts (CGA)

D. Minister of Defence

E. None of these

Answer: A

• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has constituted a

committee to work out the modalities and

methodology of the implementation of next revision

of pension under One Rank One Pension (OROP).

• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh reviewed the

working of DESW including the welfare schemes

being extended to the ex-servicemen, widows and

dependents.

• The committee will be headed by Controller General

of Defence Accounts (CGDA) and will have

representatives of all three armed forces.

• Equalisation of pensions means the pension of

defence personnel who retire now will be passed to

all the past pensioners of the same class (same rank

with same length of service).

208. Fitch Ratings has estimated the India’s GDP for

fiscal 2019-20 at __________

A. 6.2%

B. 7.1%

C. 6.6%

D. 6.8%

E. 6.1%

Answer: C

• Global rating agency Fitch cut India’s GDP growth

rate forecast for FY20 by 20 bps to 6.6 per cent,

even as it retained FY21 estimate at 7.1 per cent.

• Earlier this year, Fitch Ratings had slashed India’s

growth forecast for the next financial year beginning

April 1, to 6.8 per cent from its previous estimate of

7 per cent.

209. Who has been appointed as the new Executive

Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP)?

A. Elizabeth Ines Taylor Jay

B. Lori Peterson Dando

C. Francisca Ashietey-Odunton

D. Inger Andersen












E. None of these

Answer: D

• Danish economist and environmentalist Inger

Andersen has been sworn in as the Executive

Director of the UN Environment Programme

(UNEP) with effect from June 15, 2019 for a period

of four-year term.

• She succeeds Joyce Msuya, of the United Republic

of Tanzania.

• Between January 2015 and May 2019, Andersen

was the Director General of the International Union

for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

210. Who among the following has been promoted as the

central bank’s executive director (ED)?

A. Rabi N Mishra

B. Ravi Shankar

C. Nrupender Singh

D. Amith Kumar

E. Amith Kumar

Answer: A

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has promoted Rabi

N Mishra as the central bank’s executive director

(ED), after the position fell vacant on Rosemary

Sebastian’s retirement.

• Previously, Rabi N Mishra was the principal chief

general manager of the bank’s risk management

department.

211. Who has taken over as Director (Projects) at Power

Finance Corporation (PFC)?

A. Joshna Ahluwalia

B. Ravinder Singh Dhillon

C. Joginder Singh

D. Vikas Kumar

E. None of these

Answer: B

• Ravinder Singh Dhillon took over as director

(projects) in Power Finance Corporation.

• Presently serving as an executive director in PFC,

Dhillon has more than 34 years of experience in

various areas of power sector.

• Head Quarters of PFC is New Delhi

212. Lt General Faiz Hameed was appointed the new

director general of which countries Inter-Services

Intelligence?

A. UAE

B. Afghanistan

C. Kazakhstan

D. Pakistan

E. Bangladesh

Answer: D

Lt General Faiz Hameed was appointed the new director

general of Pakistan Inter-Services Intelligence

213. According to the findings of the Randstad Employer

Brand Research (REBR) 2019, which is the country’s

most attractive employer brand company?

A. Samung

B. Wipro

C. Amazon

D. TCS

E. Capgemini

Answer: C

• E-commerce giant Amazon India is the country’s

most attractive employer brand, according to the

findings of the Randstad Employer Brand Research

(REBR) 2019.

• Amazon scored high on financial health, utilisation

of latest technologies and a strong reputation.

• Microsoft India emerged as the runner-up, followed

by Sony India. Others in the top 10 are Mercedes-

Benz (4th), IBM (5th), Larsen & Toubro (6th),

Nestlé (7th), Infosys (8th), Samsung (9th), and Dell

(10th).

214. The World Food India 2019 event is going to host by

which city?












A. Delhi

B. Mumbai

C. Ahemadabad

D. Kolkata

E. Chennai

Answer: A

• Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal

stated that The World Food India 2019 event will be

held during November 1-4 in New Delhi as part of

the government’s effort to boost investment into this

growing sector

• This will be the second edition of World Food India,

with first one held in 2017 that saw the participation

of 61 countries and signing of MoUs worth $14

billion.

• The tagline of the event will be “Forging

Partnerships for Growth”.

215. How many journalists have been conferred with

Matri Shree MediaAwards recently?

A. 26

B. 27

C. 28

D. 29

E. 30

Answer: D

• Twenty-nine journalists from print and electronic

media were felicitated with Matri Shree Media

Awards for their contribution towards journalism

• Apart from media personalities, a social activist has

also presented the Bharat Mata shield at the 44th

Matri Shree media award ceremony organized.

• Bollywood film ‘Badhai Ho’ was also presented the

Bharat Mata shield.

• The Matri Shree Media Awards was constituted

during the Emergency. The first award was

presented to journalist Lala Jagat Narayan.

216. Name the player won the 17th National Squash

title?

A. Dipika Pallikal Karthik

B. Joshna Chinappa

C. Nicole David

D. Nouran Gohar

E. Nele Gills

Answer: B

• Joshna Chinappa won the national squash title for a

record 17th time after she outplayed her Tamil

Nadu rival Sunayna Kuruvilla in the 76th Senior

National Squash Championship in Pune.

• Chinappa set a new standard by winning the

national squash title for the 17th time to the break a

long-standing milestone set by Bhuvneshwari

Kumari, the 16-time national champion, whose

record stood for 27 years.

• In the men’s category, top seed Mahesh

Mangaonkar lived up to his billing to emerge as the

winner. In the final, Mangaonkar outplayed second-

seeded Abhishek Pradhan in an

all Maharashtra battle.

217. In Archery World Championships, Indian men's

recurve team bagged Silver Medal.Where was the

Championship held?

A. Netherlands

B. Lithuania

C. Latvia

D. Ireland

E. Italy

Answer: A

• The 50th edition of World Archery Championships,

2019 also known as Hyundai World Archery

Championships held from June 10,2019 to June

16,2019 in ‘S–Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.












• Raj Kaur ,Muskan Kirar Jyothi Surekha Vennam

won Bronze medal in Women’s Compound mixed

team event.

• Jyothi Surekha Vennam won Bronze medal in

Women’s Compound individual event

• Atanu Das ,Pravin Ramesh Jadhav,Tarundeep Rai

won silver medal in Recurve men’s team.

• South Korea topped the medal tally with 3 gold, 2

Silver, 2 Bronze. Chinese Taipei came second with

3Gold,1 Bronze.

• India won three medals,1 silver and 2 bronze.

218. Which team won the FIH Series Finals hockey

tournament concluded recently?

A. South Africa

B. India

C. Pakistan

D. Finland

E. UAE

Answer: B

• India defeated South Africa 5-1 in the summit clash

to win the FIH Series Finals hockey tournament at

the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar

• Earlier a match was held between Japan and USA

for the third and fourth positions. Japan defeated

USA by a margin of 4-2 goals.

• The top two finishers of this tournament make it to

the final round of the Olympic qualifiers to be held

later this year

219. Who won the 2019 United States Open

Championship at Pebble Beach Golf Links?

A. Gary Woodland

B. Chirstiano Woodland

C. Chirs Woodland

D. Shane Woodland

E. Adam Woodland

Answer: A

• American Gary Woodland won the 2019 United

States Open Championship at Pebble Beach Golf

Links in California

• This is Woodland’s fourth PGA Tour victory and his

first major.

220. Famous personality Mohammed Morsi passed away.

He is the former President of which country?

A. Egypt

B. Uzbekistan

C. Libya

D. Turkey

E. Sudan

Answer: A

• Egypt’s former President Mohamed Morsi has

passed away

• Morsi became Egypt’s first democratically elected

president in 2012, one year after the Arab Spring

uprising saw the end of President Hosni Mubarak’s

30-year rule

221.

Franco Zeffirelli, Legendary Director of ‘Romeo and

Juliet,’ passes away. He belongs to which Nation?

A. Italy

B. Germany

C. France

D. Greece

E. Spain

Answer: A

• Legendary Italian filmmaker Franco Zeffirelli has

passed away at the age of 96.

• He earned his big hit with 1968 film of ‘Romeo and

Juliet’ in which he famously cast then-teenagers

Leonard Whiting &Olivia Hussey.

• The film was earning four Oscar nominations.












222. Autistic Pride Day is observed every year on

____________

A. June 18

B. June 16

C. June 15

D. June 17

E. June 19

Answer: A

• Autistic Pride Day observed every year on 18 June

to represent diversity and infinite possibilities.

• This is a day for the patients suffering from autism

to come together with their families or caregivers.

223. World Sickle Cell Day is observed on ________.

A. June 18

B. June 16

C. June 15

D. June 17

E. June 19

Answer: E

• World Sickle Cell Day is observed on 19 June every

year

• It was held annually since 2008 to raise awareness

about Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) and the struggle

that the sufferers or a patient family faces.

• This day was officially adopted by the General

Assembly of United Nation, to recognise SCD as a

public health concern.

224. Construction of a road using plastic waste under a

pilot project in a bid to be environmental-friendly is

started in which city?

A. Mumbai

B. Pune

C. Lucknow

D. Hyderabad

E. Chennai

Answer: C

• The Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) has

begun construction of a road using plastic waste in

the state capital city under a pilot project in a bid to

be environmental-friendly.

• The road construction with plastic waste will be

spread from Gomti Nagar Police Station area to

Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Lucknow.

• This is the first time Lucknow Development

Authority (LDA) is constructing a road using plastic

waste.

225. Which country is going to host the 14th session of

the Conference of Parties (COP-14) of the United

Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

in September?

A. China

B. Singapore

C. France

D. India

E. USA

Answer: D

• India for the first time will host the 14th session of

the Conference of Parties (COP-14) of the United

Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

(UNCCD) in September.

• It will see participation from at least 5,000 delegates

from nearly 197 countries and will be held between

September 2 and 14 in Delhi.

• The United Nations Convention to Combat

Desertification (UNCCD) was established in 1994.

It is the only legally binding international agreement

linking environment and development issues to the

land agenda.

226. RBI slaps what amont as fine on HDFC Bank for

non-compliance of KYC norms?

A. Rs.1 crore

B. Rs.5 crore

C. Rs.10 crore












D. Rs.25 crore

E. Rs.30 crore

Answer: A

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) imposed a penalty

of Rs. 1 crore on private sector lender HDFC Bank

for non-compliance of Know Your Customer (KYC)

norms and anti-money laundering norms, and for

failure to report frauds.

• The penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers

vested under the provisions of Section 47A(1)(c)

read with Section 46(4)(i) of the Banking

Regulation Act, 1949, taking into account failure of

the bank to adhere to the aforesaid directions issued

by RBI

• The issue pertains to a reference to the RBI from

customs authorities regarding submission of forged

bill of entries (BoEs) by certain importers for

remittance of foreign currency.

227. Which airport is set to become the third

international airport in the northeastern region by the

end of this year or by early 2020?

A. Itanagar Airport

B. Kohima Airport

C. Aizawl Airport

D. Agartala Airport

E. Dispur Airport

Answer: D

• After Guwahati and Imphal, the Agartala airport is

set to become the third international airport in the

northeastern region by the end of this year or by

early 2020.

• The Airport Authority of India (AAI) has informed

us that their ongoing works to make Agartala’s

Maharaja Bir Bikram (MBB) Airport as an

international one would be completed by this year

end.

• The AAI had undertaken a Rs. 438 crore project to

upgrade the Agartala airport to international

standards by providing world-class facilities.

• The airport in Agartala is the second busiest in the

northeast after Guwahati’s Lokpriya Gopinath

Bordoloi International Airport. The Imphal airport

was declared as an international one two years ago.

228. Name the crypto-currency recently launched by

Facebook.

A. Guild

B. Libra

C. Taurus

D. Gemini

E. Sagittarius

Answer: B

• Facebook revealed its long-awaited cryptocurrency

plans, announcing “Project Libra,” a new type of

digital money designed for the billions of people

using its apps and social network.

• If the plan is successful, users will soon be able to

shop with and send the currency—known as Libra—

on Messenger and Instagram, as well as use it with a

wide variety of other merchants like Uber, Spotify,

and MasterCard.

• Facebook did not provide specifics about exactly

when and how consumers will get ahold of the

currency, but executives suggest it will first be

distributed on Messenger and WhatsApp in mid-

2020.

• The company also announced a new digital wallet

called Calibra, which will be operated by Facebook

as a separate subsidiary and provide users with a

way to store and spend Libra.

229. Hero MotoCorp has appointed whom as its latest

brand ambassador.

A. Justin Timberlake

B. Yerry Menon












C. Keanu Reeves

D. Tom Hanks

E. Will Smith

Answer: B

• Hero MotoCorp announced the appointment of

Yerry Mina, the popular Colombian professional

footballer, as its new Brand Ambassador.

• The 24-year-old Mina – one of the promising young

footballers – has consistently delivered a series of

impressive performances for the Colombian

National Football Team (during FIFA World Cup

Russia 2018) and his clubs.

230. Who has been unanimously elected as the Lok

Sabha Speaker?

A. Vikram Sahu

B. Krishna Tomar

C. Om Birla

D. Naresh Sharma

E. None of these

Answer: C

• Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Om Birla was

unanimously elected as the Speaker of the 17th Lok

Sabha.

• Om Birla, two-time MP from Rajasthan’s Kota, was

elected after Prime Minister Narendra Modi

proposed his name on Day 3 of Lok Sabha session

• Before being elected to Lok Sabha, Birla served

three terms as a legislator in the Rajasthan

Assembly. He was elected to the 12th, 13th and 14th

state assemblies in 2003, 2008 and 2013

respectively.

231. Social activist Makarand Tilloo received

_____________________ Award

A. Save Water Hero

B. Save & Protect Water

C. Conserve Water

D. Save the Earth

E. Heroes of the Earth

Answer: A

• Social activist Makarand Tilloo received the ‘Save

Water Hero Award’ for his efforts to raise

awareness about water conservation in the city.

• A Laughter Yoga trainer and motivational speaker

by profession, Makarand Tilloo started a campaign

to save water by replacing leaking taps with new

ones.

• He also started an NGO, Jalrakshak Prabodhini. He

was felicitated by the HridayMitra Foundation in the

presence of writer and philanthropist Ramchandra

Dekhane, Kothrud MLA Medha Kulkarni and

foundation president Shrikant Mundada

232. Acc.to ‘The World Population Prospects 2019’,

which country will surpass China as the world's most

populous country around 2027?

A. U.S.

B. Brazil

C. Pakistan

D. India

E. Indonesia

Answer: D

• India is set to overtake China as the most populous

country by 2027 and will have almost 1.64 billion

inhabitants by 2050

• As per a United Nations report India is expected to

add nearly 273 million people between 2019 and

2050 and remain the most populated country

through the end of the current century

• While the population of Nigeria is projected to grow

by 200 million. Together, these two countries could

account for 23 per cent of the global population

increase to 2050

• China, on the other hand, is expected to become

smaller, dropping from its current 1.43 billion

people to approximately 1.4 billion by 2050.












• The rate of population growth is the highest in sub-

Saharan Africa, where the fertility rate stand at 4.6

births per woman over a lifetime

• Globally, it’s the post-working-age group that is

growing the fastest. By 2050, one in six people will

be above 65, compared with one in 11 people in

2019

• By 2050, the number of people over 80 is expected

to triple to 426 million.

• Growing at a slower pace, world population is

expected to reach 9.7 billion in 2050 and could peak

at nearly 11 billion around 2100

233. According to QS World University ranking how

many Indian Institutions have been ranked among the

best global universities?

A. 9

B. 20

C. 23

D. 46

E. 52

Answer: C

• Twenty-three Indian Institutions have been ranked

among the best global universities in QS World

University ranking

• The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-

Bombay), has emerged as India’s best institution

securing 152nd rank in the 2020 QS World

University Ranking.

• World-class MIT (Massachusetts Institute of

Technology) has made a history by topping the QS

World University Rankings for the eighth

consecutive year

• IIT-Bombay has been securing the top position

among Indian institutes for the past three years by

making it to the prestigious world ranking

• IIT-Delhi has fallen 10 places from 172 in 2019 to

182 in the 2020 QS ranking

• Among the 23 institutes, only IIT-Bombay, IIT-

Delhi and Indian Institute of Science (184) are

ranked in the global top 200

• IISc-Bangalore has achieved the world’s second-

best score for research impact, securing full 100

marks for citations per faculty metric.

• Stanford University, Harvard University and

California Institute of Technology (Caltech) — all

retain their positions at second, third and fourth in

the world, respectively

234. The 10th Regional Green Rating for Integrated

Habitat Assessment (GRIHA) summit ,2019 was held in

which city?

A. Nagpur

B. Jodhpur

C. Varanasi

D. Pune

E. Jalandhar

Answer: A

• The 10th Regional Green Rating for Integrated

Habitat Assessment (GRIHA) summit ,2019 was

held in Nagpur, Maharashtra. Union Minister, Nitin

Gadkari addressed this meeting.

• The theme of this year’s 2019 summit was

“Transformation Strategies for Built

Environment”.

• This theme was adopted to focus on impact of

incorporating sustainability initiatives into

functioning public buildings.

• The summit was organized with help of the Public

Works Department (PwD) of the state Government.

235. Armies of India, Myanmar target NE militants in

coordinated Operation _____________.

A. Vijay

B. Trident

C. Python

D. Sunrise-2












E. Cactus

Answer: D

• The Indian and Myanmar armies carried out

“Operation Sunrise -2” from May 16th in their

respective borders in mutual military action moves.

• The operation targeted on several militant groups

operating in Manipur, Nagaland and Assam

• The first phase of “Operation Sunrise” was

conducted three months ago along the Indo-

Myanmar border, during which a number of camps

of north-east-based militant groups were busted

236. India’s 14-year old Grand Master Nihal Sarin won

the blitz event in the Asian Continental Chess

Championship.Where was it held?

A. Hangzhau, China

B. Beijing, China

C. Xingtai, China

D. Kyoto, Japan

E. Osaka, Japan

Answer: C

• India’s 14-year old Grand Master Nihal Sarin won

the blitz event in the Asian Continental Chess

Championship at Xingtai, China.

• Sarin scored eight points from nine rounds and

finished a point ahead of the field.

• Another Indian Srinath Narayanan took the third

spot with seven points behind Le Quang Liem of

Vietnam.

237. Name the Veteran athletics coach and Dronacharya

awardee who passes away recently.

A. N. Lingappa

B. R. Somayajulu

C. K. Bhargavaram

D. N. Manoharan

E. R. Vijay Chandran

Answer: A

• Veteran athletics coach and Dronacharya awardee

N. Lingappa passed away due to an age-related

illness.

• Lingappa had trained several international athletes

like D.Y. Biradar, P.C. Ponnappa, Uday Prabhu and

Ashwini Nachappa during the course of his over 60-

year career as a coach.

238. Which among the following days is observed as the

International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence

in Conflict?

A. June 17

B. June 18

C. June 19

D. June 20

E. June 21

Answer: C

• Each year June 19 is observed as the International

Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in

Conflict.

• It aims to raise awareness of the need to put an end

to conflict-related sexual violence, honour the

victims and survivors of sexual violence around the

world and pay tribute to all those who have

courageously devoted their lives to and lost their

lives in standing up for the eradication of these

crimes.

• The day was proclaimed by United Nations General

Assembly on 19 June 2015.

239. What is the theme of the 2019 World Refugee Day?

A. Now More Than Ever, We Need to Stand with Refugees

B. Embracing Refugees to celebrate our Common Humanity

C. We stand together with refugees

D. Step with Refugees — Take A Step on World Refugee

Day

E. With courage let us all combine

Answer: D












World Refugee Day is observed on June 20 to raise

awareness about the conditions of refugees around the world

who are forced to leave their homes due to war, persecution

& conflict. 2019 theme is ‘Step with Refugees — Take A

Step on World Refugee Day’.

240. Which country is hosting the African Union summit

that is scheduled in July?

A. Chad

B. Niger

C. Mali

D. Libya

E. Burkina Faso

Answer: B

• India has extended USD 15 million grant to Niger in

support of organising the African Union summit

scheduled in July in Niamey.

• The grant assistance of USD 15 million was

symbolically handed over to Niger’s Deputy Foreign

Minister Lamido Ousseini Bala Goga Salamatou in

the presence of Minister and Special Advisor to the

Niger President Mohammed Saidil Moctar, by

Indian Ambassador to that country Rajesh Agarwal

at a ceremony.

• Niger is hosting the AU Summit for the first time.

The AU Summit, from July 7-8 in Niamey, is also

expected to launch the historic African Continental

Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).

241. How much amount has been approved by the

Government of India for the State Cancer Institute at

Government Medical College in Jammu?

A. Rs 100 crore

B. Rs 58 crore

C. Rs 120 crore

D. Rs 99 crore

E. Rs 123 crore

Answer: C

• To strengthen the tertiary level cancer care services

in the Jammu and Kashmir State, Ministry of Health

and Family Welfare, Government of India, has

formally approved Rs. 120 crore State Cancer

Institute at Government Medical College Jammu.

• Earlier, one State Cancer Institute was approved for

SKIMS, Soura in Srinagar for which first grant-in-

aid of Rs. 47.25 crore has already been released.

242. How much amount of monthly allowance has been

announced by the state government of Rajasthan for

unemployed male graduates of the state?

A. Rs 2500

B. Rs 3000

C. Rs 3500

D. Rs 4000

E. Rs 5000

Answer: B

• Unemployed youth having graduation or equivalent

degree will be given unemployment allowance up to

Rs 3,500 by the Rajasthan government.

• They will get the benefit of the Chief Minister Yuva

Sambal Yojana from February this year.

• Under the scheme, male applicants will get Rs 3,000

per month whereas women and differently-abled

will get Rs 3,500 per month.

• The amount will be given for two years or until they

get employed.

243. Cash withdrawal more than five times in a month at

a Canara Bank branch, you will pay ______ for every

transaction thereafter.

A. Rs.10

B. Rs.25

C. Rs.100

D. Rs.125

E. Rs.250

Answer: C












• Cash withdrawal more than five times in a month at

a Canara Bank branch, you will pay Rs 100 for

every transaction thereafter.

• The bank, however, gives five free cash withdrawals

for saving banks (SB) accounts.

• However, senior citizen and Jan Dhan holders are

exempt from the new levy.

• For current account/overdraft/open cash credit

account holders a minimum Rs 100 will be charged

withdrawals of Rs 5 lakh or more in a month.

• The new charges kick in from July 1.

244. Senior bureaucrat Alok Vardhan Chaturvedi was

given extension of over what period as Director General

of Foreign Trade (DGFT)?

A. 3 months

B. 45 days

C. 6 months

D. 9 months

E. 12 months

Answer: A

• Senior bureaucrat Alok Vardhan Chaturvedi was

given extension of over three months as Director

General of Foreign Trade (DGFT).

• Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved

the extension beyond 18th June to 30th September.

245. Name the first ever satellite of Sri Lanka which has

been launched into the orbit recently?

A. Buddha-1

B. Ravana-1

C. Ceylon-1

D. Maha-1

E. Vibhishana-1

Answer: B

• Sri Lanka’s first satellite ‘Ravana-1’, designed and

developed by two local engineers, was successfully

launched into orbit from the International Space

Station (ISS) along with two other BIRDS 3

satellites from Japan and Nepal.

• Raavana 1, the cube satellite measuring 11.3 cm x

10 cm x 10 cm, and weighing around 1.05 kg, was

launched into orbit.

• Raavana-1 will orbit 400-km away from the earth.

• The satellite was officially handed over to

the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on

February 18 and was sent to the ISS on April 17.

246. Which company has signed a multi-year contract

with Cricket Australia to provide digital experience?

A. Accenture

B. TCS

C. Wipro

D. Cape gemini

E. HCL

Answer: E

• HCL Technologies has signed a multi-year contract

with Cricket Australia, the governing body of

Australian cricket.

• This is India’s third-largest information technology

services firm’s third biggest sports deal, after Volvo

Ocean Race and Manchester United (ManU).

• Before HCL, Accenture had been working with

Cricket Australia for a five-year deal from

November 2013. Under the deal, HCL will provide

digital experience to cricket fans, players, partners,

employees, and volunteers across the country and

around the world.

• HCL will work on a digital core ecosystem for

Cricket Australia, including properties such as the

Cricket Australia Live App, cricket.com.au,

bigbash.com.au, and community cricket applications

such as MyCricket and community.cricket.com.au.

247. Lalrinchhana who passed away recently was the

former minister of which state?

A. Tripura












B. Assam

C. Sikkim

D. Mizoram

E. Nagaland

Answer: D

• Former Mizoram minister and MNF leader,

Lalrinchhana, passed away. He was 84.

• Three-time minister, Lalrinchhana, had joined the

erstwhile underground Mizo National Front (MNF)

in 1966.

• After the MNF came overground, following the

signing of the Mizo Accord in 1986, he had won the

assembly elections for five consecutive times since

1987.

248. Which country has achieved the fastest growth in

Asia – Pacific economies according to the Asian

Development Bank?

A. Myanmar

B. India

C. Bangladesh

D. China

E. Sri Lanka

Answer: C

Acc. to the ADB, Bangladesh has achieved the fastest

growth in the Asia-Pacific economies comprising of 45

countries. The country attained a 7.9% growth in the FY

2018-19. The bank predicted that the growth will be 8% in

the FY2019 & FY2020.

249. Recently, the National Payments Corporation of

India has entered into an agreement with ____________

to offer MeeSeva services.

A. Maharashtra

B. Rajasthan

C. Telangana

D. Karnataka

E. Uttar Pradesh

Answer: C

National Payments Corporation of India has entered into an

agreement with the Government of Telangana to offer

MeeSeva portal users the option to pay using UPI Collect

Request, RuPay Debit and Credit Cards for the services on

the portal.

250. Every year June 21 is celebrated as ___________

day

A. World Music Day

B. International Yoga Day

C. World Hydrography Day

D. All of these

E. None of these

Answer: D

• International Yoga day is celebrated across the

globe on 21 June to raise the awareness about yoga

in life and to make people aware of the benefits

through yoga. In India International Yoga Day is

celebrated by the ministry of AYUSH.Theme 2019:

Yoga for Climate Action

• World Music Day, International Music Day or Fete

de la Musique celebrated every year on June 21. The

first ever music day took place in 1982 in Paris as

the Fête de la Musique. This move was proposed by

French Politician Jack Lang and composer Maurice

Fleuret to talk about the importance of music.

Theme 2019: ‘Music at the intersections’.

• World Hydrography Day is observed on 21 June

every year to increase public awareness about

hydrography science. Every year the International

Hydrographic organisation (IHO) and its

international members celebrate this day.

251. Which state government has launched its ambitious

outreach programme, 'Back to the Village', as part of

which bureaucrats will spend the next 36 hours in

different panchayats, gathering feedback from people on

development of their areas?

A. Jammu and Kashmir












B. Delhi

C. Rajasthan

D. Punjab

E. West Bengal

Answer: A

• The Jammu and Kashmir government has launched

its ambitious outreach programme, ‘Back to the

Village’, as part of which bureaucrats will spend the

next 36 hours in different panchayats, gathering

feedback from people on development of their areas.

• The eight-day programme, from June 20-27, is

being organised across all Panchayats of the state.

• During their stay, they will hold meetings with

elected ‘panches’ and ‘sarpanches’, hold ‘gram’

(village) and ‘mahila sabhas’ (women assemblies) in

addition to other grassroots level interactions.

• The basic objective of this programme is to move

governance from its seat of operation to the

doorsteps of the people in villages.

252. According to a recent release by the Fisheries

Department, India accounts for _____ percent of global

fish production?

A. 6.0%

B. 6.3%

C. 6.5%

D. 6.7%

E. 6.9%

Answer: B

• India is the second largest fish producing country in

the world as it accounts for 6.3 per cent of the global

fish production, a release by the Fisheries

Department.

• It also said the fisheries sector in the country is

growing at the rate of 7 per cent, sustaining 14.5

million fishermen.

• Rajni Sekhri Sibal, Secretary, Department of

Fisheries, as saying that there is a huge potential in

harnessing tuna and tuna-like species in the Indian

Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).

• 30 per cent of the Indian EEZ is spread across the

Andaman, Nicobar and Lakshadweep Islands, but

only 1 per cent comprises production of tuna fish.

253. Forex trading platform for retail participants ready

for roll-out on __________.

A. July 1

B. July 15

C. July 31

D. Aug 1

E. Aug 5

Answer: E

• Forex trading platform for retail participants ready

for roll-out on Aug 5

• The Reserve Bank of India,said the electronic

trading platform for buying/selling foreign exchange

by retail customers of banks is ready for rollout by

the Clearing Corporation of India Limited (CCIL).

The customer registration process on the platform

will commence on July 1.

• The central bank said charges will not be levied by

the CCIL on transactions that do not exceed $50,000

per day.

• A transaction charge of 0.0004 per cent will be

charged by the CCIL for transactions in excess of

$50,000 per day.

• The size of a single transaction is not allowed to

exceed $5 million.

254. The DBS Bank has revised its forecast for India’s

GDP growth for fiscal 2019-20 at __________

A. 7.1%

B. 6.8%

C. 7.0%

D. 6.5%

E. 7.3%

Answer: B












• DBS Bank has revised India’s GDP growth for

fiscal year 2020 downwards to 6.8 per cent year-on-

year (YoY) from 7 per cent projected earlier.

• We expect inflation to remain sub-target this year

(3.8 per cent YoY versus 3.4 per cent in FY19).

255. Who has been appointed as the India’s

representative in the Council of International Civil

Aviation Organisation (ICAO)?

A. Shefali Juneja

B. Aparna Vedapuri Singh

C. Leena Nair

D. Alka Banerjee

E. None of these

Answer: A

• Senior bureaucrat Shefali Juneja was appointed as

India’s representative in the council of International

Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), a United

Nations body.

• She has been appointed to the post of Representative

of India in the ICAO, Montreal, Canada, for a period

of three years.

• Juneja will replace senior IAS officer Alok Shekhar.

256. Name the Indian who has been awarded the 2019

Commonwealth Secretary-General’s Innovation for

Sustainable Development Award?

A. Nitesh Kumar Jangir

B. Vinod Dham

C. Man Mohan Sharma

D. Suhas Patankar

E. None of these

Answer: A

• An Indian engineer whose low-cost neonatal

breathing device has saved the lives of new-born

babies across small towns of India, has won the

2019 Commonwealth Secretary-General’s

Innovation for Sustainable Development Award in

London.

• Nitesh Kumar Jangir, who created Saans as a

breathing support device to tackle avoidable deaths

of premature babies from respiratory distress

syndrome due to a lack of immediate access to

complex medical equipment, received his award in

the “People” category alongside 14 other innovators

from across the 53 member-countries of the

Commonwealth.

257. Based on the annual Asian Development Outlook

report 2019 of ADB, which country has emerged as the

fastest growing economy in the Asia-Pacific region?

A. China

B. India

C. Bangladesh

D. Malaysia

E. Nepal

Answer: C

• Bangladesh has emerged as the fastest growing

economy among the 45 countries of the Asia-Pacific

region according to Asian Development Bank

(ADB).

• In the financial year 2018-19 Bangladesh attained

growth rate of 7.9 % which is its fastest rate since

1974.

• The bank predicted that the growth will be 8% in the

next financial year.

258. G20 Ministerial Meeting on Energy Transitions and

Global Environment for Sustainable Growth for the year

2019 was held in which country?

A. China

B. Russia

C. Japan

D. India

E. Finland

Answer: C

• G20 Ministerial Meeting on Energy Transitions

and Global Environment for Sustainable












Growth for the year 2019 was held at Karuizawa

,Japan.

• The Indian delegation at the G20 Ministerial

Meeting on Energy Transitions and Global

Environment for Sustainable Growth was

represented by Shri RK Singh, Minister of State for

Power and New & Renewable Energy and Skill

Development & Entrepreneurship.

• Guests were invited from Finland, Singapore, Spain,

Thailand, The Netherlands and Vietnam.

259. With which areonautic company Tech Mahindra

has signed a multi-year contract for cabin and cargo

design engineering?

A. Airbus

B. Boeing

C. Embrer

D. Lockheed Martin

E. Lufthansa

Answer: A

• Tech Mahindra has announced signing of a multi-

year contract with Airbus for cabin and cargo design

engineering

• The contract aims to capitalise on the specialised

skills and competencies in the growing cabin

engineering business over the next few years.

260. Recently, the National Health Authority and ICICI

Foundation have signed an agreement to train 15000

personnel to implement AB – PM JAY. Who is the CEO

of PM JAY?

A. Aravind Subramanyam

B. PC Mody

C. Indu Bhusan

D. Ashish Bhutani

E. AN Jha

Answer: C

• The National Health Authority and ICICI

Foundation have signed an agreement to train

15,000 state and district personnel and Pradhan

Mantri Arogya Mitras to streamline delivery of

health services under the government’s flagship

Ayushman Bharat scheme.

• The MoU between NHA and ICICI Foundation for

Inclusive Growth is aimed at capacity building of

health personnel at state and district levels.

• The state personnel are responsible for

implementing the scheme in their respective states

and Arogya Mitras are frontline health service

professionals present at each empanelled hospital.

• Arogya Mitras serve as the first-point contact for

beneficiaries and help them in availing the services.

• This partnership with ICICI Foundation aims to skill

more than 15,000 state personnel and Arogya Mitras

over a period of one year.

261. Indian sportswomen P.U. Chitra is related to which

sports?

A. Gymnastics

B. Weightlifting

C. Running

D. Wrestling

E. Jawling Throw

Answer: C

• Asian champion P.U. Chitra beat former

Commonwealth Games champion Kenya’s Mercy

Cherono and won the women’s 1500m gold at the

Folksam Grand Prix in Sollentuna, Sweden.

• Asian Games gold medallist Jinson Johnson won the

silver in the men’s 1500m as he finished behind

Sweden’s Andreas Almgren.

262. Which states has been recognized for GI tag to

Kolhapuri footwear?

A. Gujarat and Maharashtra

B. Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh

C. Maharashtra and Karnataka

D. Haryana and Maharashtra












E. Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh

Answer: C

• Maharashtra’s extremely popular footwear brand

Kolhapuri chappal has been given the Geographical

Indication (GI) tag, which is likely to further boost

its sale in other parts of the country and abroad.

• The GI tag for the popular footwear brand has been

jointly granted to four districts of Karnataka and

Maharashtra each for making these chappals.

• The GI tag approvals mean that the artisans

producing Kolhapuris in Kolhapur, Solapur, Sangli

and Satara districts of Maharashtra and Dharwad,

Belgaum, Bagalkot and Bijapur Bijapur districts of

Karnataka will now be able to make and market

their product in domestic and international markets.

263. Kaleshwaram irrigation project is opened recently

in which state?

A. Andhra Pradesh

B. Telangana

C. Karnataka

D. Tamil Nadu

E. Kerala

Answer: B

• Telangana Chief Miniser K Chadrasekhar Rao has

dedicated to the nation the Kaleshwaram lift

irrigation project.

• The ₹ 80,500 crore multi-purpose project is

designed to provide water to 45 lakh acres

agriculture land, covering a stretch of bout 1,832 km

apart from meeting drinking water requirements,

including for Hyderabad and Secunderabad and

various industries in the state.

264. Which bank has announced to acquire 51.2 percent

stake in Apollo Munich Health Insurance?

A. HDFC

B. ICICI

C. Punjab National Bank

D. Axis Bank

E. SBI

Answer: A

• Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC)

announced that it would be acquiring 51.2 per cent

stake in Apollo Munich Health Insurance and would

be later merging it with its general insurance arm

HDFC Ergo.

• The two-stage transaction, which is subject to

regulatory approvals, is priced at about ₹1,347

crore. HDFC will pay about ₹73.2 per share to

Apollo Hospitals for the acquisition.

265. Which bank has entered a bancassurance corporate

agency agreement with Tata AIGto provide the general

insurer’s products to the bank’s?

A. IDBI Bank

B. HDFC Bank

C. Axis Bank

D. Syndicate Bank

E. None of these

Answer: A

• IDBI Bank has entered a bancassurance corporate

agency agreement with Tata AIG.

• This is to provide the general insurer’s products to

the bank’s two crore customers through its 1,850-

plus branches.

266. Amish Tripathi has been named as the Director of

the Nehru Centre. The centre is located in which city?

A. London

B. New Delhi

C. Dubai

D. Kathmandu

E. Chicago

Answer: A

• Author Amish Tripathi has been named the director

of London’s Nehru Centre, which is under the

Indian Council for Cultural Relations.












• Tripathi would take over from diplomat Srinivas

Gotru.

• Nehru Centre was founded in 1992 to promote

cultural exchange between India and the United

Kingdom.

267. Name the operation started by Indian Navy on Gulf

of Oman and Persian Gulf for maritime security of

Indian vessels?

A. Operation Raksha

B. Operation Nigrani

C. Operation Suraksha

D. Operation Sankalp

E. Operation Shrusthi

Answer: D

• Indian Navy launched Operation Sankalp in the Gulf

of Oman to re-assure Indian Flagged Vessels

operating/ transiting through Persian Gulf and Gulf

of Oman following the maritime security incidents

in the region.

• INS Chennai & INS Sunayna have been deployed in

the Gulf of Oman and Persian Gulf to undertake

Maritime Security operations.

268. Annu Rani is associated with which sports event?

A. Discus Throw

B. Javelin Throw

C. Running

D. Shot Put

E. Hurdle Running

Answer: B

• Asian silver medallist Annu Rani, who has been

steady in the 60m range this season, won the

women’s javelin bronze in the 58th Ostrava Golden

Spike athletics meet, an IAAF World Challenge

event.

• Croatia’s Sara Kolak, the Olympic champion who

has a personal best of 68.43m, took the gold while

Slovenia’s Martina Ratej bagged the silver.

269. Who among the following won bronze at Asian

Artistic Gymnastic Championship in Mongolia?

A. Dipa Karmakar

B. Pranati Nayak

C. Aruna Reddy

D. Mohini Bharadwaj

E. Sakshi Tanwar

Answer: B

• Indian gymnast Pranati Nayak clinched a bronze

medal in vault event at the Senior Asian Artistic

Gymnastics Championships in Ulaanbaatar,

Mongolia.

• China’s Yu Linmin (14.350) and Japan’s Ayaka

Sakaguchi (13.584) won the gold and silver medal at

the event.

270. Who won the recently concluded men's Asian

Snooker Championship?

A. Pankaj Advani

B. Ding Junhui

C. Mark Selby

D. Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon

E. None of these

Answer: A

• India’s ace cueist Pankaj Advani has clinched the

35th men’s Asian Snooker Championship in Doha.

• Advani defeated Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon 6-3 in

the final.

271. Fernando Torres announces retirement. He is

associated with which sport/game?

A. Football

B. Table Tennis

C. Volley Ball

D. Golf

E. Hockey

Answer: A

• Former Liverpool and Chelsea striker Fernando

Torres has announced his retirement from football.












• The 35-year-old Spaniard scored 81 goals across

four seasons with Liverpool and won the Champions

League, Europa League and FA Cup with Chelsea.

272. Recently, IOC lifted ban on which country hosting

Olympic-related sporting events?

A. China

B. Pakistan

C. India

D. Myanmar

E. Bhutan

Answer: C

• The IOC had decided to “suspend all discussions”

with India regarding hosting of global sporting

events after Pakistani shooters were not issued visas

for the World Cup held in Delhi in February this

year.

• Indian government gave a written guarantee to the

Indian Olympic Association, that all eligible athletes

will be allowed to participate in events held in the

country following which the restrictions were lifted

273. According to a latest report, which country is the

largest merchandise trade partner to India?

A. China

B. Singapore

C. UAE

D. USA

E. Australia

Answer: D

• The US overtook China to once again become

India’s top goods trading partner in 2018-19. Also,

India’s trade surplus with the US declined to $16.8

billion from $21.2 billion a year ago.

• India’s exports are playing in a stronger position

with its trade deficit with China dropping to $53

billion in 2018-19, down from $63 billion a year

ago.

• Data showed that India’s dependency on Chinese

imports also declined to $70 billion from $76 billion

a year ago, with over a fourth increase in exports to

$16.7 billion in 2018-19.

274. The International Olympic Day is observed every

year on

A. June 22

B. June 23

C. June 21

D. June 20

E. June 24

Answer: B

• The International Olympic Day is celebrated on

23rd June every year to make people aware about

the importance of games in life.

• Olympic Day is much more than a sports event. It is

a day for the world to get active.

275. 23 June is celebrated as United Nations

______________________ Day across the globe.

A. Public Services

B. Women in Science

C. Social Justice

D. Digital Literacy

E. Environment

Answer: A

• UN general Assembly to celebrate 23rd June as

Public Service day.

• It highlights the contribution of public service in the

development process, recognises the work of public

servants and encourages young people to pursue

careers in public sectors.

• The United Nations Public Service Forum (UNPSF)

2019 will take place in the Republic of Azerbaijan

from 24 to 26 June 2019, under the theme

‘Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

through effective Delivery of Services, Innovative

Transformation and Accountable Institutions’.












276. The International Widows Day is observed on

____________

A. June 23

B. June 22

C. June 21

D. June 20

E. June 24

Answer: A

• International Widows Day (international) is

observed on 23 June annually to raise awareness

globally about the violation of human rights that

widows suffer and faces in several countries

following the death of their spouses.

277. The Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) –

Central Command Centre has recently been inaugurated

in which city?

A. New Delhi

B. Mumbai

C. Hyderabad

D. Noida

E. Kolkata

Answer: A

• Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of State (I/c) for

Civil Aviation inaugurated the Air Traffic Flow

Management (ATFM) – Central Command Centre at

Vasant Kunj, New Delhi on July 22.

• As major airports are facing capacity constraints, the

central ATFM system is primarily meant to balance

the “capacity against the demand to achieve

optimum utilization” of “airport, airspace and

aircraft”.

• This is a world class system where on one large

screen you can see all the civil aviation

infrastructure in the country. The planes on the

ground, the planes which are in the air, those planes

you are in touch with – all of it is integrated with the

ATC (air traffic control).

278. The first ever specialized hydrotherapy treatment

centre for elephants has been launched in which Indian

city?

A. Kochi

B. Hyderabad

C. Kolkata

D. Mathura

E. Kodambakkam

Answer: D

• India’s first specialised hydrotherapy treatment

centre for elephants has been established on the

banks of the Yamuna in Mathura, near the Wildlife

SOS’ Elephant Conservation and Care Centre

(ECCC).

• The new 11-foot-deep hydrotherapy jumbo pool will

provide treatment to elephants suffering from

arthritis, joint pain and foot ailments using 21 high

pressure jet sprays to create water pressure that

massage the elephants’ feet and body and help in

increasing blood circulation.

• ECCC currently houses 20 rescued elephants and is

run in collaboration with the Uttar Pradesh Forest

Department and the NGO Wildlife SOS.

279. NITI Aayog Proposes To Convert Two-Wheelers

Below 150 cc To Electric By ________.

A. 2020

B. 2022

C. 2023

D. 2024

E. 2025

Answer: E

• Government think tank Niti Aayog has asked

conventional two- and three-wheeler makers to

suggest within two weeks concrete steps towards

transition to electric mobility keeping in mind 2025

deadline.












• Now, OEMs in India have been given a flat timeline

of two weeks to come out with a roadmap to enable

e-three-wheeler sales by 2023, e-two-wheeler sales

by 2025, and e-four-wheeler sales by 2030

respectively.

• The conventional manufacturers such as Bajaj Auto,

Hero MotoCorp, HMSI and TVS claimed that

adoption of EVs by 2025 would be “unrealistic” and

“ill-timed” and it would derail auto manufacturing

in the country and start-ups like Revolt Intellicorp,

Ather Energy, Kinetic Green Energy and Power

Solutions and Tork Motors wanted the adoption of

EVs to happen faster.

280. Which bank partnered with the

Thiruvananthapuram Police to launch the campaign

‘Traffic Paathshala?

A. HDFC Bank

B. State Bank of India

C. Kotak Mahindra Bank

D. Punjab National Bank

E. Axis Bank

Answer: A

• HDFC Bank, in partnership with the

Thiruvananthapuram Police, has launched a

campaign to make roads safer by spreading

awareness about the do’s and don’ts of road safety.

This initiative is called ‘Traffic Paathshala’.

• Nearly four lakh people are expected to benefit from

the initiative that covers the major road crossings in

the city including the Central Bus Station and

Central Railway Station.

• The awareness rally, which will be undertaken by

groups of volunteers and HDFC Bank employees,

would be held at all important and busy traffic

junctions across the city.

• The volunteers would carry placards having traffic

awareness messages to encourage people to follow

road safety rules.

281. Who was conferred with 'Innovative Research

Excellence Award 2019' at Asian Leadership Summit,

Bhutan?

A. Somesh Nigam

B. Arudra Nigam

C. Gaurav Nigam

D. Satyapal Nigam

E. Promod Nigam

Answer: C

• Dr Gaurav Nigam, a well-known educationist,

paediatrician, and the author has been conferred

‘Innovative Research Excellence Award 2019’ at

Asian Leadership Summit held at Thimphu, Bhutan.

• Organized by Global Leaders Foundation, Dr

Gaurav Nigam was selected for the award for

excellence in school education on basis of his

excellent performance, splendid achievement and

outstanding contribution towards the innovative

development and research activities in the field of

school education in South Asian Region.

• The award was handed over to Dr Gaurav Nigam by

Lyonpo Ugyen Dorji, Minister for Labour and

Human Resources, Bhutan.

282. Name the first of its kind Astrobee robot of NASA

which has been launched into the space recently

A. Honey

B. Queen

C. Bumble

D. Moon

E. Stumble

Answer: C

• A cube-shaped free-flying robot

named ‘Bumble’ has become the first Astrobee

robot to fly under its own power in space.












• NASA dispatched two of the three Astrobee robots

to the International Space Station in April 2019.

Bumble is the first one to take the flight.

• Other Astrobee robot dispatched is

named ‘Honey’ while the third robot ‘Queen’ will

be dispatched in July 2019.

• These Astrobee are free-flying robot system to help

researchers in testing new technologies in zero

gravity and perform routine work alongside

astronauts aboard the International Space Station

(ISS).

283. Which of these power generation companies have

formed Joint Venture to set up National Electricity

Distribution Company?

A. NHPC and SJVN Limited

B. NTPC and Power Grid Corporation of India

C. Tata Power and NTPC Limited

D. Power Grid Corporation of India and JSW Energy

E. NTPC and NHPC

Answer: B

• An agreement has been signed between NTPC

Limited and POWERGRID for setting up National

Electricity Distribution Company Ltd. (NEDCL) – a

pan-India power distribution firm in an equal joint

venture through JVC on 50:50 equity basis.

• The main aim is to undertake the business for

distribution of electricity in distribution circles of

India & related activities.

• According to the MoU signed in New Delhi, the

new public sector unit will focus on aggregating

electricity demand in the country and cater to it and

may also take over weak electricity distribution

utilities.

• It will comprise of cadre on deputation from other

public sector units and is being set up at a time when

the state-owned distribution companies (discoms)

are struggling with their finances on account of

losses and borrowings.

• In such a situation, a national electricity distribution

company can procure electricity at competitive rates

and help address the issue of stressed assets in

power generation.

284. ‘Lessons Life Taught Me, Unknowingly’ is the

autobiography of ___________

A. Chetan Bhagat

B. Rahul Gandhi

C. Anupam Kher

D. Amitabh Bachchan

E. Amir Khan

Answer: C

• Bollywood actor Anupam Kher has penned

his autobiography titled ‘Lessons Life Taught

Me, Unknowingly’.

• The actor believes that the book can be perceived as

an inspiration for those who live in small towns or

even big cities, come from the lower strata and do

not have many resources.

285. “My Life, My Mission” is the autobiography of?

A. Balkrishna

B. Rajiv Gauba

C. Narendra Modi

D. Baba Ramdev

E. Amith Shah

Answer: D

• Yoga guru Baba Ramdev will unveil the trials,

tribulations, and triumphs of his life and provide

insights into his childhood in his soon-to-be

published autobiography.

• The book, “My Life, My Mission”, co-authored with

senior journalist Uday Mahurkar, addresses the

major controversies, turning points and

achievements of Ramdev’s life.












• The “one of its kind personal narrative” of the life

and times of the yoga teacher is expected to hit

stands in August

286. Who is the author of the book “My Seditious

Heart”?

A. Chetan Bhagat

B. Arundhati Roy

C. Salman Rushdie

D. Vikram Seth

E. None of these

Answer: B

• The book, “My Seditious Heart”, collects the entire

works spanning over a period of two decades since

the author first decided to devote herself to the

political essay as a way of “opening up space for

justice, rights and freedoms in an increasingly

hostile environment.”

• Best known for her debut novel “The God of Small

Things”, which won the 1997 Man Booker Prize and

catapulted her into fame

287. Which team has won the 2019 women’s FIH Series

Finals hockey tournament?

A. Germany

B. Australia

C. Australia

D. India

E. Russia

Answer: D

• An impressive Indian women’s hockey team won

the FIH Women’s Series Finals Hiroshima 2019

after defeating hosts Japan 3-1 in the Final held at

the Hiroshima Hockey Stadium.

• The World No.9 Indian team had already qualified

for the FIH Olympic Qualifiers 2019 after securing a

place in the final of the competition.

288. Who is the winner of 2019 Halle Open

A. Rafael Nadal

B. David Goffin

C. Roger Federer

D. Novak Djokovic

E. Andey Murrey

Answer: C

• Roger Federer made history in Halle, defeating

David Goffin to win a record 10th NOVENTI

OPEN title.

• It is the first time that Federer has earned 10 crowns

at one tournament, joining Rafael Nadal as the only

men in the Open Era to accomplish the feat.

289. Who has won the 2019 French Grand Prix?

A. Max Verstappen

B. Charles Leclerc

C. Valtteri Bottas

D. Lewis Hamilton

E. None of these

Answer: D

• Lewis Hamilton stretched his F1 World

Championship lead with a dominant and masterful

victory over Valtteri Bottas at the French GP for his

fourth win in a row, while Daniel Ricciardo was

stripped of points after finishing in seventh.

• Charles Leclerc was at the third position in the

Grand Prix.

290. The Imphal Peace Museum has been gifted by which

country to Manipur to commemorate the 75th

anniversary of Battle of Imphal?

A. USA

B. Germany

C. Nepal

D. Japan

E. Russia

Answer: D

• Former adversaries Britain and Japan came together

at the inauguration of the Imphal Peace Museum to

commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Battle of












Imphal that saw some of the fiercest fighting of

World War II at Maibam Lokpa Ching popularly

known as Red Hill.

• The Battle of Imphal is regarded as one of the

fiercest battles of World War II in which about

70,000 Japanese soldiers along with the Indian

National Army, died in battles with the British-led

Allied forces in areas around Imphal and Kohima

from March to June 1944.

291. Samagra Shiksha scheme was launched by which

ministry for giving Self Defence training to girls of Class

VI-XII.

A. NITI Aayog

B. Ministry of Defence

C. Ministry of Human Resource Development

D. Ministry of Home Affairs

E. Both (2) and (3)

Answer: C

• Ministry of Human Resource Development

launched Samagra Shiksha initiative in 2018-19. As

part of this integrated scheme of school education,

self-defence training is imparted to girls from class

VI to XII.

• The ministry provides Rs. 3,000 per month for a

period of three months per government-run school

for the self-defence training and inculcating life

skills among girls

292. Name the first Arab country to become full member

of FATF?

A. UAE

B. Saudi Arabia

C. Iraq

D. Iran

E. Oman

Answer: B

• Saudi Arabia has become the first Arab country to

be granted full membership of the Financial Action

Task Force (FATF) following the group’s annual

general meeting in the US.

• Saudi Arabia which had received an invitation from

the FATF at the beginning of 2015 to join as an

“observer member”, was admitted into the

organization after the group’s meeting in Orlando,

Florida.

• The group is responsible for issuing international

standards, policies and best practices to combat

money laundering, terrorist financing and

proliferation.

• With the kingdom becoming a FATF member, the

number of permanent members in the group is now

39.

293. Name the UN-developed anti-money laundering

platform that is recently launched by UAE to curb

financial crimes.

A. goALM

B. goDCL

C. goAML

D. goALC

E. None of the above

Answer: C

• The UAE has become the first country in the Gulf to

launch a new reporting platform developed by the

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime,

UNODC, to curb organised crimes.

• The UAE’s Financial Intelligence Unit, FIU,

launched the new anti-money laundering platform

‘goAML’ , which has been open for registration.

• More than 900 entities including, banks, insurance

companies and money exchange centres, are

required to register on the platform and 50 percent

of them have already registered.

• The platform will help the FIU prevent money

laundering, financing of terrorism and other illicit

financial activities.












294. Recently, the Reserve Bank of India has launched

CMS for filing online complaints against banks, NBFCs.

What does ‘C’ mean in CMS?

A. Consolidate

B. Conditional

C. Complaint

D. Cumulative

E. Centralized

Answer: C

• Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanata

Das launched Complaint Management System

(CMS) to smoothen its grievance redressal process.

• The portal will be live on RBI’s website where

people will file their complaints against any of the

RBI-regulated entities.

• The system has been equipped with all online

features such as SMS/Email notifications, status

tracking via unique registration number, receipt of

closure advises and filing of appeals, to make the

experience user-friendly.

• The information from CMS can be utilised for

undertaking root cause analyses and initiating

appropriate corrective action, wherever required.

• The system can also be used by RBI officials to

track the progress of redressal, which will also allow

regulatory and supervisory interventions.

• With the launch of CMS, the processing of

complaints received in the offices of Banking

Ombudsman (BO) and Consumer Education and

Protection Cells (CEPCs) of RBI has been

digitalized.

295. The credit-light group (CLG) and Financial and

Institutional Group (FIG) has been created by which

bank to focus on credit-light sectors?


B. Punjab National Bank

C. Bank of Baroda

D. Indian Bank

E. Syndicate Bank

Answer: A

• State Bank of India (SBI) has formed a separate

group within its Corporate Accounts Group (CAG)

to cater to the non-fund-based requirements of

clients in credit-light sectors such as

pharmaceuticals, fast moving consumer goods

(FMCG) and information technology (IT). This is

aimed at boosting its non-interest income.

• Both the newly created groups – CLG and FIG –

have taken off, and have started contributing to the

bank’s business growth

• The focus on non-interest income is with a view to

improve the profitability of India’s largest bank

without having to allocate capital.

• The credit-light group (CLG) will focus on

generating non-interest income comprising letter of

credit/bank guarantee commission, cash

management charges, exchange income from forex

activities, cross-selling commission, remittances,

and collections, among others. It is also responsible

for garnering low-cost deposits.

• Further, a specialised group, Financial and

Institutional Group (FIG), to address credit and

transactional banking needs of insurance companies,

broking firms, banks (private and foreign), and

mutual funds has also been created within the CAG.

296. Which financial institution has approved $147

Million Loan Agreement for Jharkhand Municipal

Development Project?

A. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

B. New Development Bank

C. Asian Development Bank

D. World Bank

E. International Monetary Fund

Answer: D












• The Government of India, the Government of

Jharkhand and the World Bank, signed a $147

Million Loan Agreement to provide basic urban

services to the people of Jharkhand and help

improve the management capacity of the urban local

bodies (ULBs) in the State.

• The Jharkhand Municipal Development Project will

focus on improving the municipal sector’s capacity

to provide basic urban services. It will invest in

urban services such as water supply, sewerage,

drainage, and urban roads; and strengthen the

capacity of the Jharkhand Urban Infrastructure

Development Company (JUIDCO) as well as that of

the ULBs to carry out reforms in the areas of urban

finance and governance.

297. Who among the following deputy governors of RBI

has resigned from the post recently?

A. BP Kanungo

B. N. S. Vishwanathan

C. Viral V. Acharya

D. Mahesh Kumar Jain

E. None of these

Answer: C

• The deputy governor of Reserve Bank of India, Dr.

Viral V. Acharya has resigned from his post. He is

the youngest deputy governor of RBI. His term was

about to end on January 20, 2019

• Reserve Bank of India has said that Dr. Viral V.

Acharya has submitted a letter to the RBI informing

that due to unavoidable personal circumstances, he

is unable to continue his term as a Deputy Governor

of the RBI beyond July 23, 2019.

298. Who has been appointed as National President of

India's oldest and apex association i.e. India Bullion And

Jewellers Association in place of outgoing President

Mohit Bharatiya for the next five years, 2019 to 2024?

A. Hemtej Kothari

B. Prithviraj Kothari

C. Prachand Kothari

D. Purushotham Kothari

E. None of these

Answer: B

• Prithviraj Kothari has been appointed as National

President of India’s oldest and apex association i.e.

India Bullion And Jewellers Association in place of

outgoing President Mohit Bharatiya for the next five

years, 2019 to 2024.

• In the past, Kothari had served as the President of

the Bombay Bullion Association (BBA). As a

president, he had played a crucial role in promoting

BBA in the international markets.

299. Mohamed Ould Ghazouani Wins Presidential

Election of _________.

A. Mauritius

B. Mali

C. Morocco

D. Libya

E. Mauritania

Answer: E

• Mohamed Ould Ghazouani has won Mauritiania’s

presidential election with an absolute majority.

• It was the first time Mauritanians voted to elect a

successor to a democratically elected president in

the West African.

• Mohamed Ould Ghazouani (aged 62) of Union for

the Republic (UPR) party won the presidential

election with 52% votes. He will succeed Mohamed

Ould Abdel Aziz.

300. Qu Dongyu has elected to head which among the

following organizations?

A. UNICEF

B. UNESCO

C. FAO

D. BIS












E. UNODC

Answer: C

• China’s agricultural deputy minister, Qu Dongyu

elected as the new director general of the United

Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization

(FAO) at Rome, Italy.

• He won 108 votes, followed by Catherine Geslain-

Laneelle of France (the first woman to run for the

post, a former head of the European Food Safety

Authority)with 71 votes and Georgia’s Davit

Kirvalidze(a former agriculture minister) with 12

votes in the first round of voting.

301. Maruti Suzuki has joined hands with which bank to

support dealer inventory financing and customer auto

loans?

A. Bank of Baroda

B. Bank of India

C. Indian Bank

D. Syndicate Bank

E. UCO Bank

Answer: A

• Maruti Suzuki has joined hands with Bank of

Baroda to support dealer inventory financing and

customer auto loans. The company has signed a

memorandum of understanding with Bank of

Baroda, under which the bank will become a

preferred financier.

• The partnership with Bank of Baroda will allow

Maruti Suzuki to provide more comprehensive

financing opportunities for dealers as well as

customers.

• The dealer inventory financing will be done as per

Bank of Baroda’s existing product program of

supply chain finance.

302. Recently released book ‘Data Sovereignty – The

Pursuit of Supremacy’ is authoured by _____.

A. Vinit Goenka

B. Amrutha Raj

C. Vikram Seth

D. Arundhati Roy

E. Smriti Irani

Answer: A

• The book, “Function of Data Sovereignty – The

Pursuit of Supremacy” authored by Vinit Goenka,

Author, Secretary, Centre for Knowledge

Sovereignty (CKS) and Member Governing

Council- CRIS (Centre for Railway Information

Systems), Ministry of Railways, Government of

India recently released in New Delhi.

303. Feliciano Lopez has won the Queen’s Club

Championships. It represents which sports?

A. Golf

B. Tennis

C. Badminton

D. Hockey

E. Chess

Answer: B

• Spanish Tennis player Feliciano Lopez became the

first wildcard to win the Queen’s singles title since

Pete Sampras in 1999 by beating fellow veteran

Gilles Simon. Lopez won the 2017 title

304. Indian team has won the 2019 women’s FIH Series

Finals hockey tournament by defeating which team?

A. Germany

B. Australia

C. Japan

D. China

E. Pakistan

Answer: C

• Indian women’s hockey team won the FIH

Women’s Series Finals after defeating hosts Japan

3-1 in the Final held at the Hiroshima Hockey

Stadium












• The Indian women’s team has already secured its

place in the final round of the 2020 Olympics

qualifiers after entering the final of this tournament

305. Who has recently become the World No 1 female

tennis player?

A. Ashleigh Barty

B. Naomi Osaka

C. Petra Kvitová

D. Caroline Wozniacki

E. Simona Halep

Answer: A

• Australian tennis player Ashleigh Barty has clinched

the top spot in the world tennis rankings after

beating Germany’s Julia Gorges 6-3, 7-5, in the final

of the Nature Valley Classic in Birmingham.

• She becomes the second Australian woman to

achieve No. 1 following Evonne Goolagong Cawley

on April 26, 1976 and the 27th woman overall

306. International Olympic Committee opens new

headquarters in which country?

A. Switzerland

B. Sweden

C. Singapore

D. Norway

E. Austria

Answer: A

• The International Olympic Committee (IOC)

formally opened its new headquarters in Lausanne,

Switzerland exactly 125 years after the Olympic

Games were revived.

• The new headquarters costs 145 million US Dollars

• IOC President Thomas Bach has inaugurated the

building

307. Madan Lal Saini, who passed away recently, was

associated with which among the following fields?

A. Music

B. Politics

C. Film making

D. Literature


Answer: B

• President of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Rajasthan

unit Madan Lal Saini has passed away.

• Saini, also a Rajya Sabha MP, was 75.

308. International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

is observed every year on _____.

A. June 26

B. June 25

C. June 24

D. June 23

E. June 22

Answer: A

• The UN general Assembly proclaimed 26 June as

International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

on 12 December, 1997 to eradicate torture and the

effective functioning of the Convention against

Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading

treatment or punishment.

309. When does the International Day Against Drug

Abuse and Illicit Trafficking observed every year?

A. June 26

B. June 25

C. June 24

D. June 23

E. June 22

Answer: A

• The International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit

Trafficking is observed annually on 26 June.

• The decision to mark the day was taken on 7

December 1987 via resolution 42/112 of the United

Nations General Assembly in order to strengthen

global action and cooperation to achieve its aim of

making the international society free of drug abuse.












310. Mata Vaishno Devi shrine is set to get a dedicated

in-house disaster response force by_____________

A. December 2019

B. January 2020

C. January 2020

D. September 2020

E. December 2020

Answer: D

• The Mata Vaishno Devi shrine, a religious

pilgrimage atop a hilltop that attracts lakhs of

devotees from across the world every year, will get a

dedicated in-house disaster response force by

September next year.

• They are planning to train 180 employees by

September next year to prepare a dedicated disaster

response force for the shrine.

• The shrine board and the NDRF signed a

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) early this

year keeping in mind the hilly terrain and need to

impart advanced disaster management training to the

shrine board staff in batches to keep them in a state

of readiness for effectively and promptly responding

to any disaster situation.

311. 32nd International Seed Testing Association (ISTA)

Congress is hosted by which city?

A. Vijayawada

B. Hyderabad

C. Bangalore

D. Mumbai

E. Delhi

Answer: B

• International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) set to

hold its 32nd Congress in Hyderabad beginning

June 26

• Telangana State enjoys 60 per cent share in seed

supply market in the country and has been exploring

ways to expand its presence in India as well as

export seeds to other nations.

• The 32nd ISTA Congress to be held from June 26 to

July 3, is expected to help the State to implement its

plans into actions.

• The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare

and the Telangana government are jointly hosting

the eight-day conference

312. Which among the following countries has secured a

bailout package of USD 3 billion from oil-rich Qatar

recently?

A. India

B. Pakistan

C. Bangladesh

D. Sri Lanka

E. Nepal

Answer: B

• Pakistan has secured a bailout package of USD 3

billion from oil-rich Qatar, a day after Emir Sheikh

Tamim bin Hamad concluded his visit to Islamabad

and agreed to cooperate in the fields of trade, anti-

money laundering and curbing terror financing.

• The Gulf state is the fourth nation that has come

forward to rescue Pakistan

• Earlier, China gave USD 4.6 billion in shape of

deposits and commercial loans and Saudi Arabia

provided USD 3 billion cash deposit and USD 3.2

billion oil facility on deferred payments. The United

Arab Emirates also provided USD 2 billion cash

deposit.

313. Who among these has been elected as the new

Director General of Indian Coast Guard?

A. Krishnaswamy Natarajan

B. K. R. Nautiyal

C. Vijay Chafekar

D. Maneesh V Pathak

E. None of these












Answer: A

• Krishnaswamy Natarajan was appointed as the next

Director General of the Indian Coast Guard

replacing Rajendra Singh, who was the first cadre

officer to head the force.

• Natarajan, the second Coast Guard officer to lead

the force, would take over on June 30.

314. Who has been named as the new Chairman of

Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI)?

A. Sanjay Chauhan

B. Amit Agarwal

C. Anshul Mehta

D. Devendra Chopra

E. Deepak Saran

Answer: B

• Amazon India head Amit Agarwal has been

appointed as the new chairman of the Internet and

Mobile Association of India (IAMAI).

• He will replace former Google India MD Rajan

Anandan. Yatra co-founder and CEO Dhruv

Shringi will take over as the new vice-chairman of

IAMAI

315. Who has bagged the prestigious RedInk Award for

‘Journalist of the Year’ 2019?

A. Rachna Khaira

B. Srujan Agarwal

C. Mahesh Bhutt

D. Saranya Goswamy

E. Nanditha Verma

Answer: A

• Rachna Khaira, who wrote for The Tribune, has

bagged the prestigious RedInk Award for ‘Journalist

of the Year’ for her far-reaching expose during

Calendar 2018 on the functioning of the Unique

Identification Authority of Indian (UIDAI) and its

Aadhar data cache.

• The RedInk Awards for Excellence in Journalism

has been instituted by Mumbai Press Club to

encourage good quality reporting and analysis, fair

play and high ethical standards in Indian journalism.

316. Which Indian film has won the Outstanding Artistic

Achievement award at the 22nd Shanghai International

Film Festival?

A. Ennu Ninte Moideen

B. Chithram

C. Veyil Marangal

D. Bharatham

E. None of these

Answer: C

• Veyil Marangal (Trees Under the Sun), directed by

Bijukumar Damodaran, won the award for

‘Outstanding Artistic Achievement’ at the 22nd

Shanghai International Film Festival, becoming the

first Indian film to win a major award at the festival.

• The film was one among the 3,964 entries submitted

from 112 countries in the prestigious Golden Goblet

Award competition.

317. Which state took the top spot among larger states

for overall performance on health indicators in a NITI

Aayog report?

A. Kerala

B. Kerala

C. Maharashtra

D. Uttar Pradesh

E. Bihar

Answer: A

• Kerala took the top spot among larger states for

overall performance on health indicators in a NITI

Aayog report, followed by Andhra Pradesh and

Maharashtra, while Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and

Odisha languish at the bottom.

• The index analyses overall performance and

incremental improvement in the States and the












Union Territories for the period with 2015-16 as the

base year and 2017-18 as the reference year.

• The “Healthy States, Progressive India” report is an

annual systematic performance tool to measure the

performance of the States and UTs on their year on

year incremental change in health outcomes, as well

as, their overall performance with respect to each

other.

• Among the smaller states, Mizoram ranked first in

overall performance, while Tripura and Manipur

were the top two states in terms of incremental

performance. Sikkim and Arunchal Pradesh had the

biggest decrease in overall health index scores.

• Among the UTs, Chandigarh ranked first in overall

performance, while Dadra and Nagar Haveli

improved the most.

• Haryana, Rajasthan and Jharkhand are the top three

ranking states in terms of annual incremental

performance

• The report has been prepared by NITI Aayog in

collaboration with the Ministry of Health and

Family Welfare with technical assistance from

the World Bank.

• The Index ranks the States and Union Territories

based on 23 health-related indicators

318. Based on the International Renewable Energy

Agency (IRENA) report, which country is the cheapest

producer of solar power in the world?

A. China

B. United States

C. India

D. Italy

E. South Korea

Answer: C

• India is now the forerunner in producing solar power

at lowest cost globally and is far ahead of other

nations in low average production costs.

• Beating countries like China, which usually is the

cheapest manufacturer of everything, India has also

left behind the US, UK, Canada and France among

others.

• India was estimated to have the lowest total installed

costs for new utility-scale solar PV projects that

were commissioned in 2018 at USD 793/kW, 27%

lower than for projects commissioned in 2017.

319. Garuda VI is a bilateral air exercise of Indian Air

Force with which country?

A. France

B. Vietnam

C. Indonesia

D. Singapore

E. Sri Lanka

Answer: A

• The Indian Air Force (IAF) will participate in a

bilateral exercise with the French Air Force called

exercise, Garuda-VI, from July 1-12.

• This is the sixth edition of exercise Garuda and is

being planned at French Air Force Base, Mont-de-

Marsan in France.

• The last exercise, Garuda V, was held at Air Force

Station Jodhpur in June 2014.

• IAF contingent comprises of 120 air-warriors and

four Su-30 MKI along with an IL-78 Flight

Refueling aircraft, which shall participate during the

exercise.

320. Who is the author of the recently released book ‘The

New Delhi Conspiracy’?

A. Shazia Ilmi

B. Meenakshi Lekhi

C. Saroj Pandey

D. Nupur Sharma

E. Nidhi Agarwal

Answer: B












• BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi has written her debut

novel, which talks of undercurrents of Delhi’s

political landscape and attempts to lay bare what is

influencing the course of the nation’s political

trajectory.

• The New Delhi Conspiracy, co-authored with

Krishna Kumar and published by HarperCollins

India, is slated for release on July 8.

321. Which country will host the 2026 Winter Olympics?

A. Japan

B. China

C. Italy

D. France

E. Russia

Answer: C

• Milan-Cortina has won the right to host the 2026

Winter Olympics after the International Olympic

Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach

announced the decision.

• The announcement marks the Winter Olympics’

return to Europe, with the event having been hosted

by Pyeongchang, South Korea in 2018 and the

Chinese city of Beijing staging the Games in 2022.

• Italy has twice hosted Winter Olympics in the past

— Cortina in 1956 and Turin in 2006 — but it will

be the first held in Milan.

322. Famous personality Mohan Ranade passed away

recently. He was a ___________

A. Freedom fighter

B. Journalist

C. Director

D. Sportsman

E. Politician

Answer: A

• Veteran freedom fighter from Goa and Padmashri

Mohan Ranade (89) died, after a prolonged illness.

• He also participated in the Goa liberation

movement.

323. Swami Satyamitranand Giri Maharaj who passed

away recently was the founder of Bharat Mata Mandir.

It is situated in which state?

A. Uttarakhand

B. Madhya Pradesh

C. Karnataka

D. Uttar Pradesh

E. Andhra Pradesh

Answer: A

• Swami Satyamitranand Giri Maharaj, a renowned

seer, passed away at Dehradun in Uttarakhand after

a prolonged illness.

• The famous seer was the founder and head of Bharat

Mata Mandir, a famous temple in Haridwar,

Uttarakhand.

324. When do we observed the Micro, Small and

Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) Day is celebrated

each year?

A. June 27

B. June 26

C. June 25

D. June 24

E. June 22

Answer: A

• Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

(MSMEs) Day is celebrated each year on 27 June.

• MSME Day 2019 is dedicated to raising awareness

of the need for greater investment into small and

mid-sized businesses in developing countries but it

is also a celebration of the gigantic contribution

smaller companies make to the global economy,

often away from the spotlight.

• This includes the launch of ITC’s flagship report,

the SME Competitiveness Outlook 2019, which this












year explores financing for MSMEs under the

heading Big Money for Small Business.

325. RBI has directed that all data related to payments

must be stored in systems located only in India and data

processed abroad must be brought back to the country

within __________

A. 2 days

B. 7 days

C. 24 hours

D. 10 days

E. 12 hours

Answer: C

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said all data

related to payment transactions must be stored in the

country and that such information, if processed

abroad, will have to be brought back within 24

hours.

• It said that all data related to payments must be

stored in systems located only in India.

• It further clarified that there is no bar on processing

of payment transactions outside India if so desired

by the PSOs. However, the data shall be stored only

in India after the processing.

326. RBI expert committee recommended a government-

sponsored Fund of Funds (FoF) of Rs ___________crore

to support VC or PE firms investing in the MSME

sector.

A. 50000

B. 70000

C. 10000

D. 30000

E. 57000

Answer: C

• A Reserve Bank of India (RBI) committee has

suggested a Rs. 5,000 crore stressed asset fund for

domestic micro, small and medium enterprises

(MSMEs) in a relief to small businesses hurt by

demonetization, the goods and services tax and an

ongoing liquidity crunch.

• The committee to study the problems faced by

MSMEs was chaired by U.K. Sinha, former

chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of

India.

• The committee recommends for the creation of a

distressed asset fund, with a corpus of Rs. 5,000

crore, structured to assist units in clusters where a

change in the external environment.

• The committee also suggested forming a

government-sponsored Fund of Funds of Rs. 10,000

crore to support venture capital and private equity

firms investing in MSMEs.

327. Which E-Commerce company decided to roll out

reward system SuperCoins from July?

A. Amazon

B. Snapdeal

C. Flipkart

D. eBay

E. Alibaba

Answer: C

• E-commerce firm Flipkart will roll out multi-brand

rewards ecosystem ‘SuperCoins’ using which its

customers can shop on various online platforms

such as Zomato, OYO and Makemytrip.

• SuperCoins can be earned on all Flipkart

transactions and partner services hosted on the

Flipkart App and can be redeemed for exciting

rewards from an ever-increasing rewards portfolio,

making every single transaction a rewarding

experience for customers.

• Flipkart Plus members will get double SuperCoins

than non-Plus members.

328. How many Indian are the members of the

International Olympic Committee (IOC)?

A. 3












B. 1

C. 5

D. 2

E. 4

Answer: D

• Indian Olympic Association president Narinder

Batra was elected as a member of the International

Olympic Committee.

• He has already become the first Indian to head an

international federation of an Olympic sport — that

of FIH.

• Other than Batra, Reliance Foundation Chairperson

Nita Ambani is the only other member of the IOC

who was elected in 2016. She is the first Indian

woman to be elected to the prestigious seat.

329. Who has been appointed as the Chief Executive

Officer of the NITI Aayog?

A. Vinod Paul

B. Amitabh Kant

C. Rajiv Kumar

D. V. K. Saraswat

E. None of these

Answer: B

• The appointments committee of the cabinet has

approved extension of tenure of Amitabh Kant as

chief executive officer of the NITI Aayog for a

further period of two years beyond June 30, 2019 up

to June 30, 2021.

• The development comes after PM Narendra Modi

approved the reconstitution of the policy think tank

of the government, NITI Aayog.

• He was appointed the Chief Executive Officer of the

government think tank on February 17, 2016 for a

two-year term.

330. Who has been appointed as the new IB chief?

A. Arvind Kumar

B. Samar Arya

C. Anaya Sridhar

D. Somesh Singh

E. Ritu Raj

Answer: A

• Senior IPS officers Arvind Kumar and Samant

Kumar Goel were appointed chiefs of Intelligence

Bureau (IB) and Research and Analysis Wing

(RAW), respectively.

• The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet,

headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved

their appointments for a fixed two-year tenure, an

order issued by the Personnel Ministry.

• Mr Goel is a 1984 batch IPS officer and will replace

Anil K Dhamsana at the top post.

• Kumar will succeed Rajiv Jain as the chief of the

India’s internal intelligence agency.

331. Who among the following has been appointed as the

Managing Director of Boeing Defence India (BDI)?

A. Ashmita Sethi

B. Surendra Ahuja

C. Pratyush Kumar

D. Salil Gupte

E. None of these

Answer: B

• Defence and aerospace major Boeing Co appointed

former Indian Navy official Surendra Ahuja as the

managing director of its defence vertical, Boeing

Defence India (BDI).

• Ahuja had earlier held the position of Rear Admiral

before opting for early retirement in 2018.

332. Who among the following has recently been listed

among the UK’s 100 most influential women list?

A. Sushma Swaraj

B. Nirmala Sitharaman

C. Nita Ambani

D. Arundhati Bhattachary

E. None of these












Answer: B

• Nirmala Sitharaman, Finance Minister of India, is

among the 100 most influential women driving the

UK-India relationship forward alongside one of

Britain’s senior-most Cabinet ministers Penny

Mordaunt.

The ‘100 Most Influential in UK-India Relations:

Celebrating Women’ list was launched by UK Home

Secretary Sajid Javid to mark India Day in the

333. Max Bupa partners with which digital wallet

company to sell bite-sized health insurance products?

A. MobiKwik

B. Paytm

C. PhonePe

D. FreeCharge

E. None of these

Answer: A

• Max Bupa, a standalone health insurer, has entered

into a strategic partnership with MobiKwik, a

fintech platform, to promote affordable and

convenient bite sized group health insurance

products for MobiKwik’s 107 Million customers

across the country.

• Under this tie-up, Max Bupa will come up with slew

of innovative offerings, including a Cancer cover at

nominal premium and a HospiCash product for

MobiKwik’s vast customer base.

• Priced at an annual premium of Rs. 135, HospiCash

will offer Rs. 500 per day hospital allowance for

upto 30 days in a year.

334. Which of these sports federations has been stripped

of Olympic status by IOC?

A. IAAF

B. BWF

C. AIBA

D. FIH

E. None of these

Answer: C

• The International Olympic Committee (IOC)

stripped Olympic status from the troubled world

boxing body AIBA.

• IOC will now organize qualifying and final

tournaments for the 2020 Tokyo Games.

• The International Boxing Association (AIBA) is the

first federation to have been stripped of its right to

organise its own sport at an Olympics.

335. Who among the following wins Mallorca Open title

2019?

A. Belinda Bencic

B. Angelique Kerber

C. Angelique Kerber

D. Karolina Pliskova

E. Simona Halep

Answer: C

• American 20-year-old Sofia Kenin saved three

match points on her way to beating third seed

Belinda Bencic in the Mallorca Open grass court

final.

• This was her second WTA (Women’s Tennis

Association) singles title of the season.

• She claimed her first WTA singles title in the

Australian Open 2019 held at Hobart, Australia in

January, 2019.

336. Who becomes India’s 63rd Grandmaster?

A. Girish Koushik

B. Naresh Bhoopathi

C. Mruali Kush

D. Niteesh Kaushik

E. None of these

Answer: A

• Girish A. Koushik, the 22-year-old from Mysuru

became India’s 63rd Grandmaster at the 37th

Balaton International Chess Festival in Hungary.












• Girish had completed his second GM norm in

Mallorca late in May, and the third in Budapest the

following week. Only 11 Elo rating points separated

him from the figure of 2500 (live), and he duly

crossed the line in Balatonlelle.

337. Veteran actor - director Vijaya Nirmala passed

away. She hails from which state?

A. Tamil Nadu

B. Andhra Pradesh

C. Karnataka

D. Kerala

E. Kerala

Answer: B

• Veteran South Indian film actor and director Vijaya

Nirmala passed away

• Vijaya Nirmala started her career as a child actor. At

the age of five, she made her acting debut in 1950

Tamil film “Machcha Rekkai” and four years later

she forayed into Telugu cinema with the film

Panduranga Mahatyam.

• She holds a Guinness Record for most number of

films directed by a female filmmaker.

• In 2008, the Andhra Pradesh government conferred

her with Raghupathi Venkaiah award for her

contribution to Telugu cinema

338. Jharna Dhara Chowdhury passed away recently.

Who was she?

A. Freedom Fighter

B. Scientist

C. Musician

D. Doctor

E. Social Activist

Answer: E

• Eminent Social Activist and secretary of the Gandhi

Ashram Trust in Jayag, Noakhali, Bangladesh

Jharna Dhara Chowdhury passed away

• In recognition of her work, Jharna Dhara

Chowdhury was honoured with Padma Shri in 2013.

She was awarded Jamnalal Bajaj award in 1998.

• She devoted her whole life to promoting peace,

communal harmony and social justice. She was

deeply influenced by Gandhian principles of non-

violence and communal harmony.

339. Electronics and Information Technology Minister

has said that around 2.22 crore villagers are given Digital

Education under Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital

Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA). Who is the current

Electronics and Information Technology Minister?

A. Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad

B. Santosh Kumar Gangwar

C. Rao Inderjit Singh

D. Shripad Yesso Naik

E. Dr. Jitendra Singh

Answer: A

• Electronics and Information Technology Minister

Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad has said that around 2.22

crore villagers are given Digital Education under

Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan

(PMGDISHA).

• After the training, 1.34 crore have been duly

certified by authorized 3rd party certifying agencies.

• The Government has taken up several steps for

proper implementation of the digital literacy scheme

particularly in remote rural areas in the country, to

make the rural India digitally empowered.

340. RBI has recently released the guidelines on FBA for

better governance of benchmark processes. What does

FBA stands for?

A. Financial Benchmark Action

B. Financial Benchmark Administrators

C. Forward Benchmark Authority

D. Framework Benchmark Application












E. None of these

Answer: B

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued guidelines

for setting up of financial benchmark administrator

(FBA) for administering “significant benchmarks”

in the markets for financial instruments.

• FBA will be a company incorporated in India and

will maintain a minimum net worth of Rs 1 crore at

all times.

• FBAs will ensure that a ‘significant benchmark’ is

designed to be an accurate and reliable

representation of the referenced (specified) financial

instrument.

• It will also ensure that the “data used to construct a

‘significant benchmark’ is based on an active market

involving arm’s length transactions. Where such

transactions are not available, it shall record

justification for any data, information or expert

judgment used to construct the benchmark”.

341. India has signed a loan agreement worth

__________ million with the World Bank to treat and

eliminate Tuberculosis.

A. $ 500 million

B. $ 300 million

C. $ 250 million

D. $ 100 million

E. $ 400 million

Answer: E

• The World Bank and the Government of

India signed a Loan Agreement of $400 Million to

expand the coverage and the quality of interventions

for the control of Tuberculosis (TB), which kills

approximately half a million people in India every

year. The World Bank supported program will cover

nine States of India.

• The World Bank’s Program Towards Elimination of

Tuberculosis will support the Government of India’s

(GoI) National Strategic Plan to end TB in India by

2025.

• It will do so by helping improve and strengthen

diagnostics and management of drug-resistant

tuberculosis and increase the capacity of public

institutions engaged in monitoring and treating TB

in the country.

• The Program will also strengthen the detection,

treatment and monitoring of Drug-Resistant

Tuberculosis and will track progress in the detection

of additional drug resistance.

342. Which financial institution has approved USD 250

million loan for Rajasthan State Highways Development

Program II Project?

A. World Bank

B. Asian Development Bank

C. New Development Bank

D. International Monetary Fund

E. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.

Answer: A

• The Government of India, Government of Rajasthan

and the World Bank signed a US$ 250 Million Loan

Agreement for the Rajasthan State Highways

Development Program II Project to build the State’s

capacity to better manage its highways and improve

traffic flows on selected highways in State of

Rajasthan.

• The World Bank-supported Project will support the

construction, upgradation, improvement and

maintenance of 766 kms of state highways and

major district roads. It will also will help build an

online project management system and a

smartphone application to handle contract

management, data reporting, quality control, etc.

• The loan from International Bank for Reconstruction

and Development (IBRD) has a 25-year maturity

including a 5-year grace period.












343. India and the World Bank have signed a loan

agreement of $ 328 million for improved health services

in which state?

A. Rajasthan

B. Andhra Pradesh

C. Jharkhand

D. Uttar Pradesh

E. Tamil Nadu

Answer: B

• The Government of India, Government of Andhra

Pradesh and the World Bank Executive signed a

Loan Agreement of $328 Million to help improve

the quality and responsiveness of public health

services in Andhra Pradesh.

• The State of Andhra Pradesh has over the years

demonstrated a strong commitment to improving

health outcomes. In 2017-18, it allocated 5 percent

of its total public expenditure towards health and has

initiated significant steps towards strengthening its

public health system.

• Maternal mortality ratio in the state declined by 52

percent and infant mortality fell to 35 per 1,000 live

births from 54 over the decade from 2005. Ninety-

three percent women now opt for institutional

deliveries. Despite these positive steps, there exist

disparities within the state in coverage of maternal

and child health services and quality of service

delivery. Non-communicable diseases are also on

the rise and form 60 percent of Andhra’s burden of

disease.

• The World Bank Loan will support the Government

of Andhra Pradesh (GoAP) as it scales-up its efforts

to bring better health care to all its citizens,

especially pregnant women and those at risk of non-

communicable diseases, like hypertension, diabetes

and cervical cancer.

344. Which bank has launched the “Click OD” facility

for its MSME customers?

A. ICICI Bank

B. Yes Bank

C. HDFC Bank

D. Axis Bank

E. Kotak Mahindra Bank

Answer: B

• YES Bank launches Click OD (overdraft) facility

for the bank’s existing Micro, Small and Medium

Enterprises (MSME) customers to let them avail

unsecured OD up to Rs 10 lakh digitally without any

documentation.

• This unique proposition will be offered to selected

customers based on their account conduct and credit

history.

• The OD facility is an end to end digital offering

where the limit will be disbursed through the bank’s

MSME portal.

• The bank is targeting a disbursement of Rs 100

crore for FY 2019-20 through the YES MSME

portal. YES Bank’s total exposure to MSMEs as on

March 31, 2019, has crossed Rs 42,000 crore.

345. The government has set up an 18-member working

group headed by ____________ to revise the current

series of Wholesale Price Index.

A. V.K Saraswat

B. Sourav Kumar

C. B.S.R. Krishna

D. Ramesh Chand

E. V.K. Paul

Answer: D

• The Centre has constituted a working group for the

revision of the current series of the wholesale price

index (base 2011-12). The group will be headed by

Niti Aayog member Ramesh Chand.












• The group has been tasked to select the most

appropriate base year for the preparation of a new

official series of wholesale price index (WPI) and

producer price index (PPI) in India.

• Other tasks include reviewing the commodity basket

of the current series of WPI and suggest additions or

deletions of commodities in the light of structural

changes in the economy since 2011-12.

346. Who has been appointed as the new President of

Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO)?

A. Sharad Kumar Saraf

B. Ganesh Kumar Gupta

C. Mahesh Chandra Keyal

D. Ajay Sahai

E. None of these

Answer: A

• Exporters body Federation of Indian Export

Organisations (FIEO) has elected Sharad Kumar

Saraf as its new President.

• Saraf has replaced renowned exporter Ganesh

Kumar Gupta, who will hand over the charge to the

new President.

• Saraf will work in further pushing the issues of

exporters at different forums and boost the country’s

exports.

347. Sarada Kumar has been appointed as the Managing

Director of National Housing Bank. Kumar is the

General Manager of which bank?


B. Canara Bank

C. Andhra Bank

D. Bank of Baroda

E. Bank of Maharashtra

Answer: B

• Canara Bank General Manager Sarada Kumar Hota

has been appointed as the managing director of the

National Housing Bank (NHB)

• The appointment comes nine months after Sriram

Kalyanaraman’s forced resignation amid allegations

of irregularities and misconduct against him.

348. PB Acharya sworn in as which state Governor?

A. Assam

B. Wet Bengal

C. Mizoram

D. Manipur

E. Meghalaya

Answer: D

• Nagaland governor Padmanabha Balakrishna

Acharya was sworn in as the Governor of Manipur

• Justice Lanusungkum Jamir of the High Court of

Manipur administered the oath of office to Acharya

at the Darbar Hall of the Raj Bhavan

• Acharya was given the additional charge as

governor of Manipur in absence of Dr Najma A

Heptulla, who is on leave for a period of one month

349. Who won the 6th Edition of TechGig Code

Gladiators 2019?

A. Sameer Gulati

B. Prakash Mikilineni

C. Sarvanand Manoharan

D. Srivastsava Kumar

E. Sai Srinivas Atreya

Answer: A

• In the 6th Edition of TechGig Code Gladiators

2019, an annual coding competition, Ex-

champion, Sameer Gulati won the title as ‘world’s

best coder’ and took home prize money of Rs

3,00,000, a trophy and a certificate. The event was

held at Reliance Corporate Park, Navi Mumbai.

• The event also hosted a total of 10 exciting

technology themes include Artificial Intelligence,

Blockchain, Chatbots, Robotic Process Automation,

Fintech, Software Testing, Location Services,












Amazon Alexa Skills, Internet of Things, and New

Commerce.

350. Based on the annual survey of best police station in

India 2018 by Ministry of Home Affairs, Kalu police

station has emerged at the top rank. It is based in which

state?

A. West Bengal

B. Mizoram

C. Rajasthan

D. Haryana

E. Madhya Pradesh

Answer: C

• The Kalu police station in Bikaner district of

Rajasthan has been ranked as number 1 police

station of India in 2018, as per the internal survey

conducted by the Union Home Ministry.

• The Campbell Bay in Nicobar district has been

ranked second while Farakka police station in

Murshidabad district of West Bengal is ranked

third.

• The home ministry had started to rank police

stations since 2016 following directions from PM

Modi at the DGP conference in Kutch, Gujarat, in

2015.

• The 2018 ranking covered 15.666 police stations

based on its performance in crime prevention,

investigation and disposal of cases, crime detection,

community policing and maintenance of law and

order, infrastructure as well as citizens feedback.

351. Sindhu Darshan Festival's 23rd edition started in

______.

A. Jammu

B. Doda

C. Pulwama

D. Leh

E. Srinagar

Answer: D

• The 23rd edition of the Sindhu Darshan Festival

kicked off at Sindhu Ghat Shey in Leh.

• Skyabje Choskyong Palga Rinpoche inaugurated the

4-day event organised by Sindhu Darshan Yatra

Samiti (SDYS) in collaboration with Ladakh

Phanday Tsogspa.

352. G20 summit has begun in Osaka recently. What is

the theme of the Osaka G20 summit?

A. Building consensus for fair and sustainable development

B. Issues of global significance

C. Towards an Inclusive World Economy

D. Human-centred future society

E. Recovery and New Beginnings

Answer: D

• The two days G-20 Summit is underway at Osaka in

Japan.

• The theme of the summit is Human-centred future

society.

• 19 countries, the European Union and several

special invitees are participating at the Osaka

Summit

• The trilateral meeting between the US, Japan and

India has commenced in Osaka, Japan, on the

sidelines of G 20 Summit

353. India successfully test fired indigenously developed

nuclear capable missile named ___________ from Odisha

coast.

A. Agni - II

B. BraahMos - III

C. Akash - III

D. Prithvi – II

E. Dhanush

Answer: D

• India successfully test-fired indigenously developed

nuclear-capable missile Prithvi-II as part of a user

trial by the Army from a test range off the Odisha

coast












• The trial of the surface-to-surface missile, which has

a strike range of 350 km, was carried out from a

mobile launcher from Launch Complex-III of the

Integrated Test Range, ITR at Chandipur.

• The missile is capable of carrying 500 to 1000 kg of

warheads and is powered by liquid propulsion twin

engines.

354. Shyam Sundar Mitra passed away recently. He was

related to which sports?

A. Hockey

B. Football

C. Cricket

D. Golf

E. Tennis

Answer: C

• Former Bengal cricketer Shyam Sundar Mitra

passed away. He was 82.

• Mitra, who captained Bengal in the Ranji Trophy,

was an elegant right-hand batsman and a part-time

medium pacer.

355. The International Day of the Tropics is observed

every year on____________

A. June 28

B. June 29

C. June 27

D. June 26

E. June 25

Answer: B

• The International Day of Tropics is observed every

year on 29 June across the world with an aim to

raise awareness to specific challenges faced

by tropical areas and t far-reaching implications of

issues affecting world’s tropical zone.

356. A 3 member dispute resolution committee has been

formed by the Ministry of Power to resolve disputes

between renewable energy players and government

agencies. Who among these is not the member of the

committee?

A. MF Farooqui

B. A K Dubey

C. Kalyan Singh

D. Anil Swarup

E. None of these

Answer: C

• Union Power Minister R K Singh approved setting

up a three-member resolution committee to resolve

unforeseen disputes in clean energy projects.

• The three members are M F Farooqui (former DoT

secretary/heavy industry secretary), Anil Swarup

(former coal secretary/school education secretary)

and A K Dubey (former sports secretary).

• The committee will address disputes between the

solar/wind power developers and the Solar Energy

Corporation of India/NTPC.

357. In which of these states, Reserve Bank of India has

recently opened the third Banking Ombudsman office of

the state?

A. Karnataka

B. Uttar Pradesh

C. Maharashtra

D. Delhi

E. Telangana

Answer: D

• The Reserve Bank has opened third office of the

Banking Ombudsman and Ombudsman for Digital

Transactions (ODT) at its New Delhi office.

• While announcing the ODT in December last year,

RBI had said that there was an emerging need for a

dedicated, cost-free and expeditious grievance

redressal mechanism as the digital mode for

financial transactions was gaining traction in the

country.












• The Banking Ombudsman scheme is an expeditious

and inexpensive forum for bank customers for

resolution of complaints relating to certain services

rendered by banks.

• The scheme is introduced under Section 35 A of the

Banking Regulation Act, 1949 by RBI with effect

from 1995.

358. Name the portal launched by RBI for Indian

companies to report the Foreign Liabilities and Assets

A. CISBI

B. SACHET

C. FLAIR

D. NYAY

E. AMCIR

Answer: C

• The Reserve Bank of India has developed a portal

Foreign Liabilities and Assets Information

Reporting (FLAIR) system

(https://flair.rbi.org.in) for Indian companies

to report the Foreign Liabilities and Assets

(FLA).

• RBI mandates that all Indian companies which have

received FDI and/or made FDI abroad (i.e. overseas

investment) in the previous year(s) including the

current year, should file the annual return on

Foreign Liabilities and Assets (FLA). Earlier this

was reported via e-mail to RBI.

• Now the reporting will be done by companies via

the FLAIR portal of RBI. The reporting is done on

July 15th of each year.

359. Name the India’s Largest cryptocurrency exchange

that is terminating its digital asset trading services.

A. Binance

B. Zepbay

C. Phoenixfin

D. Koinex

E. None of these

Answer: D

• India’s Largest cryptocurrency

exchange, Koinex(Mumbai) terminating its digital

asset trading services and other crypto-related

operations citing regulatory uncertainty and

disruption.

• It was facing problems with its payment services

and gateways, along with non-crypto related

transactions like payment of salaries, rent, and

purchase of equipment.

360. Name the mobile application developed by BYPL

and TERI to bring about a behavioural change in how

consumers use electricity, will track energy consumption

patterns ?

A. Susthome

B. Sidhatam

C. Apadhrama

D. Satyasava

E. Zusma

Answer: A

• Power distribution company BSES Yamuna Power

Limited (BYPL) has tied up with several private

organisations to launch a slew of initiatives

including a ‘behavioural energy saving app’ to

reduce electricity consumption.

• The app — Susthome — developed by BYPL and

TERI to bring about a behavioural change in how

consumers use electricity, will track energy

consumption patterns.

• The app will guide enlisted consumers in reducing

their energy consumption, carbon footprint and

electricity bills by influencing their behavioural

patterns. It will also provide customized solutions to

make all such units energy-efficient.

361. Indian-origin Priya Serrao has recently won the

Miss Universe title of which country?

A. New Zealand












B. Australia

C. India

D. Finland

E. USA

Answer: B

• India born Priya Serrao, whose family migrated to

Australia from Middle East, has won the Miss

Universe Australia title for 2019.

• A law graduate who currently works in Department

of Jobs, Precincts and regions in Melbourne, Serrao

was born in India. Her family later moved to Oman

and Dubai before finally settling in Australia.

• प�रवार बाद म� ऑस्टे्र�लया म� बसने से पहले ओमान और

दबुई चला गया।

362. Which IIT honours Gopichand with honorary

doctorate recently?

A. IIT Hyderabad

B. IIT Kanpur

C. IIT Kharagpur

D. IIT Madras

E. IIT Roorke

Answer: B

• India’s chief national badminton coach Pullela

Gopichand was bestowed upon an honorary

doctorate by IIT Kanpur on the occasion of their

52nd convocation.

• The received the honour from former ISRO

chairman and Chairman of board of Governors of

IIT Kanpur, Prof K Radhakrishnan.

• Former President APJ Abdul Kalam and former

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh are past recipients

of the honour.

363. The maiden World Youth Conference on Kindness

will be held in which city?

A. Paris

B. Dhaka

C. New Delhi

D. Rome

E. Beijing

Answer: C

• P Jindal Global University (JGU) and Delhi-based

UNESCO MGIEP (Mahatma Gandhi Institute of

Education for Peace and Sustainable Development)

will jointly organise the first World Youth

Conference on kindness from August 20-23 to

commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of

Mahatma Gandhi.

• JGU will host 100 youth leaders from across the

world for the three-day conference on its campus in

Sonipat while a part of the conference will also be

held in Delhi. The university will also organise

lectures by experts on the sidelines of the conference

during that period.

• The World Youth Congress 2019 is being organised

on the theme ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam: Gandhi for

the Contemporary World: Celebrating the 150th

birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.’

• The conference will culminate at New Delhi’s

Vigyan Bhawan with panels comprising Nobel

laureates, international experts and policy makers

and also representatives of youth leaders.

364. Conclave on ‘Transforming North East India

through Science and Technology' beings in which state?

A. Manipur

B. Meghalaya

C. Mizoram

D. Madhya Pradesh

E. Delhi

Answer: B

• In Meghalaya, a two-day North East Conclave 2019

on ‘Transforming North East India through Science

and Technology’ began today at Shillong. It has












been organised by the Institute of Bio-resources and

Sustainable Development (IBSD).

• The initiative of the IBSD for organizing this

conclave where leading experts and policymakers

from different parts of the country along with local

stakeholders come together to discuss on

transforming North East India through Science and

Technology.

365. The Japanese city Kobe has exchanged a Letter of

Intent (LoI) with which Indian city for a sister city

partnership?

A. Indore

B. Kolkata

C. Guwahati

D. Ahmedabad

E. Raipur

Answer: D

• Authorities from the Japanese city of Kobe

exchanged a Letter of Intent (LoI) with their

counterparts in Ahmedabad for a sister city

partnership, which will pave the way for an

enhanced economic relationship between the two

vibrant cities as well as the two countries.

• The MoU will pave the way for an enhanced

economic relationship between the two vibrant cities

as well as the two countries.

366. The Ministry of Shipping has signed Memorandum

of Agreement (MoA) with which institution for setting up

Centre for Inland and Coastal Maritime Technology

(CICMT)?

A. IIT Kanpur

B. IIT Delhi

C. IIT Bombay

D. IIT Kharagpur

E. IIT Madras

Answer: D

• A Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) was signed

between Ministry of Shipping and IIT (Indian

Institute of Technology), Kharagpur to set up Centre

for Inland & Coastal Maritime Technology

(CICMT) at IIT Kharagpur. CICMT is the first of its

kind centre in India with the focus on indigenisation

of ship designing, building and testing.

• The MoA was signed by IIT Kharagpur Director,

Professor Partha P Chakraborty, and Joint Secretary

in the Ministry of Shipping, Kailash Kumar

Aggarwal in the presence of Shipping Minister

Mansukh L Mandaviya in New Delhi.

• The cost of the project is Rs.69.20 crore and it is

funded under Sagarmala programme. The funding

for the project is for 5 years after which revenues

generated from the end users will be used.

• At present, 4 European countries namely Germany,

the Netherlands, Russia and Belgium have model

testing facilities for ships.

367. Which of these cities is the most expensive city to

live in for expatriates, as per the Mercer’s 25th Annual

Cost of Living Survey?

A. Hong Kong

B. Mumbai

C. Singapore

D. Tokyo

E. Chicago

Answer: A

• Mumbai is India’s most expensive city and among

the top 20 costliest cities surveyed in Asia for

expatriates, with residential housing prices among

the highest in the world, according to a survey by

global consulting leader Mercer.

• According to Mercer’s 25th Annual Cost of Living

Survey, Mumbai fell 12 spots and was ranked at the

67th position out of the 209 cities surveyed.












• Other Indian cities in the list include New Delhi at

118th place, Chennai (154), Bengaluru (179) and

Kolkata (189). All four have dropped in ranking

from last year.

• Hong Kong was ranked the costliest city in the

world. Tunis is the lowest ranking city in the list and

least expensive for expatriates.

368. Which Indian state has topped the list of most

number of startups as per the data by DPIIT?

A. Maharashtra

B. Andhra Pradesh

C. Bihar

D. Karnataka

E. Uttar Pradesh

Answer: A

• Maharashtra ranks on top with 3,661 startups

recognised by the government followed by

Karnataka with 2,847, New Delhi with 2,552 and

Uttar Pradesh by 1,566.

• A total of 19,351 startups across the country have

been recognised by the Department for Promotion of

Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT).

369. Marcus Trescothick announces retirement from

professional cricket. He plays for which country?

A. New Zealand

B. England

C. Australia

D. South Africa

E. West India

Answer: B

• Marcus Trescothick, the prolific England and

Somerset opener, has announced that he will retire

from professional cricket at the end of the current

English domestic season. He amassed 5825 Test and

4335 ODI runs.

370. Mohammed Baji who died recently was

a__________

A. Former President of Nigeria

B. Freedom Fighter

C. Journalist

D. Sportsperson

E. Film Maker

Answer: B

• Eminent freedom fighter Mohammed Baji passed

away.

• He was 103.

• After the freedom struggle, Baji was active in the

Sarvodaya movement. He was the chairman of Utkal

Gandhi Smarak Nidhi and a close associate of Utkal

Sarvodaya Mandal.

371. When is the National Statistics Day 2019 observed?

A. June 26

B. June 29

C. June 28

D. June 27

E. June 30

Answer: B

• The Government of India celebrates Statistics Day

on June 29 every year to popularize the use of

Statistics in everyday life and sensitize the public as

to how Statistics helps in shaping and framing

policies.The theme of Statistics Day, 2019

is “Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)”.

• The day marks the birth anniversary of Indian

scientist Prof. P C Mahalanobis, in recognition of

his invaluable contribution in establishing the

National Statistical System.

372. Which of these days is observed as the International

Asteroid Day?

A. June 29

B. June 28

C. June 30

D. June 27

E. July 1












Answer: C

• Asteroid Day is an event observed on 30 June to

provide online education about asteroid. This event

is held on the anniversary of the Siberian Tunguska

event that took place on 30 June, 1908

• It is a most harmful known asteroid related event on

Earth in recent history. The United Nations passed a

resolution for celebrating 30 June as Asteroid Day.

373. The International Day of Parliamentarism is

observed globally on __________

A. June 30

B. June 28

C. June 27

D. June 26

E. July 1

Answer: A

• The United Nations International Day of

Parliamentarism is held on June 30 to celebrate

parliaments and the ways in which parliamentary

systems of government improve the day-to-day lives

of people the world over.

• The 2019 event is the second edition of the

celebration.

• It also marks the anniversary of the Inter-

Parliamentary Union, the global organization of

parliaments, that was established on June 30, 1889.

374. What is the deadline set by government for

implementing the ‘one nation, one ration card’ system?

A. December 31, 2020

B. July 31, 2020

C. September 30, 2020

D. June 30, 2020

E. September 1, 2020

Answer: B

• ‘One Nation One Ration Card’ scheme, which will

allow portability of food security benefits, will be

available across the country from July 1, 2020.

• This means poor migrant workers will be able to

buy subsidised rice and wheat from any ration shop

in the country, so long as their ration cards are

linked to Aadhaar.

• All the States have been given one more year to use

point of sale (PoS) machines in the ration shops and

implement the scheme.

• Already, 77% % of the ration shops across the

country have PoS machines and more than 85% of

people covered under the National Food Security

Act (NFSA) have their cards linked to Aadhaar

375. The Government has reduced the Interest Rates on

Small Savings Schemes by how many basis points for

July-September 2019 quarter

A. 2 bp

B. 5 bp

C. 10 bp

D. 15 bp

E. 20 bp

Answer: C

• The Finance Ministry said that interest rates for

small savings schemes will be reduced by 10 basis

points for July-September quarter of the ongoing

financial year. Schemes that will fetch lower interest

are Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP), Public Providend

Fund (PPF), among others, barring interest on

savings deposits that has been retained at 4%.

• PPF and National Savings Certificate (NSC) will

yield 7.9% annual interest from the earlier 8%. KVP

will fetch 7.6% with maturity of 113 months as

compared with 7.7% with maturity of 112 months.

• The girl child savings scheme Sukanya Samriddhi

Account will fetch a lower return of 8.4% as

compared with 8.5%. Similarly, term deposits of 1-3

years will fetch interest rate of 6.9%, to be paid

quarterly, while the five-year quarterly pegged at












7.7% and for recurring 7.2% from existing rate of

7.3%.

376. What will be the minimum Leverage Ratio for Basel

III Capital Regulations for Domestic Systemically

Important Banks (DSIBs) from October 2019?

A. 3.5%

B. 3%

C. 4%

D. 4.5%

E. 2.5%

Answer: C

• The Reserve Bank relaxed the leverage ratio (LR)

for banks to help them boost their lending activities.

• The leverage ratio stands reduced to 4 per cent for

Domestic Systemically Important Banks (DSIBs)

and 3.5 per cent for other banks effective from the

quarter commencing October 1, 2019.

• The leverage ratio, as defined under Basel-III

norms, is Tier-I capital as a percentage of the bank’s

exposures. The framework is designed to capture

leverage associated with both on- and off-balance

sheet exposures.

377. Which of these is the first network provider in India

to start phasing out 3G service in the country?

A. Airtel

B. BSNL

C. Jio

D. Vodafone

E. Aircel

Answer: A

• Bharti Airtel switched off its 3G network in Kolkata

and has refarmed the 900 MHz band spectrum to

further strengthen its 4G network. This is one of the

first phase-outs of 3G technology globally.

• Airtel mobile broadband services in the city will

now be available on high-speed 4G.

• The telco is deploying state-of-the-art L900

technology in the 900 MHz band to complement its

4G services in the 2300 Mhz and 1800 Mhz bands.

378. Which company has been selected for President's

award for utilisation of Corporate Social Responsibility

(CSR) fund in social development?

A. CONCOR

B. NMDC

C. RINL

D. PGCIL

E. NALCO

Answer: E

• Odisha-based Navaratna Company NALCO has

been selected for President’s award for utilisation of

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) fund in

social development.

• To promote the education of Girls of BPL families,

NAVARATNA Company NALCO has started

“Aliali Jhia” a new scheme on the line of BETI

BACHAO BETI PADHAO” from 2015. Under this

scheme, 416 girls from BPL families of 66 villages

of Anugul, Damanjodi and Potangi area in Anugul

and Koraput district.s have been adopted by

Company.

• These girls are reading in 45 different schools.

Under this scheme. The Company is bearing all the

expenditure for education and promotion of talent

from 8th to 10th class. The employees of the

company have now joined the scheme.

379. Name the Journalist who was presented with a

Lifetime Achievement Award in London for his

contributions to the UK-India relationship.

A. Mark Tully

B. Sam Querrey

C. Philipp Kohlschreiber

D. Alexander Zverev

E. None of these












Answer: A

• Veteran British journalist Sir Mark Tully was

presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award in

London for his contributions to the UK-India

relationship.

• Tully, who has been previously knighted by Queen

Elizabeth II in the UK and conferred with the Padma

Bhushan in India.

• While British Indian actor Kunal Nayyar – best

known for his role as Rajesh Koothrappali on the

US sitcom The Big Bang Theory – was named

Global Indian Icon of the Year, Indian-origin peer

and Cobra Beer founder Lord Karan Bilimoria was

presented with a special Significant Contribution to

UK-India Relations Award.

380. The first edition of the joint security exercise

ISALEX19 among the members of International Security

Alliance (ISA) has been organised in which country?

A. Singapore

B. UAE

C. France

D. Spain

E. Germany

Answer: B

• The first edition of the joint security exercise of

International Security Alliance (ISA) named

ISALEX19 kicked off in Abu Dhabi, UAE on

June 30, 2019 to test the readiness of the different

teams and to evaluate the tools, strategies and

procedures developed jointly between member

countries.

• The International Security Alliance was launched in

Abu Dhabi in 2017

• The alliance now comprises nine countries, the

United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco, France,

Italy, Spain, Senegal, Singapore, and the Slovak

Republic.

381. India and __________ have set an ambitious USD 50

billion target for bilateral trade over the next six years.

A. Japan

B. Indonesia

C. Maldives

D. Sri Lanka


Answer: B

• India and Indonesia set an ambitious USD 50 billion

target for bilateral trade over the next six years as

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joko

Widodo discussed ways to deepen cooperation in a

number of key areas including economy, defence

and maritime security.

• The two leaders, who are in Osaka, Japan for the

G20 Summit, met in the morning and discussed

ways to boost bilateral ties and enhance cooperation

in trade and investment.

• According to Ministry of External Affairs, India and

Indonesia set a USD 50 billion target for bilateral

trade by 2025.

382. India has signed deal with which country to acquire

‘Strum Ataka’ anti-tank missiles?

A. France

B. Russia

C. United States

D. Scotland

E. Germany

Answer: B

• India has signed a deal to acquire ‘Strum Ataka’

anti-tank missile from Russia for its fleet of Mi-35

attack choppers.

• The deal for the missiles is worth around Rs 200

crore and would give an added capability to the Mi-

35 attack choppers to take out enemy tanks and

other armoured elements.












• The Mi-35s are the existing attack choppers of the

Indian Air Force and are set to be replaced with the

Apache gunships being acquired from the US and

slated to be delivered from next month onwards.

• India has been trying to acquire the Russian missiles

for a long time but the deal has been signed under

the emergency provisions after more than a decade.

383. What is the current rank of India globally in terms

of money parked in Swiss Bank?

A. 82

B. 29

C. 63

D. 74

E. 31

Answer: D

• India has moved down one place to 74th rank in

terms of money parked by its citizens and

enterprises with Swiss banks, while the UK has

retained its top position, as per data released by the

central banking authority of the Alpine nation.

• India was ranked 73rd last year, after jumping 15

places from its 88th position a year ago.

384. A Book titled ‘A Prime Minister to Remember:

Memories of a Military Chief’ was released on June 28,

2019. Who is the author of the book?

A. Ashish Chhawchharia

B. VP Singh

C. Ravikumar Duraisamy

D. Naresh Goyal

E. Sushil Kumar

Answer: E

• A Book titled ‘A Prime Minister to Remember:

Memories of a Military Chief’ was released on

June 28, 2019.

• The book has been written by Admiral Sushil

Kumar and speaks about the huge impact that the

late Prime Minister Vajpayee had on the Armed

Forces of India.

• Author Sushil Kumar was the Chief of the Indian

Navy during the Kargil War and Chairman of the

Chiefs of Staff Committee when Operation

Parakram was launched following the terror attack

on the Indian Parliament.

385. Who has won the women’s single title of Eastbourne

International tennis title 2019?

A. Garbiñe Muguruza

B. Angelique Kerber

C. Simona Halep

D. Karolina Pliskova

E. None of these

Answer: D

• World number three Karolina Pliskova cruised to

her second Eastbourne International title with a 6-1,

6-4 destruction of Wimbledon champion Angelique

Kerber.

• Taylor Fritz finally earned his maiden triumph,

defeating compatriot Sam Querrey 6-3, 6-4 in 61

minutes to win the Nature Valley International in

Eastbourne.

386. Who is the winner of 2019 Austrian Grand Prix?

A. Sebastian Vettel

B. Lewis Hamilton

C. Max Verstappen

D. Valtteri Bottas

E. None of these

Answer: C

• Red Bulls’ Max Verstappen overtook Ferrari’s

Charles Leclerc with three laps remaining to win his

second consecutive race at the Spielberg circuit.

This is Verstappen’s sixth career win

• Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas came home third ahead of

Sebastian Vettel in the second Ferrari and defending












five-time champion Lewis Hamilton in the second

Mercedes

387. Recently, India’s Veer Chotrani has won the Squash

title in the Under 19 category at the Asian Junior

Championship in _____________.

A. China

B. Russia

C. Vietnam

D. Japan

E. Indonesia

Answer: A

• Veer Chotrani won the Asian junior Individual

squash championship in the U-19 category with a

win over Yash Fadte in an all-India final in Macau

• Veer is now the third Indian to win this prestigious

title after Ravi Dixit and Velavan Senthilkumar

• In the other two finals, India bagged two silver

medals through Neel Joshi in the boys Under-17

category and Yuvna Gupta in the girls Under-15

section

388. Abburi Chaya Devi, the noted Sahitya Akademi

Award writer who passed away recently wrote in which

language?

A. Telugu

B. Malayalam

C. Marathi

D. Bengali

E. Kannada

Answer: A

• Famous Telugu writer Abburi Chaya Devi, a

recipient of Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award in

2005. She was 86.

• Chaya Devi, who highlighted the cause of women in

her writings, received the Sahitya Akademi Award

in 2005 for her book ‘Thana Margam.’









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